CANVAS _TENTS^ _T_A_RPAUU NS HQ3E
Bis go very Stare
Mo w Open \
Will Be Glad to Meet Old and Make New Acquaintances
H. BOSS, Leading Ciotilief
HART, SCHAFFNER & MARX and CHESTERFIELD CLOTHES
Ti.lS STORE CLOSES AT S P. M.; SUNDAYS AT NOON
Highest Pr.ces Paid for Raw Furs
0^w cr
£220# VW.?
I air. safe in saying that 1 have the best eggs on the market
today.
Positively every egg guaranteed. If you have not used them,
ask those who have.
THE HOUSE OF MAX-I-IV1UIV?
DISCOVERY IDITAROD
ALASKA CUSTOMS RECEIPTS
SHOW A FALLING OFF
For the fir.-t time in many years the cus
toms duties collected in the territory of
Alaska during the year 10111 were insuffi
cient to meet the expenses of the depart
ment, according to the report of .1. K.
Willis, a copy of which was recentlv ro
ot ; ved in Fairbanks. The report 'Tows
that at the sub port of Fairbanks the gov
ernment spent £124 to collect the sum of
SI. tin- only money paid in tF re. IF>w
ever, the greater part of the merehund.M
received in Fairbanks paid duty either at
1-1 agio or Sr Michael.
in dealing with the general business of
To ma’-.e good winter j - note •.
have only a few Kodaks and Premo
Cameras left, which we are selling
at Seattle prices, plus One Dollar.
DEVELOPING AND PRINTING
Nuts, Candies, Chewing Gums
Wholesale and Retail
Ansley's Book Sloro
ID1TAROD, ALASSCA
the territory the collector says: “Ihe com
morce ol the territory during the current
war. as indicated l»y the statistics, coin
pure.'- favorably with that of previous yeais.
except m the value of precious metals and
domestic merchandise shipped to the Urul
ed Mates, which items show a decrease of
more than five million dollars.
“T.living into consideration the unfavor
able conditions prevailing in the place*
fields, and an important change looking to
ward an incre..production in the pnn
cipal quartz district, a temporary decline
in gold production was to be expected. Th<
doorcase in value of shipments of done-stir
merchandise b embraced in the canned sal
mon and copper ore. M -re marked limn
ever this year is the increase of iish prod
nets over that of precious metals, and there
is some doubt win ther the latter will again
j reach the position it formerly occupn- 1 ”
j GREEKS DE iY STORIES
Or SAVAGERY DURING WAR
The in r11■ • i arc conductins
i system:: if tmpah-n to correct v.hat
they term im.l:--iou.- slanders concerning thf
Greeks n tl i ;an r. J. n K1
vudi and favorably known a> "Greek John.”
has handed The Pioneer a series of news
paper dippings setting forth conditions
from the Greek point of view Owing to
the length of the articles, we are unable to
reproduce them. The articles lay the blame
for th 1 circulation of the malicious stories
of Greek barbarities during the war upon
the Bulgarians, who. it is claimed, are try
i'■ ’ > place the blame for the murder oi
innocent women, children and non-com
batants on the Greek- in an effort to deal
th. :r own skirts.
The times are pcroetudly changing am;
so are the people. But the Crosby Bath.
keep standard time.
Chicago, III., March 6, 1914.
Iditarcd Kennel Club, Idiiarod, Alaska:
Will subscribe $100.00 towards purse for event to be held
Harch 17. GROMMES & ULLRICH.
1 feel more than proud for having handled exclusively their
famous Marquette and National Club Whiskeys and Monogram Rye,
because they are right.
RAMPS PETERSON
DRUGS, GOAL OIL, GASOLINE, GARDEN SEEDS
Paints, Oils, Window Glass Harness and Harness Supplies
Shotguns and Shotgun Shells Stoves, Ranges, Heaters
Victrolas and Victor Records Granite and White Enarrelware
Carpets, Rugs, Matting, Furniture Bar Glassware, Crockery
Gasoline Mantles and Globes Skates, Hockey Sticks, Pucks
GENUINE NOME DOG HARNESS
Yukon Sleds Snowshoes Siwash Mitts
SMITH'S GUN STORE,\
IDITAROD, ALASKA
Frank Beckman arrived at Flat from
Candle creek Thursday.
