REGULATIONS FOR FREE USE Of
COAL IN PUBLIC LANDS OF ALASKA
I>epart.ment of the Interior,
General Land Office,
Washington, Dec. 30, 1914.
Registers and Receivers of the Un
ited States Land Offices at Fan
banks. Juneau and Xome,'Alaska:
Section 10 of the act of October
20, 13H (Public 216) provides:
"That in order to provide for the
vpply of strictly local and domestic
ids for fuel the secretary of tao
•rtcrior may, under such rules and
regulations as he may prescribe in
advance, issue to any applicant
. lified under section three of this
. < t a limited license or permit gran
:;il- the right to prospect for, mine,
and dispose of coal belonging to the
'Hited States on specified tracts
tot to exceed ten acres to any
ive person or association of
:~sons in any one coal field for a
■ .:od not exceeding ten years, on
.'ill conditions not inconsistent
" ih this act as in his opiniou will
.t'eguard the public interest, with
»\it payment of royalty for the coal
.Used or for the land occupied;
'rovided: That the acquisition cf
■■Ming of a lease under the preeed
•• sections of this act shall b« no
■ ir to the acquisition, holding, or
.rating under the limited llcens"
this section permitted. And the
i ''lcffig of such license shall be no
tnir to the acquisition or holding cf
hich a lease or interest therein.
Owing to the legal embarassiiieut
i i-asioned by existing claims and
ere being no settlements or local
:.dustries in or adjacent to the
tiering river or Matanuska coal
• •Ids, these regulations and the
remits provided for, shall not at
I resent apply to coal deposits i't
•use fields.
Qualifications—Under the tern's
the ai t, expressed in section 3,
eof. only citizens of the United
-\ites above the age of twenty-ona
rs, associations of such citizens,
rations and municipalities or
iijod under the laws of the Unite
:tt-s or of any state or territory
•eof, provided the majority of
■ stock of such corporations shall
;.U times be owned and held d>- !
■zens of the United States, are
-i'ole to receive a permit to pros
• ' t for and mine from the unre
■ .veil public lands in Alaska.
Who May >Iine Coal For Sale—
vil ii^rmittees may mine cOiU for
- »lo except railroads and common
Triers, who, by the terms of sec-j
■%:i 3 of the act are restricted to I
1 the acquirement of only sueli an
j amount of coal as may be required
and used for their own consump
tion.
I Duration of Permits—Permits will
be granted for two years beginning
a* date of filing, if filed in person
or by attorney, or date of mailing,
if sent by registered letter; subject
to the approval of the commissioner
of the general land office; and, up
on application and satisfactory sl.ov.
ing as to the necessity therefor,
may be extended by the commission
er for a longer period, subject to
such conditions necessary for the;
protection of the public interest as
may be imposed prior to or at the
time of the extension. Misreprater.
tatJon, carelessness, waste, injury to
property, charging unreasonable
prices for coal, or material violation
of such rules and regulations ,;ov
erning operation as shall have been
prescribed in advance of the issu
ance of a permit, will be deeue 1
sufficient cause for revocation.
Limitation of Area—The act lim
its the area to be covered in any i
one permit to ten acres. It is no;
to be inferred from this, however,
that the permits granted thereuini
frhall necessarily cover that are:..
The ground covered by a permit,
must be square in iorm and should
be limited to an area reasonable
sufficient to supply the quantity <
coal needed.
Scope of Permit—Permits issue I
under section 10 of the act of Oc
tober 20, 1914, grant only a lic?ns?
to prospect for, mine and remove
coal free of charge from the unre
served public coal lands in Alaska,
and do not authorize the mining c.i
any other form of mineral dopo.-i ,
nor tho cutting or removal of um
ber.
How to Proceed to Obtain a Per
mit—The application should be ;ii'
ly executed on form 4-020 and the
same should be either transmitted
by registered mail to, or filed i'<
person with, the Register and Re
ceiver of the United States land of- j
fice of the district in which the I
land Is situated. Prior to the exe
cution of the application the appli
cant must have gone upon the 1 uid,
plainly marked the boundaries there
of by substantial monuments. an1
rested a notice setting forth his
intention of mining coal therefrom
The application must contain the
statement that these requirements
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ON'E MILLION PRISONERS
Amsterdam, .Tan. IS—The prison
ers of war in Germany and Austria
now number nearly 800,000, while
I he allies only hold about 200,000.
