Miners & Merchants Bank
IDITAROD, ALASKA
Capital, $50,000.00
Genera! Banking Business Transacted Gold Dust Bought and Assayed
Drafts Issued on Any Part of the World
SEATTLE CORRESPONDENT: SCANDINAVIAN AMERICAN BANK
OFFICERS:
( 'has- lioss. 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 Class
CHAS. E. MILLER, PROP.
The Restaurant formerly called The Rathskeller has been
turned into “A PLACE TO EAT" »»
LIEUT. BECKER’S
LUST FOE BLOOD
That Police Lieutenant Becker, con
vicced as the instigator of the Rosen
thal murder, is a tiend in human form,
was demonftrated during the testimony
of "Bald Jack” Rose, one of the men
hired to do the killing. He told of j
Becker’s lust for the blood of the
gamblers who "peached” as follows:
"Did you and Becker ever have any- j
thing to say about Rosenthal after the
murder?” asked 'the prosecuting at
torney.
"We did sir.” coolly replied the
witness.
"What did Becker say to you at that
timer
“He said that the sight of the dead
body of Rosenthal was most pleasing
to him, and that he was tempted to cut
out the dead man’s tongue as a warning
to others who would like to squeal.”
Again and again Becker’s attorneys i
sought to break down the testimony of
the witness. But Rose remained calm
throughout as he described the cool
ness with which Becker had planned
the crime and the great pleasure he
expressed when told of its successful
carrying out.
‘‘Did you not claim to be a friend of
the defendant?” asked Becker’s at
torney.”
‘•I did.”
“Hare you no conscience, then?”
“Becker was ready to let me go over
the line for this. He was willing to
throw me to the wolves, like a dirty
dog. I didn’t want to commit the
crime, but I feared Becker. I even
went so far as to warn Mrs. Rosenthal
by phone of the crime. I was afraid of
Becker. He had the power and he
rubbed it in. In my profession every
man saves his own skin if he can. It’s
every man for himself in this life.”
TEMPERATURE TABLE
The following temperatures for the
week ending noon Saturday, November
10, are from observations taken at the
Budweiser observatory, corner Second
and Richmond—
NOON MIDNIGHT
Saturday, Nov.lG. 24 13
Sunday, “ 17. 15 8
Monday, “ 18. 12 3
Tuesday, “19. 7 6
Wednesday “ 20. 10 9
Thursday “ 21. 11 10
Friday, “ 22. 10 -4
Saturday, “ 23. 0 —
Nugget jewelry to order. Chains a
specialty. Bill Taylor, Flat.
ARCTIC BROTHERHOOD
Camp iditarod No. 27, Arctic Broth
erhood, meets at A. B. Hall every
Monday evening at 8 o’clock. Visiting
brethren cordially invited to attend.
CYRIL P. WOOD,
Arctic Chief.
RONALD FROST,
Arctic Recorder.
Mrs. A. M. Auten Mrs. M. Maher j
IDITAROD
HOTEL
Neat New Bath Room
Regular Meals
every REQUISITE FOR THE TRAVELER’S COMFORT j
GUGG EXPERTS
AT FAIRBANKS
Fairbanks, November 21. — Ed
Hearn, who came in Irotu the Ten
derfoot country last week, reports
the finding of new pay on 7 b. Ten
derfoot creek. A Guggenheim ex
pert who has examined the ground
reports it as giving much promise.
The company has options on the
property and may purchase,
W. H. Newton, the Heaty river
trader, reports much activity on
Herscliell creek, which is looking
better all along.
manyleavTng
TANANA GAMP
Fairbanks, November 21. —The
exodus from this camp continues to
be very large, and reservations for
the stages must be made several
weeks ahead. Many are going out
in connection with the bank trials
at Valdez.
Those who cannot wait for the
stages are mushing out. Sleighing
is impossible for the first 100 miles
from town, on account of lack of
snow. The weather remains mod
erate.
