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GETTING ACQUAINTED WITH ALASKA
Because Walter Clark, late governor of Alaska, found
department stores, telephones, electric lights, a water sys
tem, schools, hospitals, churches and other things in Ju
neau. the thriving capital of the great Northern territory,
the people of Niantic, Conn., were so surprised that the
Associated Press shot a long story hack to Seattle about it.
Only a few years ago Ihe New York Herald in a burst
of perfervid eloquence, had the hyperboreans skating across
the Strait of Fuca, or something like that, and a member of
Grover Cleveland's cabinet thought Puget Sound was an
ice-locked sea.
But the people of the East are by degrees becoming
better acquainted with the Pacific Northwest. It is about
time.
As for Juneau, the capital of Alaska, there is as much
civilization there as there is in any other new American city
of the size. The people there are just like the people in
the towns and cities of Connecticut, except that they have
been freshened and broadened by a larger outlook, and are
somewhat less attenuated: they have the same kind of pel
itical. civic and social institutions, play the same games,
and share in the same large national aspirations. W hat is
true of Juneau is also true of most of the towns of Alaska.
But judging from the surprise expressed at JN'iantic,
Alaska is not getting the necessary amount of publicity,
and that is something the business men of Seattle should
think about.
Once let the country know the whole truth about
Alaska, and in a short while Alaska will have a thrifty and
prosperous population of more-than a 1.000,000, and will
have all the powers and responsibilities of an American
commonwealth.—Seattle Sun.
LECTURES AM) PUBLIC DUTY
Mr. Bryan lias all the better of the argument in the
fuss which has been made over his plans for delivering
lectures in order to maintain his habit of laying aside
$10,000 a year. He says that when he made his announce
ment he assumed that the public and the press would un
derstand that he would not allow his lecture dates to in
terfere with his public duties.
Cabinet officers usually spend their summers away
from Washington, taking a vacation for six or eight weeks.
How the vacations shall be spent is purely a matter of
taste. If Mr. Bryan does not care to go to a cool mountain
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resort and idle his time away but prefers to talk in a hot
tent and the people desire to pay and perspire at the same
time, it is still a free country and Mr Bryan and the people
have rights.
No one lias a right to assume that Mr. Bryan is going!
to neglect his official duty in order to pick up a few extra
dollars during the Chautauqua season. The attention that1
has been given Mr. Bryan's lecture plans is only another)
proof that the old guard at the national capitol is hard J
hit to find something to grumble about.—Tacoma Tribune.
THE HOODOO HUMBER
HOIS year, whose number is T3, is surely acting rather
mean. Disasters tread each others heels until the sfid
onlooker feels that Jonah, from his aijeient berth, has
certainly returned to earth. There must be something true,
ods fish, in that old fashioned superstish; “thirteen" is hoo
dooed, sure as fate—this year can't have its luck on straight.
On Britain’s shore the suffragette is keeping all men in a
sweat, and e'en the king is sore and sick, expecting every
hour a brick. The Balkan people and the Turks are shooting
up the whole blamed works. The kindly king of Greece was
slain by some cheap skate wlio'd gone insane. In .Mexico the
bullets soar and people wade around in gore. And here at
home the floods roll down, submerging many a pleasant town,
and cyclones shriek across the plain and leave wrecked cities
in their train; Death and his angels grimly roam, and celebrate
their harvest home. And so, however much we wish to scorn
the ancient superstish, we’d like a year of better fame—one
with no hoodoo in its name. —Walt Mas >n.
J. \V. Ward in Seattle Sun, July '2~>.
Alaskans now in Seattle are much
excited over the possibilities of tiie re
ported strike in the Chisana country.
Sourdoughs from all parts of the
country are gathering in this city,
where, with their ears too the ground,
they are awaiting reliable information
which will determine them as to their
future course of action.
There have been so many fake
stampedes in the Northern country
that any man who has passed much
time in Alaska views every reported
strike with suspicion. The latest stam
pede, known as the Skookum Jim stam
pede, which was responsible for many
miners spending good money on a wild
goose chase, is still fresh in the minds
of many who are now thinking of mush
ing into the new Chisana strike.
