NOTICE OF APPLICATION
FOR U. S. PATENT.
The United States of America,
Department 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-'
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 centei
line of said claim, and on the
Hyder-Premier wagon road
about 10 Vs! 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 1025V*
feet to corner No. 2, thence
North 37° and 23' West '
650 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 j
Corner No. 4, thence South
373 23' East 591 5-10 feet to
I
corner No. 1, the place of be-1 ■
ginning.
The Iron Ridge Lode Mineral ■
Claim is bounded as follows,
to -wit:— (
On the Northwesterly side
by the Sourdough Fraction, j
on the Northeasterly side by
the Virgina Lode claims, on (
the Southeasterly side by the <
11 Mile Discovery Claim, on j
the Southwest by unappropri
ated public domain.
The Iron Ridge Lode Mineral
Claim is included in United |,
States Mineral Survey No. r
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- j
plication for patent for the
Iron Ridge Lode Mineral
Claim is based is not tied to
a corner of the public survey j
but is tied to United States ^
Mineral Monument No. 1418,
the geographical location of .
which is Longitude 1303 03'
West and Latitude 56° 02' ,
North. Said monument is Io- 1
cated about 100 feet South
easterly from where the Pre
mier Gold Mining Company’s j
tram crosses the Salmon Rivei
and in the Southerly corner
of this claim on the Easterly
bank of said Salmon River,
in Hyder Mining District, 1
Alaska. Said monument is a 1
granite rock 3d 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. i418.
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 Me Grew
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.
NOTICE OF MARSHAL’S SALE
United States of America, ) :
?irst Div. District of Alaska. ) !
Public notice is hereby given, j
hat by virtue of a writ of
rieri Facias (or execution),
lated May 18th., A. D. 1926,
ssued out of the District Court,
>f the United States for the
?irst Div. District of Alaska.
>n a judgment rendered in
laid Court, on the 29th, day of
April, A. D. 1926, in favor of
lyder Townsite and Improvc
nent Co. a corporation, Plain
iff. and against Bernard M.
Itone and Julia I. Stone De
endants, I have, on this 26th
lay of May, A. D. 1926, levieu
ipon the following described
eal estate, situated in tne |
[’own of Hyder, Alaska and '
ferritory of Alaska, to wit:
All of Lot Eleven (11) in |
llock Ten (10) of Lindeborg’s
Addition to the Town of Hy
ler, Alaska, and that I will,
iccordingly, offer said real
state for sale, at public ven
lue to the highest and best
udder for cash, on the 28th,
lay of June, A. D. 1926, at
0 o’clock A. M., at the Office
if the United States Marshal,
lyder, Alaska.
Dated, at Hyder, Alaska, this
!6th, day of May, A. D. 1926
Geo. D. Beaumont
U. S. Marshal,
',irst Div. District of Alaska,
ly T. W. McDonald
Deputy.
Joseph Kehoe
Plaintiff’s Attorney.
*ub. May 26. June 2-9-16-23,
926.
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.
Blacksmi thing—
Hyder Machine Shop.
Clothing—
I Hyder Mercantile Co.
Cleaning, Pressing—
Robert Nakki
Chinaware Crockery—
I 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—
Hyder Fuel Company
Salmon River Dock Co.
General Supplies—
Hyder Mercantile Co.
Groceries—
Hyder Grocery.
Hyder Mercantile Co.
Green Goods—
Hyder Grocery.
Hyder Mercantile Co.
Gas Engines—
Hyder Machine Shop.
Golden Gate Hotel.
Hardware—
Hyder Mercantile Co.
Jewelry—
Nugget Shop. ,
Hyder Drug Co.
Midget Emporium.
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 Stpre.
Northern Pool Hall
Midgot Emporium * .
Hyder Drug Co.
Hyder Mercantile Co.
Golden Gate Hotel
Stationery
Midget Emporium 1
Hyder Drug Co.
Steamship Agencies—
Salmon River Dock Co.
Toilet Preparations—
Hyder Drug Co.
Midget Emporium.
Tranfer Companies—
BklEF ITEMS FROM ALL
PARIS OF THE TERRITORY
EVENTS IN THE NORTH AS PORTRAYED IN THE
PRESS QF ALASKA
The Interior department has
authorized the lease of 1440
acres of coal land to the Mata
nuska coal company. The
terms of the lease require an
investment of $143,000 during
the first five years and a royal
ty of two cents a ton.
The Alaska Road Commission
has been instrumental in se
curing the creation by Ex
ecutive Order of a National
Cemetery at Sitka, Alaska,
and the regular allotment of
funds by the Quartermaster
General of the Army for its
upkeep and improvement. It
has secured two field howit- j
zers, which will permanently j
guard the entrance. Work in
progress, supported by the,
Territory, the Quartermaster:
General, the Alaska Road
Commission, and public sub
scriptions, will in a short Jime
make of it the “Arlington of I
Alaska.”
