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TOO MUCH OIL EXPOSE
The reading public is getting surfeited with the col
umns of space devoted to the oil leasing scandals. While
much of the graft exposure is true it is being accentuated
by politicians for campaign purposes, and in politics there
is neither honor nor reason. Since the expose of Me
Adoo’s activities in the affair opponents of the administra
tion are prone to put the soft pedal on testimony. While
it is probable that McAdoo had nothing more to do with
the affair than he stated, it has undoubtedly caused his
maangers much worry, as a conference is called in Chica
go to discuss the advisability of taking him out of the pres
idential race. In case this is done it would prove another
victory for the republicans, but one the people would pre
fer to have left unfought, as too many prominent names
are being tarnished, with ont thought save that of politi
cal advatnage.
Did you ever seen anyone pick up a newspaper, any
where, give it a glance and say, “There’s nothing in it.”
Of course you have. It’s done here and in every city in the
country where there is a newspaper printed. Yet it’s a
senseless remark, for a careful perusal will show that all
the important affairs of the world are given in brief.—Ket
chikan Chronicle.
While many Congessmen are registering surprise and
rage at a man wearing uniform daring to successfully en
gage in business, a larger number of them are wondering
how he did it.
With hoof and mouth disease prevalent throughout
the country a large number of people should wear gas
masks.
At this season of the year members of Congress are
flooding both houses with bills favorable to their constitu
ents. Those introduced two years ago all died a-borning.
. —.—.. ■ .&*?*. I .$?•»
A Seattle paper is advertising for a middle-aged house
keeper with daughter about 45 years old. It can’t be done.
It would be interesting to estimate how much John D.
would be worth if he had been a plasterer all his life.
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LIBERTY
THEATRE
TONIGHT
' THE FAMOUS
MRS. FAIR
AN EXTRA-GOOD
EIGHT-REEL FEATURE
A Gr»at Stage Play in Pictures
THE ACTING OF MYRTLE
STEDMAN, HUNTLY GOR
DON, CULLEN LANDIS is
unusually true to life and is
way above the average.
4,900,000 ILLITERATES
America has 4,900,000 persons with
in its borders who cannot read or
write in any languiage; several mill
ions who can just write their names,
with difficulty spell out a few words,
and millions more who read, but who
do not take any interest in wThat they
read, and over half the time misun
derstand it. How many homes in the
land have no books, no newspapers,
no literature of any kind? The cen
sus enumerator estimates there are
several million. Not only homes, but
whole towns are in this class, espec
ially in the Middle West, the North
west and several Southern states.
However, inability to read and write
English is not a criterion of illiteracy.
A Russian or Greek professor may
net be able to write or read English
mil be much better educated than
those who do. Inability to read or
write any language is what causes a
man to be illiterate.
I
Then there is the man wiio has a
[ -mattering of a subject, mainly pick
ed up in conversation, and probably
* repeated incorrectly. He is the man
who disseminates false information,
and keeps a town in a turmoil. . Gen
erally argumentative, always possitive
ou see him in every place a crowd
rorms. Ilis example is contagious, and
soon his misinformation is being re
peated by his hearers.
Can you imagine visiting a city lar
ger than Chicago and New- York com
bined and finding not one person who
could read or wire. Illiteracy is not
confined to any one district or state,
but is universal. There are 3,000,000
illiterate whites in America. Out of
this number 2,400,000 are whites born
in this counutry.
Many persons point to the South
as the seat of illiteracy. In Atlanta,
the percentage is 66; in Bridgeport,
6.9; while in Fall River it is 11.9: New
Bedford, 12.1. In Birmingham, 8.4.
In Illinois there are 13,000 illiterates;
in Indiana. 17,000; in New York, 13,
000: in Ohio, 20,000; in nnsylvania,
23,000. Seven per cen* of 'he people
of Nevada are illiterate, t’.ree per
cent of the people of Minnesota and
North Dakota, and twTo ; et cent of the
people of ‘In' State «,f Washington.
There are r?.i 000 illiVvatf youths
born in America, between the ages of
ten and twenty. In the past ten years
illiteracy in the nation was reduced
from 7.7 to 6.0 per cent.
With a good public school system
in America it is estimated that at the
present rate it will take 310 years to
remove illiteracy from our white pop
ulation.
ilv an ignorant man. That is true.
But the odds are against him. Shut
off from the printed page which car
ries to the reader what men are
thinking and doing, the illiterate is
more than likely to be a wrong-head
ed individual, subject to all sorts of
superstitions, prejudices, mistaken
ideas about the world he lives in. In
fact, his limitations force him to live !
always in only a very small part ofj
the worlds People living and working
in America have heed to know the!
English language. No matter what
other language they read and write,
without a knowledge of English they!
are handicapped and lack a valuable
tool.
Ignorance is a very dubious form of
bliss.
APPLICATION FOR PERMIT
Department of the Interior, United
States Land Office, Anchorage (for
| merly Juneau), Alaska.
January 31, 1924.
