Iditaroc Pioneer
~,X1, |)oU A,, ,>KK m,,nth. “ IDITAROP; ALASKA, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 22, 19i:i. _Two firrs^PK^Corv ^
ASKS CO-RATION OF ALL
NORTHERN OMAHATNH
Seattle, February 21. —Delegate .Tames A ickersham and Fal
con Joslin are asking the co-operation oi all public bodies, cham
bers of commerce, etc., in the North, with a view to forcing imme
diate action on the question of Alaskan railroads. It is feared that
if the matter is not taken up at this session the new congress will
be so overwhelmed with work that it will not be able to devote
much time to Alaskan affairs, and the desired railroad legislation
may be sidetracked.
All chambers of commerce and other public bodies are advised
to wire President Wilson after the inauguration, urging him to
take instant action. ___
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Mexico City, February 21.—The Diaz faction is once more in
control throughout the republic of Mexico, although how tong the
new regime will last none can tell.
Almost immediately alter General helix Diaz had regained his
liberty, he was joined by General Huerta, who deserted the federal
cause. The two then planned a great coup d etat, which was car
ried out in a most dramatic manner. President Madero was ai
rested while on parade, and forced to write out his resignation,
which was accepted without delay by a waiting congress.
Traitor Is Provisional President
General Huerta was named provisional president, and a getv
eral election has been called to take place immediately. General
Felix Diaz announced himself a candidate for the presidency.
P^adero’s Brother Shot
Immediately after the resignation of President Madero a court
martial was held on his brother, Gustave Madero- Gustave was
found guilty of insurrection against the (Diaz) government and or
dered shot. The order was carried out this morning by a tiring
squad.
Populace Celebrating
The cabinet lias resigned, and a new ministry will be formed
bv General Huerta. The dead and wounded who tilled the streets
have been cared for. and the populace is now indulging in an orgy
of merry making.
United States Will Recognize
Washington, February 21.—It is announced that the United
States is prepared to recognize the new government of Mexico,
provided ample provision is made for the protection of Americans
and other foreigners.
Two thousand United States marines have been transported to
Cuba, where they will be held in readiness to be despatched to
Mexico at short notice should occasion require._
GEORGE H. BRINKMAN DIES
IN EMERGENCY HOSPITAL
Ceorge H Brinkman died at Emer
gency hospital, Flat City, last Ihurs
<lav morning at G;1>0 o clock, i he cause
of death was valvular trouble of the
heart, liver and kidneys. Dr. Wort
mann says tiiat death was absolutely
painless—the deceased passing away
without a struggle or spasm.
Mr. Brinkman had been very sick
for many weeks previous to entering
hospital, and it was only at the insist
ence of his friends that lie eventually
took refuge in the institution. lie re
ceived every care and attention, and
all that was humanly possible was done
for him; but from the day he entered
hospital it was clear that lie would
never leave it alive.
A son survives him in the East, and
also a Miss Brinkman, who may either
be a daughter or sister.
Among the effects of tlie deceased at
the time of his death was found $522
in cash, aud a promissory note for the
sum of 1100.
The funeral takes place from the
Smith undertaking parlors next Mon
day at 2 p.m. _
GRAND ANDEX OPENED
AT FLAT CITY THIS WEEK
The Grand Annex, located in the oid
Casey building, Front street, Flat, op
ened its hospitable doors this week, and
Nels Glantz. the genial host, is wel
coming' old and new patrons. The
Annex has been nicely decorated and
remodeled, so that it presents a most
attractive appearance. Mr. Glantz’
reputation makes it almost unnecessary
to repeat that lie carries only the
purest liquors and the finest cigars,
guaranteed under all the pure-food
laws ever enacted, and vouched for by
thousands of satisfied customers.
Miss Murray Coming
A telegram was received last week
from Miss Rose Murray, the Flat City
dry goods merchant, saying that she
would be in on the first boat over Lake
Lebarge with a big stock of ladies’ fur
nishing goods. Miss Murray is now on
an extended buying trip to the East,
and everything brought in will be thor
oughly up to date.
A camp at Cripple City is assured,
according to l-’red Levy, who recently
visited Cripple and Colorado creeks,
although whether it will make a large
camp or only a small one cannot yet be
stated with certainty. One thing is
known: pay has undoubtedly been lined
up for three miles on Cripple creek,
and for four claims (not less than two
I miles) on Colorado creek. Good pros
pects are also being found on another
creek in the district.
Fred Anderson writes that John the
Greek and John A. Cameron have pay
on Cripple, and Tiffany and Osten have
pay on the Oregon association, Color
ado creek. The paystreak on Colorado
| is now proved to a width of 65 feet.
j
Speaking of the delay of the
! present mail service, says the Nome
Industrial Worker, recalls the fam
ous delay which occur/ed when
Kimball, then chief clerk for the
i railway mail service, dispatched
j the mail via Iliamna bay—in 1902.
