FROM TUESDAY’S DAILY
♦
Fred Ishiwara. a Japanese
who had been in the employ
o! the Alaska lnidutrial Com
pany. a> co k for the past ten
years, was undoubtly drowned,
or succumbed to exposure dur
ing the gale of Saturday. He
left the Jumbo wharf i:: .. >mall
gasoline launch at 1.30 p. m.
during the height of the storm
ari against the remonstrances;
of the men there, intending to
go to the Suirer wharf, which
is about three miles distant..
Upon leaving it was observed
that he was having engine
trouble, but when last seen he
seemed to be going all right
and had made about one quart
er of the distance.A few- mom
ents later his boat could not
be seer, b it as no one har seen
the launch cap-ire it was
thought he had drifted into one
of the indentions of She shore.
A search was at once begun
ar.i ue.- i ■'
night but c ih.ag coui.1 b?
observed of she man or boa:.
The se-r h wa^ renewed early
Sinday and the launch
was soon f r.d at-rut m 1 w
between the two wharves with
six inches of the bow
above water, but no trace o?
the n:--.::g man has been dis
covered.
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SOUTH ON ALKI
Among the passengers wh
will so south or. the Aiki w
he Miss Amy Hunt, James
N-wm-r and wife, and James
T and his little son.
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Dave Quinn and wife, having
finished the change- on t
home, w 11 go *•:- ::h ! * th
halance of the w inter on th
A!ki. They will spend the
greater part of the time a
Mara'sii lie. Washington.
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Mis? Marie n MeGi rr. ds ugh
te*4 of Mr?. Ly!e B! feet*, sr
-ured, up on the Alki today. 5h
h:*i beer lb. ng at Niagara w.tb
- . - ’■‘ti.rr th?* who j;?j re
cently.
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M. S. F*' h; - :« ba:k in the
halite-? again at the Iocs!
c:- m? hou=e.
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SMELTING COPPER
Copper is determined by we
; - • • - .
smelters -
-rt. The topper rent * :
usually paid for at the New
York • tan a f-tr eie troiy:
■ pper less 3c. Thus if a cop
--r ore 1 he.wed by analysis if
^ w.m # O r st m p-:
2 - - - ‘ 2 . 4 1.0 .
would be c- tearing 8
7 r#r cent. At a quotation of
; j ,-ents. the price per pound
W jld be 11 cents. The 174
- i!td> of copper would return
*10. i t. From this the fre.-ch
ine ■ • ■ h ' z' - w
iedu :ted. Certain penal
-.e- for insol hie re-due and;
-red:4- for :-:r are made sisn
!a* *■■ the above, or else a fiat
hreitmer.t :ho-ge :? made. De- i
d- 4 on? for sulphur, arsenic. I
ar.d antimony are also often j
made. Gold and -over in a
.•r.vc ore are paid for in op
rp* ore-. aHhough in cases
fin - ent of the silver
- paid for at the New York
quotation. special contracts
-t-e made w.th large and s*.ea*dy
producers.
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ANOTHER ONE
COMES BACK
\rr_'2 the arrive’1 on a re -
re"* host w'i* L* : - R !r. *
•he • ■; Mr. R :d . k wa* a
• re®"dent of Keleh.kv. for -ome
• -~ e ?*av asr her for -'lppe^ed
;v better towns four or five
- ye*re and return- now to
so into b -ine-s again. He ha
red fl'Wrter* or; the rner
?e floor of the Tongas
v - ~. where he will do a
-*:• is- tailoring business for
V *h ",en and women. He i- a
fhor ih workman, knowing
hii Liijiness from A to Z .
FROM WEDNESDAYS DAILY
LA TOUCH GOES NORTH
The steamer LaToueh went
north during the night, headed
for the westward. On the last
'rip up. when off St. Elias Gapt
Jerry Flynn was compelled to
head the LaToueh about into
•he gale. Mountainous seas ?u
gulfed the vessel and much of
her deck equipment, including
; hose racks, one for topsail and
a heavy wire rope frame was
torn loose and carried over
\ board. The windows of Gapt.
