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One Dollar Per Month. IDITAROD, ALASKA, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 25, 1912. Two Bits Per Copy
DROUTH PREVAILS
AROUND FAIRBANKS
Fairbanks, May 28.—Sluicing is being
hindered by the continued drouth.
Miners of Skoogy gulch threaten to
lynch anyone setting forest fires, and
have hung an effigy in a tree as a
warning to those inclined to play with
fire. Several cabins have been burned
during the week, but most, of the fire*
have now been extinguished by general
but very light rains.
NENANA COAL CLAIMANTS
MUST NOT MINE COAL
Fairbanks, May 24.—In the case of
the Nenana coal claimants, appealed
from the local land office, the rejection
of the locations has been sustained by
the general land office, which declares
the twelve locations invalid.
CIRCLE MINER DEMENTED
WHEN HE WANDERED AWAY
Fairbanks, May 24.—The inquest de
cided that Red McCarty was demented
at the time of his death last fall. The
remains were buried on the banks of
Rirch creek. Circle district.
BOHEMIAN GIRL AT NOME
BRILLIANT MUSICAL EVENT
N.olio. May 24.— The opera Bohemian
(ii'-t, pmluced by local amateurs last
Wednesday night, was a brilliant musi
cal -uccess.
RIVER IN BRIEF
The Little Delta, Lamont captain.
Atwell owner, arrived Wednc;day at 2
a.m. from Fairbanks. She dropped
down to Dikeman yesterday to load for
Iditarod.
The Martha Clow, with Capt and j
Mrs Finger aboard, arrived from Yuki-1
kaket and Ruby Thursday at 4 a.m. and
is still here.
The White Seal, Frank White cap-1
t tin, G P Sproule pilot, RC Judkins
purser, crawled on the bottom for 48
hours from Dikeman and stuck fast
last night four miles below Iditarod,
where she now is. Her passengers
were brought in on the launch Edna.
C P Wood, George Friend, J J Price,
11 II Porter, C H Walters, and others
went down to Dikeman on the launch
Alaska yesterday to meet the steamers
Delta and Evelyn. The merchants will
probably send up some fresh goods on
the Little Delta.
The water in the river is now so low
that only the lightest draft craft can
navigate between here and Dikeman.
Indications are that rain will soon
relieve the situation.
The Pup, leaving Iditarod Thursday,
was last reported at Koyukuk at 12:30
Thursday morning. She may have
passed Ruby unobserved and gone on
to Nottkaket and the Salatna.
The Delta, reported at Kaltag 12:10
a.m. Thursday, and the Evelyn, re-;
ported at the same place an hour later,
are supposed to be at Dikeman.
KAMINSKI WILL NOT GO TO RUBY
Joe Kaminski has changed his
mind.aud instead of going to Ruby
will go Outside via St. Michael,
visit California, Montana, Wiscon
sin aud other states, and return to
Alaska in the fall. He will depart
at the first opportunity.
SOME POLITICAL ITEMS
Passengers arriving on the
White Seal who have been in a
position to keep in touch with
Outside politics line up Taft and
Clark as the most probable can
didates of the Republican and
Democratic parties respectively.
The prevailing opinion seems
to be that Wickersham will
decline a nomination for delegate
to congress by the Independent
Republican convention called for
Valdez May 29.
William Ansley has added a smoking
and lounging room to the rear of his
circulating library.
Ico-credm Soda, all flavor^—To
morrow- at tho Rad X Drug Stcro.
GOLDEN GATE COFFEE—unsur
passed for quality and aroma.
Sunderbruch’s.
George Luders, the cook, came in
on the Little Delta, looking for a job.
Kodak finishing by the best
methods in the least time at
LONtEN 5ROS
MEN AND MATERIAL
FOR DREDGE COMING
Dawson, May 24-—The N N. packet. Susie sailed Wednesday
night with 575 tons of freight, consisting principally of the Gug
genheim dredge from Hunker creek going to Iditarod for installa
tion on Flat creek. T. A. Austin, here for six years as engineer
for the Yukon Gold Company, is aboard as the Guggenheim man
ager in the new camp. Oscar Wicks, the dredge expert, is going
along to assemble the machine.
The Guggenheims shipped one barge loaded with dredge mate
rial and two Keystone drills for the Iditarod on the Evelyn.
