CAN VAS TENTS_T A R PAULI NS_ROSE J|
A Happy
and Prosperous
Wew Year To AS!
H. BOSS, Leading ClothieF
HART, SCHAFFNER & MARX and CHESTERFIELD CLOTHES
OTTER CREEK DANCE
WAS WELL ATTENDED
The opening of the new social hall on
Otter ereek i:i;t Saturday night was the
occasion of the one of the best-attended 1
dancing parties given in the district this
season. The good people of Otter creek had
made great preparation.- for the event, and .
thtar hospitable invitation was generally no- |
copied, with the result that the hall was j
crowded to its limit.
The opportune -nowfall of last Saturday
the first real snowstorm of the winter
caused a scurrying around for dog teams
by per.*on.- wishing to take in tin* dance, and
the supply di ; n ? nearly meet the demand.
Fully twenty \ e persons went front thes
city, and there was also a large delegation
from Flat City. All reported a jolly time
and the sentiment was unanimously ex- j
pressed tha.t the residents of titter creek are
royal entertainers.
FAMOUS BELGIAN AUTHOR
WORKS AS FARM HAND
_
Maurice Maeterlinck worked in the
harvest fields last summer. reaping
and stacking wheat alongside peasant
women and peasant boys and girls.
The picture of the great Belgian poet. !
thinker, and writer of some of the greatest
opera.? of modern times working in the fields I
was sent by the Rouen correspondent of the
London Mornig Post, who happened upon 1
him as he passed through the outskirts of ;
the place.
Maeterlinck is 50 years of age. and there- j
fore not available as a soldier.
"Since I could not go to light." said the
poet simply. "I felt 1 must do something, j
anything that was nearest. The harvest, !
you see. had to be got in." He was almost :
apologetic about it.
"As somi as Belgium was drawn in by
the madrns' of the ego-maniac kaiser I.
wanted to g;> there and claim my place in j
the civil guard. But it took so long to get j
a passport. There were so many formali- ■
ties for a foreigner to go through. Only j
two days ago did 1 receive the paper I re
quired, and then it was too late.
“The civil guard has been disbanded. ;
How could men of 50. untrained to arms,
light against the German army? The bar
barians are in Brussels. A sad day for my
country! I must stay here.
"I have tried to write, but I find it im
po.'dble. One’s imagination is paralyzed by
appalling reality. The thought that only
a few hundred kilometers away over there
(he pointed northward, eastward) there aer
millions of men. ranged against one another
to kill and maim and destroy, blots out
every other thought. It was none of our
seeking. We were dragged into it by a 1
sudden, treacherous attack. And see how
these so-called civilized Germans are behav- j
ing! f
“Under their thin veneer of modern views i
they have been concealing the hearts and I
habits of savages. They were savages in 1
1S7U. when they came to Ropen, you re
member, and committed barbarities without 1
number.
“They are savages still. Their art, their i
science, their manners fall away from them. 1
They reveal themselves as they really are.
“And the end? There can only be one
end. They must be Hung back. If not.
civilization finishes. They disregard every
thing by which man has raised himself
from the brute—honor, treaties, rules of
warfare, concern for human life."
MIGHT HAVE A Fi R E ANY OLD TIME
—
(Mobridge, S. D., Bulletin'
Notice. The party who has the fire horse :
is requested to return the same at once to j
the city hall. Ed Joseph, Chief of F. D.
We have a nice assortment for the
children to select from.
Nothing nicer to make a present than
a nice Box of Candy.
We have a large selection.
