Miners & Merchants Bank
IDITAROD, ALASKA
Capital, $50,000.00
General Banking Business Transacted Gold Dust Bought and Assayed
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SEATTLE CORRESPONDENT: SCANDINAVIAN AMERICAN BANK
OFFICERS:
( ’has. Ross. President
T. J. Nestor, Vice President
.John Holmes, Cashier and Assayer
MERCHANTS CAFE
Caters to Large and Small Parties
PRIVATE DINING ROOMS
Popular Prices Everything First Ciass
CHAS, E. MILLER, PROP.
JUDGE HILL WRITES
OF DEAR OLD RUBIi
Writing to Major W.Albrech
under date of January 30, K. Cokt
Hill, now commissioner at Ruby
says there is very little doing ii
that section at the present moment
There lias been lots of cold weathe
and the people were keeping in
doors. Most of the residents bat
been on the sick list with la grippe
one or two, including William A1
ford, being almost at the point o
death in the local hospital.
“In a mining way,” says Mr
Hill "some are very hopeful, am
I some are discouraged. Charles
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Lind and partners have given up
th.eir lay, and gone to Fairbanks.
On the other hand Cape .veil F
moving a 40-h.p. boiler to the
creeks, and others ate rustling
around town in an endeavor to get
big boilers.”
Nothing new has been struck, so j
; far as Mr. Hill is aware, although ;
there are unauthenticated rumors
of pay on a couple of creeks that j
had been previously prospected 1
without showing a paystreak.
i The commissioner himself F;
^ “grinding along slowly.” He has!
Tairlv good quarters, but business j
' is not bi isk
HE DID NOT DIE
SO SUES DOCTOR!
IDITAROD
SALOON
COMPLETE LINE OF
Cigars
j OPTIMO, LOVERA
and JUAN DE FUCA
FULL LINE OF
Liquors
IMPORTED AND DOMESTIC
BUDWEISER BEER
Delivered in any part of town
Spokane, February 12.—Because!
he did not die as predicted, William j
1 Goldhlatt, a jeweler, brought suit |
against Dr. H Rohr here recently |
He alleges that the doctor told him j
he was suffering with cancer of the !
stomach and would live only a !
short time So he sold his business !
at a sacrifice and calmly waited foi j
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death. Waiting soon became tire
some, especially as his appetite and j
general health was constantly itn-1
proving. He consulted a special- j
ist, who found him in perfect |
health.
| Turkey dinner and Iditarod spring
I chicken at Stanley's Restaurant, Flat,
| Washington's birthday—TODAY.
! Nugget jewelry to order. Chains a
| specialty. Bill Taylor, Flat.
The New Placer Law
The following is a copy of the law recently enacted by Congress amend
ing the mining laws of Alaska:
A bill to modify and amend the mining laws in their application to the Ter
ritory of Alaska, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted, etc., That no association placer mining claim shall here
after be locate 1 in Alaska in excess of 40 acres, and on every placer mining
claim hereafter located in Alaska, and until a patent has been issued therefor,
not less than $100 worth of labor shall be performed or improvements made
during each year, including the year of location, for each and every 20 acres
or excess fraction thereof.
Sec. 2. That no person shall hereafter locate any placer mining claim in
Alaska as attorney for another unless he is duly authorized thereto by a j
power of attorney in writing, duly acknowledged and recorded in any record- ]
er's office m the judicial division where the location is made. Any person so
authorized may locate placer mining claims for not more than two individuals
or one association under such power of attorney, but 110 such agent or attor
ney shall be authorized or permitted to locate more than two placer mining
claims for any one principal or association during any calendar month, and
no placer mining claim shall hereafter be located in Alaska except under the
limitations of this act;
Sec. 3. That 110 person shall hereafter locate, cause or procure to be lo
cated, for himself more than two placer mining claims in any calendar month:
Provided, That one or both such locations may be included in an associatiou
claim.
Sec. 4. That no placer mining claim hereafter located in Alaska shall be 1
patented which shall contain a greater area than is fixed bv law, nor which
is longer than three times its greatest width.
Sec. 5. That any placer mining claim attempted to be located in viola- J
tion of this act shall be null amt void, and the whole area thereof may be lo
cated by any qualified locator as if no such prior attempt had been made.
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Marshal Love left Fairbanks January 19 for the Outside. He
took with him several prisoners, including Petrie Allan, charged
with larceny at Dawson; Nellie Comer (Whiskey Nell), an insane
patient, and W. D. Murphy, sentenced to McNeil island.
Mrs. W. R. Calder’s cabin, at the corner of Third and Noble,
Fairbanks, was completely destroyed by tire January 19.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Bigelow, of Fairbanks, are at present in
New York city, having recently returned from a trip to the Pan
ama canal.
