SHIP YOUR
AND DEERSKINS TO
MCMILLAN FUR 4. WOOL CO.
203 FIRST AVS N. MINNEAPOLIS, MINN,
Alaska furs a specialty. Very top prices paid.
Quick cash returns. Shipments held until
returns approved, when requested. Make
trial shipment. Convince yourself.
WRITE FOR CIRCULARS
Trade and Manufacture Application
No. 15.
U. S. I*and Office at Juneau, Alaska. {
February 16, 1904.)
Notice is hereby given, That Carl M. Johaiison,
being entitled to the benefits of Sections 12, 13
and >4 of the Act of Congress approved March 3,
1891, as amended by Section 10 of the Act of Con
gress approved May 14, 1898, does hereby apply
to purchase that tract of public land in 'Alaska
known as U. S* Survey No. 350, situate at the
junction ol Mission creek and the Yukon river,
Alaska, and more particularly described as fol
lows, to-wlt;
Beginning at cor No 1, on lower right bank of
former channel of Mission creek, a schist stone
marked Beg Cor No 1, Sur No 350: thence
s 67 deg 02 min w, 11.59 chs to Cor No 2, a schist
stone marked Cor No 2, Sur No 350; thence s 21
deg 26 min e, 13.00 chs to Cor No 3, identical with
Cor No 13 of US Military Reserve, a stone marked
Sur 350, Cor No 3; thence n 67 deg 02 min e, 13.61
chs to Cor No 4, on left bank of Yukon river.
identical with Cor No 12 of U S Military Re
serve, a stone marked Sur 350, Cor No 4; thence
along said left bank of Yukon river, n 1 deg 20
min w, 6.00 chs to Cor No 5, at mouth of old
channel Mission creek, a stone marked Sur No
350, Cor No 5; thence n 50 deg 38 min w, 8.40 chs
to place of beginning. From said beginning
Cor No i, U S Initial Monument No 1 bears n 16
deg 53 min w, 13.88 chains distant. Area, 18.275
acres. Magnetic variation 35'deg 58 min east.
Any and all persons claiming adversely any
portion of the above described tract of land are
required to file in the U. S. I.and Office at Juneau,
Alaska, their adverse claim thereto, within the
period of publication or thirty days thereafter.
John W. Dudley,
Register.
# Notice of the above application will be pub
lished for the statutory period in the Alaska
For.im, printed at Rampart, Alaska, which I
hereby designate as the newspaper published
nearest the land described in said application.
John W. Dudley, Register.
The Light Draft Steamer
TANANA CHIEF
Will leave Tanana on her first trip to
Fairbanks and Chenoa
Immediately on Opening of Navigation
. For Freight and Passage
Apply to A. W. Williams, Agt Tanana
LOCAL JOTTINGS
A. B. Eewellyn left on a trip to
Cher oa Thursday morning.
Ross Minard and Ed Hopkins got
back from Chenoa yesterday.
j Mike Eaboski and Sam Fox left
; for Chenoa Tuesday morning.
| E. A. Dunlap left for Tanana j
Tuesday morning. Dunlap will;
remain t. iere this summer.
The post quartermaster at Ft. j
| Gibbon has called for bids on 300,- j
000 feet of saw logs and 2,400 cords
. of dry spruce or birch wood.
j W. H. Wright will work 3a
! Thanksgiving this summer. His
i laymen will wash up good pay this
' season.
Deputy Marshal Dreibelbis has!
handed in his resignation, to take j
effect as soon as his successor can!
qualify.
Jules Marion, N. C. mail super
intendent, arrived from Eagle last
Tuesday. Marion left for Xanana
Thursday morning accompanied by
Manager Duncan.
Capt. Al. Mayo will pilot the i
steamer Xanana Chief on her first
two trips to Chenoa this season.
Mayo is the pioneer pilot of the
Yukon.
J. M. McKeown, a Chenoa!
freighter, reports that the Hadley-1
Belt & Hendricks freight difficult}'
has been settled out of court, Belt
& Hendricks paying the 25c andj
35c rate from Rampart and Baker.
McKeown states that all Hadley
had coming when the settlement
was made amounted to $169.
Traeger and Falkenberg Gents Furnishing store
Spectacles Fitted. Snow Glasses, Badges Made
Watchmakers & Jewelers Cigars & Tobaccos
Ml Styles of NUGGET JEWELRY Made to order
NOME NEWS SPECIALS
Special to the Forum.
Frozen Body Found
Nome, March 18.—The dead
body of Stephen A. Stanton was
found on Monday frozen in the ice
on Nome river. M ushers breaking
trail discovered the body as their
sled ran over it, striking one of the
hands and exposing it to view, with
a portion of the body. Stanton left
Nome for Banner creek last Thurs
day, where he was working.
Lost an Fyc
Nome, March 12.—Geo. Adams,
on Derby creek, was removing some
supplies from his cabin in Nome,
when a pane of glass was broken.
A fragment struck him in the eye,
cutting the pupil. The eye will be
saved, but its sight will be lost.
Native Commits Outrage
Nome, March 18.—A native by
the name of Joe Austin raped a io
year-old native child near Ret
mount, the daughter of Charles
Smith, a half-breed. Austin is in
jail here. A preliminary trial will
be held Thursday.
Rich Pay
Nome, March 12.—Pay has been
found 011 Pink creek which will
rival any claim in the Klondike.
It is over five feet wide and will
average at least two teet through
The claim is owned by Stanley
Kuzek.
Suit for Dexter Property
Nome, March 10.—The Pioneer
Mining Co. has begun suit against
W. F. Black, W. A. Spencer and
David Black for the possession of
No. 3 Dexter creek and $5,000.
Ira Orton, plaintiffs attorney.
Died of Tuberculosis
Nome, March 18.—R. Lloyd
Eaton died here yesterday morning
of tuberculosis contracted last fall.
He leaves a wife and daughter in
Nome.