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IDITAROD, ALASKA
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HURST BROS.’ IMPERIAL CEGAR STORE
During the first week in July mining engineers from the Out
side will visit Stepovak bay, Southwestern Alaska, where they
will investigate the sulphur deposits located by L. L. Bales, the
guide, and H. S. Yarrow. Should their report be favorable, a big
company is prepared to take over and work the deposits.
Frank Bryant, of North Yakima, and L. Suppy, of Calgary,
Alberta, are hunting for brown bear in llie Alaskan peninsula
Charles H. Hewitt, of Seward, passed the winter on the island
of Papette, one of the Tahiti group, South Pacific ocean.
The Whitehorse Star predicts a big boom for Southern Yukon
before long. The region is said to be highly mineralized and sev
oral copper and other mines have already reached the producing
s’ a (rf~'
11. D. Reynold*, of the Reynolds-Alaska Development Com
pnn.v, is now at the head of a Mexican mining venture.
E L. \Viiittemore, a Cordova liquor dealer, will have charge
of the Gilmore campaign in Southwestern Alaska.
Le Van Slyck, commissioner at Susitna, recently tried a case
in which three Germans were accused of stealing two pups. When
the accused were brought in lor trial the whole community turned
out to see them. They were acquitted. Gateway.
An automobile boulevard extending from Mexico to Dawson is
being boosted by the Dawson News.
The War Department lias sanctioned the expenditure of $7,000
for two launches to be used by the signal corps on the Yukon
The will of the late E. C. Hawkins, Alaska railroad builder,
has been filed for probate. An estate estimated at $300,000 is left
to his widow.
Judge Fred Williams, of Denver, Col., will reach Seward in
July or August to engage in a moose and mountain sheep hunt.
IDENT
ON DISCOVERY
Isaea Hill, a miner working for
Rilev & Stetzer on Discovery,
Otter, was badly hurt last Sunday;
morning. He was carrying a heavy
plank when he stumbled and fell,
the side of his head striking a
plank lying on the ground, while I
the plank which he was carrying!
fell with all its weight upon the
other side of his bend. Mr. Hill’s
jaw was broken and his chin
crushed, and it was a miracle he
was not killed. He was taken to
the Emergency hospital, Flat City,
where his jaw was properly set and
his other injuries attended to. He
is getting better rapidly.
Old Lacey, Tyler, Monogram, Ather
ton and Cedurbrook, also fine old Port,
Sherry and Clarets at Empire Com
mercial Co.
Cold dust melted into bricks of any
size. W. Taylor, Flat City.
Mil Hours Alike in This House
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PRESIDENT TAFT NOMINATED;
ROOSEVELT BREAKS WITH PARTY
Chicago, June 23. —Saturday morning the committee on ere.
dentials was ready with its report, which was adopted by the con
vention. The report was unfavorable to the Roosevelt men, and
as soon as the colonel learned of it he announced that preliminary
arrangements were being considered for the formation of a National
Progressive party, and that he and his followers would separate
themselves from the National Republican convention. His dele
gates, however, remained on the floor.
The temporary organization was then made permanent, and a
platform was adopted which contained, among other things, a plank
advocating a liberal policy toward Alaska.
At 6 o'clock President Taft was nominated for the Presidency
on the first ballot, with 21 votes to spare. The Roosevelt men
refused to vote.
Senator La Pollette received 107 votes and Senator Cummins
41. James Schoolcraft Sherman was nominated for the Vice
Presidency on the first ballot.
The convention then adjourned.
Roosevelt’s New Party
Chicago, June 20.—A meeting of Roosevelt supporters was
called for Saturday evening at 9 o'clock, and after a three-hour
debate Theodore Roosevelt’s name was put forward as a candidate
for the nomination on the Progressive ticket- The temporary
organization of the National Progressive party was effected, and
the meeting adjourned until this afternoon.
This afternoon plans for the campaign were discussed, and it
was decided to hold a National Progressive convention about the
end of August.
WOOD
Two cases of considerable importance to the mining community
in Alaska will come up for trial before Judge Overfield during the
term of court which opens a week from next Monday.
The suits, which are brought by Barney Haggerty and Major
George Woodruff Albrecht, were originally three in number, and
were brought against Friend, James & Lawson, McKay & Hotts
and Riley & Marston, for the recovery of the value of certain
timber said to have been wrongfully taken from ground on Boulder
creek and sold to the defendants- The plaintiffs also claim treble
damages from the defendants, alleging that their property has
been irreparably damaged by the.Temoval of the timber.
