One Dollar Per Month. IDITAROD. ALASKA, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 27, 1911. Two Bits Per Copy
City Council Grinds
Out New Ordinances
It is no longer considered au fait to
swear on the streets in a loud and
offensive manner, neither should one
go rampaging into public meetings
when not in accord with the public
spirit evidenced therein. Further than
that it is considered no good way to
pack around a big smoke-wagon, where
with to shoot up unpleasant people, for
the council has ordained that all these
things are not good form.
This ordinance was passed last Wed
nesday and is now a law of the city.
Anyone found guilty of using obscene
language on the streets, or disturbing
public meetings or carrying concealed
weapons, will be frowned at severely
by the city magistrate and fined not
more than ilOO and jailed not more
than 90 days.
Following this very comprehensive
ordinance, the council passed another
to make it effective, or in other words
they established a municipal court,
wherein all these aforesaid offenses
may be tried and punished.
The city magistrate is the presiding
genius of this forum, and the chief of
police is the chief officer thereof.
Between the two of them, anyone
caught doing anything naughty will
certainly get his.
Tramway Progressing Rapidly
,
Things have been so shaped on I
the Mutchler tramway that with
the arrival ot the. next consignment I
of logs and poles front up river the
track will be rapidly laid to the top
of the divide. Dave Mutchler an
nounces that they will he hauling j
freight to the end of the line by the
10th of June.
The construction car is about!
ready to go on the track which is
laid for half a mile. Ties have been
put down for a much greater dis
tance, and when the material ar
rives, the laying of the track will
go forward in lively fashion
Curley McIntosh, who is in
charge of the work, is now or. Bo
nanza with a crew of men getting
out timber aud they will be down
with a big raft in the next three or
four day*. By the 5th of Juue the
tramway will be completed to the
top of the hill.
Minutl's Saiooi Adopts Newest Fashions
After putting ill a new floor and
an entiiely new front, Manuel’s
saloon, owned by Gularte & Foutas,
is blossoming into one of the show
places of the city. Space has been
built in next Freidman’s gent’s
furnishing store, fora small jewelry
store to be occupied by Mendham,
the jeweler, represented here by
Jack Macdonel.
The entire place is being made
very attractive and will be ready
for occupancy about the first of the
month. _
Solo is an enjoyable game at the
Sherburne.
William Watermerpr
Sails to Riley & Beattie
The end of the water war came sud
denly this week when Willlan Eisen
raenger, who has been peddling liquid ]
all winter sold his well, pump and good
will to Riley & Beattie, the new
•omers in the water field.
William Eisenmenger, retired, has
maintained an excellent service all
winter, and in closing out he turns
over the best well in the camp. The
new company has no connection with
the Cascade Laundry as previously an
nounced, but will be on the job all
6ummer on its own hook delivering
large "bucketfuls of that cool, crystal
liquid that looks like gin but ain’t.
Only fresh-roasted peanuts at the
Sherburne.
Pluiir Silooa Back In Splendid Qaarters
Last Wednesday Ramps Peter
son moved his Pioneer saloon back
to the old home from whence he
was burned out on the 4th of April
by the disastrous conflagration that
took a whole block of the city.
The place would not be recognized
now as it is much larger and finer,
and the fittings have been put in
with much taste and artistic dis
cernment.
The saloon now occupies the
eastern portion of the building in
stead of the opposite side as for
merly, and the western side is oc
cupied by the Jenks & Umphrey
barber shop. The second story is
being made ready for the Iditarod
£lub which will soon move from
the M. & M. bank building.
Pool is sociable at the Sherburne.
And the “Guggies” Will Gobble
You, If You Don’t Watch Out i
Syndicate Buying Forced Into the Open and Still Reaching for
Ground—Guggenheim Domination of Camp a Cer
tainty, But the Dollars Will Continue to
Circulate for Mn other Year
On one of the first boats to arrive from Dawson will coine the
representatives of the Guggenheim syndicate, or more particular
ly, that branch of them representing the Yukon Gold Company,
who will immediately look into the work of their agents and con
tinue the negotiations for the purchase of Flat creek. Their ab
sorption of Otter creek, though less spectacular, will be none the
less effective, and another year will see capital in complete control
of the situation.
