ItlKCIf CRFKK HOLDINGS. JN
< ll« I.F. DISTRICT. SOON TO BK
VVORKKD ON A LARGE .SCALE
(.Seattle W^eklyv '
I he Circle district, Alaska, one of
tHe oldest place* ratnp.-f inthe north
ern! territory, is to..be the scene of
major mining opexations, similar to
the operations of the Fairbanks Ex
ploration (lOBi :/auy in the Fairbanks
•iwtrict soft the Nome Consolidated
Cold Fields in the Nome district.
The Crown Dredging & Mining
Company of Nevada has acquired
eight and a haif miles of placer
Kfotind <>n Brch creek and its tribu
unies, the whoole comprising* about
>AUC acres of dredging ground. This
grow nil has been explored by engi
neers of the Crown Dredging & Min
ing Company and has been found to
mntain placer gold of commercial im
portance, suitable for large dredging
operations.
At a meeting of thft stockholders
o| the Crown Dredging & Mining
company, held in Reno, Nevada, on
lanuury 10, the action of President
\. J. Baumgartner and other officers
d the company, to lease and bond the
great Circle City holdings to the
(General Development Company, of
Ni>. 1 Broadway, New York, and the
< sold Fields American Company, No.
t!3‘t Broadway, New York, was rati
fied. Under terms of the dteaL. which
hh& now been consummated, the Gen
eral' Development Company and.the
(sold Fields American Company, will
finance the great undertaking, sup
plying the dredgers and other equip
merit necessary to mine the ground
on, a large scale.
The General Development Company
is controlled by Adolph Lcwishon &
Horn, prominently identified with the
Continental Miami Copper Company,
Tennessee Copper Company, and in
scientific gold operations in Colom
bia, South America,
It is estimated there are 40,000,DAO
cubic yards of goid-bearing ground
n the district held by the Crown Coi -
poration.
Kach dredge to be placed on the
property is to ''fast not less than
$■'100,000, and a dredge is to be placed
on every 10,000,000 yards of gpl 1
bearing ground contained in ;he hold
ings of the Cron Company
FORD PROTESTS'MODIFICA
TION OF 18TH AMENDMENT
WASHINGTON,—Henry Ford, au
tomobile manufacturer, placed a>.vig
i orous protest before the House juui
eiary committee against modi Rea ton
of the eighteenth amendment. He re
j corded the conviction that the “sane
people ot the nation" •vajll never allow
j it to he repealed.
The views of Ford? were presented
by Samuel Crowther, magazine
writer, who read _a ..telegram i from
Ford saying:
“The eighteenth*'amendment is rec-1
ognised by the men and women of our
country, the, women especially, as the
greatest foric for the comfort and
pros{>erjty of the United States,
j- "1 am sure the sane people of the
[nation will never .see it repealed or
, allow any dangerous . modification.'’
KEEPER OF AUBURN PRISON
| STABBED TO DEATH BY INMAE
AUBURN, N. Y*-r-Edward Beck
with, principal keeper <yf Auburn
prison, was .stabbed, to death in„the;
prison.
* Beckwith .succeeded. George -Biirn
ford, who was killed, in the Auburn
riot on I leccmber -11. Police tried
vainly to reach the prison by;- tele
phone, but were told nil the. lines
in use. Police have not beoar,called
;to the prison, the othcer in charge
said.
PREMIER MACDONALD PRE
DICTS LAND DISARMAMENT
LONDON.—The international dis
armament conference will deal’ with
land as well aa sea forces, after the
■ five-power, conference is concluded, it
,was predicted today by Premier Ram
say MacDonald.
“1 hope at the conclusion: of the
conference m further meeting* of. the
preparatory commission for disarma
ment will ba held, which wilt enable
the next assembly of the League of
Nations t<t arange for the summon
ing of a disarmament conference,” |
the premier said.
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DUTCH FIRMS TO DEVELOP
MINES FAIRBANKS DISTRICT
SEATTLE.—Forecasting develop
ment in Central Alaska on almost as
threat a scale as that of the Fairbanks
Exploration Company, a syndicate of
Hollanders-—the Dutch Exploration
Company of The Hague—has taken
ov't options on fields controlled by
British interests.
Engineers will leave The Hague for
Alaska to start operutous thb> sums
mer. Cables said the British holdings
were controlled by Georg*: Lemons
nnd Forster, and are reported to con
sist of placer elaims in-the. Fairbanks
and ISusitna valley regions.
