STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION OF THE
Miners & Merchants Bank, of Iditarod, Alaska,
AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS, APRIL 30, 1915
Resources
Loans and discounts .* 178,8SC>.i G
overdrafts . H.20
million on hand . 17.012.1 -
Cash . 22,797.50
$219,037.03
Liabilities
Capital slock .$ 50,000.00
Surplus . 50,000.00
Undivided profits . 2,434.93
Deposits . 108,992.17
Due. to banks. 8,209.93
$2 19,037.03
I R C Button, cashier of the above named bank, do solemnly swear that the
above statement Is true to the best of my knowledge and belief
CORRECT—--ATTEST: K. C. BUTTON, Cashier.
JOHN HOLMES, Director.
R. C. BUTTON, Director.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this Oth day of May. 191o.
/ EDWIN M. STANTON,
v ‘ Notary Public In and for Alaska.
Commission expires Jan. 11, 1918.
GROCERIES FOOTWEAR
Tom McMahon,
GENERAL MERCHAMHSE
FLAT CITY
MINERS' OUTFITS HARDWARE
Merchants Cafe
See Our Sunday Bill-of-Fare
HERBERT E. RILEY, PROP.
STRENGTH OF SILENCE
Some natures are always silent. Even |
when they speak they make an effect of
silence. They do things quietly, efficiently. !
They are never in a hurry, even when they
move rapidly. We all know such natures. >
They radiate strength and wholesomeness.
They seem always to be open to the invig
orating air and sunshine. They are like
the earth, gratefully drinking from the life
giving fountains. They are fertile with
springs of kind feelings, with beautiful im
pulses of service.
Sometimes you will find such natures in
the most unexpected places. Occasionally
you catch glimpses of them in passing. The
other night I saw one as I was riding home
in the street car. The car was crowded
with tired, irritated, uncomfortable people,
released from their work into the pouring
rain. All these people the conductor had
to manage. And packed in as they were,
like sardines in a box, he had to make his
way through them and collect the fares. You
know how some conductors act under simi
lar circumstances, how they push, and fret,
and complain, and, to the general irrita
tion, add resentment. But this conductor
did nothing of the kind. He went at his
task easily, quietly and resolutely, without ;
being in the least aggressive. Though he
did not smile, he looked pleasant. He con
trolled the situation without saying a word.
His cheerful silence, supported by his
strength, made every one in that ear feel
more comfortable. If I were an employer
of men, with a big business, I would find
that conductor and offer him a position. He
would be worth many times his salary as 1
conductor.
You find the same quality illustrated
among animals. Have you ever noticed
those dogs that manage sheep? Some of
them are nervous and ugly. They irritate
the sheep. They administer their rebukes
in vicious bites. Others of the dogs never
show ugliness or nervousness. They never
bite the sheen. They are always running i
along the edge of the flock, wagging their
tails and showing in their faces and in ;
their open mouths, tongue out, unmistak- i
able good humor. They seem to be having ;
a good time. Even when they bark there ,
is something pleasant about the sound. But :
usually they are silent, pleasantly silent.
They are like the wonderful silent people.—
Washington Herald.
Fresh Olympia Oysters, for cocktails, $2
can. Iditarod Meat Co.
