One Dollar Per Month. IDITAROD, ALASKA, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 11, 1911. Two Bits Per Copy
Masons’ Night of Pleasure
Mixed with a feast of reason and a
flow ef soul, the dancing of the Masons
of Iditarod Thursday night came close
to being a coruscated classic. It was
entirely enjoyable anyway, and one of
the best parties ever.
A number of folks had cotne in from
the creeks, and the attendance from
the town was flattering. Pleasing in
termissions were had between the
■dances while songs were sung and
speeches made, Major Strong acting in
the capacity of presiding officer.
Noteworthy were the songs of Mrs.
Dunham and Mr. Moses, while Cecil
Clegg dwelt upon the subject of “Fra
ternalism’’ in an interesting manner.
Jack Connolly had come in from Flat
City to play the piano; and his music
was ably augmented by Jack Donahue
with the drums. Dancing being the
chief object of the meeting, they cut
out all other pursuits late in the even
ing and devoted themselves in a whole- !
hearted manner to the main issue until j
an early hour in the morning.
Dan Sutherland, John Cameron and i
Doc Holmes are still nosing around in !
the gravels of 1-a Granite creek. They j
have so many fine prospects that they j
are loth to look at any other ground, :
and confidently expect to bo taking out
the real goods next season.
Town Loses Many Early Photographs
A fire that started when no one
was at home, consumed the cabin
of C. L. Clemons yesterday afternoon,
in the vicinity of the Slippern saw
mill, and too far away to be reached by
the lire department.
Mr. Clemons, who is a young man
and an enthusiatic photographer, lost
everything he had, including some
2000 films and three cameras. The
pictures told a lively story of the
growth of this camp, and the loss to Mr.
Clemons is shared by the whole com
munity.
Are Wanted In Seattle
Armed with subpoenas for Clias
Greer and Tom Greer, now thought to
be in the Kuskokwim country, Deputy
Marshal Donovan will leave tomorrow
to cut across the divide and inform the
men in question that they are wanted
in Seattle.
The calls to civic duty were issued in
the case of United States vs Mundy,
said to be an action growing out of
the alleged coal land frauds, and con
nected with the Cunningham claims.
Would Try It On the Horse
About the 1st of January, the town
of Seward became very much alive to
the possibilities of the Seward-Iditarod
trail. They actually went so far as to
consider sending a man out with a
horse and doubie-ender to see if the
trail was feasible. When last heard
from they were still dickering to see
who would raise the money.
Dennis Dougan Dead
Dennis Dougan, aD old-timer of the
north, died recently in Fairbanks from
hemorrhage of the lungs. He had
been unwell for several months, and
his end was not unexpected.
Dougan, was born in England, and
was a seaman by occupation. He went
to Dawson during the first excitement,
.afterwards settling in Fairbanks.
"Senator" Chas. Hill arrived in town
today and Is due to leave tomorrow
direct for Fairbanks. He will carry
mail and other trifles for them as j
wishes to send.
Bob Leferge of White and Leferge,
poolroom proprietors of Dikeman, was
in Iditarod early in the week.
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See Sickinger for complete outfits.
COMING AND GJNfiJ
Miss Halley, who has been doing the
day shift as “Hello” girl at the local
exchange is now taking a two-weeks
vacation. During her absence Miss
Sargent, the former night operator, is
doing the day shift and Miss Kotsch is
on at night. When Miss Halley re
turns to work, Miss Sargent will get a
breathing spell of two weeks.
Jim Murray of Flat, who has troubles
of his own in the matter of lot jumping,
was a witness in the case tried here
this week.
Lon Doggett, one of the real estate
kings of Flat city, who found it neces
sary to anchor his new building during
the recent high winds, came in early
this week to spend a few days in towB.
Sam Dubin, one of the pioneer claim
owners of Flat creek, and head of the
chief hostelry of Dikemati arrived in
town the latter part of this week to in
spect the industrial scenery.
