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Announcement
We have moved a part of our huge stock of standard goods to Flat City,
where, early and la'te, you will find us dealing out goods that are straight. Come
and see us for bargains. Satisfaction g uarantccd. j
H. Boas, Leading ClOthseA
HART. SCHAFFNER & MARX and CHESTERFIELD CLOTHES :j
FLAT CITY IDITAROD|
Ail ley's
Is the place to get
Clothing, Underwear, Sox,
Shoes; Hats, Caps, Cigars,
Tobaccos, Pipes, Snuff, Drugs
and Patent Medicines, Cosmetics
Rubber Goods, Photo Supplies.
Your Films Developed and
Pictures Made.
Iditarod
THE MYSTERIOUS WHEELER
A visitor to Iditarod early in the winter,
who was surrounded by an air of mystery
and for some reason seemed to avoid pub
licity. is thus referred to in a recent issue
of the Ruby Record Citizen:
“This from the Nome Industrial Worker,
February 27 :
“ ‘A man named Wheeler, who arrived
recently from the Outside, will leave to
morrow for Dawson. It has to be cun
leased that there is some curiosity about
Mr. Wheeler, owing to the fact that he is
quite a regular winter visitor, but when a
mini keeps his business to himself people
will become curious and conjecture many
things, all wide of the mark. It is under
stood that he will return via Dawson.’
“That’s the fellow. He arrived at Ruby
last Sunday evening and went on up the
river Thursday. By a ruse he was placed
m a fix here where he either had to disclose
the first part of his name or appear un
necessarily rude, so he hesitatingly gave his
signature as D. Wheeler. On another oc
casion he was heard to confess an admira
tion for good dogs. That is all that has
been learned of the intimate affairs of Mr.
Wheeler in his numerous pilgrimages
through this smiling land. As the Nome
paper suggests, there is ‘some curiosity’
about him, all right.”
Jack Lovell, after conducting the Lincoln
creek roadhouse, on the Seward trail, dur
ing the past winter, reached Iditarod last
Thursday evening, accompanied by his
faithful old leader, “Tip.” Mr. Lovell’s way
side inn was one of the places of interest
on the new Iditarod-Seward mail route.
FRANK McGIBNEY’S
EXPRESS
Regular Service Between Dis.
Otter and Iditarod
EXPENDITURE FOR RAILROAD
MAY EXCEED APPROPRIATION
The attorney general has given his oili
cial opinion that the government can use
every cent of the $35,000,000 without wait
ing fur further action by congress. Secre
tary Lane asked the attorney general to
look into the matter fully and find if the
act authorizing the construction of the
Alaska railroad at an expenditure of $35,
(luU.UUO permitted the administration to use
unv sum up to that amount without tur j
ther authorization. The attorney general, j
after a study of the matter, stated that |
President Wilson has a perfect right to I
make any contracts he likes if the sum j1
involved does not exceed the thirty-five |
millions. He can purchase as many rati- j
roads as he wants up to that amount, the I
attorney general says. The idea of the at
torney general seems to be. when his words
are carefully examined, that contracts up to
thirty-five million dollars can be made by
the President, but the right, of the Presi
dent to use thirty-five million dollars in
cash may ne questioned before congress
turns e\or the money formally. Seward
Gateway,
WEEK’S TEMPERATURES
Observations taken at the Budweiser,
corner of First and Richmond streets, at
t) a. m. each day:
Tempera- State of
Imp. _ tore Weather
April’ it :•» cloudy
is :to cloudy
\hj.jl i <• ' ail glumly
April ill :l 1 Cloiuj.A
April it :1" c orny
April ii .. . :ti clmuly
April i-i . ...... Ill Cloudy
DEATH OF NOTED PIONEER
Postmaster Adam Block of Seldovia. one
of Alaska’s earliest pioneers, and last of the
group of agents placed in charge of the
Alaska Commercial Company’s trading posts
when that corporation commenced business
in this territory in the ’70s, died at his |
home in Seldovia on March 9. The funeral
took place on the 11th, under the direction
of the Odd Fellows. His death was caused j
by asthma and a complication of diseases I
incident to old age. Mr. Block hail been j
a resident of Alaska for forty-eight years, |
and of Seldovia for twenty-one years. He !
cmae to Alaska as first sergeant of the !
