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New Gold Sea! GUSV1 BOOTS
FRESH STOCK JUST ARRIVED
Piice, cither at Otter or Iditarod . .
Cold Seal Rubber Pacs. while they last, per pair, $3.00.
Suits. SI2.50 to $35.00. “Hats just arrived.”
ASK THE MAN INSIDE FOR PRICES
H. Bobs, Leading Clothier
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ARCHDEACON STUCK TELLS
OF CONDITIONS IN ALASKA
In an interview in the S attic Post-intcllo
i:o r « ..rly i:i June. Archdeacon Stuck is
quoted a- follows :
The now government railroad will with
out doth'i .be of great honedt to Alaska,
but to my mind the money woiil I have
been better spent if it had gone i"r good
roads ami trails. It i n-r getting into
Alaska w. it e..<m r.e-s:. hut di w ri>i ting
: lit s after th.°ir arrival Take the town
P
>4ti a ton to put In-ight into Ruby men
Let Us Develop
Your Films
A new line of Films and Kodak
Supplies just received.
Postcards of the Fourth of July
Events will he on sale Monday.
Colognes and Toilet Articles,
Sulphurrc and other Medicines just
received.
Phone 4—I!—44
sDiTAROD, ALASKA
[ Si at tie. but it costs about $100 a ton to
put fn-ight from Ruby into the diggings,
thirty miles away. This gives my point
that, more than anything else, good roa N.
up >n which to distribute freight, are needed,
f..i* we have the finest system of waterways
in America to use as trunk lines for travel."
; Archdeacon Stuck, however, believes that
t! building of a railroad will prove the
real need of wagon roads.
NATIVE SCHOOL DIRECTOR
CAUSES DISSATISFACTION
The citizens of Afognak are very indie
nant because «>f the - h-eiion as director of
the school board of Peter Ci.erhem ff. a na
live who call neither read imr write, while
; the citizens of the upper cru.-i in the west
ward town tried to elect a white man. but
were utvoted by the natives, ruled by the
Russian priest. Such is the m ry broum.i
io the Valdez Miner by W 1 Thompson
of Afognak. who passed 11 r -m... \ aldez
, recently.
The citizen-, t rather tie -e of me v.diite
! who w- r • interested in the light, were ready
t > spend a little hard-earned coin in an
etn r: r> have the court oust the native,
but so far no action has been taken by
them to bring the matter officially c* the
alti.'ition of the c art in a .-mt to throw
the riali\ e out of hi> office. It is claimed
a n:d:\o D j,.,t ci.izen. ami therefore can
not hold office.
It is also stated that in all the westward
towns a like condition exists, the little
scIum 1 elections appearing to the people in
these small i laces as matters of life and
d. aih. and great interest is tak.-n in them,
with the consequent bad blood between the
1 successful and defeated faction;.
DR. MOORE HAS FINE
NEW STOCK OF DRUGS
Dr. Moore of Flat City wishes to an
n mew that he has just received and now
. has on sale at his new drug store a fine
and fresh stock of drugs, choice Toilet art;
.! high-cl is- perfumes, and a good and
serviceable assortment of rubber goods.
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As c-.sment Work Blanks at Pmnecr.
RAFV1PS PETERSON
, BUNTING
Everything for Fourth of July
Decorations
SMITH’S GUN STORE,
IDITAROD. ALASKA
FINAL REPORT OF
FINANCE
The following figures show what «Iisj»(.».-.
lion was made of the funds in the hands i
of the finance committee of the Iditarod j
Fourth of July celebration:
Receipts
\iiiount collected uy finance com
mittee from subscribers, as per
statement attached hereto.£1,123.75
Disbursements
Amount paid by sports commit
tee for prizes to winners in
events, and for sundry expenses
in connection with preparing for
sports, etc., as per statement ol
sports committee filed, accepted
and attached hereto.£ 587.50
Amount paid by finance commit
tee for picture show, dance,
printing, labor. decorations,
etc. as per statement ami bills
attached hereto . 550.2.)
SI,123.75
CYRIL P. WOOD.
Chairman Finance Committee.
Fresh ranch eggs. 75c dozen.