In a decision rendered by!
Judge Clegg at Seward recent
ly, it was held that United j
States Commissioners have no
authority to suspend sentences |
of persons convicted in their'
courts. The judge held 'that i
the statute under which com-!
miesioners have been acting
does not apply to courts of
of justices of the peace, but
only to the district court.
Chances for the discovery of
oil are better in Alaska than
anywhere else at the present
time, according to John P.
Samuelson, who left Juneau
recently for Yakataga Beach
to head the exploratory drill
ing program to be under taken j
there by the General Petrole- i
um Company. “I have seen j
more oil from seepages there
than 1 ever saw anywhere else ;
and, some day, someone is go- *
ing to find oil there,” he said.!
The fifth annual Alaska I
Teachers’ Institute will be held 1
in Ketchikan during the week
of August 30, according to the
Alaska School Bulletin. Ses
sions will begin on Tuesday,
August 31. The meeting will
be three days in length and
will be followed by the annual
meeting of the Alaska Edu
cationel association.
William Jakeman, trackwalk
er on the Alaska Railroad, was
severely injured recently when
his speeder was hit by a train.
The accident occurred near1
Moody, between tunnels two j
and three, at. a particularly j
sharp curve. A sharp wind was |
blowing at the time and he j*
did not hear the train, until \
it was almost upon him. He \
jumped from the speeder just j
as the train struck it. In falling
down the embankment, Jake
man suffered a broken should
er blade and fractured sev
eral ribs.
The finding of the pilot
house and other wreckage of
the gas-boat Brighton on the
heach near Snug Harbor, Cook
inlet, confirms the belief that
Ed White and two natives,
Sam Potts
Crawford Transfer Co.
rtMmhtiing—•
Gilbert Beripr,
; who have been missing since
' the 20th of last November,
I came to their death during a
storm while enroute from Ili
amna to Seldovia. White and
the natives left Seldovia on
November 14 for Iliamna,
where they loaded two horses
and started back six days later
Nothing has been heard from
them since.
It is reported, that Joe Hen
derson, has acquired the one
third interest of his associate, j
Ed. Tyndall,' in the Mohawk
group of lode claims on the
Ester-St.Patrick’s creek divide.
The deal, is said to have in
volved a considerable sum of
money, as the Mohawk group,
now being mined by Hender
son, is considered one of the
best in the camp, already hav
ing been a heavy producer.
G. W. Metcalf general mana
ger of the Fairbanks Explora
tion Company stated recently i
that the company has some
three hundred men employed j
at this time and will have at j
most 800 or 1,000 men this ■
summer. Due to the early
spring and fine weather, work
is away ahead of schedule.
T. E. Johnson and A. E. Lee
were brought before U. S.
Commissioner Thompson at
Anchorage recently for viola
tion of the Alaska bone dry |
law. They were charged with <
the possession of some 5001
bottles of beer. The defendants
pleaded guilty to the charge
and were fined $300 each.
The fines were paid.
Val Klem, who has an anti
mony property on Cleveland
Peninsula, about 17 miles from
Ketchikan, has recently re
ceived returns from a ton of
ore sent to the smelter. The
ore went $44 to the ton. A'ter
deducting the freight and
smelter charges it netted him
?27.81 per ton.
LOCAL NOTES
H. A. Ives, local photographer
whose scenic views of the Port
land Canal District, have not
only gained him considerable
celebrity, but also have proved
to be a most effective adver
tisement for the district, is en
gaged at present in taking a
series of panoramic views of
Ketchikan and environs.
In anticipation of her early
departure for Seward Mrs. C.
T. Hatten was tendered a fare
well reception by the Friend
ship Club at the J. A. Hall
residence Wednesday after
noon.
The reception was attended
by the membership of the club
and a number of invited guests
and was a most enjoyable
function.
In addition to partaking of de
licious refreshments, the guests
were entertained with musical
and vocal selections by Mrs.
William Gray and Anthony
Sobieralski.
S. G. Cgtes, who has been
for some itime connected with
the Premier forces in the ca
pacity of master plumber hft
on the Camousum Monday to
join his family in Vancouver.
Mr. Cates has severed his con
nection with the Premier and
will not return.
Mrs. Felix Seppi, who has
been severely ill for seve-al
weeks, left Sunday for the
States under the care of Mrs.
Walter Blanton, who will pro
ceed with the sufferer as far
as Seattle, from which r>oi .t
Mrs. Seppi will proceed to
Arizona under the care of an
outside friend.
J. E. Munro, owner of ti e
Munro group, on the \v> te rn
border of Salmon Glacier, re
turned Sunday from Any ok.
where he has been located for
the past six months.
Mr. Munro intends to resume
development work on ht3
properties.
Nils Olsen, who has roamed
the North from Nome to Hy
der since the palmy days of
’99, returned Sunday after
wintering in Seattle to look
after his local mining interests.
THE HERALD
JOB PRINTING
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