Miners & Merchants Bank
IDITAROD, ALASKA
Capital, $50,000.00
General Banking Business Transacted Gold Dust Bought and Assayed
Drafts Issued on Any Part ot the World
SEATTLE CORRESPONDENT. SCANDINAVIAN AMERICAN BANK
OFFICERS:
CHARLES ROSS. President
JOHN HOLMES, Vice President
R. C. BUTTON. Cashier
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6E0R6E MOTCHLER RETURNS
FROM MYSTERIOUS STAMPEDE
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The launch Sea Wolf, in charge of Frank I
Larson, returned on Wednesday morning j
last from the “stampede” which was begun [
on Wednesday, June 2, by the departure of ]
vhat vessel, followed shortly thereafter by
•other craft. On board the Sea Wolf there
was George Mutchler. one of the party of
four who had the "tip” that started the
excitement. The remaining members of
the party—Jack Mutchler, Herb Kearney
and Louis Seyler—continued with launch
end poling boat on a prospecting trip up
the Yukon that may take them to the Tolo
vana district.
The first news of the returning stampeders
was received on Tuesday last in a wireless
message from Dikeman, which entirely
squelched all signs of the “stampeding fever”
in the district. The message was as fol- ,
lows:
“Pioneer. Iditarod, Alaska:
“Marshall City is the town. The launch
Sea Wolf arrived from the mysterious land
of gold at noon today. They report an un- j
eventful trip both going and coming. Not a j
man was troubled with seasickness. On ar
riving at Marshall, after following an un
bluzed trail in a manner known only to the
‘gas kids,’ the party was met by the dis
coverer of the wonderful bonanza, who was
very much surprised to learn that the j
Mutchler brothers had not seen fit to send
a team of horses with which to pack his j
freight and outfit from Marshall overland to
the prospect holes in which he claimed to
have found pay.
“But members of the newly-arrived party
could only see a prospect, and a small one j
at that. George Mutchler is returning to j
Iditarod to once more follow the quiet life, i
while Jack Mutchler and the remainder of :
the party have taken passage on the Green j
Swede for the upper Y'ukon, and eventually ■
the ‘great Outside.’ Maybe that's the new
bonanza.
“There is surely no cause for a stampede.
The party did not regard the camp of suf
ficient importance to learn the commis
■sioner’s name, though they were of the
opinion that Frank Waskey was the man.”
George Mutchler Tells of Trip
George Mutchler, the returning member
of the party, stated on Wednesday morning,
in a rather disgusted manner, that the al
leged find was of no importance, and did not
warrant the trip taken. He states that the
prospect, in which pay dirt was alleged to
have been found was visited by the party
from Iditarod and pannings of the dump j
made, which showed very little indication ;
of wealth—not sufficient in warranting the S
party in investing their time and labor in
the district.
The new “find” was located at some dis
tance from Marshall City, a district from
which sensational and apparently unwar
ranted reports have emanated at different
times during many years past. Two years ;
ago an effort was made to start a stampede
to that point, and at that time the town
of Marshall City sprang into existence. The
place is said to be now practically deserted.
It has a saloon, however, and there, appar
ently under the stimulation of the brand of
beverage dispensed on the lower Yukon,
the dreams of untold wealth were indulged
in which resulted in the sending of the
letter to this camp telling of the wonderful
strike made.
It has been common knowledge for years
that indications of placer deposits existed
in many of the streams in the vicinity, but
Mr. Mutchler states that not one of the
prospects has indicated that there is pay.
There are more than forty men in the dis
trict, but comparatively little real develop
ment work has been done.
The party which left for the scene of the
reported strike on Saturday last on board
the launch Beaver, and which included Jack
Cameron with a horse, was met by the Sea
Wolf on its return trip. The members of
the party refused to be guided by the warn
ing of Mr. Mutchler that they were on a
wild goose chase, and continued on their
journey. No word has been received of the
party on board the Marie F. or the smaller
parties which left in poling boats.
