Miners & Merchants Bank
IDITAROD, ALASKA
Capital, $50,000.00
General Banking Business Transacted Gold Dust Bought and Assayed
Drafts Issued on Any Part of the World
SEATTLE CORRESPONDENT. SCANDINAVIAN AMERICAN BANK
OFFICERS:
CHARLES ROSS, President
JOHN HOLMES, Vice President
R. C. BUTTON, Castvier
NOTHING ROMANTIC
“What are you doing with that lady’s
slipper in your pocket? Looking for a Cin
derella?”
“Naw; my wife wanted some stockings
to match. I couldn't cut a section out of
the slipper, so I had to bring the pesky
thing along.” Kansas City Journal.
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TWENTY-THREE MEMBERS
OF ONE FAMiLY GO TO WAR
SEATTLE. Aug. 5. - Amourar Auzias dc
Turenue, a former student at the University
of Washington, is en route to the western
front of the European war with the Ameri
can I.egicn, which left Vancouver, B. C.,
recently. Before going abroad the legion
will rendezvous at Calgary for further drill
ing and hardening, and it may be autumn
before it reaches the battlefield.
Amourar is the twenty third member of
the De Turcnne family to join the forces
of the allies. Fifteen of them who went
in with the French have been, most of them,
disabled. Of six who joined the British
colors, three have been killed and three
have been injured permanently.
The latest recruit's older brother, Aimar.
former 'varsity track star, returned from
the front a little more than a year ago.
In the second battle of Ypres a jugged I
piece of shrapnel pierced one of his eyes j
For a time it was feared that he would j
lose both eyes, but a series of expert oper
ations by specialists saved one of them, and
Aimar's general health was restored.
MINING AT SILVER KING
TO BE BY MODERN METHODS
E. E. Kellogg was a passenger for the i
upper Yukon on Monday s boat. He is on
his way to the Stewart river country, where
he will be employed at the Silver King mine,
the property recently acquired by Price,
Manley, Ives and McGinn from Tom Aitken.
Mr. Kellogg states that it is the inten
tion to proceed with extensive development
work on the property at once. Heretofore
the mine has been worked in the crudest
manner imaginable, yet in spite of this big
prefits have been made. Working the mine
only in the winter time, when there was
no danger of the shaft sloughing, some |
twenty-seven hundred tons of rich ore have
been taken out during the past two win
ters. It is now the intention to employ
modern machinery and modern methods of
mining, and the mine will be worked the
year round.
The mine is located some distance from
navigation on the Stewart river, and the
ore must be hauled to the boats. For this
purpose a “caterpillar" traction engine has I
been ordered, and is expected to be at the ■
landing on the Stewart river by the time i
Mr. Kellogg arrives there. This and other j
machinery will be put in use as soon as ;
the freeze-up makes transportation possible. !
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CONVENTION OF DEMOCRATS
WHICH MET AT FAIRBANKS
WAS HARMONIOUS AFFAIR
“All was harmony at the Democratic di
visional convention’’ held at Fairbanks on
the afternoon of Wednesday, August lt»,
according to the Republican Times of that
city. “In fact,’’ it continues, "the conven
tion is generally considered to have been
one of the best meetings of Democracy held
here for many a day. Between forty-five
and fifty men were present at the conven
tion, most of them being delegated to the
convention, although some of them were
sightseers, who went to the convention ex
pecting to see something spectacular. With
the exception of the Koyukuk and one or
two other far outlying districts, every pre
cinct in the Fourth judicial division was
represented by the delegates in person or
by proxy."
The convention was Called to order at
2 p. m. by J. Ilarmon Caskey, the former
divisional chairman. The call for the con
vention was read, after which the chair an
nonneed that nominations for a permanent
chairman of the convention were in order.
John A. Clark was elected by acclamation,
and W. F. Whit el ay was elected permanent
secretary. Mr. Caskey then gave up the
chair to Mr. Clark and left the convention.
The Democratic platform, adopted at Ju
neau last spring, was adopted by the con
vention, and nominations for the senator
ship from the F'ourth division were then
callde for. In a neat and well-timed speech,”
says the Times, “the name of Thomas A.
McGowan was placed in nomination by R
F. Roth.” Mr. McGowan received the nomi
nation by acclamation.
