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SEALED PROPOSALS will De re
ceived until eleven o'clock A. M. July
1, 1913 at the office of the Territorial
Board of Road Commissoners for the
Third Division of Alaska in Valdez Al
aska. at which time and place \\ ill be
publicly opened for the ditching of the
Seward Branch Road from the Kenai
load to a point on Resurrection Beach
at the and of the Territorial Wagon
Road, a distance of two miles 3340
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feet; the laying of 1220 feet of brush
corduroy on the same road, the con
st met ion of a 28 foot bridge on the
same road; the laying of 1582 lineal
feet of guard rail on the bridges on the
same road.
Said proposal must be signed by the
bidder and accompanied by cash or a
certified check payable to the Chair
man of the Divisional Commission for
five per cent of the amount bid, which .
amount shall be forfeited to the Divi*
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ional Commission in case that the bid
der shall fail to enter into a contract
according to specification* of the *uid
Comission for such work, in the event
of his being awarded the contract for
the above wor. The successful bidder
will#be required to execute the general
form of contract of said Commission
for such work within a period of ten
lays from the acceptance of his bid by
the said Commission. The successful
bidder will also be required to execute
a bond payable to the Chairman of the
said Commission for twenty (20) per
cent of the contract price, said bond
to be acceptable to the Commission.
The above work must bo peitformed
according to the standard specifica
tions and conditions on file at the ofF
ice of the Divisional Road Commission
at Valdez, Alaska, and at Brown &
rlawkir.s, Seward, Alaska where a
copy of same with form of contract
may be seen, and proposals obtained.
Proposals must be signed by the bid
der, enclosed in a plain, sealed envel
ope and addressed to the Territorial
Board of Road Commissioners for the
Third Division, Valdez, Alaska, and be
plainly marked “Proposal for the Sew
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The right is hereoy reserved to re
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Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this 17 of
June, 1918.
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Serial 03602
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
PATENT
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,
Juneau, Alaska. March 30, 1918.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
Shumagin Packing Company, a cor
poration,as assignee of Haziah George,
being entitled to the benefits of Sec
tions 2306 and 2307 of the Revised
Statutes of the United States and the
amendments thereto, has applied to
make entry of the lands embraced in
U. S. Non-mineral survey No. 1237,
situate ^n North shore of Baralof or
Squaw Harbor, Unga Island, Shumag
in Islands, Territory of Alaska, more
particularly described as follows:
Beg. cor. No. 1, shore of Baralof
Harbor at ordinary high tide from
whence U. S. L. M. Sur. 185 bears S.
48 deg. 16 min. 51 sec. E. 5.56 chs;
thence North 8.43 chs to cor. No. 2;
thence West 14.14 chs to cor. No. 3
thence South 4.31 chs to cor. No. 4;
thence meandering shore of Baralof or
Squaw Harbor at ordinary high tide
(1) N. 67 deg. 26 min. E. 1.41 chs; (2)
S. 89 deg. 53 min. E. 1.50 chs; (3) S.
54 deg. 08 min. PL 0.95 chs; (4) S. 31
deg. 53 min. E. 0.53 chs; (5) S. 64 deg.
05 min. E. 1.48 chs; (6) S. 72 deg... 06
min. E. 0.54 chs; (7) N. 80 deg. 07 min
PL 0.93 chs; (8) S. 88 deg. 14 min. E.
1.11 chs; (9) S. 77 deg. 48 min. E.
1.65 chs; (10) S. 73 deg. 02 min. E.
2.74 chs; (11) S. 56 deg. 18 min. E.
1.44 chs; (12) S. 43 deg. 58 min. E.
1.43 chs to cor. No. 1, place of beginn
ing Area 7.76 acres. Varation at all
corners IS deg. 45 min. E. Longitude
160 deg. 34 min W. Latitude 55 deg.
14 min. N.
As additional to original homestead
of Haziah George, H. E. No. 6312,
made Feb. 23, 1869 at Booneville, Mo.
Any and all persons claiming adver
sely any portion of the above desorib- j
ed tract of land are required to file
with the Register and Receiver of the
United States Land Office at Juneau,
Ala.-hu, their adverse claim thereto,
under oath, during the period of pub
lication or within thirty days there
after, or they will be barred by the
provisions of the statute.
C. B. Walker,
Register.
First Publication June 11, 1918.
Last Publication, Sept., 27, 1918.
