CANVAS TENTS TARPAULINS HOSE
ATTENTION
B'g war in the Rubber Pac business this spring. Over the lake will arrive a
big shipment of a new brand RUBBER PACS, “not made by a trust." Some
thing new. Every pair guaranteed. Watch this ad for the name.
Has an enormous sale in Wisconsin, Minnesota, the Dakotas, etc., on ac
count of its great wearing quality.
We have received exclusive agency for lditarod"district.
H. BoaSf Leading Clothwrl
HART. SCHAFFNER & MARX and CHESTERFIELD CLOTHES
THIS STORE CLOSES AT 8 P. M.; SUNDAVS AT NOON
Highest Prices Paid for Raw Furs
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MODERN EQUIPMENT FOR
IDITAROD MACHINE SHOP
i Kd Uhl. the machinist, who returned
from the Outside last week, has procured
for his shop here an oxy acetylene welding
plant, which will probably arrive on one
of the first boats, and will be installed im
mediately. This addition to his plant will
enable Mr Uhl to undertake work hereto
fore impossible here. By means of this
eouipnient cast iron, cast steel, bronze,
aluminum, etc., can be welded. By the use
of this process the >oams of leaky boilers,
instead of being calked, can be welded, and
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Sing, smile, and soothe your
threat with chewing gum.
Beeman's, 100 chews, 75c.
Spearmint, 100 chews, $1.
Deniyne, 40 packages $1.25.
It aids digestion. It keeps
your mouth and throat cool,
cleans and preserves the teeth.
Buy it by the box.
Ansley's Book Store
IDiTAROD, ALASKA
broken teeth of gearing can be replaced
and engine cylinders and'boilers repaired.
The welding plant uses an acetylene tiame
of 6.500 degrees Fahrenheit, according to
Mr. Uhl. To understand the effect of such
tierce heat it is only necessary to add that
steel flows at 2.500 degrees and cast iron
at 2.400 degrees.
FLAT A. B. LODGE GIVES
AN ENJOYABLE SMOKER
Camp Flat No. 26. A B. held its
installation of officers last Tuesday night.
After the meeting a smoker and genera!
good time was given to the .A. B. members
and their friends. All present took part
in the entertainment features Some told
stories, some danced and some sung. George
Kay and ‘Battler" Case put on the boxing
gloves and gave a three round exhibition,
and so stirred up the fighting blood. R.
Vance and .lack Schukoske were then
matched, and everybody was surprised at
the cleverness of the two. It was said to
lie one of the best matches ever pul!. '1 otf
in the ramp. Then the “Gentleman Kid"
and Jim Trough were matched. The “Kid"
- arted with some very pretty poses, which
were all spoiled by Trough. Jim Finnegan
was referee, and in the last round each of
the fighters thought the referee was giv
ing him the \\> r-t of it. mi (hey both turned
their blows on him, and only the interfer
ence of the timekeeper saved him from
their wrath.
There were plenty of refreshments and
cigars, and all enjoyed themselves thor
oughly.
On Tuesday last Charles Worden left on
an extended prospecting trip to the head
waters of the Iditarod. Henry Weir ac
companied him to where Mr. Worden will
establish his camp.
RAMPS PETERSON
DRUGS, GOAL OIL, GASOLINE, GARDEN SEEDS:
Paints, Oils, Window Glass
Shotguns and Shotgun Shells
Victrolas and Victor Records
Carpets, Rugs, Matting, Furniture
Gasoline Mantles and Globes
Harness and Harness Supplies
Stoves, Ranges, Heaters
Granite and White Enamelware
Bar Glassware, Crockery
Skates, Hockey Sticks, Pucks
GENUINE NOME DOG HARNESS
Yukon Sleds Snowshoes Siwash Mitts
SMITH'S CUN STORE,
IDITAROD, ALASKA 4
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TEECREEKS
Mr. and Mrs. Stanford of Flat City left
for Moor? creek last Thursday, where they
will spend the summer. Mr. Stanford will
work a lay on that creek.
0. A. Hofseth arrived at Flat from Can
yon creek, in the Kuskokwim, last Tues
day.
Charley Kay and Timothy Andrews, a
native, left for the Yukon Wednesday
morning with a long string of dogs, which
they will hoard for the summer at their
I dog farm, twenty miles above Holy Cross.
Angus McLellnn and Dan McDonell re
i turned from Candle creek last Tuesday.
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i Austin Horner and Mr. Matheson arrived
! at Flat from the Outside last Sunday.
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! The Yukon Gold Company has about
J thirty men employed doing preparatory
■ work for the starting of the dredge.
