TROM TUESDAY’S DAILY
Berne. Dee. la—p is slated
•. n the : of ausho::iy t:is:
A <:r a has made tentative
peace proposals to Russia
IT.is ss the result v f R
sending several army corps to
the assistance of Serna and
is, ,,n account of the persis
tent reports that Roumania is
aOout So enter she conflict a
gair.si Atts.a. Austria has
r. . oh:.! iy -- - * sue heav Asj
i any o: She . uutries In the
present » ;e w.*h the exception
r>e of Belgium. She lost
fupy a million men in wound
ed. killed and prisoners and is
t>*a confronted by mutiny a
n»> g h - h.dier- in She field
and She loss 0f several of her
northern province* row jn tht
ha ds of the Slav.
Defeated In Poland
8 Peters: g. Dec. la—
There c a no longer be any
question but that the German
ter ha- i-e., forced to fa!
k a - - * :-.p| to rear'
. .
re” real. T R 0 army ha
received strong re-enTorce
■' -o- C - * ... -
; - r n Th*
esj
i’ em eive- » :e . e or
.• .
on the German line. Tht
lat er was forced to fail back
.. ..
.
. ght b -'.te; - - ,rv nefw p • .. t
iug 5r«eir rear guard. It is no
to be inferred by to - .* ill..
Germans are in retreat, rather
falling back on te
'' - . r . • . • e ; - ; to, >: :iab.
jo r t»vo wmgs 0 reform.
On The Trail Of The Dresden
B - Ayres.' Deo. I5~
-- B - : - :s
re::.. i :he eastern en.j of
iag for the Dresden, while the
■ -
within signalling ii-tarve
'.re western end.
Fear Zeppelin Raid
Payris, Dec. 15—This city
: i - r.eepie-c Jghf Is**
_■ _■ Zepa
sevei g - s Stav
ing been reported heading this
way.
Serbians Retake Belgrade
Lend- : . I* . 15—Ti e A
triaa e.-rr ha- {-.•••' pe*Ee
to fall 1 - k - - fa: that the ->>r
:an troop- are again in p --
-e--. n B- if a: - , wh
■ ■ - - re ■
tw. ‘week- ago,
London In Darkness
I. : n. Dee. 15—A!! Evens •
ina:: - Lave been prohibit*
i: tr - eitv'-'-w.. z to !h? gen
era! impression {hat Is enter
t. inmend that the Germans are
pi *r;-.:ng : - make at'-j-.-k b
aeroplane or balloon.
Kings In Conference
C : n. E't:, 15-TJs.
K e- ; Vi-rwjv. «a-e.JeB and
L>- rr. “k *,v.k no»- - -4
: v. Do-ember |«. ij
- pposed 'ha? *hev -si-il! eon
f- - . n -J - 4 - :■ c f the T. •
■! '-avjan eoT’ir! - loaari the
-•..re, i o ,r.: r F
-pe.
T jrks Bombard Sebastopol
B rlsn. Toec. J5—The T "k
- -(;■ Mr? H l,
•Jr- R jssfan port - 3-rb «*.<■» v
o* : d -. doing ' ?real ?*- >!
'image.
Must Gef Out Or Intern
tV,; - • z‘on. It- 15 -f *
German converted emi ;-r
C m - - G am. ?b<
American cable station in the
m id - • e P ifi . ar ] La
ic n de*- ; . leave within
jVenty-f - - - or be inttrn
ed for the 1* of the war.
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5?- nd ' yo:r f and get the
best mark'd pri e for th^r
from P. i. Gilmore. adv.
