No Rags, No Bones, No
Bottles by Day-time
The garbage question came in for a few well-chosen remarks
last Wednesday night, when the council passed an ordinance re
garding sanitary regulations for the city, and adopted the report
of Councilman Barnes, who said he had selected the second lake
below’ the city as the permanent dumping ground for city refuse.
The spot lies below the Slippern mill and below the ice-house,
so as to be completely out of the way as regards everybody.
The ordinance provides that no garbage shall be hauled in the
summertime on the streets of the city except between the hours of
11 p.ra. and 7 a.m. It also prescribes the style of wagon to be
used by scavengers and promulgates regulations for the guidance
of the private citizen in the care of his premises and those of his
neighbors, besides making it an offense to litter up the streets.
Garbage must not be thrown on the ice of the river within the
city limits, and in fact it is expressly desired that no garbage be
thrown on the ice this side of the Slippern mill, as it would surely
cause a hindrance on the first bar below town, as shown by the
experience in Fairbanks.
The building of a short stretch of road below the mill on the
way to the dumping ground was taken under advisement by the
street committee, and it is possible that this will be done by the
city.
N. C. Company Build Big Bock
A crow of men has been working the, past week laying the
foundations for the big dock and warehouse to be constructed by
the N. C. company on the local waterfront for the accommodation
of the summer shipping.
The upper end of the dock fronts at Richmond street and will
extend along the river the entire width of the N. C. company’s lot
or a distance of nearly 200 feet. The warehouse will cover the en
tire length of the dock and will be 30 feet wide, leaving plenty of
open space on the river side. Chas. Smith, who had charge of the
construction work on the company’s Dikeman ^warehouse, will
superintend the erection of the new structure.
The big barge Fox, which was used as a landing barge last
summer will be kept here for the same purpose this season.
Edna to be Among the First Reliance for Yukon May 27
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Having built a new 00-foot scow and
repaired the two used last season, Jim
HalBy, skipper of the gasoline boat
Edna, of the Ross & Nestor company, 1
will be ready to hike for Dikemau in
the immediate wake of t'ne ice, which
is due to clear at aiiy moment.
The Edna was one of the mainstays
of the mosquito fleet last season, and
she will be constantly on the job this
summer.
The first trip down this spring is for
the purpose of bringing up the Ross &
Nestor lumber from Dikeman, there
being about 100,000 feet there which is
badly needed here. Besides the lead to
be brought by the Edna, the steamer
Pup will carry lumber on her first visit
to this city.
To Right Your Ingersoll at Sea
Paris—Eiffel tower is rapidly becom
ing the centre of the world so far as
the wireless is concerned. It is the
pole about which the hertzian waves
sizzle. In addition to the military
station there which France hopes to
keep in constant and instant touch with
her African colonies, there is that
which sends the time to ships at sea.
Within a short period the officials in
charge hope to be able to flash the
hours of midnight and midday to every
ship in the Atlantic north of the equa
tor, no matter how close they may be
to the American shore also to those in
the Mediterranean and Red Seas. Even
ships in the harbor of New York may
soon record Paris time.
Freight Rates Take a Jump
Owing to the breaking trails and the
difficulty of moving heavy loads, freight
rates from Iditarod to Flat have taken
a big jump—or from 1 cent to 3j.
All freighting during the last two
weeks has been done at night, but,
even at that, the snow has fallen away
to such an extent that heavy loads on
bobs are a most unpleasant thing to the
equines concerned.
FOR SALE
One 30-h.p. Scotch marine boiler 11}
ft. long, 44-in. in diameter, water back.
45 ft. of stack. All in first-class condi
tion. Address Pioneer.
Cabins for sale—apply postoffice.
Kxpected here at any time following
the clearing of the river, the N. N. Co.
steamer Reliance will probably not de
part for the Yukon until May 27, at
which time she expects to make con
nections with the Sarah from Dawsor.
She will stop at Dikeman on her way
up from winter quarters in the lower
Iditarod river and will bring whatever
odds and ends of freight that may be
waiting there.
There is no regul ir passenger list,
but a few people have been making in
quiries and it is possible that there will
be several passengers when she departs
the latter part of this month. These
passengers will be transferred to the
Sarah for Fairbanks and Dawson.
