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NOTICE OF APPLICATION U. s. Non- Minaral S,,,,ro,r
D. NOH-NI1neraI Survey {.
No. 141O.


 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 situated 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, citizen of the United States, whose Post Office address is Kodiak, Alaska, as assignee of James M. Wyrick, beneficiary under Sec ton G306 or 1907, United States Re- vised Statutes, has filed application to enter the lands embraced in U. s. Non- Mineral Survey No. 142O, which are situated on the N. B. shore of the N. B. arm of Uganik Bay, Kodiak Is- land, in the Territory of Alaska, Lat. 57 deg. 46 min. 30 sec. N., Long. 153 deg. 23 min. 30 sec. w., containing 2l.03 acres, and more particularly des- cribed as follows, to-wit: (Mag. Var. 23 deg. 45 min. E.)
 Commencing at Corner l, whence U. s. l.. M. No. 1420 bears s. Al deg. 20 min. 16 sec. E. 9.96 chs, thence me- andering mean high tide line N. 75 deg. IF min. w. 1.29 chs, N. 87 deg. 12 min. w. 4.74 chs, N. 53 deg. AT min. w., 1.39 chs. N. 36 deg. 40 min. w. 3.27 chs, N. 84 deg. 50 min. w. 4.98 chs, N. 52 deg. 58 min. W. 2.61 chs. N. p deg. 43 min. w. IFS chs, to Cor. ?; 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 1st day of May, 1924.
 J. LINDLEY GREEN, Register U. s. Land Office. First publication Nov. IA, 1924.
 Last Publication Jan. 27, 1925.
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ASK THAT PlTTMAN ACT BE
 AMENDED APPLY TO SILVER

SEATTLE, Jan 8.-The Alaskan de- partment of the Chamber of Com merce also passed an urgent resolu- tion demanding that the Pittman act be amended so as to enable the Sc. attle assay office to pay dollar an ounce for silver, which would place it on the same basis as other assay CTS.
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FRATERNAL ORDERS

SEWARD LODGE NO 21o, F. & A. M.
 A Stated communications first KGXand third Wednesdays of each W \month; visiting brethren well come, J. P. Hannon, w. M.; Harold Painter, Secretary.
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SOVIET GOVERNMENT WAS
 RESPONSIBLE FOR REVOLT

LONDON, Jan. S.-Documentary evidence proving that Moscow is re- sponsible for the communists revolt, will be presented to the League of Nations, according to Esthonian off, cials, who charge the Soviet govern ment with supplying the insurrection army with money, men and munitions.
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BRITISH COLUMBIA VOTES
 TO SELL BEER OVER BARS

VICTORIA, B. C., Jan. 8.-British Columbia will have beer bars, the members of parliament voting wet today 28 to 15, after long battle, cab inet ministers opposing on another in the final ballot
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If you don't get your paper before six o'clock please phone us and one will be sent by special messenger.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-08-19
AGED Man, DYING IN CALIFORNIA
AIMS HOUSE, OFFERS GOVERNMENT
COLD BURIED in ALASKAN CLAIM


| him and he was asked to mark the
location of his holdings. The maps
were Immediately returned to the
satisfaction CT the experts here.
Directs With Hand
On one map he drew n large hand
pointing to the direction Of his claim
With the caption: "Unclc Sam, the
gold is here. -
The death of his partner has re
leased Jensen from his solemn prom
Use not to divulgc the claim 5 loca-
tlon. Now a naturalizcd American
citizen he wants "to turn it over
to the greatest government in the
world.
This dying Swcdc. fricndlcss in
an almshouse does not want to sell
his rich mine because the money can
not help him now.
Naval authorities have assured
him they will investigate his claim
at once, an unusual commitment,
because the government is bescigcd
by cranks = with schemes and of
tcrs which cursorv scrutiny dis
closes to be worthless.
Meanwhile, Jensen says another
Alaskan gold rush is coming and
it will be in the direction of Sunrise.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-08-19
Bedtime Stories
BY HOWARD e. GARIS
Copyright, 1923, by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate
UNCLE WIGGILY AND THE
WHISTLE BIRD

