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Show ABOUT OIL H IN CACHE ll Prospects Said to be l!fl'fl Flattering. I'l .lames Illj the Anderson of Lcxlng- liflHHHjl ton, Keutuckj, Is In Logan looking I flVflfl for oil - not that he expects to find It 'vflHVJ w it 1 1 In the eitj limits, but tather that ' he expects to secure a lease on laud , 'wAVJ far out In the vallej which shows Indi- : MHVJ cations for oil Mt. Andeisou is rep- ! flHH tesentingthe Gulllek-Gaj Co. which - JBBl is now opeiatlug at Faimingtou, and i flHH which developed the Iteatiinont, Texas, Ijjj iJH oil Ileitis. The gentleman has been v flBVJ at the Lincoln the past day or so In ! 1 companj with Mi. John Hlngham of I j HBV Ttcntou, who is a most enthusiastic j ' tH suppoitet of Andeisou in hlselloit to lltil A Hiutiii.u an tepresentatlve talk- lill ed with the gentleman concerning the H outlook for oil in this vallej, and Mr. Eg IH Illngham's well known faith is laid In M H the shade by Mr. A ndei son's positive (j iH assci lions. "The indications at Farm- j) ington arc excellent," sajs the Ken- 1; tuck) Colonel, "but Cache valley hull- Mv 1 cations aie superfine. I have been in fi : ptactlcally every oil field In the United If H States, and when I say jou people f here have oil and plenty of it, I know f '. what 1 am talking about. Hutjou'll j" H never get this oil unless jou go after j It or permit other people to do it. I i il am representing a company that has ull developed many of the biggest fields JUI in this countrj and we are looking for ilH other fields to conquei. It's my bust- 'll ness to look up these fields ami 1 be- 'xl llcve 1 have found a good one In this 'tl valley. The formation heic is good 4H and theie arc a number of unfailing il signs. This Idea of gas coming hub- fl bllug up thiough the water of wells ll and springs, and the scummy sur- Jl face of some of the water wajs of jl this countrj' uiisjill the signs we nl need. oti've got TintOld wealth her(T" il anil jou ought to be getting the bene- tffl tit of it." IfJH In discussing the piopositlon that is 4il ! being olleied land owners here, Mr. iMJH Andeisou said that he Is leasing land lll out light foi a petiod of ten ) ears. The '1 land owner Is paid 10 a jear until a il well Is dillled on his land. The com- al pan) agiees to sink foui thousand ll feet, and in case nothing Is found, is ll undei coutiact to leave casing, etc., Hl for the use of faimeis in case there Is Bl watci. If a flow-of oil Is stiuck the ll land owner Is paid ten percent of all il oil taken from the well. The lease Il does not Interfere with sale of laud at i'l any time, nor with cultivation ot .H land. Mr. Andeisou sajs that it Isto 'jH the companj 's Inteiest to discover as 'Jjl soon as possible whether or not there 'lfl Isollheic, and that if leases can be t'jl secured woik will be pushed rapidly. ill If one well proves a producer many ifl wells will be sunk. V |