In the interest ot Food Conservation, you are:
earnestly urged to do what you can toward j
saving and guarding against waste of Food, I
Sam’! Applebaum j
Ladies, buy your Arctics, Dawsons, Rubbers and Rubber Roots
from us, with a guarantee that they are not
injured by frost or age
Childrens’ Rubbers, Pacs and Rubber Boots
at Outside Prices
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Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Kcttlewell and
family have moved hack to the power
plant for the summer.
The Yukon Gold Co. finished then
wood hauling last Saturday, and the
tractor has been in placed in summer
quarters. Preparations are now being
made for the opening of the season’s
work. The thawing plant will com
mence operations about April 1.
Julius Fritz, after spending the win
ter in Tolstoi, returned to this camp
Tuesday last.
Migration from the paystreak at Fiat
City lias commenced. Cabins are being
torn down or moved, and the ground is
cleared for the arrival of the dredge.
John Shaller is moving his cabin to
the space beside Jack Peterson’s home,
and the McLeods have moved into the
Meacham cabin while their own bouse
is being moved from tho paystreak.
Mrs. Haggith is ill at her home in
Flat City.
Greg Stewart and son Warren ar
rived from Moore creek the first of the
week, and are leaving for tho new
strike.at Nixon Fork.
Mrs. Deming is receiving medical
treatment at the Reed hospital.
Ed Wilkeson, the widely-known
blacksmith, after spending tho winter
in tho States, returned to camp last
Wednesday. ;ile says Dredgemaster
Heitman will be here in a few days.
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Duffy are moving
from Iditarod to Flat, where they will
occupy the Moore cabin.
Rob Griffis made a trip to Flat on
Wednesday.
Mrs. Leland and Mrs. Hunt returned
to Flat Wednesday.
Joe Cummings has contracted to haul
15 tons of supplies to Moore creek for
Keller & Dawson. The goods will be
transported by dogteam over the dis
tance of 40 miles.
MEN’S FURNISHINGS
Linoleum
Wallpaper
Drugs
Toilet Articles
Get Under a New Hat
J. B. Stetsons and Others
Remember, those boys in France are
YOUR boys. Do Y'OUR durndest in
saving food, and they will get THEIR
bite. _
Ansleys
STORE
IDITAROD, ALASKA
ROADHOUSE MAN
TALKED PLENTY
j For alleged seditious and and alto- j
' gether unnecessary utterances made in j
the prosence ot wayfarers who stopped j
at his roadhouse at Little river, on the
I Seward trail, Paul Minnick, a German,
I has been placed under ariest at the in
| stance of members of the National
! Council of Defense. According to re
I ports, J. E- Moulton, the widely known
j traveling man for the Seattle Hardware i
Co., who was in this camp a couple of I
weeks ago on his annual trip, was!
among the first to bring the matter of
Minnick’s alleged uncalled-for remarks j
j to the attention of the local members]
of the Council, who shortly afterwards j
j “got busy” on the case with the re
! suits described in the following tele
gram received by Major Albrecht last
! Wednesday evening:
McGrath, Alaska, March 20, 1918.
Harry E. Pratt, Assistant District At- j
torney, Fairbanks, Alaska:
As members of the National Council j
of Defense we have investigated the !
j case of Paul Minnick and have filed in-:
formation supported by affidavits charg
i ing him with saying he “had offered
his services to Germany, hoped the j
United States would get theirs for but- j
ting in, that Germany could call on
him at any time, is glad of sinking of
I the Lusitania and other ships, that
| Germany should sick all ships regard
! less of nationality,” and other similar
| utterances. Minnick has been arrested.
! This community being so small makes
| it very difficult to secure a jury, and,
| also, owing to considerable pro-German
j feeling, conviction by jury here is ex
! tremeiv improbable. We strongly ad
vise the application of the federal law,
which is more drastic, and will have a
! far-reaching and beneficial effect.
1 Awaiting here to prosecute if Deces
j sary. Also a slacker discovered and !
i prosecuted. Chas. T. Taylor. !
Cyril P. Wood.
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FIRE FIGHTERS
DO GOOD WORK
A fire in the Front-street end of Fin-!
negan & CameroD’s big store at Flat
City last Thursday morning about 11
o’clock got under considerable head
way, and only by the rapid and very
effective work of volunteer fireman and
neighbors with private fire-fighting
apparatus were the fast-spreading
flames controled. The fire was caused
by a defect in the heating stove in that
part of the building. The weather at
the time of the fire was very calm, an
item that made its control less strenu
ous. The loss to stock, building and
fixtures will probably amount to $1,500.
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San Francisco, March 16.—Troops
are moving to St. Mary’s, Idaho, today,
to prevent any fnrther rioting in con
nection with the trial of W. W. Nelson
secretary of the I. W. W.
C. R. PECK, FLAT
That was a large and happy crowd of
masqueraders that gathered in A. B.
