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CHITINA, ALASKA, TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 1914.
PRESIDENT WILSON’S ACHIEVEMENTS
The Democratic administration of President Wilson lias
just celebrated its first anniversary and for absolute defiance
of ancient institutions and precedents it lias eclipsed that of
any other Chief Executive. The three big things in legislative
achievement were the tariff, currency and government railroad
bills, the latter enactment being the one in which Alaska is
most directly interested and hopes to reap considerable benefit
by having the resources of the territory developed through
cheaper and better transportation facilities. The opening of
the vast coal fields of this northern empire is also an adminis
tration measure, and Congress hopes to pass a law to that end
during the present session. Democrats say that they are
bringing about a condition of prosperity in the United States
which directly benefits the wage earner and small business
man rather than the stockholders in the big corporations.
Naturally the other parties dispute this
But these are matters of history. It has'been rather in
the lighter way that President Wilson has attracted attention.
The first thing he did after subscribing the oath of office was
to hand a real wallop to “society” as it is represented in
"Washington. Announcement was made that the Democratic
simplicity was to be the rule. Instead of gold laced military
aides to "trail his every step and interpose their bulk between
the president and the common people a civilian garbed
physician and a husky, blonde, well dressed secret service man
lolled about and the president saw whomever his fancy
dictated, untramelled by rigid rules and red tape. The office
of his secretary was thrown open to the public generally and
the president would emerge from his private office frequently
to mingle with the populace and transact business on the jump.
When Congress assembled it got a real jolt. Instead of
receiving a ponderous document from the hands of a clerk
which would be read in a sing-song tone that meant nothing,
the president delivered his first, and all subsequent messages
in person, making his telling points with all the emphasis of
the trained platform orator with the result that, while the first
message was listened to in silence, his last, the trust document,
was punctuated by real applause from friends and foes. And
the president’s room in the Capitol building—an ornate
chamber reserved in the past for occupancy on one day a
session only—has been frequently used. Instead of sending
for the members the president went to them with the result
that patronage muddles have been cleared up with unheard of
expedition.
Instead of secluding himself from the newspaper corres
pondents granting audiences only to the “cuckoo” repi’esen
tatives who reflected administration views the president has
granted open audiences to all properly accredited newspaper
correspondents twice weekly. He has withstood a fire of
questions, often hostile, regarding politics, and has answered
even more frankly than might have been expected, the only
limitation being the ancient prohibition that the president
must never be quoted directly.
That time honored institution, the New Year’s reception,
where Mike, Tom and Jerry, their wives and their friends,
flock to the White House and squeeze the president’s hand
while he stands like a mannikin in a death dealing draught
and tries to look as though he enjoyed it all, also went by the
boards. The reason given this year was that the president was
sick and needed a rest. Next year there will be an equally
good excuse. And dame rumor whispers that certain of the
other fixed receptions along similar lines are periliously near
the discard.
The first Democratic president since Cleveland had the
Mexican situation bequeathed him by his predecessor. He still
has that problem on his hands, though he adopted unique
measures to solve it, one of them being the unprecedented step
of sending to Mexico City a special envoy, John Lind, to figure
out ways and means.
The Democratic administration bumped into the Japanese
question early in the summer, and that, too, is still pending.
Likewise the Panama tolls controversy with Great Britain and
the demands of Columbia for settlement of claims arising out
of the secession of Panama.
Aot only are the saloons at Nome closed on Sunday hut
every kind of business has had the lid put on it by the owners
of the thirst emporiums, as a retaliatory act for the move of
the federal officials in causing them to close their doors one
day in the week. As a resutl the city council, Chamber of
Commerce and business men generally have joined in a
telegram to Governor Strong asking them to include in the
special session of the legislature the repeal or amendment of
this orthodox law.
Congressman Humphrey’s expose of Gifford Pinchot
connivance with the Santa Fe railroad, through which the
latter corporation was enabled to steal 1,200,000 acres of
valuable public land, in exchange for a like number of acres
of absolutely worthless land created a sensation in the House
yesterday. The Washington state representative excoriated
the ex-forester for this big land steal and also for his activity
in retarding the development of Alaska, where an honest and
deserving prospector was always under suspicion, be his
intentions ever so good.
Every incoming steamer from the states is bringing an
unusually large number of passengers to Cordova, another
evidence that these people fully appreciate the good times in
store for this section of Alaska.
A Pennsylvania professor has declared that brain work
does no harm. There are a lot of people we know it will never
harm.
