We Are Pleased to be Able to Announce That
Our Stock Is Most Complete
And of the Very Best of Everything
Sam’l Applebaum
Smith’s The Popular Greek Store
LOADS OF HOLIDAY GOODS
Beautiful and appropriate as gifts for your lady friend now on
display.
TOYS— New, Novel and Up-to-Date
Just what the boys and girls Ax Cr%il4h^C ETIoi
want, aud will enjoy, wlllllll O5 ■ IC31
Imperial -tr
Chocolates
Headquarters for X-Nlas Gifts
At Mrs. L. C. Thornton’s
Gold Street, Flat
Prices Right
DAN STEWART
DIES SUDDENLY
News reached this camp last
Tuesday of the sudden death of
Dan Stewart on Thursday morn
ing, December 6, at his home in
Tolstoi, where the deceased and
his partner, Joe Mitchell, re
sided. On that morning Stewart
went to his cabin at an early
hour, and lay down on his bunk.
Several hours later Mitchell
arose from his bed, prepared
their breakfast, and asked Dan if
he was ready to eat. Stewart
replied that he wanted nothing.
A few hours later Mitchell again
went to the bedside of his part
ner to ascertain his wants, but
he had crossed the Big Divide.
A messenger with a dogteam
was sent to Ophir for Commis
sioner Moody to hold an inquest
over the body of the deceased
miner.
Dan Stewart was well Jrnown
throughout this part of Alaska,
having prospected and mined
hereabouts for over teo years.
He was one of the first men to
stampede into the Ophir coun
try, and he spent a couple of
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years on Moore creek, where he
prospected with Mike Hayes.
The deceased was about 50
years’of.age.
KEEPING UP GOOD
RED GROSS WORK
The Pioneer acknowledges the re
ceipt of $102 from Mrs. Jean McLean,
of Takotna, to be added to the Red Cross
fund. This sum, with the $85 received
by us about a fortnight since, makes a
total of $187 received from that ener- i
getic and patriotic lady. In a brief
note to The Pioneer Mrs. McLean
said: “Enclosed find a few more dollars
for the Red Cross; wish it was more;
I will try later to collect more if it is
necessary."
Following is the list of contributors:
B B Smith, Ophir.$ 5.00
D Edwards, Ophir. 5 00
Chas Johnson, Ophir. 5.00
John Edwards, Ophir. 5.00
James War, Ophir. 5.00
P W Carlson, Ophir. 5.00
W A Vinal, Ophir.. 5 00
AIF Morgan, Ophir. 5.00
Paulson Roadhouse, Ophir. 5.00
Robert Evans, Ophir_. 5.00
Thos Price, Ophir. 5.00
D F Thompson, Ophir.,. 100
Harry Mehan, Ophir . 1-00
C E Olson, Ganes creek. 2.00
A F McClure, Ophir. 2.00
John Myklebust, Ophir_. 2.00
John Griffin, Ophir. 2.00
Wm Christy, Ophir. 2.00
Fred Roethlisberger, Ophir- 2.0§
Wm. Jones' Roadhouse, Ophir .. 5.00
Aler Jacobson, Takotna. 3.00
C O Peterson, McGrath . 3.00
August Wolden. Carl creek. 5.00
Adolph Carlson, Yankee creek ... 5.00
C Bolgen, Yankee Creek R H .. 5.00
Harry Krim, Takotna .. 5.00
W J Weidman, Takotna . 2.00
$102.00
BIG XMAS TREE
FOR THE KIDDIES
Preparations are now well under
way for the annual Christmas festival
to be held at Flat on Christmas eve.
A program will be given first, supper
following, and the rest of the evening
will be given over to dancing. W. H.
Johnson is the “general chairman.”
Miss Grant is preparing the school
children’s program.
The affair is financed by public sub
scription; A1 Curry has collected 1300
from citizens. The amount will be
used to provide the tree, and gifts to
gladden the hearts of the children with
Christmas .cheer. A free stage will
carry those who attend from Iditarod.
Candies [^Candies! 1- to 5-lb. boxes,
and in bulk. Pioneer Drug Store, Flat.
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Cleaning and Prening, Min Iswooa, Flit
X-mas Goods
-AT
Mrs. Chittick’s, Flat
EXTRACT FROM TELEGRAM
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C. R. PECK, FLAT, ALASKA:
You have been appointed Chairman Red Cross
Christmas Membership Campaign, extending from Dec. 17 to
25, the object being to secure 10,000,000 new members, making
a total of 15,000,000 Special emphasis should be laid on se
curing $1.00 members for the calendar year 1918. Present
members, secured since April this year, should be urged to
take membership for 1918, waiving uuexpired portion of their
present membership.
(Signed) T. A. DAVIS, Campaign Manager for Alaska.
BIG RACE WENT
TO THE SWIFT
Weil, well! after it’s all said and
done, Twas a great race. The longest
on record.
What race?
List to our story—we’ll tell It all.
The human race, George Taylor’s old
man race, the Nome all-Alaskan sweep
stakes race, the Winnipeg-St. Paul
race, Meacham’s “Blue Billy” racer—
all of them, one or collectively—they're
all on the shelf, put away with moth
balls and camphor, so to speak, when
ono mentions the big race that finished
in this city on Wednesday last.
