NOTICE OF FORFEITURE
To L. W. Rabel and J. B.
Shorett, Jr.:
You are hereby notified that
I have expended money and
labor to the amount of $500.00
on the Engineer Group of min
ing claims, consisting of Lucky
Roy No. 1. Lucky Boy No. 2,
Mother Lode, Hobo and Sur
veyor, on Texas Creek in Hy
der Recording Precinct, Alas
ka, as will appear by the Proof
of Labor filed for record on
December 5th, 1925, in the of
fice of the Recorder at Hyder,
Alaska, in order to hold said
premises under the provisions
o; Section 2324, U. S. Revised
Statutes, and other laws of the
United States, being the
amount required to hoid the
same for the year ending
June 30th, 1926. And if with
in ninety days after publicat
ion of this notice for tin re
quired 14 weeks, you fail or
refuse to contribute your pro
portion of such expenditure as
co-owners, your interest in
said lode mining claims will
become the property of the
subscriber under said Section
2324.
Dominick Bervacqua
Date of first publication Dec.
9, 1925.
Date of last publication Mch.
10, 1926.
TERR. SCHOOL TAXES
SHOW INCREASE
Receipts from Territorial
school taxes promise to show
a big gain over last year, ac
cording to a recent announce
ment of the Territorial Treas
urer. Collections to November
amounted to $82,000, which
was the total collections for
1924. But two divisions, the
Second and Fourth, reported
less than last year’s receipts.
Receipts in the former amount
ed to $1,400 as compared to
$2,600 last year, while those
of the Fourth were about $1,
200 less than the $4,200 re
turned in 1924. As only partial
reports from October had been
received from either division
and with two months to go, it
was believed that both may
reach last year’s totals by the
end of the year. First Division
collections were virtually on a
par with those of 1924, being
$400 behind the $28,400 col
lected last year. The Third
Division also reported a gam
of $600 up to the stated date.
Total collections for the latter
division amounted to $49,000
last year, as compared to $49
600 for ten months of the pres
ent year. Of this sum the col
lections from Bristol Bay
amounted to over $26,000.
LETS GO. WHERE? TO THE
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Steaks," Chops, I’oui.try
everything the market affords
§ QUALITY and QUANTITY §
FINE PASTRIES—ITS THE COFFEE!!!
Charlie J. Odermat, Manager.
!■ ill»i min mu him ii i
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UNITED STATES LAND OF
FICE. ANCHORAGE, ALAS
i KA, November 18, 1925.
Serial No. 06553.
' Notice is hereby given that
pursuant to the Act of Con
gress approved May 10, 1872
and the amendatory acts there
j of, Charles Fehring of Hyder,
Alaska, in behalf of himself,
has made application for a
patent for 1498.5 linear feet
on the Last Shot No. 1 Lode j
and 1500 linear feet on the:
Last Shot No. 2 Lode, together j
with surface ground, in width
approximately 300 feet on
| each side of the Lode lines
thereof; said Lode claims be
ing embraced in U. S. Mineral
Survey No. 1509, and fully
and accurately described up
on the official plat of said
survey posted on the claim
and by the field notes of said
official survey on file in the
United States Land Office at
Anchorage, Alaska, and more
particularly described as fol-!
i lows:—
LAST SHOT NO. 1. LODE.
Beginning at Cor. No. 1, from
which U. S. L. M. No. 1509, at!
Latitude 55° 59' 19" N. and !
Longitude 1303 04' W., bears !
N. 57° 41' 43" W. 1856.86 j
feet dist., thence S. 47° 24' E.
1498.5 feet to Cor. No. 2
thence S. 40° 59' W. 584.6
feet to Cor. No. 3, thence N. j
47° 59' W. 1497.0 feet to Cor.
No. 4, thence N. 40° 59' E.
600.0 feet to Cor. No. 1, the
place of beginning; containing
an area of 20.362 acres.
LAST SHOT NO. 2, LODE
Beginning at Cor. No. 1, iden
tical with Cor. No. 2 Last Shot
No. 1 Lode of this survey, from
which U. S. L. M. No. 1509,!
bears N. 53° 05' 56" W. 3341.
98 feet, thence S. 513 03' E.
1500 feet to Cor. No. 2, thence
S. 40° 59' W. 600 feet to Cor.
No. 3, thence N. 50° 28' W.
1499.44 ft. to Cor. No. 4, j
thence N. 40J 59' E. 584.6
feet to Cor. No. 1, the place of
beginning, containing an area
of 20.382 acres.
