Are You A Homesteader? Here are a Few
Facts You Should Know:
Are you a homestead settler?
Then here’s a few tips put out by
Lowell M. Puckett, Regional Ad
ministrator, Bureau of Land Man
agement, Anchorage, Alaska. Puck
ett points out that there are certain
regulations that have to be fol
lowed, and as BLM offices are as
anxious to have homesteaders earn
title to their land as they are them
selves, he wants to call attention to
two or three requirements that are
often overlooked.
If you plan to settle on unsur
veyed land, and particularly if you
are a veteran of World War I or II,
there's a few things you must keep
in mind.
First the cultivation requirements
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INVITATION FOR BIDS — ROAD
CONSTRUCTION: Sealed bids will
be received until 9:00 a.m., April 20,
1950. by the Regional Forester. U.
S. Forest Service, Juneau, Alaska,
for furnishing materials and per
forming the work for the construc
tion of the East Quartz Creek Road
near Kenai Lake. The length of the
project is 0.87 miles. Plans and
specifications can be inspected at
the office of the Division Super
visor, Lawing. Alaska, or of tne
Regional Forester, Juneau, Alaska.
Where copies of plans and specifi
cations are required by prospective
bidders a certified check or money
order payable to the Treasurer of
the United States must accompany
the request to guarantee return of
the plans.
Mar.31.'50
U. S. Department of the Interior 1
Bureau of Land Management
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Notice is hereby given that Nich
olas T. Weiler has made application
for a Headquarters Site, under the
act of March 3, 1927 (44 Stat. 1364)
Anchorage Serial 010731, for Lot 1,
Sec. 35, T. 6 N. R. 12 W.S.M., con
taining 4.21 acres, and it is now in
the files of the Land Office, An
chorage, Alaska.
Any and all persons claiming ad
versely any of the above mentioned
land should file their adverse claim
in the local land office, within the
period of publication or thirty days
thereafter, or they will be barred
by the provisions of the statutes.
GEORGE A. LINGO,
Manager
Date First Publication Mar. 7, 1950
Date Last Publication Apr. 4, 1950
Departmeirt of the Interior
Bureau of Land Management
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Notice is hereby given that Arne
Tangen Sundby has made applica
tion for a homesite under the Act
of May 26, 1936 (48 Stat. 809) An
chorage Serial No. 014745 for a tract
of land described as Lot No. 10,
Cooper Landing Group of Home
sites, No. 1, situated on left bank
of Kenai River about 34 mile S.W.
Cooper Landing, Plat of U. S. Sur
vey No. 2526, containing 4.67 acres,
and it is now in the files of the Dis
trict Land Office, Anchorage, Alas
ka.
Any and all persons claiming ad
versely any of the above men
tioned land should file their ad
verse claim in the District Land Of
fice within the period of publica
tion or thirty days thereafter, or
they will be barred by the provi
sions of the statutes.
CHESTER W. McNALLY,
Acting Manager'
Date First Publication Mar. 14, 19501
Date Last Publication May 9, 19501
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
U. S. Department of the Interior
Bureau of Land Management
Notice is hereby given that Har
old LeRoy Maxwell, entryman, to
gether with his witnesses, R. A.
Gillespie and Edwin Floyd Stevens,
all of Seward, Alaska, has submit
ted final proof on his homestead
entry, Anchorage Serial No. 011056
for the lands embraced in Forrest
List 6-3012 comprising NVkSEV4
NW1/4, W1/^NWV4SWV4NE % Sec. 13,
T. 1 N., R. 1 W., S.M,, containing
25 acres, and it is now in the files
of the District Land Office, An
chorage, Alaska, and if no protest
is filed in the District Land Office
within the period of publication or
thirty days thereafter, said final
proof will be accepted and final
certificate issued.
CHESTERW , McNALLY,
Acting Manager \
Date First Publication Mar. 7, 1950
Date Last Publication Apr. 4, 1950,
are the same as on surveyed land.