IDITAROD TERM
COST $35,000
Fairbanks, November 1.— From
the report for the quarter ending
September 30, 1912, just issued
from the marshal's office here, it is
learned that the Iditarod term of
court cost the government over
$33,000, which is in excess of the
Fairbanks term’s cost for the same
period.
The trial of Joe Campbell, the
Kuskokwim murderer, was respon
sible for $10,000 of the amount.
AMERICA GOOD ENOUGH
FOR VINCENT ASTOR
New York, November 20.—A
report having been circulated to the
effect that young Vincent Astor,
who came of age last week, in
tended to become a British subject,
as his mother and uncle, William
Waldorf Astor, are, reporters waited
upon him to get his version of the
story. The new head of the Astor
family had little to say on the sub
ject, dismissing the reporters with
“America is good enough for me.”
MORE PROSPECTING THAN EVER
Nome, November 20.—Consider
able prospecting and mining is still
going on in the neighborhood of
Nome, and the outlook is better
than it has been for several winters.
BRINGS GOOD REPORT
FROM NEW YORE CREEK
RINGING the most hopeful news that has yet reached us
from that section, Charley Worden and Tommy Luscombe
arrived from New York creek, a tributary of the lower
Kuskokwim, last Monday, having reached Flat City the previous
day. They had a Aery hard trip on the way over. They started
out with four days’grub, but the journey occupied six, and they
were 41 hours without nothing to eat.
Since leaving Iditarod last August 1 Messrs. Worden and Lus
combe have been prospecting on Mary creek, a tributary of New
York, and as a result of their labors have proved pay averaging
75 cents to the foot for a distance of 300 feet and with a width of 25
feet, and 20 feet to bedrock. Although a low-grade proposition,
Worden says it is better than wages, as the ground is very easily
worked, either by groundsluicing or drifting. Work was retarded
this summer for lack of wood on the ground, all that required for
drifting having to be carried over a mile. If the wood had been
got on the ground at the proper season a much better showing
would have been made
However the returns are very satisfactory indeed, and lead
Mr. Worden to believe that the district has a good future. He says
that very little work has been done; most ot those who visited the
section confining themselves to staking large blocks in association
claims. But with proved pay on the creek it will without a doubt
receive much greater attention than has been the case in the past.
Not only does New York creek look distinctly promising, but
Mr. Worden says the whole Kuskokwim country is looking up, and
there is a good chance of a strike being made sufficient to justify a
camp. He has a lay and option on Mary creek from Piro ParfuP
iko & Co., and will return to the district with Tommy Luscombe in
a few days and put in the winter prospecting.
As the formation is nothing but sandstone and slate prospect
ors have given scant attention to New York creek, but the uncov
ering of pay by Mr. Worden shows that theory is not always a safe
guide
There has been some trouble on the creek owing to careless
staking. In some instances the ground was staked but never re
corded; and as no work was done thereon the locations were not
bona fide. Nevertheless, when, some seven months after, the
ground was restaked and work done, the original locators came
along and put in their claims. That is always the way, although
the law is explicit in the matter.
Provisions and supplies are plentiful on the Kuskokwim, at
Kolmakofsky. George Hoffman brought in a stock this year, but
has almost sold out already.
IDITAROD OUTPUT WILL TAKE
PREMIER POSITION NEXT YEAR
ETURNS from Fairbanks indicate that the output of gold
from placer and quartz mines in that district will be some
half a million dollars less this .year than was the case in
1911, While the placer output will no doubt continue to decline
fi'om now on, it is hoped and believed the output from quartz mines
in future seasons will more than compensate for the loss.
As in past years, the banner creek of the season was Gold
j stream, which produced about $800,000, with Ester and its tribu
tary, Eva creek, making a good second with about $750,000; Dome
produced $600,000; Cleary $375,000; Fairbanks $300,000; Pedro
and Chatanika $250,000 each, and the other creeks much smaller
amounts.
The total output so far accounted for in the district is very
little ahead of that from Iditarod, and when the returns are all in,
it is not likely that the difference will exceed 15 per cent. While
we naturally are sorry to see the decline of the Tanana district as
a placer camp, it must give us a certain amount of satisfaction to
see Iditarod forging ahead to first place, which it undoubtedly will
attain next year.
