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Succcessor to Chesiey, Ryan Si Kehoe
A1 Thorns and Jack Piice left
Iditarod for Bear creek, Tuluksak,
Thursday last, taking with them
considerable equipment for pros
pecting ground on Bear which they
have under option.
The outfit included steam con
nections for the -pinch band driil
which is now on Bear creek, and
also a Cameron sinking pump.
When they arrive at Willow creek
they will pick up the boiler used by
Frank Manley in tire drilling oper
ations on that creek, and the whole
will be hatiied over jo the Kusko
kwitn with a couple of horses.
Charley T.iyl >r. win) planned t(
visit his lii-nie a! Haekley. W.-ishinp
ton, after testify inf ui ti • Harm-tie
trial, may be expected back in iuitarod
early in March.
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Yukon Sleds
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Dog Harness
Team Harness
22-Long Repeating Rifles
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Boston, Decernl>ar 15. —“The
United States is wholly nnpre
\ pared to meet any sudden military
attack, and it is aim ist probable
that we shall have a war in the no'
'distant future. We must get pre
! pared fora sudden attack, for this
is the \er,T best way to insuie
■ against such an attack coming.”
i These were the statements of the
i foremost soldier in this coiudiy.
Mr>j Gen. Leonard Wood, chief ot
siafi of the United States army, be
: lute a gathering of 500 Harvard tin
: dei grad nates in the Harvard Union.
The speaker outlined his policies
as not adceding militarism, Inn
! preparedness, and the ncccs i: v ol
having a reserve force on hand at
all times. He said in part;
“If the coaches of your loo'.nul!
team did n t have their men in
shape t t tire Yale game you can
imagine what would happen. You
would get well beaten by tire team
which had trained for the game.
“This situation is exactly analo
gous with ours in the military field.
We are a growing power and we
shall have a war in the not far dis
tant future, as we are coming in
contact with other growing powers
Six hundred thousand men must be
mobilized for such a war.
“We have always held tiie
opinion that our nation is better
than all the others, and that if any
thing happened v. e would come
out on top somehow.
“That is a falsity. Turkey is
being defeated today principally
through her lack of preparation.
There is nothing which justifies
our belief that we are better than
any other i ation. ”
Hill rv Ijeland reports that just be-j
fore leaving Ruby there was a small
stampede projected for tlie Melo/.i !
river, on account of some fair prospects
brought over from that region.
Quitclaim deed blanks—Pioneer.
S a gentle reminder that he is
still in the land of the living,
A. D. Ferguson* sends a pro
gram of a Ladies’ Night, at the San
Francisco-Alaska Club November 20.
“l-Yrgy was there," and that, he
hitched up Old Dobbin gees without
saying when it is learned that he was
a member of the publicity committee.
Among oilier well-known oldl inters
who served on vat ions committees for
the occasion may be mentioned Kdgar
A. Mi/.nor, formerly Dawson manager
of tho N. < ’. ( \> : II. II. Hart, 11. (A
Jones. Swill waiter Dill Oates, Lew
Cooke, Skipper It. FI. Norwood, Her
man Wobln r, Major T. K. Cunning
ham, Clarence Deny, J M. (Dad's Hoy)
I'.iihcck, C. C. Demis, pur-er t,f the
steamer Tunana, and F. L. Keller, of
Skag way.
Writing from his home at Bos (Infos,
(’ah, Harry Jones says ho is having a
line time visiting with his folks. He
is living on beta ios and other fruit and
cream, and basking in the sunshine to
his heart's content. Ho sends best
wishes for a happy new \ car to all in
quiring friends.
Tlarry Sheppard brings ruvs of the
following old Aiaskans whom ho met
during h is v ;>u to t he ()ut*ide:
Louis Vigoiius is in'et» sted in ]»ic
ture shows and Other Seattle miter
prists. I ;«• is doing well, and h.as an
ailtomrhi!
Captain J ick Creon is in the Spirit
Cifv. Me h.a* a (id-horsepo wcr autuiao
ti 1 *. and spend* much of hi* time ca
reering a round therein. Shep accom
panied him on one of these whirl*
'hr ugh space.
dim Hagan was met in Se.it lie. lie
had recently returned ft urn Skugwuy,
where hud been in connect ion with
some ease.
M. A. Mahoney and wife are visiting
in Montreal.
(ieorge Mich is in Seattle. lie i*
talking of coming hues on the first
beat, and Tommy McSmart is fueling
the same way.
Isadore Cohistein has left Seattle for
Juneau, but whether he intends to lo
cale there or not is not known.
Mr. Van !>"-gen. who was in charge
of 'lie electrical in*;allatum for the V.
ij. Co. on 1 dat creek, has returned to
bis home in Milwaukee, accompanied
by hi* wife. Mr. Van Bergen recently
Completed the i*;>ta'lai ion of a Kg
pi ant in Victoria, B. C.. for the Alii s
Ch a liners Co.
Big Jim Murray is spending the v. i;>
t ci in Seat tie. ^
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j U v ill i i'i ,\i it i/ «3l U1:. s tt
Deputy - Marshal Tom Howell re
turned to Flat Wednesday.
