General Merchandise
and Outfitters
Stores- Iditarod City and Dikeman
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MCDONALD’S
Lodging House
FURNISHED ROOMS AND BUNKS
Front Street iditarod City
SIRS. ALLBR1CHT,
At No. I-A. DIS.
OTTER CREEK
MEALS AT ALL HOURS
Good Clean Beds
For a Home-Cooked Meal
TRY THE I
Home
Restaurant,
FLAT CREEK
Misses Hagelin & Michel
PROPS.
fort Gibbon’s Up-to-Date House
Golden North
HOTEL
finest and Neatest Rooms
('aters Kepecially to Family Trade
NO Bar 1
Kl) Y. LKF, PKOP.
NOTICE.
A public meeting will be held at the
new Miners’ Home building on Tues
day. July 19th. at .8 p. m. for the pur
pose of organizing a volunteer tire de
partment for the town of Iditared.
Everybody invited to attend.
Cloth signs for trail advertising
at the Pioneer office.
For a
Home-Cooked
DINNER
TRY
Miss Karlson,
First Ave., Iditarod
Henry Schneider
Wallpaper, Paints,
Oils, Glass, Sash
and Doors
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Get Our Prices
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BLACK'S
KOTEL
Port Gibbon
F. W. Rooney & Co
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS
Cigars and Tobaccos
Best Assortment Fresh Goods in City
Reliance Goods a Specialty First Avenue, Iditarod
Sloppy Roads
see BOAS' CLOTHING HOUSE
For Gold Seal Rubber Boots, McKinley Rubber Shoes
And Full Line ol Clothing and Furnl9hings
Iditarod Iditarod
STANLEY'S At the Mouth of Flat Greek
SERVES THE BEST
MEALS AND LODGINGS
Telephone Connections With All the Principal Creeks.
Well Stocked With Soft Drinks, Cigars,
Tobaccos, and Fresh Fruits of the Season
A place where you can meet all the boys.
FRANK A. STANLEY, PROP,
Formerly of the Stanley House, Hot Springs, Alaska
avoid sickness il
...Hartnett & Co.. City Scavengers...:!
ALL KINDS OF SANITARY WORK DONE j;
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COULDN'T PRINT
PAPERS ENOUGH
Although not bound in limp calf, nor
possessed of tooled edges the first issue
of the Iditarod Pioneer, was the edi
tion do luxe and was one of the roy
croftiest things ever put out west of
Past Aurora. Some of the pages were
hand-illumined and the raised letters
were a work of art. The Hired
Hand raised them himself.
After the first pages were run off our
three-cylinder press, that only requires
two men to watch it, there was consid
erable argument in the editorial offices
regarding the number of the edition
and tlie doubt expressed that there
would upt be papers enough to supply
the demand. The managing editor,
the city editor, the night editor and
the society editor masticated the flan
nel about it until the conflict spilled
over into the reportorial rooms where
fout fights immediately started among
a number of cub reporters.
In the machine room the foreman
sat gloomily snipping the exchanges
for pictures of chorus girls, while the
whole battery of linotypes became
siient as the men gathered to discuss
the momentous question.
Now that the smoke has cleared
away, those of us who stood out against
the publisher for more copies, thumb
our noses at him as he goes by and say,
“I told you so.” Every doggoned paper
off the press has been bought and sold
three times, and souvenir hunters are
now gum-shoeing town in the hope of
finding a neglected paper in come dark
alley. Yes, it was a great paper. We
will own up to it ourselves. It certain
ly knocked the piano finish off any
paper ever published in the Iditarod
be fore.
Since that first edition came out and
sold so well, the esprit de corps among
the entire force is admirable, and, it is
confidently hoped by the management
that with all departments working to
gether, the excellence of the publica
tion will equal if not surpass the mark
set by the first issue!
Extensive changes have beeu going
on in the Iditarod Pioneer block, in
cluding the closing of the pigeon-hole
at the back, and the installation of
swing doors on the front. This is ad
mirable enough, except that it is not
appreciated by the office dog and gives
Lite editor no chance to escape.
Though there will be many desirable
issues of this paper in the future, it
seems advisable that all copies of the
first issue be guarded carefully—they
will be very valuable to philologists
and language sharks in a thousand
years.
WILL VISIT
THE OUTSIDE
Paul Reuman, a large stockholder in
the Hotnestake Minins Go. of the Black
Hills and partner with Fred Carter and
A. B. Ferguson on Flat creek has de
parted for the Outside by way of Fair
banks. Mr. Reuman expressed him
self as thoroughly satisfied with the
showing made on his Flat creek hold
ings, and looks for a big production
from that stream next summer. He
says that hs may come back to have an
other look next season.
