Bellefonte, Pa., June 24, 1927. SONG OF THE RAINDROPS. We rise on light wings from the seas We rise on light wings from the seas deep springs ‘Where the coral caverns are; And stop nor stay ’till we find our way To the realm of moon and star, Once there, we rest on the soft sweet breast Of the wind as she rocks and dreams, Or sway and swing on feathery wing In the hot sun’s girdling beams. No more the crashes of breakers lash Qur souls into spume and spray; No more the roar on the ocean floor Of the storm ten leagues away. ‘With laughter shaken no more we weaken, To the fire of the leaping dawn; Or surge in fear at the lightning’s seer When the frothing wind runs on. But here on high in the lucent sky High above noise and strife, We drift and dream of wood and stream We knew in another life. Till our summons comes from the Thunders drums With the longing for hill and plain; Of the longing light in the Summers night, We are born again into rain. CAROL. M. LEWIS Dr. Colfelt Tells of His Newspaper Work. AUTOBIOGRAPHY. By Rev. L. M. Colfeit D. D. On November 3, 1899, the Pennsyl- vania Hawkeye, at first a weekly and later a semi-weekly newspaper, be- gan publication. To its masthead was nailed the following captions: Anti- Discrimination, Abolition of Free Passes, Taxation of Franchises, Overthrow of the Boss System, and I can look back without regret upon the fact that through its brief career of about ten years, including a period in which I published the Mountain Echo, it maintained a consistent and un- swerving devotion to what I deemed the best interests of the people. 1 think its readers will bear me witness that at last they had found a truly Independent newspaper that hewed to the line, spared neither friend nor foe, and never faltered nor paltered on any question involving the public welfare. It was the never-failing champion of the farm and the farmer as the ground-work of all material prosperity. It waged a long and fierce battle for the enlightenment of the people, in which every possible weap- on was used in the interest of the work we had set out to do. Interest and Power was pressed into service against us. In our political efforts we were ably seconded by Mr. Joseph E. Thropp, later a Congressman, Mr. E. M. Pennell, who carried the coun- ty as nominee for Judge but was ger- rymandered out of it and the will of the people thwarted by the Legisla- tive change of the Judicial district; by Mr. David M. Prosser, ex-veteran of the Civil war and a Libby prisoner, and Mr. George Derrick, afterward State Senator. One of the most cry- ing evils of the time was railroad dis- crimination against individuals and communities. It was so abused that no man in the business of manufac- turing or mining could prosper with- out a collusive arrangement with some railroad official involving a “rake-oft.” There was no possibility of reform through the Corporation- Controlled Legislature. It was only when the power of Congress was in- voked, an investigation ordered and the partialism in favor of special shippers traced to the president’s of- fice of the greatest railroad in the State, and one hundred and fifty thousand dollars proven to have been given to one official for showing fa- voritism in the distribution of coal cars that the offensive practice was ended. The mighty battle against Boss Rule ended in the defeat of Mr. Quay for the United States Senate by the Legislature in which ten of the twelve votes composing the majority against him were furnished by the district of which Bedford county formed a part. Those were days of fierce and acrimonious conflict, in- deed. Every weapon that could be forged, every poisoned arrow that could be discharged, was used against the popular movement for reform that was moving onward with slow pace but relentless as fate. A law- suit was furbished up against Mr. Joseph E. Thropp and $25,000 dam- ages claimed for the declaration made by him on the stump that certain pol- iticians were engaged in selling the post offices. Unknown to the parties bringing the suit, Postmaster Gener- al Smith, a personal friend, furnished Mr. Thropp a government detective who secured a stack of confessions a foot high of postmasters who had been forced to pay for their offices to the gents entrusted with this depart- ment of Practical Politics. Hon. George S. Graham, who at my per- sonal solicitation, and at much ‘incon- venience, took charge of the case jointly with Mr. E. M. Pennell. The incriminating evidence was produced