s. U. SAUK
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Leading Jeweler of the North
Expert Watch Repairing and JeweBry Work
S A LIC
Front St., Iditarod
With the arrival of the boat this morning, we will have!
the most complete stock of »
FRESH GROCERIES :
Of the VERY HIGHEST QUALITY, consisting of
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SWIFT’S PREMIUM HOillS Mil iOH
■ GOLDEN GLOW BUTTER,
Strictly Fresir Eggs White Bermuda Onions
Kills’ Coffee, Etc.
Your business respectfully solicited
Sam’S Applebaum
Everything is progressing nicely with the
committees having the I-north - f July cele
bration at Flat City in charge. The big
event takes place on Monday. July •’>
Liberal and numerous prizes have been
offered tor the sports, and much interest is
being shown a: this early date in the big
tug-of-war contest to be pulled off on that
happy occasion. Good speakers have been
engaged, and there will be plenty of music.
The people of Fiat City, well known U r
their hospitality, extend a cordial invitee a
to all the people of the precinct to come
and enjoy themselves on that occasion.
The entertainment committee of the
Moose lodge are making preparations to ac
commodate the large crowd of dancers that
is sure to attend the big dance on the night
of Monday, the 5th.
PECULIAR CONDITION HERE
IN REGARD TO STAMP TAX
A rather unsatisfactory state of affairs
with relation to the collection of the war
stamp tax is revealed in the statement by
Commissioner Guy G. Geraghty that his
(.dice i** not furnished with the necessary
Not to leave the country, but
To stay here and live.
I have a large assortment of
Cotton, Wool and Silk Flags
At Outside prices.
Kodaks, Cameras, and all
Kinds of Supplies for same.
At the lowest figure ever sold '
In the North. I will order
Your Kodaks and Supplies for
You. delivered at Iditarod, for
Exactly what you pay for them
Any place in the United States.
Hats, Clothing and Shoes at
A lower figure than any other
dealer in the Camp. Call and see
Me and save money.
Iditarod
•stamps to legalize the various documents
tiled with him. These stamps are not
obtainable in the city. The only war tax
stamp.* in the city are those in the posses
sion of private individuals and corporations,
and have been procured for their own uses.
The war tax went into effect on December
1 last, and under its terms all documents
filed for record, all proprietary medicines,
liquors, etc., must bear a stamp of speci
lied denomination. It is understood that
bv reason of the fact that a heavy bond is
required for handling these stamps for the
public beta tit, and that neither the com
missioner nor the postmaster are by law
C'Ui)"» 11 tl to handle them, they are unob
tainable m Idimrod. In the meantime docu
ments requiring the stamp cannot be re
corded until the stamps have been attached.
ARRIVAL OF WASHBURN
WITH 1D1TAR0D PASSENGERS
DIKEMAN. June 25. The steamer M. L.
Washburn arrived here at 10:50 p. m. last
night with 176 tons of freight and the fol
lowing passengers for Idituivd:
N Dukul. T. I>. Thurston and wife. John
lluckfeld. Mrs. Rea Carter. F. Tuttle. II.
Nit kelson. I). Daniels, J. Beaton, wife and
cl :ld. and (’yril P. Wood,
j The Beaver left shortly after midnight
i for Iditarod with most of the passengers.
ALASKA RIVERS AS “FEEDERS”
(American Review of Reviews'
The rivers of Interior Alaska, of which
the Yukon is the main artery*, flow gener
siiy from east to west. The 5 ukon itself,
from the point where it enters Alaska at
Fade to its outlet at the Bering sea, is more
than 1.400 miles. It receives another 1.500
mlies of navigable tributaries in the Tan
, ana, the Chandh.r, the Porcupine, the Koy
ukuk and the Innoko. The Kuskokwim.
the second largest river in Alaska, has 600
: miles of navigable water, with which the
branch railroad through the Kuskokwim
valley will c mnect at McGrath. In all.
