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Seward daily gateway., 1924-08-23
JESS WICKERSHAM IS SHOT BY WIFE;
 EVIDENCE OF ROW
(Anchorage Alaskan).

Jess Wickersham, well known res ident of the Chickaloon district, is dead and his wife, a native woman, is in jail. bound over to the grand jury, as the result of farily row at the Wickersham cabin in an h. dian settlement on the Chickaloon river, about two miles above Chick aloon. The woman is said to have admitted shooting Wickersham claim ing that it was done in self defense after he had slashed her hand sev- eral times with a knife. Three shots were fired, one bullet grazing the skull, one entering the neck and the third lodging in the thigh.
 The shooting occurred late Satur- day night and early Sunday morning Deputy Marshals Frank Hoffman and Charles Watson and R. c. Lou dermilch left for the scene after hay ing been advised of the tragedy by Lee Harris. U. s. Commissioner w. H. Rager joined the party at Wasilla and upon arrival at Chickaloon a coroner's jury was impaneled, the verdict being that Wickersham had come to his death as the result of gun shot wounds inflicted by his common-law wife. In relating the details of the tragedy, Mrs. Wicker sham declared that her husband was drunk at the time he attacked her and the officers found ample evi- dence of liquor on the premises, in. cluding four gallons of moonshine fifty of mash and a still The testi- mony indicated that Wickershan had made rpevious assault upon his wife and had been warned at that time that he would not be permitted to beat her up again.
 Mrs. Wickersham and babe il arms were brought to town and lodg ed in the federal pail to await actior b ythe grand jury. The body of thu dead man also was brought to An chorage and is being held at the An chorage Funeral Parlors pending thu receipt of advices from relatives 1T the States, it being understood tha Wickersham was we'll connected. Tht relatives aresupposed to reside ii Arkansas.
 Wickersham was a man about 4 years of age and his wife is no much over 20.
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Notice of Application for Patent
 Serial No O5A15

Notice of Application for Patent
 Serial No. O5415
 In the U. s. Land Office for the Ju- neau Land District
 Anchorage, Alaska, May 15, 1924. In theMatter Of the Application of the ALASKA PACKERS ASSOClA- T1ON, Corporation, for a Soldiers Additional Homestead.
 Notice is hereby given that the Alaska Packers Association, corpo- ration organized under the laws of the State of California, has filed under the provisions of Sec. 2306, Revised Statutes of the United States, in the U. s. Land Office at Anchorage, Alas ka, application, Serial No: 05415, for a patent for lands on the South shore of Naknek River, Alaska Peninsula, Third Judicial Division, Alaska, Lati- tude 58' 43> N, Longitude 157' .02' W. embraced in U. s. official survey No. 1424, containing an area of 6.23 acres, and more particularly described as follows:
 Beginning at Cor. No. 1, whence U. s. L. M. No. 1105 bears s. 83 38r 39H w. 65.O4 chs. distant; thence N. 7.8O chs. to Cor. No. 2; Thence N. 89o 30, E. 796 chs. along the southerly boundary of U. s. amended survey No. 69 to Cor. No. 8; thence s. 7.86 chs. to Cor. No. 4; thence W. 7.96 chs. to Cor. No. 1, the place of be- ginning. Variation 21o 30' East. Any and all persons claiming ad- versely any of the land above de- scribed should file their adverse claims with the U. s. Land Office at Anchor age, Alaska, within the period of pub lication, or thirty days thereafter, or they will be barred by the provisions of the statute.
 J. LINDLEY GREEN,
 Register. First Pub. May 31, 1924.
 Last publication Sept. l, 1924. w
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PAGE THREE
WANTON DESTRUCTION
 FILLS SELD0VIA JAIL

