Orators, people asleep, dead ones, and Many a successful man goes through
women in the toilet room of a Pullman life with a spray of mistletoe pinned to
car know nothing of the flight of time. his coattail. Prithee, omit it.
Philistine. . . Philistine.
One Doeeak Peu Month. IDITAROD, ALASKA, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER G, 1 DIO. Two Bits Peu Copy
OLD SEA DOG CHASES
THE MALAMUTES ABOUT
Traveling light with a seven dog
team, Capt. Worth, who has sailed
the main points of the compass, in
cluding the Spanish Main, went
down to Dikemau last week £in
quest of a load of supplies winch
he knew to be waiting there for
him. It was a supply belonging
to him and Dan Sutherland, and
has Lreen waiting there since the
last boats got in.
Knocking off with the prospect
ing work that has beiti going on
up there on the Green Fraction on
upper Otter, for a shoit time, he
has been chasing all around the
country with that dog team and lie
is not through yet. He tore all the
stanchions off his sled going out to
the creeks from this city the other
day, but this only held him for a
while. He hewed down the im
mediate forest, cut out a lot of ax
handles and then made stanchions
out of them. He should be back
here right now.
FREIGHT RATES COME
DOWN WITH THE SNOW
It was announced last week fol
lowing the first creditable snow
fali of the season that the freight
rates to the creeks had dropped
from 3c to one and a half cents, a
consummation most sanctimonious
ly to be wished.
It is understood that the lower
rate was instituted by the Mutchler
Bros., freighters, and by this time
it is probable that all other outfit.
have fallen in line. The trail is
fairly ea-y now and should improve
from this date.
HOTEL ARRIVALS
RIVERSIDE HOTEL
Wtn Guttsehick, T N Kllis, W S
Clark, Jake Summerville, Louis Vigc
Iins, Arthur Celene, C II Laboyteau
< > Wickstrom, E .1 Ives, W B Jameson,
Frank Wiseman. Fat Whalen, H How
ard, Elmer FellmPt. Fat Callahan, C H
Woods, T N Kadcdiff, Harry Johnson,
A1 Burke.
BEATTIE HOUSE
N N Niles, M Moran, Frank Adams,
James G Dewar, Andy Lang, Chris
Heney, Thos Hickey. D Sheedv, M
Lucey, II P Neill, R Coultlnird. D
Schuler, A Anderson, Fred Crouch,
Capfc Mille.*, C’has Berby, Fred Kknet,
Victor Olson, C Johnson, C James,
John Green, N B Peterson, Peter Ek
man, D E Edwards, E L Skaggs, G
Piper, W Rasf, John Blaird, Tobe
Perry, G Broadburne, Sanford E Krotz,
Granite creek.
GILMORE HOUSE
NelsJensen, Dave Mitchell, D. Wal
lace and wife, L W Newton, L John
son, Flat creek; Harry English, Ed
Brown, Kuskokwim; Lars Ostnes:
John Ebner, Billy Haskell, W John
son, Otter creek: Frank Manguson,
Lem Derrenger, Dikeman.
ID IT A ROD HOTEL
Dave Johnson. F Horn, F S Oster
holtz, F, A Mitchell, A Longnecker.
Louis Moe. J R Zabei, L H Keir, Peter
Jackson, James Rice, Joe Anderson,
Frank Korkonen, I Isaacson, Mrs E M
Rusk, Mrs J Stark, Thos McMahon,
Claude Mason, R Rookura, Joe Roberts.
A McDonald, Joe Wood, Chas Swan
son, M J Sweeney, E L Cullen, Chas
I.ngCjuist. R Matson, Henry Nordmark.
Joe Kamanski, John Henderson, A
Coffman, Chas Densmore, Jacob Hako
make, Alfred Verkkala.
H EG IN A HOTEL
-M A Maloney, Nels Glantz, Louis
Hougeh Arthur Turcotte, Mrs Swan
son, Miss Jones, Wm Dryman, Emile
Morran, I, A O’Connell, W (tolling
wood, S Suseenev, John McLeod. H
Phillips, Joe Mills, H Hogan, W W
Acheson, John Daweball, W S Araa
long, A1 Morency, O P Larson, John
Visness, V Olson, E Olson.
m’doxald hotel
John Myckelbust, M .T Kerns, Daniel
Foley. Win Foley, c ,’arl Wagner. Pat
O'Donnell, Louis Larson, J E Johnson,
A Lundstrocn, Geo Bell, F Gleason,
Oliver Berg, John Olson, Geo Keith,
Ed Haddock, Ole Brunswick, O N Nel
son, C Junkins, Frank Adams, Robert
Olson, J C Donovan, Oscar Bergman,
M Sullivan, J McQueen, G L De, Con.