To Be Ready August 15
[Local gossip has it that according to agreements entered into
with certain Flat-creek operators the Yukon Gold Company must
have the dredge ready for operation not later than August 15 or
forfeit a sum of money placed by some as high as $50,000. If there
is any foundation for this report at all, it probably means that the
money named is in the nature of an advance of royalties which
will have to be paid by the company, and in case of delay in get
ting started will mean nothing more to the company than the mat
ter of paying over the money a short time before its equivalent in
gold has been taken out of the ground. Outside of all considera
tions of this kind, it is obvious that it will be to the interest of the
company to get the dredge in operation as soon as possible.]
BANK CASES REST TILL DECEMBER
Fairbanks, May 24 —Parties at interest have been notified that
Judge Cushman has postponed the Barnette cases to December 2,
and the Hawkins case to December 9.
[By inquiry at the Iditarod marshal’s office it was learned that
Deputy Marshal Sheppard has been notified of the postponement,
and that George B. Wesch, of the American Bank of Alaska, will
not be required to be present as a witness in Valdez June 24, the
date heretofore set. Mr. Wesch was ready to depart on the first
boat, intending to go out by the up-river route. Notwithstanding
he had disposed of some of his household effects and made all ar
rangements to depart, he is well plesaed to know that he will be
permitted to remain and attend to his business throughout the sum
mer. More than 40 witnesses had been summoned from Fairbanks,
and it is the opinion in Iditarod that consideration for their inter
ests influenced Judge Cushman in postponing the cases.]
OUTSIDE COMMUNICATION GUT OFF
At 11:20 today the Pioneer received a message from Fair
banks saying communication with the Outside is cut off. Whether
the trouble lies with the land lines or with the cable was not stated
The paper generally receives part of its Outside news service
Friday night, so it is probable the break had occurred previous to
that time.
At any rate, the disturbance is a reality, and readers today j
will miss the weekly resume of political and other Outside events ;
CAPT. DONOVAN WRITES OF BOLIVIA
The following is the full text of a letter recently received by U. S
Marshal H. K. Love, of Fairbanks:
“Arequipa, Peru, March 20, 1912.—Dear Mr. Love: I arrived at
Mollendo on March 8, and left the same day for La P.iz, where I found
the sudden, change in climate was too much for me, so I had to return
to Arequipa for a tew days. Arequipa is 172 kilometers inland from
Mollendo, and is 8,000 feet above sea level, and is situated at the foot
of Mt. Mistia, which has an elevation of 19,000 feet. From Arequipa
to Puno, on Lake Titicaca, is 352 kilometers; across the lake to Guaquj
is 100 kilometers. From there to La Paz in Bolivia, by rail is a dis- j
tauce of about 65 kilometers.
“I can't say that I like La Paz—it is built down in a hollow, and
surrounded 011 all sides by huge mountains. I simply could not breathe,
I went to the only American doctor there. He assured me that I was
iu perfect health and said I would be all right in a few days The doc
tor claims that all newcomers are affected the same way. Only a few
days ago a man had to take a special train to Mollendo at a cost of
$1,200.
“While in La Paz I learned a great deal about the Tipanani liver
aud must say that I am greatly disappointed. I find the whole river
covered with concessions and the owners very anxious to lease their
ground to anyone who will work and give them 10 per cent, of the
gross. I talked with a few old prospectors who have been on the liver
aud they don’t think much of it. I am convinced now that the reports
seut to the States were the work of the owners of the ground on this
river. At the same time I think this is a wonderful country. If people
can stand the high altitude—that is the only thing that worrits tre I
am going to try it again a few days, but may go into another district,
where I can cross the range at an altitude of 16,000 feet. The range
at La Paz is 18,000 feet above the sea level.
“At the present time I would not advise anyone to come here. In
the first place, I don’t believe that an American could content himself
with their way of liviug. We called into nearly every pop from
Panama to Mollendo aud we surely did see some queer things. Lima,
the capital of Peru, is quite a big city, and next to Lima is Arequipa.
‘‘When I write you agaiu, I hope to know more of the interior
country. If I cau stand the climate I will not be back for two months.
J, J DONOVAN.”
Placing a pail of cold water in a room
and renewing it every few hours will
lesson or entirely absorb the odor of
fresh paint.
Luscious grapefruit in our fresh ship
nunt, just unpacked. Crowley & Porter.
Tom J. Taylor arrived from George
town last Sunday.
Gut. Glass, jewplrv. W. Tavlor. Flat.
Ice-cream Soda, all flavors—To
morrow—at the Red X Drug Store.