Nearly 4ld pounds of :i;>! and second
class mail arrived Tuesday. Some of
the second-class matter bure Septom
her dao hut letters from Seattle as
late as December Id were received.
F. Vanderpol, who left on a fishing
trip to B mau/a creek just before :lie
free/cup., video id it.trod Sue.day for
first lime su t. He had v r\
t»ad luck v\ ill his catch, basing t vi
tens of fidu during' the soft >pdi which
1; it. the dist rict the mddie of Devm
ber. Mr. \ru.!i«I*'-*rj»?>! left again Mon
day. He intends to vital out a lot o
wood to be I! >ated down to iuilarod on
the high water.
Duncan Michic left Fairbanks for
the Outside eat ly this mo: tin
Archie Mitchell, who left here in
tending to go Outside, is at Fairbanks,
where he has decided to remain foi
the greater part of the winter. He
will spend some time at the Big Chena
hot springs and probably return to
Id it arm! late next summer.
C. II. Deck was a visitor in Iditared
Wed11osday atid Thurm'ay last.
Charley .Maltl»v received a letter
from A. H. Mali by on the last mail
saying that he was about to “hit the
frail” for the North, so we may ex
pect to see him any time now.
The Fairbanks papers contain
particulars of the marriage at that
place recently of Royal O. South
worth, editor of the Fairbanks
Times, to Mrs. Camille Stewart,
who recently a, rived from the Out
side over the Fairbanks Valdez
trail.
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At the weekly meeting ot the Iditarod town council held last
Wednesday till members were present except Atiten.
City Hal! Site
Chairman Smith, of the finance committee, reported that Mr. weir
and himself had called upon Mrs. Clifton regarding the purchase of the
city hall lot. Mrs. Clift, n sai l she was perfectly willing to sell not
only the giouud upon which the hall stood, but the whole lot —40x50
feet—tor the sum of $500, if payment were made by April 1 next.
Moteover, she would lie willing to accept the $120 rent which will be
due upon the lot I v that time in pint payment, leaving only $380 in
cash to be found by the council. Mr. Smith thought the offer was a
good one, but the on'v difficulty was to guarantee payment of cash by
the time specified. Under the circumstances he thought it might be
advisable to wait awhile before taking action.
Mayor Barnes said the way out of the difficulty was to give Mrs.
Clifton a warrant on the sala:y fund., since by Apti 1 1 that fund will be
caught up. There would lie plenty of money available soon, as a large
| proportion of the taxpayers were going to take advantage of the 10 per
I cent, discount anal pay immediately. Owing to the delay in issuing
I the cards notifying taxpaycis of the amount due from them, lie sug
gested an extension of 15 days during which the public could take ad
1 vantage of the discount. Agreed.
.A bill of $47.50 for advertising delinquents in the Iditarod Pioneer
was passed for payment, and warrant ordered drawn for same. Similar
act it n was taken on a bill of $13 25 put in by Smith’s gun store. The
bill of the Cascade laundry am )U itiiig to $100 tor water supply was re
ferred back for further consideration.
Councilman 1! ivies reported the delivery of five cords of wood from
I Paul La Plant, being the first instalment of 15 cords contracted for.
The wood had been measured and was O. K.
Cut Gut Water
Mr. 1! ivks further notified the council tii it the Cascade water sup.
! pi v had been cut off, and the fire commit tee recoin me n ded that no
further w si rants be issued fir that • .-reive after J ntiiry 13 After dis
j cussion a motion in accordance with the committee's recommendation
was put and carried with two disser.tents—.Smith and Weir.
Councilman Mutchler wanted to know what protection the citizens
1 now had in return for the tax levy of 1 '. per cent.
Mi I; ivies said a large number of buckets were always on hand at
the fire h .11, chemicals were kept charged and water holes in the rivet
kept open night ami dav. In addition they met an efficient watchman,
and he th--tight thev were reasonably safe.
Mr. .Mumble: thought it u- tlld be a good idea if the city coll’d gel
1 the use of the Cascade boiler, at a monthly cost ot §25 or perhaps
$50, for use in emergency.
Mr. Achcson thought the proposal was a good one, but the oiilj
’ wav 1 1 do would be to get the boiler ;ei:iv p > ti it the Cascade people
; wtmld i: \vc abs' lun Iv noth.inn. to do \v till it. Persouaby he was sick
I and tired of them.
Other councilmen spoke in a similar strain, the general tenor rd
their rtnntks l-.-iug that ti eCmm. ,1- [)L-. p'e were . ns lutvly uartli tbit
i uid un’.iut! ail- neither tii.ur woid nor their bond being woitn any
; thing
The proposal for the cl:y to "cijuiie its own boiler was then dis
1 cussed, ami Mr. Mulch'd came forward with the < fb r of a * > liorse
, >, aver i'vr lor 5! 1,000, agreeing to take a warrant tor lire amount. lie
;mintul out tii't . e \\~s not living to make a nde to the council, bu'
. • hey cm.Id have the boiler m those terms if they wanted it, and h<
j would be content to wait i : the itran-y.
