All Orders for Groceries
FILLED PROMPTLY WITH GOODS OF THE
Best Quality
AND AT THE VERY
Lowest Prices
Sam’l Appiebaum
General Ladies’
FURNISHINGS
Ladies' Furnishing Store
MRS. L. C. THORNTON, Prop.
PORTER BRANCHES OUT
Word comes from Marshall to the effect
that H. II, Porter, the former Iditarod
merchant, who was expected here before
the break-up, will not be able to make the
journey. He has bought out the stock and
business of A. E. Edwards, the pioneer mer
chant of Marshall, and will conduct it here
after in connection with his store at "Jungle
town."
at the McDonald
l'red Simon, William Lee, R. McMillan,
\V. C. Blancher and wife, Adolf Sankile.
Adolf Srasi, Jim Movtoa, M. Trimberger,
Ed Benson. Louis Huber, R. C. Jeffery. J. J.
Lindquist, George W Moore, Ingwald Lee,
J. Joard, James Owens, J. Loranger, Peter
Kowalike, George Glass. Thomas Kucryin
sky, Alex Brokavich, Joe Rapoist, Jack
Andrick, Eli Rajrick, G. C. Miller, George
Nellffleyer, Emil Smith. 1- Smith. J. E.
Beattie. J. W. Moriaritv, Jack Williams.
E. M. Stanton, Fred Carlson, Alex Rude, J.
C. Collins, Martin Yasisellas. N. P. Sjaden.
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Job Printing at The Pioneer office.
Everything
For Everybody
RUBBER OVERSHOES
ARCTICS, SHUPAKS
LITEPAKS
TOWELS PILLOW CASES
SHEETS
Ginghams, Dress and Outing Goods
Four and Five Yards, $1
Bleached and Unbleached Sheetings
Decorate the Home
WALL PAPER AND LINOLEUMS
9 6 Q
Ansieys
IDITAROD. ALACXA
MOOSE DANCE TONIGHT
AND SMOKER TOMORROW
The wind-up dance and supper to he
given tonight by the lodge of Moose at Flat
will be a largely-attended affair. The en
tertainment committeemen have been as
busy as bees during the past week, and
many pleasant surprises are in store for
those who attend. The music alone will lie
well worth the price of admission, to say
nothing of the big feed that has been pre
pared.
Members of the Moose lodge are working
hard to make the smoker of tomorrow
evening one never to he forgotten. The
fun will begin directly after the annual in
stallation of officers, and there’ll not be a
dull moment during the evening. The nth
letic features of the program will he the
best of the season.
IS A GOOD*SALESMAN
Captain C. A. Boerner. who is to leave
early in the coming week for Fairbanks to
resume his vocation as river pilot with the
opening of navigation, has been acquiring
a reputation as a salesman recently which
will stand him in good stead should he
decide to desert the pilot house for the
less romantic career of counter jumper. He
has so successfully disposed of various arti
cles of personal property which he did not
desrie to take with hmi that his associates
at the N C. store, probably actuated by
envy of his abliity, have been having some
fun with him. The other day a big placard
made its appearance in the store detailing
several articles of personal adornment which
the captain was supposed to have for sale,
and it wound up with the assertion that
he was prepared to buy "pure gold dust" at
Jo per ounce. And such is their belief in
his luck that they fully expect that Boerner
will have offers made to him at this figure.
HOT SPRINGS MINER KILLED
Joe Cobsinm, a mining man of the Hot
Springs district, met a tragic end on Feb. 8.
when he fell, to the bottom of a mining
shaft out of which he and his two partners
were working, at the mouth of Woodchop
per creek, on Sullivan creek, fie was not
instantly killed by the fall, as he lived for
fifteen minutes after being hauled from the
shaft. He was unable to tell how he fell.
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WANTED Dogs to board. Until the
first of June, S4 ner month; after June 1.
83. Will be received at Iditarod after April
15. For further information apply Adams
House. Jim Hardaway & George Turner.
Launch Transit
Sails for Marshall and Yukon River Points May 21
For Freight Space and Rates see R. C. Button
The Transit will operate on the Iditarod River after June 10.
EARL BYERS, Freighter.
