Miners & Merchants
IDITAROD, ALASKA
Capital, $100,000.00
General Banking Business Transacted Gold Dust Bought and Assayed
Drafts Issued on Any Part of the World
SEATTLE CORRESPONDENT: SCANDINAVIAN AMERICAN BANK
OFFICERS:
T. J. Nestor, President
Chas. Ross, Vice President
E. G. Lindberg, Manager
John Holmes, Cashier and Assayer
Going Out of isiness
Having decided to wind up our business in Ldiiarod this fall, we trust,
as soon as possible, dispose <»f our large stock of Paints, Wallpaper, Build
ing Material and House Furnishings, or have same shipped out of the
country before navigation closes. Consequently we are selling everything
at ridiculously low prices, such as
DOORS, WINDOWS,
CLASS AND MIRRORS,
All kinds of BUILDING AND HOOFING PAPKH
OUR RUBBER FLAX1NE ROOFING
Is the best roof covering manufactured, and is the only paper that will
wear and last on floors, steamer decks, etc. Also large stock of
Pictures, Mouldings and Frames, Pyrography Outfits and
Stamped Wood lor Burning, Houselining and Cheesecloth,
Cretonnes, Rugs, Linoleum and Furnishings.
PAINTING, PAPERHAN6ING AND SIGNS
Anderson Bros, & Norland,
Stcond and Willow Streets Phone 21
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The dance given to celebrate the first anniversary of Camp
Iditarod No. 27, Arctic Brotherhood, was a great success in every
way. There were about 60 couples present, including many vis
itors from the creeks, and a number of ladies and gentlemen who
have but lately arrived in the city from Dawson, Fairbanks and
points on the Outside.
The orchestra, which consisted of five pieces, rendered a pro
gram of music which was declared by the visitors to be the best
ever offered at an Iditarod dance, and certainly a more delightful
time was never spent in the camp.
Lemonade was served in the hall throughout the evening, and
Charley Miller, of the Merchants cafe, put on a special supper for
the dancers which was well patronized and favorably com
mented upon.
The hall was nicely decorated for the occasion, and the gallery
was furnished with rugs, lounges, etc., and set apart for the ex
elusive use of the ladies.
Dancing continued until 3 a. m.
The various committees deserve hearty congratulations upon
tlie success which attended their efforts.
AS IT APPEARS TO RUEYITES
Ruby Record-Citizen, May 25: The
Guggenheims have taken over part of
Flat creek, and will no doubt get all of
that creek and Otter as well. Hardly
a wheel is turning in the camp, and
many are planning to come to Ruby.
Mr. and Mrs. George V, Allbright,
who have been running the Willow
Creek roadhouse, have left for Happy
creek, where Mr. Allbright has se
cured a lay on some promising mining
ground.
MAJ. STRONG GOES TO BALTIMORE
From letters received here on the
last mail it was learned that Major J.
F. A. Strong, who lias beeD holiday
making in Europe with Mrs. Strong,
arrived at Seattle April 27. The major
has been chosen as an Alaskan dele
gate to the National Democratic Con
vention, which meets at Baltimore
June 25, and is now on his way thither.
The convention over Major and Mrs
Strong will return to Iditarcd by way
[of Whitehorse.
Flat City
Now Open for Business
With Choicest Brands of Liquors and Cigars
AH Hours Alike in This House
GOME ONCE AND YOU WILL COME AGAIN
FIRST AVENUE. SOUTAR & SUTHERLAND. Props.
SPRING IS HERE. CLEAN UP !
Pillows, Carpets, etc., etc., Washed and Renovated
Cascade Steam Laundry
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What was undoubtedly one of the worst earthquakes and vol
canic eruptions in history occurred the latter part of last week on
! the Alaska Peninsula and the islands adjoining.
The local wireless station first heard of the disaster on Satur
day, when meager messages filtered through that volcanic erup
tions had taken place. Later it was learned that the wireless plant
on Kodiak island had been put out of commission, and gradually it
became known that a terrible calamity had overtaken the people of
the coast, spreading death and destruction over a very wide area.
