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The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-08-11
Serial No. 016T5 NOTICE OF SOLDIERS ADDITION AL HOMESTEAD ENTRY
United States Land Office, Juneau Land District, Juneau, Alaska, April 6, 1917.

Land District, Juneau, Aiasha' Aprli
 6, 1917.
 Notice is hereby given that the Alaska Fishermen's Packing Com many. a corporation organized under the iaws of the state of West Virginia, has made application to the United States Land Office at Juneau, Alaska, pursuant to the laws of the United States, to make Soldiers Additional Homestead entry of land embraced in U. $. Non-Mineral Survey No. 1lO6, situate in Latitude 58 deg. 50 min. 34 sec. North and Longitude 156 deg. 57 min. o sec. West on the northerly shore. that is to say, the right bank of Graveyard Slough above its Junc- tion with hvichak River, which said river is a tributary of Bristol Bay an arm of Berlng Sea, in the Third Judi. ciai Diyis cn of the Territory oe Alas ka, and more particularly described as follows, to-wit: BegiEning al MIC Ior- her No. ', running thence West ll:SS chains to Corner No. 2 from which Corner No. 2 U. s. l.. M. Survey No. llO6 bears North 30 deg. 3l min West q distance of 5.56 chalns; then run ming from said Corner No. 2 south 1874 chains to Corner No. 8; running thence East 5.5S chains to MIG Corner No. 4; thence by meanders along the line of mean high tide, North 6 deg, 33 min. East S.75 chains; North S3 deg. 23 min. East 4.53 chains; North Al deg. 40 min. East 216 chains; North 20 deg. 46 min. East 3.22 chains; North 3 deg. 04 min. East 3.92 chains; North deg 49 min. West 2.S6 chains to Corner NC Corner No. l the place of beginning, comprising 17.4O acres; Magnetic variation 22 deg. 40 min. E.
 c. B. WALKER, Register. IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the foregoing notice be published for the statutory period in the Seward Gate way, a newspaper of general circula- ton printed at Seward, Alaska, the nearest newspaper to said above de- scribed claim or survey.
 C. B. WALKER, Register. First publication May 23, 1917.
 Last publication August p, 1917.
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NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
 PATENT.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That under and in pursuance ot the Act of Congress of May IA, 1898, as amended by the Act of Congress or March 3, 1903, granting additional land to soldiers and sailors who served in the army and navy of the United States during the Civil War, the un- dersigned, KennecOtt Copper COrpor- ation, a corporation, the post office ad- dress and place of business of which said corporation Is at the Town ot Latouche, upon Latouche Island, m the Territory of Alaska, has made ap- plication for a patent to a tract ot Iand situated upon the westerly shore or Latouche Island, in the Territory Of Alaska. containing 1895 acres entered in the United States Land Office at Juneau, Alaska, under the serial num- Der O2762, and surveyed and plated as United States Survey No. Il2. The said Kennecott Copper Corporation has entered upon the said tract of land as the assignee of Henry J. Engell, who served in the army of the United States during the Civil War, from De- tober ?, 1861, to October 10, 1864, in Company "I," Seth Regiment of New York Volunteers, and who received an honorable discharge from said ser vice.
 The said tract of land lies upon the easterly shore of Latouche Passage upon said LatOuche Island, Territory of Alaska, at Latitude 50 degrees O3 minutes north, Longitude 147 degrees 54 minutes 50 seconds west, and IS adjacent to the Town of Latouche Alaska: a more particular description of which said tract is as follows:
 Beginning at Corner No. l, meander corner, upon the easterly shore of La touche Passage at the point where SalC shore line is interSected by the north erlv end line of Shore Lode mining claim, known as United States Sur vey No. 5S4, patented; thence south so degrees 34 minutes east, 2.34 chains to Corner No. 2, being iden' tical with the northeaSterly corner ot said Shore Lode mining claim, United States Survey No. 5S4; thence south 27 degrees 51 minutes west, following the easterly boundary or line of SalC Shore Lode mining claim, patented 3.131s chains to Corner No. 3; thence south 61 degrees 57 minutes east along the northerly boundary or line of tho Julia Lode mining claim, United State: Survey No. 5S4, patented, 5.42 chain: to Corner No. 4, from which said Cor ner No. 4 United States location mon ument No. 1 bears south 7S degree: 35 minutes west, 23.60 chains distant thence north 27 degrees 57 minute: east along the westerly boundary ol line of Gravina Lode mining claim United States Survey No. TSP, 2O.S: chains to Corner No. }; thence nortl 61 degrees 27 minutes west, 2.l' chains, following the southerly en, line of Beach Lode mining claim United States Survey No. TSP, to Cor ner No. 6; thence due west BPS chain to Corner No. 2, Meander Corner, upol the easterly shore of LatOuche Pas sage; thence following the meander of said shore line as follows:
 First course, south n degrees Al minutes west, 1.50 chains; secon course, south n degrees 45 minute west, 1.10 chains; third course, soutl 56 degrees 15 minutes west, O.S
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Serial O1SO1, Survey 73O. In the United States Land Office, Jl neau. Alaska, May "A, 1917.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
 PATENT

