Iditarod Pioneer
One Dot-lak Per Month. IDITAROD, ALASKA, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 11, 1911. _ Two Bits Per Copy
DID HE EVER FINISH
FOOLHARDY JOURNEY ?
While returning from Tokotna lust
week Mr. Fredrickson of this city, met
a lone traveler headed to the Moore
(•reek country, without food, robes or
snowshoes, Frederickson had a com
panion, and as they saw the stranger
approachfttg, struggling through the
deep snow that came to his waist, they
thought it must be a caribou plowing
through the timber aDd were on the
point of bringing a rifle into play.
The man was off the trail and in the
utmost difficulty. Now and again lie
would fall down and flounder in the
snow and when they came up to him,
lie was found to be in a sorry plight in
deed. They were traveling on snow
shoes, but the tmisher had neither
snowshoes or oulfit,—besides that he
was an old timer in the country.
He was bluntly criticised for being
a dam phool in attempting such a
journey in such a manner, but- insisted
that he could make it through without
help. When he disappeared in the dis
tance, be was still floundering and fall
ing down.
! Love My Shrimp
But Oh You Onion
Over toward the eastetiug where
the environs of our city ley shyly
with the tundra, there is one hot
house. It isn’t very hot now he
cause all the glass is not in place,
neither has the life giving wood
stove been started on it' fiery way,
but site will be hot one shortly, and
the coy tips of the succulent onion
and the blushing radish will be
poking their way into the Arctic!
sunlight.
The place belongs to an ex j
pert gardener who has train ;
■ed the tender tomato in Dawson I
and in Faiibanks. He has beer :
purposely delaying the placing o! I
the glass in his hot house which
will he 18x70 feet because of appre
hension concerning the winter {
storms which he fears may blow in
the whole side of the place.
In abcut a week, he will have
a small portion of the house en
closed. the fites will he started and j
the soil prepared, after which the i
seeds of future onions, radishes, j
lettuce,, tomatoes and cucumbers;
v/ill he placed where they can inn |
the warmest beats in the shortest i
time.
Should all go well, in two
months, those who have the price
should be able to chase the festive
lettuce salad around the table, 01
mark the fleeting hours in silent
communion with a perfectly good
vutig dunion.
—
Some of tlie Dreams
Are Now Coming True
Tho latest dope from Fairbanks lias
it, that there is something stirring on
Little Eldorado cieek in tho way of a
rich pays!leak, and that that, wanton
stream which lias lured so many trust
ing hearts to defeat has at last been
wooed to a final and complete surren
der.
Tho news comes in too indefinite a
manner to bo satisfactory, but it ap
pears that, a rich paystreak has been
encountered high on the right bruit of
the creek, and that those who have
.stayed with the creek in dogged perse
verenco are about to reap their reward.
On Coldstream, the left limit bench
paystreak opposite the town of Fox is
proving better than ever, and is said to
go all the way through. Ia other
words, its extent is greater than at first
suspected and extends down the creek
for a considerable distance, the exact
limit being as yet unkdown.
These, finds are not causing any undue
excitement, hut may give a much
longer lease of life to Fairbanks as a
placer camp.
Fox Gulch Looks Enticing
George Kilroy and Archie Mitchell
are about to take a chance on Fox
gulch which comes in on the right
limit of Flat creek about the middle of
that famous watercourse. They will do
some drilling with a hand drill near
the mouth of the gulch on a claim
which they recently took on a lay.
There are several feet more of snow
on the other side of the divide than in
the Iditarod watershed, and people
figuring on a trip to Moore or Nixon’s
Fork will be absolutely up against it
without snowshoes. Incoming travelers
report that the beautiful is laying six
and seven feet deep and trails are just
like they never was.
ARE HEEDING OUR CRY FOR HELP
With the Arctic Club of Seattle using all its influence
anil bending every effort in onr helialf, there is a strong
possibility that tire Iditarod may yet secure a weekly mail
service before the winter has passed away.
With the arrival of John Johnson who came in yester
day from Nome with part of the famous team with which he
won the Nome Sweepstakes last year, came a telegram to
Clias. Ross from President C. L Morris, of the Arctic club,
dated at Seattle January :2th.