IDITAROD LADIES LEAVE
FOR TRIPS TO OUTSIDE
Among the. passengers leaving on the
Prairie Bell last Tuesday to connect with
the steamer Delta at Dikeman were Mrs.
Joseph H. Smith, wife of the Iditarod hard
ware merchant; Mrs. Tom McMahon, wife
of the Flat City business man, Mrs. Onyett
and child of Otter creek, and Mrs. George
Marsh of this city.
All of the ladies are on their way to the
Outside.
Other passengers were A. G. McLeod, also
bound for the Outside, and Marius Jucobs
gaard, bound for down-river points, and
Joseph H. Smith, who accompanied his wife
as far as Dikeman.
TRAP SHOOTING
The Iditarod Gun Club held an interesting
shoot at their grounds in the western part
of the city on Sunday last. The boys are
improving considerably in their scores, and
there are indications that some expert shots
will be developed. However, most of the
ttlub members are unwilling that their scores
be published as yet.
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LAW IN RELATION
TO LABORERS’ LIENS
An Act to provide for the liens of laborers and miners working on, in and about mines
and mining property, repealing the act of the legislature of the Territory of Alaska
entitled ‘An Act to create, establish and provide for liens in favor of laborers and
material men, and repealing all acts in conflict herewith,” approved April 30, 1913,
and declaring an emergency.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the Territory of Alaska:
Section 1. Every person who at the instance of the owner performs work or labor in,
on or about a mine or mining claim in opening up, developing, sinking, drifting, stoping,
mucking, shoveling, mining, hoisting, or performs any other class or kind of work on, in
or about' a mine or mining claim necessary or convenient to the development, operation,
working or mining thereof, or the extraction of the earth, rock, quartz, ore, minerals, or
mineral-bearing sands or gravels therefrom, or performs any wok or labor in or about such
mine or mining claim tending to or assisting ill the separation or reduction to a commer
cial value of the minerals contained therein, or thereon, or extracted therefrom, shall have
a lien on such mine or mining claim to secure the payment of the amount due for such
work or labor. And every person who at the instance of the owner of any dredge, steam
“hovel, mil! or machine used in mining, performs work or labor in any capacity requiring
manual labor on, in or about such dredge, steam shovel, mill or machine, either in the
alteration or repair thereof, or in the operation or working thereof, while the same is used
in or about a mine or mining claim, as a means of mining or the extracting of the min
erals contained therein, shall have a lien on such dredge, steam shovel, null or machine
to secure the payment of the amount due for such work or labor. And every person who
shall labor in or upon any mine or mining ground for another, in digging, conveying,
thawing, hoisting, piling and cleaning up, or in any other kind of work in the production
of any minerals or mineral-bearing sands, gravels, earth, ore, rock, gold or gold dust or
other mineral, or shall aid or assist therein by his labor as cook, engineer or fireman, or in
cutting wood used in such work, or in like capacity in the production of a dump or mass
of minerals, mineral-bearing sands, gravels, earth, ore, rock, gold and gold dust therein or
extracted therefrom, shall have a lien on such dump or mass of minerals, mineral-bearing
sands, gravels, earth, ore, rock, gold and gold dust or other minerals contained therein
and extracted therefrom, to secure the amount due the said laborer in the production of
the same. Such lien shall attach to the dump or mass of minerals, mineral-bearing sands,
gravels, earth, ore, rock and gold or gold dust or other minerals therein, whether tile same
be deposited on the ground in a mass or dummped into bunkers or hoppers, or placed in
sluice boxes at the mine, and the gold, gold dust and other minerals therein, so long as
the same is in one mass and can be identified as being produced through the labor of the
lienor. And every person who at the instance of the owner of any mine or mining claim,
performs work or labor on a ditch, flume, pipe line, tram, tramway, road or trail, owned
or used in connection with the opening up, development or operation of such mine or
mining claim, for the benefit thereof or to facilitate the opening up, operation or develop
ment thereof, or the extraction of the ore or minerals therefrom, including the cook at the
camp, shall be deemed to have performed the same for necessary and convenient working,
mining operation and development of such mine or mining claim, and shall be entitled to
a lien accordingly.
