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How Schemers Fleeced Public THE GATE CITY JOURNAL deep and over lands that hnd been CHIEF JUSTICE RECOVERS C A N T JUMP OUT OF CAR TO CHASE CATS taken as grazing homesteads or the mineral rights withheld. The parties who had obtained the permits were boomers, men without any knowledge or experience In oil structures or lands, Farm Relief Measure May without any money or backing or standing to obtain any and whose sole Be in Effect by July. object was to get one to try It out for a little cash and agreement to get a Washington.—President Hoover won share of the royalties. They would the support of the house In bis fight •vldence of containing oil and gas. Oil Trick*, Stopped by New hold the permits as long as they to defeat the debenture plnn of furtu “These applications were filed In could and then come bask for re relief when that body rejected the sub Policy, Described by In many Instances without geological newal without even so much as dig sidy scheme by a vote of 250 to 113. examination and by Individuals with ging a five-foot hole on them. terior Department. While the two brunches of congress out financial means of complying with “ In one Instance an attorney pre are now technically at odds on the Is Washington.—“ What," aslta the the drilling requirements of the law. pared applications In blank or bad sue. enough senators have indicated Department of Interior In a recent They had no special reason to be them signed by people scattered their readiness to drop the flglit for press memorandum, “ Is behind the lieve that oil was present. Actual through several states and forward the debenture to assure a reversal of was not 84,000 permits. Involving millions of development, obviously, ed to him. He held them until such the senate's action In support of the acres of land, Issued to Individuals their purpose. Apparently, the hope time as he could discover from the bounty. and companies to prospect for oil and was to obtain permits and hold them district Innd oftlce records lands which The house voted directly on the de gas on the public domain since the until some one had tested land for were subject to filing and then In benture. when Representative Tilson, general teasing law was passed by oil and gas In the vicinity, which serted the description of the land Connecticut, Republican floor lender, congress Dine years ago? Why have would enable them to sell out at a In the application. If the application moved the conferees be Instructed to Urge profit or secure a royalty on these permits ripened Into only fifty had been executed some time In ad insist that tills amendment by the any oil thnt might be produced on Blx leases? Why have 15,000 permit vance the date would be changed so senate be struck from tlie bill. tees, whose rights have already been their own area by others. as to conform more nearly to the Thirty-four Democrats voted against "‘ When these permits were can time of the filing of the application. canceled for nnncompllance with the the debenture plan, thirteen Repub law, allowed their claims to lapse? celed for lack of development work, Usually these applications were ac licans for It. Eighteen pairs were an And how will the new federal oil the Innds would be filed upon again. companied by a power of attorney nounced, showing five Democrats Upon the failure of the second per given to him by the applicant In conservation policy curb the specu W. H. Taft. against debenture and two Repub latlon In the potential oil lands of mittee to do the necessary prospect eneb Instance the attorney would re licans for It, with the Farmer-Labor- ing work to hold the land, a third tain for himself a certain royalty In the country? Washington.—Fully recovered from Ites also In fuvor of the bounty. “ These," the bulletin continues, crop of applications might be filed, terest and the holder of the applica the ailment which sent him to a hospi The Tammany Democrats from New “ are some of the questions that have thus holding the land Indefinitely with tion would have little to say as to tal recently, Chief Justice Taft ar How the owner of the Irish Setter, Pat, manages to keep the pup from York went overwhelmingly against de caused the Department of the In out development. rived at his summer home at Murray the operations under the application benture. risking his life Jumping from the moving car to chase cats. The UttU covered “ In the early days, when