SHIP YOUR
RAW FURS
AND DEERSKINS TO
MCMILLAN FUR & WOOL CO.
200 FIRST AVE 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. Laud Office at Juneau, Alaska. )
February 16, 1904.)
Notice is hereby given, That Carl M. Johanson,
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, identical with
Cor No 13 of U S Military Reserve, a stone marked
Sur 350, Cor No 3; thence n 67deg 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, tor No 5; thence 11 50 deg 38 min w, 8.40 chs
to place of betffttrfllig. 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 U. S. Laud 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 m 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.
Notice to Creditors
In Probate Court, Rampart Precinct, Third
Division, District of Alaska.
In the matter of the estate of Herbert Haven,
Deceased.
I, Chas. Birchler, having been duly appointed
administrator of the estate of Herbert Haven,
deceased, hereby give notice to all creditors of
said estate to tile their claims against said
estate with me at the office of the Northern
Commercial Co., in Rampart, with the proper
vouchers attached, within six months after the
date of the first publication of this notice.
First publicatior April 30th, 1904.
Chas. Birchler,
Administrator of said estate.
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LOCAL. JOTTINGS
Late reports from Baker creek
indicate an early breakup ot the
Tanana.
A. H. Mayo and Joseph Cooper
dissolved partnership on the first of
I the month. Mayo will continue'
the business and Cooper may go to
Tanana after the breakup.
Sam Heeter is building a neat
picket fence around his house on
the hill. When the fence is com
j
; pleted Sam will have the neatest
: property in Rampart.
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!
The boghole in front of the court
house and jail, which has been an
eyesore every spring . tor years, is
being covered with a substantial
sidew'alk. Deputy Marshal Drei
belbis is to be commended for his
enterprise.
i Dave Rushing and Arthur Be
j vere returned trom their Dali river
camp a few days ago. They had
intended cutting logs, but the early
t
season prevented the freighting up
| of supplies aud they were forced to
! return.
1
A very pretty piece of rigging
work was done by Private Kava
j nagb, of the signal corps, Thurs
i day. The halyard of the big flag
! pole in front of the courthouse
| slipped clear through the pully at
\ the top, rendering the pole useless.
' Ravanagh procured a block and
tackle and allowed the upper sec
tion of the pole to be lowered so as
receive new halyards. The pole
was lowered and placed again with
in two hours.
TRAEGER & FALKENBERG
We carry a full and complete line of Summer Goods
Hats
Shirts
Overshirts
Sox
Cigars & Tobacco
Shoes
Boots
Gloves
Slippers
Watch Repairing
Fine Clothing
Corduroy Suits
Overalls
Underwear
, Nugget Jewelry
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WHAT ALASKA NKEDS
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! “Alaska ought tel have a dele
gate,’’ said Judge Wickeishain to
i the house committee on territories,
“and one of these bills ought to
pass with amendments so that
voting precincts shall coincide with
commissioners’ precincts. Election
1
j officers shall be appointed in each
■ precinct by the commissioner, and
; by the voters in case the officers
I
j are not present at the hour. Re
turns shall be made— one copy to
. clerk of court and the other to the
I
I returning board, to consist of the
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governor, secretary of the territory,
and customs collector, Election
should be held on first Tuesday in
September, and first delegate should
hold office for balance of this and
all of n°xt congress. The judges
| of the district court should not have
; anything to do with elections. The
delegate should he elected.’'
NEW MAIL CONTRACT
j Proposals will be received by the
, second assistant postmaster general
■ until May 24 for performing star
i route service from Valdez to Tan
ana, two found trips each month
j from Oct. 1 to May 31, each year,
starting October. 1904, and ending
May, 1906. Running time 20 days
and weight limit 400 pounds a trip
each wav. Bond of $35,000 re
quired. Blanks and information
can be obtained from Alvah Eames,
chief clerk R. M S., Valdez —
Prospector.
GAIN THJEIR POINT
Transportation companies doing
business between Seattle and Nome,
have carried their point with the
postoffice department in their effort
to prevent the shipping of gold
bullion through the mails in pack
ages weighing more than four
pounds each.
Steamer Jefferson forSkawayrun
launched at Tacoma last month.