GUT IT DOWN
BY TEN MILES
Donlan Creek road commissioners, is
She proud title now worn by A. B.
Ferguson and Billy Bevins, who arrived
from Ruby creek and Snow Gulch the
early part of the week.
They have been appointed to that
position by the residents of Donlan for
the purpose of finding the shortest
t-oute between Donlan and Flat and they
performed their first duties with re
markable credit on this trip over, by
cutting down the old distance by ten
miles. It cannot be said that their
route is entirely reliable however, for
they walked right over the mountains
with snowshocs and followed th® line
irrespective of resistance.
This trail which they are looking out
between Donlan and Flat will be a con
tinuation cf the trail from Georgetown
to Donlan.
It appears that tho cit izeus of George
town Itelil a mass meeting a short time
ago and decided that inasmuch as there
is nothing stirring on George river,
they might better get into communi
cation with Donlan, as that was the
only spot in this country that was show
ing any re.al signs of speed. According
to the statement of Ferguson, who lias
been over there several months and
done considerable work, these same
Georgetown citizens are even more up
against it, if they go to Donlan.
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Just received a shipment
from St. Michael
75c a lb.
One pound to a person, j
j MARTIN SICKINGER j
EXECUTIONS
RECALLED
The executions issued in the cases of
Stewart & McDowell against Landahl’s
bookstore and Mrs. Roseoe’s, demand
ing a vacation of the premises. Friday
morning, were recalled Friday after
noon.
There seems to have been a differ
ence of opinion as to the legal phase of
the situation, the plaintiffs claiming
that they had a right to an execution
because the defendants had neglected
to perfect thoir appeal from the com
missioner's court to the district court.
The defendants claimed that their time
had not expired, and it appears that
Judge Multby was convinced of the
correctness of this vittv.
Mexico Still Revolts
El Paso, Tex., Feb. 5 - It is gathered
from the intermittent wire service that
the rebels began an attack upon the
federal troops at Juarez at daybreak
todav. The government relief bauds
have been cut off and the railroad
tracks destroyed. A strong effort is be
ing made to round up the rebels.
Puerto Cortez, Feb. 5- Gen. Christ
mas today issued orders placing the
city under martial law.
Fight Opium Traffic
Seattle, Jan. 21 A vigorous cam
paign is being wagedagainsttho opium
traflic on the west coast, many societies
and institutions seconding the efforts
of the government in this direction.
Election Fraods io N. J.
Camden, F. J., Jan. 24 — Several
prominent officials of this city have j
been indicted on a charge of serious I
frauds during the recent elections.
Will Vote on Incorporation
On January 24 Judge Overfield, at
Fairbanks, signed an order setting the
date for the voting on the incorpora
tion of this city for April 11. At tlie
same time, the citizens will vote for
tl e members of the first council, should
th > majority vote be for incorporation.
In the order, Judge Overfield ap
pointed A. E. Light as judge of tiie
election, and Major Albrecht and Ike
Bayles inspectors.
Do You Know James Hobin?
The marshal's office is in receipt of a
letter from Katherine Hobin. of 101
Spring street, Auburn, Me., inquiring
the whereabouts of one James Hobin.
from whom the writer had not heard
for 20 years. It seems that tiis family
got a report that he was in the Iditarod
ami they are anxious to hear from him.
Anyone having knowledge should ad
dress his folks at once.
Manila, Feb. o—Following the vol
canic. eruptions of Jan. 28th ou the
island of Luzon, when several Filipino
villages were wiped out by flowing lava,
the entire Philippine archipelago has
been visited by a series of severe earth
quakes.
Throttle Competitors
Chicago, .Jan. 25.—A gigantic merger
is notv in process of development in
this city whereby the elevated and
surface lines of the Chicago street rail
way system will be consolidated undei
one management. The capitalizatioi
of the new company will he enormous.
Shoots Father and Sister
Denver, Jan. 24—Geo. Drost, aged
22. shot and killed his father during a
quarrel on their farm at Northbeld. A
younger sister, who interfered in he■
father's behalf, also met with Lhesam<
fate.
Washington, Jan. 24—The house o
representatives has passed the Post
office Appropriations bill. The amount
set aside for postal purposes is *250,
000,000.
He Saved the Gyp
South Arapthon, N. Y., Jan. 24—
Capt . Barr, who in the yachts Columbia
and Reliance, twice saved the Amen
can cup from Sir Thomas Lipton'.
