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Laws Made to Sell |
Lots at Anchorage
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Following Is a copy of Instruction*
and regulations concerning the sale ol
lots- at the townslte of Anchorage
which will commence July 9, 1916:
Reservations
The Alaskan Engineering Commts
slon will file with the 8ocretary of the
Interior, when deemed necessary, it*
recommendations for the reservation
of such areas as in its opinion may be
needed for townslte purposes. The
Secretary of the Interior will there
upon transmit such recommendations
to the President with his objections
thereto or concurrence therewith. It
approved by the President, the reser
vatlon will be made by executive
order.
Survey
When In the opinion of the Presi
dent the public Interests require a sur
vey of any such reservation, the Sec
retary of the Interior shall cause to be
set aside such portions for railroad
purposes ns may be selected by the
Alaskan Engineering Commission, and
cause the remainder, or a part there
vji, iu uc dumx/cu iihv) in imu ur huu
urban blocks and lots of suitable size,
and into reservations for parks,
schools, and other public purposes and
for government use. Highways should
be laid out, where practicable, all
along shore lines, and sufficient land
for dock and wharf purposes along
such shore lines should be reserved In
such places as there Is any apparent
necessity therefor. The plats of auen
survey will be prepared in triplicate,
one for the General Land Office to be
on tracing linen, one for the local
land office, and one for the Recorder
of the proper recording district. The
survey will be made under the super
vision of the Commissioner of the
General Land Office and the plats will
be approved by him and by the Chair
man of the Alaskan Engineering Com
mission.
Public Sale
The unreserved lots will be offered
at public outcry to the highest bidder
at such time and place, and after such
publication of notice, if any, as the
Secretary of the Interior may direct,
and he may appoint or detail some
suitable person as Superintendent of
the Sale to supervise the same, and
may fix his compensation and require
him to give sufficient bond.
Superintendent's Authority
Under the supervision of the Secre
tary of the Interior, the Superintend
ent of the 8aie will be, and he is
hereby authorized to make at
appraisements of lots and at any time
to reappraise any lot which in hit
judgment 1b not appraised at the
proper amount, or to fix a minimum
price for any lot below which it maj
not be sold, and he may reject anj
and all bids for any lot and anytime
suspend, adjourn or postpone the sale
of any lot or lots to such time am
place as he may deem proper.
Manner
Rids may be made either in persor
or by agent, but not by mail nor n>
anyrtime or place other than the time
and place when the lots are offeree
for sale hereunder, and any persoi
may purchase any number of lots to:
whloh tho hlabnof hM<1x>r THH
ders will not be required to show an;
qualifications as to age, citizenship, 01
otherwise. If any successful bidde:
fails to make the payment and file thi
application and other papers at thi
time and in the manner hereinafte
required, the lot awarded to him ma;
be reofTered for sale, and his rlgh
thereto will be forfeited. Nothinf
herein will prevent the transfer bj
deed of the interests secured by thi
purchase and the partial payment to
the lot, but the assignee will acquire
The reinstatement fee of the Bar
tenders’ Union of San Francisco hai
been increased from $12.60 to $15. A
member of the union was recently
fined $25 for working ns a carpente:
six days in the week and tending ba:
on Sundays.
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You want the best rur your money
then subscribe for The Times, Daflj
or Weekly, or both.
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Arrangements have been complete!
with every railroad running out of thi
metropolitan district to carry thi
children being sent to fresh air center:
by the New York philanthropic com
mittees this year. The rates averagi
about one-half the regular faros fo
children and are good for distances u]
to 600 miles.
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One of the little towns In Ontarii
has organized a company for the pro
duction of candied fruitB, like tin
sweets and preserves produced it
France and Italy.
no grenter right than that of the
original purchaser when all payments
are made.
No lot will be sold for less than
$25.00, nnd no bid exceeding that
amount will be accepted unless made
in multiples of five dollars, the mini
mum of $25.00 on each lot sold for less
that $76.00 must be paid In cash
within the time hereinafter specified,
nnd If the price bid Is $75.00 or more,
one third of the bid price must be paid
In cash within said specified time; the
remainder of the purchase price will
be divided Into five equal annual In
stallments. payable In one, two, three,
four and five years, respectively, from
the date of the register’s certificate of
sale, and no final certificate of entry
will be Issued until the expiration of
said five years and until payment has
been made In full for the lot, and no
patent will be issued thereon during
said period. The successful bidder
will be given by the Superintendent of
Sale a memorandum certificate for
identification purposes, showing name
and address of bidder, lot, and amount
of bid, and the bidder must file it with
the Superintendent of Sale before the
close of the next succeeding sale day,
or the next business day If bid Is ac
cepted on last sale day, together with
his application to purchase the lot
properly filled, signed, and acknowl
edged before any officer authorized to
administer oaths and using an official
seal, and accompanied by the cash
payment required by these regula
tions, all on the forms attached here
to, respectively, and hereby approved
and made a part of these regulations.
The Superintendent of Sale will
issue a memorandum receipt to the
bidder for the money paid, describing
the lot purchased, and he will as soon
thereafter as possible deposit with the
receiver of the proper local land office
the money received, and file with its
officers the papers deposited with him
by said bidder, together with his cer
tificate as to successful bidder. There
upon, if no objection appears, the
register will issue his certificate ot
sale in duplicate and transmit the
duplicate copy to said bidder.