BELGIUM’S SPLENDID ROADS
GERMANY’S TEMPTATION
It must be admitted that the very quali
ties of weight and power which make the
11-inch mortar such a formidable piece
nevertheless constitute a most serious prob
lem of transportation. In spite of the skill
with which the design has been worked out,
with its large diameter pedrail wheels, the
weight of one of these mortars is such that
it demands the very best of conditions of
roadway for its successful or, at least, for
its speedy transportation. To handle these
pieces successfully, whether in advance or
retreat, calls for the highest class of mili
tary roads—roads which as far as possible
shall be free from heavy grades. Therein,
no doubt, is to be found one predisposing
cause which led the Germans to cling so
tenaciously to their plan of campaign
through Belgian territory. The magnificent
highways through Belgium ami northern
France, stretching as they do through com
paratively level country, are ideal for the
transportation of batteries of these heavy
siege guns rapidly to the fortifications of
the French capital. At the outset of the
war the world wondered how the Germans
could expect, as they evidently did, to be
within the city of Paris in a few weeks'
time. The answer is to be found in their
belief in the invincibility of the huge armies
which they were prepared to pour through
Belgium and in the ability of this 11 -inch
mortar to cut a wide swath through the
engirdling fortifications of Paris. The Ger
mans, in our belief, never contemplated for
moment a complete investment of Paris
such as they made in 1S70 to 1871. These
11 -inch mortars have made such an in
vestment unnecessary. Had the French
British resistance to the enveloping tactics
of the German right been less successful,
it is probable that the German army would
have been in Paris at the present time.—
Scientific American.
FROM A 1913 NEWSPAPER
PARIS, May 31 (1913).—Carl Haag, a
German studying at the Sorbonne, was sen
tenced to two months’ imprisonment for
creating a disturbance in a Paris cafe by
shouting, “I'll spike half a dozen Frenchmen
on my bayonet and roast them alive for a
good German supper!”
A full line of Rubber Goods at Boas', Flat
and Iditarod.
PATRONIZE HOME INDUSTRY
FAIRBANKS BEER
DRAFT AND BOTTLE
Bottled Beer $25 Barrel, $5 Dozen, 50c Bottle, 3 Bottles $1.25
UEDI1S1ESDEDE saloon
DISTRIBUTING AGENTS
GRAND BAR nothing but the best
FLAT CITY 3hG P'ace to !V,eet
_Your Friends
NICELY FURNISHED ROOMS BY DAY OR WEEK
Warm, Clean Well Ventilated
OPEN DAY AND NIGHT
Pi CROSBY
MEDICATED, MINERAL VAPOR, STEAM,
TUB, SALT AND FRESH WATER
Caribou St., Bet. Black and Willow Sts., on Waterfront
Electric anil Faradic Massage Treatments by Expert Attendants
Lighted by Gaa Heated by Steam
BREAKUP NOT
SENSATIONAL
Lacking in all Ihe spectacular elements of
the usual break up, when immense masses of
ice arc forced by the resistless torrent in
seemingly endless procession down the
swollen stream, carrying to destruction all
impediments to its progress, artificial and
natural, was the break-up of the ice in the
Iditarod river early last Monday morning.
Weakened by successive thaws and freshets,
honeycombed by the action of sun, wind
and rain, the mass of broken and crum
bling ice was carried out in a smoothly
moving flow as the result of a rise in the
river which followed a series of heavy show
ers on Saturday and Sunday last, ar.d which
reached its zenith on Tuesday, when most
pf the river was clear of the ice which has
kept the stream in its tight embrace for so
many months.
About 2 o'clock last Monday morning, as
nearly as can be ascertained, the ice in front
of the city began to move. The wire con
necting a tripod on the ice with a clock
at the Budweiser, intended to record the
actual time of the break-up, had been tam
pered with by some practical joker or mis
chievous person, and the clock had stopped
early on Sunday evening. So gently had
come the ice movement that no one, even
on the river front, seems to have been awak
ened by it. To most of the residents of the
city the news that the ice had moved while
they slept came as a surprise. The run of
ice continued almost all day on Monday,
and seems to have been the accumulation
from Otter creek and the river below where
.that stream empties into the Iditarod. On
Monday evening, after a cessation of some
hours in the ice flow, it was resumed, bring
ing down the accumulations from the upper
reaches of the river, and by Tuesday even
ing the Iditarod was virtually free of ice.
Little Damage Caused
Comparatively little damage was occa
sioned by the break-up. Some of the
launches on the river received blows from
the swiftly-moving ice masses that made
slight repairs necessary, and the barge of
Crowley & Porter, which had been towed
to what was believed to be a safe place,
was sunk, but will be raised with little loss.