Once upon time, as Uncle Wig
gily was hopping through the woods
| not far from the hollow stump bun
galcw, looking for a cool place to sit
down aud rest and. perhaps, to have
an adventure, all of sudden the
rabbit gentleman heard loud
whistle.
'lf | were in my automobile now,
running away from the Bob Cat, :
said the rabbit to himself q
would say that was a traffic police
dog whistling for me to stop. But |
am not in my auto and | sec no po-
lice dog. | wondered who whistled'
He hopped along little further and
again that loud, clear whistle sound
ed through the woods.
lit sounds like some of the boy
animals, thought Mr.. Longcars.
Hu}ly Notail the frog used to whistle
very much like that and 50 did
Buddy the guinea pig chap wonder
if II is either of thcm?'
He looked through the trees, but
could see neither of these chaps. But
s,ill. again, that clear whistle sound
cd and then the bunny gentlemn saw
flash of red, like Il streak of fire,
or red painted fire engine dashing
along.
" Ha! Maybe that : Il fireman :
whistle! had better look out for
Danger, : cried The bunny, getting
ready to run.
But there was 4 swiShing sound in
the air near him and the flash Of red
fiIs came nearer. while the whistle
sounded more loudly and clearly
tkar before.
And then Uncle Wiggilv saw Il
most beautiful red bird. with red
crest of feathers on his head. and
some black feathers around his
heak, perched on Il limb near hy.
- Hello, Rcd Bird or Fire Bird.
whichever YOU call your>elf,' greet
ed Unclc Wiggilv joyously. How
are you'''
''Oh. m fine.' answered the
rcd feathered creature. But |
would IKE you to call me the Whist
le Bird, for love to whistle.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-08-19
FREE LOVE- CASE.
ENDED AS WIVES
OBTAIN RELEASE
by United Press Leased Wire

! SAN BERNARDlNO, Cal, Aug
10 Barstow $ famous free love
case was ended today as the prin.
cirals were released from the Local
Eil and returned to their homes.
Bessie and Ollie McCleliand,
wives of brothers and Homer and
Cecil Wavmirc, brothers, obtained
tltir freedom on Il writ of habeas
corpus.
The McClcllaud sisters elopcd two
months ago with the Waymirc broth,
Ell, former ''star boarders at the
McClclland homes in Barstow. Ac,
cording to complaining husbands.
the quartet toured the state IN an
automobile for several weeks, tax
ing the children with them.
When the case was called for trial.
however, the husbands relented and
refused to testify against the ser
ring wives Superior Judge A
lson hcl. there was insufficient
evidence to show Il crime had been
committed and issued the writs of
hUhcas corpus.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-08-19

trail hoping to catch the bunny,
md when the Weasel saw the rabbit
sitting upon the grass under a tree
the Weasel said:
Nov is my chance. His back
is toward me. II creep up'and nib
bic his ears. The Weasel did not
sae the Whistle Bird, but the Whist
le Bird saw the Weasel.
And, all of sudden. the Cardinal
gave several long. shrill whistles
and dartcd through the bushes.
Oh. there 5 a fire. ! hear the
engines whistling, | see the red hose
carts, There : fire! | don t want
to be burned : cried the Weasel
And away he ran without hurting
the bunny.
You saved my ears, Whistle
Bildl' laughed Uncle Wlggily
''Thc Weasel heard your song and
saw your flashing red wings AND
thought there was something burn
ing. Ha. Ha. II was good trick!
= Yes. / am glad | could help yo1
for YOU were kind to me to give me
crumbs, - sang the Cardinal. And il
ever YOU see one near your home
and hear his fine whistle, YOU may
know what a lovely bird he is.
And if the fountain pen docsn I
sit down in the paste pot while it i:
waiting for the letter carrier t,
write his name on Il postage staml
Il tell you next about Uncle Wig
eily and the baby frog.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-08-19
CAPITAL STOCK
LISTS TO OPEN
ON SEPTEMBER l

Capital stock tax lists showing the
amounts Southern California corpor
ations paid us tax on their capital
Stocl. during the last year will be
opened for public inspection on Sep
tcmber !, the date ON which income
tax lists will also be released to the
public. under instructions received
from Washington by Collector Of
Internal Revenue Rex b. Goodccll.
The capital stock tax is based on
a levy OF 81 on the fair value of
each $1,000 of capital stock over
$1,000.
The capital stock lists will be open
for inspection at all times during
cacl. working day beginning Septcm-
bcr | and thereafter from Q o clock
Until noon, on Thursday, Friday and
Saturday of each week.
Capital stock tax collections for
the l924-25 fiscal year were Si,76l,
;i322, an increase of $337, i5i over
the previous year.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-08-19
CLAIMS BLONDES
HAVE MORE VlC0R
THAN BRUNETTES
by United pres. Leased wire


