Good Advice.
Judge James W. Witten,wlio was
in Hkagway several days on oflieial
business connected with the title to
government property and the town
site matters here, says he came to
Alaska partly to investigate the
charges against Gen. Distin, the
surveyor, though he says his in*
vestigation was rarther an incident
to the trip than a cause for it.
Judge Witten did not hesitate to
say that the charges did not amount
to much, and that he believed the
office of surveyor general was being
conducted in a very satisfactory
manner.
Judge Witten gave it as his opin
ion that the people of Skagway
should make application for a sur
vey of the townsite and the pur
chase of the title to their lots. He
says the longer the matter shall lie
delayed the more complicated it
will become. The cost beyond the
bare work of surveying the town
will lie small. The government
asks only 11.25 per acre.—Alaskan.
The advice of Judge Witten to
the people of Skagway is equally
applicable to the people of Valdes.
Wre are now enjoying the rights of
squatters with no title to our prop
erty; and in disposing of ground
to another the only method left to
us is to quit-claim. While this
may be perfectly satisfactory to the
seller it is not so to the buyer, and
deters many from becoming pur
chasers.
There is also an element of
chance, as many squatters go away
for the season leaving their houses
untenanted, the doors open and the
windows out, this is an invitation
to anyone to go in and take posses
sion. If the one who jumps the
lot is not able to bold it he will, at
least, be able to give considerable
trouble. It would be otherwise
with a title to the property, which
can be secured by the town by a
small outlay, and then transferred
to the individuals.
Wood is expensive on Slate creek.
Get your meals cooked for $1. per
day hy Jcpson and you will need
no wood.
Dissolution of Partnership.
Nntlre I* hereby ,lTcn th«l the partnership
heretofore fxtsHiitf betwe« n Charles R. Craw
ford i:ml Rov Rutherford. »loin»r business In
Valdes nndet title id The Valde. Mill Company
and olio*, huslaess, !s now dissolved by mu
tual eminent, and neither will U* nepiiulble
fuj the at ts of the other from this date.
chhri.ks R. Crawford.
R<»y Rcthurkord.
Dated Valdes, Alaska. June Ath, Iktt. 22
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Notice of Forfeiture.
Srattlk, Wash., May 6, 1908.
To 8. J. MAKyris.
You are hereby notified that the undersigned.
Ala-ku Development Company, has expended
during the yean 1898-1899,1900-1901und 1902 Five
hundred ($.'«no) dollars in labor and improve
ments upon the Catalla Oil Claim No. 1, situ
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District Records of the District of Alaska,
which then embraced the land cover»*d by said
claim, in order to hold said claim under pro
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Cnltcd States and the amendments thereto
concerning annual labor upon mining claims,
being the amount required to hold said claim
for trie |*crh*d of five years ending on the 81st
day of Dcccinl*or, 1902. Ami if at the expiration
of "ninety days from the publication of this
notice, you fail or refuse to contribute your
pro|M>rtfon of such expenditure as a co-owner,
your interest in said claim, will b* <N»me the
property of the undersigned, Alaska Develop
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the required expenditure, by the terms of said
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Alaska Dkvklopmknt Company,
Attest: By R. C. Johnston, President.
Chas. p. Mi nday, Secretary.
Date of first publication. May 21,19U2.
Date of last publication, Aug. 20, 19U2.
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- Notice to Pro|>ertij Owners, No. 2.
We have changed our minds. As the first Railroad has come and gone and the Nizina has .
turned out better than expected, gold will soon be more plentiful than land- We advise land owners
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