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SAX l R CISCO, < . Maj
I’nited States army aviators will put
their practice work to practical and
valuable use by cooperating with th-*
t inted States Forestry service in the
p Section of National Forest areas
from fire. There is scarcely a phrase
of a my aeronniftics that cannot l»e
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HOME MADE BREAD and PASTRY
BOARD BY THE MONTH
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COMMERCE
WILL BE CLOSED FOREVER
By Leo Jendy
utilized in the prevention or fighting
of forest fires. Airplanes can circl;
the forests as patrols, sausage bal
loons may be located as lookouts and
accurate maps and photographs of
heretofore inaccessible places can hr*
made which will be invaluable to the
forest Sendee.
In the matter of fighting fires,
large airplanes will he able quickly t«
got fighters to remote points which
heretofore have taken hours to teach
m> that the battle may he waged be
fore the fires have gained heavy head
way. Bombs containing gases which
will put out fires can be dropped bv
the fliers while the observers tan
keep the fire fighters informed as to
the trend and the direction of the
flames and advise them as to the host
Imposition of their forces.
Details have been perfected for the
ocular patrolling of the Angeles Ka
ional Forest in southeastern Califor
da beginning very soon. Officers <>f
he Army Balloon School at Arcadia
tnd Marshfield near Riverside have
napped out the scheme which is he
ieved to he the first time in the his
tory of aeronautics that the plan has
i»oen tried. Methods of patrolling, oh
>oi vat ion, giving fire warnings, and
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Serial 03646
NOTH K OF APPLICATION
FOR PATENT
Failed States Land Office Juneau,
Maska. May 28. 1919.
NOTICE is hereby given the
NORTHWESTERN FISHERIES CO.,
t corporation, a** assignee of Peter M.
Steen, being entitled to the benefits of
Section 2306 of the Revised Statute*
if the Foiled States and the amend
ment > thereto, has applied to make co
in ol the lands embraced in F. S.
Non-mineral survey No. 1236, situate
m went shore of Herendeen Bay,
\laska. more particularly described a*
ollou s. to-wit:
Beg. cor. No. 1. on beach Herendeen
Ray at average high tide. cor. not se».
>vit. cor. hears West 0.98 chs; F. S. L.
\\. Snr. 1022 hears N. 11 deg. 18’ 07”
IV. 173.66 ehs; thence West 3.05 chs to
•or. No. 2: thence South 28.20 chs to
•or. No. 3; thence East 13.78 chs to
or. No. 1, cor. not set. wit. cor. hears
»Vest 1.13 chs; thence meandering
leach Hcrcendecn Bay at ordinary
ligh tide (1) N. 16 deg. OP W. 1.29
•hs: (2) N. 61 deg. 37’ W. 2.99 chs;
’.t V 25 deg. 55* W. 4.03 chs: (1) V
!1 deg. 00’ W. 1.81 chs; (3) N. 4 deg.
12* E. 1.18 chs; (6) N. 52 deg 55’ E.
>.97 chs; (7) N. 25 deg. 29’ W. 1.06
•hs: (8) N. 10 deg. 20’ W. 3.73 chs:
9) N. 10 deg. 16* W. 1.57 chs; (!0V
S. 25 deg. 08* W. 5.60 chs; (11) N.
1 deg. 15* W. 3.07 chs: (12) N. 17deg.
1.3’ W. .3.42 chs; (13) N. 16 deg. 21* E.
1.10 chs to cor. No. 1. place of begin
ling. Area 19.02 acres. Variation at
ill corners 19 deg. .10* E. Longitude
100 deg. 12’ W. Latitude r>.> deg. 12*
Vs additional to original homestead
entry of Peter M. Steen, guardian of
John V. Steen, H. E. 4377 dated July
2. 1S00 at Winnebago City, Minn.
Vny 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 I’nited States Land Office at Ju
neau. Alaska, their adverse claim
thereto, under oath, during the period
of publication or within thirty days
thereafter, or they will he barred by
the pro\isions of the statute.
NORTHWESTERN FISHERIES CO.,
By Jno R. Winn, *
Its Attorney in Fact
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that
the foregoing notice be published for
the statutory period in the Seward
Gateway, a newspaper or general cir
culation printed at Seward. Alaska,
the nearest newspaper to said ahov*}
described claim or survey.
Effie A. Frisbee,
Register.
Seward Gateway— HO Days
First Pub. May 29, 1919.
Last Pub. Aug. 9, 1919.
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ASK FOR
WILD ROSE HAMS. SWEET. MILD—FLAVORED
ONLY THE FINEST HA MS CHOSEN FOR THE
SPECIAL WILD ROSE CCTIE .
FRYE — BRUHN COMPANY
U. S. A.
lirdwixxl, Alaska.
