Show FALLON OPERATORS FORM NEW association fallon fallen nevada oct 12 up to the present time the oil operators of the fallon fallen district have been organized only under the loose laws that prevailed regarding mining districts by these laws which were enacted for the protection of newly discovered properties and new camps everyone no matter how recently he had come into the camp was as entitled to a vote that method prevailed as most newly formed mining districts are at remote parts and the newcomer might ight be one of the biggest claim holders in the camp most new mining camps were at points where there had previously not been sen a community or town government and remote from the seat of law administration therefore the state laws recognized that the new mining district should be a law unto itself the pallon fallon oil fields are very differ antly aly located the city of fallon is the county seat of churchill county and is within sixty five miles of carson city the capital ot f nevada and the office of the U S land commissioner with these facts in view the oil operators felt that the time had come when they should have a different sort of an organization one in which they could restrict the membership the time was also at hand when there might at any moment arise questions that should he be acted upon by those who ho had done real development work last week a call was sent out for an oil opera tors nic meeting eting the result of this call has been that the biggest and most representative companies met saturday night and completed their organization by the election of officers and an executive board this executive board will be the real governing power of the district the companies represented in the new organization which is known as the fallon oil operators association are the lahontan oil syndicate the weaver oil company the churchill oil gas company the big 4 oil company the wheeler oil company consolidated soli dated oil potash the diamond oil company silver state consolidated fallon pioneer oil company rainier oil company fallon oil gas company A restriction is placed on membership in that a company must have expended at least on its property before it is eligible to membership this together with the election of the executive board and the adoption of the constitution and bylaws by laws which are modeled after those of the mine aline owners association formed the chief business of the meeting the executive board is E L bingham of the fallon pioneer oil company eli cann of the churchill county oil company W B nichols of the big 4 oil company A H howe of the lahontan oil syndicate H A dark clark of the consolidated oil potash company all B johnson of the fallon oil gas company and frank hobbs of the silver state consolidated oil company |