SHIP YOUR
RAW FURS
AND DEERSKINS TO
MCMILLAN FUR &. WOOL CO.
200 FIRST AVE N. MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.
Alaska furs a specialty. Very tof> prices paid.
Quick cash returns. Shipments held until
returns -approved, wheu requested. Make
trial shipment. Convince yourself.
WRITK FOR CIRCULARS
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Trade and Manufacture Application
No. 15.
U. S. I^and Office at Juneau, Alaska, (
February 16, 1904.)
- Notice is hereby given, That Carl M. Jotianson,
being entitled to the benefits of Sections 12, 13
and )4 of the \ct 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, ideutical with
Cor No 13 of U S 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 111111 w, 8.40 chs
to place of beginning. From said beginning
Cor No !, 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 C. S. Land Office at J uneau,
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 Rampart on her first trip to
Fairbanks and Clienoa
Immediately on Opening of Navigation
For Freight and Passage
Apply to A. W. Williams, Agt Tanana
LOCAL. JOTTINGS
Frank Smith is hauling and
beaching 175 cords of wood on the
island below Rampart for Billy
Nelson.
Any inquiries regarding freight
1 and passenger rates for the Tanana
Chief, as well as reservations for
freight space, can be made at the
Forum office.
Mr and Mrs. L,. Shequin and
Master George are spending a few
da/s in camp. Mr. Shequin has
; finished winter drifting and after
the wash up on 4 Littie Minook
will proceed to groundsluice off the
lower end and shovel in
A. W. Williams returned from
Tanana Tuesday. Mr. Williams
will return today accompanied by
his wife. He reports the Tanana
Chief in good quarters arid condi
tion. With a week’s work on her
machinery, he pronounces her in
better shape than ever before.
In a recent letter John Stanley
states that he will be in on the first
boats with a complete suction
dredge for operation on his Big
Minook holdings. Stanley de
serves great credit for his success
and there is every reason to believe
the project will pay liberally.
Doc Hudgin has the nucleus lor
his marten farm domiciled in a
large cage in the rear of his resi
dence.. “Windy Jim,’’ “Nancy
Hanks,’’ and “Queen Vic’’ are be
ing rapidly domesticated. The
doctor paid Farrell, their captor,
his charges of $48 expended on
salve for his chewed-up hands.
Traeger and Falkenberg Gents Furnishing store
Spectacles Fitted, Snow Glasses, Badges Made
Watchmakers & Jewelers Cigars & Tobaccos
All Styles of NUGGET JEWELRY Made to order
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j E. A. Dunlap is clerking in the:
N. A. T. & 1% Co.’s store.
O’Day & Myers have commenced
work on the government steamers
[Argo and Van Vleit. The Argo
! has been rechristened the Smith.
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Traveling on the Tatiana river
is almost over for the season. Allen
& Smith were compelled to return
! to Tanana, owing to the great
amount of water on the ice. They
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| will send up their logging crews on
I the opening of navigation on the
1 steamer Tanana Chief.
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| Allen & Smith, of Tanana, se
cured 150,000 feet of sawlogs on
the late award. On their agreeing
to supply that quantity for $24.50 •
per thousand they were also award
ed a contract tor 500 cords of wood
at $n per cord. Another Tanana
man named Clarke secured the
other centract for 150,000 feet of
sawlogs.
The cordwood contracts for 2,400
cords are being held awaiting in
structions from Vancouver barrack,
Jerry Ford, an old resident of Eagle,
having placed a bid there to fur
nish the entire amount. His bid is
being considered at Vancouver, and
in the meantime just who will re
ceive the contract is a matter of
conjecture.
Kris Falkenberg has been visit
ing on Glen for the past week.
The height required to raise the
gravel on 13 Hoosier with the hy
draulic lift is baiely 19 feet. This
is from two feet in bedrock into
the flume sluices.'
Sam Heeter has finished hauling
the flume lumber for the upper
Hoosier hydraulic plant. The lift
being installed, all that is now re
quired to uncover bedrock is the
spring thaw.
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