The teWram is addressed to the Mayor of Iditarod
and slates that the Arctic club h id just passed resolutions
favoring a fight for a better mail service for the Iditarod,
and that every means would be taken within the power of
club to the end that a weekly service he provided as soon as
possible. This provides a powerful ally for the Iditarod and
should undoubtedly bring results from the powers that he
in Washingto .. It is a month ago since the message was
sent, and perhaps much has been accomplished in that lime
In addition, it will he remembered that Contractor
Snow was quit*- hopeful of securing results thr-nigh Chi-l
Clerk Randles, who has power to grant an emergency
service for this section, and who was well disposed toward
ns, if he could he made to realize the conditions existing,
and could be wised up to the fact that plenty of Iditarod fit st
class is accumulating at Nulato every week.
Mr Snow even went so far as to sa v that he would
not he surprised if he he authorized to bring in an extra
consignment on this trip He should arrive here hv Mon
dav or Tuesday, and it is quite possible that he will have
• lefini'e and encouraging trews in regard to the service.
WOEFUL TALE OF DOC CARTER'S DOGGONED PETITION
Dr. Carter visited Discovery Otter early this week
with that famous courthouse petition which the people
of Flat are circulating in the hope that they may be
able to induce Judge Overfield to hold his term of the
district court out there next summer.
The petition, it is understood, sets out the advan
tages of the proposed move and recites in dramatic
terms the benefits that will accrue to that enterprising
community if the court will only deiyn to sit there.
Doc circulated round and about and many a man
signed his ernest appeal. Somehow he lost it in the
shuffle that evening and an astute malamute met up
with it. This was a very crafty canine, and he de
voured the contents of that petition with <t>'eat avidity
Certain of the observations therein contained he
seemed to have approved of heartily, but for two or
three passages he felt a disdainful diffidence and left
marginal notes as a mark of his displeasure.
After presentation to the court, the petition will be
kept in a special compartment of the government arch
ives accompanied by a mothball.
The doctor is reported to be highly elated over the
discovery that even the dogs are interested in his great
work.
FIERY CARBOLIC ACID ENDS YOUNG WOMAN'S LIFE
Yesterday afternoon at the Smith undertaking parlors,
a few friends and acquaintances gathered to pay their last
respects to the memory of Ethel Brown, alias Annie Gold,
the young woman of the twilight zone, who in a fit ot des
pondency, and undoubted insanity, ended her life last Tues
day night by drinking a quantity of carbolic acid. The
body, which has been carefully embalmed, will be kept
in a frozen condition until the opening of navigation when
it will be shipped to Seattle and turned over to relatives.
The young woman leaves a husband and two children there,
besides having a married sister.
The suicidal act, came suddenly Tuesday evening
about 7:30 o’clock while she was listening to the reading
of a letter m the hands of one of lie. girl friends. It was
apparently, the culmination of a long period of despondency
brought about by -ickness and ill fortune and was dramatic
in its terrible suddenness. She drank a considerable quatt
tity of carbolic acid, and died in g eat agony two h >urs
later, the attending physicians being unable to alleviate her
'offering in the slightest degree Th re was some delay
before a doctor could be summoned, and in the meantime
her friends tried several antidotes without 'rupees >
Following the verdict of the coronet’.'jury which con
sirh red the case Wednesday afternoon before Commissione1
Maitby, and officially pronounced the verdict of suicide,
preparations were made for issuing letters of administration
U[on her estate, and this has since been dune An appraise
ment of her property has been made but it lias been found
to amount to no m >re than about $350 including real prop
erty and personal effects. It was rumored that this will be
supplemented with a subscription to pav the embalraiti g
expenses and co-t of shipment of body Ou side.
Ashby Bain, who conducted a poolroom at 1-A. Otter last
summer, is preparing to move down to Discovery, and is now con
structing a building on the main street of that town, next to the
store of t'hosier. Ryan & Kehoe.
FLAT CITY CRABS
On the 17th of March and with a purse of at least $1,000, Flat
City will hold the second dog race of the Iditarod, and go this city
one better. The race will be over the same course as the New
Yeai- event and will be open to all comers, teams of all numbers ad j
missible from 1 to 15, drivers to ride on skees or sleds as they de-1
sire.
The big event was framed up Friday night at a meeting of en-!
thusiastic boosters of Flat town, and seems to have directly re :
suited from the arrival of John Johnson with his fine team from :
Nome. The sight of so many dogs in one string seems to have ]
tired their fancy, and they immediately got busy.
