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Ml X KRAIi APPLICATION
U. S. LAND OFFICE,
NOME. ALASKA.
March 27th. 1922.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,
that. Alexander Y. Watson, whoso
post office address Is 29 W. Adams
Street. Chicago. Ill . has. through
James M. Streeten. his authorized j
agent, whose address is Nome. Al-|
aska. made application before the'
United States I^ind Office at Nome.'
Alaska, for a United States Patent'
for the May Association placer min-'
in* claim, situate on and along thej
L. L. of Anvil Creek and north of.
Snake River in the Cape Nome Miu
ing and Recording District. Terri-j
lory of Alaska, and designated by
the United States Surveyor General|
of Alaska as Mineral Survey No.
1285; the exterior boundaries of|
which claim, according to the plat
and field rotes of said survey, now
on file In said land office (with a
variation of from 17 deg. 13 min.
E. to 19 deg. 42 min. E.) being
as follows:
Beginning at Cor. No. 1. whence
U. S. L. M. No. 13 bears N. 59
deg. 47 min. E.. 7.1 ft., thence
N. 30 deg. 30 min. W.. 1997.1 ft.
to Cor. No. 2: thence N. 89 deg.
3; thence N. 17 deer. 44 min. E.t
517.1 ft. to Cor. No. 4; thdnce S.
SI deg. 11 min. E.. 906.4 ft. to
Cor. No. 5, identical with Cor. No.
3, Sur. No. 741. No. 15 Below on
Little Creek; thence S. 21 deg. 19
min. E.. 653.7 ft. to Cor. No. 6;
thence S. 86 deg. 24 min. E.. 747.
ft. to Cor. No. 7; thence S. 81 deg
2 min. E., 1388.9 ft. to Cor. No.
8; thence N. 69 de-r. 4 min. E.. |
1299.8 ft. to Cor. No. 9; thence.
N. 67 deg. 4 min. E., 870 ft. Id]
Cor. No. 10; thence S. 54 deg. 41 '
min. W., 1647.7 ft. to Cor. No.
11; thence S. 2 deg. 37 min. E. ]
347.5 ft. to Cor. No. 12; thence |
3. 26 deg. 32 min. W., 614 ft. to
Cor. No. 13; thenee 8. 67 deg. 12]
min. W., 843.8 ft. to Cor. No. 14; j
thence N. 86 deg. 10 min. W..
2459.6 ft. to Cor. No. 1. piece o«
beginning, containing an area of
152.678 aerea.
The adjoining claima are; on the
N.. Noe. 12. 13 aad 14 Below oo
Little Creek, Surrey No. 742. aad
No. 15 Below on Little Creek, Sur
rey No. 741, and Spydev Group No.
3 Tundra. Surrey No. 740; on the(
S.. the Dorer Association, Surrey]
No. 1284; on the east and west
olaima unknown and unsurreyed.
U. 8. L. M. No. IS le a fir poet
In earth monnd, situate on the diride
between Little Creek and Snake
River, about l-% miles northwest of
the Town of Nome. Latitude 64
deg. 32 min. N. Longitude 16f
deg. 24 min. W.
JOHN SDNDBACK,
Register
Publish April 1, 8. 15, 22, 29. May
6,13,20.27. 1922.
NOME NCR SCHOOL STUDERTS
COMPETE FOR URIVEOSITY
SCHOLARSHIP PRIZE
GOOD IIOADS PRIZE
CONTEST ESSAYS
\ University Scholarship, valued
at $4.000.00 is the prize offered to
tin* student in the Territory of Al
aska who submits the best essay on
the -subject "How Good Roads Are
Developing My Community.”
Superintendent Collins presented
the contest to the pupils of the
Nome School and as a result the
three best essays are herewith pub
Miss Kristie Sather was awarded
first place In the essay contest. Miss
Una Sitton was awarded second
place and Alvin Bahllte third.
In commenting on the essays one
of the judges states "Between essays
by Una Sitton and Kristie Sather it
is a close contest. Una Sitton
shows a thoughtful care and range
of vision that is quite striking, but
It deals more in generalities which
would or could apply to most any
community. The essay of Kristie
Sather. while not showing the vision
of Una Sitton, is much more specific
as to the benefits to this commun
ity.”
The three selected essays were
sent to Juneau in the recent malls.
There the judges will select the best
essay submitted by the high school
pupils of the Territory and forward
it to the Committee at Washington,
The judges were—Ralph Lomen,
President of the Chamber of Com
merce; Charles D. Jones, of Alaska
Road Commission; R. W. J. Reed,
Customs Collector.