The steamer Little Delta had a hole stove
in her hull, but this was quickly repaired.
The steamer Pup and the launches Orphan
Boy and Tramp also were slightly damaged.
A small vessel belonging to a man named
Myers was completely hoisted out of the
water by a barge being forced underneath
it by the ice. Outside of these instances
there was little or no damage done. The
City dock resisted the flood with absolutely
no injury even to the fender which had
been erected for its protection.
River Men Get Ready for Business
The opening of the river to navigation
has had the effect of giving an air of ac
tivity to the water front. The river men
have been engaged for some time in the
task of getting their vessels in readiness for
the season’s business, and everything now
owaits the arrival of the first vessels from
the Yukon. It is likely that river naviga
tion will commence much earlier than a
year ago. At that time the Yukon river
was reported to be free of ice above Nulato
on May 22, and the steamer Washburn ar
rived at Iditarod from Nulato with passen
gers and freight from Fairbanks on June 1.
The White Seal arrived direct from Fair
banks on June 2.
Exciting Events of Last Year's Break-up
On May 10, one year ago, occurred the
disastrous flood which inundated the build
ings along the river bank and reached into
the heart of the business district. On that
day also the residents of Iditarod took to
the hills from fear of an explosion of sev
eral tons of dynamite stored in a warehouse
directly across the river from the city. A
slight explosion did occur, but the bulk of
the dynamite either burned without explod
ing or on account of being submerged in
water was not affected by the flames, which
were occasioned by the ignition of a large
quantity of carbide.
Early Opening of Yukon Expected
The following dispatch was received from
Fort Gibbon on Monday last, and would
seem to indicate that the break-up of the
Yukon ice would also much somewhat ear
lier than last year:
“Tar.ana river now open from Gibbon to
McCarthy, but ice cannot get out, as Yukon
still holds. The ice is piled on the banks.
Where the Tanana river empties into the
Yukon, three miles above Fort Gibbon,
there are great piles of ice. The Yukon is
open in strips. The ice probably will hold
a few days longer, as the water on the upper
Yukon is very low. There have been light
rains.”
MENACE OF MIDDLE AGE
In spite of the fact that the duration of
human life has been extended in recent
years, noticeably in this country, it seems
that a man is less likely than ever to at
tain a ripe old age, or even to reach the
age that is known as “elderly.” The length
of human life has been increased, and yet
we are less likely to reach the age of our
grandfathers. But there is a reason for
this paradox.
Registration and life insurance statistics
show that the death rate in this country is
increasing at the later age periods, espe
cially from diseases of the heart, blood ves
sels and kidneys, which chiefly affect per
sons in middle life and later. The “expec
tation of life,” as the insurance people call
it, has shown a great increase among young
persons, and this has been due to the great
advances made in the conquest of communi
cable diseases. But the pace of life is rapid
and the marked increase in the death rate
is in the so-called “degenerative diseases,”
which come as a rule along in the middle
years of life. So while the youth of 20 has
a better prospect than ever of living to
middle age, the man of middle age has a re
duced chance of reaching old age.
The condition seems to be peculiar to
this country, for in England and Wales
there has been no such increase in the death
rate from the degenerative diseases or in
the death rate at the later age periods.
But there is no reason for despair, as is
(suggested by the physician who calls at
tention to these facts, a director in the
Life Extension Institute. If we live in an
orderly fashion, and as sensibly as we can,
we may reasonably hope for some years,
even after middle age, and, as he says, “if
we take heed, future developments may
give us reason for even greater confidence
in our power to endure and to prevail.”—
Providence Journal.
Visit our new store at Flat.
Boas the Clothier.
COURT METHODS SCORED
BY CALIFORNIA JUDGE
lion. Matt I. Sullivan, chief justice of the
supreme court of California, delivered an
address before the California Bar Associa
tion at Oakland last fall on “Law’s Delays
and Remedies Suggested,” which has cre
ated a great deal of comment.
