Miners & Merchants Bank
IDITAROD, ALASKA
Capital, $50,000.00
General Banking Business Transacted Gold Dust Bought and Assayed
Drafts Issued on Any Part of the World
SEATTLE CORRESPONDENT: SCANDINAVIAN AMERICAN BANK
OFFICERS:
CHAS. ROSS, President
JOHN HOLMES, Cashier
R. C. BUTTON, Asst. Cashier
NEW TYPE OF VESSEL
CREATES MUCH INTEREST
The motor ship Siam, scheduled to reach
Seattle January 24. has been the subject of
widespread interest. The Siam will load a
cargo of tlour at Puget sound ports for the
Orient. She is owned by the East Asiatic
Company, which now has four motor ships
in use and six under construction. She is
111' feet in length. 55 feet beam. 30.0 feet
depth to main deck, 38.0 feet depth to awp
ing deck. 20.0 feet draft, 13.300 tons dis
I lacement. and has a carrying capacity of
•0.51)0 tons dead weight.
The Siam has no boilers, no stokehold,
no coal hunkers, no firemen and no stack.
In two tanks contained in her double bot
tom she carries fuel enough to give her
a cruising radius of 30,000 miles. Her fuel
consumption averages about nine tons of
crude oil to the 24 hours, as against 40 or
more tons of coal for a steam-driven vessel
nf similar displacement.
Oil costs less, and less of it is burned.
Absence of stokers cuts down the payroll,
and absence of boilers and bunkers gives
the ship enormously greater carrying ca
i acity for the same tonnage.
The engines consist of two eight-cylinder
four-cycle plants, each of the sixteen cylin
ders having a bore of 23h inches and a
stroke of 31'j inches. The reversing gear
permits the engines to be driven full speed
astern within twnty seconds.
• Internal combustion is a truly descrip
tive expression when applied to these en
gines. There is no explosion of the charge,
as in the automobile engine burning gaso
line. or even the heavy duty marine en
gines burning distillate, ('rude oil is sprayed
into the cylinder head at the top of the
compression stroke aeainst a pressure of
twenty atmospheres approximately 300
pounds.
At this pressure the air within the cylin
der is so hot that the oil sprayed into it
ignites without any electric spark, and, burn
ing gradually, expands in the form of hot
gases for the length of the stroke. The
cylinders are water-jacketed and. even in
the tropics, the engine room is compara
tively cool.
Auxiliary oil engines furnish electricity
for the lights, the refrigerating apparatus,
the pumps, the winches, the compressor
which supplies air for the siren, and to
start and reverse the engine and to inject
the oil. An electric starter, similar to that
in use on automobiles, also permits of at
taining the initial explosion in that way. To
furnish heat in high latitudes three is a
steam donkey boiler, which also burns oil.
The Siam makes about twelve knots an hour
and thus far has had fair weather.
The more you meet some men the more
you wonder at the high price of ivory.—
Luke Me Luke.
King salmon—caught at mouth of Yukon
fine. fine. 35c lb. Iditarod Meat Co.
COOK INLET COUNTRY
IS LAND OF PROMISE
"The greatest undeveloped farming land
j in the world today is on Cook inlet, and
I the beauty of it is the fact that theie is
1 millions of acres of it and it is all open to
the settler,” was the remark of John C. Da
vidson of Seldovia, Alaska, at the Northern
hotel in Seattle to a Post-Intelligencer re
porter. Mr. Davidson has been in the city
attending the Munday trial, and expects to
leave for the North within the next few
weeks, after his first visit to the Outside in
three years. Upon his return to the North
he expects to go into the cattle-raising busi
ness at Kachemack bay, just inside the en
trance to Cook inlet, and with this in view
lie is shipping in ten head of cattle with
which to start. Mr. Davidson has been in
Alaska for the last sixteen years, and before
that he was interested in the mining busi
ness in Idaho. tSince going North he has
spent the greater part of his time in the
Cook inlet country. “From an agricultural
standpoint that is the richest section of
country in the world.’ he said, in speaking
about it yesterday. “Redtop and bluejoint
grasses grow seven feet high in that section,
and there is open grazing for all the months
in the year except March and April, when
night-feeding will be necessary. It is an
open harbor, and the coldest weather we
have had this winter has been 10 degrees
above zero. live families have already
moved m and will begin farming their
claims in the spring. Many others have
made inquiries about the country, including
several practical men from the Yakima val
ley.”
Mr. Davidson was engaged in the trans
portation business in the North for many
years, and was the owner of the steamer
Fox when she picked up a bowhead whale
in 1903. That was the first and only bow
head ever found south of GO degrees, and
when sold the tinders realized So,400 above
all expenses.