LONDON, Aug. 19-England has
discovered with surprise that the sly
Young English women who swept a
before them I. in, the information
Sports contest at Brussels are pI
,nounced blondes. = 2af
Is this, it is being asked, mercl
coincidence or does it mean that
the most successful women athletes
are fairhaireds @ 81
Scientific authorities say that. so
far as the Anglo Saxon type is CON
ccrned, the victorious woman ath-
lctc is overwhelmingly the blonde
rather than the brunette.
"Thosc six young Englishwc.
men, "says Professor w. Pyccraft,
director of the althropological see
ton of the British Natural History
Museum, are the survivors of tho
active, vigorous, native Nordic
stock of the British Isles.
"They ought to be good athletes,
for their forefatncrs came from the
most vigorous race, both mentally
and physically, known to history.
's1hev lived outdoor lives; they
were raiders and hunters, and their
descendants ought naturally to CA
eel in outdoor sports of every sort.
''But they are dying out through
intcrmarriagc with bruncttes and
through living in crowded cities un-
der artificial conditions. Some au-
thorites think that, within two
generations, the United States will
contain no blondes, except few
immigrants. That means thai the
United States, IKE Engla ~, will
grow indifferent 10 outdoor sports,
prefcrring The pastimes of the dark
/ haired races --,;,ncins, gaict" and
,,uht 1ifa -
Imperial Valley press., 1925-08-19
DRY LAW PLANS
DISCU USSED AT
SECRET CONFAB

WASHINGTON, Aug. l9.-Assis
ant Secretary of the Treasury And.
re"S instructed IS prohibition off
cials on enforcing the Nolstead law
at Il three hour secret conference in
TIE interior department s auditor
ium.
andrews outlined his roorganiza
tion and said his decentralization
scheme would start Sept rs schcd
uIed.
Prohibition Commissioner IIaync>
addressed the convention after
Andrews. delivered his lecture. \
round table discussion followed.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-08-19

And ! like to hear You, said
the bunny. "'Was that YOU whis-
ting little while ago. thought
it was one Of the boys.
Il whistled, answered the red
bird, fitting his beautiful wings.
Nv right name is Cardinal. but I
like. better, to be called the Whistle
Bird.
"'Thcn | shall call YOU that, : de-
e:Gcd Uncle Wiggily. And il was
such JOY to hear your whistling
song. and it gives me so much pleas
ure to look al YOU, that | am going
to give YOU Somc crumbs | happen
TO have in my pocket. You see ]
often put in my pockets cookies and
cakes for my little rabbits and they
cat all but the crumbs. >
Il shall be glad to have the
crumbs said the red bird. And
when he had eaten them he whistlcd
another jolly tune for the bunny and
filtered his red wings.
All this while the sly old Weasel
was creeping up on Uncle Wiggily S
Imperial Valley press., 1925-08-19

The wild real estate boom at Rockaway, New
York City, has slowed up, for that tempts
to moralize little.
The speculative works. it appears, have been clog
ged with bogus checks. Uncertifed checks were ac-
cepted in a great many cases. Sellers took them be-
they wanted quick action and quick profits.
Pungers deliberately wrote checks for which they had
no funds in the bank, in the expectation of selling
promptly at profit and covering the worthless paper.
Sometimes they caught. Brokers and banks have
had lot of trouble, and have been forced to employ
extra clerks to trace the paper Real estate operators
fear that many contracts will be void.
Perhaps the real estate values are bogus, too. But
let that pass.
This experience is another proof that honesty in
financial transaction is fundamental need, in
speculation. But it proves at the time that spec
wherever people start making money out Of nothing,
taking extravagant profits moral standards up
set and people regard lying stealing and forg
cry wrong. Where profits earned by work and
real service, morality has chance.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-08-19
ny United Press Leased Wire

