OUR FRESH GOODS
Over Lake Lebarge Have Arrived
Our Swift’s Premium
Hams and Bacon
THE BEST IN THE MARKET
We guarantee the prices and quality of all our goods to give
the utmost satisfaction.
ALL ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED
Sam’S Applebaum
General Ladies’
FURNISHINGS
Ladies' Furnishing Store
MRS. L. C. THORNTON, Prop.
HEAVY RAINSTORMS
CAUSE MUCH ACTIVITY
Heavy rainstorms during the past week,
and the consequent plenteous supply of
water for mining operations, have produced
an air of activity throughout the camp.
From the hill placers at the head of Flat
creek, and the adjacent creeks of Happy,
Willow and Chicken, come reports of in
dustry which encourage the belief that the
gold output of the camp this year will be
up to standard, and everywhere there is a
disposition to take full advantage of the
excellent conditions for mining.
The rapid rising of the streams, and espe
cially Otter creek, was the cause of some
apprehension on Tuesday night, when word
came that the boom across Otter creek,
just above the town of Hat, was in danger
of being broken by the swift current. Sev
eral hundred cords of wood were held by
the boom. Men were at once put to work
to relieve the strain on the boom, and the
precaution was taken to put a boom in place
at Iditarod in case the one on Otter creek
broke. By Wednesday morning the danger
was past. Rumors to the effect that the
boom at the power plant on the Iditarod
had broken proved to be unfounded.
The high water in the Iditarod river will
prove a boon to the Cold Storage Company,
whose barge has been lying some miles be
low the city awaiting a good stage of water
so it could be brought here. The Washburn
is expected with the barge at any moment.
STEAMER *PUP HERE
The Innoko river steamer Pup, Captain
Max Simel, put into port on Monday last
with a load of lumber from the mouth of
the Ditna. She left on the return trip on
Thursday morning. Mrs. Simel and daugh
ter made the round trip from Tolstoi. Mrs.
Charles Stanford, J. E. Beattie and J. C.
Moody were among the passengers on the
return trip to Tolstoi.
Just arrived. Get a new
Kodak at
Outside prices.
If you need anything else,
do not waste valuable time
looking for it. Come to us
and get it.
Ansleys
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
IDITAROD. ALASKA
WIRELES SAND TELEPHONES
FOR UPPER KUSKOKWIM
Duke K. Stubbs of Kolmakoff, on the
Kuskokwim, has been in the city during
the past week on one of his periodical trips
to this great center of commerce. He says
that four ocean-going vessels already have
arrived at Bethel this year, bringing a great
amount of freight, and that the prospects
of the great Kuskokwim region were never
brighter than this year.
The vessels which reached Bethel were
the Santa Ana, v.hieh for the balance of
the season will ply between Seward and
! Bethel and intermediate points; the Bender
Brothers, the Ruby and the Eunice, the
latter a new ship.
Among the freight brought in was the
remainder of the dredge machinery of Tom
Aitken and associates, for installation on
Candle creek, together with the parapher
nalia and machinery for complete wireless
and telephone plants. It is understood the
wireless station will be erected either at Me
Grath or Tokotna, and that the telephone
line will connect it with Candle creek, Yan
kee creek, Ganes creek, Ophir and other
points in the Innoko. It is expected that
| this means of communication with the Out
■ side world will give a great impetus to min
i ing activities in those sections.
Four cannery tenders are reported to
have been lost at the mouth of the Kusko- ;
i kwim this spring. No lives were lost, ac I
; cording to accounts brought in by the na j
; lives. The aborigines are enjoying a period 1
| of high living from the salvage of the j
| cargoes of the wrecks.
A cloudburst at the mouth of Crooked :
; river on Friday, July 6, drove miners out j
i of the cuts, but apparently did little dam- j
! age.
Mrs. Bertha Boyd, the government
teacher at Bethel for several years past, has
been transferred to Mountain Village, on
the Yukon.
James R, Hayden, president of the Kenai
Alaska Gold Company, is negotiating with [
Mr. Stubbs, who is agent for the Mcllhenny J
interests, for ground on Bear creek. Mr. |
Hayden probably will take options on the j
i ground and do considerable work there.
Danny Bryce, who was recently married
in Spokane, Wash., has not yet returned to j
Bear creek.
