IVni.istiKi) Kyu.ky Saturday Kvlninl at Iditauod, Alaska.
Vo! 4 Geo. ftf. Arbuckle. Pu No. 38
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ONE WAV TO TEA EE
The idea of pulling a rifle into 1he hands of every man
in Mexico and stowing his pockets with cartridges, irrespec
five of the side for which lie prefers to shoot, makes up in
practicability what it lacks in huuianitarianism, says the
Toledo Made.
It promises, for one thing, to hurry Mexico to that
point of exhaustion where she must accept peace, lacking
the physical energy to fight it off. It promises for another
thing to reduce the population to the point where there'll
he enough land to meet every man’s opinion as to how much
a man should rightfully have, enough houses, horses, sad
dles and red cloth, property of the late deceased, to keep
the survivors fairly contented.
The hundred or so efforts to make Mexico leave tne war
path and comeback to the sunnv spot and the quiet cigar
ette beside the adobe wall have all of them failed. She is
milling ground like a herd of cattle on a stormy night, and
nothing short of utter weariness seems to hold out any pos
sibility of the restoration of order. The members of tne
United States senate seem to have grasped the situation
with understanding. They are quoted as in lavor of the
shipment of arms across the border and asking no questions
as to whether the weapons shall be used for or against the
government. Under the circumstances the policy is a sensi
ble one. Jt will lead to tranquility—the kind which par
ticularly distinguishes the graveyard.
Again the rumor is in the air that the l nited Mates
army is more than anxious to turn over the cable and land
wires throughout Alaska to a private concern or, perhaps,
to the postal depaartmeut—to which branch of the service
it belongs, according to the views expressed by the Secre
tary of War. Whatever may befall us in that respect, let
us hope and pray that the government will see its way clear
to retain the service and thereby render some aid tv) the
Territory, even though the lines are operated at a consider
able loss each year. The advent of a private concern will
mean the closing of all the smaller stations all the way from
the Coast to Kaltag or Kotlik. by way of Fairbanks as well
as the Yukon river, for it goes without saying that a pri
vate outfit will only operate those stations that yield a profit
for the investment. Those small isolated stations have
done a world of good since they were established: they have
helped from a commercial standpoint by enabling persons
to have rapid intercourse with all portions of tlie world, and
many times a call of distress has been sent in from one of
them, and found a ready response accompanied by quick
action. 80 let us not grumble too much even though the
cable parts rather too often, and the lines are down once in
a while. Altogether the service is quite good and equally
as good as that given by our Canadian neighbors, who seem
t ) be up against interruptions about as often as we are.
The town of Iditarod is now completely out of debt
every cent of municipal liability lias been paid, and there
are quite a few thousand dollars left in the treasury. No
taxes will in future be required to help in defraying the ex
penses of the municipality, and altogether, our citizens
have cause to rejoice at the financial standing of the com
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FIRST AVENUE. SOUTAR & SUTHERLAND. Props.
j TMW flat city, j
M IJJL MU Awl&L front street
| Furnished Rooms, Clean Spring Beds, Bath, Dry Rooms, the house I
Our place of
business, carry
ing a full line of
Fresh Groceries, Workingmen's Clothing, Slislf Hardware, Notions,
Stationery, Pipes and Toiiacco
We hope to meet all old friends, and wish to make new ones,
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Mil Diamond Goods -- Btocches, Scarf
Pi as, Rings, Studs, Lockets, Bracelets,
Match Safes, Lovaiiieres, Cuff Buttons
and Pendants.
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Company Depot j
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WATCH-STYLE COMPASSES
W. TAYLOR, JEWELER, Flat City j
munity—thanks to the untiring efforts of a common council
composed of business men. Now that we are out of debt
and have money in the bank, would it not be wise if the
street committee got busy and had a few of the most fre
quented sidewalks fixed up a little? 1 here are a few ot
them that contain planks about to break, and these ought
to lie replaced before the town is forced to defend a damage
suit, commenced by somebody that is sure to meet with an
accident around some one of the few bad places.
With the tariff bill out of the way and the currency
bill fairly advanced, there is still hope that congress may
take up for consideration the Alaska railroad bill at tins
special session, and agree to invest a trifle like forty millions
in opening up the Interior of the Territory. The adminis
tration is extremely favorable to the construction of two
roads, and the chance that something will yet he done for
the far-off land of the pan and pick that will give us all a
chance to ride to the ('east on rails, is extremely bright.
Some say that the Seward-Iditarod trail is a bad one
for a mail service. Be that as it may, the snmm was said
about the Fairbanks-\ aide/, trail : at any rate it can t be
worse than the Fairbauks-Cordova road was last winter.
So quit hammering and help along; the people'of Seward
are doing it.
FISflTilfi TONNAGE TAX
The poll tax law isn’t the only measure passed by our kite la
mented legislature that is being objected lo and fought, another
one of the pet measures of those solons, the tonnage tax, is raising
a howl from the steamboatmen that is being heard from Ketchikan
to Nome. The legislature passed a bill which required the cus
toms service to assess a tonnage tax of 10 cents per ton on all
freight shipped into or out of Alaska. Collector Willis, of the
Alaska customs service, raises the question that it is not in the
province of his office to collect such a tax, and is accepting no cash
from the companies but is requiring that the captain of each
steamer file an affidavit of the amount of cargo on board his vessel
pending the decision of the department as to whether his office
should collect the tax or not.
