Show 5 BREED BREAKS KS INTO PRINT Our fellow and friend David B. B L. L Br Breed ed who recently left or Hastings Nebraska i for forthe forthe the winter is certainly doing his share of spreading the glad lad tidings regarding our oil situation the general general gen gen- eral oral conditions and our natural re re- re- re sources l The he story is as follows as copied from rom the Hastings Daily Tribune Trib Trib- une of December Oil Boom Opens OpenS' At Duchesne Utah Standard and Shell Dutch-Shell lease lar large e areas Will areas Will drill at once The town of Duchesne Utah Utah Utah- isolated many miles from the nearest nearest nearest near near- est railroad point point point- is experiencing experienc experienc- ing tho the first thrill of an oil boom hat liat giver give fair promise of bec becoming ming tine one of the most spectacular this country has seen in a long time Though the presence of oil in the Uintah Basin has long Ions been suspect- suspect id d no active oil operations have been conducted there until lately The Tho reason for this according to David Breed who recently return return- d from Duchesne is that the Standard Standard Standard Stan Stan- dard Oil Company many years ago got control of much of or the most promising ground and held it in reserve reserve reserve re re- re- re serve for future developement The present activities have rte rte- 2 stilted from the coming to the basin jf f the Shell Dutch company one of the largest oil developement companies companies companies com com- in the world sa said d Mr Breede This company has leased thirty thousand acres acres of land under contract contract contract con con- tract the commencement of drill drill- ing ng by June 30 So extensive have been the opera- opera ion wion of the Shell Dutch Company hat the Standard has very largely increased its holdings including all hat that it is permitted to lease of f government government gov gov- land and will commence grilling at once In addition to hese these companies other oil enterprises enter enter- rises rises of Texas Oklahoma Califor California Califor Califor- nia tia and Louisiana b have ve ives iv s at Duchesne and each representative I tentative appears to be determined ned io to o get his share-of share the prospective tive nl iii land The government permits equine drilling six months ender inder penalty o of forfeiture so it its it's its it's its s 's s apparent that all of the companies hat have leased government land nean near nean business The Uintah Basin continues Mr Breede Is about bout 80 miles long lone 39 miles wide It has rich deposits J af Sf and with an irea of about acres given to to farming arming Duchesne is 50 miles mUes railroad point It Itin from r rom m the nearest in n the center of six stage lines and ix ix mail routes The town is built townsite which on 11 a government was was' formerly part of the Uintah reservation and the government is islOW islow islow low selling lots in Duchesne and the proceeds over to o the Indians Indiana i V For fifteen years or ever since t he the town was was was' established the pe people of Duchesne Duchesne have been living n in nhe he hope of some ome great developement developement developement ment and these dreams now appear about to b realized We have known that there are great treasures in inthe inthe inthe the basin which need rail transportation transportation transportation tation facilities to become very valuable valuable valuable val val- commercially bt b but t ft lit t seems seema likely that oil is to be thrown wn in by way of good measure If oil should be found in the basin t t would be carried to Salt alt Lake City railroad exten- exten y pipe line but a ion to to Duchesne would then be practically certain and if we ever everet everet everet Duchesne that et a railroad at so he ho rich materials of of the basin clan c an ane an he e delivered red to market the town will surely into a rea real city |