We Are Pleased to Announce
THAT OUR STOCK IS MOST COMPLETE AGAIN, AND, AS IN
THE PAST, ALL GOODS ARE OF THE HIGHEST GRADES OB
TAINABLE.
OUR SWIFT’S PREMIUM
HAMS AND BACON
Shipped in Cold Storage
WILL BE READY FOR DELIVERY THIS WEEK, AND WE CAN
PROMISE YOU SOMETHING VERY NICE.
ALL ORDERS FILLED PROMPTLY
AND THE UTMOST SATISFACTION GUARANTEED.
Sam’! Applebaum
General Ladies’
FURNISHINGS
Ladies' Furnishing Store
MRS. L. C. THORNTON. Prop.
Watches and Diamonds
At
STRICTLY OUTSIDE PRICES
J. L- SALE
MINERS ARE LAID OFF
AT HEAD OF tREEKS
As showing how entirely dependent upon
a constant supply of water the hill
placer mines are, it is announced
that during the past week many miners have
been laid off at the properties at the head
of Fiat, Chicken, Happy and Willow creeks
because of failure of the water supply. This
despite the fact that July was probably the
wettest month ever experienced here within
the knowledge of the present residents.
During that month a tremendous amount
of ground was worked, and the clean-ups
from the rich hill deposits must have been
enormous.
With anything like the average rainfall
for the balance of the season, the output of
the camp during the present year should
compare favorably with that of last year.
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Job Printing at The Pioneer office.
At Mrs. Young’s
House Dresses ... .$ 1-25
Ladies' Stockings, 3 pairs. 1.00
White Slippers, per pair 3.00
Pumps 5.00
Shoes 5.00
Best grade Italian Silk Bloomers and
Vests, per suit 8.00
Waists .S2.50 to 5.00
Fancy Sweaters ... $12.00 to 15.00
JUST IN
MRS. YOUNG S STORE
Next Door McDonald Hotel
Just Received
Shipment of
Mackinaw Coats, for men, boys
and children Woollen Shirts
Cruiser and Logger Shirts
Bib and Waist Overalls, blue, black
and khaki
Medlicott Underwear
Men’s Trousers and Work Pants
Boston Garters Infants’ Shoes
Ladies’ House Slippers
Men’s Bedroom Slippers
Sewing Machines fable Cloths
Night Shirts Sleeping Garments
And many other lines
Come to Us—We Have Everything
Ansleys
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
IDITAROD. ALAtXA
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
Cyril Wood left yesterday for Dikeman,
accompanied by Cyril, Jr.
Tom McCray and Jerry Baker have been
spending a few days in the city this week,
after a strenuous summer in the hills.
At Walsh and Harry Yeager of the Sum
mit Association were in the city on Thurs
day last, with a clean-up.
Jack Rose has been in the city during the
past few days, on his way Outside.
Steamer Washburn is expected at Dike
man this evening, and most of the mosquito
fleet left yesterday for the lower river.
Will Duffy. Paul Shafer and Pete Davy
were arrivals from Tolstoi Sunday. They
came overland, and report that the ex
tremely wet weather made travel most ar
duous.
Visitors in the city from Discovery, Otter,
on Monday last were J. E. Rilpy, John
Beaton and Harry Donnelley.
Henry PuRand, the Met City res
taurateur. was a visitor in the city on Mon
day last.
Charles Johns of the United States in
ternal revenue service arrived on the mail
boat last Sunday, and is making his annual
official visit to.the district.
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X-CZAR NICHOLAS BREAKS LEG
PETROGRAD. July 28.- Former Em
peror Nicholas suffered a broken leg as the
result of a fall while cycling in the gardens
of Tsarskoe-Selo palace, where he is a pris
oner.
A Russian newspaper gives the following
picture of the ex-czar and his family as
prisoners at Tsarskoe-Selo :
‘'They occupy the upper floor of the
palace, but different apartments, the min
ister of justice having ordered that the czar
and czarina should not meet each other.
It was on this condition that the czarina
had been allowed to stay with her children,
who were ill. Daily life in the palace be
gins rather late. The prisoners arise be
tween 9 anti 10 o’clock. They are given
tea, and the ex-czar sends a soldier to get
some papers, usually the Ryetch anti Birz
heviya Vedemosti. The Russkoye Slovo he
gets daily front Moscow, the wrapper being
addressed to ‘Nikolai Alexandrovitch Rom
anof.’ At 1 o’clock luncheon is served, usu
ally consisting of green vegetables, potatoes
ami sweets. After luncheon the ex-emperor,
escorted by an orderly officer, takes a walk
in the garden. Sometimes he has two walks
a day, and usually goes about in military
uniform. At 8 o’clock there is dinner,
consisting of four courses, including flsh.