COAL TEST IS
SATISFACTORY
Ws-ln gi n. Dec. 15—Sacrc
1’ ueis o; the Navy, says
,..at the tests made of the Mat
aw 'ka coal by the cruiser
Marylar t proved that the .Vlas-,
ka fuel js equal to any on earth
Its stcami.ic qualities are equal
oS he be- Pens'.'ylw>>;i, pro
ud and there is no sues*!.:
d;,q the Government will
. i r .so same for fuel on
«s» Pa . Ocean. The test
•va> thorough and the coal
am* • : w.‘!i the greatest hon
s from both labratory and
I e 5.. Th:s announcement
great relief, not only to
'ka: - in this city but
Government officials as well
's me t .- that hundreds of
* ' .ads of tons used annual
by she Gcvermeut and now
ight around from the At
: : ;• coast will be secured
cm the northern fields, thus
-11. ing^ permanent empfoy
f r thousands or mm.
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PRINCESS MAY IN EARLY
T > P re'. May made po
Hit o’clock last night on\
■y north after a very
• - : u p :: *::h. See had a
. . of passenger-,
r.iiujt whom were seven fort
* '.a - .. will b» in south
e ly Friday morning.
WILL LOAD GYPSUM
__
The powerful tug Tatoosh!
j
barge P myra iu tow.
! thr-osgh. northbound:
- m- ruing on her way to
7 - ' T:.. T-w.J
e * h. Palmyra there, where
h : .‘ter v.:i take on a load of
7" " the ompany's far-*
T r, Thi» will pr- :.«
.y . the last gypsum taken
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DAMAGED BY ICE
r Light I ?e Sen in
. -es that the ice in Wrang-i
N r ‘.v- r. - l.'\- I Pe -
-i* -g F •• • L arht No. ~ 1.
: M i « G j B v \ <.
; ■ i
■s possible.
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JEFFERSON IN AND OUT
The - f ship Jefferson,
27 passengers
b ;~j. made ptrt north-:
* t . nt rn«ng. Sh
:> " • per It r K-1
k :. L ;;s Amundson, re
-• '.•'•er visit east. Af-»r
barging abou t thirty tons of I
ght. The proceeded to’
•! ' 7. •hha, for which pi' *
t- -. mo-Fy buUd
»ter for the govern-;
nent school. She has a light;
h r -r places up the
e • • ; wd! probably be in
' it d - me time Frid y.
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’VILL VISIT OLD HOME
\ ■ 2 - • :-enger.
he v. e. S :: lay. was J.
• - v v -
- ; i home- in b1! :t’*.
/• •. He pi - s to -pend
yy h the boys and
- D ly Portland and the
• . ; he w; . then s
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ZZVE ON THE
JEFFRSON
*'. T. f. p. head of the e I
I rv rk 4or the govarr«
• ■ • Alaska, and " G.1
■ - : : •‘ende * of edu
j ‘ thi- district, left on
. jr-Y'-'-r-e- die momm?,’
r’ e-. report that the cold
j vo-:.fher - re'ardsns building
e-at or - Metlakahtla.
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' THE BIRD MAN HERE
—
f. H. Gray, the Wrangell;
! Pira’L-t. and probably the;
- informed individual In ‘he1
' *' I - - * I e - (-jfj the bird life
■ - region, i- a local visit, r.
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J'b an*4 f^ommerc!*! p^’nl'm
X the Miner.
DECORAH BRINGS FISH
Fl»e gasoline schooner De
' >rah in port today with 11,
1 ' pounds of halibut. Same
ill e boxed tomorrow and
- ppod down on the first
-learner southbound.
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EVANS IS REPORTED
A wire "as received b\
> rot'gV Dork this moraine
I
r hit the steamer Ad
• Evans was on her way
"Math and would arrive at th>'
port Saturday the nineteenth.
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Fa j rbo nks—Encouraging rc -
j ar s fro Ihe Toiovana district
!. ' kept a steady stream of
ampc der. on the -move from
Fairbanks. Many Fairbanks at
t rneys ere building their pol-:
i cal fences in hope of secur
g the appointment of the die
trioj court, to succeed Frederick
Fuller.
H?OM WEDNESDAYS DAILY
London. Dec. 16—War in ad
. awfully grim reality d?
- ended upon the coast of the
•rth f England this morning.
' hen in an impenetrable fog a!
