The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1903-12-12
T|MBERMEN N TROUBLE
SETTLERS DRIVEN PROM HOMES
cs'sSnassnt AEsRts Investigating esndi.
tisas Ia csssr d'Aisas River rIabsr
District AmasSi,s Of ssstisrs And
Othsns.

reign Of terror ekistes on the
north fork and little north fork Of
tbs Occur Alene river. Aftidayits
made By residents Of that nsighbor.
hood indicate that settlers have been
driven from their homes aud settle
nent discouraged, while millions of
fest Of has saw timber have been
stolen from the government.
The matter was fsoenily brought TO
the attsntion Of Congressman Jones
Of Washington state. who laid the
alleged aels before the interior
Department. AZ result Special Land
Agent Schwartz ~ the general land
osfins arrived Fecently from Washing
ton, and is said la he ia tho vicinity
u Kingston, GU the Occur d'Alens
river, where tho original complaint
came from The special agent bas
secured = nnmt.er u afIidaEits from
parties who hare settled on these
lands. shieh have been forwarded 10
tbs authorities Ia Washington.
IL is reported that a number of
saFrAnts fog the arrest Of these alleged
timb~E tbisvss hsvs bo.n Issued, and
the oliisen have attempted 10 serve
The warrants, only 20 Ind that the
parties wanted had hecn warned aud
bad made their way over the mount.
sins into the Pend d'OFellle region.
Tho aGiidavits secured by Agent
Schwartz aud Forwarded 10 Washing
ton tell story Of systematic rohtsery
og tho government
Several Of tho settlsTs have told Of
thaiF sKparisnoe during the past two
% thr~s years. Prior 10 that time
thsrp ueFv bat few settlers on the
noFth fork aud the little north forh
u tbs Coear d'Alsne. aud The alleged
timber thieves paid little attention
10 tb~sn. lately, however. the rich
lands. heavily clothed With
magnificent growth Of fr. cedar,
samnraek aud pine have attracted
many people aud = largo number have
att@mptesl 10 make homos along these
yaieF eoarses. One man. who s,ill
has = home on tho little north fork.
aud Who claims thst bis house has
bcsn fired Into several times during
bic sisencr, In Rn effort 10 brighten
him assay. said Ia speaking 81 the
condition Of Affairs In that section:
The North Fork 81 the Coeur a
Alenu comes into the main river clo.c
Ia Kingston. about fve miles up
this branch The Little North Fork
fious in. The land Immediately
about Kingston has bcon surveyed.
bat the lands along the North Fork
aud The Little North Fork are still
unsarvsycd All u these lands
along The river aud In tho swales and
canyons ucFe originally > part Of one
Of the tiuesa bodie. 81 timber In the
world. Daring the past eigh, or ten
ycaIs. however. much Of the lumber
made by the mills al Harrison and at
other points on Lake Occur d'Alcne
has been manufactured from logs cut
on These uusnrveyd lands
For several miles along the Little
North Fork there are a number Of
mining locations. On some Of thee
considerable work has been done. aud
In several instances work IL still
being pushed. Almost without ex.
ception, the timber has been largely
cut OF Of these mining claims aud
shipped duwn the river to sswmills
''Theep dspreds,ions have largely
J been the work Of persons who have
claimed 20 have squatted on the lands
which they logged. hat II has beer
openly admitted by several Of then
that they have never made actual
settlement on any Of the various
|, tracis Of land which they have de
nudei Of their valuable timber.
al The settlers ON these unsurveye'
lands hope by reason Of the iuvestiga
4 siun nov being made TO hurry thei
survey aud their being thrown oPei
4 Co settlement -
4 Among the afi,dsvits which hav
) been cent to the general land ofiic
, IN Washington, tina, Of Jamse j
, Haieht is probably the mos, import
4 ant. HaiRbt IL civil engineer an
z was employed during the past fall b
9 the government in running lines
4 the Occur d'Alene country, In h
q affidavit he states that he has live
3 ON the Occur d'Alene river for thru
! ypars. lie says "a surveyed u
= Holzeudort land In July, 1908. Q
s section rs. township 80, range 2
east Of Boise Meridian, there ",
about 10, 600 fee, Of timber, part
., the bank and part being hauled
? tho eraok 10 be run clown In hi