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have arrived.
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LETTER FROM C. A. SULZER,
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE
FOR WICKERSHAM’S SEAT
,1. O. Moody lias received a letter from
(dui’l Sulzer. the I Vm-esa'i- candidate
for delegate in congress from Alaska, in
which he regrets tha: hi- a- unable to visit
the Iditarod district on his present tour of
the territory, and sets forth several good
reasons why the miners of this district
should support his candidacy. The letter is
dated If ly Cross. Alaska, July 22. and is in
part as follows:
"As you know, 1 am the IVmoeratie can
didate for del-gate la cona-- - and am now
or. my campaign trip down the river to
Nome. Will come back up the nvor to
Fairbanks and out over tin trtfll to Cor
dovu 1 am sorry that time will not permit
me to get to Iditarod and Flat, for I would
like to very much; but 1 must depend upon
my friends and well-wishers there, and I
hope you will do all you can for me, for I
am out to win and surely will if we all pull
together. 1 will greatly appreciate your help.
I have the coast solidly with me, and have
made great progress in tha Interior.
"I am a hard rock miner and have lived
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IDITAROD, ALA3XA
Partnership Dissolution Notice
?s*»ti<*«» is hereby given anti tills memo
randum is to give the public to understand
tIk;t all partnership relations heretofore ex
isting between j. E. Riley. M. II. Marston
and Lottie M. Marston, doing business under
the firm name and style of the Otter Dredge
company, and all other partnership rela
tion-' of .-wry kind and eharacter between
.1. E. Riley and M. 1L Marston, have been
and arc tills day dissolved. M. H. Marston
retiring from the iirrn and the said J. L.
Riiey assuming till indebtedness in connec
tion with the partnership business.
Witness our hands this itli day of
August, ly 10. J. E. RII.KY.
M. II. MARSTON.
Witness;
JOHN HOLMES.
LHAs. ROSS.
in the territory for fourteen years, pros
pecting and developing its mineral. The
miners are all with me. and have indorsed
me all over the territory. I establi.-died tin
eight-hour day in 1902 when I came to the
territory, have always paid the highest wages
and given everyone a square deal. At the
last election I was noneMated for the senate,
hut made no campaign, and was elected
over a very strong opponent. In my pre
cinct there were 57 votes.cast, and 1 received
every one. This ought to be a good recom
mendation, for one is generally pretty well
known where he lives for fourteen years
and has constantly employed one hundred
men.
“I certainly would like to get in and meet
you and all the people in the Iditarod coun
try. and i am »rry I cannot do so at this
lime.
"1 stand for a square deal ft r all. and will
work for all progressive mea-ures and the j
development of the whole territory for the
benefit o! Alaskans, and through them for
the belief: of the nation. Sincerely vours,
“CHAS. A. SULZER.”
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LOCAL AND PERSONAL
Louis Sevier of Flat City was a visitor in
town this week.
K. M. Stanton made a trip to Flat this
week on legal business.
Charley Worden was a visitor in town
this week from Willow creek.
Mr- S. A. Patched of Flat was a visitor
in Iditarod on Tuesday last.
William Wiedemann, the Innoko sawmill
man. was a visitor in the city during the
week.
Miss Alberta Floan of Iditarod spent Sat
unlay and Sunday visiting friends on the
creeks.
J. C. Moody Eft on Thursday last for Hot
Spring.--, where he will assume the duties of
United State- commissioner.
Mr-. Harry Donnelley of Discovery was
a visitor in the city early in the week. She
was accompanied by Miss Della McDowell.
Miss Lucille Taylor is no longer assistant
postmaster of Iditarod. having been suc
ceeded on the first of the month by William
Ansley, Jr.
A1 Walsh returned on Saturday evening
last from a trip to the Kuskokwim country,
where he had been on matters connected
with options recently taken on the Parks
cinnabar mines.