For representatives the names of William
T. Burns of Fairbanks, John W. Dunn of
Ruby, Luther C. Hess of Fairbanks and A.
M. Kilgore of Iditarod were placed in nomi
nation. John Moe placed the name of J.
K. Green of Ruby in nomination, stating
that he did so upon instructions from the
lower river camp. The vote resulted as bil
lows: Burns, 47; Kilgore, 47: 11 -'S, 44;
Dunn, 43: Green, 4. The chair then de
clared the first four named as the nominees.
Members of the central committee were
elected as follows: T. A. McGowan. Fair
banks; H. J. Atwell, Brooks; G. J Geraghty.
Iditarod; I'. L. Jewett, Circle; Henry Wal
lace, Ester, The other members of the
committee, named at the territorial con
vention, were E. W. Criffin. William T.
Burns (chairman), and \\ i . Wlutrly .sec
retary).
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MANY OLD-TIME GAMBLERS
CAME TO IGNOBLE ENDS
(The Great Divide, Denver)
You asked me some lime ago to tell you
something of the early-day characters of
Guthrie and Oklahoma City. I will now
comply as well as my memory will permit
me after a lapse of twenty-seven years, and
will tell you what 1 can of a few of that
class of men who are always present in a
new country or a mining camp, and with
whom we were all acquainted, or at least
knew by sight in the year of the opening
of Oklahoma to white settlement in 1SX9.
Ti,iliitle sketch relates to a class of men
whom Oklahoma knows no more, as mere
is no place for them in our highly moral
ami industrious community. They have
gone the way of all drunkards, gamblers
and gunmen. Please note the percentage
of vir lent deaths.
Frank Heffey was a faro bank dealw at
the old Sarazac gambling house on Grand
avenue in 89. Good old Frank; everybody
remembers him. Ho died last year a pauper
and was buried by his friends. He was
known as a square gambler, and he had
many friends among the good men of our
community.
Bill fhenault, the son of a Missouri con
gressman, was once asked. "Who are you?"
and he replied: "I am a social outcast.
All decent places are closed to me. The
red-light district is my home. I am a
gambler.” He diet! a pauper, a drunkard
and a dope fiend, in Oklahoma City, and
was buried in a pauper’s grave.
Bud Cox was killed by a Mexican in
Abilene. Texas. His brother. Booze, died a
dope fiend in San Antonio. Another brother,
Ferris, killed a gambler in the Turf saloon
in Oklahoma City and disappeared. Bud
Fag was killed by French Jake, a dope
fiend. Dick Hawkins was shot and killed
in Wyoming. Luke Short died in Hot
Springs, Ark. Bill Sparr, whom Wild Bill
Hickok called his “kid,” is still in Wichita,
a broken-down race-track fiend. Whitey
Rupp died in Oklahoma City and was bur
ied in the pauper’s graveyard. Arkansas
Kid went to the pen for life. Kid Bannister
was killed in the Turf saloon at Oklahoma
City. Butterfly Kid was killed by his
brother-in-law, Bob Darnell, in Tecumseh,
Okla. Both were morphine fiends.
Elmwood Kid went to the Klondike and
was never heard from again. Coyote Kid
went to the pen for forty years for murder.
Obe Hathaway was sent up from Oklahoma
City for selling whisky to the Indians. Jim
Wright was killed in Guthrie by Kinney
Campbell. Campbell disappeared and was
never heard of afterwards. Pug Smith died
of delirium tremens. Skinny Brown is in
Goldfield, Nev. Cincinnati Red was killed
in Colorado while working a shell game.
Ed Ellis, who was shot through the neck
at Guthrie with a .45, got well and disap
peared. Buster Howard is at Miami, Okla.,
working in a mine. Ral Howard was shot
to death in Sapulpa, Okla. Jim Fuller was
killed at the opening of the Kiowa country.
Conk Jones died at Excelsior Springs, Mo.
Jake Pecora went up for life for killing Jim
Cline at Kingfisher. Montana Kid is a tin
horn gambler in Courtland, Ariz. Hop Cas
sidy went to Alaska and has never been
heard of since. Emmett Truelove killed a
man at Pauls Valley, Okla., and dropped
out of sight. Burt Hurst, a smooth dice
artist, is being cared for on a farm in
Kansas. He lost his mind through dope.
