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Sam’l Applebaum
FOR WEEKLY MAIL SERVICE
TO LOWER YUKON CAMP
Charles Ross of the Miners & Merchants
Bank of this city has scut a telegraphic
message to the first assistant postmaster
general, calling attention to the kick of
mail communication l>etween Iditarod and
F'oftuna Ledge, the post office of the Mar
shall diggings, and urging the establish
ment of a weekly mail service. Under pres
ent arrangements mail from Iditarod for
Marshall would be dispatched to Holy Cross
and lie there until picked up by the mail
carriers for the lower river, and might en
tail a lapse of seven weeks before delivery,
as Mr. Ross figures it out The distance
across country from Iditarod to I'ortuna
Lodge is not to exceed a hundred and fifty
miles, and the trip could be made in a few
flays.
There are estimated to be between three
and four hundred persons in the Marshall
ramp at the present time, and to serve
these there has as yet been no mail service
inaugurated, so far as known, with the ex
eeption of the monthly service from Holy
Cross, which supplies the lower Yukon. By
increasing the weight limit of the Seward
Iditarod route, which goes into effect on
November 1. and adding a weekly service
from Iditarod direct to Marshall, that, point
could he served with mail at a minimum of
cost to the government, and it would have
the benefit of the established route.
It is a matter which the people of Idita
rod should interest themselves in. There
are possibilities of business between the
two points which would more than repay
any expense incurred, and as a large num
OREGON WOOLEN MILLS
LOGGERS’ SHIRTS
GOODRICH
HYPRESS and LITPAK
SHUPAKS
HEAVY SHIRTS
KODAKS
AND SUPPLIES
Ansleys
IDITAROD, ALAfXA
I her of the residents of the new camp are
I former Iditarodcrs, this camp would profit
by maintaining close relations with the j
I promising new camp. __
BATES & CO. FILE DEMURRER
_
| A demurrer has been tiled in the office
of Deputy Clerk of the Court Gerugbty to
the answer tiled recently by the defendants
in the case of Fred Flarrison vs. Gilbert
Bates and John Beaton, in which the plaintiff
is suing for attorney’s fees alleged to be
due for services rendered in connection with
two cases tried in the district court last
summer. Charles E. Taylor, as attorney
for the defendants, filed an answer to the
complaint on September 12. in which it
was denied that the defendants were in any
way indebted to the plaintiff, and alleged j
that they employed plaintiff to institute |
two certain law suits and agreed to pay him
the sum of So00. and also to pay the costs j
and expenses incurred iu connection with j
the suit. They allege that they paid the j
said S300 to the plaintiff, and also the costs
and expenses, amounting to the further sum j
of S41J.50. They deuied that they were in- j
debted to the plaintiff and prayed that the
action he dismissed with costs'.
The demurrer, which was filed by Major
G. W. Albrecht in behalf of Harrison,
alleges that the answer does not constitute
a defense. _ _
DAWSON’S PUBLIC SCHOOLS
AS LARGE AS TEN YEARS AGO
The attendance in the Dawson public ;
schools, according to the Mews of September j
22. is as large today as it was ten years j
ago. During the last two years there has 1
been a considerable increase in the attend- j
ance. This statement was made today by [
T. G. Bragg, superintendent of the schools ]
for the territory. He added:
i ‘‘The attendance at the Dawson schools j
is excellent. This year it is fully equal to j
: that, of last, and, respecting the three rooms j
i above the kindergarten, it may be said j
that if anything the condition is congested.
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Tony Tvrdak, who has just finished the j
| annual assessment work on the Mars bench !
[ and Mo. 1 above, Granite creek, was in the |
1 ity yesterday recording the same in the j
V tfice of the commissioner.
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AN AUTUMN POME
\ The naked hills lie wanton to the breeze. 1
i The fields are nude, the groves are all j
unfrocked;
Bare are the shivering limbs of shameless '
trees.
Small wonder that the modest corn is
shocked. —Cincinnati Enquirer.
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The black wood hen is a New Zealand 1
bird which does not fly.
