Executive Order 945

The following described tract of public land at Circle, Alaska, is hereby reserved from sale or other disposition, subject to private rights, if any there be, and set apart for a wireless telegraph station for the use of the Signal Corps, US Army, in the matter of the operation of telegraph lines in Alaska, viz:

That tract of public land included within metes and bounds (except the tracts "A" and "B" as hereinafter described), as follows:

Beginning at a stake 42 feet north of the northern corner of the northeast concrete pier of tower; thence east 130 feet to a stake, Corner 1; thence south 126 feet to a stake, Corner 2; thence west 250 feet to a stake, Corner 3; thence north 126 feet to a stake, Corner 4; thence east 120 feet to the place of beginning; containing, less the exceptions stated, .71 acre. The courses are magnetic.

Excepted tracts:

"A"—A rectangular tract 14 feet north and south by 23 feet east and west; the northwest corner of which is situate 29 feet west and 24 feet south of the point of beginning.

"B"—A rectangular tract 18 feet north and south by 15 feet east and west; the northwest corner of which is situate 55 feet west and 45 feet north of the southeast corner of the reservation.

Theodore Roosevelt.

The White House

September 30, 1908.