The Chitina Leader
CHITINA, ALASKA.
Entered as second-class matter, November 12, 1910. at the postoffice at
Chitina, Alaska, under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1S79.
ONLY NEWSPAPER IN CHITINA
Published every Saturday by
WILL A. STEEL—Editors, Managers and Proprietors—HABBY Q. STEEL
Office: Hotel Chitina Building. Cordova Office: Daily Alaskan
Seattle Office: 551 Colman Building.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
One Month .» .50
Six Months . 2.00
One Year . 3.50
. ADVERTISING RATES
Made known upon application. They will be found reasonable for the service
given. Official publication for legal advertisements pertaining to mineral lands
of the Copper River district.
CHITINA, ALASKA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1913.
A DESERVED PROMOTION
It is now Superintendent Caleb
Corser and the Daily Alaskan takes
great pleasure in extending its con
gratulations to our honored fellow
townsman in his appointment as the
directing head of the Copper River
& Northwestern railway. There is
no man in the country better qualified
to discharge the duties of this posi
tion than Mr. Corser. He has been
connected with the company since the
work of the construction of the road
was begun, during all of which time
filled positions with such faithfulness
and ability that he has finally reached
the top of the ladder.
Mr. Corser possesses all of the ele
ments that go to make a successful
man. While he is even-tempered
and unassuming he ossesses force
and strength of character that win
for him the confidence and respect of
not only the employes of the road,
but the public as well. As superin
tendent he will have many obstacles
to overcome, but being an intelligent
and industrious worker, whose sense
of justice and reasoning is well
known, we predict that under his
management the affairs of the com
pany will be satisfactorily conducted;
that he will have the hearty co-opera
tion and support of all the men in the
service; that a most harmonious
spirit will prevail throughout the
Copper river valley and that the C. R.
& N. W. railway will be so operated
that Cordova will continue to be the
gateway to interior Alaska, with the
best equipped railroad in the terri
tory, and w'hich is sure to eventually
be the trunk line rom this coast to
the navigable waters of the Tanana.
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“THOU SHALT NOT WASTE”
“The public domain of the United
States is the treasure house of the
people. It represents opportunity
for the pioneers of today. It is a
trust held by the nation for the com
ing generations of men.
“The conservation policies of Theo
dore Roosevelt wrote across the pub
lic domain of the people of the United
States, ‘Thou shalt not steal,’ and it
is inconceivable that Woodrow Wil
son will ever be a party to the oblit
eration of that text."—Washington
Times.
The above is a fair sample of the
view taken of the conservation ques
tion by those newspapers which are
steeped in ignorance of what con
servation as practiced implies, what
it is doing, and the real reason for
the hostility existing toward the for
est service and the prevailing poli
cies in the administration of the pub
lic lands of the country.
Roosevelt did not w’rite across the
public domain, “Thou shalt not
steal.” What he did do was to per
mit Gifford Pinchot to write, “Thou
shalt not use.” The public domain is
not, as Collier’s recently defined it,
that part of the W,est which is “en
tirely surrounded by people who
want to steal it.”
There is not and never has been
any form of organized thievery to be
found only in the West, and the peo
ple of the West properly resent such
malicious inferences and accusations.
The report of the chief forester of
the United States for the fiscal year
1911-12, if analyzed, will reveal to
any fair mind the reason for Western
opposition to prevailing conservation
plicies.
According to Mr. Graves, the an
nual growth of new timber on the
forest reserves is about 6,000,000,000
feet board measure. The cut in eight
years last past averaged 337,000,000
feet per annum, or about 5 per cent,
of the new growth. Timber is a
crop. Five per cent, of it is cut and
95 per cent, is lost through failure
to cut when ripe.
The timber lost in this manner in
the last five years, at $2 per M.
stumpage. is worth $57,000,000.
The actual money deficit of the ser
vice from 1905-6 to 1911-12 amounts
to $12,700,000. In other words, the
bureau of forestry is running behind
more than $2,000,000 per annum and
is leaving more than $11,000,000
worth of uncut timber to rot each
year.
Is this conservation? It looks
like profligacy gone crazy. The in
coming administration should wipe
out the Pinchot writing and-inscribe
in its place the words, “Thou shalt
not waste.”—P.-I.
