The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-05-07

tie monument Of stoneS as some initial
point a1d then measure o. - nearly - b
can, By pacing IL be has NO other means Of
measuring. complete line snfireiy around
the p:ece Of ground he desires, being csre-
fui N possible not 20 exceed the limit Of
twenty acres The line shooId be staksd,
or marked by small pile Of stones OK .
tree. at each corner or change IN direction
Of the line. Each stake or mark shousd
be numbered consecunveiy from the BE-
shining. or No L A ieadpsncil is the best
thing 30 mark . stake With. and also With
which 20 write the location notice. for IL -
fact NOS very widely known that lead
pencil mark on . board or paper 10 much
more durable tnan ink or paint where
there il exposure to rain or san. The
grcand being marked OF, the locator thsn
writes cat . notice fbssnk notices thss
only require hiliag in are 70 10 had IN any
mining town. - the effect that he hereby
claims twenty acres Of placer ground be
ginning o. stake No /, running thence 20
many feet TO stake No. z thence 90 many
feet TO the next stake usually only she four
corners are marksdl and 20 on 20 the
point Of beginning. He signs his name
and the date. posts no the notice where IL
may be plainly seen. often using the side
Of tree makes oof IN exact copy Of the
said notice. and sends il. With 81 inclosed,
on or before twenty days from date Of post
ing, to the county recorder Of the county
in which the location has been made The
recorder viii properly file the notice and
return IL, duly certified. TO the sender. The
location notice should specify - nearly ~
possible about where the location has been
~ L. - = -
~ least 500 worth OF labor (say twenty
five days vork) must Be done upon IL each
year. beginning the next year after the To-
cation is made. After $500 worth Of labor
Or improvements have been expended .
patent for the ground may be applied for.
Any citizen Of the United States. or wife
Of any citizen, or any American woman Of
lawful age. il entitled TO locate Just as
many single locations a. he may wish to.
but upon each location one must find
mineral, and upon each separate location
one must do the annual representing to
the amount Of 500. II man had . wife
and several children who had become Of
age they could take up in one single body
- much land as would BE- represented by
twenty acres multiplied by the number Of
persons. "a man, his wife and two chill
dren Of age could thus take eighty acres
in one body. and by sectional description
il the land has been s0rveyed) In that
case the annual representation 20 the
amount Of $500 could be concentrated at
any one place.
II those who have been lavish In their
g,fts to the Industrial Army had expended
the same amount Of money in grub-ssak-
ing those who really wish to work, their
money would have been spent in the pro-
duction of 80 much more wealth. for
every dollars worth Of gold dug out of
the earth 10 dollar added to the wealth of
the nation; Il contributes 80 much TO re-
Loving the stringency in the money mar
ket and il aids in the revival Of business
by giving paying customers TO the store
keepers who are looking for the hard
times 20 pass away, while workmen are
crying for work or bread and nature is
vainiy Offering both. The best way
to help the unemployed il not to fos-
ter the idea in their minds that they will
be fed by the philanthropic even if they
they cannot find work, or they will not
try to find IL. The best way il 70 help
them to help themselves by putting pick
ana shovel in their hands, q grub-stake
and blanket on their backs and sending
them into the mountains to dig living
for themselves out OF the golden sands of
the valleys Of Washington. If the money
which Was spent in feeding the Industrial
Army here and 1t Puy ailup had been thus
used. IL would have started the unem-
ployed on the road TO independence IN
stead OF pauperism. But II 10 not too late
and much can yet be done to employ the
states idle iaborers and develop its riches
by spending money SO that, with the aid
of labor. 1t will produce money.