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iDITAROD, ALASKA
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(.'has- Ross, Vice President
E. G. Lindberg, Manager
John Holmes, Cashier and Assayer
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IS ANOTHER DREDGING COMPANY
LOOSING TOWARD THIS CAMP?
That the activities of the Yukon Gold Company in this camp are
attracting considerable attention among Outside investors has long been
known, and it is understood that more than one foreign coiporation is
prepared to enter this field if sufficient inducements were forthcoming.
Among the properties mentioned in this connection are the Mohawk
and Prospector associations, at the lower end of Flat, and the report of
a deal having been made for the ground included therein may be looked
for at any time.
Tiie Mohawk and Prospector associations, while not in the bonanza
class, have a large amount of pay dirt, and are practically virgin ground
The Mohawk association has been very well prospected, and is stated
to have a paystreak 800 feet wide for a distance of 1,700 feet, with a
depth of iS feet to bedrock. This would give 900,000 cubic yards of
dirt which it would pay to handle, and there may be much more. It is
claimed the ground goes $1 50 to the square foot of bedrock, which, at
18 feet deep, is equal to $2.25 to the cubic yard, or over $2,000,000 on
the one association.
Dredging ground in the Dawson country is worked at as low a
cost as -55 cents to the cubic yard, but it is believed the running ex
penses here would be considerably greater. Even so, a very large
profit would accrue to the operators.
Each dtedge in the Yukon handles a little over 400,000 cubic
yards of dirt during the season, on an average, and on this basis it
would take four or five years to work out the two associations above
mentioned with the aid of one dredge.
J. J. FURLONG ADJUDGED INSANE
James J. Furlong, who has been act
ing queerly for some time past, was
arrested on Friday of last week on an
insanity charge tiled by the assistant
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district attorney. The hearing of the
case took place before Cotnmisioner G.
W. Albrecht and a jury on Saturday
afternoon, and the evidence introduced
and Mr. Furlong’s bearing convinced
the jury that he is mentally detanged.
A verdict was given accordingly, and
the patient will he sent Outside. The
following served on the jury: R. L.
Mitchell, C. H. Seneco, J. A. Slippern,
John E. Beardslee, C. E. Carlson and
T. L. Thurston.
TAKING A COURSE AT THE BATHS
A. C. Kramer poisoned his right foot
some time last week, and the wound
became so troublesome that he had to
resort te crutches. He is now taking a
course at the thermal springs on
Caribou street, and reports himself
much improved thereby. The poisoning
is attributed to the dye from a black
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Dr. D. A. Carmichael, jr , sou of the former Fairbanks physician,
has opened an office for the practice of medicine at Ruby
Assistant United States District Attorney Gillette will spend the
summer at Tatiana.
Miss Gilmer, who has been principal of the Fairbanks high school
during the past year, has left for Honolulu, Hawaiian islands, where
she hopes to obtain a position as teacher.
Miss Dora Keen, who won fame last month by scaling Mount
Blackburn, on the Alaskan coast, may be in Dawson soon. According
to the latest advices from the Outside she plans to cross the Alaskan
range, via Scolai pass, descend tilt White liver, and so reach Dawson.
During the winter the force of men employed at the Newsboy
quartz mine, near Fairbanks, were put on an eight-hour shift, which
plan was followed until lately. A couple of weeks ago the management
announced that the ten-hour shifts would be resumed. The men, seven
in number, struck work, and a new crew has been engaged.
Victor Berger, the Socialist congressman, has taken up the matter
of excessive postoffice box rents at Ketchikan with the postal authori
ties at Washington.
Huge-sized salmon are being caught in Southeastern Alaska. One
captured at Ketchikan weighed 83 pounds. Seventy-pounders have
been quite common.
It is reported the Julian mine of Juneau has been sold to a Belgian
capitalist. Ex-Gov. Hoggatt and H. E. Hoggatt, his brother, own 75
per ceut of the company’s stock.
The Tanana Valley railroad has distributed free of charge spring
wheat received from experimental stations in Norway and suitable for
Alaska.
Attorney Olson, of Fairbanks, is circulating a petition for the ap
pointment of United States District Attorney J. J Crossley to the posi
tion of judge of the Fourth division of Alaska.
J. H. Dinks, manager of the Alaska Commercial Company's busi
ness at Unalaska, has been a resident of Alaska almost continuously for
40 years, and expects to spend his remaining days in the territory. His
first position was manager of the Russian-American Commticial Com
pany at Kodiak. He spent two years in San Francisco, and then re
turned North again. He was a ship carpenter on the Atlantic coist in
his younger days.
