STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION OF THE
Miners & Merchants Bank, of Iditarod, Alaska,
AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS, FEB. 15, 1917
Resources
Loans and discounts.$236,592.97
Overdrafts . 3 28.40
Cash, bullion and exchange . 110,282.34
*347.203.77
Liabilities
Capital and surplus.$ 70,000.00
Undivided prollts . 1,722.98
Deposits . 275,480.70
$047,205.77
I, n. C. Button, cashier of the above - named bank • 9w<’ar lllat
the above statement is true to tile best of my knowledge^ana b.iur^ Caghlejl
Correct- Attest:
H. C. BUTTON', Director.
■ibed and sworn to berorc me this 19th day of February, 1917.
/C. _ix («. u. (i r.KA(» n I 1 ,
UC1 Notary Public in and for Alaska.
My Commission expires Oct. 3, 1919.
WORK OF BRITISH NAVY
IN STRENUOUS WARFARE
WITH GERMAN SUBMARINES
The following article by Alfred Noyes,
printed recently in the London Times, gives
an insight into some of the methods used
by the British navy in its campaign against
the German submarine:
It was done in silence, and silence was
one of the weapons. Submarines went out
and never returned. Other submarines went
out, perplexed, against a mystery; and
these, too, never returned, or returned in
mysteriously diminishing numbers. Noth
ing was said about it till the destruction of
the fiftieth was quietly celebrated at a
small gathering in London; and then neu
trals began to inquire, with a new note of
curiosity, “What is Britain doing?”
\\ e heard tales ot steel nets—as vague as
the results would have been but for certain
great preliminaries of which we never heard.
A few days ago I had the opportunity of
seeing the finished system, and this threw
a flood of light on the immense work that
must have gone before in even this one
branch of our sea warfare.
To begin with, a body of men larger than
the United States army was chosen from
the longshore fishermen and trawler crews.
They were gradually drilled, disciplined and
trained and put in naval uniform. This
force is now over a hundred thousand strong.
They were chosen, of course, on an en
tirely different plan from that of the army.
They were tough sea-dogs, of all age?, in
ured to all the ways cf the sea, but not at
oil to any form of discipline. This in itself
implies very great preliminaries, for the fin
ished product is fit to man a battle, hip.
In the meantime their fishing boats, trawl
ers and drifters were gradually taken over
by the government and fitted out for the
hunt, some three thousand of them. To
these were added a fleet of fast motor boats,
specially built for scouting purposes. They
were stationed at various points around the
island.
From one of their bases a patrol boat took j
me out along one of the longest lines of I
flotilla. This innocent line of trawlers, I
etruug out for some fifty miles, had more
nightmares in store for the German sub
marine than a flees of battleships. It was
an odd sensation to approach trawler after
trawler and note the one obviously unususl
feature of each—the menacing black gun
at bow and stern. They were good guns. j
too—British, french ana Japanese, ine pa
trol boat carried a Hotchkiss, and most of
the trawlers had equally efficient weapons.
There were other unusual features in |
every trawler, drifter and whaler—features j
that made one catch one's breath when their j
significance was realized. About this I may !
say very little. But in the matter of the j
nets it was demonstrated to me that within
twenty-five minutes any submarine reported
in most of our home waters can be inclosed
in a steel trap from which there is no escape.
The vague rumors that we heard in the !
earlier stages of the war led one to suppose !
that these nets might be used perhaps in j
the English channel and other narrow
waters. But I have seen traps a hundred !
miles long, traps that could shift their pori- I
tion ar.d change shape at a signal.
A submarine may enter these seas, indeed,
and even go to America. She may even do
some damage within their lines. But if she
doe3 this her position is known, and if there
be any future damage done it will prob
ably have to be done by another submarine.
For she has called upon a thousand perils,
from every journey. I have actually seen
the course of a German submarine—which
thought itself undiscovered—marked day by
day on the chart at a British base. The
cluee to all the ramifications of this work
are held by a few men at the admiralty in
London. Telephone and telegraph keep j
them in constant touch with every seaport
in the kingdom. But let the reader con
sider the amount of quiet organization that
went before all this. Even the manufacture I
of the nets—which do not last forevc-r—is
an industry in itself, and that is one of the
least of a thousand activities.