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Philadelphia courts last year forced 3,832
men to support their wives.
C. R. PECK ■ ■ FLAT
Winter Outfits
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CANDY
Society Chocolate Creams, per lb.$ .75
Imperial Chocolate Cream*, per lb. 1.00
r.AQni INF FI AT IRON^ Acorn Special Flat Iron, eact . 7.60
UrtJULinc. ruil II\uno American Flat Irons, each. 7.60
Tents, Tarpaulins, Nome Dog Harness, Webbing, Gasoline Lamps, Gun*, Am
munition, Hardware, Stoves, Heaters, Furniture and Bedding, Rugs.
SMITH S CUN STORE
IDITAROD, ALASKA PHONE 6 SECOND AND WILLOW
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
Pat Fleming, one of Otter creek's oldest
resident ers,. paid Iris semi-manual visit, to
the landing early this week, attending to
business mutters and renewing; acquaint
ance with his many friends Mr. Fleming
has been in the North continuously since
1893, and has but recently been seriously
considering the proposition of making a trip
to the Outside
Gillie Bates, the Otter-creek operator, ar
rived in this city last Monday morning to
attend to some urgent close of-season busi
ness affairs and to enjoy a brief resting
spell. He was accompanied by his brother
in-law, John WicfcdaQ, who is, according to
Gillie, 52 years old, and was in his time
one of the top-notchers in the boxing gaane
at 130 pounds.
George Young, the old reliable engineer
at the Up-Grade workings, Flat creek, after
the season's activities, was a visitor in Idit
arod this week. Mr. Young has been suf
fering considerably during the past six
W'eeks from rheumatism, but is now improv
ing.
Jerry Ford and wife arrived in the city
yesterday to take up their winter residence.
Jerry has recently imported some blooded
dogs, and he promises to have a team that
will make the fanciers sit ap and take
notice.
Late arrivals from Fortuna Ledge report
that Mrs. Andrew B. Evans, formerly of
Otter creek, had recently sustained a badly
fractureil ankle as the result of a fall, and
has been compelled to keep within doors.
The Boas store at Flat, presided over by
Max Boas, has recently moved into the
building formerly occupied b" the Crouse
laundry, where it is now conveniently estab
lished.
William Snhbakke and Tommy Luscombe
ere recent additions to the working force
of the Northern Commercial Company. Bill
Williams is on the sick list.
A most interesting communication which,
because of the late hour of its arrival at
the office, must be reserved for next week,
has been received by The Pioneer,
Last Wednesday, October IS, was Alaska
day, the anniversary of the acquisition of
Alaska by the United States forty-nine
years ago.
Jack Keller, who has been working on
Otter creek during the past season, was a
visitor in the city yesterday.
Jack Smeaton, the Donlin creek miner,
was a visitor at Flat on Saturday last.
UNUSUAL PLEA IS MADE
IN SUIT FOR CANCELLATION
A suit was filed yesterday in the district
court by John Greer against Nellie Bates
praying that the defendant be directed to
surrender an undivided one-half interest in
a mining claim known as No. 4 below, on
Boob creek, in the Tolstoi country, and
that the instrument conveying such interest
be declared null and void, and that the same
be canceled.
After reciting his acquisition and owner
ship of the interest in question, the plaintiff
states that during the spring and summer of
1916 the defendant was in the vicinity of
Boob creek and was well acquainted with
the various mining interests owned by
plaintiff, and with their estimated value.
The complaint further says:
that early in the montn ot September,
1916, plaintiff and hi* partner came to Idit
arod, in Otter recording precinct, and after
his arrival plaintiff met defendant at her
home in Flat City, and thereafter plaintiff
began to drink heavily, and while in an in
toxicated condition was loaned money by
defendant, which she induced him to spend
for liquor, with the result that at the in
stigation of defendant he went on a drunken
debauch, and for several days was in an in
toxicated and stupefied condition, incapable
of understanding the nature of the acts he
committed. That defendant connived at
and procured this drunken condition of the
plaintiff and aided and abetted its continu
ance, so that defendant could induce the
plaintiff to dispose of and transfer to de
fendant his mining interests for an inade
quate and unfair consideration; and that
on or about the 8th day of September, 1916,
while plaintiff was in a drunken and stupe
fied condition, brought about with the con
nivance of and by the procurement cf de
fendant, she wrongfully and fraudulently
induced and persuaded plaintiff to convey
to her his undivided one-half interest in
raid placer mining claim for the sum of
$350, which, as defendant well knew, was
a grossly inadequate and unfair considera
tion for the same.”
