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
HODRS OF POSTOFFICES
IDITAROD
Office Hours—9 a. m. to 5 p. in.
Mail closes 3 p. in. Sunday.
Registered mail closes Saturday at 5 p. m.
General delivery window open between
12 and 1 on Sundays.
FLAT CITY
Hereafter ami until further notice, mail
leaves f lat at 11 a. m. Sundays.
A. CHITTICK.
RFST I.IOUORS AND CIGARS
Three-Times-Move Bar
(Formerly the Stanley House)
JOHN BAGOY, PROP.
GOOD ROOMS CLEAN BEDS
_FLAT CITY_
WOMEN CAUSE RIOTING
LONSON, Nov. 13. The Amsterdam cor
respondent of the Exchange Telegraph Com
pany sends the following:
“In Dusseldorf a recent food riot in which
crowds of women, incensed at the high
prices, bombarded the market and shops
with potatoes and stones, was stopped with
some little difficulty by the police, who
were compelled to charge the crowd, arrest
ing a number of the partcipants. ’
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FURS WANTED
H. Boas, the local clothier, has an order
(or 200 red and cross foxskins from one of
the largest fur houses in the United States.
He will pay the highest prices for such skins
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Fresh Olympia and Eastern Oysters. $1.50
per can. Iditarod Meat Co.
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DI ATADOC big and small, printed on
rLAv.AK.Lfi3 paper, cardboard or cloth,
on short notice, at Iditarod Pioneer oince.
CLOSING-OUT PRICES
AH Drugs at Outside Prices
•Williams' shaving powder.25c
■ Williams' Shaving Slick. 25c
•Lyons' Toolti Powder. 25c
Pel)eco Tooih Paste. KOc
’Itubifoani Liquid Dentifrice. 26c
•Tooth Brushes, assorted. 50c
Mennon’s Horated Talcum. 25c
• Colgate's Violet Talcum. 25c
Santol Face Cream.. 25c
Honey Almond Cream. 60c
Compound Cathartic Pills
Ayers' Pills . 25c
Dodds’ Kidney Pills 50c
Beecham’s Pills 26c
Seidlitz Powders . 25c
Chamberlain’s Coujrh Hemedy ?5c
White Pine Coiifrh Syrup. 25c
St. Jacob’s Oil . 25c
H. 11. H. Liniment. 50c
Harlem Oil . 25c
SMITH'S CUN STORE
Iditarod, Alaska
SNYDER HOUSE
FLAT CITY pine DOG KENNELS IN CONNECTION
MRS. DICKSEN, Prop. _.
VVVVVVVVVVVVVVvvvvx . - ' ..
llin nn&Ar CIGAR and poolroom
^frl 1 ■! Iralr ALEX GRUBAS, Prop. FLAT CITY
■ ■ taLUUiwlI* Cigcrs, Candies, Fruits and Soft Drinks
HURST CIGAR STORE
PIPES AND TOBACCOS
Westover—Wholesale Victor Phonograph Needles for Sale
Nice, Fresh Chocolates, Nuts, Candies and Fruits
POOL BARBER SHOP
J. A. NELSON, Prop.
FINNEGAN & CAMERON
POOL ROOM CIGARS AND TOBACCOS
FLAT CITY
GRAND BAR nothing but the best
~ The Place to Meet
FLAT CITY Your Friends
Store* at Iditarod HH j§^ Highest Prices Paid
and Flat City I I * for Raw Furs
A Full Line of Clothing and Furnishings
HIPPRESS WHITE RUBBER SHOES AND BOOTS
PRICES REASONABLE
NICELY FURNISHED ROOMS BY DAY OR WEEK
, Warm, Clean Well Ventilated
OPEN DAY AND NIGHT
Tlir pnnony Massage and
I2£ unUuDl Bath Parlors
MEDICATED, MINERAL VAPOR, STEAM, JLl^^
TUB, SALT AND FRESH WATER
Caribou St., Bet. Black and Willow Sts., on Waterfront
Eleetric and Faradic Massage Treatments by Expert Attendants
Lighted by Gas Heated by Steam
FOR THIRD-CLASS
POSTOFFICE
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Up to the People as to Whether Old
Classification fs to Be Regained
With Consequent Benefits
William Ansley, recently appointed post
master of Iditarod to succeed Albert Wile,
has not yet received his commission, al
though it is expected on every mail. In
anticipation of the coming change in the
local postoffice, Mr. Ansley on Saturday last
purchased the building now occupied by the
postofficc front Mrs. Sylvia Chessley, and
will expend considerable money in its re
pair and refurnishing.
