IDiTAROD, ALASKA
Capital, $50,000.00
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Drafts Issued on Any Part of the Wor'J
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JOHN HOLMES, Vice President
R. C. BUTTON. Cashier
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BEST LIQUORS AND CIGARS
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(Formerly the Stanley House)
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_FLAT CITY_
BOOZE IN VERNON
(Whitehorse Star)
The camping of the soldiers in Vernon
has been a great boon to the gin mills of
that city. The receipts of some of the bars
run into hundreds of dollars a day. At cer
tain times of the day the bars are filled with
soldiers, thicker than Hies around a gob of
spilled sugar, all clamoring for booze, and
getting their money down on the bar like
white chips in a 5-cent poker game. A
Vernon bar in the early evening has got,
with the exception of the shooting, the Ari
zona saloons of the early days skinned to a
sloppy finale. Although they are all gun
men, none of the boys in khaki have as yet
leaded a bar-hop or shot the lights out.
Vernon whisky, says the Greenwood, B. C.,
Ledge, must be more soporiferous than mili
tant. It is one of the great sights of these
days of w'ar to see a Vernon bar room in
action. Every two feet, intrenched behind
a long breastwork of mahogany, stand the
noble, resolute and determined bartenders,
prepared to do until overcome by the gas.
Eagerly the Canadians leap into action,
every man burning to do bis two bits to
wards putting down the enemy. The impact
is terrific and the spectacle bizarre. Shots
are exchanged with great rapidity, and sev
eral schooners are sunk every second. Great
volleys of silver are fired at the courageous
bartenders, but amid all the din, shock ami
smoke vou can hear the death rattle of
the Scotch, and the constant falling of the
“dead marines” upon the floor. If the
brave Fifty-fourth can fight the Germans
as well as it does John Barlevcodn and his
allies, we will have Satan’s brother, the
kaiser, in hock before the last flash of In
dian summer.
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Now’s the time to send out your Christ
mas cards. Get them at Ansley’s, Iditarod.
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DANCE AT FLAT
NEXT SATURDAY
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Proceeds Are to Be Used for the
Purpose of Furnishing Christ
mas Tree far Kiddies of
the Community
l-'int City alrcsuly i- making |.!-.!|>ar:iticim
for the annual Christmas tree and entertain
merit to he given in Moose hall on Christmas
eve. and in the rather expressive language
of the street, it is to lie a “humdinger.”
Following the usual custom, a dance is to
be given Jo raise funds for the celebration.
This dance is to be given on Saturday even
ing, December 11. and it is expected that
there will be a great demand for tickets,
which are now in the hands of the com
mittee for distribution.
The dance and Christmas tree are to be
given under the auspices of the Loyal Order
of Moose, and the reputation of that or
ganization as entertainers will be fill.y lived
up to on this occasion.
The tickets will be placed on sale at van
ous places of business in Flat City, and the
committee will also help to dispose of them
individually. There is to be no excuse for
not buying a ticket for the dance, which
will insure a splendid time and also assist
in getting up a Christmas celebration for
the kiddies which will be long remembered
ny them.
THE TRIP OF THE TRAMP
"Silly Sensationalism"
(Fairbanks Times>
A launch p: rty of twenty left Iditarod on
October (> for St. Michael. An invalid and
seme women were in the party; the rt-i.
presumably, able-bodied men. The Iditar* i
Pioneer wired eight days later that the
launch had not reached St. Michael and
asked that help be dispatched. This appeal
was perfectly proper, for although there are
camps all along that portion of the d uk ;i
that had to be traveled, it wn- well to pro
vide against the possibility of accident,
especially as the telegraph stations below
N’ulato were closed and the boat was out of
communication.
As was expected, the party has been
found to be perfectly safe, anil th<‘ occur
rence to have had no extraordinary feature.-.
Ail of the voyageurs were prepared for ;
emergencies, and there wa.- no sutler ng.