Cruel and Unusual
Testifying that her husband kicked her
in the back yard between the barn and
the kitchen porch, asserting that he
neglected her in many ways, and that he
has not provided for her, Mrs. Gladys Hiler
today won a victory in her suit for ali
mony against Thurman G. Ililer. Hamil
ton, 0., Journal.
Divided Opinion
“Are you really going to marry Harold?"
“I don’t know what to say. All the
girls in my class read his letters."
“Well?"
“Eighteen of them think him a dear, and
nineteen say he’s a dub.”- Washington
Herald.
Job Printing at Pioneer office,
i Assessment Work Blank? at Pioneer
I nrannisinna saloon
Full Line of Cigars
Optimo, Lovera- Juan deFuca
NEW SUPPLY OF BUDWEISER BEER
Gold St., Flat City
Mrs. Swanson, Prop.
Dining Room Now Open
Nicely Furnished Rooms Barn for Horses and Dogs Baths in Connection
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Electric and Faradic Massage Treatments by Expert Attendants
Lighted by Gas Heated by Steam
BREAK-UP OF IBITAROB RIVER
j BRINGS DISASTROUS INUNDATION
The break-up of the ice in the Iditarod
river this year was accompanied by the
highest water in the history of the camp.
It is one of those cases when even the
“oldest inhabitant” is at a loss, and has to
rely on hearsay. It is said that the freshet
in the spring of 1910 furnished a parallel
case, but as there are few if any persons
in the district who were here at that time,
it is largely a matter of tradition. The
Hood caused severe losses to business men
and citizens generally, and it is thought
the damage will total many thousands of
dollars. The heaviest losers are the North
ern Commercial Company and Crowley &
Porter, but numerous persons lost property
estimated in value at from a few dollars up
to several hundred.
The Ice Breaks
Shortly after noon on Saturday last the
ice in the river commenced to disintegrate,
and this continued intermittently until
evening, when a steady run set in. The
water had been rising steadily for some
days, and with the break-up an added vol
ume increased the flow until it was rising
at the rate of several inches an hour. On
one occasion a rise of over a foot was re
corded in a sixty-minute period. Late Sat
urday night it seemed as though the Hood
had reached its limit, and tired watchers
repaired to their homes. The water kept
steadily rising, however, and by daylight
warehouses, places of business and cabins
on the river front were inundated. By
noon the water was several inches deep
on the floor of Mrs. Peterson’s bakery, and
die place had been deserted. The Cascade
laundry was Hooded, and the water had
reached the restaurant kept by Mrs. Sims,
near the corner of Willow and First streets.
The creek which runs into the river at the
foot of Willow street had backed up until
there was two feet of water at the inter
section of First and Willow streets, and
the west side of the latter thoroughfare was
impassable.
Warehouses Flooded
Further down the river several cabins
were under water, and the warehouse of
Karl Thiele contained several feet of water,
but the merchandise had been removed
without damage.
At the foot of Richmond street the N. C.
warehouse, containing quantities of goods,
was submerged, and much damage was
done.
Further up the river, at the Cleveland
mill, the building used by Crowley & Por
ter as a warehouse was completely Hooded.
The building was well filled with merchan
dise. Men had been put to work moving
goods here early Sunday morning, but so
! fast did the water rise that comparatively
little could be moved, and the loss will be
very heavy.
Driven from Their Homes
Residents on the river bank directly op
posite the city were driven from their
homes on Saturday night, and were able
to take but few of their belongings with
them. The houses across the river were
all several feet under water, and their con
tents were ruined by the water. The heavi
est loser here was Jay J. Smith, who had
but recently moved his family and large
flock of chickens there. A large number of
the chickens were drowned.
Wood-Cutters Lose Heavily
On Saturday much cordwood was seen
to be floating down the river, mingled with
the ice. Dozens of residents along the river
bank in the lower part of town, armed
with long poles, engaged in the work of
recovering this wood, and several fine fuel
piles were the result. But the industrious
ones met with misfortune, as with the con
tinued rise of the river most of it was
carried aw'ay again.
This wood represented the winter's work
of a number of men on the upper river,
and will be a severe loss to them. It is
believed that most of it was cut by Frank
Watson, at the mouth of Otter creek, and
by the ‘Vood trust,” Messrs. Bishop, Mc
Keague & Byers.
Docks Stand the Strain
The several docks along the river front
stood the strain of the rush of ice and
water in good shape. In some instances
piling was carried away, but it will take
comparatively little work to repair the
damage.