- piadrou of German cruisers
I- -mbardei the Yorkshire
•wn< of Scarborough, Whit
by and Hartlepool, and engaged
- vered unit- of the British
et off the coo-;. A;i three
places are coast resorts, Scar- ]
b •rough being known a< the
"Queer: f E gls-h Watering
Places." Whitby is a historic j
town noted as far back as the
Lay- of K.:ig Canute, while;
h ha- large ship-build
r P- ... The people Iivincj
the places wer? asleep in \
.( - bed- when the shells be
- ; to fai; in the town. inflict ]
-‘s g-'at damage and killing
’ozena of the residents. Tho |
- ands of the balance fled in fei ;
™ r. many of them arriving a|
"uli this afternoon with only
• . ' •the- they wore wearing.)
* sey -'o-ed hat atthough the> j
‘ eard the guns of the Germ-j
• s ihey thought the noise noth!
? but the British fleet at man
erivers, until th? shells began
fall. These refugee- ?av i
: •- n-h ™o z| w s burning
: a ' zi’\ places when they
All England is aflan^ej
• - the attack, and to satisD ;
e demard for immediate ac j
an a big squadron of fas)
-ers and torpedo boat !
at to intercept th
' ~n 1 s German boat? whi-"
e be eyed to have gnre norp i
-*• ,-j of returning dir? ■? t‘
'■? German base.
Later—The Admiralty sn
nnces (hat two of the Germ
cruisers have been over
•' "iled and sunk by the Brit
’s ships. The Germans if;
*■ ks their attack on the Brit •
'•■ coast h i bo make their way I
‘ "Ough a perfect maze of]
mines, and hcLv they were abb
accomplish it is a mystery. .
Ar unconfirmed report is ii>
’v-nlatiop that a genera' en
’ i- beig fought today
' ‘w.- sn she German and Britt -
i fleets.
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Are After The Dresden
t. ’■■■■-• Dec. 10—The German!
-e- Dresden has left P into
-. followed by two Bri*
■ y, cruisers.
Kaiser Is Improving
Washington. Dec. 10—The]
Germ . ambassador announc- j
‘1 - morniog that the Kaiser
- row completely ;uf of dan-’
• r. Hi? is suffering from
h- o trouble following ;*
o''.- attack of diphtheria.
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Will Send Ships To Panama
Washington. Dec. 16—As the
esnit of a meeting of Presi
1 ni Wilson’s cabinet yester
<1, . decision wds arrived
I to dispatch immediately b «t
'eship« and fast torpedo boat!
< - -■ vr -. »o the Panama cana'
uggeste! by Governor
Gvtihals, . '
- • -
Mwry
Xitta«s
Comfort for everybody—a gift
that is useful.from cellar to gar
ret. Be sure and mark down
_ on your Xmas list a
PERFI&JION
OIL/HEATER
^ \ Father uses it to warm the
1 1 bathroom for shaving.
' 1 Mother sews beside it. The
v I \ children dress by it. A
1 I 1 practical gift.
^ \ \ Dealers everywhere
| \ Write for booklet. '' Warmth
1 1 in Cold Corners. * *
Y \ \ Standard Oil Company
^ I I i California1
' i | \ Seattle
I | 1 For Best Result*
~ —• I Use Pearl Oil
Turkey Is Sorry
Rome, Pec. 16—Turkey ha*
.ffiiiaUy- apoligized for fhe
attack on fhe Italian consulate
Hodeina. Her repre-entat
showed that the attack kvas
he Vork of a mob the leaders
r which had been arrested.
It is estimated that Germam
- lost by capture and seizure
f tal of 612.1 \\ ti ns in mer
snti.e -hipping 'in.'*? the war
egan. while British shipping
•ken by the Gt.mans aggre
gate- 20 i. 12* tops.
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’ ETCHIKAN LYCEUM
IS ORGANIZED
In re r* nse to the call for a
m reting, no re than thirty pc -
pe were present at the Town
Hall last evening, and an org
anization. the Ketchikan Ly
ceum. wa.- made. \V. G.