THE POSTOFFiCE STORE
BOY SCOUT’S ADVENTURE
WITH SIR JOHN FRENCH
There is one Inti near London who thinks
General Sir John French, commander of the
British expeditionary forces, is as big as the
great position he holds, says a recent Lon
don dispatch. And if the Kngli.-h arc forced,
like the Germans, to recruit from boys un
der 17 or IS, General Sir John French
knows where he can find its gallant a com
pany of loyal British youths as ever fought
for their king. Here's the story:
As an elderly, gray-haired gentleman
stood waiting for a tram near Westminster
bridge some time ago, there suddenly swept
into view g rather nondescript company of
ten or twelve youngsters -members of the
boy scouts. The little company, to the mo
notonous beat of oil can drums, and led
by a very freckled, very young man, who
carried a staff from which ribbons fluttered,
clambered up the embankment and drew
up in double file column on the pavement,
to the shrill ‘"Alt!” of the leader.
The gray haired gentleman who watched
the evolution Smiled. The freckled leader
blushed furiously, brought his statf down
in the puvem.net with a bang and, looking
the grav-haired gentleman in the eye, said:
"Who the - ure you laughing at?"
The gray-haired gentleman drew himself
up stiffly and apologized. The young leader
was not appeased. Without a trace of
pertness. but as though the organization
for which he stood hud been ridiculed, he
said, still looking directly at the gray haired
gentleman: "Well, if you want to know,
we’re doing a little bit for our country. It
ain't much, but may 1 arst when you did
yours last ?"
The .-mile completely disappeared irom
the gray haired gentleman’s face as a work
man near-by leaned to the boy scout leader
and whispered something in that young gen
tleman’s ear. The boy gulped, fell back mo
mentarily, and then, pulling himself to
gether, stepped to the front of his youthful
command. He gave a shrill order. Every
right hand jerked to every cap in railiturv
salute and remained there.
The freckled leader, his face once more a
deep crimson, but not of anger this time,
about-face*!, directly in front of the gray
haired gentleman, who, without moving,
had been intently watching these '‘ma
neuvers.” which had taken but a moment.
As the leader turned from his company and
faced the gray-haired gentleman, his hand
wen' to his cap in salute. “I beg your par
don. general.’’ he said.
It was General Sir John French to whom
he spoke. And General French showed why
he is the leader of men he has become. The
ar-uit soldier leaned to the boy, shook hi.
hand warmly, and paid him the further com
pliment by saying: “There were, alas! no
scouts when I was a boy.” Then he re
turned the salute and walked away.
Now. General French had been waiting for
a tram to go back to Blackfiars; he in
stinctively knew that it was time for his
exit To have remained would have spoiler!
everything. The moy scouts plainly would
have shown their embarrassment in their
youthfulness. General French retreated.
Several who witnessed this scene wondered
if they admired the boy or the general more.
WHEN IT’S SIXTY-FIVE BELOW
I By C. Edward Cone)
When the mercury is all froze in
I tuck my parka under my chin;
The steel shoes squeal, and the huskies
whine,
And the spirit skips right down the line
Till it’s sixty-five below.
The trail ahead gleams long and white.
And only about four hours of light;
I speak to the dogs and crack the whip.
But it seems the blamed old sled won't slip
When it’s sixty-five below.
To make the station I must not fail.
For I’m loaded with Uncle Samuel’s mail;
And even here in this frozen clime
Uncle says: the mail must be on time,
Tho’ it’s sixty-five below.
Hello! at last I see a light —
The station’s reached, tho’ well in the night;
My tired leader droops his tail.
And I growl, “It's hell to carry the mail
When it’s sixty-five below.”
T>r. Moore of Fiat City was a visitor in
town last Tuesday.
Special Sale Still Continues—Special Xmas Gilts
siwasn .Mills, pair.$ *>.50
Yukon Sleds, 7-foot, each. 8.00
Yukon Sleds. 8-foot, each...... 9.00
Mabirhe, per n>. 2.511
1 -IP e Perrotators, each. 5.00
Folding Go-Carts, each. 15.00
Burlap, asstd. colors, yard.20
House Linings, yard.10c to .20
Two-burner \lrohol stoves, each 15.00
Victor Phonographs and Victrolas at
Outside prices, $25 to $75.
Libby’s cut Glass, special prices.
Maine Coal Oil, $0.00 pep ease.
Harness and Harness Supplies, 33 1-3
per cent olT.