United States troops under General Woods I
which were stationed at Sitka when the
territory was purchased from Russia, and |
he participated in the ceremonies attending j
the lowering of the Russian flag and the J
raising of the Stars and Stripes on October
18, 1867. He was the Alaska Commercial
Company’s first agent at Unga, and later
was for nine years in charge of the com
pany’s post at Attu island, the most west
erly of the Aleutian group. Mr. Block was
a native of Virginia, a veteran of the civil
war, and is survived by his second wife,
and is survived by his second wife, twelve j
children and eight grandchildren. His j
youngest child is a year old. As a mark of
respect for his memory the school remained
closed and the flags of the town were at
half-mast during the period between his
death and funeral.—Seward Gateway.
Lumber, all sizes, doors, windows and
corrugated iron for rooting, at Clark Lum
ber Company, Flat City.
When you come in from the creeks don't
forget to stop in at
THE CROSBY BATHS.
—
I Ramps’ 1
! FOR PURE LIQUORS ii
S.?!
| Fresh Vegetable and Flower Seeds $
♦ Two Packages for 25 Cents j
♦ Wool Blankets, Quilts, Comforters, Pillows, Sheets, Lace Curtains, ♦
♦ Portieres and Couch Covers. f I
♦ Linoleums, Art Burlap and House Linings. J
♦ Picks, Shovels, Sluice Forks, Mattock,s, Brush Hooks, Peavies, Cant Hooks, Pike ♦
^ Poles. A complete assortment of Cooking Utensils and Silverware. +
f Harness and Harness Supplies. nDimc nDITfC 1
Tents and Tarpauiins—all sizes. UKUviO UKUU5 ♦
! SMITH'S CUN STORE!
| IDITAROD, ALASKA ♦
KOREAN DIES
FROM WOUND
George Shimada, the Korean who was ac
ddentally shot in the thigh with a .22-cali
;er ritle about the last day of February,
leur Hear creek, in the Kuskokwim coun
try, died at Flat City on Tuesday afternoon
last. After receiving the wound Shimada
was brought by his partner, Harry Hamada,
to Flat City, and placed in the hospital on
the evening of March 6, where he remained
until death came to his relief. In an effort
to save the man’s life his right leg was
amputated early in the week, but the patient
was too weak to overcome the effects of
the operation.
The body was brought to this city on
Wednesday, and was interred in Iditarod
cemetery yesterday afternoon.
The (ieceased was a native of the king
lorn of Korea, but from the age of 8 years
until he came to America had been a resi
dent of Japan.
JERRY WYNNE TO RAISE
VEGETABLES THIS SEASON
Jerry Wynne of the Ruby roadhouse,
about eighteen miles from Dis. Otter, has
decided to remain at that place during the
;oming summer, and is busy getting a large
patch of ground in readiness to raise a big
supply of “garden sass and such truck.”
I'he ground has been cleared a couple of
years, and is said to be in excellent con
dition to produce abundantly.
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MEN
TELL OF KUSKOKWIM
(Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Nov. G)
A. G. Maddren and Bert Kennedy of
the United States Geological Survey are j
registered at the Rainier-Grand, on their !
return from a slimmer in the middle Kus
kokwim river country.
“We were making a reconnoissance ex i
pedition along the valley,” said Mr. Mad
dren yesterday, “partcularly in the Tuluk- |
sak and Aniak basins. It was a sort of
scouting trip to get a line on the mineral
ized areas, the geological conditions and the ,
geography of the principal streams.
“Bear creek, on the Tuluksak river, is
the principal gold-bearing district of the
region, discovered in 1908. Just now it is
being prospected with drills by parties who
expect to put a dredge on it before very
long. The history of the region is more
bound up with fur trading than with min
ing in the past, but I believe that the fur
business is falling off there. There are a
few trading posts along the river, owned
either by the Kuskokwim Commercial Com
pany or the Northern Commercial Company.
The lattei4 has withdrawn two of its posts,
however, a fact which required us to ship in 1
our goods on a pack train from Iditarod
and carry with us supplies to last a con
siderable while. We traveled mostly by
♦water, however.”
'Phis was Mr. Maddren’.- first summer in
Ithe Kuskokwim region, though he has been
going North on the work of the survey for
t« n years. They carried along a fine camera
and took about 130 pictures, which will be
used by the survey. The two men returned
from the Kuskokwim on the trading
schooner Bender Brothers.
Fresh Olympia Oysters, for co^ktadF, 82
can. Iditarod Meat Co.
Dog Bacon, 15c.
Dog Ham, /Os?.
Dsg Butler, /Os.
