THE KUSKO TIMES
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Entered as second-da*, matter Febru
ary I, 1922. at. the Post Office at
McGrath, Alaska, under the
Act of March (5, 1879.
MCGRATH, ALASKA. APR 25, 1923 i
Feeling of Optimism
Prevails at Kanatak
The correspondent of the Seward !
Gateway at Kanatak writes as follows
regarding: conditions in the new town:
“Peopled with a hundred souls, the
feeling of optimism is ever present
among those who have staked practi- '
rally their all on the freaks of nature
in disclosing the presence of oil—upon j
which the hopes and ambitious of those
who are pioneering that section are j
staked. With the announcement that
oil has been struck Kanatak will wit
ness a rush of people which the days of
’97 and ’98 will not rival. A failure of
discovery will blast the future pros
pects of many who have ventured their
all.
“The prospects of realizing the hopes
expressed are more than normally good, i
Men who are engaged in drilling for oil
are even more optimistic than the busi
ness people. It #ppears to be only a
matter of how deep must the drill be
sent down into mother earth before the
wealth-producing fluid is produced—it
may be days, weeks, or longer. Of the
two companies at present engaged in
drilling, the Standard Oil employs
eighteen men, the Associated Oil about
thirty. The home offices are kept con
stantly in touch with developments by
wireless, each company maintaining a
plant and an operator. Operations by
the Associated have for a short time
been curtailed on account of breakage
in machinery. J'he Standard will com
mence work as soon as everything is in
readiness, which will be within the
next few days, and With the heaviest
oil-drilling machinery ever to be as
sembled on any work field, it will be
only a question of time until the oil
bearing stratum lias been reached.
“The people of Kanatak are open
handed in their hospitality, reminding
one of the early days. Social functions
are held regularly, with good attend
ance noted.
“in frankness, tt can be said that
Kanatak at the present time does not
offer any special inducements for the
PROFESSIONAL
Albrecht and Taylor
LAWYERS
Iditarod, Alaska,
a □ d at
70.-> L. C. Smith iildp., Seattle, Wash
Practice in all Courts.
Dr. W. f. Green
McGrath, Alaska
laboring man unless he is accompanied
by exceptional luck in securing em
ployment, For those who would invest
in business it is apparent the*, the pres
ent ventures are ample to provide for
the wants of the camp until such a
i me as the population increases ma
terially.
“In conclusion it can be said that if
optimism can make a camp or produco
tne needed oil, then the future of Kan
atak is assured. ’
Conscience Money
From A1I Sources
San Francisco.—Hoboes sometimes
do pay full^ faro afterward for their
brakebeam and boxcar excursions, ac
cording to otlicials of the Southern Pa
cific railroad offices here, who sta e
that the “conscience fuud” of the com
pany has become $303 richer in the
past year. Nor are all the contribu
tions from hoboes; former employes and '
others who have stolen rides or prop
erty from the road have been driven by
their consciences, official f say, to make
restitution.
The contributions range from 1 cent
to $300. The penny remittance was
from an employe, who stated'
“I was overpaid one cent on my pay
check anti as an honest employe I re
turn it.”
That for $200 came from a religious
institution at Ogden, Ftah. It had
been turned over to the institution by
a man who said he had defrauded the
company of that sum and wished toj
clear his conscience by donating it to
charity. The religious institution .de
cided it would be better for the man’s
conscience to make restitution to the i
corporation from which the money was i
stolen.
Six cems in postage stamps , came
“from a child who failed, to pay car
hire.” An Oakland, Cal., man sent ,10
cents, saying h*had defrauded the
Southern Pacific of that sum by sneak
ing past the gateman at the ferry
building in San Francisco six years
ago.
I^KESS SQIIIBS. *
A Senate committee is pouring water
on the troubled oils. Wall Street!
Journal.
The difference beiween happiness
arid contentment is that happiness isn’t
nine parts laziness.—Bethlehem Globe.
Another sign of mechanical progress
is that pedestrians have to be mended
oftener than automobiles.—Washing
ton Post.