Mr. Ansley states that in the event that
the Iditarod office is reclassified as a third
class office the postoffice will remain in its
present location; but that if it is io remain
a third class office he will be compelled to
fit up part of his store room as quarters for
the postoffice.
It seems to be up to the people ot loita
rod to determine whether the office shall
regain its former classification, and it is a
matter of interest to every resident. Auto
matically, when the receipts reach a certain
figure, the office assumes the class which
the business of the office justifies according
to postal regulations. The reclassification
is made at the end of the fiscal year, which
is March 31. Mr. Baker, acting postmaster,
states that the local office must do a busi
ness of several hundred dollars during the
present quarter to entitle it to reclassifica
tion as a third-class office, but believes that
if the citizens thoroughly understand the
situation they will respond.
The citizens of Fairbanks have for months
been conducting a campaign iooking to their
postoffice being again placed in the second
class, and last reports received from there
indicated that they would be successful. The
same interest taken here would have a simi
lar result. A big factor in the campaign
which is being carried on in the Tanana
metropolis is the added importance a sec
ond-class office has in the eyes of the postal
authorities with reference to the mail serv
ice furnished. It is reasonable to suppose
that a third-class office will not receive the
same consideration in the dispatch of mails
and in the award of contracts for carrying
them as would a second-class office, and this
is equally true as to fourth-class and third
class offices. It is argued that our mail
service is nothing to brag about at any
time, but if the business of the office only
justifies the maintenance of a fourth-class
establishment there is little hope for ini
provement.
There are many ways in which the people
of the city and district can help in this mat
ter, and the Iditarod Commercial Club has
recently appointed a committee to interest
the residents of the city in the proposition.
This is one matter in which there should
be no discord, as it is to the interest of
every resident that the postoffice not only
should remain in its present quarters, but
that its old classification should be regained
and the best service possible furnished in the
wav of mail delivery.
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GERMANY’S CHANCELLOR
OUTLINES PEACE TERMS
BERLIN, Dec. 11.—Germany is prepared
to discuss peace terms with her allies, pro
vided there is an assurance that a cessa
tion of hostilities will not be incompatible
with the safety and dignity of the German
empire. This, in brief, is the attitude of the
German empire with respect to peace, as
revealed by the long-expected speech of the
German chancellor, Von Bethmann-Holl
weg. in the reichstag yesterday afternoon.
The chancellor said in part:
“Germany is prepared to discuss peace
terms with her enemies at this time, pro
vided there is a substantial assurance on the
part of the allied powers that peace may be
restored on a basis that will not be incom
natible with the dignity and safety of the
German empire and her colleagues in the
war.
“Germany feels that it would be foolish to
make overtures for peace herself at a time
when the statesmen of the allied powers,
either through guilt or ignorance, are en
tangled with confusion as to the real mer
its of the controversy which led to the
war.”
The chancellor scoffed at the assertion of
the spokesmen of the allied powers when
they declared that Germany could be starved
into submission to their terms of peace.
“With the Teuton army triumphant every
where,” said the chancellor, “I am filled
with wonder and amazement that the enemy
does not call for a halt and take the initia
tive in asking for terms of peace. They
■will find the Germans ready to meet them
half way.”
