r »& Bank
IDITAROD, ALASKA
Capital, $50,000.00
General Banking Easiness Transacted Gold Dust Bought and Assayed
Drafts Issued on Any Part of tiro Wor’J
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OFFICERS:
CHARLES ROSS, President
JOHN HOLMES, Vice Pre-.idcnt
R. C. DUTTON, Cashier
BEST LIQUORS AND CIGARS
(Formerly the S anley House)
JOHN BAGC/, PROP.
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FLAT CITY
ROMANCE IS NOT YET DEAD
(Collier’s)
Barrie's Leonora war ‘one of those round
whom legends grow etc it in their Lfet.me.
Private Jchnnie Poe of the British army,
slain in L.attle in northern France, was an
other such. 1 he papers raid he was -10, but
we nveer can picture him as more than 25.
Figures must lie when they make nut that
Johnnie last played in Princeton’s buck field
nearly twenty years agr Johnnie Poe, as a
hero should, shed his jears, just as polished
marble sheds the rain, aud wasn't a day
elder when he took thr king’s shilling t! an
back in '98 when he marched away under
the Stars and Stripes to help drive the
Spaniards out of Cuba. We haven’t heard
yet what he did in Flanders on the western
front. Will it be worth comparing with
Ins exploit in Amalpa harbor, where, as a
captain in the army of Honduras, he opened
£re on a Nicaraguan gunboat and bluffed
it out of the harbor? Or with the tune he
was marooned in an open boat “to perish
on the broad Atlantic”? That time a war
ship sighted the nearly exhausted soldier of
fortune, and the captain called to him: “We
can't bother with your baggage.” There
was a splash—a tiny one; then Poe was
hoisted on board. “What bid you throw
over?” the captain asked. “My baggage,^
said Johnnie; “I only had a tooth brush.”
Legend, perhaps, but characteristic. In an
earlier generation Poe would have been a
frontiersman, with a long ride and a coon
cap, like Daniel Boone in the school histories
and the unpictured forefathers of Abraham
Lincoln. Born too late for that, Poe made
new frontiers of his own, being a true nius- .
keteer, a D’Artaenan, but unboastful. Ac- |
cording to Thoreau, “the mass of men live ;
lives of quiet desperation.” Johnnie Poe s j
life was something not so drab.
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Tooth Brushes, assorted. 50c
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santo! Face Cream. 25c
Honey Almond Cream. 50c
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Dodds’ Kidney lulls uv-c
neerham’s pills .2sc
Seidlitz Powders . ZBc
Chamberlain’s C.mifrh Remedy.
White Pine Coug-h Syrup. "5c
St Jacob's nil . 2.5c
II. 11. H. 1 ininient. BOc
Harlem Oil . 25c
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Warm, Clean Well Ventilated
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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
judge Bunnell’s Decision in Action
Tried at Ruby Term of Court
Last Summer
The decision of Judge Charles E. Bunnell
of the Fourth district court in the case of
Sain Adams vs. the Yukon Gold Company
et al.. which was rendered on November
9 last, was received in last Saturday’s mail
by Attorney E. M. Stanton. This was what
was known as the “Prospector” case, and
the decision will be of considerable interest
because of the fact that it gives a definite
ruling upon the question of “shoestring
claims.
The plaintiff in his complaint alleged that
bv reason cf good and subsisting locations
thereof as placer ground he was the owner
of and in possession of the Anaconda Frac
tion, 120 feet in width by 2,640 feet in
length, and of the Anaconda Fraction No. 2,
125 feet in width by 5,280 feet in length,
and that said Anaconda Fraction No. 2 in
cluded within its boundaries all of said Ana
conda Fraction.
The answer denied plaintiff’s ownership
and al'egod that all the ground embraced
in said claims was within the boundaries
of the Prospector claim.
In reply plaintiff alleged the Prospector
to be greatly in excess of 160 acres; the
failure of defendants to cast off excess
within reasonable time, and that the Pros
pector claim was fraudulently located by
the original locators.
