Show lAND CHARACTER TEST CASE OPENS Oil Seeps Figure in Hearing Hearing Hearing Hear Hear- ing to Determine Title of oJ Ownership Whether or not oil oll seeps that haye have been known fOt for fOte years e rs dem demonstrate demonstrate demon demon- n- n strate the mineral ral of fhe the thel l land nd to S ari rt extent a divest the title of t the le st state t of 61 of Ut Utah hin in lits its school land allotments in the statehood statehood statehood state state- hood grant of 1896 is an important matter up for consideration in the United States land office The case of C. C S. S De DeMonbrun against ag the state of Utah opened its hearings Tuesday morning before Eli Taylor Taylor Tay Tay- lor br register of the land office at atthe atthe atthe the federal building The Marland l Oil company is said to be making makins this a test case that may involve thousands of ot acres valuable to the state The action involves two permits hl in the territory between Green River flyer and Moab in eastern Utah where the present oil development is now In progress Specifically it involves section 36 township 21 south 16 east and section 32 township township township town town- ship 22 south 16 east upon which applications for oil and gas permits permits permits per per per- mits had been filea filed in the hope of obtaining a prospecting permit from the government g The interior department held these applications for cancellation on the ground that the lands were prima facie school lands belonging to the state but permitted the applicant to file a showing that the lands had been known mineral lands long before Utah was admitted to the Union Assistant Attorney General Farr appears for the state and George Georg-e Parkinson for the plain plaintiff tift |