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CAUSE OF EAST ST. LOUIS RIOT
A dispatch which throws light on last
week's dispatches from East St. Louis, 111.,
detailing further rioting and bloodshed, is
dated May 30, and is as follows:
“A mob of three thousand whites yester I
day attacked a number of negroes brought
here to work in the munitions plants. A
terrific fight occurred between the whites
and negroes, the latter fighting desperately
to protect themselves from the mob. Clubs,
stones and revolvers were brought into play
with deadly effect, and as a result several
negroes are dying from their wounds. The
mob attacked street cars in which negroes
were riding, dragged them out and practi
cally destroyed the cars, the negroes being
beaten unmercifully. The entire police force
was called out to quell the riot, but was
helpless before the mob.”
at the McDonald
Mrs. Haggren, J. C. Moody, E. L. Vawter,
A. M. Kilgore. J. E. Beattie, Charles Bow
man. M. Strandie, Walter Elliott, Jack Ste
phenson, H. Bismarck, L. Regan, Frank B.
Stanley, John Appleton, Joe Saxsmith, N.
Hornum, Eugene Van Orsdal, J. E. Riley,
Charles Shubert, H. Townsend, J. J. Gal
I lagher, Ralph Warburton, Angus McLellan,
j M. Eveline, D. S. McDonald, D. E. Stubbs,
I Peter Spein, Mrs. M. H. Marston, D. Lavag
; lio. Alfred Immich, Mr. and Mrs. J. G.
j Rivers, Victor Rivers, Ralph Rivers, Mr.
and Mrs. Carter, Jack Mutchler. John Ward.
WILL HAVE A FULL LINE OF
LANG'S
Stoves and Family Ranges
BY FIRST BOATS IN JULY
C. R. PECK, FLAT
TENTS, TARPAULINS
ALL SIZES
MOSQUITO BED-COVERS SHOTGUN SHELLS
Pitch
Oakum
Calking Cotton
Oars, Paddles
Oarlocks
Fike Foies
Picaroons
Paints
Stains
Linseed Oil
1 urpenune
Greyling Nets
Whiteiish Nets
Fishing Flies
Canvas
SMITH'S CUN STORE
IDITAROD, ALASKA PHONE 6 SECOND AND WILLOW
COURT TERM ENDS
Few Cases Were Tried, and Jury
Was Relieved from Duty
Early in Week
The special Iditarod term of the United
States district court came to an end on
Wednesday last, when Judge Bunnell trans
ferred all cases still on the docket to the
Ruby term, which will commence in a few
days. While the amount of business trans
acted, as shown in the record of eases ad
judicated, was not large, this must by no
means be taken as an index of the result of
the term of court. Many cases which had
been on the docket for some time were
either compromised or defaults entered, and
besides this, as is pointed out by attorneys,
the fact of the court's being in session ac
celerates business in other ways. It is
claimed that were it not for the fact that
a court term is held here, instead of at some
distant point, business would be impeded in
many ways. Judge Bunnell expressed satis
faction with the results accomplished and j
the progress made in clearing up the docket.
When the petit jury was called last Mon- j
day morning, but four men qualified, and
three of these were excused, leaving only
Vic Pierson on the regular panel. Judge
Bunnell jokingly asked Mr. Pierson if he
thought that between them they could try
what cases were to come up, and Vic an
swered confidently that he thought they
could. No cases for the jury were up for
trial, however, and on Tuesday Mr. Pierson
also was excused.
Some of the Cases Disposed Of
In the case of Andrew Benson vs. the
Slippern Mill Company and J. A. Slippern
and Earl Slippern, judgment was rendered
against each of the men named in the sum
of S1.0S6.44 and interest on SI.186.41 from
July 13, 1910. to June 30, 1917. together
with costs.
The case of Mrs. M. Watrous vs. E. L.
Byers was dismissed.
Two cases entitled Charles Strandberg
vs. J. E. Riley et al. were dismissed.
The case of Fred Harrison vs. Gilbert
Bates et al., for attorney’s fees alleged to be
due, was dismissed without prejudice.
Judgment for $1,546.75, and interest
amounting to $572.25, was rendered in the
case of Charles E. Taylor, as guardian, vs.
Charles J. Strandberg anti Emma C. Strand
berg.
A default judgment was rendered in the
case of H. Wnrtmann vs. William McMullen.
Judgment for $445.20 and costs was en
tered in the case of the Clark Lumber Com |
pany vs. C. T. Suter.
On trial before the court, a judgment for
plaintiff for $210 on first cause of action
and $89 on second cause was rendered in !
the case of Katherine Audette vs. John j
Stephenson.
The plaintiff in the case of George Hoff- j
man vs. D. E. Stubbs was awarded judg
ment on default, giving him possession of
property in dispute and $20 per mouth rent
for four months.
Naturalization Matters
John Beaton, a native of Canada, was
admitted to citizenship by Judge Bunnell on
Monday evening last, after an examination
conducted by the assistant district attorney.
