LOOK FOR
RED LETTERS
For It means
Great Slaughter
at the Knifed-in
Half Sale, which
Still Continues.
Why sure, 1 got toy Suit at Friedman’s, and why not? Because Clothing
is being sold at Friedman’s for 50 per cent, less than Outside prices.
Hart, Schaffner & Marx Suits
That always sold for 430, $35. $10, $45 can be had at Friedman’s for
$17.50, $20.00, $22.50
And they consist of the Latest Styles and Fabrics that money can buy.
Rll l)o not forget that shipment of 250 Hart, Schaffner & Marx
I v II v/C Suits that will bo here on the lirst boat.
SOME CLASS TO THAT BUNCH
High-Top Shoes at One-Half of the Regular Prices can be had in All Sizes
SIO.OO SUIT SALE IS STILL ON
FRIEDMAN’S^
FIRE YESTERDAY
WAS DANGEROUS
At i i o’clock yesterday a fire
starting in the undertaking par
lors at the back of Smith's Gun
Store, corner of Willow and Second
streets, gained sufficient headway
to cause alarm for the safety of the
store and other uearby property
The fire started frotu a spark
■ . - ,,t ::i the oakum tamp
ing between the walls. It was put
out by the chemical, although the
condition was so threatening that a
line of hose was laid in readiness
for turning on the water. When
the firemen arrived Mr. Smith had
two hand grenades playing on the
blaze, which had spread over the
tar paper lining the roof. The
chemical engine soon did the rest.
The loss is about $100.
The fire was discovered by Willie
Watson, who first gave the alarm,
and the early discovery followed by
prompt action saved a very serious
property loss.
BALL PLAYERS
GET GOLD PINS'
- 1
i'he stickpins donated to the cham
pion basketball teams, respectively, by \
John F. Baird of Iditarod and Eddie
Anderson of Flat, wete completed by
Robert Simpson this week. The pins are
made of Iditarod gold, bear monograms
of the individual players and are very
handsome. They were awarded to the
five champion players on each of the
teams playing in the Flat-Iditarod
series of games. Of the Iditarods, one
went to Captain Chat-lev Fowler, and
he named Ralph Loraen, Warren Wil
son, Hugh Paris and Dick Button as
the others to be so honored. The mem
bers of the Flat team receiving pins
are Fred Labelle, Chris Hanson, Al
Ooslow, Fred Webber and Jack Bid
well.
CLAIMS ALLOWED BY COUNCIL
_
The following claims were allowed i
and warrants ordered in payment of
same by the city council Wednesday
night:
Smith’s Gun Store. $ 2.00
N. C. Co. .14.25
Clark Lumber Co..6.45
H. E. Rilev. water . 8 50
Flume hose, tents, canvas. H. Boas.
“Obey Your Impulse”
And “Get the Habit” of Buying and Phoning Your Orders
For Choice Family Groceries,
Reliable Goods, Quality Unsurpassed
Reliance Canned Goods Reliance Evaporated Fruits
Best Hams and Bacon Dependable Canned Meats
Outfitting Creek Orders Solicited
Prompt Deliveries- Your Orders Solicited.
SUNDERBRUCH'S
Smith’s
Gun
Store
Phone 6
IDITAROD
Screen Doors
Window Screens
Hoes,
Rakes,
Mattocks,
Pitch,
Oakum,
Oars,
Rope,
Spades,
Brush Hooks,
Manure Forks,
Calking Cotton,
Lamp W'cking,
Pike Poles,
Blocks,
Motor Boat Supplies \
Gash Registers Pool Tables
Phonographs and Records
TENTS, TARPAULINS,
FURNITURE, BEDDING,
GUNS, AMMUNITION,
Fishing Tackle, Hooks and Flies
LAST OF SERIES
OF A. B. DANCES
The last of the series of enjoy
able dances given by Camp Iditarod
No 27, A. B.. will take place next
Wednesday. It will lie the last
function of any kind to be given by
the A. B.’s until the diy of the
anniversary banquet and hall, June
to
The seties of dances provided by
the A B.’s throughout the witttet
afforded wholesome pastime wilier
was welcomed by everybody Now
that the season is closing the ap
p eciation of these diversions will
doubtless be manifested by a large
attendance next week.
KUSKOKWIM RIVER
BROKE APRIL 27
The Kuskokwim river broke at Aniak
City April 27. On May I the river had
practically run clear,only an occasional
cake of ice floating down at that time.
This is the report brought by Marlin
Moran, who arrived Wednesday from
the Aniak. Opposite Hoffman’s the
ice moved April 22.