If he had done nothing else, M. Coue
would deserve uuoeideraiion for hav
ing crowded the monkey glaud experts
off the stage.— Portland Oregonian.
One thing that makes us sore at the
Turks is that they won’t believe we are
the sainted Christ.ans we keep telling
them we are.— Dallas Tunes-Herald.
it took man many millions of years to
develop from a water creature. You
can’t expect him to get accustomed to
a dry land in oue generation.—Harris
burg evening News.
Dr. Coue advised the Yale under
graduates to apply auto-suggestion to
their studies, but he dien’t say a thing
that would encourage the football
eleven.—Now York Evening Post.
As only $15,000,000 worth of relics
have been found in King Tutauk
hamen’s tomb, it must be that thev
haven’t located the secret panel behind
which the old boy kept ius supply of
coal.—Detroit News.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
PATENT
United States Land Office Nome,
Alaska. April 22, 1922.
....Mineral Application No. 0550
NOTICE BE.REpy GIVEN
that William Schnoirla, whoso post
j office address is Ophir, Alaska, has
i made Application bifoie the United
States Land Office at Nome, Alaska,
on behalf of himself, and his co
owners, Jacob W. Sehi: irla Charles
Schneirla, ard Edward Schneirla,
for a United States patent for the
Consolidated placer mining claim
bearing placer gold, known and des- ]
crioed as No. 13 Above Gold Itun I
and No. 14 Above Gold E i, sit
uated on Littie Creek, a T. utary
of the Innoko River, about twelve
miles southeast of the town of Ophi;
in the Innoko Min'ng & Recording
District in the Territory of Alaska,
said Consolidated Placer Mi:.i"g
Claim being designate 1 by the Unit
ed States Surveyor General of said
District as United States Mineral!
Survey No. 1279, the exterior bo.i.i-l
daries of which, according to the:
plat and field notes now on file in
this office with a magnetic varia-;
tion of 24 deg. 37 min. E. are as,
follows:
NUMBER THIRTEEN ABOVE
GOLD RUN ON L’TTLE CREEK ,
Bepinninp at Cor. No. 1.
A hi wn swuce post, 4 ft. Ions, 1 '
ins. sq., in earth mound scribed J-12 i
79-13.4 b; whe ce: U. S. L. M. No.!
i-7S bears N. 5G dep. 22 min. 50
sec. E., 10(7:5.09 ft.; thence R. 47
dep. 47 min. W. 081.7 ft. to Cor. No
2; thence N. ‘5 dep. 29 min. W. G4G
ft. to Cor. No. 3; thence N. 28 dep.
51 min. E. 701.5 ft. to Cor. No. 4;
thence S. 45 dep. 49 min. E. 8G8.0
ft. to Cor. No. 1. and p ace of be
pinninp, containinp 11.710 acres.
NUMBER FOURTEEN ABOVE
GOLD RUN ON LITTLE CREEK
Bepinninp at Cor. No. 1.
Identical with Cdr. No. 2. No.
13 Above, this survey, nrevious.lv
described: whence:- U. S. L. M.
No. 1278 bears N. 52 dep. 54 min.
12 sec. E. 1G80.23 ft; thenc- S
52 dep. 52 min. W 624.6 rt. +•• Co
No. 2; thence N. 38 dep. 55 mm.
W. 514.9 ft. to Cor. No. 3; thence j
N. 40 dep. 30 min. E. 560.9 ft. to
Cor. No. 4; identical with Cor. No.
3 No. 13 Above this survey, pre
viously described; thence S. 45 dep.
29 min. E. 640.0 ft. to Cor. No. 1
and place of bepinninp, containinp
an arm of 7.80D acre1'.
Total acres contained in said Con
solidated Claim is 19.540 acres.
Said Consolid ted Placer Clai i
is situated on Little Creek, a tri
butary of the Tnnoko River, about
twelve miles southeast of the town
of Ophir in the Irnoko Mininp &;
Recordinp District in the Territory
of Alaska.
The adjoininp clamis are on the
northeast No. 12 Above on Little
Creek un surveyed; on the south-:
west No. 15 above on Little Creek
unsnrveyed; on the northwest ahd
southeast claims unknown and nn-S
surveyed.
tT. S. Tvocation Monument No.