LUTHER HESS
FOR FAIRBANKS
Luther Hess, the well-known oper
ator, lawyer and business man of the
Tanana. who has interested himself ex
tensively in some good looking Black
creek properties, left Wednesday for
Fairbanks to see how things are going
in that district. He will doubtless take
a trip Outside this fall, returning to
the Iditarod over the ice.
Job Printing—many kinds—at
the Pioneer office.
DON’T RISK TYPHOID FEVER
Use Well Water for cooking and drinkings
delivered daily by E. M.' Sullivan. Supposed
springs are merely surface water carrying fever
germs. - a '
HELD INQUEST OVER
BEN JOHNSON’S BODY
Almost unrecognizable from con-!
tact with the elements for over a
month, the body of Ren Johnson,
the Fairbanks' mining man, who;
jumped from the steamer Evelyn j
on the first of June was found about
15 miles below Dikeman early this
week, and the discovery was fol
lowed by I he departure of Commis
sioner Maltby and Deputy Marshal
Donovon, who left for down river
Tuesday to hold an inquest oyer
the remains.
The find was made by Indians
who discovered the body high on
the bank where it had been left by
the receding current of the Idita
rod, and was in a bad state of de
composition.
Johnson committed suicide about
4 o’clock on the morning of June r
following a long siege of drinking
during which he become tempora
rily insane. The Evelyn was then
on her way up river, and though
the tragedy occuroed at an early
hour, the wilful act of the unfortu
nate man was witnessed by several
persons.
Line and lifebuoys were thrown
to hiiu, some of which landed with
in bis reach, but he resolutely re
fused to save himself and with
arms held straight above his head,
sank beneath the water. A search
was made for the body at that time,
but no trace was found of him until
the discovery just reported.
Under the circumstances there
appears to be little doubt that the
verdict of the jury on the inquest
will be self destruction.
The deceased was an old-timer
in the North and well known in the
Fairbanks district where lie had
mined for a number of years. He
last worked as foreman for Gus
Peterson on Dome creek and was
sidered a firstelass miner.
He leaves a widow and other
relatives in th; country, and it is
reported that his estate vvill amount
to something like $10,000. The
body will doubtless be shipped to
Fairbanks for burial.
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When you visit Flat creek call at
Carroll’s Globe Bakery anti Coffee
House for a lunch.
FREIGHT left at Greer's Warehouse.
Iditarod City, for Carl Carlson and
Johnson & Anderson. Please call.
WILLMAR HAD A
NARROW ESCAPE
Stooping to pick up a pike-pole
which lay in his boat alongside of a
magazine shotgun. Charles Willmar,
of Dawson, had a narrow escape from
death Tuesday evening last when the
gun exploded within a distance of live
feet from where lie stood, the body of
the charge passing between his legs,
and about, 22 No. 5 shot lodging on Lhe
under side of his left knee. Had his
partner, Lee Hagen, been in his accus
tomed place at the bow os the boat tie
would have been instantly killed.
The accident occurred about 20 miles
this side of Dikeman at 5 o’clock in the
afternoon. Willmar had sighted a duck
on a log a few moments before, but be
fore lie got the shell into the barrel
the duck flew away. Instead of put
ting the shell in the magazine as was
his wont, lie left it as it was and laid
the gun down near the polo where ir
was disturbed by the movement of the
pole. Wiilmar’s back was turned at
the time of the explosion. Hagen at
the time was on the bank where they
had just landed to make camp.
Following the accident, Willmar suf
fered intense pain. The men were up
against it for transportation, as one
man could not force the boat up stream
alone, and the wounded man was com
pelled to lay on a sandbar for 20 hours
waiting for a boat, while his partner
dressed the wound as best lie could and
fought oil' mosquitos.
They wore picked up by Myer’s
launch arriving here Thursday at 1
o'clock p.m., whereupon Willmar was
taken to a lodging house and placed
under the care of Dr. B. F. Brooks.
According to the statement of Dr.
Brooks, Willmar’s injury will not
prove serious, since tfie action of the
shot was retarded by passing tiirough
two thicknesses of heavy canvass and
through his clothing—thus preventing
the shot entering deep enough to in
jure the knee joint.
