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" Leading Jeweler of the North yj&T RECEIVED CALL AND INSPECT OUR NEW STOCK. THESE GOODS ARE ON SALE AT LOWEST PRICES_JUST RECEIVED_Front St
The ftfiost Complete Fresh Stock of the Very
Highest Grades
In Iditarod
PRICES ABSOLUTELY CONSISTENT WITH QUALITY
A Trial Order Will Soon Convince You
All Ordors, big or small, promptly filled, and
every effort made to give entire satisfaction
Your business respectfully solicited
Sam’i Appiebaum
INQUIRIES FOR MISSING MEN
Carl Heinzen
Charles Ross of the Miners & Merchants
Bank has received an inquiry from Carl
Heinzen of Albert Schwill A- Co., malt man
ufacturers. Chicago, making inquiry for a
relative named “Karl” Heinzen. or “Carl
Heinzen. or “Charles” Heinzen. who is
known to have been in this part of the
country some years ago. and whose inter
ests would be furthered by hi< being located.
He also asks for a “William Sovwmoi.” who
is believed to be a Pole, and who was as
sociated with Mr. Heinzen. and was known
by a nickname such as ' Shorty” or some- •
thing of the kind.
Jujior Wada
Anyone knowing the whereabouts of
Jujior Wada. the Japanese mining man who ,
formerly operated in the Ku-kokwim region,
will confer a favor by notifying Albert Wile.
poMmnster at Ibitarud.
James Gordon Barrett
Mrs. Clara J. Cro.- . 33*> Hum Sixty second
street. Los Angeles. Ca' . h..s written to Post
master Wile making inquiry i r her brother.
. ? G Bari ho w last heard
from in Iditarod three years ago.
FOR SALE—A quantity of good copper
mixed 1 ad (type metuL. Much bet‘er and
more durable for machinery repairing
than the ordinary soft lead. Pioneer
oftice.
Location Notices at Pioneer ofl>e
j
Not to leave the country, but
To stay here and live,
I have a large assortment of
Cotton, Wool and Silk Flags
At Outside prices.
Kodaks, Cameras, and ail
Kinds o! Supplies for same.
At the lowest figure ever sold
In the North. I will order
Your Kodaks and Supplies for
You, delivered at Iditarod, for
Exactly what you pay for them
Any place in the United States.
Hats. Clothing and Shoes at
A lower figure than any other
Dealer in the Camp. Call and see
Me and save money.
Iditarod
The Delta left Dikeman fur Tanana ::t
G a. m. on the 17th.
The Washburn arrived at Dikeman at
S: 15 a. in. oil July 20. with t >vo freight
barges and the following passengers: Mrs.
K. King and children. Leo LliiOrd. Dr. U.
Belila. ('. (’. Johns. Tony Trapo. Pearl Mc
Kee and Miss I. Howard.
The Delta arrived at Tanana on July 22.
The Little Delta brought up a heavy load ;
from Dikeman on Thursday.
All of the small river craft have had a ;
rather bu.-y period during the past week. '
.and much freight has been brought up from i
T , *- “
I >1 Reman.
Harry Watson, the White pa.'S agent at
ILkeman. was in the city t r a tew day.'-j
this week.
MAY COME TO THIS
i Whitehorse Star j
Regar II ‘ss <-t the tough ami ready styl • of
spree! ei loved by Rev \\ illiam Sunday,
the paper- all over the country give him
credit fur doing a large amount of good
work and for being a mighty factor in the
matter of reform. In view of the fact that
Sunday’s style is bearing fruit far beyond
1 anything which has ever refilled from the
old-fashii ned style fo preaching, an ex
chtinge suggt sts the following tutc: for
what are now used:
Pastor tchrisrening infant' What do you
want to call this hunk of excess baggage.
! Bo?
Presiding Parson What miseraol" mutt
! givetli this >kirt to be married to this gink?
The Bride’s Father I’m the guy.
Industrial^ Usher slide, you ice-cart>!
! Slide!
