We Are Now Located
in our new quarters at Flat City, in the store room formerly occupied by
William Taylor, where we will be glad to meet all our old friends and to
show our splendid lines of Watches, Jewelry, Silverware, Cut Glass, etc.
J. L. SALE
Swift’s Silver Leaf Lard
In 5, 10 and 50-lb. cans
This Is an Absolutely Pure and the Only High-Grade Lard in the
Market. It is in keeping with the rest of our goods.
The Highest Grades Only
Sarrr’l Applebaum
Ansleys
BARGAINS
Suits Clothing .$10.00 to $20.00
$5.00 Underwear .$3.50 and 4.00
75c Sox for.3°
50c Sox for 25c, and 3 pairs for.50
Mackinaw Coats . ‘r, d0
Rubber Blankets. 3.50
Cotton Blankets, pair. 100
Fur Caps . 3.00
Wool Mitts.25c to 1.00
Oranges, Apple*, Lemon*, One Dollar per
Dozen
Kodak* at Outside Prices
We do developing and printing at reason
able prices. Send in your orders. If we
haven’t what you want we will get it for
vou if it’s in the camp.
ANSLEY’S
MRS. L. G. THORNTON
GENERAL
LADIES'
FURNISHINGS
If You Are Interested in
LIFE INSURANCE
Let me t*lk it over with you
EARL B. HUNT
MAJESTIC KUSKOKWIM
RECEIVES OFFICIAL NOTICE
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27.—On the eastern
shore of Bering sea, from Nunivak island
to Nushagak, stretches what is perhaps
Alaska’s most unfrequented coast line,
touched by waters leading into an even less
frequented river. For the past five seasons
a steamer of the United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey, of the department of com
merce, has been engaged on the field work
connected with the charting of the approach
and entrance to the Kuskokwim river, a
work just completed during the past season
by the steamer Yukon.
As a supplement to the coast work, a
reconaissance survey was made inland from
Bethel, the head of deep-sea navigation.
This was carried for 550 miles to McGrath,
the main settlement on the upper river,
from where, on a clear day, Mount Mc
Kinley can be seen, 150 miles to the east
ward. A river steamer can ascend beyond
here for 200 miles, while the river, with its
tributaries, offers 1,200 miles of navigable
waters.
The Quickstep Is the only steamer on
the river. She draws four and one-half feet,
and can push a 300-ton barge up stream.
She averages two trips from Bethel to Mc
Grath during the open season, which ex
tends from about the middle of May to the
middle of October. This steamer afforded
the first means of taking good astronomical
instruments up the river, and the usual fair
I
weather afforded opportunity for the first
good determination of positions along the
river's course. As some previous positions
were found as much as fifty miles in error,
a new map of the river will fill an urgent
need in future developments in this region.
For the first 100 miles the river winds
through the low lake country peculiar to
the territory east of Bering sea; for the next
200 miles it cuts through mountains where
the rapids have a six to eight-mile current
and the banks in places rise 1,000 feet di
rectly from the water. The upper river
flows through an immense basin, over which
are scattered solitary peaks, and the horizon
of which is a ring of distant mountains.
Second only to the Yukon in size, the
Kuskokwim is visited yearly by but two or
three small steamers, which ascend as far
I as Bethel; but the recent publication of
charts has made it possible safely and con
fidently to navigate the channel through the
vast area of mud flats which lie off the
river's mouth, a feat formerly extremely
hazardous and requiring sometimes weeks
to accomplish. The comparison of present
with previous freight rates tells the story
of putting the Kuskokwim on the commer
cial map.
