Miners & Merchants Bank
IDITAROD, ALASKA
Capital, $50,000.00
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SEATTLE CORRESPONDENT: SCANDINAVIAN AMERICAN BANK
OFFICERS:
Chas- lvoss, President
T. J. Nestor, Vice President
.John Holmes, Cashier and Assayer
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TALE CF A SHIRT AT SEA
A shirt caused a commotion in mid
Atlantic during the voyage of the steam
ship Taormina, which docked front Italy.
Emilio Lombardi, a steerage passenger,
found the air of the Atlantic so very hot
in mid-ocean that he took off his shirt and
flung it on deck. A fellow passenger, sup
posing that the shirt had been discarded,
threw it into the sea. When Lombardi
discovered his h ss lie was frantic, and,
shouting the equivalent of “Man over
board,'' he pleaded for a life-saving crew
to recover his garment. He explained that
.,11 the money he had. 500 franks, was sewed
in the shirt. But by that time the shirt
was far out of sight. Lombardi was taken
before the captain, who believed his story.
To sate him from deportation when he
arrived here the steamship line repaid him
v. ith $100 in United States treasury notes.
Han Hartnett has taken winter quarters
at the Beattie house. For express and
truckage slate your orders at the Beattie
house.
Lumbago successfully treated at the
Crosby Baths, Caribou street
Best of Everything
ALL THE TIME AT THE
Stanley Cafe
FLAT CITY
Open Day and Night
REGINA
Large Lobby. Reading Room
Single Rooms, $1,00
Bunks, 50c.
Special Rates by the Week
LONGEST TELEPHONE CABLE
A 35-mile cable for telephone connec
tions between Vancouver, B. 0., and V an
couver island has been received from Eng
land. Ii cost more than $100,000, weighs
560,000 pounds, and the expense in laying
was $20,000. Considerable customs duty
was saved by the Canadian government
not charging duty on that part of the cable
laid below low water mark. It is said to
be the longest telephone cable in the world
and is laid at a depth heretofore not at
tempted, much of the line going 200 fath
oms deep in hte Gulf of Georgia, at one
place being 1,356 feet deep. A cable will
be stretched across Saanich inlet, which wi.l
bring Victoria, B. C., into much better con
nection with Vancouver, B. C., by means
of the cable just laid.—Consular Report.
PAROLED PRISONER
MARRIES THE SHERIFF
Sheridan, Wyo., Sept. 12.—While on pa
role from a sentence of from four to four
teen years for voluntary manslaughter, Miss
Jessie Carmen of this city today married
former Sheriff Jack Neal of Buffalo, Wyo.,
who was sheriff of the jail in which Miss
Carmen was incarcerated during her trial
for the death of Janies McCoy of Sheridan.
The young woman was convicted April
10, 1010, of voluntary manslaughter, and
the case was one which attracted wide at
tention.
It was during her imprisonment in the
Buffalo jail that the romance began which
culminated in her marriage to her jailer.
YOUNG JACK O'BRIEN
IN FRISCO FOR BOUTS
San Francisco, Aug. 31.—Accompanied by
his brother, Philadelphia Jack O'Brien,
Young Jack O’Brien, a lightweight, who
recently boxed Freddie Welsh 15 rounds at
Vancouver, B. C., losing a hair-line deci
sion, is in San Francisco today looking for
matches. O'Brien will talk matters over
with Promoter J. W. Coffroth.
MERCHANTS CAFE
Caters to Large and Small Parties
PRIVATE DINING ROOMS
Popular Prices Everything First Class
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Warm, Clean Well Ventilated
OPEN DAY AND NIGHT
THE CROSBY
MEDICATED, MINERAL VAPOR, STEAM,
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Caribou St., Bet. Black and Willow Sts., on Waterfront
Electric and Faradic Massage Treatments by Expert Attendants
Lighted by Gas Heated by Steam
TIECREEKS
Mrs. Kettlewell and family returned to
their Flat Creek home last Tuesday. They
have been residing at the hospital during
Mr. Kettlewell’s illness. Mr. Kettlewell is
improving fast, and will be able to leave
the hospital the first of the week.
Ostrom & Hercus brought in a $7,000
clean up last Wednesday from their claim,
above bench, on Otter creek.
Olson & Co. 1 below, Otter creek, have
closed down for the season.
Harold Seddon and John Holmgren have
moved into the Brewis cabin, on the Wild
cat claim. Flat creek, for the winter.
C. R Peck of Flat City is building a
warm storage on the rear of his store
building.
