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Show OIL FEVEH IN DIXIE. Montana Man Who Is Gobbling Up Land There St Oeorge Adiorate Uinrence liar rl 11 capitalist of Montana with his exierl has 1 e. 11 In and about St lleorge th. list week or ten tH)s In osttgntlng Hi, oil lot atlons of J llltkell mid assot lutes mil the fm t that the) are liicuri oiatlng a coinpan iiiitlir the laws of Utah lo be known nn the Montana Hmeltlng lie fining nul I.xploiatlon eonipiiii) with 1 tat Ital stotk or 200 0O0 shares of the par alu. of tl each mnks It appoir that they me sailsiled with tht showing 1 minis P Thomas will lie the presl dint of thocompaii) und It is presumed that Messrs Harris and Itlekeil will also be olllcials While little his teen sail p,ci ira Inns linip boon going stoidll) nn for the exploring of the region which gHes suth iiiimlatnkablo signs of oil a shiut time sline II H Haiti rman of Paiowan the well known will trlci pull 11 lsil lo 1 ho 1 roperi) mil fur-Pished fur-Pished estimates on well boring An amicable agree mem was ri iche I ami Just as soon as Mr Halternmn tils piwes of the tnntraets ho alreud) has In Iron mil liar Hold e-nintles he will inoo bin mnthlnrr) onto the com pun) s giountl The nldenree of potnileum on the sulfate at the disco or) point are someth ng almost uiiiiietedtuito I an I letlute Ihe elemeiit of chiiute ulw lis Hcsuil In ami! iindertakln?!, to the minimum Ilesldes this Ih" tnunlry Is ihe Matin il tlrnlnage for tho xtensle conl Ileitis oust of Cedar 1 It) uni Ka. nana which of Itself would I., vi-tlenie vi-tlenie enough of jhe robable presence of oil to Justify sinking The land held by Mr Itltkoll and associates consists of sen nil thou sand air. n und is in tin itlnlly of Irgln Clt) In this count) Ophlr II 1 to llTsume The Ophlr mln. nt Statellne will re sume operation Indus after u shut dawn that hau continued since I ebru-ar ebru-ar lOtli and which wastaused b) the falluie of llankei Andrews of Dttiolt Mnrr 1 1 ..tlimn Is 1 w ul Hi n in and Mill Superintendent t'lnik and lack Ituyle who Is Hit ctmpiii) a mining min-ing englnei-i, left for yinip an.l will be preient at tho lesuuipiluii of operations in the mine und mill lotla) I'he mill li, now Kill I'" "1 with an abundance of wal 1 fitiip. Hie lohnii) in In. ami slxt) men will lw glien tmploymint The inaimg'moiit in rongrntulatlug lit If and gi ut fill to its lojl slot kliolilers who liae made It i osslble to tint up in less thin two mouths In fm e 01 n failure lu tiling t million mil a half dollars whlth for a time threuenel n far mote tiiloua emb-irrasmt til Uncle Sam Force Reduced, The orkiiig foic on the I 111 lo Sam In 1 ' 11 leductd from fnt) ll to twenty men, and (he work of tho- now emploed will be confined ehi liy to the ileutopmiM of the inoport hli menta will b I mpnriill sus pentled except from tht former Hum bun ground that li Included In the I nele lam hoi Hint This moe Man aKer ( hapman si ite 1 esterda Id i nus 1 b) tlio low prl e of It nl the principal piodmi tr Hit part of Hie mine from whlth shlpmenlHnre ells continued as nt pnxent prices It enn not be operntl lo a profit Weie I rites the same n a tnr ago the mine would jltll t uirna but with a shrlnkiiic of from 41 in $3 TO n hiin Ired Hiiiiid or ! p r rent, the tllf ferenee is a thane, from a protlt o a loss b keeplnie ui the. shipment the worknf 1. i.loim M1I he proset ul I wllh I hope nf iniounterlnK piy-tllrt under. resent in lit Ions Mining Notes Manager Weir ti ihe Ux lltetl thit I ronerty at rinil i innlit The Carlsa yesi in repertel nt the smelter wllh fo ir m of nre A alter 1 Iter Is e ml tn return from II two weeks V t.l i trip loUy Tho reeorn will t reduced force Is now drlftliiK on Hi in ir leel loAanl ihe eln in which sin ill bol of good ore was reeentl n untcred l II Ucheu I lun t lust night from a two days slay ti il llnntrlne n Stock ton llu rouoris wtk n tho trlple-com partmeitt shafi ir ninOna; s.itifurtnrllv 8erar W II t mid yesirnlay re-ctlcl re-ctlcl a letter fr in c fl nim who Is at h Old tlncl i n iirty III Humboldt lottntj .ev llu 1 it. r staled thai an naaa office had I i, lust illed and tl it the old tunnel mug driven nt the rale of over a loot t ttv CRIME AND CRIMINALS Hi means of ii ndtn kej, six prls-outtii prls-outtii escaped from the tit Louis workhouse work-house after ten limit work In breaking- their shackles nnd opeuinK the In ner and outer dot r. of their cells C P .Nelson who wns taken to St Joseph Mo from Sun ntonlo les. two weeks ago t hnrg I with bli,nni pleudel guilt) n IuhIiik thiee les und was semen tl in the ("ilmiiuil comt to three stars in, the i en Ileeause u iiuinli i of bon made le murks about th I nsttf hats woin liy two kirls who win a ttimpanlel by t vti young n n Ueorn-t Htrinz. In ears old nf IM cu Heenleenlh slreet and Sinn y O I Unskl IS jeurs till of m West 'eiiiileeiitli street i hlcuuii w ri mrrtafl wounded b one of the men Tin stranger who did tho shooting es apel. |