Justice Sullivan first showed the almost
urdimited power of the courts of the
United States, granted by the constitution,
which divides the powers of government into
three departments—executive, legislative
and judicial—each department denied the
right to exercise the functions of another.
“Yet in practice,” he said, “the judicial
department is supreme. While legislative
bodies are vested with the supposedly ex
clusive right to make and unmake laws,
the courts of this countrv from their be
ginning have been, by judicial decisions, en
gaged in exercising the same right. Pro
visions of a state constitution mav be, and
at times have been, set aside bv courts as
in conflict with the federal constitution."
After emphasizing the importance that
courts of justice should be what their name
implies, the speaker continued:
“Unfortunately our courts do not at all
times etfectuate the purpose of their exist
ence. Often they are the instruments of in
justice. The injustice of our courts is not
always wrought by corrupt, incompetent or
prejudiced incumbents of the bench, but is
often the effect of long delav intervening
between the commencement of an action
and the accomplishment of it by final judg
ment. ‘Justice delayed is justice denied’ is
an aphorism as old as jurisprudence.
“The delay in the administration of jus
tice in California has been for many years
the scandal of our judicial system. A
change must take place. I could refer to
hundreds of cases in our state courts where
delay varying from five to twenty years
and upward has postponed the collection by
the plaintiff of an honest claim, or re
tarded the settlement of property rights;
where trials, new trials, appeals and re
versals, trials, new trials and appeals again,
have occurred before the end of the litiga
tion was reached.”
Professional courtesy and procrastination
among lawyers were mentioned as among
the chief causes of delay.
The law should arbitrarily fix the time
within which certain acts must be done by
the respective parties to a lawsuit, he said.
Justice Sullivan next urged that demur
rers, mainly used for purposes of delay,
should be abolished, and stated further that
after a case is at issue it should be set
down for trial by the clerk, or on motion of
either party, and be tried at the time set.
unless good cause be shown for a postpone
ment.
The speaker approved curtailment of
iudges’ instructions to juries as being among
the chief causes of reversals of judgment,
d thus, contributory to delay. All in
structions, he said, should be submitted to
counsel on both sides before instructing the
jury. Instructions should then be ruled on
and accordingly remodeled.
Regarding new trials, Justice Sullivan
held that no such motion should be allowed
here the case has been tried before the
court without a jury and the grounds of
motion are insufficiency of evidence to jus
tify the decision, errors in law or excessive
damages.
“It is absurd,’ he said, “to appeal on such
grounds to the court within a few days
after decision has been rendered, for an or
der reversing the judgment by moving for a
new trial. The law should require the mo
tion for new trial to be served and filed
within five days after the verdict of deci
sion. Every unsuccessful litigant should
have the right to appeal. He should have
no more.
It was contended that by extending the
jurisdiction of the justice court to include
cases which now must be brought in the
superior court in the first instance much
would be done of advantage to poor liti
gants and to assist in relieving the conges
tion of business in the appellate courts.
Other practices contributory to long de
lays which could be, in the speaker’s opin
ion, diminished without constitutional or
statutory changes were the writing of long,
elaborate opinions and the citation of a
large number of cases garnered from all
'ections of the country to sustain decisions
or to elucidate points decided.
Many of the appeals taken to the su
preme court are without merit, said Justice
Sullivan. “In the majority of the cases,
some of which are frivolous, the problems
presented are simple and easily decided. The
practice of writing elaborate opinions by
the court should be discontinued or cur
tailed,” he said.
“The courts pay too much attention to
;*recedents and to authorities of other juris
dictions cited in arguments and briefs. Th?
result is that throughout the United States
the legal profession is being overwhelmed
with reports, reporters and other law books.
None but a rich practitioner can afford to
maintain an up-to-date law library. This
is due to the unreasonable respect which
the courts maintain for the precedents and
decisions of other courts throughout the
world.
