IMPORTANT L
FOR MANY PEOPLE
The following list is composed of tele
grams, special delivery and other impor
tant letters which has not been in the
Iditarod postoiBce long enough to adver
tise, but which seems from outward ap
pearances to be very important, and
should be called for immediate^. If
your name appears in this list, and yon
cannot come 3ourself, be sure and send a
written order.
Appelstiel, Wm Martin, Capt O J
Berry more, 1' R S MoneuifF, J H
Brown, ira G 2 Meyer, W H
Curran, John Meyer, Oscar C
Coliee, D W McLaughlin, Leo
Delorne, John Nelson, Gus
Dubois, Pierre Neumann. John II
Eaton, Mrs Alice O’Brien, 1* F
Fielder,Miss l'mma Okos, Michael
Gateley, George Olsen, Mrs Osmond
Gatreli, J F Opperinan, Geo J
Giarde, Ole Plavde. Jolnl 4
Ilayes, John ProuL Edmond
Hennessy, Thos Preass, Louis,
Hanucrville, John Roberts, Joe
Hurst, C C Raslund, Martin W
Hooper, Geo F Schmoker, Robt
Hotsech, Marius Silvas, Michall
Jensen, John Slater, Geo
Jensen, Mrs Chris Slater, Mrs Minnie
Jacobson, W111 Snomber, lle iry
Jacobson, C K (Probably meant
Johnson, A O for Henry
Carl A Shomber')
“ Harrv R 2 i'tapleton, Patrick
“ Mrs M Stubbs, D K
Kindred, Wm K jr Sutter. J
Koss, Frank Taggert, John T
Kietli, Mrs Phil Teabo, Dav d
Krintila Matti Thomas, Walter
Klog, Mrs Thos Welson, Olie
Kress, Jos M Wallace, Chas
LaBoyteau, C A Wiiliams, Ben
l.illefjare, Herman Williams, J I)
Mahoney. P J Williams, Frank G
No Dog Feed There
For those who are contemplating a
trip to tlie Tokotna or over the Seward
trail, it may be of importance to know
that if they go shy on dog feed they
will find themselves up against it in
that section, for there ain't no dog feed
there.
Bob Griffis says he couldn’t get any
in the Ivuskokwim when he came over
from Seward recently. He was com
pelled to come in by Diskaket way,
having to make a wide detour to get to
a point where he could secure canine
combustible. lie borrowed a little at
Tokotna Post, only on the agreement
to return it.
Philippines Still Quake
Manila. Feb. G—Terrible earthquakes
are being experienced in the Philip
pines, and they are increasing in num
ber and violence instead of decreasing.
The inhabitants of the islands are fiee
iDg to other islands for safety.
COMING AND GOING^
After being storm bound in Iditarod
city for several days during which they
found it impossible to get by the con
gested traffic on the road between this
town and Flat, Tips. Carter ai d Spauld
ing, A. B. Ferguson, Starr Ballard and
Ynn Hagen left for Flat Wednesday
afternoon to turn in a secret report
concerning their investigations of the
Iditarod water question. Surrounded by
a large circle of admiring friends they
put on l heir old grey bonnets and hitch
ed Old Dobbin to the sleigh. It has
been said that Old Dobbin had a worn
and tired expression us he was hitched
up for tlie last time.
Andy Hensley and Axol Johnson,
laymen on 1-a. Otter creek, arrived in
town Thursday to interview the in
ventor of tite painless extraction pro
cess.
D" ■ Dunbar, the groceryman, says
that Frank Rooney is now selling beans
in Calgary. Rooney used to do the
same tiling here.
Down at the saw mill which tite Slip
pern hoys built by the riverside they
have had a crew of men on snowshoes
operating between this city and Dike
man picking up the loose boards that
were blown away the week of the big
wind. From last reports there were
only one or two scantlings unaccounted
for.
It is rumored that A. B. Ferguson is
in receipt of an urgent letter from
Oscar Hammerstein of Now York, ask
ing iiis terms to sign on for the re
mainder of the operatic season.
Mr. and Mrs. Snyder, mine host and
hostess of tite Suviler house in Flat
town came into this perfectly good city
this week on a mixed mission of busi
ness and pleasure.
C. Cullen, the man who does all tlie
bossing at the Forks roadhouse, drop
ped into town in a quiet sort, of way.
