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H. H. PORTER’S BIG BARGE
DEPARTED THURSDAY LAST
The big barge containing the general mer- ]
chandise stock of H. H. Porter departed J
Thursday morning at 11:35—just as the \
OREGON WOOLEN MILLS
LOGGERS' SHIRTS
GOODRICH
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KODAKS
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IDITAROD, ALAC'.CA I
first slight snow of tile season was falling
towed by the launch Rough Rider. Its des
filiation i Fortuna Ledge, where Mr. Pol
ler will engage in business. The Rough
Rider was under the command of Captain
Earl L. Byers, and Captain “Clean Sport"
Smith and Captain Ed Uhl were the engi
neers. Among the crew ami passengers
were several old residenters of Iditarod. in
chiding Captain James Douglas. Captain
“Dog Hotel" Johnson, “Sunny Jim” Craw
ford, Jeremiah Baker (who goes only to
Dikemriii, Mr. Vick of Flat creek and oth
ers. Since the time “the boy stood on the
burning deck” a more heroic picture has
not been produced upon prosaic canvas
ir flimsy film than that afforded by
Jerry Baker as he paced the hurricane deck
of the big barge, amid snow and sleet, right
at the flagstaff, us the vessel negotiated the
difficult curves of the mighty river. The
band didn't play "Annie Rooney,” but a
mighty shout went up from the large con
course of people along the river's brink for
the gallant captain and his courageous crew.
MRS. TAYLOR ARRIVES
Mrs. Charles E. Taylor was an arrival
on yesterday's bout, having come from Se
attle by way of St. Michael. This is the
first visit of Mrs. Tayl >r to Iditarod since
1911, since which time there have been
great changes in the camp. Mrs Taylor
was met at Fortuna Ledge by her husband,
who spent several days in that camp and
accompanied Mrs. Taylor home. He
was much impressed with the new camp,
but is of the opinion that more creeks must
be developed before there is any assurance
of a camp of any stability.
LANG RANGE j
Of which we will have an assortment in Family Sizes in the fall, i
| C. R. PECK ■ ■ FLAT]
COLUMBIA!
AIR-TIGHT HEATERS I
Fanoy Cast-Iron Top with Nickel Trimmings
8 2IX $15 00 I 8 v' X . $25.00 *
S2\ 20.00 I o
YUKON STOVES
Yukon Stoves, i ivil tops.$ 8.00 Drums . $ 5.00 J
Yukon Stoves, 14x30 tups 10.00 cast Top, four holes.. 12.00 1
Half Round Stoves, 14x30 tops.... 10.00 X
TENTS AND TARPAULINS |
SxlO— 8-oz. Tents . $ 9.00 7x 9— 8-oz. Tarpaulins. $ 3.00 < >
8xto — 10-oz. Tents . 10.00 7x 9—10-oz. Tarpaulins. 3.50°
10x12— 8-oz. Tents . 10.00 10x16—10-oz. Tarpaulins. 10.00°
10x12 — 10-oz. Tents . 12.00 °
All 8izes Tents and Tarpaulins Carried In Stock <,
Acorn Special Gasoline Lamps... $ 9.00 Baby Go-Carts ...$10 and $1250 , >
Air-o-lite Gasoline Lamps.. 10.00 Heavy Prated Linoleums, 6 feet <>
Coleman Gasoline Lanterns wide, per yard . 2.25 < >
.$8.00 and 15.00 Inlaid Linoleums, 6 feet wide, yd. 3.00 4
Baby Bag Mantles.doz. 2 00 Bugs, 8.3x10.6.$15.00 to 25.00 ♦
Large Bag Mantles.doz. 3.00 Hugs, 9x12.$20.00 to 30.00 °
Drugs at Outside Prices
SMITHS GUN store]
. IDITAROD, ALASKA PHONE 6 SECOND AND WILLOW °
| PASSENGERS ON AUTO-CAR
HAVE INTERESTING TIME
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About fifteen passengers front Flat to
Iditarod on the auto car which left the creek
city on Sunday evening last had a most in
teresting experience, and one which they
w'ill recall with no particular degree of
pleasure for some time to come.
Early risers on Monday morning last were
somewhat startled by observing several per
sons moving from the direction of the tram
way carrying suit eases and other luggage,
giving the appearance of an early morning
train arriving at its destination and dis
gorging its passengers after an all night run.
They were mostly persons bound for the
Outside, and while they had not been trav
eling all night, they had spent the hours
between 10 o’clock Sunday night and 7
o’clock Monday morning endeavoring to
make the eight-mile journey Like true
Alaskans, however, they took the experi
ence good-naturedly, and as one of the un
avoidable incidents to travel in Alaska.
