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DISCOVERY IDITAROD
TOOK OUT $13,000
FROM ONE PICK-UP
i Ruby Record-Citizen. July 4
James iSlim 1 Sch- field and John Bow- |
tn. two of the lucky koyukuk boys, were
passengers up on the Tan-ana. bcund for
the great Outside.
Seldom tin we see the fickleness of Dame
Fortune its found in a frontier mining
camp better exemplified than in the cases
of these two men.
After running the entire gamut of ups
and downs (mostly downs) for the last
>even;een years, these men have become
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IDITAROD, ALASKA
suddenly rich within the last year, and
are now pulling otT all kinds of stunts in
order to know from actual experience just
how it seems to have plenty of money to
spend. It reminds many of the “good old
days" before chechako civilization spoiled
it all.
Messrs. Schofield aim Bowman have been
working on Hammond river Dr years. In
:.:i early day they sniped, with others, on
the shallow ground. When the deep chan
nel was struck a few years ago they went
back to Hammond river and began t
search for the deep channel. At firs: their
efforts were unsuccessful, as they found the
channel but no pay. However, last winter
it came their way. and they struck one
of the richest spots ever found in that
camp of rich spots. There seemed to be
a canyon in the bedrock from ten to twelve
feet wide. Where the bedrock was smooth
they would find but little, but where there
were potholes they would be literally full
of chunks of gold. In many cases it was
so clean it did rift need lo be rocked. In
one instance they took out $13,000 from
a one-n<»im thaw without washing the dirt,
other than panninig the goal from t'vse
bedrock pockets. There w.«.- vers little line
g( hi | radically no piec< - that went less
than 75 cents to SI. The largest nugget
they found was worth over $2,400. They
had this with them, and intend to take it
Outside, providing they do not give :t to
“some friend ’ for a pocket piece during
some hilarious moment.
“SlimY’ brother. Dr. Schofield, a young
man who came in over the trail last win
ter. was with them. It is understood that
much of the dust has been placed in his
charge, with orders to land it Outside. He
is chaperoning these two “wild men from
the far North..'* and certainly has his hands
full, as they are like two boys just out of
school.
Although the Tanana was hooked up with
the Louise, and together they were pushing
five barges, they good-naturedly pulled in
In n. midstream when leaving Ruby upon
finding these Koyukuk passengers had
failed to get aboard. Jim says a few years
ago they used to stop to put him off, but
it is the first time they ever came back
to let him on.
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AFTER INCOME
TAX DODGERS
New York, July O. Experts on internal
revenue expressed themselves as not sur
prised at the reports published recntly that
the income tax returns would fall far below
die expectation of the treasury department.
Little credit was given to the statements
that men of big fortunes were “holding out
against the government.”
Considerable difficulty has been experi
enced by income tax collectors from that
clause in the bill which stipulates that no
matter where a man lives, he shall make
his income tax return from that city where
his chief place of business is located. There
are many men living in different parts of
the country who through this clause have
to make their returns here. Although cer
tain other sections of the country may have
fahen short as regards the treasury depart
ment’s expectations, some parts of New
York city, it is said, have far exceeded what
was expected of them.
No advices tiuvo Deoil received nere us
yet ordering collectors to put forth a drag
net for delinquents, but it is known that
when the time limit f.-r returns expires the
department is prepared to wage a strenuous
campaign against those who have not com
I lied with the law.
Among the passengers leaving for the
Outside on the Beaver last evening was
Karl Theile.
C. R. Peck drove in from Hat City last
evening.
Postoffice Store, Flat City
Mrs. C. 0. Chit tick of the Flat City Post
office store wishes to announce to the public
that she has taken over the magazines and
Outside-newspaper business of Leo < litford,
as well as the Flat creek subscription agency
of the Iditarod Pioneer. Many of the most
popular and interesting magazines and peri
odicals will always be found on the news
stand. Mrs. Chittick has also received from
the Outside a nice line of drug sundries,
toilet articles and neat stationery.
