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/ M K. JOS LIN J'EFOHE SENATE COMMITTEE
falcon .loslin, in giving testimony before the senate
committee in Washington a few days ago, threw some light
on the remarkable extensiveness of the gold deposits in
Alaska. Ills remarks carry the weight of authority, be
cause of the fact that he has viaited the gold regions and
has become financially interested in many of the railroad
and mining developments of the Territory. He said:
“In my judgment the placer mining industry m Alaska
will last a thousand years, the area suitable for placer min
ing is so enormous. What we are working there now is
only the gravel that will carry from $3 to $10 per yard.
You cannot work gravels that carry less than that, but once
we have transportation there, and we can work gravels such
as they do in California, which carry 7 cents per yard, we
have got so nearly an unlimited area of it that no one can
foresee the end of that industry in Alaska. I here are 20
or 30 dredges in Seward peninsula. There is one dredge at
Fairbanks, and another in the Circle City district. There
are 3 or 10 dredges in the Klondike, which is identically
similar country. They operate about 150 days per year.
They usually work up until November, beginning some
time in May. They are working gravels at Dawson, which
is an older camp than Fairbanks, that carry 50 cents per
yard. And in some cases they are working gravel by dredg
ing as low as -10 cents per yard at a profit in the Dawson
country. We will, eventually, better be able to work grav
els of that tenor in Alaska.
‘■One great thing is tiiat nearly the whole area of Alaska
is gold bearing. There are placers and quartz. It has been
raid, and I believe the statistics and explorations of the
Geological Survey show it. that you could go from the ex
treme southeast of Alaska at Ketchikan, where there are
important mines, along this entire route by way of Haines,
clear out to Nome, a distance of 2,000 miles in a straight
line, and that in every 20-mile section along that route you
could develop gold mines. It is definitely greater than any
other area of gold country that has ever been found in the
world. In the state of California the gold production in
the past 60 years has been about $1,000,000,000. \ he re
ports of the United States Geological survey estimate that
this little peninsula—Seward peninsula—on which the town
of Nome stands, contains approximately as large an area of
placer gravels as there is in California. It is by no means
superior to the area of the Xanana placer gravels, and prob
ably not superior to those in the Iditarod, nor in the Koyu-.
kuk. nor in the Fortymile.”
01 K DARK AGES
Twenty-two years ago, 700,000 acres of land in the Olympic
national forest was restored to the public domain and made subject
to entry, upon the representations to Washington that the land
was or falne for farming purposes only.
In the course of the next 10 years 724,000 acres of that land
had passed to the possession of men who held it almost exclusively
for timber. Five persons had gained ownership of 178,000 acres
and "1,730 acres belonged to one man. In those 10 years, the cul
tivated land of this area, which had been thrown open for agricul
tural development, amounted to less than one acre in a thousand.
It is not worth while to lament the loss of that property, or to
wax indignant over the iniquities of land thieves. The opening of
the forest reserve and the tricks and dodges, by which control
slipped through the fingers of settlers and into the fists of lumber
exploiters, belong to the period of ruthless snatching and grabbing.
The big point is that that period lias passed on —that now there
Our place of
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ing a full line of
Fresh Groceries, Workingmen's Clothing, Shelf Hardware, Notions,
Stationery, Pipes and Tohsoco
We hope to meet all old friends, and wish to make new ones.
McMahon, Flat City
Fresh Killed Beef
Barge Trinder enroute with supply of Fresh Beef, Mut
ton. Pork, Poultry, Oysters, Fish, Smoked Meats,
and Dry Pack Butter
You'll find no mold on oui’ smoked meats.
Se;ondSt. IDITAROD SV! E AT CO> Phone 15
All Hours Alike in This House
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FIRST AVENUE. SOUTAR & SUTHERLAND, Props.
