The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, August 1, 1883, Page 4

BUTLER WEEKLY TIMES Chas. T. McFarland, | ipitus AND PROPRIETOR, TERMS OF SUISCRIPTION: The Weery Times, published every Wednesday, will be sent to any sdauress one vear, postage paid, tor $1.25. EEE BUTLER MISSOURI. | WEDNESDAY, AUG. 1, 1833. PROSPECTS AT ADRIAN. From L. F. Page, who wasdown from Adrian, on Friday, we learn that the citizens of that place are very much interested in prospecting for oil. Mr. Foote was there last week as he stated he would be. The purpose of his company, as he stated at Adrian, is to prospect as near to the town as good indications can be found. It 1s considered very important to succeed in finding oil as soon as possible as, after one well proves productive, it will be an easy matter to get money for as many more as maybe desired. Foote ex- presses the same opinion to every- one, with whom he converses, as to the prospects on Mormon. They are first-class and he always consid- ered them the best in this county. Mr. Page has lately purchased a large tract of land in the oil country and feels sanguine of finding lubricating or coal oil, or both. His behet 1s based on the opinion of experts who doubtless understand their business. He is still at work drilling for coal and thinks reports ot what was pass- ed through by the Harrisonville com- pany last summer render the chance of failure yery small. The company, which 1s being or- ganized in the town, has leased con- siderable land but has not yet com- menced work. We have not learn- ed anything definite concerning their intentions. Itisa step in the right direction and it is tobe hoped they will not think of stopping until oil eis found. The Butler company will drill on the Marshall farm. They are about ready to begin. Bruce Marshall will do the work. He has had con- siderable experience and understands the business but it would be a little more inspiring 1f a steam engine, instead of horses, were used to fur- nish the power. There have been some parties looking around forland. It is a very favorable time as there is not yet so much excitement as to cause owners to ask extortionate prices. Itis of especial importance to Mormon Fork valley that oi! shall be found. At present Rich Hill en- grosses the attention of oil men to the exclusion of all other places. If a strike is once made at Adrian, it will then attract as much attention as the Hill. The longer action is now de- ferred the more difficult will it be to draw attention away from the oil region south of the river. A_ single oil-producing well; when properly advertised as it will then be, would now cause capitalists to invest. But when many discoveries shall have been made at the Hill, the tendency will be to rush there rather than to try other places. A stitch in saves nine. time . The prospects tor building up a prosperous town could not be better. Adrian is looking up surprisingly. Several more brick buildings will go up betore winter. There is a gener- al disposition manitested among the citizens to make their town the cen- ter of all that part ot the country. The Omaha company, with which Mr. Foote is connected, are highly elated over the prospects on Mor- mon. Beaumont & Foote have al- ways said that they intend to com- mence work out there as soon as thes ee Sak to" ‘ 2 a — can. fe showing tor oil on] ed. Like W alnut and Rich Hill, | work, tne man refusing to tell what | - lormon is” better than anywhere | there is no possibility of overstating \he knows, is no better than the | else m allthis country. As far back | the truth. recreant official. It’s high time to as 1868 a company put down a drill mearthe Marshall farm but their means were not sufficient and it was abandoned. All this part of Mis- souri had been looked over and most Promising. Beaumont on account of some ing with Adnan. was Adrian all the time but it seem- | place of 5,000 inhabitants will be } ed necessary for them to wait aw hile. } 3 people are now wondering how they | Who will deliberately and without could be so stupid as to overlook the | cause attempt to cast suspicion on | | opportunities offered for profitable | county officers and then tail so sig- j investment. ofthe mineral wealth there is hid | to make specific charges. Every | tion will be another booming city. The same causes, which have made | two towns spring up in an incredible shorianace ob Greil beneetees or of John $. Phelps. The same is | Mormon Fork was selected as the | the same effect again. : & | the line ot the Emporia 1s Foote went to Rich Hill reluctantly, | and misunderstand- | W ‘Lhe result at Rich Hill was really al south-east ot Butler. Its Precise lo- surprise, but it will be no surprise