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Pioneer Freighter
PI ATAPD^ aml small, printed on
1 pap,.; cardboard or cloth,
on >hort notice, at Iditarod Pioneer offir.'.
It is possible that Deputy Marshal Billy
Thomas may be transferred to the new
town of Cooper.
Max Boas, the energetic young Flat busi
ness man, spent a couple of day's in the city
during the past week.
Jesse Rogers and Biliy Stoneman, after
spending the winter at Flat, have moved
to their summer homes in this city.
J. E. Kettlewell and George Phillips, from
the power plant of the Yukon Gold Com
pany on the upper Iditarod river, were in
the city early in the week.
William Hill, an old-timer from the In
noko diggings, was a visitor in the city’ this
week, arriving from Ophir on Wednesday
last. He will leave for the Outside on the
first boat.
M. H Guise of the Tukon Gold Com
pany’s office force, who has been prospect
ing in the Tolstoi country, returned on Fri
day morning. He had nothing to report in
th>‘ way of news.
11. Boas, the local clothing merchant,
made a shipment of furs by parcel post on
the last mail which consisted of 87 red fox,
29 cross fox and 19 lynx. Mr. Boas has
madb several heavy shipments of furs dur
ing the winter.
From recently-received trade publications
it is learned that Guy Austin, formerly con
nected with various business and mining
firms in this city and district, is now the
traveling representative of a large Tacoma
grocery firm, with headquarters at Juneau.
The school entertainment which marked
the close of the Otter school for the season,
given at Moose hall, Flat, yesterday after
noon. was well attended by the parents and
friends of the pupils and those interested
in the school. The children acquitted them
selves most creditably, and in a manner
which bespoke the painstaking supervision
of their teacher. Miss Cooldige.
Ray Longtin, the Otter creek operator,
was an arrival from the Outside last Sat
urday. He spent the winter in New York
state. Mr. Longtin came by way of Fair
banks, Ruby and Ophir, and took in the
new strike on the Tolstoi, with which he
was favorably impressed.
The stork made a visit to Iditarod on
Friday evening, April 21, and left a dainty
little daughter at the home of Commis
sioner and Mrs. Guy G. Geraghty. The
mother and daughter are reported as get
ting along splendidly, and Guy carries his
added responsibilities with dignity.
Temple S. Murphy, who at one time was
agent for the Northern Navigation Company
at Dikeman, has been appointed superin
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2-lo-O-in Plain Preen Wire Doors. 7.00 3.50 4
2- 8-»'. - 8 Fancy Heavy Wire f/oors. 0.00 4.50 4
2-10-o-to Fancy Heavy Wire Doors. lu.oo 5.00 4
Wire Screen Windows, 20x24. 1..50 .75 4
Wire Screen Windows, 23x24. 2.00 1.00 4
Screen Door Hinges, per pair.. i.m» .50 4
Screen Door Sets. . 1 50 75 4
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IDITAROD, ALASKA PHONE G SECOND AND WILLOW j
LUMBER FOR SALE
1- in. Boards, rough
2- In. Dimension
4-in. Flooring, Outside fir
8-In. Shiplap, Outside fir
4-In. Celling, Outside fir
1 '/2-In • Sluice Bo* Bottoms, Outside fir
Window Frame Material
Window Frames, ready-made
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Doors and Windows
Window Qlass
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C. R. PECK ■ ■ • FLATj
tendent of the steamboat service under the |
Alaska engineering commission, which is j
constructing the government railroad. The j
boats ply on Cook inlet and the Susituu
river.
Ed Geiger, the 17 year old son of Captain
and Mrs. W. E. Geiger of McGrath, on the t
Kuskokwim, was an arrival in the city last
Saturday. The young man is a pedestrian
of some note, as he walked from Fritz’s
roadhouse to Iditarod in one day, and after
refreshing himself continued his journey
to Discovery, Otter. The distance is in the i
neighborhood of fifty miles. Young Geiger !
will work for Riley & Marston during the
coming summer.
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EASTER MONDAY DANCE
The dance given at A. B. hall lust Mon- j
day evening was a most enjoyable event, |
even though the attendance was somewhat I
small. The music was furnished by the '
Iditarod String Orchestra, and was much
appreciated bv all.
