Show U. U us S. S WILL BECOME r- r OIL PRODUCER IN CAliFORNIA Government to Award Contract Con Con- tract for Seventy Wells in Midway Sunset Midway Sunset Field That the government t Intends to do in the Midway Midway- Sunset Sumet field of ot California a is evidenced by reports coming from Taft Cal Cat that a prominent contractor there has been asked by the the government to submit t a a. bid for tor the sinking of ot seventy wells The oil operators In in the field do not know where these wells l will be drilled but rt it seems e to eb be ri the belief e that nava naval i reserve No 2 will receive the first at at- at The fact that the government Is to take an active part in the development of the Unexplored sections in the Sun Midway set field fled has added a great impetus to I. I the Vt work k now going on throughout th the i district Among the numerous companies that have ri- ri up operations g I is iI the Mon Mon- tana Wyoming g Oil company a Utah corporation cor cor- composed of ot some of the leadIng leading leading lead lead- ing men of ot this state Plans Pians have been practically completed competed by the company for the beginning of drilling operations of ot well No 3 The lo location 10 cation has been sele selected ted after careful examination by several prominent oil e experts ex cx- and the drilling will be carried on in what is generally acclaimed by the oil experts as gusher territory |