Seward Letter
Seward, Alaska, May 30, 1906.
Editor Alaska Forum:
With much pleasure we read of the
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prosperity of that region, and sincerely
hope that it is not all rumor. But;—
•‘the world is given to lying” as much
now as in the days of Falstaff.
New arrivals in Seward bring stories
of the collapse of the Alaska Central
R. R., told with with great persistence
outside, that we might be pardoned for
believing that Seward had been sunk
and Resurrection bay filled up by an
earthquake. But, from the standpoint
of an unprejudiced observer, this re
gion is far from dead. True, business
is rather quiet just now; and for good
reasons.
It will be impossible to get the rail
road to the coal fields this year, there
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fore work is concentrated on the twelve
miles beyond the end of the track; the
hardest to build al ng the whole line.
From mile 59 to 75 is easy to build, and
, the contractors who are grading from
mile 75 to 105 will be ready for the
rails as soon as the company is ready to
lay them. Two of the seven tunnels on
the above mentioned twelve miles are
finished and work is being rushed - on
the others," as well as the rock, bridge
and trestle work.' Until 100 miles more
track is laid we can expect no great in
crease of business in Seward.
Quite- a mosquito fleet runs from here
to mines and prospects in the vicinity.
Many coal, gald and copper mines have
headquarters in Seward and the stam
pede to the Yentna still continues. Im
provements are going on here all* the
time. The water, light and power com
panies and are improving and extend
ing their systems. Another new drug
store -is just having its fixtures put in.
The Episcopal church is nearing com
pletion. The wharf is being rebuilt
with creasoted piling and about' double
in eapac ity^ teredos destroyed the piles
of the first wharf in less than two
years. The artificial stone plant is now
runnins; has put up several chimneys
and small jobs; has a number of con
tracts and is now building the new bank
building which will cost over; $12,000.
Several of- the 11 saloons and dahee
halls are being improved. : The steahnef
Dora, which carries the monthly mail
to Dutch Harbor, will make its head
quarters here instead of at Valdez after
June 1.
Election of delegate is our chief topic
of interest now. Sam Graff, well
known along the Yukon, thought of en
tering the race, but found that Frank
Young could probably develop more
strength, so Graff has withdrawn in his
favor. Young is a man well known
along the coast; lives in Alaska all the
time, has mining interests here, is con
nected with the A. C. R. R. and enthu
siastic over the development of the in
terior. While a republican in former
years, he realizes that we are all aliens
in Alaska and hopes to see our wrongs
righted. He is without doubt the
strongest man the South coast could
furnish and with a reasonable scatter
ing Vote will easily be elected. Person
ally, I believe him the the best: advo
cate we could have in Washington*.
Jim Dodson—our Windy—is sick, had
to give up his job and come* to- town.
We have had fine weather lately, but I
sadly miss the greens that grow along
the Yukon, Still one can’t have every
thing in one plac e. Sewardi tes are -ex
perimenting in gardening this year.
All the vegetables we have now are!
withered in the trip from Seattle.
C. H. Gibbon, M. D.
The barometer is falling and unsteady,
indicating light rains.
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JAMES B. WINGATE
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Notary Public & Conveyancer
Forum Office
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Rampart
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DENTAL WORK IN ALL BRANCHES
gT' ’ Will remain in Rampart four weeks. Prices
Moderate and all work Guaranteed.
jU Office: Cabin west of Telegraph Station.
HOME OFFICE: CIRCLE, ALASKA.
A' few Selected Rhubarb or
£ Pie Plant"; Roots6 at the Fomin
Office. Will bear this summer.
