At the meeting of the city council
Wednesday night Chairman McDouall
of the police committee repotted an
ordinance providing, among other
tilings, for the policing of the city.
The ordinance is amendatory of Ordi
nance No. 2t. it having been read by
the clerk, upon the motion of Mr. Mc
Donell the rules were suspended and
t he ordinance was put upon its second
i tiding. Upon motion of Captain Pe
t -rsen it was put upon its third reading
and adopted unanimously.
Provisions o' the Ordinance.
The new ordinance provides for a
chief of police, with a salary of $250 a
month, and a captain of police, at a
salary of $235. The salary of the mu
nicipal clerk is fixed at $25 a month
and the captain of the lire department
will also serve as municipal clerk and
magistrate.
An adjourned meeting of the council
was set for last Friday i night, at which
time applicatio s for the new positions
are expected tc be received and acted
upon.
Bills Ordered Paid.
The finance committee reported fa
vorably the following bills, and war
rants were ordered drawn in payment
of same:
Red Cross Drugstore, office sup
plies $ 2 50
Mutehler Bros., ti cords wood 72 00
Iditarod Machine Shop, stove 70 00
Walter Hunsaker, !> day s service
as assessor, to and including
November 1 . 135 00 :
Attorney Roden, to whom had been ^
referred certain items in a claim of t lie I
Clark Lumber Company (Cleveland, 1
agent), reported verbally that the mat
ter was still under investigation, and
was given until next week to make up ;
a final report.
Bids for Supplying Wood.
Two bids were received for supplying
the city with 40 cords of 4-foot wood —
Zeke Perovich bidding - 111 ar.d Funk &
Graham il2 per cord. Members of the
fire committee all being busy, Mayor
Barnes volunteered to view the wood
and report at the adjourned meeting.
The clerk rtported receipt of $500
from the clerk of c art at Fairbanks.
The same was credited to the school
board.
ADJOURNED MEETING.
Last night when the council went
into the matter of carrying out the
provisions of tlie ordinance passed at
the Thursday session, the clerk read
applications for the new positions as
follows:
Chief of Police —Frank Gularte ( pres
ent fire captain) and Harry \V. Punter.
Captain of Fire Department to also
act as municipal clerk and magistrate)
• -Earl B. Hunt and Frank P. <I'Farrell.
It is understood that the selection of
a police captain will remain in abey
ance.
Action Deferred.
At the request of Mayor Barnes Mr.
McDonell took the chair and the mayor
addressed the council, earnestly plead
ing the cause of Messrs. Gularte and
Hunt, who lose their present positions
under the terms of the new ordinance.
He said it would be unjust to throw
them out with nothing to do in the
wintertime without, giving them a
.chance to make good in the new posi
i tions for which they have applied, and
j added that there is not a member of
council who would not feel sore if such
] action were taken regarding himself
| under like circumstances. If these
1 boys fail to make good, he said, he will
guarantee their resignations to he
forthcoming.
Mr. Mutchler said he believed the
; matter should go over to next week in
order that everybody who desires mat
j apply, after which members of the
council should vote as their judgment
dictate.
Mayor Barnes again pleaded for
Messrs. Gularte and Bunt, and Mr.
Mutchler referred to the fairness of
his own proposition.
In answer to words of Mayor Barnes
Mr. McDonell said he did not se
where there would he any ‘'throwing
! out" no matter who were given the
i netv positions.
Captain Petersen said it seemed that
at. a little caucus the other night
things had been framed up in favor ol
the two men now in office, and he be
lieved action ought to be postponed to
next meeting.
Mayor Barnes said at the lime the
new positions were created he had no
idea the present men would apply for
or accept them.
Captain Petersen said he believed it
being fair to the members of council
and the city as a whole, as well as to
the men holding present positions. On
ills motion the matter went over.
Perovich Gets Wood Contract.
Zeke Perovich was awarded a con
tract for -it) cords of -1-foot wood at $11
a cord where it lies, and arrangement
was made for its delivery as needed at
$2. Terras, $100 down; balance in war
rants as wood is delivered. Money not
being available, Mr. Barnes agreed tv
cash a $100 warrant to be made paya
ble to Perovich next Wednesday.
Accident to tho Pump.
Chairman Worden of the fire com
mittee reported that the fire depart
i raent is temporarily in difficulty owing
to an accident to the pump.
