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'1*1:. fo!k*vv n« i> tak* n I om a l‘otl
land nows pa p< ■ being a i •! * • * ♦ *i\
cd 1i\ the Portland l\ S. International
rev* ntte htreati. and perhan* it str k« ~
a nsponsiv »h >rd in tin* hrea-ts of
many taxpa* is* pos.-ib y in the nort!
a' well a> the states:
**l have been held up* hold dour*
^amllvaifijce. walked on -at on- *iatteie
ed eut an< i.MO< *•••!■ *’i> t I*' the I •'
jli i| St itO' uo\‘-mn< M* fo-the fede»a’
v,; tax- : **x< i* •**!*> t: x ■ 1 d •< r *
lean b< *'•!- In* -tate, county an .
4*|• v Idy! *a\ and **’ • auto *:tx and
tin- > m* i\ amt by evorj swii ’ y anil
orira->.-. itioi that inventive ntind of
man \ avt e.t t * extra.: \\i.a: yon
rui\ •• n .. n *t pn-sess; frem the So
ciot\ of T.dm 'he Raptist- ti e <i \. R •
the 'Vo * • *' f. the Men’s Relief
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dolbh « o — and eveyv en* - of a"
! that I am eros - w>
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oeiety am! oveiv
• i*-. - * h:; s ><> I'i'vvnit *
»*j\ * - » t< at 1 don’t km*v who
I a*u in-pocKd. examin*'!
x*if? r* *1, inform**!- repair'd
and » nan 4 *1 >e I d n’t know who
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RoconJh Miortmuhly Renovated.
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CRI\ VI E DIM NO ROOM
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Charles ( amiTon — John C. Halfmv
MEET ME AT THE
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JOHN’S PLACE
That’s All
HI VMOND DICK’S
MEALS AT ALL HOURS.
Our Bill of fare consists of
All the Market Affords.
HOME M VDE BREAD and l* VSTRY
HOARD BY THE MONTH
R. RHODES. Proprietor.
I am- where l am or why I am here.
•\V! I know is that I am supposed
{.» be an inexhaustible supply of mon
, y for evciv known need- desire o,(
• p>- of the human race- and because I
v ill not >el’ all 1 have and iro out an-l
!»,-jj. borrow or -tea! money to jjiv*
i vav- I have been cussed- discussed
talked to. talked about- lied to. lied
about- held up- huujr up. robbed and
;ol\ ruined- and the only reason t
am « tinirintr to life i> to see what in
II is coming: next!"
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t1' tpo p ie.- of railroad materia!
nn’ie< and equipment had not in*
i •• a-a-d’in the last four years- the co-t
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k . mplet- :- \ »u’d not have exceed*
Tt-’ifi • 1 1 ’ n in 191
for tlv eousMa:et»on of the system v i
> t.noo.iioo. so if uo chancre had oe*
eurr.-d * nee then in market eoudiliors.
t;'.> tot;d outlay would have been lea*
■ 1 an o i« ina1 calculation by $1.*
I Jo- t.'HUiS
Tl is d a published statement *il
\i> ’ ige* i- 1 by the press bin*
• n <* f • \lad<a Railroad Report an !
he \ Ti (
: h »• mainder of the statement fo *
Kve ything required in rail roe
• •'fi tnicbon - labor, food for tno:
tie* at
b ltr« locomotives and cars for \vo:k
oivancetl « mtinuou.sly during
• piogress of he worM war not 1
no- • cost ovices* in many instance •
i’e ’hive and fear times higher than
v In n t l building o'* the
i-ovorwnent rndmnd was first und^v
f'f m. Ye? own if there should he r »
dec lino in present high prices* only
? in* mi’fon odd dollars* in excess
‘he ovrira’ odimnto* v id he needed
‘ •» onpYte the federal transportation
>\ tern. In other words* while nrio» s
*r neve. \ are .“>0 to 400 per cent high* r
■' an f*» moi’y* the cost of the gnver’*
m«*nt< railroad will be only about :*o
n ;■ rent moi*e thnn the original esti*
mate «>f four years ago.