Shamrocks, died here during the tvees
Will Fortify Canal
Washington, Jan, 24 — The Nav
Board, of which Admiral Dewey i
president, has declared in favor of forti
fyiug the Panama canal, as advocatei
by the administration.
Will Extradite Charlton
Trenton, N. J., Jan. 24.—The at
tempt made to prevent tin? extraditioi
of Porter Charlton, who is accused o
murdering his wife at Lake Como.
Italy, has proved abortive. He wil
accordingly be turned over to tin
Italian authorities for trial.
HOTEL ARRIVALS
M' DONALD HOTEL
John Fly gar, Wm McDonald, B I
Smith. N N Jafife, F McDermott, Bei
Liscomb, C Carnon. Colin Chisholm.
Jolm Ziacberis, Angus McLellan, Wm.
Taylor, Thomas Burns, Wm. Kelly.
Pat Wltalen, Angus McKenzie, EC
Williams, Jack Bolton, Fred Holmberg.
L T Vig, Wm Dee, Wm Bristol, Aifreu
Anderson
BEATTIE HOUSE
W Stewart, J B Adams, G West,
Lars Pearson, C H Miller, Geo Rich
Ed Williams, J Hopkins, A Hember.
ger, Robt L Breadv, Geo Mitchell,
Cant. Miller, Titos McLain, Tom Tar
ras, H Hutchinson, A1 Blanchard, Bot.
Ferguson, Andy Rishman, John Turk,
Capt. Creen, Mr. and Mrs. Elenger,
Bill Elenger.
LOST AND FOUND—Briudle dog with
four white feet, answers to the name
of “Tige,” age about 2 years; owner
can recover same by paying expenses
and apply to A.D.T. Messenger office.
Fairview Trading Co. ”=L
__ Next to M. and M. Bank Building
Joseph HL Smith}
CARRIES A FI HU. UXE OF T
Furniture Cash Registers] Crockery |
Carpets Stoves and Ranges Bar Glassware |
Mattings Cole’s Heaters Safes i
Bedding F re Extinguishers Pool Tables |
Harness Hardware Phonographs and Records |
Phone 6, Second and Willow Streets, Iditarod City |
Miners & Merchants Bank
IDITAROD, ALASKA
Capital, $100,000.00
General Banking Business Transacted Gold Dust Bought and Assayed
Drafts Issued on Any Part of the World
SEATTLE CORRESPONDENT: SCANDINAVIAN AMERICAN BANK
SAKE DEPOSIT BOXES IOU KENT
OFFICERS:
T. J. Nestor, President
Chas- Ross, Vine President
E. G. Lindbei r, Manager
John Holmes, Cashier and Assayer
j AWNINGS, TENTS, TARPAULINS,
I BUNKS, BOILER HOUSES.
All Kinds of Canvas Goods. Prices Reasonable. Willow St., Iditarod.
, ^°^nson Hose; St Tent Factory
This Will Be Their
j Maiden Social Plunge
I Next Saturday night the Atctic
i Brotherhood Club of Iditarod city will
j give one large dance at Bill Ansley’s
hall. It will be a merry party de
I signed to boost for the organization in
j thin city, and at the same time give
j the ladies a chance to see the members
| in their new specially entitled “Seeing
| Nellie Hi me ”
j Tlio music will tie the best that can
be procured, and there will be liquid
j refreshment in punch bowls to still the
; rising voice of emperature.
| It is lioped that, all A. B.’s in this
i city, as well as their cousins on the
! creeks come in, because the water wil'
be fine._
L B. Initiations
Nett Saturday N'glt
They have the goat in the stable
over at Fiat City and are grooming
him tor the big doings of next Satur
day night, when about 100 new broth
ers will be added to the Arctic Broth
erhood roll, and will become members
of Camp Flat No. 20.
Tonight they will call a meeting for
A. B.’s only, whereat they will discuss
the proposition from soda to hoe, They
have much paraphernalia to secure,
and must buy a lot of feed for the goat.
For cleaning and repairing see Wile the
Tailor, Second arentie.
EMPIRE COMMERCIAL
| ,-WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
I —Wines, Liquors,
| ROSS & NESTOR,
Lumber and Building Materials .
