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ALASKA FORUM
(OFFICIAL PAPER)
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James B. Wingate, Editor and Manager
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SATURDAY, MARCH 18, 1905.
Much acrimonious criticism has been,
levelled at the senators from the state
of Washington, and ex-Marshal Rich
ards pf Nome, by certain Wickersham
organs, because the said senators had
the temerity to recommend Richards
for a consulship in the face of the fact
that W ickersham had fined Richards for
contempt of court for drawing jurors
from the body of the court room, and
not from the body of the district, as
ordered :by the court. The insinuation
was made that Richards did so because
he had his jurors handy—picked and
“fixed.”
These same sheets are entirely dumb
regarding the conclusion of the case.
How the marshal took the matter to
. circuit court of appeals, and how that
court turned Wickersham down, exon
erated Richards and purged him of con
tempt. That the court of appeals act
ed with a full judicial knowledge of the
system at Nome, is shown by their fa
. mous decision in the Noyes contempt
case, handed down but a short while
prior, in which the justices congratu
lated i he people of Nc me-for not taking
law into their own tends and wreaking
vengeance on their corrupt court. A
court which would go that far could
hardly be considered a shielder of jury
bribers.
Richards was dismissed as the result
Of a secret report filed by “Investiga
tor” Day. Day refused to hear any
thing ag ainst Wickersham at Rampart.
Until Day explains the inconsistencies
in his actions while in Alaska, the pub
lic muse withhold confidence in his find
ings. Day*3 report on the judiciary of
Alaska must be made public. Richards
is entitled to know why he was dismiss
ed, ‘ especially since his political enemies
are using the Day action to blacken and
blight his future. It is a stab in the |
dark, against all American principles of I
fair play, aud the victim cannot defend
himself because he is ignorant of what
he is charged, or whether he is charged
- at all.
The real animus of the aforesaid or
gans against the Washington senators,
is the fact of their refusal to support
Wickersham, and that their recom
mendation of Richards is a vindication
of the latter from the charges of jury
bribing preferred by Wickersham, and
in this they are supported by the decis
ion of the circuit court of appeals.
A more practical demonstration of
the Nome district's a gold bearing sec
tion has been given thi3 winter than
ever before, and many are the reports
that come in from the hills regarding
new strikes. Many of these are found
ed upon fact, while some it must be
conceded, are the creatures of a vivid
imagination, and are wholly untrue. It
is difficult tor a newspaper, desiring to
publish the truth concerning these mat;
ters, to always obtain the facts, as the"
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miners who make the discoveries are
always more or less secretive, on ac
count of the litigation which is almost
certain to follow in the-footsteps of a
new find. The district as a whole suf
fers from this state of affairs, as there
can be no question but what there are
many discoveries of. value regarding
which the pubiic has no knowledge, and
this section thereby looses the credit to
which, under proper conditions, it is
justly entitled, —nugget.
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Spring is coming; the long dreary
winter is practically over. Already, on
every hand, active preparations for
UBia "?*rw>li*Are, in progress. From
present indications, this will be a pros
perous season for Rampart. Quail
creek is, as yet, an uncertain quantity,
but new discoveries across the divide
are very gratifying. This season will
witness the success or failure of some
of the big enterprises on this s de of
the divide. Lively times may be look
ed for on the river, as the White Pass
railroad has announced its intentions to
e.iter, as a competitor, for the freight
and passenger traffic on the. Yukon
even though the present monopoly con
trols the situation at Washington, and
the commercial business on the Yukon.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR 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 . ualified town
site trustee for Eagle Townsite, in pursuance of,
and under the provisions of the act of Congress
approved March 3, 18M, governing the acquisition
of title to public lands in the District of Alaska
for townsite purposes, have made application lor
entry ana 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. 853, Eagle
Townsite, containing 570.192 acres, but excepting
therefrom the reservations hei oinaf ter 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
i and bounds, courses and distances as follows:
Baginning at the intersection of the middle line
■ of C street of Eagle, Alaska, with the left bank of
j of the Yukon liver as indicated by ‘ordinary high
watermark’ [the line of no vegetation] where is
j set a greenish colored stone 32xl€x8 inches mark
ed Sur. No. 358, Beg. Cor. No. 1 on the west side,
and ‘M. C.,’ for meander comer, 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 5C.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 chs. to
Cor. No. 3 where is set a spruce post 4 1-2 feet long
and 5 inches square marked Sur. No. 353, Cor. No.
3 on north side, ‘U. S. M. R.’ on west side, and S.
W. Cor. Townsite of Eagle, on east side, thence N.
68 deg. 03 min E„ paralel with said C stieet, 124.
• 14 chs. to Cor. No. 4 at the left hath of the Yukon
t river at ordinary high water mark [line of no veg
etation] where is set a greenish colored stone 25x
17x7 inches marked ‘i.l. C.' on east side, and Sur.
No. 353, Cor. No. 4. on west side, thence aewn
stream along the lei thank of the \ukon river fol
lowing the meal oers atoiain&iy high water mark
[line of no vegecatioal 118.00 chs. to Beg. Cor. No.
1, the place of beginning, contain ii g 6<0. ^_ s
Variation 35 deg. 52 min. E.
That saia ap; ricaticr comprises $11 lard ccrtain
cd and lying within the boundaries of bur. No. 553
excepting therefrom only the following reserva
tions made anu selected by a beard oi commission
ers appointed to make reservations for school and
other purposes; said reservations so made by said
board being of the area and for tne following pur
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poses, to wit:
For public schools etc.82.465 acres.
For U. S. court house & jail. 0.185 acres.
For municipal government-.0.II5 acres.
Being a total reservation oi 82.785 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 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 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
ant's witnesses, offer proof in his own behalf and
make Mgprotest* jfc writing; and notice is further
given to all parties claiming adversely any portion
ol 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
the application of U. G. Myers, Trustee of Town
site of Eagle, be published in the Alaska Forum,
a weekly newspaper published at Rampart, Alas
ka, for the statutory period, ten consecutive inser
tions. John W. Ludley,
First insertion, March 11, It05. Register
S UK DAY SERVICES
Morning Prayer 11 o'clock
Evening Prayer 7:30 o’clock
Fridays Litany 4 o’clock
Geo. W. Ohiieon, Layman in charge,
St. Andrew's Mission