STILL IT COES ON!
KNIFED-IN-HALF SALE
Is causing quite a stir—such as the public have never before enjoyed. I
cannot, mention all that l desire in this small space, so here are a few
specials:
One hundred Suits that always sold for $30 and $35 to £| gQ
These are Hart, SchatTner & Marx and Sincerity Clothing.
Ladies’ Rubber Boots, 83.00
200 Pairs Overalls to go at 50c Pair
FRIEDMAN'S
conn (ACES
BARB PROBLEM
When the meeting of the city coun
cil was called to older at 8:35 last
Wednesday night all the qualified
members answered to the call of their
names. It was evidently expected by
some that member-elect Worden would
come forward and take the oath of
office, but !.o did not appear.
Under tin head of communications
and Dills the clerk read an application
from A. E. Maltby for the position of
city attorney.
Mayor Barnes suggested that it
would be well to lay over the selection
of all officers to next meeting, in order
to allow the fixing of salaries. Then
those who desire to apply for places
w ill be in a better position to make
applications understanding^. The
mayor said in his opinion it will be
necessary to reduce the number of
city employes and make other reduc
tions in the running expenses. To make
clear his position, he submitted the
following estimate of the probable re
ceipts for tiie present fiscal year:
Federal license money... ..$10,000
Poll tax . 500
Fines, etc. 1.000
Property taxes . 5,000
Total income.$16,500
This estimate is approximately $10,000
below the receipts of last year. Besides
there is a deficit now amounting to
close on $5,000, which will reach fully
that amount, by the time the present
council gets settled down to business.
The mayor had prepared a schedule of
reductions in the expenses, which,
lie said, appeared to him feasible and
necessary. The expenses under this
scheme would be as follows:
Water supply .$ 5,000
Fire chief. 3,000
Attorney and clerk . 900
Fuel . 800
Light. 200
School . 1,800
Incidentals. 500
Present indebtedness. 5,000
Total ... $17,20t
This would leave a probable defici'
at the end of the year of $700. It doe?
not take into consideration one cent
for street improvements. It proposes
a reduction of $2,200 in the cost o!
water supply, the elimination of the
lire captain and city clerk, and im
poses the clerical duties on the city
attorney, with his salary cut in half.
Meets Opposition.
The mayor's proposition did not
appear to meet with much favor except
by Councilman McDoneil. Mr. Wood
thought two men should be kept on the
fire department, and said the city can
not do better than retain the two it
has at present.
Mr. Auten, too, didn’t see how a man
could be taken off the fire department
! and justice still be done the property
| owners. Fire protection and the
school, he said, ate the two main
reasons'for the existence of the city
government. He said if the legitimate
expenses of the city cannot be met
under the present rate of taxation,
then the tax rate will havetobe raised,
contending that immediately it be
comes known the efficiency of the fire
department is impaired insurance rates
will be doubled.
Mr. Mutchler interposed the opinion
that police protection is needed as
much as fire protection. He would
have a fire chief kept in the fire hall
and a police chief on duty in the town,
to assist the fire chief in case of need.
McDoneil Sides with Barnes.
Mr. McDoneil said the council made
a mistake a year ago by starting off
too brash. It then should have kept
I within its income instead of going into
debt, lie would like to see the town
grow so that it can support two men on
the IIie department, as well as do many
other things needful. But at this time
it is not a question of what we would
like to see so much as what it is possi
ble to do. The present expenses are so
high the money cannot be provided to
meet them; therefore the expenses
will have to he made to suit the con
ditions.
Proposed City Ownership.
The discussion continued pro and con
at great length and occasionally
touched on a scheme for the city to
own its own fire and water system,
upon which a committee composed ot
the chairmen of the fire and finance
committees had submitted a report.
This report named as essential for
carrying out the scheme one 30-horse
power Farquhar boiler, $1,200; one
10x6x10 Worthington duplex pump,
$585; 170 cords wood, $1,700; installing
plant, $800; total, $1,285.
Says the report: “There has been 53
cords of wood bought in the last eight
months: 13 cords 16-foot wood and 40
cords 4-foot wood at an approximate
price of $13 per cord, making a total of
$689. When you add the cost of saw
ing the 16-foot wood it will bring the
total cost of wood to $748. By install
ing steam radiators in your school and
firehall at a cost not to exceed $300
you will have a good clean heating
system that can be regulated according
to the variation of the temperature.