Flynn's cabin wer smashed in
uid his quarters flooded.
"IOTED ORATOR
DELIVERS LECTURE
Local Scandinavians were
^iven a treat 1 ast night at
M. :-se Hall, when they listen
ed So the lecture by R. B.
Haugan. The Miner Man does
not understand Norwegian, so
vac not there, but those who
were there are alt loud in their
"•“ai-e of the lecturer. Mr.
laigan speaks for the Sons of
Norway again tonight at the
-ame place, and extends a
hearty invitations to all under
danding the Scandinvian
orgne to attend. There is
-ome probability that Mr.
Haugan may be induced to
day over another day and
e-'V.tre in English tomorrow
ght at Red Men's hall. In
cise he does the announce
1 nent will be made tomorrow.
?e has an international rep
dation as a lecturer and
xetchikaners in general should ;
wail themselves of the oppor- j
unity of hearing him if he
i:es stay.
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HAD SUCH A TIME
1. :k:r,g as though they had
•een drawn through a knothole
?. kwards. and full to the
-mg and privation. Charley
-gerso’-l. Turn Davies and J.
F :>ord returned from their
-'easure exertion last night.
Chey each tell all kinds of
- on e :h other, but lager
.i s exr: -iences were the
vorst—the - roly of pie gave
t. and the baked beans wash
"d overboard the second day
t so that for the greater part
a week he simply starved
rd is a wreck as the result.
Fhe weather was so stormy all
he time that hunting was out
f the question, and they are
i; so very very glad to be
ome again.
A movement wa- launched
a»t night which will probably
nean much to life in Ketchikan j
laving for its object She
reatiou of a public playground
r Keb-h.kan. We have had
t* i •’ advert:* ng out of our <
ideflat bail park, but there
r.re time* when the tide and
«*r cor vvnience for bell play
ng don’t hit h. and the re
air. -• ..'.variably ha- been
o bafi s' me. The meeting
eid i -- night was for the
■ irpc-e of securing a s.te for
re crest, r-n park, somewhere
r. fry land. M. J. Heneghan,
M. J. R sse and J. E. Sayles
were app r.-ied the committee
be in genera! charge of the
r. ,*er and -hi* mornig located
a tract of ground of about
isht a ire* for that purpose.:
The s.te is i > ated just thisside j
jf the electric powerhouse.
, : ever* the whole of the
’.st from the hid.across the
new tram to the old one. It is
ideaiiy situated for a baseball
i park, playgrounds and a run
es tra k. The timber on it
.- ali *ma!l and can be ea*ily
‘••moved, and the gravel bids
-an th.• i be washed down on
o the flat giving good hard,
-oii j ground. Tbie site will
be * irveyed at once and title
to the ground secured.
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The Daily Miner, $1. per. mo.
NEW ALASKAN
PULICATION
i '
Announcing as its slogan
‘‘Alaska for Alaskans.” ami
seeking to do its part in the es
tablishment of better relations
between that teritory and the
Northwest. The Alaska-Yukon
Pacifie Review. J. J.McGrath,
editor, made its appearance re
cently as a bi-monthly publi
cation, issued and edited from
offices located in Seattle,
i The first number of the new
review contained sixteen pages
■of interesting reading matter
! pertaining to Alaska, and was
liberally illustrated with perli
inent cuts. One of the leading
articles is by Col. \V. T. Par
kins. president of the Ala«ka
bureau of the New Seatll-’
Chamber of Commerce. - Uu>~
forth the character of the bur
eau and w hat it aims to accom
: plish.
Another a-tide entitled ‘ Re
lations Between Alaska and
Seattle: What Are the Real
Facts?” took up a discussion
of business condit ons an ‘
1 closed with this paragraph: Al
aska is on the verce of a great
awakening. Seattle is growine
to he one of the gre.-'est cities
of the Americancontinent Fech
can be of inestimable aid to
the other In the work ofdevelop
meat. Seattle will be for een
' tnr'e* the link bind : s: Alaska
and the states together and
will be the mecca for the grow
ing thousands of the people of
the north when the desire to
p>a-s over the intervening sea
.to settle in or visit the h: me
-tales gets beyond She power
.of resistance."