SNYDER HOUSE Company Depot
Nicely Furnished Rooms FLAT CITY Large Drying Room
TME? nnw FLAT city,
MmAEL MR %PAVAL* front street
Furnished Rooms, Clean Spring Bods, Bath, Dry Rooms, the house
JUST ARRIVED
Cut Glassware and
Silver Deposit Ware
Souvenir Jewelry W W CT YS Y W Le*d!n° J°'f'e!ej ,,
Made io Order „ £^s M"1L JLd of the North
Drink Eastern Beer
Miner's_Home Saloon
THE HOME OF THE “QUAKER MAID"
Foot of Willow St., Iditiirod
e
FLAT CITY , „ . ,
_N,-u r.unitz. Prop._Your Frsends_
are too many persons in the government service and out, who are
jealously watchful of the people’s property and who are ready to
bring against land thieves the high power guns of publicity if the
weapons of the courts are without avail.
INCONGRUITIES
Eg HE man who pays a trifling tax is always out with battle
11 ax, condemning this, denouncing that, and talking
£a ' ...
wildly through his hat. The man who doesn t, pay his
debts, whose creditor in sorrow sweats, is always finding signs
of graft in public men, and guile and craft. The man who lets
his weary wife do washing to sustain his life is always active
with bis jaws discussing needed helpful laws. The man who
has no traps to guard has fifteen watchdogs in his yard which
howl all night till neighbors weep or call for poison in their
sleep. The man who fails in all he tries on some high office
has his eyes; oh, he could guide the ship of state, although he
cannot pay the freight. The man who has a private jug too
often roasts the thirsty plug who boldly seeks the shining bar
where forty-rod and bitters are. The man who plays a quiet
game in some resort unknown to fame is angry when he hears
of chaps who waste their substance playing craps. And some
who preach the love of man, the helping hand, the kindly plan,
expounding divers creeds and gods, are stuck like beeswax to
their wads.—Walt Mason.
Smallest Beast of Prey
The smallest carnivorous animal in the world is an Amer
ican weasel, which is numerous in Northwest Canada and
Alaska, and is occasionally seen about the Great Lakes. It is
a true weasel, but only six inches long, with a tail only one inch
in length. All its upper surface is in summer pure umber
brown, but the throat, abdomen and inside of the legs are pure
white; and, unlike any other weasel, it has no black at the end
of the tail. Hence, although the animal turns white in the
North in winter, it does not show the black-tipped tail which
characterizes an ermine pelt, and so it is not sought by trap
pers and fur traders. This fact with its small size arid secre
tive life, has made its habits very little known, but they seem
to he much like those of other weasels- If feeds on insects,
which it finds alive in summer and in winter digs out of rotten
logs, upon small birds, etc., hut lives mainly on mice. These
it can follow into their narrowest holes and runaways, for it is
scarcely larger than a field mouse itself; or, striking the trail
of one, it will trace all its wanderings, and as soon as it catches
sight of its prey will spring after it with amazing and fatal rap
idity. It is frequently caught by naturalists ir; their mouse
traps. An old Indian told Mr. W. II. Osgood, of the Biological
Survey, who thus captured one in Southern Alaska, that it was
a promise of rare good fortune- His brotner, he related, had
taken one when a boy and had in consequence become a big
chief. A good name name for this least of the carnivores
would be “mouse hunter.” It is known to science as Putorius
rixosus.—Douglas News.
TWO YEARS FOR
JOHNPAKAGE;
John Pakage, who last week
plead guilty to shooting Louis
Scrnve, last September in the Kus- i
kokwitu country, was sentenced
last Wednesday morning by Judge ;
Fuller, in the district court, to serve
two years in the federal peniten- \
tiary at McNeil island.
When at Discovery take a chance at
The Flyer for a quick meal. Cooked
right. Served right.
When at Flat visit Curly Robinson’s ;
health resort. No flies, no mosquitoes.
