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you ME XIIL NUMBER » - SEWARD’ ALASKA< WKDNESDAY> MARCH Hi H*
Senate Bill *277 f>, entitled “Mining
of Coal. Phosphate. Oil (las. an*!
Sodium on the Public Domain, co* -
tains specific reference to Alaska as
follows:
Who May Lease.
Thai deposits of coal, phosp’.at *
sodium, od shale or gas, an l
lands containing such deposits own- *1
by the United States, including the-*
in national forests. hut excluding
lauds acquired under t!ie Act known
iis the Appalachian Forest Act, ap
proved March 1. UUl (Thirty sixth
Statutes, page i»61,) and those in na
tional parks, and :n lands withdrawn
or resetved for millitary or naval uses
or purposes, except as hereinatt* r
provided, shall be subject to dispos
ition in the form and manner pro
vided by this Act to citizens of the
United Suites, or to any associations
of such persons, or to any corpora
tion organized under the laws of t! o
United States, or to any State or T< r
itory thereof, and in the case of coa*.
oil, oil shaV or gas. to mo~i'*:oal;t:e**
Provided that the United Suites res
erve* the right to extract helium from
all gas pro<1uce<l from lands permit
ted. leased or otherwise grant'd
under the provisions of this Ad,
under such rules and regulations as
shall b<* prescribed by the Secretary
of the Interior: Provided further;
That in the extraction of helium
from pas produced from such lands
it shall be so extracted as to cause
no substantial delay in the delivery
of pas produced from the well to the
purchaser thereof: And provided fur
ther. That citizens of another coun
try, the laws, customs or reputation
of which deny similar or like priv
lepes to citizens or corporat’ons of
this country, shall not by stock own
ership, stork holdmrr, or stock control
own any interest in any lease acquir
ed under the provisions of this Ad.
Area in Prospecting Permits.
That the Secretary of the Interior
is hereby authorized, under such nec
essary and proper rules and reru
lations as he may prescribe, to gran:
to any applicant qualified under this
Act a prospecting penuit. which shall
give the exclusive right for a periovl
not exceeding two years, to prosper:
for oil or gas upon not to exceed
two thousand five hundred and sixty
acres of land wherein such deposits
belong to the United states and an
not within any known geological
of a producing oil or gas field x v \
Provided, that in the Territory of
Alaska prospecting permits not more
than five in number may be grant'd
to any qualified applicant for periods
not exceeding four years, actual drill
ing operations shall begin within twe
years from date of permit, and oi1
and gas wells shall be drilled to a
depth of not less than five hundred
feet, unless valuable deposits of oi!
or gas shall be sooner discovered
within three years from date of tu*
permit and to an.aggregate deptn ot
not less than two thousand feet un
less valuable deposits of oil or gas
shall sooner be discovered within four
years from date of permit: Provided
further. That in said Territory the
applicant shall have a preference
right over others to a permit for land
identified by temporary monuments
or notice posted on or near the same
for six months following such marie
iug ami posting anil upon recci\i*ig
a permit ho shall mark the corners
of the tiact described in the perm t
upon the ground with substunt al
monuments within one year after re
ceiving such permit.
That upon establishing to the sat
isfaction of the Secretary of the 'n
t *ri :r that valuable deposits of oil
o’* gas have been discovered witVu
the limits. that the permitee shall
be entitled to a ica.o tor one fourth
of the land embraced in the prosper
ing permit; Provided, That the per
mitee shall be granted a lease for as
much as one hundred and sixty acres
of said lands, if there be that number
of acres within the permit. The area,
to be selected by the permitee, shall
be in compact form and, if surveyed,
to be described bv the legal subdivis
ions of the public-land surveys: ff
unsurveyed, to be surveyed by the
Government at the expense of the
applicant for lease in accordance with
rules and regulations to he prescribed
by the Secretary of the Interior awl
the lands leased shall be confirm**!
to and taken in accordance with the
legal subdivisions of such surveys.
ALASKA OIL PROVISO.
That any bona fide occupant <e
claimant of oil or gas bearing lands
in the Territory of Alaska, wh;>, or
predcccessors in interest, prior to with
drawal had complied otherwise with
the requirements of the mining laws,
but had made no discovery of oil or
gas in wells and who prior to with
drawal had made substantial improve
ments for the discovery of oil or gas
on or for each location or had p**io.*
to the passage of this Act expended
not loss than $250 in improvements
on or for each location shall be en
titled, upon relinquishment or surren
der to the United States within one
year from the date of this Act, or
within six months after final denial
or withdrawal of application for pat
ent. to a prospecting permit or per
mits, lease or leases, under this Act
covering such lands, not exceeding
five permits or leases in number ar.d
not exceeding an aggregate of one
thousand two hundred and eighty
acres in each; Provided, That leases
in Alaska under this Act whether
as a result of prospecting permits or
otherwise shall be upon such rentals
and royalties as shall be fixed Sy
the Secretary* of the Interior and
specified in the lease and be subject
to readjustment at the end of each
twenty year period of the lea.;»»:
Provided further, That for the pur
pose of encouraging the production
of petroleum products in Alaska vhe
Secretary may, in Tils <ttscretron
waive the payment of any rental or
royalty not exceeding the first five
years of any lease.
