Show PAGE THE EIGHT JANUARY THURSDAY UTAH MOAB TIMES-INDEPENDENT 22 1920 ! C A BtmMKW IB COMPANY WELL KNOWN OPERATORS WITH LOCAL PLEASED IELD an acre BIG was offered for a lease on his 20-cre tract Thos B Jefferson of Denver wk' land on RESULT If II adjoining the Western Allies it is said represents the Midwest Oil Offers which the well was brought in D O OPERATIONS Rideout of Salt START company one two to ana well lease lands situated a known oil magnate A C HoS three miles from the well range as of Junction president of tk O Grand AT high $50 A bonus of outside investors as per acre of Oil what 800 Indications White River company c E $5000 for a lease on a tract of held IN BLU HELDS the oil possibilities Adams editor and proprietor of'th land in the upper valley think of Moab and this acres of week whe here had Grand Junction News and Charhi by R C Clark was declined will were made Moab Youle a well known driller fornierh be rigs number of offers were At least a dozen a of the purchase in the Bluff fields located for and latch drilling in the Moab field within n property owners business proper- an operator in Wyoming composed hundred feet was drilled a day indications blocks and residence one months from present COMPANY TO SS -offer or first few OIL DIUVRB - luu tnat last Continued from page) for five days It is party arrived night to look stated that an Prominent oil operators from all parts MONUMENTAL ties All ield foot received by a local over the local field of the SINK AZTEC WELL TO DEI H expressed that the Levi Discovers country are flocking to Moah a front was to believe present site reason vacant business themselves as highly impressed with two 1400 ULLY a to whom be and undoubtedly within the next EET IS holders of the option President Nat Levi O man who owns plans of the will have possibilitieshere street Several otters w the and they will shortly begin construction work numerous companies INANCED on Main residence longs the honor of discovering this weeks sufficient to justify propertiesat three after acreage secured holdings purchase is his Refinery Planned field has through optimisism end four their normal values their bringing in rigs times Plans for a local oil refinery have It is the Moab oil CARD O THANKS hark'a monument of fame for declared that made weeks active development were We extend our heart eh has Within a few m to been drawn and it is stated by local followed the strike is the first of any consequence That business locations will be himself Mr Levi the people of fact that in the when Moah for in the of Utah will be resumed indicated Tuesday oil that In 1910 state The work demand gasoline for local oil business for many was years extended to us in our is a will shortly be placed on the he no producing field withinhasa fields San Juan an offer was made to rent Bluff oil along the was among those who drilled wells there miles Main street at radius of several hundred the building on market This plant will be capable on and near the Klondike ridge in this Oil store Monumental company per month Mr and Mrs Gay C Brown river The of turning out of attracted the attention of this whole The building has normally twenty barrels of gasoline county These wells while one did field is operating intermountain section on rented at $25 per month per day and the equipment may considerable gas a strong concern which them showed suitable even more have been made innumeri be oil unquestionably the present boom in large Offers to lease farm lands added to as local demand increases not get Grand and Oklahoma has secured a After leaving the will into of the ranging ous instances and in some cases least Levi oil develop one keenest The Moab oil field as defined by followed holding! county- Mr valuable near lUrUlilliiiK IlnVA have J in the history of the oil industry- in the hnnM consummated been A acreage of rig report from $50 to $100 and in some cases covers approximately game in Wyoming and was one of the will be placed in Bluff and a ten thousand acres while the zirst to dijll in the Grass Creek and west Salt valley structure which is at once Clark is situated the In these fields Perry A SaltOreekfields six he miles south of Thompsons comprises fie brought in some splendid wells of the and TO field manager company an larger Levi did not forget acreage considerably Mr however riday en route passed through Moab in extent Since the test has Grand county Since the oil business u to Bluff where he is now making of the and Moab field all eyes are become a matter for geologists Mr Clark to start work the Salt field focused on Valley domes now to determine formations and DULL IMMEDIATELY has resigned as managerof the Utah a' K $ This structure is claimed to be perfect and as he had gained considerable ex-' of Thompsons in iind this line of Eastern Company with the larger area some are in in