Sunday Schorl Superintendent All of
i you little flivvers that want to swat Satan.
| .'land on one leg.
REFORM
The chief concern of every American is
the reformation of somebody else. With the
exception of certain corporations, gfeanized
baseball and a few other mercenary con
cerns. every organization in America is de
voting most (i its time to the sins that
beset people in some other level of life. We
have already reached that >erni-heaven
where nobody has to pay any att ntion to
his own business least of all to his own
shortcomings. Perhaps, after we have had
a rich experience in being our brothers
keepers, we may acquire sense enough to
take care of ourselves. Judge.
Fresh Olympia Oysters, mr cocktails, $2
can. Iditurod Meat Co.
Visit our new store at Flat.
Bcas the Clothier.
Tr-% 9
FOR PURE LIQUORS
JUST RECEIVED
Victor and Columbia Records
Morris Chairs, Sawing Rockers
Floss Pillows, Portieres, Couch Covers, Lace Curtains, Linoleums, Art Burlap
and House Linings, Sanitary Couches, Cotton Crib Mattresses.
DRUGS DRUGS DRUGS
Complete line of Cooking Utensils and Silverware. Harness and Harness Sup
plies. Tents, Tarpaulins, Hardware, Guns and Ammunition.
SMITH'S ~GUN STORE,
IDITAROD, ALASKA
DR. H. BEHLA IN
Dr. H. Behla. the popular Flat City den
list, after spending a year attending lectures
in Chicago, reached this city last W'ednes
day morning, and is now hard at work at
his profession. Until further notice Dr
Behla will divide his time between his of
fices in Flat City and Iditarod. On Mon
day, Tuesday and Wednesday of each week
lie may be found upstairs in the Simpson
building in this city at the corner of Willow
and First streets; the remainder of the week
at his offices on Gold street, Mat City.
Owing to a mistake in the telegram to The
Pioneer telling of his arrival at St. Michael,
i an advertisement in the two previous F>ues
of this great fireside journal announced the
: coming of “Dr. H. Behla & Co.’ Many of
!• is friends naturally believed that he was
! bringing in an assistant, or had followed the
example of many other old .\l.i>kans had
| got married. The word “Co." in the mes
i sage meant “Leo" advising us that Leo
i Clifford was traveling with him to Iditarod.
DOMINION OF CANADA
BORROWS MANY MILLIONS
MONTREAL. July 22. The Dominion of
Omnia ha* arranged for a loan of $40,000,
000 through J. P. Morgan A: Co.
PROMINENT LAWYER DEAD
NEW YORK. July 23. William Ivans,
one of the lawyers who represented Barnes
in hi< recent suit against Roosevelt, is dead
at the age of 47.
ALASKA GOLD PRODUCTION
WASHINGTON. July 2d. The gold pro
motion of Alaska for th 1 year 1014 is otli
daily announced at sl5.7u4.2oll.
Hot Air and Vapor Baths with Electric
Massages cure Lumbago. Rheumatism,
pneumonia. La Grippe. Malaria. Nervous
ness and General Debility. Our Method re
moves these functional disorders.
THE CROSBY MASSAGE AND BATII
PARLORS
The Home of the Twentieth Century Turk
i.-h Bath
Assessment Work Blanks at Pioneer.
ALASKA’S GOLD HARVEST
The arrival at the port of Seattle of the
first gold ship of the season is a reminder
that Alaska is to have a greatly increased
output of gold this year, mainly on account
of the construction of large plants for the
treatment of refractory and free-milling ores.
The first fruit of the year’s harvest is fifty
tons of gold concentrates from the Alaska
Gastincau crushers at Thane, and two
chests of bullion fr-mi Fairbanks and Daw
.? whole shipment runs well beyond
the million mark. Regular shipments will
follow during the season, and the total value
for the territory is expected to be above
$20,000,000 for year.
In the one new mine at Thane the plant
as been increased to care for (>,000 tons of
rock daily. The estimated yield of this mine
is $5,000,000 annually for the next two
years, and it is but just entering upon a
tribute the usual great product. At Valdez
period of greater expansion.