Sec. 2. When two or more mining claims, lodes or deposits are contiguous and are
owned or claimed by the same person or persons, and are worked through a common
shaft, pit, tunnel, incline or other opening, or over one tram, or at one mill or reduction
works, then all mining claims, lodes or deposits, so owned, claimed and worked, and all
roads, trams, tramways, ditches, Humes, pipe lines, buildings, structures, superstructures
and machinery which is a fixture thereto, thereon and used in connection with the work
ing thereof, shall, for the purpose of this act, be considered one mine.
Sec. 3. The liens provided fo in Section 1 of this act shall not be deemed one ex
clusive of the other, but the lien shall attach and may be claimed for the same labor upon
the mine or mining claim, and the dredge, steam shovel, mill or machine used in mining, ,
and the dump or mass of mineral-bearing sands, gravels, earth, ore, rock and gold or gold
dust, should the facts relative to the labor warrant the same; and it shall be optional with
the lienor to claim a lien on one or all the different classes of property subject to his lien
lor tne same lanor.
It is hereby declared the intent of this act to be remedial and to secure the laborer or
miner the amount due for his labor, and should one class or kind of property be insuffi
cient security therefor, then any other class or kind which may be lienable under this act
may be concurrently concomitantly claimed and subjected thereto.
Sec. 4. The liens provided for'ill this act shall bind all the right, title and interest of
the person or persons at whose instance or request or for whom the work or labor was
performed, to the full extent of the interest which such person or persons bad at the com
mencement of the work for which the lien is claimed, or subsequently acquired, up to the
time of foreclosure as hereinafter set forth, in the mine or mining claim in or about which
the work or labor was performed; and shall bind all the right, title and in»eres*. .f the
person or persons at whose instance or for whom the work and labor was done in and
about a dredge, steam shovel, mill or machine used in mining, to the full extent of such
person’s interest at the commencement of the work for which the lien is claimed, and all
interest which he may subsequently and up to the time of foreclosure thereof acquire, in
such dredge, steam shovel, mill or machine; and shall bind ell the right, title and interest
of the person at whose instance or for whom the dump or mass of gold-bearing sands,
gravels, earth, ore, rock and gold and gold dust or other minerals was extracted from tne
commencement of the work of the lien claimant thereon, and all interest w'hich such per
son may subsequently acquire in the said dump or mass of gold-bearing sands, gravels,
earth, ore. rock and gold and gold dust or other minerals as security for the payment of
work and labor performed thereon, within a period of ninp months immediately preceding
(he filing for record of the lien claim hereinafter provided for. Such liens shall be pre
ferred liens and prior and superior to any mortgage, attachment, claim or demand made
or filed for record in the recorder’s office of the precinct wherein the property subject to
such liens may be situate, subsequent to the commencement of the work or labor for which
such liens are claimed, and no sale, transfer, mortgage, assignment or attachment filed for
record subsequent to the commencement of such work or labor shall have the effect of
postponing such liens.
