Miners & Merchants Bank
IDITAROD, ALASKA
Capital, $50,000.00
General Banking Business Transacted Gold Dust Bought and Assayed
Drafts Issued on Any Part of the World
SEATTLE CORRESPONDENT. SCANDINAVIAN AMERICAN BANK
OFFICERS:
CHARLES ROSS. President
JOHN HOLMES, Vice President
R. C. BUTTON, Cashier
GROCERIES FOOTWEAR
Tom McMahon,
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
FLAT CITY
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SWEDISH FISHERMAN’S
HARROWING EXPERIENCE
KETCHIKAN. .Tan. 2t>.—As the gas boat
Alert was passing Duke island last week
Captain Steers discovered a boat near the
beach that didn't look just right, and found
it to be a gasoline sloop about thirty feet
in length, front Prince Rupert, owned by
lintel Alfred Norman, a Swedish fisherman.
Investigation showed that Norntan, who
was on board at the time, had nothing to
rat. and had been on the island, his engine
having broken down, for several weeks, but
-t how long the man did not seem to
know, the hardships he had undergone hav
ing apparently affected his memory. It was
with difficulty that he was persuaded to go
im board the Alert and get something to
eat. fearing that someone would wreck his
boat if he left it. At last, however, he con
sented. a line was made fast to his boat,
and he and it were brought to town. His
mental condition was looked into at once
uml the conclusion arrived at was that a
few days of rest and proper food would
make him all right agani. During his stay
on the island he seems to have subsisted on
clams and crabs and such fish as he could !
easily catch.
TURKS ABANDON EGYPT
CAIRO, Feb. 9.—The Turks have abun
doued the invasion of Egypt and the army
which was advancing is now in full retreat
across the desert. The cause of the retreat
is supposed to be that the Turks discovered
the seriousness of the position in which they
would have found themselves if they were i
defeated with the desert at their backs. The j
British-Egvptian army of defense is “aid to |
have crossed to the eastern side of the Suez j
canal and an effort may yet be made to j
pursue the Turkish army, although the task
of pursuing across the desert would be
a most difficult one. The recent repulses
sustained by Turkey in Transcaucasia may
also have influenced the Turkish leaders in
making their backward movement from
Egypt.
THE KAISER’S DREAM
The Copenhagen correspondent of the
London Evening News says that a German
subject who heard Emperor William on a
recent occasion when he addressed his
troops quotes his majesty as follows :
“We are now fighting for the life of Ger
many. They wish to kill Germany, but
I say if we win and we must win—a new j
■empire shall arise more splendid than the
world ever saw a new Roman-German em
pire which shall rule, the world, and the >
world shall be happy.”
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REGISTRATION NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that at 10 o’clock i
on tiie 23d day or March, I9i:>, the regis
tration books or the town or Iditarod will
be open for the purpose of registering all
person> 2 1 years of age, who are citizens
of the noted States or have declared their
intention to become such, and who have re
sided continuously one year next preceding
The date or election in the Territory of
Alaska, and six months next preceding the
dale uf election in the toxvn of Iditarod.
All persons desiring to vote at said election
must before voting register their names,
ages and qualifications with the town regis
trar of Iditarod.
Registration books will be kept open
every day excepting Sunday between the
days of March 23 and and 31. between the
hours of 10 a. hi. and \ p. m., at the
Miners and Merchants Bank.
Said election will be held Tuesday, April
f,, t u i r>, for the purpose or electing seven
councilmen and one school director.
B. A. MEYERS, Municipal Clerk.
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REMINISCENCES OF A
GREAT COLORED FIGHTER
Peter Jackson, .the greatest negro heavy
weight pugilist of his time and many are
tempted to say the greatest of any heavy
weight, without qualifying the assertion as
to race—was born in the West Indies. He
began his fighting career in Australia in
1882, came to San Francisco in 1888, and
there began his series of victories that
made him famous the world over, says Hal
Coffman in the Tacoma Tribune.
Of course, with these victories also came
large sums of money, and as he gained
in fame the purses became larger. Jackson,
whose rule of life was the old epigram,
“easy come, easy go,” spent the money
he made as fast as it came.
He fought a string of victories across
the continent, and in 1889 went to Eng
land, still coining money, both in the ring
and on the stage. In England he won nine
fights in a row', among them being his win
over Paddy Slavin.
