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"Bellefonte, Pa., December 5, 1921,
HISTORY OF OIL WELLS
INTERESTING.
Colonel Drake used the first driv-
ing pipe.
Adolph Schreiner, of Austria, made
the first petroleum lamp.
The first oil well drilled by steam
power was opposite Tidioute, in 1860.
Jonathan Watson put down the first
deep well on Oil Creek—2,130 feet—
in 1866.
William Phillips boated the first car-
go of oil down the Allegheny to Pitts-
burgh in March, 1860.
The Chinese were the first to drill
with tools attached to ropes, which
they twisted from rattan.
The Liverpool Lamp, devised by an
unknown Englishman, was the first to
have a glass chimney and do away
with smoke.
The first tubing in oil wells was
manufactured in Pittsburgh, with
brass screw joints soldered on the
pipe, the same as at Tarentum salt
wells.
The first steamboat reached the
mouth of Oil Creek in 1827 with a
load of Pittsburghers. The first train
crossed Oil Creek into Oil City on a
track on the ice.
William A. Smith, who drilled the
Drake well, made the first rimmer.
While enlarging a well with a bit the
point broke off, after which greater
progress was noted. The accident
suggested the rimmer.
The first white settler in the Penn-
sylvania oil regions was John Frazier,
who built a cabin at Wenango-Frank-
lin in 1745, kept a gun shop “and trad-
ed with the Indians until driven off by
the French in 1753, the year of George
Washington’s visit.
Jonathan Titus located at Titusville
in 1779, on land made famous by the
Drake well. In that year the first oil
+ skimmed from Oil Creek to be mar-
keted was sold at Pittsburgh, then a
collpesten of log cabins, at $16 a gal-
on.
Early well owners found the tools
and fuel, paid all expenses but labor,
and paid $3.50 per foot to the contrac- |
tor, vet so many contractors failed
that a lien law was passed. ‘George |
Koch, in November of 1873, took out
a patent on fluted drills, which did
away with the rimmer, reduced the
time of drilling a well from sixty
days to twenty, and reduced the price |
from $3 per foot to 50 cents.
Sam Taft was the first to use a
line to control the engine from the
derrick at a well near McClintockville
in 1867. Henry Webber was the first
to regulate the motion of the engine
from the derrick. He drilled a well
near Smoky City, on the Porter farm,
in 1863, with a rod from the derrick
to the throttle valve. He also dressed’
the tools with the forge and derrick,
perhaps the first time this was done.
He dril'ed this well 600 feet with no
help. Near this well
plank derrick in the oil country.
The first derricks were of poles,
twelve feet base and twenty-eight to
- thirty feet high. The ladder was made
by putting pins through a corner of a
leg of the derrick. The Samson post
was mortised in the ground. The band
wheel was hung in a frame like a
grindstone. A single bull wheel, made
out of about 1,000 feet of lumber,
placed on the side of the derrick next
to the band wheel, with a rope or old
rubber belt’ for a brake, was used.
When the tools were let down the for-
mer would burn and smoke, the latter
would smell like ancient -codfish.—
Sketches in Crude Oil.
She Liked Her Job.
A suburban housewife relates over-
hearing this conversation between her
new maid and the cook next door:
“How are you Hilda?”
© “I'm well,” said Hilda. “I like my
. Job. We got cremated cellar, cement-
. ary plumbing, elastic lights, and a
* hoosit.”
~ “What's a ‘hoosit,” Hilda?” the puz-
zled cook exclaimed.
“Oh, a bell rings. You put a thing
to your ear and say ‘hello,’ and some
: one says ‘hello,’ and you say, “Hoo-
sity”
Buy at Home
We pay taxes here and con-
tribute to every public move-
ment, And we sell Groceries
that are as good as you can get
anywhere
(ity Cash Grocery
In Ordering Bread
Don't forget to enrich your table
with our other baked goods that
lend variety and deliciousness to
your meals at little expense.
