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TAKING INVENTOR Y
is occupying most of our time at present. We have received word from Mr. II.
Bore, who is now in Seattle, to dispose of his stock, as it is a gamble whether
or not he will come back Dext spring.
Therefore we have resolved, after taking stock, that we will put our efforts into
selling out at cost, and some articles at less.
H. Boas, Leading Clothier
HART. SCHAFFNER & MARX and CHESTERFIELD CLOTHES
THIS STORE CLOSES AT 8 P. IH.; SUMO YS AT NOON
Highest Prices Paid for Raw Furs __
The ladies’ dog team race, of which mention was made in these
columns last week, is going to be a sure-enough “go,” and already at
least half a dozen entries have been made.
From where we sit, the event promises to he one of the most in
teresting and stubbornly contested races ever witnessed in this favored
strip of God’s country.
The novel idea of several ladies of the camp expressing a willing
ness to display their skill as dog mushers seemed to strike the popular
fancy about right, and Camp Flat of the A. B.’s, which is always more
than willing to help a good thing along, took charge of the whole
proposition, and the race will be run under the management of the
entertainment committee of that enterprising lodge Wednesday next,
January 14—the day of the camp’s big third anniversary ball.
A purse of $300 was quickly raised for the race among the busi
ness men and residents of that town, ar.d has been divided into four
prizes.
Four entries are assured from Flat City—Mrs. Swanson, Mrs.
Crouse,'Mrs. Dixon and Mrs. Davis. Misses Venda Ullman and Ruth
Wolfe of Iditarod, each driving six dogs, will be in the race, and Dis
covery will surely have several teams in the contest.
Nearly all of the contestants may be seen along the trails every
day training their teams for the big event, and are seemingly getting
their dogs under very good control.
There’ll be great doings in Peaceful Valley that day.
Prizes
First prize. $150
Second prize . 75
Third prize . 50
Fourth prize . 25
Owing to the fact that the entire amount of the purse money wa
subscribed by residents of Flat City, the committee would consider the
offering of prizes by the other towns on the course for, for instance
the best time made in the contest while approaching that certain place
a very timely inducement for the racers to speed up.
Entries
All entries for the contest must be bona fide, and placed in the
hands of the master of the course, Mr. Murdock, by noon on Tuesday
January 13, the day before the race. Mr. Murdock may be found or
communicated with in the meantime at C. R. Peck’s store in Flat City.
Start of the Race
The race will start at 12 o’clock noon on Wednesday, January
14. The teams will start at intervals of five minutes.
Race Officials
Officer of the Course—Grant Murdock.
At Flat City—Starter, Ai Goslow; judges, Joe Turner and Tom
McMahon; timekeeper, William Taylor.
At Discovery—Judges, George M. Auten and Wat Hunsaker;
timekeeper, Sam Bayles.
At Iditarod—Judges, Henry Weir and Dave jMutchler; time
keeper, Christy Anthonieson. |
At Summit—Frank Chew.
Drawing for “Place”
The ladies who have made entries for the race are requested tc
meet at the Grand hotel, Flat City, on Tuesday evening next to draw
for starting place in the contest. If out-of-town entrants are un
able to be present at the drawing, it is imperative that they delegate
somebody to act for them.
The Coarse
The race starts at the residence of Mrs. George Phillips, in Flat
City, to Discovery town as far as Mutchler Bros.’ barn; returning to
Flat City, down Gold street to Peck’s store corner, down Front street
DRUGS, GOAL OIL AND GASOLINE
Paints, Oils, Window Glass Harness and Harness Supplies
Shotguns and Shotgun Shells Stoves, Ranges, Heaters
Victrolas and Victor Records Granite and White Enamelware
Carpets, Rugs, Matting, Furniture Bar Glassware, Crockery
Gasoline Mantles and Globes Skates, Hockey Sticks, Pucks
GENUINE NOME DOG HARNESS
Yukon Sleds Snawshoes Siwash Mitts
SMITH'S ~~GUN STORE,
1DITAROD, ALASKA
i over the trail to the corner of the N. C. Co. in Iditarod, and then to the •
! end of the course in front of Tom McMahon’s in Flat City.
