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PROTECTION IN OUTLYING PRECINCTS
At the time of the break-up last spring there were lying unburied in
widely separated sections oi Interior Alaska the bodies of at least
three men who had met death in the wilderness unattended, ihe dis
covery of the bodies led in each instance to the revelation that no
official had the requisite authority to incur the expense of inaugurating
an investigation into the circumstances connected with the fatalities
;.'i of ev en giving the bodies decent burial. The nearest authority v/as
located at Fairbanks, hundreds of miles distant, and as the places
where the bodies were found were remote from either mail or tele
graphic communication, they were allowed to he untuned, in one in
stance for a period of at least two months. At various times men Have
been lost on the trails of the Interior and their bodies have never been
recovered, leaving always a suspicion tirat they may have met witu
foul play. This condition of affairs naturally led to inquiry as to the
possibility of better policing of the wilds oi Alaska s vast Interior.
Numerous plans have been broached, all more or less unpractical, but
the plan that has received the most favor has been that of an organ
ization modeled after Canadas splendid Northwest Mounted Ponce.
It is understood that a petition has been circulated in I'airbanks and
forwarded to Washington urging the establishment of such a police
system for Alaska, but nothing further has been heard from it, at
least in this vicinity. Or course the proposition has aroused criticism.
That was to be expected. But if the discussion that has ensued will
lend to bring about a reform of the present disgraceful condition of
affairs it should be welcomed. An exchange says:
That petition from Fairbanks asking congress to give Alaska a inounte 1 police sy --
teiii similar to that in Yukon ami the Canadian Northwest territories as futile as was
Oliver Twist’s request for “more.” Congress he- given Alaska a government mon* im
perialistic ill an ai.y other collection of Americans ever had anywhere, but it 1^ not likely
thar it will attempt to imp* se upon the territory an inquisitorial military body with the
powers of magistrates. Nor should it. T1 ere is not a single a tv ant age that could accrue
from a mounted police system that cannot be secured in some other way, and one more
in keeping with American principles of government Police protection just as secure as
any .that any people ever enjoyed anywhere can be secured through civil officials. No
good thing could be accomplished by a union of military and civil authority such a< is
vested in the mounted police of Canada. The military and civil branches of govern
ment have been kept separate in the United States except where uiui.-u *1 conditions haw
risen that have resulted in a declaration of martial law. and they should be kept sep
arated.
Readers of Dickens will remember that Oliver’s request for “more
was not altogether futile. It resulted in a change in that waif’s condi
tion. And situated as Oliver was, any change must necessarily be for
the better. So in the present instance, any plan that will give the
necessary authority to somebody—cal! him a mounted policeman, a
deputy marshal, commissioner or what not—to investigate cases of
mysterious death or disappearance in remote localities, without going
through the red tape methods now ;n vogue, will be an improvement.
It is quite true, as stated in the above excerpt, that anything savor mg
of military administration is repugnant to American ideals. But the
present unprotected condition of large areas of Lncle Sam s domain in
these latitudes presents such an intolerable situation that almost any
kind of authority would be welcomed. The people will look to those
entrusted with the government of the territory to devise some plan
whereby the situation will be met with remedial measures. It does
not take a genius to hnd fault with suggested plans. The true test of
statesmanship and public usefulness is in the initiating and carrying to
a successful issue measures for the public welfare.
Apropos of the subject under discussion, the Dawson News has an
article which will be read with interest. It is as follows:
News uf the murder of Louis Schonborn. Yukon pioneer, at Chisana. comes with a
shock to his many friends in Dawson, and it is to he hoped the murderer will he run
down and made hi pay the penalty. But with the telegraphic report of the outrage con.es
statement such as to rouse every lover of law and order. It is to the effect that the
deputy marshal had to telegraph for permission to use funds to chase the murderers.
Such an egregious state of affairs in a progressive civilized land in this day would seefm
scarcely credible, yet it is a known fact that such is the case throughout Alaska.
