Miners & Merchants Bank
ID1TAROD, ALASKA
Capital, $50,000.00
General Banking Business Transacted Gold Bust Bought and Assayed
Drafts Issued on Any Part of the World
SEATTLE CORRESPONDENT: SCANDINAVIAN AMERICAN BANK
OFFICERS:
i has. Poss, President
T. ,T. Nestor, Vico President
John Holmes, Cashier and Assayer
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DiSKAKET and
OPS-iiR CITY
n£ Nice Fresh Goods
at Very Reasonable r-rices
_ —. . ^ ^ ^ Good Roadhouse
Big stocks, Standard Goods m connection
We Carry a
LARGE STOCK
$7.00
Per Case
GRAND BAR
FLAT CITY
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NOTHING BUT THE BEST
The Place to Meet
_Your Friends_
I,os Angeles, October 2.—Mil
lionaire Bixbv, who has been on
trial in this city during the past
week charged with contributing to,
the delinquency of several young
gitls, was acquitted yesterday. The
ease has attracted w ide attention on 1
the Pacific coast, owing to the;
prominence of the defendant.
The Prairie Beit arrived Tuesday
morning, having made the round trip
to Dikemau in less than three days.
At 6 o'clock Thursday morning
the river was running nearly bank
full of .-lush ice—the first ot the
season—and the thermometer regis
tered iS degrees below freezing.
,T. Saupe of San Francisco arrived in
Iditarod la-t Saturday, and will leave
shortly for Ophir Citv. whore he goes
as dredgt'master for the company that
is putting in a dredge on \ ankec
creek. ___
Lumbago succe>"fuliy treated at the*
Crosby Laths, Caribou street.
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FASTEST BOAT ON THE RiVER
Wii! Leave Iclifarod, Wed.5 Oct. 8,
To connect with the S. S. NORTH WES t ERN,
which sails October 18.
FOR RATES, ETC., APPLY
Ed J. Uhl, Skipper, at Machine Shop
MERCHANTS CAFE
Caters to Largo and Small Parties
PRIVATE OINSMG RODIMS
Popular Prices Everything First Class
GHAS. E. FILLER, PROP.
NICELY FURNISHED ROOMS BY DAY OR WEEK
Warm, Clean Well Ventilated
OPEN DAY AND NIGHT
T||E PDftPDW Message and
I™ UnUuDl Bath Parlors
MEDICATED, MINERAL VAPOR, STEAM,
TUB, SALT AND 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
MANY STAMPEDING
FROM TIE CHISANA
That the people of Alaska and the Outside have once more been
led on a wild-goose chase to a purported gold strike which has been re
ported far richer than it really is, is the verdict of a number of miners
who started on the stampede to theChisana river diggings and returned
yesterday on the steamship Northwestern, says the Seattle Sun of
August 23.
That there is gold in the Chisana river is not denied by the return
ing stampeders, but the reports that it is there in abundance or distrib
uted over a large area are declared to be absolutely unfounded.
The late reports from the Chisana confirm the first impressions of
oldtinters, who discounted the reliability of the glowing reports when
they learned that the new diggings were above the timber line. Never
in tire history of Alaska has a continuous pavstreak been discovered at
a high altitude. The nearest approach to a pavstreak was the claim of j
Sum Clark and Caribou Bill, located orr the divide at the head of Flat
j creek, but that pavstreak did not exceed beyond the limits of the claim. :
Many Returning
Fred Raap, an oldtiruer from Fairbanks and Iditarod, was one of J
the returning starupeders. Raap says people are now returning from
, the diggings faster than they went in, and many of those who took the
| later steamships to the North are returning from Cordova, relying on
the truth of the reports brought out by people they knew, who say that
the camp is a frost.
It is said thus lar gold has been found on only one creek, Bonanza,
on which the discoverers staked their claims. F.ven that stream, it is
asserted, has been cross cut 200 feet below tire line of discovery without
finding a single color.
Selling Outfits
Late arrivals at Cordova and McCarty are selling their outfits for
what they cat! get, willing to stand the loss rather than make what they
! consider would be a useless journey to the Interior. Raap tells of one
man who, on his arrival at Cordova, after he learned of the reports horn
tire Chisana, sold a £400 outfit fur $150, and took the next steamship;
; for the Outside.
It is asserted that on all the creeks, with tire exception of Bonanza,;
the search for gold has been absolutely barren of results.
Other passengers on the steamship Northwestern who arrired in
I Seattle yesterday, while admitting the discouraging reports which are
coming from the diggings, say the people who are now going into the
country are not prepared to stay, and that the tine worth of the camp I
i will not he known until next winter.
I have the finest stock of Fancy Selected Potatoes. Onions. Apples.
Oranyes. Ham. ikicon. Hut ter anrt (.'ream ever brunytilt to the camp.
I'.v. ty t Ii i n vr (has at < '• st.
Warm Storage to Kent. My Warm Storage ihiiliiinfr for Sale.
Buy Your Outfit From (.'hat'ten and .Save Money.
