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R. C. BUTTON, Cashier
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MARSHALL CITY DIGGINGS
ARE STILL ON THE MAP
Official business brought Special Agent
Thomas Gaffney to Marshall City, and he
had time to look around that camp and in
cidentally, it may be stated, to form no un
favorable opinion, says the Nome Industrial
Worker of February 20.
There are about forty persons wintering
there, and undoubtedly the camp will be a
producer next summer. Dugan. Edgar and
Rhodes have excellent pay and will make
big money next season. Likely-looking
quartz also has been uncovered, and men
are now doing development work on the
ledge.
\\ as Key is running a store, nut naci me
ili luck to miss connection for his goods
with the last boat up the river, and most of
his merchandise is stacked up at St. Michael.
It came on the Senator, and that boat
dilly-dallied around Nome until too late, and
the last river boat started away front the
lower Yukon terminal.
The miners in Marshall, says Mr. Gaffney. '
are a unit in favor of the new mining law,
which operates successfully towards the
opening up of the camp, and are congratu
lating them-elves on the knocking on the
head of the plot to abolish assessment work
for 1914. embodied in the Johnson bill.
Quite a number of deadheads had staked
ground which they intended to hold while
bona fide miner' did the prospecting, and
these have now been eliminated and the
camp will go right ahead.
Some pay was located by Kruger on the
Anvik, which was spoken highly of. Gaffney
met Kruger in St. Michael.
The weather was very soft while Gaffney
was in St. Michael and Mar.'hall on the first
portion of the trip. It rained four days
continuously at Marshall City during his
sojourn there, and this did not advance ;
prospecting any. as the ground is naturally
full of water, and has been the chief impedi
ment to active mining.
USES OCEAN CABLES
FOR TELEPHONE LINES
Dr. Giuseppe Musso, the New York in
ventor. who is in Valdez to submit his de
vice for telephoning over submarine cables
to practical tests, has been able to talk with
the operator at Cordova, the voice passing
over the cable with the same degree of
clearness as if ordinary telephone wire for
short distances were being used. The dis
tance between Valdez and Cordova over
the route by which the cable is laid is ap
proximately one hundred miles.
On Friday Dr. Musso was able to con
vert with the operate** at Seward, although
the distance is nearly three times as great.
The operator at Seward instantly detected
the difference between the voices when
Lieutenant Dougherty took Dr. Musso’s
place at the phone. Dr. Musso explained
that the cable between Valdez and Seward
was 199 miles in length, and that the
branch of the cable from the main line to
Cordova, 59 miles, also had to be consid
ered in making the test, as that portion of
the cable consumed the vibrations just the
same as the line over which he was talking.
Naturally, Dr. Musso is pleased with the
success which has attended his tests, and
is confident that he will be able to get into
communication with Sitka, and later Se
attle. The Alaska cable is old and not in
’he best working condition, even for send
ing cable messages by the ordinary method,
and it is surprising that the device was able
o overcome the obstructions which are
bound to i lanifest themselves in working
over wires which have been subjected to the
waves of the ocean for many years. Dr.
Musso explained that the resistance offered
by the cable to Seward, combined with the
branch line to Cordova, was equal to using
an aerial land line eight times a* long as
from New York to Chicago.—Valdez Times.
BALL AT BULGARIAN CAPITAL
DISTURBED BY A BOMB
BERLIN. Feb. 16. A report received
here from Sofia tells of what is believed to
have been a political act that has caused
much consternation there. Last night a
masked ball was held, attended by the most
exclusive society of the Bulgarian capital.
When all was at its gayest there was an
explosion of a bomb, resulting in the wildest
disorder and the most intense excitement.
Two members of Sofia's aristocracy were
killed and ten others were injured.
S. Nakiyama. a Wrangell Japanese, was
sentenced to serve one month in jail for
giving liquor to two native boys.