It Would be Useless
Mrs. Black’s servant girl had been
in the habit of going out to meet, the
grocer’s boy when he came to the back
door with goods. Observing this, Mrs.
Black watched and saw the boy kiss
Norah heartily. When the girl came
in Mrs. Black said severely: “Norah, I
saw the grocer’s boy kiss you this
morning when yon went out for the
groceries. Hereafter I shall go my
self.” “All right, mutn,” said Norah,
“but’twill do yez no good. He sez he
won’t kiss nobody but me.”—Ex.
One pint of gasoline will make
200 cubic feet of an explosive mix
ture about seven times more power
ful than gunpowder.
Don’t forget to call at the Crosby
baths when you come in from the creeks.
Cordova Alaskan, June 4: One of
the richest samples of gold quartz
ever shown in Cordova was brought
to town last night by Malcolm
Brock from Cbitiua, and alter an
acid test it is practically a mass of
solid gold. This specimen was
taken from the new strike made
nine miles north of Camp 140 on
the Copper River railway, on a
tributary ol the Kotsiua river, by
two section men named Centenio
and Canning, who purchased a
grubstake last fall and spent the
winter prospecting. A ledge 6 <o
feet long aud 2)/> feet wide has
been uncovered. The rich quartz
is only 2 inches wide on the foot
wall lor a length of 50 feet, but the
rest of the ledge contains free-mill
ing quartz. The owners of the
property are now opening up the
ground and the extremely rich
quartz is being taken out tor treat
ment. The pavstreak is covered
j with gravel from 3 to 6 feet deep,
j Since the news ol the strike has j
Under the provisions of an exec
| utive order signed April 19, by
president Wilson, the Klukwan In
dian reservation is now established
The reserve created involves 800
| acres of choice lands lying
north cf and contiguous of the
Cbilkat river, 22 miles from Haines.
Chief of the protective aim ol the
j reserv.ition is that portion which
\ prevents any persons fiotu en
croaching upon the lands embraced
within its borders, by locating for
i any purpose whatsoever d he re
servation was established after Prof.
: W. G. Beattie, chief of the South
western Alaska Bureau of Educa
tion, had recommended it. It will
also be remembered that when the
Klukwan tribe visited Juneau last
full the venerable Chiei Yalthhock
askrd the great White 1'ather in
Washington to create this reserve
j that his descendants might thrive
j and flourish unmolested by the
I white man. Klukwan village is
lone of the ideal Indian settlements
in Alaska. There are perhaps 300
natives colonized, nice homes and
| civilized modes of living are among
the ftaiurc-s of the camp. A co-op
I erative store established not long
has already paid a dividend oi 12
per cent. This is the third native
reservation in Alaska. Metlukahila
and Hydaber were created in the
; order named.
The Indians o! Ne.ni nay are in
dignant because they are no v de
; niced the pihilege of hunting iur
se;d in the waters of the opeii ocean
off tile coast, and off the coast oi
j Vancouver island. The some pro
hibition is laid on other coast In
dians. A share of their livelihood
is thus taken away from them.
1 Golden Eagle Hole! and Store
Front St., Iditarod
Ladies’ and Gents’ Dress Shoes
and Hose
Gasoline, Carbide and Electric Plants.
Lightning Mop Moor Cleaner; and other
Shorts. Agency for Gray Motors.
I DITAR013
Foot of Willow St.
Best Cap of Coffee in Town
Fresh Bread Every Day
Choice Pies, Cakes, Etc.
FREIGHTING |
Knute Roland, the Otter Freighter, I
Is now making Daily Trips between }
Iditarod city and Dis. Otter.
Freight, Beggage and Express i
handled promptly.
Telephone,
f^OW LOCATED
ON THE SUMMER TRAIL
SUMMIT
ROADHOUSE
Meals All Hours.
Liquors and Cigars
Tel: ‘‘Summit, Roadhouse.”
