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The Pioneer Mining Company, of Nome, has closed down its
plant on Glacier creek and moved to Anvil, where active mining
operations have commenced.
It is reported that the Guggenheims have sent agents to the
upper Tanana to prospect some low-grade hydraulic propositions
there.
Reports from the Squirrel river country tell of a rich strike on
a bench of Kleary creek. It is predicted to be only the forerunner
of other great finds to be made.
Engineers representing an English syndicate have gone to
Gold mountain, where they will look into the placer prospects of
the district.
“Married” played “Single” at baseball in Nome recently.
Owing to the encouraging rooting of the wives and families the
“Married” won.
The steamship Umatilla, which left Seattle for Nome July 25,
had on board a two-stamp mill and concentrator which will be used
to demonstrate quartz possibilities in the Seward peninsula.
United States cruiser Buffalo visited Nome during the later
part of July.
Natives of the Seward peninsula have organized a fraternal so
ciety which they call “The Indians of the North.” It will be con
ducted on the same lines as similar organizations among white
people.
The schooner Seddon has returned to Nome from Siberia. She
brought $25,000 worth of furs and ivory.
According to the Nome Industrial Worker, the governor-gen
eral general of Siberia aud the governor of Kamschatka will visit
Nome shortly.
Fairbanks Democrats are preparing for the next delegate elec
tion. It is believed that either Robert Jennings, of Juneau, or
Major J. F. A. Strong, of Iditarod, will be asked to run for Con
gress on the Democratic ticket.
The Eskimos of the Seward peninsula have petitioned Wash
ington for a postal savings bank.
A native in the vicinity of Nome stoic a reindeer. He got six
months.
Campbell and partners, of Nome, are installing a dredge on
American river.
A new hydraulic gold saving device is being operated by Gil
man on the beach in the vicinity of Nome. It is said to bo very
successful, and more will be installed next season.
The Three Friends Mining Company, which was the pioneer
dredging concern of Alaska, has sold its dredging property on the
Solomon river, near Nome, to a New York syndicate of men closely
connected with the American Tobacco Company.
Plans have been completed for the official residence for the
governor of Alaska, which the federal government will erect in
Juneau at a cost of $40,000. They show a substantial three-story
structure, about ;"0 by 60 feet in dimensions- The rooms are spa
cious and so arranged that they can be thrown together on state
occsions, and augmented by the area of a wide portico that extends
the depth of the building and beyond.
The floating United States court, which visits the remote
towns of Western Alaska, to decide cases which have accumulated
since the preceding summer, left Valdez the middle of July for the
Alaska peninsula, on the revenue cutter Thetis. The members of
the judicial party are: Judge Thomas L. Lyons, Clerk Lakin, De
puty Marshal Goshow, Assistant District Attorney J. Lindley
Green, Secretary Robinson, Charles Scott, who will be appointed
attorney for the defense of cases where no lawyer is provided and
Public Notice
For Quality
And Low Prices
GO TO
CROWLEY & PORTER
FIRST AVENUE
Notice to Property Owners and Merchants
I am now Writing FIRE INSURANCE in iDITAROD
and FLAT CITY
BEST AMERICAN COMPANIESI LOW RATES.
Give Accurate Description with Diagram, Present Values, Etc. Show Op
posite and Adjoining Exposures with Occupancy. I will then
make you a rate and advise by mail or wire.
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EVERYTHING ON THE MARKET
And Absolutely First-Class Service. T. L. McGrath, Prop.
j Fletcher Maddox, of the treasury department, who will adjudicate
matters concerning internal revenue. The court sat at Uualaska
July 17, and at Dillingham and Nushagak July 20; Unga will be
reached August 21 and Kodiak August 28.
It has been estimated that the marines from the cruiser Buf
falo spent on the average of $100 per hour while in Nome. It’s too
bad they could not have stayed over another 24 hours. — Nome
Nugget.
Henry Crooks, who is at present operating on Ester creek,
Fairbanks district, has bought from J. B. Lee a third interest in
the former Craig-Lee-Estby drill and will at once move it upon the
claim above the rich ground on Eva creek now being worked by
Wagner, Biglow, Wheeler and Witchman, and proceed to punch
the gravel to bedrock in an effort to locate a continuation of the
paystreak.
On both Sullivan and American creek, in the Hot Springs dis
trict, extensions of paystreaks have recently been found which
lead the residents of that camp to believe that they are on the eve
of greater prosperity than has yet visited that section, and there is
a contentment among the miners and business men which is good
j to behold.
THERN SONALS <
George Lamontagne, formerly a layman on 17 Coldstream, re
cently went to Seward, where he has acquired some valuable min
ing interests.
George H. Goebel, a Socialist orator, is touring Alaska.
Charley Johnson, of Nome, has imported seven Siberian rac
ing dogs which he will enter in the next sweepstake race.
Capt. Ferguson, who was a visitor in Iditarod some weeks ago,
is now in Nome. He says that the Iditarod is “rather dead.”
Editor Russell, of the Juneau Dispatch, has gone south on a
vacation.
W. G. Beattie has been appointed superintendent of native
schools in Southeastern Alaska, succeeding F. J. Waldron, re
signed.
A. F. Rier, of Seattle, is shipping 500 head of sheep to the
Westward, with a view of starting a sheep ranch on Raspberry
island, near Seldovia.