Usually half a bottle of red wine is placed
on the table, but nobody touches it, and
the bottle travels back to the cellar un
opened. The dinner is charged at 4 rubles
,50 copecks ($2.25) per person.”
NOTICE
All persons having accounts against me
are requested to present them for payment
immediately, and those indebted to me
are requested to call and settle at once, as
I expect to leave for the Outside about
August 15. H. BOAS.
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Job Printing at The Pioneer office.
WILL HAVE A FULL LINE OF
LANG'S
Stoves and Family Ranges
BY FIRST BOATS IN JULY
C. R. PECK, FLAT
BIG CLEARANCE SALE
Is Now On—Will Close Store August 1st—Everything to Go
Regardless of Cost
BARGAINS BARGAINS
1200-LB. ALPINE SAFE
SMITH'S GUN STORE]
IDITAROD, ALASKA PHONE 6 SECOND AND WILLOW j
INNOKO HIGHWAY
i
Alaska Road Commksion Appro
priates $20,000 for Ophir
Tokotna Road
A piece of news which will be hailed as
of the utmost importance to this section
of Alaska, not only for the immediate bene
fits to be derived by the mining and com
mercial interests, but as indicating a new
departure by the Alaska road commission
in aiding the development of new districts
by means of the road funds placed st its
disposal, was received in the last mail.
It is nothing more nor less than
the announcement that $20,000 has been
set aside by the commission for the con
struction of the road between Ophir and
Tokotna. It is accompanied by the further
announcement that $2,000 has been set
aside by the territorial road commission of
the Fourth division for the construction of
a rosd from the Kuskokwim to Candle
frreek, the latter to be expended under the
direction of Commissioner J. E. Riley.
The Ophir-Tokotna road project is part
of the system planned and announced by
Colonel W. P. Richardson, chairman of the
Alaska road commission, last year. It is
to be part of the system of highways which
is planned to extend from the Yukon to
the Kuskokwim, and thence eventually to
the coast at or near Anchorage, following
the route of the present Seward Iditarod
trail.
Last year the commission expended a
large amount of money on the Ruby-Long
Creek road, which is part of the project,
and this year $30,000 more will be spent
In completing that portion of the road.
While these plans were made public some
time ago. not even the most optimistic be
lieved that work was to be started this year.
I ml so the announcement that R. S. Gid
dings, foreman for the Alaska road commis
sion. had left Ruby on July 16, bound for
Ophir. to commence work on the new road,
came as a surprise. According to the Ruby
Record-Citizen, Mr. Giddings was accompa
nied by John Hixson, Max Minard and
Henry Geiger, and it is the intention first
to investigate condition? and then organize
a crew for work during the remainder of the
summer. The party had only three pack
horses with them.
Wi!i Be Great Aid to Country
The projected load from Ophir to To
kotna will run through one of the best
undeveloped placer districts known in Alaska
today. Ophir, Ganes, Little, Yankee and
Candle creeks, til of which are producers,
lie along the route of the proposed road,
and Moore, Donltn and other undeveloped
districts in the Kuskokwim watershed will
all be directly benefited. On most of these
streams, were transportation afforded, op
erations could be conducted on an extensive
scale; but the high freight costs make only
the richest ground available.
Dredges are to be installed on st least two
of these creeks, and it was u'ith a view to
providing a road for the installation of a
dredge on Candle creek ‘hat the $2,000 ap
propriation was made by the divisional road
commission.
Road from Iditarod Essentia!
With work on the projected Ophir-To
kotna road probably now under way, as far
as preliminaries are concerned, it behooves
the citizens of the Iditarod district to bestir
themselves in behalf of a highway from this
city to connect with the new road. Unless
there is a connecting link between Ophir
and Iditarod there will be a tendency to di
vert business from local merchants to other
points, and especially on the Kuskokwim,
where water transportation is available. It
should not be necessary to point cut that a
connecting road from the Iditarod is essen
tial, and that it should form part of the
main trunk line projected from the Yukon
and Kuskokwim to the coast.