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PLAN AERO EXPEDITION
TO LOCATE STEFANSSON
NEW YORK, March 16. -The recent sug
gestion of the Aero Club of America to ar
range for an expedition in an attempt to
rescue Vilkjalmur Stefansson and ten mem
bers of his exploring party has met with
much encouragement. Prominent men have
become interested in the project, including
Robert K. Peary, Alan R. Hawley and Burt
M. McConnell, meteorologist of the Canadian
Arctic expedition of last year.
It will be remembered that the small
schooner King and Winge picked up a de
tachment of Stefansson’s party at Wrangell
island. That was in September, and this
detachment had made its home on the island
after wandering over the ice following the
crushing of Stefansson’s ship, the Karluk,
north of Siberia, on January 11 of last year.
Stefansson and the ten men still missing
broke up into two detachments, one com
posed of three men and the other of eight,
t. is believed that these men are safe some
where on the drift ice north of Alaska, and
that an aroplane that really looks over
this area will find them.
The idea of the Aero Club is to send a
steamer next summer into the Arctic ice as
far as possible along the north coast of
Alaska. From this base it is proposed that
aeroplanes should lly out, with the Arctic
sea north of them mapped off into a
checkerboard. A full month of good flying
weather could be counted on between the
opening and closing of the northern waters
to navigation. During that month it would
be possible for one aeroplane, if good luck
should attend its flights, to search prac
tically the whole area within the zone of
Stefansson’s possible movements.
The flyers, who would return to the same
base each day. could report any signs of
human presence on the ice fields or any
signs of a habitation the explorers might
have put together. In addition to its serv
ice as a relief measure the proposed use
of aeroplanes in the Arctic was warmly
approved by the Aero Club because the high
and long flights above the ice might result
in the discovery of new Arctic land. It
was considered certain that the flyers would
at least bring in much valuable data about
the Arctic air oceans above the surface
winds.
Knowledge of these air oceans is badly
wanted by the Aero Club officials for use in
a projected plan of mapping the air against,
the day of possible transoceanic flight. It is
expected to equip the expedition with fifteen
men as a crew, for less than $125,000. It
is expected to receive considerable assist
ance from the Canadian government. Mr.
McConnell acted as secretary to the lost
explorer during the fore part of the last
expedition, and is anxious to have a rescue
party start as early in the spring as naviga
tion opens.
HE WAS FROM NOME
AND WANTED THE BEST
The following is an extract from the St.
Paul Pioneer Press of November 28. While
we don’t know Mr. Kenney, we have not the
least doubt that he is what the subhead of
the article suggests, “a regular guy” :
“A broad, expansive smile, reinforced by
a broad, expansive waistcoat and broad, ex
pansive pockets, descended upon the lobby
of the St. Paul last night. Right away
things began to happen.
“The bulging smile, waistcoat and pock
ets advanced upon the clerk’s desk and
opened fire.
“ ‘Boy, wha’s the best in the house?” was
the first shot.
“‘The best, sir?’—somewhat timid and |
uncertain.
“ ‘That’s what I said. Go as far as you j
like!’
“ ‘We’ve a state suite for $30 a day, sir.' ,
“ ‘All right. I guess it’ll have to do. I’m ;
Joe Kenney of Nome. Alaska.’ The gentle- j
man from Nome wafted a ‘fiver’ in the di
rection of a bellboy.
“There was a near panic on the bellboys’
bench. Visions of tips in gold and green
flitted through many minds.
'Mr. Kenney of Nome, Alaska, is a Tegu
lar guy.’ He admits it. He said he had
between 8,000 and 10,000 ‘bucks’ right with
l. and he'd prove it to you by flashing
the long yellows.
“Back in '98, when the first call from
the North country came, Joe was working
with his father in Philadelphia. He had
aved a grubstake of $500 and he wanted i
to go North. He had to fight and outwit 1
several detectives, but finally got away.
“ ‘I struck cold weather and good luck
from the start,” said Mr. Kenney. ‘I left
the hard trail with the rest of the boys
and kept at it two years. Then I went
back to Philly with about $1,500.