Sec. 5. All work and labor performed in, on or upon a mine or mining claim at the
instance of any person in privity with, or having the right of possession, or privilege of
working or mining thereon from the owner or his authorized agent, in prospecting,. oppn
ing up, developing, mining, or in doing any other class of work necessary or convenient to
the opening up, development or mining of such mine or mining claim, or the separation or
reduction to a commercial value of the minerals therein, thereon, or extracted therefrom,
shall be deemed to have been done at the instance of the owner of the mine or mining
claim, and such owner’s interest therein shall be subject to any lien filed in accordance
with the provisions of this act, unless such owner shall, within ten days after he shall
have obtained knowledge of such work or labor being performed, give notice that he will
not be responsible for the same, by posting notices in writing to that effect, in three con
spicuous paces on such mine or mining claim; and should said mine or mining claim be
worked or mined by a lessee under a written lease or lay, or under a bond or contract of
sale from the owner or executed by his authority, such lease, bond or contract must be
recorded in the precinct records of "the precinct wherein the mine or mining claim is situ
ated, and the notice of non liability aforesaid shall refer to the record of such recorded
instrument. All work and labor done on, in and about a dredge, steam shovel, mill or
machine used in mining and on account of which the same is subject to a lien under the
provisions of this act, at the instance of any person having the right of possession or right
of use thereof from the owner thereof, shall be deemed to have been done at the instance
of the owner of said dredge, steam shovel, mill or machine, and the interest of such owner
therein shall be subject to the lien provided for herein, unless such owner shall within ten
days after he shall have obtained knowledge of such use give notice of his interest therein,
and that he will not be responsible for the work and labor involved in such use by posting
a notice in writing to that effect in a conspicuous place on such dredge, steam shovel, mill
or machine, and no chattel mortgage, conditional sale agreement, reserving title in the
vendor, or other agreement reserving title in other than the possessor of such dredge,
steam shovel, mill or machine, shall take precedence of the lien provided for herein
thereon, unless the same be in writing and shall have been filed or recorded in the precinct
records of the precinct wherein the said dredge, steam shovel, mill or machine was used for
mining, prior to the commencement of the labor for which the lien may be claimed, and
the notice so posted thereon refer to such instrument so filed or recorded. All labor per
formed in any manner directly aiding or assisting in the production of dump or mass <./
gold-bearing sands, gravels, earth, ore or rock, shall be deemed to have been performed
at the instance of the owner thereof, and the same shall be prior and preferred over any
deed, mortgage, bill of sale, attachment or other claim, whether made or given prior to
such labor or not. . .
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rendition of the services or the cessation of the work or labor mentioned in Section 1 file
for record in the recorder’s office of the precinct in which the mine or mining claim, or
other property on which the lien is claimed, was situated or used, his claim or lien, which
claim or lien shall contain a true statement of his demand and the amount thereof, after
deducting all just credits and offsets, with the name of the person by whom he was em
ployed and a statement of the terms and conditions of his contract of employment, to
gether with a description of the property on which the lien is claimed sufficient for iden
tification, and the name of the owner or reputed owner thereof. The lien claim shall be
verified by the oath of the lien claimant or someone in his behalf having personal knowl
edge of the facts, and in case there is no express contract of employment, the claim shall
state what the work, labor and services were reasonably worth. Should the employment
be continuous or there be one contract of employment, the lien claimant may in one lien
notice claim his lien against more than one of the different classes of property mentioned
in Section 1 of this act, provided the amount claimed against each separate class of
property be specified, the property sought to be charged identified sufficiently, and the
name of the owner or reputed owner thereof be stated.
Sec 7 The recorder shall record the lien claim in a record book kept for the purpose,
which record shail be indexed, and for which he shall receive the same fees as are allowed
by law for recording deeds and other instruments.
Sec. 8. No lien provided for by this act shall bind any mine, mining claim or other
property for a longer period than six months after the same shall have been filed for
record unless suit be brought before the proper court within that time to enforce the
same or if credit be given, then within six months after the expiration of such credit; but
no lien shall be continued in force for a longer period than one year from the time of
cessation of the work or labor by any agreement to give credit. ......
Sec 9 The liens provided for in this act shall be enforced by action m the district
courts of the territory having jurisdiction to enforce liens, and the pleadings, process,
practice and other proceedings shall be governed by the laws of the territory regulating
the mode and manner of trial of actions to secure property so as to hold it for the satis
faction of any lien against it. And in all actions the district court in entering judgment
shall allow as part of the costs all moneys paid for drawing the lien, not exceeding five
dollars; also all moneys paid for filing and recording of the hen claim and a reasonable
attorney fee for the foreclosure thereof. ,
Sec 10 Any number of persons claiming liens under this act against the same prop
erty may join in the same action, and when separate actions are commenced the court
may consolidate them. Should a lien claim be filed for the same labor against two sep
arate kinds of property owned or claimed by different persons, tno court may adjudge tne
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liability of each kind of property and designate which shall be sold first to discharge the
amount of the lien claim. All actions to enforce any lien created by this act shall have
preference upon the calendar of civil actions before the district court, and shall be tried
without unnecessary delay. In all actions to foreclose any lien created by this act, all per
sons personally liable and all persons interested in the matter in controversy or the prop
erty sought to be charged with the lien may be male parties, and such as are not made
parties shall not be bound by the proceedings.
