United States District Court.
DISTRICT of ALASKA.
In the matter
of the proceedings to define, locate and fix
the ooumUriei of the several judicial dis
tricts of the District of Alaska.
On this 30th day ol June, a. d. 1900, pursu
ant to the provisions of an act of Congres en
titled “An Act making farther provisions for a
civil government for ALas&i, and for ouicr
purpose V appro zed June oth A. u. lyoo, Hon.
Arthur H. Noyes, judge of the Second Judicial
District and H011. james Wickers ham, judge of
tne Third Judicial District, of the District of
Alaska, met for tne purpose of dividing the Dis
trict ot Alaska into tnree recording divisions,
and designating the division of tne Court to
supervise- eacn, and to dehne the boundaries
thereof ao pro ided 111 Section 13 on page 6 of
said Act, and after due consideration and delib
eration, suen division> and tiie boundaries there
of were hxed and determined upon follows;—
Tne second judicial District of the District
of Alaska snail consist of all that territory lying
west ol that cerium liue desci ioed as follows.
Commencing at tne mouth ot tne Coivilie Kiver
0.1 the norm coast of the District of Alaska,
t-ieuce foLio*viug tile c-olviile kiver south and
^ _* >t to a point here ^aid river crosses tne one
hundred and nfty-tifth meridian line the second
tone, tneuce fallowing tne one hundredaad fif
ty* nun meridian line ,iOacn and west to tne
nijuUi oi tne boonkakat River, where said Soun
k luot Ki/ei einpLies into tne Yukon River;
Lienee in a south and easterly direction to the
we-derlv side oi Mount McKinley; thence in a
so-un westerly direction around tne headwaters
ol me Kuskorv\mi River to the northwesterly
cud ol Lake Clark, t.nonce down Lake Clark and
.\ogneiing Ki^ er to xIluimia Lake; thencesoutn
eriy across L«ik«: iiiamna to IvuKhonak; thence
in a duect line through the center of ihe Alaskan
IVuinsala to tne Straits of Isanotski; thence in
a southwesterly direction embracing witmn the
Second judicial District ail the Aleutian island?.
ixcte.caee i> here .>/ aid to that certain
map o( .iLa?ka hereto attached and made a part
oi nits order oil wnicti map is drawn a double
red Hue separating cue Second and Third Jud
icial District.-? ol tne oi strict ol Alaska, ar> near
ly a? possible conforming to the natural objects
and permaneiit land marks heretofore reiered to.
i he i irst and Third judicial Districts of the
District ol Alaska shall consist olsucii territory,
and be separated by siich divisions aud lines as
shall nereaiter be uxeti and determined upon bv
the Hon.Melvihe <J.Brown,judge of first judicial
District, ana the Hon, James VVickersham, judge
of the Third judicial District of said District of
Alaska, not included within the Second judicial
District as heretofore Described.
The subdivisions of said District of Alaska
and the boundaries of said judicial Districts
may be subsequently altered, changed or modi
fied ill the following manner; —
That any part of any district may be detach
ed from the same and added to any other dis
trict, whenever in the judgment of il\e ( udges of
said, districts so altereu or enanged.the same shall
be deemed advisable, and such change or aliera
tion shall Vie agreed upon writing between tlie
Judges ofthe judicial districts so atfected. and
suen change or alteration shall be published and
promulgated aj provided for iii Section n on
page b of said Act.
i ms order shall be executed |n triplicate and
recorded in the minutes of the several District
Courts of said District of Alaska,
Witness trie signature of the Honorable
Judges of the Several District Courts of said Dis
trict ot Alaska this 30th day of June, a.d. 1000
i Sid-NiiD j M.C. Brown.
. . Judge ot the First judicial Dis.
t Signed ; Aruiur il. Noyes.
. „ J udge ot the Second judicial i>is.
I Signed ( jaraes Wickersham.
O udge of cue t'nird judicial Dis
IN T H K U NI TED ST A T KS L> IS TRICT CO UR T
w»l5) l KlC T OF ALASKA,
in the matter
of the proceedings to define,locate and fix the
boundaries of the several judicial divisions
ot the district of Alaska.
On this sixth day of July A. 1). nineteen
hundred pursuant to the provisions of an act of
congress entitled “An act making further provi
sion for a civil government for Alaska and for
other purposes”, approved June 6th, 1900, the
llon.M. v.. Di’o.v u j udge of the first j udieial di
vision, and the Hon. .lames Wickersham , judge
of the third judicial division, of the dtstrict of
Alaska,met at Skagway in the district ot Alaska
for the purpose of dividing the district of Alaska
into three recording divisions, to designate the
divisions of the court to be supervised by each,
j and to define the boundaries there of as provid
; ed in section thirteen ofsaidact. And after due
consideration and deliberation the following
boundaries were fixed and determined upon to
wit:—
The order heretofore and on the thirtieth
! day of June, kco, made and signed by the Hon.
