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SHELDON’S AUTOS
Five days from Chitina
to Fairbanks
Take the Automobile Line at Chitina for all
points on the Government Trail.
Fare to Fairbanks $75
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Company
LIGHTS, WATER, PHONES
AND POWER
25 and 40 Watt Lamps.35c.
60 Watt Lamps.50c. I
100 Watt Lamps.75c
250 Watt Lamps.$2.00
200 Watt, Gas Filled Lamps.$3.00
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GEO. C. IIAZELET,
Alaska. Trustee and Agent.
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PARIS, July 19—Wnr has either dls
persed or diverted stage struck ama
teurs. Only 17 women and three men
appeared at the last quarterly pub
lic audition of the Opera. On these
occasions any ambitious person, no
matter who, is permitted to occupy
the scene of the national theater of
music to show what they are able to
do, and formerly the candidates came
by hundreds. Among them were
many Incurables who haunted the cor
ridors of the opera house for years In
the hope of some day having their
talent recognized. One woman, who
is approaching the three score and
ten, has appeared reguuarly four
times a year since 1885 to sing an air
from Faust. It is very rare that the
opera finds any hidden genius among
these aspirants, for really promising
voices are gladly given private
auditions.
HOSPITALS!
WELLINGTON, N. Z., June 29.—
New Zealand has undertaken to pro
vide a fully equipped hospital ship,
primarily intended for the convey
ance of wounded New Zealanders from
, the front to base hospitals. The gov
ernment house at Auckland will be
used for wounded soldiers who are to
be returned to New Zealand. Numer
ous offers of mansions for the same
purpose have been made by private
parties. The transportation of wound
ed from Egypt to New Zealand will
mean covering a distance of 9,500
miles.
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SEWARD FIRE OR
QUEER ILLUSION
An interesting development in con
nection with the Seward fire is re
ported from the Upgrade mine, at the
head of Flat creek. At about 1
o’clock on Tuesday morning last the
men employed there were surprised to
see in the southeast a conflagration of
great extent, the flames from which
seemed to shoot at least 50 feet In
the air. At first it was thought that
iditarod was on fire, but it was soon
realized that the fire was In a different
direction. It was then agreed that it
must have been a mirage. The night
crew reported the incident to the day
crew, and it was the subject of discus
sion throughout the day. Late In the
afternoon the news of the destructive
fire at Seward was received and the
boys are quite confident now that the
fire seen by them was that which
created so much havoc in the coast
city.—Iditarod Pioneer.
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RIGGS SPENDING
$1,000 PER DA!
Thomas Riggs, Jr., member of the
Alaskan Engineering Commission has
been In town but two weeks, says the
Fairbanks Times, yet in that time he
has spent practically $1,000 every day,
G. F. Cramer, the disbursing agent
for the commission in the Interior,
completed his report yesterday for the
first 12 days and they show that
$12,137 has been expended.
Engineer Bailey, who is in charge
of the Coldstream surveying party,
was in town yesterday on business.
He Is going out again tills morning to
the new camp at Sheep creek. He is
expected to return to Fairbanks again
with his party to spend the Fourth of
July. On his trip to town yesterday,
he was accompanied by F. S. Ryus,
his assistant.
Since starting work, they have run
preliminary surveys as far as Sheep
, station and have located the route
that is to be used for the railroad.
They surveyed all possible routes and
were able to find good grades and a
suitable line.
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R. L. WEAVER BECOMES
SEWARD COURT CLERK
R. L. Weaver, the Seward lawyer
has been deputized deputy clerk 01
court for Seward by Clerk of th«
Court Lang. The period of Mr
Weaver’s service began last Monday
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SOLDIERS DEEP
LONDON, July 19.—Soldiers are to
be sent from the training camps to
help British farmers with their har
vests wherever there is a shortage of
labor. The farmers must house and
feed the soldiers, and pay them 6f>
cents a day which will bo used to de
fray traveling expenses.
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ATHENS. July 19—Two Turkish
aeroplants that recently flew over
Constantinople were mistaken for
Russian by the Turks, who opened up
a brisk gunfire that brought down both
machines and killed two of the
army's best aviator^
According to othej ac ounts brought
to Athens by travefr*,, the people of
Constantinople are M an .excited state
of mind. At the beginning of the war
they were entirely confident. But the
arrival of the first wounded from the
Dardanelles proved a panful surprise.
The British and Frenet irosoners
landed. Instead, they saw thousands
of their own wounded. A uemoilstra
tlon against the war, led by worsen,
followed In front of the war office,
hut was dispersed.
Constantinople’s hospitals are now
crowded with wounded, who receive
scant care. The Turks lack doctorb,
nurses, gauze, bandages and medical
supplies and the hospitals are primi
tive In their arrangements and sani
tation.
Noise of the big guns In the Dar
danelles zone can be heard In the
capital, and at night the distant
flashes of searchlights can be seen.
MINING INSPECTOR SMITH
GOES TO MATANUSKA
Sumner Smith, federal mining in
spector for Alaska, who went to
Anchorage on the Alameda last week,
later proceeding to Matanuska accord
ing to instructions from Washington.
Mr. Smith does not know the real
reason for his bein gsent to the local
fields at the present time but seems
to think It can have no other meaning
than to have him present with the
government surveyors when they
start the work of surveying the coal
fields into tracts for leasing. He even
seems to be under the impression that
the surveyors are already at work
there. Mr. Smith has had a busy sea
son recently inspecting the mines in
the various camps throughout the
territory.
LITTLE CHANCE FOR
PUTTING END TO ID
LONDON, July 19.—Lloyds Is ap
parently not hopeful of an early peace,
as its members are now asking 70
per cent insurance to pay a total loss
if peace is not declared by December
31.