Among the regular depart
ments featured was one devot
t ed to a resume of news from
-he mining camps of Alaska,
"concisely stated: one devoted
to Alaskans sojourning in S v.
tie:one given over to telegraph
ic news from the north; and
I others of similar character.
The - It "■ J- -1- M 1 b, is
a well known A askan : ews
par>er man. formerly or.re *ed
w th The N 'me Dsi.v Go!i Nug
and other papers in the
territory.
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FOREST NOTES
There are seven spruces in
the United States. Four are
’confined to the west: two to
,‘he east; while one. white
’ spruce, has a continent-wide
distribution.
| Sawmill waste of Douglas ':r
>of which an enormous quan
tity is found in the western
forests, is being used to make
(paper pulp by a mill at Marsh- i
| field. Oregon.
In proportion to it- weigh*.
California redwood is the
-ironge-t conifer -o far te-led
f -he U. S. forest products
’a bora lory. Th - -Irength i
due to its long wood fibers.
The Philippine bureau of
forestry report- that Amerk n
and European lumbermen are
trying to i ecu re large end reg
ilar shipment- of Philippine
•wood, mainly for cabinet mak
ing.
, Experiments with varioi -
hermcal exlingm-hers for
•fighting national forest fire
(have not been very successful.
,The unlimited supply of ox
ygen in the open, forest offic
ers -ay. tend- to neutralize the
i effects of Ihe chemicals.
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Ftecent papers from the
Sound tej| of the arrival of the
-hip- Amy Turner and r-^-ard
G. Tobey from Oakland to he
converted into barge- for haul
;g coak from Tacoma for the
Granby Bay smcdter. This
looks as though the smelter
people expect to begin actual
smelling operations within a
I short time, ,
The fisherman Malolo was in >
today on her way up from
Seattle to the fishing grounds.
CHANGES IN STORE
The Ryns Drug <s. Jewel y
company has made several
changes of late looking to e
improvment of their store.
The building of the new ware
rooms on the hack enable
them to move the prescription
department and office hr. k
dcrable increasing the
-ise of ttie store room that
much. The result is a marked
improvement.
From Thursday’s Daily Miner
NEW ALASKA LINE
CAUSES COMMENT
Vnnou”cement maV at Port
'and a few d >v< ’sro that the
newly organized Pacific Steam
ship Company soon after the
first of the year will
phase a line of steam
ship- in direct service be
tween the Columbia river and
Southeastern '!a-krt ports has
caused considerable comment
in Seattle ami shipping men
have beer, indulging in interest
in? speculation as to the real
interests back of the venture.
It was stated yesterday by men
in close touch with the situa
tion that the project is being
fathered by the W hite Pa-s <s:
Yukon Route, which has been
operatin? the Skaeway Steam
ship Com Dan v between Seattle
and Skaeway in connection
with their railway line into the
interior of Alaska. They have
had the steamship Leelanaw
on the route, that vessel carry
ing coal, lumber and miscel
laneous freight to the North
and returning with coppe- ore
from the Atlas mine, nears
Whitehorse, for the smelter at
T ima. Portland -hipmeut
to Alaska have been brought to
thi- city by train and placed
the ■ ? lar vessels ply
ing to the North and the r- w
line will eive the city on ti e
Willamette her first dir ••••
service since the Klondike gold
excitement. It i« definitely -lat
ed that the Pacific Steam-hip
Company will connect with the
W hite Pa-i <\ Yukon at Skag
w.y. giving Portland shippers
direct service to interior Alas
ka. The fan* that Southeast
ern Alaska ha« more than
fifty salmon canneries and last
year purchased approximately
£9.000.000 in merchandl-e. r. 11 i
of which was shipped from the
Sound, has caused the activity
among Portland shippers in an
effort to get direct service to,
the Northland. E. H. Dodge, ■
of Portland, i* president of the !
