iDiTAROD, ALASKA
Capital, $100,000.00
General Banking Business Transacted Geld Dust Bought and Assayed
Drafts Issued on Any Part of the World
SEATTLE CORRESPONDENT: SCANDINAVIAN AMERICAN BANK
OFFICERS:
T. .1. Nestor, Provident
(.'lias. Ross, Vice President
ID. G. Lindberg, Manager
John Holmes, Cashier and Assayer
MERCHANTS CAFE
Caters to targe and Small Parties
PRIVATE DISMISS ROOMS
Popular Prices Everything First Class
CHAS, E. M'LLER, PROP.
GREAT
Cl rent preparations are under way at Flat City for the Fourth
of July celebrations, and the committees are going to make the
day a record-breaker for Alaska- A large amount of money has
been guaranteed to cover expenses, and more is coming in daily.
The sports program is of great length—there being no less
than lb Held events, and in each case valuable prizes will be
awarded to (lie snecessf ;1 c: Vs'ar.ts. There will be a baseball
game between Discovery and 1 iat, a tug of war, a race between
locally manufactured aeroplanes, and various other attractions.
At great expense the services of the famous Silver Cornet
band have been secured, and it will play all day and the greater
part of the night. Tim festival will conclude with a shirtwaist
ball, given under the auspices of Camp Flat No- 20, A. B.
A detailed program of events will be published in the next
issue cf the blit a rod Pioneer.
C.rpt. Jack Green of the steamer
Pup is authority for the statement
that steamboat men on the Iditaro i
river have brough' up their last ton
of freight at $15 per ton. Captain
Green says it is impossible to pay
expenses and leave a margin fur
profit on the present rate and b
would rather tie up his boat than
continue to lose money. The own
ers of the Little Delta, Beaver and
Kdna are of the same opinion as
C iptain Green, arid it is reported
that they will refuse to accept
freight in future at n lower rate
than Seo per ton.
ALL ALASKA CLAIMS
IMPROPERLY STAKED
Secretary of the Interior Fisher
made the astounding statement re
cently that not a single existing
claim for mineral lands in the ter
ritory of Alaska could be allowed
by the Interior department. The
Secretary explained that none of
the claimants of coal and other
lands has complied with the law,
as nearly as the department has
been able to ascertain, and. while
fraud is not charged in all oi the
cases, many of the locations have
been made dishonestly, and none
of them is vali i.
AQUATIC STUNT DONE BY ERNEST
Ernest Bickner, who is employed
at the Merchants c.ire, perfumed
an aquatic stunt last Monday which
fairly took his hreatli lie was
showing his prowess as an oarsman
to a select few, but reckoned with
out his crazy craft. Turning to
catch the admiring glances oi his
audience, he capsized the boat and
fell headlong into the stream. His
in voluntary immersion was so
much to Iris liking that he is now
taking his morning dip like a r-gu
lar oldtimer. And he is not the
only one in the camp who disports
himself thus daily, as any early
bird knows.
Dan Hartnett, too, expetieuced
a cold douche the other day. Das;
was standing on the waterfront,
with his bact; to the river, survey
ing affectionately a patent device
of his for carrying garbage. “Ain’t
she a beauty?” said Dan, fondly
“Ain’t she just the thing for tny
business?” lie continued, backing,
meanwhile, that he might the bet
ter survey the child of his brain
(the product, he avers, of ten years
of sleepless nights). “Ain’t she
just a p Splash! Curtain
Stranberg Bros. & Johnson are using
big scrapers on their Flat creek lay
this season, instead of hoisting as they
did last year. The present method means
a great economy in labor.
Flat City
Mow Open for Business
With Choicest Brands of Liquors and Cigars
All Hours Alike in This House
GOME ONCE AND YOU WILL COME AGAIN
FIRST AVENUE. SOUTAR & SUTHERLAND. Props.
SPRING IS HERE. CLEAN UP !
Pillows, Carpets, etc., etc., Washed and Renovated
Cascade Steam Laundry
According to advices from the Coast things are getting pretty
warm in political circles, and there is every prospect of a lively
campaign between now and August- The following dispatches
received by the Iditarod Pioneer came in the form of paid press.