“Henceforth,” declared the chancellor,
“the world cannot lay the blame for a con
tinuation of hostilities upon the shoulders
of the German empire, which stands willing
to make peace at any time the allied powers
may elect to discuss the matter. But there
will be no peace unless it is compatible with
Germany’s dignity and safety.”
Replying to interrogatories on the part
of members of the reichstag as to what
would be the probable basis of terms of
peace that would be considered by the Ger
man government, the chancellor laid par
ticular stress upon the fact that Germany
did not wish any more territory, nor would
it relinquish any. He declared that the
German troops would be withdrawn from
Belgium, France and Poland, but a big in
demnity would be required. Poland, he
thought, would be permitted to form a
separate government.
All parties in the reachstag warmly ap
prove the speech of the chancellor, and de
clare that he expresses the attitude of the
Germans generally, even tc the extent of
rlinquishing the conquered territory which
the Germans do not desire.
PENITENTIARY WARDEN
REFUSES TO EXECUTE MAN
PHOENIX, Ariz., Nov. 26.—Warden
Sims of the penitentiary here has refused
to obey the order for the execution of Will
iam FalleD on the ground that Fallen is in
sane and that his execution would be mur
der. It is believed that the refusal to exe
cute him will result in an investgiation into
Fallen’s condition, and the general opinion
is that he will be adjudged insane.
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Job Printing af Pioneer office.
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Increased Property Valuation ]
The board of equalization met at Fair
banks during the first week of December.
The tax levy probably will be 2 cents, a!
though the value of property in the city
is assessed at $300,000 more than last year.
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No Dog Feed on Trail
A1 Chamberlain, who left with Herror.
and Sport Smith from Anchorage on De
cember 1. warns mushers that they should ;
take along dog feed, as there is none ob
tainable at the roadhouses. He says the
trail around Turnagain arm is in bad con
dition.
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Anchorage Republicans Organize
The Republicans of Anchorage have or
ganized a club. Arthur Frame was elected
president and Captain Lathrop vice presi- !
dent. Jim Coffey is secretary and Jack i
Sutherland is treasurer. Organization seems
to have been entered upon with real ear
nestness.
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More Troops for Alaska
The four companies of infantry on duty
in Alaska are to be brought up to their
full military strength of about 160 men
each, according to an announcement by the 1
war department. The posts at Port Seward,
Fort Liscum, Fort Gibbon, Fort St. Michael
and Foit Davis have at the present time
about half of their war strength.
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Valdez Loses Wharf Case
A Valdez dispatch of November 29 says
that Judge Fred M. Brown has decided
against the city of Valdez in the wharf
case, reversing the action of the municipal
court. He held that the city council had
no authority or control over private wharf
property. He also held against the city
for taxing wharf property outside of the
city limits.
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Mariposa Will Be Repaired
It is estimated that the salvage and re
pairs of the steamship Mariposa resulting
from her accident near Bella Bella will cost
$100,000. The repair work has been com- j
menced and will be pushed as fast as pos- |
sible at the Seattle yards. She will return 1
to the Alaska run as soon as she has had
a thorough overhauling.
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The Humboldt's Master
Four hundred and ninety-seven voyages
as master of the steamship Humboldt of
the Humboldt Steamship Company, with
out a serious accident to the vessel, passen
gers or crew, is the record of Captain E. G.
Baughman, the veteran Alaska skipper, says
the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. The Hum
boldt completed her five hundredth voyage
in the Northern trade with her arrival in
Seattle on November 26 last.
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Former Candidate's Luck
Jack Ronan, one-time candidate for dele- [
gate to congress, rolled down a mountain- [
side at Moose pass recently for a distance
of more than two hundred feet. He had on
his back a pack containing fifteen pounds of
dynamite, twenty-five pounds of coal, a coil
of fuse and two boxes of caps. Consider
ing these facts he is rather surprised that
he didn’t go up instead of down. He sus
tained several cuts, but his injuries appar
ently were not serious.
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Copper Penny Arrives
“Whether we like it or not,” said Schon
acker, of Tayored candy fame the other
day, “the despised little copper penny is
not merely coming to Juneau—it’s here.