The decision cites tne testimony in me
case and then proceeds:
“The plaintiff Adams testified in sub
stance that after having ascertained the
Prospector Association claim as stated to
be in excess of Hit) acres, he went to two
of the co-owners cf the claim and notified
them of his intention to slake such excess;
that they thereupon gave their consent to
plaintiff to stake such excess from either
end or side. It was shown that the remain
ing co-owners, some of whom were in the
immediate vicinity, were not advised of the
consent given by the two co-owners to Ad
ams; that this act had by them neither been
previously authorized nor subsequently rati
fied. Plaintiff contends that having entered
under the permission thus extended, the
remaining co-owners, being tenants in com
mon, were bound by the act of their co
tenants. I am satisfied that this contention
cannot prevail.’’
Judge Bunnell cites the cases of Barson
vs. Mulligan, 16 1. R. A. (U. S.) 151;
O H: if m vs. Ruby Gulch Mr Co., 133 Puc.
913; McKinley vs. Peters, 3 At!. 27; Lind
ley on Mines, Vcl. 3, 1950; Town of Gold
Hdl vs. Caledonia M. Co., 14 Morrison M. R.
207; Deep River Gold M. Co. vs. Fox. 1
Morrison M. R. 301.
The decision continues:
“It is not charged that the origin id lo
cators fraudulently included within the
boundaries of the Prospector Association
claim an area greater than 160 acres. It
must therefore be admitted that the loca
tion was made in good faith as to the area
included.” Numerous citations are made.
* * " “One claiming the right to make
entry of a placer mining claim the boun
daries of which contain an area in excess of
the amount allowed by law, under permis
sion of the owners thereof to stake the ex
cess, should first determine the amount of
such excess and stake the same in such
manner that the original location thus re
duced in area will not contain an additional
course.”
As to "Shoestring Claims
“Section 2331 of the Revised Statutes,”
tsys Judge Bunnell, “provides that claims
upon unsurveyed public lands shall conform
‘as near as nraeticable with the United
States system of public land surveys and
the rectangular subdivisions of such sur
veys.’
“Defendants’ Exhibit ‘A’ is a map show
ing the conflict area of the Prospector As
sociation claim with the Anaconda Fraction
and the Anaconda Fraction No. 2, also the
excess area cast off by establishing a new
lower boundary for the Prospector Associa
tion claim. It also shows that the Pros
pector Association claims is bounded on the
upper, or easterly, end by the K. P. M.
claim, and on the southerly side by the
Mohawk Association claim and the Lucky
Fraction claim. No claim is shown to join
the Prospector Association claim on the
westerly, or lower, end.
“If the decision of the land office is to
be followed, In Re Snowflake, 37 L. T.
250, ‘as near as practicable’ has a well
defined meaning. It is laid down in this
decision that the land department is un
willing to approve ‘shoestring’ claims, or
those of irregular shapes, unless prior loca
tions render such fractional locations neces
sary in order to appropriate unclaimed
areas.
“Plaintiff asks the court to validate the
Anaconda No. 2, being a fractional claim
5.280 feet in length by 125 feet in width.
The necessity for making a location in this
form is not shown; on the other hand, the
evidence clearly shows that the plaintiff,
under Sec. 2331, Revised Statutes, could
have located the excess of the Prospector
Association claim finally cast off, and such
location would have been ‘as near as prac
ticable with the United States system of
public land surveys.’ ”
“While the courts are not bound by the
decisions of the land department, still the
courts should consider them and give them
full force and effect in proper cases,” con
tinues the decision, and cites 170 Fed. 62.
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BOTTLE OF WHISKY GIVEN
AS PREMIUM WITH COFFINS
CHATTANOOGA, Term., Nov. 23.—The
Tennessee Coffin and Casket Company and
Frank Fox, its shipping clerk, were con
victed in the federal court today of shipping
whisky in coffins to adjoining states without
proper labeling.
