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ANOTHER AMUSING STORY
FROM COAST NEWSPAPER
So many “millionaires'- have passed
through Seward recently that the friends of
James Pitcher will be disappointed to learn
that he is only rated as half a millionaire 1
Says the Seward Post of January 12:
"J. S Pitcher and wife and Pars Oetnes
owners of discovery claim and 1 above and
1 below on Boob creek, in the Tolstoi, ar
rived hist night from the newest gold camp
in Alaska, having been on the trail since
December 21. They are guests at the Sew
ard. and will sail for Seattle on the Ala
meda
“Pitcher is the discoverer of Booh creek,
and is credited with having disposed of his
interests for half a million
“Mrs. Pitcher, who came to Alaska seven
years ago, said that they had e.n easy time
on the trail until they arrived on the Turn
seain arm section, where they were delayed
by new snow
“The traveling outfit of Pitcher. Ostues
and Mrs Pitcher is about the classiest that
has been seen here for some time, their fur
parkas and mukluks being of the finest
make. They expected to go out on the Spo
kane, but had expressed their baggage in
from Indian creek, and it Is held up by the
new snow.
“Pitcher says he does not befeve Tolstoi
will be a big camp, but that it will be a
good little camp. He sold his ground to
Htnrv Raley ”
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9 9 9
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Closing out our Suits—Get our
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for a song
OVERALLS AND JUMPERS
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DRIVERS’ GLOVES
WOOD CHOPPERS’ AND MUSH
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GEAR OUR SPECIALTY
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AnsBeys
IDITAROD, A LAS a A
INTERESTING STATISTICS
OF 100 YEARS IN ALASKA
f or the past several weeks Father A- P.
Kashevaroff, working with the force in the
office of Charles E. Davidson, haa been
translating and transcribing the early vital
statistical records of the Russian church into
the English language and making the rec
ords of the office as complete as possible,
says the Juneau Empire of January 5.
Father Kashevaroff is acting as translator, i
and his records are being written on the
typewriter, and will be added to the perma
a, at files of the- office when completed.
The records of the Russian church con
tain the dates of all births, marriages and
deaths among the people professing that
faith, and are complete from the year 1816
to the pre.-eut time, or for the past 100
years. Many historic events arc shown in
the records, which consist of written books.
Before a record book is started it is punched,
run through with a heavy black silk cord,
and sealed with (lie sea! of the bishop of
the church. The pages are then counted
and numbered, the bishop making an entry
and signing the last page, which makes it
impossible for anyone to tamper with the |
records in any way.
One of the hrst historical events ol in- I
ferest in the records is the account of the ;
marriage of Governor Yanof.-ky to a half- j
breed daughter of Governor Baranoff. Yaii
ofsky was at the time of the marriage a
lieutenant in the Russian fleet stationed at
Sitka. The marriage was on January 7 j
ISIS. The record gives the uceount of the I
wedding as follows:
“Jan. ", 1818, Lieutenant of the Russian 1
Fleet Sinnon Ivanovich Yanofsky married j
the daughter of *he head of the government j
of the Russian possessions in America and
Governor and Cavalier Alexander Baranoff.
the girl Irma, a creole.’
The mimes of the Russian governor5 of ;
Alaska appear in the pages many time? I
where they acted as crown bearers at wed- :
dings. Among those mentisnrd many times
are Baranoff, Kupreanuff. Gregory Etolin.
Baron Ferdinand Wrangell.
The records contain the account of the
death of Mary, a daughter of Baron Wran
gell, v.ho was buried in Sitka, on the i lot
where the old church Flood. The pravi
is still preserved and can be seen at the
side of the principal street of Sitka, a short
distance from the present church.
Among other things in the. record Father j
Ka.-hevnroff found the record of the mar- j
riiige of his grandfather, the birth of his !
father and also his father's marriage. He |
also found the record of the marriage of j
his great-unch: to Catherine, a daughter of i
Father John Vmiaminof. bishop of A1 taka. .
