Freight From St. Michael
Due at Dikeman Monday
Information nus been received at the offices of the K 0. Co. to
the effect that the river steamers at St. Michael commenced load
ing for Iditarod and ether up-river points on Saturday ast, June
17, and are expect ed to arrive at their destination, Dikeman, about
Monday next.
It has been understood among shippers that goods would not
be billed through farther than Dikeman, as that place is considered
the head of navigation during the present low stage of water.
Warehouses to accommodate a very large amount of freight have
been erected at Dikeman by the C. Co., Griffin & Co., and oth
ers, and these will be used for the storage of goods until they can
be transferred to .he smaller craft which will bring them on to
Iditarod. In addit ion, a large amount of supplies will undoubtedly
reach Dikeman about the time of the freeznup, and this will have
to be brought up ever the winter trail, as was the case last year.
Definite information regarding freight rates is not easy to as
certain at the p’ sent moment. Last summer, it will be remem
bered, freight charges ranged as high as $60 to the ton. > his year
it is expected that a much lower rate will prevail, some say as low
as $20 pei- ton, although it is asserted by the smaller owners that I
even $30 leaves absolutely no margin of profit.
Over the-ice freighting last year from Dikeman ranged be-j
tween 3 and I cents per pound or more than double the rate j
charged by the river men. I
5 NORTHERN PERSONALS f
Gov. Clark has appointed Falcon Joslin to be Alaska rommis
sioner at the land : position to bo held in New York this fall.
Dr. J. H. Mr Yard has been elected physician to the Feme Min j
ers' Union. Tie G the sixth successive yea” that Dr. Mustard has
held this appoint; . :nt
Charles Smith has taken a lease on the 1 enny River roadhouse,
well known to former residents of the Seward penir.sul a
Omar Riley and August Pahikee, of Hot Springs, h ve taken;
a scowload of lumber to Ruby City.
Mr. and Mrs. 'rmstrong, who at one time conducted the Ohio
roadhouse, between Fairbanks and Gibbon have taker over the
hotel formerly conducted by Mrs White at Tcfty.
Mrs. N. A. Si arv, wife of the proprietor of the Sliav l ouse ate
Fairbanks, has been very ill. but is reported, to be convalescent. j
J. L. (“Shooting Gallery”) Anders, who recently entered the*
marshal’s office at Fairbanks, has been appointed to the post of de
puty marshal at U : Springs.
II. C. Hamilton., the operator on Little Ruorado, Fairbanks I
district, is reporte' to have struck very rich pay for over 200 feet,;
without reaching t' e limits of the producing area.
Jack Smith, the discoverer of the f: n s Bonanza mine at;
Kennecott, now the property of the Guggenheims, is dead at Port
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SSc.-Oiid Avenue, .Next Iclittirocl Hotel
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FAIR VIEW TRADING CO.
HAS RECEIVED
Fresh Stock
Staple and Fancy Groceries
EVERYTHING IN THE MARKET
Cascade Wafer
As Clear as Crystal
ON AND AFTER JUNE 10 OUR STANDING PLUGS ARE LOCATED:
First ave. anti Willow st. Second ave. and WiLow st.
First ave. and Richmond st. Black and Caribou s's.
Second ave. and Richmond st. Nestor’s Corner
Third ave. and l’lu k st.
Phone Cascade Laundry for key or information. We also pipe water
to all business houses and residences
OPERATING
tr. Samson
- —CONNECTION_
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| SEATTLE,
-AKD
STEAMER JUBTA B |
From St. Michae!
A J. DAY, AGENT
To Eat and Sleep
■\J Cafe sod Lodging
I OTTER CREEK
H. IP k . .Mi, Puop,
WARM DA YS ARE DR Y DAYS
MKO. INTO
AND GET THE LATEST THING TN >RINI7 D. E.S.
FRENCH SOFT EHIZZES,
Hop Beer Ginger Beer, or Cider Rlg'.t 0f‘ ■ fee
Cigars, Tobaccos, Ca di s, Etc.
OPEN DAY AND N/EIJT
The fee House,
Ax? I Ci M %b0 Formwrl;?, TsVcTk'rr
Tiie Place for Good Coffee and Good Eats
I ,,,/aFg ||’*=* '3a ke ry and
Ihh^SLII Lynch ^oom
Willow. Street, 2\ext to Cascade Laundry
Workingman’s Lcrch from ft a.m., 75c.
