By far better goods at the same and lower prices.
Our goods are all Strictly Fresh and of the
HIGHEST GRADES ONLY
May we have the privilege of proving it to you?
Our Swift’s Premium
Hams and Bacon
Shipped in Cold Storage, without the heavy wrappers,
have arrived.
These Hams and Bacon are the Highest Perfection in
Smoked Meats.
Sam’! Applebaum
MUCH BUSINESS TRANSACTED
AT MEETING OF COUNCIL
HELD THURSDAY NIGHT
At a meeting of the Iditarod town council,
held on Thursday evening last, much busi
ness was transacted in the way i«f allowing
Kills, making provision for sidewalk repairs,
etc, and. most important vf all. making pro
vision icr the coming term of school, ihe
members present were: Joseph H. Smith,
11. 11. Porter, Paul Laplant, Karl Byers
and Herb Riley.
As this was the first meeting of the coun
cil which they had attended since the elec
tion last spring, the first order of business
was the swearing in of Karl Byers and Hero
Riley by Klerk Geraghty. The minutes of
the previous meeting were then read and
approved.
A eommunicatidi to Mayor Smith from
Mi>. Jonas L. Brewis. inquiring about the
coming term of school, was read, nd it
was decided to instruct the school board
to engage a teacher and make provKion for
a nine months’ term, to commence as soon
after September 1 a* would be convenient.
A communication was read from Percy G.
Charles, calling attention to the fact that
strenuous efforts were being made by the
citizens of Flat to secure the removal^ of
the marshal's and commissioner's offices
from Iditarod to Flat, and urging that action
be taken by the council and citizens tu urge
Iditarod’s claims to the retention of these
public offices. He pointed out that the ex
penditure of between S8.U00 and ¥9,000 an
nually was involved in the work of the two
offices. The communication was referred
to a special committee.
The financial statement showed that there
was a balance in the town treasury of
only ¥15.88, but that the receipt of license
money to the amount of about ¥4.200 was
expected shortly from the clerk iff the dis
trict court. This, it was pointed out, was
COMLETE STOCK
DRUGS AND MEDICINES
BUHACH
TOILET ARTICLES
Also
COMPLETE LINE
Men’s
Furnishings
Ansleys
I DITAROD, A LAS X A
the sum total of the city’s revenue for the
current year.
The street committee was authorized to
have repairs made to sidewalks in various
.sections of the city, and the fire committee
was instructed upon some minor details, and
after allowing bills to the total of several
hundred dollars the council adjourned at
about 11 p. m.
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MAY EXPORTS FROM SEATTLE
GREATLY EXCEED RECORD
Breaking all previous records, and sur
passing tlie district of San Francisco by
$15,487,999, the foreign commerce of the
Mate of Wa-hingtoii for May reached the
sum of $40,1)22.413. And thi- record was
made with the Panama canal closed and
the fleet of the American-Hawaiian line and
other shipping concerns engaged in the coast
to coast trade withdrawn, says the Seattle
Post Intelligencer of June 30.
Imports were $16,797,237; exports. $23,
225,126.
The foreign commerce of the ban Fran
cisco district for May was valued at $24,
534.414.
Not only does the shipping of Washington
for May surpass the record month, but it
exceeds in value the foreign commerce of
the district for the entire year of 1904
by $6,007,737.
Of the $40,022,413 for May, 1916. Seattle
contributed $12,455,694 in foreign imports
and $16,201,039 in foreign exports, a total
of $28,656,733.
Tacoma's foreign commerce for the month
was valued at $3,509,025.
Asiatic Russia, which received $14,429,063
worth of shipments, was the district s best
customer. Exports to Japan were valued
at $4,455,613. and to Canada at $1,247,192.
Imports from Japan were valued at
$5,968,727; from the Philippines. $1,517.
619; from the Straits Settlements, $4,261.
321); from China. $1,173,401; from Canada.
$2,017,790.
Imports of raw silk were valued at
$5,272,354; copper. $1,619,035; hemp,
$1,481,588; rubber from the Straits Settle
ments. $4,062,207.
Exports included rsw cotton valued at
$4,317,292; canned salmon valued at $651,
384; iron and steel valued at $5,038,963;
leather and leather goods valued at
$1,124,515.