Director of the Census Durand, in a recent report, places the num
ber of larms in .Alaska at 222, comprising 42,544 acres,
Jerry O’Neil, author of “How God Planted Gold in the Klondike,”
has struck pay in the Black Hills district, Yukon territory.
One bundled tons of rock and earth broke loose just above the
north end of the large steel bridge at Rocky Point on the White Pass
railway and thundered down into the valley, totally demolishing the
last steel bent at the bridge.
Dealing with the recent eruptions in Southwestern Alaska, the
New York Herald describes Cordova, where some ashes fell, as being
in the State of Washington.
It Was Vienna, Idaho
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‘‘Talking about dead mining camps," said an energetic young
miner of this city, as he sat upon the office stool, nibbling at the end o!
the office penholder, ‘‘about the deadest burg I was ever in was a place
called Vienna, in Idaho. Vienna, you may know, was the scene of a
considerable stampede some years ago, and I happened to lie among the
stampeders. Well, the town was laid out, and the price of lots went
sky high. I had a bunch of them, and was elected mayor of the town
on that account. I sure was in the money, and all things seemed to he
coming my way. The carpenters were busy night and day, and stores
and saloons—principally saloons—arose overnight, wdiere a few hours
earlier there had been nothing but sagebrush. Before a month had
gone by there were 300 buildings in that town, and I was still mayor.
Well, things went along all right until the boys ran through their
money, and, as nothing was comirrg out of the ground, it began to look
pretty blue for those who had ‘stood by the camp.’ But we stiil held
onto our real estate, and prayed for something to turn up.
"It did.
“One Sunday morning—I know it was Sunday, because Orphan
Mike was sober—an old wizened-up bit of a chap came into camp and
said that pay had been struck near Dago bluff, about 40 miles from
Vienna. The boys called a meeting, and one and all decided to stam
pede, leaving me, the mayor, in charge of the town meanwhile.
“Well, I knew it was no use kicking, so I just agreed, and within
30 minutes there was not a soul in Vienna except myself. I walked up
and down 'hat empty street by the hour. For variety’s sake I slept in
a different bed, in a different house, every night I also rung the
changes on the saloons in the same way. I looked after the city's af
fairs, swept out the city hall, inspected the solitary fire bucket, at
tended the regular meetings of the council, and declared the meetings
adjourned for want of a quorum, and did everything else that a self
respecting mayor might feel himself called upon to perform. But, like
the ship in the song, the boys—they never returned.
“Well, sir, I waited in that little town for close cn three weeks,
when I decided to quit. Diverting myself of mayoral dignity, and
throwing away my accustomed robes of office, I drew on a pair of
overalls, got out my walking boots, and beat it for civilization. For
all I know the boys may have got back after I left—-I never heard.
But whenever I bear people talking about dead mining camps, I al
ways think of Vienna, Idaho.’’
WHITE PASS RAILROAD TO
ENTER MERCANTILE FIELD
The White Pass railroad will enter
the mercantile business in Yukon terri
tory, according to a statement made by
President O. L. Dickeson to the Skag
way Alaskan. Said the president: “We
mean to develop this country, and in
order to attain this end we are going
to reduce the price of every commodity
along the line of our road, even though
it be necessary for us to enter the
mercantile business. We have reduced
the freight rates, but the price of every
commodity has remained the same, and
we are going to correct this. I am tired
of having to stand all the abuse which
has been heaped upon the Whito Paso
on account of high prices, and JI am
going to demonstrate that this is not
caused by the transportation charges,
but by the merchants themselves.”
JOHNSONS NUMEROUS IN SEATTLE
According to the publishers of Polk’s
directory of Seattle for 1912, just pub
lished, the Puget Sound metropolis has
a population of 281,896, an increase of
1,411 over 1911, and 44,702 over the
federal census of 1910. A novel feature
of the new directory is the giving of
the maiden namesof all married women,
following the names of their husbands.
There are 17 pages of Johnsons
■ (spelled different ways) in the book.
I The name of Smith comes next witn
nine pages and Brown is third with six
pages,
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RUBY DIGGINGS
Advices from Ruby received during
the past week are to the effect that
good pay has been found on seven
creeks, viz.: Long, Trail, Glen, Bear
Pup, Midnight, Tip and Flint.
During the past winter and spring
business has been very dull in the
camp, owing to the scarcity of money :
a condition which still exists in an
acute form. People are therefore ad
vised not to go to Ruby at the present
time, unless prepared, as there will be
little doing for some months to come.
Next spring, however, it is confidently
hoped a different state of affairs will
prevail, and an influx of miners and
others is looked for.
I iiere are about six miles of pay on
Long creek. Stroup & Laboski, For
tiander & Johnson, Smith & Co. and A.