permits terior to Issue a statement describ or permit Thus one man might con Bay, Canada. The chief Justice is look Democrats who voted against the wagon keeps the dog safe. He's a Los Angeles dog. ing the speculation In the public do were canceled, the land became sub trol thousands of acres embraced in ing forward to a restful vuentlon dur subsidy w ere: main and the methods by which pro ject to another filing by the first the applications and permits. The pur ing which, however, he will not be Atwell, Louisiana; Black, Bloom, j d "H - H "l"l"l I I I I I I I 1 -H -l-H -H -I-t moters have been able to turn the qualified applicant at the district land pose of the law, that of giving In free o f the cares of his high office. Boylun, Carley, Cullen, Dlckstein. The practice was criticized dividual citizens a chance to acquire He will undertake, before his return lure of oil to their own profit and oftlce. Fitzpatrick, Griffin, Lindsay, Mead, • ■ White Crosses Too to the disadvantage of the public In because certain people might obtain valuable land, was thus Interfered to Washington, a review of a number Quayle, Somers and Sullivnn of New o f cases now before the court and will advance Information a» to when the with. exploiting the national resources. Depressing in Ohio - Y ork; Cochran, Missouri; Crosser and give attention to other court business “ Many letters are on file at the permit was to be canceled and thus “ Interest” In Associations. Motorists In Ohio have start Mooney of Ohio; Douglas, Arizona; wide enjoying the friendships he has department which reveal the meth have an advantage over others. Later, ed a movement for the repeal Drune, Green, Yon, Florida; Kinche- “ Another group of persons adver built up at Murray Bay. ods by which Individuals have been the General Land Office allowed all of the law which requires the loe, Kentucky; Lea, California; Lud tised extensively that government oil Imposed upon In the matter of these Interested parties to file on a can erection of a white cross at ev low, Indiana; McCormack, Douglass, celed area, awarding the Innd to the land might be had at a nominal cost oil lands. Wear and In ery spot along a highway where Massachusetts; Montague, Moore, Minimize that every citizen had a right to claim IMPORTS INCREASE Individual whose number was first “ ‘I subscribed for twenty-five acres there has been a traffic fatality. ' Woodrum, Virginia; O’Connell, Rhode his share, that the promoters would crease Life of Automo of oil land,' wrote an enlisted man drawn. To pass these crosses contlnu- 1 OVER U. S. EXPORTS Island; Palmlsano, Maryland; Smith, show the way to great profits through “ To take advantage of this situa In the army, 'to be filed on at $!i per bile Engine. ousl.v stimulates more careful West Virginia; Whittington, Mississip these rights. They cited outstanding acre. I hove already paid $10 and will tion Interested persons or companies successes of others on government driving, it Is said, but It also ■ pi ; Auf Der Heide, New Jersey.—34. pay $10 more this pay day. The land obtained the applications of hundreds land. They proposed to organize as Former Totaled $401,000,000; The three devices that minimize has a depressing effect on trav- Republicans voting for debenture Is supposed to be United States gov of people whom they could control. sociations, which they Induced hun wear and Increase the automobile en Latter Only $387,000,000. elers. One 75-mile stretch of ; were: It was like buying a multitude of ernment land.' highway has 69 crosses along ! Browne, Hull, Lampert, Nelson, gine's life are air cleaners, oil filters dreds of people throughout the Unit “ Another correspondent who had chances In a lottery. The greater the ed States to Join. Interest In these Its sides, nearly one to a mile, j Washington.—For the first time since Schneider, Wisconsin; Campbell, Iowa; and crankcase ventilator, students of begun to become suspicious of an oil number of controlled applicants at the associations were sold for $2 an acre, April, 1920, Imports of American Christgnu, Selvlg, Minnesota; James, General Motors Institute of Technol time of drawing the better would be l„l„l | | | | | | | 1.1. 1. 