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Alaska News Notes
The council ol Fairbanks recently
elected Martin A. J’iDska to fill the un
expired term of H. U. Boss, the latter
resigning.
The directors of the New England
B'teh Company, of .Boston, have author
ized the erection at Ketchikan ofgi
onp-line salmon cannery to be ready
for operation at the opening of the sea
son.
Dr. J. H. DeVighne, of Juneau, has
received a Boeing seaplane, equipped
with a lOO-horsepower motor, and with
a 49 foot spread of wings, which he
plans to operate during the coming
summer*.
Norvin E. Smith, an employe of the
Alaska railroad, who has been laid up
nearly all winter with an injured knee,
had the further misfortune recently to
be kicked by a horse, with the result
that hialeft arm was broken.
Ice which formed in the head of
Portland canal, during a recent cold
3nap, was driven down by a north wind
and damaged the corner of the new
wharf at Uvder, taking out the corner
pilesland a live-pile dolphin.
C It is reported that the Copper Jliver
& Northwestern railway will build a
hotel at the glaciers on Copper river
for the accommodation of tourists, and
that there is a possibility of the com
pany also erecting a tourist hotel in
Cordova*.'
J7 After two successive years of un
profitable operations, during which
dividends had to be met from the re
serve, the Alaska Packers’ Association
achieved a net profit of *993,761 from
its 1922 operations, permitting a divi
dend of $16.24 a share on its stock.
J, G. Juste, well known at Nome ia
the early days of that camp, but who
has been in the barber business in
Seward since 1914, has sold out his
holdings in that city and, with Mrs.
Junte, left for Southern California,
where they will make their home.
£ LCmen Bros, of Nome have been ad
vised that their studio received a pho
tographic prize for one of their many
artistie reindeer photographs. The
photograph was primed in the World’s
Work, and the prize was awarded by
the American Museum of Natural His
tory of New York.
An S. O. S. call and other distress
signals were recently sent out bv a Ju
neau amateur radio operator and were
picked up by the coast guard cutter
Unalga at intervals of three hours.
The calls were tiaced down and the
operator, a 14 year old bey, was ar
Max Simel
The Pioneer Trader
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Furs Bought and
Sold
Miners’, Prospectors’
and Trappers’;
Supplies
Steamer Service On the In ok a
River.
Ask tbe People'of Ophir about us.
STATION
Fairvicw. InncMi River
rested. Me is liable to a fine of #2,500 '
and two yearn,-imprisonment for send
inp out an S. O. t>. call without cause,
and a fine of 3500 f' r operating- without
a license, if the charges are pressed by
the department. The set wa* crudely
constructed and had little power
A report,from,Wiseman says that, a
white fox ran amuck recently and tried
to bite three persons, aduckily he did
not succeed, anti he tinallv committed
suicide by going into a dog house at
Coldfoot and- trying to lick a whole
pack of dogs, It is believed the fox
had hydrophobia.
Ralph K. Oldham,-a well known em
ploye of the Alaskan Engineering Com
mission. died recently at. Mile 29 from
heart failure. Deceased came to Sun
rise, Alaska, in 1897 from St. Louis,
where he was principal of the public
schools. He‘ was a member of Igloo
No. 15, Pioneers of Alaska.
Notice of Forfeiture.
To Harold. Secidon- his heirs and as
signs.":
You are hereby notified that 1 have
expended for labor and improvements
the sum of one hundred dollars j*er
year for each of the years 1915. 1916,
1917, 1920 and 921 upon the Yellow!
Jacket Association placer mining claim,
situate on Marvel creek, in the Kusko
kwim recording district. Territory of,
Alaska, in order to bold said claim
under the provisions of law respecting
annunl labor on mining claims.
And if, within ninety days after the
publication of this notice, you fail to
pay yotir portion of suoh expenditure,
your interest in said claim wi'l be for -
feited to the undersigned co-owner, ac
cording to the provisions of Section I
21124 Revised Statutes of the United
States,
Luther C. Hass.
Fairbanks, Alaska.
First publication, April 7, 1923,
Last publication, July 7.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
PATENT
United States * , Office Nome,
Alaska, April 22, 1922.
