Show Senator Smart Is Again Rebuked For Mixing Politics an and Religion i J Reference by Senator William H. H Smart of Roosevelt president of or the Duchesne L. L D. D S S. S stake to the beliefs of the the Latter-day Latter Saints as to tithing during the debate on the Southwick income tax bill on third reading in the state senate brought about a bitter debate In which m members of that church and non-members non alike aUke protested protest protest- ed cd against any mixing of politics with religion The debate debate debate de- de bate came during the morning session of the senate Thinly veiled accusations of corporations as tax-dodgers tax also came in for severe criticism in the same discussion Senator Edward Southwick motion for a reconsideration tion of his Income tax bill had been declared declare carried when the Utah county senator in talking to his measure said that farmers from one end of the state to the other were in favor lavor of an income tax and that the watchword has gone out that we are going to have Justice Senator Senator Sen- Sen ator Southwick said he knew of corporations with property property property prop prop- erty worth that are escaping without pay paying paying paying ing 1 on it for taxation Senator Harrison E. E Jenkins moved to recommit the bill in order that it might be whipped into shape This motion lost by a vote of seven to ten Two Things Senator Orlando Bradley Bradle explaining that he had voted voted against reconsideration to save time in what in-what what he feared would be useless seless debate said that h he was in sympathy with an Income tax and had no doubt that this kind of legislation would come sooner or later He did not believe that any legislation would sta stay the Increases in ta taxes es Senator Smart said that he considered two things in connection with the bill Was the principle right and d was the time opportune He did not hold with those who said that the farmers paid all the taxes but he was certain that the farmer and the owner home-owner having prop property property property erty that was most easily dl discoverable and assessable were paying more than their share of the taxes tues He was not a man who had any quarrel with large corporations nor with accumulations of capital he said but he did not think that capital would be scared from legitimate investment by a just tax Utah will be a better Utah he s said without that kind of capital that tries to escape its Just burden Convinced of Is Righteousness Ie e thought that the tho people had declared the time to be opportune when they voted In favor of the constitutional amendment increasing the state aid to Ito schools He was willing to take the bill on faith as having been well pre pre- pared A few men are seeking to kill kUl the bm bill he declared representing certain Interests They do not represent the common people of the state of Utah Senator Smart said ho he had been convinced of the rIghteousness righteousness righteousness right rIght- of the cause He recalled that A Abraham raham had paid tithing to That shows an ancient record record record rec rec- ord for the law of tithing The people of these latter days pave have a similar record he declared which gives them the law of tithing for ecclesiastical government This he be pointed out is a form of income tax It Is is a law he asserted which has come from the fountain of this tax on income Therefore the principle on which It is founded Is right because God Is author of at it t. t And tho the time is here to put it nto operation to help save save the state from financial bondage that the executive executive executive tive may have the power to carry out the will of the people peo peo- pIe by putting into effect the measures they call for I Based ou on on Federal Law Senator U U. T. T Jones said that the tho Southwick bill is based on tho federal law and that the federal law is not as yet working satisfactorily He thought that the tho state might afford to wait until a more satisfactory system had bad been devised He Ho thought the present a very Inopportune Inopportune mop mop- 5 timeto put a law like this into effect In a small state the overhead expense expense would be great Continued on Page Four I I I I. I UTAH'S OIL P POSSIBILITIES 1 I From Page One andis and nd is operating a Star rig near Ephraim to test for oil oil- at shallow I depths The management has anI announced announced an- an I that It does not expect to put down the test hole to to- toa a depth of 1 i more than about feet 1 L I Belief In the existence of oil all In commercial quantities Is strengthened strengthen strengthen- I ed by the Interest displayed in the eastern Utah fields by some of the biggest operating companies I J In America While the Ohio is the only only only on on- ly one of the big companies actual- actual ally drilling at least three other members of the Standard Oil family the the Carter the Midwest and the and and three subsidiaries of or the Ro Royal al Dutch company the company the Shell of California the tho Matador and the Roxana have Roxana-have have acquired leases or have applied for oil prospecting perr perI per- per I r