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IDITAROD, ALASKA
Capital, $50,000.00
General Banking Business Transacted Gold Bust Bought and Assayed
Grafts Issued on Any Part of the World
SEATTLE CORRESPONDENT. SCANDINAVIAN AMERICAN BANK
TERRITORIAL DEPOSITARY
OFFICERS:
CHARLES ROSS, President
JOHN HOLMES, Vice President
R. C. BUTTON, Cashier
FORFEITURE NOTICE
To Andrew lluino, Jacob Olson. < lias, llnlky,
J. A. l.itterel, \rlhur \ ah■ntine. W in.
JDitler. Clias. At Is*m. 1’. II. Stallonl,
Fd Keogh, K. Albright and (leo. \l
bl’tgbt. their heir>. administrators and
assign^.
You and ejdi. of yon are hereby notithd
that tlit* mule!.signed ami their assignors
have expended t' -!' labor and improvements
^lurinw 11 : t h* ytars l.11 J. i:M3. I’.Mi
and MM ■ tin* - nil of ..ne hundred dollars
? 10u.no » upon I*»-»•*»\«*i*y assoeialmn min
in? claim, miuated on Slate creek at tin*
lime or the iv,*,.riling of the location notice
or Tlit* claim known as Henry creek . a trib
uia; \ ol‘ <Uter cerk, in otter recording:
pret ..ict. territory of Ua-ka. m order to
Jiohl said cirim under Hn pr*.visit us of
Jaw r< ■ peel .!;r the per!‘o; iiiancc of annual
labor on milling elanns.
A ml ir xxaluu ninety days after the pub
loan -n 11 c> notice you or cither of \ on
fail i r nMU'e to pay \ our portion of Mich
e.vpeudi!ui>■. your interest m said claim
will b*'i •me the properly of the umne
Mgned co owners, according to the provi
sions of s* c. -jR.'i. Ileviscd Statutes of the
l mted Stales.
J. F. HI l.FY.
H. s. Me Ml FI. W.
I. OTTIF H. MAHSToA.
first publication. September l>. HMc
l ast publication. December U, 1'Jto.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE
1 o > has Heim and \. Pierce, and to their
hr-;is and aligns:
You end each ol' von are hereby nidified
that 1 have expended for labor and mi
pmx. ments during .aril of t u* year- 19 13.
1914 and 1915 tin- -uni o!' on.* hundred
dollars upon the Heady Money placer min
ing claim, situate on Maverick creek, a
tributary 1 t' Marvel creek, in the ku-ko
kxviru recording district, territory of Ala.-ka,
in order to hold said claim tind**r the pro
vision- or law re.-pectmg annual labor oil
mining clam:.-.
And if within ninety days art r the pub
lication of this notice you or either of you
fall or ’-efu.-o to pay your port: »n . f such
expenditure your interest in said claim will
become tl:e property of tile undersigned co
owner. .-ovor-dma* to the provi-u ns of S**c.
939i. H* \ i.->*d Statutes of the United
Slav-. l.t Till it < . HESS.
Fairbanks. Alaska.
Firs? pubHcatlon. July 99. I 119.
l ast pub rat ion, oct. 98. 191'..
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE
I'.. H. Siebe and F. \Y. Fabell.*. and to their
heir.- and assigns:
A u .and each r y *•: rre h *reby n*.Idled
that I have 1 vended f<>r labor and un
pi-ovements during o h **f the years 1913.
1914 and 19 15 the .-mu of one hundred
d.-Mars u:> m tie* War Fagle pl io-r mining
ela-o . situate on the I. ft limit of Eagle
. -:*ok. h tributary or tie* Salmon nvi*r. in
tie* k- -kokv.im re-’orclinv d.strict, t« i*rit »ry
i f Alaska m i.•rd-*r to h■••1,1 .-aid ciaiin under
;h»* pr vi-ions of law respecting annual la
1 r on mining claim-.
And if v.id.iin mie ty days aftor the pub -
lieati. n • f tin- uTiv you or either of you
fail or refuse to pay y. wr portion *>f >m-ii
expendltur«*. your in!«*n--d in saiil claim
will become 'He.- pr. :\ < f the under
signed co-own. r. a •■•••rdmg to the provi
sions of Sc-. 93 9 1. Hex -ed Statute- of tile
l idled State-. 1.1 f HER V IIKSV
Fairbank-. Alaska.
