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El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1921-12-02
Las Imperfecciones de la Obra.
Opiniones de un criticO ignorado.
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Generalmente, los poetas jovent )
aventajan los viejos, porque poseen
cierto vigor calido en- la expression de
las emociones poeticas, no importa ell
genero literario que para sus concre-
clones elijan; mas generalmente, tam
bien, los poetas viejos, fuerza de
buscar Y expresar las bellezas, supe-
ran los primeros Ell la selection me-
surada inteligente de los puntos de
vista artisticas, de los procedimientos
armoniosos de la expression Y 10 que
es muy importante, de las claras y
ajustadas fguras del lenguaje. Y es-
/ to es muy natural. La rebeldia ju-
venil, el ardor pasional, la rapidez
emotiva de los poetas jovenes les ha-
! ce a veces exaltar sus impresiones
liricas en- irrefrenadas espontaneida-
des que no por ser puras Y brilantes
algunas veces, dejan de ser rudas en-
ocasiones.
| Los amos acumulados del constante
urdir sonoro, de la perenne aquilata-
lcion de las hermosuras, de la consue-
tudianaria inspiration, acaban por for
mar en- el plasma sentimental del ar
tista una conciencia de aprehensiones
sutiles, que es la unica defensa con-
ira la vulgaridad, y act1a la nlanefa
de una censura interior y analitica en-
donde las sensaciones entrantes del
mundo exterior Y nuestras dinamicas
fuerzas esotericas, han de someterse
un proceso de 'depuracion antes de
irradiar con ell espiritu creative, en-
las concreciones de su mas alta y sa-
bia finalidad.
De suerte, pues, que ell arte de april
sionar la belleza en- las formas YER
bales, esta sometido I'm proceso de
educacion lenta Y purificadora que
opera su desenvolvimiento, en- ell CO.
rrer de los amos y de una manera in
consciente. Alquimia metafisica, de
las ideas, crisopeya ideal de las emo
clones, evolucion estetica de los pro-
cedimientos literarios, su grande y fe-
cunda eYistencia debiera merecernos
siempre la mas asidua consideration.
Mas, en- esta epoca de iconoclastas y
de forecimientos vandalicos, ell solo
hecho de insinuar estas verdades eter-
mas, ,basta para tildar a sus sostene-
dores de ultramontanos incurables
reacionarios. Sinembargo, los amos
confusos de la iniciacion de los jove-
mes en- ell estudio de los problemas de
la Estetica pasan rapidamente y los
serenos criterios no Sc hacen esperar,
a pesar de que los que mas gritan son
precisamente los que no Sc han inicia-
do, Y los que con sus inauditas voci-
feraciones hacen patente la sinonin1ia
que existe entire la irrefexion la
ignorancia.
Ortiz Stella es un poeta joven; pc
ro es ademas un intellectual tornado Y
un consciente artista ideal. Ell sabe de
los lfmites naturales de la poesia Y
de la conveniencia de aprovechar
aquella parte de los impulses lfricos
propiciatoria para extender los vue-
los imaginativos sin dar estimulo a
la excentridad neurastecnica con el
doble fin de crear nuevas formas So
bre las eternas pautas del Arte uni
co. Por ESQ su libro es una victoria Y
por ESQ tambien me aventuro a expo
ner sus imperfecciones en- la seguridad
de que esta critica al ilustrar la idea
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1921-12-02
una perfecta identidad mental entire
las cOsas comparadas y que dice:,
"En ell potro del coraje
pasa' tn envidia rastrera
que contra mi vocifera
la insolencia de su ultraje."

