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All Aboard for Discovery
OUR BRANCH STORE AT DISCOVERY WILL BE OPENED
NEXT WEEK |
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HART, SCHAFFNER & MARX and CHESTERFIELD CLOTHES g
William Pringle, the autocrat of Iditarod’s
water works, has been confined to his bed
fur the past week with a severe attack ot
stomach trouble. He is reported convales
cent.
William Heitmann. an employe of the
Yukon Gold Company, received a telegram
from Oroville. Cal., last Thursday, an
nouncing the arrival of an eight-pound
daughter at his home in that city.
Dan McDonell and Angus McLennan, who
h: ve been mining in the Candle creek
country, near Takotna, during tlie past win
ter, arrived at Flat City lust Thursday
evening.
The old reliable Hotel de Dog. under the
management of W. L. (Pardi Leonard A
Co., situated about half a mile above the
city in the Iditarod river, was opened this
week for the reception of summer boarders.
During last summer there were as many as
12,5 dogs registered at this popular resort.
Commissioner Guy G. Geraghty heard
his first case last Wednesday afternoon,
when the action of Eddie Anderson vs. the
Pacific Cold Storage Company was before
the - court. The controversy was over a
deal made in butter last winter. The court
decided in favor of the defendant.
Captain V Grant Norton, Harry Yeager
and Ben Bromberg, who have been on
the trail from Seward, have been expected
to report daily at Discovery. Their many
friends hereabouts are beginning to show
considerable anxiety at their non-appear
ance.
Bob Griffis, who with his partner. Jim
Haley, left with the. last of the season’s
gold-output, consigned to the Wells Fargo
Express ...Company at Fort Gibbon, from
whence it was shipped Outside, returned
over the Seward traii on Monday last. Mr.
Griffis spent the winter visiting his old
Ansley's
Is the place to get
Clothing, Underwear, Sox,
Shoes, Hats, Caps, Cigars,
Tobaccos, Pipes, Snuff, Drugs
and Patent Medicines, Cosmetics
Rubber Goods, Photo Supplies.
Your Films Developed and
Pictures Made.
Ansieys
Iditarod
home m New ^ ork state. Jim Haley re-j
turned with him as fur as Takotna. whence j
he departed for Dishkaket.
EARLY BREAK-UP PROMISED
BY MILD SPRING WEATHER
.
All signs print to nn early break-up, and i
it will not be surprising if the ice runs in j
the Iditarod river at ail earlier date this j
yt'i'.r than ev er before known, l'or the post i
several days warm southerly winds have J
prevailed, with some rain. The snow has |
practically disappeared from the lowlands ,
and hut little remains on the hillsides in :
this vicinity. The water has raised in the j
river almost to Hood stage, and the anchor J
ice is beginning to loosen. Should the mild I
weather continue it would appear that the j
break-up must soon take place. The record I
of temperatures for the past two weeks, J
taken at the Budweiser at ti a. m. each
dav, is as follows:
Tempera- State of !
Iia11■ lure Weather I
-.-line,lay. April :i . ...... ICloudy !
Similar. Anri! i. I ' i.iear
Alrndav. April :> ..... cloudy
Tm-sil.iv. April i Cloudy
w ilne-il 11 . VI I'll 7 PI 1 ''.inly
Thursilav. April S W Cloudy
fiT'lav. April e I cl
sain may April in P Cloudy,
MMi.lav. April l 1 ; cloudy
M.inil.-i'r. tin'll l-.P a i Cloudy i
Tu.-day. April I a ' lear
Wednesil iv. April I i 1 lear
Thursday. April 17, -.'7 Clear
1 rnl.ay . April 1 a. Hr* Cl- inly
DIGGS AND CAMINETTI
MUST SERVE SENTENCES
SAN FRANCISCO. March 31 The cir
cuit court of appeals has handed down its
decision in the Diggs and Caminetti cases.
It sustains the conviction of both men and
declares that no other verdict could be ar
rived at. The defendants will not. how
ever. give up the fight. It is likely that the
matter will be taken to the United States i
supreme court.
TOOK A CHANCE AND LOST
(Seward Gateway, March IS)
Mrs. T. A. Campbell and Miss R. A Mur
ray arrived.from Iditarod yesterday on the
way to the Outside, but they lost the boat
by a few minutes, although they had trav
eled since early morning to catch it.
The grand jury at Fairbanks recently re
turned "nil a true bill” against Martin
Gatelev. who was undei bond.- for assault
ing “Waterfront” Brown with a dangerous
weapon.
Mayor Ned M. Stanton hot-footed to Flat
and Discovery yesterday afternoon to at
tend to some legal affairs.
