THE
McCarthy weekly news
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ber 17th, 19IS. til the Lost Office, at
McCarthy. Alaska, under the Aci of
March J». 1879.
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Saturday September 15,192-3.
WHEN IS A SOURDOUGH?
i
Two words that intrigue the Alaska
hound traveler on his northward jour
ney are ’chechakoo" anu ’’sourdough".
If he is from the far East, he will gen
erally seek enlightment at the first op
portunity. If he is wise he will not com t
mit himself; but will eventually glean
from the conversation of his fellow pas ;
sengers the information that the latter
term is applied, not to an article of diet
peculiar to the country, but to a resi
dent of the territory who has seen ’’the
ice come and go on the Yukon”.
Now, a year’s residence in the coun
try might entitle One to speak of Alas
kan affairs with as much conviction as
Our lawmakers, who spent the sum met
in Europe, show in discussing the prob
Legal Advertising
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTE
RIOR. UNITED STATES LAND
OFFICE, ANCHORAGE,
ALASKA
August 9, 1923.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
UNITED STATES PATENT MIN
ERAL SURVEY NO. 1461) SERIAL
0599r>.
Notice is hereby given, in pursuance
of an Act of Congress approved May 10,
1^72, and Acts amendatory and supple
mentary thereto, that application is
made by the Dan fjreek Mining Com
lems of that continent; but it would
not necessarily make one a sourdough.
Because ’’sourdoughism” is not a mat
ter of time or place of residence ill the
North; it is a frame of mind. .More
over, it does not lend itself to a con
cise definition.
Continued on last page
pany, a corporation duly organized and
existing under the laws of the State of
NKVADA, by Edward F. Medley, its at
torney in fact, whose Dost office ad
dress is Cordova, Alaska, for a patent
to the following placer mining claims
I all situated on the unsurveyed public
j domain near the Lead of Dan Creek, a
tributary of the Nizina River, Nizina
Mining District, Juneau Land District,
1 bird Judicial Division, Territory of a1
aska. I'iie claims arc approximately in
Latitude (’)!' 22’ north and in Long
itude 142 H4’ west;
Number Five Above idlaccr on Dan
Lreek,
Number Six Above Placer on Dan
Creek,
Number Seven \bove Placer on
Dan Creek.
The total amount of acreage in said
three placer mining claims is 50.707
acres, and the magnetic variation is 31
■\y East.
Said claims rre described by the olii
cial plat by '.he field notes on Hie in
tlie office cl the Register of the Juneau
Land District at Juneau, Alaska, as fol
lows, to-wit:
NUM BE!! FIVE ABOVE
PLACER ON D VN CREEK
Beginning at Corner No. 1, whence
U. S. M. M. No. 29 bears S. 89' 35
W. 6,235.GO feet: thence N. 17 5l’
E. 544.50 ieet to Cor. No. 2: thence
S. 65 24’ E. 1500 feet to Cor. No. 1
3; thence S. 17 26 W. 509.5^ feet i
to Cor. No. 4; thence N. 66° 44’ W.
1500 ft. to < or. No. 1, the place of be
ginning, containing 18.038 acres.
’ NUM BER SIX ABOVE
PLACER ON DAN CREEK
Beginning at Cor. No. 1, whence U
S. M. M. No. 29 bears N. 85° 53’ W.
7632.28 feet; thence N. 17 26’ E.
509.58 feet to Cor. No. 2; thence N.
84° or E. 1,419.93 feet to Cor. No.
3; thence S. 10° 38’ W. 520.12 feet
to Cor. No. 4; thence S. 85c 15’ W.
1,472.97 feet to Cor. No. 1, the place
of beginning, containing 16.101 acres
NUMBER SEVEN ABOVE
PLACER ON DAN CREEK
Beginning at Cor. No. 1, whence U.
S. M. M. No. 29 bears N. 87° 19’ W.
9,090.49 feet; thence N. 10° 38’ E.
520.12 feet to Cor. No. 2; thence S
70 46’E. 1,355.74 feet to Cor. No.
3; thence S. 02° 46’ W.. 544.20 feet
o Cor. No. 4; thence N. 70° 26’ W.
1,432.22 feet to Cor. No. 1, the place
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of beginning, containing IS.06" acres.
ADJOINING CLAIMS
Number Lour Above Discovery Pla
cer, Survey No. 923, adjoins Number
Five Above Placer on its westerly end.
Placer claim supposed name. Num
ber Eight Above, unsurveyed, Martin
Kadovan alleged owner, adjoins the east
erly end of Number Seven Above Fla
cer. A ny other claims adjoining this
survey are unknown.
Any andali persons claiming p.dvers
ely any of the above named placer mi
ning claims, or any portion thereof, are
required to Hie their adverse claims
with the Register of the United States
Land Office at Anchorage,Alaska, dur
ing the period of publication, or within
eight months thereafter, Or they will be
barred by the provisions of the statute.
FRANK A. BOYLE, Register.
First Publication August 18, 1923.
Last Publication October 20, 1923.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE
To Pete Doich, J. B. O’Neill,
their heirs, assigns and personal
representatives:
You, and each of you,
are hereby notified that I have expen
ded five hundred dollars (S500.00) in
labor and improvements upon the j
’RAMBLER No. 4”, ’’RAMBLER
No. 6”, ’’RAMBLER No. 7”, ’’RA
MBLER No. 8”, and ’’CAMP-SI
1 E" mining claims.on the righI limit
of Dan Creek in the Nizina (unorga
nized) Mining District, Third Division
of the Territory of Alaska, as will
appear by Proof of Labor, duly sworn
to, and filed for record in the office of
' tne l nited States Commissioner and
ex cfficio Recorder for the McCarthy
i Recording Precinct, mining district a
fcresaid, on the 24th day of July, 1922
j in order to hold said ; remises unde;
' and by virtue of the pr ; 'ns of Sec
; rion 2424, Revised Statutes e: the Uni
i ted States of America, and the amend*
J ments thereto, being the amount re
I quired to hold the same for the calen
i
deryear 1921, and the fiscal year 1922,
prior to the 1st day of July thereof.
And if within ninety
days from the service of this notice (or
within ninety days after this notice bp
publication is completed), you, or eitl
er of you, ra I or refuse to contribute
your proportion of said expenditure ac
cording to your respective interest:
your interest in said claim, as co-owner
will become the property of the sub so
ber under said section 2324.
Dated McCarthy, Alaska, this 20th
day of June, 1923
George Marhoffc
First publication June 23, 1923;
Last publication Sept. 22, 1923.