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Cordova. January 20 j
Because ot an apparent misunder
standing on the part of the public
with reference to application for
for homesteads within the bound
aries of the national forest reserves,
and because of numerous inquiries
regarding such lands in Alaska,
made since assurance was given of
the building of a government rail
way to the interior, the forestry ser
vice has given out the following in
formation:
All land within the national for
ests not needed for public purposes
and more valuable, for agriculture
than for any other purpose has been
open for homesteading in units not
exceeding 160 acres, and that thou
sands of homesteaders have already
taken advantage of this law within
the national forests of Alaska and
the states.
The homesteader on unsurveyed
land within the national forest has
the advantage over the homesteader
on unsurveyed land outside of the
national forest.
First—That the forest service
since 1913 makes the survey 'for
patent free of charge, thus saving
the claimant from one to two hun
dred dollars, nine surveys having
been made on the Tongass National
Forest during the summer of 1914
and nearly twice that number will,
be ready for survey on the Tongass
and Chugach forests during the sum
mer of 1915,
Second—Outside of the national
forests the law requires that the
boundary ilnes of a homestead be
run in cardinal directions, north.!
south, east and west, while inside
the national forests the boundary
lines may be run to suit the shape,
of the tract of agricultural land.
Since there is very little land sec- j
tionized either inside or outside of
the national forests in Alaska the
making of the. patent survey by the
forest service free of charge is a
decided advantage to the home
sieautri.
The requirements of the, law for
proving up on a homestead are the
same inside of a national forest as
they are outside, and if the home-;
stead law is reasonably complied
with the securing of patent is cer
tain regardless as to whether it is
inside or outside of a national forest.
The forest service not only now but
always has invited legitimate settle
ment within the national forests
and that all statements to the con
trary have either been made from
lack of information or a desire to
misstate the facts. All forest officers
will always be gl#d to give infor
mation to the public relative to
homesteads or any other national
forest business, and the public is
invited to prove this statement by
seeing a forest ranger or writing to
the forest supervisor.
Cordova, January 21
Jack H. Heath, known as
“Shorty” Heath in Fairbanks, is a
visitor in Juneau, “in spite of the
efforts of certain Seattle papers,”
Heath says, “to make me out a
'missing Alaska miner’ and to have
me ‘failing in business.’ ” Heath
feels that the. publicity he has re
ceived has been “much ado about
nothing.”
"I was injured in Fairbanks last
summer,” he said to The Empire,:
“and went to the outside for treat
ment, my family following me. In;
Seattle 1 was connected with a
moving picture venture of my wife’s!
mother, but the place was not mine.
1 then decided to go down to Hills
boro, Ore., to visit a brother, as mv
health was poor and I wanted to get
out of Seattle. Because 1 didn’t ad
vertise my departure they printed
all sorts of articles about me, stat
ing I had gone insane through!
despondency over failure in busi
ness, etc., etc. There was no truth
in the stories. I am not a ‘missing
* man.’ I have not failed in business
as I never was in business in Seattle
and I am back in Alaska to locate.
My family will join me as soon as I:
get established.”
That no known pay has been,
found in the Tolovana region, is the
report of Lon Dogget and Eddie
Farrell, two well known mining
men, who have returned to Fair
banks. It was reported before they j
left the camp that pay had been dis-,
covered on Amy creek, but they are
unable to state just what the ex
tent of it is.
Doggett and Farrell themselves
sunk six holes on ground which
they staked in the. Tolovana. Sev-i
eral of the holes were on the Tolo-i
vana river proper, at the mouth of)
Ol^ve creek, while others were on;
Myrtle, creek, a tributary of Liven-j
good. They say that after the first
few feet of sinking, they were un
- I
Regarding the work being ca#
ried on in the Tolovana, the rj
turned Fairbanksans informed tty
Citizen that the miners of the se#
tion are still hard at their prop
pecting, remaining in an optimistiji
frame of mind despite the fact th^
each hole put to bedrock fails 9
show anything in the way of pay
Before they left they inquired thoi
oughly as to the general results <$]
the prospecting and in no one i^
stance was pay reported to them.
