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FRESH GOLDEN GLOW BUTTER
FRESH SWIFT’S PREMIUM HAM AND BACON
FRESH YOUNG AMERICA FULL CREAM CHEESE
FRESH APPLES, ORANGES, LEMONS, GRAPEFRUIT
WATER WHITE COMB HONEY, ETC.
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FROM SI TO $6—
THAT WILL MAKE YOU LOOK
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New Goods
A full line of Ladies’ Furnishings and the
New High Shoes and Keith Hats will be re
ceived by the first freight via St. Michael.
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Watches and Diamonds
At
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FLAT CITY
REMARKABLE DOCUMENT
CORRECTS THE “HISTORIES”
Modern historians have played havoc
with many cherished legends which have
been handed down as part of American his
tory. but none has been so ruthless as the
author of official document No. 290. in the
( dice of the chief of staff, war department,
which discloses facts of history relative to
the war for independence and the war of
IN 12 which arc seldom if ever permitted
to appear in American school histories. After
scanning the “facts” gathered one is in
dined to wonder if, as in the case of the
man who figured out that the recent navil
battle between the British and Germans was
really a British victory, the American revo
lution was not after all a victory for the
redcoat^! Here ai • some excerpts from tin*
report :
Total American troops furnished during
1110 revolutionary war. dOd.OOU. The Brit
ish never h::d at any time more than
-12 000.
Onh two military events of the war had
a direct hearing on the expulsion of the Brit
i'h. One was the capture of Burgoyne and
the other the capture of Cornwallis, and
the latter event was brought air ut entire!
through the assistance of the French.
1 ho hulk ol tlie American troops were
obtained by the payment of bounties. Very
few of the American troops were anything
but unreliable, insubordinate and fre
(jucntly mutinous.
Washington had twice as many troops
as tlie British in 1775, but did not dare
attack because of the unreliable character
tif the American troops.
The British would never have been a’-L
to take Philadelphia if the various states
had furnished troops demanded by Wash
ington.
Total American forces employed in the
war of 1812. 527,000, British, only 07,000.
America won no land victories that had
any bearing on the result. The much
lauded sea victories had very little to do
with stopping the war.
American general.' were frequently com
pelled to place armed guards over the
militia to keep them from bolting at the
first shot fired by the enemy.
The defenders of the American capital,
Washingt on City. : It hough outnumbering
greatly the attacking force, lied so rapidly
that the British were able to kill but eight
and wound but eleven.
The overrated battle of New Orleans,
which occurred after the treaty of peace
had been signed, was won by a superior
force in an impregnable position, when it
w . s attacked by a British force that -h mi l
have known better than to assail such a
position. At that, after victory was won.
a large portion of the American defenders
j fled from the field in panic instead of pur
i suing the defeated enemy.
POOR DAD
“Every one in our family is some kind
j of animal.” said Jimmie to the amazed
preacher.
“Why. you shouldn’t say that!” the good
man exclaimed.
“Well.” said Jimmie, “mother's a dear,
the bahy L mother's little lamb. Tin the
j kid. and dad’s the goat.” Western Drug
SPGIL SPORT
| “Young man.” said the magistrate, se
• vcrely, “the assault you have committed on
! your poor wife was most brutal. Do you
j know of any reason why I should not send
i you to prison?”
“If you do. your honor.” replied the
prisoner at the bar. hopefully, “it will break
up our honevmoon.” Philadelphia Ledger.
Fresh Olympia and Eastern Oysters, $1.50
per can. Iditarod Meat Co.
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1 Job Printing a; The Pioneer office.