T. C. Betterton, president of the com
pany, who also is police chief of Chatta
nooga; L. C. Mylius, superintendent of the
company, and A. G. Smith, a salesman, were
acquitted. Betterton denied knowing of the
fact.
The government contended it was the
company’s custom to inclose bottles of
whisky to those who bought coffins.
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NO DISRESPECT
Friend—I see you have turned your wife's
picture to the wall. Isn’t that rather dis
respectful ?
Widower—No; it seems more natural.
You see, most of my time at home I spent ,
in buttoning her up the back.—Life.
Thousands Will Find Work
Chairman Kdes of the Alaska engineering
commission announces that there will prob
ably be between three and four thousand »
men at work on the Alaska government
railroad this year. I
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In the Chisana
A party of four men arrived at Dawson
on December 4 from the Chisana. They
state that about fifty persons will winter
in the Chisana, and that drifting will be
done on several claims. They bring no re
ports of new pay having been struck.
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Trouble at Brooks
The new town of Brooks, in the Tolo
vana, has experienced its first shooting i
scrape, according to the Fairbanks news- j
papers. The scene of the shooting was the |
saloon of Christopher & B. 11, and A. Chris- ;
topher, one of the proprietors of the place, I
was the target. He escaped without in- j
jury. Sam Barber, who had been drinking 1
heavily, was the man who handled the j
shooting irons. He was arrested and later i
taken to Fairbanks.
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Was Early Klcndiker
R. E. Nixon, manager of the Savoy hotel, !
Seattle, who died in that city on November j
12 last, following an operation for appendi
citis. was cue of the best known Northern
ers in Seattle, Mr. Nixon at the time the
Klondike was discovered was at Circle City, j
and rushed to the scene of the new strike, |
where he worked at mining for three years. '
Later he returned to Seattle and for sev- ■
era! years was manager of the Northern
hotel. From there he took the management j
of the Frye hotel, until he made the last j
change to the Savoy. He was a member of j
the Arctic Brotherhood and of the Order of !
Pioneers. I
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Sender Brothers Crew at Seward
Captain Louis Knuilich, J. Lester and
William Fitzpatrick of the gas boat Bender
Brothers, arrived in Seward on December 7
from Bethel, on their wav out to the States.
The Bender Brothers was caught in the ice
near Bethel on October IF Hie boat had a
crew of eleven men, the other eight remain
ing at Bethel for the winter. Captain Knaf
lich has been putting up king salmon in
the Kuskokwim river in the summer time,
this season having mild-cured nearly fifty
tons, which he sol 1 in Seattle last July,
according to the Seward Gateway. The
Captain will return with the opening of
navigation next spring with another gas
boat.
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Valdez Clubmen Arrested
Some of the most prominent citizens of
Valdez were arrested on December 4 on in
formation filed by District Attorney Spence,
(he charge being that, as trustees of the
Tilicum Club of that city, they engaged in
the sale of liquors u'ithout a license. Those
arrested were: Sam Blum, one of the lead
ing bankers and merchants of Alaska; Capt.
J. M, Lathrop, owner of a string of picture
shows; Lieutenant L. A. Kunzig, a mem
ber of the Alaska road commission; J. C.
Martin and James Fish, Jr., all men of
means and standing. Two informations
were filed, one being against the men named
as trustees of the Tilicum Club Company,
and the other as trustees of the Tilicum
Club Association.
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Fish Tax Lav/ He'd to Be Valid '
That the territorial legislature had the
power to pass a law regulating the licenses
required in the fishing business, both as to
catching and canning, was the gist of a
decision rendered by Judge Robert W. Jen
nings at Juneau recently, in the determina
tion of two cases of the territory against
the Iloonah Packing Company and the
Alaska Pacific Fisheries Company. The
questsei arose through a demurrer by the
defendants claiming that the legislature had
no power to levy a tax upon canned fish
when the same fisheries company was
obliged to pay a tax for catching the fish,
and arguing that the canning business does
not and cannot exist without the necessary
catching of fish.
