SAFETY OF PRINCIPAL
Should be Your First Consideration
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YOUR PRINCIPAL IS SAFE
If Deposited With
THE BANK OF ALASKA
“The Bank Of Personal Service ”
E. A. Rasmussen. President. Thos.S. Scott. Vick-Pbrsidbnt.
_ H. W. A chi sox, Ass’t. Cashier
Copper River
and Northwestern Railway
THROUGH SERVICE TO CORDOVA TWICE WEEKLY
CALEB CORSER Supt. C. M.BOROUGHS . . Agent
LOCALS
S inday a party of skiers came
down from the 'Glacier City’ for
a try-out on our hills.
They were joined here by Mr.
and Mrs* O’Neill and a pleasant
time was enjoyed by all. Mrs.O1
Neill walked; or rather skied off
with the championship. Among
those present from Kennecott
were Miss Pallette and Ptolemy
Mike Tierney the genial fore
man at mile 162 was in McCarthy
for a few days this week visit
ing his many friends.
Mr. Tierney is contemplating
a trip to the states this winter;
b*it will return in the spring to
resume his position with the
i\) id.
Leo Woody of the Kennecott
C »rporation is visiting in Me
C i.rthy for a few days this week
In the commissioner’s court
last Monday morning Swan
Oland was charged with viola
tion of Section 15 of the Bone
Dry Law'for Alaska and was
fined $25 and costs which were
paid.
PULP PLANT FOR ALASKA
The financial backing for the
seven million dollar paper manu
facturing project near Wrangell
is assured if the engineers now
in the field report favorably’ ac.
cording to a telegram received
recently by the Forest Service
The project was promoted by J.
C. Galvin, of Wrangell and Aaron
creek, a stream emptying into
Blake channel in the mainland
east of the town of Wrangell, is
to be the source of power. A per
mit has been granted to the pro
moter for the development of po
wer fromthis stream. Ex
IS PLEASED WITH TRIP
Earle W* Knight, who has been
on a trip thru Alaska in behalf of
the Golden Spike edition edition
of the Alaska Dispatch, left re
cently for Seattle’ well satisfied
with his business venture in the'
north. Hemet with ready respo
nse from the business men of the
various cities visited and when
the edition is off the press on
the tenth of this month there
will be presented to the public
one of the most complete publi
cations on Alaska ever assem
bled. Ex
OUR SYSTEM OF BANKING BY MAIL
BRINGS THIS BANK TO YOUR VERY DOOR.
To open an account, place the amount of your deposit
in an envelope and mail to us. By return post you
will receive a bank book showing amount of your deposit.
THE FIRST BANK OF CORDOVA
THE CONCRETE BANK
ESTABLISHED 1909
DRAFTS OR ALL FABTB OF THE WORLD, MONEY REMITTED BY WIRE
' TO ALL PABTB OF THE UNITED STATES & CANADA.
GOOD NEWS FOR
SETTLERS
The following Notice has been
issued by the U. S. Land Office
at Juneau. We publish it for
ihe benefit of settlers in this sec
tion.
Department of the Interior
United States Land Office
Juneau, Alaska.
Sept. 16, 1922
NOTICE is hereby given that
on Oct. 20. 1922 the approved
plats of the following Township
Surveys will be filed In this
office:
Fractional Townships,
4S..K.7 E., C. R. M.
5 S., R. 12 E.,
5 S., K. 11 E.,
5 S., R. 18 E.,
5 S„ R. 14 E.,
6 S., R. 11 E.,
6 S., R. 12 E.,
6 S., R. 13 E.
6 S., R, 14 E.
6 S.; R. 15 E.,
and the lands there will be sub
ject to entry under the follow
ing conditions:
A—Soldiers Preference.
Under the provisions of the
Act of Feb. 14, 1920’ as amend
ed by the Act of Jan. 21, 1922,
a Preference Right to enter any
of the above lands; will be allow
ed to soldiers, sailors and ma
rines, who served in the War
with Germany, who have been j
honerably discharged or sepa-;
rated therefrom, or who have
been placed in the Array or
Navy Reserve, until Jan. 20,1923,
under the provision of the Horn©
stead Law. This Preference
Right is subject to the right of
actual bona fide settlers, claim
ing a preference by virtue of
posession and occupancy under
some provision of law.
Applications to enter will be
received from any of the above
classes having Preference
Rights, from Oct. 1. 1922
to Oct. 20, 1922 and all persons
claiming a Preforoiica Right by
virtue of settlement and occu
pancj, are advised to file their
applications within this period.
All applications filed between
Oct 1 and Oct. 20, 1922 and all
those filed at 9:0 0 A. M. on Oct
20, 1922, will be considered as
filed simultaneously and will be
disposed of by lot.
B—GENERAL. On and after
9: 0 0 A. M. on January 20: 1923
the lands above described will
be subject to entry under the
general land laws of the United
States and any special act appli
cable to the District of Alaska.
Applications to enter such
land may be filed at any time
between January 1 1923 and
January 20, 1923. These applica
tions; with all applications filed
at 9: 0 0 A. M. on Jan. 20, 1923,
will be treated as filed simul?
taneously and will be disposed
of by lot.
Prank Boyle,
Register