The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-12
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

HOMESTEAD ENTRIEs-E. B., GARDENER, Doug
lass County. Or. The answer recently given in
regard to more than one homestead entry was
not that settler could not make more than
one entry. He can make several entries until
he has taken up IN the aggregate 160 acres, but
the answer was that, according to Mr.. Copp of
Washington, the authority on land laws,
as the law allows but one homestead privi-
lege (notentry), settler relinquishing or aban-
doning his claim cannot thereafter make
second entry but where an entry is Cancelled
for some reason other than abandonment, and
not the w1llful act of the party, he is not
thereby debarred from entering again if in
other respects entitled.
PRIVATE PRoPERTY-subscriber City. If
person finds mineral say gold on city lot,
and the lot is private property, he cannot enter
upon that lot to dig for the mineral without
the consent of the owner, nor can he obtain
the right to mine on that lot should the owner
refuse to sell. In two decisions in this State to
be found in the fourteenth California reports,
it is held that no license from the United
States, or the State of California, shall be
granted to miners to enter upon the private
lands of individuals for the purpose of extract
ing the mineral from the soil.
s1GNATURE-A. NJ, City. The reason railroad
companies require a passenger to sign his
name in the presence of the conductor of the
train on which he is riding is for the purpose
of identifying the individual as the owner of
the ticket presented. Whether the courts of
this State will hold that the contract printed
on the back OF the ticket s ana a,1 signed by the
pany the right to refuse q signature, is valid,
will be determined in suits that have recently
been instituted. This department cannot an
ticipate such decisions
MINING-A s. P, Alvarado, Alameda County.
The time suspending the act which requires
800 worth of work to be performed every year
on mineral claims has expired, and now that
ON 0f runr nRTf0rmQ0
claim in the calendar year or within the year
after location. In order to obtain patent TO
mineral land location must first be mace ana
recorded, certain sums must annually be ex-
pended and $500 worth OF labor ana improve
ments must be laid out on the claim; lntor-
nation in regard to the mode OF procedure can
be obtained at any Land Office.
THE UNION ARMY-D. G., City. There were in
the Union army during the Civil War 1928, 600
natives of the United States, 176, 300 natives
500 British Americans. English 45,500, other
foreign nationalities AZ, 400, foreigners whose
nationality is not given 26, 800. The number
of assertions by nationality is not given IN the
published statistics of the war.
THE SILVER QUEsTIoN-H L. B., City. AM
swers to Correspondents has not the space to
give the points made by those who advocate
the coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1.
This matter was fully gone into in the HoTr-
Harvey debate, and can be found in the re-
pOrtS puOIlsneu HOm gay IO-Ody III LIE OALL.
CALIFORNIA WooDs-T. P, City. In the ap-
pendix to the Journal of the Assembly of the
State OF California, published In 1881, there is
an exhaustive report and description of all the
forest trees of the State.
TEACHERS BUREAU-"Teacher,' Stockton, Cal.
There is q schoolteachers' bureau at 300 Post
street, in this City. 1t is in charge of Mary L.
Cheney.
HIS TITLE-R. H, City. F. s. Chadbournes
Harbor Commissioner, obtained the military
title by which he is called when he was ap-
pointed an aid-de-camp on the staff of Gov
ernor Markham. His rank was lieutenant
colonel. but as that is rather long he is called
colonel for short
CYCLE-Bike, City. Cycle is pronounced as
if written sikh, and bicycle as if written bi.
sikh.