NOTICE is hereby given that John Fl. Olson and Ned Olson, partners un- der the name of Olson Brothers, as assignee of Ezra Bartholomew, being entitled to the benftS of Section 23O6 of the Revised Statutes of the United States and the amendments thereto, has applied to make entry of the lands embraced in United States Non-min- eral Survey No. 730, situate on right bank of King Salmon Creek about 2la miles above it's confluence with Kvichak Bay, Alaska, more particu- larly described as follows, to-wit:
 Beginning NJ. C. cor. No. on beach King Salmon Creek at average high tide, cor. not set, wit. cor. rock Tn ground marked w. C. Cor. No. l, :. 7SO. bears West POS chs. dist; SaItery building bears x. IT deg. 10 min. k. TIT chs: :. w. Cor. wharf bears N. 47 deg. OS min. F.. 1.46 chs; thence West 4.24 chs. to cor No. 2 rock set in ground marked s. 73O cor. No. Z; thence North 7.75 chs. to cor. No. 5 an iron pipe set in ground marked :. 7SO Cor. No. from whence U. ;. l.. M. 73O bears s. 70 deg. 93 min. E. S.99 chs; JohnSon'S Hill bears $. D deg. 26 min. w.; thence East 90S chs. to cor. No. an iron pipe set in ground marked $. 730 cor. No. 4; thence South 2.15 chs. to M. C. Cor. No. D, cor. not set, wit. cor. rock Tn ground marked :. 730 Cor. , w. C. bears North 100 chs; thence meandering beach King Salmon Creek at ordinary high tide CD s. 25 deg. 26 min. w. 1.61 chs; (2) s. As deg. 59 min. w. 3.S3 chs; (3) s. S7 deg. 42 min. w: 2.O6 chs. to NJ. C.. Cor. No. 1, place of beginning. Area 5.76 acres. Variation at all corners 23 deg. 35 min. East. Long. l57 deg. 40 min. w. Lat. 5S deg. 52 min. Is sec. North.
 AS additional to original homestead entry of Ezra Bartholomew, No. .........., entered at Iowa. Scrip filed in Juneau Ser. O1SO2 to which reference Is here by made.
 Any and all persons claiming ad- verseiy any portion of the above de scribed tract of land are required to file with the Register and Receiver of the United States Land Office at Ju- neau, Alaska, their adverse claim thereto. under oath, during the period of publication or within thirty days thereafter, or they will be barred by the provisions of the Statute.
 C. B. WALKER,
 Register
 First Publication August 1, 1917.
 Last Publication October II, 1917
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No. O2762.