la insolencia de su ultraje."
Mas ell error notorio, por excelen-
|cia, el efecto mas sobresaliente Y ca
pital del autor de "La Caravana Os-
cura" y el que, en- grado sumo resta
belleza a muchas de sus poesias, es
| ell uso y empleo de los asonantes in-
ternos. La repeticion en- ell medic, an
tes despues de la cesura divisoria
que hace del verso una entidad bipar-
| tita es un gravisimo error en- la IL
RIGA por afectar ell caracter musical
del mismo engendrando insoportable
Imonotonfa Y arruinando ell valor de
las rimas finales. Las rnodalidades
fonicas que cierran ell hemistiquio fl
nal de un verso son el eslabon de en-
lace de las armon1as.
Las rimas poeticas valen mas GUAM
do mas enfaticas Sc muestran por su
Iaislamiento final; la existencia de un
asonante inferno en- un determinado
verso hace de elias notas impersona-
les y languidas sin precision indivi-
dual, sin brillantez caracteristica. Y
estas son condolences esenciales Gu
| va inobservancia Sc resuelve en- detri-
mento de los meritos poeticos y en-
Iel empobrecimiento del vigor armoni-
co de las estrofas.
No es necesario advertir, desde lue-
go, que la consonancia asonancia
interna entire la rima final de un ver-
so y sus palabras anteriores, produce
efectos mas notorios Y lamentables
cuanto mas breve es ell metro emplea-
do. Asf, pues, en- la Inca heptasila-
bica, en- el eneasilabo Y en- el endeca-
silabo, su existencia quebranta ell eco
fonico la consecuencia Y correspon-
dencia armonica de la lfrica propia-
mente dicha y destruye de tai name
ra sus efectos que solo los ,espiritus
incapaces de concebir las hondas si-
metrfas musicales pueden pasar SIN
advertirlo. En- ell alejandrino, sinem-
barge, la acentuada independence
de sus hemistiquios mitigan un tanto
dicha falta sin que por este su evita-
cion dele de ser un sefialado triunfo
en- ell poeta.
Interesante Y sutil en- extreme, es-
te problema de los asonantes internos
de la metrica por la divergencia que
ell nos muestra al compararse con las
pautas de la mlsica. ST la ammonia
poetica Y la ammonia y melodia musi-
Gales son aspectos distintos de un mis-
mo, fen6meno psicologico integrado
por identicos funcionamientos sense
riales y solo distintos en- los diferentes
grades de intensidad de sus impresio-
mes, ipor que en- la poesia ell asonan-
te inferno perjudica y empobrece tan
to la redondez rimante de sus estro-
fas, en- la musica la repeticion de
una nota, de un sonido de una Sc
rie de sonidos en- un determinado COM
pas, no resta belleza y por ell con-
trario posiblemente infiuye en- la ma
yor perfection de la composition u
obra afectada?
Me he decidido a contestar esta
pregunta sobre la base de una dife-
renciacion analftica entire los sonidos
vocales y los sonidos musicales y asf
| 10 hare proximamente.
Jorge LampOvega.
San Juan,
Nov. 80. 1921.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1921-12-02
EI Presidente Harding reitera !. |.
su conianza al Gobernador
Mont. Rely de Puerto Rico
Sc abrira una investigation sobre las acusaclo-
nes presentadas pOr elementOs
pOlfticOs de la isla. "
Ell GOBERNADOR VOLyERA A OCUPAR
SU PUESTO.

tenido lugar con los partidos polfticos
portorriquefios, va que habfa siempre
procedido en- la designation de cargos
pdblicos, de miembros del gabinete,
a, personas pertenecientes a todos los
partidos, sino que las diferencias ha-
bfan sido con un pequefio grupo de
polfticos ''que habfan estado basta
ahora dirigiendo los asuntos pdblicos
ell la isla."
International News Service.
Washington, noyiembre 25.-Hoy Sc
anunci6 aquf de fuente autorizada.
que probablemente Sc ordenara dem
ltro de POGO abrir una minuciosa in
lvestigaci6n sobre los cargos formula
dos por elementos polfticos insulares
contra el gobernador de Puerto Rico,
E. Montgomery Reilly.
| A menos que de la investigation
/ surjan nuevas evidencias, cuentase con
que ell gobierno apoyara al gobernador
Reilly, debido que los cargos que Sc
han formulado contra el, hasta aqui,
han sido de naturaleza enteralhente po-
Utica. Tienese entendido, no obstante,
que Reilly sera aconsejado por altos
funcionarios administrators, en-, ei SEN
ftido de la c6nveniencia de poner mas
tacto en- su labor como gobernador de
Puerto Rico.
Reilly. visit6 hoy la Casa Blanca.
Probablemente conferenciara con Ell
presidente en- la tarde de hoy, para
discutir los acontecimientos recientes,
que han tenido lugar en- la isla.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1921-12-02