BREAKFAST ROLLS CRULLERS
COFFEE RINGS CAKES
FANCY BUNS RAISEN BREAD
CURRANT BUNS PIES
They give you the same food value
as our wholesome Bread.
CITY BAKERY :
GALAIDA’S
SANITARY
Fish ana Oyster Market
Bush Arcade—Both Phones
Fish, Oysters and Dressed
Poultry at All Times,
Bell Telephone 82 M
was the first |
Motor Cars
Graham Bros. Trucks
Hockman’s Garage
Dodge Bros.
...The...
Center Oil and Gas Co
Distributors of
§® Products
Bottorf Bros.
The EXIDE Battery
Service Station
Automobile Accessories,
Radios and Supplies
and
Electrical Contractors
Bottorf Bros.
Service Courtesy
Bellefonte Motor Service Co
W. F. McCOY
All Cars
Accessories
Quality
General Repairs
Tires Tubes
“The MOON SIX”
HUPMOBILE
UNBREAKABLE
Can’t Break, Crack or Leak
A Le Boeuf Fountain Pen
is Guaranteed Unbreakable
Come in and Try to Break One
The Mott Drug Co
Hunter’s Book Store
All Standard Lines
Eaton’s and Craine’s Papers
Blair Tablets
Carter’s and Stafford’s
Dennison Goods
Eversharp and Conklin Pencils
Conklin and Moore Pens
Inks
Z2ooHEH>
We Invite you to drive it S
over any Mountain you suggest.
PENN STATE AUTO CO.
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DON'T BUY FROM
The
Potter-Hoy Hdw. Co.
Unless you want Real Quality
and Satisfaction for Your
Money.
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Before You Buy
Any LUMBER, FLOORING,
FINISH, SASH, DOORS, -
MILL WORK
Get Shope’s Prices
Bell 46 W United
Bellefonte Lumber Co
MILL WORK SHINGLES
BUILDING SUPPLIES
ROUGH LUMBER LATH
Bellefonte Lumber Co
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Enduring Gifts
Quality Tuniture..
Showing the largest Lines of
Exclusive trade-marked Furni-
ture in Centre County
W. R. BRACHBILL
Spring St. Bellefonte, Pa.
They Say they Know—that
The Variety Shop
China and Toy Departments
are the Best in Centre County.
Kom and C what U think.
G. R. SPIGELMYER & CO.
M. R. JOHNSON
Marbleand Granite
CEMETERY WORK
of every description
Before You Vote
BE SURE TO READ THIS
We have nominated as our
leaders the
MODERN GLENWOOD STOVE
W. W. Lawrence & Co’s
READY MIXED PAINTS, Val-
spar Varnishes, Enamels and
Stains,
H. P. SCHAEFFER, Hardware
COAL!
Our careful selection has ena-
bled us to sell and deliver at
any time the Best Grade of Coal
mined in Centre county.
Centre Co.Fuel &B’ldg Sup. Co
NATHAN KOFMAN, Prop.
Knisely’s Market
Clean and Up-to-Date
FISH OYSTERS
BUTTER EGGS
SMOKED MEATS
West High Street
PUAN AA A AS ASAP ASA A AAA
PA AANA AON SANNA
Lyon & Co Lyon & Co
We specialize in Ladies, Misses
and Children’s Ready-to-Wear
Come and see our Blankets and
Comfortables
Visit our store before you do
your Winter buying. It will be
a Big Saving to you.
LYON & CO.
NAPPI SSOP SSSI II
NONI S SPS PNP
Bellefonte Filling Station
and Rest Room
A Service Station for Impatient
Motorists
GREASES OILS GAS
Confectionery Tobacco
Oil Changed Free
FRANK SASSERMAN, Prop.
