Ghost of Street
Trouble Walks Again
Scarcely had the new city dads taken their oaths of office to
well and faithfully perforin their duties in connection with the
peace, prosperity and general well-being of the city of Iditarod,
than they were called upon to gird up their loins and go out in the
public highways and the marts of trade to oust Mrs. Carrie Stoner
who claims the right to build in the middle of Willow street. Be
fore the smoke of election had cleared away, the skeleton frame of
a building began to rear itself on the spot where the old Stoner
building had stood before the tire, and almost their first official act
was an order to Mis. Stoner to get off of Willow with her material
cr suffer the consequence.
After having by ordinance declared the streets and taken
possession of them in the name of the city, the council posted up
a notice declaring Mrs. Stoner’s building a nuisance and directing
its removal. The next morning Chief of Police O’Connor was
ordered to remove it himself, which was accordingly done with the
assistance of some members of the tire department.
Nothing daunted, Mrs. Stoner came back with a declaration of
war hurled at the council by her counsel, J. C. Moody, who ap
peared at the first public meeting and told the city dads that they
were proceeding without warrant of law. He asserted that the
city could not be a city duly incorporated until Judge Overfield
had passed upon the returns of the election. He said that in con
sequence the council was not a council at all, and that any acts
they performed as counciimen were absolutely null and void and
that they would be held to account personally in damages.
Following this pronunciamento, Mrs. Stoner again appeared
in the street Thursday morning with Harry Harris as carpenter,
and personally assisted in moving timbers on to the foundations of
her building. Harris was immediately arrested and temporarily
confined in the fire hall until bail was furnished. Mrs. Stoner was
not arrested at that time, but persisting in her efforts to go ahead
with the building, Chief O’Connor was finally compelled to place
her under arrest.
At a session held before Magistrate Hunt yesterday afternoon,
the case of Harris was dismissed with a warning not to repeat the
offense, and upon his promise that he would do nothing more in
the matter.
In the meantime, the council held another session and passed two ordi
nances defining the offence of obstructing the streets and providing a penalty
of not more than $100 fine or 90 days or both. It. has since been reported that
J. C. Moody has withdrawn from Mrs. Stoner's case, because, as he says, they
were making laws too many and too fast for him.
This morning Mrs. Stoner was brought before Magistrate Hunt and the
Case against her dismissed. Judge. Hunt admonished her against a repetition
of the offense, and declared that she would be more severely dealt with in case
further efforts were made to block the street. Mrs. Stoner was non-committal
regarding her intentions, and it is not known whether the incident has closed
or not.
Public sentiment is backing the council in the fight, since it is the uni
versal desire that the blocking of streets be stopped. Especially is this so in
Mrs. Stoner’s case, on account of the fact that she is said to have agreed to
move off last summer, when the cases against Niehoff and others were decided
against the defendants. She is declared to have asked for a short time t<
make other arrangements, but she never fulfilled that agreement.
Glen Gulch Proving a Winner
After several days prospecting during which they have had five or
six meu on the ground, sinking holes and running drifts. Price and
Ives the recent purchasers of Glen Gulch from Ramstadt & Hewitt, are
convinced that they have the richest piece of ground in the country and
have decided to take up their option to purchase all the Ramstadt and
Hewitt holdings for $50,000.
Although the ground was known to be very rich, the work of the
last few days has shown it even better than was expected. Conceding
that the pay struck is a spot, which is merely conceded for the sak>
of argument, it is a very large and a very rich spot as the last hole pu'
down shows. This is about too leet up Glen from the old hole and ir
it they find plenty of$i and $2 pans, although not yet down to bed
rock. In the old hole a $60 pan was taken yesterday but it was partlx
picked. Mr. Price, however is confident that lie can pick a much larget
pan than this from the face of the drift.
They panned all day yesterday and had about $200 as a result ol
their efforts. One piece weighing $9 xvas found.
When the option was seemed about two weeks ago. $5000 easl
was paid down for the privilege of 20 days’ prospecting. Although tin
second payment of $5000 is not due until April 28, it is now certaii
that it will be made and that the option xvill be carried through to pur
chase
The sale means considerable to Otter, as it is certain that the
ground will be worked this summer extensively and that will probably
add a big figure to the output of the creek.