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THE COMING ALASKANS
Very often we hear something
about some one or another losing his
| time in Alaska and we are inclined
to let the phrase have the effect oi
causing a sort of contempt for the
advantages presented here. It seems
to be generally taken for granted
that the opportunities outside are
much greater. Particularly do the
| younger generation think so. Just
about the time a fellow comes tc
man’s age he feels that any place in
the world beats the place where he
is and very often he spends the very
best years of his life gallivanting
around and finally winds up with the
'knowledge that all his travelling
igain for him is to prove that he
would have been better off by staying
at home.
We do not always realize the fact
that a new and undeveloped country
is easily the best for anyone whc
must make his way from the bottom.
Of course if a man has money it is
altogether different, but without hav
ing the means of competing with
those who are established in cities
anyone is lucky who can get a thou
sand miles away’.
Even during the past dozen years
we can all point to some who have
been very uccessful in many lines
in this territory. Outside we could
never find anything at all like the
same per centum of success. Let us
just think it over and we shall find
this to be a fact.
A town in Alaska must not be
compared to a town of the same size
in settled communities. There every
thing has been long ago limited and
each calling has been filled. Here
every phrase of development opens
up a new field and each field must be
supplied with those who have a
knowledge of its requirements. An
Alaskan town, no matter how small,
is as great as the prospects of the
district around it and cannot be
judged by its census.
It is really easier to be successful
in Alaska than anywhere outside.
Only by trying both can this be prov
en. From this time forward the op
portunities for young people in the
territory will be far greater than
consideration more and more by the
ever. Alaska is being taken into
federal government and the work of
developing its resources is only about
to begin. If we carefully observe the
signs we cannot avoid conceding this.
Therefore those w’ho 'nave still to
make their way should use their en
ergies to prepare for what is ahead
and cut out the idea that traveling is
necessary.
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WINTER TOURISTS
Much has been written in respect
to the summer beauties of Yukon and
Alaska and the great field this will
be in the future for tourist business.
The summer tourist traffic is being
exploited extensively, and there is
promise of the travel into the region
during that period of the year in
creasing steadily. But while the
summer tourist business is being pro
moted it should not be forgotten that
the masses who live in large cities
and prosaic old country centers in
many of the most opulent lands eon
tain a large percentage of well-to-do
people who have learned to love the
winter climate and who go to winter
regions for benefits and stimulus to
their health.
Physicians often prescribe the crisp
winter air of some regions. St.
Petersburg is a gay center of social
activity and outdoor life in winter.
Portions of Scandinavia and other
parts of Northern Europe gain vast
country.
Yukon has scores of Switzerlands
rolled into one. Yukon has in the
St. Elias Alps, near Kluane, 11 moun
tains more than 9,000 feet in alti
tude; two more than 17,000 feet and
one more than 19,000 feet. In and
about Dawson are marvels in mining,
hunting and river and lake attrac
tions Other parts of the territory
are equally attractive, and the region
is new and affords more freedom and
first class hunting and fishing, and
other glories not known to little
Switzerland or the Scandinavias. Al
lowing for remoteness, if Yukon be
connected by close rail lines to cen
tral Canada, good auto roads to the
revenues from winter visitors, and
Switzerland is rolling in fortunes
from tourists who come to enjoy win
ter sports.
The little Alpine republic also gath
ers vast revenues from her summer
traffic. Switzerland enrolls names of
2,000,000 visitors annually. They
spend $40,000,000 annually in the
coast and even now go after the tour
ist business she should get a vast
share. It may require some years to
; get a volume of trade, but it is worth
j going after. Some day J*. will be
realized.—Dawson News.
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CORDOVA AS COAST TERMINAL
President Taft yesterday afternoon
submitted the report of the Alaska
Railroad Commission to Congress and
it proves that the spirit of optomism
| that has been prevalent in Cordova
! for some time was not without cause.
Although the government’s darkest
cloud has been hanging over South
western Alaska for several years past,
a ray of sunshine has finally broken
through and today its brightening in
ifluence is felt in the heart of every
resident of the Copper River Valley.