For the present the river is still given
mostly to the Indian, and the rifle, the trap
and the fish-wheel still furnish the main
necessaries of life. But the prospector and
the homesteader already have visited the
valley and will here, perhaps, repeat the
story of the Yukon and the Tanttna. Three
creeks, Candle, Bear and Canyon, give
promise of long and profitable hydraulic de
velopment, rich cinnabar claims have been
staked upon the very banks of the river,
vast ranging areas for reindeer are avail- 1
able, and the native Irish potato is the
equal of any grown. The time is no doubt |
coming when a steamer on the river will (
be no unusual sight, when settlements will I
spot the river’s course and the country will ;
be a home for the white man.
REMORSE CAUSES SUICIDE
I OF MISS CAVELL’S BETRAYER
i
AMSTERDAM, Nov. 27.—Full of remorse
, for having confessed and given Miss Caved
away, a French soldier committed suicide
! in prison in Brussels yesterday. The sol j
j dier was a prisoner at the time Miss Caved j
was arrested on the charge of aiding French i
and British prisoners to escape, and on j
j being questioned he confessed that she had;
tried to secure his liberty so that he might
fight again for the allied cause. His con
fession was the chief evidence on which the
woman was convicted. Since her execution
li£ had suffered intensely, and his remorse
culminated in his hanging himself in prison,
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! A WEEK’S TEMPERATURES
! The weather of the past week has been
suggestive of the latter days of April rather
than the first half of January, so mild has
jit been Indeed, on several days the ther
mometer registered well above freezing
point, with every indication of a continued
thaw. The following table of temperatures j
is from a record kept by Fire Chief Currin
from readings taken at 1 a. m. daily at the
fire station:
Above Below
Zero. Zero.
Jan. 8. 26
9. 30
10. 16
11. 24
13. 28
13 . 30
14 . 32
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EXPENSIVE ADVICE
Patient—What would you advise, doctor?
Doctor—That you call me again.—Boston
Transcript.
C. R. PECK - FLAT CITY
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
PROSPECTS GOOD
Well-Known Mining Man Speaks
Optimistically of Future of
New District
Frank Dawson, the well known mining
man, returned from Horsefly creek last
week, more than ever convinced that that
stream will become a producer in the near
future. While he states that not enough
work has yet been done to determine the
value of the ground, yet sufficient has been
:lone to demonstrate to his satisfaction that
gold will eventually be found in paying
quantities.
In addition to the fact that good pros
pects already have been opened up. Mr.
Dawson places great reliance upon the
formation and the character of the gravels
pxposeri. Nowhere in Alaska, he says, hue
he seen a more likely-looking creek to pros
pect than Horsefly. And he will be greatly
surprised if his predictions as to the future
of the creek are not fulfilled.
Mr. Dawson himself panned several pans
i>f dirt from the claim which Mike McDer
mott is opening up, and the results were
all the way from 4 cents up to 10 cents to
the pan. While drifts run from the hole
where these values were found did not show
as high values as the first pannings, he
was satisfied that further work would locate
pay.
Bob Roberson, with a boiler, is employed
in prospecting this claim, and he expects
to do the work thoroughly and find out just
what it contains.
Angus McKenzie, Alex Matheson and
others, who have been engaged in extensive
prospecting, returned from Horsefly early
in the week, and will not return for the
present. McKenzie and Matheson recently
acquired interests in additional claims, and
it is understood that after attending to some
necessary work at their Chicken creek
ground they wdl return.
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
Dr. Moore was a visitor in the city during
the week.
Abe Weiss, the Flat City merchant, was
a visitor in the city on Tuesday last,
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dawson of Otter
creek were visitors in the city on Tuesday
last.
Charles Worden left on Wednesday last
for the Kuskokwim country on his annual
prospecting trip. He is equipped for an ex
tended stay in the wilds.
A herd of reindeer, consisting of 125 head,
driven by A. H. Twitchell from the Kusko
kwim country, arrived at the head of Flat
creek on Thursday evening last.
Cecil Barlow, the well-known Moore creek
miner, spent the better part of the week
in the city transactine business. He left on
the return trip on Wednesday.