I _
John Fan vela has arrived at Flat from
the East fork of the Kuskokwim, where he
has been prospecting.
Charles Stanford. Frank Gleason and La
belle and Thoms left Wednesday morning
for Moore creek. They each had a long
; string of dogs and a heavy load of freight.
II. H. Wendling, the Tinted States dep
uty marshal at Georgetown, arrived at Flat
Thursday and left on his return trip yes
terday.
T' in Aitken and Harry Monroe are ex
pected m today from Fairbanks While in
/ he Iiinoko district they visited Gaines and
Candle creeks.
_
William Brooks left for Ophir Thursday.
|
i Bob Hart arrived at Flat Thursday from
: New York creek, on the lower Kuskokwim.
Mrs. Ray Clark and Mrs. J. A. Peterson
visited tin' creeks last Thursday. accom
| panied by George Adams with his dog
i team.
I __
Dr. Moore has purchased the building
occupied by Clemons A Koon, at the corner
of 1 rst and Wiekersham streets. I-'lat City.
W. Wid 111 an of the Innoko Lumber Com- j
puny, at Cripple City, had a close call last
week. He was driving a team of horses
past a bobsled which had its tongue stick
ing up in the air. As he passed, the sled
which he was driving caught the double
tree of the bobsled and knocked the tongue
down, and it struck him a terrible blow on
the head. He lay unconscious for three
I hours, and Mr. Hard, his partner, was
doubtful of his recovery. He has suffered
i much pain, but is recovering slowly.
and will occupy it with his office after a
! number of improvements have been made
j about the premises.
William Taylor of Mat City is preparing
for big business this .mumer. He has had
the Roscoe building moved to the vacant
i lot. alongside Weiss' clothing store, on I ront
street, and is having it remodeled and fit
ted up in first-class shape as an assay of
lice and jewclrv store.
; Jerry Murphy of Rbuy, fornurly of Idit
i arod, is on his way out over the Seward
J trail, headed for knik to see the railroad
' start right.
Peter Snow, who clerked for Bill Ansley j
! It-* summer, is freighting between Takotna j
j and Ophir.
Mrs. Krouse and son George, of Mat City,
tisilcd iditarod yesterday.
I
J The new postmaster and his assistant
took charge of the Iditarod postothce on
April 1. on the retirement of Thomas L.
1 Thurston.
A Large Assortment of
6, 8, 12 and 14-mch Tops
Also Clover Leaf and Ball Band Boo!; a-d Shoes
ALL SIZES OF KHAKI PANTS
This Store Is the Home of Hr; £, Schaftner & Marx Ciotiieo
MINING DEAL CONSUMMATED
BY ID5TAROD OPERATORS
(Ruby Record-Citizen. March 14'
A mining deal involving the sum of $64.
000 was consummated this morning. The
Tanglefoot Association, on Grrenstone
creek, owned by Tom Coffey and asm
ciates, was transferred to John K. Holm
gren. Peter Jensen and Duncan Michie f r
the above mentioned sum.
The deal lisa been under consideration for
some weeks past, the prospective pm rim
ers being permitted to prospect the ground.
They have put down fifty-one holes on the
property, crosscutting it in ten different
places. The average depth was found to
be twelve feet. The purchasers are well
satisfied with their buy. and feel that they
have been treated very fairly by the former
owners of the ground.
This ground was staked in 1911, and,
like a number of other properties in the
district, has practically remained untouched
until within the past couple < f months, a
fortune awaiting someone with capital to
take hold of it and get it out of the
ground.
Further prospecting and quite a little
preliminary work will be done during the
spring and summer, under the supervision
of Mr. Jensen, who will have charge of the
operations. Machinery for working the
ground will be landed at Ruby during the
open season, and taken out over the trail
after the freeze-up next fall, when it will
be placd in position for operation the fol
lowing season.
