IDITAROD, ALASKA
Capital, $50,000.00
%
General Banking Business Transacted Gold Bust Bought and Assayed
Drafts Issued cr, Any Fart of the Wor'd
SEATTLE CORRESPONDENT: SCANDINAVIAN AMERICAN BARS
OFFICERS:
CHAS. ROSS. President
JOHN HOLMES. Cashier
R. C. BUTTON, Asst. Cashier
SALOONS WISHING
r/iipo a m M cs
§ S £ $- O &A S « w t£b U Li h A
SIESIEIIIIIii3IM§M]
before departure cf next mail
Be! One Shipment Will Be Made This Season^.
Hospital Ready for Occupancy
(' nletely furni.-i ed and ready f.*r oc
nipancy. the detention hospital at I'a.r
i ..,A . h - lwn iurn-el over to the ; p ri
:•!, ■ : i-;. - • by the hoard appointed to
1, k i, r tl c loir-, t.on of the ■ wildim:
•ei , :Ul, ; ;;! uie;.of the boar i. Judge
} i; I ul' r ai . Mar-hal 1. T. Erwin, wired
llio r ; >r o;: March ^ udv;-;.ig him that
:} ; 11.id111*r vv.is uadv for occupancy, and
ih.at he noth';-- the de] artment. The
t wd .. pr.-priatit n 1 1 512.500 made by the
gover it f istn n i
t. nnr was used up. Uenuty Marshal J.
I., (ink. who is representing Mar-ha! Er
v.in on the b art! during tiie latter's ab
ma , . air- that ti-e estimate for tin1 main
ten .nee of lie1 m-titutioii had been figured
sV so'i. In:.- is approximately Slt'.ki!!)
less than ropriation i v
m'-h d - km N'.nie di\ision. where a
To Onen Up Marble Quarries
P:;S, mr r. arriv ing on the Ad: liral ke.rnp
son w re l \ • an opportunity of seeing the
n.. .jo - it* ( mo-re, •• 1 k<-. !i. «>n Prince of
V. Mm id ami. -ays the (’,rd •va Alaskan.
Thu k,me .-on brought a crew of 40 men
f r the marble company, winch is greatly
enlarging its force and opening new quar
ries. The v-1 - 1 was detained there for
n arly a day. and the passengers had a
g. .id chance to witness operations. All ex
pr. -s • urprise at the extent of the industry
the up-t mate manner of handling the
i; . use blocks of marble which are being
.-cut s* w.h to build artistic blocks in the
c . • m the States. With the opening of
th'* C"ul fields and the building of the
trunk line to Interior Alaska, a portion of
ill*- marble will soon be turned northward
r .ram the buildings to be erected in
< i \ a an 1 others Alaska towns.
Kc\ .paper Woman Out From Shushanna
Mr- Grace Bostwiek, who ha.- been rei>
T’.-enting the Seattle Post-InteiliL'encer in
Shush anna. and who has written suite most
interesting articles from that region, arrived
!:i (V.rho\a the latter part < t February fr-on
the interior, accompanied by her daughter.
Th*\ h ft on the Mari;.-*.-a.
Another Editor Convicted of Libel
Th,. jury in the ea.- of the United State.
\ 1. ut' v Hugh O'Neill of the Nome Demo
u. v.ho was charged with libel, rendered a
s ' . : ,.f guilty, and U’Neill was sentenced
fine of §200 M »t; n is a ■ made
f r a new trial.
Ceorgs H:nton Henry Again in Field
The ' ! ; K: Igetop j»riming plant, from
w'n h "Fa/-is” has been inveigled with more
or i - frequency in days gone by, was sold
thi.- afiernonn by Deputy Marshal Foster
i" - i'.-fy the mortgage thereon, and was
ught in by the mortgagee, Elam Har
.. h. Five minutes later George Hinton
Jl'-nry was firing up and getting ready for
b ;-iness. As the name and good will oi
a jiew-paper have' no connection with the
j jam ;; which it is produced, unless tlie
i.x\ stated in the bond. “I-acts” is now
a th »g of the oast, but from its ashes
v. i!J -aie-s ..pr.ng som •;htng else in the
• ;• r line. The obligations of the
j slant, including the expenses, amounted to
I yin.42. but tin plant only sold for $112.
' •. v in*r an indebivdness against the incar
■ rated editor of “Facts” which he must lit -
! -mi i in the course of time. At tnat, the
I rimers of the t-.v.n say the plant brought a
fancy -price. Fair'-: nks New.-Miner.
New Steamship Schedule
The summer servi « of the Ala.-ka Steam
f.hip mpany fr Seattle i ■ (' rdova will
be inaugurated April 1, a service of four
:rip- a month replacing the winter servici
,f ;! ree trips per month. The Alameda.
Mari; >sa ao 1 Northwestern will be kept on
thN roui-a in addition I(> others plannou
v iih the revivr.l of travel c *ns°quent to the
;ipcirtig -f the territory by tlm government.
Tile •eamddp Y; vria will be the first of
Tu.r fleet t leave dug«M .• -und for Nmne.