There has been so much demand for a
cent’s worth of candy that we have been
compelled to put up penny packages, be
cause, while the profit is hardly more than
microscopic, we know when we sell it they
are getting wholesome sweets. We will av
erage something over thirty cents every
day in penny sales.”—Juneau Post.
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Fortunes From Herrings
Fortunes are being made in Wrangell nar
rows by herring fishermen this year, ac
cording to reliable reports. It is said that
a group of Petersburg men have cleaned up
SI,000 each for the past three months by
fishing for herring with purse seines, and
the buyers from Prince Rupert, B. C., and
Seattle are posting themselves at the va
rious ports where the herring are brought
from the fishing grounds. Tay Bayers of
Kake, who was buying herring for Seattle
interests, discovered the business to be
so lucrative that he resigned his position
and is now buying for himself and salting !
his product at Kake.
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Troubles of a "Dry” Burg
The, Gateway received a sort of an S. 0. S. j
telegram from Anchorage stating that the
burg is suffering worse than Poland or Bel
gium from famine. They say they have
enough to eat but nawthin’ else. When
the Farragut was unloading there some days
ago a big consignment of barrels of naeat
fell on the dock from the ship’s sling end
busted. The crowd watching the unloading
process suddenly caught a suspicious smell,
and having in mind the stories of German
plots against munitions cargoes, . “Every
man for himself” became the motto, in fact
as well as in sentiment. Later the people
came back to find the dear old federal au
thorities confiscating the stuff. It was
whisky. When the boat came here, it is
said, it did not yet have the stuff com
pletejy out of its system, and Seward will
get the benefit of it. The latest weather re
port from Anchorage was “dry and cojd.”
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Krause in Jail at Juneau
Edward Krause, charged with the mur
der of William Christie and others, is now
in jail at Juneau. On the way from Se
attle he was taken secretly from the steam
ship and rushed to the jail before anyone
was aware of his presence. The authorities
believed this course to lie necessary, as
feeling was high against the man. The peo
ple of Juneau seem to feel that the evi
dence against Krause is so strong that his
escape from the extreme |>enalty of the law
is impossible. No trace of Christie or the
other supposed victims of Krause has been
found, in spite of the efforts of the authori
ties and those who are trying to secure the
rewards offered. He will now await the
action of the grand jury, but in the mean
time there is a hope that he will confess.
Destruction of Game
Seventy to a hundred moose are drowned
every year in Kasullo river, and Dr. Baugh
man lias recommended that safeguards in
[he shape of fences be placed to prevent the
animals from crossing at certain points, says
[he Seward Gateway. The moose try to
:ross on the ice sometimes when it is too
thin to bear them, and the result is often
disastrous. The dangerous zone is about
three miles long, and the work of guarding
t would be very little and of small ex
pense, considering the advantages to be
gained. It is estimated that the number
)f moose on Kenai peninsula is about four
thousand. The difficulty of estimating the
lumber may be judged by the fact that
estimates range all the way from 1,500
to 15,000. Dr. Baughman thinks 4,000 to
te a fair estimate. He also believes the
noose are holding their own. During the
winter before last many of them were lost
iecau.se of the deep snow, but they got on
well last winter. The Indians relate the
nteresting fact that no moose existed on
Kenai peninsula eighty years ago. At that
:ime caribou were plentiful, but they dis
appeared, and the moose came in. Dr.
Baughman believes the moose are neither
decreasing nor increasing.
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Savior of Katmai Is Dead
Word has been received by Rev. A. P.