While 10 cents per ton does not look like very much money
when considered with relation to one ton, stdl it would amount to
fully $200 per month for each vessel operating in these waters, or
probably $3,000 a year- This, of course, the consumer will have
to pay, for he it is that foots the bill sooner or later.—Ketchikan
Miner.
CCUMTIMG THE YEARS
jgr^IHE years shouldn’t count when we’re stating our age, for
j ifftlfl some men are young when they’re gray, and others are
old ere they’ve journeyed a stage in this world and its
wonderfhl way. I know an old graybeard who ought to be
dead if years laid a man by the heels! he cheerily sings as he
stands on his head: “A mail’s just as old as he feels.” The
years do not age us so badly, in truth; it’s worry that makes
the blood cold; the man who is blessed with the spirit of youth
is young when a hundred years old; the graybeard I wot of, he
laughs and he yells, and dances Virginia reels, and always and
ever his roundelay swells: “O man’s just as old as he feels.”
No man should admit that his days are near told, or talk of the
past with a sob; no man should admit that lie’s growing too old
to eat summer corn from a cob; the graybeard I speak of, he’s
slicker than grease, he cheers up the world with his speils; he
says (and his words suggest comfort and peace): “A man’s just
as old as he feels.” I know a young man wdio is 30 or less, in
years, but lie’s old as the hills; he goes around looking for
grief and distress, and talks by the day of his ills. The gray
beard, God bless him, is younger than that! He ne’er at the
w'ailing place kneels; he chortles, while kicking a hole through
his hat: ‘‘A man’s just as old as he feels!—Walt Mason.
Zurich, Switzerland, August 13. j
—August Ferdinand Bebel, the i
German Socialist leader, died here]
today, aged 72. Death was due to J
paralysis of the heart.
August Bebel was probably the
best known of the modern Socialist
leaders. He j ined the German
labor movement in 1S62, and con
tinued to struggle fur the working
classes until his death.
He was a member of the imperial
parliament almost continuously
from its formation in 1871 Not
long after the first session he was
sentenced to two years’imprison
ment for high treason, ami to an
other nine mouths lor lese majeste.
The Socialists of Germany re
garded him as a brilliant leader and
organizer, and lie was aide to keep
the ranks of the party united at
nearly all times. He lived to see it
represented in the imperial parlia
ment l;_v over 100 deputies, and the,
strongest party there.
bebel was not a great orator, but
his speeches were convincing, and
lie was beloved by his follow
ers. He w:as a good writer, and
published many books on Socialism.
Rebel actively opposed Bismarck’s
anti Socialist laws and was often
arrested ai d fined when they were
in force The annexation of Alsace
Loruine was another oi his pet aver
sions, which he called Bismarck’s
“fatal ci itne. ’ ’
Bcbel was a proor man and when
he first entered parliament was
compelled during the recesses to
woik at his trade of turner to earn
a livelihood.
Job Printing at Pioneer office.
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House
WILLOW STREET,
Neat Rooms by Day or Week.
Bunks 50c. Mrs. A. M. Auton
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■ Golden Eagle Hate! and Store
Front St., Iditarod
Ladles’ and Gents’ Dross Shoes
and Hose
Gasoline, Carbide and Kketric Plants,
I.ightning Mop Moor Cleaners and other
Shorts. Agency for Gray Motors.
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BAKERY
Foot of Willow St.
Best Gyp of Coffee in Town
Fresh Bread Beery Day
Choice PCs. Cakes, Btc.
Open Day and Night
Has Many Beautiful Designs of
And also a goodlv supply of
PAINTS, OILS, ETC,
'Willow Street, iditarpd.
Follow the crowd !
Where V
To the Crosby Massage and Bath
Parlors.
Location Notices at Pioneer ■..■Oice.
Dr. Heinrich Wortmann,
Physician and Surgeon
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Offices: Iditarod and Flat City
Telephones at each place
W. F. GREEN, M. D.,
Physician and Surgeon
DISCOVERY, OTTER
Telephone
DR. H. BE ML A,
Dentist
Offices, Pioneer Drug Store,
Fiat City.
Appointments by Telephone
HENRY RODEN,
Attorney at Law
Iditarod, Alaska
E. M. STANTON,
Attorney at Lav/
j Office in Wickersham & Roden R.dy,
Second Ave.
CHAS. E. TAYLOR,
Attorney at Law,
Notary Public, Conveyancing.
Front St.. Iditarod
A. E. MALT BY,
Attorney at Law,
Office in M. vk M. Bank Buiiuin^r
NOTARY PUB I .K ' PHoNFi
Richard J. Cook Joseph L. Reed
' Govermantal Praciice Formerly U. S. Com ■■ Jonsr
Washington, D. C. Valdez, Alaska
REED & COOK
Admiralty, Fatent and Mining
LAW VERS
! 615-619 LYON BLDG SEATTLE. U. S. A.
PHONE MAIN 4470
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I Second, Black st., don’t look for the
ox-blood roofed house —you will -e,-; it.
I and you cannot avo d it. Dan HtfStit.
On High-Grade Muslin; Tires/ are Just tire Thing
to Advertise Your Business Along Winter Trails,
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