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RIVER TRAFFIC
At the present there is a lower stage of
water in the Iditarod river than at any
time during the past year.
The Prairie Bell arrived early Thursday
morning from Dikeman with freight from
the steamer Delta. She had no passengers.
The Sea Wolf left for Dikeman on Fri
day.
Harry Watson, accompanied by Captain
Si Atwell of the Little Delta, arrived from
Dikeman in the former’s launch on Friday
morning.
Daily Bulletins
Saturday, June 5: Washburn- At Gib
bon. Delta—Down Melozi, 7 :45 a. m. Ja
cobs- l'p Hot Springs, S a. in. Sibellu—
Leaves Gibbon for Dawson 10 a. m. 5 ukon
—Leaves Dawson 1 p. m. for Fairbanks.
Nasutlin—Up Hootalinqua. 5 a. m. Davis
Down Eagle. 9 a. m. 4th. Marathon —At
Tolovana. Kerr Down Circle. 6:30 p. m.
4th. Julia B. At Kotlik, 3 p. m., tied up
waiting for high tide.
Sunday, June 6: Washburn—At Gibbon.
Delta Down Kaltag. 11:15 p. m. 5th. Ja
cobs—Up Minto, 2:15 a. m. 6th. Sibella—
Up Rampart. 10:30 p. m. 5th. Yukon
Down Eagle. 3 a. m. 6th. Nasutlin—Up
Hootalinqua, 5 a. m. 5th. Davis—Down
Circle. 10:20 a. m. 5th. Marathon—Leaves
Tolovana 9 a. m. for Fairbanks. Kerr—
Ansley's
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Tobaccos, Pipes, Snuff, Drugs
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Rubber Goods, Photo Supplies.
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Down Gibbon, 7 a. m. 6th. Julia B.—Ar
rived ::t St. Michael 3 a. m. Robert E. Lee
- Up Kokrines 10:30 p. m. Sth. Mariposa
— Up-bound at Louden, 7 p. m. Dan- Up
Nenana, 2 p. in. Sth.
Monday. June 7 : Delta—Arrived Dike
man 8:45 a. m. Julia B. Ai St. Michael.
Kerr- At Nulato. Jacobs—At Fairbanks.
Casca- Up Selkirk, 2:10 a. m. Dawson
Down Hootalinqua, 11 p. in. Alaska—Down
Hootalinqua, 1 a. m. Whitehorse—Leaves
Dawson 2 p. m. today. Sarah—At Forty
mile. bound down. Yukon Down Circle.
6:20 p. m. 6th. Davis—At Gibbon. Wash
burn—At Gibbon. Edna—Arrived Dikeman
2 :30 p. in.
Tuesday. June S: Julia B. Arrived St.
Michael S 30 a. m. 6th. Kerr -Down Kal
tag. 1:20 p. m. 7th. Jacobs—Up Chena for
McCarty, 7 :30 p. m. 7th. Casca—Up Sel
kirk, 2:10 a. ill. 7th. Dawson—Down Hoot
alinqua, 6th. Whitehorse—Leaves Dawson
2 p. ill. 7th. Sarah—Down Eagle. 5:15 p.
m. 7th. Yukon —Leaves Gibbon for Fair
banks 11 a. m. today. Mariposa—Down
Louden 4 p. m. 7th. Davis At Gibbon.
Washburn—Leaves Gibbon for Iditarod 11
a. m. today. Sea Wolf—Leaves Dikeman
for Iditarod 3:30 p. m.
Wednesday, June 9 : Mariposa—At Nu
lato. Julia B.— At St. Michael. Sarah
Down Circle, 2:10 a. m. A ukon—Up Hot
Springs, 5 a. in. Sibeila—Up Circle, Sth.
Washburn— Down Louden, 7:30 a. ni. Ja
cobs—At Saleh a, Sth. Kerr—Down Kaltag,
7th. Casca—Up Yukon Crossing, 8th. Delta
—Left Dikeman bound down at 1:50 a. m.
today. Prairie Bell—Up Dikeman 9:03 a. m.
