Miners & Merchants Bank
IDITAROD, ALASKA
Capital, $100,000.00
General Banking Business Transacted Gold Dust Bought and Assayed
Drafts Issued on Any Part of the World
SEATTLE CORRESPONDENT: SCANDINAVIAN AMERICAN BANK
OFFICERS:
T. J. Nestor, President
• 'has. Ross, Vice President
E. G. Lindberg, Manager
John Holmes, Cashier and Assayer
ADVERTISED LETTERS
The following list of letters remain
uncalled for in the Iditarod (Alaska)
postoffiee. Parties calling for these
letters will please ask for “advertised
letters'' May 4, 1912.
T. I.. Thurston, Postmaster.
Aase, krostofer 2 Argentiero, saba
*\dson. joe tino 3
Ainge, billtty Armstrong, m k
Allen, a k “ nick
“ frank o 2 A cost, tommy
Anderson, c f Arostigni,agapito2
fred Aspland, miss anna
John t 2 Aston, dan 3
•' t Avsline, edouard
Andrews, robert 2
Badgero, dr lyn 2 Bowe, james
Bailey, jack Boyce, h
Bechtolt, peter m Brailo, george
Bell, geo Bresler, carl
Bergman, arvid Brinkman, henry
Berry, richard Brouillette, thos
Beyer, fred Button, f c
Bielo, chris Burch, peter
Bolke, j Burwatt, james
< 'ampbell, a m Clapp, c. r
pat Clark, george
Cannon, mike “ ivan
Patrick Cleary, edd
t arles, alfred piene Collasky, paul
jean Connelly, chas
Carlson, carl e 3 Cook, nick
" chris Cosco, sam
fred Cosio, toni
Carson, fred Covit. sam
Carpenter, hugh Crane, a s 2
Celine, c a Cryan, c
Champion, erick Ourgaw.makhamet
Chat wood, lea m Curtain, harry m
<'hisholm, john
Davis, mrs maggie Ditntuiek, thomas
DeCiiamplain, ern- Donnelly & deeter
est ing 2
Deetering, win Dubuque, j d
Devereaux, john Durkin, harry 3
Eekman, Charles Engle, jack
Edmunds, in c 2 Kricksen, a s
Emmett, j e Erickson, henry
Fait, le-die Fordtrom, banks
Ferguson, jas a Fowlow, thus
Ferris, 1 i Frost, jatnes
Fisher, jos 2 Freeman, tony 2
Fitzgerald, e m 3 Franklin, j w
George, harriet Golberg, louise
Gie. mr miekel
Gibson, j r Green, h 2
Cillis, angus a Granger, john
Gooch, edd 3
Hagan, jarnes 4 Hayes, john m 3
Haler, win Hegberg, etnil
Rut burg, alex HiKe.v, h
Halverson, chris 2 Hildebrand,waiter2
bans 2 Hirunau, john
Halvorsen, ludvik Horhweber, capt
Hansen, halfdon oscar
h c Holm, alex c
no Honan, patrick
Harvey, harold Horn, f 2
Haugen, b
Irvin, jatnes b
-Tuques, leon Johnson, e k 2
Jukkuia, henry " gust
Jarvis, louis “ j h
Jester, mike ‘‘ iouis
Jones, a h 2
Kalav, tom Keenen. j din
Kangshaug, mrs Keluug, n c
anna Kennedy, in
Karlsson, katd 2 King, rov
Keating, john 2 Kinnear, harry 2
Lacomb, joe Lee, a
LafTorgue, mme m 1 Letourneau, o
Larnfer, camile Lewis, jos 2
Lane, h Linder, gus
Lang, james r 2 Lindquist, alfred
Larson, tnrs c Long, john
“ , james j Love, frank
" john e Lovely, miss annie
Learney, j 2
Mack, waiter Mehoy, miss do
Magnusson, edwin rothy
Maloney, j c Menzie, w h
Manier, p Mespelt, chas c
Manren, magnus Mickelson.wiklora
Manrw, Heari Miles, teddy
Marshall, alex t Miller, Irwin h
Mat son, Elis Murray, john
Mehoy, miss ruabel
McAdam, e McKay,rars kate 2
McCormack, j a 2 McLeod, Irea
MeCrimmon, dan i‘ j j
McDonald, john 2 McMahon, thomas
Nelson, evelyn 2 Nelson, nibe
“ j a, form- *' t w
erly barber in Nichols, i c
Ballard 2 Nordmark, henry 3
Nelson, john a 2 Norton, i g 2
Nielson, mads
Olsen, albert Olson, victor 2
Parson, mrs carl e Phillips, h e
Patee, john s 2 Powell, james
Pekrnan, frank
Reid, alex 2 Roy, duvid t
Ringwood, I wan Russell, b
S&don, frank Sherwood, h j
Sanders, fred Sitnmonds, tur
Sandstrotn, e Smith, a d
Sargent, william '* as
tsai'ich, mike .Sorensen, lizzie
Serf, albert 5 Soule, e w
Shallow, torn Strobel, m
Seibel, w s Story, w h 42
