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MifJKATH, ALASKA. APR. 29. 1922
Feasible Winter Mail
Route Via Menehu
mina* Says Sterling
Nenana News.
superintendent Hadley W. Sterling',
the Alaska Road Commission, accom
panied by Mrs. Sterling, returned to
Necuna oa the train from the South on
Thursday, after -an absence- of three
months in the Kuskokwim district.
Tbev boarded the train at Kobe sta
tion; to which point they traveled by
dog'team at the conclusion of an exten -
sive recounaisance survey in the KaD
rishiia and Kuskokwim regions. ,
Mr. .Sterling left Nenana on January
‘Hh, last, for the purpose of conducting
a reconnaissance survey with the object
:>< establishing a feasible route for a
rail or road connecting the railroad
sith the Kuskokwim country.
Barry 's Landing, on the IOast Fork of
he Kuskokwim, was the objective, the
.■mitie mapped leading over the newly
sstmblished trail from Lignite and by
*a.v of Glacier, on the Hearpaw river,
Ku-tSett’s campgjMt Moose creek, and
.’elida, on the McKinley fork of the
iuskokwim river. The last mentioned
-lace was reached after tv strenuous
trip over practically unknown country,
the party having to break trail nearly
ill the way from Bartlett’s. The return
was made imperative because of short
age of supplies; lack of funds and ap
.-roach ing spring with its disintegrat
ing trails.
On the wav out to Telida’ from Lig
nitei shelter tents, with a good stove in
sac*, were put up along the trail be
tween Lignite and Glacier. The first
tent, is 15 miles out from Lignite, the
second 11 miles beyond, and the others,
.’our in number, are eight miles apart,
the last being on the Bearpaw; wiehin
ten miles of the camp of the Mt. Mc
<inley Gold Placers, Inc., on Glacier.
All of the tents put up are 9x9; except
the one on the Toklat, which is 14x16.
The distance from Lignite to Glacier is
S7 miles.
Shaking of a feasible winter mail
route to the Kuskokwim from a point
on the Alaska railroad, as against the
present route via Rainy Pass, Mr. Ster
ling said that he had never been over
the Rainy Pass, but from information
gathered from various reliable sources
He thought that a very much better
route can be found to the Kuskokwim
either from Nenana, Lignite or Kobe
station, through Diamond or Glacier,
to a point 12 miles up from the mouth
of Birch creek, and skirting Lake Men
chumlna to Telida. The divide is
hardly noticeable, he says. The ap
PROFESSIONAL.
W. F. Green—
M. IX JD. IX S.
Office: McGrath, Aaa.
Albrecht and Taylor
r.Ed. W/Albrkcht, Iditarod, Alaska
CHAS. E. TAYliOK, Seattle, Wash.
Practice in all the Courts,
'ajfUle Iaw Office: L. C. Smith Bid*
proximate distance from the railroad to
McGrath, the principal town in the
Kuskokwim region, is 250 miles.
On the present reconnaissance, Mr.
Sterling sa.vs that be found the trail
from Lignite to the Toklat. better than
he bad expected. The one objection to
that route, in his opinion, is the divide
between Crooked creek and the Rear
paw river, the last half mile on each
side of the divide being very sleep and
permitting of a load of not more than
50 pounds per dog to be hauled, and
with difficulty at that.
From Glacier the party swung in a
southerly direction for Bartlett's, on
I Moose creek. u» find the shortest possi
ble route to Telida, on the McKinley
fork of the Kuskokwim,. and thence to
Berry’s Landing,'-on the East Fork.
Ths approximate distance from Glacier
to Telida is 05 miles. A trail was cut
through to Bartlett's, a distance of ten
miles from Glitcier, and the goiug was
not so bad, hut from there on to Telida
trail had to he cut and broken all the
way through. This route is imprac
tical, Mr. Sterling says, by reason of
the hilly nature of the country trav
ersed. The reconnaissance map of the
Kuskokwim region, by which he was
largely guided, was found to be incor
rect in several instances. This map
was compiled about twenty years ago
by the Geological Survey which went
through at that time. It, would be a
greet benefit to the country, Mr. Ster
ling says,- it an accurate map were to
compiled and published.
Calls Boston “the Hoad to
Hell for Young Students’*
Boston. -According to ObertSJetion.
