Show OIL STRIKE IN MILLARD COUNTY the filing of the articles of ill incorporation corpora of the westwood oil company gives publicity to the fact that oil has been found in millard mallard county utah what promises to be of the utmost importance in to millard and fillmore counties ft says the salt lake tribune is the oil strike made by the westwood oil company the articles of incorporation of which were filed with the county clerk yesterday the present well is down to a depth of 1120 feet with oil showing ever since the foot point was passed with a ninety nine year lease on 1060 acres of land surrounding the initial well which is located west of fillmore in the southeast corner of section 36 township 20 south range 5 west the company plans to start three new wells by january 1 probably a better idea of the location of the initial well may be had from the fact that it is located about yards east of the well drilled by the state for artesian water and in which oil was struck at the foot point the oil was eased cased off and the well sunk to the foot point when the work was abandoned because of the failure to strike artesian water the present company started the work on the initial well last june and there are now on the property one eighty two foot derrick and three standard rigs pumping machinery is on the way and will be installed in the near future the oil is now flowing and the flow has been steadily in 4 creasing for the last feet i the strike in what is practically a vir j gin field surrounded by acres of ag ri cultural land with approximately only 20 acres under cultivation is viewed by those residing in the vicinity as th the e most important development in millard county in years those conversant with the agricultural possibilities and the oil possibilities are of the opinion that the oil strike means the building of a railroad through that section the oil is of a grade known among oil men as premium oil and is of that quality qualley on which a premium the nearest shipping point to the near neav well is at belta a distance of twenty four miles while the distance of the new strike from salt lake lak in a straight line is approximately miles according to the articles of incorporation filed with the county clerk each director of the company is required to own 1009 1100 1 0 of stock the company is incorporate incorporate of 0 ed for shares with a par value vallie 1 per share edward D woodruff as trus tee holds shares and there are shares in the treasury the directors and officers are ednai edgarr D woodruff president of the troy lau lauf dry and former president of the cainnie Co innie cial club president and treasurer maurice I 1 bf kaighn receiver of the united states land office vice president charles S pulver representing the arts metal company secretary these with joseph H mandera manderfield beld general freight and passenger agent of the salt lake route and gus W westphal who has been in the oil business for thirty years form forin the directorate the temporary offices f ices of the company compan y are those of mr woodruff permanent offices will be opened later |