Shedel, alex 2
Timmons, edi 2 Tyson, roy
Tobin, alexander 3
Weickert, geo Willson, dave
White, ama Woods, capt patk j
Whitney, c d Wyant, e e
Weis, w a
Vetter, win
Zobel, s Zucol, Geick 2
MAN IN JAIL HERE
WANTED AT NDLATO
O. J. Sivewright, charged with sup
plying liquor to Indians, was arrested
by Deputy Marshal Tom Howell at
Flat City on April 25, and is now an in
mate af the Iditarod federal jail. The
charges against Sivewright originated
in the commissioner's office at Nulato.
He will be held here till further or
ders.
Eyes Examined for Glasses,
ROBERT SIMPSON
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BEAR CREEK PARTY j
TELL OF CONDITIONS
John F. Baird, Jujuira Wada, Felix Boucher and A1 Welch
arrived last Saturday night from the Kuskokwiin. The two former
were direct from Bear creek, where they had been prospecting for the
past several weeks. They had a strenuous trip, all carrying heavy
packs besides those borne by the eight dogs. The trip was made in
thirteen days traveling time. The whole party was constantly wet,
which added to the discomforts of travel.
Their impression of Bear creek is very favorable. They brought
out four ounces of handsome gold taken from 2 above by Carl Keller
man and Carl Wolfort last summer. The gold is coarse and includes
several nuggets. It is of high grade and was taken at $18 an ounce.
Wada and Baird have considerable holdings on the creek. They
crosscut the creek at 14 above with seven drill holes, in six of which
they got good prospects, the other being a blank On the benches ot
either side of 14 they sank five piek-and-shovel holes, only one of which
was bedrocked, water being encountered in tiie the others. In the out
bedrocked they got a prospect ranging from 3 cents to 45 cents to the
pan, fine gold. Four of the other holes yielded prospects at the water
line. Black sand is very abundant, more so than is usual in this pari
ot Alaska. Wada declares Baird is a good pick-aud-shovel stiff and
could hold down a job with the toughest of them.
Considerable Work In Prospect
There are about sixteen men now on Bear cieek getting ready fot
summer work. Most of the ground is only four feet deep and open
cut work will be done exclusively.
Kellerman and Wolfort worked on 2 above laD summer. The
opened lourteen cuts and made $14 to $28 to the shovel They will wen l
on 4 above this year.
At 8 and 9 above Dan McGuire, Guy Groat and Percy Good air tie
preparing to put in a bedrock drain
Frank Mills and Jack O’Meara will do likewise or. 10 and 11
above.
Ted Florue and Heins have started a drain on 4 below.
Charley Schmitz already has a bedrock drain on 6 below and
claims to have good pay
At Pishei’s discovery, about 9 below upper, Fishet has good pay
He is satisfied with that claim, and made no effort to get any mote
ground He says it will give him all the money he needs
Ben Hammond is putting 111 a ditch on Alec Grant gulch, which
comes in on the left limit ot 26 below discovery Alec Grant took on
90 ounces there in one summer four years ago, and others have been
sniping out wages there since that time. Hammond last summer took
out in a short time, single handed, 23 ounces The location of thi
claim gives some idea of the length of pay on the creek.
Danny Bryce, ot Seward, is working on the Tuluksak proper, f.-ui
miles below the mouth of Bear. He has good pay there, hut it is no
-t poor man’s proposition It will either have to he dredged 01
ivdrau licked.
Upper discovery was sold last fall to Nome people tor $8,000.