Two important factors have opera’*
1 to ' en dov n the average of the
co. t of construction. Th**v are tl
ownership l»v the railroad of cord
'nines, from which all necessary fuel
•■on1 ** are obtained, and the pur*
da e r» t one time in 1017 of a larr '
quantity of material* supplies and
piirrnen*. some of which is still on
hand.
“In going over the figures of the
eo>t e1’ the * aProad said William
ig engineer in el g ot *' • \
chorage Division* who has just coni
n' ded a financial statement of. the
outhly necessary to build the entire
• tem on the basis of prices in 1011*
•u’n*ro m<(> two things quite notieeahl *.
tine is a snvinp of S“."»().000 that ha-’
be«-n effected by the Commission mi
using the cual produce*I at the Eska
; r»,i (’bi< tcroon mines. Tf the Commvs
• n- instead of opening and operating
t v sr mi”i '• had bought in the State<
an 1 dtipped to Seward and Anchorapo
the coal it needed in construction and
operation* its expenditures would have
beep *(V<)00 in exeess of what they
are t»> the present time. The other no
tVeabV saving was effected by the
purchase o' a large quantity of sup
p’i-'s in in?". If these supplies* instead
o‘* having been bought at one time in
11*17 had been purchased at various
times in I'd?7* 1018 and 1010. their
co>t* on account of the ?ising market
during the war, would ha\*' been a
great deal more than it actually was.”
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HI’N'DREPS OT H1NDITS
MYSTERIOI'SI.Y DISAPPEAR
PROM IMPERIAL V \LLEY
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CENTRO- CaL- June 2a - Hun*
dr*.Is of Hindus who have been em
ployed picking cotton and at other
ta^ks on Imperial Valley farms, have
mysteriously disappeared. Several
large colonies Jiave been depleted and
the few remaining Asiatic are those
who hold land leases which do not ex
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jjiiv u»i several months.
(u* <*, veis o conditions in the \;’
lo heliev ilii* concerted exodus wa
tli» iv alt of orders transmitted bv
native priests who have f labo ers
among the Tiindius lor s» veral month
pa.-*.. A >core ol laoorers an* knoAii
to itavi (iepurted for jobs in the Sail
Kiv r Valiev intArizona but the de
stination ol other, who h it 01 the i< i
n.
Several months ago. local resident
say, a native priest appeared in the
Hindu col mios here and at lmpetiud
t'al.. These priests held services for
their countrymen, which they told the
valley people were for the purpose ot
teaching them Americanism, J ho>
soon disappeared, quietly anti witho it
any announced destination.
Soon the Hindus in the valley, even
those who could read no Kngiisli.
started puichasing copies of a eons’
daily paper. Often as many as IWJ
copies of this paper would be sold <u
one day. where the market before ne\
er exceeded ten. As suddenly as tin*
buying started, it stopped, and the de
gira commenced.
That a sryptie message of some
sort was conveyed through this daily
newspaper, advising the Hindus t >
leave the valley, or perhaps calling
them to work where they would be
paid higher wages, is the only theory
advanced for their strange action.
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Principal (bdpin of the Whitehorse
schools was soverly, injured while de
fending the steps in the rcai of hi-*
dwelling . lb* slipped and fell st’iking
his head on one ol the steps, rendering
him unconeious tor some time. Hi
wife becoming alarmed at his absence*
from the biiihling went in search for
him and founH him lying in a pool o
blood in the snow.
NOTICE OK SETTLEMENT OF
FINAL VCCOUN1 \ND
DISTRIBITION
IN THE COMMISSIONER’S COCRT
FOR KENAI PRECINCT THIRD
JCDICI \L DIVISION TER
RITORY OF ALASKA,
IN PROBATE.
Hon. \V. H. Whittlesey. Prohate Judge.