The Allotments
The following allotments of road funds
are announced by the Alaska road commis
sion for the work which commenced July
1. Major Davison, disbursing officer of the
commission, announces that the amount set
aside for each district will not be lowered
in any case, and in several will be raised:
Ruby district, $30,000; Fairbanks district,
including Eagle and Rampart, $82,000;
Seward, $33,000, which will later be in
creased by a substantial amount; Nome,
$40,000; Juneau, $35,000, which does not
include work near ePtersburg and on the
Stikine river projects; Ilamna Bay project,
$8,000, and the Ophir-Tokotna road,
$20,000.
Wages Are Raised
Major Davison recently informed the Ju
neau Empire that wires had been sent to all
superintendents in the territory instructing
them that on account of the high cost of
living the commission had decided to raise
the wages of employes. All employes hired
by the day will receive half a dollar a day
increase, while those working by the month
will have $15 added to their checks. The
superintendents and other permanent em
ployes of the commission will not receive
any
BERNSTORFFS NEW JOB
PARIS, July 18.—Word has been re
ceived here that Count Von Bernstorff, for
merly ambassador of Germany to the United
States, has been appointed minister to Den
mark. The count is reported to have left
for Copenhagen to take charge of that post,
which has become of much importance.
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CARD OF THANKS
Having disposed of my stock of goods
to C. R. Peck, I desire to cordially thank
the public for their liberal patronage since
coming to the district, and to bespeak for
Mr. Peck a continuance of that patronage.
H. BOAS.
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J. H. ROGERS SELLS
Bedroom washstands, with oilcloth tops and
dingy curtains, for $1.25 each.
SUNDAY’S BASEBALL GAME
SOMEWHAT DISAPPOINTING
Those who went to Flat last Sunday for
the baseball game were somewhat disap
pointed at the quality of the exhibition, al
though what started odt to be a one-sided
affair terminated in a close finish. The con
test was between a team composed of Dis
covery, Otter, and Iditarod players, and
until the ninth inning the visitors had a
walk away. In that inning, however, the
Flat players took a brace and piled up seven
runs, and but for a timely double play
would have grasped victory from almost
certain defeat. The game terminated with
a score of 19 to 18 in favor of Discovery
Iditarod. The line-up of the two teams
ves as follows:
Discovery-Iditarod Jack Mutchler, p. and
r. f.; Kearney, r. f. and p.; Liscomb, c.;
Lament, lb.; McDaniels, 2b.; Gideon, s. s.;
Sheedy, 1. f.; Kimball, c. f.; Farrell, -lb.
Flat -Cameron, lb.; Harding, s. s.; Shea,
p. and 1. f.; G. Mutchler, 3b. and p.;
Auringer, r. f.; Robertson, 1. f.; Brink, c. f.;
Siler, c.; J. Kay, 2b.
The following was the scoreb y innings:
Dis-Iditarod . 1011730 3 3 19
Flat. 0 3 121022 7—18
The feature of the game was the catching
of Tonjmy Luscombe. His sensational catch
of a high thrown ball, completing a double
play, wound up the game.
There will be a return game between the
two teams at the Flat grounds tomorrow.
Both teams have been materially strength
ened, and an exciting game is confidently
looked for.
WELL-KNOWN PIONEER
GOES ON LAST JOURNEY
Following a stroke of apoplexy shortly
: ftrr noon on July 17, Thomas Lloyd, one
I of the most widely known residents of
! Alaska, passed away at St. Joseph’.- h >-pi
, tal, Fairbanks. Although he,had been ail
; ing for more than a year and was forced a
| few days ago to the hospital, his death came
suddenly and unexpectedly. For the past
year Mr. Lloyd had been suffering from
liver and heart trouble, and for the past
j few weeks he suffered more than ever, says
the News Miner, which gives tiie following
-ketch of his career:
“Thomas Lloyd was a native of Wales,
j and came to America when 18 years of age.
' In his boyhbOd he worked in the coal mine
in Pennsylvania lor several years, after
which lie moved to l':ah. There he again
| entered the mining game, and became in
lerested extensively in mining property. It
j was there also that he entered politics, in
' which be has taken an active t.art ever since.
Carbon county, Utah, was a M >rmon settle
i ment, and never until Mr. Lloyd’s time was
1 anyone outside the fi ll ever elected to a
public office. He, however, was cho-en a?
the first sentilc sheriff. While serving his
second term as sheriff he was chosen as
state ntinins inspector, and held th• t posi
tion until he resigned to stampede to the
Klondike.
