In 1910 the socalled Pickett bill was enacted. recognizing the validity of the reservation of President Taft and going a little further and giving some validity and standing to bona fide locations made between that time and the date of the bill. Of course. the law was designedit may not have been so Construed afterwards. but it was designedto be in harmony with th existing law relating to the discovery and location of oil ela.ims. Of course. a great many dishonest men. adventuirers. speculators. and the unscrupulous joined in the tide of immigrants to these places. and they plied their trade as best they could. That is an unavoidable condition in all departments of human endeavor. especially such as promise big returns. The way to. guard against it. of course. is the enactment and the enforcemnt of stringent regulations.
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A great many dishonest men, adventurers, speculators, and the unscrupulous joined in the tide of immigrants.