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. ,1. Nestor, President
Chas. Ross, Vice President,
E. G. Lindberg, Manager
John Holmes, Cashier and Assayer
TANANA TO MAKE TRIP
UP PORCUPINE RIVER
The Northern Navigation Company’s steamer Tatiana was
scheduled to leave Dawson yesterday for Rampart House, on the
Porcupine. It will carry the party having in charge the international
boundary survey and possibly will carry supplies for Cadzow’s trading
post at Rampart House.
Rampart House is approximately 170 miles up the Porcupine, and
it was not until within the last f:w years that any considerable propor
tion of Alaska residents knew that the river was navigable for any such
distance. In reality, the Porcupine and its tributaries are navigable
for small steamers and launches much fuither. It is said to be a
beautiful river and to possess magnificent scenic attractions, and his
torically its interest is unequalled by that of any other interior river.
In the davs before "the purchase” the Porcupine was an important
river and Rampart House was the commercial metropolis of Interior
Alaska. It was the main post of the Hudson Bay Company. 1 he
post was then 35 miles lower down stream. After the cession to the
United States the post was found to be in American territory and was
moved to the present site, on the east bank, just over the boundary
line into Canada The present place is called New Rampart House,
while the former post is referred to as Old Rampart House It lias
long been abandoned by the Hudson Bay Company, but Cadzow con
ducts a trading station there and does a thriving business. Natives
bring him their furs from as tar as the Arctic coast and he ships out a
great many heads and antlers of the big game of the region. Until the
boundary survey went into the country last year and the year before he
carried his goods in specially constructed barges lined up river by
natives. The goods are purchased in Yukon territory and bonded
through American waters. From Fort Egbert the trader has to pay a
government convoy to see that the customs regulations aie not violated
The trader carries a complete stock. Ibices are necessarily high,
sugar being ab_ut three pounds to the dollar and other things in pro
pirtion. His place is a convenience to explorers. It was touched at
by Amundsen when he mushed from the Arctic corst atrd gave the
news to the world that he had successfully navigated the northwest
passage in the Gjoa Eater S- J. Marsh, now commissioner in the
Chandlar, obtained relief there when a steamer tailed to land his outfit
at a point agreed upon on the Arctic and he had to mush out to the
Yukon to avoid starvation
The Porcupine has never yielded any noteworthy prospects in
gold, and in that respect it is considered bv prospectors as holding out
no inducements. But as a place for an outing and hunting trip,
winter or summer, it is declared by ail who have seen the region to be
unsurpassed.
On Old Crow river, a tributary from the north there are stretehe.
of open water throughout the winter, which abounds in fish
BUSINESS NOT HARD
FOR REPUBLICANS
The Cordova Daily Alaskan, in its
report of the late Republican terri
torial convention, showed that the
work of that body went through as
slick as if it had been agreed upon
and rehearsed beforehand. After al
hiding to the report of the platform
committee, the paper continued:
‘•Nominations for delegate to con
gress were then declared in order.
Charles E. Herron placed in nomina
tion William A. Gilmore, of Nome. It
was seconded in a happy vein by E.
Coke Hill, formerly of Nome. There
being no further nominations, Mr.
Gilmore was selected as the standard
bearer by an unanimous vote.
"Nominations were then received fo:
delegates to the Republican national
convention, to be held at Chicago on
June IS. The only men placed in
nomination were Louis P. Shackleford,
of Juneau, and Jafet Lindeberg, of
Nome. They were elected by an
unanimous vote. By resolution eacti
delegate was permitted to name his
own alternate. No recommendation
was made as to the selection of a
national committeeman. In conse
quence that matter will also be
attended to by the national delegates.
“No other nominations being offered.
Charles E. Herron, of Nome, was unan
imously elected to the office of chair
man of the territorial committee.
Four members of the committee were
then selected from each division,“etc.
Flat City
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EVIDENCE OF BUSY SEASON
ISIllHT ON THE CREEKS
Outside of the important operations shortly to be commenced by
the Yukon Gold Company, evidences of a busy and prosperous season
in the Iditarod are noted on every hand The largest operations will
be on Otter, where Riley & Marston, Lipsett Bros., Ellis and associates,
and others are getting under way and will very soon be mining on a
big scale.
