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At a meeting of * he Iditarod town eoun- [
» 1 la Id last \Vod:i -1iay evening the j rin- 1
i business was the working out of de
i-i connection with the install in on and
(•i’«*ration of the new fire apparatus. Ar
. uigements were al-o made for the im
etuciit of the street which, forms part
*.f die public highway to Flat and Otter
i It was expected that a report
add be received from the committee hav
oc: ui charge the preparation of an ordi
i: nee regulating the storage of explosives
a i :::i» isiil . - within the city limits, but
f. i <'ine reason no report was hamletl in.
. ._h is several months since the com
i. , it ■ u a.- ai>p'anted.
The meeting was called to order at S :30
i.. m. :,v May. r Claude Baker. Tin re were j
javsert b°sides the mayor, (’ouneilmen l
! Klim Porter, Smith, Currin and Maltby.
The minims of the previous meeting j
v.a ; ■ !••;.: and approve. 1. and Clerk Mayers
r- . d the re.-ignation of Ilcnrv O. Roden
a.- a member of the council, which was. on
i»ii■lion, accepted.
Two communications were read from
Karl Byers, in one of which applicatb n
was made for the position of night watch
man and the other contained a proposi
tion to freight the new fire plant from
Pikeman, and setting a price therefor.
It was sta ed that the new fire appar
atus was at Pikeman. and that there were
freight charges of 8472 due on it. A me
i; n was passed authorizing the city officials
to incur an indebteuness sufficient to cover
freight charges and the cost of remov
ing the old steam plant and installing the
new gasoline plant.
The fire committee was authorized to
p. -• notices calling for bids for removing
t-i. boiler and pump from the fire station
putting the new plant in place, the fire
. a: in it tee to award the contract. Mr.
.Maltby was added to the fire committee to
Idi the vacancy created by the resignation
of Mr. lloden. ‘
At the request of J. R Riley, the street
committee was instructed to repair the road
from a point in front of Major Albrecht's
house to the city limits, at a point near
the wireless station. Mr. Riley agreed to
f m tribute the u-e of a team mr four days :
tn assist in the work.
The bids of Earl Byers and Si Atwell for '
freighting the new fire apparatus from j
Pikeman were approximately the same, and
ihe council not wishing to discriminate be
tween the two bidders, a coin was flipped
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Warm, Clean Well Ventilated
OPEN DAY AND NIGHT
massage and
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MEDICATED, MINERAL VAPOR, STEAM,
TUB, SALT ANO FRESH WATER
Caribou St., Bet. Black and Willow Sts., on Waterfront
Electric and Faradic Massage Treatments by Expert Attendants
Lighted by Gas Heated by Steam
t■ t decide the award. Si guessed correctly
and was awarded the plum. He is to re
ceive §120 for the w irk.
Contest tor Position of Night Watchman
A lengthy discussion as to the advisabil
ity of electing a night watchman, whose
duties would also include taking charge of
the tire apparatus, to be on duty from
October 1 and during the winter, was in
dulged in. Marl Byers, one of the appli
cants for the position, urged immediate ac
tion. so that, in case he was successful, he
might send for his wife to come in from
the Outside before the close of navigation.
lAirl showed to 1 something of a politi
cian. and in spite of some opposition it was
decided to proceed with the election. There
had apparently been a lively canvass for
the position. John C. Currin. who had
been prominently mentioned for the place. ;
announced his withdrawal from the race,
and the names of Marl Byers. Charles I j
Lars-m. William Stoneman, Kay Ik Clark
and James Wilson were nam- 1 a- candi
dates.
The balloting resulted in a victory for
Mr. Byers by a vote of G to 4. The vote
stood as follows:
M r Byers Porter. Smith. Currin and
M.dtby.
M r bar:-: n Baker an.! Holmes.
The position to which Mr. Byers was
elected is supposed to carry a salary of §2*U
[ - r month.
There I eing no further l-u.Aness before
the council, adjournment was taken at
10:30 p. m.
WESLEY GLASS EXPIRES
EEF3RE FATHER’S ARRIVAL
Word comes from Nome lo the effect that
Wesley (dass. the son of Mr. and Mrs.
George Glass, died at the home of his
mother in that city on the morning of
'sly 23. Wesley has been sick for some
months, having suffered an attack of sci
atic rheumatism, from which he never fully
recovered. He was taken worse a short
time ago and taken to the hospitaal, where
every care was given him, but his heart
became affected, which was the cause of
his death. Wesley was about 17 years of
age, and went to Nome in 1908 with his
parents, and had liver there ever since. He
was a member of the Loyal Order of Moose
of Nome.