in court and thereupon the case col- lapsed to the confusion of those who had the hardihood to make the legal reprisal. In another instance I was taken to court for libel for having published a paragraph of news relat. ing to an associate judge, charging him with violating not a law, but an crder of the court pertaining to the closing of bars at a late hour of the night. Before publishing the item I submitted it to an attorney and he gave the opinion that it was not li- belious. As an illustration of what rank injustice can be done under cov- er of law, my case was coupled with that of Mr. Biddle, the editor of the Everett Republican, who had publish- ed actually libelious matter against the same party, something IT would under no circumstances publish, as I made it a rule never to strike below the belt and asperse any man’s pri- vate character. Once more Mr. Pen- nell and Hon. George S. Graham, without question the greatest lawyer of the period, came to my rescue. On the other side the District Attorney abdicated his functions and turned over the unsavory job to a group of lawyers comprising with few excep- tions the entire Bedford bar, intent upon political revenge rather than justice. It was quite the most farcial case in its conduct I ever witnessed in a Court of Justice. The Judge ad- journed it for a respite of one-half hour several times to afford oppor- tunity for a settlement of the case without my going to trial. On no account would I have permitted the case to be ended without a jury ver- dict but for compassion upon the brother editor who had placed him- self in an indefensible position, and for his sake and for nothing else, I consented to have the case quashed on condition that I would not pay a cent of cost! It was an abortion of jus- tice that I could not secure a vindica- tion by a jury, of which I was certain, but 1 had the comfort of saving a brother editor from probable loss, as he was not the quarry in view of those who brought the suit but solely the compromise of myself and the satisfaction of political animosity. Thus throughout the years, if per- chance political malice invoked the law to silence and punish my too frank exposure of political corrup- tion, or financial bandits sought to “hold me up,” two doughty legal champions, Hon. George S. Graham, for so many years chairman of the Judiciary committee of Congress, and Edward M. Pennell, leader of the Bed- ford Bar, have never failed to make haste and successfully deliver me, and that absolutely gratuitously, without any compensation whatever save my everlasing gratitude. In the strife for political better- ment the Presidential appointments played an imporant part. President McKinley aided as far as possible our reform endeavors. The appointments to fill vacancies that he made of our friends were invariably refused the consent of the Senate through the in- fluence of Senators Quay and Pen- rose, but the President as invariably reappointed them upon the adjourn- ment of the Senate. This continued until the lamented death of President McKinley and the succession of Mr. Roosevelt, when the tables were turn- ed and President Roosevelt per- mitted the old system of spoilsment to resume at the old stand, and such Senators as Platt, Quay and Penrose were permitted to distribute the of- fices of their States. He called it “not going along with the bosses but compelling the bosses to go along with him.” But never was a man so self-deceived. On one occasion, at the request of Mr. Thropp, I accompained him to the White House to prevent, if possi- ble, an objectionable nemination. The Presidential custom was to consider the recommendation of the Congress- man of the district. An hour was fix- ed for a group of men to meet the President in his audience room. Mr. Roosevelt catapulted out of his sanc- tum into the waiting room where some twenty persons were assembled with private secretary Cortelyou sit- ting at his writing table. ~ The first man that he encountered was Senator Edmunds, a dignified old man whom Le slapped on the should- er with a resounding blow that cer- tainly disturbed his equilibrium, and shaking his hand violently said “I am - delighted to see you.” “Just go into my private office and I will confer with you shortly.” Almost in the same breath he called “Is Ex-Gover- rior Bradley, of Kentucky, in the room?” On Mr. Bradley's rising up from a sofa in the rear of the room the President continued “Will you come into my pivate office. There are some Kentuckians