DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
United States Land Office
Anchorage, Alaska June 16,
1925 \
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that John Hovland, a citizen
of the United States, whose
postoffice address is Hyder,
Alaska, has filed his applicat
ion, Serial No 06444ffor pat
ent for the FISH CREEK
CLAIM NO.l LODE, FISH
CREEK NO. 2 LODE, FISH
CREEK NO. 3 LODE, FISH
CREEK NO. 4 QUARTZ
CLAIM LODE and FISH
CREEK NO. 5 QUARTZ
CLAIM LODE, included with
in U. S. Survey No. 1482, situ
ated in tha Hyder Mining Dis
trict, Territory of Alaska,
about eight miles from the
month of Salmon River, on
Fish Creek, a tributary of Sal
mon River, in Lat. 56 degrees
06* N; Long. 130 degrees 03'
W., more particularly describ
ed as follows:
FISH CREEK CLAIM NO. 1
LODE
Commencing at Cor. No. 1 of
the Fish Creek Claim No. 1
Lode, whence U. S. L. M. No.
27 bears N. 00 degrees 24' 10"
W., 1663.20 ft. distant ; thence ■
S. 25 degrees 01' W., 600 ft. j
to Cor. No. 2; thence S. 62 de- i
grees 49' E., 1335.80 ft. to |
Cor. No. 3; thence N. 25 de
grees 01’ E., 600 ft. to , Cor. |
No. 4; thence N. 62 degrees!
49' W., 1335.80 ft. to Cor. No.
1, place of beginning. Con
taining an area of 18.386
acres.
FISH CREEK NO. 2 LODE
Commencing at Cor. No. 1.
whence U. S. L. M. No. 27
hears-N. Jr degrees 51 E., 1521
06 ft. distant; thence N. 85
degrees 49' W., 594.20 ft. to
Cor. No. 2; thence S. 7 degrees
81' E., 1417.80 ft. to Cor. No.
8; thence S. 85 degrees 49' E..
594.20 ft. to Cor. No. 4; j
thence N. 7 degrees 31' W.,
1417.80 ft. to Cor. No. 1, tht
place of beginning. Contain- !
ing an area of 18.938 acres
lees conflict with Fish Creek
No.l Lode, this survey, 1.358
acres. Net area claimed 17.
580 acres.
PISH CREEK NO.3 LODE
Commencing at Cor. No. 1.
whence U. S. L. M. No. 27
bfears N. 00 degrees 25' W.;
242f. 11 ft. distant; thence N.
89 degrees 38' W., 587.40 ft.
to Cor. No. 2thence S. 4 de
grees 09' W., 1493.80 ft. to
Cor. No. 3; thence S. 89 de
grees 88’ E., 449.11 ft. to Cor.
No. 4; thence N. 9 degree*
38' 62” E., 1508.75 ft. to Cor.
No. 1, the place of beginning.
Containing an area of 17.728'
acres, less conflict with Fish
Creek No. 2 Lode, this survey,
5.594 acres. Net area claimed
12.134 acres.
FISH CREEK NO. 4 QUART2
CLAIM LODE
Commencing at Cor. No. 1.
whence U. S. L. M. No. 27
bears N. 3 deg. 28' W., 2410.
62 ft. distant; thence S. 22 i
deg. 84' W., 1500 ft. to Coi.
No. 2; thence S. 80 deg. 46’
B., 614.80 ft. to Cor. No. 3;
thence N. 22 deg. 34' E., 1500
ft. t»o Cor. Nb. 4; thence N. 80
deg. 46’ W., 614.80 ft. to Cor. j
No. 1, the place of beginning.
Containing an area of 20.600
acres, less area in conflict
with Fish Creek Claim No. 1
Lode, this survey, 1.305 acres;
fith Creek No. 2 Lode, this
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BRIEF ITEMS FROM ALL
, PARTS OF THE TERRITORY
EVENTS IN THE NORTH AS PORTRAYEP IN THE
PRESS OF ALASKA
Emery Valentine, the pioneer
jeweler of Juneau, who receht
ly suffered a stroke of apop
lexy, is steadily improving and
is now pronounced out 01
danger.