Street Grossings How
a Matter of Concern
Bids on lumber were received by the
council last Wednesday night, Ross &
Nestor and the Cleveland mill being
the only bidders. The former concern
offered 2x6 and 2x8 lumber in any
length for $150 a thousand. Cleve
land offered to supply 13,500 feet of
rough lumber at $100 a thousand, and
logs at $1 each.
The lumber is to be used by the coun
cil in the construction of sidewalks and
street crossings, and the street commit
tee was instructed to call for bids from
carpenters for the work. Crossings
will be put in on all the main thor
oughfares, but the amount of sidewalks
to be laid has not been determined.
Miller & Slenter Building Warehouse
On the waterfront, in the lower part
of the city, Miller & Slenter of the
Merchants cafe, are building: a ware
house 30x34, the work having been
started last Wednesday. The building
is situated in the vicinity of the Kru
tsinger warehouse, and has already
been the occasion of some irritation be
tween the respective owners which
threatened for a time to burst into open
warfare. It is thought now that the
trouble will be avoided.
Midget and other intermittent alarms
reduced to $2.50 next week at Simp
son’s. _
Cascade Laundry is open for business.
Tour bundle is ready,
BAD TRAILS MAKE WEARY LIMBS. REST AT THE
Snyder House, Flat City
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SPECIAL
LARGE CAN OF
True Milk, $1.25
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Fairview Trading Co.
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The ^4 yt feoffee House,
« $Cm IL Formerly Home Bakkory
_OPEN FOR BUSINESS SUN DA Y, MA Y 7_WU'otv Street_
JUST OPENED DISCOVERY, OTTER
razer ouse
MRS. FRASER, PROP.
Everything New. Furnished Rooms and Bunks
t, Simpson
Will be Open in the New
Store, corner of Wiilow
Street and First Avenue.
SOUVENIR NUGGET JEWELRY AND WATCH
REPAIRING OUR SPECIALTY
WARFA BA YS ARE DRY BA YS~
DROP INTO
Julius’ Place, Dis. Otter
AND GET THE LATEST THING IN DRINKABLES.
FREIMCM SOFT PHSZZES,
Hop Bear, Ginger Beer, or Cider Right Off the Ice
Cigars, Tobaccos, Candles, Etc.
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CHASING QUARTZ
IN THE CHANDLAR
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At tlie time Richmond Mitchell left
the Chandlar in March McNett and
partner, prospecting for placer, had not:
reached bedrock on Little Squaw, They j
were down 90 feet and were getting lc
pans from the gravel. Their work is
being done below the point where the
quartz vein crosses the creek as it is
thought that good placer workings will
be found there, the gold being derived
from the ledge.
D. A. Mui phy is practically the only
! other placer prospector. He lias cora
j ple.ed a hole 160 feet deep on Monarch
| creek, which heads against the Hosiana
river divide, but has not found any
: thing of much value and now is drift
incr.
The chief work on quartz is being
| done on Big Squaw, Little Squaw and
j Tobin creeks.
F. J. Carter is down 100 feet in a 6x4
shaft and is starting to tunnel. The
shaft is entirely in ore. At the out
cropping the vein was eight feet wide.
Newton & Swift, of Big creek have
gone down 35 or 40 feet and have a
good showing. Their ledge is 16 or 18
feet in width. The shaft is following
down along one side where the ore
shows free gold that is visible to the
naked eye.
Marsh is still at work upon his mill
and has not done very much of late
in the way of tunnel work, having
been short of supplies, for- much of the
time it was too cold to freight.
Capt. Haynes will be out soon. He
has not been doing much of late on his
properties.
“The work that has been dona on
quartz so far,” says Mr. Mitchell, “has
been very satisfactory to the camp,
justifying the faith that the men have
placed in it.” The Chandlar man says
that now that the Beaver trail is
through to the camp, it will not be so
hard, nor so expensibe for the miners
to get in their supplies, hence the
development work will not be so great
a burden as heretofore.
The camp does need, and needs badly
some provision for a mail service. The
absence of mail service is a handi'eap
to the district and a hardship Oh all
who are in the section.
For tire Information
of tire Natty Dressers
NEW YORK. — Men of generous
girth are sad today over news from St.
Louis, where the Interrational Customs
Cutters are doping out men’s styles for
the coming spring and summer, that
the corset coat is to be the one best
bet for modish males.
