PAOR EIGHT
conform to the legal sub-division of
the general survey, which can be done
by picking up a Section comer, or a
Quarter corner, nearest tlie land
selected, from which it is easy to de­
Oregon
termine the number of the land, the
ington P.
description of which must appear on
Portland!
the notice for recording and which
disclosed
would make a valid filing, but in the
locating of a quartz claim, it is quite
different, as there must actually be a
lode, lead, or vein in place bearing
: such minerals as are required by law,
and there must be enough excavating
Mrs. Everett Seeley left yesterday
done on the vein to determine the
morning for Fort Selby, Miss., where
strike, or direction, or course, before
Everett is station. He is a cavalry
filing? as the boundaries of the claim
unit.
are governed entirely by the strike
i of the vein, no matter in what dlrec-
Mrs. Roy T. Johnson, the former
i tlon, and since the law requires that
Carolyn Fetch, of Riverton, left Mon­
1
. a copy of the record of the claim be
day morning for Paris, Texas, to be
posted at the discovery, the exact,
with her husband, Sgt. Roy T. John­
distance and direction, between the
son. He was recently transferred
discovery and a legal government
there from Fort Lewis, Wash..
corner must also appear on the rec­
ords, in order to give the definite lo-
i cation of the claim. In locating
(By BOB HARRISON)
¡quartz claims, giving directions, the
In locating mining claims the aver­
■ words
“Northerly,”
“Westerly,"
age locator, as a rule, overlooks the ' Southwesterly," etcM' should never
most important things, and that is to
appear on the records, as they mean
file In the records a notice that does nothing wh&n going to patent, but
Mr. and Mrs. Warren Davis have give the proper definition of the land
icqeived word from their son, Merle, that is taken; especially la thia true only add to confusion and delay in
that he is now stationed at lie Nou In quartz, or lode claims, which are any legal action and to avoid making
in New Caledonia. He is a carpenter’s governed entirely by the strike, or invalid filings, persons Av ho c o n t em­
plate making mineral filings, should
mate third class.
direction of the ore body or vein.
consult some competent authority on
The mining laws are very explicit in
the matter, and have their papers ex­
Leonard Taylor arrived here re­ this matter, and to properly locate a
amined before filing, and in this way
cently on a 30-day furlough from the lode claim, it requires the service of
avoid a lot of unnecessary worry
army, to visit his mother, who is ill an engineer, as the record® on file
later on, The mining game at pres­
at the home of his sister, Mrs. A. must define the land to conform to
ent seems to be badly disorganized,
Thomas. He has been in the Islands the government survey, as patents
which is not too encouraging at this
are not granted on any guess work.
for over a year.
critical time when the country needs'
or haphazard surveys.
every fragment of available raw ma-'
The posting of a mining notice on
• Pete the Plumber” Johnson, who
terial that can be collected, but when
formerly conducted a shop on Front a certain piece of land only shows we undertake to unravel some legal
street here, spent a couple of days in the intention of the locator to Him- matter tied up in the mining records,
Coquille this week, returning to his plots a proper filing, one that will which Is unravelled would give the
home in Klamath Falla last evening. form the base of sn abstract, in event "go ahead" sign to what would mean,
of going to patent, and too, the simple
production of strategic mineral and,
matter of placing that notice on the
Deputy Sheriff Ed Peterson left
then find ourselves lost in the fog of
records does not make that notice
for Portland yesterday morning to
bewildering stuff that means nothing
valid, as it is found that many of the
bring back a man named Curtis, of
but uncertainty, we feel like pushing
lode, as well as placer claims now on
Powers, against whom the charge of
up the white flag. It seems as.if
reaord, are worthless, in the event
contributing to the delinquency of a
there should be some branch of
that they are presented in going to
minor has been made
authority through which all mining
patent. One reason Jor this indis­
or ot..er land location notices should
criminate and haphazard invalid fil-
' Miss Nadine Arant, of Klamath I ing, is from the fact that the casual pass for examination, before being
Falls, returned with her cousin, Wilda : miner-prospector does not under­ put on record, go that the applicant
Mae Van Meter for a short visit with stand the fine points of the mining would be restrained from filing 4f i
the Jack Dolan family.
Mias Arant law, and banks a great deal of his the land was already occupied, and
was delighted with the new library. faith in what he calls “local rules and thus ourb the habit of claim-jump­
Wilda Mae lias been on a short va­ customs" which are only possible in ing, as well as the overlapping of
cation in Klamath Falls, visiting rela­ the organized mining districts, but holdings.
Lapse of time is one factor by widch
tives.
throughout this Southwestern region
old record* are outlawed, and each
where the districts are unorganized,
year records should be marked as
the general mining law takes pre­
such, as they lapse, and in this way
cedent, and therefore it is necessary
the searcher of rec ords could pass up
records marked as such, which wbuld
greatly expedite his work.
