NOTICE OF APPLICATION
FOR U. S. PATENT.
The United States of America,
Deparlment of the Interior,
General Land Office .
In the United States Land Of
fice at Anchorage, Alaska.
Serial No. 06622
NOTICE OF APPLICATION
• FOR PATENT FOR THE !
IRON RIDGE LODE MIN-1
ERAL CLAIM.
NOTICE is hereby given that
the undersigned owners of the
Iron Ridge Lode Mineral
Claim have made application
to the United States Land Of
fice for the Anchorage Land
District of Alaska at Anchor
age for a patent on the above
and herein named and desig
nated mineral claim.
The date of posting this notice
is February 24th, 1926.
The names of the owners |
and claimants are:
William McGrew, Hyder Alas
ka
Mrs. Minnie Jones, Hyder,
Alaska
Edward H. Fernald, as Admin
istrator of the Estate of Ed
ward Bronson Deceased, Hy
der, Alaska.
The name and description of
the claim is:
The IRON RIDGE LODE
MINERAL CLAIM, located on
the Easterly side of the Sal
mon River where the Premier
Gold Mining Company’s aeri
al tram crosses said river, the
route of said aerial tram be
ing approximately the center
line of said claim, and on the
Hvder-Premier wagon road
about lOVi miles Northerly
from Hyder Alaska, in Hyder
Mining District, Alaska, and
more particularly described
as follows:
Beginning at true corner No. 1
located on the West bank of
Salmon River, thence North
40: 52' East 200 feet to wit
ness corner No. 1, thence
North 40° 52' East 1025Vi
feet to corner No. 2, thence
North 37’ and 23' West
550 8-10 feet to corner No. 3,
thence South 42° 50' 17"
West 984 feet to witness cor
ner No. 4, thence South 42°
50' 17" West 174 2-10 feet to
Corner No. 4, thence South
37’ 23' East 591 5-10 feet to
corner No. 1, the place of be
guilliug.
The Iron Ridge Lode Mineral
Claim is bounded as follows,
to -wit:—
On the Northwesterly side
by the Sourdough Fraction,
on the Northeasterly side by
the Virgina Lode claims, on
the Southeasterly side by the
11 Mile Discovery Claim, on
the Southwest by unappropri
ated public domain.
The Iron Ridge Lode Mineral
Claim is included in United
States Mineral Survey No.
1499, a plat of which said
survey is posted herewith and
made a part of this notice.
United States Mineral Sur
vey No. 1499 upon which ap
plication for patent for the
Iron Ridge Lode Mineral
Claim is based is not tied to
a corner of the public survey
but is tied to United States
Mineral Monument No. 1418,
the geographical location of
which is Longitude 130° 03'
West and Latitude 56° 02'
North. Said monument is lo
cated about 100 feet South
easterly from where the Pre
mier Gold Mining Company’s
tram crosses the Salmon River
and in the Southerly corner
of this claim on the Easterly
_, bank of said Salmon River,
in Hyder Mining District,
Alaska. Said monument is a
granite rock 30 • inches by
24 inches by 10 inches, set. 24
inches in the ground on a
point 20 feet above the Sal
mon River, and marked U. S.
M. M. No. 1418.
Said monument bears South
38° 15' West 93.7 feet from
witness corner No. 1.
Dated at Hyder, Alaska, this
23rd day of February, 1926.
William McGrew
Mrs. Minnie Jones
Edward' H, Fernald. as
Administrator of the es
tate of Edward Bronson
Deceased.
Any and all persons claiming
adversely the mining ground,
vein, lode, premises, or any
portion thereof, described, sur
veyed, platted and applied for,
are hereby notified that unless
their adverse claims are duly
filed according to law, and the
regulations thereunder, with
in the time prescribed by law,
with the Register of the U. S.
Land Office, at Anchorage,
Territory of Alaska, they will
be barred by virtue of the pro
visions of said statutes.
And it is ordered that the
above and foregoing notice
be posted in a conspicuous
place in the office of the Regis
ter of the U. S. Land Office
for the Anchorage Land Dis
trict of Alaska, at Anchorage,
Alaska, and that said notice
remain so posted during the
entire period while the said
foregoing notice is being pub
lished in the Hyder Weekly
Herald, a newspaper publish
ed at Hyder, Alaska.
Dated at Anchorage, Alaska,
this 10th day of April 1926.
J. Lindley Green
Register
Ernest Blue, Esq.,
Hyder, Alaska.
Attorney for claimants.
