8. F. M. LEAVES ON
TR!P WITH FUR BUYERS
The launch B. F. M., which has been
outfitting the past few days, left for
the westward in charter of Captain
Andy Peterson, with a number of fur
buyers. They will visit Iliamna, Ka
meshak bay and other points.
APPLICATION FOR PERMIT
Department of the Interior, United
States Land Office, Anchorage (for
merly Juneau), Alaska.
January 31, 1924.
Notice ig Hereby Given that John
H. Costello for himself and as trus
tee for Edward W. Hoffman, Thomas
A. Costello, John H. Costello, Jr.,
William O. Brunskill. John Brunskill,
Wm. O. Stevens and Percival Bruns
kill, has applied for oil ai\d gas pros
pecting permits under section 22 of
the act of February 25, 1920, (41
Stat., 437) for the following described
lands:
Serial 01713
Rex Oil Claims Nos. 1, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10,
11, 12. described as an area commenc
ing at corner No. 1, of said Claim No.
1 from which the northeast corner
Sec. 1, T. 29 S., R. 41 W., S. M.. bears
north 14 deg. 34 min. 44 sec. west,
15,162.28 ft. distant; thence from said
corner No. 1, S. 41 deg. 00 min. W.,
7920 ft., thence S. 49 deg. 00 min. east,
10,560 feet.; thence north 41 deg.
00 min. east, 2640 ft.; thence north
49 deg. 00 min. west, 5280 ft.; thence
north 41 deg. 00 min. east, 5280 ft.;
thence north 49 deg. 00 min. west,
5280 ft. to the place of beginning.
Containing 1280 acres situate in the
Kodiak Record' g District, Alaska and
on Rex Creek, a tributary of Dry
Bay. on the Alaska Peninsula.
Serial 01855
Bear Creek Oil Claims Nos. 3. 4, 5,
6, 7, 8, 23 and 21, described as an
area commencing at a point of said
Claim No. 23 known as Comer No. 4
from which the northeast comer
Sec. 36, T. 29 S., R. 42 W., S. M.,
bears south 88 deg. 46 min. 59 sec.
W., 18,657.70 feet distant; thence from
said Corner No. 4 of Claim No. 23,
south 46 deg. 45 min. E., 5284 ft.;
thence south 49 deg. 00 min. E., 10,560
ft.; thence north 41 deg. 00 min. E.,
3960 ft.; thence north 49 deg. 00 min.
W.. 10,560 ft.; thence south 41 deg.
00 min. W., 1320 ft.; thence north 46
deg. 45 min. W., 5284 ft.; thence
south 41 deg. 00 min. W.. 2640 ft. to
the place of beginning, said area em
bracing 1280 acres and being situa
ted in Kodiak Recording District,
Alaska, and on Bear Creek, a tribu
tary of Lake Becharof on the Alaska
Peninsula.
Serial 04856
Salmon Creek Oil Claims Nos. 4, o,
6. 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, described as an
area commencing at a corner known
as Corner No. 3 of said Claim No. 13
from which the southeast corner
Sec. 36. T. 29 S., R. 42 W., S. M.,
bears north 71 deg. 9 min. 45 sec.
W., 11.173.03 ft. distant; thence from
said Corner No. 3 south 37 deg. 15
min. E., 5393 ft.; thence south 49
deg. 00 min. E„ 10,560 ft.; thense
north 41 deg. 00 min. E., 2640 ft.;
thence north 49 deg. 00 min. W., 5280
ft.; thence north 41 deg. 00 min. E.
1320 ft.; thence north 49 deg. 00 min.
W., 5280 ft.; thence north 37 deg. 15
min W., 5393 ft.; thence south 41
deg. 00 min. W., 3960 ft. to the place
of beginning, said area embracing
1280 acres and being situated in Ko
diak Recording District, Alaska, and
on Salmon Creek, a tributary of Lake
Becharof on the Alaska Peninsula.
Serial 04857
Bear Creek Oil Claims Nos. 9, 10,
11 12, 13 16, 21 and 22 described as
an area commencing at a point kno^n
as Corner No. 4 of the said Claim No.
• 1 from which the northeast coiner
Sec. 36, T. 29 S., R. 42 W., S. M.,
bears north 84 deg. 36 min. 40 sec.
west, 16,996.61 feet distant; thence
from said corner No. 4 south 46 deg.
45 min. E., 5284 ft.; thence south 41
deg. 00 min. W., 2640 ft.; thence
south 49 deg. 00 min. E., 5280 ft.;
thence north 41 deg. 00 min. E., 2640
ft.; thence south 49 deg. 00 min. E.,
5280 fV, thence north 41- deg. 00 min.
