The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-07-20
MONTE cRIsTo TowNsIrE.
Commissioner Lamoreux Orders Reheal
ing of q Long Contest.

Iommissfoner Lamoreux orders Rohear-
ing of q Long Contest.
The wrangle between residents of the
Monte Cristo townsite and ]. P. Hen
bricks over the character of land included
in the consolidated mineral claim of the
latter, which was temporarily settled last
spring, has come up again on an order
from the general land commissioner for a
rehearing of the case.
On December 1, 1891, J. P. Hendricks To-
Gated the Rather. Union, Junction,
Prairie. Washington. Condor, Seattle and
Jones placer claims. These claims con-
stitute one compact body of land. having
a linear extent of about 10000 feet, with
an average width of about 800 feet, on I'M
surveyed land in the Monte Cristo mining
district
The Sank river, stream about fifty
feet wide, runs through them. January 10,
1898. Hendricks applied for a patent 10
the claims and on March 81 following was
allowed to make entry. March Is, 1s93,
John c. Denney, judge of the superior
court of Snohomish. filed an application
to file a declaratory statement for the
Monte Cristo townsite. On April 4, 1898,
J. J. O'Donneil filed protest against is
suing patent to the Rather placer claim,
alleging that IL was non-mineral IN char
acter, improvements had been made, and
that others had taken steps to found a
TOWNSHIP on part of it, BY decision of the
general land Office September ID, 1898, the
tognsite claimants were allowed thirty
days IN which to apply for hearing
From the evidence submitted il appeared
that the townsite claimant on September
%, 1893, died an application for q hearing,
but before any action had been taken
asked for a dismissal of tho application
and that their townsite application be
allowed to stand as TO the ground not in
conflict with the Rather claim. The or
der for hearing was revoked, and on
May y the entry was approved for patent
ing, bot the patent has not been issued.
On June q. 1884,, a protest was made
against the entry and a hearing asked.
The protest consisted of two affidayits. one
sworn 10 by NJ. j. GIL and !. p. Ayers and
the other by J. II. Campbell. Seldom Ayers.
NJ. McMuuen, Robert Keen. I. ]. Kruzner,
Ella Church. f. j. Rigby. William Martz
and Louis Brown. The protestants claim
10 be residents of the government town
site Of Monte Cristo. and that the townsite
was settled long before the making of
an application for patent by Hendricks.
and that prior 10 final proof on the placer
application the residents of the townsite
applied through Judge Denney to be heard.
They claim that ]. J. 0'Donneil. on behalf
OF himself ana the occupants of the town
site. entered q protest against the placer
application. but that without the knowl-
edge or consent OF the other occupants of
the townsite he ordered the protest with
drawn. By this action the people say they
have been deprived OF their rights and in
jured, in that they have made valuable
Improvements upon the land, believing
thai hearing would be held. 1t is also
claimed that the land is non-minerag and
has never been worked
Commissioner Lamoreux decides that a
hearing should be held. AZ which evidence
shall be submitted to show whether the
land embraced IA each location of the min
eEAi eatry is mineral, and whether the
mineral claimant has expended $500 in
such manner as 10 develop or tend 20 de-
yelop each location embraced in the con-
solidAtsd claim.
The decision Of The general land Office In
rejecting the homestead application OF
Charles oteoe for The seS. mel. aud ell sel<
sec !. and So = sas4 sec s, u. q north,
range east. because OF conflict with the
reserve ior military purposes, has become
final
Tao final honssteads. one cash entry
ana one anal homestead we're nied at the
land Office yesterday.