; these rivers given 3.500 miles of navigable
I waterways in Interior Alaska, besides water
| in Canada, ready-made to serve as feeders
for the government railre.. d the day r
reaches Tanana, 4111 miles from Seward.
! with the short branch to McGrath.
THE MAIL
The rani! arrived about noon on Thur.-day
1: y being brought from Dikeniau on the
.neb - s Wolf T! • outg ing a ail will
leave each week on the receipt of telegraphic
advices of the departure of the mail boat
from Nulato. The mail from Iditarod meets
j the Irene at Dikeman.
The Boas Clothing Store at Flat. Prices
| -easonable.
PIONEER CREEK AGENCIES
! FLAT CITY.Mrs. C. C. Chittick
| DISCOVERY OTTER -. . . Harry Donnelley
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FOR PURE LIQUORS
Fresh Vegetable and Flower Seeds
Two Packages for 25 Cents
Woo! Blankets, Quilts, Comforters, Pillows, Sheets, Lace Curtains,
Portieres and Couch Covers.
Linoleums, Art Buriap and House Linings.
Picks, Shovels, Sluice Forks, Mattocks, Brush Hooks, Peavies, Cant Hooks, Pike
Poles. A complete assortment of Cooking Utensils and Silverware.
Harness and Harness Supplies. nmir’c nonrc
Tents and Tarpauiins—all sizes. LfKCuo DKLuij
SMITH’S GUN STORE,
I RITA ROD, ALASKA
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Tho sports on the river will be sin long i
the many joyous events that are to be given I
for the edification of the masses who are
expected to attend the celebration of the
Fourth of July in this great city on Mon
day. July 5. There will be gasoline launch j
races, canoe races, poling-boat races, tub j
races, and nearly every kind of race the I
i human race can think of. The various
committees will hold final meetings during j
the next few days, when all the details of
! the big frolic will be arranged to a nicety.
I Tho program will be a long and varied one.
j and there will not be a dull moment from I
! start to finish. The entertainment includes i
; a free moving-picture show in A. B. hall j
| under the ellicient management of Alaska’s
[premier showman. Professor Drapeau. and:
I the festivities of the day will conclude with ;
I the grand free ball in the same building. J
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The Skagwav Alaskan of recent date ;
; null's that George J. Bush, the new cashier j
i of the Whitehorse office of the White Pass [
■ A Yukon railroad, accompanied by Mrs. I
i Bush, arrived in Skagwav on the Mariposa j
j end left for Whitehorse the following morn- [
j ing. Mrs. Bush is the daughter of Mr. [
! nad Mis. G. A. Duffy of this city.
The interior of Gularte Bros.’ Iditarod bar
' .has been undergoing improvements during i
1 the past week, which add much to the at
j tractiveness of the popular resort.
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THAW ON WITNESS STAND
MAKES GOOD IMPRESSION
NEW YORK, June 24. The trial of
Harry K. Thaw on an insanity charge, in
which the prisoner seeks to establish his
sanity and gain his freedom after a tight
lasting several years, was begun on Tuesday
last. The jury was completed and sworn
in (»n Wednesday, and today Thaw took the
stand in his own defense, lie made a good
witness fur himself and told of his escape
from the Matteawan asylum and of subse
quent events up to the present time. He
was excused subject to recall.
Fifty witnesses have been subpoenaed who
will testify to the sanity of Thaw, and so
confident is he that he will be liberated that
he is said to be planning a visit to the San
Francisco exposition.
WHY FREIGHT IS DELAYED
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Travelers arriving on yesterday’s boats
who recently came down the ^ ukon report
that there is a serious congestion of freight
Whitehorse for Interior Alaska points.
The water is so low in the lake that navi 1
gat ion with vess< Is of any considerable
draught is impossible, and will be delayed
until there has been a rise in the level of
the lake.
The statement is made that the weather
has been exceedingly dry on the upper \u
kon. and mining operations in the Dawson !
district have been hampered to a great ex ;
tent thereby, causing the enforced idleness j
of many miners.