SEWAKI).- -Owing to the complete
failure oC the herring paak.ui’ ttm
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
All persons having ,claims. against
the estate of Millie Wroten, deceased,
are hereby required to present the
same, under oath, to,the undersigned,
administrator of the above entitled
estate, at his residence, or at Don
nelley & Sheppard’s store in. Flat, in
Otter Precinct, Fourth Division . of
Alaska, within six montths fcom and
after the date of this notice.
Dated Flat, Ala&ka..the 4th day of
March, 1930.
T. AL.OAKLAND,
Administrator of the Estate
o( Millie Wroten, deceased. .
• First pub. March .15,. 1030
ORDBR AND NOTICE OF. PRI
MARY ELECTION
To Be Held On Tuesday..April 29k.
1930..
in th* Office of the United States
Comm ssioner at Ophir, Alaska,
Fourth Judicial Division. .
Now. on tnis day, pursuant to .Chap
ter 39. Session Laws of Alaska, ap
proved May 3, 1913,-entitled “An Act
to provide for the holding of primary
elections in the Territory of .Alaska,
to fix the manner and time of hold
ing the same, to prescribe the qualifi
cations of the candidates to be nom
inated at such elections, and to des
ignate the manner qff, filing and au
thenticating their.candidacy, and for
other purposes,’’, and. in conformity,
therewith
t is hereby ordered that for the
purpose of .the primary election, to be
held.ton April 29, 1930, all the terri
tory in the recording district known
as the Inneko Recording. jErecinct be,
and is hereby established as, one vot
ing precinct, to comprise all the terri
tory within the borders of the said
recording district,, and to be.-known
as the lnttoko Voting Precinct,, .with
polling place at Erickson’s Road
house in the town of Ophir, in. said
recording district;
Nqtice is hereby given thafc a gen
eral election will be bekLon Tuesday..
April 29, 1930, .for the purpose of
nominating candidates to the .-various
political parties for the fallowing
offices, to-wit:
A Delegate to. the House ol> Repre
sentatives from the Territory of
Alaska;
A Treasurer for the Territory of
Alaska;
An Auditor for the Territory of
A task**
A Commissioner of Education, for
the i unitary of Alaska;
A Hghway Engineer for the Ter
ritory of Alaska;
One Member of the Senate of the
Territory of Alaska;
Four Members of the Mouse of
Representatives of the Territory of
Alaska;
Two Road Commissioners for Road
District Number Four.
The anid: election will be held in tho
voting preeinet above named and at
the polling place therein specified.
The polling place will be -open
between the hours.of 2 o’clock a., an
and 7 o'clock p. ra. of said day.
Dated at Ophir,. Alaska,. February
I 25, 1930.
CHRISTIAN BOLGEN,
U. 8. Commissioner for • the
taaoko Recording District,
Fourth Division, Territory
of Alaska.__
Holland’s
Gate and
Hotel
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■on
Seldovim district, according to relia
! ble information received here, 22 In
| <lian children are being fed in a soup
line instituted by the Sekiovia mar
shal. it is reported that to date only
six Oar re Is of herring have been
pocked ia the Cook Inlet district. By
this u mein previous years thousands
of barrel* had been packed.
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NOTICE or forfeiture:
To M. P. Fleishman, his heirs,. suc
cessors or assigns:
You, and each of yoou, are hereby
notified..that I/,the undersigned, your,
co-owner, have expended in labor and
impruveaHads. thn.eiua. of. aut less
than one hundred dollars for the
yean 1928; m3. 1024. 1926, 1926,.
2027, 192b, and 1929, upon the Mon
day Morning placer mining claim, lo
cated at the head of Flat creek, ini
Otter Precinct, Fourttb Division,
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 amend- -
montte hereto concerning annual
labor upon mining claims, being the
Wheni In
Fairbanks
FVor Real Home-Grown:
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Mr. and Sirs. Geo.
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amount required to bold said raining
claim for tbe period ending June 30,
1V.9.
And if, wtthhi ninety days after
the publication bf this notice, you fail:
or refuse to contribute your propor
tion erf said expenditure, namely, $2S>
per year for each cf said years, for
your one-quarter interest in said
claim, as well- as the cast of record
ing the came, anJ the costs. of this
advertisement, your interest in said,
claim wiU become the property ef.the
undersigned, your co-owner,, who >hae
made the required expenditures under -
the terms of said Section 2824 of: the
Kevised Statutes of the United States..
Dated Flat, Alaska, Feb. 26, 19K0-.
PAUL WABNKi,
Co-owner Otter Precinct, Fourth,
Division, Territory of Alaska,,
roe id in gat Flat, Alaska.
First pub. Mar. 1; last, June 7.
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