if | cation can not — beeven surmised oil is found on Mormon, for it al-| but the Emporia tolks are tully de- ready comes to the surface in con- | siderable quantities. That shows there must be a fountain head. Itis so considered by oil experts and they | many large powers will be built but all consider it sufficient to warrant | ofthis there is no danger. Gov. thorough prospecting. | Foster stated in a public _Speech at z = ges | Walnut that in the Hocking valley SOUTH-EAST BATES. | Ohio, there are as large towns as the A. C. Nichols lately found anoth- | y4511 every four or five miles. They er vein of coal on his tand in Hud-| are mainly supported by coal mines. son township, four teet thick. It | Certainly, then, Bates county can covered by three to six teet ofearth. | support one every ten or fifteen miles. This renders it the best of stripping coal. In Hudson, Rockville, Prai- rie and Pleasant Gap townships there are alarge number of mines with five foot veins and the coal 1s ot the best quality, better it is claimed be successful too. Some are apprehensive that too is | sources are practically unlimited and | there is no danger of overdoing the | country. A number of large towns | will develop the country more rapid- ly than anything else waich can be than has heretotore been found in) done, and the building of a new city the county. Itis good, to say the | in South-Eastern Bates will advance very least, and the quantity 1s meX- | the interests of that part more in haustible. This coal region had / three years can otherwise be done in been neglected by capitalists until | ten, recently when the Kansas and Mis- | ————_=___— souri coal company, with which ENDS IN NOTHING. Judge Moler and Major Bradley are | For months the air has been black connected, began to purchase land. | with threats of what the Republiban Since then considerable prospecting | was about to expose and ot wonder- has been done and the result has | tul amourts ot money that were miss- been highly satistactory to owners of | ng. When pressed to the wall for land and those who wish to engage | specific statements as to where and in mining coal for The | when the county lost money, its ed- company mentioned was form-} itor was astonished to find that he ed inconnection with the Emporia! was without proof and commenced railroad company. Most of the | taking back his charges by the whole- stock is owned by members of the} sale. The last number contained Emporia organization and that tact | the usual back-down. In renders it very certain that transpor- | of July 2oth, it was charged that ac- The of | cess te the county records was deni- these coal fields and the quantity of | ed the editor. On July 27th he ac- | knowledges that such is not the case. shipment. its issue extent tation can be had. coal near the surface has proved sur- prising evento old settlers. The | In fact he has retracted every charge | 2 whole country 1s unde:laid with} of incompetency except one. By black diamonds and citizens of that | some mistake the order raising cir- cus license from $25 to $100 was not section boast that they can discount and all the rest of Bates when it comes to making a show ot tuel. No s correctly worded nor indexed the county lost the enormous sum ot tematic survey has been made and} $75. After all his fuming and hence anything like a detailed state- | threatening about corruption, he has ment ts not yet possible, but parties | been torced to aamit that only $75 have taken the pains to satisfy them- | has been lost to the county. Itleaves selves previous to purchasing. Judge | the paper ina ridiculous position in- Moler informed us two or three years deed. It clings to the mistake which ago that he was surprised at the | caused a loss of $75. like a drown- amount of coal veins from four to | ing man te a straw. A more com- five feet thick, which he found when | plete fizzle was never witnessed. he first examined the country in the} After months of thundering about interest of his company. It tar ex-| official corruption, every charge ceeded anything he expected to find. | voluntarily one Since that time many farmers have | single oversight which discovered mines, the existence of | circus to pay $25 instead of $100 as which had hitherto been unknown. | was the intention. If there ever was Besides the new discoveries, places | any doubt about the honest manage- where mines had tor years been | ment of county affairs, the utter fail- known to exist, were examined and | ure of the Refudlican to find aught the quality and thickness tested. It | that is wrong, except the $75, settles frequently happened that coal was | the question beyond cavil. It has known to be in such and such | proved to the