Show lOlL OIL LANDS SURVEY IS PROVIDED FOR FORi i I Government Official Asks Bids for Work in Southern Utah APPROPRIATION AVAILABLE Uncle Sam Provides to B Begin gin Operations in San Juan Juana With Ith tho the invitation In for bids for stir sur ur- ur work In San Juan county Issued is issued Is- Is sued in a n le legal al notice printed In Tho The Republican by Thomas ThomasN Hull United States surveyor general N for Cor Utah the I first step toward tho the sune survey o of tho the Utah oil lands was sas begun o un It follows follow's the tho domand of l long lone longstanding ng standing mado made h by hy the tho citizens of or southern southern south south- em ern Utah and others U tt that nt at the oil oU Melds ml might ht be surveyed Tho The demand re resulted resulted re- re suited In a n appropriation by congress and ond In a n general Increased activity In tho the oil re regions lons The surveying sur sur- of or these lands will afford a big field for Cor activity to surveyors and anti their parties Krom Irom tho tim estimates now mo made o the tho completion of or the lie surveys time timo will require several years years' nn and an nn expenditure of or making malting malt mak In ing a n further demand on congress n nt necessary 13 The Tro oil fields s to be he surveyed lie llo in Kano Iano Washington Iron San Juan and Garfield counties 25 5 aIn n a l Mile In tho ho San Juan Junn county count district now nou advertised more than 30 miles of or orn va vii vii- kinds of lines are arc to be run Io For these bids must be In the hands of the tho 14 H Burve surveyor or general before January A maximum prIce per mile has been een mn made e at nt 25 and a 0 minimum nt at 5 tho the rato rate being fixed according to the kind of ot line lino and condition of or the tho country through which the they are aro to be run ruin Following tho the letting of oC the first contract hl bids s on further surveys sur willbe willbe will wll be called for tor as long as ns tho appropriation lasts or until a additional appropriations make the completion of or orthe the work possible Tho The oil land project Is 19 thus far tho tue largest st piece of or surveying done b by tie tio government In Utah surpassing tho the Indian reservation sur c survey b by several se thousand dolln dollars n |