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Show tin I Mi More Than 61,000 Acres Included in Applications' Filed at .Federal Land Office. '.... i " . , : More than 61,000 acres of prospective pros-pective oil land in Utah were" applied for Monday at the federal land office. The applications were for permits to explore for oil, and the lands are situated in the southeastern portion of the state, ranging from Emery and Grand to Kane and San Juan counties. coun-ties. The daily segregation of lands of the public domain under the mineral min-eral land leasing law is fast bringing the total to 3,000,000 acres in' this state. In the opinion of oilmen it Is an examplification of oil hunger in greater concert than ever exhibited. It means nothing or it means billions to the world and many millions to Utah. ' A striking feature of Monday's applications, ap-plications, which was one of the biggest big-gest days since the leasing bill went into effect February 25, 920, is that a number of the applicants were from far distant states, radicating greater regard for Utah's prospective oil lands on the outside than at home. How-, ever, it so happened that of the' twenty-four applications filed . Monday, Mon-day, a number were represented by Salt Lake citizens. |