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LIMITATIONS OK III K LHC IS!. ATlllK
(hie of the criticisms leveled at ihe Act to Create a
1.:■ l: ■ -.1tivc Assembly for the Territory of Alaska was that
it c,rrs'd p0 powers upon the legislature, which was,
bu sooth, merely an ‘‘advisory board" to the Tinted States
Congress. Last wet k the Iditarod Pioneer jmblislied a dis
patch from Juneau announcing that the legislature had
; asseti eightv-four laws- some of them actually repealing
laws pas set l by Congress for Alaska and several of them,
sn.-’u as the new miner's lien law, the employer s liability
]a■,, and others, being an advance on similar laws in many
states of the union.
What a pity the ‘prominent lawyers' of Nome and
Fairbanks (or some of thend did not read, learn and in
wardly digest the Act before denouncing it. W hat a pity
1 lie erudite editors of Nome and Fairbanks (or some of
them) did not have the Act expounded to them, ere they
commenced their denunciations, because of its supposed
limitations, which they imperfectly understood. bighty
four new laws: forty memorials to C ongress —and all in
sixty days. Limitations! Ye Clods!
imtitm; the max above the dollaii
[ would spend my last dollar for an American
citizen's life, but I would not spill one drop of
blood to save an American dollar. -Vice-President
.Marshall on Intervention in Mexico.
Americanism of the right sort warms and colors the
phrase of the brilliant Vice-President of the l nited States.
Behind it stands all that the Puritans and Pilgrims stood
tor, all that our great heroes have fought for. all that we
have struggled for from the beginning of our efforts to
shake off the galling yoke of kingly tyrannies.
The pendulum seems to he swinging back to its wonted
orbit hi this country. Democracy was not built on the
power of money. Dollar democracy is another name tor
plutocracy. Beal democracy reckons only with the man, re
gardless of iiis lineage or wealth. Money is a mere con
venience. It takes the place of barter. It makes the flow
of commerce easier, and it answers a useful purpose in our
economy.
But any nation which values money more than it
values men is doomed to decay. Rome heeded not the
warnings of the (Iracchi. Rome put piratic patricians and
the value of their pillage above the simple virility, genuine
worth and virtuous inherency of plain plebians: and in
spite of accumulated power, in spite of trained and
equipped fighting legions of daring and courage, and in
spite of the millions in tribute purpled buccaneers had
swept from the sea and pilfered from the pockets of ignor
ant or impotent landsmen, Rome fell under the weight of
its own iniquities, to rise no more among the [lowers of the
earth.
Spain, rich, powerful, rioting in imperial extrava
gancies. vain, boasting', drunk, and putting' more faith in
money than in men, lived to see the courage and valor of
Englishmen sweep the ‘‘invincible" armada from the sea,
whipped beyond recovery, and humiliated beyond measure.
It was the first act in a royal tragedy, and soon the curtain
was to fall on all the glory and splendor of one of the most
powerful kingdoms of the earth.
If is a tale which runs through all human history, a
tale with a moral so old that the memory of man runneth
not to tlie contrary.
This passion for pelf has built up in this republic,
:
And Saddlery
> Snaps, Rings, Buckles,
Straps, Etc.
Most Complete Display Ever
Made in the District
G. R. Peck, Fiat,
Drink Eastern leer
Miner's Home Saloon
THE HOME- Of THE “QUAKER MAID”
Foot of Willow St., Iditarod
SNYDER HOUSE
Nicety Furnished Rooms FLAT CSTY
Opp. Traction
Company Depot
Large Drying Room
THE HOME FLnT c,!LZ%?r
Furnished Rooms, Clean Spring Beds, Bath, Dry Rooms,
dedicated, as it was, to the principles of democracy, a!
' powerful and plundering plutocracy. Hut. by degrees, we
are beating and battering our way back to the simpler,
saner and safer paths the fathers marked tor us, back to
the enduring ideals of that genuine Americanism which,
i as aptly voiced by Mr. Marshall, must forever in the pub
lic ami private life of this republic make the dollar sub
servient to the man.—Seattle Sun.
