Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1895-09-27

attempts are being made in Alaska to
secure valuable land by the perverslon
of the act of March 8. 1891.
The law provides that the land for
trading and manufacturing purposes
may be taken up, but the maximum is
fixed at 100 acres and there is a fur
Their provision that it be as nearly
square in outline as is practicable.
Early in the present year A. p
| Swineford, special agent was sent to
| investigate the matter.
He is in this city on his return to
Washington and says that traders do
ing business in small log shacks with
| about 5000 worth of goods are trying to
acquire title to all the water front en-
a harbor. They seem animated by a
desire to take everything, and it looks
as though they wish to keep every
body on water from getting to the land
and everybody on the land from get
ting on the water.
The salmon Gamers have taken UP
land with a view to shutting out all
future people who might desire to can
salmon in their particular locality. At
tempts have been made to gobble up
townsites under the provisions of this
| law. 81 L with POPuletbiOh VI
about 500, is a case in point. Land
grabbers are trying to take up the en-
tire water front and also the townsite.
The inspector learned OF one corpora
ton that had made IS locations in west.
. ern Alaska, at Cook Inlet, Kodiak and
, elsewhere. They had been taken up in
the names of the individuals who were
dummies.
ALASKAN BOUNDARY.
Y A statement published in the Post
r Intelligencer some time ago that the
official maps prepared by the provin-
:, cial government of British Columbia
would show the truth of every charge
f that has been made in this paper tc
t the effect that Great Britain intended
n to do her utmost to grab almost every
: available site for seaports is fully con-
f1rmed by published copies of the map
of which several have been received
in this city. The map bears the leg
9 end, MAP of the province of British
Columbia, compiled by direction of G
: B. Martin, chief commissioner of lands
y and works, Victoria, B. c. 1896"
= The Canadian map shows the British
q boundary claim is clearly defined by E
Nc broken black line. Starting from the
e south it touches Cape Chacon, the
10 southermost point of Prince of Wales
l. island, and runs up Benin channel
g turning easterly to point in Borough
: bay. Thence it runs northwestern!
along the summit of a supposed rang,
of mountains parallel with the genera
y line of the shore, but which the Amer
If lean surveyors say does not exist.
At the opposite head of Holkhan
ID bay it leaves this mountain range t.
lie the east and cuts across the Trac.
g Arm, leaving the head Of that inlet il
L. British territory. 1t makes a simila
a cut across the head of Speel river es
w tuary. 1t also cuts across Taku inle
,e midway of it's length, leaving tn
r mouth of Taku river, which Is the onl,
s. available site for seaport in British
territory, while it gives the Unite,
States mountainous shores toward
L the ocean. 1t then cuts across to
point south of Berner's bay in Lynn
canal. 1t cuts across that large inlet
of then veers to the southwark and cross
Iii es Glacier bay near it's mouth; the
m runs northwesterly over the summit
n of great peaks to Mount st. Elias.
% By cutting across Lynn canal thi
line gives to Great Britain Berner'
bay, where valuable gold mines ar
being developed by American capita
IN and it leaves Chilcott inlet, Sheep cree
al mines, which have recently been dis
IL covered by Americans, and Chilcot
10 pass, which is the only practicabl
route to the Yukon mines, in BIRTHS
territory. 1t also gives to Great Bril-
ain Muir glacier, Alaska's great scent
We attraction for tourists. General
speaking, it claims for Great Britai
the heads of the three greatest inlet
in Alaskan territory.
ed The strongest denials of Great Bri
aims claim have come from Metal
~ ahtla Indians, who some years az
moved from Port Simpson, near tn
on mouth of Work channel in BIRTHS
IS: Columbia, to Annette island, for th
I'D express purpose of becoming subjec
to American government, which ma
F. granted the island to them. This islam
ok lies to the east of Benin channel an
ne thus claimed by Great Britain. Will
all previous definitions of boundar
~ nave shown 1t to be undisputed Amer
gs can territory. The boundary line
ut drawn in conformity with British n
depreciation of the treaty betwee
D., Great Britain and Russia, made
to 1925.