Miners & Merchants Bank
1DITARGD, ALASKA
Capital, S50,000.00
Genera! Banking Business Transacted Gold Oust Bough? and Assayed
Drafts Issued on Any Part of the World
SEATTLE CORRESPONDENT: SCANDINAVIAN AMERICAN BANK
OFFICERS:
CHAS. ROSS, President
JOHN HOLMES, Cashier
R. C. BUTTON, Asst. Cashier
MERCHANTS CAFE
Caters to Large and Small Parlies
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Popular Prices Everything First Class
CIS AS. E. FILLER, PROP.
Gold St., Flat City
Mrs. Swanson, Prop.
Dining Room Now Open
Nicely Furnished Rooms Barn for Horses and Dogs Baths in Connection
TANANA DEMOCRATIC CLUB
RENEWS FIGHT ON CROSSLEY
1 . r: : i:ks. April 20. At a meeting of
i:ie lamina Democratic Club, hell list
night, a resolution was introduced in which
the d-partment of justice was requested to
• 'i■•■’!.!ss District Attorney Cn -dey to make
im ’in for a memb r of the party m power.
1: was suggested that the name of Judge
Duller be included in the resolution, but
s me of the members objected, a* they de
sired t > i :• cec i first against those who had
been in office for more than one term. The
re- lotion, carried with but one dissenting
vote, was as follows:
Whereas. .1. J. CrossDy. the present dis
Ill
Dr/ Goods, Ladies' Fnrnishings, Etc. 1
'ditarcd, Alaska, '
trict atf. rney for this district, came to us
as a Republican from the Republican state
of Iowa in l'.iOS. and i' now tilling his
>e; nd term as such R publican district at
torncy; and
“V» her- a-. If is the opinion of the mem
bers (if this club that nil the Democrats
of this division, and a very great majority
of the citizens, are opposed to the present
district attorney, and that this opposition is
based upon: Fir.-:, the incompetency of j
the pros, nt incumbent; second, the fact that
lie is a Republican carpetbagger, tilling a]
second term of office during a Democratic j
administration; third, that his assistants are |
win 11 y incompetent ; fourth, that he has en
couraged in the States the belief that the
citizens of this division are in favor of the
debauchery of native Indians, which charge
is wholly and willfully false; fifth, that
through the incompetency of the present
incumbent great sums of government money
have been recklessly and foolishly wasted
by summoning witnesses from great dis
tances who knew practically nothing about
the cases in which they testified:
Therefore be it resolved by this club, in
regular se-.-im assembled. That it is the
earnest wish and prayer of this club thaf
J. J. Urosfley be immediately removed from
the office of district attorney • >? th Fourth
judicial division. Territory of Alaska, and
that a Democrat, one in sympathy with the
administration, be appointed in his stead;
and
Be it further resolved, That a copy of
these r-sr-iution be forwarded to the attor
ney genera! of thp United State s and a
e-'pv be forwarded to the governor of
Alaska*
A corununicau n from the Juneau Dem
ocratic Club, in wfjich the capital city or
ganization give its views on the ci tiling
electimi. was read. The most noteworthy
part of the communicaba n was a paragraph
in which the Juneau club stated that ir
wm.1v be <•; no.-ed to the candidacy of any
man who was not a tried and true member
of the Democratic party. This dig at Dele
gate Wickcrsham was indorsed.
FOR SALE—McGibney’.s pool room, best
location at Discovery, Otter. Living
room in c mnection, with or without fur
niture.
Job Printing at Pioneer office.
CLOSING OUT SALE '
' pis
By the grots, dozen or one—ail kinds—Calabash, Peterson, Garrick, Missouri Meer
schaum, etc.
CIGARS CIGARS
Eight ot the best and most popular brands. We are closing out at greatly re
djcsd prices, including the famous “Red. White and Blue"—in tins and boxes.
