Show HIGGINS ON OIL QUESTION XI York ork Governor Gt Admits l Helping Independents I Albany N N. Y July G. G G. G Governor HI Higgins this afternoon continued tho time statement nt of nf T. T 1 S S. a burg bmg oil nil operator his in intervention In- In tel at ata Washington a In Iii behalf of tho time independent oil men lIl n It is true rile that thal I hind had a talk tall with time the President said the time governor and that I have hao him one ono loiter lettel relative to oil leases in Oklahoma Okla Olila- homa I live lI In an nut oil country where a large larg number of oC my m friends and amid constituents con cun- are arc Interested In developing oil uil fluIds fields and 1111 11 HI migrate immIgrate from state to state tato In lii thou their operations wherever whelo oil is found I have havo no Interest personally personal personal- ly Iy in the time oil business I wrote Tote a personal per per- letter from Olcan to tn the lie President dent for lou the lie reasons ons staled It Is true Irue there hero has been a n good deal of oC dissatisfaction dis- dis satisfaction with wilh the time manner mannel in which the oil Ic leases havo Iia been handled lJ by bythe the time Interior Interim del department In Oklahoma and the lie Indian Territory This is so as I knew universally among the tIme oil nil nIH operators and anti I so Informed the time President Pre I think that among other suggestions I made I said I believed cd I I It would be lJ wise for fOI Secretary hitchcock Hitchcock Hitch hitch- cock coel to ti advise with practical oil meil men not miot connected with the tho Standard OH Oil company on this tImis subject ct I 1 do du not nt know that lint the Standard Oil company is In an any way tray Interested in iii this timis nutt- nutt tel ter or I have han known Mr 1 for fot forman man many years yar but hut have ha never nevor hind had any Interest with him hint financially or 01 other other- wise |