Your patriotic duty to your conntry
requires you to save wheat.
In tho absence of substitutes, for the present
USE WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR
You will help to save wheat and improve your health at the same time
WE HAVE IT IN IO- AND 49-LB. SACKS
Sam’l Applebaum
DRY GOODS £ FURNISHINGS
FLAT
Ladies, buy your Arctics, Dawsons, Rubbers and Rubber Boots
from us, with a guarantee that they are not
injured by frost or age
Childrens’ Rubbers, Pacs and Rubber Boots
at Outside Prices
OUR DRAFT QUOTA
On Wednesday of ibis week llie Local
Board received a telegram which said:
“Your net current quota is 13 men. It
is estimated that you will be called
upon between 1st and loth of June to
induct these men into service.”
At the same time the board also re
ceived another telegram which said:
“In order to prevent hardship resulting
to registrants temporarily employed in
seasonal occupations—such as fishery,
and miners who are necessary to the
prosecution of the industry in which
they are engaged, and which, if such
employment were permanent, would
entitle them to deferred classification—
it is desired that local boards defer the
induction of all such registrants until
the close of the season for the industry
in which such registrant is employed.”
Orders from the provost marshal
general, received since most of the
physical examinations were made, calls
for all registrants to be rated into four
classes, according to their showing on
examination, and this order necessi
tates the going over of all the papers
relating to physical examinations and
this will take some little time, and
those who are put into Class Bor Class
C will be deferred until all of Class I,
under questionnaires, and Class A,
under the physical examination, are
exuausieu.
Until it is known who is deferred
under this physical re-rating, and, also,
who is deferred under the occupational
claims, the list of men who go to make
up the contingent cannot be known.
Those who desire to avail themselves
of deferred classification as miners must
file the affidavit of themselves and also
of their employer, showing that they
are actually employed and necessary to
the prosecution of the industry in which
they are engaged. These affidavits
must be filed with Dr. J. Wilson Reed,
at Flat, on or before Wednesday noon,
May 15, as the board will meet that
day and make up the contingent for
the quota.
At the present time only two men
are known to be in the quota: William
Lee Touchette (No. 4), and John Elias
Edwards (No. 14), both of Ophir. The
full list will be published in next week’s
issue of The Pioneer,
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ICE HAS DONE WENT
What is probably accepted as the
“official” time of the ice movement
(Sam’l Applebaum probably dissenting)
in front of Iditarod took place at 9:15
on last Wednesday evening, May 8,
when it floated from its position be
tween Willow and Richmond streets.
There was no general run of ice until
2 o’clock on Thursday afternoon, when
a jam below town gave way.
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Mrs. Kettlewell and children have
moved from the power plant and are
now occupying the Button cabin in
Flat.
Frank Anderson left the hospital
Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Currie are building an
addition onto their home at Flat.
Major Albrecht and Claude Baker at- j
tended the hearing of Milo Stegura j
Tuesday.
Cy Atwell has temporary charge of
the workings of the J. E. Riley Invest
ment Company.
Guy Geraghty is building an addition 1
to his home at Flat.
Mrs. Cy Atwell and little daughter
Beatrice, Claude Baker and Sam’l
Applebaum were among those who
“mushed" to Otter creek last Thursday
morning to attend the funeral services
over the remains of Joseph E. Riley.
On Monday last Claude Baker was |
appointed administrator of the estate
of the late Joseph E. Riley by Commis
sioner Kilgore, under an approved bond
of $10,000.
Work on the Granite-creek mining
enterprise of the late J. E. Riley has
been temporarily suspended.
Favors Death Penalty
Washington, April 15—Senator Lee
S. Overman, of North Carolina, head
of the Senate judiciary committee,
stated th is afternoon that he proposed
a death penalty for the many acts of
espionage. For two days Senator Over
man and the others of his committee
have heard the testimony of the gov
ernment agents in charge of the anti
spy work.
Th* government agents all agree
that when spies are lined up at a navy
yard, at an army post or even at any of
the many cantonments, and shot, Dot
interned, the spy and espionage acts
will lose much of its charm. The fed
eral agents are against imprisoning
any of the spies found guilty and de
mand the death penalty. The officers
have told of many arrests and the spies
have quickly said: "Oh, now for the
internment camps, where we will not
have to work any more at our busi
I ness.”
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PROBATE NOTICE
Id the Probate Court for Otter Pre
cinct, Fourth Division, Territory of
Alaska: before Honorable A. M. Kil
gore, Commissioner and ex officio
Probate Judge.
In the Matter of the Estate of Joseph
E. Riley, Deceased.—No. 40.—Notice
to Creditors.
Notice is hereby given that letters of
administration of the estate of Joseph
E. Riley, deceased, having this day
been issued to the undersigned, all per
sons having claims against said estate
are required to present the same to the
administrator, each duly verified aDd
with proper vouchers, at the office of
Geo. W. Albrecht, attorney for the es
tate, in the town of Iditarod, Alaska,
within six months of the date of this
notice.
Claude Baker, Administrator.
Dated: May 6, 1918.
c. r. peck, n^ir
The Third Liberty Loan closed in
this district Saturday, May 4, with a
subscription list of $50,600. Our quota
was 24,000. thus we more than doubled
our necessary amount. The govern
ment gives an honor flag for all dis
tricts which exceed their quota, and it
is planned that each town which partic
ipated in the loan in this district shall
have an opportunity to 11 y this flag in
return for their patriotic and whole
hearted help.