C. R. PECK, FLAT CITY j
ORDINANCE NO. 37
An Ordinance providing for the capture, sale and destruction of dogs running at larg*
within the corporate limits of the town of Iditarod
Be it ordained l>v tin* common council of the Town of Iditarod:
<rrti< n l that it shall lie unlawful for any person to p emit his "r her (lop. alto
it lias reached the age of six weeks, to run at large in any of the streds alleys, or public
place-' within the corporate limits of the Town of Iditarod. except such dog be propcrl.v
<rr o That the common council of the Town of Iditarod shall, at it- .'lrst meeting
in the month or June in each war. appoint a poundmaster. whose duty it shall be to cap
ture and keep all dogs over the age of six weeks, not properly muzzled, running at large
m any of the streets, alleys or public places within the Town ot Iditarod. and P» confine
them'in a pound, and to "keep the same conllned in said pound and reed and care Tor
them as hereinafter set forth. . ,
See. 3. That for every day’s care, feed and attention bestowed by the pounrimasbw
on anv dog thus raptured"and‘conllned by him he shall be allowed the sum ol ;>()e, ami
the same shall be charged against such dog and shall constitule a lien thereon.
See \ That immediately after the poundmaster shall have captured and conllned
anv dog. as herein provided, he shall, if the owner, keeper or harborer of such dog be
known to him, give such owner, keeper, or harborer notice in writing ot such impound
ing. and such notice shall state that tile sum of r.uc will be charged against such dug for
every day it shall remain impounded, and that unless such dog be redeemed within ten
days after the service of such notice upon such person, and the payment or all charges
for keeping and feeding said dog, together with a line of $5.00, such (log will be sold at
public sale to pay such charges and line, and that if there be, no purchaser at such sale,
it will be killed. , , , .
Sec. 5. That immediately after the impounding ol any dog the poundmaster shall
post a written or printed notice in three* public places within the corporate limits ol the
town or Iditarod: one <r said notices shall be posted on the door of the postofllce m said
town of Iditarod, which said notice shall contain a description of the dog impounded,
a- accurately as possible; that 50c per day will be charged against such dog for every
day it shall remain impounded, and that if such dog be not redeemed within four days
:»rter the last day of the publication or such notice it will be sold at public sale to pay
such charges anil a fine of $5.00, and that if there be no purchaser at such sale, that
such dog will be killed. . , . .
Such notice shall also contain a statement of the time when and the place where such
sale will take place, and such notice shall remain posted for a period of ten days.
Sec 6 If the owner, keeper or harborer of any dog impounded desires to redeem
the same, he shall, before such dog is dclivc -U to him, pay to the municipal magistrate
the sum of $5.00 as a llm*. and in addition tlriflPto r.uc for each day or part of day the
log has been impounded, which amount, less said line, shall be turned over to the pound
master for his compensation „ v . . i
Sec. 7. ir any dog, impounded as in this ordinance provided, shall not be redeemed ;
within four days‘after the expiration of the period of publication of the notice of sale. ,
is provided in Section 5 of this ordinance, the poundmaster shall proceed to sell the
'lime at public sale at the time and place in said notice specified, and such dog shall be
sold by the poundmaster to the highest and best bidder for cash, and the proceeds from
such sah* shall be delivered bv the poundmaster to the municipal magistrate, who shall
apply the same to the payment of the line of $5.00. the amounts for care and keeping
due "the poundmaster. and the balance shall be placed in the hands of the municipal
treasurer, who shall hold the same as hereinafter provided.
Sec. 8. If at any public sale it shall happen that there be no purchaser for any dog
advertised to be sold, the poundmaster shall proceed to kill such dog, and he shall there
upon be paid, from the municipal treasury, the same amounts as he would have received
had such dog been sold at such public sale under the provisions of this ordinance.
Sec. 9. The poundmaster shall keep an accurate record of all dogs impounded by
him, the date of their capture, the date of serving and posting the notice of sale herein
provided for, and the disposition made of each dog impounded, which record shall at all
times he open to the inspection and examination of the common council.
Sec. Id. That the money received from the sale of any dog under the provisions of
this ordinance, after deducting therefrom the fine of $5.00 and the charges payable to the
poundmaster, shall be paid by the municipal treasurer to the owner of such dog. and
upon the order of the common council, and if fcjch owner be unknown or shall make no
claim for the same, the balance thus remaining^shall be covered into the town treasury.
Sec. 1 l. The poundmaster shall, at the end of each month, furnish unto the munici
pal clerk a statement setting forth the number of dogs captured by him during tin*
month, the number »f dogs sold and the disposition made or the proceeds of each sale,
the number of dogs killed and such other information as may be required by the com
mon council; and the clerk shall keep a separate list of the*names of all persons who
arc entitled to receive the residue from the sale of any dog and the amount of such
residue.
