C. J. Hurley, President J. P. Gleason, Vice President A. Bruning, Cashier
Corner First Avc, and Richmond St., Iditat’od
CAPITAL $50,000,00, FOLLY PAID IN CASH
General Banking Business Transacted Upon Liberal, Bat Conservative Lines
GOLD DUST PURCHASED UPON ASSAY VALUE
And we guarantee our assays against any of the government assay offices.
Clippings from your gold furnished you for the purpose
of obtaining check assays if desired.
We solicit your business, and assure you of our courteous, prompt and
careful attention combined with fair treatment, whether
your account may be large or small.
J. L. SALE
LEADING JEWELER OF THE NORTH
| Fine Watch Repairing |
| Nugget Jewelry Made to Order §
Corner First Avenue and Richmond St.,Iditarod
J. A. SLIPPERN,
Carries the LARGEST and MOST COMPLETE Stock of
Sash, Doors, Glass,
MIRRORS AND BUILDERS' HARDWARE IN IDITAROO
Store Fronts tincl Fancy Windows
Of any Size and Design Made to Order
LOWEST PRICES GUARANTEED
Telephone No. 5 Office—Slippern’s Sawmill
Which Is Most Available
Route to the Kuskokwim ?
Following the announcement that the
business people of Discovery Otter were
boosting for a trail from that point to
the new strike on the Kuskokwim, it
has developed that there are other pro
posed trail, not the least of which is
the road from Flat creek to Willow
and thence over, and which is said to
be already cut out to some extent.
Starting from the Forks roadhouse
on Flat, the musher crosses over to tho
head of Wil.otv or can follow the ridge
trail to Howard's roadhouse near the
lower end of the Wildcat association,
or about midway of Willow creek. He
is traveling due south and on a trail
that is cut most all the way, he con
tinues on four miles to Eldorado follow
ing that creek and crossing Bonanza.
It is about 12 miles from Howard’s
roadhouse to the top of the Kuskokwim
divide, and is said to he seven miles
further to the Smeaton and Larson
strike on Donlan creek.
This would bting the entire distance
from Iditarod City to Smeaton and Lar
son's strike on Donlan creek between
35 and 38 miles, or about 30 miles from
Flat City.
It is declared to be almost a straight
line over tlie most practical country
and the best route for tiiis winter's
travel.
Electric trusses at City Drug Store.
All sizes. _
Those new-fangled sanitary, conveni
ent and odorless water closets made at
the Pioneer Sheet Metal Works are in
big demand by parties desiring eco
nomical conveniences, and cleanly and
healthful surroundings.
NOTICE—-Three medium-sized native
dogs, said to be the property of
“Dutch Marie,” now absent from the
district, have been fed by tlie under
signed, in Iditarod city, since .Tune
18, 1910. Owner can have possession
of the animals by paying for their
keep and this advertisement, or they
will be sold. T. L. McGrath.
BBT
IMfW? @*&3&
W w €i i III 1$ I £# J & £#§£/
NEAR SLIPPERN’S MILL
Steamboat Landing Special Ratos for Large Quantities
/&Q £$ IIll IN NEW BUILDING
Merchants Cafe
First Avenue, Near Corner Richmond Street
STRICTLY FIRST CLASS
OPEN DAY_ AND NIGHT
Charlie^ Af/»er, Prop._Iditarcd, Alaska
| Newly Opened j
MEALS $1.00 LTF*
| Discovery Otter Stoner & Du Rand, Props, f
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Refreshment Rest3sE™EiRecreation
- T 5
Manuel’s
Saloon
FRONT ST, IDITARPD CITY
! WILLOW WILL KIJM WITH
ACTIVITY NEXT SEASON
In spite of the fact, that little has
been heard regarding the operations on
Willow creek during the past summer,
on account of the fact that the mining
done on the right limit paystreak on
the Wildcat association was rather dis
appointing, it now develops that there
has been much doing for some months
[last with the result, that big operations
will start there when the spring thaw
comes again.
Some time ago this paper published
news as to the taking of certain options
over there by Manley and Worden
which included sotno two miles of the
creek and involved figures approxi
mating $100,000. This deal followed the
discovery of gold far up on the left
limit bench, and marked the beginning
of a new era of prosperity for Willow
creek.