“Biil’e the Horse” Dyint;
William Elliott, better known all over
Alaska as “Billie the Horse,” is now lying
dangerously ill at a cabin near Knik, says
the Seward Gateway of December 9. He is
expected to die, and yet he refuses to take
aid, as he would rather die alone than suf
fer what he thinks would be the humilia
tion of accepting charity. Tom Finnegan,
who arrived with the mail last evening, says
that men went out to the cabin to bring
him in to where he could get good treat
ment, but he refused point blank to accept
the offer, and he still remains in the cabin
in what is thought to be a very serious
condition. Biliie has been in almost ijH
the camps of the territory, and is wed
known.
Cable System May Be Transferred
The Fairbanks Times tells of a letter from
Washington in which it was stated that
there was greater likelihood this year of
having the Alaska telegraph and cable sys
tem turned over to the postoffice department
than ever before. The letter was written
by a government employe, who states that
he knows Postmaster General Burleson is
willing to take over the management of the j
telegraph lines if congress sees fit to make J
the transfer. A recent message from Wash- ;
ington stated that the postmaster general
had made an estimate of the amount of
money he would require if he was to take 1
over the lines, so that this leads to the
belief that the letier is based on fact. !
Should the postoffice take over the tele- |
graph lines, it means that many civilian j
operators would have to be imported from j
the States, as there are not enough in the [
Interior to take charge of all the stations, j
As many of the smaller stations along the i
trail do not take in enough in a month to !
pay for heat of the buildings, it is likely j
that many of them would be closed and that |
there would be large stretches of territory, j
us on the Canadian line, where there would ]
be no Operators.
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A Unique Experience
The Unalakleet correspondent of the
Nome Industrial Worker says that John j
Borzc-11, recently in charge of the company !
hospital at St. Michaei, decided to stay in |
and make a fortune in the Koyuk. Ilis ini- j
tial experience was nearly his last, as he j
got caught in a blizzard between St. Mich- j
ael and Golovin. He could not see the j
stakes, but finally stumbled on the tele- j
graph line. Determined not to wander again, J
he threw a line over the wire and slid it j
along from pole to pole. Finding it ira- j
possible to force his dogs to draw his heav- j
ily-laden sled through the deep snow, he un- j
loaded, and unfortunately for him, his sleep- I
ir.g bag with the rest of the stuff. He then |
continued the struggle until exhausted ua- j
tore threw up the sponge, when he was
about three miles from Golovin, and with a
muttered ‘‘Kismet” he rolled himself in a
single blanket and sled cover and lay down
to die. But the night was not cold, and in
the morning, to his surprise, he found him
self alive with the addition of a frozen heel,
and smoke from Golovin was Viable as it
ascended to as cletr a sky as ever a weary
mu,=her was blessed with the sight of.
Nome Man a Suicide ?
A Feat tie dispatch to a Nome newspaper,
dated December 0, says: Following the de- :
parture of Leon Richardson, clerk of the 1
Nome office of the Alaska Steamship Com
pany, who left here about ten days ago for
California, his wife received a telegram di- 1
reeted to herself and dated Los Angeles,
stating that Richardson had committed
suicide in the fashionable Lankershim hotel
in that city, and requesting that his wife
be notified. The purported Los Angeles
telegram was received by Mrs. Richardson
Saturday evening, and she at once opened
communication with the Los Angeles au
thorities, with the result that a telegram
was received stating that there had been
no report of such suicide made to the au
thorities, and thc-re is no record that such
a telegram has been received by Los An
geles telegraph offices. The whole affair is
shrouded in mystery, and nothing can be
learned as to the whereabouts of Richard
son. So far as can be ascertained he has
not been seen in Los Angeles. Mrs. Rich
ardson is prostrated with the shock and is
under the care of a physician. It is ru
mored that Richardson and his wife have :
been involved in marital difficulties and
had separated some time prior to his leaving
Nome for the winter season. Richardson
was sn aviator of considerable note in and ,
around Chicago, where he formerly resided,
and also at one time was connected with [
the auditing department of the Toledo Street j
Railway
Nome Children’s Experience
The team from Fort Davis which daily ’