'Yeigle was elected President.
Dr. Ben Myer- \' cp-pr -:dn
K L. Sampson Sc'y-Treas
"*’r: t’ e'o three an exeeutative ■
•mmittee to perfect furthe-j
•ganization and appoint com-.
•" dices. Those the meel
i who-e bent wa- musical.
► d dramatic, predicted the
o' d iction of PinaTore and.
-criou~ drama bv local talent.
- ---ce —fully. Other local tal
ent was shown not to be en
‘ ~e!v absent. Native Totems
1 the Author of Totem Lorej
v a- a promising prospect. A
r'.eetirvg of thy nature of a for
■ m. w;th prepared paper1 on
local i'-ue-. political and scon ,
mi', wa- a proposition of in
te rest.
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TESTR0Y1NG THEORETICAL
RATES
From time to time it has
■ eu shown that the claim -et
*» by certain politicians that
Va-ka has the h ghe-l freight
• es in the world wa- not
' ■''He out, by facts in the case.
- re the Panama Canal ha
* ee. opened this ha* been most
foreeabtc emphasized Take
for instance nails and other
as-e* of hardware. The rate
’ m New York City to Juneau;
o- nearby points in Alaska, in
Hn? / wharfage charge- on
" ole. figures *10 per ton or
“o cent- per hundred. When
f-no considers the distance
f-om Yew York to Juneau, a
! out 7.000 mie=. it can safely
t-e asserted that thi* rats to
t’-p industrial center of Arner
"a's la -f frontier Is probably
the lowest on record.—Er.
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T>- Emi! Kruli-b. in charge
of the government medical
work among the natives of
•biv -ocf '.ri is ovf-r from Metis
keh’ta and is registered at the
Stedman,
DIES OF BLOOD POISONING
Mrs. Lily Irving, who was
•rough! over from Kasaan.
Monday of this week to the
Doctors D; kins ui for treat
men'. died this morning. It ap
pears teat the woman had giv
en birth to a child Deeembei
:>. no doctor being in nlten
anre. and blood poisoning set
mg in later, -he was brought
over to Ketchikan in the hope
that medical attention would
-ave her life, but it. was too;
late, and she died as stated a
bove.
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-ALLS OVERBOARD
AND IS DROWNEC
While proceeding along the
Newtown Float about ten o’
lock last night, Pete Daniel
-on. one of the crew of the ha]
luit '••hnoner Roald Amund
sen fell into the water, an<
is issoi tes d ul i r< -
ue him was carried away b>
he tide and ‘was drowned. Tin
hole crowd was more or less
■ uxicate 1 at the time, and
ho«e with him were unable {•
row the line straight enougl
i
or him to reach. Deceased
a- i 1mnit twenty-five years oi
ige. one of the fishermen oi ,
he Amundsen and i~ said to.
ve been a member of the1
- ftii* t- Moosfi Lod§?.
COALING UP FOR TRIP
The lighthouse tender Col
mbine i- « aling up at the
Northland dock preparatory foj
i trip to Wrangell Narrows and
the surrounding region. Sev
eral lights need attention ii
that locality, ad these will be J
attendee! to and the ship i
ought back hep re Christmas
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WILL FIGHT IN FEBRUARY
New Orleans. Dec. id—"Wil
lie Ritchie i- in this city will
his manager seeking a fghl
"ilh either Mandot or Welsh
H ■ wants to fight in February
•f possible.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In the matter of the estate of
C. F. Reynolds, deceased.
Notice is hereby given thal
‘he undersigned "has been ap
pointed administrator of th« a.
hove estate and all persons hav-1
ing claims against the said es
tate. must presepl (hern with I
nroper vouchers within sis
months from the date of this,
notice to myself the said admin
-Irafor, at Copper Mountain.
Sulzer, Alaska.
Dated lhD 14flh day of Novirn
her. 1014.
W. THOS. WRIHGT,
Administrator.
