Hi (i.41. ADVERli^lNG
U. S. Department of the Interior
Bureau of Land Management
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Notice is hereby Riven that Arne
Walter Murto, entryman, together
with his witnesses, Clark Emerson
Peterson and Earl Adman Stevens,
all of Anchor Point, Alaska, has j
submitted final proof on his home
stead entry. Anchorage Serial No.
012691, for the SVaSW'i, SWV4SE1 i
Sec. 4 T. 5 S. II. 15 W. S.M., con
taining 120 acres, and it is now in
the files of the District Land Office,
Anchorage, Alaska, and if no pro
test is filed in the District Land
Office within the period of publi
cation or thirty days thereafter, said
final proof will be accepted and;
final certificate issued.
CHESTER W. McNALLY.
Acting Manager
Date First Publication Jan. 31, 1950
Date Last Publication Feb. 28. 1950
U. S. Department of file Interior
Bureau cf Land Management
NOTICE FCR PUBLICATION
Notice is hereby given that Philip'
Wilson has made application for a !
homesite under tho act of May 26.'
1934 (48 Stat. 809) Anchorage Serial
014292, for the S1 jSWliNE1 iNW> i-1
SE ' t SW 1, NW 3 i , SE1 :iSE> iNW' !-!
NW 1 j SE 11 SW1, NWi/4, E’l: EVa- j
SW) .'iNW1 iSE 1 i SW1, NWhi, W> a-1
SE 1 i NW ', SE 1, SW ’ t NW . WV2-!
Et’iSW 1, SEVaSW'.^NW1 t, E' aEVtj- J
W1 j SW M SE !4 SW Vi NW 1,, of See.
5, T. 5 N. R. 11 W. S.M., approxi- i
matelv 1.53 acres, and it is now in
the files of the District Land Office,
Anchorage, Alaska.
Any and all persons claiming ad
versely any of the above mentioned
lands should file their adverse
claims in the District Land Office,
within the period of publication or
t’ itty days thereafter or they will
l»e barred by "he provisions oi the
statutes.
CHESTER W. McNALLY.
Acting Manager
Date First Publication Jan. 31, 1950
Date Last Publication Feb. 28. 1950
U. S. Department of the Interior
Bureau of Land Management
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Notice is hereby given that Har
old Waugh, entryman, together
with his witnesses, Earl Adman
Stevens and Clark Emerson Peter
son, all of Anchor Point, Alaska,
has submitted final proof on his
homestead entry. Anchorage Serial
No. 013421 for the SVf-SE‘4 sec. 27,
NVtjNEVi Sec. 34 T. 4 S. R. 15 W.
S.M., containing 160 acres, and it
is now in the files of the District
Land Office, Anchorage, Alaska,
and if no protest is filed in the Dis
trict Land Office within the period
of publication or thirty days there
after, said final proof will be ac
cepted and final certificate issued.
CHESTER W. McNALLY.
Acting Manager
Date First Publication Jan. 31, 1950
Date Last Publication Feb. 28. 1950
POSSESSORY LAND CLAIMS OF
INDIANS IN ALASKA
Title 43 - Public Lands: Interior
Chapter 1—Bureau of Land Man- i
agement, Depart of the Interior.
Subchapter A—Alaska
PART 67—INDIANS and ESKIMOS
Rules of practice for hearings up
on Possessory Claims to Lands and
Waters Occupied by Natives of
Alaska.
Section 67.18a (a) is amended to
read as follows: ,
67.18a Rules of practice for hear
ings upon possessory claims to
lands and waters used and occupied
by natives of Alaska.
(a) Patitions of native groups
of Alaska concerning possessory
claims to lands and waters based
upon any of the foregoing statutes
or upon use or occupancy main
tained from aboriginal times to the
present day, but not evidenced oy
foimal patent, deed or Executive
order, shall be filed with the Sec
retary of the Interior on or before
December 31, 1950. No petition filed
thereafter will be considered by the
Department. A copy of any such
petition shall be forthwith trans
mitted to the Commissioner of In
dian Affairs and the Director of the
Bureau of Land Management for
preliminary investigations and re
ports, and such reports shall be
made a part of the record at the
hearing.
OSCAR L. CHAPMAN.
Secretary of the Interior.
Taken from Federal Register of
January 7, 1950. Pag" fit.
LIONS AND JR. WOMEN
PLAN BOX SOCIAL
The Lion’s Club and the Ju
nior Women’s Club are sponsor
ing jointly a Valentine Box So
cial party at the Civic Center at
7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 14.
The box social will precede an
evening of dancing.
LUTHERAN CHILDREN
RECEIVE PIANO
An unusually happy bunch
of children clustered around a
huge packing case last Sunday,
in the Lutheran Sunday School,
as they watched the menfolk
uncrate and disclose to view
their new piano.
The children were told just
a year ago that their regular
offerings would go to buy a
piano for their Sunday School.