“The practice of citing numerous authori
ties makes ‘case lawyers’ and ‘case judges’—
lawyers disposed to view the merits of a j
cause from the standpoint of adiudicated
cases, and judges inclined to decide cases
more in accordance with precedent than rea
son.
“I feel sure that if the higher courts
would adopt the reforms I suggest within :
one year from the present date most, if not
; all, cases pending before them will have
been decided.”
HOW GUNS AFFECT THE EARS
A news dispatch published under a Berlin
date says that the normal ear is not affected
in any noticeable degree by the noises
even the heaviest artillery, according t‘j
conclusions based upon a long study of
artillerymen by a Berlin ear specialist.
Of fifty-one artillerists observed for a long
period by this specialist, none exhibited any
objective symptoms, and only four com
plained of subjective injuries, mainly "ring
ing in the head.” In investigations covering
a whole year, only one case of a burst ear
drum was found.
The ordinary recruit, who serves only two
years in peace times in the heavy artillery,
rarely incurs any lasting injury to his ears.
Officers who have served many years not
infrequently leave the service with chronic
partial deafness or ringing in the ears. In
vestigation appears to show, however, that
these sufferers did not have normal organs
when they enlisted.
The Boas Clothing Store at Flat. Prices
reasonable.
Fine Watch Repairing. ™l"1F?3tT,iy'
Ball Band Rubber Boots and Pace
N. C. Co. Sole Agents for Alaska
»
CJ
d
Pi
id
a
d
arj
O
0
cq
(-1
01
£1
d
CP
T3
c
cO
CP
si
CP
SPECIAL SALE OF
Bottled Goods
Regular
RYE WHISKEY— Price Cut to
“Old Crow" Straight Hand-Made Sour Mash, bot
tled in bond.Per bottle $2.50 $1.50
“Hunter" Baltimore Pure Rye, a blend of straight rye
whiskies . 2.50 1.25
“Hermitage" Pure Straight Whiskey, mellowed by
ago.2.50 1.50
"Cyrus Noble” Blended Straight Whiskey, from
original old goods. 2.50 1.50
“Old Oscar Pepper" Hand-Made Saur Mash, bot
tled in bond, full quarts. 2.59 1.50
BOURBON WHISKEY—
“Cedar Brook” (formerly W. H. McBrayer) Hand
Made Sour Mash Whiskey 2.50 1.25
“Cyrus Noble” Old Private Stock, very, very old.
Guaranteed to be a blend of pure, aged, natural
straight whiskies . 3-50 2.00
“Old Crow,” bottled in bond. 2.50 1.50
“Jesse Moore AA". 2.50 1.50
SCOTCH WHISKEY—
"Black and White,” specially selected for the House
of Commons . 3.00 1.50
“Strathmill" Pure Malt Scotch Whiskey. 3.00 1.50
“Dewar’s Extra Special," termed “the best product
of Scotland” . 4.00 2.25
“Usher's Black Label” Grand Old Highland Whiskey 4.00 2.50
to
5L
to
*>
a
Cl
W
a
o'
I
I
OJ
Ball Band Rubber Boots and Paes
N. C. Co. Sole Agents for Alaska
At a meeting of the town council held
on Wednesday evening last steps were taken
looking to the proper celebration of Fourth
of July in Iditarod, the continuance of fire
protection was provided for, and action
looking to co-operation with the United
States marshal’s office in the collection of
city business licenses was taken.
A discussion of the proposition of giving
a Fourth of July celebration similar to that
of last year was discussed, and it was de
cided to take the initiative by the appoint
ment of a committee of members of the
council to confer with other citizens as to i
the advisability of calling a mass meeting
to make arrangements for the celebration.