A committee which will have charge of the race and attend to
all the details of preparation was appointed with Jack Connolly as j
chairman. Bert Moores, Charles Shaw and Sam Adams make up j
the committee, and they are already on the job.
The course will run from Flat to Iditarod and back by way of:
Boulder creek and Discovery Otter. That is, the course will cover
this loop as before, but it is not decided by the committee whether
they will run to Discovery first or pass it on the return.
The purse which they declare will be at least $1,000, and maybe |
more, will probably be split three ways with a good fat first money, j
There are already three prospective entries with excellent!
teams. These are John Johnson with his 15 Siberian dogs, some
of which were winners in the last Nome ,race. Charles Renaud’s
string of bird dogs are also to be considered on this short distance,
and a team from Ophir is assured, which is said to be a crackajack.
In addition, the committee expects to land at least 10 other j
entries, and a splendid event is assured.
TENEYCK LOSES
IN OTTER FIRE
Started from a bad flue which
ignited the roof, the home of Frank
Teneyck, layman on 2-a Otter, was
nearly destroyed last Saturday even
ing, and practically all the contents
of the cabin ruined, including food
supplies and personal effects.
Through the assistance of neigh
bors, the blaze was stopped before
j the walls of the cabin were des
troyed, but the roof was a total
wreck. The cabin belongs to
Theodore Johnson of his city and
the contents to Teneyck, wherefore
they are both losers.
HOTEL ARRIVALS
M’DONALD HOTEL
P J Hoffman, Wm Bristol, E WPage,
P A Bugge, Frank Gleason, Hugh
Haley, Harry Liston, Jack Sargent,
Oscar Anderson, M H DeCourcy, Jos
Mills, Wm Sargent, 1 Wales, Frank
Murphy, C Dandoneau, Emil Johnson,
E D Cullen, Jim McQueen, Tom Byrne,
Jaek Shropshire, U G Stover, C C
Buckley, N N Jaffe.
Save the pieces! broken lenses re
placed at Simpson’s.
Trying to Glaum the
Commissioner's Lot
The first lot case from Flat City is on I
the boards at the courthouse this after
noon, with Commissioner Maltby on |
the bench. It is entitled Charles E. j
Taylor vs. Buckley, St. Claire and oth- \
ers and is in the nature of forcible
i entry and detainor, the lot in question :
j being one belonging to Judge Taylor
[ in Flat City.
For the plaintiff, Major Albrecht and
J. S. Harding appeared yesterday, the
case having been set for 2 o'clock.
Cecil Clegg had beea retained by the
defendants, but asked for further time
in which to prepare for trial, and Com
missioner Maltby accordingly granted
until 2 o’clock today.
The case grows out of the recent lot
jumping epidemic in Flat, and it ap
pears the defendants grabbed Mr. Tay
j lor’s realty when he wasn’t looking.
j This office is in receipt of a letter
1 from Duke E. Stubbs, M. E.. of George
j town, the man who covered more
i ground between hero and the Kuskok
J wim than anyone that ever made the
trip. Duke has set up an assay office
over there and is prepared to detect
the presence of everything from por
phyry to paprika.
I Baird sells Bock cigars.
COMING AND GOING
Miss Kotsch is visiting Discovery
Otter, as the gutst of Mr. and Mrs.
Shonbeck.
Artiiur D. Field, the widely-known
mining man of the Klondike country,
who lias been spending the winter in
the vicinity of Discovery Otter, was a
visitor in the city during the early part
in' the week.
Mrs. Snyder of Flat city came into
Iditarod last week on a visit. She lias
been the guest of Mrs. W. H. Brooks.
Jack Shropshire and Torn Burns
came in from Flat creek last Wednes
day to take a look at the new pickling
works. They liked the settling tank
and have taken a diagram which will
be used for a commemorative structure
at Flat.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Jackson, who (
were married a couple of weeks ago, j
and whose nuptial ceremony was elab-j
orately described in these columns;
with the exception of a description of j
the bride’s dress, have settled down in
their Flat creek home. They are liv.
ing on the Wildcat association and ap
parently like the place.
To anyone of an observing disposition
it will bo perfectly apparent that the
purveyor of the Pioneer has blossomed
like a moss rose, and in the midst of
winter, too.
Arthur Celene has been in town for
several days looking into the legal
phases of several irregularities.
