INMANS ARRIVING
FOR LAND GRANTS
FAIRBANKS-—In the office of the
register of the land office were filed
yesterday 16 applications for allot
ment of land In Alaska by native In
dians, under the act of congress of
May 17, 1906. The 16 applications filed
yesterday bring the number up to al
most 60 that have been filed during
the ^uist six months Before that
time such an application was practic
ally unknown In the land office. Of the
applications filed to date, practically all
of them were made by Indians along
the Tanana and Yukon rivers, and
practically all the land Is situated
along these streams. The greater num
ber of the applications came from
Tanana
In Southeastern Alaska the natives
have shown a desire lately to acquire
title to land also and have made ap
plication for allotment.
That many of these may acquire cit
izenship In a short time and have the
right of sufferage, under tiie act of the
ln»t leglsalture, is possible.
Conditions R'dieuloue.
In making applications for allotment
of hud, the natives are required to
mu, oath that they know of their
own knowledge that the land In ques
tion dies not contain mineral deposits
of va'ue. Rev. Ouy H. Madura, super
intendent of Episcopal missions along
the Tanana river, who Is Interested In
the matter of allotments to Indians. Is
nn.king an effort. It Is learned, to have
this section of the law repealed or set
aside In some manner, on the ground
I that It Is ridiculous and would make
[ perjurers out of all applicants. Jle
contends that It la Impossible for the
natives to make positive assertion, on
oath, that the land does not contain
mineral resources of value.
There Is a possibility that much of
the land ma\ contain vast stores of
coal, oil or other minerals at gn^at
depths, which could be determined only
after expensive prospecting. For any
one, white man or Indian, to swear
positively at this time that the land
does not contain these deposits would
be an absurdity, In the opinions of
some of the local federal officials and
‘the missionary.
Law Vsry Vague
The law covering the granting of
allotments to natives Is somewhat
vague In many respects. One of the.
requirements is that the Indian shall
sever all tribal relations. What the
law makers meant by this section Is
somewhat puzzling to some of the
federal officials and to attorneys who
have Investigated the matter. There
are a number of other sections and
requirements which are equally vague
and which puzzle those Interested In
the matter.
Complications Poss'bl*.
That the granting of these allotments
under present conditions. Is likely to
1 cause complications In years to come
is the opinion of a man who has spent
a great deal of time investigating the
matter Should the natives Jgot In
possession of these lands, hold them
for a short time and then do nothing
toward Improving them for some 15
or 20 years, and then the land should
become valuable for any reason. It Is
more than likely that there would be
considerable trouble In straightening
out title, as has been the experience
In the states. There Is the possibility
and even probability that there would
be adverse claim upon adverse claim
filed
Reservations.
During the last few years, there
has been some talk of establishing
reservations In Alaska for the natives.
Should this be done and should the
natives have established themselves
on these allotted lands, more compli
cations might arise It Is thought by
some that the natives are making ap
plications for these allotments, simply
with a view to blocking the jiosslblllty
of making reservations.
Whether or not the plan of taking
iuj allotments will do any good remains
to be seen, but In the opinion of some
of the federal officials It will mean
nothing but a continual round of com
plications for everybody.
The piss# (• get yeur job priming at
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it the Nuggot office.
DAWSON’S TWO THOUSAND
PEOPLE GIVE LIOERALLY
(Seattle P.-L)
Dawson, a town of 2,000 people, has
contributed to date a total of $60,000
to various patriotic and relief funds
and Is now paying an average of $600
monthly to the Belgian relief fund and
$16,000 to $2,000 a month to patriotic
lunds, according to Mr. Justice C. D.
Macaulay, of Dawson, who Is a guest
with Mrs. Macaulay ut the New Wash
ington en route to Montreal and Ot
tawa via the San Francisco exposi
tion. Mr. Justice Macaulay arrived
yesterday on the Alameda and Is on
his winter's vacation. He will return
to Dawson by March 1.
'Dawson Is not only contributing
money, but Is alBO doing her share with
recruits," he said. "We have sent sev
eral hundred already and expect to
raise u company of 200 more within a
short time. Business conditions In
Dawson are good and this year we will
have our customary cleanup of from
$0,000,000 to $6,000,000. Since wo pro
duce a crop of gold which never meets
a market failure we have not boen
bothered much by the war as affecting
business."
Mr. Justice ilacaulay recently pre
sided In a case that stirred tho north
and at the trial gave an example of
the swiftness of British Justice. Ac
cording to Mr. Justice Macaulay. Alex
ander (logoff, a Russian, who was
churned with shooting four fellow sec
tion hands near Whitehorse September
30, came up for trial a week later.
Justice Macaulay having to come 600
miles from Dawson to preside. He was
tried, convicted and sentenced the
same day and will hang March 10. The
extra time between the conviction and
the execution was given to give the
records time to go to Ottawa for In
spection.
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THE SHIFT OF
ENGLISH WEALTH
tNow York I’oat.)
Large classes of tlio population aro
reducing their expenditure, because
they must do so. Their incomes havo
either disappeared altogether, have
been gTeatly reduced, or have remained
stationary, and prices havo risen. On
the other hand, many sections of the
imputation havo larger lneomos than
they have ever had boforo. There has
never been so little unemployment. The
trade unions havo seen to It that- the
increase In the cost of living has been
accompanied by a corresponding In
crease In the scale of wages. Skilled
workmen are receiving wages which
rT'nny a professional man can only envy.
Speaking broadly, there Is In progress
a very remarkable turnover In tho
wealth of the country. Tho rich man Is
becoming poorer, tho poor man Is be
coming richer. Thousands of work
men are earning C, 8 and even 10
pounds a week. The wages bill of one
of tho largest armament firms Is about
$280,000 dollars a week. Thoy employ
70,000 men and women, giving an av
erage weekly wage of 4 pounds for each
employe. What aro tbeso wage earn
ers doing with their money? Tho an
swer Is, of course, that, whllo sorao
are wisely providing against the It*
ovltublo rainy (lay that must como
when industry Is one moro dislocated
by the advent of peace, others are
spending their unaccustomed wealth
recklessly and foolishly buying, as one
of the employers cynically said fo
me, "sealskin Jackets for their wives
and motorcycles for themselves.'' To
counteract folly of this kind, to stimu
late economy, to preach thrift, tho
government has established a "war
saving committee," and various un
official organizations have been found
ed with the same object.
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MOON IS FRIEND
Of FAIRBANKS
If anyone in Fairbanks! asks any
member of tho city council who is the
best friend that tho town or Fairbanks
has. ho will undoubtedly reply "The
Moon." for tho old boy has been work
ing overtime In the interest of the
municipality. During tho month of
Novomber tho street lights cost the
town exactly I1B6.7B, or 8298.2G less
than the flat price quoted by the
Northern Commercial Company last
summer, when the council was decid
ing In what way it would maintain the
Htroet lights. It was really cheaper for
tho town In that more lights were In
use than provided In tho original esti
mate of cost.
During the month of Novembor
there was some extra work, such as
placing now polos, changing the wir
ing about, otc., which cost a couple
of hundred dollars, but that expense
U not likely to ho Incurred again for
months.
At a rocoat meeting of the city
council, Mayor Norland complimented
the polico department tor the rn&nnet
In which it is handling the street light*
In that good Judgment Is bolng shown
as to the hours or turning on and ofl
the Juice.
WB CAN DO IT
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