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V- WICKaSSHAST EXFUHNS
t. OASIS OF. INDIAN SUIT
.'■-A statement.has been obtained by
utlie Stroller’s* Weekly from Judge
*•' James. vVickershsm relative to the
- suit which natives of. Southeastern.
Alaska have tiled against the federal
government .with the hope of being
reimbursed for jjrop^Kyt which they
claim to> .have owned during Russian
ownership of Alaska and of which
>. tbey^av they were dispossessed when
the United.States purchased the coun
v try. .The Indians will be represented
<;.fas court by Judge Wickersham and
W. L .Raul, Ketchikan attorney.
Jpdge Wickersham's statement is
as follows: , „
“The Thinglit and Haidi Indians,
i residing in Southeastern Alaska,
1 when, the .Russians first settled here
t otrade in furs, owned homes, fish*
it. oriaa^ nunting grounds and other
. properties .and maintained a system
of rules and customs for their protec
•. tion and government. Their visages
> of .great .community houses, before
which , stood high, carved and painted
totem,'poles, extended from Yakutat
i ondc Kluekwan to those along Dixon’s
Entrance on the souui.
.“There were. about 7,000 Indians in
i~ that, area; they lived in permanent
•• villages; were fishermen, boat-build
era, carvers,, blanket-makers; had
i*e0. property rights, well understood
- by all, and respected by the tribes as
well, as individuals. The Russian fur
traders always respected and protect
« ed these Indian property rights, and
were forbidden by Russian laws to in
terfere with or destroy them. When
the United States purchased Alaska
-t, agreed with Russia to ac
knowledge and protect the Indians in
their rights of property. No treaty
-• or agreement of any kind had been!
l made iby the Russians to uiet of pur
i. chase.the Indian properties, and none
i. -haa .since been made by the United
£ States. Our government just assumed
i. tdidww. the lands and properties of
’ L^theadndians in Alaska, and has gone
»as«a assumed owner to sell th»* same
.•vetdats citizens. Their homes, fisheries,
h hunting, gqrounds, e*c, nave been
v rubor- reserved for sale in foorest re
MiifNtW sold *o white settlers for
:• rktnun cannery sites, town.-ites,
i h.'<x.vcsteads or mlv. n or such other
i asa.%a&;thg government wished. The
y-. Indiana, have not been consulted in
u any jyay. aoout these sales.
"iSktnhas been the universal and just
? rule, of tne United States from the
« data. of.the establishment of our gov
v. emment, in 1776, tq make treaties
\ W*th.ali.tha Indian tribes in the West
^aad^pay them a fair price for their
-i fndian iitles. There are vast sums
».. of mopey now in the United States
c treasury, belonging to, the' Indian
1- tribes,, of which annual installmenta
t- ar*~paid out to thorn for their de
y anandanta for their Indian titles and
idJaadsTUut no auch treaty or settle
: mantavas ever made with Alaska In
<-.dUans.
~UUUur. Alaska Indians «an not, and
^•denot -desire to recover these lands
: and property rights, so taken from
t them... by the government, but only
i- aalufor just payment for them by the
i UAMed.'. States, as they acttually
> ovned aad occupied them when our
, government took such properties
x fnuehabem for sale to our white peo
I pis.
' ‘ TT«t secure payment for such prop*
* vrty'TtghU, the Indians must, first,
I pjorauads Engross to pass a law per
; mitting them to bring a suit against
the United States in the Court of
* Claims, itt Washington, D. C. Second,
1 bringsUch suit and prove their own*
• ership and the value of their property
- rights mb taken, and, third, thereupon
' \ the United States Court of Claims
i wfllgivosaeh a judgment as‘ths law
. and faetts will warran for the value
• of the property taken.