Frizes Distributed at the Dance
The prizes will be dsitributed to the winning contestants m the
dog race at the ball in the evening.__
IDIOWS BANK ES NEW POLICY
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! (By wireless to Tiie Ptoneer)
New York, Jan. 9—Announcement was made in financial circles
1 of Wall street early this week by the banking house of J. Pierpont Mor
! gan & Co. that they would resign from the d.rectorates of about twenty
I prominent railroad and industrial concerns within the next few weeks.
| The announcement caused much surprise and discussion among men of
j big affairs, as it comes so soon after the enactment of the new national
j currency legislation.
SAM ADAMS RETAINS W. A. GILMORE
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(By Wireless to The Pioneer)
Seattle, Jan. 9.—Samuel C. Adams arrived in this city a few days
! ago from Iditarod. He has retained the legal services of Attorney
j William A. Gilmore, the former mayor of Nome, in the suit docketed
in the district court of the Fourth division of Alaska for possession of
die Flat creek mining property commonly known as the Chicago bench,
j against the Yukon Gold Company, as lessees of the ground.
LADIES’ NIGHT WILL BE
NEXT SOCIAL EVENT
At the regular meeting of the Arctic |
Brotherhood on Monday night last a com- j
i mittee was appointed to make arrange- ;
ments for an entertainment in honor of
the ladies of the city and vicinity, to be
given at some itmc in the near future. A
year ago a very enjoyable ‘‘ladies” night”
j was given by the organization, consisting
j of a card party, dance and supper. The
: plans of the committee have not yet been
divulged, and ii may be that they are pre
paring something in the nature of a surprise,
as the committee is compose;! <>f men who
are said to be resourceful and energetic.
I New, warm dog house, large enough to
| accommodate 50 dogs. McDonald Hotel,
Iditarod.
ALASKA SUPPLY DEPOT
RECOMMENDED BY OFFICER
Wa hir.jtcn. Dec. 9.- Commander E. P
Berth. If nf the Alaska revenue cutter serv
ice. in a report to Secretary of the Treas
urv McAdoo, recommends that a supply
iepot be established for A aska, preferably
at Dutch Ilnrbor, and that the Perry and
ether revenue cutters be replaced with
newer and better boats.
POINDEXTER WANTS
GOVERNMENT STEAMER LINE
Washington, Dec. 9. Senator Miles Poin
dexter of Washington has introduced a bill
i-r \iding for a government-owned steam
hip line on the Pacific ocean to connect
with the proposed government-owned
Alaska railroad.
FresMIM Rsinte
By tire Carcass, Side, Quartar aar! Pouud
Sam’l AppSebaum
You probably don't like the word “classy” any more than
we do; but somehow we can’t find one that comes so near to de
scribing the appearance of a man in Hart, Schaffner & Marx clothes
as that word.
If you want to know just what we mean, just stop in our
store. We can easily show you.
A, J. Weiss, Flat
This store is the home of Hart, Schaffner & Marx Clothes.
NOTICE
All who desire are invited to witness the
ladies’ dog race Wednesday afternoon, the
14th, and get telephone returns of same
from Peck’s store, corner First avenue and
Gold .street, flat.
Race starts at 12 o’clock and finishes
at -?
In your excitement over the race don
forget the anniversary dance at the A. B.
hall on the evening of the same day.
The Pioneer
Ramps Peterson
Tom Gardner is leaving for Ophir creek
| in a few days.
McCloskey is taking out a winter dump
on his own ground, No. 2 above bench
claim, Otter creek.
Mrs. Fields and Mrs. Morris of Otter creek
visited Flat Thursday.
Charles Brink and Wil iam Boardman of
Flat City were in town Thursday.
Arney Erickson was in town Thursday
and hauled out a load of supplies to the
creek with his dog team.
George Phillips and Tommy Moore are
leaving tomorrow for Cripple and Colorado
creeks, in the Ir.noko country.
Dan Stewart, who has been spending the
ho.idays at Flat, left for his home at Moore
creek Tuesday.