In the United States Land Office a Juneau, Alaska, June 2l, 1917.
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Serial O3562, Survey HAY In the United States Land Office, Jul neau, Alaska, May z, 1917.
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Survey 66S, Serial O1797 In the United States Land Office, Ju- neau, Alaska, May 2, 1917.
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Serial O16S7, Sur. 23O. In the United States Land Office, Ju' neau, Alaska, May "A, 1917.
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Serial 0oS60

IN THE UNITED STATES LAND
 OFFICE, JUNEAU, MAY 2, 1917.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-08-11

First Pub. Aug. s, 1917. Last Pub. Oct. IS, 1917.
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First Publication August 1, 1917.
 Last Publication October II, 1917
The Wrangell sentinel., 1917-01-11

Steamer and thus be- able to handle the local business offering.
 Special attention may be drawn to the fast times now being made in the movement of freight trom points in the Eastern and Central States to Alaska, Shipments have recently been moved from Chicago to Juneau in fifteen days via Van couver ard the Princess Steamers at the lowest rates Tn effect by any other route.
 The Canadian Pacific Company have set the pace in service for the last seventeen years to 5. E. Alas ka, this Winter for the first time such fine steamship as the Prin- cess Sophia will be kept in service all Winter, the present fortnightly sailings being continued until Feb urafy. when ten day schedule will be maintained, leaving Wrangell Southbound Thursdays and Sun days alternately.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1917-01-11
Wdshington,s Birthday
 To Be Celebrated By WrangeN Firemen
Will Give Grand Ball in Com memoration of Birth of the
 Father of His Country

There was an interesting meeting of the Wrangell Fire Department Monday night. In addition to the regular routine several matters oi rew business were taken up.
 A motion prevailed that the Town Council be petitioned to build a fire hall, and also erect a suitable tower for drying hose.
 A disbursement of S45.75 was made to cover the Hast three fires and the amount distributed among the members.
 Chief Carlson reported that the fire hydrant near the Sentinel of. flee was frozen.
 Chief Carlson reported that he and Mir. katZenmeyer had made an inspection of the stove pipes foi the south side and found some IT very bad condition, especially among the Natives.
 It was voted to hold a grand ball on Washington's birthday. The following dance committee was ap- pointed: Harold Duggan, Ed La Bounty, Ernest Campbell, L. A. Olsen and NJ. Nusshaumer.
 The following were appointed a committee on firemen s badges, Chief Carlson. F. E. Gingrass and Ed La Bounty.
 Following the meeting there was a most enjoyable lunch. \ bushel or two of succulent shrimps, to- sether with the usual accompani- ments were consumed.
 The formal ad nment took place at 9 o'clock, but 1t was near midnight when the members dis persed.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1917-01-11

terest in them was keen to the last.
 ] Mir. Finlayson knew nothing of his. relatives. He had a brother who came to America. and who later enlisted as a soldier in the Civil wa. He was never heard from after the war.
 Over 30 years ago Duncan Me Kinnon wrote to the authorities in Mr. Finlayson's native town in an effort to learn the exact date of his birth. MT. Mckinnon received a reply stating that the records had been destroyed by fire, and that it was therefore impossible to give the information desired.
 For some years past "Old Uncle John," as he was familiarity called, made his home in a cabin to the rear of the City Store, and was supported by Donald Sin clair. But Uncle Johns attitude towards Mr. Sinclair was not that of beneficiary towards a benefactor. He had been per- mitted to butter around in the store so long that he had come to feel that he was part of the es- tablishment.
 About a year ago Uncle John was granted a pioneers pension of S10 a month.
 Uncle John wa, rot a ladies' man. One of the remarkable things about his life was that he lived over hundred yeass with out any matrimonial entangle- ments. Last year a lady who was a stranger in Wrangell met Uncle John in the City Store and engaged him in conversation. Owing to his great age she was interested in his past and asked questions concerning his early ad- ventures in the north. Forget tlng for the moment that it was ieapye she asked him if he had ever married. He promptly re- piled: Not yet. "
 Uncle Johns hobby was fish ing. Whenever the weather would permit he could usually he
The Wrangell sentinel., 1917-01-11
CANADIAN PACIFIC
Has Made All Plans for the Proper Care of Both Freight and Pas senger Business to and rom
 the North in 1917