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CAPTAIN ROGERS’ LAUNCH
IS AGAIN IN COMMISSION
Captain Jesse H. Rogers took his gasoline
launch out of winter quarters yesterday
and again placed it in commission in order
to transport a party of mining men as far
as Billy Schirmeyer’s roadhouse. They are
traveling to the Tolstoi diggings. From the
roadhouse the travelers will mush ’cross
country. The party consisted of Messrs.
Mounier, Greer, Pitcher and McNulty.
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Small talking machine records can be
played on a toy instrument that is operated
by swinging it around with one hand.
Fresh Olympia and Eastern Oysters, $1.50
per can. Iditarod Meat Co.
MUCH BUSINESS TRANSACTED j
AT TOWN COUNCIL MEETING
At a meeting, of the Iditarod town coon
cif held on Wednesday evening last., at
which roll' call disclosed the presence of
all members with- the exception of H. H.
Porter, considerable business was transacted,
bills were ordered paid, tire department
matters were disposed of, and the action
of Mayor Smith in disposing of the old hos
pital building was ratified.
The meeting was called to order at 8:10
p. m. by the mayor, and after roll cal! the
minutes of the meeting of August 3 were
read and approved.
The street committee reported the repair
ing of the bridge near J. J. Smith’s resi
dence, ami that sidewalks damaged by horses
had also been repaired, and ditches on Front
and Richmond streets cleened.
The following Dills were orcierea paia.
Manuel Gularte, Sumter, $4; Mitchell Mill
Company, lumber, $11.80; James Green,
labor, $47; Smith's Gun Store, nails, etc.,
$8.58; Paul Laplant, hauling. $36.50;
George Adams, labor and material, $37.10;
Goodyear Rubber Company, hose and ex
change, $51.43; R. J. Smith, labor, $35.
After an extended discussion it was or
dered that the fire ball be closed during the
coming winter, arid that the chemical be
placed in some business house where it
could easily be reached in case of fire. The
fire apparatus, consisting of engine and
pump, had been disconnected.
Mayor Smith informed the council that
Archdeacon Stuck had turned over the old
hospital building fo the city when here a
couple of years ago, and that the city had
been offering it for sale at $200. Paul La
plant had offered $160 for the structure, and
that seemed all that it was worth, and he
had sold it to Mr. Laplant, received the
purchase price and turned it over to the
rlerk. The following resolution, offered by
Major Albrecht, was adopted:
“Resolved, That the common council of
the town of Iditarod hereby ratify the ac
tion of Mayor Joseph H. Smith in selling
the Iditarod hospital to Paul Laplant for
the sum of $160. And the mayor and clerk
are authorized and instructed to execute
and deliver a quit-claim deed accordingly,
covering the title the town may now have,
and such as it may hereafter acquire, which
world at this time be adverse to such title
transferred fo Laplant."
Mayor Smith informed the council that
the two warrants which were presented on
behalf of Charles Worden were found to
have been paid already, and the money
would be turned back into the city treasury.
The council adjourned at 9:10,
Thursday's Meeting
A meeting of the town council was held
on Thursday afternoon at Commissioner
Geraghty’s office. Those present were:
Smith, Itiley, Larson. Laplant and Byers.
Reading cf minutes was dispensed with and
the mayor suggested that the matter of
appointment of judges and clerks of elec
tion be taken up, and the names of E. M.
Stanton, H. E. Itiley and Frank Larson as
i judges of election, and Charles Derry and
j James Farrell as clerks, were presented.
' By unanimous vote these were selected.