And all because the truth has finally
been made public through an unbias
and unprejudiced channel and will
have a far-reaching and beneficial ef
fect not only in favor of this com
munity but throughout the entire ter
ritory of Alaka.
rue commission was delegated 10
! select the best route for the construc
tion of a railroad from this coast to
j interior Alaska and after a thorough
land impartial investigation the Cop
jper River route is most favorably
I considered, although no specific
recommendation is made. There
were four terminal points on the
coast—Haines, Cordova, Valdez and
Seward— and the residents of each
each town thought the route as ad
vocated by them was the most logical
one. All of the towns had great faith
in the integrity and ability of the
Commission and agreed to stand by
its report, although it might not be
favorable to their particular section.
While all agree that several rail
roads are necessary for the develop
ment of the great interior country,
it is necessary that there be a begin
ning point in the work of construc
tion and we take pardonable pride in
saying that Cordova will undoubted
ly be the coast terminal of the first
trunk railroad to the Tanana and the
Yukon. We have believed this was
the case all along and with the com
mission's stamp of approval there can
no longer be any doubt of it.
The Alaska Railroad Commission
says that the route from Seward up
the Susitna valley, to pass near the
Matanuska and Bonnifleld districts is
inadequate and would not develop
the Copper River ores and Bering
river coal fields. The route near
Haines or Juneau would open the
Tunder mountain and Rainy Hollow
mineral, agricultural and grazing
lands, but as it is not an all-Ameri
can route and taps no great tonnage
producing sections it figures but little
in this big transportation problem.
Valdez is not even considered as a
terminal point.
Of the Cordova route the Commis
sion finds much to recommend it. It
would open up the richest mineral
belt in the world in the Copper River
and Tanana basins, furnishing a large
amount of commercial ore. Then
there is the coal, agriculture and
grazing. By building a short spur
from Mile 39 the Bering river fields
could be tapped and the coal brought
to Cordova for smelting and other
purposes. This is practically what
the government’s commission has re
ported and the exuberance of Cordo
vans over its findings is only natural.
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ROOSE VELT’S A W A HE XISG.
It is a matter of much conjecture
as to how Theodore Roosevelt, ex
president of the United States, con
tributing editor of the Outlook and
publicity agent of the late Progres
sive party, feels over the shattering
of his idols. Even his running mate,
the shifty Hi Johnson, of California,
has been doing some great side-step
ping in an effort to protect Gifford
Pinchot’s agent L. R. Glavis, who
has been dishonorably discharged
from conservation jobs in California
on account of graft and down-right
dishonest dealings.
Glavis is the contemptible little
schemer who actually tied up Alaska
through his absolutely false reports
to Pinchot and Roosevelt. And not
alone has Glavis fallen, but the East
ern public is being thoroughly made
acquainted with the details of the
whole Pinchot conspiracy, his con
nection with the Pocohontas coal
fields and his later connection with
the lumber barons. The truth about
the Dick Ryan Controller bay affair
made the conspirators tremble but
now the whole plot is coming out,
and certainly Roosevelt and The Out
look, after all the paper has publish
ed and the man has done, have no
reason for feeling proud of their ac
complishment.
Just as we said last summer, the
Pinchot policies were the ones that
would kill off Roosevelt, and they did.
Now the ex-president is the only re
ceptive candidate carrying Pinchot’s
yoke and it will drag him to oblivion
just as sure as Alaskans are going
to burn Alaska coal. In the summer
of 1911 we called upon The Outlook
to be fair, to retract or apologize but
no attention was paid to the request
although every editor in the East
was supplied with the editorials in
question and some direct charges
were made. Cowardice has been ad
ded to the dishonesty of the editorial
sanctum of The Outlook.
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NOTHING TO IT BUT CORDOVA
In a special message to Congress
President Taft places his unqualified
approval on the report of the Alaska
Railroad Commission and makes
some important recommendations
based upon the findings contained in
that document. In view of all that
has transpired during the past few
days at the national capitol, in ref
erence to transportation facilities for
the opening up of the resources of
this territory, Cordovans have good
cause to feel elated, and are not un
appreciate of the good work that
is now under way by the administra
tion to make reparation for the many
wrongs inflicted upon this country.
The pendelum has swung and a new
era is dawning for Alaska. With
the publication of the truth the muck
raker has taken to the woods and the
public is finally beginning to realize
that the pioneers of this northland
country have some rights, which have
thus far been denied them through a
misunderstanding of the true condi
tions.
As soon as Presient Taft learned
from the report of the Commission
the truth about the railroad situation
in Alaska he is the first person to
take up the fight for our people.
