Show Complains Because Driller Strikes Oil on Land FRISTOE MO When a well driller told Mrs Lou Brooks Thom Thom- Thomas as 73 that he had struck oil on orl her farm she objected All I want is is good drinking wa wa- water water ter she said and you cant can't get that from an Q-n n oil well I Bill Barnes Barries Barnes the driller related that t ts he hit t. t t e 1 r 11 VA W lULl t l-t- drilling a water well on Mrs Thomas' Thomas farm near this west cen Missouri town Mrs Thomas ordered the well sealed with concrete and another one drilled nearby In drilling the second well wen Barnes reported finding a similar rock formation and a slight coating of oil on the water at feet Mrs Thomas told him not to go any deeper She said she was vas afraid he might strike oil again |