RULING ON LOT PAYMENTS MADE
BY COMMISSIONER OF LAND OFFICE
Important rulings have just been
made in the U. S. land office concern
ing the payment of installments on
lots sold in government townsites
along the government railroad.
Numerous questions have arisen at
Anchorage through the sale of lots or
fractions of lots, which caused con
confusion to the townsite officials.
The cases cited covered all of the
difficulties which both land office of
ficials and lot owners, in all the town
sites where lots are sold by the gov
ernment direct.
The commissioner’s ruling follows:
In reply you are advised that the
regulations governing the sale of lot
in Alaska, signed by the president
under date of June ID, 1D15, publish
ed in circular 4D1, page .'>4, approver
July ID, 1D16, state in part as fol
lows:
• Nothing herein will pre
vent the transfer by deed of the in
terests secured by the purchase and
the partial payment for the lot, but
the assignee will acquire no greater
right than that of the original pur
chaser, and the final entry ami patent
will i»sue to the original purchaser
when all payments are made.
The said regulations also provide
further:
* If any person who has
made partial payment on the lot pur
chased by him, fails to make any suc
ceeding payment required under these
regulations at the date such payment
becomes due. the money deposited by
j*uch person for such lot will be for
feited, and the lot, after forfeiture is
declared, will be subject to disposition
ms provided herein.
There is no authority of law for t*ie
issuance of patent other than tn ac
cordance with the olficial plat and in
the name of the original purchaser.
In the case of Cragin vs. Powell
(1*J0 U. S. the Supreme
Court says:
It is a well settled principle that
when lands are granted according to
an official plat of the survey of such
lands, the plat itself, with all its
notes, lines, descriptions, and land
marks, become as much a part of the
grant or deed by which they are con
veyed, and controls, so far as limits
an* concerned* as if such descriptive
features were written out upon the
fare of the deed or the grant itself.
A concise answer, therefore, to -he
questions asked by you as heretofore
set forth is that full payment must be
made at the date due covering each
annual installment on any particular
lot; that receipt for such payment
should be issued to und in the name
of the person paying the money, but
should show thereon the description
of the lot or lots and the name of the
original purchaser on account or
whose purchase the payment is made
and to be credited.
Your office need not be concerned as
to the party making such payments,
but you are not authorized to issue
any receipt for remittances in any
form other than those prescribed in
circular 228. Such payments cannot
therefore be considered as made un
less tendered in the prescribed form
on or before the data due, or if temf
ered by personal check or other un
authorized form until the chei
other remittance has been ‘collected
or “paid,” and the amount thereof
placed to the receiver’s credit on or
before the date due. Any amount
THE SEWARD
GENERAL HOSPITAL
desires to acquaint the general ho^pi
tal interests of this country with ti e
facilities of this institution for giving
the latest devised methods of nursing
care to persons requiring medical or
surgical treatment Special attention
given to patients requiring gyne
cological treatment Hydrotherapeu
tic treatments carefully followed.
This building, just complete, electric
lighted, steam heated, hot and cold
water. Physicians placing patients in
our care will receive every ethical in
tention. Prompt readiness for acci
dents, obstretrics and emergencies,
day or night For further particular*
address,
SISTER SUPERIOR.
tendered in the form prescribed by
; such circular 22$ will be receipted
for. and if less than the full amount
due will be held by the receiver as
unearned, ami at the same time > on
will advise the original purchaser
and any transferee of interest that ii
the full amount due is not paid on or
before the date due the matter will be
reported to the C»ciK*ral Land Ollice
for action, looking to forfeiture as
prescribed in the regulations govern
ing the sale. Other than as above in
dicated, your ollice need not be con
cerned as to the transferee of inter
est. further than to note same upon
your records ami at the proper time
notify said transferee in accordance
with the rules of practice governing
notices.
S E W A R I) S N A PSHC)TS
.Mrs. May l>ehon and Mollie Ebbert
of Anchorage are at the Hotel Seward
t enroute to Seattle. Mrs. Dehon s
husband is proprietor of the Anchor
i age steam laundry.
A. Balls and H. B. Neilson of the
ollice force on the Anchorage division
of the railroad arrived on the Mari
posa enroute to the inlet.
