FRESH GOODS
OVER LAKE LABERGE
With the Arrival of the Washburn We Re
ceived the Following Fresh Goods:
FRESH RANCH EGGS
_ FRESH GOLDEN GLOW BUTTER
FRESH SWIFT’S PREMIUM HAM AND BACON
FRESH YOUNG AMERICA FULL CREAM CHEESE
FRESH APPLES, ORANGES, LEMONS, GRAPEFRUIT
WATER WHITE COMB HONEY, ETC.
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New Goods
A full line of Ladies’ Furnishings and the
New High Shoes and Keith Hats will be re
ceived by the first freight via St. Michael.
MRS. L, 0, THORNTON
Watches and Diamonds
At
STRICTLY OUTSIDE PRICES
J. L. SALE
BEST LIQUORS AND CIGARS
Three-Times-Move Bar
(Formerly the Stanley House)
JOHN 3AG0Y, PROP.
GOOD ROOMS CLEAN BEDS
_FLAT CITY_
BACK FROM THE KOYUKUK
Joe Hanegan. who has been in the Koyu
kuk country since last summer, returned
during the week. He says that the Kovu
kuk does not appear lo be making much
progress. The diggings in the Wise river
c untry. from which big things were ex
pected. were found to be wet, and as the
ground is deep it is next to impossible to
work them. Supplies are hard to get in the
country, and after the first of the year there
was an absence of .>taple articles of food.
Joe prefers a country which is nearer a
base of supplies, and will remain in the
Iditarod.
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Fresh Olympia and Eastern Oysters,
SI.50 per can. Iditarod Meat Co.
I SUMMER WORK BEGINS
IN CAMPS OF THE INN GKO
i
T. 0. Hailing, Charles KoneiUko, John
Olson and F, 1 Nuilett. from Yankee creek,
arrived in the city early in the week, be
ing ended here by business pending before
the district court.
Mr. Hailing slates that an air of indus
try pervades the entire Iunoko district, and
that this will no doubt be a banner year
f, r the old diggings. One scraper outfit
commenced work on Yankee creek on j
June 1
Hailing it Higgins, on No. 2 above, Yam-|
kee creek, will commence about June 15. !
On Little, Spruce and Ophir creeks many
outfits are busy ground sluicing.
Mr. Marling says that John Manogue, an
old-timer well known throughout this sec- j
tion of Alaska, is very ill, arid is being car- i
ried to Fort Gibbons fur treatment at the I
hospital there.
THE MA3L
The mail closed at 9 o’clock last night, !
end the Sea Wolf had instructions to meet |
the incoming launch at Dementi. It should |
be here with the big consignment of Outside |
mail tomorrow.
DEPUTY MARSHAL CHARLES
ARRIVES WITH PRISONERS
The steamer Little Delta, Captain Si At !
well, arrived from the lower \ ukon l:t>t j
evening, where she had been with a cargo |
of mining machinery for the Willow creek
diggings, near Marshall City. She had as j
passengers Deputy Marshal Percy Chari?3,
with Mrs. Charles and young Percy. The j
official had in charge a native woman from |
Pimute, who will be examined as to her '
sanity. Her name is Anooska, and she is :
from the lower Ivuskokwim.
The deputy marshal also had a pris >ner ■
from Shageluk. a native named Paul Volk- \
man. who is charged with adultery, but j
whch may be changed to a more serious i
charge.
George Morgen, an old-time trader of
Pimute, also was a passenger.
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FAMOUS BUILDER OF CANAL
AGAIN WISHES TO RETIRE
WASHINGTON. June 7. General One
thals, governor of the Panama canal zone,
in a conference with Secretary of War
Baker, has reiterated his desire to retire
to private life. He states that he antici
pates no further serious danger from sur
face slides on the canal.
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TREMENDOUS LAND FRAUDS
SAN FRANCISCO, June 1.—The Cali
form a--Oregon land fraud case reveals the
fact that certain Seattle agents of the con
spirators collected nearly a million dollars.
Job Printing at The Pioneer office.
HALF-PRICE SALE
On Screen Wire Cloth, Wire Screen Doors, Adjustable Wire Screen
Windows Were Now .