Exports to Alaska were valued at $3,284.
893, and to Hawaii at $270,S66 during the
month.
A.
Fresh Olympia and Eastern Oysters,
$1.50 per can. Iditarod Meat Co.
Partnership Dissolution Notice
.Notice is hereby given and this memo
randum is to give the public to understand
tint all partnership relations heretofore ex
isting between •!. I'.. Riley. M. H. Marston
and l.ottie M. Marston. doing business under
the firm name and style of the Otter iRvdge
Company, and all other partnership rela
111*ns of .aery kind and character between
.1. K. Riley and M. H. Marston. have been
and are this day dissolved. M. H. Marston
i retiring from the firm and the said J. K.
| Riley assuming all indebtedness in ruiiner
1 tioiT with the partnership business.
; W’i.tlie.-" our hands thi^ 4th day of
August, 1 9 1 G. J. K. RII.K> .
M. H. MARSTo.N'.
Witness:
JOHN IToT.Mi;s.
CIIAS. ROSS.
GASOLINE LAMPS AND LANTERNS
Acorn Special Ga-ohne Lamps. $ 9.00
Air-o-lite Gasoline Lamps.. ... ..• ■ • 10.00
Coleman Gasoline Lanterns.$8.00 and 15.00
Baby Rag Mantles.doz. 2.00
Large Rag Mantles..■ ..doz. 3.00
High Pressure Globes and Mantles.. .....doz. 5.00
Baby Go Carts.$10.00 and 12.50
.5.5 piece White China Dinner Set.-. . 15.00
So-r.iece White China Dinner Sets. 22.50
DRUGS AT OUTSIDE PRICES
SMITH S CUN STORE
IDITAROD, ALASKA PHONE 6 SECOND AND WILLOW
BODY RECOVERED
Commissioner Guy G. Gernghty has re
ceived the following communicatoin from
C. T. Stirridge, the White Pass agent at
Holy Cross:
“Holy Cross, Alaska, July 23, 1910.
“Dear Sir: At about 6:15 p. m. on the
22d of July the steamer M. L. Washburn
picked tip the body of William Waldron,
which came to the surface about 700 feet
from the spot where he fell into the Yukon.
The drowning of this man l reported to
you under date of July 14.
"The body was viewed by myself, Captain
E. J. Josie, J. W. Walker, II. Lawrence and
several others, after which it was prepared
for burial and buried that same night in
the Holy Cross cemetery.’’
The news of the drowning of Waldron,
reported by Mr. Surridge, was printed in
last week’s Pioneer.
REGINA CHANGES HANDS
During the present week Miss Edrika
Kiev purchased the Regina hotel, and is
now in charge of that popular and well
equipped lodging house. Miss Kiev was
one of the early arrivals in this com
munity, and has successfully conducted a
restaurant, a ladies’ goods store and a laun
dry since her arrival, and it is safe to say
that the Regina hotel will maintain its
excellent reputation as a iirst-class place
to “snooze.”
RETURN FROM CANDLE CREEK
Henry Riley and W. W. Johnson, accom
panied by George Mutchler and Jack
Stephetn-on, returned from Candle creek
on Monday last, where they had been in
connection with the installation of the
dredge on that stream. Owing to the delay
in ihe arrival of the Kuskokwim River at
Bethel, the material had not arrived, and
Messrs. Riley and Johnson will make an
other trip to the scene shortly.
SOCIAL DANCE TONIGHT
Announcement is made that there will
be an informal dance at A. B. hall tonight.
The music will be the best that is available,
and everybody is invited to attend. There
will be no admission charged.
the McDonald hotel
Mrs. Manuel Gularte is no win charge of
the McDonald hotel, and will shortly make
quite a number of improvements to the
| premises.
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
Ray Longtin was a visitor in the city
from Otter creek yesterday
Herman Naehter, Jr.. < f Flat creek,, was
a visitor in Iditarod yesterday.
Dr. Moore, the Flat City physician, was
a visitor in the city on Tuesday last.
Demolition of the big two-story frame
| building on First avenue formerly occupied
j by Ramps Peterson’s thirst emporium va*
begun last Monday morning, with C. A.
