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Four feet of water covered
the Salmon river road recently,
owing to the rains and melting
snow.
The new general hospital in
Ketchikan, that was built under
the supervision of Father Van
der Pol is said to be one of the
most up to date and best equip
ped institutions of its kind on
the coast. It was ' erected at
the cost of $40,000,, $11,000 of
which was raised at Ketchikan.
Four Sisters and one Mother
Superior have arrived from the
States, and have taken charge of
the hospital.
Albert Maurice, a pioneer resi
dent of Alaska and.an oldtimer
m the Kantishna district, recen
t y committed suicide. His body
■was found later by a chance vis
iter. Tne deceased had a severe
attack of rheumatissm and was
conlined to his bed, Realizing he
wb'ild freeze to death unless he
got some assistance he wrote a
note and then shot himself thru
the heart. There was a plenti
ful supply of wood by the cabin
door but he was unable to get
it.
The Kusko Times recently re
ceived a letter from a party in
Chicago, 111. asking what price
could be given on Alaska wolves
to be used as pets. He also wants
malamutes and puppies. [ This
guy is foolish. There’s lots of
wolves in Chicago.]
The movie actors were given a
reception upon their arrival in
Anchorage. About a thousand
people attended the affair.
An interesting e; se of scurvy
was reported at Dawson recent
ly. An old resident of the creeks
had been living on a diet con
sistingof beans, flour, oatmeal,
rolled oats, rice, eggs, butter,
bacon and canned milk; straw
berry jam, dates raisins and figs
and beside these things had lots
moose and beefr What he lacked
was acid foods such as oranges.
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 persons 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
court room thereof, atMcCarthy
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 tne
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 bom at the City
af Concord in the state of New
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Copper River
and Northwestern Railway
THROUGH, SERVICE TO CORDOVA TWICE WEEKLY
CALEB CORSER Supt. C. M. BOROUGHS .Agent
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 gave
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
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 an,d place hereinbefore
named,the court wifi 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. 1928.
( seal ) Wm.D.Coppernoll
Probate Judge.
Publish' March 10-17-24-31 and
April 7.
NOTICE TO DELINQUENT
CO-OWNERS
PETE DIECH and 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 th^ [un
organized ]Mining District "With
in the McCarthy Precinct, in the
Territory t>f 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 the ai
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
$133.381/j and an additional sum
of $2.00 recording fees, a total
of $135.33V3 and you are notified
that unless you contribute and
pay the undersigned your por'
tion to wit: The sum of $135.33V^
within ninety days after the per
sonal service of this Notice upon
you, or within ninety days after
the publication ef 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 Feb. 1923.
George Marhoffer
First publication Feb .24, 1923.
Last publication J une 2, 1923.