Gillette's Safety Razors. Boxing
Gloves. Indian Clubs, and a full and
complete line of Drugs at Outside
prices.
one 52-piece Haviland China Set. Sin
One 52-piece White P<.r<v:uu I>'••iner
Set. $20.00.
Winchester I eader Shotgun Shells,
any. gauge, $1.00 box.
SMITH’S GUN STORE,
IDITAROD, ALASKA
PRIffl
—
There are on display in the window of
' the Merchants cafe many handsome prizes
! which are to be awarded at the grand mask
I ball to be given under tin* auspices of Camp
I Iditarod, A. B., on New Year’s eve, and
Herb Riley, the chairman of the entertain- i
ment committee, is authority for the state
ment that more are promised. No definite
program of events for which the prizes are
donated has yet been arranged, but it can
be stated that there will be a keen rivalry
for the many valuable articles.
It is expected that the largest crowd of
the season will, as usual, attend this annual
j event, and the committees assures every -
I body of a good time. A three-piece orches
tra has been provided, and the excellent
llcor at A. B. hall is always an attraction
o lovers of dancing.
Many unique and elaborate costumes are
| said to be in course of preparation for the
occasion, and the carnival feature will be
heightened by the usual number of comic
representations.
The committee in charge extends a cor
dial invitation to all to join with Cajnn
| Iditarod in celebrating the passing of the
I oh! year and extending greeting to the new
i year.
THANKS TO ALL
Through the columns r.f The Pioneer the
! different committees in charge of the big
! and successful Christmas tree and enter
| tainment at Flat City on last Thursday
night desire to most heartily thank each
I and every one who in any way contributed
! to the affair.
[ Job Printing at Pioneer office.
1
WISHES ONE AND ALL A MERRY CHRISTMAS
AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR
COME IN AND HAVE CHRISTMAS DRINK WITH ME. IF YOU DON’T
DRINK, TAKE A CIGAR
YOUNG ED ANDERSON’S
SEASONABLE GREETINGS
Ed Anderson, the proprietor of the
Branch, Mat City’s popular oasis, wired the
Pioneer the following message from Los
Angeles last Monday afternoon:
“Los Angeles, Dec. 21.
“Pioneer, Iditarod:
“Best wishes for a merry Christmas and
happy new year to all the people of the
Iditarod. ED ANDERSON.”
HARRY YEAGER WIRES
GREETINGS TO FRIENDS;
On Thursday evening last A1 Currie and
George Marsh received a radiogram from l
Harry Yeager, who was on the steamship !
A1 ameda, and was due to arrive in Seattle !
tomorrow, the 27th. Mr. Yeager left I'l it
City on November 20 for Seward on Cant.
Gee-11 aw Norton’s tine new sled, and
reached there on December 10. He says
he had a fine trip to Seward, notwith
standing a great shortage of cigarette am
munition, and wishes all his Iditarod
friends a merry Christmas and a happy
new year.
Phil Keith came in from Willow creek
to spend Christmas.
TO THE PEOPLE OF IDITAROD AND VICINITY, THE OLD
WISH AND THE BEST—A HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW
YEAR.
Sasn7! Applebaum
§§!
A HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS
NEW YEAR TO ALL
The Horae of Hart, Schaftner & Marx Cioihes
TO ONE AND ALL
A MERRY CHRISTMAS
AMD A
HAPPY NEW YEAR
IS THE SINCERE WISH OF
C. R. PECK, FLAT CITY
USUAL FALL STAMPEDE
STARTS FROM FAIRBANKS
The Fairbanks newspapers issued during
October, which arrived on Thursday last.,
are filled with accounts of the usual fall
I stampede from that city this time to
the Tolovana district. The alleged
-trike is located on the head of the middle
fork of the Tolovana river, with Olnes as
the nearest point of departure. Karly re
sorts gave the distance from Olnes as thirty
j five miles in an air line. Just what creek
j it lies on is still a secret.
