P. 0. Bept. Would Let
Contract to Large
Carrier.
Washington, Oct. 7.—An im
proved mail service to Western
Alaska points is about to be es
tablished by the Postoffice De
partment.
Second Assistant Postmaster 1
General Shaughnessy is nego
tiating with a view to letting a
contract to an operating steam
ship on a basis which will per
mit the use of a large vessel to
ply between Cordova, Valdez,
Seward, Kodiak and Bristol Bay, ,
in a continuous service. This
involves a conference with the
Shipping Board, and has not yet;
reached the point of making a|
contract.
Washington.—A report from the ;
census bureau discloses that the size of j
the family in the United States is bn
the decrease. The average family now
consists oi only four and three-tenths
persons.
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Charged W ith Engi neer
ing Money Trust That
Caused Big Failure.
Omaha, Oct. 7.—Marion P.
Ward and E. Shafer, prominent
bankers of this city,'and Samuel
H. Grance, well known official
of the American Federation of
Labor, together with a scot e of
others prominent in financial
circles, were indicted here to
day, charged with engineering a
bankers trust. This, it is al
leged, precipitated a business
failure last spring aggregating
ovTer one billion dollars.
Dick Bernteseo, who is again con
lined to his bed by illness, will go to
Anchorage for treatment as soon as
the condition of the trail permits.
Seattle.—Captain Samuel A. Hoyt, j
former pori warden, and for forty-four
years a resident of Seattle, died at his
dome here, today.
Mining Claim Dispute
Settled by Commission
Helena.—A controversy which lias
survived two generations over ihe site
of the mining claims in Last Chance;
gulch, later the location of Helena, I
where gold was discovered July 14,
18(j4. has been settled through the in
vestigation of a commission appointed
last year by the Historical Society of
Montana and the Society of Montana
Pioneers. The location was proven to
be where the Montana >C^ub building
in thiscisy now stands, and stone ma
sons have completed the work of set
ting a tablet commemorating the fact
in one of the pillars of the club build
ing.
The commission gathered its in—
Notice of Forfeiture.
To Henry Johnson, Thomas Burns,
Victor Crisson, William Marklin.
Leroy Tozier, John Clark, George
Wesch. their heirs, executors and
assigns:
You, and each of you, are hereby
notified that I, the undersigned, your
co-owner, have expended in labor and
improvements the sum of not less than
one hundred dollars ($100.00) for the
years 1918, 1919 and 1920 upon your in
terests in the Spot Association, situ
ated on Ganes creek, in the Innoko re
cording precinct, Territory of Alaska,
in order to hold said claim under the
provisions of Section 2324 of the Re
vised Statutes of the United States and
the amendments thereto concerning
annual labor upon mining claims, being
the amount required to hold said min
ing claim for the period ending Decem
ber 31,-1920.
And if within ninety days after the
publication of this notice you jfail or
refuse to contribute your proportion of
said expenditures, as well as the cost of
recording the same, and the costs of
this advertisement, your interests in
said claim will become the property of
the undersigned, your co-owner, who
has made the required expenditures
under the terms or said section of the
Revised Statutes of the United States.
C. h. Baker,
Co-Owner.
Date of first publication, July IS, 1921.
Date of final publication, Oct. 19, .1921.
formation from persons -conversant
with the early history -of Montana,
many of them residents Of Last Chance
gulch and Helena shortly after the dis
covery In its findings She commission
stales that “John Cowan and John
Crab, of Georgia, Reginald (lh>b) Stan
ley. of London, and I) J. Miller, of
California, a party of prospectors rec
i turning from a stampede in the Koote
nai country, and known as ‘the 'Geoi<
gians’, discovered the first gold in Last
Chance gulch on July 14. 1W»4, on
ground now covered by the Montana
Club building.”
Forfeiture Notice.
To William Det/tering:
You are hereby notified that 1 have
expended during the \ears It,Hi. 1917.
19JK, 1919 and 1920 the sum of two
hundred and six dollars and fifty cents
($20f5.;*0) in labor and improvements'
upon the Gold fli'l Placer Association
mining claim, situate at the head of
Flat creek. a tributary of Otter creek,
in Otter precinct, .Fourth Division,
Territory of Alaska, the location cer
tificate of which is found v»f record in
Volume 15 of .Locations, at pane 192, in
the office of the Recorder tu said' Otter
precinct, i« order to hold said claim
under ;ihe. provisions of '-Section 232
of the -revised statutes of the United
States, and the amendment tliereui ap
proved January 22, 4880, concerniot
annual labor upon mining claims, beinjr
the amount required to hold said placer
mining claim for t.he period from Janu
ary 1st, 191t>, to December 31st, 1920
And if, within ninety days from the
personal service of this notice, or
within ninetv days after the publica
tion thereof, you fail or refuse to con
trtbnte your proportion of such ex
penditure as a co owner, which amounts
to one hundred and three dollars and
twentyrflve cents ($103.25], your inter
est in the said claim will become the
property of the subscriber, your co
fowner, wlni»h«s made the required ex
penditure. by the •terms of said sec
•Ron. T. M. Dean.
Date of first publication. Sept. 24. 1921.
I Date of final publication, Dec. 31, 1921
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