WASHINGTON. Aug. ia dy-
ing man in California aims house
has offered the government untold
wealth. 1t is gold, buried in his
claim in Alaska, he says.
And officials here are inclined to
take him seriously,
Jcns Harold Jensen. 9l.year-old
prospoetor, trappcr and sailor, III his
letters to the navy department,
Iaakes only one condition. The gov
crnment must work the claim and
take out the gold which lie has seen
there III great banks.
After months of study he has pre-
pa,ed maps for the government s
guidance.
Tale Of Adventure
Ills story of the claim and how he
found it is IA tale of high adventure,
hardship and tragedy. Shipwreekcd,
pursued by bandits, and broken in
spirit, Jens wandered up and down
the Pacific coast. When the great
Alaskan gold rush started in 97 the
!liendless man started toward the
frozen north. Two years of pros
pccting followed - ever searching
never finding. Then one winter =
light he dragged himself into the
bleak trading post of Sunrise. lie
had been without food for weeks
except game, he had killed. He hop
cd TO trade the furs he had saved
for Il grubstakc and tools to replace
those lost in wreck off Cook Inlet.
At the post he met Charles Sven
sen. Swenscn had found gold but
the trcachcry of former partner
had left him stranded. That part
.ncr had taken their small food sup
plv and deserted him, Just as winter
settled down.
Takes Oath Of Secrecy
''Swcnsen approached me and we
talked for u long WHILE Jensen
relates in one of his letters. As
a result. / there swore before God
never during the lifetime of Sven
scn to divulge the location of the
claims which we were to share.
When the winter lifted the two
men set out from Sunrise with sup
pies and equipment. That summer
they located and filed the claims.
In the fall Jensen took his share of
the gold they had mined and return
cd to the United States. After that
he made Is ffips TO Ntaskr, mining
each time enough gold to carry him
over until his next journey.
Jensen has been in communication
with the navy department since 1916
First he wrote TO Secretary Daniels
regarding the possibility of a naval
attack ON the unprotected Pacific
coast. Later he wrote of his Alaskan
claim.
photographic maps wero sent to
Imperial Valley press., 1925-08-19
NEW SCHEDULE ON TEXAS
CRUDE OIL ANNOUNCED

PALLAS. Tex, Aug. 10 = The
Magnolia Petroleum company an
nounced a new sehedula on Texas
crude oil today, becomin. effective
Immediately. The new scale Of
prices at wells range from 81 "A bar
rel sfor ea. gravity up to $2.31 for
i t gravity and above.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-08-19
Cyclone Strikes
Devastated Area
ny Uaited Press Leased Wire

II z UKFH4SBOKO, IT.. Aug. ID
!. cyclonc struck Murphvsboro late
yesterday, just exactly five months
since a twiStcr ieveled the city, kill
ing 226 people.
No lives were reported lost in tie
twister today but several buildings
were mroofed.. and newly construct
cd houses danNSsed. @'rhc loss was
estimated between $4,000 and $50
600. -.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-08-19

WOMAN COLLAPSES
ON TRAIN; MAY DIE

CHICAGO, Aug. 19.--Policc com
munieatcd with authorities in Los
Angeles i'll an attempt to establish
the identity of an cxpensivcly
dressed woman who collapsed with
Il cerebral hemorrhage as her train
drew into Chicago.
y slip of notebook paper i'll the
woman : baggage bore the name,
Elizabeth Misc, J2s9 Fountain
street, Hollywood, California.
Physicians say she may not live.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-08-19
THE HONING PRINCE

With the Prince of Wales now doing" South
America and destined to return home before long the
British people asking what he do next.
He will have visited all the five continents and will
pretty we'll have covered the earth There will be
worlds for him conquer, in his charming social
way. He might start in and repeat, but good
traveller may we'll shrink from attempting that Hercu-
lean task second time. Think of facing several years
OF continued motion dinners and speeches.
The Prince might settle down and marry. That is
what his family and subjects would like. But he has
never been matrmonially disposed.
Oh, WE'LL it isn't problem Let the Prince do
what he likes-which he will, anyway. The thing
about him is that when he does get back home, he will
know the world better than any other prospective king
emperor did, and will have larger numbers and
varieties of people well disposed to him than any other
ruler ever had.
The Prince of Wales has been a sort of publicity
man for the British Empire, and for the hereditary
royalty that tops it as with keystone. He has made
good to remarkable degree. He is nowhere regarded
as superman; but then. rulers seldom supermen
and the modern system of constitutional monarchy
does not require then, to be.
The important thing is that people like him, and
that leading of nearly every country in the world
have met him and shaken his hand In future years.
world policies and the fate of nations may be determn
ed by the fact that statesmen and captains of indus
try IN distant lands say, with reminiscent glow
OF pleasure, Il knew him when.''
Imperial Valley press., 1925-08-19
Use Tractors AS
Rams In Battle
NY Unitrd Pres. Leased wire

SANTA CLARA, Cal, Aug. 10 -
Tank warfare, with most of the ac.
compartments except splitting ma
chine guns. took place in II nearby
field here not long ago.
Two tractor statesmen, demonstrat
ing for the same prospect = en-
gagged IN an argument about how the
demonstration happened. After I;
few words they mounted their charg.
els and began mancuvcrs.
The tractors, not possessing all
the warlikc advantages of war
tim, tanks, were abandoned after 4
few bumps which did little damage
and then tire men dcscendc,t and
rcsortcd to the primitive method =
fists
One of the two WIS charged by
the other with battery rs n result
OF their keen vepmmercial rivalry.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-08-19

Earthquakes minor afflicton. Italys been
having EN- right along for 5000 years and isn't bit
discouraged about it.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-08-19