JO Beginning Monday, April 15, GARDEN
\ SEED will be distributed FREE to custora
w ers and others while they last.
RELIANCE CANNED GOODS
Reliable Outfitting Dependable Goods
Choice Family Groceries Quality Unsurpassed
‘‘Obey Your Impulse" and ‘‘Get the Habit.” Phone Your Orders.
Prompt Deliveries.
Sunderbruch’s
A FEW THINGS FOR WINTER
Extra Large-Size Horse Blankets
Yukon Sleds. Snowshoes Goal Oil aud Gasoline
Cole's Air-Tight Heaters
SMITH’S GUN STORE
Phone No. 6 Iditarod, Alaska
The American Radiator Co., branch
office, 522 (’ike street, Seattle, will be
glad to furnish you with ail informa
tion on healing. So if you add the
price of the wood or number of cords
consumed in fire hall and school to
your 170 cords allowed for your boiler,
53 cords, that would give you 223 cords;
or if you deduct 53 of the 170 cords
your wood bill approximately would be
$1,000, cutting off $700 of $1,285, which
would bring your top figures to $3,585;
then you add $300 for radiators and the
side column of figures will show what
your cost would be at the end of the
year.”
Water Contract.
The fact was developed that the con
tract entered into with Banks & How
land for water at $7,200 a year is bind
ing for three years from the time of
beginning, providing their part of the
contract is complied with.
It haring been suggested that terms
might be made whereby the city could
buy the apparatus from Banks & How
land, a committee, composed of the
chairmen of the fire, street, finance
and police committees, was appointed
to confer with Banks & Howland, both
as to terras of purchase and as to re
duction of charges in case the present
system is maintained.
Committees.
Standing committees were named by
Mayor Barnes as follows:
Fire—McDonell, Auten and Wood
Finance — Auten, Wood and Mc
Donell.
Street—Bradley and Mutc-hler.
Police—Wood, McDonell and Bradley.
Laws and Printing—Mutcbler.
In order to get the lineup before I
naming the new committees, Mayor
Barnes asked the clerk to read out the
old committees; Mr. Bradley, the new
member, did not quite c.. till the drift,
of things and evidently thought the
new committee assignments were bein'
FIR LUMBER
We have a few 2x4, 2x6 and 2x8 which we
will Close at $78 M,
All Flooring and Sailing a! $100 M,
Remember, Tbls is ill Ko. I Outside Fir, The Very Best Grade
ROSS & NESTOR
AYEES AGAIN
INTROUBLE
Those who were in Idttarod last
spring will remember K. Q. Ayers.
A dispute had arisen regarding the
ownership of a launch, and the parties
in possession had placed Ayers on
board with instructions to keep off in
truders. Ayers received his appoint
ment on account of his reputation as a
pugilist, and when a rival claimant to
ownership in the launch attempted to
go aboard he was knocked out cold.
This lod to Ayers’ arrest on a charge
of assault and battery, but although he
faced three trials before Commissioner
A. E. Maltby and a jury, it was im
possible to secure a conviction. This
result was attributed by many to
solicitude for the accused’s young wife,
who was in delicate health at the time.
Shortly after Ayers and his family left
for Dawson. The following from the
Dawson News of February 1G speaks
for itself:
T. W. P. Smith, better known as
"Pete” Smith, was before Judge Mac
aulay, in the police court, this morning,
for preliminary hearing on the charge
of "having stolen money from a dwell
ing.” It was charged that on or about
January 19 or 20 Smith stole a sum of
money, amounting to about $250, from
E. L. Thoms, keeper of a roadhouse at
the mouth of Indian river, on the
Yukon, above Dawson.
K. Q. Ayers, who traveled up the
j river toward Sixtymile for some dis
made known. As the clerk finished
reading lie said: “Look here! where do
I come in? Are rou going to ignore
me entirely?” Everybody laughed,
while the mayor put the new member
right.
Another thing that caused some
people to smile was the fact that, Mr.
Mutohler, being named chairman of
the fire committee, requested to be
relieved of that position, saying he
does not expect to be in town much of
the time.
Ono Salary Reduced.
Before adjournment it was unani
mously decided to fix the salary of the
city attorney at $75 a month, instead
of $150 as heretofore.
It was also decided to declare the
positions of all city officers shall be
come vacant, upon the meeting of the
council, April 17.
ANIAK OUTLOOK
TOLU BT MINER
Iditarod, Alaska, April !), 1912.
