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ashiri"ton (Current (Comment
Changes in the home town take place gradually, anc
its inhabitants sometimes fail to notice them, even ir
the aggregate. Moreover, it is often assumed that wha1
is going on is of no interest to the outside world. In
quiries from readers of this column lead one to think
that, at least so far as Washington is concerned, nei
ther lack of attention to the details of life in the cap
ital of the nation, nor the assumption that no one cares
to hear about them, is fully justified.
Profiting by the experience of Pearl Harbor, Wash
ington, although difficult to arouse from its sophisti
cated calm, is bestirring itself in earnest. The flood
lamps no longer brighten the dome of the capitol, and
the Washington Monument no longer raises a ghost
ly but visible form into the night. The airport is close
to the Monument, as distance is measured by time of
air flight goes, but a reddened and glowering eye at
the apex warns aviators that the high masonry struc
ture, like the Star Spangled Banner in Key’s poem,
is ‘still there.”
Buried beneath the surface of a highway, called the
Conduit Road, is the big tube that brings water a dis
tance of twenty miles or so into the city. Distributed
along it are soldiers, not always of fierce martial ap
pearance, but in every instance outfitted in such a way
as to call to mind the old, western frontier adage that
although the Declaration of Independence was mistak
en about all men being equal, Mr. Colt had evened
things up.
Although there still is plenty to see, the aforetime
promiscuous rambling through many public buildings
is at an end Those who cross bridges, although seldom
stopped, are under military surveillance. The side
walk through the White House grounds, passing within
the cast of a hand grenade of the Executive offices, has
ceased to be a free foot-way, to be used by anyone
wishing to make a short cut. Excavation and construc
tion work are going forward on the White House area,
but. naturally enough, blueprints and specifications
are not being distributed, and the public has to be
content with the information, or surmise, that a bomb
proof shelter for the President and those associated
with him in authority is going, not up but down.
In some instances, entire working units have been
removed from Washington, but up to this time they
are small, relatively few, and those with which the
public at large has no extended or frequent contact.
The older, peace-time agencies have been little dis
turbed. In connection with the Patent office, for ex
ample, all essential machinery for searching, filing,
etc., will remain as before. Generally stated. Wash
ington will continued to be the center of patent activity
Blackout practice is well under way, hampered by
the lack of sirens that can be heard in all parts of the
city, a shortcoming soon to be remedied. The citizen
who scrupulously darkens the house, forgetting to turn
out the porch light, hears the warden’s signal at the
door, ranging from a touch of the bell to a violent
thumping. The tops of some street lamps are being
blackened, leaving only a narrow zone of light at the
bottom, an arrangement which, probably, soon will
become of genera] application. In short, Washington,
collectively or individually, is asking no special priv
iledges, and no immunity from the slight inconven
ience that prudence and cooperation suggest.
There is much building, both of the temporary and
permanent sorts. Apartment houses and similar struc
tures are being taken over for government use, some
times in advance of completion. A lot noted to be
vacant on a Sunday afternon stroll, is likely to have
upon it a barn-like but highly useful building well to
ward completion, by the time the next Sabbath comes
around.
Housing is receiving attention, especially on the
outskirts of the town and across the Potomac, in Vir
ginia. The crowd is dense at quitting time, and the
number of newcomers is large, but to all appearances,
the government intends to see to it that those whom
.it calls here for duty will not have to sleep in the park.
Such is the nature of the information that readers
of the Comment seem to require. It is regretted that
lack oi space forbids greater detail.
