Show card fr from om captain the tribune gives space to the following communication comuni cation bemuse because the writer claims that an injustice has been done him the article to which this card la Is intended as a reply was not published w without due date consideration and not without an honest effort to first reach the facts the temper of the card la is not praiseworthy it assumes that certain lands ore are mineral lands they may be but there has not been the slightest demonstration up to date dale to give an indication that they are there may be petroleum there may be tin till there may be flour quartz cau arts gold or either cither within that particular section but up to date there has not been found the slightest indication that there Is either or any other metal of value and certainly no title should pass until something Is developed de eloped to prove that there Is because it Is school land land and its AS such I 1 1 it of 0 peculiar lalue to the teri benl isu tory the carl card is as follows editor tribune permit me to no correct is a row fw of tho the errors inadvertent I 1 presume contained in your our reference of aph this morning maiming to the western oil and gas company the legal advisors advisers of tile tho company hom I 1 that flat mineral locations are good on all public lands including school lands provided it 11 can call be established that uch such lands landa are more valuable alu ablo for mineral than aKil agil cultural poses a question that cannot be settled nettled by either cither your reporter or yourself your statement that mr Don nellary has paid pahl or agreed to pay any money for incorporation purposes in ex exchange chanto for stock in the company la 13 untrue his ro te ration in tills ilila or tiny any other undertaking Is not essential to its success mr whalen was not permitted to control the company as he desired rot for personal advantage and was relocated relegated to his other vent ventures bres no man would bo be daft enough to suppose that he h has been consulted tit in forming a board for tho the western L rat oil and gas company tho the opinion lon of your reporter that petroleum t ordin does 0 aas not lot cs exist 1 of in th this is valley or in that particular of the valloy valley can call hardly be expected to carry as much weight as that of prof lay an ac Knowl know odRed ledred autho authority lity on petroleum petrol eurn molds fields and who has indicated this at al icy hay ng as covering cover tm one of tho the largest larff cst depol i a of petroleum in tho the volsted states tile ali officers of the company will ill 1 trust ho be pardoned par dond for preferring tho the experienced professor to tile tho novice jn these matters your that any pat litra of tho the stock is 1 held in trust for me out aldo my git imato commission as is a pio pao rooter no Is respectfully J 11 salt lake labo city october 7 1595 |