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THE RAILROAD BILL *
The chief topic of conversation throughout Alaska today is the
fate of the Alaska railroad bill and speculation as to what effect the
enactment of that measure into law will have upon the destinies of
the Territory. Throughout the Territory the citizens are jubilant at
the progress thus far made, and confident that the outcome of the long
struggle will be the passage of a law which will make possible the
opening up of the resources of this wonderful land to development and
use by the people.
As the matter now stands, the senate has passed a bill which,
while not all that the enthusiasts hoped for, is nevertheless ample in
its scope to provide for the building of a railroad from tidewater to
the valley of the Yukon, and also to open up the immense coal fields of
Southwestern Alaska, and probably tap the promising valley of the
Kuskokwim. The house measure, which may reach a vote next week,
wall probably give way to the senate bill, and quick work is expected in
passing it. That it will be signed by the President is. of course, certain.
The Alaska railroad, government-built, government-owrned, and gov
ernment-controlled, is now an assured fact. Under ordinary condi
tions, providing no unlooked-for obstacles are encountered, the com
ing summer should see preliminary work started on this enterprise,
and before we realize it it will be possible to transport freight and pas
sengers between the interior of Alaska and the seaboard in a matter of
days instead of weeks, as at present.
What tins will mean to Alaska can only be conjectured, the en
thusiast will see visions of thriving cities and towns along the line, of
agricultural centers developed, of bustling mining towns and seaports,
and even manufacturing centers springing up like mushrooms. He is
probably doomed to disappointment. That the future holds in store
all of these things is not doubted by anyone having knowledge of the
country’s possibilities. But such things are brought about in the
process of commercial evolution. The conservative believer in Alaska’s
future expects to see a tremendous impetus given to Alaska’s commerce
and business from the day the first shovelful of dirt is turned in the
railroad project. It will make possible the prospecting of regions here
tofore passed by in the rushes to the placer fields which have yielded so
abundantly in the past. !t will turn the attention of the world to the
immense possibilities of the Territory for the quartz miner, the lumber
man, the agriculturalist, the breeder of livestock, and a thousand other
lines of industrial enterprise which are not, with the present inadequate
and expensive means of transportation, even dreamed of. There is
plenty of room for the enthusiast to give vent to his prophetic impulses,
with but little danger of being hailed as a false prophet. But it will
take time. The great danger will be with the “booster” who, painting
a lurid picture of fortunes to be made overnight, will lure the ignorant
and poverty-stricken into the territory in greater numbers than the
development of the country will justify. What Alaska will need, with
the opening of the railroad, will be men and women who, cognizant
of the country and its possibilities and the hardships to be endured in
opening up a new' country, come with a determination to make their
homes here, and to enjoy to the fullest extent the advantages which
their enterprise and industry help to create. The day of the adven
turer, who expects to glean a fortune in any possible way, leaving
nothing of permanent value to the country in return, and then rush
to “the States” to enjoy his w'ealth, is nearing an end. The building up
of a great commonwealth has begun in earnest, and permanent homes
and institutions w'lll be the order henceforth.
ALASKA’S PREDICAMENT
The Territory of Alaska at the present time finds itself in the rather
peculiar position of having a territorial government with no means of
enforcing the laws enacted by its legislature. In other words, it has
the form of a territorial government without the substance. Governor
Strong is making an effort to call a special session of the legislature to
straighten out the tangle, but it is extrmeely doubtful whether this will
be accomplished, and it is more than likely that the present chaotic
condition of affairs will exist until the next regular session of the legis
lature shall enact new legislation.
Briefly stated, the situation is this: The federal officials in Alaska
—judges, commissioners and marshals—with whom rests the enforce
ment of both federal and territorial statutes, have been notified from
Washington that no federal funds are available for the enforcement of
territorial laws nor for the maintenance of territorial prisoners, or for
other purposes such as the collection of territorial taxes, etc. The
Alaska legislature did not create territorial officers to collect the taxes
levied by the legislature, but designated the federal officials as their
tax collectors. There appears to be a general opinion among the legal
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i THE HOME FLAT 1
I Disgusted With 40 Years of Tariff Tinkering!