Since the suits were instituted, Friend, James & Lawson have
compromised with the plaintiffs, but the other cases will come up
for trial.
The point to be decided is a vital one to all claim owners in the
country, and resolves itself into the question as to whether the
Boulder creek properties were more valuable for the mineral
wealth they contained, or whether timber thereon constituted their
principal asset. It is this point which Judge Overfield will be
j asked to adjudicate.
A deal was concluded Saturday last, June 22, whereby Al.
Walsh takes over all of the interests of W. Sam Clark in the Sum
mit association at the head of Happy creek. The consideration
was $3,012.70 in cash, the purchaser also agreeing to assume cer
tain obligations not enumerated in the deed.
By the terms of the agreement W. Sam Clark conveys to Al.
Walsh the following property:
a. An undivided one-twelfth interest in the Summit association,
at the head of Happy and Flat creeks, together with all rents and
royalties now due from any lease upon such property;
b. An undivided one-sixth interest in the lay or lease of the
said ground granted to W. Sam Clark and others, together with all
gold now due him from any cleanups;
c. All of the right, title and interests in all ditches, improve
ments, mining equipments, tools, etc., on the ground.
The other laymen on the Summit association are Ed. Donnelly
and Billy Deetering (Caribou Bill), both of whom are also part
owners of the ground.
1 MINING NOTES 1
The Yukon Gold Company has taken
an option on the greater part of Slate
creek.
Operators on Ot.er are pleased
greatly at the way their ground is
showing up, and some of them claim
that they are sorry they gave options
on their properties at the price they
did.
Ole Hofseth says he has a good
dredging proposition on the Holokuk.
Arrivals from Willow say that creek
is almost deserted at the present mo
ment.
New York creek, Kuskokwim, which
was the scens of a stampede of consid
erable proportions last year, is de
serted.
While admitting that gold is to be
found all over the Kuskokwim valley,
Shorty Davenport is not hopeful about
a paystreak being uncovered there.
Nor would he commit himself regard
ing the possibilities of the cinnabar
prospects in that region.
A few lots of Matched Marten at
Friedman’s.
CAPTAIN BILLY PETERSON
THROWS OP THE SPONGE
Captain Bill/ Petersor, of the
launch Standard, was the only ar
rival of note on the Little Delta
The captain had been down at
Diketnan fixing things on his
launch; but something went wrong
with the works, atrd, try as he
would, Billy could trot make the
durned thing go. He worked for
24 hours straight otr the engine,
but without avail At last the
charitably disposed skipper of the
Little Delta offered him a lift home,
which Billy gladly accepted. He
says this is the first time anything
has gone wrong with his engine
FOLLOWED IN OSCAR S FOOTSTEPS
Oscar Anderson’s conductor’s cap
caused considerable comment in Flat
City for a while, and excited a spirit
of emulation in the breasts of C. R. Peck
and Freddie Webber. They went so
far as to don something “just as good,”
but not being versed in the gentle art
of substitution, their deceit was exposed,
[ and Oscar’s headgear was declared by
almost unanimous consent to be the
only one of its kind between here and
Russian Mission.
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ELLIS & II
GOOD
A very satisfactory and encouraging
report comes from 2-above Otter, where
Ellis and partners have a lay on the
upper end of the claim.
Their cut is showing up very good
indeed. The ground is not deep and is
easy to pick and wash up, so the lay
men are working it at a good profit.
The cut has now reached tfie edge of
the waste dump, where the pay is said
to he richer titan ever. The outfit is
working 21 wheelbarrows double shift
—not a big force, but plenty for the
work in hand.
The centiifugal pump, hoists and
other machinery are in line condition
and running like clockwork. A little
trouble and expense is being caused by
the defective gearing of the engine,
the cogs breaking and causing delay
while repairs are being made. A new
gearing has been telegraphed for and
should be here within a few weeks,
after which the work is expected to go
forward without a hitch.
Similar optimistic reports are coming
in fiom other parts of Otter.
D?fi PTFAMP
Dili uLiiaKUi
Jan es C'hronistPr anil Casper R'lin
ger catue in from Black creek Monday
last with 1.200 ounces of gold, valued
it about $20,000.
The cleanup "'as made on the Pack
Mule fraction, where Messrs. Clironla
ter & Kllinger have a staff of 32 men
employed. They uuve a plentiful sup
ply of waiter and everything is going
forward in a perfectly satisfactory
manner.
This is the ground which was lied
up in litigation for over a year, and
decided in favor of the present holders
at the last term of the district court.
Little work had been done on the prop
erty prior to this season.
