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SATURDAY, MARCH 11, 190?.
“Special secret investigator” Day
seems to be standing in a very peculiar
light at the present time. The official
scheme has not panned out according
to prearranged program. His official
pleasure excursion through the Third
judicial division of Alaska, accompanied
by his routine of secretaries, chaperon
es, guides, transportation boosters and
officials henchmen, has proven a farce.
His attempted rescue of Wickersham,
is more notorious than Stanley’s expe
dition t«i»'Africa in. search of Living
st jn. It is only surpassed by that wild
and hair-lifting Wickersham raid into
that unexplored Mt. MdKinley country
in 1903; even unto the summit of “that
magnificent glacier capped dome."
The exposure of these manipulator’s
schemes will henceforth stand a public
warning to those who would follow in
their footsteps. There seems to be
something wrong in the text of Day’s
report; that it should be kept from the
public. The people are entitled to know
in full what this “special envoy extra
ordinary" reported in reference to the
officials of this division. While we re
alize that we have no rights he need
stoop to respect, still the people in this
section would like to know how he des
cribes his investigations here. To know
if this portion of his report is original
with him; or will it reveal that he has
branded a “maverick” thrft bears the
registered ear-marks belocging to
others?
The Dietrich bill, S. 6383, a brief
epitome of which appears in another
column of this paper, is a good bill. A
careful perusal will show it proposes to
regulate many matters which officials
in -,Jusdivision h.JVc- -vwL .Uiy 'trs.twple
upon in the past. The administration
evidently intend that future official
grafters in Alaska shall pay the piper.
The clause that debars such offenders
from holding any future position of trust
or profit under the United States, and
levies heavy fines—all in addition to the
penalties already provided—is a good
one. We hope the bill will become law.
The Passing of Wickersham
The press dispatches inform us that
the confirmation of Judge Wickersham
to succeed himself as judge of the Third
judicial division of Alaska, will be op
posed by the senators from the state of
Washington. This is the applicant’s
home state. '
Senatorial courtesy requires that the
name of Wickersham shall be with
drawn for appointment to the high of
fice which he seeks, and this, in all pro
bability has, or will be done.
It has become an established custom
in the United States that the “patron
age,” .or federal appointive officers
within a state shall be at the disposal
of the senators and representatives of
that state, always provided that these,
latter are in political harmony with the
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An applicant for office requires, if he
would be successful, the endorsement
of at least one member of the congres
sional delegation from his home state.
It was primarily because of such an
endorsement that Wickersham received
his first appointment to a judicial of
fice in Alaska. At that time, however,
the office was not regarded with such
importance as it is today. It now ap
pears evident that Wickersham'has lost
his home congressional support. There
fore, it is reasonable to presume that
he will not again sit upon the bench of
an Alaskan court. His presence will
not be missed. His career, before he
came to Alaska, was not such as to es
pecially fit him to sit in judgment upon
others. —Nome Nugget. '
Joe Kaminski returned to Omega
creek last Sunday.
Water has almost compelled shutting
down work on 8 1 m. An exceedingly
good body of pay was being worked,
when the old ice gave way, flooding all
workings. An attempt will be made to
NOTICE OP APPLICATION FOR PATENT
U. S. Land Office, Juneau, Alaska, Feb. 1, 1905.
Notice is hereby given that I, U. G. Myers of
Eagle, Alaska, duiy appointed anu < ualifieci town
si je trustee for Eagle Towhsite. in pursuance of,
i nd under the provisions of the act of Congress
approved March 3, 1891, governing the acquisition
oi title to public lands in the District of Alaska
for townsite purposes, have made application lor
entry and patent, on behalf of the several inhabit
ants of the town of Eagle and for their use and
benefit, to the lands in U. S Survey No.- 353, Eagle ^
Townsite, containing 570.192 acres, but excepting
therefrom the reservations hereinafter specified.
