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Show FAIR GROUNDS MjSI jTr m Scores of Workmen Are Rushing the Improvements Along Carpenters Have Enlarged fVlany Buildings and Built Additional Stalls For Race Horses-Standard Reporter Re-porter Tells of a Visit to the Grounds. heaviest and bIg?eBt boro of Ita ago alive. Another Scotch borse, the son of Brittah Chieftain, is here, and thes three would weight three and a half tons. Each Is a winner, and are expected ex-pected to receive a flattering award at this fair. Sir Marcus, the champion. Is a Scotch horse, but Is now owned by Cache Valley horsemen. He Is valued at JC.0.10. but Scottish horse owners have offered SlO.GOrt to bring this animal ani-mal back to the land of its birth. He is th most beautiful 6peclmen of horseflesh that the writer hag ever seen. His lines are an 'graceful as any race horse, and uis coloring is exceedingly ex-ceedingly beautiful. This horxe Is conceded to have the nearest perfect foot of any animal. In most of the big eastern veterlnnry colleges thero are painting and casts of Sir Marcus" foot, and when lectures are lven on horoes" hoofs. thes? paintings and casts are exhibited to demonstrate tho lectures. All told, sixty horses will be on parade pa-rade a tho Four State Fair. These will come from all over the country as well as from Canada. England and Scotland. Utah horses will bo well represented, with Cache valley and Weber county entries coming in dally. It Is expected that most every class In this department will bo filled fill-ed In the merchants' and manufacturers' manufactur-ers' building, exhibits of every nrt will bo on show. Atrrlcultural implements, imple-ments, dry goods exhibit. Utah agricultural agri-cultural products, harness displays and other exhibits will be on show. Along the Seventeenth street fence Just east of the main entrance, will be a line of automobiles show rooms, agricultural exhibits, threshing machines ma-chines and cream separators, with the usual number of side concessions, lunch counters, etc. In front of the main grandstand there haa been a stase erected for the accommodation of the excellent bill of vaudeville that has been ar- ranged by Dr. Howe. The program now consists of seven numbers. Including In-cluding some of the finest attractions ln the country. An aerial troop of artists ar-tists and acrobats, a troop of trained dogs and monkeys, nn eccentric Chinese Chi-nese comedy act. exhibitions of fancy rifle rhooting by the champion rifle shot of the world, tho famous Russian troupe of dancers and other high class entertainers will be. on the 6tage. There will be eoda fountains, cigar stands, candy counters, lunch wagons 1 and counters, and Innumerable other attractions for tho visitor. The bureau of information is located lo-cated at the end of tho secretary's office of-fice under the grandstand, facing tho big gato, and will be in charge of ac-j ac-j commodatlng young ladies who will willingly direct tho visitor and help him ln securing any Information he might wish about tho fair, the exhibits exhib-its or sales. The uneven ground near the entrance en-trance to the grounds has been levelled lev-elled off at great labor and expense, until the whole front grounds Is as level as a billiard table. The flooring and approaches to ov-cry ov-cry building has been filled in with earth, so that the annoying mud that bothered the visitors last year will not be noticeable this season. Thousands of wagon loads of earth have been hauled and emptied at various va-rious spots, filling In every depression. depres-sion. Dr. Rowe estimates that $10,-000 $10,-000 has been already spent ln the rearrangement re-arrangement of tho buildings and concessions, con-cessions, in the building of y armancnt buildings, and In the filling In of holes. ' ty fllmlness and falls in cIoiiJh and' layers upon the gTOtind boneath. Tho chance of sudden wealth turns the heads of all. For thin reason tho I greatest emigrations tho world has known havo been opened up by rushes rush-es to the gold fields, and for this tame reason, too, men will drill for oil and strike It and gushors, never thinking of the picturesque features of the industry, but rather of the wonderful source of Buddon wealth which their wells have disclosed and added to tho world's possessions. Back of this prosaic money making calling is a picturesque hiatory that stretches farther than the birth of mankind upon eftrth. All this la concerned con-cerned with tho prehistoric period, and the formation of the oil lt-sclf in the sands beneath the earth. To our geological friends, then, must wo leave the picturesque nnd technical field of determining and telling us of how tho agencies are still at work forming the ga.ses nnd oils and that tremendous hydrostatic pressure that forces them to and above the surface of the earth. The whole oil Industry represents successful stages of development, and today, from a commercial viewpoint, the Uinta oil field industry is only ln Its infancy. This field hai begun to attract the attention of the oil me.