| Show OVER OV OV OL O s I Syndicate Trying to Oust tire the Union Pacific ac road Washington acc Special SP I to 1 Vf N Y T Y Tribune Tribue Washington July 23 The interior department depa tm nt Just Jus ROW non n Is grappling with wit one of the te hardest bar st questions wit which It has had to t deal in a alon long longtime longtime time tie There are ar involved In the i possibly many millions of I 1 dollars worth of or mineral lands which are Included include in the original land grant grantor of or the UnIon Pacific railroad and are arc principally In Wyoming Under the plain provisions of the act ac of or congress which aided by grants of ot public lands the construction of the transcontinental tal railroads all al lands which contained valuable minerals were to escheat to the government for entry under the mineral laws Along a considerable portion of the Union Unon Pacific In Wyo Wyoming YO ruing ming settlers setter say they the have discovered rich reservoirs reservoir of petroleum p that are areas areas areas as valuable AS BS s the thO oil oI fields now being developed in the region regon around round Beau Beaumont Beaumont Beaumont mont Tex Tea These discoveries re natural naturally ly 13 1 have hae led to the te organization of powerful syndicates for prospecting and developing the oil oi felds and the Union on Pacific railroad is claiming prior to the tIre property syndicates have hae appealed to t the tIre interior depart department meat ment men to enforce the mining ruining laws against the railroad company and oust that corporation from possession of oC the theland theland land lad One of or these syndicates is oper operating o operating r aUng under the name of the American r Consolidated Oil on company and apparently apparent apparently ent Is taking taking the te lead in the fight against the railroad for Cor the potential wealth involved In the absence of Secretary Hitch Hitchcock cork cock on his summer vacation the sub subordinate subordinate ordinate officials of the interior depart department department ment are arc unwilling to discuss the case ease caseIn caseIn In detail deti which gives to the subject an interest which ge perhaps it I would not otherwise possess and envelops it i In Inconsiderable inconsiderable considerable mystery All Al that Is vouchsafed on the subject at the de department department department Is that one of or the most x special agents of the de J W IV V Zevely Is i now in Wyoming carefully investigating In the counter claims of the railroad com company company company pany and the syndicates as a to the tie ex cx existence e of or oil 01 lakes and th the r rights of the railroad corporation in the prem prom premises tle Ies lass Until Mr report re ort is for forwarded 10 forwarded warded ared to Washington Va hIngton and approved by the Interior in department nothing concerning his hi conclusions ions will wi b bl ba Assistant Secretary Ryan given given out out however skid said s d today that it was probable probable able that if I Mr r Zevely Zeey reported In against the Union Pacific the lands land dispute would have ha to be surrendered sundered by the railroad company and then would fall fal under the mineral land laws At the same time it i is realized that the Union Pacific which wih with Its it al allied allied lied led Interests Is one of ot the most power powerful ful fui corporations In tire the country countr will wi not easily easH surrender surender Its ifs Ifs claims so It ItIs ItIs itis Is likely Ukel that the controversy will trill wi find its is way into the highest highet fed federal federal federal eral courts for settlement court Pending a settlement of the dispute I of ot course course neither party to the con controversy cn controversy will wf be allowed to ni re e any use of the property pro ry which means that the big oil oi syndicates syndic es will not be able to proceed with wih their work of develop development development ment meat and exploitation until the Unit United United United ed States supreme court curt has finally passed on the question of title I |