Mike Lueey and Gil Bates were his wit- j
nes.-es.
The following are the names of those who |
made declaration of intention to become i
citizens during the past week, together with
the land of nativity and the names of wit- j
nesses:
Arne S. K. Erickson Norway; A. J. j
Weiss and Sam'i Applebaum.
Hjalmar K. Johnson—Canada; A. .J. Weiss
and Sam'i Applebaum.
Arthur Marlatt - Canada; Gilbert Bates
and D. S. McDonnell.
Sydney Charles Ensor —England; Sam’i j
Applebaum, A. J. Weiss.
Fred Deeming—England; A. M. Kilgore^
and Sam’i Applebaum.
Niels Jensen Hornum—Denmark.
Sture Stenberg —Sweden.
Answer Filed in Divorce Case
Peter Spein, through his attorney, Henry I
Roden, has filed an answer and cross-com
plaint in the divorce suit brought against
him by his wife, Elen Spein. Spein is a
Finnish reindeer owner and herder from the
Kuskokwim region. In the complaint of j
his wife it was charged, among other things, I
that his nomadic life, which he compelled |
her to share, precluded the establishment of j
a home and inflicted severe hardships upon I
her and her children, and that in spite of I
the fact that he was possessed of consider- j
able wealth, he refused to establish a home
for her and her offspring. Intemperance j
and cruelty also were charged.
The answer of the defendant denies that I
he has subjected the plaintiff to hardships,
but alleges that he has amply provided for
her. He denies that he is addicted to drink,
or that he has ill-treated her. He admits
that he has accused her of being faithless to
him, and alleges the fact to be that for
some time past she has spent a considerable
portion of her time in the company of one
Jense A. Kramme at Akiak.
He denies that he is worth $25,000, or
any sum in excess of $5,000, and all his
assets consist of reindeer and some cash due
him.
He asks that the decree of divorce be
awarded to him, alleging adultery, and also
asks the custody of the three children, al
leging that plaintiff is not a fit person to
care for them.
Order for Removal of Commissioner to Flat
On Wednesday the following order was
made by Judge Bunnell:
"Now on this day, it appearing that on
account of changed conditions in the Otter
recording precinct, and for the reason that
the great majority of the population of said
precinct is at Flat, and adjacent thereto,
and that the public can best be served by
the removal of the headquarters of the
United States commissioner from the town
of Iditarod, Alaska, to Flat, Alaska:
“It is ordered that the headquarters and
official residence of the United States com
missioner in and for the Otter recording
precinct, Fourth division, territory of
Alaska, be and is hereby changed from the
town of Iditarod, Alaska, to Flat, Alaska,
in said precinct; and
"It is further ordered that the United
States commissioner proceed to transfer all
files, records, bocks and other government
property from the present headquarters to
a suitable building at Flat, Alaska, and that
said transfer be made not later than August
1, 1917, and that proper vouchers, in dupli
cate, for the expense thereof be rendered
to the clerk of this court for payment.”
A similar order was made in the case of
the deputy clerk of court.
Court Notes
An order appointing J. C. Moody to be
United States commissioner for Innoko pre
cinct, with headquarters at Ophir, was
signed by Judge Bunnell on Monday last.
Mr. Moody succeeds W. A. Vina).
Manuel Gularte was granted liquor license
until January 1, 1918.
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BULK OF TERRITORIAL FUND
WILL GO TO FAIRBANKS
Front telegraphic advices received by J.
E. Riley, it seems probable that the Fair
banks district will get the lion’s share of
the territorial road fund this year, just as
has always been the case with the funds at
the disposal of the Alaska road commission.
Recently H. H. Ross, chairman of the divi
sional road commission, wired Mr. Riley an
outline of his plans for the expenditure of
the $50,000 at the disposal of the commis
sion for this year’s work. These included
$30,000 for Fairbanks district, including the
Tolovana, $10,000 for Ruby and $7,000 for
Iditarod, the balance to be used in the
Koyukuk. The telegram asked Mr. Riley’s
approval of the plan. The latter wired
demanding a more equitable division of
the funds. Later it was learned that Ross
had secured the sanction of the third mem
ber of the commission, W. C. Robertson of
Ruby, and thus he will be able to go ahead
with the Fairbanks work without the ap
proval of Mr. Riley.
It was pointed out by Mr. Ross that the
federal commission had set aside $3,000 for
road work in Iditarod, which would give
this district a total of $10,000.
While disappointed at the failure of his
efforts to secure an equitable distribution of
the territorial road funds this year, Mr.
