Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1910-11-05 | Page 14 | Delegate's Opinion

Delegates Opinion Seattle Wash Nov 4 Jamae Ickenham delegate to Congress from Alaska said mid today that the coal ceal 1 land question que in that territory never I would have been brought Into exist existence once ence had the present law been en an enforced enforced I forced promptly by the department of ot the Interior He continued I Had the department eliminated alt all altof of the fraudulent and allowed the legally made locations loea ns to be patented the coal lands of ot Alaska would have hae been opened up long ago I have no doubt whatever that a great many of ot the coal claims have been b n lo 10 located located in strict accordance with the law and in perfect good faith It is la lathe the duty du of the department to segregate segre egre segregate gate sate these thee entries and enforce the present law Under the law which passed Con Congress ConIn Congress gress in May Hay last the President Pre is em empowered empowered empowered powered to withdraw all U coal lands Janda from entry and President Taft im immediately Immediately immediately mediately availed himself of ot the privilege privIlege by withdrawing the Alaskan coal lands land But a very large amount of coal land was located In Alaska be before before fore tore the passage of ot this law and these are the claims which should be in investigated Investigated investigated and allowed to go to patent I or to revert back to the government I domain