Uncle Jim Miller lives at Sulphur, Okla., and
is a regular attendant at church. George
English lost his head by dope, and is a
tramp. Blackjack Meyers was killed by Bill
Sparr in Em Armstrong’s resort in Wichita.
Bill Morgan was killed at Lawton by Bob
Barnett, who was later killed in Noble
county, Oklahoma. Boots and Humpy both
died from morphine. Bud Mitchell drew
twenty years for handling wet horses. John
Clark killed Ed Reed and was last heard
of in a mining camp at Pearce, Ariz. Ed
Owen, who killed a man in Colorado, and
another in Wagoner, Okla., was tried at
hort Smith, was acquitted, and dropped out
of sight.
Dutch Jake went up for fifty years for
murder. Sam Showcross died in an insane
asylum in Illinois. His brother, Bill, was
killed in a saloon fight at Shawnee, Ok!a.
John, his other brother, was killed by a
miner in Colorado. Red Horse Hayes died
in the Norman insane asylum. Johnnie
Carr, a pupil of Canada Bill’s, died in a
dope joint. Diamond Jerry was killed in
Muskogee by a policeman. Johnny King
ston was last heard of in Panama. His
son, Bill O’Brien, died in prison in the old
country. Eat-’em-up Jake was killed in
Guthrie at the opening of the Sac and Fox
country. Silver Phil was roped by a
drunken cowpuncher and dragged to death
in the Cherokee Strip. The Daulton boys
were all killed in one day except Emmett,
who is with a show in the East. Tim Evans
was shot to death in Coffeyville, Kan. Bill
Dunlin was killed by Heck Thomas, a United
States marshal. Big, good-natured Ralph
Bain killed a man in a joint in Wichita,
served a term in the pen and was last
heard of running a joint in Okhihomu. New
man Brown, who was known as the gentle
man gambler, served a term in the pen for
assault, and is now one of the worst kind
of dope fiends. Clyde Mattox is working
on the railroad at Ringling, Okla. Nate
Sylvia went to the pen for horse theft. Scar
face Charley went to the pen for blowing
a safe. Dirk Patterson was hung by a mob.
The handsome, popular and well-dressed
Bill Hart was shot and killed and buried
in a pauper’s grave.
These are but a few of the hundreds of
this character of men that we all knew in
’89. Is it any wonder that it is against the
law to drink and gamble in Oklahoma?
*Think it over. What’s the use? Does it
pay? We think not. Fred Sutton.
J. H. COBB’S INTERPRETATION
OF EIGHT-HOUR LEGISLATION
The interpretation of the territorial law
which provides for an eight-hour day in
mining operatic ns in Alaska having keen
called in question. Representative C. K.
Snow of Ruby requested Acting Territorial
Attorney General J. H. Cobb to write an
opinion covering the more important points
about which inquiries had been made. He
has received the following reply:
“Hon. C. K. Snow, Ruby, Alaska.
“Mv Pear Mr. Snow: I have the honor
to acknowledge receipt of your letter, in
which you asked me for my opinion regard
ing the enforcement of the eight-hour law
passed by the First legislature of Alaska,
and amended by the legislature of 1915.
“The eight-hour law is one of the gen
eral laws of the territory of Alaska, and
stantis upon identically the same basis as
any other general law. It is wholly imma
terial as to whether this law was enacted
by congress or by the Alaska legislature.
All the territorial laws that were enacted
gy congress or by the Alaska legislature.
All the territorial laws that were enacted
by congress were so enacted by congress in
its capacity of a territorial legislature. In
1912 congress created the Alaska legislature
to perform identically the same functions in
making laws for Alaska that up to that
time had been performed by congress. It
will therefore be seen that it is the duty of
the judges and district attorneys to enforce
the penal provision of the eight-hour law
exactly as though the law had been passed
by congress. This is true of all the penal
laws passed by the Alaska legislature, with
the exception of the penal provisions of
the revenue laws, which by special provi
-ion contained in such laws and in me
amendment of 1914 to the organic act are
to be enforced by the counsel of the terri
tory. and afterward by the attorney general
, f the territory, when one shall have been
elected.