It is alleged that the papers in Rome speak highly
of the American defense of the Philippines. A good
word is in order, although it was hardly to be expect
ed from an Italian quarter. With Hitler rushing to the
front, in what many believe to be an effort to save a
lost cause, and with the Duce’s plan for an African
empire a fiat tire, th^. Axis cannot be said to be pros
pering. The United Nations movement likewise bodes
no good for the Axis. Italian praise for American
military conduct may be sincere, and it may be simply
a trimming of the sails to take advantage of a
I In The United States l«md Office
For The Nome Land District
, Nome, Alaska
Notice of Application For Patent
Mineral Survey No. 2113
- Min. Ent. No. 0947
Notice is hereby given that
: United States Smelting Refining
and Mining Company, a Maine
corporation, by and through its
| attorney-in-fact, A. M. Hartford,
■ \ whose post office address is
' Nome. Alaska, has made appli
cation for a United States Patent
: for the FLORENCE BENCH
j placer mining claim situated on
the Left Limit of Anvil Creek,
‘ apposite No. 3 Above placer on
said Creek and about five miles
northerly from the town of
Nome, in the Cape Nome Mining
j and Recording D strict and Pre
cinct, Territory of Alaska, and
j designated as United States Min
eral Survey No. 2113 and partic
ularly described in the official
plat and field notes now on file in
the said Land Office with mag
inetic variation at each corner of
the survey of mean value of 19
deg. 45 min. E., as follows:
Beginning at Cor. No. 1 identi
cal with Cor. No. 1, Survey No.
434, My Own Placer claim from
whence U.S.L.M. No. 2 bears S.
13 deg. 58 min. W„ 3831.4 ft;
thence N. 44 deg. 03 min. E.,
1066.55 ft. to Cor. No. 2.: thence
S. 63 deg. 24 min. E.. 66.10 ft.
to Cor. No. 3; thence N. 35 deg.
03 min. E., 165.00 ft. to Cor. No.
4: thence N. 56 deg. 31 min. W.,
479.40 ft. to Cor. No. 5; thence
S. 73 deg. 51 min. E., 369.9 ft.
to Cor. No. 6; thence S. 29 deg.
22 min. E.. 541.00 ft. to Cor. No.
7. thence N. 36 deg. (X) min. E.,
21260 ft. to Cor. No. 8: thence
S. 52 deg. 20 min. E. 198.90 ft. to
C >r. No. 9; thence S. 35 deg. 15
min. W„ 1254.90 ft. to Car.. No.
10; thence N. 48 deg. 07 min. W.,
240.05 ft. to Cor. No. 11; thence
N. 67 deg. 05 min. W.. 327.15 ft.
to Cor. No. 12; thence N. 57 deg.
18 min. W.. 229.50 ft. to Ccr. No.
1 and place of beginning, contain
ing an area of 19.335 acres.
There are no conflicting claims.
The adoining claims are:
On the N., Survey No. 1205,
Bench claim No. 5 below placer.
Survey No. 1253 KL placer and
I claims unknown and unsurveyed;
On the E., claims unknown and
unsurveyed.
On the S., Survey No. 345 Ala
bama and claims unknown and
| unsurveyed.
On the W„ Survey No. 435
, Delaware Fraction.
The original and amended cer
tificates of location of said placer
mining claims are recorded in
the office of the Recorder of said
Mining District and Precinct in
Vol. 203. page 23(1 and in Vol.
i220. Page 379 of the records of
locations of said District.
The mineral monument to
j which this claim is tied is de
scribed as follows:
U.S.L.M. No. 2 is limestone
. rock in place chiseled U.S.L.M.
No. 2 and is situated on the Left
Limit of Anvil Creek about 50
feet west of the Territorial
Tramway and is in Lat. 64 deg.
33 min. N., Long. 165 deg. 23
| min. W.
Dated the 6th day of July, 1942.
Aimer Rydeen, Register
First publication Julv 6. 1942.
and ending September 4, 1942.
shift of wind.
i -
Operate In Secrecy
An authority to be respected,
and in a position to keep track
of what is afoot, says that Jap
i anese armament and industry
! have gone much farther than
I has been generally realized. If
| that is the case, the situation
1 was made possible because the
nation referred to, and its constit
uent citizens, have been able to
keep their mouths closed and op
erate in secrecy. The government
of the United State* is attempt
ing to work quietly, but facts
! that should not be known are
j bound to leak out. A single rail
way journey from San Francisco
to New York will supply the
; traveller with war information
that never appeared in the mews
1 papers. As to some topics, and
, for the duration of the conflict,
j the good conversationalist should
j be patriotic enough to permit
j himself to be considered stupid.
It Has Happened “Here"
The Japanese occupation of
j Manila came neither as a sur
prise nor a a shock, but it was
none the less infuriating on that
i account. There was something
j peculiarly exasperating in the
statement that the Japs were “po
licing' the city. Policing brings
Japanese control right home to
every man’s door. We are accus
tomed to the friendly nod of the
officer on the hat. A poke from
a Nipponese rifle butt is a diff
erent matter. There is no say
1 ing that it cannot happen here.
