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And take advantage of the lifetime opportunity to get!
your winter's outfit of Clothes at almost your own price. |
Friedman’s Quilting-Business Sales offer you the high-§
est class of merchandise far less than Outside value. |
Only a Day or Two Longer When We g
Will Positively Close Our Business on
Fiat, I
And ship goods out. Before so doing we are ready tog
submit to any reasonable loss. 9
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Always reaching out for fresh
fields to conquer, I'alcon Joslin,
'president of the Alaska wireless
telegraph company, Is casting his
eyes in the direction of the
Koyukuk.
The principal drawback to the
Koyukuk has always been its
isolation from the outside world
Situated many miles within the
Arctic circle, communication has
always been difficult, and the devel
opmeut of the district has been
retarded accotdiugly.
Now comes Mr. Joslin with a
proposal to establish a station in the
hitherto benighted region. Mr.
Joslin contemplates shipping in a
plant to the Koyukuk next spring,
if the outlook for the camp at that I
time warrants such a move; so that j
before another year has passed, \\a
probably shall he able to communi
cate with our Fiends in the far
northern camp with the same ease j
that we now talk to Fait hanks and
other places.
Truly we live in a progressive
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Pioneer Flume Hose Co.
Tents, tarpaulins, flys, horsecovers, |
cheesecloth, canvas, burlap, etc. We
make up all kinds of canvas goods,
pply at FT. Haas,* the Clothier. j
ROAD BUILDER HANDS
IN HIS FINAL REPORT
In closing down the work of the
Alaska Road Commission in the
Iditarod district for the 1912 season.
Foreman A. K. Right has forwarded
a report of work accomplished to
his superior officer, John Zug,
assistant engineer of the road com
mission, at Fairbanks.
The work of the season just
brought to an end was applied on
mile 4, 5 and 6 and the first 1,400
feet of mile 7 of the Iditarod-Flat
road. Six hundred and twenty feet
of corduroy was laid on mile 2, to
connect the work of last season with
the Otter street road. Of the entire
work done 6,6.>o feet is corduroy,
and the remainder done with the
grader. The total amount of work
done that is practically complete is
12.300 feet—representing the work
of this season alone, which is in
good order at this time The work
ol last year required very little re
pairing.
The c. mpietion of the road was
prevented owing to the withdrawal
of funds July 2, following President
raft’s veto of the army appropria
tion .
The winter trail between Iditarod
City and Diketnan has been re
paired in several places, although
lack of funds prevented some
necessary work being done
The average cost per foot wotked
out at something less than 47 cents,
grader \,’o:k costing a little under
17 cents and corduroy an average
•>f 75 cents
Tiie road commission’s plant has
j been shipped to Ruby, in compli
ance with instructions,
j The report concludes with thanks
j to the officers of the road commis
sion for courtesies extended to and
confidence replaced in the writer
Mr. A. K. Light.
PASSENGERS ON LITTLE DELTA
j The following passengers left for
Ruby and other up-river points on
the Little Delta, which got away
last Monday:
A. Mallette, II. Seddon, \V. A.
Lord, R. Simpson, Jtrry Thomas,
O. Radvich. Mrs. \V. Landers,
Tom Deneen, F. Beyer, D. Sullivan,
1 id Butman, Mr. and Mrs I. Ny
liolni, Miss VVo^d, Tom O’Neil and
Mr. Stalk.
Residents of Otter creek and vicinity
are hereby tiolilied that a public meet
ing will be held at Discovery next
Saturday, September 21, at Hgjlj p. m.
In- the purpose oi listening to an ad
dress by Henry Roden, nominee for the
Alaska senate on tire nonpariisan ticket.
Men of all political failh, including
the Socialists, are invited to attend.
THE COMMITTEE.
Mrs. Davis wants to thank the owners
of the Summit association and Bishop,
Marsh & Co. and Sirandberg tc Johnson
for donations to the emergency hospital.
Mr. ,T. E. Beattie arrived from tho
Koyukuk on ihe Reliance.
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> That there is no time like the present to secure your J
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> Because we handle nothing but the Best, and our prices?
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I Our Method—Fair and Square ?
\ Though closing out, our aim nevertheless is to retire «
£ with as clean a reputation as we were ofrtunate to retain <
£ during the 14 years past, that we maintained merchau-«
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FAREWELL SERVICE TOMORROW
Dr. S. Hall Young, who expects to
leave for the States during the coming
week, will preach his farewell sermon
at the A. 13. hall tomorrow evening at
8 o'clock. It will be a service of
special interest. Mr. Walter Rowson
will sing, and there will be lively con
gregational singing. Everybody is in
vited to this meeting.
Neil Corrigan arrived from Uonlan
with a comfortable poke of gold .Mo.i
day. __
<-'• ('■ Rage > .sited fr .at > t ' Tue« a .
