Iditarod pioneer., 1914-06-06
Alaska Townsites Withdrawal No.

Alaska Townstes Withdrawal No.
 Under and pursuant to the provisions of the act of congress approved March F, 1914 entitled An act to authorize the President of the United States to locate construct and operate railroads in the Territory of Alaska and for other pur- poses,' it is hereby ordered that the fol lowing lands be and the same are hereby withdrawn from settlement, location, sale, entry or other disposition, and reserved for townste purposes:
 Passage Canal-A tract at the head of Passage canal (Portage bay), described as follows:
 Beginning at point one fourth mile due east of the highest point of the most north erlv knob, about 50 feet in height on the well-dehned, glaciated spur between Passage canal tPortage bay and Portage glacier - this knob being approximately one and one fourth miles south of west of the head of Passage canal and running due south one fourth mile; thence due east one and three fourth miles; thence due south one-fourth mile; thence due east one mile; thence due north three miles; thence due west one half mile thence due south one fourth mile; ; thence due west one-half mile; thence due south one fourth mile; thence due west one half mile; thence due south onefourth mile: thence due west one half mile thence due south onc-fourth mile; thence due west one-fourth mile; thence due south one fourth mile; thence due west onefourth mile; thence due south fourth mile; thence due west one fourth mile, more or less, to point due north of the point of beginning; thence due south one mile to point of beginning.
 Placer Creek. A tract at the foot of Portage glacier, described as follows
 Beginning at point one and One-half miles due west and onc-half mile due north of the highest point on the most northerly knob. about fifty feet in height, on the we'll defined glaciated spur between Passage canal Portage bay and Portage glacier this knob being approximately one and one fourth miles south of west of the head of Passage canal and running due north one fourth mile; thence due east one-fourth mile; thence due north one-haE mile thence due east one-fourth mile; thence due north three -f0urths mile; thence due west three -f0urths mile: thence due south one-half mile; thence due west one-fourth mile; thence due south one mile; thence due east onehalf mile more or less, to point of beginning.
 Turnagan Arn--A tract at the head of Turnagan arm described as follows Be ginning at a triangulation point located by the Coast and Ge0detic Survey in latitude 50 degrees 49 minutes 43.2t seconds, long!- tuGe l49 degrees min 33.79 seconds tech ricallv descrbedl, thence due west approXi- mately three Gnd one eighth miles to the above mentioned triangUlatlon point (cen- tralr, thence south f decrecs 21 minutes , seconds east, approximately two and one fourth miles to point of beginning.
 Ship Crcek-A tract of kni]l harbor at the mouth of Ship creek described as fol lows: Beginning at mean high water mark on the east shore of knik arm, at the mouth of Campbell creek, and running due east three miles, thence due north three miles; thence due west to the mean high water mark cn the eaat side of Knik arm thence southwesterly following mean high water mark along the east shore of knik arm to the point of beginning,
 Matanus|ia Riyer-A tract near the mouth of Matanuzsa river described as fol lows: Seward Meridian Township 17 north range 1 east, sections 13 to 15, in elusive; sections p to 27, inclusive; sec tcns 34 to 36, inclusive
 SusitDa ,Iunction.-A tract on the east side of Susitna valley described as follows
 Beginning at 9 point (latitude approxi- mately 6l degrees 45 minutes 40 seconds longitude, approximately l50 degrees min utes vest six miles due east from the point where Willow creek enters Susitna river, and running due north three miles; thence due east four miles; thence due south four miles thence due west four miles, more or less, to a point due south of the point of beginning; thence due north one mile to the point of beginning.
 Talkeetna-A tract at the confluence of the Sustna and Talkeetna rivers described as follows:
 Beginning at the southwestern extrem- lty of the point of land between Talkeetna river and Chunilna creek (which is the first ! large tributary of Talkeetna river from the north, about four miles above the junction of the Talkeetna and Susitna rivers), and running due south four miles; thence due west to the east bank of Susitna river thence northerly and westerly following the i east hank of SuSitna river to noint dIe