Such trips are commonplace, ami only the
m. 1 biiily sen-at-iiiial could see in them oc
e , j, ii f( r here ies. Nevertheless the News
Miner prints columns of -• i1c»r .-tuff
about the incident, the foil uvng being culled 1
from its issue of October Id:
"A picture of the passengers of the little
craft .-lowly perishing, starwng and freezing
to death, seemed too horrii 1 * ,
to look at. If the lit'l ‘ P^>'
of Alaska pioneers were not drm.vned they
will be saved. In Alaska 111*11
are called upon to display heroism not only
in times of war. but also in time* of peace.
The one hope of saving those !
unfortunate people rested in the l niicd
States army, and withi ut hesitation tin* I
army responded. The names of 1
the men who form this searching party, ami ;
the officers in command of the stations win \
sent them out will go down in hi.-?- ry "|
And so on. ad nau.-cam.
It is just udj! slush as this that perpetu-J
ates the erroneous impres.-ion tmit prevails;
Outside in regard to the conditions in the
territory. Hitherto its [ Tpe:ration he.
been chargeable to lrrespon.-ib! s only, the ,
newspapers, as a matter of course, avoiding '
it as they would obscene ri after. It can j
safely be taken for granted that mop hate
to read is as do just plain Alaskan.-.
Where Credit is Due
(Fairbanks News-Miner I
"Fort Gibbon. Get. 22. The credit is due
.Icp-oii, Mason and Rector. Will wire them
your message. (Signed) McIntyre"'
This message was received by the News
Miner. which took an opportunity of the:.!,
ing those soldiers who started across the
Yukon delta in search of the passengers of ,
the launch Tramp, which left Iditarod on
October 6, and which had been frozen in at
the mouth of the river.
In response to a message Urging that re
lief be obtained if it was possible and sent to
the News-Miner by The Iditarod Pioneer,
the News-Miner undertook to do everything
that could be done to prevent the men.
women and an invalid who were passengers
on the launch from suffering the hardships
that are bound to occur when a party is
frozen in a couple of hundred miles from
relief, with a biting wind blowing all the
time.
The ready response of the American sol
diers undoubtedly saved the little party
much suffering, and was very commend
able. Their names will be engraved on the
hearts of the people whom they saved and
their act will be handed down by Alaskans
just as was the act of the rescue party
that years ago braved the icy blasts of the
Arctic winter to try to save the Royal
Northwest Mounted Police party that was
lost on the trail to Fort McPherson, and
for whom the children born in the Klon
dike recently unveiled a monument in Daw
son. Heroism should be rewarded, and the
News-Miner was glad to be able to record
and hand down to posterity the splendid
work of the soldiers at St. Michael.
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FURS V/ ANTED
II. Boas, the local clothier, has an order
for 200 red and cross foxskins from one of
' the largest fur houses in the United States.
: He will pay the highest prices for such skins
if received before January 1.
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FAMOUS FOOTBALL PLAYER
SERVING WITH BLACK WATCH
T'lit* author of the letter printed below is
one of a family of six brothers, all famous j
football players at Princeton. Johnny Poe j
was perhap- the star of the family, and in
his day was the best half in the country, i
During the Spanish-Aincrican war he served j
as an enlisted man in the Fifth Maryland, ;
and subsequently put in three years in the f
Twenty-third I’nited States infantry through
lie' early days of the Philippines insurrec- j
lion. At the time of the Panama excit'.mrn: 1
he enli.-led in the marine corps, and after j
a lew mouth.-- was discharged as a sergeant, j
i 1 -■ .-erven in the last Honduras revolution
as a captain of artillery, and also put in a
short service with the Kentucky militia dur
ing one of the unpleasant moments ni
Breathitt county, lie at one time declined
a cummis.-ion in the regular army. During
one summer he served on the Alaska i
boundary eomniL-.-ion under Thomas Riggs, j
now a member of the Alaska engineering i
commission, who plso comes of a family
famous in Princeton football history. The I
letter is written to Scott Bu litt of Louis- j
ville, and is reproduced from a LouLvilD
newspaper:
Northern France, Aug. S. Dear >cott: 1
received a latter fiom you ages ago, and |
for not answering sooner, like him of old. *
I “confess mv fault and my sin is ever be :
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I am no longer in the heavy artillery, but ;
have been transferred to the Black \V atch, |
the famous Scotch infantry regiment, of !
which you have doubtless heard.