George Glass, the father of Wesley Glass,
left Iditarod for Nome on the evening of
July 24. and word had not reached him
of his .-oil's death prior to his departure.
H? came from Yankee creek, where he was
engaged in mining, and made a hurried trip
here to catch a boat, in response to a tele
gram from Mrs. Glass. He ha-1 hoped to
reach his son’s bedside before his death,
and sent the following telegram to his son
shortly before leaving here: “Son. brace
up. Am coming as soon as possible.
AND THEY WIRE
HAPPILY WEBBED
Things certainly did hum at Flat City *
last Wednesday night in the vicinity of the
Grand hotel, the occasion being the form
ing of an alliance between the “Swedes”
and the “Dutch.” George Mutchler was
the groom and Selma Swanson the bride.
We regret our inability to describe the
! beautiful costume worn by the bride in
I language that our lady readers would un
derstand, so we will have to content our
selves with saying that it was a dream of
blue satin and creamy lace, and let it go
at that. As for the groom and in fact
all “dose Mutchlers” -several ladies were
heard to say that they “never realized what
a handsome family they had in their midst,”
never having seen them all “dolled up” at
one time before.
The ceremony took place at about 7
o'clock in the evening in the parlor of the
hotel, Judge George W. Albrecht officiating.
The groom was backed up by his brother
Jack, while the bridesmaid, to use Mrs.
Swanson Mutchler’s own words, was “my
brother Nels.” The ceremony was very im
pressive, and went off without a hitch, al
though the bride was observed to flinch
a little at the word “obey.” However, she
evidently made up her mind to be “game,”
and went through.
After the ceremony the wedding guests*
sat down to a wedding “breakfast.” those
at the table being Mr. and Mrs. George
Mutchler. Mr. and Mrs. Dave Mutchler. Jake
Mutchler and Jack Mutchler. the bride’s
brothers; Nels Glantz and Store Stenberg.
Mr. and Mrs. Letnes, Felix Riley, Charles
Engquist, C. It. Peck and Judge Albrecht.
The presents given to the newly-weds by
their many friends taxed the capacity of the
parlor, and consisted of a very beautiful
and costly array of cut glass and silverware,
such as perhaps has never been equaled in
the camp. They were entirely too numer
ous to describe in detail. One of the hand
somest presents was not on exhibition, as
the ieweier had not had time to finish his
work, but it consists of a pair of very
beautiful grid napkin rings, made entirely
of Flat creek gold, the edges being trimmed
with small nuggets, also from Flat creek.
The donors of this magnificent present were
the “ladies of Flat City.” and the maker of i
the same is the only Billee Taylor. Flat
Creek’s inimitable jeweler and goldsmith.
The most novel present consisted of a
large pan of vegetables grown on Barren’s
farm at Flat. It was arranged in a very
beautiful manner, and contained, besides a
great many flowers, fourteen different kinds
of vegetables, running from rhubarb to a
head of cabbage. It was a very fine present,
and a fitting display of the agricutlural pos- j
sibilities of the tailing piles of Flat creek, i
The merriment of the night was not lessened |
by some wag putting a sign on this present |
to the effect that they would be on sale at i
Peck’s store tomorrow.
After the ceremony and the breakfast the
whole party adjourned to the large room
formerly occupied by the Grand bar. where
a wedding reception was held, which was at- j
tended by about everybody in Flat, as !
well as many from the creeks. Fred Harri- j
N il. Chri. ty Anihonieson and "Bill" An.-ley
rand old man were present fi n
Idittirod. After the health of the bride
and groom was drunk in several bumpers
of “bubble'.” the whole happy crowd in |
di.lged in dancing to the beautiful music |
furn'shrd h\ those great artists. Professors 1
Frank Hudson and Bob Lowry, until the
“wee sma' ” hours of the morning.
The parlors of the hotel, as well as the
reception anti ball room, were lavishly dec
orated with flowers, ribbons and ever- ;
green?.
On the arrival of the steamer White ■
Seal last Monday from Faribanks consider- j
able interest was aroused by the passing ;
around of Fairbanks papers containing an !
account of a reported stampede to the j
Healy river. Word had already been re j
ceived here by telegraph of the reported
strike, and everything seemed to be fram
ing uj> for a full-fledged stampede. The re- i
ports were bused upon the following letter, j
which was published in all the papers of
the Tanana river camp:
Ifo.ilv Post. July 1 G, H> 1 i.
