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F. B. MOORE
Gore Bldg. Adams 145
WALL PAPER PAPER-HANG
ING, PAINTING AND
TINTING
‘HOTEL SEWARD’
HOMELIKE
WARM
MODERN
CONVENIENT
OSCAR DAHL, Prop.
The famous Black Hole of Cal
cuttaa is now the site of a post of
fice.
The Gateway leads—-others follow.
7 k Alaska Railroad
TRAINS ARRIVE SEWARD
Wednesday and Saturday
At 7:30 P. M. •
TRAINS DEPART SEWARD
Monday and Thursday
7:30 A. M.
Orlander j
Jeweler j
Dealer in Watches 1
and Clocks, Nugget i
Jewelry, Old Ivory, J
Curios, and a full line «
of goods usually car- j
ried in a first class ■
Jewelry store. ;
Watches Repaired on i
Short Notice i
Candies
Chocolates
In large variety at wholesale prices
at
Stotko’s Store
Read!
THE FOLLOWING FIVE LINES. THEY QQ
ARE WORTH v
a •:* * ❖
❖ * ❖
Supply one word for each line, which completed,
will properly describe a class of goods carried by
THE K. & M. STORE
THE CHARADE CONTAINS THE KEY
Address answers to the K. & M. Store
My first is expensive but does not mean dough.
Yet tho being dear, you will find it cheap. # So
My second is needed, to make the deal fair,
And my third will here lighten, and make you aware
That my fourth has been told you,
So knowing, prepare
For the fifth, which tho deep, plays a different role
But once having found, will make me whole.
The First Correct Answer Will Receive $10.00 Worth
of Merchandise
ANSWER WILL BE PUBLISHED MARCH 8TH
Merchandise of Great Variety
Prices Beyond Compare
THE unit STORE WITH THE BIG STOCK
Marathon Mountain was Small Once
BETTER GOODS FOR LESS
THE K. & M. STORE
*
Opposite Seward Grill
SETTLE BY SEPT. 1
ACTING LAND COMMISSIONER
ISSUES ORDERS WIND UP ALL
TOWNSITE TRANSACTIONS
Verily, “one woe but doth tread
upon another’s heels”—for Nenana.
Unless lot purchasers pay up the full
purchase price by September 1, 1927,
they will foreit title to the govern
ment.
However, should a purchaser have
acquired more than one lot and is in
arrears on the group, he may apply all
of his previous payments on on© lot
of the group and proceed to patent.
This epitomizes an order issued by
Acting Commissioner Thomas C. Hav
ell of the General Land Office under
date of February 4.
The reasons given for this departure
are not that Uncle Sam needs the
money, but the commissioner says:
“Conditions have developed at this
townsite that make it necessary for an
adjustment of the said purchases in
order that the lots may pass into pri
vate ownership so far as possible.
“Accordingly, it is directed the pur
chasers be allowed until September
1, 1927, within which to complete their
purchases as follows:
1. By making payment in full if but
one lot was purchased, or
2. If more than one lot was pur
chased by making payment in full for
all the lots, or by electing to apply
as the purchase price of one or more
of the lots hte total amount which has
ben paid on all of them.
If a purchaser who could make an
election and obtain patent without fur
ther payment as above provided fails
to do so and fails to make payment as
required, the right of election will be
considered as involving an independ
ent transaction.
“All of the purchases which are not
cotnpleted as hereinabove provided
will be cancelled and the cases
closed,” etc.
Nenana is a ghost city, and has been
since the ghost “visited the glimpses
of the moon” in the form of payrolls
disbursed by the government during
construction days.
Nenana lot owners say there are
more ghosts of departed hopes in
Nenana than Odysseus found on his
memorable visit to Hades.
They ascribe this condition to what
they claim are broken promises of
those who represented the United
States Land Office in disposal of the
lots. They claim that these men—or
Uncle Sam—should be prosecuted for
obtaining money under false pretens
es; that extravagant promises and
statements of the land booming agents
exceeded anything of record in Los
Angeles or Florida.
These agents, according to general
report used every device known to a
skilled real estate agent to persuade
purchasers of lots to bid them far be
yond immediate or prospective value.
Promises of being a division point,
with shops, “where rail and water
meet,” “feeding the vast arteries of
Interior commerce from a great dis
tributing centre.” These and other
things, the lot owners of Nenana say
they have chalked down on the debit
side of Uncle Sam’s ledger with their
hard-earned cash and faith in promis
es overbalancing it.
Now, says at least one who invest
ed $1,500 in a lot and buildings, and
works at day’s pay to earn tax money,
instead of the government demanding
more money, it should return what
has been paid.
If half the stories are to be credited,
Uncle Sam in business has all of the
artifices to which the most daring
bucaneer of finance is heir, but as
George Ade says, "it is respectable be
cause all its dirty work is done by
agents” like the land boomers.
And all railroad to wn sites have
about the same story to tell, excepting
that places like Seward and Anchorage
have survived despite the government.
Mens shoes resoled, heeled and
polished $2.75. Seward Leather
Works.