-i throughout the United States. Its possibilities have penetrated tho avenues ave-nues of finance ln the eastern states. In atald old Iondon, and tho centers of Holland. Taken the world over, most. If not nearly all of the oil fields Are diminishing In point of production. pro-duction. This la especially true of all fields on tho American continent, with tho Elnglo exception of California. Califor-nia. Tho total light oil stocks on hand are being gradually depleted, and there is at this date less than six months' supply on top of the ground. Dut tho groat demand today is for gasoline. The refiners are perplexed to know what to do to moet tho growing grow-ing demand for this by-product. The advent of tho automobile, tho increase in-crease of motor propolled machinery, tho hundreds of uses to which gasoline gaso-line Is now put, has Increased the consumption con-sumption until tho manufacturers axe hard put to find a supply. There are three alternatives: discovery of new high grado fields, tho manufacture of a substitute or trie construction of machinery which can use some other oth-er kind of fuel. In France owners of automobiles are paying as high us 65 cents a gallon for gasoline. Only recently the papers announcej that tho Standard Oil company had Imported Im-ported 19,000.000 gallons of gasoline, the first importation of oils of any kind in tho history of this great company. com-pany. With production in tho high grado fields diminishing and a demand upon up-on the oil fields of this country approximating ap-proximating 600,000 barrels a day, It would seem ad If Wyoming must bo looked to for faturo exploit No-whero No-whero ln the west are tho economic conditions so favorable for the production pro-duction of oil as right here ln tho Uinta field. With cheap fuel, ample water eupply, two overland railroad systems crossing the field, and a climate cli-mate remarkable for its Invigorating qualities, we seem to possess all the essential elements necessary to cheap production. There can bo no doubt as to tho value of tho oil, which tests from 42 to 47 degrees Baume gravity. grav-ity. Its lighter parts are so much ln demand at this timo and market conditions so sound as to tho future, this superior quality of crude oil for the production of gasoline and kerosene kero-sene is unquestionably tho most valuable val-uable In the country today. The following analysis by Thomas Price & Son. San Francisco, was mado from oil taken from tho Union Pacific well at Spring Valley by the writer, and in general Is an average of tho oild of tho Held: Per Cent. Naptha (gasoline and benzine)... 23 Kerosene 24 Signal and headlight oil 8 Lubricating, reduced stock 23 Paraffine 17 100 Tho whole country underlain by the Ft, Denton shales may bo expected expect-ed to yield oil of tho same character as that found ln tho neighborhood of Spring Valley. It has been pretty well demonstrated demonstrat-ed that tho wells will stand shooting as tlie cap rock overlying tho lower sand Is heavy and a flinty limestone and stands up well. When we consider thai tho byproducts by-products obtained from this oil are worth from $10 to $12 per barrel, crude oil from this field Is cheap tq the refined at $2.50 per barrel f. o. b. Spring Valley or Leroy. At that figure fig-ure shallow wells of small production produc-tion can be drilled ln nests of 10 to 20 each, and pumped by ono Jack and made profitable. Refineries would be built at tho most advantageous points and facilities facili-ties given for working up the prod- A Standard man wont out to tho Fair Grounds yesterday afternoon to satisfy his curiosity as to tho preparations prep-arations under way there for the Four State Fair, the International Sheep Show and the opening of the 20-day race meeting, all of which opens on Friday, the 23d of this month. Preparations there were a-plenty bo many, and such a number of big changes, that It would be well for the public to read the following artl-icle, artl-icle, so that they might know what eort of a fair this Four State attraction attrac-tion will be: Scores of men were at work, even though it was the Sabbath day; dozens doz-ens of horses pulled heavy loads of earth which Is being used In filling i in the hollow spots, buildings were being arranged for exhibits, immenso awnings were being stretched over the exhibit hall6. and the whole grounds were in , the hands of the workmen. Doctor Rowe, Mayor Clasmann and ! Secretary Tracy of the old fair association as-sociation were there with tholr coat off, tholr sleeves rolled up, deep ln the work of overseeing and directing the labors of the employes, and everything ev-erything took on a different appearance, appear-ance, looking more like tho finished lair halls and buildings as each minute min-ute flashed by. Dr. Rowe was secured as guide, and he explained the whole plan of entertainment. en-tertainment. We first visited tho big buildings to be uved ror the agricultural agricul-tural and horticultural exhibits. These bnlldlngs aro each 40 feet frontage and 100 feet deep, and are large enough to house the entries of every exhibitor who desires to show his products. Tho jockoys room and paddock for the thoroughbred racing horses adjoin ad-join the two mentioned buildings on tho northwest end. Each of these two are equipped with all tho accessories of such buildings. The paddock Is enclosed this year with a high board fi-nce. and the stalls for the racing animals are of a permanent nature. They surround the cxeTclse- circle. The whole thing Is most comfortably arranged and will bo a big improvement improve-ment over the rather makeshift accommodations ac-commodations of a year ago. The Midway will be in the space l3t season used as an opvn