There is one peculiarity, however,
which is in the makeup of every pros- j
pector, and that is—he wants to be in
on every rush to the new fields for fear
that the one lie misses will turn out to
be the exception and develop into a|
rich camp.
Two Organized by Fraud
It is seidona stampedes are organ
ized for ulterior purposes, despite the
fact that many miners believe road
house men in the North have engi
neered many for the profits to be de
rived from traveling miners.
The stampede to Midas creek, organ- i
ixed by miners from Nome, and the
“Nigger Jim” stampede from Dawson
in 1898, are the two famous stampedes
which it is almost certain were pro
moted deliberately for the benefit of
those on the inside. Other stampedes
too numerous to mention which have
turned out to be “false alarms” have
taken place in the North, but in
almost every instance they were the
result of some “cheecbaco” getting
highly excited over his first glimpse of
real gold.
The stampede from Fairbanks to
the Innoko river, in the spring of 1908,
is an instance of how a stampede, re
suiting in great lo.is to many, may
occur without any body's being directly
to blame.
Thought Paystreak Sure
During tlie preceding winter a small
group of men were prospecting on the
creeks of the Upper Innoko. Late in
the spring, just before the breakup,
three different, oulfiis working on dif
ferent parts of Opiiir creek, reached
bedrock at the same time. In each of
the three holes were found gold in
great quantities. The fact that all
three holes carried good pay was in
the eyes of the miners conclusive proof
that a continuous paystreak of great
richness extended the entire length of
the creek.
The last mail of the season to go
over the ice was to leave in a few days.
The miners who had made the strike
immediately wrote to their friends and
partners in Fairbanks and Nome telling
them to lose no time, but to drop every
thing and corno to the new diggings.
The mail carrying the glad tidings
departed on its long journey over the
ice and the “lucky” miners returned
to their work. The next two days
brought disillusionment. By the same
freak of chance which had led the three
miners to land on the rich spots at the
same time, all three drifted out of pay
the same day.
It was too late to notify their friends
that they were mistaken in their esti
mates of the camp, as thejlast mail had
had gone and the trail was fast break
Beautify _Vour Homes!
H. SNYDER,
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WALLPAPER
And also a goodly supply of
PAINTS, OILS, ETC,
Willow Street, Iditarod.
ing up. There was nothing to do hut
let the stampede take place. And it
was a big one.
Loaded Both Ways
Every available steamboat in Fair
banks was loaded to the guards on the
first trip down—and on the trip back.
The camp was a disappointment,
although it later developed into a good
small camp, but nothing like the glow
ing reports first received would lead
one to believe.
It is such stampedes as that which
has bred suspicion into the bones of
every sourdough, yet for fear that he
will miss the good one when it does
come, the real sourdough is forever
tramping through the tundra and
climbing the hills of Alaska, following
will-o’-the-wisps, starting on the faint
est. rumor and returning, nine times
out of ten a sorrier but none the wiser
man. _
ADVERTISED LETTERS
The following list of letters remain
uncalled for at the Iditarod (Alaska)
postoffice on Aug. 20, 1913. In calling
for any of the letters please ask for
“advertised'1 letters.
Adamson, Chas. McLeod, J. .T. 3
Niemever, Chas.W.
Dawson, Chas.
Deane, Mrs. M. Oguzoroff, Jim
Flantsclii, Robert Patterson, Wm.
Pearson, Thomas
Johnson, Isaac Pomeroy. John W.
Johnson, Axel Purdy, Chas.
Jones, C. Foster
Raeder, Harry 4
Keating, J. M. 2 Renaud, G. B.