At Douglas the Treadwell mines will con
and other ports in Southeastern Alaska
quartz mines are beginning to produce more
liberally with the installment of expensive
machinery. In the placer field the govern
ment’s extension of transportation lines is
likely to increase the field and value of
the product. The United States Smelting,
Refining & Mining Company and the Alaska
Perseverance properties are also being de
veloped with power plants.
Alaska’s gold product this year will be
larger than for some years past, and is likely
to continue increasing under the liberal de
velopment plans. Seattle Post Intelligencer.
PROF. HUDSON HAS DEPARTED
Professor Frank Hudson was a passenger
aboard the Pea Wolf yesterday for the big
Outside. Mr. Hudson, after visiting vari
ous points of interest on the Pacific coast,
contemplates locating at some point along
the new railway system.
The mail arrived about 0 o’cli rk last
Saturday evening, and departed on .-chedule
yesterday.
C. C. Johns, internal revenue inspector,
v.'ilh headquarters at Tacoma, ash., is in
the city.
If you are in need of anything in our
line, see us. Two stores—Flat and Iditarod.
Boas the Clothier.
Job Printing at Pioneer office.
STRONG & GARFIELD
A. A. CUTTER
The Home of Hart, Schaffner & Marx Clothing
Do you know where i can get a good GASOLINE FLATIRON?
Yes, or anything else you want—
AT PEX
ELBERT HUBBARD 1!
Men and women everywhere lament the
loss of Elbert Hubbard and Mrs. Hubbard
i on the Lusitania, but the Fra’s work and
j works will go marching on. There is much
j curiosity as to what will become of the
I Roycroft. Elbert Hubbard II. announces:
"We are going right along with our busi
; ness Both the magazines will be published
j and every other department of the institu
! tion will be continued. Our whole attitude
! is one of strength and courage, and there
i is no such thing as failure in our hearts.”
j The words of the new pastor of the Hock
j sound like an echo of the old pastor. Elbert
Hubbard II. is the Fra’s eldest son by his
first marriage. He is 30 years old, an ath
lete, with the supple figure of a young
Greek. He is half a head taller than his
| father. If he were to let his hair grow
long he would strikingly resemble his farn
! dus parent. He has characteristic Hubbard
eccentricities, too. He has never worn a
hat. He wears the Hubbard flowing black
tie with hemstitched ends. His trousers
i bag at the knees.—Knickerbocker Prses.
HAMILTON WATCHES
_
Same prices world over; same in Flat.
WM. TAYLOR.
ALMOST MIRACULOUS GUNNERY
Admiral Beatty’s astonishment at the ac
curacy of the gunfire which gave him vic
tory over the raiding fleet from the kaiser’s
navy is shared by all the world. It was
railed as a modern naval wonder that the
invincible sank the Scharnhorst at a range
of 1.5,000 yards, but it appears from the
official report of the North sea action on
January 24 that hits were scored off the
Dertiinger, Seydlizt and Moltke at 17,000
yards.
Ten miles! So far away that from the
weather decks of the pursuers the enemy's
hulls were below the horizon, and could be
only half-seen by a man fifty feet aloft on
the mast. “The enemy’s vessels.” says the
victorious admiral, “could certainly have
been not more than a blur on the horizon
to the gunner, and the men at the range
finders could have seen but little more.”
Sir David does not exaggerate when he re
marks that “it is intensely gratifying to the
laymen to learn that the guns of our mag
nificent battle cruisers can hit hard, hit
first and keep on hitting an enemy that
they practically cannot see, while the ves
sels are tearing through the water at a rate
of thirty-four land miles an hour.” Grati
fying? It is stupefying to the layman, and
it fills even fighting sailors with wonder
ment.—Providence Bulletin.