s “Congress passed several , acta with*
i in the lent two years authorising sim
i Her suits Cram California, Oregon,
v Washington mad Idaho, and such suits
- are ngw psnfitng in the Court of
t Claims. 'Application will is made to
tpaiMwi do pass,sw act authorising
the. Southeastern AMaka. Indians to
bring a suit to recoover from the
United States the vabw- bf their prop
erties so taken from them, by the
United States without condescension,
if that act is passed and becomes. a
law, and if they gain a judgment in
their favor for these properties the
Government will pay these South
eastern Alaska Indians the amount of
that judgment, and the money will be
spent in Alaska. Such a suit and
judgment will not in any way alfect
any title to property held by the
United States or its white citizens in
Alaska, for the Indians can only re
cover, if anything, a money judgment
against the United States for the
value of their prooperty. The bigger
that judgment is, the more money the
Indians will have to spend in Alaska
stores."
MAYO DISTRICT PRODUCED
$4,000,000 DURING YEAR 1929
The Mayo district shipped out 8,200
tons of concentrates and high-grade
galena ore during the 1929 season,
having a valuation of approximately
$4,000,000, according .to Charles L.
Settlemeier, newspaper man and
miner, who passed through Juneau
recently en route to the States. Set
tlemeier is one of the owners of the
Dawson News, but during recent
years he has devoted his whole time
to the development of his galena
properties in the Mayo district. He
traveled from Mayo to Whitehorse by
air, making the joumef in less than
two hours. In the old days the trip
required three weeks mith a dog team
and it is a six-daf journey mith mo
tor vehicles, nom the popular mode
of travel.
The Mayo district is making pro
gress rapidly and steadily, Mr. Set
tlemeier said. L -msiderable headmav
has been ma-le in development pro
grams affecting old discoveries, two
or three new rich strikes have been
made, and the production of ore was
heavier during the year than ever be
fore.
Two-thirds of the 8,200 tons
shipped during the year was concen
trates, averag'ing between $300 and
; $000 per ton, and the rest was raw
ore that averaged about $200 per ton.
Next year it is ^expected the pro
duct will reach 10,000 tons. If it is
desired and conditions are favorable,
it is estimated that the tonnage can
be raised to 20,000 tons in 1931, Mr.
; Settlemeier said.
Development -work on both Keno
• Hill and Galena Hill was pressed rap
1 idly during the season. On the lat
ter ground the Treadwell Yukon Com
pany operated three large camps,
with successful resultts. In addition
it constructed 20 miles of road, link
| ing Hie three camps together with
the home camp on Keno HilL It ex
pended $80,000 in this construction.
The road permits year-round opera
tion of caterpillars and tractors, by
which supplies and stores arc trans
ported.
The camps on Galena Hill cover
a front eight miles ltfng. Each is
; equipped with a diesel power plant
i and each ia connected with the main
power plant at Keno.
The company continues to mine
and mill rich ore on Keno Hill. The
Lucky Queen group, a mile above the
t Sadie, noted for its richness, rivals
' the latter both in value of the ore and
the size of the vein, Mr. Settlemeier
■ said.
' The Treadwell Yukon has plans
perfected for a new 250-ton mill on
Galena Hill, which it 1a expected to
construct some time in the near fu
ture, it was asserted. However, It
will not be installed before the prin
cipal metallurgical problems have
bean woked out.
The company worked about 26t
men during the year. ' Whila there
was no surplus of labor, men were
available in sufleient numbers to
meet all demands.
Although the coommerde! opera
tion of airplanes met with unusual
misfortunes," the Yukon ia ovor
, wheimingly
meier said. And none is. more .‘>bo
than Li. Wernecke, superintendent.of
the Treadwell Yukon. Th6 company's
plane has operated very successfully,
carrying supplies between Mayo and i
W hitehorse. It also carried a large
number of .passengers to various
places* within a radius of 500 miles
of Mayo,, this, type of transportation1
being encouraged by the company, i
The tukon Airways Exploration
Company,, which has1 lost two planes,
plans to. hing in new ships .next,
spring. ..It., is. the most .extensively
owned company; in the Yukon terri
tory, having more than 400 stock
holders, including miners, trappers,
prospectoqrs and. business men.
