Alaska N ews N otes
The running: time of trains on the
Alaska railroad from Seward to Ne
oana has been reduced to 22 hours.
The city council at Petersburg has
taken action to secure a goverrmient
school for the Indhm children . at that
place.
The women voters of Alaska wiTi be
given the opportunity, at the election
to be held in November, to say whether
or not they desire to serve on juries in
the Territorial courts.
Governor Bone has announced the
appointment of Barney A. Rosseile as a
metfcber of the Territorial Fish Com
mission to till out the unexpired term
of Charles D-Garfield, resigned.
The bodies in the two Indian ceme
teries across the river from Nenana
are being moved 1.000 yards further up
the hill to make room for the railroad
building across the site.3 of the old
■cemeteries.
Officials on .the steamship. Admiral
•Evans state that the vessel struck sev
eral times in- getting, up to the dock at
Anchorage, recently, and that,the har
bor, dredged at- great expense,- is rap
idly ■filling-up.
A report from Nome gtatesi-that the
building formerly known as the Lobby
saloon was crushed late,, in the spring
under a great-weight of snow, which
-forced the entire east side of the
building into Steadman aisenue!
Fifty fox skins,- blacks and silvers,
were recently-on . display ■ im the show
windowssof- a,, mercantile vcencern at
Juneau. -The,skins, ranged in .size from
medium taextra large,- and all were of
fine grade, ranging in value from $250
to $1,000. The entire collection was
valued at $20,000.
There is1 considerable criticism of
District^ Judge Reed*, ih the First divi
sion and elsewhere i along the Alaska
coast, because of -his selection of demo
crats tor-fill government positions with -
i n the gift of the .judge. ‘ The appoint
ment of John W.^Fuame, veteran dem
ocratic politician, as -cemmissioner for
Hyder, created muchi unfavorable com
ment, and the more .recent selection of
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E. G. Morrissey, editor of the Ketchi
kan Chronicle, for republican honors
at Ketchikan, has provoked further
comment.
The Territorial Board of Road Com
miseioners has approved the recom
mendation of the Alaska Road Commis
sion to purchase the Seward Peninsula
railroad for $25,000, providing title can
be secured. The citv of Nome has also
promised to convey to the Territory
the rigbt-of way over any property lo
cated within the city limits.
John Oorich, 77, escaped fjrgin the
hospital at the Pioneer , Home at Sitka
recently. Search was instituted at
once, but he was not found until the
following morning, when his body was
discovered in a dense clump of trees
north of the town, where he had com
mitted suicide by hanging. He was a
native of Germany, and had been ad
mitted to the Home from Nome last
December.
Mollie Dexter, known to all old-time
Alaskans of the Nome district, passed
away not far from Nome, recently.
Molly was the native wife of John Dex
ter, well-known mining character of
the early days, the man after whom
Dexter creek was named. Since the
death of her husband Molly had been
living: at Chinik, where she conducted
a store and roadhouse. From the
standpoint of material possessions,
Molly was rich, owning: a large num
ber of reindeer. Her wealth is left to
her adopted children and other na
tives. Children of her ov/n she had
none living, and she lavished her
mother love on poor, unfortunate na
tive children, whose appeals were?
never unanswered. For many months
Molly had been ailing with consump
tion, and while visiting at the Hot
Springs, in hope of relief, she had a
severe hemorrhage, which resulted in
death. Molly Dexter was about 6f>
years of age. She was buried at Chi- ;
nik by the side of her husband and
daughter.
Mineral Application No. 0551.
U. S. Land Office, Nome, Alaska
April 28th, 1922.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
the Flame Dredge Company, a cor
poration, organized and existing un-!
der the laws of the State of Calif
ornia, whose postoffice address is
Mills Building, San Francisco, Calif
ornia, has made application, through
James M. Streeften, its authorized
agent, whose post office address is j
Nome, Alaska, before the United
States Land Office of Nome, Alaska,
for a United States Patent for the !
consolidated placer mining claim
known as, THREE STAR ASSOCIA
TION, No. SEVEN BELOW DIS
COVERY ON YANKEE GREEK,
and No. SIX BELOW DISCOVERY
ON YANKEE CREEK, in the In
noko Mining and Recording District.