GOOD OLD DAYS
OW I l-egret the good old days, and all the pleasant,
happy ways now perished from the earth! No more the
worn breadwinner sings, no more the cottage rooftreo
rings with sounds of hearty mirth. The good old days! The
cheerful nights! We had then no electric lights, but oil lamps
ilared and smoked; and now and then they would explode and
blow the shanty ’cross the road, and sometimes victims croaked.
The windows had no window screens, there were no books or
magazines to make our morals lame: we used to sit ’round in
the dark while father talked of Noah’s ark until our bedtime
came. No furnace or steam-heating plant would make the cold
air gallivant; a fireplace kept us warm; the house was full of
living soot and burning brands, and smoke to boot, whene'er
there was a storm. No telephones then made men curse; if
with a neighbor you'd converse, you hoofed it fourteen miles;
the girl who wished to be a belle believed that she was doing
i ivcll if she knew last year's styles. There'll never be such days
as the )se, when people wore no underclothes, and beds were i
stuffed with hay, when paper collars were the rage—oh, dear,
delightful, bygone age, when we were young and gay ! Walt
Mason.
Sluicing commenced eatly this
week on all of the 'mall dumps on
Otter, Slate and Black creeks, and
the first cleanups will he on the
way to tile hank in a tew (lavs.
Work started on Summit associa
tion, Happy, the first of the week.
A1 Welch is foreman.
The Yukon Gold are ground
sluicing on the Marietta to locate
(lie big boulders, which have to lie
blasted ahead ot the dredge.
Rilev iS; Marston have started a
mess house on the Otter assoeiat ion,
which is 'he next claim above 2-a
Mrs. Lang is in charge. There are
about 20 men at work on the damn
now, an i the force will he doubled
shortly
Mines Kortnev K Ostrom have
opened their mess,ions.- on the He
lene traction. Otter creek
Riley & Marston have stretched
a cable footbridge across Otter, just
below the sawmill.
Charlev Qunz has returned from
the Ditua.
While leturmng to J lat trotn
Discovery last week Dr. Woitnnmn
fell into a prospect hole which had
been flooded He went in up to
his neck. Scrambling out, he had
gone hut a short distance when he
stepped into anotner. A slight
chill was all the hauil sustained.
Mr. and Mrs. Q Gardner have
added a kitchen to their residence
on Flat.
Duncan Michie has bought Tom
Jackson’s cabin at the head ol Flat.
Mr. and Mrs. Monkmati have
moved into the McDonald cabin.
Harold Seel don lias bought the
Blew is cabin.
William Heilman, ilredge-master
for the Yukon Gold Co., has pm
chased the Kilroy cabin. He ex
peets his wife and baby on the first
boat This b iby, by the way, to >k
fir-t pAze at a baby show in su my
California recently, and Bill doesn’t
care who knows it
Mrs. Onyett, whose husband is
winchmau on the dredge, will be in
on the first boat
Riley & M trston’s me-'shouse on
Discovery caught fire Tuesday, and
tire whole side of the roof was
but tied.
Jack Handley has gone to Don
lan creek, where he will work this
summer.
Uncle B'lly McDonald has the
grippe He will go to work on the
road as soon as he gets better
Mrs Larson, Mrs Minnie Lang
and Paul LePlaut visited Flat last
Sunday.
Plarry Monroe is back on the
Marietta, afier spending the winter
traveling hall over Alaska.
A J. Weiss has installed a tele
phone for the convenience of his
cu Homers
Bennett James has been having
trouble with his eyes during the
past two weeks and for some days
was compelled to remain in a dark
room. He got poLon into his eyes
through the agency of s' dirty
glove. They are getting be'ter
I.unis Stetzer has built ; new
ievidence ae.oss Otter creek from
ibe savvmill
C. K Peck has bought tlie Web
ber buiiuiilg on < t• < 111 street, h at
and will use it as a warehou-e. He
al-o has bought a iiorse for his
delivery wagon trim the Mutclllei
Bros Mr Peck expects to do a
huge business this summer.
I'll fl- o Is on Otter creek turned
out to be much more snious than
was expected, and considerable loss
was sustained by property owners.