From the remarks of the councilmen it is
a certainty that the celebration idea will
be carried out with enthusiasm. It is un
derstood that a mass meeting will be called .
within the near future, due notice of which
will be given. The committee consists of
Mayor Stanton, William Ansley and Joseph
H. Smith.
The matter of the continuation of the
position of chief of the fire department for
another month came up for discussion, and
it was ordered that the chief be continued
on the city’s pay rolls until further action
of the council. The duties of the chief were
added to, however, by making him superin
tendent of streets. So it will not be sur
prising if Chief Byers is seen shortly at the
business end of a No. 2 engaged in improv
ing the city's thoroughfares. He is said to
be quite adept with this piece of machinery.
The matter of co-operating with the
United States marshal’s office in the collec
tion of territorial business license money
was disposed of by referring the matter to
the finance committee.
Discussion of the dog-impounding ordi
nance, which went into effect the first of |
the month, resulted in no action being
taken on the appointment of a poundmaster,
as it was understood that the chief of police
would enforce the ordinance.
REIGN OF THE HAPSBURGS
During their reigns of 700 years the Haps
burgs have reproduced no statesman, un
less it be Charles V., or any notable mili
tary commander; they have lost vast tracts
of territory, their armies have been defeated
by those of every continental power of any
note; they have had their capital besieged,
captured and sacked by foreign foes and na
tive mobs; they have seen revolution in
every part of their empire, and yet the
house of Hapsburg still reigns. Plunged
again and again in what to any other coun
try would mean dismemberment and ruin,
Austria emerges apparently with new life.
In the memory of men now living, how
often have we heard it said that the dual
empire was on the point of falling to pieces,
that upon the slightest pretext Hungary,
Bohemia or some other integral part would
revolt, and yet today we find the imperial
army composed of men from every part of
the empire fighting loyally for their ruler!
The cause of this will not here be dis
cussed. The greatest historians differ when
speaking of the psychology of this country.
Austria has more of the East in her than
any other nation of Europe, not excepting
Russia. Her very name denotes it, and the
character of the monarchs’ rule, as well as
the fealty of her people and their princes,
carries the suggestion still further.
While in the majority of other countries
not entirely despotic political welfare seems
predicated upon some measure of demo
cratic control, Austria maintains a position
in that respect which is almost unique, an
anachronism. When studying her the stu
dent must forget all his preconceived ideas
of contemporary politics and be prepared
to consider the subject as something quite
different from any which he has yet en
countered. “Austria,” wrote Krones, the
historian, “is just Austria, a neutralization
of various elements by and through the
dynasty and the power of interests.” And
that word dynasty explains a great deal in
the present case, for in no other country
has the dynasty played so great a part in its
history as in Austria, in spite of the short
comings, the incompetence and the narrow
mindedness of the rulers.
With no settled policy, unless it be the
fimly rooted idea of absolutism, the Haps
burgs have weathered all storms external or
internal, now apparently giving way to this
or that pressure, but yet never losing their
dynastic hold on the people. When they
conciliate the Hungarians or Bohemians, the
Croatians or whoever may be on the point
of revolt, it is only because conciliation an
swers the dynastic aim. But when demands
upon the throne become too persistent the
Hapsburgs stoutly oppose them.—Herbert
Caxton in the Tacoma Tribune.
WHERE THE SON SETS
Teacher—Now, you have in front of you
the east, on your right the south and on
your left the north. What have you be
hind you?
Small Boy—A patch on my pants. I told
mother you’d see it.—Boston Transcript.
SHANAHAN’S OLD SHEBEEN
(Gerald Brenan)
This is the tale that Cassidy told
In his halls a-sheen with purple and gold—
Told as he sprawled in an easy chair—
Told with a sigh and, perchance, a tear,
As the rough soul showed through the
cracked veneer—
Told as he gazed at the walls thereby,
Where a Greuze and a Millet were hung on
high,
With a rude little pnnt in a frame be
tween—
A picture of Shanahan’s old Shebeen.