in there having a scrimmage but no gore shed yet.” The next party he approached was General Brooks, a distinguished ac- tor in the Spanish-American war, and who was evidently pressing the pro- motion of some army officer. “This must come through Senator Platt! Take it to Senator Platt.” This was notice that he was determined to rec- cgnize the “Old Guard” Senators as paramount in all matters pertaining te political appointment, and that none others need apply. The next party was Senator Dupont and a friend seated upon a sofa. The Presi- dent blurted out “Senator, I notified you and the Addicks crowd to pool your issues and unite upon a Collector of the Port of Wilmington. You did not do so and I have made the ap- pointment.” The next persons he ap- proached were Mr. Thropp and my- self. At once he exploded “Doctor I understand that you object to this ap- pointment!” I looked him straight in the eye and replied “Mr. President, 1 do not think you could make an ap- pointment more disgraceful to your administration!” It was an appoint- ment against which almost all the reputable people of the place protest- ed, but Senator Quay was under obli- gation to the party for political serv- ices, “Well,” said the President “put your protest in writing and I will con- sider it.” So he went from group to group publishing each man’s business to everybody in the room and dis- patching the matter in a brusque, Napoleonic fashion. It seemed to me that only high boots and spurs on his heels were needed to complete the il- lusion that a cow boy was masquerad- ing as President. “What must representatives of for- eign courts think of this specimen in the White House.” I thought within myself. If Abraham Lincoln was a rough diamond he was a Chesterfield in comparison. My re- flection was that if I was Secretary Cortelyou I would sink through the floor with chagrin and mortification over the manners of my Chief. Mr. Roosevelt turned down the cause upon which my heart was set in Pennsyl- vania and turned up the Old Boss System. I wrote to him that “He had put Pennsylvania Reform back twen- ty-five years and that the men whom he had permitted to divide his politi- cal raiment would prove their grati- tude by rending him when their chance came.” When devoured with ambition and he sought the Presiden- Cy In opposition to President Taft it was those very men who made his nomination impossible. For once, though it savored of rank ingrati- tude, they acted with eminent pro- priety. 1 may add that I received an invitation from President Roosevelt to lunch with him but treated it with silent contempt and determined as soon as possible to shake the dust of politics from off my feet. Mr. Roose- velt had many forceful qualities but must needs always occupy the center of the stage. He possessed that dy- namic energy that was needed to set on foot the enforcement of the Anti- Trust Law and drive through in the teeth of mighty opposition the con- struction of the Panama Canal. He reminded me of a Mogul passenger engine arrived at full stop in the sta- tion, after drawing a heavy train at 650 miles an hour, and the steam es- caping from the throttle hisses and snorts threatening to blow off the station roof. He was a human ele- mental force of the first magnitude, but repose of manner he had none. Nothing could be more sharply con- trasted in manner than a like scene I witnessed in the ante room of Pres- ident McKinley. How quietly and with what gentlehood of manner did he pass from group to group. No man’s business megaphoned to the whole audience but quietly dispatch- ed. Every hat was doffed in token of respect, entirely absent in Roose- velt’s presence, and when he came to me he rested his knee on a chair and familiarly talked and graciously an- swered my request with the words: “Doctor give yourself no further con- cern. It will be done as you wish.” Alas! two weeks later the bullet of the assassin ended his valuable life. Though the circulation of the Hawkeye was gratifying in view of the fact that there were two com- peting weeklies in the town, and though the business community fa- vored the paper with generous ad- vertising patronage, yet my lack of practical knowledge of the printing business and the necessity of paying dearly for this species of talent. but chiefly because the fierce independ- ence of its editorial columns, owing no partisan allegiance, prevented all advertising for party organization on which most weekly newspapers must depend, my paper did