[new steamship line. The com
pany has chosen N. F. Titus,
of the Portland Commercial
Dock k Warehouse Company,
as manager of its interests in
that city.—P. I.
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THE ALASKA
APPROPRIATION
Following is the different!
:tems of cash asked of Con
jsre'S foe conducting the dif
ferent branches of government
in Alaska as shown in the es
timate of expense as presented
by departments: For testing
.naval coal, >75.000: continuin'
ling construction of public build
i. ;• at Juneau, >70,000; aid -
to navigation, 860.000; new
(lighthouse depot, $40,000; sal
aries arid expenses of territor
ial government, $87,000; con
tingent expenses. 80.200; leg
i-ature $47,038; Sitka nation
al monument $1,500; Ghugah
forest reserve 816.330; Ton
ga--- reserve $22,300; mine in -
spection seiwice, 84.000: game
protection. $20,000; suppres
sing liquor traffic with Indians
$15,000; education of native*.
$200,000; medical relief. $125,
000; protection of seal fisher
ies. $110,000; care of insane.
1*77,500; reindeer, 88.000. >
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HUMBOLDT CASES
SET FOR HEARING
The Alaska transportation
■v-m's in which the Humboldt
Steamship Company charged
violation of the Sherman anti
n*t and indictments were
’•cturned by the federal gnand
i iry ; gainst me prominent in
-hipping at this port, have
been set for hearing February
1st, a| Juneau, by the United
c,atps attorney general at
Washington, D. C. The charg
es of discrimination in re
straint of trade, which were
first brought to the attention of
the interstate commerce com
mission and later made in the
'-'derai court, have attracted
the attention of traffic and
‘■•snsportation men all over the
oimtry. Among the defend
ants under indictment and who
wilt he summoned to appear
for trial at Juneau are the Al
aska Steamship Company, the
Pacific Coast Steamship Com
pany, the Canadian Pacific
Steamship Company, the Skag
wav Wharf Company, the
White Pass <k Yukon Route.
Charles E. Peabody, George H.
Higbee. A. L. Berdoe, F. B.
Wtirzbacher. W. R. King, E.
E. Billinghurst. E. C. Ward, W.
H. Nansen. I. V. Hahn, C.
Winn Johnson, J. H. Young
and John Bunch. J. H. Young
and Charles E. Peabody are
former presidents of the Alas
ka Steamship Company. A. L.
Berdoe was formerly general
manager of the White Pass &
Yukon Route. E. C. Ward is
now assistant manager of the
Pacific Coast Steamship Com
pany. I. V. Hahn is superin
tendant of the White Pass &
Yukon Route.
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THE EL PASO A
HANDSOME VESSEL
What is by long odds the
finest article in the power boa1
lire in Alaska arrived up from
the south last night. It is the
El Paso, of which R. C. How
ard is the owner and " Harry
\>er< operator. She is <55
feet over all. with a beam of
1 -i feet and draws 6 feet of
water. She is engined with a
fifty hor-e power Gorham of
the late«f design, which gives
her a speed of nine knots an
hour, which she maintained on
her way up from Seattle cover
ing the distance in a little
over seventy runing hours. The
terrible weather encountered
on the way up demonstrated
that -he is a fine sea boat,
otherwise, as Ed. Howard, who
came up on her expressed it,
‘they would all he at the bot
tom.” The E! Paso has an elec
tic light plant run by aBaffalo
errsrine. which has a capacity of
A rty lights, she can comfort
rienrile with sleeping accomode
lions, everything being strictly
modern and the very essence
of convenience. For instance
-he .s equipped with r.nang
water, a smoking room, n
special stateroom aft, and a
comfortable cabin amidships.
She was built by the Eliot Bay
Yacht and Engine company.
She has pilot house control of
the latent pattern. The El Paso
will he for charter, and should
prove a winner.
