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Show UTAH OIL INTERESTS CALL MEETING TODAY Conference to Plan Action on Leasing Measures Before Be-fore Congress. A epeclat meeting of persons Interested in the oil development of Utah Is to be held this afternoon at 3 o'clock at the headquarters of the Utah chapter of the American Mfnlng congress, 305 Boston building1, to consider what action may be taken by the Utah oil interests regarding the Walsh-Plttman and Ferris leasing bills now pending1 in congress. A hurry-up hurry-up call for the meeting wafi sent broadcast broad-cast yesterday and all persons Interested in the oil development of the state are invited to attend, whether or not any formal Invitation is received. The call for the meeting was issued on the strength of advices received from Washington, and which will be presented at the meeting-, which indicate that if the bill passes in its present form the interior department will assume authoritv under the act to control shale and other oll locations and developments in accordance ac-cordance with the principles contained in the bill. Oil men of Colorado met a few days ago and adopted resolutions requesting that oil shale lands be specifically exempted ex-empted from flie operation of the bills. The Colorado oil men also sent a representative repre-sentative to Washington to endeavor to carry out the wishes of the Colorado operators. |