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The Mineral Basin group of
claims near Hyder has recently
been bonded by a group of cap
italists for $50,000. The develop
ment of the ground is to start
as soon as practiable.
The Prince John group of claims
near the same town has also
changed hands. The property
having been sold outright to the
Exploration Company af New
York. Jas. Nesbit and Andy Ar
chie, the former owners have an
other group of claims that are
bonded for $50,000, which is
$10,000 more than the selling
price of the Prince John group.
After winning from every one
of the basket ball teams in the
vicinity, the Wrangell High School
aggregation took the last North
western to Seattle where they
, have games scheduled with the
various teams of that city.
<We wish them good luck.)
A picture of the remaining
portion of the oldest dam on the
Pacific was recently presented
to the Historical Meuseum lo
cated at Juneau. The frame of
the picture is made from logs
of the of the old structure. In
the year of 1843, a group of Rus
sians built this dam on Saw
mill creek and began cutting lum
ber. They worked the plant for
nine years, but in 1853, thirtyfive
men were massacred by the In
dians and the dam destroyed.
Of course we will all be at the
dance this evening.
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 UNITED STATES to Harry
Pippin, Hilda V. Pippin, and to
any parson or parsons 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
courtroom thereof, at McCarthy
in the Third Division of the Ter
ritory of Alaska, on Tuesday the
5th 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 5tb 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 g?*ve
it over to 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
i 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 Pippin; 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 Clough 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.
Wittness my hand and the seal
of said court, this 5th day of
March, A.D. 1923.
( seal ) Wm.D.Coppernoll
Probate Judge.
Publish March 10-17-24 31 and
April 7.
NOTICE TO DELINQUENT
COOWNERS
PETE DIECHand 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
bler 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 tne 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
$133.331/j and an addicional sum
of $2.00 recording fees, a total
of $135.331/j and you are notified
that unless you contribute and
pay the undersigned your por'
tion to wit: The sum of $135.33%
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 shall be forfeited 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. 1928.
George Marhoffer
First publication Feb .24, 1923.
Last publication J une 2, 1923.