The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-10-14
SOME LAND DISPUTES
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peAaEe lansss IN the state az Washington
In th4 cmss Of Peter IL GS3azr5 coal
claimant. against Eta wlliszzns. rsne-~
ors5ezrr wAEch 10 q connscf Of fixie 70
sns soathe2ss quarter Of shs northeast
quarter ans the northwest quarter OF the
northeast assarter az section e. township
IS north range ! west Olympia laai ssts-
srsss. Goddard aSke1 the secretary "a set
sss5s the decision axatrSt his ecsas claim
made BY the hand oTzce Jriy s. res THIS
motion involved a reconssdsrstssn a. the
facts zIrez<sy a6jD6gei By the land o1soe.
ground being specified for re granting
q .he Application" second. because Il
szrs 20 prove thai the traces tn question
we're miners, et the time the claim vas
aisd- The secretary has. therefore. re-
fused 10 reverse the decision % the land
Office agatns. Gos7ard's claim
Ira homestead application maze w Gen.
slant Bzrckus. covering she northeast
quarter Of tbs northwest quarter and the
northwest quarter Of the northeast quar-
ter. ard the south half o. tne uorrheaSr
Quar-er, section 3 township 5 norra.
range east. Vancouver Land district s2s
rejected By the land on e A pril - 1855.
fer conflict with the grant 10 the Northern
Pa@5ae Railroad Company. From q re-
examination OF the case II Is DEVELOPED
that the trac. snvozresz IL within the over
lap Of grants made 70 the corn pany under
the acts 81 July = 1854. ans May 3 1900,
tbs latter beirg al extension ct the sor-
u.er grant.
As thus presented the secretary holds rae
case similar in az important respects 20
that % Saauiiirx against the same co-rs-
rz1v. ia wfiSh decision was rendered by
Secretarg Smith July u. ssea The depart
rent then he'd the grant Of IRE yrouni
oysriappei faulty because 81 the change
q route decided upon by The coT pary.
and Secretary Francis accordingly re-
verses the Land cfsee decision agas-s;
Barchus and orders thar be o. permitted
to complete his entry o. the land
The order .n the case Of Ira " Long
against Elias Issksen reve-seS The De-
clsiou IN the lad Office and orders tbs
local Office to approve 1saksen's inal entry.
Isaksen or February :. 1871. made home
stead entry for lots and and the south
half and the south west quarter Of section
%. township 80 south, range 70 west. VAN
couver land district. ard made the usual
non-mlne-al stidayft Shortly afse-Earys,
on March Il. Long alesi ar srco-reborafsd
contest. alleging lode % limestone. which
rendered It's mineral worth OF paramount
value. Tbs was answered by Tsakssn
IL statement re.inauIshing those po--
tons % lots and in which the line
stone had been found. Tnersapon II. C
keiluza and Samuel L Tee and Levi T
Hc5ge. fled notice Of location Ok piacers
on these mineral lands. Tsaksen then a.es
an afsIdsvi; explaining that he cannot an
derstand English well enough % talk I.
intsilgsatly and that his counsel had
deceived him in the meaning Of she snSsru-
me1t in which he fe.ingulshes part OF his
claim and asking permission from the
land Office 10 withdraw the whole Enstru-
nent
Long then had notice served on Isaksen.
Ke.fum, Tee and Hodge IN response 10
which Isaksen only appeared. The local
Office. after hearing the facts. recommend
ed that lsaksen's entry should BE- can
es.ed 10 az the land included In Longs
mineral tracts. decision affirmed IN the
Office % the commissions. The secretary
refuses 10 recognize Isaksen's relizQ.ssss-
tnent Of the ian1. holding that he was evil
IDENTIFY imposed oTson by his attorney,
Judge" Olsen. and his opponent; ISng
o. the land office that the lode oe lime
stone Is suh5eef 10 entry and socatson as =
lode claim For these reasons the land
ONCE Judgment in Longs favor IL ~
sersea and the local osncers are directed
TO approve isakssn's anal entry.
The cid suc.a Island stone mine claims
sTe disposed OF in decision NJ the request
OF the claimant, Simon Randolph. who is
ne ass gnee Of the other claimants. Ran
dolpa fled IN the local cfrlce a. Seattle n
homestead for the consolidated claims OF
all TIE claimants. Tbs vas rejected June
y. Ises. by the local officers on the ground
mat the tract applied for was reserved for
tshtaouss purposes under order Of the
president OK July 10. isa2. this decision BE-
ing upheld by the land office March 3, 1884,
Pending an appeal by Randolph il was
sseerisined thai only PARK OF the island
was necessary for lighthouse purposes,
and recommendation was made that thu
unused par; Of the Island including all Of
kanso'ph's ella m. be rsstore~ 10 the pub
lle domain The claim In question was,
therefore. or August =. 1855. ordered re-
considered. but before this Teheargny was
completed TIE order granting the reh@ar-
Ing was recalled This occurred % Sep
tsuzber Il. and on the March folio wing
the remainder Of The Island vas perrsa-
nea,Ey reserved for military PURPOSES on
TIE request 81 the secretary Of war.
Secretary Frsnc.s. after a review Of
these facts hci3s thar az the time Ran
eoiah made his application 20 purchase.
the larS VAS in r~Servz tioa. and that II so
remains ard fs not subject 20 Entry or pur-
chase. The existence Of s:cne quarry he
considers an rHrHater&al ISSUE. ara he
therefore a5lrr.s The acton 81 .Ya local
authorities in rejecting the annssrat an.
TIE remaining eases srs a. contests BE-
tween applicants ard the Northern Pa
CHE. all hul one % which are decided n
favor % the railroad company. Taex nay
BE briefly stated rs fohsws
0sJ5am = Fenden. cozyeSfsng con-
psny's selection os the southeast Quarter
81 section -. township Is uorta. range "a
east. y ala Nsl3a -4ssriEt- Selection az
nrEnea sn iand offce ard app seatscrl made
ty feac@H 10 have slca approval ever
FGleo on charge % srrer. Decision ren-
cereS that allegations % error are fanfrv.
aGd the selection stands unchanged. -F9a
cases o. B3ufa~d r ~ ffsetr%. involving
southwest quarter o. secsson & sowush41
isa- rarEe ~ east North Yakima asxsrses.
and DaT3 p EazatoH. ssa4 beast quarter
CT sect-oa g. saw ashlp - norzh. rasgs s
easS. Seassie eissrses. are sgrsazr gr al
particulars ard EzilzF GsefsspsS we're reu-
eereS
John n WE'tgTs-T'his case wss ordered
f2r hearing as the Saa8T&cS-f.aw ess9.
Lev claim Hg tisif WHGar waters A de-
ess3sa VAS v~06sres IA May 1855 ~ re
lsnd escs esc-as8rw y alters ssEaaazsssss.
BaSsf TIE acts c.fea n suassorf % IS
ca n TIE secretary Diseased fssfv VA
ters RcrF&l frer tatS 6~c8S on. wssch
rested mainly q, TIE contention thai shs
notice 81 the rsairaaa cngn n&sv mAs corr
rsete when nctzee rae teen sersa1 10 ore
& IS agents q esntentfsn &eaEes s4y tke
Ia13 afz4cs4 TBS peat w&s alanxess tssat
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