C. R. PECK, FLAT
General Merchandise
BARGAINS |
Diamond Safety Razors. $2 00 2
Diamond Safety Razor Blades, dozen . 1.00 «
Gillette Safety Razors, regular, $6.00; vest pocket size 6.00 J
Gillette and Auto Strop Razor Blades, per dozen. . 1.60 2
INGERSOLL WATCHE8—Yankee, $1.50; Eclipse, $2.50; Junior, $3.00; Midget 3.00 2
A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF POCKET KNIVE8 T
Imperial Chocolate Candles, per lb., 75c and $1.00 2
DRUfiS—AT OUTSIDE PRICES |
SMITH'S GUN STOREl
IDITAROD, ALASKA PHONE 6 SECOND AND WILLOW I
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LADIES’ DOG-TEAM RACE
TO START THIS MORNING
At 11:30 a. m. today the start will
be made in the ladies’ dog-team race gotten
up by the citizens of Flat, and what prom
i ises to be one of the most interesting events
of the winter season just coming to a close
Ir scheduled to take place.
There will be live entries in the contest
and four prizes first, $100; second, $50;
third, $35, and fourth, $15. The course
ks from Flat to Discovery, thence back to
Flat, to Iditarod, and return to Flat. The
start will be made from in front of the
FJat post o fiice.
The starters and timekeepers at Flat will
Be Christy Anthonison and Tom McMahon;
at Discovery the timekeepers will be Harry
Donnelley end Bob McMillan, and at Idita
rod. Cyril Wood and Jimmy Farrell.
There has been much trying-out of dogs
during the past week, and there is con
siderable rivalry among the fair contestants
for the honors.
The teams will start five minutes apart
in the following order:
Mrs. Gus Christoph.
Mrs. lCd King.
Mrs. John C. Currin.
Mrs. George Mutchler.
Mrs. Tobias Perry.
The finish will be at Tom McMahon’s
store.
NO GREAT INTEREST SHOWN
IN MUNICIPAL ELECTION
The annual election of municipal officers
and member of the school board, to be
held next Tuesday, has so far failed to
arouse any great amount of interest. Citi
zens have been backward about announcing
their candidacies, and altogether the elec
tion promises to be a mere matter of form.
At a mass meeting held last night the
following were placed in nomination for
| eouncilmen and school trustee:
For Couneilmen George W. Albrecht. 11.
| E Riley, E. C. Button, Jonas Brewis, Paul
Laplant, Earl Byers, David Mutchler. Frank
Larson and J. C. Currin.
School Board Ira Wood and Mrs. Luclla
1 Dunn.
The polls will open at 9 a. m. Tuesday
and close at 8 p. m. The registration
| books will be open at Commissioner Ger
| aghty’s office until 4 p. m. today
OUR MINISTER TO BELGIUM
IS VIRTUALLY A PRISONER
LONDON, March 30. Foreign corre
spondents arriving here from Brussels say
that the American legation is isolated un
t der orders of the German police. It is
rumored that the Germans contemplate tak
ing Mi nister Brand Whitlock and his staff
to Germany.
Was to Leave for Havre
WASHINGTON, March 24 Brand
Whitlock and the American relief workers
in Belgium have been formally withdrawn,
Secretary Lansing announced today, and
will go to Havre.
DREDGE ON YANKEE CREEK
WILL BE IN OPERATION
DURING COMING SEASON
Georgp Glass of the Kimball Flume
Dredging Company, which is to install a
dredge on Yankee creek, arrived in the
city last Sunday, and is engaged in work
ing out transportation details in anticipa
tion of the arrival of the machinery soon
after the opening of navigation.
The dredge is to be shipped from Seattle
to the Kuskokwim on one of the early
boats. It will be carried by water to the
headwaters of Big creek, from whence a
journey of about eleven miles will land it
at its destination. Mr. Glass expects to
begin the construction of a road as soon as
weather conditions will permit. About four
miles will have to be corduroyed, and the
balance of the route presents no difficulties,
as it follows the ridges separating the two
watersheds.
It is expected that the dredge will be in
place and washing gravel late in the sum
mer. The company has obtained control of
a large proportion of the known pay ground
on Yankee creek, and several years’ work
is blocked out for the big machine.