The foresight of the street committee of
the city council in having the fender built
at the City dock was highly commended.
This piece of work undoubtedly saved that
structure from being torn bodily away. As
it was, very little repairs will be needed.
As showing the tremendous force of the
ice, the heavy timbers of the fender were
almost torn away, and the outside planks
were completely demolished, but the dock
itself was uninjured.
Asleep in the Deep
While the flood was at its height on
Sunday morning a man lay asleep in a
cabin below the City dock, oblivious to the
fact that the water covered his cabin floor
to a depth of many inches, and his bed
was almost inundated. A solicitous neigh
bor, not having seen him around, rowed
into the cabin in a boat and rescued him. j
COUNCIL FIRE COMMITTEE
TO HOLD PUBLIC HEARING
Messrs. Henry 0. Roden. John Ck-Cur
rin and Joseph H. Smith, constituting the
fire committee of the city council, have
made a tentative choice of new lire equip
ment to replace the present steam plant,
and will hold a public hearing next Wednes
day evening to hear suggestions in regard
to their planS.
Some time ago the council had under
discussion a proposition to replace the pres
ent steam plant with a gasoline engine and
pump, as it was claimed that by this means
a saving of considerable time coulu be ef
fected in making available a good supply
of water in ca.-e of fire. The matter was
referred to the fire committee, with in
structions to ascertain the cost and feasibil
ity of such a plant. In accordance with
these instructions, the committee has as
certained that a gasoline engine of twenty
five horse power, with combination pump,
i suitable for all the requirements of the
| city, can be installed at a cost of about
| $2,300.
The committee invites the public to at
! tend the hearing next Wednesday night at
' the fire hall, as it is desirous of obtaining
| the views of the citizens on the proposed
change. It is especially desired that men
uf experience in the use of gasoline equip
ment give the committee the benefit of
their opinions on the subject.
WALLACE AGAIN IN THE CAMP
j That well known friend of all the dear
I people, Jack Wallace, the famous restaurant
i man of the broad white Northland, returned
' to Flat City early this week, after an ab
sence of about two years, which he spent
in the Ophir and Ruby diggings, where he
established a line of his famous and peculiar
style of cafeterias—all of which have been
very successfully closed.
KNUTE TO REPAIR HIGHWAYS
At the suggestion of several operators
and business men of the district, Knute
Koland, the “old reliable freighter,” has
decided to put in some time on road work
between this city and the creek towns.
While thus engaged Mr. Koland will tern
i porariiy abandon his freighting schedule.
I -
Heard at the Dance
“They say the tango dance is a sure
cure for headache.”
“I don't wonder,” snapped the grouchy
one with the rheumatics. “When they
tackle it they lose their heads.”—Atlanta
Constitution.
THAT BOY HENDERSON
IS ONE GREAT HUNTER
Ray Henderson, master of the Pup, at
one time in his career earned a livelihood
by supplying the market of Fairbanks with
wild game. Consequently he came to know
the habits of the migratory birds thor
oughly, which accounts for an incident
which happened just prior to the break up, :
and which he recounted to an interested |
crowd Tuesday night.
It appears that where his boat was frozen ;
in there was no open water in sight, ami
the country was covered with an unbroken
blanket of snow. Ray one morning, while
engaged in fixing up his boat preparatory
to the expected break-up, noticed a fine
mallard duck circling around. Ray’s knowl
edge of the habits of the birds prompted
him to repair to the galley and procure a
bucket of water, which he set out in front
of his cabin door on the ice. and procured
his trusty ride. Sure enough, the duck
spied the water and descended into the
bucket, when he was decapitated by a shot
from Mr. Henderson’s gun.
Ray was laying plans to capture count
less numbers of the water fowl in this
manner when the ice went oat, or his pipe
went out, or something or other happened
; to engage his attention in other directions.
COCK GATHERS PENNIES
TO LIQUIDATE $15 DEBT
John Capulica, a cook in a Third avenue
restaurant, had paid numerous visits to
Louis Vugrich, who holds a similar posi
tion in a Second avenue cafe, in quest of
$15 which, he said, had been owing to him
'for many months, says the Seattle Post
Intelligencer.
Vesterday Vugrich reversed things. He
went to see Capulica. Vugrich was carrying
a heavy bag. He said to Vugrich, with
cold, hard emphasis, as he banged the bag
down on the counter, “Here’s your money.
Now quit bothering me.”