VALDEZ SALOON MEN ANGERED
Valdez, March 4.—Because no steps nor
promises of steps have been taken by the
district attorney looking towards the clos
ing of the business houses as well as the
saloons on Sundays in this city, the saloon
li en are angerco a! what they term the
t . t i i .-miaban, ami arc now laying plans
i . cun pel the cl - ug - i every oilier bu-i
ness el ).
It is pointed out that this has been done
in the Second wi ion. where, under Dis
trict Attorney Sax! n, the new ia ivenn ni
or.. dialed.
Threats are lx bp: made that charges will
in f.Kl a rainst the district attorney for
failing to curry out the pro d.-ions of that
sec : n i f t!i' Ala ’s * code under which the
sxh cns have been cl sed.
Owing to th: • :i ind, the saloon men are
r ntagonizing oilier business interests, and
the result is a pretty warm light in the
city, which may re-alt in the city election
,i.iing i h ng lines 1 .king towards a closer
control of the saloon business.
Illustrating Useless Exertion
There is at Princeton an instructor in
mathemaatics who was country bred, a fact
that is frequently betrayed by some homely
saying of his.
One day an undergraduate had per
formed some peculiarly useless and compli
cated process in arriving at the solution of
a problem, when the instructor said:
‘'This reminds me of a colt once owned
by an old friend of mine down East. This
colt was put out to pasture, after having
been fed from its birth in a box stall and
watered at a trough in the yard. The pas
ture lay across a small river, and in the
middle of the day the colt would swim the
stream to go up to the barn for a drink
of water.”- Harper’s Magazine.
Szechwan, one of the interior provinces (
of China, has GO,000,000 inhabitants, and
is conceded to be the wealthiest area in
China. The people are superior and there
i6? believed to be an opening for American
banks there.
TONS OF ORE AND GRAIN
SENT by parcel post
Spokane, Wash., Feb. 21. A long-dis
tance distress call was received by the
postoffice inspectors Friday morning from
a carrier who holds the contract to trans
port the mail between Stites and bilk City,
Idaho, a distance of sixty miles by wagon
road. The carrier Friday morning received
a notice from the management of three j
mines in the bilk River country informing j
him that the mines will .-hip three carloads
of concentrates this month by parcel post j
to the Butte smelter.
"What in the wide, shining world am I
going to do?” asked the contractor, fran
tically.
“How much concentrates did you say the i
mines expect to ship?” queried the in- :
specter.
“Three carloads, and all in fifty pound j
packages,” answered the mail man. ‘‘It will i
take me a year to haul the stuff, unless
I get some teams to team it out of the
Elk River country to the railroad.”
The inspectors assured the postman that
they will get a speedy requisition from the
department authorizing the mail man to
employ freighters to haul the concentrates.
In the meantime the carrier will haul what
ere he can on his one trip a day with a
light wagon.
1 he inspectors were informed lrom oiticr
-ources also that the mines in the Elk River
country expect to ship all of their concen
trates by pared post in the future instead
of by freight, as in the past. The rate by
parcel post is 54 cents for the maximum,
lifty pounds, or $1.08 a hundred delivered
at the Butte smelter. The previous ar
rangement cost the mines much more than
$1.08, as the freighting to the railroad
done cost $1.
The inspectors were also notified by the
contractor who carries the mail on the
‘V.ar’’ route between Paradise, Ore., and
An; toi Wash., that a farmer at Paradise
has notified the postmaster that he will
ship 3.GOO pounds of timothy seed to a
Lewiston, Idaho, grain house this month.
The timothy seed will be sent by parcel
post.
'‘What shall I do?’’ inquired the con
tractor over 1 tig-« list mice telephone. “Th:
is a hu-back route, you know, and I can’t
• ■ > ibly • 1 • more than one sack a day,
•v!d h wil! i..e.;n th.u I will have to drag
th:.; stuff for over two months’’
*3 .. vvn j !gm it ’ • rt
men! can’t hire a tr.-jp of cavalry U- move
th • w pe r’s answ• r.