It is preposterous that a government should have marshals or deputy marshal.' and
that it should be necessary for them to hurry off messages to some remote nabob sit the
seat of government fur permission to gather in anyone who may take tne law into his
own hands to the extent of coldblooded murder. Comparisons may be odious, but
archaic sayings crumple in many a test, and right here it will no no harm to make a com
parison with the endition found in Alaska end in her neighboring territory of Yukon.
Comparisons, when they show the one country having a much better system or condi
tion. are highly advisable. They should beget a wholesome rivalry ant! the best results.
In this Yukon’Territory any officer of the law not only has the authority to go after a
murderer or any violator of the law. but is constantly supplied with ample means or the
credit to chase any outlaw indefinitely. Not only that, but once a murderer .s appre
hended in this territory, he is given trial without the vexations of long and technical ob
jections. Twelve of Yukon’s thirteen murderers have been hanged. Alaska has had
many times as many murderers. ;mu sean-eij cuuu^i uam *»«» < •* ..
a showing on the score sheet. And it is positive that some of the foulest and most das
tardly outraEPs ever known have taken place in Alaska.
People of this territory are interested in Alaska investments and otherwise. The better
laws and facilities for execution provided there, the more people will be attracted to that
country. And more people going there from the States will help bring this country into
prominence, and all will prosper together. But if Alaska is to become a land enviable n
the eyes of all it will have to receive such support and backing from the govrenment as
will make it possible to apprehend and bring to justice without a moment's delay every
violator of the statutes. ...
It is a well-known fact that in Alaska neither the mar ha! nor other authorities have
means to care for even a wounded or destitute person. The hands of th?^ authorities ore
tied. In some instances a point has been stretched and those requiring help have been
“vagged” or otherwise placed under criminal charger in order, after authority has been
especially delegated, that they could be thrown into jail for mere refuge purposes.
' A movement is on foot in Alaska to provide that territory with a system of mounted
police similar to the Royal Northwest Mounted Police of this territory. Whether hat
territory or Uncle Sam wants to inaugurate such a system remains to be seen, but it is
certain that the efficiency of the mounted police of Yukon and the Canadian Northwest
is so far superior that there is no comparison with the system now obtaining in Alaska.
The objection is made there that it is a cost. All good service is a cost. The American
government is probably as rich as the Canadian, and if it wants the service it can get it
bv paying for it. Otherwise such outrages as the murder of Louis Schonborn will go un
fathomed. If those same murderers come down this side of the line they will be run io
earth by the mounted police as undesirables, and Uncle Sam may then extradite them.
It seems it is up to the American government to help provide some means of chasing
some of its numerous murderers, such as last year and this year infested the overland
trail between Fairbanks and coast points, and the Kuskokwim, the Koyukuk and other
localities, and to do it before the offenders have every chance of getting a thousand-mile
head start. The open season for map-hunting in Alaska should be brought to a close.
It wrill pay.
Who shali say that the above gloomy picture of Alaska’s police sys
tem is not to a certain extent warranted by the facts? And who v/ould,
after realizing the true conditions, put a stumbling block in the way of
a plan which has for its object the betterment of the deplorable condi
tions known to exist? _
“The Gateway wants all the freedom Alaska can secure, and then
some, and the Iditarod Pioneer surely wants the same,” says the Seward
newspaper. Right you are, neighbor. But we don’t want to take this
"freedom” in a capsule. We want to know what the ingredients are.
THE OPERATIONS AT CONSTANTINOPLE
The operations of the fleets of the allies before Constantinople, and
the stubborn resistance which is being opposed to the powerful arma
ment brought to bear against them by the forts of the Dardanelles is
the subject of greatest interest in the war situation at present. Be
cause of the importance of the Turkish capital as a strategic point, and
the part it has played in the world’s history, the fall of no other city
that has thus far been menaced would be accompanied by such interest
nor fraught with such tremendous significance as would the fall of
Constantinople. That the Germans have assisted in strongly fortifying
it has been apparent for soime time, and the present situation makes of
peculiar interest an article which appeared in the Literary Digest of
January 24, 1914, many months before the world at large had awak
ened to the possibility of the greatest war in history being fought
within such a comparatively short space of time. The article is headed,
“ The Germans in Constantinople, and is in part as follows:
A ripple of excitement, bordering on indignation, has swept through Europe on the
news of the military mission which Germany has established at Constantinople. This
means that Lieutenant. General Liman von Sanders Liman Pasha, as he must now be
styled- has arrived at that city, accompanied by a stall consisting of two German colonels,
four majors, one captain, a senior lieutenant and an army doctor. The Germans were
immediately received by the sultan, and an irade has been promulgated giving them
ri'HK JUKI COlnilianu 111 UH* UlUWliaii iwiuy. uiunu I ..Jiia umiiiiaiiu rn »» *x«r..