They are .somewhat contradictory, so have been duly credited to
the senders.
Gilmore Opens Vigorous Campaign
Cordova, June 17.—Chairman Herron of the Republican terri
torial committee arrived here yesterday on his way to Fairbanks
via Skagway. lie met William A. Gilmore, the candidate of the
regular Republicans, at Seward, and discussed with him plans for
the campaign. Gilmore is due at Cordova Tuesday, and expects
to leave for Juneau June 21. He will address meetings in his own
behalf at all stopping places. — Cordova Alaskan.
Federal Officials Support Gilmore
Valdez, June 18. —William A. Gilmore had been extensively
advertised here before his arrival from the westward. It was said
he would give a lecture on his experiences during the earthquakes
on the Alaskan peninsula, and the meeting was largely attended.
Tie was supported on the platform by federal officials and repre
sentatives of the Guggenheim interests. Gilmore claims he has
the entire support of the western cannery employes. During his
speech lie launched a tirade against Delegate Wiekersham, which
had the opposite effect from that intended and made votes for the
delegate. He apologized for double-crossing Wiekersham. His
henchman, Chairman Herron, preceded him with the sack.—George
E. Baldwin.
EVlayor Ritchie Denounces Wiekersham
Valdez, .tune 18.— An enthusiastic overflow meeting was held
here last night to listen to William A. Gilmore- The meeting was
the largest ever held in Valdez. Gilmore made a progressive
speech, and many who were formerly staunch Wickershamites now
say they are for Gilmore- Mayor Ritchie, an attorney and pro
prietor of the Valdez Prospector, openly denounced Wiekersham.
Gilmore left on a launch this morning for Cordova.—Valdez Pros
pector.
Lectures on the Earthquake
Cordova, June 19.-— William A. Gilmore arrived at Cordova
yesterday. By special request of the citizens he delivered a lec
ture on the earthquake and eruptions at Kutmui. lie was well
received by his audience. Tonight he speaks at C'hitiua, to
morrow at Ivennecott. A monster political meeting will be held at
Cordova upon the candidate’s return Satur 1 y night. —Cordova
Alaskan.
According to the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner Major J. F. A.
Strong will break into the newspaper field again upon his return,
it is said that Iluby is bis objective.
Captain Dobbin*, formerly owner of the steamer Monarch, is
planning a cannery for the mouth of the Yukon. lie represents
Outside capital.
Upon the motion of District Attorney Crossley, Judge Over
field has dismissed the case of United States vs. C. A. Munro. A
writ of error had been taken by the government for the purpose
of carrying it to a higher court. Munro was charged with illegally
selling liquor by retail while acting in the capacity of N. C. agent
at Tan ana.
The Alaska Northern is now running its motors 49 miles out of
Seward.
Fred Heilig, formerly of the Fairbanks Times, is now book
keeper for Barney Sandstrom at Olnes.
The Chena slough at Fairbanks rose three feet in two days
the first week in June. Three days later it fell four feet.
Mrs. P. A. Smith has fallen heir to a large estate at White
horse.
Lieutenant Edgerton, of the Alaska road commission, who
l visited Iditarod last year, is back in Alaska. lie will remain for
the summer.
Twelve outfits are now in the money on Long creek, says the
Ruby Record-Citizen.
Captain Roediger, old-time newspaper man of Dawson, is back
in the North. He is now at Fairbanks and says he has come to
stay. Captain Roediger is one of the proprietors of the Tacoma
Tribune.
Citizens of Tanana have filed a petition for incorporation. The
petition will be heard August 26.
Ed Kelly, now a resident of Ruby, says be stayed with Dis
kaket until it became so dead that even the Indians began to leave.
Then Mr. Kelly thought it was time to throw up the sponge.
Nearly $100,000 will be spent on the Valdez-Fairbanks trail
i this season, according to Lieutenant Colonel Richardson.
Two theatrical companies, the May Roberts and the George B.
Howard, will probably show in Fairbanks this summer.
It is said that the Northern Commercial Company’s store at
Ruby will cost somewhere in the neighborhood of $30,000.
Chief Paul and Andrew Pilot, native residents of Koyukuk
Indian village, have been sentenced to serve a term on the wood
pile for.drunkenness.