Joe Trend, a salt-water sailor on the
Iditarod when the river is open, the
first mate of the White Seal, came up
Thursday from Dikeman where he has
been enjoying the winter months. He
■reports that he has been overhauling
the marlin-spike, and will go back in a
■few days to look at the poop-deck
m’ns’l.
Fred Osterholz, one of the pioneers
of Otter creek, and now a firm believer
in Moore, came in this week to re- |
cuperate from a somewhat protracted
illness. . 9e. was laid up .for several
days with grip or something; but not
until he had ascertained that he had
ground worth looking into. As a con
sequence he will start back shortly and
will take a drill along mit him with
which he will massage the face of na
■ tire.
COURT GETS REAL
DECISIVE ACTION
A rather unusual sequence is that attending upon the trial of the case
of E. W. Griffin vs. John Lund and Torn Frolin, which was tried and
decided in favor of the plaintiff before Judge Maltby Thursday after
noon, and followed the same evening by an execution against the
defendants, with the marshal on the lot the following morning to re
move the building that had been partly erected on the lot jumped on
Front street, Flat.
The jumping in question took place some weeks ago and was the
fiist eruption of that virulent laud fever that seized Flatites recently
and caused so much hard feeling and fraternal strife, in that erstwhile
peaceful hamlet.
The defendants saw an open space of ground adjoining the Griffin
store on Front street, which he had been using as a passageway to his
warehouse, and believed they could put it to a better use. Accordingly
they decided to make Griffin & Co. drive around the block, and to do
so, started a log building on the lot aforesaid.
In spite of the remonstrances of the owners of the lot and the
authorities and the public, these laud hungry individuals stayed with
the proposition and erected their building log by log until they were
close to the second story. Reaching this point however, they quit work
pending the outcome of the suit which had been instituted against them.
The action Thursday attracted considerable attention and quite a
number of people came in from Flat to look on and to testify. Major
Albrecht represented the plaintiff and J. S. Harding, appeared for the
defendants
WE GET ALL OF 202
POUNDS OF MAIL
Leading a caravan that looked like
the migration of the early tribes of the
Yukon, Mail Carrier Snow arrived in
the city last night, bringing the mail
and several pounds of other matter de
signed for the use and benefit of the
people of the Iditarod. There were i
some ten dog teams, and each one was
carrying something which shows that
we must be long on some commodity
because the mail only weighed 202
pounds.
This large and thriving district, said
by writers to be the most prosperous
camp in Alaska, with every prospect of
producing $5,000,000 next summer, was
treated to a dose of 177 pounds of first
class and 25 pounds of second class mail.
This is almost more than we can stand.
| The postoffice department will be no
j tified to slip it to us in milder doses.
I .T. H. Richards, hardware merchant
| of this city, is also one trail blazer. He
i shortened the trail to Seward by 25
j miles and told Anton Hide about it.
WILL CUT INTO |
HEART OF TEXAS
With a large outfit of supplies and a complete hoisting plant now
in motion toward the Texas association on Happy creek, it now begins
to look like real business tor that stream next season and every hope
held forth that she will prove one of the big producers of the camp.
After prospecting all winter, Wisemen, Whalen and Chambers have
apparently satisfied themselves that they are on the money, and they
are preparing to open up on a large scale. Where they have encotin
tered their best pay on the right limit they are too deep for open-cut
mining and will accordingly stait hoisting as soon as they get their
machinery installed.
Happy is looking better every day with indications which point to
pay the entire length of the creek.
Parham, Berry and associates on the Contact association just above
the Washington, and below where “Caribou Bill" Deetcring made such
a good showing last summer, are finding good stuff in their ground,
and are starting a drain for open work next season.
Below the Texas, on the Bell association, Tom Armstrong and
Tom McLean, are experiencing some difficulty with water, but have
seen enough to keep them strictly on the job.
C'apt. Jack Green, editor-in-chief of
the Pup, and one of the oldest inhabi
tants of Dikeman, hitched himself up
and drove into town for a few days stay.
