Our Positive Guarantee
By far better goods at the same and lower prices.
Our goods are all Strictly Fresh ami of the
May we have the privilege of proving it to you ?
Our Swift’s Premium
Hams and ila©©Bl
Shipped in Cold Storage, without the heavy wrappers,
have arrived.
These Hams and Bacon are the Highest Perfection in
Smoked Meats.
Sam’! Applebaum
GOLD COMPANY’S AUDITOR
William Magowan. auditor for the \ ukon
Gold Company, arrived in the city on Mon
day evening last, and left the following day
for Flat creek. He is accompanied by Mrs.
Magowan.
NEW FLOOR
LINOLEUM
COMFORTERS,
COTTON CLOTH,
GINGHAM GOODS.
FLANNELS, THREAD,
BUTTONS, NEEDLES,
COTTON FLANNELS,
MEN'S UNION SUITS,
RUB3ER “LITE PAK" SHOES,
PHOTO GOODS.
FILMS DEVELOPED.
Ansleys
IDITAROD, ALACXA
GOING TO FORTUNA LEDGE
Joe McDowell, one of the old-timers who
has been employed at the \ ukon (told t nm
panv’s power plant, on the Iditarod river,
was a visitor in the city last Monday for
a few hours, and while here gave the re.-i
dents of this burg a splendid illustration of
a very busy young man. Mr. McDowell re
turned home during the evening in a launc h.
Since his departure for the power plant
with his gatherings. Mr. McDowell has
hearkened unto the voice of the “stampede
siren," and on Wednesday afternoon he was
telephoning for freight reservation on the
Loew-Victor, and early Thursday morning,
accompanied by Mrs. McDowell, he had em
barked for this port, and after a break
down or two on the trip, arrived in time to
place his goods on the boat. Mr. and Mrs.
McDowell will leave here for the new camp
on one of the boats leaving during the early
part of the coming week.
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STUNNED BY FALL
John Duro, an employe of the Northern
Commercial Company, met with a rather
i painful accident on Thursday last. While
engaged in repairs at the warm storage
warehouse below town he fell from a scaffold
and was rendered unconseous. He was found
several hours later by Charles Denton, wan
dering around in a dazed condition. He was
severely cut and bruised about the head,
but after his hurts had been attended to
was able to be around again, apparently not
much the worse for his eexperience.
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Job Printing at The Pioneer office.
Save money on Groceries while they are cheap, and buy a new
LANG RANGE
Of which we will have an assortment in Family Sizes in the fall.
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C. R. PECK - - FLAT
COLUMBIA!
AIR-TIGHT HEATERS!
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Fancy Cast-Iron Top with Nickel Trimmings «
82 IX .515 00 I 82SX .$25.00 <
8 2 T» X . 20.00 | i
YUKON STOVES 3
Yukon Stoves. 1 4\-J I tops. .. . S 8.00 Itnims .$ 5-00*
Yukon Stoves, 14x30 tops. 10.00 Cast Top, four holes. 12.00 *
Hair Hound stover, I ix3ii tops.... 10.00 *
TENTS AND TARPAULINS <
8x10— 8-oz. Tints ....$ 9.00 7x 9— 8-oz. Tarpaulins.....$ 3.00 1
8x10 -10-oz. Tents . 10.00 7.x 9 -10-oz. Tarpaulins. 3.50 <
10x12 — S-oz. Tents ... 10.00 10x10—10-oz. Tarpaulins. 10.001
10X12—10-oz. Tents .12.00 1
All Sizes Tents and Tarpaulins -Carried in Stock '
Ae-.irn Special Gasoline Lamps....? 9.00 Baby Go-Carts ...$10 and $1250 a
Air-o-Iite Gasoline Lamps. 10.00 Heavy Prilled Linoleums, 0 reel <
Coleman Gasoline Lanterns. wide, per yard . 2.25 1
.$8.00 and 15.00 Inlaid Linoleums, C feet wide, yd. 3.00 1
Baby Hag Mantles ...doz. 2 CO Hugs, x.ltxln.ii.$15.00 to 25.00 1
Large Hag .Mantles.doz. 3.00 Hugs, 9x12..$20.00 to 30.00 1
Drugs at Outside Prices 3
SMITH'S GUN STORE]
IDITAROD, ALASKA PHONE 6 SECOND AND WILLOW 1
| TOLSTOI MINERS HERE
TO PURCHASE MACHINERY
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John Greer and Pot McNulty, the owners
of claims on Boob creek, in the Tolstoi dis
trict, upon which pay was first discovered,
are in the city this week, arranging for the
purchase of machinery with which to work
their claims. Messrs. Greer and McNulty
came in over the trail, and expect to have
the machinery landed on the bank of the
Ditna before the close of navigation, whence
it will be hauled over the snow to Boob
creek.
