Iditarod pioneer., 1913-06-07
h the United States Land Office at Home, Alaska


 In the matter of the application of Jon
 quin, Fowler and IWitchell for pat
 cut 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 l30 Stat. 409) entitled "An act extending the homestead laws and providing for right of way for railroads in the district of Au~kH. and for other purposes and amendments thereto, Frank Joaquin. whose postof1ice address is T&cOtna. Alaska, G. A. Fowler, whose DOStOtfice addres, is Bethel, Alaska, and X. H. TWitcheli. whose DoStoffice address iS Bethel. Alaska, claiUing twenty and -ixtyone hundredths (2O.6D acres of laud at Bethel. on the Kuskokwim river. Alaska, have made application to the United State, for a patent for the said land. as d TRADING SITE. and said land is more fully described as 10 the mctes 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 cnicc. which is |. $. Survey No. i002, aS follows, to wit:
 Beginning at corner No. l, identical with corner No l, Moravian Mission Reserve. Bethel, at ordinary high water mark on ku~lOkWim river. from which point L. $. location monument at Bethel bears $. 72o I2' w.. l2.97 chains, and S.W, corner dwelling 24X3G feet bears N. p . 50' F.. 400 chains: witness corner set N. 24 34 w., l24 chains, an iron pipe 3 inches in diam ter protecting one foot above the ground. marked on S.W. side, M-M- Cor.-l-W-C. and M-C on side facing the river. and on N. E. side S-lO02 Cor-1- WIG. Pit 3Gx36Xl2 inches bears N. 24o 34' w., $ feet distant. Mound of earth i feet base, } feet high, bears N. 24 34' w. of corner.
 Thence N. 240 3i' W. 1Ochains along S.W. boundary, from true corner over rolling land on line l-2 of MOravian Mis- sion Reserve survey to corner No. ,, at which point is set an iron pipe 3 inches in diameter, 3 feet long, } feet in the ground, marked on the east side, S-l002- 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 feet distant lSxlSXl2 inches.
 Thence N. 67o lO' E. 1884 chains along NV. boundary to corner No. ; at which point is set an iron pipe , inches in diameter, 3 feet long, feet in the ground, marked on S.W. side S.-loO2- Cora. Under this corner broken glass is deposited at base of pipe as a memo rial. Pits are dug lSXlSXl2 inches on lines approaching and departing from corner and 6 feet distant.
 Thence s. 24 . 34' E. 14.91 chains along N. E. boundary to corner No. i. at 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-10O2- -COr-4-W-C. and MIG. on side facing the river. Broken glass is de- posited at base of pipe as a memorial.
 Thence following the meanders Of the kuskOkwim river at ordinary high water mark, along sandy beach down stream from true corner l. N. SSo 4T w. 11.76 chains; ?. $. 6S0 19' w. S.24 chains to Corner No. l, the place of be- ginning, containing 2l.6l acres.
 The U. s. location monument to which this survey is tied is an iron pipe 3 inches in diameter 1 feet long set feet in the ground, marked on the north side U. S. L. M., Bethel M. M. 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.