All patent medicines and sundries from
the Pioneer Drug Store stock for sale at ;
Outside prices at Dr. Moore's.
WANTED—Situation by first-class Japanese I
cook in mining or lumber camp, or on
steamboat. Address Jim Yamato, Pioneer
l office.
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Iditarod Dos Ranch
Rates $5.00 Per Month
W. L. LEONARD & CO. 1
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♦ Two Packages for 25 Cents ^
♦ Wool Blankets, Quilts, Comforters, Pillows, Sheets, Lace Curtains, ♦
♦ Portieres and Couch Covers. ♦
♦ Linoleums, Art Burlap and House Linings. * j
♦ Picks, Shovels, Sluice Forks, Mattocks, Brush Hooks, Peavies, Cant Hooks, Pike ♦ ;
X Poles. A complete assortment of Cooking Utensils and Silverware. £
X Harness and Harness Supplies. nDirrc noitrc ♦!
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MAN LOST ON SEWARD TRAIL
SAID TO BE MIKE SAUTILLO
Some weeks ago The Pioneer published
a rumor to the effect that a man had been
lost on the Seward-Iditarod trail, some
where in the vicinity of where men had
perished in previous winters. Diligent in
quiry failed to reveal anything definite
about the matter, or even the name of the
supposed victim. The Seward Gateway of
March IS brings the first news tending to
confirm the rumor. That paper says:
“Mike Sautillo is beliveed to have per
ished on the trail during a storm about the
9th of February, while on the way to Idit
arod from Seward. Captain U. G. Norton,
who arrived last evening in Seward, met
Sautillo near Anderson’s roadhouse. Sau
tillo went on to Richardson’s roadhouse
and left there again. He never turned up
at Vogler’s. and it is feared that he lost his
life between the two places north of Delzell i
creek, as a storm sprang up about the time (
he got to that point. Sautilol came out
from Nome last fall and was on his way ;
to that camp again. He was beating his
•vay at the roadhouses, or rather he was
“bumming” his way on the plea that he
was broke. He was refused lodging at some 1
of the roadhouses, as he had beaten his way
over the same trail before when he was be
lieved to have had several hundred dollars
in his possssion. At least, that is the reason
hv some of the roadhouse keepers refused
to give him shelter and food again. He has .
two children in Seattle, but they are fairly '
well grown up.”
PROHIBITION ORDER ISSUED
FOR PRiBiLOFF ISLANDS
WASHINGTON, March 27. -Secretary
Redtield of the department of commerce
has issued a prohibition order for the Pribi
lnff islands. No liquor will henceforth be
allowed on the islands, except for medical
purposes. The order probably is due to
United States troops under General Woods
who was sent by the department of com
merce to investigate conditions on the
Alaska coast last summer.
Fine Watch Repairing. Y".Uki” iTay‘
ARCTIC BROTHERHOOD
ELECTS NEW OFFICERS
JUNEAU, March 19. The Grand Camp
of the Arctic Brotherhood adjourned yes
terday, to meet in Juneau on the second
Tuesday in March, 1917. In the meantime
energetic action is to be taken to make the
organization stronger in every particular,
and a campaign for new membership will
be inaugurated at once.
Many of the new officers of the organ
ization are members of the legislature. John
T. Reed, who was elected Grand Arctic
Chief, was formerly a lawyer of Nome, and
was appointed clerk of the court by Judge
Jennings at Juneau last summer.
The revision of the constitution will be
left to a vote of the subordinate camps,
and an active effort will be made to recruit
new camps and new members all over
Alaska and Yukon.
Officers of the Grand Camp were elected
as follows:
John T. Reed, Arctic Chief ; C, C. George
?on, Vice Arctic Chief; W. B. Stout, chap
lain; D. Smith Harris, recorder; If. H.
Post, keeper of nuggets; M. J. Svendseth,
camp cook; A. J. Atchiuson, trail guide; O.
P. Gaustad, trail blazer; Hugo Beyer, keeper
;nncr toll gate; J. J. Brennan, keeper outer
toll gate; trustees. Charles A. Sulzer of Sul
zer, B. F. Millard of Valdez, E. B. Collins
of Tanana, H. E. Englehart of Dawson, A.
G. Shoup of Sitka.
DEAD ON KOYUKUK TRAIL
In a wire received from Deputy Marshal
C. I.. Vawter of Tanana last night. Marshal
L. T. Erwin is informed that the body of a
man supposed to be Chris Bloc has been
found on the portage between the Koyukuk
mail trail and Red mountain. No par
ticulars concerning the death were contained
in the message, and it is inferred that Bloc
was frozen to death.