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at the McDonald
I
S. Ducksttd, J. E. Beattie. ’Gene' Norton, j
George Duboi.se*. R. McMillan. Carl Carlson. !
Pete Mounier. J. G. Rivers-, John Runkle, !
II. Bismarck, Dominick Lavoylis, Charles j
Mat'.cb, Harry Harms, John Oyng. J. W. j
Wiliison, George B. Blanusha, A1 Winchell. 1
C. R. PECK, FLAT
General Merchandise
CANDY
Society Chocolate Creams, per lb $ 75
Imperial Chocolate Creams, per lb 1-00
PA cm INC Cl AT IDflNQ Acorn Special Flat Iron, eacl 7.50
UAMJLINL 7LA 1 II\UIw American Flat Irons, each 7.50
Tenta, Tarpaulins, Nome Dog Harness, Webbing, Gasoline Lamps, Guns, Am
munition, Hardware, 8toves, Heaters, Furniture and Bedding, Rugs.
GUN STORE
IDITAROD, ALASKA PHONE S SECOND AND WILLOW
MERCHANTS OF FAIRBANKS
HAVE FLAN OF THEIR OWN
FOR FIGHTING MONOPOLY
in a. state of organization for several
months, announcement is made now that a
new transportation- company, the Fairbanks
'transportation Company, haa- been organ
ized, for- the handling of freight from Seat
tle to Fairbanks A boat in under con
st ruction- in Seattle now anti will sail to
St. Mich tel as sooty as weather conditions
permit, says the Fairbanks News Miner of
January 10
The Fairbanks Transportation Company
is made up of practically all of the inde
pendent merchants of the town. These mer
chants figure that they can handle their
own freight more satisfactorily aial at less
cost to them than can. the older trans
portation companies For that reason a sep
arate and distinct corporation has been, or
ganized and articles of ineorjxiration were
tiled ibis morning, and the company will
ue in operation during the early part of
the summer and thereafter The directors
of the new company include
J. A. Healey, Robert Lavery, W. IV Frn
dergraftr Charles L. Thompson*- J- R
Fowles, Jamse 1- Barrack and Robert
Bloom
The following is u list of the stockhold
ers :
W. W. Pendergral’t, Lavery <fc Bailey,
ohn A - Healey, Louis Golden, Simsoa Bros,,
•Imith’s Gun Store, Tanana Sheet Metal
Works, Robert Bloom, Fairbanks Clothing j
Company, Pioneer Express, Samson Hard
ware Company, Charles L Thompson, F. 1‘.
Welch, Barth el Brewing Company, M. J.
McDermott, McIntosh A Kubon, H. J. Hale.
W. A. CoghiU, Fred Lewis, Thomas McKin
non, Dave H. Cascadden, Frank Milter and
H. S. Dupuy.
It is said that the most difficult prob
‘ein that confronted the company was to
secure the necessary ocean transportation
rom Seattle to St. Michael tat that satis
factory arrangements have now been made.
SNOW LEAVES FOR JUNEAU
(Ruby Record-Citizen, Jan. 20)
Representative C. K. Show is about to
leave us for Juneau, in order to reach there
in time for the legislative session. And,
as he expects to mush it all the way, he
s leaving early in order to be able to make
he trip in leisurely fashion. In fact, he
neets to depart from Ruby next Monday.
In honor of the occasion the camp is to
live him a pleasant send-off tonight at Eagle
hull beginning at S:30. We wish to show
our representative our pleasure and appre
ciation of tiie fact that he has been elected
in a campaign presenting many seemingly |
insurmountable difficulties. A large gather- j
rig i< antiepated.
THEY ARRIVED ALL RIGHT
The half million dollars in gold arrived
I.ist night in time to catch the Mariposa.