Riley is not discouraged, and will press the
claims of this district for next year’s appor
tionment. He hopes to be able to secure
a meeting of the commission at some time
during the coming winter, possibly at Idit
arod, when he will impress upon the other
members of the commission the urgent
need for roads in this district.
No other section of the Fourth division,
it is pointed out, has been so shamefully
neglected in the matter of roads as has the
Iditarod section and the promising camps
adjacent to it. Mining operations are ham
pered to such an extent by lack of roads
that local men become almost exasperated
when they see the munificence of the fed
eral and territorial governments in provid
ing means of transportation for any camp
that is at all tributary to Fairbanks. A road
map recently received here indicates better
than anything ebe could that the great bulk
of government money has been spent in
the immediate vicinity of the Tanana me
tropclis.
DAWSON DREDGE EMPLOYES
STRIKE FOR WAGE INCREASE
Advices from Dawson state that dredge
men of the Yukon Gold Company have
gone out on strike fur an increase of wages
to £5 per day and board. The present
wages are $4 per day and board. The de
mand for the increase is made on the ground
of increased cost of food and clothing.
At last accounts the company had not
granted the demands of the men. In a
statement issued by E. E. McCarthy, resi
dent manager of the company, the follow
ing reasons were given for the refusal:
“The company appreciates the fact that
the price of food and clothing has gone
up. Not only has the price of food and
clothing gone up, but the cost of mining
materials and all requirements for carrying
on mining operations has gone up. The
company boards the men. and the increased
cost of mining material, added to the in
creased cost of food, makes the working
expenses of the company greater. In these
circumstances the company is not able to
increase the wages of the men. It has al
ways be. :i the policy of the company to ar
range its work with the object in view of
providing the longest possible period of
employment for its men, and it is the com
pany’s intention to continue its mining op
eratiens uninterruptedly as long as it can,
paying the wages that it hss paid to date.'
NEGRO REPUBLIC WITH US
Announcement has been made that Li
beria has severed diplomatic relations with
Germany. Ernest Lyon, consul general of
the negro republic at Baltimore, said that
the break carried a practical advantage to
the entente allies, because it would remove
German control of the wireless telegraph
and cable facilities of Liberia.
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CLEVELAND’S DAUGHTER TO WED
Miss Marian Cleveland, daughter of the
former President of the United States,
Grover Cleveland, is betrothed to wed Will
iam Stanley Dell, connected with the eli
te ri a staff of the New York Evening Sun
Announcement of the engagement has been
made by Mrs. Thomas J. Preston, Jr., wife
of the late Mr. Cleveland.
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LOCAL AND PERSONAL
Mrs. Marston of Otter creek was a visitor
in the city on Wednesday and Thursday.
Harry Panter, who recently took a load
of supplies to Moore creek, returned to Dis
cover, Otter, Thursday.
Jack Keller, who is operating on Moore
creek, arrived at Discovery, Otter, on
Thursday evening last.
The work of installing the boilers of the
Otter creek dredge thawing plant in their
new location is well under way.
Joseph H. Smith, who has been conduct
ing drilling operations on his extensive
Moore creek holdings, returned to the city
on Thursday last.
The local wireless station announces that
the night letter service has been suspended
until further notice by order of the govern
ment. No reason is given.
Frank Stanley, the old-time restaurant
man of Flat, has been in the city during
the past week, and will leave on the Wash
burn for the Outside. He wall spend a few
months in resting up and sightseeing, and
may return to the North in the spring.
JUST
RECEIVED
New Clothing from Hart,
Schaffner &. Marx
New Hats from John B.Stetson
New Shoes from Nett let on
A. J. WEISS
The Home of Hart, Schaffner & Marx Good Clothes
1 OLD GENERAL H. C. OF L.
AT LAST REACHES IDITAROD
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Because Iditarod has been immune from
the sensational increases in prices of food
products which have prevailed in other sec
tions of the United States during the past
two years or more, the inauguration of the
revised price lists simultane u.-ly with the
arrival of the new goods from the Outside
came as something of a shock to the resi
dents of this community.
"General High Cost of Living,” who is
relied on by the various belligerents in the
great war to determine the fate of nations,
has at last put his relentless hand on Idita
rod, and as his advent had been expected,
the people are prepared to "grin and bear
it.” It is not expected that his rule will
entail any real suffering on this community,
at least.
