The morning call., 1893-10-08
QUERY COLUMN.
Information Concerning
Mining Claims.
HOW TO CHANGE YOUR NAME
What Chicago Has Gained by the
Worlds Fair-GOat
Island.

WORLDS FAIR-Subscriber, City. Chi
cago has gained in many ways by the great
exposition. For months the best artists,
musicians and literary persons of the
world have been attracted there and have
left touches of their individuality wher-
ever they went. Representatives of all
nations have visited the city and mingled
with the Inhabitants. From great, bus
Ting, but provincial town, it has grown at
once into a cosmopolitan city, In touch
with Europe and the other continents.
The fair has done more to educate the city
than could years and years Of study. 1t
has been raised on higher plane, and in
the future will be better place to live in.
Art. in its br0adest sense has there gained
foothold, stronge, than In any city in
| the United States. These are the greatest
benefits the city will derive. In addition
1t has gained IN pecuniary way. for mil
| lions OF dollars have been left there; 1t
| has gained in transportation facilities, for
miles upon miles of track have been laid
that would not otherwise have been put in
place for years; it has gained in harbor
| improvements, for the Government made
| it model port iE that respect; it has
gained in street lighting, in cleansing facii
ties, in fire protection and in water supply.
uO Cflio udFo Utcu Uuof pus HdfO
been only in spots, which time will wipe
away.
MINING CLAIMs-L. b., City. The
records of the County Recorder will show
if water right has been appropriated. 1t
must be recorded there to be legally held,
so consult the County Recorder. The
locality. mhans of diversion and use and
size OF fiume, ditch, pipe or aqueduct must
be accurately described in notice 1T point
of diversion and with County Recorder.
Construction of works must be begun
within sixty days. A placer location by
an individual may consist of twenty acres
or less; by an association of individuals
100 acres. Single claims on a lode or vein
shall not exceed 1900 feet in length nor 800
feet on each side of the lode. Consult
officers of nearest land Office as TO method
of procedure in taking up mining claims.
Placer claims cost So 30 per acre with all
| costs of proceedings and with like condi-
tions as precede patent to lode claims. On
such claims assessment work of S100 per
annum must be performed prior to patent.
and there must be an aggregate of $500 Of
| improvements before patent can issue.
You cannot buy as few or as many acres
as you wish from the Government. You
may from private persons holding patents
If you have the money and they will sell.
MARRIAGE BY CoNTRACT-Sailor Boy,
City. DID you ever read what Punch said
to persons who wished to take the step you
seem anxious to? 1t was Don't" This
applies to your case especially. Having
thus delivered himself the query editor will
proceed. No, minors cannot get married
by contract in California any more than in
any other way-that is, unless they COM
nit perjury. The contract has to state the
name and age of the parties thereto and
set forth that the marriage has not been
performed in any other manner. 1t has
! to be acknowledged before notary public
and filed with the County Recorder. So if
you should state your age to be Is when ii
was under, or hers to be 15 under similar
circumstances, and swear to IL, you would
be guilty of perjury. There would be no
way of keeping the contract secret; 1t be-
comes public property when filed, and
must be filed to be valid.
| HISTORICAL DATEs-S. j. L., City.
The Duke of Wellington died Septemb Der
IA. 1852, and was buried at ST. Paups. The
Prince of Wales was married May 10,
1868. New York, Chicago and Phiadel-
phia are the three largest cities in the
United States, accordng to the census of
1890. New York has 1,515,3 ,301 inhabitants
Chicago 1,099.S50 and Philadelphia 1,046,-
| 964 The principal newspapers in the
first-named city are the Tribune, Herald,
| Times, World, Recorder, Advertiser and
Post. In Chicago they are the Tribune,
Inter Ocean, Herald. Times. News and
Journal. In Philadelphia, the Ledger,
Record, Press, Post and Bulletin.
CHANGE OF NAME - Subscriber, City.
In order to change ones name petition
must be filed in the Superior Court OF the
county in which the petitioner resides, set
ting forth his place of birth. his residence,
his present name. his proposed name and
the reasons for change of name. and if
father is not living, names of near rela-
tives and their residences. A copy of such
petition must be published four successive
weeks in newspaper of the county. A
day is set for the hearing and. if there be
no objections, the Judge grants the petit
ton.
LABOR DAY-E. B.. City. Sweet under
graduates you undoubtedly are; but your
question is a puzzlng one for the query
editor. You wish to write papers on
Labor day and want to know how to treat
it. In this column on September II there
appeared an article giving some facts
about the day that will prove of use to
you. Then you can discourse on the fact
that it is the one day in the year sacred
to the cause of labor, etc.
CoUNTERFEIT-J. H., City. A Govern
ment has to redeem its coins, matter how
old they may be- Even If you counterfeited
a coin that was ''out Of date" so to speak.
you would commit an act which the
query editor believes the coinage act
covers. or course, the mere fact of making
a souvenir and retaining it in your posses
sion is harmless, but it might fall into the
hands of person who would try to dis
pose of it.
CoLLEGEs-I. S. D.. City. 1t is impossi-
BILE for the query editor to say which col
lege stands the highest. For technical
knowledge, however, a graduate of West
Point is probably best equipped Though
Santa Clara College is q splendid school. it
cannot be compared with the institutions
you name. No; Leland Stanford did not
have a collegiate education.