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WEEK’S DOINGS IN
THE LOCAL COURT
It was a very busy week in court circles with spice and variety
to the proceedings. A number of new cases have been filed, others
were disposed of and some slipped along on the road to final con
summation.
On October 15th a suit was filed by Mrs. R. W. Graham against
Hans L. Walby for the purpose of regaining possession of a lot on
the northeast corner of First and Flat streets. The complaint
alleged that Walby had been given an option to purchase the lot
for $700, under which he went into possession. It is further alleged
that he refused to make any of the payments called for by the
option and was therefore holding unlawfully.
Greg Stewart brought suit against Alabam Bill Ansley in for
cible entry and det&inor, the ground in question being the famous
lot on the corner of First and Richmond where Landahl's book
store now stands and which was the scene of violent disturbances
about two months ago. The plaintiff alleges that defendant got
possession under a lease and refuses to vacate after its expiration.
On Thursday Agnes V. Thurston brought suit against Henry
J. Landahl and Hugh Paris, doing business as the Cascade Steam
laundry. Plaintiff alleges that she worked for the defendants from
August 5th to October 5th and earned $300, none of which she has
received save $56. For a second cause of action she alleges that
Chas. O. Fowler has $165 coming for Jabor performed, and that he
assigned his claim to her. An attachment was issued in this case.
A suit was filed Friday by Fred M. Cabot against Win. E Kin
dred on a claim of $282 for money loaned, an attachment was also
is ,ued in this case.
On Wednesday afternoon, a demurrer to the complaint in the
case against Jake Mutchler was argued before the commissioner,
and the matter taken under advisement. The following morning
tiie court ruled against the plaintiff, sustaining the demurrer on
the ground that he did not have jurisdiction to entertain such an
action. Suit was brought by the residents of the block between
First and Second, and Richmond and Willow, to abate as a nuisance
the building recently erected by Mutchler across the east end of
the alley that runs through the block, against the protests of the
other lot owners. It is understood that another action will be
brought or rather that a new complaint will be tiled.
On Thursday afternoon, the court tried the case against Robert
Cockburn, charged with vagrancy. The matter was heard before j
a jury and the defendant was acquitted.
Frank Stanley, the Flat creek hotel
man was in town lust Wednesday, mak
ing preparations for the big dance that
is to be given out there toaight, (Satur
day), at his place. This affair will be
about, the biggest thing pulled off on
ths creeks and will doubtless be at
tended by tnwny from this city. Stanley,
it is understood is applying for a saloon
lieense at his roadhouse and it is prob
able that he will get it, unless' the
court is irrevocably set against grant
ing any more licenses on the creeks.
Bennett James, the tunior member
of that famous combination known in
the Tanana valley as the James boys,
is down at Dikeman helping get some
of the freight up from the barges
where they are stuck about six miles
below. Bennett has a fine team of
horses there which is ultimately des
tined for the Friend, Lawson & James
lay on the Bonanza association on Flat
creek, fie has come down for the win
ter since operations on 17 Coldstream
have ceased until next season. Tt ap
pears that the good fortune that landed
him on the famous “17” attended him
to the Iditarod, as the Bonanza lay
gives promise of being one of tho bes
on Flat.
“Hutch” Hutchinson, that well
known freighter of Dawson and the
Iditarod, accompanied by George
Smith and Harry Meehan, left last
week for tbeKuskokwim heading in on
Douis-n creek. Hutch expects to re
turn in & short time as he has some
freighting bee in his bonnet and will
come back to put his plan in execution.
Anderson Bros. & Nerland, finding
their storeroom too small for comfort,
are building an addition to their build
ing on the Second avenue end.
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.FAR TOO LONG
According to the last reports brought.
n by C. K. Snow, the mail carrier who ]
eft Nulato on October 12th, the steam-]
;rs Minneapolis ana Martha (.'low com- j
ileted the season on the Tatiana river, |
10th of them getting hung up in the
dcinity of Tolovana.
These boats were expected to make
mother trip to the Iditarod this fall
>ut they stayed too long and were
;aught in the Tanana by an extra low
itage of water. They are now in winter
juarters but the extent of the cargoes
s not known.