Postoffice Fund
Subscriptions since last, mentioned in
the Pioneer two weeks ago: A. Rippa,
Blanch Harris, C. B. McDowell, John
Aarvek, $1 each. February subscrip
tions—Archille Blank, $5; W. Sam
Clark and John J. Donovan, $2 each:
R. N. Hillery, John Lean, Mrs. C. C.
Chittick, James Wylie, N. N. Jaffe, no
name, $1 each.
Declaring that the price of foodstuffs
are too stiff for him, Robert Blaine,
keeper of a roadhouse at the head of
Bonanza, has announced his intention
of closing down his hostelry. The door
will be nailed next week, and travel
ers are warned not to figure on that
stopping place in passing that way.
Outfits are drifting in from the
Kuskokwitu side witli ever in
creasing regu'arity. Tlitee different
parties arrived at Discovery Thurs
day from Julian creek, and report
that many are ju~t waiting for the
trails to get better before they start
back.
Karl Thiel of Discovery, has been
under the weather lately, but is
now reported convalescent Fiday
morning he was permitted to par
take of a slight repast consisting of
17 waffles, 3 pounds of bacon and
a half dozen of eggs Every hope
is held out for his ultimate ro
c v rv. _
Call for Bock cigars.
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Mining men gei erallv are becoming deeply interested in the Ram
siadt anti Hewitt piopertv on Glen gulch, where ti e richest ground in
the countrv is known to exist, and where quiet negotiations for buying
lnve been going on for some weeks.
Here t tv have a 70 foot drift and at many places a'ong the pay
slieak it is possible to take §40 pans, and a good sized fortune alieadv
in sight.
it is rumored that several operators are after this propeity consist
ing of two claims, and which is being heid at §50,000 George Rihv
was reported alter it, and other well known mining men would like to
get their fingers in the pie, lor it is considered just about the best buy
in the country at that figure.
There was known to be rich pay on (Hen early last summer, but
at that time they rather shied at it because of the spotted nature of ti.ai
portion of O'.ter, and the fear that they had found only a rich pocket
Since then however, the work has di monstraled the existence of a con
sidtrable body of pray, and it irovv appears that the Ramxtadt and Hewitt
pnoperty will be among lire big ones of the camp
They were troubled 1 y lack of water last summer and could not
properly mire the groin d, l rit they have 1 een pegging away slowly
and now own a ditch inm Slate which will give them an ample supply
this coming season.
The gold is very coarse and the pay gravel is about five feet in
depth. Last week, they found a freak nugget of about $7 weight that
is almost as round as a nia»M<*
FIRST WOMAN OVER
THE SEWARD TRAIL
Driving three dog teams, loaded with
snow shoes for the people of the in
terior, a party recently arrived at the
N. C. Co. post on the Tokotna, includ
ing one female ehechaeo, fattier, hus
band and helping friend.
They had traveled from Seward and
were on their way to Gaines creek in
the Innoko where the paternal member
of the party had mined last year. Mr.
Frederickson, a carpenter, who just re
turned from Tokotna did not get their
names, but he said the trip was made]
in fine shape and the woman was quite j
willing to testify as to the glories of |
Seward trail.
They have framed up a sparring |
match for tlie low jinks at the Idit j
arod chili tonight, when those two
well known mitt artists, Pat O’- j
Connor and Felix Seppi, the‘‘Dutch
Kid" will go for a few rounds The
committee on arrangements has
fixed a fine lot of stunts for the
edification of the club members and
their friends There will he plenty j
music, hot beans and song. What
more could one a«k ?
Foi the triends of John Call, formerly
of Hot Springs, of Nome, and many
other places of the North where he has
hibernated for many years, it may be
said that he is not ttie John Call wbo
was adjudged insane the other day.
Manuel sells Bock cigars.
N, N. Me Will
Visit Outside World
N. N. Juffe, the man who sells sn iped
underwear and never-to-be-forgotten
ties at Flat City, came over Thursday
on a business trip. He wi'l follow Mail
Carrier on his return to the Yukon
and will then continue blithely on his
way through Fairbanks, Valdez, Seat
tle, Spokane, Chicago, Kankakee, Pa
ducah, Pumpkin Center and Philadel
phia. If the city of New York offers
any inducements he will probably go
over there. His object is business, and
lie will probably acquire some ho
things in the haberdasher’s line. H>
will be back with the opening of navi
gation.