(Continued from Page Three)
Frank L. Ballaine —. 29 28 4.00 .20 .12 1.00
Frank L. Ballaine ^- 34 28 4.00 .20 .12 1.00
Tecklenburg & Benson - 39 28 4.00 .20 .12 1.00
Frank L. Ballaine - 9 24 9.00 .45 .27 1.00
Frank L. Ballaine _ 2 29 8.00 .40 .24 1.00
Frank L. Ballaine _T~ 3 29 8.00 .40 .24 1.00
Chas. Christensen - 10 29 8.00 .40 .24 1.00
Frank L. Ballaine - 11 29 8.00 .40 .24 1.00
Frank L. Ballaine _ 12 29 8.00 .40' .24 1.00
Frank L. Ballaine .— 1 30 5.50 .28 .16 1.00
Frank L. Ballaine _ 2 30 5.50 .28 .16 1.00
Frank L. Ballaine _ 3 30 5.50 .28 .16 1.00
FrankL. Ballaine _-_ 4 30 5.50 .28 .16 1.00
Frank £. Ballaine _ 5 30 5.50 .28 .16 1.00
Wm. H. Whittlesey _ 26 30 8.00 .40 .24 1.00
Wm. H. Whittlesey _ 27 30 8.00 .40 .24 1.00
W. H. Christmas - 4 32 4.50 .23 .13 1.00
S M Graff _ 14 32 4.50 .23 .13 1.00
S. M. Graff _ 15 32 4.50 .23 .13 1.00
Wm. H. Whittlesey _ 23 32 4.50 .23 .13 1.00
Wm. H. Whittlesey _ 24 32 4.50 .23 .13 1.00
O. G. Labaree Est. -1__ 23 33 4.00 .20 .12 1.00
O. G. Labaree Est. 23 33 4.00 .20 .12 1.00
O. G. Labaree Est. _ 24 33 4.00 .20 .12 1.00
O. G. Labaree Est. 25 33 4.00 .20 .12 1.00
O. G. Labaree Est. _ 26 33 4.00 .20 .12 1.00
O. G. Labaree Est. _ 27 33 4.00 .20 .12 1.00
O. G. Larabee Est__ 28 33 4.00 .20 .12 1.00
O. G. Labaree Est. _ 29 33 4.00 .20 .12 1.00
O. G. Labaree Est. _ 30 33 4.00 .20 .12 1.00
O. G. Labaree Est. _ 31 33 4.00 .20 .12 1.00
O. G. Labaree Est. _ 32 33 4.00 .20 .12 1.00
O. G. Labaree Est. _ 33 33 4.00 .20 .12 1.00
O. G. Labaree Est. _ 34 33 4.00 .20 .12 1.00
O. G. Labaree Est. _ 35 33 4.00 .20 .12 1.00
O. G. Labaree Est. _ 36 33 4.00 .20 .12 1.00
O. G. Labarre Est. _ 37 33 4.00 .20 .12 1.00
O. G. Labarre Est._ 38 33 4.00 .20 .12 1.00
O. G. Labaree Est. _ 39 33 4.00 .20 .12 1.00
O. G. Labaree Est. _ 40 33 4.50 .23 .13 1.00
W. H. Christmas- 17 35 4.50 .23 .13 1.00
W. H. Christmas - 18 35 4.50 .23 .13 1.00
Anna F. Ballaine- 25 35 4.50 .23 * .13 1.00
L. B. & H. E. Spencer- 17 36 4.40 .22 .13 1.00
L. B. & H. E. Spencer_ 18 36 4.40 .22 .13 1.00
L. B. & H. E. Spencer... 23 36 4.40 .22 .13 1.00
L. B. & H. E. Spencer.-- 24 36 4.40 .22 .13 1.00
Hampton Ballaine - 21 39 4.50 .23 .13 1.00
Hampton Ballaine _ 22 39 3.50 .18 .11 1.00
Leo Margules - 24 39 3.50 .18 .11 1.00
Leo Margules - 25 39 3.50 .18 .11 1.00
Leo Margules - 26 39 3.50 .18 .11 1.00
Leo Margules - 27 39 2.00 .10 .06 1.00
Leo Margules —._ 18 40 2.40 .12 .07 1.00
Leo Margules _ 19 40 2.40 .12 .07 1.00
Wm. H. Whittlesey _ 20 40 2.40 .12 .07 1.00
Wm. H. Whittlesey _ 22 40 2.40 .12 .07 1.00
Wm. H. Whittlesey _ 23 40 2.40 .12 .07 1.00
Wm. H. Whittlesey _ 25 40 2.40 .12 .07 1.00
Wm. H. Whittlesey _ 26 40 2.40 .12 .07 1.00
Wm. H. Whittlesey __ 27 40 2.40 .12 .07 1.00
5.32
5.32
5.32
10.72 '
9.64
9.64
9.64
9.64
9.64
6.94
6.94
6.94
6.94
6.94
9.64
9.64
5.86
5.86
5.86
5.86
5.86
5.32
5.32
5.32
5.32
5.32
5.32
5.32
5.32
5.32
5.32
5.32
5.32
5.32
5.32
5.32
5.32
5.32
5.32
5.86
5.86
5.86
5.86
5.75
5.75
5.75
5.75
5.86
4.79
4.79
4.79
4.79
3.16
3.59
3.59
3.59
3.59
3.59
3=59
3.59
3.59
FEDERAL ADDITION
To Whom Assessed. Lot Blk. Tax. Pen. Int. Adv.