army corps, the troops stationed in the capital and its vicinity, with the other Germans
as his subordinates. The London Standard thinks this new move on Germany’s part “is
bound to lead to international embarrassments.” Germany was warned by Premier
Kokovt.-ctI when there was ample time to abandon the scheme that Russia would look
upon it with disfavor, and from the Novoe Vremya (St. Petersburg) we have already
emoted paragraphs in which Turkey is said to have become “a German colony” and the
Turkish army under German command is to play the same part as the native army in
India under British command. We read in the Croix (ParisI that under these circum
stances “the Turkish army makes no secret of the deep repugnance with which it. regards
the German military mission." ’ll',:.', however, is counterbalanced by a statement made
t,v Midhat Chukri Hey, the secretary of the Committee of Union and Progress, or “Young
Turks,” to a representative rf the Paris Temps. This gentleman stated that it t
natural for Turkey to seek European assistance in reconstituting her power, and C,erl
muny, as her military monitor for the past thirty years, was of course applied to. for
eign "command of the army would place military administration out. of the range of poli
tics which hitherto, it is charged, have had too much of a hand in controlling the war
office. To quote the speaker's words:
“The piost serious charge made against us during recent years is that of introducing
politics into our anav administration. This charge is to a certain point true. In what
iity of our country must we find oppo-tunity of banishing politics from the army.
Evidently in Constantinople, where the sinister tendency of corrupt public life is apt to
produce the dire-t. effects. We flatter ourselves that the command which we have given
to German officers, strangers to our political ooarrels, and consequently utterly neutral,
will cut short all inclinations to meddle in politics. This is the main reason why we
hav- given to a German general the post of commander, although Russia was opposed
to this action. We arc. indeed, fully convinced that it would be exceedingly difficult for
a Turkish general, whatever his good intentions and self-control, to escape entirely from
the influence of politics, and not to be inclined, however slightly, toward one party or
the other. He would naturally favor his friends. With a foreign general in command,
all such complications are avoided.”
In the more recent controversy between Archdeacon Stuck and the
law officers of the Fourth district there seems to have been some mis
understanding as to the events referred to. The churchman, in his
characteristic straight-from-the-shou’der manner, makes himself thor
oughly understood elsewhere in this issue.
The surprises found in the dictionary by the Bard of the Kuskokwim
will be appreciated by manv whose need for such a reference work is
more pressing than that of the poet.
THE POET AND THE DICTIONARY
(Lines written shortly after having been presented with a fine students' dictionary
by a friend)
HY C. EDWARD CONE
Once I could sing with freedom and with ease,
And siring long, senseless words to tuneful rhyming,
That they my ravished eye or car might { lease,
And all {his be done in faul’l -< rhyming.
And was a poet (so I fondly dreamed)
As great, at least, as Mr. Henry Carv ';
Nor in my wayward fancy ever seemed
To think that I should need a dictionary
Full many a liquid word by memory culled
From legend < Id, or printed s'nng and story,
Graced my theme and my poetic -^nse lull’d,
And to my many verses added glory.
De ri', Pygmalion and Prosperine,
To fill the space, and vagrant rhyme to vary,
Stalked boldly forth on many a page ar.d line
Before was given me a dictionary.
Mv Muse is dead! Or if not dead, so seared
She will not come again to my poor den
And play sweet pranks with me as nnre she dared;
Or in a winsome mood, to guide my pen
To some poetic phrase, or to inspire,
As once she did, in manner customary.