paddock pad-dock between the agricultural building build-ing and tho west end of tho grandstand. grand-stand. This street will be shaped In a crescent and will have as attractions attrac-tions all of the up-to-date concessions conces-sions found at the larger fairs. The fence which surrounded and closed In tho front of the grandstand has been removed, so that one may have the freedom of the front space and the grandstand itself If so Inclined. In-clined. , On the eastern end of the old grandstand stands a merry-go-round. . It Is one of the up-io-tho-minutc af-1 I fairs and .should furnish a vast amount of pk-asuru m:U amusement to the younger vi3l'ors ,t tho grounds. Just beyond is another 100x40 building. build-ing. This is for the housing of the poultry and pet stoeK exhibits. The building will probably be rilled with this class of .UDck. JudRing from the amount of entries received already received in these classes. Behind, to the ea.t, is the biggest thing on the grounds, it is a $6,000 sheep show nous The building, which opens t the fides, measures ISOxSl feet, and contains 260 pens for the showiug cf the hundreds nf fancy sheen already entered for competition. com-petition. Every incn of space in this big open air room ha3- been spoken for. and other entries are coming in daily. This building is of a permanent order. or-der. It will bo iied year after year for the showing of fancy bred stock during the International Sheep Shows to come. The building will be lighted light-ed bv so;ne 105 arc lamps, and la supplied sup-plied with an abundance of water for the watering of the sneep. To ibe rear, on the cast of this show building, will be 72 large pens, accommodating i0 head each, for the accommodation of sale sheep. Secretary Herrinpton of the Sheep Show advises that he already has entries en-tries for 3.000 sheep In the sales, so that it Is a surety that theeo big pens will all be filled when the show opens. These two sheep houses are the largest lar-gest of the kind in the world. Never before has a fair or association ever erected such quarters for sheep as these. Ranging along the northeastern fence, Irontlng Seventeenth street, are the stalls for the show cattle and horses. One hundred stalls are now completed and every 6pace Is spoken for. These stalls are spacious and compare favorably with any other fair stalling in the country. Entries from all over the country and including Canada have arrived for exhibition in the different classes ln horseflesh and ln tho cattle department. de-partment. Fifteen bor6es are now on their way from Toronto and the cast to compete in the show here. These hortes aro all prize winners. Some of them have captured the blue rifihons In Scotland. England and America, while all of them have flr.ct In a: least one 6how to their credit. Tile famous world beater. Sir Maicus. the champion draft horse of the world, who has nev er been beaten in competition, Is already al-ready occupying a stall on tho grounds. This horse, weighing more than a tonT has won probably more firsts than any other horse In this class. One nf his get. a .1 years old mare, Is also In Ogden waiting the judges' call. This filly weighs over a ton and is considered to bo the ' uct as quickly as possible after leaving leav-ing tho wells. The refinery at Spring Valley could bo enlarged to meet the demands of production in that vicinity, vicin-ity, and the one now contemplated nnd for which machinery is arriving at Leroy, would take care of the out-rut out-rut in the territory contiguous to Leroy. One of the subjects frequently discussed dis-cussed by operators and capitalists looking over the field is the quantity quanti-ty of oil and probable life of the-Hold. the-Hold. This Is a difficult problem to work out in tho faco of such a large territory, where tho exploitation has , been confined to only a small area. All of tho sands in the section so far developed are saturated with oil, and from actual porosity teats show that they will absorb to tho extent of 20 to 30 rwr cent of their volume. This gives an Ideal storage for oil in va3t quantities. To bo conservative,'! have estimated estimat-ed tho aggregate of all the sands to bo 40 feet thick with a saturation of 25 jer cent. This gives 1,740,000 cubic cu-bic feet to the acre, of which 25 per cent carries oil (cubic feet) .. .436,600 I assume 75 per cent of this can bo recovered (cubic feet) 436,600 Reduce this to a merchantable unit with 25.6 cubic feet of oil to the barrel, gives, per arro (cubic feet) 18,337 Sold at $2 per barrel gives gross per acre $36,671.00 As a net figure I assume the cost of laud, cost of machinery, ma-chinery, depreciation of equipment. evaporation, fuel and labor is equivalent equiva-lent to 40 cents a barrel, leaving a net value per aero of '$29,339.20 And for 160 acres $4,601,272.00 Assuming that a section of the territory ter-ritory where I he crea test development develop-ment has taken place to be 2 1-2 miles In width between the meridian of the anticlinal fold and the Abso-roka Abso-roka uplift, by 20 milos In length, or 50 square miles, wo have the stupendous stupen-dous showing of 5S6.7S4.000 barrels, whose net value Is $938,854,400 for tho oil contained in the section mentioned. men-tioned. The maximum degree at which a given amount of oil can bo pumped depends de-pends entirely upon tho gas pressuro behind It and Its freedom In