The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-04-01

1 that GeQeOn laced charge Of VlO- lating the anti-firearms law be- cause of finding a revolver in his apartment a few blocks away.
 The two women were found strarl- gled and beaten to death in their apartment last Sunday morning. A roomer was also fatally stabbed.
 Five former wom n acquaint- ances, one known as Little Ruth, 7 who lived with Gedeon for a month prior to the slayings, are sought by the police for questioning. fi is a clearing house for the prop erty owner and the man who is hunting for place to invest his money and the office has, at pres ent several letters for information regarding different mining local ities with view to investment.
 New Assay Office
 Mir Stewart also spoke briefly of the new assay office plan. Due to a lack of an emergency clause in the bill, funds will not be avail able until the middle of June, but by that time the Commissioner expects to have three competent assayers ready to be placed in the offices at College, Nome and Ket- chikan. Ketchikan already has CO., operated in offering quarters for the assay office. MT. Stewart hopes to obtain asay men who will also make property examinations in their particular area thus increasing the number of properties that can be serviced.
 General Discussion
 After a most interesting talk on placer mining the class was thrown open for discussion. Questions re- garding different types of drills and their use in various areas were answered. A general discussion of the placer districts in the Terri tory led MT. Stewart to say that he felt there would be great ac- tivity in some of the districts that had been worked by old methods. It was his belief that the new types of machinery would make the re- working of various districts profit able.
 Mfr. Stewart finished his talk by saying tha the felt there was a growing interest in both placer and lode mining in the Territory and he looked forward to seeing great activity in the near future.
 Mining Law
 The last two sessions cf the | course were conouc5ed py Henry Roden and were given over to a comprehensive study of mining law. MT. Roden traced the history of the law from the first act of i Congress in 1866 regarding lode locations to the present time. The i first comprehensive mining law was passed May 10, 1872. The difference between homestead and mineral lands was explained, and also the Homestead Scrip Location.
 The law regarulng Squatters Rights caused some heated discus sion among the members of the class as there was general belief that there was law protecting the squatter MT Roden stated such a belief was erroneous and lthat there was no such thing as 'squatter's rights
 Location-Patenting
 The difference between location and patenting was taken up and again there was a general discus sion regarding the law covering location of a prospect. MT. Roden stressed the fact that citizenship did not enter into the picture when 1t came to locating claim, ex- blaming that the land belonged to the Government and that. so far, the Government had not required citizenship. Procuring patent did make the citizenship require ment, the law stating that the ap- plicant must either be citizen or must have declared his intention Of becoming citizen. Location rights require yearly assessment work; there are no requirements if patent is received as then the land and minerals become the property of the patentee.
 The proper way to locate a claim was given; also the rules govern ing the discovery of claim.
 The locating of claims in Gov efnment reserves was explained and the law governing high and .ow tide-water lands.
 A general discussion of oyerlap- ping of locations took place, MT. Roden Illustrating different possi- Ibilities of claim location. He also illustrated the correct manner of stalking a claim, showing the diff ferent points of demarkation
 Valuable Information
 It was felt that the information given by Mir Roden was invaluable as many of the men are actively engaged in prospecting and need i- .r-s.