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Saturday, May 8. 1926
THE OIL SITUATION
Have you ever been on the
outside looking in at a stampede?
and listened to pool i\ oni stories
of the latest developments? If
you have you will have seen and
heard many amusing side lights
on tiie subject.
In spite of the seriousness
of the thing the present McCar
thy oil stampede has perhaps
furnished more amusement for
the spectators than ail the others
put together Following is the
impression gained by ye editor
Irom passing comment —
“Staked your oil claim yet?”
“Nnw! Its the buna. I’ll wait
until I can stake closer home.
Walk twe ve miles to stake a
sli«.e of swamp? Not me!”
“Yes, but diu you hear that!
Cul Anderson stepped into a
l.oie and a spout of oil gushed
up and almost drowned him and
he iiad to run for Ids life? They
are commencing to evacuate
Sourdough cabin and tiie road
house.”
"Yes and Bill Mahar caught
a grayling in Baltoff Lake and
honest to Louie! it had installed
a motor and developed a rudder
and was burning crude oil.
Pretty soft for the fish.”
"Oil, you fellows just go
ahead and rave, says Sig, but!
just wait a while. You will all be
singing a different tune.”
"Pretty soon, says Shorty,
all tiie taxi drivers will have to
do is stand at tne mouth of Ken
necott Creek with buckets and
scoop up pure gasoline as sti
comes dowe the Nizina."
"Wonaer whose crank case
Bill got that bottle of oil from?"
Moral — if you don’t like
; being kidded don’t admit that
! you staked an oil claim. Also
[don’t forget to rub it in when
j the gusher starts to gush.
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ALASKA MAPPING
MAY S r A KT SOON
PLANES PREPARE
Seattle,— Lieutenant J. H.
jCampuian, com manner of the
| Sand Point station, lias announc
ed that the leaders oi the Alaska
photographic mapping expeui
' lion will arrive in Seattle between
| May 3 and 15. The four planes
! to be used by the expedition
will fly from San Diego to Seatt
le and upon arrival here, the
wheels will he replaced with pon
toons. The planes will then proc
eed to Alaska where they will
be used during the summer, con
turning their work until Septem
ber, when, it is expected, low
clouus will make further mapp
mg impossible.
The worn will be resumed
the following year.
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