LATE NEWS NOTES
FROM FLAT CITY
Charged with malicious destruction of property and assault
and for resisting arrest, James A. Fitzpatrick was on Tue .day
fined $100 and costs by Commissioner Taylor.
After being on the retired list for a month, Fred Carter is able
to use his pins again. The plaster cast in which his knee was en
cased after the accident, has been removed, and the injured mem.
her found to have set in good shape. Fred s ramblings are still
confined to the house, hut he will be able to get out of doors in a
couple of days.
Henry Weir aud Hart Day left here on Friday morning with a
dogteam and camping outfit for a trip to Georgetown and the scene
of the new strikes across the hill in the interests of theit tospective
houses.
In Iditarod, beaming with a “smile that won’t come off,” when
F. A. Cleveland comes to Flat he is literally bubbling over with
merriment.
Casey’s new bar is an elegant and substantial affair, the p ro
duct of home industry, having been turned out from the shop of
Shiek & McLeman, of Iditarod. Over its polished surface vessels
bearing the vintages of many nations will find a smooth and speedy
passage to their various ports of discharge.
The impromptu concerts held at the Connolly are a source of
pleasure to lovers of old-time songs and new. Both local and
transient talent are availing themselves of the opportunity to try
out their vocal equipment, to the accompaniment of good music,
while to “educated feet,” whether encased in clogs or moccasins,
Jack's musical appeal is irresistible.
Having done all in his power to make his guests of the human
race comfortable, Prank Stanley has turned his attention toward
improving the condition of his canine boarders by installing a large
heater, on which it will be possible to use two feed pans, in the
commodious doghouse.
Keyes & Mayhan’s stage is proving a great convenience to our
townspeople since the schedule has been reversed. Leaving this
end in the morning they can now pay a visit to the metropolis,
transact their business, and get back horns in the afternoon, in
stead of having to wait for moonlight nights or carry a bug to
guide their footsteps thro' the maze of the city’s woodpiles.
Building still goes steadily on. Finnegan & Mensil’s large
t.wo-story log building on First avenue, near Gold street, is nearing
completion, the builders being angaged on the roof. Across the
creek, cabins are getting so numerous that it will be necessary to
lay out streets soon.
Trails are getting good now and travel of all kinds is moving
along at a livelier gait, and the voice of the dog musher can be
heard for miles. Well, with dried salmon at 40 cents and no bacon
who could blame him? _
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Denrns Parent, who with Oscar Le
torneau lias started a roadhouse at j
upper Georgetown recently, was in
town last week with a dogteam looking
out for a few shorts in their culinary i
department. They have a line log \
building there 20x22 and are now open
for the accommodation of the public.
J. C. Moody, the local attorney, left ,
last Wednesday on a hurry-up trip to !
Georgetown where he was called to de
fend one Guiseppi Parras on the charge
of giving red stuff to red men. Joe
Plant, a partner of Parras" had come
to Iditarod for an attorney, as he felt
sure he would be able to prove his
partner’s innocence.
Save the pieces! broken l6nses re
placed at Simpson’s.
Worden sells Bock cigars.
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The machinery was working good at that 100-h.p. dance given
by the Gasoline Kids at Caribou hall last Saturday night, and it
was pronounced a very spark ling success.
A good-sized crowd gathered on the course, some with hoods
off and soma with hoods on, and the going was pronounced perfect.
With the starter’s pistol in the very first event, it was evident that
there would be some high speed manifested and many records
smashed beyond repair. The crowd was warned to keep back from
the turns, but nobody lost a wheel or nothing turned turtle.
In the way of individual decoration, there were a number of
supreme efforts which did not only credit to the performers but to
the company. Some of these turnouts received prizes, as did oth
ers who could show particular lines of speed in terpsichorean man
euvering.
Here are some of the prize winners:
Best gentleman waltzer, Claude Shea, prize, a Gillette razor,
donated by the Red Cross drug store; best gentleman two-stepper,
John Donohue, prize, box of cigars, N. C. Co.; best sustained char
acter (tramp', H. Miller, prize, half dozen bottles champagne, Em
pire Commercial Co ; most comical lady, Miss Kotsch, prize, bottle
perfume, City drug store; best lady waltzer, Mrs. McGibney, prize,
set of curtains (name of donor not furnished); best lady two step
per, Mrs. Selma Swanson, prize, box handkerchiefs, Isaacs Bros. &
Co ; best dressed lady (clothed in vari colored paper, printed with
the headlines of the Iditarod Pioneer), Miss May Cahill, prize, pair
of slipper, I. Goldstein; best dressed gentleman, Albert Wile,
prize, sweater, by M. Friedman.
Among the many other attractive costumes deserving of spe
cial mention was that of Mrs. C. J. Sallander, who represented the
press—one half of her costume was composed of Iditarod Nuggets
and the other half the Pioneer.
