Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-01-14
LANDS VALUED +.
At MILLIONS
ARE SECURED
Honolulu Oil Company Will Get
Patents to More Than
1000 Acres Soon

Gains of the Honolulu OIL Com
/ nam 10 more than 2@G6 acres 0. Cali
fs1na oil lands valued at millions.
and withdrawn fr0Esi entry bN 4--o~sr:
lac CT6e r n 3aa, haze lttrn IcH3't TO
! he valid oy the general land otl:Ce
Patents grobahly will he granted ii
certain 10 NAL requirements are met.
say adV.Ce5 from the coast confirm.
ing . Associated Press desYatct
printed by the Star-BuElet.n on Wed
nestaE I last week" ...
The lands involved: com&.ts0 e.
.qaarter sections Of a 17-QUart"r SOC:
ton ttaet in a vast area withdrawn
fer naval reserve Purposes Cha les
made by the land office that fC IL
quarter 5 acti0ns were fled BY dvDs"0v
'oc"tUrs WI be heard at a Hearing IL
California -..,.. ....-..
.FarReschino Oecisien.
. TIE decisit n $ regarded rs Of far
.~eachins imrart@nce. because il hciis
that every Oh operator. who IN GOOD
fa tn raS in occupancy OF oil lands at
the date IL the with4rawai and e.
oyefta&Cu in =! .qiti"cnt ~ 1'~.-...
of work lead re- 10 the discovery or
until ,iiscovCrv, regardless OF t"e Tart
Withdrawal act. is. iratected in his
rights. ..: .- a."
Il sets forth that " TX done Cutoit
the physical bosrp tnr.~S uf an ii.
claim. which:@is -Dla 'nlr n'an.lal =.
benefit such claim, is the work re
quired by the ic,-etl4w 10 - -te the
claim valid # further decides that
diligent prosecution OF wOrk IS no. =,
he narrowly construed rs antun' drill
ing for oil, but my b. any wort which
IS plainly necgss ary to develop the
claim. -.
sioner Tallman CT tte general land n.
fee. with the approval of Secretary
Lane. .:=." -. -"... .......
Additional Proof Asked. .s..' +: IT,"
Additional proofs were asEed cHI
claims covered ~ ohG't Is t''o~ -,
nlications filed with the California
land office several months 900 OFF
eials would not state which claims
would be approved. 4
The Honolulu IN cornoanv airaad,
controls nnmher e alein'e IN Knr~
county. Captain Y lliam MatsOn of |
1
San Francisco, nre. Irrt of The Vat |
son Navieation Cnn nv &c president
of the oil company and the control |
ing factor 1=
for Claim s. .-.-
bringing great c, fcrtfto the claim, /
ants Of 10000 acre If oil land in the T
Midway field inclur | in a Withdrawal |
order of former Pr Sident Taft is the /
confirmation of the Jews that the gen
eral land deDartn Mt ~ WASHINGTON
has clear-listed II quarter sections o.
such land. located and developed by
the Honolulu Consolidated Oil Com
Dany. Patents are to Issue for: these /
lands as soon SIS additional abstracts
are male, and owners of other devel
oped lands conside" the decision 9
precedent that viii govern in deter
mining applica tons that Involve manyl
sections of developed propertv in the,
heart Of the proved field and patents
Tor which are withheld owing to the
Taft withdrawal order. 49,. II
The order in question. made in Sen
.ember, 1909, and reaffifmed in 1910. l.
withdrew from entry many thousand
acres of oil lands. "
The Honolulu. began develoDment
work in the spring of 1910 and its
position was less favorable than that
If many companies which develoDed
heir properties prior to the with
travail order. :..~... e.: I