The thanks of the entire district are
due to those who freely gave their
time to the loyal duty of making this
loan a success and to those wtio partici
pated in the loan.
This loan proves two things to out
enemies: first, by the amount sub
scribed that the finances of our people
are at the call of our government; and,
second, by the number of subscribers
that our citizens are backiug the gov
ernment both morally and financially.
The following recapitulation gives
the subscriptions by sections as closely
as can be told by names and addresses
of the subscribers.
Takotna and McGrath $9,500
Kuskokwira district 1.400
Iditarod district . 39,700
Total .$50,600
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JOSEPH E. RILEY
KILLED ON OTTER
(Concluded from Page Onel
der this verdict in writing, and find
that the deceased was J. E Riley, that
lie came to his death at about 9:30 on
the 5th of May, 1918, and that his death
was caused by gunshot wounds from a
gun held in the hand of one Milo Ste
gura. (Signed)
,T. \v. Farrell,
Thomas Ward,
John Beaton,
R. J. LONGTIN.
D, McDonald,
Al Gaslow.
Stegura (or Cegura) was given a pre
liminary hearing at Flat City on Mon
day afternoon before Commissioner
Kilgore, which attracted a large crowd
of spectators. The prisoner made a
lengthy statement in which he detailed
his business relations with Riley during
the past winter but produced no wit
nesses in his own behalf. At the con
clusion of the examination the follow
ing disposition of the case was spread
upon the records which the court des
ignated as a
Pursuant, to a finding in the coroner’s
court at Discovery at 4 p.m. on May 5,
1918, by the coroner's jury that one
J. E. Riley came to death through cer
tain wounds caused by bullets from a
revolver held in the hand of one Milo
Stegura, the United States deputy mar
shal, G. G. Geraghtv, entered com
plaint before me, A. M. Kilgore, U. S.
commissioner and ex-oflicio justice of
the peace, charging said Milo Stegura
with violation of Sec. 1883 of Alaska
Criminal Code constituting the crime
of murder in the first degree.
On said complaint being duly exe
cuted and filed I issued a warrant for
the arrest of the said Milo Stegura,
and pursuant to said complaint he was
duly produced in court today at 10 a.m.
He was notified of his right to em
ploy an attorney and to make a state
ment, or to decline to make one, when
when the examination should be given,
as provided by Sec. 2416 of this title.
The defendant waived his right to an
attorney, and stated that he wished to
make a statement to the court and an
swer the statutory questions. The
court ordered that a hearing be given
to the defendant at 2 p.m. on this date,
said heariog being duly held.
Four witnesses were sworn on behalf
of the government. The defendant
was given opportunity to question or
cross question each of said witnesses.
Said defendant waived his right to pro
duce witnesses on his own behalf, and
having been fully informed of his
rights, chose to answer the five ques
tions provided by the statute.
Now, therefore, the court being duly
informed in the premises and by virtue
of the law hereby orders and adjudges
ON "WHEATLESSIMH5
USE NO BREAD ORACHES,
EAsner ormeahast
FOODS CONTAINING.
"VHEAT.
Nettleton
and Cutter
SHOES
Are Always Worth What You Pay for Them
A. J. WEISS
The Home of Hart, Schaffner & Marx Good Clothes
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Mrs. L. C. Thornton, Flat
that the said defendant Milo Stegura
be committed without bail to the action
of the grand jury on the charge of mur
der in the first degree.
Given under my band and seal this
tith day of May A. P. 1918.
A. M. Kilgore,
U. S. Commissioner and Ex-Officio
Justice of the Peace.
Cegura, with two partners, has been
engaged at woodcutting for Riley dur
ing the past winter. It is alleged that
Cegura had recently applied to Riley
to recognize his (Cegura’s) ndividual
ownership in the wood to the exclu
sion of his partners, giving as his rea
son that his partners were indebted to
him. Riley endeavored to make it
plain to Cegura that he could not ac
cede to his request unless he had the
permission of the partners. Last week
Cegura, while in Iditarod consulted aD
attorney, who advised him along the
same lines as did Riley. He left the
attorney in apparently, a satisfied
state of mind, and as he was leaving
i he lawyer's office spoke of Riley in a
kindly way, as if he understood and
sympathized with him (Riley), who he
realized was carrying a tremendous
load of care and responsibility.
! The funeral services of Joseph E.
' Rilev were conducted in the vard about
I ‘ _
his home on Otter creek >n Thursday
afternoon, and were a tended by a
large crowd of people, no withstanding
the frightful condition of the highways.
Many friends of the deceased put in an
appearance from Flat C ty and creek,
from Iditarod, and other parts of the
district. The burial service was read
by Mr. A. M. Kilgore and several
hymns were beautifully rendered by
the ladies in attendance.
At the conclusion of the services the
remains were started for Iditarod, from
where they will he shipped to the Out
side by an early boat.
The pallbearers were David Strand
berg, Fred Smith. James Kepler, Satn’l
Applebaum, John Beaton, and Frank
Monkman.
As a mark of respect for the deceased
miner, the business houses of Discov
ery and Flat City closed their doors
from 2 to 5 o'clock Thursday afternoon.
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Manuel Gulartie was in town a couple
days the first of the week. He returned
to Otter Wednesday.
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