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Here We Are
ONCE MORE WITH POSITIVELY THE BEST GOODS IN IDITAROD.
OVER LEBARGE
SHIPMENT OF
SWIFT'S PREMIUM H8ITI 80(1 BOCOO
Fresh Ranch Eggs,
Fresh Fruits,
GOLDEN GLOW BUTTER,
AND LOTS OF OTHER GOOD THINGS TO EAT
Sam’l Applebaum
PLEASANT TRIP INTERRUPTED
On Sunday afternoon last John I.ippk.
who is the owner of a gasoline launch, in
vited a few friends to take an excursion up
the river with him. Everything went
smoothly until the craft had reached a
point on the river above the “dog farm.”
when one of the guests discovered that the
roof of his home, which was in plain view
from the river, was in flames. Immediately
the boat was turned in the direction of the
city and a race commenced to reach the
burning building before it was destroyed.
As sometimes happens with gasoline en
gines. however, at this crucial moment the
power failed, and in spite of frantic attempts
to start the engine, the boat remained hope
lc-.-Iy adrift, finally the boat was poled
ashore . iul the occupants made a wild rush
for the burning house. Some neighbors had
discovered the conflagration, however, and
by the time the pleasure seekers arrived the
tire was extinguished. The voyage was not
resumed.
A. B. ROME HEARD FROM
A B. Rome, on his arrival in Seward
from Iditarod. told the Gateway of that
city that quite a number of people in the
Interior placer camp would go to Seward
when the official announcement of the
choice of the railroad terminal was made.
He knew' of two or three Interior mer
chants who would go, but said that Iditarod
would be a good producer for several years
to come. So large a number of people were
going Inside this year. Mr. Rome said, that
it indicated a severe dullness Outside.
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Is the place to get
Clothing, Underwear, Sox,
Shoes, Hats, Caps, Cigars,
Tobaccos, Pipes, Snuff, Drugs
and Paten* Medicines, Cosmetics
Rubber Goods, Photo Supplies.
Your Films Developed and
Pictures Made.
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Iditaroc!
POOR DEMAND FOR FURS
Advices received in Fairbanks on March
24 state that a fur sale held on that date in
London by the great English fur house of
Lampson & Co. was a dismal failure. There
was no sale whatever for mink skins. Mar
ten. lynx and red fox skins sold for 40 per
cent off the prices of last March, while
beaver sold 35 per cent under last year's
market. Bearskins alone maintained the
same value. This simply means, scys the
News-Miner, that until the present war is
ended and the people can recover from their
enormous expenditures, that furs are con
sidered too great a luxury for general pur
chase, and the fur market is dead excepting
for local use. It is a matter of serious
importance to Alaska, and the Interior in
particular.
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CITY WARRANTS ORDERED PAID
Warrants for the following amounts were
ordered paid by the town council at the
meeting held Thursday evening:
E. L. Bvers.'.$ 200.00
i E. I.. Bvers. 200.00
j J. H. Smith. 3.00
: Pioneer Sheet Metal Works. 7.50
i Crowley & Porter. 145.7o
j G. Wuda. 3-00
i Northern Commercial Company . 28.07
| K. ,1. Smith. 4.00
B. A Meyers. 10.00
j Iditarod Pioneer. 2/.01)
| John Holmes . - ■ ■ -. 1.00
James Green 4.1.0
Dan Hartnett . 3.00
Northern Commercial Company 4.00
j Dan Hartnett : . L00
j School board' - ■ . 450.00
; Total ..SI,093.69
TANANA PROBABLY WRECKED
From fragmentary news conveyed in the
marine bulletins it is gleaned that the river
steamer Tanana has met with disaster in
the Thirtymile river. No details are given.
OTTER COMMISSIONERSHIP
WILL BE UP TO COURT
One of the matters that will be taken
up bv Judge Bunnell at the term of court
which commences in this city on June 24
is the matter of appointing a United States
commissioner for Discovery, Otter. Some
time ago a petition was sent to Judge Bun
{ nell from Discovery, asking that Alex Mc
| Kwan be appointed commissioner, but as
! yet the judge has taken no action as to the
appointment.
i The matter of the appointment of a com
missioner or a deputy marshal to be sta
tioned at Discovery is one which has a
I direct bearing upon the continuance of the
retailing of alcoholic beverages at that place.
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C. C. Climer, the Flat City shoemaker.
( was among the stampeders for the reported
i new digging-. He was a passenger aboard
| the little steamer Marie F.
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► Linoleums, Art Burlap and House Linings.