Speaking of the activities at the camp,
they state that while comparatively little
I work is being done just at present, there
j will be renewed activity during the fall and
j winter. Duffy and Johnson at present are
prospecting bench claims on Boob creek.
! Louis Stroup and Fred Humphrey are work
j mg at the mouth of Glen gulch, and Lars
| Otness is working on discovery claim, on
Boob.
Messrs. Greer & McNulty have lined up
| pay on their ground for a distance of one
' thousand feet by a series of shafts. They
! expect, to continue work all during the win
! ter. as the ground is deep. They will
i make the return trip within a few days.
Ira Van Orsdal, who was here last week,
; was met on the trail on his way back to
j the Tolstoi. He has secured a boiler and
1 hoist of considerable size, which will be
! shipped soon, and wiii be installed on No. 1
j below. Boob, which he is working in con
i junction with James Pitcher
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IN HONOR OF MISS SMITH
I Aii informal dance was given at A. B.
hall last night in honor of Miss Lil i n
Smith, who leaves today for her old home
in 1’air banks.
The departure of Miss Smith from I<lit
arod will be generally regietted. During
her service of several years as operator in
the local telephone office, she has. by her
uniform courtesy and attention to the duties
! of her position, won the regard of all the
| patrons of the company, and the esteem of
j -.11 residents of the community. In leaving
; i.id arod Miss Smith carries with her the
j best wishes of all for her future prosperity
: and happiness.
SERIOUS LOSS BY FIRE
River men and incoming passengers on
Sunday night last reported a conflagration
of considerable magnitude east of the city,
l'or a time they were led to believe that
the town of Fiat was on lire, but on tin ir
nearer approach the fire was located on
| Caribou creek. Later investigations showed
that a quantity of wood belonging to Ira
Wood had been totally destroyed. There
were lot) cords in the pile, and the loss is a
serious one. The belief seems to lie general,
that the fire was of incendiary origin.
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LEAVE FOR FAIRBANKS
Mrs. Carey, mother of Mrs. Charles Lar
son. who has been visiting here fir m-wtjI
weeks, will leave today for kairbank-. Shu
| will take with her the two younger children
j of Mrs. Larsen. The latter will leave soon
for the Outside, taking with her her eldest
son, who is to receive surgical treatment.
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SEAL HERDS MAY BE SAVED
Forty-one years of almost continuous resi
dence in Alaska have not proved sufficient
for J. C. Redpath. now of San Francisco,
who is at the Rainier-Grand on route to
Dutch Harbor, to spend the summer as his
fancy wills, says the Seattle Post-Intelli
gencer. Mr. Redpath for thirty -even year,
was stationed on the Pribiloff islands for
the two companies that during that time
I had the islands leased. He left the service
I when the United States fisheries bureau
I about four years ago took over the islands.
\ Since that time lie lies made ho annual
summer pilgrimage to Dutch Harbor, re
turning to California when the Northern
winter sets in. During his year- of active
service Mr. Redpath often remained in the
North continuously for four or five years
at a time, especially during the early part
of hi> career, when traveling was n l s
easy.
