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The Nome nugget., 1904-03-16
MINING Law CHANGES
A Few Practical Suggestions the Adoption of
Which 1t Is Believed Would Afford Rem.
edy for Many Present GIaring
Defects in the Law.

In the issues of THE NUGGET of Feb.
10 and 13 appeared two articles point
ing out what seemed the principal de-
fects of the federal mining law. That
the law needs revision scarcely admits
of doubt. What these changes ought
to be will be the topic of this article.
Let US bear in mind, before proceeding
with an outline of proposed changes,
that the end and object to be attained
is 'to promote the development of the
mining resources of the United States. :"
To this end several radical changes in
the present law become absolutely
necessary.
In the preparation of any important
measure it lis impossible to meet the
views.of everybody. While the writer
believes that the following outline will
remedy most. if no. all, the defects
pointed out in the former articles.
there may be some mistakes and omis-
sions. These may be readily supplied
cism.
l. The size of each location shall not
exceed $50 by $50 feet.
1t is of less Importance how large a
location shall be than the requirements
as to its retention Still small lOca-
tions will give correspondence larger
hnp Of oh
claims for themselves. The only Diff
ference is a matter of expense for re-
cording, but this is trivial in COM
parison to the benefits derived
=. Each location must be distinctly
marked on the ground by one post at
each corner not less than four inches
in diameter and at least three and one
half feet above the surface of the
ground On one of these posts shall
appear copy of the location certificate
containing the name of the location.
the name of the locator and the date of
such location; also its locality with
reference to streams or such other
natural objects as may be found, to-
gether with the name of the mining
district in which the location is stu
ated. When such posts cannot be had
the corners may be marked by pyra-
midal mounds of stone, earth or sod not
less than four feet square at the base
by three feet high, surmounted by
stakes. All stakes should be properly
marked.
1t is of the greatest importance that
a location shall be distinctly and plain
ly Marked so that it can be readily
found and prevent the possibility of
changing stakes to take in others
ground.
The Nome nugget., 1904-03-16
Notice Of Forfeiture.

To Albert Backmau:
You are hereby notified that l. the under
signed. have caused to be performed work ser
vices and labor of the value of one hundred dol
lars upon the following named placer mining
claim for the year ending December 81, 1903
to-wit: Claim No. below discovery on Eldora
do creek, formerly in the Good Hope recording
district, but now III Port Clarence recording dis
trict. District of Alaska.
And you are further notified that If you DC
not. within ninety, 900 days from the date OF
final publication hereof, cause to be paid to the
undersigned your prOpOrtiOnatc share of SaiC
expenditure as cO-OWurr your interest in sale
claim Will become the property OF the under
signed under Section 1924 Revised Statutes OF
the United States
Date of first publication January Is. 1904
Date of last publication April 8. 1904.
w JOHN MARTIN.
The Nome nugget., 1904-03-16
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE

TO \. &. SEWN. X. =. Boris B Pync. II. Me
KEN l.. II. French, -. w. Worley and
Or. Barduc and all others interested IN
the Lun;Out Mountain group claim. Derby
creek. cape Nome recording district Dis
trct OF Alaska
You arr. hereby notified that !. the under
signed. have caused to be performed work. ser
vices ana labor of the value Of Onc hundred dol
lars upon th" Lookout Mountain Group claim.
Derby creek. Alaska, forCaCh II the years 1902
and 1903
And you are further notified that if You do
not. Within ninety go days from the date Of final
publication hereof cause to bee paid TO he under
signed your propOTtlouutc share of said cXpen-
ditures a. co-owucrS. your interests in said
claim will become the property Of the under
signed under Section 232l Revised Statutes of
the United states.
Date of first publication Feb, 3 1901.
Date Of last publication May t. 1901
w HAIRY B WATSON.
The Nome nugget., 1904-03-16
Notice of Forfeiture.

To Conrad Stem and the Boring Sea Improve.
ment & Trading Co:
You are hereby notified that l. the under
signed, have caused to be performed work, ser
vices and labor OF the value of at least one hun
bred dollars upon each of the following named
quartz claims for each of the years ending Dec.
81, 1901, 1902 and 1903, to-wit: Last Chance"
quartz claim. Empire quartz claim, "Walla
Walla" quartz claim, "Blackbird' quartz claim.
all situated in Golovin Bay mining district, now
Council City recording district. District Of
Alaska
And you are further notified that if you do not,
within ninety 600 days from the date of final
publication hereof cause to be paid to the un-
dersigned your proportionate share of said ex-
penditureS as co-owner, your interests in said
claims will become the property of the under
signed under Section 1894 Revised Statutes of
the United States.
Date of first publication Feb "a 1904.
Date Of last publication May IS, 1904.
w j. NJ MCNUTT
The Nome nugget., 1904-03-16
Notice of Forfeiture.