SELDOVIA, Aug. Exchanged with violation of the regulations of the White Bill, for the protection of the fisheries of Alaska, thirty eight Cook Inlet fishermen were talk en into custody this week and lodged in the Seldovia jail, or rather, as many as could be crowded into the jail were lodged there and the over flow offenders are being cared for elsewhere pending the hearing of the cases. The specific charge against the men is that of wanton destruc- tion of fish, herring for the most part. The defendants are employees of three companies operating on the inlet, the San Juan, Fidalgo and one other
 The arrests are the result of an investigation of conditions along the inlet and a determination nthe part of the fisheries bureau charged with the protection of the fisheries, to put stop to waste of fish, of which there is said to have been an unwar- ranted amount this season.
 Photographs have been obtained of large quantities of dead fish scat tered along the shores of the inlet, chiefly salmon, the number of this species wantonly wasted being esti- mateed roughly at upwards of $50,- 900 in one locality.
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DELEGATE SUTHERLAND
 ARRIVES ON AID. EVANS

Delegate Dan 4. Sutherland arfiv- ed from Washington on the Admiral Evans ,and left on the same beat for Kodiak, Ai'tak, and other ports. Mir. Sutherland will visit the interior and returning to Seward, spend several days here. The Delegate had little to say regarding the Territorial com- mitteeman controversy other than that the voters had elected John Frame and he should .be named for the place. Speaking of railroad con- ditions h. stated that the sguabbles and charges arising from Anchorage were hurting the railroad badly and would ultimately result in great harm to the entire district unless the senseless charges against the man. agement ceased. He declarel that many congressman were against the government owning therailroad and it might be thrown into private hands in case the quarrels were kept up MT. Sutherland paid Manager Lee II. Landis a compliment over the showing made in reducing expenses and stated that in his opinion it was a good advertisement for Alaska, as the road must pay or quit running. He declared that it was hard to get appropriations for Alaska, even with the entire support of the people and with continual pickering and quarrel ing over minor matters a feeling of disgust was engendered.
 The Delegate was also more liber- al, in his views regarding the fish, cries, believing that more elastic rul- ings would help the industry, which is the chief and main one of the country to the westward. lie will in vestigate conditions and sentiment ir the towns visited, and will be bette, able to express an opinion upon his return.
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NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
 PATENT
United States Land Office, Anchorage,
 Alaska
Ser. No. O517s, Sur. No. HOO

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That SHUMAGIN PACKING COMPANY, a corporation, as assignee of Haziah George, being entitled to the benefits of Sec. 2306 of the Revised Statutes of the United States and the amend ments thereto, has applied to make entry of lands embraced in U. s. Non- Mineral Survey No. 1400, situate on East Shore of Popof Straits, on Popof Island, on Sand Spit at South Entrance of Humbolt Harbor, in Lat. 55o 1Y 15" North, Long. 160o 31' 30" West, in the Territory of Alaska, and more par ticularly described as follows:
 Beg. Cor. No. 1, cor. not set, wit. cor. bears South 87 links dist; U. S.. L. M., and iron pipe marked U. S. l.. M. Sur. 1146 bears s. 74' 2O' CA" w. 1922 chs; U. s. Coast Geodetic Survey Astronomical Station, a concrete block marked Sand Point Astronomical Station 1913" bears s. IF 50, 20" w. 1925 chs. Mag. Var. 19' OO' East; thence from said Cor No 1 meandering mean high tide of the south shore of Humbolt Harbor CD N 860 38i E. 596 chs; CD N. 820 A, E. 543 chs. (3) N. 79o 15' E. 3.97 chs. to Cor. No. 2, cor. not set, wit. cor. bears South S5 links, Mag. Var. 170 45' East; thence South 1868 chs. to Cor. No. 3 a stone set in ground marked S. 1400. Cor. 3; Mag. Var. 18' 30' East; thence West 15.23 chs. to Cor. No. 4, Mag. Var. 18' 00' East; thence North 11.85 chs. to Cor. No. 1, place of beginning. Area 1909 acres.
 As additional to original homestead entry of Haziah George whose rights are on file in the United States Land Office and are referred to in the Ap- plication filed herein.
 Any and all persons claiming ad- versely any portion of the above des- cribed tract of land are required to file with the Register and Receiver of the United States Land Office at An chorage, 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.
 J. LINDLEY GREEN,
 Register.
 First Publication, May 31, 1924.
 Last Publication. July 26, 1924.
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HUNTING PARTY ARRIVES
 FROM PENNSYLVANIA

