The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-02-17

delay Is discouraging and many prefer %
abandon their settlements in preference TO
bearing the expenses and awaiting tho
delay OF contest
The railroad cannot complain at these
provisions. II ITS claim to a tract OF land
is just IL will prevail Delay and expense
cannot hurt II they do the settler. All
II has TO do II 10 inspect the land. II Il
finds settler, and does not think he Is
there bona aae. II can contest his claim
as any other contestant, but Il should
bear the burdens OF such contest These
bills are introduced without any hostility
TO the railroad. but out Of "A desire 10 do
justice to the settler | believe the govern
nent should ne quite lenisnt with men who
are striving TO reclaim the public domain.
especially now when the choice land is
taken up. II we had more owners OF small
tracts OF land we would be better on.
Under the law now, n blanket claim
may be placed upon thousands Of acres %
unsurveyed lands This should no, be per
United. Let the company wait until tbs
land is surveyed and then make SIS claim.
All will then know where It's lands are. and
conflicts will be avoided. II II doesn't
want 10 give up Its lands in forest re-
serves upon these conditions. let It do as
settlers therein have 20 do.
These laws do away with scrip This
may be = hardship IN some individual
cases. but | believe II IL a great benefit
at large The original holder Of scrip gets
the money
No Record of service.
Representative jones has interested him
self In the case OF Charles n ltvrFmufe.
Of Seattle. who has been unable 20 secure
a pension because the depa ftm.nt has no
record Of his discharge from the service.
Lsvefmore enlisted AZ the age Of y wars,
Ia the fan Of issi. Al Berlin, Wis, aud was
mustered inta the service October - lssi.
AZ Madison. wis. with Company l. Elev-
enth Infantry, 81 that state. as nfer The
explanation % fAvermnres enlistment AZ
that early sge Is that bis father was prom-
aal he fsb stfa ka
consin. bat was made chaplain Of The sin
tesnth Wisconsin. His son was therrupnn
detached from the Eleventh regiment
transfer how ever does not appear On rec
ord, and the department has only The am
daSit OF l-yetmoSe 70 the fact that he
served With his father 81 the sixteenth
Wisconsin until after the occupation %
Corinth BY the Union forces At THIS
place Rev Mr. tAverm0re WAS taken very
m and sent heme. his son ACCOMMODATING
him. After the siege OF VicSshutg ncth
father aud son returned 20 their regiment
ard served until the close 81 the war The
ana other towns IN Mississippi and was
finally made chaplain % The Ftfth attti-
lery Al NlckssurE MT I4lyermore Says
he never drew any pay fcr his services
Representative Jones has submitted all
the papers In the ease 90 the secretary ~
ssr. wish The rccoulme nosiien NAT Nn
honorable discharge be granted.
packtnx Gooa~ for ChiaH.
taonsut General John Go0dnoN. at
Shanghai aeuds 90 the state depart urnt
an interesting report concerning the pack
Ing OF g0sds Tor China He SAYS.
The trade In goods eomtng In small
parcels hy mail f~om the United states to
and through this port has hcvn rapidly in
-rrasiug 81 late Mere care. however
must he taken {n packing such Eoode la
thf ast malt there was large humble
- these packages sent as registered mai
and lu almost every instance they were
received - this Office broken Most of
them were In paper boxes; some were IN
wooden boxes All such were efuken.
Shipper must remember that mail sacks
are Liable to rough handling I'm oeiuS pat
INTO thc holds OF ships ana that much
mose c&re r,H-i le taken ia WFapt ag
goods Cor China than for points ia the
Tn'toi States
"ln This mali noted especially one ship-
ment Of eyeglasses packed iu WOODEN
BOX OF ainnsy make. The box had col
iapset the paper wrapping had broken
ana the glasses we're scattered through
the hlc sour being broken. The tault
wa emit ely duc Co careicss sits shod acS-
Ms
'lHc thfur>c post viii 8ot take damaged
parcels FOR Interior uOj0ts All We can
do is 10 send notice to the party to whom
the package is directed THAI we hold for