Sclimi'z has a contract tor putting thirty cords of dry wood onto 1 hi•
claim, and is now delivering it. The owners are supposed to come ii
and work the ground this summer,
Creek Ground All Taken
Ninety per cent ot Bear creek never had a pick put into it. Font
•ears ago it was all staked and abandoned. This year it was restaked
tom end to end. Some of the benches are open, and on these wherever
ihe.e is exposed gravel fair prospects are to be found.
Wada To Go Out
Wada and Baird are associated in some property and each has some
n his own exclusive right. Wada will go out 0:1 an early boat and
come in with an outfit via the Kuskokwim in July or August. Baird
may go over to the creek again some time this summer.
Men on Marvel
O11 the Aniak side the activities are confined to Marvel creek 1'he
Bear creek parts’ do not know anything of Marvel first hand, but were
informed that the people there are satisfied with the appearance o!
things. Twelve or fourteen men are on the creek A1 Welch will
leave for Marvel in a week or two.
PARTY OF FOUR PROSPECTORS
IN FROM MUD RIVER COUNTRY
A party of Finnish prospectors armed from Dome creek, Mud
river, Wednesday morning, and gave the Pioneer a verv comprehensive
and intelligent account of conditions m that region They are Mike
Orn. George Wiki, Charles Maki and Emar Makt-ln. Mr Orn is a
widely known prospector, who was a pioneer of the Klondike
Dome creek is the creek of the Mud river region where most work
lias been done. Prospects have been found on Yukon creek, but not
enough has been done there to demonstiate lie probability of pay On
Dome the prospects are very encouraging The men showed a qnan
tity of coarse, rough gold taken off the tints of that creek Theii
method was to sink on the rim and then drift toward the channel until
the water would come in. The channel was uuivetsally wet, and they
had no means of controlling the water. The deepest hole put down
was 40 feet to bedrock, or, more ptoperiy speaking, rimrock. The
prospects always seemed to get better as the channel was approached.
The gold was sometimes found wedged in pieces ofsla'e. The forma
tion is variable, schist, slate and porphyry being noticeable, and heavy
iron abounds. Mr. Orn says they have been in ; ;e country over eight
months, and have not yet found pay, but some ol the ground tuey have
been into would yield a grubstake it they were prepared to work it
properly. It is the intention of the men to go back into the country
when they have earned a grubstake
During the winter the party split up and some of them put in some
time on the Yukon side of the divide. That region appeared to be
absolutely barren. The same might be said of the ground lying toward
the old diggings from Dome creek From all appearances the gold in
the neighborhood of Dome is confined to a comparativ !y -mall area
If pay is developed it will be aji easy matter to take in supplies, th
river being navigable for light-draft boats on a good stage of water to |
within a few miles of the claims A puling boat might he tun onto the]
lower claim upon which work lias been done. Timber is rather scant
on the upper part ol the creek, but is more plentiful lower down
Other piospectors who have worked on Dome during the winter
are Ike Hill, Eli Liunimore, John Kosaio, Eric Orn, Hans Roy and Ed
Davis. A lew men are in th-?re yet, but they will have to come out
during the summer.
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OUT I
A letter received by John F. Baird
from Frank E. Becker, former Iditarod
journalistic light and junior partner in
the law firm of Bigharn & Becker, the
senior member of which succeeded
Judge Gallaher as chief justice of
Tanana, Alaska, dated at Havwoqd,
Cal., February 19, says the writer is
engaged in the real estate agency of
A. E. Montgomery. He said in a
couple of weeks he would either go to
Chico, open an office in Sacramento, or
go on the road, probably in Nevada.
Becker says the land is "the best any
where, and one would really be doing a
service to humanity in getting people
to come to God’s country.” His people
are proposing to go after business from
Alaska.
The following extracts from the let
ter will be interesting to Alaskans:
“Saw a bunch of Alaskans over in
Frisco and they were all having the
time of their young lives. If you stuck
your nose in at the St. Francis bar you
would see them lined tip with the right
arm crooked at the elbow and would
be immediately greeted by a general
shout of “What’ll you haveV” There
were Johnny McGinn. Frank Berry,
Tom McGowan, Henry Riley, Fred
Carter, Bennett James, Bill McPhee,
Billy Fairbanks, Lew Wing, Captain
Donovan, George Bell (the young Gug
genheim engineer) and a lot more
whom I have forgotten. They usually
foiegathered about three o’clock in
ihe afternoon and there would be some
thing doing every minute for the
balance of ihe day.