A warning is being sounded by those
familiar with the Tolovana trail and dis
trict that very little food is in the district,
and those going in over the trail are taking
little. In spite of this a large number of
men have left for the scene, and number
; less powers of attorneys have been issued.
Out of all the different stories that come
: from various sources, says the News-Miner,
j it is still impossible to say more than that
placer prospects have been found on the
head of the middle fork of the Tolovana,
lucation unpublished and richness of
ground not stated. It is all the way from
seventy to ninety miles from Olnes over
rough, traiiless country. Practically all the
food available will have to be packed in
j n the backs of mushers. It is persistently
1 rumored that claims will be shortly ra
| corded, and that a statement will be made
] by those who opened the ground and to
whom the public is looking for information.
Until this statement is made by these men
j and others who claim to know but are
pledged to secrecy, or by someone who re
turns from the scene, stampeding will con
tinuc. Tolovana may be merely a good
grass root prospect and nothing more or it
may be the gold camp which Alaska missed
uncovering this season for the first time in
seventeen years.
Home-made sauer kraut.
Crowley & Porter.
Fresh Olympia Oysters, for cocktails, $2
can. Iditarod Meat Co.
annual assessment work blanxs.—
The Iditarod Pioneer has just ttnished
and placed with dealers throughout the dis
trict a new blank form for the proper re
cording of annual assessment work on
placer mining claims in Alaska. The blank
form conforms strictly with the new min
ing law, and contains ample cautionary arid
explanatory notes, which will greatly aid in
the rilling out of the same. For sale at
Ansley’s, Iditarod; the Ih.stofiice. Fiat
City, and Harry Donneliev’s. Dls. Otter.
REDUCED PRICES
ON
Bottled
Goods
NORTHERN COMMERCIAL CO.
CHECHACO’S EXPERIENCE
RICH IN ADVENTURE
But few chechacoes have had as many
experiences within twelve months as Jack
Allman, who returned to town yesterday
after a year spent in the Chisana, says the I
Fairbanks Times. Since arriving in Alaska,
but little more than a year ago, Allman
has had almost every possible experience
that could ho found in the wilds, and after
it all he looks healthier and stronger than
ever.
Early in the summer of 1913 Allman
came North to make his home with his
mother, Mrs. Thomas A. Marquam. Shortly
after his arrival here he went on a hunting
expedition with Mr. Marquam up the Big
Chena, and then his experiences began. For
a starter he killed a moose, a hear and a
mountain sheep, each of which is quite an
experience for a chechako; but these were
to become commonplace before his year
was up.
Within a few days after returning from
his hunting trip Allman heard of the strike
in the Chisana, and was never satisfied until
he was permitted to join the rush up the
Tan an a river.
Unlike many sourdoughs and chechakoes,
Allman stuck to the Chisana all winter and
all the past summer, determined that if
anything worth while was found he would
he in on it. Associating himself with sev
er aid old-time prospectors, who knew gold
when they saw it, he started to sink holes,
and probably no man in the Chisana reached
bedrock oftener than he.
Finally, however, he was compelled to re !
turn home on account of a shortage of sup- !
plies, and although he brought back none j
of the riches which he hoped for when he j
left on the stampede, he returned wealthy ,
in experience, and a veritable moose in j
strength. He’s not sorry for having spent j
the year in the Chisana, and is ready to j
start on another stampede tomorrow, if it j
looks like the real article.
Returning with Allman was Frank Miller, |
who had a saloon in the Chisana for the
past year. The men report a shortage of
grub, with the exception of meat, and state
that there will be but few men left in the
Chisana this winter.
OUTLOOK FOR JEWISH FREEDOM
(Seattle Post-Imeligencer1
The declaration of the czar of Russia
that there will be complete emancipation of i
die Jews i f Russia as a result of the present .
war is being taken at par elsewhere, al
though the Russian Jews themselves distrust |
tli- promise of the government which in the
past has treated them with harshness. Is j
rad Zangwill, the writer, who i> ever hear
tily enlisted in every movement for th'1 ,
betterment of his race, has issued an ap - j
pt :sl ! i the Jews of the neutral countries to j
lend m .ral support to the Allies, largely on
account of this pledge made by the czar.