Thomas Cale, first delegate
to Congress from Alaska, and
a well known pioneer of the
interior, now resides in Fond
du-Lac, Wisconsin, and is en
joying good health.
James L. Galen and Robert
Sheldon have purchased the
interest of Dan Kennedy in the
McKinley Park tourist con
cession. The jffSw owners have
established a camp that will
accommodate 20 people, and
are running four autos.
It was held in a case in Daw
son recently, where Joseph
Gatt was arrested for brewing
beer without a license, that
one has a right to brew it for
his own use and that of his
family. The 370 quarts of beer
that had been seized was or
dered returned to the owner
and the case against him was
survey, 0.477 acres; and Fish
Creek No. 3 Lode, this survey
2.363 acres. Net area claim
ed 16.455 acres.
FISH CREEK NO. 5 QUARTZ
CLAIM LODE
Commencing at Cor. No. 1,
whence U. S. L. M. No. B?
bears N. 0 deg 37' W., 8773.
10 ft. distant; thence S. 77
deg. 37' W., 654.90 ft. to Cor.
No. 2; thence S. 11 deg. 39'
W., 1458.30 ft to Cor. No. 3;
thence N. 77 deg. 37’ E., 654.
90 ft. to Cor. No. 4; thence N.
11 deg. 39' E., 1458.30 ft. to
Cor. No. 1, the place of be
ginning. Containing an area
of 20.024 acres, less area in
conflict with Fish Creek No.
3 Lode, this survey, 0.485
acres, and conflict with Fish
Creek No. 4 Quartz Claim
Lode, this Survey, 0.232 acres.
Total area claimed 19.307
acres. Magnetic variation, all
lines 30 deg. 10' E. Total area
claimed 83.862 acres.
U. S. L. M. No. 27 to which
:his survey is tied consists of
a granite stone 18 x 22 inches,
showing 8 inches above the
ground in Lat. 56 deg. 00' N.
and Long. 130 deg. 03’ W.
Conflicting claim is the Bon
ley Lode, unsu» veyed, lying
jne north of and conflicting
with Fish Creek No. 1 Lode,
the area of conflict being
Claimed by the applicant
herein. The owner of the said
Sonney Lode is Fish Creek
Mining Co., a corporation,
whose postoffice address is
Hyder, Alaska.
Any and all persons claim
ing adversely ahy of the
above described veins, lodet>
or premises are required, to
filf a notice of their adverse
claim with the Register of the
U. S. Land Office at Anchor
age, Alaska, within the period
of publication, or eight months
thereafter, or they will be
barred by the provisions of
the statute.
J. Lindley Green,
REGISTER.
1st Pub. July 22, 1925
L»st Pub. Sept. 23y 1925
dismissed.
The Evan Jones Coal Com
pany has been awarded a con
tract for the delivery of 30,
000 tons of coal to the Alaska
nailroad in monthly lots of
from 2,500 to 4,000 tons. The
mine, which has been closed
down for several months, will
immediately reopen with a
considerable crew.
Many herring are reported
running in the vicinity of La
touche this season, but it is
said that quantities of them
are too small to pack and art
being used for fertilizer and
oil.
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The Alaska Game Commiss
ion has awarded a contract for
50 live beavers for stocking
Kodiak Island, to Wilson and
Harris, trappers of Cordova.
This is the first propagation
movement inaugurated by the
association under the recent
a^ct of the Territorial Legis
lature, authorizing the stock
ing of certain islands with
game and fur-bearing animals.
E. G. and A. J. Valentine'
were arrested recently at Mat- j
anuska with 82 beaver pelts;
in their possession. They j
pleaded guilty and were fined
$500 and sentenced to three
months in jail. Mike Murphy
also pleaded guilty to illegally
transporting the skins and was
fin«4 4800.
