CANVAS TENTS TARPAULINS HOSE
FuFBsJCaps^id Mittens
Genuine McGeorge Scotch Wool Gloves and Mitts
HUDSON BAY MOCCASINS
For a Good Winter Outfit See
H. Boas, Leading ClothlBT
Hart, SchafTner & Marx and Chesterfield Clothes
Salient Features of New Placer Mining Law
EFFECTIVE JULY 30, 1913
1. No location shall contain more than 40 acres.
2. A person may locate for himself, each month, two cla'ms of 20 acres each.
(Both claims cannot l e located in one location of40 acres.)
3. A person liiav locate for each of two other persons, during each calendar
month, two claims of 20 acres each. (So that one person, with two powers of at
torney, may locate each calendar mouth for himself and such two other persons,
six claims,)
4. Powers of attorney must be in writing; they need not be acknowledged be
fore a no*arv, must be witnessed by two witnesses, and must be recorded ii. the re
cording district in which the claim is to be located before the location is made.
5. Before any valid location can be made, a discovery must have been made
within the boun iaries of each claim to be located.
6. Immediately alter making discovery, location notice must be posted at
point of discovery, containing [a] name or number of claim; [bj name of locator or
locators; [c] date'of discovery and posting of notice; [d] number of feet in length
and width c'aimed. .
Locator must immediately proceed to mark his boundaries by planting
stakes at each corner not less than 3 feet above the ground and 3 inches through,
and brushing out and blazing all lines. All comer posts must be marked with the
name and number of the claim and the number of the corner post. Posts are
marked in consecutive numbers and the post nearest the discovery (but not the
discovery post) shall be the initial post and po t No. I.
8. Within 90 days, and before filing location certificate, $100 worth of devel
opment work must be done for every 20 acres or fraction thereof contained in a ]
claim. . |
q. Alter this wort nas oeen (tone ana wunin yu uavs aun posting iuv.ai.iuu
notice, a certificate must be recorded with the recorder, which must contain— |
[a] The name or number of the claim;
lb] The name of the locator or locators; I
[c] The date of discovery and posting of location notice;
[d] Number of feet iu length and width claimed.
The certificate must also give a description of the location of the claim with
reference to same natural object, permanent monument or well-known mining i
claim; and a description of the boundaries, corner posts and markings thereon;
also a description of the }ioo worth of location work done, and on what part ot i
the claim it has been done. The locator or one of the locators, if there is more •
than one, or some other person who has personal know.edge of the facts, must i
swear to the truth of the statements contained in it, and the recorder must not
accept such a certificate for record unless it is sworn to. For this swearing and
everything connected with it, the recorder is entitled to charge 50 cents.
10. Annual assessment work amounting to $100 for each 20 acres or fraction
thereof contained in any claim must be done each year, except during the year
in which the claim is located. (The same as has always been the c-se.)
11. After the last day of December, 1914, $100 worth of assessment work
must be done for each 20 acres or fraction thereof contained in any claim here- j
tofore located; so that during the year 1015, $Soo worth of work must be done on 1
an association claim containing 160 acres.
12. The affidavit of annual labor must be filed with the precinct recorder j
within DO days after the last of the year for which the assessment work is done, |
and failure to record it forfeits the claim.
13. The value of the work done under the new law will be computed on the i
basis of the wage for similar work current in the precinct wherein the claim is ■
situated.
Toe Best Goods. The Most Complete Stock. The Lcwest Prices
In Iditarod. We Strive to Please. Order and Be Convinced.
Sam 7 Applebaum,
JOB PRINTING—Iditarod Pioneer—JOB PRINTING
JUST ARRIVED!
Drugs, Coal Oil, Gasoline,
Dynamite, Shotguns and Shotgun Shells, Victrotas and
Victor Records, Carpets, Regs, Matting
We are still selling the following goods at
CUT PRICES CUT PRICES
Harness and Supplies, 33s Per Cent. Off
Furniture and Carpets. . 20 Per Cent. Off
GASOLINE MANTLES AND GLOBES,
$4.00 TO $7.00 DOZEN
Stoves, Ranges and Heaters. . 20 Per Cent. Off
Granll. and White Enamel Ware. 20 Per Cent. Off
WE ALSO CARRY BAR GLASSWARE, CROCKERY, GUNS,
AMMUNITION AND SPORTING GOODS
SMITH'S CUN STORE,
ID IT A ROD. ALASKA
“UNCLE BILLY” WILL CO OUTSIDE
Oil last Thursday in Commis
sioner Albrecht’s court, before a
I jury composed of Ben Gold. Ben
Bromberg, Charles Hurst, Mason
Farrar, Charles G Braden and Leo
Clifford, a well known resident of
Otter creek, William McKenzie,
was tiied oil an insanity charge
The wiluessts were Hugh Rose
velt, Dr. Wortmann and J C. Cur
riu, Mr. McKenzie was taken into
custody last Sunday by Deputy.
