Miners & Merchants
IDITAROD, ALASKA
Capital, 350,000.00
General Banking Business Transacted Gold Dust Bought and Assayed
Drafts Issued on Any Part of the World
SEATTLE CORRESPONDENT. SCANDINAVIAN AMERICAN BANK
TERRITORIAL DEPOSITARY
OFFICERS:
CHARLES ROSS, President
JOHN HOLMES, Vice President
R. C. BUTTON, Cashier
FORFEITURE NOTICE
To Andrew Humo, Jacob Olsen. Uha<. lRdky,
J. A. Lltterel. Arthur Valentine. Win.
Rlitler. ( has. Nelson. 1'. 11. Station!,
Ed Keogh. K. Albright and lieo. Al
bright, their heirs, administrators and
assigns:
You and each of you arc hereby notified
that the undersigned and their assignors
tiave expended f r labor and impr.ocments
during each or tin* years 19 12. 1913, 19 14
and 1915 the sum of one hundred dollars
<910o.00) upon Discover association min
ing claim, situated on Slate creek (at the
time of the recording of the location notice
of the claim known as Henry creek . a trib
utary of otter creek, in Otter recording
precinct, territory of Alaska, in order to
hold said claim under the provisions of
law respecting the performance of annual
labor on mining claims.
And If within ninety days after tin* pub
lication of this nonet* you or either of you
fall or refuse to pay your portion of such
expenditure, your interest in said claim
will become the property of the under
signed co-owners, according to the provi
sions of See. 232 4. Revised Statutes of the
4. nned States.
J. L. Ril KY.
R. S. MCMILLAN.
LOTTIE. R. MAKSTON.
First publication, September 9, 1910.
Last publication, December 9, 1916.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE
To t.has. Reno and V. Pierce, and to their
heirs and assigns
You and each of you are hereby notified
that 1 have expended for labor and im
provements during each of the years 1913,
19 14 and 1915 the sum of one hundred
dollars upon the Ready Money placer min
ing claim, situate on Maverick creek, a
tributary of Marvel creek, in the Kusko
kwim recording district, territory of Alaska,
In order to hold said claim under the pro
visions of law respecting annual labor on
mining claims.
And if within ninety days after the pub
lication of this notice you or either of you
fail or refuse to pay your portion of such
expenditure your Interest m sa:d claim will
become the property of the undersigned co
owner. according to the provisions «-f Sec.
2324. Revised Statutes or toe United
States. LUTHER *\ HESS.
Fairbanks. Alaska.
First publication, July 29. 19 16.
Las', publication, Oct. *2s, 191C.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE
]’o n. «iebp and F. W. Labelle. and to their
heirs and assigns.
You and each or y.»u are hereby notified
that J have expended for labor and im
provements during each ■!' the years 1913,
:.u i and 19 15 the sum of one hundred
dollars upon the War Eagle placer mining
.■ ami. situate on the left limit of Eagle
c- ■ k. a tributary T the Salmon river, in
i:i \\'k kwiin recording dmtriet, territory
i f Ala-ka. in order to held said claim under
the provi~i ms -f law respecting annual la
bor on mining claims.
And if within ninety days after the pub
lication "f this notice you or either of von
fail or refuse to pay your porti* n of such
expenditure, your interest in said claim
will b* r me 'the property **f the under
signed c«.-owner, a-c.odiir-r to the provi
sions of Sc\ 2 3 2 4. Revised Statute* of the
United States. LUTHER <\ HEss.
Fairbanks. Alaska. :
First publication. July 29. 1910. 1
1 a-t publication. Oct. 2*v 1916.
1 VERNON CASTLE KILLED
NEW YORK, Sept. 4. Vernon Castle
one of the foremost exponents of the mod
ern dance on the American stage, who wen
abroad several months ago to join the col
ors under the British liag, has been kidei
in action in France, according to report:
received here today. For several days pas
there has been a rumor along Broadway tr
the effect that Castle had met his end ii
the war, hut it remained for a letter re
ceived by Miss Mildred Francis, a forme:
actress, front Lieutenant Lewis Sloden, i:
France, to confirm the report.
According to the Liter front Sloden Casth
was. .killed while Hying over the Germai
lines.
CAPTURE PRIESTS’ SLAYERS
OTTAWA, Out., Sept. IS. Hunter
within the Arctic circle, Eskimos accused
of murdering Father Laroux and Father
Rouvier. Roman Catholic priests, in No
vember, 1913, have been captured by a
party commanded by Inspector Lanause
; of the Northwest mounted police, according
: to word received here from Nome. Alaska.
The prisoners are reported to have con
fessed.
They belong to a nomadic tribe, members
of which in June, 1912, murdered Harry
V. Bradford, an American explorer, and
George Street, his Canadian companion. It
is believed that the same individuals com
mitted both crimes.
