Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1891-04-01
WASHINGTON CLAIM AGENTS.
The San Francisco Examiner" Es- tabiishes . Claim Agency in
 New York.

The San Francisco Examiner is ire.
 qnentiy in receipt of complaints from
 its subscribers in all parts of the Coast,
 States and Territories that legitimate
 claims sgainst the Government Tor In
 dian depi citations and land. postal and
 pension claims intrusted to the care of
 various attorneys and claim agents
 have not been properly prosecuted, or.
 1t 60. that the charges of the agents or
 attorneys for fees and alleged ex-
 penses have been so great as to leave
 little or nothing for the claimants. We
 have been frequently urged io make
 war upon these rapscions attorneys,
 but for many reasons it Is almost im-
 possible to do 60 in such manner as to
 benefit our subscribers. We might
 possibly succeed in driving dishonest or oyer.grc.dy attorney out of ihe ii''ld, but his place would be immediately taken by another, and the fight would be endless and its results practically useless. We have therefore decided, As the best means of curing the evil. to establish in Washington Bureau of Claims, which will take charge 'd all such matters ard push them to q speedy and, in all eases where il Is pes sible, successful issue. Mfr. John We'd derbnrn, our Washington correspond ent, and up to the time Of his death Secretary to the Late Senator Hearst, In which position he has had much expe- rience m presenting and pushing such claims, will have charge of this bureau and will employ all necessary l, gal and clerical assistance of the first grade, making only such charge for their ser vices as will cover the actual cost and and pay him reasonable price for the | time devoted to the work. Mir. We'd l derburn is known to every member Of l the Pacific Coast congressional delega- ton, 10 whom inquiries as to his stand. | ing and reliability can be dressed. | The necessity for the establishment of | such bureau is we'll shown by the lol- | lowing petition, which has been exten sively circulated in northern California. | To the Hon. the Senate of the United |
 States, in Congress Assembled:
 GENTLEMEN :-The undersigned pe- titioners would most respectfully represent that we are claimants az inst the Government for losses sustained by Indian depredstions committed in Humboldt county, California, al differ ent times since 1850; that We were iu- iuced to employ sn attorney here to prepare said claims, and an other st Washington by power of attor- ney to prosecute them there that we nave paid our attorney here for making put all papers in said claims, besides ,eing at considerable expense in at ending with witnesses the Government here that examined our ,laims, that now our attorneys at " sshington fMessrs. --) are asking Is tosign a contract giving them one- hird of whatever may be recovered rom the Government as their lee, be- ides requiring us to pay all accruing osts Tor prosecuting said claims. This easonable charge, Therefore we prSs our honorable body to so amend the i'll now pending before you for settling aese claims that 1t will embody a lause allowing attorneys such fees and commissions for attending to said laims as shall be deemed just and quitable, and your petitioners wii! ever e most thankful
 Parties having claims Of any kind gasust the Government will address Il letters to The Examiner Bureau of laims, 79 Corcoran Building, Wash ,gton, D. C., where MT. Weddsrburn hay also be consulted in person. .-