Is now on in full force in order to make
space 'hat. I require for the many new
lines oj Men's Wearing Apparel that is
now on the way.
Take a Look Over the Keane! Club Specials
in Our Shew Windows
100 odds and ends Suits that
sold from $25 to $35, now . ..
Hari, Schaffner & Marx
CLOTHING
$45.00 now. $27.50
40.00 “ 25.00
35.00 “ 22.50
32.50 “ 20.00
30.00 “ ! 7.50
27.50 “ 15.00
FRIEDMAN’S STORE
I
The condition of the destitute sick in Alaska has been plainly
shown bv thtime or four cases receiving attention in Iditarod within
the l ist six months.
Last summer one Walsh was found on the trail between here and
Ophir, having been lost and without food tor a number it days. Whei
found lie was practically dying ,.n ! in such a condition that he could
not be moved When the authorities here ware informed, there was a
chance of saving the man’s lite, but help at the instance of the govern
msnt could be sent to him only through the fiction of issuing an in
sanity warrant. As a matter of fact the man died on the tiail and the
expenses incurred in sending assistance to bins was paid from money
found in his possession.
The most recent and distressing case is that of a consumptive
brought from the Kuskokwim by George Hoffman at his own expense.
The act providing for the detention hospitals furnishes a means of re
lieving the insane and other patients in the custody of the marshal,
but when, as is the case of the man here, the sick person is not in the
custody of the marshal, assistance can only he given through public
subscription. Formerly, it was the custom in some cases to arrest the
sufferer on a vagrancy charge, but instructions have recently been
given that all such cases must be bona fide, which leaves the local
authorities helpless.
At the present time there is a destitute family being eared for in
Iditarod by people upon whom its only claim is that of common humanity,
for the family was helpless and destitu’e when brought here from an
other district. What the outcome of this case will be r.o one can tell.
The chance for the family to become self-supporting is remote, and
there is no way provided by law through which the present bearers ol
the burden may shift it onto other shoulders.
The situation of any children who may be left without parents is
equally distressing. The code provides at length for the appointmei t
of guardians, but there is no provision for the care of minors who may7
become wards of the state, and such are leit to the generosity of per
sons who may interest themselves in the matter.
If such cases as above enumerated are not the business of organ
ized government, then organized government has precious little excuse
for existence. The failure in all these years of the United States to
make lawful provision for such cases is proof that the government has
failed, in one important particular, to discharge its just obligations to
a people it does not permit to make the necessary provisions them
selves.
1 he burden is made harder on certain communities, like Iditarod
and many others that could be mentioned, from the fact that up mi them
falls the care of the helpless and needy from great areas of surrounding
country—often not only nonresidents of the districts in which the com
munities are situated, but properly speaking nonresidents of Alaska as
well.
Captain and Mrs. Boerner. accom
panied by Mrs. Bolton, arrived from
Takotna Thursday.
F. P. Haslucd, after a brief visit to
lditarod, returned to his station at
Dikeman last Sunday.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
Reis a nee
Brand Groseries
W. SUNDERBRUCH
A FEW THINGS FOR WINTER
Extra Large-Size Horse Blankets
Yokon Sleds. Snowshoes Goal Gil and Gasoline
Cole's Air-Tight Heaters
SMITH'S GUM STORE
Phone No. 6 Iditarcd, Alaska
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Nome. March 7 —Joe Ham t • .j • .. *bit» . the North
Pole bakery Wednesday morning,' feii down stairs, landing tie ul tare
most in the ceinenl basement, fracture.! the base of ui« skull and died
after six hours in the hospital. He had been in 1 he Nor h si- 1 '97
and had just come into a competency. He was on • t nr- me s
who won out, after six years litigation, in a suit for •* G< ’ " 1
and Hon Voyage claims Tiie case was oeci e i .y 1 ■ -u ;
last month.