If you are in need of anything in our *
line, see us. Two stores—Fiat and Iditarod. j
Boas the Clothier, j
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DON'T FORGET WE HAVE THE NEW WHITE RUBBER BOOTS;
AND PACS
The Home of Hart, Schaffner & Marx Clothing
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On account of my new goods coming in soon, and wishing to make room for.
same, we-are offering a good portion of our stock atreduced prices, such as Underwear,
Overshirts, Leather Shoes and Rubber Boots.
We Are Selling the Gold Seal Boot at $5.00 per Pair
Why? Simply as I said above—to make room for new stock.
1. R. PECK, FLAT CITY
I MINING MEN MAKING MOST
OF WEATHER CONDITIONS
! Twenty-four hours of daylight and an
I abundant water supply create conditions
i which are ideal from a miner’s viewpont,
j and these arc being taken advantage of to
the utmost by the operators in the lditurod
district. The almost constant rams of the
past two weeks have raised the streams to
almost Hood levels, and day and night forces
are being steadily employed.
The change in weather conditions came
! at an opportune time for the miners work
j ing the high ground were beginning to feel
the water shortage, and large numbeis of
j men were temporarily laid oil. These have
i again found employment, and the outlook
[ for a prosperous season is now good.
STEAMER BRINGS FREIGHT
FOR KUSKOKWSM RIVER
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Seattle newspapers of May 31 stated that
j the steamship Alliance, which was due i^A
| that city on May 31 from Astoria, had been
I chartered by Captain Omar J. Humphrey,
' who would send her north to the Kusko
kwim river, sailing on June 2. with about
850 tons of miscellaneous freight. The Al
liance will be kept on the run throughout
the season. She will take freight for the
Northern and Alaska Commercial com
panies. Freight for the latter will be dis
charged at Unalaska.
ITALY’S WAR STRENGTH
Italy’s war strength is 3.330,202 men of
all ranks, of whom 1,700,000 are reported
mobilized. The navy has seven battleships
| of the dreadnought type and eight older
! battleships, nine first-class cruisers, five sec
I ond-class cruisers, ten third-class cruisers,
I five gunboats, forty-six destroyers, seventy
I five torpedo boats and twenty-seven sub
| marines. The country has to defend 500
miles of Austro-Italian frontier, on which
it is now reported to have 750,000 men. The
j Italian sea coast is 4,160 miles.
CHAIRMAN EDES TELES
OF RAILROAD CONSTRUCTION
In answer to a question as to how much :
work wdl be done on the Alaska Northern
railroad this summer. Chairman Edes of i
the Alaskan engineering commission, told
the Seward Gateway that he “presumed
we shall do quite a lot of i:." Then thought
fully lie expiv.-sed the d< >ire that men;
needing employment should be cautioned ;
against coming to Alaska, as. in the first i
place, the road will not be turned over to I
the government for a few weeks, and the !
appropriate n is so small at present that the
work will necessarily be limited this year. 1
Indeed, as to how extensive the work will
be on this road this year Mr. Edes would
give no positive opinion. He did say. how- j
ever, that tlie Alaska Northern would not '
be connected up with the new portion of
the railroad until next year. Locomotives j
and other equipment wid be shipped from
the Panama canal this year to Seward, but :
JL has found that very extensive repairs j
^ill have to be made on the wharf at Sew- j
ard before the heavy equipment can be un- <
loaded. These locomotives and other equip- i
ment will come this fall. He states that he |
must 'look into the situation more thor
oughly before saying anything of a really
positive nature. That it will be found nee- :
ess ary to erect some buildings for the ac- !
commodation of the employes he believes, !
hut even on this matter he says nothing!
definite.
The sum and substance of all that Mr.
I'des is prepared to say just now is that
Seward is the headquarters of the railroad !
commission, that “quite a lot” of work will
bo done on the Alaska Northern this sum- |
lifer, and that he has now buckled down ]
to prepare the way for his labors. He will ^
remain in Seward all summer, except dur- i
ing the time he will find it necessary to visit j
other places where work is going on. He
expects to have to spend some time in
Washington next winter, but in the mean
time he will delve into all the matters re
lating to the construction, and will soon be |
in a position to speak more directly.
