SAFETY OF PRINCIPAL
Should be Your First Consideration
YOUR PRINCIPAL IS SAFE
If Deposited With
THE BANK OF ALASKA
“The Bank Of Personal Service ”
E. A. Rasmussen. President. _ Tiros. S. Scott, Vick-President.
11. W. A on ISON, Ass't. Cashier
Copper River ■
and Northwestern Railway
THROUGH SERVICE TO CORDOVA TWICE WEEKLY
CALEB CORSER Supt. C M.BOROUGHS . A^ent
FACTS
The national debt of the United
States has been reduced approx
mately $3,784,000,000 since Aug.
31, 1919, when the debt reached
its peak. Debt totaled 23 billion
dollars on Oct. 1st. ’22 or $208
per capta, In 1914 the percapta
was only $10.06% of the present
National debt is in Liberty Bonds
that are in the hands of citizens
thruout the U. S.
The Department of Commerce
statistics show that living in
Germany is now 163 times as
great as before the war. Also
it was stated that the cost of
food in the same country was 3
times greater than this time last
year.
Annual fur sale at St. Louis
amounted to $2,200,000 Alaska
seal auctioning from $7.50 to $62
17,000 pelts being ’knocked down.
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NEWSETTES
Put un .your
Gus Johnson, who has been
employed at the Gicen Bulb,
was a Seattle passenger on th<
last Alameda.
Mrs. Elizabeth Underwood left
on Wednesday’s train to catol
the boat for Seattle. Mrs, Under
wood will be missed by her
numerous friends, but not for
iong, as she expects to return in
the spring.
Miss Mollie McDonnel return
ed last Tuesday from a ten days
visit to Chitina.
Ed Basset was in town from
i
Chititu this week. ' v
Mike Knowles and Pete Bren
wick left Thursday with theShu
shanna mail.
Among those who attended
the Armistice Day Dance at Ken
necott were Mr.and Mrs O’Neil
Mr. and Mrs. Boroughs’ Mr. and
Mrs. Anderton, Messrs.J’P' and
H. I. Gaskell, Cole, Sid Walling
Ben Jackson, Van Anderson, Nic.
hols, Longley, Mrs. Underwood
and Mr. and Mrs. Snyder. A pie.
asant time was enjoyed by all.
OUR SYSTEM OF BANKING BY MAJL
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 OS ALL TARTS OF THE WOULD, MONEY REMITTED BY WIRE
TO ALL PARTS 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 see
tion.
Department of the Interiot
United States Land Office
Juneau, Alaska.
Sept, 10, 1922
NOTICE is hereby given that
tin Oct. 20. 1922 the approved
plats of'the following Township
Surveys will be filed In this
office:
Fi actional Townships,
4 S. , R. 7 1;, C. R. M.
5 S., R. 12 K,
5 S., R. 11 E.,
5 S., R. lb E.,
5 S„ R. 14 E.,
6 S., R. 11K,
(5 S., R. 12 R,
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
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 Home
stead Law. This Preference
Right is subject to the right of
actual bona fide settlers, claim
ing a preference by virtue of
posessiun andoccupancy 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 Preference Right by
virtue of settlement and occu
pancy, are advised to file their
applications within this period.
All applications filed between
Oct 1 and Oct. 20, 1922 and all
i hose filed at 9: 0 0 A. M. on Oct
20, 1922, will be considered as
tiled 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
Stales and any special net 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