Iditarod Meat Co.
We guarantee satisfaction.
Clemons Koon.
TO BE BRAVE UNDER SNEERS
AS HARD AS TO BE FIRED AT
‘‘Duty is not an unusual thing. Mon
an* continually making great sacrifices to
perform it. War, gentlemen, is only a sort
of dramatic representation, a sort of dra
matic >1111 ' 1 <»f thousands of forms of
duty.
‘‘J never went into battle. I was never
under fire. I fancy there are some things
just as hard to do as to go under lire. I
fancy it is just as hard to do your duty j
when men are sneering at you as when
they are shooting at you.
"Men who are brave and steadfast enough
in their principles to go about their duty
with regard to their fellw men, no matter
whether there are hisses or cheers, men who
can. as Kipling said. Meet with triumph
and disaster and treat those two imposters
just the aime,' are men for the nation to
be proud of." President Wilson's address
at memorial services in honor of marines
killed in battle at Vera Cruz.
AT THE REGINA
,1. Brewis, B. Morton, A. Go-slow, T. II.
i,\itt. J. Dieksm, E. Davis, E. Hollt,
William 'faylor. Mr. and Mrs. Loranger. Joe
Burton, I . J. Riley. James Burke. L. Gray,
Harry Yeager, Tlionia- DeCamp, R. R fiber
son, Joe Diervieh. George Blanshe. B. Kiest.
A Iverson, Eddie Anderson, Jack Cronin,
C. L. Cole, A. B nierre, Dan Nicholas. Tom
Stoner. John Larson, W. J. Fitzgi'-1 ,;o.
Julius Ros.daund. Jack Mutchler, IL Hi 1L*y.
M Braden. )'rn'\ f.a ITak*. Jack U al! < 1
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Sam5! Appisbaum
THAT’S ALL WE NEED TO SAY
The Home or Hart, Srh-affne? & T.r xC'oL'ies
HOMESTEADS IN ALASKA
The Seattle I\»t-Intelligencer asked Sec
rety of the Interior franklin i\. Lane
to prepare a statement in concise form set
ting forth what the Ltndsceker must do t
acquire title to land in Alaska. The sec re
tary’s statement follows:
“Important legislation is now pending be
fore congress affecting the public land laws
relating to Alaska. As the law now stand
homestead entries may be made there tor
not to exceed M2l) acres of either surveyed
or unsurveyed land. If the land is surveyed,
entry is made, as in the United States, by
filing formal homestead application in the
proper local land office. These offices are
located at Juneau, Fairbanks and Nome,
j If the land is surveyed, the claim must be
| located in rectangular form, not more than
I one mile in length by north and south
l lines, run according to the true meridian.
| The location must be marked on the ground
I by permanent monuments at each of the
four corners, so that the boundaries may
be n-adily traced, and a record tl •
should, within ninety days from ihe date of
settlement, be filed in the recording district
in which the land is situated. This record
must contain the name of the settler, the
dam of settlement, and such description of
the land as will serve to identify the same.
If. when the settler 1;:.- complied with the
requirements of the land and desires to
submit proof, the public land surveys have
not been extended over his claim, he may
secure a patent by procuring, at his own
expense, a survey of the land, which must
he made by a deputy surveyor appointed
by the United States surveyor general at
Juneau, Alaska.
No such entry may be allowed to extend
for more than 160 rods along the shore of
any navigable water, and along such a
shore a space of at least eighty rods is re- i
-•.tv* 1 h<rween :ill claims except those un
der the mining laws
The three-year homestead law of June
0, 1012 (27 S’,'., 123', is applicable to
home-triads in Alaska. A copy of this
law and general sugir^stions to homesteaders
may be obtained by writing the general land
office, Washington. I). (’. The land depart
ment cannot furnish information as to the
location of lands available f<*r homestead
ing. Before locating a tract of land inquiry
shorl ! be made at the proper United States
land office as to whether the land is free
from reservation.
In national forests homestead claims may
lie presented under the act of June 11. 1906
i34 St at.. 223 i. fur not exceeding 160 acres.
