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VISITS FLAT CITY
On Saturday last Percy Junior Charles,
the nimble city circulator for The Pioneer,
gave a number of his schoolmates a ride
to Hat City behind his dog team. After
arriving at the creek town the tiny tads
enjoyed a hearty meal at Stanley’s cafe
and. after taking in the sights, r-rurned
home greatly plra.-ed with the day’s ex
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Christmas Goods this season,
and you had better send in your
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to know you have not forgotten
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IDiTAROD, ALASKA
QUIET OBSERVANCE OF
1HANKSGIVING DAY HERE
The observance of Thanksgiving day in
Iditarod was confined to private dinner oar
lies and a i.ii’te general suspension of busi
ness. The pci lie offices were closed, and
also the hank and most of the business
houses, and everybody seemed determined
to devci • the dav to the purpose fur
which it was set aside.
While ihere were u > public religious serv
ice.- here, it 1 ate !'> say that the thanks
giving sentiment v. as as prevalent in Inila
rod as in any section of tin1 country. \\ hile
the cold .*!('rage turkey is not to be com
pared with the recent !y slaughtered I >wa
corn :.d variety available on the Out ode
he makes .a mighty good substitute, and
all of ihe accessorius for a genuine old
fas ho ned Thanksgiving dinner are avml
able in Iditarod markets, even it some of
them are of th ■ canned variety.
Another feature of an Iditarod Thanks
giving that should not be overlooked is the
:act that probably nut a single resident wa>
compelled to forego the patriotic duty of
eating turkey mi l’hanksgiviug on :u-,vimi
e.f inability t" secure the delicacy, tis pov
erty. in its generally accepted term, i- un
known Imre.
Thu d. nee given by the ladies of Flat
bay in the evening was the only j :italic
fane' n to take place ■ n the holiday.
OTTER CREEK DREDGE
AGAIN IN DIFFICULTY
The tumbler shaft for the Otter creek
dredge <>1 !!,!;. A MT.-tiMi, which h:i> been
in course "t repair at the machine shop in
this cby by a force of expert mechanic•> for
some time past, was completed last Sun
day and placed in position. No sooner
had operations been started again, how
ever, than another accident occurred, this
time ;.■> (>ne of the engines, and a further
!«la\ as been ccasittiled in ;he stai ng
up of the dredge until repairs are made.
STARTED FOR SEWARD
LAST THURSDAY MORNING
0a; tain l . Grant Norton on Monday 1 a-1
. “tried wit ids ham some n>w sledboat, the
“Nortonia." with which he intends to carry
pa.-sengers and express b. twc n tliis city
and Seward during the present winter. He
made a trial trip to Otter creek with a
couple of friends as passengers.
< In Thursday inond: g the captain 1 itch 'd
up a string of twelve dogs and left h*r
Seward with two passenger.-, one of whom
was Harry Yeager.
JAPArtiiSfc GO v EkNMEN i
TO DISCARD BATTLESHIPS
TOKIO. Oct. 2a. It is officially an
, nounced that the .lafianese government will
build no battleships next year, and will con
line its construction of warships entirely to
torpedo hi ats and submarines. This an
nouncement i> tantamount to an abandon- ,
ment of the idea tiiat large battleships are
longer of any use. and tiiat the day has
come when sea fighting will be carried on
altogether by the smaller and more eilec
tive crafts. The carrying on the war so
far seems to show that the days of dread
naughts and other great ships of war are
practically numbered. Ii is believed to j
have been shown that against a submarine
the largest vessel afloat is almost useless.
The Pioneer, your favorite weekly, sent '
to your Outside address, will keep you bet- ,
ter informed on Alaska events than would |
scores of letters.
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WORE BARGAINS
Eesides Elaine Oi! at $6.00 per case
We are selling more New Toilet Articles, Patent Medicines and Cut Glass, which
have just arrived, at greatly reduced prices
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1DITAROD, ALASKA
At a meeting attended by many ladies of Iditarod last Monday night
it was decided that this district would do its share to assist the Amen- ^
can Red Cross Society in the work of relief for the war sufferers of
Europe. The meeting was held at the A. B. hall at the conclusion of;
the regular weekly meeting of the camp, and was called to order by
Mrs. Ray 1). Clarke. After an informal discussion of the objects sought
to be accomplished by the movement, all the ladies present signified a
willingness to co-operate in the movement to raise funds for the suf
fering and destitute people m the war zone of Europe.
Mrs. Clarke was elected chairman of the organization and Miss
Lillian Smith secretary.