; “Here" js wherever the breeze
raises the Stars and Stripes. Al
i ready it has happened “here."
CHAS. CAVEY
Carrying an Assortment
of Fine Liquors, Win
es. and Beers.
FRONT STREET. NOME
Notice of Rendering Final Ac
count and Report of Adminis
trator and Petition for Final
Order of Distribution.
No. 640
In the Probate Court In and For
j the Cape Nome Precinct, Terri
tory of Alaska
In the Matter of the Estate of
j MRS. .ANNA FEMEYER, De
| ceased.
NOTICE is hereby given that
j Mr. Leroy M. Sullivan, Adm n
istrator of the estate of Mrs.
I Anna Femeyer, deoeaed, has
' rendered for final settlement, and
filed in the above Court his final
account and report and his pet
! Uion for final order of distribu
j tion and that Saturday, August
29, 1942, at 10 o’clock A. M., at
' the office and court room of the
[ Court in Nome, Alaska, has been
set as the time and place for the
settlement of the account and re
I port and for hearing objections
1 thereto, if any there be, and for
; a hearing on the petition, and all
J persons interested are hereby
notified then and there to appear
and show cause, i.f any they
have, why the account and re
port should not be settled and
allowed and why distribution of
the estate should not thereupon
be immediately made to the per
sons entitled thereto without fur
ther notice or procedure. At the
j hearing the Court will adjudicate
i and decree who are the heirs and
i distributees of any residue of the
estate. Reference is made to the
i account and report and petition
for further particulars,
i Dated at Nome. Alaska, this
29th day of June, 1842.
Leroy M. Sullivan,
Administrator
Publish June 29. July 6, 13, 20
In the United States Land Office
For the Nome Land District
Nome, Alaska
Notice ol Application for Patent
Mineral Survey No. 1891
Mineral Entry No. 0936
Notice is hereby given that
United States Smelting Re-lining
and Mining Company, a Maine
corporation, by and through its
attorney-in-fact, A. M. Hartford,
whose post office address is
Nome, Alaska, has made appli
cation for a United States Patent
for the No. 7 Bench: Rex Frac
tion; Electra Bench; Birthday j
Claim; Lockheed Fraction; and
Black Cat Fraction, placer min
ing claims situated in the Cape j
Nome Mining District and Pre
cinct, Territory of Alaska, and
designated as United States Min
eral Survey No. 1891 and par
ticularly described in the official
plat and field notes now on file
in the said Land Office as fol
lows:
No. 7 Bench
Beginning at Cor. No. 1 on line
3-4, Survey No. 1194, New Zea
land Mine Placer, from whence
U.S.L.M. No. 1C bears S. 88 deg.
00 min. W. 2857.44 ft.; Cor. No. I
2, Survey No. 1325. Blizzard
Fraction Placer, bears N. 57 deg.
46 min. W. 16.5 ft.; thence N. 46
deg. 02 mm. E. 454 75 ft. to Cor.
No. 2. identical with Cor. No. 3,
Survey No. 1194, New Zealand
Placer; thence N. 42 deg. 45 min.
E, 646.63 ft. to Cor. No. 3; thence
S. 35 deg. 29 min. E„ 627.22 ft.
to Cor. No. 4; thence S. 41 deg.
00 min. E„ 234.0 ft. to Cor. No.
5; thence S. 51 deg. 41 min. W.,
1022.19 ft. to Cor. No. 6; thence
N. 40 deg. 32 min. W.. 268.31 ft.
to Cor. No. 7: thence N. 58 deg.
20 min. E., 125.01 ft. to Cor. No.
8, identical with Cor. No. 3, Sur
vey 1325 Blizzard Fraction Pla
cer; thence N. 57 deg. 46 min. W.,
489.18 ft. to Cor. No. 1 and place
of beginning, containing an area
of 18.077 acres.
Rex Fraction
Beginning at Cor. No. 1 on line
2-3, Survey No. 1194, New Zea
! land Mine Placer, from whence
U.S.LJVI. No. 1C bears S. 69 deg.