Thursday, June 10: Julia B. At St
Michael. Kerr—Down Kaltag, Sth. Casca
L'p Dawson, 10 p. m. Alaska—Down Eagle.
—Up Hootalinqua, 6:30 a. m. Dawson
10 p. m. 9th. Whitehorse—Up Selkirk, 8
a. ill. Sarah—Down Circle, 9th. Yukon—
Up Nenana, 5 a. m. Jacobs—At Salcha. Sel
kirk—Down Selkirk, 7 a. m. Washburn—
At Nulato. Mutt—At Tolovana.
Friday. June 11: Casca—Up Hootalinqua,
Sth. Dawson—Up Coffee creek, 5 :45 p. m
10th. Alaska—Down Circle, 11:20 a. m
J 0th. Whitehorse—Down Whitehorse, 4 p
in. 10th. Sarah—Down Kokrines, 8 a. m
Yukon Leaves Chena 7 p. in. for Dawson
Selkirk—Down Coffee creek, 6:30 a. m. Re
liance—At Nulato, from Koyukuk river
3:35 a. m. Caribou—Arrived Nulato.
WASHBURN LEFT NULATO
LAST NIGHT FOR DIKEMAN
According to a telegram received yester
day afternoon by Harry Watson, the steamer
W ashburn was scheduled to leave Nulato
last night for Dikeman with seventy tons
of freight and fifteen passengers. Among
the passengers were Charles Ross, president
of the Miners & Merchants Bank of this
city; Howard Turner, auditor for the North
ern Commercial Company, and Mrs. Si At
well. wife of the master of the steamer
Little Delta.
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CHINESE-AMERICAN BANK
IN PROCESS OF FORMATION
NEW YORK, June 6.—The American
financial conference begins in this city to
morrow. The chairman of the Chinese com
mercial commission announces the formation
of a Chinese-American Bank with a capital
of Sti.000,000, the chief branch to be at Son
Francisco. The shares are to be equally di
vided between China and America.
COMMUTATION OF SENTENCE
IS DENIED TO LEO FRANK
ATLANTA. Ga.. June <>. The Georgia
supreme court today denied the application
of Leo Frank for the right to appeal to the
prison commission, and also denied him the
j commutation of the death sentence imposed
for the murder of Mary Phagen.
Protest Against Commutation
[ ATLANTA. Ga., June 6.—A mass meeting
| held here today protested against the com
mutation of Frank's sentence.
PACIFIC COAST HOPS
DESTROYED BY GERMANS
TACOMA. June 6.—One hundred and
seventy thousand dollars’ worth of North
west hops were aboard the steamship Inkum,
which was sunk in the English channel by
a German submarine.
OPERATIONS IN AFRICA
DISASTROUS TO GERMANS
—
LONDON, June 8.—The German armed
steamer Heitman von Weissman has been
destroyed in the harbor of Sphynxhaven,
Lake Nyassa, German East Africa. The city
was later bombarded and captured.
DENMARK’S PARLIAMENT
GRANTS WOMAN SUFFRAGE
COPENHAGEN, June 6. The Danish
parliament has passed a new administra
tion measure granting suffrage to women.
A SERIOUS OFFENSE
AMSTERDAM. June 5.—Countess Helen
and her grandmother have been sentenced to
three months' imprisonment for insulting a
German oificer.
MANLEY COMING
j WITH SCRAPER
—
RUBY, June 11 The big packet Sarah,
for St. Michael, arrived here shortly before
noon today. She will connect with the
' steamer Washburn tonight at Nulato for
Dikeman. Among the prominent passen
gers for Dikeman are: Frank G. Manley,
the well-known mining man, who has a
scraper with him, which will be used on
Willow creek; C. R Peck, the Flat City [
merchant ; Charles Ross of the Miners A j
Merchants' Bank, and Mrs. F. A. Cleveland.
GERMANS ARE WARNED
THAT SITUATION IS SERIOUS !
