Iditarod Pioneer
One Dollar Per Month. IDITAROD, ALASKA, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1910. Two Bits Per Copy
COMING AND GOING
R. E. Edgar left for the Outside last
Tuesday morning and will spend the
winter in Oakland, Cal., returning to
Iditarod early next spring via. Seward.
E. H. Langley arrived from Fair
banks on the White Seal last Tuesday,,
and says the Iditarod looks good to;
him. !
J. O'Malley and W. O'Connors vis-1
ited the city last week to purchase a
plant for their lay on the Wildcat as
sociation, Fiat creek.
Mrs. May Skidmore left on Tuesday
for San Francisco to spend the winter.
She will return in the spring with a
stock of ladies’ furnishings.
H. Boas, the hustling clothing store
tna-n, after six years' continuous resi
dence in the North, has declared him
self entitled to a vacation and last
week started for Seattle, where he
will spend the winter. Mr. Boas will]
return in the spring with a large up
to-date stock of goods.
Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Chute arrived]
in the city Friday noon after a trip up
from Dikeman on the launch Helen M.
They came down on the White Seal,
and have come to the Iditarod to make
their home for the winter. Mr. Chute
is one of the best known miners and
operators in Alaska, having stalked the
game from Dawson down. The famous
Jerome quartz ledge in the Bonnifield
is named after him, and it is expected
that this deposit alone will bring fame
and glory te the North.
Tom Chiaholm, father for the long
and illustrious line of Auroras, of Daw
son and Fairbanks, arrived in the city
last week, and has been extremely
busy greeting old acquaintances ever
since, it is possible that Torn believes
it about time for it to come “Eleven”
on the Aurora proposition.
Frank J, Ingles, of the E. W. Griffin
company was a passenger up river last
week, accompanied by Mrs. Ingles, who
was plucked from the roses of Missouri
last spring. Mr. Ingles will have a
roving commission since business will
take h im from town to the creeks, but
their home will be in tho city.
Frank Griffin, representative of his
brother E. W. Griffin here and at Otter
City during the past summer, has left
for the Tanana valley. He will look
after tho affairs of the firm at Ohena
this winter.
Karl Thiel, proprietor of Thiel's
poolrooms and bookstore at Discovery,
Otter, came into tho city Friday to look
after some expected freight.
G. A. Bloom, a newspaper man of
Seattle, and formerly member of the
reportorial force of the Seattle Post
Intelligencer, accompanied by H. J.
Shaw, formerly clerk in the National
Bank of Commerce of the Sound ciiv,
arrived in Iditarod last Thursday, com
ing in by way of St. Michael. They
had a hard trip over the Kaltag por
tage, but were determined to have a
look at the Iditarod country and have
come to stay. They will take a hand
at the mining game on the creeks, with
a possibility of visiting the Kuskokwim
later.
Coming across from the Kuskokwim
Marshal Love slept too near the camp
fire and sustained a sever* burn on the
ankle. Subsequent mushing into this
city left him in bad shape, and he was
compelled to go to Dr. Wortman for
treatment.
News of considerable interest to the
many people of the Xanana who are
residing here, is contained in the Fair
banks Times for September 11th, where
in it is announced that Miss Sadie
Ward and Romeo Hoyt were married
in Fairbanks on September 4th, at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Suter, the
latter a sister of the bride. The wed
ding was a quiet one and was pulled off
without a hitch, being followed by an
elaborate spread at the Pioneer cafe.
It came as a great surprise to the many
friends of the popular pair, as no one
apparently knew that there was any
thing doing in the way of a love match.