Monte Terrill, the old timer who, three years ago, had his feet
amputated as a result of having frozen them, was found recently in
a cabin five miles out of Ester, without food, tire, or bedding, the
temperature at the time being 40 below. The Pioneers sent out
for the old-timer, and will care for him until something can be
done in the matter.
Acting on the request of the district attorney's office at Nome,
Gov. Clark has agreed to the appointment of three Eskimo officers
in the Nome district. The principal work of these native officers
will be to ferret out the sources from which the natives get ther
liquor.
The famous old wooden steamer Corwin will once again plough
the waters of the Far North, she having been acquired by the Kot
zebue Transportation Company, who will operate her between
Nome and Kotzebue sound. The Corwin was taken off the North
ern run nearly two years ago, since which time new boilers and
other machinery have been installed- She will leave Seattle lor
Nome, May 10.
While the steamer Latouche was in trouble recently in Icy
straits, Southeastern Alaska, she was heard by the Nome wireless,
calling for help- The steamer Mariposa stood by while the La ;
touche was in danger, and when the vessel finally got off the Nome
wireless heard her telling the Mariposa that all was well.
A cannery vessel known as the Oakland was wrecked between
the mouth of the Alsek river and \ akutat beacli, Southeastern
Alaska, recently Eight hundred cases of salmon were lost, and I
the cannery hands aboard had a narrow escape.
Oswald A. Rowan, formerly president of Nome Locil 240, W.
P. M-, is working near Brirtania, B. C. lie stated in a letter that
Herbert McIntyre is ranching in Alberta.
Fairbanks Odd Fellows have completed plans for the forma- j
tion of a Eebekkah lodge, being the female branch of the order.
J. C- To 1 man, formerly game warden on the Ivenai peninsula,
has been named chief game warden for Alaska.
Dr. Sloan, of Nome, has been admitted to United States citi
zenship.
Jack Leitch and partners have located a pay streak on the loft
limit of Ester creek.
Allan Cunningham, superintendent, and Nick Larson and E.
M, Keys, jr., millmen, have resigned from their positions on the
Rhoads TIall property. All three have been on tlie Free Oold j
claim for about a year. This is considered one of the best quartz
claims in the Fairbanks country.
Peter Perin has been granted a liquor license at Dome City.
Happy Jack's cabin on Indian river was burned to the ground ,
early in January and $JC0 in paper money destroyed.
Drilling is now proceeding all along the Kougarok river, and j
results are said to be very gratifying.
Tony Dimond. W. II. Crary and M. J. Conroy were admitted |
to the bar at Valdez last month
The gasoline launch Lena, of Ellamar, was wrecked last
month at the entrance of Galena bay. Robert Graham and A. I.
Cramer were drowned before help could reach them, but the third
occupant, Fred Lilligren, was thrown on an island, where he was j
rescued after 18 hours by “Tommy the Jap.”
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Fairbanks, February 20.—The statistician of the Fairbanks
Commercial Club has just completed tables regarding the local j
consumption of wood for fuel, and tinds that the annual wood bill |
for the city exceeds $112,000.
AH wood now being used in Fairbanks town has to be hauled
at least three miles, and much is brought in from localities 12
miles distant. Yet the competition is so keen that four-foot wood
of good quality is selling for $8 a cord delivered.
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Fairbanks, February 20.—A meeting of Fairbanks Democrats!
which had been called by Martin Harrais resulted in none but Har j
rais men attending. The regular, or Jennings Democrats, refuse;
to recognize Harrais’ authority to call such a meeting, and probably !
will call one of their own at a later date.
The object of the meeting was to secure united action regard j
ing federal appointments in the division, but there seems to be no j
pope of such a thing coming to pass.
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ADVERTISED LETTERS
The following list of letters remain
uncalled fur at the Iditarod (Alaska)
post office on February 17, 1913. In
calling for any of the letters please ask
for ‘'advertised" letters.