He returned Wednesday.
Frank B. Stanley, pilot of the Stanley
roadhouse at Flat town has been cot,
fined to his cabin for several days past.
He met u 1 hi large-sized grip germ j
and was almost immediately faded. j
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WILL GET SPEEDY ACTION ON NEW LIQUOR FANTASY
The Northern Commercial company is about to go to
the mat with District Attorney Crossley and with Attorney
General Wickersham on the question of the right to sell a
bottle of whiskey under a retail license. Tom McGowan,
attorney for the company is now in Gibbon, and a test case
is being made with C. A. Munro, agent at Gibbon, in the
rcle of defendant. The trouble started following the recent
dictum of the attorney general supporting Crossley, in bis
contention that licensees under a retail or barroom license
could sell no liquor except that which was to be con timed
upon the premises. The attorney general came to the
conclusion that a saloon keeper desiring to sell liquor not
for consumption on the premises, must lake out a whole
sale license. The ruling comes about as a result of the de
sire on the part of Attorney Crossley to stamp cut the illegal
sale of liquor to Indians, and must needs be fought out in
the courts at once, as it has thrown the liquor traffic of the
territory into a state of t,,» greatest confusion.
ALASKAN NEWS NOTES FROM MANY COMMUNITIES
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The activity in mining circles in the neighborhood
of Seward may be gauged from the news that five dif
ferent stamp mills have been ordered for the coming
season. Two Bucyrus dredges will also be installed to
work the placers on the Kenai river, where an English
syndicate has taken over the Youngs and Hubbard
property.
On February 8, at Fairbanks, Miss Isabelle Sulli
van was married to Deputy Marshal A. II. Hansen.
The ceremony was performed by Rev. Father Crimont.
The bride was formerly a nurse at St. Joseph’s hos
pital, and arrived in Fairbanks last August.
Pay has been found on several claims on Sheep
creek, a tributary of Nolan, in the Koyukuk. It is
believed that a regular paystreak has been located.
Another quartz strike has been made in the vicin
ity of Beaver Dam, on the Valdez trail. The vein is
eighteen inches wide, has been traced for over 100 feet
and shows plenty of free gold.
James B. Logue, a Koyukuk miner, was asphyxi
ated by foul gas at the bottom of his shaft on Jennie
creek, Hammond river, on January 13.
Adolph Bock, who owns the Bock fraction on
Sullivan creek, Hot Springs district, expects to take |
out over $100,000 this season.
Frank Manley is expected in Hot Springs this!
week.
Bob Horn, who was a member of Tom Lloyd’s Mt.
McKinley party, has been seriously ill at Gibbon. He
in now convalescent.
Ketchikan is now enjoying a wave of prosperity.
Not only is the city free from debt, but it has nearly
$10,000 in the treasury.
It is reported in Nome, says the Nome Nugget,
[that Albert Fink, the attorney, is suing the Pioneer
I Mining Company for $25,000, which he claims is due
him for attorney fees.
Fred Bond, a pioneer of the Klondike, is on his
way here over the Seward trail.
Lou Conway, chief of police of Fairbanks, has re
signed.
Ed Wickersham, brother to the delegate, is oper
ating on Upper Dome, Fairbanks district.
Bob McChesney, who for the past eighteen months
has been conducting the Cordova North Star, has sold
out to the Daily Alaskan, of which Harry Steel is the
managing editor.
A graphite mine is being opened up in the Seward
peninsula. The ore runs from 50 to 60 per cent pure
metal.
Captain Allan P. Gilmour, who earned fame here
during the late election owing to his gallant but fruit
less attempts to locate Steve Birch, is spending the
winter “down among the colonels.”
Ed Hasey, the murderer of Keystone canyon notor
iety, has been released from jail.
According to the Tanana News snow is piled 30
feet deep on the Koyukuk trail.
The plant °f the Ketchikan Miner was sold by the
marshal last month. The paper has been a losing
proposition for a long time.