Arriving with everything in ex
cellent shape, Charles Drapau the well
known truck gardener of Fairbanks,
has juat reached the city with three
tons of fine fresh vegetables, including
tomatoes, celery, cucumbers, cabbage
and carrots. The stuff was raised in
the gardens of John Scharle on Garden
island, and is eloquent proof of Tanana
valley agricultural possibilities. The
stuff has been stored in the Pioneer
warm storage at the lower end of the
city. _
C. E. Cullen, proprietor of the Forks
roadhouse on Flat creek, hit the city
two days ago for the purpose of in
vestigating the high tariff on food
stuffs. __
./OR SALE—Ten-foot portable French
range. Apply this office.
Dr. Brooks and Dr. Bradbury are en
gaged in moving their offices from
Richmond street to their new quarters
over the Merchant’s cafe on First ave.
WOULD SETTLE TOWNSITE DIFFICULTY BY CALLING COURT
Expressing himself as determined to use every ar
gument to induce Judge Overfield to visit the Iditarod
for the purpose of holding a term of court this winter,
Marshal H. K. Love left for down river Saturday to
catch the Reliance for Fairbanks.
He said that he believed Judge Overfield could be
induced to come down here some time during the win
ter, instead of waiting until the breakup next spring.
He believed that a term of cou rt here is urgently neces
sary not only to dispose of criminal and civil business
with regard to mining ground, but chiefly to settle up
the townsite controversy which has been the source of
so much conflict and strife here.
Marshal Love reached Iditarod city Thursday after
noon after an extended journey from Fairbanks to the
Kuskokwiru via. St. Michael. He was accompanied by
Deputy Marshal Harry Siebe and Commissioner Green
to the Tokotna and later came down to Georgetown,
where ho left Deputy Siebe with instructions to make
that point his headquarters during the winter.
He afterwards mushed over to Otter and Flat, hav
ing in the meantime sustained a bad burn while sleep
ing near the camp tire, which put him somewhat to the
bad for traveling.
He was much impressed with what he found here
and expressed a desire to be able to remain in Iditarod
city, but that he was called back to Fairbanks by the
business of the office. He did say that if he could pre
vail upon Judge Overfield to come down over the trail
that he would come with him.
Being compelled to hurry away in order to catch
the last boat, he had time only for a hurried investiga
tion of the local office, but in so doing he had found
everything satisfactory, and expressed himself as con
tent to leave things in the hands of Deputy Marshal
Donovan. As to the appointment of additional deputies
to assist Donovan, he agreed to forward a commission;
to E. J. Sliter, who will probably act as night watch
man in the city. Other appointments are to be deter
mined upon later.
He liked the looks of the Kuskokwim side, and be
lieves that next season will see the establishment of a
substantial town at the mouth of George river.
Location blanks at the Pioneer print shop.
There Will Be Seme Grub at Georgetown
According to the latest advices from the Kuskok
vim, there is a good chance that there will be a consid
erable supply of grub at Georgetown, at the mouth of
George river, before the freezeup, or at least enough
to supply ordinary demands, to be eked out with such
provisions as can be forwarded from this point.
The news was brought in Friday night by A. W.
Owens, Charles Worden and Cole McDdTrgall, who had
just returned with the information that the Kuskokwim
Commercial Company expects to land 100 tons of grub
at Georgetown with the steamer Quickstep before the
ice catches them.
Marshal Love, who just got in from the Kuskok
wim, said that there was no grub at Georgetown at all,
and that prospects looked very bad for the arrival of
provisions there. He left Friday afternoon for Fair- !
banks, determined to do all he could to start action on
the part of the N. C. Co. towards getting some of their
supply back from the Takotna, but it is almost certain
that he can achieve no results on account of the late
season.
He realized the absolute necessity of making pro
vision for the many who will winter in that section, for
the late discoveries on George river and Don I an creek
caught everyone unprepared and left the country with
out a food supply.
There would seem to be good basis for the report
brought in by Worden, Owens and McDougall, since it
was learned some time ago that Manager Joaquin, of
the Kuskokwim Commercial Company, had gone Out
side to rush in some late'season shipments. These
goods have doubtless reached Bethel, from which point
they can be taken up by the Quickstep and stopped at
Georgetown, irrespective of their original destination.