The u hole of the low er end < 1
Flat City was under water and
over too feet of the tramway on
the Flat Ode of the bridge was
washed out. Fortunately both the
tramway and the wagon bridges
were unharmed
1-ur several days it was impossi
hie to crO'S Otter creek at Flat
without wading through several
feet of water. The Pioneer's creek
reporter says several people go'
"soused” in attempting to cros>
Some people break loose in queer
places. _
A bad accident occurred on the t p
grade association, Flat creek, Iasi
Tuesday morning, as a result of which
Gust Frick—m now lies at the Emer
gency hospital in a serious condition,
although liis ultimate recovery is not
doubt ed.
About 1:30 a.m. Erickson was work
ing in the face of the cut, which was
very deep, and contains numerous large
boulders. It was dark, and he was
shoveling, with his shoulders bent
over, when a slide occurred and he was
borne to the ground by the weight of
dirt on his neck, his chest being
crushed, but not badly. At the same
time a large slab of frozen dirt fell
against his left leg, breaking it a little
below the knee.
Erickson was conveyed to the hos
pital. He is suffering considerable
pain.
The accident would not have oc
curred had it not been so dark, says
the unfortunate miner.
The Upgrade is being worked by
Holmgren & Slranberg.
WADA LEAVES SEATTLE
FOR THE KUSKOKWIM
Seattle, May 9 —Jujuiro Wada
leaves here Monday next on his
way to the Kuskokwitu.
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Skagway claims to be the clean
est town in Alaska.
George A. McGee died from hun
ger while on a hunting trip up ti e
Unik i iver.
Mrs. M C. Balton, mother of
Mr> Boerner, has returned to Fair
banks after a vacation in the States.
The torpedo - boat destrovers
Whipple, Pieble, Stewart and Paid
Jones will visit Alaska this sum
mer
The Sheep-creek tunnel of the
Ataska-Gastineau Mining Company
is progressing at the rate of 20 feet
a day
Albert D. Pinska, of Dawson
was married recentlv at F'ort Rock,
Oie., to Miss Olive Geer. The)
will make their home in Dawson
Forty-five live blue foxes are
being taken from the Aleutian
islands to Piince Pal ward island,
where a breeding farm has been
esta blished.
Delegate •Wickeishnm has prom
ised to introduce a Dili during the
next regular session of congress
providing for a $100,000 federal
building for Seward.
F, cd Laubuer has sold his home
stead adjoining the Seward ton 11
site lor $21,000, Of this annum'
$1,500 was paid in cash, and tli
balance was due . 11 41 days.
The federal government is calling
for offeis of a site upon which to
erect a big federal building planned
for Cordova. The area of the site
is to he about 28,000 rqu ue feet.
The Tanaua Valles 1 biroad re
cently received $1 conscience
money front a man living in the
states He at one time had evaded
payment of his fare, and it had
!>•. en troubling him ever since.
Wrangell reports healthy growth
Impiovements are being made to
the hotel, the cold storage is being
enlarged, the wharf extended, and
numerous new buildings are going
up.
James York, who has a fox farm
near Sum Inin, has applied for per
mission to ship the anim 1 Is to vari
ous p.uts of the States He esti
mates that he now has upwaids ol
o silver-gray oxes
Captain Hoerner, Captain Iiled.
soe and Captain Barker, tnimeilv
with the N X Co on the Yukon
ami other Alaskan waters, are now
steamboating on tire Amazon river,
according to word received by Cap
tain Newcomb at Dawson.
K. II. Holt, watchman at the
Rogers property near 11 o 11 i s, was
drowned and his open gasboat in
which he was traveling at the time
was found wrecked on the beach,
with his faithful dog keeping cratch
over the dead body of his master
So rapid has been the increase in
rhe number oi reindeer m rhe 20
years in which they have been in
Alaska, and so large the income de
rived from rhe herds, thn Superb
temlem Loop figures they have
netted the government a profb ol
of $880,000, or 312 per cent. Four
hundred and twenty natives own
herds.
London, May 9.—The house of
commons once moie has refused to
pass the suffrage bill During the
past three months fanatical women
have done damage to the extent of
over a million dollars, as a ptotest
against the government's delay in
extending the franchise to women
At present women iti Great
Britain vote in all county, munici
pal and school elections, but are not
permitted to vote fur members ol
par li i men t.