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Serial 02859. Sur. 1213
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE
Juneau, Al. Feb. 22, 1918.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
PATENT.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
ihe Nelson Lagoon Packing Company
a corporation, as assignee of George
C. Laws, being entitled to benefits of
Sections 2306 and 2307 of the Revised
Statutes of the United States and the
amendments thereto, has applied to
make entry of the lands embraced in
United States Non-mineral Survey
No. 1213, situated just South and in
side of Point Divide, Herendeen Bay,
Bering Sea. Alaska, more*particularly
described as follows, to-wit:
Beg. cor. No. 1, cor. not set, wit. cor.
bears East .63 chs. dist; thence East
12.18 chs. to cor. No. 2; thence North
13.00 chs to cor. No. 3, from whence
U. S. L. M. bears N. 18 deg. 39 min.
W. 8.53 chs. dist; U. S. L. M. 1047
bears S. 20 deg. 43 min E. 253.99 chs
dist; thence West 11.60 chs to cor. No.
4, cor. not set, wit cor. bears East 1.24
chs; thence meandering beach of
Herendeen Bay at ordinary high tide
(1) S. 5 deg. 45 min. W. 6.20 chs. (2;
5. 0 deg. 24 min E. 6.82 chs. to cor.
No. 1, place of beginning. Area 15.68
acres. Variation at all coiners 19 deg.
00 min. E. Longitude 160 deg. 47 min.
West. Latitude 55 deg. 53 min. 25 sec.
No.
As additional to original homestead
entry of George C. Laws, H. E. 958 at
ironton, Texas County, Mo.
Any and all persons claiming adver
ely any portion of the above describ
ed tract of land are required to file
with the Register and Receiver of the
United States Land Office at Juneau,
Alaska, their adverse claim thereto,
under oath, during the period of pub
lication or within thirty days there
after, or they will be barred by the
provisions of the Statute.
C. B. Walker
Register
Date of First Publication, May 15,
1918.
Date of Last Publication, August 17,
1918.
Sur. 1203, Serial 02856
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE
Juneau Al. Feb. 22, 1918.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
PATENT.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
the Nelson Lagoon Packing Company,
a corporation, as assignee of George
C. Laws, being entitled to the benefits
of Sections 2306 and 2307 of the Re
vised Statutes of the United States
and the amendments thereto,has appli
ed to make entry of the lands embrac
k'd in United States Non-mineral Sur
vey No. 1203, situated on Gravel Point,
Herendeen Bay, Bering Sea, Alaska,
more particularly described as follows:
lleg. cor. No. l, on boacn iierenueen
Bay at average high tide, cor. not set,
wit. cor. bears South .75 chs; thence
South 1.94 chs. to cor. No. 2, cor. not
set, wit cor. bears North .66 chs;
thence meandering beach Herendeen
Bay at average high tide (1) S. 53
deg. 07 min. \V. 4.26 chs; (2) S. 41
11 min W. 3.03 chs; (3) S. 19 deg. 15
min. W. 2.21 chs. (4) S. 14 deg. 30 min
W. 2.81 chs to cor. No. 3, cor. not set,
wit. cor. bears West 1.20 chs dist;
thence West 4.96 chs to cor. No .4;
thence North 17.81 chs to cor. No. 5
cor. not set. wit. cor. bears South
10.06 chs, from which wit. cor. U. S.
L. M. No. 1022 bears S. 27 deg. 41 min.
E. 7.69 chs; U. S. L. M. No. 1046
bears N .15 deg. 35 min. Wl; thence
fiom true cor. 5 meandering beach
Hemdeen Bay at average high tide
(5) S. 25 deg. 00 min. E. 3.40 chs; (6).
S. 36 deg. 00 min. E. 3.80 chs; (7) S.
57 deg. 15 min E. 1.20 chs; (8) N. 86
dog. 48 min. E. 5.08 chs. (9) N. 81
deg. 36 min. E. 2.07 chs to cor. No. 1,
the place of beginning. Area 10.01
acres. Variation at all corners 19 deg.
00 min. E. Longitude 160 deg. 42 min.
30 sec. West Lat 55 deg. 44 min. N.
As additional to original homestead
entry of George C. Laws, H. E. 958 at
1 ronton, Texas County, Mo.
Any and all persons claiming ad
versely any portion of the above de
scribed tract of land are required to
file with the Register and Receiver of
the United States Land Office at Ju
neau, Alaska, their adverse claim there
to, under oath, during the period of
publication or within thirty days there
after, or they will be barred . by the
provisions of the Statute.
C. B. Walker
Register
Date of First Publication, May 15
1918.
Date of Last Publication, August 17
1918.
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