Show PRICE fRICE WINS FIGHT FIGHT 1 I IN OIL CONVEN j PRICE May 1 10 Got Go Goord a results I Iare Iare are expected to follow the convention cOventon of oil land land l-land owners adjourned yester da day The s witnessed a sharp struggle between Salt Lake and Price for or the possession possess on of the bureau of Information in- in formation but the tha southern town won WOl the he vic victory ory The committee which will wi have In charge harge ways and means for the t of the the bureau is composed of B. B R. R R McDonald and W. W H. H Donaldson Price Mrs airs Ireland Salt Lal Lake e City G. G W. W Miller Mier Huntington A A. E. E Gibson Gibson Gib Gib- son Sunnyside i iThe I IThe I The convention passed a resolution favoring the adoption of f uniform laws for the different districts when organIzed organIzed organ- organ zed and prepared a memorial favoring the Sutherland bill bi concerning the discovery discovery discovery dis dis- dis- dis covery of ot oil oi and th the working of as as- as A protective association to compel the observance of State and district laws was organized with wih A. A J. J Lee chairman and anti Mrs Kate J. J Boan secretary The committee on resolutions made the he following report which was adopted by ay the convention n without change Resolved Resolve That it is js the sense of this convention that whenever capital undertakes undertakes under- under takes akes the development of any airy an group of claims or any claim within the State of ot Utah by placing oil boring oi rigs rig or a rIgon rig rigon rigon on such claim or group of claims that thai tha ald said capital shall have the most unqualified fled fied moral support of f the members of this his convention and shall have no fear fer of molestation or trouble U or Interference nce f In n any way from 6 b member hereof Whereas Where The production of oil oi flue fine and other similar products is rapidly b becoming one of the the- great wealth pro pro dUC industries of of the United States and and- Whereas The people of the thE State of Utah in common with wll those of Colorado Wyoming common Idaho and other other Western States and Territories are vitally Interested In n aiding the oi oil y all al legitimate means now therefore The people of Utah interested In the oil oi industry in delegate convention assemblE assembled assem assem- bled blE at Price Carbon count county Utah this day of la May 1902 do hereby r respectfully respect respect- fully fOlly memorialize Congress of the United Unite States State in favor of the passage of what is known as a the Sutherland bill bi which was wash h Introduced by the Hon lion George Suther Suther- land and providing for the manner of location loca loca- tion tinis ton of and doing annual or assessment work or labor upon placer 10 locations for tor oil 01 and hydrocarbons and known kown as House bill bi No 1291 and we respectfully urge the Hon Hon George Sutherland the Introducer in introducer in- in er- er of the said ld bill and Senators Rawlins and Kearns Kearn to use their best endeavors endeavors en en- deavors to secure t the passage s of the said bill billat at the I present i t tt session J or of f c Congress i We believe beleve that the rights of f locators of petroleum claims should d be b legally protected protected pro pro- that the most Ef effective support that can be given individual rights rights' is the strict enforcement enforcement of the country's countr's laws that the right of the original and legal locator is a right deserving the moral support of of every citizen and that justice in such relation relation- can be best by bya a union of such interests Your committee recommend the formation formation forma forma- tion ton of a protective association by by the locators on the lines adopted by the State of Wyoming Resolved r That it is i the sense sese of this convention that If districts ar are formed in m the oil 01 fields felds of Utah Uta that they adopt a uniform system of district t laws We recommend that a bureau of information information mation maton be established at Price Carbon county Utah that quarters quarter be secured and competent clerical aid employed and that the expenses of the thE bureau be sustained sustained sus sits tamed by contributions equitably levied upon he the several several holders corporations within wilbur he State State- Stae- Stae the chairman of tb thih tm convento an executive commIt te of or live to formulate plan ui and pu in foregoing foregoing recommendations Resolved That it j i the ee convention that all al l labor laborthe pero the construction and roads leading leing to and md front from rom the i located as oil 01 land in t ties of Utah shall anal lU apply appl and assessment work required b bon bon on oct such a 5 so o tuat situated d v by or at the of oC th such land and we j legislation to these ends Ui m The only opposition in the consideration resolutions was th le Price instead of S Vt 81 Uk headquarters of the burea t I Ir Irton ton tion This opposition s' s d Don C. C Robbins Bobbins h who r en eni oil i exchange at the co con enU ti amendment substituting stead of Price in the proposition advanced Of b by 5 men was wa quickly voted d down n majority of Carbon count e had the matter mater entirely lit hands n After the close of the Ater meeting was held and steps step form focus for the Oil on Mens Men's Protective lye 1 tion n H |