41 min. W.. 2871.66 ft.; thence
N. 72 deg. 54 man. E., 927.99 ft.
to Cor. No. 2; thence S. 6 deg.
19 min. E., 382.87 ft. to Cor. No.
3, identical with Cor. No. 3, No.
7 Bench this survey previously
described; thence S. 42 deg. 45
min. W.. 646.53 ft. to Cor. No. 4.
identical with Cot. No. 2, No. 7
Bench this survey previously de
scribed; thence N. 40 deg. 06 min.
W., 760.71 ft. to Cor. No. 1 and
place of beginning, containing
an area of 9.607 acres.
Electra Bench
Beginning at Cor. No. 1. identi
cal with Cor. No. 1 Rex Fraction
this survey previously described;
thence N. 23 deg. 53 min. E.,
1182.5 ft. to Cor. No. 2; thence
N. 71 deg. 49 min. E., 323.9 ft.
: to Cor. No. 3; thence S. 6 deg.
' 19 min. E., 915.26 ft. to Cor. No.
4, identical with. Cor. No. 2 Rtx
Fraction this survey previously
described; thence S. 72 deg. 54
min. W.. 927.99 ft. to C< r. No. 1
and place of beginning, contain
ing an area <>f 12.840 cert's.
Birthday Claim
Beginning at Cor. No. 1, from
whence U.S.L.M. No. 1C bears S.
63 deg. 11 min. W.; 2487.97 ft.:
thence N. 13 deg. 48 min. E.,
244.55 ft. to Cor. No. 2; thence
N. 13 deg. 31 min. E., 974.85 ft.
to Cor. No. 3; thence S. 70 deg.
56 min. E., 704.17 ft. to Cor. No.
4. identical with Cor. No. 2 El
ectra Bench this survey previous
lv described; thence S. 23 deg. 53
min. W„ 1182.5 ft. to Cor. No. 5.
identical with Cor. No. 1 Electra :
Bench this survey, previously j
described; thence N. 40 deg. (Mi
min. W„ 308.35 ft. to Cor. No.
6, identical with Cor. No. 2, Sur
| very 1194 New Zealand Mine;
Placer; thence S. 68 deg. 08 min.
i W., 295.25 ft. to Oar. No. 1 and
( place of beginning, containing an
; area of 15.360 acres.
Lockheed Fraction
Beginning at Cor. No. 1, identi
| cal with Cor. No. 2. Survey No.
! 1373 Good Luck Fract.on Placer. |
'• from whence U.S.L.M. No. 1C
I bears S. 57 deg. 13 min. W..
! 2609.04 ft.; thence N. 14 deg. 25
min. W., 732.86 ft. to Cor. No. 2;
thence N. 69 deg. 03 min. E..
j 528,68 ft. to Cor. No. 3, identical
with Cor. No. 3 Birthday Claim
this survey previously described;
thence S. 13 deg. 31 min. W..
974,65 ft. to Cor. No. 4. identical
with Cor. No. 2 Birthday Claim
this survey previously described;
thence N. 59 deg. 27 min. W.,
96.6 ft. to Cor. No. 1 and place
t of beginning, contain g an area
of 5.451 acres.
Black Cal Fraction Placer
Beginning at Cor. No. 1, identi- j
cal with Cor. No. 6, Survey No. !
1896 Sophia Claim, from whence
U.S.L.M. No. 1C bears S. 62 deg.
47 min. VV. 2088.70 ft.; thence N.
36 deg. 40 min. E., 566.16 ft. to
Cor. No. 2 identical with Cor.
No. 1 Lockheed Fraction this sur i
vev previously described; thence
5. 59 deg. 27 min. E„ 96.60 ft. to
Cor. No. 3, identical with Cor. ,
No. 4 Lockheed Fraction pre
viously described; thence S. 13
deg. 48 min. W., 244.55 ft. to Cor. j
No. 4 identical with Cor. No. 1 ,
Birthday Claim this survey pre
viously described; thence N. 68
deg. 08 min. E., 295.25 ft. to Cor.
No. 5, identical with Cor. No. 6
Birthday Claim this survey pre
viously described; thence S. 24
deg. 29 min. W„ 590.02 ft. to Cor.