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A VERY GOOD 8HOWING
M. M. Reese, one of the les
sors of the Imntori property at
Hollis is a local visitor. He
tells <he Miner Man that all
difficulties have been adjusted
between him and .1. If. Rodgers
the owner of the property, and
that work is moving along
finely. During the six months
he has been operating the prop
erty he has taken out some
thing over ten thousand dol
lars; with the five stamp mill at
• he mine, a very good showing
Regular meals 25 cents and
up at -the New York Cafe,
[Open from 7 to 10 Frank D.
Harnada, prdp. adv.
WILL WIDEN STREET
M. J. Iloneghan, owner of
Iho Thompson store building,
has derided to widen the street
corner Front and Grant. To
this end, as soon as the holi
day rush is over the front of
the building will be cut off
back to the property line. Now
if the balance of the other prop
erty owners on the west side
of front will do the same, they
will help themselves by taking
traffic on to that side of the
street and at the same time
materially improve the looks
of things in general on Front.
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San Francisco, Dec. 1 t— The
Ritehie-Murphy fight schedul
ed for last night was called of;
owing to the fact that Richie
was compelled to undergo an
operation Tuesday for an ab
sess of the nose. He signified
his readiness to enter the ring,
but his backers would not al
low of it. The fight will be set
for an early date.
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SOUTH WITH MEDICOS
The revenue cutler Tahoma,
which was rushed up from the
south with doctor and med
ical supplies for the measles
stricken natives at the west
ward, wirlessed down that she
would arrive here about three
this afternoon. She is on her
way south to winter quarters. ■
The \\ eekly Miner 83. a year
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NONMINERAL APPLICATION
SERIAL NO. 01619
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l . S. Land Office, Juneau,
Alaska, September, 30. 1013.
Notice is hereby given, Thai
(he North Pacific Trading and ;
Packing Company, a corpora- j
tion incorporated under the
laws of the State of Califonio
and doing business in Alaska
by its duly authorized attorney
in fact Chas. H. Cosgrove, of
Ketchikan. Alaska, has this
day filed its aplication for pat
ent for the following Trade and
Manufacturing Site. desig
nated in this office as L7. S.
Purvey No. 1101, and describ
ed by the plai and field note*
on file herein as follows.
Trade and Manufacturing
c'ite:- Beginning at Cor. Not.
M. C. U. S. L. M. No. 110)
bears South 52 deg. 42 min.
East., I. 54 chs. dist. West
C. to Cor. N. 1 bears West, 08
links dist. Thence West Var
20 deg. East 6.58 shains to
cor. No. 2., Thence North
Var. 30 deg. 15 min. East 10.31
chains to cor. No. 3; Thencp
East Var. 29deg. Ea*f 4.53
chains to W. C. and 5.02
chains to Cor. No. 4; M. C.
Thence by meanders; Var. 36
deg. East, South 1 deg. 31 min.
East, 4.84 ehain*. South 40
min. West. 3.70 chains., South
40 min. West 4. 80 chains..
South 7 deg. 48 min. West 1.02
ch«.. SofTth )6 deg. 40 min. E
2.70 chain*. South 35 deg. 22
min. Eastl.76 chains to Cor.
No. 1, the place of beginning.
Containing 9.05 acres.
Said site is located on the
west shore of Kalwaek Bay.
opposite the town of Kalwock.
on Wadleigh Island, West
Coast of Prince of Wales Island
Southeastern Alaska, Bounded
on the north, west and south
by non-surveved land. Plat or
*aid site and this notice posted
of June 1013; Latitude North
55 deg. 33 min.; Longitude
West 133 deg. 05 min.
Any and all persons claiming
adversely any portion of the
above named claims or the
surface ground thereof are re
quired to file said adverse
claim with the Register of the1
Land Office at Juneau, Alaska
posting and publishing of these
within the sixty days period ol
notice or within thirty days
thereafter, or they will be
barred.
North Pacific Trading ard
Packing Company.
Clamant
Chas. If. Cosgrove Attorney.
It is hereby ordered that the
foregoing notice he published
in the Ketchikan Miner, a
newspaper published at Kefrh
ikna, Alaska, for Ten (10)
consecutive weeks.
C. B. Walker. Register.
First publication Oct. 10, 1913.
Last publication Dec. 10, 1013.