According to the information received by Worden
from the miners on Donlan creek who had been down
to the Kuskokwim, the Quickstep was due to arrive at
the mouth of Crooked creek, 18 miles below’ George
town, on September 28. They had framed it to be
there and grab what they could before the boat pro
ceeded on to Georgetown.
The returning travelers expressed themselves as
well pleased with what they saw on Donlan, and are
unanimous in the belief that they saw the beginnings
of what will be a future placer camp.
Our Citizens Finally Get into Real Action
Following a well-attended meeting held in the N. C.
Co. store last Sunday evening for the purpose of discussing
the question of fire protection, a matter persistently advo
cated by this paper but which seems never to have gotten
beyond the committee stage, events have so shaped them
selves that something may really be accomplished in a short
time. Another meeting was called for tonight (Sunday),
but it may not be held on account of the absence of some of
the town trustees.
As the matter now stands four more trustees have been
added to the roll of city dads, their names being Charles
Ross, E. E. Kellogg, John Duncan and Thomas Morgan.
These men are all pledged to vote for an effective fire pro
tection within the means of the citizens, counting upon the
two chemicals that have been ordered from the Outside, but
which will reach here before the freezeup. They also have
discussed the proposition ot making Fire Chief R. W.
Graham, an inspector of flues and stovepipes, placing him
ou salary.
In addition to this there is a sentiment in favor of em
ploying a night watchman, who will not only be a watch
man on the lookout for fires, but will be a guardian of the
peace as well.
Hearing of this, Marshal Love appointed E. J. Sliter,
formerly a policeman of Nome, a field deputy marshal thus
assisting on the part of th* government in the proper polic
ing of the city.
It the citizens can agree there is a possibility of getting
a night and day watchman in this manner.
With the chemicals now on the way and a fire chief
appointed there now remains but the question of raising
enough for proper maintaiuence, and whether or net an in
spector or night watchman shall be paid a salary. These
matters will be discussed at the first meeting after all trus.
tees can be brought together.
GEORGETOWN WILL BE THE PLACE FOR RECORDING!
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With Commissioner Heavey of Bethel, settled at
Georgetown at the mouth of George river, and Deputy
Marshal Harry Siebe already on the job at that point, the
government officials have indicated which way the wind
is blowing in the Kuskokwim, and have sensed public
opinion there in attempting to select the central point of
what seems certain to be a big placer country.
Commissioner Heavey, who had been watching the
country grow around Bethel without apparent change in en
vironment, heard the call first and suddenly slipped bis
hawsers and smarted up river for Georgetown. This was
after he had received word from Judge Lyons to the effect
that he was in the Fourth judicial district when he used to
think he was in the Nome district.
Marshal Love met Heavey at Georgetown and is
authority for the statement that recording can be done at
that point of claims located within a radius of the mouth
of George river. This will be called the Georgetown re
cording district and will embrace a large section of country.
It is probably a safe bet that creek, heading on the other
side of the main divide between the Kuskokwim and t’ e
Iditarod should be recorded at Georgetown, those on ill s
side of the divide should be recorded here.
There is no fixed population at Georgetown at the
present time since most of the temporary inhabitants are
waiting for grub, thinking to take to the bills when they
accumulate the foodstuffs. However, two townsites have
already been laid off and the real estate boomer is already
on the job, with prospectus and complete ground plan of
the city park system.
WEDDING BU6 JUST AS
BUSY IN FAIRBANKS
Six weddings in two weeks is the
record in Fairbanks beginning
about tha first of the month, just
about tying the record established
in the Idttarod. The explanation
for the sudden activity in the halls
of love at that other place is not j
given, for it was generally thought;
that Dan Cupid was so busy that
he could give attention to no other
section.
On September 6th, Albert John
son, the expert Fairbanks photo
grapher, was united in marriage to
Miss Jennie Landers at the home
of the bride’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Landers. The affair
was quite a brilliant function.
