fDITAROD, ALASKA
Capital, $50,000.00
Genera! Banking Business Transacted Gold Dust Bought and Assayed
Drafts Issued on Any Part of the World
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OFFICERS:
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T. J. Nestor, Vice President
.John Holmes, Cashier and Assayer
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Caters to Large anil Small Parties
PRIVATE DINING ROOSVS3
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CHAS. E. FILLER, PROP.
Nome, April 15.—Following is the official report of the result
of the Sixth All-Alaska Sweepstakes, as given out by Ward Esty,j
secretary of the Nome Kennel Club: j
Bowen & Delzene won the race in 75 hours 42 minutes 27 sec- J
omls.
John Johnson was second with 77 hours 18 minutes 10 2-5 sec |
onds.
Allen A Darling were third with 78 hours 57 minutes 34 sec-!
i
onds.
Neuman A' Johnson were fourth in 100 hours 13 minutes 13
seconds.
Delzene rested 26 hours 37 minutes 15 seconds.
John Johnson rested 14 hours 58 minutes 15 seconds.
Scotty Allen rested 27 hours 37 minutes 45 seconds.
Finish of the Race
Nome. April 14.—The finish of the race was a great one, and j
made at a killing pace. Delzene passed Johnson at wonderful j
speed. He was the hero of the hour, all Nome turning out to wel
come him. When people tried to assist him he said: No, we will
take care of these good fellows, they need it more than I.
Johnson was much exhausted, and his dogs were in poor shape.
Today all the drivers are well. The dogs' feet are sore, but
otherwise they are well.
It is generally conceded that next year will witness a great
race, when entries from Iditarod and Ruby are looked for.
Scotty Alien’s Record
Scotty Allen, who ran third in this race, has had three firsts, a
second and a third. He looked pretty good when he arrived, with
two dogs in sled.
Illayok’s Good Showing
Nome, April 15.-Illayok’s time to Candle equaled that of
Allen last year. A large crowd were on hand to welcome the game
native driver, who is the first native member of the Nome Kennel
Club. The citizens are delighted with his efforts, and have pre
sented him with a handsome watch and a purse of money.
Interviewed regarding the entry of Illayok, the Eskimo, Dr.
Neuman, of the Bureau of Education, said the entry was made
simply to test the endurance of an Eskimo team with a native
driver. They had no expectation of winning the race against
world’s record men, and the finest teams in Alaska.
SENSATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
IN DAWSON DYNAMITE PLOT
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Dawson, March 22—Jacob Nielson, one of the best-known |
citizens of Dawson, has been arrested and charged with having!
dynamited the Yukon Gold Company’s dredge at the mouth of
Bonanza creek. The police are certain they have the right man.
After the explosion late in February, Manager Thomas, of the
Guggenheim concern, received an anonymous letter threatening
further damage, and also hinting that his life was in danger if the
company did not cease in its efforts to locate tne man who com
mitted the deed
Other letters were received subsequently. The officers work
ing on the case have succeeded in unearthing a supply of paper
similar to that on which the threatening letters were written, as
well as a typewriter with type corresponding to that of the letters, j
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The find was made in the cabin of Nielson, located in the center of
the city.
Nielson was one of the first to offer his services to the company
as a detective after the commission of the deed, and the offer of a
reward of $5,000 for the apprehension of the dynamiter. He has
been working on the case ever since, but has not claimed the re
ward. He was suspected by the company’s detectives soon after
the dynamiting._
Georgetown, April 4, 1913.
Editor Iditarod Pioneer:
On the 23d day of March, 1913, word reached me in George
town that the body of an unknown man had been found dead in a
tent on Stony river, a tributary of the Kuskokwim, some G5 miles
above Georgetown.
On the morning of the 24th a coroner’s jury, the deputy U. S.
marshal and myself as ex-officio coroner, started for the scene to
investigate. It took us 30 days travel by dogteam to reach the
tent on Stony river, where we found the body of a man of small
stature lying upon what he had used as his bed. lie was dressed
in an undershirt, and had on his trousers and moccasins. He had
on what proved to have been his best clothes, as we found no oth
ers. He was lying upon the bed upon the top of his bedclothes un
jovered, with a single barrel shotgun (12 gauge) clasped in his left
hand, having propped up his head so as it would be in line with the
muzzle of the gun. A string tied to the trigger of the gun, and
passed down under his right foot; the other end of the string was
wrapped twice around the middle finger of his right hand.
Evidently when he pulled the string the muzzle of the gun
must have been within a very few inches of his forehead, as the
hole made by the charge from the gun is a little above the nose
md between the eyes, and his faca was badly powderburued.
Death must have been instantaneous.
Upon looking around we found the following note, signed by
the deceased:
Feb-a bot 12-1913.
My Leags al swelled up i can bearly walk. I
can hardly berath cant sleep at night. Wood is
getting im possible i guess i mite as well quite
weak walk a bout 25 ft verry slowly.
6-skins go to bury me.
Mr . E . C . Tawney. Tony.
We found nothing else to indicate where he came from—not
note or letter, paper or anything to give any clue as to whether
he had any relatives or friends; nor did we find anything of any
value except the few pelts that he mentioned in his note.