JUDGE BUNNELL IS HOME
After an absence of more than two
months, Judge Charles E. Bunnell returned
to Fairbanks on March 5. Regarding his
trip he stated that the most noteworthy
fact that came to his attention was that
greater activity is noted in the Third divi
sion on account of the new canneries and
larger fishing industries that are being estab
lished. In the First division, he said, the
mining activity is great and the fishing out
fits are adding to the prosperity. Valdez
was hard hit by the fire, but the judge
considers that the town sustained a greater
loss in the death of Sam Blum than it did
in the loss by fire.
“GAT” COURTNEY PROMOTED
J. “Gat” Courtney, formerly of Iditarod,
has been appointed superintendent of the
detention hospital at Fairbanks to fill the
vacancy made by the resignation of E. L.
Young. “Gat” has been acting as cook in
the Fairbanks jail for several months, and
his new appointment is a good promotion.
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Fred Peterson and his two mining part
ners returned to Iditarod last Thursday
afternoon, after spending in the winter in
the Tolstoi camp.
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2 LOCAL AND PERSONAL <>j
o v !
♦OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOf
Leo Clifford left for Cripple creek on
Monday last.
One week from tomorrow April S is
Easter Sunday.
Tobias Perry left for the Innoko on
Wednesday morning.
James Hardaway, a prominent pioneer of
Dikeinsn, arrived iu Iditarod last Thursday
on a short visit.
Joe Loranger, the Willow creek miner,
who spent the winter Outside, returned to
the city on Sunday la.-t.
“Curly” Smith, the Marshall operator,
who spent the winter Outside, arrived over
the trail on Tuesday last.
The Goldstein building, on First street,
changed ownership during the week. J. J.
Smith is the new owner.
Mr. and Mrs. William Blancher of Mar
shal! arrived from the Outide last Saturday,
and left for the lower Yukon early in the
present week.
Under the guiding hand of George Adams,
the large two-story frame building at the
corner of First and Willow streets, familiarly
known as “Simpson’s Folly.” is being razed.
“Tear 'Em Down” Johnson is again
abroad in the land, and is making his pres
ence felt this week by converting the res
taurant building on Willow street formerly
occupied by Terence McGrath into piles of
well-dried lumber.
Mrs. B. I. Ray, sister of Mrs. J. J. Smith,
will be an arrival in Iditarod on the first
boat, coming in over the ice from Seattle.
She will be accompanied by her little son,
and will open up a ladies goods store at
Flat.
The funeral of Peter Toleko, the Russian
who committed suicide on March 20, was
held last Sunday from the Smith under
taking parlors. Attended by many of his
countrymen, the remains were conveyed to
the Iditarod cemetery, where interment took
place. E. M. Stanton read the funeral
services.
PROMINENT MILITARY MAN
ANSV/ERS LAST SUMMONS
SEATTLE, March 24. General W. W.
Robinson, U. S. A., retired, died in Seattle
today and will be buried in the Arlington
national cemetery at W ashington. D. (
William W:allace Robinson, dr., brigadier
general. LL S. A., retired, was born in Ohio.
April 21. 1S46. He served as a private in a
Wisconsin regiment for a few months in
1865. and was graduated from West Point
in 1869. Through successive promotions he
rose to be colonel and assistant quarter
master general in 1910. and was retired the
same year with the rank of brigadier-gen
eral. He served for many years at Western
posts, and engaged in many tights with the
Indians, participating in the battle? of
i Wounded Knee and Drexel Mission. S. Dak.
For some years he had charge of shipments
rf supplies and troops for Alas'ka and the
Philippines, being stationed at Seattle. He
was chief quartermaster of the department
of Luzon from 1902 to 1904, and later held
similar posts i:i the department of Dakota
and the "department of the Lakes. His home
I was in Seattle.
General Robinson was a brother of the
well-known pioneer resident of Elat. "Curly"
, Robinson.
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TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES
BROOKINGS. S. I)ak„ March 30. John j
Schmidt, who threatened to kill President j
Wilson, has been jailed here.
BERNE. March 24. Fifty-nine of the j
American Yarrowdale prisoners are here,
en route home.
WASHINGTON, March 29. President ■
Wilson told the members of hi? cabinet 1
that he wanted them to remain throughout i
his second term. All promised to do so.
NEW YORK, March 24. Twenty-six i
mail bags Cn route to the British embassy j
at Washington were found rilled here.
WASHINGTON, March 24'.- Suggestions |
were laid before President Wilson today >
looking to the possibility of floating a loan
of So,000.000.000 for the entente allies.
