Gold Seal ass. Robbers
In 8,12,18-Inch, with or without heels
isaaFSTT co.
Leading Clothiers Strictly One Price
WAIT
For the latest IMPORTATIONS in SPRING
COSTUMES and MILLINERY will arrive to
morrow over the ice.
Spring opening next week.
Mrs. F. A. STEVENS Phone 33
Bowed Their Foreheads
To His Nibs, The Joss
The Japanese party given to the
ladies of Iditarod by Mesdames Graham,
Newman and Dunham, at the home ot
Mrs. Graham on First street, Thursday
afternoon, has been the chief society
topic of the week, and lias caused no
end of pleased comment because of the
unique character of the event, and the
really beautiful decorations of the
Graham home, prepared for the guests.
The party was distinctly Japanese
in every particular, from the costumes
of the ladies to the tea they drank.
Painted and pompadoured, with joss
sticks in their hair, and in brilliant
flowing kimonos, they appeared at the
appointed hour, and in rooms hung with
gay Japanese banners and lanterns,
they seated themselves on the floor
amid a profusion of cushions, and played
cards at little four-inch tables while
incense and candles burned before the
Joss, and a Jap servant brought them
the dainty delicacies peculiar to the
slant-eyed children of the Orient.
Whist was the order of the afternoon,
but in the evening a number of gentle
men joined the feminine throng, and
with music and song the merriment
was prolonged until a late hour.
Among the prize winners were Mrs.
Beattie, who held the highest score at
whist, and Mrs. Keyes, who took the
consolation. Miss Roscoe won first
prize at the casino table.
Among the guests were Mesdames
Brooks, Snyder, Grant, Strong, Peter
son, Elliott, Sanders, P. McMullen, E.
McMullen, Abbenroth, Shea, Beattie,
Troughteo, Miller, Keyes, Chute, Lang
Riley, Banks. Misses Maltby, Roscoe,
Peterson and Folvig.
Draw Plans For Eagle Dance
The Eagles of Dawson, Fairbanks and
lditarod will gather tomorrow night
at the A. B. hall at Flat to discuss
plans for the big ball which they in
tend giving next Saturday night. They
are taking a great interest in the
evert, and every effort will be made to
execute the first social bow of the
Eagles in this camp in a finished and
impressive manner.
Best watch repairing at Simpson's.
Threw Scare Into
Roadlionse Keepers
Aecoiding to the latest reports from
I Fairbanks, the district attorney’s office
! of this judicial division is raking over
| roadhouse liquor traffic with a fine
- tooth comb. Besides making strenuous
efforts to catch a redskin who could
give valuable testimony in regard to
the case of one Johnson, who peddled
hootch from a launch along the Yukon
last summer, Crossley summoned a
number of roadhouse keepers along the
Valdez trail and impressed them with
the fact that unless illegal liquor traf
fic were stopped suddenly among the
travelers, there would be plenty of
prosecutions. Many of these places are
without licenses, but they appear to
have been selling tanglefoot in the
original packages.
Iditarod Post Cards. Rad Cross Drug
Store, First are.
Gurry's Death Is False Rumor
It is with considerable pleasure that
we confess the mistake made last week
in publishing the story of the rumored
death of Mr. and Mrs. Dare Curry, !
botli well-known Northerners.
The rumor, which now appears to be j
totally unfounded, had become current !
throughout the city and on the creeks, ,
to an extent which seemed to prove its !
truthfulness, although we were unable 1
to verify it.
There seems to have been no truth |
whatever in the story which was to the
effect that Curry had killed his wife
and then committed suicide in Cali-j
fornia, and we are totally at a loss to j
account for its origin. As far as possi
ble, we hope thus to correct the error |
of which we were unintentionally
guilty.—[Editor.]
A Bargain
1,100 feet T-rail. fishplates and spikes.
Apply Iditarod Pioneer office.
Distemper Remedy for Dogs. Red Cress
Drug Store.
__I
JUST ARRIVED
Latest Eastern Styles
SPRING SUITS
One-Piece Hobble Dresses
| SPRING COATS
FULL LINE
UADIES’ FURNISHINGS
Mrs. Mary Andersen
Fairview Trading Co. "SSL
Next to M. and M. Bank Building
| Joseph H. Smith
► CARRIES A I ".’LL LINE OF
\ Furniture Cash Registers Crockery
J Carpets Stoves a ml Ranges Bar Glassware
► Mattings Cole's Heaters Safes
► Bedding Fire Eitlnpisliers Bool Tables
► H u ness Hardware Phonographs and Records
; Phone 6, Second and Willow Streets, Iditarod City
Miners & Merchants Bank
IDITAROD, ALASKA
Capital, $100,000.00
General Banking Business Transacted Sold Dust Bought and Assayed
Drafts issued cn Any Part of the World
SEATTLE CORRESPONDENT: SCANDINAVIAN AMERICAN SANK
SAFE DEPOSIT HOIKS K)K KENT
OFFICERS:
T. J. Nestor, President
Chas- Ross, Vice President
E. G. Lindberg, Manager
John Holmes, Cashier and Assayer
I Id it a rod Machine Shopl
i ► Black St., Rear Sllpparn'a Mill List Your Machinery With Us for Sale McDonald, Horner & McDonald £
C| ||UC UflQP From S4c Foot Up
I LUSfiL nUOL SEE US FOR PRESSURE HOSE
Our Seamless HYDRAULIC HOSE
Will Arrive June I. Prices from 65c Foot Up
Tents, Tarpaulins, Boat Covers._All Kinds Canvas Goods.