HOW GOOD ROADS ARB
DEVELOPING MY COMMUNITY
(By Kristie Sattaer)
(Nome School.)
During the big gold rash of the
years 1898, and 1899. the surround
ings of the mining camp of Nome.
Alaska was nothing more than mat
extents of sandy, beach, and swampy,
trackless tundra. The only accesc
ible way of communication was hy
la those days it was a very di«
eul.t undertaking to reach the gold
fields and convey supplies to them,
as the use of horses and wagons was
out of question. Therefore every
thing had to he carried on foot.
Meu, dressed in Jumpers, overalls,
a ad Mg rubber boots were employed
as peofcere at 26c a pound ta carry
supplies over the soft marshy turn
dra to the mimes. The* mining
claim at that time were so rich that
the high cost of operation was not
considered burdensome. When the
rich ground was worked out and the
low grade placers were developed,
the need of roads was sorely felt so
that the cost of mining operations
She Sits and Sews While the Washer Goes
This machine will do the family washing
for 25 cents. Why use old, hard
labor methods when you can
do it better and at less expense
FREE DMCRIFTIVE BOOKLETS AT NUMET OFFICE
I could be reduced. i
The government commenced build-1
ing roads in 1906 and of late years i
the Territory has also engaged in
road building, with the result that
at present there are approximately]
100 miles of good wagon roads in]
the vicinity of Nome. These roads J
are the connecting links to adjoin
ing camps and districts. They are
of immense benefit to the miners.
|and operators, in developing the!
j largo deposits of auriferous gravel (
! and is a saving of tens of thousands j
of dollars In freight charges. j
The first road built, the so-called ;
“Bessie Road,” rnnning from Nome!
north to the Third Reach Line Is 3% j
miles long and branches east and i
west along the paystreak. This j
road may be cited as an example of 1
[ the reduction of freight charges j
! Before this road was built it cost,
[ from $13.00 to $15.00 to haul a ton
| of freight from Nome to the Third
i Beach Line, and after the road was
built the cost 'was reduced to $4.00
per ton. This road also extends to
Dexter Hill and Nome River, a dis
tance of aborft 10 miles, all of it
passable to automobiles. Another
-oad branches off to Osborne Creek,
where the cost of freighting since
the road was built had been reduced
by more than 50 percent.
A road extends eastward from
Nome to Solomon and to Council.
This road Is of great assistance to
the miners and operators of the Solo
mon and Council districts, and is
much used in summer by teams, au
tomobiles and travelers, and a mail
and passenger stage runs regularly
between Nome and Council in sum
mer . Formerly travel between
'Nome and Council was mostly by
[water, and stormy weather often
made travel by boat impossible.
From Nome to Cape Nome, a dis
tance of 13 miles, this road is of
j standard construction, and the bal
ance Is being rebuilt and repaired
[year by year.
| Another road running westward
for about 3 miles serves the mines
on the Submarine paystreak, and
groceries are delivered free of charge
|by the merchants.
\ Many people travel over these
«roads in summertime in automobiles
for pleasure, going hunting, fishing,
and berrying
Were it not for roads it would be
impossible to haul the heavy ma
chinery. and the parte of which deed
ed? are constructed. SowngmoH
the lack of a few miles of roads may
set back or hinder the development
of a promising mine.
I have attempted to show in my
essay how good roads have been,
and are developing my community,
and making Nome the distributing
point for Northern Alaska.
HOW ROADS ARE DEVELOPING
MY COMMUNITY.
(By Una Sitton)
(Nome High School)
I The first principle of a people, or
of anything that breathes the air of
| life, is self preservation; and, in
! striving to attain sustenance and
| protection, people have banded to
| srether under some form of agree
ment or government.
That government, in order to meet
the desired ends for which it was
instigated, has many functions to
perform. One of the very greatest
importance is transportation, a pub
lic utility that all of the people of a
community enjoy.
j Without some system of transport
J ing commodities from one section to
( another, a people cannot progress
isocially, economically, or financially,
j Those nations, past and present, who
j have been first among the powers of
the earth were or are road builders.
Good roads concern so closely the
material welfare of the people, that
the neglect of them may seriously
cripple. If not paralyze, the general
i interests of a community, especially
in a locality situated as is ours. It
may be well said that civilisation
advancement has been in an exact
ratio to the people's ability and ca
pacity to build roads or to their lack
of means of transportation and com
munication .