^ the United States Land Office at Nome, Alaska
In the matter of the application of Joa
quin, Fowler and Twitchell for pat
ent for Trading Site.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION
Notice is hereby given that in pursu
ance to tile provisions of the actof Con
gress approved May 14, 18S)8 (30 Slat. j
409) entitled “An act extending the |
homestead laws and providing for right
of way for railroads in the district of
Alaska, and for other purposes,” and j
amendments thereto, Frank Joaquin,
whose postollico address is Tacotna, j
Alaska, G. A. Fowler, whose postottice
address is Bethel, Alaska, and A. If. ;
Twitched, whose postofttce address is 1
Bethel, Alaska, claiming twenty and !
sixtyone hundredths (20.01) acres of |
land at Bethel, on the' Kusltokwim
river, Alaska, have made application tot
the United States fora patent for the |
said land, as a TRADING SITE, and j
-aid land is more fully described as lot
the metes and bounds thereof by the
official plat thereof and by tho field |
notes of the survey thereof now on file
in the office of the register of said land j
office, which is ('. S. Survey No. 1002, j
as follows, to wit:
Beginning at. corner No. 1, identical I
with corner No. 1, Moravian Mission'
Reserve, Bethel, at ordinary high-I
water mark on Kuskokwim river, from j
which point U. S. local ion monument at |
Bethel bears S. 72^ 12' VV.. 12.9o j
chains, and S.VV. corner dwelling 24x30 j
leet, bears N. 2.7- .70' E , 4.ltd chains:
witness corner set N. 24- .'11' VV., 1.24
chains, an iron pipe 3 inciies in diam-;
ter projecting one foot above the
ground, marked on S. \V. side, M-.M
Cor.-l-W-O. and M-t ' on side facing the
river, and on N. E. side S 10d2 -<.'o: -1-,
VV-C. Pit 30x30x12 inches bears N.
24° 34’ VV., 8 feet distant. Mound of j
earth 4 feel base, 2 feet high, bears N. i
24° 34' VV. of corner.
I Thence N. 21 3 .'ll’ \V l'Ochains along
yS.W. boundary, from true cone r over
rolling land on line 1-2 of Moravian Mis-!
Mon Reserve survey lo corner No. 2, at j
which point is set an iron pipe 3 inches;
in diameter, 3 feet long. 2 feet in the l
ground, marked on the easiside, S-1002-1
( 'or-2. Under lids corner broken glass J
; is deposited at base of pipe as m mu
! rial. ‘ Pits are dug on lines approaching ;
and departing from corner and (i feet
; distant P a !8x 12 inches.
Thence N. (17° 10' K. 18.8-1 chains
along N.W. boundary to corner No. 3 at
! which point is set an iron pipe 3 inches
in diameter, 3 feet long, 2 feet in the
ground, marked on S.W. side S.-lued
(.'ur-3. Under this corner broken glass
i is deposited at ba>o of pipe as a ttiemo
rlal. Pits are dug lsx 1^x12 me e s on
Idies approaching and departing from
corner and II feet distant.
riienc- S. 2-J ~ i)r I.. 1 t ':. cli<1 ins
j along X.K. boundary to corner Xo. 4. at
| Ordinary high-water mark on Kusko
I lewim river. Witness corner set N.21
31' W., fis links distant, which is an iron
| pipe 3 inches in diameter, 3 feet long, 2
feet in the ground, marked on X.V,.
Tide 8-l(H!2-Cot-4-W-<and M.-C. on side
; facing the river. Broken glass is ue
| posited at t>ase of pipe as a memorial.
1 Thence following the meanders of the
[ lyuskokwim river at ordinary high
water mark, along sandy beach down
j s:ream from true corner I. X. ss= 47'
W. 11.70 chains: 2. 8. 080 lit' V,. *.2;
! chains to Corner Xo. 1, the place of be
j ginning, containing 21.01 acres.