O Hainer, J Cronin, Allen Christ,ain, A
Winks, C Lambert, W Lee. Wm Mc
Donald, S E Nelson, W Sheedy, H Mc
Kenzie, W Risdale, Albert Engstrom,
Wm Warren, F Fox, D McFadden, H
Lynch and wife, Frank Murphy, Jos.
Breman, E Moran, Lee Robv, Jos Sut
ter, Geo Ban, M Diggens, N N Jaffe, N
McCann, J D Garanon, Fred Con wick,
A Tobin, Jos Bierman, H H Gilpin, i
L Watious, John G Anderson, Martin
Moran, H McDermott, A Haves, M A
O’Malley, J E Goodman, O Loranger.
Believing that the trend of travel
can be better served by starting from
Flat creek at 8 o’clock in the morning
instead of from this city, Keyes & May°
han have swapped ends on the schedule
and will come in from that point in the
-fesseoon and go out from Iditarod in
the afternoon, leaving at one o'clock.
They have a four-horse team and it is
said that they go some.
Now that tho wild scramble for grab and winter habitation has
in a measure subsided among the prospectors on Kuskokwim
creeks, it has been possible in a small measure to locate some of
them and find out what they are doing.
During Ihe fall part of them have been at Georgetown waiting
anxiously for the arrival of the Quickstep while others stopped on ;
located ground and began the preparations for winter quarters.
When the boat finally arrived the situation was relieved to a |
great extent, yet they are still shy on many of tho necessities and
will undoubtedly earn all they uncover this winter.
John Cascaden and William Skaggs brought in some reports of
different well-known people who will winter over there, principally!
on George river and tributaries, asthe.se ineu have devoted most j
of their attention to that section.
The doings on Julian creek are described in another portion of
this issue, showing the prospective work of the Cascadens and the j
Strandberg-Johnson company.
Michigan, one of the longest and also one of the best looking
j creeks in that section, heads close to the head of Julian, and after;
1 making a broad sweep, comes in on the right limit of George a
! short distance above Julian.
Phil North and George Elliott are sinking on the bench near!
; the mouth of Michigan, and when last seen were down 32 feet,
j There are a number of prospectors on this creek, most of them be
' ing still engaged in building cabins. Camp and Jenny creeks, two
i tributaries of Michigan, heading near Julian, are showing good
'surface prospects.
Passing down George river on the right limit, past the mouth
of Julian to Spruce, more activity is found. About half way up
Spruce, John Kieiand and partners are building a cabin and put
ting in a bedrock drain. In a portion of the drain already excava
ted they have found 3 cent pans, and expect to have a hole to bed
rock on Nov. 15. Near the head of Spruce, Willis & Fuller are
sinking a hole but their findings are not reported.
Further down George on the right limit is Kieland creek, one
of the creeks staked early in the game and named after John Kiel
and, the discoverer of gold in that section.
About two thirds of the way up this creek, Charles Wolf, the
staker of a fraction on the Bonanza association, Flat, creek, has
been prospecting for some time with Bob Bowers. They were
driven out of two holes by water, and now have their third hole
down 31 feet. They are reported to have found fine gold with good
prospects.
A few miles above these creeks and on the left limit of George
river, is a string of likely-looking streams beginning with Willow
at the upper end, the latter being a most attractive proposition
with many tributaries, and heading up in the region of the head of
Moore creek. On this creek Jim Emmett, representing the Muteh
ler Bros., Barry Moore and partners, Jack Swiss, representing
Doc Mading and associates, are working, being chiefly engaged in
cabin building. They are reported to have some very good surface
showings, but it cannot be said that the work has progressed far
enough lo give them a definite idea of the creek.
Below Willow comes Washington, Caribou, Lincoln, Bismarck,
Gladstone, Dooley, Mystic and Moose, at almost regular intervals
and but a lew miles apart. Moose is in the vicinity of Michigan
on the opposite limit, and considerable work is going on there.
Paul Paulson, Doc Donaldson, Jesse Shroder, Fred Labelle
and others are working on this creek, doing a little prospecting
and holing in for the winter. Of the work that is being done on
the other creeks named little could be ascertained.
With a long, straight creek bed of about three miles,“a steep grade
• a plentiful head of water, gold apparently in paying quantities along its
entire length, and natural conditions at the mouth of such a nature 'bat
it is possible to sluice the whole creek through" th-e portals as through
i a natural causeway, it appears that Julian, one of the first creeks dis
covered in the Kuskokwitu will prove tire pretties’, hydraulic proposition
yet encountered in the country.