; Duffy in the leading “tear ’em down" r< 1 -
The launch Alice arrived at Iditarod !i
j Saturday from the Innoko, where she has
been mov :n: minin : m: chinf rv and sup
' plies for the miners of the Ophir district.
1 She left' on Wednesday la-t on the return
I trip, and probably will take the cargo of
| the Flyer, which is disabled below Dish
j kaket.
The steamer Marie F, Captain Wliliam
, Finger, left Iditarod early last Wednesda\
| morning on her return trip to the Marshall
| diggings, on the lower \ ukon, with a carg>
| of furniture and sip.plies for the new roari
! house to be erected at Wade Hampton
j Springs, on Willow creek. Joe Hanegan and
I Jack McGee were among the passengers
| from this camp.
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EXTENDS THANKS
Having disposed of the Regina hotel and
retired from its management, I desire to
sincerely thank my former customers for
their liberal patronage.
S. L. BENBROOK.
THE TOLOVANA DISTRICT
Summer freight rates of $120 a ton from
Fairbanks to Tolovana and winter rates
never less than $90 have failed to handicap
the new mining camp to any great extent,
says Isadore Stein, a Fairbanks merchant
who is a guest at the Northern en route
to San Francisco, says the Seattle Post
Intelligencer of July 1. Despite these high
rates there are about twenty good-sized
companies already operating, and consider
able machinery has been taken in. "The
Tolovana is getting better right along,” he
said. “At first it was thought that it might
be just a small camp, but the more it is
worked the better it looks. There : re
about 1,000 men there now, and there will
be more this summer. What is chiefly
needed is a good road so that the freight
rates may be cut down. Even with this
handicap several big outfits have equipped
themselves with the latest mining ma
chinery.”
Mr. Stein says that Fairbanks is marking
time waiting for the roads to the coal fields
to be open. “The most optimistic figure
that it will be at least a year and a half
before we can have coal laid down in Fair
banks,” he said. “Until then mining will
be at a standstill. There was a great deal
doing on the railroad work when I left.
A number of piers have been constructed
at the river, and Commissioner Riggs is
working a force of men on the right-of
way.”
LURID TALE OF SIBERIA
TOLD BY SCHOONER CAPTAIN
The schooner Hcttie B. returned to Nome
from the Siberian coast on July 11, bringing
a tale of what appears to be a case of high
handed robbery on the part of the Russian
police official at Cape Serge, and the Nome
Nugget relates the story of Captain Alfred
H. Anderson as follows:
“On arriving at Cape Serge the goods con
tained on the little vessel were forcibly un
loaded by a crowd of natives under the
direction of the supposed police official, and
were later taken to shore, where Anderson
was told that they would remain until the
arrival of the governor of the province.
Anderson was told that he could stay until
the arrival of that official or not, just as he
pleased. The vessel anchored to the shore
ice, which extended something over three
miles from shore. A short time later two
or three natives came out to I he vessel and
informed the traders that they could find a
better anchorage a short distance down the
coast. In the opinion of Anderson this was
done to entice them cIom r to the station.
“The Ilettie B. proceeded to the desig
noted spot and all hands retired to rest. A
little later a crowd of fifty or more na
tives appeared, headed hv the alleged police
man. Korean, and a Norwegian trader named
Wall, who acted in iho capacity < f utter
preter. Through Wt 1. Kurgan demanded
to see the ship's trading licen.e. As the
vessel carried no license, none could be
shown. The policeman then asked if there
was any liquor aboard, and was informed
that there was a small quantity intended [ •;
the use of the owners. The policeman wa>
also told that it was not the intention to
trade in the Cape Serge district, as the
owners had decided to go farther north,
where trading was better. Anderson says
that no trading was done up to this point,
aside from a trade made at the demand of
some of the natives for tea and to:nice >. A
small quantity of these commodities w •>
exchanged for a couple of sealskins The
plea was unavailing, however, as the police
man immediately ordered the thirty or more
natives who were aboard the vessel to un
load her on the ice.