We have attacked Schedule K with a knife, and while we have not put woolen X
goods on the free list, we are selling good weight X
Woolen Socks, 3 pairs for $1.00 |
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| McMahon, Flat City |
H. DONNELLEY,
General Merchandise
DISCOVERY. OTTER _
fraternity that the criminal laws passed by the last legislature cannot be
enforced because of the fact that there is no one with authority to ex
pend money in their enforcement. Further, a man sentenced for a vio
lation of territorial laws must be kept at territorial expense, and no
provision has been made by the government for maintaining offenders
against territorial laws, and as there is no one with authority to collect
taxes, the territory is without funds. True, some taxes have been col
lected and turned into the treasury, but not enough to be of material
assistance to the officials in their dilemma.
Thus, as matters now stand, the government of the Territory will
proceed practically the same as though no legislature had met last
spring, so far as anything involving the expenditure of money is con
cerned. As the salaries of the governor and legislators are paid by the
federal government, as well as those of the judges and marshals, no
particular inconvenience will result in this connection. Some of the
laws created by the territorial legislature are said to conflict with the
federal statutes, and in consequence are void, and until this is deter
mined by the appellate courts, much inconvenience and uncertainty
will result.
To attempt to place the blame for this unfortunate condition of
affairs at the present time would be to run the danger of unjustly
attaching a stigma where it was undeserved. But it does seem strange
that the First Alaska legislature should have made such a muddle of
the territory’s affairs._
Secretary Wilson of the department of labor is “in bad” with
the "interests” and their mouthpieces, some of the great Eastern news
papers, on account of his recent utterances at Seattle. Speaking of
the Michigan copper strike he stated that the largest corporation en
gaged in the production of copper in the Michigan district represented
an investment of $1,250,000, and that in its 42 years of existence it
had made an actual net profit of nearly $200,000,000. They say the
property is their own,” sai dthe secretary; “that they have the right
to do with it as they please. Maybe they have; but those who take
that position have a false conception of the titles to property. * * *
If any individual or corporation takes the ground that the property is
his own, that he has the right to do with it as he pleases, and fails to
take into consideration the fact that the title has only been conveyed
to him as a trustee for the welfare of society, then he is creating a con
dition that will cause society to modify or change those titles to prop
erty, as it has a perfect right to do whenever in its judgment it deems
it for the welfare of society to do it. * * * There can be no medi
ation, there can be no conciliation between employer and employes that
does not presuppose collective bargaining, and there can be no collec
tive bargaining that does not presuppose trade-unionism.” If the sec
retary had reiterated the statement of the notorious Baer of Reading
railroad fame, that “the wealth of the country had been intrusted into
the hands of the possessors by the Almighty,” there would have been
great rejoicing, but that he can conceive that the common people have
an interest in the distribution of the earth’s wealth is almost regarded
as sacrilege.
A coast exchange says that it is not addicted to the habit of writ
ing heads for editorials, like some of its esteemed contemporaries, and
hopes “that what we write will be sufficiently plain so that the reader
will grasp the general idea, at least, without our putting a head on it.”
After wading through a column of generalities commencing with the
question, “Is life worth living?” we are impelled to ask, in the current
vernacular, “What’s the idea?”
The Standard Oil Company is not so bad, after all. It is stated
on the highest authority that the captain of the company’s steamship
Narragansett was not charged with the oil which he wasted while
calming the seas so that boats could be launched to the rescue of
those on the burning steamship.—Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
That quick, intuitive feminine perception of what is needed may
be the salvation of the country yet. We overheard a dear suffragette
say: “Well, I am going to vote for the poor old Republican party—it
is so weak! ”—Chicago News.