people that public af- places, but, owing to no value being | fairs are well managed and has less attached to it at that time, ne atten- j ened the chances tor Republican tion was paid to it and land-owners | success in Bates if such a thing were themselves were ignorant ot what j possible. This thing ot wholesale they had. As soon as there was a | charges without proof won’t win, es- Prospect of the mines proving valu- | pecialiy when the paper making them able, all parties interested began to | crawfishes as our contemporary has make examination. The result was | done on every point save one insig- that many mines, previously sup- | nificant item. He has completely posed to be worthless, proved yalu-| cornered himself and must stick to able and many new ones were dis- | the circus business or drop the mat- covered. Discoveries still continue | ter and admit there has been excell- and there is every reason to expect | ent management ot public business. Shame on a public joarnal which is withdrawn except enabled a { | they will not cease for years to come. Notwithstanding the amount of will go so farin its assertions and work done at Rich Hill, we trequent- then make such a contemptible tail- ly hear of new veins of coal being ure when called on to show when | found. It will be ‘and by whom there South-Eastern Bates. will elapse before the last surface | our continue. It vein will have been developed. How | Strengthens the Democ party these townships came to be neglect- | With the people and the next election has been any the same in A long time loss caused to the county. neighbor will We hope atic ed so long is strange indeed, and | Will show just whatis thought of men But it and nally to establish their assertions. there are others who still have doubt Again we demand ot the Republican was so, away. But it is there and in greater | citizen wants to know how it is. | amount than has ever yet been stat- If there has been such terrible | One result of developing this sec-| show up or shut up. termined to take that step end it will {Our agricultural and mineral re- | RAILROAD NEWS. On Friday last a_ meeting | held in Butler and the following dis- : patch to the K. C. Journal contains It that is to be made public: | Butler, Mo., July 27.—The exec |utive committee of the Fr. Scott, | St. Louis and Chicago railroad com- i pany met here to-day. The com- ! mittee consists of Senator Plumb, of | Kansas, John Scullen, ot St. Louis, | Thos. M. Nichol, of New York, B. J. Waters, ot Ft. Scott annd J. L. | Pace, of this city. Arrangements ; were made for pushing the work on | theroad under the direction ot Mr. Scullen as general manager. He | was authorized to have the road com- | pleted from Hume to Butler, in’ the | shortest possible period. | The organization of land and coal company \ pleted, with Governor Foster, Gen. Keiter, Hon. Amos Townsend, Ohio, and Senator Warner Miller, ot | New York, Senator Plumb, of Kan- sas, Thomas M. Nichol, B. J. Wat- ters, J, L. Pace, and John Scullin, as directors, and J. L. Pace was chosen president, ‘hos. M. Nichol, was Walnut com- the was ot Vice-president and treasurer, and B. J. Waters secretary. A able part of the day was in private conterences between ; Scullin, Senator Plumb and Cross, of Emporia, which cannot be tully | consider- consumed Mr. Col. nature of rned, but it the is supposed to have had reference to a consolidation of the St. Louis and | Emporia with the Fort Scott road, or to make some arrangements with the syndicate now building the Fort Scott road to aid in the construction of the Emporia road west from Wal- nut. The sale of lots continues at Wal- nut this week at an average ot about $2,000 worth per day. Both ness and residence buildings are be- ing rapidly constructed. If the are united, a junction will be made at Walnut in which case the shops and offices of both roads will be lo- cated at that point. This with the coalcompanies, it is belleyed by many, will make Walnut within a year the largest town in the county. In addition to the above the Clin- ton Advecate publishes a lengthy statement taken from sources of in- formation not accessible to the gen- eral public which seems to render ; the building ot the Emporia certain. According to that it 1s to run through | Clinton and thence east to a point on the Missouri xiver this side of Louis. with a road already constructed from St. Louis. This combination effected in order for the Emporia to get into the union depot in that city. was of the Odessa and the Emporia, nothing is known turther than inti- mated in the above dispatch. Opin- ions are many and varied and the only way is to wait and see. Anuatimation was recently pub- lished by the St. Louis Repudlican