While there he established himself in the
Whitechapel district, and was literally the
“king of his domain,” as the color line
in England at that time was even less in
evidence than it is now. He spent his time
in what some people call “high life,” but
w'hich consists mainly of brawls, carous
als, foggy heads and shaky hands, until
his money was pretty well wrinkled and the
“clink” was beginning to sound more like
an echo.
He then returned to San Francisco, where
he fought what some claim was his great
est fight, the one with Corbett, which went
til rounds, but at the end was declared
“no contest" on account of the wrangling
in which it ended. After this Jackson
went from bad to worse, until Jeffries
used him as a stepping stone in his climb
to pugilistic prominence, winning from him
in three rounds in 1898. Here we quote
something from a Victoria (B. C.) paper,
dated in 1900. You can judge for yourself
by reading it whether that sort of life
pays:
“Poor old Peter Jackson, the tottering
ghost of the ebon Hercules that the pugil
istic world once knew, left for San Fran
cisco tonight, some friend having advanced
the money to give him his last chance
for life in a warmer climate. Since com
ing north six months ago his collapse has
been etrribly sudden and sure Enfeebled
by alcohol, he proved a helpless victim
to pneumonia and typhoid in combined at
tack, and though his rugged constitution
enabled him to cheat death, he left the
hospital an utter wreck of his old self.
Since then he has lived at a little roadside
hostelry on the borders of the City park,
receiving few callers and spending the slow
moving hours in reading old letters and
fondling his championship belt and the few
trophies remaining of his fistic kingship
which, despite his poverty, he refuses to
sell. His one desire was to get back to
Australia and make another fight for life,
or, failing this, to get to Southern Cali
fornia. Some friend must have come to his
aid, for, to the surprise of his few ac
quaintances here, he this evening bade
them good-bye and started, in better spir
its than he has shown in weeks, for the
sunny land that may yet save his life.”
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TRAP SHOOTERS
ORGANIZE GLUE
A great deal of interest was taken in the
trap shoot held near the tramway at the
edge of town last Sunday afternoon. There
was a large crowd in attendance, among
those present to witness the contests being
a number of ladies. The day was perfect
and the sport was thoroughly enjoyed.
Being the first time that many of the
contestants had shot at clay pigeons, and
even the experienced not having had an
opportunity for practice in some cases for
years, the scores made were not high, but
it was demonstrated that there were some
experts with the shotgun among Iditarod’s
sportsmen, and some record scores may be
looked for in future shoots.
A number of the ladies present were
induced to try their skill with the shotgun,
but Mrs. John C. Currin was the only one
who succeeded in breaking any of the blue
rocks, making three out of five on one oc
casion, which was considered excellent
shooting under the circumstances, and was
a better score than some of the male con
testants made.
In the main event of the day, 25 singles
at unknown angles, Earl Byers made the
top score, with 17. Henry Weir and Harry
Watson tied for second place, and in the
shoot-off Watson won out.
Gun Club Organized
The interest aroused in last Sunday’s
I shoot has encouraged local sportsmen to or
; ganize a gun club. At a meeting held at
, tie fire hall last Monday night an organ
i ization was effected and plans laid for the
1 holding of regular contests.
Harry Watson was elected president of
the club and Dick Button secretary. A
board of directors, consisting of the presi
dent, Henry Weir, Ira Wood, Earl Byers
and John C. Currin. was also elected, and
was instructed to draw up a constitution
and by-laws for the government of the
club, and also to make the necessary ar
rangements for regular shooting contests.
The organization has met with much
encouragement, and it is expected that a j
membership of at least twenty-five will be ,
achieved. There are at the present almost
\ score. Besides the Iditarod enthusiasts,
many sportsmen on the creeks have signi
fied their intention of joining. Those de
sirous of becoming members should com
municate with the secretary, Mr. Button, at
the bank.
PIONEER NEWSPAPERS
Among the visitors attending the state
fair at Sacramento. Cal., was A. J. Thayer,
who has spent a number of years in Alaska.
On his last return from the far North Mr.
Thayer brought down with him a paper—
the Yukon Press, an 8-page, 10x12 edition
>printed at Fort Adam, on the lower Yukon.
New Year’s. 1894—the first paper published
in the Interior of Alaska. Thayer showed
this paper to some of his friends at the
fair. The first copy was sold for an ounce
•of dust—practically $15. While no publish
ers’ or editors' names appeared on the sheet,
it is generally believed that the Rev Mr.
Totty. a missionary at Fort Adam, should be
given credit for the paper.