First publuatmn. July 99. I91<',.
Last publication, uct. 98. 19 19.
UNSEASONABLE WEATHER
MAY INTERFERE WITH MAI
After being without mail service for se
oral weeks, the people of this district nu
be deprived of that luxury for a longi
period than usual this year unless thei
should be a sudden change in weather cm
(litions.
The winter mail service via ike Sew n
trail takes effect on November 1. But b
cause of the mild weather the .-I reams ai:
1; kes and swamps are still free from ie
and there is practically no trail. Ii is ;her
fore unlikely that the service will con
mence on the first of the month, lie?
Wednesday. It is probable that simih
trail conditions prevail at tlie Knik end <
the route, and that there may be a del i
in the dispatch of the mad for the lutcrio
The winter mail service is a weekly on
and a time limit of twenty-six days is a
lowed for the trip. Henry Martella wi
make the run from this city to Ophir an
beyond, to be met by Tom Boyd, who ca
ries it to a point beyond the Kuskokwin
Dots will be used at this end of the rout
this year instead <f horses, as formerly.
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Fresh Olympia and Eastern Oyster:
•Sl.oO per can. Iditarod Meat Co.
NOTICE OF ELECTION
.Notice hereby driven that on Tuesday
.November 7. i *) lin the city tire hall, wit
be held an election for the purpose o
electing- a delegate to congress. t**n‘itnria
attorney general. one senator and four rep
i esentad ves t< th< Vle^ka legas la tin
llie i «•urHi di\ ision.
Ail citizens of the I nited Slates ei year
of ;:ge i o' it. who a:•< actual and !)• n:
i!; i p - nleiits of Alaska, and who have Lie;*!
such ivsid. nt- continuously during- the in
!.! y. ;ir imrnedia !el\ preceding the dec
i . n. and have been s. h r« -1 • I«•;iie.»nti:iu
u i-ly for thirty day-, next pivee.hnr th«
« 'e • ip111 m tie* incorporated limits of Mil
ar i. shall lie qualit:* ! to vote.
l <>\v \ ur : i i'TM1. 'p. M \-k \.
ml N P. i ii.il A(i 11T Y. (derk.
October u, !0 10.
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RESTAURANT AND BAKERY
PETE MICHAELS, Prop.
Front St.. Flat, Opp. McMahon’s
NOW OPEN FOR BUSINESS
Day and SMight
Fresh Pies, Cakes and Pastries Always
on Hand
HARRY DONNELLEY
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
DISCOVERY. OTTER
IDITAROD FLAT
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Has for every man one Logging Shirt, one Heavy Rough Neck
Sweater Coat, Mackinaw Clothing, and a Full Line of Furnishings,
AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES
THE BEST OF EVERYTHING ALL THE TIME
MERCHANTS' CAFE
vatmam GOOD MEALS
SHORT ORDERS
FIRST AVE. OPEN DAY AND NIGHT ® ^0QT ^Tn g
-Prop. |
Fresh IV!eats
Second St. 10ITAROD SI EAT OOd Phone 15
Get“MoreMoney” for your Foxes
Black, Silver, Cross, Red, White and Biue, Lynx,
Bear, Marten and other Fur hearers collected in yoor section
SHIP YOUR FURS DIRECT to “SHUBERT’’the largest
house in the World dealing exclusively in NORTH AMERICAN RA A FoKS
a reliable—responsible-safe Fur House with an unblemished ep
utation existing for "more than a third of a century, y
c-essful record of sending Fur Shippers prompt.S A j ..
AND PROFITABLE returns. Write for
the only reliable, accurate market report and pricelist puDiisnea.