B 2640 ft.; thence north 49 deg. 00
win W. 10,560 ft.; thence north 46
deg. 45 min. W., 5284 ft.; thence south
41 deg. 00 min. W.. 2640 ft., to the
place of beginning, said area embrac
ing 1280 acres and situated in the Ko
diak Recording District, Alaska, and
on Bear Creek, a tributary of Lake
Becharof on the Alaska Peninsula.
Any and all persons having adverse
or conflicting claims to said land are
Hereby notified that a full statement
under oath of such claim, should be
filed in this office showing a superior
right to a permit or lease under said
act, or valid existing adverse or con
flicting claim to the land, or the min
erals or oil therein und§r the public
land laws on or before March 12, 1924,
otherwise, such claims may be disre
garded in granting the permits or
leases applied for.
FRANK A. BOYLE,
Register.
First publication Feb. 5, 1924
Last publication March 11, 1924
Run Daily 30 times,
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FUMES TO FIGHT
WILLS IN MONTH JULT
NEW YORK, Feb. 5—Lewis Ray
mond, representative of a newly or
ganized New York syndicate announc
ed that Firpo has accepted an offer of
two hundred and fifty thousand dol
lars for a fifteen round match with
Harry Wills in July. Wills has already
agreed to the match.
WARM WELCOME AWAITING
RETURN BULGARIAN KING
SOFIA, Feb. 5—Revival of a report
that King Ferdinand is to return to
Bulgaria, was said to be due to the
fact that former Premier Zankoff’s de
nial of the original rumor was garbled
in transmission, and what he really
said was that Ferdinand can “return,
but only as a corpse and in that char
acter we are fully prepared to care
for him,” but the words “only as a
corpse” were dropped from the mes
sage.
SEATTLE, Feb. 7.—Dr. J. B. Mer
tie, geologist, with three assistants
arrived here from Washington today,
en route to Nenana where they will
join Dr. P S. Smith and assistants,
who are now preparing to start on a
long trip to the Arctic.
The two parties will compose an ex
pedition which will survey the oil
lands in the Colville basin, from Pt.
Barrow, east, belonging to the Navy.
The party will have with them four
specially constructed canoes, scien
tific instruments and a quantity of
supplies to be used in the work. The
parties will spend the summer in the
1 far north, leaving by way of Point
Barrow this fall.
BERLIN, Feb. 7.—The German press
declares that the action of Ambassa
dor Wiedfeldt in refusing to lower the
German flag on the embassy at Wash
ington on the occasion of the death
of Woodrow Wilson was a serious
blunder, and the German government
has transmitted to him what amounts
to a humble apology to America. It
is freely predicted here that Weid
feldt will be recalled.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.—Represen
tation by the State department to Ber
lin for the recall of Ambassador Weid
feldt and the scrapping of all relief
measures for Germany are likely to be
1 a sequel to the German blunder in or
dering its embassy not to lower its
flag to half mast in honor of Wilson.
—because it needs a great amount of
sunshine. Therefore it constantly
keeps its largest surface in such a po
sition that it drinks in all the sun’s
rays possible. Every home needs
Disinfectant
which acts like cleansing sunshine
■where sunshine cannot reach. Ten
times stronger than carbolic acid, yet
safe and inexpensive.
One of 200 Puretest preparations.
Every item the best that skill and
conscience can produce.
Seward Drug Co
77ut Vruft Storo
The meeting held last night to in
vestigate the light and power rates
was attended by so large an audience
that it was necessary to adjourn to
the court room al ter the council hadj
transacted its usual business. Attor-j
ney A. J. Dimond of Cordova repre
sented the light company and Attor
ney and Mayor L. V. Ray represented
the city.
Tne evening was taken up by tes
timony given by Mr. S. M. Graff and
Attorney Dimond, who went on the'
stand. Mr. Graff stated that his in
vestment for power only, not includ
ing the telephone system, totaled
about $183,000, accepting the figures
turned in by Walter Stuart, expert for
the city, alt.ho Mr. Graff declared the
figures were hardly high enough. He
testified there was a mortgage on all
his holdings of about $27,000. His
gross earnings for the past two years
were given as follows:
For 1922
Gross earnings ...$31 337.11
Gross expenses . 24,813.50
For 1923
Gross earnings .$32,533.87
Gross expenses . 27,978.95
Nothing was allowed in this report
for depreciation, insurance or obso
lete machinery. At the figures given
by Mr. Stuart at least $18,000 he de
clared, should be written off for de
preciation, and insurance at 6 per cent
was too expensive to carry.
The plant represents $75,000 cash
received from extraneous resources,
$30 000 borrowed money, and twenty
years earnings which were put back
in the plant.
