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Sitka is showing great activity the
past few months, many changes being
made in business firms. The Pyramid
Packing Company put up 27,000 cases.
Glass cut in small chunks was re
cently found strewn in the roadway at
Juneau for a distance of several
blocks, with the evident purpose of
ruining auto tires. Juneau must have
some mighty mean men.
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W. L. Clark of the Pacific Steamship
Company charged recently that the
government requisitioned American
ships and turned them over to the
British government, which allowed
Canada to use them to the detriment
of American shipping.
The Ketchikan Chronicle is adver
tising for a safe to keep the filthy
lucre in, derived from operating that
paper. Most of the papers in the ter
ritory would be glad enough to give
the Chronicle safe room for its sur
plus cash.
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Timber wolves are said to he de
stroying deer in large numbers on
Prince of Wales island, a band of
about 150 wolves having been seen
chasing deer at Skowl arm. As the
territory gives $15 bounty for each
wolf killed, local hunters and trappers
are preparing to reap their reward.
Percy De Wolfe of Dawson has put
up five tons of salmon for the dogs of
the mounted police of that city. Fish
were scarce, but Mr. Wolfe used a
wheel for catching them. The wheel
was twenty-two feet in diameter, had
two dips, and each wing dipped seven
feet into the water, landing the fish
on a scow.
The jury in the case 01 ri. mppus,
•who shot George Adkam, the black
smith at Excursion inlet, brought in
a verdict of manslaughter. The Fili
pino testified that he and Adlam had
had words about a girl, and when the
latter came to the cabin where the
girl and the Filipino were he feared
for his life and shot Adlam.
A large bear knocked at the door of
the cook house on the Little Paris
claim, Old Dominion creek, recently,
and when the cook opened the door
and saw who his visitor was there was
a streak of white and yellow going
down the road so fast that Bruin be
came scared and took himself off be
fore the men could turn out and bag
him.
Game Warden Protzman of Fair
•banks returned from a trip over the
country in the vicinity of the Yukon,
and states that thousands of caribou
are in the Twelve-mile district. He
considers it doubtful if the animals
will get close to Fairbanks, as the
wolves are said to be in large num
bers and are driving them back toward
the interior.
Fred Shill, a miner employed on
the Dorfner claims, on 13 below Dome
creek, is lying at the point of death
in the Fairbanks hospital as the re
sult of being caught by a heavy slab
of muck and gravel which fell from
the roof of the drift in which he was
working. Shill’s skull was crushed,
his back and leg broken, and his body
severely bruised. There is no chance
for recovery.
Ten natives from Yakutat are being
tried in Juneau for the murder of one
of their number by witchcraft. Peter
Lawrence, one of the accused men,
i charged Billie James, another native,
with bewitching his wife, and to break
the spell secured his rifle and made
a good native out of him. A large
number of Yakutat natives accom- |
(Janie<l the prisoner and are doing their
fall shopping in Juneau.
Thirty-three returned soldiers and
sailors took exception to an article
published in the Ketchikan Times re
cently, stating that returned soldiers
were in favor of intervention in Mex
ico. The soldieres sent a communi
cation to the Times stating that they
had lost nothing in Mexico, and were
not in favor of going to war to help
swivel chair patriots hold on to their
money invested in the republic of the
South.
The sixth annual convention of the
Alaska Native Brotherhood will be
held in, Sitka the first week in Novem
ber: Natives from all the villages in
Southeastern Alaska will be present.
The famous Metlakahtla orchestra,
■composed of natives, will be present,
The program prepared each year by
these enterprising natives is said to be
most interesting and instructive. The
progress made by these people is said
to be marvelous.
Silver-lead ore veins five feet in
width on the surface are reported to
have been found on the property of
Axel Ericksen and Tommy Mackay,
on the Keno Hill, at the head of Light
ning creek, in the Mayo district. Other
surface veins three to four feet wide
are reported on other claims in the
vicinity. Especially good outcrops of
this nature have been found on sev
eral claims owned by Jim Anderson.
Staking is going on rapidly, and a
small stampede is on from Dawson.
settlement nas oeen mane uj me
Yukon Gold Company with several
widows and others who lost relatives
in the Hunker poisoning last May. The
company has paid to four widows the
sum of $2,500 each. The husbands of
these women were working with the
company at its camp on 54 Hunker
when they partook of the fatal meal
at noon on May 22 last. A fifth widow,
Mrs. Adrirenne Barrette, whose hus
band was not working for the com
pany. but who was boarding at the
company's mess, has been paid $1,000.