I had a hell of a time the lirst time I |
tried to get into my kilt, but am slowly 1
mastering its intricacies. I wear less under |
it than tiie most ultra dressed member of i
the demi-monde; in fact, nothing at all; and j
whiP it is cool and one’s legs led free, still
the dust comes well up above the knees.
The colors are blue, green and black, but j
we wear a khaki apron over it. 'Inc ap
proved way of wrapping the kilt around one '
is to take a deep breath and pull it tight ;
around you before sticking in the large pins. I
1 understand there are about seven yards i
of cloth in it. which gives the vermin a 1
magnificent | laygrouiul in its mullitudi
nous folds. W hut eon'rmnt l used to have,
hr a man who allowed lice to get on him!
But the old saying, "to under. iand all i- t«- ;
forgive all.” dines to me in this case
V\ at< r fi r waihing purpi • car ;e in
the trendies, and one ha.* t<> deep in barm- !
oiei dug.>uts. which are ii.il t-f vermin.
I remember hearing of a ranch in the -
West where every new cowboy was :.-!te<. |
before being told where to sleep. "Buggy or ;
not buggy .' ’ If clean he was not put m a
\ermin-infcs'.ed i lace, or given inhabit.' j
blankeis, but if n A. he was place 1 in a yi ;
where the insects Hell full sway.
Are you interested in this di^erlation cf
mine about the Idler*' friem..-' I tali
them so, because tney keep one from think
ing of greater or les*er trout-1.You kn.os ;
the story ab >ut Jerk Simpson’s ,-ingmg. II j
*ang so badly that one follow .-aid; he liked 1
to Hear him sing, a* one could n- t think of J
hi.* ordinary troubles when hi in the head l
with a piece of 2x4.
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I did not care for the heavy artillery, but !
do like the Black Watch, though I find the i
broad Sc-tch diilioult to understand. The
Black Watch made a line charge < n May !
9, carrying a trench after several other,
regiment.- had faded to do so. The pipers
played "The Highland La Idi• -. ’ I was not j
in tlie battalion then, so wha: Ahab. king
,-f I-iacl. .-. i l unto Ben liadad. king of
Assyria, applies in my case.
My part in this war has been to listen
to the German heavy shall- coming toward
i)i!o like an express train, and hoping they j
would in.: get mLu-t Gct-ober and No-j
vea.ber. at Y; re.-, is where they came the j
most frequent. Shrapnel breaking near one !
is (i unpleasant, with the bullets and 1
I ieces cf shell dropping through the limb* ;
and leaves of tree-. One good tiling >hrap-j
ml did me, however, was to kill a lmr.-e |
I hated so that I c ul 1 almost have kil ed j
him myself sever: 1 times. 1 w:t* not n-inr/j
hint at the time, but had him tied t.* a ■
tree while I was in a Bel nan warden search- j
ing for vegetal 1".- with which to make a |
*;cw. I did nrt even have to help bury !
him. as we put him in a large h< 1 ■ made j
by a German .-hell.
Pardon this blurring, but I am writing in j
drops ('ii the pap r.
Em/rib of war and rumor;; of war. ex
cept 10 say tha* I am well enough satisfied, j
and would not care to go back to the strong- j
arm work again, which makes one as broad j
two pick handles across the shoulders, but
as narrow as an eye of a needle between
the eyes.
Blair has closed down, but Goldfield is
still running, so possibly 1 may still have to
strike ft r a job in the mine at $4 per.
