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Show LAKE LANDS BEING SEARCHED FOR OIL BY PROSPECTORS Mineral under the lands under Oreat Salt lake are In demand by prospectors prospec-tors for oil, . an application for lease made by benjamin B. Hall for 120 acres of land under Oreat Bait lake In lioxelder county being approved by John T. Oldroyd, .state land commissioner, commis-sioner, today at a rental of 60 cents per acre per annum snd 12 per cent royalty on all products. Another application for the leasing of 720 acres of land below the meander line made by the lien Lorn and Iuck club of Ogden was denied at the offer made of cents per acre rental per I annum, but an offer was made by the : commissioner to lease the land at 10 ! cents per acre per annum, t Three applications made by I Bean f of Salt Lflke to lease grazing lands owned by the state for a period of three years st US cents per acre per ! annum were denied and the same were offered Mr. Itesn at a rental of i 1 cents per acre per annum. |