Show OGDEN AND IDAHO I MEN ARE AFTER AffER OIL From the Idaho Empire the tile followIng following follow follow- In ing report I is tak taken n relative to Og- Og Ogden Ogen en enand and Idaho Idah people filing on a large acreage of prospective oil gas lands on Oil Raft river Time The report comes to us from Almo Aimo that petroleum shale shalo has been discovered ered over a large tract bf country at atthe atthe the head of Raft river basin Some fifteen sections of land have been filed on Oil in that locality We IVe are aro Informed that a company comprising well well- known men of capital from Ogden and Twin Falls have organized and expect to bo 10 ready to start operations by April J. J V It was tas known for years that there thero were Indications of oil In this valley vailey We have reasons to believe that if there Is petroleum at tim tho head of tills this great valley it will also be found down downstream downstream stream as oil has made Its appearance In Ill several different places not far from toni This mis will be a great tiling thing for this section of Idaho and may give us a areal areal real oil strike boom With our big stock raising industry and our fine ag agricultural agricultural ag- ag possibilities oil production here would put us on tIle the map as time the best section In the tho great northwest Ohio Oil and Other Dividends Declared Over Hogle company's wires came tIle the following two dividend announce announcements ments I ts Ohio Oil company declared an extra dividend of and the regular quarterly quarterly terly dividend o of payable March Marcil 31 to stock on record February 28 tIle the same as declared three ago Fairbanks Morse declared tIme regular regu lar quarterly dividend of 11 16 per cent on preferred payable March 1 to stock oC or record Feb 20 War Work Absorbed V Mine Bureau Energy Van all II IT Manning director has Issued the Eighth Annual Is by the Director of time the Bureau of Mules Mines coverIng cover cover- Ing the work of 1918 Tho book contains con pages It tolls tells In brief form of or the tho results of research work In mali all departments and sub experimental stations sin sta such as the work at tile tho University University sity of Utah The Tue director declares that most of 1018 1915 was devoted to war work Copper Is Quoted Now At 16 4 3 Cents Pound It was reported in a wire from r cw cW York yesterday to Hoglo company that copper sellers are quoting 16 cents u a pound hound in an effort to do business Large producers reduced their quota quotations to 17 cents Boston Montana 45 47 Bohemia 70 95 Boston Ely Elv 90 Butte Butto Jt London V 13 12 1 Chief Con 32 ll Con Copper 5 Davis Daly IJ Eagle Boll Boil 21 2 Majestic 21 23 Nevada Douglas 30 15 Now Baltic New Cornelia 15 16 Ohio Copper 60 70 United Verdo Ext Jeromo Verdo 31 35 15 13 Iron Cap LOS Union Oil Gs 93 So Cal Edison 52 80 SO Cal Edison FIdlon pfd DOb Amal Oil 6 i As d. d Oil 73 Union Oil OilI 1161 1168 I Gen Pet let I United Oil 29 28 Lucky Boy 76 7 Torn Tom Reed feed 1686 United Eastern 43 1 Yellow Pine Pino 1015 Gold Ore Oro 42 New York Feb IS flaw Raw steady ecu ecu- 73 the Hae granulated |