Nome, Ma:ch 7 —Weather continues mild all < v
coast. Letters from Point Barrow give the lmves tettipe-at r- ,
January as 20 below, and only three days of tint. The average for
January in that region in the past has been between 40 and 5° below.
Here is a copy of the cablegram of inquiry sent from Iditarod
with the intention of gaining authentic information regarding the
placers of Bolivia:
IDTTAROD, AT .ASK A, March 5, 1912.
TT. S. Consulate, La Paz, Bolivia:
Wire collect particulars character extent Bolivia placers rules
of acquirement chances for American miners
PIONEER NEWSPAPER
La Paz is the capital of the department in Bolivia of the same
name, and in that department the placer strike that is now stirring
the blood of Alaska prospectors is supposed to have been made.
La Paz is also the metropolis and commercial center of the repub
lic, and is the potent but not official capital of the same. It is
there the principal representative of the United States government
is stationed, and his duties include the imparting of just such in
formation as was sought by the message above copied. Had it not
been for the break in the Alaska cable the answer would undoubt
edly have been received before the present moment: As it is, we
expect it at any time.
Over $70 has been donated toward paying for the query and
answer, and several times that amount will be forthcoming should
it be required.
j MONEY RAISED
FOR AL. BERG
In the neighborhood of $250 has been
donated by the people of Flat and
Iditarod for the relief of Al. B-rg,
who was brought in sick and destitute
from the Kuskokwitn last week.
Berg is a consumptive, but Dr.
Wortmann says be has a fighting
chance for his life.
EXHIBITION GAME
OF BASKETBALL
An exhibition game of basketball is
scheduled for next Wednesday evening
in A. B. Hall between the A. B. and
N. G. teams. The ladies’ teams were
contemplating a game, also, to consist
of 15 minute innings, but it is under
stood they will not be ready in time.
NELSON ENLARGES HIS
TONSORIAL PARLORS
Last week John A. Nelson, the pro
prietor of the Pioneer barber shop on
First avenue, bought the business of
Arthur Stoner, who had been oper
ating on Willow street, and the two
| concerns have been consolidated, Mr.
i Stoner accepting a position in the Nel
' son establishment- The Pioneer t>ar
j ber shop now has three chairs, each in
'charge of an efficient tonsoralist. In
j connection with the barbering business
i patrons will find a first-class bathhouse
where hot and cold, shower, steam and
i porcelain tub baths may be enjoyed in
; comfort and cleanly surroundings. Mr.
| Nelson, it will be remembered by
| creek residents, formerly ran a first
J class shop in Flat City.
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Select Outside Lumber, cot rugated
| iron and roofing paper at Ross & Nes
i tor’s. _
Mike McHale is in the hospital again j
! for a few days while Dr. Woitmann is i
! treating an unwell eye.
DR. YOUNG OFF
TO THE COAST
Thirty-six members of Camp Idita
rod No. 27, A.B., in regalia, and a
large number of other friends of Dr. S.
Hall Young beard him preach an in
teresting sermon on “Brotherhood” at.
A.B. Hall Saturday night.
Dr. Young, in company with William
Breeze, departed for Cordova over the
Seward trail on Tuesday.
LADIES' AUXILIARY
MEETING GALLED
Mrs. Davis requests the presence of;
the members of the Ladies’ Auxiliary j
of the Iditarod hospital at Mrs. Chi s
ley's residence next Thursday afternoon I
at 3 o’clock. The regular monthly
business will be transacted.
TROUBLE IN OUTFITTING BOLIVAR
Witli evidence of toil on his hands
and anxiety depicted on his features, i
Tommy McSmart rushed into the Pio
neer office last Tuesday and asked:
“Buck, have you got about a barrel j
of old papers?”
“No. What do you want them for?”
“Want to put them in Bolivar’s
trunk.”
“Bolivar—who in thunder is Boli
var?”
“Why, the elephant, of course; who
do you suppose it is?” snapped Tommy,
as he hurriedly passed out the door.
Nothing but the best and popular
prices. Arcade Cafe, Flat City.