Before I had the bad grace to acquire
The learned knowledge of that dictionary.
0 softly come to me again, sweet Muse.
And let us gladly play again together.
When you’re away I always have the blues,
Nor know I joy in any kind of weather.
So come. I pray, and visit me once more;
And if you think that it is necessary,
That we to our glad height'pagein might soar.
Why. I will burn that denied old dictionary.
Minor English poet < 1743>.
FRENCH BONIFACE’S VERSION
OF CAUSE OF GERMAN DEFEAT
William Phillip Sims, writing from
Crecy en Brie, France, makes the following
addition to the multitudinous war yarns:
“Did anybody ever tell you the real rea
son why the Germans got such a licking
on the Marne, just as they thought they
had Palis right in their paws?”
The chubby, ever-cheerful innkeeper was
laying the table for my lunch under u big
lilac bush on his lawn.
“Why, I suppose,” I replied, “that they
got licked for the same reason anybody
gets licked—because they met better men.”
“No,” said the innkeeper, putting a plate.
“They got licked while they were drunk.”
Drunk!” said 1. “A whole army drunk?”
“It was my son who told me,” explained
the innkeeper, still smiling. “He was in the
battle. He charged with his bayonet right
into the German trenches. I have a Prus
sian helmet he brought back, wounded a
bit though he was.
“The Germans were all drunk, monsieur.
I give you Henri's word for it.”
“On booze ” I probed.
“On champagne,” grinned the innkeeper.
“Champagne, monsieur,” he continued,
“is not for the Germans. They drink beer.
There is no poetry in beer—no romance.
Ugh! It makes me sick—bilious, ‘tres
malade.’ But in champagne there is every
thing that is tender and delicate and beau
tiful and rosy. It is distilled from the
noblest soil and the fairest skies in France.”
“But the Germans drank it?” I asked, to
bring my host back to earth.
“The Germans,” replied the innkeeper,
“they do not know how to drink cham
pagne. And champagne hits back when
the profane hit it. It hits back hard.
“The Germans as htey struck the cham
pagne country pillaged every cellar they
came to, and you know that for a time
they came very fast. They entered Rheims
and Chalons and Epernay and everywhere
iliey drank champagne as they drink beer
at home.
“Millions of bottles they drank. Yet not
one in a thousand had ever tasted cham
pagne before. Now they reveled in it,
bathed in it, staved in casks in cellars and
literally rolled in it.
l‘And they all got drunk—so drunk that
many of them were like dead men for
hours.
“After that they were sick, very, very
TpP showed it. The whole
army was first drunk and then sick.
i cannot tell you how bad it was. The
Germans’ brains were deadened, their
strength broken, their powerful army wob
bled on its legs.
“Of course, my son told me we should
as likely as not have licked them without
the champagne, but each bottle, he said, was
worth a gun.”
As I left the inn I wondered just how
much truth there was in my host’s story.
Once for a nail a kingdom was lost, they
tell us. Can it be possible a champagne
drunk will cost Germany this war?
Job Printing at Pioneer office.
CONSTANTINOPLE
Constantinople occupies the site of the
ancient Byzantium, and was named after
Constantine the Great, who rebuilt it in
328 A. 1). No city in the world has been
subjected to such numerous and celebrated
sieges, and no other has undergone so many
vicissitudes of fortune. Yet it has only been
taken twice, namely, in 1204, by the Cru
saders, who retained it till 1261, and by the
Turks under Mohammed II., May 20, 1453
—an event which completed the extinction
of the Roman empire in the East. The
inhabitants are Turks, Arabians, Greeks, Ar
menians, Jews, Circassians, Bulgarians and
various other nationalities. The population
in 1906 was 1,125,000.