•er.d will be di pa* !.ed about dune 1 The
underwriters refuse t > take a risk on any
i st-amer entering B ring >ea before mid
j n vh- mi dune 7. and the vessel will be
rimed to reach *d;a* point ai-oiit the time
the oan -j lifted.. The oilier’ e-f ‘die i
I - any arc frrur ng on using ihe frwghtrr
cN-rdova for their Nome [r< ight business
| this ye ar.
JOHN HOLMES TELLS
OF BUSINESS OUTLOOK
I John Holmes, cashier of the Miners ami
Merchants Honk of Hus city, who returned
Monday from a visit :«* the O,aside, by way
of the Seward trail, takes a most optimi.-tic
. view of the future prospects of Alaska and
the Int.-rior especially.
."peaking of the business outlook, he said
that already there is a marked change
1 from the depression that lias been preva
i lent, and that money is easier in the great
I oemmercal center- In Seattle, he said, in
! :pito of the distress among the working
; en; le. the merchants and hankers report a
substantia! increase in business over former
I years, nud prospects for the future are the
io'iehtesT. The passage of the Alaska rail
r o’, bill, which occurred about the time he
v. a- leaving Seattle, will give a great irn
: petus to business, he believes, and lie looks
I forward to an era of great dev< foment for
| the territory.
Mr. Holmes resumed his duties in the
hank c n Tuesday morning, thus greatly
: lightening the labors of Mr. Button.
MAY “CHANGE THE BETTING”
j Juneau, March S. There is a strong fol
j lowing of Democarts who, having been
serioti.-Iy thinking of indorsing Wickersham
for delegate to congress at the November
election, since the announcement of his be
ing a Democrat and a member of that
party, have now definitely decided to boost
him for the Democratic nomination. 2he
followers of the governor feel that it would
' 1)0 useless to oppose Wickersham at this
! time.
NOTHING BUT THE BEST
P« Qjjy The PSace to EVSeet
Nels Glantz. Prop.YpUf FfSendS
i NICELY FURNISHED ROOMS BY DAY OR WEEK
Warm, Clean Well Ventilated
OPEN DAY AND NIGHT
| _
| ~ lassage and
__ Bath Parlors
MEDICATED, MINERAL VAPOR, STEAM,
TUB, SALT AND FRESH WATER
Caribou St,, Bet. Black and Willow Sts., on Waterfront
Electric and Faradic Massage Treatments by Expert Attendants '
Lighted by Gas Healed by Steam I
Iditarod people will remember the sailing
of the launch M >squito last fall, in com
mand of Ed l hi. in a mad race to catch
the last boat for Seattle at St. Michael
i before the close of navigation. In the party
was a young man named Emory, xvlin had
arrived on one of the last boats from the
Outside, and was anxious to return imme
| diately to Seattle. He has written an ac
I count of the trip, which appeared in the
Douglas Island News. The story will be of
j peculiar interest at this time, owing to the
! fact that Did and other members of the
party arrived from the Outside during the
: past week. The story follows:
Tin- rail or l'' 1 found tlio writer on a
I lumiiifss trip m I lie Iditarod t i i s I riel, aiul
! i„.ing dela\oii beyond the regular boat
>i• hi ituleil i'or the last trip. la. • >1 a l'»iiu
: winter m this isolated camp <.r a walk ol
; -m.ii;.' -u mi mile" over the I rut to "'-xmid.
\ i|.i;<h "i Hi!" kind net app« alms to mv-d,
! and one or tw.. other, anxious !.. get out.
| w,. looked around for >oiue mean> ol set
i tins- to the untside.
i d 1 hi and Mike Mailer of Iditarod. hear
! ,,, . ,,J uiir df^ll-e to set till I for tile Willi.T.
! asreed to tlx up an old scow that had seen
: d p.'. at deal of >frvici• ..n the upper Idiia
: rill, >co\V XX,i- about forty feel h'llg
and’ nine or leu feet w ale. with twelve - melt
-id. b ard". leaked preMy hadl.x. ami wa,
r 11 of water. Mr. I hi being anxious to
„ get outside, agreed to put a t lit on the
fin tush fo. d w< . pl.x “iir own
: !„■ Mins and land ns in St. M'chael at
1 SCO j' e!'. '! Ill ; looked good to tile. I got
• mi touch with panic" on idler and I lat
creek-, and with all hand" l!ii,llit. -. we "•*
1 cured the promise of I Well! x - olio lliell that
I he\ would take the chalice. \b of this
1 wa> arranged f;>r during the day." ol the
_o , i: -iol 111 at .Nome, la tween ( IC l O b e r ..
\, i, r satisfving them-eha - that th>-v
<u |,i get i -i Pa>s, n;.
I x,a•;. r. eaptam and engineer of the good
I ,h p Mo-.piiio. with a carpi nter. got bu,x
! *.,i lent up a lent with pilot lani-e m rear-,
i built slan !. got tli.- old bulk into the
water, ami the fun coiuiim need,
i ip,. |,.vs found an old Klondike cook
1 - [ O e. W hu h was set up amidships. Ill 1 ■ I'!
