MORE LIBERALITY IN COAL AND
OIL LEASES URGED BY SULZER
FUEL PRODUCTION CHIEF AIDS
WASHINGTON, 0. C., June 14.
(By Mail).—Delegate Chas. A. Sulzer
of Alaska yesterday made a vigorous
appeal for the development of Alas
ka’s coal and oil lands at a hearing be
fore the Senate committee on Public
Lands. The hearing was attended by
all of the members of the committee
ami was with relation to Senate Bill
No. 45, introduced by Senator Thomas
J. Walsh, of Montana, providing for
the mining of coal, phosphate, oil. gas,
potassium and sodium on the pubir*
dom.vn.
Immediate development as the para
mount necessity was emphasized by
Alaska’s representative in Congres
during his testimony. More liberal
leases by the government to those
seeking to develop the resources jt>f
the territory, in vipw of the pioneer
conditions, were suggested by him as
a remedy for the lethargy now exist
ing in regard to oil and coal conditions
in Alaska.
“Mr. Chairman and Senators of
the Committee, in the emergency
which confronts the country at this
time,” Delegate Sulzer said in open
ing his testimony, “I think that all
who are thoroughly familiar with con
ditions existing in the Territory of
Alaska realize that the resources of
Alaska are of vital importance in the
prosecution of the war. The exports
of Alaska consist principally of food
fish products, copper ore and the rarer
metals, all of which are of great im
portance in the war.*
Sulzer asked specifically for a larg
er leasing area in both coal and oil
leases, so that capital could be in
duced to come into the fields and ex
pend the money necessary to develop
a paying and productive mine or well.
He also asked for less restrictions in
an operating lease.
“A man should be given more liberal
consideration in order to induce him to
come into Alaska.” he said, “and take
the risks involved in developing an en
tirely new country. The interests of
the Government should be protected,
but the management of a coal mine in
a pioneer* field must be accorded more
I latitude and discretion than in a field
where all the conditions have been
thoroughly demonstrated. Otherwise,
people will not undertake to make the
necessary investments . The Alaskan
coal fields are very extensive and it is
etrxemely important in this emergency
that the laws and regulations be such
as to induce immediate and adequate
development.”
Sulzer based his main argument for
the necessity of opening the oil fields
on the acute situation that is develop
I ing because of the great demands for
the oils of the California fields for
war purposes. He said the fishing in
dustry of Alaska was imperilled be
cause of the lack of gasoline and dis
tillate for the operation of the fishing
boats.
Throughout the hearing Sulzer was
given keen attention by the members
of the Senate .committee. Senator
Myers, of Montana, chairman of the
committee, asked many questions, as
did Senator ShatFroth of Colorado.
Senator Walsh, of Montana, also as
sisted Mr. Sulzer at times in the mat
ter of explaining certain things with
reference to his bill.
Francis S. Peabody, chairman of the
committee on coal production under
the National Council of Defense,
made an earnest plea for the utiliza
tion of the oil and coal of Alaska.
“Any laws that can be passed that
will loosen up the reserve fuel and oil
supplies of Alaska and the west coast
should be adopted,” he said. “We can
not wait until we are whipped to open
up those fields. We are sending our
sons now; we are not sending them
three, four or five years from now;
we must protect those sons; we must
win this war; we cannot win this war
unless we utilize every resource avail
able. If it exhausted the coal of the
United States to win this war, we
must win it. We must not hold back
anything.”
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CITATION TO HEIRS ANI) ALL
INTERESTED PARTIES
In the Probate Court for the Kenai
Precinct, Third Division, Territory
of Alaska.
In the matter of the Estate of Anna
Nimmo, Deceased.