Garibaldi now has a chance to fight for
his beloved Italy, after fighting in Venezuela
and Mexico. I worked with a man in Blair
who knew him in Chihuahua. Mexico. This i
man told me that Garibaldi had said he j
was lighting for the Maderistas in or V to
keep his hand in should Italy ever need |
I was f!-o told that in Venezuela he was
captured once and chained to a rock.
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Pome of these French towns, where the
fighting has been from house to house, and
where artillery has also played on them, are
certainly cut to pieces. But doubtless you
know as much about the war as I do.
At reveille the pipers often play “Johnny
Cope.” Wasn’t that the tune the Highland
ers charged to at Kilhecrankie in 1(15,
when they overwhelmed the English? The
Scotch regiments are great charger3 ^ven
today.
“When I was young I used to be
The smartest man in all Dundee.
The Prince of Wales, he wanted me
To come and join his armee.”
Some day I hope to sing you this verse.
“John Peel” is one of the most glorious
marching tunes I have ever heard. I have
felt for years that the pipers playing when
the men charged was an enormous help, and
very often the difference between carrying
and not carrying a position.
The prevailing type of man in the Black
Watch is short and stocky. There arc many
shorter even than I.
We are not in the trenches all of the time,
and only stay in for three or four days at
a time.
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Well, Scott, I must stop now to boil a
shirt. As ever, JOHN.
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Fairbanks Hole! Gutted by Fire
The Columbia hotel, tit the corner of
First avenue and Dunkle street, Fairbanks,
was completely gutted by hire on Saturday
evening. October bO. Hie origin of the tire
is unknown, but it is believed to have been
a defective stovepipe. The loss is variously
estimated at from $2,000 to £5 000, includ
ing building and furnishings. There was no
insurance.
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Renan and James Pick !Jn Lead
Advices received at 1 uirbar.kr- from the
'wt .v;ite that Jack lF-nan and B *nnett
James, b ih former resi !en>s of Fairbanks,
have picked up the lead again on the Fke.
Stevenson property. in Moose Pass, which
they bought for cash some time ago. Tin*
owners started to Work a- -oon as they ac
quired the property, but the lead faulted.
They drifted i.iul have picked up the lead
again.
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Kich Cargo or Dora
A Seward dispatch of October 12 says
that tlu* little steamer Dora urriv.d fn rn
the we.-'.whrd with a cargo valued at $145.
u'.'U, including furs, i\ory. whalebone and
lish [ inducts. This is one of the |gsb.-t
valuable cargoes ever brought to Seward
from the westward. The principal ship
ments of fur. walrus ivory ami whalebone
are for Labes & Co. of San I rancisco.
There were over sixty bales of fur. includ
ing pch r bear, white fox and sealskins. The
whalebone shipment was made up of mnety
■ :x bundles of 125 pounds each. The whale
bone is valued or $1.<5 a pound.
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First Mining Case in To’ovana
The first law suit of any importance
originating in the new 1 clova.ua mining
district was toed in the office of the clerk
r f the district »mjrt at Fairbanks on October
26 by George Hemzinger. who i- suine Harry
FaUersun and H. H. Mack. The prayer in
the complaint asks that the plaintiff be
awarded a one-third interest in the lease
rccviitly secured by Patterson from Dave
Caseation on the lower feet of the Deep
Channel associati >n claim, on Livengood
creek, or a one-third interest in all of the
ground on that claim held under lease by
Patter.-cn. He uLo -asks that the defen i
aiits be compelled to pay iH- costs oi the
suit.
