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SATURDAY, APRIL 8, 1905.
The constitution of the United States
defining the duties of the president in
paragraph 2, section 2 of article 2 says:
“He shall have power, by and with
the consent of the Senate, to make
treaties, provided two-thirds of the
senators present concur; and he shall
nominate, and by and with the advice
and consent of the Senate, shall ap
point ambassadors, other public minis
ters and consuls, judges of the Supreme
court, and all other officers of the Uni
ted States whose appointments are not
herein otherwise provided for, and
which shall be established by law; but
the Congress may by law vest the ap
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other recess appointment, and it was
claimed that this action was illegal, as
under the: above mentioned Senate- rule
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the president could not make another.
recess appointment of Wickersham.
On March 19 the Senate refused to con
firm this appointment of Wickersham,
and disputed his right to draw a salary
from the time of his second recess ap
pointment. Therefore, according to
the Senate’s construction of the law,
Wickersham’s legal reign expired at
the end of the session preceedng the
recess of March 7. It Stands to reason
if the second recess appointment was
illegal, his drawing a salary under that
appointment would also be illegal.
The matter would have been consid
erably expedited by the dropping of
Wickersham’s name upon the Senate
failing to confirm the first recess ap
pointment; but it seems ever thus with
with Wickersham. The Circuit court
of appeals have turned him down re
peatedly, when his actions have been
brought before that tribunal, and the
United States Senate turns him down
in his efforts to retain possession of his
judicial position. It is hardly probable
that Wickersham can be in the right,
and all these learned statesmen and ju
rists, who act against him, in the wrong.
Still, his henchmen claim that his only
opponents are a few disgsuntled liti
gants! .
There is no doubt but what Wicker
sham’s successor will give us a clean
administration. The exposure of the
illegal acts, corruption and graft of the
past, cannot help bring forth good re
sults in the future. It is well for the
officials to understand that the eyes of
the people are npon them, and will not
continually submit to injustice and op
pression.
The valoez news is agitating for a
continuance of the present weekly ser
vice from the coast during the coming
summer. Acccording to the N ews a
very material reduction can be made m j
time required to deliver mail in ip air- |
banks by routing it via Valdez, instead '
of Dawson and the Yukon. The News j
must not overlook the fact that there j
is other towns in the interior that de
mand as speeby a mail service as the
big city on the slough. Let the new
route strike the Yukon at Rampart and
terminate at Tanana. The authorities
at Ft. Gibbon should lend their aid.
NOTICE OP APPLICATION FOB PATENT
U. S. Land Office, Juneau, Alaska, Feb. 1, 1905.
Notice is hereby given that I, U. G. Myers of
Eagle, Alaska, duly appointed and qualified town
site trustee for Eagle Townsite, in pursuance of,
and under the provisions of the act of Congress
approved March 3,1891, governing the acquisition^
of title to public lands in the District cf 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, Eagl^
Townsite, containing 570.192 acres, but excepting
therefrom the reservations hereinafter specified.
Said land or townsite is situated on the left bank
of the Yukon river near the confluence of Mission
creek with said Yukon river and about three miles
west of the international boundary line between
the United States and Canada, described by meteS
and bounds, courses and distances as follows:
Beginning at the intersection of the middle line
of C street of Eagle, Alaska, with the left bank of
of the Yukon river as indicated by ‘ordinary high
water marie* [the line of no vegetation] where
set a greenish colored stone 32x16x8 inches mark
ed^Sur. No. 368, Beg. Cor. No. 1 on the west side,
and ‘M. C.,’ for meander corner, on the £ast 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 said C street 50.00 chs. to
Cor. No. 2 where is set a greenish colored stone 25
xl0x7 inches marked Sur. No. 353. Cor. No. 2 oft
east side, thence S. 21 deg. 57 min. E. 80.00 chs. t?
Cor. No. 8 where is set a spruce post 41-2 feet long
and 5 inches square marked Sur. No. 353, Cor. No.
8 on north side, *U. S. M. R.’ on west side, and S.
W. Cor. Townsite of Eagle, on east side, thence N.
68 deg. 08 min E,. parallel with said C street, 12£_
14 chs. to Cor. No. 4 at the left bank of the Yukon
river at ordinary high water mark [line of no veg
etation] where is set a greenish colored stone 25x
17x7 inches marked ‘M. C/ on east side, and Sur.
No. 853, Cor. No. 4. on west side, thence down
stream along the left bank of the Yukon river fol
lowing the meanders at ordinary high water mark
[line of no vegetation] 118.00chs. to Beg. Cor. No.
1, the place of beginning, containing 570. 122 acres
Variation 35 deg. 52 min. E.
That arid application comprises all land contain
ea ana iymg witnin tne oounaanes ot sur. no.
excepting1 therefrom only the following: reserva- ^
tions made and selected by a board of commission
ers appointed to make reservations for school and
other purposes; said reservations so made by said
board being of the area and for the following pur
poses, to wit:
For public schools etc..22.465 acres.
For U. S. court house & jail. 0.185 acres.
For municipal government.0.11k acres.
Being a total reservation of 32.785 acres,
which being deducted from the total area of Sur.
No. 353, (570.192 acres) leaves 537.407 acres, the
area for which patent is applied 1 or, 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 70.650 acres which is claimed to
be a part of the Eagle Townsite aforesaid and,
therefore included and covered by said application '
for patent.
Notice is hereby given to any and all parties
having or asserting any claim 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 f urther
given to all parties claiming adversely any portion r
ox the above described tract to file with the Regis
ter of the U. S. Land Oil ice at Juneau, Alaska, an%
adverse claim, in accord an'he with law, during the
period of publication or within thirty days there
after. U. G. Myers,
Townsite Trustee.
Jt is hereby ordered that the foregoing notice of *
the application ox U. G. Myers, Trustee of Town
site ox Eagle, be published m tbe Alaska Forum,
a weekly newspaper published at Rampart, Alas
ka, for the statutory period, ten consecutive inser
tions.- John W. Dudley,
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1? irst insertion, March 11, It,05,
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