“Empty Pockets” Is a big special
production with an all-star cast, Bert
Lytell taking one of the prominent
parts. The story ran in the Saturday
Evening Post, and for those who did
not read the story, it will open with a
prologue, and from the second act on
the play is most intensely interesting,
holding the interest to the finish. It I
is well produced and acted, with fine
stage setting, and the entire cast has
been well chosen. “When Black Is
Red” (educational) will be the intro-1
ductory picture at the Empress tomor-!
row evening. “The Face in the Dark”
will be on the screen for the last time
this evening.
If you do not receive your copy of
the Times regularly, please notify the
circulation manager.
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LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT OF AD
MINISTRATOR’S ACCOUNT
In the Probate Cotfrt for the Territory
of Alaska, Third division Cordova
precinct of Cordova.
In the matter of the estate of C. L.
C. L. Hale, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that Fred
Tracy, administrator with the will an
nexed of the above entitled estate, has
rendered and presented for settlement
and filed in said court his final ac
count of his administration of said
estate, and that Wednesday, the 10th
day of December, 1919, at 10 o’clock
a. m„ at the office of said court in Cor
dova, has been duly appointed by the
judge of said court for the settlement
of said final account, at which time all
objections to said final account and
the settlement thereof will be heard
and determined.
Dated at Cordova, Alaska, this 6th
day of October, 1919.
FRED TRACY, Administrator.
First publication, Oct. 7, 1919.
Last publication, Nov. 5, 1919.
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LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN
The cdmmon council of the town of
Cordova, 'Alaska, has instructed me to
give notice to all persons owning dogs
within the corporate limits of the town
of Cordova that Ordinance No. 65,
which Requires an anual tax of six
dollars, will be strictly enforced, and
all dogs upon which said tax has not
been paid by the 20th day of October
will be Impounded and destroyed.
K. G. ROBINSON, Town Clerk. 7-20
SUMMONS
No. C—180
In the District Court for the Territory
of Alaska, Third division. Carl N.
Anderson, Victor Swanson and Jus
tus Johnson, plaintiffs, vs. North
Midas Copper Company, a corpora
tion, and Frank A. Ball, trustee,
defendants.
The President of the United States of
America, greeting to the above
named defendant, Frank A. Ball,
trustee:
You are hereby required to appear in
the district court for the territory of
Alaska, Third division, within thirty
uays aiier iuc cuxxipi^txuxi ux iuc
riod of publication of this summons,
to-wit: within thirty days after the
13th day of November, 1919, and
answer the complaint of the above
named plaintiffs in the above-entitled
action in which said plaintiffs demand
the following relief, to-wit: A per
sonal judgment against defendant.
North Midas Copper Company for the
sum of twenty-five hundred fifty-two
and .82-100 dollars ($2,552.82), the
further sum of seventy-five dollars
($75) for preparing and recording
plaintiffs’ claims of liens, the further
sum of four hundred fifty dollars
($450) as plaintiffs’ attorney’s fees
in this action, and for such other
costs and disbursements as plaintiffs
may incur in this action, and that
such sums and all of them be ad
judged first, prior and superior liens
upon and against that certain mine
and mining property, situated on the
east side of Kuskalina river, in the
Chitina recording precinct, territory
of Alaska, and consisting of the lode
claims called Morning, Hercules, Cen
tury, Evening Sunrise No. 1, Sunrise
No. 2, Sunrise No. 3, Sunrise No. 4,
Golconda, Minnehaha, DuPont, Camp
Bird, Boston, New York, May Day,
Black Jack, North Midas No. 1, North
Midas No. 2, North Midas Millsite,
and the placer claims called North
Midas No. 1, North Midas No. 2, North
Midas No. 3, North Midas No. 4, to
gether with all buildings, tools, ma
chinery, ecpiipment, trams, cyanide
plant, mill, and all other tools, ma
chinery, buildings and equipment sit
uated upon or in any manner connect
ed with said mining claims; and that
plaintiffs’ said liens on said property,
mine and premises be foreclosed in
this action, and that any interest,
lien or claim that you, the said de
fendant. Frank A. Ball, trustee, have
or claim in or to any of said mine,
premises or property, be adjudged to
be inferior and subordinate to plain
tiffs’ said liens, and that as against
plaintiffs you be adjudged to have no
valid right, claim or lien to, upon or
against any of said premises, mine or
property.