Mr. Moran left about twenty-five
men on the creeks of the Aniak. He
reports that Howard of the Willow
Creek roadhouse, recently going into
the Aniak with a team of horses, goi
one of the animals drowned in the
Kuskokwim at the mouth of ( rooked
river. The ice started moving while
the horse was upon it, and the animal
went through. Earl Hunt, leaving
Iditarod for the Aniak, made it through
by a light squeeze before the breakup.
ADVERTISED LETTERS
Letters are lying at the Georgetown
post office addressed to the following
persons:
Amadt, andrew Jones, g 1
Aruad, antone
Anderaoo, hea Koontz, gecrge
Brown, j g Laurie, waiter
Brown, mi, 3 Laurie, harry
Brown, ora Leonard, benderlin
Barnhart, ora Landry, jolmuny
Cole, frank Mitchell, john
Culloch, o m Mullen, od g, 3
Connor, c c Mack, Charles
Cambaluzier, j s
(,'herrav, joseph Olson, victor, 2
Clarke, saska
Cascaden, john Page, lee
Pound, e m, 3
Davis, win g
Dueld, geo r Roberts, joe p, 5
Douglas, alex w, 3 Rodwell, hank
Frank, c b, 3 Sorenson, mrs w
Squires, a a, 2
Gigliotti, anthony Schenbeck, h c
(reg)
Get-hold, john Thompson, char
ley, ti
Hunter, y r
Haynes, robt Willis, Oswald
Hanson, s Whitney, c d
Hyde, tn Woods, capt pat
Hayes, mike rick J, 2
Henderson, john
Young, v t, 12
Irwin, frank Young, samuei s, 7
DUKE E. STUBBS,
Postmaster.
‘‘SLAIN BY A LOOK"
LITERALLY TRUE SAYING
Mr. U. S. Surya Prakas Rao. writing
in the “Hindoo Spiritual Magazine,”
says that, the impossible becomes pos
sible to the man who has practised
steady gaze! A French peasant, he
asserts, was able to kill small birds by
steadily looking at them. But the
most striking story is that of an opera
singer named Massol, who, under the
Second Empire, was a great favorite
with the public. Although he was a
man of small intellect, he had a won
derful voice and an eye which slew.
One of his greatest successes was his
rendering of the “Curse” aria in an
opera called “King Charles VI.”
During the singing of this aria, il
his eye fell accidentally upon anyone
in the audience or on the stage, that
person died. After he had killed s
scene shifter, the leader of an orches
tra, and an unfortunate merchant from
Marseilles, the opera was excluded
from the repertoire.
Highest market price paid for shaded
ivory for jewelry manufacturing pur
poses. Robert Simpson.
$4 and $6 hats cut to *1.50. H. Boas
MAJOR AND MRS. STRONG
EXPECTED ON FIRST BOAT
betters received in Iditarod some
time ago lead the fiiends of Major
and Mrs. J F. A Strong to expect
them on the first boat from White
horse John Strelic an 1 Robert
Graham were yesterday engaged in
teplacing the stairway on the Strong
building on Otter street, which was
broken down on St. Patrick’s day
by the thtong of people anxious to
get a good view of the dog race.
jackTrke”
A BUSY MAN
J. J. Price has been a busy man
since his arrival at Iditarod yesterday.
Questions were fired at him at close
range and over the telephone. Ha was
looking extremely fit notwithstanding
his strenuous trip, and told the Pioneer
that he had spent a very interesting
winter. He, with Mrs. Price, traveled
extensively in the East, visiting, among
other places. New York, Boston, Phil-1
adelphia, New Orleans, Montreal, To- j
ronto, and other Canadian cities. Of
course if time had permitted he could '
have related many things of interest;
nut as it was only a few personal items j
were obtained from him.
Mr. Price returned over the trail,
reaching Fairbanks the middle of
April. Mr. and Mrs. Frank G. Manley
accompanied him to Fairbanks, where
they remained, Mr. Manley expecting
to come on to Iditarod on an early boat.
Matt Reis came in and slopped oft' at
the Manley Hot Springs, where he
will superintend thefamous farm again
this season. Mr. Price said the town
of Hot Springs appears rather dull, but
the mining outlook on Sullivan creek
is exceedingly bright.
At Ruby he did not have an oppor
tunity to see the creeks, but that camp,
he says, now has a foundation to work
upon and has a future in store.
On reaching Iditarod Mr. Price found
a telegram from Mrs. Price awaiting
j him, saying she would leave White
I horse for Iditarod on the lirst boat,
j With good luck she will be here within
two weeks of the arrival of Iter hus
band, who left her Outside expecting
j to beat her in by a month or more.
