Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-12-16 | Page 11 | King will Oppose Oil Leasing Bill |

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Date	1917-12-16
Paper	Salt Lake Tribune
Language	eng
City	Salt Lake City
County	Salt Lake
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Article Title	King will Oppose Oil Leasing Bill
Type	article
Date	1917-12-16
Paper	Salt Lake Tribune
Language	eng
City	Salt Lake City
County	Salt Lake
Page	11
OCR Text	Show KING WILL OPPOSE OIL LEASING BILL W ASHTXGTOK. Dee. 15. Senator William IT. King lias secured appointments appoint-ments in the federal service for the following fol-lowing I'tnh young men: State department. de-partment. A. ITougard, Manti; eapitol service Frank B. Anderson and Lester Wood, Salt Lake City. Senator King expects the senate will pass the oil land leasing bill next week, with the provision eliminated giving preferential leasing rights to holders of oil lands within the naval oil reserves in California. Senator King says he will oppose the bill, as he does not believe be-lieve in the leasing principle and he will offer as a substitute, his own bill ceding ail of the remaining public lands to the states. He does not exnect to secure favorable action on his hill, as there is a general disposition to pass the leasng bill.
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