! .11! -11g11i heater hems- installed in the b"\v.
: \ || . p. .w.-r I ie 11 a! ice auto true!; en
; . ifurnished poxvr. with an eighteen
J Mil'll Wheel. Idle Wratll'T had tlifUed Very
, ,.id po. . m."■ p. »• all mining operate n
ha to tie p Kver> thing froze, and < i
I }j|t. iih. Tih and sill was below freezing.
! i in riuir~da\ the '.Mil. it turned warm. r.
i • M- III..'ie i:s feel belter. Kveryhodx in
Iditarod wa" sure w - \v ;e all going t>> a
C • :a;11 ad:. in ts we- -• freely .die, • I
but found no laker- that we would lexer
1 V, ;(_(*!j tie- mouth d' the 1 ukoti. an 1 ilia!
! « ||.. old lotb II .\X XVI 111 ill'teell-inch Side
b a! Is woo'd i1 o’ i;x m berms —a a
mum te. i per"* dial lx. I now ag ree with
i *■ i I, Tie re i- an old s.i\ mg that Pr x i
deuce look" after I'.-b. ••!«*. it was oiil.x ,
I |iv "indi aid that we got • tit. 'I he w.-ai > -r j
w - moderatin’- somewhat. and I'hur-d y
j eceiiiu::. the Hill, ll began to mow. and!
• 11v midnight there xv.i" s.-xeral undies , j
- wat.o- m the hull *d’ the .-*■ 11w. To take I
■ of tl:-' water. Imuiin • i- M ne-r known I
. r the North as ••Windy Milo
Hue . hap to i 'ax el \v; ih. Ih-oI a tw . 'ircli 1
e ln»t XX
. a tlvi -r.ilon .-ll can. with a hole m t fi«•
b dl'.m. oxer the 11• d•' m til- I). "oil! <■!' Mu
iml wi tii an - in 1
- ;i■ 11 grocer- use to pmu > oil out "I bar
: k.-pt the wal. r d-*w n m the liui! of
i 'he "«• ■ w tiy staniim-- up with tl: - tm pump
| -. t tin* II a id jmiupinv: \x at. :
! m!.> ihe tm can m the »*enb*r of tin- b >»t.
V I tn If' til!" Il| the III!
A!m '.! midnight of «n-iohor we rounded
■ velve j *:i — • ■!i - • • • ' the l
id we wet
g i 11 g I" inert did il d i. • k - 'd to "one
of ih.■ i\dlow s that \v. i e a!i\:.eis t : g-'t out.
,'vd daring to take any more chance" on
. i - r a a / ng and full
c. f "111 --ll "HOW. uv (l< r, d i ■ I t ■ Il :iv. .1 -
is it gut gilt ei
* 1:;rt;11*»• • 1 with thr iditar d re. r can fully
api■«■ late its w • 'iidriTui m m fa. 1.
11 is ~o tortiio-is y. hi !iai !!y know whether
\ - ; air going - ;■ coming. >o at 7: l:: a. m.
Friday. * *• t.do-r 1". w cut the rope.
\hoard W'i"v the f..|| w i.ir: Faplalu Fd
I hl. Frighten* .Mike Maher, |mr \p. hmr.
ro- - - life Ids, Fe ll M-Ml I latt. f. \ H-uld mi.
Harry Harmon. 1.. Willi-, a Mr. TiiTauv.
| ! an Hair-. A. ,1. F.niory and two ..'her
v.'lm.-e names | have forgotten. This was
I!'.-- i Miinu unmi.rr I a. >•» \v i• 1'• at
; a. in. Friday. After cutting Im.-e it
i u ed that oine of us a - t
hr hungry. Fv**ryh» dy bring busy getting
-ddi d. no hr* akl'a-t wa- in ,-mhf. yoiir
!!•<]!>• -II g:.-ted to Windy Mike that :t
: - t hr a gt illiine to tak
baron. rt*\ The engine had not g d warm, d
up yet was talking hark in fart, a-P .1
jus; as if it wa- going to quit, i want
: I- .-ay that right then and Hire.- I lteramr
; • i■ <:11-11nled with Windy ’dike. If I *■ ml 1
! >y. th- thing." lie il'd. flu- \\ay he did. I
■ w■ i'ld !'•>■ running all of the A. «:. boat"
(.nth* '»uk .u in ninety days. There was
; ii mistake about it. File engine, tinny
| live lmrsr power, three-cylinder, turnmg
7 ]ier minute, mounded like a w atch tick
: m_ m c.mpart". u. I told him if iie \v add
j reprat it I would that iic had ]d. nty
| Of 11■ ■ ij> taking car** of tm* . ats end of
j I lie nusini ss. i nai i• r<*k• • i:t«* me. n • -tr.
j it was sure a pleasure f ui‘*<• T a man wiih
I,•am- enough i., km.w classical lau-nagr
w i.m 1.' ln ars it. i want to add that there
is no better meat or name rook m Alaska
I han Mike. I; w i - up to ane of us to v• i
the good eats ready. \W had twenty-live
loaves of bread, half a ease of eggs, a
crate of spuds, a ham. baron, onions and
1.1 ans. \\ e expected t" make St. .Michael
t!i four dav-. or some other place in the
-nuir time. We reached Inkentan. eighty
IIvr miles down the river, about 4:TO p. in..
tnnie a landing, got some gasoline, anil
picked up another pas-enirep, making the
' roiu ie. mil ahoar’d.
