The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-01-15

The Great Northern. under rs old cor
poration name. the 81. Paul Minneapolis
& Manitoba Railway Company. mas hesa
quietly reaching cut for scTne land n
ClalIam county IN the Soldgck valley and
near Lake Crescent.
The railway company filed list Of Sc
iections on the lands October 2, lSg4- as
indemnity for tracts IL Dakota ard Min
nesofa- TIE lands az that time were IN
surveyed and with IT'S list Of selections
the company fled a blue print map OF the
lands which had for an initial point com
mencing at the confluence Of Harrison
creek with the So,duck river" The land
selected Appropriated l,S2o acres The
mistake OF the company was in making
the initial point a the confluence OF Har-
rison creek and ire Solduck river. When
on Nav p. 1896 the Official plats TO town
ships - north, Of ranges and 10 west.
were fled in the local land office. what had
been termed Harrison creek in the com
panys map was Designated as Alchea
creek. This threw out the entire selection,
and when homestead applicants wished 70
file on tracts in ClaNaEn county, which fell
within the company's selections. their en-
tries were allowed. August ~ 1895, the
ST Paul Minneapolis & Manitoba Raj
way Company fled supplemental list OF
selections IN Clallam county. claiming that
1t covered the same ground as the first
list Of Selectiones and that the creek
shown In the official plat OF survey a Al
chez creek was the identical creek shown
in their own map as Harrison creek. The
claims OF the company were supported by
the affidavit Of Charles Scott. a civil en-
gineer employed by the company who had
made the first survey. He located the
mouth OF Harrison creek 81 chains north
from the line between sections ~ and 80
and 6.ss4 chains east from the west line or
section IS He stated that Alchee was
simply another name for Harrison creek
and that the latter name was the one by
which the creek was popularity known.
The act OF Aug. 3, 1892, under which both
lists were fled By the company provides.
among other things. that in case the
tract so selected shall az the time OF Sc
lection be unsurveyed. the list filed By the
company at the local Office shall describe
such tract in such maner as TO designate
the same with a reasonable degree Of GER
tainty and within the period Of three
months after the lands including such
tract shall have been surveyed and the
plats thereof fled IL the local land Office.
q new selection list shall be filed by said
company. describing such tract according
TO such survey; and in sase such tract as
originally selected and described IN the
lists fled In the local land office SHAH not
precisely confirm with the lines OF the
official survey. the said company shall be
permitted TO describe such tract anew, so
as 10 produce such conformity"
There were In az five homestead entries
made IN conflict with the selections OF the
company. and ali the entryrnen claim set
tlement subsequent TO the fling Of the
original list Of October 1894 but prior 10
the date OF the supplemental list. The fol-
lowing were the enteries allowed by the
local land office for the lands designated
in the supplemental list:
Homestead entry of Daniel Flye, made
May %. 1885. for lots 8. 9. . and a, Sec
ton IS. township % north. range west,
alleging settlement May Is. 1886.
Homestead entry OF Michael J. Carrigan,
made May % 1886. for lots . and 2S, section
IS. township . north, range west, and
the east half Of the southeast quarter %
section g. township p north. range 10
west alleging settlement July 81. 1895.
Kathleen Carrigan. made June !, 1896,
for lot 6. section 70. township % north,
range west. alleging settlement August
l.. 1895.
Charles Fogelsong, made May Is. 1896. for
lot L. section II, township . North.
range west. alleging settlement May Is.
1896.
John Lindbloom. made May 20. fS9s, FOR
the southeast quarter OF the northeast
quarter OF section l2 township g north,
range ~ west, alleging settlement Septem-
Der Il. 1875.
The lands as designated in the COM
pany's supplemental list of selections OF
August ~, 1895. are as follows;
Lots Q. 9. "a and q. section Z. township
- north. range west.
Lots s. Q. TO- =. 3, -, =. p and y. sec
ton Is. township . north. range west.
Lots 6 and y. section l9. township p
north. range west
Southwes. quarter Of section Il, township
- north. range 9 west.
Southeast quarter Of the northeast quar-
tpr, the northwest quarter of the southeast
quarter. the east half of the southeast
quarter. the northwest quarter Of the
southwest quarter and the south half OF
the southwest quarter OF section Is. town
ship % north. range 10 west.
The northwest quarter OF the northeast
quarter and the east half OF the northeast
quarter OF section "A. township % north,
range 10 west.
Embracing in all I.2s7 e acres.
General Land Commissioner s. ". Lam
oreux 70 whom the facts were submitted,
considered that while the tracts described
IN the company's original list did not pre-
cisely conform with the lines OF the official
survey the tracts described In the supple
mental list We're practically IN conformity
with e. He held that unless the home
stead claimants wished 10 dispute the cor
rPc-nrss ~ the cpmpsny's survey OF the
lands as compared With ,he Official survey.
or % show that Alchee creek was rot also
publicly known az Harrison creek. az the
date Of the company's original llst, that
the company had the superior claim 70 ne
lands by reason % having applied for the
same in conformity with the act Of August
; ISL prior 10 the settlement OF said
claimants,
County Surveyor r. 4. Fitz Henry. a
Clallaru. who made The official survey OF
ne township. declared in 4 commuuica-
ton - ne local officers that Alchee creek
had never been known by any other name.
'sI have been personally familiar with the
lands and streams" he said. and eS-
peclai.v ~!th the S0iducS river and its
tributaries, since 1852 Alohec IL the name
given 20 hat creek by IRE Indians. and II
IS the name ny which g. has been known
from the earliest times. and e the name by
. Wnica 70 has always been and is now pub
1rlv koow0. r. s. my belief that i these
facts could ha brought 70 the attention Of
tha n~oper afFi-fa.s % ne s. Paul Mime
a2cis < Manitoba Railway Company all
fursaer trouble and expense could BE
spared by gre railway company va.ua-
tari.y re,ircuisbinE all claims 30 the lands
covered hy the homestead entries. In ne
event that g. IS necessary 70 ask for a
hearing. the honsstaa3 claimants vii have
no difFiculsy in a'-uasantly proving The
sa,rs as ! have outlined them"
lie also declared that never 10 his knowl-
edge had aay civil engineer OF the COM
ranv made n survey Of the selected lands.
Notices wlE he issued today to al par
/ lies concerned. setting a hearing for Narc1
q a. 90 A. n I, IS Thought t5e Great
%orthcr- WI nos contest she Tigz-g % ~
homestead en.rvuen. - O. has never been
k1owa 20 dEh; against bona 63e aPpll-
rar.