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Mcgrath. alaska. may 2, 1923
Col. Greeley Advocates
Statehood for Alaska
'Washington. — Statehood for that
part of Alaska lying south of the Arctic
circle and east of the lG2d meridian of
longitude is advocated by Col. Wm. B.
Greeley, chief forester of the United
States, in a report to the Secretary of
Agriculture, in which he says that
from the standpoint of the national for
est administration and development no
happier step could be taken than ad
mittance of that part of the Territory
to the full rights of aD American com
monwealth.
"It seems to be generally accepted
that the Territory as a whole is not
ready for statehood,’’ says Col. Greelev,
"but unquestionably that part lying
east of the 152ud meridian and south of
the Arctic Circle ^has the economic
wealth and the stable, law-abiding pop
ulation which according to our historic
policies aind precedents have always
been recognized by Congress as en
titling continental territory and people
to self government in the Union It is
becoming evident that the solution of
the Alaska problem is local seif gov
ernment. Apparently what the people
of Alaska want is not the power to run
the Government’s business or property
in Alaska but power to run their own
business. They want to make their
own laws, levy their own taxes and
spend their own public money just as
do the people in the States. In short,
what Alaska wants is not that the
Union should be ousted from the Ter
ritory, but that Alaska should be ad
mitted to the Union.”
The encouragement and assistance
given by the Department of Agricul
ture, through the : forest service and I
bureau of public roads, in building up
an export lumber trade, the basic work
goiDg forward for the establishment of
the pulp and paper industry, and the
large expenditures which are being
made on forest roads, together with a
decentralized local administration, Col.
Greeley says, are contributing largely
to the growth and prosperity of the
Territory. The roads being construct
PROFESSIONAL
Albrecht and Taylor
LAWYERS
iditarod, Alaska,
and at
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Practice in all Courts,
Dr. W. F. Green
McGrath,'Alaska
ed ia the national forests of Alaska in
eo-operation with the.bureau of public
roads, he says, are proving a great fac
tor in improving business and living
conditions in Southeastern Alaska.
PRESS SQELB&,
The devil finds work for idle irumors
to do.—Asheville Times.
Honesty is the best policy. This in
cludes foreign policy.—New York Trib
une.
Among the many great objections to
war is that it is contagious. — Washing
ton Star.
Invaded Germany arouses a Congres
sional sympathy poor little Belgium
never did.—Wall Street Journal.
Smooth work. We won’t have4t-new
coal strike until after the old one has
stopped hurting.—Financial America
If we are goiDg to turn this country
over to the mob, why did we want to
take it from the Indians?—Dayton
News.
Some of us need to be reminded that
legislative permission is not necessary
to read the Bible ie the home.—Dallas j
News.
The American conscience is becoming
vocal, says a statesman. Suggestion to
the American conscience: Louder.—
Associated Editors.
Now that Coue has gone into the
dims, let us hope that the pictures will
heed his famous formula.—New York
Morning Telegraph.
When the meek inherit the earth,
thev will come into possession of a lot
of problems no meek man can handle.
— Eugene (Ore.) Daily Guard.
Creditors of Germany frown on
French direction, but they will be on
hand for feheir share in case any assets
are uncovered.—Dallas News.
There seems to some doubt now
whether we are really getting more
conservative or whether the radical no
longer appears to be so much so.—Phil* (
adelphia Inquirer.
When the Paper Doesn’t Come. !
My father says the paper he reads ain't 1
put up right;
He finds a lot of fault, he does, perusin' *
it at night;
He says there ain’t a single thing in it
worth while to read
And that it doesn’t print the kind of
stuff the people need.
He tosses it aside and says its strictly
oo the bum—
Hut you ought to bear him holler when
the paper doesn’t come.
He reads about the weddings and he
snorts like all get out,
He reads the social doin’s with a most
derisive shout;
He says they make the papers for the
women folks alone;
He reads about the parties and he’11
fume and fret and groan,
And says of information it doesn’t have
a crumb—
But you ought to hear him holler when
the paper doesn’t come.
He’s always .first to grab iit, and he
reads it plumb dean through,
He doesn’t miss an item ora want ad
this is true;
He says, “TheyJ don’t know what we
want, the durn newspaper guys,
I’m going to take a day some time and
go and put ’em wise.:
Sometimes it seems as though they
must be deaf and blind aud dumb”—
But you ought to hear him holler when
the paper doesn't coaoe.
—Anonymous.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
PATENT
United State* Land Office Nome,
Alaska. April 22, 1922.
