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The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-08-16
Serial 01654, Sur. 1109 In the United States Land Office, Jul neau, Alaska, May 24, 1917.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
 PATENT

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Andrew Grosvold, as assignee Of De borah A. Luthy, being entitled to the benefits of Section 2306 of the Revised Statutes of the United States and the amendments thereto, has apphed to make entry of the lands embraced m United States Non-mineral survey NO; llO9 situate on Sand Spit at SanG Point. Humboldt Harbor, Popof Island Shumigan Group, District of Alaska more particularly described as fol- lows: ,,ub
 Reg. cor. No. 1 at ordinary high tide beach Popof Straits, cor. not set, wit. cor. bears North 1.35 chs. dlSt.; from which wit. cor. Sand Point Post Office bears x. S5 deg. 31 min. b.; thence from true cor. No. North 1g37 chs. to cor. No. 2, cor. not set, wifi cor. bears South 0.S7 chs; from which wit. cor. U. :. l.. M. Sur. ll40 bears s. 7S deg. 01 min. w. lS.O6 cnS'' Astronomical Station bears .. 70 deg 29 min. w. 1901 chs; thence from true cor. No. 2 meandering beach at ordinary high tide, Humboldt Harbor and Popof Straits CD :. S5 deg. 5S min. w. 5.19 chs. @ s. S4 deg. 29 min. w. GOA chs. (S) :. v deg. II min. w. l.76 chs. (4) :. 59 deg. lS min. w. los chs. (5) :. 3l deg. 4S mn. w. l.O2 chs. (6) :. deg. l2 mn. W. O.92 chs. (7) $. S1 deg. II min. E. 6.IO chs. (S) $. 36 deg. 0l min. E. 4.O6 chs. (9) s. 45 deg. 27 min. k. 3.S2 chs. (lO) $. 54 deg. 10 min. k. 7.55 chs. to cor; No. l, place of beginning. Area 1I,S2 acres. Variation at all corners l9 deg. 10 min. East. Lat. D deg. Is min. Al sec. x. Long. 150 deg. Sl min. OO sec. w.
 As additional to original homestead entry of Deborah A. Luthy, widow ot Godfrey Luthy, No. 5199 and 59I5 en- tered at BoOnville, Mo, which sad scrip is filed in Juneau Serial Ol654.
 Any and all persons claiming ad- yerseiy 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 Juneau, 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.
 ANDREW GROSNOLD,
 By NEWARK L. BURTON.
 Attorney in Fact. First publication June 9, 1917.
 Last publication Sept. ,, 1917.
 IT Is HEREBY ORDERED THAT the foregoing Notice be published for the statutory period in The Gateway, a newspaper of general circulation printed at Seward, Alaska, the near est newspaper to said above described claim or survey.
 c. B. WALKER, Register.
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NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
 PATENT

NOTICE is hereby given that the NELSON LAGOON PACKING COM PANY, corporation, as assignee of George c. Laws, being entitled to the benefits of Section 2306 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-mineral survey No. 1218 situated around and including Harbor Point, Port Moller Spit, Der ing Sea, Alaska, and more particular ly described as follows, to-wit:
 Beg. at M. c. Cor. No. on beach of Port Moller at average high tide, cor. not set, wit. cor. granite in ground marked s. A. H. 1, N. l.. P. c. w. c. bears East 1.55 chs. dist; from which wit. cor. U. S. l.. M. No. HAS bears N. 33 deg. 50 min. E. 111.64 chs. dist; 4. 77 chs. from M. c. Cor. No. to M. c. Cor. No. 2, cor. not set, wit. cor. a granite set in ground, marked s. A. H. 2, N. L. P. c. w. c. bears West 3.59 chs. dist; from which wit. cor. U. S. c. s. M. bears N. 32 deg. 55 min. E. 105.48 chs. dist; thence meandering shore of Sand Spit Port Moller at ordinary high tide CD s. 23 deg. 40 min. w. 400 chs; (2) s. 19 deg. 31 min. w. 600 chs; (3) S. 24 deg. 26 min. w. 3.64 chs; (4) $. 30 deg. 34 min. w. 500 chs; (5) 2S deg. 21 min. w. 3.49 chs; (6) N. deg. 02 min. E. 4.40 chs; CD N. IA deg. 3S min. E. 300 chs; (8) N. % deg. 26 min. E. 7.54 chs. to M. c. Cor. No. 1, place of beginning. Variation at all corners 19 deg. 40 min. E. Latitude 55 deg. 55 min. IT sec. N. Longitude 160 deg. 34 min. w. Area 7.64 acres.
 AS additional to original homestead entry of George c. Laws. H. E. 958 at Ironton, Texas County, Mo.
 Any and all persons claiming ad- verisely 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 Juneau, Alaska, their adverse claim thereto, under oathAduring 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 May 15, 1917.
 Last publication August 23, 1917.
 TT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the foregoing notice be published for the statutory period in the Seward Gate way, a newspaper of general circula- tion printed at Seward, Alaska, the nearest newspaper to said above de. scribed claim or survey.
 c. B. WALKER, Register.
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NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
 PATENT