No. 6, identical with Cor. No. 7
1 Survey No, 1806 Sophia Placer;
thence N. 56 deg. 34 min. W..
470.3 ft. to Cor. No. 1 and place
of beginning, containing an area
of 4.716 acres.
These claims are situated di
rectly north of and adjoining
Survey No. 451 Nome Townsite
and about 500 ft. E. of Snake
River. The adjoining claims are:
On the N., Bluitt Bench Placer
and Seymour Placer, both un
! surveyed; On the E., Survey No.
1173. No. 6 Bench Placer Claim.
Survey No. 685, No. 6 below on
Bourbon Creek Placer Claim,
and Survey No. 685 Adelaide
Placer Claim; On the S. Survey
No. 1325, Blizzard Fraction Pla
cer, Survey No. 1194, New Zea
land Mine Placer, and Survey
No. 1806 Sophia and Survey No.
451, Nome Townsite; On the W.,
Survey No. 1373, Rein-Deer Frac
tion and Survey No. 1373. Good
Luck Fraction. The conflicting
claims are Survey No. 451, Nome
Townsite, City of Nome, claim
ant.
The location certificates for
said mining claims are recorded
in the office of the recorder of
the Cape Nome Mining District,
Territory of Alaska, in volume
214, page 274; volume 214, page
84; volume 214, page 238; volume
199, page 409; volume 216, page
127; volume 216, page 128; vol
ume 216. page 97; volume 216,
page 131 of the records of loca
tions of said mining district.
U.S.L.M. No. 1C to which these
claims are tied is an iron pipe 4
in. in diameter, 7 ft. long, set
3Vi ft. in the ground with a 5-16
in. brass plate welded to the top,
marked U.S.L.M. 1C in Lat. 64
deg. 30 min. 30 sec. N.. Long. 165
deg. 25 min. 18 sec. W.
Dated the 27th day of June,
1942.
Aimer Rydeon, Register
Every issue tri-weekly, start
ing June 29, 1942 and ending
Aug. 28, 1942.
;___
In the United States Land Office
For the Nome Land District
Nome, Alaska.
Notice of Application for Patent
Mineral Survey No. 1892
Mineral Entry No. 0937
Notice is hereby given that
United States Smelting Refining
and Mining Company, a Maine
corporation, by and through its
attorney-in-fact, A. M. Hartford,
whose post office address is
Nome, Alaska, has made applica
tion for a United States Patent
for The Annie Placer Mining
Claim situated on Snake River,
in the Cape Nome Mining Dis
trict and Precinct, Territory of
Alaska, and designated as United
States Mineral Survey No. 1892
and particularly described in the
official plat and field notes now
on file in the said Land Office,
with magnetic variation at each
corner of the survey of uniform
value of 16 deg. 30 min. E., as
follows:
I -
The Annie
i Beginning at Cor. No. 1 on
Lino 11-12, Survey No. 133^
Arthur Broncho Cephei Dandy
Eureka Famous Golden .and Har
riet, from whence U.S.L.M No
1C bears N. 67 deg. 56 min. W
997.63 ft.; E. edge of Anvil Rock
hears N. 16 deg. 39M» min. F,
thence N. 14 deg. 13 min. E
722.0 ft. to Cor. No. 2, identical
with Cor. No. 11. aforesaid Sur
very No. 1339 and Cor. No. 6
Survey No. 1374. Snake Placer’
thence N. 3 deg. 45 min. E., 780.2
ft. to Cor. No 3, identical with
Cor. No. 5, Survey No. 1374,
Snake Placer and Cor. No. 6,
Survey No. 1373, Allie Claim;
thence S. 66 deg. 10 min. E..
570.43 ft. to Cor. No. 4, identical’
with Cor. No. 4, Survey No. 1806,
Sophia Placer; thence S. 10 dec’
18 min. W„ 500.0 ft. to Cor. No.
5, identical with Cor. No. 3 afore
said Survey No. 1806; thence S.