John Morgan. Fairbanks, Alaska:
We have drifted toward the left limit
and have uiwoveml ab ut thirty feel of
what I call good pay. host prospects were
in the face when we quit. l!o\v much
further it goes t do not know, as I have
not the time at present to g> ahead, i also
put one thaw upstr< arn ab nit ten feet
hark from the face, which pans good.
Panned one bucket that rims from l f» to
•jr. cents a pan. Hocked -2on pans out of
the dump. 1 have no scales, but judge
we got between *10 and * j a. i am satis
tied without a doubt that we have good
nay. Arn sending you a list of thimrs to
send out. A. K. IIAMMFH.
The Fairbanks papers stated that as soon
as the news was circulated a small stam
pede was started from that place to the
scene of the reported strike, which is 142
miles from Fairbanks, and steamboats can
get within eight miles of it at any time.
The Pioneer, on Monday last, in order
to satisfy its curiosity as to the genuine
ness of the strike, rent the following inquiry
to the Fairbanks News Miner:
“Has reported news of rich strike in
Healey river region been confirmed? Any
movement in that dirction?"
Our reply from the News-Miner on the I
following morning was of true Thompsonian
diction. It read:
“Was Healey movement Healeyward, but
movement has been constipated since the
first stampeders to arrive there had re
turned to the McCarty telegraph station
and reported the results of their observa
tions to the News-Miner by telegraph. They
say that they panned in the drifts and on
j the dump of every prospecting outfit in
| that vicinity, and that the results of their
labor did not even justify them in taking
the trouble to stake claims."
CHANGE AT POSTOFFICE
On Saturday last W. B. Thomas was ap
pinted assistant postmaster and assumed
his duties at once, taking the position va
cated by Harry McLean, who has held the
position since the present postmaster took
charge.
It is reported that a herd of cattle is be
ing driven in over the trail for the Iditarod
market, coming by way of Takotna.
The preliminary and necessary steps for
the organization of an igloo of the Pioneers
of Alaska in this camp have been des
patched to Prank I’. Aldrich at Nome,
the grand president of the organization.
The popular organization has strong
igloos in nearly all the towns of Interior
Alaska, and its establishment in this camp
has been too long deferred. One can safely
estimate that this vicinity can furnish a
larger number of eligible* than any camp
in Alaska in proportion to its population.
In the application for authority to organize
and institute the Iditarod igloo a strong
recommendation was made for the appoint
ment of U. 0. Norton, a member of Ruby
Igloo No. 5, as deputy grand president.
Many old-timers in this vicinity have al
ready expressed a very cheerful willingness
to become identified with the pqpular Alas
kan order.
The Pioneer earnestly hopes that the de
sired dispensation for the organization of
an igloo of the popular order will be
speedily granted, and that the camp will
in a very short time thereafter have one of
the best and strongest lodges in the sister
hood.
STEAMER WHiTE SEAL
ARRIVES AND DEPARTS
The steamer White Seal. Captain Sproul.
arrived at the city dock, Iditarod, on Mon
day last shortly before 3 o'clock p. m. She
carried only a few passengers and a small
consignment of freight. Her passengers
were; Mrs. Dave Stranberg and children,
Miss Josephine Johnstone, Miss Kdith Jest
land, Duncan Michie, Mr. and Mrs. V. 1\ j
Jacob, Henry Burge.
The White Seal left on hei return trip to j
Fairbanks on Wednesday morning, getting |
av.uv about 11 o’clock. Many well-known
Iditarod people were on board, bound for
the Outside, and her departure was the oc
casion of a large gathering at the clock to
bid the voyagers farewell. Among her pas
sengers were: Mrs. Annie Clifton, Miss Ada
Maltby, Guy Geraghty, J. K. Brown, Henry
Roden, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Sadden, Frank
Haslund. Duncan Michie and J. M. Wilson.
HEAVY RAINS RESULT IN
RAPID RISE OF RIVER
The heavy ranis during last week and the
early part of this week resulted in t! » liver
reaching a point higher than at any time
since the break-up last spring. Large quan
tities of cordwood carried down from the
Yukon Gold Company’s boom above the
mouth of Otter creek by the freshet of some
weeks ago. and which had been picked up
along the banks and piled, were carried
down stream. The scenes of a few weeks
ago were repeated along the river front,
and the river men and others secured
piles of the fuel.