34-inch Wire Cloth, per yard. «$ .50 ? .25
38-inch Wire Cloth, per yard. .60 .30
36-inch Wire Cloth, per yard. .70 .35
3- 8-0- 8 Plain Green Wire Doors. 5.00 2.50
2-10-0-10 Plain Green Wire Doors. 7.no 3.50
2- 8-0- 8 Fancy Heavy Wire Doors. O.oo 4.50
2-10-6-10 Fancy Heavy Wire Doors. 10.no 5.00
Wire Screen Windows, 20x2 4. 1.50 .75
Wire Screen Windows, 23x2 4. 2.00 l.no
Screen Door Hinjres, per pair. 1.00 .50
Screen Door Sets. 1.50 .75
SMITH’S ~GUN STORE
IDITAROD, ALASKA PHONE 6 SECOND AND WILLOW 1
HALF PRICE!
SCREEN DOORS j
AND WINDOWS j
C. R. PECK - - FLAT
TRAPPER HELD ON
MURDER CHARSE
Charles Grover Is In the Local Jail
with a Charge of Murder Hang
ing Over Him—Will Be
Tried at Ruby Term
A grievance of three years’ standing,
which probably had been aggravated by
frequent quarrels, and which may have
been magnified by the constant brooding
of men engaged in the solitary occupation
of trappers in the wildernesses of the upper
Kuskokwim, culminated on May 27 last at
McGrath in the death of a man named Phil
lips, and the lodging in the federal jail at
Iditarod of Charles Grover, charged with
murder.
Jack Stewart and Al Smith arrived in the
city on Saturday evening last, having in
custody Charles Grover, who had been
bound over to the grand jury by Cominis
sinner W. A. Greene of Tokotna, who wa
nt McGrath at the time of the tragedy.
As there will be no grand jury called in
Iditarod this year, the prisoner will be taken
lo Ruby, where a grand jury will meet soon.
It is possible that the trial of Grover may
take place at Fairbanks.
The two guards and their prisoner made
the journey from McGrath to Iditarod on
foot, traveling fourteen hours a day, each
guard being on watch half the night while
the other slept. They experienced no
trouble with their prisoner, Mr. Stewart
saying that it would have been perfectly
safe to have allowed the prisoner to make
the journey to Iditarod alone, had he known
the trail.
The two men, Phillips ami (.rover, were
trappers. Grover, the prisoner, is of French*
Canadian extraction, and a man about 32
years of age. The victim of the killing was
from 43 to 50 years of age, an Englishman
by birth, and was formerly a sailor. He
had been in the Kuskokwim country some
seven years. Prior to that tune he had
lived at Nome
According to the story elicited from the
guards, on the morning of May 27 Grover
arrived at McGrath and had commenced
the erection of a tent on the river hank,
with the object of making a stay at that
place. While Grover «:.< t'im. vn lib
tent Phillips cr i.-.ed from the op, ositc side
of the river in a small boat and landed at
the point where Grover was working. There
was some conversation between the two
men, and something was said by Phillips
about “settling their differences.” Phillips
was said to have started toward Grover
when the latter reached for his rills and
the shooting followed. Whether or not
Phillips was armed was not known.
The Prisoner's Story
To The Pioneer ruan Grover said that he
had known the deceased for three years,
when he (Grover' first went to the Kus
kokwim. lie had selected a site for his
trapping operations, and had built himself
a cabin early in the summer of 1913. In
burning over the tundra around hi- home
he had started a conflagration which had
destroyed his cache, containing his outfit,
and had been cnmpelle 1 to leave for Big
river, where Arthur Berry has a store, for
the purpose of securing a new supply of
food. When he returned he found that his
cabin had been burned and, as he asserts,
all his traps had been thrown in the river.
He was satisfied that Phillips had set fir"
to his cabin during his absence, and ha; 1
mentioned his convictions to otlwrs. I
would appear that Phi'lips resented the in
trust..n of Grover on territory in which he
was engaged in trapping. I he cabins of
the two men were but a mile and a half
apart.
Phillips, he said, became ugly and made
threats against him, and he claims to have
witnesses who will testify to this. He re
lated how on one occasion Phillips came
to his cabin at 5 o’clock in the morning,
when he was in bed. apparently for the
purpose of quarreling with him. They dis
cussed their grievances, and although they
had breakfast together there was bad blood
between them. He also had visited Phil
lips’ cabin on numerous occasions.
