Miners & Merchants Bank
IDITAROD, ALASKA
Capital, 350,000.00
General Banking Business Transacted Gold Dust Bought and Assayed
Drafts Issued on Any Part of the World
SEATTLE CORRESPONDENT. SCANDINAVIAN AMERICAN BANK
TERRITORIAL DEPOSITARY
OFFICERS:
CHARLES ROSS, President
JOHN HOLMES, Vice President
R, C. BUTTON, Cashier
ALIAS SUMMONS, FOR PUBLI
CATION—No. 162
In the Commissioner’s Court for offer Pro
einet. Fourth Division, Terrilory <»r
Alaska; before lion. Guy G. G* raghty.
Commissioner and ex ofMeio Justice or
the Peace.
Clark I.umber Company, a c.orporaiion,
Plaintiff, vs. William W. Acheson, Dc
fendant.
The President of the United Slates, to
William W. Arheson. tin* above-named
defendant:
You are hereby sumne n«•«! t*> appear be
fore the undi i > .gnrd. «•..oi;i .--n*n« r and < v
officio justice of the peace for otter pre
cinct. Fourth division. territory of Alaska,
on the I ith day of October. 190'. at the
hour of *? o’clock in tin* afternoon. at the
office of said coinmisM.'ner in the town
of lditarod. in said precinct, and answer
the complaint of the plaintiff, founded upon
un open account and an assigned open ac
count. both for good> sold and delivered.
And in case op your failure to appear and
answer the plaintiff' s complaint at the time
and place aforesaid, judgment will he en
tered against you for the sum of l’.»rty
three dollars (-543 . with interest thereon
nt the rate or eight per cent per annum
from the Offth day of March. 1913. and r<*r
the further sum of forty dollars and
seventy-five cents < *«*.7r. . with interest
thereon at the rate of eight pep cent p* r
annum from the o•?cl day of July. 19 13;
and the costs and disbursements of this
action.
Pursuant to an order of the above en
titled court, this day made and enter* d.
this alias summons is served upon you by
publication in The lditarod Pioneer, a n*w>
paper published in the town of lditarod. in
said otter precinct, once a week for six
weeks, the first publication thereof being *.n
the -Jffth day of August. 19 1 *•. and the last
publication thereof being on ti■ • • 7th day of
October. 19 0',, after which last-named date
or publication sen ice upon you will be
completed.
Given under my band this, the 0 3d day of
August, 1916.
(Seal G. G. GFRAU*IFFY.
Commissioner and ex officio Justice of the
Peace. _
FORFEITURE NOTICE
To Andrew Humo, Jacob olsen. Ohas. Holky,
J. A. Litterel, Arthur Valentine. Wm.
butler, ('.has. Nelson, I’. H. Stafford.
Ed Keogh, k. \lbright and (’.-•«». Al
bright. their heirs, administrators and
* assigns:
You and each of you are hereby notified
that the undersigned and their assignor
have expended for labor and improvement
during each or the years mi 2. 1913. 19 14
and 19 la tin sum or one hundred dollars
(§100.00) upon niseovtirv association min
ing claim, situated on Siam ereek at the
time of the recording < f the location notice
or the claim known as Henry ereek . a trib
utary of otter creek, in otter rerording
precinct, territory of Alaska, in order m
hold said claim under the pro\isnm- of
law respecting the performance . •!' annual
labor on mining claims.
And if within ninety days after the pul)
lication of this notice you or eidier of you
Tail or refuse to pay your portion of such
expenditure, your interest m said claim
will become the property <»r the under
signed co-owners, according lo the nro\i
sions or Sec. 2324, Revised Stamp s of the
I'nlted States.
J E. RILEY.
R. S. MCMILLAN.
LOTTIE, R. MARSTON.
First publication. September 9, 1910.
Last publication. December 9, 191C.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE
To ( lias. Heno and V. Pierce, and to their
heirs and assigns:
> mi and ea'di id' yon are hereby notified
that I have expended Tor labor and im
provements durum each of the year- 10 t a
l: i and 1915 the sum or one hundred
dollars upon the Heady .Money placer min
my elaim, situate on Maverick creek, a
tributary of Marvel creek, in the Kusko
kxvim it (•• >; dme district. territory of Alaska,
in order to hold said claim under the pro
visions of law respecting annual labor on
1 minin'..' claims.