Said land or townsite is situated on the lef t bank
of the Yukon river near the confluence of Mission
creek with said Yukon river and about three miles
west of the international bourdary line between
the United States and Canada, described by metes -1
and bounds, courses and distances as follows: v
Beginning at the intersection of the middle line
of C street of Eagle, Alaska, with the left tank of
of the Yukon liver as indicated by ‘ordinary high
water mark’ [the line of no vegetation] where is ,
set a greenish colored stone 32x16x8 inches mark
ed Sur. No. 353, Beg. Cor. No. I on the west side,
and ‘M. C./ for meander corner, on the east side,
whence Cor. No. 4, Sur. No. 350 bears N. lo deg. 47
min. W., 8.82 chs., thence S. 68 deg. 03 min. W.,
along the middle line of s*.id C street 50.C0 chs. to
Cor. No. 2 where is set a greenish colored stone 25
xl0x7 inches marked Sur. No. 353. Cor. No. 2 on
east side, thence S. 21 deg. 57 min. E. 80.00 cba. to *
Cor. No. 3 where is set a spruce post 4 1-2 feet iong
and 5 inches square marked Sur. No. 363, Coi. No.
3 on north side, ‘U. S. M. R/‘on v est siue, ana S.
W. Cor. Townsite of Eagle, cn east side, thence N.
68 deg. 03 min E,. paraliel with said C slieet, 124. m
14 chs. to Cor. No. c at the left bai koi ti e Yukon
river at ordinary high water mark l line of no veg
etation] where is set a greenish colored stone 25x
17x7 inches marked ‘M. C/ on east side, and Sur.
No. 353, Cor. No. 4. on ivest s:de. thence uewn
stream along the laitbark of the Yul^on rnci fol
lowing the meundeis at ordinaly hign water n:? <.k
[line of no vegecation] 118.M/ciiS. to Beg*. Cor. he.
1, the place ci beginning, containing 6;0. i. - as
Variation 36 dog. 52 min. E. *w- Zf
That s&ici ai plication comprises all land cr r tcin
ed and lying within tfr* fcounuaries oi Sur. No..u53
excepting therefrom only the following reserva- *
tions made and selected by a beard of commission
ers appointee to make icservat ons for school ai d
other purposes; said reservations so made by said
board beinirof the area and icr the toiiowincr rur
poses, to wit:
For public schools etc. .5*2.465 acres. *
For U. S. court house & jail. 0.185 acres.
For municipal government-. . 0.115 acres.
Being a total reseivation of 32.785 acres,
which being deducted from the total area of Sur.
No. 363, (570.192 acres) leaves 537.407 acres, the
area for which patent is applied for, and
which is inclusive of land covered and contained
within Survey No. 351, the same being a Soldier's
Additional Homestead claim of one James E. Sne
vely, consisting of 79.650 acres which is claimed to
be a part of the Eagle Town site aforesaid and
therefore included ana covered by said application
for patent.
Notice is hereby given to any and all parties
having or asserting any clayn to any portion of the
above described tract to appear at Eagle, Alaska,
on July 1, 1905, at 10 o'clock A. M. before the clerk
of the U. S. District Court, the time and place of
making final proof, there to cross-examine claim
aat's witnesses, offer proof in his own behalf and
make his protests in writing; and notice is rurther
given to all parties claiming adversely any portion
of the above described tract to file with the Regis
ter of the U. S. Land Office at Juneau, Alaska, an
adverse claim, in accordance with law, during the
period of publication or within thirty days there
after. U. G. Myers,
Townsite Trustee.
It is hereby ordered that the foregoing notice of v
the application of U. G. Myers, Trustee of Town
site of Eagle, be published in the Alaska Fg: um,
a weekly newspaper published at Rampart, Alas
ka, for the statutoiy period, ten consecutive inser
tions. John W. Dudley,
First insertion, March 11, 1905. Register,
SUNDAY SERVICES
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