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In the interest ot Food Conservation, you are:
earnestly urged to do what you can toward
saving and guarding against waste of Food.
Sam’l Applebaum
O iTT ■ A* La J !Dfy Goods, Notions,
iTI IX SI 9 |Ladies’s«d Childrens'
flat j Footwear j
FOOD CONS 1VATI0N!
Conservation of Food will allow the Merchant
to ship less, and thus leave the Food
where our Government can use it
HARD TIMES BALL
A hard times dance is to be given on
March 1 at Riley’s mess house, Discov
ery Otter. The net proceeds will go to
the Red Cross. The boy's of Discovery
are donating their labor in fixing up
the hall. Good music will be furnished
and all dancers from Flat and Iditarod
are asked to attend. The admission
wiii be 12.00.
WAR-SAVINGS STAMPS
Bv the last mail the M. & M. Bank
received a consignment of the new
war-savings stamps. They are of the
^-denomination, and are sold for $4.13
during February, $4.14 in March, $4.15
in April—advancing at that rate
monthly. In the year 1923 the stamps
will be redeemed at face value. The
stamps bear interest at the rate of ap
proximately 4^ per cent.
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John Lund. “Hub" Riley, A1 Young
and Dave Bolger are patients at the
Reed hospital. Joe Neville and George
Jankoff were in the hospital a couple
of days the first of the week, but have
sufficiently recovered to leave.
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Harry Rollback and Marie Louise
VaD Orst were united in marriage at
Flat on February 10 by Commissioner
Kilgore. _
Good Light Now!
Picture Time Is Here--Get a
Kodak From Us, and
“Get Busy”
Will order any Photo supplies you
wish, laid down here at Outside prices.
WE BUY pi |pQ
AND SEEL rWiXO
Ansleys
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
ID1TAR0D, ALA8XA
REGISTRANTS, NOTICE
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Local Board No. 18, i
City ok Iditarod, <
Iditarod, Alaska. )
Important Notice to Registrants Under
Jurisdiction of this Local Board
whose Order Numbers are Between
No. 47 and No. 92, Inclusive:
There has this day been mailed to you
a questionnaire which you are required
, by law to execute and return within
! seven days from date hereof.
Failure to do so constitutes a misde
meanor punishable by not to exceed one
year's imprisonment; and such failure
may also deprive you of valuable rights
and result in your immediate induction
into military service and trial by court
martial.
Geo. \Y. Albrecht.
Member of Local Board.
Dated February 25, 191S.
The above order numbers cover reg
istration certificates Nos. 2 to 51, inclu
sive, of Flat City.
WAS KILLED IN FRANCE
I
Oeorge Hamilton, of the Pioneer
Sheet Metal Works, by the last mail :
received the sad news of the death
of his brother Jack on the Western
front “somewhere in France.” The
deceased leaves a wife, eight sons and
one daughter, four of the sons enlisting
in the Canadian army with their j
father at the outbreak of the war. His j
home was in Winnipeg, Man., and was j
for many years connected with the
dominion customs service.
EARL OUT-RANKS NED
Richard Button, by the last mail re
j ceived a long and interesting letter
from Earl L. Byers, who is now at
Fort Sam Houston, Tex. Mr. Byers
seems to be well pleased with his new
occupation, and has already been made
first sergeant. He expresses the
opinion that the “unpleasantness” wil[;
last a long time, and that he will be in i
I France by the time the flowers bloom •
in the spring, tra la.
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Commissioner Kilgore received on
I the last mail the application blanks
for license which must We filled out by
all who possess or handle explosives.
The fee is 25 cents. The requirement
of filling out these blanks by parties
concerned is absolute, and there is a
heavy fine for negligence in the matter.
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Ray Longtin mushed to town last
Wednesday from Otter creek.
Are yon a true PATRIOT ?
Have you a sense of RIGHT and JUSTICE ? :
Have you SYMPATHY for the poor, suffering and starving
people of the countries, both neutral and belligerent, across
the water ?
Do you want to see the war for LIBERTY won ?
Do you want to do your BIT ?
Yes! of course, you do. But, how can you ?
Study FOOD CONSERVATION as outlined in all periodi
cals? artd follow It as closely as you cam„
C. R. PECK FLAT_
LOYAL LEAGUE
k-BULLETIN
FOOD ADMINISTRATION
At a meeting of the Executive Boat’d
of The Loyal League, held at Elat Feb
ruary 12, 1913, in determining the use
ful activities of the League in the fu
.
Sure, certain committees were ap
pointed and among others a committee
on food conservation.