LONDON, June 5.—German advices have I
been received here to the effect that while I
admitting that the fall of Prymysl was a |
most satisfactory achievement, the public j
has been warned that the event is over
shadowed by the attitude of the United
States, Roumania and Bulgaria. (
Germany has apologized to Norway for |
the sinking of the steamship Beldridge.
ENORMOUS WAR LOAN
DISCUSSED BY BRITISH
' LONDON, June 10.— Mr. Asquith, the j
British premier, will discuss with the cabinet J
the advisability of asking a further war i
loan, the amount mentioned being £300,- j
000.000.
ASTOR’S POSTHUMOUS SON
REQUIRES LOTS OF FUNDS
NEW YORK, June 6.—Mrs. Madeline
Force Astor, widow of the late Colonel John
Jacob Astor, in a statement made in court
yesterday, said her son required $30,000
a year for his maintenance.
When you come in from the creeks, don’t [
forget to stop in and try the Crosby steam
and graduated shower baths.
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He Is Coming!
WHO?
C. R. PECK, FLAT C3TY
With a Choice Line of Fresh
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Partial Program for Flat's 4th
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{ 1st Prlzp. 2nd Prize.
Baseball Game . $50.00 $25.00
! Tug of War between Allies and Germans. 50.00 25.00
i One hundred yard Dash. 10.00 5.00
Ladies’ Dash, 75 yards. 7.50 5.00
Girls and Boys over 10 years. 5.00 2.50
Girls and Boys under 10 years. 3.00 2.00
Running Broad Jump. 10.00 5.00
| Fat Men’s Race. 7.50 5.00
I Sack Race. 7.50 5.00
Potato Race, ladies. 5.00 2.50
Obstacle Race.^. 7.50 5.00
Three-legged Race . 10.00 5.00
Pie-eating Contest. 5.00 2.50
Old Men’s Race. 7.50 5.00
Wheelbarrow Race . 10.00 5.00
Standing Broad Jump . 7.50 5.00
Nail-driving Contest . 5.00 2.00
SURVEYING PARTIES
REACH FAIRBANKS
(Fairbanks News Miner, May 20)
“Fairbanks will get the government rail
way from the coast. There is not the slight
est doubt of that in my mind. Secretary
Lane, speaking for the President, stated
positively that the railway would come here,
and referred specifically to Fairbanks by
name. The only reason why the route was
not designated from the mouth of the
Nenana river up to this city was simply that
we did not have sufficient information to
make the .selection, and under the law' the
President was compelled to give the rout
ing in detail.
“I am back here this year to make defi
nite location surveys from the head of the
Nenana canyon to Fairbanks, an approxi
mate total distance of 125 miles. It is a
good season’s work, and we expect to have
to go Outside over the trail late next fall.
“In the preliminary survey down the
Nenana we found a number of places where
expensive bridging was necessary, and it is
to eliminate this heavy cost that R. J. Weir
will take a party into the field and make
a permanent location down the Nenana.
Last year he worked on the other end he
tween Ship creek and Seward, and is a man
of very high reputation in his profession.
“Mr. Bailey, who was here last year, will
start from Fairbanks and go over tho Gold
stream route, which was temporarily sur
veyed last season by Nolan. We must find
out some more information regarding the
cost of construction on the Coldstream line
before it can be adopted. If conditions are
favorable, as reported by Mr. Bailey, it will
very likely be adopted; if not, one of the
other river routes from Nenana up to Fair
banks will be selected. The cut-off across
the fiats we have practically give up as im
practicable.
inis season tnese two survey primes win
do all the work; consequently we shall not
be under such heavy expense at this end as
we were in 1914, although we brought in
thirteen men and will employ about thirty
local people. Our offices will continue to be
maintained here in Fairbanks. I shall spend
most of my time in the field.
“Railroad construction will be pushed as
rapidly as possible by the commission, and
next year we expect to begin at this end of
the line. We can build out from Fairbanks,
and from Nenana, both ways, up the Nenana
river and up toward Fairbanks. In this way
we shall avoid taking supplies to the In
terior by packing or in boats, which is
too expensive to be practical, and shall ire
building the road from the ends, so to speak.