The progress of a nation, state or
community in commercialism,
science, or art la due to an inter
changing of customs, ideas and pro
ducts. This is most easily accom
plished through the medium of
roads. Vast amounts of material
shipped by way of ocean roads are,
for instance, distributed by feeder
roads to various localities for coa-j
sumption.
A thousand square miles of terri
tory. upon which this one Alaskan
community depends for a livelihood, j
sparsely populated by a people of!
more than usual kindred interests,
iepending upon an inadequate road
system, makes us to realize the ab
solute necessity of good roads.
The topography of Seward Penin
sula varies from rugged mountains
to almost inaccessible marshy ton
ira valleys, that, linked with ever
changing extreme climatic condi
tions, renders road building difficult
ind maintenance expensive.
These obstacles are being sur
mounted. and our community is
gradually enjoying more benefits, as
the road program continues to be
carried out.
We are a comparatively new ter
ritory. rich in natural resources.
Dvr greatest problem Is transporta
tion. Roads will help solve it. and
inly till then can we hope to be
come a powerful asset to the nation.
But. we sre •n’Stefnl. for our crude
gravel roads, and snow blanketed
trails, traveled by man, machine,
log and horse, through the mud of
mmmer and snows of winter, every
commodity, necessity, luxury, hu
nans and all. find their way.
The fur clothed mail carrier,
Iriving his huskies over one lath
marked trail In a blizzard, or the
prospector, digging for gold* alike
snjoy our roads.
Machinery and supplies hauled
t>y speculator and operator to the
nines, that furnish the greater per
centage of our revenue, must be
lauled over our roads.
The merchant, trader, fisherman;
:he average producer, in fact, de
pends upon bur roads to further
:heir interests. The traveler is al
lured certain means of transporta
tion between settlements. Roads
ire the most certain means of trans
portation. The speculator is en
couraged to invest. Mail, in greater
lusntities, can be routed taster,
rransportation rates are cheaper,
commodities are easily marketed.
People from one community visit
sith another, exchanging products
ind ideas. We are expending, put
ting forth industrial efforts in now
fields. Wo feel the stgafiicance of
k road system ta peace, the necessity
pr it in war.
There are a thousand agencies
Jirectly and Indirectly In which our
roads play a major part in the devet
opement of our resources, causing a
continual Increase of production up
on which we mast depend for reve
nue to establish ourselves into a
community, enjoying the benefits of
civilization.
HOW GOOD ROADS ARE
DKVEliOPING IHY COMMUNITY
(By Alvin H. Bahlke.)
(Nome High School.)
My community depends almost en
tirely on the surrounding camps for
its business. The camps can only
be reached by roads. They have to
get all of their food, tools, machin
ery and oil over roads as there are
no water ways large enough for all
of this freighting. All the dredges
around here need oil. To haul any
large amount of oil steadily good
roads are necessary.
All of the mail from the interior
mn?t be carried over land. The mall
comes every week from the interior
to Nome and hundreds of dollars of
gold come to the bank here in this
mail. If there were not good roads
connecting these distant camps it
would result in the loss of a large
amount of business.
Many of the inhabitants of this
community go out on their own
claims and work by themselves and
they need their summer supplies
hauled out to their mines. Along
the coast the natives catch fish and
dry them for dog food, quite a bit of
this goes to the Nome market. ,
Now the miners want their sup*
plies, the dog men their dog food
and the people their mail. All have
to be attended to immediately, and
without good roads this would be
impossible. With-out good Toads
all miners would have to abandon
their works, the natives could find
no market for their feed, and the
mail would be very mow and irregu
Looking from an other point of
view, the Krocera, the hardware mer
chant and other* who could have
out of town customers, could And no
way of getting their wares out to
them If there were not any roads
and would naturally turn entirely to
the town people for their ssI#h.
With the mines closed the town peo
ple would be in as unfortunate pre
dicament aa the merchants because
there would be no more work and
for that reason no more income.
This would make the inhabitants of
thin community move to a place
where there would be more roads
and consequently more work. With
the customers gone every thing else
would have to leave. The grocery
store, dry goods store, drug store
and restaurant would all have to
close their doors, so you see how im
portant roads are to my community.
Poor roads would be nearly as
bad as no roads at all. The better
the roads the cheaper the transpor
tation. In these times of high
prices it takes the lowest transpor
tation rates possible to make it
worth the while of the miner and
merchant. For this it takes good
There are good roads leading to
the surrounding camps from Nome
here and we have an active business.
