The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1920-09-03
ANOTHER SCRAP
DUE CH|CAGO'S
"GOlO COAST"

CHICAGO. Sept. g." Streeter-
viie." In the "Dcestrict OF Lake
Michigan" q part OF Chicaso's fam
Gus Gold Coast" is about to be the
sceen Of the thousand and first bat.
tie in his history, according to notice
served on United States Marshal
Bradley by Captain George yelling
ton streeter. ~so-year-old claimant to
"a $50. o00 900 portion OF the exclus-
i've Lake Shore Drive section.
cap" Streeter and William II.
Niles, mi time military governor"
and commanding general OF the
army Of the "deestrict." having noti-
fed the federal authorities that they
are about to again try to enforce their
claim that Streeterville Is not In any
state in the union. have invited the
American Legion to assist them and
set the date for the opening HOSTILE
ties rs September 6. A letter to the
Legion post. a copy OF when was al
80 sent to Marshal Bradley. invites
former soldiers to meet me at the
foot Of Superior street In uniform.
armed and carrying . nag. and help
to end by force Of arms the treason
able acts Of judges or stand against
. wall before . fring squad" A
postscript invites the lesionaires to
bring their lunch.
Captain Streeter has been lighting
since 1856 to establish his claim to
one OF the most valuable sections Of
lake front. In that year
his steamer. the Reutan. stranded on
the beach during . storm. Captain
Stfeeter built . breakwater about
De stranded boat, $50 feet on shore,
And made Il his home. The rapidly
shifuns sands filled in the space be-
tween boat and shore and added 1913
acres 70 the city's area. To this land
Captain streeter laid claim. and in
the next quarter of . century battles
BY ~ hundreds were tough In an e.
fort "a Just him.
Oh one occasion 500 police be-
Streeterville. General"
Niles proclaimed himself military
govesler Of the district Of Lake
and with SO men Of his
escort" erected breastworks sur
BY barbed wire and stood
% the police for several days. before
In the ranks 90 wcskenedI
the defending force that q lone po-
finally executed . flank at
tack and carried the fort.
TIE courts in 1915 ruled that
Btreeter had no title to the property
and his brick castle. which had sue
the steamboat home. was
wrecked by deputy sherifs and then
burned.
In 1902 streeter and two friends
we're convicted OF mansiaughter In
with the death OF John 8.
Kirk. killed In one Of the frequent
assaults OF the castle. All were sen
fenced to life imprisonment. but af-
Ter a few months were released.
The site Of the 'deestrict" Ii now
covered by more than q dozen sky
'craper apartment buildings and no.
els. The land II valued q more
han 10000. 900. Many OF the pres
mt owners have purchased deeds
rom streeter a. well as the state In
rider that their occupancy may not
70 interfered with by the s0-year-oid
veteran.
Streeter's claim is based on the
that the act creating the
tate OF Illinois fixed "meander line"
u he lake as the boundry. and that
therefore, his ''desstrict" was outside
he state and owed allegiance 70 no
except the United States. The
surs held. however. that Illinois ex-
ended to the center OF Lake Michi.
an. and that all land created by nat
raj secretions Of the lake belonged
0 the adjoining property owners;
nd that all land created a~rtihcaily
elonged to the state. The stranding
{ Sreeter's steamship created land
rtiically, II was held.
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