I n . tiling worked Hue. t!>o weather get
ting colder every hour. With the two
I .-loves and hot engine we were very com
forcible. \s not one of ilie passengers
had ever in rii down the Yukon as pilots,
we were all on the anxious -eat a- to our
course. We made the Intioko about mid
night and picked up a broken-down launch
with a couple of natives and a squawman,
took them in low and landed them at Holy
Cross about TCP' a. m. Sunday; secured
some more gasoline, but could get no bread.
Left Holy Cross about 8 a. rii.. making a
line run during tin* day. It being a moon,
we decided to keep going and trust lo
Providence ot keep to the channel. 'There
are sloughs running hack for a hundred
miles or more, and .-diould \\v by mistake
get down one of these it would he all oil’,
everybody was anxious to avoid these blind
waterways and all being willing to assist.
! I opt the spirits up lo the proper tune.
, About midnight we found the water get
! ting so low that we were touching bottom
for miles, when kerplunk: we went on
a bar and could see nothing but a Yukon
river sand storm. This meant that we had
to get into the. water and lift Hu* old ark
loose. fins was the regular thing i'or a
ci tiplc of hours, when it was thought best
to Ho up and take a chance of freeziing in.
: A> s< on as daylight appeared we were aide
I to i ick the channel and gel on our way,
and made several Indian villages and \n
dreafski that afternoon. We were out of
grub, and went in there expecting to be
able to secure bread, meat, butter, etc.
Could get nothing, as the new strike on the
’i liken at what they call Marshall City. just,
below Russian .Mission, had cleaned things
up. Losing no time, we started and made
the Russian Mission. Same luck as to
bread, bin got a few spuds and were in
rorim d that the strike was about thirty
miles downstream; that we had better tie
up at Russian Mission for the winter and
get over to Marshall City later, which, ac
cording to the trader, was only eighteen
miles across the point. This sounded good
I !i» Me-s'-s. Rales. Willis and Harmon, who
1 had been laying plans to try the new camp.
W1' wi re told by some native pilots who
i had just come up the river that the Yukon
was frozen for several miles below Kntlik.
Tins settled the mailer for Rates. Willis
and Harmon. They derided then and there
to get off at .Marshall City. These three
gentlemen were the only ones aboard
equipped for a try at that kind of a win
tec's frame. This hit < r new* made it
neeessarv to make all haste possible, and
hv some* mistake made in keepmy ihe mam
channel, we yot 'wax below Ihe new ramp
before we knew ii. .Mar-hail 'ui.v bciny lo
i*;, ii'ii ,.|i ;i -T-iiyli no! \ is11j|e from the main
river yoiny downstream until you yet l)e
low ii.
This made it necessary h* put hale-.
Willi- and Harm, u oil' al a native village
sex era I miles | le low Marshall ' ny. We bad
ic* furlher trouble in iv;i< In m a -e11lenient
railed Hamilton, near h'ollih. where we
were told We had ties! sta.s l'"i tin* winter:
that we would never yet l (iron y. h to lunnii
sea. and that the old .-cow Would not la-t
live minute - if we y< ! lln-.iiyh. We were
|. |,| to wait lor a complete freeze U(* and
cel d**y I* 'inis and yo bark up the river,
piekiny n|» some mail from the school
i,rii,• r and (tillers, we shoved oil' on our
last lap i- Itertuy sea. About dayiiyhl we
- milled I'hiiI Itoniaiioir. and a lew niinliles
later, on roiimliny a bend in Ihe stream, we
ran mb* the i e. am! nothin? hut iee a- far
as ( lie c:• 111d see. I her- lay the river
-learner Herman, of the V <,**.. Iiiyh
i.n a sand bar. with pa--eiiper- who had
left i .iu'h,inks and bin mod Hirer wc '• s
•i114• a(I of ii-. They had been on the bar
jive da\s when we showed up. The Her
man lay about 300 yards inside the ice,
| \v,im I'* sax no sieann r ever lookeo
briier i" ii.-. We nad yot to our last half
loaf of bread. \tmiit all wv had was
canned fi mi and beans.
in aniieipalmn of just such a situation,
we had. before It avnm Iili tai • »d. built up
a false fr-ut in the old -row P* step water
from w i-liiny over the how. and had cov
ered Hie f ■, lit end of Hie seo\\ With sheet
iron. \\'e had al- • mi' ill a <-! of •i-e
chains to [■•revent the ship from bmkliny.
\\ e V.e;-e Dot -III - Hi- old lull Wollld make
i111:"ii of an iee crusher, bill decided to try
it. I have failed to stale in * 1 our y •• i
ship had im reverse year In its < urine. We
e, :11.i b-.il lie in all m a sIramuI,iwav run.
lull no Parkins up. on h-avum I.i: I t: od
we had piled a I • i of eord\\o T ah *ard. W
had several -lick- lefl al bus si.a ye of the
panic, ami two t-lT axes. w- had In-! or
broken our iw- himliny i■ i.• - m r-ettm?
