The Wrangell sentinel., 1930-03-27
REGARDING HOME SITES ALONG ROUTE OF THE
 SHOEMAKER BAY ROAD

O. M. Archbold, forest ranger. was in Wrangell this week on nat ters pertaining to the U. s. Forest Service. particularly the land with in the national forest reserve lying along the Shoemaker Bay road.
 When the present road, exttnd- ing part way to Shoemaker Bay, was built five years ago the Forest Service thought it advisable to sur vey a tract of land for a Wrangell City Park just below the cemetery. The balance of the land between the Park and the end of the pad was surveyed into 90 small tracts having a. frontage of about 200 feet A right of way was left be- tween every six lots for the remoy- al of timber on the hillside back of the areas. It was thought that the land would be taken up under spe- cial use permits and summer homes built. But during the past four years, although quite number Of the lots have been under permit and the yearly rental paid, only one permanent home has been built along the road.
 Last year the area reserved for a Wrangell City Park was cut down in size and the balance thrown open for application under the Homesite Law. A start was made at surveying the entire tract along the present road into tracts approx imately three and one-half acres in size. This was done by throwing two of the summer home lots and sufficient area back of the lots to- gether to make an area practically square. Now Homesite Lot F covers covers old lots 8 and 4. The old right of way and lot was reserved as a new and larger right of way for removal of timber back of this area. domestic Lot H covers old lots and 2; old lot has been reserved for another right of way; Lot I covers old lots and 10,. etc. Blue prints of this survey are post ed in the Post Office and lots un- der permit are so indicated. The lots still open for application are also shown, these latter being only Lots D, E, I, K, and L. All the rest have been placed under permit or are applied for.
 The Homesite Law allows a per son who is a citizen of the United States, to take up not over five acres of land and obtain a title or patent to the land after having made a three-years' residence there to the eXcluscion of a residence elsewhere. This means that it is desired to get permanent settlers on this stretch of road and that per son living or maintaining home in town will not be allowed to gain title to tract of land. He would have to give up his home in town. This residence requirement is to be rigidly looked into and records kept on each homesite.
 The area south of the present road terminal is being reserved and withheld from homestead purposes until the Industrial Site area is surveyed and no applications will be taken for land south of old lot 30. The land reserved for Wran- gell City Park and taking in all of the land on both sides of the road below the cemetery and south to the campground, is not open for any special use or homesite and anyone building here will be in trespass.
 Applications for the open areas will be taken by MT. Archbold who makes frequent trips to Wrangell from his headquarters at Peters, burg and persons not able to see him while in Wrangell should write or wire him at Petersburg,