FRESH GOODS
OVER LAKE LABERGE
With the Arrival of the Washburn We Will
Receive the Following Fresh Goods:
FRESH RANCH EGGS
FRESH GOLDEN GLOW BUTTER
FRESH SWIFT’S PREMIUM HAM AND BACON
FRESH YOUNG AMERICA FULL CREAM CHEESE
FRESH APPLES, ORANGES, LEMONS, GRAPEFRUIT
WATER WHITE COMB HONEY, ETC.
Sami Applebaum
HATS!
HATS!
HATS!
WHY GO AROUND WEARING
A ‘'BUM” OLD HAT WHEN
YOU CAN GET A NEW ONE—
FROM $1 TO $6—
THAT WILL MAKE YOU LOOK
LIKE A PRINCE? LIGHT
AND HEAVY SHOES, SOX,
OVERALLS, WORK SHIRTS,
AT
Ans
IDITAROD, ALACXA
BARGAIN SALE TO CONTINUE
Appreciating the liberal patron
age of the ladies of Flat, the Spe
cial Bargain Sale will be continued.
The Fiat store will be in charge of
Mrs. Robert Lowrie.
MRS. L, C. THORNTON
Watches and Diamonds
STRICTLY OUTSIDE PRICES
J. L. SALE
BEST LIQUORS AND CIGARS
Three-Times-Move Bar
(Formerly the Stanley House)
JOHN BAGOY, PROP.
GOOD ROOMS CLEAN BEDS
_FLAT CITY_
ADVERTISED LETTERS
The following is a list of letters remaining
uncalled for at the Iditarori postoffice, Idit
arod, Alaska, for the week ending May 27,
1916. When calling for these please ask for
advertised letters.
WILLIAM ANSLEY, Postmaster.
Anderson. Mrs. M. A.
Bergman, Chas. E.
Bernier, Mons. Alfred
Catovich, Don
Cole, Lester
Davis, H.
Donnelly, J.
Johnston, Herbert
Peterson. Jack
Perry, Miss L.
Steiner. Joseph
Wallace, Selma
Wilkinson, Ed
Wilkinson, Edwin
Wujovich, Mark-)
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Fresh Olympia and Eastern Oysters. $1.50
per can, Iditarod Meat Co.
FIERCE MAY SNOWSTORM
CAUSES KiVEK 10 RISE
The heaviest fall of snow of the season
was wiiai toe residents ol Iditarod am.
vicinity were treated to on fcumiay ia>t, I
just one month prior to the longest da> !
of the year. V\ hiie the snow did not long j
remain on the ground, it hud the ettect 01 j
1 causing near-Hood conditions, and for a I
time it looked as though there were to be
a repetition of the extremely high water
' of two years ago.
Rain commenced to fall on Saturday even
ing last, and before morning it had turned j
into snow. The storm continued through
j out the day, and until Monday morning
■ when the sun came out and the wintry
landscape was soon transformed into some
thing more resembling spring. By Tuesday
afternoon there was little to indicate that
there had been several inches of the “beau
j tiful" on the ground but a few hours pre
i viously.
The melting of the snow caused a rapid j
| rise in the river, and the small creeks run
' nir.g into the Iditarod in and near the city
: wore soon overflowing their banks.
So far as known but little damage wa
i caused by the sudden ri«e of the river 1*
j was reported that a boom of cordwood on
j Otter creek had burst and the wood had
1 been floated flown the river, but this seems
to have been an erroneous report.
ALONG THE RIVER FROM!
! Stcampr Pup, Captain Harry Watson, left
I down river on Monday last.
Frank Kern’s launch, the Alice, left for
! Ophir on Monday last with a big load of
: mining machinery.
The Ruth, the new launch built by John
I C. Currin and E, J. Smith, left for the
i Tolstoi on Monday night.
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The first vessel to arrive with cargo this j
year was the Comet. Captain ’Gene Norton.
| which came up from the sawmill at the
mouth of Moose creek on Saturday last
j with a load of lumber.
The Frairie Bell made her first trip of
j the season last Monday, when she went to j
j Dikeman for a load of horse feed. She
j returned Wednesday.
The Beaver also brought up a load of
feed from Dikeman on Wednesday last.
