Miners & Merchants Bank
IDITAROD, ALASKA
Capital, $50,000.00
General Banking Business Transacted Gold Dust Bought and Assayed
Drafts Issued on Any Part of the World
SEATTLE CORRESPONDENT: SCANDINAVIAN AMERICAN BANK
OFFICERS:
('has- Koss, President
T. J. Nestor, Vice President
John Holmes, Cashier and Assayer
MERCHANTS CAFE
Caters to Largs and Srnail Parties
PRiVATE DlfliSMG ROOMS
Popular Prices Everything First Clcss
CHAS. E. MILLER, PROP.
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DiSKASiET and
OPHIR CITY
Stampeders to the New Strike can rely on fretting Nice Freih Goods
ai Very Reasonable Prices
Big Stocks, Standard Goods ^eo^neS”
We Carry a t $7.00
LARGE STOCK £ Per Casa
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Dawson News, .July 13: The Boyle dredge No. -t is tearing the'
historic old road east of the Ogilvie bridge, and is plowing through
ground occupied for years by cabins and gardens in that vicinity.
The dredge worked to within tifty or sixty feet of the approach to J
the east side of the bridge, then turned towards the jaws of Bonan
za creek, and is now in front of the Old Inn, eating practically to:
the threshold of the Inn. The machine will follow up the road
several hundred yards. Some twenty-six cabins which are in the
way of the dredge are being removed. They line the two sides of j
the road, and around many of them were fine gardens, some with |
crops half grown.
The people living in thccabins have been busy the last several
days moving, They include W. F. Kunze and family, O- Gravel)!
and family, Mr. and Mrs. W. Lawson, Mr. anti Mrs. R. Shaw,;
Frank Selak, Charles Gilker, Oscar Johnson. .J R Gilker, Joel
Gouda, Albert Gagnon, Bert Stevens, Gaston and others- J. R. j
Gilker had the largest garden which included two acres, seeded |
with potatoes and other vegetables. lie also had a hothouse
which cost him a thousand dollars.
The people mentioned had no surface rights to the property
they occupied. The ground is in the limits of a survey of what!
was proposed for the Klondike City townsite limits, and the squat-'
ters say that the government had promised them first opportunity
to secure the ground if it ever were opened, but that it never wasj
opened for settlement or purchase. The mining company secured
the title to the placer a good while ago by staking. A strip along I
the river edge below the. bridge is yet untouched because says Mr. j
Boyle, it can be dredged later by No. 3 dredge, which is further |
down stream.
J. \Y. Boyle, manager of the dredge company, bought all
vegetables which the owners had now ready for use. Ho also paid j
the squatters on the ground a sum equal to what it would cost him |
to clear there respective tracts, and is paying their cost of mov- ]
ing their buildings or logs and furniture, but will allow nothing
for the surface rights or crops. Some of the log cabins have five
or six rooms, cellars and the like, and are neatly furnished. The
Old Inn probably will not be removed. It stands on the edge of a
strip of ground, owned, it is said, by the Yukon Gold Co.
Mr. Boyle says the squatters had free use of the surface of
the ground for ten or fifteen years without cost.
NOTHING BUT THE BEST
FLAT CITY The P!ace to Meet
Nels Glantz, Prop _Your Friends
// Kern Intendj
To go to the Sushana diggings
Co the best way. The Fairbanks
Route by way of Tanana River
is the only feasible water route.
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Study the Map—Boats are leaving every
day. REMEMBER! All goods shipped !
by Canada route are subject to customs ;
duty at boundary line. !
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ommercial Club
Fairbanks, August 2.—The Cordova Alaskan received advices
today that two men had reached McCarthy, a station on the Cop
per River & Northwestern Railroad, and reported that the new
find in the Shusana is the greatest in the history of Alaska. It is
claimed that 15 square miles of pay have already been located.
The latest find is on Chivolda, otherwise known as Wilson Creek.