l;Mv boy! Frisco is some town. I
thought I had looked on a dance hall
for the last time, but when I struck
that burg I knew 1 had just come from
the country. Say, talk about your chick
ens ar.d your squabs—I wore the hinges
out of my neck piping off more swell
skirts than I ever saw before. Down
on Barbary Coast every door is a saloon
and a dance hall, with forty thousand
orchestras going at once and ‘'every
body doin' it.” The girls dance the
“turkey trot” so much that they have
the “rag” walk on the streets, and the
stuff gets into your bones so much that
it’s hard to get on a street car without
whistling rag time and putting in two
or three fancy steps. The “Coast” is
ail same live mining camp, and as soon
as you stick your head in two or three
molls get a strangle hold and begin the
old cry, “Buy a drink, kid.”
“Up town, just off Market street,
there’s a whole block of fancy beet
halls with a cleared space in the center
for dancing. Every few minutes the
band hits up a rag and you leave your,
stein long enough to]grab a chicken that ;
looks good to you and then you slide
through the turkey trot, bunny hug,
"-“JE, W. GRIFFIN1 --
General Merchandise
Hay and Oats Fresh Groceries
-^ Finest Line of Cigars at the Lowest ^
-w Prices Ever Shipped to Alaska w
GOOD GOODS 1 FLAT C!TY OTTER CITY ; pr|Ges RIGHT
Texas Tommy or grizzly bear, accord
ing to fancy. And let me give you the
low down on it, pal, they are sure some
class muffs. I'd given seven large but
tons to see you sliding round that shiny
floor with one of those squabs tucked
under your arm. It’s oa the square,
Jack, I never dreamed there was so
much veal on earth. Between dances
cute boys in baggy trousers and girls
with half a skirt bawl out the latest
song hits, such as “Oh, You Beautiful
Doll’ ; "Fiddle Up! Fiddle Up!’’ "The
Oceana Roll”; "Everybody’s Doing It.
Doing What? Doing Wh.itV’ ; “That
Mysterious Rag,” and a bunch of other
ragtime pieces. About every other
minute a guy with a dinky coat comes
around and begins wiping the table,
which means it's up to you to buy
again, because there’s lots of people
waiting for your table and you had bet
ter represent or they will give you
such a look. It’s about twenty cents
per for the imported suds, and if you
don’t give him a ien-cent tip every
time lie will make you look like a
cheap skate by the supercilious manner
in which he sets down the glasses. A
nickle felt entirely useless when we
landed, but believe me. one soon be-j
gins to hoard them carefully in the off
pocket.
‘O t here at Hayward I am leading
a very simple and virtuous existence.
A game of tennis in the evening, a
chat around the fireplace with a bunch
of schoolma'ams if the night is chilly,
with buttermilk and peanuts for’re-j
freshments. and to bed by ten o’clock
I have to pinch myself to see if I am
merely foolishly dreaming, but when I
wake up in the morning without a !
hangover I know it is all too true.
"This is a great country, and it will I
be better from now on. They are |
making great great preparations fori
the fair and I only wish you could j
come out and get in on something:
good. 1 bey are selling automobiles in j
t!' .3 state at the ra's oi 2,000 a mouth. !
so it seems as though somebody is]
making money. When the canal is
finished this state will grow with a :
hound, and I wish to be in on some
of it.” _
Old Lacey, Tyler, Monogram, Ather-j
ton and Cedarbrook, also fine old Port, ]
Sherry and Clarets at Empire Com-1
mercial Co.
A woman of Gorin, Mo . is thought to
be the tallest in the world. She is 9 i
feet li inches in height aDd weighs 385:
pounds.
ADMINISTRATOR S NOTICE
In the Probate Court for Otter Pre
cinct, Territory of Alaska, Fourth
Division.—In the Matter of the Es
tate of Judson D. Schwartz, Deceased, j
—Notice to Creditors.
Notice is hereby given by the under- j
signed, administratrix of the estate of i
Judson D. Schwartz deceased, to the]
creditors of, and all persons having
claims against the said estate, to ex- \
hibit them, with the necessary vouch
ers within six months after the date of ]
this notice, to me, the undersigned ad-j
min'tstratrix, at t he office of my attor- j
neys, Messrs. Wickersham & Roden, at
Iditarod, Alaska.
MRS. ALICE SCHWARTZ.
Administratrix.