Fornander & Johnson found a nugget worth $103.85 in a recent
cleanup on their property at Ruby.
FRISCO LADY TO DO HER PART
—
San Francisco, Cal., June 18.—
Mrs. Part, an official of the Panama
Pacific Exposition of 1915, leaves
immediately for Alaska, where she
will he engaged in securing ex
hibits for the great celebration.
Highest market price paid for shaded
ivory for jewelry manufacturing pur
poses. Robert Simpson.
Manzanillo reports that a plague of
mice has visited the fields in that section
of Colima and almost destroyed the corn
andriceerops. The rodents have gnawed
awa.vatarate that alarmed the farmers
and they have appealed to the authori
ties for some means to exterminate
them. \Vhole fields of corn have been
| mowed down and the farmers are at a
1 loss how tc oheck the advance of the
j mice to prevent further loss.—Mexican
| Herald,
Sole AgeoIs
for Alaska;
Fresh Petaluma Eggs Hills Bros.’ Teas and Cof.ees Peerless Cream
Bodega Butter —l-8s, l-4s, I-2s bbls Sealtite Ham and Bacon
Mission Brand Canned Fruits and Vegetables
Liu
JURIES CONVENE
EARLY 1 JULY
By the last mail Commissioner E. M.
Stanton received official notification of
the calling of grand and petit jurors
for the term of court to be held at
Iditarod in July next.
The names of the jurors are the same
as those published in the Iditarod
Pioneer of June 1, with the exceptions
that W. F. Lasker should read “W. F.
Tasker,” and Cbas. Chronister should
read "James Chronister."
The grand jury must report on the
morning of July 8, at 11 o’clock, and
the petit jury is called for Monday,
July 15, at 10 a. in.
The following have been drawn:
Grand Jury
N J Brown Bonnet James
Henry Weir Grant Murdock
W () Sundet'bruch Harrv Biscombe
Herman Miller Torn Killay
11 N Keys Percy Maynard
.) H Sin i t li ('arl Carlson
T B Murphy Frank Pfeiffer
John A Nelson Joseph Stone
G B Wescli Fred Byers
Tom Nestor Hugh Joaquin
E W Major John SieigNo
Herb Waterlin
Petit Jury
J W Kempf Frank Murphy
D Mutchler Emil Johnson
John Strelic F M Spaulding
J Muichler W H Crawford
E G Bindberg Harry Moss
G G Geraghty Jack Keller
Chas Krutziuger Ben Grocer
J I! Bradley James Chronister
C B Ghc.sley AVi 11 iam Foley
, W F Tusker James Bishop
C Frantzen A Evans
Charles Knell Bam Bates
G B Pearson Max Sitnel
11 \V Muding E 1> Keih
Alex Larson A K Thompson
STANDING OF CLUBS
The following was the standing of
the clubs in the different, baseball
leagues June 15:
National Longue
Won. Lost.
Mew York . 37 10
i 'it t'burg .......... 27 20
Cincinnati . 25) 23
Chicago . 2<i 21
! ‘hiladelphia . ... 2+ LB
j St. Louis . .23 30
Brooklyn . 10 30
Boston . Hi 35
American League
Boston . 33 18
t hicago . 33 21
Washington . 33 21
i'hiladelphia . 27 21
Detroit . 2ti 27
('leveland 21 2K
Mew York. 17 31
St. Louis . 15 .37
HOPEFUL NOTE FROM RUBY CAIP
J. II. Richards received a letter
from Ruby the first of the week
which says that conditions in the
Yukon camp are improving. The
writer of the letter, Mr. Jourdau.
says the Northern Commercial
Company has commenced the con
structiou of a store and warehouse
on the opposite side of Ruby creek,
and premises are also being erected
in the same locality for the Ruby
Telephone Company. The latter
concern is erecting poles all over
the town and on the creeks, and il
will not be very long before tire
system becomes available for public
use. 'The creeks are showing up
better from week to week.
The influx of people to Ruby
had been practically nil np to the
time the letter was written, but
Rubyites are confident a large
number of miners will migrate
there this fall.