Jt was in charge of Bob Griffis, who had
vith him Harry Whittenirre, \V. C Mitchell
and S. Wiig. Taey made the trip ’:i fine :
iuipe. Bob has been driving dogs so long j
hat if you find him asleep and bark like j
a dog he'll shout “Mush.'’ Before driving
logs in Alaska he drove stage coaches in
h. braw days of old in the wild West.
Mr. Crider of the Wells I-'argo Company
was on hand to see the gold shipped out. -
deward Gateway.
ESTMERE IS VIOLENT
Among the passengers on the Watson for
Seattle were Deputy Marshal V* ardell and
Captain 1-Yank Johnson of Anchorage, tak
:Vfr Charles K.'tmere, an isnane engineer j
from Iditarod. to the Portland sanitarium. I
While the steamer was at anchor at Iris/ |
ay ihe patient attacked the guard, Captain
Johnson, with a sling full of dishes, and
would have beaten him up but for the
bmcly interference of ptts-engers. -Cordova
Times. _
SCRAMBLE FOR JOBS
A Seattle dispatch to the Nome Industrial
Worker, dated December 14, says:
“Signs are not wanting here that there is
i be an unusual scramble for jobs in
Alaska, and many aspirants for honors are
it present here, getting ready to camp in
Washington or other spheres of influence.
The complaint is heard that many Repub
licans who are also Wickershamites have
been holding office in the different divisions,
and the slogan is to clean out not only Re
publicans but disloyal Democrats. Charges
are being made ready for presentation, and
the national committee will be invoked in
aid of the political house-cleaning.”
A SILLY PROJECT
SEATTLE, Feb. 12.- Mrs. Iola Beebe, one
of his mothers-in-law, is launching a moving
picture venture in Portland portraying a
film of all the marriages of “Swiftwater
Bill'’ Gates.
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Major Albrecht, Charles Taylor and Earl
Hunt comprised a party which left here
on Thursday last for the Tolstoi. Messrs.
Albrecht and Taylor will also visit the In
noko. _
A WEEK’S TEMPERATURES
The following is a record of the week s
temperatures, from readings taken at 7 a. m.
daily, compared with the temperature on
the same date a year ago:
Date— 7 a. m. Min. 1916.
Feb. 10. 32 28 —12
11 . 30 26 —30
12 . 28 22 —36
13 . 18 14 —26
14 . 26 22 —30
15 . 20 18 —40
16 . 24 18 —33
COST OF LIVING IS HIGHER
THAN IT WAS €QQ YEARS AGO
SEATTLE', Jam. 20.—A Christmas goose
in the Fourteenth century cost. * cents Mid
a carpenter reeenetl hut 12 cents as his
daily wage If he, used sugar it cost him
36 cents a pound. Cost of living high?
Mo* ns high as it was 600 years ago, if w.e
are to- aece|it the comparative figures given
by Professor & W Garrett before the an
nual meeting, of the Washington Philokigical
Society at its meetings on the University of
Washington campus recently.
Most of the items of cost rend by Mr.
Garrett were taken from the accounts of
the expenditures of the Earl of Derby,. Inter
King Henry IF. of England, as he was about
to embark in 1390 ou a crusade against the
Lithuanians
A carpenter in the days of the earl re
ceived 12 cents for his daily wage. For
12 seats he could buy si pound of butter,
two pounds of cheese, one pound of salt, ;
two pounds of flour, one and one half dozen j
eggs, a chicken for the Sunday dinner and |
a pound of rice for rice pudding dessert, j
This bill of goods today wouki cost i'260.
A union carpenter now receives $4.50 for |
an eight-hour day, so after buying his bill |
of goods he would still have $1.90 left. He
pays much more for his necessities, hut he
gets more comparatively for his work. So
times are better.