“I’m drinkin’ ray mornin’s mornin’, but it
doesn’t taste the same;
Though the glass is o' finest crystal, an’
the liquor shlips down like crame;
An' my Cockney footman brings it on a
soort of silver plate—
Sherry-an-bitthers it is, sor, for whisky is
out o’ date.
In my bran-new brownstone mansion—Fift’
av’noo over the way,
The cathaydral ’round the corner, an’ the
Lord Archbishop to tay—
Sure, I ought to be sktiff wid grandeur;
but my tastes are mighty mean.
An' I'd rather a mornin’s mornin’ at Shan
ahan’s ould Shebeen.
“Oh, well do I moind the shanty—the rocks
an' the fields beyant.
The dirt-floor yellow wid sawdust, an’ the
walls on a three-inch slant.
(There’s a twelve-shtory 'flat’ on the site
now—’twas meself that builded the
same;
An' they called it ‘The Mont-morincy1—
though I wanted the good ould name.!
My dinner-pail under my oxther, befure the
whistles blew,
I’d banish the drames from my eyelids wid
a noggin’—or maybe two;
An’ oh! ’twas the illegant whisky—its like
I never have seen
Since I went for my mornin’s mornin’ to
Shanahan’s ould Shebeen.
“I disremember the makers—I couldn’t tell
you the brand;
But it smiled like goolden sunlight, an’ it
looked an' tasted gr-rand.
When my t’roat was caked wid morthar, or
my head was cracked wid a blast,
One drink o’ Shanahan’s ‘dewdrops’—an’ all
my throubles was past.
That’s why. as I squat on the quishions, wid
divid a ha'porth to do,
A ‘mornin’-coat lined wid velvet’!—an’ a
champagne lunch or two,
The memory comes like a banshee, meself
an’ me wealth between,
An’ keens—for a mornin’s mornin’ in Shan
ahan’s ould Shebeen.
\
“A 'mornin’-coat lined wid velvet’ !an’ my
ould coat used to do
Alike for mornin’ an' evenin' (an’ some
times I elep’ in it, too) ;
An' 'twas divil a sup of 6herry that Shana
han kept—no fear;
If you couldn’t afford good whisky he'd take
you on trust for beer.
The dacintist gang I knew there—McCarthy
(sinathor since),
An’ Murphy, that mixed the morthar (sure,
the pope has made him a prince) ;
You should see ’em, avic, o’ Sundays, wid
faces scraped an' clean,
When the boss stood a mornin’s mornin’
’round Shanahan’s ould Shebeen.
“Whisht!—here comes his grace’s carriage;
’twill be lunch-time by an' by;
An’ I daresn’t drink another—tho’ my t'roat
is powerful dhry;
For I’ve got to meet th’ archbishop—I’m a
tarrier now no more;
—But achone! those were foine toimes then,
lad, an’ to talk of ’em makes me sore.
An’ whisper—there’s toimes, I tell you, when
I’d sway this aisy chair,
An’ the velvet coat an’ the footman, wid his
Sassenach nose in the air,
An’ the Lord Archbishop himself, too, for
a drink o’ the days that ha’ been,
—For the taste of a mornin’s mornin' in
Shanahan’s ould Shebeen.”
IRON CROSS A HEAVY BURDEN
—■—
“Whew!” said the city hall hero, Alfred
Fritz Metzger, K. I. C., as he wiped his per
spiring brow with a damp handkerchief and
gazed longingly at the heavy iron cross that
dangled by a red ribbon from his valorous
breast.
“Gee! that cross is heavy,” he continued,
after getting his breath. “It weighs about
a ton. It’s got my coat all pulled askew
and it has about pulled through the cloth,
and I am as tired as if I had been carrying
p hod all day.”
Metzger, with the help of one of his as
sistants, unpinned the heavy cross and threw
it with a clatter and a bang upon his desk.
“Just tell 'em for me,” he added, “that
if anybody else wants to give me an iron
cross, please send along a harness to wear
with it.”