After leaving Flat everything went well
j with the auto until within a short distance
I of the Summit roadhouse, when the engines 1
I went peluk. Every effort to start it proved
J unavailing, and it was then found that the
roundhouse man who has charge of the
rolling stock at night ha^l forgotten the es
sential of filling the gasoline tank. Dave
Mutchler, who was the engineer, undertook j
i to return to Flat on foot to procure gaso
line, the passengers repairing to Bismarck’s
j roadhouse to await his return with as much ,
| comfort as possible under the circumstances. I
Mynheer Bismarck was awakened to pro- j
| vide for his crowd of unexpected guests. '
'i night was raw and chilly, and prep- j
j arations were made to build a fire, when it l
’ was discovered that Bismarck’s supply of
j fuel had all been consumed before he re- ^
tired; but as there was plenty of timber in
I the vicinity of the roadhouse, and an ax 1
having been found, the travelers eventually
| secured enough fuel to build a rousing fire .
with which to thaw out their numbed limbs.
! Bi-marck’s limited number of bedrooms was
j soon filled, and those unable to secure beds ]
| picked out soft boards in the vicinity of the J
I stove and prepared to -leep until the ar
j rival of Dave Mutch Dr and the gasoline. 1
j But the emergency woodchoppers hail not ;
: been over-enthusiastic at their task, and 1
| soon the fire died out. When this happened :
j the man who suffered most keenly from the ;
cold would go out and rustle enough fuel to ;
start a blaze, which would last until another
man awoke in a half-frozen condition, when
the operation was repeated. As the car was
expected to resume its interrupted trip at
any moment, the wood-choppers were care
ful not to accumulate a surj his, with the
j result that all night the slumbers of the
i travelers were disturbed by the intermittent
j cutting of wood and kindling of tires. Jerry
| Baker, who often has "siwa-hed” out in the |
i wilds with the mercury hovering around 60 !
I degrees below zero, with nothing but a mos- i
| quite tent to protect him from the ele ;
i merits, declares that he never suffered so )
much from the cold as he did that night.
When morning dawned the travtlersj
found a can of what was declared by Bis- j
marck to be gasoline. They tilled the tank
of the auto and applied the spark, but the
engine refused to budge, and it was then
discovered that Bismarck's gasoline was
] principally trickiings from the rain spout.
About this time Dave Mutchler made his j
appearance, riding a mule and carrying a 1
can of gasoline, and joy reigned in the hearts
of the travelers. It was short lived, how
ever, for again the engine refused to op
erate.
The foresight of Dave in bringing the
mule was commended, for that useful ani
j mal was hitched to the car and by his aid
j the tired and grouchy bunch was landed in
i Iditarod in time for breakfast,
j Dr. Behla, who was one of the passengers,
| said that his only regret was that the lead
| ing jeweler of Flat was not with him to
I enjoy it.
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MRS. THORNTON RETURNS
Mrs. Lottie C. Thornton, the energetic
business woman of Iditarod. was tin arrival
from the Outside on the Prairie Bell, which
arrived yesterday. Mrs. Thornton went to
Seattle early in the summer to undergo a
j an operation for an affection of the throat,
' which was entirely successful. Complica
j tiens set in. however, and she was banished
| to the mountains for the remainder of her
I stay. She returns in excellent health and
! spirits, and, true Alaskan as she is, is very
j glad to be home once more. While Outside
i she attended a lecture by Emma Goldman,
I the noted anarchist, with which she was
I much impressed, though not favorably. She
j describes the woman who has preached her
I doctrine of abolition of law for so many
| years as “genuinely feminine and con.se
| quently thoroughly iliogica.”
Mrs. Thornton will resume charge of her
business as soon as she has greeted her
many friends and related her experiences.
HARRY LELAND’S MOTHER
ARRIVES IN IDITAROD
Harry Leland, a popular employe of the
Yukon Gold Company, was made happy
yesterday by the arrival of his mother from
Seattle. She will spend her first winter in
Alaska with her son on Flat creek and vi
cinity. Mrs. Leland is the relict of Harry
Leland, Sr., who was well known among
the craftsmen of the printing fraternity of
the “Spirit City” in the boom days of the
early ’90s, and during the first Klondike
rush days the younger Harry Leland (he
of Flat creekl was just an ordinary “brat”
in the stereotyping rooms of the Seattle
Post-Intelligencer. The Pioneer, among
Harry’s many friends in the district, ex
tends his mother a hi arty welcome in our
midst.
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Garrison Costar, resident manager of the
Yukon Gold Company, spent a couple of
days in the city early in the week, bidding
good-by to friends bound for the Outside.