A wild man is reported to be at large in Maryland. If it were in
South Carolina they’d round him up, trim his beard, cut his hair, elect
him governor and threaten the United States senate with him.—Louis
ville Courier-Journal. _
Repeated assertions by our leading statesmen that the world is
growing better removes all doubt as to the financial success of the sea
son’s lecture courses.—Washington Post.
FAMOUS ENGINEER'S MIND GONE
Baltimore, Md., Dec. 1.—While millions
of gallons of water flowed through the
Gamboa dike into Culebra cut, in far-off
Panama, Lieutenant Colonel David D. Gail
lard, the man who directed the great en
gineering feat in the Culebra division, lay
in Phipps' clinic of Johns Hopkins hospital,
his mind a blank. The growth that is
pressing against the brain is the product
of exacting toil in the tropical climate of
Panama.
FOR SALE—Six good-sized dogs, well
trained and in good condition. Inquire at
Grand Bar, Flat City.
Comparative Greatness
The grandfather of a boy of 6 or 7 years
is a man of a great deal of prominence in
the world of letters and affairs. A lady
calling at the home of this gentleman was
being entertained for a few minutes by the
little grandson, and the caller said:
“You ought to be very proud of your
grandfather. You know that he is a great
man ?”
“Huh!” said the boy. “If you think that
my grandfather is a great man, you just
ought to know my grandmother!”—Wom
an's Home Companion.
Mutton, slightly damaged—good dog
feed—10c pound. Iditarod Meat Co
ALASKA MINING LAWS
AS VIEWED BY OTHERS
(Dawson News)
Since Dawson is the commerce! head
quarters of many IT not most or the men
who are engaged in the prospecting and
development of Eastern Alaska, that is, that
portion within the Yukon watershed, much
interest has developed here in the recently
enacted Alaskan placer laws, and one re
quirement attracting particular attention is
that setting out the necessity of a “discov
ery” on each and every placer claim.
Obviously, such a requirement calls for
the llnding or gold on the claim before the
sinker can get record. A clause In the law
says:
“Sec. 13. Any person who discovers
upon the public domain of the butted
Slates within tin1 Territory of Alaska a
placer deposit of gold or other deposit of
mineral having a commercial value which
is subject to entry and patent under the
mining laws of the l nited States may, ir
qualilled under the laws of the butted
States, locate a mining claim upon such
deposit in the following manner,” etc.
"Sec. 14. He must at the time of dis
covery post conspicuously at the point of
discovery a notice of location thereof, con
taining,” etc.
“Sec. 10. Within 90 days of discovery,
and prior to Ming the certllleate of loca
tion, as provided in tin* following section,
the locator or locators shall perform labor
upon such clamls in developing the same,
etc.
The foregoing clause, requiring a dis
covery in order to qualify one to stake, as
proved by experience in the Yukon Terri
tory, that is, tin* Canadian Yukon, is a use
less provision. It is worse, it not only is
of no economy to the prospector or claim
owner, hut it exposes him to litigation that
is inimical to the security of nth*. It is a
provision inviting every shyster lawyer and
claim-jumper to pounce upon the legitimate
staker's ground. The Canadian Yukoner
has gone through the experience, and
knows. When the present placer law for
this territory was enacted, a commission
sat for weeks, taking evidence in Dawson
and on all creeks of Klondike, ascertaining
the views of practical engineers and indi
vidual miners of wide experience, and, after 1
careful consideration, the Yukon councillors I
and the commissioner eliminated the re
quirement for a discovery. The law has ;
been in effect nearly seven years, and no
abuses nor injuries have been found to
have resulted to the prospector <r the
miner or any class. The requirement for
a discovery of gold on a claim was dropped
for the very good reason that if the pros
pector thought the ground worth working
lie would represent it within reasonable
time, and to do so would have to do so
much bona fide work, as set out by sched
ule, to be subject to acceptance by a quali
lled inspector. The customary year was al
lowed in which to do the work. If the
prospector planted ms sianes ami ianeu to
rind gold, he alone suffered the loss of time
and money, and IT there was nothing in the
ground, he deprived no one. On the other
hand, if he made a discovery that was
worth staking, he certainly would work it
rather than continue to suffer the drain of
assessment or representation from year to
year. Ami so it has proved by experience
since the law was made.
