Are After Oil In Bridgewater

ARE AFTER OIL IN BRIDGEWATER

JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER MAY HAVE COMPETITION

John D. Rockefeller has been off his feed this week and it is reported he has caught a glimpse or two of the wolf at his door. All this hasn't come about either because he couldn't shake J. P. Morgan loose from the control of U. S. Steel, but rather because Dr. W. H. Schmidt is going into the oil business.

The doctor and his brother, who lives down in the township of Bridgewater, are about to sink a well in search of crude petroleum. The land on which their well is to be bored has recently come into their possession through the expiration of a lease and now instead of renewing the lease they are going to try their luck as well men.

Where they expect to sink their drill--and, perhaps, incidentally, a few dollars--is only ten feet from where Jackson parties put down a well and struck something they won't tell about. Trenton rock is down only 700 feet and it is positively known that some oil has been found.

When the doctor strikes "ile" we shall all expect him to set up some form of tonic bitters. -- Chelsea Standard.