SERIAL NO. 01640
IN THE UNITED STATES LAND
OFFICE AT JUNEAU, ALASKA.
In the Matter of the Application of
Frank J. Nolan for a Paten; to the
Gravity, Glacier Bear, Cooper King,
Copper Prince and Liberty Lodes,
Mineral Survey No. 943, situated in
the Forty-Alile Mining District of
Alaska.
Notice of Application for Patent
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN:
That in accordance with the laws of
the United States, and especially in
pursuance of the Act of Congress
approved May 10, 1872, Frank J. Nolan,
a citizen of the United States, whose
Post Office address is No. 817 Alaska
Building, Seattle, Washington, will
make application for a patent to 1500
lienal feet along the lodes or veins
within the Gravity Lode, the Glacier
Bear Lode, the Copper King Lode, the
Copper Prince Lode and the Liberty
Lode, with surface ground 300 feet or,
less in width on each side of the cen
ter of said lodes or veins of quartz or
other rock in place, bearing sold, cop
per and other valuable mineral, all in
cluded in and accurately described upon
the Official Plat of Mineral Survey No.
943 now posted on the claim, and by i
the Field Notes of such official survey
on file with the Register of the Land
Office at Juneau, Alaska.
United States Location Monument No.
7 to which this survey is tied is situ
ated in Latitude 61 deg. 40 min. X.,
Longitude 142 deg. 31 min. W. This
survey is located on the south side of
the Middle Fork of White River and
about 10 miles above its junction with
White River.
The lode locations are contiguous,
and constitute a single tract of ground
described as beginning at Corner Xo. 1
of the Gravity Lode, which is the most
Northerly' point thereof, from which
point United States Location Monument
Xo. 7 bears North 10 deg. 03 min. East
746.3 feet distant, and running thence
from said Corner No. 1 of the Gravity
Lode Soutii 62 deg. 53 min. East 1500
feet to Corner Xo. 2 thereof; thence
South 25 deg. 55 min. West 147.9 feet
along the East line of the Gravity Lode
to the point of intersection with the
North line of the Copper King Lode,
which is Corner Xo. 1 thereof, and
from which point U. S. L. M. No. 7
hears North 36 deg. 18 min. West 1926*1
feet distant; thence from said Corner
No. 1 of the Copper King Lode South 65
deg. 56 min. East 1500 feet to Corner
No. 2 thereof, which is identical with
corner No. 1 of the Copper Prince Lode,
from which point U. S. L. M. No. 7
bears North 49 deg. 13 min. 58 sec.
West 3313.88 feet distant; thence from
said Corner No. 1 of the Copper Prince
Lode South 73 deg. 03 min. East 1500
feet to Corner No. 2 thereof, which is
identical with Corner No. 1 of the
Liberty Lode, from which point U. S.
L. M. Xo. 7 bears North 56 deg. 35 min.
53 sec. West 4725.12 feet distant; thence
from said Corner No. 1 of the Liberty
Lode South 73 deg. 03 min. East 1500
feet to Corner No. 2, which is the
Northeast corner thereof; thence South
25 deg. 55 min. West 600 feet to corner
No. 3, which is the Soutl^ast corti-.r
thereof; thence North 73 deg. 03 min.
West 1500 feet to Corner No. 4 of the
Liberty Lode, \yhich is identical with
Corner Xo. 3 of the Copper Prince Lo le
and on the same course 1500 feet >o
Corner No. 4 of the Copper Prince
Lode which is identical with Corn* r
No. 3 of the Copper King Lode;
thence North 65 deg. 56 min. West 1500
feet to Corner Xo. 4 of the Copper King
Lode, which is a point on the Easterly
line of the Glacier Bear Lode; thence
from said Corner No. 4 of the Copper
King Lode Soutii 25 deg. 55 min. West
along the Easterly line of the Glacier
Bear Lode 452.1 feet to Corner No. ::
thereof; thence from said Corner NTo. 3
of tlie Glacier Bear Lode North 62 deg.
53 min. West 1500 feet to Corner No.
4, which is the Southwest corner
thereof; thence North 25 deg. 55 min.
East 600 feet to Corner No. 1 of the
Glacier Bear Lode from which point
TT. S. L. M. Xo. 7 bears North 17 deg.
06 min. 58 sec. East 1333.56 feet dis
tant, which Corner Xo. 1 of tile Glacier
Bear Lode is identical with Corner Xo.
4 of the Gravity Lode, and running
thence North 25 deg. 55 min. East 610
feet to Corner Xo. 1 of the Gravity
Lode, the place of beginning first herein
aescrtneu.