How the Iliamna route came to be
I chosen has never been explained,
; but the mail reached Nome after a
[ hard time. It was dispatched ovei
; Iliamna divide to Iliamna lake,
thence across the head of the Nush
agak, up the Tikchik and over the
big divide, down a tributary ot the
Kuskokwim, then over the portage
and thence to St Michael.
Captain S S. Johnson was the
man who brought in the mail, hav
ing been sent in search of it from
St. Michael.
Turkey dinner and Iditarod spring
chicken at Stanley’s Restaurant, Flat,
Washington’s birthday—TODAW
location Notice;; at Pioneer ojlice.
KARL THIELE IS
PROUD HUSBAND
Seattle, February 21. — Karl
Thiele, the Idilarod merchant, was
was married here yesterday to Miss
Dorothy Craven, telephone opera
tor at the Frye hotel.
London, February 21.—-Severe
cold has put a stop to the Balkan
war for the time being and the
troops are resting at arms.
Washington, February 21.—John
Bullock, who, with Charles Hous
ton, is serving a term of one year
in j ui for fraud against the govern- |
ment in connection with the supply
of coal to the navy, lias applied to]
President Taft for a pardon.
Fred Lev}', who was interested j
in mining on Ciearv creek in tin-j
early days of the Fairbanks dis J
tiict, arrived from the old Innoko |
diggings Thursday night. He is
here on business connected with
some options on Ganes and Yankee
creeks, and from the way he speak' ,
there are booming times ahead for
:lie Iditarcd - Innoko - Kuskokwim j
section.
Options have been taken on some !
30 properties on (lanes creek and I
about 16 on Yankee, with a view
to the installation of dredges, and j
Mr. Levy says there is no doubt at 1
all about the deal going through
The purchase price amounts to j
$250,000, and owners will receive |
sums ranging from $2,5015 to over
$[o,ooo for their interests.
These deals are distinct from the .
options taken up last year, the;
final payments on which have since!
been made.
Billy Hanlon, Din McKenzie
and several others arrived from
Ruby during the week. While
they are reticent reg;r ling condi
tions there it is easy to discern that
! the outlook is none too bright, al
though a little money may be
cleaned up next summer.
Bear Pup seems to be the most
promising locality, some very good
spots having been located there,
and Long and Trail creeks will also
produce a little money.
Linn, Pierce & Nelson threw up
their lay, and have gone to Fair
j banks. Their ground has been
j taken over by another outfit.
There will be employment foi
comparatively few men next sum
mer, so there is likely to be a big
move in the direction of Fairbanks
and Iditarod before the breakup
CHALLENGE
I hereby challenge Earl Byers to a
wrestling bout, to be held St. Patrick's
| day, March 17, for a wager of $300 or
i more, catch-as-catch-can rules. Ac
ceptance must be tiled by next Satur
day, March 1, through the columns of
the Iditarod Pioneer.
(Signed) BEN BROMBERG.
March 20. 1013.
Frank and Mrs. Snyder, of the Sny
der house, Flat City, paid a visit to
Iditarod Thursday. They drove in with
with their own rig. Mrs. Snyder has
been sick for some weeks, but is now
improving.
Dr. Worttuann came in from Fiat
yesterday.
HEAVY LITTER
MAIL COMING
i
Postmaster Thurston revived a tele
gram from Nulato yesterday stating
that the Iditarod mail had left there on
time, and consisted of 300 pounds of
letter mail, with the balance of the
weight limit (100 pounds) made up of
second-class matter.
Recent arrivals ftom Opbir City
bring news of a paystreak having j
been lined up on Dodge creek, a \
stream entering the Imioko about j
two miles below Opbir City Pay |
has been found on 3-b. and n and
15 a.
Matt Keever, the discoverer, has j
a boiler 011 the ground, and is tak- !
ing out a dump.
That there is something to the re
ported strike on Cardie creek, men
tioned in last week’s Iditarod Pioneer,
is evident from the report brought in
by H. Mantella. who arrived from Ta.
kotna during the week. .
Mr. Mantella contii ins(the finding of
pay, although he says it is low grade.
.Jack Ksteltuau. the Takotna roadhouse!
man, has gone to the scene of the!
strike, taking along a boiler and hand- |
drill. Bill Hunter and partner, and j
several others are on the creek, and!
more are to follow.
Candle creek is near the lower Ta-,
kotna post, and about i-f miles from j
Takotna._
The usual spring exodus for the Out
side will begin n earnest next week,
when several well-known residents of
this and surrounding camps will hit the
trail fur Seward.