AMSTERDAM. March 24.—The Nor
wegian press is displaying much bitterness
toward Germany.
WALLACE, Idaho. March 24.—Simon
Guggenheim is snow-bound in the Coeur
d’Alene mountains. A rescue train fyas |
been dispatched from here.
SEATTLE, March 24.—A consignment
of Japanese potatoes has been received here.
SEATTLE. March 27. -Seattle won the
third straight game of the world's hockey
championship from the Montreal team last
night by a score of 9 to 1.
STOCKHOLM, March 29. The king is
contemplating summoning a new cabinet.
NEW ORLEANS, March 29.—Darcy, the
Australian boxer, and Jeff Smith of New
York have been matched for a twenty
round bout here on May 4.
A.
SHIP KUSKOKWIM RIVER
The motorship Kuskokvvim River, which
made such a dismal failure last year on
the Scattle-Bethel run, is being remodeled
and fitted with steam power, and will be
put on the run between Portland and Alaska
points during the coming summer.
BLAZE AT FLAT
A cabin occupied by Dundas Yeager, at
Flat, was completely gutted by fire on the
afternoon of Tuesday last.
CHARGED WITH VAGRANCY
A warrant for vagrancy was issued last
Wednesday afternoon for “Red” (Frank!
Lewis, a late arrival at Flat from the Mar
shall diggings.
About 3:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon
Lewis was released from the custody of
Deputy Marshal Charles, and started out
of town with a team of three dogs.
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Job Printing at The Pioneer office.
3 THINGS TO REMEMBER
Hart, Schaffner
_& Marx Clothes
John B. Stetson Hat
Mettleton or
Florsheim Shoe
A. J. WEISS
THE HOME OF HART, SCHAFFNER & MARX
NEWS ITEMS OF INTEREST
FROM MARSHALL DISTRICT
Postmaster Ansley received in the last
mail a letter from Fred Harrison, now lo
cated at F'ortuna Ledge, in the Marshall
district. It was dated February 12. end
contained the following news items of gen
eral interest :
“Things here are not very lively. We
have had two cases in court, the first one
an Indian from Bethel named Simka Bugge,
charged with rape, and the last one a charge
of burglary against Frank Lewis, who was
charged with brer-king into and robbing A1
Hall’s tin shop of about $340. Both de
fendants were cleared at the preliminary
hearings. In a mining way. shortly after
the first of the year a pay hole was sunk
on Disappointment creek, from which the
dirt taken averaged about 2.1 cents to the
pan, and a hole has just been bedrocked
about a hundred feet upstream from the
first one, which shows about the same.
Great hopes are felt for the Wilson creek
side. Wilson is the creek on which the
original stampede to this place, in 1913. was
based.
“Alex McMullin and John Stanfield are
working a lay on No. ti. Disappointment.
John Giacherio has sold his half interest in
the lay with “Curly" Smith, on No. -
above. Willow creek, and is expecting to
work some ground on Disappointment. The
report is that he sold for $20,000. Eddie
Anderson is prospecting on Elephant creek,
another tributary of Wilson creek, Chari’s
Murray and Fred Umphries. alias the ‘Little
Giant’ (you no doubt remember him as a
barber at Iditemd in 1910 and 1911'. are
prospecting i n Willow creek under a lay.
Bob Cockburn and .1. Henderson are getting
ready to open up work on No. 3 above, on
Willow creek. They expect to make a
good showing this coming summer. The
ground has never been worked yet. but No.
2 above is one of the rich claims.
"Mrs. Joe McDowell contemplates putting
up a large mess house on Willow creek for
the summer.
“H. II. Porter has just finished his build
ing at Jungietown, and on Saturday. Feb.
3, there was an opening dance given in his
building. It is the same building he had
at Iditarod, reconstructed. There were more
than one hundred present at the dance, and
some of us went by dog team from here;
it is about a two hours’ trip, called ten or
eleven miles. There were about forty ladies
present, among mein many who i irmerly
lived at Iditarod. Charlie Hurst was door
manager and Ashby Bain and Fred Richard
son (the iatt.r from Nome! furnhhH the
music, the orchestra being string. Porter
danced in a quadrille, along with Joe Mc
Dowell and a few more old-timers. Mal
colm McDonald was there and told us about
-one of those French Canadians. It was an
nounced at the dance that the Pioneers
would give a dance at Marshall on St. Pat
rick’-- day. There i< no Pioneer igloo here.