Write Sor it—NOW—it’s FREE
A. B. SHU3ERT, Inc.
REPUTED NATIVE WIFE
OF NOTED ALASKAN WRITER
The Fairbanks Citizen of September 25
has (he following story, which, whether true
! or not, will interest : 11 Alaskans because
i Rex Beach anil his writings are so well
I known throughout the territory:
“She is the victim of the ways of the
; white people, she suys, when talking ab >ut
! her troubles. She is a drunkard and knows
i it; is guillv of the crime for which she is
being j uni -he*!, according to Iter staleincni,
I but she lays it nil at the white man’s door,
-aying that white man's ‘hootch’ has been
her dnwnf: 11 She is an Indian woman
named. Annie Lyons, and is serving a term
! for vagrancy in the federal jail here, hav
| ing been committed from Tanana. Bui the
i most interesting part of her story is that
she claims to have ('nee been the wife of
Rex Beach, the now world-famous novels '
“And that is this Indian woman’s cl: :m
to notoriety. For she has learned that the
man with whom she lived as a wife in the
early days of Rampart has now become fain
ous, and she has also learned that on ac
count of his fame she, too, is a famous
character to the tourists who now visit
Alaska annually. It has therefore been her
custom during the past two years to pose
for snapshots taken by curiosiiy-seekiu'.r
summer visitors to Interior Alaska at four
bits each.
“In this manner the woman has eked
out a living at Tannna during the summer
months for the past two years. M e de
"pends altogether on somebody d-e to take
care of her during the winter, car.ng not
.for the coming of the cold days, as di
spends her summer's earnings to gratify her
appetite for liquor, undoubtedly furnished
by some unscrupulous white man.
“Last winter she was convicted of va
grancy at Tanana and sent here to serve
out her term. In this manner she was kept
throughout the winter, and was also pro
vented from getting liquor. This year the
sentence imposed was 125 days. The former
reputed wife of Rex Beach is therefore prac
tically certain that she will not want this
winter, although she hates the thought of
languishing in jail, and in her more pen
give moments blames the white man anti
association with him for all her troubles.
“There is but little doubt but that the
woman's story that she formerly lived with
Rex Be: ch is true. 1 or it is corroborated
bv residents of various lower river points
who have known her for years."'
REMOVING CHENA HOUSES
TO NEW TOWN OF NENANA
If yen haven’t visited Chena recently it
will be worth your while to make ihe trip
just to see Chena as she is now -o dif
ferent from any Chena you ever .-aw. says
the Fairbanks News Miner.
Since the early days Chena has been t!v
biggest town for her size in the North.
Some of the best buildings of the N■•nh
were there, and there was a half mile of
good frame buildings of one or two stories
n her main *treet, most of which had be
■ome vac: lit as the population decreased
Now the h’.u) imgs of Chena have foihwe:!
he pennhiti a., and are not. The vacant
building* which could be bought have been
bought and have been nr are being torn
doe n f.-r shipment to Nenan.i. where b o.i 1
ii.sr? and building materi:! are in demand.
They are tearing down and shipping im
mense log buildings anything that i- for
ie :o'd which can again be created into a
habit ai de buil ling.
Martin liairais. the father f Chena, who
furnished the material or the money to
bril l almost all of Chena, i- now engaged
• n supfrintending the destruction of the
budd-ng* he was instrument:! in some way
in constructing. Every lime he tear* oil
a board of Chena he feels a- if he was com
mitting an indignity upon :.n cl i friend, but
times change and population moves on and
on, and there is money in supplying a
demand, so Martin keeps right on with
the work, and let* Chena go at that.
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WEATHER CONTINUES MILD
WITH NO SIGN GF FREEZE-UP
The remarkably mild weather which has
prevailed in this section of Alaska -a, far
this season has been the theme of wide
spread comment and comparison v ith pre
vious years. Within the memory of the
rc.-idents of the Iditarod district, it i~ gen
et ally agreed, there has been no seven
which could compare with it with the ex
ception of 1911. In that year the Yukon
was closed by the ice at Kaltag on Novem
ber 11. The Iditarod was passable for
launches as late as October 23, when Earl
Byers, with a party of passengers for the
Outside, left fer hi. Michael. It was re
ported at that time that the records at
Ru.-sian Mission, on the lower 5 ukon.
showed that this trip was the latest to be
successfully completed in the sixty-five years
of the mission’s existence. The party ar
rived at St. Michael on October 28.