Mineral Application No. 0547
NOTICE IS HEHEBY GIVEN
that William Sehneirla, whose post
office address is Ophir, Alaska, has
mado application before the United
States Land Office: at Nome Alask't,
on behalf of himself,, and his co
owners, Jacob W. Sshueirl^, Charles
Sehneirla and Edward Sehneirla, for
a United States patent for the Con
solidated placer mining claim bear
ing placer gold, known and des
cribed as No. 1 above Gold Run;
No. 2 Above Cold Run and the
Ferron Fraction on Little Creek in
the Innoko Mining & Recording
District in the Territory of Alas
ka, which said Consolidated claim
is described by thp United States
Surveyor General of said District
as Mineral Survey. No. 1276, the ex
terior boundries of which, accord
ing to the plat and field notes now
on file in this office with a var
' iation of 24 deg. 36 inin. E. are as
follows:
NUMBER TWO ABOVE GOLD
RUN ON LITTLE CREEK
Beginning at Cor. No. 1.
A hewn spruce post, 4 ft. long
4 in., sq., in earth mound, scribed
1-1276 2 Ab; whence; U. S. L. M.
No. 1278 bears S. 57 deg. 35 min.
58 sec W’., 5788.01 ft.; thence N.
51 deg. 39 min. W. 1181.3 ft. to
Cor. No. 2; thence N. 65 deg. 57
min. E.1 699.35 ft. to Cor. N. 3.;
thence S. 57deg. 21 min. E. 1082.
3 ft. to Cor. No. 4; thence S. 55
deg. 13 min. W. 760.15 ft. to Cor.
No. 1, plate of beginning contain
ing 17.124 acres.
NUMBER ONE ABOVE GOLD
RUN ON LITTLE CREEK
Beginning at Cor. No. 1.
i-dbhtrcal with Cor. No. 4 No.
Two Above on Little Creek Placer,
this survey, previously described :
Whence U. S. L. M. 1276 bears S.
57 deg. 19 min. 22 sec. W. 6547.58
ft.; thence 57 deg. 21 min. W.
1082.3 ft. to Cor. No. 2; identical
with Cor. No. Three Above on
Little Creek Placer, this survey,
(previously described; thence N. 34
deg. 35 min. E.; 822.0. To Cor. No. 3
thence S. 70 deg. 41 min E. ^02.25
ft. to Cor. No. 4;.then«e S. 17 deg.
27 min. W. 1043 ft. to Cor. No. i
and place of beginning, containing
an area of 19.805 acres.
FERRON FRACTION PLACER
Beginning at Ccr. No. 1.
Identical with Cor. No. 4, No.
Two Above on Little Creek Placer
and Cor. No. 1. No. One Above on
Little Creek Placer, this survey,
previously described; whence:- U. 3.
L. M. No. .1278 bears S. 57 deg.
19 min. 22 sec. W. 6547.58 ft.;
thence N. 17 deg. 27 min. E. 1043
ft. to Cor. No. 2; identical with
Cor No. 4 No. One Above, this sur
vey previously described; thence
S. 66 deg. 24 min. E. 112.2 ft. to
Cor. No. 3; thence S. 23 deg. 38
min. W. 1036.9 ft. to Cor. No. 1
to place of beginning, containing
an area of 1.336 acres. >
Total Area included in the Con
solidated Claim 38.265 acres.
Said Consolidated Placer Claim is
situated on unsurveyed ground on
Lititle Creek, a tributary of Innoko
River, a tributary of the Yukon
River, about ten miles southeast of
the town of Oph.«- in the Innoko
Mining & Recording District in;
said Territory.
The adjoining claims are on the'
northeast the Gold Run Associa- j
tion Claim on Little Creek unsur- j
veyed; on the southwest No. 3 a-j
bove Gold Run on Little Creek
unsurveyed; on the northwest and
southeast claims unknown and un
surveyed.
U. S. Location Monument No.
1278 is hewn spruce post 8 in. sq.
5 ft. above ground, painted blue,
with stone mound around same,
and chiseled U. S. L. M. No. 1278;
whence:- W. Twin Peak bears N.
49; 30 min. E. E. Twin Peak bears
N. 51 deg. 40 min. E. No. 1-Dome
bears N. 23 deg. 43 min. E.
Lat. 63 „deg. 04 min. N.
Long. 156 deg. 25 min. W.
JOHN SUNDBACK
f’Cegister of United States Land Office.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
PATENT
I Mineral Application No. 0548
: United States Land Office at Nome
[Alaska. April 22, 1922.
! NOTICE IS HEHEBY GIVEN
that William Sehneirla, whose post
office address is Ophir, Alaska, has
made application before the U. S.
