The Chitina Leader
CHITINA, ALASKA.
Entered as second-class matter, November 12, 1910, at the postoffice at
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CHITINA, ALASKA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1912.
CONSERVATION VS. THE BALLOT
We can complacently regard the re
sults of the last election in the iinal
slap the people gave to Gifford Pin
chot and his fool theories of conserva
tion. We had frequently pointed out
that Pinchot and his conservation
mania was greatly aiding in the ulti
mate downfall of Roosevelt as well as
being a mill-stone about the neck of
the so-called Progressive party. In
looking over the returns this state
ment is borne out. The far West
has suffered by the application of
Pinchot theories and the West, abso
lutely repudiated Pinchot and Roose
velt. It was a veritable landslide
of popular opinion voiced as a protest
against the most criminal political
policy ever adopted by any adminis
tration. It was a policy engendered
of hatred by Gifford Pinchot and put
into practice, unwisely and also in
cases because of personal vindictive
ness, by Theodore Roosevelt, the dis
credited Bull Moose leader.
Their Cry, echoed by the Hi John
sons and the Jimmie Garfields and
their like, has constantly been, “the
whole West is for us.” On election
day the progressive party and its
wicked and disastrous conservation
platform were jointly and unitedly
thrown into discard where they will
probably lie dormant. If the Pro
gressives ever revive their ill-omened
party it will be without the curse of
Pinchotism, which was one of the
greatest factors in causing its over
throw throughout the West. Wash
ington voted for Roosevelt biR gave
a poor showing to the rest o' the
Progressive ticket, so that state did
not endorse Pinchot. It was purely
a personal vote given to Roosevelt
by the mis-guided patriots of the
state, voters who will, in al1 proba
bility go back into the Republican
fold in 1916. The West has spoken
and the West is against Pinchot. In
that we have cause for thanks as one
of Alaska's greatest enemies has been
defeated most throroughly, cud ultra
conservation is dead forever.
-X-X-X
THE FALL OF THODORE III.
Theodore III has fallen and “Oh!
my Countrymen, what a bump was
there.” We wonder if the big Bull
Moose will read the handwriting on
the political wall which spells “Obliv
ion” so plainly, and join Gifford,
and Lyman and Jimmie Garfield, in
the realm of the “has been” class.
The most surprising thing about the
election was the lamentably small
following of Roosevelt in the west.
He carried only one Western state
after bragging that his conservation
policies had endeared him forever to
the West. He lost his home state
and that of his running mate, Califor
nia, although California was said to
be solid for Roosevelt and Johnson.
His must be a sorrowful life just now,
filled with bitter thoughts. Shorn
of his power; lost in his friend
ships; his popularity shattered and
appearing as a candidate with the loss
of his former remarkable popular and
electoral vote, Theodore Roosevelt
appears as a very ordinary individual.
It has been rumored that he goes to
the “Mr. Munsey” string of news
papers as editor, but would Mr. Mun
sey’s papers be elevated by the eleva
tion of Teddy to the editorial chair.
As Alaska is without a member of
the Democratic National committee,
and as the dominant party has no
representative from this territory in
Congress, it is a mooted question as
to just who will preside over the pie
counter. And as there are some
large slices of “goodies” to be dis
pensed about next June, many of the
patient and deserving ones are cast
ing about for an influence that will
appeal to the appointing power at
Washington.
THE DOWNFALL OF COLLIER’S
The old adge, “When thieves fall
out,” seems particularly applicable to
Collier’s Weekly at the present mo
ment. Norman Hapgood has retired
as editor and the reason given by him
is that the editorial policy is subordi
nated to the advertising, while Col
lier himself, a sort of Mrs. Malaprop
of journalism, whose success has been
due solely to the brains of his em
ployees, is having a heck of a time
explaining. Now that he has lost his
brains in the journalistic shake-up
he is decidedly at sea. Newspapers
all over the United States, goaded for
years by the pricks and prods of this
reformer for revenue, are jumping
over themselves In the effort to show
the paper up.
From time to time The Daily Alas
kan has shown Collier’s to be a dis
honest journal. Its who’e Alaska
policy has been conducted without re
gard to truth, honesty or decency.
From an appropriation by the govern
ment for fostering and educating the
people on Conservation, sums were
illegally appropriated by Gifford Pin
chot and his followers for publicity
and personal aggrandizement. Col
lier’s got a big slice of the fund. It
refused to print the news or the truth
about Alaska and under the guise of
attacking big interests, the people of
the territory were the ones really at
tacked and consequently the losers
while the district has been held back
for decade or more by the prostitu
tion of Collier’s Weekly editorial col
ums.