W. Y. Fisher, one of the original stakers
>f the Aniak, returned from his trip to
Moore last Tuesday.
There was lots of staking on New Year’s
day on Otter creek. Many uf the old-timers
have been patiently waiting to stake ground j
hat had lup.-ed and that looked good to j
them.
Henry Weir made a trip to the creeks
Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Rivers, who have been visit
ing at Flat and Iditarod for the past week,
returned home to Happy creek yesterday.
Mrs. Tom McMahon is much better and
will soon be able to be up and around
again.
L. Labe'le and Joe Nclet, who are cut
ting wood on Slate creek, spent the past
week at Flat and Discovery.
Mrs. Anna Chit tick, who is to be post
mistress at Flat City, received word by the
last mail that the forwarding of her com
! mission would be delayed. Several errors
j wore found in the bond presented by her.
j which was returned for correction. It will
have to be returned to Washington before
he receives her commission. This will
, rebably cause another two months’ delay.
Frank Morgan has gone into the freight -
dig business with his deg team. He F
hauling from Iditarod to the creeks.
FROZEN TO DEATH
ON COLORADO TRAIN
Denver. Dec. 9.- A rescue party has just
returned here from an expedition in the
direction of Oldham creek, where a pas
senger train was reported snowed in in the
fierce blizzard that has been raging for a
week. The train left Danville Junction six
days ago, and should have reached Denver
in eight hours. No word was received from
the train, and when the storm became of
such length it was thought that possibly it
might have returned to Danville.
The first telegraph message from the lat
ter i lace since the storm reached Denver
yesterday morning. It was relayed from
outside points, and asked for information in
regard to the train. From this it was seen
that somewhere between Danville and Den
ver the inbound train was snowed up.
The railroad officials at once organized a
rescue gang, which started out early yes
terday to work through the drifts to the
stalled cars.
\\ ith this party was a telegraph lineman.
' and he managed to splice the wire after
! the party reached the stalled train.
I He reports that for several days the pas
sengers and crew have been without food,
and that six passengers and one member of
the train crew are dead from cold and ex
posure.
Several attempts were made by those on
the train to reach Danville after the bliz
zard stalled the engine, but they were un
successful, and some of the members of
these parties died of exposure before they
could get back to the train.
After ail of the coal in the tender was
burned the people moved into one car and
tried to keep it warm by burning wood
ripped from the other coaches.
There was great suffering from lack of
food, and altogether seven people had suc
cumbed before the relief crew' reached the
train.
During the salmon run in British Co
lumbia waters last summer salmon were
sold at retail in Vancouver shops for 15
I cents apiece, the fish averaging five pounds
dressed.
HURRAH FOR WILSON
(or ihs policy of “the greatest good for the greatest number." The tariff on im
ports has been lowered, the currency bill, which deprives the great money trusts
from creating panics every so often, has passed. Now the Alaska railroad bill,
which is of most vital interest to the interior of Alaska, Will come up before con
gress the 15th of this month, and undoubtedly it will pass and oecome a reality.
That ought to make everyone feel happy and put on their Sunday clothes. If you
have none, we can supply you with the very best in Clothing and Fumishingj at
right prices.
Bayles Clothing Co.
FURNISHERS. CLOTHIERS AND SHOER3
ID IT A ROD D1S. OTTER
STORE CLOSES AT 8 P. M.; SUNDAY AT NOON
There were lively times around the town
f Dikeman last Tuesday evening about 6
clock, says Jim Fullerton, who arrived
rcm that place on the following day. It
.ppears that while James Ebony was absent
rom his home and Mrs. Ebony and their
wo children were visiting at a neighbor's,
heir home caught fire in some unknown
nanner, and although the entire population
f the town hurriedly responded to the
i arm, the dwelling was totally burned to
the ground, and all the househol 1 effects
.f the family were consumed, leaving the
members of the family only the garments
hey were wearing at the time.
A few minutes after the Ebony cabin was
•urned beyond repair a second alarm was
ounded, and flames were seen issuing from
he roof of the cabin occupied by Captain
' )hn Worth of the N. C. Co. By the quick
nd effective action of Captain Worth and
Mr. Fullerton, with the aid of a small fire
xtinguisher, they succeeded in subduing
the fire before much damage was done.