Land Office at Nome, Alaska on
behalf of himself and his co-owners
Jacob W. Sehneirla, Charles Schneir
la and Edward Sehneirla, for a
United States patent for the Con
solidated Placer mining claim, bear
; ing placer gold, known and des
J cribed as No. fi Above, No. 5 A
: hove, and No. 4 Above Gold Run
[ Placers, on Little Creek, a tri
butary of the Innoko River, and
j situated about eleven miles south
! east of the town of Ophir, in the
Innoko Mining and Recording Dis
trict, Territory of Alaska, said Con
| solidated Placer mining claim be
ing designated by the U. S. Sur
veyor General of Alaska as U. S.
Mineral Survey No. 1277; the ex
terior boundaries of which, accord
ing to the plat and field notes of
said survey now on file in the
said U. S. Land Office at Nome,
; Alaska, with a magnetic variation
| of 24 deg. 31 min. E., being as
follows:
NO. 6 ABOVE GOI.D RUN.
i Beginning at Cor. No. 1;
1 A hewn spruce post, 4 ft. long, 4 in.
! &q., in earth mound scribed 1-1277
i Ab whence U. S. L. M. No. 127is
1 bears S. 53 deg. 13 min. W. 32G0.6
jft.
j Thence N. 39 deg. 25 min. W.
j 533.1 ft. to Cor No. 2 whence Cor.
I No. 4 of No. 8 Above, survey 1278,
bears S. 14 deg. W. 1002.8 ft. dis
itant; Thence N. 44 deg. 2 min E.
1511.2 ft. to Cor. No. 3; Thence
S. 29 deg. 9 min. E. 621.9 ft.
i to Cor. No. 4; Thence S. 53 deg.
! 28 min. W. 397.6 ft. to Cor No.
1 the place of beginning, contain
ing an area of 5.922 acres.
Beginning at Cor. No. 1, which
is identical with Cor. No. 4 of No.
6 Above, this survey; whence U.
S. L. M. No. 1278 bears S. 53 deg.
14 min. 37 sec. W. 3658.18 ft.;
Thence N. 29 deg. 9 min. W. 621.9
ft. to Ccur. No. 2, dientical with Cor.
No'. 3 of No. 6 Aboove, this survey;
Thence N. 64 deg. 55 min. E. 671.7
ft. to Cor. No. 3; Thence S. 28 deg.
43 min. Ew 792 ft. to Cor. No. 4;
Thence,, S.s 78 deg. 58 min. W.
607.8 ft to Cor. No. 1, the place
of beginning, containing an area
of 10.827 acres.
NO. 4 ABOVE GOLD RUN
Beginning at Cur. No. 1, iden
tical with Cor. No. 4 of No. .7 A
bove, this survey, whence U. S. L.
M. No. 1278 bears S. 57 deg. 17
min. 6 see. W. 4297.52 ft.; Thence
N. 28 deg 43 W. 792 ft. to Cor.
No. 2, identical with Cor. No. 3 of
No. 5 Above placer, this survey;
Thence N. 41 deg. 32 min E. 546.9
ft. to Cor No. 3; Thence S. 37 deg.
19 min. E. 1075 ft to Cor. No. 4;
TSience S. 68 deg. 29 min. W. 680.1
ft. to Cor. No. 1, the place of be
ginning, containing an area of 12.
754 acres.
The total area contained in said
Consolidated Placer claim is 29.503
acres.
The adjoining claims are, on the
northeast No. 3 Above Gold Run
Placer on Little Creek, claim un
'surveyed and claimants unknown;
on the southwest No. 7 Abow Gold
Run Placer on Little Creek, claim
unsurveyed and claimant unknown,
on the northwest and southeast,
claimants unknown and claims un
surveyed.
U. S. L. M. No. 1278 to which
the survey is tied is a hewn spruce
post 8 in. square, 8 ft. long, chie
eled U. S. L. M. No. 1278, with
stone mound 3 ft. high and 6 ft.
base around same, situated on a
high prominent point on the right
limit on Little Creek, immediately
above the confluence of Little
Creek and Trail Creek, whence
West Twin Peak bears N. 49 deg.
30 min. E.; East Twin Peak bears
N. 51 deg. 40 min. E.; and No. 1
Dome bears N. 23 deg. 43 min. E.;
Lat. 63 deg. 4 min. N.
Long. 156 deg. *25 min. W.
JOHN SUNDBACK
Register IT. S. Land Office.
J. H. McLEAN
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