Mr. Barnes had been engaged to
! move the pump into position. In view
ing certain wood submitted for sale to
tiie city he had fallen and injured him
'self so he could not personally do the
work, but engaged a driver. The
mules ran away and the steamchest for
the pump was broken and other in
jury done.
Mr. Worden had ascertained that
the injured parts could be replaced by
! t li < 1 ni (ij}.;;)( 1 ; o ia 1 11. pre
liminary steps to that end. The com
mittee was given complete power in
the m it ter.
Teamsters and pg wjr saf^r31. cp^
Dog Pushers TMKE NOTICE
\\ e are selling our complete
F<?r Ce/J/,
£els of Harness OFF
Fine Line of Extra Large Horse Blankets and Nome-Styie
Dog Harness; also Extra Dog Collars
—AT THE—
ostosi Clothing Store
Next Reel Cross Dru«; Store
A FEW THINGS JOB WINTER
Extra Large-Size Horse Blankets
Yukon Sieds, Snowshoes Coat Oil aud Gasoline
Core's Air-Tight Heaters
SMITH’S GUM STORE
Phone No. 6 iditarcd, Alaska
Miners & Merchants Bank
1DITAROD, ALASKA
Capital, $100,000.00
General Banking Business Transacted Gold Dust Bought and Assayed
Drafts Issued on Any Part of the World
SEATTLE CORRESPONDENT: SCANDINAVIAN AMERICAN BANK
OFFICERS:
T. J. Nestor, President
Chas Ross, Vice President
E. G. Lindberg, Manager
John Holmes, Cashier and Assayer
THIS OUR THIRD WEEK
Oi^E"THIRD OFF
SALE
Well, the snow has come down sit last, and so
have our prices to ONE-THIRD LESS on all .veil
matched
’GOON SKIN FOB GOATS, WOLF ROBES and FOB CAPS
We Gsrry Teamster's Fur Goats as low as $ f 5.00
Get busy at once, for we are selling a Vici Kid Felt-lined A « -»r
and Felt-soled Shoe at I
This Shoe sold for $0.50
OUR STOCK Or WOOL FELT SHOES IS THE MOST COMPLETE IN TOWN
FRIEDMAN'S STORE
The report of Deputy Marshal Anders, of Hot Springs, made
i to the marshal's office at Fairbanks, told of the fruitless search for
Duncan Angus, who disappeared in the Hot Springs district early
■ last August under circumstances that led to the belief he had been
j murdered. Deputy Marshal Anders was assisted in the search by
I George Wright, J. Wr. McCormack and Black Sand John Warner.
Angus left Hot Springs in company with Michael Joseph Sul
; livan, John (Black Sand) Warner and Roy Davis, for the head of
I Killarney creek, in Hot Springs district. Some days later Sulli
• van, Warner and Davis returned without Angus, and their actions
and subsequent investigations by the authorities indicated that
! Angus must have met with foul play. No trace of him has ever
| been found.
There is a possibility that he may have left for some other
| part of Alaska; and therefore Marshal Love has requested Deputy
Marshal Shepard to make inquiry in the Iditarod and give the
' matter as much publicity as possible in an effort to locate the
missing man.
Angus is 5 feet 8 inches high; weighs luO pounds; has blue
| eyes, brown hair, sandy complexion, reddish-brown mustache;
slightly stooped shoulders; periodical drinker; Scotch accent;
! about J5 years old.
I I
Tommy Bullene started out over the j
trail for the Tatiana metropolis at 8:150 j
Wednesday morning.
Billy Casey, who has been in the J
Iditarod since the opening of naviga-j
' tion, left for Fairbanks Wednesday. |
1 After transacting a little business he
will co out over the Valdez trail. Mr.
Casey will winter in California, where
Mrs. Casey now is.
Henry Roden returned from Fiat
Wednesday.
Nels Glantz came in from Flat City
Tuesday.
Grant Murdock came to town Tues
day.
J. S. Harding, who has been paying
a business visit to tlie creeks, returned
Wednesday.
CLAIM RICHEST MINE IN WORLD!
New York, October 16 —Colonel |
Wealheihy, British consul here, I
has just returned from a btiel visit
to the Porcupine goldfield, North
eru Ontario. lie brought with him
half a ton of gold from the new
camp, and claims to have the rich
est gold mine in the world
Power-of-attorney blanks—Pioneer.