The milling season has been a lengthy
one, but several of the operators were not
able to take advantage to the fullest extent
of the weather conditions because of the
fact that they had not made preparations
for continuing work to such a late period,
and in some instances were out of fuel for
boilers. The Up-Grade, which renewed op
erations on Friday of last week, was com
pelled to close down again before driven
out by the frost. The only mining being
done in the district now is that of the
three dredges.
During the past week a light fall of snow
has fallen, and the ground is white for the
first time this fall. The thermometer has
registereil but a few degrees below the
freezing point. On Wednesday last slush
ice was running in the Iditarod river, but
it was light, and there was no indication of
an early freeze-up.
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PRECINCT ELECTION OFFICERS
Under an order entered by Commissioner
Geraghty on October 3, the following will
| act as election officers in the various vot
ing precincts of Otter precinct outside of
Iditarod:
Discovery—Harry' Donnelley, J. G. Riv
ers, Tom Ward.
Flat—Thomas McMahon, H. R. Moore,
Charles Jackson.
Dikeman—James E. Fullerton, John H.
Scott. William T. Vanderpool.
Valley—William Pringle, Albert Jones,
William Williams.
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Fresh Olympia and Eastern Oysters, $1.50
per can. Iditarod Meat Co.
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Job Printing at The Pioneer office.
A VICARIOUS COMPLAINT
I
Iditarod, October 1G, 1916.
Editor Iditarod Pioneer:
Dear Sir: I have just read your rather
amusing article regarding aerial mail. The
idea that the government might use force
to compel me to carry out a contract with
the postal department no doubt originated
in the office of The Pioneer. I have not
now and never have had such a contract.
The but tendered by me last spring was a
j tentative one. and was incomplete in that
| it was not accompanied by a bond. I wrote
1 to the second assistant postmaster general
i telling him that in my opinion no contractor
! could meet the specifications of the depart
I .ment and suggested that certain changes be
made hi the proposals. I also tt Id him tint
if these changes were made the necessary
bonds world he furnished. One of the
changes asked was that the service start
during the summer of 1917. I have heard
nothing from Washington since I have
recently received letters from two firms of
aeroplane manufacturers with whom I cor
lespcnd, staling that the department had
rejected all bids for service on the Allantic
roast and also my bid for Alaskan service.
It seems to be the policy of your paper
to ridicule the idea of aerial mail service. I
am not certain whether you are doing this
because of lack of faith in me or because
you think the scheme impractical. If for
• he first reason, it is a short-sighted policy,
because the aeroplane will shortly be used
i extensively for cross-country Alaskan trail -
I pert alion whether I am fortunate enough
| to be identified with its introduction or not.
I If for the second reason you are certain to
I find yourself a prophet without honor and
; are apt to find yourself in the same predica
i ment as was the titled Englishman who
j agreed to eat a stewed car wheel on the
i day a steam locomotive attained a speed
| 1.1 ma unit's jit'i iiui*I :
| Although the aeroplane is an American
| invention, the United Ctates is the most
j backward country in its development and
| use. We regard Russia as a semi-barbai
| (Mis country, yet she maintains an aerial
j mail service over parts of her territory
| where conditions of climate and terrene are
very similar to conditions here. I have nu
| men mis letters from seven prominent aero
; : lane manufacturers in this country, and no
me of them thinks that any serious ob
! stccle will be met in cros« country Alaskan
I flights. These Utters were not written for
i the purpose of selling machines, as each of
| them states that the entire output of his
| plant for 191G is sold to the warring na
! tkmis. The « unions demand created by
| the v.: r for aeroplanes is alone responsible
, for the lack of intere-t shown in the gov
I erhmonCs attempt to establish aerial mail
-crvice in A! ka. The close of the war
will rel ase thousands of trained aviator
i ami will force several large makers of ma
; chines to seek new markets or quit. Alaska,
f r < bvious re;: -ons. presents the most prom
ising fie'd in the w( rid for the peaceful use
j of tbe ;o-r * 1 me, and will not be I n:
; neglected after the close of the war. I. i
my : mbiti: n to be first in the field.
1 h;-ve a great deal of literature on the
object- Utters from Wright. (Tirli-.
]h,:;na< and other well known authoritUs.
