Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-09-23
GEOGRAPHIC.
british COLUMBIA
..,,,Is Laid Out On a Nap Pc
urd By lh' Government
.,s,,,p INTERPRETERS A TREATY


crlaIIEt Whhht'Nf ,.ttt
.nnll.hsd In the Post-lntelli.
H'n .,me time ago tina. tile eiiiclai
r''''. BY tho provincial gov.
If British Columbia would
s' - N, truth Of every charge 'ha'
go -. made In that paper, to the
- ,h., Great Britain intended TO
:, -, utmost to grab almost every
" ~, 80. ~. for a seaport, IL FULLY con-
.., nv The published copies Of the
a, which several have been re-
20 - mi. city. The map bears
y. LEGEND, "mAp OF tho iiov'hvs ~
s,usb Columbia, compiled py uIIeo
~ m The Hon. u. Is. Mat,ih, cn.'
u,s,,,i.lopet Of lands ana wofks'
v,rtorls, Is. g., 1888" A.. p.u
~ Canadian map shows Inc BRIT
,tisss ~ claim 10 clearly defined
sn .a niaei line. Starting from the
ul u.s. a. iouehss Cape Chacop, the
I'm .,nmo,l point Of Prince Of Wales
,.,.aS ard runs up Bohm channel,
,n,n,ng sa,terly 10 a point In Borough
~ fh,nce II runs northweelerly
sI,ug the summit u asupposeu rang,
q, mountains parallel with Inc general
ros n the shore, but which tue Ameu-
s,n surveyors ray does not eNiH'. Ut
vs.its he heaj OF Holkham bay II
~. Mi, mountain range 10 the east
"a AMI, across Tracy Arm, leaving
~. head Of that islet IN British Itrri-
49, n makce n almllAr cut acros. tue
hssi Of speel river estauty. IL nlpo
sui, across Taku inlet midway OF It's
l,nstb. leaving the mouth OF Taku
,ysr. which IL the only available rito
"a, a ssaporl, Ia British territory, while
n GIVE. tho United States the noun
ninoss shores toward the ocenp. i,
then cuts across TO tho point touth OF
B.tpef'a tAy In Lynn canal. IL cuts
sefon tina, large inlet, then voers TO
ihe toluhvard and crosses Glacier my
near liz mouth, then runs notthweet-
efly over the summila OF tho great
ranks 10 Mount 81. Elias.
By cutting aoross Lynn canal this
line gives - Great Britain BernsPa
hay, where valuable gold mines are
Icing developed by American capital,
and il leaves the Chilkoot inioi, the
Sheep Creek mines, which have re'
anlly been discovered by Americans,
lnd the Chilko0t Pass, which I. the
uoly practicable route TO the Yukon
mines, In British territory. IL also
gves tu Great Britain the Muir gla.
eef, AlHska's greatest scenic Attfao.
Ten for tourists. Generally speaking,
Il claims for Great Britain the heads vi
The Three greatest inleis In Alaskan
lei'iiofy.
The strongest douials OF Great Brit.
,Aln's claim have come from the Met
lAkhtla Indians, who some years ago,
moved from Port Simpson, near the
mouth VI Work channel, in British
Columbls, 10 Annette island Tor tho
eIpfr,s purpose OF becoming subjeo, TO
the American government, which had
gfaBlsd the island to them. THIS
island lice 10 the east OF Benin chan.
mel, And 10 thus claimed by Great
Btllaiu, while all previous definitions
ofthe boundary have shown 10 10 DO
undlspuled American territory.
The boundary line II drawn In co.,
ioimiIy with the Brltish interprstA-
lon VI the treaty between Great Brit !
An and Ru,eia. made In 1925.
APPROPRIATENESS.
SEATTLE, Wash, Sept. 22.-Numpr.
Gus attempts Afo being mace Ia Alaska
y secure valuable land by psrverslon |
Of TIE act Of March 3, 1891. The law
provides that land for trading aud |
manufacturing purposes may DO ,akon
Up bot The maximum In fixed ut 100
.sf.l and there In a iurther provision
nav u DO a. nearly square In outline 40
d Practicable.
LAfly In tho present year A. p.
sslnsiord, special agent, was sent to
investigate. He Is ia this city on his
'.luin 10 Washington, ID. O., AVID says
ne uadeis doing business Ia small log
lnaeh with about $500 worth OF goods
le Tying 10 acquire title 10 all the
.heI ifont on a harbor. They seem
minated by n desire 20 take every
am, and II loohs ~ though they wlsh |
rep everybody on the water from
'dins 10 the land, and everybo
y me hnu from getting TO the water.
'hnon Gamers have taken up |
iea with a view 10 shutting out ali |
u,u'e people who might aesiro to can
haon In n particular locality. At
'nP's hAvo been made in gobble up
.~h'i'e' under the provisions OF this