W. J. Erskine, well known
merchant of Kodiak, recently
shipped two brown bear cubs
to the Washington Park Zo-j
ological Society, of Milwaukee, I
Wis. The cubs, a male and
female are about three months
old, and are believed to be
the only pair of genuine Kodi
ak brown bears in captivity. .
The animals were captured by I
X
a native of Afognak. The
mother was killed, and three
cubs taken alive, one of which
escaped. The hide taken from
the mother measured twelve
feet in length.
Bruno Agostino and Dan
Grkovich returned to Anchor
age recently from the scent
of the strike in the Valdez
Creek district, and are enthusi
astic over the outlook for the
camp as a placer gold produc
er. After leaving Cantwell it
is a little over 60 miles to the
diggings, and although the
trail is a good one, it is a little
expensive to get in supplies,
yet. The two prospectors
brought back some fine look
inug coarse gold they had
panned ffom the rimrock, in
the new country, a few miles
from the old diggings, includ
ing nuggets going from 50
cents to a dollar each.
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Louis Schulte, a prominent
mining man and merchant of
Atlin, passed through Juneau
recently enror.ie south. He tolu
J. neau friends that a promis
ing silver strike had just been
made in the Atlin district,
which was expected to result
in big developments. The
strike was made on Fourth or
July Creek by Julius M. Ruff
ner. It is said to run 500 ounces
of silver to the ton. It has al
ready stimulated prospecting
in both the Atlin and Taku
regions, Mr. Schultz said.
Peter Magamutsu died re
cently in the hospital at 'Ket
chikan from wounds inflicted
by himself with suicidal intent.
Ma'gamutsu had arrived In
Ketchikan a few days before,
in poor health, and planned
to take the next boat to the
States to secure medical at
tendance. He was left alone in
his room in a hotel by his
friend, James Shinkai, for a
time, and on the return of the
latter the door of the room
was found locked* Shinkai
forced the door and found
Magamutsu lying across the
bed with a severe slash across
his throat, apparently inflict
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Charlie J. Odermat, Manager.
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CONTROLLING
BUSH MINES, Ltd. "
LOCATED IN THE HEART OF THE GREAT PORTLAND
CANAL MINERAL BELT AND ADJOINING THE FAM
OUS PREMIER AND B. C. SILVER MINES, THIS PROP
ERTY, NOW IN PROCESS OF DEVELOPMENT, OF
FERS A SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY FOR PROFITABLE
INVESTMENT.
SHARES NOW SELLING AT TWENTY FIVE CENTS
F. R. Jancowski, General Broker
STEWART, B. C.
SEND IN YOUR
SUBSCRIPTION
TO THE WEEKLY HERALD
Sift ?««**••• • i «••»**•*•
ed with a knife. He was taken
to the hospital, but efforts to
save his life were fruitless.
A suit for $112,158.67, to
gether with interest on that
amount since June 1, 1917, has
been filed in the district court
against the Kensington Mining
I Company, by H. L. Faulkner,
attorney for H. Lonsdale,
plaintiff. The complaint al
leges that the company, which
was engaged in extensive de
velopment work on its prop
erty in 1917, was furnished
various sums of money by Col.
D. C. Jackling, Hayden and
Stone, B. L. Thane and others,
in 1917, and gave as security
a promissory note, wlii^h
form the basis of the present
suit. The Kensington mine ad
joins the famous Comet prop
erty, at Berners Bay.
The construction of six aero
plane landing fields in the
Fourth Division have been ap
proved by the Territorial Road
Commission. Expenditures for
this purpose aggregating $5,
900 have been authorized by
the board. The amounts al
lotted were as follows:
Fob Livengood, $800 includ
ing S500 for a road connecting
the town with the field; Wise
man, $2,000; Fort Yukon,
$300; Chandlar, $600; Lake
Mountain, $700; Takotna, $1,
590.
Senator Bartley Howard, ont
of the owners and operators
of the Jeson-Howard coal mine
in the Alaska Railroad belt,
recently returned from a busi
ness trip to the States, wheit.
he purchased a. considerable
amount of mining equipment
and machinery. The equip
ment will handle an output ot
1,000 tons of coal daily.