TURKS ARE WIPED OCT
London, Jan. 18—It is reported
here today that three Turkish corps
were wiped out yesterday near Kirli
habit pass.
Germans gain one tisexch
London, Jan. 18—In the sanguin
ary fighting that lias taken place
in the German advance upon War
saw the Germans have gained only
cue Russian trench s.» far.
defender pout arthi it dead
London, Jan. 18—The di-a.li of
Lieutenant General Stoessi-1, the
brave defender of Port Arthur in
• lie Russo-Japanese war of a few
years ago, is announced to have
occurred yesterday from paralysis.
FIVE STEAM Kits DISAPPEAR
London, Jan. 18—Within the last
i'"itnijjht five German steamers aie
reported to have mysteriously dis
appeared, together with their crews,
in the llaltic Sea. It is believed
they have come in contact with
floating mines and been sunk.
A1UVES WITH MAW REFUGEES
Alexandria, Jan. IS—The Ameii
tan cruiser Tennessee arrived in
port this morning with fifteen
hundred cliristain refugees from
Palestine, Turkey in Asia.
FlfD 10 ESCAPE
ASSASSINATION
Mexico City, Jan. 18—General
Roque Garza was Saturday named
Provisional President of Mexico by
the convention over which he pre
sided. Garza immediatelv ousted
Provisional President Guiterrez and
proclaimed martial law.
E Paso, Jan. IS—Advices receiv
ed here this moruing state that Pro
visional President Guiterrez after be
ing deposed from office, had fled
from Mexico City to escape assas
sination,
I
HA1XES NATIVE D YXCEKS
■WOULD COME TO SKAGWAY
If arrangements can be made the
native dancers of Haines, who have
been entertaining the people of
that burg, will give an exhibition
In Skagway at an early data.
The native brass band of Haines
will accompany them.
As soon as the matter is definite
ly settled, notice will be given
through the columns of the Daily
Alaskan*
IICHEREI
WITH PRESIDENT
Washington, D. C., Jan. 18—J. P.
Morgan of New York is today in
conference with President Wilson
and Secretary of the Interior Lane
in relation to the proposed pur
chase of the Alaska Northern rail
road by the federal government to
be used as a part of its northern
transportation scheme between the j
southwestern coast and the interior.
u
Rome, Jan. IS—Heavy rains and j
extremely cold weather are hamper
ing the work of rescue in the earth
quake zone in Italy. targe gangs
of men are working desperately and I
unremittingly to uncover those who
have been buried in the rulus of the
houses and public buildings. The
lesson.) taught by the terrible dis
aster at Messina a few years ago, |
where many people were found alive j
in the ruins and rescued after hav
ing been buried for sixteen days, I
are being held in remembrance and
measures being taken accordingly.
CANADIANS 11 i
HI GEHMANS
London, Jan. 18—A brilliant vie* j
lory won by the Canadian troops in .
lU-lgium Friday is tlie war sensa- !
tion in Loudon. One of the
Canadian regiments distinguished
itself by a dating bayonet charge
which cleared and took trench after
11 eiich.
The "slouch hatted men of (una-I
da" went into action with a yell j
that would put to shame the red
Indians of their own West shout
ing, "For Canada and Old England,"
and there was no resisting their
enthusiasm and valor.
The battle was fought in Dead
man's valley near Yprcs. The te- j
suit was to give the Allies con- j
wderable ground that had been lit-1<1
by the Germans.
I The London newspapers give un
stinted praise to the bravery of the
Canadian troops and the skill with
wMcl tliey were handled. They car
vied the trained, professional sol
diers of Germany who have fougnt
a Ml Avon nnd lost in so many severe
battles since the beginning of the
war completely off their feet. Fre
quently they were pitted against
superior numbers, but with absol- •
lte lack of any semblance of fear
and with an enthusiasm that I
amounted to recklessness, they |
»'-lit at the enemy witli no idea |
[ other than victory.
Breakfast Helps
Albers' Flap Jack Flour- per pkg. 30c
Albers' Buckwheat Flour " 30c
Larowe New York Buckwheat, sax 60c
Irize [Self rising flour] 44 50c
Pure Maple Sap, quart tins 65c
Pure Maple Sap, half gal. tins $1.25
Log Cabin Syrup from 30c to $1.50 per
tin. Hills' Syrup [cane and maple] 40c
to $1.25 tin. Imported and Domestic
Jams- Marmalade* etc.
P. H. GANTY, GROCER
An attempt was made early Sun-,
day morning to set fire to the V/.