HALF-PRICE SALE J
On Screen Wire Cloth, Wire Screen Doors, Adjustable Wire Screen ^
V/indows Wr„, Now *
24 neh Wire Cloth, per yard. $ .50 * .25 4
28 inch \\ ire Cloth, per yard. .on .30 41
36-inch Wire cloth, per yard... .70 .35 4
2- 8 * Plain Creen Wire Doors. 5.00 2.50 4
2-10-0-10 Plain Creen Wire Doors. 7.00 3.50 4
2- S-0- s Faney Heavy Wire Doors. fl.nd 4.50 4
2-10-6-10 Fancy Heavy Wire Doors. . 10.00 5.00 4
Wire Screen Windows, 20x24 . 1.50 .75 4
Wire Screen Windows, 23x24. .... 2.1 1.00 4
Screen Poor Hinges, per pair. 1.00 50 4
Screen Door Sets. 1.50 75 *l4
SMITH’S ~GUN STORE\
IDITAROD, ALASKA PHONE 6 SECOND AND WILLOW t
ALL KINDS OF FOURTH 0 F JULY DECORATIONS
Flags, Banners, Bunting, Horse Plumes, Paper Balloon
Garlands, etc.
C. R. PECK - ■ FLA
EVIDENCE NOT SUFFICIENT
TO COMMIT ANNOOSKA
TO ASYLUM FOR INSANE
After a hearing in Commissioner Cler
aghty’s court on Monday last, before a
commission appointed to examine into her
sanity, Annooska. the native girl brought
by Deputy Marshal and Mrs. Charles from
Pimute on Friday last, was discharged, the
jury finding the evidence not sufficient to
bear out the charge of insanity preferred
her. *
When the case was called before the com
missioner on Monday afternoon Fred liarri
son was appointed to act as her attorney.
After the reading of the warrant he moved
to dismiss the girl because of the fact that
Pimute, where she was taken into custody,
was not in this precinct, but was in the
Third judicial divide,n. The assistant di.
trict attorney was allowed to withdraw the
complaint and another was diawn up and
the hearing proceeded. George Morgen of
Pimute testified to the condition of the girl
stating that she was subject to periodical
attacks of insanity, which in one instance
lasted for a period of eighteen months-. Dr.
Auringer al-o tc-titled to having examined
the patient, but his obser\atii.us were not
such as to indicate insanity. No other T>
limony was offered.
After being out some time the jury
reported that they were unable to agree,
but the commissioner refused to accept the
report and they were again locked up. Later
they agreed upon a verdict which had tin
effect of discharging the native girl.
I he jury con.-isted ot .Joseph li. Munh.
A. Id. Nordstroiu, (i.md 1'aker, Ira r. \A ;xi.
.Limes Burke am! C. Ik Atwell.
Thi case of Am-oska is a pitiable one in
many respects. Last winter Deputy Mar
-hal Jack Woods’ attention wa< call’d to
the c:-v while on a visit to the Yukon, ih”
residents of Bimute stated that .-lie was in
s: :ie and that the natives would not take
care of her. She had no near relatives, and
depended on the charity of the whites. Mr.
Woods reported the case and Deputy Mar
shal Chari > was authorized to 1 >ok into
the matter, lie left on the Little Delta,
shortly after th>* break-up, accompanied by
Mrs. Charles. Thus found the girl in an in
describable condition i f 1:1th and destitution
and brought her to this city. The deputy
marshal stales that the girl undoubtedly is
insane, and had he thought it nece sary k *
could have secured :dl the evidence neees
-:;iy. The girl had been an inmate of the
mission at Holy Cross, but she had been
\iolent at times, and on one occasion had
severely btten one of the sisters. The mis
sion had no facilbie- for keeping her. ami
those in charge were afraid for the safety of
the little ones of the institution, ami were
compelled to send her to distant relatives
at Biinute. who, however, deserted her.
Mr. Charles states that the triil is abso
lately helpless; she cannot cook her food
nor do the simplest tusks of housework.
As there is no provision tor sending her
back to the place where .-he was arrested
by the government, a subscription was
taken up for her. and Mr. Morgan took inn
back to Holy Cross by the mail b ’at on
Wednesday last.
A NAUGHTY INDIAN
Paul Wottman, the native who was ar
rested by Deputy Marshal Charles at Shage
luk and brought to this city on Friday of
last week to answer to a charge of aduttcry,
was lined i‘30 In Comnus-‘oner Geragh:y
on Monday last. lie H Tving out the line
in jail.
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IT HAPPENED IN IOWA
•HiFMiHSOX. Iowa. March 21. Charles
Dobsine. waiter in a local restaur: nt. bet
si at even money recently that he would
go ten blocks barefooted in the snow, anti
with the temperature hovering around zero.
