SDITAROD PIONEER j
Puhlisued Every Saturday Evenixu at Iditarod, Alaska.
vm 2 Geo. Af. Arbuckle. Publisher No. 4T
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ERlU'ini
Iii an article bearing on the Iditarod gold output,
printed on the third page of the Pioneer last week, where
it reads “Conservative estimates place the Iditarod gold
output for the season at $2,821,18"),” the figures should he
$2,S41,l8f>. The error is lelatively unimportant, except
that Hit' figures which follow prove the statement errone
ous and therefore tend to discredit the article in its entirety.
Several business men took great pains in assisting the
Pioneer in its efforts to make the statement as accurate as
possible. In thanking all such for their kindness, the Pio
neer can but add its regret that the result of their careful
investigations was marred by an error in typography.
sllHIKING DUTIES OF CITIZENSHIP
After summing up the evidence adduced in the hearing
in the gold robbery case at Flat City last Tuesday, Commis
sioner Taylor commented very forcibly on the diffidence
manifested by the people generally whose duty it is to assist
the authorities in bringing criminals to justice. Crimes
against the person, he said, had been committed, ranging!
from simple assault up to brutal attacks on women in their!
homes and finally to the most cold-blooded and brutish |
murder. Crimes against property have run from petty]
larceny to burglary and from burglary to robbery by force!
of arms on the public highway. And yet, instead of tliej
authorities receiving the assistance and support they had a
right to expect from the people, such evidence as they were!
able to get at all had to be fairly dragged from the mouths!
of unwilling witnesses. Several anonymous letters have,
been received by the authorities citing breaches of the law.
Not only are such letters devoid of practical value to thej
officers of the law, but, as the commissioner looked at the!
matter^the writers of them showed a woful lack of appre
ciation of the duties and responsibilities of citizenship.
Commissioner Taylor's criticisms are justified by the
facts. Testimony just heard by him indicated that men
have been in the habit of discussing one with another the
chances for successful robbery as coolly as they would con
verse on the probability of pay being found in a new pros
pect hole. Too many men appear to have forgotten their
duty to themselves and the community.
While this is so, and while no circumstance can be
fairly pleaded in extenuation of such remissness on the
part of any individual, the authorities themselves should
give a little earnest thought to the underlying causes of
such an unwholesome state of the public mind. Those
higher up, especially, could do so with profit to themselves
and the people they are pretending to ride. One thing
that helped on the general demoralization was the taking of
principals and witnesses in all kinds of cases hundreds of
miles to court instead of bringing the court to the people.
Another is the attaching of severe penalties to frivolous
acts which many of the best pe >ple in this country do not
look upon as criminal at all: “the way to get rid of a bad
law is to enforce it" does not apply in Alaska. Another
thing is true—and it is a pity: the officials, as well as the
people, have ceased to look on the law as an instrument for
the people to protect themselves with, but regard it solely
in the light of official power.
TIMS®?® BAY
The first clog race to be held under the auspices of the Idita
rod Kennel Club will be pulled off on Thanksgiving Day, Novem
ber 30. This race will be a free for all, so that dog mushers can
try out their teams, and see how they compare with others in the
camp. Substantial prizes will be awarded and there will be no
entrance fee. Further particulars regarding this race may be
had on application to Secretary E- Coke Hill.
The next race of the season will be held on New Year's Day.
This race will be the second annual sweepstakes of Iditarod and
will be on similar lines to last year’s race, with, it is hoped, a
larger purse.
The third race will be held February 1 and the fourth, which
will be the biggest race of the year, will take place about the
middle of March, when tHe trails are good and the days long.
All dog mushers should join the Kennel Club, and help the
good work along.
Figure on Your Outfit
Telephone 73 Next to Postoffice
Ladies' Fleece-Lined Underwear, $1.50 Suit
Ladies' All-Wool Underwear, $3,00 Suit
FELT SHOES, SLIPPERS, ETC.
A Full Line of Ladies’ Goods at
f. GOLDSTEIN'S, Iditarod
G. J. Hurley, President J. P, Gieasen, Vice President A. Bruning, Cashier
Corner First Ave, and Richmond St., Iditarod
CAPITAL $50,000=00, FOLLY PAID PI GASH
General Banking Business Transacted Upon Liberal, But Conservative Lines
GOLD DUST PURCHASED UPON ASSAY VALUE
And we guarantee our assays against any of the government assay offices.
Clippings from your gold furnished you for llie purpose
of obtaining cheek assays if desired.
We solicit your business, and assure you of our courteous, prompt and
careful attention combined with fair treatment, whether
vour account may be large ot small.
