Miners & Merchants Ba
IDITAROD, ALASKA
Kennel Club! Kennel Club! Iditarod’s pet baby cub
Of which Arbuckle is ruler and revolving hub,
Will on Roof Garden night quench you • thirst by the j
tub
And pacify all you hungry with delicious palatable
grub.
Fairbanks barbers close shop on Sundays.
R. W. Calderbead, well-known oldtimer of Dawson and Fairbanks,
suspected of insanity, has been released.
Peter Perrin has been granted a roadhouse barroom license for his
place of business ou Dome creek, Fairbanks distiict.
At the annual election of officers of the Tauana club, Fairbanks,
Joseph R. Mathews was elected president, and K G. Griffin vice presi
dent.
Isaac, the venerable chief of the Moosehide Indians, was sue of the
first stampeders from Dawson in the great Sixtymile rush. He staked
a claim.
The government reindeer herd located near Tanana will be removed
to Uu.tlakleet as soon as Bango, the herder, cau m ike the necessary
preparations.
W. B. Jamison, old timer of Fairbanks and former resident of Idit
arod, has readied Seattle after a tour of the East. He left Iditarod on
one of the last boats last tall.
An order-in-council has been signed at Ottawa transfering the
right of administration of railways in the railway belt of British Colum
bia to the provincial government.
Orders have been sent to Juneau by the Navy Department to dis
continue the marine barracks located at that place, and for the time
being all supplies turned over to the care of the customs service offi
cials.
Mrs. Peter Conley, who has b-e-n in the country {or the past 16
yaars, has started in business at Fairbanks in tailoring and fur repair
lug for ladies e id gentlemen. Mrs Civile}’ was a short time ago burnt
cut at Little Eldorado.
A cot respondent of the Nome Industrial Worker, speaking of the
prices charged by Ruby merchants, says: “These bean peddlers have
the aviators of the world skinned .a mile for record elevations, and
uever bat an eye in the process.”
The movement recent!/ inaugurated looking to the consolidation
of Yukon territory with the province of British Columbia did not gain
much headway in the Canadian parliament. The proposition appears
to be dead, at least for the time being
Klondike's potatoes are supplying the greater demand of the camp
for the faithful tuber this winter. The farmers near Dawson have many
tons, and prices continue steady at 5 to 7 cents a pound. Outside po‘a
toes are retailing at nine pounds for a dollar.
A national bird reserve has been created in Forester island, Alaska
The purpose is to provide some place where birds may be secured from
extinction. Northern birds will be particularly provided for, and the
reserve will be used to raise eagles and save the species from extinction
While Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gins, of Pedro, Fairbanks district,
were on tbeir way to Circle Hot Springs, the sled upon which Mrs. Gius
was riding collided with a pile of taiiiugs near Cleary City, and in an
upset which followed one of her shoulders wa3 dislocated. The trip was
abandoned.
The merger of the Alaska-Pacific Steamship Company and its af
filiated Alaska coast company with the North Pacific Steamship Cora
pany of Portland had not been completed at last accounts. It seeins
certain that President H. F. Alexander, of the Alaska-Pacific Company,
sought to negotiate a deal with President Doe, of the North Pacific
Company, but failed to complete the merger, and it is at present up in
t%e air.
Andy Worden, the Circle freighter, who returned to Chatanika re
cently from a trip into the Birch creek district, reports that the
CROWLEY & PORTER
The House of Quality
CARRIES THE LARGEST AND FINEST STOCK
OF GROCERIES IN IDITAROD
All Hours Alike in This House
GOME ONCE AND YOU WILL GOME AGAIN
FIRST AVENUE. SOUTAR & SUTHERLAND, Preps.
HAL!,XA®?iFFIS’ General Merchants,
PISKAKETMISERS' SUPPLIES * SPECIALTY
Have Your Carpets Washed tor Your Spring Honsecleaning
25c Per Yard
Cascade Steam Laundry
search for the missing Red McCarty has been abandoned until spring.
