IDITAROD PIONEER
Published IOviory .Saturday Evening at Iditarod, Alaska.
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CONVENTIONS
Republican national convention, Chicago, June 18.
D. mocr.itie national convention, Baltimore, Jane 25.
MAIN CHANCE FOR THE DEMOCRATS.
Fnl tv i li'.y-lhic.' more day. remain between now and
the date for the meeting of the Republican national con
vention at Chicago. In just a month, with the opportunity
to take advantage of any mistakes the Republicans may
make, the Democrats will meet at Baltimore and name a
candidate to go before the people with the conditions more
favorable to success than at any time since Cleveland’s
nomination twenty years ago.
From now to the party nominations, and from then to!
the elections, American politics will be the most interesting
theme in the world. With Roosevelt strongest in the esti
mation of the Republicans at large, Taft, backed by the
party machine, will probably be nominated. In that case
there is sure to lie a demand for Roosevelt to run on an in
dependent ticket. Taking the character of the man into
account, it is hard to persuade one’s self that lie would re
fuse. Whether he would or not, there would still remain a
tremendous number of Republicans disloyal to Taft who
would aid in his defeat or at least make little effort to pre
vent it.
So far as has appeared on the surface there is nothing
to denote serious trouble in the Democratic ranks. No dis
cord lias shown that could not he eliminated by tlie nomina
tion of Champ Clark. Just now, it not only appears that
he is the man most likely to be nominated, but the man
who can command the largest vote. Granting that the
Labor vote and the Socialist vote are large and uncertain
factors, normally leaning to Republicanism, it still seems
that the Democrats are due to win, whether the Republi
cans go to election with two candidates or one.
Looking at it in this light, the field of politics looms
bigger than ever before. If the Democrats do come into
power they will come face to face with problems that will
tax their capacity to the utmost, and it will depend upon
how they meet them whether they will guide the destinies
of the country for a long period of time or quickly pass out
of the political reckoning for good and all.
MEN AT WORK
OH IDITAROD TRAM
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A small gang of men lias been en
gaged in leveling up the track of the ;
Iditavod tram during the week. This
is intended as the nucleus for a large
force which it is expected will be em
ployed upon the arrival of Manager
•lames Wilson on the steamer Delta.
There are rumors that the work of
extending the tram up Flat creek will
be commenced almost immediately
upon the arrival of Mr. Wilson, but !
until lie himself is upon the ground the
details of the contemplated improve
ments will not be made known.
Stewart Holme- accompanied Karl
Byars up from Dikeman in the launch
T e.itna last Saturday and returned
with him Tuesday, lie said he will
probably have no opportunity to get
away after boats begin to arrive at
Dikeman.
Ice cream served. Miss Kotsch, Flat.
NOTICE
NY. H. Crawford has taken over the
laundry busine of T. Williams and is
open for business on Gold street. Fiat
< 11y. lie will also make a specialty of
dry cleaning and pressing. Mr. Craw
ford is an old experienced laundry man
from Fairbanks.
NEW DAUGHTER ARRIVES
AT WIRELESS MAN’S HOME
Mrs. J. C. Currin, wife of the popu
lar wireless operator, presented her
husband with a fine girl, weighing
eight pounds and a half, last Wednes
day. Dr. Wortmann was in attendance.
NANCY LEE SAILS FOR DIKEMAN
Ira Wood, with his gasoline boat
Nancy Lee and her new barge, left for
Dikeman last Tuesday, to be on hand
in case incoming steamers find it
necessary to transfer their passengers
to a lighter-draft boat. Bert Thorsoo
and Chat les Larson m mned the Nancy.
GOVERNMENT BUSTING TRUSTS
Pittsburg, May 18.—The government
lias started an ami-trust suit against
the Aluminum company, with head
quarters in this city.
Mexican government engineers will
make an exhaustive survey of the
land, mines, and other resources of
Lower California, of which no detailed
map ever has been made.
Highest market price paid for shaded
ivory for jewelry manufacturing pur
poses. Robert Simpson.
Mew shoes, bargains, Paulson’s, Flat.