, u -and bars Ions l -f.u-e l hi-. W- llyured
if .ur ei|1 i: on im 11 would -land lony eimiiyh
10 pel p. lie- Herman w- w-uM east lots
vvi lent i s»‘rt I
. me was started slid made $ i for tin
iee. drivuip In r half ihe It nyiii on Ihe iee.
Thru V\ e yo! |)U-V Wi : h 'he : x - and ft lit 1
w. Ml. cic oped the ire a r III d tile -cow
an I bo,k- i! dow ii w illi c nlw d. after
win' ii we \vt uId push the si'nw back clear
of ihe channel and drive mb* it a-am.
\ couple of holies of this labor brouyhl
11s i• pj>11-il*• He* Herman, who — crew and
; i. i • - — IIs Were W:i O' 111! 1 - our flllUlV look
mp craft W'Tkiny ab ny tiuoii-Ti th- i--.
file captain eame t,ui and wanted b*
ka \v wliere in Ihe world w- eame from
, cl w here we llyured on pomy. The an
-w-r wa-, “si. Michael > r bus!." II- -aid
\ e we ' • “■ Pii-1imT air* el. . lit b Id u
fhe Tuimi'i' kh ndik- was ar - u i the bend,
m the iee. about two iiii.e- away, and
asked iis to m.\ and pet to h**r and tuiny
fi o.| and oil f a- in* I. ITi-.v w* re mu of
1* Til. I! Seems | :! e k'-udlk" Il 1(1 l)eell Stilt
I
man, and had i md and yrub for a tw ■ days*
n ,; . Inir ov.my b« lid - and currents i-av
my -e\ era! open plae - 111 tie ICC forma
th ii they had imi p. -n aid- : •■omi-et with
fill il t tiler ov er the iee. P Ill of 111
boats lay ih.-r- with crews T .in? notlunp
11 all lo ye! out of trouble.
(Hi- p-x'.st dine supply wa- irettiny low
ill aefailit of heavy vvt.rk luiek:uy i-e.
our fotid about irone. and no assistance to
b,- -e."ii i-eT I r. iii th- II<- mail. . I wa- up to
i,- to yet I * tile Klondike. After SCV, nil
hours' hard w k we brok- i 'hanu-' to
Hi.- klob.TTm. and. -n deliverm-' th- He? -
man's m, --ay, . were told hv the eaoiain
o' Hie Klondike that he had in f«m■« 1 or
fuel in p- ve the Heiman. ill- boat b( iny
. ■ • i i v -,- ..ml '. !'| af - ,1 w il k
( . ! I (1 y e t 11 Ilea -'-Mill!
- ! li W W i-e a id t'nek . - ( M I' '-' "T cap
iti.ii 1 •i,i i» ii i" 1 uai'K anu n~ no .• i in * pa.
-1 *i i l: . t< . new a :u I !»a - o a! »• • i: i Ivvi.ty
■ is. an - *' fi.u mi i. ;■ t t ra<li «• m
-ii!* .".ill- :i. !;i• h mkr ii- i■. si. Mir;,.ml.
sivii. 4 !•- a r.i-r Ii iii■ I., strip tin
•dmam- ami lent from "iir ship. \w to leave
tile -row ill t' 'e ire.
F< r si ‘tile rea- ai he reftl.-i d to uhlUrate
li”i!-e!r i ■!' Im- e,,|,ip;:»iy. - a . 1 • • that h<*
mu*, a small lanm-h that lie •:!d do the
\\ k will him-elf; that xve had 'opened
a ehanmd and cl.-an-d the wax. up punt
im r out the fa I ii. it In- ha? omiM ii d
I'ofiv its xva\ tin* mull the eh,which
was full of l.rofo'ii n-e. and Pi.il it x-.a
li'i '• /1?ihard and the -mad ki'im !i could
'!"! p • - -ihIx d > the \\..rk. ■ •• -• !■ •• the
hall ami t
w.-y. IP- -aid that he \v.add r. d inv.* im
ativ s i-.time Her food; that lie had m>
he. rise in carry pa.-.-rmo - ami xv.uiid
liaxe no room xvh- n he u ' tno-e fr m
the II. rp.aii. V ■ In ! f • • * yalloi:- •:
■ il and h :d fc<d d< wn to a ‘ d < f hoped
heads and '•an.I frmt. \f?. .■ -ati-rvinv
''Mi''1 Ives that xx.- . = :d pvt n . help iVoui
’ iaptam Ik. and it liens- a ca-e f either
I d'ee / e l-. de.'ifll ' P tile I i X , <• Ulllsl) o'v ,-!'
' lie lee alld III -'111 t-'l I i Is. ! tidies. XVI til 11'
f< d amt e|..iimiir |,,r >, , Wt. ,j,._
P to imd-p* for P.ei'i’w .-".i and take a
■ d•:i< ' "ti lo itm- tlii'oii-.r!.».