► Picks, Shovels, Sluice Forks, Mattocks, Brush Hooks, Peavies, Cant Hooks, Pike
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LAST COnnENTS OF WINTER
HAIL ARRIVE OVER SEWARD TRAIL
Toni Boyd, accompanied by “Smiling Al
bert.” arrived in Iditarod about noon Sun
day with the belated Seward mail He came
by boat from Ophir, having made the trip
from that place, a distance of approximately
700 miles, by means of a poling boat fitted
up with an “Evinrude” motor. The con
signment consisted of about 1.600 pounds,
and comprised the last three weekly ship
ments over the Seward trail. Coming over
the trail to Takotna, the consignment had
been taken over the strip) of land dividing
the Kuskokwim and Innoko rivers, and
thence down the Innoko to the Iditarod. The
trip from Ophir was made in six days.
Mr. Boyd had an interesting story to re
late of his experience in getting the last
three consignments of the winter mail to
the Kuskokwim. There was absolutely no
trail, and in many places temporary bridges
had to be constructed in order to cross
streams swollen from the spiring freshets.
Neither horses nor dogs could be used in
the final stages, and for long distances the
mail was transported on the backs of the
carriers by relays. The trail in many in
stances followed sloughs, and these being
filled with waver, the carriers were com
pelled to keep* to the high ground and go
through the brush.
Speaking of the failure to get the mails
through on contract time during the month
of May, Mr. Boyd said that the break-up
caught the contractors totally unprepared.
He was satisfied that it was impossible to
move the mail on contract time during the
period of the break-up, but that after the
ice was gone from the streams it was a com
paratively easy matter to get the consign
ments through on schedule. When he had
seen that it was impossible to get the weekly
mail through from Takotna to Iditarod
over the trail, he had assembled the dif
ferent consignments there and decided on
the river trip from Ophir. He had carried
the motor for his boat from Takotna.
A portion of the mail consignment that
had caused a good deal of profanity among
the carriers along the trail was a pair of
scales for the postoflice at McGrath, which,
when it had to be packed on the backs of
the carriers, made a full load for one man.
It is suggested that the urgent need for the
delivery of this bulky article by parcel post
to the prospective metropolis of the upper
Kuskokwim was that it would be in readi
ness to handle gold consignments to the
Outside when the winter service goes into
effect again next November.
Mr. Boyd eft for Takotna this morning,
taking with him his horses.
SUIT AGAINST HENRY RODEN
A Seattle dispatch of March 24 states
that William Detering, known throughout
the North as “Caribou Bill,” has brought
suit against Henry Roden, formerly terri
torial senator from Iditarod, for an account
ing for $20,000 alleged to have beeu sub
ject to Roden’s order when the latter was
his attorney in Dome creek litigation, and
for which, he says, Roden made no account
ing, Roden denies the allegations of the
complaint.
The Philippines produce about 10,000.000
gallons of alcohol a year, most of it being
made front the sap of the nipa palm.
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Complete Line of John B, Stetson
Latest Novelties in Nats
DON’T FORGET WE HAVE THE NEW WHITE RUBBER BOOTS
AND PACS
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He Is C®&ninnl
WHO?
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With a Choice Line of Fresh
Goods
CHARTER MEMBERS
OF TAKOTHAIGLOO
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By a recent mail Cyril P. \\ oorl received
from Secretary Archie Higgins a list of the
charter members of Takotna Igloo No. 11.
Pioneers of Alaska, which was organized
t early' this spring by Mr. Wood. The fol
j lowing were enrolled:
j Charles Rebhum A. R. Eldridge
Adolph Carlson W. E. Geiger
John Olson Gus Gullickson
Charles E. Smith John E. Estleman
Robert Andrews Dan Aston
E. M. Whelan James Van Emmon
G. W. Elliott A. Higgins
Prank Fox J. L. Berry
J. H. McLean Jos. Brazeau
T. W. Boyd William Stanton
John Sinclair Hans Erickson
G. II. I.aurance William H. Jones
W. A. O’Brien Albert Lind
0. R. Ebby Ed Opsjon
W. Beham G. N. Roberts
Chris Nelson Thos. 0. Harling
Chris Peterson Andrie Sharpp
B. B. Smith William Goss
Fred Duboir J. E. Nolett
D. A. Zarbors R. A. Stout
L. W. Atwater Victor Sebelle
Lewis Blackburn B. Newman
August Welden
Hot Air and Vapor Baths with Electric
Vibration, Osteopathy and Chiropractic
Massage is the watchword of the world to
day. Its efficiency is the touchstone that
is annlied to rheumatism, lame back, dys
pepsia, indigestion and lumbago.