Sec. 11. No mistake in formality or lack of statement, either in the lien notice or
pleadings, shall be ground for dismissal or unnecessary delay in the action to foreclose
the lien. But substantial compliance with Section 6 of this act relative to the contents
of the lien notice shall be deemed sufficient, provided that such notice shall satisfactorily
show the name of the claimant, the amount of his demand, the time of his employment,
the property sought to be charged with the hen sufficient for identification, and the name
of the owner or reputed owner thereof. And the inclusion of non-lienable items in the
amount of the claimant’s demand or error in the terms and conditions of the contract of
employment, if there be any contract of employment, or other error in said
lien notice made in good faith, shall not be deemed material unless such
error shall affect the substantial rights of the adverse party acquired in good
faith without notice; and the lien notice and pleadings may be amended at any
time before judgment, and Section 924 of the Compiled Laws of Alaska shall apply to such
amendments; provided, if it be shown that a material statement or averment has been
omitted or misstated, it may be ground for a reasonable delay or continuance to enable
opposing parties opportunity to meet such amendment.
Sec. 12. The fact that the lien claimant may have been employed at different kinds of
labor or at different rates of wages during the period of his general employment shall not
be deemed an interruption of the continuity of his employment; and no temporary cessa
tion of employment of the lien claimant under an understanding of resumption thereof
within a reasonable time shall be considered an interruption of the continuity of em
ployment so as to cause the time to run within which the notice of the lien shall be filed
for record as herein provided.
Sec. 13. The term “mine” whenever used in this act unless otherwise designated in
the lien notice, shall be construed to include one or more contiguous mining claims pos
sessed, appropriated or acquired under the mining laws ot the united stales, ana neiu
under one ownership or mined under one management; and all valuable mineral de
posits, including coal, and ail lodes, veins or rock in place containing minerals therein;
and all shafts, tunnels, stopes, ways and other openings, roads, appliances, machinery, tim
bering and structures below the surface of the ground; and all structures, buildings and
machinery on the surface of the ground and affixed thereto and used in the mining and
development thereof; and all ditches, pipe lines, roads, trams, flumes and other appurte
nances thereto. And when designated as “other than a mining claim” it shall include any
valuable mineral deposits, including coal, and all lodes, veins, or rock ill place, in or on
which mining may be carried on under one management at the place designated, together
with sufficient surface of the ground for the reasonable operation of the mine so desig
nated; and all underground workings, excavations, shafts, tunnels, stopes, ways and open
ings sunk or driven; and all roads, ways, appliances, structures, superstructures and ma
chinery below the surface of the ground; and all structures, buildings and machinery
above the surface of the ground in the nature of fixtures and used in mining the mineral
contents of the deposits, veins or lodes so designated; and all roads, trams, ditches, flumes,
pipe lines and appurtenances thereto. And the term "mining claim” shall be construed
to mean any parcel of land containing minerals which has been acquired, or possessed or
held under the mining laws of the United States, together with all deposits, veins or lodes
contained therein; and all machinery, structures or superstructures beneath the surface
of the ground; and all shafts, tunnels and openings sunk or driven thereon; and all ma
chinery, structures and superstructures on the surface of the gound and affixed thereto;
and all ditches, pipe lines, tramways, roads, flumes and appurtenances thereto and used
in the working, mining and operation of such caim. The term “mineral,” when used in
this act, shall be construed to include coal and all inorganic substances subject to location
or appropriation under the mining laws of the United States. And the term “mill” or
“machine” shall be construed to include any hoist, engine and boiler, roasting or reduc
tion works, stamp, roller or other mill, concentrator, conveyor, elevator or other ma
chinery used in and about a mine in digging, hoisting, conveying, washing or blocking out
mineral contents thereof, or reducing the same to a commercial value, while the said mill
or machinery is at the mine or on the mining claim and used in connection with the opera
tion thereof, and which are not fixtures and included in the “mine” as hereinabove defined.