In tie* most positive terms he states that
he ha< received assurances from i^ir Edward
Grey that the British foreign office will
neglect no opportunity of encouraging that
measure of justice to the Jews in Russia.
There is not the slightest question that the
Jews have the full sympathy of both France j
and England in the matter of the complete ,
removal of all restrictions upon the Jews in
Russia.
In the condition of affairs at present
Franco and England hold privileged posi
tions toward Russia. Having supported the
pledge of Russia to do away with the dis
abilities upon the Jews, England would
not be interfering with the domestic affairs
of Russia by insistently pressing that the
pledge be kept, should ther be any evi
dence of a desire or intention to with
draw from it at the conclusion of the pres
ent war.
Already the ban against granting com
missions in the army to Russian Jews has
been withdrawn, and they arc permitted
to become officers. The lines of prejudice ,
are yielding, and there is fair prospect that j
in the readjustment after the war is over |
the Russian Jews will have full equally ;
before the law’ with other Russian subjects, i
THE SEWARD TRAIL
Between
Stations Total
Miles Miles
Triitarod . 0 "
Summit . ■'»
Flat City . 2 7 |
Discovery . 3 1" :
Ruby (Jerry Wynn’s). 14 2c, j
Moore Cr. 'Mrs. Stanford) 22 41■ j
Lincoln Cr. (Jack Lovell).... is 64
Hall way < smith A Snow .... 6 70
Rig Cr. (Ben Newman*. 14 84 (
Takntna (Capt. McLean'. 14 9#
Nixon’s Fork (Mrs. Clow ... 1 •"> 113 i
Big River (Berry’s) . 25 13S j
Salmon River (Frank Fox*.. 17 155 |
Sullivan Cr. (Ben \nderson; 12 167
F’eluk (empty cabin). 9 176
Pioneer R.ii. (Frencli Joe’s; 20 196
Rohn River (Jo** Vogler).... 19 215
Rainy Pass (Richardson’s).. 9 224
Pass Cr. R. H. (Anderson’s) 1 5 239
Ptmtila s cabin . 13 252
Happv River (Wanamaker
A Barn hard t) . 17 269
Halfway R. H. (Mountain
Climbers) . 22 291
Swentna Crossing . 20 311
Lake View R. II. (Mrs.
Wanamaker’s) . 20 33t
Susitna (Mrs. Johnson’s).... 20 351
Little River . 1 4 365
Knik 1 4 379
Old Knik . 18 397 ;
Fagle River . 18 415 !
Sibley Camp . 16 431 j
Bird Creek . 1 3 444!
Glacier Creek . 13 457 j
Kern Creek . 5 462 :
Mile 62 R. H. 19 48 1
Milo 45 H. 11. 1 7 498 |
Mile 34 R. II. 11 609
Mile 29 R. H. 6 51 i
Mile 23 R. H. 6 520
Mile 18 R. If. 3 ;>2;>
Mile 12 R. II. 6 53 1
Seward . 1 2 543
With Best Wishes
For a Happy and Prosperous
New Year
Bayles Clothing Co.
IDITAROD DISCOVERY, OTTER ;
MOLLYCODDLEISM IN ALASKA
(Seward Gateway *
Are the people aware that if any pure i
and holy citizen took it into his head he •
could have every blessed thing, almost, in j
the shape of amusement prohibited in j
Alaska on Sundays?
lie could compel every miner who comes
in for a rest from the hills to go to bed
or hang around the edges of the city or the
corners like a pickpocket.
lie could send the whole homeless popu
lation to the madhouse or drive them out
of the territory to avoid madness.
It is time for the people of Alaska to
take off their pinafores. They have spent
years in this northern land to develop it.
