FROM TUESDAY'S DAILY
Seattle, Dec. 22~The steam
er Jeanie has been abandoned
by her crew and all of the sal
vage tugs. The company to
day notified the underwriters
that they had abandoned the
boat to them and called on
them to pay the insurance.
The boat and cargo valued at
between twelve and fifteen
thousand dollars will be a total
loss. The mail, all of which
is for westward points was
saved. The Estaven which
was the first boat on the scene
and which had been standing
by until the wreck was aban
doned rendered valuable serv
ice in salving the mail and
saving the lives of the crew.
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ANNOUNCECMENT
Mr. M. A. Mitchell announces
that he has resigned his pos
ition as cashier of the Miners
ec Merchants Bank of Ketchi
kan. and will retire from their
service January 1st, 1914. In
serving his connection with the
above institution he desires to
4hank his many friends for
their loyal co-operation in the
past and bespeak? for his suc
ces-or. Mr. A. R. Larson, their
kindly continuance of the same
for the future.
BRYAN IN FLORIDA
Miami. Florida, ePc. 23—Sec
retary Byran and his wife ar
rived here today to spend their
holiday vacation.
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MAGNATES MEET
Portland. Pec. 23—The mag
nates of the Northwest League
are holding their annual ses
sion h'-re today. They have do
cided to open the season April
fourteenth.
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CROCKETT BURNS TO
WATERS EDGE
Monday morning at Smug
glers Cove the engineer of the
.1. H. Crockett went aboard the
boat at six o'clock to start the
engine preparatory to bring
ing J. Ellis the bookeepec ,‘nr
the company and Martin Buggy
k> town on business. He lit a
candel and set it on a table by
the engine but in turning a
round his coat knocked it off
into the bilge where it ignite 1
the gasoline. There was a
fla-h and the entire inside of
the boat was a blaze almost in
stantly. The entire boat was
destroyed except the bare hull
and nothing of value on heard
was saved. A small boat be
longing to Phil Bagge was pul
led from the beach and the
three men started for town
hut the engine would not work.
They embarked in a skiff
and took the gas bort in tow
They rigged a jury rig from an
ore and an old carpet and with
the help of it managed to n.-'ke
Point Biggin- where tbev leH
the ga- boat and after rowing
to Hoadleys boat house ninth
of town finally abandoned (he
row boat and walked to town
which they reached last night
at six. The Crokett will be
a total loss.
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JUDGE BEN DOES IT
Chicago, Doc. 23-Judge Ren
Lindsay of Denver and Mi-s
Henrietta Brevert were married
here 'ait night.
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The Alaska Gastineau Min
ing company lost a large ship
ment on the wrecked steamer
Jeanie. The shipment contain
ed distillate, coffep and sever
al ton- of rails. The company
is unable to ascertain the exact
amount of the material lost
nor is it able to definitely tel!
just what went down on the
ill-fated -chooner, owing to
tie fact that the manifests
ccujd not Le gotten hold of.
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CATHOLIC FATHER
ARRIVES
Father P. J. Mahonev, S. .1.. *
arrived this morning on the
Spokane to take charge of the
local Catholic church in place
of Father Hayes who is very iii j
Christmas services will con- ;
sist of Masses at Midnight on (
Xmas Eve , eight a. m. and ten
a. m. Confessions will be held !
on the afternoon and evening
of Xmas Eve. Father Mahoney
comes from the St. Josephs
Parish of Seattle of which par
ish he has been pastor of for
the past six years, A special
musicial program has been
arranged for the occasion un
der the direction of Mrs. Carl
Collins.
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OLD FRIENDS RETURN
J. J. Daly returned from the j
south this morning where he !
heas been on a business trip
Eldon Daly who has been south
to school returned with him
for the holdays.
Mrs. Robert Graham return
ed on the Northwestern from
the sound where she has been
making an extended visit. She
is accompanied by her sister
Mrs. Alice Jordison and her
daughter Miss Ethel Ternan.
Mrs. G. C. Clark and son
Henry returned from the south
on the Northwestern this morn
ing.
W. P. Anderson and wife of
Portland were arrivals on the
Northwestern this morning.
Mrs. Anderson was formerly
Miss Jessie McLaughlin of
this city and is well known
here. They will be guests of
John and Mrs. McLaughlin for
the holidays.
F. E. Epperson. formerly
bookeeper at the Waterfall
cannery arrived this morning
to accept a position in the of
fice of the Northland Steam
ship Company.
If. Scheafer. the son of Henry
Scheafer the Ketchikan Dairv
!
