THE
McCarthy weekly news
Entered as second olass matter. Septem
ber 17tH, 1018. at the lost Office, at
McCarthy, Alaska, under the Aot * of
March 8. 1870.
0. P. M. COLE. Manager
M. M. COLE Editor
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Saturday September 16thl922.
HOMESTEADERS GET
FAIR TREATMENT
T. M. Hunt, special agent for
the General Land Office, com;
pleted his examination of min
ingproper ties across the Nizina
river and left last week for the
Long Lake section.
Mr. Hunt is very pleased with
the amount of work that has
been performed by the mining
companies and homesteaders in
this district and assured every
one that the Register, Mr. F. A.
Boyle, was ready and willing at
any time to help the homestead
er and miner get his title to
land applied for.
*Ln the matter of the dispute
between Oscar Anderson and
Fred Overlander, of Long Lake,
where both parties claim a cer
tain tract of land, this will be
referred to Mr. Boyle for a de
cision.
Mr. Hunt is an old timer in
the country, arriving here in
’98 and was one of the first em
ployed on the Boundary survey
in 1900. He made many friends
during his short visit here es
pecially anong the homestead
ers for the fair & square treat
ment which they received from
the department which he so
ably represents.
IN THE UNITED STATES LAND
OFFICE AT JUNEAU, ALASKA
Serial No. 05519.
In the Matter of the applic
ation of E. P, Moorhead, for a
United States patent for the Ed
ison (Association Claim) Placer,
being Mineral Survey No. 1456.
NOTICE Of APPLICATION For
A UNITED STATES PATENT
Notice is hereby given thpt in
pursuance of an Act of Congress,
approved May 10, 1872, E. P
Moorhead, a citizen of the United
States, whose Post Office ad
dress is Minneapolis, Minnesota,
has made application for a patent
for the Edison (Association
Claim) Placer, situated in the
Nizina Mining District, McCarth
y Recording Precinct, Territory
of Alaska, and described by the
official plat and by the field
notes, on file in the office of the
Register of the Juneau I&nd
District, at Juneau, Alaska, as
follows, to wit:—
Edison(Association Claim)Placer
Beginning at Corner No. 1>
whence U. S. M. M. No. 27, bears
S. 39° 13’ W 9936.50 ft distant;
thenceN. 26° 46’ W. 1320 ft. to
Cor. No. 2; thence N. 73° 36’ E.
5280 ft. to Cor. No. 3; thence S.
0° 38’ W. 875.44 ft. to Cor. No.4;
thence S. 68° 06’ W. 4808.20 ft.
to Cor. No. 1 the place of begin
ning. Area 123.319 acres.
The location notice of this
claim is duly of record in the
office of the recorder at McCar
thy, Alaska, in Book P. at page
51, of the records of said office
This claim is bounded on the
north by unknown claimants: on
the south by unknown claimants;
on the east by unknown claim
ants: and on the west by Min
eral Survey No. 1091.
Magnetic Variation at all corn
ers of this survey is 31 degrees.
This claim is located on the un
surveyed public domain on Rex
Creek, a tributary of Chititu
Creek, in Latitude 61° 19’ N .and
Longitude 142° 86* W.
United States Land Office, Ju
neau, Alaska, August 22nd,1922.
It is hereby ordered that the
foregoing notice be published
for a period of sixty days in
the McCarthy Weekly News, a
newspaper of general circulation
published at McCarthy, Alaska
in the vicinity of the land for
which patent is applied.
Frank A. Boyle.
Register.
First Publication, September
2nd,1922.
Last Publication,November 4th*
1922.
GENERAL ELECTION
The order and notice of the
next general election is now
posted.
This will beheld on the 7th.
day of November, 1922.
The McCarthy Precinct has
been divided into six Voting
Precincts.
These are:—
McCarthy Voting Precinct, for
which the polling place will be
the Schoolhouse.
Kennecott Voting Precinct, for
which the polling place will be
the Kennecott Recreation Hall.
Bonanza Voting Precinct, for
which the polling place will be
Bonanza Mine bunk-house.
Mother Lode Voting Precinct
for which the polling place will
be the Mother Lode Mine bunk
house.
Jumbo Voting Precinct for
which the polling place will be
the Jumbo Mine bunk-house.
Nizina Voting Precinct for which
the polling place willbe Browns
Roadhouse.
There are to be elected:—
A Delegate to Congress from
Alaska
A Territorial Senator
Four Representatives to the Ter
ritorial Legislature.
Two Divisional Road Commission
ers.
It will also be determined by ,
the vote of the people at this
election whether women shall
serve as jurors in the Territ
ory of Alaska,