\ml if within nim-ty days after the pub
b alii.u <»r tin- notice you or either of you
fail or refii-e to pay ymir portion of such
e\ |tendi l u re vi»ur inli-rest in said claim will
her .me the property or the undersigned c.»
owner, nreoriiuur t-» the provisions id' see
i in-vised Statutes of the l idled
<tate< l.! Till'd C. HISS.
Fairbanks. Alaska. •
First publication. July 29, 1916.
J,a-i publication. Oct. 28, 1910.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE
To U. siebe and V W. I.abelle. and to then
heirs and assigns:
Vim and each of you are hereby notified
that I have expended for labor and im
provemenf- during each of the years 19 12..
19 14 and 19 15 the sum of one hundred
dollars upon the War Kaylc placer minim:
claim, situate on the left limit of liable
creek, a tributary of the Salmon river, in
the kuskokwim re.-ordimi distiiet. territory ,
of A!i-I;a. m order to hold said claim under1
the pr visions of law respecting annual la
bur i n minim.: claim-.
And if within ninety days after the pub
liration of this notice you or either or you
fail or refu-e to pay your portion of such
expenditure, your interest in said claim
will become ‘the property of the under
signed Hi owner, arcordin.ir to the provi
sions of See. -JioJi. HeVised Statute* of tin ,
I'nitcd States. I fTHFIi C. HKSS.
Fairbanks. Alaska.
First pubh 'ation. July 29. 1*9 1'’.
Fast publication, Oct. 28, 19 IS.
DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP
Notice is hereby given that the partner
-hip heretofore existing between George an;!
David Mutchler, under the firm name of
Mutehler Bros., has this day been dissolved
by mutual consent. All outstanding indebt
edness against said firm will be paid by the
undersigned, and all bills due the firm
should be paid to him.
DAVID MUTCHLER.
Iditarod, Alaska, Sept. 14, 1910.
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“RIP” IN BUSY METROPOLIS
The Douglas Island News of August 25
announces the arrival in that city of C. J.
mil A. A. Maltby, the former of Iditarod,
the latter of Dawson, on a visit to their
brother. Attorney A. E. Maltby. The
former has gone to Tenakee, the latter to
Seattle. Charles Maltby has been in Alaska
; since 1897, and has never during all of that
1 time visited the Outside, To him Dougla?
presents the appearance of u busy metrop
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Not enough for everybody. Get
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'ask for red edge shovels
Scientists Enthuse Over Katmai
“The main crater of Katmai volcano is
one of the greatest in the world,” said Rob
ert F. Griggs, who reached Kodiak August
21, after a careful study of the great vol
cano in the interests of the American Geo
graphical Society, ‘“this crater is miles
across and extends down thousands of feet
to a blue-green lake, simmering ami spill
lering at the bottom.” This is the first close
examination by scientists that has been
made of this volcano since tlie great erup
tion of .tune, 1912, when the top of the
mountain was blown off and Kodiak island,
across Shelikoff strait, was covered with a
foot of volcano ash. The natives’ claim thal
the top of the high mountain was blown
off, Mr. Griggs said, he found to he literally
true. The walls of the crater were such
that his party could stand on the rim and
see sulphur patches and steam jets his dug
through crevices. Revegetation is beginning
on ihe lower slopes of the mountain and
the surrounding mainland after the almost
total destruction of all vegetable life in the
great eruption of 1912. Mr. Griggs was en
thusiastic over the possibilities of scientific
study of volcanoes afforded by Katmai. He
said no such opportunity for scientific re
search was to he found elsewhere in the
world.
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Juneau Boy Sentenced to Hang
Robert E. Straud, the Juneau boy convict
lit Leavenworth, Kan., federal prison, has
been condemned to hang for the slaying of
a prison guard, says the Juneau Dispatch.
However, relatives are confident that he will
be cleared if the appeal to a higher court
-uids the case back for a retrial. An appeal
has been made on error by the presiding
judge in instructing the jury, and a promi
nent firm of Kansas City criminal lawyers
employed by the boy s mother believe the
appeal will be successful. Marcus Straud.
brother of the condemned boy. has returned
to Juneau from Kansas City. Mrs. E. J.
Straud, mother of the two boys, remains
at Kansas City to fight the conviction of
her boy. Marcus Straud says Ins brother.
Robert, was persecuted by the prison guard,
o idently to protect himself from a brutal
beating wiih a club, he stabbed the guard
fatally. Robert Straud was convicted at
Juneau of murder and sentenced to McNeil
Ishnd prison. Later lie was taken to Leav
enworth to finish his sentence. He was
lost track of until a telegram called his
mother East on account of the prison kill
ing.
