Knlfeil-in-Half Sale
on Everything I Carry
GOES MERRILY OH UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
FRIEDMAN'S
DEPUTY MARSHAL
HERE FROM OPHIR
Deputy Marshal Cly tie Coleman,
of Ophir, Innoko district, arrived
in Iditarod iast Tuesday and has
remained here during the week.
He brought in L B. Horton, com
mitted from Takofna last fall and
since that time held at Ophir on a
charge of unlawful cohabitation.
Horton will be kept in the Iditarod
jail pending the sitting of a grand
jury here.
With the removal of Horton
the jail was left empty at Ophir
and peace and quiet reigns in that
district. Mr. Coleman says there
are 30c) people m the vicinity ot
Ophir. A little winter work has
been going on all along Ophir
creek and the output will be fairly
good for the number of men en
gaged.
Next summer Ophir, Gaines and
Yankee creeks wi'l all be active
and between 200 and 300 men will
be employed. It will be all open
cut worn.
The quartz mill on Carter cieek
was expected to start up the first of
the present week. It had been
hoped to have the mill iu operation
by the first of Ma ch, but delay in
getting parts of the mill freighted
over made this impossible. Mr.
Coleman says the property is looked
on as very promising by those who
are most familiar with it.
Ten or twelve people from the
vicinity of Ophir went into Mud
river last fall. Tour or five have
returned and report that good
prespects were found ou one branch
of Mud, but nothing, could be
proved on account of wet ground.
The mail to Ophir has been ar
livingouee a month this winter and
has given satisfaction There was
only one mail all last summer, and
lots of complaints were then heard
Mr. Coleman is leaving for home
today.
FOR SALE — Northern Commercial
ilogteam of seven dogs, Rummey in
tlie lead, with harness and basket
sled complete. Inquire N. C. Co.
KUSKOKWIH BAY
TO HAVE SALTERY
Klondike Johnson, more com
monly known as “High Boat"
Johnson because in fishing around
Bristol bay his boat always con
|tained the most fish, is establishing
a fish saltery on Kuskokwim bay.
lie has been getting out limbers
and busying himself in the prelim
inaiv work of the enterprise all
winter.
Johnson formerly fished around
Xushagak and Bristol bay. Mush
ers from the Kuskokwim say pros
pectors and others along the river
are glad the saltery is being es
tablished, because there will be no
more snortage of dug-fee! over
there. Johnson expects to devote
the first season almost exclusively
to curing dog fish
COUPLE IN SWEDEN
HAVE GOLDEN WEDDING
Mrs. Robert Graham, of Iditarod,
in a letter has received an account
of a surprise party tendered het
parents in Sweden on the occasion
of their golden wedding, which oc
curred on December 27 last. Neigh
bors and friends of the couple as
sembled and sarg songs, deluged
the pair with rice and bestowed
upon them many handsome and
costly gifts.
The couple have reared 10 cliil
dretr, all of whom are liviug in
America. _
LUCXY FLAT CREEK MINER
LIKELY TO TAKE THE MAID
On the counting of the beans on St.
Patrick’s day in the guessing contest
ai the Miners Horne, it, was found that
Steve Bujovich, of Flat City, is the
winner, his guess being 71G, the exact
number contained in the jar The
prize was either half a gallon of Quaker
Maid rye whisky or a box of good
cigars. The lucky man was not on
hand at the counting, but Sam Wilmer
thinks it’s a cinch he will choose the
Maid. _
H. Boas, tlie leading clothier, lias it.
“Obey the Impulse” ]
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A FEW THINGS FOR WINTER
Extra Large-Size Horse Blankets
Yukon Sleds, Snowsfioes Goal Oil aud Gasoline
Cole's Air-Tight Heaters
SMITH’S GUN STORE
, Phono No. 6 Iditarcd, Alaska
AT FLAT T0WI6KT
LADIES’ TEAM
IDITAROD
Miss Lucille Taylor, 1 f, captain
Mrs Frank Larson, r f
Miss Lillian Smith, c
! Mrs W Alcheson, 1 g
Miss Helen Grant, r g
Sub—Mrs E L Byers
FLAT
Mrs Amnion?, r f, captain
Mrs Lain?, 1 f
Mrs Campbell, c
Miss Rose Murray, r g
Mrs A L»etner, 1 g
Subs—Mrs C'has Suter, Miss S Kotscl)
GENTLEMEN’S TEAM
IDITAROD
! 'harles Fowler, 1 f, captain
I Hugh Paris, r f
j Hick Button, c
Herb Wilson, 1 g
| Ralph Lomen, r g
FLAT
J Hanson, r f, captain
Freddie Webber, 1 !
Charles Lynn, c
A1 Goslow, r g
John Bidwell, 1 g
Subs—W C De Haim, Harry Donnelly Subs—George Kay, E Pint
With the above lineups, the first of the series of six double games
of basketball between Iditarod and Flat City will be played at A. B.