Fancy cheeses just arrived at House
of Quality—Crowley & Porter.
Fine walnuts and almonds.
Sunderbruch’s.
Power-of-attoruey t<l u.vs—Pioneer.
All roads lead to Roas’, the ckthier. j
CUTTER BEAR
LONG OVERDUE
—
Nome, May 2.'!.—News is anxiously
awaited of the revenue cutter Bear,
due to arrive here May 10 from San
Francisco. She has not yet signaled
the wireless station The Bear took
on 15 tons of Nome and St. Michael
mail off Tatoosh light.
SI GOLD DREDGES
FOR NOME COUNTRY
_
Nome, May 24.—Six gold dredges
will certainly arrive for Seward penin
sula on the early boats. There will be
two for Port Clarence, two for Casa
depaga and two for Inmacbuk dis
tricts.
ARE SLUICING AT NOME
Nome, May 24.—Anchor ice is still
holding in the streams and open mining
has not yet started. It has been rain
ing two days, however, and sluicing is
general. _
PASSENGERS
FOR IDITAROD
Dawson, May 24.—Passengers aboard
the packet Susie, sailing last Wednes
day night, include Mr. and Mrs. Ed.
Crawford, for Circle, and the following
for Iditarod: John Gray, Joe Peros, J.
Smith, M. F. McMillan, J. G. Rivers,
E. E. Leexon, Tom Besich, Charles
McEwen, J. B. Whitelock, J. J. Gra
dem, T. J. Heacock, W. McVeigh, F.
A. Daley, Henry Shoemaker, Oscar
Wicks, John Cotte, John Fink, N. N.
Nelson, O. E. Reast, L. L. Bernier, J.
D. Robertson, J. Cox, C. Coutts, J. P.
Luth, P. Hutton, Frank Smith, K. O.
Baker, A. J. Alchera. R. E. Madly, T.
A. Austin, C. N. Nelson, Louis Nelson,
Luke Goycha. Charles Anderson, Oscar
Bachmann and John Svenn.
On the Delta from Dawson, reported
at Ka.ltag 12:10 a.m. May 23: Mining
Engineer Short and live men, Mr. and
Mrs. B. T. James, Mr. and Mrs. W. A.
Dikeman, James Wilson, J. A. Solmes,
Deputy Marshal E. T. Townsend from
Nulato.
On steamer Evelyn: Doris R iv mond
and Mert Mansion.
Arrived un White Seal, transferred
from the Reliance, from Fairbanks
May 15: C. J. Hurley, Mr. and Mrs.
W. Tom Nestor, Mr. and Mrs. Frank G.
Manley, Miss Morris Michelle, R.
Thorne, Geo. Cardich, Captain Morgan
(going on Teddy H.), B. Diary, A. Mc
Kenzie, D. Richardson, P. Sukita, D.
Connors, D. Gossellof, Nick Sartch,
Mike Mieonivitch, J. P. Hoover, J.
W. Cox, J. H. Hibbard, H. Andrews,
T. Gossellof, D. Caesare.
Arrived on Little Delta: E. Coke
Hill, Frank B. Ingels, Adolf Rippa,
Tommy Bullene, Sid Ensur.
MORE MILLS ORDERED
FOR FAIRBANKS QUARTZ
Fairbanks, May 24.—Emil Furstenau
is bringing a mill for installation at
the McCarty ledge at the head of Wolf
creek. McDougiillhasordereda mill for
Fairbanks creek.
WITNESSES RETURN FROM ROME
Nome, May 24.—Trader Chris Betscli
of Russian Mission, and a number of
natives, here as witnesses in the Coynte
and Staten cases, left for the Yukon
river Tuesday.
FAIRBANKS OPEN-AIR CONCERTS
Fairbanks, May 24.—The first of a
series of open-air concerts was held on
the waterfront last Wednesday night.
GOOD MUSIC FOR BIG A, B. BALL
The special orchestra which has been
engaged by Camp Iditarod No. 27,
Arctic Brotherhood, for the grand an
versary ball to be held June 10, has
been practicing regularly for the past
week, and the musical program to be
rendered at the ball promises to be of
a very high order.
One of the strange sights for this
season of the year ts t lie large iresh
cucumbers displayed in the windows of
the Merchants ca e.
Fresh homo-made broad daily.
White an i rye Pho u order.
SunrJerlbruch’s.