We boarded one of the trawlers just as
her net3 were running out, and at the end
of twenty minutes, when the long, dwindling
line of fishing craft had “dressed” itself,
from the British coast opposite, ali that was
necessary was to wait for visitors. As for
their welcome, one skipper remarked t-o me I
cheerfully, "I don’t know about the others, I
but I’ve killed teD."
The extension of the indomitable little !
! lines of the auxiliary fleet is one of the most
romantic tales in the history of naval war
1 fare. For many months flocks of seagulls
hail screamed over a certain strip of coast
[ in North Africa. It was littered and strewn
j with wreckage and dead bodies from mer
' chant ships, allies and neutrals, who had
met with the German submarines. A small
i flotilla of trawlers and drifters were dis
; patched to these waters; and today' that
> coast is clean.
I The value of these patrols in the Mediter
ranean has been grimly proved. I'or on one
| occasion, when their numbers were smaller,
i ;i trawler squadron was withdrawing from
i the mouth of the Adriatic to deal with un
expected trouble in the Aegean. Promptly
there were submarines out through the un
1 guarded gates, and more wreckage and dead
on the unwatched shores.
There are British longshore fishermen in
the White sea, patrolling or frozen in. and
others are even patrolling the coast of Bul
garia.
One ot these tarry old stoppers round mai
something had gone wrong with his trawl
er's engines. In true Elizabethan style he
got into his dinghy, with two men and three
rifles, and sent his rusty old boat back to
the base.
''But where is your skipper?” asked the
naval officer of the seamen.
"’K's in the dinghy, sir, blockading the
Bulgars,” was the reply.
The sinking of unarmed fishing boats was
-ne of the favorite amusements of Fritz
in the earlier stages of the war. The sink
ng of these fishing boats suddenly ceased,
except on rare occasions; and, for certain
reasons, it is now cp acknowledged fact that
when a submarine sees one it submerges or
or its immediately. Details must not be
civen; but these smaller fishing boats now
orm a class to themselves, and they are
known ns auxiliaries, or "mystery ships.”
One hint I may give here. There was
cnee upon a time a simple fishing boat,
shooting her fishing nets for simple fish. A
submarine appeared and gave her men five
minutes to leave the vessel. Immediately
there was a panic, which had been part of j
ihe drill in port. Two of the crew went to j
'.heir knees for mercy, and others hauled at
.he boat like men possessed.
l must pass over me ueiuay once ukhc, i
but the resultant picture was this: A I
dummy boat on deck in four pieces, and a j
fine big gun leveled straight at the sub
marine, attended by gunners of his majesty’s
navy, "like gods in poor disguise.” There
ere two Germans kneeling for mercy, and
after they had scrambled into safety there
was an abolished submarine and oil upon
many troubled waters.
Many queer transformations have been
brought about by this war; for there are
not only longshore fishermen in naval uni- 1
form, but there are also many mysteries, of
which I will say no mere. Suffice it that
a thing which looks like a battleship may be
comparatively harmless, by the side of a
thing which looks like Noah’s ark.
There are more ways of producing moral
effect than were dreamed of in German phi
losophy; and it is enough to say that cer
tain mysteries have made German warships
run like hares from a boat that was harm
less as a mouse.
Even the little knowledge that they pos
sess perplexes them; for they are confront
r.g the most terrible bluff in the gamble
of war, the bluff that is backed by realities.
' Passengers on American and neutral
iners, with their flags flying, but- oh, wise
precaution—their rafts ready and their boats
well stocked with food and water—I have
-een them heaving a sigh of content at the
ight of a British man-of-war which was
not really a man-of-war at all, foaming
’ahead of them; while all around, from sky
line to sky-line, the sea was dotted with in
significant and hardly-noted brown-sailed
craft—the ships of Drake and Hawkins,
loaded with unimagined thunderbolts, the
world-patrolling battle fleets of Britain.
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Sensational Charges Against Official
Sensational charges affecting the United
States marshal at Petersburg are said to
have been sent to the department of jus
tice. These charges arise over the allege !
persecution of liquor dealers who refused to
support the Democratic territorial divisional
ticket at the November election, according
to the Juneau Dispatch, a Republican news
paper. Charges will be presented to the
senate alleging violations of the territorial
election law. The direct charge against
Kildall arises over his activity during and
after the territorial election. It is alleged
that he openly threatened prominent busi
ness men of Petersburg, following the elec
tion, by persecutions. Also it is alleged that
his father-in-law is allowed to conduct his
saloon in open violation of the Sunday-clos
ing law, while other rival liquor dealers are
prosecuted upon the least possible excuse.