Outside of the loss of cordwood, the high
water seems to have caused n > damage.
Gold Company Settle: for Wood
At the time of the bursting of the boom
ai the Yukon Gold Company's power plant ,
above the mouth of Otter creek, on the j
Iditarod river, causing the G.-s of from 1.200 j
to 1.400 cords of wood, it was rumored that j
there was a, p- .- anility that the wood chop
pers and con*factor.- might be compelled
to stand the In s. Marly this week the Yu
kon Gold Company set all such rumors at
rest by assuming the loss and settling in
full with the wood choppers. Their action
m thus avoiding costly litigation and inev
itable expense to both parties has created
a good impression here.
IDITAROD SCHOOL BOARD
PREPARES FOR WINTER TERM
The Iditarod school board met on Wednes
day last, with all members present, and
made preparations for the coming term of
school. It was determined to open the
term on Monday, August 31, and Miss
Ilalfry has been re-engaged for the year as
teacher.
The large increase in the number of pupils
made it necessary for the board to secure
larger quarters. The school was held last
year at the home of the teacher, but this |
the bc**^ hac ‘••r-ciwed the Brumbaugh !
residence, which will be fitted up for a school
loom.
The finances of the district are in excel- j
lent shape. i
MUTCHLER BROS. ACQUIRE
OWNERSHIP CF TRAMWAY
A deal has just been consummated by
the terms of which the tramway connecting
Iditarod with Flat City becomes the prop
erty of Muichler Bros. I. M. Wilson, repre
senting the owners, has been in the city for
some time endeavoring to dispose of the
property, and he left on the White Seal
shortly after the deal was made.
It is understood that improvements will
be undertaken by the new owners looking
to a more speedy and commodious means
of transportation over the line, and while
the plans have not yet been agreed upon,
it is believed they will take the shape of
a substitution of steel rails for the present
wooden ones and the substitution of some
pattern of automobile for the present horse
power.
Thp tramway has been operated under
lease by the Mutchler Bros, for the past two
years, and while the present means of loco
motion has always proven unsatisfactory,
they have not felt justified in making ex
pensive improvements. Now that they are
in control of the property, however, the
change will probably be undertaken.
The consideration is not made public, but
it is understood to be somewhat below the
cost of constructing the road.
DR. HERMANN BEHLA
LEAVES FOR CHICAGO
Dr. Hermann Behla, the popular dentist
of Flat City, left on one of the boats early
this week on his journey to Chicago, where
he will remain until it is time to reach
this camp on one of the first boats next
season. While in the big city at the end
of Lake Michigan Dr. Behla will take a
winter’s course of lectures and study in his
chosen profession to add to h,s skill as a
practitioner. He expects to stop in the
camp only about two months next summer.
Beautify your cmplexion by taking facial
massages at the Crosby.
Job Printing at Pioneer office.
BALL BAND PACS, 8 inch top.$ 4.00 pair
BALL BAND PACS, 10-inch top. 4 50 pair
BALL BAND PACS, 12-inch top. 4.75 pair
BALL BAND PACS, 16-inch top. 5.50 pair
BALL BAND RUBBER BOOTS. 10.59 pair
Ball Band Rubber Boots and Pacs N. ('. (Jo. Sole Agents for Alaska
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Cattle Sent Back to Kodiak Island
Professor C. C. Georgeson, head of the
four Alaska experiment stations maintained
by the United States government in Alaska,
has made arrangements for the shipping of
the herd of Galloway cattle which has been
pastured on the Phillips farm, near Che
halis, Wash. The cattle were shipped by
rail to Seattle, where they wi l be loaded
onto a steamer and taken back to Kodiak
island. There are about fifty head of the
best cattle in the I t that will be taken
north. Some time since a sale was held and
a number of cattle sold to breeders who j
will use them for beef stock. Professor ;
Georgeson and his assistants found it neces- j
-ary to take these cattle to the Outside j
about two years ago. owing to the volcanic j
eruption of Mount Katmai. which covered j
the whole country for miles with lava and :
ruined the pasturage and forage. At that j
time the ground was covered with a vol- |
canic ash to a depth of eighteen inches. 1
Mr. Georgeson reports that by hard work
and intensive seeding they have managed
to grow a pretty good crop of hardy grass
on the ash. On the hillsides the winds and
rains have cleared away more or less of the
ash and grass is again beginning to do well j
where for a time it appeared that there j
would never again grow anything of value, j
Death of a Pioneer
T. Z. Clark, the well-known and re
spected old pioneer of the North, died at
Fairbanks on the afternoon of August 4. j
He came North with the stampede of 1897
to the Klondike, and from the upper 'l u
kon crossed over to Fairbanks in 1905. For
\> ars Clark had been prospecting and
hunting, roaming the whole interior coun
try. I • funeral was in charge of the Pio
neers of Alaska.