BILLIARDS AND l*OOL
Soft Drinks Cigars Cigarette*
ROAD HOUSE AND CLEAN BEDS
The Culinary Department is under the management of
It. E. SHANKLIN
other particulars are set forth im the
orders which follows:
"An observation balloon will be
stationed at an elevation of about V
000 feet at the Halloon School Field
near Arcadia. This observer will be on
duty from 7 a. m. to 2.'i0 p. m. each
day. He will be furnished with a map
of the front of the Angeles National
Forest from La Granda to San Dimas
Canyon can probably give adequate
lookout so it ice as far north as the
crest of the San Gabriel watershed.
The student detachment learning ob
servation now stationed at Mt. Wilson
will also render lookout service. Re
ports of fires from both the balloon
observer and the Mt. Wilson detach
ment will come in by phone and the
balloon school at Arcadia and will l>»
transmitted to the Forest Service V.
Dos Angeles who will call upon the ap
propriate unit of the suppressing for
ce. In addition to lookout service, will
be available at all times a one and
one-half ton truck at Arcadia equipped
with a fifty gallon tank of water, to
gether with ten enlisted men will be
come a unit of the suppression fore'*
subject to the call of the Forest Ser
vice.
“Two routes of aeroplane patrol
have been laid out starting and end
ing at Match field, twelve mile south
east of Riverside, Route No. 1 covers
a circle touching on its western edg*
of the aera covered by the observation
balloon arid zigzaging east, in and out
of the mountains to the mouth of Miil
(’reek, thence hack to the base. Rou* »
No. 2 starts from Marchfield and cir
cles east over Beaumont and Banning
covering the south slope of the An
geles front near the head ot Mill
t’reek then turning south along tin
southwest slope of the San Jacinto
Mountains covering the headwaters of
the San Jacinto River in the Cle\%
land National Forest, thence back to
the at Marshfield. In each route, two
planes will operate. One starting at
ten a. m. and the other at one p. m.
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Drop in tike
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Come in and Cheer
IIS up.
THE KEY
thence covering the route twice a day
Kach of these patrol routes are about
one hundred miles in length.
“These planes are not equipped
with \\iieless telephone apparatus of
such a nature that the messages can
he communicated to the ground at any
point except at highly expensive
ground installations therefore report
ing of fires discovered will be:
“1st, By parachute message drop
ped over a town, the finder to phov<
them into the Forest Service.
“2nd. By special landings made to
report, for which we propose to in
stall one or two additional phone box
reporting stations,.and
“.“id. By returning to the base and
reporting from Marchfield direct to
the Supervisor.
“Fires will he located and reported
by squares drawn on duplicate maps,
one to be in the possission of each
aeroplane observer and the other in
the Forest Supervisor’s office.”
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A nimrod at Wrangell recently
mistook a tame mho so for a wild one
and potted him. He settled with the
neighbor for eight dollars in cash.
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TRAPPERS ATTENTION TRADER
SHIP TO
GEORGE R. GOSHA W, INC.,
Dealers in Raw Furs.
Seattle, New York,
Alaska Building. 127 W. 27th Street.
We do business direct with you and solicit all Raw Furs. All shipments are
handled by expert graders and New York Market Prices are paid on correct
grading the day received. If desired, your shipments will he kept separate in
order that our prices may he approved by you. Providing our valuation dues
not prove satisfactory, the furs will be returned to you. Transportation
charges prepaid. Ship hy Parcel Post or Express. Ship in a Dry Condition.
Special instructions if any. must accompany the shipment. Always enclos<
itemized list of contents with name and postoffice address. Place duplicate
list of contents on outside of hale or package. All payments made hy check or j
the Seattle National Rank, or in any other manner desired.
SHIP NOW
CHAS. GOLDSTEIN & COMPANY
of Juneau, Alaska.
OFFER TO THE TRAPPERS AND DEALERS OF THE NORTH THE
FOLLOWING PRICES FOR NO. 1 PRIME FURS:
Lynx, extra large No.l_$30.00 to $32.50
Lynx, Urge No. 1 ----- 25.00 to 30.00
Lynx, small____— 15.00 to 20.00
Mink, dark coast skins---5.00 to 7.00
Mink, dark coast skins, small____—-- 3.00 to 5.00
Mink, fresh water __— 5.00 to 10.00
Land Otter ......-.—. 12.00 to 15.00
Red Fox. No. 1 large......- 30.00 to 35.00
Cross Fox, according to beauty _ 50.00 to 100.00
Muskrats ____—--—- *75 to 1.50
Silver and Black Foxes, as to color
Wolverine _____ 5.00 to 12.00
Wolves -.....- 5.00 to 20.00
Ship us your Furs! As soon as received we will grade same and wire our best
offer. If our prices are not satisfactory we will return the furs and pay trans
portation charges on same both ways.
References: Any bank in Alaska, Dextor Horton National Bank, Seattle;
National Bank of Tacoma, Wash.
SATISFACTION GUARANTEED
We operate the largest Fur Manufactory north of San Francisco.
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