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OIL PERMIT IS GRANTED;
INTERIOR OUTLOOK BRIGHT
The first oil p rm:t issue.! to on
CSe<neral Isiml OfH.-e on the las*, mail.
parts of the Territory. It lias roeenth
■y for tli • purpose of prospecting for
evidenced by the press of dispatches
Island, latu> I- ■•. \ni.trhnk Hay. and
district toward IVistol Hay. \ local
In the Interior of Alaska, the To- j
ta-tlanika and llealy Hive." section' *
were staked early last sprint; and per- !
■mils aplled for. Reports of oil in-j
was too remote for developnent of the
oil Industry.
In Gan.-ula. oil corn panics have gone
into the Kcvt Norman dJstict, in tht
A ret i<\ hundreds of miles fr»m trans
portation. and ire develoirfn.' that re
mote region. These facts tend to
prove the statement that the ill oper
ator will go any place where f bre Is a
reasonable chance of striking ^il.
The oil permits issued 'o thv appli
cant of Interior Alaska is for tl« Healy
section ami. in addition to indicating
etirly development, has the v- n
calling upon the Government
just wh.it constitutes the oil
of this sta tion and how exter i
is. Sine* the fc.'illation of th«
and Totatlanika sections, in wi
oil indications have 1>ecn foun
sandstone of the Nonana, C’oaljKieUls,
A reference to the. public the
f. S. Geological Survey Ne
nana Coal Fields, which the
areas in which the oil indS ifve
l*:*en found, shows the f i to
be sandstone and shale, of lary
Age. Several of the larg. s of
the world are of this gc per
iod. Also, sandstone and V an
important part in oil fc the
sindst-one b -ing the res« '■ tlhe
o.l. and the shale the se pre
vents the escape of the oil "> the >i:r
face Making a coni par isor to a t- >
kettle. just for illustration, the sard
stone is the containing part Jf the k-t
tie and the shale is the lid. Sandstone
rock is known to at : in this c*ipa-it?.
That the oil prospector \dll not find
,,;i escaping from the ground in quan
tities can he readily appreciated bv
anyone familiar with oil formation,
oil pools are retained 1»» the forma
tion in which they exist ami only at
escape to the surface. In many of tin
oil fields development yas undertaken
on the geological JnfoiWtion wi'hoiit
actual indications of oB present. The
services of the geologist in determin
ing an oil field and V«e most likely
place to sink the first nolo are of in
estimable value. All Ehe large com
panies retain a staff Jf oil geologists
and. according to PI. George Ofs
Smith, former direct^- of the f. S.
Geological Survey, in^in article jmb
lished in the National! Geographic for
February 1920. the oil geologist is cor
rect 82 pc. - cent of the/time, as proven
by the drill.
applicant of Inteiioj* Alaska, was
awarded to W. 15. Tte.-ynirn, of Xenana
and the information \is given that
others will follow sorb. The permit
g ants tin- reciiiient th« exclusive right
to prospect for oil or fhs for a period
of four years. The claim on which
t his permit has been issued is located
in the Healy district and r. is said the
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surface indications are very promis
ing. Under the permit the first year
must bo devoteil to the running of
lines, marking and placing monuments,
and such work will definitely show
the boundaries of the claim. The
laws relating to oil pe-inits are such
that there caji be no holding of hind
for an indefinite period without de
velopment, and the fact that permits
have been applied for and are now
being issued under the conditions
stated, would indicate, it would appear,
an early attempt to prove up the in
terior field will be made.
To what extent the permittees are
intending to develop their holdings
is not known at this time, hut it is
rumored that some o fthose holding
oil claims have only been waiting to
receive their jx»i*mit.s when capital c m
i»e interested to develop the proper
FRIDAY
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STRANGE DEATH MYSTERY
DEVELOPS IN OREGON
Rosen burg. Ore, July 14—The auto
mobile of Dr. II. M. Brumfield. a,
Rosrbufg dentist, was found wrecked
and burned today in a ravine and un-I
derneath it the headless l*>dy of a
man. No trace of the head could be!
found anywhere in the vicinity despile
careful search, which, however, result
ed in the finding nealr the scene of
clothing, papers and a watch belonging
to Dennis Russel, a laborer.
Mrs. Urumfield, wife of the dentist,
declared the headless body to be tliat
of her husband but the law officers
said they did not. think so. Both
Brumfield and Russel are. missing.
Charged Roseburg Mystery Insurance
Koseburg. July 15—Following a
close investigation of the circum
stances surrounding the disappearance
of Dr. Brumfield and Dennis Russel,
together with the finding of a headless
body beneath a burned auto in a near
by canyon, a warrant was issued today
for the arrest of Dr. Brumfield, charg
ing him with the murder of Russel.