As xvi p : ■ i-d the r , miik. . caption p.
hao h - lami' h put in the wan \ 'I !:i- h .at
wa- ah'.n: np-hterri !*♦-.• t ; n. and three
•e- : XX_• \\ • .it' ll, t! in- ' i■ i. .1. • .".
1 • '■*■!" and earp.diler -'d .11.• ! ,-r a:el
make for th • lie:,man.
\fh r makiii-r o ir xvay nv* for about
1)01 1
-''■ \v mi rlppr.iji th< fasti mne- ,so. and
I" Ul were :• III* . m 'III dist-alii:i ahead We
K'.d "le of !’"• op. n ; - hi tile
I"!'- ••iimigii to tnvii !!;■ vow. Mak
for that. \v.* finally got il tunie,!. it
heing a liig job. Thr jin •» ii h.-rng
I'i'sf’er Ilian tile lent, ran::':; Ht wind a.id
11 h< ' in ev i'\ din •timt 1 : the • . lit
, '•'••III S : " I) o'e lock W, d bark to
meant to b
" I I" "P'r. and l v I' 1 it** if ■« — -i,-v
1 ' I’rov i,1 ei,,■,• took a hand, in r *r* w-•
iii'-!-. any demands. • i;,: . p.
• «ientlen,' ii. i am as glad m -«•*■ you a*
\'"ii ai,■ liiis boal." Pointing n the eiian
ii<d W" bad made earlier in Ht da\ he
■i k' il if we roijid make out a dark -p'o’t on
'1 1 ’ '' I Ma i is my la line h. frozen in
"'itil < :gilt ladies and my otm ■ i if you
" 111 lake \ '.III- >\\ an I re-ei; Ill'll ,|
I Will fake you t, si. Mmhael a d give you
tine- Jo strip your scow."
• Hiring the’ alien)'ui the bolder of the
Herman'- pa—mmrs bad g<umn a>horc,
walked down tli river bank and o\,-r the
ire to the open water, and 11;111 b eu ferried
across to Hie Klondike. Tiler" Were -fill
fin- eight ladies mi the launch and seven
[ ladies and !'<uir * >r Jive n , u besides the
rivv. (.n th*' Herman, and tin heavy bag
gage and gold.
\W wer,• n,d long m rescuing the launch
and the half-fn zeu women. We tiieu sug
S'.-snd uoing hack f*.r th** balance of the
passengers, baggage and gold, which we
*‘oU ,,1;‘x ’ handled in two ' rips, and rather
• Itaii haw th" captain obligati him-df. nf
!.,.,r«,d to settle for this servic- with Mr
••-dd. Hi.* manager at St. Michael. The r;1p
*jlln was no man in an emergency. and it
• ..•veioped later that he \\a* on'v an in d-r
. " ‘V-; NVh" h'"1 1(1 ' 11 ph'ked to lake the
Klondike out because Hie regular rivw h ,d
bi'i'ii laiil .ip. again iiTib.'il, Mn'aia
l ull 111' had III ■ II K' III ill- (lavs 'nml
(holtfrlit ,In- ■'■ .iiipanx \vi idel send a bunt
alter Inin; that lie was e.X|>cr|iiiK su.-li a
neat all day. And -lire eunuch, abuiil In
p. m. we saw a steamer turn in at print
Uemanoir. whirl; proved In be the j.uiiise.
a light-built pa.-.., nger boat. She steamed
in and anehomi out alunit tlrteen miles
lruni where we lay in the ire.
The captain ordered us to strip our boat
'f w,; were going to St. .Michael. Ripping
«*M In tent, we sawed the driving .-haft
at the engine. I<< ist.• <i everything aboard,
and about m p. m ^ye turned our bark*
"'.I the Herman and started for the Louise,
with the intention of transferring every-’
J ung to the Louise and going back to the
Herman I » get tin* balance of the passen
ger*. baggage, gold and crew. I have often
wondered what were th" feelings of the
seven wmii*n amt men'as they saw i7c
Klondike leaving. Tin v could not <<■>• the
Pmm-e from where they lay. and could not
understand the move at all. After turning
tiie ship they headed through the channel
we had made, and everything looked prom
ising until we struck tin* solid iee. when
we stopped they backed oil’ and jammed
in tli" iee. poking a great bole in the
hull on both sides of the stem post, a m*
water rushed in, and only the iee jam pre
vented the vessel from going to the bot
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ton. Kverybody was r<*tj i:«• s ’« <1 to get hand
liagri*' e and their person*5 «,u the stem end
■ -f tue boat, to throw the l,< w up as far
11 . -i! i!' *. our standee.", tent. ete.. were
i • eeii a-’ain"l the t)re..k and plugged up
ljs.• !:• 11■ far a." could be dune. Humps
'j .f |a -v i<* keep from >mking. The beat
wa> beaded for shallow water, and by
rood luck and p »or seamanship g »t into
i;111 open C’aimei without further damage.