The following is the court calendar for
the special Iditarod term of the United
Slati*s district court for the Fourth division
of Alaska, which opens on Monday next:
54 David Johnson vs. Joseph Servo,
Charles Holky and Adolph Iiippa.
50 American Rank of Alaska vs. Isaac
N\holm. Mina Nyholm and Frank Miller.
57 -Anderson Bros. & Norland vs. A. F.
Morgan, F. Hammer and Bert Phillips.
72 S. R. Sanderson vs. Alice Schwartz,
administrator. A. E. Maltby, intervenor.
70 E. W. Griffin vs. E. II. Peoples et al.
83 Clark Lumber Co. vs. Robert Simp
son, E. A. Niehoff, Nellie Winters and
Miners <fc Merchants Bank.
114 John 11. Scott vs. John Henderson
et al.
124 Sam Wilmer vs. Harry Cribb.
131 John A. Bingham vs. Joe Mikuta
et al.
140—Clark Lumber Co. vs. Isaac Ny
holni et al.
J. CL Fox & Co. vs. J. H. Rogers.
148 Edward J. Uhl vs. Gertrude Uhl.
152 S. CL Adams vs. Yukon Gold Co.
153 The Bank of British North America
vs. F. A. Cleveland.
104 Ida Ostrom et al. vs. Waino Pun
tclo.
10S M. S. Bozich vs. J. E. Riley et al.
170 Thomas R. Moore vs. Peter Ma
loiie.
170) Fred Labelle vs. Mary Labelle.
1ST Greg Stewart vs. A. B. Rome.
191- Richard E. Mandley vs. Yukon Gold
Company.
19G- Ilenrich Wort man vs. Anselm
Rautio.
197 George K. Shimada vs. J. F. Baird
et al.
199 Greg Stewart et al. vs. John F.
Baird et al.
202 Charles J Strandberg &. Co. vs. J.
E. Riley et al.
205- In the matter of the application of
Tom Muckle to take the deposition of Jc hn
Beaton.
2 OS Charles Ross vs. Ilarry Ruh.l et al.
209 K. E. Gardner vs. F. Brazeau et al.
21B Lillian Waechter vs. W. II. Boyd
e ai.
21 ! M. II. Marstvn vs. Tony Letnes et al.
215 S. Toroin vs. J. E. RTy et al.
210 Jerry Ford vs. E. R. King.
217 Martin YVebories vs. Earl L. Byers.
219 Claud Baker, trustee, vs. Marvel
Creek Mining cfe Development Co.
221 W. F. Duffy et al. vs. David Strand
berg.
22d Jehu Stephenson vs. Charles Knut
son et al.
2'2 » J. F. Hardeman Hat Co. vs. A. B.
Rem©.
22b George W. Albr* > ht vs. Marvel
Creek Mining & Devd r.iment Co.
227 l i R. Ander. on vs. Pacific Cold
Storage Co.
228 Mrs. M. Watroes vs. E. L. Byers.
T5FTDD nip SUflfJl
MwA i Mr tit
The Little Data brought more than fifty
inns of machinery f<*r Trank ManTy. arriv
ing late Sunday night. She left for down
1 iver later in the week.
Steamer Pup reached Iditarod Wednesday
evening. She also left for down river.
( aptain Henderson was unlucky enough to
: e drawn for jury duty.
Ernest Brown of the Little Delta was an
other liver man who drew a berth on the
jury, as was also Jim llardawav of the
Transit.
The Sea Wolf made what is said, to be a
record run with the mail this week, arriv
ing at Iditarod a little more than twelve
hours out of Dikeman.
The steamer Xanana, which was wrecked
in the Thirty mile some time ago, has been
raised and taken to Whitehorse.