1 i - h development scheme wrote: not more than 1(10 acres going to any products last month exceeded exports Michigan; Johnson, Williamson, South ogy were told in an address by Sum '"W hat steps would I take to get the chances of an Individual or com one person. They advertised that the of foreign goods with the result that Dakota; Lambertson, Kansas; Sinclair, ner S. Howard, a director of service. my money back? My wife and I pany getting the land. In one draw Interest holders would have nothing an unfavorable balance was created North Dakota.—13. "The air cleaner prevents road dust Instrument Will Tell have paid In $120 and we cannot lose ing there were 7,000 applications filed to do except to draw the royalties In May. Exports, according to the De Democrats paired against debenture from being brenthed Into the engine it. As the association claimed the for a single tract o f Innd—another when oil was discovered, the bnck- partment of Commerce, aggregated through the carburetor and causing were: Needs o f Auto Battery government hnd granted It the per- evidence of pure speculation on behalf ers of the association attending to all only $,‘187,000,000, while Imports O'Connell and Corning, New York; excessive wear to cylinder walls, pis mlt to develop, I cannot see why of the applicants. To circumvent this the details looking toward compliance reached an aggregate of $401,000,000. Mrs. Norton, New Jersey; Connery, ton rings, etc.” Mr. Howard said. the government Is not liable to be a $10 filing fee was required of ench with the terms of the permit. surplus of Imports amounting to Massachusetts, and De Rouen, Louisi “ There are two types of air cleaners, obliged to refund the money. As It applicant at drawings In recent years, each having their respective merits. “ The filing of an oil and gas appli $14,000,000 was left. In April, 1920, ana. has been some time since the filing, which materially reduced the number. One Is the centrifugal type, which re the unfavorable balance was $10,- Republicans paired for debenture: cation for permit for 2,500 acres cost possibly the association has beguii Efforts to Safeguard the Public, Chrlstopherson, South Dakota, and quires no cleaning, and the other the $32 In fees. The association under 000 , 000 . jpperatjgos, and If so all Is well How ‘oll-wqjted’ type, which Is enslly In the corresponding period of last Frear. Wisconsin. “¿•hat the general leasing law has this scheme would thus make a profit ever, I can get no communication been en used by many uKscrupulous of $5,088 on each application tHej year, exports totaled $4lSi ,070,00&, The majority of 137 against putting cleaned By plunging It up nnd down from them.’ r persons qnd association^ ^¡¿r tlndr The evidence Is that fiiise associa while Imports reached only $354,715,- the debenture plan in the farm relief in a citn of gasoline and then re-olling -¿an-.. own special benefit and to the delri- tions have done little more than file 000, tills creating a favorable balance bill came as a surprise to opponents for use again. It should be cleaned Explains Permit. of the bounty. It was equally sur according to recommendations I d the ' “ An oil and gas application Is the ment of those Induced to enter Into the applications. Their purpose, evi of $08,570,000 for May, 1928. Various reasons were offered for prising to the southern Democrats in car owners’ instruction book. holder’s claim to the right to pros their schemes has long been appar dently, has not been oil development. Work of Oil Filter. pect on 2,500 acres of public Innd. ent to the Department of the Inter The Investors In their associations the reversal of American foreign trade favor of It. “The air cleaner’s ‘twin brother,’ the That tlie house Is dend set ngninst This Is filed In the local land oftlce ior, and every means possible has have tnken long chances of getting In May. One was the rush of foreign with a description of the land. A been taken to safeguard the public. any return on their Investments, even Imports to avoid a prospective In the debenture plan was the construc oil filter, removes the foreign matter permit Is his right to prospect which Some of the schemes violate the gen where the associations have carried crease In American import tariffs, It tion placed upon the overwhelming de from the crank-case oil, thus reducing grows out of the application. The eral laws aguinst fraud rather than on development work, for nil such was sahl. Another explanation was feat. Once tlie conferees report an engine wear nnd making the oil last lnw requires that drilling be done the public land laws. They mny In applications have been filed on Innds the high money rates in the United agreement with tlie sennte leaders In