Blowing -l it!" of distl'e,"" to get the
i . ... to come alongside, we went to the
P •! I>1111 m about eight feel of water. on
her arrival, passengers and dunnage were
I to tile i ollise. I lie two 1) »Ht
lied I'll tor i■ i ber and all pumps set to work.
MTcr a few hours the Klondike was boat
ed aram and we headed for Bering sea
to a ■ indie . d point about twelve mi.1 -
r • in >t. Mndiael. itie .pen sea being too
i:11 to I 1-k either bell, the captain of the
I.. :m -• beached the K!• Iidike and sent a
c. 111j.ie of bis i Ulcer." overland to report
at s». Michael.
\\\ . ■ behind thi" point all day and
tig the tu ti oi arrived with
■ i r f»;iii* Hie Klon
dike and build a heavy false front and
go leek and crush ice and rche-,.- the
passengers and crew, bag gage and g< id.
\boiii forty of the passengers, including
.•ur j. t\ . i-: an d to get to St. Michael
Hi,a! • verm ■. . wi-h.ng to make the Victoria,
•a Inch we -nil in the vicinity since the
% nit "it ' due to sail that night. Meet -
i:,_ one . f the prominent officers of the
\iaska - b n hip 1 uipany at St. Michael.
r pai ty w - able to get passage on the
\ ! -ii i. "ailing ai IPHM . m. Tin- halaie-e
of He people "till Oil the I.ollise can,gilt
ii:,* Northwestern two days later, without
V.- m the \ i<• t rr\ with fair wind hut
a rough ifin lo Seattle, arrived at l«•::*•»
a m. net ;,.w pa making tie* fastest trip
.-v. r made from iditarod to Seattle, having
t.eeii th r ii day" on the t rip, two and
,i hall .!a\ - of the time bucking- ice and
."hipwrecks, making actual running time
■ ui.v bu and a ha f day*5, a record that is
kk.’ly ti "laud b r -Ollie time to enfiie.
ihe Klondike had ."otiie trouble in re
’ • 1 ina the Herman's m-w. passengers and
i |o-mg several dog team.". The
11 »5i gold was t(,r, preen us jo ri-k
nd it \\ watch
in. n f r "i\ weeks and then freighted over
■ .i - ad
d. imual w- rk that w mld have been saved
he situation and
taken ui her to h b>. Speaking f« r
lie. elf. i wish to add that while all's weij
ft. 1 ! end" well. | do n.l c.ai’e to repeat the
■ p.e an- under any consideration.
In m- ~t case*5 of thi" kind ther i>
• !i: u g of a humor, us nature t h:i: er ■•;**.
i u-;-* were -eveca I a i my lc... s fr< mi
i rt <: !■. ■ ii .ab< i’ d the Merman. Wh u
\\ rd \ t t boat was s
and to ge! hand baggage on the upper deck,
ami ev• •!•;. !»• sly get there, to-p op.e of
I I'cie Sam'." ic-.ave boys was -e. n standing
I II lep of Hie pilot Ii1 11" e \\ Itll hi" -ll e
• h. lie;! VV V. -■ k- on Ills fort. . .;)t!e-s
and hatie~, wilii ; !;u sun ease m Ins
hand-sand;;! ns'id. of !i:m a big " arcT'ii'-Hi
fr in I 111;l• -1. both ready I-. make a ligilt
II - if. . ami ' f !. td!\ rattled that they
C aMd noi • • \\ l. Id ll 1 beii.-v. We we: .
III oll'v e!‘S in or tell I'e t of water.
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TERRITORIAL MINING LAW
TO BE DISAPPROVED
D legate Wiekorsham has introduced in
Alaska. The 1 ill provides for the creation
of a 1 j 1 ;d office in each of the four judicial
i,.-. with headquarters at Juneau. Yal
X• >:i.• and Fairbanks. A register and
nice, to rec< ive salaries of
Si.000 per year, are provided for.
Scrip h.cations are limited by being
barred from tide or shore lands, or upon
the bank:- of any navigable streams or
waters, or within one mile of such tide or
shore lands. Citizens who have used their
homestead rights in any other state or ter
ri’ory shall not be barred from exercising
their homestead rig!’.; in Alaska. Home
steads are to be surveyed by the govern
incur without expense to the homesteader;
sections 10 and 20 are to be reserved for
school sections: one section near Fairbanks
to bo reserved for the University of Fair
b.nks and governmental experiment sta
tion.
By the provisions of the bill.the mining
law passed by the Alaska legislature and
approved by the governor on April 13,
1013, is disapproved. It provides that no
association placer mining claim shall be
located in excess of forty acres; that dur
ing each year, including the year of loca
tion, and until a patent has been issued,
not less than $100 worth of labor shall be
i performed or improvements made for dc
; vclopment on each location. The owner* of
j claims or agents to make affidavit of rep
! resent at ion specifying the work performed.
Powers of attorney must be filed in the
| recorder’s office in the judicial division
where the location is made. Any person
may locate not more than two claims or
one association for any one principal or
association during any calendar month.
Section 16 provides that “no person shall
hereafter locate, cause or procure to be
located for himself, more than two placer
claims in any calendar month: provided,
that one or both of such locations may
be included in an association claim.” Vio
lation of this act renders the location of
the whole area null and void.
