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i*£? JhOGtQi t»gi$y &• woar i< not only sui.ilarv unii
bealihv, lv;t durable and strictly up-to-date.
SILK AND WOOL UNDERWEAR
KUNCXN1T SWEATER COATS
SUIT CASES Just arrived,
REMEMBER/ CHESTERFIELD CLOTHES
CL0VER LEAF PACS AND BOOTS_
'two stores
Dis, Otter
Iditarod City
Sihn essor to M. Friedman
Home of Ksrt, Schaffner & Marx and Chesterfield Clothes |
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Vormer May t .1. 1'. iPad) Parana,
one of the best-known old-timers hi
tile whole of Alaska, is leaving hii• arod
for 111 nubia, Cal. ol which state he is
a native son win re. according to his
present calculations he will spend llie
balance of his days on his Tulare county
ranch. •'Pad" has been a member of
the town council ever since its i rgun
i/.ation. most of the time in the
capacity of mayor: and during that j
period ho always put liis best efforts
forward to promote the interests of the
town and community, He leaves the
camp with tin1 best wishes of every
body.
.Mr. Barnes will lie accompanied on
the trip by little Willie Blodgett, the
7-vear old son of an friend (.fames
Blodgett' of 2.7 years standing. Willie
is making liis first trip to the big Out
side, and Mr. Barnes will place him in
a school near liis home, where, he will
ho under liis watchful eve. 1 here are
other Alaskans in that vicinity, and
Willie will find himself among friends.
Only the best at DuRand's Discover}’
t'ate.
ALL FIRST-GRADE GOODS
THE LOWEST PRiCES !N IDiTARGD
Successor to I’hesley, Kyun & Kehoe
Dynamite, Fuse, Caps,
Shotguns and Shotgun Shells*
VictroSas and Victor Records
CUT PRICES GUT PRICES
Was Now
Siimle Driving Harness.$ 35.GO $25.00
Express " 50.00 35,00
- 55.00 37,50
*■ 60,00 40,00
Double Team Harness. 75,00 50,00
. 90.00 CO,00
. ICQ,00 65,00
•. 120.03 80,00
Hiding Saddles. 60,00 40,00
" •• 50,00 35,00
Hame Straps, Sweat Pads, Martingales, *g^5)l Dgf Pdnf flft
and all Harness Supplies U&3 I Si USiiii Ui!
VICTOR PHONOGRAPHS AND RECORDS
AT SEATTLE PRICES
Furniture, Carpets and Bedding. 20 POT UOSlf. Oil
GASOLINE MANTLES AND GLOBES,
$5.00 TO $7.00 DOZEN
Stoves. Ranges and Heaters. 20 PtF GSHt. Off
Granite and White Enamel Ware. 20 rOF COOL Off
Wa also carry Drugs, Dis’aos, Hardware, Guns, Ammunition
and Sporting Goods
SMITH'S ~GUN STORE,
1DIT.-.ROS, ALASKA
William and Jacob Schupit'ia, wlio
have bet'n operating in the Innoko
diggings for the past six seasons, pass
ed through Iditurod this week enroute
to tlveir old home in Michigan, where
they will spend the coming winter.
W illiam lias not been out of Alaska
for over eight years.
Mrs. Karl Byers went to Diketnan
last Saturday and returned on Monday
evening.
Mrs. Robert Lowrio, of Flat City,
was a visitor in the city last Tuesday.
Lawrence Anton, who left here last
fall for Minneapolis, has recently re
turned to live Pacific coast and is now
working in .Seattle.
Max Altman and Kd Fernald were
among the statnpeders to leave on
Thursday’s boat.
Smith's gun store received a portion
of its new stock of drugs and patent
remedies this week, which Dr. Roden
has displayed to good advantage in large
showcases provided for that purpose.
Route Roland this week sold a horse
to Ran Hartnett, and now Ran has a
good team to handle, his wood con
tracts during the coining winter.
Joe Mormon, one of the best known
men among old-timers of Alaska, hav
ing recently disposed of his ]■ lat-erer -.
interests, said farewell to his friends in
this camp last Thursday and started
for his old home in Belgium.
Her Cocker,11, formerly manager of
the Iditarod tram lime started for the
Outside Thursday evening.
Jack Smith, an employe of the Yukon
(fold Co., last night met with a painful
accident while pouring heated metal.
A splash of the burning liquid reached
his eyes -the left optic receiving the
greater amount: Be is now at I',mer
ge tic v hospital, and Dr. Wortmann
says the eyesight is not permanently
impaired,
Operators of this district are becom
ing alarmed over a probable shortage
of labor this fall on account of the
stampede to the Shusaua country. It
is generally conceded that if the long
hoped-for rain arrives, the camp will
witness a season of great activity until
the freeze up. Tt is learned that the
wages have materially increased dur
ing the past week at several workings.
