Show OIL IN SOUTHERN UTAH district attorney wiliam B ilig afna returned home on tuesday evening from a tripi to st george where he attended a meeting ot of the stockholders of the virgin dome oil company A now new beard ot of directors direito rs was ele elected by the meeting consisting ot of three members from california and tour four from utah namely W D stevens san ban francisco A C colt san jose F C nelson san ban jose samuel judd william B higgins john and arthur F miles ot of st george all from utah mr air A C colt ot of san jose was losen chosen as aa president ot of the company tor for the corning coming year The money to complete the well Is assured by the california members mr W J graham was tendered a vote tote ot of thanks tor for all the good work he had done for the company since it was organized in 1917 this company it was ascertained has spent over in development work it has now pe penetrated nitrated the earths surface for a distance of feet through the lime formation Uon this formation has never been known to fall to produce great quantities ot of high grade oil at the depth ot of the well where the drill Is now striking which Is b elow sea level the drill has pe penetrated nitrated the oil sands eynds and ithe it he oil now shows in the ballings mr air R 19 graham a man of years of successful experience exper lance in oil prospecting spec ting in california and other states was present at the meeting he has many producing oil wells and Is able to drill many more having made hla his fortune in that particular field of speculation the whole southern part of utah was well represented at the meeting and an expression from them all was waa to the effect that washington county and that end of the state will before many months be enjoying the fruits of a united effort to bring out of the earth some of its store of wealth although but little has been published of the activity of the virgin dome oil company it and its members disserve much credit tor for the he role struggle they had made durins during war time and after war wax time against numerous handicaps and set bet backs backa but now ithac oil Is actually encountered the next move ot of the company la Is to install bot feet ot of new casing to case out the water and then with a slight effort the whole story will te be told southern utah will be ork on the riad nap and that store ot of wealth seen by the tha prophets in vision will come to bless tho the efforts ot of the pioneers when they staked their lives to build up that wasted section |