Word comes from Petersburg that the town
is all torn up over the trouble arising di
rectly from the election, and the political
activity of Kildall is said to be tiie cause
of it.
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Seeks to Collect Costs from Government
Visions of a section of a track or a loco
motive and a string of cars of the govern
ment railroad in Alaska being seized by a
United States marshal to enforce payment
of a judgment in a civil suit are conjured
up by the visit of John E. Ballaine of
Sealtle to the national capital, according to
a Washington dispatch of January 8. Bal
laine was one of the promoters of the Alaska
Central railroad, later the Alaska Northern,
purchased by the government as a starter
for its trunk line. In its contract to pur
chase the road the government permitted
ihe old company to bring suit against Bal
laine with the proviso that anything col
lected would go to the old owners. Suit
as brought. It was to recover possession
of the townsite of Seward, owned by Bal
laine. on the allegation that Ballaine used
company funds to acquire that townsite.
The suit was won by Ballaine. Judgment
for costs was rendered in his favor. Those
ists amounted to about 820.000. W. C.
Kdes, chairman of the Alaskan engneering
commission, is now the president of the
Alaska Northern railroad, all of the stock
of which is owned by the government. Mr.
Ballaine is in Washington presenting his
bill of costs in the action. He contends that
the owners of the old company, being Cana
dians, cannot be mulcted, but that the new
owners of the company, namely, the United
States government, can, and that civil proc
esses can run against their railroad the same
us against any other successor. The de
■artment of the interior has referred Mr.
Ballaine to J. P. Cotton of New York, at
torney for the Alaskan engineering commis
sion.
Gateway Company Reorganized
Announcement was made at Seward on
January 18 that H. V. Hoben and Frank L.
Ballaine have purchased the interest of Ber
nard M. Stone in the Gateway Publishing
Company. Hoben has been elected presi
dent of the corporation, and states that it
will continue the publication of the Gateway
at its present location. Frank L. Ballaine
has been interested in the company since
its inception, more than twelve years ago.
and it was due largely to hb efforts that
Seward bad a daily paper after railway
work was suspended and before the govern
ment railway project was launched. Stone
has conducted the paper since May, 1914.
Sun Returns to Douglas
Previous to the week of January 11 the
sun had not been seen from Douglas since
about the 5th of December, the hills back
of town hiding the orb of day for more
.nan four weeks during the middle of ihe
winter.
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To Compile History of Alaska
Dr. F. A. Golderifi, professor of European
history at the Washington State College, at
Pullman, has been granted leave of ab
sence for the purpose of visiting Russia and
gathering matter for a volume on the early
history of Alaska, which will be issued by
the American Geographical Society', com
memorating the fiftieth anniversary of the
purchase of Alaska. Dr. GolderAi sailed
from Seattle in January.
Will Be Charged with Murder
Emma Mack, a native woman of Hoonah,
who was stabbed by Jim Blaine at Yakutat
last October, died recently at Hoonah, ac
cording to news brought to Juneau by Paul
V. Woodhouse, deputy marshal stationed at
Tenakee. Accompanying Woodhouse was
Deputy Marshal Frank Cook of Skagway,
who had been sent out to Tenakee and
other towns to bring in witnesses to appear
in court. The death of the Mack woman
will unquestionably result in a more serious
charge being placed against Blaine. The
Yakutat commissioner had bound him over
to the grand jury, and he is now in the
federal jail awaiting the action of that body.
The Mack woman, and also a native man
named John Mack, whom Blaine cut up at
the same time last October at Yakutat, were
rushed to Juneau shortly after the cutting
affair. Both were treated at the govern
ment hospital. The woman recovered suffi
ciently to return to her home in Hoonah,
at which place she died as the result of her
wounds. The cause of the cutting affair
was said to be due to jealousy os the part
of Blaine at the attentions of another to
the Mack woman.
Held on Arson Charge
Otto Kantiz, owner of the Postoffice
block at Valdez, which was destroyed in
the recent disastrous fire in that city, is
held by the federal authorities on suspicion.
Fire started in the Postoflice block after
all danger apparently was over. This fire
started, according to the investigations that
have been made, from inside the building.
Kantiz, recently insured the property.