The Eskimos, seized in the copper mining
district, are now being held at Herschel
island.
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AUTHOR IN NEW FIELD
“Our leading local author, who has con
tributed a short story and poem to our col
umns every week, will be missed from this
issue," says the Adams Enterprise. "The
fact is, he has found farm work more
profitable than literature, ami, to be fair,
we can’t blame him for transferring his
time and talents to it.”- -Atlanta Constitu
tion.
NOTICE OF ELECTION
N< tier is hereby given that on Tuesday.
November T. il> in. in (lie city fire ball, will
be held an election for the purpose or
electing a delegate to congress, territorial
attorney general. < ne senator and four rep
resentatives to tie \leska legislature from
the Fourth division.
All citizens or the United States 0 1 years
of age or over, who are actual and bona
lire residents of Alaska, and who have b* en
such residents continuously during the en
tire year immediately preceding the elec
tion, *and have been such residents rontinu
iiosly for thirty days next preceding the
election in the'incorporated limits <f Idit
arod, shall be mialitled to vote.
TOWN OF iniTXHon. ALASKA.
fll'Y O. (TrHAOIITY, Clerk.
October 3. id in.
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COUPLE WELL KNOWN HERE
ARE MARRIED IN FAIRBANKS
That Judge Howard J. Atwell of Brooks
and Mrs. Florence Patton of Fairbanks
were united in marriage on August 20 and
kept their wedding secret was the informa
tion which leaked out Tuesday morning
after the departure of Mrs. Atwell ^ for
Brooks to join her husband, says the Fair
banks Citizen of September 18. I he news
will be read with much interest in Iditarod,
where both are well and favorably known.
Mr. Atwell made several trips to this ac
tion while connected with the land office,
and Mrs. Atwell, then Mrs. Patton, was with
the court party during the term of court
here in the summer of 1915. The Fair
banks newspaper continues:
The ceremony was performed by Rev. II.
II. Lumpkin, rector of St. Matthew’s
church, with C. It. Arundel, chief of the
Held division of the general land office,
and an old friend of Judge Atwell, and Mrs.
R. F. Roth acting as witnesses. The newly
weds are both well known. Mr. Atwell
came to Fairbanks several years ago as spe
cial agent of the general land office. He
served the government in that capacity from
the time of his arrival until last year,
when he resigned to accept the lolovana
commissionership at the hands of Judge
Charles E. Bunnell.
Mrs. Atwell came here as stenographer
in the law office of Stevens, Until <fc Dignan,
the time of her arrival dating back sev
eral years. After the dissolution of that
firm she went Outside, but returned when
Mr. Roth became United States attorney
to accept a position as his secretary. About
a year ago she became stenographer in the
office of the clerk of court, and has since
held that position.
Judge and Mrs. Atwell will make their
home at Brooks.
PRESIDENT WHEELER VEXED
BERKELEY. Cal., Sept. 21. Rich stu
dents of the University of California will not
be permitted to bring their automobiles to
college if President Benjamin Ide Wheeler
puts into effect innovations he suggested
recently at the opening rally of the semes
ter. He said the penchant of the richer
students to “show off” with their cars made
those of lesser means jealous, and provoked
discontent. President Wheeler declared in
favor of a system of military training simi
lar to Switzerland’s, which compel- every
man to serve a vear.
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MILLIONAIRE PASSES AWAY
j IN BRITISH COLUMBIA WILDS
SKAGWAY. Sept. 15. Thomas Martin
i dale, the millionaire grocer of Philadelphia.
! died Wednesday night at his hunting lodge
i in the wilds of British Columbia, back of
Whitehorse.
Martindale arrived in Skagway early in
August for his second trip to the interior
after big game. He had arranged at \\ hits
horse for an extensvie and costly pack
train to take him with as much comfort ]
as possible to the big game section. He left j
Whitehorse some few days later f r the i
White river section.
Martindaie had amassed a large fortune :
during forty years in the grocery business !
in Philadelphia. During late years lie
spent most of his time in big game burn
ing and writing. He published several vol
umes on his favorite pastime, as well as
furnishing the Smith.-! nian and other in
stitutes many valuable big game trophies.
The body wi 1 be prepared and shipped
to Philadelphia f( r interment.
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WHY THOMAS A. EDISON
INDORSES PRESIDENT WILSON
I Thomas A. Edison yesterday showed that |
J he is one of the original T. K- men who |
will not fi ilow the Colonel back into the >
j Republican camp. He came out unequiv
ocally in favor of the re-election of Presi
dent Wilson, says the New \ork World of
September 4.
“Not since 1860,” Mr. Edison said in a
formal statement, “has any campaign made j
i such a direct call on simon-pure American- 1
I jsm. The times are too serious to talk or
think in terms of Republicanism or Democ
racy. Real Americans must drop parties |
and get down to big fundamental princi
ples.