Flail Saturday night to attend the
F’iotieers’ Red Cross dance and enter
tainment. Some very original and hu
morous characters made their appear
ance on the floor, and quite a number
of handsomely-gowned ladies were in
evidence, in costumes appropriate for
the occasion. The various booths at
convenient places about the hall did a
thriving business throughout the even
ing, and the donations made by mer
chants and citizens were placed on sale
by an enterprising auctioneer. All the
articles brought good prices. The
supper arrangements for the big crowd
seemed to have worked smoothly, as
there were no complaints either of the
fare or the service.
The gross receipts amounted to
$771.75; the expenses totaled $233 7"'—
leaving the sum of $538 for the Red
Cross fund.
In the distribution of prizes the
judges made the following awards.
Best dressed lady, Mrs. M. Gularte;
cut-glass bottle, Christy Anthonison.
Best dressed gentleman, Earl Hunt;
silk shirt, A. J. Weiss.
Best sustained lady character, Mrs.
C. Baker; copy of Shakespeare, Cam
eron it Finnegan,
Best sustained gentleman character,
Win. Solibakke; shaving set, N. C. Co.
Most comic lady, Mrs. David Mutch
ler; box silk hose, Smith’s.
Most, comic gentleman, Harry Wat
son, pair shoes, Tom McMahon.
Best couple, Mr. and Mrs. .T. J. Smith;
flashlight, C. 11. Peck, perfumery,
Enquist & Hardin.
Most unique lady, Mrs. Frank Lar
son; box of candy, Dr. Moore.
Most unique gentleman. Mrs. George
Mutchler; slab of bacon, Sam'l Apple
baum.
Most appropriate costume, Mrs. G. P.
Wood: sack of Hour, J. W. Farrell.
Pioneers’ Regular Meeting
The Pioneers held a well-attended
meeting at Fiat last Wednesday night.
In the absence of the President, First
Vice President Jonas L. Brewis occu
pied the chair in a creditable manner.
Cy Atwell was in attendance and sub
mitted a report of the big dance last
Saturday night, of which affair he was
certainly the guiding and ruling spirit.
Not only did he spend many hours in
making arrangements for the dance
and entertainment, but after it was all
over, like the gallant captain that he
is, he stayed with the ship he loved,
until every borrowed article of equip
ment had been returned, and his report
made ready for the igloo. Resolutions
were presented and enthusiastically
adopted thanking the ladies of the
camp for the splendid support so gen
erously given the Pioneers in their
efforts to swell the community's con
tiibution to the Red C’ros3. The Plo
tters also expressed their appreciation
of Capt. Atwell’s good work, as well as
to those volunteer workers who are
not members of the organization for
assistance.
Two old-timers of Interior Alaska—
Dan A. McDonald and Lon is Gaumont
— were initiated into the order.
TILL ROBBED AT FLAT
Last Saturday night while A1 Currie
was patriotically contributing to the
financial success of the Pioneers’ Red
Cross function in Iditarod, some unde
sirable biped broke into hi3 place of
business in Flat City and robbed the
till of its contents—amounting to $65
or more. The theft occurred some time
after midnight.
D. G. TO ANCHOR AT ANCHORAGE
Anchorage Times, Feb. 7: U. G Nor
ton. the well-known oldtimer, who ar
rived with Mrs. Norton last week from
the Interior, left this morning for
Seward. After a few days’ visit in
Seward Mr. Norton will return to An
chorage, and will make his home per
manently^_ __
WEATHER REPORT
Following are the daily temperatures
from readings taken by Captain E. ,T.
Smith, volunteer observer.
Date— Max. Min.
March 16. 38 38
“ 17 22 20
“ 18. 10 —18
“ 19. 0 —30
“ 20 .— 2 —28
“ 21 16 —32
22 . —18 —34
A. J. WEISS
The
Cl< »thiep
The Home of Hart, Schaffner & Marx Good Clothes
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Ladies’ Furnishings
Mrs. L. C. Thornton, Flat
TEARING DP A NOME RAILROAD
Nome Industrial Worker: Billy
Rowe, a few men and a four-horse
team leave shortly for Solomon to fix
camp preparatory to the taking up of
the Solomon and Casadepaga railroad
track. The length of the road from
Dickson, near the mouth of Solomon
river, to Penelope creek, a tributary of
the Casadepaga river, is between 32
and 35 miles. The rails will be taken
up and hauled to a convenient place
near the beach ready for shipment to
the Outside next summer, Whatever
ties are loose will also be taken up, but
it is expected that most of them will be
found frozen to the tundra. Tha taking
up of the track will work a hardship
next summer in conveying supplies to
the Goose- and Canyon-creek dredges, j
These are the only two dredges which
were in operation in the Casa country
during the past season.
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Spokane.—An abandoned marble
quarry at Chewala, 60 miles north of
here, has recently been reopened for j
work of mining and extracting magne
site ore there from. Its output now of
thi9 valuable ore averages daily over
five thousand net. The quarry, two
years ago was offered to a man for the
loan of his automobile for a day’s trip.
John Novak, the drillmaster (not an
army drillmaster, but of a Keystone
drill), returned to camp last Tuesday
from an extended trip to Fortuna
Hedge, Bethel, and other points iu that
part of the Interior.
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Mr. and Mrs. James E. Fullerton, re
turn home last Tuesday after a week’s
visit in Iditarod and Flat.
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