Only the besr, at DuRaud’s Discovery
Cate.
I Visit the |
FLYER 90 LUNCH
( The New and Up-to-Date Place to Eat ?
A.VIze DIS, OTTER G Mitchell >
Best of Everything
ALL THE TIME AT THE
Oil
FLAT CITY
Open Day and Night
Beautify Your Homes!
H. SNYDER,
Has Many Beautiful Designs of
And also a goodlv supply of
PAINTS, OILS, ETC.
Willow Street, Iditarod.
AT A a V HOUR AT
The Bank Cafe
FLAT CITY
CURLY ROBINSON, PROPRIETOR
Goid Si., Flat City
MRS. SWANSON, PROP.
Nicely Furnished
BATHS
fn Connection
OPTiMO, LOVERA
and JUAN DE FUCA
FULL LINE OF
IMPORTED AMD DOMESTIC
AND —
Delivered in any part of town
Notice of Forfeiture
To William Albright. C.eorge Broadhuet. Hugh
Inily, ivi:. Crackett, James (looilniau and
Thomas Hanlan, their heirs, assigns, suc
cessors or personal representatives:
You arc hereby notified that we have expended
in labor and impro emexits for each of the wars
of iwi2 and iq 13 the sum c. f one hundred dollars
>mo— on the Vivian association placer mining
claim, situat _d on Moore creek, in the Takotna
Mining and Recording District, Territory of
Ala-'ka. u hich has been duly recorded at the
con mis.-ioner s office at Takotna. The above
amounts have been expended in order to hold
the said cla:iti under the provisions of the law
concerning annual tabor upon mining claims,
being the amounts required to hold such claim.
And you are further notified that if, within
ninety -90—days after the last publication of
this notice, von fail to c ontribute your propor
tion of said expenditure, your interest in said
claim will become the property of the under
signed. your co-owners
HOWARD MI Cilia SON.
Z J. JEWELL.
First publication May 10, 19:3.
Last publication August 9, 1913.
Watch repairing work guaranteed
Win. Taylor. Flat. City.
Du Rand’s Discovery Cafe for first
class meals. _
Dr. Heinrich Wortmann,
Offices: Iditarod and Flat City
Telephones at each place
W. F. GREEN, M. D .,
DISC' tVF.RY. OTTF.R
Telephone
DR. H. BEHLA.
Dentist
Offices, Pioneer Drug Shoe,
Flat Pity.
Appointments by Telephone
DR. CHAS. D. CARTER
Dentist
Gold Street, Flat City.
Appointments by Telephone.
HENRY RODEN,
Attorney at Law
Iditarod, Alaska
ichfgan, 1381 Kentucky. 1891 Alaska. 1910
George Woodruff Albrecht.
COUNSELOR AND LAWYER
IDITAROD, ALASKA
I TV.'- Vioneer Attorney of this Chimp
E. M. STANTON.
Attorney at Law
• Office in Wickershum & Roden Bld^r,
Second Ave.
CHAS. E. TAYLOR,
Attorney at Law,
Notary I’ublie. Conveyancing.
Front St.. Iditarod
HOME AGAIN!
ON THE WINTER TRAIL
ROADHOUSE
Meals Ail Hours.
Liquors and Cigars
Tel: “Summit Roadhouse.”
Re-Opened
GILMORE
HOUSE
Ccr. Widow and Third Sts.
NICE CLEAN ROOMS BY THE DAY.
WEEK OR MONTH
Belli Room in Connection
Outfit Here for Innoko and Mud
River Camps
Dikeman
Roaionse and Store
ROin . COCKBl' RX. l*ROr
Everything First Glass
Oiler Greek Roadhouse
One Above Discovery
LODGING, MEALS AT ALL HOURS
Everything Comfortable fo' Travelers. JOHN BAGOY, Prop.
miTARon
BAKERY
Foot of Willow St.
Best Gyp of Coffee in Town
Fresh Bread Every Pay
Choice Pies. Cakes, Etc.
s,r White Seal
WILL GIVE
Hefgtilar Service
BETWEEN FAIRBANKS AND IDITABOD
First Sailing May 15th
For Information and Rates Write to Owner:
CAPTAIN G. P. SPROUL, FAIRBANKS