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' IN TOWN FROM THE
MARY ISLAND LIGHT
Mrs. Archie McClellan was a
passeenger in In town Inst
night on the El Paso, which
called "in at the Mary Island
| light as she was coining past.
Mrs. McClellan will shop in
town for a few days.
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New York. Pee. I j- Tn a
speech last night at a banquet
of the Canadian soeiety Sec
retary of Stale Bryan spoke in
a very friendly vein on the
friendship of Canada for the
United Stales. Prominent
Canadians from all parts of
the continent were present and
warmly applauded his remarks.
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NEEDS OF ALASKA
ARE APPRECIATED
Even though entde oil and
gasoline are being largely sub
stituted for coal as a source of
power in Seward Peninsula,
Alaska, 1(1.105 tons of coal
were imported in 10 12. In
spite of Alaska’s great eo; '■ re
sources. not over 200 tons
were mined in the entire ter
ritory in 1012. Alaska is sadly
in need of a statute allowing
her to mine her own coal, un
der adequate terms.—Ex.
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RESIDENCE ALMOST DONE
The work on Dr. B. L. Myers’
residence i> nearing complet
ion, and the family expect to
i move in shortly. J. c. Foord
iis finishing up his part of the
building, which consists of a
hot water heating plant and the
plumbing.
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SERIAL NO. 01630
Application For
Homestead Entry
United States Land Office,
Xoveimber 13, 1913
Daniel Linderborg, whose post
office address is Stewart, H.
G.. a citizen of the United
States, being entitled to the
benefit of Section 2280, De
vised Statutes, and of the pro
vision-; of the Act of March
3rd, 19J3. has made application
'o enter the lands embraced in
I . S. Survey No, 980, situated
on the north-westerly shore
near the head of Portland
Gonnl, in (he Juneau Land
District, Alaska, and more par
ticularly described as follows;
Beginning at Cor. No. 1, on
the north bank of creek at
cabin, whence U. S. L. M. No.
080 bears N.42 deg. OTmiri. E.,
1.27 csh., thence North, 10.07
chs. lo Cor. No. 2: thence
West, 15.74 chs. to Cor. No. 3;
thence North, 8.45 chs. toGor.
No. 4; thence West, 4.04
chs. to Cor. No. 5; thence
South, 41.80 chs. to Cor. No. 0,
at high water mark of Port
land Canal at (he month of
Salmon river; thenee, meander
irtg along said high water
mark, < 1) N. 85deg. 11 min.
E., 2.23 chs. (2) N. 83 deg.
45 min. E.. 3.73 chs.(3) S. 78
deg. 17 min. E., 5. 89 chs. (4)
\. 51 deg. 20 min. E., 0.4O
chs. (5) X. 27 deg. 54 min. E..
5. 52 ehs. (0) N.»13 deg 40
min. E., 3.85 ehs. (7)
N. 30 deg. 45 min E., 4. 79 chs
'■ 8) N. 35 deg. 09 min. E., 3.70
ehs. 19) N. 7 deg. 59 min.
W., 4. 14 chs. to Cor. No. 7,
at said high wafer mark;
thenee West, 4.14 ehs. to Cor.
No. t. the place of beginning.
Containing an area of 71.89
acres.
Magnetic vacation a| all cor
ners 30 deg. 00 jnin.E.
Any and all persons claiming
adversely any portion of the
above described tract, are re
quired to fib1 with the RegU -
ler and Deceiver of flic U. S.
Land Of/ice at, Juneau, Alaska,
their adverse claim llicre
against, under oath, during
the sixty days period of the
publication of Ibis, notice, or
within thirty days thereafter,
or they will be barred.
DANIEL LINDEBBOBO
It. S. Land Office, Juneau
Alaska, November 13, 1913.
If, is hereby ordered that the
foregoing notice be published
in the Ketchikan Miner, a
Weekly newspaper printed at
Ketchikan, Alaska, for the
statutory period
G. B. Walker Begistei
First publication Nov. 21, DM3
Last publication Feb. 13, 1914.
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