LEGAL N 0 A £ \j L
NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that on
the 1st day of February, -t t..
will be held in the City of SoAvrd,
Alaska, a special election iur the
puipose of submit ting to t ie quali
fied voters of said city the question
of the ratification of Ordinance
No. 115, entitled, “An or durance
providing for the leasing to the
Woman’s Home Mission y S c e .y
of the Methodist Episcopal Chuxcn
of Lots 4, 5, 6, 7, 34, 35, 36 and 37
in Block Twelve of the original
townsite of the City of Seward, Al
aska, and the building and im
provements thereon and certain
personal property in and on said
premises, tor hospital purposes, and
providing for a special election at,
which shall be submitted to the
qualified voters of the CUy of Sew
ard, the question of the rathication
of this ordinance,” which said or
dinance was passed by the Common
Council of said city on the 30th day
of December, 1931.
The polls for said election will be
opened at 8 o’clock, a. m., on said
1st day of February, 1932, and will
be closed at 7 o’clock p. m., on said
day, and the place of voting w.ll
be the Town Hall, also known as
the Fire Hall, in said City of Setv
ard.
Every person above the age of
twenty-one (21) years who is a cit
izen of the United States and who
has resided continuously one year
next preceding said election in the
Territory of Alaska, and six months
next preceding said election within
the limits of the City of Seward,
shall be entitled to vote at said
election.
The property to be leased under
the provisions of said ordinance is
as follows: Lots 4, 5, 6, 7, 34, 35, 35
and 37 in Block Twelve of the
original townsite of the City of
Seward, Alaska, and the building
and improvements thereon, togeth
er with certain personal property
including beds, linens, X-ray ma
chine, surgery, and miscellaneous
hospital furniture, equipment, ma
chines and appliances.
The terms and conditions of said
lease, and the consideration there
for, as fixed and prescribed by safS
ordinance, are as follows:
Term of lease ten years, with
privilege of renewal for further
period of ten years, at yearly rent
al of $5.00. The lessee covenants:
(a) To pay the rent; (b) To use
the premises only for hospital pur
poses, and to conduct thereon a
general hospital open at all times
to the use of all persons under rea
sonable regulations and charges;
(c) To keep up, at lessee’s own ex
pense, necessary* interior repairs,
and to keep premises clear
of all liens by its own acts; (d) To
assume all liability for all debts
which In the past have been, or may
in the future be, incurred by lessee
in the operation of the hospital,
and, in general, to assume all costs
and expenses of operating and
maintaining the hospital, except
that lessee not required to pay tax
es or assessments; (e) To assume
all liability for any suit or claim
whatever for damage, loss or injury
to any person or property in or
upon said premises; (f) Not to relet
the whole or any part of the prem
ises, nor sell or assign the lease or
y interest therein.
The lessor ccvonrr'^ thr-t the
1 ^see, on paying the rent ob
I serving its covenants and agree
nts, may have, hold and enjoy
. id property during the term of
the lease.
The lessee and lessor mutually
covenant: (a) Lessee may terminate ‘
lease upon giving lessor six months’ j
prior written notice; (b) Lessee, at1
its own expense, may make altera- j
tie ns, improvements and additions,1
the same t-o become property of
lessor at expiration of lease; j
changes in buildmg required by law i
shall be made by lessor; (c) Hos
pital Board provided for, to be com-:
posed of five members, two to be
appointed by lessor, two by lessee,
and the fifth to be selected by tnej
other four members. Esther party!
may, at its option, change one of(
its members every two years. Wxien-;
ever a member shall die, resign,;
wilfully fail or neglect to fulfill his
duties, or in case of lessor ooiy,j
shall remove his residence fremj
| Seward, a new member shall be ap- j
pointed. Whenever a new member ;
is appointed, the other four mem-:
bers may, at their option, select a
new fifth member. Whenever any
matter, dispute or question shall
arise concerning said hospital, or
regarding anything in the lease or
| the construction or interpretation
of the lease, such matter, dispute or
| question shall be referred to the j
Board, and it shall be the duty of1
the Board to consider the same and*
render a decision thereon, and any
decision of the Board shall be final
and binding upon the parties; *d)
: Hospital surgeon provided for who
shall occupy and use office in hos
j pital for reasonable rental or under
! other arrangements agreed upon
between such surgeon and lecsee.