Louis Peime, whose launch, the Thomas
Flyer, met with disaster on the Innoko re
cently, arrived in town Thursday with the
broken machinery parts, which are to be
repaired at Ed Uhl’s machine shop. He ex
pects to leave on the return trip within a
few clays.
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Fresh Olympia and Eastern Oysters.
SI.50 per can. Iditarod Meat Co.
GASOLINE LAMPS AND LANTERNS
Acorn Special Gasoline Lamps. $ 9.00
Air-o-Iite Gasoline Lamps.. ...... 10.00
Coleman Gasoline Lanterns.$8.00 and 15.00
Baby Rag Mantles...doz. 2.00
Large Rag Mantles...doz. 3.00
High Pressure Globes and Mantles.. ... ..doz. 5.00
Baby Go-Carts.$10.00 and 12.50
55-piece White China Dinner Sets... .. 15.00
8.5-piece White China Dinner Sets. 22.50
DRUGS AT OUTSIDE PRICES
SMITH’S ~CUN STORE
IDITAROD, ALASKA PHONE 6 SECOND AND WILLOW
SUBJECT OF THE MIKADO
CREATES SERIOUS TROUBLE
IN NEGOTIATING A LOAN
According to the story told to Commis
sioner Geraghty by G. Wada, the indus
trious little Japanese resident of Iditarod,
the business methods of Ging Ekeda, a
fellow-countryman, do not tally very elosey
with the accepted commercial ethics in vogue
in this country. As a result of a mix-up
which occurred in the cabin of Wada on
Saturday morning last Ekeda is nursing a
rather bad cut inflicted with an ax in the
hands of Wada, and the latter contributed
$5 and costs on a charge of assault, to
which he pleaded guilty on Monday after
noon last. A charge of assault with a deadly
weapon previously had been filed, but the
principals being the only witnesses, the de
fendant was allowed to plead to the less
serious charge because of the fact that it
would have been difficult to ascertain the
'facts on the graver charge hail it
come to trial
Wada told the commissioner that some
days ago Ekeda came to him to negotiate
a loan of SI00. with which ho desired to
swing a business deal. Wada declined to
accommodate him, and Ekeda threatened
him with all manner of ills, among which
were such ttitles as raiding the hiding place
where he kept his '‘poke,’ and setting lire
to his domicil'1 while Wada slept. Wada
all 'ges that the importunities of his fellow
subject of the mikado were renewed on a
Titer occasion, as were also the threats. On
Saturday morning last, according to Wada.
Ekeda appeared at his (Wada’s) cabin and
renewed his demands for money. An alter
cation endued, which finally resulted in
Wada seizing an ax and inflicting an ugly
.flesh wound in Ekeda’s side. Wada claimed
that the litter attempted to assault him
with a knife, and he used the ax in self
defense.
The victim of the cutting was immedi
ately removed to the Crosby Baths, and
I)r. Auringer was summoned. The latter
found that the wound was not of a serious
nature, and the patient is able to be around
again.
Ekeda*s story was to the effect that he
called on Wada for the purpose of effecting
a reconciliation, and he blamed the latter
for the commencement of hostilities.
DEMAND FOR QUICKSILVER
CAUSES INTEREST IN ALASKA
The great deni: nd ere-.led by the Euro
pean war for many kinds of metals has had
a stimulating effect upon the production of
American mines, and Alaska has benefited
greatly by an increase in mineral produc
tion. There has been much inquiry re
cently for cinnabar propositions, and the
known deposits in the Kuskokwim country
have recently come in for their -hare
of attention. There are several known
properties of promise in the neighborhood
of Alaska's second largest river, and it is
possible that in the Iditarod district good
deposits of this valuable mineral may be
found. At the placer workings at the head
of Flat creek there are strong evidences of
the existence of this mineral, and at the
Summit mine much ore has been found in
the form of float. Some of it has been re
torted and the quicksilver saved. But a
yet, so far as known, the ore has not been
found in place. The increased price of quick
diver will stimulate the search for cinnabar
ore.