The Washburn left Dikeman at midnight
Thursday to connect with the Kerr at Holy
Cross.
Frank K< rn arrived at Dikeman on Fri
day morning with his new gas boat.
SPEAKER COLLINS TO BE
CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR
According to the Fairbanks Times of
June 6, the first Republican gun for the
1916 Alaska campaign is tired. A candidate
for the gubernatorial chair is in the field.
Or rather, a man is in a receptive mood,
and his friends are speaking of him in vari
ous i laces throughout the territory. The
man is the lion. E. B. Collins of Fox.
Alaska, speaker of the territorial house of
representatives.
Ever since Mr. Collins returned from the
coast there have been rumors afloat that
he is to be a candidate for the governor
ship, provided the Republican party won
out at the next national election. When
interviewed regarding the rumor, Mr. Collins
was reluctant about talking on the subject,
but finally admitted that he would be a
candidate, provided the Republican party
was successful in November, 1916.
NOTICE
The Miners & Merchants Bank of Iditarod
will act as collecting agent for the American
Jukon Navigation Company, and matters
will be greatly facilitated if shippers will
transact their business with that institution
prior to coming to Dikeman.
HARRY WATSON,
Agent A.-Y. N. Co.
THE LATEST IN
. . HART, SCHAFFNER & MARX SUITS
JOHN B. STETSON HATS FLORSHEIM SHOES
WILSON BROS.’ NECKWEAR
Will Be Sold at Closing-Cut Prices
Eayles Clothing Co. 1
IDITAROB DISCOVERY, OTTER \
AGAINST THURSTONS i
Practically the only criminal ca-! - to
come before the Iditarod term t f -
Irict court are those of the Uni: bia
vs Thomas L. Thurston and Agnes V.
Thurston, four in number, in which they
are jointly charged with “unlawfully and
feloniously detaining, delaying and secreting
and embezzling” a package of mail matter
and other oti'ense.s in three of the in
dictments. The fourth charge.-; Thomas I.
Thurston with “paying to one William
Stoneman $62 and taking a receipt for $72.”
at a time when the latter was acting as \
clerk in the postoftice.
Th( Thurstons were indicted on the four
counts by the federal grand jury sitting at
Iditarod last year. 'I hey w< re it tbat.
on the Ouiside, having left here in Juno.
While the iiidiclmems were secret, the in
vestigations of the grand jury had taken j
such a wide scope that, in spite of the fact ]
that nothing has ever been printed relating 1
to the cases, it soon became common knowl
edge as to who had been named in the docu
ments in the possession of the district at
torney.
After leaving here Mr. and Mrs. Thurston
l resided in Alberta, Canada, for several
months, and it is understood that the ef
forts of the district attorney’s office to
secure extradition of the indicted couple,
were- un.-.:e:e>sful. Later they removed to
Seattle, and there they were taken into
custody recently by Marshal L. T. Krwin.
who brought them back to Alaska.
Thoma.-- L. Thurston was appointed post
master of Iditarod in 1910. and. with his
wife as assistant postmaster, remained in
office until a little more than a year ago.
From time to time there had been com
plaints of the manner in which the office
was conducted, bill nothing in the way of
direct charges enveloped until the grand
jury of last year was called.
One of the indictments relates to the in
duction into office of Mr. Thurston’s suc
cessor, Albert Wile. Mr. Wile was notified
by wire of his appointment to the office,
but successive mails arrived without his
commission being received by him. It is
alleged that the official document was with
held by the Thurstons.
Another indictment charge* the ex-post
master and his wife with virhhol ling a
package 1 f merchandise address'd to - local
; merchant, and a third charges the appropri
ation of a certain magazine alleged to have
been addressed to an Iditarod business man.
The bail set by Judge Fuller in the van
I ous cases aggregated many thousands "l dol
: !• !--. but an order has been issued by Judgt
I 3unncll reducing the sum to $1,000 fvr
j each of the prisoners, and it is understood
I that this has already been furnished.