In the year 1898 the Midnight Sun and
the Klondike Nugget appeared. It has since
been a disputed question which came out
jfirst. A. V. Buel of the Sacramento Bee
states his belief that the Midnight Sun beat
the Nugget by 37 Ms minutes. Thayer tells
'd the great greed of the sourdoughs and
chechakos for news. Local papers could not
supply the demand at 25 cents a copy, while
Outside papers a month old sold for $1
apiece.
E. J. (“Stroller”) White was one of the
great romancers of the North whose copy
was widely and eagerly read; “Casey” Mo
ran, who told of life in Circle City; George
Carpenter, a writer of Juneau tales, and
Dave Tew’ksbury. who gave inside dope on
the gamblers, were the well-known reporters
of that day.
George Swinehart, owner of the Midnight
Sun, was persuaded to put in an art depart
ment by Thayer.whohel ped him make a
casting box from old boiler iron, cut chalk
plates from a crosscut saw, and melted
ammunition for castings to make the daily
illustrations.
Good copy was plentiful in the land of
the North. “Bob” Service wrote poetry
that earned him the sobriquet of the “Kip
ling of the North.” Duncan A. McRae
wrote many a clever satire and verse, and
Sam Dunham was another writer of good
“stuff.”—Fairbanks News-Miner.
SOLDIERS TRANSGRESS LAW
IN ORDER TO BE SENT HOME
An example was made of four United
States soldier prisoners in the United States
court at Juneau on February 4. when Judge
Robert W. Jennings sentenced W. F.
O’Shaughnessy, W. I. Moore, H. Daugherty
and C. G. holey to fifteen months’ im
prisonment in the federal jail on their pleas
of guilty to indictments charging the sale
of liquor to Indians.
That the soldiers had broken the law in
order to evade serving out their terms of
enlistment in the army was Judge Jennings’
charge, a moment before he sentenced them,
pays the Juneau Empire. “You have de
liberately committed a crime against the
United States of America; you have dis
graced the flag you swore to uphold and
defend, and you have lowered your self
respect and decency in order that you might
get away from duties that you found un
pleasant. It is the judgment of the court
that each of you serve fifteen months in
the federal penitentiary at McNeil island,
but that the execution of the sentence be
made in the jail at Juneau.”
Not long ago the commanding officer at
Fort Seward posted notice from Washing
ton that hereafter soldiers who break the
laws of the United States in order to get
out of the army will be dealt with by the
military authorities upon the expiration of
their sentences.
GERMANS AND TURKS
IN CONSTANT QUARRELS
LONDON, Feb. 4.—A Cairo dispatch to
the Daily News says:
“An attempt on the life of Field Marshal
von der Goltz at Constantinople is reported
from Jaffa through the medium of the Ger
man consulate there. The field marshal was
fired on and is believed to have been hit.
Several officers were attacked at the same
time.
“Strained relations exist between the Ger
man and Turkish officers, and quarrels in
public are not infrequent. In a cafe dis
turbance at Damascus recently a captain of
^the Turkish army was killed and a German
colonel badly wounded.”
MARVELOUS EFFICIENCY
OF ENGLISH RAILROADS
(London Correspondence Tacoma Ledger)
War has worked a railroading miracle.
Nine-tenths of the British railroads are and
have heen in the hands of the government,
1.000,0(10 men have been transported on
time to a second. The public has not been
seriously inconvenienced. The government
is satisfied- and so are the railroads. Noth
ing like it ever happened before. There
are no standards of comparison.
“The government," said Lord Kitchener,
in effect, to the general managers of the
railroads, “will take over your lines to fa
cilitate the movement of troops.”
One can faintly imagine the yelp that
would have gone up if the same thing had
been proposed in the United States. There
the roads would have been managed by a
commission of politicians in frock coats and
tun shoes. Maybe a few interstate com
merce commission members would have
been stirred in for the flavor. The admin
istration- any administration—would have
either fought the roads or favored them.
The roads would have either acted like
martyrs on particularly hot fires or would
have given the observing public the idea
that they were trying to hide their loot.
Over here—
“Fine,” said the railroad managers,
heartily. “We’ll help you.”
“Then get on the job,” said Kitchener.
How It Was Managed
This was at the outset of hostilities.
Kitchener wanted to transport various bod
ies of troops, 150,000 in all, from various
towns to various ports on the east coast.
Absolute secrecy was enjoined in order that
the enemy should not get wind of the plans.