Constantinople is called by the Turks
Stamboul. and by the Greeks, Istampoli
(both derived from the Greek eis ten polin,
“into the city”). It is the capital of the
Turkish empire, and is surrounded by water
on all sides but the west, with the Sea of
Marmora and the Bosporus on the south
and east, and the Golden Horn, an inlet
of the latter about six miles in length, on
the north. The city is triangular in shape,
its apex projecting into the Bosporus, and
its base, a lofty double wall four miles in
length, stretching across the promontory
from the Sett of Marmora to the Golden
Horn. Each of the sides may be about
three and three-fourths miles in length, and
within these limits the whole of the city
is included. On the opposite side of the
Co lrlen Horn, and aCo occupying the ex
tremity of a promontory, sometimes call 'd
the Peninsula of Pera, are situated the ex
tensive suburbs, Galata, Pera and Tophana.
Constantinople was formerly walled on all
ode-, but the wails along the Golden Horn
and Sen of Marmora, the north and south
rides of the city respectively, are in a ruinous
slate, and in many places have altogether
disappeared. The inland, or west wall, u
magnificent specimen of mural architecture.
containing six gate.', tnougn uilapiciateu m
parts, could In: easily restored. The streets
are extremely narrow, dirty and ill-paved
and so crooked that harcllv any two of them
run for any length parallel to each other.
The houses are generally low and ill-built.
The window* are stricty closed with lattice
work of cane, in the center of which the
wife of the Turk, excluded from public
view, endeavors to see what is passing in
the street. The city is supplied with water
by public fountains, which are very numer
ous, and some of them very beautiful, hav
ing pure white marble facades, elaborate
arabesque ornaments and Chinese roofs;
they generally stand in the center of an
open square. On the extreme northeastern
f.i'int of the promontory on which the city
stands, called Point Serai, is situated the
! sera1 ho, or palace of the sultan, having the
Bosporus in front and the Golden Horn on
the left, and commanding a magnificent
view r.f the opposite shore, including the
beautiful town of Scutari and its cypress
j covered hills. The seraglio, with its gardens
and groves, includes a large space, and is
i washed by the ,sea for two-thirds of its ex
tent. Having been enlarged and altered at
various periods, according to the taste or
caprice of the princes or sultans, it now
consists of a conglomeration of buildings,
clustering together without order or design.
Its apartments, however, are spacious and
richly furnished. At the principal entrance
is a large and lofty gate, called Babi Hu
niayon, “the high door” or “sublime porte.”
ir. in which has been derived the well
known diplomatic phrase, all political busi
ness being transacted, as supposed, under
this portal. Within the precincts of the
ntdace is the celebrated divan and the
harem, with the “Garden of Delight, in
which are numerous gorgeous parterres and
1 pavilions. The Adrianople and Const ant i
i nople railway here runs along the coast and
| has a terminus.
; inert* are a great numoer oi incioque**
i in Constantinople. all of them more or E-s
j distinguished by grandeur and beauty; but
the most remarkable are the royal mosques,
of which there are about fifteen, among the
lines! in the world. Of these ;he largest and
most splendid is that of Suleimaniu, situ
a ed on the northeast side of the city, and
standing in the midst of a large square,
surrounded by an urcade upon pillars
of granite and marble. Next to it in ex
i tent, but i f much older date, is the famous
i mosque of St. Sophia, near the east ex
tremity of the city, the pattern of almost
every mosque in the land; its walls and
domes, of which latter it has twenty of
i equal dimensions, spruiging from the same
; level, and sustained by twelve columns, are
encrusted with mosaics, forming various fig
. ores and devices. The court or open square
1 in which it stands is paved with marble,
I and shaded by line plane trees. This is the
1 most ancient existing Christian church, hav
ing been only converted into a mosque in
1453. It has latterly been thoroughly re
stored by an English architect, by order of
the sultan, and the layer of plaster removed
by which the superb mosaics and frescoes
that decorate its walls were covered. The
m; sque of Yeni Djami. known also as that
of the Sultana Djami, was built by th<‘
mother of Mohammed IV.. and is esteemed
one of the most magnificent in the capital.