Ara you.aJCoska Times subscriber? '
\V hy not ? {
NOTICE OF SALE.
.Notice is hereby given that at 2:00
p. m. .of .Saturday, the 15tth day of
March, .1930, at the front door of the
Commissioner's Otbce in the town of
Ophir, .Alaska, the undersigned Ad
ministrator of the Estate of Hubade
tiebertt, deceased, pursuant to an
order of the Probate Court for th^
Innoko Precinct, fourth Judicial Di
vision of Alaska, dated- February 12,
1930, in which Court said Estate is
being probated, .will offer for sale and
sell at public auction one undivided
half (1-2) interest in placer mining
claim known annd . described, as NO. 2
SEJL.OW DISCOVERY, and also one
undivided half (1-2) interest in
pldoer mining claim known and de
scribed as NO. 3 I1EL.OW DISCOV
ERY ; both of saiti claims situated on
Yankee Creek, & tributary of the In
noko River, in said Precinct and Ju
dicial Division, said property being1
the property of the above named
estate. Terms: All cash .at time of
sale.
The undesigned reserves the right
to reject any or all bids.
H. C. WALL1CK,
Administrator.
First publication, Feb. 16.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
To M. P. Fleishman, his heirs, suc
cessors or assigns:
You, and each of yoeu, are hereby
notified that I, the undersigned, your
co-owner, have expended in labor and
improvements the sum of not less
than one hundred dollars for the
years 1922, 1923, 1924, 1926, 1926,
1927, 1928, and 1929, upon the Mon
day Morning placer mining claim, lo
cated at the head of Flat creek, in.
Otter Precinct, Fourtth Division,
Territory of Alaska, in order to hold
said claim under the provisions of
Section J5324 of the Revised Statutes
j of the United States and the amend
mentts hereto concerning annual
labor upon mining claims, being the
amount required to hold said mining;
claim for the period ending June 30,
And if, within -ninety days after
the publication bf this notice,,you fail
or refuse to contribute your propor
tion of said expenditure, namely, $2®
per year Tor -each of said years, far
your one-quarter interest in said
claim, as well as the cost of record- j
jqg the same, -nnJ the costs of this!
advertisement, your interest in said
claim will become the property of the
undersigned, your co-owner, -who has
made the required expenditures under
the terms of said Section 2324 of the
Revised Statutes of the United States.
PAUL WABN1G,
Co-owner Otter Precinct, Fourth
Division, Territory of Alaska,
residin -gat Flat, Alaska. i
TABLE OP DISTANCES BE
TWEEN NEN ANA AND FLAT;
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Tavern Roadhouse ..
Knight’s Roadhouse .
Nineteen-Mile Roadhouse
Diamond Roadhouse.
Roosevelt
Lake Minchumina_
Trappers’ Cabin_
Lone Star Roadhouse —
Miles
. 00 !
. 17% l
. 23% |
Telida Roadhouse
Slow Fork Roadhouse
... 76
.. 80
115
132
150
169%;
187
East Fork Roadhouse .—) 206
Berry’s Landing Roadhouse — 227%
Big River Roadhouse.241
McGrath... 263
Takotna ...—.. 286
Bill Goss’ Roadhouse-891
Ophir__800
McCafferty..806
Broom Creek shelter cabin.. 818
Frit* shelter cabin .-. 838
First Chance shelter cabin . 846
Schermeyer R. H.. 360
Iditarod___878
Plat .. ■ ■■■ — ■——* 884
Ronansza shelor cabin, 12 miles
Crooked Creek shelter cabin. 10
» ’Jr- r-i.m Ponunza
Babeesch Moosehide Mitts and Boots
Furs Bought and Sold Clothing
All Kinds of Nice Fresh Groceries and Fruits
* C Canned Goods of All Kinds Beds and Bedding
A. R. Eldridgc
McGrath
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mmm roadhouse
i Best of Meals and Rooms
■Where Everything; Is Homelike ami
Where Veu Are Cordfslly Welcomed
GOOD DOG HOUSES
BATHS
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