Hall, Flat, tonight. The games will continue vreekly until the series
is completed, the place of play alternating between the two towns.
Tonight’s games will be unusually interesting, not alone because
j they are the first of the series, but also because it is to be the first
| time in which ladies appear in a match game in this district. The ladies’
' <'une will be played first and will consist of 15 minute halves instead of
; 'he half-hour halves played by the male teams.
Up to a short time ago the superiority of the Flat ladies’ team hid
been accepted wthout question, but with constant practice the Iditarod
ladies have gained confidence in themselves and inspired it in their
| home-town brothers—so that now the prediction is freelv made that
; they will be winners of the first contest. It is reported that Fiat is
i equally or even more confident that the first honor will go to the
| ladies of that place—so it is safe to sav the chief interest on the begin
jnitig night will be in the ladies’ play.
Camp Iditarod’s male players have showed their mettle in the past
1 and Camp Flat’s huskies are not without experience. Each team is
[ sure to strive its hardest in the initial game.
| Stages will be run between Iditarod and Flat to accommodate those
' who desire to go over, and it is expected that Iditarod will be
| will represented on the opening night.
FLAT CITY NOTES
The St. Patrick's Eve masquerade
last Saturday was a great success.
Iditarod and the creeks were well rep
resented. A great many new and
startling costumes were to be seen.
Everybody enjoyed the fun and great
credit is due the Arctic Chief and mem
bers of Camp Flat.
i At 12 o’clock the valuable prizes
| were awarded by the judges, Dr.
I Spaulding, Bert Moores and A1 Goslaw,
j and their decision in every instance
| was highly commended. Following are
| the winners of prizes:
I Best dressed lady, china sugar and
] cream set- Miss M. Cooiidge, beauti
i fully attired in silk,
i Best dressed gentleman, gold match
; box—Dr. C. D. Carter, the best dressed
j gentleman in the North.
Best sustained character, lady, cut
glass cream and sugar set—Mrs. Thom
as McMahon, representing Winter
Season.
Best sustained character, gentleman,
gold fountain pen—C. R. Peck, repre
senting a Farmer.
Most comical Irish character, ladv.
| cut-glass olive dish—Mrs. Selina Swan
j son, Irish Washerwoman.
; Most comical Irish character, gentle
| man, gold stickpin—Isadore Goldstein.
Most original character representing
business house of the district, lady,
sugar shell—Miss S. Kotch, Cigar
Lady.
j Same, gentleman, silver matchbox —
i A. V. Thorns, representing a Clock,
i A great many other characters, espe
cially a group of suffragettes from
Iditarod, deserved special mention.
Charles Suter and Miss Coolidge led
the grand march, and dancing contin
ued until the early morning. A splen
did supper was served of which 160
people partook.
Camp Flat cleared $71.26.
WILLOW DEFEATED.
The baseball game last Sunday eve
ning between Willow creek and the
Flat A. B.’s was disastrous for the
j Willows. It was a hard-fought battle.
The eighth inning showed a tie, but in
the ninth the Flat boys made a killing
and so beat the miners by a score of 8
to 7. The lineup follows:
Willow Creek—Geo. Phillips, A. L.
Kells, Dan McCarty, Jack Shropshire,
Frank Hanson, Ollis Ives, J. Bidwell,
Geo. Krause.
A. B.’s—Hank Martin, C. T. Suter,
Jack Ronan, Bert Moores, George
Mutchler. Fred Webber, V. Hanson,
Harry Minchell.
Umpire—Crosby Keen.
Considerable money was left in town
by the boys, and most of them get an
early start Monday back to the wind
lass and the simple life.
Twc Small Fires
Last Sunday afternoon at .'5 o’clock
while everybody was expecting the
dog-racing teams to come, the fire
alarm was sounded, and it was found
that a cabin belonging to Con Buckley
was on fire. Mr. Bnckley lost some
wearing apparel and a few provisions,
besides considerable damage to the
cabin. Much credit is due to citizens
for their prompt and efficient service.
Origin of the fire is not known.
A fire last Monday in Charles Olson’s
cabin, back of Main street, was
promptly extinqnished before much
damage was done.
Runaway
Tuesday afternoon while Mr. and
Mrs. Suter were returning from a trip
to Discovery their cutter tipped over
at Boulder creek aud they were thrown
out, but neither weie injured. The
cutter was smashed into kindling
wood, tlie horse got away and made
record time to Flat.
Quite a number of citizens of Flat
and Discovery went to Discovery last
Wednesday to attend the funeral of
Giles C'arleton.
A vast number of people enjoyed the
dog racing last Sunday, and numerous
wagers were made.
Karl Thiel has reopened his place of
business at Discovery.
