MATERIAL ORDERED FOR U S. R. R.
DEPOT HERE; PROGRESS REPORT
Following are the progress reports
of the various departments of engi
neering commission of the Seward di
vision for the week ending March •'»:
(trading
Weather conditions during the past
week permitted the stationmen work
ing between Miles 7 and 12 to make
fair headway. Ciood progress is be
ing made with the Snow river line
change and on the Trail lake cut-off
at Mile :>4. E. C. Larson Co. are;
doing good work on the Spencerj
glacier diversion dam. A >n\all gang
continues the enlarging of No. •> tun-1
nel at Mile 52. The drainage in tun-1
nels 1 and is being kept open, pre
paratory to operating the railroad to
Kern creek early this spring. A ro
tary snowplow will clear the line lor
traffic to that point as soon as con
ditions permit. There are not more
than four feet of snow on the sum
mit at Mile 45. The station gangs be
tween Kern and Glacier creeks are
doing satisfactory work.
The piledriver has been assembled at
Virgin creek and will start driving
piles in that vicinity the first of next
week.
The commission dog teams have
been hauling 00 per cent dynamite
from Mile 40 to the Turnagain Arm
work.
( ontracts
The following contracts have been
let on the division:
Guy McConnell, telephone poles: E.
W. Wilburn, telephone poles: J. P.
‘ Stoliza & Co., grading; V. M. Uado
yich & Co., grading; Guy McConnell,
piling; Arnie Sunot. piling; Brosius &
Noon, repairing and altering coach
No. S08, damaged by fire: Roberts &
Kdmis-ton, lumber.
Cold Storage Plant
The commission forces have com
pleted the driving of creosoted piling
for the foundations of the cold stor
age plant of the San Juan Fishing & !
Packing Co., and are now engaged in
driving the approach to the dock. I his
approach is to be fifty feet wide and
extends 250 feet eastward from the j
shore line of Resurrection bay.
Seward Depot
Plans and specifications have been
completed for the new Seward depot,;
and requisition for the necessary ma
terial has been forwarded to Seattle.
Plans for other terminal buildings are
now being prepared.
Mechanical Department
Engine No. 20 has been rebuilt by j
the shop force and placed in service.!
The usual amount of operating re
Weigh the
Cost
Crescent Jj
Powder
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Weighed in the scales ol econ
omy, will not be found wantag
When you pay only 25 cents
per pound for the best ot bak
ing powders you save on every
cake, on e\ery biscuit.
AT ALL GROCERS
25c per Pound
C RESCENT MFG. (<>..
Seattle, Wash.
pair work was done during the
period.
Force Report
The number of employees on the
payrolls March 3 was as follows:
Headquarters office 13, engineering
22, stores and docks 21, shop and
yards 47, track, grade and ballast 106,
bridges 22, stationmen 25. stationmen
laborers 50; total 500.
Miscellaneous
The disbursements at the Seward
office for the week amounted to $3,
664.42.
The rotary snowplow was in suc
cessful operation last week between
Seward and Mile 0.
ITRNAGAIN ARM DISTRICT
('louring Right-of-Way
Five miles, of clearing through the
heaviest timber has been completed
between Indian creek and one mile
north of Glacier. The contractors will
be able to make faster progress
through the remaining light timber.
Station laborers will be employed by
the contractors to hasten this work.
Grading
Three small coyote shots were put
off during the week with good re
sults. Night crews have been put to
work where there is a possibility of a
delay holding up traeklaying. All
contractors are making good progress
since the days have lengthened.
The commission force in the cut one
and one-half miles south of Potter
creek averaged live feet of coyote
holes per day of eight hours for each
jack hammer during the week; mak
ing a total of bO feet of coyote holes
and 11 feet of bootleg.
A contract was let to Allenbaugh &
Co. at Rird Point, and two additinal
grading gangs will sign contracts
within a few days for work at that
place. The letting of this work at
this time will avoid the building of a
corduroy road from the boat landing
at Rird Point to the proposed steam
shovel camp, one mile north of Rird
Point.