Editor of the Pioneer:
Speaking of the Aniak, I have under
gone a severe cross examination the
last few days, and will state publicly
that we have “not rich” yet unques
tionable pay in four different crosscuts
on our lease of 3,500 feet on Marvel
creek. Three of the crosscuts contain
each four successive pay holes 30 feet
apart and the pay ranges from 75 cents
to $2 to a square foot of bedrock.
With the assistance of four men and
two pumps we attempted to reach bed
rock in the fourth crosscut without
success. However, the gravel in this
hole averaged one grain for six feet in
depth. The pay is about 100 feet wide
and runs well into bedrock. The ground
tance with Smith, and who was arrested
in connection with tiie disappearance
of the money, was put on the stand
this morning. Thoms was also on, and
told of the disappearance of the money.
Sergeant Gillis was tiie only other
witness. Hu told of arresting Ayers
and of finding $210 in Ayers’ stockings.
Ayers made a statement in which he
accused Smith of taking the money.
After the examination, which lasted
from 11 to 1 o’clock, the case was ad
journed a week to allow for the exten
sion of evidence preliminary to binding
Smith over for trial before Justice
Macaulay in the territorial court.
Ayers and Smith were taken back to
jail. Ayers also is charged with being
concerned in the theft. The charge
against him was adjourned this morn
ing for one week.
In telling his story of the disappear
ance of the money, Thoms this morning
stated on the stand that Smith and
Ayers put up at tiie Thoms roadhouse
the night of the 19th. On going to
bed, said Thoms, he had about $2fi0 or
more in cash in his pockets. It was in
bills of various denominations. He had
a crowded house, and started to sleep
in the kitchen on a bunk. Later, he
slated, the cook came in and then wit
ness got up and wert into a side room.
Witness had been drinking a good
deal, and had taken most of his drinks
from a bottle belonging to Smith.
Thoms forgot, on going to the side
room, whether or not he had taken his
trousers with him. However, od
searching the pockets in the morning
he found his money gone.
Sergeant Gillis told of arresting
Ayers on the Yukon river, above Daw
son. Ayers had been up the Sixty
is from 7 to thirteen feet deep ami easv |
to work.
One mile above us T. Perry claims'
| pay in two places on his lease; also H.
Downing, next above Petty, has an
I average of 75 cents a foot for 80 feet in
width. This is the extent of pay in
j sight up to the 1st of April, when I
j left for idilarod.
Barnett, Schenev & Co. are ground
spoilers, having done much work in
the district without success. Labelle
and partner, as well as Vaughn & Mc
Donald, are digging like badgers in
hot pursuit of the hidden dope.
Thorns & McDonald-the-second are
said to have fair prospects on Dominion
creek. Kid Fisher and Buhro crosscut
Dome creek recently without results—
but "where is Frank Moran?”
I am repeatedly asked if it will make
a good small camp. This is hard to
answer, for while we know there are
possibilities of oilier creeks developing
pay, the probabilities are questionable
and time onlv will tell
Individually speaking, I am quite
well pleased with the prospects of our
proposition; but am not favorably im
pressed with the general outlook of the j
district for an extensive camp, and i
what is now in sight, in my opinion, |
will not justify any such town building |
as I understand is now in progress at j
the mouth of the Aniak river.
Respectfully,
A. A. ZIMMERMAN.
Infinite, Humboldt, Cuerte Re.v, Op- j
timo, Lovera, Bock and a fine line of j
Puerto Rico Cigars at Empire Com- {
mercia! Co.
Come once and you will come again.
Arcade Cafe, Flat City.
A.% SOLD VERY
II REASONABLE
Making Room for Spring Shipment
Miss Kotsch, gold sr. FLAT CITY i
mile, and was returning to (he city, i
Gillis had a search warrant, and. tak ;
ing Ayers to Farr's cabin on Swede, j
searched Ayers. During the process !
of the search Gillis went through all
the clothing of Ayers, from toque
down, (aking off three pairs of stocks
ings, one at a time. Ayers asked Gil
lis to feel of his foot before taking off
the last pair, but Gillis insisted on the
stockings being removed. Ayers rolled j
them down, and tlie bills of various i
sums, aggregating $210, were found !
wrapped around Ayers’ legs. Ayers j
was then brought on to town and put j
in jail.