“ ‘Then I became restless again. When
I hit Seattle on my way back 1 had noth
ing but my eyesight and good health. But
I got in with a nice bunch of boys and
things dropped my way. I was up there
about eight years, and when I got done I
had a hotel in Nome and one in Juneau,
and four nice little gold claims worth at
least $20,000 each.’
“Today the state suite will be vacant.
The hotel will come back to near normal.
The showers of gold will have ceased and
Joe will be only a blessed memory for the
bellboys’ bench.
“Mr. Kenney is going to Rochester, Minn.,
to see a friend, and from there he will go
home to ‘Philly’ and show the folks that it
isn't all foolishness—this wanderlusting.”—
Nome Nugget.
GERMAN EMBASSY SACKED
BY EXCITABLE RUSSIANS
The German embassy is a huge granite
building in the great square behind the
Cathedral of St. Isaac's. It spoils that square
artistically, being even larger than the Rus
sian state offices. An enormous building,
in itself sufficiently pretentious, a strange
contrast to the old-fashioned house that
holds the British embassy, it had on the
top of it a monstrous group in bronze, two
gigantic horses led up from the west by
two naked giants. It was a threat, taken
as such by the people of Petrograd, a clear
allegory of Germany proudly advancing, and
here in the capital of Russia had an air of
really astonishing insolence. I had often
wondered that the Germans should have
been so blunt in flaunting their ambition
on their embassy, and that the Russians
had allowed such a symbol of all-conquering
foreign progress. Much though the edu
cated classes deplored the sacking of the
place and its probable effect on public opin
ion abroad, they understood the motives of
the government in permitting it. This event
has not yet been accurately described. A
band of hooligans was allowed or ordered
to march down the Nevski Prospekt, to tear
down the signboards of a German news
paper, to break the windows of one or twro
big German shops, and to proceed to the
embassy. The police, despite warnings, did
not make any effort to interfere, and the
hooligans broke into the building and com
pletely sacked it, throwing papers and fur
niture into the street. They got on the
roof and with hammers and chisels cut
down the two giants, who fell into the
square and were dragged into the Moika
canal. An unexpected and unfortunate in
cident was the murder of a German called
•Kettner whom the hooligans found in the
| building. The newspapers covered this by
talking of the supposed finding of the body
of a Russian youth in a garret of the em
bassy with three bullet wounds and a knife
in his neck. These excesses were regretted
|mt the next day the square was crowded
with people who came to see the huge build
ing with all its windows broken, and those
two great horse^ on the roof, now leaderless
and ridiculous. During the night the police
boarded up the windows and removed the
horses, lest unauthorized persons should be
tempted to emulate the hooligans. As the
insolence of that, building typified to the in
habitants of Petrograd the German inso
lence, so perhaps the government intended
its ruin to be a promise to them of the
German fall. One of the characteristics of
the Russian government is that it treats the
people like children.—Century Magazine.
“MOTHER” JONES’ TALK
WITH \GUNG ROCKEFELLER
The picture of “Mother” Jones, the 82
year-old leader of the coal miners, hobnob
bing with John D. Rockefeller, Jr., is one
of the most important, as well as one of
the prettiest, incidents in the recent strug
gle between labor and very rich men.
“Mother” Jones is a born leader of men.
Far into old age she retains the vibrant
enthusiasms of youth. At a time when most
men and women have succumbed to weak
ness and are glad only to keep warm in the
romance of the past, this old veteran has
stood exposed on the battling line of indus
try. Again and again she has gone to prison
and at least three times she has been in
carcerated in direct violation of the consti
tutions of two states and of the United
States. What militants have endured she
has suffered Willingly, for her spirit is un
tamable. She has undergone considerably
more than the fighting suffragists, because
no slander has been too foul for her ene
mies. I talked with her a day or two after
she was released by the martial rulers of
Colorado. She had been pent up nine long
weeks in a military prison, deprived of ail
opportunities for exercise, and forbidden
ail human companionship. Despite all this,
her step was elastic, her eyes Hashed bril
liantly, and her rich voice rang with the
sonorous music which men described in
William Jennings Bryan on his great day
in 1898.