Bank Bldg. Iditarod §
COMING AND I
Working on tlie extreme right limit
>ench of Ruby creek, where he and
.is associates have recently uncovered
i little gold, Charles Worden, of this
•ity, has given it out that he will not
eave that place until he has found j
B il.v Bevins, Tom Williams and
•Tack ICeller, just across the hill on the
Snotv gulch side, have recently run
inlo a little pay, but thiogs are not
ook ng too promising.
Craving a little excitement that the
lUiet of 1-a. Otter does not afford
■ it this time of the year, Sam Sequin,
■ne of the contestants in the Pack Mule
ase, came to town last Thursday.
Having sold out his interest in the
Texas, on Happy creek, to his partners
Wiseman and Whalen, Boh Barclay
■was to leave for Fairbanks this week
accompanied by A1 Mnrencv, who goes
to visit his family and to investigate
the condition of his mining property in
he Tatiana.
Leonard Dodge, one of the witnesses
recently subpoenaed to appear before
the grand jury at Fairbanks, was due
to leave in the wake of the Shepard
party with the insane patients.
Jack Merritt, who recently took
charge of the turkish bath attachment
at the Seilander baths, left this week
with the ptriyuf insane patients for
Fairbanks. Jack will be gone but a
! month, and will hurry back to louk
' further into the bathing business.
Senator Charles Hill, whose trail
crosses every smiling valley in the
! Northland, returned Thursday from
j Donlati creek where be has been pros
j pecting with Tom DeCamp. He has no
I encouraging news to report concerning
' the country.
|
! Ed Kelly, the well-known roadhouse
| keeper at Diskaket has been seized
I with an idea that will prove a shining
i light. Ed has put up a beacon for
1 trave'ers at his place, and at the top of
i a (jO-fuot pole he will keep a lantern!
I burning through the rest of the winter'
[darkness. He figured on having red,
j white and green, on successive nights,'
| but on second thought decided to make
| the last- color blue.
| Claude Shea and Adams who are
j taking Mr. and Airs. Harry St. George
; to Fairbanks were last reported about
| 40 milt s out of .Diskaket on t.he Lewis
; trail. They had encountered had
j weather and much snow, making as a
j consequence, only about L7 miles a day.
I Bob Gerky, who has lived in the In
! noko for tlie last two or three years,
! and who was recently connected with
| Ross & Morrow there, arrived in the
| city last Tuesday.
Cy Noble, theold-iirae freighter, who
has been toying with the mining game
around this section during the last few
months, has heard the call of the far
■'' ._i^ir====^_- — ■
SYou Should Buy One or
More More Bonds Is
sued by the Arctic
Brotherhood Club:
The money derived from the sale of the bonds will be put
into a public improvement—no, a public necessity—a public hall.
The bonds will be amply secured by the building and lot,
at the corner of Second avenue and Richmond street.
The bonds are issued in denominations of $25 each, and
draw 8 per cent, interest.
These bonds will be redeemed before the expiration of the
year, as only a limited number will be issued.
BUY ONE OR MORE AT ONCE, m HELP i PUBLIC ENTERPRISE
Bonds may be had at the Miners & Merchants Bank, the Merchants
! Cafe, or from the Board of Trustees: Charles Ross, Jos. H. Smith. Charles
E. Miller, Robert Simpson. I. Goldstein. DO IT TODAY!
North again and was due to leave th's
week for the Koyukuk country. FTc
did not think well of tlie Red Mountain
strike as he was there last winter, but
will go directly to Wiseman City and
Nolan creek where he lias some ground,
and where lie believes fortune still
awaits him.
Leslie Kehoe, the well-known local
merchant, who recently started for
California to the bedside of his mother,
returned Wednesday from Melozi where
he had done some telegraphing. He
learned that his tr other was better and
that, it was not necessary for him to
make the long trip at the present time.
Ede left the Yukon on Feb. 9th and had
an extremely rough trip on the return.
Clias. IIoss, of the firm of Ross &
Nestor in this city, will leave the Idit
arod about the 1st of March for a ■ o
jorii'll in Nome. He will be, accompanied
by Bob Griffis, the famous nntsher, who
returned last week from Seward, hav
ing made the distance from Seward to
Ophir in 11 days of suowshoeing.
Albert Will Look Too
Seattle, Jan. 2f>—On the steuner Ala
meda which cleared from this port last
night for Alaska there were several
passer gers for Fairbanks, among them
being J. Albert Jackson and wife. Mr.