Ayers, in giving his testimony this j
morning, accused Smith of taking the j
money. Ayers said that at the road- j
house the night of the 19th i
Smith was up ail night. Witness
stated he played a game of soio and
then went to bed, but got up twice
during the night to get a drink of
water, and on going to the kitchen for
the drink one of the times saw Smith
roach into Thoms’ trousers and get
a roll of money. Ayers stated that 1
next morning they met in the barn and '
Smith stated he had the rofl, and be- .
gan to count it, but thrust it back in
his pocket on hearing someone
approach. Ayers stated that later he
found a roll of bills at the roadhouse
door and picked it up and put. it in his
pocket. Ayers confirmed the state
ment of Gillis as to the arrest and
money being wrapped about the legs
under the stockings.
Both Ayers and Smith were com
mitted for trial under $10,000, but at
the time the mail left Dawson the bail
was not forthcoming.
The Pioneer for Job Printing. <
OutI
IT is up you to buy! Do your selecting NOW, and await
not for the MORROW, as Our Entire Stock MUST
and WILL GO. Don’t be tbe last one to do the picking,
Our Stock now intact.
Our Sizes now complete.
Our Prices simply a treat.
Our Merchandise the very best.
Our ALL nothing but the Fairest.
Leading Clothiers
Sizs of Purses
In Noted Fights
In San Francisco—
lelTries-Corbett.$ 63.340
Britt-Nelson (1905) .. 48.311
Bans-Britt . 36,000
Briu-Corbett.. 32,266
leffries-Fitzsitumons . . . 31,800
leffries-Ruhlin .. . 30,487
Briu-Nelson (1904). 26.300
Burcs-Squires... . 25,251
’orbett-Nelson (1904) 14,208
.'orbett-Nelson (11405) .... 11,368
Britt-White . .. . 9.180
VBrien-Kauffroan. 6.41!)
Neii-Tenny . 6.275
N«il-Ryland. ii.21o
Flart-Johnson . ... . 6,200
In New York
leffries-Sharkey. 67,000
leff ries-Fi i zsiinmons 63.000
J.irliett- McCov.. . 57.000
orbett-Sharkey . 48,000
Riihlin-Fitzsiramons. 45.000
Ruhlin-Sharkey . 40,000
Sharkey-McCoy. 37,000
leffries-Corbett .. 35,000
VlcGovern-Erne 32.000
sha rkey-Fi' zsi m mons . 25,000
McGovern-Dixon 24,000
Jhoy inski-McCoy . 20,000
In Philadelphia—
Nelson-McGovern. 23,000
In Goldfield —
Nelson-Gans. .... . 69.715
In Toaopah—
Bans-Rerman ... . 30,705
In New Orleans—
Borbetl-Sullivan * 4<>,000
In Reno —
feffries-.Tohnson'. 101,000
"'Note.—The purse for this tight, was
S26,000. In addition the winner pulled
Jown $20,010 in stake money.
Select Outside Lumber, cot migrated
ron and roofing paper at Ross & Nes
ror’s. __
Location blanks—Pioneer office.
A; the semi-annual election of < tt
eers lie hi last Monday even iu i a n ■
Iuitarod No. 27, A. it., elected the fol
lowing:
l’ast Arctic Chief A. K. Malthy.
Arctic Chief—Jos. H. Sruith.
Vipe Arctic Chief f vrit 1*. Wood.
Arctic Chaplain -Henry O. Roden
Keeper of Nuggets—Ralph Lomeu.
Arctio Recorder—Ronald Frost.
Trustees— K. G. Lindberg, Andrew
Neriand, J. I>. 1 James, A. K. Malthy.
Ira F. Wood.
APPOINTIVE OIT'K :KUS
Arctic Trail Guide—Jorgen Nelson.
Arctic Trail Blazer—Win. Peterson
Arctic Camp Cook -Sain Bayles.
Keeper id Outer Toll Gate J. t
Cumin.
Keeper of Inner Toll Gate Paul
Garcken.
The installation of officers wilt :
place next Monday evening.
FLAT CITY NOTES
Miss Coolidge has been visiting Mrs.
Harry Moss at tiie head of Flat this
week.
Manuel Gularte has been looking
after his interests at Flat <’ity dr:::
the week.
John Shropshire, on the Lvnx asso
ciation, Flat creek, is using a ti-iucli
drill. Last week he put down about
twenty holes and got as high as in a
hole. Bert Walker is foreman.
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