Tobaccos--27 Varieties
Chewing Tobaccos
EIGHT DIFFERENT BRANDS—ALL GOOD GOO DS
Fine assortment of CANDIES—including Fresh, Home-made ucods.
Fresh Copenhagen Snuff—6-oz. tins, 50c.
Creek merchants will profit by taking advantage of our Closing-Out Sale of To
baccos and Smokers’ Articles.
HURST BROS,
IMPERIAL CIGAR STORE SDITAEOD, ALASKA
! FOR SALE—For S300, the Imperial Cigar Store Building, on Willow street
I, S. fllVERNMENT
RESERVING UNIS
—
! The Pioneer is in receipt of circulars is
' sued by the interior department at \\ ash
1 ington, through the courtesy of Delegate
Wickersham, announcing the withdrawal of
various areas m Alaska for townsite pur j
poses. While no public announcement of
the selection of routes for the Alsaka rail- j
mad has been made, it is believed that
! the location of these withdrawals forms a
I fair index to the general routes determined
. j upon by the administration.
It is significant. therefore, and particu
larly interesting to residents of this section
of Interior Alaska, to observe that one of
the townsite reservations is at McGrath, at
the junction of the Takotna and Kusko
kwim rivers. This point figured prominently
in the reports of the Alaska railroad com
j mission, and there seems to be little doubt
! that c-ne branch of the government road
i will be built to that point. The order of
i withdrawal is as follows:
Alaska Townsites Withdrawal No. I
Under and pursuant to the provisions of
the act of congress approved March 12,
1914, entitled "An act to authorize the
President of the United States to locate,
construct and operate railroads in the
Territory of Alaska, and for other pur
poses," it is hereby ordered that the fol
lowing lands be and the same are hereby
withdrawn from settlement, location, sale,
entry or other disposition, and reserved for
townsito purposes:
Passage Canal A tract at the head of
Passage canal (Portage bay I, described as
follows:
Beginning at a point one fourth mile due j
east of the highest point of the most north
erlv knob, about 50 feet in height, on the
well-defined, glaciated spur between Passage
. anal (Portage bay and Portage glacier
this knob being approximately one and one
[ fourth miles south of west of the head of
Passage canal- and running due south one
fourth mile; thence due cast one and three
fourth miles; thence due south one-fourth
mile; thence due east one mile; thence due |
north three miles; thence due west one-half
mile; thence due south one-fourth mile;
thence due west one-half mile; thence due
south one fourth, mile; thence due west one
half mile; thence due south one-fourth I
mile: thence due west one-half mile; thence
due south one-fourth mile; thence due west
one-fourth mile; thence due south one
fourth mile; thence due west one-fourth
mile; thence due south one-fourth mile;
thence due west one fourth mile, more or
less, to a point due north of the point of
beginning; thence due south one mile to I
point of beginning.
Placer Creek. A tract at the foot of
Portage glacier, described a follows:
Beginning at a point one and one-half
I miles due west and one-half mile due north :
| of the highest point «m the most northerly |
knob, about fifty feet in height, on the
well-defined glaciated spur betwe en Passage i
canal (Portage bay and Portage gh. ;-r -
this knob being approximately one and one ,
fourth miles south of west of the head of!
Passage canal and running due north one-j
fourth mile; thence due east one-fourth
mile; thence due north one half mile;;
thence due ea.-t one-fourth mile; thence j
due north three-fourths mile; thence due
vr-t three-fourths mile: thence due south'
one-half mile; thence due west one-fourth
| mile; thence due south one mile: thcnc<* j
due east one-half mile, more or less, to!
point of beginning.
Turn again Amu A tract at the head of
Turnaaain arm described as follows: Be i
! ginning at a triangulation point located by;
| the Const and Geodetic Survey in latitude;
i 00 degrees 40 minute' 13.24 seconds. 1 >ng:
I tude 14‘J degree- 1 min 33.73 seconds (tech
■ nienllv described), thence due we-t approxi-;
I mutely three and one-eighth miles to the
; above mentioned triangulation point (ceil
•ral', thence south 4 decrees 21 minutes
2 seci nds east, apt r ximately t w • and cne
I fourth miles, to point of beginning.