Dick Button, of the Miners & Mer
chants bank, expects to get away about
February 2<>. This will be Mr. Button's
first trip Outside in nine years. He
goes partly on business and partly on
pleasure; but assures us lie will not let
the business part int; Mere with the
pleasure. After visiting in Colorado,
and taking a look at the old Kentucky
home, 1)8'’, ill hie him once more to the
North, either coming in over Lake Le
barge, or over the trail to Fairbanks.
Mr, Button's departure will leave a
gap in the A. B. basketball team that
will be difficult to fill, but all join in
wishing nun a good time.
Dave Edwards, the Ophir and Crip
ple merchant, was expecting to get
away about this time for Seattle,
whither he goes to purchase supplies
for the coming summer season.
J. W. Kerapf, formerly in business
here, will leave early next week for
Cripple. He will size up the district
from a business standpoint, and expects
to continue on to the Outside over the
Seward trail. Mr. Kernpf will also
bring in a stuck of groceries if the new
Camp looks sufficiently promising.
Howard H. Porter, of Crowley &
Porter, will leave for the Outside some
time next week. He goes to replenish
tiie stock of the House of Quality, and
will travel by way of Seward. It is
possible he will get away in time to
accompany Dick Dutton.
The amount of goods to be shipped
in to this and nearby camps this com
ing season is exceptionally large, and
there is likely to be a regular boom
among the river craft.
PART IN HONOR OF MRS. ACHES9N
Mrs. William Acheson, of Iditarod,
was tlie guest of honor at a most enjoy
able party given last Wednesday even
ing by the Discovery Five Hundred
club. Cards were played, foil wed by a
dance in which about 12 couples took
part. In addition to Mrs. Acheson,
there were several visitors from Flat;
including Mrs. Swanson, Mr. and Mrs.
Lowrie and George Mutchler. Mes
dames Lang and Campbell superin
tended the culinary arrangements and
the affair was much enjoyed by all
preseut.__
Fresh codfish, over-the-ice, 35c lb.
Iditarod Meat Co.
Oakland, February 21. —Joaquin
Miller, the ‘‘Foet of the Sierras,"
died at his home here yesterday
from a paralytic stroke. He was
in his 72ud year.
New York, February 21 —The)
baby girl born to Mrs. Becker, wife
of the police lieutenant sentenced
to the electric chair, died in this
city yesterday.
Fairbanks, February 20.—Tire j
Fairbanks Commercial Club has
sent a cable to Washington endors j
ing tire report of the Alaska rail- j
road commission, favoring one rail- J
road to Fairbanks and another to J
lditarod._
Some exceedingly rich quartz is ,
now being developed on the divide ,
between Yankee and Claries creeks
Charley Lindfos and Swan Ring
wood are the owners and they
have bonded the property to Out
side capitalists in the sum of $100..
000.
The value of the property rna/ he
judged when it is stated that they '
' 3 ...
have one 18-inch vein which assays
on an average $1,700 to the ton,
and another vein 24 inches wide
which runs all the way from §50
to $200 to the ton.
The ore is similar to that fourd
in Cripple creek, Colorado, and
t.ioldiield, Nevada.
BRIDGE
B£ DESTROYED
I
Unless something is done before j
long it appears that nothing will!
he able to save the bridge across j
Otter creek from destruction when j
the ice goes out. The glacier i
already within two feet of the foot
way of the bridge, and may cover
it before the winter season is over.
In order to save the structure it !
would be necessary to cut a chan-1
tiel so that the water can run off
when the thaw sets in.
Glaciers on the Iditarod Flat :
trail have been far more trouble- |
some this winter than ever before;
the tramway being completely cov
ered in some places, although it is
some feet above the normal level of
Cottonwood creek.
Constantinople, February 20.—
Shells that would not explode,
picked up on the battlefields, prove
beyond a doubt that thousands ol
rounds of ammunition supplied to
the Turkish army hv German con
tractors contained wooden plugs
skilfully painted to imitate real
shells. This accounts for the in
effectiveness of much o: the Turk
'tsh artillery fire.
The startling disclosures had
the effect of precipitating a hurried
inspection of all ammunition of
German manufacture stored in the
! arsenals of powers whom Germany
. may be disposed to regard as possi
j hie future enemies.
| T3d U1)I visited flat during the week.
BRISK SUFFRAGETTES
DESTROY FAMOUS GARDENS
London, February 21.-—Suffragettes last Wednesday evaded
the park keepers and burnt the famous Kew Gardens pavilion, con
taining priceless exotic flowers and plants, which have taken over
a century to collect from all parts of the world. Many arrests
have been made.