Particular attention is also called to a
new stock of choice and fresh Outside can
dies, which are on sale in bulk and boxes
at from 50c to SI the pound.
KARL THEILE BUSINESS
TRANSFERRED TO N. C. CO.
A business transaction of much impor
tance to the district, and especially to Otter
creek residents, was consummated the latter
part of last week, by which the mercantile |
business conducted by Karl iheile at Dis
covery, titter, was transferred to the North
ern Commercial Company By the terms
of the transfer the N. C. Co. takes over the
entire stock of Theile and will discontinue
the business.
It is understood that Harry Donnelley
will occupy the quarters formerly used by
Mr. Theile.
Angus McDonald arrived in the city last
Wednesday morning from Ruby.
W. H. Brooks has a gang of men work
ing on the road between the Summit road
house and Discovery.
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NEW L3R5E OF
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From Gantner & Mattern Knitting Mills
Whether It’c a Hart, Schaffner & Marx Suit
Or Anything Else, \ou 1! Know
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ARID EXTRAS
Have Just Received a New Supply o. Ad Kinds or Scraps, Cc dar
Fads, Hames, etc.
DARING CHICAGO MAN
WOULD COME FOR BONUS
Proof that there are still a few people
in the world who are game enough to dally
with chance is evidenced in the following
extract from a letter received bv Secretary
C. B. Yandell of the Chamber of Commerce,
says the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, from a
young broker in Chicago, who is apparently
of that courageous soldier-of-fortune torn
peraxnent now rarely found outside the cov
ers of popular novels. The reckless and
enlightened one says In part:
“A broker friend of mine of La Salle
street tells me the Seattle Chamber of Com
merce will pay the fare of a man to Alaska
and also give him S100 if he will guarantee
to stay six months. I am 23 years old,
energetic and progressive. Kindly send me
from here to wherever you want me to go.
I fully appreciate the hardships, but the
price of success must be paid in order to
succeed.”
“It is good to receive such a letter as
that,” said Secretary Yandell, “because it
shows that in spite of the ennervating effect
of civilization the indomitable spirit of the
pioneer is by no means dormant, and there
are still a few who are willing to battle with
Indians and suffer hardships in crossing the
plains to arrive in this village and embark
on the perilous enterprise of going to
Alaska.
“It was with regret that I informed the
young man that the season for bonused ex- .
cursions as he mentioned had not yet :
opened.”
LAWRENCE PROMOTED
TO A NEW POST
(Dawson News, July 3i
G. Harry Lawrence, for years connected
with the Dawson post of the Northern Com
mercial Company, has been promoted to the
position of manager of the company's post
at Takotna, on the Kuskokwim river, across
from Iditarod. Harry has been one of the
most reliable and competent men in the
service, and has received the congratula
tions of a host of warm friends on his ad
vancement to his new position of responsi
bility. Mrs. Lawrence will remain here un
til September, when she will go down the
river on one of the last boats with her
two charming little children, and will join
Mr. Lawrence at Takotna for the winter.
Harry got away yesterday on the Alaska.
He took with him his stock of famous pipes
and a pouch of tobacco, and a trunkful of
flower seeds, bulbs and plants. Harry is
one of the most enthusiastic gardeners ever
in the North, and his home on Seventh
avenue annually has been nested amidst
a bower of the most beautiful flowers ever
seen in the Yukon, and has been the Mecca
of all tourists and sightseers. He promises
another dainty home and garden spot on
the far Kuskokwim.
Copying and enlarging, also all kinds of
portrait and view work. See Clemons .fe
Koon, Flat City.
Assessment Work Blanks at Pioneer.
BOY SCOUTS HEAR
ALASKAN LECTURE
Tacoma, June 30. A large audience of l
Boy Scouts listened with intense interest
last evening to a lecture on “Adventures in
Alaska,” delivered by W. E. Priestly, who
has charge of the Montamara show in the j
Stadium. t |
In the course of his lecture Mr. Priestly j
gave a brief sketch of the history of Alaska,
from the discovery by the Russians to the '
present day. This was followed by a do j
scription of the country in general and his j
own experiences in particular, during sev- \
oral years' residence in the Northland.