They attended faithfully and
now have visible proof of the
promise made them. The piano
came all the way from far off
Philadelphia, where it was put
aboard a ship, travelled through
the Panama Canal, and finally
arrived last week on the SS
Denali.
The piano will be played by
Mrs. O. L. Gilbert and Mrs.
Kenneth Baker, organists of the
church.
Mrs. Glenn Tressler and chil
dren left last Tuesday for Nash
ville, Tenn. They went by train
to Anchorage and from there by I
plane, arriving in Nashville last!
Thursday. Mr. Tressler plans to j
drive out before the roads thaw :
this spring and bring his family
home.
U. S. Department of the Interior |
Bureau of Land Management j
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Notice is hereby given that |
Homer L. Crosby has made appli
cation under the Act of April 28,
1D04 (33 Slat. 527), for an additional
homestead entry, Anchorage serial
012236 or the following described
lands:
Lot 2 and EVtjNEVi Sec. 18, T. 3
S., R. 14 W., S.M., containing 129.28
acres.
This application is made subject
to the following reservations:
Aug. 30, 1890 (26 Stat. 391);
Mfircfi 12. 1914 (38 Stat. 305);
Act of March 8. 1911 (42 Stat. 415)
as to coal:
Aug. 1, 1946 (60 Stat. 755); July ]
24, 1947 (61 Stat. 418); and
it is now in the files of the District
Land Office, Anchorage, Alaska,
and if no protest is filed in the
District Land Office within the
period of publication or thirty days
thereafter, said application will be
allowed and final certificate issued.
GEORGE A. LINGO,
Manager
Date First Publication Jan. 17, 1950
Date Last Publication Feb. 14, 1950!
U.S. Department of the Interior
Bureau of Land Management
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Notice is hereby given that Ed-1
ward W. Liebenthal, entryman, to
gether with his witnesses, Ed Niko
lay and John Robert Hansen, all of:
Anchor Point, Alaska, has sub !
mitted final proof on his home
stead entry, Anchorage Serial No.
012663 for lot 1, sec. 1 T. 4 S. R.
15 W„ lot 4, sec. 31, T. 3 S. R. 14 W.
and lot 4, Sec. 6, T. 4 S. R. 14 \V.
S.M., containing 115.01 acres, and
it is now in the files of the District
Land Office, Anchorage, Alaska,
and if no protest is filed in the
District Land Office within the
period of publication or thirty days
.thereafter, *aid final proof will be
accepted and final certificate issued.
CHESTER W. McNALLY,
Acting Manager
Date First Publication Jan. 24, 1950
Date Last Publication Feb. 21, 1950
U. S. Department of the Interior
Bureau of Land Management
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Notice is hereby given that
Clarence Milton Finch, entryman,
together with his witnesses, Paul
J. Rice and Glenn H. Gnad, all of
Homer, Alaska, has submitted final
proof on his homestead entry, An
chorage Serial No. 012838 for the
SEV4 Sec. 21 T. 5 S. R. 12 W. S.M.,
containing 160 acres, and it is now
in the files of the District Land
Office, Anchorage, Alaska, and if
no protest is filed in the District
Land Office within the period of
publication or thirty days there
after, said final proof will be ac
cepted and final certificate issued
GEORGE A. LINGO,
Manager
Date First Publication Jan. 17, 1950
Date Last Publication Feb. 14, 1950,
Background History
Of Ninilchik, Alaska
By WALTER KOTOFF
(Editor’s note: This article was
written by Mr. Kotoff at the1
editor’s request and was in
tended for publication in last
Friday’s paper, but arrived too
late for the issue. However, the
article is of such merit that it is
our pleasure to present it to our
readers. Mr. Kotoff has been in
the Cook Inlet area since 1909,
and at present his home is two
miles south of Ninilchik. Thank
you Mr. Kotoff.)
Quite a time ago, namely
about 1916, Rev. P. Shadura of
Kenai, Alaska, invited me to
look through records of the
Kenai Church, on behalf of the
Russian Mission, and, if possible,
to ^elect material that might be
of historical value for the Rus
sian Church in the United States.
Kindly bear in mind that I am
not a historian, but I thought at
that time that I was strong'
enough to do the job. as nearly I
as possible.
It will be understood that I i
was residing at Ninilchik a short
time before, aproximately 1913.
As a resident of Ninilchik, I
was, of course, interested in the
past history of that village, as 1
am Russian born. I must state i
that I read some histories con- i
corning Alaska in general, and
Ninilchik in particular. If my
memory serves me correctly, I
think I read at one time, the fol
lowing lines: “In certain years a
party of Russians was sent to
Tyonek, and the people of Ninil
chik are descendants from that
party.’’ I think it was an his
torian by the name of Bancroft.
1 would greatly appreciate it if
some librarian would confirm
this, as I have no history on
hand at present time by this
writer. I will affirm that said
party of Russians was sent, but
the people of Ninilchik are of
different heritage entirely.