“The eight-hour law is not one of the
revenue bills, and it is the duty of the dis
trict attorneys to enforce the penal provi
,-ions of it exactly as it enforces the penal
provisions against murder, robbery, theft,
nr any other peml law of the territory.
“You further inquire as to who can make
the complaint for a violation of the eight
hour law, whether it must be one who
has been injured by it or otherwise. Any
one can make the complaint, whether in
iured by it or not, or the grand jury may
indict the same as in any other violation of
a penal law. The complainant need not be
one who has been injured by it.
“You further a-k as to whether or not :
the workingman can be prosecuted for a I
violation of it. Section 3 of Chapter 29 of |
the Session Laws of 1913 reads in part as
follows:
“ ‘Any person, persons, body corporate,
general manager or employer who shall vio
late or cause to be violated any of the
provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty
of a misdemeanor.’
“I am of the opinion that the language
quoted is broad enough to bring within its
penal provisions the laborer or employe
as well as the employer. It is hard to see
how it could be otherwise. The law cannot
be violated by an employer without the
participation therein by the employe; and
generally all persons who aid or abet in the
commission of a misdemeanor are princi
pals.”
UNDER GERMAN INSTRUCTION
(Kansas City Star)
"These Swedes will teach how to beat
them.” commented Peter the Great of Rus
sia when the "Madman of the North, ” with
9,000 men. cut to pieces his army of 60.000
at Narva. At Pultowa, seven years later,
his prediction came true, and the miracu
lous dash of Charles XII ended in disaster
and annihilation before the Russian arms.
Possibly Von Hindenburg has proved to be
as good an instructor of the Russians as
Nvas the Swedish soldier two centuries ago.
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PAPER FILMS TO BE USED
PARIS, Aug. 5.—The substitution of
paper rolls for celluloid films in moving pic
ture machines, made possible by the new
"cold” light discovered by the French en
gineer Doussaud, is obtained by automatic
separation of heat rays from luminous rays,
which occur together in all sources of light
hitherto known to science. Quest of an
absolutely pure light, devoid of all heat,
long has been one of the problems of mod
ern physics. The electric light is the near
est approach to this ideal, but far from
it, as it gives off a certain amount of heat.
M. Doussaud has been working on this prob
lem for years.
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FOUND
Two malamutes, which came to my place
at Flat in June; one black, one gray. Owner
can have same by paying for feed anil for
this advertisement. CHAS. SCHUBERT.
Flat, Aug. 24, 1916.
STORY OF HEARTLESSNESS
REPUDIATED BY SURGEON
Recently The Pioneer reprinted from the
Fairbanks Times an article in which the
death of a man named Martinell under (
alleged distressing circumstances was re
ported. Among other things it was said
that the man had been refused admission :
to the post hospital. Captain Love, the \
post surgeon at Fort Gibbon, has written a
letter to the Fairbanks newspapers which
puts an entirely different light upon the
matter, lie says:
“According to the statements made by
Martinell’s two companions at the inquest, ,
Martinell became quite sick about fifteen
miles below Fort Yukon. They arrived just
above Tanana about "> a. m. the day of
Martinell’s death. They stated that Mar
tirielli was so much better that he did not
want to see a doctor. So the two com
■ anions went up on the bank, leaving Mar
tinell in the boat, put up a tent and went
to sleep. Martinlel came up about 10:30
a. m. and woke them up, asking one of
them to go for the doctor. One of them j
came up to the hospital about 11 :>i0 a. m.
and telephoned me, as I was at another
place in the post at that time. lie said that
the man had been quite sick, but was much
better. I asked him if it would be all right
if I came up at 1 p. m., and he said that it
would. A few minutes later 1 met him
on the walk and we discussed thp mutter.
He at no time urged me to come before
1 p. m. Mr. Dunbar of Tanana telephoned
a few minutes later, just after I reached the
hospital, stating that Murlinelli was dying.*
I sent at once for the launch engineer, but
in a very few minutes another message
came by phone saying that the man was
dear!.
“The companion who came for the doctor
testified under oath at the inquest that Mar
tinne’li was dead before he reached the
camp upon his return. Bo even if the un
dersigned had gone at once he would have
arrived affer the death.