The Alaskan provision for a discovery
within 90 days, and before a record can be
filed, puts an ugly and complicating phase
on the situation. If the staker be so un
fortunate as to not sink In the right place
within oo days, his .right to the ground is
Jeopardized. A man staking a day after the
tlrst staker may imt do hair the prospecting
of the first man. and may have the fortune
10 locate gold with little effort simply by
chance in going down on a different spot,
and the work of the second man may not
be worth one-twentieth that of the first
staker in the way of actual development,
yet the chances of the first man be jeop
ardized. In many camps gold is found on
nearly every claim, at least m minute
quantities. But a discovery is supposed to
constitute “pay.”
All these hair-splitting niceties and e\
actions arc an aggravation to the legitimate
prospeetor. Yukon has no regrets that she
abolished them long ago, and since they
went by the board, and the matter of
whether the tlrst staker shall be entitled to
hold the ground for a year Is made wholly
discretionary with tite prospector, and he
Is n <w saiisiled. If he Is willing to put in
his time and money for searching cut, pay
ing the recording fees and raking th*
chance on the property, he takes the chief
risk, and should be protected in the gam
ble for at least a year.
Further changes art* contemplated in the
Alaskan code, and doubtless this matter of
discovery will receive attention. It will hr
well r«>r the AlasKans to appoint a commis
sion. and to gei evidence, rather ilian
rush unprepared ami liasiuv into a m.u i
task concerning such a vital Industry to the
whole of such a vast country as the placer
mining. A commission could spend time
to great advantage visiting the various
camps, and in so doing should not fail to
come to Klondike, the dady of all Northern
• amps, and to here peruse the laws and
records, and gather facts from the legiti
mate miners.
senator Roden, father of the present
Alaskan mining law. in an extensive expla
nation which he lias given of the act. slates
that discovery is essential, and that to do
away with the necessity of such would re
quire going to the fountainhead, the fed
eral government. If such is the case, the
sooner the Alaskan delegate gets busy on I
the matter at Washington, and ha<‘ tlv*
useless "discovery” appendix amputated, 1
tin* sooner will Alaskans begin to recover i
from the painful litigation which has ex- !
isted tnere for years over the ever-present
irritation arising from “what constitutes a
discovery.” Senator Roden is in Washing
ton now. and hi* will do well to help Dele
gate Wickershain knock out the cultus dis
covery clause.
An absurdity appears on the face of the
requirements for discovery, one which has
made some of the best miners and lawyers
in Alaska laugh, and one which should be
removed in the territorial legislature, even
If the federal government do nothing in the
way of killing the discovery requirement.
This absurdity is that in the text or the
clauses there is no discrimination as to
time of staking a claim and the time or
posting the discovery notice. Everyone
knows that when men are stampeding a
creek posts have to be planted. Every
staker puts out his posts as best be can m
tlv* hurried work. The process usually Is
to do the staking first, and later to do the
prospecting. If one is staking a deep creek
it is an impossibility, oftentimes, to sink
to bedrock within a matter of weeks or '
even months. On such creeks as Dome, In
the Fairbanks camp, the ground is 200 feet
or mon* in depth. How can a prospector
.-take the claim, set out the discovery post
at the same time, and make an affidavit
tiiat he lias made a discovery before going
to bedrock,? If .the staker abides strictly
with the letter of the Juneau or Roden law.
no posts can be planted on such a creek
as Dome, or on a deep bench, until the
gold is reached, which is always near bed
roek, and in such a case other men, bolter
equipped, can get down first, or men who
happen to sink in the right place will get
there first despite the fact that the earliest
man on the ground may sink as quickly or
even put down more holes.
