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CHITINA, ALASKA.
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of the Copper River Cistrict. _
CHITINA, ALASKA, TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 1914.
ALASKA RAILWAY ACT
The Daily Alaskan is indebted to Delegate Wickersham
for a copy of "the Washington Evening Times of February IS,
which contains an interesting editorial on Alaska and what
constructive legislation means for the territory. A careful
perusal of the issue fails to chronicle the passage of the Alaska
railway bill, which passed the House that afternoon by a vote
of 3 to 1. Cordovans, however, learned through the columns
of the Dailv Alaskan that afternoon of the favorable action of
Congress on the government railway act. Although nearly
5,000 miles distant from the national capital the reading public
here read of this important action sooner than they did in the
Washington newspapers. But this apparent “scoop” was due
entirely to the fact that there is a difference of nearly 5 hours
in the time in Alaska and that hack east.
Here is what The Times has to say about the Alaska
railway act:
“it is just about four years since the first proposal of a
government railroad system for Alaska was seriously put
forward. It was urged by a few extremely radical people.
Such moderates as Roosevelt, Pinchot, Lane, Fisher, and their
like were not yet ready to consider it, while William H. Taft
was horrified,‘and the vast majority of Democrats, especially
Southern Democrats, in Congress could not contemplate such
a startling project without shuddering for our institutions.
“Today the House is due to pass the bill, already passed
by the Senate and highly approved by president and cabinet,
appropriating $40,000,000 to build the beginnings of a govern
ment railroad system in Alaska. The beginnings, be it said
once more. The beginnings will mean, inevitably, that in
time the system must be greatly extended and improved.
“Almost nobody opposes this legislation. Almost every
body favors it. There will be a vastly bigger proportion of
opposition in Congress than there is outside. The Senate's
vote was about three to one for the measure, and only four
votes against it’were those of Democrats.
“It is interesting to observe how our view of Alaska has
changed. In 1867 Mr Seward paid Russia $7,200,000 for it,
and everybody realized that he had been frightfully bunkoed!
Yet Delegate Wickersham declares, and gives good statistics
to support it, that since then we have taken $525,000,000 of
wealth out of Alaska, without doing much of anything for it,
and without scratching the surface of that huge domain.
Alaska is about twice as big in area as the thirteen colonies
when they became the Union. Its vast agricultural areas are
in the latitude of Sweden, Norway and Finland, but enjoy
rather a milder climate!
“It has taken quite a while to awaken to the value of
Alaska, but we need not be discouraged over that. Thomas H.
Benton, when he was a senator from the mosterlv state then
admitted to the Union, declared that our Western boundary
must be at the summit of the Rockies; we couldn’t think of
reaching out to the Pacific. Daniel Webster delivered a
philippic in opposition to taking Oregon—that is, the great
Pacific and mountain Northwest as a whole—into the Union
on any terms. He said it was worse than worthless, and we
could not possibly develop or benefit by it!
“In fact, if there had been just a modicum of apprecia
tion of the value of the Northwest in the right time, our
Northern boundary would have been ‘fifty-four forty,’’instead
of the 49th parallel, and British Columbia, Alberta, and
Manitoba would now be mostly American. But in those days
there was too little appreciation either of the value of the
territory or of the pledge of ‘fifty-four forty or fight,’ under
which the Democrats carried one presidential election. Nobody
cared much whether we got the territory or not. The Southern
leadership was at the moment vastly more concerned, in fact,
to get land in the other direction; Southwestern expansion,
which meant expansion of slave territory, was chiefly in favor.
So we forfeited the chance to control the great Northwest, and
left Britain, untouched, her Canadian empire.
“But Alaska has been saved to the nation, and with the
enlightened and businesslike policy now taridlv applied to
its management, it may yet prove the one bright spot in the
story of our national management of the public domain.”
MORE SURVEY BOATS NEEDED
Once again Congress is asked to appropriate money for a
number of new vessels needed to satisfactorily and completely
chart the waters of the Alaska coast.
Five times Congress has been asked to make these appro
priations. Four times the request has been ignored. Now
that Congress has had its attention called more forcibly to
Alaska and to the need for such charting work, some action
may be expected this year.
In the meantime the venerable old boats that have been
doing this work have been faithfully performing duties that
called for other and younger craft—and on the whole, have
been doing the work remarkably well.
Yet they have not grown any younger in that time. Neither
has age made them the better prepared for their exacting
labors in the North. In fact, any one but Congress would long
since have arrived at the conclusion that these vessels were
too old even for the pensioner’s list.
It is good form with the government to send its ancient
vessels to the West shore. We have grown accustomed to it,
in a way—at least, to the extent of not long expecting anything
better from the government.
However a few new survey boats wouldn’t make much of
a naval holiday for New York, Boston or Newport. It would
seem that we might have a few more vessels of this type—
the “ounce” of shipping prevention that saves the “pound”
of sea tragedy—without robbing the rich and idle of the
Fastern coast of their summer spectacles.—Seattle Times.
SERIAL HO. 01640
IN THE UNITED STATES LAND
OFFICE AT JUNEAU, ALASKA.
In the Matter of the Application of
Frank J. Nolan for a Patent to the
Gravity, Glacier Bear, Cooper King,
Copper Prince and Liberty Lodes,
Mineral Survey No. 943, situated in
the Forty-Mile Mining District of
Alaska.
Hotice of Application for Patent
NOTICE IS HEKEBY 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 <iuartz to
other rock in place, bearing gold, 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, anil 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.