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Liquor Lay.' Violations
As a result of the seizure of .-eventeen
tons of liquor buried at Point Campbell, lack
He ness v and Otis ().-good were arrested on
August 21 at Seward on a ch; rge of vio
lating the federal statute prohibiting the
shipment of goods under a fal-e manifest
to a fa'se eon-ignee. The men were sent
to Anchorage for trial. The Alaska engi
neering commission had complained that
liquor was being smuggled into Anchorage
a dry unit. Deputy United State.- Marshal
Evans learned that the liquor, billed as
merchandise, v.as consigned to the Nel
jaun Mining Company of 1. touche, al
though no such company existed. When the
shipment fiin.l y was traced it was found
that the cases had been opened and the bot
tles buried at Point Campbell.
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Blame Tragedies to Drink
It takes more than time and the elements
to kill men on Irnnechuck river, which runs
into Good Hope bay. a branch of Kotzebue
sound. Alaska, according to H. U. Stull, a
mining man of Deering. Even the natives
are increasing in number. But five men
have passed away in the fourteen years of
his residence. Mr. Stull told a Seattle Post
Intelligencer reporter, and their death- have
been due to drink. Two were intoxicated
and frozen, two drank too much and were
drowned, and the fifth fell a prey to too
much liquor. Ninety per cent of the deaths
in Alaska ascribed to the elements result
directly or indirectly from drink." Mr. Stull
said. He believes that prohibition, the
adoption of which is proposed at the next
election, would greatly decrease the mor
tality.
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Gas Boat Men Asphyxiated
The gas boat Mary Malony of the Point
War;! cannery arrived in Juneau on August
20 withotu a wheel and under tow of the
Mitchell, belonging to the Taku cannery.
The Malony dropped her wheel when leav
ing the float at Taku Harbor, bound for
Juneau. On board the Malony was the
body of Harry Brown, a native, and one of
the three men asphyxiated by gas on the
Ella J„ near Wrangell, recently. The body
of Thomas Jackson, known as the Taku
Chief. was landed at Taku. The
Ella J., with five men on board,
was being towed from one fishing bank to
another by the Malony. When McHenry
inlet, the destination of the fishermen, was
reached. F. Spurlock, one of the crew of the
Malony. went on the other boat to waken
the Indians. He found them all overcome
by gas fumes. The unconscious men were
pulled out of their boat and rushed aboard
the survey boat Patterson, which was an
chored within a few miles of McHenry
inlet. Every effort to resuscitate the men
was made by Dr. W. J. Tig of the Patterson,
but in vain. Three of the men, Peter John
son. Tom Jackson and Harry Brown, are
dead. The other two were taken to Wran
gell and placed in the hospital, where one
of them died later. At Wrangell a cor
oner’s inquest was held anti the jury re
turned a verdict of “death due to asphyxia
tion by foul air and gas fumes.” The
Wrangell undertaker prepared the bodies
of the dead men and two of them were
brought north by the Mary Malony. One
man was buried in Wrangell, the remains
of Taku Chief were delivered to his relatives
at Taku Harbor, and Harry Brown was
taken to Juneau, where he was buried.
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Young Fairbanks Man Drowned
While on the way to Nenana on Sept. 2
George Hamilton, a well-known young man
of Fairbanks, was knocked off the power
boat Galatea and drowned, says the News
Miner. The drowning occurred in the Chena
river, near the Dead Man slough. After
being knocked into the water he kept hold
of the sweep for a few seconds, but let go
and sank, never rising again. Whether he
was injured or knocked senseless when he
fell into the water is not known. Several
crews of men went to the scene in small
boats to search for the body, which, ii
found, will be brought to Fairbanks. Qthei
people in the boat at the time of the acci
dent were Harry Lucky, George Black and
Mr. and Mrs. Leon Kellum. For seven years
Mr. Hamilton resided in Fairbanks, making
his home at the Laumeister residence. He
was 32 years of age and a bachelor. He is
survived by his parents and brothers and
sisters, all of whom reside in Paterson, N. .1
Boy Shot by Playmate
Dr. M. F. Hall performed an operation
on Ralph Shernran at Fairbanks on Sept.
2, removing from his skull the bullet that
entered there the previous day, when he
was accidentally shot by another small boy,
according to the News-Miner. The bullet
was flattened out somewhat. Although the
boy is suffering from a bad wound, Dr. Hall
expresses the opinion that he will recover.