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PARIS. July 19.—There are less
than half as many motor vehicles cir
culating in 1’ariB as before the war.
but there nre more street accidents.
The pedestrian was more secure dur
ing the first few montli9, before the
lack of skill of new conductors, replac
ing mobilized men, began to show and
before they acquired the reckless
speed habit The taxi drivers claim
that the military chauffeurs are the
cause of the trouble. The statistics
of prosecutions for violation of the
regulations indicate that the taxi is
the principal culprit. Of 795 cases of
violations prosecuted in May, 534
were ugainst taxl-auto drivers. There
were 243 prosecutions for excessive
speed.
ENGLISH UNIVERSITY
AFFECTED BY 1111
OAMmtlDGE, Eng., July 19.—The
Council of Cambridge University has
Issued a special report on the finan
cial position of the institution result
ing from the war. The report opposes
any application to the government for
relief, and recommends the opening of
an emergency fund through which
graduates may contribute to the ex
pected deficit.
Restoration to Entry of Lands In
National Forest
Lists 6-1496,-1512,-1513,-1541.
Notice is hereby given that the
lands described below, embracing
469.88 acres, within the Chugach Na
tional Forest, Alaska, will be subject
to settlement and entry under the pro
visions of the homestead laws of the
United States and the act of June 11,
1906 (34 Stat., 233), at the United
States land office at Juneau, Alaska,
on August 16, 1915. Any settler who
was actually and in good faith claim
ing any of said lands for agricultural
purposes prior to January 1, 1906, and
has not abandoned qnme, has a pref
erence right to mnkc a homestead
entry for the lands actually occupied.
Said lands were listed upon the appli
cations of the persons mentioned
below, who have a preference right
subject to the prior right of any such
settler, provided such settler or appli
cant Is qualified to make homestead
entry and the -preference right is
exercised prior to August 16, 1915, on
which date the lands will be subject
to settlement and entry by any quali
fied person. The lands embrace a
tract of 160 acres, described by metes
and bounds as follows: Beginning at
Corner No. 1, situated on the bench
immediately north of the town of
Ninilcbic, east shore of Cook Inlet, a
post marked H-l whence U. S. I,. M.
No. 1, bears 3. 49 deg., 45 min. W*
17.88 chs.; extending thence N. 14 de/
E., 15.15 chs.; thence meandering east
shore of Cook Inlet 60 feet back from
line of ordinary high tide, N. 41 deg.
E., 7.53 chs.; thence N. 28 deg. E.,
17.27 chs., to Corner No. 3; thence E.
35.17 chs.; thence a. 35.75 chs.;
thence VV. 51.82 chs., to the place of
beginning, listed upon application of
Alex Homan, Homer, Alaska; List
6-1496.
A tract of 153.GO acres, described by
metes and bounds as follows: Begin
ning at Corner No. 1 a spruce post set
in ground 60 feet distant from mean
tide line on east bank of Laida Creek,
east shore of Cook Inlet approxi
mately % mile northerly from Apex
oi Anchor Point, marked H-l, whence
Forest Service Monument No. 10 at
Graaross Creek east bank Laida
Creek, be?rs N. 20 deg. E.. 44 chs.;
extending thence along the east bank
of Laida Creek N. 51 deg. E., 7 chs.;
thence N. 21 deg. E., 14 chs.; thence
N. 28 deg. E., 4.44 chs., to Corner No.
2; thence E. 66.81 chs.; thence S.
21.40 chs.; thence W. 79.27 chs., to
the place of beginning, listed upon
application of Jacob Petaja, Homer,
Alaska; List 6-1512.
A tract of 86.78 acres, described
by metes and bounds as follows. Be
ginning at Corner No. 1, Forest Ser
vice Monument (hereinafter de
scribed) bears N. 24 deg. W., 90 links;
extending thence along the east shore
of Forberg Bay 60 feet back from line
of ordinary high tide S. 54 deg. W.,
2.90 chs.; S. 43 deg. W„ 5.16 chs.; S.
34 deg. W„ 5.80 chs.; S. 22 deg. W„
3.33 chs.; S. 50 deg. W.. 6.88 chs.; S.
46 deg. W., 6.33 chs., and i-(. 40 deg.
W., 9.60 chs.; to Corner No. 2; thence
S. 24 deg. E. 18.30 chs.; thence N. 58
deg. E., 36.58 chs.; thence N. 24 deg.
W., 29.55 chs., to the place of begin
ning. Forest Service Monument con
sists of a post set In mound of stones
on top of bluff 10 feet above high
tide line on east shore of Forberg Bay,
marked F. S. M. H. whence Passage
Point bears N. 7 deg. E„ and Observa
tion Point bears N. 48 deg. E. Listed
upon application of Peter Forberg,
Cordova, Alaska; List 6-1613.
A trnct of 69.60 acres, described by
metes and bounds as follows: Begin
ning at Corner No. 1 situated on the
south shore of Boswell Bay a post
marked H-l; extending thence N.
63 deg. 45 min. E.. 10.69 chs., to Cor
ner No. 2. identical with Forest Ser
vice Monument, whence Northernmost
point of Boswell Hock, a conspicuous
lone rock 80 feet high on mud flat
near south shore of Boswell Bay,
bears N. 87 deg. 30 min. W., 36.43
chs.; thence N. 45 deg. E., 9:41 chs.;
thence E. 24 chs.; thence S. 26 deg.
30 min. E„ 20 chs.; thence S. 76 deg.
30 min. W., 1.59 chs.; thence W. 49.12
chs.; thence N. 7.15 chs.. to the place
of beginning listed upon application of
William Hosw'ell, Cordova, Alaska;
List 6-1541.
C. M. BRUCE.
Assistant Commissioner of the
General Land Office.
Dated April 17, 1915.
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