J. W. Charlton,
Nome Nugget, August JO: A very interesting discussion took
place today at the meeting of the Bar association which was called
to discuss the now mining law passed by the Alaska legislature,
but it became evident early in the discussion that the lawyers were
i hopelessly divided in opinion.
Judge Rodey and Yv. A. Gilmore submitted location and other
I forms and Judge Rodey discussed generally the powers of the leg •
islature, but Mr. Gilmore took exception with some of the views
expressed by him.
In the discussion of the mining law the principal question was
S as to whether after doing location work it was necessary to do as
sessment, and on that question the lawyers present were pretty
i well divided. Messrs. Rodey and Bruner contended that location
work must properly stand for assessment work, and Mr Brunei
said that such was the intention of the legislature.
Messrs. Lomen, Schofield and Gilmore expressed grave doubts
1 as to the correctness of such construction of the law and pointed j
| section 1G of the act providing that within 90 days from the date of
the discovery and prior to filing the certificate of location the loca
I tor shall perform labor on such claim in developing the same which
j labor shall constitute lacal'ion work, and that thereafter the certifi
! cate of location shall be filed for record.
The lawyers who took this view expressed the belief that under
i such a provision it would seem that until the performance of such
I labor the location of the claim would not have been perfected, and
that assessment work has reference to work performed subsequent
to location. They believed besides that there is this distinction
between location work and assessment work—that the former must
be done in 90 days and the latter any time in the calendar year.
The location work, they pointed out, is also certified to in the cer
tificate of location while the proof of the assessment work may be
| filed at any time within 90 days after the first of January of the
succeeding year.
It is judge Rodey’s opinion that the new local mining law is a
good one. He also expressed the opinion that the legislature had
power to pass it. The only doubt that in his opinion could arise is
whether the $100 worth of location work that must be done on
placer claims within 90 days after discovery can also be counted as
annual assessment work under national law, and he says that his
own view is that it can be in almost all cases, but he thinks it may
: require the filing of two affidavits in some cases, one within the 90
days from discovery and the other within 90 days after the close
1 of the calendar year.
Ball Band Rubber Boots and Pacs
N. C. Co. Sole Agents for Alaska
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Petaluma
NEW POTATOES, ETC,,
Other Prices Cut Proportionately
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Ball Band Rubber Boots and Paes
N. C. Co. Sole Agents for Alaska
A fox farm in Alaska recently 1
sold for $20,000.
The Bonanza copper mine has1
paid over $4,000,or o in dividends.
Dan Walker, of Juneau, has been
indicted by the grand jury charged
with selling a drink to David Wal
lace, ati Indian spy.
One day recently a Japanese of
the Forbes cannery, had his light
hand cut oil in a machine known as
the sheer.
The Pacific Coast Steamship j
Company’s steamer Spokane, which
has been making excursion cruists |
al mg the Alasua coast all summer, j
has taken the run of the ill-fated j
State of California.
Must ot the electric lights in Yal J
dez were put out 1>\ a seagull re-I
ceutly Tiie bird alighted on lhe I
live wires and succeeded in oos-dug !
them. Tiie following morning ih< j
trouble was located by the superb:- j
lendent and his men when the\
lound the biid hanging by the neck i
: 1 om the w ires
(jjjiliUUil LUl-uIi
I.-hac.t, Mass , October 2 —
ed ited States Senator Ilenry Caboi
bulge underwent an operation at
ais !:nme in thi- city yesterday 1 c
relief f:om an ulcerous alilictiou
11 is couciit ion is sf-1 ions.
Fresh-cured silver salmon -best dog
feed. Crovvlev w barter.
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ATONEMENT
Void Kippnr, the Day of Atone
ment, atid the most sacred festiva’
of the Jews, both of the reformed
and orthodox congregations, will
be observed in Iditarod next week
The dav this year falls on Friday,
beginning, as do all Jewish holi
days, at 6 o’clock on the evening
of the preceding day and ending at
sundown on the following day.
In the Jewish calendar the holi
ilav fails on the ioth day of the
seventh month; Tisliri, and is the
culmination of io days of solemn
meditation and reflection, begin
ning with the Jewish New Year.
Day of Solemn Rest
Yotn Kippur is ordained in the
Book of Leviticus and is known
scripttiraliy as a “Sabbath of Sol
etnn Rest.’’ that is, of complete
cessation from all ordinary occupa
tious or avocations. The Jews who
observe the day strictly abstain
from all food and drink during the
holiday, devoting the time to con
lession and contrition The ancient
service of the day, with its elabo
rate ritual and imposing priestly
sacrifice atid confessional, has dis
appeared from the reformed church,
giving way to the appreciation of
the truer spiritual significance of
the festival.
The day will be observed
throughout the world by about 11,
ooo.ooo Jews and will be charac
terized by 24 hours of fasting and a
complete closing ol all business \
houses. Few Jews, no matter how
fat they may stray from the belief;
ami customs of their fathers, will
fail to observe Yom Kippur.