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NOTICE TO PIONEERS
The next regular meeting of Igloo No. 1U,
Pioneers of Alaska, will be held in A. B.
hull. Iditarod, Wednesday evening, May 3,
at 8:30 p. m. All members are requested to
attend, a.-' new b\ laws will be presented
for adoption. GEO. F. MARSH,
Secretary.
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SUTHERLAND NOT GOING OUT
(Fairbanks News Miner i
lit a letter received from Senator Dan
Sutherland of Ruby he states that he has
no intention of moving to the coast, as
was stated in Juneau and other papers.
He is still interested in the Ruby district
to large extent, and intends to stick with it.
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MRS. HERB RILEY VERY ILL
Mrs. Herb Riley has been seriously ill
for the past week or ten days, and although
Her condition is not hopeless, her physician
deemed it advisable that her husband be
notified. Mr. Riley is doing assessment
work on claims recently staked by him in
the new Tolstoi diggings. Mrs. Riley is be
ing cared fur at the home of Mrs. Lander
king, and Dr. Auringer is in attendance.
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DUNCAN MICHIE HEARD FROM
(Dawson News, Feb. 4i
Duncan Michie arrived yesterday from
Allgnld. where he is prospecting. H<- came
over to Gold Bottom t<> get Irts mail, but
as the stage was not running, he mushed
on through to Dawson for it. He will re
turn soon. He reports the Hunker road
in tine condition. Mr. Michie is an old
timer in tHe North, and says the trip
through the 58-below temperature did not
bother him.
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JACK WOOD’S VERSION
(Ruby Record-Citizen. April 15 >
Deputy Marshal Jack \\ ood. who arrive i
from Iditarod yesterday, said Iditarod, Flat
and Discovery suspended the rules and
joined in a general exodus, with 0. B. Perry,
general manager for the 5 ukon Gold, work
ing in the lead. Forty-five dog teams got
away in the .-pace of a day and night. Only
about a dozen people were left in the town
of Iditarod, and the whole district was
pretty wed cleared out.
Mr. Wood met several of the stampeders
returning to the Iditarod. Among them was
Dave fetrandberg, who said he saw $2
panned out of six pans at discoevrv, Boob.
He said it was the best-looking proposition
he ever stampeded.
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“ASSASSIN AND INCENDIARY”
RECEIVES LIFE SENTENCE
DETROIT. Mich., March 23. Life im
prisoninent is the penalty Charles Respa of
Detroit must pay for dynamiting the Pea
body overall factory in Walkerville, Out.,
and attempting to destroy the Windsor ar
mories in the same manner.
A jury in the Ontario high court in Sand
wich county found him guilty after being
out only twenty-five minutes. The sen
tence was at once imposed by Chief Jus
tice Sir Glenholme Falconbridge, who took
occasion to denounce the convicted man.
“There is nothing to excite pity in your
case.” declared the court, “not even the ex
cuse of spurious loyalty. F'or a paltry $200
you played the role of a hired assassin and
incendiary.”
FORMER MAYOR BOBS UP
SAN FRANCISCO, April 28- Former
Mayor Eugene Schmidt has started recall
proceedings against Mayor Rolph. He hopes
to be a candidate against Rolph.
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TERRIBLE CHINESE DISASTER
SHANGHAI, April 24. More than two
thousand soldiers lost their lives in a colli
sion between a transport and a cruiser dur
ing a fog off the Chusan islands.
NOT VERY, BUT SOME
“Isn’t that rather strong stuff that you
boys buy?” asked a Northern man of a
negro who had just bought a pint of rather
vigorous whisky.
“No, sah,” replied <he negro; “pot so
strong as mi’ be, sah. We reckon to this
vere about three fights to a pint, sah!”—Ex.
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Fresh Olympia and Eastern Oysters, $1.50
per can. Iditarod Meat Co.
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The Regina Hotel now ooen to the public.
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Job Printing at Pioneer office.
GALLANT FIRE FIGHTERS 1
EXTINGUISH NASTY BLAZE
WHICH THREATENS HOTEL
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About 2 o’clock last Saturday afternoon |
an alarm of lire sent in from the Beattie
house created much apprehension for the
safety of the business district for a short ’
time. The first arrivals on the scene found
a small shack adjoining the hotel to be en
veloped in Haines, and seriously endangering
the larger building. The arrival of hand
fire extinguishers and the city chemical soon
enabled the volunteer fire fighters to
smother the flames, and the heroic work
of Paul Keimer and Tuny Tropea on the
roof of the burning structure was largely :
responsible for confining the damage to the j
promises where the fire originated. The
conflagration was entirely extinguished
without the aid of the city pumping plant. 1
The hose had been laid and was almost
ready for the turning on of the water when
word was sent that the fire was out.