Neither Commissioner Dehn nor any of
the men from Tanana at present in town
know anything as to the identity of Bloc.
It is probable that Commissioner Dehn, on
his return to Tanana. will undertake the
arrangements for an inquest, should it be
determined that one be held. Tairbanks
News-Miner, March 15.
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The Home of Hart, Schaffner & Marx Clothes
Dog Bason, 15s.
Dog Ham, IDs.
Dog Butter, 10s.
C. R. PECK, FLAT CITY :7,
DOGS ATTACK YOUNG BOY
ON FAIRBANKS CREEK
The Fairbanks News-Miner of March 19
contains the following, which will be read
with interest by Iditarod people at this par
ticular time:
“Five-year-old Austin Gibbs. Jr., was at
tacked by two dogs this morning on Fair
banks creek and badly bitten, so much so
that he is now en route to the city for
proper medical attention. Nothing serious
is anticipated, but his wounds need dressing
and proper care as a precaution against the
usual dangers from animal bites.
“The little fellow lives on 9 below, Fair
banks creek, or about two miles and a half
below the store of Egan * Griffin. He
started over to a neighboring cabin this
morning some time between 8:30 and 9
o’clock, taking some papers to his friends,
Louis Larson and Gus Soderbloom. They
have two dogs which were loose, and they
immediately began playing around the boy,
with the result that their play became an
attack, and they began biting him. One
of his ears was bitten, his head and neck
received several bites, and in some way his
back was injured.
“His cries brought Soderbloom and Lar
son to the rescue. As it was seen that the
little fellow was bitten, arrangements were
made to send him to town, and with a five
dog team he was soon en route to Gilmore
station, there to catch the train. Soder
bloom and Austin Gibbs, Sr., are accom
nanying him to the city, and a physician
has been arranged for to take care of the
unfortunate boy as soon as the train gets in.
“The dogs are said by residents of F'air
banks creek to be halfbreeds, with some
malamute in their blood, and it is further
stated that they have been tied up as a rule
this winter. The attack is a most distressing
one for all concerned.”
BYERS’ CRUSADE ON DOGS
BRINGING GOOD RESULTS
The enforcement of the ordinance in re
| gard to dogs running at large, which was
j entrusted to Chief of Police Byers by the
| council, is already having its effect, and
| the number of animals to be seen on the
I streets has considerably diminished. As a
I consequence the daily mix-ups on First av
j enue. in whch soemtiines scores of mo ngrel
I dogs were engaged, endangering pedestrians
] and indicting damage on store windows,
j have been lacking. The improvement has
| been so marked as to arouse approving com
I ment from even the opponents of the en
I forcement of the ordinance, and there is
j little likelihood of a return to the old dis
j atreeable regime.
j ROVING RUFUS REPAINTED
} During the present week the fine gaso
I line boat Roving Rufus, owned and oper
I ated by Hank Weir, John Holmes, Ramps
I Peterson and Art Shonbeck, for hunting and
I fishing excursions, received among other
j improvements a rich coat of green paint.
I The owners of the craft are eagerly await
j ing the going out of the ice in order to
] enjoy a week’s hunting trip.
WHERE IS JOE HENRY.
Mrs. Dr. Breed, 1910 Cherry street, To
I leAk Ohio, has written to Postmaster Wile
making inquiry for her brother, Joe Henry,
I whom she has not heard from in a long
j time. He was last heard from at Iditarod.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Fontas of Otter crpek
! were visitors in the city on Wednesday
, last.
| Job Printing at Pioneer office.
i ITEMS OF NEWS CONCERNING I
IDITAROD PEOPLE OUTSIDE
A letter from Leo Clifford, well known ]
throughout the district from his connection
with The Pioneer, dated Seattle, March 16, j
gives the information that he is planning a I
motorcycle trip to the San Francisco fair.
He expects to return in time to take ad- ,
vantage of the opening of navigation on i
the Yukon and return to Iditarod by motor |
boat.
Other items contained in the letter which
will be of interest to Iditarod people are
as follows:
Miss Grant, former teacher of the Otter
creek school, is visiting the fair in San
Francisco.
Cal Moisant has bought 600 acres of land j
in Eastern Washington and is going to raise
wheat. He is contemplating the purchase
of a big caterpillar engine to do the work.
He says he is through with horses and is
going to do things the new way.
Frank Snyder was married a few months
ago at Port Townsend, and is now a street
car motorman in Seattle. His nephew,
Chester Brinker, who installed the gasoline
engines on the Otter creek dredge, was also
recently married.