Hardships had not embittered her. She
was talking of the psychology of classes, of
the need for education and of fundamental
liberties of nations. Her own illegal impris
onment meant little to her except as it
showed how the writ of habeas corpus
might be swept aside. She was concerned
ft r the long future. H. G, Wells' “Social
Forces in England and America” was then
being generally discussed. “Mother Jones
had not read it, for she has little leisure,
and she is entirely an unacademic person.
Vet again and again she gave voice to
incisive criticisms of society, drawn from
her own experiences, which coincided with
the doctrines of the famous English ob
server. Hour after hour her mind ranged
widely over human affairs. The easy mas
ery of her comment was thrilling. The in
evitable conclusion phrases itself: “Here is
a great woman.”
And now she and John D. Rockefeller, Jr.,
have met upon a friendly basis. At the
end of the conference “Mother” Jones
paused to sav: “I have just told Mr. Rocke
feller one thing . e have been misrepre
sening him terribly, I as much as anybody
else.” A generous confession from a leader
oi tne vanquisneu.
After his conference with “Mother” Jones
Mr. Rockefeller invited Frank J. Hayes. Ed
ward Doyle and John Lawson, officials of
The United Mine Workers, to meet him as
“man to man” for a discussion of the Colo
rado situation. Concerning his talk with
'Mrs. Jones he had said: “She told me
about the .‘■chools and about the desire of
‘he miners to choose their own teachers, the
company’s stores and the right of the work
men to bring their grievances to one of the
hieher officials or to a director without
jeopardizing their positions.
“I found myself able to agree with all
she said on these things in principle, al
though. of course, it was impossible for me
to talk about what it may be possible for
the company to do.”
And concerning his interview with the
union leaders, so lately his bitter enemies,
Mr. Rockefeller continued: “I believe it
will be for the good of everybody if I can
have talks with the.se union men. I want
vio find out exactly how they look at things
Mid I want to tell them what my own views
i\re. I am sure we shall understand each
-other better.”
It is now a matter of history that if an
attitude such as that displayed by the
younger Rockefeller had been taken by his
representatives in Colorado the terrible
tragedy of the coal strike might have been
avoided. Efforts one after another were
made to get the union men and the com
ipany officials together for a conference.
Liovernor li,. M. Amnion? repeatedly tried
to effect this. Upon more than one occa
sion representatives of the men were as
sembled in one room and representatives
of the coal operators were collected in a
chamber adjoining. All the men wanted
was a chance to meet their employers as
“man to nun.” Every other grievance could
be eliminated. And every time the local
representatives of the Rockefeller interests
made this impossible.
The company’s officials thought, of course,
that they were serving their employer. As
a matter of fact, they were doing him the
worst possible injury. Men and magazines^
who had been apathetic toward union labor
or even hostile to it were won by the drama
of the coal fields. The fight in Colorado
touched the conscience of the nation a?
nothing had done in years.
A transcendant event like the burning of
women and children at Ludlow is needed
to put some new belief into the minds of
•the people. The refusal of the representa
tive masters to meet their men achieved
this. It was the event of a decade, but it
was cruelly unnecessary. Hate came to Col
orado and hate came to the nation. It was
because men did not know each other.
As the President reiterated the other day,
you can’t hate a fellow you know. Even
the soldiers of hostile armies play together if
given a chance. So it is in industrial war
fare.—W. L. Chenery in Chicago Herald.
THE TEST
“What makes you think his advice al
ways is good?”
“Because it is invariably so disagreeable
to follow.”—Houston Post
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W. P. Hemenway, fur warden, is in
vestigating complaints in the Tatiana valley
of trappers using poison.
The Pacific Coast Steamship Company is
negotiating for a steamship to take the
lace of the Delhi, wrecked near Wrangell,
Enrique Nantuy of Kenai was recently
fined $200 for stabbing a fellow country
man. The wound was not serious, and
the man is recovering. Nantuy had no
money, and is serving out his time.