I'. & Y. R. office buildings and de
pot at Second street and the /oot j
of Broadway. Fortunately the blaze
was discovered before it had made ,
much headway and extinguished
without doing any damage except j
slightly charring one or two of the '
upright wooden slats in the gate I
opening from a small room in the
rear of the Wells-Fargo office Intc ■
the bonded baggage room.
At 12:30 Sunday morning as Hal!
Johnston, of the C. P. It. office
force, and his wife were passing
the U. S. hotel on Second street on j
their way home from the Skagjvay •
brass band boys' dance, they were J
startled by a cry of "Fire," the ,
sail coming from the direction of'
the railroad building. Hastening tr»- j
ward the place from whence the a)- '
arm came they encountered Jack
Kckhert, teamster for the Alaska1
Transfer Co., who told them he h<nl
L'iscovered a fire just breaking >nio
a blaze, in the rear of the Weila- I
Purgo office, but that he had sue-j
L-eeded in putting it out with a few ^
liandsful of snow which he had.
thrown upon it and that all dangci
ivas then past.
Mr. Johnston immediately tele
phoned Supt. V. 1. Halin at the
Pullen Inn, who at once hastened ,
lown and started an investigation, j
Mr. Hahn found that someone had j
•ffected an entrance through the j
front door of the Wells-Fargo of
fice either by use of a key or else ;
jy finding the door unlocked, jj
here were no signs of force having i
tseen used. Between the front or-'
Tice and the roam used for the i
storage of bonded goods there is a
small unoccupied room with a wood
}n gate reaching to the ceiling, and
f. was in a corner of this small j
room that evidences of tho attempt;
it incendiarism were found. Charred
;>ieces of paper, the strong odoi ot
kerosene from a saturated spot (:i
the floor about two feet across and
the charred edges of the slats in
the wooden gate all pointed to a j
lastardly attempt at what would
have been almost assuredlj- the!
destruction of the entire business1
part of the town had tho fire with
tho furious south gale blowing at
the time, gotten beyond control be
fore its discovery.
The Alaska Transfer Co. has it"
offfce in the same room as the
Wells-Fargo Co. and Eckhert, as an
employe of the former company, car
ries a key of the place. According
to Ills story, shortly; before tho dis
covery of the fire he hud occasion
to go Into the office for hig glove9
and while there picked up an illus
trated paper that attracted his at
ienion and while looking at some
of the pictures, laid down k:3
{doves and forgot them when he
went out. After getting to the
barn, which is aboi^t a block distant,
he remembered he had left the
t'loves in the office and returned for
thorn, While in the office lie
thought he could detect the odor of
burning coal oil and looked into
the stove to see if it came from
there, but found it did not. He had
no suspicion anything was wrong,
but glancing casually at the parti
tion in the back of the office, jvhich
it partly of glass, lie detected a
flicker, apparently from an incandes
cent light. He couldn't account
for the light flickering so and op
ening the connecting door he step
ped into the back room where he
found the blaze just getting undei
good headway, as above related. He
immediately ran outside and gather
ing a handful of snow threw it on
to the flames, partially checking
tliem, and giving him time to wake
two more trips and to bring in
enough snow to entirely quench the
fire.
It was then he ran out into the
s'reet and raised the alarm.
M'XEAC MUSIC LOVERS WILL
HEAR MISS BER>HOFEK
Juneau Empire: Miss Marie
Bernhofer makes her bow to- a Ju
neau audience, in Elks' ball next.
Tuesday night, it i3 expected that
the auditorium will be filled, as
Ihe young singer is heralded as or.''
jf the greatest singers in the nor-a.
As she is an Alaskan product, great
istertst is attached to her concert
here The Elks have charge of tho
concert.
ALASKA LIGHTHOUSE TENDER
APPROPRIATION KILL TO PASS
The appropriation providing for
$250,000 with which to build a
lighthouse tender for rervice in Al
aska has been attached to the civil
sundry deficiency appropriation bill,
siiid as part of that it passed the
house. Several western senators are1
watching the bill end expect to
keep the item intact when it goes
through the senate.
Who's Your Tailor?
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arrived yet-Spring is on the
way, and you'll be wise to leave
your measure for your custom tail
ored clothes today- then they'll be
Ready When You
Need 'Em
Get the first choice of Ed V. Price
& Co.'s exclusive woolens and have
the clothes delivered when you want
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The Clothier