' DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR .
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United^ States Land Office
Anchorage, Alaska June 16,
1926
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that John Hovland, a citizen
of--the’ United States, whose
pogtpCfice address is Hyder,
Alaska^ Has filed his applicat
foti?$*«t*l No 96444 for pav
errt,.,. for the PISH CREEK
CLXfW NO.l LODE, FISH
CREEK NO. 2 LODE, FISH1
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 the Hyder Mining Dis
trict, Territory of Alaska,
about eight miles from the
mouth of Salmon River, oh
Fish Creek, a tributary of Sal
mon River, in Lat. 56 degrees
00' N. Long. 130 degrees 03
W., more particularly describ
ed as follows:
FISH CREEK CLAIM NO. 1
LODE
Commencing at Cor, No. 1 ol
the Fish Cheek 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' Ql’ W., 600 ft.
to Coh No. 2; thenCe S. 62 de
grees 49*- E., 1335.80 ‘ ft. to
Cor. No. 3; thence N. 25 de
grees 01' 6., 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 I& $,-.Le„ M. No. 27
b*tN NLS.A*e™i*» SXi E-, 1621.
06 ft. distant.; thence N. 85
degrees 49' W.,,.594.20 ft. to
Cor. No! 2 rthence S. 7 degrees
31' E., 1417.80 ft. to Cor. No.
8; thence S. 85 degrees 49' E.,
594.20 ft. to Cor. No. 4;
thence N. 7 degrees 31' W.,
1417.80* ff. -to Cor. No. 1, the
place of beginning*. Contain
ing an area of 18.938 acres,
less conflict with Fish Creek
No.l Lode, this survey, 1.358
acres. Net area claimed 17.
580 acres.
FISH GREEK N0.3 LODE
Commencing AtC Cor-. No. 1,
whence U. S. L. M. No. 27
bears N. 00 degreeis 25' W.,
2427.11 -ft. distant; thence N.
89 degrees 38' W., 587.40 ft.
to Cor. No. 2;*‘thence S. 4 de
grees 09' W., 1498.10 ft. to
Cor. No. 3; thence S. 89 de
grees 38' E., 449.11 ft. to Cor.
No. 4; thence N. 9 degrees
23' 52” E„ 1508.75 ft, to Cor.
No. 1, the place- of beginning,
i Containins^gif area of 17.728
acres, less* $opj{lict with Fish
Creek No. 2 Lode, this survey,
6.694 acres. Net area claimed
12.134 acref..
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
deg. 34' W., 1500. ft. Jto Co*.
No. 2; thence S*80 iegr 46
E., 614.80 ftSfo -jeo*: No. 3;
thence N. 22 djegj$4KE.> 450C
ft. to Cor. No. i; thence N. 81
deg. 46’ W., 614.80- ft. to Cor
No. 1, the place of beginning
Containing an area of 20.60(
acres, less area in conflid
with Fish Creek- Claim No. 1
Lode, this survey, 1.305 acres
Fish Creek No. 2 Lode, thii
BRIEF ITEMS FROM ALL
PARTS OF THE TERRITORY
EVENTS IN THE NORTH AS PORTRAYED IN THE
PRESS OF ALASKA
A horrible accident occurred
recently in the sawmill at
Mayo, when Fred Fluhman,
an employee, came into con
tact with a circular saw, and
had one of his legs entirely
severed and the other almost
taken, off.
Alaskan commodities shipped
to the States during June were
worth $2,010,811, according
to the monthly statement of
commerce issued by Collector
of Customs J. G. McBride.
The total value of the ship
ments was $476,182 less than
for June 1024, the decrease
being the result of losses for
the month in copper ore and
canned salmon shipments. The
former was $55,361 and the
latter $417,250 less than for
the game month last year.
Copper shipments led in value,
aggregating 5,694,810 pounds,
of a declared value of $825,
951. Canned salmon was sec
ond with a value of $341,579.
Ketchikan easily holds the
record for rainfall in Alaska.
During a recent damp spell
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 27
bears N. 0 deg 37' W., 3773.
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
I Con No. 1, the place of be
j ginning. Containing am area
I of 20.024 acres, less area in
, conflict with Fish Creek No.
; 3 Lotte, this survey, 0.485
I 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.
I U. S. L. M. No. 27 to which
1 this 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
ney Lode, unsutveye.d, lying
due 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
Bonney Lode is Fish Creek
; Mining Co., a corporation,
! whose poitoffice address is
Hyder, Alaska.
Any and all persons claim
ing adversely any of the
above descrtbed veins, lode*>
or premises are required, to
file 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
i Last Pub. Sept. 23, 1925
8.10 inches of rain fell in the i
First City and 1.40 inches of 1
moisture was precipitated in
11 hours.
Reports from Seldovia say
that the gas boat Norman,
with five men aboard, which 1
had been missing for more
than two weeks, was found a
few days ago on the beach
near Snug Harbor. The men
were in dire straits as the re
sult of exposure to the ele
ments and scarcity of food,
having been compelled to live
on clams and fish during al
most the entire time they
were marooned on that in
hospitable shore.
Alone in the wilderness and
reduced by scurvy ot a condit
ion which- rendered him help
less, Charles Coach, awaited
patiently .the coming of help
which never appeared, and
when hope of rescue was final
ly abandoned, used a pistol to
relieve himself, of further suf
fering. In a note left by the
old-timer, written probably a
short time before he com
mitted suicide, Coach said he
was dying of scurvy and that
if assistance did not arrive
within a short time he would
take his own life. The note
also contained instructions for
the disposal of his belongings,
including a valuable cache of
furs.