Johnson Hose & Tent Factory
DOG DONALDSON
ENDS LONG MUSH
After a round trip from Georgetown
to the Tenderfoot country above Fair
banks and return, Doc Donaldson, one
of the pioneers of the Kuskokwim city
arrived in Iditarod last Wednesday,
and will depart for Georgetown in a
day or so.
Doc reports a re-awakening of in
terest in the Tenderfoot country where
some finds have been made recently.
On 13 Tenderfoot where Theodore
Witte took out some $150,000 two or
three years ago, Ed Hern and Pete
Jorgeson, have encountered a bench
paystreak about 75 feet in width that
is as rich as anything found in the
claim heretofore. On Democrat creek
Billy Tokla and Mizoo SchutT put in a
flume to carry water to 3-b. Their
flume broke, and in one night cut a
deep trench to bedrock, displaying a
paystreak which has since proven to be
forty feet wide and quite rich.
The Hot Springs district has taken
on a decided lease of life ana Sullivan
will be one of the busiest creeks in
Alaska this season.
| WANTED—Mustier with fast dogteam
going to Fairbanks wants passenger
at reasonable fare. Tel. this office.
FOR SALE
One 30-h.p. Scotch marine boiler 9£
| ft. long, 44-in. in diameter, water back.
45 ft. of stack. All in first-class eondi
[tion. Address Pioneer.
EMPIRE COMMERCIAL COMPANY
.-WHOLESALE AND RETAIL-,
--Wines, Liquors, Cigars—
ROSS & NESTOR,
Lumber and Building Materials
F3 a n k B1 d g. I d i ta rod
COMING AND GOING.
Bert Green, son of Commissioner
Green of tho Toknotna, came in from
that portion of the country this week
bringing with him three mountain
sheep killed in the Sawtooth range.
Most of this excellent game (the firs";
of its kind here this winter) was sold
to the Merchants cafe.
Capt. Smvthe, the gallant captain of'
the good ship Florence S, came in from '
a point on the Innoko river below Dis- j
kaket where the toat is resting in win- j
ter quarters. The approaching breakup
makes him nervous and he is com
pelled to move about a bit.
Malone and Kelly, two well-known
operators of Engineer and Coldstream,
in the Fairbanks district, are on the
trail between this city and Lewis Land
ing and should arrive here in a dav or
so. They are bringing three horses
with them, but are traveling light.
A. V. Thorns and Chas. Carroll were
in town this week looking up machin
ery in connection with their lay on the
Bonanza and Glen associations on Fiat
creek. They are getting ready for
hard work this season.
Andy Vize is on the creeks booking
orders for his acetylene light plant.
Louis Moe of Flat creek, who was
detained in the hospital here for some
time last winter, was again brought in
this week, suffering from a severe at
tack of lumbago. He is attended by
Doctor Wortmann.
Axel Erickson, a layman of Otter
creek was operated upon last Monday
by Dr. Wo-rtmann of this city, assisted
by Dr. Spaulding of Elat. He lias been
troubled with tubercular glands, the
same being a recurrence of trouble ex
perienced last fall. He is declared to
be in much better condition at present.
Frank Grace, an employe of the N.
C. Co. and recently of the Fortyraile
country, is due to arrive here with a
dog team about April 4. He is coming
via Nulato.
Archie Allen, of the Pioneer Sheet
Metal Works, has been doing the
creeks this week, taking orders for the
J. B. Colt’s acetylene light machines.
The firm is agent for an improved gas
headlight which is said to be the real
dope for open-cut mining at night.
Tour Cold can't last if you use Reiall Cold
Tablets. Red Cross Drug Store, First aye.
If you vrant your clothing cleaned o; pressed
ring up Wile the Tailor—Phone 68
Eves examined free—Simpson's.
