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Seward Daily Gateway
Seward, Seward County, Alaska
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The U.S. Department of Justice seeks cancellation of oil and gas prospecting leases on Indian reservations established by executive order, under the 1922 leasing act. Attorney General Stone files suit against E. M. Morrison and oil companies for a lease on 2,560 acres in the Navajo reservation in southern Utah, set aside in 1884 by President Arthur. More than 20 such permits, 18 granted by Mr. Fall, are targeted.
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LEASE CANCELATIONS
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 16.—
Cancellation of oil and gas prospecting leases granted under a construction of the general leasing act of 1922, applying to Indian reservations established by executive order, is to be sought by the department of justice. More than twenty such permits are in force, of which eighteen were granted by Mr. Fall.
Opening the new phase of the oil leasing situation, which is not connected with the naval reserve proceedings, Attorney General Stone has ordered the filing of a suit against E. M. Morrison, the Mid West Oil company and the Southwest Oil company for cancellation of a permit involving prospecting rights to 2,560 acres in the Navajo Indian reservation in Southern Utah, set aside in 1884 by order of President Arthur.
The lease attacked was the one which brought forth Mr. Fall's construction of the act and if successful in the suit for its cancellation, the department plans to bring action against those subsequently granted in various Western localities.
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Washington, D. C.; Navajo Indian Reservation In Southern Utah
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Aug. 16; 1884
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The Department of Justice, led by Attorney General Stone, initiates a suit to cancel an oil prospecting lease granted to E. M. Morrison and two oil companies on 2,560 acres of the Navajo Indian reservation. This lease, one of over 20 issued under a controversial interpretation of the 1922 act by Mr. Fall, targets reservations set by executive order. Success would lead to actions against similar leases in Western areas.