Later, the development work has
shown that this pay extends along the
left limit for an indeterminate distance,
and although it may not be a con
tinuous paystreak or delined, it seems
to be the sloughing from that side of
the valley, brought down by Happy,
Johnson, Gold arid other pups that
come in on the left limit.
Beginning on the Portland bench
and running into the Haggerty bench
and on into the Golden Eagle, there
has been some 300,000 feet of ground
stripped ready for the water next
spring, the same to be worked by a
combination of scraping and hydraulic
king that can be relied upon to catch
all the values and mine tlie ground to
advantage although it will average
little over a dollar to the foot.
Mace Farrer, foreman in charge of
the work there last summer for Man
ley and associates, succeeded in opening
up the proposition in line shape, with
the result that everything is in readi
ness for the waters of next spring.
He came into the city last week and
stated that the work had ceased there
for the winter. Mr. Farrer departed
for the Kuskokwim last Friday.
JEWS OBSERVE FAST
BAY LAST week
Last Wednesday evening and Thurs
day morning, short prayer exercises
were held at Isaacs Bros, store where,
under the leadership of Ike Bayles,
assuming temporarily the office of Rab
bi, the orthodox Jews of the city in
dulged in solemn observance of Yom
Kippur, or The Day of Atonement.
Thursday being Yon Kippur, many of
them fasted during the day, this self
denial, according to their religion, be
ing an atonement for the sins ami mis
deeds of the past year.
A week ago last Tuesday they ob
served Ilosh Hashono, or the Jewish
New Year. At this time the Lord is
is supposed to begin going over the
books to criticise the record of every
living soui. The tenth day thereafter
is Yom Kippur, and the nighL before
t lie books are closed for better or for
worse.
These ten days are days of prayer
among devout Jews throughout the
world, and it is a matter of commen
datory comment, that even here in far
away Alaska they observe the teach
ings which less devout believers are so
apt to forget.
Findiug conditions such that a mere
bakery and coffee house with its main
accompaniment of ham and eggs could
not completely fill the oill for the many
epicures who were frequenting the
place, the Ideal, on the corner of First
and Willow, changed its name last
•week and is now a full-fledged cafe
where the patron can order anything
from soup to nuts, with all fresh meats,
game and fish in season. Niehoff &
Hakes are the proprietors and they
give it out that they are there with the
goods, and can put out a steak that will
detain you for some period.
We can put you in a good, comfort
able house in a jiffy. Wee Anderson
Bros. & Norland - sash., doors, wall
paper, carpets, window shades, etc.
■"DAHGiiG SCOTTI" HAS
90 DAYS FOR EXERCISE
For doing a little rapid stock ex
change selling of a stove that belonged
to someone else, James Thompson, bet
ter known about town as “Dancing
Seotti” suddenly found himself in the
clutches of the law last Monday, and
being slightly unprepared for a plau
sible defense, is now doing 90 days in
the federal baslile.
The stove, which belonged to a man
now in the Kuskokwim, bad been
stored in Frank Miller’s saloon, Miller
being the natural guardian of the hard
ware. Thompson, believing it would
rot in innocuous desuetude decided to
put the stove in circulation and ac
cordingly sold it to It. Henderson for
$10, including a new ax, fry-pan, ham
mer and stovepipe stored inside of the
base-burner.
Henderson took the stove to his cab
in across the river, presumably as an
innocent purchaser, while Seotti took
the ten and proceeded to enliven the
waning hours.
The stove being missed subsequently,
an investigation started which landed
Thompson in jail. His hearing was
had Monday and he received a sen
tence by Judge Maltby of three months.
IBITAROD CITY BOASTS
SASH SHD 030R FACTORY
With the removal of J. A. Slippern’s
sash and doer shop from 3rd and Otter
to the new building at Karl Slippern’s
sawmill at the lower end of the city, a
real sash and door factory has been in
augurated which will doubtless be de
stined to put the blind on all of the
open spots hereabouts.
The new building is a huge affair,
and houses the planing mill that makes
all the fine work possible. They have
been turning out a bunch of lumber
down there, and with the combination
of the Slippern brothers, they will
hand out the finished article.