The said Last Shot No. 1 and
Last Shot No. 2 contiguous
Lode Mining Claims are situ
ated in the Hyder Mining Dis-1
trict, about one-half mile east
of Salmon River and about
| seven miles north of the Town
, of Hyder, Alaska. On the
northwest End they join the
Caribou Mining Claim, unsur
veyed, and on the other sides
and end line by the unsurvey
ed and unoccupied Public Do
main of the United States, and
are of record in the office of
the Recorder for Hyder Pre
cinct, Territory of Alaska.
Any and all persons claiming
adversely the mining ground,
veins, lodes, premises or any
portion thereof so described,
I surveyed, platted and applied
j for, as the Last Shot No. 1 and
Last Shot No. 2, Lode Claims,
U. S. Mineral Survey No. 1509,
are hereby notified that unless
! their adverse claims are duly
filed within the period of pub
lication or within eight months
thereafter with the Register of
the United States Land Office
at Anchorage, Alaska, they
will be barred by virtue of the
provisions of said statutes.
J. Lindley Green
Register
First Publication December 9,
1925.
Last publication February 3,
1926.
GOVERNOR PARKS
MAKES FIRST REPORT
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feet. In accord with the fixed
policy of the govermnet to en
courage utilization of fore3t
resources to a point equal to
the average yearly growth of
timber, the annual cut from
Alaska forests should aggre
gate 1,000.000,000 board feet.
In other words, the total vol
J ume of timber production in
the past sixteen years is about
lone-half of the growth annual
ly.
Governor Park3 points out
that the logical extension of
the development of forest re
sources must come through the
pulp and paper industry. The
predominant species, Sitka
spruce and western hemlock
are both excellent pulping
woods, the trees largely of
sizes more suitablt for pulp
than lumber, and freight from
Alaska to the market not such
an important factor for paper
as for lumber of a much low
er unit value. Cheap water
power, an essential to pulp
and paper making, is available
locally in .abundance, and the
region has the advantage of
cheap year-round water trans
portation from the woods to
mill, and for the finished pro
duct from the mill to market.
The possible sustained yearly
output, 1,000,000,000 board
feet, is sufficient to produce
not less than 1,300,000 tons of
newsprint paper. Surveys of
undeveloped power sites dis
close a potential water power
capacity of 475,000 H. P. in
southeastern Alaska alone
while only 433,000 H. P.
would be required to produce
the maximum amount of news
print contained in the possible
annual output from the Nat
ional Forests.
Contrary to popular opinion
maintenance of National For
. esta in Alaska has not proven
expensive to the Government,
j The total receipts from timber
i sales, leases, etc. on the Nat
ional Forests of the Territory
from the time the forests were
placed under the administrat
ion in 1909, up and including
i the fiscal year 1925, were $1,
. 134,977. During the same peri
j od the total expenditures on
I these forests amountd to $1,
122,415.
Fox farming is annually in
j creasing its importance in the
Territory’s industries, the total
value of improvements in stock
on these farms is estimated at
| about 56,000,000. There are
approximately 391 farms con
taining more than 36,000
foxes of various species. Gov
ernor Parks urges the enact
ment by Congress of a suitable
law providing for the leasing
of lands in the Public Domain
outside of the National Forests
for fox farms.
The same laws, he suggests,
should be made applicable for
reindeer growers. “The”*native
reindeer herds”, said Govern
or Parks, “are supervised by
the Bureau of Education and
if they are to be protected in
their ranges we must have a
law that will enable the Sec
retary of the Interior to allo
cate and lease the grazing
land.” There are approximate
ly 300,000 animals in the Alas
kan reindeer herds, two-thirds
of which belong to the Eskimo.
With the start thus made, and
with present improved refrig
I eration methods employed by
j the transportation companies,
j it i3 possible at no distant date
that reindeer meat exported
from two hundred thousand
square mites of barren port
ions of northern aid western
Alaska will prove to be a val
uable asset to the Territory. It
is estimated these sections oi
: Alaska could furnish pastur
age for some 4,000,000 rein
der.
The balance of trade for the
year remained in favor ol
Alaska. Products of its indust
ries shipped fo the •States ag
gregated in value $55,440,645.
while the value of all com
modities brought into the Ter
ritory from the States amount
ed to $35,621,069 leaving a
balance in favor of the Terri
tory of $27,420,893.
During the year the Terri
tory’s system of tnjvel and
communication was materially
improved. Wagon roads and
trails were pushed further out
in all sections of the Territory
and, in some regions, these ex
tensions have made available
lands which formerly were un
attainable by settlers, and,now
open to settlement, are being
taken up by individuals cage’
to avail themselves of the op
portunities offered.