The following information with reference
to this mineral, taken from the Juneau D;.s
patch, will be of interest in this connection:
“The big prices for quicksilver have led
to renewed activity in prospecting. Ivuly
in 1915 domestic stocks began to be drawn
upon end production became more active,
but as foreign embargo* left the field clear
and the domestic output was unable to
meet the rapidly-iecreasing call for the
metal, price* continued to rise throughout
the year, and into the early months of
1916. the high mark of $300 a flask being
passed in February. Naturslly, every mine
and prospect became of interest. The re
action set in. however, as the high prices
drew out quicksilver supplies in Mexico
and elsewhere that had been originally pur
chased for amalgamation of gold and silver
ores, and finally, as the British government
permitted exports to America under certain
Sonditions, the average monthly domestic
price in San Francisco, which had climbed
from $51.90 in January. 1915, to $295 in
February, 1916. dropped to $219 in March,
$141.60 in April, $90 in May. and about
$72 in June. The market remains steady
and in general highly profitable, ami as
domestic prices have dropped below* London
quotations, exports rather than imports of
the metal may be expected. There is prob
ably no great quantity of metal stored, and
consumption is undoubtedly abnormally
large.
“Favorable markets have brought out
great, activity in search of new prospects,
and discoveries near Morton, Wash., and
Beagle, Ore., in 1916, have led to some
development and construction of reduction
plants. Also in the Skull valley deposits
Activity s reported. Many old furnaces have
been repaired or enlarged in California, Ne
vada and Texas, old workings have been
reopened, and new discoveries have been
developed.
“Very likely tne exceptionally mgn pnr*.*>
of the last few months have led to gouging
and robbing many mines of their best ore.
and the average tenor of the ore worked by
the larger mines during the first half of
1916 may prove considerably below that of
previous years. Moreover, some mines have
undoubtedly passed their maximum produc
tivity. These conditions are probably off
set to some extent by the fact that more
furnace capacity is now working on quick
silver ores than at any previous time in
the history of the industry. On the whole,
the mid-year outlook is for an output in
1916 fully equal to that of 1915.
| ILLUSTRATION OF THE ADAGE
THAT IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE
An illustration of (he fact that it pays to
advertise is given in the recent appointment
to the position of superintendent of the
Fairbanks schools of Miss Margaret Keenan,
who was the unanimous choice of the school
board.
Miss Keenan, who tor tne past two years
has been superintendent of the public schools
at Skagway, went to Fairbanks about the
| first of July with Mrs. Cornelia Templeton
Hatcher, the prohibition lecturer. Upon her
arrival the News-Miner published an inter
view with her, in w'hich she outlined her
work in the coast city, and told of the re
organization of the schools and the intro- ,
duction of a domestic science department I
which is now the pride of the town. The
interview created such a favorable impres
sion on the parents of the school children ;
of Fairbanks and upon the members of the ]
school board that, after, investigation of her ;
work, she was tendered the position utl- j
solicited.
As Miss Keenan already had accepted the j
position at Skagway. having been re-elected
at an increased salary, it wras necessary for ,
her to secure her release there, which w as ,
given in the following telegram: “Board j
accepts your resignation with reluctance.;
Wish you all possible success."
The Faille oks position give- Miss Keenan
a wider scope for her talents besides in
creased remuneration. She has had much
experience in school work, having been for >
eight years superintendent of schools oi
Custer county, Idaho, and principal of the
schools at die county seat, l or four year:
she was principal of tie1 Nampa, Idaho, high
school, with an enrollment of 2(50 pupils.