The method of procedure is application to
the secretary of agriculture, who. if he
finds the lands agricultural and that their
entry will not injure the forest reservations,
may list the lands whereupon the secretary
of the interior may declare them open to
homestead settlement and entry in tracts
nut exceeding 160 acres, preference being
given to the person upon whose application
the land was examined and listed.
The Alaskan railroad act provides that
in patents fur lands taken up after March
12. 1014. in Alaska, there shall bo reserved
to the United States a right-of-way for the
construction of railroads, telegraph and
telephone lines, to the extent of 100 feet
on each side of the center line of the rail
road. and to the extent of twenty-five feet
on each side of the center line of telegraph
or telephone lines.
Fresh ranch eggs, 75c dozen.
Iditarod Meat Co.
Have your pet negatives enlarged by
Clemons & Koon.
Assessment Work Blanks at Pioneer.
COMING AND GOING |
John Holmgren has been in the city fur
the past few days.
Harold Seddon and his bride, accompa
nied by Frank Hashmd, brother of Mrs.
Seddon, arrived in the city Sunday. Mr.
and Mrs. Seddon are on their way Outside,
and Mr. Ilaslund expects to leave also when
his successor lakes charge as agent for the
Northern Commercial Company at Fakotna.
The raci f S tu1 day having
resulted unsatisfactorily to Ed Uhl, a
match race was arranged on Sunday last
between his boat and the Jolly Roger. The
course was from Caribou creek to the city
dock, and resulted in an easy victory for
Uhl.
Phil Hoffman, an Alaskan of about
twenty years’ standing, I. ft the First of the
week for Circle City, his old stamping
ground.
Tom McKinnon, the widely-known min
ing man. arrived in the city last Monday
from Candle creek, on the Kuskokwim.
Tom McMahon, the Flat City merchant,
was a night-riding visitor to the city last
Monday.
Leo Clifford, who has been The Pioneer’s
representative on the creeks of the district
■ tl an y< ars ; st. left on ! Mon
day’s boat for his home in Seattle, where
he has been called on account of the seri
ous illness of his father. Leo leaves Idita
rod with the best wishes of a very large
circle of friends, especially the Pioneer force,
who have always found him a true-blue
fellow worker, and a young man of ex
ceptionally good character and integrity.
A party consisting of Mr. and Mrs. liar
old seddon. Prank lla.-lund. Frank Joaquin
and Captain Geiger were piloted to this
, ;i ;11 1 <{ M, iwlay by T mi Boyd, the Ophir
j freighter, from Takotna.
M Hdcn Grant, the school teacher,
wl .) 1.s been a resident of this precinct
f r the past four years, left Lost Monday
for her old home in Seattle.
Mrs. M .J. McKinzie of Otter creek was
a passenger on Monday’s boat for the Out
and will probably not ref'wn to
Alaska until next summer, she will visit
i her mother in Nova Scotia during her ab
sence.
l:Nther. Herbert and Arthur, children of
Mr. and Mrs. ChurKs Stranberg of Otter
>•!. v.< re in attendance at the Fourth
ni July celebration in tins city last Sat
urday.
Patrick Green, after four years’ residence
in this district. was a pass anger lor the Out
ride last Monday.
; Earned that our former well-known citi
z(»n. .John Strollie. who l«*f: here last fall
Mih Lari Slipporn, a- joint nwiar <<f the
1 11«• steamer ‘“w k >.." bound for the
1 lii.i higgiim- ha- : ■.t-• • h: *•■ 1 the trad
ing post «m Mealy riser which was for a
Imp: time conducted by 1 rapper Newt n
On Mm.day morning last, cn the com
j plaint of ('harles Stranbere. a warrant of
j -rre t wa- issm-d I*y 0Mumi.-si ner Albrecht
1. !•;. I .. a- -a lit "■ d bat -
tery. alleged to have taken place n Otter
creek the day previous (Sunday1. Riley
... » commissioi
the day. entered a plea of guilty to the
charge. and was fined $25 and co-ts.
Mr-. Arthur T>. Field of Pis. Otter was
arm eg the passengers for the Outside on
! last Monday’s boat.