The building was unoccupied, and it is
somewhat of a mystery as to how the fire
started. The general opinion seemed to be,
however, that sparks from the chimneys
of adjoining buildings found lodgment in
the dry moss used as chinking for the logs, j
and smoldered until fanned into flame by j
the breeze.
A rather amusing incident took place in ;
connection with the laying of the hose fur j
the city fire plant amusing only because !
there proved to be no need to use the :
equipment. It goes to show that however
well the city may be equipped with material
for fire-fighting, there is little gained un
less there are trained men on hand to use
it. The hose from the fire station to the
N. C. corner was laid within a few min
utes after the alarm was turned in. That
at the corner of Willow and Front was
started to make connection, and had been
partly laid when it was found that the v 1
i nteers were taking the end with the wrong ,
coup.ling. By the lime it was returned i
word came that the fire was out.
After the excitement there was the usual
general agreement that an organization of
fire fighters was needed which would make
regular practice runs and learn to ban tie
the equipment, but so far nothing has come
of it nor is likelv to. evidently.
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ALASKA PiONEER WOMAN
PASSES TO GREAT BEYOND
(Los Angeles Times I
Mrs. Isabella Mary Kloke, wife of Fritz
Kloke, president of the First National Bank
of Calexico, died last night at the Rosslyn
hotel, this city, where she had been for
sever: 1 wi cks. Mrs. Kloke had a remark
able career as a woman pioneer in Alaska,
made a fortune there, and distributed thou
sands with a lavish hand to the sick and
suffering. She was known to hundreds of
the men who participated in the develop
ment of the Alaska gold fields end had a
wide acquaintance throughout Southern
California. She had been unconscious for
several days.
"Several weeks ago Mrs. Kloke visited
San Francisco. While there she suffered
from an attack of ptomaine poisoning, and
after a few days undertook to go back to
her home in Calexico. When she reached
Los Angeles her condition was so serious
that she decided to stay over for a few
days. Since that time the trouble steadily
increased in seriousness.
“Mrs. Kloke was the daughter of an
English father and German mother, and
from each she inherited her sturdy char
acteristics, Her parents died when she
was a young woman and she was thrown .
upon her own resources. She developed a
business capacity that was remarkable.
When the Alaska gold discoveries were made
she determined to try her fortunes in the
i'wiu.uiiu, aim tu ill lU >'tvdgv>uv III IOJI.
She was the first white woman to 1 -cate
in the upper Yukon district, and became
known far and wide for her generosity to 1
those in want or sick, earning tlie pic
turesque sobriquet of the “Angel of the
North.”
While in Alaska she was married to!
Captain John J. Healy, and soon thereafter
she established a general merchandise store
and trading station in the Skagway pass.
She went down to Juneau and there learned
the fur trade, and then conducted trading
posts and had interests in mining concerns
for several years.
In ill Mrs. Kloke spent eighteen years 1
in Alaska. After the death of Captain Healy
she married Fritz Kloke, who had been in
Alaska for several years, was an intimate j
friend of herself and her husband, and had
looked after her mining intere-ts in vari- ;
ous districts.
During all the years that Mrs. Kloke j
was in Alaska her home was an open har- j
bor to the needy. She gave of her money
and her personal care. Often she was called !
into the lowest circles of life to minister to j
suffering women. She had some education i
in medicine and kept with her a complete i
surgical equipment. In many a case vic
tims of accident or serious illness were
kept in her own home for weeks and put
on the road to recovery, and then given a
“stake” in order to begin life anew.
Twelve years ago Mrs. Kloke came back ;
to the States and became one of the pio- j
neers in Imperial valley. Mrs. Kloke was j
an enthusiast over this valley. She entered J
with spirit into the plans of her husband !
for the development of horticulture, and j
they met with notable success in this line, j
She erected one of the handsomest residences j
in the valley at Calexico, and there carried [
on valuable and extensive experiments in
horticulture. In this home is kept Mrs.
Kloke’s famous Alaska collection, valued j
at thousands of dollars.
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TOO EASY
“Snoring, my dear, is the sign of an easy j
conscience.” 1
“Hubby, there are times when I wish 1
you weren’t so contented with your past
career.”—Petroit Free Press.
