The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-28

| can take up a mining location. Indians
Eho maintain tribal relations are not citi-
2ens, and to become citizens they must
sever connection with the tribe and per-
feet citizenship before they can take up
mining location.
HEREDITARY-C: T.. j., City. Pos
sibiy your friend knows what he means
when he asserts that although there
exists the word hereditary, there is no
such thing as hereditary but it is
doubtful if any one else does. He must
be under the impression that hereditary,
which is an adjective from the Latin.
hereditare, to inherit, is tangible thing.
RAIL, AND DUCK-T. w. B., City. In
San Mateo> County the season for rail Is
from October Is to November Is. Shoot
ing from boats at high tide is prohibited.
In Alameda the season for rail is from
October Is to February Is. The season for
duck in San Francisco, Alameda and san
may .be shot in San francisco during the
last given dates.
THE PROPER .ADDREsS-A. B.. Vet
erans Home, Cal. 1T is not proper to
address "a communication to 1.-THE Honor
able Board of Veterans Association:
Dear Sir, but it should be .+Fhe Honor-
ans Home: Gentlemen" The use OF the
words Dear Sir is not permissible as
there are. several on. the board. Elther
Gentlemen :or Dear Sirs" is correct.
WAR-C. P, City. This department will
not decide BETS 1t will furnish facts and
persons interested may apply such TO
whatever contentious they may have.
There has been cessation of hostilittes
between the United States and Spain, put
1t cannot be said that the war is ended
and 1t Will not be ended until the treaty OF
peace. shall have been signed. Should the
Peace Commissioners not agree, war
might be renewed at moments notice.
ENGINEER ON AN OCEAN STEAM
ER-Inquirer, City. A young man who
wishes to become an engineer on an ocean
steamer who has not had any expert
ence, but likes machinery" will have to
aptitude for the work of an engineer he
will be promoted step by step. 10 i'm
prove himself he should read and study
books on the steam engine ana others
that would be suggested by the one under
whom he would work.
ESTATES IN MASSACHUSETTS
c. t. c., City: The laws of Massachu-
sets do not prescribe that distribution
of an estate must be made within speci-
fed period after the filing of will for
MToBate mh say on Re time Law When
distribution can properly be made must
depend upon the circumstances of each
case. If all the persons entitled to shares
are known, the distribution may be made
at any time after the debts are paid"
COURSE OF A vEIN-E. G., Hornitos,
Cal. A mining claim is 1900 feet along the
course of the vein or lode and 600 feet
wide-300 feet on each side of the vein or
lode. Surprising that the lode runs north
toward the north into adjoining property,
the locator of the claim would have the
right to follow that dip into the adjoin-
ing property, but not beyond the north
line of the locator's claim. The same if
it dipped to the south. The owner of the
adjoining claim has the traverse right to
certain portion OF the dip.
TRANSPORTS-A.T T. L., City. The fol-
lowing shows the number of transports
that left this port with troops for Manila
and Honolulu: May %. City of Picking,
Australia, City of Sydney; June Is, Sena-
tor, Colon China and zealandia; June q,
fndiana NM Morgan Giy ohiH lunar and CSX 3t
port July Is. Peru and Puebla;. July 20,
Poennnsylgania; July %, Rio Janeiro; JT LILY
coma; August IS Alliance: August 81,
Arizona, and August q, Scandal
A IlARRIED woMAN's RIGHTs-E
c., Hornitos, Cal. A married woman who
came. to the United States twenty-five
years ago from a foreign country and
whose husband was naturalized citizen
of the United States prior to her arrival
zen of the United States. Having by the
act of her husband become a citizen she
need not go through the form OF natural
ization to take up mining location.
Lindley on Mines says: Neither age
nor sex is mentioned in the definition of
the word citizen, 1t therefore includes
men, women and children" 1t follows
that married woman who is citizen
can take up mining claim. Section 231s
able mineral deposits in lands belonging
to the United States. both surveyed and
unsurveyed, are hereby declared to be
4D Iowa ffrvN and
chase, and the lands in which they are
found to occupation and purchase by citi-
zens of the United States and those who
have declared their intention to become
such, under regulations proclaimed by
law and according to the local customs
or rules of miners in the several mining
able and not inconsistent with the laws
of the United States