According to official announcement,
a man to be stylish when the robins
nest again must resemble an animated
exclamation point. The women who
have been wrestling with hobble skirts
for many months are paragons of grace
and comfort to what the men will have
to be. The “corset coat” alone will
be sufficient to make the laugh on
tlfm, but'there are also the trousers
to be reckoned with.
The new style trousers will fit so in
timately it will be necessary to remove
the shoes to take off the garment.
Gentlemen with over - developed ex
tremities may find it necessary to use
talcum powder and shoe horns.
In adopting the new styles the sar
torial autocrats explain that we have
had the “foolish, over - exaggerated
man, and are now in for a siege of
the “under-exaggerated ma».” They
deny with emphasis that the adoption
bv women of the “trouser skirts” had
anything to do with the determination.
These clothes dictators are to decide
cut as well as color for the men. The
“Scotch effect” and “pencil stripes”
in grays and browns and blues are to,
he the predominating colors. Gray
mixtures w ill be given the lead ; rich
browns are to be a close second, with
blues running up a close third. All
the other colors will be classed as be
longing to dressers w-ho have either
some tailoring ideas of their own or no
ideas at all.
Shoulders will be slight, the chest
full and the waist small, giving the
effect of a corset, they say. Sleeves
also will be narrow. Padding will be
placed about the chest, instead of on
the shoulders, as of yore.
Coats will be single breasted, boldly
rounded at the bottom. The “cut
away” in many respects will resemble
the frockcoat now in style. Two but
tons are to be de rigueur for those of the
bon ton, but the customs cutters fear
the majority of American men will
continue to insist upon three.
The waistcoat is to be relegated to
the side lines. Two-piece suits are to
be the height of fashion, and cuffs on
the troustrs must be as stiff as possible
without starch
Ask Property Owners
To Put in Sidewalks
A resolution was adopted at the
Wednesday meeting of the city council
diiecting the chief of police to instruct
all property owners having lots abut
ting on Willow, First and Richmond
streets to look to their sidewalks and
to build them as soon as practicable.
The order was to be put in the nature
of a request, and the resident should be
properly coaxed to make his sidewalk
eight feet wide, and of a uniform grade
with those of his neighbors. The ex
pense of fixing the proper grade will
be bourne by the city.
In addition, residenters in other por
tions of the city will be urged to put in
their sidewalks, and these shall be of a
uniform width of five feet.
Although the council has the right
to compel the laying of sidewalks, the
city dads feel that it is best to reason
with the reluctant ones, at least for the
present.
That two-story water wagon with the
mansard roof which is going the
rounds these days with Herbert Riley
on the hurricane deck, seems to be the
right place for a man to be.
Indigo Sluing, Crowley & Porter,
City Will Issue Warrants
For Payment of Bills
By ordinance passed last Wednesday night, the city council
placed itself on a provisional financial basis, and outlined the
methods by which they hope to do a little business without money,
or until such time as the first revenues begin to drop into the city
treasury.
By the terms of the ordinance two funds are established, called
the salary fund and the general fund. All fines and forfeitures go
into the first fund, and ail other moneys go into the general fund.
Warrants shall be drawn from these funds by the city cleric,
signed by the mayor and countersigned by the clerk. They shall
be numbered and paid in the order of their issuance.
If upon presentation to the city treasurer there is no money in
the fund upon which the warrant is drawn, the treasurer will en
dorse that fact thereon, and the warrant will then draw interest at
one per cent, per month until paid. Whenever money comes into
the treasury, a notice will be published calling in the warrants
that can be paid, and after the completion of publication, the war
rants will cease to draw interest.
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According to Duncan Micliie, who!
spent part of the winter in Spokane, I
where he met “Swiftwater Bill” Gates,
that genial highwayman is the whole
thing in South American curiosities at
present,and having successfully launch
ed two mining companies, is now try
ing to pry loose a few more bones from
unsuspecting investors to start a third.
Bill is apparently there with the
goods, and carries around a bunch of
autumn leaves that a greyhound,
couldn’t jump with a running start.
The better half that he now has with j
him seems to have the jinx on Bill, for ,
she keeps him straight and has much I
to do with running the family. Strange ^
to say, she has been under Bill's roof- j
tree several months.
The Otter Masonic club will get to- j
gether next Thursday, May 18, at Flat, I
and go through the interesting busi-;
ness of electing officers for the coming ‘
months.