Snow between the Hotel Coleman
and the Miner’s store has piled up un
til the open way is no longer pass
able. and there will soon he work for
a snow miner.
M. 1*. I.eKoy of Anchorage arrived
on the train Saturday night.
Wm. Winget of Mile 2.“> roadhouse
on the Anchorage end of the line, ar
rived by dog team Saturday evening.
B. A. (Ireir received a contract on
the last boat as local agent for t-ie
Equitable Life Assurance Society.
FOR RENT
Two furnished rooms with hot and
cold water, VAN GILDER BUILD
ING. Apply Mr. van Gilder. 1-20-tt
Job printing ot evt*ry nescripiion a1
The Gateway.
Waterfill & Frazier wrr.sxey «
•The Branch.”
Flashlights and Batteries.
B:*own & Hawkins, “Quality First.”
JUST TO REMIND YOU
-of
Union Pacific System
Through Cars
between SEATTLE and Chicago
Kansas City. Denver
San Francisco. Los Angeles
Direct Connections for all
points East \ ia the Famous
COLUMBIA RIVER ROUTE.
Trains protected all the way
- all the t ime bv Automatic
Electric ‘'Safety" Signals.
H. L. HUDSON. A. C. F. Sc P. A.
SEATTLE
WE WANT TO HEAR
from you if you have any cans: for
dissatisfaction with our confectionery
service. Point to the candy that at
tracts you. It will surely prove en
tirely satisfactory, no matter which
variety or mixture you select. Give
us a trial.
CANDY PICTURES BOOKS
PIPES KODAKS
CIGARS ' CIGARETTES TOBACCO
STATIONERY
HETTELS
The Home of the Kodak
Broadway Ave.
Phone, Madison 119.
O. K. BATHS
Broadway Seward
A Neat Haircut and Easy Shave
Our Specialty
_ _
SOCIAL CHAT
The Woman’s Club met this after
noon at the home of Mrs. K. G.
('hambers.
* * ♦
Mrs. W. E. Root entertained com
plimenting Mrs. Horace DcLino who
leaves soon to make her home in Val
dez. Four tables of Bridge were
played.
♦ * «
The Merry Thimble Club will meet
tomorrow afternoon at the home of
Mrs. Merrill Martin.
♦ * *
About fifteen couples attended the
dance given by the Arctic Brother
hood, and report a very enjoyable
time.
Mining Notes
On the Green river, which runs
from the Yellowstone Park aeros*
Utah into the Colorado river, every
mile of bed and bars contains gold
dust. It is called Hour gold because
of its extreme fineness, and until re
cently there has been no method
whereby the dust could be recovered.
The problem finally was sol veil by A.
E. Cutler, a mining engineer and
prospector. Mr. Cutler built on thm
river the biggest sluieebox ever de
signed, and each day it is handling
2,000 cubic yards of sand and gravel
and iecovering from thirty to thirty
five ounces of gold dust. From each
cubic yard of the mixed placer-dirt
the gold recovered is not more than
sufficient to cover the end of a com
mon pencil and its value is about 35
cents; but the total recovered each
day is worth $700, while the cost of
operation is less than $130. Thu*
$570 is netted daily. The big sluice
box is 350 feet long—twenty times as
MILE 54 ROADHOUSE
Under the management of
J. M. LEONHARDT
Everything for Dog M ushers.
Good Eals Clean Bunks
JOE RENO
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
GIRDWCOD
Everything for Dog Mushers
and Travelers
Best Roadhouse on the Line
j
MILE 40 MADHOUSE
G. W. ADAMS, Proprietor
Dog pushers Made Comfortable
All freight and express forwarded
from end of steel.
USE THE PHONE
\
ALASKA ELECTRIC CO.
a. M. GRAFF
President and General Manager
SEWARD BAKERY
Phone Madison 82
Excells in Good Bakery Goods
GIVE THEM A TRIAL
TOCO CAFE
Commerce Cafe Bldg.
JACK U. TOGO
Proprietor
Open Day and Ni^ht
Tray Order Quick Service
Private Boxes
for ladies or parties.
Phone Adams 52
Seward Steam Laundry
HARRY KAWABE, Prop.
