NEW RULES FOR ALASKA
FUR FARMING ISSUED BY
INTERIOR DEPARTMENT
The following regulations govern
ing fur farming in Alaska, with par
ticular reference to the leasing of the
public lands, are contained in an offi
cial circular recently issued from the
General Land Office, under date of
January 22:
The act of July 3, 1926 (44 Stat.
621), entitled “An Act to provide for
the leasing of public lands in Alaska
for fur farming and for other pur
poses,” provides:
That the Secretary of the Interior,
in order to encourage and promote
development of production of furs in
the Territory of Alaska, is hereby
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authorized to lease, to corporations
organized under the laws of the
United. States, or of, any State or Ter
ritory thereof, citizens of the United
States or association of such citizens,
public- lands in the United States in
the Territory of Alaska, suitable for
fur farming in areas not exceeding
640. acres, and for periods not ex
ceeding. ten years, upon such terms
and conditions as. he may by general
regulations prescribe; Provided, that
where.leases are given hereunder for
islands or lands within the same such
lease may, in the discretion of the
Secretary ofthe Interior, he for an
area not to exceed thirty square
miles; Provided further, that nothing
herein contained shall prevent the
prospecting, locating, development,
entering, leasing or patenting of min
eral resources of any lands so leased
under laws applicable thereto; and
provided further, that this Act shall
not be held nor construed to apply to
the Pribilof islands, declared a special
reservation of this Act of Congress,
approved April 21, 1910; and provided
further, that that any permit or lease
issued under.this Act shall reserve to
the Secretary of the Interior the
ngni to '-permit tne use anu occupa
tion of parts of said leased areas for
the taking, procuring, manufacturing,
or utilization of the lands for pur
poses. of trade or business, to the ex
tent and in the same manner provided
by .existing laws or uaws which may
be hereafter enacted.
“Sec. 2. That the Secretary of the
Interior is hereby authorized to per
form any and all acts, an^ to make
such rules and .regulations as may be
necessary and proper, for the purpose
of carrying the provisions of this act
into effect,', including provisions for
the forfeiture of any lease for failure
to stock the same with such fur bear
ing animals within a period of one
year from the date of the lease, or in
the event of the devolutione area pri
marily to any pprpose other than the
rearing of such fur-bearing ani
mals.”
The following rules and regulations
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will govern the issuance of leases un
der said act:
Appic.'.tions for leases, addressed
to the 'i.nmissiConer of the General
Land 0i7.e, shall be filed in duplicate
in the proper district land office.
After assignment of a serial number
and due notation thereof, one copy
should be forwarded to the General
Land Office and the other to the di
vision inspector. A status report
shoould be furnished with each. No
specific form of application is re
quired, and no blanks will be fur
nished therefor. Appiications should
cover in substance the following
points, and be under oath:
(a) Applicant’s name and post
office address.
(b) Proof of citizenship of appli
cant; if an association of individuals
proof of citizenship of each member
thereof, and if a corporation a certi
fied copy of the articles of incorpora
tion must be furnished.
(c) Description of the land for
which the lease is desired, by legal
subdivisions if surveyed, and by
metes and bounds if unsurveyed. In
order to properly identify usun
veyed lands, if practicable the metes
and bounds description should be con
nected by courses and distances with
some corner of the public land sur
veys, and their position with refer
ence to rivers, creeks, mountains or
mountain peaks, towns, islands, or
other prominent topographical points
or natural objects or monuments
should be given.
(d) The approximate * acreage of
the application is for . unsurveyed
land.
(e) Two references 8‘ to the ap
plicant’s reputation and business
standing.
(f) The kind or kinds of fur
bearing animals to be raised, and if
foxes, whether silver, blue or white.
(g) The number of fur-bearing
animals the applicant expects to have
on the leased land ^irithin one year
from the date of the lease.
(h) A showing that the applicant
ci 1111l lu LaKc animais witn
which tos tock the leased land.
(i) Astatement as to whether the
land is occupied, 'claimed or used by
natives of Alaska or others, and if so
the nature of the use and occupancy.
Any one who in good faith is occu
pying an island or other tract of land
in good faith for the purpose of rais
ing fur-bearing animals and who was
unable to obtain a permit or lease be
cause of lack of any legal authority
shall have a preferred right to file
an application for a lease at any time
within six months from the date of
these regulations. An applicant
such preference right must state fully
the fact upon which the claim is
based.
No lease under this act for the
purpose of raising beavers shall be
granted on any area already occupied
by a beaver colony and no such lease
shall bt granted on streams or lakes
which will interfere with the spawn
ing grounds of salmon.
When the eopy of the publication
is received by-.'the division inspector
he will cause an investigation to be
made and report fully to the Commis
sioner of the General Land Office as
to the improvements, if any, existing
on the lands, as to their use and oc
cupancy and as to the feasibility of
granting the lease.
Upon the issuance of a lease under
this act the Register of the United
States District Lana Office for the dis
trict within which the lease land is
situated will furnish the newspaper
nearest said land a statement of the
Issuance of the lease, containing the
name of the lease and a description
of the leased land, such statement to
be published as an item of news.
Every lessee under this act shall
pay to the lessor in advance a mini
mum rental of $25 per annum, on
lease for all tracts up to and includ
ing 640 acres and a minimum, of $50
annual rental on leases of tracts ex
ceeding 640 acres, and shall pay a
maximum rental equal to a royalty
of one per cent on the gross returns
received from sale of live animals and
f
pelts, if the amount thereof exceeds
the minimum rental mentioned, such
yearly rental to be credited against
royalties as they accrue for that year.
