The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-09-16
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been declared constitutional by
Judge Smith of Helena and knights
of the green cloth are making
their kick.
The Dupuyer Ac lntha; Editor
Trescott's lively paper, has com
pleted its third year and starts on
the fourth with appar,,tly gnod
prospects. Except that is linan-
cial principles have become mixed
with wool, the Acan tina is paper
that ought tn be appreciated by
its constituency treat Falls
News.
A route for a railroad into the
gold fields of Alaska has been ex-
amlnpd and reported feasible uv ii
civil engineer seut there by the
Yukon Mining. Trading aud Ira IS
portation company. The proposed
road is 1872 miles in length and
runs from the head of Taku inlet
90 Lake restin in the interior.
Lake Tes tin is the head OF the
Hoo,alinquar river, one of the
principal ibutaries OF the Yukon,
and they both are navlgabls, so
that the line will run from salt
water navigation t., steamer navi-
CATION on the river.
Julian Burd's Importation from
Wisconsin,, that "nice young man, !"
who ogles aJ the young ladies who
chance to be passing, managed to
put IN time enough last week to
-ssae the hrst nsAmb4er of the Teton
CHRONICLE. la his salutatory he
says that he believes "that so large
and promising county as Teton
can justly support a third paper, "
out privately he admits that he
would not think of publishing a
paper in a d town like Choteau
If he did not have cinche On get
tin4 the county printing contract
next spring. "Me and my boss
! own the new board of com missions
ers he AYERS, and they must do
what they are told.
Persons conten platl:.g going to
the Blackfoot reservation, when it
is thrown open to settlement, vii
be interested in the following CON-
n-unl ;ation which ppears in the
current number of the, Engineering
and Mining journal. Sir; l beg
leave to call your attention to {
misstatement in the mining col
umns Of your Journal of Angus
2lst. In mentioning the approach
ing opening of the Blackfeet reser
walton. Mon tana, it states no per
son has more than equal right
with all who may enter the stri
after approval and fling of maps
The act of congress of June 10
1896, under which the minera
portions of the Montana reServa
tious known as the Blackfeet an'
and Fort BelkLsp reservations ar
to be open to entry provides, "tha
any person, who in good faith
prior to the passage of this a.
had discovered and opened, o
located mine of coal or othe
mineral shall have d preference
right of purchase f. + 80 days fror
and after the official filing in tn
approval of the plat of survey.
The government agent for Uh
Blackfeet agency reported Aug l
1894, that it was uitficult to il
truslon in the mineral portion
that reservation; the Fort Belkna
agent reported Aug. Is, 1894 thu
persons were clandestlnely mark
ing out mining claims all over lh
Little Rocky mountains regardles
of all reserved rights aud the law
of the United States. 1t is prot
able every desirable lode will
located in good faith< long befol
The strips are legally opened,
Gilbert q. Ogdeu.
Mr.. Ogden has e7idently owe
looked the fact that on June
1897, an act was passed in congre
in which Senator Mantle had
clause inserted amending the act
1896 by striking out the clau
referred to, thus making equ
lx rights for all.-Ed.