On the fatal morning at McGrath, when
Phillips crossed the river to accost him, he
had just arrived down the Kuskokwim from
his winter quarters, and had been without
sleep and on short rations. The country
along the river was flooded and he had been
unable to make a landing to prepare food,
and he was worn out from fatigue and pri
vation. He says that Phillips greeted him
with (he remark, “Come on, and let’s settle
our differences,” or words to that effect.
Not knowing whether Phillips was armed
or not, and as he disregarded his admonition
to keep away from him, and kept advancing,
he grabbed his rifle and shot. He says
that Phillips was a powerful man and had
boasted of his prowess as a fighter.
The prisoner is somewhat reticent as to
his antecedents. He says that he was born
in Canada, but has been in the United
States since boyhood. He will say nothing
as to his relatives or where his home is
located. He says he always has been a
wanderer.
Grover speaks with a slight accent, and
seems possessed of a fair degree of intelli
gence. As yet he has not employed counsel
to defend him, although he is said to be
not without means.
VeTdict of Coroner’s Jury
The verdict of the coroner’s jury, which
was rendered on the day of the tragedy,
with Commissioner Green acting as coroner,
was as follows:
“We, the undersigned jurors summoned
and sworn to diligently inquire into the
cause of the death of Thomas Phillip, whose
body now lies before us, find that he came
to his death from a gunshot wound; that
said gunshot wound was caused by a .30-40
bullet fired from a U. S. model Winchester
rifle, while held in the hands of Charles
Grover, and fired by him. That said act
was committed on the point of land be
tween the Kuskokwim and Tokotna rivers,
on the upstream side, on or about 8:30
p. m. on the 27th day of May, 1910. We
recommend that the said Charles Grover be
held to the United States grand jury with
out hail.
“Signed this 27th day of May, 1910.
“A. R. KLDRIDGE, Foreman.
“LOUIS BLACKBURN.
“C. E. LARSON.
“A. SHARPP.
“FRANK R. COLE.
“H. Y. GROSHONG.”
It is understood that Messrs. Stewart and
Smith, the special officers, who left on their
return trip to the Kuskokwim on Tuesday
last, will serve subpoenas on several wit
nesses to appear at Ruby, among them be
mg Thomas Conley and Dan Rice, who are
said to have witnessed the fatal affray.
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FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT
FOR FOURTH DIVISION
CONVENES IN ID1TAR0D
The United States district court for the
Fourth Alaska division opened in A. B,
hall last Monday morning for the special
Iditarod term. As the Ruby term is te bo
held at an early date, and as the stay of the
court wiil be brief, no grand jury
was called, and any criminal matters origi
nating in this vicinity will be dealt with
before the grand jury at ltuby. The petit
jury is summoned to appear in court next
Monday morning.
The past week was devoted by the court
principally to clearing the docket of >1 :
cases, and several were dismissed. Some
appeals from the commissioner's court were
disposed of, some decisions rendered in cases
upon which argument already had been
heard, and many motions were considered
by the court touching pending cases. The
real work of the term will commence with
the sweating in of the jury next week. There
are some cases of considerable importance
to be heard, including the cases of Marston
vs. Marston and the two cases involving
I water rights. These have not yet been set
for trial. The court adjourned on Thursday
afternoon last until 10 o'clock this morning,
: and it is likely that several cases will be
set for trial at that time.
An Interacting Wood Caie
A case of unusual interest to mining men
i and others was that disposed of by Judge
Bunneil cn Wednesday last, the suit being
; that of \V. E. Duffy and J. E Beattie vs.
Dave Strandberg. The case came up on
■ the settling of the findings of fact and the
! application of the defendant to have the re
i straining order granted last year by Judge
; Bunnell set aside. The judge denied the
; application.