Notice is hereby given that NEIL SON LAGOON PACKING COM PANY, a corporation, as assignee of John Betcher, being entitled to the benefits of Section 2306 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-mineral survey No. 664, situate on Sand Spit at Port Mol Ter about IA miles west of U. $. Sur. HAS and 1-2 mile Northeast of Har- bor Point, Port Moller, Bering Sea, Alaska, and more particularly de- scribed as follows, to-wit:
 Beg. Cor. No. 1 shore Port Moller
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First Pub. Aug. s, 1917. Last Pub. Oct. Is, 1917.
Serial O1SO1, Survey 73O. In the United States Land Office, Jul neau, Alaska, May 24, 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 M. 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, S. 7SO. bears West 2.05 chs. dist; Saltery building bears x. l4 deg. 10 min. E. TIT chs; s. w. Cor. wharf bears N. 47 deg. 0S min. k. 1.46 chs; thence West 424 chs. to cor. No. 7 rock set in ground marked s. 730 cor. No. 2; thence North 7.75 chs. to cor. No. $ an iron pipe set in ground marked $. 730 Cor. No. 8 from whence U. S.. l.. NJ. 730 bears s. 70 deg. 33 min. R.. S.99 chs; JohnSon'S Hill bears $. 3 deg. 26 min. w.; thence East 9.OS chs. to cor. No. an iron pipe set in ground marked s. 730 cor. No. 4; thence South 2.15 chs. to NJ. C. Cor. No. D, cor. not set, wit. cor. rock in ground marked s. 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.. l.6l chs; (2) $. 4S deg. 59 min. w.. S.S3 chs; (3) s. 37 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. D min. East. Long. 157 deg. 10 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 OlS02 to which reference Is here by made.
 Any and all persons claiming ad- verSely 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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NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
 PATENT.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That under and in pursuance of the Act of Congress of May IL, 1898, as amended by the Act of Congress ot March 8, 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 Of Latouche, upon Latouche Island, m the Territory of Alaska, has made ap- plication for a patent to a tract of land situated upon the westerly shore of Latouche Island, in the Territory of Alaska, containing 1885 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. TIP. 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 Oc- tober ?, 1861, to October 10, 1864, in Company "T," 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 60 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. 1, meander corner, upon the easterly shore of La touche Passage at the point where said shore line is interSected by the north erly 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 of said Shore Lode mining claim, United States Survey No. 5S4; thence south 27 degrees 51 minutes west, following the easterly boundary or line of said Shore Lode mining claim, patented, 3.131a chains to Corner No. 8; thence south 61 degrees 57 minutes east along the northerly boundary or line of the Julia Lode mining claim, United States Survey No. 5S4, patented, 5.42 chains to Corner No. 4, from which said Cor ner No. 4 United States location mon ument No. 1 bears south 7S degrees 35 minutes west, 23.60 chains distant; thence north 27 degrees 57 minutes east along the westerly boundary or line of Gravina Lode mining claim, United States Survey No. TSP, 20.32 chains to Corner No. 5; thence north 61 degrees 27 minutes west, 2.1S chains, following the southerly end line of Beach Lode mining claim, United States Survey No. TSP, to Cor ner No. 6; thenee due west BPS chains to Corner No. 2, Meander Corner, upon the easterly shore of Latouche Pas sage; thence following the meanders of said shore line as follows:
 First course, south 77 degrees 45 minutes west, 1.50 chains; second course, south n degrees 45 minutes west, 1.10 chains; third course, south 56 degrees 15 minutes west, O.8O
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Serial No. 01675 NOTICE OF SOLDIERS ADDITION AL HOMESTEAD ENTRY
United States Land Office, Juneau Land District, Juneau, Alaska, April 6, 1917.

6, 1917.
 Notice is hereby given that the Alaska Fishermen's Packing Com pany, a corporation organized under the laws 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. s. Non-Mineral Survey No. 11O6, situate in Latitude 58 deg. DO min. 34 sec. North and Longitude 156 deg. 57 min. 0 sec. West on the northerly shore. that is to say, the right bank of Graveyard Slough above its Junc- tion with kvichak River, which said river is a tributary of Bristol Bay an arm of Bcnng Sea, in the Third Judi. cja, Divis Cn of the Territory O. Alas ka, and more particularly described as follows, tO-wit: Beginning al MIC Cor ner No. !, running thence West ll.SS chains to Corner No. 2 from which Corner No. U. s. l.. M. Survey No. 1lO6 bears North 30 deg. 31 min West a distance of 5.56 chains; 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 3.75 chains; North 33 deg. 2S min. East 4.53 chains; North Al deg. 10 min. East 216 chains; North 20 deg. 46 min. East S.22 chains; North 9 deg. 04 min. East 3.92 chains; North l deg. 49 min. West 2.86 chains to Corner MIG Corner No. l the place of beginning, comprising 17.4O acres; Magnetic variation P deg. 45 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 25, 1917.
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No. O2762.