’TWAS MUCH BETTER
LATE THAN NEVER
Along that little bit ol herbage
strown “that just divides the desert
from the sown,’’ an oasis bloomed
and blossomed more than a week
ago and many a weary traveler
came in to pluck a bud or a Bud
weiser or a npSegay—meaning a
pink, or a carnation.
Traveling from Babylon to Dike
man, or trout here to there, thirsty
wayfarers who found the sun too
hot for their fevered brow; or the
burning sands too much for their
lagging feet, dropped in at this way
station, which, aptly enough is
called the Mecca, a magic word
with those devout ones who turn
their feet at stated hours of the dty
toward that place from which in
spiration springs.
It was a wet night, and as neat
as can be rem.-nibered, there win
song and much merriment besides
the moisture.
It appeared that a caravan had
started over the desert that day and
the leader blew out a fuse just as
the procession reached the Mecca,
which is at the corner uf Willow
and Second streets. This mishap
delayed the gang and having en
tered the place they cared no
whither they whisted, which means
that they didn’t give a dam what
happened.
Old man Omar had the same
thing in mind when he was talking
about the voice crying without the
tavern, which tarried not and
which might never come back
again. To prevent this crying
business the door was swung on
hinges that worked both ways.
George and “Fergy” were willing
to lake a chance, knowing that
once in, no vagrant soul would care
to be out again. And so it proved
to be for the place loomed up like
a water-lank on the Salt Take di
vision of the U. P. W., and it had
the Tucin cut-off beaten to a fraz
zle for you could walk right into
the drink.
Caravans has camels and cam
els is thirsty things, but when
them dromedaries started out next
day they were primed for an eight
day schedule and no stop-overs al
lowed.
Auten & Ferguson had been de
layed in getting their saloon open,
but as Omar says, “A wilderness
with a Mecca in it is paradise
en tiff. ”
| WHOLESALE
RETAIL
Planted by Tom Lloyd on His Famous Expedition
General Merchandise
Outfit with us at the mouth of Flat for the Kuskokwiin
Hay and Oats Fresh Goods Prices Right
Otter City and Mouth of Flat
A Place Where You Can Always Meet Your Friends
POOL _AMD J3nLLSARDJjALL
Choicest Cigars, Tobaccos, Fruits, Candies, Nuts, Soft Drinks, Stationery, Etc.
M. I\. HUSSEY F'L.AT" Cl ! Y p j mannion
o “FI li hi
p Ij|g IfQjillgf
| Harry Ashland and Geo, Karsh, Frops.
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II NOME BUT 1
LOSES CHAMPIONSHIP
OF ALL ALASKA
On September 15th lust, Tom Vacile
who has been wrestling freight and
other opponents all over this beautiful
vale of Alaska met with a decisive de
feat in the catch-as-catch-can game at
Nome, when he ran up against a
doughty mat-artist by the name of
John Herold.
Herold threw him the first time in
five minutes. Evidently he caught
Vacile with his suspenders twisted for
it took him 4S minutes to put the Greek
to the mat on the second fall.
Vacile will be remembered by Fair
banks people for he went to the mat up
there with somebody and can't just re
member who came out on top. He also
wrestled here last July with Jack
O’Connor, and threw the latter because
lie had it over him in weight by a num
ber of pounds.
Following that match he left for
Nome and won a match or two before
lie took on this man Harold who out
weighed him by thirty pounds. Evi
dently he gave Harold a run for his
money since 48 minutes is a long time
to spend lifting around a heavy man.
Anderson Bros. & Nerland—sash,
doors, store fronts, wallpaper, house
inings, all came on the high water.
See us. Willow and Second st.
Louis Rothermore and Martin Land
strom, partners of A. 15. Ferguson and
among the stakers of the good ground
on the other side of the divide dropped
in from the Kuskokwiro last week look
ing into the grub proposition.
WHEN YOU ARE COLD DROP IN TO THE
Pool Room
Good Musis Every Evening, Full Orchestra
Open All Night Bourret & Bridges, Props.
Newiy Opened
Board of Trade
SALOON
THE PLACE TO SPEND AN EVENING
Willow Sired, Idltarod A. Wallace, Prop,
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