J. J. Kelly recently left for Juneau, and
Frank Murphy went to Seward. Eddie
Hening is working as shipping clerk for the
Seattle Hardware Company.
Mr. Lowell, who was at one time in the
laundry business in Iditarod, is here, and
is planning to go North again. Eileen, his
little daughter, is living with some friends j
in the country.
SUMMER MAIL SERVICE
SCHEDULE IS ANNOUNCED
Postmaster Wile has received from Chief
Clerk Randles of the Yukon mail service
the summer schedule on the route from
| Holy Cross (or Kaltag' to Iditarod. The
first mail will leave Nulato during the week
of May 23 29. after the arrival of mail from
Tanana. ’■Mibsoijuent departures will he:
June 9. i(i. 23, 30; July 7, 14. 21. 2S;
fVugt'si. 4. 11. IS. 25; September H. 15.
22. 29.
June departures of tlie 9th, 10th and 23d j
can be made from Kaltag, when connection '
•can b made with carrier from Tanana.!
pubsequeni departures will be made from
Holy Cross, taking mail from both down
river and up-river steamers at Holy Cross.
Arrangements will be made to handle all
second-class mail on barge at Holy Cross,
j Contractor can hold departures to make
j close connections with steamers, provided
I the four trips per month are made.
The route will be in charge of Charles I).
! Wolf, administrator of the estate of Janies
I Aitchison, the deceased contractor.
A REPUTATION ACHIEVED
AND ANOTHER SHATTERED
A story comes from Flat City which
illustrates the ease with which a reputation
j in certain lines is sometimes acquired, and
i also how easily such a reputation may be
lost.
Bill Mitchell, who is looking after the
I Clerk Lumber Company’s interests at the
I creek metropolis, has been having trouble
with the combination of a safe. Regularly
I for two weeks lie religiously put in two
1 hours each day in an attempt to open
| the repository of valuables, and just as reg
1 ularly he failed. Finally he came to the
1 conclusion that an expert was needed on
; the job. Charley Denton had achieved fame
j for the ease with which he had conquered
; a recalcitrant combination on an Iditarod
safe, and his well-known skill as a mechanic
immediately suggested him as the proper
I man for the job. Charley repaired to Flat
| and spent many laborious hours over the
I combination, but without success, and the
I safe was still unconquered. Then Charley
•issued the dictum that dynamite was the
| only thing which would effect an entrance
I to that safe.
A few days later Fred Harrison happened
j to drop into Mitchell's office and the sub
ject of the safe was brought up. Fred sug
gested that he might be able to open it and
asked for the combination, which Mitchell
had carefully written out. After studying
the document a few moments, Harrison
made a few deft passes with the safe coni
bination, and the door yielded.
Mitchell, of course, was astounded, and
asked for the secret. But having closed the
safe again, not until Mitchell agreed to “set
;ip” the cigars would the wily lawyer de
liver it up and again open the safe.
Fred is given due credit for knowing a j
lot about saf? combinations, but he is hav- !
ing a hard time explaining to his friends j
how he acquired his skill in that direction, j
There is a reason why we give Osteopathy i
Massages with Electric Vibration. It is a
system of treatment based on the theory
that diseases are chiefly due to deranged
mechanism of the bone, nerves, blood ves
sels and other tissues, and can be remedied
by manipulation of these parts. It is a
scientific treatment of the human anatomy,
and according to established facts of con- j
struction and functional activity. It brings |
about that circulation of the blood which j
will drive from the body all the waste ma- '
terial whose retention will make poor
health.
THE CROSBY MASSAGE AND BATH
PARLORS
The Home of the Twentieth Century Turk
ish Bath
COUNT WITTE DEAD
!
PETROGEAD, March 13.—Count Sergiu?
Witte died here today at the age of 60.
He was chief minister of the czar for many
years, and considered one of the most emi
nent statesmen of his generatoin. He repre
sented Russia in the peace ngotiations with
Japan which resulted in the treaty of Ports
mouth.
Fresh Olympia Oysters, for cocktail', $2
can. Iditarod Meat Co.