Since our excellent President. Wood
row Wilson, has seen the wisdom and
necessity of proclaiming a meatless and
wheatless day for the Nation, and
when we consider that this order ap
plies to sections of our country within
are found our most extensive stores of
food stuffs, then how much more nec
essary must it be for we of this section
of the country to conserve ali stocks ot
foodstuffs now on hand, and set for
ourselves a course of real economy for
the future.
Produciug little as we do in food
stuffs, depending as we are upon uncer
tain transportation facilities and sub
jected as we way be to restricted rights
of purchase during the continuance of
the war, it is difficult to conceive of
anything which would be of greater im
portance to the people of Inteiior
Alaska than that of food conservation.
This is no alarmist cry —it is simply
an appeal to the common sense of a
people throughly practical, if once
awakened to the needs of the occasion.
We hope for the hearty co-operation
of all by the practice of reasonable and
sensible economies in the home, sup
ported by earnest enlightened discus
sion abroad.
' OMMITTKE ON FOOD CONSERVATION,
By Thos. McMahon, Chairman.
J. E. Kettlewell, head electrician for
the Yukon Gold Co., narrowly escaped
being severly burned last Monday
night, while endeavoring to extinguish
some burning gasoline. George Kay
and Frank Kelly were filling the gas
oline tank at the machine shop and in
some way the gasoline in the funnel
became ignited from the lantern they
were using. With great presence of
mind Mr. Kettlewell quickly snatched
the funnel with the burning gasoline
away, to avoid an explosion in the
tank. This was not accomplished with
out somewhat serious consequence to
himself, however. lie was suddenly
enveloped iu flames, but the boys sub
merged him in a snow bank, and he
luckily got off with a burned forehead.
Joe Lewis left Thursday ou his re
turn trip to his mining properties on
the lower Kuskokwim.
Herbert Riley was brought from Ira
F. Wood’s logging camp, in the neigh- |
borhood of Sheirmier’s Halfway road
liouse, last Monday suffering from an
attack of appendicitis. Dr. Reed was
called from Fiat and remained with
Mr. Riley a goodly pari of Monday:
night, and on Tuesday morning was
taken by the physician to the Reed
hospital.
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Local Board No. 18, of the Selective
Draft, has received word from Duke E. I
Stubbs, commissioner, that owing to’
the non-receipt of supplies no registra
tion was held in Kuskokwira precinct, j
However, he writes, that he has
checked up and thinks that the late
Mathias Schernthaner was the only
parson who would have been liable to
registration. This accounts for all the
registration precincts embraced in the
territory of the local board, and the
122 cards which are in hand covers all
available timber.
The three natives who wore brought
from Anvik'by the marshal the early
part of the week were tried and con
victed of illegal co-habitation in Com
missioner Kilgore’s court last Tuesday. '
Mrs. Hamilton was sentenced to 901
days in the skookum house, and Chief
Hamilton and Tribesman Muley will be
guests of good old Uncle Sam for 60
davs each at the same institution.
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The Merchants cafe of this city had
a close call from destruction by fire
last Saturday afternoon. The fire origi
nated in the stovepipe apparatus over
the range and was making good pro
gress, but the quick and effective work
of neighbors with big and little chem
icals soon subdued the flames. The lo3s
did not exceed $f>0.
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Mail Carrier “White Dog’’ Smith
arrived with mail last Tuesday after
noon facing, a blizzard for many hours.
As soon as the consignment was un
loaded at the local postoffice the
weather became as calm as one could
wish. Who i3 there to say that an
Alaskan mail mu3bor's lot i.3 not a
happy one?
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A. J. WEISS
The
Clothier
The Home of Hart, Schaffner & Marx Good Clothes
Ladies’ Furnishings
Mrs. L. C. Thornton, Flat
EAT LESS
Wheat, Sugar and Meat
To the end that Our Soldiers at the front
may always have plenty.
THOS. McMAHON
FLAT, ALASKA
WEATHER REPORT
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Following are the daily temperatures
from readings taken by Captain E. J.
Smith, volunteer observer.
Date— Max. Min.
February 16 . 20 0
'• '17 .... 34 13
“ 13. 34 30
“ 10. 36 24
“ 20 ...... 40 24
“ 21. 28 18
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NOTIONS,
Ladies’ Furnishings
—AT—
Mrs. Chittick’s, Flat
Paul Schaffer was operated on at the
Behla hospital last Saturday, and ia
improving rapidly.
REMODELED :: REOPENED
PORCELAIN
Tub i laths
Open At All Hours
The CROSBY
Horae of the 20th Century Turkish
Bath
NOW
IS THE TIME
TO
HOOVERIZE
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