The previous action of the council with
reference to the fire station was revoked
by the adoption of a proposition to allow
E. J. Smith to occupy the fire hall providing
he kept the fires going, the city to furnish
the wood.
Three hundred dollars was transferred
from the general fund to the school fund.
The bills of Charles Lovett and J. S.
Hunnewell were ordered paid.
The matter of allowing native children
to attend the municipal school came in for
an extended discussion, and it was decided
that the school board be requested to take
the matter up with the federal government,
the members of the council feeling that the
additional expense should be paid by the
nation.
The meeting adjourned subject to the call
of the mayor.
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LARGE AREAS OF TIMBER
CRIMINALLY DESTROYED
Nelson Brigham, government timber in
spector, connected with the land office, re
turned last Saturday from a trip which
took him to the headwaters of the Ditna
and Boulder creek. He reports that thou
sands of acres of timber have been burned
in that district, and that the fires evidently
had been started by wood-cutters intent
only on getting rid of slashings, with a
criminal indifference to the consequences.
Mr. Brigham says there is a likelihood of
the government starting an investigation
to fix the responsibility for this vandalism.
Mr. Brigham states that he will recom
mend to his superiors the appointment of a
fire warden to be stationed here, as he be
lieves that such an official would tend to
prevent the recurrence of forest fires, which,
in a country which is entirely dependent on
the sparse forests for fuel, are a serious mat
ter. He will also recommend to the land
office the stationing of an inspector in this
district. At the present time there are
scores of applications for timber permits
awaiting action, and in many cases these
have been on file for a year or more. With
an inspector on the ground he believes the
business of the department would be greatly
facilitated and the miners and wood-cutters
of this district would be accommodated.
Mr. Brigham will leave soon for Long,
Poorman and Ruby, and will spend several
weeks in that vicinity before proceeding to
Tanana and Fairbanks. His headquarters
tare at Juneau, but he works out of Fair
banks.
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DAN HARTNETT
Has taken over the water and garbage busi
ness of Mr. Pete Michels of Flat City. Any
one wishing any kind of work done, leave
orders at John Bagoy’s place of business,
Front street, or his residence on Gold street.
A.J. WEISS,
The
Clothier
THE HOME OF HART, SCHAFFNER & MARX
DEATH OF CHINA’S RULER
DOUBTED BY NATIVE PRESS
A dispatch from Peking of recent date.
says :
Not content with surrounding Yuan Shad {
Kai’s death with mystery and suggesting ;
I hat he cither killed himself or was pod .
soned, the enemies of the late president are i
now suggesting that he is not dead, but
has made his escape to a foreign land and
shielded his associates in alleged financial
irregularities by means of the funeral and
changed government.
This astounding view is not confined to
mere word-of-mouth gossip, but has found
its way into the Chinese press, and is ap
parently believed by some Chinese, particu
larly those of the coolie class.
An anonymous letter-writer whose com- i
munication appears in the Peking Daily
Gazette says:
Do you think anyone is so stupid as 10 :
believe that Yuan Shai-Kai is dead, or this
whole piece of public theatricals by which [
we have just been entertainer! is anything ;
more than a huge and very practical joke:
perpetrated by those implicated in China's •
misfortunes, so as to free themselves from
the grip of justice?
“Just allow me to run over the scenes in
this recent farce. First, the banks were j
robbed officially and a lot of other depre- ,
dations committed. There was no way
to escape the consequences except by heap- j
, ing ell the blame on one person, and then
smuggling him away in feigned death.
“Second, the other particeps criminis had
sufficient latent power at the time of T uau
Shai-Kai’s ‘death’ and his successor had
sufficient generosity to accord Tuan Shai
; Kai the burial of a national hero.”
In concluding his letter the correspondent
says:
“Talk of foreign experts! What are for
1 eigu experts but so many associated for
the chicanery of a corrupt bureaucracy?
Does China need any foreign advise or has
she ever taken any—in the tricks of poli
tics, diplomacy, finance, electioneering, or
of journalism? China can give tips to a
corrupt world in any of the fine arts of
statecraft. I do not refer to professional
experts. When you buy a machine in any
country or embark in anything new j’ou
get a man to showr you its work; but the
Chinese are past masters at anything in
statecraft.”