I :bo have conies of my correspondence
with the p t:l department. If you wish
'o v. n ore on tin su d you mnv
have these papers. Had veu asked for this
data before you would not have published
the article I have just read.
In conclusion I wish to state that my a ;
• ciafes and I have not abandoned this
project, and that we hope to bring a ma
chin* to Iditarod next summer.
Yours very truly, EARL BYERS.
I The above letter was called forth by the
pearancp in our i sue of October Id of
an artieU headed “They May ('impel Him.
;o Take That Contract,” being a reproduc- !
lion of a Wa hington dispatch in which a j
New York c< ngressinan was quoted as dis- !
cubing a bid from Earl Byers for aerial j
mail delivery as though it had been ac- •
cepted, and stating that the first delivery ;
would b° announced soon. The introduc- I
ni ni i'.; me ih nr in »> c. ■ ci' iirii'-vv'.
V hi!- Hi" pci pie i r idijjft->'d have heard
iv.livinv r!ir• 11« '■ in I'ca-iirt! to Die aerial mail i
!i!ra I 1 winch I tri I’.yers was the i :H\
Milder, and which was supposed to have
hern di'i pped. it scorns lin t they are still 1
talking' ,•’.hullI 11 in Washington, and if tin
IP:! l mao d esn’t lake care he may have j
a contract thrust up n turn willy-nilly.
It would take an extraordinary stretch of !
imagination to find anything offensive to |
even the keenest susceptibilities in the rrti- i
cle just quoted. The writer himself says 1
it was “rather amusing,” which proves that j
it fulfilled its mission. It seems rather j
childish to seriously discuss “the use of ‘
force” to compel the carrying out of a con- 1
tract such as that under discusskn. and The 1
Pioneer pleads guilty to having originated
[he idea, as suggested by the writer. We
sincerely hope (hat we may not be compelled
to resort to the use of diagrams to aceom
nany stuff written in a lighter vein, as a
newspaper, like an individual, should not bo
expected to be always serious.
We are compelled to strongly resent the
charge that it is the policy of this news
paper to “ridicule the idea of aerial mail
service.” And the doubt expressed as to
whether this is being done “because of lack
of faiih in me or because you think the
scheme is impractical” is begging the ques
tion. The Pioneer’s faith or lack of faith in
Earl Byers never has been a factor in color
ing anything printed by it relative to the
proposed aerial mail service. As to our
honor as a prophet, surely the gift of
prophecy is not needed to predict that what
can be done in the way of aerial naviga
tion in other countries can also be done in
Alaska. The information vouchsafed in the
letter relative to the possibilities of the
aeroplane is interesting, but it is not news.
Every newspaper reader is acquainted with
| the situation with reference to the demand
for the machines and the outlook for the
i future. If Mr. Byers or any other person
has anything new in the way of literature
on the subject which would be of public
interest we will be glad to use it, just as
was intimated to him personally when the
aerial mail service first came under dis
cussion. We had no knowledge of his pos
session of valuable data on the subject; but
we assure him that had we known of it
it could not possibly have had any bearing
on the publication of the article in ques
tion.
Now the fact of the matter is that no
word of ridicule of the proposed aerial serv
ice ever has appeared in these columns. On
the contrary, we have printed whatever we
could get hold of that was of public interest,
j and earnestly hoped for the introduction of
I such a service, which would be a tremen
dous boon to the country. Not only this,
j but when influential and able men, just re
! turned from the Outside last spring, pro
i nounced the scheme of an aerial mail serv
iee between Sewi.rd and Iditarod imprac
tical, from a financial standpoint, we re
frained from mention of it because we did
not wish to throw cold water on the enter
prise, especially as the local men figuring
on the service probably were as well ac
quainted with these views as was The
Pioneer.
The letter signed by Mr. Byers seems just
a trifle more ill-natured than the occasion
| would appear to justify, and, if we may la
permitted to say so, gives out the ini)ires
sion of having been written by someone rl-.
who borrowed his name. This is borne nut
to some extent by certain little idiosyncrasie
of spelling of which Mr. Byers probably
would not be guilty, and which have a
somewhat familiar ring. Indeed, the letter
gives one the impression of being a round
about method of picking a quarrel.