Willmar came all the way from Daw
son in a poling boat, Hagen joining
him at Kaltag. The former has mined
in Dawson in the early days, and is
well-known in the upper country.
Sam Wilder, the genial representa
tive of Hirsch & Co., of Kansas City,
wholesale liquor dealers, departed for
down river last Wednesday, intending
to do Nome on his way Outside. Sam
says that his only love is the Quaker
Maid.
NAVIGATOR
CRUSHES FOOT
While engaged in unloading
from the White Seal at Dikeman
last Sunday morning at it o'clock,
Joe Trend, mate of the vessel, aud
one of the best-known steamboat
men in the country, fell off the
boat and was caught between boat
and barge, his left foot sustaining
a severe crushing.
Without medical attention his
sufferings were intense, and it was
some 24 hours before he could be
NORTH STAR
RESTAURANT
Discovery Otter
The Best Xj on Otter
and Only ~*EAL Greek
C.S. Bernhardt & E. B. Duncan, Props.
Capt, Allison's Place
Cigars, Tobaccos, Soft Drinks,
Confectionery and Fruit
IDITAROD
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“Shorty” Davenport's |
Discovery
Lodging House
Opposite Celene Fraction,
Otter Creek
Warm, Ciean Spring Beds
brought to Iditarod city and under
the care of Dr. Brooks, who has,
fortunately enough just arrived
here and started into practice.
Plxatni nation disclosed the fact
that no bones were broken but that
the foot was so badly bruised that
Treml will be incapacitated foi
work for several weeks.
He is now resting at the River
side hotel where his friends may
fiud him.
KEYSTONE DRILL
FOR OTTER GREEK
Ail object lesson in transporta
tion has just been afforded Iditarod
City in the departure of the big
Keystone drill of Willow Point for
Flat creek.
This heavy piece of machinery is
destined for 'be Marietta associa
tion on Flat, where Manley &
Price are doing extensive prospect
ing and development work in an
ticipation of the installation of a
large scraping outfit this fall.
It started Wednesday by scow to
Otter City and from thence will be
taken by scow to Flat by way of
Otter creek. When the big gravei
punch is installed the Marietta will
soon take on the appearance of the
time-honored but now extinct
Peek-a-Boo shirt waist.
Convinced that the wheels of justice
grind exceeding fine and awful slow,
Frank Miller, who has been patiently
waiting for the arrival of his license to
open the Miner’s Home saloon, left for
down river last week to hit the wires
from Kaltag. It’s a safe bet that the
line will smoke a few bars when he ar
rives.
Riverside Hotel
Iditarod City A. F. Morgan, Manager
FINEST EQUIPPED LOG HOTEL IN THE NORTH
Furnished Rooms and Bunks at^Moderate Rates
Every Bunk a Spring
Anderson Bros. & Nerland
Building Materials of All Kinds,
Glass, Sash, Doors, Printed and Plain Houselining,
WALLPAPER
Carpets, Rugs, Curtains,
Sign Painting, Paper Hanging and Decorating
Corner Second and Willow Streets
Cascade Steam Laundry
ONLY STEAM LAUNDRY IN IDITAROD
All Silks and Flannels Washed by Hand
Get Our Prices
PARIS PROS. & LAMONT, PROPS.
Corner First Avenue nnd Willow Street Look for the Big Sign
McMAHON
MINERS’ OUTFITS A SPECIALTY
EVERYTHING IN GROCERIES
Full Stock of Overalls, Rubbers, Cloves, Boots,
Undeawear, Etc.
FLAT CREEK _
CURLEY’S
Discovery Cafe
H. W. BENSON, PROP. IDITAROD CITY
Short Orders Our Specialty
Fresh qjn Every Steamer
UdUCUMBERS, POTATOES,
ONIONS, CABBAGE, ETC.
: Full Line of Groceries—Fresh Stock, Prices Right
i CROWLEY & PORTER
First Avenue, Between Willow and Richmond Streets, Iditarod
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jfl. B. H. POOL ROOM
| CIGARS, SOFT, DRINXS:AND CONFECTIONERY
I Music Every Evening
g Piano, Drums and Xylophone.
g BOURRET, BRIDGES & UMPHREY, PROPRIETORS
STR. “PUP”
Will Make Semi-Weekly Sailings
LANDS AT SAWMILL DOCK
Leave Orders for Freight at ClevelandYMIll
GREEN & LANGLEY, PROPS.
Rams’ Place
FOR HOOTCH AND A GOOD CIGAR I
Iditarod City
Job Printing at the Pioneer Office