Among the many experiences related were |
Mr. Priestly's travels with the Indians and !
Eskimos, hunting experiences and accounts !
of narrow and thrilling escapes in traveling i
through Alaska by dog team or canoe. j
Many valuable canming and traveling !
hints were given the scouts. After the lec- j
ture the boys asked Mr. Priestly many ques- j
tions, and were loath to let him go, even !
after they had thanked him with three j
ringing cheers.
HOW WELSH BEGAN HiS CAREER
England’s king has been feeling so good j
that he probably hasn’t thought of Ulster |
or the feminist movement for a week.
Why? Oh! nothing much except that Fred
die Welsh, the king’s pal, won another bat
tle the other day. You see. the king and
Freddie are chums—they write letters to
each other and all that sort of thing.
The king and the king’s English regard |
their little champion with much interest
and esteem, for Freddie is about the only
kind of an athlete that seems able to ;
trounce an American now and then. Hut
little do they realize how near they came
to losing him. Freddie Welsh is really an
American pugilist. He represents England
merely as a business proposition. His good
judgment is established by the gold belts
he owns, the title he has. the smile he
wears and the money he has got.
Just about nine years ago little Freddie
Thomas (Thomas is the correct way to spell
it; arrived in this country sans belts, sans
title, sans smile, and sans money. He
I landed with nothing but a hole in his
! pocket—flat!—flat as a Mexican on a roof;
so Hat. in fact, that everyone seemed to
overlook the little Welsh boy from Ponty
pridd entirely; so Hat that he was walked i
on kicked about and shoved about a hu- j
man pancake in a world of giants.
The little Thomas boy had come to this
country the same as do thousands of oth
ers to seek his fortune. lie had left the
old country behind and hoped to start life
anew in a new land.
As ft;r boxing, he never knew what it
was, although he had done a little wres
tling on the other side. What is more,
it didn't seem as though he would ever
learn, either, as he scrubbed floors, washed
dishes in bum hotels, dug sewers and “car !
ried the banner” and ate free lunch. He
worked at everything and anything and
lived the same way.
After hungry days and sleepier nights he
j managed to get a job as half a-janitor |
j mpi nd . gymnasium in New York. Here 1
! w • hi ' first view of boxing and boxers.
N'liic of the amateur boys used to train J
help) them- by fixing their punching bags, i
there. Sometimes little Freddie used to
lying on their gloves and washing out their j
1 -w.'aters. One day a sparring partner j
| failed to show up. and here and there Welsh i
j started on his way to fame and fortune.
I The sting of the boxing glove \v;s as th ■
i <tmg of the boxing bug. and so< n affer Fred
| entered a Philadelphia ring to fight his first
1 battle.
That was in 1905, and during this year ;
and the next Welsh fought somethin': like
twenty five battles in and around Phila
delphia. He was so successful and pros- j
perous that he decided to give his own 1
lolks a chance to look him over. He j
fought eight battles in Great Britain in j
six months. Then he returned to America j
to complete his pugilistic education. But |
he gave up the idea of becoming an Amer- i
so much easier to lick that he decided to |
; lean citizen, as he found the Englishmen
try for the championship) of England.
He stayed over there a year and a half,
during which he engaged in twenty-two
contests. Then, deciding that his schooling
was finished, Welsh returned to England
and won the title from Johnny Summers.
I
QUITS JOB IN NORTH TO SEE GAMES
Unable to stand the strain of being be
yond the range of “big league" baseball. F.
M. Hendell. a former employe of the White
Pass & Yukon railway, has returned to Se
attle, deliberately quitting the job he has
held for several years that he may sate his
longing for scientific baseball. If he seems
to get his till after a while, Mr. Hendel
says, he may go back North.