“Martinell was not brought to the hos
pital. nor did his companions make any at
tempt to bring him to the hospital, which
was only about one mile from their camp
ing place, down river. This could have
been easilv reached in one of their boats
His life might possibly have been saved if
he had been promptly brought to the hos
pital. as he suffered from over-distended
bladder. As usual, though, those who are
at fault try to throw the blame upon others.
“All of the statements contained in this
letter were established at the time of the
inquest and can be easilv substantiated.”
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HUNDREDS OF BRITISH SHIPS
RELEASED IN THE BALTIC
LONDON, Aug. 5. Hundred? of British
merchantmen have been released from Bal
tic ports, in which they have been lying j
■since the outbreak of the war, as a result I
of the great battle in the North sea between I
the German and British fleets.
The vessels left Petrograd, Kronstadt and j
other Baltic ports and proceeded down the !
Baltic and passed through the Cattegat '
into the North sea without the slightest [
interference from the German warships.
One result of the release of such merchant j
tonnage is that freight rates, which have
Keen abnormally high, are showing signs of !
falling considerably.
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Job Printing at The Pioneer office.
BEFORE GOING OUTSIDE
Don’t forget to have The Iriitarod Pioneer -
your favorite weekly newspaper—forwarded
to your new address. You'll find it a most
welcome visitor in your new surroundings.
One copy is worth a dozen of those prom
ised letters that never came.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE
To films. Reno and V. Pierce, and to their
heirs and assigns:
You and each <>r you are hereby notified
that i have expended !'■»r labor and im
provemenfs during each of the years 19 la.
19 1T and 1915 the sum of oiie hundred
dollars upon Jlie Ready Money placer nun
ing claim, situate on Maverick creek, a
tributary or Marvel creek, in the Kusk<>
kvvim recording district, territory of Alaska,
m order to hold said elaim under the pro
visions of law respecting annual labor on
mining claims.
And if within ninety days after th»* pub
lieation of this notice you or either of . i»
fail or reTuse to pay y.iiir porieui of snh
expenditure your interest in said claim will
become the property of the undersigned .
owner, according to the provisions of
Revised Statute. of the l mted
States. Li I HER C. HES - .
Fairbanks*. Alaska.
First publication, July -29, 191 ft.
East publication, Oct. 28. 19 1 c..
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE
To If. Siebe and I'. \V. Labelle, and to their
heirs and assign.-:
You and each or yon are hereby n >tifp. I
that I have expended for labor* and n.i
provernents during each <>r the years 1b I 3,
lb 11 atid 101 •") the siirii of one huiKb'd
dollars upon the War F.agle placer mini w
claim, situate on the I* ft limit or F.avd
creek, a tributary < r the - ilrnoii river, m
the ICuskokwim rrc< riling district, terrif ry
of Alaska, m order to hold -aid el-nm under
the provisions of law rc.-pecting- annual i
bor on ruining claims.
And if within ninety days a Her the pub
lication or this notice you or either < r v m
fail or refuse to pay v• up portion »»r siedi
expenditure, your interest in -aid »■]:■ m
will become the properly or the und* r
signed co-owner, a'-enrdintr to the pi-., •
sions of See. 232 5. Revised Siitut -- of tl.*
I'liiterl States. LI TULL < . m;-S.
Fairbanks. Ma-ka.
First publication. July j'.L I 9 1 o.
Last publication. <><t. -j<. r.HT.
Partnership Dissolution Notice
Not! -e is her* by given and this rm ru
randurn Is to give the pubb to understand
that all partnership relations heretofore *
isting between J. K. Riley. M. If. Mars* >n
and Lottie M. Marston, doing business under
the linn name and style of the Otter lire ! re
Company, and all other partnership r-h
tlons < r » very kind ami cliaracter b-dw- n
J. F.. Riley and M. If. Marstmi. ha\• ■ b • n
and are tills dav dissolved. M. H. Ma: -t .n
retiring from the firm and the said J. K.
Riley assuming all indebtedness in connec
tion* with tlie partnership business.
Witness . ur hands this 4th day of
August, 10 IT. J. T. RILEY.
M. If. MARSTON.
Witness:
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i .HAS. ROSs.
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