In the days of the Earl of Derby eggs
were worth 9 cents a gross He paid 30
cents for 300 eggs that today would cost
him $11.25. For 14 pounds of butter that
wouLd now cost $7 he paid a .shilling, or
about 25 cents. Oatmeal, now selling at j
about $3.50 for the best quality, sold then i
at a shilling. Rice brought by the way of j
Venice from the East sold at 10 pounds for
a shilling. It costs a dollar for the same
amount today.
Sugar is one exception to the general rise
in prices that has occurred since that time.
In 1390 it cold for 36 cents a pound. It
now retails at 8 cents a pound, with some
quotations at a lower figure.
Other prices quoted by Professor Garrett
were: A splendid white horse for the carl.
$25; ale, 4 to 2 cents a gallon, depending
upon quality; wine, 5 cents a quart for the
best; blankets, 32 cents a yard; mutton, 65
cents a carcass; beef, $3.75 to $7.50 a car- j
casa; dates, < cents a pound, and vinegar,
!0 cents a gallon.
WASHINGTON PROFESSOR
TELLS .ABOUT CHILDREN
SEATTLE, Jan. 20. ‘ Only a child can
invent playthings for children. Mechanical
curiosities may be devised by grown folks,
jut after the first wonder hats worn away
•he real child returns from these to play
hings which leave more to his imagination.
Mechanical toys, if the child is not forbid
len 'o mutilate them, may lie an aid to
magination. Give a child what tempts his
imagination, uot what satiates it."
These remarks are taken from r.n article
v Professor Stevenson Smith of the Uni
frsity of Washington, on 'Toys as Play
ing.-,.” appearing m the December nuin
,-.r of Better Business', a magazine pub
lished monthly by the extension division of
ho University of Washington. Proft-»or
intih is a specialist in child psychology,
"ileal children me not as common
ey were before the world, began to take
s nresent interest in the child.” says Pro*.
Smith. "Since his discovery the child has
been much afflicted with adult | layniates.
a ho intrude upon him their formalized
imaginings and their ways of recreation.
"Charmed by the possibility of this new
hi lunacy, growiis-ups attempt to quality for
entrance into the kingdom of heaven by
becoming as little children. Instead of be
,ng childlike, they often succeed in being
childish a thing abhorred by real children
"Recognizing the inability of parents to
lay his game, (hr: child may obligingly be
■ome a sim.il adult, tempted thereto by
manifold devices winch doubtless hasten his
erudition, but which lose for him his hered
itary holdings in the Land of Make-believe
a poor legacy to trade for his inheritance ”
A plaything is an object you C3n do
things with, says Professor Smith. He
thinks that mechanical toys have their place,
just as well as construction toys, and points
out that "the new and inexpensive electron
or magnetic toys which are guaranteed to
iroduce a thrill in any male heart over
eight years” are indispensable if they en
lighten and interest the child.
“Fancy should never be stifled by a ple
hora of' gauds or the life of pretense neg
lected so as to give place to didactic ap
paratus,” he says. “We measure a man’s
humanity by the measure of his infancy, and
this be must not have lost on the way from
childhood.”
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CAUSE FOR REJOICING
IN INCREASED COST OF SOAP
“Yoho, Skinnay! Hear the latest? Soap’s
goin’ up ’n’ maybe we won’t have to wash
so often. Anchee glad?”
Comes now the real “joy” of-the high
cost of living. Soap, that useful article of
“cleanliness is next to godliness,” has ad
vanced in Juneau. Four for a quarter bars
have dropped to three for a quarter, etc.
Many youthful hopefuls see visions of a
soap famine.
“Gee whiz!” ejaculated Sammy, whose
sobriquet, “a whale of a fellow,” did not
carry with it the leviathan’s love for water,
“s’posin’ they would be no soap at all. Then
we wouldn’t have to wash 'cept mebbe
when we went to parties or church or sum
thin’. Wouldn’t it be g-r-a-n-d?”
But Skinnay is not so optimistic.