Cantero, Fernandez y Compahia, Inc,
bor los ejemplares que nos ha envia-
do, y les felicitamos por el resonante
exito obtenido con Ia publication de
su nuevo catalogo.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1921-12-02
a Caravana Oscura
LIBRO DE VERsOs POR C. ORTIZ STELLA

que he sostenido al principle de esta
dissertation, conseguira ell grandioso
fin de apresurar su inalterable evo-
lucion poetica.
No sera esta, mera labor de apren-
|dizaje; sera la preparation definitiva
de su gloria extra-insular, la depura-
cion razonada y multilatera en- cuya
alquitara quedaran los residuos de sus
tempraneras imperfecciones. Estas
abarcan varios extremes, que quiero
senalar. En- primer termino nuestro
poeta incurre en- quebrantamientos
metricos sin necesidad; y digo sin ne
cesidad, porque solo es justificable la
lviolacion de un metro deliberadamen-
te. escogido para desenvolver una idea
poetica cuando tai cosa sc hace para
dar paso a una extraordinaria nove-
dad ritmica, musical subjetiva, o
cuando ell valor estetico de esta ulti-
ma es tan notoria que act1a como
agradable contrapeso la irregulari-
dad previamente originada. Todo es-
pfritu novador, tiene amplio campo
para extenderse dentro de los limites
del lenguaje figurado y de las combi-
naciones adjetivales que tanto .inf1u-
yen en- la expansion de la imagination
poetica; solo debe ir contra las for
mulas metricas cuando es para crear
nuevas formulas, para dar paso a
una belleza superior. Hay que atem-
perar las tendencias impulsivas del
artista naciente a las leyes del dis
cernimiento para salvaguardiar los in
tereses supremos del arte universal.
En- este libro, los quebrantamientos
metricos han sido involuntarios, sal
vo en- casos aislados; en- todos ellos,
sinembargo, puedo asegurar que la
obra poetica ha desmerecido 10 sufi-
ciente para hacer deseable en- elimi-
nacion futura.
Halo, tambien, que el NAL uso de
a metafora es un lunar que afea, a
veces, la delicadeza de las expresio-
mes en- este libro. Vease un ejemplo:
"En ell lejano Ocaso
ell sol, llaga rojiza,
sobre el paraje laso,
un cielo de ceniza. -"
Lamar al sol "llaga rojiza" es pc
car de NAL gusto, es trastornar irres-
petuosamente la estetica de las des-
cripciones objetivas; es faltar la ver-
dad de 10 sensible, es desnaturalizar ell
verdadero realismo poetico amalga-
mando conceptos que nos producer re-
pugnancia intima a ideas que son We
neros de perpetuante admiration; es
permitir que salgan de nuestro GEN.
tro frenologico de conversation, men
safes torcidos y absurdos. La me-
tafora no debe ser refugio de ese
torpe genero de originalidades que
tienen su origen en- caprichos excen-
tricos, voluptuosos y anormales. Hay
que preocuparse de este como de nues-
ira propia hygiene y salud espiritual,
porque vale mas ahogar un capricho
insane que profanar los fueros de la
belleza en- las aviesas rebeldias. En-
cambio, en- ell mismo sometime, esta
admirable expression:
"Mi Pegaso relincha
y de Gracia Bucolica
ell paisaje Sc hincha. -"
es un acierto de inefable encanto pic
t6rico, que no vacilo en- recomendar,
asi como tambien aquella viva admo-
nicion despectiva que en- una metafo-
ra elegante veridica nos impone de
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1921-12-02
PARA Ell pRoxIMo TERMINo

A petici6n de la defensa, eIAcaso
contra Juan Bautista Portalatfh, fue
suspendido en- la Corte Federal para
ell pr6ximo terminO. sH
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-11-18
HEART REVIVED BY MASSAGE
Or. Petit Of Buenos Aires Performs
Remarkable Feat on Woman Patient
Who Receivers After Long Fight.