longer. It filters the oil at the rate States, which depressed foreign cur favor of eliminating tlie Item another of about a quart a minute so thnt the progressively within time limits. volve an Improper use of the malls within strictly wildcat territory. rencies. Attention was called to the overwhelming vote In favor of that entire contents of the crankcase are Upon discovery of oil, the permittee and so need to be prosecuted by the The exploitation of the public They ore through these permits to prospect will fact that Imports for May were larger course undoubtedly will follow in tlie filtered about every ten minutes. Is entitled to a lease, paying the gov I’ost Oftlce Department. “ The oil filter is nn excellent de ernment a royalty on all oil produced. carefully watched by the authorities be automatically stopped by the ap In value than any May in the last six house. It wns predicted thnt the farm re vice, but It must be kept so. In the “ It Is admitted thnt many permits who enforce the various state nnd plication of President Hoover's oil con years. On the other hand, exports dropped lief measure mny be In effect by July. most commonly used filter devices, the have been acquired by legitimate de federal laws with which they come servation policy. Under that policy cartridge or straining element Is good velopers and the government has re Into conflict. permits to prospect are not to be In comparison with last year. E. for about 10,000 miles as It then be A correspondent who Is a mining granted. ceived millions of dollars In royalty Since they are not to be Dana Durand, of the statistical re Austrian Girl Winner comes clogged nnd the oil Is by-passed from their efforts. No censure Is engineer nnd geologist wrote the de granted promoters will not be able to search division of the Department of Inventor Holding New Device. partment as follows: in W orld Beauty Show without straining. It Is the snme ns attached to them. But upon the puss profit because of any alleged pros Commerce, said the decline was due age of the general leasing art, thou 1 found that every available pects of wenlth thnt might lie In them. to the decrease In the value of cotton Galveston, Texas.—Miss Lisl Gold- having no filter, and this Is why the ■ The “ Uno,” an Instrument Invented sands of applications for prospecting acre of public land which was wltji- One element of speculation thnt Is exports. Exports of c< tton last month arbelter of Austria was crowned oil filter should be serviced after 10,- by C. W. Ward, of Los Angeles, by permits were filed for Innd In so- In ten miles hnd been tied up with likely to be a pnrt of the development totaled only $43,000,000, while In the Miss Universe” at the International 000 miles operation. which the motorist can tell whether Crankcase Ventilator. called •wildcat' territory, which, by perriilts overlapping one another so of oil nnd mining areas will have corresponding period of last year they Pageant of Pulchritude here. It wns aggregated $05,000,000 or $22,000,000 the first time in the history of the “An ally of the oil filter and air his battery needs charging and also the way, Is land that has no visible thnt In places they were two or three been removed"' If It has sufficient water. The device more. pngeunt a foreign beauty captured the cleaner In preventing wear is crank is a galvonometer acting as a volt case ventilation, which removes or For the five months ended with ¡tie of beauty queen of the universe. May the trade balance was in favor of In the final count she received six minimizes water and fuel that would meter and Is connected with the bat the United States by $298,632,000. In votes to one for Miss Magda Demet- contaminate the oil. Crankcase ven tery by means of a lead electrode with thnt period, exports aggregated $2,- rescue, representing Rumania. tilation, which Is In quite general use, another insulated wire running to ihe starter switch. The Inventor Is hold 232,449,IKK), while imports totaled $1,- ’Miss Universe" was awarded $2,000 Is usunlly accomplished In two ways. ing the new device. & 933.817.000. Thnt favorable balance In gold and a silver plaque. Miss Ahl- One Is to pass a blast of air from a was greater than in the corresponding berg was voted the second prize of fan through a tube, causing a suction 1928 period when exports of $1,989,- ‘ 1,000. from the crankcase, which carries with Clever Job in Freeing 328.000, compared with Imports of Six of the eight other