Metzger was given this iron cross by Com
missioner Mills Monday afternoon in recog
nition of his heroic service in defending Mills
from the attack of a discharged employe.—
Tacoma Ledger.
FOR ONCE
Judge (at the close of a trial)—Prisoner,
you may have a last word.
Prisoner (turning to his wife, in the audi
ence)—Do you hear that, old lady ?—West’s
Bulletin.
MINING IN PROGRESS
AT THE HEAD OF FLAT
The abundance of water during the past
ten days is being taken advantage of by the
miners at the head of Flat creek, and the
hillside presents a busy scene these days.
On Tue day last the Up-grade commenced
sluicing and operations have been continu
ous ever since. They have a force of 100
men at work. The claims operated are the
Up-grade, Madding Bench and Idaho.
TRIAL MARRIAGES UPHELD
In NVw York state a woman under the
age of 1 3 years, and who has separated from
her husband before arriving at the age of
18 year . may maintain an action to annul
her marriage under the code of civil pro
cedure, and this though her parents con
sented to the marriage, according to the case
of Mundell vs. Coster, 142 New York Sup
plement. 142. Ther the plaintiff brings
action to annul her marriage to the de
fendant on the ground that at the time of
the consummation thereof she was and still
is under the age of legal consent. The
license for the marriage was granted upon
the legal consent of the mother. The evi
dence showed that at the time of her mar
riage she was exactly 17 years of age. She
left her husband one month thereafter, and
has not since cohabited with him. The
supreme court, special term, holds that the
present law permits an infant who marries
under the age of 18 years with the consent
of her parents, and who subsequently leaves
her husband before she arrives at that age.
to come into the court and as a matter of
course obtain a decree of annulment Judg
ment annulling the marriage is granted, the
court remarking in conclusion that the
statute to all intents and purposes provides
for trial marriages, “but it is a condition
the remedy for which lies with the legisla
ture, and not with the court.”—West's Bui
ietin.
TAKEN AT HIS WORD
The wealthy old lady was very ill and
sent for her lawyer to make her will. 'T
wish to explain to you,” she said weakly,
“about disposing of my property.”
The lawyer was sympathetic. “There,
there, don't worry about it,” he said, sooth
ingly; “just leave it to me.”
“Oh, well,” said the old lady, resignedly,
“I suppose I might as well; you'll get it
anyway.”—Ladies' Home Journal.
Job Printing at Pioneer office.
FRANK McGIBNEY’S
EXPRESS
Regular Service Between Dis.
Otter and Iditarod
ROOMING
HOUSE
Dis., Otter Mus M. Earl, Prop.
Warm and Clean Rooms
Porcelain Tub Bathi
CONVENIENT DOG KENNELS
McLean's Roadhouse
TAKQTNA
Cummings’ Old Sand
MRS. J. H. McLEAN, PROP.
BEST ACCOMMODATIONS
FOR TRAVELERS
RATES REASONABLE
BEST LIQUORS AND CIGARS
Thres-Times-Move Bar
(Formerly the Stinley House)
JOHN BAGOY, PROP.
GOOD ROOMS CLEAN BEDS
FLAT CITY
Notice of Forfeiture
To Robert Mathson:
You are hereby notified that the under
signed has expended In labor and Improve
ments the sum of one hundred dollars
(8100) for the year of 19 14 upon the
Gold Run Group placer mining claim, situ
ated on Little creek, a tributary of Ganes
creek, in lnnoko mining and recording dis
trict, district or Alaska. Notice of location
recorded in Vol. 10, Page 96, lnnoko Min
ing Records.
You are further notified that if at the
expiration of ninety (90) days arter the
last publication of this notice you fail or
refuse to contribute your proportion or
such expenditure, your Interest in said
claim will become the property of the un
dersigned, your co-owner, under Sertlon
2324 or the Revised Statutes of the United
S tates
ROBERT EVANS, Co-owner.
Date of first publication, AdiMI 17, 1915.
Date of last publfCBy^D. July 17. 191*