Show DRILLING IN MALHEUR FIELDS oregonian oregonians Ore gonian portland ore there is now considerable excitement in the malheur malteur oil fields situated near vale some 65 miles southeast south east of baker city said wl C bogwill Cog will who has just returned from eastern oregon many baker city men are interested in these oil fields and one company known as the malheur malteur company officered by such men as judge robert eakin of salem the miles brothers of baker county and other equally prominent men in business in baker city have now one well down more than 1100 feet and I 1 learn on ke reliable liable authority that they have struck a large body of oil the baker malheur malteur Mal heur oil company of which E S platts is president and F P M batchelor secretary of portland are the owners of more than acres of oil lands near vale they have already spent between and in developing these lands having some thirty odd preliminary wells down in no one of which have they yet failed to find the oil bearing sands it is the intention of the baker mal heur oil company to procure at once a deep well sinking plant with which to tap the bodies of oil below the surface of their grounds it is expected confidently by the officers of this company that by this time next year they will have a large number of producing wells upon their property |