I Arthur H. Noyes, judge of the second division of
I said district of Alaska, and the Hon. James
Wickersham judge of the* third division of said
district, faxing the boundary line between the
i second and third divisions is in all things here
! by approved and continued;
The line dividing the first and third divisions
i of the said district is faxed as follows, to-wit;
! Beginning on the line fixed in the order of June
| 30, 1900, and signed by the judge ; of the district
! court of Alaska, where tne mine crosses Mt.Mc
Kinley near the headwaters of the h.idiitna
River, the line shall run thence Hu t u'a along
the divide between the hiad\. 1 Ur v. f Ik ;aiti
I Shushitna and Tatiana uivers, a..<i w.. ^ p.
| ward along tiie divide bet.^e. . r
j of the Copper River and the sa,d i . .1
! and thence Southerly along the divide between
j the rivers running westwardly into the copper
i River and other rivers running eastwardly
i into the Yukon River, and thence Southward
• along said divide to Mt. St. Klias, and thence
following the national boundary line of South
eastern Alaska between the British and Ameri
can Territories to Dixon Kntrance.
Ana it is ncreny oraereu mat ait tnat por
tion of the district of Alaska lying South and
i W est of the above described line and all that por
tion of the district of Alaska lying South and
< Hast of the line fixed in the order of June thirti
eth aforesaid and being South of Mt. McKinley,
the initial point above named, shall constitute
the first judicial division of the district of
Alaska.
And it is further ordered that all that por
tion of the district of Alaska lying North and
Hast of the watersheds of the said Shush itna
and Copper Rivers as above described, and ly
ing west of the boundary line between the dis
trict of Alaska and the Yukon territory and ly
j ing Hast of the line running Northerly from Mt.
| McKinley, and fixed by the order of June thirt i
j eth aforesaid, shall constitute the third division
I of the district of Alaska.
It is further ordered that all that portion of
the district of Alaska lying 'Vest of the line fix
ed ia the order of June thirtieth aforesaid and
. including all of the Aleutian Islands ly ing to the
! Westwaid of Osanotski Straits shall constitute
the second division of the district of Alaska.
It is further ordered that as soon as it
shall be ascertained that a convenient way
exists of reaching Valdez and the mouth
' of the Copper River country from Eagle
City so that the public business may be.
< more economically managed from the
court at Eagle City that a rearrangement
shall be made whereby the said Copper
River country may be placed in the third
division of said district.
it is turther ordered that this order
be attached to the order of June 30, 1900,
and the map attached to that order, and
that this order and the said order of June
30,1900, and the said map,shall constitute
one order, and that said map shall be re
ferred to for a more particular ’ -■ < 1 cation
of said lines and that both of - a.d or
ders shall be recorded at lar0c a the re
cords of each division of said court. a::d
that the map attached to the same shall
be safely filed with the • said orders and
retained for reference with the clerks of j
each division.
This order shall be executed in trip
licate and and a copy forwarded to the
clerk of each court. ;
Witness the signatures of the Hon
orable Judges of the several divisions of
j
the said district of Alaska this 6tli day of
July, a. d. igoo.
| Signed j M. C. Brown.
Judge of the First Division.
| Sjgnkd | James Wickersliam.
Judge of the Third Division.
United States
District of Alaska, ss:
I, Albert R. Heilig, Clerk
of the District Court of the United States
for the District of Alaska, Third Div.sion
hereby certify that the foregoing orders
are true and correct copies of the orders
of the Judges of the District Court of the
United States for tiie District of Alaska,
defining, locating and fixing the bounda
ries oi tiie several judicial divisions of the
Distr.ct oi Alaska, [not including how
ever the map attached to the oi\g m«l or
ders,] as the same are oi record . nd re
d* if ^ 4 i 111 iii a Jl * v O ii a d •
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w w - \ lit?. 1 j (a cl !* * * t ([
court iii.s i)iXin oi o^ocUibci, i(^oo.
| SEAL j Albert R. Iieilig,
Clerk of said Court,
i jan 17,24.31. feb, 7,14,2i, 28
United States of America.
United States District Court, District of
A laska, Thud Division.
nlinerG. Scherer,
Plain tiff
VS.
Louis Koepeke,
William V. Somerville.
P. King and
D. Donovan,
Defendants.
I
Sr: ir irons
tor
Publi jaiioii.
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The President of the United States of Amer
ica, Greeting:
To the above named defendants:
I You are hereby required to appear in the United
j States District Court, in and for the District
| of Alaska, Third Division, within thirty
| days after the completion of the pern d
j of the publication of this summo.i*,
• to-wit: within thirty days after the fonr
! teenth day of February, 1901, and answer the
j complaint of the above named plaintiff; and un
less you so appear and answ er, the plaintiff w ill
• apply to the Court for the relief demanded in
! said complaint, to-w it: to quiet and confirm in
: the plaintiff the title of a part of placer ruining
claim know n as No. 7 above lower discovery,
Jack Wade creek, Alaska, and to grant him a
perpetual injunction in respect of said
property as against defendants. The date
of the order by the above named Court for ser
vice by publication is November 15th., 1900.
WITNESS the Hon. James W'ickei sham,
Judge of said Court, this fifteenth day of Nov
ember, in the year of Our Dord one thousand
i nine hundred and of our independence the
one hundred and twentyfifth. Albert R.Heilig,
George K. French, Clerk.
Attorney for Plaintiff.
[SEAL ]
Jan.3,10,17,24,31,feb,7,14.
The Cold Interferes.
This cold weather is cutting
some funny pranks. Capt. Wil
liams iit a candle in his cache one
ight this week and the outside
ut v\ hile the fire followed sev
eral inches down the wick. The
oil in arothar man’s lantern froze
and the light went out while going
home at 60 below. The same man
claims a pail of water froze over a
good fire just started in the stove in
his eabin.