Admitting the fact of occupation, it is learned with consider
able pleasure that the deal will work rather to the advantage than
to the detriment of the camp this season. On Flat creek there
will be twenty-one outfits working and they will employ more men
than they would have employed had there been no negotiations on
for the sale of the claims.
There have been no buys outright so far as can be learned,
and the options that have been signed leave no hindrance upon
the layman or the owner. In tact, it is apparently the theory of
the would-be purchasers to let the lease holders demonstrate the
ground for them during the next sixty day , since they stand
ready to make good most of their options on the first of August.
George A. Bell, a mining engineer of experience in the Daw
son country and the trusted representative of the Guggenheim
company by whom he is employed, arrived here simultaneously
with Thos. P. Aitken, Henry Riley and Frank Lawson. He has
had the final say in all deals thus far started, since the three men
mentioned have simply been trying to secure ground at a figure
that would enable them to turn the properties over to the syndi
cate at a profit.
With the help of local men, who have been striving for the
commissions, they have tied up practically all of Flat creek for at
least sixty days, and the men who are in a position to close the
deal will have that long to look the proposition over from the head
of Flat to the mouth.
Within another five days they will be out from under cover,
and it will be just a matter of time until they have secured actual
control of all the ground they want, for they are prepared to pay
what the ground is actually worth.
Flat creek will be a busy gold-producer this season, since all
laymen are anxious to take out all they can before the hand of the
syndicate finally closes upon them, as it unquestionably will. The
creek will be worked from one end to the other, and no part of it,
so far as can be learned, has yet actually been deeded to the cor
poration. It is said that more men will be employed than would
have been working had the deal never materialized, and this will
make a hummer of the camp this season, especially since the fall
should see the exchange of large sums of money when the con
! tracts are closed.
As has been said, the majority of the options, especially those
which have been secured by Mr. Bell direct, will pun to the first of
• August. No money is being paid down on them, but by agreeing
' to pay any price that the claim-owner may ask, the syndicate gets
1 the right to prospect the ground during the next sixty days. With
i the first party that will arrive will come engineers and experts,
and it will be their chief concern to scrutinize the gravels of Flat
creek to the best of their ability, in order that the men empowered
| to close the deals in the fall can offer what they think the ground
! is actually worth.
In other words, the game is being played in a very creditable
manner, which not only allows the engineers of the syndicate to
roam about at will and observe, but also gives them the benefit of
the operations of all laymen, who will effectually prove up many
portions of the creek without cost to purchasers.
All this works out very well, since there appears to be a dis
position on the part of the Guggenheims to pay a reasonable price,
They might resort to the time-honored methods of powerful cor
porations and attempt to force the sale in instances where claim
owners hold out for their price, but this seems a remote possibility,
since the money is in sight, the ground is easily calculated and
litigation is vexatious in its delays and very costly.
The operations of the representatives of the syndicate have
been directed chiefly at Flat creek, but is surmised that it will be
but a question of time before they turn their undivided attention
to Otter. It is believed that they have already acquired a good
strong footing on that creek and on Granite, and that they will
eventually take over all the ground from the mouth of Granite to
the mouth of Flat.
As heretofore remarked, the proposed buy will make no differ
ence to the camp this season, except to improve conditions. There
will be no cessation of operations in any particular, so far as can
be learned, and there will be forced activity because of the ulti
mate consideration of sale of the ground.
What the following season will bring forth is a matter of the
“ rankest conjecture,” since all prognostications must be based
on the possibility of a sale or a failure to force a sale.
Should the syndicate secure complete control of Flat creek, it
is very probable that the actual production of gold from that stream
would be cut down to a minimum next year, since it is very likely
that the corporation will not mine according to the extravagant
methods now in vogue. They will, however, be very busy getting
ready to mine according to their own methods, and next season
j should see the employment of many men and the expenditure of a
J large amount of money.
Steamer Reliance Off
To Meet the Sarah
With c;■!. of the biggest crowds of many months to give her wishes
of “hurry-up,” the steamer Reliance cast loose from the N. N. Co.
dock last night at 7:30 o’clock, carrying the first mail of many weeks
and a few passengers, some of whom are bound for the tar Outside aud
some for other portions of this great inland empire.