How’s that again? Well, of course
you know that a non-veteran is re
quired to cultivate one-sixteenth of
the total land during the second
entry year and one-eighth during
the third entry year. Then, doubt
less, you know, too, that a veteran,
even though he may have nineteen j
months’ service and an honorable
discharge, faces the cultivation re
quirements if he delays making
proof beyond the end of his first!
entry year.
Everybody knows that, you say? j
Then, let’s get along to another!
point. Let’s assume you are an
honorably discharged veteran with
nineteen months’ service behind
you, and you find a nice piece of
open unsurveyed land. Yes, open
land—don’t go settling on land that
is withdrawn from entry, for if you
do, you are in trespass, and you’ll
cause yourself and the Bureau of
Land Management more headaches
and trouble than you can shake a
stick at.
If you want unsurveyed land, let’s
assume you have checked with the
Survey Office at Juneau to see if
the land you want has not been
patented or is not in a withdrawal,
and you have satisfied yourself by
personal examination that no one
else is occupying the land or is
claiming it through a notice record
ed in the U.S. Commissioner’s Of
fice.
A settlement claim is initiated by
actual occupancy of the land. If you
are a nineteen-months veteran, be
sure to get on the land early enough
to complete seven months resi
dence by one year from the date
you filed your claim in the proper
U.S. Commissioner's office. Why? I
Because if you don’t get your ap
plication for a free survey into the
land office by the end of the first i
year, the cultivation requirement of
one-sixteenth of the total acreage
for the second year becomes effec- i
tive. Then, if you delay until into
the third year, of course one-eighth
of the total area is subject to cul
tivation. Those nineteen-months
veterans who are already settled on
land and have lived on it seven
months must file their applications
for free survey in the proper land
office as promptly as possible in
order to get credit for military
service.
Read that paragraph over again.
We'll wait.
A non-veteran is required to have
one-eighth cultivated before he
makes application for a free survey.
He is eligible then to make an ap
plication if he has met the resi
dence requirements of seven
months for each of three years. At
the end of the third year or during
any time of the third year that he
has completed the residence, culti
vated the land, and built a habi
table house, he may apply for a
free survey.
Let’s take up one more point be
fore we close today’s lesson.
Do you have an additional entry?
Check your papers to see if you
have both an original and an ad
ditional entry, if you aren’t sure.
Now, another question—do you
have an original entry already al
lowed for surveyed land, and are
you attempting to claim an addi
tional piece of adjoining unsur
veyed land by staking it? If so, be
dead sure, in both instances, that
you are living on the original entry
and your cultivation is on the or
iginal. *
Officials of the Bureau of Land
Management declare that there is
rejoicing in the Bureau every time
a homestead entryman is found to
have complied with the regulations
and his proof goes through slick as
a whistle. However, it isn’t only the
Government that is interested in
your compliance—far from it. It
some land-hungry individual
catches you not complying with
regulations—wham! You’ve got a
contest on your hands and he may
take the land away from you.
In case you don’t know yet who
is in charge of land offices where
applications are filed, here is an
introduction. George Lingo is man
ager at Anchorage, Fred Weiler at
Fairbanks, and Mrs. Helen Bock
man at Nome.
P.S.: Would you like another les
son later on?
Many new cold remedies are
on the market today, but it’s
surprising how many still use
the old-fashioned remedy — if
they had any left from New
Year’s.
SCHEDULE OF EASTER
SERVICES AT SEWARD
METHODIST CHURCH
The following services are
scheduled for the Seward Metho
dist Church:
April 2—Palm Sunday:
Infants, children, and any
adults will be presented for
Christian baptism.
April 5:
Presentation of The Messiah.
Time 8:00 p.m. No offering or
collection.
April 6—Maundy Thursday:
Communion at 7:30 p.m.
April 9—Easter Sunday:
Sunrise Service at 7:00 a.m.