Norwegian consul, the removal by his
government of fift-v men and women
residents, tie re for study at the Har
vard, Massachusetts Institute of Tech
nology and the New England Conserv
atory of Music, to educational institu
tions in other-cities, is likely to follow
thesuicidc mV-auline Virginia Clark
and Otto Haldeu Lar»uu, the latter a
Norwegian technology student.
The Norwegian consul called Boston ;
"the road to hell for young students. ' j
Mineral Application No. 0505.
U. S. Band Office. Nome, Alaska.
February 2. 1022.
NOTICE IS-HEREBY GIVEN that
the Flume Dredge Company, a cor
poration, organized and existing un
der the laws of the State of Calif
ornia, whose address is Mills Build
ing, San Francisco, California, has
made application before the United
States Land Office of Nome, Alaska,
through James M. Streeten, its
authorized agent, whose address is
Nome, Alaska, for a United States
Patent for the consolidated mining
claim known as» the MAYFLOWER
ASSOCIATION, No. 12 ABOVE, No.
13 ABOVE, and No. 14 ABOVE
DISCOVERY ON YANKEE CREEK,
in the Innoko Mining and Recording
District, Territory of Alaska, and
designated, by the United States
Surveyor General of said territory
as Mineral Survey No. 1269; the ex
terior boundaries of said placer
claim, according to the plat and
field notes of said survey, now on
file in said land office (with a mag
netic variation of 20 deg. 12 min.
E.) being as follows:
MAYFLOWER ASSOCI A T I O N
PLACER—Beginning at Cor. No. 1,
a fir post, 4 ft. long, 4 ins. sq., in
earth mound, scribed 1-1269-M.A.:
whence U. S. L. M. No. 1270 bears
N. 21 deg. 33 min. 06 sec. E.,
4353,23 ft.; thence S. 68 deg. 22
min. E., 656.5 ft. to Cor. No. 2;
thence S. 22 deg. 33 min. W.
2666.5 ft. to Cor. No. 3; thence
N. 75 deg. 02 min. W. 545.55 ft.
to Cor. No. 4; thence N. 20 deg.
07 min. E., 2728.7 ft. to Cor. No.
1 and place of beginning, contain
ing an area of 37.109 acres.
NO. 12 ABOVE ON YANKEE
CREEK PLACER — Beginning at
Cor. No. 1, identical with Cor. No.
3, Mayflower Association, a fir post,
4 ft. long, 4 ins. sq., in earth mound,
scribed 2-1269-M. A., and 1-1269-12
Ab.; whence U. S. L. M. No. 1270
bears N. 16 deg. 34 rain. 56 sec. E.,
7044.95 ft.; thence S. 29 deg. 51
min. W., 1411.0 ft. to Cor. No. 2;
thence N. 47 deg. 32 min. W. 502.2
ft. to Cor. No. 3; thence N. 27 deg.
59 min. E., 1161.8 ft. to Cor. No.
—— n i ir 1
flower Association, this survey;
thence S. 75 deg. 02 min. E. 545.55
ft. to Cor. No. 1, and place of be
ginning, containing an area of
15.024 acres.
NO. 13 ABOVE ON YANKEE
CREEK PLACER—Beginning at
Cor. No. 1, identical with Cor. No.
3, No. 12 Above, this survey, a fir
post, 4 ft. long, 4 ins. sq., in csrth
mound, scribed 3-1269-12 • 1
1269-13 Ab.; whence U. S. L.> Ml
No. 1270 bears N. 21 deg. 59 min.
12 sec. E„ 8235.84 ft; .hence S.
47 deg. 32 min. E. 502.2 ft. Ho Cor;
No. 2, identical with Cor. No. 2,
No. 12 Above, this survey; thence
iS. 39 deg. 03 min. W. 1187.1 ft. to
cor. No. 3; thence N. 40 deg. 15
min. W., 511.05 ft. to Car: No. 4;
thence N. 89 deg. 05 min. 5L 1122.05
ft. to Cor. No. 1, and place -of be
ginning, containing an" area of
1 ‘i 90Q
NO. 14 ABOVE ON YANKEE
CREEK PLACER-—Beginning at Cor.