Mine Host. Howard, who presides
>ver the destinies of the Willow creek
•oadhousa, came into town a few days
igo to spread the gospel of the new
rail from Flat City to tlie Kuskokwim
da. Willow creek. He says this is the
nost direct route for wintor travel and
lis opinion is backed by many others.
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Loaded down with 285 tons of freight, 200 of which is food
stuffs, the steamers Samson and Teddy H reached Dikeman and
vicinity about a week ago, the Samson with 160 tons making Dike
man after a hard battle with the ice and the Teddy H landing about
six miles below. The Teddy was 21 days from Fairbanks and the
Samson had returned from Holy Cross after connecting with the
Monarch. The brought about 100 passengers between them.
The story of the voyage of the Teddy H is an interesting one
as the trip was replete with incident, especially after the boat en
tered the Iditarod river. There they began to fight with the ice
during which they broke a crank shaft twice, blew out a cylinder
head, busted a piston rod and punched holes in the hull until the
boat looked like a -submarine. Alex Bruce, a mechanical engineer
Df no mean ability, proved to be the right person in the right place
as he fixed up the disabled engine with a file and a medicine chest.
The Samson passed the Teddy H down the river and took the
brunt of the ice fighting all of which proved very satisfactory, else
the Teddy would not have gone as far as she did.
The boats brought a quantity of perishables, all of which will
be saved. They do say that a log of eggs stored around the boiler
of the Samson got all het up and the passengers were contempla
ting a brooder to go with the incubator. At the spot where the
Teddy H with her barge came to a final stop, the perishables were
put on the bank and under cover. The barge of the Samson was
left a short distance below the Teddy and her freight was treated
in the same way. Ross with his automobile will start freighting
as soon as the river freezes, and some of the stuff will be brought
in by the team that Bennett James brought down from Fairbanks.
There are plenty of potatoes, butter, sugar and cream which will
go far toward relieving the situation here. On tlie two boats there
are probably GO tons of machinery.
The Samson has been put on the ways at Dikeman, and the
Teddy will snuggle against the bank wFiere she is. They reported
the Reliance down near the mouth of the Iditarod. She is laying
in the middle of the river with her barge, but no danger is an
ticipated with the spring breakup.
The following is a partial list of the arrivals : Loss Bernard,
Tom McSmart, Bennett James, Wilbur Ward, Ed Britt, Miss Susie
Coach, Mrs. Tyler, Mrs. Hunter, Miss Nelson, J. Cody, Mr. and
Mis. Cody, Mr. Tyler, Miss Dogliana, Mrs. Kenneth Ayres and
baby, Larry Liliico, Tom Seward, Bob Cameron, John Johansen,
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Brumbaugh, Frank Stickley, Frank Swanson,
Judge Thomas, Frank Magnussen, Capt. Ralston, J. Sidit, Rastus
Harris, Harry Dunn, Capt. Seward Dolbe, Billy Casey, Cbas. Eric,
Bert Moores, Fred Vogler, Curley Robinson and wife, Mrs. Wat
son and daughter, Carl Rogers, Iver Risdale, John Olson, John
Berg, Miss Tjanstrom, George Foss, Tom Kerr and Dick Waiters.
WELL KNOWN
MINER DROWNS
While engaged in warding off floating ice with a pike pole from
the bow of the barge of the Teddy H, a few miles below Dikeman,
Tom Butler, a well-known miner of the Fairbanks country lost his
life on Oct. 11th when he was jerked into the water by the pole and
ground into the mud of the river by the scow.
The steamer had been bucking ice for some time and the pas
sengers were taking turns at the work of fighting the floating
chunks. Butler had been helping at this work assisted by a num
ber of others and had lost one pole during the day by having it
jerked out of his hands. The floating fragments were quite heavy
and one of them caught his pole in such a manner as to cause a
leverage against the end of the scow. The unfortunate man at
tempted to hold on to it but was flung quickly overboard being
carried underneath the scow in the twinkling of an eye.