In the Matter of the Estate
of
Bon E. Swesev, Deceased.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN: That
Ed. A. Crawford, administrator of the
estate of Ben. F. Swesev, deceased,
has rendered and presented for final
settlement, and filed in said court, his
final account of his administration of
said estate, together with his r#povt
and a petition for final distribution,
and that Wednesday the 30th day of
July 1919. at 10 o’clock in the forenoon
of said day. at the courtroom ofsaid
Court, in said precinct, has been fixed
and appointed as the time and place
for the settlement of said account and
the hearing of said report and peti
tion, at which time and'place any per
son interested in said estate may ap
pear and file his exceptions, in writ
ing. to said account, and contest the
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Food Flowers Like
(.ood Pipes, mus<
lv.ne Food Steins,
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Our Pipes are Daisies
OurPipes are Daisies
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same.
Notice is further given: That
account i* for tinal settlement ami l!:»
said estate i.; ready for distribution,
and on confirmation of said final ac*
v * 'i*t. final distribution of said estut •
will be immediately made..
ISeal) Wm. II. Whittlesey,
Probate Judge, Kenai Precinct
Territory of Alaska.
I bird Division.
Seward (lateway, (5) limes.
First Pub. May 2<>. 1919.
Last Pul). June 2X 1919,
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NOTICK OP APPLICATION
POP PATKNT
\ nit.d States l.aiid Office Juneau.
Alaska. May 28. 1919.
NOTICK is hereby given the
NORTHWKSTKRN 1TSIIKRIKS CO..
a corporation, as assignee of Peter M
Steen, being entitled to the benefits e
Section 2.‘>0t* of the Revised Statutes
of the tinted States and*the amend- i
meat- thereto, has applied to make en
try oi the lands embraced in l\ S. |
Non-mineral survey No. 12.‘»<>, situate
on west shore of Herendeen Bay
Alaska, more particularly described
follows, to-wit:
i>i g. cor. No.l, on beach Herendee >
Day at average high tide, cor. not sc',
wit. cor. bears Mest 0.98 cits; l . S. i
M. Sur. 1022 bears X. II deg. IS* 0^’
\V. 173.06 ebs; thence West 3.03 chs if.
cor. No. 2; thence South 28.20 chs Jo J
cor. No. 3; thence East 13.78 chs to J
cor. No. t. cor. not set, wit. cor. bear* ;
We.-l 1.13 chs; thence meanderin':
beach llereeudeen Hay at ordinary
high tide (1) N. 16 deg. 04* W. 1.29
chs; (2) X. 61 deg. 37’ W. 2.99 chs;
(3) X. 23 deg. 33* W. 4.03 chs; (4) X.
21 deg. 00* W. 1.81 chs; (3) X. 4 deg.
12’ E. 1.18 chs; (6) X. 32 deg 33’ i •
0. 97.chs; (7) X. 23 deg. 29’ W. 1.06 ’
chs; (8) X. 10 deg. 20’ W. 3.73 chs;
(9) N. 10 dog. 16’ W. 1.37 chs; (10
X. 23 deg. OS’ W. 3.60 chs; (11) X. j
S deg. 16’ W. 3.07 chs; (12) X. 17dcg.
1. T W. 3.42 chs; (13) X. 16 deg. 21’ E
1.40 chs to cor. No. 1, place of begin -1
ning. Area 19.02 acres. Variation a: i
a!I corners 19 deg. 30* E. Longitude i
160 de g. 12’ W. Latitude 33 deg. 42* X. 1
As additional to original homestead
entry of Peter M. Steen, guardian n
John A. Steen, 11. E. 1377 dated July
2. 1366 at Winnebago City, Minn.
Any and all persons claiming ad- :
versely any portion m the above de
scribed tract of land are required to |
file with the Register and Receiver *>t
the I’nited States Land Office at Ju
neau, Alaska, their adverse claim
thereto, under onth. during the period
of publication or within thirty days !
thereafter, or they will he barred by |
the provisions of the statute.
NORTHWESTERN FISHERIES CO.,
By Jno R. Winn.
Its Attorney in Fact
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that
the foregoing notice be published for
the statutory period in the Seward
Gateway, a newspaper or general cir
culation printed at Seward, Alaska,
the nearest newspaper to .said above i
described claim or survey.
Effie A. Frisbee,
• Register.
Seward Gateway— 60 Days
First Pub. May 29, 1919.
Last Pub. Aug. 9, 1919.
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