Two previous arrivals at McCarthy reported that two men shoveled
in $8,000 in the boxes in eight days on the same claim that was
mentioned in the dispatch from Dawson that stated that 200 ounces
had been cleaned up. This claim was Discovery, on Little Eldorado.
Steamer Tetlin is now enroute from Fairbanks for the Upper
Tanana, and the Martha Clow starts tomorrow. The new steamer
Shusana, and also the steamers Reliance and Samson are prepar
ing to get away ns soon as possible.
Everybody in this locality “is nuts’’ over the new strike.
Creek operators are suffering from a shortage of laborers on ac
count of so many miners stampeding.
The steamer Tana, which has returned from the upper Tanana,
went 25 miles to Tanana crossing easily. Stampeders say the
best route is by way of Gulkana, from which point it is 140 miles
to the diggings. Others say to travel by poling boat is the best
way to go in, as it is possible to get within a few miles of the strike
[VSany Go From Juneau
Juneau, August 6.—It is estimated that 150 stampeders have
left this city this week for the new strike. Most of them are going
via Cordova.
Boats Crowded at Cordova
Cordova, August 6.—Every steamer arriving at this port is
loaded with miners headsd for the scene of the reported new strike
on the Shusana. The railroad has been doing a tremendous traffic
since the excitement began.
Valdez Shows Signs of Activity
Valdez, July 20.—Valdez is taking on an appeaianee such as it
has not worn since the Fairbanks stampede. The whole town and
sin rounding country is all excited over reports brought in fiorn the
Shusana, which state that the new district is another Klondike.
Several telegrams were received from men right in the Shusana,
who sent them down to McCarty by messenger and f.om there by
wire urging their friends to make haste in getting to the new fields.
Reports received here from Chitina tell of the vast preparations
that are being made there for a stampede, and it is expected that more
than half the people of that camp will be on the trail before Monday
noon.
Men Reach Cordova from the Shushana
Cordova, July 20 —Two men a - rived here Tiuns-lay from tic
Shusana atd report the pound richer then the Kh-i.dike. The pair
have staked as much ground as the law would allow, and expect to
start back tomorrow morning with enough grub to last them all winter
Kverv where in this district men are leaving their work to prep ir>
for the rush which will start Monday morning. Kverv horse in town
and in Valdez is either bought or hired lor the ti ip. Tits Kenneeott
mines are almost abandoned, the work in n being in town getting tiler
stampede outfits together.
Best Reaches Dawson frc;r. Scene of Strike.
Dawson, July 20 —Fred Host, wed! known for many years in the
Klondike, arrived in town Thursday afternoon from Shusana, and as
Ire is one of the partners who stake-! Discovei v his anival created much
ex item-rut. While reticent as to what the district will yield, or what
the ’prospects are, Best stated that in his opinion the Shusana would
make a camp.
The stream upon which Best, Billy James and Neds X Don, til
th rce partners, staked their claims has been called Beuansa. A tiibu
tary of the Ben-ansa, on v\ hich gold has also been found, was called
Little Kldorado. Best reports that both ot these creeks base already
been staked from end to end, as well as numerous other small streams
of the district.
Among lire fiist to plant * heir stakes after the original discoverers
were Dud McKinney, mayor of Fortvmile, Ati.lv Taylor, well known
White river nursher, and Tommy Boy le, a Dawson salootimau. All
these men are reported to have begun shoveling in as soon as they staked
Best says Discovery claim is about ninety miles from Dawson by
way of White river.
Best advises all anticipating a trip to the district to firing a good
supply of grub and as large an outfit as possible, for there is absolutely!
no grub obtainable within miles of the stampede grounds.
Many contradictory rumors are afloat regarding the richness oi
the ground, and vary fiorn bare wages to $90 per day to the man. Billy
Johnson, who grubstaked the discoverers, states that lie has been in
formed by the men that thus far the ground is only a wage earner, and:
that there is nothing to warrant a stampede.