He found a ready taker for his wager. Dob
sine performed the feat and coil •••ted his
SI, but both his feet were frozen. The loser
-v 1 it was worth the monev.
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Job Printing at The Pioneer office.
Everybody Is Invited
to the Big
AT
There will be horse races, mule races,
a big tug-of-war, and many
other amusements
A BsG BALL
IN THE EVENING
The best music obtainable. Admis
sion to dance, $1.50. Everybody is
assured a good tine.
BRING THE LITTLE ONES
SEE POSTERS NEXT V/EEK
CITY SAVED FROM LOSS
BY LAWYER AND BANKER
Neither E. Coke Hill, the Ruby lawyer,
nor R. C. Button, the Iditarod banker, are
of an impulsive nature, and so when they
noticed smoke and llanies issuing from in
front of the lire station the other evening,
they did not rush in and telephone for the
tin* department. After due deliberation
they derided to handle the matter them
selves, and thus avoid giving the good eiti
zens the shock of hearing the lire alarm.
It happened like this. Dick and Coke
were sitting on a dry goods box in front of
tin* bank, lighting mosquitos and whiffling
soft wood. Looking over toward the lire
station, Dick said, “That looks like a lire
over there." “By Jove!" said E. Coke, “it
is a lire.” After discussing deliberately the |
ho t [ I n of action, if was decided to in
vestigate, and it was found that a heap of
shavings and rubhi-h under the corner of
the building had caught fire in some man
ner, and was making such progress as to
threaten the destruction of the city's the
pi nt. Without undue haste they proceeded ■
to carry water from the river and extin- :
gui.-h the blaze, which result was attaint* 1
with no further damage than the acqu; it ion
rf considerable mud on the apparel of the i
lire lighters.
It. is probable that had the flames not !
been seen in time the city would now be in i
the market for new fire enginev
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CONCERNING THE MAIL
A consignment of about 175 pr uinls of
mail arri ved in Idit art d last ; at unlay « va
ing by the launch Sea Wolf. She left again
on Wednesday last with the outgoing mail.
Postmaster An'ley has rereived a tele
gram from Contractor Wulf stating that he
would heave Holy Cross with the big incom
ing mail on Friday, lie should be at Pike
man this evening, and the mail probably
will reach here tomorrow. It consists of
about seven tons.
PUTTING ON CITY AIRS
Frank Staid v, the Flat City restaurateur,
lately ha been fixing up his place of bu.b
ius'S with new furnishings, mirrors, etc., ami
now has a most attractive dimng parlor.,
CABLE AGAIN INTERRUPTED
The Alaska cable, it was announced yes
terday, is again out of commission, and
tin' final deliberations of the St. Louis con
vemion pr, bni iy will i: be received ui. d
alter The Pioneer goes to press. This gov
eminent institution has played us some
shabby tricks lately, usu.aily man:, in,g to
become incapacitated on Friday. However,
in this instance there appears to be no live
lihood of anything unexpected happening
at St. Louis, and we hope to be able to an
nounce next week that Wil-on and Ma rshall
were nominated by acclamation, that the
platform as submitted by the head of the
party va< adopted, and the road t ave 1 for
an indorsement at the pells next November
of the man who.-e handling of the govern
ment’s policies during the past four years
has been so eminently successful.
FIRST SETTLERS ARRIVING
AT TOWN SITE OF N.ENANA
Anticipating the time when the survey i
of t)i • towii'ite will be made end the lots ,
s< !d at government auction sale, squatters
; 1 ready have made their appearance on the
Nenana tov. ii~ito, laid out last fall by sur
veyors of the land office, according to in- j
formation received by the Fairbanks Citizen ■
from Nenana. And that they arc merely
squatters and have no right or title to the ;
land they occupy is state i in the regulation?*
governing the Alaska radroa 1 t.*wnsites.