Although the fur seals, which make a
resting place of the islands at certain sea
I sons, have been hunted unmercifully i:i
times past, Mr. Redpath beliet es modern
methods of protection will prevent their ex
tinction.
“The fifteen-year closed season on pelagic
sealing has had a wonderful effect on build
ing up the seal herds.” he said “Now that
sealers cannot take these animals on the
high seas, the seals have had a chance to
increase, and as the government has not
^>een killing many on the islands, the rook
eries look like they did in olden times. This
closed season has ten years yet to run.”
Mr. Redpath says the islands have yielded
literally millions of skins.
“In twenty years one company which had
the islands leased took 100,000 skins a
year,” he said. “And even this was under
restrictions. In spite of all this warfare
■ against them the seals still return to the
i islands year after year, and do not seem to
learn what fear means.”
“If I let you brush my clothes,” said Mr.
Peever, “I suppose you’ll want a tip.”
“I’ll expect the tip anyhow,” replied the
porter. “But I’m willing to brush your
clothes, so as to let you feel that you are
getting a little something for your money.”
—Washington Star.
FOR SALE
Fast, comfortable launch Ruth; 30x6;
5 h. p.; brand new. Second launch to reach
Tolstoi City. Just the boat for hunting or
prospecting. 125 miles on one case gas.
Write or phone,
CURRIN, Power Plant.
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Jay Johnson arrived at the “landing” last
Monday to meet his family Mrs. Johnson,
son Charley and little daughter Anita who
have been visiting relatives in the stnte of
Washington during the past year. They
reached here Tuesday afternoon on the Sea
Wolf, and departed the following day for
their home on Willow creek, where Mr.
Johnson is employed at the workings of
Frank G. Manley.
Charley Match, the Flat Cty business
man, was a visitor in Iditarod last Wednes
day.
Joe Woods recently disposed of his mining
interests on Donlin creek to his partner,
Jack Smeaton, and left this week for a
vi-it to the States. During the present
summer Messrs. Smeaton tk oods em
ployed a crew of five men, and it is re
ported that they have boon working in some
! very good ground.
,1. 11. Scott, the Dikmean agent of the
j White Pass, was a visitor in the city during
the latter part of lost week and the early
part of this. I lew as an interested spectator
at the Flat horse race.
Harry Donnelley, the energetic Otter
creek merchant, was a visitor in the city on
Tuesday last.
The Anchorage Times of July 15 nays:
Mr. and Mrs. Ike Buyle.-s and children have
moved into their attractive new dwelling,
| recently completed on Seventh avenue and
; 1 street.
i Frank Meredith has resigned his position
I as warehouseman for the v C. Cm, ami
I may. afier a visit to the creeks, go to the
j Marshall diggings.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Vigaliu? and Mart
Mansion, who returned from Moore creek
on Saturday last, left for the Outside on
Sunday.
Mr.- Cyril P. Wo d and children, after
an absence Outside of nearly a year, re
turned to the city early on Tuesday morn
ing last. Tiiey were met on the lower river
by Mr. Wood, who accompanied them
home.
Mrs. Lottie Mar-ton was a visitor in the
1 city from Otter creek on Thursday last
LEAVE FOR MARSHALL
The gasoline launch Loew Victor (Cap
tains Ai Hall and Dan Gillis) left this port
Thursday afternoon at 2 o’clock for the
Marshall diggings, carrying about twenty
passengers and a small amount of freight.
Frank G. Manley was on hoard the vessel.
He is making a short trip to the new c imp
to look it over with a view to investing.
The Hurst brothers—Theodore and
Charles after residing in this city for more
than six years, during which time they
were prominent in business circles, were
; passengers, and are looking for greener
folds.'
.Among the passengers were also William
J Maloney, the territorial mining inspector;
Mrs. Horvath and little daughter, and
"Shorty” Butts.