The Job’s Daughters' Silver Tea
However, it is hoped that some
was held last Saturday afternoon,
solution of this problem can be suc­
March 13, from 3:30 till 5:30 p. m.,
cessfully worked out.
at tlie home of Mrs. Keith Leslie. Mias
Kay Leslie, Honored Queen, wus as­
sisted in receiving by Betty Emery,
Senior Princess, and Jessie Sher­
wood, Junior Princess. The rooms
were decorated with bowls of daffo­
dils and the tea table centerpiece was
an arrangement of Japanese quince.
Pouring during the afternoon were
Four babies were/bom at the hos­
the following: Margaret Belloni, Pa­
pital this week—ah 8 Mi pound baby
tricia Yarbrough. Marybelle and Dor­
boy to Mr, and Mrs. Thos, Lakey, of
othea Yarbrough. Those assisting at
Myrtle Point, on Tuesday; an 8M
the tea table and serving were: Shir­
pound baby boy to Mr. and Mrs. J.
ley Slater, Marianne Rackleff, Donna ‘duction; then comes the.*’gnibstaker"
H. Baker, of North Bend, on Monday;
Rankin, Jeannie Griggs, Gwen Elrod, | with a pocket full of location noUces a 8H pound baby boy to Mr. and
Laura Emily Ruble and Roberta to plaster the district, and burden Mrs. Kenneth Stratton, of Riverton,
. the county records with n batch of and a 9% pound baby girl to Mr. and
Medley
Guests who called during the after­ phoney stuff, something that will i
Mm, L, R, Smith, of Bandon, both
noon were: Mesdames R. T. Slater, later cause a lot of unnecessary legal born yesterday,
George Sherwood. Wm. Mansell, Law­ proceedings and likely halt some en­
Last Thursday Mrs. Viola Anthony,
rence Lundquist, Ralph Taylor, Har­ terprise that would develop into a of Denmark, entered for treatment
old Zeigler, Paul Snider, Evelyn large scale production. Then toe, and Mrs. Raleigh Spencer, of March­
Hensley, Carl Rietman, D. E. Rack- there are another lot of headaches to field, submitted to a major operation.
leff, J. C. Carter, Lafe Compton, F. contend with, which go along with
Miss Donna Dean Bosserman under­
S. Emery, Geo. Ulett, K. P. Lawrence, the game, namely, the “trail pros­ went an appendectomy last Saturday.
R. L. Stewart, R. Medley. C. L. Yar­ pector,” sort of a would be geologist, I Dr. J, R. Bunch extracted teeth"
brough, Iris Elrod. Geo. Oerding, or know-it-all individual, who is only for Bon Mullin last Saturday and for
Maare, Julilus Ruble, W. E. Bosser- looking for a “sell-out" location, that Mrs. Mabel Finney, of Powers, yes- I
man, D. B. Kerner, O. C. Sanford, usually dies out in some protracted terday.
Geo. Jenkins, R. A. Jeub, R. A. legal turmoil, or the 'dream spe-
On Sunday Mrs. Delbert Sumerlin, !
Walker and F. G. Leslie.
cialist,' who files on the advice of of Norway, and Miss Opal McBur- '
some special hunch, or the "doodle­ ney, of Bandon, underwent major
Guild Meeting
bug hound“,, that walks right along operations and Mrs. Ear] Harden-
Mrs. Annie Robinson, chairman of through the woods and spots the big brook entered for treatment.
the Rummage Saie held recently in ones, but just leaves them where they
Larry Dorland, slx-year oM boy
the Shelley Building, reported it as are. Of all the mining claims that from Bullards, underwent an appen­
a great success financially. The stock have been lucated throughout this dectomy on Monday.
remaining on hand was donated to district, it is possible that less than
C. O. Jennings, of Portland, entered
the Bundles for America. _ Members one-tenth of one. per cent of them for a surgical yesterday.
present at Wednesday’s session were: have gone to patent, which would
Mrs. Elbert L. Miller, of thia city,
Mesdames Jas. Watson, Wm. Man­ probably mean that a large percent­ underwent a major operation this
sell, Jessie Kay, Annie Robinson, Ida age of the locators are not sincere in morning and an appendectomy was
Owen, E. W? Lorens, A. J. Sherwood, their venture.
pei formed for Douglas, nine-year old
In making placer locations an sur­
Lee Hand, Julius Ruble, J. A. Lamb,
son of Mr. »nd Mr» Kenneth Kistner
veyed land, the part selected must of this city,
Jane Williams and J. A. Moore.
i Dismissals the past week were
Dewey Beyers of Marshfield today,
Dean Denney last Saturday, Mrs. Bon
Owen and J, E. Chapman on Tues­
day.
With 37 patients in the hospital
this morning, every corner where a
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