Man is over from Prince
Rupert for the holidays.
Capt. J. F. DeGuilder. suprin
; tendant of the Hunter Bay Can
nery for the Xorthwertern
Fi-heries Company D in town
making arrangements for the
next seasons pack.
H. C. Strong returned from
a business trip on the North
western.
Fred Chapman, the local
(laundry magnate returned
from the south on the Spokane
this morning. While south he
purchased a Ford auto truck
to be used a' a collecting and
delivering wagon. The machine
will arrive on an early boat.
H. G. Kubley arrived from
Portland Canal this morning
to spend the holidays with hi'
family. Mrs. Kubley who went
down there a 'hort time ago
accompanied him.
J. D. Jores. the brother of
.Abe Jones arrived on the May
thi' morning. Mr. Jone' wa
formerly engaged in the min
ing business in this district ann
has many fiiend- her'’.
Ed. Dra’.e. who has btvri
;outh to consult a physician a
hout hi' eyes returned on the
Northwestern this morning
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, The machinery for the Frank
Bach mine- at Limestone In
: let was on the Alki last trip
north. This machinery has
been on the road more than
four months. It found it- way
to Douglas, Arizona, and afte
• sending communications, was
finally started once more on
the road toward its real destin
ation. The machinery is for a
'mall quartz reduction plant
and i' of the roller type instead
of the accustomed stamps. It
will handle 50 tons of ore each
flay.
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The Prince Rupert Empire i
authority for the staPmenl
that the G. M. <v Si. P. Railway
i' planning to build through
•British Columbia to Alaska.
That the Alaska lumber in
dustry is assuming targe pro
portions and presents a stable
and safe method of investment
is evidenced by the unusual
showing of the Wilson £ Syl
vester mill at Wrangell, which
since 1887 has been cutting
spruce ,hemlock and yellow;
cedar, and now has an output
of 0.000.000 feet of lumber a
season.
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In order to -impress upon
President Wilson the agricul
tural possibilities of the Tan
ana valley, Harry Hanford, an
energetic farmer of Fairbanks,
is sending five pounds of nat
ive potatoes to President Wil
son for his Christmas dinner.
To assure himself that they
will not be received by some
person -in Washington who
will convert them to his own
use. the farmer is sending
them to Deligate Wickersham
with a repuest that he deliver
them to the White House.
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Thomas Overland, an operat
or on No. 8 below. Fairbanks
''reek fell off a platform while
working in a shaft Nov. 20. in
to a hole containing boiling
water and died from his in
juries about two hours later.
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George Henry Hinton, of Tan
ana. formerly editor of the Hoi
Springs Echo, was convicted of
libel, and from the manner of
sentencing for a number of
other offenses, Nov. 20. He
was given 30 days in jail, fined
8100. and required to give a
bond to keep the peace for two
years. The conviction was in
Commissioner Coffer's court at
Hot Spring'. Hinton will ap
peal. A contempt charge is al
so pending against him.
The Sitka Wharf and Power
company are making splendid
progress with their power
plant and have had electricity
into town since the first of the
i month.
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Ruby now lias a men's social
club, it contains reading and
card rooms and of course, a
buffet. The Ruby club i< said
to be one of the finest in Alas
ka.
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Late in the season the Ruby
district, according to the Ruby
Record Citizen, a pay streak
100 feet wide was located on
Greenstone creek. The same
paper is authority for the state
ment that there will be more
winter work in the Ruby dis
trict this year than last.
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The Fairbanks Igloo of Pion
eers of Alaska, made a sub
sfanfantial donation to the
fund that is being raised to
purchase a loving cup for Gen.
W. L. Distin. for 17 years
'iiveyor-gencral of Alaska. The
purpose is to have the present
represent the good will of the
people of Alaska.
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The summit relief station on
; the Coast-Fairbanks trail
which is maintained each
i winter by the signal corps for
the protection of the traveling
public, has been opened for
the “eason, and is well suppli
ed for the winter with co'd and
provisions.
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L. F. Shaw has been appoin
ted IT. S. Commissioner and ex
; offiro recorder of the Nelchina
district by Judge Fred M.
Brown of the Third Judicial
Hivi-ion. Mr. Shaw is editor
; and one of the publishers of
the Seward Gateway and well
known all over Alaska. He was
for year.- located in Nome and
other Seward peninsula camps.
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Valdez citizens have raised a
fund and sent Robert Mdn
tesh to Seattle to advertise
that route to Nelchina gold dig
gings.
