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George Shields, who has been con
ducting a commission business at For
tuna Ledge, proposes opening a gen
eral merchandise store to handle gro
ceries and miners* clothing and sup
plies.
A potato digging machine has been
received at Wasilla for \\. J. Boagard,
the spud king of this section of the
Matanuska Valley.
The wagon road between Wasilla
and the Willow Creek mines is fast
drying up from the recent rains and
the Alaska Road Commission force is
doing splendid work, sinking the water
holes, cutting a wider road and will
soon put on a grader where needed in
levelling up the road.
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Preferring death to compulsory ser
vice in the army, Conrns Rorjenson, of
Tacoma. Wfash., who has been em
ploy ed in a cannery in Cordova and
was a returning passenger on the
steamship Alaska, committed suicide
here today. Borjenson had been draft
ed in the recent drawing held in the
states*
On the southbound trip of th^ Ad
miral Watson, recently, M. K. Madsen,
the deck watchman, died while the
steamer was between Cordova and Ju
nea. Death was dut to natural causes.
Gevorner Strong has announced that
immediate steps would be taken for
the organization of two militia com
panies in Alaska, one in Juneau and
the other in Fairbanks. The guard
will not be confined to these places,
but other places which have a suffi
cient number of men to organize com
panies will receive favorable consider
ation if they make application. Major
P. W. Davison will act as adjutant
general for the Alaskan Guard.
The First Bank of Cordova contem
plates the early construction of a re
inforced concrete building. A number
of residences and an apartment house
are under construction.
The reeciving scow of the National
Independent Fisheries Company at Ta
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ku, was recently destroyed by fire,!
together with about 2000 pounds «f
halibut and about $200 worth of pe.
sonal property. A drum of gasoline
on the scow exploded with terrific vio
lence, spreading the fiaming oil all
over the craft and practically destroy
ing it. Several men aboard narrowly
escaped death.
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Frank Vodicka, aformer storekyep* r
at Selkirk, who is visiting in Seattle,
was recently robbed of $250 on the
steamer while on his way south,
by a sneak thief who entered his state
room at night. He had invested most
of his money in raw furs in Dawson
before starting out or his loss would
have been much greater.
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The townsite of Haines is being sur
veyed preparatory to obtaining a pat
ent from the government.
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Eight vicious dogs at Fairbanks re
cently attacked a horse which had be
come mired out in the flats between
Fairbanks and the Tanana river. Two
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horses were feeding on the flat when
the dogs took after them. One of them
became mired in a mud hole and the
dogs would have probably eaten it
alive had riot the owner come along
just in time to save it.
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Superintendent Patching , of the
Forth am hatchery, has filed a sworn
statement with the clerk of the fed
eral court showing that 57,500,000 red
fry were released last year. This en
titles the Alaska Packers, owners of
the hatchery, to a rebate of federal
tax on over one-half million cases of
salmon.
A small plant has been established
at Juneau for the treatment of shark
skins for leather and the extraction of
the oil from the carcass. If the ven
ture proves a success the plant will bo
greatly enlarged.
The cannery at Pillar Bay, south
eastern Alaska, is reported to have
put up 35,000 cases of fish this sea
son, and the management expects to
put up 70,000 cases before the end
of the season.
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Ten Million Tons and Eight Million
Men Moved by England
at Sea
LONDON, July 15, (By Mail).—
The British merchant marine has car
ried successfully to their destinations
8.000. 000 men and 10,000,000 tons of
war material, said Commander Dion
Calthorp recently, describing the work
done by the Navy. .
In six months of last year only one
in a thousand ships passing through
Dover patrol had been sunk or dam
aged.
Up to January of this year not a
life had been lost in the transport of
men from this country to France.
In the course of the war 1,000,000
sick and wounded men had been
transported to this country, more than
1.000. 000 horses and mules, 50,000,000
gallons of petrol, 100,000,000 hundred
weights of wheat and 7,000,000 tons of
iron ore.
Referring to submarines he said
there were a great many German wid
ows and orphans who doubted the suc
cess of the U-boat. There were many
women in Germany whose husbands
did not come back.
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NOTICE OF SALE.
II. J. Raymond Company, a corpora
tion, Plaintiff, vs. John W. Dudley,
Defendant. Notice of Sale.
In and by virtue of a Writ of Exe
cution issued out of the United States
District Court at Juneau, Alaska, in
the above entitled cause, and dated the
3rd day of July, 1917, I have levied
upon all the right, title and interest
of the Defendant in and to the fol
lowing real property, to-wit: Lot
Twenty-nine (29) in Block Thirty
(30) of the Town of Seward, Alaska,
as the same appears of record in the
Recorder’s Office for Kenai Recording
Precinct.
Notice is hereby given that I will
on Thursday, the 23rd day of August,
1917, at 11 o’clock in the forenoon of
that day at the Office of the United
States Marshal in Seward, Alaska,
sell all the right, title and interst of
the defendant, John W. Dudley, in and
to the following real property: Lot
Twenty-nine in Block Thirty of the
Town of Seward, Alaska, at public
auction, to the highest and best bidder
for cash, to satisfy said execution and
cost.
Dated at Seward, Alaska, this 21st
day of July, 1917.
(Seal) F. R. BRENNEMAN,
United States Marshal.
By ISAAC EVANS,
Deputy.
First Pub., July 21.
Last Pub., Aug. 18._
Serial 01686, Sur. 184
In the United States Land Office, Ju
neau, Alaska, May 24,1917.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
PATENT
NOTICE is hereby given that An
drew Grosvold, as assignee of Deborah
A. Luthy, being entitled to the bene
fits of Section 2306 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.
184 situate on Northerly shore of Bird
Island, Shumigan Island Group, Dis
trict of Alaska, more particularly de
scribed as follows, to-wit:
Beg. Cor. No. 1 on beach at ordi
nary high tide Pacific Ocean, cor. not
set, wit. cor. bears South 1.59 chs.,
from which wit. cor. top of Twin Rocks
bears North 22 deg. 05 rain. W.; U.
S. L. M. Sur. 184 bears N. 69 deg. 17
min W. 3.61 chs.; thence from true cor.
No. 1* South 9.17 chs. to cor. No. 2,
thence West 12.91 chs. to cor. No. 3;
thence North 14.44 chs. to cor. No. 4,
cor. not set, wit cor. bears South
1.62 chs.; thence from true cor. No.
4 meandering beach Pacific Ocean at
ordinary high tide (1) S. 51 deg. 38
min. E. 3.28 chs.; (2) S. 68 deg. 46
min. E. 4.16 chs. (3) S. 74 deg. 49
min. E. 6.72 chs. to cor. No. 1 place
of beginning. Area 14.46 acres. Var
iation at all corners 20 deg. 00 min.
East. Latitude 54 deg. 49 min. 56 sec.
N. Longitude 159 deg. 44 min. 00 sec.
W.
As additional to original homestead
entry of Deborah A. Luthy, widow of
Godfrey Luthy, No. 5199 and 5973 en
tered at Boonville, Mo„ which said
scrip is filed in Juneau Serial 01654.
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
Juneau, Alaska, their adverse claim
thereto under oath, during the period
of publication, or withing thirty days
thereafter, or they will be barred by
the provisions of the Statute.
ANDREW GROSVOLD,
By NEWARK L. BURTON,
Attorney in Fact.
First publication June 25, 1917.
Last publication Sept. 5, 1917.
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the
foregoing Notice be published for the
stautory period in the Gateway, a
newspaper of general circulation,
printed at Seward, Alaska, the near
est newspaper to said above described
claim or survey.
C. B. WALKER, Register.
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