Just 200 test irom where Julian empties into George river tue creek
has cut through a bedrock channel that is little nr re than 50 feet wide
The rim is exposed on either side but in the creek tied the gravel is
about 10 feet in depth and carries gold all through it. I11 sluicing up a
small patch on the left limit rim just before the close of the season, John
i Cascaclen found the ground about $1 to the foot, near the point where
j John Kieland and pa; titers made the $900 cleanup last summer, the
first cleanup of the Kuskokwim. Deeper in the creek bed where they
had a continual fight with water, they have found some fairly good pans
| that indicate much higher values.
Immediately above this narrow outlet, the creek valley widens out
| and continues so to the head. Several holes have been sunk, but only
I one of these (a mile and a half from the mouth) have they been able to
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reach bedrock. In this hole they had three feet of dirt that pans from
3 to 35 cents.
As was reported some time ago, practically the whole of the creek
is held under options by Cascaden Bros., and Strandberg Bros, and B.
E. Johnson, the latter now known as the Strandberg-Johnson Co. They
aggregate $102,500 but the big payments are not due until next spring
by which time the option holders will know what they have with
reasonable certainty.
According to the statement of John Cascaden who arrived in the
city last week tc make arrangements for the winter’s outfit, they
planning a bedrock flume along the creek bed through the channel at
the mouth. This allows For a fine dumping- ground into George liver,
and by open cutting through this channel, they will have laid a foun
daliou for a hydraulic system that can proceed up the creek.
According to Mr. Cascadeu’s estimate they will be able to work
this ground for 35c a foot, wherein it doesn’t require a microscope to
see that they have a very corpulent opportunity of making a good
killing. A boiler has been taken over by the company and prospecting
and preparatory work will go on all winter. Bv water-running time
they should be in shape to begin taking out the money.
LOOKING FOB HOUSE
FOR THE CHEMICAL
Owing to the fact that the ap
proach to the Board oi Trade saloon
from the street is not such as to per
mit a hasty exit with a wagon, the
big chemical of the local fire de
partment, which has been housed
there of late, was moved out last
week and temporarily stabled in the
old quarters of Mutehler’s black
smith shop on Willow street.
Eugene Brunell, the present fire
chief, is looking for quarters tor the
machine on First street, and ex
pects soon to be able to announce
a permanent location for the winter.
When this is accomplished there
will be somewhat of a reorganiza
tion in the tire fighting force.
Statement of Fire Fund
To transfer from general fund $129.85
To subscriptions, monthly pay
ments, for fire protection . 357.50
Total . $487.35
DISBURSEMENTS
To Chesley, Ryan & Kehoe for
buckets . $6.00
To T. T. Wakenshaw for lad
ders, erecting bell, Carpenter
work, etc. 50.00
To Ross & Nestor for lumber . 13.95
Total.$69.95
Expenditures.$ 69.95
Ral. on hand Nov. 1, 1910 . . $417.40
A. S. KEMP, Treasurer.
Tillman & Bende1, wholesale liquors
and groceries, San Francisco.
Gorham Rubber Co., wholesale rubber
sundries, mining hose, etc., San Fran
cisco.
Edward Wolf Co., importers Manila ci
gars, San Francisco.
Studebaker Bros. & Co., wagons, sleds,
autos, etc., Sari'Francisco.
N. K. Fairbank Co., Soaps, lard, eotto
lene, etc., San Francisco.
Anton Bock &: Co., “Bock” cigars,
New York.
We are the direct Alaska represent
atives for the above firms, and can and
will land your goods here at the right
figure. Place your orders with us now
—at least, get our prices for next sea
son. “Get the habit.” “C” BAR
RETT & LEWIN.
Save the pieces! broken lenses re
placed at Simpson’s.
Ramps sells Bock cigars.
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G i f s. i
Closing a very satisfactory sea
; sou, during which he has taken in
a rich 1,arrest of gold, Geo. Riley,
operator on i A Utter, had his last
cleanup for the year last week, the
dust scaling somewhere in the vi
cinity of £13,000.
Lynn and Nelson are still sluic
ing on the Flat creek lay and ex
pect to keep going all winter, un
less tile price of grub climbs too
high. They had a fat cleanup also,
a few days ago.
Become a Caravan
“Alabarn” Laboyteau, who has been
prominently identified with the ship
ping interests of E. W. Griffin during
the past summer, is stiil on the job, but
not on the water.
Last week he moseyed in from Dis
kaket, on the Innoko, with some 900
pounds of freight which he lauded here
by dog team after a strenuous outing.