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“Powerful ice” in TrcnVle
Reports received at Seattle recently from
Port Angeles were t i the ettect lh .: Jwc
Houston, an Alaska mine operator, known
as “Powerful Joe," had been sentenced to
the .-'ate penitentiary for from one to
twenty years, following his conviction tor
forgery. After the sentence was imposed
Houston ap{ lied for release on 1 :• 1 and
gave notice of appeal. He secured his re
lease on putting up heavy bonds, and has
secured the services of a Seattle a't rn y
to fight the case. Houston is reported to
have become short of funds to swing his
mining deals, and used the names of hi
associates in the enterprises to secure run.is
on stock in his companies. He is said to
have been in trouble for similar offenses lie
fore going to Port Angeles, where he has
been exploiting timber lands in which sev
eral Alaskans are interested.
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Death of Joe Jourden
Joe Jourden, one of 'the best known of
Nome's citizens, answered the call of the
grim reaper Iasi night, passing away at his
Steadman avenue residence about 8:30, says
the Nome Nugget of October Hi. The death
of Mr. Jourden was most unexpected, as
he had been ill but a matter of four or five
days. The cause of demise is stated to be
Bright’s disease, complicated by a severe
attack of la grippe. Mr. Jourden was one
of the oldest residents of the community,
having come to this locality during the days
of the great rush of 1900, and has resided
here continuously. Previous to coming to
Nome the deceased had been a resident of
California, and had also been located in
Dawson. He was 60 years of age, and was
a member of the Fllk.s, the Arctic Brother
hood, Moose, Odd Fellows, Masons and the
Commandery.
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Double Murder at Kaiaila
A Kalalia dispatch of October 0 told of a
double tragedy which was enacted at the
Chilkat village, a short distance from Ka
talia. Two Indians, who had been drinking
rather freely, became involved in a quarrel
which resulted in one, Charley Kocklow,
drawing a gun and shooting Charley
Thomas, who died almost instantly from
the wounds received. Kocklow, becoming
alarmed at his rash deed, and evidently feai
ful of the consequences, ended his life. The
news was brought to town by several na
tives, and Judge Robert Gray, who is ex
officio coroner, started a party out in search
of the bodies. They were both found on
the beach and brought to Kata’la. Ihere
were no gunshot wounds nor powder marks
on the remains of Kocklow, and some little
mystery surrounds his death. The cor
oner started f- r the scene of the tragedy
to investigate.
HEROIC FIGHT OF ABLER
BEFORE THE END CAME
Karl Theile. Bob Boyd and Domini J: So
rosi, the funner Iditnrod men who w.ie
pa-sengers on board the il.-fated pov.vr
schooner' P. J. Abler when .-he was destroyed
by fire off Juneau. Alaska, on September hU
last, will have an interesting tale of adven
ture to reiate concerning their experiences.
A special cable to the Seattle Post-Iatcdli
gencer, dated Juneau, September 28, two
days before the destruction of the ve.-sel, is
as i\ How.- :
It is a sturdy breed of sail rs that handle
the small, often shabby and battered two
masted power schooners which carry the
mail and supt lie- i wo or three times a year
to the frontier outposts of Alaska, and this
a Her no -n, with the arrival of the P. J
Abler from Seattle for the Ku.-kokwim, and
other thriJ.ng chapter was uoded to their
colorful hi.-tory.
This i- the same schooner Ablw and the
; aine master, Captain E. B. Hoffman, that
was stranded high and dry a lew year- ag..
on the Alaska coast and buried <i* •.*.» in ;h«
sand thrown up by the storm. On that oc
casion, before the freeze set in. Captain Hoff
man Conu'ved. by im-aiis of a siu-tp .-ho\<i
made from an oil drum, to dig his .-chouner
out and get her to sea.
Fight With Gales
Today Captain Hoffman brings to j r»rt a
story of lighting against the terrioh* o<a:> of
a succession of gales, while his deeply laden
schot ner, disabled and ht-lpl -s. w as tossed
1 ke a chip in huge seas which threatened at
every moment to overwhelm her.
ihe Abler left Seattle September 13 with
the badly-needed winter supplier- for the min
ers on itie Kuskokwun. Ihe schooner uses
both sail and gasoline engine.
