Many McGrathites to
Attend Tacotna Ball |
A number of McGrathites will be in
attendance at Tacotna tonight at the ,
farewell ball to be tendered to Mr. and i
Mrs. Al Thorns. Among those leaving i
here today were Mr. and Mrs. Have .
Clough, Sergeant L. W. Bundy, L. B.
Loomis, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Roberts, ■
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Condrv, I key
Hayes, and possibly a few others whom
the Times man didn’t see.
Nick SopofT, who left here early in
the winter to visit his old home in Eu
rope, got no farther on his intended
journey than Seattle, from which place
word now comes that he was married
a few weeks ago and that he and his
bride will soon be coming in over the
trail. Jam Per, who left here with
SopofT, proceeded on his way to Russia.
Harry E. Carter, who arrived at
Nixon some weeks ago to assist his
mining associate, H. Y. Groshong, in 1
the development of their mining inter
ests, left a couple of days ago for Kobi,
headed for the Outside. He is under
stood to have given a lease on his in
terests. _=S=BS5S-JL—
Grant Murdock, well known old
_limer, after a winter’s visit in Seattle,
•mtumed here Thursday, coming over
the Kobi trail. He returns with a
fuod of information regarding former
interiorites.
Paul LaPlante, who arrived here
late Wednesday, wus among those who
left Thursday headed for Flat.
For a Nice Lunch
or First-Class Meal
Call At
Durant’s Cafe
CHARLIE’S
LAUNDRY I
!
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A Bath in a Real
Bath Tub
Shoe Repairing
SignflWriting
Paperhanging
CHARLES REBHUN
The Handy Man
Four seal otter pelts were taken from
he steamship Admiral Watson, re
seutly, alleged to be the property of J.
iV. McCord, the Cold Bay oil promoter.
McCord claims they were picked up
lead bv the Indians and sold to him.
3overnment officials failed to credit
he report, as the skins were packed in
i keg and placed in the center of a
Darrel of salt herring, shipped from
rbree Saints Bay. The skins all had
Dullet holes iu them. They were eon
iscated and sent to the Foulke Fur
Pur company to tie sold for the goveru
nent. _
Certain tribes of Eskimos do not eat
Dlubber aDd live in ice igloos, nor are
;hey short and squat, according to Dr.
Prank H. Spence, head of the mission
try hospital at Point Barrow, who is in
Buffalo, N. Y., on a visit. The.doctor
tays the Eskimos of Point Barrow are
is large as the average American; their
Douses are made of three thicknesses
Df wood, with much building paper in
Detween, and that they are a happy
ind polite people. Tiiey use modern
weapons for hunting and are extraordi
narily good shots with a ride. They
make wonderful mechanics.
Ketchikan lias the greatest motor
jar population per mile of finished
road of any place dow on record, ac
cording to J. F. Krause, a Seattle busi
ness man. He says there are but ten
miles of highway in and about Ketchi
kan, and for that ten miles there are
109 automobiles.
lln nnn I nlm
was a Thursday arrival, left yesterday,
headed for Flat
Receiving and sending hours at the
McGrath station are as follows:
Week Days—10 a. m. and 4 p. in.
Sundays and holidays— 9:45 a. in. and
1:30 p. in.
For Sale—Hand sewing machine. In
quire Times office.
McGrath
Pool Room
and
Cigar Store
For Sale
Or Lease
Mrs. E. P. Werner
Proprietor
Dr. D. C. Hardy, Dentist
Will be at Tacotna until April
2nd. Make appointments early
as possible.
f
Bcd L. Stollmau, formerly e nnocttd .
with the Nixon mine, who left here
over the early winter trail, was recent
ly appointed assistant superintendent
of the big copper mine at Lalnuche,
according to word lately received here.
John E. Strand, who recently arrived
at Nixon from tiie Outside, was a yes
terdav arrival here.
Jack Stewart returned yesterday
from a trip to. Tacotna.
John O. Strand is down from his
Nixon workings for a short visit.
Notice of Forfeiture.
To B. T. James, Ed McArdle and
Charles Knell, your heirs, executors
and assigns: x
You are hereby notified that I, the
undersigned, your co-owner, have ex
pended in labor and improvements the
sum of not less than one hundred dol
lars [$100,001 for the years I960 and
l!)21 uimn your interests in tlie Good
Luck Fraction, situated between No. 1
and No. 2 Above Discovery on Moore
creek, in the Mt. McKinley mining and
recording precinct, Territory of Alaska,
iu order to hold said claim under the
provisions of Section 2224 of the Re
vised Statutes of the United States and
the amendments thereto concerning
annual labor upon mining claims, being
the amount required to bold said min
ing claim for the period ending June
20, 1921.
And if within ninety days after the
publication of this notice you fail or
refuse to contribute your proportion of
said expenditures, as weft as the cost of
recording the same, and the costs of
this advertisement, your interests in
said claim will become ttba property of
ttie undersigned, your co-owner, who
has made the required expenditures'
under the terms of said section 2224 of
the Revised Statutes of the United
States. Cecil Bahi>OW,
Co-Owner.
Date of first publication, Jan. <». 1923.
Date of last publication, April 7. 1922.
| NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
PATENT
j United States Land Office, Nome
Alaska. April 22, 1922.