In interior Alaska airplanes
compete with automobiles ant
river steamers for both passer;
ger and freight business. Air
plane service inaugurated ou;
of Fairbanks, the interior ter
minus of the Aia3ka Railroad
1 has served many of the re
mote mining settlements, some
beyond the Arctic Circle
: bringing them into closei
touch with more settled dis
tricts of the Territory as well
as to the States, and has bee?
no small factor of stimulaiin,
mining developments in the
: isolated regions. Not unmind
ful of the part played by thir
means of transportation, the
last Territorial legislature pro
vided funds for airplane land
' ing fields that are now being
constructed in the remote sect
ions of the Territory. Whor
these are completed, district
that formerly were accessible
only through weeks of travel
sometimes hazardous and al
ways tedious, can he reached
within a few short hours.
The Alaska Railroad, in con
junction with river steamer:
operated by it on the Yukon
and Tanana Rivers, render;
excellent service to all of tin
Territory from Resurrectioi
Bay to St. Michael on the Ber
! ing Sea and to mining settle
1 ments in the upper Kusko
kwim River regions. Governoi
Parks directs attention to the
fact that a large amount of
works remains to be done be
fore the railroad is completed
and adds: “Adequate appro
pi iations are essential if
operation and maintenance
charges are to be reduced to a
1 reasonable amount.” He said
“The annual report of the Gen
eral Manager of . the Alaska
Railroad showed the policy
adopted early in 1924, making
I for economy and efficiency in
operation, has resulted in de
creased maintenance costs and
a reduction in the annual de
ficiency.”
Supplementing these com
munications are water routes
out of Nome both north and
south in Bristol Bay and out
of Cook Inlet unserved by reg
ular transportation lines for
which subsidies are provided
by the Territorial legislature.
Three steamship lines operat
ed during the reason of 1924,
and four in 1925 maintained
an excellent service through
out the summer season. The
Canadian National Steamship
line presumed operations be
tween Vancouver and south
eastern Alaska carrying ca
pacity loads during the seav
on. Hundreds of tourists vi. it
ed interior Alaska via the
Alaska Railroad and the Eich
uvkon Highway and many of
hese visited the McKinl:y
National Park, opened for its
first full season. The construct
ion of an automobile road
from McKinley Park Station
into the heart of the park will
undoubtedly attract more and
more visitors each succeeding
year.
Changes in the boundaries of
I the land districts to make
I them conform to the bound
! aries of the judicial divisions
are recommended to faci itate
! land laws. The Governor asks
! for renewal of restrictions on
| the number of Trade and
Manufacturing Sites that may
>e acquired by an individual
>r corporation. He points out
that the requirement of the
homestead law that surveys
)c rectangular and boundaries
follow cardinal courses, is im
practicable in coastal Alaska,
jften times making it imposs
blo for pioneer homesteaders
o acquire the desirable agri
, mltural lands. He also asks
or the inclusion of Alaska in
the program for a national’
opographie survey authorized
;y Congress last winter and
requests annual allotments as
funds are available.
Governor Parks reports a
! marked increase in the death
; rate during the year. Reports
I >n the condition of public
health, he points out, are ver*y
incomplete and received from
sources so varied as to detract
from their reliability. Tuber
culosis exacts heavy toll
moTiy the aboriginal tribes
I md during the year severe ep
idemic : of measles in all four
livisions, influenza reaching
' epidemics, smallpox in two
ind diptharia in three, were
i reported.
; The condition of the aborigi
i :ial races, the Governor said,
s deplorable, and no great im
novement is believed possible
: nitil come form of Territorial
oniact is made with the vari
jus cervices and agencies en
gaged in medical relief among
hem. No one knows the num
ber of hospitals in the Tern
ary nor their equipment, the
j lumber and location of rh /
J i'lians. nor even approximate
ly the number of people,
whites anu natives, depending
on them for relief. Areas con
taining thousands of natives
never have seen a physician,
and in matters of sanitation
are still in the 'Stone Age.
Arising from such conditions
each year are emergencies
which demand, or seem to de
mand, immediate attention,
costing many thousands of
dollars annually. Much of thiV’
money is wasted because of
imperfect knowledge of con
ditions in isolated districts and
for want of cooperation be
tween such relief agencies as
' arc available.
Governor Parks cites the
Bristol Bay area containing
an original population of more
than 5,000 people and the
Yukon River valley and tribu
tary regions as specific in
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