Robert Benner, who went to tly
Tolovana country about a mon^
ago, states that 30 Tioles have beep
put down on creeks tributary ii
Divengood creek, and that no paj
has been found on bedrock an*
where. Everywhere the prospecto^
go they encounter gold at the gnp£
roots and on down through tli|
gravel for various distances but tin
pay on bedrock is not in evidence'
The formation in the TolovahJ
country is evidently of a quedfc
nature he says. Prospects are got*
as three or four cents to the pair
are found in the top gravels whitji
carry sediment. Then there is a
run of “chicken feed” which is
absolutely barren. The sedimeul
will be found deeper again in the
sinking, and more pans may be
obtained.
Congress-having on the 17th ot
October last extended to women the
tight tt>'FocatV homesteads, and As
Alaska is about the only remainiifg
continental section of the Unite*)
States where land suitable for agri
cultural purposes is open for hom¥£
stead- entry; the law itself as weh
as land officp instructions relati/e
thereto will be of special interest
readers of the Daily Alaskan. TM
law fbllows':
"Be it enacted by the Senate ai$
House of Representatives of tB&
United States of America in Co^
gross assembled. That any female
citizen of tLe United States who li^|
initiated a claim to a tract of pttjfc
lie land under any of the law
applicable thereto, and who there
after has complied with all the coi
ditions as to the acquisition of tit*
to such land prescribed by the publjg
land laws of tne United States, sha£
notwithstanding her intermarria^
with an alien, be entitled to a
certificate or patent to such enti*f
equally as though she had remaineyl
unmarried or had married an Amec
ican citizen. p
nuiing upon me provisions oi ine
act. the commissioner of the general
land office has forwarded a circular
letter to the Juneau land office which
is of interest to women affected :w
its provisions and attorneys look
ing after filings. Under date $
November 4th, the letter reads: "*
“Sirs: Your attention is directed
to the act of Congress approved
October 17th, 1914 (Public, Ng.
212), copy appended, entitled
act to provide for certificate of tithe
to homestead entry by a femaljej
American citizen who has intern
married with an alien.'
“1. This act is applicable to ayij
cases in which a female citizen o<
the United States, either native
born or naturalized, has initiated 4
valid claim to a tract of public land
by settlement or by filing an ap
plication to enter, or to acquire titld
under any of the public land laws.; !
“2. Where a woman who is d
native-born citizen of the Uniteij
Spates, or who has been fully natur
alized, has initiated a claim to • 4
tract of public land and marries-be
fore completing title thereto, it_j^8
not hereafter be necessary to, re
quire her to furnish evidence of he,r
husband’s citizenship; but if he in
foreign born, she must show, by af
fidavit, that he is or may hereafter
be himself e.ntitled to become a citi
zen of the United States in accord
ance with the laws in that behadf
made and provided. (Sec. 2169, U
S. Revised Statutes; sec. 14, act of
congress of May 6, 1882, 22 Stat.,
58, 61; sec. 7, act of congress of
June 29. 1906, 34 Stat., 596.)
”3. Where a woman who has
declared her intention to become a
citizen of the United States, are who
occupies the, status of a person wno
has declared such intention, has ini
tiated a valid claim under some
public-land law requiring full citi
zenship before completing title
thereto, her marriage to an alien
will not excuse her from showing
either that she herself became fully
naturalized before her marriage or
that her husband is a citizen of the
United States, as required by the
regulations heretofore in force.”
Effective February 1, the United
States Signal Corps will inaugurate
a night message rate for.whicl) ;aet
vice the Signal Corps will charge 75
per cent of the regular day rate
uu ue iiuuaieu uuuui
practically the same rules as those
pf eqgwneraial companies in the
; states, To. be transmitted when
i lines deaf, of day business and de
| livereejL. day. after filing. There will
be no change in the press rate.
u-~. i Cordova., January 22
WiJiogge, who came out from
•Faixbajxkg la October, returned on
thfltattpjunaf. Alameda from a busl
aesaUfip. which included San Fran.
ittNguand jyiomapa points. He will
tU»aO.*£or .the interior metropolis
c«U#h*. train -tomorrow morning. Mr.