He wanted to transport other troops to va
rious garrison towns and take recruits to
training camps. It was desirable that the
traveling arrangements of the public be
not upset. It was essential that railroad
finances be not injured. Engand’s pocket
book was being pinched badly enough, any
how.
“We’ll run things,” said the railroad man
agers.
They formed a committee of ten, of
which' H. A. Walker of the London &
Southwestern road was made chairman. One
of the members was Henry W. Thornton,
that former Long Island railroad man whose
translation to England last spring brought
such a shower of concrete bouquets about
his head. They sat down and considered
things.
“If we can keep our roads up in as goon
condition as we usually do, and earn the
same net on our stocks that we did last
year, we'd be mighty lucky,” said the man
agers to each other. “We will make that
proposition to the government.
It was accepted. The government doesn't
pay a penny—directly—for the movement
of troops. Now and then it wants to shoot
the North Gooseshire rifles from one end
of England to another. It notifies the
general managers’ committee. They attend
to the transportation, obeying the wishes
of the government as to time and place
as nearly as conditions permit. That par
ticular transaction thereupon ends. No one
has kept account of the number of men- !
miles used. At the end of the fiscal year
the managers will present a bill, including
the five-year average cost of upkeep and last
year’s net earnings. The government will
nay it. The roads will not have lost any
money through the war, and the govern
ment will have been given a service that
:ould not have been so excellent if bar
gained for on the piece plan.
Worked in Secret
The ten general managers who repre
sent all the railroads in England, although
one-tenth of the roads have not yet been
commandeered—created an organization.
Private and secret telephone wires were
run from the central offices to the bureau
which was set up in the office of each
railroad. In each bureau experts worked
practically under turned keys. They worked
out all details of each required movement.
“The Great Eastern’' to create an illus
tration—“will movev 50,000 men tomor
row. To do this 2,000 cars and fifty en
gines are needed.”
The general managers thereupon assigned
to the Great Eastern as many engines and
cars as it needed. It had no bill of costs
to face for them. In order to take care of
its passenger traffic, Great Eastern tickets
were made good on all competing lines, bo
far as possible, both for the sake of secrecy
and in order not to inconvenience the
public, the troop movements were made at
night. This wasn’t always possible. This
placard was often seen on London’s walls:
“For three days the London Northwestern
will be closed to the public."
There was no friction. How far this
fact may be accounted for by the well
known characteristics of Lord Kitchener
and how far by the desire of the general
managers to help England in her tmie of
trouble no one can say. I incline to the
belief that the general managers were in
spired bv patriotism. There isn’t any pull
back and be-devil visible in England any
where Everyone is anxious to help where
help is needed. The flaw lies in the English
inclination toward belittling enemies. Too
many think that no help was needed.
Soldiers Have Right of Way
On every road the soldiers and their goods
have the right of way. Whenever possible
the existing trains are not disturbed. W hen
those trains interfere with the troop move
ment they are canceled as ruthlessly as
though thev were motor buses What this
means in England can hardly be appreciated
by those who live in America. Some of
these trains have become institutions. Tra
ditions have clustered about them as though
they were ruined abbeys. They almost have
“The movement of the 1,000.000 sol
diers,” said Mr. Thornton, “was the most
remarkable example of railroad efficiency
I have ever witnessed. The schedule men
would work out a time card. At the ap
pointed moment a train would pull up at
some little siding, perhaps miles from any
considerable town. Right on the dot that
train would pull out. It would maintain
schedule time on lines that had been cleared
in advance. I do not believe there was a
single serious delay in all this period.
A most important feature of the com
mandeering. of course, is that England s
finances were not disturbed. More men rely
wholly upon the income produced by in
vestments in railroad stocks and bonds in
England, perhaps, than in any other coun
try in the world. The war would have seri
ously injured the railroads, even if there
had been no military complications. It is
to be doubted if they would have done
two-thirds of a normal business. The as
surance of normal upkeep and last year s
net return meant safety to them and free
dom from anx.ety to their shareholders. The
government profited by an arrangement
which was the ideal of simplicity and effi
ciency.
And if there has been one word of criti
cism uttered by anyone I haven’t heard it.
Surely none has been printed. That alone
, is a record of which England may be proud.
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STREET FRACAS IN COURT
(Fairbanks News-Miner, Feb. 10)
The municipal court was the scene of a
lively though short trial this afternoon,
when Roy K. Maddocks was found guilty of
assaulting Bion A. Dodge and fined $20 by
Magistrate Fauli. Neither side had a law
yer, each representing himself, and only
two witnesses were called. The testimony
was brief and the cross-examinations briefer.