“In the Yukon he was among the very
j successful mining men. He was in charge
| of ‘Arkansas Jim’ Hall’s property and work
■ ings for several years, and it is said of him
1 that at one time he held $400,000 in cash
which belonged to Hall. After several ye.:r
of great success in the Klondike he met with
J financial reverses, which nearly wiped out
the fruits of his better years. During the
j winter of 1904-05 he came to Fairbanks.
I and the following summer was among those
j to rmh to the Kantishna district. He was
the. first man to stake a quartz property in
the Kantishna, and he was interested from
j that time until he died in some extensive
holdings there.
“Mr. Lloyd was the organizer of the
• Lloyd Taylor party, which wa- the first to
. make the ascent of Mount McKinley, and
! it wa- his party that first placed Old Glory
i at the top of the world.
“It was a typical act of Mr. Lloyd to put
the Stars and Stripes at the top of the hisrh
I est peak in North America, for he Was one
! of the naturalized citizens who always held
1 America first.
j “In politics Mr. Lloyd was one of the old
guard Republicans, and it was on that
ticket that he was elected to office in Utah.
In Alaska he wa- always prominent in Re
! publican affairs, and was a member of the
j territorial central committee up to the time
j of his death.”
Mr. Lloyd is survived by a widow, thre>
| sons and a daughter. The only member of
the family in Fairbanks is Reese Lloyd, one
j of the sons. He was a member of the Pio
■ neers of Alaska.
PUP BRINGS LUMBER
Max Simel's Innoko river freighter, the
; Pup, arrived in port last Tuesday evening
from Mitchell’s sawmill, at the mouth of
the Tolstoi river, with a bargeload of lum
ber. The sawmill crew were passengers on
the Pup, the mill having closed down on
account of the wet weather making it im
possible to conduct further logging opera
tions.
at the McDonald
Jack Mutchler, Fred M. Nelson, Joe Sax
smith, John Beguia, Mike Blanusha, Dr. C.
H. Wharton, Charles Johns, Harry Leland,
Jack Stevens, Christ Bolyne, J. E. Beattie,
Charles Bergman, Jerry Baker, Tom McRay,
Mrs. Stevens, Mr. Lament.
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“They say the Germans could plant mines
right in New York harbor.”
“That’s nothing. A lot of ’em have al
ready exploded in Wall street.”—Life.
Lady—Why do you use such terrible lan
guage, my man?
Profane Workman—Fact is, mum, Pm a
bit deaf an’ don’t exactly hear what I say.—
Boston Transcript.
THE *MAIL
The mail arrived about noon last Sunday.
The next outgoing consignment will leave
here Thursday, August 9.
J. H. ROGERS SELLS
Safety flues, ventilator grates, sanitary clos
ets and other household necessities at won
derfully lew prices.
JUST
RECEIVED
New Clothing from Hart,
Schaffner & Marx
New Hats from John B. Stetson
I
New Shoes from Nett let on
A. J. WEISS
! The Home of Hart, Schaffner &. Marx Good Clothes
FREE TRADE BEING URGED
FOR ALASKA AND SIBERIA
AND ITS MEANING TO NOME
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SEATTLE, July 2S. Leaders of the Se
attle Chamber of Commerce are making
concerted efforts to induce the* ao\.nment
to bring about absolute free trade between
Alaska and Siberia.
Nome and Siberia
The following editorial from the Seattle
Post-Intelligencer of recent date sheds some
light on the action taken by the Seattle
commercial body:
“Nome, Alaska, i. planning for the future
with courage and confidence; there is re
newed interest in its gold-mining operations,
and it sees a promise of prosperity in its
commercial relations with Siberia under the
influence of a more liberal Slav government.
Recent issues of the Nome Daily Nugget
reflect the plans for business, for mining
and city building, and the new horizon of
hope now opening before its citizens. Thou
sands of dollars are in process of investment
in new machinery for getting the gold out
of the Nome tundra, business is improving,
work is plentiful, and Siberian posibilite.
of trade give assurances of future prosper
ily. bays the Nugget:
“ ‘Irrespective of Alaska or any other
mining country in the world, not one gives
greater promise as a mining country than the
I rtiun of the great Russian domain which
is but a short dry’s travel from our doors.
