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IS MR. HOOVER CONSISTENT?
Recent press dispatches announced that President
Hoover does not contemplate allowing any further oil
permits or leases save where the applicant has shown dil
igence in drilling operations. Had he added the words
in the United States, the pronouncement would occasion
no particular interest in Alaska. But as his statement
dealt generally with the question of oil prospecting, it
comes as a surprise to those who are familiar with his
New York speech respecting bureacracy.
But first, let us try and reconcile the paradox Mr.
Hoover has propounded. He apparently interprets or de
fines the word “diligence” as meaning actual drilling op
erations. being further interpretive, the question nat
urally ai ises what amount of drilling would express “dil
igence” Going further, how does drilling for oil conform
with conservation of this mineral? If conservation is de
fined as preventing the extraction of oil from the earth,
why allow drilling at all? You cannot have your pudding
and eat it at the same time. Geologists have estimated
that the visible supply of oil will vanish within 16 years.
Yet hardly a day passes that the ultra-conservationists
do not broadcast propaganda under the guise of legiti
mate press dispatches citing an overproduction of oil;
likewise international rivalries for oil lands in Russia,
Messopotamia, Mexico and other foreign countries.
Evidently somebody is in error.
If we are to take Mr. Hoover seriously and speak in
plain English he opposes anyone producing oil who can
not at once drill producing wells, which means that one
may take his choice of several large oil concerns which
apparently dominate the entire situation as well as exer
cise a tremendous influence upon the government.
If it is the policy of the government to put a stop to
further production of oil from conserved areas, why not
issue an order prohibiting further drilling? If permission
is granted at all, then why continually cast obstacles in
the way of the small man in winning something from
this resource.
Mr. Hoover was unsparing in his castigation of
bureaucracy. Would it not be more consistent to go fur
ther and tell the facts: that bureaucracy is the offspring
of conservation, and that conservation as applied to
Alaska is the baleful influence taking the heart out of
courageous men and women and establishing the condi
tion Mr. Hoover described in his New York address.
the
NEW
ZER0LENE
the modem
oil
A STANDARD OIL PRODUC
KODIAK SKIPPER
i Capt. Juilus Mason, well known
skipper around Wrangell and Ket
chikan and for several ye is cap
tain of large tenders for the Alas
ka Packers Association, will be in
charge, this year, of a large tender
operating out of one of the canner
ies on Kodiak Island.
Developing, printing, enlarging
and copying. Picture frameing.
CHAILERFR’S ALASKA SHOP.
A GUIDE THROUGH
THE FINANCIAL
FOREST
CONSCIENTIOUS COUNSEL AND
CAPABLE CO-OPERATION WILL
LEAD YOU THROUGH THE FIN
ANCIAL FOREST ON THE PATH
TO SUCCESS.
BANK OF SEWARD
m WOOD FAILS !
TO BREAK RECORD !
SET BY BROTHER
POWFRFUL MOTORCRAFT FAILS
LOWER RECORD THROUGH
CHOPPY WATERS
MIAMI, BEACH, March 25, (/P)
—Piloting the powerful motorcraft
jMiss America VII over choppy
wind swept waters. Gar Wood fail
ed by only 71 -100th of a mile per
hour to equal the world’s champ
ionship Strait-a-away speed re
cord of 92.83 miles an hour now
held by his brother George with
the same boat.
1 The Detroit sportsman, accom
panied by his mechanic, Merlin
Johnson, sent the craft, skimming
over the waters of Indian river
here on the required three runs
-.vith and against the wind but the
lighc-'t average speed he attained '
was t?.12 miles an hour. He an- ;
nounecd he would make another
attempt.
TO REPRESENT HOOVER
WASHINGTON March 25. </P)— '
President Hoover appointed Myron
IX Herrick United States Ambas- ;
sador to France, to act as his per
sonal representative at the Mar
shall Foch state function. The
war department named Gen. John
J. Pershing to pav respects at the
grave of the great French soldier.
TWO INJURED
PALO AUTO, Calif., March 25,
1 —Two persons were injured and
M others badly Heightened when
a Gray Line sightseeing bus cross
ed a condemned bridge back of the
iStanlord university campus and
crashed thru.
CIIAMP IS KILLER
LOS ANGFLES. March 25. (TP)—
Fireman Harry L. Tree, holder of
the world's reco'-d for height of
'.caps into safetv nets, was killed J
here when he fel' in the path ofi,
a hoot and ladder truck and was
run over. >A ladder which Tree
was using for the handhold slip
ped from the side of the truck and
plung' d him beneath the wheels.
ACCEPTS NEW JOB
RICHMOND, Va., March 25. (TP) 1
A committee of the board of ad-'
visot.s of Vtheireinia Military In- j
■tituie announces that Maj. Gen.
John A. Lejeune, former com
mandant of the marine corps, has
accepted the superintendency of
the institute.
TENNESSEE COPPER
On!" one mine of importance is
found in the United States east of
h.ake Superior. It is owned by the
j Tennessee Copper Co. The ore
^yields 32 V2 nounds ol copper to the
ton.
LEGAL NOTICE
i
U. S. LAND OFFICE, ANCHORAGE
ALASKA.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
(that KNUTE THEVIK. cntryman,
together with his witnesses.
Antone F. Demidoff. and John
jNorton, all of Kodiak, Alaska, has
submitted final proof of his home
stead entry serial 06990, for lands
|embraced in U. S. Survey No. 1673
latitude 57o 46’ 40” N. Longitude
152o 26’ 50” W. containing 133.13
acres. ;,nd it is now in the files of
the l. S. Land Office. Anchorage,
•ind if no protest is filed in the
'oeal land office, within the period
| of publication, or thirty days
'afterward, the final proof will be
|accepted and final certificate is
sued.
J BINDLEY GREEN. Register.
Date of first publication March,
25, 1929.
Date last publcation June 5, 1929.
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“THE SMART SET"
A talc of high life full of pep—flirtations—horses—inter
national polo match—smart alecks
Full o£ the typical Haines comedy that always entertains.
Four first class stars assure fine acting
To start the entertainment right we will show you
JIMMIE ADAMS
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“NO SPARKING”
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