Plans were discussed for the raising of the funds, and suggestions
were called for as to the means to be employed. Some of the sug
gestions favored a basket social, to be accompanied by music, cards
and dancing. Others favored an entertainment which would be in the
nature of a card party, and plans of various schemes for raising money
were yenerally talked over. Mere man, who was quite well repre
sented at the meeting, was also allowed to make suggestions, but it
was generally agreed that the ladies were to take charge of the enter
prise. In order to give the ladies a chance to discuss the proposition
more generally, and to give more time to develop plans, the meeting
was adjourned to meet with Mrs. Maher at the Iditarod hotel on Friday
afternoon.
At that meeting a goodly number of ladies were present and the
matter was again gone into. Reports were received from various
ladies tending to show that owing to the near approach of the
holidays, and the fact that many were busily engaged in Christmas
preparations, in providing the usual presents peculiar to the season,
it probably would ire inadvisable to make preparations for an enter
tainment. It was very pointedly brought out that whatever was done
must be done quickly, as the winter season is now on and the need for
funds is being daily emphasized.
It was therefore decided that a canvass should be made for sub
scriptions, and Mrs. Clarke was named as chairman of the subscrip
tion committee, she to select her co-workers.
Within a few days this committee will endeavor to enlist the finan
cial support of every citizen of the community, and it is believed that
there will be a ready response.
The Outside papers reaching here on the last mail bring harrowing
reports of the destitution and suffering abroad, and especially in Bel
gium. and of the noble efforts of the Red Cross to meet the situation.
The movement is general throughout the civilized world, and yet with
all that can be done there will be much destitution that cannot be
reached.
A striking instance of self-sacrifice m behalf of the war sufferers
is furnished from Seattle, where the Seattle Business Girls’ Club, com
posed of young women who are employed in the business houses ot
the city, gave up their annual dinner in order to send the cost of the
spread to Belgium’s sufferers. Samuel Hill, the millionaire good roads
advocate, annually provides a banquet for the girls, but this year the
girls sent the money that would have been used to defray the cost of
the feast to the despairing people in “the cockpit of Europe.” The
sum was $ 1,000.
Many other instances of self-sacrifice are recorded, tending to show
that the people of favored America are not dumb to the appeals of
the distressed people of the war zone.
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COMING AND
Billy Bevins and Ray Longdon. well
known miners of this district, left last ;
Wednesday morning for the Koyukuk coun j
try, where they wid remain a goodly por |
tion of the winter.
Jo Hotspur Smith left Iditarod last Sat
urday on his grand annual geology-jarring
expedition to Moore crook, where he will
spend iln- next few weeks dallying with the
f :ive No. 2 in the pleasant pastime of per
forming assessment work.
Dr. W. I- Spaulding, a pioneer Alaska
“medicine man,” who left Hat City a couple
.if years ago to make his future home at
Crams Pass, Ore., has returned to the
Northland, and is now practicing his pro
fession in Seward.
Ray McDonald, formerly of Iditarod, who j
! was prominent in local political circles a
I few years ago as president of the oung
i Men’s Political Club, is now a resident of
! Seward, and is engaged in the restaurant
| bwsness.
Sam Bayles was a visitor in the city
Suniiav evening last from Discovery.
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i IT. W. Porter made a trip to the creeks
| last Sunday.
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H. G. Lawrence and family started on
heir trip to Takotna la.-t Sunday morning
\Y. ('. Mitchell l.-ft for Ophir on Sunday
last.
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A1 Walsh was in town on Monday la^t.
: H ha- just rlurned from a hurried trip to
i Dunlin and Moore creeks.
A letter received from Thomas L. Thurs
ton in last Wednesday’s mail, dated at
Seattle, gives his permanent address as
Mayhndge, Alherta, Canada.
Dr. Monnicr, a Pari' surgeon, has started
a mow* to provide soldiers with whistles, so
that when wounded they may. whistle for a
-tretcher bearer.
The Turks are fortifying points in the
Hi ly Land.
The war has developed the fact that tfto
supply «.f glass eyes conies from Germany,
and the factories there have shut down. In
this country .'500.000 per- m.- wear glass eyes
oi l have to buy new one.- every year ar
t wo.
Lit lb- boys in Hyde park. London, played
war games in which all the belligerent
covered what happened to Germany. Now
no one wants to be Germany.
X e.v nt; one wants to be Germany.
A German resident of Lmdaii i. who Dei
a p. rmit to move about for business [im
pose-'. was sentenced to three months in
prison for visiting his Cousin, live mile
from his registered address. Ihe permit did
not extend to social call-.
All the wine in Champagne having been
con.-timed, the peoj le and soldiers are co n
[jelled to drink tea.
The Stars and Stripes float serenely
within three miles of the firing line n-otr
C'ninpciglle. The flag is on the chateau of
an American. C. Mitchell Depew. nephew of
l huuncey, the chateau being used as a
hospii al.
