! IDITAROD PIONEER |_j
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yal 4 Geo M. Arbuckla. Publ slier N°
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FOR GOYLKXOll OF ALASKA
,1. F. A. Strong
All good citizens take an interest in civic affairs. Most
important of all is the selection of a good council. Do your
duty by helping to elect the best men available. Hut first
yon must register. The books arc now open at the post
ollice. __
KKONOMY '111 Kill AN AT< mVOHI»
Tlit* meeting held at A. B. Hall last I uesdav resulted
in tin1 nomination of ten very capable men for the city
council, and while the withdrawal of one of the nominees
has reduced the number to nine, there is still a sufficiency
,.f good timber to insure a competent and conservative
council. As Mr. Bayles remarked at the meeting, the main
function of the council should he to act as trustees, to con
serve what the city has: but as the action of one council
cannot govern that ol another, it is essential that men ol
experience and ability be elected to the new body. from
among those nominated last 1 uesdav a sate and sane coun
cil can be assured, and as they received endorsement at a
public meeting, there is no need to look elsewhere for can
didates: the present list could hardly he improved upon.
The new council will assume office under very favor
able circumstances. I he city is not only out of debt, but
there is a cash balance in both salary and general funds,
while the school fund has just been replenished. I ndei
such conditions the task for the incoming conned is not a
hard one, and from present indications there would appear,
to be no necessity for tax assessments in future. Of course
there are some inevitable expenses in connection with the
city: but they are not large and can be met out of the re
ceipts from federal license moneys.
Perhaps the largest item of expense which the new
council will encumber will be the provision of fire-fighting
equipment. 'Taxpayers are entitled to some sort of protec
tion from lire, and the economical scheme now under con
sideration to meet that need should receive endorsement
at the hands of the new council. Then there is the school,
the necessity for which none will deny. These items, and
clerk hire, coverall standing expenses, with the exception
of fuel, and would leave a balance for necessary work on
the streets. But in order to keep city expenditures at a
minimum the greatest watchfulness will be required. '1 he!
p*i\ y 'waulo \i<> mory k lo Litwitu-in 1 i n , tviwl
and believes the new council will not allow such to accrue.
Citizens are reminded that in order to be able to vote
at next Tuesday's municipal election it is necessary that
they should register. The registration books are now open
at the postoffice, but will close Monday afternoon.
AMERICAN SUFFRAGETTE
MUST DO HARD LABOR
London, February 18. —Miss Es
telle Jackson, the militant suffrag
ette of Jackson, Mich., who Is oar
; r\ ing on a campaign in co operation
with S*lvia Parkhurst in London,
was arrested this morning following
a raid on the West-end shops. To
gether with several others, she was
sentenced to serve two months in
jail at hard labor
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The Iditarcd Bakery
Best Cup
of
Coffee
in Town
Cakes
DOUGHNUTS
Having been completely
Redecorated and Refurnished,
Will be
Opened for Business
Tuesday Next,
April 1st
A first-class Baker has been engaged, and
the finest French and Rye Bread will al
ways be on sale
IDITAROB BAKERY
Foot of Willow
Mil Hours Alike in This House
CARIBOU CAFE
COME ONCE AND YOU WILL COME AGAIN
FIRST AVENUE. SOUTAR & SUTHERLAND. Props.
j MEATS
I Beef, by the side,.$ .40 j
Vea!, “ 50
Mutton, by the carcass.. .35 j
Fowl,, per lb. .40 j
Halibut, “ .25
| IDITAROD EV8EAT CO.
j Second St. ^^^^Phono|5^ 11
| SNYDER HOUSE Company Depot j
j Nicely Furnished Rooms FLAT CSTY Large Drying Room j
"the.HOMETLAT'c^;:i:r
j Furnished Rooms, Clean Spring Beds. Bath, Dry Rooms, a,,d cv"UZ>us"cl,cej
Drink Eastern Bear
Miner’s gome Saloon
THE HOME OF THE “QUAKER MAID"
Foot of Willow St., Iditurod
A NEW PARTY
DTHF I'm hale and strong and hearty when the next campaign
begins 1 will start the Sorehead party, that’s the sort of
thing that wins. ’Twill be better far than tonic for the
disappointed kins, for the grouches and the chronics and the
brooding also runs. 'Twill provide a useful shelter for reform
ers who are lame, they’ll come to it belter skelter, when they
learn its noble aim. Fvery stateman full of sorrow who would
even up old scores, in the Sorehead ranks could borrow oint
ment for his wounds and sores. Oh, the party may be trusted
to deserve the public thanks, only those who are disgusted will
bo welcome to its ranks. If the soreheads will assemble in one
party, out for gore, all the other hosts may tremble as they
never did before- In tiie past they have been scattered, in each
party there are some, so their efforts little mattered, small suc
cess to them has come But when once they are united, stand
ing with unbroken front, oh, the gods will be delighted as they
do their winning stunt. Every aleck, every smarty, should
get busy right away! Home and join the Sorehead party, write
your name down, don’t delay. —Walt Mason.