Beautify Tim Homos i
H. SNYDER,
Has Manv Beautiful Designs of
WALLPAPER
And also a goodlv supply of
PAINTS, OILS, ETC,
Willow Si reef, Mifarnri.
THE
MRS. SWANSON, PROP.
Nicely Furnished
R ()0\1 S
Dining Boom Now Open
BATHS
In Connection
For Horses snd Dogs
Notice of I'ol'feiturc
'pc Julian St oncer. V C. Sutlif, J. I'" ’ m. M. C.
l.dmuud-. and C. Mack, their heirs. assigns,
suci'e-.-or-'- or personal representatives:
You are hereby notified that I have expended
j;i labor and improvement fur each of the years
,,f u.i2 ami i• -:5 the sum of one hundred dollars
$i(.o - on the'Rosebud association j»la.er min
ing claim, situated on Otter creek, » tributary
ot tile Iditarod river, in the Otter Mining and
Recording District. Territory of Alaska, which
h ivv been (Inly recorded at the commissioner s
office at Iditarod the above aim i.nts have b« oil
expended in order to hold the saTd claim under
Die jiovd'ioiis of the law concerning annual
kii'o; upon mining claims, being the amounts
• t mired to hold such claim. And you arc
further notif.vd tliat if. within ninety - days
after the last pub icatiou of this notice, you fail
to contribute vour propoi tioti ot said expend;
tru e, vour i ite’rest in said claim will become the
m-opv’rty of the undersigned, vour co owner.
A. ST. LAWRfyNCK.
1'irst publi -ntion September 27, n 13.
Last publication December 27. Iyi3
Commissioner Albrecht was not I tied
last Tuesday that the newlv-appointed
clerk of th cnirt of the Fourth divi
sion, Angus G. McBride, had formally
assumed the duLiesof his office at Fair
banks. __
Location Blanks at Pioneer office.
I
now located!
ON THE SUMMER TRAIL
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Single Rooms, $1,00
Bunks, 50c.
Special Rates by the Week
Best of Everything
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Open Day and Night
One Above Discovery
LODGING, MEALS AT ALL HOURS
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FLAT CITY
CURLY ROBINSON, PROPRIETOR
EFFECTIVE JULY 30, ISf3
1. No location shall contain more than jo acres.
2. A p a -.on mav locate for himself, each month, two cla'ms of 20 acres each
[ Both claims caanot 1 e located in one location of 40 acres.)
3. A person may locate for each of two other persons, during each calendar
month, two claims of 20 acres each. (So that one person, with two powers ot at
toruev. mav locate each calendar month for himself and such two other persons,
six claims,)
4. powers of attorney must lie in writing; they need not be acknowledge 1 K
fore a no'arv, must he witnessed by two witnesses, and must be recorded ii. the re
cording district in which the claim is to be located before the location is made.
5. Before anv valid location can be made, a discovery must have been made
within the boun iaries of each claim to lie located.
6. Immediately alter making discovery, location notice must be posted at
point of discovery, containing [a] name or number of claim; [b| name of locator nr
locators; [c] date’of discovery and posting of notice; [d] number of feet in length
and widtu c aimed.
7. Locator must immediately proceed to mark his boundaries by planting
stakes at each corner not less than 3 feet above the ground and 3 inches through,
and brushing out and blazing a’l lines. All corner posts must he marked with the
name and number of the claim and the number of the corner post. Posts are
■narked in consecutive numbers and the post nearest the discovery but not the
discovery post) shall be the initial post and post No. 1.
S. \Vithin 90 davs, and before filing location certificate, $100 worth of devel
opment work must be done for every 20 acres or fraction thereof contained in a
claim.
9. -After this work has been done and within 90 days after posting location
notice, a certificate must be recorded with the recorder, which must contain —
[a] The name or number of the claim;
[b] The name of the locator or locators;
[c] The date of discovery and posting of location itotice;
[d] Number of feet in length and width claimed.
The certificate must also give a description of the location of the claim with
reference to same natural object, permanent monument or well-known mining
claim; and a description of the boundaries, corner posts and markings thereon;
also a description of the Jioo worth of location work done, and on what part ot
the claim it has been done. The locator or one of the locators, if there is more
than one, or some other person who has personal know1adge ot the facts, must
swear to the truth of the statements contained in it, and the recorder must not
accept such a certificate for record unless it is sworn to. For this swearing and
everything connected with it, the recorder is entitled to charge 50 cents.
10. Annual assessment work amounting to $100 for each 20 acres or fraction
thereof contained in any claim must be done each year, except during the year
in which the claim is located. (The same as lias always been the case.)
11. After the last day of December, 1914. $103 worth of assessment work
must be done for each 20 acres or fraction thereof contained in any claim here
tofore located; so that during the year 1915, fSoo worth of work must be done on
an association claim containing /do acres.
12. The affidavit of annual labor must be filed with the precinct recorder
within 90 days after the last of the year for which the assessment work is done,
and failure to record it forfeits the claim.
13. The value of the work done under the new law will be computed on the
basis of the wage for similar work current in the precinct wherein the claim is
situated.