Frank Dufresne, game ward
en for„ the Nome district re
ports that the natives of'the
White mountain section have
found a new way to “fox” a
fox. The hunter, instead of
the slow method of setting a
trap and waiting for the sly
animal to step into it, now
steps out and chases the beast
and gets better results. The |
new method requires the hunt-'
er to be good on his skis and \
once this is* accomplished he
can start out any time. With i
skis on his feet, the hunter
sights a fox and the quarry
starts for the nearest hilltop
at once, keeping a half mile
or more ahead of his pursuer, j
who takes it easy on the
climb. Once the hunter gets
to the top of the hill it is no
trick at all to coast down the
hill after his game and over
take the astonished animal as
if on the wings of the wind.
One thing that makes this;
method of. hunting the fox
easy, according to Mr. Du*,
fi^esne, is that the fox is scared
at seeing a man travel at such
a I’ate of speed that he some
times cowers and stops in his
tracks. One native of White
Mountain by the name of
Reuben took 63 white foxes in
this way during the past
season.
W. J. Bledsoe, a retired pio
neer merchant of Skagway,
died suddenly recently of
heart failure. Mr. Bledsoe
came north in the Klondike
rush and remained in Skag
way where, for over twenty
years he operated a grocery.
The motorboat Fairbanks, will
LETS GO. WHERE? TO THE
- Silver Grill -
Steaks, Chops, Poultry
EVERYTHING THE MARKET AFFORDS
§ QUALITY and QUANTITY §
FINE .PASTRIES—ITS THE COFFEE!!!
Charlie J. Odermat, Manager.
KETCHIKAN, WRANGEL
AND WEST COAST
MOTOR BOATS ’’PRINCE of WALES” &’’CARMEN”
Leave Hyder Every Thursday
PASSENGER AND FREI 1HT ACCOMODATIONS;
CONNECTING WITH ALL NORTH AND SOUTH BOATS
AT KET CHI KAN x
■"Agents SALMON RIVER DOCK COMPANY Hyder
NATIONAL SILVER MINES, LTD.
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 j
* TO THE 'WEEKL.'Y HERALD •
make regular weekly trips be
tween Prince Rupert and the
Salt Chuck mine/ Alaska,with
palladium concentrates for
shipment over the Canadian
National Railroad to the smelt- j
er at Irvington New Jersey ac
cording ^o recent arinounce-;
ments.
Forced to seek safety on a j
pile of driftwood on an island
in the Yukon river when the
ice started to go out last
spring, a blind native Nvoman,
Belle Elwell, and her little
daughter 13 years old, were
unable-to escape from the is
land after the breakup. They
stayed there for 46 days, liv
ing on sprouts and roots which
they were able to find on the ;
island. Boats passed occasion
ally but so far from the island
that they could not see the
plight of the blind woman anti
her daughter. Finally the'
mother died, leaving the child
to struggle on. Aid finally .
came on June 22, when a
party of Indians landed on the j
island and carried the girl to
the mission hospital at Fort
Yukon.
Joe Walsh and Howard Col
ley, two well known men ot
Keno Hill, recently had a nar
row escape from an angry
bear with three cubs. The
two men came unexpectedly
upon the bear and her little
ones,- and the cubs, instead ol
running away from the men
ran towards them. The mothei
evidently fearing for her
young, charged. The men were
without weapons and there
was nothing for them to • do
but climb a tree. Colley reach
safety up a spruce and Walsh
climbed another tree, which
had been burned arid was rot
ten and fell under his weight,
throwing him to the gx-ound
He scrambled up with the
bear close at his heels and
made a desperate rush fox
the tree where Colley was. He
sninned up with the agility of
a squirrel, with the bear af
ter him. Walsh’s first leap
gave him a few feet start
but the bear was right at his
heels, having four feet to
work with she made better
headway up the tree. Fortun
ately she could not do much
but scratch his legs with her
claws, while Walsh in l'eturn,
kicked the “beast” in the face
with his spiked shoes, giving
her about all she wanted. Aft
er a bit she slid back to the
ground and sat there for an
hour and a half, with hei
cubs playing ai-ound hex,
while Colley from the top of
the tr$e and Walsh from as
near the top as he could get,
talked to her the nicest posa
ible way. They fold her how
nice her babies were and how
young and graceful she looked
hex-self. She did ixot pay any
attention to these sugai-y com
pliments at first, but finally
was won over and depai-ted
with her family.
With his tracks covei-ed with
layers of moss and his supplies
and output transported by
rope and boat at high tide
'only, so there would be no tell
tale ti-acks, Nick Martin was
apparently secui-ely entrench
ed in the bootlegging business
on a cliff near Hawkins Island
Cutoff. Deputy Max-shal Close
of Cordova and Prohibition
Officer Flannigan got wind of
his distillery, which is alleged
to have been catering to a
clam factory clientele, and ar
rived on the scene in time to
find the apparatus in operat
ion. They secured a barrel of
mash and 30 gallons^of moon
shine. Martin pleaded guilty
to manufacturing and possess
ing alcoholic liuor and was
fined $300 and sentenced to
five months in jail.
Alfred Donaghey, a pioneer
resident of Juneau, died there
recently after a lingering ill
ness from dropsy and heart
trouble.
In The Commissioner’s Court;
Territory of Alaska; Division
Number 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 of
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 ooid account and contest
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.
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.
■a-sanr-Tr i ■ — -w r.
' In The Commissioner’s Court;
Territory of Alaska; Division
Number One; Kydcr 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 Rozenstain, 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 the
aforesaid estate, and that at
. the jhaur 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
i said petition, when and where
all persons may have the op
I 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.
i Date of Publication Aug—12,
119, 26, Sept 2 and 9th.