It is reported that when the steamship
Dora is relieved from her present run to
the westward by the Santa Ana, which is
being rebuilt and converted into an oil
(turner, she will be taken to Seattle and
sold.
George R. Goshavv has been appointed
postmaster at Chisana. The former official
was removed by the department for tailure
to make proper reports of his office to the
department. It also ordered the office
closed, but rescinded the order when
Goshaw offered to accept the office.
Separated for fifteen years, C. B. Wilson,
formerly of Tatiana and Fairbanks, and Mrs.
Wilson, who has been making her home in
California, were reunited recently. The
couple are now enjoying their second honey
moon, and will come to Fairbanks within
the near future.
H. Yamashita, the Japanese accused of
murdering K. Kajita, a fellow countryman,
at Sitkoh bay cannery last year, was found
not guilty by the jury which heard the
case. In his closing address to the jury
United States Attorney John J. Regan de
manded the life of the accused in retribu
tion for the death of the victim.
Home-grown potatoes, the best in the
world, are selling at Knik for $3.50 per
hundred pounds. Early Ohios, Gold Coin or
Matanuskas are among the varieties of
fered.
A shot was fired through the window of
Norah Moore of Koyukuk notoriety, with
the evident intention of wounding or killing
her. The .'hot missed Norah but blew the
stove in the cabin full of holes.
Knik now has a commercial club, which
came into existence to pave the way for
greater things which the members believe
will come to that town as the result of
railroad activities.
John Scranton of Juneau was recently
fined $200 and given a sentence of ten
days in jail for selling deer meat out of sea
son.
Harry C. Lamarty, who claims to be an
Alaskan, has bzen arrested by the poliice in
Seattle, charged with being implicated in
the robbery of the postoffice at St. Mary’s,
Idaho.
According tc the government statistics,
the natives of Alaska are about 26.000 in
number, and they are spread over more than
350.000 of the 500.000 square miles of the
territory.
A number of business places in Haines
have been burglarized recently, and the
culprits have been caught. They are native
boys between 13 and 16 years of age. The
value of the loot is placed at $100.
The output of the Vermont Marble Com
pany from their quarries in Southeastern
Alaska is to be greatly increased, and a
force of 250 men will be steadily employed.
The output is to be increased to 600,000
cubic feet annually. The Alaska marble
has been pronounced the finest in the world
*vith the exception of some grades from
Italy.
Ketchikan creek, or shingle Mill nunie.
as it is locally known, has claimed another
victim in the person of William F. Fergu
son, traveling salesman of the Pacific Coast
Biscuit Company of Seattle. His body was
found on February 11. The coroner’s jury
returned a verdict of accidental death. De
ceased was well known along the Alaska
coast.
So many school teachers have applied
for positions in Alaska that it has become
necessary to print a circular letter, which
is mailed in lieu of a written reply.
Harry Cavanaugh has secured the con
tract for carrying the mail between Illiamna
lake and Naknek for the balance of the win
ter. The former carrier was drowned sev
eral weeks ago while trying to cross the
lake. Letters from Naknek state that the
residents of that place have been bedly neg
lected by the mail authorities.
A quiet stampede recently took place to
Nugget creek, a tributary of Goldstream,
owing to pay having been found by R.
Ronaidson and Hugh Ross.
The bakers of Juneau have entered into
an agreemnt not to cut prices, and will re
duce expenses as far as possible. Twelve
loaves of bread retail and fifteen loaves to
dealers is the new rate.
The first territorial convention of the W.
C. T. U. will meet in Skagway some time
in May. Mrs. Cornelia.Jewett Hatcher, pres
ident of the Alaska branch of the organ
ization, will conduct the meeting. Mrs.
Hatcher will be accompanied by a dramatic
reader, who will give entertainments during
the session.
Alaska fur dealers are hopeful that the
fur market will soon revive, as information
has been received from London stating tbL j
the fur sales interrupted by the European '
war last July will soon be resumed. While
there are known to be enormous stocks f
furs in the states awaiting the opening of
the market, it is believed that the price i
furs in Alaska will advance over the quota
| tions which have been in effect since Jul; .