Giri" perience Wyoming exclusively of the the big its order to devote his time a opinion that the work he remembered Moab and trip later be in that field to the oil company Nearly a high escarpment Upon his first by (Continued from first page) Wyoming Consolidated to Moab he brought with him one of A Columbia rig has been secured year ago the and will Oil in the the Monumental leased an the obtainable company company acreage most noted geologists I section This grounds' in that be to the Aztec well now down valley and drilled a hole to a depth This happened to be J T Anderson of and well put down about 900 feet to amoved of eight hundred and seventy-five The hole the depth of 1000 feet Dutch Shell company of Califor-nia and is was in the salt formation the became "wvi-w insolvent Tin vni"nhlf Mr which is capped and in good condition company f h TTrnn rPDOTt or ValWere upon ine lavorame report mu which is now believed to be directly above will is to I The log of the Salt Valley well isj ma both this Salt be driven whatever depth Anderson on and the oil the in the sands as is case identical with the log of the Moab jey field to bring in a producing Mr Levi promotedhis com-well Moab formation Whether this hole necessary and when work was suspended ar)d began It is actual operations will be put sand figured by geologists that on down or whether a n good gas flow had been struck and pany of the flow will be encountered Haters The The stockholders company well will be started has not been a profitable : thirty-five feet of salt had been drilled A who are principally made up of Helper new Standard at 1400 Let sufficientquantity oi definitely decided In case a into If the A into If formation continues the an(j pprjCe ice bankers and business men and all rig is been ordered secured however it is casing has in this field it is as stated that faith with will be the same have backed Mr Levi's supplies on likely that a new well altogether will equipment and 'the oil sands should be reached in that the them goes an It for a While their money and to be Is drilled ground within a short time well the big within another two hundred feet e(iuai big equal amount of credit for the the The Big Six Oil company is composed understood that supplies and Moab well Prominent among the of local people exclusively and well will be shipped ripe v Lane Assured for the any equipment of the Allies The question now being asked' by stockholders Western profits that may result from its operations by way of Dolores Colo their Off by lonesome in a local' citizens is A Giovonnoni will It how to get the oil to Dcompany are Rev remain here ' The Monumental Oil company is ii rank is stated by largely market Bergera M P Bergera and officials of the ' now that we have it' This f f company composed of some of the biggest opbackwoods camp three handsome question can be answered Grosso These men have made visits many that the easily when matter of financing the in the field It is Oklahoma in their erators it becomes known that President Levi friends Moab during operations has already been strongly financed and allotments have I bachelors Hiding from of the Western Allies company has here and the citizens of Grand county arranged and that vork will be pushed been made to fully develop the Bluti i them the "hated" fair sex! already are heartily congratulating All's fine assurance front bne of the spring the company hopes to field has The president of the company line the crowned have By biggest pipe on which companies in the success several wells down to the sands is Joseph Crawford a prominent an till that efforts and they richly r night they United States as which so in the one discover the Grand county fields soon as production their E C Woodruff Operator deserve was obtained the pipe line to The incorporators of the Big Six successful geologists the who is one of the best-known loveliestgirl asleep on their railroad would be fortneoming It Oil Had Capable Driller as shown by its articles company of' the fields is also is line central estimated that a to Thompsons The Western Allies company was filed with the county clerk Monday heavily interested Messrs Crawford Come and see the fun! or Crescent would cost in the neighborhood fortunate inW Strong Kendrick Levi having capable men in are: L add of Woodruff made a trip to the Blufi $750000 While this L Taylor H W Balsley H charge of the dfilling operations and L several weeks ago in company amount seems considerable it is stated to Driller Kendrick Levi who put the Rath and Knox Patterson The six fields and that with A made an when from one thousand to ten Perry Clark well the it form the board of down from time was incorporators the thousand barrels of oil are the oil examination of the situation MAILGUERITEand CLARK r conveyed spudded in until and other officers are: Night sand was Saturday