Mrs. Fred Carter, one of the Flat
dwellers came to visit Iditarod this
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Cody, who live at Boul
der town, said when they arrived in
this birthplace of optimism, that they
had a firm and gentle resolve to attend
the A. B. dance tonight.
The chances are very good that Mr.
and Mrs. Patton of Flat creek will be
among the guests of the A. B.’s this
evening. The came over just for a
visit.
Andy Hensley and Alex Johnson, two
men who have helped to make Otter
creek famous, left off tickling the tun
dra at 1-a to take a look at this metro
politan meeting point this week.
Ed Rusk and Sam Godfrey took a
hurried survey of one or two of the
chief pointf of interest yesterday. They
then hurried back to Reno, better
known as Flat creek.
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Full line optical goods at Simpson’s.
| Porter Has Gone;
♦ To personally superintend purchases for Spring ship-?
X ments. The latest novelties in Edibles and I
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I Anslay’s Hall, j
Ticket, Lady and Gentleman, $3 l
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IDITAROD, ALASKA
Capital, $100,000.00
General Banking Business Transacted Gold Dust Bought and Assayed
Drafts Issued on Any Part of the World
SEATTLE CORRESPONDENT: SCANDINAVIAN AMERICAN BANK
SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES FOR RENT
OFFICERS:
T. J. Nostov, President
Chas- Ross, Vice President
E. G. Lindberg, Manager
John Holmes, Cashier and Assayer
I Iditarod Machine Shop%
^ Black St., Near Slippern's Mill List Your Machinery With Us for Sale McDonald, Hcner & McDonald £
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| AWNINGS, TENTS, TARPAULINS, j
j BUNKS, BOILER HOUSES.
I Ail Kinds of Canvas Goods, Prices Reasonable. Willow St., Iditarod, I
Johnson Hose &. Tent Factory j
One Not Enamoured
of Reindeer District
After some six weeks in the Rein
deer country during which they sank
a number of holes on creeks tributary
| to Reindeer, Ed Anderson, Charles
j Streit and Charles Craig returned last
I Monday to Iditarod and declared them
! selves uninterested in that section at
I least until something more develops.
They worked diligently while in the
country, but found nothing to reward
their efforts and are quite willing to
leave the work of prospecting to those
already there. As to tiie results of the
i work done by the other prospectors
! there, they are non-committal, but are
| apparently of a mind not to boost for
| the Reindeer district until it shows a
i better excuse.
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Hess, Giiffis, Haley
Are Off for Nome
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Leaving for a sojourn in Nome tha'
will keep him until the early part ol
April, Charles Ross, traveling wit!.
Bob Griffis and A. M. Haley, departed
from Iditarod last Thursday to look
after some unfinished business that
j needs his attention.
| While in touch with he telegraph
Mr. Ross will send out some m.. ,un
to supplement the efforts made by Ton
Nestor and others to secure a weekly
mail service for iditarod, and which
seem in a fair way to bear fruit.
Oregonian Orgy
Portland, Feb. (i -Four hundred em
ployees of the Portland Oregonian
gathered last night at the banquet
table to celebrate the 50th anniversary
of the establishment of the Oregonian.
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ROSS & NESTOR,
Lumber and Building Materials
Ba nk 131 d g. Idi ta rod
loose Cafe.,....}
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’> Lodging House!
WILLOW ST., IDiTAROD ♦
JIMMY NISHIMOTO, Proprietor. %
Fairbanks Placers
Stiii Holding Good
Fairbanks, Feb. 3. —The most impor
tant find made in many a day—or since
the left-limit, paystreak "'as uncovered
on Goldstream last summer—has been
made on Eva creek, a tributary of
Ester, from the left limit at 4-b., where
there is now reason to beiieve that a
paystreak exists.
The find was made on the right-limit
benches of Eva, about three-quarters of
a mile above Ester creek on ground
owned by Mike Wagner. Mr. Wagner
himself has been doing the sinking,
and at a depth of over 100 feet, he
landed on bedrock and in ground that
will pay to work. This, however, is
regarded merely on the edge of the
channel, for the bedrock is dipping
sharply into the hill. Wagner is pre
paring to drift into the hill, his pay
now showing $1.25 to the foot, and 30
feet of gravel.
U. M. Go. Changes Hands
Fairbanks, Feb. G—In the branching
out process. Peterson and Kellum, who
this last week took over the lay of the
Union Mining Co. on 17 Goldstream,
are purchasing a large amount, of ma
chinery to supplement the large plant
already placed ou the ground by La
montaigne and his partners.