A General Meeting" of All Members of the Fraternal Order of Eagles
has been called for
Sunday Evening, April 2, 9 p.m„ at A. B. Hall, Flat City
Grand Ball, sf.’.id,ay April 8
Under Auspices of Norae-Fairbanks-Dawson Eagle Club, Flat City
A CORDIAL INVITATION
Is extended to the ladies of the creeks and Iditarod to inspect our
SPRING Costumes
Just arrived over the ice. Exclusive Styles. Latest Importations
Mrs. R. Graham & W. H. Newman, Modistes,
< 1st Avenue near Black Street
Thought To Be Deed
Of An Insane Man
I
Claiming that he acted in self-defense,
George Tisdale, who formerly mined in
Dawson and Fairbanks, stands charged
with the murder of Joseph Plepln, a
F reDch-Canadian.
The killing took place about two
o’clock on the afternoon of March 17
at a cabin about 80 miles below George
town and 12 miles from Kolmakofsky.
From the meager details to hand it is
learned that Tisdale occupied the cabin
where the shooting took place in
company with three Frenchmen, and
he claims that Plepln was trying to
poison him, and that his life was other
wise in danger.
After the tragedy Tisdale walked
into Georgetown and gave himseif up.
He was in an extremely nervous con
dition, and although he admitted the
shooting, claimed to be ignorant of the
results of his action. It is believed that
he is mentally unbalanced.
Jos. Plepln comes from the province
of Quebec, Canada, his father being a
banker.
George Tisdale joined the Kuskok
wim rush last year and has been there
throughout the winter.
Marshal Siebe will arrive in town j
within a few days, bringing the:
prisoner and several witnesses. Among
the latter is Pharro, who is at present
out on bonds charged with selling
liquor to Indians.
Jack Hayes Has Bad Accident
Jack Hayes, who has been putting in
the winter at Dikeman cutting wood,
met with a serious accident on VVednes
day last. He was splitting some wood
and in swinging his axe caught it in an
intervening branch, which caused the
tool to glance off, catching his left
haud across tue first and second fingers, I
a.most severing the first member. The
I°Jary 'vas a painful one, and it was
it! hours before Jack arrived in town
to get medical attention. He is now
under ths care of Dr. Wort man, who
“°Pes of saving both digits.
Mr. Hayes was formerly warehouse
man for R. H. Miller & Co. at Chena,
and is widely known throughout the
interior.
Have your nuggets made into souve
oiis at Simpson’s, the pioneer jeweler
A MODERN HOTEL
Hotel Grand, Flat City
Finely Furnished Rooms
First Class Cafe. Liquors and Cigars
Pool and Billiards
N. CJLANTZ AND MRS. SWANSON
Clothes washed by our system wear longer and look better
HIGH GLOSS OR DOMESTIC FINISH
SILKS AND FLANNELS WASHED BY HAND
Willow Street Phone 129 H. J. Banks, Prop.
FILED FOR RECORD
Friday, March 24.
Deed—S. P. O’Neil to John Allerton,
1-16 Otter assoeial ion. Otter creek.
8a; , , March. 25
Mortgage — Thomas and Carolina
Markuson to John C. and Harriet
Green, lot 50x150 First, avenue, Dike
man, with building and furniture, $1,
000.
Location—Charles Goebel, 4-a. Left
fork, Slate creek.
Location — D. G. McCarty, Auto
claim, left limit Happv: Morgan claim,
left limit Happy; Discovery claim,
Joker gulch, tributary of Happy.
Monday, March 27
Dissolution of Partnership—C. G.
Bernhardt and E. B. Duncan, North
Star restaurant, Dis. Otter.
Agreement- Wm. Davis to W. W.
Kelly and John Sargent; first party
given 1-4 Fraction claim, bead or
Happy, in consideration of tunnel to
bedrock; time allowed, 50 days.
Deed—C. A. Britt to C. E."Craig, 2-9
interest in lay on Hornestake associa
tion. Flat creek; also 1-16 of 3 b. Flat
creek, $1.
Deed—( . E. Craig and Edwin Sutli
tiland to Cecil H. Clegg, 1-30 2-b., 1-18
3-b., 1-9 interest in lay on 3-b.. 1-!) 4-b.,
1-15 Jumbo association. 2-27 interest in
lay on Hotnestake or Mohawk associa
tion, all on Flat creek. $1.
Agreement—('. A. Britt and Thomas
Maiier and t'. K. Craig: first parties
agree to assume debts of lav on 3-b.
Flat creek; second party assumes debts :
of lay on Hotnestake association. Flat;
Britt agrees to transfer 2-9 interest in
lay on Hotnestake and 1-16 interest in
3-b., also agrees to procure transfer to
Craig 1-5 of Jumbo association and 1-12
interest in 2-b., all on Flat creek;
agreement terminates further rela
tions between parties us regards lays.
Location—Rose M. Neuman, 25-a.
Dis. Otter.