Mr. Worden states that 'lie belief is previlent over there that the body
of ilie oldtimer, or at least some trace of him, w ill be found without dif
ficulty as soon as the snow has disappeared
Under the able management of the committee on arrangements,
preparations for the Roof Garden to be given by the Iditarod Ken
nel Club at A. B. hall March 9 are going steadily on. The com
mittee consist of E. M. Stanton, Capt. Petersen, J. F. Baird, Capt.
Albert Wile, Sam Ba.yles, George Marsh and Jack Holmes.
The chairmen of the various suo-committees are as follows:
C. P. Wood, program and printing; Andrew Nerland, decoration;
E G. Lindberg, finance; Capt. Petersen, refreshments; Sam
Bayles, entertainment. J- F. Baird w II be sergeant at-arms and
marshal of the day.
This will be the last function of the season to be given by the
kennel club, and if anybody misses the fun at will not be the club’s
fault.
The great parade is a feature that is now receiving the full at
tention of the committee. It is to start promptly at 2 o’clock on
March 9, and will contain an aggregation of novelties that will
simply be unprecented in the annals of the North. The committee
is not giving out particulars, but the parade will be huge, all right.
It must have been an occasion of rare felicity when Charles E.
Herron blew into Ruby on his recent journey to Nome. Whether
he had been practicing up along the trail or not is not known, but
he was certainly prepared to meet the residents of the new camp
on a footing of equality in the matter of liberating superheated air.
Here is the Ruby Record’s account of the visit:
“The administration, including, of course, President Taft, has
endorsed the Sulzer home rule bill; this bill has the official backing
of the Democratic majority in the house, and there is no possibility
that I can see of its failure to become law.”
In such a manner spoke Charles E. Herron when he passed
through Ruby this week on his way to Nome, after hating repre
sented Seward peninsula at the meeting of Republican commit
teemen.
He came lo the meeting from Washington, D. C., where he was
in touch with everyone who has influence in the affairs of Alaska.
He was present when President Taft stated that the views ex
pressed by Secretary Fisher with regard to the development of
the coal lands, the building of railroads and other enterprises had
his full endorsement.
Mr. Herron believes that Alaska is on the verge of its greatest
era of development. It has even taken the leading place in the
national mind owing to the political eminence of some of those who
entered into its controversies, and Mr. Herron says it will occupy
a very prominent place during the Presidential election.
“So important has Alaska become,’’ said Mr. Herron, “that
both parties are anxiously striving to confer some real benefits
on it.”
Mr. Herron is traveling with his own dog team and a hired
native. He will return immediately, and will be present at the
Republican convention at Cordova on March 30.
ONE MAH COULD BE A BALL
NIKE OS TEE SOON OF BARS
Chicago.—According to Prof. P. R. Moulton, of the University
of Chicago, one man is all that would be required to play a baseball
Came on Phobus—one of the two moons of Mars—provided the
man could live in a place without atmosphere. Prof. Moulton de
scribed the manner of play in addressing a church society on the
earthlike planets.
“Our one-man team would first take the position of pitcher,”
he said, “and throw the ball horizontally. The ball would go all
the way around the moon. He would then have time to get a bat
and strike at it. If he missed it he could take his three strikes,
then put on his mask, gloves and chest protector and catch himself
out when the ball came around the fourth time- In case he hit the
ball and it bounded, he could play the part of an intielder by pick
ng the ball up as it came bounding around the moon. He could
ihen throw to first ani catch himself out on the base as the ball
came around again. If he hit a fly in place of a grounder he might
draw on his glove and, playing the part of the center fielder, catch
himself out. A strong batter might make a home run. This
would mean that he struck the ball so hard that it went beyond the
attraction of this moon and struck on the planet Mars. It would
be what we call ‘over the fence.’ ”
Seal Hunters' Jobs
Destroyed By Treaty
The quadrilateral treaty (or the pro
tection of seals in the North Pacific
and Bering sea was made effective by
the exchange of ratifications Dec. 12,
the parties to the treaty being Great
Britain, Russia, Japan and the United
States. Under this treaty pelagic seal
ing is to terminate and the taking of
fur seals will be regulated by the four
governments.
