Amador ledger., 1907-03-01

III tAe puSdHVlIt6 anu Sacram eDtC.
California, placer mining claims it
was discovered that one man With
fourteen associates mad attempted to
get possession of $50, ,OOO acres, in
Guiding much of the finest timber
land III the region, BY locating placer
claims upon it. Three agents on this
ground examined 25,0OO acres OF
claims and reported unfaYorahlg mp
on even a 900 OF them with the re-
suit that up to date, because OF this
Investigations 36, 600 acres we're relin-
quished and restored to governmental
ownership while the Investigation was
still in progress, an amount consider
ably in excess Of the amount actually
Investigated. $50.
While the above cases, of course,
show, worse results than would be
shown by examinations made at ran
dom, they are nevertheless ay no
means unasQal, save perhaps, in the
case OF the placer claims lnvestiga
tion.
The president believes that congress-
ahoGld at once make provision for
such examination, which he appar-
emily thinks can, be 1 accomplished
without much delay Iint here is
what a Washlntgon lawyer, an expert
in land titles, wrote to client in
California in connection with his
own case. in which Clear title wss
promised about a year ago; :
Since that time 4hpge1er, the
secretary has prem ID gated his uksse
in virtue OF which no'landssare to be
patented until after an actual per-
sonaI2 examination of the greuna
The etfeetsof this order is to- post
pong aH,eertihcatIons into the inde.
faite,and, think, the eternal futnre.
a force of-a thousand special agents
would hardly be alberto examine the
tracts entered as current businessi
and the present force would not cover
the accumulated claims in a,thoaaand'
years. 1he present rule, therefore,
means a complete stoppage OF, all the
business of the land department., and
can not encourage you to hope for
any titles until the order is rescind, :.
ed "
It would seem. therefore, that the
president is behind the HichcocK
ukase, and that there is little pros
pect of "a change Of methods when
-sebretary Garfield takes Office OIL
March 4th. go
Congressman Smith yesterday made
"a most vigorous appeal to the house
for a cIoaling station at San. Diego,
pointing ont the difficulty United
States naval vessels lnew- Bave in,se-
curing coal on the Pacific coast.
There is now a coafing starIun at
Sitka, one on Puget Sound, one at
Mare Island, and one near San Fran
cisco, the latter two within thirty
miles OF each other thus thereyare
virtually only three stations ior %,
-OJ0 miles Of coast line. There is
small station south of+the Mexiuan
line at the extremity OF the peninsula
of Lover California. lie was. how
ever, unable to obtain specific
appropriation.
Hon. Marion De Vries, MEMBER OF
.thes board Of general appraisers lin
New York, who made a Iullng placing
ON the Tree list ripe. olives IN. brine
imported from abroad, writes as
follows TO senator Perkins. giYing the
present status oftthe case-9 r, s.r
The decision was "fendered by he.
board December 27,, 1895. The olives
we're assessed for duty at"the'iate Of
fifteen cents per, gallon under the
provisions of paIaigapn 264,, Of the
tariff act OF 1897 as olives prepared,
IN casks or otherwise. They were
held by the board to joe free OF duty
under paragraph 595 as fruits IN
brine. The decision was rendered by
boarG 3, consisting Of general ap-
praisers Waite, Someryille and Hay.
General appraiser Hay dissented from
the conclusion OF his colleagues. The
case was appealed by the government
to the United States circuit court for
the southern district OF New York.
Under the present system additional