No. 1, identical with Cor. No. 4,
No. 13 Above, this survey, a fir
post, 4 ft. long, 4 ins. sq., scribed
4-1269-13 Ab., 1-1269-14 Ab.;
whence U. S. L. M. No. 1270-hears
N. 24 deg. 00 min. 58> sec. E.
9313.95 ft.; thence S. 40 deg. 15
min. E. 511.5 ft. to cor. No. 2, iden
tical with Cor. No. 3, No. 13 Above,
this survey; thence S. 44 deg. 41
min. W. 1252.8 ft., to cor. No. 3;
thence N. 34 deg. 22 min. W. 524.0
ft. to Cor No. 4; thence N. 44 deg.
57 min. E. 1198.1 ft. to Cor. No.
1, and place of beginning, contain
ing an area of 14.401 acres.
Total area applied fob,' 7£T833
acres.
The adjoining claims are: on the
N., Oregon Group, unsurveyed; on
the S., Perphyory Association, un
surveyed; on the E. and W., elahn*
unknown and unsurveved.
U. S. L. M. No. 1270, is a hewn
spruce post, situated about 75 ft. E.
of brow of small bluff on the right
limit of Yankee Creek and about
60 ft. in elevation of the bed of
ame. Latitude 63 deg. 01 min. N.
Longitude 156 deg. 20 min. W.
J. SUNDBACK,
Register.
Notice of Forfeiture.
To John Neimi. E. Oksanen, .John
Heino, Matt Besola, Matt Kivinen,
John Turtenain, Henry Kleimola, j
August Belkola. vour heirs, e.x- I
eeutors, administrators; - and as- j
signs:
You, and each of,] vou, are hereby
notified that we. the undersigned, have |
done and caused to he performed labor
to the value of one hundred dollars
($100.00) vearlv, for each of the years
1915, 1916, 1917. 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921,
upon placer mining claim known as
and called Neimi Association, situated
on Spruce creek, a tributary of Innoko
river, Innoko mining and recording
precinct, Territory of Alaska, in order
to hold the said claim under the pro
visions of Section 2.124, and amend
ments thereto, of the revised statutes
of the United Stales of America, con
cerning unouai labor upon mining
claims'."
And if within ninety (90) days after
the publication of this notice you tailor
refuse-to contribute your proportion of
said expenditures, as well as the costs
of recording the sameand the costs of
this advertisement, your interest in
said claim witl become the property of
the undersigned, your co-owners, who
have made the required expenditures
under the terms of said section 2324,
and amendments thereto; of the re
vised statutes of the-United States cf ■
America.
H. J. Vinau
W. A. VlNAK
Date of first publication, Feb. 4. 1922.
Date of last publication. May 6, 1922.
Notice of Forfeiture.
To Jerry Ford, your neirs. executors
and assigns:
You, and each of you, are hereby
notified that 1. the undersigned, your
co owner, have expended for labor and
improvements the sum of not less than
one hundred dollars ($100) yearly for
the years 1920-and 1921 upon your in
terests in the Pack Mule Association
placer mining claim, situated on titter
creek, a tributary of Iditarod river, in
the Otter mining and recording pre
cinct, Territory of Alaska, in order to
hold said claim under the provisions'of
Section 2324 of the revised statutes of
the United States and the amendments
thereto concerning annua! labor upon
mining claims, being the amount ie
quired to hold said mining claim for
the period ending July 1, 1921,
And if within the period of ninety
days after the publication of this r.<>
iice you fail or refuse to contribute
your proportion of said expenditures,
as well as She costs of recording the
same and the expenses of this adver
tiaement, your interest in -said clait*
will become the property of ihe unHxi'
signed, your co-owner, who has made
the required expenditures under 1
terms of said Section 2324 of ‘the re:
vised statutes of the United States.
Dan S McP->nblp,.
Co owuer.
Date of first publication,’April 8, 1922.
Date of last-publication, July 8, 11)22.
A. HIGGINS
Tacotna
Geo. W. Hoffman
Pioneer Trader of the
Kuskokwim Valley
Napamute - Alaska
The Langley House
Roadhouse and Restaurant i
Meals At AH Hours
Bread, Pies, Cakes and Doughmm torsaie.l Always on hand
Diamond Dick
/■
Proprietor V