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While out in a boat at the en
nance ot Resurrection bay recently
Judge Hildreth and George C. Goz,
ot the Alaska Fish Products Com
pany, Seward, found a substance
floating on the water which st.u ds
all local tests applied for ambergris
The substance recovered weighs
between 50 and 60 pounds. Am
bergris is worth from Sp > to $5 > an
ounce Should the substance prove
to be the valuable product, the
chunk found would be worth $p >,
000 or thereabouts
Uncle Sam is introducing into
Alaska full-blooded collies, the
lainous Scotch shepherd canines,
noted as natural born tenders of the
flocks. The dogs are to be em
ployed looking after the re.ndeer
throughout tire Seward peninsula
and the islands.
F. T. Hamshaw is taking 30 tons
of freight from Whitehorse to the
White-liver country for use in pros
pecting.
Several hundred cords of wood
ire being cut for steamers at the
foot of J,rke Lebaige. .
Harold II, Pitts, “mayor of Sel
kirk,” diet! at Selkirk January 3,
from a stroke of apoplexy. He re
tired the night before in apparently
the best of health, hut there being
no signs ol smoke from his cabin
the next morning, Tom Jeffries
went to investigate and found Mr
Pilts stretched uncouscietis on the
floor, lie died a few hours later
The estimated value of the com
bined gold production of the Foitv
mue and Seventymile districts for
igrr was $212,000—an increase of
$12,000 over the output of 1910 due
so the success of two dredges mi the
headwaters of Fortymile river.
The postoffice at Nelson, the
tow n in name only on Cordova bay,
has been discontinued. The post
master occupied the only building
in the tovvnsite.
The Whitehorse Star says that
the hospital arrangements of the
rail division of the White Pass &.
Yukon railway are such as indicate
a “fermentation of gray matter.’’
Joseph Andrew Clarke, a well
known miner and politician in the
early days of the Klondike, has
sued an Edmonton alderman for
$5,000 damages, alleging slander
Clarke is now an attorney at law.
The George W. Sais Syndicate of
Boston, has made a payment of
$[47,000 on Valdez creek property,
1 which includes 14 claims mostly
held by Valdez interests The Bos
ton men also have an option on 20
j bench claims on Valdez creek, at
i $10,000 on each claim.
During the quarter ending De
I cetuber 31, the marshal's office at
Valdez, disbursed $59,512, ami since
1 that time have paid out an addi
i 1 ional $25,oco
Henry Il-yo and George K. Bald
I win, both railroad engineers, are in
1 Washington at the instance of the
Alaska Railroad Commission. Col.
Swanson, chief engineer of the
I Alaska Northern railroad, is also
in Washington, and has been in
i conference with the commission,
George Roll, postmaster at Hope,
j replying to ciiticism as to delay in
j receiving election returns from
j Hone precinct, says the returns
! were forwarded by the first mail
; leaving after the election—Decern
I her 1 5
WORLD'S GOLD
SUPPLY FOR 1912
Washington, March 25.—The world's
production of gold during 1912 was
j $5,500,000 greater than in 1911, the
I total having been $456,000,000. Gold
production in the United States
amounted to $91,635,168, compared with
'$96,890,000 in 1911. California led
with $19,988,486; Colorado was second
With 18.791.710; Alaska third, with
$17,398,946; Nevada fourth, with $13,
331.680, and South Dakota fifth, with
$7,795,680.
Of the foreign production the Trans
vaal and Rhodesia made a gain of
about $20,000,000, and Canada gained
nearly $3,000,000. The United States,
Mexico and Australia lost about $16,
000,000, and in the rest of the world
the producation was about what it was
last vear.
PUEBLO INDIANS TRY
TO EVADE TAXATION
Santa Fe., N. M., March 25 —
The Pueblo Iudians of New Mex
ico object to being taxed under the
laws of the new state government,
and in order to escape payment of
taxes assessed against 600,000
acres they hold, are negotiating to
deed their lands to the federal gov
ernment. Both houses of the New
Mexico legislature have protested
vigorously against the proposal,
and action has been delayed.