HOTEL ARRIVALS
M’ DONALD HOTEL
James Coyle, D Coyle, John Ander
son, Pat Whalan, Henry Durand, John
Lund, Jack .Sheedy, Wm Sheedy,
Angus McKlellan, Angus McKenzie,
Jack Bolton, Fred Holmberg, L T Vig,
John Ziacherio, Eric Johnson, Starr
Ballard, Dr. Carter, Frank Murphy
A Johnson, T Berug, Frank Wiseman,
John Flygar, Wm McDaniel, Dan Mc
Kenzie, Tom Johnson, R E Bond. I
Wales, ,T H Miner, Fred Vogeler, Mr,
and Mrs. Cody.
GILMORE HOUSE
M H Howard, S Shoquin, H Langley,
Dr. Carter, Dr. Spaulding, Mark Man
son, J Brew is, Tom Morley, R W
Nervnan, D Johnson, ,T Harvey, L
King, Bob Thomas, Max Taylor, Gus
Peterson.
TELL CENTRAL WHERE
FIRE IS LOCATED
When you call up the “Hello" gi.-l
at the telephone office to cry out in an
agitated voice that there is a fire in
your house and that you would be
pleased to have the department call
ground and see you for a few minutes,
don’t tell her that you live next to
Sawyer's in the little red house painted
green. Don't take up her time by ex
plaining that you would have had a
picket fence only that bailing wire was
cheaper.
Just tell central where you live and
do it by streets. The streets are all
named and easily remembered. By
saying that the fire is on Black between
First and Second or on the corner of
Bonanza and Second, you put the fire
chief hep at once and he just runs out
and turns his little hose on you.
K. C. Go. to Send
Grub to Moore Greek
Archie Higgins, a member of the
Kuskokwim Commercial Co., in charge
of the Tokotna post, and after whom
the old Higgins post was named, vis
ited Iditarodfor a short time last week,
leaving Flat creek Thursday on his re
turn via. Moore creek.
He came on business connected with
Moore creek property and had some
word of Nixon’s Fork, where lie says
they have excellent prospects, but not
what he would consider pay.
Of Moore creek, the news is much
better and the hopes of those inter
ested there are raising daily. The K.
C. Co. will send over some 10 tons ol
supplies, which will go to the Japanese
roadhouse, and will help out the food
situation on the creek.
If you want your clothing cleaned or pressed
ring up Wile the Tailor—Phone 68
ALL IN READINESS
FOR THE A. B. BALL
The first- real bazmaraz event thai
ever stirred the social depths of Idit
arod, is that which will he held ai
Ansley’s hall tonight when the Iditarod
A. B. club will take their wives and
sweethearts over a few terpsichorean
hurdles. The stage is set and the wort,
has gone forth, wherefore there will be
many a fair one there to grace the
j scene and to do honor to the club by
i her presence.
j Through the efforts of the committee
i on arrangements, consisting of Albert
j Wile, E, G. Lindberg, Earl Hunt, Jack
• Donohue and Bill Ansley, himself, the
1 hall has been converted into a very de
: sit able place to which one may go tc j
| enjoy himself. To say nothing about
i Kemp’s four-piece orchestra, which
j will tear off a few bars of real pelucid
j pandemonium, there will be things do-'
j ing in the way of large punch bowls
with chunks of ice floating thereabouts.
Down stairs the whole Hour lias been
I turned into reception rooms, suitable
! for card playing if one listeth.
The actual dancing will be preceded
I by a well selected musical program to
j be rendered by the best talent in the
city, among them being Mrs. Dunham,
Mrs. Edward Troughten, Jack Dono
hue. Otto Moses and possibly others.
Altogether it looks like the event
should be the real goods, and everyone
should be on hand, not only that the
club needs your contribution of three
bones for the new hall, but that you
will be paying yourself a pretty little
compliment.
Dr. Hyde Once More
Jefferson City, Mo., Feb. 0.—The
case of Dr. Hyde, the Kansas City
physician who was recently convicted
of murder, is now being argued before
the supreme court for a new trial.
Says He Was Approached
Washington, Feb. 6—A remarkable
scene occured in the house today when
Congressman Macon declared he had
been intimidated by newspaper men.