Mr. and Mrs. Ives made a trip to
Iditarod the early part of the week.
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Lynch and son
Buster, of Upper Flat, attended the
masquerade.
The A. B.’s are having their hall
fixed up in grand style for tonight’s
game.
Bob Hart returned last Wednesday
from Donlan creek and reports every
thing looking good over there. Quite
a little gold will be taken out of that
creek this summer.
COKE HILL AND NAT LYONS
REACHED SEWARD ALL RIGHT
E. Coke Hill and Nat Lyons arrived
at Seward February 9, just in time to
catch the steamer Bertha for Seattle,
according to the Seward Gateway of
February 10. They left Iditarod over
the Seward trail January 16.
Old Lacey, Tyler, Monogram, Ather
ton and Cedarbrook, also fine old Port,
Sherry and Clarets at Empire Com
mercial Co.
Come once and you vrill come again.
Arcade Cafe, Flat City.
CAPT. DONOVAN !
FOR BOLIVIA
Captain J. J. Donovan, formerly
deputy marshal stationed at Iditarod
and who was expected to occupy a like
position in the Koyukulc the present
year, has stampeded to Bolivia.
On the return of Marshal Love toj
Fairbanks last month it became known j
that Captain Donovan resigned on
reaching the Outside, where he went
the first of the year with a l>atch of
prisoners, and joined a number of min
ing men in Seattle who were departing
for La Paz.
MSS. STRONG TELLS
ABOUT HER TB ELS
—
From a letter to Mrs. Robert Gra
ham from Mrs. J. F. A. Strong dated
Berlin December 31 the Pioneer is
permitted to quote as follows:
“We left Seattle in November and
sailed from New York for Liverpool on
the Lusitania and after staying in Lon
don until we were worn out sightseeing
we started for Holland. Landed at
‘The Hook’ and visited Rotterdam,
Schiedam, Deft, Haarlem, The Hague,
Amsterdam, etc. We were charmed
with Holland—with its quaint wind
mills and canals, its quainter people
with their wooden shoes, etc. From
Holland we came ou to Germany. We
spent Xmas with old friends of mine
and some of my former classmates.
Had a fine time" tonight—Sylvester
evening as it is called in Germany —we
spent with friends watching the old
year out. From here we make a tour j
through Belgium, France, Spain and
Portugal. At Lisbon we board the
Victoria Louise and make a 73-day
trip on her—visiting Cadiz, Algiers,
Gibraltar, Genoa, Villefranche, Monte
Carlo, Nice, Syracuse, Malta, Port
Said, Egypt, Nile, Jaffa, Holy Lands,
Beyrouth,Piraeus, Suez canal, Red sea,
Kalamaki, Athens, Smyrna, Constanti
nople, Messina, Palermo, Naples,
Rome. On the 5th of April we board
the Cincinnati at Naples for home and
expect to reach New York aljout the
loth, and will do doubt be in Seattle by
the 25th of April, where a letter ad
dressed to me at the Frye hotel will be I
joyfully received. We are more im
pressed with Alaska’s future than ever ^
before, and after traveling so much we
realize what Alaska really is us com-j
pared with other lands and climes. j
Many people over here have never!
heard of Seattle, but they have all
heard of Alaska, the land of gold, and
also of the Klondike. So, you see, we
are not so far out of the world as we
sometimes try to make ourselves think.
We haven’t heard one word from Idit-1
arod since the last boats arrived in j
Seattle, and we think of you all so!
often and hope that alt is well. Mr. :
Strong was walking along Uuter den J
Lindeu the second day we were here j
and a gentleman accosted him and
said: ‘Aren’t you. Mr. Strong from
Alaska?’ It was a gentleman that Mr.
Strong and I knew in Nome in 1901.
The world is very small after all, isn't j
it? WTe were invited to Shamrock-\
ville, Ireland, to spend Xmas, but de
cided to come on to Germany. At the i
dinner table here I told and described ;
Mrs. Peterson’s Xmasdinner last Xmas ;
in Iditarod. I told how the turkey was
brought over the ice with dog teams, j
and the Germans thought that was j
simply marvelous. And now, my dear
friend, I will close by wishing you and
yours a very happy and prosperous new
year, in which Mr. Strong joins me.”
WATER-WAGON FLOAT
LEFT OUT OF STORY
la failing to give credit to Herbert
Riley's water-wagon float in the great
parade on Roof Garden day the Iditarod
Pioneer fell down almost as hard as
Riley himself did when he tumbled off
the water-wagon, and the excuse of
the Pioneer is no more valid and con
vincing than Riley’s is when he says
”1 didn’t go to do it.”
The water-wagon float was one of
the Dotable attractions in the parade.
It got snapshot by a hundred cameras
and got its due from every admirer
except the newspaper. Incidentally,
nearly $100 was expended in getting it
in shape for (lie show. If entered in
another show it will get its deserts in
these columns.