Miss Ora LaVassar and L. P.
Rasmussen were married September
6th at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Woodward.
Then there wa» the wedding of
Romeo Hoyt and Miss Sadie Ward,
referred to in another portion of
this paper.
Jack Edwards and Mrs. V. Ger
man, the former of Cleary and an
old timer of Dawson, the latter a
resident of Chatanika were married
at Cleary on September 5th. Their
friends visited them from Chata
nika and all had a big blowout at
the A. B. Hall at Cleary.
On Monday, Sept. 14th, Miss
Golden and Joe McAuley of Gold
stream, were to be married in Fair
banks.
John Dunn ol Engineer creek,
and Miss Marie Jacobson were tied
in the matrimonial state by Com- I
missioner Dillon on Sept. 8.
The new Beattie lodging house on
East First avenue will open its doors
for the reception of guests Wednesday
evening next.
For Monogram No. 6, AA Marquette
and Gibson, go to the Pioneer.
STEWART AND McDOWELL ARE BOUND OVER!
Finishing a vehement arraign
rnent during which he excoriated
the defendants in a merciless
manner, Judge Maltby yesterday
(Satui'dayJ discharged the Smith
brothers, William Porter, Wil
liam Dunckle and J- Blodgett on
the charge of malicious destruc
tion of property preferred by
William Ansley, but bound over
Stewart and McDowell, claimants
of the Fairview trading post, to
the grand jury at Fairbanks.
In giving his judgment as to
Stewart and McDowell, the court
stated that although there had
been no evidence submitted of
actual malice on their part in
dragging Landahl’s bookstore
into the street on the morning of
August 24, the circumstances
were such as to cast the implica
tion of malice, and that he felt it
incumbent upon him to let the
matter be settled by a higher
court.
The case, which had its hear
ing Friday afternoon, grew out
of the disturbance that occurred
at the corner of First and Rich
mond between 4 and 7 o’clock on !
the morning of August 24. At
that time, Stewart and McDow
ell, by means of cables and blocks
dragged the Landahl bookstore
and Kienz barber shop into the
street, practically wrecking the
bookstore and inflicting an esti
mated dam age of $1,500. On the
stand, they admitted that they
had pulled the buildings out but
denied that it was done with ma
licious intent. They claimed the
ground, but saw no other way to
get possession.
According to the evidence, as
stated by the court in his
opinion. William Porter assisted
in the removal, not being con
scious of doing a wrong. Billy
Dunckle served drinks from a
nearby saloon, and there was no
evidence that the Smith brothers
were connected with the actual
removal of the buildings. Blod
gett was hired to do the job and
was presumably acting for
Stewart and McDowell.
Iu discharging the defendants
whom he held not guilty, Judge
Maltby passed up Wm. Porter and
J, Blodgett but administered a
severe tongue lashing to Dunckle
and George and Jack Smith.
Stewart and McDowell will be
compelled to attend the session of
the grand jury at Fairbanks which
is presumed to be convening about
this time. In the meantime their
bond was fixed at $2 000 each.
Have your nuggets made into souve
nirs at Simpson's, the pioneer jetreler.
TOWN DOINGS
The Northern Commercial company
has been busy the last week getting
established in their fine new building
on Richmond and First. John Duncan
and Bart Day, who have been doing
business on the barge in front of the
the dock, have a fine suite of offices
down stairs, while they and the several
members of the force have most com
fortable living quarters up stairs.
J. H. Richards, the Willow-street
hardware dealer, was busy last week
getting his storeroom made comfort
able for the winter.
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Builders have been busy about the
premises of Messrs. Crowley & Porter,
the First avenue grocers, during the
past few days. A large warehouse in
the rear was sufficiently enclosed last
Wednesday evening to permit the re
moval thereto of the goods lrotu the re
tail tent, which was leveled in short
order on Thursday morning, and Con- ■
tractor James Fredrickson ha1! a gang
of carpenters immediately at work
building a substantial and attractive
home for this popular firm.