Chronister & Ellinger, on the Pack Mule association at the mouth
of Black creek, are working in exceedingly good ground. Two-do’.lar
and three-dollar pans are common. Off the side lines o! the ground
they propose to work this summer very fine prospects have also been
obtained, pans running from 75 cents to $t It looks like they have
another Glen guch. Indeed it is thought bv some that ii is really the
Glen gulch paystreak extending on to their property Messrs. Chron
ister and Ellinger are both pioneers of Alaska, this being the former's
twenty first year in the country.
Granite creek is showing up better all the time and it looks like
the paystreak is about to be definitely established through I, 2 and 3
above. On these claims ground is running from $;.25 to $r 75 to the
foot.
Howard Barnes, Oscar Margraf and Tom Gardner have struck
coarse gold in a new shaft on Black creek They say they get $1 and
$1.25 pans. Fiorn the position of this shaft and t;ie way it prospects
they believe they have heretofore been or. the side line of the pay and
have now lit onto it.
Discovery bench, Otter, is showing up rich It is said the cleanup
last week amounted to nearly $30,000. The ground belongs to Sammy
and Gillie Bates ‘Brown & MeEwan are the laymen.
On Flat creek, aside from the dredging proposition, the season’s
activities in the aggregate will be large. Some of this work has been
delayed somewhat on account of the deals under way by the Yukon
Gold Company, but within another week the summer plans will pro
ceed on a more certain basis.
0:r the Alpha claim, upper Flat, Aitkeu & Riley are working two
shifts.
Stewart & Vogler, Flat, have about ten men employed in prepara
tory work and will be increasing their force daily.
Kilroy, Martindale & Co., on the Upgrade association, Flat, have
a force of 15 or 20 men at work.
Seddon, Morman & Major are ground-sluicing with a force of 16
men.
Stranberg Bros. & Johnson have a gang of men etnp’oyed.
Shropshire & Burns, on Flat, has quite a force at work
Sterling Dark & Co , on the Gold Hill association, at the head of
Flat, like all the people on the higher ground, are taking advantage of
every drop of available water and putting themselves in shape to do
ff-ctive work when the rain comes. Water is short there for the time
of year.
E, COKE HILL, RETURNING,
IS INTERESTING TALKER
E. Coke Hill, arriving home on the Little Delta Wednesday
morning, had many interesting things to communicate to his
friends. He was present at the Cordova convention and got a
pretty straight line on territorial politics as viewed on the coast.
He admires Candidate Gilmore, and says the Shackleford Repub
licans “came to” the Nome man.
This being jocularly admitted to be physically true, Mr. Hill
declared progressive principles ruled at the convention, and said
Mr. Gilmore is a strong and clean man. He adds that he does not
believe Wickersham will accept a nomination by the Independent
Republican convention called for Valdez May 29.
Mr. Hill mushed all the way in to Ruby and-brought his famous
dogs home with him. He said the Valdez trail was bare in many
places, and the sledding was hard. Of the Ruby prospects he said:
“At Ruby I spent 20 days, and talked with many Nome and Iditarnd
friends who bad been at the creeks, and I was pleased tu find very s'rone con
fidence in the future of the camp. Within the past 70 days pay lias beet.
struck in several places. A $.S4 pan was picked a tew days be tore l reached
ihere; a $20 nugget had been found, and pay bad been located on Glen gulch,
Trail creek, Long creek (especially the benches) and Quartz creek, and before
I left I was told that Tip creek prospects were promising pay.
“A day or two before we started for Iditarod one man brought: in $357, as
the result of six days sluicing—the total force enployed being two men. one
below and one above the surface. A $250 cleanup and a $200 cleanup were also
reported, but [ did not learn the amount of work necessary to produce them
They represented little enough work to be considered good pay. however.
“The gold varies ra e than in any camp I have seen. The Glen gulch
gold shown me was very rough, showing no signs of travel, dirk and c >arse.
while some from Trail creek was light colored, bright and fine —very similar
to third-beach dust at Nome. The pay streak is narrow in most places, the
ground frozen, with about 30 feet of overburden and from three to six feet of
gold-bearing gravel.
"I believe Ruby will not furnish employment for many men this summer—
this will be especially true if the summer is dry, as there is already som«
shortage of water for sluicing.
"That district does seem to offer remarkable inducements to prospectors,
as gold is found everywhere, though not in paying quantities.”
NO QUORUM AT COUNCIL MEETING
N.o quorum being present, Mayor Barnes called the city coun
cil to order and immediately adjourned the meeting last Wednesday
night- There are all told only six members on the active list. Of
these Ira W'ood was away at Dikeman, and George Auten was not
in attendance. That left the body just one shy of a working force.