Ship (T . k. A tract of Knik herb, r at
| die mouth of Ship creek described as fob j
! lows: Beginning at mean high water mark;
on the east shore of Knik arm, at the!
. mouth of Campbell creek, and running due ■
east three miles; thence due north three
miles; thence due west to the mean high j
water mark cn the east rifle of Knik arm ;,
thence southwesterly following mean high
water mark along the east shore of Knik
! arm to the point of beginning,
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Matanuska River. A tract near the;
mouth of Matanuska river described as fol
lows: Seward Meridian Township 17
north, range 1 east, sections 3 3 to 15, in
clusive; sections 22 to 27. inclusive; sec
tions 34 to 3G, inclusive.
Susitna Junction.- A tract on the east !
side of Susitna valley described as follows:
Beginning at a point (latitude approxi
1 mately (31 degrees 45 minuses 40 seconds
j longitude, approximately 150 degrees 2 min
' utes west) six miles due east from the point
where Willow creek enters Susitna river,
qnd running due north three miles; thence!
luc east four miles; thence due south four
' miles; thence due west four miles, more or
less, to a point due south of the point of
beginning; thence due north one mile to ^
: the point of beginning.
Talkeetna.—A tract at the confluence of j
j the Susitna and Talkeetna rivers described '
i as follows:
; Beginning at the southwestern extrem- j
ity of the point of land between Talkeetna!
; river and Chunilna creek (which is the first'
'■ large tributary of Talkeetna river from the1
j north, about four miles above the junction i
; of the Talkeetna and Susitna rivers), and:
j running due south four miles; thence due;
: west to the east bank of Susitna river;!
! thence northerly and westerly following the
east bank of Susitna river to a point due
j west of the point of beginning; thence due
east to point of beginning.
Ilealey Creek.—A tract in the Nehanaj
river valley at the mouth of Healey creek,;
described as follows:
Beginning at the junction of Healey and;
Moody creeks, latitude approximately 631
degrees 50 minutes 30 seconds north, longi
tude approximately 14S degrees 52 min
utes, and running due north one-half mile;
thence due west four and one-half miles;
thence due south two and one-half miles;,
thence due east four and one-half miles,!
more or less, to a point due south of the I
)
point of beginning; thence due north two
miles to point of beginning.
Nenana. A treat at the confluence of
Tanana and Nenana rivers described as fol
lows :
Beginning at the most northwesterly
point of mainland between the Nenana and
Tanana rivers on the east side of the Ne
nana river, and running north one half
mile; thence due east live miles; thence due
south three and one-half miles; thence due
west five miles, more or less, to a point
due south of the point of beginning; thence
due north three miles to point of begin
ning.
Chena Crossing.—A tract on Tanana
river near Fairbanks, described as follows:
Fairbanks Meridian: Township 1 south,
range 2 west, section 22. all ; section 2.3. all;
section 24. west half; sections 25 to 27, in
clusive; sections 3.3 to 30, inclusive.
McGrath—A tract at the confluence of
Kuskokwim and Takotna rivers described
as follows:
Commencing at a point two miles due
wed from the most southeasterly extremity
of land on the west side of Takotna river*
and the north side of Kuskokwim river, at
the confluence of these two streams, and ;
running due north two miles; thence duej
east five miles; thence due south four
miles; thence due west five miles, more or j
less, to a point due south of the point of
beginning: thence due north two miles to
point of beginning.
Tazlina Junction. A tract in the valley
of Copp.er river near the mouth of Tazlina
river described as follows:
Copper River Meridian: Township 3
north, range 1 west, section 15, all; sec
tion 1G, all; section 21. all; section 22, all.
