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Congressman Lacey Advocates
Alaska Territorial Government
Congressman John F. Lacey, of Iowa
has completed his tour of Alaska and
has declared again in favor of territor
ial government for Alaska. In an in
terview in the Seattle Times, Mr. La
cey says:
“As I said before, Alaska should have
a delegation. All the talk that the dis
trict is too large to be represented by
one man is foolish. A man from Nome
can represent the people in Juneau and
a man from Juneau represent the peo
from Nome, or any other section of the
territory.
There are no greater diversities of
interest there than elsewhere. The
distances are long, to be sure, but the
Yukon river connects most of them.
The distances are no longer there than
* they were in the early days of Iowa.
Iowa was once a part of the Louisana
territory, a part of the Arkansas ter
ritory, and a part of the Missouri terri
tory, then of Michigan and of Wiscon
sin.
“There should be a territorial gov
ernment. The people of Alaska are
perfectly competent to maintain one. I
also think the Alaska code relative to
the executive and political powers of
the Alaskan judges should be modified.
A man makes* enemies . in making ap
pointments, no matter who he may be
or the efficacy of his appointee. Pub
lic criticism detracts from a judge: it
causes a certain a/nount of dignity to
be detracted from his judicial position.
I do not menn to intimate that the pre
sent judges are not capable of making
or have not made wise and judicious
appointment?. I think the executive
and political powers should be curtailed
for dignity of the judges and a further
perpetuation of the reverence and re
spect in which all courts should be
held.” .. ,
iBuli of Klondike Gold Will Be
Mined by Hydraulic Companies
Thus far this year the output of gold
from the Klondike country has not yet
reached the $*,000,000 mark, the small
est by more tl^m one-half since 1$97,
The greater portion of the gold taken
from the Klondike in the future will be
mined by the dredging and hydraulic
companies.
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The Forum is The Miners' Paper
United states land office
Juneau, Alaska. May 26,1904.
Notice is hereby given, that in pursuance of and
underthe provisions of the general homestead laws
and the special Act of Congress approved May 14,
1898, extending the same to the District of Alaska,
authorizing the acquisition of title through the ex
ercise of Soldier's Additional Homestead rights.
James E. Snevely, whose address is 4112 17th
street, San Francisco, Cal., as assignee of Anna
Snevely, widow of John Snevely, has made appli
cation for patent to the following described tract
of land, to wit:
Beginning at a point identical with Corner No. 6
of the original Eagle City Townsite Survey where
is set a large Mica Schist Stone scribed Sur. No.
351, Cor. No. 1, whence U. S. I. M. Eagle No. 2 bear
N. 23 deg. 10 min. W. 13.44 chs. the N. A. T. & T.
Co's. Store bears N. 39 deg. 00 min. E. 20.50 chains
thence S. 23 deg. 10 min. E. along a line identical
wbh the east line of the Pomeroy Homestead 81.04
chs to Cor. No. 2. where is set a large stone scribed
Sur. 351, Co r. No. 2, thence N. 86 deg. 47 min. E.
36.33 chs. to Cor. No. 3 about 4 chs. nearly due
south from t he kft bank of the Yukon river where
is set a large stone scribed Sur. 351. Cor. No. 3,
thence N. 60 deg. 04 min. W, 44.66 chs. to Cor. No.
4 at the inter section of the south line of Adams St.
whe e is set alarge stone scribed Sur. No. 351.
Cor. No. 4, w hence the southeast comer of the
original Eagle City Townsite [situatedon the brink
of the left ban k of the Yukon river, near the N. A.
T. & T. Co. store]. beaFs north N. 40 deg. 41 min.
E. 10 chs., thence S. 40 deg. 41.min. W. along the
south line of Adams St. 10.60 chs. to Cor. No.l, the
point of beginning, containing 79.65acres situated
near the town of *Eagle, Alaska and known as U.
S. Survey No. 351 of the Soldier's Additional home
stead of James E. Snevely.
Any and all persons claiming adversely to The
above described tract of land, as surveyed, platted
and applied for, are hereby notified that unless
their adverse claims are duly filed, according to
law and the regulations thereunder, within the
time prescribed by law1, with the Register of the
U. S. Land Office at Juneau in the District of Al
aska, they will be barred by virtue of the provis
ions of said laws. John W. Dudley,
* Register
It is hereby Ordered that the foregoing notice be
published for the statutory period in tbe Alaska
Forum, a weekly Newspaper publishe d at Ram
part, Alaska. JohnW. Dudley,
Date of first publication, May 17.