Backed up in his position by facts
and figures he has thrown down the
gauntlet by a forceful and aggreslve
policy that will redound to his credit
and the benefit of the people of Alas
ka. He disregards the recommenda
tions of Secretary of Interior Fisher,
whose “hobby horse” has been driven
in a mad race over a misguided track,
and comes out flat-footed in favor of
Cordova as the coast terminal for a
trunk line to Fail banks.
As a second route Seward to IIus
kokwim and the Iditarod is recom
mended. The President ’'s in favor
of the government building both of
these routes or is willing to guaran
tee the interest and principal on
bondB necessary for construction of
these lines by private parties. He
urges, however, the government own
ership of the coal lands, which he is
willing to lease to individuals.
In summing up the Commission’s
report we find that It pays a glowing
tribute to Cordova’s distinct advant
ages as a terminal harbor, showing
that a railroad from here requires
the shortest construction, has super
ior grades, with the lowest freight
rates. The distance from Chitina to
Fairbanks is~3T3 miles and~tfie Toad
could be built for $14,000,000. It is
also recommended that traffic ar
rangements be made with the Copper
River AL- Northwestern railway from
Chitina to Cordova. This is the solu
tion of the transportation problem
and at a minimum cost. In case the
traffic arrangement referred to can
not be made the road could be con
tinued over Thompson's Pass to Val
dez for an additional $6,000,000, but
the possibility of this is so remote
that it is not worthy of serious con
sideration.
Then, again, the Commission very
wisely says that Cordova is the best
terminal for the Bering river coal,
and unreservedly condems the much
exploited Controller Bay harbor as
even a possible harbor. Thus we find
President Taft repudiating Secre
tary Fisher's pet scheme, with Sew
ard as a terminal; Gifford Pinchot's
Controller Bay harbor knocked into
a cocked hat and Cordova named as
the logical coast terminal for the
only feasible trunk line to tap the
Tanana Valley and Yukon basin.
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Deputy Marshal Karl Armstrong, of
Kodiak has two trained Llewellyn set
jters that he Talues at $250 each.
SERIAL No. 01553.
In the United States Land office at
Juneau, Alaska, October 21, 1912.
Notice of Application for Patent.
Notice is hereby given that in pur
suance of an Act of Congress approved
May 10, 1872, John A. Hazelet, whose
Post Office address is Valdez, Alaska,
has made application for a U. S. patent
for the Viola, Edith, Ruth, Irish Girl,
Hattie Belle, Helen, Emma H, placer
claims bearing gold, together with
surface ground as allowed by law,
lying, being situate in the Recording
Precinct Copper Center, Alaska, and
described by the official plat and
by the field notes of U. S. Min
eral Survey No. 916, on file in the office
of the Register of the Juneau Land Dis
trict, at Juneau, as follows, to-wit:—
VIOLA PLACER
Beginning at Cor. No. 1. U. S. M. M.
No. 1, Chisna hears S. 31 deg. 41 min. 30
sec. E. 4130.75 feet dist. thence N. 41
deg. 32 min. W. 658.10 ft. to Cor. No. 2;
thence N. 48 deg. 23 min. E. 1320 ft. to
Cor. No. 3; thence S. 41 deg. 32 min. E.
660 ft. to Cor. No. 4; thence S. 48 deg.
28 min. W. 1320 ft. to Cor. No. 1, the
place of beginning. Area 19.971 acres.
The location notice of said claim being
duly of record in the office of the Re
corder at Copper Center, Alaska, in Book
T. of Mining Locations, at page 192, of
the records of said office. This claim
is hounded on the north by unknown
claimants; on the south by unknown
claimants and the Edith claim; on the
east by unknown claimants; and on the
west by unknown claimants and the
Edith claim.
EDITH PLACER
Beginning at Cor. No. 1, whence U. S.
M. M. No. 1, Chisna, bears S. 50 deg. 04
min. 10 sec. E, 4115.53 ft. dist. thence
N. 41 deg. 32 min. W. 657 ft. to Cor. No.
2; thence N. 48 deg. 25 min. E. 1316.90 It.
to Cor. No. 3: thence S. 41 deg. 32 min. E.
658.10 ft. to Cor. No. 4; thence S. 48 deg.
28 min. \V. 1316.90 ft. to Cor. No. 1, the
place of beginning. Area 19.878 acres.