On June 6, 7 and 8 violent eruptions took place at Katmai, Mt.
Redoubt and Mt- Iliamna. and the whole country for a distance of
200 miles north and south and an almost equal distance east and
west, has perhaps been ruined irretrievably, much of it now lying
buried under volcanic ash and cinders to a depth of many feet.
The earthquakes and volcanic eruptions lasted contiuously for
48 hours, and, to add to the horror of the disaster, total darkness
prevailed over an area of over 300 square miles for a period of not
less than 40 hours.
Many towns and villages have been completely wiped off the
map, among them being St. Paul, Karluk, Afognik, Alitik, Wood
Island, Kodiak and other places on Kodiak island, while all the
vegetation on the island is reported destroyed by falling ashes.
Several whalers where at Cold Bay, 15 miles from Katmai,
when the disaster occurred and fear is entertained for their safety.
The loss of life is belived to be very serious.
The revenue cutter Manning is on the scene distributing
rations and clothing to the distressed. Over 500 refugees, mostly
women and children, are aboard the cutter or on scows. Most of
the men were out fishing at the time, and may have perished. The
Manning reports 18 inches of volcanic ash on her deck, and says
that there are drifts as high as 40 feet along the coast, making it
impossible that there can be any survivors iu those places
The tug Redondo and another tug were pressed into the res
cue work, and in company with the revenue cutters McCulloch and
Tahotna, proceeded with all haste to Kodiak with supplies, to
render aid and convey survivors to Seward.
The Kodiak wireless station was burned to the ground. The
operators have been ordered to report at Cordova.
When the steamer Dora arrived at Seldovia she had over a foot
of ashes on her decks. She was compelled to steam 50 miles out
of her course.
The eruptions are said to be far and away the worst ever ex
pe pie need by white men iu Alaska.
Shocks Felt In Iditarod
Several residents of Iditarod and the creeks testify to hearing
loud reports and noticing earth tremors, before news of earthquake
or eruptions became known. Earl Slippern says that he felt three
distinct shocks last Thursday, while in his apartment at the Beattie
House, and several other residents tell of similar experiences. At
first it was thought that the reports were caused by blasting opera
tions at the head of Flat creek, but inquiry soon dispelled that
theory. The heavily laden atmosphere early aroused curiosity,
and C. R. Peck made experiments at Flat which proved the de
posits of dust to be of volcanic origin. The terriffic force of the
eruption may be imagined when it is known that Iditarod City is
over 200 miles as the crow llies from Mt. Iiiamaa, the nearest of
the volcanoes in eruption.
ELECTION PRECINCTS NAMED
BY COMMISSIONER STANTON
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In an order made by Commissioner E. M. Stanton, Otter pre
cinct has been divided into three voting precincts for the purposes
of the election for delegate to congress to be held Tuesday, August
Id. Aside from the voting precincts named by the commissioner,
Iditarod will be a voting precinct in which the balloting will be
under the supervision of the municipal authorities. The precincts
named by the commissioner are as follows:
Otter precinct, comprising the valley of Otter creek and its
tributaries from the headwaters of the said Otter creek to a line
drawn across the valley at the mouth of Boulder creek to the
summit of the divide on the left limit of said creek. AH persons
residing on Otter creek and its tributaries shall be considered resi
dents of the Otter voting precinct. The town of Discovery is
designated as the polling place. The judges of election are A. A.
Shonbeck, J. M. Ryan and Karl Thiel.
Flat precinct includes the valley of Flat creek, the watersheds
of Bonanza creek and its tributaries and of Otter creel- and its trib
utaries down stream from a line drawn across the creek at the
mouth of Boulder, and the valley of the Iditarod river to the city
limits of the town of Iditarod. The polling place to be in Flat
City. Judges of election: John Ronan, Thomas McMahon and
E. M. Spaulding.
Dikeman precinct, comprising all the valley and watersheds of
the Iditarod river and its tributaries situate below the junction of
Caribou creek with the Iditarod river. Polling place to be in the
town of Dikeman. Judges of election: C. E. Carlson, James E
Fullerton and E. V. Brown.