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Contractor P. J. Mahoney has just
completed Miss Karlson’s new restaur
ant and patrons can once again enjoy
her home-cooked meals.
On East First avenue Ramps Peter
son iB building one of the prettiest log
cabins in the city for a residence.
James Wylie, the Iditarod Optimist,
sold his Willow street business lot to
Mrs. Stoner, and early last week de
parted for the Kuskokwim, where he
will remain indefinitely. Mrs. Stoner
is now having a large frame building
erected on the site in which she will
conduct a lodging house.
One of the most attractive store
fronts in the city has been placed in
Mrs. Roscoe’s Richmond street build-5
ing.
Arctic Brothers Want Charter
It was quite a large gathering of
Arctic Brothers that assembled at
J. I. Johnstone's cigar atore last
Wednesday night, when members
of the brotherhood got together to
talk over the matter of a camp for
Iditarod City.
They were unanimously of the
opinion that a charter should be
applied for here and a committee
was appointed to prepare the proper
papers and secure the signatures
of the maverick members to be sent
away to the grand camp.
They will arrange for a dance in
the near future, since it is a habit
with the A. B's wherever they lo
cate, to take a leading part in the
social affairs of the community.
Dave Mutchler, the freighter, is
having a substantial peeled-log barn
erected on South Willow street. It is
about 40x40 feet square.
WILL THEY APPOINT
A NIGHT WATCHMAN ?
Following the appointment of E. J.
Slitar as field deputy marshal by Mar
shal Love, a movement is on foot to
have Sliter made night watchman of
the city, upon a salary to be contribu
ted by those citizens who are willing to
pay for fire protection. There appears
to be a decided sentiment in favor of
such an innovation, made doubly at
tractive by the fact that the citizens
of Idltarod can have a peace officer as
well as a watchman to guard against
fires.
Mr. Sliter is an old patrolman from
the Outside. Though in the North for
14 years he has been mining most of
time, serving only for a short period
as policeman in Nome. He seems to
be eminently qualified for the job of
city watchman, and secured his appoint
ment from Marshal Love through
several excellent recommendations.
The need of proper fire precaution
through the long winter nights is ap
parent, and it is probable that the
move to put Sliter on a salary will
meet with little opposition. Though a
field deputy marshal he will receive
no regular salary from the government,
nor was it possible for Love to make an
appointment here that would carry the
salary of a regular deputy. Howover
there are some fees attached to a field
deputyship, and these with what the
citizens can guarantee may prevail
upon Mr. Sliter to accept the position.
Before Love departed he confirmed
the appointment of Doc Holmes as
regular deputy to be stationed at Flat.
Holmes formerly served under Marshal
Sutherland at Juneau, and is a capable
and experienced man.
Drs. Carter and Spaulding:, pro
prietors of the Pioneer drug store of
Discovery Otter and Flat City have
moved their place of business from Dis
covery and will henceforth do business
at Flat City.
WIDE-WORLD NEWS
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President Taft is much worried in his
decision concerning the Ballinger
problem. Since it became known that
the congressional investigation com
mittee stood in favor of censuring the
secretary of the interior, the demands
for the removal of Ballinger have been
rrany and insistent- The friends of the
administration are tired of the Bal
linger fight, and are convinced that it
can only bring discredit to Taft and the
Republican party. It is probable that
the next telegraphic news from the
Outside will tell of Ballinger's retire
ment to private life.
Col. Roosevelt is on a rampage in
the West. In Kansas he declared that
he is fighting for the people as against
the capitalist, and that if this consti
tutes him an insurgent, in the coraiaoi
acceptation of that term, then he is one
of them.
The Democratic pap«rs of New
York state are boosting Mayor Gaynor
for governor. His nomination will be
fought by Tammany Hall on account of
his defiant attitude towards that or
ganization.