Date of first publication April
28, 1926.
Date of last publication June
23, 1926.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY
A quick reference list of pro
gressive business firms which
advertise in the Herald and
what they handle.
Assaying—
John Hovland
Automobiles—
Hyder Machine Shop
Automobile Supplies—
Hyder Machine Shop
Hyder Mercantile Co.
Banks—
Bank of Hyder
Barber Shop—
Malamute Barber Shop
Bakery Goods—
Quick Lunch.
Silver Grill.
Ideal Cafe.
Hyder Grocery.
BlacksmithSng—
Hyder Machine Shop.
Clothing—
Hyder Mercantile Co.
Cleaning, Pressing—
Robert Nakki
Chinaware Crockery—
Hyder Mercantile Co.
Curios—
Midget Emporium.
Hyder Drug Co.
Card Rooms—
Malamute Cigar Store.
Northern Pool Hall.
Drugs—
Hyder Drug Co.
Dairies—
Hyder Dairy
Electrical Supplies—
Hyder Mercantile Co.
Explosives—
Salmon River Dock. Co.
Fuel—
ITEMS FROM ALL
PARTS OF THE TERRITORY
EVENTS IN THE NORTH AS PORTRAYED IN THE
PRESS OF ALASKA
Robert S. Newhard and Rob
ert Lash, forerunners of the
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Moving
Picture Production Company,
arrived at Skagway recently.
They will survey the'old Chil
Hoot Pass fojr possibilities of
making a picture of the fam
ous stampede.
A report from Nome on April
1, stated that rain had fallen
there for three days and still
continued. The snow had prac
tically disappeared, but the
ice had not gone out.
Martin Midbust, for the last
j three years with the lighthouse
service at Ketchikan, died
there recently of acute ap
pendicitis. His widow resides
in Ketchikan.
Through an arrangement be
tween the Juneau hospital and
Dr. H. C. DeVighne, Territori
and City Health Officer,
214 persons were vaccinated
against s«malI-pox in that city
recently. The vaccinations
were given free of charge.
I Hyder Fuel Company
; Salmon River Dock Co.
General Supplies—
Hyder Mercantile Co.
Groceries—
Hyder Grocery.
Hyder Mercantile Co.
Green Goods—
■ Hyder Grocery,
i Hyder Mercantile Co.
! Gas Engines—
j Hyder Machine Shop.
| Hotels—
| Golden Gate Hotel.
1 Hardware—
Hyder Mercantile Co.
Jewelry—
Nugget Shop.
Hyder Drug Co.
Midget Emporium,
i Laundry—
| Portland Canal Electric
Machine Shop—
Hyder Machine Shop.
Meat Markets—
P. Burns & Co.
Notary Public—
Ernest Blue.
Plumbing, Steamfitting—
Gilbert Berg.
Hyder Machine Shop.
Printing—
Hyder Herald.
Pool Rooms—
Northern Pool Hall
Professional—
Ernest Blue, Attorney.
Photo Supplies—
Midget Emporium.
! Hyder Drug Co.
Restaurants—
Ideal Cafe
Silver Grill
Quick Lunch
Smokers Supplies—
Malamute Cigar Store.
Northern Pool Hall
Midget Emporium
Hyder Drug Co.
Hyder Mercantile Co.
Golden Gate Hotel
Stationery—
Midget Emporium
Hyder Drug Co.
Steamship Agencies—
Salmon River Dock Co.
Toilet Preparations—
Hyder Drug Co.
Midget Emporium.
Tranfer Companies—
Sam Potts
Crawford Transfer Co.
Tinsmithing—
Gilbert Bferg.
The Ilealy River Coal Cor
poration mined more coal last
month than it has for some
time having shipped 36 cars of
commercial coal and 44 cars
to the Alaska Railroad.
T. S. McDougal, Willow Creek
mining man and Milo Kel'y,
former lesident of Anchorage,
lave taken a 4-year lease and
bond onthe Martin property on
Willow Creek, and will oper
ate the property during the
coming summer.
One million feet of logs have
been cut this season by the
Anderson logging enterprise
on Knight Island, the biggest
timber operation in Alaska at !
the present time. The mill is
cutting between 300 and 400
ties daily. Two power logging
cr cws and three hand logging
crews are at work.
Ernest Sundt, of Chitina, has
taken a lease on the Slate
Creek Mines, and will operate
the property commencing this
summer. He was recently in
Cordova completing prepara
tions and securing a cook for
his crew, which will be main
ly recruited at Chitina. The
property is owned by the Slate
Creek Mining Company, of
New York.