Prior to the arrival of the new goods
the people of the Iditarod district had been
able to purchase the necessities of life at
I remarkably low figures, compared with those
| prevailing elsewhere. In fact, in spite of
freight rates from Seattle of anywhere from
j $60 to $115 per ton, many commodities
| could be purchased here at approximately
| as low or lower prices than prevailed in Se
j attic. This was due to the fact that goods
j purchased by local merchants at the lower
! rates prevalent me year and two years ago
j were being retailed at the prices then in
vogue, and no effort was made by the busi
j ness men to reap the benefits of the in
creased value of their stocks. It is likely
i that, this induced more extensive buying by
| individual-! than ordinarily, and as a cense
! cguenee stocks of food products were prac
■ tically depleted when the first boats ar
| rived. In fact, many articles were entirely
exhausted.
I The increased cost of living will he felt
j in all branches of business. Already the
i restaurants have been compelled to ras e
prices on certain items on their menus, and
I price increases are noted by all merchants,
j It will be gratifying to the public to
| learn that the price of their favorite little
] weekly will remain the same as heretofore.
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EXCEL! ENT GAME PROMISED
WHEN RIVAL TEAMS MEET
Captain James W. Farrell, of a baseball
! team composed of Discovery and Iditarod
players, has issued a challenge for a game
, with the Flat team at as early a date as
weather conditions will permit. The game
1 w < to have been pulled off tomorrow, but
ir is feared that the grounds will be too
wet. It is hoped that the game may be
i j Eyed on Sunday, July 22.
Ever since the Fourth of July, when the
Flat team gave the Iditarod aggregation
such an unmerciful trouncing, it is said
ill at the Flat players have been rather
“cocky.” Mr. Farrell has confidence that
I his team, which comprises some mighty
1 good players, will be able to wrest the
; baseball laurels of the district from the
Flat creek players. At any rate, a splendid
i game may be looked for when the rival
! teams meet.
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Job Printing at The Pioneer office.
MIKE’S NATIVE LAND
Everybody knows Mike Lucey, and there
is not a man, woman or child in the Idita
rod district, who would not walk a mile at
any time to listen to his rich Irish brogue,
which gives one instant thoughts of Old
Erin—Killarney’s lakes, Tom Moore's melo
dies, Donegal fair, with its shillalahs and
broken heeds, the shamrock, and the peat
fires, and every blessed thing that is dear
to the heart of the true Irishman. One
feels tempted to throw up his hat and shout
“Erin Go Bragh!” whenever Mike loosens
up and the words come softly purring from
his lips. Not only in his speech, but in
every other characteristic Mike is a typical
Irishman, and proud of it, too.
Well, Mike was a witness for Johnny
Beaton the other night when E'ncle Salt;
adopted the little Scotch-Canadian as one
of his children. Of course Mike was ques
tioned, and of course he gave his answers
in no uncertain tone of voice. Everything
went well until the district attorney asked
Mike as to his citizenship.
“Are you a citizen of the United States?"
asked the district attorney.
“Oi am.” said Mike, proudly.
“Native-born or naturalized?" asked Mr
Pratt,
Mine loosen at mm reproaeniuuy. aim
sadlv answered, “Naturalized.”
“What is your native country?” queried
Unde Ham’s representative.
Mike was astounded. Was this young
fellow getting “fresh” ? Apparently he could
not believe his ears. The district attorney,
thinking he did not understand the ques
tion. repeated it.
Mike’s head went up in the air, his shoul
ders were thrown back, and he fairly
shouted:
“Oireland.”
Of course it is not permitted to laugh in
such a solemn place as a court of justice.
But every man in the court room enjoyed
the situation. And it is believed that even
Judge Bunnell hid a smile behind an uplifted
hand.
The district attorney took up another line
of questioning.
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DR. G. H. WHARTON, DENTIST
Dr. G. H. Wharton, dentist, will be in
Flat untii July 20, prepared to do all kinds
of dental work. He is located above Dr.
Moore’s drug store.
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Job Printing at The Pioneer office.
JUST RECEIVED
Complete Line of Ladies' Furnishings
and Children's Clothing Just Received
Pairs, young’s store
Next Door McDonald Hotel
Watches and Diamonds
At
STRICTLY OUTSIDE PRICES
J. L. SALE
Open at Ad Hours The Old Reliable Place
Discovery Safe
HENRY DURAND, PROP.Front Street, Flat
f. W. Farrell,
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
Discovery, Otter
Front Street, Flat City Formerly the Bagoy Premises
Flat City Hotel
Mrs. J. E. Gunning, Prop.Special Rates by the Week and Month
H. BOAS, THE CLOTHIER,
Now Located at Flat City
And Is Closing Out His Big Stock of Men’s Clothing and Furnish
ings at Greatly Reduced Prices
BIG BARGAINS FOR ALL IN HIGH-CLASS GOODS
FOR <
GOOD POTATOES AND CIGARSi
CALL UP <
sianna i b
We Still Have Some to Wholesale