Doctor rclti of Buenos Aires n
shocked on making an incision in Il
woman's abdomen to find that no
blood flowed and that his patient was
~pulseless. She had collapsed under
the chloroform. Artificial respiration
had M effect. Caffeine was injected
both under the skin and into The veins
with no result.
The surgeon then extended the in
cislon he had made. inserted his hand
and took hold of the woman's heart 10
massage il. He squeezed the heart
with both hands, but at first il did not
RESPOND. All at nee n powerful con-
traction was felt, followed 10y others.
The massage vas stopped, bur had TO
be resumed at once. The contractions
reappeared but the massage was ron
tinued and limitations Of oxygen were
given. At last the patient was nut of
danger.
She remained unconscious for n
long time. and when she recovered
had no idea how close she had been to
passing out. Her recovery was very
slow. being complicated by violent de
lirium, but she got well at last.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-11-18
MAN GIVEN UNIQUE SENTENCE
English Judge on Record as Ordering
Him to Serve the Preceding
Day in Jail.

one of the most famous members OF
the English bench was Judge William
Henry Maule of the commO pleas
court of London. 1t Is told of him,
the Detroit News recalls, that one day
when Il jury yawned through "A long
series of testimony, and finally when
the majority of the u good men and
true seemed on the verge of going TO
sleep and the rest to have lost all in
terest In the case, he abruptly closed
the testimony and the jury filed out.
Although the evidence proved the pris-
oner innocent, ana even the prosecut-
Ing attorney admitted it, the jury
brought In a verdict of guilty.
The judge being thus forced TO give
sentence, did so ms follows prisoner
AT the bar, your counsel thinks you in
nocent, the counsel for the prosecution
thinks YOU innocent, think you innO-
But n Jury of your countrymen
In the exercise of such common sense
AS they possess, which does not seem
to be much, have found you guilty,
enough, and IT remains for
me to pass upon you the sentence OF
he law. The sentence IL that you he
kept in Imprisonment for one day, and
hat day to be yesterday, therefore you
nay 90 about your business
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-11-18
Beads for Insulation.

In certain installations, such as
radio equlpement. arc lamp wiring and
laboratory apparatus. 1t Is often nee
essary TO resort to beads for Insular-
ing bare wires. Heretofore, says the
Scientific American, the beads have
been of a plain design. with rounded
ends. resulting in a rigid covering
which prevented the covered wire
from being bent ss desired. or left
barred sections of the wire between
the beads because fewer beads had
10 be strung in order 10 allow for
bending.
An English concern has recently
introduced a new type of bead which
Is rounded at n end and followed
out Mt the other. thus permitting of
one bead fitting into the hollow Of
the next bead. These heads permit
of covering a wire for its full length,
yet do not interfere with the bending
of said wire.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-11-18
THE CLAN CALL
BY HAPSBURG LIEBE
yaUUMaMn.

