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HOMESTEAD CASE
DECIDED BY
Judge Brown recently handed odwn
the following opinion In a homestead
case at Knik, which is of general In
terest throughout Alaska.
The Chugach Forest Reserve, cover
ing the land in controversy in this
case, was created the 23d day of Feb.,
1909. On May 8, 1910, defendant
Jeter, according to his own testimony,
first went upon this land. On Oct. 20,
1910, he put up. a small cabin, since
which time he claims to have resided i
upon the land, leaving at intervals to
earn money to enable him to continue
to live thereon. He also claims to
have done some clearing and cultivat
ed a small area of the land, and that
the value of all improvements placed
by him on said premises is *1000.
He testifies that he had Interviews
at different times with special agents
of the Interior Department and the
Forestry Service and that he applied
to the District Forester to locate said
land as a homestead; that In May,
1913, he applied to the U.S. Land Offi
ce at Juneau to file upon said tract
as a homestead, but was informed thatj
the same had not been listed or platted
or eliminated from said forest reserve
and they could not accept any filing
thereon. He claims that some of the
agents of the Land Department with
whom he talked here in Alaska assur
ed him of their willingness *o see1
him acquire said land as a homestead;
one of them after investigation saving
that he “now passed him up to the
Secretary of the Interior.”
The situation is clearly set forth In
the letter from the District Forester
to defendant's attorney, dated Nov. 12,
1914, as follows;
"I have carefully examined the ad
ditional report and map transmitted
jin this cnse and find nothing in the
ay, a lament U1 UUltJ WHICH Will HOW
justify listing the tract sought by Mr.
Jeter.
“It appears that Mr. Jeter settled
thereon without due authority and sub
sequent to creation of the National
Forest. Such settlement created no
valid claim. His continued occupancy
and improvement of the land illegally
appropriated conveyed no valid right
therein, even though such occupancy
and improvement were condoned by
the forest officer in consideration of
the possibility of its being listed to
Mr. Jeter under the act of June, 1906.
He was not willing to accept the list
ing survey by metes and bounds made
by the forest officer. He desired to
have the matter of listing held in
abeyance to await the General Land
office survey, in order that the tract
might be listed by legal subdivisions.
But for such delay on h1s own motion,
the tract could have been listed with
the Secretary of the Interior and
Jeter’s preference right of entry ac
quiring prior to withdrawal by excu-!
tive order which has intervened and
now defeats the acquistlon of such
right.
“Mr. Jeter's application was finally
rejected by this office by letter of
Oct. 6. Mr. Jeter’s homestead applica-l
tion has been a difficult one to handle, |
since it has been impossible to adjust:
the boundaries of his claim fn such a;
way that it would be satisfactory to!
him and yet come within requirements
of the law.”
In effect, all of the efforts of the
defendant to make a valid homestead
filing or location of said premises
amounted to no more than an attempt
to buy land which the owner was not
yet ready to sell.
Something was said at the hearing
of this case with regard to the delay,
either by the Secretary of the Interior
or the Seretary of Agriculture, or some
one authorized to act In the matter of
eliminating lands from national forest
reserves which is very prejudicial to
the defendant. This may all be true
and still the defendant is in no posi
tion to claim a legal or valid right to
said land until such time as the officers
authorized by law to dispose of said
land, performed the various adminis
trative acts delegated to them by the
public land law's of the United Stales.
During the eighties and up to the
I
late nineties, the public land laws of
the United States were very much
more liberally, or as may be said,
loosely administered. To such an ex
tent was this true that the settlers
upon the public domain In the western
states and territories came to feel and
believe that they had almost a vested
right in and to all public lands upon
which they might settle or establish a
physical possession. When the most
of the public lands were disposed of,
and land became scarcer, the policy
of the government became stricter.
National forest reserves were establis
ed and the oldtime settlers end squat
ters upon public lands or those who
had lived in the newer states and terri
tories, desiring to make such settle
ments or locations, felt very much ag
grieved, as though their personal lib
erties and rights had been infringed
and Invaded. During the past thirty
years I have had an intimate personal
knowledge of this transition and un
derstand and appreciate fully the view
poipt of the "old timer,” especially
those in a mining country, long used
to the free appropriation of mining
claims by right of discovery and loca
tion only.
This may have nothing to do with
this case, any more than it serves to
Illustrate the position of the defen
dant, who trenuosi^Jy insists upon his
right as against the government and
against anybody else, because he set
tled upon and took physical possession
of a certain tract of public land. Be
cause the government for many years
was very lenient in administering pub
lic land laws and even permitted
acts of occupancy and trespass
ing upon the public lands, without
objection, is no more reason why one
could acquire a valid or legal right
thereto, without full compliance with
the public lands laws, than that a
guest in the house of a tolerant and
generous host should, after a long
period of entertainment, feel that he
was unjustly treated by being re
quested to leave.
The remedy sought here, that or
mandatory injunction, has been sus
tained and upheld by decisions of the
Supreme Court of the Uunited States,
which is the highest law in our land,
was unjustly treated by being re
prtijeti lor oy piaintur must De grant
ed.
Mandatory injunction will be issued
requiring the defendant forthwith to
remove from the said land both him
self and all structures erected by him
thereon, and upon his failure to do so,
that the United States Marshal for the
Third division, or any deputy of said
marshal, be commanded to forthwith
remove said defendant and all struc
tures placed by him on said premises.
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WARNING.
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN;—
I hereby warn all of those, person
ally known, loving friends? of raipe,
from further slandering me, unless
they wish to evoke the Law upon them
selves to keep the peace.
I want to state now and forever,
that I did not steal from anyone, any
Sewing machine, Rocking chair, Rugs,
Blankets, Pillows, Tablecovers, Silver
ware, Dishes, Shingles, Alarm clock,
Windows or any other junk.
Further, that 1 do not owe, or in
tend to pay anyone else, than Mr. Ben
Hunger, $25.00 due him. as last pay
ment on my residence, and if he will
please call tonight or any other time
wit a deed as per contract, payment
will be made so that the property may
be transferred.
(Sig) C. R. NORMAN.
Eyak, Alaska, Aug. 16th, 1915.
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NOTICE.
There will be Stockholders meeting
of the Bonanza Gold Mining Company
of Oregon and Alaska, at Blackburn,
Tuesday, August 24, 1915.
F. A. IVERSON, President.
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