T. 29 S., R. 20 E., Sec. 15, NE. †, N. † of NW. †, SE. † of NW. †, NE. † of SW. 1, Sec. 24, lots 1 and 2, NE. †, NE. † of NW. 1, S. } of NW. 1, NE. of SW. 1, N. † of SE. 1; Sec. 25, lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8, SE. † of SW. 1, SW. } Investigations by the Geological Survey during the field seasons of 1911 and 1912 indicate that the lands listed below do not contain valuable deposits of oil or gas. The following order of restoration, which involves 94,305 acres, is therefore recommended for submission to the President for appropriate action. These lands are not included in coal, phosphate, or water-power withdrawals, but parts of them are within national forests. PETROLEUM RESTORATION NO. 14, CALIFORNIA NO. 8. So much of the orders of withdrawal made heretofore for classification and in aid of legislation affecting the use and disposition of petroleum lands, namely Reserve No. 2, California No. 1,1 and Reserve No. 18, California No. 8,2 as affects the lands hereinafter described is hereby revoked for the reason that the Director of the Geological Survey reports that the lands are not valuable for the purpose for which withdrawn. And it is further ordered that all such lands not otherwise reserved or withdrawn are hereby restored to the public domain, and shall become subject to disposition under the laws applicable thereto upon such date and after such notice as may be determined upon by the Secretary of the Interior. Sec. 16, lots 1, 2, 3, and 4, NE. of NE. 1, S. of NE. 1, E. of SW., SE. 1; Sec. 19, lot 1; Sec. 20, lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7, NW. of SE. 1, SE. 1 of NE. 1; Sec. 21, lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10, E. of SE. 1; T. 11 N., R. 21 W., Secs. 1 to 17, inclusive; Sec. 18, N., N. of SE. 4. Petroleum Reserve No. 19, created by executive order of January 30, 1911,1 under the act of June 25, 1910 (36 Stat., 847), is hereby modified to admit of the approval, by the Secretary of the Interior, of the application of the Natrona Pipe Line & Refinery Company, for right of way, under the act of May 21, 1896 (29 Stat., 127), for a pipe line from a point in Sec. 18, T. 33 N., R. 79 W., to a point in Sec. 5, T. 22 N., R. 78 W., Cheyenne, Wyoming, land district, as shown by a map on file in the General Land Office, bearing serial number Cheyenne 09354. The Honorable, 23 June, 1913. WOODROW WILSON President. MODIFICATION OF JULY 1, 1913. MARCH 22, 1913. The SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR. SIR: In order that water power permits may be issued to the Pacific Light and Power Corporation for a transmission line connecting three power plants on San Joaquin River and tributaries near Fresno, California, with the city of Los Angeles, I recommend the issuance of the following order of modification. Very respectfully, GEO. OTIS SMITH JUN 28 1913 Respectfully referred to the President with favorable recommendation. FRANKLIN K LANE Secretary. 1 See p. 248. Order of MODIFICATION PETROLEUM RESERVE NO. 18 CALIFORNIA NO. 8. The withdrawal of January 26, 1911, creating Petroleum Reserve No. 18,1 in California, is hereby modified to the extent of authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to issue permits to the Pacific Light and Power Corporation to occupy and use certain lands of the United States in Ts. 11 and 12 S., R. 23 E., T. 11 S., R. 24 E., Ts. 26, 27, and 28 S., R. 27 E., and Ts. 28 and 29 S., R. 28 E., for the construction, operation, and maintenance of electrical transmission lines under the provisions of the act of February 15, 1901 (31 Stat., 790). Data received from the General Land Office, together with information on file in the Geological Survey, indicate that the lands listed below do not contain valuable deposits of oil or gas. The following order of restoration, which involves 240 acres, is therefore recommended for submission to the President for appropriate action. None of these lands are included in coal, phosphate, or power-site withdrawals, and none lie within national forests. So much of the order of withdrawal made heretofore for classification and in aid of legislation affecting the use and disposition of petroleum lands, namely Reserve No. 8, Wyoming No. 1,2 as affects the lands hereinafter described is hereby revoked for the reason that the Director of the Geological Survey reports that the lands are not valuable for the purpose for which withdrawn. And it is further ordered that all such lands not otherwise reserved or withdrawn are hereby restored to the public domain, and shall become subject to disposition under the laws applicable thereto upon such date and after such notice as may be determined upon by the Secretary of the Interior. Sixth Principal Meridian T. 22 N., R. 115 W., Sec. 7, NE. †, NE. † of SE. }; Sec. 8, NW. 4 of SW. 4. WOODROW WILSON President. JULY 1, 1913 [Notification to Register and Receiver, Evanston July 8, 1913.] LETTER OF JULY 7, 1913, FROM SECRETARY TO SENATOR WARREN. Hon. F. E. WARREN, United States Senate. JULY 7, 1913. MY DEAR SENATOR: I have given full consideration to your letters of May 31, June 2, and June 5, 1913, and to that signed jointly by yourself, Senator Clark, and Representative Mondell, dated June 7, 1913,' together with the various communications from Mayor Blackley of Greybull and other citizens of Greybulļ and Basin, Wyoming. As a result of this consideration it appears to me that the economic conditions in the two communities, as set forth in these various communications, are of unusual character and justify special action by the Department for their relief. For the benefit of these communities, therefore, it is proposed that the Mayor of Greybull shall designate two compact areas not exceeding 160 acres each in extent within the limits of Petroleum Reserve No. 8, approved in July, 1910, or Petroleum Reserve No. 17, approved in January, 1911, and that after the selection of these areas the outstanding petroleum withdrawals will be so modified as to permit the location under existing laws of these two tracts as petroleum placer claims on behalf of such person or persons as the Mayor of Greybull shall name. The testing of these claims for the purpose of obtaining a supply of gas for the citizens of Greybull and Basin and adjacent communities may then proceed until the fuel supply is secured, or until the lands are proven nonproductive. In the latter event, determined to the satisfaction of the Department, additional modifications may be made and additional tests permitted if the citizens and the operating companies shall desire and the conditions at that time appear to warrant such action. This plan I believe will afford your communities the desired opportunity to secure additional fuel supplies if they exist within the area at present withdrawn. It will at the same time result in the minimum of interference with the cooperative legislative and executive action in aid of additional legislation which is represented by the withdrawal act and the withdrawals that are made by the authority of that act. Yours very sincerely, In order to permit the approval by the Department of the application of the Natrona Pipe Line and Refining Company, under the act of May 21, 1906, for a right of way for an oil pipe line to extend from the company's refinery at Caspar, Wyoming, a dis 1 See p. 294. |