“i L> [i uv I po-r An- is b • .riling a
genuine problem,” said the inspector in
clu.rge. “Two call- today" over long-dis
t.m-t to! plume Ii.ai emphasized the fac1
again that the ; derby < i the pared post
is just manifesting it.'-if.’’
NOTORIETY OVER-CAPITALIZED
One of the evil- of the j resent day is
\iv i .ipitaiiz-ilii.n. President Wilson ex
peeis to correct it. so Vis -aid. jest as -.*«>21
> in* gets the Mexican war off his han A.
I. t s | ray Lr pc.. ••• below the southern
border and give the President a chance, f->r
we’ve g.: a case of over-capitalization to
bring into c uri. It's the £ase of Gaby
IV' ly-\ say.- tlie ScattD Pun.
Gaby Deslvs, as a theatrical venture, rep
resents over-ca? itaiized n -toriety.
A iarce audience grouted the young wom
an’s appearance at the Moore last night,
and another large audience no doubt will
greet her tonight. In each case, beyond the
privilege of saying “Well. I’ve seen her.”
the audience will be little the gainer. For
just as sure as there are clever actresses,
clever dancers and singers. Gaby Deslvs is
not ( ne of them. Of a not particularly
I-leasing prettincss hard as a glistening
china plate the young Frenchwoman has
unlimited audacity and unblushing greed of
g Id. Not otherwise can one account for
the manner in which she has permitted the
capitalization cf her alleged misdeeds. Cer
tainly it is not because of a consciousness
that she truly is an artist and can afford
to suffer misunderstanding for the sake of
her art. Scarcely.
So Gaby De.-Iys adorns her fair, empty
head in one after another of amazing hats
that run the gamut from the impossibly
beautiful to the utter grotesque, and half
clothes her tolerably shapely form in weird
and occasionally attractive gowns, not gowns
in the ordinary sense, of course, stage gowns,
and strolls on and off the stage through the
presentation of “The Little Parisienne.” Now
and then .-he dances with Harry Pilcer. Ob
viously an effort to outdo all other of the
1913-14 dances, it may fairly be said that
in many respects the Deslys-Pilcer dances do
outdo them. But not in point of beauty or
of grace or of cleverness.
A. B. Rome, the popular and enterpris
ing clothing merchant of Discovery, was a
visitor in the city today.
Job Printing at Pioneer office.
Bayles Clothing Co,
iditarod discovery, otter
STORE CLOSES AT 8 P. Nl.; SUNDAY AT NOON
MILLIONS WILL BE SPENT
TO DEVELOP ALASKA
(Seattle Post Int» Kigenrcr. Pel). 2
There has been much quiet talk among
bankers the past week as to just what the
govci ■ 1 '
ing ef Ala ka will mean to Seattle in a
linancial way.
The $40,000,000 which it i- estimated
the road will co'-t is by common consent
but a snia'l | art of the total capital that
will go into the development of the natural
resources of the North.
Janies P. Pane, cashier of the Seandina
viaii American Bank, says he has heard the
; redial: >ns range all the way up to a Oil
lion, but thinks $200,000,000 a conserva
tive e.siimate. figuring ahead for a period
of five years, and that corporate and pri
vate interests will spend five dollars to the
government's one. as the government’s ac
tivities are predicated on the building of a
railroad uK..c\ while our-idc fund- will
find profitable employment in scores of di
rectmns.
Wealth Will Come Out, Too
The-e e.-1.mate.- concern only the amount
f new n;on y that will go into Alaska de
velopment. The amount that will comp
back a- a result of this development can
not even be guc.-sed. Mineral wealth has
already come out. according to government
i ligures to the enormous extent of $21$.
I :;oo,ooo.