He demands an investigation of Wash
ington correspondents and you can put
down all your small change that he
will get it.
Electric Plant for Georgetown
The report brought down from Fair
banks by Tommy King, is to the effect
that a number of enthusiastic capital
ists of that town are planning an elec
tric light, plant for Georgetown. Mr.
Fountain, formerly with the N. C. Co.,
is coming down to look over the
ground. It is understood that there
are a number of good sites for such a
proposition over at Georgetown.
FOR SALE — Fine cooking range.
Apply Beattie House.
Save the pieces i broken lenses re
placed at Simpson’s,
| A MODERN HOTEL 4
j Hotel Grand, Flat City j
| Finely Furnished Rooms
% First Class Cafe. Liquors and Cigars 1
I Pool and Billiards
% H. GLANTZ AND MRS. SWANSON f
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: Mm shall & Finnegan\
| Best Equipped POOL BOOM in Flat City..|
Best Grades of Cigars, Candies and Soft Drinks.
o Circulating Lilmm and Reading Ro in in Connection.?
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FAIRBANKS PERSONALS
Tom Aitken has been visit ing Billy
' asey at his Napa valley ranch in Cal
ifornia.
A baby daughter was born to Mr.
and Mrs. Joe Dillow January 27.
Jimtnv McKeon ha? written the hook
and lyrics of a new Alaska play entitled
‘Beyond the Circle,” soon to be pro
duced.
On the morning of January 2S a son
was born to Mr. and Mrs. John Reagh
it St. Matthew's hospital.
Barney Simon writes from Seattle
hat. he has purchased a $15,000 outfit
of second-hand goods from the Cordova
railway company, and would soon be on
his way back to Fairbanks.
Alex Capeweil is enjoying himself in
his native Staffordshire.
W. P. Vanderlip, an expert mining
engineer, and L. W. Baldwin recently
irrived in Fairbanks, having been sent
in by New i'ork people interested in
the Tatiana and Alaska mines property
in the Tatlanika country. They have
gone to inspect the properties, and it
their report is favorublo the hydraul
ieking possibilities of the Tatlanika
will be proven up on a large scale this
next season.
John L. Timmins, formerly a mer
chant of Fairbanks, is in the real es
tate business in Los Angeles.
A new and mighty theatrical combi
nation has been formed in Fairbanks
which will soon have have the Klaw &
Erlanger trust gasping for hveath.
fhis is no more nor less than a plot
between Mrs. J. Harmon Caskey, the
well-known star of Fairbanks amateur
theatricals, and Wm. O. Mullen, the
old-time sourdough comedian formerly
if Dawson. They recently put on a
"screaming farce” in that city, and will
doubtless hatch up some more plots
before the winter season has waned.
The $101,000 shipped out by the
VVashington-Aluska bank and after
wards recalled, when it was found they
were short of money to pay depositors,
was caught at Cordova and has been
returned to Fairbanks. It is doubtful
if the bank will be able to use it, as the
Dexter Horton bank of Seattle lay
legal claim to it, and lias already tied
it up in court.
On the 1st of February, Mrs. David
St rand berg, of Ester creek was taken
to St. Matthew’s hospital at Fairbanks
suffering with a severe attack of what
was diagnosed as appendicitis. From
the last news it had not been learned
whether or not an operation would bt
necessary.
The body of St Pepper was to be sent
Outside about the middle of February.
In the opinion of “Two-Step" Couis
Schmidt who visited Fairbanks early
last month, he will be able to show
food pay next spring on the benches of
Nome creek, in the Reaver river dis
quiet.
It is said of George Krau, the man
who opened up the Floradora dance
hail in Fairbanks, that he has suddenly
accumulated a large bunch of the real
goods in Valdez. This time it seems to
be quartz property that he has ac
quired. and it is said on good authority
i lint he can close out right now for
§200,000.
George Bullet*, who formerly ran the
t’anuna saloon in Fairbanks, and before
'hat, oilier saloons elsewhere, and after
'hat is now running one in Seattle,
bought $2500 worth of shares in a Val
dez gold mine, when the stock was sell
ing for 50c. He got in after it had
started at 25c, and they do say that the
satae stock is quoted now at $1.25.
George is of the opinion that his stock
will be worth $4.50 a share just before
the new stamp mill is installed.
The Alaska Citizen says that Luther
Schooling beat Teddy Heacock un
mercifully in a recent match at the
curling rink.
