LUMBER FOR
WOODEN SHIPS
FROM WEST
(Br UelUd States Cable)
WASHINGTON. TuesUt iy, June 5.—
The West Coast Lumbermen’s Asso
ciation signed a contract this after
noon to furnish $0,000,000 worth of
Pacific coast lumber to build wooden
ships.
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STOCKHOLM IS
DISTURBED BY
SOCIALIST RIOT
(Br United State* Cable)
STOCKHOLM, Wednesday, June 1>.
—Crowds of workers clashed with the
police and soldiers yesterday during a
debate in the reichstag on some so
cialist interpolations.
SEATTLE KEEPS
ON INCREASE
(Br United State* Cable)
WASHINGTON, Tuesday, June 5.—
The latest census bulletin gives the
population of Seattle as lkb,U5.
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MINING NOTES
A report from Fortuna Ledge states
that despite considerable prospecting
there, nothing in the way of winter
diggings have been located.
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Fairbanks reports that from the
Chatanika country there is coming a
cry for labor. There is a serious
shortage of men there and the oper
ators need men badly as they are
about to start their spring sluicing.
The Golden Gate mill on Chichagof!
island, which has been closed down
since last January on account of lack
of water due to a mud slide blocking
the intake pipe, is again n operation
the slide having been removed.
The Empire Tin Mining company,
commonly spoken of as the Bartells
property, has been sold at marshal s
sale under a lien placed on the prop
erty by Fred Hinton. It was bought
in by Judge Frawley who is Hinton’s
attorney.
Moving twenty tons at one load over
a five-mile stretch of tundra, was a
feat accomplished by Billy Rowe, a
Nome contractor recently when he
moved a 35 horsepower boiler, hoist
and boiler house. The feat was ac
complished through deep snow over
an unbroken trail. He used a string of
24 horses.
All-Alaska News
The Collier Saturn on her recent
visit to Cordova picked up three re
cruits for the navy, who went south
on that vessel.
Orders have been issued by the War
department to the effect that the
handsome parade ground at Fort Wil
liam H. Seward at Haines be plowed
up and planted to potatoes, and the
planting is already under way.
A strike occurred among the fish
ermen employed by the Carlisle Pack
ing Company at Cordova, the men de
manding an increase of from 5 to 8
cents for silver salmon and from
$1.50 to $2.00 for humpies. It was
also reported that the Canoe Pass Co.
fishermen would ask for a similar in
crease.
To show the cosmopolitan char
acter of the new arrivals at Anchor
age, the Democrats of that place re
cently took a census of the arrivals
on the Alaska with the result that
the following nationalities were found
to be represented: Americans, Ger
mans, Russians. Greeks, Filipinos,
Swedes, Chinks, Mexicans, Bulgar
ians, Austrians, Italians, Montene
grins, Fins, Japs, Norwegians and En
glish. _ A __
MONGOLIA AND
SUB EXCHANGE
COURTESIES
(Bjr United State* Cable)
LONDON, Tuesday, June 5.—The
American steamship Mongolia fired
four shots on June 1 at a German
submarine which discharged a torpe
do at the liner. Neither the Mongolia
or the submarine were damaged.
EAT LESS OF
MEAT AND MORE
BARLEYCORN
—
(Be United States Cable)
NEW YORK, Wednesday, June C>.—
The American Medical Association has
passed a resolution urging the people
of the United States to eat less meat
and more corn, rice, barley and like
products as substitutes.
Watch ^^^^^^^^|"MovieM
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Social Chat
The Ladies’ Guild of St. Peter’s
church will meet with Mrs. A. H. Mc
Donald tomorrow afternoon. As this
is the first meeting for some time
there are several important matters
to be discussed and all members are
urged to be present.
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The Ladies’ Aid will meet with Mrs.
Merrill Martin tomorrow afternoon at
2:80 o’clock.
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The Dorcas society will hold its reg
ular meeting at the Community church
tomorrow afternoon at l o’clock.
LISTEN
ACREAGE—If you are looking frr
acreage that is ideally located for a
suburban home.
ACREAGE—That is particularly suit
ed for truck gardening.
ACREAGE—That is bound to in
crease in value in the near future.
ACREAGE—Fronting on the Gov. R.
R. and Lake Kenai Boulevard.
ACREAGE—That is most desirable
for re-subdividing—See me. Will he
glad to show you the land, or fur
nish particulars on request. J. A.
Stewart, Phone Red 147.
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SEATTLE
Invite you to send to them for such items in I' IRNI
TTRE and DRY GOODS as cannot he readily sup
plied by the merchants in your community.
All such orders received by FREDERICK
& NELSON receive the prompt, personal
attention of an expert shopper and Parcel
Post shipments are sent POSTAGE PAID
to any point in Alaska.
NOTE: Inquiries for information relative to the New Spring Lines
of Dry Goods, Apparel and Accessories Will Be Given Prompt
Attention.
For Spring Cleanup Use KRESO Disinfectant
Lime Chloride and Sulphur
SEWARD DRUG CO.
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FORFEITURE—NOTICE
V ^
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:
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 ($3,040.20) cents,
during the year 1915, the sum of
Six hundred ($000.00) dollars, during
the year 1910, the sum of Two thou
sand, five hundred and sixteen dollars
and seventy (2,510.70) 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
ownors, 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.
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 tor 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. l'J17, 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
(G), 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 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
in the time aoove 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
purposes above stated, and for a
further 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 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 entitled1
court to be paid to you and each of
vou as therein provided that an order
be made by the court directing you 1
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 the court may seem meet
and proper.
Witness the Honorable FRED M.
BROWN, Ju(^*e of the above entitled
court, this, the 26th day of February,
A. D. 1917.
ARTHUR LANG,
Clerk.
By ROBERT L. WEVER,
Deputy.
Date of first publication, March fs
1917.
(SEAL.)
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