In the United States Land Office a
 Juneau, Alaska, June 2l, 1917.
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Serial 02860

IN THE UNITED STATES LAND
 OFFICE, JUNEAU, MAY ', 1917.
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Serial O1SOS, Survey 664 In the United States Land Office, Ju- neau, Alaska, May z, 1917.
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First Publication August 1, 1917.
 Last Publication October II, 1917
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-03-13
Jay coNpo.l

from his West Virginia colleagues, but
personal popularity and party regular
ity are two distinct and separate at.
fairs. The West Virginians have al.
ways been party organization men and
stood for party discipline and regular.
ity-some Of them, at any rate,-when
1t probably meant defeat.
Happily for the Democrats in the
House their only trouble, but it is a
great one, is getting enough votes to
re-elect Champ Clark. Their candi.
date IS popular, all right, probably the
most popular man in the entire mem.
bership of the House. There is no
sulking nor insurgency in their ranks,
and they are for Old Champ with a
whoop and several hurrahs. There
Is great danger that he may not only
attract a majority Of the five independ-
ents, but that he might get the sup
port, either directly or otherwise, of
some of the so-called Independent Re.
publicans.
No matter who is elected Speaker
1t Is a dead certainty that the next
House will be run on a nearer fifty
fifty basis than any House within the
recollection Of this living generation
1t will be too evenly divided as to
membership to expect anything else.
Since 1911, the House has been large
ly Democratic that it lost whatever de
Lucrative value 1t ever possessed. 1t
was, indeed, rubber.stamp branch Of
the government, and stood for the whip
and spur when party leaders inside or
outside its membership decided to
make use of them. II the members of
the House take advantage of this near.
ly equal division of responsibility, the
House should be able, in the minds of
close students to get back great deal
Of the prestige and national respect
which were lost by it years ago.
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until August II next hsIibe ia ysarS
old. know that his are q authentics
He doesn't look or appear 10 DO moro
than rs. and is as active % an ordiS
nary man OF 60 years, and he has en-
joyed excellent health all HIS LIE. I
was talking with him Just q few daya
ago at his home on the banks OF the
Guyan," said Mr.. Bennett and h0i
said to me: "If live until next Au,i
gust and feel that I'm hera+tnr
many more years yet-ITl be III. I
was born in Scotland In 1886, the year
before George Washington went Out
OF office.
"The one man whispered to me u
few weeks ago that he was spartan
a widow near his home. He laughed
and said: In case hitch again |
want you to come to the wcddin', oIly.
for she's mighty pert gall I'll be
here with bells on" concluded Mr..
Bennett
The story preceding is taken from
recent issue OF the Parkersburg SEN
tinel. Readers of the Herald Dispatch
will remember the story of Mr.. Drys-
dalo recent appearing in these coll
umns. Mr.. Bennett, described by the
Parkersburg paper as a resident Of
Guyandotte, could not be located last
night.
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ALERT, BUOYANT
SNAPPY, G!NGERY
THAT'S HOW YOU FEEL WHEN
YOU TAKE OLD HlcK-
DRY TONIC

You'll feel all dressed up and ready
for anything II you take Old Hickory
Tonic for while. The blues" will
simply fade away and you'll go after
the hardest tasks as II they were play
Why? Because Old Hickory Tonic
drives the poisons out of your blood
and puts good red blood in place OF
them. 1t sharpens your appetite until
there is not nick in it. The kidneys.
liver and bowels are toned up and
made to do their work properly. You'll
then not only be able to eat with more
relish, but you can digest what you eat.
Old Hickory Tonic is not patent
medicine. It is made fro mthe private
formula OF a family of physicians who
used It in their own practice for over
a half century with wonderful results.
Go to your druggist this very day
and tell him you want a good big hot.
tie OF Old Hickory Tonic. Or. better
yet. ask him for special law price on
six bottles and take 1t regularly for
awhile. You'll find 1t one OF the best
investments you ever made. To be
sick is the most costly thing in the
world.
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BY CHARLES saooKe SMITH.