The Valdez Miner reports
that the lure of the gold fields
has again called C. II. Sund
macher, formerly U. S. Com
missioner at McCarthy, and
former Hyder resident, and he
left for Cordova a short time
ago enroute to the new gold
strike in the Mojave Desert.
Notice to Pay School Tax
In accord with Chapter 29,
Session Laws of Alaska, 1919,
and amendments thereto, all
male persons between the ages
of twenty-one and fifty years,
who are not “sailors in the
United States Navy or Rev
enue Cutter Service, volunteer
firemen, paupers or insane
persons,’’ are required to pay
an annual School Tax of FIVE
DOLLARS ($5.00).
This tax is due and payable
after the first Monday in April
and shall be paid before the
first day of May, providing
you are in the Territory of
Alaska on said first date; if
not, the tax is due within thirty
days after your arrival in
Alaska or within ten days aft
er written or oral demand is
made upon you by the School
Tax Collector. Taxes not paid
in accordance with the fore
going requirements shall be
come delinquent, and each
person delinquent shall be sub
ject to a fine of Twro Dollars
($2.00).
All persons subject to. and
refusing or neglecting to pay,
said tax, are subject to a fine
of $25.00, or imprisionment in
jail for a period of one month;
and all employers of labor who
neglect or refuse to collect said
tax from employees may be
proceeded against and shall
pay the amount of each indi
vidual tax, and a further pen
alty of $25.00 for each such
tax.
Tax receipts will be furnish
by the tax collectors.
Chas. T. Hatten *
Tax Collector for Hyder
Precinct.
You’ve heard the old saying,
“The Cat Came Back; * it
couldn’t stay away,” but here
is a new version from Chitina
about the fox who came back,
eaye the Valdez Miner. George
Bull, recently sold his fox
farm nine miles north of Chit
ina, on the Richardson High
way, to B. B. T tbbs of that
town. About a month before
the deal was completed a val
uable silver fox dug its way
out of the pen and escaped.
Now it has been learned that
a week after Mr. Tibbs took
possession the same silver fox
burrowed its way once more
under the fence and settled
down i>> its former pen, quite
resigned to captivity.
During the latter part of
March diphtheria again made
it." appearance at Nome, but so
far lias been confined to the
natives. Dr. Schwartz and
Mayor Maynard announced
they did not consider the situ
ation serious enough to estab
lish a quarantine. There is I
plenty of serum available.
Fire, believed to have been of
incendiary origin, destroyed a
frame structure on Charcoal
Point at the top of the West
Park street hill, formerly used
as a pest house by the city of
Ketchikan. The building war.
owned by the city, and the loss
is said to be $50,000 .
A resolution asking Congress
to authorize a bond issue of
$73,000 for the purchase of
a site and construction of
buildings to provide for ad
ditional facilities for the Jun
eau public schools was recently
passed by the Juneau city
council.
W. C. Joslyn, one of the old
est sourdoughs of Dawson is
dead. Word to this effect was
brought to Dawson recently by
Donald McDonald, who has
been mining all winter on
Bonanza,- near Joslyn’s resi
dence. Investigators found the
body of the aged man lying ob
its left side on the floor of his
cabin with a hand against his
heaft.
Acting under orders from the
Treasury Department, Juneau
customs officials recently seiz
ed the ga3 boat3 Firefly and
Lou, alleged rum runners,
which figured prominently in
the recent Hoxie conspiracy
trial. A libel was'filed against
each of the vessels, in the dis
trict court. Penalties aggre
gating $43,200 are involved in
the libels. The libels grew out
of the alleged rum running
operations charged in the
iloxie conspiracy cases in
which importations of liquor
from Canada to Alaska were
charged by the government.
In a raid recently on upper
Douglas Inland, Edward (Froz
en Foot) Johnson, who was
figured recently in the Senate
Committee hearings on the
hearings on the confirmation
>f the nominations bf Judge T.
M. Reed and U. S. Attorney
A. G. Shoup, was arrested
charged with violation of the
prohibition law. Portions of a
4ill, a small quantity of iiquor
and some mash were seized.
The plant was located in the
•woods a short distance north
of Douglas.
Captain O. A. Johansen,
master of the S. S. Starr, met
with a new experience on a
-ecent voyage to the west
ward, when he was called up
on to perform a wedding cer
emony on the high seas. The
.young couple united by the
Captain were Miss Lena Erick
son and Eli Metroken, both
residents of Chignik.
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