THE OLD PLACE WrTH A NEW NAME
For Thase' ;l Days, Ovtsfeki BEER ON DRAUGHT
Toil Are Invited to Visit the Pioneer G.ee ......
AT FLAT AND DITAROC Damn Bros.. Props.
land. After having mads and los‘ ' .. oral fortunes, Jack bad $20,
000 at the time of his death.
John Havana, of Seward, has b .. , poh ed deputy U. S. mar
shal for the rs istol bay district
Dr. Joseph H. Romig I as ueen appointed U. S. cotmnissk .
at Nusbagak.
Overfield Will Try
Redfern Case First
Word lias been received from Fairbanks to the effect that Judge
Overfield will take up the trial of the Redfern case as the first thing on
his docket when he opens ccurt here on July io, and that thereafter he
will take up the rest of the criminal matters as fast as they can be
brought before him. The Redfern case is a charge of perjury ami
was brought to this point on a change of venue from Fairbanks.
Following the completion of the criminal calendar, it is Judge
Overfield’s desire to w^ade through the civil docket as fast as possible,
utilizing the long evenings for the hearing of equity matters, or such
actions as can be heard by the coint without a jury. He is desirous
that the bar assist him as much as possible, hoping that the local law
yers will not indulge in evasion or delay. The length of the term can
not be determined, but h is apparent that the - ou,rt will sit as long as
there is work to be done. In the meantime, Judge Cushman of the first
district, will be holding court in Fairbanks.
Oldest Oidtimer Passes
Away at Kodiak Island
Frederick Sargent, aged 73 years,
passed away at his homo at Kodiak
recently. He is survived by a wife
and several children. Mr. Sargent
was undoubtedly the oldest white man
:n Alaska at the time of his death. To
him belonged the honor cf having
raised the Stars and Stripes at Sitka
when Alaska was transferred to
America by Russia in 1867. He had
been in Alaska some time before the
interesting ceremony was performed.
Mr. Sargent was one of those adven
turous spirits who crossed the plains
and mountains to the Pacific in the
early days of the west. The party of
which he was a membei crossed the
great Canadian wilderness between
Winnipeg, then a Hudson Bay trading
post known as Fort Garry, and the
Rockies in the early fifties.
F'ne Frills For
Fashionable Folk
Bringing with her one of the most
complete stocks of ladies’ furnishings
ever seen in the North, Mrs. Silber
stanee, the French modiste, arrived at
Iditarod city from the Outside on the
Tana. She was accompanied by her
little daughter Olga.
Mrs. Silberstenee comes direct from
New York and this is her first trip to
Alaska. Her stock is straight from
Paris, and is the last word in fine frills
for fashionable folk, and varied : :. jgh
to satisfy every feminine fancy.
ONLY.
Only a pair of dark brown eyes,
Only a dimple sweet;
Only the clouded autumn skies,
Only a muddy street.
Only a glance from the eyes of brown,
Only a friendly smile;
Only a maid in a fetching gown,
Only a bit of guile.
Only a boy with an ardent heart,
Only a gust of rain;
Only a glance at a taxi-cart,
Only a sudden pain.
Only a deeply anxious thrill,
Only a frown of rue;
Only a lone lorn dollar bill,
Only a swift skiddoo !
— Wilberforce Jenkins in Harper's
Weekly.
GREEK LADIES TO BE CATEREO TO
On Tuesday last airs. Bessie .Milam
and Mrs. W. H. Newman left Iditarod
city for Flat, where they will have
j charge of the large stock of ladies’
! furnishings which has been sent to
that place by Mrs. Mary Andersen, for
the benefit and convenience cf the
ladies on the creeks.
Try a Portola Fggnog, cold and re
freshing at Johnstone's.
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Big Work in Yukon
Approaches Completion
Seventy men are employee; at the '
Northern Light, Power and Coal com- i
pan; P works at Coal creek, complet-,
ing 11.o installation and operating the I
power plant says the Dawson Daily
Nows.
During the winter one thousand feet j
of tunnels were run, bringing ir. sight |
over 40,000 tons of coal. Tho tunnels
penetrate 100 feet beyond the frost
lire, and the quality of the ccal has
much improved.