TRACTION CO. STARTS ITS STAGE
Last Wednesday the Iditarod Trac
tion Co. notified patrons that freight
rates hud been reduced to the winter
schedule, and the company is now pre
pared to enter into contracts for mid
winter freighting. The regular pas
senger and freight service will com
mence as soon as the trail permi’s*
The stage will leave Flat eveiy morn
ing for Iditarod and return to the creek
town tiie afternoon of the same day.
Party for Outside
Hans Olson, Ben Cedermalm and
George Rich left yesterday with sev
eral dogtearas for Seward en route to
the Outside. Olson goes to Hastings,
N. D., Cedermalm to Brooklyn, N. Y.,
and Rich goes to the state of Washing
ion.
Rich will probably come back over
the ice, but Olson and Seiderman will
postpone their return until the opening
of navigation.
RIVERSIDE HOTEL is now open for
business, under new management.
Warm rooms and bunks, good accom
modations for dogs: reasonable rates
to suit the times. Mr. and Mrs. F.
McGibnev, managers.
Your Chance to Help
Patronize the porcelain baths at Idit
arod hospital—every convenience for
ladies and gentlemen.
VERDICT AGAINST j
FRANK MANLEY
Seattle, October io—-Roy Nye.
torrner Fairbanks attorney, ha- re
ceived a verdict for $20 000 lor ser
vices rendered to Frank Manley in
1 imnection with peijurv charge
that were lodged against Manley in
Texas, and of which he was ex
onerated.
Nye was sent back to Washing
ton D C , at the time the charge
were filed and lor this service be
e.d Maidey responsible. He a'.si
laimed lor other legal services amt
tor assigned accounts.
As bolder of certain of the Man
■ y notes, Nye first begat! suit ti
declare Manley bankrupt. This
-uit was denied.
Next Nye sued for the sum o!
*12,000 and attached 4 below
Cleary This action was finally
dismissed and then Nve began sui;
in the Seattle couiis for a stib
larger sum
STEAMBOATMEN GO
TO SOOTH AMERICA
As a result of the formation of a
large steamboat company at Bueinr
Aires, many old Yukon steamboat
men have left the North never t< |
return
When the company was former! j
Captain K E Broun, formerly'ol I
he N A T. & T. Co , was ap I
pointed superintendent ol trails |
portation, and in looking around |
tor men to man the new vessels, he j
naturally bought of his oldtime co
workers on the mighty Yukon As
a consequence, some of the largest j
of the steamers have lost not onl\ j
their captains, but their engineers
and numbers of their ctews.
From liie Susie went Captain j
Newcomb, who has spent 14 years ]
m the North; Ralph Newcomb,
pilot, and Phil Rainier, chief en
gineer The Sarah lost Captain j
Looney and Beedle, pilot. The
Hei m m lost Captain Harry Young
Captain Newcomb and sou Ralph
are already on their way to Sou111
America via Pans. The others
follow at an eariv date.
The new steamboats are to
operate on the Plate and Parana
rivers, which happy streams never
compel navigators to “go into win
ter quarters,’’ nor allow hapless
traveleis to be caught in the ice.
GOVERNOR CLARK'S
TEMPORARY OFFICE
Contracts have been let lor rnak I
ing the old Presbyterian Mission
building at Juneau habitable, says
the Alaskan Sourdough ol Juneau
I Governor Clark will move into i;
this .all and it vviil he occupied as
the executive offices of the terii'.ory
until the new building is com
pleted It is expected that the new
building will not be ready for oc
cupancy for a couple of years and
the mission building v\ ill not have
to be torn down until the new
structure is completed
The contract calls for the instal
latio.j ol a steam heating plant,
electric lights, new chimneys and
modern plumbing, and tor painting
inside and out
| The total cost of the necessary
| alterations amounts to §1,679 75
TANANA RESTAURANT MAN
LOCATES AT RUBY CITY
I
Charles E. Wing, for several years
proprietor of the Tanana Restaurant
at i'anana town (sometimes spoken of
as Gibbon), has opened up at Ruby. His
present place is called the California.
Charley is one of the best known
| restaurant men along the Yukon and
is famous as a cook. He is a China
man.
Besides being an artist in his line of
business, Wing possesses many excel
lent personal qualities, and in every
' camp in the interior are to be found
men who have received substantial
favors from him. He deserves pros
perity. _
Post card given away at Ansley's.