releasing releas-ing Itself from the sands, nnd the life of a well may be anywhere from 10 to 25 years. The splendid results obtained by the International Consolidated Oil company, the Standard Reserve Oil company. Plttsburg-Salt Lake Oil company, com-pany, nnd upon proven ground adjacent adja-cent to those holdings which are being be-ing leased to new companies entering the field, bear strong testimony to teh value and permanency of that portion of the field where exploitation exploita-tion has been tho moat active. Oil Is found In wells as shallow as 150 feet below the surface, tho production produc-tion Increasing as wells are drllleJ in the direction of the dip of the oil bearing sands. Now that a better i.nderstandfn exists of tho actual Brtuctural conditions of the oil horl ron. tho development from now on will doubtless be In the direction of deeper wells, which means greater production and longevity of such wells drilled Another factor Is the probability of encountering reservoirs or pools where the oil has accumulated In the sands at points where a greater expansion ex-pansion ln te oil bearing Ptrata. has taken place. This Is not an uncommon un-common thing, as can be testified to In the fields of any magnitude, and the conditions here are such as to justify the possibility of making discoveries dis-coveries of that nature. About 2,50n feet strallgraphlcally below the oil zone In the Ft. Benton divlplon oil has been found at a depth of S62 and 1,005 feet in sand beds In a gray shale In the Hear river formation for-mation in section 19. township 14 north, range 118 wert. This oil Is much heavier ln gravity and some-what some-what darker than the oils ln tho Ft Benton shales. The per cent of gasoline, gas-oline, however, will make It valuable and deeper wells might disclose an additional oil bearing horizon of considerable con-siderable value and magnitude, I am, as I have been from the beginning, be-ginning, a firm believer In the future of this field. There is a tremendous consumption, of oil which Is rapidly growing, and the demand will keep steadying up with the development, nnd possibly most of the time a little lit-tle 1 advance. There is nothing discouraging ln the outlook. Potter prices are coming. Petter conditions are sure. The producer of oil Is coming com-ing to study his business and Invt'Vt It with dignity and scientific treatment. treat-ment. The oil business has been put on a great Industrial basis; it Is one of the greatest Industries of modern times. There can be no retrogression; retrogres-sion; the watchword In olldom Is forward. A bettor feeling prevails between the producer and the marketer. market-er. The Standard Oil company Is no longer the bugaboo it used to be Some one discovered the fact that It was composed nf men who wero normal nor-mal like the rest of us, and he told Jt to some one else nnd after a while the truth oozed through nnd now the producer goes out ana makes his own Market if m-ed bo, he builds bis own i!pe lines, ho builds his own storage 'nnks in other words, ho thinks, acts nd manipulates for himself. And bile he is getting rich nnd helping ro build up a great Industry, tho Standard Stan-dard Oil company goes on In the even tenor of its way. making money also This Is the way it should be. The producer is greater than tho Standard Stan-dard Oil company, onlv he has never corned to know It. The producer al-v. al-v. ays will be and always should bo the master of the situation, If he vants to be. It may not bo out nf place to discuss dis-cuss the question of conservation as applied to the Uinta oil field. Not a sreat while apo the Interior department depart-ment classified nioFt of the unoccupied unoccu-pied government land embraced within with-in the territory surveyed by Mr. Veatch as being valuable fnp coal, phosphates and oil. An order was Issueri wi.in.raw ing such lands -is contained con-tained these minerals from tho right of entry or the filing of locations for 011 or phosphate. All, as they say, I for the sake of posterity. Conservation Is no child's play and will require caroiul watching. It must bo remembered there Is the entire oast arainst the nil Interests through downright Ijniorancr of what conservation conser-vation really moans Tn explaining the measure to thos? eastern folk Its (hainplons have overlooked the railroads rail-roads and their early grants, which for 20 miles on each stle of tho lino provide every other section of land for their uho and profit. This, as every ev-ery oil man knows, makes It an Impossibility Im-possibility to conserve oil to posterity; poster-ity; the railroads ran drill alontr llieir eectjonal vJlQC6 aad drain tho government lands, thereby defeating the purpose of conservation. What Wyoming wants Is an oil law for oil men and most of them would be willing to keep the placer law with such changes and modifications ns would permit the original locator loca-tor or first driller to hold a claim until un-til he bad thoroughly prospected it and found either oil or a dry hole. And for conservation as applied to oil? Why, let posterity look out for Itself. The development of this field must Inure greatly to the benefit of tho Union Pacific, railroad, and It is to be hoped that a lioeral policy will be pursued by the company in the matter of making leases upon lands which constitute a very large area classified as oil territory. |