mils mats on favorable oil structures InI in Uintah basin and In southeastern ern ernI I I Utah Prospecting permits were v I granted a few days ago t to the Carter CarterI I 1 Midwest and In the Circle Cliffs field The Ohio was granted I Its permit in the Circle Cliffs and Caineville fields several months ago I All four of or the tho companies have filed applications on the tho Circle l Cliffs CUffs and San Rafael structures and It Is understood that the Carter plans to drill on leased land In the tho San Juan field In San Juan county The Royal Dutch subsidiaries have o been exceedingly active In a number of the fields from San Rafael northward northward northward north- north ward principally in San Rafael swell at Woodside and In the Uintah ba- ba sin Several other members of the Standard family are arc reported to have havet t been seeking promising acreage In various parts of the state state as as' well as asa asa r a number of the strong Independent 1 companies and there Is reason to believe b lIeve that their efforts have havo been beena a Ij j I J by a certain d degree gree of suc suc- cess But whether or not the other big companies undertake development development develop develop- ment campaigns those of the Standard Standard Stand Stand- ard and Royal Dutch families now Inthe Inthe in inthe the fields are amply able to carry to toa toa toa a conclusion any tests th they y ma may care tn to undertake Accepting the the Ohio and Midwest In the light of Independent Independent Inde lade pendent companies c considering the resources of the Stan Standard ard Oil of New Jersey as back of the Carter the Prairie Oil Gas Gas Gas' as back of the and the Royal Dutch as back of the tho Shell Shell of California the Matador and the Roxana the total resources behind behind the operations operations operations opera opera- of the seven big operators now on the ground are approximately The immensity of or orthis this amount probably can be more readily grasped by recalling that ItIs it itIs itis Is practically twice the total wealth of the entire state of Utah as reflected reflect reflect- ed by br the 1920 assessment rolls Among other districts of the state that are considered promising as oil producers are the Virgin Virgin river field Inthe in inthe inthe the southwestern part of at tho the state and the tho Millard county field about midway between Salt Lak City and tho the Virgin district Some shallow drilling has been done don in both these fields and small production from shallow wells has been obtained in inthe tho the Virgin river territory but development devel deve- there has been hampered to toa toa j ja a certain extent because of the largo large acreage withdrawn as oil lands bythe bythe by byi the federal government It also is i reported that the tho Royal Hoyal Dutch people pen peo peo-i peo pIe are ure deeply Interested in the possibilities possibilities possibilities pos pos- for oil all at the nor north h end of Great Salt Lake Lakein In the vicinity of Promontory and Rozol Rozel The San Rafael Swell In Emery and Wayne Counties Bounties Is considered by geologists as the biggest and most remarkable structure favorable to oil accumulation yet found on the continent It is understood that the I Carter Oil on company and probably the tho Shell of California ar are arc prepared to put down down deep deep test holes Just as quickly as they are are granted permits by the government go The Old Emery j I jOil Oil company is the tho only conC concern rn really real real- real real-I ly active as yet rat in that that district and and I it fl has assembled equipment and Is Is' Is I making preparations to drill at north end of the sw swell ll on in t the e north 1 bank banI of the San Rafael Ratael river near the mouth of Buckhorn Duckhorn draw The Tho sw swell ll Is accessible through ugh Mohrland Mohrland Mohrland Mohr- Mohr land Price Pr ce or Green River and roads and bridges are being constructed so that practically any portion of the tho district may be reached by automobile automo bile by a few hours ride Trucks and some passenger automobiles are now being operated from each eachor of or the three places to certain parts of the s swell en where have been completed The Huntington structure on which the Ohio Is Ii drilling is situated ed a little west of the state highway betty between g en Price and Huntington and about three miles northwest of Hunt- Hunt Among Among other structures structures on which filings have been made In this region but farther are are the dome dom the Ferron dome the Rochester dome and the Last Chance dome South of this thi general district is the Caineville structure In Wayne Vayne county which Is Is' Is being tested teste also by the Ohio And beyond Caineville Caine Calne- ville the Ohio is drilling another well on the Circle Cliffs structure In Garfield county Circle Cliffs Is a miniature mf San R Rafael swell A few miles westward is Is the Escalante structure Practically all these fields except Caineville and Circle Cliff may be rea reached hed through Mohrland MOhrland or Price The Caineville and Circle Cliffs Cliffs' fields may be reached by way of