T. L. THURSTON, Postmaster.
Adams, tv g Larsen, einar
Ague w, robert Lass ley, harry
Ainge, william L'Heureux. arthur
Armstrong, nick Lireken, nick
Arseneuu, j t 2 Lindstrand, gus
Aston, dan Lippie, john
Lockhart, tv
Bain, o It Loehr. leonard
Beaton, dan Ijongden, tv c 3
Beckman, frank Lovett, e
Helens, mrs e b
Bentelv, John Maher, tom 3
Berg, stern Maloney, mrs
Bergstrom, carl t Manton, frank
Bibuy, j s Mesicli, peter
Bishop, j e Miller, gus
Blais, ronald Miller, h
Breeze, tvm Moat, john
Bromimo, hart 2 Moore, edmund
iIrondin t. j Morris, a 1 2
Brooker. mint,to Mouney, peat
Brotvn, jim
Buckley, paddy 2 Nelson, harry
Burke, mrs Nelson, leuis
Nelson, ole 2
t'airn. jack Newton, biilie
c,dwell, albert Nilson, erik
t'ampbell, a m No ivies, james
( aska. sum Norman, jack
t'benet, attillio Nunan, matt it geo
OOhee, d w 3
Colbert, 1 d McCarl. a d
Met I report', rob;
Dahl, Herman McKenzie, tvm 2
Dailey, john McLeish, john n
Daly, dennis 2
Davis, thus O'Donnell, paddy
Oelinia, paul
Kmraett. j e Ogrisozic, govan
Krickson. henerv O'Leary, m
Bverett, tvilliam Olson, undrew
!Ibsen, art hur g
Field, conrad s o Oison, It
K im .I. m j Oman, liermun
Fortner, kester Orni. mikko
Frick, patk O'Shea & Murphy
Galvin, michael Patterson, john
litiiiiand. w m Pearce, Frank
GooJair, p h Peele. henry
Pemberton, peter
Hackerson, martin
Hackerson. r Raeder. henery
Haddock, ed Rayle, tim
Hakuiin, john 9 Regan, win
Halverson, chris Reno, Wilfrid
Harvey, irene
Herman, maude Saunders, a glen
Hill, fritzie Schnelzel. fred
I lousier, geo Sexsinith, joe 2
Howe, j Smith, ed
Hugger, matt Smith, eltnerj
Hughes, a Smith, jule 2
Hunter, joe 2 Smith, I'oscoe
Hunter, waiter Sorensen, lizzie
Stenson, harry
Irwin, j b Strong, chas
Sullivan, james
Jarvi, elijas 5 Sundburg, jotm
Jensen, h
Jensen, niels f 4 Tachokelle, joe
Jester, mike
Johnson, e c Vujovich, marko 3
Johnson, lonis
Tohson, mrs nettie West, thos e
Jones, arvid Weslberg, k h 2
Tones, c 2 Whalen, Patrick
Jones & Lunditie White, annie
Williams, pill
Kttvoure, s Wilson, p a
Kieman, pat Wilson, warren
King, nalhen Wise, win 2
Kinnon. rar
Kirby, robert 2 Zzble, julius 2
Kolnilund, a j Zehnder. dominick
Zerovich, tony
I.iBore, raargaret
Notice of Forfeiture
To F. Morency, J. Pierson and Dave Cascaden.
their heirs, assigns, successors or personal
representatives:
You are hereby notified that I have expended
in labor and improvements for year tyjithe
sum c f one hundred dollars—$100—0:1 the Moun
tain Home association placer mining claim, sit
uated on Willow creek, a tributary of Ulitarod
river in the Otter Mining and iveeording Dis
trict T -rritory of Alaska, which has been duly
recorded at the commissioner’s office at Idit
itrod. The above amount has been expended in
order to hold the said cla:m under the provi
sions of the law concerning annual labor upon
mining claims, being the amount required to
hold such claim. And you are further notified
that if, within ninety—go—days alter the last
publication of this notice, von fail to contribute
your proportion of said expenditure, your in
terest in said claim will become the property of
the undersigned, your co-owner
C L. JONP.S.
First publication January 18, 19*3
Last publication April 19, 1913
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Fairbanks, February 20.—The
Fairbanks Commercial Club has
appointed a committee to select a
site for the government detention
hospital, provided for last session
through the effrrts of Delegate!
Wickersham. It is hoped to se
cure a site within tire city limits
without extra cost to the govern
ment, as no provision has been
made for the purchase of same.
The detention hospital will Le
used for the care of insane and
other sick persons who happen to
be wards of the government for tin
time being.
PARCEL POST STAMPS
ARRIVE AT FAIRBANKS
Fairbanks, February 20.--The
long-delayed parcel post stamps for
Fairbanks have arrived, and the
local postoffiee is now able to com
pete with Chena for that class of
business. Dick Thorne was among j
lire first to use the system, and he
saved 50 per cent, on some films]
which he was sending to the manu
facturers.
CLAIMS TO REPRESENT
BIG OUTSIDE CAPITAL
Fairbanks, February 20.■-John;
L. Timmins, who claims to repre
sent large Outside capital, has just
returned from the fatlanika, where
he has been looking for a power
site. He says there is a fine nat
ural-power site there, and Tanana
miners cair have a big power plant
installed if they care to contract for j
power ahead.