Dated at Iditarod, Alaska, the 4th I
day of May, 1912.
Bishop Ilowe arrived in Tanana from
Seattle April f>.
Notice of P/IarshaPs Sale
United States ot America, i
Fourth District of Alaska, \
Public notice is hereby given, that by
virtue of a writ of Fieri Facias (orexecu
tion), dated April 25, A. I). 1912. issued
out of the District Court of the United
States for the Fourth District of Alaska
on a judgment rendered in said Court, on
the 19th day of March. A. I). 1912, in favor
of \Y. S. Clark, doing business as Clark
Lumber Company, and against L. R.
Doggett and W. C. ( /ranger, I have, on
this 27th day of April, A. D. 1912,
levied upon the following described real
estate, siuated in the town of Flat and
territory of Alaska, to wit: All of the
leasehold and other interests of the
defendants L. R. Doggett and \Y. C
Granger in and to a piece or par
cel of land known and described as a
portion of lot 2 in block 2 in the town of
Flat, in Otter precinct. Fourth division
territory of Alaska, the said portion of
said lot being more particularly described
and bounded as follows:
Commencing at a point 0:1 the west
erly boun lary line of said lot 2, on \Yick
ersham street in said town of Fiat, thence
southerly along said Wickersham street
a distance of 30 feet; thence easterly
across -aid lot 2 to the easterly boundarx
line thereof; thence northerly 30 feet,
thence westerly across said lot to place
of beginning; to ether with all and
singular that certain two-story log and
frame building situated on said portion
oi said lot 2; all of which said properly
and premises is known as the Doggett
building and property; and that I will,
accordingly, offer said real estate lor sale,
at public vendue to the highest and best
bidder, for cash, on the 25th day of
Way, A. D. (9!2, at 11 o’clock a. m.. at
the trout door of the Marshal’s office at
Flat, Alaska.
Dated, Iditarod. Alaska. April 26th.
A. D. 1912. H. K. LOYF.
U'. S. Marshal, Fourth District of Alaska.
By II. P. Sheppard, Deputy.
Chas. K. Taylor, Plaintiff’s A'lonu',
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE
To Fred A. Nichols, J. A. West by and S 1 K i
caid.
You and each of you are hereby notified that
during the year 1911. we have expended not less
than-one hundred dollars in labor and improve
meats upon each of tin. following described
placer mining claims, situated in the flood
News Mining District. Alaska, to wit:
Fox association claim on Fox creek, tribut..: •.
to Aralik river; flap association claim 011 Aralik.
river, May hood association claim on Far >
creek, tributary to Aralik river, lloffman ass*
elation claim on Trail creek, tributary to Aralik
river.
And you, Fred A. Nichols, or anyone claiming
by. through or under you, are hereby notified
that unless von pay your proportion of said c.\
pen sc incurred on the said Fox association ar.l
Gap association: and you, J. A Westbv. or mix
one claiming by, through or under you. are
hereby notified that unless you pay your fd’.ar<
of such expense incurred on said May hood as: <
ciation; and you.S.T. Kincaid, or anyone claim
ing by, through or under you, are hereby ntti
fied that unless you pay your proportion of such
expense incurred on said Hoffman association
within ninety days after the last publication < t
this notice, your interest in said properties will
become the property of the undersigned under
the provisions of section 2324 Revised Statutes
of the United States of America.
1*. J. IF LeBLANC.
J UUl'S HOFFMANN.
WM. loisellk.
Tate of first publication March 3--. 1912.
Date of last publication June 29. 1912
NOTH I. OF FOlU Km Kt.
To Mrs. M. McKenzie [Formerly Mrs H
Beyer]:
You, your heirs and assigns, are hereby no
tified that the undersigned have expended in
labor and improvements the sum of one him
di ed dollars —$ 100—for each of the years of >910
and 1911 upon placer mining claim known as
and called the Three Star association. <»n Ynn
kee creek, in the Innoko mining and recording
district, district of Alaska.
You are further notified that if at the ex
piration of ninety--90—days alter the last pub
lication of this notice, you fail or refuse tocon
tribute your proportion of such expenditure
jour interest in said claim will become tin.
property of the undersigned, your co-owners
under section 2324 of the revised statutes of the
United States.
J. II. MCLEAN,
F. C BEYER, Co-Owners.
First publication Feb. 24, 1912
Last publication May 25. 1912.