His shipment consisted mostly of smoked
meats, a supply of which he was able
to pick up over there. It is barely
possible that he will go back after
more. _
IVSaii Expected Early
According to a statement by Post
master Tom Thurston, who has moved
the office to his residence on Willow
between Second and Third, the mail
will reach here this month sooner than
was to be expected when Mail Carrier
Snow left on his last trip.
Through inc®ming travelers, Mr.
Thurston has learned that Snow ex
pects to reach here on the seventh of
the month, or Monday. In that event,
he wishes to give everyone notice that
if they desire to send out letters on this
mail, they must have them in the office
by Monday evening.
Serious Operation
After an illness of some weeks, Axel
Erickson, operator with Henderson on
1-B Otter creek, underwent a rather
serious operation in thiscity last Thurs
day, Dr. Wort-man officiating, assisted
by D. Brooks. Two trained nurses,
Mrs. Cummings and Mrs. Young were
also in attendance, and the event pass
ed off quite successfully.
He is now resting at the Miner’s!
Home lodging house under the care of
the nurses and if all goes well, he is
expected to be out in about two week.
Last Thursday was the Mikado's
birthday and the event was signalized ]
by an elaborate banquet participated j
in by a number of Japan's sons in this 1
city. Several banzais, or banzazas, i
were heard during the evening.
FOR.
At the time of going to press
tin’s week, nothing has been heard
oi John Ness, the man who left
jack Ritchie’s cabin at Discovery
Doulan, on the morning of Oct. 23.
headed for Georgetown without
grub or blankets, and who has not
been seen since, despite the fact
that men have been searching the
hills for him.
Fred Sclreid, J. M. Uaiey, Yv’m.
Gifford, Pete Jensen and M. Step!)
ens, who left the same cabin shortly
after, and who arrived at George
town two days later, found no trace
of him, nor had he been seen in
Georgetown,
It was quite cold the night fol
lowing his departure and for two or
three days thereafter. Without
protection, it is feared he became
lost and may have perished.
Ness is a man about 42 years of
age and has lived in tne vicinity of
Fiat City for a year.
“ GUCG’S ” LOOKING
FOB MACHINERY
Harry Johnson and A1 Burke,
two members oi the group of lay
men on the Wildcat association
on Flat creek, known as the "Gug
genheims” returned to Iditarod
city last Thursday after a trip to
Dikeman where they went to in
vestigate the question of machinery.
'They desire a considerable amount
of mechanical assistance on their
ground next season and it is under
stood that they have bargained
therefore.
They reported that Ross’ auto
mobile should be here today, and
that it looks entirely feasible for
him to bring all the machinery and
provisions there are at Dikeman to
this city on the liver ice with the
aid of trailers.
Have your nuggets made into souve
nirs at Simpson’s, the pioneer jeweler.
Mr. and Mrs. Cash Chittiek, of the
Otter city roadhouse came down to
take a look at the metropolis a few
days hence. They were the guests of
Mrs. Con Junkins.
Mrs. Rusk, wife of the Flat city mer
chant, and Mrs. Selma Swanson, pro
prietor of the Grand hotel at the same
place, were visitors in the city last
week.
F
Down at the Red Cross drug
i "tore, which recently moved into
splendid new quarters on the cor
ner of First and Willow, there is a
1 sadder and wiser man. He was a
recent disciple of one of Uncle
Sam’s skin games, and with his
right hand held straight up, he can
be beard to mutter solemnly,
‘‘Never Again.”
When the Red Cross was in the
old quarters, on Richmond and
Second, Frank Dunham, the pro
prietor, undertook to be good to
the public bv taking over the
thankless job ot being postmaster.
In other wor is he took the mail to
his bosom, attempting to juggle a
letter with one hand while he rolled
a pill with the other. It was all
very well for a while. He was so
busy, he didn't have time lo see
what was being handed to him.
When the drug store moved, the
post office didn't Frank went
away from that place and left it
right where it was. He looks
sadly back now and says he will
bet an agate against a “glassy’'
that if he could figure it all up he
would be out two thousand dollars
on the experiment.
In the first place, the loving pub
lic required all his time rummaging
through the mail for stray letters
that never came. He couldn't at
tend to his trade, and could s.ee
customers walking out while he
burrowed under large piles of Fire
side Companions.
Then again, after one cf those
rushes, incident to the arrival of a
new mail, he would come out after
the storm was over, cnly to find
that the waiting patrons had lifted
nearly everything that wasn’t
nailed down. Besides all this Uncle
Sam didn’t pay him enough to buy
a new’ door hinge. He says he
knows when lie’s got enough, al
right-alright.