NEW STRIKE WILL SEE E-E-L-L-Y
Among the stanipeders for the scene
of the reported new strike on the Sin
sana who left on Thursday evening’s
boat was .1. J. Kelly. While enroute
Mr. Kelly will familiarize himself with
the provisions of the mnv placer-mir
ing law in order that lie will not lae at
a disadvantage in the grand scramble
or desirable holdings.
A. J. WE13S, FLAT CSTY,
And that is all..
C. R. Peck of Flat is pleased to use Ins advertising
space this week, in extending to all the stampede!*
from this vicinity to the new strike his wry
. . prcT
M i if Jt &$& & &*-iJ • *
HjF i_ 133^ p /s*r»\ Ketaii
b b ^ ^ gf e$ ^4^ tl s *5Sa.>’ a usquor Houo3
HANDLES ONLY GROMi,"iES & ULLRICH'S WHJS5CIE3
‘6Wlarquetta, ” •‘frlonograra”as:d ^Sibscn” Ryo
20-Voar-Old L^atirniaS C-hj Scurbcn
BUDWE1SER BEER BEER ON DRAFT
EGGTC'.i CMAKPAtitJb
Queen Anne Murnm's
Black Sl White Clicquot
DeWar’s Special Pornr.i r;y Sec
Thorns’ White Goa!
HiM-Thotnpson
imported WINES
Claret
BRANDY Cauter.no
Kennessy Reislins
*** Wtartell Burgundy
Old California Tipo Chianti
White Rock ApoMlnaria Waters
EXPORTED
Sherry and Fort,
Ate and Porter
('ity and Creek < balers
most earnestly solic
ited and prompt iv
iil led.
Id:her by Lottie, Gal
lon or Case Lots,
ALL THE LEADING AND POPULAR CIGARS IN THE MARKET
P .10 n G (£5) ^ *e% --»> ^ 'f* .^>
“RAMPS” if^eHTlp^ I" fc? ?,6jSV2 i
WILL GIVE REGULAR SERVICE
BETWEEN FAIRBANKS AND IDITAROD
Wilt Leave Fairbanks, August I2ih
— 2 P. M. —
For Information and Rates Phone
C. H. SEMECG, Agent - IDITAROD_
j The Matthison Mining Company of
l Hope are in the course money anil are
j now working in pay 1 hat is better than
j any they have ever before uncovered.
| Last week they had one of the largest
I clean-ups that they have ever had
j since they started to mine on Resur
rection creek. A three days’run net
ted therm the tidy sum of $1,800 or six
hundred dollars per shift. The Mat
thisons have formed a stock company
and the stock is held and owned ex
clusively by members of the family.
They have a very complete hydraulic
plant on the ground and a careful es
timate of t he ground that they have
1 and are the sole owners of, shows that
J they will not be able to work it out be
fore sometime in September in t he
| year 2007. In the meantime they will
; be taking out money every year from
their little Resurrection gold pot,
| and bid fair soon to become members
of the predatory rich, and the strange
part of it is that there is not a “sour
dough” on the whole Kettai peninsula
j but wishes them tiie best luck with
I their property.
Samuel A. lsonniliem, tormeriy
president of iho First, National Bank
of Fairbanks and a pioneer of Ju
neau, lias been discharged from the
Morningsidc hospital for the insane at
Portland, Oregon, to which lie had
been committed. Ife was not dis
charged as cured, but on tlie bond of
relatives who took birr to St. T-ouis,
Mo. IIis condition had improved
while he was an inmate of the hospi
tal, according to too report of that
institution.
While Skugwuy is rapidly gaining
notoriety for Iter vegetables and ranch
products, we wish to call attention
particularly to about an acre of rhu
barb now growing on tho Clark ranch
in the north part of tlie city. This
rhubarb will average live tent in height,
with the stocks measuring from seven
to ten inches in circumference. One
stalk pulled up by the editor measured
live fi-et. live and a half inches in
length and weighed three pounds,
every inch of it being crisp and edible.
Skagwuy Alaskan.
Mike Milivioh us. . badly hurt while
wu-kiii" for Hi!ey A .McMwin, on Ot
ter. last Sunday. A trestle, on which
he was working, fell upon him and
pinned him between the timbers. TPs
law was broken and he was otherwise
badly hurt.
Mr. and Mrs. Gunning have bought
:: Mrs. Muir's lodging h use on Gob
-:r-ct, Fiat Ci'.v. Mrs. Muir will
-hertiy leave for the O-k-ide.
Alfred, Oscar and N.-ls Matson,
three brothers who h-ft here lust fali
for tlie on'.side, arrived at Discovery
last Saturday. They fame t 1 Unity or
one of the first boats this spring, travel
ed across country through Poorman.
Cripple - iid Ophir. The lio\s speak
well of the i, .v Innoiu) cam! s. but say
they are suffering from shortage ol
water.
j Mike Hockey arrived from Ophii
i last Saturday:
| Nick and Tony, two Greek boys win
have been working on Colorado creek
are visiting Iditarod. They boil
brought in pokes of gold from the new
mining country.
Chas. Drew of Flat City has startec
a shipyard just below the town.
