| Show DoWn lown the tho Street tenor Shifts 1 il II Leasing easing i Area BiM i EGBERT w. w BERWICK Department of Interior I V Friday iday to place control oi of I gas gas Jeas leasing leasin on acquired in the regional oC of the Bureau of or Land r It had been cen E i Washington I D. D C. C acres of oC land j in under the administration United States Department culture soil soi conservation Service service etc 1 Bureau of Stion ion and nd the Department wise ton se are affected J 1000 Acres Aces Affected J acres are affected ado rado forth forth oil oi operators or American citizen ply jy for lease of oC such lands proper roper district federal land tey vey office give t e date of oC the thc depart depart- order tre is Aug 16 But Buts ap- ap p- p ns s for lease can be made das forms are arc available It I the forms will wil be bele bele 1 le Ie on June 30 1952 application must be he I lease ase I Ithe parried nied by br certification of the interests interest the govern govern- us s in the acreage tort bort proof of title tie will wi forth ort th bear upon the appl 1 ie Title Search Made this was the case anyway though ough title tie search was wasy as y administration hington ington D C. C records of oC the land owner owner- the various bureaus of the ment te ent outside those of the theof of Land Management be transferred to iper er regional land and sur sur- rices Ices I fiction to tO to streamline pro pro- pro pin in in handling the acquired ising asing for oil oi and gas gas gas- as of oC demands s a result resul tte j-tte te I the oil oi and gas industry l charge rge had been made fre fre- that tal only tl those e firms none oney oney to employ legal tal tal- te nations nation's naton's capital could lease lee on the acquired lands rely ly Result lt of oC Hoarding f MS us result resul of hoarding all al s on the acquired l lands ington D C. C Several V ingon trips by mail mai were re re-i of f Of the leases sought by byon byon on on the lands in question I Ion Caged charged tired r lands are those acres I Iby d by various vanous bureaus of of I by purchase or j since the terri tern Vere ere divided into states acton Friday by bv the Derat De De- rat pt of Interior a affects only oil 01 and gas as leas leas- lit t that tat o of course makes f L o overwhelming bulk of activity in the Western |