It stands almost on the edge of the port,
and this point, being the ferry between
Galata and Stamboul, is constantly thronged
with boats. Here almost every Frank first
lands in the ‘‘City of the Faithful.” The
mosque is constructed of white marble, and
has two peculiarly elegant minarets, encir
cled by no less than three galleries of richly
perforated workmanship. The principal
dome rests upon four lesser ones, which ap
pear to lift it to the clouds. Another cele
brated mosque is that of Sultan Ahmed, a
little southeast from the former. From the
elevated position this mosque occupies it is
the most conspicuous object in the city
when viewed from the Sea of Marmora. The
minarets are of great beauty, and ascend
to an immense height. All the other
i mosques are much less in size than those
descrbiecl, but very much resemble them
in plan and other features. All of them are
enriched by splendid columns of marble,
Egyptian granite or serpentine, and have
massive and highly ornamented gateways
and porches and handsome courts and cis
terns for ablution.
The bazaars of Constantinople are nu
merous but in no way very remarkable.
Some of them are covered, others open.
The covered bazaars have a somewhat mean
appearance, resembling a row of booths in
a fair, but the arrangement and manner of
exposing the gay and glittering wares is
sufficiently attractive. The principal or
Great Bazaar consists of long avenues cov
ered over with lofty arches of brick, lighted
by apertures in the roof, and branching off
in different directions. The ceilings of the
vaults and various parts of the walls are
ornamented with painted flowers and de
vices. On each side of the passage are
counters and stalls, with a wide passage be
tween them, and on each counter sits the
merchant, generally smoking his pipe or
chibouk, with his crossed legs drawn under
him. The bazaars, both open and covered,
are severally allotted to particuar trades
and merchandise; they are generaly so
crowded, chiefly by ladies, that it is diffi
cult to pass htrough them. Countyntinople
has but one remarkable square, called the
At-Meidan. It occupies the site of the an- ^
cient Hippodrome, “horse course,” a place I
at one time of great splendor, having been *
ornamented with marble colonnades and
surrounded by seats like an amphitheater.
The present area is an irregular quadrangle
about 200 yards long and 150 yards wide,
containing some obelisks which belonged to -
the ancient structure, one of which, of
granite, is composed of a single piece fifty
oet high. The numerous public baths in I
the city are mostly of marble, of plain ex- ■
terior but handsome and commodious
within, with every accommodation and ap
pliance requisite. They arc divided into a
number of circular rooms, lighted from
above, and sufficiently spacious to admit a
number of bathers at the same time. 1 he
cemeteries of Constantinople, outside the (
western wall, are among its greatest erna
ments. From their antiquity, and the trees
; l:mted in them, they have become vast I
forests, extending for miles around the city !
and its suburbs, .lews, Armenians and ;
Greeks have their own quarters in the city. '
The few manufactures of Constantinople
are chiefly confined to articles in morocco 1
leather, saddlery, tobacco pipes, fez caps,
arms, perfumes, gold and silver embroider- .
ies, etc.; but its foreign commerce is con
siderable. The harbor, or Golden Horn,
which more resembles a large river than a
harbor, is deep, commodious, well sheltered
and capable of containing 1.200 iarge ships,
wnicn may uau aim urn mgsiae me quays, i
It is about six miles long and a little more j
than half a mile broad at the widest part;
its general breadth, however, does not ! ■
much exceed a quarter of a mile. The ;
Golden Horn is usually crowded with vev |
sds and light boats, and presents a lively, |
bustling scene. Among the imports are >
corn, iron, timber, tallow’ and furs from the j
Black sea and Russia; cotton studs and i
yarn, woolen.-, silks, watches, furniture, jew- j
dry, coffee, sugar, pepper and spices, spir- |
its, etc. The exports consist of silks car- |
jiets, hides, wool, goats’ hair, madder, va- ,
Ionia, etc. In 1907 14.745 vessels, with a
tonnage of 11,450.178. entered and c]e. x ; |
4.507, with a tonnage of 0,505 925, were.
British. -From Americana.
SMYRNA
' . i
Smyrna, which is just now occupying the ;
attention of the aliicd forces in the opera ;
tions against Turkey, is an ancient city ami j
important seaport < n the we.-! coast of th« |
pastrolic of Anatolia, at the head of the j
Gulf of Smyrna, an inlet of the Liman sea. !