Preceding it in the journalistic
bone-yard are Hampton’s and the
Pacific Monthly. Pinchot’s personal
press agent, John E. Lathrop has gone
into discard and now the truth is
coming out about the inner workings
of the arch enemy of the Northland,
Colliers, which paper will undoubted
ly, from now on, lose caste and pres
tige and evetually go into decline.
Collier’s Weekly has proved itself
to be one of America’s most dishonest
publications. It did not need its re
tiring editor’s word for it. One by
ne, the enemies of Alaska are getting
theirs. We have much to be thank
ful for. This section is still feeling
the direful results of the Pinthot
blight but a good time is coming.
Be patient.
-X-X-X
The campaign escaped any example
of dictograph activity. How did the
managers happen to overlook it?
The clouds were overcast this after
noon, so that when the election re
turns from Susitna were received they
contained but a slight Ray of hope,
or votes, for an aspiring Senatorial
candidate.
-A-A-a
Evansville, Ind., expects to be opu
lent in the year 2162, a citizen having
given it a certificate of deposit which
is to run, with accumulation of inter
est for 250 years. It would be just
like the irony of fate for that fund to
swell until It gets the bank into kit
ing investments, and then for the
bank to smash in the year 2161.
-A-'"A-A
In the interest of corporate econo
my future corporations consolidating
into trusts may propose to J. Pier
pont Morgan & Co. that their banking
house take the combination and the
trust have the fee for promoting.
-X-X-X
Read the Conservation and the
Alaska planks in the Democratic plat
form and it will be seen that the
new power has placed itself bn re
cord. To carry out those planks lit
erally would be all the people of Alas
ka could desire.
-X-X-X
If those election returns from the
westward continue to trickle in with
their Baldwin flavor it will mean that
the apple of the Senatorial eye at
Juneau will be of the popular Bald
win brand.
PHILOSOPHY IN DEFEAT.
The Democratic party goes Into
power by the cleanest sweep known
in the annals of our political history.
In the post motem, however. Repub
licans can find much with which to
console themselves, and over which
they can philosphize. Especially is
this true of Alaskans who had become
discouraged after years of a “do
nothing" policy on the part of the
administration. And with a com
plete change, Republicans forsee an
improved condition within their own
party councils in which its leaders
will carefully revise the party plat
form, eliminate dead timber and go
into the battle of 1916 with renewed
vigor from which may emerge, a big
ger, better and broader army of men
to carry to another victory, the ban
ners of the Grand Old Party. In the
hour of defeat Republicanism lives
in hopes. Pinchotism is dead;
Roosevelt is practically eliminated;
the tendency toward socialism by the
Administration has been averted, and
Seretary Fisher's pet scheme of sell
ing the Alaska Northern to the United
States and having those five foot en
gines operate in a narrower gauge in
Alaska is a dream of the past. The
Democratic party has promised fair
play for Alaska and that is all that
is asked for. If the party gets down
to real business and does something
in the way of opening our natural re
sources to develpment and cut out all
this “hot air” about things at vari
ance with Alaska’s requirements, all
will be well and Alaska w’ill go for
ward by leaps and bounds. So in the
Democratic party lies the future of
Alaska's progress.
RULES OX IXJUXCTIOXS
The order of the Supreme Court of
the United States with regard to issue
of temporary injunctions does not go
very far in the direction desired by
those who oppose the injunction sys
tem; but, so far as it does go, the
rules are on practically unassailable
ground.
It first forbids the issue of either
preliminary or temporary injunctions
without notice to the opposite party,
except in cases where it “shall clearly
appear from specific facts, shown by
affidavits or the verified bill, that im
mediate and irreparable loss or dam
age will result to the applicant before
the matter can be heard on notice.”
If the temporary order is issued in
such a cas,e, the matter shall be made
returnable at the earliest possible
time, in no case less than ten days,
and shall take precedence of other
matters except earlier proceedings of
the same character. When it corns
up for hearing, the applicant shall
proceed upon the application for an
injunction, and if he does not do so
the court shall dissolve the temporary
restraining order.
un two days notice Dy tne party
against whom the order is obtained
a motion can be made to dissolve or
modify the restraining order, and the
court shall proceed to hear and deter
mine that motion as expeditiously as
the ends of justice may requite. All
temporary orders shall be tiled forth
with in the clerk’s office. These
rules are found in indisputable jus
ice, and should cut off some of the
evils that have appeared in previous
practice, and which have been severe
ly criticized throughout the country.
While it is one of the evils that has
no* been particularly felt in this part
of Alaska, it is well to' know that
when occasion requires an Injunction
it will be issued under the modified
order.
