Round-Up | 1898-01-08 | Page 2 | Island in Alaska to be Opened

island in fit tole tobe opened washington jan 2 com commissioner mission e r haman of the general laud land office is preparing a report on the bill introduced into congress segregating the indians now occupying an island off the alaskan coast on the west peninsula of the island and restoring the remainder to the public with a view of opening it up to settlement rich mineral deposits are found in the island and an effort is being made to have tho the country opened to settlement the west vest peninsula contains five square miles sufficient it is claimed to locate all the indians now in the island