A hunting party composed of John B. Sterling, Mrs. John B. Sterling, M. M. Hopewood, Mrs. Charles V. Hoover and son all of Keystone, Pa., came in on the Admiral Evans, and will leave Friday for lower Kenai and the Skilak lake districts, guided by Henry Lucas and George Nelson, the we'll known guides of the lower lake. The ladies will remain in Se- ward while the men hunt, and the party will return by way of Los An geles, and from there over the Santa Fe through the Grand Canyon.
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NOTICE OF APPLICATION U. s. Non-Mineral Survey

Serial No. O5418
 United States Land Office, Anchorage,
 Alaska.
 In the matter of the application of
 Wilbur J. Erskine, for leave to en-
 ter as Soldiers Additional Home
 stead tract of land situate on the
 northeast shore of the northeast
 arm of Uganik Bay, Kodiak Island,
 Territory of Alaska ,and containing
 21.03 acres.
 Notice is hereby given that Wilbur J. Erskine, a citizen of the United States, whose Post Office adress is Ko- diak, Alaska, as assignee of James M. Wyrick, a beneficiary under Section 23O6 or 23O7, United States Revised Statutes ,has filed application to en- ter the lands embraced in U. s. Non- Mineral Survey Mo- 1420, which are situated on the N. E. shore of the N. E. arm of Uganik Bay, Kodiak Island, in the Territory of Alaska, Lat 570 46' 30" N., Long. 1530 23/ 30" w., containing 21.O3 acres, and more par ticularly described as follows, to-wit:
 (Mag. Var. 23' 45, E.)
 Commencing at Corner 1, whence U. s. L. M. No. 1420 bears s. 410 20, 16" E. 9.96 chs, thence meander- ing mean high tide line N. 750 IF w.. 1.29 chs, N. 870 12> W. 4.74 chs, N. 53Q AT w., 1.39 chs. N. 360 40f W. 3.27 chs, N. 840 5O' w. 4.98 chs, N. 520 58' W. 2.61 chs. N. 22o 43, W. IFS chs. to Cor. 2; thence N. 7.57 chs. to Cor. 3, thence E. 1872 chs to Cor. 4; thence s. 15.27 chs. to Cor, 1, the place of beginning.
 Any and all persons claiming any portion of the above described tract are required to file in the United States Land Office, at Anchorage, AL aska, their adverse claim or claims during the period of publication, or within thirty (30) days thereafter.
 Dated this l day of May, 1924.
 J. LINDLEY GREEN, Register U. s. Land Office. First Publication. Aug. ', 1924. Last publication Sept. B, 1924. Dly
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EDITOR HARRY c. STEEL
 LAID UP WITH NEURITIS

A cablegram was received in Cor dova from Harry Steel, publisher of the Cordova Daily Times the other day, stating that he was laid up at Baltimore with an attack of neuritis, and that he would leave for the west as soon as he was strong enough to start. Harry accompanied a brother about a month ago to the Johns Hop kins hospital at Baltimore, where he remained with him during two opera tions, both of which were successful so that he will be able to leave the hospital within two weeks. When Harry was about ready to start for Cordova, via California, he was him. self afflicted.
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NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
 PATENT
Serial NO. H55O7