the line through twenty-four development work decided on Three Men a Girl every brought in is due in W Strong president Kendrick The result large measure hours a small pipe line tax per barrel the Levi vice the of their examination Crawford credit for the proving of the president and field manager would soon reimburse the builders field Levi L L and a Taylor secretary H W Woodruff are enthusiastic Driller who gained of the line for the construction cost in Wyoming us one of the Balsley treasurer H L Rath chief over the indications in the southern and even though the tax be reduced reputation in that and Knox Patterson additional San Juan fields most capable drillers state engineer after this point was reached the profits experienced the director That the Bluff fields will come utmost of difficulty to 'the pipe line their company would in sinking the local well The Big Six company is the first on account own there is little doubt Oil be The matter of marketing of the quick-sand the of to be and the fact enormous organized locally iit abundance good quantities was encountered the oil from the Salt Valley field water and the fact that it has that the already completed in nearest there several'wells during the will be still simple since but an for more oil weii supply house was at lorence commencing work but work ten mile line will be years ago eight required that it will be the next rom Colo necessitating long delays for active on account of the isolation of the the Salt Valiev well which is wyw ttiinnliaa onJ wioav'inlcs Tvil1av Airf's developer of the Grand county fields ana Levi now supplies materials urmer suspended The by the It has country work was owned Big Six Oi At resourcefulness and his knowledge of succeeded in securing a splendid increasing of oil the company scarcity and rig a gravity now can be had to Crescent the business was a strong asset to the with which to put down its practical certainty that a first well in producing the Credit Due Western Allies shares with his Moab field having company and he be brought in along the San been under negotiations for the rig for field can the of the The results obtained by the Wester rather Nat Levi distinction river fact that -IN- Juan a assures having discovered and brought in the some time Due to the scarcity bf rigs Allies Oil company in this field has great deal of development work will only Moab field Driller Levi is now connected and the fact that manufacturers are be been due to perseverance and the carried on this year Perry A with the Big Six Oil unable to fill orders except for future nditure of over $30000 first company is of the of The the Clark who pioneers delivery one well of this considers spudded tn in the capacity of field manager and self the field has company was extremely company never lost faith in the if the operations fortunate and is in a on Maxwell lease in November will have charge of the "I hold possibilitieshaying remained you just as quilty as position to proceed with its development Bluff oil plans to commence However this well had to be which this company you had shot the man yourself there for He has at seven years within the next month work without delay abandoned owing to heavy quick-sanil last succeeded in Your extravagance drove your interestingbig capi-1 ably Driller Levi assisted on to thievery and finally and the buckling of the casing Anoth-! was tai in his holdings and he richly dehusband the wall lira vttwlzlzsl Western Allies well by Assistant ROOMS WANTED to murder itself What have C serves the tosuccess which will doubtless nrlller W Bailey and Charles Nel-with to feet from the first and after a fight The Moab hotels are unable to you him say for yourself 1 " The come the quick-sand sc1n' tool sen to1 dresser who proved themthem7 which lasted sev-1 the judge leaned over the bench and who have will The developmentof the Bluff field manyby people eral with months this hole too had to be seves capable men here the to and southeastern fairly boiled as he been brought oil excitement much Moab anger mean abandoned The officers of the com-! Property Values Jump In order to do denounced her beat in supplying Utah "as practicallyall of the our maintained their faith in the to and Psriy Property values have jumped' enor: these people with places to traffic from the field will come field this Was the judge right or wrong? and decided to another the oil in start mously since brought sleep ask the of the way wag cooperation hole Get the evidence! Come to see This time the company pur-1 Offers to purchase business blocks and peoplq we of Alt Moab families who "Extravagance" Tuesday night chased a new ng it being decided that residence properties have been made have a requested to THOMAS RAY PIONEER spare room are their first ng war'w- light for the at several times the 1 normal values list men- you be the