Ever mindful of the transpor- tation needs ot the residents of Alaska and the Yukon Territory the Canadian Pacific Company have made all plans for the proper care of both freight rnd assenger busi- ness to and from the North during 1917.
 One can leave Hongkong or Shanghai in China, travel across the Pacific to Vancouver, make a side trip to Alaska, proceed on across Continent by rail, mostly double track. then on across the Atlantic to Liverpool or London without leaving tie rails or the steamships of the Canadian Pacific. This is the Company that has re- gently appointed Mir. F. Matheson as their Wrangell representative who is in a position to route pass engers or freight from or to any point desired and check passengers baggage to any destination. The splendid steamship Princess Sophia will operate continuously until the end of May, wben the service will be augmented by the addition of the steamers Princess Alice and the Princess Charlotte. The Pr.n- cess Ena, freighter, nill take care of coal, livestock, explosives and any freight not taken care of by the other steamers mentioned. Notwithstanding the tourist busi- ness in Summer Months, the Can adian Pacific Co.'s Agents in $. E. Alaska will hold definite allotment of staterooms on each Princess
The Wrangell sentinel., 1917-01-11
White House To . Be Picketed Bp
 Suffragettes
stectal casleeram 10 The sentinel.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10. Suffra- gettes, after a futile appeal to President Wilson for his support of the Anthony amendment, have announced plans of retaliation whereby the White House will be picketed with silent senti- nels. They propose to make it impossible for the president to enter or leave without encoun- tering a sentinel bearing a device pleading for the suffrage cause.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1917-01-11
ILLUSTRATED LECTURE AT GYMNASIUM NEXT
 WEDNESDAY NIGHT

Brigadier ]. Mclean. Divisiora al Comm ander of British Columbia. Alaska and the Yukon, will visit Wrangell on Tuesday and Wednes- day, January IS and I7.
 On Tuesday evening he will con- duct a public meeting in the Army Hall, and OR Wednesday evening he will deliver an Illust1 ated Lee ture. Subject: From Newfound- land to California" in the St. Phil ip's Gymnasium at 8 o'clock. Ad- mission. JOG.
 The public are cordially invited to attend.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1917-01-11
TRANSFER MAY TAKE
 PLACE ANY DAY
Steamer NorthernPacific Now Running Between
 Frisco and Honolulu
.sc.. u casiegtnm ts 1hs Ser.InsI.


 SEATTLE, Jan. 10. - Through Louis W. Hill. president of the Great Northern Railway, II. F. Alexander, has secured for the Pacific Steamship Company an option or the Steamships Great Northern and Northern Pacific, and can tahe them oyer any day he elects.
 The S.S. Great Northern is now running between San Francisco and Flavel. Oregon.
 The s. s. Northern Pacific is now running between San Fran cisco and Honolulu
 found fishing off the dock. Two years ago a hakbut over eight feet long took his hook. He tied the llne and got row boat and went out by himself and brought in the halibut which was more then tWlce his own weight.
 Uncle Johns funeral was held in the Redmen's hall Tuesday forenoon and Was largely atten1- ed by both whites and Natives The funeral service was conduct ed by Captain Robert smith Of the Salvation Army. The script ure lesson, the 90th Psalm, was read by the Rev. H. P. Corser. The songs used were: 'o God, Our Help in Ages Past, '' Near CT My God to Thee, D and Work for the Night is Coming" Miss Margaret Bronson Nas organist for the occasion.
 The pail hearers were: H. D. Campbell, Charles Borch, Harry Wallace, Pat Lotus, Oscar Carl son, J. l. McTague.
 Interment was made in the Wrangell cemetery, the body be- ing buried alongside the graves of Mr. and Mrs. Duncan McKin- ron. It was Uncle John Whe originally laid out the McKinnon plat in the cemetery and with stakes and logs ie marked off a a place for a grave for himself also.
 Uncle John was man of re- markable vitality, and was In possession of his faculties to the last. He sat up ill a chair less than two hours before his death. He had a good appetite and al- ways ate heartily of wholesome food. He never suffered from in- digestion. He was an inveterate smoker.
 The death of John Finlayson removes from the scene of oarth-- ly activity one of the oldest men in the world. In the scriptures we are told that the allotted num- Der of years of a mans life are three score and ten. Uncle John lived more than half again that number of years. It is reasonably certain that no one who knew him will ever have the privilege of knowina ano,herman of his re If the story of his life were writ ten it would be a story of advent ure and one that would reaG more like fiction than real Lie.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1917-01-11
LOGAN BILLINGSLEY DEMANDS IMMUNITY
 FOR HIS BROTHERS
SteeiaI Cablegram 10 The , Scntinel.

