The Forrest City times., 1909-10-15

and Independence to be found on the bars of the Forty Mile. the Stewart, and at Circle City.
 With the increase of population came the rep resentatives of the American and Canadian gov ernments, ustom-houses established and court decisions took the place of the rude jus rtice dispensed by miners meetings With the new order of things came also the necessity of iA determined line between the two countries The United States claimed. under the old Rus Uan treaty, line running up Portland canal to nhe 56th parallel of north latitude thence fol Vow the summit of the coast range to its inter- section with the Hist meridian. In the absence of definite mountain range near the coast. the line was to be not more than ten marine leagues distant from tide water.
 Canada claimed that the line should follow the coast range paralleling the general contour of the coast and cutting across all inlets and hords
 There were other contentious Of minor impor tanee. but the real trouble was that Canada thought she entitled to seaport which would allow of shipments through Canadian ter Titory to the valuable klondike
 As to the Hist meridian being the rest of the boundary, there was no dispute This line starts at ridge of Mount Saint Elias and runs through to Demarcation Point on the Arctic ocean
 Maps showing strip of land along the coast were made, archives were rummaged, every avail. able bits Of history and tradition searched, and the whole mass submitted as evidence to a tribunal of three Americans two Canadians and
 
 The sitting Of the evidence required three months The opposing counsel helped by the geographic experts put forth their best arguments a vote was taken. and the result showed four to two for The United States. the lord chief justice of Eng land Lord Alverstone casting his vote with the Americans.
 Naturally the Canadian representatives felt greatly disappointed but the evidence was too conclusive to allow Of any other outcome
 Then came the question of what mountains con. stituted the coast range, In places a compro- mise was effected departing slightly from the claims of the United States
 It was decided that certain welideined peaks on the mountains frngiug he coast should con. stitute the main points on the boundary Lord Alverstone yielding a blue pencil marked on the maps what appeared 10 the tribunal 10 he the proper mountains The members of the tribunal were all eminent iursts but this did not make them proficient in he intrieacies of contour maps and the advice of the experts was constantly re quested
 The location Of the boundary was left to two commissioners, Mr. Q. II. Tittmann. superntend- ent Of the coast and geodetie survey for fhe United States, and Dr W. F. King chief Domin- ion astronomer, for Canada.
 Wherever the hlue-pencil mark appears en the map, this point without any recourse is boun- daTy point. even though a higher and better point may be but short distance away
 To follow the sinuosties of the mountain ranges in this country would be hopeless so the commissioners will probably decide that straight line connecting the various blue-peneiled points shall constitute the boundary
 The actual demareaton of the boundary. To be satisfactory to both governments. must be done jointly By this 1t is not meant that there is d.