If it were not for good rood* my
community conld not progress, in
fact, it could not exiBt.
The Nome Nugget delivered by car
rier or mailed. Per Month 11.00
INFORMATION WANTED
Juneau. Alaska, Dec. 5th, 1921
TO THE PRES8:
The Governor’s office has been ap
pealed to for assistance in the search
for Charles Herman Volkert, famil
iarly known by the same of '’Alkali
Ike.” He is about 60 years old. 5
ft. 10 inches in height, weight about
165 pounds. Dark complexion and
hazel eyes. Hair was black and he
wore a full beard. Good business
man. Did carpenter work and some
prospecting. His whereabouts is
earnestly sought by his mother.
Mrs. Catherine Volkert,
90 Straus St.,
Dubuque. Towa
notice of forfeiture
To Jamew Brannon and James P.
Eliases (or JameslEUison), your
heirs and legal representatives:
Yon and each of ydn are hereby no
tified that the undersigned has ex
pended the sum of one hundred dol
lars, each year, during the years
1918, 1914, 1915. 1916 and 1920,
la labor and1 improvements oz> and
for tbs benefit of the BIG THREE
GRU PE PLiCBR MINING CLAIM
la the CaptyNome Mining and Re
cording District, Alaska, (notice of
location of which is recorded in
Book 199 at page 263, of the- record*
of tho said District) in the perform- j
ance of the annual labor required
by Section 8384. Revised Statutes]
of the United States, and supple
mental legislation. In order to hold
saM.ctaim.
And yen are hereby required to
eoutribato your proportion of such
expenditure as your Interest may ap
pear an qpownor id said data to the
undersigned* within ninety days af
ter the service on you of this notice
by publication; or yoor interest to
said etolm become forfeited and
vest la the undersigned as coowner
thereto, an presided by said statute.
CHARLIE JANNSBN,
Co-owner.
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IX THK IIXITKO STATES U»
OFFICE AT NOMH, ALASKA.
lehfliry 14, 1912.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that
Harry 8. Newman, whoee Poet O*oe
addrese la the City ef New York,
State of New York, through hie au
thorized agent, Jamea J. Keenaa.
whoee Post Office address is Nome,
Alaska, has made application before
the United States Land Office at
Nome, Alaska, for a United States
patent for the placer mining claim
known and described as No. 5 abore
Discovery on Peluk Creak, which
creek empties into Bering Sea; said
claim being located about two miles
East of Nome, in the Cape Nome Min
ing and Recording District in the
Territory of Alaska, and designated
by the United States Surveyor Gen
eral of said territory as Mineral Sur
rey No. 1297; the exterior boundar
ies of said claim, according to (he
plat and field notes of said surrey
now on fife in said Land Office, with
a variation of 18 deg. BO mis. B. to
19- deg. OS min. B. being aa follows:
Beginning at Corner No. 1,
which is identical with Cormw
No. 2. Survey No. 506, Frac
tion adjoining No. S abore Pla
cer; a fir post 4 in. aqnare, 2 ft.
above ground. In earth mound
scribed 2 90S P and 1 1297 S
Ab; whence U. 8. L. M. No. 440
bears S. B7 dog. 00 mid. 8
BSOff.O* It. ‘.hence W. 04 deg, *
40 min. W. fVar. 19 deg. gr
min. B.) BOO ft la corner No.*;
thence N. 7 deg. Oh mtn.
(Variation 18 deg. 80 min. N.l
1163.8 ft. to corner No. 3;
thence s. 70 deg. 0« mm. N.
(War to deg. Oh mtn. 8.1
738.10 ft. to corner No. 4:
thence S. 14 deg. 00mm. W.
(Ter. 10 deg. *8 mta. *•>
1100.4 ft. tbeomerM: lend
p«oee df hogMoam: aawfatnta*
17.3*7 noma.
The adjoining doiww urn on the
N. Bor. No. 600, Antic Sum Ptaeer;
an the B. Stir. No 600 PruoOow
Joining No. 8 Above Plneer; on the
8-i He. 6 Above Dlesovety Placer,
sasnrreyed; on the W. So. 4 Bench
plneer., aaeerisya*.
U.8.L.M. No. 440 is n Ur peat
6 laches square, 6 ft. shore groan*
in earth mound, and to situated am
a hill wheat tt mile N. of the mouth
ef Neme Elver. Latitude 84. dog. 80
wdn. N,. Longitude 106 deg. IT
JOHN 8UNDBACK.
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1. 8. 16. 82. 28, 1822.
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