The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-10-01
GRABBING PUBLIC OIL LANDS

following written by Guy Elliott Mitchell and APP
pearmg September Popular Mechanics is Of especial interest
locally, great deal Hawaiian money being invested in oil lands:
Who would expect put gold and silver in the class with
gas petroleum? Since oil and not vegetables,
yet animals they peorce minerals and such if man
wants to locate either of them the public lands he must do it m
der the gold placer law
Doubtless when the placer mining law was enacted in
Congress had any idea that would be required the
found the public lands there other law under which it
could be located is there today One great for the land
which the West is faulty inadequate
land laws The laws have invited fraud and fact have made it
Te rrn ~o g g mge 70 Ng o m, % @nd and e
evasion of law in oil locations lies the fact that the basis of loca
discovery be stated only after the drilling we'll expensive
proposition Moreover since oil flows willy niy adjoining claim
may pump out the oil originally underlying the land of the dcovee
The consequence is that oil actually discovered in
peext other and many simply held without development
That government great
petroleum property worth billions dollars asurdiy
as gold placer law shows how wise and upodate Congress can be-
fvoe method in of the California oil fields has been
enter the oil lands claiming discovery of other minerals notably
gypsum Numerous trenches are more or less artistic and 9nciG
methods OF assessment work. done to obtain title to the land with
posted notices. be seen in the various oil regions The gypsum
however most of the claims conceded to be of little
mea value and stated in recent report of the United States
geological survey, simply blinds control the lands
picturesque suggest the fact that the nymn intent
deriving much possible of the farce for
himself the community letter of law however
these entries is probably complied with and the oil enmen
have assumed that in their gypsum discoveries they had found
plan of milking Uncle which easy and wita
emnently safe that they could laugh aloud about it.
these considerations with
dwa from all forms by the Department of the Interior of
Utah and Oregon pending legislation by Congress provide for lei
innate development of oil and lands In the yelnacuar it
up to Congress to act
the geological survey expresses the belief
that wecOnsdered leasing law will provide the best method of
handling oil and deposits by enabling the
development work such much of the Grim
In this
that the only the largest of oil lands
time, but that is likely be the largest
The Dreadnaugh battes in commission and under
ruction American equipped for the of both oil
exclusively
The question of fuel supply these vessels certainly important
this would that the
should ntegenty the question of the of its
petroleum properties
Treasury Department thorough investigation conducted
with the assistance of commercial experts uncovered methods of bus
archaic than those the department of
suvvalS this department extraordinary of them
geographic arrangement This
Cincinnati still Orleans of
the smaller porsuryvas of cenyt from 500 to $500
to collect every dollar of revenue
Philadelphia still weighing by
hand In important Europe machines operation
which weighed coins minutes than could in
day. and accurately BY piece of reorganization 100000
saved there.
Treasury building bndery engaged solely
binding linen sheets which certain class of mail pasted
lnga that had been continued the days Alex
ander Hamilton. This bindery abolished
When the governments printed by
considered place the seals
numbers the in the office of the twenty-five
the printing taken the
engraving and printing The old plant for the second printing of bills
the Treasury building The elimination of this
needless establishment saved $lO00O0 year-Mcl,ures