CALENDARS FOR 1917
Those of our business people who have
not yet seen The Pioneer’s excellent line of
I artistic calendars for 1917 would better call
| at their earliest convenience and look them
over. The line covers a variety of sub
jects, and there are calendars appropriate
to all classes of business and tastes.
Already several of our enterprising busi
ness people have taken advantage of the
opportunity to get their calendars at home,
but there is still an elegant assortment,
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SALE OF LOTS SATISFACTORY
One hundred and fifteen lots in the Fed
eral and Cliff additions to Seward were sold j
at the government auction in the three
sales, for a total of *26,590, according to
the Gateway of September 14, At the final ;
sale, held during the evening, only such lots |
were sold as there was a demand for by i
prospective home-builders. Every consid- j
eration was given to the buyers by Andrew |
Christensen, sales manager, who knocked
them down for *25 and *50 to men who
were looking for places on which to place
cabins now along the beach. Local busi
ness men expressed themselves as highly
satisfied with the results of the sale. . They
say it showed complete confidence in the
future of Seward, and means a general in
crease in building.
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Before the war there were 6.000,000 more
women than men in Europe.
NORTHERN
RESTAURANT AND BAKERY j
PETE MfCHAEES, Prep.
Front St, Hat, Opp. Kcafaheis's
NOW OPEN FOR BUSINESS
Day and Night
Fresh Pies, Cakes and Pastries Always j
on Hand
BRITISH COLUMBIA ELECTION
BRINGS FORTH NEW PREMIER
VANCOUVER. Sept. lb. Returns which
continue to cnnir hi from outlying districts
all increase the majorities for womens suf
frage and prohibition.
Suffrage wins by a tremendous majority
Prohibition is leading by 7,500 votes, and
is gaining so steadily that the wets [ r-tc
ticaliv admit defeat. The prohibition lead
ers claim that the 20,000 soldiers who an
voting in Europe will increase the dry ma
jority, but even should they not vote dry
their vote would have io go more than
two to one in favor of the wets in order for
prohibition ta be defeated in the province,
and the most sanguine wets scarcely hope
for such a vote among the troops.
The prohibition act is to go into effect
on July 1 of next year.
Nelson and the Cariboo districts are the
only places in the province that obtained
wet majorities.
The city of Vancouver went dry by a
majority of 2.S70. The city of \ici is.i
went dry by 231 Winnipeg is the "id'.'
other large city that ever voted dry of
itseif in any state or provincial election.
Heretofore the dry' vote of the rural dis
tricts End small towns has swung the large
center?.
The Liberal party won an overwhelming:
victory. The Liberals elected twice as
many members of the provincial parlia
rnent as the Conservatives.
Premier Bowser was defeated for re
election as a member of the house, and
from present indications the other cabinet
ministers also were defeated, except the
secretary of education. Dr. E. W. \oimg ot
Atlin, and the election in his district wilt
not take place until later.
The Conservatives have been in power
in British Columbia for three terms of
four years each. They came into control
of the government under the leadership of
Sir Richard McBride, who was premier uri
til his appointment as Canadian commis
sioner at London to succeed the late Lord
Strathcona.
H. C. Brewster of Victoria will be desig
nated as premier and asked to form a cabi
net. Brewster is a young business man,
engaged in the lumber and sawmill busi
ness.
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Fresh Olympia and Eastern Oysters,
$1.50 per can. Iditarod Meat Co.
MIS. L. C. THORNTON
Brought with her from the Outside some
BEAUTIFUL NEW YARD GOODS,
LACES AND RIBBONS
CALL AND SEE THEM
Watches and Diamonds
At
STRICTLY OUTSIDE PRICES
J. L. SALE
FOR
GOOD POTATOES AND CIGARS
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giiiiiiiiEinnm^ALOQg
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Just Received a Shipment of Fresh Draught Beer
GEORGE MARSH BUD WEISER ID1TAR0D FLAT CITY THE BRANCH a. d. currie