Iditarod pioneer., 1913-06-28
l!R. ilNON'S VIEWS
Flat City, Alaska, June 23. l213.

Flat City, Alaska, June 23: 1213. Editor I,jitarod Pioneer:
 Noting the vail flom Nome in your paper of June 2l, 1913 the mining law enacted by the first session of the legislature of Alaska and what they propose to do 10 nn!fy the same lrovokes reply. They claim:
 FiIst-Iiat it coniscates mining property.
 Second-Ihat it muItpes burdens.
 IhirU-1hat it prevents future locations.
 F>nrtllIf enforced, will ruin the dredging industry of Seward peninsula.
 Hfth-Ihey urge presenting huge memorial to con gess to have the law anue and request all other dis tricts iii Alaska to join in such memorial.
 Now what's aling these dredge operators at Nome!
 The wild geese leave Alaska every fall to seek mlder winter and faen on the grainfelds The Nome dredge operators leave Alaska every fall to wander the world good time, and spend the fat they accumulate during three or four months of their summers abors Annually the first boats of the spring fleet bring them back to faten this year Nome they discover Alaska has had legislature in session this winter that had passed Territorial laws one of which mining law, and instantly up goes the vail: conscate mining property multiply the bur ens, prevents future locaton if enforced will ruin the dredge industry, etc.
 They call a council of and get busy to go in body to Washington (Nome people always like to go to Washing in wnter if need be, at the session of congress- and lobby in the interests of the drede masters industry And they call aloud with strong voice ali sections of Alaska to join them in this protest against the law.
 Wherein will their property be coniiscated? They have title to government land until they have complied with the requirements of the and the government has passed title to them by U S. patent Why should the gov ernment carry indefinitely the ground for them mere claim to relieve them of spending the money necessary to
 
 title to claim after $500 worth of work has been done it.
 Under federal regime these dredge operators have been among the favored The government has carried their burdens of investment of real intrinsic value i. e., their cains without the cost of one dollar to them. The federal government has been tring of many of it's old practice and congress changed the mining law of Alaska last year. and btted the location law with (Spansh) bit Alaska First legislature lengthens the bit little, and slips the brde onto every cyuse in Alaska. These Nome and other dredge operators don't like the feel of the Spanish bit It brings them short halt on their launches and opens their jaws and they make noise that sounds though they were hurt badly, but they not.
 The time is ripe for every claimowner i'll Alaska if he seeks security in the ownership of his ground to the route and pay the price the government requires and the title in his name and relieve the government from bearing further his legitimate burden.
 If these Nome dredge people will consult o. D. EI- wood Bruner, George Griggby, George Scofed, other good lawyer pay them fec then put the U S. surveyor at work-beween them they will be able to per manenty all danger of conscatng, under the Jaw, any legitimate mining claim.
 Stay in Alaska next winter and spend the money paentng your claims that you have heretofore spent going Outside and you will solve the first second and fourth problems of your complaint against the law, and the same time give your country your lawyer the surveyor and your nei 2gllbOr even break.
 Your third complaint has long required radical treat nent, and the law looks the look of good medicine.
 What effect do they think their memorial will have at Washin gon? Do these disgrunted big boys under stand the meaning of tie s:h>om lster language when he asks: Wla all you big fellows doing around Wash