The wrecker Salvor, which attempted 1o
salvage the steamer Delhi, which sank m
Wrangell narrows, lost nearly $15,000 worth
of pumps, hose and wrecking material wh< 1
the wreck finally broke in two and went to ,
the bottom. The Salvor had been workii g
n the Delhi and had her in good posith i
to float when she was forced to seek shelt» r
from a storm. When the wrecker returne 1
to the scene all signs of the Delhi had van
ished. I
The United States government has do- '
cided to purchase the site of the defunct
Washington-Alaska bank in Fairbanks as a
site for the new court house which is to
be built there in the near future. The pui
chase of the ground was being urged by
Delegate Wickersham, District Attorney 1
Roth and United States Marshal Erwin, but
the department decided to await the ap
proval of Judge Bunnell to the transac
tion before closing the deal. The location is
the most central in town. The ground is .
. occupied by a two and one-half-story block.
HOW THOMAS P. AITKEN
SPENT WINTER VACATION
(Valdez Miner)
The silver mine on Galena creek, on the
upper Stewart river, Yukon, promises to ;
develop into a big producer and will help to |
swell the output of precious metals of the (
North. A recent issue of the Dawson News ;
states that teams are busy hauling one
thousand tons of the silver ore from the
mine to the steamer landing, a distance of 1
thirty miles. The ore shipped to the Trail.
B. C„ smelter last year gave returns bet- j
ter than >‘600 per ton.
The mine is owned by an old-timer named j
McWhorter, and he is reported to be taking j
his regular turn in the drift with the oth"r j
men. McWhorter is an old friend of Tom j
Aitken. the Alaska millionaire miner. Late
last fall, after having closed negotiations for |
property in the Broad Pass section for the j
Guggenbeims, Aitken made the trip from '
Whitehorse to Galena creek to visit his
id 1 friend, and is reported to he taking his I
turn in the drift with a pick and shovel, j
Their wealth has not spoiled them.
The shaft in the silver mine is down 131
feet, and the vein has widen to four feet
and continues to grow richer with depth.
Six hundred tons of ore has already been
landed at Mayo Landing.
MYSTERY OF CRUISER EBER
CLEARED UP AT LAST
NEW YORK, March 19.—A German who
was an officer on the German gunboat Eber.
which was interned last fall in a Brazilian
port, has arrived in this city. His state
ments concerning the exploits of the Eber
as a commerce destroyer, although brief,
place her in the class of the Emden and
other noted raiders.
He explains the mystery as to what be
came of the Eber’s guns, as she was prac
tically defenseless when interned. It ap
pears that the Eber had exhausted her sup
ply of fuel, and while in this condition was
overtaken by the German auxiliary cruiser
Trafalgar. The latter was short of guns,
having parted with a number of her heavi
est pieces to replace useless ones on other
German cruisers, and the Eber secured
enough coal to carry her to Bahia, Brazil,
where she interned.
The officer was not interned in Brazil
with his ship, as he, in company with every
member of the crew who could be spared
was landed at another port before going to
Bahia to be interned.
HABITS OF EMPLOYES
GOVERNED BY COMPANY
An Ogden, Utah, dispatch says that the
Union Pacific efficiency expert urges that
the management exercise a more diligent |
control of the lives of all employes, so that <
they may attain the highest possible effi
ciency in their respective duties. Thus he
advises that they be all compelled to bathe
tri-weekly, drink three pints of water daily,
enjoy music end cultivate considerable rest
ful pleasures, instead of exciting ones, when
off duty. The expert holds that the com
pany must direct considerably more control
over the lives of its men when off duty than
it does at present. While the men appear
for duty sober and in apparent prime:, con
dition, the way they have passed their'time
during their hours off duty is of supreme
importance, and must be regulated so that
they \*»U be flawlessly bright and efficient.
The attempt to control the private lives
of employes, the expert holds, must en
gage the immediate attention of employers.