One effect of the treaty is the taking
away of the occupation of 41 Canadian
sealing schooners now at anchor in
Esquimalt harbor, British Columbia.
The owners have put in a claim of
$560,000 for compensation. The claim
win be cut down materially. Probably
the sealers will be converted into fish
ing vessels.
Twelve years ago the United States,
through its members of the joint high
commission considering the seal indus
try, offered the owners of 35 Victoria
schooners $450,000 if they would go into
some other business, retaining their
vessels. The Japanese seal hunters,
1,000 in number, have petitioned par
liament to give them $3,750 each, or
$3,750,000 in all, for taking away their
means of earning a livelihood. This is
aside from the claims made by the
owners of vessels.
A Tokio paper in November an
nounced that the Japanese government,
after counting the seals on Arazashi
islet, would permit the killing of 450
head next season. Part of the money
obtained for the skins will go toward
compensating Japanese sealers. Sim
ilarly 30 per cent, of the value of such
seals as are killed on the American
rookeries will be paid the Japanese and
Canadian sealers.
Old Lacey, Tyler, Monogram, Ather
ton and Cedarbrook, also fine old Port,
Sherry and Clarets at Empire ,Com
mercial Co.
LOST—About two weeks ago, gold
fountain pen. Finder please return
to Cascade Steam Laundry and re
ceive reward.
• ” -- -- - - ■w w ” * • ■' - ■ - ■ »■ »• »nn»-»ni-*i-uTe-j|'sfTrrinrT-»^iinrir»T-i»*»rv*T^nn'r^f7ni
^ TOMMO the RIGHT OF REVELRY!
3 Plugs $1.00 Pgnf (Man
Sole Agents A-l’-lla!l- Ma;,,ii ■' A!
'Twill Be Like the Good Old Summertime
Ball B&nd_ Boots and Paos
OUR SPECIALTIES
Fresh Petaluma Eggs Hills Bros.’ Teas and Coffees Peerless Cream
Bodega Butter-l-8s, l-4s, l-2s bbls Sealtite Ham and Bacon
Mission Brand Canned Fruits and Vegetables
That was a bully little Republican
meeting held at the Budweiser parlor?
Tuesday night. To the uninitiated it
presented surprise*: Taft’s name was
not mentioned, white Roosevelt’s was
applauded; the Hoggatt-Shackleford
machine was scored, while Delegate
Wickershum was lauded. It was a Re
publican meeting, but more practical
good sense than partisanship marke t
the deliberations.
Judge A. E. Maltby briefly stated the
ibjects of the meeting, when Charius
Uoxsie was chosen as chairman and
Is dore Goldstein secretary.
The first business was the selection
of delegates to the territorial conven
tion. Charles Worden, A. E. Maltby,
Andrew Nerland, Sam Bavlesand F. A.
Cleveland were placed in nomination,
and balloting resulted in the election
if Worden, Maltby and Nerland. The
delegates are uninstructed.
J. R. McGovern suggested that the
delegates send the1 r proxies to Fair
barks, blank, to be voted by Fairbanks
delegates, ar.d counted with the major
ity vote of the convention. Not know
ing who the candidates may be, he
would have the delegates unpledged
either fur delegate or for President.
Chairman Hoxsie said it would be
practical to send proxies to Fairbanks
o be voted by the delegates from
there, thus recognizing the unity of
interest between the Tanana and the
[ditarod. He said everybody should
vote and take an interest in the affairs
of the territory—or else refrain from
.ticks and criticisms; that a good dele
gate to congress should bs elected and
then listened to and supported. Mr.
Hoxsie said lie would be willing to sup
port suctv a man regardless of party:
he would prefer to have the best man
nominated; failing in that, the party
would have poor excuse for complaint
if the nominee is repudiated.
Bayla3 Wantad to Know
Seeing the drift of the chairman’s
remarks, Sam Bayles hurled the thun
derbolt that was destined to clear the
atmosphere when he said: “I want tc
ask if this is a gathering of g. o. p.
standpatters or of insurgents?”