“GRANDFATHER CLAUSE"
HELD TO BE ILLEGAL
WASHINGTON, June 21. In probably
one of the most important race decisions
in its history, the supreme court of the
United States today annulled as unconsti
tutional the Oklahoma constitutional
amendment and the Annapolis, Md., voters’
qualification law, restricting the suffrage
rights of those who could not vote or whose
ancestors could not vote prior to the rati
fication of the fifteenth amendment to the
federal constitution. ,
Chief Justice % bite, a native of the South
and a former Confederate soldier, announced
'the court’s decision, which was unanimous.
By holding that conditions that existed
before the fifteenth amendment, which pro
vides that the right to vote shall not be
denied or abridged on account of race, color
or previous condition of servitude, could not
be brought over to the present day in dis
regard of this self-executing amendment, it
is genearlly believed that the court went a
long way toward invalidating much of the
so-called "grandfather clause” legislation of
Southern states.
The immediate effect of the court’s deei
sion was to uphold the conviction of two
Oklahoma election officials who denied ne
groes the right to vote in a congressional
election, and to award three Maryland ne
groes damages from election officials in An
napolis who refused to register them.
The court held that these clecli'n offi
cials could not ignore the potency of the
fifteenth amendment in wiping out of state
constitutions the word “white” as a quali
fication for voting.
In the Maryland case the court's decision
established the point that the fifteenth
amendment applies alike to municipal as
well as to federal elections.
Discussing the Oklahoma cases. Chief Jus
tice White said the suffrage amendment to
the state constitution first fixed a literacy
standard and then followed it with a provi
sion creating a standard based upon the con
riiii. n existing on January 1. 1866. prior to
adoption of the fifteenth amendment,
and eliminated those coming under that
standard from the inclusion of the literary
test.
The court had difficulty, he said, in find
ing words to clearly demonstrat-• its convic
tion that this action of the sta'e recreated
and perpetuated the very conditions which
the fifteenth amendment was intended to
j destroy.
“It is true,” continued the ehf i justice,
•‘that it contains in no express words an
exclusion from the standard which it estab
[ lishes of any person on account of race, color
| or previous con linen of servitude, prohib
ited by the fifteenth amendment, but the
standard itself inherently brings that result
into existence, since it is based purely upon
a period of time before the enactment of
the fiftenth amendment, and make- that
neriod the controlling and dominant test of
the right of suffrage.
A PROBLEM !N DRINK WHICH
WAS DIFFICULT TO SOLVE
(So Louis Globe-Democrat'
•1 have observed,” said Herman Foelch
at the last meeting of the Home Heights
John Burroughs Society, just after Frank
Kuhn had read a paper on whether it is
better to kill a mole, which kills a cut-worm,
which kills lettuce and cabbages, or let the
j mole destroy the appearance a a lawn.
“I have observed,” repeated Mr. loaded
“that there are a large number of the mem
ber.- "f this society who fancy themselves
a mathematicians. 1 believe one of the
charter members lays claim to the honor of
bp ng the first man who discovered how eld
| was Ann. and that another member guessed
i right as to the number or posts needed for
a plot of ground that required 160 posts.
•‘Now 1 have something entirely new and
original, something that will appeal to all
of you, because it has to do with two great
necessary evils, money and rum.
“Two farmers, friends ot mine m m.
j Charles county, started to town, each with
1 a gallon of home-made whisky which they
I intended to sell. One farmer- -his name is
1 Jake said to thp other farmer, whose name
j is John. ‘I am mighty dry.’
“This was after they had driven about
I three mil s and were still fifteen miles from
j the place they expected to dispose of their
j wet goods.
'•'lake a drink out of your jug,’ says
I John.
“ ‘I dassent,’ says .lake. ‘I need the
! money. But I'll tell you what I'll do. I
have a nickel, and I'll give it to you for a
swig out of your jug.’
“ ‘A nickel looks good to me,’ said John,
and the bargain was carried out. Pretty
-u>ii John says, 'J: ke. I'm dry too. and I'll
give you a nickel for a drink.’
“ 'Ail right,’ says Jake, and the nickel
went back to the original owner.