Under the old regime Siberia our neighbor
was to us almost as a closed book. To
day things are different under the new pro
visional government. A few weeks ago we
had official notification from them that a
custom house would be established in close
proximity t . Nome, with the idea of fur
thering trade relations with this country.
Here we have a country nine times Is large
as tiie terrtory of Alaska at our very doors
which abounds with treasures and which to
all intents and purposes is unexplored. The
dawn of the awakening of Siberia is nigh,
and with the cessation of hostilities in this
mighty war will come the opening of this
wonderful country, which will mean much
for Nome.'
“The opening of Siberian resources to de
velopment and trade, under a progressive
and enlightened government, will undoubt
edly mean much to the nearest American
city, Nome. This outpost of civilization
has endured much, we are reminded by
the Nugget, through many long, hard win
ters, and the old-timers who endured with
it are there to win, and they shall win.
Nome has earned the prosperity that is
surely in store for it.’’
Russia's Offer to Americans
As having a bearing on the above,
the following Associated Press dis
patch from Petrograd, dated July 4, will
be read with interest:
“A special mining commission of the min
istry of trade has decided to recommend
the transfer to American hands of a great
part of the empire’s mines and other min
eral deposits. The commission has decided
to speed up its proceedings in order to
reach a decision during the stay of Elihu
Root, head of the American mission, and
also in view of the pending departure to
America of Russian mining experts who will
join the party of Ambassador Bakhmetieff.
“M. Maliavkin, director of the mining de
partment, yesterday propounded a scheme
to the commission to offer American capi
talists the Russian or northern half of the
island cf Sakhalin, off the eastern cos-; i
Siberia, for working petroleum and coal de
-.osits, and also to offer for the same pur
pose several districts of Siberia. He ai 1
recommended the transfer to American
hands of the gold mines in the Al'ai moun
tains, the copper mines in the Caucasus and
the railroads in the Ural mountains.
“In support of the plan to transfer the
Russian half of the island of Sakhalin, Di
rector M eliavkin argued that it would coun
terbalance Japanese influence on the island,
but insisted that Americans must recognize
the continued close connection of the island
with Russia.
“M. Paltehinski. assistant minister of
trade, announced his support of the plan,
declaring it was dictated by the fact that
America's work / ould not be political hut
merely economical.
“The commission resolved to recommend
the plan of M. Maliavkin on condition that
American capitalists undertake to employ
Russian laborers and technical experts as
far as possible.'’
The Island of Sakhalin
The island of Sakhalin, which it is pro
posed in Russia to open to American ex
ploitation. is a long finger of land off the
east coast of Asia, separated from the main
land by the Gulf of Tart ary, and is just
north of the Japanese group It is 570
miles long and from seventeen to ninety
miles in width, having an area of about
29,400 square miles.
The surface of the island is mountain
ous, rising in the peak of Tiara to 5.000
feet, and is largely forest-clad, with some
prairie land and pastures. The climate is
very severe in winter and raw in summer
Ms ny fur-bearing animals abound. Large
deposits of lignitic coal of high quality occur
on the island. Nearly half of the popula
tion, given as 2S.113 when the last census
was taken, in 1897, were convicts or ban
ished offenders.
The island was wholly Russian until
September, 1905, when, under the terms
of the treaty of Portsmouth, the southern
half was ceded to Japan.
SEE J. H. ROGERS
For good, dry, rough and dressed lumber.
He has stacks of it for sale at lowest prices
ever quoted in Interior Alaska.
FOR SALE—Three pool tables, in good
condition, complete with all necessary
equipment. Inquire at postoffice. Flat
PI APARHS blgP antl sma11’ printed on
r paper, cardboard or cloth,
on short notice, at lditarod Pioneer office
Good Dry Dough and Dressed
LUMBER
For Sale
All Kinds of Materials
for House Building
FLOORING, STUDDING, JOIST, ROOFING,
WINDOWS AND WINDOW FRAMES AND CASING
Panel Doors and Frames, with Locks and Hinges
Residents of Iditarod and vicinity contemplating building an
addition, woodshed, lean-to or any necessary structure should call
on me for the lumber. Low prices for good material.
House Lining—Many yards, already sewed, with paper at
tached, will be sold very reasonable.
STOCK MUST BE SOLD WITHIN NEXT THIRTY DAYS
See J. H. Rogers
Corner Second and Willow Streets, Iditarod