beauties who It any vapors that may be present Sticking Accelerator $1,768,083,000, leaving a favorable finished in the money were North In the crankcase. The other method Experienced motorists do not get balance of hut $220,645,000. Both ex American girls. “ Miss Ohio,” Dorothy Is to take a certain portion of air ports and Imports foi the first five Jean Davis of Massillon, was ranked across the surface of the crankcase alarmed when the accelerator, under- months of the current year were third and wns awarded a $500 prize. and Into the Intake of the carburetor, lubricated at its various points o f anchorage or suffering from a defi larger than for the corresponding five “ Miss Greater New York," Miss carrying with It the water moisture cient spring tension, begins to stick months of 1928. Irene Alillierg, wns the North Ameri and fuel vapors.” slightly. They merely pull It up with can hope for the first award. The the sides of their shoes. Sometimes e'ghteen-.venr-old blonde stenographer Trains Now Halted at Retrial Is Denied to It becomes second nature for them had been chosen “Miss United States" Kentucky Dry Slayers In a field of 34 contestants. Unprotected Crossings to resort to this practice. That Is No matter how skillful one Louisville, K.v.—Two officers who Grade crossings at towns on some of wrong. Is In freeing a sticking accelerator, killed in u prohibition raid were held the less active branch lines of rail there are times when failure Is In to have been rightfully convicted when Census Report Is to Joe I.epplch of Bronson, Mich, (left), aboard his homemade steel boat In which he will attempt to cross roads In Massachusetts and New evitable nnd the punishment Is Inflict they appeared before Judge Charles I. (lie Atlantic ocean. He will sail from Toledo through Lakes Erie nnd Ontario, the St. Lawrence river to SL Johns, Hampshire are now unguarded with Be Made by Districts Dawson In Federal court nnd naked Newfoundland, nnd then over to Hamburg, Germany. The ship Is 2(1 feet long nnd has already withstood a tierce out violation of rather strict laws gov ed upon the transmission gears. When Washington.—Population statistics erning the protection of Intersections the accelerator sticks, have It freed at for n retrial of their case. In the first storm on Lake Michigan, i.epplch will have four companions—Conrad Kubatko, lludy Bentler and Henry Schnitt- ger of Germany, nnd Arlo Sowers of Bronson. trial each was convicted nnd sentenced of the 1930 decennial census will he of roadways and railways. Until re once. announced publicly in each of 500 dis cently pensioned employees served as to two years’ Imprisonment. The officers, Roy Miller, prohibition tricts immediately after they are gath gatemen and flagmen at such cross AUTOMOBILE FACTS soon In hire n contest. It adds fuel to agent, nnd Clarence Gossett, deputy ered, instead of being tuhuluted first ings. supply bodily power, It Is found. But sheriff, both of Hopkinsville, Ky„ were In Washington. Pedestrians and vehicles no long The public has averaged an Invest If enti-ii before meals the result Is said t o ’lie the first ever convicted of William SI. Steunrt, director of the er need “beware of the locomotive.” ment of $1,000.000,000 a year for the" discomforting because the chemical killing a citizen when a case of thnt census, explains that this procedure The locomotive now "bewares” and past ten years In good roads. notion of the sugar has retarded the nature was transferred from a state would be followed for the first time comes to a full stop before rolling • • • flow ol gastric Juices. with the forthcoming census, in order to n United Stntes court. over the crossing. Sweets Can Add Energy If Wisely erngo healthy adult can consume three Happening to be on a motor high "Suppose we dump a lot of sugar that innccurncles may he detected be This practice may cause a few sec way Is probably a modern town’s Used, But Excess Is Danger to four ounces a day without dim Into the stomach Just before dinner,” fore tlie figures are tabulated for tlie onds’ delay to passengers, but It saves easiest way of getting on the map. Give SOS Cells Right o f W ey ous, Says Expert. cutty or III elTects, It Is estimated. says the Good Housekeeping article. * • • Washington.-—All broadcasting sta permanent record. the railroads a considerable amount The amount consumed hy any In “ In the first place It tends to destroy tions were ordered by the federal ra At least 100,000 enumerators will be by relieving them of the necessity of New York.