Many miners and prospectors here feel that the ground in the
whole Shusana district is likely looking and worth taking a chance on,
so that it is expected that many outfits will leave bv way of the White
river within the next week or ten days. Several, small outfits in poling1
boats, and with horses left here Friday and Saturday.
BEVERAGES
He who quaffs the brimming flagon when his daily toil is
done, and goes homeward with a jag on, he thinks he’s hav
ing lots of fun. Tens of thousands take their bitters in this
fashion every night, saying, “We are weary critters, and we
need some small delight.” But the wise man keeps a-erooning: !
“Temperance is as tine as silk, and I’ll spend the time com
muning with a jug of buttermilk.” For the cheery midnight
wassail makes you feel next day like death, splits your head
and puts a tassel and a fringe upon your breath, and it takes
away your guilders which should buy the kidlets cake; flowing
bowls are trouble builders, flagons make your innards ache, j
And the wise man shuns the whiskey and all the spirits of that
ilk, and the morning finds him frisky, with his jug of butter
milk. When the panic times come closer (and they’ll come we
all suppose), you can’t work on the corner grocer if you have
a bulbous nose; and you’ll wish with frantic ardor that you
had the coin you blew7, to fill up the empty larder with some
things the kids can chew. But the wise man for provision
need-not beg and need not bilk; life to him’s a thing Elysian,
with his jug of buttermilk.—Walt Mason.
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N. C. Co. Sole Agents for Alaska
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A. ('. ('o. Sole Agents for Alaska
D.uvson News, July iS: Frank
P, Slaviii, one of the he: t known
sourdoughs of the Yukon, and for
mer champion heavyweight boxei I
of the world, arrived on the Ca-ea,1
and will lie here indefinitely. lie]
vei l be associated with one of the
big com j an ie
‘‘I have been living in Yictoiia
several years,” says Mr Slavin,
‘‘blit Could not lesist the spell ot
the Yukon. My family is in Vic
toria, and all are well. My eldest ,
son, 22 years of age, is larger than |
his dad, and as ni.ty on his fret,
but he does not use his mitts. II*
is a machinist, and a good one.
‘*1 am mighty glad to he back
here with the sourdoughs, and may
leave mv bones in this country. D
lu >ks good to me.
”1 have not K xcd any since I
left the Yukon with the exception;
of one sparring exhibition which I.
nut on in a coa-‘. town with Ni> ;;
Bui lev, who died some time ago in j
Seattle. My wind is ad tight yet, j
hut I am not so speedy on the feet,
and cannot stampede quite so last.”
Frank is a lithe grey, but is as j
straight and square as ever and his
a slight henviet line forward. He
says he never hit better.
Choice fresh-killed i• *•;.
I litarnd Meat <'o.
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j Oatiit Here for Innoko and Mud C
J River Camps (j
Di Iceman
Store
R <»! • J . O.A'K Tli'tiN, l’Ror.
Everything First Class
freighting
Knute Koland, the Otter Freighter,
Is now making Daily Tr ips between
Ibiiarod city and i)is. Otter.
Ft eight, D gage and Kxpress
handled pr..raptly.
Telephone.
MOW LOCATED
ON THE SUMMER TRAIL
ROADHOUSE
Meals Ail Hours.
Liquors and Cigars
Tel: “Summit Koadhoust.”
One Above Discovery
LODGiNG, MEALS A1 ALL HOURS
Everything Comfortable for Travelers. JOHN BAGGY, Prop.
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: CURLY ROBINSON, PROPRIETOR >
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House
WILLOW STREET,
Neat Rooms by Day or Week.