Ladies Ladies
AttentionI
WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED OVER THE ICE
NEMO CORSETS $6 TO $10
Ladies’ Sweater Coats
Siik House Wrappers
One-Piece Dresses
Novel Stamped Pillow Tops
Latest Styles in Suits
We Invite Inspection
« > MRS. F. A. STEVENS —
SPECIAL
LARGE CAN OF
True Milk, $1.25
Fairview Trading Co.
Joseph H. Smith
CARRIES A PULL LINE OF
Furniture
Carpets
Mattings
Bedding
Tin ness
Casli Eegi ters
Stoves and Ranges
Cole’s Heaters
Fire Extinguishers
Crockery
Bar Glassware
Safes
Pool Tables
Hardware
Phonographs and Records
Phone 6, Second and Willow Streets. Iditarod City
leers & Merchants Bank
IDITAROD, ALASKA
Capital, $100,000.00
General Banking Business Transacted Gold Dust Bought and Assayed
Drafts Issued on Any Part of the World
SEATTLE CORRESPONDENT: SCANDINAVIAN AMERICAN BANK
SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES POP. liKNT
OFFICERS:
T. J. Nestor. President
Chas- Ross, Vice President
E. G. Lindberg, Manager
John Holmes, Cashier and Assayer
Wiii Arrive June I. Prices from 65c Foot Up
Tents, Tarpaulins, Boat Covers._Ail Kinds Canvas Goods.
Johnson Hose k Tent Factory
Willow St. Phono 22 Iditarod _
FILED FOB RECORD
i
Friday, April 14
| Location—Water Right of Way, Geo.
| W. Mitchell and R. Mitchell, from Gold
Brick association to Idaho association, !
head of Flat.
Saturday, April 15
Deed—Thomas O'Neil to Keyes and
Mavhan, east 30 feet of lot 3, block 1,
! fronting on Caribou street with struc
j tures thereon ; $300 consideration.
Option—Harry Engle to James Frost,
| 2-5 in lower 5 8 of Glenn association;
‘ 1-8 Alpha association, Flat creek; 1-4
Rainey Bench. Otter creek and all
I other interests in Otter district. $100
\ down, $4,900 June 5, 1911, $10,000 Aug.
| 1, 1912.
| Location — G. Robinson and seven
others, Teddy Bear association, head
I Cleary creek, tributary of Bonanza.
| Mortgage—Frank Stanley to M. &
j M. bank, building on the north side of
| Front street, Flat; consideration $2000.
Monday, April 17
Deed—Leslie T. Chambers to Charles
IT. Lynn, 1-4 interest in lay on Texas
association on Happy creek ; consider
ation $3250. $1050 on Aug. 1, 1911,
| $1100 on Sept. 1, 1911 apd $1100 on Oct.
j 1, 1911.
j Mortgage—Chas Lynn to M. & M.
1 bank, 1-4 interest in lay on Texas as
EMPIRE COMMERCIAL COMPANY
-WHOLESALE AND RETAIL-.
—fines, Liquors, Cigars -J
ROSS & NESTOR,
Lumber and Building Materials
Bank Bids- Iditarod
Clearance
Sale
To clean up some of the goods that were damaged by moving during
the Fire, we will sell the following goods at these prices:
243 SUITS, small sizes, regular $30, $35 and $40, ^ g fT
Sale Price 1 ■ Vr
8-In. McKinley Rubbers, O eyp
With heels, $3.50; without heels.
HATS, slightly soiled. I «50
High-Top Leather Shoes, g
Including Felder and Cutter makes, regular $10 U*W v
Cooper Ribbed Underwear, q
Regular $6; Sale Price da
Odd All-Wool Undershirts, g tjc
Regular $3 values; Sale Price I
Heavy All-Wool Overshirts, g /rf|
Regular $2.50 $3.00; Sale Price. * aO'L?
THIS SALE IS BONA FIDE—NO BAIT
Ariie heading Clothiers
PHONE 8
CITY COUNCIL MAKES INITIAL BOW TO PUBLIC
(Concluded from Page i)
by 4 votes, to 3 for Donovan. O Connor was immediately sworn in.
The applications of McGovern and Felix Seppi for chief of the fire
department and of H. S. Wallace for captain of the department were
laid on the table, pending a reorganization of the department. There
after, the meeting adjourned, and the venerable city dads, already weary
with the great weight of the trouble that had been forced upon them,
went forth to mingle with their fellows and to hear the first kicks and
criticisms because they had not appointed somebody else.