Sec. 12. This ordinance shall be in force and effect from the first day of May until
the first day or October in each year.
Sec. 13. This ordinance to be in full force and errect from and after its passage and
approval.
Passed and approved this 5th day of May, 1912.
WHAT IS BEING DONE
BY ALASKA LEGISLATURE
- I
JUNEAU, March 12. -Representative |
Arthur G. Shoup has introduced in the \
house of representatives a joint memorial j
praying that congress confer the authority i
of a full territorial government upon the
people of Alaska. The memorial sets forth ,
many of the powers that have been exer- |
cisetl by other territories and denied to the j
people of Alaska, and specific limitations
that have been placed upon the people of
Alaska through the territorial organic act |
that were not imposed upon others. It
asks for the repeal of the limitations, and
that Alaska be given all of the powers that
have been granted to other American terri
tories.
House bill No. 20, introduced by Repre
sentative Snow of Ruby, not only applies
the eight-hour working day to all classes ®f
mining, but it requires that in hotels, laun
dries, restaurants, bakeries, mechanical or
mercantile establishments the eight-hour
day shall obtain
A memorial to congress asking permis
sion to vote on prohibition at the next ter
ritorial election, November 4, 1916, has
been introduced in the house by Repre
sentative C. K. Snow of Ruby. On the
question ef reference a lively tili ensued,
and by a vote of 8 to 6 the opinion of the
chair, that the memorial go to the com
mittee on education, public health and mor
als, was sustained. Chairman Heid of tin
judiciary committee declared the memorial
should not be referred to his committee.
Chairman Brit! likewise contended that the
education committee should not be given
the memorial The author of the memorial
replied with spirit that he would spend the
whole session, if necessary, in a discussion
of the memorial in committee.
Representative Britt has introduced a bill
to amend the law relating to the practice
of medicine and surgery, and repealing all
laws in conflict therewith.
Representative Heckman has introduced
a bill giving to municipal magistrates in
Alaska civil jurisdiction when the amount
does not exceed S500.
Representative Shoup, instigator of the
vital statistics registration law at the 1918
legislative session, has introduced a hill to
require the issuance of marriage licenses
in Alaska. It is said the bill is prompted
by the large number of annulment suits
filed in the territory. Mr. Shoup is also
the author of a bill which would eliminate
court clerks as recorders of births, mar
riages and deaths. The bill is amendatory
of the present law.
•r* ... .i. - . __i...I
concur! ent resolution on behalf of the com
mittee on educatit n, public health, quaran
tine and morals, as follows: “That it is
he sense of the legislature that 50 per cent
of the money in the territorial treasury,
comprising the so-called forest reserve fund,
pe expended in the establishment and main
tenance of schools in the Territory of
Alaska.”
Mr. Britt has also presented a bill to
amend the schor 1 law in regard to levy of
taxes for school and municipal purposes
and disrtibution of the funds.
Two bills for the repeal of the territorial
mining law (the Roden law) have been in
troduced in the house.
Resolutions have been introduced in the
house which authorize the governor to ap
point legal counsel for the legislature “until
such time as the federal government shall
provide Alaska with an attorney general.”
Representative Snow has introduced a
memorial to congress asking for the estab
lishment of a wireless station in the Koyu
kuk. Speaker Collins declared that he. too.
had been pledged to the movement, and in
his remarks on the subject brought back
the sensational tragedy of the Koyukuk in
1912, when John Hclmberg. Frank Adams
and Marie Schmidt were murdered by their
companion, Thomas Johnson, the “Blue
berry Kid,” who has never been appre
hended. Speaker Collins blames the lack of
communication in the Koyukuk for the
failure to catch the slayer.
The proceedings of one day wind up with
this item: “The house adjourned at 3
o’clock, to meet at 2 o’clock tomorrow.”
An acrimonious debate was indulged in
in the house on March 17 over the proposal
of Representative Snow to strike from the
vital statistics bill the words “legitimacy or
illegitimacy.” in recording certificates of
birth. Representatives Driscoll and Shoup
voiced the sentiment that Mr. Snow was
attempted to make “political medicine.”
Mr. Snow retorted that “anyone whose rec
ord in the First legislature was like that of
the gentleman from the Fourth should keep
his mouth shut.” He was called to order
by the speaker. The amendment was
adopted. The bill was later killed.
Representative Daly of Kougarok has in
troduced a bill “to increase the power of
common councils in municipal corporations
over public service corporations.” The bill
is designed to regulate electric light rates,
water rates and telephone rates.