Rogge expects to resume mining
dperations on a Cleary Creek lease,
titfgto ij-s~ Cordova, January 23
vcire from. Deputy Marshal An
der».at Hot. Springs states that
Stephen Foster, a well known young
trapper and Indian trader, has proi*
ably been murdered in his cabin on
iy*l»ei»Htnchumina. This lake lies
j«st arfoes the divide from the heal
df’the-Kantishna river and is one of
the sources of the Kuskokwim. It
is one of the most isolated spots in
Central Alaska, difficult of access.
The news originally was brougnt
by interior Indians attending the
potlatch at Crossjacket and upon
learning it, Anders communicated
with 'the marshal’s office at Fair
banks. Roving Deputy John C.
Wood was at once ordered to the
scerik by Chief deputy Clark, in
charge here, and he left this moru
team. Going down the
^Xanana he will pick up the two
gXatives who brought the word to
t Prossjacket and take them wun u-.m
jj,fip the Kantishna. Commissioner
^Jaylor |{ I\antishna is empowered to
j..4old,iiiqiipats and Foster's death wil
jj-fery likely be looked into at an in
f qieSt over which he -will preside. To
igpakf tjte return trip will probably
J require se.veral weeks.
^ Foster is well known in Fair
banks and also well liked. He was
jiut fjjlglt^imnjer _and left sometime
in, with a partner and outfit
to trade among the natives. They
pfahB%tf~td~ establish a new trading
^ost^op^the headwaters of the Kus
kokwim and later to establish a fox
farm.
J Xo mention is made of Foster's
partner; in fact all further details
are absolutely lacking and probably
will be for some time, unless Coin
misSioner Taylor learns th e facts
and sends them in by messenger.—
Fairbanks News-Miner.
Treasured but yellow relic o
aiore than a generation ago, a copy
pf TElo Montreal Gazette, dated
April SO, ISO7, in the possession of
Capt. 12. J. McIntyre, a guest at the
Hotel^ Savoy, contains an editorial
paragraph, regarding Alaska and the
sale -of that territory to the United
[ States in the year named which is
j of intense interest,
f Captain McIntyre is a veteran
■ maglfip mariner of the north and has
operated for years in the farther
1 ,mast regions of the Bering Sea and
| Sib"drla.r..v3tecent measures pending
at Washington, affecting Alaska led
; Captain. McIntyre to bring forth
ijronf his safe, deposit box the 18C7
,«»py of«The Montreal Gazette con
taining the following editorial:
^ , “The Russians seem to be quite
elated ;.at.; the success of their nego
tlatioHs'* fob the safe, of Russian
America (Alaska) and, to use a
current term, evidently think that
the United States have got a hard
bargain. The " Yankee cuteness of
the 'fattef, however, will yet stand
them In good stead.
“It was generally supposed that
j the ‘bargain’ would have to be
1 settled in hard gold, equal to at
! least eleven millions in greenbacks,
! But in this, it appears we were all
mistaken—the Russian government
I being satisfied to take the account
fout-in monitors instead of gold,
j “We do not know what these may
jbe,.^orth, apiece, but as they cannot
have cost more than one million
each, the Russians, if Congress as
sents, will be entitled to seven or
They would undoubtedly be
adapted to the shallow waters of the
BaltiCV but the great difficulty will
be To-get them there. In any event
both parties will be mutually satis
! fied.
“The United States will have a
territory perfectly useless for prac
tical purposes, and the Russians a
fleet ,of slow-going, half worn-out
war vessels, which can never keep
the sea, or make head against the
swfffer. heavier and handier iron
clads of the old world."
Remembering that Alaska has
produced close to $300,000,000 in
gold since the foregoing editorial
! was printed, and that the coal meas
! ures of the rich northland are ex
: pe.cted to more than duplicate that
i sum in a few years. The Montreal
Gazette editor in 1867 by Captain
McIntyre as well as by others, is re
garded as of peculiar, if not historic
interest.—Seattle Times.
