Alaska forum., 1905-04-08

NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR PATENT U s. LAND OFFICE, Juneau. Alaska. Feb. l. 1905.
 Notice is hereby given that l. U. c. Myers of Eagle, Alaska. duly appointed and qualified town site trustee for Eagle Townsite. in pursuance of. approved March 3. 1891, governing the acquisition of title to public lands in the District of Alaska for townsite purposes. have made application TOT ants of the town of Eagle and for their use and benefit, to the lands in D. $ Survey Mo- 353. Eaglt Townsite. containing 57O. .1S2 acres but excepting therefrom the reservations hereinafter specified.
 Said land townsite is situated on the left bank of the Yukon river near the confluence of Mission creek with said Yukon river and about three miles west of the international boundary line between the United States and Canada, described by metes and bounds courses and distances as follows:
 Bssinning at the intersection of the middle line of street of Eagle. Alaska, with the left bank of of the Yukon river as indicated by ordinary high water mark lthe line of no vegetationl where s set greenish colored stone s2x16x8 inches mark d Sur. No. 368. Beg. Cor. No. on the west side, and M. C.. for meander corner, on the east side. whence Cor. No. 4, Sur No. $50 bears N. To deg 47 along the middle line of ssid street 5000 chs to Cor. No. where is set greenish colored stone 25 x1Ox7 inches marked Sur. Mo- 353. Cor. No. on east side thence S. 21 deg. 57 min. E. 0O0 chs to Cor. No. where is set spruce post 1-2 feet long and inches square marked Sur. No. 353. Cor. No. 8on north side, 'U. s. M R. on west side, and s. N s deg. 0S min F.. parallel with said street 124 IA chs to Cor. No. at the left bank of the Yukon river at ordinary high water mark [line of veg l7x7 inches marked M. e. on east side. and Sur. No. 853. Cor. No. 4. west side. thence down stream along the left bank of the Yukon river fol- Lline of no vegerationl 118.00 chs to Beg Cor No. l. the place of beginning, containing 5TO. 1e2 acres Variation s5 deg: 52 min. E. ed and lying within the boundaries of Sur. Mo- 353 excepting therefrom only the following reserva- tons made and selected by board of commission CTS appointed to make reservations for schCo and other purposes; said reservations so made by said board being of the and for the following pur- poses, to wit:
 For public schools etc. 32.465 acres.
 For U. s. court house 6 jail O.1S5 acres.
 For municipal government. .....O O.115 acres.
 Being total reservation oi 32. .7S5 acres, which being deducted from the total area of Sur. Mo- 353, (570.192 acres) leaves 537.4O7 acres, the area for which patent is applied for, and within Survey No. 35l, the same being a Soldiers Additional Homestead claim of one James E. Sne- vely, consisting of 7965O acres which is claimed to be a part of the Eagle Townsite aforesaid and therefore included and covered by said application for patent
 Notice is hereby given to any and all parties having asserting any claim to any portion of the above described tract to appear at Eagle, Alaska on July l, 1905 at 10 o'clock A. M. before the clerk of the U. s. District Court, the time and place of making final proof there to cross s-examine claim aat's witnesses. offer proof in his own behalf and make his protests in writing and notice is further given to all parties claiming adversely any rortion of the above described tract to file with the Regis ter of the U S. Land Office st uneau, Alaska, an e adverse clam il, accord;sllee with law during the period of publication within Chirty days there after. U C. MYERS,
 Tow1site Trustee
 It is hereby ordered that the foregoing notice of tn. application CT r. C. Myers, Trustee of Town site oI Eagle, be published in the ALASKA FORUM, 2 weekly newspaper published at Rampant, Alas ks for the statutory period. ten consecutive inser- tens. JOHN " ltUDI BY