The lire es frc-i.i which this dew iop
| in.-nt iiHiiiiy will come are as varied as the
| ways in which it will be used. A great
il of Seattle e\ . . k to w
; ii origina’ly came in .. when r.'millions
| are right. The men who are .1 »w intended
I in Alaska in a big way in r rpnrate form
-
Morgan and Guggenheim Interests
\s show imr how wide these ramifications
1 are. it is said that p* pular !:>• I;. f as to the
f the Morgat :
! • whit ’ financ' d the development of the
1 X r ma. m ac of ami tin C< :»per
i Kiv*t oe X ml.’vi 1 ••••;! *..xl« ad. i> errone
j oils. Thmgh tlie voti.a; p v. t of th- syn
I dicate is equally divhk■■■[ bet we ■, the-.- in
I tore : i <....d :1m: 0. th * rent., t < f
. Kiilii : . • ‘ the Gugyenl eim
’ " - W part* • i v. ' h . ;i h ’ ■ • i *:f ’'.. ,: h• !f • ••
I :cr(,r t< ;l.c bwd.w- ami their fri* nds
! abr . ,d. I: i. Very ; n ' able that J. P. Mor
gan e'e Co. iw.ve also allot ted a partial, a
i ti n in tliiir dp ptr cent t > their client.
The bud .mg of hi*' Ala.-ban ruilrah for
a distance of 1.000 miles into the interior
will, in il - way, ' * almost as great an en
1 gineering feat ns the building of the Pan
j am a cam 1 Railroad men variously say
from three to five yea-s will be required to
complete thr undertaking, from the time
'the bill which has already passed the senate
becomes a law until the road is in opera
tion in its entirety.
Pioneer Will Follow the Steel
In the meantime, with every stretch of
iia ;'aa: thrown open l i traffic will come
the pioneer of comm a •<•. but he w.ll diner
from the pioneer of early flays lie will be
backed by unlimited cash and the most
n. idem methods and machinery.
All of thi.- means a tremendous addition
to the total volume of Seatih.-’s bankmg
business and a w< nderful f‘\p u. :: in
wholesaling, jobbing and ret tiling n.r So
attle i< the base from which Alaska, by rea
son of its geographical position, will always
operate, no matter to what extent it may
grow.
THE ESKIMO DOGS
.Nations applaud and »dasp a Info's hand
Who Jilit; ;i Hag * ii ln-\v-(Ii*i*o\ : I land.
completing thus the u . id's gooeuaphy,
1 msp• limp the da. I; l' d' m\ -hu ;..
Y.-t it ha (die r 1 • s all i.n~u!ig:
i : > . - . v. > Im v yom 1 - . '
] You \r.'s, gaunt follow* so devohl «.r w a •*,
\\ iill !• : -• . gray r iat and hali'-wil I. vv
I'll I'aee.
I
| Who better kn -\vs than y .u tic sh-dge
\vhip's [ i:n.
| 1 !••• urgin'- \ e e, tie pa k - !• ■ ; I s h r: el
strain /
I liie polar night, Hie \pr-rcmg
, The wafing for s - !■ .ir 1;:— r.
Y.'S, ••e\pl«*r,ation" i- a glorious name—
'i in \\'fi is 1 ■ id plaudit'; and til* • he; >
I a;ie .
• (•the" hen t-s all unsung.
. who have y< nr \ v.n<< rm:g
i !■ ah-r. in "Uiir J»Uinh \:11
‘ALASKA MINER REWARDS
MAN WHO BEFRiENDED HIM
j Spokane. 1 cii With 0.000 ir mTI
! dust mu! curr-rey erur-en’-d t n hi* -on.
; e swn into fferent { rt
Ins v. ai. *. i.eo i.ir.iisey. i' •; ly >:
kune, returned to the eity recently from
Nome, Alaska, t" s< urch for Air.y Ander
• u. a well-known re-' . ran: n.-.u. who
had l ?frieiid< 1 y < ag Lin -y ex
pressed great delight in meeting Anderson,
wh-un he had not seen in seven years, and
will n 'card him and take him end his fam
■ ily Lack to Nome with him.
SALOONS WISHING 1
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