Fred Bernier, of the Caribou restaur
ant, has inherited a small legacy from
an uncle in Quebec, and will leave
Iditarod next month to take possession.
Earl Byers brought in a large con
signment of mail Monday.
CHEEMS
The pampered gourmet wishes for
fancy kinds of dishes, kinds ti: for
kings and queens: but to the humble
diner there's naught on earth that’s
finer than go :d old-fashioned greens.
For months my sou! was sighin' for
spinach, dandelion d other whole
some yards: they are the sjsn anq
token that winter's back is broken—•
tile harbinger th.-i* barbs. < )ii,
greens! There’s nothing heals 'em?
The man who daily eats ’em has
better grub, by jing, to m: ill Ids
stomach's groanin’ titan over y"
was known in the pdic'of a king!
Oil greens! Our mothers slewed 'em,
our fat hers gladly cpfwd 'em. and
hence t hose rugged sires who dean d
the woods and pra'rie and scrapped
with wild beasts hairy to guard their
Cottage fires. Note all those hi; t ms
creatures whose proud and 1. aid
snine features appear in magazine*;
if you but knew lindr story, you'd
find they rose to glory through hav
ing eaten greens. Ail garden sass is
splendid, and never may Lie ended
llie fame of peas and bean-: may
naught decrease the numbers of
squashes and coneuu.bhds but
tics! of all are greens!—Walt Mason.
ESTABLISH RUBY MEAT MARKET
O. E. Waee’nter who arrived at Uiita
rot! Tuesday morning, from Kuhv. lias
established a branch of the Pacific (Juki
Story ere Company at the Yukon camp.
While Mr. Waechter is confident that
Kuhv is going to make a camp, he does
not think there will he much doing
i here this summer.
Tom Cannon, who has been engineer
n charge of the barge Trindcr f >r
'.early a year, will shortly bo transferred
to the Lithgow. with headquarters at
Kuhv.
Select Outside Lumber, corrugated
iron and rooting paper at Ross & Nes
tor’s.
Notice of Marshal’s Sale
United .States oi America, f
Fourth District of Alaska, \ s‘
Public notice is hereby given, that b\
virtue of a writ of Fieri Facias (or execu
tion), dated May 29, A. D. 1912, issued
out of the District Court of the United
States for the Fourth District of Alaska
on a judgment rendered in said Court, on
the 15th day oi" April, A. I). 1912. in favor
of W. S. Clark, doing business as Clark
Lumber Company, and against F. A.
Perkins and F. J. Willison, I have, on
this 12th dav of .Tune, A. D. 1012,
; levied upon the following described prop
erty. situated in the town of Flat and
territory of Alaska, to wit: Thw Annex
or rear portion of that certain log and
frame building situated on (loll street
of the town of Flat and known and de
scribed as the Palace hotel, together
with all furniture and fixtures therein,
and that I will, accordingly, offer said
property for sale, at public vemlue to the
highest and best bidder, for cash, on the
9th day of July, A. D. 1912, at 11
o'clock a. m., at the front door of said
Palace hotel at Flat City.
Dated, Iditarod, Alaska, June 12th,
A.D. 1912. H. K. LOVE,
U. S. Marshal, Fourth District of Alaska.
l>y II. 1*. Sheppard, Deputy.
Chas. E. Taylor. Plaintiff’s AUornev
Notice of iVJarshai’s Sale
United States of America, /
Fourth District uf Alaska, 1 ,'
Public notice is hereby given, that by
virtue of a writ of Fieri Facias (or exe
cution). dated May 29th, A. U., 1912,
issued out of the District Court of the
United States for the Fourth District of
Alaska, on a judgment rendered in
said court, on the 15th day of April,
A. D. 1912, in favor of VV. S. Clark,
doing business as Clark Lumber Com
pany,and against F. A. Perkins, I have,
on this 12tii day of June, A. D. 1912,
levied upon the following described
property, situated in the town of Flat,
Territory of Alaska, to wit: That cer
tain two-story log and frame building
situated on Gold street, in the town of
Flat, and known and described as the
Palace hotel, together with ail furni
ture and fixtures therein; also the lease
hold upon which said hotel is situated,
and that I will, accordingly, offer said
property for sale, at public vendue to
the highest and best bidder, for cash,
on the 9th day of July, A.O. 1912, at
11 o’clock a. m., at. the front door of
said Palace hotel at Flat City, Alaska.
