The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-04-26
THE NOME MINERS EXPLAIN
SOME OBJECTIONS MADE To THE
LACEY BILL.
Peter l.. Trout Calls the Attention OF
the Congressman 90 Patent De-
fects and 20 the Hardships I'm


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WASHINGTON, April zA-hon' John r.
Lacey, chairman OF the house committee
ON public lands is In receipt OF a letter
from Peter l. Trout Of Seattle chairman
~ ,na c,wr,f,,s. a., t..sssio t,op ana t,,aic-
=. 'le nias"s A,''lels 49,, 49,
atiNe so certain features OF pehuihs MAJ
kan measures. Mr.. Trout Is the author OF
a pamphlet ON Nome and his reputation
Is one who rs th,rourhlv familiar with
cord,,,a,s a., ,,a, a,s,,s,., -. 1900 Ia,
s;s ,",,ns III '""' u''os' ans f''a
ms lcusr
The main feature OF pending legislation
to which he and other members OF tho
miners association objecs is that which pro-
ytdes that thc records az mininr claims
49,, .'e ,e.'o s =, ''asiss e.s
sneii De hied with the register ana recstv-
ef OF the Alaska land ofrice. Regarding
this, Mr.. Trout Gays.
"As the land office Is at Rampant City,
en- the Yukon, a distance from Nome az
Looks mixes s ey me only ,rsyel ed N Sssse az
leans to 10 his land ofrice business in se-
attic. as he could make The trim much cas-
Ter and with less expense shan he could 70
from Nome ~ Rsn,s,art ns,er,v fs,i Il,
see any good reason whvA,e .harld hs 's',y, ~
PEELED TO file his records with The register
and refniver M All ana aver, III ,hs land
Office WAS At 81 M,snasl ' n would nass
him about as m,,ch 10 90 and return NJ q
would COS, 10 make = rim across ~. ~ ..sn.
I'm * nresu,re ,na,.,ors ,,., x., ..,,, 80,
M lear, onn ,sasn ss snas Wv ~. ANA
office and the courts and evsrythtnr else
NJ Non,a fS ,ees shs,,,t ~ ,, sas.s .,',.
wher. aisa :, ,,,,s ~ 49,, * - ~ a. =
believe rhat those ,yho ra,sssa shesn ~ hs
anywhere else had the best interests Of
ssro as,a ras,,ai ,n.or,,.,. ,,,,, r,,r.r. rt,,a
or ,,oth,n ahc,,, Az ,,A,,n,,s ,,rvas,s,s
IN MA aIask SKA your niiis would seem 70 bs ,ust
ne e ss so na, ham
a,amhs WIS III ,ut man VINO mas
~ ens eo .s - en'v par., auu ~ lMse
,rw az one ~ ar canni,,ss ear,o,n,, nns
~, ~ OH: y, ouI 49,.
ss an rev ~ kiHhce tne sHects tnat sour
s s,.i wiz p.oiuc. una"r VIE prou"hr ION,
.hara. anu NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 'hs' p'ess"
mere.
word In the Lacey bill has made u worth
cerned Flow ths, WORD came e to be si in
seItsd' ne s.ys we 20 nov NOV NY
we DO know that It's Insertion was quite
enouAh 10 usfeat the prihcipai oeiect tvr
which the Alaska Miners Association has
oesn ASKING
Inc single worn which Mr. TROUT com
pains ABOUT - oruinary, ana TINS - the
explanation which ne gives:
me tuhnK OF tne sfcietary oi INC m
,e,ios ~ c"ns, ~ suvn intent !" ,ne
ast 81 MAY X iss. holds ths reserve along so',l
the peach 70 pc the lands lynx apovc niEn-
water marx " TINS hau been the way IN
when your phi nau oesn ~vrasa ne
writes 10 Mr, Lacey. but little iauit
would have been found with u, az least
IN this particular. we Understand, ana
everyone eise VINO mas been tner" UNDER.
| stands. that hlsh tide means the natural
high-water mark. or the line where the
sea mas washed against the nnnk anu
piled w heaps o. dtiIt wooI axainst thls
natural high water line. ana was 20 rec
oEnf1ed by those VINO nrrt iodntcd the tun
dra before gold was found IN the beach
as is shown by their placing their stakes
binary high tide, as expressed in your
ordinary in your 6ii has a heari-bresk-
ing Significance to the man who expects
to make a living on thar beach next sum.
his prospects In that direction.
Mr.. Trout then goes on TO explain Mt
some length that during the summer time
not more than two or three feet and that
ordinary high tide IL therefore not more
sixty-foot roadway" he continues, ''and
the utterly useless piece OF ground lying
between II and the sea. constitutes about
une-half of tho beach. The other hail.
living between the roadway. an is conteua-
plated IN your bill. and the natural high
water mark. or the line Of vegetation and
ground in which beach miners are IN any
way interested. and out OF which fully
nlne-tcnths OF all the sold has been taken
We would. therefore Respectfully suK.
sest that the word Ordinary DO left GAIT
Of your bill altogether.
Your bill also provides that the sixty
obstructed. II this provision II sirirt.y
enforced. ] 90 not see now the roadway
can be worked ~ sii. ~ ,hefr "ahhot pos
sihly DE any KIND Or mining vPefetinhs
going on wthoht oDe.Inctihs We fon1-
Thih provision y ait"knihef hnIsafSrip.
~ no one wonla use WI 'osnw @ s',, sss ~
II " Was lett open, ~ ne sAhn lore s.'s "
tne MhS.fs On 1Ne"en, ~ o.'''h So 49,
ponhaeN W w. mas "a ~ as. 49, s
ana hansr anu nsAss 80, ss,tsw 49,, ~ .ha
,~ay u'an INA y -. ,,s,..b.r s1~sa,ssAag
ss,.,' W.. s,ss,,,th ana eSs,, aNa h
nNs t,s,sr}s,aa s,t,b ~ anv nrs :"
Htss,stt 49, 49,. !. - .,s.s,sss< - a,t.,tr q,
- - ,rv 49, -. re-, ~ ,,,,,st q, S.,,g httt.
s,s. - go 80 sse,r hsaytw 4 s.,rs,vni assa
49,. T. Ss,sainiv nofhinx shataysr ia
,n.re she, s'c ,s.,,id ever thlnk ~ con-
.1rri,g ~ mean Thai vou poRaemM any
x,,nd,r9ixe FEELING ftxard a. or any farf-
inc ether than thai OF promoting our best
ios.vssfa. nut we cannot heip feeling
,st,gh dlsttfrl..a ana ftfshaartanea whrs.
Ne realize the fact that the mischief AL
readx done by stupid and sfeiouA IoxiHia-
ton seems to he irfeparable