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Show UTAH FJIIAIICIERS EIITERJL GAME Articles of incorporation of Utah Oil Company have been prepared and it is expected will be filed today. At the head of the organization ' are Jesse Knight and Jos. R. Murdock, and the object Is the development of 20,000 acres of oil and oil shale lands in the Uintah basin country, and leases of oil shale land In Spanish Fork canyon which Mr. Murdock and D. H. Gustave-son, Gustave-son, the company's consulting engineer, engi-neer, have been rounding up for several sev-eral months. The capitalization will We $500,000 in shares of the par value of 50 cents each. Approximately SOO.000 shares of stock are to be placed in the treasury to provide funds for development and no promotion stock is to be issued. The only stock put out In connection with the organization of the company Is that issued in lieu of land acquired by the corporation. Nogotiations are under way for drilling drill-ing equipment to be brought from California Cali-fornia and drilling operations will begin be-gin at an early dale. The compnny also al-so expects to engage In oil refining. The officers and directors of the company are: 'Joseph R. Murdock. president; Jesse Knight,, vice president; presi-dent; John Pingree of iSalt Lake, Joseph Jo-seph B. Keeler of 'Provo; lr. John T. White and A. iH. Crabbe of Salt Lake. B. B. Brooks and Parley T. Wright of Ogden, and R. S. Collett of Roosevelt, additional directors. An executive committee of four Is to be selected from the board to conduct the affairs of the organization. The executive committee and the secretary-treasurer are to be selected at a meeting of the board, which probably will be held within the next few days. ) Among those interested In the eor-i poration, In addition to the directors, are: Former Governor William Spry, A. II. iWoolley, Ir. ft. 8. Olsen, lM. C. Godbe, Reuben May, A. R. Lundfn. Judge J. L. Brown, B. W. iMusser, L. R. Martineau, D. IT. Custaveson and J. Wl Musser. all of Salt Lake; W. II. Shearman, B. til. and R. S. Brooks, George J. Cunningham, Joseph II. -Myers, J. iW. IPike, C. L, and A. h Miller, George Timmerman, R. iM. Moyes. John A. Snedden, F. I Wright, Dr. fX M. Conroy, Dr. P. J. Carver. George D. Wheat. F. W. Chambers, all of Ogden; Joseph IB. keeler, George H. Brimhall, R, K. Allen, Provo; A. J. Evans, Lehl; I. B. Perrine. Twin Falls; Dorothy K. Lavielle, Evanston; John C. Jensen, Jen-sen, Jleber; John Van Fossen. Omaha; T. E. Morgan, A. K. and H. R. Beeler. Los Angeles; E. C. Rampton, Pocatel-lo; Pocatel-lo; i.Mrs. Hattie IL. JI. Cartwright, Illinois; Illi-nois; T. M. Douglas, Idaho Falls, alid L S. Pond, Brigham City. |