N'o claimant of a lease who h:s
been guilty of any fraud or who had
knowledge or reasonable prounds to
know of any fraud, or who has not
acted honestly or in pood faith, shall
he entitled to any of the benefits of
this section.
MORE OIL FACTS
The Seward Chamber of Commerce
has received the following telepram
from William Gerip, as follows:—
“I am requested by Governor Ripg3
to deliver to you the following tele
gram, dated Washington, D. C., Mai.,
15th 1920; Relative to oil applications
for prospecting;
“Relative to oil lands applicants
for prospecting permit must bo a
citizen or association of citizens cr
corporation. Alaskans can file for not
more than five permits or twenty five
hundred sixty acres each. Preference
right for six months procured by erec
ting monument or stake not loss than
four feet high and posting notice that
application for permit will be made
within six months. Notice, to give da>
and hour of posting and approximate
urea with courses and distances from
monument or other objects. Applica
tion for permit then addressed to com
missioner General Land office and fil
ed in land office your district which is
Juneau, together with applicants
name and address with affidavit of
citizenship, if native bom, or certi
fied copy of naturalization and state
ment that applicant does not have in
terest in more than four other per
mits and descriptions of land by lep,uf
subdivision, if surveyed, or by met.*
and bounds, if unsurveyed, and rca
son why land is believed favorable f»>i
prospecting and proposed method oi
exploring and amount of capital avail
able for exploration and experience
together with references for reput i
tion and surety bond for one thousand
dollars for damages to oil strata due
to improper operations. Land local' <!
prior to November 1910 has preferred
rights and cannot bo jumped if sub
stantial improvements made prior u»
that date or if not less than $250 ex
pended to date approval of act.
(Signed) Riggs,”
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SNAP THE PRESIDENT
WASHINGTON, March 17— Pho
tographers were today allowed to take
snaps of President Wilson for the
fiist time since Wilson returned from
a speech making trip many months
ago. The President took his fifth au
tomobile ride today.
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BLIZZARD IS RAGING
BISMARK, N. D., March 17— The
worst blizzard of the past thirty year
has killed five. Thousands of dollars
worth of propei ty have already been
damaged. Passengers are stalled on
trains in immense snow drifts. No
freight trains are being operated. The
blizzard extends over the entire state.
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BRYAN IN WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON, March 17— Will
iam J. Bryan is here conferring with
Democratic senators regarding the
peace treaty, lie believes that it is
unthinkable for the Democratic Sen
ators to join with the irreioncilahi**
in defeating the treaty and sui 1 i(
would be suicidal for the Democrat* to
d< ny the majority’s right to dejian:
the Senate’s policy.
ROBBERY INSIDE JOB.
SEATTLE, March 17— Revenue
officers say that the robbers who held
up Cashier Stafford, in the interval
revenue office yesterday morning aid
escaped with $20,000 in currency,
were not masked. The officers now
believe the robbery was an inside one.
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MILWAUKEE’S POPULATION
WASHINGTON, March 17— The
population of Milwaukee, as announc
ed by the census bureau today, is 457,
147, an increase of 88,290.
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WILL DIRECT CAMPAIGN
OF HOOVER IN CALIFORNIA
SAN FRANCISCO, March 17—
Ralph Merritt has has resigned as
controller of the University of Cali
fornia to direct Hoover’s campaign in
California.
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ARE PLEDGED TO HOOVER
CONCORD, N. H., March 17
Three delegates to the Democratic na
tional convention in San Francisco arc
pledged to Hoover’s election. Hoover
wired stating he was a candidate.
WOOD IS
IN LEAD
WASHINGTON, March 17— Gen
eral Wood was today granted a two
months leave of absence to campaign
for the Presidency. Secretary of War
linker said General Wood could wear
civilian clothes during his leave if lie
so desired. The leave of absence will
expire before the Republican conven
tion convenes.
ST. PAUL, March 17— At tho
Wood headquarters here it is claimed
he has carried every county in Minne
sota at the presidential preference
primary and the managers claim
Wood will control tho state convenUoi
next Saturday.
Latest returns give Wood 12,627;
Johnson 8500; Hoover 4486; i/owdon
2510. Hoover was not an avowed can
didate and his supporters used stick
ers.
ST. PAUL, March 17— This after
noon it was announced the Wood dele
gates have control of the Ramsey
county convention.
It is reported from Detroit, that
Senator Johnson, in a speech at noun
today declared the Minnesota Repub
lican primary which has declared for
Wood was a pretense and said tho Re
publican state machine controls af
fairs and is conducting the Wo- d
fight.
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KICKED TO DEATH
PUEBLO, Colo., March 17
Five boys, jealous of the hig'i
class mom standing of Ted Kuy
kendall, aged 11 years, kicked
him to death late yesterday af
ternoon.