The following table gives the output of various interior camps
to date:
iDITAROD (estimated) $3,250,000
Fairbanks district (including gold pro
duced from quartz) $3,891,991
Hot Springs . 500,000
Gold Mountain. 40,000
Bonnifield . 25,000
Kantishna. 10,000
Ruby. ?
SEWARD PENINSULA DQG MEN
PREPARING FQR RIG EVENT
Nome, November 21.—The advent of cold weather has started
all Seward peninsula talking dog, and present and past perform
ances of favorites form a fruitful source source of argument.
The first dograce of the season has been set for Tuesday, De
cember 1, which is hospital carnival day.
Arrangements for the great Solomon derby are now in hand
A purse of $500 will be offered for the winner, while the first team
to reach Solomon will receive $200.
The Kennel club is very anxious that Iditarod or Fairbanks
should compete in the latter race, and promises them a good run
for their money. The number of entrants will equal, it is believed,
those of former years
DESPATCH OF OUTGOING HAIL
TO BE FIRST CONSIDERATION
The public is notified that when
the mail comes in on Friday night
the outgoing mail will be locked up
before the distribution of the in-'
coming mail is started. The out
going mail closes every Friday
evening at 5 o’clock.
Location blanks—Pioneer office.
NEARING THE UNLUCKY THIRTEEN
New York, November 18 —Lio
nel L. Lawrence, graduate of the
United Slates naval academy, actor
and producer of plays, is today on
his honeymoon with his eleventh
wife. Lawrence’s latest bride was
Miss Ernestine Doychert, of Chi
cago, known on the stage as Miss
Elizabeth Bourne.
Ball Band Rubber Boots and Pace
N. C. Co. Sole Agents for Alaska
KOLMAKOFFSKY
liHS
Kolmakoffsky Station now Open forBusiness with a good,
complete line of
GROCERIES, PROVISIONS, HARDWARE
For the information of the public, the shortest and best trail
to the Aniak or Bear Creek connects on the Kuskokwito
Iliver at Kolmakoffsky
Georgetown Station
A Full Line of Groceries, Provisions and Hardware
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DRILL GOES TO
MOORE CREEK
Early last Tuesday morning Jim
Ryan started for Moore creek with
the power drill which is to be used
for prospecting the properties of
Messrs. Knell, McArdle, James &
Hurley. The load weighed over
2,600 pounds, and was drawn by
two horses.
Charley Knell will go over to
Moore in advance of the rest of the
party', and make camp and gener
ally fix things up. He will be fol
lowed by Messrs. James and Mc
Millan later. Mr. McMillan is a
drill expert, and has been with the
Yukon Gold Company all summer.
The ground on Moore creek is
being prospected with a view to
putting a large dredge thereon next
summer. It has been worked for !
two seasons on a small scale by
Knell & McArdle, and the show
ing from the past season’s work
was sufficiently encouraging to in
duce them to take up the option
which they had on the ground.
They have opened negotiations
with the Union Construction Com
patiy of San Francisco for the sup
ply of a dredge of standard patteru,
and if this winter’s prospecting
justifies it, the dredge will be
brought in by the first steamer for
Bethel next spring.
MARRIED MEN ONLY
FORTE DREDGES
It is understood that the Yukon
Gold Company has decided to give
married men who have their fami
lies with them preference in future,
and next season will probably see
the system working. Not only will
this apply to the dredge workers,
but to all departments, and it is
likely that agreements will be en
tered into whereby employes must
remain in Alaska the year round
The idea seems to be to secure a
constant supply of trained men,
who will not be carried off by
every stampede.
That the introduction of the
system of giving preference to men
with families will have a beneficial
effect on the camp none can doubt.
Both in a business way and socially
greater stability in all lines would
follow.
Frank Waskey, Alaska's first
delegate to Congress, has been en
gaged in prospecting, trading and
fishing in the lower Kuskokwim
country during the past season, and
is reported to have done well.
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