Dated, Idilarod, Alaska, June 12.
A. D. 1912. H. K. LOVE,
U. S. Marshal Fourth District, of Alaska,
By H. P. Sheppard, Deputy.
Chas. E. Taylor, Plaintiff’s Attorney.
And All Kinds of Photographic
Work Horn .
MISS TJERNSTROM, MCDONALD HOTEL
OR RENT
Smith’s Roadhouse, located at
the Forks of the Takotna river,
on the Seward-Iditarod trail. The
best location between Iditarod
and Seward. Business good both
summer and winter. Address
E. P. Smith, Forks of Takotna,
Alaska.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE
; l'i .! A Nidi i!- J. A V V
caid.
You am! each of you a; • l.'-rd, • m : •. .. 1 it
during the year i aiau' i: .• • - expend- : not lc»->
'han one hundred doll. : , in lab -r and ;rnprov
incuts upon each of the following described
pi. - - r mining claims, situated in the <b--d
\- \\w Mining District .\la.-ka, t wit
Fox association claim on l-'uv creek tributa:-.
to Aralik river; Gap as?o .iation • -:u •: Aral k
:ivcr: Mayhood associate u claim on
! •• k , tributary to Aralik rivi r ilofl'm n as*
lab c: claim on Trail creek, tribal • : Xrrb-b.
An-1 vo: b: ed A Nichols Tfty.o- cl it: .•
by through or unde: you. arc hereby notim •
!. hat unit s you pay > »ur proportion of s., «• v
i pt a -■ incurred on the said box assocnati -a
.. . social ion; and you, J A. Wes tin
claiming by, through or under y••
hen by notified that unless y**u pay y-ar-1
of such expense inclined on > ml M.iy ho -i
ciation; and vou.S. T. Kincaid, or anyone clam
ingby, through or under you, are hereby ncti
tied that unless you pay your proportion of sw
expense incurred on said Hoffman association
within nin< ty days after the l.tst publication < ■•.
this noth e your interest in sai l ;r - -s
become the property of the undersigned .mde
the provisions of section 2.124 Revised Statutes
of the I'nii- d States of America.
T. T lb I.cRT. \NC
K bit s iinVFMANN
WM I aPKI.I.!
bate of first publication March . j, 19: -
Date of last publication June 20, 1912.
United States of America, District
Court, Territory of Alaska, Fourth
Division.
. Edward M. Spaulding. 1’iaintiff. v
Harriet K. Spaulding. Defendant
No. 551, Alias Summons.
The President of the United States of
America, greeting, to the above
named Defendant:
Summons having been duly issued out.
of the above court, in t he above entitled
action, and placed in the hands of the
United Slates marshal for service, and
the slid marshal having made due re
turn, setting forth his inability to serve
the s lid summons in said district, and
that, the said defendant could not be
found therein: and the plaintiff having
filed nd ]> resen ted to the court an affi
dav • allowing that the said defendant
did not reside in said district and could
not be found therein, and that a good
cause of action existed in favor of the
plai ititf and against llie defendant:
A-;d the court having considered the
san . did on the 5th day of June. 1912,
mul,e an order directing the publica
tioi of the said summons fora period of
six o celts in the Iditarod Pioneer, a
nei. paper of general circulation within
sain listrict.
itv, therefore, you are hereby re
q.ui d to appear in the said District,
con tin and for the Territory of Alaska,
Fou ih division, within 30 days after
the completion of the said publication,
to v t: within30 days after the 27th day
of July, 1012, exclusive of said day, and
answer the complaint of the above
named plaintiff, a copy of which is on
tile in the office of the clerk of the
ab ■ • u-entitled court, and unless yon so
app ir and answer, the plaintiff will
ap, y for the relief demanded in said
con pul in t.
1. itness the Honorable Peter D.
Ov.. held, Judge of said court, this 14ih
day >f June in the year of our Lord
19L. and of our Independence 136.
, — , C. C. PAGE, Clerk,
■j C al r By E. M. Stanton,
Deputy Clerk.