Iditarod pioneer., 1913-07-12
NOTICE OF APPLICATIOl

In the matter of the application of Joa-
 quin, Fowler and Twitchell for pat
 ent for Trading Site.
 NOTICE OF APPLICATION
 Notice is hereby given that in pursu- ance to the provisions of the act of Con gress approved May II, 1898 50 Stat. 4O9) entitled An act extending the homestead laws and providing for right of way for railroads in the district of Alaska, and for other purposes" and amendments thereto, Frank Joaquin, whose postofice address is Tacotna, Alaska, G. A. Fowler, whose postotfice address is Bethel, Alaska, and A. H. TwitchelI, whose postoffice address is Bethel, Alaska, claiming twenty and sixtyone hundredths (2O6D acres of land at Bethel, on the Kuskokwim river, Alaska, have made application to the United States for patent for the said land, as TRADING SITE, and said land is more fully described as to the metes and bounds thereof by the official plat thereof and by the field notes of the survey thereof now on file in the office of the register of said land office, which is U. 5. Survey No. 1902, as follows, to wit:
 Beginning at corner Mo- l, identical with corner No. l, Moravian Mission Reserve, Bethel, at ordinary high water mark on Kuskokwim river, from which point U. s. location monument at Bethel bears s. 72o 12' w., l2.95 chains. and s. w. corner dwelling 24x36 feet. bears N. 25 e 50' E., 400 chains; witness corner set N. 24 34 w., 1.24 chains, an iron pipe 5 inches ln diam ter projecting one foot above the ground, marked on s. w. side, M-M- Cor -1-W-C. and MIG on side facing the river, and on N. E. side S-1OO2 Cor-l VIC. Pit 36x36xl2 inches bears N. 24o 34' w., s feet distant. Mound of earth feet base, feet high, bears N. 4 34' W. of corner.
 Thence N. 24 . 34' w 10chains along S. w. boundary, from true corner over rolling land on line l2 of Moravian Mis- sion Reserve survey to corner No. 7, at which point is set an iron pipe , inches in diameter, 3 feet long. ? feet in the ground, marked on the east side, Sl0O2- Cor-2 Under this corner broken glass is deposited at base of pipe as memo rial Pits are dug on lines approaching and departing from corner and b feet distant lSxlSx12 inches.
 Thence N 67o l0' E. 1884 chains | along IN. w. DOullualS tO Sot IOl A>o. ' GU which point is set an iron pipe } inches in diameter, 3 feet long, feet in the ground, marked on S.W. side S.-l0O2- Cora. Under this corner broken glass | is deposited at base of pipe as memo rial. Pits are dug lSxlSxl2 inches on | lines approaching and departing from corner and feet distant.
 Thence s. 24o 34' E. l4.97 chains | ' tO J ordinary high-water mark on kusko- kwim river. Witness corner set N. 24 . '34 w., 3S links distant, which is an iron pipe inches in diameter, 3 feet long, feet in the ground, marked on NV. side S-1OO2- -Cor-4-W-C. and NC. on side facing the river. Broken glass is de. posted at base of pipe as a memorial.
 Thence following the meanders of the ! kusk0kwim river ae ordinary high water mark, along sandy beach down stream from true corner l. N. SSo 47' w. 11.76 chains; :. s. 6So 19' w. 6.24 chains to Corner No. l, the place of be- ginning, containing 2l.6l acres.
 The U. $. location monument to which this survey is tied is an iron pipe B inches in diameter f feet long set feet in the ground marked on the north side U. s. L. M., Bethel NJ. NJ and is situated in the center of the plaza at Bethel Mission.
 Any and all persons claiming ad versely the said land or any portion thereof 50 described, surveyed and plated as above are hereby notified that, unless their adverse claims are | duly filed according to law with the register of the United States land office at Nome, Alaska, they will be barred by virtue of the provisions of said stat ute. J. SUNDBACk, Register.