“They’d find somethin’ to make us use,"
said Skinnay. “Mebbe it’ll be ashes, like i
the old coon in the hollow uses, an’ I d a j
t rather use soap than ashes.”—Juneau i
Empire.
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George Hamilton, Joe Hannegaa and Emil
1 rue: 3 left on Wednesday last for Marshall.
Dr. Auringer returned during the week
from a trip to the Tolstoi.
Harry Harms and Jaek Rinckef left on
Thursday last for the- Tofctor, where they
have- interests. They expect to be gone
about a month
Char&s Stanford returned 5o the Tolstoi
last Sunday with a big load of freight.
Martin Josephson, who left for the Out
ride las! fail, returned over the Seward
rail on Monday lust.
'Gene Norton left on Sunday last with
freight for the Tolstoi, and returned on
Thursday.
Harry Watson, who has been in the city
for several weeks, returned to Marshall on
Thursday Last. He expects to have his wire
less station in full operation at Marshall
•vithin a short time.
Ed Maynard was taken to the Flat hos
ital last Wednesday after receiving an in
ary while employed at A1 Chapin’s wood
camp.
Charley Worden and Clarence White left
for the Kuskokwim yesterday They wiki be
absent about a month.
John bhaller was a visiter iu the city yes
terday from Flat.
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GAMBLERS HALED TO COURT
AND CONTRIBUTE HEAVILY
TO NATION’S TREASURY
On warrants charging them with gam
bling, sworn to by Deputy Marshal Percy
Charles, dated February 13, the following
"er-ons were before Commissioner Geraghty
n Wednesday last to enter pleas: Henry
Hu din, William I.ee, “Eat ’Em Up” John
■ •n, Chailes Matich, Jerry Winn, Harry
Burris and H. Bismarck. All but the last
named are alleged to have committed the
offense against the peace and dignity of the
United States on November 18. 1916. Bis
marck's offending is said to have been on
December 31 last.
Four of the defendants pleaded guilty and
were punished with fine^ as follows, together
with costs: Hardin, $225: Winn, $200; Bur
ris. $200; Matich, $150.
Fee, Johnson and Bismarck each pleaded
not guilty, and their trials were set for
Monday, Tuesday and Thursday next. Lee
demanded a jury trial.
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SERIOUS CHARGE BROUGHT
AGAINST LOCAL FREIGHTER
J. E. Beattie has been bound over to the
grand jury in the sum of ?2,b00 on a charge
of assault with intent to commit rape, the
complaining witness being Mary Marcel, a
native girl, who alleges that the assault
was committed on February 10, at Idita
rod.
Beattie was taken in custody by Deputy
Marshal Charles and taken before Commis
sioner Geraghtv, who read the information
to him and explained to him his rights in
the matter. Beattie immediately waived ex
amination and asked to be bound over to
await the action of the grand jury.
FOR SALE—TEAMS
One team of horses and one of mules,
with sleds and harness complete.
NORTHERN COMMERCIAL CO.
THE
PIONEERS
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With si)
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Later
BIG VERDICT AWARDED
j AGAINST ROBERT McMILLAN
Word, comes from Seattle that a jury in
the superior court of King county awarded
a verdict of $35,000 in favor of the plaintiff
in the suit of Olivia D. Larsen against
Robert S. McMillan of Iditarod. The case
began on January 18 and tike verdict was
rendered on January 23.
The suit had been pending for nearly a
year, but by agreement of tIre attorneys was
postponed from time to time. Among the
prominent witnesses appearing in the case
were Senator Ronan and W. R. Jamieson,
as well as several other well-known Alaskans.
Miss Larsen sued for $50,000 danages
for alleged breach of promise.
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Peter Mounier, the Boob creek, operator,
came in from the Tolstoi on Wednesday las',
j lie was accompanied by J. G. Rivers.
Sicilies Cleaned and Pressed
Dog Moccasins for Sale
Parkas Made to Order
MRS. YOUNG’S STORE
Next Door McDonald Hotel
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