I KING SOLOMON
1] The great philosopher’s maxim that "Jhere vras a time for everything.” There
P is a time for laughing, time for crying (the latter we are doing now), etc., etc. In
0 accordance with the change of the seasons, NOW is the time for HATS. The op
H portunity affording itself with our chronicled POSITIVE CLOSING-OUT SALE.
|| We have unsheathed our sword for war and slaughter, without fear or favor,
|| consideration or mercy, upon our entire unexcelled large stock of HATS, consisting
w of all STYLES, DESIGNS, SHAPES and COLORS, manufactured by JOHN B.
fe STETSON and other RELIABLES. We positively will not move nor freight out
H of here any Rart of one HAT, if the prices we now set on them will at all persuade
H you to discard your old one and supplant a new HAT instead
The reason of our dispensing with the ancient method of quoting cut prices in
H print is because of the uncomplimentary comments of the bilious pessimist and
|| doubting Thomas, questioning the sincerity and veracity of the advertiser and ad
■ vertiseemnt. But we mean to show you upon CALL AT EITHER OF OUR
§ STORES, knowing well you are from Missouri.
Our policy always was and will be to the very end of our CLOSING-OUT
SALE, “frankly spoken," when offering our wares through the space of this journal,
and live up to every rudiment of cur offers and representations.
WE HAVE TELEPHONE SERVICE IN BOTH STORES
Let us know your wants, and the order; will be attended to promptly.
SBayles Clothing Co.
IDITAROD DISCOVERY, OTTER
OPHIR PIONEERS TO ORGANIZE
(Ruby Rfcuid Citizen. March -7 1
When Ctrl Carlsen left Ruby last week
on his return to Ophir with a load of ,
“shorts,” he carried with him a dispense.- |
tion authorizing him to organize an igloo '
of the Pioneers of Alaska in the innoko j
camp.
Mr. Carlsen is a member of Igloo No. 5. !
Ruby. At the meeting in this place March
15 h<- made it known that a large number
of pioneers ai Ophir wpre desirous of or- I
ganizing, so the officers of No. 5 comm uni
cated by wir * with Grand President Frank
A. Aldrich, who is a member of the tern- i
torial senate at Juneau. President Aldrich |
promptly wired Mr. Carlsen the necessary
authority to proceed with the work cf in- |
stituting an igloo at Ophir.
Mr. Carlsen is of the opinion that about •
a hundred members will be enrolled in the 1
new igloo. He proposed to complete the i
• >rganization as soon as possible.
Job Printing at Pioneer office.
Notice of Forfeiture
fit Robert Malhson:
You an- herein notified that the under
signed has expended in labor and improve- i
merits the siimi or one hundred dollars
isiiio roe (be year of 10 1 S upon the J
Hold Run Hroup placer mining claim, situ
ated « n Little creek, a tributary of Hanes :
creek, in Innoko mining and reconlinii di»- |
trif*t. district of Alaska. Notice of loeatioii .
recorded in Yol. I". Page «n», Innoko Min
ing Records.
'ion are furl her nolilled (hat if al I lie |
expiration <f ninety i ‘.Ml day- after the.
!a-t publication of this notic. you fail or !
n*rti.se to contribute your proportion of j
such expeiidiilire, your interest in said'
claim will become the property of the un
dersigned. your co-owner, under Section !
oa J-i or the R< vised Statutes of the United
States.
RilMKRT KVAN>. Uo-owner.
hate or ilrst publication, \pril 17. 1915.1
hate of last publication, Julx 17. 1915. l
MANUEL GULARTE
AGAIN AT HOME
Manuel Gularle returned to Iditarod last
Sunday afternoon from his visit to the
Outside. He left here last fall on one of
the last boats, ;.nd has been traveling a
greater part of the time since he departed.
After visiting relatives in Massachusetts for
v brief period he took passage f<»r the
Azores islands and enjoyed a month's visit
there with his parents, whom he had not
seen for nearly twenty-eight years. On his
journey back to Alaska Mr. Gularte was ac
companied by his little nephew. Tony Grace,
a bright youngster of about 9 years, who
made the trip over the Seward trail like
an old-timer. Tony will make his home
with Mr. and Mrs. Gularte in this city.
BUILDING NEW GAS BOAT
FOR TRAFFIC ON RIVER
On the water front at the Clark sawmill
Frank Larson and Bert Thorsen are con
structing a new boat which they will oper
ates between this place and Dikeman. The
new craft is -ixty feet long and has a beam
of about ten feet, and will be propelled by
a powerful gasoline engine. It will be ready
for service by the opening of navigation.
Mrs. Guy E. Austin and her two pretty
little daughters. Frances and Katherine, de
parted from Iditarod for Otter creek last
Monday, wh^re they will make their home
for several months. Mr. Austin is employed
at that place by Riley & Marston as book
keeper.
PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT
The Emergency Hospital, at Flat, fully
equipped with doctor, instruments, bath, elec
tric apparatus, bakery, etc., under the man
agement of Mrs. N. S. Jacobsgaard, is open
to one and all requiring hospital service.
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