that Vanderbilt is putting the Bee line 1m first-class condition and _ that it is designed to meet the Emporia, which is only a part of the Santa Fe, at St. Louis and thus make athrough line across North America in oppo sition to Gould. If this proves true, the Emporia will be the best line of railroad in all this part of the coun- try and Butler should not fail to possible. It Gould will never compromise and we would se- cure it it and ; thus have the advantage of strong competition. The railroad pects of Butler could not be pros- better. Sheldon Lxterfriése:—John S. this Jarrel, rmer residing near city, was badly bitten last Friday, on the right leg, by his own dog that had the hydrophobia. Mr. Jarrel informed us that he knew his was bitten by a mad dog sometime ago, and had been watching him closely tor the purpose of killing nis dog j The Cass County ieener says there 1s a strong undercurrent in fay i true. to some extent, of Bates, but, in our opinion, Marmaduke is decidedly in the lead. AAs soon as located its building assured, another ee ; alnut City will be laid out and Boonville has water-works nearly ew preference } Spring up with equal rapidity. A c pleted and the peor ire How pleased with the prospect. ocated somewhere m Bates county, dogship if he noticed azy signs of hy- Grophobia. Mr. Jarrel was tryingto get the dog to chase some hogs when the dog turned and savagely attacked him with the above result. Mr. rel called at our office on his way from Warwick, where he had procur- eda mad stone. He applied the where it to ar- the s) ne to the we } pout leech, hold and stuck hke a hour, busi- | in- | terests of the live railroad companies | St. j It will there form a junction | As to the proposed consolidation | ANOTHER PROOF OF OIL. Gas Struck in Northera Bates in Great Quantity. Oil Stock Booming and the People De- | termined to Know What They Have- On last Saturday J. W. Duncan, while drilling a stock-well on his farm north-east ot Adrian, struck a wonderful flow of gas. The work- men, not knowing what caused the roaring in the well, took out the drill, moved the machinery back and applied a The depth thirty-eight fect and the black shale. next day number match. 1s was We in of the gas found in a hard, visited the place company with a Adnanites. Water had filled well to within ten feet of the top. | No sign of gas was visible. Atter a few minutes work drawing water, a termble roaring commenced which aken out. increased as the water wast There still remained a iot of mud in the bottom through which the gas was forced with a noise that could be heard fur a quarter of a mile. | Standing near the well, the sound re- moving train of than It not sembles that ot a , cars a short distance off, more think of. had | anything else we can was firea and, if the wind been blowing, the flame would have fifteen The an reached a-hight of twelve to feet. Itis really heat would be sufficient to | engine if the water was cased out so wonderful. run as not to impede the escape of gas. Work was stopped as soon as the gas was struck and it 1s highly probable that, if the drill had been put down further, the amount would be in- creased. The importance of this discovery can not be overestimated. It is al- most as good an indication of oil as oil itself and the people of the er part of Mormon Fork valley are- greatly excited in consequence. This well is surrounded by as good oil | indications as there are at Marshall’s and so strong a vein of gas at the depth of 38 feet so nearly settles the question of oil in the neighborhood that owners of land around have un- | bounded faith in future develop- ments. The Adnan oil company has leas- low- ed considerable landin the imme- | diate vicinity and some cash stock has been subscribed. They now teel hke pushing ahead and thecom- munity is so thoroughly aroused that j no trouble will be experienced in raising the requisite funds. For twenty years there has been talk of ‘ oil on Mormon but things at last | seem tobe taking shape. The coun- try will soon be prospected and, we ' firmly believe. the most valuable real estate in Bates county, five years lhence, will be found along that | stream. ‘lhe people of that section ‘now have an opportunity to come to the tront, and, if they do not, they have no one to blame but them- selves. The opportunity 1s offered and should be improved. RAISNIG A RAUKET. The Carthage Pafr/ot is attacking \the railroad commissioners of the this state for-alleged neglect ot duty. It is also assailing John O’Day, ot Springfield, and W. S. Phelps, of Carthage. for the part taken by them in aiding railroads to evade the law. the We haye nothing to say to charges against the gentlemen men- all that cause for