There are no adjoining lode or min
eral claims officially surveyed.
The variation at all corners is North
31 deg. 30 min. East.
The area of each location is as fol
lows:
Gravity Lode .20.657 Acres
Glacier Bear Lode.20.657 Acres
Copper King Lode .20.650 Acres
Copper Prince Lode .20.409 Acres;
Liberty Lode .20.409 Acres
Total Acreage Mineral
Survey No. 943.102.782 Acres
This notice is issued from the United
States Land Office at Juneau, Alaska,
This 27th day of January, A. D. 1914,
for posting in said Land Office and for
publication for not less than sixty days
in the Chitina Leader, a newspaper of
general circulation, published nearest to
said claims, and hereby designated for
that purpose.
C. B. WALKER,
Register.
MAURICE D. LEEHEY,
Attorney for Claimant,
817 Alaska Building,
Seattle, Washington.
First publication February 17, 1914.
Last publication, April 21, 1914.
SEBIAE HO. 01639.
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,
JUNEAU, ALASKA.
In the Matter of the Application of
Frank J. Nolan for a Patent to the
Washington, Red Fox, Black Dia
mond, Celtic, Colley, Blue Eyed
Nellie, Bear's Nest and Bed Rock
Lodes, Mineral Survey No. 942, situ
ated in the Forty Mile Mining Dis
trict of Alaska.
Notice of Application for Patent.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN:
That in accordance with the laws of
the United States, and especially in
pursuance of the Act of Congress ap
proved May 10th, 1872, Frank .7. Nolan,
a citizen of the United States, whose
post office address is No. 817 Alaska
Building, Seattle, Washington, will
make application for a patent to 1000
feet along the Washington Lode, 942
Ret along the Red Fox Lode, 1500 feet
along the Black Diamond Lode, 1075
feet along the Celtic Lode, 1500 feet
along the Colley I,ode, 942 feet along
the Blue Kyed Nellie Lode, 1500 feet
along the Bear's Nest Lode and 1500
feet along the Bed Rock Lode, with
surface ground 300 feet or less in
width on each side of the center of
such lodes or veins of quartz or other
rock in place, bearing gold, copper and
other valuable mineral, and included in
said mining claim, which is accurately
described upon the Official Flat of Min
eral Survey No. 942 posted on the
claim, and by the Field Notes of such
official survey on file with the Register
of the Land Office at Juneau, Alaska.
United States Location Monument No.
6 to which this survey is tied is situ
ated in Latitude 61 deg. 41 min. 45 sec.
North, Longitude 142 deg. 10 min. West
whence the summit of Castle Mountain
bears North 80 deg. West, approxi
mately 7.5 miles. The Survey is situ
ated along the west side of Moraine
Creek and about 1 >i miles above the
junction of said creek with White
River, Alaska.
The lode locations are contiguous
and constitute a single tract of ground
described as beginning at Corner No.
1 of the Washington Lode, which is the
Northwest corner thereof, from which
point United States Location Monument
No. 6 bears North 63 deg. 38 min East
646 feet distant, and running thence
from said ’ Corner No. 1 of the Wash
ington Lode South 7!) deg. 48 min. East
along the North line of the Washington
Lode 942 feet to its intersection with
the West line of the Bed Rock Lode at
Corner No. 5 thereof; thence from said
Corner No. 5 North 10 deg. 00 min. East
along the Westerly line of the Bed
Rock Lode 600 feet to Corner No. 1,
which is the Northwest corner thereof,
from which point U. S. L. M. No. 6
mears South 73 deg. 09 min. West 472.,
feet distant; thence from said Corner
No. 1 of the Bed Rock Lode South 79
deg. 33 min. East 1500 feet to Corner
No. 2 thereof; thence South 10 deg. 00
min. West 600 feet to Corner No. 3
thereof, which is identical with Cor
ner No. 2 of the Red Box Lode, and
with Corner No. 1 of the Black Diamond
Lode, from which point U. S. L. M. No.
6 bears North 68 deg. 17 min. 30 sec.