They have met all the hardships and all
the disappointments that are the portion of
those who try to wrench new lands from
the wilderness. They have worked like
men and have suffered like men and they
have achieved what men might be proud
of, but right today some sleek-faced phari
see in Washington, with his watery eyes to
the skies and, maybe, his hands in our
pockets, can tell Alaskans that they can
go to see moving pictures when he says
so, and only then.
That same unspeakable Pecksniff would
even prevent us from eating candy on Sun
day or smoking a cigarette. He could al
most. like the czar of Russia, make you go
to church. He can send you to jail for
showing a picture, even an instructive pic
ture. Why, according to the so-called law,
lie could have you imprisoned for having a
jrumn of pool. Under section 2021 of the
compiled laws of Alaska (God bless the
mark!) he can close abotit every sort of
amusement and make every man in Alaska
stand idle like a scratching post with his
mouth open catching Hies and worshiping
the Maker by swearing at the fate that
compelled him to spend a Sunday in this
sanctified territory of ours.
It is easy, and usually useless, to con
demn in words. To remove a grievance
some action of a more tangible nature is
required. The newspapers of Alaska, one
and all, should take up the question and
endeavor to direct the thoughts of the peo
ple to the monstrous insolence and impu
dence of those who in their self-imposed
guardianship of the people of the territory
insult those people almost in every action
they undertake. The people should meet
and tell Washington in no unmistakahle
manner that the people of Alaska want no
hypocritical guidance from those who con
sider themselves our guardian angels by
virtue of the votes they got by wire-pulling.
Efforts have been made by people calling
themselves Alaskans to make the rest of
the people of the territory look as black
as Satan, and some asinine old he-females
back in Washington take their words be
fore those of the men who have made
Alaska what it is, and the result is that we
must observe the Sabbath by standing
around the corners biting our nails.
It is time to tell those old fogey jelly
fishes that the people of this territory can
blaze a trail to heaven for themselves as
they have blazed the trails of the territory
which seems, at least, to have served our
masters as a ground on which to practice
their hypocrisy. Let the people of Alaska
take steps to throw off the disgusting yoke
of mollycoddieism. The present adminis
tration at Washington will listen to com
mon sense, and only common sense can sa
this territory from going to the perditi
which is held up before us as a bugal
to send us to bed like a lot of puling ki
REAL HELP FOR ALASKA
(Chicago Tribune)
Quite unexpectedly, but none the les*
ceptably, congress has passed the Alas *
coal lands leasing bill, supposed to be de i
for this session, and it now awaits t
President's signature. The measure wa
revived at the special instance of Secret an
Lane and President Wilson
It provides for immediate opening under
competitive bid of Alaska's coal fields in
tract- of forty acres or multiples thereof
up to 2,560 acres, with a minimum royalty
of 2 cents per ton. The government r ■
serves certain areas for its own use fr mi
which to take coal, if deemed advisable. ; r
the navy and the Alaska railroad. Pr • *
from leases will be wholly applied t n
bursing the cost of building the railroad
The bill is most welcome a- a sP;
ward the development of Alaska's nat
resources and as ending the tie-up fr
which that territory and its peoph h
suffered for eight years as the result
the acrid controversy between the exm
“conservationists” and their opponents.
The case was one in which the then’
of extremists and personal controver
were permitted too long to obstruct 1
dealing with the people of Alaska and
counsels of practical common sen-", 'll
question should have been settled in about
eight months. It was permitted to drag
on for eight years. t<» the injury and down
right suffering of the pioneers of Alaska.
President Wilson and Secretary Lam are
to be commended for getting the dispute
to some sort of an end. They have
served well of the countrv for v" f! uiig.
and especially of the people of Alaska.
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“Epicures,” 24 to box, per box 3.00
Also Van Dyck "Roosevelts” in 25s
at reasonable prices.
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Infants’ Bootees, Caps, Dresses and Pil
lows, Newest Designs in Table Runners
and Covers, Up-to-Date Novelties of all
kinds.
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