JEWISH NEW YEAR WAS
CELEBRATED THURSDAY
Last Thursday, September 12,
was the Jewish New Year’s day,
which was celebrated by the local
Jewish community by abstaining
from business. This Gs the year
5,673 in the Jewish calendar, and
New Year’s day falls on the first
day of the month Tisri.
On September t5 will be cele
brated the fast of Guada'.iah, and on
the 2rst the fast of expiation for,
Yom Kippur). The feast of Taber
nacles falls on Thursday, Septem- \
her 26.
A. E. Li;;ht will probably spend the j
winter at Fairbanks.
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Cold dust melt.si into bricks of any 1
si>'.'. W. Taylor. Fiat < 'ity. i
GORDON BETTIES IS
PROUD GRANDFATHER
Late advices fiotu the Kusko
kvvim are to the effect that a fine
baby boy was bom to Mr. and Mrs
\Y. II. Colder on September 7.
Mrs. Golder was formerly Miss
Margaret Betties, daughter of Gor
don Betties, pioneer of the Koyu
kuk and now residing on the lower
Kuskokw im.
DESTITUTES CONTINUE TO ARRIVE
Nome, September 13. — Desti
tales continue to arrive fiom up
river points, and the city authori
ties are at their wits end what to do
with them. They are asking for
transportation to Seattle.
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GEORGE BENNETT. AGENT, IDiTARGO |
LATEST RECORDS,
VIGTROLAS,
GABS NETS,
RECORD GASES. *
! Shotguns, Shotgun Sheiis, Rifles and Rifle Ammunition jj
Pitch, Oakum, Calking Cotton, Hardware,
Furniture, Bedding g
SMITH'S GUN STORE j
Set v Tci and Willow Phone No. 6 i
m RAILROAD NEEDS
(Concluded from Page 1.)
into the Tanana valley and another
into the Kuskokwim. If a railroad
were built along the Yanina t > the
mouth of the Takotnu, nr. McGrath,
that place would immediately become
a very large town, ft could not. bring
the railroad to Iditarod, but within say
t)J miles of it, and passengers would be
enabled to reach Seattle from Iditarod
in six or seven days at a cost of $50 or
$00, instead of the journey occupying
00 days and costing over $125, as was
the case at present. Mail and freight
could likewise b ■ sent by the same
route. No one could possibly see what
the construction of such a railroad
would do, but if it were built we should
be sure of an immediate increase of
population to 0 :0,000, because the ter
ritory's development had been so long
retarded. 1 here were hundreds of low
grade dredging and hydrauiicking
propositions in the country which
could be developed, and he contended
that the construction of 1,000 miles of
railroad at a cost of 40 million dollars
would not only increase the population
to the extent he had mentioned, but
would increase the output of minerals
from 20 million dollars per year to 60
million dollars per year: an annual in
crease equal to the total cost ofjthe
roads. That was looking at the matter
purely from a dollars and cents point
of view, and ignoring the national
features. The l.'. S. government could
not spend the money in a more profit
able manner. They were spending 400
millions on the Panama canal for the
benefit of -foreign shipowners, and had
built railroads in the Philippines.
The speaker was not always in favor
of government ownership, as he be
lieved it might lead to a lot of corrup
tion, but could soe no objection to its
application to Alaska. New York and
Chicago were constructing their own
subways and afterwards leasing them
with considerable advantage to them
selves. The Smith bill did not pro
vide that the Alaska railroads should
be leased, but merely that they should
be operated by a commission until Con
gress could make permanent arrange
ments. He advocated leasing to the
highest bidder.
The construction of 1,000 miles of
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WILL SOfFOET EOlIflT
Portland, Me., September 12.—G jrernor Frederick W. FI listed.
Democrat, was defeated lor re-election by Mr. Haines, Republican.
The vote stood: Haines, 70,000; Governor Plaisted, 67,000.
Governor-elect Haines has announced himself as a supporter
of the Roosevelt policies, and the organization of the Thud party
in the state has been commenced.
Washington, D. C., September 13.—Republican circles here are
astounded at Haines’ statement that, he will support Roosevelt.
trunk line through the territory would
be hut a beginning, because the rule
was til at when you lay dow n a trunk
line il grows like a plant.
Mr. Joslin urged liis hearers to uo all
in their p iwer to secure the nee -s-arv
legislation :it the mxt session of Con
press, as after that time they would
have to deal with a new Congress,
which would delay the work for at
least a year.
The speaker said that there was
much equipment at Panama which
might be used—such as picks, shovels,
rails-and lie advised his hearers to
pass resolutions urging the construc
tion of a railroad to some point on the
Kuskokwitn such as lie had outlined.