Resolutions have been passed by London
golf clubs asking all members of German
and Austrian parentage, whether natural
ized or not, to keep off the links during
the continuance of the war.
All members of the British flying corps
have pledged themselves to dash their ma
chines right through any Zeppelin that trie?
t i raid London, though it may mean s\vih
death.
Even the thieves are showing patriot Em,
for official reports show that there has been
a reduction of 41) per cent in crime in tlie
county of London since war started.
Charles Richter committed suicide in Lon
don because children teased his daughter
about his German nationality.
Five thousand German prisoners of war
or: an island off Auckland are prevented
from escaping by a sea titled with man
eating shark-, according to officers of the :
freighter Del; hie, which recently arrived at
Tacoma from New Zealand.
Austrian subjects who make “careless”
remarks on the military situation are given
three years’ imprisonment, with fast days
every week.
ITiclo Sam is serving 2,000 free meals a
week to Austrians and Hungarians in Lon
don. Expenses are paid from the Austro
Hungarian contingent fund.
During thirty-seven days’ fighting, Ger
man army chaplains were with the troops
and held services and preached sermons in
the trenches.
The individual's mental state in battle i>
described by several Austrian officers who
had never been under fire. The evening j
before their first battle they agreed their
feelings were so friendly for the enemy that
the first thing they would want to do when I
they spied a Russian would be to shake
hands with him. But the next day, when
they got in action, they found a fiendish
glee in killing every Russian within reach.
Camille Saint Saens, the French com- I
poser, says it is now as impossible for 1
Frenchmen to listen to Wagner's operas as
“it would be to applaud a singer who bad
injured one’s mother.”
All foreign governesses in the employ of j
princely families of Germany are to be j
dismissed.
Ail the Standard Makes of
Including Stanfield’s, Medium and Heavy
Eaylos Clothing Co.
IDITAROD DISCOVERY, OTTER
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The following, written on a post curd to
Robert Soutar of the Caribou cafe, will in
form the many friends of the writer in this
community as to his whereabouts, after long
months of we ay waiting:
"Valcarti- r Camp,
“Quebec, Canada, Sent. 21.
“Dear P b: Just a word to tel! you
tl • ■ I’m to Id;rope with the I*
(’anadie.fi contingent. 1 was in Detroit
when v ar broke, and had a fine job.
bringing me in $23 weekly, with good
prospects. But I ©Quid not resist the
call for volunteers, so crossed over into
Canada and enlisted. We have been
here a month, anti leave for Europe
lull, rrow. About 20,000 go with first
lot, leaving the same number to go
later. About 230 or 300 of our bat
talion were rejected on medical
grounds. If you write, address me.
PTE. A. ELLIOT,
“B Ci'.. First On :.rio Regiment. First
Brigade, Canadian Overseas Contin
gent.”
“Col .no!” A. M. Elliot was a resident of
Iditarod f< r nearly three years, leaving here
in the fall of 1913, having been connected
with The Pioneer nearly all that lime. After
Paving Iditarod he went to Southern Cali
fornia. and it was reported hereabouts that
his martial spirit was leading him south
ward to espouse the cause of the Mexican
Constitutionalists by enlisting in the army
f General Ydlu. Whether or not Colonel
Elliot served in Villa’s army has not. been
■'tisfactori.y determined, but the fact re
mains that that famous Mexican in
mander’s military efforts were invariably
crowned with success after the colonel
landed in the South.
As a matter of avoirdupui.-. the “colonel"
va> not a “hefty" proposition, but he wa
•*n individual po- d of cormiderabu
learning, and was except, m by well verseu
in world politics. Ho lived a number of
wars in South Africa was there during the
Boer war. and saw mm nr!::ary -'■rv.ee
in that conflict. The rank of “cob nel, ’ by
which he was generally known in thi.- com
nmnity. v. - conferred upon him by Billy
'•’»■• mm. now a resident of Ruby. That
us*’.ally much coveted title rested ligluly
upi n ■1 • sh« adders of Mi
capable <f maintaining the pr >ud bearing
and fearles.-ne.-s of a Ru-.-ian duke.
COAL FROM MATANUSKA
TO RECEIVE ANOTHER TEST
SKATTIT-. Oct. 2 i. Word he- -n rr
ccived at the Bremert. :i xi«t\yard that th»
•■rmored cruiser Maiylrnd, (daj .tin Philo
\! drew.*, wdl leave the Mare Island navy
yard on November 1 for Puget sound
Idpnn arrival here the Mar;, land wdl take
on supplies and coal and will also load
■vitli GUO tons of Ala ka coal from the
Matanuska fields. This coal wa- brought to
the r.avy yard last .-; ring and stored at the
coal depot awaiting the relief of the Mary
land from duty in Mexican waters. Th*3
vessel is now available for this duty, and
thorough, ‘• -ts will be made to determine
the .-Paming qualities of the M at anus'; t
coal Twenty five ton- of the coal was sent
to Annapolis for chemical tests and was
found to be much superior in quality to the
coal tested last year.