Railroad Survey at Fairbanks
Engineer Hayden and his crew of rail
way surveyors are now at Fairbanks. They
will at once begin the survey work around
the city, with a view to securing all possi
ble information that might be desired in j
considering terminal facilities. Baileys
crew has started its survey southwest from
the city limits to meet the Gray party com
ing over from .V nana. With Hayden’s sur
vey of the city and its approaches, the rail
way commission will have pretty complete
location information before the last of
August, so far as this end of the route is
concerned. In laying out terminals, Hay
den will have eight reserved sections of gov
ernment land to work upon. Fairbanks
News-Miner.
New Postmaster Takes Charge
When the doors of the postoffice at Fair
banks opened on the morning of August 3
it was under the direction of T. H. Deal,
the recently-appointed postmaster. One of
the first moves taken by the new official
was to remove four of the clerks for cause
and nut in their places four of his own
choice. There was no trouble of any kind
during the change except some warm words
between one of the old clerks and one of
the new force. Postmaster Deal had asked
for the resignations of the four clerks whom
he did not care to re-employ, and as they
refused, he handed them notices to the ef
fect that they were discharged. Those
whose services were dispensed with may
ask the postal authorities to reinstate them
on the ground that they come under the
civil service regulations. The new post
master does not consider that they are civil
service employes, however, and contends
that he has the right to discharge them if
he sees lit. The force in the postoffice un
der the new regime is as follows: A. F.
Herpick. assistant postmaster; L. IA Protz
man, registry clerk; Mrs. Belling, stamps
and registration; Mrs. H. M. Nelson, de
livery.
Population Around Juneau
The first issue of the Juneau-Douglas city
directory has just been issued by Walter G.
Fox. It contains, exclusive of churches,
schools, business firms, corporations, etc.,
2,447 names of persons 16 years of age
and over residing in Juneau, and 1,279 re
siding in Douglas. A careful census shows
674 children under the age of 16 residing
in Juneau, and 436 residing in Douglas,
making a total population of 3,121 for
Juneau and 1,714 for Douglas. The total
population for the cities of Juneau and
Douglas and the adjacent communities
within a radius of five miles is, according
to the census takers of the directory, 7,53S.
Government Pulp Experts in Juneau
W. G. Weigle. head of the forest service
in Alaska, with headquarters in Ketchikan;
Leonard Lundgren, forest service hydraulic
engineer; H. E. Surface, pulp expert from
Madison, Wis., and L. A. Nelson, logging
expert from Portland, Ore., have just com
pleted a cruise of investigation with the
forest service boat Tahn to Baranoff and
Chicagoff islands. All of the water power
plants and sites in the Baranoff and Chi
cagoff islands sections were visited and con
ditions studied. All of these gentlemen
have prepared reports on the conditions as
found that will be submitted to the United
States forest bureau. “The investigation
just made,” said Mr. Weigle, “disclose that
conditions are favorable in those sections
, for the establishing of pulp and paper mills
: and the building up of a large industry in j
I this line. Some day Southeastern Alaska j
will be the biggest producing section in the f
wood pulp and paper industry in the world.”
Since coming to Juneau Mr. Surface has ;
received a cablegram from the Tasmanian
government asking him to come to Tas
mania and make an investigation of that
country for the purpose of determining the j
possibilities and resources there for the man- ;
uf act lire of pul.p and paper. rIhe Tahn ur j
rived in Juneau two days ago. -Juneau
Empire.
May Buy Automobile Fire Truck
The city council of Fairbanks is consider .
in.g the advisability of buying a new auto- i
mobile fire truck to replace the apparatus
now in use. No definite action has been
taken, but the question will be taken up
shortly.
Secure Mere Ground
According to the Ruby Record-Citizen, j
Holmgren, Jensen & Co. closed a deal re
cently for more ground on Greenstone.