To T. GlIIlS:
You are hereby notified that |. the under
signed have caused to be performed work ser
vices and labor of the value of at least one hun
bred dollars upon the following named quartz
claim, for the year ending December 81, 1903, to-
wit The quartz claim called the Iron, stu
ated in the Cape Prince of Wales mountains, in
Port Clarence recording district, District of
Alaska.
And you are further notified that if you do
not, within ninety 900 days from the date Of
final publication hereof cause to be paid to the
undersigned your proportonate share of said
expenditure as co-owner, your interest in said
claim will become the property of the under
signed, under Section 1924 Revised Statutse of
the United States
Date OF first publication, February 3 1904.
Date OF last publication, May l. 1904.
w. G. j. BARTELS,
w BY II. G. Burk Agent.
The Nome nugget., 1904-03-16
SUMMONS.

In the United States District Court for the Dis
trict of Alaska, Second division.
John r. Wheeler. plaintln, vs.. Grace NJ.
Wheeler, defendant.
The President of the United States of America
to Grace NJ. Wheeler. defendant greeting:
You are hereby summoned and required to be
and appear in the United States district court
for the District of Alaska, Second division, at
Nome within thirty days after the completion
of the period specified in the order for the ser
vice of summons by publication as hereinafter
set forth. to-wit, within thirty days after the
expiration of six weeks from the date of the
service OF this summons upon you, and answer
the complaint of the plaintin herein, or judy
ment for want thereof will be taken against
YOU: and you are further notified that II you
fail to so appear and answer as aforesaid the
plaintiff herein will apply to the said court for
lhe relief demanded in said complaint. to-wit,
for decree OF divorce forever dissolving and
setting at naught the bonds of matrimony now
existing between plaintiff and defendant the
ground therefor, as stated in said complaint,
being deSertion.
Witness the Hon. Alfred S. Moore. Judge of
the United States District Court, District of
Alaska Second division. and the seal of said
court. affixed this list day of February, 1904.
lSeall GEO. V. BORCHSENIUs,
Clerk of the U. $. District Court.
Alaska, Second Division,
2.3W7t BY g. J. Loman, Deputy.
The Nome nugget., 1904-03-16

Ques.-Observing your answer to
"Queen Esther" in a recent issue of
THE NUGGET, would like to follow the
same question up by asking the follow
ing. Will you kindly let me know
whether Queen Esther was a blonde,
and what became of Vashti (who was
to be queen) after King. Ahasuerus put
her aside?
READER.
Ans.-I cannot find out anything as
to whether Queen Esther was blonde,
outside of the fact that records of her
leads one to believe such was the case.
First Mordecia, her foster father, re-
cognzed her natural beauty, and had
her trained to fill high station in life.
She also concealed the fact she was a
Jewess, and putting a few facts to-
gether, makes one believe she was
blonde. At the time of Esther beauti-
full women were as rule blondes, and
Absalom, the third son of King David,
was noted for his personal beauty and
winning manners, being, as it is under
Stood a blonde. Then the fact that
Queen Esther was able to conceal the
fact of being Il Jewess, and at time
when they were to be destroyed, carries
with it lots of weight. that she must
have been anything but dark in order
to hide the features which stand out in
that race OF people. Then again the
character being represented in the can
tata as blonde by people who staged
and wrote the same, leads one to be-
leve she was blonde.
The end of Vashti is a mystery, for
there seems to be no record of her
after the king had put her aside. When
kings have people put aside they seem
to drop out Of existence.
Ques.-To settle an argument will
you kindly compute the per cent. of tin
contained in pure cassiterite, as well as
the atomic weight of each element con.
tanned in it? j. ID. L..
Ans.-Pure cassiterite-Or tin oxide
contains about 70 per cent. Of tin and
q of oxygen. As rule, it is not found
The Nome nugget., 1904-03-16
Notice of Forfeiture.