NOW OPEN | FIRST-CLASS ROOMS WO BOSKS j
Regina Hotel
I. NY HOLM. PROP.
Renovated | Iditarod, Alaska Splendid Rooms I
FRESH MEATS! j
Beef Pork Veal Mutton j
HALIBUT, SAUSAGE, HEADCHEESE, ETC.
1DITAROD MEAT CO.
Second St. 5
Phone 15 t
| First Class in Fact First Ave„ Idiiarod j
BER TTIE HOUSE j
Furnished Rooms, Bath Roams, Spring Pols Boot! stables Adjacent
C. J. Hurley, President J. P. Gleason, Vice President A. Bruning, Cashier
American Bank of Alaska
Corner First Ave. and Richmond St., Iditarod
CAPITAL $50,000.00, FOLLY PAID IN CASH
General Banking Business Transacted Upon Liberal, But Conservative Lines
GOLD DUST PURCHASED UPON ASSAY VALUE
And we guarantee our assays against any of the government assay offices.
Clippings from your gold furnished you for the purpose
of obtaining check assays if desired.
We solicit your business, and assure you of our courteous, prompt and
careful attention combined with fair treatment, whether
your account may be large or small.
THE BIGGEST AND BEST
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FLAT CITY
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FURNISHED
ROOMS
Dining Room
anil Bar
Stables in Connection
We have ^ L'aV'i'"-mi" Meil’S He3V? Sho8S |
So many ,a"ten’s Fine Shoes
$9,50 Shoes Reduced to,.. $7,50
$9,00 “ *■ “ 7.00
$8,oo “ “ “ 6.00
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$b,oo “ “ “ 4.00
$5,oo. 3.00
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j DRAUGHT BURR, DOMRSTiC CIGARS
Good Music Every Evening
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Flat City
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COOD STOCK CIGAR 3 AND LIQUORS
Large Stables, Warm Dog Kennels Open Day and Night
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BARNEY HAGERTY
ON LITTLE DELTA
Barney Hagerty, interested on Wil
low creek and well known throughout
the Mitarod, was oue of the small num
ber of passengers to arrive on the Little
Delta Wednesday morning. He came
from Tanana, or Fort Gibbon, where
he had gone to obtain medical attention,
and was so run down that his friends
did not recognize him.
Mr. Hagerty has been prospecting
the past winter on the waters of the
Little Melozi river, in what is known
as the Gold Mountain district. He
was associated with Henry Walliek, of
the Hot Springs country, who is also
well known in Iditarod. They spent
part of the winter on Hudson creek,
where S. R. Hudson has been working
for the past several years, and cross
cut that creek without very favorable
results. Several months ago Mr.
Hagerty was attacked by what ap
peared to be an ordinary case of
pleurisy, but it hung on and grew
worse till he had to go to Gibbon to
consult the post doctor.
He says there have been no im
portant developments in the Gold
Mountain region. There is probably a
little low-grade pay on Grant creek
and its tributaries, but that is all.
Fair prospects have been found over
a large area, but ibere appears to be
too much slide schist and ihe gold is
not concentrated. S. R. Hudson, who
has been in the district since lfD7, has
moyed his outfit to The Birches.
Henry Wabick will come to the
Iditarod pretty soon, and will be ac
companied by his partner, McCormick.
Tlie number of men remaining in the
couutry to prospect will be less than
for the past four years.
Mr. Hagerty will remain in the
Iditarod this summer, and it will de
pend on the state of his health as to
what he will do in the fall. He im
proved steadily from the time he
boarded the boat at Tanana, but
placed himself under the care of Dr.
Wortmann upon his arrival here.
FRANK B. INGELS HERE,
WIFE AND BABY COSING
Frank B. Iugels, manager for E. VV.
Griffin, arrived on the Little Delta,
looking 50 pounds heavier than when
he started Outside last summer He
mushed into Fairbanks in March,
leaving Mrs. Ingels and James Shelby
Ingels (one year old) at St. Louis, from
which place they will depart for the
North tomorrow. While in Fairbanks
Mr. Ingels enrolled the boy in the
Order of Native Sons. -The youngster
is fully eligible to membership, and
has to his credit a voyage down Otter
creek in a poling boat when he was only
three weeks old.