Mrs. Arthur Shonbeck, of Discovery,
visited Mrs. Bill Atcheson in Iditarod
for a few days this week.
i H. & IW. PO°lr,^°« |
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Eyes Examined for Glasses.
ROBERT SIMPSON
Mrs. Duncan Michie, Mrs. Roberts
and Mrs. Webb Mtiding came down
from the c k during the week.
In ordn o iitdp Iditarod verify late
reports in regard to mining in Bolivia,
$20 was raised by the Iditarod Pioneer
representative and remitted to the
N. C. Co. in Iditarod.
i me of last mouiii’s i.M'p. of the
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I)ul \i ill iil.vli
me i.jm> . Mr. Durand is ihe sole pro
prietor of i hat well-known and popular
cite D; covrry which bears his
i t ii".
Mrs. Jim Chronister from Discovery
is visiting Mrs. Arndt on Fiat fora few
days.
V. H. Pierce, Chas. Suler and Dr.
Carter paid a visit to Iditarod last
Monday and Tuesday and arranged a
series of Basketball games between
the A.B.’s of that town and Flat.
At the regular meeting of the A.B.’s
last Tuesday night five new members
were added to the ever-growing lodge.
A fine lunch was served afterwards.
Henry Weir made his usual first of
the month trip to Flat during the
week.
A most enjoyable dance was given at
A. B. Hall last Monday night, in honor
of those two popular young ladies, Miss
Bessie and Miss Ruby Kelly, from
Diskaket. About 25 couples were
present.
The many friends of Dr. and Mrs.
Carter will be pleased learn that Mrs.
Carter is rapidly improving and out of
the physician’s care.
Manager Atcheson, of the Pacific,
Cold Storage company, was seen on
tiie streets last Thursday.
Tom Dean and A. E. Light were
welcome visitors the latter part of the
week.
After quite a serious spell of sickness
J. F. Kilroy, the well-known mining
mar, is now able to be out and about
again.
A description in detail of the new
tailor-made uniform that the ladies be
longing to the basketball team are
having made will be given next week.
SAD NEWS
Last Wednesday Ray Longlin, one
of the best known young men of this
camp, received in a telegram from his
mother in New York, the sad news of
the death ot his brother Fred, who
was killed in a railroad accident on the
Panama Railroad. No details were
received. The deceased was 30 years
old, and held a good position in the
U. S. G. survey.
BASKETBALL
Never did any sport create so much
interest and enthusiasm in Iditarod as
the recent series of basketball games.
This great American national indoor
game unquestionably ranks among the
foremost sports of the country. Well
played basketball is one of the most
exciting of all indoor contests; it re
quires of its players speed, nerve and
endurance, combined with skill and ac
curacy. The quality and caliber of the
games played here by the two.- teams
were of the best—in fact of the cham
pionship kind. The games were fast
and snappy, and abounded in excellent
team work. The spirit in which the
players entered into the guides was ad
mirable. Rivalry was intense, and
while a little rough in places, the
playing, on the whole, was all that
could be desired. All the games were
hard fought and well played, and
afforded much excitement for the
spectators. Imerest was at fever heat
during the whole series, and so fas"
cinated was the public with the con
tests, that the hall was packed at every
game with enthusiastic fans gathered
to cheer on their favorites. It was
very gratifying to see the people of
Iditarod show their appreciation of
this splendid and tm.nly form of sport.
Basketball has made good in Iditarod,
and every honest effort to further pro
mote the game and have it contiuued
will be hailed with delight. By all
means let us have more basketball I
The committee on arrangements spared no labor,
effort or means in order to make it the premier event of
the season. With the kind assistance of all our local
talent, the program is not only lengthy but will afford
a most pleasant and enjoyable evening, and you are
sure to proclaim it the cleanest — ,t superior affair
you’ue had the pleasure of wo n.-hng during the years
of youi n exile.