The lots will be sold regardless of who oc- \
copies them, the squatters themselves to In
given the same chance to make the pur
el - the 1 s other 1
Among those who haw gone to Nriana ]
fnm Fairbanks with the intention of squat- i
iiug on townsite property are Louis Hanoi
an 1 Mike (ionium. They were outb-mml
passengers on the Reliance. They took a
good-Mzed restaurant outfit with them, ii
being their intention to open up a res
taurant in anticipation of the time when
there will be considerable travel at Nenana.
They expect to open up for business in a
tent immediately after their arrival at Ne- j
liana.
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SPOOFING HIM
Recruiting is responsible for a good story
from Carmarthenshire. One of the latest
! accessions to Kitchener's army is a stalwart j
man six feet two inches in height, who on I
joining expanded his chest with pride and j
ejaculated, “Now for the Germans."
The following day he received from Lon
j don a telegram :
"Heartiest congratulations. Kitchener."
I Thus was duly shown around; but next
i morning his pride was boundless on re
ceiving the royal message: "The empire is
proud of you. George.”
It was not until the third day. when he
received a wire, “For heaven’s sake, keep
neutral. Wilhelm/’ that he realized a wag
jgi?h friend had been pulling his leg. Tit
1 Bits.
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THE LIMIT
Art Editor I’m afraid that your work is 1
too comic for general illustrating.
Artist I suppose that means 1 will have i
to spend the rest of my life doing comic
| supplements.
Art Editor- Not necessarily. You might
design women’s fashions. Life.
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THE ONLY WAY
Peddler—I have a most valuable book to
sell, madam. It tells how to do everything.
Lady (sarcastically)—Does it tell one how
to get rid of a pestering peddler?
Peddler (promptly)—Oh, yes, madam.
Buy something from him. Ex.
Where You Can Get Just What!
You Want In the- Line of Shoes
A. A. CUTTER’S SHOE PACS
STRONG & GARFIELD SHOES
THE FELDER SHOE
AND THE FLORSHEIM SHOE
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THE HOME OF HART, SCHAFFNER & MARX
FOURTH OF JULY COMMITTEE
GETS DOWN TO BUSINESS
WITH CREDITABLE SPEED
A !' • ■ r ti■(<-*<l entl.v ' El::t V III
ing hi i i !•- i Sunday night tin.* Fiat (’ity
F* i?rth < f July celebr: linn was made a
reality, and the preliminary steps were
taken to make it the biggest thing of its
kind ever pull'd off in the creek city. The
various committee- v.art appointed and im
mediately set to work, v.i'h the re ’d; that
a pr >yra:;i h :.*•• b'"ii outlined and the detail*
are being worked out by energetic and ca
pable men.
The program includes patriotic e.\ rei-e
emi an or: lien by VV. H. Kdmre, sports of
'.riii a- kin Is and a grand ball in the even
ing. The well known ability of Mr. Kilgore
a- ;.n orator should lend a peculiar attrac
tion to the program, and the people of the
district may look forward to a r*“.d I-virth
of July t ii. rt. The sports aie in charge of
a most competent committee, and this fea
ture may be counted on as one of interest
to : 11. 1 he ball in the evening will be an
appropriate cl >-ing event of a cel •> ration
which will long be remembered. This fea
ture will be under the management of Ivan
W. 1. -s, and the music wi l b the bed tir*
JiMiirt afferd-*.
Official Rosier
The variou* officials ami cunmittces of
th * ctbbralhn ire as follows:
Reception C mimittee Ton '(.Mali ,
C. IF I’eck and C. .1. Jenkins.
Finance Committee A1 Currie. Abe
Wei s a:ul H. F. Crou.-e.
Sports Committee .1. F. Finnegan, Dr.
Moore, Dr. Auringer. George Mutchler, Jake
Mutchler. Frank Stanley. Heinie M dlenbeek.
Max Bata . Fred Diek-en and Jack McDan
nell.
and M ix Boa<.
Treasurer V. J. Jacobs.
Secret ary F. Golden.
Floor Manager at Ball Ivan Wales.
Marshal George Mutchler.
The Program
The program prepared by the sports r :n
nii.tee, with the prizes offered is as fol
lows:
Horse Race One-inurth mil-, best two
» ut of three; j rize, £75.