McCarty. A tract at the confluence of
Tanana and Delta rivers described as fol
lows :
Beginning at a point one mile due south
of the southwest corner of the military tele
graph station at McCarty, and running due
east seven miles; thence due north four |
miles; thence due west one mile; thence |
due south four miles; thence due east one j
mile, i.i'-ro or less, to point of beginning. j
Wushburne. A tract at the confluence of I
Tanana and Little Delta rivers, described as I
follows:
Beginning at the most southern point of
Bird) lake, and running due south four and '
* no-half miles; thence due west four and
one-half miles; thence due north four and
a half miles; thence due east four and a
half miles, fore or less, to point of begin
ning. (Signed)
WOODROW WILSON, President.
April 21, 1014.
Military Reservations
The President has al.-o signed an order
withdrawing lands to lie set apart as mili
tary reservations as follows:
Point Mackenzie. A tract on the north
Micro of Cook inlet near the mouth of Knik
arm.
IV:nt. Campbell. A tract at the head of
Cook inlet between Turnagain and Knik:
arms.
Point Possess:'n. A tract near the head j
*f Cook inlet between Cook inlet and Turn-1
again arm.
Fire Island A tract at the head of Cook
inlet.
“MOOSE” JOHNSON MEETS
SUCCESS AT FAIRBANKS
Alfred Boas has receive 1 a letter from'
‘‘Moose" Johnson, who is at Fairbanks.!
dated, May 27. in which that gentleman
recounts his experiences since he left here. !
and inciting clippings from the Fairbanks'
papers telling of the great showing made j
by the n v. 1 >dgc in-;i".r,od by Mr. Johnson'
there. Part of his letter is as f Hows:
“I put in lcs- than a week at Tanana:
and enrolled fifty-two members there. I
believe they have doubled since. Arrived
here April 24 and instituted with thirty-1
three, May 3. Fairbanks has over 310 now. I
and is sure of 400 when a month old. I
have been kept h;>y since the first meeting
and am nearly all in. Will leave for Cor
dova via Whitehorse in about a week. Fine
bunch of fellows here, and they have been
initiating me proper. Just got a wire that
Juneau has started a §10,000 building on
its lot. Dawson now has 800, and pur
chased best brick building in the town for
$16,000; original cost, $40,000. * * *
The officers of Fairbanks lodge are as fol
lows: Sam Weiss, past dictator; Dr. Hall,
dictator; Eugene Huckins, prelate; Tony
Nordale, V. D.; Coolby. sergeant-at-arms;
Tom King, inner guard; John Howie, outer
guard; A1 Cosslet, treasurer; Howard
Barnes, secretary; Peter Peterson, Royal
Southworth and Adams (watchmaker),
trustees."
When you come in from the creeks don’t
forget to stop in and inspect the Crosby
Bath System. For everything is now ready
for public inspection. The Crosby Massage
*nd Bath Parlors, the home of the Twenti
eth Century Turkish Bath.
MAX SIMEL,
DISKAKET AND CRIPPLE CITY
Big Stocks, Standard Goods
Gasoline and Lubricating Oil
Good Roadhouse in Connection
CLEMONS & KOON
Portrait and View
Photographers
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CONTRIBUTES $500
In response ot a telegram to John Zug.
superintendent of the Alaska road coni- j
mission at Fairbanks, declaring that the |
roads in the vicinity of Iditarod are in an j
impassable condition, that official has au- j
thorized Commissioner Albrecht to expend,
$500 in road repair work. It is stated
shat the road commission would like to take
up the matter of improving roads in this;
vicinity, but that it has practically no
money on hand, and will not have any until
July 1. The road commission is in receipt j
daily of many petitions from all sections of
ihe territory, asking that work be done im
mediately, and as it is impossible to do
more than a small portion of what is asked,
the engineer officer is selecting what he
considers the most essential repairs.
The road from this city to Flat is in a
most deplorable condition, and the roads
1 ading to Discovery are mere quagmires.
There is but one highway in the district
that deserves the name of road- that lead
ing from Flat City to the head of Flat
cruk- and that was built entirely by pri
vate interests.