First Ciass in Fact First Ave., iditarod
BEATTIE HOUSE
Furnished Rooms, Bath Rooms, Spng Cots Good Stables Adjacent
^ Gorn-Fsd Turkeys,
Fresh Eostery Oysters
Fresh Veal and Mutton
Broilers and Boasting Chickens
Second 8L Phono 15
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Coca Music Every Evening
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O. T. Reynolds, of Vault crock. Fair! auks, was married in
mail week to Miss Anna Miller.
Dr. Grafton Burke has been appointed a justice of the peace
! for Fort Yukon.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Manley have gone Outside. They will
i return to Iditarod about the middle of March
F. M. Dunham leaves Fairbanks immediately for the Outside,
where he will rejoin Mrs. Dunham, who left Iditarod on one of the
last boats. He will return in the spting.
Manley May hood has arrived in Fairbanks from the Ruby
camp.
Harry Cribb intended to leave Ruby this week for Fairbanks
and the Outside. He states that he will return to the Iditarod
next spring.
George Leach, chief engineer of the White Seal, has left Fuir
! banks for the Outside.
Dr. and Mrs. Martin Damourette have agreed to donate $5,000
for the erection of a Moose hall in Juneau. Dr. Damourette is the
original locator of the new Johannesburg black sand deposits at
the Bar.
Judge C. A. Dugas, the senior judge of Yukon territory, has
gone Outside for the winter, and it is stated that he may not
return. Judge Dugas has occupied a position on the bench at
Dawson during the past twelve years.
Ed L. Davis, president of the Cordova Copper Company,
whose property is located on the sound near Cordova, was killed
in an automobile accident at Toppenish, Wash.
L. F. Shaw and G. L. Judson have leased the plant of the
Seward Gateway.
The application of James Fullerton
for a liquor license at Dikeman has
' been taken under advisement.
Old Lacey, Tyler, Monogram, Ather
ton and Cedarbrook, also fine old Port
| Sherry and Clarets at Empire Com
! inercial Co,
Mart Marston left for Fairbanks via
Nulato Wednesday morning. He will
probably continue on Outside.
Commissioner Stanton returned from
Flat Wednesday.
Let Sunderbruch figure on your outfit.
“The Iditarod is a good little camp,”
says F. M. Dunham, according to a re
port in the Fairbanks News-Miner of
October 2, “but it is the worst-knocked
cam)) that ever there was, and the
knocking is done by people living in
the camp. Even among the little mer
chants, who have been making more
money than they ever saw before, the
hammer is swung freely, and apparent
ly without knowing why.”
“The camp is going to produce over
$3,000,000, which is a record to he
proud of, and Flat creek is the best
creek in Alaska. Some of the ground
goes as high as $17 to the foot, but
even so there were only a few of the
operators who made any money, be
cause most of them ware experiment
ing, instead of going ahead and working
by approved methods.”
In the same issue of the News-Miner
Frank Manley speaks of the Iditarod
in an optimistic manner. He says that
he and his partner took out between
$100,000 and $500,000 from the Marietta
claim. This ground, said Manley, is
the richest he lias ever handled.
When Mrs. Cribb was questioned re
garding the camp, she said that she
| enjoyed her trip, and liked Iditarod
| very much. “To like the place seems
! to be a crime amongst Iditaroders
j themselves,” continued Mrs. Cribb, “it
seemingly being the fashion to knock.”
1 it (in i t o, Humboldt, Cuerte Rev, Op
) lima, Luivera, Bock and tine line of
Puerto Rico Cigars at Empire Com
| merchtl Co.
UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT
Furnace Heat Gas Light
New Warm Dog Kennels
See Us for SPECIAL WINTER RATES
As Bi HalLjI lh! ij\ 1 i .
Thursday,
Nov. 30
The Ketchikan public school has S5 pupils
The Copper River Railroad is building machine and c ir .-hop-; at
Cordova.
Skagvvay town lots to the number of 245 have been sol ; lor unp; id
taxes.
The action of the Alaskan court in confiscating t e Japanese
scaler Tokyo Mai u, whose crew h id been accused of poaclii g, has
been reversed by the Supreme Court.
Britannia is the name oi a new creek 111 lire Diw-ou cm itry
which is turning out well The ground is not very deep and wil]
average between fifty and seventy five cents to the squate fa.;.