You nuance is most courteously solicited by the
Roof Garden Committee of the Kennel Club.
Leading Clothiers
MEN
INQUIRED FOR
Deputy Marshal Harry P. Sheppard
has letters of inquiry for the following
persons:
James R. Farrell, last heard of about
eleven years ago at Whitehorse, Yu
kon Territory, nis mother, father,
two sisters and two brothers live in
Newark, N.J. Inquired for by Mrs.
J. F. Kelly, 39 Read street, Newark,
N. J.
Claud A. Irvine, last heard from over
a year ago on Discovery, Otter creek.
His mother is very much worried. In
quired for by Harry C. Irvine, 421
Eklund ave., Hoquiam, Wash.
LADY BASKETBALL PLAYERS
TO HAVE BLUE UNIFORM
The Iditarod ladies’ basketball team
will appear in blue uniform when it
meets the ladies’ team of Flat City in
play at the last-named place March 23.
This is not official, but is reasonably
authentic. The color will be blue un
less practically all the ladies of the
team change their minds, winch is not
likely. The dress will be bloomer
style, and a very good authority says
the ladies will look smart, indeed.
It is not known wliat color the Flat
ladies will adopt, but the authority
above mentioned thinks it will be a
light shade of gray. It was ask id bv
the news gatherer if red would not be
very fetching, and be was told that
red is only becoming to small women.
It accentuates the size of the wearer.
The ladies of the Flat team are of con
siderably greater stature than those of
theldiiarods. Hence, with thelditarods
dressed in blue and the Flats in red the
game would took like a contest between
bantamweights on the one side and
heavyweights on the other. Yes, the
Flat ladies will probably adopt gray,
which will harmonize very effectively
with the blue of llie Iditarods.
Select Outside Lumber, corrugated
iron and roofing paper at Ross & Nes
tor's.
UNDERLAID
WITH GOLD
A good many people thought it was
all a josh when a rumor began to cir
culate around town the first of the
week to the effect that tlie whole of
the Iditarod townsite and considerable
adjacent territory had been blanketed
witli association mining claims.
It turned out that there was some
foundation for the rumor, although the
matter was greatly exaggerated. One
eight-claim association was staked, and
it covers the waterfront from the old
Slippern mill at the lower end to the
Cleveland mill at the upper end of
town.
The locators are Erickson. Joe Mi
kuta, Bert Banks, Henry Roden, George
Taylor, Sam Wilmer, A1 Morris and A.
Stoner. The claim is named the ( as
cade association.
Discovery was made in the well of
the Cascade laundry, the source of the
city water supply. Ask any of the
locators what kind of a prospect he got
and he will tell you you are welcome
to pan on the dump. Town prospectors
declare that some of the big stampedes
have resulted from poorer showings.
A year ago a shaft was sunk on the
right limit of the Iditarod tramway
which showed a prospect in gold. Put
ting this and that together, it is not a
particularly wild assumption to con
clude that the whole city is underlaid
with gold of undetermired richness—
or leanness, if you want to [tut it that
way. _
PRETTY DISPLAY AT FRIEDMAN'S
Friedman's store this week has had
a very handsome show window dec
orated in honor of the Roof Garden.
The window contains a display of extra
fine men’s furnishings—silk ties, silk
shirts, silk vests and silk socks rivaling
in daintiness the most fastidious lady's
articles of a kindred sort. The window
bears appropriate signs relating to the
Garden. The effect is striking, and
the goods on display are exceedingly
classy.
MERCHANTS CAFE
Caters to Large and Small Parties
PRIVATE DINING rooms
Popular Prices Everything First Class
CHAS. E. MILLER, PROP.
upon MM mgnt Open AM Night
THE NORTHERN
Come to the Roof Garden
AND ENJOY THE KENNEL CLUBS
HIPPODROME
Roof Garden TONIGHT, A. B.: all
THEBUBWEISER jack baird IDITAROD FLAT CITY ED ANDERSON THE BRANCH