Green River by automobile but it requires a skillful driver Is th thoroughly ro familiar with the coun- coun coun coun- try The distance from Green Green River to Ule Calne is approximately eighty miles and to Circle Cliffs about I miles Caineville also may be reached reached reach reach- ed ed from Sigurd on on the Marysvale branch of the Denver Rio Grande I by an overland drive of about miles through Loe and Torrey The Ohio equipment moved into the Circle Circle Circle Cir Cir- cle Cliffs field by byway way of Marysvale the railhead rail head lead and an overland trip of about miles through Junction and Escalante Some filings have been made along the Parla Parta river In Kane county near the Utah Arizona line and probably the most feasible route into this section would be by byway byway byway way of Marysvale and then overland to Kanab and eastward to to td the field The main line of the Denver Rio Grande drande railroad cuts cut's through through corners of the Farnham and and Woodside structures structures structures tures between Price and Green Riv Riv- er Both structures are covered by location notices but but- butas as as' asyet yet no permits permits permits per per- mits have been gr granted Inasmuch as both places are so easily accessibly it Is expected that operations operations will begun begun begun be be- gun as quickly as permits have been Issued The Shell of California Is In Interested Interested interested in- in In the Woodside dome and it itIs itis itis is reported that th Oil on Refining Refining Refining Re Re- fining company of Salt Lake plans drilling operations on the Farnham Farnham Farnham Farn- Farn ham anticline Almost due south of Green River River about fort forty five five miles Is the anticline which is said to be second in size to the San Rafael swell As Asyet Asyet Asyet yet It has been explored but little and oil prospecting g permits filed flIed covering this region have been comparatively few tew Southward from Thompsons Thompsons another station on the Denver Rio Grande are a number of structures favorable fa to oil accumulation and andone andone andone one of the fields tb the San Juan has has been in the producing class for or bra ora a number of years About ten miles southeast of Thompsons is tho the Salt Valley Valley- Valleyfield field and about thirty miles almost al almost almost al- al most duo south of Thompsons is the Moab oab field fieldin in which the Big Six company com corn pany has a hole down feet Ceet The San Juan field is about miles from Thompsons Mote than twenty wells have been put down In this region mostly to shallow depths and p production has bas b. b been en of obtained TI Elie The output per well ranged from a few barrels up to about b barrels daily but because of the distance from r rail ll transportation there has been but little activity Most of the the- wels wells were drilled to validate holdings holding ta taken taken tak tak- en under the placer location law lawand lawand lawand and It Is understood understood Cart Carter r plans to put down some some deep deel test holes holce Other oil activities In the tho eastern part of the state are arc confined la largely gely to the territory north of of the Bo Book Cliff mountains and gen generally ra y known as the Uintah basin An unusually large largo structure has been found Immediately Immediately immediately Im Im- mediately south of th the town of at Duchesne Duchesne Duchesne Du- Du chesne In Duch Duchesne county and It is in this district that the tho Royal Royal Dutch Dutch subsidiaries s have acq acquired immense holdings principally ally lands lauds in l private owner hp In all the Matador Matador Matador Ma Ma- tador Petroleum company a W Wyoming Wyo- Wyo o ming subsidiary of the Royal loyal Dutch Dutch v will ivill be bo selected to to t test the structure It is 15 reported that the contract under which tho the ground has been boen leased provides that drilling shall shaH be Underway Under Underway Underway way before August of this year The Moffatt district in Which the Uintah Oil on Exploration company is operating Is is about forty miles northeast of Duchesne The prospective oil all districts of the tho Uintah basin are most easily accessible accessible accessible sible through Price from which point stages are operated daily dally into the basin country During the summer summer summer sum sum- mer months Duchesne may be rea reached reach reach- hed h- h ed by a mile mlle motor ride by way of Park Park- City Heb Heber r City and the tho Strawberry valley At almost any time during the tho year the southwestern Utah fields are arc accessible by automobile from Salt Lake City The Millard county field Is about miles from Salt Lake City and the Virgin River field about miles The Millard county field also may be reached over the Los Angeles Salt Lake railroad by way of at Delta and a thirty mlle drive ov overland rland and nd the Virgin River field over the Los Loa Angeles Salt Lake to Lund and a seventy mile overland overland overland over over- land drive Automobile stages are operated between t the e railroad sta stations and principal points In the fields |