Senator Thomas Carter, of Montana,
author of Alaska's code, and one of the
smoothest, politicians that ever gum
shoed down a dark hailway, announced
in a late speecli at Helena that he was
agin’ conservation. He said that Gif
ford Pinchot had expended millions of
the people’s money on this futile hobby,
It will be interesting to those who
are familiar with the spectacular career
of Fritz Augustus Heinze, head of the
United Copper company and formidable
opponentof the Amalgamated in Butte,
to know that he recently placed his
foot in a nice matrimonial tangle in
New York, and that the bride, in com
mon parlance, slipped one over on him,
much to his discomfiture. He had just
married Barnice Henderson, a well
known actress, and the bridal party wa3
about to board a private car for the
west. He was met by a summons at
the car by which it was learned that
his affinity had sued him for $25,000 for
breach of.proniise. Everyone was heft at
once and the bride quietly ordered her
baggage off the car, and going to the
dock, sailed for Europe without even
kissing him goodbye. In a fit of ab
straction, he muttered softiy to himself,
• ‘Well, I’ll be damned.”
The agent of the forestry bureau in
charge of the Idaho division ha3 esti
mated the loss occasioned by the recent
fires in the Northwest at three billion
feet-ef merchantable lumber.
The Str. Dusty Diamond was sold on
September 10th to Roy Rutherford of
the Independent Lumber Co. of Fair
banks. The sale was a marshal’s sale,
conducted by Percy Charles, chief
deputy marshal. Mrs. Crane, the own
er of the boat stayed until the bidding
reached $3,500 and it was immediately
thereafter knocked down to Rutherford
for $3,600.
Funeral services were held over the
remains of Lewis Fitch at Fairbanks
on the afternoon of Sept. 11. Funeral
arrangements for John Lundberg, who
died at St. Matthew’s hospital, .Fair
banks on Sept. 9th, were just being
completed according to last advices.
The remains of Felix Pedro, dis
coverer of gold in the Tanana valley,
were to be shipped outside on Sept 17.
Mrs. Pedro will leave later to attend
the interment at San Mateo, Cal.
In the action brought by E. A. Wil
liams against John Renza and H. H.
McDonald, Judge Lyons recently de
cided in favor of McDonald for a one
seventh interest in the famous Owl
association property on Engineer creek
in the Fairbanks district.
HOTEL ARRIVALS
REGINA HOTEL
Oliver Anderson, G. M. Kilburn,
Percy Green, Geo. Wallace, Geo. Kin
man, E. Hutchinson, F. J. Riley, H. H.
Porter, Andrew Lyall, James C. Mur
ray, E. L. Youmen, P. H. O’Brien,
Mrs. A. M Nee, W. A. Beatty, Frank
Peffor, Percy Sharpe, Henry Yager,
D. LeBlanc, E. H. Langley, Oscar Le
taurneau, Fred Chason, Victor Matson,
M. J. Flood, Chai. Waters, T. Belan
ger, J. Letourneau.
Iditarod Hotel Arrivals
Mr. and Mrs. Chute, A. Hamil
ton, T. T. Thibodeau, John Leppi,
John Stlo, Fairbanks ; Dan Astoo,
John Hansen, D. Calhoun, John
Gray, Patten, Geo. Niles, E. R.
Power, J. A. Acklen, Thos. Byrne,
J. Frost, Flat ; J. D. Schwartz,
L. Levee, Henry Pesoner, Edward
Oksaner, Osterholz, Otter; Swartz,
Harding, Jos. Nikkaneu, Cab.Peter
son, Ed. Anderson, C. Knell, Mc
Ardel, J. Frick, T. Turner, Phil
Shuk, H. P. Main, C. Schick, Jas.
O’Neil, W. E. Walker, W. Pillor,
F. Keenen, Mrs. McKenzie, City;
Roy Fairbanks, Seattle.