APPLICATION
U. S. Land Office, Juneau, Alaska, Feb. 1, 1906. |
Notice is hereby given that I, U. G. Myers of
Eagle, Alaska, duly appointed and qualified town
site trustee for Eagle Townsite, in pursuance of,
and under the provisions of the act of Congress
approved March 3, 1891, governing the acquisition
of title to public lands in the District of Alaska
for townsite purposes, have made application for /
entry and patent, on behalf of the several inhabit- j
ants of the town of Eagle and for their use and I
benefit, to the lands in U. S Survey No. 353, Eagle jf
Townsite, containing 570.192 acres, but excepting!
therefrom the reservations hereinafter specified.*
Said land or townsite is situated on the left bank *
of the Yukon river near the confluence of Mission
creek with said Yukon river and about three miles
L west of the international boundary line between
the United States and Canada, described by metes
and bounds, courses and distances as follows:
Beginning at the intersection of the middle line
of C street of Eagle, Alaska, with the left bank of
of the Yukon river as indicated by ‘ordinary high
water mark, [the line of no vegetation] where is
set a greenish colored stone 32x16x8 inches mark
ed Sur. No. 353, Beg. Cor. No. 1 on the west side,
and ‘M. C.’ for meander corner, on the east side,
whence Cor. No. 4, Sur. No. 350 bears N. 10 deg. 47
min. W., 8.82 chs., thence S. 68 deg. 03 min. W.,
along the middle line of said C street 50.00 chs. to
Cor. No. 2 where is set a greenish colored stone 25
xl0x7 inches marked Sur. No. 353. Cor. No. 2 on
east side, thence S. 21 deg. 57 min. E. 80.00 chs. to
Cor. No. 3 where is set a spruce post 4 1-2 feet long
and 5 inches square marked Sur. No. 353, Cor. No.
3 on north side, ‘U. S. M. R.’ on west side, and S.
W. Cor. Townsite of Eagle, on east side, thence N.
62 deg. 03 min E,; parallel with said C street, 124.
14 chs. to Cor. No. 4 at the left bank of the Yukon
river at ordinary high water mark [line of no veg
etation] where is set a greenish colored stone 25x
17x7 inches marked ‘M. C.’ on east side, and Sur.
No. 353, Cor. No. 4. on west side, thence down
stream along the left bank of the Yukon river f6l
. lowing the meanders at ordinary high water mark*
118.00 chs. to Beg, Cor. No. 1, the place of begin- ^
ning, containing 570. 102 acres. Variation 35 deg.
52 min; . E; _
That said application comprises all land contain
ed and lying within the boundaries of Sur. No.-353
excepting therefrom only the following reserva
tions made'and selected by a board of commission
ers appointed to make reservations for school and
other purposes; said reservations so made by said
board being of the area and for the following pur
poses, to wit:
For public schools etc.32.485 ttcres.
For U. S. court house & jail..0.185 acres.
For municipal government.0.115 acres.
Being a total reservation of 32.785 acres,
which being deducted from the total area of Sur,
No. 353, (570.192 acres) leaves 537.407 acres, the
area for which patent is applied for, and
which is inclusive of land covered and contained
within Survey No. 351, the same being a Soldier's
Additional Homestead claim of one James E. Sne
vely, consisting of 79.650 acres which is claimed to
be a part of the Eagle Townsite aforesaid and
therefore included and covered by this application
Notice is hereby given to any and all parties
having or asserting any claim to any portion of the
above described tract to appear at Eagle, Alaska,
on July 14, 1906, at 10 o'clock a. m. before the clerk^
of the U. S. District Court, the time and place or
making final proof, there to cross-examine claim
ant's witnesses, offer proof in his own behalf and
make his protests in writing; and notice is further
given to all parties claiming adversely any portion
of the above described tract to file with the Regis
ter of the U. S. Land Office at Juneau, Alaska, an
adverse claim, in accordance with law, during the
period of publication or within thirty days there
after. Proof is to be made by the following wit
nesses:
Witnesses.
John R. Robinson,
C. L. Andrews, U. G. Myers,
Henry Raymond, Townsite Trustee.
J, J. Hillard.
It is hereby ordered that the foregoing notice of
the application of U.G. Myers, Trustee of Town
site of Eagle, be published in the Alaska Forum,
a weekly newspaper published at Rampart, Alas
ka, for the statutory period, ten consecutive inse*>v
tions. John W. Dudley,
First insertion, April 28, 1906. Register
q LOCATION NOTICES.
FORUM OFFICE