not prove a paying proposition but piled up defi- cits yearly until T had used up ten thousand dollars of my private means to discharge the pay rolls. Now that my work was practically done and that I saw what I had never hoped to witness in my time, everyone of the reforms I had advocated accomplish- ed and crystalized into State and Na- tional statutes, I felt that I was no longer able to make further financial sacrifices for public enlightenment, nor was it so vitally necessary, and I could safely leave the work to be carried on by others. Discrimination was made a legal offence, free passes were abolished, taxation of franchis- es was established, contributing to equalization of tax burdens; railroad regulation was decreed by Congress and railroad presidents reduced from demi-gods and political dictators to chief clerks of their respective sys- tems. How were the mighty fallen! Boss Rule was jarred in the defeat of Mr. Quay for the Senate to a de- gree from which it never recovered, and the way was paved for Republi-- can government to function and the reign of the people to be restored by the abolition of the convention Sys- tem of choosing candidates, a system which made easy and inexpensive the schemes of political manipulators to control nominations and thwart the will of the people. Masses of voters cannot be bribed with the facility of a small number of delegates and woe! to the body politic if it proves gul- lible enough to change back to the system which after a fair trial, prov- ed itself to be the tap-root of politi- cal corruption. and the harvest more complete than I dared to hope I ordered the clos- ing down of the Pennsylvania Hawk- eye and its withdrawal from publica- tion with the comfortable reflection that with no hope of reward or selfish motive save the desire to do my de- voir for the well-being of my county and State “I had fought a good fight and kept faith!” Real Estate Transfers. Harvey H. Tressler, et ux, to Har- rison W. Tressler, tract Twp.; $1. Roy W. Keeler, et ux, to Eleanor R. Gettig, tract in Spring Twp.; $1. Sarah D. Peters to Edward B. Dell, et ux, tract in Unionville; $1610. Theodore G. Leathers, et ux, to Lot H. Neff, tract in Howard; $350. David Chambers, et ux, to Michael ii et ux, tract in Boggs Twp.; R. E. Stover to Reformed Cemetery Association, tract in Aaronsburg. Mary Josephine Searles to Henry H. Salisbury, et ux, et al, tract in Liberty Twp.; $2,600. Hudson B. Wright to John H. Gloss- ner, tract in Marion Twp.; $2,000. William G. Kilinger, et ux, to Emil | D Rest, tract in State College; $14,- A. W. Reese, et ux, to Henry Spotts, tract in Port Matilda; $25. Henry Spotts, et ux, to Mrs. Alice Cowher, tract in Port Matilda; $50. Mrs. Ella S. Snyder, et bar, to J. Gross Shook, tract in Gregg Twp.; $1,200. A. B. Budinger, et ux, to Clair Hall, tract in Snow Shoe; $1. Mary G. Mudgett, et bar, K. Alexander, $10. Mary G. Mudgett, et bar, to Joseph Alexander, tract in Union Twp; to Joseph tract in Union Twp; Katherine L. Reed, et bar, to D. C. Krebs, tract in Ferguson Twp.; $2,600. Leonard H. Potamkin, et al, to Ep- silon Chapter of Delta Sigma Phi fra- ternity, tract in State College; $1. W. R. Shope, et ux, to John W. Neese, et ux, tract in Bellefonte; $1. Elizabeth Eberts, et al, to 0. D. Eberts, tract in Worth Twp. Heirs of William Eberts to O. D. Eberts, tract in Worth Twp.; $534.33. ——————————p———————— ——The “Watchman” is the most ! readable paper published. Try it. My work being done ! in Spring | | | i WHERE PAGAN KINGS ONCE RULED SWEDEN | Old Upsala Again Comes Into Spotlight. Washington.—*“0Ol¢ Upsala, one-time pagan capital of Sweden, recently came into the spotlight, after centuries of slumber, when a Christian church which is more than 800 years old, was rededicated,” says a bulletin from the Washington headquarters of the National Geographic society. “The church stands on the same site formerly occupied by the famous golden pagan temple of Upsala, where worship of the Norse gods, Odin, Thor and Frey, drenched the ‘suered’” building with the blood of buman sacrifice. Pagan Rites Practiced. “Tradition has it that King Domald was slain at Upsala as a sacrifice to the pagan gods to end a famine, after the people had offered other human beings and an ox without success” continues the bulletin. “King Aun, another early Swedish king, was promised additional years of life by the gods if he would offer up his sons. He lived to sacrifice nine, but was stopped by his subjects before he