K . Thruston, managing director
of the Northern i ight, Power and
Coal company, is back on the job after
; a trip to tho outside.
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On Monday morning last, at 10
I o’clock, a bouncing ’-.thy bey was born
to Y red Mrs. Charles Larson at, the
hospital. This fc the second child to
be born in the camp and the first boy.
The Larson nuptials wore the first
to be celebrated here. Mrs. Larson
who was formerly known as Miss Lucy
; Carey, has a host of friends both here
1 and in the upper country, who will bo
glad to learn that mother and child are
doing well. Mrs. Larson t as attended
by r. Wortmann.
La: '., week's issue of the Lie: -er
Contained an inquiry from the el, i, es
of Ji: McQuiean regarding his pint
whereabouts. A few minutes after the
paper was out the Pioneer received a
I telephone message that Mr YcQuiean
j was located on Otter creek. This is
the second time in two weeks that
! relatives have been placed in co- : .uni-|
i cation with each ot! er thro.the
; medium of this paper.
Quality! Quantity!! Circulation !! 11
j That's what coun ts.
C. A OENSMORE S ENQUIREl 9R
| Mrs. Mary Densmoro of Pbilipsburg,
Montana., in enquiring for information
j as to the present location of C. A.
| Densmoro, as she is getting very
‘ anxious regarding him. Can any |
j reader of the Pioneer aid in the search I
! for the missing man?
Will make daily trips to ail points of
the creeks, leaving Iditarod at !) a.m.
Temporary office, Red Cross drug store.
Prompt delivery guaianteed. .Toe Mc
I Natuee and (<). Fowler, agents.
Fried eggs or ham and eggs at the
I Merchants, 75c.
William Dikeman
Off to Far Country
Dawson, May 1! V. . A. Dikeman,
the man who discovered gold in tho
Iditarod, arrived here Monday evening
after spentTrig several months in Los
Angeles ar.d Seattle, having sold at a
good figure his Iditarod holdings last
fall. Mr. Dikeman came here to join
his partners Matt Morris and E. Wel
ter, mention cf whom was made in
last week’s prper as being here with a
lot of dogs and a tig cutf t for the pur
pose of starting at the opening of navi
gation on an extended, prospecting trip
to some ssrlion of the country not
known save to themselves.
It is to be hoped Mi Dikeman and
and associates will succeed in discover
ing some other equally good field as
'he Iditarod
WHERE IS HESRY WRIGHT?
A letter has been received from the
daughter of Henry Wright enquiring
for news cf her parent. It appears that
Mr. Henry Wright was located on Flat
creoic abort Tar ago, but since
then no word i been heard from him
and his relatives -’r--* getting anxious
Anyone knowing . r. "7right’s where
abouts will confer- a favor by informing
Mrs. Wright at Berkeley, California.
Quiet and co H'itarod Hotel.
Reno vat a Your Home !
SNYDER
C* r rBOU ST.
Wallpaper,
Paints, Oils, &c.
a little: out ;
/ Near the kivr.si ., ■ ot You ’A n<l C
I louse
Where the- Best Hoire
Cooked ideal ma be |
obtained for.4?' S a
For a Loaf
or a Lunch
TRY THE
iditarod Bkery
& Coffee Hggsc
Willow St., on Waterfront
COME, LISTEN TO THE BAND
AT THE
Board of Trade Pool Room
MUSIC EVERY EVENING
Lottery Pool Still On. Coupon Given With Each Game.
Drawing Every Sunday Night Harry Bridges, Prop.
Cooking a ^me Art
AT THK
RAINERS'
HOIVIE
Foot or Willow St. Martin Popich & Jamo, Props,
We Supply Family and Wholesale Trade
PATRONIZE HO ME INDUSTRY
Iditarod Soda Water Works
ROTTLERS OF THE “GOTO BELT BRAND"
Siphons, Soeas, Ginger Ale and Syrups
Phone '■'■.lory, Caribou Street, Iditarod
▲ AAAAAAA J.AA AAAAAAA kAAAAAA ^ . * . . • . . . . .
The ^or a ^ ^eeP
%^ll8!iVi %# SPRING BUNKS
_ THIRD AVE,. AND WILLOW ST.
Slippern's Mill..
ROUGH AND DRESSED LUMBER,
SASH, DOORS, GLASS AND
BUILDERS’ SUPPLIES
Id it a rod