It was the race that started at Seward
in the youthful days of last November,
between Old Man Christmas and First
Consignment of winter mail for Idit
arod. to see which would land here
first. At the start it looked like a
cinch for First Consignment, because
he had relays along the route, with
fresh and fast dogteams and well paid
happy drivers to hike him over the
moss and niggerheads of the inland em
pire. Nothing like that for Old Man
Christmas; he just had to “mush it”
day in and day out, si washing every
night, going just so fast and no faster
—he couldn’t gain a second’s time even
had he left the harness on his dogs
over night.
By the time Anchorage was reached
the betting odds against Old Man
Christmas were cut down considerably,
as First Consignment was reported as
hav ng trouble on his way. On the
13th of November, when First Con
signment finally got away from An
chorage Mr. Christmas was almost
abreast, a trifle wheezy and shaky-like
on his underpinnings, but he heroically
kept up his gait.
A whole lot of time was spent be
tween Anchorage and McGrath—dur
ing which period Old Christmas (who
was always coming) got several flashes
of First Consignment's “hold card.”
By the time Ophir was reached.
First Consignment, firmly believing he
had Old Man Christmas going instead
of coming, took a layoff of a couple of
days, but Christmas kept on coming.
It begun to look as though 'twas to be
a repetition of the fabled race between
the Porpoise and the Hare—you know
(as Maud says), the race is not always
to tho swift.
On last Monday evening First Con
signment limped into Billy Scher
meir’s Halfway roadhouse all but out
of commission—sled broken down, dogs
dead tired.
First Consignment remained at the
Halfway house—about 18 miles from
Iditarod—two nights, probably laboring
under a delusion that he had reached
the end of the race first, and was wait
ing for the crowd to cheer the winner.
Finally First Consignment was awak
ened and “put hep”—was told in earn
est accents that Old Man Christmas
was but a couple of small divides be
hind, and was coming down the stretch
like “Blue Billy for his oats.
First Consignment got away from
Schermier’s on Wednesday—'twas just
like breaking home ties; he wanted to
know when there’d bo an election;
thought he gained „a residence there,
and was entitled to vote in the pre
cinct.
When First Consignment was un
loaded at the local postofflce and was
informed that Christmas was thirteen
days away, a look of sadness spread
o’er his countenance, and he swore by
the eternal bow-wows that he’d been
jobbed. Knew all the time that he
was violating the mail-carrying con
tract by traveling too fast.
Postpone Wrestling Contest
Promoter Henry Hardin makes the
announcement that the championship
wrestling contest, originally scheduled
(or next Saturday night at Flat, hat
been postponed until Wednesday,
December 26.
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1 JINGLE BY NIMBLE
Ship me somewhere north of Frisco,
Where we know the East is worst,
Where the bacon tastes like crisco
And the eggs is like to burst.
My God, I'm homesick I
NED M. 9.
Washington, D. C., Sept. 19, ID 17.
WEATHER REPORT
Following are the daily temperatures
from readings taken by Captain E. J.
Smith, Tolunteer obserrer.
Date— Max. Min.
December 8. —10 lo
■* $.. —30 —44
10. —28 —32
“ 11. —38 —3g
*« 12. —14 —18
“ 13. —30 —3q
7. -20 -34
Ten Days to X-Mas!
Are You Prepared ?
We Have Fine Assortments of Holiday Goods
Everything for Men
A. J. WEISS
The Home of Hart, Schaffner & Marx Good Clothes
Tablecloths, Napkins and Bedspreads, |
Children's Caps, Mittens and Sweaters,
Silk Floss, Sofa Cushions, JBon-Ton Corsets,
All Numbers of Bucilla Crochet Cotton,
Ladies’ and Children’s Munsing Underwear.
Mrs. Young's Store, Flat
Geo. A. Chapin, tho freighter, has
finished hauling a 14-ton lot of hydrau
lic pipe to the mining ground of Keller
St Dawson on Moore creek.
The Yukon Gold Co. last Wednes ay
put a crew to work on the power plu.. t
tractor road. It is to be widened and
levelled.
CHAMPIONSHIP
WRESTLING
CONTEST
Flat, Wednes,Dec. 26
Ringside Seats, 13 50
General Admission, 12.50
TOM ELMS” BILL KULOFF
Catch-as-Catch-Can. Best Two Out
of Three Falls.
There'll Be a Good Wrestling Match
As a Preliminary Eveut
Speedy Four-Round
BOXING BOUT
Between Well Known Local Lads
PLENTY GOOD MUSIC
The
American
Our Help!
December 17 to 25 represents the period for work
outlined for the “Christmas Membership Campaign
Committee.” The goal is to increase the present mem
bership from 5,000,000 to 15,000,000. Nine-days limit
to do this job.
The people of this community have already con
tributed liberally to this cause, and the present object
is for all who hav<* subscribed since April to waive the
unexpired portions of their subscriptions.
Let us all subscribe again, e’en though it be for
only $1.00.
MEMBERSHIP FEES ARE AS FOLLOWS:
Annual, per annum . . $1.00
Subscribing, M , , 2.00
Contributing, ‘‘ . . 5.00
Sustaining, “ . . 10.00
Lift (one payment) , , 25.00
Patron “ . . 100.00
LISTS MAY BE FOUND AT FOLLOWING PLACES
IDITAROD:
Northern Commercial Company
Miners*<fc Merchants Bank
FLAT’
C, R. Peck Thos. McMahon
Smith’s Store, Finnegan & Cameron
DISCOVERY, OTTER:
James W. Farrell
Northern Commercial Co.