The question of roads constitutes one of
the greatest obstacles to the development
of properties in this district, the high cost
of transportation eating up the lion’s share
of the profits of the producing mines in a
great many instances. It is said that the
cost of transporting supplies to Happy
creek, a distance of only about thirteen
miles from Iditarod, four of which are over
the splendid Flat creek road, is 6 cents per
pound. It requires rich ground to stand
such an expense.
The building of the government railroad
i> highly important to the development of
the territory, say the operators, but just
as important to the development of this
district is the construction of good wagon
road.-. The expenditure of a few thousand
di 11: rs on the creek roads would result in
immer.-o benefit to the people of the whole
district and the territory itself.
Subscription for Read Repairs
Knute Koland reports the following ad
ditional subscriptions to the fund for the!
repair of roads:
Northern Commercial Company .$100 ■
Crowley & Porter . 25
Tom McMahon . 10
C. Frantzen . 10
James E. Gunning, two days with
team
John Soil, two days with team
GERMAN ENGINEER DOUBTS
SUCCESS OF PANAMA CANAL
Berlin, April 6. D. W. Ewald, a promi
nent German engineer, in an article pub
lished in the daily paper, Der Tag, pre
dicts that large warships and ocean liners
will perhaps never be able to go through
the Panama canal, and that second-class
ships wiil be able to go through the water
way only a part of each year.
Ewald expresses doubt as to whether the
canal under the present system can ever
be supplied with sufficient water to make
possible the passage through it of war- I
ships and big liners, for which it is reported
that a depth of thirty feet is not suffi
cient.
Gatun lake, Ewald says, will be able only j
for part of each year to feed the canal to |
a depth of thirty feet. He predicts that
during the dry season the canal will fall:
to eighteen feet or lower. Ewald warns
everybody against too optimistic views in
regard to changes in routes for the world’s
trade by reason of the opening of the
canal.
This Must Have Been Paul
A stalwart young German applied for a
position on a farm. As he walked into the
barn he addressed the farmer: “Hey, mis
ter, will you job me?”
“Will I what?”
“Will you job me? Make me work yet.”
“Oh, I see; you want a job,” said the
farmer. “Well, how much do you want a
month ?”
“I tell you. If you eat me on der farm
I come for fife dollars, but for twenty-fife
dollars I eat myself at Schmidt's.”—Na
tional Food Magazine.
Location Notices at Pioneer office.
RATES OF 1912 PREVAIL ON BOATS
Volney Richmond, superintendent of the
Northern Commercial Company, arrived in
the city from Fairbanks last Monday on the
steamer M. L. Washburn, and left on the
same vessel Tuesday evening. To a repre
sentative of The Pioneer he stated that the1
recent sale of the Northern Navigation
Company’s equipment to the White Pass
company was complete, that the Northern
Navigation Company was out of the trails- j
portation business, and that the Northern |
Commercial Company had no connection
whatever with the new company, the Amer
ican-Yukon Navigation Company, a sub
sidiary company of the White Pass, which
had taken over the vessels, docks, ware
houses, etc., of the Northern Navigation
Company.
Harry Watson, formerly with the N. C.
Co., has been appointed agent of the Ameri
can-Yukon Navigation Company for Idita
rod, with headquarters at Dikeman, which
is pleasing news to his many friends here.
He will probably spend considerable of his
time in Iditarod, but for the present the
company will not establish an office here.
Mr. Watson has not yet received the new
tariff of his company, and f ir the present
is booking freight and passengers under the
tariff of the N. N. Co. which was in effect
in 1912. He expects to receive the new
tariff shortly, which is likely to be but
slightly in advance of the 1913 tariff.
Rates Announced at Fairbanks
James A. Fairborn, agent of the Ameri
can-Yukon Navigation Cmopany at Fair
bank-. has announced the passenger rates
that will govern traffic on the steamers op
erated by the company to and from the
Outside, both via Skagway and St. Michael.