To A. j. Baumgartner;
You are hereby notified that /. the underSgn-
ed, have caused to nc performed work. services
and labor of the value of at least one hundred
dollars upon the following named quartz claim
for the year ending December 81. 1903, tO-wit:
The quartz claim called the "CatSkill' situated
in the Cape Prince of Wales mountains, in
Port Clarence recording district, District of
ALASKA.
And you are hereby further notified that if
YOU do not within ninety 500 days from the
date of final publication hereof, cause to be paid
to the undersigned your proportionatc share of
such expenditure as co-Owner. your interest in
said claim will become the property of the un-
derSigned under section 1924 Revised Statutes
of the United States.
Date OF first publication Feb. 3, 1904.
Date OF last publication May I, 1901
W. G. }. BARTELS.
" BY II. &. BURK. Agent.
The Nome nugget., 1904-03-16
Notice OF Forfeiture.

To Paul NJ. Roth j. w BULLOCK and an other
persons whom it may concern:
You are hereby notified that l, the under
signed, have caused to be performed work, ser
vices and labor Of the value of one hundred dol
lars upon the following named placer claim for
the year 1903 to-wit: Placer claim No. >, Harris
creek u tributary Of the North fork, situated in
kougarok recording precinct, District of Alaska.
And you are further notified that if you do
not, within ninety (9O) days from the date of
final publication hereof, cause to be paid to the
undersigned or his legal representative in
Nome, ID. II. Traphagen, your proportlonate
share OF said expenditure as co-ownerS. your
interests in said claim will become the prop
erty of the undersigned under Section 1924
Revised Statutes of the United States.
Date of first publication, Feb. "a, 1904.
Date OF last publication, May % 1904.
w A. F. kINNAN.
The Nome nugget., 1904-03-16
Notice of Forfeiture.

To j. l.. Hunt. J. {. PaulNcn and all others
whom it may concern
You and each of YOU are hereby notified that
| have expended the sum of at least one hun
bred dollars in work. services and labor upon
each Of the following named placer mining
claims. situated IN cape Nome mining and re-
cOrding district. District of Alaska for the
year ending December 81 1903 to-wit: The
sullivan group of bench claims, and claim
No. l. Little Derby creek, certificates OF loCa-
ton being recorded in Vol. l22 pages 3ls and 322
of the records of said mining and recording dis
trlct.
And you are further notified that if you do
not. within ninety 900 days from the date of
final publication hereof. cause to be paid to the
undersigned your proportiOnate share of said
expenditures a> coOwner, your interests in said
claims will become the property Of the under
signed under Section 2324 Revised Statutes of
the United States.
Date of first publication, January ~ 1904
Date of last publication, April 30 1904
W H. NJ. BERTSCH.
The Nome nugget., 1904-03-16
Drink Green River Whiskey, with
out a headache, l2!C at Board of
Trade Saloon
SkagWav Digs Up for Roads.

Skagway, Jan. ii. G. Phelps has
secured subscriptions amounting to
s435 for assisting in building IL winter
trail to the new gold fields of the
Whitehorse district and is advertising
the same to the world. He has the
promise of more subscriptions. but will
leave for Whitehorse this morning.
The Nome nugget., 1904-03-16

always hard for them to believe the
country was known by any other name,
which no doubt will account for the
party you write about being so sure of
it having no other name.
j. POTTER WHITTREN.
The Nome nugget., 1904-03-16

in a pure state and contains mica,
garnets, sulphides and selsnides. Not
having books on the subject cannot
give the atomic weight you ask for.
The Nome nugget., 1904-03-16

Fresh beef and mutton at Pacific
Cold Storage companys markets. 228
and 344 Front st:
The Nome nugget., 1904-03-16
nnquiries...
and AnsWers

I'm this column questions OF general interest
will be answered. Address all communications
to j. Potter Whittren. care OF THE NUGGET.)
The Nome nugget., 1904-03-16

Fresh beef, mutton, pork, veal, poul-
try, etc, just received by the Pacific
Cold Storage company.
Arizona republican., 1904-11-09

at your supply o Winter Goods the present Low Prices Remember that reduced cluded in this Sale, Greatly
Arizona republican., 1904-11-09

Children's Black Hose, good rib. all 5ss 555 fss5 sss ii $qsl.. $a355 ;i.'5.s 9C
 Children's Heavy Ribbed Hose. all sizes. Worth 15 cents per pair. Mil End Price. pair......-.. O V
 Misses Fine Ribbed Hose, full finish. in all sizes. Our regular 9 cent hose Mill End Price, Pair.......... O V
 Boys extra heavy bicycle Hose, very strong and durable Worth a0 25 cents a pair. NH End Price. pair.....-. O V
 Ladies Fine Lace Hose, in all new patterns Our regular O1
 50 cent quality. Mill End Price, pair. O /kO
Arizona republican., 1904-11-09

eve tse haVe
 
  fourN New 1Stok
Arizona republican., 1904-11-09

Fine soft finish Cambrie, S6 inches wide, best quality. Worth an
 15c per yard. AH NH End Price, yard........ V V
 Wool Elder Down in all coIors. <: s:.,, %9'is Fer ss. yard. esss.. var, 25C
Arizona republican., 1904-11-09

