Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-07-16
JUMPS
MORE
CLAIMS
Albany and Salem Land Grab
bers jumping Each
Others Claims

RegaTdnng the occurrences Of recent
date in "elevev four in the CaScads
mountains in Linn county, the Albany
Herald of Sunday says:
A portion of the Albany pas'y ints>
ested in the survey Of ia in the Cas-
cade mouu5aiDs. in the Quartzville DIS
tfIict, returned to this city last even
ing The survey Of the township in
which the Claims of these people are To-
catel is going on satisfactorily, and
the claims win be held by the men who
her oofOre located them, and who have
held them for the past five years. 1t
was al one tame stated that a number
Of Salem men were in the mountains to
Jump the claims Of the Albany and
Linn county people This was only true
In part. In one or two cases notices
hadbeen tOrndown and cabins partially
bull with notices of the new claima nts
but they abandoned their operations as
soon as the Albany party came in and
no trouble followed. II is reported
that the uren from Salem and elsewhere
who are supposed to be in the noun
tains to jump claims are the,e to lazy
claim 10 some Of the Nortbesp Pacific
laD'is scripped by that company, and
in tho taking of which the company
had made some errors that would make
il impossible TO hold the lanl.
"About 65 people from Albany and
o'her Linn county towns have claims
in the district, and hearly all Of them
wore on hand when the governments
surveyors began operations in the town
ship. This claims were an found TO
have been cared for in good shape and
the surveyors sent out by the govern
mcut complimeuted the claim holders
on tho work done 50 far away from
nEeans Of transportation Good cabins
stand on all the claims. lanl has been
cleared ami notices are up every where
ami all the legal requirements have
boen complied with, anil there is no
fear but the claimants will be able 70
secure their land without trouble"
This is the township which is being
surveyed by the United States sbvey.
crs, after which 1t will b. thrown open
fo- so'tlemeut.
A statement to this effect was ma,b,
a few days ago in The Capital Journal. |
In the same article the settlement was
mada that all the bes' of these lands
bad already been gcbblod up bs the
Northern Paafe railrcad, by virtue of
q gafting act Of congress, which gave
The ratroSti the right to locate unap-.
'tyei lands. The article in question
iiso SAID thaf the aul is valuable
'uly for timber. ana that sottler4 who
'N expecting to gct 10 under the home.
stead ae, viii have to swear fa,s.ly.
RofcrgR'es were also made Ia the ex
''oI'ation Of the cffd Is Of the umbe-
aud oruisrs and the statemrut that
given out that government drtcctivesl
ne Watching th 80 operations
The oditor ~ tbe S.1on Statesman
hroWs a II, on this account, and caNs
he ast'cle ia tn Journal a scorrilou,
.''a'k on sonrebo,H' or o,hp.. ANY .es.
4cuoe % hu theft. acts on the star s.
.H'n fko "a rod rag on a buH. and when
my one mentions land steahug the
'nH' organ jumps like i was hit.
The cap'ua Joupa rsvSy Jqintel
: miteg of faci aud news that To
'lsin sove7nsu'ut ,imlo,r iaul 81 can
'Ay honestly eDi safely he done. af,a
be survey is maie an. che hni,hk,w,
pen o. settlors Then thcre &. on,
~ "'p, vui olss is 70 die ga s., andl
"''a"se Il foon TIA Soyvuneut.