The date of the order for the publi
cation of this summons and the serv
ice thereof by such publication is
September 30, 1919.
The date of the first publication of
this summons is the 2d day of October,
1919, and the date of its last publica
tion is the 13th day of November,
1919.
Witness, the Honorable Charles E.
Bunnell, Judge of said court, and the
seal thereof, on this 30th day of Sep
tember, 1919.
(Court Seal) ARTHUR LANG.
Clerk of the district court for the
territory of Alaska, Third division.
By JOHN B. MILLER,
Deputy Clerk.
Donohqe & Dimond, attorneys for
plaintiffs.
First publication, Oct. 2, 1919.
Last publication, Nov. 13, 1919.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In the Probate Court for the Territory
of Alaska, Third Division, Cordova
Precinct, at Cordova.—In the matter
of the Estate of James D. MacCor
mae, deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the under
signed, as executor of the estate of
James D. MaCCormac, deceived, to
the creditors of and all persons having
claims against the said decedent, to
present them, with the proper vouch
ers, within six months from the date
of this notice to the undersigned exec
utor, at the office of his attorney, Ed
ward F. Medley, in the Adams build
ing, in Cordova, Alaska.
Dated at Cordoya, Alaska. October
15, 1919. H. I. O’NEILL,
Executor.
First publication, Oct. 15, 1919.
Last publication, Nov. 14, 1919.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE
To C. M. Gage, Peter Conaton, Will
iam Farrell, Jack Ryan, Morriss
O’Donnell, Eli McQuade and George
Dempsey:
You and each of you are hereby no
tified that I have performed the an
nual assessment labor required
by law for the years 1912, 1913, 1914,
1915 and 1916, upon the 4 following
described placer claims on Young
creek, a tributary to Nizina river, sit
uated in the Chitina mining and re
cording district, Territory of Alaska,
United States of America, to-wit:
(1) Boston Association Placer
Claim, recorded in 1911, and
(2) The New York Association
Placer Claim, recorded in 1911,
ind that unless within the time
trescribed by law you pay your pro
jortionate amount of Baid expendi
ure, your interest in said claims and
;ach of them will be forfeited to me
inder the provisions of the statutes
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LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
of the United States relating to in
terest in mining claims for failure
to contribute their proportionate
share of the expenditures required
by law for such annual work.
DEXTER CAYOUETTE.
City of Seattle, State of Washington,
United States of America—ss.
Personally appeared before me, a
Notary Public in and for the State
of Washington, Dexter Cayouette, of
Dan creek, Alaska, who deposes and
says that the statements in the above
notice are true, and that the said par
ties have not contributed any money
as labor towards the assessment work
on the mentioned claims for the
period stated.
DEXTER CAYOUETTE.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this twenty-fifth day of September,
1919.
(Seal) FORD O. ELVEDGE,
Notary Public for the State of Wash
ington.
My commission expires July 29, 1923.
Date of first publication Oct. 1, 1919.
Date of last publication Dec. 31, 1919.
SUMMONS
In the District Court for the Territory
of Alaska, Third Division. Torger
Asbjorson plaintiff vs. Caroline
Asbjornson, defendant. No. C-176.
The President of the United States of
America, Greeting to the above
named defendant:
You are hereby required to appear
in the District Court for the Terri
tory of Alaska, Third Division, within
thirty days after the completion of
the publication of this summons, to
wit, within thirty days after the 25th
day of October, 1919, and answer the
complaint of the above-named plain
tiff in the above-entitled action,
wherein said plaintiff prays that he
be given an absolute decree of di
vorce from you forever dissolving
the bonds of matrimony heretofore
existing between you and said plain
tiff.
And unless you so appear and
answer the plaintiff will take judg
ment against you for want thereor
and will apply to the court for the
relief demanded in his said complaint
as hereinabove set out.
The date of the order for service by
publication herein is September 3,
1919, and such order was duly made
and entered and filed herein o.i said
date.
The date of the first publication of
this summons is September 13, 1919,
and the date of its last publication is
October 25, 1919.
WITNESS, The Honorable Charles
E. Bunnell, Judge of said court, and
the seal of said court, on this 3rd
day of September, 1919.
(Court Seal) ARTHUR DANG,
Clerk of the District Couit for the
Territory of Alaska, Third Division.
By JOHN B. MILLER,
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