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TEACHING YOUNG
IDEA HOW TO SHOOT
Undismayed by the fact that
Harvard and Vasser are trying to
get a monopoly on the learning
game for ali time, the little ones ot
Iditarod have entered hopefully
into the race for knowledge ai d
are already deep in the mysteries
of A B C, Euclid and the Vedas.
Mrs. Brooks, a capable precep
tress of Nome, has taken the matter
in hand and for some weeks has
been conducting a school near the
corner of Second and Otter, where
six children have been in regular
attendance, for, as one ol them
says, it’s more fun than staying
home.
There are Herbert and Arthur
Strandberg,' Irene Lowell, Helen
Clough, Florence McGibney and
Donald McDonald arrd they are in
dustriously learning all about it.
They report every day but Satur
day and Sunday, and orre fond
parent was heard to say that they
were learning very fast.
Among the passengers of the steamer
Minneapolis, now laying at Lewis' on
the Yukon are Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Wal
ters, the former beiBg a biotherof Mr.
Walters of the Dominion Commercial
Co. of this city. The travelers are re
ported to have some provisions with
them, but it is probable that they will
come in over the trail leaving the goods
behind them.
FOUND—A card book of the Fraternal
Order of Eagles, belonging to Oscar
Sinclair of Tacoma Aerie No. 3.
Owner may have same by calling at
this office.
Merchants Cafe
Wedding Dinners and Large Parties
a Specialty,
Strictly First Class. Open Day and Night
Chas. E Miller & Ernest H. Slenter, Props.
Bank Saloon
M, & M. Bank Building
Bar Whiskey Spring 1899
J. A. SL1PPERW,
Carries the LARGEST and MOST COMPLETE Stock of
Sash, Doors, Glass,
MIRRORS AND BUILDERS' HARDWARE IH IDITAROD
Wtore Fronts and Fancy Windows
Ol any Size and Design Made to Order
LOWEST PRICES GUARANTEED
Telephone No. 5 Office—Slippem’s Sawmill
TURN YOUR FACE TO
For inspiration
Corner Second Avenue and Willow Street
George Auten Dave Ferguson
Phone io-IDITAROD- Phone io
Rough and Dressed Lumber
ALL KINDS OF FREIGHTING DONE, PROMPT
DELIVERY GUARANTEED.
WENT WITHOUT CHUB
FOR SOME DAYS
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The tale of the mush from the Str. i
Minneapolis, now laying supinely at j
Lewis’ on the Yukon, to Iditarod city !
is one of trial and tribulation. G. F. 1
Mayhood, two Slavonians and a Finn
arrived Tuesday night, but they were
seven days between the Yukon and
Ophir. Three days their only susten
ance was of the stuff that dreams are
made of, and when they dropped in at
the Boxcar roadhouse, eight miles be
low Ophir, they ate up everything in
sight.
Mayhood is the man that ran the
poolroom in Fairbanks next the Cali
fornia saloon on Front street. He
now brought along a poolroom outfit in
winter quarters with the Minneapolis.
He intends to look over the country
thoroughly this winter, since he be
lieves it impracticable to attempt mov
ing his outfit during the winter.
ORiGiN OF THIS FIRE
IS ONE DEEP MYSTERY
After having smouldered in the
wall of the building for a space
that must have been two hours, a
fire was discovered in Albert Wile's
tailor shop Thursday morning, Mrs.
Thomas Thurston being the heroine
of the occasion.
(Quickly .summoning Mr. Bag
gerly of the Independent meat mar
ket next door, Mrs. Thurston tote
off the door casing and applied all
the liquid in the shop right where
it did the maximum oi good. Bag
gerly also worked with a will lor he
had visions of roast beef and broiled
beefsteaks, and he was heard to
fervently exclaim that Mrs. Thtir
ston had saved all the meat in
town.
The origin of the fire is a mys
tery. The door where it occurred
is several feet away from the stove,
and it had apparently started on
the inside of a tight wall. The only
possible explanation is that a spaik
horn a match flew inside the lining
in some manner, and then smould
ered quietly, between the time that
Wile left the place at eight o’clock
and Mrs. Thurston’s anival there
at ten.
This is another narrow escape as
was the fire discoveied in the M.
& M. bank building two weeks
ago, when the heat of the furnace
ignited the floor, and only goes to
show that the utmost vigilance
must be employed.
FIRE FIGHTERS FILLEO
FOIL OF FUN AND FROLIC
The fire dance at Flat city last
Saturday night had considerable
class. It was a social affair de
luxe, and everybody not tied dcwti
was there.
The event was pulled off at the
Stanley house, and profiting by the
good reports of the first dance held
there, many people from far and
wide took it in, including a btmch
of terpsichorean enthusiasts from
this city.
Their intention was to assist the
town of Flat to purchase buckets
and things for her fire department
and they realized enough to make
it several barrels.
Jim Hagen, who has poked around
on Flat creek ground a lot, is in town
blinkimr at the near-electricity.