No sooner was the Abler out of Puget
sound '.ban engine trouble began. The v. -
sel was anchored oil Limekiln point an 1 the
engine r . in force turned to at repairs. A
gale ..r >-e and tin* schooner, bucking against
the anchor, parted her cable. With the
ant!.» r i At behind, the scho< ner war- .-turn'd
northward. Then a leak devel ped, but the
gasc line-ciriven pump was capable of c uing
for this.
Dangerous Seymour Narrows
At Seymour narrow- is one of the most
dangerous bits of the inside passage. Only
at one stage <f the tide, the moment after
iis riood, when the wa er is quiet, do vcv.cls
■ rtuous rock-strewn i
riiith.
In ‘le narrows. live minutes after the
\ ler ! ul chugred past W pi
ring gear broke. To stop at that point
f• r re; airs was suicidal, yet to push on
without means to steer seemed equally haz
ard. ia-. C i tain Huffman chose to push on.
matching the shove of the engines against .
the tidal eddies as be.-t h? could, and even
tually bringing Lis rudderless ves-el safely
into wide waters.
Temporary repairs to the tiller were thru
made, and the schooner pushed on to Ketchi
a an. i here the crew promptly d arted,
claiming that the ship was overloaded and!
the water in the hold ,vas up to the floor
of the forecastle.
Another Crew Found
Another crew was found, and the schooner
.vent on next day. That same evening the
bilge pump broke, and th^ Abler put in to
Wrangell for repairs. At 2 o’clock on the
morning of September 23 the Abler passed
( ape Decision and entered the open ocean.
The weather was line and the sea smooth.
By evening a fair wind had switched into
the southeast and freshened into a gale. By
midnight seas were sweeping the schooner
fore and aft. Captain Hoffman ordered all
sail stripped, except a storm jib. Oil bags
were put out to prevent the seas burying
the schooner.
Wallowing through the blackness, threat
ened with annihilation by every toppling
comber, it would have seemed to the lands
man that the little schooner had no chance
for life. The vessel was leaking, but the
pump was caring for that and did its work
: well until 3 o’clock in the morning, when it
! suddenly stopped. The water commenced
to flood the hold.
Overcome by Gas
Assistant Engineer E. Born was over
come by gas collected in the engine room.
Captain Hoffman ordered all hands on deck
to jettison cargo. That is the shipmaster's
last desperate effort to save his vessel, by
throwing away his freight and lightening his
, burden.
The water pouring into the hold crept up
about the flywheel of the engine. Then
j that faithful heavy-duty slave hesitated in
! its grunting, coughed weakly and gave up
| he fight.
j “All hands—set the foresail,” roared
: Captain Hoffman. “Look lively about it.”
j With headway gone, the schooner was the
j sport of every jostling wave. The seas broke
! waist deep across her as the crew fought
| to break out the canvas. When this was
! done the foresail steadied the ship and gave
her headway again. Captain Hoffman
I headed northeast.
i Then they set to bailing, bailing with the
* desperate energy of men who know they
must fivht or drown. Chief Engim.-* (’ •
bett, in the little engine room, work* -*u .
bornly to tu.n o,_ r that machine
It going. Ihe gas nil rtf': u.v.ei t'.<- .. ■> •
and forced ini
rising water, •
dragged rut uncorwmu-.
Only Hope for Life
Everybody b i**«i There wn- m > -dir!: a.
It was their only !e>: * t r life u;.hy
they made some headway again • ire il■. , 1
At la-i the engine could b. s!.»;*: and
the fire pump was set to work ;
TI
cargo had lightened the sell .m r.
Dawn broke gray an! eld - .!