Stranberg <fc Aitken of the Upgrade, at
! the head of Flat, have seven men working,
thawing and getting sluice boxes ready for
! an early start.
Angus MaeKinzie. foreman for Tom Ait
ken on Chicken creek, has a crew of men
making sluice boxes and doing preparatory
work. He is hauling lumber by dog team
lover the mountain from Flat to Chicken.
I Jerry Ford returned from his trip to
Hot Springs last Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. A1 Thorns left for Candle
i creek last Wednesday. They will spend
the summer there, and may make their
i home there permanently.
| Scotty Auld returned from his trip to
Takotna Thursday, where he went with a
dog team to meet Charles Thiell, who came
in from the Outside over the Seward trail.
Mr. Thiell is the father-in-law of Karl
Theile of Discovery.
George Gentry, A1 Korean and Jim Laird
arrived from the Outside last week.
The dance to be given tonight at the.
A. K. hall, Flat City, will be the last big i
social event of the season. The weather is;
mild and the trails are in tine shape, and j
a big crowd is expected.
Pete Strom and Mr. Erickson arrived at I
Flat from the Outside Thursday.
FRED BAKER. OLD-TIMER.
DROPS DEAD AT FAIRBANKS
Fairbanks, March 24. Fred Baker, the
well-known old-timer, passed away suddenly
at his residence at 11:45 o’clock today. He
had just eaten breakfast and, complaining
that he was not feeling well, sat < wn to
read, but after a few moments threw up
his hands and expired with a groan.
The presumption is that Mr. Baker died
from heart d&ease. An inquest will be
held, but no date has yet been named.
The deceased was about 42 years of age,
and was a native of Omaha, Neb. He came
North m 1S97. landing at Skagway, where
he conducted a general freighting ami [lack
ing business. Later he went to Dawson,
where he was also engaged in the freighting
business and in mining.
Since coming to Fairbanks, in 1904. Mr.
Baker had followed mercantile pursuits, al
though he was also heavily interested in
quartz. He was a member of the local
Igloo of the Order of Pioneers. He leaves
one brother in Fairbanks, Ward Baker, who
came North last summer. His father is
stated to be living at Omaha.
Just received - large assortment Howard
watches, the best made. J. L. SALE, Lead
ing Jeweler.
Everything That Is Necessary for Wearing Apparel j
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In Hats we have a complete line of J. B. Stetson. Summer jj
Underwear and Lightweight Shirts with military cc iar.
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A. j. Weiss, Flat
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COLONEL GOETHALS IS
BOOMED FOR PRESIDENCY
Seattle, March 21. “Should Theodore
Roosevelt forever retire to private life, the
j Progressive party need have no fear for a
j leader. Colonel George W. Goethals, gov
j ernor of the canal zone, possesses all the
' qualities to make him the party head, and
I a great figure in national affairs.”
Montaville Flowers, director of the speak
ers’ bureau of the Progressive party, who
arrived here recently from national head
quarters in New York, indicated this so
1 clearly that there could be no doubt as to
his meaning, that George W. Perkins, na
tional Progressive chairman, and other Pro
I gressive leaders, were grooming Colonel
Goechals as a presidential possibility in
| 1916.
“Mr. Perkins did more than any other
| one man to elect John Purroy Mitchel
mayor of New York.” said Mr. Flowers. “It
is significant that following Mr. Mitchel’s
visit to the canal zone to induce Colonel
Goethals to become police commissioner of
New York, Mr. Perkins followed on a se
cret mission. Today I learned by letter
from my secretary that Mrs. Roosevelt was
there, too, and met the canal governor,
with Mr. Perkins. Draw your own con
clusions.”
Mr. Flowers addressed the King County
Progressive League at a banquet given in
his honor. His i Terence to Colonel Goe
thals as the Progressive candidate for Pre<i
dent in the event of Colonel Roosevelt’s
retirement came as a surprise to local
party leaders.
“The Democrats have fallen neatly into
the trap laid for them," continued Mr.
Flowers. "President Wilson appointed the
canal builder governor of the canal zone,
and Colonel Goethals, one of the greatest
constructive minds of the age, is now heir
to all the honors and triumphs that raise
him to the position where he cannot be
overlooked. He has been thirty-four years
in the service of the government. He
commands a great army of persons of all
ranks and beliefs, and they worship him.
He is eminently equipped, and a bosom
friend of Colonel Roosevelt.
“Five bills haVte been introduced in the
New York legislature to sweep away the
restrictions on the office of the police com
missioner. Colonel Goethals has reached
the retirement age, and says if President
Wilson will consent to place him on the
retirement list he will accept the office of
police commissioner. Roosevelt started his
public career as police commissioner. Bear
in mind that the canal builder’s very name, j
George Washington Goethals, is in his
favor."