ment, organization, and the getting
down to the business of legislating for
The country's defense and the mainte.
nance of her rights uron seas and upon
land. Death mas already played par.
in shifting the strength OF the two par.
tics back and forth. and the death of
the veteran Sulloway, OF New Hump.
shire shifts The membership figures
back to tie. When the battle lines
are formed on the 16th OF April there
VIII BIO one or the other parties with
the advantage Of one and possibly tvs,
and both bidding for the support Of
the five independents, who hold the
balance OF power, but who say that
they will WELD Il patiotically and with.
out partisan prejudice TO the hamper.
ing and delay Of expeditions orkaniza.
ton of their branch.
The Republican party in the House
is confronted with the harder task, be.
cause OF the fact that all Is not har.
mony. due largely II not altogether,
TO the unpopularlty of Minority Leader
Mann who is, Of course. expected to be
the Republican candidate. Mr.. Mann's
ability iSnt in question, but many OF
his personal characteristics are. Mann
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THE LEAGUE or liberals

IRON New York comes report that negotiations are
under way with Progressve-Republicans Progres.
siye-Democrats. Pohbitonsts Socialists and repre-.
senatiyes of other parties to meet with committee Of
Progressives and discuss plans for the formation Of
league Of liberals.
On the surface the only politician who is active in ,h,
movement is Matthew Hale acting chairman of the Pro-
sressSe national committee, and it viii be impossible to
Hom correct estimate of the value or even of the motives
ot the movement until the people who are working behind
the scenes are known
If the movement is sincere one why have those who
have in charge overlooked the invitation which was held
out IN the platform adopted by the Prohibition party at
her National convention last yearp That party although
4 cannot in full truth exactly be called liberal organz
atom has stood for some of the called Progressive pol
ices tor generation and last year, taking note of the
fact that the mission which brought into existence is about
accomplished and of the exgencies Of politics which follow
ed the National conventions at Chicago invited all who
were not willing to go back 10 the Republican party 10
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A Dependable Medicine.

Lydia f. Plnkham's Vegetable Com.
pound is a dependable root and herb
medicine. It has made place for it.
self among the great mass of people,
because thousands of sick women have
tried it and proved that ii will accom-.
plish all that is claimed for ii. No.
thing unfavorable can honestly be said
about it. 1t does not contain injuri.
Gus drugs. 1t is a root and herb rem.
edy founded upon a physicians pre-.
scription and Is manufactured for a
specific purpose. That 1t accomplishes
this purpose Is proved by thousands
and thousands of convincing testlmon.
ials.
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WASHINGTON NEWS -
GOSSIP ~ szzzzs. sz5azs sz5z.1:

WASHINGTON, d. c.. March "a
The members of the House of Repre-.
sentatives will have to wend their yari
Gus ways back to Washington along
about the first Of April. Although. the
special session of the Congress does
not start until April 18th. there will he
party caucuses early, probably as early
stem days before the 18th, in prepare.
ton Tor q spectacular contest over the
organization OF the House branch. The
international situation, and pressure
Of pubiir opinion on Congress caused
thercbys viii Es6ly sorGstau any long.
drAwIi.oit deadloSs, but the clash OF
the parties is expected to be spectacu
lar and Sensational, nevertheless.
There Is being some tall claiming
done, but nobody knows who will be
elected Speaker, and which party vii!
uuntfol the committees and the ma.
uhihety Of the House. 1t may be neitt.
er party, but bipartisan arrangement.
hnd there again the trend of warlike
niinlrA may be the deciding factor II
? state of actual war prevails at the
time the Congress convencs. public
opinion IL not likely to condone any
deadlock but demand prompt agree.
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president cARRAMzA.

D grace Of an election" held Sunday Venustiano
D Carranza, the pompous First Chief of the Mexican
armies, will be naugurated presiden. Of the re-
public In other words the de facto government Of Mex
leo will become de jure and Caranza will be the whole
works in law. In spite of the general use of that term
his government has in fact been the government Of
Mexico and the election of Sunday is not going to i'm
prove the situation materially
No government succeed in Mexico without the &C.
tive support of the government of this country and the SYM
pahy and confidence of the people who live on this side
of the Rio Grandc whatever support he had from the
government at washington he aienaed by permitting him
self to be ckcd by the agents of Germany and he never
did have the confidence or support of majority of the
american people, What going to happen to him. there
are growing calmer and this may induce President Wilson
to help the Mexicans work their problems on Car
ranza.basis, but onc-can be sure of that
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support the Prohibition candidates For time the prae-
teal politicians Of the Prohibition party held up the de-
beratons of their convention in the hope that some SORT
Of alliance with Prosressiyes who had been left adrf
by the peculiar action of the Progressive convention could
be effected The movement was without result that time.
but doubtless the invitation still stands Unless some move
of the kind thought of last year brought about the
Prohibition party will have to go out of business.
There would be some practical political logic in such
alliance But league of liberals at this tme-wel
we doubt very much if the country will want any more
hot house political organizations for some time to come
They never amount to anything and they not nfrequeny
When the time is ripe for new party, one which will
play an important part the history of the country it will
come like the great Republican paryAright from the peo-
pie The present New York movement does not have very
much Of that kind Of backing