Bill McPhee, big chief of the Wash
ington Birthday saloon on the corner
of Front and Lacey seems to have had
an argument with Charles McDermott
of Cliena, as stated in the Alaska Citi
zen. The talk becoming lieated, it ap
pears that Charles handed out a bunch
of fives to Bill and raised a little shanty
o’er his eye. He was subsequently
hailed before Commissioner Dillon and
requested to contribute 75 bucks to the
care of the Alaska indigent, which he
did,—the costs amounting to 25 sarao
leums. Charles says it serves him right
for getting over heated.
Tom McCroskey says that Emil Hult
gren, formerly of Ester creek, had a
narrow escape from freezing when he
was crossing from the Indian river to
the Koyukuk. He got into McCroskey’s
camp with lingers and toes frozen, but.
not too bad to prevent thawing out. It
seems that he had encountered a bliz
zard, and may lose a part of one ear.
Saturday, Feb. 25.
Mortgage—Edward Williams aud Ed
ward Richards to American Bank of
Alaska, lay on lower 500 feet Wildcat
association. Flat creek, $3,500.
Location- Leonard Dodge, 1-a. Prince
creek.
Wednesday, March 1.
Bill of Sale - 1. H. Loomis to Amer
ican Bank of Alaska, log building
known as Loomis’ Stable, Flat Pity. $1.
Deed -C’bas. Wood to Scotty Heever,
1-2 Tow line fraction ot lower end of
K. P. M. association, Otter creek, $1.
1.oration t ’. H. Marsh, lot I. block
3, Iditarod.
Thursday. March 2.
Mortgage .Malcolm McDonald and
L. McKinnon to American Bank of
Alaska, mining plant on 5-b. Flat
creek, $3,501).
Deed—Joe Burns to Doris Raymond,
east 1-2 lot 6, block 1, north side Third
avenue, Iditarod, $1.
Mortgage- D. A. McDonald and Alice
McDonald to Win. Kelly, lot on south
side First street between Richmond
and Willow, $710.35.
Deed — J. A. Slippern to Charles Mil
| !er and Ernest Slenter. lot 4, block 1.
j west, Tditarod, $1.
i Location—-John Chisholm and three
I others, Rowson association on pup
1 right limit of Slate creek.
Affidavit of Labor- Charley Derby,
[North Star association, Rainey creek.
j Having been arrested on Sullivan
j creek, near Tolly City, in the Hot
j Springs district, Alice Taylor, a woman
j of the North, was sentenced to six
| months in the bustile for selling intox
i ieating liquids without having previ
ously donated to the federal govern
i tnent. Judge Olson, the commissioner
j at Hot Springs, evidently thought he
I was called upon to stop drinking in
Alaska, and chose Alice for the exam
ple. _
Another Slide
Washington, Feb. ti The second big
[slide has been reported to have oecur
i red in the great Cuiebra cut o! ; lie
Panama canal.
Set Day Bask by Whole Hour
Heading oar inH for :i united time
j and striving in the same instance to
'pqualiz< the day between light and
idirknes', ('I iris Antho si son and Robert
Simpson, the two jewelers of this cilv,
struck a standard time last Wednesday,
after certain astronomical observations
at high noon, and set tlie time back
one hour.
They took upon themselves the task
i of informing many people of the city,
: going around in person to regulate
their timepieces, and it is hoped that
everyone will try to get into tune.
This can be done by telephone, and
j should be attended to at once.
John Zug Heads Tanana Club
The annual election nf officers of the
j TuDana Club and the jinks following
: thereafter took place on the night of
January 24 and resulted in placing
j John Zug, superintendent of the road
j commission in the president's chair.
: Tom .McGowan was made vice-presi
dent, Hunter Scales was elected seere
J tary, and George Hutchinson treasurer.
! The board of trustees consists of R. L.
I Palmer, Dan Jonas, Joe Mathews, Ed
i Wolcott and G. D. Norton.
Following the business meeting they
I proceeded to lift several sections of the
| roof with Tom McGowan as the pre
| siding genius of the show.
FOR SALE Cheap, 1.100 feet T-rail
and spikes. Apply White A- Lefergv,
Dikeman.
5 The Northern 1
First Ave. and Willow Si. |
| Finest Drink Emporium in Iditarodf
g GEORGE MARSH AND HARRY ASHLAND. PROPS. 8