Killea. Titos. J. Renaud, Wilfrid
Ivovatch, Tom
Sampson, O. J.
r.arson. C.ITjalmar Schloemann, Sid
Lillis, Daniel Snow. Peter
■ Lovelace, Ross Storvick, Nels 2
Smith. E.
j Murray, ,T. F. 2
Murray. James Tamura, Shika
McKenzie, Chas. Van Winkle, Ruby
T. L. THURSTON, Postmaster.
WADA IS HIS OWN PRESS AGENT
•Turio Wada. known through Alaska
as a champion “musher” and as the
discoverer of Fairbanks and many
other rich gold camps, tells an inter
esting experience he had while calling
on the Guggenheims, the multi-million
aire mining promoters in their New
York oilier a few weeks ago. Wada
visited them to tell them of a rich
claim he had in Alaska, hoping to
make a sale of the property. After a
long wait one morning ho was ushered
into the office of one of the Guggen
heim*. but as it was lunch time, food
was suggested, and Wada was told to
wait awhile.
A few minutes later an office boy
came out to Mr. Wada and said:
“Mr. Guggenheim says you may
have an egg or ham sandwich.”
■'Whai!'' exclaimed Wada, “I can
have an egg or ham sandu ;ch. Nol
much f can; 1 didn't come ait the way
from Alaska to New York to live on
sandwiches “I'll take a good square
meal or nothing.”
Mr. Wail a explained that just across
the street from tlie Broadway offio s
of the Guggenheims is one of tiie best
restaurants in the world.
“And they drink bear water, what
ever that is, the Guggenheims do,"
-aid Mr. Wada.
Despite ids offer of a ham sandwich,
which was not accepted, Mr. Wada did
interest the Guggenheims, and survey
ors and mine experts are now on their
way to Alaska to look at his property.
—Tacoma Tribune, July 29.
In the District Court, Territory ot Alaska.
Fourth Judicial Division. \Y. T. Vanderpool.
Plaintiff, vs. Annie A. \anderpool, Defendant.
-No. 149-i.—Summons.
The President of the United States of America,
greeting: To tlie above-named defendant:
Summons having been duly issued out of the
above court, in the above entitled action, and
placed in the hands of the United State*' marshal
for service, and the said marshal having made
due return, setting forth his inability to serve
the said summons in said district, and that the
said defendant could not be found therein; and
the plaintiff having filed and presented to the
court an affidavit showing that the said defend
ant did not reside in said district and could not
he found therein, and that a good cause ..fac
tion existed in favor of the plaintiff and against
the defendant;
And the court having considered the same,
did on the ist day of July, 19:3. make an order
directing the publication of the said summons
for a period of six weeks in the Idi .arod Pioneer,
a newspaper of general circulation within said i
di strict.
Now, therefore, you arc hereby required to ap
pear in the said district court ir and for the
Territory of Alaska, Fourth division, within 30 j
days after the completion of the said publica- 1
tion. to-wii: within 30 days after the 30th day of
August, A. 1). 1913. exclusive of said day, and an
swer the complaint of the above-named plaintiff
a copy of which is on file in the office of the
cierk of the above entitled court, and unless you
so appear and answer, the plaintiff will apply
for the relief demanded in said complaint, to
wit; that the bonds of matrimony existing be
tween the plain tiff and defendant be dissolved,
and for his costs and disbursements
Witness the Honorable Frederick K- Fuller,
judge of the said court, this 15th day of July,
A.D. 1913. (Seal) C. C. PAG F), Clerk.
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Golden Eagle Hotel and Store
Front St., Iditarod
Ladies' and Gents’ Dress Shoes
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Gasoline, Carbide and Klectric Plants,
Lightning Mop Kloor Cleaners and other
Shorts. Agency for Gray Motors.
Dr. Heinrich Wortmann,
Physician and Surgeon
Offices: I ditaro d anti Flat City
Telephones at each place
W. F. GREEN, M. D.,
DISCOVERY, OTTER
Telephone
DR. H. BEHLA,
Dentist
Offices, Pioneer Drug Stoic,
Flat City.
Appointments by Telephone
HENRY RODEN,
Attorney at Law
Iditarod, Alaska
Ichigan. 1831 Kentucky, 1391 Alaska. 1910
George Woodruff Albrecht,
COUNSELOR AND LAWYER
IIMTAFtOD, ALASK A
The Pioneer Attorney of this Camp
As Deputy Clerk of the District Court I am not
barred from active practice.