Insurance to the amoutut of $8,000 has been allowed hv th - nnber
wiiters to cover the loss sustained by the Cliff mine during ihe past
summer, when the stamp mill was burned to the giound. < ■ e from
the mine is now being shipped to the smeitur at Tacoma.
l;rom advices received from Dawson, A. N. C. Tredgohl b- m ikiag
preparation-. lot a tremend ns lot oi new woik the coming s-ca-on. It
i- practically assured that he will install two and possibly three new
• hedges in the Klondike district next year, and will undoubted;'v c .trv
oi tlie wo; k which Iris company has stalled on a larger scab than
ever before This me.,us an asm anoe of good times for that di-tiict
and the employment oi much la bo.. With the additional backing of
$8,000,000 which it is heleved Mr. Tread gold secured while abroad
last winter, this should make i.is company one of the strongest opera
tors i:i the Yukon tenitoiy.
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Last Monday's meeting of the
A. B ’s witnessed the appointment
of a new entertaii meat committee,
to succeed those who have served
so well duiing the past ,-ix weeks
As usual, Arctic Chie. A K. Maltby
1 has made a most happy selection,
! naming the following members on
rhe committee: Rae McDonald,
James Wilson, Cyril Wood,
i Several innovations are already
nlapned by this energetic commit
tee At all meetings in future there
will be a plentiful supply of ae
fieshmenls The I'amp cook has
! receive instructions to fill the bean
pot and prepare for next Monday.
In addition to beaus and bread
there will be plenty of beer and a
special brew of punch,'and there
will be no shortage of cigars.
There will Ire boxing bouts, vocal
solos, quartets, and other unex
pected musical treats
In short, the new committee have
determined to make their tenure of
office one to be remembered for all
time. Sucli as would be convinced
must not forget to be on hand at
next Monday’s meeting.
RUBY BIG JOKE,
Referring to Ruby City and the Ruby
stampede, says the Fairbanks News
Miner, F. M. Dunham of Iditat'od City
j eiiaracteriy.es it as the biggest joke of
j the North, for town and camp are
built on nothing but a schist belt of a
few prospects, such as can be found
almost anywhere in the territory.
Dunham tells of an old-time friend of
l his who almost had a fight with his
old prospecting partner over what they
found on the creeks. They had g mo
out to where the supposed pay was
found back oi Ruby, and did some p in
ning there. The attachment of a
decade was almost shattered in the
argument that followed as to whether
it was a cent or merely half a cent
that the pan contained.
Select Outside Lumber, corrugated
iron and routing paper a: Rj*s a Mbs
tor’s.
We are here to stay—will he at the
old stand to make good anything infe
rior in quality, as everything sold is
guaranteed. Northern ('omruercial
< 'orapany.
Fresh fruits, nuts, dates, soft drinks
latest papers and magazines at .John
stone’s. _
Canvas, house lining, c hired burlap
at Boas’ ('lot hinl1' f(oim-,
Dr. Heinrich Wort warn,
Office at City 1)i• uu Store, Tel. Ji(5
First Are.. Bet. Wi Ow and Richmond
Office Hour . i [>) i. 3 to 4, 7 to S
CHAS. D. CARTER,
Ollices, Fdoneer Drugstores.
Flat (’reek
DR. F. W. HE RMS,
Bsntisi
Dr. Worl mann’s ( ■.
First Avenue and Widow S;n-< t
DR, H. BE HI A,
Gold St., Flat City. Opp. Grant: If
Phone 4
ALFRED E. MULT BY,
Attorney at Law
Notary Prm/.
Olliee Simpson Cid^, Firs and Willow
J. 5. HARDING,
Attorney at Law
Room 1. Idkarod Floiei
Iditarod. Alaska
CHAS. E. TAYLOR,
Attorney at Law,
Notary I’ublir, (Ymvt-yytittiii;.',
A bit lari s of 'Jit lei
flat City
WScksrsham & Roden,
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AlhniAtb A! LAW
E. COKE KILL,
Att c r n e y a I La w
M. & M. Bank llltiy, loltar nl. \!a>k i.
QEORai WOODRUFF ALBRECHT,
Attorney at Law
Mkhigcn, *81 /.hake. ’iC Xenluck/. 31
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GRAND HOTEL, FLAT CSTY
Nicely rarn'Shed faoss First-Class Cafe Liquors and Cigars Poo! and Billiards
N. GLANTZ AND AIRS. SWANSON
C'mw ir m e? w r^ e* Northern Conveniences
iSJW S SJ£* ff& ll&Ubt* Comn,Qd:cus Office
I" LA I Cl I'A Te1. 7 Large Drying Kooni
From a Stein
at the
Miner’s Home Saloon
THE HOME OF THE “QUAKER MAID"
Foot of Willow St., IditarocI