Kashevaroff of the death of Rev. Alexander
I. Petelin, the savior of Katmai village,
Russian priest in charge of the Afgonak
•hurch and the chapels of the mainland side
if Shelekoff strait. The death occurred at
Afgonak on October 16 last. The dead
rriest was a man of fame and influence in
:his section of Alaska. To him is due the
iredit for saving the lives of the natives
if Katmai village at the time of the erup
:ion of Mount Katmai, in July, 1912. The
evening before the eruption he was at Kat
niai village, and seeing the danger that
:onfronted the inhabitants of the village,
he forced them to get in their bidarkas
and kyaks and travel fifty miles farther to
:he westward, saving them from destruc
tion. The village was destroyed and for
weeks afterward it was reported that the
natives had perished. The. United States
toast guard cutter Manning, which was at
Kodiak at the time of the disaster, after a
long search, found the natives and the
Russian priest who had saved their lives.
Mr. Petelin was a trader in his earlier life,
and he appears as one of the characters
in Rex Beach’s “Silver Horde.” in his own
name and vocation, except that he was a
full-blooded Russian, and not a “quarter
oreed,” as alleged by Beach. The novelist
truthfully describes the trader and subse
quent priest as cross-eyed and competent,
and always ready to aid anyone. At the
time he was layman in charge of the Rus
han chapel at Katmai, and, for his phys
ical support, he worked for the Alaska
Commercial Company in charge of its trad
ing post at that place.—Juneau Empire.
Murderer Awaits Execution
The defense in the Itow murder case
las exhausted its last resource, and within
,i few days the day and the hour of his exe
;ution will have been named, says the Ju
neau Post. Itow was arrested three years
ago this fall, charged with murdering Frank
Dunn, a Vermont lad, who, out of work
ind impoverished in San Francisco, had
signed on as a cannery hand before a Chi
lese contractor. According to the testi
nony in the case, Dunn, determined no
onger to stand the life he was compelled
o lead, announced his intention of leaving.
Re was captured by Itow, the foreman, and
jy the aid of several of his countrymen
,vas put to death with a long sword which
itow had brought from Japan with him.
itow was convicted in the following Janu
sry, and the story of the trial, and the
egal endeavors of his counsel to save his
ife following his conviction, resulting in
lis long lease of life, is an evidence of the
•kill of his attorney. Since the conviction
if Itow absolutely nothing has been done
o alter the condition brought to light at
:he trial. It was shown at the time of the
rial that workingmen who sign on in the
tannery crew under the Chinese contractor
ire absolutely at the mercy of the Orien
:als. They are virtually prisoners. None
if the white officials of the cannery ever
visit the quarters where the men are con
ined. The case of Frank Dunn is not the
inly one in which there has been strong
reason for believing that cannerymen have
been murdered. But for tjh.e fact that »■
number of white fishermen happened to be
at the cannery on account of u storm, it
is probable that the murder of Frank Dunu
never would have come to light.
I SERBIANS WERE INHUMAN
SAYS ARISTOCRATIC NURSE
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BERLIN, Nov. 23. A News Agency re
ports that Lady Paget, wife of a British
under secretary for foreign affairs, has quit
the Serbian Red Cross service and has asked
to be attached to the Bulgarian Red Cross
because of the inhuman cruelties .4ie has
seen practiced by the Serbs. Lady Paget
has been in charge of the Red Cross hos
pital for all Serbia. She declares that she
has become horrified with the looting, bar
barism and general mistreatment ol Bui
garian soldiers when they fall into Serbian
hands, and she goes so far as to renounce
her allegiance to Great Britain, as the ally
of Serbia.
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STRANGE MEETING REPORTED
LONDON, Nov. 13. The Times calls at
tention to a “curious coincidence” which
took place recently at The Hague. A visit
of Joseph Cail'aux, former premier of
France, and Baron d’Estournelles de Con
stant, the French peace advocate, to The
Hague has aroused great interest in the
diplomatic world, the paper says, by reason
of the fact that certain members of the
German reichstag were at The Hague at
the same time.
NOTICE OF FINAL HEARING
No. 12
In the Probate Court Tor Otter Precinct,
Fourth Division, Territory of Alaska,
before Hon. Guy G. Geraghty, Commis
sioner and ex ofTleio Probate Judge.—
In the matter of the Estate of George
If. Rrinkrn-n, deceased.