ROTH HAS BEEN LISTENING
District Attorney R. F. Roth i- nuoted by
the Fairbanks Times as saying that in trav
eling about the country as he has. he has
ascertained that Delegate Wickersiiam will
lose a l uge part of his former vote in uis
tricts of the Fourth division outside of
Fairbanks. He says that the po:>pi» of
Ruby, Tanana and Iditarod are “.-ore” at
the delegate, who has used all of bis in
fluence to get benefits for Fairbanks, but j
none for them. He also predicts that
Charles Sulzer, the Democratic candidate
for delegate to congress from Alaska, will j
poll a larger vote in this division than did
Judge Charles E. Bunnell two years ago.
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PROMINENT SEATTLE CITIZEN
TO SOLVE KNOTTY PROBLEM :
SEATTLE, July 29. Samuel Hill, a citi j
zcn of Seattle, and son-in-law of tire late
James J. Hill, has been called into the serv
ice of the allied powers in the hope <-f j
ex; editing the successful termination of
the European war.
He is now at or nearing Vladivostok,
charged with the duty of solving trans
portation problems at that port and re
lieving the congestion of military supplies
needed by the Russian army at the front.
Sailing incognito from Vancouver or Vic
toria a fortnight ago. he bears the highest
credentials, and will have unlimited means
at his command for road-buihting ami speed
il_v dispatching munitions of war to the
troops on the frontier.
His commission is the direct and imme
diate result of his hurried visit to King
Albert of Belgium in May, when he was
brought into conference with other r-pr."
sentatives of the allies and urged to un
dertake an adjustment of the difficult an 1
complicated situation at \ ladivostok. He
and King Albert have been friends for
years, ami hi- fame as a road builder is
known to all Kurope.
Returning at once, he stopped at Wash
mat on to arrange hi- passports, tarried at
Chicago two days during the Republican
national convention, to which lie was an
alternate delegate at large, and then came
across the continent to Seattle, where he
out his personal affairs in order and sailed
away as stated. He confided his plans only
to his secretary and to one or two close
friends. The duration of his absence was
indefinite when he departed, but was not
expected to be less than ninety days.
Rages (at 1 a. m.) Don't you think
you’d better go home to your wife?
Jaggs- Not yet, ol’ fel’. he’s have a few
more. I don’t wanter be able t’ unner.-tan
what she says.- Boston Transcript.
A.J.WEISS,
The
Clothier
THE HOME OF HART, SCHAFFNER & MARX
Save money on Groceries while they are cheap, and buy a new
Of which we will have an assortment in Family Sizes in the fail.
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COMMISSIONER’S COURT CASES
A suit has been filed in the commis
sioner's office by Mary .1. Hamilton again-;
James !). .1- hn ion in which judgmt at is
asked in the sum of §942.33 on a note exe
cuted in 1910. The criginll indebtedness
was i'liuO. Attachment has been issued.
Attachment has been issued in a suit
brought by Crowley & Porter in the c .m
mis.-ioner’s court against Malt Johnson for
the sum of $07.25 and interest.
HEW “HELLO” GIRLS
Under the tutelage of Mbs Lillian Smith.
Mi.-.- Alberta stone is being initiated into
the n v-ierit ■ ot the switchboard a; me
local telephone office, preparatory to hold- 1
ing down the responsible position of oper
in the mar future. It is 1 a.ned that
Miss Floan will take the place of -Mo-.- Al
brecht, who is soon to leave for the Out
side. and Miss Lucille Taylor will take the I
position now filled by Miss Mnith, who
expects to leave for Fairbanks about the
10th cf September.
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Fresh Olympia and Eastern Oysters, $1 50
per can. Iditarod Meat Co.
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Job Printing at The Pioneer office.
OUR “HEINIE” IN CHARGE
The Fairbanks New" Miner of July 17
note* the arrival in tliai > :* i I - •: i r> Weir
ami family, who arid\ on tie Delta the
preceding day from iditamd Mr. Weir,
who formerly was su. ;intendent of con
struction of the I-’ai.l mbs Telephone Com
pany, was to resi.ii:. t c duties of that po
sition on August 1, • .reeding Paul Rick-rt.
who goes back to hi farm.
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JUST RECEIVED
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