transports the school children to and from j
the post became lost in the blizzard yester
day afternoon and was compelled to stay 1
out all night, says the Nome Nugget of j
November 19. In addition to the driver of j
the team there were two children and Mrs. j
O. H. Flowers, who resides at the fort.
It seems that after the team pulled out from
the outskirts of the town the flying snow
caused ad .landmarks to become obliter
ated, and the driver was soon hopelessly at
sea as to where he was going. After driv
ing for considerable time along what ap
peared to be the trail, the driver became
somewhat bewildered and turned toward the
sea, but after journeying for some distance j
was induced by Mrs. Flowers to return to- |
ward land. On arriving at the edge of the j
tundra the party became convinced that j
further attempts to travel were useless, and j
a halt was made until morning. In the
meantime the news of the non-appearance j
of the team had been telephoned to town |
and searching parties were ordered out from i
the post, and several parties also started out I
from town, composed of Marshal Jordan, !
Thomas Ross, George Kilroy, the coast |
guard and a number of soldiers who were j
in town. These, divided up into several I
groups and headed by several persons from
the fort and town, swept the road below
the city, but without finding any trace of
the missing team. A number of the search
ers continued on to the east, finally arriv
ing at the fort without locating the missing
party. The searching continued through
out the night with no better success, and
as it drew on toward morning it was feared
that the team had wandered to sea. All
fpars were finally dissipated by the arrival
of the missing stage at the fort shortly
after daybreak. The party had suffered in
no great degree, as they were well pro
vided with robes and warm wrappings.
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A PROTECTIVE COVERING
Mother—Freddie, come right in the house
and wash your face this instant.
Freddie-- Aw, ma, if I do that all the
company’ll went to ki<s me.--Pittsburgh
Press.
FURS WANTED
H. Boas, (he local clothier, ha* an order
for 2(H) red and cross foxskin* from one of
the largest fur houses in (he United States.
He will pay the highest prices for fciich skins
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Fresh Olympia and Eastern Oysters. SI 50
per can. Iditarod Meat Co.
IDITAECD
Office Hours 9 a. m. to o p. m.
M d .1 ses 3 p. in. Sunday
Registered mail closes Saturday at 5 p. m.
General delivery window open between
Iff and 1 on Sundays.
FLAT CITY
Hereafter and until further notice, mail
leaves Flat at 11 a. m. Sundays.
A. GHITTICK.
NOTICE OF FINAL HEARING
No. 12
In the Probate Court for Oiler Procinrr.
r urtn I-'lvisiun, Term ry of Ala?ka,
l ,!c H ’ii. (iny <I. <ier.iioiiy, CnruritiM
sioner and ox offlrl > Probati* Judge,
j i i lie mat tor of the L.-tute of Ueorgo
H. Brinkman, dec< t- 0.
Jav j. Srnit!i, administrator of the estate
i f (learp* II. Brinkman, deuasi d. having
th!« dav filed 111? final aeeuimt hi the above
entito-d mailer, i! Is hereby mdervd that
Wednesday, the l r»11i da\ o!‘ March, 10 l *'•.
at the !l fir of 10 o'eh’-k :n tin* fureri wu.
be i.e.d the same is hereby (lesf gin O'll and
.•ipnnlnb d a- the time far hearing object it ns
:n iwti r.nai account and the settlement
Ok re: f.
1 • .*te<t this letli day < r January. 1'JID.
: .- i! . C, v UKKAHHTY,
4t - ti 1'r*/bale judge.
