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George Roll of Cook inlet, accord
ing to a federal agricultural report,
produced 750 bushels of potatoes per
acre last year.
The Alaska Loyal League of Fair
banks is taking a census of the popu
lation of uhat town to ascertain the
number of males of military age.
“Spud” Martin, a well known
Fairbanks rancher, has recently dis
posed of five tons of potatoes grown
by himself at $150 per ton.
Owing to the cavein at the Tread
well mine the Treadwell club building
was thrown out of plumb, but repairs
are being made and it is expected the
building can be fixed up as good as
new.
A petition signed by more than 200
residents of Douglas has been pre
sented to U. S. Marshal Tanner of the
First division, asking that he retain
Harry F. Morton as deputy marshal
at that place.
The Cordova clam canning plants
are working day and night to take
care of the large amounts of raw ma
terial being brought in by the dig
gers, and expect to put up a record
pack this year.
John E. Barrett, one of the origi
nal homesteaders at McCarthy, has re
ceived a patent for his ground. A
portion of the homestead is within
the town of McCarthy.
The Humboldt Steamship company,
operating the steamer Humboldt be
tween Seattle and Southeastern Alas
ka points, announces that it will not
be a party to the proposed raise in
freight rates planned by the other
lines.
Sefan Tramba, a young soldier who
has been on trial at Fairbanks for
murder in the first degree for killing
Ernest Bonta, another soldier, was
acquitted by the jury on the ground
that the killing was done in self de
fense.
L. M. Churchill, a resident of
Wrangell, landed in that burg thirty
years ago last month and has resided
there continuously ever since. Dur
ing this time he has made but one
trip to the States.
While several native children of
Tatilitlik were playing at hunting a
few days ago, one of the players con-!
ceived the idea of getting his father’s
30-30 rifle to make the game more re- j
ali6tic and killed a young native.
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A report from Sitka states that the
king salmon are running in that vicin- j
ity.
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The schooner Nellie, of 11 tons
burden, is reported to have been
wrecked during the early part of this
spring during a heavy blow near
Woods bay, Unalaska island.
On t recent southbound trip of the
Mariposa she took eleven men from
western Alaska points who were en
route to the States to enlist in the
United States army or navy.
At the Fairbanks radio station re
cently the operators distinctly heard
a message being transmitted between
the San Francisco wireless station
and one in Japan.
I>r. McCallie, of Anchorage, on his
return from a trip outside recently,
brought with him an assortment ot
fruit trees which he will plant on
his ranch adjoining the town in the
hope of being able to start an orchard.
The First National bank of Juneau
which is receiving subscriptions to the
Liberty Loan, reports that $15,000 of
the bonds have been taken in. that
city, $5,000 each by three different
parties.
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Leon F. Richardson, formerly an
employe of the Alaska Steamship Co.
at Nome, has been appointed a Lieu
tenant in the U. S. aviation corps, and
has been stationed at the aviation
camp at San Diepo as chief instructor
of that camp.
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Social Chat
The Dorcas society will meet tomor
row afternoon with Mrs. H. C. Munro
at the Christian Community church
at 1 o’clock.
The Methodist Ladies’ Aid will meet
tomorrow afternoon at the parsonage
with Mrs. J. J. Patton.
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Complimenting Mrs. l*aac Evans,
who leaves on the Mariposa for a
visit to the States, Mrs. Arthur Mc
Neer was hostess at a delightful
bridge luncheon yesterday afternoon.
Five tables were in play. Mrs. R. J.
Weir received the favor for the high
est score and Mrs. J. A. Baughman
the consolation. Those present be
side the hostess and honor guest were
Mesdames Blue, Baughman, Balder
ston, Ballaine, Chambers, Hallett,
Keating, Lucas, Nelson, Orlander, Be
rn ig, Root, Sauers, Sawyer, Sloan,
Sexton, Weir and Ward.