I do not believe that it will be completed
and in thorough running order until 1919.”
This in substance is the cheerful news
brought by Commissioner Thomas Riggs,
Jr., of the Alaska engineering commission,
in charge of the Interior division, who
reached Fairbanks last night on ihe Reli
ance with his men. He reports a very busy
winter back in Washington, shaping up the
work of railway building in Alaska, and sees
a very bright outlook ahead for thi> coun
try. He says that the Outside is turning
its eyes toward the Kantishna and Broad
Pass quarts districts, both of which are on
the railway survey, across the mountains,
and that people are very anxiously awaiting
the outcome of the Tolovana camp.
Commissioner Riggs gives the interesting
news that he will come to the Interior to
live next year and establish his home at
this end of the railway line, convenient to
his work. This will be good news to all
who know him as one of Alaska’s staunchest
friends, and particularly to Fairbanks peo
ple. who claim him as one of our people.
The men who came in yesterday were
Thomas Riggs. Jr., C. F. Cramer, disbursing
agent; F. H. Bailey, locating engineer; R.'J
Weir, locating engineer; F. S. Ryus, assist
ant locating engineer; C. W. Colwell, assist
ant locating engineer; Gerald Gill, estirna
tor; Frank Waller, draftsman; D. E. Large
transitman; Stefan Shuman, draftsman; G
B. Richardson, transitman; E. E. Bennett
packer; H. W. Sterling, topographer.
NOTICE
The Miners & Merchants Bank of Iditarod
will act as collecting agent for the American
Yukon Navigation Company, and matters
whl be greatly facilitated if shippers will
transact their business with that institution
prior to coming to Dikeman.
HARRY WATSON,
Agent A.-Y. N. Co.
ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL
Mrs. Mutchler Explains
Iditarod, Alaska, June 10, 1915.
Editor Iditarod Pioneer:
There seems to have been some little talk
about the payment of bills owed by Mr.
McLeod, for whose benefit a collection was
recently made. That there may be no mis
understanding, I desire to say that the bills
for medical attendance, hospital services,
clothing and incidentals were voluntarily
reduced by the creditors, and smaller
amounts accepted by them in full payment
than was justly their due. In this way I
spent $249.50 of the amount collected
by me.
A laundry bill was donated by Mrs.
Patchell to Mr. McLeod personally before he
left Hat City. Mr. Stanley and myself
agreed to look to the government alone for
the entire amounts coming to us for board
and lodging.
Yours truly, SELMA MUTCHLER.
Mrs. Patchell Corroborates
Flat City, June 11, 1915.
Editor Iditarod Pioneer:
Desiring to contribute what I consider a
fair proportion towards a worthy cause, the
undersigned waived payment of an account
due from A. G. McLeod, the unfortunate
prospector who recently departed for the
Outside. Yours, etc.,
S. E. PATCHELL.
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EX-SENATOR HENRY RODEN
DISCUSSES NEW MINING LAW
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Among the arrivals from Fairbanks who
reached the city oh the launch Edna on
I Wednesdayr morning last was ex-Senato
Henry Roden. Since leaving here last sum
! mer Mr. Roden was located for some months
j at Juneau. He went Outside during the
winter, and prior to his return to Alaska
i he visited the Sun Francisco and San Diego
, expositions, which he describes as wonderful ,
j shows. Mr. Roden will remain in Iditarod
during the coming term of court, but he
did not announce his future plans.
The ex-senator, when asked as to the ,
merits of the new mining law, passed by .
the recent Alaska legislature, expressed j
strong disapproval of some of its provisions. I
The elimination of one of ihe main features j
of the old or “Roden’” law the requirement ;
that SI00 worth of assessment work be done
j yearly < n each twenty acres of placer ground
he regarded as a mistake. The new law
! requires that S100 worth of work must be
[ done on a claim during the year in which it
I is located. The Roden law required the .
I work to be done within ninety days. “Thi.>
I feature of the law,” said Senator Roden, “is
bound to bring confusion and litigation.