The bill of Senator Sulzer, which pro- j
vides a bounty of $10 on wolf pelts, has !
passed the senate. j
NOTICE
I will move my drugs and office into the
Pioneer building. I want to serve the camp
to the best of my ability. If you are or
dering drugs from the Outside, don’t do it
until you reason with me. I will sell you
anything I have and order anything vou
want. DR H. R. MOORE.
Flat City, Alaska.
I QUITTING?
| Positively yes! We shall leave nothing undone in the form of getting rid of, dis
| posing of, our large stock, in order TO QUIT! Our CLOTHING, our HATS, our, [
|j FURNISHINGS, our SHOES, and EV'. RYTHING we carry in our stores, “now on ■
g altar of sacrifice!” Hence you may a, well be first as last to make your selection,/ I
B "while our stock is complete and intact. ’
g Had we been owners of this paper instead of paying by inch for this space, we> if
8 would tabulate our vast lines; we wou describe the makers, the fabric, the quality, I
|| designs and complexions of every I in- that we carry, as well as to quote you our, §
M former regular selling prices, compa mg with the present CLOSING-OUT prices. I
p But under the circumstances, being compelled to keep our expenses down to a mini- |
|J mum, all we can do is to “make our proclamation,” and appeal to you to
1 CALL AT STORES! CALLJJS .AT OUR ^PHONES! 1
I And reap the benefit that YOU WILL NEVER HAVE AGAIN. A reminder to the 1
1! cooks, bartenders and waiters: We are long on your style of uniforms—“AT YOUR §|
I OWN PRICE.” COME! A WORD TO THE WISE IS SUFFICIENT!
Bayles Clothing Co. f
IDITAROD DISCOVERY, OTTER I
MARSHALL AMD THE BOOK AGENT
Several years ago. when Vic? Presi lent
Marshall was plain Attorney Tom Marshall
of Indiana, a particularly seedy anti down- |
at-the-heel individual eluded the oftic ■ boy
and the blonde stenographer and insiru ated j
himself into the lawyer’s back office.
“Mr. Marshall.” he began, glibly, in that j
bland professional manner that make one;
long for the good old days of blood. I've |
heard a great deal of you as a * .urch |
worker here, and I know you’ll be ;uer- j
ested in a new and absolutely up-to-date
edition of the English Bible. Full m< • ;»cco
bound. hand-stitched, annotated.” hr hur- j
ried on, flipping the pages of bis book “and j
placed upon the market at a price which i
barely covers cost of publication, shipping, |
and-”
The attorney had been caught unawares j
at first, but now he found breath to in- I
quire in his slow drawl. “Who wrote it?”j
The other paused to study his victim ;
condescendingly for a moment. “V* hy, I '
guess you didn’t understand me, Mr Mar- !
-hall,” he explained, pityingly. “Th - is a :
Bible.”
“But I did understand,” drawled th little ■
man. his face calmly curious. “And I ask ;
you, who wrote it?”
The agent shifted his feet uneasily, ran
a suspicious eye over the man at the desk, j
felt of his collar and cleared his t! • at in I
an annoyed way. “But, Mr. Marsh? 11,” he j
insisted, patiently, “it’s a Bible. B-i-b-1 e,” :
he added, hopefully. “Bible, you km vv."
“Who wrote it?” demanded the future ,
\ ice president, grave as a cast-iron mono- j
merit of one of the early Christian martyrs, j
The visitor’s brow was moist now. and
his eye searched the four corners f the
room despairingly. With a last eft rt he
braced himself, looked at his man again, j
and. finding no encouragement there, re
treated to the doorway. The knob under
his fingers seemed to stir his faltering cour
age, for once more he threw back his
shoulders and faced the man behind him.
“Why, you - for i ” he shouted, with
eringly, “it’s a Bible.” --Lippincott’s.
TWAS HIS FENCE
“A cat aits on my back fence every
night, and lie yowls and yowls and yowl
Now. I don’t want to have any trouble with
Neighbor Jones, but this thing has gone far
enough, and I want you to tell me what to
do.”
The young 1 iwyer looked as solemn as an
old. sick owl 3nd said not a word.
“I have a right to shoot the cat. haven’t
I?” asked the client.
“I would hardly say that.” replied young
Coke Blackstone. “The cat does not be
long to you, as I understand it.”
“No. but the fence does.”
“Then.” continued the light of the law.
“I think it safe to say you have a perfect
riffht to tear down the fence.” West Bui
letin.
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PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT
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equipped with doctor, instruments, bath, elec
tric apparatus, bakery, etc., under the man
agement of M's. N. S. Jacobsgaard, is open
to one and ali requiring hospital service.
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