This is the case in which suit was
brought for damages against Strandberg for
i cutting wood on a mining claim of the
| plaintiffs. One hundred and thirty-three
; cords of wood were cut by Strandberg. but
! the court held that there was but nominal
damage to the mining claim in consequence,
and awarded a judgment of SI, but granted
an injunction restraining the defendant from
| further trespassing on the claim. This de
cieion was handed down after the court left
Iditarod last summer, and on the request
I of defendant’s counsel the conclusions of
1 law were not settled, which had the effect
of suspending the operation of the injunc
tion. In the meantime a large quantity of
wood had been cut by the defendant under
an alleged permit from the government tim
ber agent cn the claim. The decision of
Judge Bunnell has the effect of restraining
the defendant from removing the wood from
the claim. But as it grants no title to the
wood in question to the plaintiffs, a rather
interesting situation is created. The ques
tion of appealing the case depends upon the
action of the government officials in the
1 matter.
Naturalization Calendar
The following naturalization cases are on
the calendar:
Charles Boyd, Flat Witnesses, it. C.
Button and Charles E. Taylor.
Cres Totland, Flat—Witnesses, Jerry Ford
and C. Anthonieson.
William John Beaven, Flat—Witnesses,
Thomas McKinnon and C. Anthonieson.
John Herman Jensen, Flat—Witnesses,
Sam i Applebaum and II. Boas.
James Cody, Iditarod—Witnesses, Henry
Weir and Claud Baker.
William Ray Day, Iditarod—Witnesses,
Earl Byers and R. R. Henderson.
Walter Richard Elliott. Fairbanks and
Iditarod— Witnesses, E. A. Smith and H.
N. Shead.
Court Notes
In the case of C. R. Cameron and J. F.
Finnegan vs. Ross Lovelace an order has
been issued declaring money held by the
commissioner to be exempt from execu
tion.
Liquor licenses have been granted to
Toivo Uotila, at Discovery; A1 Currie, at
Flat, and the Northern Commercial Com
pany, at Iditarod.
In the case of Lottie R. Marston vs. M.
H. Marston an order has been entered over
ruling the demurrer.
A demurrer to the answer of the defend
ant has been sustained in the case of M. L.
Peterson vs. Sant Adams, and the defendant
was allowed five days in which to file an
answer.
The divorce case of James Ebana vs.
Mary Ebana w-as uncontested, and the
plaintiff was granted a judgment by default.
The case of the United States vs. Van
derpool has been dismissed.
Judgment by default has been rendered
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A. J. WEISS, FLAT
THE HOME OF HART, SCHAFFNER & MARX
ill She ca-ie of Patiulo & Radford vs. J. G. i
Rivers.
Judgment f 1 a■- been entered in the suit of
Jerry Ford vs li. li. King for the sum of
S29.10.
The • ■ f S, II. Sun ierson vs. Aiiee
Sclr, :•■■■/. adiuinistralrix, A. li. Maltliv.
interveiii.r. bus been dismissed.
A default judgment lias been entered in
the ease of the Pioneer Sheet Metal Works
vs. Sam \\ diner.
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THE EAGLE WILL SCREAM
AND THERE WILL BE FUN
AT FLAT'S CELEBRATION |
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I Get ready fur the celebration of tin-j
| Glorious Fourth of July at 1 lat City! The
I machinery already has been set in motion)
I which is to provide an observance of the
| nation’s natil day which shall reflect credit'
on the citizens of Flat and set a high water 1
I mark in patriotic celebrations in this sec
i tion of Alaska.
At a meeting of Flat citizens held on j
! Wednesday evening la~t tlie decision to
j properly celebrate the great holiday was
i taken, and Dr. Moore was elected chairman
i of the committee to have charge of the
.•vent, and F. G Men was >cl cted as > ere
, t:;ry. The object of the meeting va- dis
i cussed enthusiastic: lly, and it was deter*
1 mined to “get busy” on the program at
; once. Another meeting is to be held
i tomorrow evening, at which time
j committees will be appointed to take charge
i of the various features. From the amount
1 of interest displayed the coming event will
be the banner one in the history of the
; camp.
wniie it is too early 10 venture a lore
! cast as to the nature of the program, it is
j intimated that it will include the customary
I patriotic exercises, a horse race, a baseball
game, and athletic sports, to conclude with
a grand ball, without which no celebration
is complete in Alaska.