Location—Frick Erickson.John Lund, i
Laura Kemp and Charles L. Kemp,
Vermont association, Martin creek.
Wednesday, March 29
Deed—Greg Stewart and C. B. Me-1
Dowell to Alexander Gooch, northeast
corner, lot 1, block 11, Third avenue!
and Richmond street, Iditarod, 81.
Bill of Sale—W. R. Day, John Raap, :
Fred Church, J. F. Fox, \V. E. Gray,!
J. E. Miller and John Eliiott to Ray- j
mond Biair and Ronald Blair, 7-8 ICMi
ott association, Right fork, Boulder
creek, 81.
Thursday, March 30
Location—Ed Halev and R. E. Bond.
Buckeye association, Caribou creek:
Two-Claim association, three miles
from head of Caribou creek.
Location—R. G. Leslie, H-a. Prince
creek.
Friday, March 31
Location—T. J. Lynch and seven oth
ers, association right limit of Otter, j
mile below mouth of Flat.
Deed—Ernest V. Brown to Anthony
Sweeney, 1-2 8-a., Prince creek, $1.
Ijocation—Anthony Sweeney, 10-a.,
Prince creek.
Deed—Martin Redeispurger to An
thony Sweeney, 1-2 of 7-a., Prince
creek. $1.
Large Crowd for Alaska
Seattle, M • ' h 14— As far as can 1
be ascertained up to date a larger
number of persons will visit Alaska j
this summer than ever before since
the great stampedes. The Kuskok-!
wim and Iditarod sections will!
claim a large percentage of the'
number, Valdez will catch the!
quartz miners and Nome wiil get j
dredging meu.
Gamp Iditarcd No. 27
Now Ready for Business
Ou Monday evening last at Ansley’-.
hall. Deputy Grand Arctic Chief
Strong instituted Camp Iditarod No. 27.
Arctic Brotherhood. He was assisted
by the following acting grand officers:
Deputy Grand Arctic Chief Loussac, J.
D. Barnes, Jos. U. Smith, A. E. Light,
Herman Anderson, Dr. Bradbury, Rob
ert Simpson, Hans L. Walby and E. L.
LindlWrg.
The following elective officers were
nominated:
Arctic Chief- Major J. K. A. Strong.
Past Arctic Chief—J. D. Barnes.
Vice Arctic Chief A. E. Maltby.
Arctic Chaplain- Dr. Bradbury.
Arctic Recoi-der—H. S. Holmes', T. L.
Thurston.
Keeper of Nuggets - John Holmes.
Trustees—Jos. H. Smith, A. J. Day,
E. G. Lindberg, Z. J. laiussac, Charles
Ross, Herman Anderson, F. M. Dun
ham, \V. J. Ansley.
Over 40 cheeehaces were taken over
the trail, and the camp starts with a
charter membership of 71.
The next meeting will be held on
April 10. at which time officers for the
ensuing six months will be elected.
Oiler Gains a New Producer
Following the strike made l>v Peti-i
son and Nelson on the middle portion
of 2-a, third tier, left limit bench, Ot
ter creek, where they uncovered a line
of pay last week that will pan $5 in
places, it has been decided to put ma
chinery on the ground at once, and u is
certain that the whole claim will !•>
worked this season.
In addition, another lay has been
taken on the upper end ot the claim by
A1 Raap and George Smith, while the
lower end is held under a lease to
Fowler and Ostrom. All of these lay
men have redoubled activity since the
2nd, and it is prophesied that the claim
will make a splendid showing this sum
mer.
Old Partnership Cuts Relations
With the announcement that Mr.
Litsev lias retired from business in the
Iditarod, a notice of dissolution of part
nership of the old firm of Morgan >\
Litsey is published today for the first
time.
Thomas Morgan will continue m
business here, and it is understood that.
Mr. Litsev will still follow the mer
cantile pursuit in Fairbanks, where
the firm has been well and favorably
known for some years.
Mrs. J. J. Price aiid Mrs. Dr.
Carter of Flat were visitors iti the
city today.
Tour Cold can't Iasi if you use Rexall Cold
Tablets. Red Cross Drug Store, First ate.
NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION
Notice is hereby given that the part
nership heretofore existing between Mor
gan He Litsev is hereby dissolved by mu
tual consent. All accounts due and
owing said firm in Iditarod, Alaska, will
be collected and paid bv Thomas Mor
gan. JOHN LITSEY,
By his Attorney, J. H. Miller,
THOMAS MORGAN.
March 30. i9ir.
Moose Cafe.....
—AND—
Lodging House
WILLOW ST., IDITAROD
FREE EMPLOYMENT BUREAU
JIMMY NISHIMOTO, Proprietor.
The Northern
First Ave. and Willow St.
Finest Drink Emporium in Iditarotfj
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