LARGELY ATTENDED
The funeral of Babtist Fontino, the
Italian miner who met his death while
at work on Flat creek, was held from
the Smith undertaking parlors, IJita
rod City, last Sunday afternoon, June
23, in the presence of a large number
of sorrowing friends and acquaintances
of the deceased. United States Com
missioner E. M. Stanton conducted the
services, and the funeral address was
given by Mr. Henry Roden, who dwell
briefly and feelingly upon the life of
the departed from his earliest years in
the land of his nativity, through the
struggles of youth and manhood, and
down to the time of his untimely death.
Mrs. Maher presided at the piano,
assisted vocally by Mrs. Larson, Charles
Kemp and Otto Moses.
Six fellow countrymen of the de
ceased—viz., Dominic Soraci, J. Ewarti,
Atlilio Chenot, F. Mancuso and Dick
Cesare—acted as pall bearers.
HILLSIDE CLAIMS SUFFER
FROM INSUFFICIENT WATER
The exceptionally dry season this
year is particularly hard on the opera
tors at the head of Flat and Happy
creeks. This time last year there was
enough water to have sluiced the whole
Hillside, but the operators were not
ready. Now they are feeling the ef
fect of the light snowfall last winter
and the absence of rain. But even
with these drawbacks it is believed
that the returns from the hillside
claims will be much larger this year
than in 1911.
On the Summit association there
has been between 45,000 and 50,000 feet
Fiat City
Now Open for Business
With Choicest Brands of Liquors and Cigars
groundsluiced. ar.d of tliis between
12,009 and 15,000 feet lias been shoveled
in. It is said that the "round on this
claim is showing up even better than
last year. _
WORKING ON PROGRAM
FOR FOURTH OF JULY
Tommy MeStnart and William
Newman have secured the program
rights tor the Fourth of July cele
brations at Flat City, and have
been engaged duiing the week
getting advertisements and prepar
ing copy. Not content with that
alone, Messrs MeStnart and New
man are preparing a special attrac
'ion of their own for the Fouith
1"i:e precise nature of the feature
>\e ate not at liberty to divulge,
but that it is something very weird
is evident when it is learned that
its name is ‘‘Z .za.’’
LITTLE DELTA ARRIVES
FROM A LONG VOYAGE
The s'eatner Little Delta arrived
from Dikenmn Tuesday evening,
ifter line of the most trying trips of
he seasoti. Site was delayed by
ow water on the bars and the
j limey from Dikenmti occupied
. luee and a hall davs. Two barges
lid 35 tons ol freight were brought.
Annual assessment work blanks at
i’ioneer office.
Notice of Marshal’s Sale
United States of America, )
Fourth Dis’rict of Alaska, ) s^‘.
I’ublic notice is hereby given, that by
virtue of a writ of Fieri Facias (ort-x ru
tiou), dated May 29, A. D. 1912, issued,
out of the District Court of the United
States for the Fourth District of Alaska
on a judgment rendered in said Court, on
the 15th day of April, A. D. 1912, in favor
of \Y. S. Clark, doing business as Clark
Lumber Company, and against F. A.
Perkins and F. J. Willi son, I have, on
this 12tli day of June, A. D. 1912,
levied upon the following described prop
erty, situated in the town of Flat and
territory of Alaska, to wit: Tha Annex
or rear portion of that certain log and
frame building situated on Gold street
of the town of Flat and known and de
scribed as the Palace hotel, together
vvi h all furniture and fixtures therein,
and that I will, accordingly, offer said
property for sale, at public vendue to the
highest and best bidder, for cash, on the
9th day of July, A. D. 1912, at 11
o’clock a. tu., at the front door of said
Palace hotel at Flat City.
Dated, Iditarod, Alaska, June 12th,
A.D. 1912. II. K. LOYD,
U. S. Marshal, Fourth District of Alaska.
By H. L\ Sheppard, Deputy.
Chas. K. Taylor. Plaintiff’s AUornev
Notice of Marshal’s Sale
United States of America, /
Fourth District of Alaska, jbb'
Public notice isjiereb.v given, that by
virtue of a wr it of Fieri Facias (or exe
cution), dated May 2f)th, A. IJ.. 1912,
issued out of the District Court of the
United States for the Fourth District of
Alaska, on a judgment rendered in
said court, on the 15th day of April,
A. D. 1912, in favor of W. S. Clark,
doing business as Clark Lumber Com
pany, and against F. A. Perkins, 1 have,
on this 12th day of June, A. D. 1912,
levied upon Ihe following described
property, situated in the town of Flat,
Territory of Alaska, to wit: That cer
tain two-story log and frame building
situated on Gold street in the town of
Fiat and known and described as the
Palace hotel, together with all furni
ture and fixtures therein; also the lease
hold upm which said hotel is situated,
and that I will, accordingly, offer said
property for sale, at public vendue to
the highest and best bidder, for cash,
on the 9th day of July, A.D. 1912, at
11 o’clock a. in., at the front door of
said Palace hotel at Flat City, Alaska.