Senator Roden says the matter of discov
ery has agitated the courts since mining
law was enacted. It probably has in the
states, and especially In some parts, but
there is no reason why it should if only the
simple remedy of abolishing the necessity
of discovery be pursued, as done here. The
courts here are not agitated by determining
a discovery. Yukon long since killed the
malady. The law was framed lp Yukon,
and enacted in Ottawa, and a few months
sufficed for the remedy. Alaska should be
able to work reforms as quickly through
federal channels as Yukon.
Section 14 of the Yukon laws says re
garding the staker, “he must post at the
point of discovery a notice of location,”
and section 1fi says that within 90 days
of discovery he must perform the location
labor. N'o distinction is made between time
of staking and the time required to make
the discovery. It Is preposterous to think
any prospector will go into the open realm
and begin to prospect with deep holes be
fore posts are up, and yet the Alaskan law
expects a man to put up a post declaring
a discovery before he la down 200 feet,
more or less.
Section 17 says that within 90 days the
labor must be recorded. .No time is allowed
to reach tlie recorder's office. Here is
where another marked advantage is given
the prospector on the Canadian side. He is
allowed time to record, and if he he tardy,
can have more time by paying a moderate
fine, and Will not lose his ground even if
he has the work done and cannot get to
the recorder immediately, hut proves the
work within a fixed reasonable time after
ward.
A saving feature about it all in Alaska
is that court decisions, which are based on
a man’s good intent, give the bona tide
prospector the better or it in nearly every
instance, and the jumper is sufficiently
frowned down by that means to be discour
aged in this day to do much grabbing of
the first staker's property with any hopes
of winning. And old Judge Lynch" also
is more or less in evidence in Alaska, with
plenty of gun. and ropes, and keeps the,
criminal and the claim-jumping HemefT
pretty much in place. .So there is not so
much to be dreaded Just now in Alaska
from tin* slippery gentry who would steal
the pioneer prospector’s claims, to which
he is entitled to priority of occupation, but
the laws requiring a discovery make it a
mighty ugly proposition in print even if not
so much taken advantage of In practice, and
there is always the injury to the prospec
tive investor and man who is willing to
finance the miner. The sooner the .v.askans
and I nele Sam will get rid of that ancient
hoodoo of the requirement for discovery
and get up to date, the sooner will they be
doing a kindness and a service to them
selves, to the miner, and be gaining votes
for the legislators and representatives wise
enough to put through the measure.
DISGRUNTLED DEMOCRAT
AIRS HIS COMPLAINT
Tells Seatlte Democratic Meeting About the
Distribution of Patronage in
This Territory
Jerry Dunn, a miner from Nome, paid
his respects to the administrations of Presi
dent Wilson and Major J. F. A. Strong
last night at Democratic headquarters in
the Lyon building, declaring that President
Wilson had not fullilled his promises in
regard to appointing Democrats to posi
tions in Alaska, and that the territory was
still filled with Republicans.
“How about Major Strong?” asked Bo
Sweeney.
“Bad as the rest of them,” quickly re
plied Mr. Dunn, “and I say so because the
only appointment and the best one he had
to give went to a Republican.
“President Wilson does not have to go
North, South and East for men for Alaska.
We have them on the ground.”
Mr. Dunn’s speech followed one by
Charles G. Heifner telling what the admin
istration hoped to do for Alaska, and at the
close of Mr. Dunn’s remarks Mr. Heifner
again spoke in defense of the administra
tion.—Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
DAWSON MOOSE HERD INCREASING
Dawson Lodge No. 1393 of the Loyal
Order of Moose last evening accepted the
names of 195 applicants for membership,
the largest number ever passed on by the
lodge in one night. These, with 26 pre
viously accepted and awaiting initiation and
330 previously initiated, give Dawson lodge
a total of 551 members, making it one of
the largest and most rapidly growng lodges
of the order in the Northland. The lodge
was organised September 22 and, therefore,
is only nine weeks old.—Dawson News.