Bunks 50e. Mrs. A. M. Auten
Notice of Forfeiture
To Loo Dmnuska. K. M. Whelan. Win
Me Naught on, Kdwnrd < diaritmi. A I. K
Ileuvey, K Wiseman and K. L. .Jones,
their heirs, assigns, successors or per
sonal represent at i ves:
You are heroin- notilied that 1 have
expended in labor and improvement?
for each of the years of 1'Jl‘J and liJLRht
sum of one hundred do!iais ($10 )) or
the Julia association placer Tinning
claim, situated on Moore creek, in tie
Takotna Mining and Recording DA
ti ict, Territory of Alaska, which ha
been duly recorded at the commission
er’s office at Takotna. The above
amounts hav e been expended in order i<
hold the said claim under the provsion
of t he law concerning annual labor upm
mining- claims, being the amounts re
pair d to hold >uch claim. And you art
further notified that if, within nineiv
no) dav s after the last publication o
this notice, you fail to con'ribuin you:
proportion of -aid expenditure, your in
tere.st in >aid claim will become the
property of the undersigned, ymir cu
owner. Z. J. JKWKLL.
Fa-.l publication May 1'-). I'd:;.
Last publication August !‘. 1AIJ.
Notice of Forfeiture
To U o Demos . K. L. Jones, E. M.
Whelan, I*'. Wisomun. James Rico,
Wm. McNuughtun and J. W. Who
lan. t heir heir-. assign-, successors ot
personal represent at i ve-:
Von are fieri*by notified that l h.tvt
exp.‘in; .*d in labor and improvement'
for each of the years of 191-and 191J tin
sum of one hundred dollars i$lhib on t ht
Republic association placer minim,
claim, situated od Moure creek, in the
filtuiua Mining: ami Receiving’ Di
trict, Territory of Alaska, which ha.6
hem duly recorded at the commission
er’s i.'Iice at Takuimi. The above
am 'no s l.m v.-been expended in order te
hold the .-aid claim under the provision6
of the law concerning' aim u.il labor upot:
mining' c'aiais. being’ the amour!s re
‘pi:i. (i to hokt such claim. And you an
iurt her not died that if. within ninety
■.* ' (lay- after the last publication u!
this not ice. yur. fail 11j contrio i;e ven
nmporiion of • x pend it ure. y-utr in
leroM in -aid clam will become the
property oi the ume rsigned. your co
owner. /. J. JEWELL.
First pul cat M iv 10, 1913.
East pu'ui ’cation Aligns' 9. 1913.
hi tin I>i-trict Court. Territory of .Mask.-.
1 irth I) \V. T. V.uidei
Plaintiff. \s. Annie A. \ anderpool, Defendant
Tlie lav-: k-r.t <■! the I'nitcd Stales ol \ meric :
q; ••tin:;. l'-i t c ab >• e named d.kuidaul:
Suninious having been duly M-ru/d out oi tie
above court i:» tlie above entitled action, am
placed iu the hands of the I'nitcd State- mar.-ha'
:v a a auk tlie -a t u: ar-hu! i: ving in.-a
due return, setting forth his inability to -ei \x
the sai'l suiuniou.- in - iid di.-tri t. and that Ida
s.idefendant could not be found therein, utir
the plaintiff having hied an J presented to tin
i uirt an ah. kv it -how nig that the said defend
ant did not : c-ide iu s.ii.i -ksudei and could iv
be found then iv. and :!;v a go> d cause -dd .
lion e \ t s t o I ::i f.x. or of tir- p! dm iff and againsl
tlu del* Uiialit;
And the court having con-1 f r. d the same
did oil the 1st d iy ot • a... mtiht.' an ordei
direeting the pub!*.', i: a • t the - dd -um m-.-n
Ibr a period of six week.- in the Iditarod Pioneer
a ue.. -paper of general circulation within sate
di-trii t.
Now th icfort*. vou are he: M y required to ap
pear in the -aid district court ir and forth.
l\Ti'it-. ry of Alaska. Fourth d:\i-i u:. within j
!a\ s after tfu; c-mpletion of the said publiea
t •' 1.1. t < • - v. i i: within ' <!a\ s a ft er t1. - ^ 'did .y <•:
\n m : -1, Ad), lain e.\c' 'i-r. e . t -aid day, and an
,wei the comp! a kit of tueabovt named plaintiff
[o of which •' - on hi in :he of!
v ;e; k'of the above entitled court, and nude-- you
-•’> appear and .iiiswriy the plaintiff- v. ill nppl\
lor the relit: demanded in -aid complaint, to
x 11 r i i: '
t'.\ reii the ])iaintifl iud defendant be dissoi .ed
am! for id.- c -is and disbursements
\\ ili.e-.s the Ho; ole 1 ivdcri. k 1-|. 1 u'h r
jp.dgv- ol the -aid court, this :5th 1 y of July
A.IX loi.v (Scad. C.C. i'Afill Clerk.