-X-X-X
Consideration of the angels of poli
tics beside the angels of the drama is
calculated to make ambitious chorus
girls full of envy and anxiety to have
the suffrage so that they may enter
politics.
_T_V_T__
If there was a loud call in this
third division for a Senator, it is al
together likely that Col. B. P. Mil
lard, Geo. E. Baldwin and L. V. Ray
would promptly resond. And yet one
of them would be out of place.
-x—x—x
During the next week or two many
important personages from Fairzanks
will arive in our midst, and from here
will proceed to Valdez to attend the
session of court that will convene on
December 2.
-X-X-X
A New York florist is suing Mayor
Fitzgerald of Boston for 33,500 worth
of flowers. He surely must have
been handing bouquets to himself.
ALASKA’S TROUBLES
There Is much criticism of the act
ions of the men who have succeeded
In stifling the development of Alaska
and locking up the valuable coal re
sources of the territory. At the
prompting of Chief Forester Gifford
Pinchot, in 1906, President Roose
velt issued an unwarranted and un
lawful order that withdrew from loca
tion all coal lands in Alaska. And
then conservationists got busy and
through the Pinchot press bureau,
paid for by the government, started
in to create sentiment and deceive the
people regarding the true conditions
in Alasaka and the assumed desire
of big interests to gobble up all the
valuable resources of the territory.
They succeeded so well that when the
Taft administration started trouble
was soon made that proved the un
doing of Secretary Ballinger. While
he believed that many of the coal
claimants in Alaska were entitled to
their patents he feared the sentiment
that had been worked up and never
took definite action that might have
resulted in doing justice to many hon
est men.
After he resigned the President
sought to pacify the Pinchot thero
ists by naming as Mr. Ballinger>
successor Walter L. Fisher, of Chi
cago, a man who was at that time
honarary vice president of the Na
tional Conservation Association, of
which Gifford Pinchot was the Presi
dent. Mr. Fisher has not proven
much of an inspiration to Alaska or
the western states. Neither has he
accomplished any material results for
this northland, at least. President
Taft was always considered as a
friend of development, but very little
in that line has been accomplished
during his incumbency, other than the
creating of a sentiment favorable to
the leasing of such resources as the
United States may still retain. On
November first there was made pub
lic a letter from President Taft to
Crawford Hill, of Denver, that admits
a lack accomplishment, apologizes for
it, and seeks to place the blame where
likely a large part it belongs. In that
letter, a copy of which has just been
received, the President says:
“Our great Western country needs
development. It must have men and
capital, and it must be able to offer
inducements to attract both. The
Republican party does not believe in
a conservation policy which would
tie up our natural resources and deny
their use to the legitimate home
steader, miner and capitalist.
“We are holding the part of the
domain that has coal, phosphate and
oil until Congress shall make provi
sion for its disposition by lease on
pi ofltable terms to private capi-Vi
with the retention of sufficient title
in the Government to control and pre
vent monoply in ownership and con
sequent exorbitant charge to them for
t.iese conditions. The problem which
the Republican party is solving is
how to save and how to utilize, how
to conserve and still develop; for no
sane person can contend that it is for
the common good that nature’s bless
ings are only for unborn generations.
“There is some foundation for the
complaint in the West that the laws
have not been administered with a
liberal view to the accomplishment of
their purpose, but rather in a spirit
which has put as many obstructions
as possible in the way of earning
title from the Government.
“This condition followed a crusade
of muckraking which reached a point
where there seemed to be real hostili
ty to the acquisition of public proper
ty by a man who had earned the title
to it and the land and mining laws of
the United States by the performance
of those conditions precedent that in
the statute were declared to be use
ful in the development of the coun
try.
“As a result of attacks which ex
tended to those who were legitimate
ly seeking a share in the public do
main by the exercise of the steps re
quired by law there was developed a
timidity and delay on the part of
bureaus, divisions and employes of
the Interior Department, in granting
patents that had been earned. This
is not the fault of any individual in
the Interior Department, or of the
head of it, but It is the result of a
very vicious period of muck-raking,
ir which those who were likely to be
the object of slanderous attack pre
ferred the easier course of making
no decision, and unjustly delaying
the granting of rights to persons en
titled to them.
“Secretary Fisher has struggled to1
overcome this and push the decision
of cases as rapidly as possible, but
there still remains much to be accom
plished in this direction. We are la
boring as hard as we can to over
cojne the evil and injustice which
these delays have entailed, and 1 be
lieve that with the proper Congres
sional appropriation and the contin
ued effort on the part of the Secre
tary of the Interior and his sub
ordinates the tendency will disap
pear.”