E. M. STANTON,
Attorney at Law
Office in Wickersham & Itoden Bid”,
Second Ave.
CM AS. E. TAYLOR,
Attorney at Law*
Notary Public, Conveyancing.
Front St., Iditarod
A. E. MALT BY,
Attorney at Law*
Office in M. & M. Bank Building
NOTARY PUBHIC PHONE
Richard J. Cock Joseph L. Seed
Gorermenfal t raciice Formerly U. 5. Commissioner
Washington, D. C, Valdez, Alaska
REED £: COOK
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YOUNG CLAYPOOL TO
GO TO NAVAL ACADEMY
Jack Claypool, a graduate of the
Olympia high school last June and son
of Judge C. K. Claypool, formerly of
Fairbanks, has been nominated by Con
gressman Albert Johnson for entry to
Annapolis naval academy from this
state. Congressman Johnson was
called npon by the secretary of the
navy to make the nomination. Should
young Claypool not accept the appoint
ment, it will go to one of three alter
nates, the first of whom is Vard Steig
litz, of Aberdeen.
The Geography Dictionary of
Alaska described the river on which
the new diggings are reported to
have been discovered as follow-,:
CHISANA; river, one of the two
main branches of tiie Tanana river.
The other is the Nabesna. They
drain the northeast slope of the
Alaska range and unite to form the
Tanana near longitude ltd-'. In
dian name, meaning Chisa river, re
ported by Allen, 11,85. Has since
been written Chusana.
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Notice of Marshal’s Sale
! United States of Ametiea, 1
Fourth District, of Alaska, t
Public notice is hereby given, tl at.
by virtue of a writ of Fieri Farias
execution), dated August 7. A. D.. 1913.
issued out uf the District Court, of tin
united States for the Fourth Division,
District of Alaska, on a judgment ren
dered in said Court, on the 2s'th day of
j July, A. D.. 1913, in favor of the < lark
i Lumber Company, a corporation, and
I against Isaac Nyholm, Mina Nyholm
| and Frank Miller, I have, on this 11th
day of August. A. D.. 1913, levied upon
tiie following described real estate, sit
tiated In the Precinct of Otter. Ten i
, i ory of Alaska, to w ii:
j All of that certain piece or parrel of
land, situate, lying and being in the
town of Iditarod. < >tter precinct. Terri
tory of Aiaska. and more definitely de-.
' criiied as a parallelogtam fifty bin) by
lone hundred and twenty ;12oi feet,
fronting fifty feet on Willow street
* and one hundred and twenty feet on Se
cond ate me in said town, together with
| all and singular, the tenements, bere
Mhtaments. and appurtenances tbereun
1 to belonging or in any way appeitain
iing, and tliat i will, accordingly, ofler
| said real estate for sale, at public ven
due to the highest, and best bidder, for
■cash, on the 9th dav of September. A.
Id., 1913, at 2 o'clock P. M., at the
i corner of Willow street and Second
: avenue in the town of Iditarod, Alaska.
Dated, Iditarod. Alaska, August 11.
| A. lb, 1913. L. T. F.IiWIN.
1 U. S. Marshal. Fourth Division.
District of Alaska.
By T. W. Howell, Office Deputy.
I Chas.'K. Taylor, Plaintiff's Attorney.
Notice of Fofeiturre
I TO TOM TURN HR:
! You and your heirs and assigns are hereoy
! notified that the undersigned has expended ia
i labor and improvements the sum of one hun
i dred dollars - Jioo -for the year 1012 upon placet
mining claim known as the Ben Her associa
tion. Chicken creek, a tributary of Bonanza
creek. < tier Mining District. Territory of
Alaska. You arc further notified that if at the
expiration of ninety -go—'days from the last pub
lication of this notice vou fail or refuse to con
tribute to the undersigned your proportion of
such expenditure, your interest in said claim
will become the property of the undersignet-,
under Sec. 2324 of the Revised Statutes of the
United States. S. C. ADAMS
First publication June 14. t9i3
Last publication September 13, 19*3.
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