Serial No. 65507 In the Matter of the Application of John F. Mullen, for a Soldiers Ad- ditional Homestead.
 Notice is herepy given that John F. Mullen, a citizen of the United States, under the provisions of Sec. 23O6, Revised Statutes of the United States, has filed in the United States Land Office at Anchorage, Alaska, application Serial No. 05507, for a patent for land on the North Side of Portage Bay, Alaska Penin- sula, approximately three miles northeast of the Indian Village of Kanatak, embraced in U. s. Survey No. 1449, containing an area of 24,S2 acres and more particularly describ- ed as follows, towit:
 Beginning at corner No. l, whence U. s. L. M. RGMKTA bears s. 42o 52, 2@ w. 2021 chains distant; thence N. 1925 chains to corner No. 2; thence E. 24.21 chains to corner No. 3; thence s. 1924 chains to corner of No f; thence W. 24.21 chains to corner No. 1, the place of be- ginning. Latitude 570 34' North. Longitude 155o 57> West. Varia- ton 21o 3O,-22o 15' East. and as set forth in the official plat of said survey, certified copy of which is posted with this notice.
 Any and all persons claiming ad versely any of the above described land should file their adverse claims with the United States Land Office at Anchorage, Alaska, within the period of publication or thirty days there after, or they will be barred by the provisions of the statute.
 Dated at Anchorage, Alaska, thisi 2nd day of June, 1924.
 J. LINDLEY GREEN,
 Register. First publication June 12, 1924. Last Publication Sept. 1, 1924.
 Daily, sixty days continuously.
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BAD INDIAN KILLED BY
 NATIVE AT LAKE TETLIN

Dawson Luke a bad Indian, in other words muy malo hombre, was wiped out recently at Lake Tetlin, in the Fourth division. Luke had caused a reign of terror for several days, running amuck with a high power rifle. Little Old John, or Lat Tetlin, as he is better known remov- ed the menace to the tribe by pump ing Luke full of lead as he was att tempting to kill chief Luke. Lat Tetlin was tried by the tribe and ac- quilted, but the chief felt that white mans law should rule so sent word to Marshal Stevens at Fairbanks. The officials investigated the shooting and recommended a medal for let lin.
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NOTICE OF APPLICATION
U. S. Non-Mineral Survey No. 1450
 Serial No. O55OS.
United States Land Office, Anchorage,

United States Land Office, Anchorage, Alaska,
 In the Matter of the Application of WILBUR J. ERSKINE, for leave to enter as Soldiers Additional Home stead a tract of land situate on the northwest shore of Portage Bay, AL aska Peninsula, Territory of Alaska, and containing 25.33 acres.
 Notice is hereby given, that Wilbur J. Erskine, citizen of the United States, whose Post Office address is: Kodiak, Alaska, as assignee of Emma Hinkley, widow of Arteman Hinkley, deceased, a beneficiary under Section 23O6 or 2307, United States Revised Statutes, has filed application to en- ter the lands embraced in U. s. Non Mineral Survey No. 1450, which are situated on the N. w. shore of Port age Bay, Is mile west of the Ma tive Village of Kanatak, on the Alas ka Peninsula in the Territory of Al aska. Long. 1853 58t w., Lat. 57' 34 N., containing 25.33 acres ,and more particularly described as follows, to- wit:
 (Mag. Var. 220 3O E.)
 Commencing at Cor. 1, whence
 U. s. L. M., R. G. M. K. T. A.
 bears N. 610 22' IS" E. 12.79 chs.
 and whence Cor. 2, R. G. M. Sur.
 No. 452, bears N. 540 r E. S.94
 chains, and whence Wit. Cor. to Cor. 1 M. c. Sur. No. 1419, bears
 N. 6S0 54, fl" E. 39.27 chains,
 thence s. 6O9 chains to Cor. 2,
 thence meandering mean high tide
 line s. 56' 39' w. 5.34 chains, s.
 52o 5S w. 7.26 chains, s. 50' 34
 w. 4.21 chains, s. 400 8 w. 3.6O
 chains, s. 29o O6' w. 3.64 chains,
 s. IF 20, w. ALA chains to Cor.
 3; thence N. OO' I ". 25.97
 chains to Cor. 4, thence E. 1883
 chains to Cor. 1, the place of be-
 ginning, in T. 30 s. R. 42 w.,
 Seward Meridian.
 Any and all persons claiming any portion of the above described tract are required to file in the United States Land Office, at Anchorage, Al, aska, their adverse claim or claims during the period of publication ol within thirty (3O) days thereafter.
 Dated this End day of May, 1924. J. LINDLEY GREEN,
 Register, U. s. Land Office. First Publication July 26, 1924. w Last Publication September 27, 1924
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Notice of Application for Patent