Torchon Lace and Insertion, all widths. Regular
 price 1Oc a yard AR Mil End Price, yard .............. V
 Mcnnen's Talcum Powder; you all Kin s51s <; s ass ssS s5s p.ls. el,,,. .... l4C
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-11-25
The Magnificent State Capitol Building at saem Oregon.
PRAISE FROM THE EX-GOVERNOR OF OREGON

DERUNA is known from the Atlantic
i to the Pacific. Letters of congrat-
ulation and commentator testify
ing to the merits of Peruna as a catarrh
remedy are pouring in from every State
Of the Union.
DIR. Hartman is receiving hundreds
Of such letters daily. All classes write
these letters, from the highest to the
lowest.
The outdoor laborer. the indoor arti-
san, the clerk, the editor. the statesman,
the preacher-all agree that Peruna is
the catarrh remedy of the age.
The stage and rostrum, recognizing
catarrh as their greatest enemy, are es-
pecially enthusiastic in their praise and
testimony.
Any man who wishes perfect health
must be entirely free from catarrh.
Catarrh is well-nigh universal; almost
omnipresent.
Peruna is the only absolute safeguard
known. A cold is the beginning of
catarrh. To prevent colds, to cure colds,
is to cheat catarrh of its victims.
Peruna NOT only cures Cafarrh, but
prevents, II. Every household should
be supplied with this great remedy for
coughs, colds and so forth.
The Ex-Governor of Oregon is an
ardent admirer of Peruna. He keeps it
continually in the house.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-11-25
MORGAN A LIBERAL GlvER.
PhIanthropic Societies Helped by Him
in Secret.

PhiIanthropc Societies Helped by Him
in Secret.
Although J. Pierpont Morgan Is
credited with gifts to philanthropic
enterprises which reach 100000 a
year, his name does not appear on
any of the ten buildings in the city
which were built with his money. The
greatest secrecy surrounds his charit-
able work, which is much more ex-
tensive than is generally supposed. AS
a matter of fact, Mr.. Morgan is well
up toward the head of the great CIV
ers of the world. One of his chief
philanthropies is keeping boys off the
street. AS vestryman in st. Georges
church in Stuyvesant square, Man
haitian, he has organized club for
this purpose, and out of the club has
grown the New York Trade school, as
we'll as a smaller trade school con.
nected with the church. Mr.. Morgan
endowed the first club with $500,
Among the gifts of Mr.. Morgan are
100000 to Harvard college, $780,
900 for private hospital in Stuyve-
SAINT square. 100000 for the Cathe-
dral of st. John the Divine, 100000
for the Young Mems Christian asso-
citation, 100000 for the Loomis Hos
pital for Consumptives, 100000 for
library in Holyoke, Mass, where his
father was born; $125,00O for preserv-
ing the palisades. $3.50, 900 for a new
parish house and rectory in Stuyve-
SAINT square, 100000 for the collec-
ton of porcelains and $1,OOO,00 for
the Tiffany gem collection for the
Metropolitan museum.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-11-25
WOMEN AT RACE TRACKS.
Racing Managers Seek for Means to
DISCOURAGE Them,

Racing managers in the east are
glad that the season is over, having
ended without public cutlery against
sport on the turf. They have feared
some such result because of the
marked increase in the number of
women who have been attending the
various tracks. "These spectators
begin by betting on tips or the Judg-
ment of friends" said one veteran
horseman, "but when the gambling
frenzy takes possession of them they
go to extremes. A woman will talk
to touts, stable boys and hangers-on
whom she has never met and in this
way comes in close contact with men
Of the worst morals, who do not hest.
tate to take advantage of every op-
portunity offered. 1t is likely that be-
fore the next season opens some rules
will be established to discourage
women from going to the track"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-11-25
DespoiI Italian Churches.

"The alleged expectation of Italian
works of art to the United States,
says the Pail Mall Gazette, seems to
proceed gayly, in spite of all protests
and schemes for prevention. Thus
two Florentine churches have lately
been relieved of works by Della Rob
bia amounting in value to 100000
francs-the goods being shipped as
pork The chief delinquent in this
fraud, a dealer from Prato, has es
capped to the States"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-11-25
Seek Proof of Death.