In The Commissioner’s Court;
Territory of Alaska; Division
Numtar One; Hyder Precinct
In Probate
In the Matter of the Estate'of
Leatha Davis, Deceased.
Number 16 Probate
Notice of Hearing on the Fin
al Account.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that Oren F. Hill, Adminis
trator of the Estate of Leatha
Davis, Deceased, has rendered ■
and presented for final settle
ment and filed in this court
his final account'of his admin-;
istration of the said Estate to
gether with his report and a
petition for final distribution,
and that Saturday, the 12th
day of September, 1925. at 2 |
o’clock in the afternoon oi
said day, in the office of the
United States Commissioner’, ;
in Hyder, Alaska, has been
fixed and appointed as the
time and place for the settle
ment of said account and the
hearing of said report and
petition, at which time and
place any person interested
in said Estate may appear and
file his exceptions in writing
to said account and contest j
the same. Notice is further
given that said account is for
final settlement, and the said
estate is ready for distribut
ion, and on cofirmation of said
final account final distribution
of said estate will be had. * j
Dated at Hyder, Alaska, this
12th day of August, 1925.
Chas. F. Sandford
United States Commissioner
and ex-officio Judge of Pro
bate.
Date of Publication Aug—12,
19, 26, Sept. 2 and 9th.
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BIG INCREASE IN GOLD
PRODUCTION—1921
The gold production of the
United States and possessions
last year wa3 2,528,900 ounces
with a value of $52,277,000
the largest total since 1919.
The silver production last
year was 65,407,186 ounces,
worth $43,822,814. This was
7,930,784 ounces less than in
1923. j,J
The production of California
products was 633.021 ounces
of gold worth $13,805,700 and
was the leading gold state.
Montana’s silver production
was 13,688,728 ounces worth
$9,171,477 and this state led
in silver.
The Philippine gold product
ion was valued at $1,706 700.
Colorado’s gold production
was 420,855 ounces valued at
$8,699,900.
Alaska’s gold production was
303,855 ounces, worth $6,275,
000.
Advices from Bristol Bay
state that the recent epidemic
of the flu in that district play
ed sad havoc with the natives.
There were a number of deaths
and most of the natives were
’unable to fish or work at the
canneries. Three bodies laid in
igloos in one village on the
Nushagak river for fen days,
there being no natives able to
bury the dead. Doctors and
nurses from the Alaska Pack
ers and Warren Packing Com
pany, and Libby. McNeil &
Libby gave medical aid daiiy
where .possible, and most oi
the canneries cooked food ana
distributed it among the sick.
Had it not been for the timeiy
aid of the canneries the nat
ives of Bristol Bay would havt
b-.eome alnn.st extinct.
The Anchorage lodge of Elks
won the first prize for its float
in the big parade in Portland
during the recent grand lodge
session, and St. Augustine,
Florida, took second place.
Anchorage lodge is the farth
est north Elks lodge, while St.
Augustine is the farthest south
in continental United States.
For Rent and For Sale signs
at the Herald office.
In The Commissioner’s Court;
Territory of Alaska; Division
Number One; Hyder Precinct.
In Probate
In the Matter of the Estate
of William Murphy, Deceased.
Probate Number 13.
Notice of Hearing on Petition
for Appointment of Adminis
trator De-Bonus-Non.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that Yael Rozen3tain. of Hy
der, Alaska, has filed in the
above entitled court a petition
praying for the appointment ,
of E. R. Stivers as Adminis
trator De-Bonus-Non of th ^
aforesaid estate, and that *.t
the hour of 2 o’clock in the
afternoon of Saturday, the
12th of September. 1925. at
the United States Commission
er’s office, at Hyder, Alaska,
will be held the hearing on
said petition, when and where
all persons may have the op
portunity to be heard in con
nection therewith.
Dated at Hyder, Alaska, this
10th day of August, 1925.
Chas. F. Sandford
United States Commissioner
and ex-officio Judge of Pro
bate.
Date of Publication Aug—12,
19, 26, Sept. 2 and 9th.