The Tucson citizen., 1902-04-17
VIGHLHN T ES
IN WYOMING
oil Claim Jumpers in Ulntd
COuntu Have Been Order
cd to Leave County,
PENALTY OF DEATH
II the Order OF the Committee Is
Not 0bGuCd. Cause OF the
Trouble In the Oil
Fields.

EVANSTON, Wyo, April 1.-THE
Claim Protective League, organized
in this section, is in effect a Vigilance
Committee, and Southwestern Wyom-
ing will be made it hot for claim jump
ers Steps have been taken to pros
ecute parties in Cincinnati and Chi
cago. who are selling stock in oil
companies, whose assets consist of wind
and gall, but they are especially look
ing for "fakirs in the oil fields.
ANY man ordered out of the coun-
try who does not leave within twenty
four hours will be shot
Such is the ultimatum which the
businessmen of Evanston have given
out, and they have given it out in a
manner which means business.
l. f. Nebergall, who returned to
Evanston last week, received word OF
the formal organization of the COM
mittee and of his election as an Of
ticer of it. While here, Mr.. Neber--
gall had the contract for sinking the
Union Pacific well-in which oil, in
stead of water was found-which over
a year ago first attracted the atten-
tion to the oil fields of Uinta county,
Wyoming, and shortly thereafter To-
Gated and filed on about 5000 acres
for Omaha men.
II was lie jumping of claims To-
Gated by Mr. NeDergan and others
who were early in the field which
caused the Evanston business men to
organize, they deciding that such a
move was necessary for their own pro-
lection, considering the desperate
methods being resorted to by some of
the Jumpers.
Before he left Evanston to go East
on a trip connected with his locations
and for rigs and supplies for several
wells he had contracted to drill. the
organization of a vigilance committee
had heen discussed Some of the
claims which he located last year have
been surveyed and located, or rather
Jumped" two. three, ana as many as
four times.
About the "galliest" exhibition ot
this kind which has occurred was By
= man who had only been in the fields
for few mon, hs and had been films
locations, first tearing down previous
notices. on claims located by Other
men. and which Is considered partlc-
ularly valuable had previously beer
located by Mr.. Nebergall. Armed
guards were placed on 1T and word
was sent INTO Evanston that Mr.
Nebergall would he shot if he attempt
ed 10 carry out his announced inten-
ton OF drilling on the claim 1t was
this and similar other threats that
caused the business men OF Evanston
to organize and determine to drive
professional jumpers and men who
locate simply to hold up others out OF
the country.
State GeoIoeist Beeler will write tc
Eastern exchanges announcing fake
oil companies which are advertising
and cake whatever other steps he can
10 expose the frauds There Is plenty
Of good oil in Wyoming, and therefore
plenty Of legitimate companies which
gre d"ftlopiug the fields in an honest
and tusin"s4llkc way. he declares, and
they should be protected. One com
pany which State Geologist Beeler
calls particular attention to Is operat-
ing in Cincinnati and announces that
II has several flowing wells in Uinta
County Wyoming. 1t is selling stock
on those representations when the
truth is it has no wells OF any kind.