Reports from Sullivan creek, Hot Springs district,
are to the effect that the coming season will be a record
one for that camp.
Fred Howard and Lynn Smith have opened a gen
eral merchandize store at Tofty, otherwise Sullivan
city, in the vicinity of Hot Springs. Howard was for
meriy in charge of the Stanley House there.
HOPELESS WAIL OF BENIGHTED AND FORLORN PEOPLE
The ears of the po^tiffiee department at Washington
are closed to otir entreaties. They have listened to our
editorial broadsides, they have harkened unto the voice of
17 clubs and commercial organizations at Seattle, and they
have shut up like the proverbial clam.
With the last mail comes the vast intelligence that no
word has been heard from Washington. We had counted
on a weekly mail service for the rest of the winter, or at
least, a twice-a-month service which would clean up the j
big surplus that is accumulating every day at Nulato. So
many representations had been made that we thought we
had them by the tail, but in the words of the ancient poet,
there ain’t nothin’ stirrin’.
It is probably useless to say anything more about the
mail,—we must just grin and bear it. This large and
thriving empire received 200 pounds in the last consign
ment, which seems to he a direct reproof to ali the agi
tation.
Some day we tnay get the thirteenth assissant P. M.
G. up here on a tour ot inspection, and if we do, we will
make him sort out that hunch of second class surplus at
Nulato and won’t pay him for it.
Mayhap, they will con-ider our postoffiee next sum
mer and raise the salary to a living wage.
Doc Mading Now
on His Way Back
According to telegraphic advices re
ceived here, Doc Mading was due to
leave Seattle on March 8, and if his
plans did not miscarry, is now on his
way to Seward.
He was one of the first out over the
Seward trail, and made it in good
time. He opined that he could make
it back in 12 days with good spring
going, but he may meet disappointment
according to the report of the latest
arrivals who were 70 days on the way.
Mading invested in some quartz
propositions at Seward on his way out,
and will doubtless stop there for a
short time to note progress.
Wind Late Storm Plays Pranks
A recast of the work of the big
winds of last month shows that the se
vere storms did considerable damage
far more than was supposed. In Flat
the breeze accomplished considerable
havoc, twisting building out of plumb
and carrying ODe tent with board walls
and floor a distance of a hundred yards.
The owner thereof saved further pro
gress by picketing his abode to a tele
phone pole.
Lon Doggett’s and another two-story
building were blown leveral inches
out of plumb, as was the A. B. hall.
In this city, a number of large win
dows were broken, and the tent ware
house of the N. C. Co. on the water
ft’out more or
“Marcus” Daly to
be One of Them
A. J. Daly, familiarly and popularly
known among the many frieDds he
made here on his brief sojourn last
summer as “Marcus’: Daly, will return
here on one of the earliest boats of the
spring. He has informed Manager
Lindberg, of the M. & M. bank, that he
will attend to any Outside business
that may be entrusted to him before
his departure for the Iditarodvia Daw
son. He can be reached at his office in
the Leary building, Seattle.
Marcus but lately returned from
Washington, where, it will be remem
bered, he extended an invitation io
Champ Clark, the new speaker of the
House, to come to Alaska and look the
proposition over for himself. Daly is
Democratic national committeeman for
Alaska, and it is probable that Champ
turned a willing ear to all he had to
say about this country.
R. W. Roberson His Not Written Home
Mrs. M. M. Roberson of 526 Waverly
street, Palo Alto, Cal., writes to the
postmaster here inquiring for infor
mation concerning her son, R. W.
Roberson, from whom she has not
heard since last summer. He is sup
posed to be in the Iditarod and is caus
ing considerable anxiety through his
silence. _
Mr. and Mrs. James Chronister took
a run over from Otter yesterday by
dog team. They returned home the
same evening.
