The Grand Forks Miner
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alternative: [The Miner]
is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2015-11-30
issued: 1897-07-31
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note: til**" THE GRAND FORKS MINER. SECOND YEA11.--NO. 64. GRAND FORKS, B. C, SATURDAY, JULY 31, 1897. PRICE FIVE CENTS. Nelson Wash. Getting Into a Squabble. PEONE FILES PROTEST Matters Getting Warm Tor tlie Eeser- vation Town—EepoitVThat a Grand Porks Colony Will Start. RUSH 18 Oil and therefore he claims 80 arces of land for himself aud wife and each of hia children, In (looking up Peon's rights it has been discovered by the attorueys that tbe secretary of the interior rendered a decision May 8, 1891, wnerein ho held: I "This act provides that a tnarriago bo-: T*,, v(A,n \„ n TTlimrrtor Vt\v tween a citizen of the United States I JJUreKa IS d, Hummer £ OT and an Indian woman not only docs Sure. not give th2 man any rights as an Indian, but dees change the status of the woman by making her a citizen of the United States. The children of Buch a marriage, both parents being citizens, are unquestionably born citizens of the United States and not membere of any | Indian tribe or nation. This being so, | * they are not entitled to any tribal i property, privilege or interest what-1 Plenty of Extfite ...ent and All Classes over." HUGE QUATftTZ LEADS Under the caption "Who Owns Nelson," yesterday's Spokesman-Review prints the following letter from Nelson, concerning the affairs of our neighbor village and to a lesser extent those of this city. Many of the statements in this letter will be news in both places. Perhaps tho n.ost startling paragrap his that containing the unblushing assertion that a number of our citizens do- pire to form a new townsite on tho other Bide of the line, Tho letter follows: "During the past week Nelson has been aroused by another townsite movement. Several days ago a number oi the residents oi Grand forks, six miles across the line, expressed a desire to settle In Nelson. - "The conditions under which title to property iu thiB place is held are unsalisiactory—in fiict.'therclsnotlUeat all. First, the ground! »*as claimed by tbe Peons, two brothers oi…
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Grand Forks (B.C.)
spatial: Grand Forks
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0081841
language: English
lat: 49.0311110
long: -118.4391670
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Grand Forks, B.C. : F.H. McCarter and Son.
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source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
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