A lease under the act will be sub
ject to cancellation by the Secretary
of the Interior for failure of the les
see to comply with any of the condi
tions enumerated theren or to exer
cise due diligence iu. raising the kind
or kinds of fur-bearing animals speci
fied in the least for the devotion of
the leased area to any purpose othey
than the raining of fur-hearing ani
mals.
A lease will be automatically can ■
celed for failure of the lessee to plac‘>
on the leased area the number and
kind of fur-bearing animals specified
n the lease within a period of one
year from the date of said lease as
follows: Not less than two pairs
(two males and two females) of such
animals shall be placed on the. land
within the year, four pairs on areas
between 640 and 3,000 acres, and six
pairs on areas exceeding 3,000 acres.
ALASKA WILL GET $493,100
FROM FOREST HIGHWAY .FUND
Alaska will receive this year $472,
547 from the forest highway fund ap
propriated by Congress and $20,562
of the forest development fund, mak
ing a total of $49-3,1000, it was an
nounced in Juneau recently by Dis
tret Forester Charles H. Elory. Ap
proximately $450,000 of the forest
hghway fund has bean alloted to vari
ous programmed projects, subject to
the approval of the Secretary of Ag
riculture.
Word brought back from Washing
ton by M. D. Williams, assistant en
gineer, B. P. R.,indicated the program
would very likely be approvae in its
entirety. Pending its formal adop
tion by the Department, however, the
varous projects included on the pro
gram will not be made public .
Approval by Washington officials
of construction of low-cost develop
ment roads into mineralized areas
Tarings about a new phase of road
construction at Southeastern Alaska
whch, it is expected, will be reflected
in future programs. A committee
composed of K. J. Summers, Terri
torial highway engineer, representing
the Territory, Mr. Flory and Mr. j
Williams will select the areas for sur- j
veys to determine the initial projects ;
under ths classification, it was an
nounced.
STREAM OF ELOPERS IIALT
ED BY” MICHIGAN LAW
DETROIT.—Eloping in Michigan
nas lost much of its novelty for Gn
, tario and Ohio couples..
A aw effective a year ago requires
that names of applicants for marriage :
Licenses be publshed far five days be
fore the ceremony is performed. Four
thousand fewer licenses, were issued
here in 1925 principally because
Wndsor, Chatham and Walkerville,
Ont., couples went elsewhere to wed
when the law took effect.
Monroe,. Mich., near the Ohio bor
der, issued less than, half as /many
licenses last year as the year before,
and other border towns count heavy
I decreases. Ohio coupses now marry
in ther own State, where no delay is
required, and many Michigan couples
go to Ohio.. Meanwhile Ontario has
made its marriage law more rigorous,
forestalling those who would go from
Michigan to Canada ts wed.
FORFEITUR* NOTICE.
To John H. Anderson, his heirs, ex
ecutors, assigns and successors in
interest:
i You, and i.-u, .are hereby
notified that ti • . •_:< -...gwed, through
power of ;■ . <■ ■ ’ ;*si Frank E.
! Johnson, has . :■<; < t, for annual
labor and in . :< .is the sum of
One Hundred . ... (,$100.00) per '
year far the years 1919, 1920, 1921,
1922, 1823. 1924, 1925 and 1926, a
total of years years, upon the follow-1
ing described placer mining claims, all'
located n the Ruby Recording District,
Territory of Alaska:
No. 3 Above Long Cxeek, one-half
interest;
No. 3 Right Limit Bench, Long
Creek ,one-fourth interest; i
Lone Pine Claim, Leng Creek, one- j
half interest;
Keystone Association, Long Creek, '
one-fourth interest.
That all of said work ar,d improve- .
k run ninmn uni mn imi inn ran ii;n mi nm
merits were required by law and
were put upon said claim in compli
ance therewith in order to hold the
same for each said year and' there
after, all of said work having been
performed by Jensen & Wiklund.
And if within ninety (90) days after
the publication of this notice you and
each of you do not contribute to the
undersigned your proportion of said
expenditure for each said claim for
each said year, your interest in said
claims will become the property of
the undersigned, according to the pro
visions of Section 2324 Revised Stat
utes of the United States.
H. JENSEN,
Attorney in Fact for
Frank E. Johnson.
First pubk»t.ion, January 1, 1927.
Last publication, April 9, 1927.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
To Max Altman, bis heirs, executors,
assigns and successors in in
terest :
You, and each of you, are hereby
notifitc that the undersigned has ex
pended for annual labor One Hun
dred Dollars ($100.00) per year for
the years 1915, 1916, 1917, 1920,1921,
1922, 1923, 1924 and 1925, upon the
following described mining claim,-in
Ruby Recording District, Territory of
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The SANDBAG ASSOCIATION
CLAIM, on Greenstone Creek, a trib
utary of Long Creek, in order to hold1
said claim under the provisions of
law protecting annual labor on min
ing claims.
And if within ninety (90) days after
the publication of this notice you, or'
my of you, fail to pay your portion
>f the amount expended on the above
:laim, your interest in said claim will
become forfeited to the undersigned
:o-owner, according to the provisions
>f Section 2324 Revised Statutes 4>£
be United States.
DAN SUTHERLAND.
First publication, January 1, 1327
Last publication, April 9, 1927.
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