Show OIL california oil men are beginning to arrive in ogden with money to invest in tho utah anil wyoming oil fields quite a number of them arc now located in our city but hundreds of others are coming alio may decide to make their headquarters elsewhere while watching developments in the dif lerent districts ogden at present idaa the advantage iri that the greatest acreage in oil lands is held by ogden people and those seeking investment naturally gravitate to where prospective purchaser and seller can meet but even with that advantage ogden cannot afford to lose a tingle opportunity in the direction of making our city as the undisputed headquarters for oil men if necessary n local oil exchange should be established and abo all a supply chouse for boring machinery should bo opened since the first talk of oil less than a year ago at least fifteen riga have been purchased each representing an investment of about and the money expended for casing and derrick timbers has aggregated several throes more alian the cost of alio rigs had the machinery been in stock in ogden every dollar spent for equipping the different companies would hare been expended in this city c prospects are double the number of rigs operating will be purchased for development this season st therefore behooves Ogden ites anxious to see their city grow in every manner possible to encourage these little enterprises which in the aggregates mean so much for a community |