She goes to meet the steamer Sarah on the Yukon and will steam
out upon that great highway from the upper end of the Shagluk slough.
If the Sarah is not already there, the Reliance will proceed up river,
probably as far as Nulato and will exchange freight and passengers
with that boat, aud it is to be hoped, getting much the best of the ex
change in number and amount.
Should the Sarah have more freight than the Reliance can bring
up the Iditarod this trip, the latter boat will drop down to Holy Cross
and leave the excess there and hurry back with the rest.
The outgoing passenger list was 1 slim one, which speaks volumes
for this camp this summer. Among her passengers were Mr. and Mrs
Robert Martin. Mrs. H. R. Elliott, Capt. Donovan, John Baird, Claude
Myrick, F. G. Wilson, C. A. Bloom and two whose names were not
down on the passenger list. Mrs. Martin goes to Seattle by way of
Dawscn, while Bob Martin goes to the Koyukuk. Wilson and Bloom
are off to Seattle, the latter being a newspaper man who has spent the
winter here and who goes back to his beat again, either in Seattle or
’Frisco. Mrs. Elliott will spend the summer on the coast.
Jack Baird, Capt. Donovan and Claude Myrick go as far as Dike
man where they will wait for the first boat in. Mr. Baird will superin
tend the building of a warehouse for the E. W. Griffin Co., and Capt.
Donovan will investigate conditions in the lower town to determine the
necessity of a deputy marshal there during the rush season. Mr. My
rick returns to his labors there in connection with the Myrick restau
rant.
Alley to Be Gleaned
Efforts will be made to remove
the building from the Richmond
end ot the alley in block 4 this com
ing week, and immediately there
after, the city will look after the
proposition of laying a slab road
way to the interior of the block to
assist the property owners in their
commendable desire to clean up the
truly distressing accumulation of
filth and debris that will shortly
make the place a menace to health.
Miss E. Lovegren, formerly with the
Grand hotel of Flat City, has opened
the Forks Coffee House at the Forks
of Flat creek. One of the attractions
in addition to the waffles like mother
made are the artistic signs and pyro.
graphic drawings done by Miss Love
gren, who is an artist of some ability.
See Seneco about handling your
freight. Pioneer Storage; phone 54.
Garbage Question
Is Very Obnoxious
.
There is not a member of the city council who would not like
to sidestep that gavbage question, but there is nothing doing, —the
memory of it is always with them.
Last week all seemed lovely when Councilman Barnes, chair
man of the street committee, announced that he had selected a
lovely site below town for the dumping of refuse and that he had
given the proper directions to the proper parties to dump garbage
at the said point. It was false peace however, and all sorts of
trouble has grown out of that auspicious beginning.
In the first place the river got so high that they could not
reach the garbage ground without stilts, and the property holders
down along the waterfront at the lower end of the town objected
to the dumping of refuse from their docks. Thomas Klog, in par
ticular, became quite wrought up about the proposition and threat
ened the annihilation of Councilman Barnes, unless he gave
directions to have the garbage men move somewhere else- The
controversy between these gentlemen seemed to have grown
rather heated and is said to have thrown a blue vapor over the
river at that point.
Believing in the justice of the claims of the people at the
lower end of town, Barnes finally ordered the garbage hauled out
to the vicinity of the slaughter house, on the southeastern corner
of the city, but no sooner did the garbage wagons show there than
citizens on the outskirts began to set up a large holler, claiming
that they were dumping too near the cemetery and that the drain
age from the ground selected would inevitably get close to town.
Chief of these was Manuel Gularte, who declared that it was
an outrage to dump garbage at the spot selected, and that he
would take summary action if the thing were continued.
At last reports, Chief of Police O’Connor had directed the
garbage men to a point far over the hill to the east of the city, and
it is hoped that the matter will rest quietly for a while.
The Pup Arrives
After a delay of several days:
during which be was engaged in:
repairing broken flanges on the J
paddle wheel Capt Jack Green and !
Mrs Green on the Str. Pup arrived ;
in the city yesterday morning, |
bringing a small consignment of,
lumber for Ross & Nestor. j
The Pup broke down a few miles
below Richmond a few days ago,
and they have been busy ever since
repairing her.
