Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 June 1889 — The Work Begun. [ARTICLE]

The Work Begun.

The machinery for boring the oil test well arrived at Thompson’s switch several days ago, ami the work of constructing the boiler foundations and putting up the derrick, was begun Tuesday.withagood force of men. The well will be on S. P. Thompson’s land, a half mile cast of the switch and about four miles southeast of Fair Oaks. t

Clothing sold on time at 4. Leopold’*.