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The Daily Miner, $1. per. mo
KEEPER RETURNS
Gardner Tibbetts, assistant
keeper at Lincoln Rook Ugh!
arrived from the south on !l>e
Alki Saturday night and wilt re
turn to the light at the firs' op
portunity. He has been on a
two months vacation.
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Winter rpcrts have been al
ready inaugerated at Fair
banks. The curlers were the
first to start the ball rolling.
They began a tournment late
in November that will continue
for sometime.
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Information from the West
ward is that the travel to the
Chisana district is growing fast
and is again large. A road
house man says inbound mush
ors pass his place daily.
A Juneau priest has been
successful on several occasions
in opening safes when owners
had forgotten the combination
or stubborn locks refused to
work. The Capitol city papers
have not yet disclosed the sec
ret. whether the reverned
gentleman uses some kind of
magic or if his success is sim
ply due to the application of a
large amount of good sense.
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Charles Wells has sold an
undivided one-third interest in
the Royal. Enterprise and Apex
lode mining claims to the Alas
ka Juneau Gold Mining com
pany. The consideration is
named as $3,250,00. The prop
erty adjoines the Ebner group
of mining claims.
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Robert Sheldon, who made
the first trip with an automo
bile from Fairbanks to Valdez
declared to the Valdez Pros
pector that he expected to es
tablish a regular auto service
by next summer, covering (be
distance in two days running
j time, as against the present
j seven days' schedule of the
winter stage.
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The short season for the min
| ing men given for the las! six
teen years by the college of
mines of the Universety of
Washington will begin on Jan
nary 0, 1014, extending to
April 1st. This work is open
to all persons interested in min
ing. whether prospectors, min
ers. assayers. operators or bus
iness men who wish to gain
techinical instruction of a pract
i ical nature in such subjects as
jehemistery, mineralogy, geol
; ogv. fire assaying, stamp mil
ling and ore dressing, metal
mining, placer mining, coal
| mining, mining law and surv
eying. No examiations ar?
■ held and no fees are repuired,
, (he sole requirement being a
biiitj to read and write English
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Before leaving for the south
Judge R. W. Jennings named
E. W. Pettit jury commission
er loi the First Judicial Divis
ion.
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l !ir treslleway between the
Me\;can and the “700” mill
collapsed last week near the
\< enter, spilling several cars
down* the bank and doing con
-idorable damage.
* * *
Di ‘he pa>t few months sev
; oral business houses special
' izing m trade have been es
tablished in Juneau. One of
the bouses recently established
in Junern, is the Alaska Cof
fee Company.
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Oeorge If. Simpkins, who
'hat J cen in the customs ser
vice -once 100'). has resigned
in order to give bis entire at
tention to private business
with which he has recently he
came identified. His place is
being •emporarily filed by Ed.
R. Stivers, who is identified
with the service at St. Michael.
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The Daily Miner, 51. per. mo.
FROM WEDNESDAYS DAILY
Washington, Doc. 24—'The
annual report,of Secretary Dale
has been handed to Congress
In (he report he goes into
lengthy details in reirard to the
Alaska railroad. Among other
things he says that the govern
ment should operate railroads
•n Alaska, the same as some
state? build wagon roads, not
for revenue but for the gener
al good. The construction of
the road should be under a
board of directors who would
report direct to Congress and
who would he held accountable
by that body. He also reports,
in favor of an independant fed
era! budget for Alaska. Alas
ka should have an independent
fund as the Phillipines and
Porto Rico have and should
pay its own expenses. He also
favors the opening of the coal
lands at once and give the
Alaska people a chance to mine
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NEW DOCK AT PEWTOWN
Dr. Sparhawk is having some
piles driven in front of his
float at New Town and " ill ex'
tend the dock in front of his
store farther into the bay lie
will also install a good .b-nt
and make a place where small
boats can lay without danger
of being smashed by the larger
ones.
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LOOSE ALASKA
LIGHT TANKS
One of the shipments which
were lost in the wreck of the
sfamer Jeanie on Calvert Isl
and was one of eighty gas ac
cumulators consigned to the
local 1'ghthouse headquarters
and which were intended to be
used in maintaining the blinker
lights along the Alaska coast.
This will seriously handicap
the light house service as they
were much in need of this
shipment of tanks. More have
j been sent for with a ru-h or
I der but it is not known when
(hey will arrive.
