Show FAME ARRIVES IN OGDEN TO STUDY THE OIL FIELDS he brought in the gusher that set the country oil crazy three years ago from wednesdays standard among the recent arrivals in ogden Is the man to whom beaumont texas practically owes its existence as a city ot importance and as one ot the principal oil fields of the world pattillo higgins la the man to whom beaumont as well ae the oil interests ot the country arc indebted for the discovery of the oil fields of texas ho is registered at the broom and is here to investigate the oil fields in nis state the surface indications of which go to prove that bodies 0 oil are to be found in certain section it was due to the persistence ot higgans who in spite ot adverse reports mado by standard oil company engineers and to failure after failure attended by actual poverty that the spindle top bushers gushers were opened up after years of hard labor ue at last produced the famous gusher that in set the country oil mad and flooded the section in which the gusher had been discovered with prospectors through it all mr higgans kept his head and continued to bore wells on tho different properties which he had secured before the boom started and the results he achieved showed that his judgment had been correct in the face of adversity scoffs and reports of experts that oil in paying quantities did not exist in the district mr higgans continued to work until his theories had been proved to be correct he is today a rich man president of the higgans standard oil company and one of the recognized oil experts of the country so valuable is his judgment considered that his opinion is eagerly sought this morning in company with C K rowlands of salt lahe mr higgins left for an inspection of the oil fields in the vicinity of rozel on the north shore of great salt lahe owned principally by Ogden ites where surface indications point to the presence at depth of large bodies of oil it is understood that if mr higgans concurs in the opinion of those who believe that they have located valuable oil fields a great amount of capital will be put into the district accompanying amr higgins is his daughter both father and daughter will remain in the city for some time |