Siegfrid Wiig, accompanied by Billy
| Stoneman, is about to leave for the lower
I Yukon to bring to lditarod the launch
Tramp, which was frozen in at Kotlike last j
fall with a party of lditarod pepole. The
launch will he used in transporting the !
mail between Dikeman and this city.
HALF-PRICE SALE
On Screen Wire Cloth, Wire Screen Doors. Adjustable Wire Screen
Windows were Now
24-inch Wire Cloth, per yard. .? .50 ? .25
28-ineh Wire Cloth, per yard.... .60 .30
36-inch Wire Cloth, per yard. .70 .85
2- 8-6- 8 Plain Green wire Doors. 5.no 2.DO
2-10-6-10 Plain Green Wire Doors. 7.00 3.50
2- 8-6- 8 Fancy Heavy Wire Doors. a.no 4.no
2-10-6-10 Fancy Heavy Wire Doors. 10.00 5.00
Wire Screen Windows, 20x24. i,50 .75
Wire Screen Windows, 23x2 1. 2.00 l.no
Screen Door Hinges, per pair. i.no .50
Screen Door Sets. t.oo 75
SMITH'S CUN STORE
IDITAROD, ALASKA PHONE 6 8ECOND AND WILLOW
HALF PRICE
SCREEN DOORS
AND WINDOWS
C. R. PECK - - FLAT
MRS. GARRISON COSTAR j
TAKEN BY GRIM REAPER,
A VICTIM OF TYPHOID
Mrs. Clara Nelson Costar, wife of Garri
son Costar, assistant local manager of the
Yukon Gold Company, died at her home
on Mat creek on Saturday morning, May 20,
shortly before noon. Death was due to
typhoid fever, and acute nephritis is given
as a contributory cause.
The news of Mrs. Costar’s death caused
profound sorrow throughout the district.
She had been ill for some weeks, and while
it had been realized for some time that
(here was little chance for her recovery,
it was hoped until tin* last that she might
rally.
The body was brought to this city on
Saturday evening ami taken to Smith’s un
dertaking parlors, where it was embalmed
under the direction of Dr. Auringer. Tin*
remains will be shipped to California for
burial on the first trip of the steamer
Washburn. Interment probably will be at
Los Angeles, the former home of the de
ceased. Mr. Costar and little son will ac
company the remains.
Besides her husband. Mrs. Costar leaves
a young son. Garrison Costar, Jr., to mourn
her untimely death.
Mrs. Costar had been a resident of the
district only since last summer, when she
accompanied her husband to this city from
Dawson, where they had lived for about
four years. During her brief residence here
she had made hosts of friends, and had.won
the love and respect of all by her congenial
manner and kindliness of heart. Tin* sym
pathy of the community goes out to the
bereaved husband and to the little one who
is too voung to realize his loss.
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STRANGE STORY OF WAR
WHICH COMES FROM FRANCE
A remarkable story of intense human in
terest is t'olil by the Paris corresnomtent
of the Dagens Ryheter of Stockholm. A
French mother, who conducts a pension in
Paris, received the following brief, pathetic
letter from the captain of a French com
pany telling of the death of her son:
“Your son died like a hero, and that cer
tainly should mitigate your grief. He was
a brave French soldier, always in good hu
mor. overflowing with enthusiasm and full
of energy. Unfortunately we have been as
yet unable to give him burial, as his body
lies now where it is dangerous to reach
him, but rest assured, madam, our entire
company will at the first opportunity ar
range for his funeral and kneel down lie
side the grave of your dear son and offer
our prayers to heaven for him.”
This letter came to the mother some time
ago. She continued working in her kitchen
as usual from 5 o’clock in the morning until
10 at night. On Sundays she ate in the
dining room, dressed in deep mourning. She
spoke of nothing but her son. Recently at
breakfast she appeared in her every-day
dress and surprised everybody because of
her good humor. She announced that she
had received a letter from her soil, and
placed the letter on the dining room table.
There was intense surprise. Was the
news of her son’s death a mistake? Was
he really alive?
“This is a letter from my new son." she
replied, smilingly. “Just read his charming
letter, gentlemen. I am anxious to see what
he is like, whether a blond or brunette,
tail or short, and he asks whether he can
call me ‘mother.’ ”
It developed that this French mother did
as thousands of other mothers in France
have done who have lost their only sons
in the war. She went to one of the many
bureaus and asked that she be provided
with another son. and then, as in a lottery,
she blindly selected one from a long list of
young soldiers who have no relatives, sol
diers who never receive letters or presents
from home. She knew nothing more about
him than that he was a French soldier,
alone in the world. That was all she cared
to know be he educated or illiterate it did
not matter.