66 deg. 10 min. E., 100.0 ft. to
Cor. No. 6, identical with Cor
No. 2 aforesaid Survey No. 1806:
thence S. L0 deg. 18 min. W
851.63 ft. to Cor. No 7; thence
N. 78 deg. 30 min. W., 611.8 ft. to
Cor. No. 1 and place of begin
ning, containing an area of 18.316
acres.
The adjoining claims are:
On the N., Survey No. 137.3
Allie Claim.
On the E., Survey No. 1806.
Sophia Placer.
On the S.. Survey No. 451,
Nome Townsite.
On the W., Survey No. 1374,
Snake Placer and Survey N.o.
1339. Arthur Broncho Cephei
Dandy Eureka Famous Golden
and Harriet.
The conflicting claims are Sur
vey No. 451, Nome Townsite.
The location certificate for said
mining claim is recorded in the
office of the recorder of the Cape
Nome Mining District. Territory
of Alaska, in volume 37. page 92
of the record of locations of said
district.
The mineral monument to
which this claim is tied is de-•
scribed as follows:
U.S.L.M. No. 1C to which this
claim is tied is an iron pipe, 4
in. in diameter and 7 ft. long
with a 5-16 brass plate welded
to top and marked U.S.L.M. 1C
and is in Lat. 64 deg. 30 min. 30
sec. N., Long. 165 deg. 25 min. 18
sec. W.
Dated the 27th day of June,
1942.
Aimer Rydeen, Register
Every Issue tri-weekly, start
ing June 29, 1942 and ending
Aug. 28, 1942.
In the United States Land Office
For the Nome Land District
Nome, Alaska.
Notice of Application for Patent
Mineral Survey No. 1893
Mineral Entry No. 0938
Notice is hereby given that
United States Smelting Refining
and Mining Company, a Maine
corporation, by and through its
attorney-in-fact. A. M. Hartford,
whose post office address is
Nome, Alaska, has made appli
cation for a United States Patent
for the Combination Fraction on
Gold Hill between Dry and Rock
Creeks in the Cape Nome Mining
District and Precinct, Territory
of Alaska, and designated as
United States Mineral Survey
No. 1893 and particularly descrifc
ed in the official plat and field
notes now on file in the said
Land Office as follows:
Combination Fraction
Beginning at Cor. No. 1 Mom
whence U.S.L.M. No. 1399 bears
N. 86 deg. 42 min. E., 2196.70 ft.;
Monument on Cape Nome bears
S. 69 deg. 22 min. E,; thence S.
16 deg. 09 min. W„ 387.7 ft. to
Cor. No. 2, identical with Cor.
No. 1, Survey No. 1311, Combin
ation-Claim Placer; thence N. 58
deg. 40 min. W„ 1188.55 ft. to
Cor. No. 3, identical with Cor.
No. 5, aforesaid Survey No. 1311,
Combination Claim Placer and
Cor. No. 3 Survey No. 1800, Big
Chief Placer; thence S. 77 deg.
44 min. E., 1058.6 ft. to Cor. No.
4. identical with Cor. No. 2, afore
said Survey No. 1800 Big Chief
Placer and Cor. No. 3 Survey
No. 1800 Jack Claim Placer,
thence S. 76 deg. 56 min. E., 91.3
ft. to Cor. No. 1 and place of
beginning, containing an area of
5.121 acres.
The adjoining claims are: On
the north Survey No. 1800, Jack
Claim; on the east claims un
I known and unsurveyed; on the
south Survey No. 1311, Combina
tion Claim Placer; on the west
Survey No. 1298, Juanita Bench
I Claim. There are no conflicting
claims.
The location certificate for said
mining claim is recorded in the
office of the recorder of the Cape
Nome Mining District, Territory
of Alaska, in volume 214, page
172 of the records of locations of
said district.
U.S.L.M. No. 1399 to which this
claim is tied is a fir post 6 in.
square, 5 ft. above ground, and
situated on the highest point of
Gold Hill about 34 mile N. of
, the shore of Bering Sea and
| about Vi mile N. E. of Nome
Townslte. In Lat. 64 deg. 30 min.
, 08 sec. N., Long. 165 deg. 5 min.
21 sec. W.
Dated the 27th day of June
I 1942.
Aimer Rydeen, Register.
j Every issue tri-weekly start
ing June 29, 1942, and ending
I Aug. 28, 1942. s <