Jay J. Smith, administrator of the estate
of George H. Rrlnkman, deceased, having
this day tiled his final account in the above
entitled matter, it is hereby ordered that
Wednesday, the I5th day or March. 191G,
at the hour of 10 o’clock in tin* forenoon,
be and the same is hereby designated and
appointed as the time for hearing objections
?n sii• h final account and the settlement
thereof.
Dated this 12th day of January, 1915.
(Seal OFV G. GERAGHTY.
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~ FORFEITURE NOTICE
To Edith Radford:
You are hereby notified that I, the under
signed, have expended during the year nine
teen hundred and fifteen (1915) one hun
dred dollars ($100 ) in labor and improve
ments upon the Gobi Run Association placer
mining claim, on the left limit of Otter
creek, a tributary of the Iditarod river, in
Otter mining district, Fourth division. Ter
ritory of Alaska, notice of which is found in
Volume O. at Page 105, of the records or
said otter mining district, in order- to hold
sadi claim under the provisions of Section
2R24 of the Revised Statutes, and the
amendments thereto approved January 22,
1880, concerning annual labor upon mining
claims, being the amount required to hold
said placer mining claim for tlie period end
ing on the :Mst day of December, 1915.
And if within ninety days after the pub
lication of this notice you rail or refuse to
contribute your proportion of such expendi
ture as a co-owner, your interest in the
Gold Run Association placer mining claim
will become the property of the subscriber,
your co-owner, who has made the required
expenditure, by the terms of said section.
CHAS. GERHART, o-owner.
i First publication, Jan. 15, 191 G.
Last publication, April 15, 191G.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE
To James McCormack, your heirs and as
signs:
You and each of you are hereby notified
that the undersigned has expended in labor
and improvements the sum or one hundred
dollars ($100.00; for each of the years of
1912. 19 13, 19 14 and 19 1"), upon placer
mining claims Minnie Bench, Minnie Frac
tion and Oregon Bench, situated on right
limit of Ganes creek, a tributary of the in
noko river, in the Innoko mining and re
cording district. District of Alaska.
| Location notices therefor being of record
in Vol. 2. Page 59: Vol. 9. Page <3, and Vol.
! 2, Page 53, of the records of location for
I said mining district.
You are further notified that if at the ex
piration or ninety (90; days arter the last
| publication of this notice you fail or refuse
to contribute your proportion of such ex
penditure. your interest in said claims will
become the property of the undersigned.
I your co-owners, under Section 2324 of the
Revised Statutes or the United states.
Date or first publication. Jan. 8. 1910.
Date of last publication. April 8, 19 10.
J. GRIFFLY, Co-Owner.
CH^S. \Y. SAYkEY, Co-Owner.
FORFEITURE NOTICE
To Luther C. Hess:
You are hereby notified that T, the under
signed, have expended during the year nine
teen hundred and thirteen (*913) one hun
dred dolars (8100) and during the year
nineteen hundred and fourteen (1914) the
sum of one hundred dollars (8100) in labor
and improvements upon the Mammy Asso
ciation placer mining claim, on left limit
of Moore crock, a tributary of the Takotua
river, In Mount McKinley mining district.
Fourth division, Territory of Alaska, notice
of which is found in Volume l, at Page 190,
of the records of said Mount McKinley min
ing district, in order to hold said claim un
der the provisions of Section 2324 of the
Revised Statutes, and the amendments
thereto approved January 22, 1SS0, con
cerning annual labor upon mining claims,
being the amount required to hold said
placer mining claim for the periods ending
on the 3tst day of December, 1913, and on
the 31st day of December, 1914.
And ir within ninety days after the pub
lication or this notice you fail or refuse to
contribute your proportion of such expen
diture as a co-owner, your interest in the
Mammy Association placer mining claim will
become the property of the subscriber, your
co-owner, who has made the required ex
penditure, by the terms of said section.
CECIL BARLOW.
First publication, Oct. 23, 1915.
Last publication, Jan. 22. 1916.
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