The public are much incensed, as the gardens were one of the
most popular resorts for holiday makers and students in Rngland.
Bombs Thrown
London, February 21. - A bomb believed to have been thrown
by suffragettes, wrecked part of the residence of David Lloyd
George, chancellor of the exchequer. __
TRUST MAGNATES SENTENCED
TO SPEND YEAR IN PRISON
Cincinnati, February 21.—John Patterson, chairman of the
board of directors of the National Cash Register Company, of Day
tou.O., has been sentenced to spend one year in jail and pay a fine
of $5,000 for violations of the Sherman anti-trust law. Seven
other prominent officials of the company have been given equally
heavy sentences. ______
Arriving in town Thursday evening from Takotnn, Fred Levy,
the Ophir-creek mining man, brought further particulars of the
double fatality which occurred on the Seward trail about four
weeks ago- He got the information from William Hunter himself,
whom he met at the Takotna post.
On the morning of January 28 some dogs arrived at Ander
son's roadhouse, some miles from Rainy pass, with their harness
chewed to pieces and almost starving, and Mr, Anderson immedi
ately concluded that some travelers were in distress down the trail
So ho started back along the trail with the dogs, and had traveled
about tive miles when the dogs turned off and traveled from the
trail for about a mile and a half, reaching a spot where they evi
dently had camped for several days; but there the trail ended. Re
tracing his steps to the main trail, Anderson started down the trail
and had traveled for four miles when he came across a sled. There
was nothing else in view that he noticed at that time, so he kept
going in the direction of the Happy-creek roadhouse. On his way
he met two men, Bill Hunter and another, who were coming in from
Seward. He asked them if the dogs were theirs, and they replied
that they were not. They said they had stopped at the Happy
roadhouse, where they were informed that two men were ahead of
them. Anderson then went on down to the roadhouse, while Hun
ter and his companion continued on their journey.
Arriving at the place where the sled was, Hunter and the
other man instituted a search, and, eventually, at a point 100 feet
down Happy creek, and about 50 feet from the trail, came across
the body of Jacobson, who sometimes went by the name of Ivesler,
lying on his hack, with one hand sticking up out of the snow.
The hand had no mitt on it. Chittick’s parka was nearby. As it was
late, they had to push on to Anderson's roadhouse without being
able to discover any traces of Chittick.
Anthony Chittick, brother of C. C. Chittick, arrived in Flat
late yesterday evening, but he was too agitated to speak for pub
lication over the phone. It is understood that he was one of a
party of six who spent nearly three days in an unavailing search
for bis brother’s body.
Kansas City, Mo., January to.—
Women’s card parties conducted
under the names of clubs, not re- 1
quiriug a membership card nor a :
special invitation, were branded a I
violation of the gambling law by!
Judge Burney in the municipal j
court today.
The case in court was that of
Mrs. Laura Stetzer, charged with
disturbing the peace following a
quarrel with Mrs. Frances 1 tiomp
sou at a meeting of the Progressive
High-Five club at the Home ot Mrs.
Connie Stewart, a teacher in China
painting.
The court room was filled with
women. Witnesses contradicted
each other continuously, some say
ing that Mrs. Stetzer gave Mrs.
Thompson the first slap in the face
and others testifying vice versa
The climax was reached when Mrs
Thompson administered a resound
ing slap upon the cheek of her at
torney, to attest to the severity of
the blow she received.
Pandemonium reigned for awhile
but order was eventually restored
and the women discharged with a
severe reprimand.
DOS RACE NOW
FULL
At 10 a.m. this morning there was
a probability of six entries for the clog
race, the following teams being ex
pected to compete:
Minutes start.
Grand hotel. 6 dogs. ... 30
Stanford, 6 dogs
Worden, G dogs. 1*
Jean, 5 clogs 1°
Glantz, 6 dogs.. . Scratch
Holmes, 3 dogs.Scratch
Handicapper—Charles Marsh.
Judges—B. T. James and Jack Price.
Starter—G. F. Kilroy.
Timekeeper—Tom Dean.
Betting on the race has been very
heavy, the favorites at 10 a.m. being
Worden and Glantz.
The race is being run over the old
course, viz.: Fiat-Iditarod-Diseovery.
Henry Weir, John Holmes and Char
ley Worden returned from their hunt
ing trip Wednesday afternoon. They
went down river as far as Dikeman.
They claim that they ate all the birds
they shot! They certainly came home
looking very hungry.
Manager C. P. Wood, of the N. C.
Co., will leave about the middle of
next week on a business trip to Ta
kotna. He will be away about two
weeks, aDd plans to take a look at
the new Cripple-crook district before
be v'et.uenvs,