himself, Tie Strengthened there in The
darkness.
"Nhat'n the name q the devil makes
Ie WiNlIt sech a thing as that, john"
h" demanded in a half angry voice.
Cause groWled the big hIllman.
YOU went aud spilled HI out q the
main big picnic. We meant 10 wipe
out all q them thar IowdoWn Balls
and Iorreys, by. When they went to
hang BIN Dale in the mornin', we'd ha'
had a good reason fo' a-killin' EN- every
onc-the WeasclS, We see. BY, every
man Moreland but Caleb, and every
man q the Littlcfords, is hid here In
these l%aurels, and has been ever sense
that thar fool trial begun. We was
lest a-waltin'. How did we happen
To know it,
ATS easy. BY. Ne and Ben Lit
tleiord was ON our way after more
dynamite. when we seed Bill Dale
a-follcrln' that stranger man. and Goff
a-follerin' Bill, and you a-follerin' Goff.
We knowed somcthin' ongodly mean
vas in the wind. So | follcred you,
BY, a-breakln' of bushes as went
Ia mark the trail. and Ben he went
back and got the rest of EN- and fol
lercd me"
Then 10 Dale, well, BIN, what're
We a-goin' to do With this here cusSed
polecat Gonft''
Dale turned 10 the Shystcr coal man. |
who was Stlll being closely watched
by Heck.
Il told You | was pretty apt ia
thrash You the next time We met,
didn't ~ clipped Dale. "Do You want
4" pct out OF his country for good.
or do You want to fight me Ia a fin
i>hf Ina through talking right now,
Goff."
I'D .uc~> Id rather fade, acknowl-
edged con.
Then fade""
t'oif SUNK on through the brush.
Nlcu they had covered Il mile. John
Mofrland sla~pcd pale by an arm and
said 10 him:
Il reckon yon think we're sort q blood
10y Us a-Waitiu' 10 kin of that
pack back Thar; don't yct Well, we
:ju'l h~luod-thirsty, BIN. Them Balls
and Torrcys amt Woth uothln' 10
themselves, nor 10 their Families. nor
tel abndy else. The seoHcr they re
'lcad lhr better Oh they'll be-. aud ,
HE better of their fambliesll be. aud
he better off r1eryhudy else viii be.
lea ain't safe. nor | amt safe, a> long ,
~ lheN re- uli1e. 81
We like yen. Bill Iale," he conlin- !
l"d sra,rll, And You're shore wo'lh ,
T. You wouldn't, sell out 10 that !
rsSel pol"cat. even Ia save yorc own I
ilc, ana ats Whut ! calls narNe and /
in We. BIN Dale, the aln't r
Ilaut men in his here whole outfit g
lo wouldn't give 50 The last Id n
rep - blood Ia their bodies, If We \
it. To the right, RIl ahead n
4 us T. u clift."
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-11-18
CHAPTER XIV.
A Letter ard a PROPOSAL.

The M"r"lanl Coal compHul'S two
biz rough buildings were completed
IN record time. There had been no
further manifestations of interference
from "a" Balls aud Torrcys. and lieu
d"r>ou oiuf had been nowhere In owl
dcncc since The night of Eill Dalr's
ironclad verbal uliimutum. Work ON
lle littl" riIroad was progressing like
Wildfir". and everyday WAS ia high
spirits
by Heck had just arrived with the
mail. lie slalked with an air of great
Importance into bales office. and
threw the mail down ON the new roll
top desk Then he stepped backward.
into - straight back chair and
tn nurse his rifle tendrrly on
his knco~. There was II puzzled look
his lrulhrrl face. Dale had rr.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-11-18

safely landing her on the shore.
The hero IA George A. Dunagin
who at the time was a lieutenant In
the liaisOn service of the United States
army. For his bravery he was award
ed the French medal of honor and the
Congressional life saving medal.
Today, Dunagin is in charge Of the
Shreveport (La.) sub-station of the
United States Veterans bureau in
Paris and London. and was assigned
by the American Legion to assist Gen
eral Dawes In the investigation of the
needs Of disabled ex-service men.
Dunagin was born at Laurel, Miss,
and was educated at the Mississippi
A. < NJ. College. His military ser.
vice, which, after an injury sustained
In a machine gun accident, was in the
diplomatic corps, took him to seven
teen European countries.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-11-18

Have you ever stopped to reason why
It IL that 90 many products that are eI-
tensively advertised, all at once drop out
Of sight and are soon forgotten? The
reason 10 PLAINTIFF article did not fulfill
the promises of the manufacturer. This
applies more particularly to q medicine.
A medicinal preparation that has real
curative value almost sells itself, a. like
an endless chain system the remedy il
recommended by those who have been
benefited, to those who are in need of it.
A prominent druggist says Take for
example DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root,
preparation I have sold for many years
and never hesitate to recommend, for In
almost every case it shows excellent re.
suits, as' many Of my customers testify.
No other kidney remedy has 90 large a
sale"
According to sworn statements and
verified testimony of Thousands who have
used the preparation, the success Of DR..
Kilmer's Swamp-Root is due to the fact,
% many people claim, that it fulflls al.
most every wish in overcoming kidney,
liver and bladder ailments; corrects uri.
nary troubles and neutralizes the uric
acid which causes rheumatism.
You may receive a sample bottle Of
Swamp-Root by Parcels Post. Address
DR.. Kilmer 4 Co., Binghamton, N. Y,
and enclose ten cents; also mention this
paper. Large and medium size bottle.
for sale at all drug stores. Advertisement
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-11-18