—Americans today are dividual depends largely, however, on Something else the old-timers did our appetite for less strongly flavored dio commission to cease sending when needed to canvas the nation's homes stationing crossing men at points Consuming more than 115 pounds of the Individual's degree of physical ac not receive when they hought a new food. If we sit down to dinner and ever their operations might Interfere for the census, he says, nnd between where there are but four or six trains sugar per cnplta each year, or 85 tlvfty. Doctor Eddy points out. horse was free service for six months consume our beefsteak, the steak with SOS calls from ships or air 6,000 and 8.000 more will be employed a day. or a year. pounds a year more than In 1010. What For example, since sugar Is a fuel, finds no gastric Juice to digest It. It here later. • • • planes. Is thnt ndded 85 pounds doing to a hoy who spends several hours a day has to remain there until the sugar Is American health? The nation rejoices happily In the In strenuous outdoor gaaies can con Spring Clearances Are digested nnd the add begins to flow, Five o f Family Drown Give $1,000,000 to Hospitel The rise of pro-sugar nnd anti-sugar stime more than the average amount or It Is sent on only partly digested. possession of an ex-PresIdent who Is Randolph, Vt.—Five members of one Lessened by Usual Use not afraid to use a little old last Chicago.—Dr. Arthur Denn Be van diet faddists over the country tins nnd find It advantageous, since It You see then the wisdom In placing led Dr. Walter II. Eddy, widely adds to his energy. Ills sister who During the Inspection of the new year's car. nnd his wife announce a gift of family were drowned here, four of desserts nt the end of the meal." • * • them In attempting to rescue an known dietary expert of Columbia uni spends the nfternoon curled up with Doctor Eddy disputes the claim that $1,000 000 to the Presbyterian hospi other. The victims were: Mr. nnd car while one Is Jotting down the vari verslty, to olTer a comprehensive an a book will quickly grow fat and glow candy causes tooth decay. "Sugar Is tal for a large extension program. The ous Identification marks and numbers. Do not have the valve clearance set swer to thnt question In the Good of mind nnd body If she tried to eat a good germ food, hut It Is hard to hospital expects to raise $0,000,000 for Mrs. Henry Bonnlman, their son Har It Is a good plan to measure the clear closer than the factory directions call ry. and two daughters, Iona and Bea ance between the centers of the springs for. When set too close the valves Housekeeping Magazine the snme amount of sugar In candy see how much of It could remain In lts project. trice. and the frame Just above. will not seat properly when the en "Harmful eflfects of sugar are trace form. The snme comparison applies the crevices of the teeth, since It Is able to excesses In Its use, rather than to the office worker, who spends his remtlly soluble In saliva and hence Later on, when the car has been gine Is hot. Sign* to Fight Hoonoy • • • sny harm In the sugar Itself, which Is days at his desk, and the laborer would be steadily diluted." he points given a season or so of hard work, Chicago to Graduate 29,768 Charleroi, Pa.—Harry Fay, heavy an essential food." he points out. add The state of Texas, largest state It* it will be found that the clearances whose body Is being exercised through out Chicago.—Chicago public schools, weight boxer of Charleroi, signed a Ing that the excess mny he represent the day. are less. If springs have settled more the Union, has the largest highway contract to fight Tom Heeney, Aus Including senior and Junior high ed as often hy the way sugar Is used Candy Itselt mny supply needed en Many new railway lines ure being tralian heavyweight, at Miami, Fla., schools, will graduate 29.763 pupils than a quarter of an Inch as Indicated mileage of all the states In the coun as by the amouni consumed. The sv ergy at limes. With aihit-ten, If euten eonsi ruvied in Lat'la. —an Increase of 1,565 over last year. by the vtrlatlom In clearance meas try. It has 180.000 miles af roadw on July 4. urements, the car will not ride easily. within Its borders. D EB EN TU R E PLAN IS D EFEA T ED BY HOUSE THREE DEVICES WILLSAVE CARS Small Boat for Trip Across Atlantic Ocean KARF-/f-35l4 AMERICANS EAT 35 LBS. MORE SUGAR EACH THAN IN 1910