Job Printing at Pioneer office.
SLEDS MADE TO ORDER
Racing Sleds, Basket Sleds. Freighting Sleds.
IS in., 20 in.. 22 in. and 24 in. wide.
Lengths 6, 9, 10 and 12 ft.
SLEDS REPAIRED
Old Sleds Repaired in First-class Style.
Best Selected Hickory for Forty Sleds Re
ceived on Last Boats from Outside
CHARLIE DREW
Shop Grand Hotel FLAT CREEK
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EAGOY’S SALOON
DISCOVERY, OTTER
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ALL THE TIME AT THE
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FLAT CITY
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ftJOW LOCATED
ON THE WINTER TRAIL
SUMMIT
ROADHOUSE
Meals All Hour*.
Liquors and Cigars
Tel: ‘'Summit Koadhouse.”
Good dog team for rent.
Bank Cafe
Best Meals for the Money
CURLY ROBINSON, Prop. FLAT CITY
Adams House
FIRST ST., IDITAROD
Fine Meals, Home Cooking
Clean, Warm Rooms, Gas-Lighted. The
Only First-Class Horse and Dog
Stables in Town
A Fine Dog Team to Rent
Frea Library and Reading Room
_Salmon for the Dog Mushert
MAX SIMEL,
DISKAKET AND CRIPPLE CITY
Big Stocks, Standard Goods
Gasoline and Lubricating Oil
Good Roadhouse in Connection
DR. H. BEHLA,
Dentist
Appointments by Telephone
Flat City
E. M. STANTON,
Attorney at Law
Office Second St., Iditarod, AJaikt
Next to Iditarcwi Hotel
J. C. MOODY,
Attorney at Law
IDITAROD, ALASKA
Office: Beattie Hous* Bldj., First Ave.
W. F. HARRISON,
Attorney at Law
IDITAROD, ALASKA
Second Avenue, Near Marshal’, Office
Phone Baths
REGINA
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All Rooms Heated by Furnace
Warm Dog and Horse Stables
Place to Cook Feed
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE
Max Mlnard, J. F. Morrow, Chas. Llndfors,
to Joe Blanehell, Alex Lopp, Barney
Welch and J. Kimball.
You and each or you. your heirs and as
signs, are hereby notified that the under
signed has expended in labor the sum or
•die hundred dollars ($100) ror each of
the years 1910, mi, 19 12, 19 1$. upon
placer mining claim known as and called
Wild Cat Association, on Yankee creek, a
tributary of Innoko river, Innoko mining
district, district of Alaska. That said la
bor was done and performed as annual la
I bor for each or the above named years ac
cording to law. A certiorate of location
for the above named mining claim being of
record In Yol. 10, at page 110, Innoko rain
ing district records.
You are further notified that if, at the
expiration of ninety (90) days after the
last publication of this notice, you rail or
refuse to contribute your proportion or
Mich expenditure, your interest in said
claims will become the property of the un
dersigned, your co-owner, under Section
2324 of the Revised Statutes or the United
Slates.
J. W. STONE. Co-Ownf^r.
Date of first publication, Nov. 15. 1913.
Date of last publication. Feb. 14. 1014.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE
To Mat Pesola and E. Oksanen, and u» your
heirs and assigns:
You and each of you are hereby uoWfled
that the undersigned has expended in labor
! and Improvements the sum of one hundred
dollars >$IOO.OO> ror each of the years of
11911, 1912. 1913. upon placer mining
claims numbers five and six (Nos. 5 and 6)
above discovery, situated on Yankee creek,
a tributary or lnnoko river, in the Inuoko
mining and recording district. District or
Alaska.
Location notices therefor being of record
In Vol. 8 at Page 63. and In Vol. 7, at
Page 289, of the records of location for
said mining district.