Phe at once sent him socks, underwear,
handkerchiefs and neckties, tt fling him that
he now had a home where a warm meal and
a comfortable bed always awaited him. She
wrote him every detail of her life, told all
about her husband, her nieces and her fa
vorite cat; also about her dpg, who was 12
years old, and whose teeth were falling out.
She assured him th3t when “Grandfather”
JofTre grants him a leave he would not have
to walk homeless in the streets of Paris.
Should he be wounded he had a mother
now who would nurse him.
And the smiling woman read the letter
she had received from her son, filled with
thanks for the things she had sent him- -
the tobacco, the socks, the underwear, the
handkerchiefs and the neckties, and he
closed his letter with the following words:
“Mother, rest assured that I will do every
thing in my power to be w'orthy of you as
a son.”—St Louis Globe-Democrat.
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HOW THEY LOST BIG GUN
WHICH BOMBARDED DUNKIRK
A correspondent of the United Pres? with
the French army in Champagne gave the
following account of the destruction of the
big gun which was so long a menace to
Dunkirk last year:
“The aviator who discovered the big 380
milimeter gun which bombarded Dunkirk
'told me how he did it. He is a French
captain, but beyond that the censor com
mand? silence.
“ ‘1 was flying in Flanders/ he said, ‘when
Dunkirk underwent her first bombardment.
It seemed that the big shells must come
from warships at sea, but as you know, they
were fired from a point in Belgium some
two miles back of the German lines, or
about twenty miles.
“ ‘It takes a thief to catch a thief, so as
German aviators gave the range to the big
gun, French aviators watched them and
'gave the range to the allied artillery. We
photographed the position from several
thousand feet up, and from this photo
marked on our large scale artillery maps
the exact point of the shells’ departure.'
“The captain, young, clean-cut, wearing a
monocle; his reddish mustache cut Ameri
can fashion, opened an album such as you
probably have at home. Turning a few
pages, he stopped at, one he said was the
Dunkirk cannon. Small, but distinct, the j
cannon could be seen in a circle of whitish- ]
gray- the cement base. Leading up to it |
was a double thread the tramway over 1
which the mammoth shells were hauled. I
Near by was a highway; elsewhere darkish I
fields beets, probably.
‘“All that remained,’ continued the boy
ish captain, 'was to “spike” the enemy’s
howitzer. This was done systematically.
The Germans say we waste ammunition,
but the silencing of this piece refutes that.
We photographed the position after each I
shot Look at those photos.’
“Turning the pictures slowly, one could j
see the spots, representing holes dug by the !
guns searching for Dunkirk’s bombarder, j
getting closer to the target. It was like tne
‘pit and the pendulum’ till over again. The
German gunners must have seen death draw
ing closer and closer, but there was nothing
for them to do. The shells were closing in
rapidly, and their howitzer was too big to
be unbolted from the cement and hauled
about.
♦ l nun v\ « nun .liJj'i ijaijiiui «.ij nit.
proper range by the aid of our photos,’ the
officer said, 'we overflew the gun and gave
directions by w ireless and got the gun.’ The |
last photograph showed a veritable pit about
the German piece. It must have been hit
repeatedly. The captain did not say so, but
his work was done under hot fire from
anti-aircraft guns below, and while fighting
air duels with German aeroplanes sent up
against him.
“The officer showed me his photograph- |
ing aeroplane. The camera is in front and I
screwed, lens down, to the plane's floor. To i
prevent vibration the apparatus is mounted i
on four soft rubber cones. A telescopic lens |
registers objects a mile beneath it."
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VILLA RECEIVED ASSISTANCE i
FROM THE UNITED STATES
WASHINGTON, March 30. Department;
of justice agents, following a trail which
is said to lead to American sources of sup ;
ply for Villa, have uncovered evidence in 1
New York and other cities which they be j
lieve when fully developed will justify the .
charge.
The allegation often made that Villa has j
received aid from German sources is also
being investigated, but no indication has
been given as to whether any evidence has |
been found.