FORFEITURE NOTICE
To I' d I; h Radford:
v u miv; hereby notlfled that I, the under
signed, have expended during the year nine
pen hundred and fifteen ■ 19 1 •">1 one hun
dred d..liars tSloO in labor and improve
ment- upon the Hold Hun Association placer
mining claim, on tlie left limit of Otter
creek, a tributary of the Idilured river, in
Otter mining district. Fourth division, Ter
ritory of Alaska, notice of which is found in
Volume u, at Page 10D, of the record- of
said utter mining district, in order to hold
sad! claim under the provision? of Section
of the Revised Statute?, and the
amendments thereto approved .January *«?**?.
issii, concerning annual labor upon mining
claims, being the am -unt required to li »ld
said placer mining claim for the period end
ing <n the 3l<t dav of liecembcr, HMD.
Ami if within ninety da\> alter the pub
lican'' n ( r tPii - i. dice y faii refuse to
contribute your proportion of sm-ii expendi
ture as a co-owner, your interest in the
do.d Run Association placer mining claim
will become the property of the subscriber,
ye,ur co-owner, who lias made the required
expenditure*, bv the terms of said section.
CHAS. HF.HHART, o-owner.
First publication, Jan. l r», 1910.
Last publication. April ID, 1910.
NOTICE CF FORFEITURE
To James McCormack, your heirs and as
signs:
You and each of you arc hereby notified
that the undersigned has expended in labor
and improvements the sum or one hundred
dollars ($100.00 1 lur each of the years or
101 ■->, 1913. 1014 and 1915. upon placer
mining claims Minnie Bench. Minnie Frac
tion and Oregon Bench, situated mi right
limit of G a ties ... a tributary of the In
noko river, in the imioko mining and re
cording district. District of Alaska.
Location notices therefor being of record
ill Y'.il. J, Page 59; Vol. 9, Page fl, and Yul.
2. Page 53, of the records of location for
said mining district.
You are further untitled that if at the ex
piration of ninety (9b > days after the last
publication of this notice you fait or refuse
to contribute your proportion of such ex
penditure. your interest in said claims will
become the properly of the undersigned,
your co-owners, under Section 2324 of tho
Revised Statutes of the United States.
Date of first publication, Jan. 8, 1913.
Date of last publication. April 8, 1913.
J. GRIFFIN, Co-owner.
CHAS. \V. SAN KEY, Co-Owner.
FORFEITURE NOTICE
To I.utlier C. Hess:
You are hereby notified that !, tile under
signed, have expended during the year nine
teen hundred and thirteen (1913) one hun
dred dolars (*inOi and during the year
nineteen hundred and fourteen 1914' the
sum of one hundred dollars (St00' in labor
and improvements upon the Mammy Asso
ciation placer mining claim, on left limit
of Moore creek, a tributary or the Takotns
river. In Mount McKinley mining district.
Fourth division. Territory of Alaska, notice
or which is found in Volume 1, at Page 190.
of the records or said Mount McKinley min
ing district, in order to hold said claim un
der the provisions of Section 23 2 4 of the
Revised Statutes, and the amendments
thereto approved January 22, 1880, con
cerning annual labor upon mining claims,
being the amount required lo hold said
placer mining claim for the periods ending
on the 31st day of hecember. 1913, and on
the 3! st day of December, 1911.
And If within ninety days after the pub
lication of this notice you fail or refuse to
contribute your proportion of such expen
diture as a co-owner, your interest in tho
Mammy Association placer mining claim will
become the property of the subscriber, your
co-owner, who has made the required ex
penditure, by the terms or said section.
CECIL BARLOW.
First publication, Oct. 23, 19!.-'.
Last publication. Jan. 22. 19 lfi.
Ball Band Rubber Boots and Pacs I I N. C. Co. Sole Ageuts for Alaska
Ball Band Rubber Boots and Paes Li N. C. Co. Sole. Agents for Alaska
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