Rensselaer Republican, Volume 24, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 April 1892 — In the Oil Belt. [ARTICLE]

In the Oil Belt.

‘‘When I landed in this section,' said a man who has spent a year oi more m the Ohio oil fields, “I hadn’t a scent to my name.” / “And now?" queried the reporter, who was interrogating him- r ■■ “Well, pOw,” concluded the oi producer, “you can smell me half: mile off.” ,