Consequently nobody talked dog, and the public is cheated of
the result of Attorney Roden’s labors in drafting an ordinance re
lating to that important question
Charles Kemp’s application for poll-tax collector, according to
the ruling at the last meeting, could legally be acted on only at the
fourth meeting in May. The fourth regular meeting in May fail
ing to materialize, another vexed question is added to the long list
for the council’s future consideration.
Alexander Watson and John Saunders were on band to make a
protest against a certain class of women occupying the row of cribs
recently moved onto Third street a block westerly from what was
formerly the boundaries of the restricted district. One of the cribs
has already been occupied. Messrs. Watson and Saunders com
plained to the members accessible and said they intended to tight
the encroachments of undesirable women to a finish.
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LET US iURElNloyTiTFlrrALLlolDSOTANTEEO
KNOW IT ALL
Few men are fond of Major Gall.
He is the man who knows it all. His
voice is blustering and loud, and
when he gets into a crowd he swiftly
wields his tireless jaw, and what lie
says is final law. If you should say
the weather’s warm, the major then
will rant and storm, and say it’s cold
as all get out, and put your argu
menis to rout. If you concerning
books discourse, the major rises
fierce and hoarse, ar.d pushes h. n
guage through his face and shows
that you are olT your base. If you
refer to works of art, he then upsets
your apple cart, and proves your
criticisms weak - you have no right
to think or speak. No odds what
subject may come up—a Grecian urn
or setter pup. a Romm bronze or
Plutarch’s ’‘Lives,” the groundhog
or a case of hives, a sermon or a
quilting bee—the tnaj or with snick
ersnee. which is another name for
tongue, hews down opponents old
and young. And so men shy at Major
Gall, that grand old sport who
knows it all.—Walt Mason.
THREE POLITICAL ITEMS
FROM THE CORDOVA ALASKAN
April 1.—Some ofihe Democrats say
that there is about as much harmony
in their party as there is among the
Republicans, tlie only difference being
hat at tiie Va'dez convention there
was ail open and free expression of
bought.
The Repul lican convention has n it
neen without its remarkable feu utvs.
3ut with the prevailing spTit of bar
nony. many interesting, and som •
ludicrous and exciting, episodes may
tie forever suppressed.
It is generally accepted that Delegate
James VVickersham will not again be
a candidate for congress. For tiie
sake of many of his old-time supporters
in Cordova, it is hoped lie will not
change his mind. In this era of har
mony it is rot desired to have any em
larrassing situ itio is.
FINALLY GOT tID OF
i OTJSRSOME OFFICE
Cordova Alaskan, April 1: Frank G.
Manley and wife were arrivals on the
Alameda. They came from the Idit
irod Iasi fall, and are on their way
back via Fairbanks. Frank is more
than usually happy because the depart
ment at Washington has finally ac
cepted his resignation as post master at
Hot Springs, after iiis efforts of a year
to be relieved from the responsibilities
tnd expense of the office.
NOTICE
We hereby notify all persons that
we own and claim one third in'pres’
each in lay and option on Pack Mule!
association, Otter crock, held by and in
the name of D. S. McDonell.
C. KRPTSINGER.
RAY Cl .A RICE.
Iditarod, Alaska, May IT, 1912.
ART
The art exhibit of Mrs. L. C'. Thorn
ton and her students, on view at the
Iditarod hotel during the past week,
has been very generally aud favorably
commented upon. There are about fit)
pictures in all, copies, with one excep
tion—a scene from the Stillaguamish
river, Washington, by Mrs. Thornton.
"The Alders,” after Prichard, is pro
nounced very fine. Its original drew a
prize at tiie A.-Y -P. exposition. Al
together, Mrs. Thornton had 17 pieces
in the exhibit.
Mrs. G. Hamilton had three — all
floral and very pretty. Miss Emily
1'jernslrom had 14—floral pieces and
landscapes, and one especially credit
able head after Kinney.
Mrs. Robert Graham—flowers, heads,
landscapes and place cards, the latter
very dainty.
Miss May Cahill, in black-and-white
work, was much admired, her character
head, after Remington, being a favorite
of most people.
Miss Helen Grant had just one pic
ture, a very pretty moonlight, after
A rt us.
“The Alders,” in a handsome frame,
will be raffled by Mrs. Thornton some
time soon, and persons interested in
line pictures should not miss the chance
presented of acquiring such a credit
able production.