7 to which this survey is tied is situ
ated in Latitude 61 deg. 40 min. N.,
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
No. 7 bears North 10 deg. 03 min. East
746.3 feet distant, and running thence
from said Corner No. 1 of the Gravity
Lode South 62 deg. 53 min. East 1500
feet to Corner No. 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 No. 1 thereof, and
from which point U. S. L. M. No. 7
bears North 36 deg. 18 min. West 1926
feet distant: thence from said Corner
No. 1 of the Copper King- Lode Soutli 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. 51. 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. No. 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 Southeast corn- r
thereof; thence North 73 deg. 03 min.
West 1500 feet to Corner No. 4 of the
Liberty Lode, which is identical with
Corner No. 3 of the Copper Prince Lo le
and on the same course 1500 feet to
Corner No. 4 of the Copper Prince
Lode which is identical with Cornf r
No. 3 of the Copper King Lode;
thence North 65 deg. 56 min. West 1500
feet to Corner No. 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 South 25 deg. 55 min. West
along the Easterly line of the Glacier
Bear Iatde 452.1 feet to Corner No. 3
thereof; thence from said Corner No. 3
of the 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
U. S. L. 51. No. 7 bears North 17 deg.
06 min. 58 sec. East 1333.56 feet dis
tant, which Corner No. 1 of the Glacier
Bear Lode is identical with Corner No.
4 of the Gravity Lode, and running
thence North 25 deg. 55 min. East 610
feet to Corner No. 1 of the Gravity
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
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. 943.102.7S2 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.
•EBXAX. 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.
Hotlce 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 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
feet along the Washington Lode, 942
tiet along the Red Fox Lode, 1500 feet
along the Black Diamond Lode, 1075
feet along the Celtic Lode, 1500 feet
along the Colley Lode, 942 feet along
the Blue 'Eyed 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 Lanu 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% 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
front said Corner No. 1 of the Wash
ington Lode South 79 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. i
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 Fox Lode, and
with Corner No. 1 of the Black Diamond
Lode, from which point U. S. L. M. No.
6 hears North 68 deg. 17 min. 30 sec.
j West 1962.49 feet distant, and running
I thence from said Corner No. 1 of the
! Black Diamond Lode South 60 deg. 20
min. East 1500 feet to Corner No. 2
tnereor, which is identical wun tjor
ner No. 1 of the Celtic Lode, from
which point U. S. L. M. No. 6 bears
North 64 deg. 30 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 10’, 5
fe«t to Corner No. 2, the Northeast cor
ner thereof; thence South 10 deg. 00
min. West 560 feet to Corner No. 3, the
Southeast corner thereof; thence North
56 deg. 50 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 fo
Corner No. 3 of the Bear's Nest Lode, j
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 identical with Cor
ner No. 2 of the Blue Eyed Nellie Lode,
bears South 10 deg. 00 min. West 600
feet distant, and from said Corner 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 Colley 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 eacli location is as fol
lows:
Washington Lode .19.283 ^cres
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 I-ode- 12.974 Acres
Bear’s Nest Lode.19.456 Acres
Bed Rock Lode .20.618 Acres
Total acreage Mineral
Survey No. 942.135.9G6 Acres
Tills notice is issued from the United
States Land Office at Juneau, Alaska,
this 27th day of January, A. P. 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. LEEHET,
Attorney for Claimant,
217 Alaska Building,
Seattle, Washington.
First publication February 17, 1914.
Last publication, April 21, 1914.
BBBXA& HO. 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 Manioth Lodes, Min
eral Survey No. 941, situated in the
Forty Mile Mining District of Alaska.
Hotice 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
1,250 feet along the Mamoth Lode, with j
surface ground 300 feet or less in 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
valuuble mineral, and included in said
mining claim, which is accurately de
scribed upon the Offlciul Plan of .Min
eral Survey Xo. 941 posted oil the
claim, and by the Field Xote.s of such
official survey on file with the 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 min. 4T> sec.
N„ 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
2V4 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 No.
1 South 46 deg. 24 min. East 588.5 feet
to Corner No. 2 of the Wolverine Lode,
which is identical with Corner Xo. 1
of the Mamoth Lode, 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 Xo. 1 of the Mamoth Lode South
41 deg. 34 min. Kast 1250 feet to corner
No. 2 thereof, which is the Southwest
corner thereof: thence North 79 deg. 29
min. East 560 feet to Corner Xo. 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 Xo. 4 of the
Wolverine Lode, which is the North
east corner thereof; thence Soutli 79
deg. 29 min. West 560 feet to Corner
No. 1 of the Wolverine Lode, the pluce
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:
W'olverine Lode . 6.130 Acres
Mamoth Lode .13.767 Acres
Total acreage Mineral
Survey Xo. 941.19.897 Acres
This notice is issued from the
United States Land office at Juneau,
Alaska, this 27th day of January, A. O.
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
mouth 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 follows:
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. diet., said U. S. L. M. is a stone
30x20x8 ins. 15 ins. in the ground
marked with a cross on top and U.
S. L. M. 595 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. 3
crossing McCarthy Creek at 0.50
chs., thence N. 10 chs. to Cor. No.
-1, thence E. 5 chs ro Cor. No. 1,
the place of beginning, crossing
McCarthy creek at 3.30 chs. con
taming nve 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 Chitina
Leader, a newspaper printed, and
published at Chitina, Alaska.
C. B. WALKER,
Register.
First publication, Jan. 21, 1914.
Last publication, March 25, 1914.
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