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A NEW GAME RESERVE
The following is an extract
of a recent law creating a new
game reserve:
On occount of the scarcity of
foxes and land otters in the
Afognak Reservation, caused
largely bv Ihe recent volcanic
activities in that region, it is
hereby ordered that the pur
suit, capture, or killing of fox
es in the Afognak Reservation
shall be unlawful until Novem
ber to, 191S, and fhe pursuit,
capture, or killing of land otter
in the Afognak Reservation
shal be unlawful until Novem
ber 10. 1915.
WILLIAM C. REDFIELD,
Secretary
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The Weekly Miner $3. a year
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The Daily Miner, 51, pec. mo.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In the Commissioner's Court
f' r (he precinct nf Sulzer. Ter
ritory of Alaska, Division No.
I In Probate. Estate of Fred
Ishiiara, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that
.1. D. Wynne has been duly ap
pointed administrator of the
• slate of Fred Ishuaro. deceas
ed; and all persons having
claims against said estate are
hereby notified lo exhibit them
with the necessary vouchers
within six months after fhe
first publication of this notice
with the undersigned at bis
Past Office address at Hul/or,
Alaska.
Dated this 12th, day of Ifr;
rernber 1913.
J. D. WYNNE,
Administrator of the estate ol
Fred ishiiara deceased.
First publication Dec. 12, 1013
NOTICE TO MARINERS
Stikine Strait Highfield anch
orage, City of Topeka ltock
Bony 2 found out of position
December 10th., 1013, was re
placed on same dale.
Prince William Sound, Busli
by Island Light reported extin
guished Nov. 22nd., 1013, was
relighted Dec., 10, 1013.
Ghatam Strait, Hawk Inlet
Hawk Ledge Buoy 3, reported ,
missing, was replaced Dec., 13,
1013.
Peril Strait, Brad Rock Buoy
1, reported missing Dec.,1,
Frederic Sound, Murder Cove
Light and structure carried a
way by storm Dec. 5, will re
established as soon as pract
icable.
West Coast of Prince Wales
Island. Tlevak Narrows Buoy,
i. reported missing Nov. 30.
was found on its station Dec.,
18, 1013.
Bv direction of the Commis
sioner of Lighthouses.
W. C. DIBRELL.
Lighthouse Inspector.
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HALIBUT BOATS BUSY
A number of halibut boats
have been in port from the
south on their way to the fish
ing grounds. The Sitka, a new '
boat of the 85 foot class clear
ed for the north, the Helgoland
another recent addition to the
| fleet also cleared. The Puriton
was in with a load of fish and
the Idaho is in todav.
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nonmineral application
SERIAL NO. 01619
Tk S. Land O/fic.p, Juneau,
Alaska, September. 30. i0|3.
Notice is hereby given, That
the North Pacific Trading and
i Packing Company, a corpora-]
; lion incorporated under the
| laws of the State of Califonia
j and doing business in Alaska,
by its duly authorized attorney
in fart Ghas. IF. Cosgrove, of
Ketchikan, Alaska, has this
day filed its apUration for pat
ent for the following Trade and
Manufacturing Site. desig
nated in this office as U. 8.
Survey No. f IC l. and describ
ed by the plat, and field notes
on file herein as follows.
Trade and Manufacturing
Siler- Beginning at Cor. Not.
M. C. U. S. L. M. No. HOI
bears South. 52 d<;g. 42 min.
East., t. 54 chs. dist. West
C. to Cor. N. J bears West, 03
links dist. Thenee West Var.
20 rleg. Cast 0.58 shains In
enr. No. 2., Thenee North
Var. 30 deg. 15 min. East 10.31
chains to cor. No. 3; Thenee
East Var. 20deg. East 4.53
chains to W. C. and 5.02
chains to Cor. No. 4; M. C.
Thence by meanders; Var. 30
deg. East. South f deg. 3 1 min.
East, 4.84 chains. South 40
min. West, 3.70 chains., South
40 miff. West 4. 80 chains..
South 7 deg. 48 min. West 1.02
chs., South 10 cleg. 40 min. E.
2.70 ehains, South 35 deg. 23
min. East 1.70 chains to Cor.
No. I, Ihe place of beginning.
Containing 0.05 acres.
Said silo is located on the
west shore of Kalwack Bay.
opposite (be town of Kalwock.
on WadFeigh Island, West
Coast of Prinre of Wales Island
Southeastern Alaska, Bounded
on the north, west and south
by non-surveyed land. Plat of
-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 nr the
surface ground Ihm onf nre re
quired lo file said adverse
claim with Ihc Reg'isler of lhp
Land Office at Juneau, Alaska,
posting ;mrj publishing of these
williin the sixly days period of
no!ice or wilhin thirty days
thereafter, or they will he
barred.
