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Show IJ ! FOE. OLD. INTERESTS. I ! ,J ' Prico of tho Fluid Now Growing ! ; Gradually Firmer, i Local Interests in tho oil field cut of IjJ' i Los Angeles will find not a Utile com- fort In tho following from that region: J j l "Petroleum prices, especially In northern fehl California, have become firmer during tho li, , Jot week. Tho organization of lndspend- f, j ,;nt producers and tho making of many 5j ' nvw contracts has resulted In etrcngth- l; ' ontng the market. Thero are many ovl- !r ' donees that tho cffortB of tho Standard I ; and, atiKoclato oil compnnles to bear the e. market are having reactive effects. j2 ' "Bakerslleld, tho center uC attack, now J3 ; 1b hi a position to defend Usolf. Thhtv- i.3 j five Independent producers, representing k . a production of mOre than COO.COO bnr- 1 rcls. not only have combined, but havo X) , flled articles of Incorporation, binding j ' themselves firmly to fight the octopus Tit nnd associates to a finish. Tho asso- i elation haa been formed aftor many weeks ;.i' ! of active solicitation. The capital stock I , will represent 100,000 stnra of a par value ; j j of $100. Thirty-five dlroctors will con- I I ?( ! duct the affairs of th combine." |