Regarding the party of Rus
sians, that I mentioned before
hand. being sent to Tyonek, I
can confirm, by collection of
history and narrative, which
has passed from father to son
(some of whom I have personally
met, who were born in Alaska
under the Russian flag) that
there were forty persons in the
party, and according to my in
formation, they were massacred
by the natives. Previous articles,
pertaining to this party, are
merely "old wives’ tales.” I
would appreciate it greatly, if
there are other persons who can
confirm the authenticity of this
incident.
When I began my work in
Kenai, at Rev. Shadura's house,
I was surprised when I opened
the first book of records, namely
that of 1845. In this book there
was no Ninilchik on record. If
people of Ninilchik sprang from
said party of Russians at Tyonek,
entry certainly would have been
made in the record, at least be
tween the years of 1845 and
1860, Lut none appeared. Finally
I came to the year of 1860; I
found, with astonishment, the
names of Ninilchik people listed
there, but the name of Ninilchik,
as a village, was not mentioned.
Instead, I read the following, in
fairly good Russian handwriting:
“VOLNOYE SELENIE.” If trans-1
lated to English, the above Rus-1
sian writing, VOLNOYE SEL
ENYE, means “Free Settlement.” !
Surprisingly, again in the year
of 1862, the same village was
named Ninilchik.
What about the stories I have
heard about Ninilchik? Indeed,
I have picked up ‘sky-scraping’
stories about Ninilchik. On read
ing the English translation,
“Free Settlement,” I thought it
a beautiful world, that bases its
stories on “soap bubbles.” One
of these “bubbles,” that Ninil
chik was, originally, a Russian j
Penal Colony, and I know there j
was no Penal Colony in Alaska
during the time of Russian own-1
ership. It is a well known fact
that in the year 1845, there was
a mining company, located at j
what is now known as Port Gra
ham, on the north side of Port
Graham Bay, under the manage-1
ment of a Russian Mining En-1
gineer by the name of Doroshin. i
Also, it is a known fact that the
above mentioned m:n:ng com
pany went bankrupt after send
ing three ship-loads of coal to
Tue., Feb. 7, 1950 - Seward, Aaa.
Hong Kong, China. Some of its
former miners and workers went
where, they pleased and some
moved up the Inlet and settled
on the best spot of our sweet
and beautiful planet, which is
now known as Cook Inlet, Alas
ka. They found a good valley
through which was running a
good creek, and there they built
their village, the present Ninil
chik. Topping the list of names
of those settlers was that of
Kvasnikoff. Just a little later a
branch of the Oskolkoff family
moved in from Sitka, Alaska.
The present residents of the vil
lage who have the two above
mentioned names are the off
spring of the original settlers.
Because they settled of their
own free will, their village was
called a “free settlement.”
Now wo come to the question,
what does the name Ninilchik
mean? In literal translation, I
have not been able to define it
clearly, although I have worked
nearly two years in research.
Certainly, it is not Russian. The
best translation I have gained
was from an old native woman
who is now deceased. She gave
me the word NENOOLIA, which
means a gradual descent from
high cliffs, which is certainly
pertinent to the topography of
our village.
I will now digress for a mo
ment and give meanings of a few
other names of places in Alaska,
known to me. For instance, TY
ONEK. This is not of Alaskan
origin. It was imported by Rus
sians from YAKUTIA, SIBERIA.
The word Tynoe means Chief
tain. Another name is Mata
nuska. It has no meaning in any
language known to me, although
different persons have tried to
imply that it was a Russian
word. I say, emphatically, no.
In 1910, I happened to be in
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Knik, and met three surveyors.
One of these asked me what
the Russian word, Matanuska,
meant. I answered, it was defi
nitely not a Russian word. Ho
then made the rejoinder, that
perhaps I did not know. Truly
enough, my English left lots to
be desired, at that time, but I
thought at the time, being a Rus
sian, born and bred, I answered
with difficulty, “In a Chinese
proverb, converted to English—
‘How you, not being I, know that
I don’t know’?” At last, we came
to “collective bargaining”. . . I
asked him to say it very
slowly. On the third pronuncia
tion of his, I caught the word,
M-A-D-A-R-C-Z-K-A. I stopped
mm, and asked it there was a
stream or creek in the vicinity.
He answered, yes. For me the
problem was solved. A Russian
word RECIIKA means river or
creek, and MED (D pronounced
with a soft th sound) means cop
per. Then we read MEDNAYA
RECHKA (Copper River). The
Russian Church, even at the
present, classifies the natives of
Matanuska, MEDNOVCZI.
As can readily be seen, fre
quently Alaskan names are de
rived from many languages.
“Ninilchik" could be a native
word or a corruption of a Rus
sian word.
Mrs. Minnie Coulter is proud
ly displaying a second prize rib
bon received at the hobby show
last Friday evening on her dis
play of a beautiful afghan made
from yarns spun and dyed by
her mother 75 years ago in
Latvia. Mrs. Coulter is very
appreciative and greatly honored
that her display received such
recognition.
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