Notice of Forfeit uro
To M. I' Ileavey, Leo Dt’ino-kaami K. M. Whe
lan, their heirs, a. -i-igns, successors or per
sonal represeutath e-:
You ar hereby notified that I have expended
in labor and improvunept^ L r- irh <■! the y, ars
of 1912 and 1913 the sum of one hundred dollar
(;u the Lone Star association placvr min
ing claim, situated on Moore creek, in the'fa
k'ltna Mining ami Recording District. Territory
of Alaska, which h >.ve been duly r red d tin.
cor.imi'Siouer's ofiice at Takotna. Ifhe above
amounts have been expended in order to hold the
said claim under the provisions of the law c--ti
c-ruing annual labor upon mining elainis. being
the amounts required to hold such claim And
you are further notified that if, within ninety -
90— days after the last pub'ieution of this notice
you fail to contribute your proportion of said
expenditure, your interest in said chiim will be
come the property ot the undersigned, your co
owner. Z. J. JKXVKU..
First publication May 10, 1013.
Last publication August 9, 1913.
Notice of Forfeiture
To William Albright, George Broadhuet. Hugh
Daly. Fdie Crockett. James Goodman and
Thomas Haitian, their heirs, assigns, suc
cessors or personal representatives:
A on are hereby notified that we have expended
hi labor and improvements lor each of the years
>f 19m and 1913 the sum cf one hundred dollars
—f 100—on the Vivian association placer mining
•’aim, situated on Moore creek, in the Takotna
Mining and Recording District, Territory of
Alaska, which has been duly recorded at the
commissioner's ofiice at Takotna. 'I he above
amounts have been expended in order to hold
.he said clahu under the provisions of the law
concerning annual labor upon mining claims,
jeing the amounts required to hold such claim.
And you arg further notified that if. within
ninety—90—days after the last publication of
;his notice, you fail to contribute your propor
:ion of said expenditure, your interest in said
claim will become the property of the under
signed, your co-owners
EDWARD MICHFLSON.
Z J. JEWELL
First publication May 10, 1913.
Last publication August 9, 1913
When at Discovery take a chance at
Fhe Flyer for a quick meal. Cooked
fight. Served right.
Notice of Forfeiture
To J. W. Who!.in. A. Wo!d<m, F. .\r.
Wlmian. A.. (A (dr • ■ .!. Dianche;!
l/i.) I)t‘u;o.*>!-»a and d. T. Mur. .-on
their lieirs, assigns, su^jlc'S^or.-* or per
sonal repre.sentatives:
You are hereby notified that i hiv
;expended in latra* and i m pr r/mnen! s
for eaidi of the year", f lid.-and Iid.dtb
'inn of one hundred duiiar- ? i noj on t !)■•
* Shakespeare association placer minin.
! claim, *0 mated on Mom -e creek, in t he
•Takotna Mining and Recording DM
* trict. Territory of Alaska, which has
been duly recorded at. the commi.W m
er’s ollice at Takotna. The above
amounts have been expanded in order to
hold the >aid claim under the provisions
, of the law concerning annual labor upon
j mining claims, being the anion; 're
; rjuirtd to bold such claim. A.. i voa
are further notilied that. if. within
ninety (!)«)) days after the last ptib
iica'ion of this notice, you fail to con
i ne yo ir prop >rtion o -
it tire. your interest in raid claim wiii
become the proper!y of tlie inid^r**i g uf*d.