West 1962.49 feet distant, and running
thence from said Corner No. 1 of the
Black Diamond Lode South 60 deg. 20
min. East 1500 feet to Corner No. 2
thereof, which is identical with Cor
ner No. 1 of the Celtic Lode, from
which point U. S. L. M. No. 6 bears
North 64 deg. 50 min. 41 sec. West
3454.3 feet distant, and running thence
from said Corner No. 1 of the Celtic
Lode South 56 deg. 50 min. East 1075
feet to Corner No. 2, the Northeast cor
ner thereof; thence South 10 deg. 90
min. West 560 feet to Corner No. 3, the
Southeast corner thereof; thence North
56 deg. 60 min. West 1075 feet to Cor
ner No. 4 of the Celtic Lode, which is
identical with Corner No. 3 of the
Black Diamond Lode and with Corner
No. 2 of the Bear’s Nest Lode; thence
South 10 deg. 00 min. West 600 feet ro
Corner No. 3 of the Bear’s Nest Lode,
which is the Southeast corner thereof;
thence North 60 deg. 20 min. West 1500
feet to Corner No. 4 of the Bear's Nest
Lode, which is identical with Corner
No. 3 of the Blue Eyed Nellie Lode, and
from which point Corner No. 1 of the
Bear's Nest Lode is hh ntieal with Cor
ner No. 2 of the Blue Ey<d NellD Lode,
bears South 10 deg. 00 min. West 660
feet distant, and from said Corn r No.
1 of the Bear's Nest Lode and Corner
No. 2 of the Blue Eyed Nellie Lode U.
S. L. M. No. 6 bears North 53 deg. 29
min. West 2147.8 feet distant, and run
ning thence from said Corner No. 4 of
the Bear’s Nest Lode which is identical
with Corner No. 3 of the Blue Eyed
Nellie Lode North 79 deg. 24 min. West
942 feet to Corner No. 4 of the Blue
Eyed Nellie Lode, which is identical
with Corner No. 3 of the Colley Lode;
thence North 79 deg. 48 min. west 1500
feet to Corner No. 4 of the CoUey Lode,
which is the Southwest corner thereof;
thence North 10 deg. 00 min. East 600
feet to Corner No. 1 of the Colley Lode,
which is identical with Corner No. 4
of the Washington Lode, and from
which point U. S. L. M. No. 6 bears
North 38 deg. 53 min. East 1077.8 feet
distant, and running thence from said
Corner No. 4 of the Washington Lode
North 10 deg. 00 min. East 560 feet to
Corner No. 1 thereof, the place of begin
ning first herein described.
There are no adjoining lode or min
eral claims officially surveyed.
The variation at all corners is North
31 deg. 30 min. East.
The area of each location is as fol
lows:
Washington Lode .19.283 Acres
Red Fox Lode .12.109 Acres
Black Diamond Lode ....18.159 Acres
Celtic Lode .12.706 Acres
Colley Lode .20.661 Acres
Blue Eyed Nellie Lode- 12.974 Acres
Bear's Nest Lode.19.456 Acres
Bed Rock Lode .20.618 Acres
Total acreage Mineral
Survey No. 942.135.966 Acres
This notice is issued from the United
States Land Office at Juneau, Alaska,
this 27th day of January, A. D. 1914,
for posting in said Land Office and for
publication for not less than sixty days
in the Chitina Leader, a newspaper of
general circulation, published nearest to
said claims, and hereby designated for
that purpose.
C. B. WALKER.
Register.
MAURICE D. LEKHEY,
Attorney for Claimant,
817 Alaska Building,
Seattle, Washington.
First publication February 17, 1914.
Last publication, April 21, 1914.
SERIAL NO. 01638.
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE AT
JUNEAU, ALASKA.
In the Matter of the Application of!
Frank J. Nolan for a Patent to the
Wolverine and Mamoth Lodes, Min
eral Survey No. 941, situated in the
Forty Mile Mining District of Alaska.
Notice of Application for Patent
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN:
That in accordance with the laws of
the United States, and especially in
pursuance of the Act of Congress ap
proved May 10, 1872, Frank J. Nolan,
a citizen of the United States, whose
Post Office address is No. 817 Alaska
Building, Seattle, Washington. will
make application for a patent to 588.5
feet along the Wolverine Lode, and
1,260 feet along the Mamoth I^ude, with
surface ground 300 feet or t width j
on each side of the center of said lodes
or veins of quartz or other rock in
place, bearing gold, copper and other
valuable mineral, and included in said
mining claim, which is accurately de
scribed upon the Official Plan of .Min
eral Survey Xo. 941 posted ori the
claim, and by the Field Xotes of such
official survey on file with tne Register
of the Land Office at Juneau, Alaska.
United States Location .Monument Xo.
6 to which this survey is tied is situ
ated in Latitude 61 deg. 41 inin. 4r> sec.
