The Chitina leader., 1915-01-26
Cordeva. January 20


for homesteads within the bound
aries of the national forest reserves,
and because of numerous inquiries
regarding such lands in Alaska,
made since assurance was given OF
the building of government rail-
way to the interior, the forestry ser
vice has given out the following in
formation:
All land within the national FOR
ests not needed for public purposes
and more valuable for agriculture
than for any other purpose has been
open for homesteading in units not
exceeding 100 acres, and that thou-
sands of homesteaders have already
taken advantage of this law within
the national forests Of Alaska and
the states.
The homesteader on unsurveyed
land within the national forest mas
the advantage over the homesteader
on unsurveyed land outside of the
national forest.
First-That the forest service
since 1918 makes the survey sfor
patent free of charge, thus saving
the claimant from one to two hun
dred dollars, nine surveys having
been made on the Tongass National
Forest during the summer OF 1914
and nearly twice that number viii
be ready for survey on the Tongass
and Chugach forests during the sum
mer of 1915. p,
Second-Outside of the national
forests the law requires that the
boundary lines of a homestead De
run in cardinal directinns,- north.
south. east and west. while INSIDE
the national forests the BOUNDARY
lines NAV be run to suit the shape
of the tract of agricultural land.
Since there is very little land sec
tionized either inside or outside OF
the national forests in Alaska the
making of the patent survey by the
forest service free of charge is A
decided advantage to the home
steader.
The requirements of the, law for
nrovine ND on a homestead are the
same inside of a national forest as
thew are outside, and if the home
stead law is reasonably complied
with the securing of patent is Ger
tain regardless as to whether II IS
inside or outside of a national forest.
The forest service not only now but
ALWAYS has invited legitimate settle
ment within the national forests
and that all statements to the con-
trarv have either been made from
lack of information or desire TO
misstate the facts. All forest officers
will always be glad to give infor-
nation to the public relative TO
homesteads or any other national
forest business, and the public is
invited to prove this statement by
seeing forest ranger or writing to
the forest supervisor.
Cordova, January Fl
Jack H. Heath, known as
Shorty Heath in Fairbanks, is a
visitor in Juneau, lin spite of the.
efforts of certain Seattle papers"
Heath says, Ito make me out a
missing Alaska miner and to have
me failing in business. Heath
feels that the publicity he has re-
ceived has been much ado about
nothing"
81 was injured in Fairbanks last
summer" he said to The Empire,
land went to the outside for treat
ment, my family following me. In
Seattle / = was connected with
moving picture venture of my wife's
mother, hut the place was not mine.
| then decided to go down to Hills.
boro, Ore. to visit a brother. as my
health was poor and l wanted to get
out of Seattle. Because l didn't ad-
vertise my departure they printed
all sorts of articles about me, stat
ing l had gone insane through
dependency over failure in BUSH
ness, ETC., etc. There was no truth
in the stories. l. am not missing
man. l have not failed in business
as | never was in business in Seattle
and | am back in Alaska to locate.
My family will join me as soon as
get established"
That no known pay has been
found in the Tolovana region, is the
report of Lon Dogget and Eddie
Farrell, two well known mining
men, who have returned to Fair
banks. 1t was reported before they
left the camp that pay had been dis
covered on Amy creek, but they are
unable to state just what the ex-
tent of it is.
Doggett and Farrell themselves