Have your nuggets made into souve
nirs at Simpson’s, the pioneer jeweler.
BREAD
Six Loaves for $1.00
PASTRY FRESH EVERY DAY AND
BAKED TO ORDER
Prompt Delivery to any part of
the City.
First Ave., Near Willow St.
First-Class Accommodations
Rates Reasonable
Next to Courthouse
Telephone IT
Hoik) & Sorvc, Adolphe Rippa,
Props. Mgr.
FOR A QUIET SLEEP TRY
The Gilmore
Rooms &y the Day, Week or fcton!h
3rd and Willow St.
CRYSTAL PATUQ
SPRINGS OH I Ho
The only bath bouse in Iditarod
using Crystal Spring water.
IVlrs. C, J. Seliander,
Willow Street
Corner First Ave.
and Richmond St.
CHAS. WORDEN, PROP.
DOG MARKET WILL
BE HELPED SOME
According to the reports brought ]
in by late travelers from the Yukon
there will soon be a fresh supply of
dogs in the Iclitarod to relieve the
present shortage. Dave Lewis, the
roadhouse man who has his place
at the Yukon end of the Lewis cut
off, is coming with 25 dogs and
should be here at any time. An
other man, whose n-tme is not
known but who lives on the Yukon
below Lewis’ is reported to be on
his way with 75 canines that will
give the same result as gasoline if
yott hitch them up.
Many of these dogs belong to
people in the country and were left
on the Yukon to be fed during the
summer and fall. They will come
in very handy here, as good dogs
are practically out of the market
aud have commanded good, stiff
prices.
It appears that the Iditarod and
the Kuskokwim will be dog.mush
ing countries with the result that
some fine teams should be evolved
here before the winter is gone. If
such should prove the case, it
might be possible to challenge
Nome’s long held superiority in the
matter of dog teams,—in other
words we might rib up a big dog
race for the spring.
CUTTING NEW TRAIL
YUKON TO DISKAKET
Dave Lewis is reported cutting
a new trail from his place on the
Yukon to Diskaket, hoping in this
manner to provide a shorter route
to the Iditarod.
This work is now in p-ogress,
including the building of two road
houses which are in course of con
struction on the new line. “Muk
luk” Joe has one of these places,
but when last heard from he was
shy on grub, wherefore it cannot
be stated that there is actual ac
commodation ready on that route.
It will probably be traveled to a
considerable extent this winter as
it furnishes the shortest route to
Fairbanks, and in addition there is
much of the cargo of the Minnea
polis which they can doubtless af
ford to bring here.
MOORE CREEK HAS
LONG LINE OF IT
According to a statement made by
Mr. Myers, who arrived in town last
Thursday, Moore creek at the head of
the Tokatna is now showing pay for
about two miles. Pros[>ecting is held
up just now as the men turned their
attention to the building of winter quar
ters, but the work that was done there
last fall is convincing to the extent
that they believe they are on a live
one. Myers is familiar with the creek,
having been there with the first. He
says it looks very good to him.
Frank Hawkins, than whom there is
no better gold dust expert in the North,
is cashier of the Washington-Alaska
bank which recently absorbed the
Fairbanks Banking Co. at Fairbanks.
He has been scanning dust for the
Washington-Alaska for several years,
and can tell what claim it comes from
inct Kv smell.
After a sojourn of a few days in the
beautiful vale of Iditarod, Napoleon La
berge, one of the old timers of the
country, went back to the lnnokoTues
day last, making his trip by way of
Moore creek and Takotna to Ophir.
Full line optical goods at Simpson's.
DR. B. F. BROOKS,
Physician and Surgeon
Over Merchants Cafe, First Avenue
Telephone 30
Dr. Heinrich Wortmann
Physician and Surgeon
Office at City Drug Store, Tel. 3t>
First Ave., bet. Willow and Richmond
DR. E. T. BRADBURY,
Dentist
Over Merchants Cafe, First Avenue
Telephone 30-B
McGowan, Clark & Albrecht
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
Iditarod, Alaska Phonjs No. 7
The Pioneer Attorney ^ of This Cum;>
ALFRED E. MALT BY,
fr. S. Commissiouer]
Attorney at Law
Notary Public
Practice only in District Court. IDiTAKOO
BIGHAM & BECKER.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
Office—Ansley Rldg., Richmond St.
CHAS. E. TAYLOR,
Attorney at Law,
Notary Public, Conveyancing,
Abstracts of Titles
Iditarod City
J. S. HARDING,
Attorney at Law
Koom 1, Iditarod Hotel
Iditarod, Alaska
H. La France,
ARCHITECT AND BUILDER
Estimates Furnished
BLUE PRINTING
Sditarod
ALL KINDS OF MACHINE REPAIRING
PUMPS A SPECIALTY
TV
Black Street, Near Slippern’s Miii
Enlarged Remodelel
BLACK’S
HOTEL
Kort Gibbon