The U. S. location monument to
! which tiiis survey is tied is an iron pipe
j 34 inches in diameter 4 fees long set 2
feet, in the ground, marked on the
north side U. S. L. M., Bethel M M.
and is situated in the center of the
plaza at Betliel Mission.
Any and ail persons Claiming ad
versely tiie said land or any portion
thereof so described, surveyed and
platted as above are hereby notified
j that, unless their adverse claims are
duly tiled according- to law with the
i register of llie United States land office
at. Nome. Alaska, they will lie barred
I by virtue of the provisions of said stat
i ute. ,1. SUXDBACK. lieg'ister.
In the Probate C urt f r th:* Innoko Precinct.
! t'ourlh Jiuiie’.!1 I)ivi d«m. Hi.drivt of Alaska.
| In th* Matter "f the ]• -t:.t«- of dreg Peterson.
1 iece n-a. d. Pe-iorc \V A. \'iaal. Com n-. i.--ion< r.
I sitting •) 1‘; bate ’n 1 ;e.
! > r ;> hereby given that the-uudc:-igned.
! administrator of the estate of dreg Pete: • n de
i ceased, to the creditors of. and ail pet .-oils hav
! ing claims against the- 'mid dece a -ed, t<> exhibit
! them, with the nec>. ;ary vouchers within six
j months alter the fird publication * I Him notice
' to the said administrate)! . at his home at'-phir.
! 111 n< ko precinct. Alaska, the same being the
! ph*ce for the transaction of the business of said
I estate.
Hated and signed at dphlr. Alaska, th.is 14U1
I day of June, 13. CHRISTIAN P ■ d.d i! N.
Administrator.
OK ;>]■■ R
j It is ordered that 1.t>tiv• • P> the creditors of
[Greg Peterson . d< c>- ;>cd rc«p.;i. ing all persons
, having claims against the said deceased to ex
; hi hit Gum. with the necc arv vouchers, to the
: adm in; -Ara t< >r <.fthc estate of said deceased be
given by publication in the Iditar- d Pioneer, a
i new spnpcr printed, and published in the city of
Iditarod, Alaska, at least once a week for four
j successive weeks, and tiiat a copy of the above
notice be posted in three public and conspicuous
places in the town ol Ophir, Alaska, one of
which places shall be at the postoffice in said
town ot Opliir.
W. A VI NAT,,
^ Probate judge.
Opliir, Alaska. June 14. 1013.
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ftlassage and
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MRS. M. L. PETERSON,
Public Stenographer,
Notary Public
First A ve., Opp. Beattie House.
Dr. Heinrich Wortmann,
Offices: IDiTAUOD and Flat City
Telephones at each place
W. F. GREEN, M. D.,
DISCOVERY, OTTER
Telephone
DR. H. BEHLfl,
Dentist
Offices, Pioneer Drug Store,
Flat City.
Appointments by Telephone
DR, CHAS. D. CARTER
Dentist
Gold Street, Flat Gity.
A p ] >o i n i in t; n t s 1 >y Te 1 e jib on e.
HENRY RODEN,
Attorney at Law
Iditarod. Alaska
i ichigan, 1881 Kentucky, 1891 Alaska, 1910
George Woodruff Albrecht,
COUNSELOR AND LAWYER
ITHTAKOD. A f..\SK A
The I'i.-iiee: 11.•: n*• v «.i th:- K. •;»
E. M. STANTON,
Attorney at Law
j Office in Wickcrslmm & Hodon Hid/.
Seeorid Ave,
CM AS. E. TAYLOR,
Attorney at Law,
Notary Public, t'onv yaarnjr.
Front St.. [dilatod
A. E. MALT BY,
Attorney at Law,
Office in M & M. llank Building
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RE-OPENED
FLAT CITY
MB'!. S. K. l’ATi'IfKU., !»!.• >1*.
At the Old Location on G, 1.1 Sir,-, -
r m is d
Gold St,, rial City
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