It has an artificial harlioi S yr i
for centuries the most important place of J
trade in the Levant. This trade i- carri-d |
on partly by shipping and partly by cara- |
van from the interior, and is now supple
mented by railways. The principal exports
re raisins, iig-, valoriia, cereals, tobacco,
gum-arabic, opium, carpets, cotton, wool,
liquorice and olive oil.
There are conflicting accounts of the ori
gin of Smyrna. The most probable is tnat
vvnicn re; ri'.-cin- u as uu i. niau **'■'»*«
Cyme. About G8S B. C. it fell into the ■
hands of the Iimians of Colophon. It laid
claim to being the birthplace of Homer, j
and its coins bore his image. It became
one of the greatest and most prosperous ,
cities in the world. It is one of the two
among the seven churches in Asia which j
St. John addresses without rebuke. In the
Thirteenth century only the ruins of its
former splendor were left; but after the I
Turks became masters of the country it
began to revive, and it is now the most
nourishing city in Asia Minor. The popu
lation is 200.000, fully half being Greeks.—
From Americana.
We strive to please the people from the
creeks when they come to
THE CROSBY BATHS.
CLIBER’S
FOOTWEAR hospital
FLAT CITY
Now is tht‘ tunc !" g-'1 ynur* hoot.s and
shm- r* j• i!i» t1 just 1hT'-:v til*'- Misy s'li
st,n begin-. You'll save tin:-' and money by ,
havnig y■ i-- n [mu Work d"ii-‘ now.
GOOD WORK REASONABLE PEKOES
C. C. CLtWER, FLAT CITV
PIONEER CREEK AGENCIES
'LAT CITY. Mr:. C. C. Chittick
HSCOVERY OTTER .... Harry Donnelley
DR. MOORE,
ita'cian ami Surgeon
Join St., Opposite Postoffice, Flat City
-yo Glass Fitting Telephone
OR. H. E. AURIMGER,
.'liysician and Surgeon
c'*>-ce: Gold 8t. Flat City, Alaska
'..•.-ultation Hours in Forenoons and by
Appointment
E. M. STANTON,
attorney at Law
)fl te: Corner Willow and Second Sta
Iditarod Pioneer Building
W. F. HARRISON,
Attorney at Law
IDITAROD, ALASKA
Room 12, Roglria Hotel
CHAS. E. TAYLOR,
Attorney at Law
BANK BLOCK
First Avenue tditarod
Adams House
FIRST ST.. IDITAROD
Clean, Warm Rooms, Gas-Lighted. The i
Only First-Class Horse and Dog
Stable* in Town
Travelers Taken to the Creeks
Free Library and Reading Room
Dug Salmon for Sale
Eest of Everything
ALL THE TIME AT THK
Arcade Cafe
FLAX CITY
Open Duv and Night
Regina H al
MRS. N. P. GiLMORE
FURNACE HEAT
REASONABLE RATES
Second and Willow Streets
Worm Horse and Dog_Barns
OPEN DAY AND NIGHT
CAFE
FLAT CITY HOH BACK 4. DURAND
Bet. the Grand and Bagoy's Bars
THE BEST ALL THE TIME
WE ARE HERE TO STAY
dGold St., Flit City
Mrs. Geo. Mutchler, Prop.
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Nicely Furnished Rooms Barn for Horses and Dogs Baths in Connection
5 Seward Gold Seal Pacs
! ARE THE BEST ON THE MARKET
] H. DONNELLEY, __discover^jtt^
McDonald House
Furnace Heat in Every Room Large and Warm Dog Houses
FREE READING ROOM.—All the Late Outside Papers and Magazines,
When at s fl 9 CLEAN, WARM ROOMS
Stop *at the 1^001* House Tab and Stean, Bathe
New Stables for Horses and Dogs MRS. DICKSON, PROP.
Fresh :Mleats
Beef, Poultry, Fish
Dry Packed Butter
soon.st 1D1TAROD f^EAT CO. ^ne|3
THE BEST OF EVERYTHING ALL THE TIME
Caribou Cafe
FIRST AVE.
GOOD MEALS
SHORT ORDERS
OPEN DAY AND NIGHT
ROBT. boutar
Prop.