THE CROSBY MASSAGE AND BATH
PARLORS
A MAIL INCIDENT
In the last mail Isadore Bayles received
a communication from Messrs. Cluett, Pea
body & Co., inclosing a copy of a letter of
Postmaster General Burleson to Senator
Wesley L. Jones of Washington, which is
reproduced elsewhere in this issue.
The incident which aroused the interest of
the firm of shirt and collar fame in Alaska’s
mail service is typical of many such experi
ences. On August 29 last there was shipped
from Seattle by the firm named a consign
ment of goods by parcel post for Mr. Bayles.
In due time the bill for the same was re
ceived, but Mr. Bayles notified the firm that
he had not received the package. Cluett,
Peabody & Co. made inquiries of the postal
officials, the result being the letter of the
postmaster general. In April of this year
tne missing package was delivered, and at
the same time another package which had
been mailed in June, 1914.
GEORGE COPELAND WANTED
Louis E. Arnold, 2036 Steiner street, San
Francisco, writes to Commissioner Geraghtv
making inquiry for one George Copeland,
sometimes known as Billy Copeland, who
left San Francisco for Alaska in 1898. He
was seen in Iditarod in 1913, and is said to
be working a claim in the Kuskokwim dis
trict.
^DUNCAN MiCHIE IN DAWSON
The Dawson News of March 26 contained
the information that Duncan Michie, who is
well known in mining circles in this district,
was in Dawson. After remaining there for
some time he expects to leave for the lower
river. Mr. Michie spent the winter in Cali
fornia.
For Working Clothing, sec Boas, Flat.
Although there was a bare quorum pres
ent, and but few spectators, last. Thursday
evening’s session of the Iditarod town coun
cil was not without interest. Among the
business transacted were the ordering of
payment of a number of bills, the report of
City Treasurer Button, the apportionment
of $450 to the school board, the dropping
from the pay roll of the chief of police,
who was also ex officio chief of the fire de
partment, superintendent of streets and dog
catcher, and a discussion of the eternal dog
problem.
Mayor Stanton called the meeting to or
der at about 8 :30, with Councilmen Smith,
Button, Ansley and Riley and Clerk Meyers
in attendance. After the regular routine,
the reading of bills was taken up, and this
developed an interesting incident which
arose over a bill of The Pioneer for printing
a city ordinance ordered by the members of
the police committee. The members of the
finance committee refused to indorse the
bill and on the question of its payment
the council divided - three voting in favor
of its payment and two against. The con
tention seemed to be that the police com
mittee had no authority to authorize the
expenditure. All of the bills submitted
were ordered paid. These totaled about
$100.
The financial report showed that there
were outstanding city warrants to the
amount of 81.328, and there was an in
debtedness against the school district of
$947. There was in the hands of the treas
urer the sum of $1,030. An apportionment
of $450 was made to the school district, and
the city warrants will be paid in numerical
order to the extent of the funds on hand.
rire uepanmeni
An interesting discussion of fire depart
| ment matters was precipitated by a report
submitted by Fire Chief Byers. When the
present fire apparatus was purchased, one
I of the principal arguments used in its be
; half was that no salaried official would be
I required to operate it that it could be put
in use at a moment’s use by any one of
numerous volunteers who would be always
at hand. The report of Mr. Byers disposes
of this belief. His report was as follows:
“The city’s fire fighting apparatus is in
perfect condition and is ready for instant
service. It is. however, valueless and may
easily be ruined unless a skilled mechanic
is in charge of the pump when in operation.
When the office of watchman is discontinued
! would suggest that arrangements be made
with E. J. Uhl and Charles Denton to test
the pump occasionally and to operate it
during tires.
“In my opinion, a well should be exca
vated between the fire hall and the river
| for the pump suction. Accidents to the
suction line, such as occurred at the time
j of the Wiliner tire, and recently when it
was damaged by a steamer, would then be
impossible. The apparatus as it is now is
out of commission when ice is running. It
will also be much easier to handle water in
ccld weather if the suction is shortened and
placed in a well. To construct such a well
and house, it should cost not more than
$500.
‘The discharge line should be covered be
fore next winter. The valves at the hydrant
tre steam valves, and should be replaced
by gate water valves. A by-pass should be
placed in the discharge line in the engine
room, so that water may be returned to the
well during tests, and not through the whole
discharge line, as is now necessary'. I attach
a list of supplies needed for this station,
which includes fittings for this change.
“Approximately fifteen cords of wood and
one hundred gallons of gasoline will be re
quired by the fire department during the
coming year. There are on hand plenty of
supplies for the chemical engine.