Dated, Iditarod, Alaska, June 12,
A. D. 1912. H. K. LOVE,
U. S. Marshal Fourth District of Alaska.
By H. P. Sheppard, Deputy.
Chas. E. Taylor, Plaintiff’s Attornev.
OR RENT
Smith's Roadhouse, located fit
the Forks of the Takotna river,
on the Seward-Iditarod trail. The
best location between Iditurod
; and' Seward. Business good both
’summer and winter. Address
E. P. Smith, Forks of Takotna.
Alaska.
ROADHOUSE
Meals All Hours.
T.icjuo!s and < ’isrars
Tel: "Summit Kv:t<ihou-v -'
Films Developed
And All Kinds of Photographic
Work Done.
MiSS TJERNSTROM. MCDONALD HOTEL
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE
j To Fred A. Nichols, J. A \Y a- : " T 1
caid.
You and each of you are i ■ r- by v ■ J tk it
! during the year 1911, we h.e •••\: • ! *
than one hundred dollars in lab*.7 -vid •:
, ments upon each of tin- foll.-wnig be.,,. • • i
i placer mining claims, situated in the <. d.
News Mining District. Alaska. ;
Fox associ i Fox tary
to Aralik river. <lap asso a 1 i<m .. la: m .>: 1 • •
M
creek. tributary to Aralik nvtr H it m; , —
ciation claim on l'rail creek, tribut.i: y t k
river.
And you, Fred A Nichols ox ati x. cla
by, through or under you, are in : by i ■ 1
that unless von p..y your pr.moi to :i • : - • • i • \
pense incurred on the said Fox as-wciati >n an :
(.ap association: and you. J A Westby . :
one claiming by. through or unde: >. •
hereby notified that unless you pay y • u: ■: •
•f such expense ine.irrt d on said May k<.< .!
ciation; and you. S. T. Kincaid oraiiyon. >• a
ing by, through or under you. re hereby : < :;
tied that unless you pay your proportion • t > .•. 11
expense incurred on said Huffman ass.n ia; u
within ninety days after the last publiea t:
this xiotiee, your interest in said properties will
become the property (^' the under-iem <1 m lei
the provisions of section :\'4 Rev 1-. 1 >1 •• .:>■»
of the United States of America.
P.J H. I.f TIT, A NC
JULIUS 111 d 1 M IN
\VM LolSKLL i
I ate of first publication March 30. ; .
Date of last publication June ■ e
United States of America, District
t'ourt. Territory of Alaska, Fourth
Division.
Edward M. Spaulding. Piaintiff, vs.
Harriet F. Spaulding, Defendant
No. 551, Alias Summons.
The President of Dip Pnited States of
America, greeting, to the above
named Defendant:
Summons having been duly issued ou t
of the above court, in the above-entitled
action, and placed in the hands of the
United States marshal for service, and
the said marshal having made due re
turn, setting forth his inability to serve
the said summons in said district, and
that, the said defendant could not, he .
found therein: and the plaintiff having
ti ed and presented to the court an atfi
davit showing that the said defendant
di 1 not reside in said district .and could
not be found therein, and that a good
ett use of action existed in favor of the
p uintiff and against the defendant;
And I lie court having considered the
sa oe. did on the 5th day of .lone, HH-,
make an order directing the publiea
ti u of the said summons far a period of
si a weeks in the lditarod Pioneer, a
newspaper of general circulation within
saul district.
iNOvr, therefore, you ate hereby re
quired to appear in the said District,
court in and for the Territory of Alaska,
Fourth division, within 30 days after
the completion of the said publication,
to wit: within 30 days after the 27th day
ol July, 1012, exclusive of said day, and
answer the complaint of the above
named plaintiff, a copy of which is on
file in the office of the clerk of the
ab ,'ve-entitled court, and unless you so
appear and answer, the plaintiff will
apply for the relief demanded in said
compalint.
Witness the Honorable Peter 1).
Overfield, Judge of said court, this 14th
day of June in the year of our Lord
19,2, and of our Independence 13d.
, , C. C. PAGE, Clerk,
■j Seal ,- By E. M. Stanton,
r ' Deputy Clerk.