The Alaska daily empire., 1919-05-22

form desired under the provisions of
 said proclamation, execute their applications in the manner provided
 by law and present the same, ac-
 companied by the required pay
 ments, to the United States land of
 fee at Juneau, Alaska, in person,
 by mail, or otherwise, and all ap-
 plications so filed, together with such
 as may be submitted at the hour
 fixed, shall be treated as though
 simultaneously filed and shall be dis
 posed of in the manner provided by
 departmental regulations of May 22, 1914. Under such regulations con-
 flicts of equal rights will be deter
 mined by a drawing. Warning is
 expressly given in said proclamation
 that no settlement initiated prior to seven days after the date for home stead entry above named will be recognized, but all persons who go upon any of the lands to be restored as therein provided and perform any
 act of settlement thereon prior to 3 o'clock am. standard time, July 16, 1919, or who are on or are occu- pying any part of said lands at such
 hour, except those having valid sub sisting settlement rights initiated
 prior to withdrawal from settlement and since maintained, and J. H. Nc
 Callie and c. c. Osier, who have re-
 sided upon and improved certain
 lands in Secs. 23 and 24, T. Is N.
 R. w, within the area to be re- stored since prior to September 2S,
 1917, under permit from the Forest
 Service, in case such occupation Is maintained up to and including July 9, 1919: Provided, however, that
 nothing therein contained shall pre-
 vent persons from going upon ana
 over the lands to examine them with
 a view to making entry thereof or settlement thereon when the lands shall become subject thereto in ac- cordance with said proclamation.
 Persons having prior settlement
 rights, as above defined and the per sons above named may, where the lands so claimed or occupied are sur veyed, present homestead applica- tions for the lands, conforming to
 legal subdivisions, not later than
 within the twenty-day period prior to July 9, 1919. Intending entrymen or settlers are also wanted to ascer- tain the status of the surveyed lands or to get. all information available
 as to the unsurveyed lands by in quiry of the local land office before
 making application therefor or set clement thereon, as portions of the
 above described areas are not sub ject to entry being included in en- tries, etc, under the public land
 laws or in existing withdrawals. The
 following excluded lands are em-
 braced in such withdrawals: Certain
 lands along Peters Creek in Secs. A.,
 and g, T. 15 N., R. 1 w., and Lot
 Sec. 32, T. 16 N., R. 1 w., along
 Ship Creek in Secs. and 8, T. 13 N,. R. w., along Big Rabbit Creek in Sec. 3, T. II N, R. w., and
 Sec 34, T. 12 N., R. 3 w., along
 Campbell Creek in Secs. 33 and 34, 13 N., R. 3 w., within Powersite
 reservations; part of Secs. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, g, 16, IT, 20 and 21, T. 13 N,
 R. w. in Ship Creek Townsite
 Withdrawal, and S.W.A N.W.A N.W.A S.W.A said Sec. g in rail-
 road withdrawal; parts of Secs. 4,
 8, g, all Secs. 5, 6 and in T. 12 N,
 R. w., and parts of Secs. 22, 27,
 33, 34, all Secs. 20, 21, 28, 29, 31
 and 32 in T. 13 N, R. w., within
 Point Campbell Military Reservation;