Show OIL FIELD NEAR TOWN Such Is the Opinion of a California Cali-fornia Expert WOULD BOHE ON SEWER FARM H H Dukes Applies to the City Council for a Lease of Sewer Farrn for the Purpose of Boring for Oil and Gas Ho Offers 10 Per Cent of the Gross Output of the Wells if Oil Is Found No Definite Action Is Taken and May Come Tip Monday Mon-day Night p H M Dukes a California oil expert applied last night to the City Council Committee on Public Grounds for a perpetual per-petual lease on the citys sewer farm fm thf nurnnse of borinc for oil and ad lie stated that locdl capital was behind the enterprise but he declined for the time being to disclose the Identity Iden-tity of his backers His proposition was to pay the city In royalties 10 percent per-cent of the gross output of the wells 1C oil were found or a certain sum per i year for each well if only gas Is pro t duccd 1 Councilman Robertson at the outset I stated that the sewer farm was already al-ready leased and anyfurther privilege granted would have to bo subject to the existing lease He also said that the city had no use for oil and could only accept n money consideration say 10 per cent of the gross receipts from the sale of oil Mr Dukes said that the enterprise was prospective that his company was willing to expend thousands of dollars 1 in exploring the field on the supposl I lion that oil deposits exist under the I gas already found in lands surrounding the lake I Ie called attention to the benefits which would come to the city should oil be discovered In commercial quantities quan-tities and suggested the possibility oC Salt Lake as a refining center S I The Councilmen wore disposed to give his proposition kindly consideration considera-tion but requested him to submit it In writing next Monday night |