NEWS OF KUSK0KW1I
Duke K. Stubbs, formerly l’ S. com
missioner at Aniak. on t he Kuskok wim,
arrived at Flat City last week to at
tend to business before the district
court. The Pioneer is indebted to Mr.
Stubbs for the Kuskokwim items fol
lowing :
Id. W. Heeth. accompanied by a Mr.
Glass, a brother of Secretary of the
Treasury Glass, and 10 workmen, ar
rived at Betliel this spring on the Ben
der Brothers to open up mining claims
at Golden Gate Kalis, on the Riglagaiie
river Included in the outfit of provi
sions and mining equipment was a
large hydraulic outfit. Mr.-Beeth has
been working on this property since
KIlO, which comprises a large group of
both placer and quartz locations, lie
passed through Jditarod last winter on
his way Outside to see to the bringing
in of this uni tit- He and his associates
are spending $2u,000 in development
work. Mr. Glass, after making a trip
to the properly, came back i> Akiak
for iiiu.il, and spoke as being well
pleased with the outlook.
I he run of king salmon iu the kus
kokwim river above Bethel proved al
most a complete failure. Below Bethel
the run was very large, but. the fish
padcers were handicapped.by a lack of
barrels and salt with which to care fot
their catch. The run of silver salmon
and doglish will follow.
K. VV. Parks, of Cinnabar How. 15
miles above Georgetown, brought in on
theOzmo a 40-ton outfit for erecting a
smelting plant, which will be con
structed as soon as possible. The lain
arrival of the boat has greatly handi
capped the work for this season. As
soon as the plant is m running order
Mr. Parks contemplates operating con
tinuously the year round.
Tom Taylor, him is ass>cii/el with
Fritz Tittel and others on the fi >liuiu
river, where they hive I irge group
of claims, is ID v on i he ground assist
II' It’s Something Good to
Eat You’re Looking for
Tin THK
Arcade
CAFE
(lolden & Poirier, Props.
Flat City’s Best Restaurant
ing w t!i the summer’s work. They i
have found very encouraging prospects. I
William Yancey Fisher, who with!
his associates are developing dredging ;
ground on the Aniak. hope to have the |
proving of the property sufficiently ad
vanced by fall or early winter so a i
dredge can be shipped in next year. |
Harry Buhro, who is with Mr Fisher. |
made a trip down the Kuskokwim last,
week for supplies, and reports every
thing going nicely.
William Fisher, the Bear-creek
miner, is reported as being in very
poor health this summer and notable
to work on his ground on Discovery.
Little Bonanza, which he has been de
veloping for a number of years.
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BODY OF MAN FOUND;
On their return to this ramp iasti
Monday evening from a trip far up the!
Jdbarod river. Matt De Pourcey andi
Philip (Hud) Rilev reported Lite finding
of a dead man Ivins; in a small tent at ;
a woodchopper’s camp on a creek about !
12o miles from Iditarod, and eight j
miles from the Iditarod river. The]
body was stretched out on a bunk,
(dotlied only in a suit of underwear, a
mosquito netting drawn over the head,
and a pair of pants roller! up and under
the head as a pillow. The man's rub
ber shoes hung on stakes outsid*- the
lent entrance with the tops down.
There were no traces of disorder about
the place, and a total absence nt any
thing in the way of supplies yvas very
noticeable. Mr. Det’uurcey yvith a
long stick lifted the mosquiio-ner cov
ering from the face and head and found
that the lle^h thereof, as well as that
of the hands, yvas ernirel.v gone. He
had evidently been dead at least a year.
Having a camera with him. DePourcey
took a couple of snapshots of the body
and tent, hut the films failed to produce
satisfaciory pic*ures.
The remains a re supposed *o he those
of a man known as "Spanish .Joe,” said
to he a native of Argentine, who was
one of a party of woodohoppers that
lefi here in the fall of 1!)17 for the
Upper Iditarod river. His long ab
sence caused search to he ins iiuied
last spring, hut nothing was learned of
the man until 1 >e ( ourcey and Riley
passed along that part of the country.