The department is disinclined to act on
its evidence that American money and sup
plies have gone to Villa while it is in the 1
stage that will involve only subordinates.
It intends to pursue the trail, if possible, to
the men higher up.
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ALCOHOL AS A POISON
It required a long time to make men
realize that the use of habit-forming drugs '
was dangerous. Now their use is prohibited
except for medical purposes.
It would be regarded as a foolish argu
J nient that everybody should be permitted to
use any kind of drugs in any quantity, be
I'cause i ny restriction placed upon such use
j was an infringement upon one’s personal
| liberty.
And yet the use of these drugs, under cer
• tain conditions, is considered beneficial.
I Taken under these conditions, they may
| bring great relief. But men have discov
| ered that even the moderate use of drugs
j is a most dangerous proceeding, and so their
! use has been cut off entirely except, as
stated, when used under the immediate di
rection of a qualified physician.
The same position will undoubtedly he
taken by the state with regard to the use
of alcohol when it has been clearly proven
to those who make our laws that alcohol
is a poison, and that it must bo handled
like all other poisons.
The fact that the moderate use of alcohol
does not appear to injure some persons will
not stand as an argument against the adop
j tion of a law against its general use, when
the general effect of alcohol has been shown.
Every progressive movement every
movement that has been worth while—
has been opposed by thoroughly conscien
tuios persons. It would be strange if the
movement against the general use of alcohol
were not to meet with opposition from the
same source.
That some good people are in favor of
alcohol and the saloon does not prove that
alcohol and the saloons are good—it sim
ply proves that some good people may
sometimes be mistaken.—Charles Stelzle in
the National Daily.
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That sturdy young sourdough, Donald
McDonald, will be city circulator of The
Pioneer commencing today, succeeding
Percy Charles, Jr., who expects to leave for
the Outside shortly.
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Joe Woods of Donlin creek was a visitor
in the city last week. He left on his re
turn trip on Saturday last.
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Jim Finnegan, the Flat City business
man, was a visitor in the city last Sat
urday.
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FIXING A LIMIT
“Do you believe men like women with
any intelligence?” asked the serious girl.
“Yes,” answered Miss Cayenne, “providing
they have enough of it to refrain from im
pressing a man with his ignorance.” - Pitts
burgh Chronicle-Telegraph.
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Where You Can Get Just What
You Want in the Line of Shoes
A. A. CUTTER’S SHOE PACS
STRONG & GARFIELD SHOES
THE FELDER SHOE
AND THE FL0RSHE1M SHOE
A.J. WEISS,FLAT
THE HOME OF HART, SCHAFFNER & MARX
FINNEGAN & CAMERON
FLAT CITY
Agency for Edison Diamond Disc Phonographs and Records
TOBACCO CIGARS STATIONERY
CONFECTIONERY AND BILLIARDS
C. R. Cameron fas. F. Finnegan
FOR
GOOD POTATOES AND CIGARS
CALL UP
We Stili Have Some to Wholesale
STEAMER M. L. WASHBURN j
WILL BE HERE TOMORROW
—BRINGS COURT OFFICIALS
The steamer M. L. Washburn, which left j
Dawson last Saturday with Outside freight |
and passengers for Iditarod, is due here to- j
morrow or Monday. Owing to the high
water m the Iditarod it is likely that the |
will make the trip through to this city, in-!
stead of discharging at Dikeman*as is the!
usual custom. The Washburn picked up j
the court party, probably at Tanana, and
is bringing them here for the court term
which commences on the oth of next month.
Reported from Nulato on Thursday last,
the ptssenger list is as follows:
J. S. l'ORD
MRS. J. S. FORD
MRS. WINCHKI.L
G BATES
J. L. SMITH
JOHN HOLMES
CYRIL WOOD
HENRY RILEY
JOHN BEATON
JOHN McGINN
JOHN WICKDALI.
M. H. MARSTON
MRS. M. II. MARSTON
MRS. YOUNG
MRS. DUNN
W. AXSI.KY
J. SCOTT
J, SINCLAIR
F. BELL
If. BURROWS
L. CARFINKLE i
MRS. KEITH
MRS. RAE B. CARTER
MRS. HEII.IG
JUDGE CHARLES K. BUNNELL
E. T. WOLCOTT.
MR. HEILIG
CLERK OF THE COURT CLARK
MISS USHER
Welcome Nev/s to River Men
The Washburn left Nulato at 2 a. m. on
Thursday for Holy Cross. She had as
freight part of the government wireless
plant for that place, which is exacted to
be in operation shortly. The installation of
this convenience will be a boon to steamboat
men end travelers, and will be the means
of avoiding long and tiresome waits at that
point for connecting steamers.