Marshal Tom Howell on a warrant
issued on the complaint of Charles
E Taylor, special assistant district
attorney. The jury’s verdict sus
tained the complaint.
“Uncle Billv,” as he is familiarly
called, is, he says, over 72 years of
age. He has for more than 50
wears been on tlie frontier—having
crossed the Western pi 'ins in 1862
by wagon train when lie was about
21 years; lie cameWest, he said, to
avoid service on either side during
the Civil war, and has since fol
lowed the mining excitements i f
the Pacific coast. He was a stain
peder to the Caribou goldfields in
[his younger days. He says he has
| some relatives in Chicago, but has
not been in communication with
them for a number of years.
BEEF CATTLE ARRIVE
Jim Douglas reached town last Mon
day afternoon with a dozen head of
beef cattle for the lditurod Meat Com
pany, which he had driven over the
ridge trail from Ophir City. The
beasts looked in good condition.
Last year churches of Christendom
contributed more than $30,000,000 to
missionary work.
Str. Little Delta
Will leave Dikeman between
September 25 and October 1
for Fairbanks and way points.
Sailing date will be pub
lished next week.
C. H. SENECO. Agent.
We Are Prepared
To Clothe Man in any Wearing Apparel Known
to the Trade. We Only Handle the Goods
that have a Reputation of Merit
We Have What the People Wand,
And Nothing to Experiment With
A. J. WEISS at FLAT CIJ Y
I Why don’t you get a Gun before they are all gone ? I
i Stevens Pistols
22 Single Shot
22 Long Winchester
22 Special Winchester
Single-Barrel Shotguns 5
Double-Barrel Shotguns )
Winchester Repeater Shotguns >
Remington Automatic ‘‘ >
Etc., Etc. ?
C. R. PECK, FLAT CITY J
The Pioneer Liquor House
HANDLES ONLY GROMMES & ULLRICH’S WHISKIES
“Marquette,"“Monogram”and “Gibson” Rye
20-Year-Qid National Club Bourbon
BUDWEISER BEER BEER ON DRAFT
SCOTCH
Queen Anne
Black & White
DeWar’s Special
Thorns’
Hill-Thompson
Imported
BRANDY
*** Hennessy
*** Martell
Old California
CHAMPAGNE
Mumm's
Clicquot
Pommery Sec
White Seal
WINES
Claret
Sauterne
Reisling
Burgundy
Tipo Chianti
White Rock Apollinaris Waters
IMPORTED
Sherry and Port,
Ale and Porter
City and Creek Orders
most earnestly solic
ited and promptly
tilled,
Either by Bottle, Gal
lon or Case Lots.
ALL THE LEADING AND POPULAR CIGARS IN THE MARKET
“RAMPS” Ramps Peterson
RETURNS TO IDITAROD
Mrs. Sam Wilmer, accompanied by
her sister, Miss Venda Ulimann, and
her little sourdough son, Samuel Idit
arod Wilmer, jr., sort o’ surprised the
old man last Monday morning by arriv
j ing unexpectedly about 5 o’clock, and
although their new residence was in
| readiness for their reception, and had
been for a week past, things did look,
! to say the least, just a trifle suspicious
for a moment or two.
Mrs. Wiimer has been visiting with
her parents at Prescott, Ariz.,for more
than a year, and is glad to be back in
“dear old Iditarod’’ once more. Young
Sam has the honor of being the orig
inal “kid" life member of the Iditarod
Kennel Club. This is Miss Ullmann’s
first visit to the North, and will remain
during the coming winter, and, maybe,
longer.
Sugar producing countries of the
world are exporting 13,000.000 00C
pounds of it to other lands each year.
Fresh dry-pack Butter.
Iditarod Meat Co.
i Location Blanks at Pioneer office.
TIECREEKS
Manager Wood, of the N. C. Co., vis
ited Flat last Tuesday.
The Snyder house horse and cutter
were purchased by Mr. Gunning, of
Flat City, for $150.
John Lakso arrived from Yankee
last Thursday. He reports that the
cold snap of a week ago froze things up
over there and stopped all raining op
erations, and claim owners were pre
paring to leave for the winter, but the
weather moderated and they are now
working as usual.
Mr Backstrom, of the firm of Suth
erland & Backstrom, who have been
mining on Cripple creek, in the Innoko
district, has sold all his interests to his
partner, and left for the Outside.
Mrs. Schwartz is visitiug in Iditarod
this week.
Mrs. Byers, of lditarod, visited in
Flat City the firsl of the week.
J. E Kettlewell, electrician for the
Yukon Gold Co., underwent a very se
rious operation lust Monday afternoon
for bladder troub;e. Dr. Wortmann
was the surgeon in charge, assisted by
Dr. Bell la. The affliction isthonp.bt to
have been caused by a severe electric
shock Mr. Kettlewell received several
months ago.