ECONOMY
“Yes, darling,” said Mr. Newlywed, “we
can get along without a piano, but we
must have a few tons of coal put in for
the winter, and I don’t really know how
we can afford it.”
“Why, I’ll tell you what we can do,” re
plied Mrs. Newlywed, who had been reared
in luxury. “We will save money on the
coal bill by spending our winter in Florida.”
—Now York World.
HOW SHE SPENDS HER TIME
(Cordova Alaskan)
The cable repair ship Burnside now spends
its time sailing between Southeastern Alaska
and Seattle. So soon as an “interruption”
is repaired the ship will sail for Seattle.
Then after a few days in that port there
will be another break in the cable, and away
north again goes tlie Burnside. Maybe
some day there will be a government repair
ship stationed in Alaska. It certainly would
save a lot of delay and expense.
PIONEER DRUG STORE
FLAT CITY
FHGNE DAY OR NIGHT
ERAQFR rooming
rnHocn house
Dis., Otter Miss M. Earl, Prop.
Warm and Clean Rooms
Porcelain Tub Baths
CONVENIENT DOG KENNELS
McLean's Roadhouse
TAKOTMA
Cummings’ Old Sand
MRS. J. H. McLEAN, PROP.
BEST ACCOMMODATIONS
FOR TRAVELERS
RATES REASONABLE
BEST LIQUORS AND CIGARS
Three-Times-Move Bar
(Formerly the Stanley House)
JOHN BAGOY, PROP.
GOOD ROOMS CLEAN BEDS
FLAT CITY
Summit Roadhouse !
Both Winter and Summer
Locations
INQUIRE AT THE ROADHOUSE
REGISTRATION NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that at to o’clock
on the 23d day ot‘ March. 19 1'. th>* regis
tration books of the t• • w11 of Iditarod will
lx* open fur the purpose of registering all
persons 2 1 years of age, who are citizens
f the I'nited stales or have declared their
intention to become >in h, and who have re
sided continuously one year next preceding
the date or election in tie- Territory «>f
Maska. and six months next preceding the f
date of election in the town of Iditarod.
All persons desiring t" \«*tc at said election
must before voting register their names,
ages and qual ill cations with the town regis
trar of Iditarod.
Registration books will be kept open
every day excepting Sunday between the
days of Slarch 23 and and 3*1, between the
hours of 10 a. m. and 4 p. m., at the
Miners and Merchants Bank.
Said election will he held Tuesday. April
fi. 19 15. for the purpose of electing seven
councilmen and one school director.
B. A. MEYERS. Municipal Clerk.
Forfeiture Notice
To C. O. Nord, R. E. Johnson. O. T. Olson,
John Swedal, Adolph Olson, Gust Er
icson, Joe Jernian.
You are hereby notified that I have ex
pended during the years 19 13 and 19 14
two hundred d dlars in labor and inipr ve
ments upon the Lone Star Association placer
mining claim, situate on Gold Run creek, a
tributary of Bear creek, in the Rusk* kwim
mining precinct. Fourth division, territory
of Alaska, the location certificate «>r which
is found of record in hook No. 7, page 38,
in the office or the recorder of said pre
cinct, in order to hold said claim under the
provisions of Section 232 4 of the Revised
Statures of the United States, and the
amendments thereto approved January 2 2.
1880, and other amendments thereto relat
ing, concerning annual labor upon mining
claims, being the amount reuired to hold
said placer mining claim for hte period
ending on the 3 1st day of December, A. P.
1914.
And if within ninety (90) days arter the
publication thereof you fail or refuse to
contribute your proportion of such expen
diture as a co-owner, which amounts to
twenty-five (25) dollars for each -d you,
your interest in the claim will become the
property of the subscriber, your co-own°r,
who has made the reuired expenditure, v>y
the terms or said section with amendments.
(Signed) CHARLES AMMlLo.L
Bear Creek, Alaska. Jan. 4. 1915.
First publication, Jan. 9. 1915.
Last publication. April 10, 1915.