SEATTLE, Jan. 10. - Logan Billingsley is demanding that his brothers, Frederick and Ora, be granted immunity as the price ot his pleading guilty. Billingsley contends that his brothers are as much entitled to immunity as that granted E. J. Margett.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1917-01-11
,seeriai catf,gram to The Sfn.illsi.

PETRoGRAD, Jan. 19.-Prince Golitzine. a senator member of the Council of the Empire, has been appointed premier to suc- Trepoff.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1917-01-11
LIVED MORE THAN
 ONE HUNDRED YEARS
Remembered the Battle of Waterloo Was
 Born in Scotland

John Finlayson, the oldest man in Alaska, possibly the oldest man in.the world, passed away in Wrangel at 1:15 Sunday after noon. The exact age of MT. Fln- Iayson was not known, but there is scarcely any doubt that he had lived at least 106 years. He re- membered the battle of Waterloo which occurred 102 years ago.
 John Finlayson was born near Strathpeffer in Rosshire in the north of Scotland. At an early age he was indentured as an ap- prentice at the tailor's trade. He worked as a journeyman tail- or in the. city of Glasgow for sev- eral years previ us to the enact ment of the Reform law in lS32s ss--~-
 In 1949 Mr. Finlayson was lured from his native land to America by the discovery of gold in California. When he reached the gold fields the excitement had somewhat subsided, and he remained there but a short time. He is known to have been in Canada as early as 1853.
 In commenting upon his death, Fred Lynch said: T first knew John Finlayson in the Frazer River country in 1858. He was an old man then. Even at that time his hair and beard were gray. 1 also knew him in the Caribou country, and in the Casiar, and in other places in Canada. never knew him to work a day for any one else. In this respect he was a typical prospector. He never made any big stakes, but generally had all the money he needed in order to get along. He was not a man to mingle much with his kind. His attitude to- wards his fellow beings over fifty years ago was very little different from what 1t was the last few years of his life hero in Wran- gell.
 In the Casiar country in 1874 MT. Finlayson met Duncan Me Kinnon, a fellow countryman. A yer later MT. McKinnon came to Wrangell and engaged in the mercantile business. In 1887 Finlayson came to Wrangell and made his home with the Mckin- mons, ana as time went on he be- came very much attached to the family.
 Mrs. McKinnon died in Septem- Der, 1899, and Mir. Mcklnnon passed away in January, 1900. After their death Mr. F'inlayson seemed to feel that the respon- sibility for the welfare of the McKinnon children rested upon him. Miss Etolin McKinnon was married several years ago, and is now residing in Scotland. John McKinnon is at present a resident of Wetaskiwim, Alberta, Canada. But the absen e of John and Etolin from Wrangel did not cause them to grow out of the life of MT. Finlayson. His ln-
The Wrangell sentinel., 1917-01-11
Juneau Standard Oil Agent Is Arrested On
 EmbeZZlement ChdrQe
Stecial Cablegram to The Sentinel.