North Pacific Trading and
Packing Company,
Cl a. man!
Ginas. If. Cosgrove Attorney.
It is hereby ordered that Ihc*
foregoing notice be published
in the Ketchikan Miner, a
newspaper publishes! at Kelcb
ikna, Alaska, for Ten (10)
consecutive weeks.
G. B. Walk* r. Regislor.
Firs6 publication f)c to, 1013.
' Last publication Ue|'. 10, i0l3.|
Washing!< .;,!... ' cue
minute past six last night Pres
idcnt Wilson affixed his sig
nature to Ihe Currency bill
and that measure became a
law. The President used four
gold pens for the occasion
which were given lo different
members of the Cabinet for
someniers afterward. lie
then presented each of I lie em
ployes of the White House
with a turkey for Christmas
and started for Mississippi on
his vacation at onse and will bo
gone three weeks.
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Juneau, nee. 24—In an opin
ion received today from the
Attorney General of the United
Stales by district attorney Rust
gard, it is held that the territ
orial legislature of Alaska has
no right lo and cannot impose
additional duties on Feredal of
ficers, including court Commis
ioiiers. Marshal, clerks, fish
commissioners or any of their
deputies. This makes void
a mi of no effect the poll tax
law, and all of the license laws
passed by Hie last legislature.
This may also mean that it
will be necessary to wdl an ex
tra session of the legislature.
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'l’lie Newsboy mine at Fair
banks will be worked rrom the
300 foot level after the first, of
the year. The crew of 15 men
are now working on ihe 150
foot and 200-foot levels, on
the west side of the shaft, al
though some of the lower
from the east side.
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Ed. Drake will sing at the
Dream tonight. adv.
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SERIAL NO. 01630
Application For
Homestead Entry
United States Land Office,
November 13, 1013
Daniel Linderborg, whose post
office address is Stewart, B.
G., a citizen of Ihe United
Slates, being entitled to the
benefit of Section 2280, Re
vised Statutes, and of the pro
visions of Ihe Act of March
3rd, 1013, has made application
to enter the lands embraced in
U. S. Survey No. 086, situated
on Ihe north-westerly shore'
near ihe head of Portland
Canal, in the Juneau Land
District, Alaska, and more par
ticularly described as follows:
Beginning at Cor. No. i, on
Ihe north bank of creek at
cabin, whence U. S. L. M. No.
080 bears N.42 deg. 07min. E.,
1.27 csh.. thence North, 10.07
chs. to Cor. No. 2; thence
West, 15.74 chs. to Cor. No. 3;
thence North, 8.45 chs. toCor.
No. 4; thence West, 4.04
chs. to Cor. No. 5; thence
South. 4 1.80 chs. to Cor. No. 0,
at high water mark of Port
land Canal at the mouth of
Salmon river; thence, meander
mg along said high water
mark, (1) N. 85deg. tl min.
E., 2.25 chs. (2) N. 83 deg.
45 min. E.. 3.73 chs. (3) S. 78
deg. IT min. E., 5. 80 chs. (4)
X. 51 deg. 20 min. E., 0.40
chs. (5) X. 27 deg. 54 min. E.,
5. 52 chs. (0) X. 13 deg 40
min. E„ 3.85 chs. (7)
N. 30 deg. 45 min E., 4. 79 chs
f8) X. 35 deg. 00 min. E., 3.70
chs. (9) N. 7 deg. 59 min.
W., 4. 14 chs. to Cor. No. 7,
at said high water mark;
llience West, 4.14 chs. to Cor.
Xo. 1, Hie place of beginning.
Containing an area of 71.89
acres.
Magnetic vnration at all cor
ners 3>iA deg, 00 jnio.E.
Any and all persons claiming
adversely any portion of the
above described tract are re
quired to file with tho Regis
ter and Receiver of Ihe U. B.
(Land Office at Juneau, Alaska,
ilbeir adverse claim there
against, under oath, during
i lie sixty days period of tho
pi. Miration of this notice, or
within thirty days thereafter,
nr Ihcv will lie barred.
DANIEL LINDERBORG
U. »S. Land Office, Juneau
Alaska, November 13, 1913.
It is hereby ordered that the
foregoing notice be published
in the Ketchikan Miner, a
Weekly newspaper printed at
Kcbchikau, Alaska, for the
statutory period
C. B. Walker Register
Hrst, publication Nov. 21, 1913
Lasl publication Feb. 13, 191 i*
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