Mui-* Rac One-murth mil-, best tw >
out of three; prize, £50.
Tug of War Between Muckers and Skin
ners; first pause. $75; .-canid prize, >5 ).
Ladies’ Foot Race One-fourth mile;
prize. $10.
Men's Foe* Race Ope-fourth mile; prize,
$10.
Boys’ Fort Race (under 10' First prize,
$10; second prize, 5 5.
Girls’ Foot Race (under 10> First prize,
£10; second prize. $3.
Ladies’ Nail-driving Contest Prize. £10
Boys’ Pie eating Conte t (under 10
First prize, $5; second prze, $2.50.
Men’s Three-legged Race Fir.d prize.
$10; second prize, $5.
Ladies’ Egg Race First prize, $Jd:
ond prize, £5.
Old Men’s Race (over 50 First prize.
$10; second prize, $5.
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A GRAND OLD NAME
B'il Williams has iu.-l hunched and ha
about ready Po put ini ■ eoniniis.-ion a fine
new power boat, which will likely be u- ■ 1
in the Tolstoi traffic. She ha; appropriately
been named (he Mary.
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
Mike I.rrey h ; been in tl: (by f.»r
Cecil Barlow came in early in the w:< ■<.
from Will .• cvc'
Mrs. Fied fb'k;-eii of the Snvdrr how
Flat, wa- a \i-1*. r in the city on Thursday.
Ik Coke Hill, the well known Ruby
torney. arrived in the city on Sunday even
ing last.
Mrs. Jo -oph McDowell left for tin* :■ .v-t
plant of t.1 e Yi;k(.n Gold Company on Tu -
day last. She will be employed then- dur
ing the sumre.-r.
John (b Cut • in and !b .1. .*• • r . tin * 1
on Sunday la-t from the Tel-toi in their
power boat, the Ruth. Mr. Currin leit <>n
Tuesday for the pow-r plant of the Yul,
Gold Company, on the Iditarn.i river, v. .
he has accepted a position as electrician.
Tom Harlin r, Charles Kne-ko and o'!
miners from Yankee cr-'ck who have
attending court here lost no time in r*-f•:•
ing t*> the seen heir 1
after the riGon-itii n of the ea-e -u l.evy \>
Hailing et. el They left the • day ' '
expect to j ut in a ferny suimm r.
A large percentage of tin* p■ ••-uln! i«m m
Discovery has been in the city airing tin
weeks, being <
as witne-se.s or principals in tie cases in
volving water rights I > ;
included Frank Dawson. John P> • ( ,
I bert Bates. -lay Johnson. George R i*-\ M- n
Marstnn. Harry Donnelley. Chari •> >'! •
J berg and Andy White.
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FLAT POSTOFFiCE
Uniil further notice, mail wiil leave t 1 .
post office every Wednesday at s a n
A. CHITTICK. Po.-t amstoi
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ALASKA DENTAL ASSOCIATION
This office i- in receipt of the “A:.-, tl
1 Report of i!. • President” ,-f tin* Aladm D :
1 tal As> cciaticn. Dr. Charles Daggett oi
Seward, which gives a cor.ci.-o statomcm of
1 the W!»rk < f the organization during th
year and r:lggestion; of value t
: dentists md the general public alike 1: is
; noticed that the name of Dr. I! -m m B hi t
| of Iditarod appears on the official r -.-vr .
! (me of the trustees and ;-l m as a in -u b • \
the committee on ethics. One of tin- -
terrsting paragraphs in the report i
follow s:
“You will agree that the sn ndard . f dm:
tistiy in Alaska i- high. I b not kn a
of a town in the territory but that ha v
least cue good dentist, and more in many
while some of the modern office erjuip
merits would be a credit to ‘Fifth av mie
A paragraph which would appmu* to th**
ordinary layman to be especially c lumen-i
abl? is as fellow.-:
“It would be well if our board couhi have
its powers extended, that n might not only
pass on the ability of a dentist to practice,
as measured by c rtain .-ran*lards, but tl a'
it could compel him to maintain tl -
standards after being ;e indued in order u>
retain his iicen.-e.”
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