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MADE MONEY BY INTERNMENT
The German ship Indra at the outbreak
i of the war was homeward bound from
j Chile with a cargo of nitrates. She made
] a dash into the neutral harbor of New
York and has remained there ever since,
j When site arrved here cargo was worth
i S125.000. Reently it was determined to
| sell ihe Cargo, and it brought more than a
; million dollars, cmi.-lierably more than the
value of the ship and cargo combined when
the war broke out.
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WASHBURN’S PASSENGERS
The i as.sengers of the steamer Wash
I burn, which arrived at Dikeman on Sunday
i last, were as follow: :
1 Mr. and Mrs. Cyril Wood and three chil
| dren.
I Mrs. Mary Larson.
Mrs. Jay Johnson and two children.
Mr. and Mrs. William Magowan.
A. J. WEISS,
Th©
Clothier
THE HOME OF HART, SCHAFFNER & MARX
IOWA COUNTRY MERCHANT
HAS HIGH OLD TIME IN CITY
He had a wire-hound and hog-tight sys
tem for seeing Chicago, had Jacob Nelson
of on City, Iowa, according to the Her
"M of Chicago. It was given him by a
friend who had been to the big town and
enjoyed himself, and who surely ought to
know.
The first rule was to put up at a good
hotel. The second was to visit a number of
cabarets every night. The third, which was
absolutely essential, was to have a different
woman compani n every night, and the
fourth was to go wherever he went in a •
taxicab.
Mr. Nelson owns a store in Mason City,
so. when he had packed hi- grip and learn", 1
the rules by heart, he took 52C0 out of
the cash register, told the clerk to be a
good boy and set out with a wink for the
rai'riiud station.
He arrived in Chicago July 4 and fol
lowed the rules faithfully, but something
unt >ward happened to him. He had been
out in a taxi all evening and had instructed
the chauffeur to take him to thn best hotel
in town. He was accordingly driven to the
B acksti tie, the La Salle, the Sherman and
a number of other hotels, but he said they
weren't good enough for him. So the
chauffeur took him to a place where he
would be kept most securely -a cell in the
central police station. He had only 2 cents
left out of his S200. The charge against
him i< refusing to pay a taxi bill.
And now Mr. Nelson realizes that his
friend overlooked the most important rule,
which should reed: “Have plenty of
money; you can’t become a loophound on
5200."
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The Golden Eagle Hotel building, on Wil
low street, is being carefully taken apart
and the material placed in compact hales
for shipment to Fortune Ledge, in the Mar
shall diggings, by Captain J. II. Rogers, who !
will tow a barge containing the same with
his launch “Rogers” when all is in readiness.
WELL-KNOWN OPHIR MINER
VISITS IDITAROD DISTRICT
William Rchneirla, one of the best
known miners of the Innoko district, was
a visitor in the city during the past wees
arriving here Wednesday and leaving for
Flat the same day. His visit will be brief.
Fpeaking of mining conditions in the In
ruffe) district, he said weather condition
this summer had been favorable, and the
outlook was satisfactorf. There was con
siderable activity on the various creeks, al
though those who were this year installing
machinery had a somewhat late start.
With reference to the Tol-toi district. Mr.
Schneirla, who is familiar with the country,
says that he fully expects to see more pay
uncovered from time to time. While hi1
does not expect to see a second Dawson, he
believes that paying mines will be in opera
tion in that district soon, and that there
will be a long period of production in store
for the district.
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A1 Walsh and Jerry Ford were down from
the Summit oil Wednesday last.
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Fresh Olympia and Eastern Oy-ters,
$1.50 per can. Iditarod Meat Co.
Now on Display, a Full Line of
NEW GOODS
JUST RECEIVED
MRS. L cTtHORNTON
Watches and Diamonds
At
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Just Received a Shipment of Fresh Draught Beer
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