Salt Lake Telegram | 1921-01-11 | Page 13 | Big Victory for U. S. in Oil Suits

BIG VICTORY FOR U. S JN01L SUITS SAX KRANC1KCO. Jan. 11 The As-eoclatrd As-eoclatrd Oil company will pay the I'ntted Htates government approximately approxi-mately ll.ioO.OOO roalty on oil already al-ready recovered and abandon title to oil land. In Kern county eatimated worth I2S.00S.OOO, It waa announced today to-day by H. K. May and C. D Hamel, special asaialants te the I'nlled Hlatee attorney general In return the government gov-ernment will leaae all claimed lands outaide the naval reserve to the oil company, and producing wella Inside the reserve to the company on a royalty royal-ty basis. Bulls of the government against the company Involving title to the lande will be dropped, tha announcement aaid. The new leaae. will be under the oil land leaaing bill. The company had claimed the landa under patent. arlier it wae announced In the l ulled Ptatea circuit court that stilts againat tha Miocene Oil company had ben settled. This company ia to pay the government 1220,001) for oil already al-ready taken out and be given a leaee nn twenty acrea of land in diepute. The Miocene company alae Is to waive all patent righta. OMAHA, Neb, Jan. II. A. Adama. formerly regional aafely aupervlsor for the Central Weatern region under federal fed-eral railroad control, with headquarters headquar-ters la Kanaa. City, haa been named asalstant to W. M. Jeffere. general manager of the Union facific. effective yesterday.