Charged with Defalcation
Fred E. Bradley, former manager for the
Standard Oil Company at Juneau, who left
recently with his wife to accept a position
;n Seattle, was arrested in that city on
January 8 as he stepped from the steamer,
and was turned over to the federal authori
ties, acting on complaint telegraphed from
he office of Marshal Bishop at Juneau. The
complaint under which Bradley was ar
rested was sworn to by J. D. Helps, Alaska
•epresentative of the Standard Oil Company
and in effect charges that Bradley is “short
n his accounts.” The exact amount of his
alleged peculation is not known, but will
be ascertained as soon as an inventory has
been made and an investigation completed.
Telegraphic advice that Bradley had been
arrested was received by W W Oa«»v. Jr .
chief deputy in the marshal’s office, and
stated that Bradley would be sent north as
soon as the proper extradition papers are
issued.
Mouth of Yukon to Be Deepened
A Washington dispatch of January 11
says that the house committee on appro
priations has reported favorably on an item
of $45,000 for deepening the channel at the
mouth of the Yukon river. It is thought
that no objection will be made to it when
the bill comes before the house.
Juneau Pioneer Dead
Charles W. Wells, who built the first
house at Juneau in 1870, died in Seattle
recently. Deceased was prominently
identfied with the early history of
Alaska, and was formerly chairman of the
Republican central committee. He was 69
ears of age.
DEVICE FOR SAVING GOLD
One day many years ago, says a Portland.
Ore., dispatch, H. L. Sherwood was mining
ilacer gold on the Feather river, in Cali
fornia. The day had been long and hot,
ihe toil arduous, the result unsatisfactory.
He stood up, wiped the sweat from his
face and contemplated his old-fashioned
rocker.
“Why couldn’t I put half a dozen rockers
down there together, fasten ’em with a
crossbar and wash six times as much gold
n a day as I am washing now?” he won
dered.
The experimenting begun by Sherwood
that day has resulted in his inventing and
building in Portland a placer mining ma
chine, upon which he has been grantel a
patent by the United States government.
I’he machine, he says, will take out of gold
bearing sand and gravel not only the coarse
gold now obtained, but the fine Hour gold
hat for years has been the despair of every
placer miner to retain.
ii is sain mere is enougn nour gom in
he bed of the Snake river alone to pay the
British national debt. The name of the
■rson making the calculations has not been
announced, but these and other statements
indicate that success of the invention would
increase the annual gold production of the
country by many millions of dollars.
Mr. Sherwood's invention is a kind of
amplified rocker, operated by power that
lumps the screens over which the sand and
ravel are traveling against a steel buffer
,t the rate of 210 times a minute.
By the time the sand has passed through
:,ne screen after another, washed and
dumped, and has reached the lower con
centrating boxes, it is a wet concentrate, in
which the gold and platinum content is as
treat as possible and the sand content di
minished as much as possible.
The concentrate is dried and burned out
in a big kettle over a forge, and quicksilver
is introduced, which greedily amalgamates
with gold.
The burning process is for the purpose of
dispelling the vegetable greases and oils
which adhere to the fine gold and make it
impossible fur the mercury to exert its in
iluence. The final step of the process is to
dispel the mercury by heat, and that which
is left, declares the veteran miner, will be
all the gold that was in the original sand
and gravel.
Sherwood is picturesquely characteristic
of the old type of placer miner. He has
been mining in various parts of the West
for more than thirty years. Some miners
have spent ell their days in pursuit of the
golden lure of fortune.
Sherwood has placer mined and lost a
number of fortunes. He lost his savings in
Mexico when he was set upon by Yaqui
Indians and barely made his escape. He lost
all that he had in the San Francisco earth
quake and fire.
“I have the only device that saves the
very finest flour gold anl platinum,” he de
clared at his place on Adams street, which
is both home and shop to him, the place
where he built his first new machine, and
where he lovingly treasures his old gold
rocker.
Miners,” he continued, “have been trying
for generations to save the tine flour gold,
but all in vain; it was washed away with
too much water and the gravel and muck
and silt and clay, all in the same box,
washed out the gold. Others have been try
ing to save the gold on copper plates, and
as the fine gold is greasy or coated with
silver has no effect on it. Millions of dol
lars have been lost in the old way.
“The concentrator which I have invented
is designed to take the place of the old Cali
fornia rocker and Alaska Long Tom. It
can be taken in on pack trains if there are
no wagon roads, can be easily and quickly
set up., and will work ground too flat for
sluicing.