WAY BACK
TO THE MINES
With papers signed, scaled and
delivered, Walter Hunter, partner
of Charles Knell, Kddie McArdle
and Louis Schimmelfennig left town
Friday for Moore creek accom
panied by Theodore Witte
The partners have recently ac
quired some extensive holdings on
Moore as detailed in last week's
issue and will make preparations
this winter for early spring oper
ations. Hunter will remain on the
creek the balance of the winter
where Schimmelfennig now is, and
where they will be joined later by
Knell and McArdle.
Witte goes over to take a look at
the creek, and may he among the
operators next season.
Virginia Harned, who has been so
journing in the divorce colony at Reno,
Nev., for several months, was granted
a divorce from E. H. Sothern, the
actor, on Oct. 15.
Pops Pius XI. is again causing grave
anxiety to his physicians. He has had
a recurrence of his late illness and is
now suffering severely from an attack
of gout. _
Petitions were circulated in the
ehurches of Spokane recently for sig
natures calling on the municipal an.
thorities to close the theatres on Sun
days. ___
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THIS MERCANTILE
OUTFIT ON BUM
Somebody put the jinks on the E. W.
Griffin concern out at Flat city last
week and had the whole bunch of them
in bed with some sort of a malady, each
one with a pet ailment of his own.
Ed Rusk was bitten by a dog, bumped
his knee on a box and had a bad cold.
He went to bed with a bandaged mitt,
a stiff leg and a sore throat.
Mrs. Rusk also took to the bed with
an ulcerated throat, complicated with
tonsilitis, and for a few days she was
quite ill.
Bill Atchison was overtaken by a
severe attack of the grip, his enjoy
ment being varied by the teethache
which he relished to the utmest powers
of the tooth.
Sam Godfrey, not to be outdone, found
time for a session with the grippe, and
he ioo, took to the feathers, believing
la grippe a nice person not to get
acquainted with.
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Secretary of the Navy Meyer, in a
speech to business men at San Fran
cisco, Oct. 15, advocated the abolish
i ment of half the navy yards on the At
lantic, and congratulated the Pacific
■coast on having but two navy yards, as
! they can be brought to a state of
i greater efficiency because of the num
j her. He spoke against dividing the
fleet, adding that it must be kept in
tact, and that it should be kept in the
! Pacific, for there is more danger of
war on the Pacific than on the Atlantic
j coast. ___
j Have vour nuggets made into souve
nirs at Simpson’s, the uioneer jeweler.
j NOTICE is hereby given that I, Ande
Lange, will not be responsible for any
debts that Mrs. Jennette Lange has
or may contract,
(Signed) Ande Lange.
Dis. Otter, Oct, 27, 1910.
WILLOW DOOMED
TO SUCCESS
At a spot reported to be opposite the Willow creek roadhouse on
the left limit of Willow and not far from the side line of the Wildcat
association, the best pay yet found on that creek was struck about two
weeks ago. After going through a false bedrock, Jean LaRenza and
partner, found three feet of pay gravel from which they panned to to
15c.
By those who know the creek this find is considered the real Per
uvian paystreak, and apparently means that Willow is about to take
her place among the live ones of the camp.
Heretofore operations on the creek have been somewhat discourag
ing as the narrow streak of gold on the right limit has never paid.
Several outfits took a whirl at it last summer, but all had to give up,
finding the pay spotted and thin at best. Later developments on the
left limit bench where Manley took his options last summer, disclosed
a considerable amount of low grade ground, but no defined paystreak
had been located, and the ground was looked upon more as a dredging
proposition.
The new find which, as near as can be ascertained, lays between
the right limit pay channel and the high bench pay of Manley’s grouud
on the left limit, indicates the existence of a defined paystreak and
future work there will be watched with interest.
With the undoubted richness of Happy to hank cn, and the ex
cellent prospects of Willow, it would not be surprising to see the creek
line up as a fit running mate for Plat.
I IS IT REALLY FIRST
PHONE RECONNAISSANCE
Although he has said little about it,
there is little doubt but that Henry
Weir’s visit to the Kuskokwim last
week was for the purpose of looking
over the telephone situation.
Bert Hay, of the N. C. Co., went
with him, and he goes to look into the
affairs of the company at Georgetown.
They left Wednesday with a dogteam
—it being the intention of Ed McAdams
to accompany them a3 far as he might
with Seward as a final destination. Ed
was going Outside, and still intends to.
Hi» arrangement* for transportation
became balled up and his departure
was delayed until he can get another
team.
Weir has been heard to state that if
the business showed any possibility of
justifying it, the Iditarod Telephone
Company would extend a wire to
Georgetown, and in all probability this
will be done before the spring breakup.
Mr. Snyder,—yes, the same Snyder
that runs the Snyder house at Flat,
came blowing into town last Tuesday
at the rudder of a fast dogteam. He
rampsed right in and turned around
and rampsed right out again.
Coal oil and candles for sale at An
derson Bros. & Norland's.
AITCHISON & LAWRENCE
Kaltag General Store
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Stables for Dogs***Lots of Salmon
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