If you want pur clothing cleaned or pressed
ring up Wilff the Tailor - Phone 68
BRINGS NEWS OF
TOKOTNA DOINGS
People who used to live on Ester will
1 remember Bert Green, the young man
' who marched up and down the creek
every day with a Times in one hand
i and a smile in the other. Well, he got
j in from the Tokotna post of the Kus
J kokwim Commercial Co. last Thursday,
'and announced that he was going back
! pretty pronto as he has been working
j there several months, and left a few
j things untouched.
He carried a little gossip under his
1 bonnet of which the following is a part:
j Joe Morrow, the bean magnet of
Op'hir, has sold out an interest in his
wholesale and retail establishment
to that old-time trader, Dave Edwards,
known to the oldest inhabitant of the
Innoko.
Dave Johnson, the man who owned a
lay on the Wildcat association on Flat
creek, and who was induced to let go
to Doc Mading for the mere consider
ation of $40,000, is on his way hither
from Nixon’s Fork. He should arriye
about the 15th.
Frank Joaquin, of the K. C. Co., is
now on his way from Georgetown to
Tokotna. He will tarry there a mo
ment and will then hike to the far Out
side, via Seward.
On Willow creek, a left limit tribu
tary of Moore creek, coming in at or
near 7-a, “Smiling Albert” Lind has
just uncovered pay. This report seems
well founded but is still indefinite.
See Sickinger for complete outfits.
Camp Iditarod No. 27
Will Soon Blossom
In the mail just received comes the
intelligence that Maj. Strong, of the
Iditarod Nugget, has been appointed
Deputy Grand Arctic Chief at large of
the Arctic Brotherhood, and Z. Lous
sac has also been appointed Grand
Arctic Chief for the Iditarod.
According to the terms of the grant,
Major Strong is now empowered to
establish a camp of the Arctic Brother
hood wherever he may deem fit, and to
grant a charter therefor. His first
work in that direction will be in
Iditarod, and it is expected that Camp
No. 27 will soon emerge from its swad
dling clothes.
Owing to lack of paraphernalia and
the ritual, there may be soma delay
until these can be secured, but the
work of organizing the Iditarod camp
will go forward as rapidly as possible.
E. J. Carssow, better known as
“Judd,’’came in from Ophir this week
and reports that although things are
substantially prosperous there is no
great excitement in the Innoko just
now. Judd likes the Iditarod and will
stick around a while.
Arriving Daily
Fresh beef and pork. The supply is
limited. Place your orders early. Inde
pendent Market, Second avenue.
LOST: A lady’s 4-piece mink muff,
Thursday evening, between the
Summit roadhouse and Flat city.
Finder will receive a liberal reward
by returning same to this office.
A, B, Hop Was
Social Triumph
The birth of the social bee of the
Iditarod A. B. club was attended with
the most gratifying circumstances and
trimmings. It was the very first at
tempt of the new club to entertain the
ladies, and they d.d it in such a manner
to suggest that they had seen such
things before.
The party was held at Ansley’s hail
last Saturday, and will be remembered
for many moons. Unfortunately there
was a conflict in dates between Flat
and this city, and as a consequence
Flat A. B.’s were not what might be
called numerous, but the fun was unal
loyed even with the absence of those
good entertainers. The musical pro
gram was excellent, and the dancing
was a good as they could make it.
Hi Wants Knute Skoftiind
Gus Skoftland, writes from Fox city
in the Fairbanks district asking for in
formation concerning his brother
Knute, who was last heard from in the
fall of 1908, when he was working on
Cleary creek. At that time he was
getting ready to go prospecting with
another party to the Susitna country,
and doubtless did head in that direction.
Mrs. Teresa Rescue, of the Palace of
Sweets, returned yesterday from a
brief visit to Flat. It is rumored that
Mrs. Roscoe will have a branch store
in the creek city.
Have your uuggets made into souve
nirs at Simpson's, the pioneer jeweler.
Could See Right to Bottom
Gibbon, Feb. 17—Joseph Van Kow
iki, a Pole, was found insane by a jury
aere today. He wus grub-staked by
Doc Madden, and was frozen in above
Kokrines. He claims to have found
nay on a creek there which he has
named Challenge.