The several polling places are to be open for the reception of
votes from 8 o'clock a. m. to 7 o’clock p. m.
MAIL EXPECTED
HERE TOMORROW
Postmaster T. L. Thurston says that
the first big mail from the Outside
should arrive here tomorrow or Mon
day-at the latest. The mail sent in via
Whitehorse was brought down the
Yukon by the Susie, and is probably on
the Reliance on its way to Dikeman.
The second large consignment of mail
which is expected arrived at Nome on
the Senator, and, with close eonnec
tions at St. Michael, should reach here
on Monday or Tuesday. Eighteen tons
of mail matter for Alaskan points was
aboard the Susie when she left Dawson,
and it is reasonable to suppose that
four or five tons of this amount is for
Iditarod. The amount of mail on the
Senator and Victoria has not been
learned. _
The passengers who left Iditarod last
Tuesday on the Nancy Bell for Dike
man expected to connect at that place
with the Reliance, which was to leave
for Holy Cross Wednesday morning
and connect with the Susie for St.
Michael.
Sole Agents
for Alaska:
Ball Band Boots and Pacs
OUR SPECIALTIES
Fre3h Petaluma Eggs Hills Bros.’ Teas and Coffees Peerless Cream
Bodega Butter — l-8s, l-4s, !-2s bbls Sealtite Ham and Bacon
(Mission Brand Canned Fruits and Vegetables
LET LiS FIGURE Oi^ YOUR OUTFIT. ALL GOQOS G'JARANIEtO
STANLEY SELLS !
TO JERRY FORD
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One of the most important busi-j
ness deals in the history of Flat j
City was consummated eatly this1
week, when Frank B. Stanley, of
the vS anley House bar and res
taurant, strict out his interests in
Flat City to Jerry Ford.
By the terms of the sale Mr Ford
becomes owner of the Stanley res
taurant, the Stanley House bar and
lodging house, the stables and all
outhouses connected with the prem
ises, and also the stock, furniture
and fittings used in connection with
the several businesses. The pur
chase price is said to have been
$10,000 cash, and other valuable
consideration.
Mr. Ford is one of the most
widely known men in the North,
Having been in business at Eureka,
Rampart, Circle and other places
He is a capable business man and
should do well in his new venture.
An agreement has also been ar
rived at whereby Frank Stanley j
will conduct the restaurant on a
lease from Mr. Ford, and will, in
addition, continue to manage the
other businesses included in the
purchase. Mr. S'atiley has been
located at Flat City since the start
of tlie camp, and put up the first
liouse there. He is also owner of
the Stanley House hotel at Ho!
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MRS. FONTAS GIVES BIG PARTY
Mr. and Mrs. Fontas, of Flat City,
I entertained a number of friends Fri
| day evening, June 7, in honor of seve
j ral residenters who were leaving for
I the Outside on the Nancy Bell.
Progressive whist formed the chief
j diversion of the evening. The play
was for points, aud Mrs. Duncan Michie
carried off the first ladies’ prize—a!
handsome souvenir spoon. The ladies’
booby prize, a box of bonbons, went to
Mrs. Chittiek. For the gentlemen.
Harold Seddon took first honors, and
Tom Dean was tlie booby. Harold's
prize was an Eskimo lady, stylishly
dressed in a parka. He appreciated it
greatly, saying it meant the end of his
bachelorhood. Tom Dean got a cigar
j which is claimed to be the biggest ever
I brought into the camp. Anyhow, it
| was so strong that it took two men to
get it heme, and it certainly will hold
[ Tom for awhile.
There was also excellent musical
j talent available—a feature much en
i joyed by the guests.
