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Show ROCKEFELLER 7J:D " GATES AT WAR L'l C0103AD0 Oil War Which Befall in ' Pueblo Is Spreading to Denver. DENVER, June . Tk. Time today r: ... John D. Rockefeller and Jokn W. Gates, owners of the two greatest oil eonecrns in America, are prcpariaf t eommeoee a bitter rnt war in oil, nnd th opening gun is to be fired in Denver. Den-ver. This aanenaemeat come from aa authoritative source, aad has brought great, uneasiness to the independent concerns con-cerns operating ia Colorado. The 'invnsion of Denver territory three weeks ago by th Texas Oil company, com-pany, owned by Gates, is said t bs th eaus of th proposed fight. The Texaa Oil company recently pur-ebaaed pur-ebaaed a tract of land three blocks i extent near the Colorado at Souther yards. It has erected a temporary distributing dis-tributing station and already is operating oper-ating four tank wagona. Ths trouble between the two flass-riere flass-riere came to a head ia Colorado a little lit-tle more than a year ago, whea the Texas companv opened a distributing plant nt Pueblo. Tbe rata way that followed with the Htssdsrd Oil eom-pany eom-pany fans been confined te Pueblo, but new that ite rivnl hue invaded Denver, Den-ver, tbe Staadard ia aaid to be about to. commence a genera) campaign to drive tbe Gates concern from the stat. |