Show TIES UP OIL FIELDS oil lands valued roughly at have been tied up by the governments recent action in filing suits in cheyenne wyo against the midwest refining company and allied interests the grass creek oil gas company two other corporations and fifteen individuals enjoining the defendants from operating claims in the wyoming oil fields the action was based on an order issued by president taft in 1909 withdrawing the lands in question from entry with the object oft conserving the nations oil supply for the benefit of the navy in addition to a permanent injunction a temporary restraining order was asked compelling immediate in suspension of operations |