attempted to slay the tenth and last. The old king is said to have died shortly after he failed to complv with the gods’ commands. “Visitors to Old Upsala today who are not familiar with its history. would not be apprised of its ancient glory. Except for three huge mounds. the traditional tombs of the three gods, and a natural amphitheater where the ancient assemblies of Sweden were held, few suggestions of the old capital remsin, “Ostra Aros, two miles south of the capital on the Fyrisa river, was the royal landing place. Otherwise it was insignificant compared with the royal town. But when the first Christian cathedral was destroved by fire in the Thirteenth century, the archbishopric was moved to the port city, and short- ly afterward the royal household mi- grated to Stockholm. Old Upsala was soon deserted when stripped of its royal and religious leadership and Ostra Aros even usurped its name. The old capital later became known as Gamla Upsala. “Modern Upsala, now a city of near ly 30,000. inbabitants, is about forty miles north of Stockholm with which it is connected by both water and rail transportation. Its principal industry is education, for Upsala university is the largest state educational insti- tution in Sweden, The university was founded in 1477. “Crowning the highest point in the city is the Upsala castle, founded by King Gustavus Vasa 400 years ago. It was the scene of Queen Christina's abdication.” = : : . “The castle windows afford a splen- did view of the ‘college town.’ The Fyrisa, crossed by eight bridges. quietly flows southward toward Lake Malaren. The city is spread out on both banks. The east bank. save foi a few houses, and streets that are laid out in checkerboard fashion, is | the site of numerous university build- | ings. campuses and gardens, One of the gardens was laid out by Lin- naeus, the founder of modern botany, who became a professor at Upsala in | 1741. Emanuel Swedenborg, mystic philosopher and founder of the re- ligious sect called the ‘Swegenbor- gians,” was graduaied from the uni- versity in 1710. “Fraternities” Cailed “Nations.” “Wherever seen, Upsala students are distinguished by their white vel- vet caps. Each of the some 2,000 stu- dents are obliged to become members of the student unions known as ‘na- tions.” There are no Greek letter fra- ternities. Members are chosen by ac- cident of birth, for each nation repre- sents one or more Swedish ‘lans.’ or provinces. own houses and conduct their own af. fairs. “The university library is, perhaps, «ne most important in the country, | . stopped the little car that had tried containing more than 350,000 printed volumes and 14,000 valuable manu- scripts. The chief treasure is the fa- mous Codex Argenteus, a Fourth cen- tury translation of the four gospels into Moeso-Gothic. The work includes 187 leaves of parchment in gold and silver letters on a red ground. There is also a collection of letters of Lu- ther, Linnaeus, Mozart and Goethe. “Upsala cathedrai might be prop- <rly called ‘Little Notre Dame, al- though it is the largest in Sweden. The cathedral is situated in the cen- ter of the city, its close adjoining the university campus. FEere the gradua- tion exercises of the university are held. In its burial vaults lie the re- mains of some of Sweden’s foremost educators, among whom are King Gustavus Vasa, Linnaeus and Swe- denborg. One of Notre Dame's archi- tects, Etienne de PForneuil, drew the plans of the cathedral, which accounts for its resemblance to the Paris church. Construction began n 1287 and it was 150 years before the build- ing was completed.” Fenceless Rumania Bukharest, Rumania.—Fences are almost as rare in Rumania today as they were on the plaits of west Texas fifty years ago. Every man knows where his own plowed field ends. Prevents Colds New York.—In order to be healthy, even immune from colds, take a dip in the ocean daily, even when the mer- evry is below zero, the five members ¢t the Penguin elub advise, The ‘nations’ have their nn Solved the Mystery “of “Bleeding” Pillar The following Incident is quoted from the report of the Union Kanarese seminary in Tumkur, South India: “In a village five miles away there stands before the temple a tall, slender pillar, down the side of which for some little distance rain has left a course of red rust. The people declare that peri- odically the pillar bleeds, and there, sure enough, is the thin red line. In some quarters, a few months ago, the fear grew lest the appearance of the blood on