Frof Newsumand Harold Seddon re
turned from Candle creek last Satur
day.
Manager Austin, of the Yukon Gold
Co., is building an addition to his Flat
creek home, and sidewalks are being
laid to it. It is staled that Mr. Austin
will remain in Alaska during the com
ing winter.
Mrs. John C. Currin, of lditarod, re
turned to her home last Wednesday.
Mrs. Currin is in good health, and the
new girl baby is one of the prettiest
little mites in the district.
Frank E Snyder, of tlieSnyderliou.se,
Flat City, is leaving for the Outside on
the 25th, and will return in the spring
over the Seward trail. Mrs. McGrath
will have charge of the hotel during
his absence.
Mrs. Lottie Thornton, who has been
residing at Discovery during the sum
mer, has moved bach to Flat City.
The car which hauls dirt from the
big Baggerly scraper to the sluice
boxes on Discovery claim, Otter, broke
loose from the cable while at the top
of the tram last Monday afternoon and
came rushing down with its heavy
load. When it reached the bottom
it smashed things up generally.
Japan imported wheat and flour, to
the amount of $3,000,000 in value from
this country in 1912.
Absolute guarantee of satisfaction.
Sam’l Applebaum.
Where Boats Were Sept. (8
Davis up Kotlik 16th.
Herman at St. Michael.
Jacobs at Gibbon.
Julia B. below Hot Springs up bound.
Louise down Rampart 4 a.m.
Minneapolis up Hot Springs.
Reliance up Hot Springs 4:30 a.m.
Sarah up Circle 1 p.m. 17th.
St. Michael up Kotlik 9 a.m. 17th.
Tanana down Minto 8 a.m.
Yukon up Hot Springs.
September 19
Herman up St. Michael 3 p.m. 18th,
Julia B. up Hot Springs 9 a.m.
Louise at Gibbon for St. Michael this
morning.
Reliance up Nenana 5:25 a.m.
Scbwatka up Eagle 8 a.m.
Susie up Kotlik 16th.
Tanana up Gibbon.
White Seal up Richmond 6:40 a.m.
Yukon up Minlo 9:30 a.m.
NOW ON SALE!
“The Alaska Mining Law.” with ex
planations of the new regulations by
Henry Roden, senator representing the
Fourth division in the First Alaska
legislature. Every miner, operator and
prospector should have one. Printed
in neat pamphlet form. Price 50 cents.
For sale at Ansiey’s book store, Idit
arod, and at the Pioneer drug store,
Flat City.
Ladies’
Underwear
PURE ALL WOOL
Onion and Regular
The Bayles
Clothing Co.
CLOTHIERS, FURNISHERS AND SHOERS
IDITAROD D1S. OTTER
| IT IS NOT NECESSARY
> To go to Iditarod to Secure First-Class Goods at the Right
| Price. You can get them in Discovery. !
H. DONNELLEY, DIS. OTTER
< Successor to A. A. Shonbeck 1
Groceries, Feed, Hardware, Etc.
LOST—In Iditarod, between Schneid
er’s paper store and J. F. Baird’s
residence, part of diamond glass cut
ter, about 11-in. long. Reward for
return to Pioneer office.
Be a Hustler
Morton (Wash.) Mirror: The
only way to build up a town is for
everyone to go hand in hand—every
tnan to the wheel. Banish all feel
ings of discord, if anv; let harmony1
prevail and prosperity will follow.
Talk about your town, write about
it, encourage your men at the head
of municipal affairs; choke the
croakers, gag the grumblers, and
squelch the scolders Beautify the
streets in every way, patronize its
merchants, refrain from sending
Outside for goods, lavor home eli
te, prises Elways, and if you can’t
think of some good word to say,
keep quiet. Be a hustler, and keep
it up.
Outfits that you can depend on,
Sam'l Applebaura,
ARCTIC BROTHERHOOD
Camp Iditarod No. 27, Arctic Broth
erhood, meets at A. B. Hall on the
first and third Monday evenings of
each month at 8 o'clock. Visiting
brethren cordially invited to attend.
SAM BAYLES,
Arctic Chief.
J. C. CURRIN,
Arctic Recorder.
When yon get off the boat take a
steam bath at the Crosby baths, Cari
bou street.
LOST -Between Boulder and Flat City,
fob buckle and glass charm with in
itial G. Return to Wit. Taylor,
Jeweler, Flat City.
Candies
We have just received
the best and largest
line of Lowneys, Su
ehards Swiss and the
celebrated Perfection
CHOCOLATES
DRUGS, PATENT
MEDICINES AND
RUBBER GOODS
Send Your
FILMS
To Us To Be Developed
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TYPEWRITER
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ANSLEY'S BOOK STORE
Richmond St. Iditarod
This House Is Receiving Daily
The Finest Stock Ever
Shipped to Alaska
Special Attention Given to Operators
We Want Your Business
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