Webster have good ground, and the
latter has drifted 40 feet in pay run
ning better than $2.50 to the foot.
He expected to start sluicing July 8.
Smith & Co. are said to have drifted
100 feet in pay running over $2 to the
square foot at a depth of 65 feet to
bedrock. Jack Connolly is also said to
be in the pay.
On Trail creek there are six outfits
working, among them being Harry Ed
wards & Frank Barnette, Alex Cape
well and partners, the Ferry brothers,
and Carney & Sousa. Edwards &
Barnette have three laymen on their
ground, who are taking out a dump
which they are unable to sluice owiug
to shortage of water. Corney A
Sousa are handicapped in the same
way, but manage to take out enough
from week to week to keep going.
Norman Macaulay is working a lay
on Gil Edgar’s ground on Glen.
On Bear Pup Jordan A Doya have
an open-cut proposition. The ground
is wet and reported to be very rich.
Pay has been found on Midnight
creek, but there is considerable dis
sensions among the owners and little
work has been done in consequence.
Louis Spitz is at Ruby with his big
stock. He has bought the best lot in
Ruby, built a warehouse, and is erect
ing a fine business liou ;e. He was
shaking hands for two days after his
arrival—the same old Louis.
The new Sterling-Lewin-Hamburger
townsite proved a fizzle.
On the Solatna side there are several
parties at work, and they are much
encouraged.
The great need of the district is
a good road to the creeks.
WRECK HAD NO TERRORS FOR
THIS ROOMANIAN IMMIGRANT
There was one passenger aboard the
Titanic that experienced none of the
awful terrors of fright suffered by all
the others rescued from the sinking
ship. This passenger actually didn’t
know' the magnificent queen of the sea
had gone down until the Carpathia
docked in New York. It was a bride-to
be that crossed the ocean uninterrupt
edly happy all over So rustically unso
phisticated was this girl that she
thought when passengers of the Titanic
were ordered into the life boats that it
was as far as the great liner went, and
that being put aboard another vessl in
midocean was an ordinary event of At
lantic travel.
She set out alone from Roumania,
when a message came from Joe, her
lover, a miner at Shelburn, Ind., says
the Terre Haute Star. With the mes
sage was transportation fora journey of
thousands of miles. Joe was waiting for
her and was ready to help her iDto a
new home she was to help him make
in the far off states of which she had
heard something, through his letters of
hope while he was saving money to
make her his wife. She spoke no tongue
other than her own and was scarcely
able to read in her own language.
In the third cabin of the Titanic she
found no one to converse with. Awak
ened cm the night oi the disaster she
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was made to understand that she was to
dress, and as she followed another
woman to a deck above and saw pass
engers getting into a life boat, by signs
she was ordered to follow.
Strange tongues babbled through the
long wait for the Carpathia, but the
Roumanian girl understood nothing
that was said. She didn’t see the Titanic
sink. On the Carpathia she was not
thrown in contact with any of her
countrymen, and all her thoughts given
to Joe kept her from wondering about
many things. At the pier in New York
she was met by a relative. It was from
this relative that the girl learned first
how narrow had been her escape.
When she arrived in Terre Haute Joe
was there to meet her. Monday they 1
were married. In her wedding finery,
of which a beautiful bridal veil was a
part, the new wife paraded Wabash ave
nue by the side of her husband. The
Roumanians saw nothing wrong about
walking along the street just as they
were married, and marveled at the
curious looks they attracted. They
were merely following acustom of their
country in appearing thus publicly.
Late in the afternoon they boarded a
train for Shelburn.
NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION
Notice is hereby given that the part
nership heretofore existing between the
undersigned has been dissolved by mu
tual consent.
J. B. Mading Frank B. Ingels
\V. C. Mading I). C. Michie
F. II. Griffin
Dated ist day of July, 1912.
NOTICE OF ELECTION
For Delegate From Alaska
Notice is hereby given, in accordance |
with the requirements of the act of the j
Fifty-ninth congress entitled “An Act
Providing for the Election of a Delegate
to the House ot Representatives from
the Territory of Alaska,” that there will
be an election for one deegate to the
House of Representatives of the United
States, on Tu«sday, August 13, 1912;
that the said election will be held within
the corporate limits of the town of Idit—
arod, Alaska, on the said day between
the hours of S o’clock ante meridian and
7 o’ciock past meridian at the City Hall
In witness whereof, I hereto set my
hand and official seal this 12th day of
July, 1912. T. L. THURSTON,
Municipal Clerk.
United States of America, Territory of
Alaska, Fourth Division.