X.. Longitude 142 deg. 10 min. W.,
whence the summit of Castle Mountain
bears X. 80 deg. \V„ approximately 7.5
miles. This survey is situated between
the forks of Moraine Creek and about
214 miles above the junction of said
creek with White River, Alaska.
The lode locations are contiguous and
constitute a single tract of ground de
scribed as beginning at Corner Xo. 1,
of the Wolverine Lode, which is the
Northwest corner thereof, and from
which point United States Location
Monument Xo. 6 bears North 87 deg.
30 min. West 6822.4 feet distant, and
running thence from said Corner Xo.
1 South 46 deg. 24 min. East 588.5 feet
to Corner No. 2 of the Wolverine Lode,
which is identical wltn corner .No. l
of the Mamoth Loile, from which point
U. S. L. M. No. 6 bears North 84 deg.
27 min. 08 sec. West 7276.17 feet dis
tant, and running thence from said
Corner No. 1 of the Mamoth Lode South
41 deg. 34 min. East 1250 feet to corner
No. 2 thereof, which is the Southwest
corner thereof: thence North 79 deg. 29
min. East 560 feet to Corner No. 3 of the
Mamoth Lode, which is the Southeast
corner thereof; thence North 41 deg. 34
min. West 1250 feet to Cornor No. 4 of
the Mamoth Lode, which is identical
with Corner No. 3 of the Wolverine
Lode; thence North 46 deg. 24 min.
West 588.5 feet to Corner No. 4 of the
Wolverine Lode, which is the North
east corner thereof; thence South 79
deg. 29 min. West 560 feet to Corner
No. 1 of the Wolverine Lode, the place
of beginning first herein described.
There are no adjoining lode or min
eral claims officially surveyed.
The variation at all corners is North
32 deg. 00 min. East.
The area oi each location is as fol
lows:
Wolverine Lode . 6.130 Acres
Mamoth Lode .13.767 Acres
Total acreage Mineral
Survey No. 941 .19.897 Acres
This notice is issued from the
United States Land office at Juneau,
Alaska, tills 27th (lay of January, A. iJ.
1914, for posting in said Land Office
and for publication for not less than
sixty days in the Chitina Leader, a
newspaper of general circulation, pub
lished nearest to said., claims, and
hereby designated for that purpose.
C. B. WALKER,
Register
MAURICE D. LEEHEY,
Attorney for Claimant
817 Alaska Building,
Seattle, Washington.
. First publication February 17, 1914.
Last publication, April 21, 1914.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Serial 01610
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,
Juneau, Alaska, July 12, 1913.
Notice is hereby given that Ocha
Potter of Houghton, Michigan, as
signee of Barnard Needham, Calvin
Deputron and Elijah T. Fudge,
beneficiaries under Section 2306
Revised Statutes of the United
States, granting additional lands to
soldiers and sailors who served in
the War of the Rebellion, has made
application to make entry of the
lands in U. S. Survey No. 595, situ
ated about fifteen miles above the
MMith of McCartny creek, a tribu
tary of the Kennicott river, in the
Chitina recording precinct, Juneau
Land District, Territory of Alaska,
and more particularly described in
the fields notes and plat of said sur
vey as ionows:
Beginning at Cor. No. 1, a green
stone 16x8x6 ins. set 11 in. in
ground, marked S. 595 Cor. 1 on
side facing claim, from which Cor.
U. S. L. M. No. 595 bears S. 2 JO
chs. dist., said U. S. L. M. is a stone
30x20xS ins. 15 ins. in the ground
marked with a cross on top and U.
S. L. M. 59o on side. There are
no natural objects or permanent
monuments other than the one just
established available. Tnence from
Cor. No. 1 S. 10 chs. to Cor. No. 2,
thence W. 5 chs. to Cor. No. Z
crossing McCarthy Creek at 0.50
chs., thence N. 10 chs. to Cor. No.
4, thence E. 5 chs co Cor. No. 1,
the place of beginning, crossing
McCarthy creek at 3.30 chs. con
taining five acres.
Any and all persons claiming ad
versely any portion of the above
described tracts are required to file
with the iiegister and Receiver of
the U. S. Land Office at Juneau,
Alaska, tneir adverse claim thereto
under oath during the period of
publication and posting of this
notice, or within thirty days there
after, or they will be barred by the
provisions of the statute in such
case made and provided.
OCHA POTTER.
It Is hereby ordered that the
foregoing notice be published for
the statutory period in the Chitlna
Leader, a newspaper printed and
published at Chitlna. Alaska.
C. B. WALKER,
Register.
First publication, Jan. 21, 1914.
Last publication. March 25, 1914.
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