He is oil on religion, and claims that
when a child he died and came to life
tgain. He asserts that lie can see into
the ground and claims to have had a
vision which caused him to hit on
Challenge creek. He is a good pros
pector and is about the most sensible
crazy man that has turned up here in a
long time.__
Brought in tha First Caribou
Loaded down wirh seven hindquar
ters of caribou meat, G. H. Tiffany
struck Flat City last Thursday from
the Kuskokwim country, and as a con
sequence there will bo a big gastro
■ uuieal potiach out there 'long about
St. Patrick’s time. This is the first
real consignment of untamed meat to
strike the creek metropolis, and Frank
Stanley managed to corner the market
on the first rubber. There will be
several exhibitions of tall and fancy
eating at that roadhouse until well
along in the spring.
Hosiana Country is Not Booming Much
In a telegram received at Gibbon
about Feb. 17th, it is reported that
very little had been found on the Pitka
fork of the Hosiana where a number of
Ranoparters have been prospecting all
winter. They are tin-owing up then
ground and coming out.
Nothing has been heard all winter
from Mud fork where Ed Bresnahan
and Alex Nicol of Fairbanks are lo
cated. _
Must Also Elect
School Trustees
Commissioner Maltby has just re
ceived official notification of the elec
tion to be held here on April 11, when
the citizens of Iditarod will vote on
the question of incorporation of the
town, will elect a board of seven eoun
cilmen and a board of three school
trustees.
The form of ballot to bo used is set
out in the order, and shows seven
blanks, to be filled by writing out
your choice for city dads, There is
some difficulty in regard to knowing
whom you will vote for, but it has been
suggested that all those who are wil
ling to run for place as councilman,
should turn in his name to the board
of election judges, consisting of Major
Albrecht, A. E. Eight and Ike Bayles.
This being done, it will be possible
to publish a list of candidates before
the day of voting. The same tiling
should be done in regard to the school
trustees.
Subscribed to Postoffice Fund
Following are the subscribers to the
postofiice fund since the last list was
published:
B. E. Johnson, James Venus, E. J.
Ives, Mrs. Sherburne, E. A. Mitchell,
M. V. Tyler, Edricka Kiev, [Riverside
hotel, Harry Moss, ,T. H. Bullard, C. C.
Chittick, no name, $1 each; Bennett
James, Marholz & Erickson, J. H. Scott,
Morgan & Litsey, $2 each: Dr. Wort
mann, Henry Howard, each; Cecil
H. Clegg, $1.
These are voluntary subscriptions for
the maintenance and general up-keep
of the postoffice, and does not include
those renting cal! boxes.
HOTEL ARRIVALS
M'DONALD HOTEL
J H Miller, Fairbanks: Angus Me
Kenzie, Joe Barker, Frauk Gleason,
C Chisholm, Angus McLellan. Alan
Chester, Herman Dahl, J A McKay,
August Olsen, William Taylor, C Mur
ray, Tom Frolin, G Peterson, C U Wy
me, K S Hart, Fred Dubon, Ed Wolff,
city; Capt. Green, Tom Marcusson,
Dikeman; Jack Sargent, Fred Voegler,
W Kelly, Flat; M Copley, Pat Powers,
Boulder; W E Donahue, Gus Olsen,
Ophir; F Wiseman, Happy.
See Sickinger for complete outfits,
A RICH STRIKE
After laying around most of the win
ter until I was just about despondent
from having nothing to do and nothing
to read, I dropped into a store and
si ruck the best. Circulating Library,
cigars, tobaccos, pipes and everything
kept in a first-class book and stationery
store I have seen for a long time.
Where is it? Landahl’s Emporium,
o' course. If you can’t find it there
i.'s not in the citv.
Frank Dawson, the well-known
freighter and man of general mining
affairs, came over from Flat creek last
Thursday to look after some business
matters. __
See Sickinger for complete outfits