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Clyde Coombs, a fox farmer
on Pearl Island, near Portlock,
has a trained fox which retri
eves ducks and geese shot by its
owner. The animal follows his
owner all over the island as soon
as he comes out of his cabin
with a gun on his shoulder.
Dr. Jensen of Seldovia, has a cat
with only three legs, one of the
legs ■ mving been lost when the
aa.malwas caught in a trap.
The oat had such a hard time
catching ground squirrels that
that Doc strapped a wooden leg
on the feline. The cat took to
tiie innovation so well that it
now runs the squirrels down and
beats them to death with its
wooden leg.
The pulp plant on Speel river
is running full blast and Mana
ger Lass is anxious to se cure 15
experienced woodmen and pulp
men. Thirty-five men are already
placed.
If J.C. Spancer will write to
Jack Hurley, —Chatanooga Tenn
Mississippi Ave. he will learn
something of interest to himself.
Sure and there’s goin’ to be a
Dance and a good one over at
the McCarthy hall. All of the
••unty’l b« there on the 17th
IN THE UNITED STATES
COMMISSIONER’S COURT
FOR THE TERRITORY OF ALA
! SKA, THIRD DIVISION, MCCAR
THY PRECINCT.
IN PROBATE
No. 53
Notice and Citation.
In the Matter of the Adoption
of George Pippin, a minor child.
THE PRESIDENT OF
THE UN ITFD STATES to Harry
Pippin, Hilda V. Pippin, and to
any pir-oi o_* persons in
terested in the adoption of
George Pippin, a minor child,
Greetings:
By order of this court,
you are cited to appear before
the judge of this court, at the
court room thereof, at McCarthy
in the Third Division of the Ter
ritory of Alaska, on Tuesday the
»th day of June, 1923, at the hour
of two o’clock in the afternoon of
that day, and then and there
show cause,if any you have, why
O. A. Nelson and Sarah L.Nelson
should not adopt one George
Pippin, a minor child under the
age of two years, as provided
by Chapter Four of the Civil
Code of the Compiled Laws of
Alaska, 1913.
On the 5th day of March, 1923
the said O. A. Nelson and Sarah
L. Nelson filed in this court
their petition setting forth that
George Pippin, said minor child,
was the child of Harry Pippin
and Hilda V. Pippin; that the
said child was born at the City
of Concord in the state of New
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Hampshire on the 24th day of De
dember, 1921; that the said Hilda
V.Pippin, mother of said minor
child directly after the child
was born abandoned and gave
it over t) one J.L. Clough of
Nashua, New Hampshire for the
purpose of adoption, or to get
the said child adopted by some
reliable and respectable people,
and consenting to such adoption;
that the said Harry Pippin, pre
vious to the birth of said minor
child as aforesaid, willfully des
erted and abandoned the mother
Hilda V. Pippin, and has contin
ued and now does continue such
abondonment of the mother and
child.
That the said petitioners O. A.
Nelson and Sarah L. Nelson in said
petition have prayed that a de
cree be entered herein that .they
shall be allowed to adopt said
minor child George Piopin; and
that thereafter and thenceforth
such child shall be regarded as
and treated in all respects as the
child of the petitioners; that the
said child’s name be be changed
to Philip Cliugh Nelson, and tor
other relief.
You and each of you are fur
ther notified that if you fail to
appear before this court at the
time and place hereinbefore
named.the court will take such
action in the matter as shall be
meet and just in the premises.
Wittr.ess my hand and the seal
of said court, this 5th day of
March, A.D. 12923.
(seal) Wm.D.Coppernoll
Probate Judge.
Publish March 10-17-24 31 and
April 7.
NOTICE TO DELINQUENT
COOWNERS
PETE DIECH and J. B O’NEILL
their heirs and assigns.
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED
That during the calendar year
of 1921, the undersigned ex
pended more than One hundred
dollars on each claim in labor
and improvements upon the Ram
bier group of Copper Claims Nos.
4, 6, 7 and 8 situated along the
Dan Creek, a tributary of the
of the Nizina River, in the [un
organized ]Mining District with
in the McCarthy Precinct, in the
Territory of Alaska, in the lode
mining locations you show an
undivided interest as shown in
the Notices of location thereof,on
record in said recording precinct
That said labor was performed
and the expenditure and improve
ments made as and for the an
nual labor lor the respective cal
endar year by the provi
sions of the Revised Statutes of
the United States, and amend
ments thereto, concerning the
annual labor and improvements
upon mining claims, and the a
mount so expended was the a
mount required by law to hold
said claims for the year of 1921,
which year the same was ex
pended.
You are therefore indebted to
the undersigned in the sum of
and an additional sum
of $2.00 recording fees, a total
of SlSS.BS1/^ and you are notifieo
that unless you contribute and
pay the undersigned your por"
tion to wit: The sum of $135.33V3
within ninety days after the per
sonal service of this Notice upon
you, or within ninety days after
the publication of this notice,
which ninety days shall be com
puted from the date of the last
publication as below stated,your
claim snail be iorteitea to the
undersigned who has made such
expenditure and will become his
property by law.
Payment of such amount may
be made to the undersigned at
McCarthy, Alaska,
Dated this 24th day of Peb. 1923.
George Marhoffer
First publication Feb .24, 1923.
Last publication J une 2, 1923.