The Post Commander
Mentions the Dog Evil
There being no town government and consequently no
way of reaching by law the evil complained of in the fol
lowing letter, it appears that the abatement of the nuisance
will depend on the considerateness of the dog owners. The
rlogs would be much better off in confinement; running at
large they fight and mutilate one another and are con
stantly finding trouble. Just now they seek the dry, sun
kissed walk to snooze and accumulate vigor during the day,
for the night corneth on when they will get busy. Many
of them will soon go to the fish camps for the summer; but
at present they are here with nothing to do but to engage
in canine feuds and warn men and women not to step on
them in passing by. It is hoped Captain Kobbe’s letter
will have a good effect:
Office of the Post Commander,
Fort Gibbon, Alaska, May 2, 1910.
The President, Chamber of Commerce, Tanana, Alaska:
Dear Sir:—I write you to ask if some action may not be taken
regarding the number of dogs running at large in your town. On
several occasions ladies of the garrison have been growled at and
prevented from passing by numerous dogs lying on the sidewalk,
and have been obliged to go out in the road to get around them.
I rarely go to town without a stout stick as a matter of
protection.
You must acknowledge that this is a condition of affairs that
reflects little credit on the community, when ladies are deterred
from going to town and men carry clubs as a matter of protection.
It is too late after some one is bitten or injured for the owner
to say that he is sorry that it happened; the thing to do is to pre
vent any chance of such a thing taking place.
From the peculiar status of dogs in Alaska, the most worth
less, if killed, would immediately become a dog of great worth
and one of the best leaders in the country. The killing would
immediate involve one in a suit for damages—a proceeding one
rarely cares to enter no matter how justifiable the shooting may
* have been.
Trusting that you may bo in a position to remedy this evil,
I am very truly,
F. W. KOBBE',
Captain, 22nd Infantry,
__Commanding Fort Gibbon, Alaska.
Booming Liberia
Washington, April 4—Gold and
diamonds have been di-covered in
Liberia about 30 miles from the
coast, according to a report to this
government by Charge d’Affaires
George W Ellis of Monrovia.
The census bureau estimates
the present population of Alaska,
including all classes of humanity,
at 100,000.
Here’s hoping the meal boycott
won’t have a tendency to increase
the number of holes in the cheese.
When a youth begins to sow wild
oats it is time for father to start the
thrashing machine.
ST. JAIMES' CHAPEL
First Sunday in each month, Holy
Communion 11 a. ra. Other Sundays,
Evening Prayer, 7:30 p. m.
Winthrop Peabody,
Priest in Charge.
CAMP 6IBB0N NO. 25, Arctic Brotbir
hood, meets every Monday night
in A. R. Hall, corner Second st.
and Campbell ave. at 8:30 o'clock. _
Visiting Arctics cordially invited to at-'
tend the meetings of the Camp.
F. L. Fullthokp, Arctic Chief.
Jas. P. Mulligan. Arctic Rec.
Estate ot Charles J. Smith, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the under
signed, Oscar Lundin, administrator of
the estate of Charles J. Smith, de
ceased, to the creditors of, and all per-!
sons having claims against said de-;
ceased, to exhibit them, with the nec- j
essary vouchers, within six months1
after the fltst publication of this notice, !
at his office and residence on Third
avenue, in the town of Tanana, Fort
Gibbon precinct, territory of Alaska,
the same being the place for the trans
action of the business of the said estate, 1
in the said town of Tanana, Alaska.
OSCAR LUNDIN, Administrator.
First publication April 14, 1910.
Last publication May 19, 1910.
Additional Entry
Under Section 2306 of the Revised
Statutes of the United States.
APPLICATION.
United States Land Office,
Fairbanks, Alaska. March 30, 1910.
Northern Commercial Company, a
corporation incorporated under the
laws of tiie Stato of New Jersey, as
signee of John R. Allen, William R.
Hess, Zachariah Johnston Jr., Joseph
B. Deaton and Morris P. Jolley, being
entitled to the benefits of Section 2306
of the Revised Statutes of the United
States, granting additional lands to sol
diers and sailors who served in the Re
bellion, does hereby apply to enter U.
