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Show JUST REBUKE. Hem tlm Lund Office TruU IS Idplil'iiiouH I'roMiioctoi . The acting commissioner of the general land oflice ha.1- administered a rebuke to the class of prospectors who make a practice of showing their love of blasphemy in paining their claims. Two would-be humorists hu-morists in the Okanogan district in the state ot Washington recently named their claims the Holy Moses and the Jumping Jesus, and made filings under these names. The ; egister and receiver of the Water-ville Water-ville land oflice have just received letters from the acting commissioner commission-er saying that these names hare been stricken from the certificate and receipt will not bo mentioned in the patent when issued, being considered blasphemous and indecent, inde-cent, but that other names may be substituted. |