Tim handsome and modern hall
of the Arctic Brotherhood at Chitina,
recently completed at a cost of
was uvuicaicu i™ ui ueui
with -appropriate ceremonies on
Wednesday. About 125 enjoyed the
banquet which followed the dedica
tory ceremonies. The hall is neatly
furnished, has a kitchen and rest
room for women and is intended to
be the social center of that town, j
Among those participating in the
services were Oscar Fish, Past Chief
of the order, who gave Its history
and its alms and objects; Jack
Palmer, who officially received the
key to the structure; Rev. James
McBride, who delivered the dedica
tory address, ‘‘Community Spirit;’
Chester Hull, presiding officer; Dr.
Smith. Jos. Pfeister, Mr. Sutfelia.j
Judge O’Conner, and Oscar Fish.
1 Music for the occasion was furnihsed
• by Mrs. Lynch and Mr. Roe.
Cordova, January 25
It is reported that natives sue-!
ceeded in takingthe schooner Harold
Blekum from the rocks at Uyak 1
i and brought her to Kodiak. The
natives intend to libel the boat and
i bold her for salvage.
Gleason & Sawyer have installed i
a plant on No. 4 below, Coldstream,,
j which is of special interest to min
ing men as its success means a great
deal of saving in time and money to
(the operators of the Fairbanks dis
trict says the Times. The plant is
(composed of a gasoline engine,
(which is placed underground in the!
'tunnel, and a hoist, which works j
automatically and which requires |
'no man on top to regulate it. By!
having the gasoline plant under-i
ground, the necessity of building a
bqiler-house is dispensed with,
which is a considerable saving.
Gleason & Sawyer have 20.000 feet
of bedrock blocked out now, and
during the remainder of the winter j
they expect to hoist this with theirj
latest improved machinery. It is1
estimated also that the saving of j
j fuel will be considerable.
Twelve men are prospecting on j
the Tataiena side of the Big creek
mountain near Takotna. A1 Thorns
I
i has a drill there now, as they were
! troubled with water. They have j
! good prospects.
Red La Belle and partner, Joe
Gallant, have as high as 7-cent dirt
j on their ground on Karl creek, I
which is opposite Candle creek an,l
j empties into the Kuskokwim river.
• Albert Lind and Ed Opsjon, as well
as Ingeborg Lee and partners, are'
busy sinking in line for the same'
i pay as La Belle as above. There ar>.
; six holes going to bedrock on the
' middle portion of Candle creek, i
which will give a line on the rich j
I paystreak now known to exist for
! two miles at the head of that creek j
This creek promises to be as rich ns
Flat creek in the Iditarod.
There is considerable work going
,cn in the Innoko, on Little cre.ek 1
especially, where several dumps are
piling up. Even Ganes creek has|
five windlass dumps, besides two
“self-dumpers” going.
Yankee creek is strictly a summer
proposition. There will be three
scraping plants working there next
season.
Spruce will be a livejy one also,
where Commissioner Vinal is »n!
bonanza ground.—Iditarod Pioneer.
Charles Johnson. for several;
years employed in the car building 1
department of the Copper River &j
Northwessern Railway, has been,
promoted to the position of master
car builder, to succeed A. N. Hayes,
deceased. Mr. Johnson has be?ji
connected with that department,
since April, 1909, coming from the
Northern Pacific Railway Company's |
car shops at Tacoma.
During hislong years of service
North
' western Railway Co., he has been
i an assistant to the late A. N. Hayes
and through his thorough knowl
edge of that branch has been re
warded by being placed in charge
Eighty thousand Australasians
! have settled down in and around
I London.
The government has decided to
abandon the telegraph stations now
at Salcha and at Delta. As these sta-.
! tions do practically no business, the.
war department has decided to con
solidate the two and erect a new'
building within a few hundred yards
of Munson’s trading post.
If you wish to buy a saddle horse,
write to No. 375, c-o Daily Alaskan,
Cordova, Alaska.
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