The Dominion telegraph lines were put in
repair the latter part of last week, and com
munication with the Outside world was con
ducted through that medium until Friday
last, when it was announced that tiie Alaska
cable was again in commission. A few mes
sages were received during the tie-up by way
of the Marconi wireless station at Juneau,
which works directly with the big station at
Astoria, Ore.
Ed Smith of Smith’s Gun Store is mak
jng arrangements to leave soon for the Out
side. Mr. Smith has been in poor health
for some time, and has been advised to
submit to an operation. Joe Smith, his
brother, had intended to leave for the Out
side soon, but his plans have been changed
on account of Ed’s serious condition. Mrs.
Joseph Smith May come in over the trail
later.
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ENGLAND’S NAVY BECOMES
MORE POWERFUL DAILY
NEW YORK, Dec. 1.—Word received by
the New York World from a returning cor
respondent is that additions last month to
the British fleet are many times greater
than the vessels that have been destroyed
in the war. One yard—Walker’s, on the
Tyne—has launched, equipped and sent to
the practice ground for official test a bat
tleship superior in size, armament, rapidity
nt operation and resistance power to the
Jueen Elizabeth, the design for which was
decided upon last January. In addition to
this, this yard has built a battle cruiser
stronger than any previously afloat, also de
cided upon last January; several fast light
cruisers of the Arethusa class, and many
destroyers, torpedo boats and other war
craft.
The correspondent says that this is but a
sample of what has been accomplished in
shipyards throughout the United Kingdom.
He says that the ships that have been
launched and sent into the fleet, and those
which will be added to it within the next
;t&ee months, constitute a navy more
powerful than that of any other navy in
the world.
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Lady Scott, the widow of the explorer, is
a keen motorist and a first-rate driver. She
is now driing a Red Cross car at the Anglo
French hospital near Chaumont, in the
Marne canton.
FLAT CITY NEWS NOTES
Oscar Anderson and Dave Brown froze
their faces during the recent cold spell.
Theodore, the young son of David Strand
berg, who has been suffering front pneu
monia, is recovering rapidly.
Abe Weiss has received a letter from Ike
Bayles, formerly in business at Iditarod, in
which he states that he expects to locate at
Oatman, Anz.
Angus McKenzie, Dan MeOloud, Alex
Matheson, Jack McKee, Mike McDermott
and “Kid” Wilson returned from Horsefly
creek on Tuesday last.
Charles Enquist left for Seward and the
Outside on Monday last. He will visit Se
attle and San Francisco, and will return over
the trail in the spring.
Angus McLellan of Discovery has been
seriously ill and confined to his home. A
party of Flat creek ladies visited him re
cently and report that he is on the way to
recovery.
Mrs. George Mutchler has received a let
ter from her brother, Sture Stenberg, in
which he reports having the time of his life
in San Francisco He says it is very expen
sive, but he is getting his money’s worth.
He will come in over the Seward trail in
the spring.
Harry Leland, William Lee, Joe McDowell
and Billy Stoneman left during the week
for the springs on the Tuluksak river, in the
Kuskokwim district. The springs are about
160 miles from here, or eighty miles above
Georgetown. The party intend to make an
extended stay.
According to letters received recently,
Maurice and Victor Wolfe, father and son,
held for conspiracy to commit arson in Sac
ramento, were up for examination on Sep
tember 19, and the preliminary hearing was
set for September 22. Bail was fixed at
$2,500 in each case. The Wolfes formerly
lived in Iditarod.
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CYRIL’S AUTOMOBILE
GETS HIM INTO TROUBLE
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James Cody of the N. C. Co. has received |
a most interesting letter from Cyril Wood,
dated San Francisco, December 1, in which
are recounted the experiences of the Wood
family since leaving here for the Outside
last summer. They spent twenty-two days
on the Yukon river packet Susie, and it re
uired thirty-seven days to make the journey
to Seattle. They are living in an apart
ment house in San Francisco, which, Cyril
says, is “somewhat different from our
Alaska quarters. To get along with others
in the house it is necessary to wear rubber
tired shoes and to put mufflers on the kids."