Tom Thurston has taken over the
job now' and has moved the post
office to his home on the east side
of Willow between Third and
Second. Since we only get mail
once a month now, Tom will have
more time to look the matter
squareh' in the face.
Read the comic papers,
Smoke Optimos and Bocks,
Chew our good tobaccos,
And you’ll always have rocks.
Cheer up ! Landahl’s Emporium.
THEY NOW HAVE TIME
FOB INTROSPECTION
Emil Jensen was tried before
Commissioner Maltby last Monday
on the charge of stealing a dog
sled. Emil didn’t care for a lawyer,
and he waived a jury, for they
caught the goods on him and lie
probably figured there was no out
anyway. He is now engaged in
tlie quiet occupation of doing 30
days in the local bastile.
Ambrose Van was the complain
ing witness and the man who
owned the sled. Jensen was caught
by the officers at the head of Flat,
having sawed the handles off the
sled. He claimed that he thought
he owned the contrivance, but the
evidence was conclusive that he
was just guilty of a slight prevari
cation in this regard.
Frank Smith was also charged
with stealing oats which were pur
loined from Dikeman. The tiling
raided so much comment that lie
got scared and took the oats back.
Roy Stevens, deputy marshal,
caught him near Bruhu’s and he
pleaded guilty to the charge of pet
ty larceny. lie is now doing 90
days in the same comfortable re
treat with Jensen.
Gommissionsr’s 0
Tlie forcible entry niul detainor
rase entitled J. I Johnstone vs.
Frank McGihr.ey which was tried
before the CounDissioutr Wednes
day and Thursday, was decided in
favor of the plaintiff. Immediately
thereafter, the defendant pave no
tice of an appeal trom the decision.
The case involves a small lot of
ground in the rear of Johnstone’s
1 cigar store and poolroom, upon
j which the plaintiff claims the l ight
j to pile weed, but which the defend
' ant will not vacate.
On November 2nd a suit was
! filed in the commissioner’s court in
which M. F. Murphy .seeks to re
t cover the sum of $242 from II. E.
j Phillips and Mrs. I-M Uhl, alleged
i to be due and owing for work and
1 labor done.
Saturday, October 20.
Location—C f Chittick and " others,
Elk association. Slate creek, 160 acres;
same and 3 others, Chittick Creek as
sociation. Chittick creek, Hi) acres;
same and 2 others, Larch Creek associ
ation, Larch creek, 00 acres.
Monday, October 31.
Location—Elias Lunaman, Discovery
j claim, Montana creek, 20 acres.
Location—Isaac Isaacson, 1-a. Mon
tana creek, 20 acres.
Deed K Q Ayres to Ii Slippern, 20 x
! 36 feet, lot ti, near First and Black, Si.
Deed T L Thurston to E Slippern,
S north half lot 12; block 3 east, $1.
Chattel Mortgage -John R Bingham
■ to M A M bank, steamer Lois, $600.
Chattel Mortgage—Amos and Lucilo
I Tucker to A PGilmour, steamer Little
: Snug and scow. $360.
Tuesday, Nov. 1.
Location—Joe Mills and 7 others,
| Gnat association, Gnat creek, lt>0 acres;
: same and 7 others, Discovery associa
! tion, Insect creek, 100 acres: same and
j 7 others. Rock assocation, Tamarack
I creek, 100 acres; same and 3 others,
Black Cat association, Skookura creek,
80 acres; same and G W Eaton, Gold
bug association, Ely creek, 40 acres.
Location—L E Lorrence and 5 oth
ers, Right Fork associat ion, Right Fork
Slate creek. 120 acres: L E Lorrence,
Kentucky bench, Slate creek, 20 acres.
Real and Chattel Mortgage—Abe
Wallace to T J Nestor, frame building
24x100, on Willow between Caribou
and First, also liquor stock, $1,750.
Thursday, Nov. 3.
Chattel Mortgage—Alex Wilson to
American Bank, team of horses and
harness, $500.
Agreement—A J Day, Ike Loomis
and Jack Lindsay, grubstake general.
Agreement—Jerry Ford and W Sam
Clark, Win Deetering, K P Donnelly,
option to purchase 1-6 Summit associa
tion, Happy creek, $2,500.
Friday, Nov. 4.
Power of Attorney—Tony O’Malley
to M A O’Malley, general.
We buy and sell everything in book
and stationery line. Call and see our
new Iditarod photos and post cards.
Latest magazines, periodicals and Out
side papers, circulating library. Lan
dahl’s Emporium.
Masks for ball of Nov. 12 may be ob
tained at City Drugstore; sale or rent.
Meet me at Johnstone’s cigar store
for a social game of pool or solo,
Manuel sells Bock cigars.