NOTICE OF FINAL HEARlNQ
In Ilie Commissioner’s Court
for tile Precinct of Sulzt'r, Ter
ritory of Alaska, In Probate.
hi Ilie matter of the estate of
John t'intzen. deceased. Notice
is hereby given that the final ac
count of Jacob l.auth, adminis
trator of the estate of John
t'intzen deceased has been ren
dered to this court for settle
ment and that the t till day of
January 19^5, al 2 o’clock p.m.
has been diNy appointed by said
court for the settlement of said
account, at which time any p'r
son interested may appear and
file his exceptions in writing to
said account and at lest the
same.
Dated, November 10, 1014. _
AN'. J. PICO, U. S. Commis
sioner and Probate Judge.
JACOB LAUTH, Administra
tor.
T7.ipSt Pub. Nov. 19. 19 i i.
Last Pub..Dec, 31 1914.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In the Commissioner’s Court
for the Precinot of Ketchikan.
Territory of Alaska Division
number one, in Probate.
In the matter of the estate
of tie rge Roe .deceased.
Notice is hereby given by
he undersigned, D. W. Fig
zins. administrator of the es
tate of George Roe, deceased,
•o the creditors of, and all
persons having claims against
said deceased to exhibit them,
with the necessary vouchers,
within six months after the
first publication of this notice
o said administrator at. the
office of Charles Ii. Gosgnoae.
fongass Building. Ketchikan
Alaska.
Dated Ibis 23rd day ol
November. 1914.
D. AV. FIGGJNS,
Administrator of the Estate
of George Roe deceased.
First Pub. Nov., 20, 191 i.
Last Pub. Jan, 7, 1915
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NOTICE
In the District Court for the
District of Alaska, Divisioi
Number 1, at Juneau.
In the matter of calling e
Special Term of Court at Ket
chikan, Alaska.
Notice is hereby given tha!
pursuant to an order of tin
Hon. Robert W. Jennings, Di~
Irict Judge for the District ol
Alaska, made on the 20th da'
of October, A. D. 1914, at Ju
leau, Alaska, a special term o’
he District Court for the Dis
trict of Alaska, Division No
One, will be held in the Uni
ted States Court House at Ket
•hikan, Alaska, beginning oi
Monday. November 30, 1914
t the hour of ten o’clock ii
he forenoon of said day.
•A'itness my hands and tha Sea
of this Court, this 20th da,'
of October, 1914.
J. \Y. BELL,
"Jerk of the District Court fo
the District of Alaska, Divi
sion No. One.
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NOTICE OF FINAL HEARING
Irj the Commissioner’s Couri
if the precinct of Ketchikan.
Territory of Alaska, Division
so. 1, In Probate.
In the matter of the estate
if U. S. Holt, Deceased.
Votive is hereby given lhai
Dan Nelson has filed his final
ivvount in this court, as Ad
ministrator in the estate of IV
■i. Holt, deceased and that tin
time and place of holding the
final hearing for the allowance
of sair account and the hear
ing of objections thereto, has1
been set for Monday, Dec., 28
1014 at the Court House of Kef,-!
chikan, Alaska, whe many ohjec-1
tions thereto may be heard.
Done in open court this 23rd'
day of October.
F> S. STACK POLE,
Probate Judge,
first Pub. Oct. 20th, 1914.
Last Pub. Dec. 3rd., 1014.
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New line of bath and loung-j
irfg rrfUe's at ntWJ?, atfv.
EXPLOSION IMPRISONS
EIGHT HUNDRED MEN
Tokio, Dee. US An explos
ion ol' coal ga> in mile of Die,
largo celeries in Die Fukuoka
district, Tuesday, resulted in
the imprisonment aim proluildo
death of at least eight hundred
miners,
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In the Commissioners Court
for Ketchikan Precinct No. S,
Uaska.