Whatever may lie his other vir
tues the Alaskan miner is not ad
dicted to originality in naming
creeks. For example: starting
with a Cleary creek in the Fair
hanks country, there are now
Clearys spread over the length and
breadth ot the land, which can have
no possible relation to the first
named, except that the locatots
hoped it might turn out as rich
Then nearly every camp in the
North has its Bnnanzi, its Happy,
its Dry, its Glens, its Bear Pups,
and so forth. Since Iditarod was
struck there has sprung up a crop
of Flats and Willows, and soon.
Some districts have not one, but
many of these creeks, which often
leads to confusion.
It seems that when the pros
pector goes to a new camp he does
not attempt to he original, except
in rare cases, and it is one of those
rare eases that led to these few re
ntal ks. In a recent issue of a
Nome paper we read:
"John Helm is interested in
around on Extra Dry creek.”
Now there is an opportunity for
! stampeders ! Given an Extra Dry
I creek, why should we not have an
1 Extra Deep creek? or an Extra
Long creek? or an Extra Liar
creek? or an Extra Happy creek5
i When we’ve exhausted the in
stances where the word "Extra”
i could be applied, we might adopt
, other prefixes, such as Dead Hear
Pup, Dead Marten creek, Dead
Mastodon creek, Dead Fox gulch,
and so on. It: fact the possibilities
of the new idea seem to ire end
less.
LATE AMBASSADOR NOW
MEMBER OF HAGUE COURT
London, March 26.—James
1 Bryce, late British ambassador to
' United States, has been appointed
a member of the permanent court ol
[arbitration at 'I'lie Hague.
Notice of Forfeiture
Notice to P. Sayles and all whom it may
| concern:
That I. the undersigned, have per
formed the assessment work on that cer
tain piece of mining ground known and
; called the Sayles fraction tor tin* years
; 1911 and 1912. said fraction being situ
ated between No. 3 and No. 4 above, the
; Gold Run association claim on Little
; creek, a tributary to (lanes creek, in the
j Innoko Mining Precinct, Pistrict ot
; Alaska. NEILS J VI HE,
Ophir, Alaska.
P'irst publication March 29. 1913.
Last publication June 2S, 1913.
Dr. Heinrich Wortmann,
< 'Hires: IoitaROD and Flat City
Telephones at each place
DR. H. BEHLA,
Dentist
Offices, Pioneer Drug Store,
Flat City.
Appointments bv Telephone
Wickersham & Roden,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
Iditarod, Alaska
Michigan, 1881 Kentucky, 1891 Alaska, 1910
George W°°DRlJFF AL3RECHT
COUNSELOR AND LAWYER
IDITAROD, ALASKA
The Tioneer Attorney of this Camp
E. M. STANTON.
Attorney at Law
i Office in Wickersham & Roden Bldg,
Second Ave.
ARCTIC BROTHERHOOD
Camp Iditarod No. 27, Arctic Broth
erhood, meets at A. B. Hall every
Monday evening at 8 o’clock. Visiting
brethren cordially invited to attend.
CYRIL P. WOOD,
Arctic Chief.
RONALD FROST,
Arctic Recorder.
HOBI1E AGAIN!
ON THE WINTER TRAIL
ROADHOUSE
Meals All Honrs.
Liquors and Cigars
Tel: “Summit Roadhouse.”
John Cameron, of Cripple creek, Ir
noko, has rer ive<3 the sad ii i ,, <C(
of the death of his mother. Mrs. Cam
eron was anions: the pioneers of VVash
eron, was formerly a Washington state ,
senator.
NOTICE OF REGISTRATION
Notice is hereby given that at tlie
hour of It) o’clock on the morning ot .
March 22, 1913, the registration books
will be open at the Iditarod Post office,
in tin* town of Iditarod, Alaska, for the
purpose of registering all male persons, 1
21 years of age. who are citizens of the j
United States or who have declared
their intentions to become such, and
who have resided cont inuously one year
next preceeding the dale of the elec
tion within the town of Iditarod. All
persons desiring to vote at said election
must, before voting, register then
names and qualifications with the town j
registrar of the town of Iditarod.
Registration books will be kept open I
every day. except Sundays, beginning)
March 22. 1913, during the hours of 10
a m. and 4 p.m. The said registration
books will close at 4 p. in., March 31.
1913.
The said election will be field on the
first Tuesday (April 1) in April, for the [
purpose of electing seven (7) council- t
men. T. L. THURSTON,
Municipal Clerk.