Tecklenburg & Benson __ 7 7 $4.00 $ .20 $ .12 $1.00
A. Iverson _ 8 7 4.00 .20 .12 1.00
Jos. Wilson, Sr. _ 12 7 4.00 .20 .12 1.00
Tecklenburg & Benson _ 4 8 4.50 .23 .13 1.00
Tecklenburg & Benson _ 8 10 3.50 .18 .11 1.00
W. T. Lucas _ 11 10 3.50 .18 .11 1.00
Tecklenburg & Benson_ 12 10 4.00 .20 .12 1.00
Tecklenburg & Benson _ 12 12 4.50 .23 .13 1.00
S. M. Graff _*___ 6 13 4.50 .23 .13 1.00
Anton Iverson _*_ 5 14 3.30 .17 .10 1.00
James Roper _ 5 17 3.00 .15 .09 1.00
Tecklenburg & Benson _ 4 18 3.00 .15 .09 1.00
D. J. McEachem _ 3 21 9.00 .45 .27 1.00
D. J. McEachem ___ 4 21 3.00 .15 .09 l.t)0
Total
$5.32'
5.32
5.32
5.86
4.79
4.79
5.32
5.86
5.86:
4.57
4.24
4.24
10.72
4.24
LAUBNER ADDITION
To Whom Assessed.
Chas. A. Benson _
B. Angerman _
Mrs. Lilliam Moore_
Gust Peterson _
Lot. Blk.
2 3
_ 5
_30
_ 36
Fred J. Gregorie _ 1
Fred J. Gregorie _ 2
Mrs. Lilliam Moore _ 8
Eleanor Abslag - 37
Eleanor Abslag _ 38
Eleanor Abslag . 39
Eleanor Abslag_40
Thos O. & Anna Skeen_
Thos. O. & Anna Skeen frac.._
P. C. Jackson, frac. __
P. C. Jackson_
G. W. Wagner_
A. A. Burglin_
4
5
5
6
7
37
36
37
38
21
22
Maude Ashland _23
Eleanor M. Bock_
Eleanor M. Bock
Eleanor M. Bock_
Maude Ashland __
Maude Ashland _
Tax.
1.30
1.30
1.00
1.00
2.00
1.70
1.70
1.50
1.50
1.50
2.00
1.70
.86
.86
1.70
1.70
4.00
1.50
1.50
1.50
1.70
1.30
1.30
Pen.
.07
.07
.05
.05
.10
.09
.09
.08
.08
.08
.10
.09
.06
.06
.09
.09
.20
.08
.08
.08
.09
.07
.07
Int.
.04
.04
.03
.03
.06
.05
.05
.05
.05
.05
.06
.05
.02
.02
.05
.05
.12
.05
.05
.05
• .05
.04
.04
Adv.
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
' 1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
Total
2.41
2.41
2.08
2.08
3.16
2.84
2.84
2.63
2.63
2.63
3.16
2.84
1.94
1.94
2.84
2.84
5.32
2.63
2.63
2.63
2.84
2.41
2.41
CLIFF ADDITION
To Whom Assessed.
Lot Blk.
Henry Stevens _1 3
H. H. Hildreth_ 6
Geo. Stanley _ 3
Maude Mathison
M. Kennelly
_14
_1
Allen B. Potter_ 6
John Fiorina _
Mrs. S. C. Ticknor -
E. E. Chamberlin_
E. E. Chamberlin T
E. E. Chamberlin _
E. E. Chamberlin
E. E. Chamberlin
S. M. Graff
To Whom Assessed.
Geo. Mirlach
S. S. Johnson
Hans Nelson
F. B. Wood
John H. Rice
F. B. Wood
E. E. Rudolph, homestead
Totals _
3
3
5
6
7
7
9
9
10
1
10
10
10
10
Tax.
.50
.50
.50
.50
.50
.50
1.60
1.00
9.00
4.20
1.20
1.20
1.10
1.10
Pen.
.03
.03
.03
.03
.03
.03
.08
.05
.45
.21
.06
.06
..06
.06
ADDITION
Tax. Pen.
.05
.05
.05
.05
j05
.04
1.10
Int.
.02
.02
.02
.02
.02
.02
.05
.03
.27
.13
.04
.04
.03
.03
Int
.03
.03
.03
.03
.OS
.02
.66
Adv.
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
Adv.
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
Total
1.55
1.55
1.55
1.65
1.55
1.55
2.75
2.08
10.72
5.54
2.30
2.30
2.19
2.10
Total
1.98
1.98
2.08
1.98
1.98
1.76
24.76
12351.42 $117.86 $70.51 233.60 $2772.70