Russ-Bell’s
Sodas, Ice Cream, Candy
Martha Washington
CANDIES
Old Time Home Made
Only a Few
Christmas * iy en
Watch Casebeer's Windows
For Suggestions
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C.D. CASEBEER
Jeweler and Optometrist
PUPS A SP AP NP fd
GOLDEN RULE HAS
PLACE IN TRADE
Has Been Found to Be Goo?
Business Policy Both for
Buyer and Seller.
OBLIGATION NOT ONE-SIDED
Consumer Gains As Much By Being
Fair With Merchant As Latter
Does By Being Square
and Honest.
(Copyright.)
Some cynical persons have remarked
| that the Golden Rule has no place in
business. They have taken the posi-
tion that instead of doing unto others
as you would have them do unto you,
the only safe and sane plan is to do
others before they have a chance te
do you.
Fortunately for business and for the
world at large, however, these persons
are few and far between. The great
majority of people are honest.
It has been proven repeatedly that
even in business it pays to practice the
Golden Rule, just as it has been prov-
en repeatedly that “honesty is the best
policy.” It not only makes a man feel
better down in his heart when he em-
ploys the principle of the Golden Rule,
but he finds that it is good business.
This applies not only to the man who
stands behind the counter and gives a
full pound of sugar to the man who
asks for a pound, but also to the man
who stands on the other side of the
counter and pays his money for the
pound of sugar.
Does Consumer Do His Part?
The consumer expects the merchant
to be honest and square and give him
his money’s worth for every penny that
he spends with him, but how often
does the consumer stop and ask him-
self the question, “Am I being as fair
and honest with the merchant as he is
being with me?” The consumer not
only expects the merchant to give him
honest weight and full measure at the
lowest possible price, but he expects a
world of other things at the same
time. Nine times out of ten he expects
the merchant to give him credit, and
nine times out of ten the merchant
does it. ‘Many times he expects the
merchant to “carry” him for three or
four months before he pays for what
he buys, and as many times the mer-
chant does it. He expects the mer-
chant to pay for advertising space in
the church program which he is get-
ting up, and the merchant does it. He
expects the merchant to “kick in”
most liberally when he is raising a
fund for the benefit of the town band,
and the merchant does it.
He expects the merchant to provide
the bonus which is to be paid to ob-
tain a new factory which will benefit
the working man, the clerk and every-
body else in the town, and the mer-
chant does it. He expects the mer-
chant to “come across” with a dona-
tion to help the poor family which
otherwise would become a charge upon
the common funds of the community,
and the merchant does.
Another Side to Picture.
Now, look on the other side of the
picture. Mr. Consumer decides that
he needs a new suit of clothes, or
Mrs. Consumer decides that she wants
a new kitchen range, or some of the
little Consumers express a desire for
a train of cars or a bobsled. Mr. Con-
sumer picks up the big mail-order
catalogue which the mail-order house
has printed with his money or that of
others like him, and he looks it over
until he finds a picture that strikes his
eve. It’s a picture of a “nifty” looking
suit of clothes. Of course, he can’t
feel the picture to see whether the
cloth is as good as it looks; he can’t
look the mail-order man in the eye and
ask him whether he will guarantee it
to wear for at least a month or six
weeks; he can’t tell the mail<order man
that he will drop in the first of the
month and settle for it; he can’t tell
the mail-order man that he would like
to have a little of his business or a
chance to do a little carpenter work
or painting or plumbing work for him,
as long as he is buying his goods from |
him, for the mail-order man hasn't any
business or any work to give him. But
the picture is a pretty one, so Mr. Con- |”
sumer digs out his hard-earned cash, |
goes down to the postoffice, buys a
money-order and sends it to the mail-
order man.
After a week or ten days, or possibly
(wo weeks, the suit arrives.
be nothing like the picture. The cloth
may be of poor quality. The chances
are that it doesn’t fit at all. But there
is nothing for Mr. Consumer to do
but put the suit on and wear it. He
can’t get his money back. He might
send the suit back and the mail-order
man might send another in its place,
but the chances are that it wouldn't
be any better than the first and Mr.