HAS KOYDKUK
GOT PAYSTREAK?
A bulletin this week saying rich
strikes reported on Hammond river may
mean that continuous pay has been
found in tlie deep channel of that
Koyukuk stream. It was already
known to be rich in spots.
Later
By today's mail J. E. Beattie received
a letter saying Olson and partners had
run into gold of great richne s. Oi e
pan contained $1,909 and a small thaw
yielded nearly $5,000.
MOSQUITOES BAD
IN FLATS ALREADY
Mosquitoes are already bad in the
flats. That is the declaration made by
Messrs. Price, Riley, Campbell and
Morgan, who mushed from Diskaket to
Dikeman. They left Diskaket May 3
and reached Dikeman the third day.
Li places the little pests were present
in swarms. They were not altogether
as bloodthirsty as they usually become
later in i he season, but still they made
it decidedly interesting for the travel
ers. _
SOME FREAKISH WEATHER
AT FAIRBANKS AND NOME
Nome, May 9 -Sluicing has had to
stop on account of a cold snap.
Fairbanks, May 10.—It has been rain
ing and snowing here this week.
TELEPHONE SERVICE FOR ROEY
F. H. Hamilton, who has been in
vestigating Ruby conditions and pros
pects for the N. C. Co., told a Record
Citizen representative that he will
advise the immediate installation of a
telephone service between Ruby City
and the creeks.
FLAT CITY NOTES
Lawrence Ramus, the original dis
coverer of pay on Flat creek, com
menced sluicing last Monday. IIo has
a gang of men working and will be
putting on more soon.
Ronan & Monltman are doing a lot
of preparatory work.
A. Larson is doing considerable work
on Flat creek.
Billy Bates arrived last week from
the Ditua country.
George Friend paid a visit to Iditarod
last Sunday.
Earl Byers was visiting in Flat City
last Sunday. He also took a run up
Flat creek.
Charley Linn is doing a great deal of
preparatory work and will put on a gang
of men soon.
Charley Patton is building a veranda!
on the front of his home.
Tom McMahon has put a hitching
post in front of his place.
Judge A. E Maliby has been visiting
Flat City during the past week.
Henry Roden was a visitor at Flat
and Happy creek this week.
Warren Wilson, of Iditarod, has been
visiting in this city the past week.
George Bennett, representing Wm.
Sunderbrucb, the Iditarod grocer, vis
ited Flat last Monday.
Joe McDowell and Tony Zuber had a
cleanup last Tuesday. It was better
than they expected.
Pete Pemberton, who recently re
turned from the Mud river country,
has moved to Flat City.
Martin Moran and Albert Hulbert
returned from the Aniak last Monday.
They report some new pay on Marvel
creek.
Abe Weiss made a visit to Iditarod
last Wednesday.
Minshall & Finnegan have papered
and remodeled their place of business.
Mrs. Charles Strandberg, of Flat
creek, visited Iditarod during the week.
The Flat City people are planning
for a baseball ground. The main boost
ers of the scheme are Freddie Webber
and Harry Minshall.
Capt. Allison was a visitor from Idit
arod last Thursday.
Jack Cronin, the widely-known chef,
has been visiting Flat during the week.
Mrs. F. E. Snyder made a visit to
Iditarod last Monday.
Tom Dean made a business trip to
Discovery Otter last Tuesday.
G. M. Weigel has opened a restaur
ant and bakery in this town. He is a
recent arrival from Ophir.
Fred Vogler has been visiting Idit
arod this week.
Mrs. Lang and Mrs. Campbell made
a visit to Discovery Otter last Tuesday.
Frank Gularte and George Marsh
were visitors from Iditarod yesterday.
Frank Hall has opened a store and
poolroom on Flat creek, on the govern
ment road, opposite the Wildcat asso
ciatior.
Ed Donnelly and Caribou Bill Deeter
ing made a visit to Iditarod Friday.
P. O. Lundeberg, the water man of
flat, Mr. McDonald, of Glen gulch,
and Freddy Webber were visitors in
Iditarod yesterday.
The tramway people are doing con
siderable repair work, leveling and
plumbing up the road.
Doc Mading has been working sev
eral men on Flat, but on account of
cold weather the water got so low he
was compelled to lay them off again.
Jay Johnston met with a bad acci
dent last Thursday while lining his
boiler up Otter creek. They ran into
a snag with the scow eight miles below
Flat, tearing a hole in the bottom, and
the vessel quickly tilled with water.
Mr. Johnston left Iditarod with three
scowloads of freight and arrived safely
at Flat City with one; the second is on
the sunken barge, and the third is at
the mouth of Otter creek.