For instance, if a man stake a claim on
December 31, how is he to comply with
the requirement that $100 worth of work
must be done in the year of location? Sen
ator Dan Sutherland, who has just returned
from the Tolovana, and whom I met on
my journey from Fairbanks, told me that
the whole country is already completely
staked, and that the holders are relying on
| the provisions of the new law to postpone -
I doing their assessment work. The result is
that very little work is being done in the
I district in spite of so many locations being
I made.”
RARE POLITICAL SAGACiTY
If you notice an air of swagger and as
surance on the part of his honor, Mayor
Stanton, these days, do not attribute 't to
the fact that he has been given a more than
ordinarily large retainer, or that he has
been offered the post of ambassador to the
j court of St, Janies. Far more significant
than either of these, his ability as a political
prophet has been vindicated, and that when
his money backed his judgment. It hap
pened in this manner:
Some months ago. on one of those rare
occasions when Ned allows himself to be
drawn into an argument on political mat
ters. Secretary of State Bryan and his poli
cies were under discussion. Now, Mr. Stan
ton is not noted as an admirer of the "boy
orator of the Platte,” and his Republican
instincts revolted at the thought of the
policies of the nation being in a measure
directed by the "great commoner." He of
| fered to bet an immense sum that within
three months Secretary Bryan would hand
in his resignation, but later amended this
offer so as to read that “he would bet So
that he would not be secretary of state at
j ^he expiration of six months." The wager
was accepted. When the news of Bryan’s
resignation reached Iditarod the time limit
cf the wager was still a month distant. Ned
could not believe the news was true, and
hot-footing to the wireless station, he ex
pended more than the amount won in send
ing a message of inquiry to confirm the
newspaper story.
But the confirmation of his political judg
ment was worth all it cost to Ned.
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can. Iditarod Meat Co.
PIONEER CREEK AGENCIES
FLAT CITY.Mrt. C. C. Chittick
DISCOVERY OTTER Harry Donnelley
ANTI-HOME RULE VICEROY
CAUSES BRITISH DISSENSION
LONDON, June 9. A big row has been
precipitated in the British cabinet by reason
of the appointment of an anti-home rule
Irish viceroy. Several ministers threaten to
resign.
ARRESTED FOR BLACKMAIL
NEW YORK, June 5. -Frederick Still
wagon has been arrested here, charged with
sending fourteen letters to officials of the
Cunard steamship line demanding large sums
of money under penalty of the dynamiting
of its vessels.
BRITISH AGENT IN AMERICA
VANCOUVER, B C.. June 5.— Thomas
Shaughnessy is reported to have been i p
pointed to represent the British war office
in America in the purchase of war muni
tions.
NOTED PRISONER RELEASED
MILAN, June 5.—Countess Tarnovicy, the
Russian woman who wras sentenced on May
19 for complicity in the murder of Count
Kamarowsky, has »>een pardoned and re
leased.
TO INVESTIGATE RECRUITING
BOSTON, June 5.—The federal officials
here are investigating the doubtful methods
which the British are reported to be using
in recruiting young Americans for the Brit
ish army.
GREEK KING IN BAD WAY
ATHENS, June o.- King Constantine ha*
undergone a sudden change for the worse.
It has been determined that an operation
for the removal of one or more of his riba
is necessary.
ITALIAN RESERVES CALLED
SEATTLE, June 5.—All Italian reservists
in America born between the years 1877 and
1895 have been called to the colors.
MYSTERIOUS WARNINGS
LONDON, June 5,—x\mericans last night
received mysterious warnings by telephone
to leave England.
Territorial Mine Inspector Maloney is
making his annual trip of inspection to the
district. He arrived from Fairbanks on
arriving Wednesday morning.
TONY ALSO WENT WEEKS-ENDING
Tony Gularte was a passenger on Cody s
,big freight wagon yesterday, bound for Dis
covery, Otter, where he will be the week’s
end guest of Mr. and Mrs. I-rank Fontas.
Mr?. Emma W. Carr a former Iditarod
business woman, was a passenger from F air
banks arriving on Wednesday last. She
was formerly Mrs. Ferguson.
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