And the term “dump” shall be construed to mean the mineral bearing sands, earth, ore,
rock and minerals extracted, hoisted and raised from a mine, including coal while in mass
at the mine or on the mining claim from which extracted, whether the same be deposited
in dumps or piles, or placed in hoppers or tanks, or in sluice boxes or bunkers, or other
receptacles, and whether partially reduced from its primary state or not. And whenever
the phrase, “different classes or kinds of property subject to lien,” is used in this act, the
same shall refer to mines and mining claims as hereinabove designated as one class;
dredges, steam shovels, mills and machines as another class; and dump or mass of mineral
bearing sands, earth, ore, rock, etc., as a third class.
Sec. 14. That all lien claims now claimed under existing law or pending in teh court
shall not be affected by this act, except that the same may be enforced and foreclosed
under the provisions hereof, or under the provisions of law under which the same shall be
claimed or filed, as may be deemed most convenient.
Sec. 15. That the act of the legislature of the Territory of Alaska entitled “An act
to create, establish and provide for liens in favor of laborers and material men, and re
pealing all acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith,” approved April 30, 1913, is hereby
repealed, except that this repeal shall not be construed to affect any liens claimed or filed
for record under provisions of said act. This act is not to be construed as repealing
Chapter 28, Sections 691 to 704 inclusive, of the Compiled Laws of Alaska, relative to the
liens of material men on mines, or to modify or repeal any part of said chapter relating
to the liens of mechanics and others, except that hereafter all liens for labor performed in
the operation and development of mines shall be governed by the provisions of this act,
except that the provisions of said Chapter 28, relative to the enforcement of liens in the
court and the relative rights of contractors and sub-contractors and laborers where the
same are not inconsistent with the provisions of this act, shall be made applicable to and
construed in connection herewith.
Sec. 16. Inasmuch as uncertainty and confusion exists because of existing laws re
lating to liens of miners and laborers in mines, an emergency is hereby declared to exist,
and this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval.
Approved April 21, 1915.
LETTER OF APPRECIATION
FROM T. J. LYNCH’S NEPHEW
Percy Charles has received a letter dated
March 27 from Thomas J. Campbell of
Washington, D. C., a nephew of T. J.
Lynch, who died at Flat City on January 17
last and was buried in this city under the
auspices of the Moose lodge. The writer,
supplementing a letter of previous date, ex
presses on behalf of himself and his two
aunts “the feeling of obligation that we are
under to you and all those kind friends and
acquaintances for the noble spirit in which
they co-operated to give my uncle a suitable
burial in the absence of his relatives. We
appreciate their kindness more than we can
tell. To them we owe a debt of everlasting
gratitude.”
The writer speaks particularly of "those
who made such a great sacrifice to pay their
last respects” to the deceased. He mentions
the account of the death and funeral in The
Pioneer, and evidently had reference to those
who walked in from the creeks to attend
the obsequies in the worst storm of the
winter. ___________
If you are in need of anything in our
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FLAT CITY I
POSTOFFICE AT DISKAKET
HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED
The launch Edna, Captain James Haley,
arrived in port last Wednesday morning
from Innoko river points, with a few pas
sengers and the equipment of the discontin
ued Innoko (Diskaket) postofhce. Wink
on the Innoko river during the past month
the Edna made two trips to Cripple City
to transport the goods of Max Simel’s trad
ing post from Diskaket. The removal of
Mr. Simel’s store from Diskaket leaves that
once flourishnig camp without a mercantile
establishment of any kind. The natives,
who in former years lived there in large
numbers, have deserted the place.