S. Survey No. 739, situate on the north
side of the Yukon river, near the town
of Tariana, about one-half mile east of
Weare (Tanana) postoffice. Alaska,
more particularly described as follows,
to-wit:
Beginning at corner No. 1 on the
north bank of the Yukon river, whence
witness corner No. 1 a stone 20x12x7
inches, set flush with the ground,
marked “S-739,” bears north 40 links,
from which witness corner United
States location monument No. 739,
bears south 80 deg. 27 min. east 32.18
chains distant; thence north 74 deg. 53
min. west 10.69 chains to corner No. 2,
whence corner No. 2 of survey No. 250
bears north 79 deg. 19 min. west 20
'■bains distant, and witness corner No.
2 bears north 40 links; thence north
3-92 chains to corner No. 3 whence wit
ness corner No. 3 bears east 65 links;
thence east 10.35 chains to corner No. 4;
thence south 6.71 chains to corner No.
1, the place of beginning, containing
5.49 acres. Magnetic variation 28 deg.
30 min. east.—
as additional to their original home
steads, respectively: •
John R. Allen, as additional to orig
inal homestead entry No. 6963, at
Booneville, Mo., dated October 21,1869,
containing 38.10 acres.
Wm. R. Hess, as additional to original
homestead entry on the west one-half
of the southwest quarter of section 1, in
township 26 north, range 5 west, en
tered April 3, 1872, per homestead No.
4028, and (Inal proof No. 1157, at the
Ironton, Mo., United States land office.
Xachariah Johnston, Jr., as additional
to original homestead entry No. 43 at
North Platte, Nebraska, dated July 7,
1873, containing 139.90 acres.
- Joseph B. Deaton, as additional to
original homestead entry No. 368, at
Ironton, Mo., dated June 16, 1866, con
taining 135.38 acres.
Morris P. Jolley, as additional to
original homestead No. 5412, at Junc
tion City, Kansas, dated February 10,
1870.
Notice is hereby given that any and
all persons claiming any portion of the
above-described land are required to
file a protest during the period of pub
lication or thirty days thereafter, in ac
cordance with law, with the Register
and Receiver of the U. S. land office at
Juneau, Alaska.
NORTHERN COMMERCIAL COM
PANY, by Geo. J. Miller,
Attorney-in-fact.
Notice of the above will bo published
in the Tanana Leader, printed at Tan
ana. Alaska, which I hereby designate
as the newspaper published nearest the
land described in said application.
E. H. MACK,
Register IT. S. Land Office, Fairbanks.
Date of first publication, April 7,1910.
Date of last publication, June 2,1910.
Notice of Forfeiture
To T. J. Wilson, Roy R. Henderson,
Alfred Place, J. C. Junkin, Chris 3.
IJillstead, O. A. Lavinon and C. H.
Hull:
You and each of you are hereby no
tified that I have expended the sum of
one hundred (100) dollars in labor and
improvement, for each year, for the
year 1908 and the year 1909, upon the
following placer mining claim, to wit:
The First Chance Association Placer
claim, situated and being on Golden
creek, a tributary of Illinois creek, in
the Fort Gibbon Mining and Recording
Precinct, Territory of Alaska.
Said work and improvement was done
under the provisions of section 2324 of
the Revised Statut'es of the United
States, being the amount required by
said section 2324 to hold said claim for
the years 1908 and 1909: also that proof
of the annual assessment work was
filed under chapter 2559, entitled “An
act to amend the laws governing labor
or improvements upon mining claims
in Alaska,” approved March 2, 1907;!
and that if within ninety days after j
the last publication of this notice you *
fail or refuse to contribute your pro-1
portion of such expenditure, for said!
years, as co-owner in said placer min-!
ing claim, your interest in said claim j
will become the property of the under- i
signed under said section 2324.
Dated at Tanana, Fort Gibbon Pre-1
cinct, Alaska, March 10. 1910.
S. F. McDILL.
Date of 1st publication, March 10, 1910.
Date of last publication, June 16, 1910. j
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