NOTICE OF ELECTION
Notice is hereby given tint, on Tues
day, April 1. 1913. there will be held ini
flie Town Hall, in the town of Iditarod,
Alaska, an election for the purpose of j
electing seven (7) council men.
The polls for said election will be i
I open at 9 o'clock a. m. on the day and
will close at N o’clock p. m. on the
same day. and all qualified electors of
the town of Iditarod who have regis
tered as provided in Sec. (i of Ordinance
No. 33, will be entitled to vote at said
election. T. H. THTRSTON.^
Municipal CTrk.
Dated this 17th day of March, 1913.
Forfeiture Notice
Iditarod Alaska. 5 March, 1913.
To Mont Downing. A. Ik herguson A. D I;utter,
W. ('.older, barney Haggerty, John Me
et raw. Joe Porter and Minnie Th* riu:
Von are hereby not died that I have expended
during the vear nineteen hundred and twelve -
\ j\2 one hundred dollars—? too -in labor and
improvements upon the bonanza association
placer mining claim, on Dominion creek, a trib
utary o! Salmon river, Kuskokwim Mining and
Recording district. Territory of Alaska, notice
of location of which is found in volume No. 6 at
page 03 in order to hold said claim under the
provisions of section 23.>4 of the Revised Stat
jutes of the United States, and the amendment
thereto approved Janaary 22, iS-U. concerning
annual labor upon mining claims, being the
' amount required to hold said placer mining
! claim tor the period ending on the 31st day of
i December, 1/2 And 't within ninety days
after the publication of this notice, you Jail or
1 refuse to contribute j our proportion of such ex
i penditure ai a co-owner, your, and each and
i every, of your interests in the said bonanza as
! social ion placer miring claim will become the
property < f the subscribed, \011r co owner, who
has made the required ex’enditire, t.»v tlic
terms of sa id section. J .M I'ICK *•!,.
Chas. K. Taylor, Iditarod. Alaska, attorney for
J M Picket
| hirst publication March S. 103.
I.a->t publication Mar 30 H.13.
Notice of Forfeiture
TO C. 11 ARTY HACK.
i You, your heirs ami assigns, are h- rcby noti
find lh.it tile >11111 el one hundred d< llar> jion- -
, has been expended up-on pin : mining claim
known as the Lucks Dog a*>o iation, Arab
creek, tributary of Willow creek. < tier mining
and recording precinct Territory »•! Alaska
b eg a~>c*>mcnt \\ »ik for the \ear iqu. You
are t art her notified that if at the expiration of
ninety no—days afhr the la-t publication oi
this notice sou tail or refuse to contribute your
proportion of such expenditure, your interest
in said claim .sill become the property of the un
der.** gilt d and his co owners, under Sect
of the Revised Statutes of the I n it d States.
DAN HARTNI'.rr
; hirst publication January lS. 19,13
! Last publication April 'u, 1013
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Hours 0 a.in. to 5 p.m.; Sundays and
holidays 1- m. to 1 p.m.
Mail Schedule, four round trips per
month. In-hound mail due luesdays
about 5 p.m.; out-bound mail closes
Tuesdays at 5 p.m.; register mail
closes d p.m.
The public art? informed that pack
ages (parcels post) may be sent out
bound during the winter at the follow
ing rates from Iditarod: To Diskaket,
7c per lb., Ruby, 8c; Fairbanks, -H*:
the Outside, Idc.
T. L. THHRSTON, Postmaster.
Fresh codfish, over-the-ice. doc lh.
Iditarod Meat <.'•>.
Notice of Forfeiture
To T. Morcncy, J Pierson and Dave C a scad n
their lieirs, assigns, successors * : j : -
representatives'
You are hereby notified that I have expend* d
in labor and impt o einent - f
sum < f one hundred dollars Jioo on tin- Momi
tain Home association placer mining claim Ml
uated «mi Willow creek
river in the Otter Mining and Recording D:
trict, Territory of Alaska which has b eu
rtc >rded at the commissioner s offu at Idtt
arod. The above amount has been expended in
order to hold the said cla-m under tln-pnc. 1
sions of the lav
mining claims, being the amount rep •: • ! to
hold such
that if, within ninety yj- days after the la-:
publication of this notice, von fail to <■ ontributt
your proportion of said expem’•'.ure, y*»ur in
terest in said claim will become the property <-{
the undersigned, vour co-owner
C. L JONES
l-'irst publication January i", 191
Last publication April iy. 1913
Notice of Forfeiture
TO CHA RLKY M \( K
You and your heirs and assigns are hei-by
notified t hat the under signed
labor and improvements the sum *>f u:ie hun
tired dollars <100—for the year : .:2 up* n pl.n er
mining claim known as the Ratior ass -eiatiou.