Near the camp, piled along the creek
banks, are ricks of cord wood aggre
gating about 200 curds.
Mrs. .f. G. Rivers, of Otter creek,
presumed her husban l with a line baby
girl July 25.
Kor Bargains in
SHIRTS
of All Kinds
CO TO PEX, FLAT
Travel in Comfort!
Ira F. Wood’s'Powerful and Speedy Gas Launches
Nancy Bell and Prairie Bell
Connect with All Steamers Arriving and Leaving Dike
man Landing, Best Accommodations.
Miners & Merchants Bank
IDITAROD, ALASKA
Capital and Surplus, $75,000.00
CORRESPONDENTS: Scandinavian American Bank, Seat
tle; National Park Bank. New York City; Anglo London
Paris National Bank, San Francisco.
We Sell American Bankers’ Checks.
Fourth Liberty Loan Bonds for Sale.
OFFICERS:
CHARLES ROSS, President
CLAUDE BAKER, Vice-President
R. C. BUTTON. Cashier j
_Closing-Out Sale !
CUT GLASS » SILVERWARE
BELOW COST.
Watches and Jewelry
\ AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES.
Leaving on the Last Boat
Cris Anthonisen, Flat, Alaska
STEAMER DESTROYED
Vancouver. B. I'., July -8.- The Pa
cific S'eam-hip <’o.’s freighter Admiral
Knight. <'apt.ain Allen in command,
sailing from Seattle for Ketchikan hist
Saturday night, took afire on the fol
lowing afternoon, and was r in ashore J
three miles south of the mouth of Fra-j
zier river where she burned to the
water's rdge. The crew was rescued
t>\ tin- <\ P It steamer Princess Vic
toria. () ie seaman died after reaching
i Vancouver hospital us a result of
hums. There were no passengers on
the Admiral Knight, which had a
cargo of lino toris of cannery supplies.
Mexican Bandits Get Ransom
Washington, July 29— l’he Si ate de
part meet has been informed that John
Thompson, an American rancher, paid
ransom to the amount of 15.000 pesos
to bandits who kidnapped his 14-year
old sun. Thompson did this on the ad
vice of the Mexican government, who
feared that the bandits would kill the
boy. Mexico will reimburse Thomp
son. _
Passed Through Big Ditch
Colon, July 28.- Nine hours was the
average time required by the dread
naughts of the Pnited Staies navy in
tunning through the Panama canal.
Panama, July 28.—The fleet of navy
vessels passed through jiie canal laie
on Saturday afternoon.
Want to Do Their Own Fixing
Manila, July 2S.—The Philippine
council has memorialized the American
congress to permit the people of the
islands to decide for themselves the
question of prohibition.
Arrange to Get a Littlle Loan
London, July 28. It. is reported in
London financial circles tha' the
Deutsch Bank of Berlin has obtained
loans aggregating $1,000,000,000 from
American interests.
Isadore Bavles, of Anchorage, former
Iditarod merchant, lias been elected
treasurer of the grand igloo of Pioneers
of Alaska.
The
Branch
CIGAR STORE
Flat City
FELIX PAUL
Riiey & Reimer
PILOTS AND PROPRIETORS
All the Choice Summer
Refreshments Served
“So Nicely”
Pete’s Bakery
And Coffee House
Front St., Flat
Regular Meals, Short Orders
Fresh Bread. Pies and Cakes
Always on Hand
P MICHELS, PROP.
Mrs, Anna K. Voting, the energetic
dr.v goods dealer of Flat and a pioneer
of tile Northland, recently disposed of
iter stock of goods to Mrs. Patella Dunn
and started last week for Seattle to
meet Iter son Harold Young, who lias
lately arrived in the States front over
seas duty in the army. Harold form
erly resided in this camp, and was a
member of Major Whittlesey s "lost
battalion” on t tie Frenclt front in ]H1S.
John (the Greek) Klonos is now a
resident of Sitka, where he is an in
mate of lit* Pioneers' home. Mr. Kio
ltos has been in poor health for many
mont Its.