Probably the only thing that saved the boy
is the fact that the cartridge was made for
a .30-30 rifle, while the one from which
it was discharged was a 44-caiiber Win
chester.
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Shooting Affray at Miiler House
A dispatch to Marshal ICrwin at Fair
banks, dated Circle, August 28, and. signed
“Spencer," was as follows: “Mrs. William
Finlon on Sunday, at Miller House, shot at
Mrs. Florence Howard and Marietta Mu
chaud. and also took several shots at an
other cabin occupied by a Japanese woman.
1 ordered her arrest and am holding her
at Milier House and will have complaint
made on charge of shooting with intent to
kill. If warrant and subpoenas do not ar
rive from Fort Yukon, request authority to
j go to Miller House to bring her to Circle.
Condition of the woman ju. tifies two guards
Believe she is slightly deranged."
“SMILING PETE” JENSEN
IS CANDIDATE FOR OVERSEER
Pete Jensen, known throughout this bis
trict as “Smiling Pete,” and who number
his friends here by the hundreds, writes t<<
The Pioneer from Ruby announcing his can
diclcry on the Independent ticket for terri
torial road overseer, a position created by
rhe last legislature. He also puts in a
strong boost for his friend. John W. Dunn,
who is a candidate on the Democratic ticket
for the legislature. But above a!!. Pete
! wants to see Charles A. Sulzer, the Demo
cratic nominee for delegate in congress,
successful at the polls.
WILSON’S ELECTION CERTAIN
ACCORDING TO MR. iOSLIN
I “UnDs.s some very unusual or unforeseen
obstacle arises, President Wiison is practi
cally assured of re-election,' said falcon Jos
lin to a Fairbanks News-Miner reporter, on
his return to that city on August 2S, after
having been Outside for the greater part
of the pest year. “There is no question."
| he continued, “that the United States is
I enjoying the greatest wave of prosperity
ever known, and. while some anti-Wilson
men are trying to tell the public that it
is simply due to unusual conditions, the
workingmen are not going behind the cur
tain to look for the reason, being satisfied
that they have plenty of work at good
I wage.-."
In routing west, Mr. Joslin traveled
through Pennsylvania for the width of the
state. During his hours in the smoking car
he had met many Pennsylvanians, and was
greatly surprised that practically all of
them were for the Wilson administration.
In the Middle West, in that country which
| is supported by the prosperous and well
I read fanners. Wil-on is cspecial'v strong for
i having kept the country out of war. The
ft raters have been getting top prices for
their products, al-o, and they are not go
ing to take any chance on changing condi
tions, Mr. Joslin says.
In the West President Wilson is strong,
too, in (lie railroad man’s opinion. And
while the chief executive is very strong in
places. Hughes is not particularly popular
at any ] lace.
Business along the Pacific coast is fairly
j good, or was just before Mr. Joslin started
i for the North, but it is nothing to compare
[ with the East.
Regarding Alaska and the presidential
! election, Mr. Joslin can see no reason why
i Alaskan's should want any change. The
present administration has shown itself par
ticularly friem.ly to the North, and there
is no particular guarantee that the next ad
ministration will be so well disposed.
Mr. Joslin goes so far as to say that there
is a possibility that a Republican adminis
tration would not push the railroad con
struction farther than the Matanuska coal
fields, while it is certain that President Wil
son. if re-elected, will see that it comes
through to fairbanks.
PIONEER RUBY BUSINESS
DISPOSED OF TO N. C. CO.
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Announcement was made recently at Fair
banks by Volney Richmond, superintendent
of the Northern Commercial Company, that
E. W. Griffin has closed out his Ruby store
and that the stock he had on hand was
taken over by the Northern Commercial
Company.
A couple of years ago Mr. Griffin sold his
Chena store to the Northern Commercial
Company, which has been conducting the
business since that time.
When the discovery at Ruby was made
Mr. Griffin was among the stampeders, and
established his store there, so that this sale
marks the passing of another pioneer estab
lishment.
The Ruby Record-Citizen of September
2 says:
“It will be a matter of great interest to
Ruby and the neighboring camps to know
that the Ruby Commercial Company has
discontinued. This is one of the oldest
institutions in the camp, having been estab
lished in 1911. It has always done an ex
tensive business.