A. D. Haverstock, M. D., designated
| as such hospital surgeon. Vacancy
occurring during term of lease from
death, resignation or removal to be
1 filled by surgeon to be selected by
i Hospital Board, provided that such
| surgeon shall be acceptable to both
i lessor and lessee. If either party
! dissatisfied with hospital surgeon
| then serving as such, the matter to
be referred to Board, which, if it
I deem it for best interests of hos
pital, shall remove such surgeon
; and select another, who shall be
acceptable to both lessee and les
sor ; (e) Lessor, at its own expense,
; shall carry such insurance as it
| desires, and in the event of damage
by fire such damage shall be repair
ed as soon as reasonably and con
veniently may be, provided, that if
• said premises, or a substantial part
thereof, be destroyed or so dam
aged as to require rebuilding or ex
tensive restoration, the lessor, at its
option, may either rebuild or re
store the premises, or determine
the lease; (f) Upon breach of any
covenants or agreements by lessee,
the lessor, at its option, may de
clare lease void and the term
thereof ended, and re-enter and
take possession of premises. Cov
enants and agreements of lessee to
be binding upon its successors and
assigns.
Dated this 30th day of Decem
ber, 1931.
D. C. BROWNELL,
Attest; Mayor.
A. D. BALDERSTON,
Municipal Clerk.
Pub. Jan. 2, 9, 18, 23, 30, 1932.
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evidence examined.
The conclusion reached from
these studies was sufficiently en
couraging to warrant further ex
aminations of parts of the area by
means of core drilling, and in De
cember proposals were sent out by
the Secretary of the Interior calling
for bids from private contractors
to do this work under conditions
specified by the government and
to undertake it as early in 1S32 as
conditions permit.
Extension of the market for Al
aska coal was effected through its
greater use by the government in
some of its Alaska staitons and by
some of the canneries, especially
at these situated on the eastern
coast of the Alaska Peninsula.
Although no productive coal min
ing work was in progress during
the year in the Bering River field,
east of Cordova, a prospecting per
mit was issued, and plans are said
to be under way with the object of
reviving search for deposits sus
ceptible of profitable development.
Probably a small amount of coal
for local uses was mined by natives
near Wainwright, but information
is not yet in hand as to the precise
amount, though it was doubtless
only a hundred tons or so. No
productive developments on the coal
deposits in other parts of Alaska
are known to have been made.
reu’oieum
All the petroleum produced in Al
aska in 1931 continued to come from
wells of the Chilkat Oil Company,
near Katalla, where, in addition to
the oil wells, the company operates
a small refinery. The gasoline and
distillate produced from this pe
troleum are much in demand in the
local market, as they are said to be
of better quality than the usual
commercial brands. This company
is reported to have continued op
erations in this field on essentially
the same scale as heretofore.
No new drilling work was in
progress in any of the other Al
aska fields that are belie^d to
hold promise of containing oil. This
lack of activity is not interpreted
as meaning that commercial corn
panes have regarded the possibil
ities of finding oil as too doubtful
nor that search has been abandon
ed. It' is interpreted simply to
mean that, with the present flood
of ©il in the States, the develop
ment of a new oil field in Alaska
does not hold out sufficient in
ducement and that the large ex
penditure required would probably
yield more immediate returns in
other fields.
The drilling that has been in
progress for a number of years in
the region west of Chickaloon was
continued during the early part of
the summer of 1931 by the Peterson
Oil Association. Various difficul
ties were encountered, so that only
a little new work was accomplished
and drilling was soon suspended.
Other Minerals
In addition to the mineral prod
ucts already mentioned, Alaska also
produced during 1931 significant
amounts of lead, limestone, and
platinum and lesser amounts of a
few other minerals and rocks. The
aggregate value of the output of
these minerals in 1931, together
with that of petroleum, is estimat
ed to have been $290,000, as against
$303,000 in 1930.
Most of the lead was obtained
as a by-product from the gold ores
of the Alaska Juneau mine. Ac
cording to preliminary estimates,
the production of lead from Alaska
mines in 1931 exceeded that of any
previous year, though because of
the low average selling price of the
metal it had a much smaller value
than in many other years.
For instance, though the quan
tity of lead in 1931 appears to have
exceeded that of 1930 by more than
700,000 pounds, its value was $5,000
less.
The mining of certain limestone
deposits on Dali Island, in South
eastern Alaska, by the Pacific Coast
Cement Company, as a source of
one of the constituents of its ce
ment, was successfully continued
throughout the year. The re.?; ma
terial after preliminary crushing is
shipped to the company’s main
plant near Seattle.
The platinum metals came prin
cipally from placers in the Good
news Bay district, at the mouth of
the Kuskokwlm River, and small
amounts from the eastern part of
Sewai'd Peninsula. The finds in
the Goodnews Bay district continue
to be encouraging but were much I
less than during the preceding!
year. The price paid for platinum |
metals has dropped so much that1
it is now less than twice that for
an equivalent weight of gold, where •
as a few years ago it was wort!
five or six times as much.
Some tin ore is reported to have
been shipped from Alaska during
1931, but apparently some of it was
ore that had been collected during
preceding years, and so far as re
ported to the Geological Survey no
new tin ore was mined during ihf
year.
A small amount of quicksilver i
reported to have been retorted at
the deposits of this mineral near
Sleitmut, in the central part of the
Kuskokwim. Valley.
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