'idle fire committee lias been instructed to go into the matter tin i
! -uglily: to fill-; out the cost of fixing up the boiler, moving the old fire
had to a !,motion sui.a'de fo: a boiler in-use, a id to gather other details
■ ihI report to the mxt meeting. 1 he concensus o! opinion among tin
I councilmen is that it is a \ Itv to !; ;ve a good plant iviug i.iie. Mr
Smith said, it was only common jus Ice to give the people something ior
their in m-.-y.
a few more remarks the meeting adjourned.
iSOtEM-Bigqi SJ5E
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THE IssPiiiW&iCE OF
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In fair Glofas is a big ona
to you no a buyer
If you're back from a trip,
needing anything in the line ol i
Clothing from the skin out, you j
can find it in our store.
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J. Maibdjj
FLAT CITY
Successor to N. N. Jaffa
PROSPECTING ON SLATE CHEEK
Pete Jensen has been prospecting
for two weeks past on the Bud
weiser association, Tory gulch,
which runs into the !e!t folk of
Slate creek. He and Ids partner
got several holes clown, but were
driven out by water. It is onh
about eight feet to bedrock where
they are. and Mr. Jensen has great
hopes of something worth wliib
being found there. It is a very likely
looking spot, and fair prospects
have already been located.
Location Notices at Pioneer office.
And not back. The stock of merchandise we are getting in
this coming Spring will gladden the heart of every one that is
at all inclined to wear the Best and Latest.
Oar shelves and counters are to be cleared. Hence get in the
bandwagon and join the Chorus of Bargains, Bargains, and
Best of Bargains.
POOL TOMMIES!
A! THE IMPERIAL
Great interest is being manifested
iir the pool tournament which com
menced at the Imperial cigar store
i a -» Tuesday, January cr, and
which wii! continue nightly until
finished. The number of entries
totals 17, and players have been di
vided into classes A, B and C. ac
'ording to their recognized skid.
The following are the entrants, flic
figures being the joints the player
must score for game:
(.•LASS A
FY, f. Frank Hudson 100
Dick Button Vl
[lamps Peters m
”( ub” Woi fe -80
(.'ouirade Stunron 10
Davie Mutchlei- Th
Fred Bernier 1 1
(V ireiess fpd! .. -11
1 'apt. Albert \Y i 10 . Id
Li.ASS ('
Frank Larson 10
1 'ant. Hilly IV:arson 70
Hen Bromberg .Co
I F n Ho w land (i >
.). I i. S. reid . HO
■ inks ,-\nt liorriesoii . (to
Jack Click ■!
Tk.e following games have been
placed < fT to date: Peterson 8->,
Button 6-.; Hudson too, Stiuium
j5: How lard bo, ihombeig 52:
\Vc 1 fe So, IIii'N-oii 9 j.
'1 he ] rizes offered are: 1’ircf, $15:
second, f.to; third, $6. The games
'.is evening will commence at 9
In the officii! list of donors of prizes
it die Kt-nnel Club ’masquerade, pub
i'-lied in onr last issue, the name of II.
\v;is inadvertently omitted. Mr.
Ruas donated a handsome fancy vest.
Robert Cuckhurn has been visiting
Iditarod during the wool:.
Appetizing
Tender
Fresh-Killed
OP Mil
la I la 111 Lf
In Prime Condition
; By the Carcass, Side, Cut or Pound —in any amount to suit our
i patrons. See Display in our show windows.
: wtMeat Orosise, Ptarmigan, Grayling and White Fist!
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| CROWLEY ii PORTER
■ ;DITAROD The House of Quality FLA i Cl i Y ,
Fred Labelle lias been engaged
: for several days past in making a
| 12 li.p. pipe boiler, which lie fig
ures on taking to the Aniak about
! the first 01 tire mouth. In addition
lie will Sake in a low-duty pump,
! and negotiations are pending with
a view to securing a sawmill outfit.
The outfit will be hauled first to
I Marvel erttk. Aniak, and later on
j to Fisher creek, a stream about
! sewn miles long and the next trib
j utary above Marvel. Together with
' Malcolm McDonald, Labelle lias an
option on the- whole of I-'islier, and
I tavorable prospects already ob
tained there encourage them to
j fm the r effort,
! Henry Hcc.rd, who arrived
Irom the Aniak during the week,
. biings in a report that Johnny Ben
| nett has been getting py and better
So the pail on Marvel recently.
Bennett figures on putting in a
flume, an 1 with that object in view
will g-. t in St,ooo feet oi lumber in
the spring.
Labelle thinks the sawmill which
he is figuring on would prove a
good investment, not only for the
lumber which he will require him
self next summer, but also for sup
plying otlieis it inquired.
PETER CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY
Peter Bagoy, son and heir of John
Bagi.y. cell luati-d his fifth birthday
■ ith considerable eclat Tuesday last,
•fie was host to a grand party given at
ihe home of his parents, and ail his
playmates were present to wish him
many happy returns.
Joe Jean, of the Summit t ndbouse.
came in Wednesday and returned the
netit day.
Budweiser Beer Queen Mnn® So at ah Yg Okie German Lager_
Prices by the Gallon Are Reasonable
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FLAT CITY ED ANDERSON THE BRANCH