It appearing to this Court by the
petition for Order of Sale of real
property, filed herein on the 17th day
of May, 1917, by Leon C. Booker, ad
ministrator of the Estate of Anna
Nimmo, deceased, that it is necessary
to sell all of the real estate of said
decedant in order to pay her debts and
the expenses and charges of adminis
tration; therefore,
IT IS ORDERED that all persons
interested in the said estate appear
before this Court on Wednesday, the
25th day of July, 1917, at the hour of
two o’clock, P. M., on the aforesaid
day in the court room of this court,
in the town of Seward, Alaska, and
show cause, ^f any cause there be, why
an order should not be granted said
administrator, authorizing him to sell
said real estate for the purposes afore
said; and it is further
ORDERED that a copy of this Or
der be published once a week for a
period of four successive weeks in the
Seward Gateway, a newspaper of gen
eral circulation, published at Seward,
Alaska, and the one most likely to give
notice to all parties interested in this
cause; and it is further
ORDERED, that a copy of this Ci
tation shall be posted at three public
places within Kenai Precinct, one of
which three places shall be the U. S.,
postoffice in the town of Seward,
Alaska.
WITNESS MY HAND and official
seal this 19th day of June, 1917.
(SEAL) FRANK G. ENNIS,
U. S. Commissioner and Ex-officio
Judge of Probate.
Jun-19-26—Ju.-3-10-17124.
Serial 01686, Sur. 184
In the United States Land Office, Ju
neau, Alaska, May 24,1917.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOK
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 Routs
bears North 22 deg. 05 min. W.; U.
S. L. M. Sur. 184 bears N. 69 deg. 17
min W. 3.61 chs.; thence from true ccr.
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. 8.28 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 GKOSVOLD,
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.
Serial 01651, Sur. 1109
In the United States Land Office, Ju
neau, Alaska, May 24, 1917.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
PATENT
—
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
Andrew Grosvold, as assignee of De
borah A. Luthy, being entitled to the
benefits of Section 2806 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.
1109 situate on Sand Spit at Sand
Point, Humboldt Harbor, Popof Island,
Shumigan Group, District of Alaska,
more particularly described as fol
lows:
Beg. cor. No. 1 at ordinary high
tide beach Popof Straits, cor. not set,
wit. cor. bears North 1.35 chs. dist.;
from which wit. cor. Sand Point Post
Office bears N. 35 deg. 31 min. E.;
thence from true cor. No. 1 North
19.37 chs. to cor. No. 2, cor. not set,
wit. cor. bears South 0.87 chs.; from
which wit. cor. *U. S. L. M. Sur. 1146
bears S. 78 deg. 01 min. W. 13.03 chs.;
Astronomical Station bears S. 75 deg.
29 min. W. 13.01 chs.; thence from
true cor. No. 2 meandering beach at
ordinary high tide, Humboldt Harbor
and Popof Straits (1) S. 85 deg. 58
min. VV. 5.19 chs. (2) S. 84 deg. 29
min. VV. 6.04 chs. (3) S. 77 deg. 41
min. VV. 1.7ti chs. (4) S. 59 deg. 13
min. VV. 1.08 chs. (5) S. 31 deg.'48 min.
VV. 1.02 chs. (6) S. 1 deg. 12 min. VV.
0.92 chs. (7) S. 31 deg. 11 min. E. 6.70
chs. (8) S. 36 deg. 01 min. E. 4.06 chs.
(9) S. 45 deg. 27 min. E. 3.32 chs. (10)
S. 54 deg. 45 min. E. 7.55 chs. to cor.
No. 1, place of beginning. Area 17.82
acres. Variation at all corners 19 deg.
10 min. East. Lat. 55 deg. 18 min.
44 sec. N. Long. 150 deg. 31 min. 00
sec. VV.
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 within 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 statutory 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.
FORFEITURE—NOTICE
To M. IMHOFF, C. J. IMHOFF, A.
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, live hundred and sifteen 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-i
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 right3 and title to said min
ing claims under the provisions of
section twenty- three hundred and
tweniy-i’our oi the Revised Statutes
ioi the United States and the amend
I meats thereto, section one hundred
and thiry-six of the Compiled Laws of
Alaska, jl913, and the Session Laws of j
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, pumiant to the provisions, of
the said statute, Compiled Laws and
Sessions Laws.
A. A. HEIN
H. P. SALISBURY.
First publication, March 21, 1917.
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