HORSE NARROWLY ESCAPES
FROM DEATH IN SIDEWALK
A heavy draft horse belonging to Mutch
ler Bros, managed to break away from his
corral on Sunday morning last, and his de
fiance of the city ordinance which prohibits
horses from running at large in the city
limits almost cost him his life. During his
wanderings around the streets he disre
garded even the rights of pedestrians, and
in attempting to occupy the sidewalk in
front of H. Boas’ clothing establishemnt,
which is raised several feet from the ground,
he broke through. It required the assistance
of many men and considerable profanity to
rescue the imprisoned animal, which, how
ever, escaped practically unhurt.
Fresh Olympia Oysters, for cocktails, $2
can. Iditarod Meat.£o.
ORDER
Id the District Court for the Territory of
Alaska, Fourth Judicial Division.- Iri the
matter of a Special Term of Court at
Iditarod, Alaska.
It satisfactorily appearing that it is nec
essary for the public welfare, and for the
despatch of the business of this court, that
a special term of said court be held at Idit
arod, in Otter precinct, commencing at 11
a. m. June 28, 1915, and the judge of said
court now deeming it expedient to hold such
term.
It is ordered: That a special term of th'S
court be held at said town of Iditarod, com
mencing 11 a. m. June 28, 1915, and that
the clerk of this court cause due notice to
be given thereof.
Witness the Hon. Charles E. Bunnell,
judge of the district court for the Fourth
judicial division, Territory of Alaska, this
28th day of May, 1915, and the seal thereof.
(.Spall J. FI. CLARK. Clerk.
By G. G. GERAGHTY, Deputy.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In the Probate Court, Otter Precinct, Terri
tory or Alaska.- In the matter or the
Estate of Joseph Nolet, deceased. No. 23.
Notice Is hereby given that the under
signed has been duly appointed adminis
trator o!1 the estate of Joseph Nulet, de
ceased, and all persons having claims
against the estate of the said Joseph Nolet
are hereby notified to present the same,
verified In the manner required by law. to
the undersigned at his residence on Front
street, in the town of Discovery, Otter,
Otter Precinct, Alaska.
PETER THIBAL’LT.
Dated May 27, 101 5.
Date of first publication. May 29. 19 15.
Dale or last publication, June 19. 1915.
Notice of Forfeiture
To Robert Mathson:
You are herebv notified that the under
signed has expended In labor and Improve
ments the sum or one hundred dollars
($100 for the year of 1914 upon ibe
Gold Run Group placer mining claim, situ
ated on Little creek, a tributary of Gaties
creek. In Innoko mining and recording dis
trict, district of Alaska. Notice of location
recorded in Yol. 10, Page 90, Innoko Min
ing Records.
You are further notified that If at the
expiration of ninety (90 days after the
last publication of this notice you fall or
icruse to contribute your proportion or
such expenditure, your Interest tn said
claim will become the property of the un
dersigned. your co-owner, under Section
2:124 or the'Revised Statutes of the United
states.
ROBERT EVANS. Co-owner.
Pat" of llr't publication. April 17, 1915.
Date or last publication. July 17. I9f3.
Phil Keith, the Willow creek miner, was
in town this week.
OPEN FOR BUSINESS
Iditarod Dog Ranch
Rates $5.00 Per Month
W. L. LEONARD & CO.
Geo. Adams
ANYWHERE
In the district is not too remote for us
to go to do paperhanging, painting and
sign writing. Our splendid new stock of
WALL PAPER
Is ready for vour inspection
GOOD WORK, "PROMPT SERVICE
_OFFICE ADAMS HOUSE_
FRASER ST
Di»., Otter Miss M. E»rl, Prop.
Warm and Clean Rooms
Porcelain Tub Baths
CONVENIENT DOG KENNELS
FRANK McGIBNEY’S
EXPRESS
Regular Service Between Dis.
Otter and Iditarod
McLean’s Roadhouse
TAKOTNA
Cummings' Old Sand
MRS. J. H. McLEAN, PROP.
BEST ACCOMMODATIONS
FOR TRAVELERS
_RATES REASONABLE