Fifth Avenue Phone Main 157
Best of Work—Latest Machinery
Work Delivered in 24 hours
Extra Charge
Rough Dry 10c a pound with flat
work finish.
Cleaning and Pressing
PRICES REASONABLE
large as the largest device of its kind
ever built before. More than 3.000
“rifles” are in the bottom of the
sluiceway, which, with mcr.ury be
tween them, arrest and hold the flour
gold as it is shaken and flouted by
water through the long trough. *.n
endless chain of self-durnping ouckrts
hrirgs the placer-dust from the river
Pod and a powerful steam pump fur
ir.hes the great flow of water re
quired.
In 1916 Alaska mines made a min
eral production of $50,900,000, an in
crease of 54 per cent over the 1915
production.
Oyster Cocktails at -The Branch/’
EQUITABLE
LIFE ASSURANCE SOC'TY
of the United States
It, A. OKI Kit. ItKPKKNKNTATIVK
Seward. Alaska
LEON C. BOOKER
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Bank of Seward Building
Phone Madison 81
Fire and Accident Insurance
NOTICE
I will be here until Saturday and
request all whom 1 have fitted with
glasses, to call for inspection. Any
others wishing examination are re
quested to call at once. 1-29—fit
ROBERT SIMPSON,
Hotel Overland.
Best cigars and refreshments at
Terminal Bar. See ad. 11-1-tf
WHY NOT trade at The Bazaar.
It saves you money.
i__ -.
SCHOOL OF MUSIC
Elementary courses in voice, sight,
singing, directing, piano, harmony,
theory, French and German. Advanc
ed courses in voice and piano. Call H.
C. MUNRO, Registrar, Phone, Adams
39. tf
Basket ball shoos and athletic suits
Brown & Hawkins, “Quality First.”
Old papers for sale at the '’Gate
way."
This week’s Specials
at the
SEWARD COMMERCIAL CO.
Will Save you Money
REMEMBER 1
In planning your dinners
to get WHIPPING CREAM
Adelman & Quilty
Brosius & Noon
BUILDING MATERIAL
Lumber and Hardware
Seward, Alaska
Take the “MILWAUKEE”
On your next trip to the East
Electrification of its main line over the backbone of tie*
Continent has eliminated all soot, smoke and cinders
permitting an unobstructed view of the magnificent
panoramas through tin.* Hitter Hoots and Rockies.
Wayne Blue, P. A. N., A. II. McDonald, Alaska Steamship Co.,
Seward or
A. E. Harris, Traveling Pass. Agent, Juneau, Alaska
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
A FRESH SUPPLY OF
Augustine St Kyer Candies
ARRIVED ON LAST BOAT
ALSO
A BIG SHIPMENT OF
El Firma Cigars
( LEAR HAVANA
Special Attention Given Mail and Phone Orders.
SEWARD DRUG COMPANY
Sl'CCESSOKS TO THE ALASKA PHARMACY
SKWARI) ALASKA
EMPRESSTHEATRE
Tuesday, Jan. 30
PATKE WEEKLY No. <>5
The Oliver Morosco Photo
Play Co. Presents
FRITZE SCHEFF in
"PBETTV MBS, SMITH"
This is an Extra Oood 5
Part Paramount Feature
COUNTRY KIDS a 1 Reel
Keystone Comedy.
7 Reel Program
Admission 10 and 25c.
MONEY FOR DEVELOPMENT
Why waste time, stock and money in trying to sell or to secure
funds to place your property on a paying basis? If you have
a property that needs money for development, a property that
is worthy of consideration, write us at once and we will show’
you how to place your proposition before at least 600 capital
ists and moneyed men, right in the money markets of the
United States.
HILDRETH & RICKARD
Specialists in Financial Publicity
605 LYON BLDG. - - - SEATTLE, WASH.
G.W. PALMER
KNIK, ALASKA
SOME OF OUR SPECLVLTIES:
WELLMAN CANNED GOODS TIP TOP EGGS
MARSHFIELD CHEESE
RED CLOVER BUTTER SPERRY’S FLOURS
And a full line of
HARDWARE, STOVES, HAY AND FEED
♦
No Better Goods Can Be Bought At Any Price
G. W. PALMER, KNIK, ALASKA
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