Valdez daily prospector., 1912-06-03
ALAskA'S COAL CLAIMANTS.


 Lands Commission of the Senate that not one coal land entry out of the hundreds made ill Alaska was such as would permit of it's passage to patent through the Interior department. This means but one of two things. Either the coal land claimants of Alaska were band of corrupt and unin- irlligent raScals, without an eX- ceptiOn, or else that the depart mcnt has placed such d lest on the perfection of title tn coal areas as to make il utterly i'm possible tO come within it's scope.
 As to.lhe first proposition. We are not prepared 1" believe that inc majority uf the coal land claimants were either inrompc- Tents or were dishonest. We re- pudialc the thought that by word rd they were violating either the law or the regulations ihrrrun- der promulgated by the dcpari- nrni. Without knowing many of the claimants personally, We have a right lo aSStlmr this position, knowing AIaskauS generally as We do.
 In other words, II Is but fair in presume that coal land clalIn- anis in Alaska diIlrrculiatr m no way from either placer nr i",i" i cal"r>. No dnub!. were inc >au!c tests made as to tn" lat rrr. Eri d single mining patent W,llid h;i\r irrn is-u,':l :r iia~- ha from iiu' time of iIS pI'.'hu~,. in h. ii' -"Ill day, for II I> d ,:rIufiUGS fact ihHl ih,' .I 'It r'.t ynIiiI ui mineral lurai - ;ti;. ,.n.""lrrtl..- iri;lhc hy ilr ".'iGIual H'calui%
 What Then l., the trouble bc- 'wcrn the rnal claimants and the -nNri'ni.irmI! \ study If iiIc mu- ..Icroti- circulars i->lcd hH the !ntrriri' department and a pcruS- al oT the nyriada of reports made in the most Instances by IncOIn- lclCni Srrri;ii a.:riItS >ilrWs that "Ir public lands have brcu plac- cd iii Inc iiand, of men, who, for one reason or ilir other. are bent upon HullifyinS the coal land act aS paSSrh by congress. such re- oiriclionS have been pIacrd upon coal land claimants HIId sviriI reg Ilali"m~ IiHN,' Ir"Ii rruiiulGatcd as iu make llIr law itself imup- "ratII". nmd WiIN?
 IL will h. remembered that Thcu'i"r" lt'n'-.Nril i;tiIi"r"d ilIc ruils.rI;;iI'Ii ur'N"lH"ui amt had tlr Bureau nI Fore -if> i"l'm"d WiiiI Clifford I,itrIirr ;- IT,. i,"Hd. I'hai "lr ni i;irir.i"l = rHri. arl Was ir rr"Hi" H." IEi!=#rli rurrSi reserve. covering huiii lIi" Brrin" and MHiaiu-hH ruHl iirid>. moi - WilI~IHWdIr= i!'Hl IiI"rr Wal, no forests To >n""h nf im ilIr re- >rrNc>. Eii tu ri;,r, iil" rniil arrH- within lis ruulr"l. Nr. PIirhmi 3, fOrijn" salur irri:I "uiiI and j~ still lmiiiIipiN iI@; !;r'u li.' ;,rtlii : of l'""uliuuj.i. r.',!. i"r-ri, >uli in II!r uINi i"r ii:" u~' uj GuIil inc AinHlir ;,Hd Pacific >urai- run>. Dtiii 'rr""l;i!l al effort waS EIHdr Iil ruIiGr"~, iu in~cri a claus" iu lii" lHNH appropriation hill l." rulrpri iiIr rIirrilH~" ni coast coal for iiI" u..r If ll" Pa ciIir >uuH'irOn. Hul was d.iral"d by s"lIlr lIu-"ru power. Were TlIruiur" Roosevelt Ia again be- com" president Of IIr l'nilrd Siai">. Clifford PinrlIm will he made his Srrr"iHr! of tn" Inter- inr with tn" result liial iIal pa- irini will h. uIa>irr uf all ur lhc coal ar"a~ of iIllS country. and il will J." within his power iu kcru ilE"H iruI being opened su long a~ Ihrr" is q pound of puruilrn- l". coal to lr Hiu"d ui profit.
 iia.kHll, who east ih"ir vote for Delegate Jamcs Nirkrr~Iiam, Wl'" stand. endorsing th" can- GijarH of H"">"Nc!I and his roli. "i"". including Ilr Alaska coal pr"bI"u. does sO wiiI Ihr intent and with the effect of cOuIinuju2 iI" pr"s"uI condition or affairs for An indCliuil" period of lime iIr, hy his vol" for WirkcrSlIam i~ l"llin. lli" voters iu lIlc states t|IaI Ala-kau% ar" upIInldiul I;""-rvrl' aud Pinrhpl iu lhcir puiirir~. "ud iItal W, reset .aIis-