the world for the moment forgotten
and muttered aloud:
"lores respectively, Babe"
"Haw, haw. haw!" laughed the keen
cared and watchful hillman in the
straisht-back chair behind him
'fores respectively, Babe.' Haw,
haw, haw. Well. Bill, dadsling it. il
shorely 10 goodness amt nothin' to
turn all thar red about! When the
nights gone the day comes, don't 1t?
Bill, old boy, it's the same thing."
You get out of here, By Dale
stormed In mock severity. Go and
help the commlssary clerk with the
new goods; ehT'
Heck laughed another horselaugh,
rose and went out.
When he had gone, Dale began to
think-Of the ultra-spoiled charming
after-a-fashion, wealthy, young. high
night d%evOtee, Jimmy Fayne. And he
wondered, and wondered, what would
come of Fayne's quick liking for Babe
L%ittlefOrd.
After he had viewed the matter from
above and below and all Sides around,
he frowned like a berserker.
Here is what came of Jimmy Fayne's
quick liking for Babe Littleford-
The days had passed swiftly, and au
tumn was far advanced. Save for a
few chrysanthemums and asters that
grew in places sheltered from the
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-11-18
MOTHER! OPEN
CHILD'S BOWELS WITH
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP

Your little n will love the "fruity''
taste Of california Fig Syrup" even IL
constipated, bilious, irritable, feverish,
or full Of cold. A %teaspoOnful never
fails to cleanse the liver and bowels.
In a few hours you can see for your
self how thoroughly it works all the
sou bile, and u~ndigested food out OF
the bowels and you have a well, play
full child again.
Millions OF mothers keep California
Fig Syrup" handy. They know a tea
spoonful today saves a sick child to-
morrow. Ask your druggist for genu-
inc california Fig Syrup" which has
directions for babies and children of
all ages printed on bottle. Mother!
You must say california" or you may
get an imitation fg syrup.-Advertise-
ment.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-11-18
MAKES CITIZENS OF ALIENS
Amerieanizstion Committee Of Montana
Post Successful in Preparing Ap-
plicants for Naturalization.

Training aliens for citizenship has
been successfully carried out by the
Americanization committee Of the
Great Falls. tMont.) post Of the Amer
lean Legion. A class of 81 aliens has
just finished preparation for natural
;zation under direction OF the
Legion committee, and 81 Of them
were admitted to citizenship. This
was an unusually high percentage. ac-
cording to the naturalization oflcer.
Another class Of 100 foreigners 10
now in training for the citizenship
test. They receive instructions from
the Legion committee twice a week.
Following the course Of instruction
they are subjected 10 preliminary ex-
aminations 10 determine their fitness
for citizenship.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-11-18
'lEGl0NAIRE" NAME OF TOWN
Arkansas Ooughboys Settle on Adjoin-
Ing Tracts in Oklahoma and Form
2,500.Acre Colony.

They are beating their swords into
plowshares is the biblical way of say-
Ing that veterans OF the World war are
going back to the farm.
In Arkansas, on a 2,500-acre tract, a
colony" of sixteen former service men
descended from Tulsa, Okla, and set
tied on adjoining quarter-sectiOns OF
land. All of them were members Of
the Joe Carson post of the American
Legion and they plan to establish a
trading center and town under the
name ~""Legionaire."
The doughboy colony is in Scott
county. Most of the settlers will be
able to call the land their own in sew
en- months as the state allows two
years of wal service TO count on the
residence requirement.
Some Of the men will spend the win
ter on their land. clearing timber,
building, hunting and trapping. 1t Is
estimated that 100 service mel of Tul-
sa ultimately will settle on government
land.