Otto Windhorst, who departed last
fall over the Seward trail with his
partner, Ben Cockerell, camo back to
the Iditarod early this week, traveling
by the same route. He took his time
coming in, ami used up the best parts
of 38 days on the journe3-. He found
tough going at some stages.
HOTEL ARRIVALS
M'DON'ALD HOTEL
Tom Johnson, Tom Shipler, Robert
Martin, O Haines, B. T. Vig, Harrv
Buroh, James Hiland, H. Luttman, J.
Kilrov, Joe Warmsdale, A Sunbury, C.
Bowman, Mrs. McMullen, Mrs. Riley,
Dan Burton, A. J. Hosmer, Chas. Will
man, James Hagan, J. Watrous, Angus
McLellan, Olaf Kaasen, Pete C’laust
ner, Joe Wood, Pat Powers, J. Monog
han, W. B. Dunckel.
Have your nuggets made into souve
nirs at Simpson’s, the uioneer jeweler
sociation on Happy crock ; *1000 con
sideration.
Option—A. D. Swingen, R. G. Leslie,
F. E. Bowers and R. J. Corbett to W.
J. Bogard, Roaster association, Chicken
creek ; consideration 88000. $2000 down
and $0000 Sept. 1, 1911.
Consent to Transfer—By owners of
Texas association, Happy creek of 1-3
interest in lease on upper 1440 feet
from L. C. Chambers, F. C. Wiseman
aud Pat Whalen to C'has Lvnn.
Tuesday, April 18
Location—A. Korvi, Dutchman claim
on Granite creek.
Deed—C. I. Jordan *o Geo. F. Kilroy,
1-4 interest in 450 feet square of north
west corner of Tip Grade association,
head of Flat creek, also 1-2 interest in
lay on same ground; $500 consideration.
Deed —Geo. F. Kilroy to Archie
Mitchell, 1-4 interest in 450 feet square
of Pp Grade association, 1-2 interest in
lease thereon; consideration fl.
Deed—Tom Davis to Fred Ekrut, 1-2
interest in Thistle claim, Happy creek.
Location—Fred Ekrut, Ekrut claim,
head of Happy.
Location—Felix Boucher and seven
others, Caribou association on Inde
pendence creek a tributary of Iditarod
river.
Bill of Sale J. S. Harding to M. A
M. bank, 1-8 interest in Star association
on Willow creek; 1-4 interest in Cay use
association on Happy creek ; consider
ation $1.
Wednesday, April 19
Deed—John H. Sully to S. M. Dal by,
lot on west side Willow street, 75 feet
south of Third street; consideration $1.
Thursday, April 20
Location -Louis Nelson, 2-b on Prince
creek.
Location—T. J. Nel-o.i and W. A.
Ford, Porcupine association on Boulder
creek.
Deed — Angus McKenzie to C. J.
Maltby, 1-1G interest in Sunshine as
sociation on Lost creek : consideration
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Agreement Between Rosalind Tif
fany and J. S. Harding, first party
agrees to give one-half of all property
secured in suit of Rosalind Tiffany
against C. K. Craig, <'. A. Britt and
Thomas Maher in consideration©! legal
services.
Friday, April 21
Agreement—Between John Beaton
and C. B. Atwell and J. C. Johnston,
first party agrees to give lease on lower
700 feet of 1-b Otter; 7o per cent.
Mrs. Geerge Albright and Mrs. Ash
by Bain of Otter creek were brought
into town by dog-team yesterday under
the guidance of Mr. Lawrence. They
paid but a brief visit in the city.
It would be touch appreciated if the
parties who rescued some of the cut
glassware from the rooms of the Pion
eer lodging house during fire, would
deliver the same to the Red Cross drug
store.
Wickersham & Roden,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
Moody Office Building. Iditarod, Alaska
m Elite Baths
CARIBOU ST.
STEAM, PLAIN AND TURKISH
Porcelain Tubs
Finest Bath House In the North Mrs. C. J. 8oHander
Wouldn't These Make You Thirsiy ? SPECIA1-s
Budweiser Boer Old Lewis Hunter Rye
W. H. McBride’s Cedar Brook
PHONE 55 IDITAROD
—AND—
Lodging House
WILLOW ST., IDITAROD
FREE EMPLOYMENT BUREAU
JIMMY KISHIMQTO, Proprietor.
The Northern
First Ave. and Willow St.
Finest Drink Emporium in Iditarod
GEORGE MARSH AND HARRY ASHLAND. PROPS.