“While the cargo was being thrown ashore
the remainder of the crowd of natives, all
of whom were armed, stayed behind the ice
hummocks a short distance from the ship
a. if in readiness to attack in case resistance
were made. Anderson demurred to the pro
ceedings. but was told that the Russian
governor gave orders last winter to seize
the cargo of all vessels having liquor aboard,
regardless of the quantity Anderson de
chirks that his belief that the whole pro
reeding wa« without authority is bp.sml on
the fact that all of the trade goods were
not unloaded. Among other supplies left
aboard was a large quantity of Hour, but
this was apparently not wanted. Tea. to
bacco and rifles were in good demand, as
the case of rides aboard was at once broken
open and the guns distributed among the
men, while there was no attempt to pre
vent the natives looting the remainder of
the cargo. Anderson says that the whole
| proceeding appeared to him like piracy, as
no attempt was made to keep the gords
together, and rll the natives were allowed
to surreptitiously carry off anything they
could conceal."
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PROPOSALS FOR CARRYING
THE MAIL
The ff Rowing letter has been received
from A. U. Handles, chief clerk of the
■ ! a :.y mad service at Tanana, Alaska,
: which is self-exolanatorv:
“Iditarod to Flat, Alaska Please forward
to this office proposals for carrying the mail,
twice per week, October 1st to May 31st,
rate per round trip, all mail offered."
“Please forward this office proposals for
j carrying the mail, twice per week. October
1 st to May 31st, rate per round trip, all mail
offered.”
Sealed proposals can be left at the Idita
i rod postoffice, addressed to Mr. Handles.
As the mails are unavoidably -low. it will
be well that bids be submitted as earlv as
! possible. WILLIAM ANSLEY.
Postmaster.
I NEW GOODS! NEW GOODS!
One ton of new goods at the Pioneer Drug
Store. There mav be something you need.
DR. MOORE.
♦
Fresh Olympia and Eastern Oysters, $1.50
1 per can. Iditarod Meat Co.
A. J.WEISS,
The
Clothier
THE HOME OF HART, SCHAFFNER & MARX
Save money on Groceries while they are cheap, and buy a new
LANG RANGE
Gf which we will have an assortment in Family Sizes in the fall.
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C. R. PECK - ■ FLAT
PARTY OF PROSPECTORS
GOING TO MOORE CREEK
John Beaton. Mert Marston. I.ouis Viga- i
lius and several others leave Discovery to
day for Moore creek, where extensive pros
pecting will be done on mining ground
lately acquired by Mr. Beaton and a-so
ciates. A gasoline-power drill will be used
for the work.
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FLAT-IDITAROD MAIL SERVICE
For the better accommodation of local
P'ityvns of the p'-ial service there will be
two mails, or more if necessary, between
Ifi ?arod and Flat until Se; ember eO. ILIA.
1 leavmc the above-named places as follows:
Leave Iditarod everv Wednesday and >ut
!
i unlay.
Leave Hal every Monday and Ihursday.
WILLIAM ANSLKY. Postmaster.
NOTICE
The undersigned is now sole owner of the
launch Sen Wolf, end all bills against the
i vessel will be paid by me.
FRANK M. LARSON,
j Iditarod, August 1, 1916.
Mr and Mr- Vigaliua of Discovery were
ih th® city this week.
Watches and Diamonds
a:
STRICTLY OUTSIDE PRICES
Ja L. SALE
Now on Display, a hull Line ot
NEW GOODS
JUST RECEIVED
MRS, L, cTtHORNTON
"best liquors and cigars j
Tiiies-Times-Mave Bat
(Formerly the Stanley House)
JOHN BAGOY, PROP.
GOOD ROOMS CLEAN BEDS |
FLAT CITYI
The House of Quality Is Receiving by Every Boat a
Frash Stock of Groceries
COMPLETE — FRESH SEASONABLE APPETIZING
FOR
GOOD POTATOES AND CIGARS
CALL UP
niiiiiiiprarsira^sALooivn
We Still Have Some to Wholesale
Bail Band Rubber Boots ai:d Pacs
Ball Band Rubber Boots and Pars
M
N. C. Co. Sole Agents for Alaska
N. C. Co. Sole Agents for Alaska
KING US UP ANY SERVICE WE CAN DO YOU - R!NG US UP
Just Received a Shipment of Fresh Draught Beer
GEORGE MARSH BUD WEISER 1D1TAROD FLAT CITY THE BRANCH a. d. currie