This claim is hounded on the north by
unknown claimants and the Viola Pla
cer; on the south by unknown claimants;
on the east by unknown claimants and
the Viola Placer; and on the west by un
known claimants. The location notice
of this claim is recorded in the office ot
the Recorder at Copper Center, Alaska,
in Book I, of Mining Locations, at page
193, of the records of said office.
RUTH PLACER
Beginning at Cor. No. 1, whence U. S.
M. M. No. 1, Chisna, bears S. 42 deg. 26
min. 20 sec. E. 2756.23 ft. dist. thence
S. 52 deg. 26 min. W. 656.40 ft. to Cor.
No. 2; thence N. 37 deg. 36 min W. 1271..
70 ft. to Cor. No. 3; thence N. 48 deg. 2fc
min. E. 658.30 ft. to Cor. No. 4; thence
S. 37 deg. 35 min. E. 1317.20 ft. to Cor
No. 1, the place of beginning. Area
19.511 acres. The location notice of this
claim is recorded in the office of the Re
corder at Copper Center, Alaska, in
Book I, of Mining Locations, at page
194 of the records of said oilice. This
claim is bounded on the north by the
Edith placer; on the south by the Irish
Girl Placer; on the east by the Irish Girl
placer and unknown claimants; and on
the west by unknown claimants.
IRISH GIRL PLACER
Beginning at Cor. No. 1, whence U. S.
M. M. No. 1, Chisna, bears S. 46 deg. 51
min. E. 1449.36 ft. dist.. thence S. 52 deg.
16 min. \V. 656 ft. to Cor. No. 2; thence
N. 37 deg. 37 min. W. 1317.80 ft. to Cor.
No. 3; thence N. 52 deg. 26 min. E. 656.
40 ft. to Cor. No. 4; thence S. 37 deg. 35
min. E. 1316.00 ft. to Cor. No. 1, the
place of beginning. Area excluded 0.116
acres, in contlict with Hattie Belle pla
cer claim. Net Area 19.722 acres. The
location notice of this claim is recorded
in the office of the Recorder at Copper
Center, Alaska, in Book I, of Mining Lo
cations, at page 195 of the records of
said office. This claim is bounded on the
north by unknown claimants, and the
Ruth placer; on the south by the Tri
angle placer; on the east by unknown
claimants; and on the west by unknown
claimants.
HATTIE BELLE PLACER
Beginning at Cor. No. 1, whence U. S.
M. M. No. 1, Chisna, bears S. 74 deg. 12
min. E. 1240 ft. dist. thence N. 50 deg.
42 min. W. 660 ft. to Cor. No. 2; thence
S. 31 deg. 16 min. W. 1318.00 ft. to Cor.
No. 3; thence S. 50 deg. 48 min. E. 660 ft.
to Cor. No. 4; thence N. 31 deg. 16 min.
E. 1316.90 ft. to Cor. No. 1, the place of
beginning. Area 19.767 acres. The
location nociee of this claim is recorded
in the office of the Recorder at Copper
Center, Alaska, in Book 1, of Mining Lo
cations, at page 196, of the records of
said office. This claim is bounded on the
north by the Irish Girl and Triangle
placer claims; onthe south by unknown
claimants and the Hcden Placer; on the
east by unknown claimants and the Tri
angle placer; and on the west by un
known claimants.
HELEN PLACER
Beginning at Cor. No. 1, whence U. S.
M. M. No. 1, Chisna bears N. 63 deg. 03
min. 10 sec. E. 1964.. 17 ft. dist. thence
N. 50 deg. 48 min. W. 660 ft. to Cor. No.
2; thence S. 38 deg. 05 min W. 1324.20
ft. to Cor. No. 3; thence S. 52 deg. 21
min E. 657.40 ft. to Cor. No. 4; thence
N. 38 deg 11 min. E. 1306.30 ft. to Cor.
No. l.the place of the beginning. Area
19.887 acres. The location notice of this
claim is recorded in the office of the
Recorder at Copper Center, Alaska, in
Book I, of Mining Locations, at page
198, of the records of said office. This
claim is bounded on the north by un
known claimants and the Hattie Beile
placer; on the south by unknown claim
ants; on the east by unknown claimants;
and on the west by unknown claimants
and Emma H. claim.