Select Outside Lumber, corrugated
iron and roofing paper at Ross & Nes
tor's.
JUDGE
PROMOTION
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Under a Washington date of May ,'i
the Pioneer received a message by
wireless, reading: “Cushman confirmed
no appointment, fill Alaska vacancy.”
It was taken to mean that Judge Ed
ward Everett Cushman, district judge
for the Third division of Alaska, had
been appointed to some position out
side tlie territory, and it was thought
probable t hat Judge George Don worth
had resigned the position of United
States district judge for the Western
district of Washington and Judge
Cushman had been promoted to that
place. This proved to be t he case, but
at the time no opportunity offered to
verify the facts; so the matter was
allowed to go over.
It was of general knowledge that
Judge Donworlh had it in mind to
resign. This week from private sources
it was learned that he had done so and
that Judge Cushman had been selected
to fill the uacancv. The appointment
is in the nature of a raise to higher
honors fo • the Alaska judge.
Judge Donworlh was for several
\ears associated with Samuel FI. Piles
in law practice in Seattle. He was a j
member of the commission to frame a
new charier f.n Seattle in 189:), and oc
cupied responsible positions in that
city before ids appointment as judge in
1909. Judge Cushman was appointed
to the Alaska judgeship July 1, 19,)9.
PROSPECTORS COME OUT
FROM NORTH FORK OF INNOX0
John E. Anderson. Henry Luttman
and Tom Broullet are prospectors who
arrived from the Nortli Eork of the In
noko lasr Saturday. They came the
whole distance in poling boat. Henry
Yeager,Valley brothers, Joseph Lewis
and Nesbit also wintered up the North
Eork. They have all come out for the
summer.
Messrs. Anderson and Luttman sav
there is gold on all the tributaries of
the North Fork, but they did not find
anything that deserves to he called a
really good prospect. In all they pu:
down 270 feet of holes. Water in
nearly every case was at tiie bottom
In one case they went through 40 feei
of frozen muck an 1 found running
water in the gravel underneath, which
had vent sufficient to keep it from ris
ing in the hole The country is min
eralized to a high degree, but it is a
very discouraging proposition for pros
pectors to go up against on account of
t tie wet ground.
A small bunch of handsome furs were
brought in, consisting of marten, lynx,
ermine and a couple of mink. They
d'd not have time to do much trapping,
and only put out a few traps neat
camp. __
Commissioner Stanton recently re
ceived notification from Col. W. P.
Richardson, of the Alaska road coin
mission, that the sum of $1,000 had
been made immediately available foi
work on the road between Iditatod and:
Fla*. A force of aim under Superin
tendent A. E. Light has been at work
on the road for several dsys.
XUSKOKWIi TRAPPER
HAS VERY GOOD SEASON
Joe tlie Trapper, ore of the best
known trappers in the Kuskokwim val
ley, has arrived at Georgetown after a
very successful season. He lias a large
bundle of furs and intends to take them
Outside, where he can dispose of them
to better advantage than here.
Joe’s personal etfons resulted in 140
skins, and he secured nearly 400 by
purchase from others. The majority
of the skins are marten, but there are
also some mink, fox and wolverine in
the bundle.
NOTED TRANSPORTATION IAN
TO BE STATIONED AT DIKEMAN
Commodore Temple' Murphy, long
transportation manager for the
Northern Navigation Company rest
dent at Tanana, will be stationed at
Diketnan this season. He is expected
at his new post within a day or two.
Commodore Murphy is one of the
best known transportation men in the
North and always handled the many
knotty problems that were put up to
him at his old post with consummate
skill. It has not been learned who will
hold down the situation at Tanana.
PATENT LAWS TO BE LOOKED INTO
Washington, May 17. — President
Taft is asking for a probe of the patent
laws, with a view to determine to what
extent they, tend to promote unjust!
monopoly in commodities protected by !
patent. 1
Flat City ;
Furnished Rooms Large Drying Room ]
Opposite Traction Co. Depot 4
Joe Kaminski completed the business [
in connection with tho transfer to the '
Yukon Gold Company of ids interests
in the Glen association. Fiat creek, the
first of the week. Mr. Kaminski held
a divided interest of 1,100 feet in the
upper end of tlie association. It. is un
derstood dial thesale price was$55,O0O.
