Show High Bidders I Reported on onI onUte onUte I Ute Oil Rights Gulf Oil Corp California Oil Co Standard Oil of Cal Cal- CalIfornia and Shamrock Oil and Gas Co were apparent successful bidders for leases on some acres of Ute tribal ll lands in Duchesne County Tuesday BUT THEY offered less per acre on more acres for rights to drill than on a size similar area to the south bids on which were rejected recently by the Ute Tribal Business Committee as too low Gulf was high bidder on 44 I out of 55 tracts at a total of in bids ranging from 1034 an acre California Oil was high on five tracts with a to- to total total tal in bids ranging from 1027 while Sham Sham- Shamrock rock was high on six tracts at in bids of lesser amounts Sinclair Oil Gas Co bid bidon bidon on 15 tracts but was low on all of them The bids totaled versus on letting of acres on April 21 21 IT WAS reported at Fort Duchesne that while the trib- trib tribal tribal al business committee had rejected reo re- the April 21 bids it had hadnot hadnot not so formallY formallY- advised Gulf Oil Di In this case it is possible the earlier bids might be ac- ac accepted accepted On the other hand the group could reject the Tuesday bids and the earlier offerings |