COURT AT IDITAROD
CALLED FDR JET 8
District court will convene at Iditarod Monday, July 8. Deputy ;
Marshal H. P. Sheppard has been notified to make the necessary 1
arrangements for a suitable courtroom, offices for the judge and :
district attorney, and rooms for the grand and trial juries.
These preliminaries, as well as the summoning of a grand jury,
will douhtless soon be completed. At least 30 days notice is re
quired to be given members of the grand jury.
There is not very much business in sight for disposition by the J
court, the most important criminal cases being those growing out j
of the holdup of the Iditarod tram last fall.
It is expected that District Attorney J. J. Crossley will be
present during the term.
RECORDS RELATING TO LATE DEALS
An event like the coming of the Guggenheims means so much
to a mining camp like the Iditarod that the public is anxious for
every bit of news in any way bearing on their acquisition of prop
erty or agreements for the working of grounds. Below will be
found a synopsis of everything in relation thereto disclosed by the
public records up to yesterday. The real information to be derived
from it, outside of the former status of some of the ground, is tri
fling, but it is printed for what it is worth:
George C. Friend, Bennett T. James and R. F. Lawson convey
to the Yukon Gold Company all their rights in the ground within
the Bonanza association, Flat creek, covered by leases or lays un
der which their mining operations have heretofore been conducted,
being all of said Bonanza association except the lower 1,500 feet.
F. B. Ingles, F. H Griffin, W- C. Mading, J. B. Mading and
D. C. Michie sell to the Yukon Gold Company the lease or lay
agreement obtained by the sellers from the owners of the Wildcat
association, on Flat creek, known as the “Mading lease,” or
“upper lease," empowering them to mine said ground at 75 per
cent, of the gross amount of gold produced during 1912 and 66 2-3
percent, of that produced during 1913; and the “Johnson lease,”
or “lower lease,” granted to the sellers at the same percentages
for the same years; and any and all other leases which they, or
any or them, owned on said Wildcat association, the price named
is $10,000 and other valuable considerations; and the sale was
made subject to certain specified agreements.
Thomas McKinnon et al. demise and lease to the said company
the Wildcat association claim, the Erickson and Two-bit association
claim, Flat creek, excepting such portions thereof on the right
limit of Flat creek as lie at an elevation of more than 15 feet above;
the level of said Flat creek as the same passes through the mining:
claims covered by this lease, from May, 15, 1912, to November 1, |
1915. Parties signatory to the instrument are Thomas McKinnon, i
James Hyland, Harold Seddon, O. J. Marholz, Victor Erickson and |
John Holmgren.
Lease by F. G. Manley et ah, owners, Thos. P. Aitken and
Henry Riley, laymen, to Yukon Gold Company, lessees, by which
owners and laymen demise and lease to the company the Marietta
placer mining claim on Flat creek, from May 15, 1912, until such
time as said claim shall have been worked out as provided in an
agreement dated February 28, 1912, the terms and conditions of;
the lease being subject to said agreement of May 28.
A quit claim deed from Joe Kaminski transfers to Thos. P.
Aitken 1,087.2 feet on upper portion of Glen association for $1 and
other valuable considerations.
A deed from Aitken conveys the same ground to the Yukon i
Gold Company for $10 and other valuable considerations. j
LAWRENCE REMUS
TIED UP BY SUIT
Lawrence Ramus, operating on
lower Flat, lias been closed down on
account of an attachment suit for
wages brought by his foreman,
Sweeney, on behalf of himself, and
a number of others who assigned
him their claims.
It is a district court case, and un
less an agreement is reached mean
while the ground will remain idle
According to report Sweeney had
not been conducting the works ac
cording to Ramus's liking, and the
latter hoped to be able to pay him
off and let him go A cleanup was
made in an endeabor to do this, but
it proved insufficient to -ati'fy all
the claims, and was distributed
proportionately between me claim
ants. Then the suit followed. It
is alleged Ramus could make good
if he had a little time.
Ramus is the original discoverer
of gold 011 Flat creek, and his case
is pointed to as typical of that of
many men who have discovered
rich ground in the North, hew of
them have reaped the rewards war
ranted by the benefits they have
conferred upon others.
J. A. Slippern is looking after the
packing of the remainder of the Martin
Siekinger goods for shipment to Ruby.
Choice mackerel, fancy salmon
betlie3, pickled pigs feet. Sunder
bruch’s.
Large collection of views,includ
ing Fiat City, F.at and Otter creeks,
at LOMEN BROS.