“A little later Jake got dry again and
bought a drink from John. Then John
bought one from Jake. They kept that up
until neither one of them had a drop in his
jug
“Now, what I want to know is, who had
the original nickel when the jugs were
empty ?”
“John did,” said Phil Dunn. “He got it
first.”
“Jake did,” said John Massey. “It was
hi- to start with.”
“Gimme a handful of matches and I’ll
show you John had it,” said Ollie Love.
“I’m not running a lumber yard,” said
Massey. “Take a piece of paper and a pen
cil.”
After all the members had figured on the
proposition for ten minutes and there was a
tie vote as to whether Jake or John had
the nickel, Tom Elliott, the chicken man,
created a diversion by demanding to know
which one of the two farmers got the last
drink of whisky.
Before the mathematicians got busy on
this the tall conductor broke up the meeting
by announcing that the car was ready to
start for St. Louis.
P! AfARnQ h*? and amall, printed on
r Lfi-i paper, cardboard or cloth, '
| on short notice, at Iditarod Pioneer office. 1
Fresh Draft
WHAT MAY BE EXPECTED
SHOULD GERMANY SUCCEED
BERLIN. June 10. A picture r.f Europe
completely reorganized, with Germany and
her aihes dominating everything and levy
ing upon their fallen rivals a tribute of from
120 to 150 milliards of marks, is drawn
bv Rudolph Martin, former minister of the
interior of Germany, in a pamphlet, entitled
“The World War and Its End.” recently
published.
The huge indemnity whi- h the author be
lieves will be demanded by G.-rmanv when
she dictates peace terms in London, after
two years' lighting, is estimated on tlr- . ,.s
of war costs of 50 milliards of marks t be
sustained by Germany. Au-iria and Turkey,
in the proportion of 16, 10 and 4. respec
tively.
As Germany, at the end of the Franco
Prussian war, made the French pay two and
one-half times what it cost to conduct the
conflict, so, the writer believi.-. Germany
will make the allies pay similarly at the f
end of the present, war. In addition, 75
milliards will be demanded for the support
ot dependents of those killed.
The writer sees Germany firmly cstab
shed along the present French coast, in a
position to control both London and Paris,
and possessed of an air fleet of many thou
sands of machines and 2Q,00(J airmen. He
sees England forced to consent to the con- ,
struction of a tunnel under the English 1
channel, equipped with four railway tracks
and an automobile roadway, at both ends
of which the German forces are in control.
Russia he pictures as completely dismern
i bered, its territory divided up among neigh
boring powers, its coffers de: ietc-i to the
point of bankruptcy, its menace t > the Gar
ni : em in n the pi
dismemberment he predicts 'he organisa
tion of new - ales.
Not
man, but Belf< it . to join i >n< m< i as
a German possession. B Igium no; only be
comes German along with the C mgo, but
is to pay an indemnity of six and a quarter
milliards of francs within a few years of the
close of the war.
The Suez canal the writer secs perma
nently in the hands of "our oily. Turkey.”
After the conclusion of peace, he hopes.
English ships, instead of longer paying tolls
| into the pocket of the English • owned Suez
i Canal Company, will have to pay them to
I rkey.
CASE OF FORD VS. KING
IN COMMISSIONER5S COURT
The case of Jerry Ford against E. IF
j King was tried Tuesday in ih** commis
| sioner’s court before a jury. Mr. l ord
brought suit to collect $150 he claimed to
i have Inane.1 Mr. King in the summer of
1914. Mr. King admitted getting the money.
; but set up two claims aggregating $165. on
I which he said F<>r<i was indebted to hin
j According to King. Ford had promised to
collect or ■> pay to King the royalty which
j he'd been paid during the summer < ' 1910
| i n a one-twelfth interest in mining claim
’ own by Jerry Dunnivan. but which Dunni
j van was to give to King. King had never
I been able to get this royalty, and held l ord
responsible for the amount. $125. King
| also claimed that in 1913 he hed paid $40
j on some cigars he ordered h r l ord, and
j which Ford had never repaid him. The jury
! allowed the counterclaim for !he royalty.