Opening the sack, Capulica was confront
ed by more pennies than he had ever seen
before. Having read of the robbery of a
penny scale a few nights before, he feared
he would be suspected if found with so
many in his possession. He explained to
the police, and they found that Vugrich
had been buying up pennies from news
boys for months. Detective Kent super
vised a count of the treasure and found
'there were only 1498 of the cent pieces.
“Let it go at that; I don’t want any more
of those things,” Capulica said bitterly.
It makes no difference what time you
come to the Crosby Bath House, you will
always find plenty of hot w'ater and steam.
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WEIRD PREDICTION BASED
ON PLAUSIBLE REASONING
Paris, March 10.—The United States may
yet be ruled by a king, according to Com
mandant Haillot, a French military author
ity. The statement was made in all seri
ousness in a discussion of what Haillot
terms the development of the American
offensive. Contrary to popular notion, he
declared, the American has an underlying
but exceedingly strong love for conquest
and war, and his capacity for hero worship
appears to be unlimited. To support his
theory he calls to witness Theodore Roose
velt’s dash to power on the back of a
bucking broncho, via San Juan hill, in
Cuba, the rapid spread of American fron
tiers and the report circulated in Europe
that the United States is soon to augment
materially her army and navy.
“Up until the war with Spain, in 1898,”
Commandant Haillot said, “everybody be
lieved the American republic to be the
w'orld’s principal exponent of peace. In
view of the marvelous economic prosperity
of the country, people willingly forget the
warlike America of Washington’s day,
which went singing to war with England;
the America which fought with Mexico in
1848, and waged civil war for five years
during the sixties. And the impression was
aided by a,seeming unpreparedness for war.
But the war in Cuba set the world to
rights.
“The opening of the Panama canal, ac
companied by the seizure of all approaches,
places every country in both North and
South America directly in the unescapable
control of the United States. The same
republic which evokes the Monroe doc
trine against the countries of Europe is
thus constrained to transgress herself, for
today her ambitions go far beyond her own
confines. A defensive policy explains well
enough the occupation of Hawaii and other
similar points, but a distinctly offensive one
is responsible for the Philippines, Guam,
etc. And it is clearly the spirit of con
quest, at least commercial, which causes
America to watch with the eye of an eagle
the affairs of China and the development
of Japan.
“In the meantime the United States is
taking every precaution against European—
even English—competition in South Amer
ica, and the moment is near when Venez
uela, Colombia, Ecuador and even Peru
will fall under the tutelage already accepted
by Haiti. Santo Domingo, Porto Rico, Cuba
and Panama, and which now threatens
Mexico. Military and naval strength, of
course, is necessary to carry out these
projects. America must stand ready to
compete with the eager German and Jap
anese. But there is already talk of a navy
second only to that of Great Britain, while
the little army of 65.000 soldiers of yester
day is even now perhaps 100,000 strong.
“What is to be the moral effect on the
people of all these transformations? What
will the public state of mind be when 1925
comes around with an army of 500.000
w'ell-trained and splendidly equipped men,
and a navy counting eighty dreadnaughts?
What changes of the American viewpoint
are to be expected as the result of war
budgets of almost a billion dollars, of class
and caste formations, or military traditions,
of perhaps two or three successful wars
and three or four important annexations
of territory?
“The subject lends itself to endless con
jecture, for history furnishes us with no
example to guide us. However, in the in
evitable militarization of a great republic
where already the individual ideas and per
sonal value of an ephemeral President of
four years play such a stupendous role, we
may at least surmise by way of conclusion
that the seed of monarchy is sprouting.”
VICTOR HUGO ON IMMORTALITY
For half a century I have been writing
my thoughts in prose, verse, history, ro
mance, philosophy, drama, satire, ode, song.
I have tried all; but I feel that I have not
said the thousandth part that is in me.
When I go down to the grave I can say
like so many others. I have finished my
day’s work; but I cannot say I have fin
ished my life. My day’s work will begin
again the next morning. The tomb is not
a blind alley; it is a thoroughfare, it closes
in the twilight to open with the dawn.
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CHAS. E. MILLER, PROP.
MONEY IN BASEBALL
PROVEN BY MURPHY
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Chicago. April 22.—“I started in baseball*
with a shoestring and tonight I am worth |
more than $1,000,000,” Charles W . Murphy,
who sold under pressure the controlling in
terest in the Chicago National League club
said recently.
Mr. Murphy sat comfortably in the great
room of his $60,000 home and seemed at I
peace with the world.