Notice of Application for Patent
 Serial No. 05417
 In the U. s. Land Office for the Ju- neau Land District.
 Anchorage, Alaska, May 15, 1924. In theMatter of the Application of the ALASKA PACKERS ASSOCIA- TION, Corporation, for Soldiers Additional Homestead.
 Notice is hereby given that the Alaaska Packers Association, a corpo- ration organized under the laws of the States of California has filed un- der the provisions of Gee. 2306, Re- vised Statutes of the United States, in the IT s. Land Office at Anchorage, Alaska, application, Serial No. O5417 for patent for lands on the East shore of Anchorage Bay, an arm of Chignik Bay, Alaska Peninsula, Third Judicial Division, Alaska, Latitude o6" IF North, Longitude 15S' 23' West, Va1iati.n n 2O0 co, East, embraced in U. s. official survey, No. 1423, contain ing an a1ed of 15.60 acres, more par ticularly described as follows:
 Beginning at corner No. 1, icen- tical with Cor. No. 4 of U. $. Sur vey Nc, 3O7, whence U. s. L: M. No. 3O6 bears s. 540 13' 25n West 34.!9 chs. distant; thence N. 32 35, E. 13.40 chs. to cor. No. Z; thence E. 3.33 chs. to cor. Nc. 2; thence $. 1864 chs. to cor. No. ], thence w. 10.54 chs. to cor. No. 3; thence N. 1.36 chs. to cor. No. !, the place ct beginning, Any ard all persons claiming ad- verselv anv of the land above describ- ed sho:.ld file their adverse claims with the U. s. Land Office, at Anchorage, Alaska, within the period of publica- ton, or thirty days thereafter, or they will be bar,ed by the provisions or the statute
 J. LINDLEY GREEN,
 Register. First publication May 31, 1924. Last publication September 20, 1924.
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INTERIORITES WED

Miss Elizabeth Kirkpatrick and Peter McMullen were married in Manhatten, Kansas on the 9th of August according to word received in Fairbanks recently. Mrs. McMullen taught home economics at the Alaska College for two years and while there made a host of friends.
 MT. McMullen is also very we'll known in the territory and at the present time is deputy marshal at McGrath.
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First Pub. May 31, 1924. Last publication September 20, 1924
Notice of Application for Patent

Serial No. 05414 In the U. s. Land Office for the Ju- neau Land District.
 Anchorage, Alaska, May 15, 1924. Iii theMatter Of the Application of the ALASKA PACKERS ASSOCIA- TON, a Corporation, for Soldiers Additional Homestead.
 Notice is hereby given that the WAlaska Packers Association, corpo- ration organized under the laws of the State of California, has filed under the provisions of Sec. 2306, Revised Statutes of the United States, in the U. s. Land Office, at Anchorage, Alas ka, arnlication, Serial No. 05414, for a patent for lands on the East shore of Ugashik River, Alaska Peninsula, Third Judicial Division, Alaska, Lati- tude 57' 33/ N., Longitude 157o 35/ w., embraced in U. s. official survey v No. 1426, containing an area of 6.38 acres, and more particularly describ- ed as follows:
 Beginning at Cor. No. 1, M. C., on the E. shore of Ugashik River, whence U. s. L. M No. 23A bears N. 6 O8r O3" w. 56.24 chains dis tant; thence E. 6.34 chains to Cor. No. 2; thence s. 8 05' E. 1000 chains to Cor. No. 3; thence w. 6.53 chains to Cor. No. 4, M. C.; thence by mcanders along E. shore of Ugashik River, along line of mean high tide, N. 6' 5Y w. 9.98 chains to corner No. 1, the place of beginning. Variation 21o co, East.
 Any and all persons claiming ad- versely any of the land above describ~ ed should file their adverse claims with the U. s. Land Office, at Anchorage, Alaska, within the period of publica- ton, CT thirty days thereafter, or they will be barred by the provisions of the statute.
 J. LINDLEY GREEN,
 Register. First Pub. May 31, 1924.
 Last publication Sept. 1, 1924. "
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LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
Notice of Application fer Patent