the pillar should be a portent of disaster to the state. The six senior students went out to investigate this phenomenon. With great tact they won the confidence of the leading folk of the village so far as to induce them Yo have a ladder brought and set up sgainst the pillar from the roof of tie temple. One of the students mounted tne ladder, a somewhat risky proceed- ing. and climbing to the top of the pillar proved to the people heyond con- troversy that the bleeding was due to #nh iron spike in a cup at the top of the shaft. When a safe descent had been effected, the men improved tie occasion in apostolic fashion and preached Christ to the crowd that has gathered.” Proper Glasses Only Cure for Astigmatism We might roughly compare our eyes to the lens of a camera, insomuch as their business’ is to’ take the rays of light and focus them properly on ov~ screen of sight. Now, if the lens is not perfectly true —if, say, it is shaped more like rhe back of a spoon than like a perfect globe—we shall not get an equal vi- sion. And if one draws two lines cross: ing at right angles, the person with a spoon-shaped eye will not be able to see the up-and-down line and the sid~ ways line equally clearly. That is what we call an astigmatic eye, the word really meaning that there is no one particular point of clear and equal focus. In most cases glasses will be needed to correct the fault. Oriental Tales Every ancient nation has had its myths and epics of heroes bold. The East has given us many such tales from its imaginative writers. The greatest known collection of these mythical stories is the “Arabian Nights.” Of similar character, bgt less fascinating, is the “Epic of Kings” from the writings of the Persian poet Firdusi, who, at the command of his sovereign, rendered stories of the deeds of Persian Ekings into verse. There are stories of shahs, beasts, dragons, noble warriors, and kings who reigned a thousand years. The style of the translation is poetical ard also biblical ; in fact, for narratives of this type, somewhat ponderous and tedious. The stories are hidden be- neath a burden of language. However, the matter is delightful and the 1ilI- lustrations, which were furnished by Wilfred Jones, are truly Oriental ju brilliance and form. Infants Fond of Musie Some infants may show a preference sor different kinds of music even be- fore they are a year old, in the opin- fon of a mother who has found that the time to teach children appreciation of good music is when they are very young, says Popular Mechanics Maga- zine. Instead of singing her babies to sleep, she plays to them and has discovered that pieces of different rhythm and tempo seem to have gdif- ferent effects. One child apparently preferred music of rapid movement, while another evidenced a liking for slower melodies. Five or ten minutes of soft playing usually sufficed to lei! the children to sleep and often thelr crying could be stopped by playics for them. Too Much to Expect Angrily the policeman on point duty to sneak past his outstretched arm. “Can’t you see me?’ he demanded Jf the driver. *I—er—must confess 1 did,” Jqrned the motorist meekly. “Then why didn’t you stop?’ asked «ne policeman, becoming more angry than ever. “Well, I lost my head,” explained he wrongdoer sadly. “I had just spent half an hour in getting this thing & start. and T thought it was a pity %9 stop her so soon.” re- Parting of the Ways Reggie had been very rude to his father and had been sent to his bed- room as a punishment. A little later his mother went to see ~hat the boy was doing, and found him writing. “Is that a letter to daddy asking forg'veness?” she said. “If you must know,” replied Reggie, “I'm writing to the archbishop of Can- terbury to get a ¢ivorce from both nf you."—WT.ondon t-Bits. Some Long Trips A motor car on a trip round the earth’s equator would take about 17 days 8 hours, at a speed of 60 miles en hour. A little less than five years wuld cover the distance at the same spred round the sun. But to circle aArtaves, the jargest known star, weuld wake approximately 1,370 years, for the diameter of Antares is estimated at save than 273.000.0000 miles, which is wie re than 300 tines that of the gum. EE 1,200 OIL WELLS IN TOWN OF 3,500 Everybody in Paola, Kan., Interested in Oil. Paola, Kan.