EMMA H. PLACER
Beginning at Cor. No. 1, whence U. S.
M. M. No. 1, Chisna, bears N. 53 deg. 09
min. 30 sec. E. 3196.90 ft. dist. thence
N. 52 deg. 21 min. W. 657.40 ft. to Cor.
No.2; thence S. 38 deg. 07 min. W. 1311.
60 ft. to Cor. No. 3; thence S. 51 deg. 55
min. E. 655.70 ft. to Cor. No. 4; thence
N. 38 deg. 11 min. E. 1316.60 ft. to Cor.
No. ], the place of beginning. Area 19.
806 acres. The location notice of this
claim is recorded in the office of the Re
corder at Copper Center, Alaska, tn Book
1, of Mining Locations, at page 199, of
the records of said office. This claim
is bounded on the north by unknown
claimants and the Helen placer: on the
south by unknown claimants; on the east
by unknown claimants; on the w'est
by unknown claimants. The survey
covering said mining claims being
designated as Mineral Survey No. 916.
Var. at all corners this survey 31 deg.
00 min. K.
Any and all persons claiming adver
sely any portion of said mining claims
or surface ground, are hereby required
to tile their adverse claims, with the
Register of the U. S. Land Office at
Juneau, Alaska, within the time pre
scribed by law, or they will be barred
by virtue of the provisions of the sta
tute.
C. B. WALKER,
Register.
It is hereby ordered that tlie foregoing
notice be published for the statutory
period in the ‘Chitina reader” a weekly
newspaper published at Chitina, Alaska.
C. B. WALKER,
Register.
Date of first publication Nov. 12, 1912.
Date of last publication Jan. 14, 1913.
SEBIAX. NO. 01554.
In the United States Land office at
Juneau, Alaska, October 21, 1912.
Notice of Application for Patent.
Notice is hereby given that in pur
suance of an Act of Congress approved
May 10, 1872, John A. Hazelet, whose
Post Office address is Valdez, Alaska,
has made application for a U. S. patent
for the “ Yankee Girl*’ placer mining
claim, bearing gold, together with sur
face ground as allowed by law, lying,
being and situate in the Recording Pre
cinct of Copper Center, Alaska, and des
cribed by the official plat and by the
field notes of U. S. Mineral Survey No.
917, on file in the orrice of the Register
of the Juneau Land District, at Juneau,
Alaska, as folows, to-wit:—
YANKEE GIBE PEACES
Beginning at Cor. No. 1, from whence
U. S. M. M. No. 1, Chisna, bears S. 21
deg. 56 min. 40 sec. W. 748.12 ft. dist.
thence S. 79 deg. 49 min. E. 659.40 ft. to
Cor. No. 2; thence N. 10 deg. 05 min. E.
1313.20 ft. to Cor. No. 3; thence N. 79
deg. 55 min. W. 657.70 ft. to Cor. No. 4;
thence S. 10 deg. 10 min. W. 1312.10 ft.
to Cor. No. 1, the place of the beginning.
Varation at all corners 31 deg. 00 min.
E. Area 19.845 acres. The location
notice of this claim is recorded in the
office of the Recorder at Copper Center,
Alaska, in Book I, of Mining Locations,
at page 200, of the records of said office.
This claim is bounded on the north by
unknown claimants; on the south by un
known claimants; on the east by un
known claimants; and on the west by
the Indian Girl placer claim and un
known claimants. The survey covering
said mining claim being designated as
Mineral Survey No. 917.
Any and all persons claiming adver
sely any portion of said mining claims
or surface ground, are hereby required
to file their adverse claims, with the
Register of the U. S. Land Office at
Juneau, Alaska, within t lie time pre
scribed by law, or they will he barred
by virtue of the provisions of the sta
tute.
C. B. WALKER,
Register.
It is hereby ordered that the foregoing
notice be published for the statutory
period In the ‘Chitina Leader” a weekly
newspaper published at Chitina, Alaska.
C. B. WALKER,
Register.
Date of first publication Nov. 12, 1912.
Date of last publication Jan. 14, 1913.
SEBIAE No. 01555.
In the United States Land office at
Juneau. Alaska, October 21, 1912.
Notice of Application for Patent.
