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Show CF.EEII RIVER OIL STRIKE CREATES MUCH EXCITEMENT There wu considerable amount ot in-cjuiry in-cjuiry regarding (ha reported strike of oil at Greem River, the early part of tie week. A denial made by some ot the operators ia that section that the drilling had resulted la anything; of any importance being; attained. The Greca Biver Dispatch takea a differeat view of the situation and sires an count of the encountering of oil, which follows: ' "Oil la large quantities was stroek ia the Cook Lrri well near this city last Tuesday morning, when after penetrating pene-trating shale aad lime, at a depth of less than S0 feet, in the secoad saad a flow estimated conservatively at from 125 to 200 barrels per day was encountered. en-countered. It aaalyzee 60 per cent gasoline. 33 gravity and burns ia a lamp. . , "Messrs. Frank Cook and N. LeW. with waoas are associated C.- A. Gibbons Gib-bons and other local parties, announce that they sre bow ia a position to spead $100,000 ia deTeloping the bal-. bal-. anca of tbsir holdings. They hnve proved sp oa the claim wher. the first well i located aad will immediately immedi-ately begin drilling on other nearby claims, probably having at least five rigs in the field shortly. Leri goes to New York the first of next week to confer with capitalists who ar. later-ested later-ested ia the Green River field. , It is the intention of their com pany eventually to baild a refinery here at Green Biver and they expect to msks enough gasoline here to supply sup-ply the entire stste of Utah. It Is estimsted that gasollna can be sold here for ss low ss 10 cents pw gallon whea the refinery ia ia operation. This will accslerata the Installation of small pumping plsnts for, irrigatioa in many places along tha river, greatly inereas ing the aeresg. reclaimed. . , "A two-inch pipe l'na to this eitr from the oil field will cotrvev to the refinery 1000 bsrrels of oil every twenty four hours. That the nil basis is reached at a shsllow depth is attested at-tested bv the fact that oil la Immense nnaatities was secured in less than 600 feet, thus cheapening tha eost of da velopment. . , . 'Other companies sr. raining their rigs to th. field aad now that the ex ritement is on snd thera is no uncertainty uncer-tainty as to the-existence of oil of the highest grsde ia paying quantities, rinse to tha railroad, everything indl ' rate, that a gennin. oil boom is on. "The effect of the showing already made is being felt ia local business circles cir-cles and several new mercantile coa-..na coa-..na ar. already planning lo opea for . buines as soon as arrangements taa be perfected. ... "Thou.ands of teres of ehoiea oil lands hsva bun located lately, net only bv local people., brti Outsiders as well. Representatives of eastern eapi-1 eapi-1 tal have been quietly locating av.ry thing they sould find for soma weeks psst ; BOSTON COPPBB RAKOB. . Jsmee a Pollock ft Co. bankers aad rroler? W-I Bout Mala atre.t. fur-nnh fur-nnh Ihe following, received over their prlv.fi wlr. this afl.rnoon: US.U..I High. I Low. 1 cuST iigUm.n ....1 "ii i T Sutcfsv::. "jiii "iH"'ni 1: ' C. and A.... t5 H Mi Conpsr Bng. . M 'l U ralv Weal 'I; ?l Lav. Daly. MS ,U ,M K. butts .... 17. H ilron Co... J.M4. 1 i J r.rsnuv (on 1' . O.-fsnanaa . 1 7 t-H It 1-14 lnd 'op 14 U 1 ln.Plrstlnn . . I4.4V.S Ot . t 9J tjik. t'oDpec-j IT'"" JJJ J7 - 7t I Rose I 4.', 41 4t 41 iiaVal.:. 1.4KH 10.! 41 lj N.-v. Con..,.! I 1J v.v T'tah ' 9 Nlplaslna ... MI l"'' '"I n bum. .... ml tu m ! No. Mk. .... Rav Con S. and B llSj V. S. . Pfd.. 111 4;t 474 47J I'tah Coir I ! I 14 -r-"-" TTH CXOSB. Ji-na A Pollock A Co.. bankers and .hrokws. tU-tl. Houlh Main atreet. fur- Blah the tolU wins, relved vs tblr prlvst. wlr. this after noon: I Bid Uikd Ahmoek 14i 174 Ilavla I'sly 1 T-14 It ;..l.lfiM Consolldatl .... 44 MaJ'.IIr - l 91 N-vaJa Douglas it It Ohio II 1 11-14 V fruit 141 llj Zinc 2 2Sl R Corhm lf.J ISi liaiHwk 23 ;i Inspiration .. 91 t Rovam .. i let 1 I.k. 17 171 hay ConanllUstrd ..... I'l II Butte Kly H-ll " lk Kly t'onaolldated .44 47 l a Row 4 4 N.vala t'tak T4 IW H. Central 11 1-14 HI .nth Ukr ... 41 II Vaaon V.l'.y 10 11 toulh ( tab 99 ltMl T'tah Apes. ....... ... ..... . X! 1 r-hl.f 1 l-l II Plrat Natkmal M 1 rek I" 1 Kiv IS 31 Amal.amated .... 47 171. , Clroua 4 1 Jrv liana .. 14 14 Xiaml .' I" II Chlno .". tt III Ar sona Commercial 171 i;J C M . North Butt. ' , 33) J- Parrot ' l!l 11 Hhannon :. II lit B C Cop'..-. 4 It Stewart I 1-141 It I .luevtt aad H.cla... 44 ' 474 Rang. I 4S 4'J Oranby I'l 14 Nevada Con..'.... 1911 ' Ml ld liomlnkm , 4il 44 Oulncy CHll 701 Superior Copper 13 (, I4 T'tah Consolidated !f4 "II 1T H common 14 I I4 Belmont t 1-14 4) Butte Coalltloo lt to Ily West I I il flrren. T 1-141 71 fleola l'" I 10 Tamarack I 17 T'tah 47! 47J W olverine 10 I 11! f H preferred : 47H 471 T"i"th I ll-K I 11-14 Beautiful Wsnilsmcr opens Decoration Decora-tion dsyf |