NICE LITTLE CLEANUP
FROM THE RAINBOW MINE
Fairbanks, February 20.—The
Cbena customs mill has just com
pleted a run of 1,000 tons of ore
troru the Rainbow mitre, Skoogy
gulch. The ore averaged $35 to
the ton, or a total of more than
£35,000._
Fresh codtish, over-the-ice. 53c lb.
Idiiarod Meal Co.
For rheumatic treatment, try The
Crosby Baths -open day and night.
Assessment blanks at Pioneer »hop
Notice of Forfeiture
TO Oil >S BACKI.l'Xn, < r I|. or A?enU
You, and each of you, arc hereby notified that
the undersigned has expended in laboi and ini
provements the sum of one hundred i! N i
}ioo—for the years of ipio, 1911 ami :9.2 upon the
following named placer mining claim to wit
No. 1 Bench below Discovery on Yanket
and the years i .; 1 ..2 upon wing
named placer mining claim . to-wit No : !' low
Discovery on Yankee creek, a tribatary of In
uoko rivei Inn ko ing »nd R<
! ■ : t District • Alaska 1 ation 1 >t
1 Bench being recorded in Yol. iat l age 2-3 and
location notice of No. 1 being recorded m Yol u«
at Page 274. all of the record-, of the Innoko
Mining and Recording District. District of
Alaska. You are f arther notified that if at the
expiration of ninetv- ,0—daysafte: the last pub
lication of this notice you fail or refuse to con
tribute your proportion of such expenditure
sour interest in sr.id claims will beom.e the
property of the undersigned your - > 'wner
under Section 2324 of the Revised St ituie-. ' t the
United States.
OI.OF OLSON. Co-Ownei
First publication February 1913
Last publication May 3, 19*3
Notice of Forfeiture
To W. J. S wee new Fred Andrak. Friedman
and J Dark -
personal represent-:ies
Yo 1 are h* 1 • b\ notifi* d that I ha e end*
in labor and imt rv - merits f( r year of 1 ..2 the
sum of one hundred dollars—$ 100--on the Pint
Tree association placer mining claim, situated
at the head of Flat creek, in the Otter Mining
and Recording District. Territory of Yaska
which lias been didv recorded at the c ninus
si< n< • s < ffi at Iditarod l*he al ut
has been expended in order to hold tlie said
claim under the provisions of the law c-uceru
ing annual labor upon mining claims, v mg tin
amount required to hold such tl.r.m And ymi
are further notified that if wuifim hmv • '...
qo—days after the last publication of this m r.ce.
fail t ntribete your pro;
expenditure, } -ur interest in sai-a c.,u:m an. ue
come the property of the undersigned I'our oi
owner. ' W. H CRAWFORD
First publication February S 10*3
Last publication May 10, 1,13.
Notice of Forfeiture
TO C. HARTYHACK
You. your heirs and assigns, are hereby noti
fieu that the sum of one hundred dollars j;> -
has been expended upon placer niiniug claim
known as the Luck\ D g association, Arab
creek, tributary of Will.nv crei k "tter mining
and recording precinct. Territory ul Alaska,
be ing assessment work for the year i .w. \ on
ate further notified that if at the expiration of
niuetv -o—days ait r th 1 >st pa by. -ion c!
til is notice i f.: i 1 or refu se t o « • •
pro;. >i lion of such cxyc'.'uii-. r. \ our inttre.d
in said claim will become the propert> of the un
dei nd his >\\ ners.un; r if
of the Revised Statutes 1 t the t nited State'
DAN HARTMirr
First publication January in, :yi3*
Last publication April 19 19’'
IX THE UNITED STATES C'OM.MIS
sioner's Court tor the Innnk.) Ere
cinct, Fourth Division, District of
Alaska.
Max Simel, Plaintiff, vs. G. I'. Mar*
shall, John Due and Richard Ro»,
master and owners of Steamer “Ben
H ur, Defendants.
SUMMONS.
To the United States Marshal of the
District of Alaska or any deputy:
In tiit* name of tne Foiled States of
America we command you to summon
G. P. Marshall, John Doe and Richard
Roe to appear before the uudtrsigned,
a justice of the peace in Inr.oko pre
cinct in said district, on the 23th day of
March, 1!>13. at the hour of 2 o'clock it.
tile afternoon of said day. at o.:r office,
at Ophir, Alaska, in the said precinct,
to answer the complaint of Max Simel,
founded upon a contract fur the pay
ment of money, and wherein tie de
mands seven hundred and sixty-seven
and 65-100 dollars.
Given under my hand this 20th day
of November, 1912. W. A 5 INAL.
U. S. Commissioner and ex-officio
Justice of the Peace.
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OPEN DAY AND NIGHT
Passage and
Bath Parlors
MEDICATED, MINERAL VAPOR, STEAM,
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