“1 have appreciably mitigated the dog
nuisance, ana nave not lounu n necessaiy
to impound any dogs nor to make an arrest.
If a dog catcher is appointed, the ordinance
should be amended so that owners may al
low their dogs to run a short time during
the evening or night. Such an ordinance
will meet with very little resistance. It is
my opinion that a large majority of the
business men and citizens of Iditarod wish
the dogs kept off the street during the day.
“If the council wishes this ordinance en
forced, a dog catcher will have to be ap
pointed.”
On motion, the report of the fire chief
was accepted. A motion was also carried
that the further services of Mr. Byers be
dispensed with, the councilmen, however,
wishing it understood that this step was
taken only because of lack of funds. Mr.
Byers volunteered to continue in charge of
the fire station during the current month
without pay, and he was duly thanked, and
one councilman also suggested that he ought
also to be thanked for past services.
The Deg Question
An extended discussion of the dog ordi
nance followed. An effort was made to au
thorize the police committee to appoint a
poundmaster to enforce the ordinance, and
to clothe him with police power, but Mayor
Stanton declared the city had no right to
delegate the appointment of officials to a
committee. It was stated that there were
no applicants for the position. As the mat
ter now stands, therefore, although the or
dinance prohibiting dogs from running loose
in the city limits is still in force, there is
no one to enforce it. If any ambitious and
energetic citizen finds himself with time
hanging heavily on him, here is a chance
to find a vent for pent-up energies and ac
quire an interesting experience.
The council adjourned at 9 :45.
PI AfAPnQ big and small, printed on
I Li/ACrAIvL/D paper, cardboard or clotb,
on short notice, at Iditarod Pioneer ofllce.
Job Printing at Pioneer office.
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1ID3TAR0D DISCOVERY, OTTER I
RIVER TRAFFIC I
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The gas boat Prairie Bell left down river
at 11 :30 a. in. Sunday with passengers for
upper Yukon points, connecting with the
steamer Washburn. She returned Monday j
evening.
The Transit made a trip to the Yukon
Gold Company’s power house on the upper
Iditarod during the week.
Ira Wood is having the hull of the Nancy
Bell lengthened and the vessel will be soon
in commission.
Commodore AI Lowe has been busy this !
week getting the Keystones barges in shape \
for use. The repairs to the Keystone are (
fctill in progress, and will be finished about
July 1. f
Daily Bulletin
Saturday, May 29: Delta—Down Circle
£ p. m. 28th. Reliance—At Gibbon; leaves
for Betties as soon as Delta arrives. Mail |
launch Mariposa Up Louden, 8 a. m. Julia j
B.—Down Tolovana. 9:10 a. m. Mail launch !
Mabel—Up Koyukuk. 5:45 p. m. 28th. ,
Tanana—Stuck in ThirtymiU. Dawson j
Down Whitehorse to assist Tanana.
Sunday, May 30: Delta—Gibbon for
Fairbanks, 10 a. in. Benchley At Birches j
Reliance—Gibbon for Betties. 10 a. m. Mari- •
posa—Up Melozi, 5 p. m. 29th. Julia B
Down Hot Springs, 2 a. m. Davis--Leaves ;
Gibbon for Egbert 4 p. m.
Monday. May 31: Reliance Down Lou- ■
den, 6 a. m. Julia B. Down Kokrines, 7
a. m. Launch Bud - Up Kokrines, G a. m.
Mariposa—At Nulato. Davis—Up Rampart,
i 4:30 a. m. Midnight Sun At Fairbanks.
I Columbus—Sails for Tolovana strike from
j Fairbanks today. Nasutlin Up Carmacks,
[7 p. m. 30;h. Mail launch Down Coffee
creek this morning. Canadian Down Hoot
alinqua for woou. Delta -Up Gibbon for
Fairbanks yesterday. Washburn Down
Dikeman, 10 ;>. m. 30th.
Tuesday. June 1: Casca— Leaves White .
horse today. Northern Light—Gibbon for
Yukon Flats. Marathon—Gibbon for Fair
banks. Benchley—At Gibbon. Reliance
For Betties. 4 p. m. from Nulato. Julia B.
—Down Koyukuk. Robert Leo Down
Rampart, 3 p. m. Delta—Up Nenana, 3
a. m. Bud—Up Birches, 4 p. m. Nasutlin j
—Up Lebarge. 5:30 a. m.
Wednesday, June 2: Reliance— Up Koy
ukuk. 1st. Julia B. Down Kaltag, 10
p. m. 1st. Washburn—Up Kaltag. 10 a. m.