I and brought in vei t
| plaintiff. J. C Moody was attorney for the
1 plaintiff and E. M. >?anton represented the
| defendant.
ACCORDING TO PATTERN
A prof -•••>• wexpostulating with a
student f- r his it’.lene-s, when the latter
said:
“! V no u.-e: I was cut out for a loafer.
“Well,” declared the professor, surveying
the student critically, “whoever cut you out
understood his business.”- Ex.
For Working Clothing, see Boas, Flat.
LEO CLIFFORD RETURNS
AFTER A YEAR’S HOLIDAY
Leo Clifford, looking tanned and healthy,
was one of the returning passengers arriving
in the city early Wednesday morning last.
Leo left here about a y. >r ago, and during
•' time has had in dmost continuous
holiday.
Shortly after his arrival in Seattle Leo
' became the owner of a motorcycle, and with
this means of transportation he took a trip
i to California and the two expontions. trav
cling more than 4.000 mil*', lit- accounts
of his experiences in the mourn a:n regions
of Oregon and California ere ixtremeiv m
teresting. On this trip he met u: try former
Alaskans. lie also visited many of the Cali
fornia bathing resorts.
Leo’s first attempt to master the motor
cycle was unique He had formerly ridden
a bicycle, and found little difficulty in ma
■ tering the question of equilibrium. The
dealer from whom he ought his machine
: sent a man to teach him to operate the
mechanism. At his suggestion Leo mounted
the wheel, the machinery 'tuned, and Leo
was on his way. He ende: vored to shut
off the power after a while, but was unable
to «lo so. and had gone some five miles or
more when he finally managed to come to
■i stop. He never did see that instructor
again.
j On his way in Leo met Governor Strong
1 at St. Michael. He asked the governor if
j he had any message to send to the people
of Iditarod, his former home, and the terri
lory's chief executive sadly answered ‘ No.”
STEPHENSOin-WINCHELL case
In reporting the case of Stephenson vs.
Wincheli. recently adjudicated in the dis
trict rt. The Pioneer seem- to have
intcrpro-. d the finding of the jury unsati.
I facforily to both parties. The statement
published June 10 was stated by one >iue
io be “abs ! « iy (i rrect.” vv.'ide the other
1 contended it \ as a wrong interpretation of
i the verdict. The correction published on
i the 17th instant i> now .-aid to be a mi
i statement.
In order that the matter may be be set
right before the public, the text of the ver
1 diet c.f the jury in the c of John Stephen
son, -plaintiff, vs. Al Wincheli et al.. de
fendants, is given:
"We. the jury impaneled and sw >rn to
| try the issues in the above-entitled action.
! (1 ) find: For the plaintiff on the first cause
f action herein, and assess his compensa
\ion at SG4; and upon the second cause of
action herein, and assess his damagee at no
! dollars, and we do further find for the
I plaintiff un the counterclaim ot the de
fendant herein that said plaintiff -hall pay
defendant damages in the sum of one dol
lar/’
I
YUKON PLACER ACT AMENDED
A bill has been put through the parlia
ment cl the Dominion of Canada to amend
the '.'-.ikon placer mining act which reads
a> follows:
• Any person who may be accepted for and
who continues in active service in defense
of the empire during war. whether with the
British or allied forces, who may be a holder
of mining rights acquired under the provi
sions of this act, shall be permitted to hold
such free from risk of cancellation owing
i i failure to comply with any of the re
quirements of the act uu ier which the rights
were acquired, until six months after the
I termination the war and the final
j declaration of peace.”
Sam'l Applebamn, the grocer, is having a
large warehouse erected at the corner of
Otter and First streets, this city, for the ac
commodation of the large stock that is ar
riving almost daily.
Harry Yeager was in the city lor a few
■ days this week.
i Location Notices at Pioneer office.
On This Morning's Boat
VIA ST. MICHAEL
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