Territory of Alaska, and designated
by the United States Surveyor Gen
eral of said territory as Mineral
Survey „ No/''1274; , the exterior1
boundaries^ of said placed claim, ac- j
cordingjjtb* the plat arid* field* notes
of said*survey, now on file in said
land office (with a magnetic varia
tion of 20 deg. 12 min. E.), being
as follows: — ,
THREE STAR ASSOCIATION—!
Beginning at Cor. No. 1, a hewn
spruce post, 4 ft. long, 4 ins. sq.,
set 2 ft. in ground, in earth mound,
scribed 1-1274-38., whence U. S. L.
M. No. 1274 bears S. 52 deg. 38;
min. E., 148.5 ft.; Whence S. 46 deg.
39 min. W., 3034.2 ft. to Cor. No.
2; thence, N. 28 deg. 48 min. W.,
646.15 ft. to Cor. No. 3; thence N.
34 deg. 28 min. W., 662.65 ft. to
Cor. No. 4; thence N. 47 deg. 06
min. E., 2769.1 ft. to Cor. No. 5;
thence S. 43 deg. 26 min. E., 1259.1
ft. to Cor. No. 1,- and place of be
ginning, containing an area rif
84.12 acres.
NUMBER SEVEN BELOW DIS
COVERY—Beginning at Cor. No. 1,
identical with Cor. No. 3, Three
Star Association Placer, this survey, *
a hewn spruce post, 4 ft. long, 4|
ins. sq., set 2 ft. in ground, in
earth mound, scribed 3-1274-3S., and
1-1274-.; whence U. S. L. M. No.
1274 bears N. 61 deg. 34 min. E.,
2996.95 ft.; thence S. 41 -deg. 09
min. E., 705.65 ft. to Cor. No. 2;
thence N. 35 deg. 24 min. W. 898.9
ft. to Cor. No. 3; itheneo N. 60 deg.
34 min. E. 700.5 ft. to Cor. No. 4;
thence S. 34 deg. 28 min. E., 662.65
ft. to Cor. No. 1, and place of be
ginning, containing an area of
12.389 acres.
NUMBER SIX BELOW DISCOV
ERY—Beginning at Cor. No. 1,
identical with Cor. No. 2, No. Seven
Below on Yankee Creek Placer, this
survey, a hew spruce post, 4 ft. long
4 ins. sq., set 2 fit. in ground, in
earth mound, scribed 2-1274-7B.,
and 1-1274-6B.; whence U. S. L. M.
No. 1274 bears N. 57 deg. 43 min.
32 sec. E., 3666.52 ft.; thence S. 36
deg. 57 min. W.,*909.30 ft. to Cor.
No. 2; thence N. 50;deg. 48 min. W.
840.2 ft. to Cor;l'No. 3; thence N.
36 deg. 05 min. E., 1148.3 ft. to
Cor. No. 4; thence S. 35 deg. 24
min., E., 898.9 ft. to Cor. No, 1,
and place of beginning, containing
an area of 19.998 acres.
Expressly excepting and excluding
from this application the Three Star
Association placer of this same survey,
total area applied for 32.387 acres.
The adjoining claims are: on the
N. E., No. Ten Fraction, unsurvey
ed; on the S. E., claims unknown
and unsurveyed; on the S. W., No.
5 Below on Yankee Creek Plaeer;
unsurveyed, and on the N. W.,
claims unknown and unsurveyed.
U. S„ L M. No. 1274 is a hewi.
spruce post. 8 ins. sq., 8 ft. long,
3 ft, in ground, situated on sloping
hillside in prominent place about 49
ft. in -elevation above the bed of
Yankee Creek, Latitude - 63 deg.
4)3 min. N. Longitude - 156 deg. 19
min. W.
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Furs Bought and Sold ; White Fish and Dog Feed
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