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Show SHIPPING BOARD DECLINES OFFER l Royalty Oil From Wyoming M and Montana Will Go to High Bidder 2 WASHINGTON. Doc. 9. The off' r Of the interior department to sell to T private bidders the royalty oil accru- U ing to tho government from the SaU n Creek, Wyo.. and Cat Crook, Mont.. I 3 fields was the subject of a conference , today between Secretary Fall ami Wyoming and Mon'Jkna members of I M ih' senate and house. At the same ' J time It was mado known that tim , m secretary bad offered to continue, but! V on amended terms the contract ny ' which the oil heretofore has been sold A i i the shipping )..i.-ird for fuel pur- y poses H was said the new terms, ( proposed were more advantageous to Cj the Interior department than those ' provided for under tho old contract, W and that the shipping hoard official In did not accept the offer. At the end of today's conference. It j was announced at the department that i ,3 nothing new stood in the way of an fil award except Secretary Fall's desire to hold further cont-renecs with the N private concerns which have submit- I ted bids 1I' already has conferred with about half of the 2a bidders and m has asked the others to s-nd repre- Bentatlves to Bee him beforo Decern- J berU P It was Indicated that there was i onlv a remote possibility that the oil 1 would bo sold to the shipping board j In a letter sent to those who were In- a vlted to today's conference. Secretary 3 Pall cited the act of September 25, I I 1920, which gave him, at his own dls- 1 retlon, the right to advertise for pub- lie sale all royalty oil and gu accru- H ing to Ihe United States Ho then j recited that the contract with the J shipping board expired August fir-it. ' and said he had proceeded to adver- i tia the oil for public sale after re- t I newal of negotiations with the board , i iad failed to result In agreement. |