—On top of one of the shallowest oil fields in the world, the town of Paola is filled with people who eitber own an oil or gas well or an interest in one. Paola has a popula- tion of 8,500 and there are more than 1,200 producing oil wells within the confines of Miami county, of whick Paola is the couniy seat. The oil underlies the surface in shallow streams and pools. Some of the pools supply oil for 20 years or so and then die down. A pool struck re- cently in the northwestern part of the county has renewed interest and activity. Well Costs $1,000. Oil is found in the field at a depth of about 450 feet. A well costs a little less than $1,000 and if it is a good one the owner stands a chance of being comfortably wealthy. Consequently nearly every adult in town is “taking a chance.” Maps of the field are displayed in hotels, grocery stores, drug stores and dry goods stores and every operator carries his own specially marked map, by which he will show that the de- velopment is directly in line with his lease. Excitement is at a high pitch. Since 1875 these flurries have been coming and going in the town, but none seems to have lost enthusiasm. Employees of the post office formed the Post Office Oil company and drilled a well, the men at the drug store drilled an- other and the men at the Kandy Kitchen still another. Some hit and some got dry holes. The town is full of typical stories. Enthusiasts cite the farmer who lived frugally on a smell tract for years, barely existing. Tbea the oil came in and from six small wells he now gets about $1,000 a month. Others cite the case of Herman Miller, a junk dealer, who refused $1,000 for a one-eighth share in a well one day, only to find i* was a dry hole the next. The Miami couzty pool has been giving up oll for more than 40 years. A. W. Christie put down the wild- cat that opened up the latest pool. He sunk the first well on a location arrived at by the motions of a curved stick. Some believe explicitly in the powers of the stick and others open- ly deride it in favor of geology. Good Well iy Back Yard. Jne of the best known wells is shat of W. H. Morehouse, in a back yard in Paola. Ii came in 12 years ago, flowing 150 Larrels a day. It is 450 feet deep and cost about $750 to drill. It still is flowing three barrels a day. When oil was selling at $3.50 a barrel the well wag averaging about: 15 barrels a day. Several of these back yard oil wells have been in ex- istence from 5 to 12 years. Back-yard gas wells also are com- mon. Farmers ligiit and heat their homes, barns and yards with the gas. David McCullough even lighted up the nighway in front of his farm with gas from his well. On another farm a croquet ground was brightly lighted. Two deep wells are being sunk in the field and although the shallow pool men scoff at the ossibility of their bringing in oil, they bave ardent backers. Alaska Salmon Yield Brings $610,750,038 Washington.—From the island-dot- ted waterways of Alaska’s thousands of miles of coast has come a wealth more precious, more vital than gold, It is the wealth of the sea itself—of the teeming millions of salmon that have been taken from the bosom of the . North Pacific and placed on the world’s table. - Since Alaska was purchased fron, Russia, 60 years ago, salmon has led the list of exports from the territory, with $610,750,038 to its credit—a fig- ure which multiplies nearly eighty-five fold the price Uncle Sam paid for the territory. Despite the mineral wealth of the cerritory, the salmon exports lead those of gold by $250,000,000. Thousands of mca, many of them native Alaskan Indians, are engaged. fn salmon fishing or canning and sub- sidiary industries. The number dur- ing 1925 was estimated at more than 25,000. The investment at that time was set at $55,400,000. Bureau of Fisheries’ Navy Gets Ready for Action Ketchikan, Alaska.—Fish pirates and salmon poachers along the Alas- kan coast, the region whence comes many millions of dollars worth of canned fish each year. will confront a serious handicap when the bureau of fisheries’ navy, a fleet of 55 armed vessels, gets on the patrol line. Pirating is trap and scow robbery, while poaching is fishing in prohibited areas. Both are subsiding, according to fisheries officials To keep the long indented coastline under the watchful eye of the bureau 55 armed boats with 88 small tugs are commissioned to act as guards and peace officers. Headquarters will be maintained at Kodiak, Cook Inlet, Chignik, Afognak and Ketchikan. Scotti Becomes Citizen New York.—Having sung for the Metropolitan opera for twenty-seves years, Antonio Scotti, Italian barytene, is to become a citizen,
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