A big public meeting is to beheld at j
the A. B. hall at Flat tonight, whereat j
the citizens of that thriving burg will j
go earnestly into the question of fire j
protection. The town is growing so!
rapidly that they have had little time
to talk fire, but the lesson learned j
from the experience of this city has ;
evidently taught them it is wise to get j
on the job and keep something up their I
sleeves for an emergency.
The Otlet'-creek bridge at Flat is j
completed, and hip Loots can now be j
thrown in the discard.
During the absence of Miss Kotsch, ;
who is relieving Miss Halley at the |
local telephone exchange, Miss Marie
Coolidge is in charge of the Kotsch i
cigar and candy store at Flat City.
They are undergoing the regulation i
spring cleaning stunt at the Pioneer !
Drug store at Flat, and incidentals are
putting in a lot of new fixtures and ■
things. Dr. Carter says he is getting
ready for that million dollar stock of j
Epsom salts that he is shipping in.
Walter Hunter dropped over from i
Moore creek Thursday and reports the ;
going just as nice as a plowed field. He ;
came to look after some mining prop- j
erty on Otter, and to tap the market ,
for some needed articles before the
active mining operations begin on I
Moore.
Harold Seddon walked hurriedly
around our business blocks this week,
evidently being in town on business.
Henry Riley, business associate ot
Tom Aitken, left Flat creek in its
cradle for a day or so this week, while
he looked around Iditarod.
Active Warfare Begins
Tomorrow at Flat City
There will be a general and concer
ted movement, on the bread line at Flat
City tomorrow, when the Merchants
cafe throws its doors open to the public
and Miller, Slenter & Newton fire the
first gun of the summer restaurant
trade.
Their place on Front street has been
made ready for the accommodation of
many guests and they will endeavor to
hand out the same line of treatment
that has won them such an enviable
reputation in this city
Eyes examined free—Simpson’s.
Lot-Jumping Cases
Bloom With Spriog
Two lot cases were tried in the com
missioner’s court during the week, and
in both instances the alleged jumpers
got the worst of it.
In the ease of Irene Harvey vs. John
Nelson and J. J. Murray, the contro
versy raged over a lot 12 by 100 facing
an Third avenue. The plaintiff, repre
sented by Chas. E. Taylor, contended
that she had purchased a lot 40 by 100
and had placed a building on all but 12
feet of it. The jury thought she ought
lo have the rest of what she had pur
chased, and gave her a verdict. Attor
ney J. S. Harding, for the defendants,
says he will appeal.
On Wednesday, the case of Herman
Anderson vs. Tim Corcoran was tried
before Judge Maltbv, sitting without a
jury. The lot involved in this case
was on First avenue, east of Black, and
between the lots claimed by George
Taylor and H. Main.
The plaintiff claimed that he had oc
cupied the lot with tents since he had
slaked the same, and had frequently
set them up after they were leveled by
the winter storms. The defendant
claimed he could see little evidences of
occupation when he went on the lot.
Judge Maltby decided in favor of the
plaintiff, and Attorney Harding, for
the defendant, says he will appeal from
the ruling. Major Albrecht repre
sented the p'aintiff.
W’hen you visit Flat creek call at
Carroll’s Globe Bakery and Coffee
House for a lunch.
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FLAT CITY
IVSiss S. Kotsch,
Tobaccos, Cigars, Confectionery,
STATIONERY
SEWING, CLEANING ANO PRESSING
Gold St,, Flat City How Open lor Business
SUM M IT
ROADHOUSE
Furnished Rooms and Bunks
Cafe in Connections,
Liquors and Cigats
Tel: “Summit Roadhouse.”
CO-PARTNERSHIP NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that the co
partnership heretofore existing between
F. C. Wiseman, Pat Whalen and L. T.
Chambers, under the firm name and
style of Wiseman & Co., is this day
changed by consent of all the parties
hereto, by the retirement of L. T.
Chambers and the admission of Charles
G. Lynn. The new firm will continue
under the old name and style, and will
settle all accounts, both debit and
credit, ef the old firm.
Dated this the 17ta day of April, 1911.
F. c. Wiseman,
Pat Whalen,
L. T. Chambers,
Chas. Lynn.
STILL OPEN!
Board of Trade Pool Room
COUPONS GIVEN FKEE WITH EACH GAME OF POOL
Drawing Even Sunday Night.
Harry Bridges, Prop.
Iditarod Machine Shop
Black St., Near Sllppern's Mill List Your Machinery With Js for Sale McDonald, Horner A McDonald