The Venetian courts for some time
have been trying to ascertain whether
Prince Carlo Vincenzo Giovanneli, who
is known to have been alive in 1903,
is dead yet. The disposal of claim
to more than $1OOO,OO0 is at issue. So
far no death certificate in the case has
been procurable, but priest has Of
fered to swear that the prince is no
longer alive, and his deposition will be
accepted.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-11-25
PROMINENT IN MANY LINES.
Youthful British Statesman Has Had
Active Career.

William H. Grenfell, M. p, now
prominent as tariff reformer, has
played many parts, though still quite
a young man. He is the beau ideal
of British athleticism, having distin-
guished himself at cricket, as oars
man, as pedestrian, as mountain
climber and as hunter Of big game.
He has climbed the Alps, shot in the
Rockies and the Himalayas, swan
twice across Niagara and was stroke
of a racing eight that crossed the
English channel. Politically, he has
boxed the compass, having begun as
private secretary to the late Sir Will
liam Vernon Harcourt. Now he Is
not only tory, but an ardent adhsrs
emit Of Joseph Chamberlain.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-11-25
GEN. LEW WALLACE FAILING.
Distinguished Soldier and Author
Thought to Be Nearing the End.

Distinguished Soldier and Author
Thought to Be Nearing the End.
Members Of the family, as we'll as
close friends, deny the statement that
his trouble is cancer Of the stomach,
but the denials are couched in Ian
guage so ambiguous as to leave little
doubt that this is the real trouble
Gen. Wallace himself has apparently
given up hope of recovery and is
awaiting the end. Letters he has
written to friends within the past
month say this in so many words
and few of the aged soldiers, com.
rades In arms, who have called upon
him lately have received the same
word from his own lips.
Capt. McGrew of Washington, D.
c., was a called at the Wallace home
in this city few weeks ago and to
the captain General Wallace said that
he did not expect to live through the
coming winter.
At the Wallace home it was learned
that while Gen. Wallace Is not con.
fined to his bed his strength is fail.
ing rapidly. To the question, SIS
Gen. Wallace suffering from cancer
of the stomach" no positive denial
was made.
All that was said was: mo, no; we
hope not. 1t seems to be merely an
aggravated case of chronic indiges-
ton that has grown more severe in
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-11-25
Could Not Be Bribed.

A good story Is told Of A. G. Mac
Laren, a well-known cricket player
He was playing a picnic match up
country" in Australia when one of the
batsmen skied ball very high be-
tween the wicketg. MacLaren was
waiting for the catch, but the striker
in running past cried, "Oh, Archie,
drop it, do, and I'll allow you to kiss
my sister," MacLaren, it is added,
was proof against the attempted brib-
ery
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-11-25
The Eaqle.

The eagle has been used as an en-
blem from the idea of ancient myth
ology that it was the bird of Jove and
was the one that bore the souls of the
dying to their abode on Mount Olym.
puS.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-11-25
Rabbits Are a Plaque.

So numerous are the rabbits in the
Buckingham (England) district that
scores of them are being literally cut
to pieces by moving machines, and
one shot fired killed no fewer than
half a dozen.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-11-25
What Men Desire.

If the man who represented the ma
jority of men were asked what he
most liked in woman his answer
would be: Give me beauty, all
beauty to walk and to frivol with;
sympathy, all sympathy, to talk and to
live with''-Chic.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-11-25
SeedIess Pear.

Grand Junction, Col, has succeeded
in growing a seedless pear of excellent
flavor, fine appearance and good size.
1t is said to be free from worms and
other parasites, and in much resem-
bles the well-known B. de Anjou pear.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-11-25
Hard Task for Children.

In East Indian schools mental arith-
metic is vastly more serious matter
than it is in the schools of this coun-
try. Pupils of ten years are taught to
remember the multiplication table up
to forty times forty.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-11-25
Chances In Precious Stones.

The emerald improves in color on
exposure to the light. Pearls kept in
the dark lose their luster, but regain
it on exposure to the sun.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-11-25
Try One PACKAGE.

If defiance Starch" does not please
you, return it to your dealer. If it
does you get one-third more for the
same money. 1t will give you salts
faction. and will not stick to the iron.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-11-25
Prison for Paris Butcher.

A Paris butcher has been sent to
prison for three months for selling
goats flesh dressed to resemble lamb.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-11-25
The Dearest the Best.

One soon finds that inexpensive
things or persons are bad, incompe-
tent, and in the long run ruinous at
any price.-John Oliver Hobbies in
London Mail.