A letter received by Wednesday's mail
brought the information that Claude Shea,
a former resident of Iditarod, and well and
favorably known here, was married in Se
attle on September 16 lust to Miss Ida
Cleveland.
Currin’s wood saw v;d) save von money.
Phone him.
CHAIRMAN CF COMMISSION
TALKS ON ALASKA RAILROAD
j SEATTLE. Or: j* The practical result"
that will come from cheap transportation
in the development of Alaska by the eov
eminent railroad were outlined by Thorna
| Riggs. .1 r., of the Alaska rail v cumiM
i sion, in an address at the (' rnmercial f lub
! yesterday. He and W. (\ Edo", chairman
I of the commission, both of whom arrived
I from the North Friday morning, w< re the
j guests of the civic organi/ .'ion a; i me..
“Even a single trunk line t«. the intr a r.
! without the other trunk inn - 'hat we Tn ;
| to build, is going te oe'.al .p the win le of
.Alaska." he said. “ilundrcCs of ; : ;-peet' i"
j will come over this road with their ou’fit
I and develop new mining companies 1 ;ri
J ing will come along to support the po-aila
of Alaska. I am no
'expect to see Alaska an exporting ur.try
| for many years, but I do b'-I that
•Maska is going t > take car >■: its own
I population and farming will be a result of
! mining. A^ mining increases we are to .ing
i to have the whole country studded with
I prosj erou" little farms. We gn>w w • ler
ful veget' T'es. hay and oat" and gram b
i a p'is it !- product.
‘•When the Ala-ka Interior . within “a-y
reach of S< tittle the country will ha* •»•••;■ .
with mining ex; erts. 1 inking F r n.c ; I
to inv.-t capital. Let us see how r .
pollution is going to affect price- Tin
merchant now has to take in sup; ! ■•- b ir
ing the summer to la-' him for nine mm h
which makes u large primary outlay IF
! bases his figures so th 1 h<* m iy
; r*»fit. and must take i: ;o consiu'-rm.
freight transportation, the marine in.- .r
unco, warehouse insurance. m* r -m •,
money invested, deterioration run! sf un
sold in the spring. These things bring the
cost of supplies in the Interi r up to a
I high mark. When the ra Im ■>>{ is rich
| the merchant will be able to send wire to
i Seattle and in six or seven days cm have
his goods in rhe warehouse at ib rmmk
j with the articles ordered ready for the
| buyer
' “Men of affairs are u •? able : ■ in
| vestigp.te mining prope-itions m Ah. i: : i
cause it takes so long lor ; rac : ai m m
visit mining properties Miuit : engi -r
j now have merely touched the edge- • •. big
j mining propositions that will bring big re
I turns when the railroad i- built. One of
| these i- the br ad Pass cistric?
' “What the people f Alaska wan: 1- not
cheap* r transportation, hut tranp-mtati m.
Ti at is what we want ' ' : •• ‘’mm
Th* c unmissi n
! route- the Seward, mutt. th. Valdez r
Copper river r - ra! m
Mi Riggs s
J re n- in Alaska F t summer w*-re Fa.
j cause of the many rains.
Chairman Idles will leave ■" md Mr
I Washington as soon as : " bl* 1. mit-m mt
I Frederick Mears. the if u ••! : ie.
amission, is
■ • sail for the S«c th early m \t m nth and
.vill examine railroad consmicp.m m < an
n a b t >re returning to it11 Engim -
re busy at the commission'- he:: puarter
i building g data, and
it i- expected that the ennui :--mn will have
its report ready before the next session of
congress.
COLONEL ELLIOT WAS THERE
' A New York dispatch o il- of the arrival
of the steamship Minno-a.-ku ami nf her
| meeting the tr;.neper’s min eying the t’ana
| dian contingent to Kmrlami An American
; officer rn board tells of the n -ting with
the line of trail-: rts in mid- -T-'ch
ling from horiz; n to horizon e ieh fr-eti a
mile to half a mile apart, preceded, th.tik-d
1 and followed by guarding ves-rls of
British fleet- a long, gray line, which
seemed to be unendinr.
The suit of Eugene \ in dr i 1 '• Matt
Johnson was tried before Commissi nor A!
j Lreclit and a jury List Tuesday, on 1 resulted
in a verdict for the plot.off. J t M-’dy
1 was attorney for Van Orsdi.l.
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