I,. M. Ellis has closed down on Otter
creek, and is moving back to his winter
quarters.
Riley & Marston have just completed the
erection of a large stable on 1 above, Otter
creek.
Several Otter creek mines which had
closed down on account of cold weather
reopened with the last warm spell. Crews
were put on again and are now working the
same as ever.
Victor Olson, Gus Smith and Hank
Crimm returned Tuesday from a three
weeks’ prospecting trip in the George river
country. They found good prospects on
Granite creek, but no pay. Good pros
pects have also been found on Solo creek.
Smith and Erickson, two Iditarod boys, are
prospecting on Blueberry creek, but have
found nothing so far Victor Olson is go
ing back the first of the week, and Smith
with follow after the freeze-up. They think
well of the country, and are going to take
: another chance this winter.
Dr. Moore made a trip to Iditarod
Wednesday.
Mr. Bishop, tvho has been running the
hotel at Dikeman, is visiting Iditarod, and
will move to town after the freeze-up. Mrs.
Bishop left on the last boat for the Out
side.
Mrs. Lottie Thornton of Flat City visited
Iditarod Wednesday.
Mrs. Haggith, who has been running the
Iditarod hotel for the past months, has
moved back home to Flat.
BISHOP ROWE
FEELS GRATEFUL
In a letter of August 29, 1913, Bishop j
Rowe wishes to thank the ladies of this !
camp for their generous Easter offering of
*140 for the General Missionary Society.
He regrets very much not being able to
visit us this summer on account of the
low water in the Iditarod river, but sends
us church greetings and all good wishes for
the winter and a promise of a visit from
Archdeacon Stuck later on.
MRS. N. S. DAVIS.
Fiat City. Oct. 7, 1913.
SLAIN BY MAN
HE HAD SAYEB
Taylorsport, Ky, Sept, 10.—Fifteen min
utes after Louis Phillips, a carpenter of
Taylorsport, had been saved from a watery
grave in the Ohio river early Sunday, Phil
lips is alleged to have entered the home
of William Zurelbry, one of the oldest
citizens of Taylorsport, and killed the old
man with a rifle.
Phillips and several other men were row
ing across the river shortly before day
break from Delhi. As they neared the Tay
lorsport shore the skiff in which they were
riding tipped over and the occupants floun
dered about in the water in an effort to
reach dry land.
Phillips was unable to swim and was
sinking for the second time when Zurelbry,
who happened to be on the river bank,
spied him. Pulling off his coat, the old
man plunged into the water and saved the
drowning man. Zurelbry then went to his
home, where he sat down to eat his break
fast. As he was eating his meal a knock
came at the door, and in response to a
welcome to “come in” Phillips entered the
house.
“You saved me, didn’t you?” Phillips is
alleged to have said profanely.
“Yes,” answered the old man.
According to eye-witnesses of the affair,
Phillips then aimed a rifle at Zurelbry and
fired. The bullet entered his brain and
death was instantaneous. Phillips made a
bolt for the river, but was captured by a
posse of citizens. He fought himself free
and made his escape. He secured a boat
and fled.
Citizens of Delhi and Taylorsport, to
whom the murdered man was well known,
are up in arms over the crime.
English scientists have found that more
than half a million tons of sulphurous acid
are discharged into London’s atmosphere
every year, mainly by the combustion of
illuminating gas, to the injury of the city’s
stone buildings.
YOUNG FINLANDER
DECLARED INSANE
A young man named Ilans Roiko, a Fin
lander, was taken into custody by Deputy
Marshal Charles last week on a complaint
sworn to by ,1. II. Rogers, charging him
with insanity. Last Wednesday, in Commis
sioner Albrecht’s court, before a jury com
posed of H. A. Weir, C. H. Seneco, George
Johnson, Martin Sorensen, J. H. Ritter and
William II. Richardson, Roiko was given a
hearing. The jury returned a verdict pro
nouncing the unfortunate man insane, and
recommended that he be confined in the
hospital for the insane. The verdict has
not as yet been approved by the commis
sioner, who will observe the deranged man
for some time before ordering the commit
ment.
FOUND HIS DAD
WITH NEW WIFE
New York, Sept. 10.—Harry Levy, a
traveling salesman, walked into a depart
ment store in Lima, Ohio, and accidentally
met his father, who had been missing for
several years.
“Hello, son; come up and have dinner
with me,” the merchant said.