Whereas a libel has been filed in the
District court of the United States for
the Fourth Division, Territory of Alaska,
on the 29th day of April, 1912, against
the steamer Teddy H, her tackle, ap
parel, engines and furniture, in cause for
wages and praying process against the
steamer, and that the said steamer, her
apparel, engines, tackle and furniture be
sold to pay such wages.
Now, therefore, I do hereby give pub
lic notice that all persons claiming the
said steamer, or in any way interested
therein be and appear before the said
court, at Iditarod, Alaska, at 10 o’clock
a. m. on the 29th day of July, then and
there to interpose their claims and make
their allegations in that behalf.
H. K. LOVE,
United States Marshal.
Dated July 13, 1912.
In the District Court, Territory of Alaska,
Fourth Division.—In the Matter of
Charles Worden, a Bankrupt.—Notice
of Meeting oi Creditors.
To the Creditors of Charles Worden, ill
the Territory of Alaska, a Bankrupt:
Notice is hereby given that on the 12th
day of July, 1912, the said Charles Wor
den was duly adjudicated bankrupt; and
that the first meeting of his creditors
will be held at my office iu the Town of
Iditarod, Territory of Alaska, on the 23d
day'of July. 1912, at 2 o’clock p.m., at
which time creditors may attend, prove
their claims, appoint trustee, examine
the bankrupt; and transact such other
business as may properly come before
said meeting.
Dated at Iditarod, Alaska, this 12th
day of Julv, 1912.
HENRY RODEN',
RcJetee. iu- Rap kruptcy,
m, WOLFE,
Tailor
First-Glass Repairing,
Gleaning and Repairing
Cor. Willow and Firat
In the District Court for the Territory of
Alaska, Fourth Division.
Emma Holloway, Plaintiff, vs. Londis
Earnest Holloway, Defendant.—No
i,06 i, Summons.
The President of the United States of
America, greeting: To the above
named Defendant:
Summons having been duly issued out
ot the above court, in the above entitled
action, and placed in the hands of the
United States marshal for service, and
the said marshal having made due re
turn, setting forth his inability to serve
the said summons in said district, and
that the said defendant could not br
found therein; and the plaintiff having
filed and presented to the court an affi
davit showing that the said defendant
did not reside in said district and could
not be found therein, and that a good
cause of action existed in favor of the
plaintiff and against the defendant;
And the court having considered the
same, did on the Stli day of July, 1912
make an order directing the publication
of the said summons for a period of six
weeks in the Iditarod Pioneer, a news
paper of general circulation within said
district.
Now, therefore, you are hereby re
quired to appear in the said District
court in and for the Territory of Alaska,
Fourth division, within 30 days after the
completion of the said publication, to
wit: within 30 days after the 34th day of
August, 1912, exclusive of said day, and
answer the complaint of the above-named
plaintiff, a copy of which is on file in the
office of the clerk of the above-entitled
court, and unless you so appear and an
swer, the plaintiff will apply for the re
lief demanded in said complaint.
Witness the Honorable Peter D. Over
field, Judge of said court, this 9th day of
Julv, A. D. 19T2.
, —'— , ' C. C. PAGE,
j Seal [ Clerk.
United States of America, District
Court, Territory of Alaska, Fourth
Division.
Edward M. Spaulding, Plaintiff, vs.
Harriet F. Spaulding, Defendant.—•
No. 551, Alias Summons.
The President of the United States of
America, greeting, to the above
named Defendant:
Summons having been duly issued out
of the above court, in the above-entitled
action, and placed in the hands of the
United States marshal for service, and
the said marshal having made due re
turn, setting forth his inability to serve
the said summons in said district, and
that the said defendant could not be
found therein; and the plaintiff having
filed and presented to tlie court au affi
davit showing that the said defendant
did not reside in said district and could
not be found therein, and that a good
cause of action existed in favor of the
plaintiff and against the defendant;
And the court having considered th»
same, did on the 5th day of June, 191 If.
make an order directing the publica
tion of the said summons fora period of
six weeks in the ldilarod Pioneer, a
newspaper of general circulation within
said district.
rsow, therefore, you are hereby re
quired to appear in the said District
court in and for the Territory of Alaska,
Fourth division, within 30 days after
the completion of the said publication,
to wit: within 30 days after the 27th day
of July, 1912, exclusive of said day, and
answer the complaint of the above
named plaintiff, a copy of which is on
file in the office of the clerk of the
above-entitled court, and unless you so
appear and answer, the plaintiff will
apply for the relief demanded in said
compalint.
Witness the Honorable Peter D.
Overfield, Judge of said court, this 14th
day of June in the year of our Lord
1912, and of our Independence 130.
, —•— , C. C. PAGE, Clerk,
] Seal r By E. M- Stanton,
1 .Deputy Clerk.