When you visit Flat creek call at
Carroll’s Globe Bakery and Coffee
House for a lunch.
Knock out that grippe! Qet a
Turkish bath. Elite Baths, Cari
bou street.
Neglected Second
Avenue to be Paved
The paving of Second street came in
for much notice before the city council
this week, with the result that that
long-neglected stretch of mire that has
been the terror of teamsters for a year
will at last come into its own allot
ment of slabs or brush.
Bids are being called for by the
council for the delivery of slabs or
brush on Second at Bonanza, Richmond
and Willow streets, for it has been
decided to lay a roadway from the
courthouse to Willow at present, and
as soon as possible to extend the ends
to Otter and Black. Following the
delivery of the material decided upon,
arrangements wili be made to lay the
brush by those who wish to work out
their poll-tax.
F. A. Cleveland appeared before the
council Thursday night and offered to
furnish slabs for the work at $9 a load.
This figure looked too high and on ac
count of the fact that a number of
power boats and barges will be idle
for a day or two, the council conceived
the idea of calling for bids on brush,
since it ought to be a comparatively
easy matter to bring it down the river.
Following the laying of brush, it is
to be covered with moss and muck, and
according to experience in this coun
try, should make an excellent'roadway.
The bids asked for contemp'ate a
roadway 14 feet in width, and the bid
der must take in mind that he can use
poll-tax labor in the delivery. Laid
upon the ground, the city will take
charge and do the rest.
That Opening Ball
Will Astonish 'Em
Just about the time the town is
full of guests and the city is hum
ming with the industry of new life
that new A. B. hall will be thrown
open for one grand time. There will
be no cute frills or fancy work ; —
it will just open wide with a huge
gesture of welcome and gather to
its bosom all the pleasure-loving
folk of this town, camp or district.
The matter was gone into
thoroughly at the meeting of the
Arctic Brotherhood held last Mon
day night, and it was unanimously
decided that au effort should be
made to eclipse any previous ball
ever pulled off in this perfectly good
country. It should mark the spring
rejoicing that life and prosperity
have come again, and it should also
commemorate the fact that the Idit
arod A. B.’s have a hall that is
eclipsed by none in the country.
Under the siperinteiidency of J.
E. Bishop the work has been pro
gressing rapidly and the huge walls
have gone up as if, by magic. There
is no question but what the ball
will be ready in time for the ball,
and in fact, it will be finished much
sooner
i lie plans lor tue dance were dis
cussed from every angle, and the
following committees were appoin
ted to look into arrangements and
to take care of the guests on the
eventful night.
Executive Committee—Trustees
of Camp Iditarod No. 27, A. B, ;
Jos. H. Smith, chairmau, Herman
Anderson, Charles Ross, E. G.
Lindberg, F. M. Dunham.
Program Committe—A. E- Light,
chairman, E. T. Bradbury, John
Donahue, Z. J. Loussac, A. Wile.
Receptioii Committee — Officers
and trustees of Camp Iditarod, No.
27, A. B. ; Attorney Henry Roden,
L- S. Robe, A. J. Day, J. W. Dun
can, I. Bayles,J. J. Douovan, Chas.
E. Miller, J. A. Peterson, C. Au
thouisou, H. Walby.
Decoration Committee — E. J.
Sliter, chairmau ; J. A. Slippern,
J. E. Bishop, Win. Atisley, L. S.
Robe.
Floor Committee—Albert Wile,
chairman ; Nat Lyons, E. B. Hunt,
I. Goldstein, Robert Simpson, J, E.
Bishop, H. S. Holmes.
Music Committee—James Bier
man, chairman ; E. B. Hunt, Nat
Lyons, Ronald Frost, H. Walby.
Claude Myiick, mayor of Dikeman,
came up a few days ago to look tor some
canned goods. He reports that they
are entirely eut of grub at the lower
city. _
Prospectors’, Miners' ted Loggers' Supplies,
Washing machines, tubs, boards, wring
ers, pillows, comforters, mattresses,
stoves, ranges, optical goods, etc.
RICHARDS, Willow St.
WHAT A HEADACHE
Cure it at the Elite Steam and
Turkish Baths, Caribou street.
See Seneeo about space and Summer
rates. Pioneer Storage; phone 54.