And to make things more interesting, just
i few minutes later, before Captain Worth
had time to :T >1! a pill,” a third fire alarm
was raised. This time the tire was sup
posed to be in the X C. warehouse, but on
making a hurried investigation it was found
hat the cause for alarm was only the re
lection of the first fire in the windows of
he warehouse, and everybody felt consid
erably relieved, and many adjourned to the
Fullerton sunshine factory to talk the mat
ter over.
VALDEZ COPPER MINE
TO EMPLOY FIVE HUNDRED
Valdez, Dec. 7. The final payment of
$98,000 cn the Midas copper claim was
made yesterday by the Granby Consoli
dated Mining Smelting and Power Company
of British Columbia. The property was
turned over to the foreign firm on October
1. after the deal had been consummated
through their engineer, K. Campbell. The
purchase price was a cash deal representing
an investment of $123,000, of which the
fir-l payment of $25,000 was made immedi
ately through the Valdez bank.
The Midas copper mine is situated on
Solomon gulch, three miles across the bay
from Valdez, and was first discovered by a
man while out hunting. Little work was
done on the property beyond doing the
representation work until 1910, when local
business men became interested and
showed their faith in the property by put
ting up their own money in developing it
to a point where big companies could be
interested. At one time the mine was
bonded to Stephen Birch, but after invest
ing $50,000 in the property he left it for
some unknown reason. Over $75,000 has
been spent in developing the property, and
i: is understood that the new company
The House of Quality
For Best Goods
arid Right Prices
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CROWLEY & PORTER \
IDITAROD The House of Quality FLAT CITT j
will spend a sum equalling the purchase
price in opening the mine.
The opening of the Midae mine, located
so near to Valdez, will result in increased
business for local merchants and will give
an impetus to the entire district by at
tracting the attention of Outside capital
to other Valdez properties. The Granby
people, through their agent, have pur
chased two other mines in this district,
and it is understood that they have more
in view and intend to enter this district uu
a large scale.
The company will start active develop
ment on the Midas copper claim immedi
ately, and it will be the biggest singhs
operation in this district.
A crew of 500 men will bo started at
work on the property at cnce. The two
water power companies are also located
on Solomon gulch, and will provide cheap
power until their own machinery is in
stalled.
HUERTA HAS PROOF
THAT WE AID HIS ENEMIES
Mexico C'ty, Dec. 8.— High government
officials here etate that President Huerta
has positive proof in his possession showing
hat in spite of the apparent neutrality of
.n-.* United States an i a great show or
force cn the border to prevent tho expor
ta4 :c-n of arms, the constitutionalists arc be
ing constantly supplied with arms hud
money from large interests in the Uniled
States.
Huerta claims to have abundant proof
if his assertion, and even says that he can
furnish the names of the New York firms
and other interests who are contributing
to the rebel cause, together with the ncra^
f f at least one large commercial house in
Xew York well known for its ability to
furnish anything in the line of military
equipment, from a siege gun to a cartridge
belt.
The location of this firm is given as on
lower Broadway, and it maintains a large,
stock of war materials on an island up the
Hudson river, from which it furnishes rev
olutionists of Central arid South American
republics.
j Huerta charges that the United Stales
i officials are cognizant of the shipping of
| war material to the constitution allots, and
1 says that wagons loaded with nties, ammu
! nition and other supplies are daily crossing
ihe border for the rebels and that no at
tempt is made to stop these contraband
goods by the soldiers on patrol duty or by
the United States customs officials, who
seem to be lending their aid to Carrwua
in every way.
Huerta has formulated a strong protest*
against this condition o:f affairs, which he
will at once forward to Washington.
A. J. Weiss and Al Goslow, members of
the entertainment committee of Camp Flat
So. 23, made a short visit to Iditarod last
Thursday night to make arrangements for
the big anniversary dance which takes plaee
next Wednesday evening
Old papers 40 kindle the fire after you
read them, 3c per pound, at Ansley’a Book
ktore.
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