Notice is Hereby Given that John
H. Costello for himself and as trus
tee for Edward W. Hoffman, Thomas
A. Costello, John H. Costello, Jr.,
William O. Brunskill. John Brunskill,
Wm. 0. Stevens and Percival Bruns
kill, has applied for oil and gas pros
pecting permits under section 22 of
the act of February 25, 1920, (41
Stat., 437) for the following described
lands:
Serial 04713
Rex Oil Claims Nos. 1, 4. 5, 8, 9, 10,
11, 32, described as an area commenc
j ing at corner No. 1, of said Claim No.
1 from which the northeast corner
| Sec. 1, T. 29 S., R. 41 W., S. M.. bears
north 34 deg. 34 min. 44 sec. "west,
15,3 62.28 ft. distant; thence from said
i corner No. 1, S. 41 deg. 00 min. W.,
1 7920 ft., thence S. 49 deg. 00 min. east,
30,560 feet.; thence north 41 deg.
00 min. east, 2640 ft.; thence north
49 deg. 00 min. west, 5280 ft.; thence
north 41 deg. 00 min. east, 5280 ft.;
j thence north 49 deg. 00 min. west,
i 5280 ft. to the place of beginning.
! Containing 1280 acres situate in the
1 Kodiak Recording District, Alaska and
I on Rex Creek, a tributary of Dry
i Bay. on the Alaska Peninsula.
Serial 04855
Bear Creek Oil Claims Nos. 3. 4, 5,
6, 7, 8, 23 and 24, described as an
area commencing at a point of said
Claim No. 23 known as Corner No. 4
from which the northeast corner
Sec. 36, T. 29 S., R. 42 W., S. M.,
bears south 88 deg. 46 min. 59 sec.
W., 18,657.70 feet distant; thence from
said Comer No. 4 of Claim No. 23,
south 46 deg. 45 min. E„ 5284 ft.;
thence south 49 deg. 00 min. E., 10,560
ft.; thence north 41 deg. 00 min. E.,
3960 ft.; thence north 49 deg. 00 min.
W., 10,560 ft.; thence south 41 deg.
00 min. W., 1320 ft.; thence north 46
, (leg. 45 min. W., 5284 ft.; thence
j south 41 deg. 00 min. W.. 2640 ft. to
I the place of beginning, said area em
bracing 1280 acres and being situa
ted in Kodiak Recording District,
Alaska, and on Bear Creek, a tribu- '
I tary of Lake Becharof on the Alaska
i Peninsula.
Serial 04856
Salmon Creek Oil Claims Nos. 4, 5, |
j 6. 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, described as an j
I area commencing at a corner known
< as Corner No. 3 t>f said Claim No. 13 ;
from which the southeast corner
Sec. 36, T. 29 S., R. 42 W., S. M.,,
bears north 71 deg. 9 min. 45 sec. j
W., 11.173.03 ft. distant; thence from 1
! said Corner No. 3 south 37 deg. 15
min. E., 5393 ft.; thence south 49 j
; deg. 00 min. E., 10,560 ft.; thense j
| north 41 deg. 00 min. E., 2640 ft.;
i thence north 49 deg. 00 min. W., 5280
ft.; thence north 41 deg. 00 min. E.
1320 ft.; thence north 49 deg. 00 min.
W., 5280 ft.; thence north 37 deg. 15
min. W., 5393 ft.; thence south 41
deg. 00 min. W., 3960 ft. to the place
ot beginning, said area embracing
1280 acres and being situated in Ko
diak Recording District, Alaska, and
on Salmon Creek, a tributary of Lake
Becharof on the Alaska Peninsula.
Serial 04857
Bear Creek Oil Claims Nos. 9, 10,
11. 12, 13 16, 21 and 22 described as
an area commencing at a point known
as Corner No. 4 of the said Claim No.
21 from which the northeast corner
Sec. 36, T. 29 S., R. 42 W., S. M.,
bears north 84 deg. 36 min. 40 sec.
west, 16,996.61 feet distant; thence
from said, corner No. 4 south 46 deg. j
45 min. E., 52,84 ft.; thence south 41
deg. 00 min. W., 2640 ft.; thence
south 49 deg. 00 min. E., 5280 ft.;
thence north 41 deg. 00 min. E., 2640
ft.; thence south 49 deg. 00 min. E.,
5280 fV, thence north 41 deg. 00 min.
E., 2640 ft.; thence north 49 deg. 00
min. W. 10,560 ft.; thence north 46
deg. 45 min. W., 5284 ft.; thence south
41 deg. 00 min. W., 2640 ft., to the
place of beginning, said area embrac
ing 1280 acres and situated in the Ko
diak Recording District, Alaska, and
on Bear Creek, a tributary of Lake
Becharof on the Alaska Peninsula.
Any and all persons having adverse
or conflicting claims to said land are
hereby notified that a full statement
under oath of such claim, should be
filed in this office showing a superior
right to a permit or lease under said
act, or valid existing adverse or con- i
flicting claim to the land, or the min- '
erals or oil therein und^r the public
land laws on or before March 12, 1924,
otherwise, such claims may be disre
garded in granting the permits or
leases applied for.
FRANK A. BOYLE,
Register.
First publication Feb. 5, 1924
Last publication March 11, 1924
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