The rates are much the same as they were
in the summer of 1912. although at least
in one case material reductions were made.
Other minor freight rate matters were re
ceived in a wire received by the agent.
The passenger rates quoted are: From
Seattle to Fairbanks, northbound, via
Skagway, $130; via St. Michael. $135; from
Fairbanks to Seattle, via Skagway, $135,
or a reduction of $5 in the rate of the
N. N. Co. in the summer of 1912; via St.
Michael, $120. The A.-Y. N Co. tariff of
last year will apply to all points between
Fairbanks and Dawson this year, while the
N. N. Co. tariff of 1912 will apply from
Tanana to St. Michael and way points, and
to all points on the Koyukuk and Iditarod
rivers.
The minimum freight rate on any single
shipment via Skagway is $6.50; via St.
Michael, $5. Commodity rates are for
straight carload lots of 20.000 pounds only.
For shipments of sugar, flour and cream,
in carload lots via St. Michael, the rate
will be $52.50 per ton; for hay, feed and
blacksmith coal, $50. The above quoted ton
rate will be raised $5 after August 16. The
lower river freight rate will apply to all
shipments made via Skagway from June 25
to July 25.
Mr. Fairborn states that wharfage at
Puget sound and British Columbia ports is
not included in the freight rates. All ship
ments of freight must be routed via the
Seattle Dray age and Storage Company at
Seattle.
HAS BAD ACCIDENT
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In a letter received in the last mail by
' Mrs. Gillie Bates information is given of a
1 serious and probably fatal accident which
recently befell Jack Ryan, well and favor
ably known in Iditarod as a member of
the firm of Chessley, Ryan & Kehoe in the
early days of the camp.
Mr. Ryan, who was engaged in the log
■ging business near Everett, Wash., was
moving logs in the river when a boom
broke and precipitated the mass of timbers
upon him. The letter states that Mr. Ryan
had both legs broken and two ribs frac
tured, the broken ribs piercing his lungs.
He also suffered internal injuries. Pneu
monia had set in, and it was presumed the
injuries would result in death.
Mrs. Abe Audette, who is a sister of Mrs.
Ryan, received a letter on the same mail
from her sister, written prior to the acci
i dent, and the news contained therein was
fcj the effect that all were well.
AL WELSH ACQUITTED
ON ASSAULT CHARGE
The case of the United States vs. Al
Welsh, charged with assault, was called in
Commissioner Albrecht's case M inday
morning last. This was the case in which
two former juries had disagreed, and con
; siderable difficulty was experienced in secur
ing a jury.
WeFh was accused of assaulting Max
Lohbrunner in a dispute over the use of
water at the head of Flat creek At the
two former trials the only witnesses were
Welsh and Lohbruner, the complaining wit
ness, and the testimony was conflicting. At
the trial on Monday last a new witness was
introduced, in the person of Harry Meehan,
who swore he was an eye-witness of the
alleged assault, and who corroborated the
testimony of Welsh.
The jury, after deliberating for about an
hour and a half, brought in a verdict of
acquittal. The jury was composed of the
following: P. Riley, Jonas Brewis, William
Lee, A. D. McDonald. A. Colwell. M May
nard. J. II. Ryan. J. E. Beattie. Al Parmen
ter, James Blodgett, C. B. Atwell and
William Pringle.
We guarantee satisfaction.
Clemons & Koon
Karl Theile, the Otter creek merchant,
was a visitor in town the early part of the
' week.
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NICELY FURNISHED ROOMS BY DAY OR WEEK
Warm, Clean Well Ventilated
OPEN DAY AND NIGHT
Massage and
Bath Parlors
MEDICATED, MINERAL VAPOR, STEAM, « &&* *•*»
TUB. SALT AND FRESH WATER
Caribou St., Bet. Black and Willow Sts., on Waterfront
Electric and Faradic Massage Treatments by Expert Attendants
Lighted by Gas Heated by Steam