Willow creek, a tributary of the Iditarc d rr. e:
( tter Mining District, Territory of .Mask 1 A' 1
are further notified that if at tic expiration :
ninety—90—'days from tlie last publi ation ■ t
tins notice vuti fail or refuse to contribute :* ■ tin
undersigned your proportion of -nrh expend:
tn re. your interest in said < laiin will b o me tie
property of the unde:! '> n'!• : S-<
the Kc.i-tu Statute-, of tin I" 11: t - • < i -u i'
ll st law -' :-;a
hirst publication March 1. m e
Last publication May 31, 1913.
Notice of Forfeiture
To XV. ] Sween'-v Fred Andrak Fiu-dmau
and J. Dark their heirs, assigns, sue- '"Ors
personal representatives
You are hereby notified that I h;rt expended
in labor and improvements for year of ; >\i the
sum of one hundred dollars <:■ > -on tie I' i :i • •
Tree association placer mining claim.-utuated
at the head of Flat creek, in the <liter Mining
and Recording District, Territory "f Alaska
which has been duly re orded it tin mn is
sioner s office at Iditarod. The above amount
has been expended in order to bold the sai
claim under the provisions of the !> nce-n
ing annual labor upon mining claims, b- :ng th •
amount required to hold such claim And >
art furtlu r not 1 that if
90-days after tlie last pub ication '■! ti::- m-tn
you fail to contribute your p: <•: :
e x pend t tn 1
come the pro} erty ol the undcrMciu-; \ >m
owner W U
First publication February - '
Last publication .Mav 1 . .'913.
Notice of Forfeiture
TO CIIAS H.U'KI.r.M). or Heirs or Agent
You. and cm h < t you. are hereby uotiiied t
the undersigned has expended in labor . n 1 in:
provements the sum of one hundred !
3 r the yea: ^ ot ioi 1 and m:. . on the
billowing named placer mining claim to-\vi:
No : Bench below Disc ivery < n Vai k
and the years 1911-1912 upon the bolowing
named placer mining claim . t* wit ' I’al >w
Discovery on Y.uil k. t
noko river, Inm ko Muiing and Kw; ding 1 i
triet. Di-tiictof Ala-ka. . t.,,11 i.otwt • f No
1 Bench being r< l ded in \ t Bags 5. anil
N
at 1 ge 27.:, all of the : e« rd- 1’.u lunoko
Mining and Record.no; bidr d ! i-trict »t
Alaska. You are farther notified, that at tin
expiration of nine t v- 90 - days afie 1 last pul
lication of this notice y-ui fail or ref.i-e to. u
tribute your proportion "f such expetiditui
your interest in said claims will become the
property of the undersigned, your co owner
under Section 2324 of the Revised Statutes ■ : the
United States.
OLOF OLS'i.N, Co 1 nvner
First publication February :.
Last publication Mav 3 ,13
The New Placer Law
The following is a copy of the law recently enacted by Congress .unend
ing the milling laws of Alaska:
A bill to modify and amend the mining laws in their application to the i'er
ritorv of Alaska, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted, etc., That no association placer mining claim shall here
after be locate! in Alaska in excess of 40 acres, and on every placer mining
claim hereafter located in Alaska, and until a patent has been issued tlieretor.
not less than $100 worth of labor shall be performed or improvements made
during each year, including the year of location, for eacli and every 20 acres
or excess fraction thereof.
vSec. 2. That no person shall hereafter locate any placer mining claim m
Alaska as attorney for another unless he is duly authorized thereto by a
1 ower of attorney in writing, duly acknowledged and recorded in any record
j er's office in the judicial division where the location is made. Any person so
authorized may locate placer mining claims tor not more than two individuals
or one association under such power of attorney, but no such agent or attor
ney shall be authorized or permitted to locate more than two placer mining
claims for any one principal or association during any calendar month, and
no placer mining claim shall hereafter be located in Alaska except under thv
limitations of this act;
Sec. 3. That no person shall hereafter locate, cause or procure to be lo
cated, for himself more than two placer mining claims in any calendar month:
Provided, That one or both such locations may be included in an association
claim.
Sec. 4. That no placer mining claim hereafter located in Alaska shall be
patented which shall contain a greater area than is fixed by law, nor which
is longer than three times its greatest width.
Sec. 5. That any placer mining claim attempted to be located in viola
tion of this act shall be null and void, and the whole area thereof may be lo
cated by any qualified locator as if no such prior attempt had been made.
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