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Show AN URGENT OPPORTUNITY. The oponing of the oil fields is southern Utah, a lino description of which is contained in Tho Tribune of yesterday morning,-offers a great Irado opportunity to Salt Lako merchants. Thcro is no question but thcro is going to be a mighty rush into that, oil field; ;.. Co... ....d, iw,c ..i.o,. i.n,.,,,, One oil well is dowii' upwards of six hundred feet, with others about to bo begun, and still others will follow rap-idh rap-idh The oil seems to be there, the forma tiou is right for heavy deposits, and thero is no doubt of tho wide and keen interest awakening throughout tho country by tho discoveries. It is time for Salt Luko business men to he nlert. and on tho jump to get this now business. Wo have hero almost all forms of mining machinery, many of them adapted to tho oil-boring business, and othors can be ordered and rushod hero rapidly. This is the best, outfitting point for tho new fields. It is tho nearest largo placo to that oil region. The country down thero has boon settled set-tled a long time, .but not extensively. The supplies there are sufficient for all ordinary demnnds, but they will bo entirely en-tirely insufficient or the extraordinary demand that is likely to be created by this rush. Salt Lako buslnoss mon should be alert; thoy should establish lines for freight, transportation, and for rapid communication from tho noarcst point, on the railroad. This communication communica-tion would load down over the Black Kidge, which is now said lo be a good road. The chief new road-making road-making would bo tip the Virgin river from Toquorvillo to Virgin City and beyond. The news of this new oil find has been telegraphed all over tho country, and it will attract many people. Other cities will got busy to supply tho demands that will thus be created, but no other city is in as favorable a condition or locality to meet those demands and supply sup-ply them promptly as Salt Lake. The Commercial club should at once take up this question and urgo the merchants mer-chants to tako advamago of tho oppor tunity created by I his oil rush. Machinery Ma-chinery and operators arc going thcro rapidly. There is no question about it; now is the time for Salt Lake to get in. It can get in quicker and more easily than anj- other place possibly can. Thero is at, present an unwarranted lethargv here with respect to this oil proposition and the vast demands it will create. The requirements of the oil situation down thero aro immediate and promise to bo extensive.. Salt Lako should send its representatives there at once, and arrange to meet, tho business needs. Alertness and promptness count for much in such a case as this. Jt is hard to overcome llio natural advantages advan-tages that. Salt Lako has as with relation rela-tion to this supply, but it is possible to overcome them and they will be overcome over-come unless Salt Lako moves, moves quickly, and efficiently. The rush is beginning. Now is the time to get action, ac-tion, and capture all that trade. A great crowd will presently need all that daily life, and a great pushing industry require. Some city will supply theso needs. Why not Salt Lake? I |