Assessment Work Blanks at Pioneer.
RUBY NEWS
(Ruby Record-Citizen, April 4)
John McDonald, Joe Schuler and George
Walters, who stampeded from Iditarod for
the Chisana last fall, left Ruby this morn
ing on their way back to Iditarod for the
summer. They report many men camped
along the upper Tanana waiting to float
down in the good old summer time. Mr.
McDonald brings the report that Redmond
creek, in the Tenderfoot country, is being
stampeded again.
Bids have been called for for the delivery
of 1,000 cords of wood on the ground of
Holmgren, Jenson & Michie, on Greenstone
creek.
D. E. Brown and M. Boyd, who have
been prospecting in this vicinity, intend
leaving tomorrow for the Iditarod.
Mail Carrier Jack Hunnewell left for
Ophir last night with 400 pounds of mail.
Mr. Hunnewell will complete his Ruby
Ophir contract in one more trip. He ex
pects to leave Ruby about April 15.
Shortage of Labor on Long
Operators on Long creek and vicinity
have begun to feel anxious regarding the
apparent shortage of men, more especially
in the early part of the coming season.
Long creek alone will need at least 100 men
more than are available at present immedi
ately after the break-up, in order to take
advantage of the spring water, more espe
cially on Bear pup, Glen gulch and other
small streams, where a water shortage may
1 be expected later. Later in the season the
1 sup[ ly of labor will doubtless equal the
| demand, as the Yukon passes Ruby and
; everyone travels the Yukon during the
j summer season.
Two Holes or GaRes
[ A. Burmeister has at last succeeded in
freezing down two holes on Ganes creek,
| in the Ophir district, results of which are
more than satisfactory to even the most
: optimistic of those who have held faith in
! Ganes during all its ups and downs in the
last seven years. In the first hole Mr,
Burmaster took out £114 with no drifting.
; and the second hole was equally as good.
Tom Ganes. after whom the creek is named,
first went on Ganes creek in the summer of
'905. Gold was found in paying quantities
■ n tin" n llowing year. However, nearly all
the money taken out of Ganes has been
\ from the benches on the right limit. The
Inch channel is about -'50 f t e>v" the
;.ent creek, and can be tra.nl for miles.
Wherever this channel is intact pay has
been found, which was mostly on pointand
bluffs, a b rgc portion of the old channel
having sloughed into the creek vallot be
1 >w. It was this fact that encouraged the
' prospectors to stay with it and prospect the
valley, which is wet ground and twelve t >
: fourteen feet deep on No. 5, where Mr.
Burmaster has at last succeeded in freezing
down and been so handsomely rewarded for
his efforts.
It is said that Ellis <ft Aitken have bought
; Burmaster’s interest, but as yet the terms
i and details of the transfer, if a sale has
I been made, are not made public.
Ganes creek is about twenty-five miles
long, with a valley ranging from a half to
[ three-quarters of a mile wide.
AMENDMENTS TO LEASING BILL
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1 Washington. Feb. 27. Radical amend -
I ments to the leasing bill of the interior de
partment. the administration measure intro
i duced by Representative Ferris of Okla
i homa, to provide for the opening of the
I coal fields of Alaska, were introduced in the
house yesterday by Delegate Wickersham of
Maska.
One of the aemndments provides that the
leasing privilege be applied only to the coal
fields of the Bering and Matanuska regions,
and that the lignite and inferior coals of
other fields be exempt from leasing and
opened to public entry. He also recom
mends that the rich Bering fields be de
veloped by tonnage under high royalty
Charges.
Mere Tractable as He Grows Older
“I find myself mellerin’ up as the years
passed by,” confessed Hod Durnitt. “For
merly I would go into a frenzy over ’most
any unimportant thing, but when the ‘Mona
Lisa’ was stolen I didn't care a jam. It
used to be that when anything occurred
• hat I didn’t approve of I forthwith swept
/a place and had a furious fit; but now
adays it has to be something of conse
quence and some of my business before I
rend my raiment and throw dust in the
fcir. Without doubt old age is creeping on
me apace, as the feller said.”—Kansas City
Star.
EVERYTHING IN
ion's Wearing Apparel
Bayles Clothing Co. \
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STORE CLOSES AT 8 P. M.; SUNDAY AT NOON
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Tommy I uscombe, an old resident of
Iditarod, returned last Monday from a win
ler’s sojourn on the Outside, and on the
following day left for the Reindeer country
with Charley Worden on a prospecting trip.