....Mineral Application No. 0550
NOTICE IS HEJREBY GIVEN
that William Schneirla, whose post
office address is Ophir, Alaska, has
made Application before the l/nited
| States '.and Office ai Nome, Alaska,
| on behalf of himself, and his co
| owners, Jacob W. Schneirla Charles
I Schneirla, and Edward Schneirla,
I for a United States patent for the
Consolidated placer mining claim
' bearing placer gold, known and des
cribed as No. 13 Above Gold Run
and No. 14 Above Gold Run, sit
uated on Little Creek, a tributary
of the Innoko River, about twelve
miles southeast of the town of Ophir
in the Innoko Mining & Recording
District in the Territory of Alaska,
said Consolidated Placer Mining
Claim being designated by the Unit
ed States Surveyor General of said
District as United States Mineral
Survey No. 1279, the exterior ' oun
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 LITTLE CREEK
Beginning at Cor. No. 1.
A hewn spruce post, 4 ft. long, 4
ins. sq., in earth mound scribed 1-12;
79-13Ab; whence: U. S. L. M. No.1
1278 bears N. 56 deg. 22 min. 50 i
sec. E., 1003.09 ft.; thence R. 47 j
deg. 47 min. W. 681.7 ft. to Tor. No
2; thence N. 45 deg. 29 min. W. 640
ft. to Cor. No. 3; thence N. 28 deg.:
51 min. E. 701.5 ft. to Cor. No. 4;
thence S. 45 deg. 49 min. E. 868.0
ft. to Cor. No. 1. and place of be
ginning, containing 11.740 acres.
NUMBER FOURTEEN ABOVE
GOLD RUN ON LITTLE CREEK
Beginning at Cor. No. I.
Identical with Cor. No. 2. No.
13 Above, this survey, previously
described; whence:- U. S. L. M.
No. 1278 bears N. 52 deg. min.
12 sec. E. 1680.23 ft; thence S. I
52 deg. 52 min. W 624.6 ft. to Cor.
No. 2; thence N. 38 deg. 55 min.
W. 514.9 ft. to Cor. No. 3; thence
N. 40 deg. 39 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 deg. j
29 min. E. 640.0 ft. to Cor. No. 1
and place of beginning, containing
an area of 7.800 acres.
Total acres contained in said Con
solidated Claim is 19.540 acres.
Said Consolidated Placer Claim
is situated on Little Creek, a tri
butary of the Innoko River, about
twelve miles southeast of the town
of Ophir in the Innoko Mining &
Recording District in the Territory
of Alaska.
1 he adjoining claims are on ^e
northeast No. 12 Above on Little
Creek, unsurveyed; on the south
west No. 15 above on Little Creek,
unsurveyed; on the northwest and
southeast claims unknown and un
surveyed.
U. S. Location Monument No.
1278 is a hewn snruce post 8 ins.
sq. 5 ft. above ground. painted bhie.
with stone mound around same and
chiseled U. S. L. M. No. 1278;
whence:- W. Twin Peak bears N.
49 deg. 30 min. E. E. Twin Peak
bears N. 51 dee:. 40 min. E. No. 1
Dome bears North 23 deg. 43 min.
Lat 63 deg. 04 sec. N.
Long. 156 dee. 25 min. W.
JOHN RUNDBACK
Register of United States Land Office.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
PATENT
United States Land Office at Nome
Alaska. April 22, 1922.
Mineral Application No. 0546.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that William Schneirla, whose post
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 ot
the Fathergill Association Placer,
on Little Creek, a tributary of In
noko River, and situated about ten
miles southeast of the town of Ophir
in the Innoko Mining and Record
ing district in the 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
I ing to the plat and field notes
thereof on file in said Land Office,
with a magnetic variation of 24 deg.
So min. E., is as follows:
“Eeginuing at Cor. No.il,
A hewn snruoe p<st 4 ft. long. - 4 in.
sq., in earth mound, scribed 1-1275
B; whence U. S. L. M. No. 1274
bears S. GS deg. 21 min., E., 267.86
ft.; Thence S: 44 deg. 29 min E.
1291 ft. to Cor. No. 2; Thence S.
37 deg. 01 rain W» 5101.8 ft. to
Cor. No. 3; Thence N. 56 deg. 22
rain. \V. 723.3 ft. to Cor. No. 4;
Thence N. 31 deg. 17 rain E. 5360
ft. to Cor. No. 1, the place of be
ginning, containing 120.205 acres.
The adjoining claims are, on the
southwest Discovery on little Creek
on the northeast No. 2 Below Gold
Run, on Little Creek, both unsur
veyed and claimant,s unknown; and
on the northwest p^i^heast
claims unsurveyed and claimants
unknown.
U. S. L- 3M. No. 1275 is a hewn
spruce post 8 in. square, 8 ft long.,
chiseled U. S. L. M. 1275, sitauted
on the left limit of Little Creek,
about 60 feet above the bed thereof,
whence , West Twin Peak bears N.
53 deg. 29 min. E.; East Twin
Peak bears N. 57 deg. 56 min E.;
Roch on top of high mountain at
the head of Little Creek bears
S. 34 deg. fi 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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