Although the steamer backed down immediately no trace of
the body was found except his hat.
Butler was about 40 years of age and has been in A’aska for a
long time. Last summer he worked for Ben Boone at 4 B Cleary
and bore an excellent reputation as a sober, capable and industrious
worker. He had made a trip to his old home in Ireland last winter
and stopped over in Philadelphia where he visited a relative, a
brother or a sister. He was coming to the Iditarod to spend this
winter prospecting and brought along a fine outfit in addition to
about $700 which he had on his person at the time of drowning.
Although an effort is being made by the authorities, it is feared
that no trace of him will be found this fall, if ever. This makes
the third death by drowning in the Iditarod river this summer, the
first two being suicides._ _
N. N. Jaffe, that pleasant-faced dealer
who sells shoes and things that men
wear out at Flat City, came in town
last week and looked it all over with a
view to buying it. He explained that
he was making so much money out
there that he had to do something
with it. ___
Completing the circle, B. B. Smith,
known as “B & B,” the man who used
to mine on Treasure creek in the Fair
banks district, came into town the other
day just to take a look at it. Smith
has been all around, that is to say, he
has been over in the Innoko country
where he went last fall on leaving Fair
banks. Then he took a little jaunt into
the Kuskokwim, and by way of diver
sion built two cabins right near the
corner of Madison square in George
town. He will 00 here for a while and
then return the same way he cam«,
meaning that you can’t tell a thing
about it.
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Claypool Makes Good Run
Although he made a splendid run for
the nomination for congress from the
western congressional district of Wash
ington, Charles E. Claypool formerly of
Fairbanks, could not defeat the Tacoma
man in the republican primaries.
An echo of the campaign was brought
back by Leroy Tozier who has just re
turned to Fairbanks from the Outside.
He brought a book of Claypool cartoons
gotten out by the Claypool Club of
Olympia. __
Hot Springs Shipping Freight
According to Fairbanks papers the
Hot Springs district was waking up in
great shape this fall, calling for freight
and lumber which went to them on the
last boats. Several boilers and 50,000
feet of lumber went to them on one of
the last trips of the Tanana. Chas.
Chanquist of Gibbon, ordered a new
boiler for his hotel.
Johnson to Give Langford a Go.
According to dispatches from Boston
of September 22, it is said that Jack
Johnson, th# present heavy-weight
champion has agreed to meet Sam
Langford if a purse of $20,000 can be
secured for the fight.
Anderson Bros. & Neriand—• sash,
doors, store fronts, wallpaper, house
inings, all came on the high water.
See us. Willow' and Second st.
Odorless Closets complete at The
Tin Shop.
DR. B. F. BROOKS,
Physician and Surgeon
Over Merchants Cafe, First Avenue
Telephone 30
Dr. Heinrich Wortmann
Physician and Surgeon
Office at City Dtug Store, Tel. 30
First Ave., bet. Willow and Richmond
DR. E. T. BRADBURY,
Dentist
Over Merchants Cafe, First Avenue
Telephone 3-OB
CHAS. D. CARTER.
Dentist
Offices, Pioneer Drug Stores,
Flat Creek
McGowan, Clark & Albrecht
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
Iditarod, Alaska Phone No. 7
The Pioneer Attorneys of This Camp
ALFRED E. MALTBY,
|U. S. Commissioner]
Attorney at Law
Notary Public
Practice only in District Court. IDiTAROD
F. E. BECKER,
Attorney and Counselor at Law
Office Iditarod Pioneer
CHAS. E. TAYLOR,
Attorney at Law,
Notary Public, Conveyancing,
Abstracts of Titles
Iditarod City
J. S. HARDING,
Attorney at Law
Iditarod, Alaska
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New Cafe
FIRST AVE.
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H. La France,
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Estimates Furnished
BLUE PRINTING
Gilmore House
Most Comfortable Log House
in Iditarod
THIRD AV. AND WILLOW ST.
Furnished Rooms and Spring Bunks
rates; reasonable_
Ideal cafe
BAKER! AND LUNCH ROOM
First A»«, and Willow St,
Niehoff & Hakes, Props.
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