Fire Destroys
Warehouse Of
Thorgaard Bros.
Fire completely destroyed the
metal shop and warehouse belong
ing to Thorgaard Plumbing and
Heating on Saturday afternoon.
The building and contents were es
timated to be total losses, but no
one was injured.
The warehouse, located at Ladd
and Judd streets, was set afire by
a spark from a welder’s torch at
about 1:46 p.m. which ignited the
paper backing on fibre glass insu
lation. The fire quickly spread to
the ceiling of the building and en
gulfed it in flames. The blaze spread
to surrounding brush and peat moss.
Thorgaard’s loss was estimated at
$11,500 on the building and about
$10,000 on its contents. The ware
house was full of materials which
were to be used on a job at Eiel
son.
FRIDAY, THE 13TH, WAS
JESSEN'S LUCKY DAY AS
FIRE CALL TURNED IN
Friday the 13th was Jessen's lucky
day.
A little after 1 p.m. Ray Koehler
telephoned to say he had seen smoke
coming from the wires at the back
of the downtown office at 539 Third
avenue. A quick check around
the outside of the building assured
the staff that they would not be
smoked out.
Firemen were called to check the
exteoor of the building, and sure
enough, the electric service wire
had shorted out and burned a hole
in the roof.
If no one had seen the smoke,
Jessen’s might have had a red hot
paper.
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT
LAND OFFICE
Fairbanks, Alaska
Date: June 13. 1S5G
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Notice is hereby given that John Meade
Haines, Jr., Fairbanks, Alaska, entry
man, together with his witnesses Axel
Wilhelm Hagmart, and Tryphena Burfiend,
both »i Fairbanks, Alaska has submitted
final proof on his homestead entry,
Fairbanks Serial No. 07122 for the Lots
1. 2, 8. 9. 10 and SWNEVs Section 20
Township 7S Range 7E Fairbanks Mer
idian, containing 159.49 acres, and it is
now in the files of the Land Office,
Fairbanks, Alaska, and if no protest is
filed in the Land Office within the period
of publication or thirty days thereafter,
said final proof will be accepted and
final certificate issued.
Robert L. Jenkc
Acting Manager
First Pub: June 21, 1956
Last Pub: July 19. 1956
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DISTRIBUTOR
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Third fend Eagle, Graehl
Telephone Cable
Laid Half Way
To Ketchikan
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The cableship Albert J Myer
on July 11 reached the half-way
mark in laying the first undersea
telephone cable system between
the mainland of the States and the
Territory.
The twin cable system is sched
uled to be in operating service in
the early fall. The undertaking is
costing American Telephone and
Telegraph company $15,000,000 in
order to supply faster and better
j communications between the two
| points.
The cables will connect Port An
j geles. Wash., and Ketchikan. They
j will stretch across about 750 miles
of ocean bottom. The system will
provide 36 voice circuits, more than
twice as many as are now available.
Chuck Wagon
Pies To Be Sold
A chuck wagon was set up for
Golden Days in the alley adjacent
to Dale's Budget shop for the sale
of homemade pie, coffee, cold
drinks, and donuts. Proceeds from
the sale of pies will go to the Hard
ing Lake Camp, Inc.
Pies will be contributed by local
women.
Anyone wishing to donate a pie
Opal McNavish,
Daughter, Home
From Stateside
Mrs. Opal McNavish and her
! daughter, Mrs. Bob Berryhill, are
home after a six weeks’ vacation
I in the States. The pair returned to
Fairbanks via Pan American.
Mrs. Berryhill visited her mother
in-law. Mrs. Helen Berryhill, in
Lancaster, California, while her
mother visited in different parts of
the country. Mrs. McNavish saw her
son, Jay, who is now in the navy
and has been stationed in Foley,
Alabama for the past year. She al
so visited with her sister, Irene
Muck, in Kansas City, and with her i
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gid Wilkin- I
son, in Hermiston, Oregon.
Mrs. McNavish met her daughter
in California and the two returned
together, stopping for several days
in Seattle en route.
Mrs. McNavish, with her other
daughter, Madge, lives in the Dixon
apartments. The Berryhills make
their home at College.
may take it to the wagon or may I
call Mrs. Robert Ellis at 2746 Dydia j
Fohn-Hansen is in charge of the j
pie sale.
Good printing of all kinds and |
at reasonable prices at Jessen’s j
Weekly.
Court Of Claims
Favorable To
ARE Employees
Delegate E. L. Bartlett’s office
reports that the Court of Claims
has decided in favor of the remain
ing claim cases for Alaska Rail
road employees and has ruled the
claimants have rights to recover ov
ertime compensation.
Affected by the decisions are op
erating employees and the “fringe''
groups such as longshoremen,
steamboat employees, clerical and
administrative workers and Eska i
coal miners. Previous decisions fa
vorable to other catagories of em
ployees have been reaffirmed by
the latest decision.
The claims in question were filed !
between March of 1947 and October, !
1950. The Court of Claims had ruled
in favor of a few.
Several years ago a bill spon
sored by Delegate Bartlett and ap
proved by the President allowed
ARR employees to bring suit in the '
Court of Claims to establish their
overtime privileges and to recover
payment.
This latest action concludes all
Court of Claims action on claims
filed.
Jessen’s Weekly the one Alaska
paper which really gets around.
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
Notice of Final Hearing in the Probate
Court for the Fairbanks Precinct, Fourth
Division, Alaska, Probate No. 1798. Notice
Is hereby given that the undersigned
Administrator of the Estate of John Aug
ust Anderson, sometimes known as John
A. Anderson,-deceased, has filed his final
account and report herein, including his
petition for order settling account and
directing distribution, and the Court has
fixed 2:00 P.M. on the 4th day of Sep
tember, 1956. at the court room of said
Court, at Fairbanks. Alaska, as the time
agd place to rhearing and settling said
account of said Administrator. All per
sons having objections thereto should file
same in writing or appear in said Court
at said time.
M F. MILLER, Administrator
RALPH J RIVERS
Attorney for Administrator
First Pub: July 5. 1956
Last Pub: July *8. 1956 .
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF I-AND MANAGEMENT
LAND OFFICE
FAIRBANKS, ALASKA
DATE: June II, 1956
SERIAL NO: 013033
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Notice is hereby given that Denys H.
Hemen, Big Delta, Alaska has made
application for a Trade & Manufacturing
under the act of (Section 10) May 14,
1898 (30 Stat. 113. 48 U S C Sec. 1611
Fairbanks Serial No. 013033 for attract
of land described as Lots 25. 26 and 31.
Section 3 and W' jSWUSWV.KWH Sec
tion 2. Township 10 South, Range 10
East, Fairbanks Meridian containing 9 95
acres, and it is now in the files of the
Land Office, Fairbanks. Alaska.
Any and ail persons claiming adversely
any of the above mentioned land should
file their adverse claim in the Land
Office within the period of publication
or thirty days thereafter, or they will be
barred by the provisions of the statutes.
Robert L. Jenks
Acting Manager
Date First Pub: June 14, 1956
Date Last Pub: July 12, 1956
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