fr'im-M
eemg
and without the usual
brass band accompaniment, one of the
most conspicuous figures in the House
of Representatives passed through on
'theBusie last Monday evening on his
way to Nome;—Congressman John F.
Lacey of Iowa, chairman of the Public
Lands committee, and a memhar of the
committee on Indian Affairs.
Mr. Lacey said that while he bad no
personal interests m Alaska he was in
favor of any thing, conducive to the gen
eral welfare of th&'district. “I am in
Mayor of an elective delegate; the house
will never seat .anyother. Alaska is
entitled to territorial government. The
•>fKLf_« f. ...til L. -V ■ 1 1 it 'fan
Toiru. division will bemvided. These
are some of the statements made by
Mr. Lacey.
The congressman is on his way to
Nome to visit his daughter and son-in
law and will return via the Yukon. As
to the poiiticaLsignificance of his trip
Mr. Lacey was non-commitaL
HOOSIER HYDRAULIC
STARTS OPERATIONS
Monroe & Lindsay started their hyd
raulic elevator last Wednesday on 13a.
In order to. set the elevator it was nec
essary to sink a shallow shaft to bed
rock. In sinking this shaft the pay
streak was found to be 5 feet thick and
rich. Several hundred dollars were
panned <Mit. Owing to syphons shafts.
in summer in .the wet
This elevator shaft
old belief—that all
would Jbe fonnd.on
gravel. As a
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The Forum is The Misers* Paper
United states land office
Juneau, Alaska. May 26.1904.
Notice is hereby given, that in pursuance of and
under the provisions of the general'homestead laws
and the special Aot of Congress -approved May 14,
1898, extending the same to the District of Alaska,
authorizing the acquisition of title through the ex
ercise of Soldier's Additional Homestead rights.
James E. Snevely, whose address is 4112 lfth
.street, San Francisco, Cal., as assignee of Anna
'Snevely, widow of John Snevely, has made appli
cation for patent to the following described tract
of land, to wit;
Beginning at a pointidentical with Comer No. 6
of the original Eagle City Townsite Survey where
"is set a large Mica Sfchist Stone scribed Sur. No.
*351, Cor. No. 1, whence U.S. L.M. Eagle No. 2 bear
N. 23 deg. 10 min. W. 13.44 chs. the N. A. T. it ;’T.
Co’s. Store bears N. 3$deg. 00 mm. E. 20,50 chains
thence S. 23 deg. 10 min. E. along a line, identical
with the east line of the Pomeroy Homestead 31.04
cbs to Cor. No. 2.- where is seta large stone scribed
Stir. 351, Cor. Na 2, thence N. 66 deg. 47 min. ■ E.
36.33 chs. to Cor. No. 3 about A ehs. nearly ‘due
south from the leftbankef the Yukon river where
is seta large stone scribed Sur. 351. Cor. No. 1,
;thence N. 60 deg. 04 min. W, 44;6<y chs. .to Cor. No.
4 at the intersection of Hie sou th .line of Adams St.
where is set alarge stone scribed 'Sur. No. 351,
_Cor. No. 4, whence , the southeast comer .of the
^original Eagle City Townsite [situatedon the brink
Of the left bank of the Yukon river, near the N.vA.
T. & T. Co. store), bears north N. 40 deg, 41 min.
. EL.10 chs., thence S. 40 deg. . 41. min. W. along the
smith line of Adams St. 10.60 chs. to Cor. No.1, the
pointof beginning, containing'79.66 acres situated
near the town of Eagle. Alaska and known aa^U.
S. Survey No. 351 of the Soldier’s Additional home
stead of James E. Snevely.
Any and all persons claiming adversely to The
above described tract of land,*as surveyed, platted
and applied for, are hereby notified that unless
their adverse claims are ‘duly filed, according to
law and the regulations thereunder, within jthe
time prescribed by law, with the Register of the
_U.JS. Land Office at Juneau in . the District of -Al
aska, they will be barred by virtue of the provis
ions of 'said laws. John W. Dudley,
It is hereby ordered that the foregoing notice be
i published for the statutory period in the Alaska
Forum, a weekly newspaper. published at Ram
part, Alaska. John W. Dudley,
Register,
Date of'drst publication. May 27. 1905.