Mr. Graff testified that he had ap
proximately 239 consumers, the aver
age earnings from 58 of these being
$2.50 per month; and from 38 of the
58 less than $1.50 per month.
His counter proposal w’as to install
meters thruout the city for a light rate
of 15 cents and a power rate of 10
cents on all motors of over 1 h.p. He
protested that the rates proposed by
the new ordinance were confiscatory
and that its enforcement would mean
financial ruin for the company.
The meeting was adjourned until
tonight at 8 o’clock at which time ev
idence will be offered in rebuttal by
the city.
The large court room in the Federal
building was comfortably filled last
night when the second session of the
public hearing in the proposed change
in electric light rates were held. Ma
yor Ray and all members of the city
council were present, and S. M. Graff,
and Counsel A. J. Dimond.
In answering questions propounded
by his counsel, Mr. Graff made the
statement that the estimated revenue
of his company under the proposed
ordinance with a six-hour day as a
basis would be $8S5 provided custom
ers used the same amount of light
with meters as they do under the pre
sent flat rate, but it was Mr. Graff’s
opinion that the use of current with
1 meters would decrease considerably.
He stated that while a man could now
have two 40 watt lights in a room at
a basis of $1.40, under meters he could
replace them with 100 watt lamps
j and still burn far less current than
with the two 40-watts. He estimated
that during the summer months use of
current would average less than three
hours per customer. H-j also said that
his revenues were decreased when the
street lights were shut off in May and
through the summer months. He
showed that total power consumption
in the city was but 96 horse power,
which at the present price totaled one
half of one cent per kilowat hour. The
revenues from pow'er are $302.62 per
month. Calculated on the basis of an
eight-hour day this gave a cost of one
half of one per cent for power. He
testified that his total revenues for
lights for January were $2,351.68, and
that his contracts called for 55,540 k.
w. hours, which on a 24-hour basis
made the lights cost 4.2 cents per k.w.
Interrogated by Mr. Dimond, Mr.
Graff stated that he did not keep a
full set of books, such as the usual
public service corporation carries, as
the expense would be prohibitive. His
books show only capital stock, and in
vestment.
City Attorney Smith then took the
witness in hand and by a number of
leading questions showed that Mr.
Graff believed that if the rates were
lowered more lights would be used
but the result wrnuld be a decided de
crease in income. If people were on
a meter service during the long days
of the summer months they would use
very little juice, the average the year
around being probably 50 per cent of
the present output. He declared that
at the present time his meters at the
central station showed a fifty per cent
more juice being used than his con
tracts called for, many persons using
larger lamps and small stoves who
were not paying for the same. While
under the meter system at a lower
rate, more juice would be used, the
total consumption would not meet his
payroll. He testified that lie had
granted but one special rate for cook
ing, and that an 80-ampere stove at
the present rate for power would cost
the user about $35 per month, such
stove using about 12 h. p. in current.
Mr. Graff at this point gave a most
interesting history of the power com
pany, showing it was acquired from
the Seward Light Company for $30,
000. He had put $70,000 in the plant,
in addition to the first cost, $27 000
extra in borrowed money, and 19
years of hard labor. Mr. Graff said he
installed the first electric light plant
in Alaska at Juneau, and helped pro
mote the old Seward Light Co. He
stated that in the monts of June, 1908,
his total receipts were $462, and that
he and his son run the business, do
ing their own repairing, and looking
after the generators. He testilied that
under stress he could furnish 25 pei
cent more power than at the present
time. He declared that many enter
prises in town were paying more than
they should, naming the Sexton Hotel,
the school house, etc. and that others
were paying less. He said in former
years he gave current free to the fire
hall church, and hospital as well as
maintaining 12 street lights, but that
owing to demands on the service he
was forced to discontinue the prac
tice.
Under Mr. Smith’s questioning, Mr.
Graff stated that the Sexton Hotel in
January paid $72.90; The Seward Ho
tel, $34.80; The Van Guilder, $54.30,
and, the Hotel Overland, with a me
ter, $25.00.
Mr. Graff stated that while his com
pany would not be able to furnish
juice in large quantities to companies
coming in if any company signed a
contract at a reasonable rate, he
would provide 300 h. p. additional, but
that it would require three new pipe
lines.
Mr. Graff admitted that since 1919
power rates had been raised from
$72 to $150 per annum. He explained
that if he installed an auxiliary unit
it would cost between 35 and 4u thou
sand dollars, and would cost nearly
$4 per hour to operate same.
U nder Mayor Ray’s questioning, Mr.