Mrs. Green of Discovery is visitin'
Iditarod.
James Fat roll returned from Kusko
kwhn last Sunday but lias nothing ti
report. _
[ For general express and heavy truck
: age, day or night, between First am
Second, Black st., don’t look for tin
ox-blood roofed house—you will see it
and you cannot avoid it. Dan Hartnet
Fresh-cured silver salmon—best do;
feed. Crowley A Porter.
To whom it may concern:
There is an infernal blackmailing In
going around about me. I don’t can
who you are, where you are, or wher
| you come from, I defy any of you t<
j accuse me of any dishonorable act.
i Phil IIofTtnun, Flat City, Alaska.
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Before Leading
For The
New Camp
Visit Our Stores
Bayles
'hing Co*
CLOTHIERS, FURNISHERS AND SHOERS
WITAROD DIS. OTTER
We Carry 471! Soap
Launch Nancy Bell arrived at 9
o’clock Monday evening with several
passengers and about 1,099 pounds of
[ mail.
Steamer Caribou, Captain Miller,
reached port Monday afternoon.
The new launch Orphan Boy —two
Captains, Karl Byers and Herbert lliley
— left for Dikeman on her maiden trip
at 0 o’clock Tuesday morning.
A new steamboat recently completed
in Iuitarod was given a try-out Thurs
day evening, and proved itself to be a
i very seaworthy craft, ft is the prop
i ertv of three \ mug men of the town
j—Louis Lollin',inner, Ki'uist Bruckner
[and Teddy Gleason ■ who expect to
I leave here in a day or two for the
! Ivovukuk count i v.
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Following is a partial list of pa>sen
: gibs on the launch Mabel today, bound
for the Slui'iina: KJ Mich si-on, t ’. War
j ren, Best Johnson, Albert 15-rg. <1. A.
, Walter. YV. H. T, ms. ( )ic Hay. Bun
1 McLeod, J- Met he, S:i an. B.ttii
! Ochine, J. Lotnicu.v. J- Me'.'a uley, (
i Harrington. J. Nord, rs.illivan. Bun
Campbell, Flap s' Gov', Chits. Krickcu
bei'ger, JJarry I’niilips.
Where Boats Were August 8
Fort Gibbon; Acit.hi S. 1013.
Alaska up E >.g!e 7i a.
Davis up Sr. Michael !' p. 111. 7th.
Herman a' Gibbon awaiting arrival
St M dial I.
1 Jacob it Gibbon a vailing arrival of
Tnoana.
,1 .ilia B. up Tolovana 7:13a. in.
Kerr up 11 ! :nP u t 1 h.
Ia.vuise up S;. Mich'.n I bill,
Martha D.o'.v up Salclui olh.
> Minneapolis up Tuluvaua .:13 a. in.
ItKianeb up Sal oil a 5 b.
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j Relief up .ui'inz: .. a. m.
Si, Michael iloivn i ireio 0:1-’ a. in.
Tatiana clown Tolovana 6:15 a. m.
Tetlir, up Richardson 6th.
White Seal Gibbon for Fait
. 5:30 p. m. 7th.
j Tukon arrived Fairbanks 6:10 a. m
j Annual assessment work blanks at
j Pioneer ofiice.
CENTNER WHEEL
of an American watch makes 24 i•evol
utions in a day, or 8,700 in a year,
fhe third wheel, 192 in a day, or 70,080
in a year. The fourth wheel 2,240 in a
lay, or 892,000 in a year. The fifth or
'scape wheel 12.900 in a day, or 1,720.400
in a year. The ticks are 200 per min
ute, 422,000 a day. or 157.082,000 a year.
Now consider the work a watch dots
and judge for yourself the propriety of
haying it put in running order.
.[ din Strelie's Second avenue lodging
house is now undergoing changes that
wilI make it the office, of tin deputy
I’. S. marshal and also the federal iaii.
The work is being done under the su
pervision of It tbert l’o it.
We develop films and
print all kinds of pie- ;
turns at reasonable
prices. : : ;
Our drugs and drug- ;
gist sundries have
been between here,
and Seattle since June j
fird and we are ex •
pectiug t h c m here ]
every day. : <
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Family Diclionsnes
Bartender’s Guides
Watches o’. Alarm
Clocks are now on
sale. :: ::
Richmond St. i iitarod
This House Is F giving Daily
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The Finest Stock Ever
Shipped to Alaska
Special Attention Given to Operators
We Want Your Business
CROWLEY &i PORTER
H3ITARQS3 The House of Quality FLAT CITY
CIGARS_Perla Bel Mar_Optinw _Olinda_Mark Antony-CIO A RS
Marquette AM Rye National dub Bourbon Imported Port Imported Sherry
HENNESSY *** BRANDY IN WOOD-ORIGINAL PA C KA GES -
Draft Beer On Tap Budweiser Beer
NEW BUBWEISER <d!tarod BMIRB & ANDERSON FLATJJTY THE BRANCH
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