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Show 1: KX uncleyolms I SSI -Tct;- 1 Jljlj THE OLDEST SETTLER illjf' Old Undo Andy Biggins lias inhabited those diggins, nc- Jj3;! cordin' lo his atatcniouts, nearly over sencc the flood. Ho Jill1 wum tho ol(l wjzzoury vuil l,ic i)otty jiry w-lon hor lift highest bluff was nothin' but a littlo dab of mud Iffljj Ho hoars us fellers grumblo, when tho weather takes a lull tumble, an' novcr calls a halt until sho's twenty-nino below, JHll but soon old Uncle Andy has us feolin' fino-an-dandy, when j ' bo tolls us how they froze in squads, somo sixty years ago.. . HI ! When summer-heat is fiercest, an' coolin' breezes scarcest, if ij old Uncle Andy chuckles with his ovorlastin' grin And nl j mjb, in his opinion, hero's a mighty warm dominion, whoro, If t chances is, tho most of us will likely flounder in! II i ' . ' HOMEY PHILOSOPHY FOR 1922 II i IIow wo would value a friend who was all goodness, all I self sacrifice, all kindness, all forgiveness, always ready to I 1 help us and powerful enough to do it tho chap who stands by in tho storm and who novcr deserts. If wo throw down a 1 if pal of this kind I suppose we'd bo thought crazy, and yet W i we go to church on Sunday, protend to boliovo all these things li about man's only lasting friend, tho Great Creator, we put n j I quarter in tho plate and then say "seo you next week " I j I 3 DIG INTO OIL ROMANCES i If Micro is to ho a real investigation of tho leasing of the B j naval oil reserves after Secrotary Fall conducted secret nego-lji nego-lji tiations with tho Sinclair Oil intorests for tho exploitation of aSj tho Teapot Dome field, tho disclosures aro likely to prove in- IjH, teresting. Tho Sinclair interests appear to bo perfectly frank I U j in their explanations, but tho government is peculiarly reticent jB! j and seemingly in conflict with somo statements that have been jH1 i made. A completo airing of tho spectacular achievements of j8j j tho Sinclair Oil Company undoubtedly would bo an inspiration jjjh I 4o tho youth of tho country, which feels to somo extent that S'jlj . present-day opportunities aro not thoso of the "old dnys." ill Tho romance of millions that could 1m? unfolded in all prob- i ? ability would put fiction in tho shade. From an interesting j i beginning, the Sinclair Company hns mounted tho ladder until ' I 'j it has gone so fnr as to fix prices for this Standnrd Oil Company I J -while its cntorprirsing president tliat experienced a lifo. not less !, ' filled with entoresting incidents thnn that of tho older Rockc- I J feller. So far ag tho government deal is concerned, Wall St. MIU ' appears to have the knowledge of the proposition before the p public had any. inkling of it, so there-was no opportunity Jov II tho public to express its views or to point out any weak" spot if 1 , it existed. Congress know as little as tho public, so that the jig, , ' principle of tho "public bo damned" seems to have operated li ft throughout tho transaction. A, littlo ht now, even though MS . '" will do no harm i i R |