Mr.- Charlpy Larson i- enter: lining her
I-o'er. Mis.- Eva ( ’'ey « i lairbank.-. who
j arrived in Iditarod recently.
Mrs. Selma Swanson of the Grand hotel
f lat City, spent a couple of days in the city
this week.
Mrs. Marius Jacobsgaard, matron of trie
Emergency hospital at Fiat City, vi.-ited
numerous lady friends in the city this week.
POPULATION OF KNIK GROWING
Frank Cotter made a trip to the west
ward on the Admiral Sampson to look
after his business interests at Kodiak. Knik
| and Seldovia. Frank reports that there are
about 500 people at Knik now.—Seward
Gateway.
BATTLE STAGED BY VILLA
FOR BENEFIT OF MOVIES
Youngstown, 0., May 19. That General
Villa’s campaign which culminated in the
Mexican rebels’ capture of Torreon was
staged throughout, at the cost of hundreds
of lives, for the convenience of moving pic
ture operators, was asserted here today by
J. M. Woltz, an official of a local steel com
pany, just back from Mpxiro.
Villa originally planned to attack Tor
reon at night, said Woltz, and probably
i 1 aken it in short order had he
done so, as there was every reason to be
lieve he would have surprised the federal
garrison. The representatives of a Los An
geles “movie” company protested vigor
ously against this, however, according to
the steel man, offering Villa $50,000 for
exclusive rights in the fight films and a
daylight engagement.
To get this money. Woltz asserted, the
rebel leader delayed the assault until dawn,
with the result that the federate held out
against it for days, killing about 1,000
rebels.
Just Received a Full Assortment of
Waterproof Khaki, in Suits or Pants.
Waterproof Khaki Hunting Coats.
Waterproof Slip-Ons.
Bay las Clothing Co.
IDITAROD DISCOVERY, OTTER
Next week we will display the greatest assortment of Sweater Coats, direct
from the renowned Bradley Knitting Mills.
Tuesday, June 7.—Alaska, Gibbon for
Dawson, 3:15 a. m. Canadian down Daw
son (Tiis.-ii'g 2 a. m. Ca.-ca down Lebargv,
18.30 a. in. Dawson up Selkirk, 7 a. m.
I 6th. D' lta at Hot Springs. Julia B. up
' Minto, 1 .30 a. in. Kerr down ('hena, 2
: p. in. 6th. Klondike flown Kotlik. 6:15
: a. in. Schwatka up Tolovana, 11 p. m. Gth
| Selkirk a! Daw.-on. Tanana. Fairbanks for
Gibbon this afterim-m. Whitehor-c up Le
barge midnight. A ukon down Dawson,
j 6 a. in.
Wednesday. July 8. Alaska up Rampart,
4:30 p. in. 7th. Canadian down Stewart,
8:35 a. m. Casca down White river. 8:25
a. m. Dawson up Carmacks, 7 a. m. Delta
at Tclovuna, awaiting orders. Julia B. at
, Fairbanks. Robert Kerr at Hot Springs,
! down bound. I.ouise at Nulato, up-bound.
' Schwatka up Nenana. 1 a. in. Selkirk up
! Dav.son. midnight 7th. Tanana a: l air
Whit rs< lown \
; White Seal up Koyukuk, 11:30 p. m. 7th.
j Yukon down Circle, 6:30 a. m.
| Thursday, July 9.—Alaska up Rampart.
7th. Canadian, Dawson fur T' rtyiuile, S
p. m. today. Case a up Dawson, 3 a. rn.
I today. Dawson up Big Salmon, 5 a. in.
|Mta, Gibbon tor Fairbanks. 2 a. m. Julia
I B. at Chena. Robert Kerr down Kokrines.
17:45 a. m. Klondike a, Si Michael Louise
' up Ruby. S a. m. Sarah, Gibbon for St.
Michta 1. i n arris 1 of 7 u! in. Schwetka
Chena 1 r Gibbon. 9 p. no l may. Selkirk
up Coffee creek. 8 a. n. i'unami at Chena.
rel: \ ing barg.o. Whitehorse dio.vn t .r
; macks. 11 p. 111. 8th. White Seal up Ko
i krines. 7:45 a. in. 7 ukon down llaio; art.