Jackson is vice-president of the Wash
ington-Alaska bank at Fairbanks, hav
ing succeeded Piesident Barnette in
the management of the defunct irisu
tution, after Barnette left for the Out
side last fall. He is hurrying back to
have a look into the causes of the bank
failure, and will reach Fairbanks in the
lead of Barnette who is also due to
leave for the North.
Among the other Fairbanks pas
sengers on the Alameda were Mrs. W.
P. Young, Mrs. Win. Volkman. B. T.
Wood and K, T. Russell.
Alaska Customs Changes
Seattle, Jan. 24—Collector of customs
Willis has just returned hero from
Washington. He announces that several
changes in the Alaska® Customs service
have been decided upon by the admin
istration. The customs' houses at Val
dez and Sulzer will be abolished and
their business transferred to Cordova
and handled through the medium of
travelling customs officers, who will be
placed upon the smaller vessels which
ply between the various ports.
Have your nuggets made into souve
. trs at Simpson's, the pioneer jeweler
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Disco very Cafe Rooming House
H. Di'rand, Proi*. Dis. Otter
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FILED FOR RECORD
Monday, Feb. 20.
Bill of Sale—Kmil Poll! to .T. L. Sale,
Fairbanks, half interest in lot 30x300 '
; adjoining Stanley’s roadhouse, Flat,
| leasehold only, $1.
Location—W. F. O’Connor and J
O’Mclia, Almalo group, head Black
i creek.
Deed—Zeno Gagnon and James Leini
eux to Louis Spitz, Fairbanks, (j-16
Wildcat association, .3-10 Willow Creek
association, 11-48 Pioneer association,
all cn Willow creak, $322.
Tuesday, Feb. 21.
Power of Attorney—General. Pete
! C’onto to John Giucberio.
j Chattel Mortgage- Nels Glantz and
| Mrs. Selma Swanson to Thomas P.
! Ailken, Grand hotel and fixtures tn se
i cure 31.102.
Location—J. A. Slippern. K. Smith,
! Margaret Stevens, John Powers, Au
| rora association, Alder gulch, tributary
\ of Bonanza and Reindeer.
I Location—Thos. Klogand five others,
| lone association, Bonanza creek,
j Deed- R. L. Barclay to F. C. Wise
! mail, all his interest in lay on upper
1,500 feet of Texas association, Happy
| creek, $1.
Mortgage—F. C. Wiseman and Pat
| Whalen to M. A M. Bank, 3-4 interest
! in lay on upper 1,500 feet Texas associ
i tion, Happy creek, 82,750.
Thursday, Feb. 23.
I Deed—R. T, Chamberlain to Lizzie
Wiekersham, all grantor’s right in lay
on upper portion of Texas association,
Flat creek, $1.
Location—G. F. Mayhood and seven
others, Morgan association, Henry
creek, Reindeer district; same . and
three others, Traders association, Gay
gulch, tributary Henry creek; same
and seven others, Jenson association,
Suo v gulch, tributary Reindeer creek;
same and -even others, Mayhood asso
ciation, Mayhood creek, tributary of
Fairbanks creek: same, 20 acres, 6-a,
Lewin creek, tributary of Reindeer.
Friday, Feb. 24.
; Deed—C. P. Pederson to A! Morency,
1-12 Pack Mulo fraction, Black creek,
131. _
Place your order for cigar and dis
play cases of all kinds, shipped first
steamers. J. I. Johnstone, distributor
for Grand Rapids and Wilmarth Fix
tures Co.
Ballinger Hands Out Bluff
Doston, Jan. 27—In a speech de
livered here last night before the
Williams college, Alumni association.
Secretary lial linger of the Department
of the Interior, handed out a few stiff
jolts to what lie called “near-reform
ers." He said that they could not pull
a good man down and that he was not
afraid of criticism.
Going Alter the Highsr-Ups
New York, Feb. f>.—Following the
explosion of a car of dynamite by care
less handling in the railroad yards id
the New York Central, as a result < f
which several people weie killed re
cently, seven of the officials and em
ployes of live road have been arraigned
or. the chatgc of manslaughter.
Costs Money to WeiGti
Topeka, Jan. 27 -Following a .-m-u
tional breach of promise suit, institu
ted hero by Miss Sadie DalmarCe
against former reform Mayor (Ireor.
the jury came in with a verdict, award
ing the plaintiff $5,500 damages.
AND
WILLOW ST., IDITAROD
JIMMY NISHIMOTO, Proprietor.
f CASH PRIZE f i
l POOL TOURNAMENT NOW ON :
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