SEATTLE, Jan. 10. Frank E. Bradley, Juneau agent of the Standard Oil Company, was ar rested today on a charge of en- bezzling funds of the company.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1917-01-11
Harry Kendall Thaw
 Arrested Tn NeW York
 On Kidnapping Charge
Stccinl cnslccram ta Yhc S.ntin.I.

NEW YORK, Jan. 10.-Harry Kendall Thaw, the slayer of Stan ford White. was arrested today charged with kidnapping Fred Gump, aged 19, from Kansas City. then assaulting him in a room in a New York hotel.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1917-01-11
NEWLY MARRIED MAN
 TAKES HIS OWN LIFE
Special Cablesram 10 The statiari.

SEATTLE, Jan. 10. = Edward Tibbett, aged 21, recently mar ried and sick in bed, com- mitted suicide this morning by shooting himself while his wife was eating breakfast.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1917-01-11
Hi Gill Expects
 To Be Indicted by
 Federal Grand Jury
.Stecial Coblegram to The .Sentinel.

Sbecial Coblegram to The Sentinel.
 SEATTLE, Jan. 10.-Mayor Hi Gill announced today that he be- lieved that the Federal Grand Jury would indict him.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1917-01-11

D. M. Mcdonald, N. Nelson, and k. enSen arrived from PeiersbDrg Saturday.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1917-01-11
PETER MCCORMACK GETS IMPORTANT NEWS FROM
 JUNEAU FIRST HANDED

Recently Mir. and Mrs. P. C. Mccormack went to Juneau. Mir. returned alone, Tues day he received the following cable message
 Ronald Leonard Mccormack, born at six this norning, NiEc and one half pounds. All is well.
 - L. ?. DAWES"
The Wrangell sentinel., 1917-01-11
RUSSIAN PREMIER RESIGNS;
 SUCCESSOR IS APPOINTED
Sfe.saI aBlestam 10 zhe Sentlnei.

LONDON, Jan. 10. - Russian Premier Alexander Trepotf has resigned.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1917-01-11
Whereby the Utah Copper Company Will Take Over the Kennecott Copper Corporations Entire
 Holdings in Alaska
Including the Alaska Steamship Co. Morgan and the Gugenheims Are Stockholders in Both Utah and
 Kennecott Corporations
Special Cablegram to the Sentinel

SEATTLE, Jan. 10-Negotiatons are in progress lock- ing the purchase by the Utah Copper Company of which Col D. C. Jacklng manager of the Kennecott Copper Corporations entire holdings in Alaska including the Alas ka Steamship company.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1917-01-11

Nick Parsons came in from Shoe maker Bay Sunday.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1917-01-11

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 10-The purchase, which Col. D. Jackng admits being talked about of the Kennecott Corpora ton with all it's Alaska holdings including the Alaska Steamship Company by the Utah Copper Company big deal reported being worked Morgan and the Gugenhems which would the ownership and control of properties estimated be worth four hundred and fifty million dollars.
 Morgan and the Gugenhems stockholders both the Utah and Kennecott corporations.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-17
REPRISAL
WORRIES
GERMANS
tunItcd prss. Leased wire.)

LONDON, Oct. l7.-indica-
lions that Englands determination
to exact full measure of retalia-
ton for German air raids has al
ready caused lively apprehension
In German cities were noted In
Holland dispatches today.
For 16 days now not one Ger
man air raider has ventured over
England. In the eight days inn
mediately before that the German
"baby killers" made six air at
tacks and killed 81 persons,
wounding 249.
1t was this sudden concentra-
ton OF ruthlessness that resulted
in a national demand for reprisals,
which was answered by the gov
eminent yesterday in Chancellor
of tho Exchequer Bonar Laws for
NAL announcement in commons
that reprisals were planned.
The Munich Post was quoted In
Holland dispatches today as depre-
eating all aerial raids over open
cities.