Tommy made the “mush” from Seward in
twelve days.
Mrs. Percy 0. Charles entertained a
number of ladies at an afternoon card
party on Thursday.
The Easter ball last Monday night was a
most enjoyable affair. Several persons
were in from the creeks, and whil- the
. dancers were not numerous, a good time
was reported.
Charles Cedarblade is inquired for
through the marshal’s office by his Over.
1 residing in Chicago. He 1 *ft Minneapolis
twenty years ag and is supposed to be
. in Alaska. His age is given as 40.
I “Moose" Johnson oil Aj ril 9 was at th •
[California roadhouse, half way between
Cripple and Poorman, on his way to Ruby,
lie reports that “owing to the soft weu’her
[ he had a hard trip.”
1 J. 0. Moody has removed his \. office
from the Beattie house to Second avenue,
two doors from the meat market.
i Captain C. A Boerner arrived at Dike
1 man last Saturday, where he will look
after the river craft of the Northern Navi
gation Company and prepare for the open
ing of navigation. lie will assume charge
of the Washburn, put her in commission
for her summer’s work and act as her mas
ter until the regular master gets in from
the Outside.
Harry Watson am vd in town Monday
from Dikeman. lie reports that prepara
tioiis for the opening of navigation are well
: under way.
Jim Haley arrived at noon Monday wi-h
the mail. There was little else but be a:
i mad in the consignment. He left on the
return trip Wednesday morning.
G. M Landerking arrived in the city
(Tuesday from Fairbanks He will act a.'
: master of the Teddy H. this season.
FLAT CITY POSTOFFICE
WILL EE OPENED SHORTLY
j Mrs. C. C. Chittick has received her com
mission as postmistress of the new office
to be established at Flat, for which she
j lias been waiting nearly a year. She will
i open the office as soon as the necessary
j supplies arrive, which will probably be on
i the next mail. Mrs. Chittick has taken
| over the store and stock of Mrs. Phillips.
} on Goltl street, and has had part of the
| store remodeled into a neat little post
ffice.
EASTER SONG SERVICE
WAS MUCH ENJOYED
The Easter song service held last
: Sunday afternoon at A. B hall
brought out a fair .-ized audience, and the
i exercises were appreciated and enjoyed by
all. Ma’or G. W. Albrecht and A E. Maltby
read portions of the ritual of the Episcopal
; church appropriate to the occasion, and
Easter hymns were rendered by a volunteer
1 choir, accompanied by the Iditarod String
Orchestra. Mrs Percy Charles sang in
pleasing manner “Fear Xot. <) Israel.” and
Mr. Charles gave a solo rendition of “Cal
vary."
! TRANSMISSION OF THOUGHT
ACCOMPLISHED by wireless
j London, March 11 Burton F. Babcock
of Syracuse, X. V.. announces in a letter
, to the Electrical World the discovery of
a means of transmitting thought by wire
, 1 ess.
“A few hundred volts of wireless con
trolled into a small, strong, continuous cur
rent a few inches in diameter will not only
1 convey sound in the form of ordinary con
versatiem, but will transfer thought from
'brain to brain,” writes Mr Babcock.
“When accustomed to this method of
' ommunicatii n conversation can be car
j ried on at a distance of several miles with
out any audible sounds whatever. Bodily
pain inflicted upon one person in the cur
rent is in-tantly felt by the other to an
| almost equal extent.”
GREAT THEATRICAL FIRM
SELLS FOR LARGE SUM
Kansas City. March 27. Sullivan Con
sidine. who own and operate probably the
, greatest vaudeville circuit in the world,
i have sold their entire circuit to Marcus
Low of New York.
Negotiations have been progressing for
me time, and were finally terminated by
a transfer of ihe firm’s entire interests for
die sum of >6.000.000.
' M . - >f English illustrated pa
pers containing accounts of the opening of
the new diamond fields at Killanrey. :- »111h
Africa, have been received by friends m
tiii- city from Ben (' ■< k« r; 11 who - in L »n
dcii. The reading by the British com
mis.d-.-ner of the pn'daniation whirl, au
thorized the “pegging’’ »>f claims was the
signal which started 1.200 men in a mad
scramble for choice locations. An hour
afterward a 3M-karat stone was found and
•v;.> sold on the spot to a Kimberley buyer.
In December there were 7.000 persons at
the new diggings, which had been opened
the month previous.
WHEN THE ICE STARTED
1911 May 11 ; 6:57:30 p. m
1912- April 22; 10:40:00 a. m.
1913- May 9; 12 .41 :45 p. m.
There are 7.000 monks on the Mount of
-Mhos. in Southern Greece.
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