It is reported that the Washburn brings
no mail, having failed to connect with the
expected large spring consignment
No word has been received yet in
regard to mail, and no explanation can be
made of the delay.
Movements of Other Vessels
Thursday’s river bulletin reported the!
movements of other vessels as follows:
Delta —Up Tolovana.
Reliance—Up Rampart, 23d.
Tana—Billed Fairbanks for Kuskokwim,
May 27.
Nasutlin—Up Stewart.
Vidette Up Yukon Crossing.
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SEATTLE’S ALASKA TRADE
ASSUMES BIG PROPORTIONS
Phenomenal increase in Seattle's com
merce in recent months is not wholly due j
to abnormal war conditions, but to steady ;
increases in commercial trade with Alaska, j
British Columbia, the Orient, the Hawaiian I
islands and other points, growth in which j
has placed Seattle and Puget sound first |
among shipping districts of the Pacific
coast. So declared Kenneth C. Kerr, editor
at Railway & Marine News, in an addir-s
before the Seattle Real Estate Association,
and reported in the Seattle Times.
Mr. Kerr predicted a great future for
Seattle as South American trade is built
up and trade recently opened with Asiatic
Russia is retained. He declared that there
is a distinct and vhal connection between
commerce and real estate.
“Outside of shipping and commercial cir
cle-s,” said Kerr, “few realize what a really
great influence upon the general commer
cial activny of any city is that created
by its shipping. Offhand a person might
say there is no connecting link between
real estate and ships, but it will be my
effort to endeavor to show not only that
there is a very strong connecting link, but
that the maritime commerce of Puget sound
can he classed as one of the greatest founda
tion stones of this splendid city on Elliott
bay.
“Surely every Seattle man present will
agree with me that the coming to this port
of the good ship Portland, with its valuable
consignment of gold, was a turning point
in Seattle's commercial life, and ever since
talit time Alaska has fulfilled every promise
made until today her commerce, which is
largely in the hands of the city of Seattle,
is reaching figures little dreamed of in the
past, figures that will mean a gross total
valuation for this year of $100,000,000"
The speaker traced the development of
American trade and commerce, both rail and
steamship, leading up to his references to
the local situation. Speaking directly of
Seattle’s commerce, he pointed out that '
day the United States customs district of
Puget Sound is second only to the district
of New York in the number of documented
vessels and sailors handled, that in foreign
import it occupies third place, and in for
eign exports ninth place.
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BUILDING COLLAPSES
AKRON. Ohio, May 16. Ten persons
were killed and many injured by the col
lapse of a building, due to blasting in a
near-by excavation.
SICILIAN VOLCANO ACTIVE
LONDON', M iv 19.—Mount Etna again
i.s active, and a new crater three hundred
and fifteen meters wide has been opened.
PRESIDENTIAL HUMOR
In lieu of a speech at Lawrence the Presi
dent joked with the crowd of two thousand
at the station. The morning was cold and
the escape from a steam-pipe at the rear
of the train somewhat obscured Mr. WiLsno,
‘T see you people out in this countrv
aren’t very warm about anything,” was his
opening jest. Then:
“I hestate to say anything about pre
paredness, as this steam may befog my re
marks." And finally, to students with
toques pulled down over their ears.
“I see that you believe in preparedness,
to some extent, at least.”
As a rough-and-ready wit Mr. Wilson is
believed to be an exceptionally able Presi
dent of the United States. -Kansas City
Star.
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NATURALLY INFERRED
Suitor—What makes you think, sir, that
I will not be able to support your daughter?
Her Father—The difficulty I’ve had in
doing it myself.—Boston Transcript.
RING US UP ANY SERVICE WE CAN DO YOU - RING US UP
PERFECTION MONOGRAM BLUEBERRY WINE, Five Years Old GIBSON RYE
NATIONAL CLUB and MARQUETTE WHISKEYS
GEORGE MARSH BUDWEISER IDITAROD FLAT CITY THE BRANCH A. D. CURRIE
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