N. C. CO. QUITS AT EAGLE
The Northern C< mmercial Company quit
business at Eagle on May ]•">. selling put to
Scheele & Ott. who had a store on First
avenue. They immediately abandoned their
old buildings and moved into the ones they
had purchased along with the stork of goods
| taken over.—Fairbanks News Miner.
Mrs. F. A. Cleveland is expecting a visit
from her sister. Miss Graham, a Denver
school teacher, who came from the Outside
at the same time :.s Mrs. Cleveland, but
stopped at Ruby fer a short visit
Cyril W od returned last evening from
an extended trip that took him as far as
| Tanana.
Assessment Work Blanks at Pioneer.
GOLD FROM TOLOVANA
RECEIVED AT FAIRBANKS
With a poke of lolovana gold dust of
something men* than eight ounces, valued at
close to .fjlGO. Harry Pearce , of Pear.-on it
Johnson. Livengood creek, came to the city
last nigh , says the Fairb iks N'-a- Mirier
of June 2. The gold brought in w - coar-.
. nd fine mixed, containing several -m •.:!
nuggets. That it is regular paystreak go .1
cannot be doubted.
Mr. Pearson cannot t il just how murii
ground sluiced out this gold. Pear.-on it
Jcf'usoi have a lay from Cascade*! & Me
Cord on the high bench opposite No. o
above i.iscoverv. Livengood creek. They
have a .-mall plan*. and during the past
few wee:: have driven in ail about 400 feet
of tunnel in four different din*t:i< ns. pros
pecting. 1 he ground pro.-pec ted so far by
P« arsoi & Johnson shows gold for a dis
: .nee of a hundred feet in cro->cuttin". but
the width of the pay.-treak has not yet been
determined.
Providing a Water Supply
The same paper contains the 11*f-• rn 1.11i n
that a number of prominent minimr men.
among them Delegate James Wiekersham.
have filed a water right on Mike Hess creek,
and ar • organizing a co operative company
to handle the proposition. The names (if
the men behind it are a guarantee that it
will be put through promptly and correctly,
and the plan of operation shows that it is
not speculative.
IMr rate Wicker.'ham him.-elf po.-*ed ;h *
notice cn Mike Hess creek, and has filed a
,c.ipy w;th tin* l nited States commissioner
at Fairbanks Those tor whoni the filing
v as made ..r- . Charles Jovnt. Dave Gu>
caden. Henry Ray. Dan G. McCarty. James
M ickei'shum. John \V. McCord, Harry Pear
son and James Haney.
It is claimed that the Mike Hess is now
flowing an abundance of water to insure
twenty sluiceheads, in spite of an unusually
dry season everywhere in the hills, and that,
even cutting this squarely in two. by
doubling up. i. e., using the water twice,
plenty of water will be guaranteed to Liv
engoo i creek. It is the absolute b -.-is *>f
siiccetsful operating in the Tolovana dis
trict. where scarcity of water is today the
most serious drawback to rapid develop
ment. and the only positive way to injure
this water supply was to take it out of
Mike Hess and bring it across the low di
vide to Livengood creek. X;:t tire very
kindly provided :i freak geographical con
,(lition which permitted this; otherwise Tolo
\ . na would perl ips ; ie a mining impossi
biiity because the watershed is so low and
so slight.
When you come in from the creeks, don t
forge* to stop in ai the Crosby and take a
Twentieth Century Turkish Bath
Beginning Monday, June 21
Will leave daily on the following
schedule:
Leave Iditarod Leave Flat
7:00 a. m. 9:00 a. m.
11:00 a. m. 1 :30 p. m.
3:30 p. m. 6:00 p. m.
Arrangements can be rnarle for spe
cial' at later hours by communication
with otiice.___
On This Morning's Boat
VIA ST. MICHAEL
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Too numerous to enumerate in this space
COME IN AND SEE OUR FINE DISPLAY OF GOOD THINGS
CROWLEY & PORTER
IDITAROD The House of Quality
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