1278 is a hewn snruee post 8 ins.
sq 5 ft. above eround. painted blue,
with stone mound around same and
chiseled U. S. L. M. No. 1278;!
whence:- W. Twin Peak beam N. j
49 dep. 30 min. E. E. Twin Teak !
bears N. 51 dep. 40 min. E. No. 1
Dome bears North 23 dep. 43 min.
Lat 63 dep. 04 seC. N.
Lonp. 156 deir. 25 th W.
JOHN STTNDBA CK
riepister of United States Land Office.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
PATENT
United States Land Office at Nome
Alaska. April 22, 1922.
Mineral Application No. 0"46.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that William Schneirla, whose post- j
office address is Ophir, Alaska, has
made application before the U. S.
Land Office at Nome, Alaska, on be
half of himself and his co-owners,
Jacob W. Schneirla, Charles Schneir
la and Edward Schneirla, for
United States patent for the Asso
ciation Placer mining claim, bear
ing: placer gold, known and descri
bed as No. 1 Below Gold Run or!
the Fathergill Association Placer, ;
on Little Creek, a tributary of In- j
noko River, and situated about ten
miles southeast of the town of Ophir
in the Innoko Mining and Record
ing district in tlhe Territory of Al
aska, said Association Placer claim
being designated by the U. S. Sur
veyor General of said Territory as
U. S. Mineral Survey No. 1275; the
exterior boundries of which, accord
ing to the plat and field notes
«
[thereof on file in said Land Office,
with a magnetic varii.iion of 24 deg.
[35 /n;n. E., is as follows:
'^Beginning at Cor. No. 1,
A f i m ; t 4 ft,, long. 4 in.
sq., in ear ' mound, ribed 1-1275
B; whi U. S. L. M. No. 1274
bears 55. -.8 <ieg. 21 min., E., 267.85
ft.; Thence S: 44 deg. 29 min E.
1291 ft. to Cor. No. 2; Thence S.
27 deg. :(1 min V\. 5101.8 ft. to
Cor. No. ;{; Thence N. 56 deg. 22
min. W. 739.3 ft. to Cor. No. 4;
Thence N. 1>! deg. 17 min E. 5360
ft. o Cor. No. 1, the place of be
.•'r.ning, containing 120.205 acres.
The adjoining claims are, on the
southwest Discov ry on little Creek
on the northeast No. 2 Below Gold
Run on Little Creek, both unsur
veyed and claimants unknown; ^nd
on the northwest p^’^heast
claims unsurveyed and claimants
unknown.
U. S, L. M. No. 1275 is w hewn
spruce post 8 in. square, 8 ft long,
chiseled U. S. L. M. 1275, sitauted
on the left limit of Little Creek,
about 50 feet above the bed thereof,
whence West Twin Peak bears N.
53 deg. 29, min. E.; East Twin
Peak bears N. 57 deg. 66 min E.;
Roch on top of high mountain at
the head of Little Creek bears
S. 34 deg. 6 min. W.; lat. 63 deg.
6 min N.; long. 156 deg. 22 min. W.
JOHN SUNDBACK
Register U. S. Land Office.
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S GORMAN
Big River
General Supplies Fresh From the
Outside
Furs Bought and Sold
Roadhouse
(Formerly The McLean, Tacotita.)
Best of Horae Cooked Meats. Prompt Attention
% New Dog Houses .
Mrs. Frank Larson
Proprietor
. W. Hoffman
I 'ioneer Trader of the Kuskokwim Valley
Napapiute Alaska
Will receive by first boat a larger aba more varied
stock of goods than ever before.
Good Prices for Your Fur
ALASKA RIVERS NAVIGATION '
COMPANY
Operating Light Draught Steamers
On the Kuskokwim.
Captl, Wallace Langley, Manager.
Arrange to Spend the Night at the
Big River Roadhouse
possible meals. Private rooms.
New dog.kennels, and the best of lower river fish
for dog feed.
Diamond I Dick
Proprietor