Boundary Survey Party
WiH Have Merry Time
According to the reports brought down by the earliest arrivals
from Dawson, there will be some big doings in the wilderness when
the combined Canadian-American boundary-survey party finally
cuts loose from its moorings and starts across the hills with its
unbroken range horses and its inexperienced trail tinders, who left
their desks in the states to seek adventure in the far North. In
fact they are probably up against their troubles right now, some
where on the Porcupine river, as they started from the mouth of
that stream about the time the first boats came down the Yukon.
John Solmes, representative of Grommes & Ullrich, a Chicago
liquor house, who is now in this city, gives an interesting account
of the difficulties encountered by the American party at White
horse, when they arrived there with about forty men undercharge
of T. C. Riggs, Jr., and bringing 100 head of green range horses
from Montana. In the entire bunch there was hardly one broken
saddle horse, nor seemingly a man in the bunch who knew' how
to handle horses.
In striking contrast, the Canadian bunch of 80 head arrived in
charge of three men, who had no difficulty in handling them.
It was described as a continuous circus to see the American
pen-pushers trying to halter break bronchos. Clad in hairy chaps
and wearing long knives at their girdles, they chased the knot
headed animals around the corral till somebody w-ould accidentally
drop a rope over one of them. Then the balance would lay hold
and swing, choking the horse down and practically accomplishing
his decease before somebody could get close enough to slip the
hondo. In this halter-breaking process they broke several legs
and had to shoot the horses, and it’s only a matter of conjecture
as to how many w'ould be put out of business before they were
broken to pack or ride.
At the foot of the lake the Americans had constructed two big
gasoline, stern-wheel launches, but when the party arrived there,
it was found they had no batteries for the engines. The Canadian
customs officers finally allowed them to go through the trunk of a
chechaco who happened to have batteries and the day was saved.
In spite of w’oeful lack of management, the American party
finally reached Dawson, and there the whole force assembled.
J. D. Craig, a civil engineer in charge of the Canadian party had
forty men and they embarked on the St. Michael for the mouth of
the Porcupine.
The party plans to ascend the Porcupiue as far as Rampart
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PASSENGERS, EXPRESS and FREIGHT
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Perils of Navigation
On Iditarod-Flat Trail
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Aside from the mere difficulties ofj
travelling, the perils of navigation on
the trail between Iditarod city and
Flat are not to be ignored by the har
diest navigators, as witness the acci
dent that befell Alex Tobin, tliei
freighter, as he was hauling a load out I
to Flat last Monday.
Tobin was descending tlie long hill :
before reaching the Summit roadhouse |
and his two horses were wallowing j
alsng like mudhens in ruts that were |
belly-deep with mud and water. With
out warning one of his horses fell and j
the other horse fell on top of it, bury- j
ing the unfortunate animal almost out ;
of sight. Before Tobin could cut him j
loose and get the upper horse off, the !
animal underneath was literally drown
ed in the middle of the road. j
The accident was a costly one hut'
unavoidable. However, Tobin is not I 1
discouraged and still on the job.
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Contplef^^ Hardware, Pipe, Iron, Steel, Cable and Fittings
Dike man Iditarod
House, where they take up the work where they left off last year.
They expect this summer to finish 100 miles of the 170 between
the Porcupine and the Arctic and in the fall will leave a consider-1
able force of men to continue the work of freighting in supplies
for the completion of the work next year. There are now some
300 tons of supplies on the way to the Porcupine from Seattle.
Public Dock and Scow
Foot of Willow Street
Following the enthusiastic perambulations of a committee con
sisting of a number of citizens of the town, the announcement is
made that enough money has been raised to build a fine dock at
the foot of Willow street, and that a scow has been purchased to
be moored alongside for a landing stage.
The dock itself will be a substantial affair, 30x100 feet, provid
ed with two slips for the landing of freight. The scow is 20x85
feet, and was purchased from Captain Finger of the Martha Clow
for $500. This will make an excellent landing stage for passengers
and freight from steamers and launches throughout the summer,
following the changing level of the river.
The entire work of the committee contemplates the expendi
ture of about $2000, and they have over half of it raised at the
present time. Bids were let Thursday and the work on the dock
is to begin at once, and is to be completed within ten days after
starting. When finished it will add much to the appearance of
Willow and will be a decided addition to the city’s almost total
lack of landing facilities along the water front.
IN THE END.
When T have slipped my tether,
and left this vale of tears, to see
what sort of weather they have in
other spheres, I want no costly cas
ket with silver trimmings bound;
just put me in a basket and chuck
me underground. Death would be
far more jolly and pleasant every
way, but for the idle folly of making
big display, it takes a roll unending
to make a graveyard spread, and
all the fuss and spending don’t help
the man who’s dead. ’Twere best
to keep the stivers safe hidden in a
tub, to comfort the survivors and buy
them duds and grub. I know that
it would grind me when on the oilier
shore, if those I left behind had
wolves before the door; if I looked
down and found them, immersed in
tears and woe, with creditors around
them all howling for the dough. So
when I up and trundle down to the
sunless sea, let no one blow a
bundle to pay for planting me. I’ll
slumber just as sweetly in some old
bass-wood box, as though trussed
up completely with silver screws
and locks.—Walt Mason.
Vaciion & Sterling
Will Enter the Field
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Having selected quarters adjoining
the old store of C. T. Suter, on First
street of this city, Vachon & Sterling,
the big general merchandise firm of
Fairbanks, are entering the Iditarod
trade, and aie already taking orders
for goods now on hand and to come.
Joe Sterling, who spent the winter
outside enjoying himself and buy
ing goods, came down on the Tanana,
KNOW All Men by These Presents,
that I, Walter Thomas, of Tofty, Alaska,
hereby revoke the general power of at
torney given to R. W. Martin, Iditarod,
Alaska; any use of the above power of
attorney after the publication and re
cording of this notice will be null and
void,
Whereof I have hereunto set my hand
and seal this 13th day of April, A.D.,
1911. WALTER THOMAS.
In presence of: E. D. Howe, Robert
Compton.
O11 this 13th day of April, A.D., 1911,
before me, a notary public for the dis
trict of Alaska, duly commissioned and
sworn, personally appeared Walter
Thomas, personally known to me to be
the party who signed the within instru
ment, who said to me that he signed the
same freely and voluntarily for'the uses
and purposes therein mentioned.
Witness mv hand and seal the day and
year first above written.
E. P>. HOWE,
Notary Public for District of Alaska.
and after looking the situation over
from town to creeks, decided to re main
for the season and bid for the trade.
Dog fish for sale, !5 cents per
pound. Pioneer Warm Storage.
Phone 54.
WHAT A HEADACHE
Cure it at the Elite Steam and
Turkish Baths, Caribou street.
Complete files of newspapers and
I magazines from January to date at the
City Drug Store.
Have you seen the Iditarod Hotel ?
Byers Will Have a Whole Fleet
Arriving from the Outside with
three 4 h p gasoline marine en
gines, Earl Byers, one of the suc
cessful navigators of the Iditurod
Dikeman stretch last summer, is
now engaged in building launches
and scows for an active freighting
season which will begin about the
eud of this month.
His engines are to be installed in
flat-bottomed launches and when
all are complete he will have a
j powerful flotilla that should be
! wonderful shallow-water navi
| gators.
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