Easter Breakfast at 8 a.m. fol
lowing the sunrise service. This
breakfast will be an authentic
Alaska breakfast to be cooked
and served by the men of the
Church. The public is invited to
attend.
Sunday School at 9:45 a.m.
Morning Worship at 11:00 a.m.
EASTER WEEK SERVICES AT
ST. PETER'S
EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Palm Sunday, April 2
8:00 a.m.—Holy Communion
9:45 a*.m.—Church School
11:00 a.m.—Blessing of Palm
and Choral Eucharist
Monday:
Holy Communion at 8 a.m.
Tuesday:
Holy Communion at 9 a.m.
Wednesday:
Holy Communion at 10 a.m.
Maundy Thursday:
Holy Communion at 8 and 10
a.m.
This is the day upon which
our Lord instituted the Most
Blessed Sacrament of His Body
and Blood. We should most cer
tainly attend one of these serv
ices or at least spend some time
in church during the day.
Good Friday:
The Preaching of the Passion
or the “Seven Last Words from
the Cross” 12-3 p.m.
It is little enough that we keep
watch with our Saviour during
the three hours of His agony on
the Cross. This service is so di
vided that one may come for a
part if impossible to come for
the full three hours. Please come
and go during the singing of the
hymns.
Easter Even (Saturday):
Evensong and Holy Baptism
4 p.m.
Easter Day:
Holy Communion at 8 a.m.
Choral Eucharist at 11 a.m.
There will be no Church
School on Easter. Children are
expected to come to church with
their parents.
Offerings for Easter flowers in
memory of your loved ones may
be given to Fr. Clapp or Mrs.
Miller.
We wonder if the folks who
are always talking about the
next war enjoyed the last one.
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planted upon it. symbolizing the
triumph of Christianity throughout
the world. Ask the h'piscopa! Clergy
man in your community to hc!r> you
find your place under the Cross
Triumphant.
ST. PETER'S CHURCH
Second Are. at Adams
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Catholic Information
Isn't it hard to be a Catholic?
Isn't, it hard to be a Catholic and
have to go to Mass every Sunday
whether you feel like it or not—to
have to abstain from meat on Fri
days, even if you loathe fish and
eggs—to have to confess your sins
to a priest, even to your most secret
ones—to have to do the many
things that the Catholic Church de
mands of its members?
Isn’t it hard to be a father and
have to go to the office or mill or
field on every week-day, whether
you feel like it or not—to have to
abstain from many things you’d
like to do if you had no wife or
children—to have to help with the
youngsters, even though you’d
rather be reading the "sporting
extra”—to have to do the many
things that your duties as a parent
demand of you?
Isn’t it hard to be a soldier or a
sailor—and to have to risk death
on the battlefield, in the skies, on
the seas?
Hard? How hard every compul
sion of life is for the man who has
no purpose—no goal to aim at—no
love for aught but himself!
Toil, suffering, self-denial, sacri
fice—how sweet their flavor to him
who offers them as a free gift ot
love to his family, his neighbor, his
country, his God!
The Catholic believes that his
duty to God is to do exactly what
God asks of him. He believes that
his Church was established by
Jesus Christ to make clear to him
exactly what God asks of him. He
believes therefore that he has be
fore him an unerring map of the
road which he has to follow “up
hill and down dale,” over rough
spots and around sharp curves, in
wet weather, cold weather—which
he has to follow, come what may,
if he is finally to arrive in the
Promised Land.
Isn’t it hard to be a Catholic?
Ask a poverty-stricken one of us if
he’d trade his route to Heaven tor
the wealth of the world. Ask a
pain-racked one of us if he’d aban
don his way of the cross for the
health of the world. Ask the most
insignificant one of us if he’d risk
his road to eternity for the applause
of the world. Just ask any one of
us!
Isn’t it hard to be a Catholic?
That depends on how you look at
it. But one thing is certain. For
the Catholic who realizes, it would
be unbearably hard not to be one.
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