J. F. Gill, of Boulder creek, made a
visit to Fiat last Thursday. Mr. Gill
is a quartz miner. He has been doing
considerable prospecting over the sur
rounding country during the past win
ter and has great faith in it, and thinks
it will develop into a quartz camp.
Mrs. Bauks, of Iditarod, visited Flat
City last Friday.
Gold Seal Pacs $2.50 and $3. H. Boas,
clothier.
Annual assessment work blanks at
Pioneer office.
Quitclaim deed blanks—Pioneer.
Consistency Prevails
With all candor thin film unbosomed to their long
standing friends and the public at large of their con
clusive intentions—retiring from this field with the
outgoing year. Having full confidence in this declara
tion not to be for the want of gain as others do, Our
fellow-townsmen and adjacent camps began <
buying energetically.
Our CLOTHING tables are rapidly reducing their
weighty loads and our shelves unloading their Men’s
Furnishings correspondingiy.
We aim to keep up slaughtering every line of our
standard goods until every thread is disposed of.
ISAACS ROS. & CO.,
Leading Clothiers
PROPOSED NEW PLACER MININS UY
Tile Wickersham raining bill which our di-patches last week said
had passed the House was probably the one passed by a form?:' session
of that body, with few, if any, amendments. At that*time it was said
it would have become a law but for the opposition of Senator Guggen
heim, who prevented it from being passed by the Senate, where it was
read a second time and then pigeonholed. That bill in full was >
follows:
An Act to modify and amend the mining laws in their application
to the Territory of Alaska, and for other purposes.
He it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in congress assembled, That no association
placer mining cl aim shali hereafter be located in Alaska in excess of
foity acres, and on every placer mining claim hereafter located in
Alaska, and. until a patent has been issued therefor, not less than one
hundred dollars’ worth of labor shall be peifoimed or improvements
m ule during each year, including the year of location, for each a: 1
every twenty acres or excess fraction thereof.
Sec. 2. That no person shall hereafter locate any placer mining
claim in Alaska as attorney for another unless he is duly authorized
theieto by a power of attorney in writing, duly acknowledged anti re
corded in any lecorder’s office in the judicial division where the location
is made. Any person so authorized may locate placer mining claims
lor not more than two principals or associations under such power
attorney, but no such agent or attorney shall be authorized or permitted,
to locate more than two placer mining claims for any one principal or
association during any calendar month, and no placer mining claim
■shall Leieufter he located in Alaska except under the provisions of this
act.
Sec. 3 That no petsoti shall hereafter locale, cause or procure to
be located for himself, more than two placer mining claims in auv
month, provided that one or both of such locations may be included iu
an association claim
Sec 4 That no placer claims hereafter located in Alaska shall he
patented which shall contain a greater area than is fixed by law, nor
which is longer than three times its width
Sec 5. That any placer mining claim attempted to be located in
| violation of this act shall be mill and void, and the whole art thereof
may be located by any qualified locatur as it no such piior attempt had
I been made.
In the District Court for the Territory
of Alaska, Fourth Division. In Bank
ruptcy. In the matter of George F.
Marsh and Harry Ashland, eo-part
ners and as individuals, bankrupts.
To the Creditors of George F. Marsh
and Harry Ashland, co-partners and
as individuals.
Notice is hereby given that on the
6th day of May, 1912, George F.
Marsh and Harry Ashland, co-partners
and individually, were duly adjudicated
bankrupts, and that the first meeting
of creditors will be held at the office j
of the undersigned, referee in bank
ruptcy, at Iditarod, Alaska, on Wednes
day, May 22, 1912, at 2 o’clock in the
afternoon of tlie said day, at which
time the creditors may attend, prove
their claims, appoint a trustee, examine
the bankrupts and transact suclt other
business as may properly come before
said meeting.
HENRY RODEN,
Referee in Bankruptcy
Dated May 10, 1912.
Lay agreement blanks—Pioneer.
The House of Quality?
And that is not all: OUR LOW PRICES coupled with Best
Quality is bound to sell the goods.
EVERYTHING GUARANTEED
CROWLEY & PORTER
First Ave., Iditarod Front St., Flat City
MERCHANTS CAFE
Caters to Large and Small Parties
PRIVATE DINING ROOMS
Popular Prices Everything First Class
CHAS. E. MILLER, PROP.
-The Budweiser^Parlors Are Always in Readiness for Public Meetings and for Private-Business Consultations
purity Marquette AA Rye National Club Bourbon QUALITY
T/SfC BUD WEISER JACK BAIRD iditamd flat city ED ANDERSON THE BRANCH