A feature which has been talked of, and
which will arouse a great deal of interest
in case it is “pulled off.’’ is a foot race
I between two prominent men of the com
i munity who recently acquired fame as
| sprinters. As no time was kept on their
j past performances, and as each has ardent
| backers, the event is likely to develop into
I a sporting event of first magnitude.
! ANOTHER SOCIAL. DANCE
! TO BE GIVEN THIS EVENING
I
j While the social dance given last Satur- j
! day evening A. B. hall was not largely !
j attended, a spl-udid time was enjoyed by
those present, and it has been decided to
j hold another dance tonight, and everybody
is invited to attend. It is expected that
additional volunteer musicians will bp in
attendance, and a good time may be looked
forward to.
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DESTRUCTION CF PROPERTY
ON SAN FRANCISCO DOCKS;
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SAN FRANCISCO, June 3. -A consign
ment of five thousand tons of freight from
the Orient, which was piled on the new
pier, was destroyed by fire today. The ori
gin of the fire is unknown, and it is not be
lieved to be the work of strikers, a- the
Japanese steamship company granted the!
demands of the longshoremen.
The freight destroyed was unloaded from,
j the Japanese steamship Shunyo Mr.ru No. J.
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
Dr. Auringer was a visitor in the city
from Flat last Saturday.
An attachment against Emil Jensen by
Kemisch & Watson, the Anvik traders, f<*r
$196.95, has been filed with Commis
sioner Guy Geraghty.
Commissioner Guy Geraghty has made
an order closing up the estate of Frank G.
Cleveland, deceased, and discharging the ad
ministratrix. Mrs. Annie C. Cleveland.
J. E. Kettleweil ami family, from the
Yukon (Fll Company's power plant on the
upper Iditarod fiver, spent Monday in the
city. They returned home Tuesday morn
ing.
Torn Boyd, who has been in tin* city fur
several days past, will leave fur his home
at Tokotna soon. He has just rec-ived
word of the arrival of a fine baby boy at
his home. Mrs. Boyd and the little one arc1
reported -doing nicely.
W. IF Heitman of the A ukon Gold Com
pany’s dredge cr v w - before Judge Bun
nell on Monday evening last to take the
examination for citizenship. Mr. Heitman
drew commendation from his honor for the
intelligent answers given to the questions
relative to the government and institutions
of the United States.
Henry Weir will be a passenger » i the
first boat leaving for Fairbanks, which \<i - F
ably will be about the middle of the month.
Mr. Weir, who has been in charge of t:
Iditarod Telephone Company since its in
stallation here, has been transferred to the
Fairbanks office. “Ileinie” will be sadly
missed by his many friends in this com
munity. Mrs*. Weir and the children will
fell >\v later in the summer.
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FLAT CITY NEWS NOTES
Mr. Jacobs sprained an ankle recently, and
has been confined to his home for a few
days. He is now going on all fours—two
crutches and two feet.
Word has been received of the birth of
a ten-pound baby girl to Mr. and Mr.-.
Eugene Lorenger, April 10, in Seatite. The
best wishes of their many friends are ex
tended to the happy family, and also to
Uncle Joe.
Mrs. Henry Van Overbeck has recovered
and is able to look after her young son.
Mrs. Wicks has been ill during the past
week in her tent on Flat creek.
The dredge is sailing rapidly down Flat
creek, making about fifty feet a day, and
will soon whistle for Flat.
A sure sign that summer has actually ar
rived was furnished on Wednesday last,
when Oscar Anderson arrived from the Up
Orade on his bicycle, the first time thsi
year.
FIRST NOME SAILINGS
SEATTLE, June 1. The Umatilla sail?
tonight for Nome, and the Victoria is due
to sail tomorrow morning.
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FOR
GOOD POTATOES AftJD CIGARS
CALL UP
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We StiH Have Some to Wholesale
THE HOUSE OF QUALITY
\Ni received over Lake LaBerge Diamond C Ham and Bacon, Ranch Eggs, New
Butter, Fresh Cabbage, Oranges, Lemo ns, Grapefruit, etc.
RING US UP ANY SERVICE WE CAN DO YOU RING US UP
Just Received a Shipment of Fresh Draught Beer
GEORGE MARSH BUD WEISER 1DITAROD FLAT CITY THE BRANCH a. D. CURRIE
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