They now have over three miles of the j
creek, half of the ground having been thor- 1
oughlv prospected. They are negotiating
for the installation of a dredge.
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BRITISH AND GERMANS
IN SHANTUNG PROVINCE
Shantung province contains a population
of 2S.247,000. its capital is Tsinan. The
province is overpopulated, and the great
proportion of the people are poor; still they
appear to be contented and attach peculiar
importance to this province on account of ;
its being the birthplace of Confucius, and
also because it contains the Taishan, or
(Treat Mount, which forms a favorite resort
of devotees from great distances. Kiaoehau.
leased to the Germans. Weihaiwei, leased to
the British, and the native towns of Teng
chau and Chefu. are the only important
towns along the entire coast.
Kiaochou is a Chinese walled city, and a I
protectorate of I he German empire. It is j
situated on the shores of Kiaoehau bay. on j
the ca-'t coast of the province of Shantung, j
The bay is some fifteen miles across from !
east to west and north to south, and has j
deep-water anchorage. Kiaoehau was seized ;
bv Germany in November. 1897. and in !
March, 1898, the town, harbor and district I
were transferred to Germany by treaty on a
lease for ninety-nine years, the territory,
which covers about 200 square miles, being
then declared a protectorate of the German
empire. It comprises thirty-three townships,
with a population of 00.000. Around the
leased territory is a neutral zone of 2,500
square miles in area. The protectorate is ad
ministered by the navy department, its gov
ernor being a naval officer. I he German
garrison, about 2,400 strong, consists of
marines and marine artillery.
Weihaiwei, the British port of Shantung
province is also held by Great Britain under
lease. The leased territory includes the
island of Liu Kung. all the islands in the b .y
and a belt of land ten miles wide along the
whole coast of the bay. The an
square miles and the population 120.U1'. j
British government may erect formications
and carry out other defensive works in a
defined region lying outside of the leased
territory. Weihaiwei is not to be fortified,
but is intended as a naval base, place.of
exercise and sanatorium for the British
squadrons of the China station, hrom ,
Americana.
BRITISH FOREIGN MINISTER
ST ATES ENGLAND’S POSITION
London, Aug. 3. in announcing the mo- j
bilization of the British army and navy.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Grey said this
afternoon, addressing the house of com
mons :
"England must consider the present crisis
front the viewpoint of Great Britain's honor
and obligation, as well as interest. We can
not permit the French to b? subdued and
Belgium and Holland ravished. If the
German fleet bombards the French coast
we cannot stand by and look on. We have
been given to understand that Germany will
not attack France on the northern coast if
we remain neutral. The question over
shadoowing everything is Belgium’s neutral
ity and integrity. Up to yesterday England ,
had promised no country more than its dip- '
lomatic support, but there is nothing now
to restrict us in our promises.’’
BLAMES PRESIDENT'S CRITICS
Washington dispatch in Ruby Record
Citizen )
The direct cause of Mrs. Wilson’s death
is attributed largely to the nervous strain
of the last few months. She was highly
sensitive to the adverse political criticism
of her husband, the injustice of which was
a constant source of nervous strain which,
in her weakened condition, she was unable
to overcome. To her they were not the
big guns of political battle nor tne idle bab
blings of an opposition press, but were so
many dagger thrusts, not at the President
of the United States, but at the man she
loved, and her heart did the bleeding. This
constant tension, together with her illness,
was more than nature could resist, and it
was apparent several days ago that the end
was near.
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Notice of Marshal's Sale
Cnited States of America, Fourth i- •"
<»r Alaska, ss.
Public notice is hereby Riven that by
virtue of a writ of fieri facias . r • \e*-u
lion . dated August -,M. A. D. to 1 i. i-sm d
out . f the district court nr the I rub i
States for the Fourth district of \lu-ka.
on a judgment rendered in said court mi
the ; !-' day of July, \. F». lull, m favor
of ai Wal-li and against It. s. Hart. I hav
un I hi- ,*d day < f August. A. D. 1'1 1 ;.
!e\ ied i ; a the following der- ci ibed r» al
• ■slate, situ 11cd in the Ku^kokwim pr•n;.1 t.
Territory of Alaska, to wit:
An uiidi\ uh d i lie-third interest in a* d
to that cert i pla it laim
as the (infill-! \'So'-iati--!i. 1\ mg. b< m*. .. :.!
situate <!i hiu'in c!■«•»• k. in tie- k'usk«'kwim
precinct. Ti rrit ay of Ala-ka.