LAUNCH FROM MARSHALL |
BRINGS EXCELLENT REPORT
CONCERNING NEW DIGGINGS
The launch Loew-Victor, Captain Dan Gil
li., returned from the Marshall diggings on
Sunday morning last, having as passengers
Mrs. Fred Smith, Jack Cameron, George
Marsh and Jim Blodgett. The vessel is
about ready to depart again for the same
district on her last trip of the season. She
will be laid up for the winter either at For
tuna Ledge or St. Michael, and Captain Gii
lis will return to his home at Whitehorse.
Regarding the new camp George Marsh
gives a most optimistic account. He states
that already *200,000 has been taken out
this season, with the prospect of the total
output being at least twice that amount,
as the properties are now operating under
most favorable conditions. The present
known pay extends through seven claims on
Willow creek, but on the flats below the
present workings the stream runs through
an immense area upon which it will doubt
less be found later that pay exists. These
flats are to be prospected extensively during
the coming winter.
As to the length of time required to work
out the ground now developed, Mr. Marsh
believes that it has been Underestimated.
With ail the work that has been done on
Willow creek, including that of last season,
not more than 2,000 feet of the creek has j
been cleaned up.
Marshall City, or Fortuna Ledge, will un
doubtedly be the supply point, according to
Mr. Marsh. It is situated on a slough right
on the Yukon, and is easy of access to all
classes of river craft, and is only eleven
miles tri m trie diggings, transportation !
which point is handled by small craft to
within three or four miles of Willow creek.
At what is known as “The Landing" there |
is a road to Willow creek which with a 1
little work can he made available for heavy i
traffic. Evert now it is in better shape than j
the road between Iditarod and Discovery, j
Otter, by way of Boulder creek. At Willow j
creek there is a settlement known us “The ;
Jungles,” and this contains, among other
usual accessories to the “development” of a j
new camp, almost a dozen “blind pigs.” i
There is at present no marshal there, and j
the camp is “wide open.”
The “grub” question is likely to be a seri
ous one during the coming winter. But
little had been shipped in so far. and there
is little likelihood that at this late period I
it will he possible to receive shipments of
unv magnitude prior to the freeze up. ft is
more than likely that many will have to
“mush” out from there before the winter
sets in. Those leaving Iditarod thus far
generally have taken their supplies with
tbt tn.
II. II. Porter, who is moving hi - stock to
Marsha l from Iditarod. which will at least
temporarily relieve the situation.
News Notes from Marshall
A recent visitor to the new camp sends
The Pioneer the following news items:
The upper half of discovery claim on \\ il
low creek, owned by Bill Blanck, is under I
lease to McKinzie, Gay & Mack. Ihey
are working twenty-five men, and
have had one clean-up, amounting to
klfi 000. The ground goes better than £4
a foot.
'Jhe I nver half of discovery is under !ea=e
to Eckman & Webster, who are also work
ing twenty-five men. The ground goes
about 55 to the foot.
Waskey is working a lay on No. 1 below.
lip is »n goon pay, running auoui 90.0 j io
the foot, and is working thirty men. The
ground Is owned by Chris Betts and Joe I
Jean, who bought it a few days ago from
Ben Blanch for £10,000 Cash.
No. 2 below is owned by VVaskey. and he
is wmking it himself, and has eight men
working. The ground runs about $2.25 to
the foot.
No. 3 below is owned by Terence Mc
Grath, who but recently purchased it from
Nelson Patton. The ground is not pro
ducing, and has not yet been prospected.
No. 1 above is owned by Elmer Edwards,
the trader. It is under lease to Terence Mc
Grath and Chris Betts. They are working •
thirty men and have taken out about j
$90,000. The ground runs about $4.50 to j
the foot.
No. 2 above is owned by Elmer Edwards,
and is under lease to Curly Smith of Idita
rod. lie is working thirty men and has
produced about $80,000.
No. 3 above has not produced anything.
Han McKinzie has an option on it.
No. 4 above is owned by Nelson Patton,
and is under lease to Nelson and Christy, j
They have not done any work on the ground j
yet, but intend to put a self-dumper on j
next spring.
No. 5 above, which is reputed to have $2 j
dirt, is owned by Chris Betts and Joe Jean.
Willow creek is the only creek where pay
is found. Last year there was about $20,000
taken out of a claim owned by Dugan &
Rhodes at the mouth of Disappointment
creek, but it was just a spot. They have
been unable to locate any more pay on the
creek, and it is said to have been well pros
pected. Disappointment creek is just over
the divide from Willow.
The pay runs right up to the foot of the
hill on Willow creek. Gold can be found
at any place along the side of the hill. At
the head of the creek forty or fifty colors to
the pan have been found, but no pay.