You are further notified that if at the
expiration of ninety (90) days afto* the
last publication of this notice you fall or
refuse to contribute your proportion of
such expenditure, your interest in said
claims will become the property of the
undersigned, your co-owner, under Section
232 1 of the Revised Statutes of the United
S laics.
Date of first publication, Dec a. 1913.
Date of last publication, March 7. 1014.
CHARLES AN510, Co-Owner.
Forfeiture Notice
To S. S. Allison, J. H. Rodgers, Joe Bums.
Mrs. W. Wilma Rodgers, William New
man and M. Halley:
You and each of you are hereby notified
that we, the undersigned, have expended
during the year nineteen hundred and
twelve (1912 one hundred dollars • 3100)
In labor and improvements upon the Bo
nanza association placer mining claim, en
Lost creek, a tributary of Otter creek, in
otter precinct, Fourth division. Territory of
Alaska, notice of location of which is found
in volume 1, at page 519, of the records or
said Otter precinct, in order to hold sa\d
claim under the provisions of section 2 3 2 4
of the Revised Statutes, and the amendment
thereto approved January 22, 1880, con
cerning annual labor upon mining claims,
being the amount required to hold said
placer mining claim Tor the period ending
on the 31st day or December. 1912.
And if within ninety days after the pub
lication of this notice you fail or refuse
to contribute your proportion of such ex
penditure as a co-owner, your and each and
every of your interests in the Bonanza as
soclation placer mining claim will become
the property of the subscribers, your co
owners, who have made the required ex
penditure, by the terms of said section.
DAN HARTNETT.
C. Hl'RST.
First publication, Dec. 27, 1913.
Last publication, March 28, 1914.
Notice of Forfallura
To Bessie Ramus, Albert Hanes and Wm.
Hanlon:
You and each of you are hereby notified
that the undersigned has expended during
the year nineteen hundred and thirteen
(19 13) one hundred dollars (8100) In la
bor and Improvements upon the Minnie as
sociation placer mining claim, on Minnie
creek, a tributary of Otter creek, in Otter
precinct, Fourth division, Territory or
Alaska, notice of location of which is found
In volume 1. at page 597, of the records
of said Otter precinct, In order to hold said
claim under the provisions of section 2324
or the Revised Statutes, and the amendment
thereto approved January 22, 1880, con
cerning annual labor upon mining claims,
being the amount required to hold said
placer mining claim for the period ending
on the 31st day of December, 1013.
And if within ninety days arter the pub
lication of this notice you fall or refuse
to contribute your proportion of such ex
penditure as a co-owner, your and each
and every or your Interests In the Minnie
association placer mining claim will become
tlie property of the subscriber, your co
owner, who has made the required expen
diture, by the terms or said section.
CHAS. P. GERHART.
First publication, Jan. 3, 1914.
East publication. April 4. 1914.
Forfeiture Notice
To Chas. Strong:
You are hereby notified that I, the un
dersigned, have expended during the year
nineteen hundred and thirteen (1913) one
hundred dollars (8100) In labor and im
provements upon the New Moon Associa
tion placer mining claim, on otter creek, a
tributary or the Iditarod river, in Otter
precinct, Fourth division, Territory or
Alaska, notice of location of which la round
in Volume 2, at page 1, or the records of
said Otter precinct, In order to hold said
claim under the provisions of Sertion 2321
of the Revised Statutes, and the amend
ment thereto approved January 22, 1880.
concerning annual labor upon mining
claims, being the amount required to hold
said placer mining claim for the period
ending on the 3lst day of December, 1913.
And ir within ninety days arter the pub
ltcatton oJ,<Jhts notice you fail or refuse to
rontribute'your proportion or such expendi -
Hire as a co-owner, your interest in the
New Moon Association placer mining claim
will become the property or the subscriber,
your co-owner, who has made the required
expenditure, by the terms of said .section.
JOHN kRLGEK.
First publication, Jan. 31, 1914.
Last publication, May 2, i»t4.