The Chitina leader., 1915-01-26

1 Regarding the work being caE
j ried on in the Tolovana, the n
i turned Fairbanksans informed th
Citizen that the miners of the seq
ton are still hard at their pros
pecting, remaining in an optimistic
frame of mind despite the fact thS.
each hole put to bedrock fails 70
4 show anything in the way of pay.
Before they left they inquired thof-
eughly as to the general results Of
the prospecting and in no one i4-
stance was pay reported to them. !.
i Robert Benner, who went to tie
II Tolovana country about month
ago, states that so holes have been
j put down on creeks tributary To
Livengood creek, and that no pay
has been found on bedrock ant
where Everywhere the prospectus
go they encounter gold at the grass
roots and on down through the
gravel for various distances but the
pay on bedrock is not in evidence
] The formation in the following
country is evidently of queer
nature he says. Prospects are gooa
as three or four cents to the pan
are found in the top gravels which
! carry sediment. Then there is "a
:, run of Chicken feed" which is
absolutely barren. The sediment
will be found deeper again in the
sinking. and more pans may be
obtained.
Congress having on the 18th OF
/ October last extended to women the
I right to locate homesteads, and AS
Alaska is about the only remaining
continental section of the Unitsd|
| States where land suitable for agrf-
| cultural purposes is open for home
tstead entry. the law itself as we'll
as land Office instructions relatiSe
| thereto will be of special interest 90
readers of the. Daily Alaskan. The.
/ law follows: y
BE it enacted by the Senate ana
House of Representatives of the
/ United States of America in Co.'S
gress assembled, That any female
citizen of tie United States who has
/ initiated claim to a tract of pun
lie land under any of the laws
applicable thereto, and who there
after has complied with all the coz
/ ditions as to the acquisition of titk
to such land prescribed by the publie
land laws of the United States, shah
Notwithstanding her intermarria gel
+ with an alien, be entitled to al
certificate or patent to such entry
equally as though she had remainelI
unmarried or had married an Amer
lean citizen. FL
/ Ruling upon the provisions of the'
/ act. the commissioner of the generate
land office has forwarded a circular:
letter to the Juneau land office whicts
I is of interest to women affected :fE
its provisions and attorneys loogt
ing after filings. Under date al
November 4th, the letter reads: :. |
'Sirs: Your attention is directed
to the act OF Congress approved
! October 18th, 1914 public, NJ
213). copy appended, entitled AM
act to provide for certificate of title
to homestead entry by a female
American citizen who has inter-
married with an alien II
81. This act is applicable to ali
cases in which a female citizen Ct
the United States, either native
born or naturalized, has initiated d
valid claim to a tract of public land
by settlement or by filing an APP
plication to enter, or to acquire titia
under any of the public land laws,
20. Where woman who isrd
native-born citizen of the United
/ States. or who has been fully naturl
allied, has initiated claim to "a
tract of public land and marries be
lfore-completing title thereto, it. BH-
not hereafter be necessary to, re-
Quire her to furnish evidence of her
husbands citizenship; but if he be
foreign born, she must show, by af-
t fidavit, that he is or may hereafter
be himself entitled to become a citi
zen of the United States in accord
ance with the laws in that behalf
made and provided. (See. 2169, T.
S. Revised Statutes; sec. IA, act Of
congress of May 6. 1882, % Stat,
So, 81; sec. z, act of congress Of
June 30. 1906. "a Stat, 1863
50 Where a woman who has
declared her intention to become
citizen of the United States, are who.
occupies the status of person VINO
has declared such intention. has ini-
a 4.
tiated a valid claim under some
public-land law requiring full citi-
zenship before completing title