The automobile slang is the result of Cyril’s
having become the owner of a “Buick Six,”
and he teils of his interesting experiences as
the navigator of that craft on the crowded
San Francisco streets, where, on Market
street alone, “there are more vehicles than
I ever saw in Iditarod—and that’s going
some.”
It is natural to expect that when a man
who has been in Alaska as long as Cyril has
goes Outside and becomes the captain of a
powerful automobile that he should exhibit
a natural antipathy to “speed cops,” and
j he constantly in trouble for exceeding
| the limit of speed set by city ordinance. If
! Lis Iditarod friends had read that he had
I been arrested for fast driving they would
have been neither shocked nor surprised. But
j he unblushingly tells Mr. Cody of having
j been ignominiously haled before the police
I court for the unromantic offense of leaving
his machine in too close proximity to a hre
hydrant! To put it mildly, his friends are
chagrined. And here is how he relates it:
| “As you may imagine, I have had sev
eral experiences. My first real experience
was in getting arrested. This happened on
Market street, and the charge was for ‘leav
ing the machine within twenty feet of a
hydrant without someone in charge to move
away in case of fire.’ A tag was placed on
i the steering wheel instructing me to show
up at the Hall of Justice the following morn
ing. It was in this trouble that one of my
real friends appeared—Louis Hagencamp,
better known as ‘Louie,’ the company’s sta
tionary purchaser, who is quite a political
boss here. I stated my trouble to him
and he accompanied me to the Tombs. I
appeared before the sergeant of the police
squad for my preliminary examination and
was introduced as Mr. Hagencamp’s friend
from Alaska. It was then the sergeant
asked me if I knew Jack Hilliard of Eagle.
I replied in the affirmative and he said
‘The son-of a-gun hasn’t written to me for
three months.’ Then we had a nice little
visit, and while talking he tore up the
complaint card. He also forgot to even
read the ordinance to me. Sufficient to say
I know a hydrant, five miles away now. I
pass them up for blocks before parking my
car.”
He tells of the fair and its wonders, and
says that most of the attractions on the
Zone were “rot.” He was particularly
struck with the speilers, however, and espe
cially with one who harangued the crowds
in front of an attraction known as “The
Artist’s Model’s Dream.”
Mr. Wood reports having a fine time
on his vacation, and that Mrs. Wood and
the children are in splendid health. Little
Cyril, he says, remembers everyone in Idit
arod, and “even the dogs’ names.” That
young gentleman also has taken kindly to
automobiles as a mode of transportation.
Mr. Wood sends regards to Iditarod friends
and speaks of his coming trip over the trail
to Iditarod in the spring.
We Can Fit
Tail, Short and
Stout IVIen
A. J. WEISS, flat
THE HOME OF HART, SCHAFFNEK & MARX
SOOIAL TONIGHT
Jolly Time Being Prepared for by
Energetic Committee of the
Moose Lodge
At Moose hall, Flat City, commencing at
9 o’clock this evening, there is to be given
an entertainment under the auspices of toe
Loyal Order of Moose which promises to be
an occasion of much enjoyment, and to out
shine anything of this nature ever given by
this order in this camp, which is saying a
great deal. Extensive preparations have
been made for the occasion, and nothing has
been left undone that would add to the
pleasure of the occasion. The entertainment
is to consist of a program of vocal and in
strumental music, recitations, etc.; pro
gressive whist, for which prizes will be given,
lunch and dancing. The committee hints
that it has something in the nature of a sur
prise in ,he way of a comedy skit which the
“James Farrell Comedy Company” has in
course of preparation, and curiosity is on
edge to learn what it is. The program will
commence promptly at the hour named.