If it be deemed advisable, the Com
missioner of the General Laqd Office
may direct the receiver of publie
moneys, of the proper district, to at
tend sales herein provided for, in which
event, the cash payment required shall
be paid to said receiver who will issue
his official receipt therefor, in lieu ol
the memorandum receipt of the
Superintendent of Sale.
Conditions and Forfeitures
Tf any lot or lots or any part thereoi
shall be used for the purpose of manu
facturing, selling, or otherwise dispos
ing of intoxicating liquors as a bev
erage, or for gambling, prostitution
or any unlawful purpose before flna
payment is made, and during a period
of five years from the date of regls
ter'B certificate of sale, or if the pur
chaser shall fall during said period t<
comply with any and all regulation!
and requirements which the Secretarj
of the Interior, in his discretion mai
make or nuthorize to be made, for th<
improvement of streets, sidewalks
and alleys, promotion of sanitation an<
fire protection in the townslte, al
rights of the applicant under his pur
chase of said lot or lots shall termi
nate and a forfeiture thereof and o
the payments theretofore made there
on may be declared by the Secretary
of the Interior, and his finding of fac
thereon shall be final. If any persot
who has made partial payment on tht
lot purchased by him fails to mak<
any succeeding payment requtrec
under these regulations at the date
such payments become due, the monej
deposited by such person for such loi
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NOTICE
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Notice is hereby given that the
annual meeting of the stockholders
' of the First Bank of Cordovc
will be held at the office of sale
bank in the Town of Cordova, Alaski
on Tuesday July the 13th, 1916, at the
, hour of 4 o’clock p. m. of said day a
which meeting the directors of sail
bank shall be elected for the enauini
year, nnil such other business trans
acted as may regularly come befori
said meeting.
H. I. LEWIS,
Assistant Secretary.
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Notice of Meeting
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Haintor-Granil Company
will be held at the office of the cot
poratton in Cordova. Alaska, at 4 p. m
July 1, 1915.
, GEORGE DOOLEY, 8ecretan
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will be forfeited, and the lot, after
forfeiture la declared, will be subject
to disposition as provided herein. I^ots
remaining nnsold at the close of sale,
or thereafter declared forfeited for
nonpayment of any part of the pur
chase price under the terms of sale,
will be subject to future disposition nt
public sale at such time and place as
may thereafter be provided.
Warning
All persons are warned against
forming any combination or agree
ment which will prevent any lot from
selling advantageously, or which will
In any way hinder or embarrass the
sale, and all persons so offending will
be prosecuted under section 2.17.1 of
the Revised Statutes of the United
States, which reads as follows:
Every person, who, before or at the
time of the public sale of any of the
lands of the United States, bargains,
contracts, or agrees, or attempts to
bargain, contract, or agree, with any
other person, that the last-named per
son shall not bid upon or purchase the
land so offered for Rale ,or any parcel
thereof, or who by Intimidation or un
fair management hinders or prevents,
or attempts to hinder or prevent, any
DPmnn frnm hiHslincr imnn of tuisnlin,,
Ing any tract of land so offered for
sale, shall be fined not more than
one thousand dollars or imprisoned
not more than two years or both.
The Whitehouse, June 19, 1915.
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 t'hugach 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 ^ame, has a pref
erence right to make 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 1C. 1915, on
which date the landB will be subj^t
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
Comer No. 1, situated on the bench
immediately north of the town of
Nlnilchic, east shore of Cook Inlet, a
post marked H-l whence U. S. L. M.
No. 1, bears 3. 49 deg., 45 min. W„
17.88 chs.; extending thence N. 14 deg.
K., 15.15 chs.; thence meandering east
shore of Cook Inlet 60 feet back from
line of ordinary high tide, N. 41 deg.
B. 7.53 chs.; thence X 28 deg. K ,
17.27 chs., to Corner No. 3; thence E.
35.17 chs.; thence s. 35.75 chs.;
thence W. 51.82 chs., to the place of
beginning, listed upon application of
Alex Homan, Homer, Alaska; List
6-1496.
A tract of 153.60 acres, described by
metes and bounds as follows: Begin
ning at Corner No. 1 a spruce post set
1 In ground 60 feet distant from mean
i tide line on east bank of Laida Creek,
east shore of Cook Inlet approxi
mately V& mile northerly from Apex
of Anchor Point, marked H-l, whence
rwicoi ocmtc uiiuillr 11i i>u. iu HI
Granross Creek east bank La Ul a
1 Creek, bears N. 20 deg. E., 44 chs.;
extending thence along the east bank
of Laida Creek N. 61 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.
. 21.4# 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. \V„ 6.88 chs.; S.
46 deg. W., 6.33 chs., and S. 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., 29.65 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 6-1513.
A tract 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., 10.59 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. 10„ 20 chs.; thence S. 76 deg.
- 30 min. W., 1.59 chs.; thence W.M9.12
chs.; thence N. 7.15 chs., to the place
’ or beginning listed upon application of
William Boswell, Cordova, Alaska;
. List 6-1541.
C. M. BTRUCE.
Assistant Commissioner of the
f General Land Office.
Dated April 17, 1915.
First Publication June 16, 1915.
Last Publication July 7, 1915.
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