Among those present were Mr and
| Mrs Duncan Micliie, Mr and Mrs Webb
! Mading, Mr and Mrs Frank Dawson,
Mr and Mrs Bert Moores, Miss Roberts,
j Miss Murray, Miss Lillian Mading,
j Miss Kotseb, Mrs. Chittick, Mrs. Craw
[ ford, Mrs Tom Moores, Messrs Harold
Seddon, George Phillips, Tom Howell,
Tom McKinnon, Tom Dean, Jim
Hiland and Dr. Behla.
TRACTION COMPANY
INSTALLS TELEPHONES
In order to keep in touch with the
cars while freight is being hauled out
to Flat City and the creeks, the Idita
rod Traction Company has installed
several extra telephone booths along
the trail. One of these is situated at
the gravel pit, about two miles from
Iditarod City, another has been placed
at the Summit section, while a third is
located at the Cottonwood section,
about two miles this side of Flat. The
telephones are proving a great con
venience. _
Eastman Kodaks, films and
; photo stippllos. L9IKSN 8305,
MERCHANTS CAFE
Caters to Large and Small Parties
PRIVATE DINING ROQT&S
Popular Prices Everything Firs* Class
CHAS. E. FILLER, PROP.
LONE DEMOCRAT BOUND
FOR THE GREAT OUTSIDE
A. B. Ferguson, who left on the
Nancy Bell for the Outside, is paying
his first visit to the States since 1897,
when he joined in the Klondike stam
pede. Mr. Ferguson has tried his luck
in almost every camp in the North,
with various degrees of success. Com
ing to the Iditarod in the fall of 1909,
he was among the first to get in on the
tieh pay on Flat creek, and his present
vacation is the natural sequence to
that fortunate move.
Fergy received quite a sendoff, and
was kept busy for awhile handing out
to admirers signed photographs of the
•‘Lone Democrat.” He took his honors
with customary sangfroid, and as he
passed down the. gangplank he was
heard to mutter, “I know iar business.”
Questioned regarding the cylinders
which he had concealed in his side pock
ets, Fergy replied that they belonged
to the boiler which lie always look
along when stampeding. He will use
the 8-foot point which was stowed away
among his baggage as astick-pin when
he gets Outside, while a slab of bacon
as a watch charm will serve to remind
him of the North.
Mr. Ferguson will throw himself into
the Presidential campaign as a sup
porter of Champ Clark; but it is hinted
he will sidetrack “The Houn' Song,’’
and substitute therefor a melody not un
known to residents of the Iditarod.
BRIEF RUBY CITY NEWS ITEMS
(Gleaned from Record-Citizen, May lb
A meeting of business men set t lie
price of $16 an ounce on golddust circu
lating as a medium of exchange.
It was stated that a bank would be
launched within 30 days.
Fred Cabot and John Barrett have
bought the Northern Poolroom from
Joe DeRosie and Joe Green. Barrett
will be remembered in connection with
the Iditarod Pony Express.
Thomas H. Long succeeds C. K. Snow
as deputy marshal.
On Sunday afternoon a party of citi
zens cleared the cemetery of stumps
and brush. It is the purpose to fence
it and make further improvements
later.
William Barrett, who left Iditarod
for San Francisco about 18 months ago.
is now at Ruby.
Capt. Tucker, of the famous craft
Little Snug, is working for Brice &
Capewell on Trail creek in the capacity
of engineer.
BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT AT FLAT
Frank B Stanley says that busi
ness conditions at Flat City are
improving daily. Although a few
men ate still idle, it is believed
that most of them will connect
within a few days. Quite a num
ber of men are working for the
Yukon Gold Company, and the
steady pay roll from that source
alone is expected to materially im
prove business- Taking everything
into consideration, it certainly looks
like a very prosperous summer
ahead for the creek merchants and
miners.
Discovery, too, is said ts he
picking up wonderfully, and a more
hopeful feeling generally prevails.