-X-X-X
Teddy's son-in-law, Nick Long
worth, is reported as being a Bull
Moose at heart, but he thought that
by running as a regular in President
Taft’s home city that he would be
sure of election, assisted by the quiet
influence of the Colonel. But the
Republicans were too suspicious of
Nick so a Democrat was elected to
succeed him in Congress. This thing
of trying to carry water on both
shoulders dosen't seem to be any
more successful in the states than
it does in Alaska. \
-X-X-X
Advertising pays. Try the Chit
ina Leader. Start now.
SERIAL Vo. 01553.
In the United States Land office at
Juneau, Alnska, October 21, 1912.
Votioo 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 IT. S. Min
eral Survey No. 918. 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 bears 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
I. of Mining Locations, at page 192, of
the records of said office. This claim
is bounded 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 PEACES
Beginning at Cor. Xo. 1, whence U. S.
M. M. Xo. 1, Chisna, bears S. 50 deg. 04
min. 10 sec. E, 4115.53 ft. dist. thence
X. 41 deg. 32 min. \Y. 657 ft. to Cor. Xo.
2: thence X. 48 deg. 25 min. E. 1316.90 ft.
to Cor. Xo. 3: thence S. 41 deg. 32 min. E.
658.10 ft. to Cor. X'o. 4; thence S. 48 deg.
28 min. W. 1316.90 ft. to Cor. Xo. 1, the
place of beginning. Area 19.878 acres.
This claim is bounded 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 of
the Recorder at Copper Center, Alaska,
in Book I, of Mining Locations, at page
193, of the records of said office.
SUTK PEACES
Beginning at Cor. Xo. 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. Xo. 3; thence X. 48 deg. 28
min. E. 658.30 ft. to Cor. No. 4; thence
i 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 ut Copper Center, Alaska, in
Book I, of Mining Locations, at page
194 of the records of said office. 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.
ISISK OISE PEACES
Beginning at Cor. Nro. 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. W. 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. Xo. 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 conflict 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 BEEEE PEACES
Beginning at Cor. No. 1, whence U. S.
M. AI. 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
ioeation 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 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 Helen Placer; on the
east by unknown claimants and the Tri
angle placer; and on the west by un
known claimants.
HEEEZT PEACES
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 Belle
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.
IXMA K. PEACES
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 cleg. 65
min. E. 655.70 ft. to Cor. No. 4; thence
N. 38 deg. 11 min. E. 1316.60 ft. to Cor.
No. 1, 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, in Book
I, of Mining Locations, at page 199, of
the records of said offiee. This Haim
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 west
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. E.
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
I 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
notice he 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.
SERIAL 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 witli sur
face ground as allowed by law, lying,
being and situate in the Recording Pre
cinct of Copper Center, Alaska, and des
cribed by tlie official plat and by the
field notes of U. S. Mineral Survey No.
917, on file in the office of the Register
of the Juneau Land District, at Juneau, I
Alaska, as folows, to-wit: —
YANKEE GIRL PLACER
Beginning at Cor. No. 1, from whence
U. S. M. M. No. 1, Chisna, bears S. 21
deg. 56 min. 40 sec. W. 7 48.1 2 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 hounded 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 the time pre
scribed by law', or they will he barred ,
by virtue of tlie 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.
—
SERIAL No. 01555.
Tn the United States I.and 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
uu Land District, at Juneau, Alaska, as
folows, to-wit:—
DISCOVERY PLACER CLAIM
Beginning at Cor. No. 1, whence U. S.
M. M. No. 37 Valdez Series, bears S. 52
deg. 26 min. 50 sec. E. 59S ft. dist. thence
S. 32 deg. 51 min. W. 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 tills 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.
*0.1, BELOW DISCOVERY PLACER
Beginning at Cor. No. 1, whence U. S.
M. AI. No. 37 Valdez Series, bears N. 00
deg. 05 min. 50 sec. W. 895.70 ft dist.
thence N. 57 deg 09 min. \V. 1320.90 ft.
to Cor. No. 2; thence S. 26 deg. 09 min
W. 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, tlte 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 Book 3, of Alining Locations, at
page 96, of the records of said office
This claim is bounded on the nortli 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.
Ho. 2, BELOW DISCOVERY PLACER
Beginning at Cor. No. 1, whence U. S. '
M. M. No. 37, Valdez Series, bears N. I
24 deg., 06 min. 43 sec. E. 6098.00 ft. ..1st.
thence N. 57 deg. 06 min. \V. 1762.90 ft.
to Cor. No. 2; thence S. 33 deg. 41 min.
W. 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 Mining 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. K.
The 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
to tile their adverse cluims, 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
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.
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