The entertainment is given ostensibly for
members of the Moose lodge and the,r ladies,
but as there is nothing selfish about the
Moose, it is announced that the escorts of
all ladies, whether they be members of the
lodge or not, are invited. Consequently
there has been a sharp scramble for partners
upon the part of the unattached male mem
bers of the community.
In addition to the regular stage from this
city at 1 o’clock in the afternoon, it is an
nounced that a special stage will leave here
at 7 in the evening, arriving at Flat in
good time for the entertainment; and the
indications are that it will carry a limit load
of those bound for the festivities.
Future Events
The members of the Moose entertainment
committee also announce that on February
22, Washington’s birthday, there will be a
grand ball under the auspices of the lodge,
and that great pains are being taken to
make it a memorable event. Announce
ments will follow later.
On Sunday, January 30, there is to lie a
smoker at the hall of the lodge in Flat City,
for members only, and this may be looked
forward to as an occasion of fun and frolic
by the members of the enterprising and
active fraternal order.
SPECIAL STAGE THIS EVENING
Mutchler Bros, announce that a special
stage will be run for the accommodation of
those desiring to be present at the Moose
entertainment at Flat tonight. It will leave
at 7 o’clock sharp.
LUXEMBURG’S CABINET CRISIS
LONDON, Jan. 14.—The Luxemburg cab
inet, headed by Dr. Leutsch, has resigned.
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Fresh Olympia and Eastern Oysters, 11.50
per can. Iditarod Meat Co.
FLAT CITY BOYS ARRIVE
According to the Seattle Poet-Intelli
gencer of November 30, among the Alaskan*
who arrived on the steamship Northwestern
and who registered at the Frye were "C. W.
Hanson and George C. Kay, Iditarod min
ing men.”
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UNCLE DAN HARTNETT
HAS FAITH IN HORSEFLY
Dan Hartnett, who recently made a trip
to Horsefly creek, has written a most inter
esting letter to The Pioneer covering the
outlook for that district, which, owing to
the limitations of space, we are not able to
reproduce. Uncle Dan is a firm believer in
the new district, and advises those who have
ground there to hold on to it.
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“THE PIONEER” SALOON
GOES OUT OF BUSINESS
“Ramps” Peterson, who has been in the
saloon business in Iditarod since the earliest
days of the camp, on Tuesday last com
pleted a deal by which the business was
turned over to George Marsh of the Bud
weiser, and on Wednesday last the “Pio
neer” saloon closed its doors. It is under
stood that it will not be reopened.
“Ramps” has made no definite plans for
the future, but will take life easy for a
time, and probably will again embark in
business of some kind or make a visit to
the Outside.
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STEAMSHIP MINNESOTA
PUT BACK INTO PORT
SEATTLE, Dec. 1.—With a great cargo
of foodstuffs and lumber, the Hill liner Min
nesota, Captain Thomas W. Garlick, which
sailed from this port for London on No
vember 14, is putting back to San Fran
cisco from a point off the Lower California
coast in distress.
I The Minnesota has serious boiler trouble,
it is stated, of the same nature reported
aboard the big liner just before she sailed
form this port, when Seattle shipping men
predicted she would never reach the United
Kingdom. But there are rumors of other
troubles, and it is hinted that the finding
of engines of destruction placed in her cargo
by the enemies of Great Britain may have
something to do with the interruption to
the voyage.
The Minnesota has a cargo of 16,500 dead
weight tons, and is drawing nearly forty
feet of water fore and aft.
The big Hill liner is on her farewell voy
age under American registry. She is the
largest vessel under the American flag, and
when she passed down the coast from Seattle
the following message was sent to the peo
ple of San Francisco:
“The Great Northern Steamship Com
pany’s liner Minnesota, the finest ship that
ever sailed the seas, is now passing by your
beautiful city bound for a foreign country,
never again to return with Old Glory float
ing from her stern.’’
It was announced just before the vessel
sailed that she would be sold in London
after discharging her great cargo.
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