The chairman said he hoped that
matter would not be gone into. Get a
good man—a broad man—one in favor
of an elected legislature, he advised,
ind ha hoped the Cordova convention
would look at it this way, too.
Here Tommy MeSmart interjected a
protest against voting the Iditarod
proxies with the majority as had been
suggested by Mr. McGovern. The
chairman thought the delegates will
use good judgment in giving their
proxies if they cannot go themselves.
Here James Wilson entered the room
and Mr. McGovern suggested that as
,h3 was going Outside he might be pre
| vailed upon to take the proxies. Mr.
j Wilson said as mere custodian of the
| proxies he would willingly do so.
Sam Bayles took advantage of the
I break in the proceedings to allude to
j Colonel Roosevelt, "j want to say
j that I wish him well whether lie is
I nominated for President or not,” he
j said, “and if he is nominated it is my
' belief he will be elected unanimously,
with the possible exception of Texas ”
Competency Demanded
In an attempt to steer the meeting
clear of the danger zone Chairman
Hoxsie told that good old story of the
negro ard the ghost, which is always
funny; after which Judge Maltby ad
dressed the meeting, frankly facing the
conditions, “There has no mention
b'en mule of a candidate fordelegate."
he said. “I am in accord with the
chairman's remarks regarding the del
egate. We want a man competent to
represent Alaska; we want home rule.
Why shouldn't we be able to govern
ourselves batter than officials in W»sh
ington are? It is up to the convention
to nominate a man who is wise enough
and willing to represent us. I will not
vote for an incompetent man, such as
have been nominated in the past." He
paid a high compliment to Delegate
Wickersham, and said his equal must
W selected if the nominee can count on
the party vote. He advised exireme
caution in regard to giving proxies.
“We are all Reaublicans, whether in
surgents or not,” he said. “The line
between Republicans and Democrats is
very narrow. The corruption in both
parties is so notorious that good men
the country over are renouncing party
allegiance.”
Secretary Goldstein mentioned re
ceipt of a letter from Dan Sutherland,
of Ruby, saying Sutherland believed
! Wickersham would run again.
Judge Maltby said tliat for some
years there has been in existence on
tiie coast what is known as the Hog
gatt-Shackleford ring, and it would be
in order for the meeting to express its
opinions fully.
Mr. McGovern wanted to let it go
over so the delegates to the convention
would be unembarrassed.
Mr. Nerland approved Judge Maltby’s
remarks, saying he had been a Repub
lican since he was 21, but would not be
bound to vote for an incompetent man.
Bayles moved that the meeting in
struct the delegates to have their
proxies voted for Wickersham. Sec
onded by Goldstein.
McGovern objected, saying it was
l not recorded anywhere in party his
i tory where a Republican meeting had
instructed in favor of an anli-Repub
lican candidate. H. M. Keys agreed
with McGovern, saying such a pro
ceeding would be utterly unprece
dented and out of order.
Chairman Hoxsie said he did not
want to be tied, and did not want dis
sensions introduced in the meeting.
Mr. Nerland said the delegates were
elected first and it would be unfair to
impose such conditions on them after
ward.
There was much sparring, without
very much disgruntlement, ar.d the
! matter rested without coming to a final
issue.
A vote of thanks to the chairman
and confidence in the delegates was
proposed by Mr. McGovern and adopted
unanimously.
Select Outside Lumber, corrugated
iron and roofing paper at Ross & Nes
tor's.
j
We still have left a fine line of
summas
and Trousers. FI! and Work
manship guaranteed.
I
!
Flat City
Ptlow Open for Business
With Choicest Brands of Liquors and CISars
WHOLESALE
E„
Fresii Groceries
Enthusiasm over the Roof Garden event is steadily growing,
It’s social enterprise applauded by all those knowing;
March the 9th sure the apex of attraction duly be glowing,
Parade bv entire Kennel Club Brigade on date, shining or blowing.
—S. B.
GOOD GOODS) FLAT CiTY OTTER CITY |PRICES RIGHT
.. imi iMWKBBBawn