Notice of Application fer Patent
 Serial No. O5413
 In the U. s. Land Office for the Ju- neau Land District.
 Anchorage, Alaska, May 15, 1924. In tieMatter of the Application of the ALASKA PACKERS ASSOCIA- TlON, Corporation, for Soldier S Additional Homestead.
 Notice is hereby given that the Alaska Packers Association, corpo.. ration organized under the laws oI the State of California, has filed un- der the provisions of Sec. 23O6, Revls- ed Statutes of the United States, III the U. s. Land Office at Anchorage, Alaska. application, Serial No. O5al3, for natent for lands on the South shore of Naknek River, Alaska Pe- ninsula. Third Judicial Division, Alaska, Latitude 58o 43r N., Longi- tude 157o O1, w., embraced in U. s official survey No. 1425, containing an area of 1892 acres, and more particu- larly described as follows:
 Beginning at Cor. No. whence U. s. l.. M. No. 8A bears S. TT 1Or AZ" W. 35.O1 chs. distant; thence IN. lU.UI ems. lO COT. ANo. 2, NJ. C. on the beach on the 5. shore of Naknek River, at line of mean high tide; thence by me anders along line of mean high tide on S. shore of Naknek River as follows: CD N. 67o AZ E. 2.53 chs. CD N. 79o 4OI F. 2.43 chs, (3) N. 49' IF E. 2:62 chs (4) N. $50 40, E. 5.91 chs, (5) N. 6O0 43, E. 1.42 chs. to Cor. No. 3, NJ. C.; thence s. 17.18 chs. to Cor. No. 4; thence W. 12:83 chs. to Cor. No. ], the place of begin ming. Variation 21' 15, E. Any and all persons claiming ad- verseiv any of the land above descrlb,, ed should file their adverse claims wltf the U s. Land Office at Anchorage Alaska, within the period ot puoIiica- tion, or thirty days thereafter ,oi they will be barred by the provisions ol w J. LINDLEY GREEN,
 Register. First Pub. May 31, 1924. o, ", Last publication Sept, l. 1924 "
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NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS

Notice is hereby given that taxes on real and personal property in the Town of Seward, Alaska, for the year 1924, will be delinquent on the 18th day of November, 1924, at 5 o'clock P. M., and that unless paid prior thereto, five per cent. will be added to the amount thereof.
 That taxes may be paid between the hours of 9 a. m. and 5 p. m., from and including September 1 to and including November 18th, ex- cluding Sundays and holidays at the office of the Town Treasurer at Syl- via's place of business in Seward.
 Dated at Seward, Alaska, Aug 19, 1924.
 k-27 VIM. H. WHITTLESEY,
 Municipal Clerk.
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RICH STRIKE MADE
 IN ESTER DISTRICT

Gold bearing ore running S25O to the ton has been struck on Ester creek, in the Fairbanks district, ac- cording to Charles Benson, who re- turned this week from Fairbanks. Messrs. Henderson, Thomas and Smith are in the pay, and indications point to a large ore body.