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FORFEITURE—NOTICE
To M. IMHOFF, C. J. IMHOFF, A. j
M. IMHOFF, HARRY V. MILLER, H.'
D. THIELE, ESTATE OF H. D.
THIELE, Deceased, and AUGUST
MELHORN, your respective heirs and
assigns:
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You are hereby notified and will
take notice that we, the subscribers,
H. P. Salisbury and A. A. Hein, have
expended, during the year 1914, the
sum of Three thousand, forty-six dol
lars and twenty ($3,046.20) cents,
during the year 1915, the sum of
Six hundred ($600.00) dollars, during
the year 1916, the sum of Two thou
sand, five hundred and sixteen dollars
and seventy (2,516.70) cents in labor
and improvements upon each of the
following described mining claims, to
wit: OPHIR QUARTZ MINING
CLAIM, COLUMBIA QUARTZ MIN
ING CLAIM, BESSY PLACER MIN
ING CLAIM, MILL SITE and WA
TER SITE OR LOCATION, all of
which said claims are situated and lie
in the Moose Pass Mining District,
Kenai Recording District, Third Ju
dicial Division, Territory of Alaska,
The notices of location thereof are of
record in the office of the United
States Commissioner and District Re
corder for Kenai Recording Precinct
and District, at the Town of Seward,
Territtory of Alaska, to which office
reference is hereby made for a more
particular description of said mining
properties. Said expenditures were
made for the purpose of holding pos
sessory rights and title to said min
ing claims under the provisions of
section twenty- three hundred and
twenty-four of the Revised Statutes
of the United States and the amend
ments thereto, section one hundred
and thiry-six of the Compiled Laws of
Alaska, 1913, and the Session Laws of
the Territory of Alaska, providing for
the annual labor upon mining claims.
If you fail and refuse or fail or re
fuse within ninety (90) days from the
personal service of this notice, if per
sonal service be had, or within ninety
(90) days after the publication of this
notice, to contribute your proportion
of such expenditure as a co-owner,
your respectice interest in and to said
mining claims, and each and every
one of them, will become the property
of the subscribers, who are your co
owners, and who have made the ex
penditures and improvements as
above-mentioned on said mining
claims, and each and every one of
them, pursuant to the provisions of
the said statute, Compiled Laws and
Sessions Laws.
A. A. HEIN
H. P. SALISBURY.
First publication, March 21, 1917.
Last publication, May 23, 1917.
IN the district court for
THE TERRITORY OF ALASKA,
THIRD JUDICIAL DIVISION.
The town of Seward, Alaska, Plaintiff
vs.
George Turner, 0. G. Labaree and
Alexander H. Bradford, Defendants.
Cause No. S-104
Summons by publication.
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IN THE NAME OF THE PRESI
DENT OF THE UNITED STATES:
To the defendants in the above en
titled cause, Geore Turner, 0. G. Lab
aree and Alexander Bradford,
GREETING:
You, and each of you, are hereby
summoned and required to appear in
the District Court for the Territory of
Alaska, Third Judicial Division, with
in thirty days after the completion of
the period of publication of this sum
mons, to-wit: within thirty days after
the fourth day of May A. D. 1917, and
answer the complaint of the above
named plaintiff, which has been filed
in the. above entitled court, by which
plaintiff seeks an order and judgment
of the court for the condemnation of,
Lots numbered One (1), Two (2),
Three (3), Four (4), Five (5), Six
(6), and Seven (7), in Block Six (6),
in the Town of Seward, in Kenai Re
cording District, Third Judicial Divi
sion of the Territory of Alaska, as
shown by and according to the map
and plat of the Frank L. Ballaine
Townsite of the Town of Seward, Al
aska, and appropriate said Lots to a
public use, as a public par^ with
street and drive-way therein, for the
town of Seward, and to continue Rail
road Avenue from its intersection
fith the south end of the Alley in said
Block Six, in a northeasterly direction
to intersect with Adams Street in said
Town of Seward at the East end of
said Street;
That unless you so appear and an
swer the complaint of plaintiff, with
in the time above stated and show
cause why such order should not be
made, plaintiff will take judgment
against you, and apply to the court
for an order of the court, condemning
the above named lots to be appropri
ated by the plaintiff for the uses and
?»urposes above stated, and for a
urther order of the court, ap
pointing three appraisers, as is
provided by law, to appraise,
the said lots, and each of them,
and to assess the benefits add dam
ages, to each of you and report to the
court their findings, and that upon the
payment of the amount or amounts
found to be due each of you by said
appraisers, into the above entitled
court to be paid to you and each of
you as therein provided that an order
be made by the court directing you
and each of you to execute to plaintiff
a deed conveying any and all interest
you und each of you or any one of you
may have in any one or more or all of
said lots, as the case may be, and will
apply to the court for such other and
further order or orders in the prem
ises as to the court may seem meet
and proper.
Witness the Honorable FRED M.
BROWN, Jut^e of the above entitled
court, this, the T6th day of February,
A. D. 1917.
ARTHUR LANG,
Clerk.
By ROBERT L. WEVER,
Deputy.
Date of Arst publication, March F\
1917.
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