: your co-owner. Z. .1. JFWF.ML.
| First publication May 10, 1910.
Last publication Aug ist J). bdd.
Notice of Forfeiture
i To T>eo Demoska, K. M. Whelan, W'n.
MeNaughton, M. I’.. Hsavey, F. L.
Jones, Kdward < "no.-ter and F. Wise
man. their heir-, assigns, - n ci — trs
nr ji'-r-nnal reppes-mat ivc-:
Voa are hereby notified that I have
expended in labor and improv merits
i for each of t In; y ns of l'.fllf a: 1 1 Pi J t he
sum of one-hundred dollar- si111' on
the Kit!ipse association placer mining
I claim, situated on Moore creek, in the
jTukotna Mining and Recording h>is
trict. Territory of Alaska, which has
been duly recorded at ihecommi- lon
er's office at Tako.lna. The above
unor.nts haw been expended in order to
liolil the -aid claim uud t the pvi vi-i ms
i of tiro law concerning annual labor upon
i mining claim-, being the amount - re
quired to hold -uch claim. And you
; are further nmiiiml that if, within
! ninety dt.i) days after the hist pub
lication of this notice, you f.til to Con
tribute your pre port ion oi'sit'd exp mdi
j't-ure, your interest in said claim will
: become the property of t in- u:nl. t -'cried,
j vour co-owner. J. J F.W i'.LL.
First publication May in. I 'M.
1 Last pubiieuiion Aug i-t P. MU.
Notice of Forfeiture
j To F. tv. it’d Charlton, J. M. Whelan, 11.
j M. Whelan, F. L. Jones, Wm. .\lc
i Naughton. Leo IF-mn-ka arid M. Id.
Heavey, tin?ir iieirs. as-igns. -uec?sj>
' nrs ot personal representatives:
Vou are hereby notified that I have
I expended in labor and improvements
! for each of the years of IP id and i !■ 1.'» the
| sum of one hundred dollar- tbl'"1 on
j the Ai.ru’.x association placer mining
i claim, situated on Moom crook, in the
j Takotna Mining and Recording lbs
| trict. Territory of Alaska, which ha
been duly recorded at the commtsstun
I er's office at Takotna. Tit-’ above
; amounts It a ve bi on ex' ended in order to
I hold the said claim under the piovi.-ions
of tile law concet mug ant r upon
j mining claims, being the am mats re
j quired to hold such ciutm. Ami you are
! further notified that if. wit bin ninety
Oil) days after tee last pubili.m of
I this notice, y i fai to emitt ' tr
iiropertion of said expend-: ttr >. your i •■
j Lerest in said claim will become the
| prop'-ny of the undersigned, yu ■ ■ vo
I owner. /.■ J. J id A FLlj,
I First mi been'ion flay 1 i. IpIJ.
j Last publication August P. Hild.
Notice of Forfeiture
I To Frank Flank-. I’.. Kdredge, F. M.
Whelan, Leo Deinoska, Robert Jont s,
I Lu Kd wards and J. W- Whelan, their
heirs, assigns, sucees-ors or personal
repre sent a t i res:
'■ You are hereby notified that 1 have
| expended in labor and ituptvv. m.-nts
I for eat- h of the years of 1912 and 1913 (he
( >um of one hundret] dollars -tloe on
the Kmpire association placer mining
j claim, situated on Moore creek, in the
| Takotna Mining and Recording l)is
j tried, Territory of Alaska, which has
I been duly recorded at the comraission
i er’s office at Takotna. The above
amounts have been expended inorderto
hold the said claim under the provisions
of tlie law concerning annual labor upott
mining claims, being' the amounts re.
quired to hold such claim. And yon are
further notified that if, within ninety
•,90) days after the last publication of
this notice, you fail to contribute your
proportion of said expenditure, your in
terest in said claim will become the
property of the undersigned, your co
owner. ' Z. J. JKWFLL.
First publication May 10, 1913.
Las! publication August 9. 1913.
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