“There are four places to catch the coarse
told and four sets of screens, each a little
finer than the one preceding, to screen out
:he rock and gravel. It has an automatic
lump car that carries the tailings to any
desired point.
“The entire plant will require about four
or five men to operate it per shift with a
strong gasoline engine, and it should easily
handle 60 to 100 times more gravel per
shift than a man can with a rocker or Long
Tom. The machine makes the fine gold run
uphill in the sluices.”
what j. l. McPherson says
ABOUT ALASKAN HOME RULE
Home rule for Alaska is the great essen
tial in the territory's further development,
J. L. McPherson, manager of the Alaska
bureau of the Seattle Chamber of Com
merce. told members of the Rotary Club at
a recent meeting.
“Alaska's enemies,” said Mr. McPherson,
“argue that she has an irresponsible and un
stable population. What better answer could
be given to this charge than the overwhelm
ing vote recently recorded by Alaskans for
prohibition? And now they must wait un
til congress sees fit to grant them this right,
for under present laws the people of Alaska
have not the right to say that they will
have prohibition. Their vote was merely
an expression of their views. Congress must
make the law.
“The territorial legislature finds itself en
meshed in the apron strings not only of con
fess, but of ten other foster parents, bu
reaus and commissions that have acquired
administrative functions—so many govern
ments that they overlap and interlock to
the helpless confusion of the Alaskan.
“The rational development of our fron
tier wonderland demands, first, the full
measure of home rule accorded our other
'erritories, and second, a centralized control
■ n Alaska over the administrative duties of
these bureaus and commissions.”
For steam baths, go to the Snyder House,
Flat.
BEAR KILLED AT KING COVE
PROBABLY WORLD’S LARGEST
What is probably the skull of the largest
bear ever killed was brought down on the
Dora this trip, and If. W. McCracken, who
killed the brute, is about to investigate with
a view to discovering if he is not the slayer
of the biggest bear in all records, says the
Sewaru Gateway of January 15. He shot
the bear, one of the Kodiak brown variety,
at King Cove. It was found that the skull
measured something over nineteen inches.
The largest skin ever known to have been
secured was that which was exhibited by L.
L. Bales at the San Diego fair, but the skin
secured by Mr. McCracken is larger. With
out being stretched the McCracken skin is
over twelve feet. Charley Ernswder says
that for such a head or skin as this there
is a standing offer of a thousand dollars
from some institution or another.
Mr. McCracken had quite an experience in
the killing of the gigantic beast, which
charged after having received a few shots.
The hunter, accompanied by a couple of
natives, had Captain Madsen as guide. When
they came upon the bear McCracken told
the natives and the guide not to shoot, as
he wanted to pot the animal himself, unless
the bear charged and became dangerous.
ftcr the first shot the bear tried to make
his getaway, but another bullet brought
him back up on a high bluff, from which he
looked down on his pursuers. Mac then sent
a bullet right into his breast and could hear
'he ball crashing through. That was enough.
Forward dashed the quarry toward the
shooter, and other shots failed to bring him
down until he had covered about two-thirds
of the intervening distance, and was only
some seventy paces away. Then did Mc
Cracken shout for his companions to shoot,
he candidly admits, and the guns brought
the giant down just in time.
“When I saw that bear fall,” says Mr.
McCracken, “I just sat down all in a heap.”
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WANTED—Position as cook or house
keeper; can furnish references. Martha
Hellerick, General Delivery, Anchorage.
Alaska. __
FORFEITURE NOTICE
To E. Vent, E. Crompton and C. Smith, their
heirs, administrators and assigns:
You and each of you are hereby notified
that the undersigned has expended In
money, labor and Improvements during earn
of the years 1909, 1910, 191 1, 19 12, 1913,
191-1, 191 a and 1916 the sum of one hun
dred dollars ($100) upon placer mining
claim known as the last Chance Associa
tion, at mouth or and on Cane creek, a
tributary of Innoko river, in the Innoko
mining and recording district, territory of
Alaska, in order to hold said claim under
the provisions of the law respecting annual
labor on mining- claims.
And If within ninety days after the last
publication of this notice you, or either of
you, rail or refuse to pay your proportion
of such expenditure, your interest,in said
claim will become tile property of the un
dersigned co-owner, according to the pro
visions of Section 232-1, Revised Statutes
of the United States.
ARTHUR VAI.LENTINE.
First publication, Dec. 0, 1910..
