Show MOAB MECCA FOR THE OIL MAN with one well being completed and placed on production and another drill rapidly pounding ailward oil ward on the colorado nver structures below moab with many other tests planned for the coming season on these structures with two rigs drilling and another making final preparations to drill on the moab anticline not to mention the may tests that will be put down his year on structures contiguous to moab the outlook for the oil development of the moab region is indeed glowing the local field is already considered as practically proven territory one dome has come in as a producer and the structural conditions on many other anticlines anti clines are equally as promising year 1926 will doubtless place southeastern utah among the leading oil producing regions of the west all of the large western oil companies are convinced of the potential possibilities of the district and will back their judgment with large drilling appropriations many small companies are making preparations pa rations to drill their holdings every structure of merit will be tested and conservative oil men expect to see at least half a dozen anticlines anti clines in the producing class by the end of the year the moab region is looked upon as the last remaining virgin oil field of the west it is the mecca of the wildcatter the land of promise for those in quest of the liquid gold millions of dollars will be expended in the search for oil and doubtless hundreds of millions in wealth will come out of the earth as a reward for those with the pluck and determination to gamble that the beisert wastes of southeastern utah long considered as worthless were created by providence for come beneficent purpose all of this activity means that moab will rapidly develop int a thriving city the town is the geographical gateway to th oil district it will naturally become the headquarters of the companies the business of the field will bravi tato inevitably to moab which means that the people of moab nut make preparations to take care of the rush that will follow the bringing in of the first two or three wells commodious hotels office buildings apartment houses many residences must be constructed and the business interests of moab will not be found lacking in the emergency plans have been for muTated for building up the city plans have been drawn up for a large modem hotel an apartment house and office building are projected in the meantime temporary structures will be thrown up to accommodate the rush before the can be completed southeastern utah has long been the most sparsely populated and least important section of the state it now gives promise of developing into richest territory teeming with people and industrial enterprises no region ever faced a more roseate and alluring future senator reed smoot of utah undoubtedly the ablest senator alow serving from the region voted for the gooding railroad bill and spoke vigorously in behalf of the measure senator smoot contended that the adoption of this measure preto VET ing transcontinental carriers from granting a lower rate lor long hauls than for short hauls would prove of great benefit to utah colorado and other intermountain and middle western states senator smoot is the recognized republican leader in the upper house of congress and is always extremely conservative the sentinel would not hesitate at any time to take senator smoots opinion and to follow his judgment on matters relating development of this country in preference to accepting the opinion or following the judgment of senators phipps and means of colorado both of voted against the goodmo bill in our humble opinion senator smoot had the interests of the people at heart in this matter while the distinguished senators from colorado were not worrying about the people when they voted the goodmo bill grand junction sentinel 4 salt lake business interests have at last awakened to the fact that grand and san juan counties are a part of utah recent oil discovery near moab the chamber of corn meirco of the capital cit has adopted toward southeastern utah a ft atherly herly demeanor that strikes local people as somewhat amusing after all these years of ostracism A year ago if the average salt laker had been asked where moab was located he would have replied vaguely that the town was located somewhere down in the indian country or down in the robbers roost country or somewhere else equally as indefinite asked the same question now he will reply that moab is the principal town in the utah oil fields and he will probably add that the chamber of commerce will conduct a act acquainted excursion to moab in may such is fame |