“I’m a happy man,” he said, “because
I haven’t a thing to worry about. Nobody
is calling me names and criticizing me, and
it seems as if a large weight had been
lifted from my shoulders. I feel just like
the man who was asked what he would do
if someone gave him $1,000,000. He re
plied that he would seek the best room in
the best hotel in town, leave a call for 6
o'clock the next morning and when he was
awakened at that hour, tell the world to
go to blazes.” Mr. Murphy chuckled and
then grew serious when he was asked to
tell how much Charles P. Taft gave him
for the 53 per cent of the stock of the
club.
“I would be violating a confidence to give
the exact amount,” he replied, “but, esti
mated on the basis of the price I received
for my interest, the club is worth more
than $1,000,000 A half million or so is a
lot of money, but the Cub.s are worth it.
During the time I ran the club I believe it
was the most prosperous organization in the
league.”
Murphy reiterated that he was through
with the financial end of baseball, but said
that he was still a lover of the game.
“I’m going to be just a plain fan and sit
in the bleachers and yell at the players,
roast the umpires and criticize the man
agement,” he said. “I am familiar with
! the other side of the game, so I’m going to
I have a lot more fun than most fans.
“I am going to rest for a year and then
I expect to enter some other line of busi
ness. I’m too young to retire from active
life. I still retain a half interest in the
grounds on which the Cub park is built,
and a like interest in the grounds of the
Phillies. The rental from these properties
$s all the income I’il ever need.”
Murphy's career in baseball extended over
a period of more than eight ears.
DEPUTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY
WILL INVESTIGATE YUKON
Bion A. Dodge, deputy district attorney
for the Fourth division, has gone to Fort
Yukon to see that the law is enforced at
that place, both in regard to protecting the
rights of the Indians on the lands there and
to prevent immoral relations between the
whites and the Indians, says the Fairbanks
Citizen.
The departure of Mr. Dodge was not
generally understood until it leaked out
that he had gone to Fort Yukon to assist
Commissioner Burke in a number of legal
matters. Mr. Burke, it is understood, ap
plied for assistance, and Mr. Dodge’s de
parture for Fort Yukon followed immedi
ately.
In official circles but little is being ex
plained about Mr. Dodge's trip to Fort
Yukon, and some speculation regarding it
is current throughout the city.
That there has been some complaint
from the Indians that their rights are be
ing encroached upon by white men seems
evident, but iu addition to that it is evi
dent that his going there involves a mys
terious mission that is only known to offi
cials of the district.
How long Mr. Dodge will be at Fort Yu
kon has not been learned, but it is not be
lieved that any definite time has been set
for his return. A report on the streets
that the deputy marshals at Fort Yukon
and Ruby are to be dismissed was officially
I denied.
DEATH OF A.NDREW PETERSON
Ramps Peterson received a telegram
Monday conveying the sad news that his
father, Andrew Peterson, had died on the
Sth inst. at Bellingham, Wash, Mr. Peter
son was 82 years of age, and had been a
resident of Bellingham for twenty yeors.
Ramps had but recently received a letter
from him, in which he stated that lie
was in good health, and the news of the
death of the old gentleman came as a severe
shock. He had been thinking seriously of
paying a visit to his son during the coming
summer.
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Summons for Publication
.No. t 76 I
In the District Court ror the Territory of
Alaska, Fourth Division.—I-red Labeite,
plaintilT, vs. Mary Labdle, defendant.
The President of the United states or
America to the defendant Mary l.a
belle, greeting: . . ,
Whereas, on the t?7til day of January,
1914, plaintiir Hied til tins court his
complaint wherein he prays for a decree
dissolving tlie bonds of matrimony now ex
isting between plaintiff and defendant, on
the ground of willful desertion of the
plaintiff by the defendant, as set forth in
said complaint; and
Whereas, on the 10th day or March,
1914, an order was made and entered by
tile above entitled court, directing that the
summons herein he served upon the de
fendant by publication thereof in The Idit
arod Pioneer, a newspaper of general cir
dilation, published at Iditarod, Alaska, for
a period of not less than six consecutive
weeks:
Now. therefore, you are hereby required
to appear in the district court in and for
the Territory of Alaska, Fourth division,
within thirty days after the completion of
said publication, that is to say, within
thirty days after the 6th day of June,
1914, and answer tiie complaint of the
above named plaintiff; otherwise your de
fault. will be entered and the plaintiff will
apply to the court for ttie relier demanded
in ills complaint, to wit, a decree dissolv
ing the bonds of matrimony now existing
between plaintiff and defendant.
Witness the Honorable Frederick E. Ful
ler, judge of said court, by the clerk of
said court, with his seal of office, on the
21st day of April, t914.
(Seal) ANGUS MCBRIDE, Clerk.
GEO. W. ALBRECHT, Deputy.
First publication. April Sa, 1914
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