Miscellaneous
The mess house and bunk house at
Camp S.“. are both practically com
pleted. except for placing the roofing|
paper.
Hauling has been rendered difficult
by the recent thawing weather. The
trail is practically bare of snow from !
Rainbow to Falls creek.
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MATANUSKA DISTRICT
Matanuska Branch
The ice on the river remains solid
enough for heavy hauling, and it is
expected teaming can continue for at
least two weeks more.
Schedin & Co. will finish their coy
ote holes within a week and should b«
ready to shoot their large shot of ap
proximately i:>,0(K) yards within 10
days.
Divyak & Co. will fire their main \
shot in about two weeks. This is ex
pected to move about 16,000 yards
Emil Nelson & Co., clearing con
tractors in the vicinity of Camp 27,
are expected to finish next week. AM
clearing on the Matanuska district
will then have been accomplished.
Main Lino
The winter snow road on the main
line between Matanuska ard Cottep
wood is practically gone, owing to re
cent thawing weather, bid beyond
Cottonwood conditions are favorable
to heavy teaming.
The pidedriver crew is engaged in
Pacific Net & Twine Co.
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WIZARD MAGNETOS NATIONAL SPARK COILS
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AUGUSTINE & KYER CANDIES
A fresh supply arrived on last boat, also a big shipment of
EL FIRMA CIGARS
Clear Havana. Special attention given mail and phene orders.
SEWARD DRUG COMPANY
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MEN BURNED WHEN
HALIBUT BOAT
ENGINE EXPLODES
WRANGELL. —(Special.) — Copt.
• Hans Tideman and Arne Snndvik, of
the gas boat North Cape, were
brought hero March 6, horribly burn
ed from an explosion of gasoline.
Captain Tideman's condition is seri
ous on account of infection in one
hand. The North Cape is a thirty
five-foot halibut schooner.
driving piles for the wagon bridge
j over the Little Susitna river, and
| within a few days will commence on
! the Little Susitna trestle.
About .°,,000 ties have been hauled
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south of the Little Susitna to date and
distributed along the grade «n the vi
l cinity of Cottonwood.
The greater part of the construc
tion material required for the work
north of Willow creek h^s new beer
! hauled to Willow creek, and distribu- j
| tion is being made to the various :
j points where it will be needH
The total disbursements of the of-(
fice at Anchorage for the period
March 1 to March 7 were $10,427.99.
j The payment of salaries and wages
| amounted to $2,008.98; for local pur
chases, $909.00; to contractors, $0,
379.62; other expenditures, $312.12;
dock claims, $158.27.
Station Contractor Injured
Otto Johnson, a member of the
i grading firm of Nicholson & Co., I
Camp 9f> Turnagain Arm district, \va?
brought by special train to the An
chorage hospital on the afternoon of
! March 8, suffering from a broken log.
The injury was recived as- the resuM
j of a ftlide of rock striking a deiTwkJ
: near which Johnson was standing, J
j the derrick falling and pinning him j
underneath.
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NOTICE OF ELECTION
Notice is hereby given that on the
3rd day of April, 1917, there will be j
held in the Town Hall in the Town of,
Seward, an election for the purpose of ;
choosing City officials.
The polls will be opened at eight!
o'clock, a. m. on that day, and will
close at 7 o'clock p. m. on the same
day, and all qualified electors of the
Town of Seward who have registered,
as in this ordinance provided, will be
entitled to vote at said election.
Dated at Seward, Alaska, March ;
1st, 1917.
0. H. POEHLMANN,
Municipal Clerk.
March 1, 8, 15, 22, 20.
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:
You are hereby notified and will
take notice that we, the subscribers,
H. P. Salisbury and A. A. Hein, have
expended, during the year 191.4, the
sum of Three thousand, forty-six dol
lars and twenty ($3,046.20) centsv
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
ownens, and who have made the ex
penditures and improvements as
above-mentioned on said mining
i claims, and each and every one of
i them, pursuant to the provisions of
the said statute, Compiled Laws and
Sessions Law’s.