PACIFIC FLEET WILL
VISIT ALASKAN CITIES
DURING COMING SUMMER
WASHINGTON, Man). 17— Tin*
Pacific fleet , according to present
plans will visit many Pacific coast
cities during the coming summer and
several ships, destroyers, etc., will
probably visit Alaska ports especially
southwestern Alaska.
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ADVISORY COMMITTEE
NAMED TO DRAFT PLANKS
FOR A STATE PLATFORM
SEATTLE, March 17— State Re
publican Chairman Walker has named
an a Ivisory committee to draw a ten
tative platform to be submitted to the
Bellingham convention. Walker is
chairman of the committee and others
are Charles Hubbard, of Spokane and
Mrs. H. A. B. Bonnar and Judge My
ers of Seattle.
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ALLIES HAVE OCCUPIED
CONSTANTINOPLE AND ARE
PREPARED FOR TROUBLE
CONSTANTINOPLE, March 17—
The Allied Troops today occupied
Constantinople. British dreadnoughts
with guns loaded arc in command at
the Bosphorus.
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COTTRIEL RESIGNS
SPOKANE, March 17— C. R. Cot
triel, secretary of the State Triple
Alliance has handed in his resigna
tion.
CANNERY BOATS ARE IN
TROUBLE ON WAY NORTH
SEATTLE, March 17— The can
nerv steamer San Juan and the Barge
Hashing Wave, of the Libby, McNeill
<6 L’bby Fleet, grounded on Shelter
Point beach while waiting for the tide
at Seymour Narrows late last nighi.
The San Juan has floated but the
barge is still on the beach.
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BERLIN, March 17— It is officially
announced Chancellor Kapp has decid
ed to resign.
PARIS, March 17— The Kapp ad
ministration has realized the futility
of attempting to hold power. The ex
treme Radicals and Sparticans are be
lieved attempting to use the distu’ bi d
conditions in Germany to establish a
Soviet to ally themselves with Russia.
Hundreds have boon killed in fight
ing at various German cities.
It is reported twelve were kil'ed
in a dash at Potsdam and 100 killed
at Dresden.
Ebert's gene:a! strike c,,n b •'*"
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answered generally.
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BASLE, March 17— Chemnitz, the
• industrial center of Saxony, has form
; ed a Republic. A working men's coun
cil has been formed as a committee >n
action.
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LONDON, March 17— Noske says
ho can restore order in Germany with
in a week and says he has many
l oops at his command.
COPENHAGEN, March 17— Ebert
followers arc holding Hamburg ac
cording to official reports.
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WOBBLIES MAY BE
SENTENCED MONDAY
MONTESANO, March 17— Th;
state has asked Judge Wilson to
pass sentence upon the Wobbly
prisoners next Monday. Ten years
is the minimum. The jury asked
lenience for Eugene Barnett and
John Lamb. Gov. Hart will proba
bly withdraw the troops from
here this week.
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HAY’S CAMPAIGN TALK
ROANOKE, Va., March 17— Re
publican Chairman Hays, in a speee/i
this forenoon at the State Republican
convention declared the Republican
party stands first for honest effic
iency and an economical business ad
ministration of the country’s affairs.
Hays pleaded for patriotism in peace
and said the party stands for a re
duction in taxes and wants the war
debt spread over years. He also said
he wanted the better relations be
tween capital and labor and wants
law and order.
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GASOLINE GOES UP
SEATTLE, March 17— Gasoline
advanced two cents a gallon through
out the northwest today and is now
twenty four and one half cents here.
government loses on
HIGH COURT DECISION
WASHINGTON, March 17— The
Supreme Court has Riven a decision
that stock dividends are not taxable.
The irovernment thereby loses at least
$25,000,000.
NEW YORK, March 17— The Irish
Republic colors of green, white and yel
low, were worn today instead of the
tiaditional green in the St. Patrick’s
day parade on Fifth Avenue. Twenty
five thousand marched. Ed De Valera,
Governor Smith and Mayor Hyland
reviewed the parade which was a de
monstration for free Ireland.
WASHINGTON, March 17— Hast
ening to clear the decks for final ac
tion on the peace treaty, the Senate
today choked off the St. Patrick’s day
debate on the Irish question to table
by a vote of 54 to 21 a proposal to de
clare by reservation that Ireland
should be free.
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ALASKAN WINNER
THE PASS, Manitoba, March 17
— Walter Goyne, Alaskan, known
as the “Going Kid,” won the Hud
son Bay dog derby, one hundred
miles in thirteen hours and twen
ty two minutes. Goyne came out
from Alaska, from the Ruby sec
tion, many months ago with his
dogs.
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TWO ANNOUNCE THEIR
CANDIDACY FOR THE
TREASURER’S POSITION
Miss Jane L. McNally announces
her candidacy for City Treasurer, at
the city election to be held on Tues
day, April 16th, and her petition is be
ing circulated today for the required
number of signatures.
Hugh Dougherty, present city
treasurer. has announced he is a can
didate for re-election.
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