It appears from the evidence submitted
that Messrs. Dodge and Maddocks met this
morning about 10:30 o’clock between the
entrance to the postoffice and the N. C.
hardware store. Dodge testified that Mad
docks struck him twice very lightly, the
first blow knocking off the former’s hat into
the snow on the sidewalk. He did not see
the first olow struck, and says that he
dodged sufficiently to escape the force of
the second one. No words passed until
after the blows had been passed, and Dodge
did not return them. Then some pretty
strong language was indulged in, and the
men went their ways. Some time later
Dodge came to the city hall and swore out
a complaint against Maddocks, charging
him with plain assault.
Maddocks in his testimony claimed that
Podge started to cross diagonally in front
of him on the sidewalk, and that he simply
pushed him out of the way once. He also
claimed that Dodge produced a small “billy”
or stuffed leather poke and threatened him
with it, all of which Dodge emphatically de
nied, claiming to have raised no defense
whatever to Maddocks, whom he character
ized as a “fighting man,” while he himself
was physically not in it.
The only actual witness to the assault
was Claus Johnson, from the creeks, who
happened to be coming out of the post
office. He testified that he saw Dodge’s
hat in the snow when he first sighted the
two men, and that he saw Maddocks hit
Dodge. About the profanity which followed
he was uncertain, except to be sure he
heard it. He did not see Dodge make any
defense, nor did he see him with a “billy ’
or a poke in his hand. So far as he could
see no damage had been done in the af
fray.
Adolf Landass. who works for the N. C.
Co., was shoveling snow thirty or forty
feet from the men when he first noticed
anything unusual. Then he saw Dodge
reach for his hat. The men were separated
by several feet of space at that time. Lan
'dass thought it was a joke, as there was
no evidence of violence.
3,000,000,000 CANDLE POWER
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 11- Three bil
lion candle power!
That’s just how strong Luna's new rival
shines.
These figures throw new light on the ex
position’s illumination system.
W. d'A. Ryan, the conjurer of light, has
announced the electrical capacity of the
blazing aurora seen at night at the Panama
Pacific exposition. So powerful is the ra
diance that it can be seen thirty miles away.
One of those founts of fire was the ra
diance of a single lamp of 1,600,000 candle
power.
The prediction that the exposition would
have the most magnificent and the most
beautiful lighting system ever evolved has
become a reality. San Francisco thinks so
and the men who originally got the “bright
idea” are sure of it from such figures as
the 3,000,000,000 candle power strength of
the illumination.
ACTIVITY IN SHIPBUILDING
SHOWN IN UNITED STATES
NEW YORK, Feb. 13.—Great activity is
bferftg shown in shipbuilding along the At
lantic coast, owing to the necessity for
providing ships for the increasing trade.
Ten ships are being built here, and in
quiries are being made preparatory to the
construction of many others. This is due
in a great measure to the inability of the
shipbuilding firms of the belligerent nations
to turn out vessels fast enough for the
American demand.
NO UNFAIR ADVANTAGE
(Nome Industrial Worker)
John Nestor is in receipt of a letter from
Mort Atkinson which contains at least one
story worth repeating:
» A farmer was telling another about his
experience with hired help. “I hired a man
the other day,” said the hayseed, “and gave
him his supper and showed him where to
sleep. In the morning I called him at the
usual hour, 3 o’clock. After I had knocked
on the door a while he said ‘What s the
trouble?’ .‘Get up,’ I replied; ‘I want ^you
to cut some oats.’ ‘Is the oats wild? he
asked. ‘No,’ I said in reply. Then he said,
‘What’s the idea of sneaking up on ’em in
the middle of the night?’ ”
Behind a long string of prancing mala
mutes, Abe Rome, the pioneer merchant
of the North, left this city last Monday
morning, accompanied by Jack Donnelly.
They expect by the 25th to reach Knik,
where Mr. Rome will look over the field
with a view of investments, and then pro
ceed to Seattle to consult some of the
leading physicians of the coast.
FOR SALE—A quantity of good copper
mixed lead (type metal). Much better and
more durable for machinery repairing
than the ordinary soft lead. Pioneer
office
WAR
Take not up the sword. They that take
no the sword shall perish by the sword.
Jesus.
Whenever there is war the devil makes
hell larger.—German proverb.