judge? they have with The Ralston y da Tne new rigj purchased was Mi while leases suitable for drilling1ur-N We what will Tuesday IO pay $2 a 'night for all rooms tl'elVd °28 Star guaranteed to drill to a poses are in constantly increasing dedepth listed za X DIES AT SAN DIEGO of with us CALI thne thousand feet With high prices are being paid ma nd ofand 1 the THE RALSTON e started One y" waB highest prices paia ror a within forty feet of the other two lease was that received by John Peter-Little CARD O THANKS difficulty was experienced in son on a tract located in through the quick as benefitper Moab valley nearly a mile Word was received in Moab Sunday from We wish to extend to the people of ting by past experience the company the well Mr $80 of the death at Peterson received Moab San Diego Calif our sincere thanks for the many provided the driller with suitable cas- per acre for a one-year of lease bringing kindnesses and sympathetic assistance Thomas Ray pioneer resident of In to handle the surface water him $1600 in addition to a one-eighth to us bereavement Lai Sal and extended during our and Paradox father drilled The third and last well royalty Offers for leases on small of was Neal Ray and Mrs John E steadily with some delays for casing 'four and five-acre tracts surrounding GEORGE NEWELL Brown Mr Ray was over 80 years and other equipmentA When the shale the Western Allies well H old and have been O NEWELL although particulars have not formation was reached good progress made in some instances as high as MRS A A TAYLOR JR been received it is understood that A was made and by working the tower $500 per acre bonus of better than MRS EARL DALTON death resulted from general debility will be The body probably brought to Moab for burial and should reach here by the end of this week Marion Ray of Norwood Colo left immedifor ately San Diego and will bring the body of his father back with him The funeral will likelybe attended by I a large number of relatives most of whom reside in western Colorado Mrs William Doak a daughter has already arrived from Rifle Colo Mr Ray of the one earliest pioneers of was this section He was the first settler at La Sal where he for time Later he moved some to Paradox valley where he lived for of the many years He one most prominent farmerswasand stockgrowers f We Celebrate the Strike by Offering Yon in that section and enjoyed a wide a circle of friends throughout this Thoj'hInce entire part of the country 2 g Mr Ray is survived by his wife of and e-nid and a number daughters I bennettI sons among whom are: Neal Ray and Mrs annie Brown of Moab dAfahiinillhiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiirniiHiiniiHni Mrs Mary wiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinifi Doak Marion Ray Philander Ray Mrs Eugene Grimes William Ray Royal Suit ordered before eb 10 Emilick Ray and Hugh Ray all of any ' - NI- whom reside at western Colorado points MAKE ALLIES WESTERN STRIKE BIG Robertson $100 SIM K EET 1185 DEPTH ' I --- J ( established I f t th-assistance consumption -men bereavement oi-nrices '1- M I ----- - ageological 1 I I operation ! ML beenmade COMPANY Three arrangements Men -had i activitywill feetbefore f They 'Hr Women j u 1 i j i ! I a development divan extensive directors i local into Dorothy i ' de-velopment arrangements ALTON indicates i I ' : T s 1 i r i i I i I i t-xpi EAlIuiViuAlibE I it-' I1918 I X-- 1 a c i- f accommodate I - L ±2Ml I - Next p - 1 $ r '-4 Durotr v-nz ' 20-acre up-dnllmg £ " I Oil! Oil! I lip I 1 resided I I i I I $250 Rebate I I JMM Mf I I I on - I I ' Get $250! the RECEIVES Mre that Royal Tailored Look! AdJig O BIG BLANKETS' she has of Hammond just I i I I j Why Caprrirhi Tlie Rord Tpflort ChivMo-NcwVortt The i Not? Hammond Co STORE THAT SERVES YOU BEST' of Men" She only a struggling little artist in GreenwichVilliage trying was hard to sell her first piece of work So when Keene frivolous architect and made her a glitteringoffer - She fell into his trap but In escaping she moulded -the lives of three het she moulded men as statues of clay" Its a picture you d be sorry to have missed ''‘1 ' man-about-town ' ' -f- Next Thursday i I I ' THE "The Law 1 received a announces large con signment Navajo blankets rugs and Indian curios- the largest line she has eyor carried The rugs by are far the most elaborate in and design that have ever beenweave in seen and the Moab are pick of the entire the offerings from Navajo reserve-1 tion Mrs Hammond is enjoying a constantly increasing trade in blankets and she receives orders from albi parts of the country She deals exciusively in the better class of bankets and those wanting something especially fine" have learned to go to Mrs Hammond when buying blankets and rugs that Get ANOTHER SHIPMENT ' Albert Maxwell an arrival Mon day from Grand Junction -was I j IDES THEATER ' 1 l |