Consumer would only be out the addi-
tional express charges.
Found Golden Rule Pays.
Mr. Consumer found that it pays to
remember the Golden Rule in business.
If he had done unto the merchant as
he would like the merchant to do unto
him, he would have got more for his
money und he would have aided in
making it possible for the merchant to
help him and his town wlken they
neaded help.
The world has discovered that the
Gelden Rule is not for use only on
Svndays, but that it is value on every
day of the week.
It may
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The Best at Less
Pianos Radios
Phonographs
EDGEFONT FILLING :
and REST ROOM
18 N. Allegheny St.
Alcohol
Are you going to take a chance
with your
RADIATOR
Let us fix it so You will be
Safe
S. H. POORMAN’S GARAGE
BELLEFONTE, PA.
Your Satisfaction
IS OUR RECORD FOR SERVICE
That Good GULF Gasoline
on the edge of town, on the State
College road.
HARTER’S MUSIC STORE
BOND C. WHITE, Prop.
‘The Scenic
Moose Temple Theatre
PICTURES
SHOWS
Goo
Have You Been
getting everything that’s com-
ing to you when buying groceries
We give you Service and Good
Groceries at Right Prices
THOMAS S. HAZEL
DEALER IN
Staple and Fancy Groceries
$1.75 $1.75
Ladies’ Silk Hose
(Guaranteed)
We will give a new pair free
for any pair that shows a run-
ner in the leg or a hole in the
heel or toe.
Yeager’s Shoe Store
HATING NSANS
NS A SAA AAA ASSL
BEEZERS GARAGE §
STUDEBAKER
International Trucks
See the ‘Duplex?’ Car
GEO.
Ser:
G. F. Musser Co
WHOLESALE GROCERS
A. BEEZER
FRANK M. MAYER
Manufacturer of
Snow-flake and White-lily
FLOUR
We carry a. large stock of All
Kinds of Feed in both our Mills.
‘We are always in the market for
Grain.
Bellefonte Mill Roopsburg Mill
Nash sz SIX
Wion Gare Garage
New Location...W. Bishop St.
BELLEFONTE
Special
Advance
PAPAS ASSIA PPPS AGP
We are fully equipped to meet
your every requirement
for your Holiday
Shopping.
Handkerchiefs 10c to 50¢
Neckwear 50c¢ to $1.50
Gloves 25¢ to $3.50
Hosiery 25¢ to $1.50
Shoes $2.50 to. $10.00
Hats $1.50 to $5.00
Bath-Robes $2.75 to $8.50
Kimonas $1.50 to $10.00
Slippers $1.00 to $2.50
Cohen & Co.
Department Store
The Best Place to Trade Anyway
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NAPPI OSA POPS ASS
Montgomery & Co
BELLEFONTE, PA.
Genuine
ENGLISH BROAD CLOTH
SHIRTS
Specially Priced
$2.45
Blue — Tan — White — Gray
The Real
(Coaster Wagon
“The Premax”
The best built wagon we
know of.
Just an ideal X-mas gift
for the Boy.
~ Olewine’s Hardware
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WIAA ASSP SAAS
The Talk of the Town!
Selby’s ‘and Just Wrights
Arch Support Shoes
FOR MEN AND WOMEN
Mingle’s Shoe Store
seers Meat Marke
is in on the Buy at Home Cam-
paign because it offers ‘such
Choice Meats at the Right
Prices that there is no reason
for anybody buying elsewhere.
AUIS APSA AAS
Fruits Vegetables
EVERYTHING IN SEASON
EVERYTHING OF THE BEST
Carpeneto’s.
Buy eat Coun
BUT
Buy in Centre County
Hazel & Company
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Bon Mot
EVERYTHING THAT
IT'S NAME IMPLIES
Schlow’s Quality Shop
Offers you Many Opportunities
in Quality and Service
that you can’t get by
buying abroad
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