“More than any other President in my
memory, WiDon has been faced by a suc
cession of tremendous problems, any one of
which, decided the wrong way, would have
had disastrous consequences. W ilson’s de
cisions so far have not got us into any
serious trouble, nor are they likely to.
“He has given us peace with honor. This
talk about the United States being despised
is nonsense. Neutrality is a mighty trying
policy, but back of it are international law,
the rights of humanity and the future of
civilization.
“With reference to Mexico, I think that
the President has acted wisely, justly and
courageously. It was right that, the United
States should not have recognized such a
murderous personality as Huerta. I do
not believe that we should have intervened,
nor do I believe that we should intervene
now. Mexico is a troublesome neighbor
just now, but war and conquest are not
going to make her a better one. Both
! against England and against human slavery
the United States worked out its salvation
j through revolution, and it was a pretty
slow-, trying process.
“It has been said that Wilson at first, was
against preparedness. Perhaps he was, but
when convinced that intelligent public opin
ion was overwhelmingly in favor of it he
changed. That is the proper thing for our
President to do. A President defiant of
public opinion would be a dangerous man
in our system of government.
“His attitude on the tariff shows an equal
openness of mind. A tariff commission will
take the whole problem out of politics. It
is my hope that experts will be named, and
j that the body will be continuing and vested
almost with the dignity of the supreme
court.
“They say he has blundered. Perhaps
he has. But I notice that he usually blun
ders forward. You can’t get 100 per cent
efficiency in a democracy. I don’t know
that we ought to want it. We would be
machines and we would have to sacrifice
too much of freedom.
“As I said at the start, it has been just
one big thing after another with Wilson.
I have never known so many dangerous
questions brought up for decision to any
one President. Now he has the general
strike of the skilled railway men, which, if
carried out, will throw the whole country
into confusion and prove a calamity that,
in certain eventualities, will have result
bound to extend over a long period of timi
He is acting with his usual courage air
sanity.
“In my opinion, Mr. Hughes, if Presi
dent, would find it difficult to decide o,
the best course for the government to tak
in this strike. His capacity for hindsight
as we learn from his speeches, is highl
developed, but as to his foresight we ar
not equally well informed.
“Mr. Wilson has now had about fou
years of experience, anil be lias earnei
faith and trust. I do not think it a logiea
or sensible thing to change to an inexperi
meed and untried man just for the saki
of change, or without much better reason:
being given for the change than I have no
tired.
“Roosevelt was my choice. He has hai
experience, and is one of the best of Amc-ri
cans, but the machine-controlled Repub
lican party would not have him. Therefori
I am for Woodrow Wilson.”
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GEORGE GRiGSBY AT SEWARD
MAKES ATTACK ON DELEGATE
SKWAUD, Sept. lf>. George B. Grigsby
Democratic nominee for attorney general
speaking to an immense and enthusiastic
audience here last night, in addition to 1 :y
ing bare the record of Delegate Wicker
sham as delegate to congress and on the
issues which confront the people of Alaska
demolished the attacks upon himself bj
George D. Schofield. Republican nominee
for attorney general, and showed that he
(Grigsby) not only did not persecute long
shoremen at Nome, but that he is the regu
lar attorney for organized labor at Nome
and is receiving its support in his race foi
attorney general.
Mr. Grigsby spoke for two hours, present
ing an array of facts, backed by the recorded
proof, showing that Wickersham’s pretended
fight on the Guggenheim and salmon can
nery interests to be insincere and for cam
paign purposes only. lie proved that it w;tf
Wicker.diam who was responsible for the
organic act limitations, limiting the power
of the Alaska legislature in that regard.
He .showed that Wiekersham was al-o re
sponsible for the other limitations in the act
which made it less than a full territorial
form of government measure.
Mr. Grigsby utterly demolished Schofield -
charge that Grigsby had persecuted Nome
longshoremen, and for proof of his assertions
he called upon several men who were m the
audience and who were formerly member.
of the Nome Longshoremen's Union Thc*e
men, without exception, verified the Mat*
im-nts of Mr. Grigsby, and all of them prom
ised to support him and to do all within
their power to help elect him. He character
ized Schofield and W. A Gilmore as “hy
phenated Alaskans,” who reside and prac
tice law in Seattle.
While Mr. Grigsby devoted enough of
his time to his own candidacy to answer
his opponent’s charges, he spent more than
three-fourths of the two hours which he
used in supporting Charles A. Sulzcr’s can
didacy, and denouncing Wiekersham unci
hi- record. He said that Wiekersham had
always been cn f’ne tail end of ail pro
posed legislation for Alaska, and that v-iih
this tail held he had spent more time pull
ing back than he did in urging forward
movement.