8 a. in.
i
Friday. July 10.—Alaska up Rampart.
7th. General Davis up K 11:k. 5 a. m. Delta
up Tolovatia, 7 a. in. General Jacobs up
I K-tbk 7:30 a. lit. Julia B. at Chena.
Hebert Kerr down hah .g. 0:55 p. tn. 8th.
Louise at Gibbon. Sarah down Louden.
7 To a. in. Schwatka down Nor,ana, 0 a. til.
Xanana at Chena, relaying barges. White
Sr 1. Gib! ' for Fairbanks, 4 p. m. today,
I VuUi u up Hot Springs, s a. m.
“LITTLE NELL'’ IS BEAD
London, May 11. Mi -. Harriot Tice, who
i was t! • - ■ 1 of I
! Nell” in “The Old furi ,<vy >h p.'' i- del
! Sin' war born i.i 1S-7 in a hm-c which, it
: 1 ,s I, .LT. \v.; - ivgh.ul of the “Old
1 Curiosity Shop”
Austria Hungary, which not long ago war
able to supply almost its entire demand for
| grain, has in recent years imported con id
! erahle puairitir-s.
HOW A JUDGE LEARNS PATIENCE
The divorce cast had proceeded to a point
where the lawyer for the plaintiff had
asked a wi'ne— on the stand, “Do you
know anything .omit the relations between
Mrs. I)oe and this Mr. Rowe?” says an ex
change.
Whereupon the attorney for the defend
ant leaped to his feet in a paroxysm of
excitement and insisted that the question
should not be answered. He pounded tho
table with his open palm and acted as if he
might do something desperate if the court
allowed the witness to an.-wer.
The other lawyer was almost equally in
sistent that the answer should be brought
out.
So each attorney grouped large stocks of
law books about him and began to pelt
the court with citation.'.
For nearly four hours they argued back
and forth, digging up one technicality after
another to show why that witness should
or should not answer. At the end of the
afternoon the judge said he would take the
question under advisement and let them
know in the morning. But when court
opened th-* next day the lawyers had
brought in >ome more weighty authorities
and the arguments continued for another
hour. At the end of that time the judge
dwided m favor of the plaintiff, holding
' that the witness should be permitted to tell
what he knew.
The attorney for the plaintiff repeated
his question:
I “Do you know anything at ail about the
1 relations between Mrs. Doe and Mr. Rowe .'
j “No," replied the witness.
THE CHILTERN HUNDREDS
j The Chiltern Hundreds is a fiction of
• I:i the c'institution of the Brit: h
e >f cm mm s provisi in has 1 ■ n
j made by which a member can resign. Tilts
| .accords with the theory that a member, en
tirely. istitu
I ents. is Mtnitnoned by warrant of his sov
y not- declin the duty T1 tre
is a j.rovi.-ioi '.hat any mcn-b. r who ac
cepts a po.iti n of “hon r a? ! profit” un
der the crown vacates ins scat. The Chil
i r.ern Ht -f thr- villages in Beck
| inghanishire. Stoke. Burnham and l)es
npri or ri he steward of the Lniltern Hun
dreds was an officer of the crown appointed
to protect the villages from the masterless
men who issued front the beech forests to
pill age the fan .-a The office is in the
patronage of the chancellor of the ex
! chequer and pays a salary of 20 shillings
arid fees a retiring mber accepts this
I stewnt.i-l.ip. the 20 -fallings profit auto
; ma'icnlly vacates his ?. it. then he rc.-igns
the so i\ardship and the way is op n for
It o'1:' ier who wishes to lea\1 : ur
Lame nt.
In the lc-t forty years there have hern
more than ten thousand boiler explosions in
the United States, in which about eleven
thousand persons have been id more
'then fine-n thousand injured._
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My residence on Richmond street, Idiiarcd. Four rooms,
completely furnished—bedroom, living room, dining room and
kitchen; large closet. Must be sold within a week. Apply on the
premises. MRS. JOHN F. BAIRD.
The House of Qualify
For Best Goods
and Right Prices
CROWLEY & PORTER
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