Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1895-09-27
LANDS IN ALASKA
Attempts to Secure Water Front
age Under the Law Of 1884,
THE USE OF DUMMY NAMES
Great Britain Has Fixed the Alaskan
boundary According to Her
own Interests.

Seattle, Wash, Sept. 22.-Numerous
attempts are being made in Alaska to
secure valuable land by the perverslon
of the act of March g. 1891.
The law provides that the land for
trading and manufacturing purposes
may be taken up, but the maximum is
fixed at l60 acres and there is fur
Their provision that it be as nearly
square in outline as is practicable
Early in the present year A. =.
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 On
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
townstes under the provisions of this
| law. st. Paul, with a population Of
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 35 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.
A statement published in the Post
Intelligencer some time ago that the
official maps prepared by the provin'
cial government of British Columbia
would show the truth of every charge
that has been made in this paper t.
the effect that Great Britain intended
to do her utmost to grab almost ever!
available site for seaports is fully con
frmed by published copies of the map
of which several have been received
in this city. The map bears the leg
end, MAP of the province of British
Columbia, compiled by direction of G
b. Martin, chief commissioner of land
and works, Victoria, b. c., 1895"
The Canadian map shows the BIRTHS
broken black line Starting from tn
south it touches Cape Chacon, tn
! southermost point of Prince of VALE
island, and runs up Benin channe
turning easterly to point in Boroug
bay. Thence it runs northwestern
along the summit of a supposed rang
of mountains parallel with the genera
line of the shore, but which the Amer
| a. - ted
At the opposite head of Holkhar
bay it leaves this mountain range
. the east and cuts across the Trac
J Arm, leaving the head of that inlet
, British territory. 1t makes a simila
l cut across the head of Speel river 9.
2 tuary. 1t also cuts across Taku inlC
midway of it's length, leaving tn
e mouth of Taku river, which Is the onl
available site for a seaport in BIRTHS
e territory, while 1t gives the Unite
States mountainous shores toward
J. the ocean. 1t then cuts across to
point south of Berner's bay in Lyn
canal. 1t cuts across that large inle
D then veers to the southwark and eros
es Glacier bay near its mouth; the
runs northwesterly over the summit
of great peaks to Mount st. Elias.
BY cutting across Lynn canal til
q line gives to Great Britain Berner
/. bay, where valuable gold mines al
a being developed by American capita
e and 1t leaves Chilcott inlet, Sheep cree
" mines, which have recently been di
e covered by Americans, and Chico
pass, which is the only PRACTICAL
route TO the Yukon mines, in BIRTHS
territory. 1t also gives to Great Bri
! ain Muir glacier. Alaska's great seen
attraction for tourists. General
y speaking, it claims for Great Brita
the heads Of the three greatest inle
- in Alaskan territory.
NJ The strongest denials of Great Brl
J. aims claim have come from Meta
a ahtla Indians, who some years al
Re moved from Port Simpson, near Il
mouth of Work channel in Britt!
Columbia, TO Annette island, for Z
express purpose of becoming subje
"a to American government, which III
a. granted the island to them. This islal
% lies to the east of Benin channel al
thus claimed by Great Britain. VIII
all previous definitions of bounda
have shown it to be undisputed Anne
ye can territory. The boundary line
of drawn in conformity with British
depreciation of the treaty betwe
Great Britain and Russia, made
1926.