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“MYSTERIOUS” WHEELER
ACQUIRES A HELPMEET
Deeming Wheeler, the “mysterious
mu.-her,” who for the past several years has
made annual trips to the Interior of Alaska
during the winter, and who has aroused
endless speculation as to his antecedents
and the purpose of his journeys, was re
cently married in San Francisco. Mr.
Wheeler visited Iditarod in the winter of
191415, and is quite well remembered here.
The news of his marriage evidently had not
preceded him to Juneau, where lie arrived
recently, and the Dispatch of that city has
the following relating to him:
"It is the ambition of Denting Wheeler,
the ‘mysterious musher’ of the Northland,
to own and drive a team of pure wolf
hounds. While passing through Juneau for
[he westward on the Mariposa he bought
the wolf pup recently secured by George
Gilbert, and intends to secure enough to
form a full team of dogs for mushing the
Alaska wilds.
“Mr. Wheeler is supposed to be a mil
lionaire banker from some place in the
Fast. In any event, he always has plenty
of funds For the past several years he
has returned to Alaska each winter and
taken a long mush with a serviceable bas
ket sleigh and the best team of dogs avail
able He has mushed already to Fairbanks
and return, to Nome and return, to the
base of Mount McKinley and return, and
even to the north of Nome towards the
Arctic and return.
“Mr. Wheeler was accompanied this time
by a slight, line-looking woman, and his
Alaska friends are wondering if she were
a bride and the couple are on their honey
moon, or whether Mr. Wheeler has been
married some time and is taking his wife
along for his winter mush over the frozen
wilderness this winter.
“The wolf pup, bought here by Mr.
Wheeler, was secured by George Gilbert
from a native, and was the pure, quill.
Mr. Wheeler became apprised of the fact
that Gilbert was the possessor of one, and
when the Mariposa was in port he visited
Mr. Gilbert and a bargain was soon struck.
He took the pup with him to Cordova,
where he will outfit for his mush this win
ter. He stated that it was his desire to
secure a full team of real wolves, and told
Mr. Gilbert that if he could secure any
other wolf pups to be sure and let him
know.”__
BRUSSELS FINE REMITTED
AMSTERDAM, Sept. 18.—The Echo
Beige says it learns that General Von Bis
sing, governor general of the occupied por
tions of Belgium, has remitted the fine of
£50,000 imposed on Brussels for celebrating
the' Belgian national fete day, July 21,
which the municipality had refused to pay,
as illegal.
A dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph
from The Hague said that Acting Burgo
master Lemmonier had declined to pay the
fine, which he said had been imposed be
cause of the public’s patriotic sentiments,
and therefore was illegal and inadmissible.
In Germany there has been invented a
fireproof celluloid, chiefly for use in auto
mobile windows and ^vind shields.
Fresh Olympia and Eastern Oysters,
$1.50 per can. Iditarod Meat Co.
GOVERNMENT TELEGRAPH
SEWARD, Sept. 10. Early next spring
the United States government, in connec
tion with the new government railroad,
will have approximately 300 miles of tele
graph and telephone lines in operation out
of Seward. This is to form the nucleus
| of a system that ultimately is to spread
a network of wires throughout the terri
tory of Alaska.
I Beginning here, tlie lines parallel the rail
I road to Anchorage. 117 miles. The present
line, strung partly on new and partly rn
old poles, consists of only one copper wire,
which is used both for telephone and tc-le
graph, but this soon will be increased to a
six-wire line.
North of Anchorage there is a sixty-two
mile line extended to King’s river, the tr-i
minal of the branch road into the Mata
nuska coal fields, and a line extending along
the route of the main line towards Fair
banks as far as Willow creek.
On the Taikeetna river division there is
at present a separate system with forty
miles of wire extending north and south
along the Susitna river, where construction
work is under way. Between the southern
end of this line, and the northern end of the
Anchorage line is a swampy country acruv*
which a connecting line will be laid t hi -
winter after the swamps freeze over.
Rates over the government telegraph
system range from a cent a word for press
messages to 50 cents for ten words. There
also is a night letter service.
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BERLIN CHANGES ITS NAME
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| TORONTO, Ont., Sept. IS. An order in
council has been is-u*' 1 changing tlie name
< f Berlin, Ont., to Kitchener. The town
has about 10,000 inhabitants, and was set
iled by German immigrants, whose descend
ants form an import: nt part of the popu
lation. The town took a vote some time
ago, which favored the change of its name
to Kitchener.
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Professions 1
Michigan, 188 i Alaska, 1910
Kentucky, 1891
George Woodruff Albrecht
I COUNSELOR AND LAWYER
IDSTAROD, ALASKA
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The Pioneer Attorney of I (lira rod
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Attorney at Law
'Office: Corner Willow and Second S*a.
| Iditarod Pioneer Building
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Attorney at Law
BANK BLOCK
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