And float I will dingly offer* o -l
»-eal < star*- f sale at public \endue t- -
highest and best bidder, for cash. < ■
■j 1st day of September. \ !».. 1011. :
o'ch ek u. m.. at the front & .-r ■ >;
Cnited Stales marshal’s office, in the own
or Iditarod. Alaska.
hated Iditarod. Alaska. August JJ. \ l>.
10 11. b. T. EH WIN.
Cnited States Marshal, C- urth District of
Alaska.
by II. p. SIIbiTAbh. Deputy.
F. M. Stanton. Plain tilCs Attorney.
No. 189-1—Alias Summons
In tin* 1 »is trie I court l>r the TernPev ■ f
Alaska. Fnurlh I>i% i-1 >n.
Greg Stewart and • :i is. R. M'dwwdL
plaintiffs. vs. John F Hair.I and i W.
Grinin. co-particrs. d eng In -mc -- ! ti
de r tin* firm n:t:m of John F. Laird
defendant
rhe I*re.sld< nt of t ' '
tea. Greeting: T" the Abov. 1 e d
defendant John F. Ha rd.
S11nhimhis having been duly • !'
the above court Ill the III) 'C *‘lir 11 ! ' l
lion, and placed in the hand- or tic '
states marshal for the f- urth di\ i-c •
Alaska for service, and tic s:t d tea
having made due re111mi thereon, '«d''U
forth his inability to .-er.v the s.id >m:i
mons on the abm
F. Haini. and that aft*-r ddigeut • i:• ii h.
could not mid the said defen lant hn 1
Haini within Gc district; and tin* Luun'id
Having pre-cut* d ti- the • * urt and III* * >n
allidav it -Lowing that tic saul «!•• f<-»*.d :
did not n side m cud d a. t an I e .I
not. after dilic-nt s< are!). H* f and tin • <• n.
and that a g-.,.d ran-.* < f ,cici < \.-cd in
favor of plaintitT a-- up- t t’c- al»*.\ • n.e. • d
defendants and « a* h of til in, ai d that tic
said John F. Haini ha- pr j ■ cv within -aid
district subject to the jurisdiction "f tin
court: And the rower, having f.»n-idervd
the same, did. on the did day of July.
1914. make an order directing the publica
tion of tin summons in said acti >n for i
period of six weeks in The Iditamd Idom-eg
a newspaper of general circulation within
said district:
.Now, therefore, von are hereby ivqu a d
ti- appear in the district court for the r*r
ntor.s of Maska, Fourth division, wiiiun
thirty days after th- completion or tho
said publican n of summons. t'>wit: witlnn
thirty day- after the yijtii day of p’ m
ber. *19-14. exclusive of said day. and an
swer the c mplaint of the* above named
plaintilfs. a copv or which i- on III - in tic
oilier of the Clerk of the above entitl.d
court, and unless y ai - ■ appear am! an-w- n
the plaintilfs will take judgment agam-r
you for the Mini of t h r< - * • t in aiMtiHl six In n
dred and thirty dollars < s.V'uui . windi
an if dint is alleged to be due from d< '■ :id
ants to the plaintiff.- for rent of th— e. i
tain premise.-. kmwu as tic -oiiih for’.’, feed
of lot live, block rout*. Town of Iditamd.
Alaska, and will apply to tin • • and for tic
relief demand, d in the complaint, together
with the costs and disbursements of this
action.
Witness the Honorable F. F. lullc.
judge of said Gourt. this 7th day of Augu-t.
in the year (,f our Lord one thousand nine
hundred and fourteen.
(Seal) ANGKS 'lcRRiDF. i lerk.
Ry GKO. W. Al.HRFL 11T, Deputy -dork.
Notice to Creditors
In Iho rroliat.' Court for Otter Precinct.
Fourth Division, Territory of Alaska.
In the Matter or the Estate or Henry
Schneider, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the under
signed has been duly appointed adminis
trator or the estate or Henr.v Schneider.
ceased, and all persons having claims
against the estate or the said Henry Schnei
der are hereby notified to present the same,
verilled in the manner required by law, at
his oftloe in the. town or iditarod, within
six months from the date hereot.
FRANK J. KEENAN.
Hated August 8, 19 14.
First publication, Aug. 8. 1914.
bast publication, September 12, 1914.