“However, both partners, A1 Birnbaum
and E. W. Griffin, having decided to go
Outside, they sold all their stock, store
buildings and warehouses to the Northern
Commercial Company. As soon as all ne
gotiations are concluded they will leave.
“Both men will be missed, A1 Birnbaum
particularly, he having been very active in
the commercial affairs of Ruby. He is a
prominent member of Igloo No. 5, Pioneers
of Alaska.”
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UNNECESSARY CAUTION
Passenger (as the ship is sinking)—Cap
tain. is there no hope none at all ?
Captain—None at all, my man; no hope
whatever. .
Passenger—Hang my luck And 1
wouldn’t eat any cucumbers for dinrer for
fear of getting indigestion!— Pittsburgh
Chronicle-Telegraph.
Professional
Michigan, 1881 Alaska, 1910
Kentucky, 1891
George Woodruff Albrecht
COUNSELOR AND LAWYER
IDITAROD, ALASKA
The Pioneer Attorney of Idllarod
E. M. STANTON
Attorney at Law
Office: Corner Willow and Second Sts
Iditarod Pioneer Building
CHAS. E. TAYLOR
Attorney at Law
BANK BLOCK
First Avenus Iditarod
DR. OGRE
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
ORUG STORE
DR. H. E. AURS^GER
I’liysidan and Surgeon
Office: Fiat City Hospital, Flat City
Consultation Hours in Forenoons and by
Appointment
FLAT DRUG STORE
DR. H. OEHLA
DENTIST
FLAT CITY
FORMER !D!TAROD WOMAN
BRINGS SUIT FOR DAMAGES
A suit has been filed in Portland, Ore.,
against the Morningside Sanitarium Com
puny there to recover 824,093, and naming
Dr, Henry Waldo Coe and Viola May Coe
as defendants. The suit was filed by Mrs.
Sanford Zuekerman, and asks for 820.000
damages and 84,093 for wages lost while
she was confined in the Morningside insti
tution. having been committed to that place
by the Alaska courts.
Mrs. Zuekerman was sent to the asylum
from Iditarod on September 8, 1911. and
was released as cured on September 1. 1914.
A search of the records in the governor's
office at Juneau showed that Mrs. Zuck
erman was laboring under the delusion that
she was being persecuted. At the time of
her release she was taken in charge by the
Ladies' Jew: -h Society of Portland.
Mrs. Zuekerman was a trained nurse, and
claims that she could have earned 825 a
week during the time of her confinement,
and also claims that her general health suf
fered from her detention.
BEFORE GOING OUTSIDE
Don't forget to have The Iditarod Pioneer -
your favorite weekly newspaper forwarded
to your new address. You’ll find it a most
welcome visitor in your new surroundings.
One copy is worth a dozen of those prom
Led letters that never came.
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Michigan stands first among the states in
the production of salt, ranks second in iron
and third in copper.
Big Stocks o! Fresh Goods
Everything for the Miner and
Prospector
ftfAX SIIV!EL tR°ade”
Stores at Cripple City and Mouth of Tolstoi
Mutahler Eros.
GENERAL
FREIGHTERS
DAILY AUTO-CAR SERVICE
a. m. p. m.
I Leaves Flat 1 8:03 2:00
I Leaves Iditarod 10:30 4
Best of Everything
Al-l. THE TIME AT THE
Arcade Cafe
FLAT CITY
Open Dav and Night
"best liquors and cigars
Ttiree-Timos-Movo Bat
(Formerly the Stanley House)
JOHN BAGOY, PROP.
GOOD ROOMS CLEAN BEDS
PLAT CITY __
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! DISCOVERY
CAFE
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j Bet. the Grand and Bagoy's Bars
THE BEST ALL THE TIME
WE ARE HERE TO STAY
FINE WATCH REPAIRING
NUGGET JEWELRY TO ORDER
J. L. SALE, Flat City
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O ** ■' JUAN DE FUCA and
FLAT CITY MARC ANTONY CIGARS
■ — — ■ — < ■■■ '-" ■— ' - ,, - 1
- a ■■ *' ” '
Tl Gold St., Flat City
||y Mrs. Geo. Mutchler, Prop.
Nicely Furnished Rooms Barn for Horses and Dogs Baths in Connection
HURST CIGAR STORE
PIPES AND TOBACCOS
Westcver—Wholesale Victor Phonograph Needles for Sale
Nice, Fresh Chocolates, Nuts, Candies and Fruits
POOL BARBER SHOP
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Will burn green wood.
Ask your dealer for a Bang Stove.
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