Notice is hereby given that in pur
suance of an Act of Congress approved
May 10, 1872, John A. Hazelet, whose
Post Office address is Valdez, Alaska,
has made application for a U. S. patent
for the “Discovery Placer Claim,” the
"No. 1, Below Dicovery Placer Claim,”
and the “No. 2, Below Discovery Placer
Claim,” bearing gold, together with sur
face ground as alowed by law, lying,
being and situate in the Recording Pre
cinct of Copper Center, Alaska, and des
cribed by the official field notes and plat
of U. S. Mineral Survey No. 924, on file
in the office of the Register of the June
au Land District, at Juneau, Alaska, as
folows. fn-wit*—.
DISCOVERY PLACER CLAIM
Beginning at Cor. No. 1, whence U. S.
Al. Al. No. 37 Valdez Series, bears S. 52
deg. 26 min. 50 sec. E. 598 ft. dist. thence
S. 32 deg. 51 min. \V. 800.70 ft. to Cor.
No. 2; thence S. 57 deg. 09 min. E.
1083.10 ft. to Cor. No. 3; thence N. 32
deg. 51 min. E. 800.70 ft to Cor. No. 4;
thence N. 57 deg. 09 min. W. 1083.10
ft.to Cor. No. 1, the place of beginning.
Area 19.909 acres. The location notice
of this claim is recorded in the office of
the Recorder at Copper Center, Alaska,
in Book No. 3, of Alining Locations, at
page 86 of the records of said office.
This claim is bounded on the north by
unknown claimants; on the south by
No. 1, Below Discovery claim; on the
east by unknown claimants; on the west
by unknown claimants.
No.l, BELOW DISCOVERY PLACER
Beginning at Cor. No. 1, whence U. S.
Al. Al. No. 37 Valdez Series, bears N. 00
deg. 05 min. 50 sec. W. 895.70 ft dist.
thence N. 57 deg 09 min. W. 1320.90 ft.
to Cor. No. 2; thence S. 26 deg. 09 min.
\V. 5311.00 ft. to Cor. No. 3; thence S. 57
deg. 06 min. E. 1320.90 ft. to Cor. No. 4;
thence N. 26 deg. 09 min. E. 5312.00 ft.
to Cor. No. 1, the place of the beginning.
Area 159.955 acres. The notice of loca
tion of this claim is recorded in the office
of the Recorder at Copper Center, Alas
ka, in Kook 3, of Alining Locations, al
page 96, of the records of said office.
This claim is bounded on the north by
Discovery claim; on the south by No. 2,
Below Discovery claim; on the east by
unknown claimants; on the west by un
known claimants.
No. 2, BELOW DISCOVERY PLACER
Beginning at Cor. No. 1, whence U. S.
Al. Al. No. 37, Valdez Series, bears N.
24 deg. 06 min. 43 sec. E. 6098.00 ft. i.ist.
thence N. 57 deg. 06 min. W. 1762.90 ft.
to Cor. No. 2; thence S. 33 deg. 41 min.
\V. 3588.50 ft. to Cor. No. 3; thence S. 57
deg. 09 min E. 1762.90 ft. to Cor. No. 4;
thence N. 33 deg. 41 min E. 3587.00 ft.
to Cor. No. 1, the place of beginning.
Area 145.184 acres. The location notice
of this claim is recorded in the office of
the Recorder at Copper Center, Alaska,
In Book 3, of Alining Locations, at page
95, of the records of said office. This
claim is bounded on the north by No. 1,
Below Discovery placer; on the south by
unknown claimants; on the east by un
known claimants; on the west by un
known claimants. Variation at all cor
ners this survey 31 deg. 00 min. E.
Tile survey covering said mining claims '
being desinated as Mineral Survey
No. 924. ,
Any and all persons claiming adver- ,
sely any portion of said mining claims ,
or surface ground, are hereby required i
to file their adverse claims, with the <
Register of the U. S. Land Office at ■
Juneau, Alaska, within the time pre- '
scribed by law, or they will be barred '
by virtue of the provisions of the sta- '
tute.
C. B. WALKER,
Register. '
It is hereby ordered that the foregoing I
notice be published for the statutory i
period in the 'Chitina Leader" a weekly i
newspaper published at Chitina, Alaska. <
C. B. WALKER, [
Register. ,
Date of first publication Nov. 12, 1912.
Date of last publication Jan. 14, 1913.
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