Choice fresh lamb, 35c lb.
Iditarod Meat Co.
We guarantee satisfaction.
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3 GHA3. E. MILLER, PROP.
Gold St., Flat City
Mr:. Swanson. Prop.
Dinirg Room Now Open
Nicely Furnished Rooms Barn for Horse: and Dogs Baths in Connection
JOE JEAN UNSUCCESSFUL
BUT WILL TRY AGAIN
.lop -lean returned Cram Canyon creek, j
on the lower Ku-k< kwim. on Sunday last |
He made the trip out 353 miles :n six ;
days. .Joe went to the district early in the j
year st ake ttti
story id a prospect, r who had panned out
§65 in four days. .Joe says that neither he
n r any of the others who joined in the 1
stampede were able to reach be dr - k on
their claims, on account of water, and that
none of them had seen so much as o color
lie believes there is going to be an early
break up. as he saw a wild duck on April
J. and a black boar was seen on the Ivus
• k. kwim on March 26 sure indications, says
Joe.
Mr. .lean i> preparing to return to Can
y< n creek, and will be accompanied by
William Me Grogan. and they will attempt
to reach bedrock this lime.
HRS. TIFFANY IS SANE,
IS VERDICT OF JURY
On a complaint signed by Deputy l mien
States Mar mi.'d Chari - Mr.-. Rosalind Tif
funy, a resident of Hat City, was tried be ;
fore Commi-.-ir.ner Albrecht and a jury of
six on a charge of insanity last Wedne-day
a? noon. The jury w:t composed of Will
iani Aeheson. Ray D. Clark. H. H. Porter,
Guy Geraghty. Henry (). Roden and C. Ik
Sim?. Deputy Marshal- Charles and Con
lin testified that in conversation.- they had
had with Mrs tiffany the woman was very
rambling and erratic in her statements,
but Dr. Moore stated that she was sane.
The case was then given to the jury, who
were in retirement for a very few minute-,
during which time they expeditiously
signed the payroll in triplicate in a very |
im-ines.-like manner, and also a verdict dis .
charging the woman. Mrs. Tiffany wa
in.mediately congratulated by her*attorney.
W. Fred Harrison, and although she 1
! thanked several of the jurymen for th ■
I verdict, it was not noticed tfiat -he handed |
j any of them a bunch of sweet peas.
■ SN0WSLIDE VICTIMS ARE
FORMER IDITAROD MEN
Cordova, March 3. Recent arrivals from
! Shushanna bring news of a tragedy which j
l took place on a tributary of the Shushanna
1 whereby two men lost their lives in a snow
i slide. The men were Charles Anderson
1 and Kenneth Whitehorn. The former was
! of Swedish parentage and had formerly
1 worked for the Yukon Cold Company, on
! Flat creek, Iditarod. He was 22 years old.
| Whitehorn was an Englishman. 32 years
old, and had formerly lived in Dawson, Idit
arod and Ruby.
The men left Shushanna on February 5
on a hunting and prospecting trip. They
passed Robert Agnew and a party' of four
others at the Russian Kid s cabin, and ex
pected to come back to that point to camp
for the night. When they’ failed to re
turn after several days Agnew and his com
panions started out to search for them,
fearing that some accident had happened.
Will feed dogs for $4 per month. Will
be ready for business about April 25.
For further information see Iditarod
Saloon.
| ED AVELNA
After going up the Shu-hanmt for :. - ■ ijt
• •ight mil 's they found of • u • mis-:rig
men’s dogs tied to a tree. Th** miu.al was
nearly starved.
Anderson and V hi: : . track- led up
Mo Name creek ami the • arching party f<>1
lowed the trail up a narrow draw. There
they found an flectric “bug” which the
hunters had u.-ed as a means of lighting
then* back to camp after 'lark. They ha-i
not procee-t-d much farther when the;. .. .a
a human foot protruding from the -:u>w.
The body we- rlug out ami was found t" be
that of Ander- n. The miners secured .-hov
f Is and soon located the body of Whiteh >rn.
They had ! . en cam;! it in tin.* narrow dr a \
by a snow lid - and carried io their death
The bodies were found on l ebruary __ l
snow.-lide took place on February 7.
Agnevv and his companions took the bo-,
ic-: Jr. the Russian Kiri’s cabin and n end
Dep.u v M: '-<hal Frank Hoffman, at Chi
- ,na, who 1 ft for the scene with the cor
ner.
THERE ARE CRITICS ELSEWHERE
If you di.-hke applause, get into the new
paper business, livery chair warmer and
n ii-■ ubscriber knows better than the edi
tor what is and is not bona fide news,
(d.rdova Alaskan.
D'SKAKET AND CRIPPLE CITY
Big Stocks, Standard Goods
Gasoline and Lubricating Oil
J Good Roadhouse m Connection
Best of Everything
Stanley Cafe
FLAT CITY
Open Dav and Night
CLEMONS & KOON
Portrait and View
Photographers
FLAT CITY
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SERVED AT
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DISCOVERY, OTTER
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