Salt Lake Telegram | 1920-01-20 | Page 1 | Fear Fight over Oil Lands

fAR fiGHT OVIR UIL I LANDS LANn Armed Rangers S Sent t the tOS to the he T Te Texas Oklahoma s ina S Line Where Land LandOwners Owners Are r in i Dispute p te r Sed uS' uS threats t ts foy PY cl claimants im of 9 oil i t lands s in d dispute sp te between n nand Texas and Oklahoma that they iv wall ivill U take fake the law ih in n their own hands present possibilities of ot fighting along the Texas Texas Oklahoma Oklahoma boundary said W TV A A. Keeling assistant att attorney rne general today and ra rangers gers have been sent t to the region to prevent th this s threatening disorder Both Texas and Oklahoma claimants threaten to shoot anyone who Int Interfere Interferes Inter Inter- r- r fere feres with their occupation of i the the property he continued j ARMED FORCES Mr Keeling stated that pe he will leave for Wichita county tonight and that thirteen rangers have h ve been ordered ordered ordered or or- dered to report to Adjutant General W W. D D. Cope who has been in that section for tor several d days ys Mr Keeling said the disputed territory territory ter ter- will be regarded as Texas land unless the federal courts decide that it belongs to Oklahoma and until this d decision cislon comes state forces forces' will support and defend d those holding the theland theland land Jand under Texas claims i RANGERS ON ON WAY I FT WORTH Tex Jan 20 Fifteen teen teen Texas Texas' rangers commanded by C Captain Fr Franklin stopped off oft here en route from south Texas to toL L some po point it on n Red Bed river It was vas understood they were bound for tor the disputed boundary land between between between be be- tween Texas and Oklahoma In the Red River valley 1 All ll 11 were fully armed arnid carrying carbines and a large supply of cartridges They boarded board d a a Ft Worth Denver Deriver train tran f for r Wichita Falls FaIls at 10 a a. a m m.