TRAM EXTENSION
TO COMMENCE SOON
The work of extending the Idit- i
arod tram will be begun as soon asj
material can be provided aud thej
construction crew organized These
preliminaries will take several days.
It is the intention once the work is
started to rush it through to com
pletion in the shortest possible time.
Manager James Wilson, with the
motors and certain other equipige,
is on the steamer Delta, supposed
to be now at Dikeman. The bal
ance of the material will come by
way of St. Michael, and will be
landed by the steamer Washburn.
IN SUMMER GAMP. TOO
“The French Boy's” on the Ma
honey & Rich lay on the Wildcat
association, Mat, cl.-aned up from
their winter dump on the right
limit last Saturday. The exact re
j suit has not been learned, but sev
eral of the hoys were seen with big
pans of gold, and it must have run
high into the thousands.
DISKAKET PEOPLE GO TO RUBY
Mi and Mrs K 1 K 11 y and three
I da ugh lets and A1 Chapin, all of
1 Diskuket, connect.eri with 'le
j ~!e mer Pup m Mil.trod foi
• Ruby last S nurd ax
Fresh eggs, ttie first t«> arrive—a
j Crowley & Rotter'*,
BOUNDARY SURVEY
OFF FOR PORCUPINE
Dawson, May 24.—The steamer St.
tlichael left Wednesday night with
he boundary survey party numbering
iO men with 150 head of horses, for
he head of the Porcupine river. The
tarty will complete the survey this
leasou. The St. Michael will transfer
o the Xanana and turn back at. Fugle,
twing to an epidemic of measles and
:hicken-pox at Dawson.
STANDARD OF SCHOOLS
RAISED AT FAIRBANKS
Fairbanks, May 24. — The school
lirectors have added a fourth year to
the high school course and raised
salaries of teachers to $175 a month,
besides employing a male principal at
a salary of $250.
MONARCH FIRST BOAT
TO GO TO ST. MICHAEL
Fairbanks. May 21.—Th« Monarch,
the first boat for the lower river, sails
for St. Michael tomorrow. < Vi lectors
of Irternal Revenue Ruine and < Irion
are passengers.
DAWSON DAUGHTERS
OF THE GOLDEN NORTH
Dawson, May 24. The proposed or
ganization of the Daughters of the
Golden North in this city has been
postponed for a few weeks.
RUBY COMMISSIONER
FEARED GUN PLAYS
The following from the Fair
banks Times of May 12 indicates
that the Short-creek towtisite move
over at Ruby agitated the people ol
the older burg. If a disgruntled
portion of the community wished
to go around the bluff and build a
city where they could live at peace
it is hard to understand why attv
body should want to shoot them f t
it. But here is what the limes
says; draw your own conclusions
“In a wire received by the dis
trict attorney’s office, Judge Oalla
her, of Ruby, stated that lot jump
ing was being practiced in the new
camp and that violence, including
shooting, was threatened. For that
reason he wanted an assistant dis
trict attorney to come down and
look into the matter. From the
telegram, which stated that there
was bad blood between the citizans
of Ruby and the new town, it is in
ferred that a second town has beat
established ’’
NESTOR STOCK IS DISPOSED OF
Fairbanks Times, May 10: Oil
the steamer White Seal, which
will get away for the lower river
within a few days, Tom Nestor,
the Iditarod banker and business
man, expects to leave for Iditarod
Mr. Nestor has been in the city
over a month, coming in with
Mrs. Nestor on one of the late
stages from a winter spent Out
side.
While here, Mr. Nestor has
disposed of most of his stock of
merchandise in the Iditarod. and
he expects to come back with it
soon after navigation opens
MOVING PICTURE SHOW
ARRIVED ON WHITE SEAL
Dick Thorne, the famous moving pic
ture man from Fairbanks brought his
outfit in on the White Seal and pro
poses to furnish entertainmen for the
Iditarod public. He is the best known
provider of amusement in the North.
Ice-cream Soda, all flavors To
morrow—at the Red X Drug store.
Eastman Kodaks, films and
photo supplies. LOMEN BROS.
MAIL COMES ON THE WHITE SEAL
Several bags of first class and
second-class mail arrived on the
White Seal last night. Included
in it was letter mail from the
Outs de and Fairbanks papers as
late as May 12.
Svv.ict, scur and dill pickles
In bulk. Sunderbruc.h’s.
N- w potatoes, this season’s crop, at
('row ,t v & Porter’s House of Quality.
iot-oream Soda, all flavors—To
mcrrrw—at the Red X Drug Store,