Nice thing about clean pa jamas is
the possibility of fire docsn I wor-
~ YOU much.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-08-19

First meeting Of National Ant-Crime Commission
has been held in Judge Gary's office in New York
Why not in the office Of electrical magnatc
hemp importer?
Imperial Valley press., 1925-08-19

Burglar leads hard life. Never
caE wear good clothes. Always liable
to get holes shot in them.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-08-19

San Juan county, Washington, is
being settled rapidly. The acreage
of 1928 in wheat, corn, potatoes,
barley and oats shows from ten to
- per cent increase.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-08-19

1t il probably libel that Mussolin talks to him
self, Canadian paper suggests, because Hes just
addressing the Cabinet" He does it so he can hear
something sensible.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-08-19

Seeing that we have Elks Moose and Eagles,
why not the Ancient and Honorable Order Of Apes
Or If that doesn't sound quite right something dgni-
fled like Sons of the Evolution" Life suggests
Imperial Valley press., 1925-08-19
RIVAL PROSPERITY

Georgia has been worrying lately about the Flor
ida boom. Atlanta business especially alarm
ed Some Of them say that if the local exodus to Flor
ida continues, their city will be empted. At best,
they fear serious loss of trade prosperity and local
values.
An experienced business observer tells them not to
worry. In article in an Atlanta newspaper he says
Atlanta should rather rejoice Flordas remark
able development. The loss, he is sure, is transient
The outcome will be greatly increased market in
Florida for Georgia products Atlanta, he remarks, is
the natural hub for distribution of goods to the
rounding states and with the state south of it grow
ing rapidly, it can't lose.
He is doubtless right about it. Similar business
philosophy can nearly always be applied save for
the fears of one city state section, that
rivals prosperity will be its undoing 1t seldom
works that way, except in places which had any
genuine advantage in local natural cit
izenship.
Prosperous communities do not ruin each other
They fhnrS
Imperial Valley press., 1925-08-19

If you could fastcn your money up
lS tight as a bottle OF olives all the
burglars would staryc.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-08-19

People who smoke never seem to
Lave matches and those who wear
hair never seem to have hairpins.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-08-19

We sometimes think that very successful man.
in this country is who has devote all his time
and energy TO living up to his success.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-08-19

Trucks are not yet really efficient. They could
do better work in pounding the roads to pieces if they
were equipped with solid cast-ron tires.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-08-19

Come 10 think of it, the Founder Of Christianity
seemed strangely unconerned about theories Of
ton caring less about how was made than how he
behaved
Imperial Valley press., 1925-08-19
TEN YEARS AGO
AUGUST 10 1915

Glen Thompson and brothers, ac.
companied by Ray Edgar, of the
Edgar Bros. Realty company, left
yesterday for the coast Mr.. Edgar
will meet his wife in san Diego and
from there will proceed north.
Rollv Clark has left for 4 short
vacation to be spent at san Diego.
Jack Gavin has returned from Los
Angeles, where he was called, it is
rrmored by an affair of the heart.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-08-19

Modern music has reached the
point where YOU cant tell If the
gcighhors are spanking the baby.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-08-19
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
August 10, 1910

Mrs. Ed Royce has returned to Ell
tcntro from Il summer visit to Lin.
cel0, Nebraska.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. =. Gibson are
l:ck in FL Centre from their Yaca.
tien spent at the coast.
H. w. Davis has been down from
los Angeles looking after his cream
cry interests.
Mrs. Drue c. Harrington has re-
turrcd from Il summer $ vacation at
Los AnupleS
Imperial Valley press., 1925-08-19

Prosperous communities do not ruin each other.
They increase each others prosperity.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-08-19

Another blow 1atrmony. A new diamond
trust has been formed
Imperial Valley press., 1925-08-19
Looking Backward
What the Press Files Toll Of
Imperial Valley for This Date
In Past Years
NINETEEN YEARS AGO
August 10, 1906

G. y. Hartshorn and A. s. Bridges
arrived last evening from Claremont
and are registered ut Hotel lmpe-
rial, They arc going TO LOOK over
the valley with the lntention of buy
i0g land and locating here.
W. y. Thompson of Lakeport is in
lmpcrial ON Il visit to his brother
j. c, Thompson, manager of the
New River branch. He intends to
look over No 8 with the idea of
locating hero
DIR. Bold is in the valley for II
Imperial Valley press., 1925-08-19

This is the season the worm turns.
And when he turns he turns from
fruit to nuts.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-08-19

The season 5 rainfall att Red
Blumm, is still 221 inches above
normal