. . SPRING SEASON . .
BEGINNING TODAY the Spring Season of 1912
has made its appearance in due and ancient
form.
This firm is fully equal to the occasion. We are
prepared to dress you up with all up-to-date Men’s
Wearing Apparel at prices that have no com
petition, for the reason that in accordance with
instructions our entire unexcelled stock !
MUST BE REVERTED INTO READY CASH, 3
which will be carried out to the letter. Realizing the
meager population we have to contend with for the
large stock we carry, hence our only solution is
“MURDER IN THE ROADHOUSE”
—not of human life or beast, but of high-class mer
chandise until the last thread is disposed of.
Make haste and select your wants while our stock
is intact. _
ISAACS BROS. & CO.
Leading Clothiers
OF SPRING
According to the Golden North Al
manac spring began 2:29 p.m. March
20. Alaska standard time. Spring is
supposed to begin at what is termed
the vernal equinox -that is, tiie first
time in the year when i lie day ami
night are equal: the length of the diy
is then 12 hours; the sun is ascending
G hours, and descending the same time.
When the sun is in this situation the
horizon of every place is divided into
two equal pans by tbe circle bounding
light and darkness; lienee the sun
is visible evet-where 12 hours and in
visible for the same time in every 21
hours. The vernal equinox is supposed
to be on March 21, and even the differ
in the standards of tiruo wouid not be
sufficient to account for the discrepancy
between that day and the day and hour
set by the Golden North Almanac: but
when leap year is taken into considera
tion, with its 29t,h day added to Febru
ary, the matter is made clear.
Whether absolutely correct or not, the
almanac is good enough authority for
all practical purposes and may be ac
cepted as such without question. By
it the rising and setting of the sun is
given as follows during the days of the
present week: M troll 1#—Rises 6:12;
sets (1:6. March 18—Rises 6:9: sets 6:8.
.March 19 -Rises 6:6; sets 6:10. March
20- -Rises 6:3; sets 6:12. March 21
Rises 6:1; sets 6:1 1. March 22—Rises
5:59: sets 6:16. March 23—Rises 5:56;
sets 6:18. < >,i this subject Americana
says:
“The vernal equinox is on March 21
and marks the beginning of spring,
the autumnal is on September 23,
which is considered the commence
ment of autumn: at all other times the
length of the d.ty and of the night are
unequal, and the difference is the
greater the more we approach
either pole, and in tiie same lati
tude it is everywhere the same.
On tiie equator tiiis inequality
entirely vanishes; there during the
day which is equal to the night, the
sun always ascends six hours and
descends six hours. In the opposite
hemisphere of our earth the inequality
of the days increases in proportion to
the latitude: the days increase there
while they diminish with us, and vice
versa. The points where the ecliptic
intersects the equator are called equi
noctial points. The vernal equinoctial
point was formerly at the entrance of
the constellation of Aries; hence the
next 30 degrees of the eclipse, reckoned
eastward from it have been railed
Aries; but this point long ago deserted
the constellation of Aries and now
stands in Pisces; for it is found by
observation that the eq liuoctial points,
and all the other |x>iuts of thi
eeliptio, arc continually moving back
ward, or westward; which retrograde
motion of the equinoctial points P
what is called the precession of th
equinoxes. It appeals from the result
of calculations that the path of either
of the poles is a circle, the poles of
which coincide with those of the eeli|>
tie, and that the pole will move along
that circle so slowly as to accomplish
the whole revolution in about fP.Ho'
years nearly. The diameter of the
circle is equal to twice tbo inclination
of the ecliptic to the equator, or about
47 degrees. Now. as the ecliptic is a
fixed circle in the heavens, but the
equator, which must be equidistant
from the piles, moves with t he |xile«.
—therefore the equator must be con
stantly ciiMigitig its intersection with
the ecliptic. Anti from the best o!>
ser vat ions it appears that the equator
cuts the ecliptic every year 50.25 min.
more to the westward than it did the
year before: hence tlie sun’s arrival at
the equinoctial point, precedes its ar
rival at the same fixed |>oint of the
heavens every year by 2D minutes 25
seconds of time, sr by an arc of 50.25
min. Thus, by little and little, these
equinoctial points will cut the ecliptic
more and more to the westward, till,
after 25,800 years, they return to the
same point.”
Get your new hat of H. Boas, the big
clothing store on the corner.
LOST —One goat. Liberal reward for
its return to A. B. Ferguson. Flat.
MERCHANTS CAFE
Caters to Large and Small Parties
PRIVATE DINING ROOMS
Popular Prices Everything First Class
CHAS. E. MILLER, PROP.
Open All Night Open All Night
THE NORTHERN
Family Trade a Speolalty
Goods Delivered to All Parts of City Day or Night
HARRY ASHLAND CEO. F. MARSH
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