Sheriff St Amer, who swore to the
complaint, charges ‘hat B umfield
killed Russel at the latter’s home and
hauled the body in his car to t*’c
scene of the wreck, where he blew off
fho hc.ul of the corpse with a stick of
dynamite and afterward placed his
own ring and other identifying articles
on the body of the slain man to create
the impression that he was himself the
victim of an auto accident in order to
collect insurance money.
FVumfield is known to lie involved
financially and carrlef life and acci
d< ni insurance to the amount of $26.
Brumfield is still missing.
GEORGE AND DEVALERA DISCUSS
IRISH PEACE BASIS
London. July 14—Premier "Lloyd
fleorge and He Valera, the Iirish re
publican leader, had te;y together and
spent two and a half hours today mak
ing clear to each other the circum-1
stances under which Britain and Bail I
Elian might be willing to seat dele
gates at a conference table with rep
resentatives of Britain and Ulster in !
an effort to compose the age long dif
ferences between the three pan-ties and |
settle the Irish question.
The conference ended amiably* and |
will be resumed tomorrow. During;
the meeting of the two leaders, Irish (
mien and women knelt, in large num
bers In Downing Street reciting tDo
rosary and singing hymns, while the,
Archbishop of Canterbury held silent
prayer in the English church.
Peace Conference Discussion Resumed
London. July’ 15—Another meeting
Between De Valera and Lloyd flea.ge
took place today lasting a half hou-.
At its conclusion it was announced that
the conservation would be resumed
Monday.
The conference was again a two*
BANDITS ROB BANK MESSENGER
ON SEATTLE STREET
Seattle. July H—Bandits held tip
Iceland Hlgb.v ; r.d Curtis Flakes, rues
sengers of the Northwest Trust and
State Bank, on Second Avenue today.
The robbery was of the boldest char
acter owing to the presence of numer
ous people on the thoroughfare. The
rohbdrs secured $25,000 in currency
end .escaped in a stolen automobile.
The money was being transferred
from the National City Bank.
PACIFIC FLEET SOON
TO EXCELL ATLANTIC
Seattle. July 14-—The superdread
naught New Mexico, bearing Admiral
Kberlee. cummuindefc'of the Pacific fleet
and the battleships .Mississippi, Ten
nessee and Idaho are now in Puget
Admiral Kberlee said in an inter
view after arriving here that within
six months there will be nine of the
latest type sup<«"-droadnaughts in the
Pacific aifmada, which will then be
greater than the Atlantic fleet.
4 DIE IN AIRPLANE FALL
Modesto. Cal. July 14—A mono
plane engaged in commercial flying
between Oakland and YosemJte Valley
crashed to earth here today, killing
Pilot Harold Coffey and thrree passed
The machine struck a high tension
electric wire in falling, the contact
causing Hie plane to catch fire, burn
ing its occupants.
ROBBERY BELIEVED
OBJECT OF ATTEMPTED !
TRAIN WRECK |
Cleveland, O. July 14—Robbery is
believed to have been the motive for
an attempt made by unknown mis
creants to wreck the New York Cen
tral express train near Willoughby,
Fifteen spikes were pulled and the
plates removed from the trails. The
train was carrying a million dollars in
T. D BAKER NOMINATED
POSTMASTER FOR NOME
OTHER NOMINATIONS
Washington. July 14—President
Harding has nominated Elbert E
Black. Mrs. Uiura Williams. T. 7).
Baker and Joseph McNullty as post
masters respectively of Ketchikan, Ne
nan;L, Nome and Sitka, Alaska.
(NOTE—The T. D. Baker, men
tioned as the probable successor o?
postmaster Walsh in the above dis
patch. is well known to old timers ow
ing to 'residing in the district at in
tervals since the beach Line days. Dur
ing most of his last period of resi
dence he was employed as a mechanic
at the I»st River Tin mine but spent
hist summer in Nome in company with
his wife. Ed.)
SAYS HUGHES BLOCKED
IMMENSE TRADE
WITH RUSSIA
San Francisco. July 14—That Sec
retary of State Hughes blocked the
importation of two untired million
i.'ils and prevented the shipment to
that country of an equal amount of
American manufactured goods, was as
serted here this evening by Washing
ton IX Vanderlip, the western finan
cier who recently secured immense
Siberian concessions from the Moscow
government.
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CUTteURA HEALED
ECZEMAON FACE
Hands and Scalp. Itched
Censfandy. Kept Awake.
"'Bcsetna started on my face at first
and finally It broke out on ay
and scalp. The first eruption was in
pimples .and upon scratching it devel
oped into a rash. My hair became
vary dry and I could not do my work
where it required putting my hands
in water. The eruption itched almost
constantly and kept me from sleep
ing nights.
“ 1 began using Cuticura Soap and
Ointment and in a month's time I was
completely healed, after using five
cahesof Cuticura Soap and three bo zee
of Cuticura Ointment.” (Signed)
Miss Genevieve Stevens, Cboteau.
Mont., April 23.1020.
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