H. T. Curry, well known in the Copper river district, where he
was employed as an engineer by the late Contractor Heney, has
gone to Prince Rupert, where he will enter the employ of the
Grand Trunk Pacific.
R. F. Iloffmar, who was at one time employed on the Panama
canal in the capacity of civil engineer, has been appointed road
commissioner for the Seward peninsula.
Clarence Berry is reported to be doing very well with his
ground in the Circle district, as also are Jensen & Herrington and
P. J. Anderson on Mastodon creek.
Miss Daphne Moody, who graduated from the Fairbanks high
school last year, has left for the Outside. She goes direct to Cali
fornia, where she will enter Berkeley.
H. S. Taylor, a representative of the Mining and Engineering
World, of Chicago, is visiting Alaska in the interest of his publica
tion.
World Me ws !
The new Anglo-Jap treaty has a pro
vision by which Great Britain will not
be expected to go to^the assistance of
Japan in the event of the latter nation
going to war with the United States.
Thomas W. Lawson, the stock mar
ket gambler, is touring the West in I
search of recreation and rest.
Fredk. Taylor of Colorado, has been
appointed director of agriculture in
the Philippines.
The Moran company of.Seattle will
construct two submarines for the gov-,
ernment of Chile. The cost will ap
proximate $1,000,000.
A ball game at Honolulu nearly pre
cipitated a race war. It was a question
of Japs vs Chinese, and when the lat
ter showed signs of speed the Japs got
slightly annoyed and started to make
trouble. To prevent bloodshed the
police stopped the game.
A Belgian aviator covered 388 miles
without a stop last week—a record.
Aviator Atwood wanted to take
President Taft for a lly recently. “I'm
a little too old,” said the President,
“and prefer to leave (lying to the birds
and young aviators like you.”
Grand Forks, B. C\, was nearly wiped
out by tire last week.
Clarence Harrow, who is defending
the McNamara brothers at Los
Angeles, charges that M’Manigal is
being paid for his “confession.” He
is prepared to prove liisstatement when
the right time arrives.
The joint committee which was to
visit Alaska this year has been called
off.
Washington Vanderlip, the quartz
expert, was formerly associated with
Augustus Heinz. He avers that if
Nevada or any other place had half
llie quartz showings of a single Alaska
district there would ensue the biggest
stampede in history to those places.
Georgia legislature demands the
resignation of Governor Hoke Smith.
Hoke Smith has been elected to the
Senate against his will. He likes the
governor’s job and doesn’t want to quit.
Georgia insists that he go to Washing
ton, so that the state shtll be
adequately represented in the upper
house.
Bobby Carruthers, the famous pit
cher, is dying at Peoria, Illinois.
Former President Castro of Vene
zuela is reported to be marching on
Caracas, the capital, at the head of
3,000 armed rebels.
Russia has determined to train her
sens to arms from early Childhood, and
a nation-wide “boy-scout” movement
is being organized by the goverment.
The military training will be rigid and
compulsory.
The World's Work conducted a straw
ballot for President. The result was a
big majority for Woodrow Wilson. W.
J. B. was bottom of the list. Presi
dent Taft was not in the first three.
Try a Portola Eggnog, cold and re
freshing, at Johnstone’s.
"Peluk” Johnstone
Receives Insurance
By the last mail from the Outside
J. I. Johnstone, of the Johnstone cigar
store, was the recipient of a draft for
the sum of $4,000, being the amount
for which he had insured his property
on First street which was destroyed by
Iditarod’s first big fire.
Mr. Johnstone had forwarded bis
premium early in February and it
reached New York and was acted upon
by the company only one day before the
fire occurred. He was thus the gainer
oi $4,000 by the narrow margin of 24
hours, in a journey occupying several
weeks.
Ramps1 Pioneer sells Bock cigars.
SUMMIT
ROADHOUSE
Furnished Rooms and Bunks
Cafe in Connections,
Liquors and Cigals
Tel: “Summit Roadhouse.”
For a Loaf
or a Lunch
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iditarod Bakery
& Coffee House
Willow St., on Waterfront
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NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP
Notice is hereby given that the co
partnership firm composed of Ray Brum
baugh, H. C. Hamilton and E. E. Kel
logg, doing business as Brumbaugh,
Hamilton & Kellogg, in the general
business of machinery, hardware and
mechanical appliances at Eairbanks and
Iditarod. Alaska, and engaged in the
transportation business under the firm
name and style of the Samson Trans
portation Company, upon the Iditarod
river. Alaska, between Holy Cross on
the Yukon river and Iditarod and Hike
man, has this day been dissolved by mu
tual consent. All accounts due to or
owing by said Samson Transportation
Company will be collected and paid by
said E. E. Kellogg, and all accounts due
to or owing by said Brumbaugh, Hamil
ton & Kellogg arising from the business
heretofore conducted by them in ma
chinery, hardware and mechanical ap
pliances will be collected and paid by
said Ray Brumbaugh and said II. C.
Hamilton, who will continue said busi
ness under the firm name and style of
Brumbaugh & Hamilton.
Dated at Iditarod, Alaska, this 17th
day of Julv, 1911.
RAY BRUMBAUGH.
H. C. HAMILTON,
By Ray Brumbaugh.,
his attornev in fact.
1'. E. KELLOGG.
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^ Combination Power and
Horse Barges in Alaska
for Safe and Rapid Trans
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