IDITAROD PIONEER
Published Every Saturday Morning
at Iditarod, Alaska,
BY GEORGE M. ARUUCKLE
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Vol. 10 No. 17
THANKSGIVING
T.i< }»»?oph» «»f ibis part of Interior
Alaska iiavo many thin<»> to lx* tiiauk
iul lor. but oar Fairbanks-Yukon-river
craivi ciruu t mol fivunoup i> ivoi on*-*
oi‘ the in._
PRODUCTION OF QUICKSILVER
The output of quicksilver in the
1 nio-Mi from April 1 to Jnuo 20.
1910. eccorcliny to rirores compiled bv
K. L. Ransorae, of the I'nited Slates
ReoloiiicaJ Survey. Depari ment of (he
1 merior. was 2 010 tl ;sks of 75 pounds
Hrd, a. decrease of 2.020 liasKs, or of
Hourly 24 per cent, as compared with
The output -of lin lirst quarter. Onh
id mines \veti* producing in the second
quarter or the year as gains' 22 in i in*
first, quarter. (>i the 2.940 flasks pro
duced. 2,022 Masks is credited i.o Cali
fornia, 1.244 to Texas. ;H i.o Nevada, and
20 to ()re«_;on.
rhe quicksilver >n h ind a> the mines
or in transit, torn icket a. Mae end of the
f
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Flat City's Best Restaurant
Evsry Comfort for the Traveling Public
MEALS AT ALL HOURS
HOUSE
Formerly the McDonald. Iditarod
POOL ROOM IN CONNECTION
Free Reading Room Large and
Clean Stables for Horses and Dogs
I i
second quarter amounted to 1,635 flasks, |
i which was 2,784 flasks less than the
; quantity on hand or in transit at the
I end of the first quarter.
1 The average monthly prices of quick
' silver in San Francisco during the seo
! ond quarter of 1919. as quoted in the
Mining and Scientific Press, were:
April, $75.12; May, $84.80: and June, j
i $94.40 The price thus made prog res- j
sive increase from $72.80 in March.!
which was the lowe^i price since the !
| beginning of tin1 war. The downward j
| trend of the price ot quicksilver during!
| the first qmirier, the uncertainly as to
i the future, and the high cost of opera- :
! lion, together « ith the general sc.areitv !
I
[ >.’l rmuh ly << v ai lable ore. co-operated to!
diminish production at the beginning'
of the second quarter, and the mines
have not yet responded at equal rate to
j the act i viiy in t he. quicksiI vet* ma rket
at the end of that quarter. A number
of mine-, ceased opcrat ions early m the
j puarter, and it is not to be expected
| that these should immediately resume
production ai. every appearance of im
j proveaieni hi the conditions that alTect
the mining of quick>i:ver.
With the. cessation of hostilities be
tween the principal belligerents in tin
: great, war some of tin.* quicksilver pro
ducers were decidedly pessimistic as re
| gards the future of tin? iudustrv. They
expected an immediate influx of foreign
quicksilver and a fall in prices approx-j
innately to ihe level of those thtt pre-:
vailed early in 1914. The present con
ditions, however, appear to indicate
that at least, some of the producers
were unduly apprehensive of immediate
disaster._
[t is now 38 days since the winter
m iil service started over the far-famed
Cordova-Fairbanks-Y ukon-River- Ruby
Opliir- tditarod- Flat - sureshot - never
mis.s- fire - continued-in-our-next route,
and no through mail as yet. There’s
[ no mistaking the fact that that is the
great get-there plan for prompt deliv
ery. If 500 miles is a good thing to
add to a dugteam mail route, why not
put on about a thousand miles more
and give the mail a little journey to
Kotzebue Sound via the Koyukuk coun
try? This suggestion (which is exceed
; ugly silly) is just as reasonable as the
I present frame-up.
I Aii T.linois farmer sold the hide of a
I calf for $(i, i hen went to town and paid
! for ;t pair of shoes. Now he knows
j what, a skin game is.—Los Angeles
I rn
I 1. imes. _
j it is evident that peop.e will never
j he satisfied in this country until every
| body has more pay , than everybody
j else, Park (,;t_ *
i !
Carnegie’s Philosophy
Wealth lessens rather than increases
human happiness. Millionaires who
laugh are rare.
To educate the people is the founda
tion of all true progress. They’ll do
the rest themselves.
1 never feel miserable. 1 don’t see
how any man can i>e, if he does what
he feels to be right.
“To save and to serve, not to maim
and destroy,” that will be the text of
the ,ljero by and by.
There is no heritage like being born
poor. The leaders and teachers of the
ration came from the poor.
! would rather ne a grandson of one
who could teach me to make shoes t ban
than the descendant «>F 50 worthless
dukes.
!f you stand near a good thing,
plunge well into it,. Pear is oUl woman
ish; it has kept untold millions from
making fortunes.
povertw -develops ns. It makes ns
work our hardest, (t brings out the
best in us. lint bravery must, go hand
in hand with adversirv. else we are
doomed.
Counterfeit Conscious
A WHshinjrion di-< patch th.u thpSir.
ret wry of the Treasury recently re
ceived an anonymous letter containing
$10S in bills.
”1 am deeply repentant,’* wrote the
sender, “for having defrauded for gov
ernment out of this sum. and now re
turn it.
The money was sent to the treasury
cashier for deposit in the conscience
fund.
Later it, was discovered the lulls
were counterfeit. Now' the chief ol the
secret service is looking for the man
with the counterfeit conscience.
Two old-timers of the Interior- lOd
Davis and Teddy Florien—left last Sun
day for the Tolstoi camp. They have
been there before, and are jjoin.ir to
take another chance on its creeks.
Herb Kearney started last. Tuesday
morning for McGrath and Nixon Foi k.
Job Printing at The Pioneer office.
PUSSYFOOT ONAPLASK
^ London, Nov. 15. -William E. John
ston, an American prohibition worker
anti anti-saloon organizer, familiarly
known as “1’ussy foot,*’ was dragged
from the platform on which he was
speaking and severely beaten and then
paraded through the streets of the
crowded West End. He was ridden
over two miles on a plank. His assail
ants, for the roost part, were radical
students, and against them at limes he
pm up a strenuous light, hut owing to
his weak physical condition he was
obliged to.submit to the indignity.
The
Branch
CIGAR STORE
Plat City
FELIX PAUL
Riiey & Reimer
PILOTS AND PROPRIETORS
All tin- Choice Summer
Refreshments Served
‘'So Nicely"
r
Writing Tablets 250 T£; *,.oo
AT PIONEER °RI NT SHOP
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Good Dry 4-Ft. Wood
Delivered in any quantity at Flat, and
Discovery.
TEDDY MILES
| Nicely Furnished Raoms
J. W. Farrell,
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
Discovery, Otter
Just Received
of Fresh Rifle and Shotgun Cartridges,
’’htteries, and have Compete Line of Hunters' and Trappers’ Supplies
•\S. E. FULLERTON
FLAT, ALASKA
ty-Two Years’ Experience in Alaska and Yukon
MUTCHLER BROS.’
Iditarod-Flat Tramway
Weighting to All Parts of the District
Saddle Horses and Team* for Hire.