Ihe Ablei ... riding !. .
izing if the pump.- aga.n stopped tmy v •
. i! 1 st, Car tain HolTi hea
Spencer. After * nee mg Cr— - ! ■
found better w ther and his ti
“But for ti <* ft.Ira r.f ti • •
would ali hc.ve I -:i 1 h
“V* hen we !»:i K t• ini:an • in :. ■
r i hr nvy dec id ::d < 1 in . b-r, had i ’ ‘i.r
•riches freeboard that i-. \va» b’.' thr •*
inches clear of the water. V> . 1
the cargo of coal lui r id pro;
worth approximately >20.00-1. I , - •
the damage to the cargo beh v. ui. I
the held is free of water and the \ . i
disch. p.rged.”
Aided Wiliams, the Aid i'- »<. at
the hc»s| :tal here sum-ring injur..-' i- • d
uring ■ h *alid night at H
f the Kd-k k\v:m will sum r he: ' '
winter uul an .'her e an."* <•: : :•>'» •
and .'np:Ii.es ran i»e taken to tm-m bni<
the ice sets in.
GAGOFF WILL BE HANGED
WHITEHORSE. Oct. 20. \1> r
dag'-iT this afternoon pl-aded guu> : • mur
der and was sentenced by Judg- M n.d.iy
:•» be hanged on March in. » :: t
«r.d kdled Id-t K n-low. Geore- i - i
Boskovich and Henry Cook mi ' ; " ... m
30 last.
Judge Macaulay reached Wim-h
terday with other official'. Th
a- ii this nf:erno n. A jury w ~ m !y
cured, and when Gagoff was .3 ; n ; !• -i
he said:
”1 am guilty. I said two m- ukr •
that I wi' guilty, and ~ iy so a
The mry was dismi. -■ !. b a
took the evidence in the case u . th. n
judged the accuse..! to be guJ’j . :id late*
ne wjjj st r.tencvd.
DAWSON’S MEAT SUPPLY
DVMTON. Ocr. Thotisai of . ..
bou are browsing on the hills ten to titd-.-n
miles wk-i <f Dawson. on th- Gl der trad
Hundreds >i pet' ms are mr m th
winter m. at su; b.. and
flying in • 11 diicctn im K - h 1 un • r i- : .
ting all the law ail -m . which t- :i'-‘
WHAT MERT MARSTON SAID
M. H Marston. a partn
Creek Dredging C mpauy. wh: h i n.-- n
the Iditand. i> :-.i the Bull r • n 1 v. •>
south for the wntei. .-a\.- the ."•• 111*» l\ '
Intelligencer. Mar.-" n i- a p: rw-r ‘7
and has seen ;.i \-t of the camp- of the
North i1
the Iriitarod will approximate -Sd.i'* 1 U)00.
mined with dredges. Like nevly .1 AL
kans, Mai.-mn thinks that there i- no odwr
country that <
and say- that he will be one of the first
ones in in the spring.
“I figure like a great many other Ala
kans. that when I get a really g stake 1
will leave th ■ North fur good. Lit I know
in my heart that if I had this >e .r’s <d. an-up
. t >3.00:) 000 from the Iditar. : a- mv uw:i
you would ,-e'e me around Seatde ■ nlv r xt
spring buying my steamer ticket n .r.h
again.
According to Mar-ton. the Iditarod will
be a big producer for years to come, but
only with big enmnanies.
*
Ophir, Alaska, N’. \ , 10. 1!1‘*
Xotice is hereby given that :L* partner
ship heretofi re existing under the firm i n •
and style cf Baumeister-M '-es Mnmg C>
is dissolved, and that the undersigned,
Matilda M M >ses will not!
for debts contract! d for in the nan is lid
partnership by any person whnt-oever.
‘ MATILDA M. MOSl .S
CLEANING AND PRESSING
ALL KINDS OF FUR WORK
Suits Cleaned and Pressed. Fur Coats and
Robes Lined, and All Kinds of
Fur Work Done
5V3RS. CHAS, LARSON
Orders may be left with Mrs. Thornton
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!RMS. H. A. WEIR, Prop. ♦
Warm Horse and Dog Barn |