A handsome embroidered center
piece by Mrs. J. H. R igers. a part of
ilie exhibit, was raffled Tuesday even
ing. There were 30 tickets, and Nels
E. Nel-.on was the winner.
ANOTHER LOT CF FINE FURS
BROUGHT FROM KUSXOKWIM
H. Helverson came iu from the Kus
kokwim last Sunday with a fine hunch
of futs caught on Swift river. There
were 200 marten and a few mink and
other pelts, and the average quality
was very high. The trapper sold
the lot in lump. Trappers are well
pleased by the prices they receive from
Iditarod traders this spring. The
tig.ire secured by Mr. Helverson has
not been made public, but it is said to
exceed $2,000.
LAWRENCE AUTEN’S DOG
PATSY HAS CROSSED OVER
Lawrence Atiten is mourning the
demise of liis favorite Irish terrier
I’atsy. The dog had been his insepar
able companion for nine years. Patsy
was of a pugnacious disposition and for
several weeks had carried tiie marks
of strenuous combat. His appetite
failed, his spirit languished, and last
Tuesday morning Lawrence found that
lie had died during the night.
Fresh eastern oysters $1.00 per can.
Iditarod Meat Co.
LYNCH AGAIN PRESIDENT
OF TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION
Indianapolis, May 18. —James M.
Lynch, of Syracuse. X'. Y.. has again
been re-elected president of the Inter
national Typographical Union. Hr
has been re-elected annually since
1900. _
Fresh eastern oysters $1.00 per can.
Iditarod Meat Co.
NOTICE
Ail persons indebted to the estate of
the late John S. Harding, deceased, are
requested to make settlement with the
undersigned, so that claims against the
said estate may be liquidated.
HENRY RODEN.
Administrator, estate of
John S. Harding, deceased.
Films Developed
And All Kinds of Photographic
Work Done.
MISS TJERNSTROM. MCDONALD HOTEL
ADMiHISTRATOP.'E NOTICE
In the Probate Court for Otter Pre
cinct, Territory of Alaska, Knurl h
Division.—In tiie Matter of the .
tate of JudsonD. Schwartz, Deceased.
—Notice to Creditors.
Notice is hereby given by the under
signed, administratrix of the estate of
JudsonD. 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
ministratrix, at the office of my attrr
neys. Messrs. Wickershara & Roden. a;
Iditarod, Alaska.
MRS. A LICK SCHWARTZ.
Administratrix.
Dated at Iditarod. Alaska, the 4th
day of May, 1912.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE
To Fred A Nichols. J. A. Wcstby and S K : -
caid.
You and each of you are hereby notified that
during the year 191 ’. we have expend d not 1 *ss
than one hundred dollars in laho: and ini] •
ments upon each of the foil \ 11 <'< : d
placer mining claims, situated in ■ . t
News Mining District, Ala.ska, to v\ it
F x association claim on Fox creek t: mtai
to Aralik river: Gap association claim n \r. !
river: Mavhood association claim • •» i
creek, tributary to Aralik ri - « r. II :Vn:an
ciation claim on Trail creek, tribute.* in \* ilik
river.
And you. T'red A Nichols, or anyom i:rn.ine
hv. through or under you, are berth. 1. titU
that unless von pay your proportion * t e\
pense incurred on the said Fox association -,n '
Gap association: and you, J . A Wcstby. or run
one claiming by, through or under y-w.
hereby notified that unless you pay you: - .re
of such expense incurred 011 said May mu d ,i"
ciation: and you.S.T. Kincaid, or anyone ciam:
ing by, through or under you, are hereby ncti
fied that unless you pay your proportion of such
expense incurred on said Hoffman association.
within ninety days after the last publication of
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
F.J. B. Lc BLANC.
JULIUS HOI MANN.
W M I,<)ISI I i. I
l ate of first publication March 3 *. i .12.
Date of last publication June . .. 1912
NOTH'K OF I 015 FKMTKE.
ro Mrs. M. McKenzie [Formerly Mrs II
Beyer]:
You. your heirs and assigns, are hereby no
lifted that tlie undersigned have expended in
labor and improvements the sum of one him
dred dollars—$100—for each of the years of 1910
and 191: upon placer mining claim known as
and called the Three Star association, on Van
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 after the last pub
lication of this notice, you fail or refuse to con
tribute your proportion of such expenditure
your interest in said claim will become the
property of the undersigned, your co-owners,
under section 2324 of the revised statutes of the
United States.
J. II McT.KAN.
F. C BKYKR, Co-Owners.
First publication Feb. 24, 1912.
Last \ ublication May 25. 1912.
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