Graff stated that he valued the com
pany's holdings at $183,000, with no
charge off for depreciation, amortiza
tion of obsolescence. He stated that
$36,000 per annum should be charged
off for depreciation, but that his gross
receipts in 1922 were $31,337 and in
order to secure the ordinary earnings
on his investment he would have to
earn $63,237 with but 239 customers to
get it from.
In January of this year he had 71
business contracts,, with a revenue of
$1,505.99, or an average of $21.20 per
customer. His gross returns for 1922
were $31,337, which included labor,
Stock and electric current. This gave
him about $4,000 net. Mr. Graft said
lie would install meters if the coun
cil gave him the privilege of charging
15 cents per k. w. hour for light and
ten cents tor power, but any lower re
duction would be ruinous. Answering
Questions to the extension of the
telephone lines to take in the north
ern part of the city he said that it
the council would give him a franchise
and allow him to xaise his present
rates 25 per cent he would place a
trunk line to the northern end at a
cost of about $6 000, but would have
to have contracts for at ieast ten
phones to do so.
The meeting was most amicable, the
council and defendant cheerfully ex
plaining all questions involved. The
only hitch apparent in obtaining me
ters now appears to be the reduction
in the rates proposed by the council,
which has set the rate at 12 Vfe, 10 and
8 cents. Mr. Graff insists that the
light rate be 15 cents per k. w. hour.
It is believed that the matter will yet
be adjusted without recourse to the
courts. The meeting will be continu
ed at the court house at 8 o’clock to
night.
DR. FLANDERS RECOVERS
FROM RECENT ILLNES
Dr. Flanders, the shell-shocked phy
sician, who left Seward about a month
ago for Kusilof lake, but was forced
to halt at Kenai on account of his ill
ness being aggravated by the trip, has
recovered sufficiently to complete his
journey it is reported Dr. Flanders
served in the hospitals of the great
war, and was blown across one of the
operating tables by a German shell,
the surgical knife with which lie was
at work on a wounded soldier, wound
ing him severely He was also sev
erely gassed, until his health at times
is so bad :t is agony for him to ex
ist. He left for the interior to get
away fraru <be noise and confusion,
hoping his h*aKh wouli be bettered,
but becau.? to id at Kenai. that the
trip was abandoned, his sleds and
guides returning to Sewarl.
Watch our window for Saturday
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HEARINGS ON THE LIGHT
QUESTION DISCONTINUED
At the public meeting Wednesday
night, Attorney A. J. Dimond summed
up his testimony and made his argu
ment, after which the council declar
ed the meetings adjourned, and the
matter will be taken under advise
ment. The only hitch in the proceed
ings at the present time is the ques
tion of rate, Mr. Graff asking that the
rates be placed at 15 cents per k. w.
hour, and the council asking they be
lowered to 12*4, 10 and 8 cents. There
is little doubt that the matter will be
adjusted amicably in the near future
and that meters will be installed, the
only dispute being over the slight dif
i frence.
NEW FUR FROM CROSSING
OF MARTIN AND HOUSE CAT
An interesting litter ot kittens has
been raised by W. Morgan, mayor and
leading business man of 1 ockenporte,
Queen Charlotte Islands. They were
the result of a cross between a male
wild marten and a domestic cat. They
have bushy tails, long bodies, small
heads, and glossy short fur and in co
lor are very dark brown with a touch
of grey.
There wTere five kittens in all a year
ago but two were stolen by some tou
rists and only three remain. They are
almost full grown and are generally
admired by all visitors. Mr. Morgan
values them very highly and refuses
to part with any of them.
Notice of Hearing on the Final Report
And Account of Administrator,
No. 82.
In the Probate court for the Territo
ry of Alaska, Third Division, Ke
nai Precinct, at Seward,
in the matter of the Estate ot Daniel
A. Sullivan, deceased
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
Edgar R. Tarwater, the duly appoint
ed, qualified and acting administrator
of the estate of Daniel A. Sullivan,
Deceased, has filed in the above en
titled court his Final Report and Ac
count, and that March 22nd, 1924. at
the hour of 2.00 P. M. O’clock in the
court room of said court at Seward,
Alaska, has been set as the time and
place for the hearing on said final re
port and account
All persons having any interest in
theabove entitled estate are hereby
admonished and cited to appear at
said time and place and offer their
objections if any, why said final Re
port and Account should not be ap
proved and settled and said estate be
closed in accordance with law.
This notice is dated and the date of
its first publication is the 19th day of
January, 1924.
EDGAR R. TARWATER,
Administrator of Estate of Daniel A.
Sullivan, Deceased.
Jan. 19, 26; Feb. 2, 9, and 16, 1924
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Buick, will build them
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