Cut a powerful lot of Pioneers.
“Bishop and Joe Jean brought 100 rein
deer over from the Kuskokwim about a
month ago, so we have plenty of fro-h meat.
Wry many sta| les are short in the stores,
but there seem to be no distressing short
ages.
“Our mail is our greatest bother. We only
get a once-a-month service from St. Michael.
We ought to get a weekly mail service via
Seward, coming over here from the Kus
kokwim and we hope to get it for next
winter."
ADVERTISED LETTERS
The following is a list of the letters re
maining uncalled for at the Iditarod post
office, Iditarod, Alaska, for the month end
ing March 31. 1917. When calling for these
please ask for adovertised letters.
WILLIAM ANSLEY, Postmaster.
Annandale. Janies Kardopoff, K.
Atkinson, J. W. Lemmon, Fred
Bashaw, Sam M. Lockhart. Wilson W.
Burton, James Lang, Andrew
Beaton, Daniel M. Muir, E. S.
Beal, Jesse W. Miller, Adolph
Biair, John J. Maher or Meagher, W.
Brown, Sam McDonald, Tony
CSnningham, T. H. O'Brien, P. F.
Conway, Frank Peterson, Daniel L.
Dee, Wm. (Scottiet Peckenpaugh, Harold
Erickson. Victor Reed, Ed
Fox, Arthur Rankin, Bernice, M.G.
Goodman, James Richardson, Dr. J. E.
Heckman, C-has. L. Rogers, Carlyle
Herbert, Albert Rourke, Fred J.
Jensen, H. Stahl, Fred
Jarvis, D. B
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For steam baths, go to the Snyder House,
Flat.
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Fresh Olympia and Eastern Oysters,
$1.50 per can. Iditarod Meat Co.
VICTIMS OF DAWSON FIRE
The two men who lost thpir lives when
the Yukonia hotel, in Dawson, burned on
February 21. were C. W. C. Tabor, one of
Dawson's pioneer attorneys, and “Bill” Me
Ailun, a driver of White Pass stages, who
had driven stage for the White Pass for at
leas lifteen winters. Apparently they never
had a chance for their lives aftpr the lire
stinted. Attorney Tabor had resided in tin
Yukonia from the day it was built. In fact,
when Joe Segbers built the hotel he bud:
apartments to order for Mr. Tabor and wife
and then built the rest of the hotel around
those apartments. The Tabor apartments
contained every comfort and convenience.
WEATHER REPORT
rhe following is a record of the tempera
I times of the past six weeks, compared with
■ ill > e of the same period one year ago
14 ite 7 a. in. Min. 1910.
M.ti’wh 24. 16 IS 4
24 20
2<l. 28 30 In
27 2li 2.8 14
28 _ 18 2(1
29 0 - 4 li.
30 . 28 28 12
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TEN TO ONE YOU WONT GET THIS
; ‘‘New, tell me just what do you mean .
Sad wifey to Archibald Green,
When he watched from afar
A girl enter her car
Anri remarked “What a nice lini-ousine.”’
The N. C. Poet.
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Mrs. Iowa Marquam. wife of T. A. Mar*
qi am, the Fairbanks attorney, died in Se
i at’le on February 21. after a long illnev-..
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Mrs. Manuel Gularte. accompanied by
, her little son, Tony, visited in Flat City
1;M Wednesday afternoon.
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THE
WIND-UP
OF THE
ISI6-7 SOCIALSEASON
BY THE
L 0.0. NLj
At iVloose Hall
Flat City
Tonight
MARCH 31
BIG DANCE
FINE LUNCH
SPLENDID MUSIC
Tickets Only $2.50,
Including Refreshments
lo,o,m,Tmoker
Tomorrow evening, April 1, after the
installation of officers, the Moose lodge
will hold a smoker for members and
their friends, at which a couple of box
ing contests between clever local boys,
and a wrestling match between two Dis
c very boys, will be programmed, be
si ees a “big feed.” A fine entertain
ment is promised.
Watches and Diamonds
At
STRICTLY OUTSIDE PRICES
J. L. SALE
FOR j
GOOD POTATOES AND CIGARS j
CALL IP
onnn^nPiirgrsALddwi i
We Still Have Some to Wholesale