It may be stated that The Pioneer will
continue its policy of printing rehub'e news,
whether it relate to aeroplane service, min
ing matters or other news of public inter
est; and when it is thought advisable to
give publicity to mere rumor it will be
| designated as such. Rumor never iv'd! be
! designated as news without proper veriflea
'■ t ion.
The Pioneer is sincerely pleased to know
that Mr. Byers and his “associates” have
' not abandoned the aerial mail project, and
wishes them every success. We also join
in the hope lhat they will “bring a machine I
to Iditarod next summer," and suggest that
the honor of making the initial flights be
conferred on the writer of the above letter.
Ed.l
DAN HARTNETT
Has taken over the water anti garbage busi
ness of Mr. Pete Michels of I hit City. Any
one wishing any kind of work dan0, leave ;
orders at John Bagoy’s { lace of business, :
Fr< nt street, or hi* residence on G: Id street, i
*
Garrison Costar of the Yukon G 1 i C:»:n
I pany v.as a visitor in the city on Saturday
I and Sunday last.
OPEN DAY'_AND NIGHT
FLAT CITY HOHBACK & DURAND i
Bet. the Grand and Bagoy's Bars
THE BEST ALL THE TIME j
WE ARE HERE TO STAY
BFST MOTORS AND CIGARS
Three-Times-Mova Bar I
(Formerly the Stanley House)
JOHNBAGOY, PROP.
GOOD ROOMS CLEAN BEDS
! FLAT CLTY_
FINE WATCH REPAIRING
NUGGET JEWELRY TO ORDER
J. L. SALE, Flat City
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Profeiswioi la I
Michigan, 1881 Alaska, 1 e 1C
Kentucky, 1881
George Woodruff Albrecwt
COUNSELOR AND LAWYER
IDITAftOD, ALASKA
The Pioneer Attorney of Idltarod
E. M. STANTON
Attorney at Lav/
)flice: Corner Willow and Second St*.
Iditmod* Pioneer Building
CHAS. E. TAYLOR
rney at Law
BANK BLOCK
Fir;t Avenue Iditarod
DR. FWiOCRE
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Office: Fiat City Hospital, Flat City
Consultation Hours in Forenoons and i y
Appointment
FLAT DRUG STORE
Best of Everything
ALL Tin: TIMK AT THK
K Iv A r CIT V
Open Dav and Might
TACARDS
ri short noii.p, at iditarmi Pionepr ollhv
lig Slocks of Fresh Goods
Everything for the Mirer and
F respecter
Os ssi! tain TRADER
tcros at Cripple City anti Mouth of Tolstoi
Mutch ler Bros.
GENERAL
FREIGHTERS
DAILY AUTO-CAR SERVICE
a. m. p. m.
.eaves Flat 8:00 2:00
.caves Iditarod 19:30 4 .)
g-YEAR-OLD GiESON RYE
JUAN DE FUCA and
FLAT CITY MARC ANTONY CIGARS
Gold St., Flat City
IP' S^jj
§ H Mrs. Geo. Mutchler, Prop.
Nicely Furnished Rooms Barn for Horses and Dogs Baths in Connection
HURST CIOMR STORE
PIPES AND TOBACCOS
Westover—Wholesale Victor Phonograph Needles for Sale
Nice, Fresh Chocolates, Nuts, Candies and Fruits
POOL BARBER SHOP
J. M. NELSONf Prop. HURST BROS.
The Lang Stove, born in Alaska.
Is the Stove for Alaskans.
Body made of Armco Rust-Resist
ing Iron.
Polished Cooking Surface.
Will hold fire overnight with wood
or coal.
: Will burn green wood.
Ask your dealer for a Lang Stove.
If he cannot supply you write us.
Our line is complete from the
smallest camp stove to the larg
est hotel range.
Any sourdough will tell you about tha
Lang- Stove, They ail know it.
i F. S. LANG MFG. CO
SEATTLE. WN.
NICELY FURNISHED RCOSV3S BY DAY OR WEEK
Warm, Clean Well \ entilattd
OPEN DAY AND NIGHT
massage 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 b.v Gas Heated by Steam