Mineral Application No. 0549
NOTICE IS •HEREBY GIVEN;
that William Schneirla, whose post
office address is Ophir, Alaska, has
made application before the United
States Land Office at Nome, Alas
ka, patent on behalf of himself,
and his co-owners, Jacob W. Sohnei
rla, Charles Schneirla and Edward
Schneirla, for a United States pa
tent for the Consolidated placer
mining claim bearing placer goid,
known and described as No. 8 A
bovc Gold Run, No. 9 Above Gold
Run, No. 9 Fraction and No. 10
Above Gold Run, situated on Little
Creek about ten miles southeast
of the town of Ophir in the Innoko
Mining & Recording District, Ter
ritory of Alaska, said placer min
ing claim being designated by the
United States Surveyor General of
said District as United States Min
eral Survey No. 1278, the exterior
boundaries of which, according to
the plat and field notes now on
file in this office with a magnetic
variation of from 24 deg. 21 min.
E. to 24 deg. 31 min. E. are as
follows:
NUMBER TEN ABOVE ON
LITTLE CREEK PLACER.
Beginning at Cor. No. I
A fhewn spruce post, 4 ft. long,
4 ins. sq. set 2 ft. in ground, scri
bed I 1278-lOAb, whence U. S.
L. M. 1278 bears S. 54 deg. 27 min.
W., 251.3 ft; thence N. 35 deg,
55 min. W. 586.4 ft. to Cor. No.2;
thence N. 51 deg. 45 min. E. 657.8
ft. to Cor. No. 3 jthence S. 35 . deg.
38 min. E. 678.9 ft. to Cor. No. 4;
thence S. 59 ue~. 49 min. W. 656.9
ft. to Cor. No. 1 and place of be
ginning, containing an area of 9.520
acres.
NUMBER NINE FRACTION
ON LITTLE CREEK PLACER
Beginning at Cor. No. 1
Identical with Cor. No. 4, No. Ten
Above on Little Creek Placer, this
survey, previously described; whence
U. S. L. M. No. 1278 bears S. 58
deg. 19 min. 57 sec., W. 907.39 ft.
thence. N- S^deg. 38 min. W. 678.9
ft. to Cor. No. 2; thence S. 89 deg.
49 min. E. 258.2 ft. to Cor. No. 3;
thence S. 39 deg. 10 min. E. 527.9
ft. to Cor. No. 4; thence S. 54 deg. 12
min. W. 242.9 ft. to Cor. No. 1
and place of beginning, containing
an ar*>a of 3.101 acres.
NUMBER NINE ABOVE ON
LITTLE CREEK PLACER
Beginning on Cor. No. 1.
Identical with Cor. No. 4, No.
Nine Fraction on Little Creek
Placer, this survey, previously des
cribed. Whence:- U. S. L. M. bears
1278 bears S. 57 deg. 27 min. 34
sec. W. 1149.8 ft. thence N. 39 deg.
1C min. W. 527.9 ft. to Cor. No. 2;
thence N. 52 deg. 12 min. E. 583.7
ft. to Cor. No. 3; thence S. 35 deg.
18 min. E. 493.1 ft. to Cor. No. 4;
thence S. 48 deg. 28 min. W. 549.5
ft. to Cor. No. 1 and place of be
ginning, containing an area of fl.628
acres.
NUMBER EIGHT ABOVE ON
LITTLE CREEK PLACER.
Beginning at Cor. No. 1.
identical with Cpr. No. 4, No.
Nine Above on Little Creek Placer,
this survey, previously described.
Whence:- U. S. L. M. No. 1278
bears S. 54 deg. 33 min. 16 sec. W.,
1694.72 ft; thence N. 35 deg. 18
min. W. 493.1 ft. to Cor. No. 2;
thence N. 45 deg. 03 min. E. 672.1
ft. to Cor. No. 3; thence S. 44 deg.
19 min. E. 657.1 ft. to Cor. No. 4;
thence S. 57 deg. 52 min; W. 767.4
ft. to Cor. No. 1 and place of be
ginning, containing an area of 9.406
acres.
Total area contained in said Con
solidated Claim is 28.655 acres.
Said Consolidated Placer Claim
is situated on Little Creek about
ten miles, southeast of the town of
Ophir in the Innoko Mining and
Recording District, Territory of Al
aska.
The adjoining claims are on the
northeast No. 7 Above Gold Run
oa Little Creek, unsurveyed; on the
southwest No. 11 Above Gold Run
oa Little Creek unsurveyed; on the
northwest and southeast, unknown
and unsurveyed.
j Location Monument No. 1278 is
a hewn spruce post 8 in. sq.. 8 ft.
|long, painted blue and chiseled U.
S. L. M. No.11278, 3 fti in ground,
yith a stone mound 3 ft. high, 6
I ft. base, around same. This loca
tion monument is situated on high
prominent point on the right limit
of Little Creek, just above the
confluence of Little Creek and Trail
Creek, whence W. Twin Peak bears
N. 49 deg. SO min. E.; E. Twin
Peak bears N. 51 deg. 40 min. E.;
No. 1 Dome bears N. 23 deg.' 43
min. E.
Latitude 63 deg. 04 min. N.
Longitude 156 deg. 25 min. W.
JOHN SUNDBACK
1 Register of United States Land Office.
mjsmi
Northern Commercial Co.
of Alaska
OPEN FOR BUSINESS AT
TACOTNA ON APRIL!
Announcement is herewith made that 'the-Northern
Commercial Company has -acquired'-the stock and ;
good will of the A. Higgins-mercarttiie concern
at Tacotna and will take possessiomof same
on April 1, when, we will be prepared to
give every attention, to* outfitting.
McGrath Roadhouse
5 Excellent Meals
Service; Prompt and Efficient