The baseball played at Whitehorse, ac
cording to Mr. Iiensell, while exciting
enough and arousing the interest of the
country for miles around, doesn't satisfy
the man who loves scientifis ball. He took
in the game at Dugdale field yesterday and
pronounced it great.—Seattle Sun.
NEW LEAGUE MAY BE FORMED
New York, June 22.—The National Base
ball Association, the head organization of
baseball in the United States, is considering
the formation of another major league to
fight the Federal league, which is an in
dependent organization. If such an organ
ization is formed it will have a team in
every city in which the Federal league is
represented and in which there is no Ameri
can or National league team. Other cities
that will probably be represented are Pitts
burg, Cleveland, Cincinnati and Washing
ton, which now have but one major league
team each.
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IDITAROD DISCOVERY, OTTER
The Rough Rider was compelled to post
pone a trip to Dikeman Monday on account
of the fact that her crew was subpoenaed
to appear before the grand jury Tuesday. >
The Keystone, Commodore A1 Lowe, ar
rived from Dikeman Wednesday night with
a bargeload of eighty-four tons of material
for the up-river power plant and merchan
dise for this city. lie proceeded up the
river Thursday.
Monday, July 20.—Alaska up Rampart
19th. Casca up Coffee creek noon 19th. i
Dawson down White river 9 a. m. Delta
down Kaltag 19th. Julia B. down Kaltag j
lllth. Reliance at Nulato. Sarah up Kot
lik 10th. Schwatka, Gibbon for Fairbanks
on arrival of Yukon. Selkirk at White
horse. Tanana up Minto 7:45 a. m. A u
kon down Eagle 7 a. in.
Tuesday, July 21.—Alaska up Rampart,
19th. Casca up Carmacks. 7 a. m. Dawson
up Dawson, 2 p. in. today. Delta down
Kaltag 19th. Julia B. at St. Michael.
Sarah up Kotlik 16th. Schwatka, Gibbon
for Fairbanks, on arrival of A’ukon. Sel
kirk down Whitehorse, 5 a. m. Tanana up
Nenana. 7:15 p. m. 20th. Whitehorse up
Coffee creek, 5 a. m. A'ukon down Circle,
9:30 p. ni. 20th. Reliance. Nulato for Bet
ties on arrival of Sarah. White Seal sched
uled Fairbanks for Iditarod Wednesday
noon.
Wednesday, July 22.—-Alaska at Circle
up-bound. General Davis down Melozi. 4
a. m. Dawson up Stewart, 8 a. m. Re
liance, Nulato for Betties tonight. Sarah
up Kaltag, 5 a. in. Schwatka at Gibbon,
awaiting Sarah. Selkirk down Fairbanks,
connect A’ukon 3 p. m. today. W a.-h
burn up Nul-ito, 4:30 a. m. Whitehorse
up Selkirk, 11 p. in. 21st. White Seal,
Fairbanks for Iditarod, 2 p. ni. today. A u
kon up Gibbon this forenoon.
Thursday, July 23.—Alice at St. Michael.
Alack a up Oriole, 22d. Caeca. Whitehorse
for Dawson today. Davis down Kaltag.
1 a. ns. Dawson up Coffee creek, 8 p. m.
22 I. lMrn.ro up Ivy ok :k r .er, s .'Hi p.
m, 22d. Sarah up I.ouden. 3 u. m. Selkirk
at Dawson. Tan ana a tllot Springs, down
bound. Washburn up Birches, 8:55 a. ni.
Whitehorse up Carmacks, 2 a. m. White
Sea! down Hot Springs, 7 a. m. A ukon
up Hot Springs, 7:30 a. m.
Friday, July 24,—Alice up Sr. Mlohoel.
3 a. m. Alaska up Bugle, ti :20 p. in. 23d.