A quartz ledge has been found at the head
of the creek which discloses gold. It was
staked by Tom Plunkett, but nothing but ,
surface prospecting has yet been done on it. j
“The Jungles,” situated opposite No. 2 j
below, Willow, on Tellcy's bench, has a con- j
siderable sprinkling of “blind-piggers.” j
sports and sure-thing men.
Dr. Reed, ex-government physician, has
a hospital on the creek.
There is a small town of about one hun
dred persons on a slough that only small
boats can travel, about two and a half miles
from the creek. It is called “The Landing.”
There are now about three hundred per
sons in the whole district. The peystreak
A. J. WEISS,
The
Clothier
THE HOME OF HART, SCHAFFNER & MARX
is from forty to sixty feet wide and the 1
ground from nine to ten feet deep. It is i
generally believed that the life of the camp }
will be short - about two years. The ground
is easily worked, by the open-cut method,
and the wages are So for eight hours.
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I>r. Auringer was a visitor in the city on
Saturday last.
Thursday last was the first day of the
Jewish new year, and today is the I ast of
Gedaliah.
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Kettlewell, from the
power plant, were visitors in the city early
in the week.
Henry Roden was a passenger for the
Outside on the steamship Umatilla, which
left Nome September 3.
Mr.-. Earl Byers made the trip to Dikeman
this week with Mrs. Si Atwell, who left
for the Outside.
On the steamer Washburn, which arrived
at Dikeman this week, was Mrs. J. H. Scott,
wife of the White Pass agent there. She
was accompanied by her son, and they have
just come from the Outside.
Through an oversight, an item for pub
lication in a previous issue, announcing the
birth of a baby girl to Mr. and Mrs. Peter
Miscovitch of Otter on September 10, was
omitted. Dr. Moore reports mother and
daughter doing splendidly
Word is brought from St. Michael that
Ashby Bain and wife were arrivlas there on
the steamship Umatilla. Mr. and Mrs. Built
formerly were residents of Discovery. They
were on their way to MarshaT, where it was
stated that Mr. Bain will embark in the
grocery business.
Mrs. George Mutehler of Flat was a vis
itor in the city on Tuesday last to bid fare
well to departing friends. Mrs. Mutehler.
who wes one of the first business women of
the district, has never been Outside since
she located here, and has no present inten
tion of making the trip.
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LATE ARRIVALS FROM OUTSIDE
The Prairie Bell arrived shortly before
noon yesterday with the belated passengers
from the Washburn. Among them were
Mrs. Charles E. Taylor, Mrs. L. C. Thorn
ton, Mrs. Harry Learul. anti Mr. Brigham.
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Fresh Olympia and Eastern Oysters. $1.50
per can. Iditarod Meat Co. j
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Job Printing at The Pioneer office.
MORE MONEY FOR RUBY
RUBY, Sept. Hi. A communication re
ceived from the road commission head
quarters at Fairbanks announces that ?l,oOO
has been allotted for the survey of the road
projected to the Kuskokwim. This is in
addition to the sums formerly allotted for
road work in the Ruby district.
Senator Sutherland is in Fairbanks look
ing after Delegate YVickersham’s interests,
lie will return here about the 25th and
then will go to Nome to campaign, and
thence to the Outside. He is in poor health,
artrl expects to undergo an operation. Hi*
wife and baby left for the Outside today,
and she will wait for him in Seattle.
The road work between Ruby and Long
is being rushed as much as possible, in the
hope of completing it before the freeze-up
The shortage of men is proving a serious
handicap
A! the available lumber from the two
mills has been shipped to Marshall Quite
a number are going down from here to size
up that camp.
LEO GOES TO CRIPPLE
A letter from Leo Clifford. fi.rmetR :
The Bit n er, d ted Holy Cro Septt
16. state- that he is on hi- way to Cripple
City, where he is interested in some mining
claims, and that he will probably spend
some time there. He is a passenger on
Frank Kern's launch, the Alice.
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CARD OF THANKS
On behalf of my children and myself, I
desire to thank the people of Iditarod and
the Iditarod district for the kindness and
consideration shown toward us during the
past year MRS. CHAS LARSON
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Dr. Moore was a visitor in town from
Hat on Monday la.'L.
Now on Display, a Full Line of
JUST RECEIVED
MRS, L, cTThORNTON
Watches and Diamonds
At
STRICTLY OUTSIDE PRICES
J. L. SALE
DR. H. BEHLA
DENTIST
FLAT CITY
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jFor MARSHALL
Thursday* Get. 5
Launch Transit
If sufficient passengers are offered, w;fi go through to St. Michael.
Earl E. Everts
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