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Notice of Forfeiture.
To Frank E. Lec: You are
hereby notified that there has
been expended during the year
1911 in labor on these certain
quartz claims, known as the Gla
cier No. 1 and No. 2, and the Kit
ty, lying? being and situated in
the Valdez mining district, in the
recording procinct of Valdez, in
the District of Alaska, the sum of
three hundred dollars, lawful
money of the United States, the
amount required by law to hold
said claims for the year, follow
ing the performance of the an
nual labor; that said expenditure
for labor, as aforesaid, wag made
by James C. Cawley, a co-owner
of said claims. And unless with
in ninety days after the comple
tion of the publication of this no
tice, to-wit: within ninety days
after fbe second (2nd) of April,
1912, you contribute your por
tion of the expenses of thn afore
said annual labor for said year,
or your interest in said quartz
claims will be forfeited and be
come the property of the undcr
slgred, who Is your co-owner.
.TAMtiS 0. CAWLEY.
Dale first pub. Jan. 2, 1912,
Dnte last pub. April 2, 1912.
Notloe of Forfeiture.
..To Blarney Stevens: You are
hereby notified that there has
been expended during the yoar
l&M in labor on thoso certain
ipiartz claims known as the "Last
Chance," the "Last Chance No.
*ana tho "Last Chance No. 2,"
situate, lying and being on Shoup
bay near the entrance therebf, In |
the Valdez recording precinct.
Territory of Alaska, tho sum of
threo hundred dollars ($300.00),
lawful money of the United States,
the amount required by law to
hold said claims for the year fol
lowing the performance of tho
annual labor; that said expendi
ture for labor, as aforesaid, was
made by Wm. Koch and Alex.
Nelson, the co-owners of said
claims. And unless within ninety
(00) days after the completion
of the publication of this notice,
to-wit: within ninety (90) days
after tho 10th day or April, 1912,
you contribute your portion of the
expenses of the aforesaid annual
labor for said year, your interest
in said quartz claims will be for
feited and become the property of
tho undersignod, who are your co
owners.
AT/EX. NEL80N.
WM. KOCH.
Ddte first pub. Jan. 11, 1912.
Date last pub. April 11, 1912.
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STORY OF EARLY
WESTERN LIFE
"T'riss," or "Beyond Ihe Rock
ies," a drama of Western life in
four acts, by Justin Adams.
The drama T'riss is an in
tensely interesting and dramatic
portrayal of life in a Western
mining camp, such as was in ex
istence in the years immediately
following the great rush for gold
in i849, when men of brawn,
muscle and big hearts left behind
their Eastern environment to
brave Ihe dangers and seek their
fortunes in Ihe vast but little
known western mountains. These
sturdy argonauts and ambitious
youths, together with the sharp
er, gambler and other usual ha*
hituaes of frontier, settlements,
form the human interest of the
play.
The scene is laid in the sec
lion of Ihe Sierra Nevada moun
tains located in Ihe slale of (Col
orado. Hlue Canyon, being one
of those pioneer mining towns,
hastily erected lo follow in close
loueh with the miner and the re
sults of his Hud. In Blue Can
yon, Ihe free and easy manner of
its citizens and the laxity of ihe
law, cause human nature, with
its various moods and influences,
to ride paramont in the social life
of the camp.
ine author or this play lias
well selected his location for the
setting of the human interest
story he so ably pictures through
the medium of his characters. A
sufficient element of real comedy
Is Injected into the plot to relieve
one from the tedious task of fol
lowing the heavier heart throbs
which arc almost ever present.
The story of the play, briefly
told, and in which many inter
esting situations are developed,
is as follows: Hank Jordan, the
character part of the play, is one
of those sturdy miners of the
days of 1849, having lived and
worked his ground in the vicinity
of jJIuo Canyon, Colorado. A
stage coach accident has left him
the involuntary but happy pro
tector of a small child, ^ho 15
years later is the popular and
much loved angel of Blue Can
yon. The little girl T'riss and a
young miner named Nat Weber
form a happy family with Hank
Jordan as their proud and ever
watchful protector. Gold is
found in paying quanlics upon
the ground upon which Nat. Web
er is working. This ground,
owned by an old friend of Hank
Jordan, is deeded to Nat by way
of reward for past services. This
announcement, when made in
Zenas Grimes' bar-room by Hank
Jordan and tho lucky owner, Nat
Webor, arouses tho jealousy and
hatred, as well as tho scheming
design, to gain possession of the
claim, of one Jack Hamlin, tho
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genteel, scheming gambler, who
secures the co-operation of Ze
nus Grimes in a plan to steal the
title deeds and gain possession
of Nat Weber's claim. How this
plan is llfst upset and almost
frustrated is well depicted by tin
action of the play, and the situ
ation developed by the discovery
that the papers stolen by Zenas
Grimes, in his attempt to double
cross Jack Hamlin, have in turn
been accidentally thrust into
T'riss' hands, forms a critical cli
max to the llrst act that is an
picturesque as it is interesting.
