Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-08-07
Sensational Story Regarding
Boundary Question Given
Quietus by Secy. Adee.
ENTIRELY WITHOUT BASIS.
New $40 RilIs Prove to be Undesirable
Forest Reserves Profitable
To Government.
s.,so,,l Correspondence.

a COPY OF q Cauhulti paper reVeiNeu ia
n washington contained somewhat sem
81 sat,onal story which seems to have
n .soaned the American newspapers. The
III story was In the form OF a special dis
Ia ,,atch from Forty Mile up IN the Yu-
|# ION district and was to the effect that
III tho International boundary commission
Isl had discovered an error in the line of
|& the 14l meridian which will result in
nj the transfer OF wedged shape slice OF
ia territory TO the Alaskan Yukon district
IA being transferred from the authority
Ia 81 the Dominion government to that OF
III {he United States. The dispatch went
H IN to say that this wedge shaped strip
n begins with thin edge at the Yukon
|& river boundary and runs south several
Isl hundred miles making the wedge grow
|& wider 1t Is also asserted that the
|& Poker creek miners assert that many
|& mining claims heretofore recorded as
FL being on the Canadian side, may not
III be found on the American side and that
Ia they will ask the Canadian government
|& for a refund of their licenses, royalties
|# and renewal fees heretofore paid. The
& closing paragraph of the dispatch also
Ia claims that the new boundary line also
III crosses the Alaskan new copper fields
"a now being exploited by Guggenhelm
81 company.
N The attention of Acting Secy. of State
ri Adae was called to this dispatch today
M and he was asked whether or not the
n state department has any information
In concerning this important discovery
III OF the surveyors. To this inquiry Mr..
m Adee replied;
Iii LINE FOLLOWS 141ST MERRIAM
81 "The fact is that former surveys have
@ been merely guess work and the line
t3 now run follows the 14lst meridian ac-
E& curately. The stories that Canada
III or the United States would either gain
/ a or lose territory, are entirely without
III basis Neither country will by any
HI possibility gain Or lose any territory
III worth considering. The line as 1t has
III been thus far run indicates only diff
HI ference OF from 8 to 90 feet from the
n original guess work survey. There
nj has been and will be no international
III Of this boundary. Great Britain and
III the United States have by treaty
III agreed 10 stand by the divisional line
W as It may be determined by the joint
IA commission who are conducting the
IA survey Thus far, the original line
En- which was practically imaginary has
|& boen proven almost absolutely correct
IA and the small divergence VIII neither
IN cause gain nor loss, to either Canada
X or this country.
I'D There will be absolutely no difference
III IN the jurisdiction of the respective
|# governments over the mining or other
|& claims in the Yukon valley as result
III Of the new claims
"a UNDESIRABLE MONEY.
La The issuance of tho new ten dollar
|# gold certificates has caused great
|8 deal of annoyance and some loss to
Ell merchants throughout the country. In
|X the City of Washington, where these
"a new evidences of the government obli-
|M cations are perhaps more common than
|W elsewhere, numerous complaints have
|M reached the treasury department con-
|W corning the danger of issuing notes OF
|# the smaller denomination 30 similar In
|H design and color to those of the higher
|X Heretofore, the yellow back so called,
6H has commonly stood for q $40 bill and
E# the sudden loosening of thousands of
'M dollars worth of $40 certificates, LED 10
|U many frauds which are the basis of the
a complaint. A casual glance at the
|W back of the $40 certificate leads to the
E# impression that 1t may be a $50 and
|& humberless sharpers have profted by
|58 this fact through rushing into business
H4 places and asking for change for s2O.
|{& BIT the same time depositing on the
|# counter one of the new tens. during
|<33 The past week no less than seven ar
|<X terent business houses In washington
|# have complained that they have been
5x# lefrauded by this means, and similar
|.E ,tories have come from other sections
|f8 pf the country. But the issue has al
'M treasury department should see It's way
zH Hear to call in these new bills with
|&& tiew to substituting for them note
|5# Jess like the 500 bills than they are
nj would he difficult TO do so. In fact,
|l has been the experience In the past
hlat whenever an issue has been called
|Hk ln. years are required TO get the out
|** handing obligations all back in the
lM treasury department The subject is
~ likely TO receive attention at an early
It. 10
Isl Probable that change In the design may
|M 20 effected. or else that the color VIII
kM 30 varied so as TO reduce to minimum
[W III danger of further fraud.
|# FORESTS PRODUCE REVENUE.
|8 The national forests which were orig
|X Dally designated as forest reserve
III PROMISES to be quite a profitable invest
|# nent for the federal government ana
|H Incidentally for the people who form
EM hat government. 1t was supposed
'W When tho forest policy WAS first estaD-
FISH shed, that the result would simply be
# he tying up OF vast areas OF wooded
|X md IN the form OF preserves which
Mould he invaluable for any purpose
whatever, but since the honorable Git-
Ord Pinchot has been made CHIEF for
~ later, he has determined that milllohs
Nj " dollars can be annually taken from
M NE forests owned by the government
|U Without destroying the timber values OF
nose growing tracts. IL SONY withiii
year or two that any real financial
eturns have been received and indeed,
he national forests scarcely pay the
lost Of maintenance, but that VIII come
pter, Tho forest surveys have Just
hsued a statement showing the result
" their labors from a financial stand
lolnt during the last fiscal year This
ltatement shows that the total receipts
rom business on the national forests
lor the fiscal year ending juno 30 were
p,b29, 9l7.93, more than double the re-
eipts for the preceding fiscal year,
nd the sum which goes TO the states
lnd territories, by law, TO swell the
onnty school and road funds where
lrtlonal forests are located-10 per cent
the total--is also more than double,
naehng the considerable sum OF $780,
el.79
There In food for thought IN the fact
nat except for Arizonn, California and
tan, the states which derive the great
~ benefit from the returns OF for
II management are Colorado Idaho,
.ontana, Oregon, Washington and
wyoming the six states IN which Con-
ress last year forbade the addition or
eW national forests except by its own
g. AS compared with tho figures for
lsi year Montnna's share, S20,6bb,i2'