NOTICE
I am trying to find one Jacob C'rowl,
formerly of Springfield, Illinois: when
last heat'd from in July, 1909, be was In
Council City, Alaska, and said he was
going from there to Iditarod. Anyone
knowing Mr. Crowl’s present address
please notify S. R Cummins, attorney
at law, Springfield, Illinois.
MRS. WM. ACHESON GOES OUTSIDE
Mrs. William Acheson, accompanied
by Bobbie and his baby brother, left on
the Nancy Bell for Nome and the < nit
side. Mrs. Acheson will first t1s:’ her
mother at, Yakima, after which she
will continue her journey as far east as
Detroit, where Mr. Acheson’* folks re
side. She expects to leave Seattle on
: the return journey about August Id.
Harry Siebe and Frank O'Farrell
! left for Dikeman Tuesday.
The first boat will soon arrive
PRESS UP
ami make a hit with the chechacoes.
See
THE PIONEER
Tailor
and we will do the rest.
We clean Panama Hats justlike
Outside.
k\ Our Old-Time Location
ON THE SUMMER TRAIL
SUMMIT
ROADHOUSK
Meals All Hours.
Liquors and Cigars
Tel: “Summit lloadhousf.“
Films Developed
And All Kinds of Photographic
Work Done.
KISS TJERNSTRQM, MCDONALD HOTEL
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE
To Fred A. Nichols, J A.WestbyandS T Kin
caid.
You and each of you are hereby id m 1tliat
during the year 1911, we have expended not le>s
than one hundred dollars in labor and improve
j meats upon each of the following described
: placer mining claims, situated 1:1 the Good
News Mining District. Alaska, to wit:
Fox association claim on Vox creek trilmiar
to Aralik river; (lap asso nation claim on Arntik
river: Mayhood association claim on Faro
creek, tributary to Aralik river: Hoffman asso
ciatiou claim on Trail creek, tributary to Aralik
river.
And you. Fred A. Nichols, or anyone claiming
by, through or under you. are hereby notified,
that unless von pay your proportion of said e\
pense incurred on the said Fox association ami
Gap association, and you, J A. Westby, or any
one claiming by, through or unde: you re
i hereby notified that unless you pay your share
j of such expense incurred on said May hood asso
; ciatiou: and you, S. T. Kincaid, or any tie claim
ing by, through or under you, are In ; eby ucti
fied that unless you pay your proportion of such
I expense incurred on said Hoffman associate >n.
j withi 1 ninety days after the last public.iti m
this notice, your interest in said pr■ >perties w ■
become the property of the undersigned under
j the ; revisions ot section 23.’4 Revised Statutes
I of th Fuited States of America.
I’. J . B. L< BLANC.
J LUCS HOFF MANN.
WM. LOISFLLF
1 I ale of first publication March 30, 1912.
i 1 ate of last publication June 20. 1912.
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NOTIjE of special term of court
In 'he District Court for the Territory of
A aska. Fourth Division.
| Tn tiie matter of calling a Special July,
1912, Term of Court for the Fourth
J . licial Division, at the town of Idita
1 1!, Alaska.
1 pursuance to an ord?r of the above
j en ded Court, made and entered herein
! or, the 18th day of May, 1912, notice is
her-by given that a Special July, 1912,
Tv. ,:i of the District Court for the Terri
to-. of Alaska, Fourth Division, will be
liel , at the town of Iditarod, Alaska,
be. ining on July 8th, 1912, at the hour
of 11 o’clock a.m. for the transaction of
a! business which may be then and
tli ie pending and which may regularlv
cone before the court.
Notice is further giveu that a grand
ami petit jury will be drawn to be in
attendance on said July 8th, 1912.
1 . witness whereof I have hereunto
set my hand as clerk of the district
court, and affixed the seal thereof this
18-h day of May, 1912.
‘ C. C. PAGE,
Clerk of the District Court,
Territory of Alaska,
Fourth Division.