A chance meeting between
Hank Jordan and Jack Hamlin in
the vicinity of Nat Weber's cab
in, offer a good opportunity for
the denunciation of Hamlin and
his methods by Hank, which is by
no means overlooked, and which
clinches Hamlin's determination
to secure the claim and bring
disaster upon Hank through those
best loved by him. Zcnas ft rimes
having recanted seeks to re-es
tablish himself with Nat, and as
a result of his visit to Nat's cab
in tells him of I lie part he played
in the attempt to rob him, as well
as the part played by Jack Hamlin
and this conversation, being ov
erheard by Hamlin, leads to the
murder of Zenas. How the crime
is fastened upon Nat Weber
through Hie artful fabrication of
evidence by Jack •Hamlin furnish
no small part of the essence of
I he plot of the play.
The trial scene, wherein the
lunls are turned from an almost
certain conviction of Nat Weber
In the arrest, conviction and sen.
ten.e of the rea Iculprit, gives
iis«- to many interesting situa •
uons, among them being the dis
covery of the mother of T'riss,
the explanation of how she had
been left unclaimed so many
years, but much beloved by her
eastern mother. The parting
between Hank and T'riss is truly
palhctic, coming as it does at a
time when the life of Nat Weber,
whom T'riss has learned to ad
mire, is about to be taken by the
majesty of the law. The spec
tacular escape of Jack Hamlin,
following his sentence to hang,
evolves a situation full of intense
interest. Were it not for the
heavy vein of comedy replete
throughout this scene the pic
ture and its story would leave
few dry eyes among the auditors.
A fitting and proper closing of
lln* story is furnished in the last
act, the scene of which is laid in
Boston, Mass., the seat of learn
ing and culture of the period in
which the events depicted by the
play transpire. The scene de
picts U touch of life in the female
seminary, conducted by Miss
Prim, and in which institution we
Hud the erstwhile happy"ami care
free T'riss rapidly moulding in
to a cultured and refilled young
lady. The flirtation between the
new* principal ami Miss Prim
adds materially to the lighter vein
of the conclusion of the story.
An interrupted elopement, about
to take place with Mr. Paker as
the moving spirit and one of Miss
Prim's wealthy and cultured pu
pils, as the party of the second
part, leads abruptly to the un
masking of Mr. Paker who* is
none other than Jack Hamlin. All
this is accomplished in a clever
but natural way by T'riss and
her faithful ally, Hallelujah Bil
ly. The final arrest of Jack Ham
lin and the reunion of Hank, Nat,
T'riss and the judge cause a con
clusion of the story, which is
well calculated to produce satis
faction on all sides.
a The Majestic.
1. Opening overture, Majestic
orchestra.
2. "The Hoyden," telling how
a young lieutenant engaged to a
girl spends several years in the
Philippines and returns and
meets tho girl, and not knowing
her to be his sweetheart, propos
es to her and they are married.
3. "The Cowho^ and the
Shrew," a good. Western comedy.
Illustrated song by Miss
Niece.
5. "His Best Girl's Brother,"
a screech of a comedy.
6. By special request the Ma
jestic will put on Windsor Mc
Cay's "Llttlo Nemo" for the last
time.
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Notice of Forfeiture.
To Ambroso Bell and Norman
Merchant: You aro horeby noti
fied that I have expended one
thousand ($1,000) dollars in la
bor and improvements upon the
Peerless, Lincoln, Clara Bell,
Mammoth find Gravina, claims of
the Peerless group; the Isabella
and Humdinger of tho Isabella
group; tho Badger and Hawkeye
of tho Badger and Hawkevo group;
tho Pearl claim located in the
Kofsina river drainago Chilina
district.
In order td hold said premise,
undor the provisions of section
2324 Revised Statutes of the Unit
ed States, being the amount re
quired to hold the same for the
year ending Jan. I, 1912. And if
within 90 days after thtu notioe
by publication you fail or refuse
to contribute your proportion of
such expenditure as co-owners
your interest in said claims will
become the property of the sub
scriber under said section 2324.
TOM LARSON.
By Matt Larson, attorney in fact.
First pub. Jan. 13, 1912.
Last pub. April 14, 1 p 12.
Weather Report.
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Temperature at 0 p. in...27
Maximum temperature. . . .32
Minimum temperature.... 19
Mean temperature 25.5
Precipitation 39
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Notloe of Forfeiture.
| To William M. Conley: You
are hereby notified that there ban
ibeen expended during tbe year
1911 in labor on those certain
I quartz claims, known as the Alas
ka Belle, Jackpot and Snowflake,
lying, being and situated in (he
Vlldtl mining district, in the re
cording procinct of Valdez, in the
District of Alaska, the sum of
three hundred dollars, lawful
money of the United Sfrtes, the
amount required by law I«» hold
said claims for the year, follow
ing the performance of the an
nual labor; that said expenditure
for labor, a.- iforesaid. was,made
by J. W. Lit" . And unless with
in ninety dii x after the comple
tion of the publication of this no
tice, to-wit: within ninelv da^
after tho ?llh day of April.
1012, you contribute vour portion
Of the expenses of the aforesn d
annual labor f»..» said year. - r
your intercut in said quart?
claims will he forfeilt and be
come the properly of tho under
signed, who is vour co-owner.
J. W. IJTTI/F,.
Fiist pub, .Tan. 24, 1912.
Last pub. April 2R. 1912.