serious complaint ex- Railroad taxed accord- tioned but the fact 1s patent to ists against some one. corporations are not ing to their wealth nor are they ri quired to obey the laws the same as | individuals. They are above law terret out the | Texas { road laws which are on the statute | books. A similar evil exist in this | state and its highly sausfactory ' to see a number of papers taking 2 } decided stand against a further toler- | ation ot it. The K. C. Zimes takes | the lead and enough country Papers ' ought to follow it to make themselves | heard at the state cap‘tal. | | TWO MORE RaILRoaps. Upon the statement of Mr. Nichol, we said last | pany would pay the Emporia actual cost for its tranchises. A mecting was held in this city last week at which both companies were Exactly what was | week that his com. | | repre— accom- phshed, or attempted, we do not know but there is no doubt that the offer to buy the Emporia was under consideration. Asto the we have the assertion of Morris Keys, who has been employed selling Jo at Walnut, that red heard Nichol rt the price,paid tor coal lands and all other property belonging to the Emporia is $110,000. sented. sale If this 1s cor- rect, Senator Plumb and other gen- tlemen interested in that road received an interest in the have company The sale, so far all surmise. may not. Mr. Nichol, however, stated to a gentle- which purchased. as the public know, is It may be so or it man of this city that arrangements are perfected tor building both roads, He did not choose, he said, to make any further statement at that It may, then, be taken for granted that both roads will be constructed. Mr. Nicholis a plain spoken man. What he wishes known is told in a straight-torward manner, but no one knows better how to keep back what His statement that arrangements are per- tected forthe construction of both roads can be relied on. Butler will thus be placed im a po- sition to continue the leading place of this county and in fact, of all this part of Missouri and of that part of Kansas which lies immediately west ofus. There is nothing in the way nnless a close-fisted policy shall + be adopted. Of this there are no tears as Butier has always arisen equal to every emergency and will continue the same Three railroads will give direct com- munication with all parts of the country. Ifour city does not then become a remarkably prosperous place, it will be our own fault and we deserve to tail. But we will not. The future is brighter than ever be- fore and Butler will duuble her pop- ulation and business within the next five vears. time. should not be made public. always wise policy ZUNI INDIANS. The Zunis, who live in Western New Mexico, are the most interest- ing tribe of Indians the United States. They are the same three hundred years ago, are descend- ants of the Aztecs, boast that they never killed a white man, property is safer among them than among the whites of that country, they farm, keep immense herds of cattle, horses in now as and sheep, cultivate grain and live in We were once on their reservation over a day well constructed houses. and there is not a more orderly, wel! regulated community anywhere. Tke men do the out-door work and their women seem to be well treated. Thev have no government agents ex- among them and a favors no cept to be let alone and to make their own living in their own way. Very extensive frauds in entering public land. The government has employed acorps of detectives to guilty parties. The Panhandle claims that it and the people seem powerless to redress their wrongs. Exactly what good the railroad commisstoners this state have done difficult find out. The Patr/ot is doing right in raising a racket about immunity of corporations from all legal re- of is to Laws the most just and reasonabie been passed but no effort is made to have these iaws | It is about tsme for into this negli- £ Calitoma straint. have entorced. the people to inquire gence. The example of Demos rats 1s worthy of imitation. A la number of counties in that state have made it a part of their that the recreant p orms to see railroad commissioners are prosecu- prosecu ted for neg! to enforce rail- originated in the threat of Texas to tax herders for grazing on public them- and lands. In order to protect selves, they had their relatives herders take up all the land needed. It 1s this kind of frauds the govern- ment is after. A rotten pier recently fell at Ti- voli, a pleasure resort near Baltimore. Acrowd had yathered on the pier, waiting for the boat which was to take them back to the city. The pier tell, The crowd was thrown into the water and G0 of ot several hundred 7o were drowned. Cholera has appeared at Bombay, India. rtp reenact ee