A. A. HEIN
H. P. SALISBURY, ’
First publication, March 21, 1917.
Last publication, Slay 23, 1917.
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FORFEITURE—NOTICE
To A. F. SPRAGUE, YOUR HEIRS
AND ASSIGNS.
Your are hereby notified and will
take notice that I, the subscriber, J.
C. Gilpatrick, have expended during
the year A. D., 1916, the sum of One
hundred ($100.00) dollars in labor and
improvements upon each of the fol
lowing described mining claims, to
wit: “MEAT IN THE POT,”
“CLARA,” “OLYMPIA,” “SUMMIT,”
“LISBON” and “HATTY,” all of
which said claims are situated and lie
in the Moose Pass Mining District,
Kenai Recording District, Third Judi
cial Division, Territory of Alaska. The
notices of location thereof are of
record in Book One of Locations, at
pages 132 and 133, and Book 5 of Lo
cations at pages 45, 46 and 84 in the
office of the United States Commis
sioner and District Recorder for Ke
nai Recording District and Precinct,
at the Town of Seward, Territory of
Alaska, to which book and pages ref
erence is hereby made for a more par
ticular description of said claim. Said
expenditures were made for the pur
pose of holding possessory rights and
title to said mining claims under the
provisions of section twenty-three
hundred and twenty-four of the Re
vised Statutes of the United States
ami the amendments thereto and the
Session Laws of the Territory of Al
aska, providing for the annual labor
upon mining claims, said amounts be
ing the sums required in each instance
to hold said mining claims during the
period ending the thirty-first day of
December, 1916.
If you fail and refuse or fan 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 proportion being in the total the
sum of Two hundred and eight dol
lars and thirty-two ($208.32) cents,
made up of the following amounts to
wit: ‘MEAT IN THE POT," $50.00,
“CLARA", $25.00, “OLYMPIA,"
$33.38, “SUMMIT," $33.33, “LIS
BON," $38.33, and “HATTIE,"
$33.33, your respective interests in
and to said mining claims, and each
and every one of them, will become
the property of the subscriber, who is
your co-owner, and who has made the
expenditures and improvements as
above mentioned on said mining!
claims, and each and every one of,
them, pursuant to the provisions of
the said statute and the said Session
I,aWh J. C. GILPATRICK. ,
First publication, Feb. 2, 1917.
Last publication, April 27, 1917.
IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR
THE TERRITORY OF ALASKA,
THIRD JUDICIAL DIVISION.
The town of Seward, Alaska, Plaintill
vs.
George Turner, O. G. Labaree and
Alexander H. Bradford, Defendants.
Cause No. S-104
SummonB by publication.
IN THE NAME OF THE PRESI
DENT OF THE UNITED STATES:
To the defendants in the above en-1
titled cause, Geore Turner, O. G. Lab
aree and Alexander Bradford,
GREETING:
You, and eacn OI you, are nereoy
summoned and required to appear in
the District Court for the Territory of
Alaska, Third Judicial Division, with- j
in thirty days after the completion of
the period of publication of this sum
mons, to-wit: within thirty days after
tie 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. Bailaine,
Townsite of the Town of Seward, Al
aska, and appropriate said Lots to a
public use, as- a public park 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-1
in the time aoove stated and show,
cause why auch 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- j
ated by the plaintiff for the uses and
Kses above stated, and for a
»r order of the court, ap
pointing three appraisers, as is
providwl ' by law, to appraise,
the said lota, and each of them,
and to assess the benefits and 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 and 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 tiie court may seem meet
and proper. .
Witness the Honorable FRED M.
BROWN, Judge of the above entitled
court, this, the 26th day. of February,
A. D. 1917.
ARTHUR LANG,
Clerk.
By ROBERT L. WEVER,
Deputv.
Date of first publication, Marcn 5,
1917.
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