General Davis d wn Kaltag, 2.3d. S.,rah up
Birches. S;55 p. m. Schwatka, Gibhun for
Dawson, on arrival of Sarah. Selkirk up
Dawson. 8 a. m. Xanana at Gi’ Am Wash
burn down Louden. 8:20 a. m. White Seal
down Louden, 8:20 a. ni. White Horse
up Hrotaknqu u 0:30 a. m. A'ukon op N"
msna, 5 :.»0 a. m. The AYhite Seal and Wash
burn have been racing from Hut Springs
down river, and were neck and neck at
Louden.
DR. BEHLA WILL SOON LEAVE
Dr. II. Behla, the Flat City dentist, has
been at his Iditarod office, on First street,
all this week, and has been kept very busy
by persons requiring his services. The doc
tor expects, with very good luck, to be able
to leave here within the next two weeks
for the Outside, where he will take further
courses of study.
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PARTIES COMBINE TO
DEFEAT REED SMOOT
Salt Lake City, Utah, June 21. With
th'- avowed intent to defeat Senator Reed
Smoot for re-election, the Democratic and
Progressive state conventions, held sep
arately here today, combined on a state
ticket, nominating James II. Moyle of Salt
Lake City, Democrat, for the senate.
Moyle is an attorney, and is also heavily
interested in wool, beet sugar and other
local industries. He has twice been Demo
cratic candidate for governor. He is a vig
orous supporter of the Wilson administra
tion, and in the face of great opposition
appeared before the National Wool Grow
ers • convention b*Tf a few months ago tr>
attack a resolution which he regarded as an
unjust reflection on the administration.
“UNCLE JOE” AGAIN
The gayety of the congressional cam
paign will be greatly enhanced by the re
appearance in the Danville. 111., district
of “Uncle .he'! Gannon as a candidate for
the house of representatives. The stan 1
palters have missed “1 ncle Joe” sorely, and
the house has not been quite the same
without him. He is the representative of
all that is bad politically, and the repre
sentative personally of much that is p.c
turesque and original. And whatever else
may be said of him. he has at least the
courage of his bad convictions. From Dan
ville he sends out a double defiance to Wil
son and Roosevelt, and challenges them
both to mortal combat. It is a pity to have
to put an extinguisher on such a captivat
ing and -• ry ol ! political bandit, but unless
public esntiment undergoes a revolution we
will have to forego the pleasure of his witty
and audacious company at Washington
There are few public men who have sea
soned their evil records with a more piquant
personal flavor If he had not got on the
devil’s side, what a fighter he would have
made for the Lord! Baltimore Sun.
SENSELESS RUSH TO ALASKA
“There is going to be a great deal of suf
fering in Alaska during the next yea-. '
said C. I-. Metcalf, better known among
old-time Alaskans as “Jib-boom,” to a Se
attle Post-Intelligencer reporter. Mr. M- -
calf has returned from a tour of the min
ing camps of the northern territory. In
the early days he was a pilot on a river
boat making the famous White Horse rap
ids, and there are few men who went in a
the North in 1896-97-98 who do not kn w
him personally.
He has been North for the last six weeks
looking the territory over with a view of
again locating, after being out of the cn’in
try several years. For a number of years
he has operated a hotel and general store
at Hope. B. C., but he sold it early in the
spring with the intention of returning to
AJ'i-ka in stay.
“Every town that I visited I found to be
overpopulated,” he said. The movement
norihuard :rwe the passage of the govern
ment railroad bill has been something won
derful, but the trouble has been that the
men immigrating into the country are as a
rule going in on short money and they are
looking for work and not investments.
Many of these have Hocked to the points
where the new railroad is expected to touch
and most of them do not seem to realize
how hard a year they have before them.’r
ALL p< rs<ms art wreby notified htat the
** p existing between
c. Moi<am and .P>hn Cameron. <■ m t
ing a general teaming business at Flat t.ityr
otter preeinet. Alaska, has been di^olwd.
All persons having claims against the said
business will present the same to either
(»!' the undersigned at their offices in Flat
City.
JOHN CA.MKHoN.
C. A. MOiSANT
July T. 19 14.
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