0 War, thou son of hell!— Shakespeare.
War is a brain-spattering, windpipe-slit
ting art.—Lord Bacon.
War is the devil’s gambling game.
George Fox.
There never was a good war nor a bad
peace.—Benjamin Franklin.
War never decided any question of right
or wrong. -Thomas Jefferson.
War is the trade of barbarism.- Napo
leon Bonaparte.
A good man never makes a good soldier.
The worst man always makes the best sol
dier. The soldier is nothing but a hired,
legalized murderer.—Napoleon Bonaparte.
The military profession is a damnable
profession.—The Duke of Wellington.
Napoleon was a great gambler, whose
game was empires, whose stak°s were
•hrones, whose table, earth, whose die. were
human bones.—Lord Byron.
War is the statesman's game, the law
yer’s jest, the hired assassin’s trade.—Shel
ley.
My greatest regret is that I have been
he author of three wars in which thou -
sands of lives were lost.—Prince Bismarck.
They shall beat their swords into plow
shares and their spears into pruning hooks.
Nation shall not rise against nation, nor
shall men learn war any more.—Buah.
—San Francisco Star.
CARSON’S RETORT
Sir Edward Carson, the eminent lawyer
and leader of the Ulster Covenanters, is
usually very serious in demeanor, but he
is master in the art of making witty and
•telling retorts.
During one case in which he appeared
he had more than one passage at arms
with the judge, who finally drew attention
to a discrepancy between the evidence given
by two of Sir Edward’s principal witnesses,
one of whom was a carpenter and the other
a publican.
“That’s so, my lord,” instantly retorted
Sir Edward. “Yet another case of differ
ence between the bench and the bar!
London Tit Bits.
DO WITHOUT
Ythile instructing his class regarding the
early days of the New England states, a
school teacher asked:
“Do you know that the house of bur
gesses in those days was so powerful that
it controlled the clothes worn by the men?
A man who earned $13 a week and one
whose salary was $50 were compelled to
show a distinction in the clothes they were
wearing, and not to go beyond their
means.”
A bright scholar in the rear of the room
piped up: “Teacher, what would a man
do if he were out of work?”—New York
Times.
ST. PATRICK’S DAY
QUIETLY OBSERVED HERE
Contrary to custom, there was no dog
race on St. Patrick’s day, which was last
YVednesda.y There was no general observ
ance of the day until the grand ball in the
evening, and all seemed to agree that it
was the quietest St. Patrick’s day in the
history of the camp.
In the evening the grand ball given by
Iditarod Camp No. 27, A. B., was held, and
it proved to be a most enjoyable alt air
Many people came in from the creeks, and
dancing was kept up until a late hour.
p} AT ARDS ,ln(1 smalI» Pointed on
l j^/al'/AIvlsJ paper, cardboard or cloth,
( n short notice, at Iditarod Pioneer office.
I ioncer.
Forfeiture Notice
To C. 0. Nord, 13. K. Johnson, 0. T. Olson,
John Swcdal, Adolph ulson. Oust Li
It* son, Joe Jerman.
Von are hereby notified that I have ex
p wil d during- the .years 19 13 and 19 14
i • > hundred dollars in labor and improve
rii'-ds upon th<* I.one star Association placer
noiiing- claim, situate on Hold bun creek. a
tr hutary of bear creek, iri the kuskokwim
iii ning- precinct. Fourth divi.-ion, territory
or Ala-ka, the location certificate or which
is found of record in book No. 7. pa fee 3K,
in tile office of the recorder of said pre
ci ict, in order to hold said claim under the
pi -visions ciF Section 23*2 4 of the Revised
statutes of the FniP*d states and the
amendments thereto approved January 2*2,
l.' So, and other amendments thereto relat
ing-, concerning- annual labor upon mining
i I mis, tiring- the amount reuired to hold
sad placer mining- claim for hte period
er ling- on the 3lst day or December, A. D.
19 14.
And If within ninety f9»»; days arter the
publication thereof you fail or refuse to
contribute your proportion or such expen
dp ure as a co-owner, which amounts to
twenty-five (25) dollars for each -r you,
year interest in the claim will become the
i>r :perty of the subscriber, your «-• - "Wiier,
who lias made the reuired expenditure, by
th*‘ terms of said section with amendments.
signed fhari.es ammii.i
bear Frock. Alaska, Jam 4. 1915.
First publication. Jam 9. 19 15.
Fast publication, April lu. 1915.
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