The committee appointed by the
meeting to draw up a resolution favor
ing the construction of railroads have
drafted the following letter:
Iditarod, Alaska, Sept. 12, 1912.
Alaska Railroad Commission, Fair
banks, Alaska:
Gentlemen—At a mass meeting of
citizens held at Iditarod on September
12, 1912. called and presided over by
the mayor of the city, the undersigned
were appointed a committee to present
to your honorable body the views and
needs of the people of this portion of
Alaska upon the subject of the con
struction of a railroad from Seward or
some other point on the coast to the
Kuskokwitn valley.
In pursuance of this authority, the
undersigned committee beg to call your
I attention to the fact that the Kusko
kwitn valley is the second largest in
Alaska. It lies furthest to the south
ward of any of the great river valleys,
and to the personal knowledge of mem
bers of this committee, vast areas of
this valley are fettl e ami highly suit
able for agricultural development.
A railroad extended from Seward to
the Ivuskokwim valley, at a point near
the mouth of the Takotna river at Mc
Grath, would connect up with tide
w iter the great river system of the I
K iskokwim and its tributaries, con
taining probably over 2,000 miles of
navigable rivers. Many of the tribu
tary streams of the Ivuskokwim, such
as the Takotna, the Hoholitna, the
Aniak, the George, tlie Tuluksak, and
the main river itself, are beginning to
produce gold in payable quantities, and
only require better transportation to
develop them into important mining
districts. A road terminating at Mc
Grath would be able to give service
winter and summer, and would furnish
all residents of Alaska east of the
Ivuskokwim, including the people of
Nome and Seward peninsula a mail ser
vice between their homes and Seattle at,
least 20 days shorter than that they notv
have, and 10 days shorter than if the
only railway terminal were at Fair
banks. A terminal at McGrath would
also bring the mail about live days
closer to the people of the Ruby dis
trict than if the only terminal were at
Fairbanks. There are about 8,000
white residents who would thus be ac
commodated. Such a road would handle
a large volume of passenger traffic
from the districts just mentioned both
summer and winter. This committee
firmly believes that no railroad could
be extended to any part of Alaska
which would be of greater service and
produce greater development than one
extending into the great Ivuskokwim
valley.
We, therefore, urge and commend to
yi.nr favorable consideration the route
..hove indicated, and trust, it may be
recommended in your reports to Con
gress as one of the railroad lines which
should be constructed for the develop
ment of Alaska.
Yours respectfully,
G. M. AM BUCKLE,
E. COKE IIILL,
A. E. LIGHT,
HENHY RODEN,
JOHN E. HA I HU.
Committee.
Location blanks—Ptuneer office.
Public actios of Olisoioficn cf Psrtnarsiiip
Notice is hereby given that the part
tiers’.tin heretofore ex.sting between M.
C. Me bay an 1 Peter Ilotts was dissolved
by mutual consent on the 12th dav of
September. 1912. All debts due the said
partnership should be paid to b A. Mc
Kay, to who ’i ail claims against the
same should be presented.
M. C. McKAY.
Iler at tonic v in fact.
l’E TER HOT TS.
Notice of Forfeiture
to ii iir rcnibsox:
You your heirs and assigns, are ) : . *;• t
: I that th nd signed has e.vpcm
i'.nd i.iio emeu is the m of <me 1 nt:i. :
lars «tea- for each of the vear*» o! . • »-.i i .
19>2 up <u placer mining claim known a- ,:v!
called Hie K. M. as-ociation on otter creek
in the <tU r Mining and Recording Distri- t
Territory of Alaska; you are furfur notified
that if at the expiration ol ninety •. -day
alter the last publication of this noli', e von I jil
or rt fuse to i outr-.lmtv y ou: proportion ot - :• •»
expenditure, your interest in said claim will In
come th.e \ . perty ot the v.ndcr-igm d y nr c.
ovvu : under Section 2324 • f the It- vised St t
aics of the failed State-.
\Y. A. I)IK KM AN .
fits; pub’.icat'oii September :.j. : .12.
hast p .blicatiou Decenth-r ip :
Notice of Forfeiture
T i S. If.Af f TURN:
You. y our heir- :>nd ure N-r» by n.-t:
• d l• tat tin • • • •
b'.r- — *u c'u > « ;• -• -f -.a" :
1:*2 upon r mfling claim k.io’ci
•11 the Otter Mi-mg and Record;- . if-ir; :.
Territory ol Alaska; you are lurfiur 1 f • .
that if at the expiration of mud .
after the la^t publication ot this notice \ ou ;
or refa-e to eon tribute y<.nr pruport a. n *d s .
eV ’ nditun . your interest in said claim n :< -
perty fthe undersigned yo
owner under S-ction 23:4 of th.e Revised Stat
utes ot\he failed Slates.
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first publication September \. 1 1:2
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