Mr. Kaminski purchased the property
las fall for $15,000. There has been
considerable expense incurred on his
part; yet it is known that lie lias
cleaned up a very handsome percentage
of profit on his investment and pocketed
a nice wad.
He will leave shortly for Ruby,
where he lias important interests. His
ground there is now out on lays, and
lie may go Outside for the winter; but
he has no intention of quitting Alaska
permanently.
MEN OF WILLOW
Jop Fournier and his associates on
the Wildcat association on Willow
creek made the cleanup of their winter
dump and were in town the first of the
week. They were highly pleased with
the result of their winter work. They
are about ready to commence hoisting
and dumping into the-boxes.
J. Lavcnger & Co. have already com
menced to put dirt into the sluices
directly from the drift. The ground
is only about 25 feet deep and is an
i leal proposition for summer hoisting.
Last Sunday Ah l’anter, of Flat,
started on a hunting jaunt to the
vicinity of Otter City, giving it out
chut he would be back within about
three hours. He found an acquaintance
in a cabin and stayed overnight and
well into the next day.
His friends became alarmed at Ills
absence and some 40 people engaged
in a search for the missing man.
Now. from ilie way they talk, one
would think the friends are sorry he
was not found dead or se. iouslv hurt,
instead of enjoying himself in com
mune with the beauties of nature. It
is remarkable how hard to please some
people are.
CAPTAIN AND MRS. BOERRER
ELESSED WITH A DAUGHTER
Born, in Iditarod. May 13, to Cupt.
and Mrs. C. A. Boerner, a 9-pound
daughter. The little girl is reported
10 be thriving nicely.
At the time of his daughter’s arrival
aptain Boerner was at Takotna at
tending to his duties as N. C. Company
agent. The next day a messenger was
dispatched witli the news and inci
dentally with the mall. The couple
were married two years ago an 1 this is
iheir firstborn.
Quitclaim deed blanks—Pioneer.
MUCH GAME ON THE EAST FORK
Fred Galli, who left Iditarod for the
upper Kuskokwim last fall, returned
to town the first of the week. lie
does not speak very encouragingly of
that section us a field for the pros
pector, but says there was an abund
ance of feathered game and moose to
be had.
At the time of the breakup Galli was
camped some 120 miles above the
Takotna and followed tite ice down the
Kuskokwim as far as Georgetown,
coming overland from that place in an
easy four days.
All roads lead to Boas', the clothier.
Dr. Heinrich Wortmann,
Offices: Iditarod and Ft.at Gitv
Telephones at each place
H. BEHLA C. D. < A!:T i :
CRS. 8EHLA & GARTER.
Dentists
Offices, Pioneer Drug Stores,
Flat City
Appointments by Telephone
DR. F. W. HE RMS.
Dentist
Dr. Wortmann's Office.
First Avenue and Willow Street
ALFRED E. MALT BY,
Attorney at Law
Notary Public
Oilire Simpson Bldg, First and Wi!!. •.
CHAS. E. TAYLOR,
Attorney at Law,
Nut ary Public, Con veyancinir,
Rich monel St., Iditarod
Wickersham & Roden,
Iditarod, Alaska
GEOR3E WOODRUFF ALBRECHT,
Attorney at Law
Michigan. ’31 Alaska. '10 Keilu:ky. 31
The Pioneer Attornev of tlii- C.mtp
The first boat will soon an i
PRESS UP
ami make a hit with ' e ehechacoes.
See
and we will do the re-4.
We clean Panama Hats justtike
Outside.
At Our Old-Time Location
ON THE SUMMER TRAIL
SUMMIT
ROADHOUSE
Meals All Hours.
Liquors and Cigars
Tel: ‘’Summit Roadhouse."
NOTICE
GENERAL LINE OF GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS
Men’s Underwear, Sox, Mittens, Rubber Shoes, Felt
Siioes and Pacs, Mackinaw Coats and Pants
SHELF HARDWARE
Nails. Building Paper. Dog Fish
We solicit Inspection. livery article guaranteed.
FAIRV1 EWTrADIHQ CO.
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