Delta Sails from Fairbanks for Dikeman, 7
p. m. Falcon—Down Eagle, 11 p. m. 1st.
: Midnight Sun—Down Chena. 11 p. m. 1st.
Wednesday, June 3: Washburn—Up Lou
den, 1 :15 a. m. Julia B. Down Kaltag.
1st. Dawson—Up Lebarge, midnight. Casca
and Yukon At head of Lake Lebarge.
Sibella Met Falcon above Circle and turned
back. Sibella—Down Circle. 9 p. m. Davis
—Up Circle, 2 a. m. 3d. Delta Down :
Chena, 2 a. m. Black Maria Up Koyukuk,
8 :30 p. m.
TOMMY AS THEATRICAL MAN
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Tommy McSmart. well and favorably
known in Iditarod for his many accomplish
ments, has been heard from again, this time
in a sphere of action where his talents will ,
be given an opportunity to display them
selves. A Fairbanks man has received a
letter from McSmart in which he tells of
his branching out into the theatrical busi
ness in San Diego, Cal. One of his busi
ness partners, also an old Northerner, is
Jack McRae. The theater being conducted
by Tommy and his partners is the Empress,
! at the corner of Fifth and B streets, San
| Diego. The managers book nothing but
! good legitimate plays, and Mr. McSmart
! writes that they exnect the venture to be a
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success. Some (if the plays so far put on
here were “Checkers." ‘‘Three Weeks" and
‘The Cirl from Rector’. " His many friends
iere will wish him success.
Friday. .Tune 4: Washburn At Gibbon.
Delta Down Hot Springs, 1 a. m. Sibella
—Gibbon today. Casca Down Selkirk. 5
i. m. Yukon Down Selkirk, 7 a. m. Vi
let te At Dawson. Kerr At Eagle. Julia
Y Down Kaltag, 1st. Jacobs For Fair
banks 2 a. m.
POPULAR YOUNG MAN
STARTS ON LONG JOURNEY
Among the passengers for the Outside
who left on the Prairie Bell last Sunday, to
connect with the Washburn at Dikeman,
was Ronald Frost, for more than two years
past employed by Crowley & Porter of this
city. He is on his way to his home in Eng
land. and it is rumored that the call of his
native land for volunteers in the military
service is what impels him to make the
trip at this time. The best wishes of his
hosts of friends in this city and district will
go with him.
Among the other passengers on the Prairie
Bell were Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stanford,
who are on their way to Ruby, and Louis
Garfinkle, the traveling man.
AFFLICTED NATIVE WOMAN
RELIEVED BY DEATH
Deputy Marshal Percy G. Charles, who
left here on the launch Beaver last Satur
day for Holikachek, on the lower Innoko,
returned on Tuesday last. His mission to
the Indian village was to take charge of an
insane native woman whose case had been
rep rted to his office. Upon his arrival at
his (lest in at: * u the deputy marshal learned
that the suffering woman had died during
a paroxysm a few days previously, and 1. id
eh ■ ady been but; T1 ; unfort
w( loan, who besides her mental troubl * \vn
u'iso sightless, was knov. r\ Mrs. D >rca>.
Her husband died suddenly lust winter, and
it is said that her mind had been affected
ever since.
Mr. Charles was accompanied on th^ trip
by Mrs. Charles and Mrs. Earl Byer>.
YUKON POLICE OFFICIALS
EXCLUDING DESTITUTE MEN
Recent arrivals in Iditarod from the Out
side by way of the upper Yukon tell of
large numbers of penniless men being turned
back from the Canadian border by the
Northwest Mounted Police. It is said that
several hundred were thus refused admission
to the Canadian Yukon this spring. The
Dawson authorities are taking steps to ad
vertise the fact that the country- is already
veil supplied with labor, and the mayors
of the various coast cities have been notified
of conditions and requested to warn laborers
‘o keep away from Dawson.
Sergeant Mapley of the Royal Northwest
mounted police has been stationed at the
summit on the White Pass railway, with
instructions to guard strictly against un
desirables and men without means coming
into the Interior. The provision requiring
the possession of a considerable .-aim of
money by those desiring to enter Canada
is being strictly enforced.
Henry Boas, the clothier, made a busi
ness trip to his branch store a*. Flat- City
yesterday.
Fresh Olympia Oysters, for cocktails, $2
can. Iditarod Meat Co.
PIONEER CREEK AGENCIES
FLAT CITY.Mrs. C. C, Chittick
DISCOVERY OTTER Harry Donnelley
FRESH
Garden
Seeds
JUST RECEIVED OVER THE WINTER TRAIL
CROWLEY & PORTER
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