Iditarod pioneer., 1913-07-26
Il tho United States Land Office at Nome, Alaska

HI lhU uhitSu etaieo lGhu oltiGO di hoiiOb HIGeho 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 If, 1898 (30 Stat. 4J9) 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 postof1ice address is TacOtna, A laSka, G. A. Fowler, whose pOstOrfice address is Bethel, Alaska, and A. H. TwitchelI, whose postOtfice address is Bethel, Alaska, claiming twenty and sixtyOne hundredths (2O6l) acres of land at Bethel, on the kuskokWim river. Alaska, have made application to the United States for a patent for the said land, as d 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 as follows, to wit:
 peg lllUlI5 dU COIlltt 4NO. l. lutullCdl with corner No. l, Moravian Mission 1 Reserve, Bethel, at ordinary high water mark on Kuskok vim river. from which point U. S. location monument at Bethel bears s. 72o 12' w., 12.95 chains. and SW. corner dwelling 24X3G 1 feet, bears N. p ? 5O' F.. 400 chains: witness corner set N. T . 34' w., I24 chains, an iron pipe 5 inches in diam ! ter projecting one foot above the ground, marked on $. ". side, M-M | Cor -1-W-C. and M-C on side facing the river, and On N. E. side Sl002 Cor-l- WIG. Pit 3Gx3GXl2 inches bears N. 24o 34' w., s feet distant. Mound of earth feet base, feet high, bears N. i 24o 34' ". Of corner
 Thence N. T . 3+' W. l0chains along l w. boundary, from true corner over | rolling land on line l-2 of AIoravian Mis- sion Reserve survey to corner No. :, at which point is set an iron pipe inches in diameter. 3 feet long, , feet in the l 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 feet distant lSxl8xl2 inches.
 Thence N. G7 . IO' F. 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 to.-lOO2- Cora. Under this corner broken glass 1 is deposited at base of pipe as d memo rial. Pits are dug lSNlSXl2 inches on lines approaching and departing from corner and feet distant
 Thence $. 2+o 3+' F.. l497 chains | along N. F. boundary to corner No. i, at ordinary high-water mark on hus6O- kWim river. Witness corner set \. 2+ 3f' w., JS links distant, which Is an Iron pipe inches in diameter, 5 feet long, feet in the ground, marked on \. W . side S-lOO2- -COr-4-W-C. and MIG. on side facing the river. Broken glass is de ! posted at base of pipe as memorial.
 Thence following the meandelS Of the 1 KuSkON river at ordinary high water mark, along sandy beach down stream from true corner ]. \. SS II 1 ". ll-6 chains: ,. $. GS0 IG' ". S.2+ chains to Corner No. l, the place of be- l ginning. containing 2i.Gl acres.
 The U. $. location monument to which this survey is tied is an iron pipe 5 inches in diameter feet long set 1 feet in the ground, marked on the and is situated in the center of the plaza at Bethel Mission.
 Any and all persons claiming ad- verseiy the said land or any portion thereof so described, surveyed and plated as above arc hereby notified that, unless their adverse claims are duly fled 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. SCNDBACk, Register.