Young Levy accepted the invitation and
learned that his father was living at the
rate of $S,000 a year in one of he finest
houses in Lima, while Mrs. Levy and sev
eral children were struggling to keep alive
in an SIS a month flat in this city. The
son also discovered that his father has
another wife and two children in Lima.
So, before Supreme Court Justice Gieger
ich, Mrs. Levy applied for $100 a month
alimony, pending decision of a suit for sep
aration, alleging her husband abandoned
her and their six children in 1900.
Mrs. Levy told the court that her hus
band was engaged in the candy business
in New York in 1900, when he disappeared
and she heard nothing of him until her
son happened to stop in the Boston de
partment store ni Lima and discovered that
one of the two proprietors was his father.
Mrs. Levy asserts he is worth $300,000.
A lawyer appeared to oppose Mrs. Levy’s
application for alimony. He said Mr. Levy
obtained a divorce from his first wife in
1904. in Ohio.
LIKED BOSS BETTER
THAN HIS FAMILY
New York, Sept. 10.—G. Lester Pinkham,
a bookkeeper, charged with abandoning his
wife and child, asked ot have his salary
reduced to escape paying alimony, accord
ing to the- testimony of his employer before
Magistrate Conway. Pinkham testified that
received $10 a week, and his employer,
A. M. Ryon, confirmed the statement.
“Is he worth more money?” the magis
trate asked.
"He certainly is,” replied Mr. Ryon. “I
formerly paid him $18 a week, but he
asked to have his salary reduced to $10 a
week.”
The magistrate directed Pinkham to pay
his wife $5 a week, and to furnish a bond
of $520 to guarantee that the money would
be paid.
MINING CONGRESS
IN PHILADELPHIA
Washington, Sept. 20.—The mining in
dustry, which is second only to agriculture
in its importance and wealth-bringing to
the country, is planning to hold a national
rally of its forces and a great industrial ex
position in Philadelphia, Pa, the week of
October 20, under the auspices of the
American Mining Congress. It is declared
that Americans lead the world in mining
machinery, and this is to be the first na
tional opportunity that the manufacturers
have had to show their achievements.
This exposition, the first of its kind in
this country, will be held in conjunction
with the annual convention of the Mining
Congress, and the double attraction is ex
pected to attract thousands of interested
men. It will be entirely national in scope,
the metal mining interests of the West to
be as fully represented as the coal mining
of the East.
The humble potato is put to some sur
prising uses. Under one process the outer
skin is removed, the white flesh treated
with sulphuric acid and other chemicals,
pressed by powerful hydraulic machinery
into blocks, which arc cut and carved into
various shapes and sizes and sold as
“vory.” The keyboards of cheap pianos
and organs are often made from this
“ivory.”
Hollow concrete tile blocks will be made
at Panama and the canal commission has
arranged for their manufacture. Most of
the buildings in the new town of Balboa
will probably be constructed of these blocks.
Utah made a record last year of mining
more than 3,000,000 tons of coal for the
first time.
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BIGGEST BOY SCOUT FOUND
Philadelphia, Sept. 10.—The latest the
ory of science that- giantism does not run
in families is not borne out by the Stiegler
family of this city. Here is the record:
Michael Stiegler, age 15, 6 feet 7 inches.
His sister, Helen, age 17, 6 feet 2 inches.
His grandfather, 7 feet 1 inch.
His brother, Joe, 6 feet 1 inch.
His father, Joseph A. Stiegler, 5 feet 11
inches.
The mother of the two tall boys and
the one tail girl is herself an unusually tall
woman. The grandfather was born n Ger
many.
Michael Stiegler weighs 180 pounds and
wears a No. 12 shoe and a 7*4 hat. Until
recently he was so thin that his parents
decided to have his pituitary gland re
moved. This is the gland at the base of
Ihe nose that is supposed to control the
growth of the body. But the boy was sent
to a Virginia farm, and when he got back
home he was almost fat. He has joined
ihe Boy Scouts and he says he is the “big
gest Scout on earth.” His only trouble
now is an occasional earache.
At the Medico-Chirugical hospital it was
said that nine out of ten persons die when
the pituitary gland is removed.
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CONFERS WITH
THE PRESIDENT
Washington, Oct. 9. Charles Saltzman
an officer of the Uniter! States signal corn
has been appointed to confer with Pre~;
dent Wilson and officers of the postoffic
department on matters relative to the prop
ositic.n of the postal authorities assumin
control of the Alaska cable and telegraj h
system.
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More than two hundred American wind
mills are in operation in Smyrna, Asiatic
Turkey.
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