In the matter of the estate of
I. F. Houghton, deceased.
Notice is hereby given till at
lie undersigned has been ap
pointed administrator of the n
iove estate, and all persons
having claims against the said
estate must present them with
>roper vouchers, within six
months from the date of lh;s
lotice. to myself the said admin
.-trator, at Hie office or Chas
t. Jngersoll in the Reviila Hotel
building. Ketchikan, Alaska.
Dated September 24, 1014.
NY. \V. RUSH, administrator.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION
FOR PATENT
Serial No. 01720
’Jnited States Land Office at
Juneau, Alaska
Oct. 3, if) 14.
In tlic matter of the Appliea
ion of .1. Clark Sproat for
Patent lo Mit* Fortune Lode
Minina- Claim Mineral Survey
No, ono.
Notice is hereby given that .T.
Hark Sproat, whose post of
ico adress is Grand Rapids,
Michigan, appearing by his at
orney in fact. Charles II. Cos
Trove, whose post ‘office ad
tress is Ketchikan, Alaska, has
'iled an apnlication for patent
’’or the Fortune Lode Mining
Claim, situated in the Ketchi
kan mining district, territory of
Maska. and being designated
:n this office Mineral Survey
No. 990. and being described
:n tbe approved field notes as
follows;
Beginning at corner No. i,
deniical with tbe' S. YV, loca
ion corner, identical with
•orner No, I of the Moonshine
Lode Claim. U. S. Mineral Sur
vey No. 730; thence N. 28 de
cree- 31 min. E, 000 feet to
'Orner No. 2. identical with N.
E. location corner and corner
No. 4 of Moonshine Lode;
‘hence north 43 degrees 47
min. W. 1408.50 feet to corner
No. 3, identical with North
West location corner scribed
with an X on the top and cor
ner 3F 990 on side facing
Iaim, U. S. L. M. No. 2
•ears north 40 degrees.01 min,
W. 645.00 feet distant from
orner. Corner No. 1 of the
Holden Fleece Mill Site Surve>
H40B, bears north 31 degrees
27 min. east 598.28 feet dis
ant from corner; thence south
'S degrees 31 min., west 597.70
Tot. to corner No. 4. identical
vith S. \Y. location corner. 28
tegrees 31 min. west 597.70
'cej to corner No. 4 identical
villi S. NY. location corner, a
oek ledge in place 24 by 0
nehes, 15 inches ,above ground,
diiseled with a cross and Cor. 4
’990 on top; thence south 43
tegrees 42 minutes. E. 1409
eel to corner No. 1, the place
>f iieginning. containing 18.
L30 acres. Variation at all
'orners 29 degrees 10 minutes
east,.
This survey is located on
r)rinco of Wales Island about
3-4 miles north of Dolomi and
is hounded o(| the south and
vest by unsurveyed ground and
•n the east by the Moonshine
ode Claim. TJ. S. Mineral
Survey No. 789. and on the
lorth by James Lake, latitude
•5 degrees0.8 minutes 42 sec
mdsN. longitude 132 degrees
03 minutes west.
Plat and this notice posted
m said claim September
1914. Location notice of record
n the office H>f the recorder at
Ketchikan, Alaska, in Volume
V of Mines at, page 20.
Any and all persons claiming
idverselv the mining ground,
veins, lode, premises, or any
oortion thereof so described,
iirveved. platted and applied
for are hereby duly notified that
mless their adverse claims are
Inly fite(] .according to law and
'hr reguations thereunder
vithiri the lime proscribed bv
'aw with the Register of the
H. S. Land Office a|, Juneau.
Maska, thoy will he barred by
'he provisions of the law in
■mch ease made arid provided.
J. CLARK SPROAT
CHAS. II. COSGROVE. Attor
ney in Fact.
It is hereby ordered that the
foregoing notice he published
hi the Ketchikan Miner, a week
ly newspaper published at Ket
-hikan, Alaska, for the period
if ten consecutive weeks.
G. R, WALKER. Register.
First, Publication Oct, 15 1914
PBPlftntTttm. Idw. 3 dfin^