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jg& T LAST it lias arrived, and, conse
Mrym. quently, the professional musher is
Sttm^ in his glory—likewise the jolly
squadron going overland are very
much in a hurry.
This firm appreciates the white falling
flakes fully as well, as weare stocked up with
abundant varieties of Warm as well as Water
proof FOOTWEAR, largest selection of
GLOVES and «¥!ITTS -last, but not least,
FUR COATS and CAPS in unlimited
quantities and best quality.
NO HOOKS, NETS, NOR BAITS,
But Standard High-Class Clothing and Fur
nishings at lowest prices, and our method of
doing business as white as snow.
Leading Clothiers
HAS A RELAPSE
Sam Bonniiield lias been taken into
custody by the Fairbanks marshal’s
office on an insanity charge, and is now
in tlie federal jail. He lias been an
balanced for some time, but it was
only recently that his condition became
very noticeable. He drew several
thousand dollars from the bank, and,
after scattering a large sum around
promiscuously among the laborers on
the waterfront, took the balance across
the river and played with it in the
sand. When picked up he was quite
violent, declaiming against President
Taft, Cardinal Gibbun and others ol
prominence, declaring that money is
their god.
When the banks went, on the scrip
basis in 15)07-08 BonniGeld was presi
dent of the the First National hank,
and the worries incident thereto were
tlie cause of a mental breakdown. Ho '
was taken Outside and cared for in a ,
private sanitarium until a year ago,
when he walked back to Fairbanks ;
ver the trail. Since his return helms
never been right. although itis insanity
lias been of a harmless nature. This
summer he walked to Richardson, and
spent several weeks there hunting for
a letter thatcontainedonly a few cents. !
-:—
A. V. THORNS WAS NOT AT RUBY
In the Rubv news printed in the
P.oneer last week was a statement
that *'A V. Thorns is sinking a
hole on Eldorado creek.” The Ruby
Citizen had said so and the Pioneer
took its word lor it ; hut Mr |
Thorns himself thinks the report j
somewhat exaggerated, inasmuch
as he has not been in the Ruby ciis
trict at al1. He is now out at Flat,
where, to the best of his recollec
tion, he has been throughout the
reason.
No chance to catch a cold if you use
the porcelain tub baths at the Iditarod
hospital.
Notice of Non-Liability
To whom it may concern:
Notice is hereby given that the un
dersigned are the owners;of that certain
placer mining ground known and de
scribed as the Contact Association
Placer Mining Claim,situated on Happy
creek, in Otter precinct, Fourth divi
sion, territory of Alaska, the -am
being I he ground upon which this in
t ice i- posted.
Notice is further given that the un
dersigned will not be responsible in any
way for the payment of any wages due.
or for the price of any material fur
nished for the working, mining or op
erating of the said Contact Mining
Claim, unless such work is performed
or such material is furnished at the
special instance anti request of the 1
der.sigi.ed or either of them.
Dated Nov. !>, 1011.
Alfred Mattson. A. Johnson.
A. Alina. J. Hakolin.
J Samba. J. Palmer.
J. Wilson. Geo. Berry.
In the District Court for the Territory
of Alaska, Fourth Division In the
Matter of Angus McLellan, Bank
rupt— No. 3 B Notice of Meeting of
t ’reditups.
To the creditors of Angus McLellan,
in the Territory oT Alaska, a bank
rupt :
Notice is hereby given that on the
16th day of November, lull, ’he -aid
Angus McLellan was duly adjudicated
bankrupt; ar.d that the first meeting of
liis creditors will be held at my office
in the town of Iditarod on November
28, at 2 o'clock p.tn.,at which lime said
creditors may attend, prove their
claims, appoint trustee, examine the
bankrupt, and transact such other busi
ness as may properly come before said
meeting. HENRY RODEN.
Referee in Bankruptcy.
Iditarod, Alaska, Nov. 17. lull.
MERCHANTS CAFE
NOW PREPARED TO DO A
GENERAL GROCERY OUTFITTING BUSINESS
At Lowest Prices. All Fresh, NewGoods
See Us Befoi*e Buying Elsewhere.
CM AS. E. MILLER, PROP.
WATCH THIS SPACE
Stop at Ed Kelly’s Roadhouse, Diskaket
For Purity and Qualify of Liquors and Cigars Patronise Us
JACK BAIRD, REASONABLE PRICES IN QUANTITIES ED ANDERSON,
“The Budweiser,” Iditarod telephone “The Branch,” Flat City