Last publication, March to. 1917.
I SLIDE AT WILLOW CREEK
KILLS TWO MINE EMPLOYES
An Anchorage special to the Seward Post,
dated January' 10, tells of the killing of Hor
ace Emery and Bert Stewart, and possibly
a third man, in a snowslide at the, Martin
nine, in the Willow creek district.
Stewart was superintendent of the mine
and Emery was Martin’s nephew.
News of the accident was received at An
horage the preceding day, together with the
■nformation that Stewart’s body had been
recovered and that men were digging for
Emery. A special rescue train was sent out
from Anchorage with men equipped to ren
der aid.
A later dispatch told of the discovery of
’he second of the bodies, and stated that
the remains were to be sent Outside for
jurial.
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RADIUM FAILS TO CURE
After exhaustive testa, the use'of radium
as a cure for cancers anu tumors has been
found to be a failure, according to the an
nual report of Dr. Francis Carter Wood,
’•ead of the Crocker Cancer Research Fund
of Columbia University. For cases on which
oeration is not possible radium is suc
cessful as a palliative only, the report states.
It is unquestionably possible to prolong
life in a few instances,” Dr. Wood says, "and
to make the patients more comfortable by
the employment of large quantities of ra
dium. On the other hand, it is equally
certain that the use of small quantities, say
thirty to fifty milligrams of radium dement,
often results in a rapid extension of the
tumor, so that the patient’s condition is
worse than if he had been left alone.”
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Job Printing at Tha Pioneer office.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE
To Arthur A. Everett, am! to hts heirs and
assigns:
You sre hereby notified that the under
signed having expended in each of the
years 1909. 1910, 1911, 1912, 19!3, IBM,
1915 and 1919 the sum of one hundred dol
lars in labor and improvements upon each
of the quartz mining claims known and de
scribed as follows, to wit: The Parks No.
l lode mining claim, the Parks No. 2 loiie
mining claim, the Parks No. 3 lode mining
claim, the Parks No. 4 lode mining claim,
the Banner lode mining claim, situated on
Cinnabar lode, on the right limit of the
Kuskokwim river, about tirt.-cn miles below
the mouth of the Olltna river, In the Kus
kokwim mining district, territory of Alaska.
In order to hold said claims under the pro
visions or See. 2394 or the Revised Statutes
of the United States, and the amendment
thereto approved January 22. IkSSO, con
cerning annual labor upon mining claimi,
being the amount required to hold said
mining claims for the period herein men
tioned.
And If within ninety days from the per
sonal service of tilts notice, or within
ninetv days after the publication thereof,
you fall or refuse to contribute vour pro
portion of such expenditure as co-owner,
your Interest in said five lode mining
claims will become the property of the
subscriber, your co-owner, who lias made
the required’ expenditures by the terms of
said section. E. W. PARKS.
First publication, Dec. 2. 191 a.
l ast publication. March 3, 1917.
GRAND BAR ‘“IT RYE
FLAT CITY MARC ANTONY CIGARS
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Nicely Furnished Rooms Barn for Horses and Dogs Baths in Connection
THE BEST OF EVERYTHING ALL THE TIME
MERCHANTS'~ CAFE
... GOOD MEALS
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FIRST AVE. OPEN DAY AND NIGHT \
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HURST CIGAR STORE
PIPES AND TOBACCOS
Fall Line of Wellington Pipes, Wholesale
Westcver—Wholesale Nice, Fresh Chscnlates, Nuts, Candies and Fruits
POOL BARBER SHOP
J. A. NELSON, Prop. .SST*
HARRY DONNELLEY
EEEE GENERAL MERCHANDISE
DISCOVERY, OTTER
Furs H- B0AS> Furs
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IS IN THE MARKET TO BUY ONE THOUSAND FURS
Black, Silver, Cross and Red Fox, Mink, Ermine, Lynx and last
year’s catch of Marten
IDITAROD FLAT
NICELY FURNISHED ROOMS BY DAY OR WEEK
Warm, Clean Well Ventilated
OPEN DAY AND NIGHT
Massage and
Bath Pariors
MEDICATED, MINERAL VAPOR, STEAM, m* Bn jrr
TUB, SALT AND FRESH WATER D22/CBflS
Caribou SKs Bet. Black and Willow Sts., on Waterfront
Electric and Faradic Massage Treatments by Expert Attendants
Lighted by Gas Heated by Steam