The members of the “Stomach Rob
bers' union” pot together in executive
session last week and nominated Skoo
kum Johnson for president. Skookuu.
heard of it and immediately beat i
for the Kuskokwim while the wind wa,
with him. Finding that the personage
upon whom they wished to confer this
distinguished honor had went, the
union reconsidered and sent a specie!
messenger after Skookum to tell him
that he didn’t need to be president if
he didn’t want to. The messenger
caught him at the Forks toadhouse
listening to what the wild waves were
saying. Skookum is now back in Flat.
Hussey sells Bock cigars.
Casey sells Bock cigars.
SIX CLAIMS AT NIXON
FORK SHOWING OP GOOD
Flat creek, a tributary of Nixon
fork in tlie Tokotna is showing some
signs of speed according to the latest
lope, and already boosts six claims that
ire said to carry the pay.
John Hesselman is in on these claims,
having been one of the earliest settlers
in that section. The extent of the pay
is not known hut it is said to he very
reasonable. Norway creek, a tributary
if Flat, is also showing up and a con
siderable force of men is going into the
country to see what they can see.
Following his recent success on Flat,
Hesselman is starting a line of holes
across discovery with a handdrill which
he had made at the company post, and
will soon he in line to talk learnedly
about his paystreak which is or is not
in the money.
Elmer Fell met, who is working a lay
on the Celene fraction, dropped over
the hill last Wednesday and toox a look
at this classic community. He says
that the fraction is looking good to
him right now, and will produce the
goods next summer.
Otter Greek Glacier
Threatens Discovery
They are having their annual
trouble at Discovery and the ice of
O ter creek is gradually creeping to
their door sills and into the sacred
precincts of their dwellings.
As a midwinter nuisance, Otter
creek has them all beat. The toe
pack grows a foot in the night and
there is very little way ot prevent
ing it
George Riley, however, is put
ting up the good fight for them,
lie lias a big botler just below the
town and is thawing out a channel
tor the overflow and may prevent
the glacier from climbing higher.
Have Channel on Ilia Hillside
An interesting piece of ruining work
is being developed at the head of Flat
where Kilroy and Martindale are min
ing on the Upgrade association. They
believe they have dropped onto a hill
side channel, for they are now down
26 feet an-1 are just within hearing dis
tance of bedrock.
The proposition is peculiar in if is
way that it has been generally supposed
that the ground on the hillside at the
head of Flat was but a few fret of wash
debris laying on top of a granite or
slate bedrock. At the particular point
where they are working they have
either punctured a seam or struck a
spot where nature forgot to put in the
wadding.
Incidentally, they have about S feet
of 3c dirt, and it is possible that bed
rock will disclose something better
when they get to it.
One of file Moore
Discoverers in Town
John Foisotn, who with Richard Kells
did soma of the first staking on Moons
creek, accompanied by Eisio Fisher
and Mr. Jones, arrived in the city yes
terday forenoon after a hard trip.
Folsom and Kells recently sold out
their holdings on Moore, which are
said to be the best of the ground thus
far known, to Theodore Witte, Charles
Knell, Eddie McArdle, Walter Hunter
and Ixmis Schimmclfennig, and this
combination will work this ground next
summer. Moore is looking belter all
the time, and although the syndicate
are understood to have paid a stiff
price, they are still believed to have
made a good bargain.
The party will return to Moore in a
day or so accompanied by Knell, who
will spend a short time on the creek.
THE MAIL
Will bo in about Fob. 13. Send one of
our picture post cards home. W'e keep
kodaks, photo, typewriter and musical
i instrument supplies; pipes, cigars anti
tobaccos, stationery, pictures, rubber
stamps, letter files and blank books.
Beginning next week, we will sell old
Outside papers, magazines and period
icals for 2oc each. Over 600 good books
| in our library. Read and be cheerful.
Landahl’s Emporium, Iditarod.
LOST AND FOUND
Large, big-boned, awkward-gaited
dog of the puppy class, about 16 months
old, weight about 100 lbs., color mouse
i and white with markings on head, stub
| tail, had collar on, is a good-looking
freight dog. Owner can recover dog
by paying expenses. G. F. Kilroy,
head of Fiat.
Ramps sells Bock cigar*