Iditarod pioneer., 1913-07-05
In the United States Land Office at Nome, Alaska

III tHV Vhitou utot0S LoHu uIliG0 al HuW1J Aiooho In the matter of the application of Joa-
 qun, 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 H, 1898 (30 Stat 409) 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 postoffice address is Tacotna, Alaska, G. A. Fowler, whose postotfice address is Bethel, Alaska, and A. H. Twitchell, whose postoffice address is Bethel, Alaska, claiuing twenty and sixtyone hundredths (2O.6D acres of land at Bethel, on the Kuskokwim river, Alaska, have made application to the United States for patent for the said land, as a 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. $. Survey No. 1902, as follows, to wit:
 Beginning at corner No. l, identical with corner No. l, MOravian Mission Reserve, Bethel, at ordinary high water mark on Kuskok wim river. from which point U. s. location monument at Bethel bears s. 72o 12' w., 12.95 chains, and s. w. corner dwelling 24x36 feet. bears N. 25 c 50' E., 400 chains; witness corner set N. 24 0 34' w., 1.24 chains, an iron pipe 3 inches in diam ter projecting one foot above the ground, marked on s. w. side, MM- Cor.-l-W-C. and MIG on side facing the river, and on N. E. side S-l002- -Cor-l- VIC. Pit 36x36xl2 inches bears N. 24o 34' w., 8 feet distant. Mound of earth 4 feet base, feet high, bears N. 24 . 34' w. of corner.
 Thence N. 24o 34' w. 10chains along SW. boundary, from true corner over rolling land on line l-2 of Moravian Mis- sion Reserve survey to corner No. Z at which point is set an iron pipe 5 inches in diameter, feet long, 2 feet in the ground, marked on the east side, S-l0O2- 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 6 feet distant 1Sx18xl2 inches.
 Thence N. 67o 10' E. 1884 chains along NV. boundary to corner Mo- at which point is set an iron pipe 5 inches in diameter, 3 feet long, feet in the ground, marked on S.W. side S.-lO02- Cor-3. Under this corner broken glass is deposited at base of pipe as d memo rial. Pits are dug 19xl8xl2 inches on lines approaching and departing from corner and 6 feet distant.
 Thence s. Fl 34' E. 14.97 chains along N. E. boundary to corner No. 4, at ordinary high-water mark on huskO- kwim river. Witness corner set N. 24 . 34 w., 39 links distant, which is an iron pipe 3 inches in diameter, 3 feet long, feet in the ground, marked on NV, side S-l002- Cor -4-WC. and NC. on side facing the river. Broken glass is de- posted at base of pipe as memorial.
 Thence following the meanders of the kuskokwim river at ordinary high water mark, along sandy beach down stream from true corner l. N. S8o AT w. 1l.76 chains; ?. $. 68o l9' w. SPA chains to Corner No. 1, the place of be- ginning, containing 2l6l acres.
 The U. $. location monument to which this survey is tied is an iron pipe 35 lhcneS III ulaHetef leeJ 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 so 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.