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REAR ADMIRAL BADGER SAYS
CUR FLEET IS EFFICIENT
In view of the fact that the American
navy and the navy department recently
have ecuie in for a great deal of criticism
at the hands of lay critics, some of whom,
however, have attained positions of emi
nence as authors, artists and even naval
architects, the following Associated Press
dispatch relative to the testimony of Ad
miral Badger before the naval committee
of the national house of representatives may
be of interest. It is dated February 22: ,
‘'The object of the building policy formu
lated in 1903 by the navy general board, ,
it w:t> disclosed today before the house (
navi 1 committee, was to keep the United
States ahead of Germany in the race for j
naval supremacy. The stateemnt was made .
by Rear Admiral Charles .J. Badger, a mem- !
ber of the general board, who explained
that the policy had contemplated a fleet of ;
forty-eight first-line battl .'hips by 1919 to j
acconij l 'h \\> purpose.
“Th • :: item* nt did not go into the record
of the hearing, and Admiral Badger did
not amplify to show why the board had :
thought such a course necessary. The ad- j
miral was replying to a suggestion that the j
object of ihe old policy, abandoned this year j
bv the board for the first time, was to keen
trie American navy in second | lace. While j
that wa- the effect ir had, he said, the real
object was to keep ahead of Germany J
‘’ 1 his year the board fixer! a> it.~ policy i
the creation by 1925 of a fleet equal to the
most powerful afloat at that time. The
committee did not go into the board’s rea
sons f r changing its ideas, beyond drawing 1
out the explanation that the board believed |
a fleet X1 ( per cent superior to any fighting :
force ihat midst be brought against it j
world be necessary to insure against the I
invasion of American soil by an enemy.
‘"Under questioning by Representative I
Kelley, Admiral Badger said the construe- :
tion of three additional dreadnattghts and
eight battle cruisers would place the navy
on a par with the capital ships of the Ger
man fleet today. Germany now has twenty
two dreadnaughts and eight battle cruisers,
he said, according to the best available in
formation, while the United States has. all
told, nineteen ships of the dreadnaught class ;
or building.
“To equal Great Britain's fleet within !
two years. Admiral Badger said, the United
States would be obliged to have a total force
of forty dread naughts, fifteen battle erui
ers, twenty-five swift scou-ing craft. 20b
submarines and 250 destroyers. He was
not favornig such a program, but merely
answering questions by Representative But
lor. Such a fleet could not be built in two
years, he added, though it might be < n
structed in four.
“In urging a great increase in the fleet
Admiral Badger said he did not wish to be
understood as saying the present force was
not a thoroughly efficient one.
“ ‘I do not wish to give the impressi m"
he said, ‘that our fleet is no good. The*
only trouble with it is that it's not big
enough for possibilities. It’s a good fleet,
well drilled, well equipped and well organ
ized. We are now prepared just as far a.
our fiower will permit us to be. Mon*
power means more ships."
“Regarding the present place of the
United States fleet among the navies of the
world, Admiral Badger .-aid he classed it
as third in lighting fiower, with France a
close fourth.
“ ‘I think wc arc No. 3.’ he said. ‘Japan
is coming along, but has a good deal to do
to equal our fleet. In military power
fighting efficiency I think we are a pretty*
good third, with France not lar behind.'
FORCE OF HABIT
Chief of Detectives Allender recently
spent a laborious hour questioning two bur
glars on whom he plainly had “the goods”
in the shape of a couple of “jimmies" which
had been identified as belonging to them,
and which they had left behind in a hasty
attempt to escape.
At last one of the men confessed, and. a
h.e did so. he loudly and in r:-th r more
emphatic words than would Do!; well
print, made the following resolution:
“So help me, chief, dis is the last time
1 11 ever go in wid an ex-plumber That
guy always comes off without de tool-."
t Louis Globe-Democrat.
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A GOOD START
“I notice you haven't quite got your sea
legs yet. madam.”
“Well, you wouldn’t notice it if it wasn't
for the wind.” Jack-o'-Lahtern.
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Fresh Olympia and Eastern Oysters, $1.50
per can. Iditarod Meat C o
Will Leave on the First Water for the
New Strike on the Tolstoi
She will work in conjunction with a shallow draft scow,
and will get freight as close as possible to the strike. All
freight offered will be carried at prevailing rates.
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