Upon looking further we found, in a corner of the tent, his ,
Jog (a female), where she had evidently been sleeping at the time
that he shot her. She was curled up as natural as life, and evi
Jently never knew what hit her. She was shot in the forehead as j
she lay asleep
Upon the face of things, as we found them, it was evident that
the man was sick and was trying to get to the Kuskokwim river,
where he could get help, but got too feeble to travel or get wood.
The place vvhese he was found was indeed a hard place to get wood, j
We had to go across the river some little distance to get the wood
that we used while there. The evidence was conclusive that the
deceased had taken his own life. After taking the testimony of
the witnesses who found the body, the jury returned the following
verdict:
“We, the undersigned jury in the above entitled matter, dulyj
empanelled and sworn, find that the name of the deceased was Mr.
E. C. Tawney, and that he came to his death by a shotgun wound,
the shotgun in his own hands. (A suicide.)
Signed: Oswald Willis, E. Sales, N. P. Mellick, Albert He
bert, Geo. A. Fredericks, M. Pi. Heavey (foreman)
After the inquest had been held and the verdict rendered, the
coffin made and tha grave dug, we buried him. His grave is on the
opposite side of the river from where he was found, upon a hill,
and marked by a rough cross with his name upon it, some 45 miles
up Stony river, on the right-hand bank coming down stream.
I could not find anyone around here that knew anything about
him, but from what talk I had with him last summer when he was
here in Georgetown for a few- weeks, I think that he lived at one
time in Tanana. He was an old-timer in the country, and deserved
a better fate. EDWARD J. STIRK,
Commissioner and Ex-Officio Coroner, Kuskokwim, Precinct,
Alaska, Fourth Division.
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The New Placer Law
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The following is a copy of the law recently enacted by Congress amend
ing the mining laws of Alaska:
A bill to modify and amend the mining laws in their application to the Ter
ritory of Alaska, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted, etc., That no association placer mining claim shall here
after be located in Alaska in excess of 40 acres, and on every placer mining
claim hereafter located in Alaska, and until a patent has been issued therefor,
not less than $100 worth of labor shall be performed or improvements made
during each year, including the year of location, for each and every 20 acres
or excess fraction thereof.
Sec, 2. That no person shall hereafter locate any placer mining claim in
Alaska as attorney for another unless he is duly authorized thereto by a
power of attorney in writing, duly acknowledged and recorded in an}' record
er’s office m the judicial division where the location is made. Any person so
authorized may locate placer mining claims for not more than two individuals
or one association under such power of attorney, but no such agent or attor
ney shall be authorized or permitted to locate more than two placer mining
claims for any one principal or association during any calendar month, and
no placer mining claim shall hereafter be located in Alaska except under the
limitations of this act;
Sec. 3. That 110 person shall hereafter locate, cause or procure to be lo
cated, for himself more than two placer mining claims in any calendar month:
Provided, That one or both such locations may be included in an association
claim.
Sec. 4. That no placer mining claim hereafter located in Alaska shall be
patented which shall contain a greater area than is fixed by law, nor which
is longer than three times its greatest width.
Sec. 5. That any placer mining claim attempted to be located in viola
tion of this act shall be null and void, and the whole area thereof may he lo
cated by any qualified locator as if no such prior attempt had been made.
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Korns Kured at the Krosby baths.
Meals at Sill hours at Du Rand's Dis
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Leave your Koras at the Krosby baths.
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DEALERS IN
GROCERIES, PROVISIONS,
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A complete line of “Shorts” will be received from Fairbanks immediately after the
opening of navigation; also, our Le Barge shipment will include
New Ham anil Bacon, Grape Fruit, Oranges, Lemons, Petaluma Eggs, Etc,, Etc.
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Four barges are being built at j
the navy yard at Bremerton lor use!
in Alaska. These barges will cost;
about $2,000, and are to be used by
the government lor transporting J
coal from the mines to tide water. J
James York, who has a fox ranch !
near Surudutn, has applied for per-j
mission to ship the animals to vari- j
otts points in the States. \ork es-j
timates that he now has upwards ol ;
400 silver gray foxes.
The explosion of three boxes of j
dynamite caps, seriously injured a |
miner named Peterson and de- j
stroyed his camp at Mile 18, out j
from Seward. Barefooted, Peterson
walked a mile to the nearest neigh- j
bor and froze both feet euroute.
The temperature of the water at I
the BigChena hot springs lias risen
from 160 to 200 degrees recently
W. G. Whorf and J A. Herbert,
of Seldovia, are accused of having
in their possession moose meat out
of season. Their trial will be held
at Seward in the spring.
The Sheep-creek tunnel of the 1
A1 tska-Gastitieau Mining Co. is j
progressing at the rate of 20 feet a 1
day.
Charles Herron, campaign man
ager for the Republicans in the last
delegate election in Alaska, is now
a special agent in the land depart
ment and is engaged in probing j
alleged land frauds in Oregon.
R H. Holt, watchman at the
Rogers property near Hollis, was
drowned and his open gas boat in
which he was traveling back to the
mine, was found wrecked on the
beach with his faithful dog keeping
watch over the dead body of his,
master.
Knik is taking on a building;
boom. A town hall is being erected,
for public meetings, dancing, etc.
Frank Cannon has finished a fine
hotel building, W. A. Sherman, the.
onsorial artist, has erected a nifty
shop, and other buildings are in j
course of construction.
C. W Williams, a merchant ot
Katalla, speaking of the activities
of the local oil companies in the
Katalla coal fields, says. “While a
great many of them are not prop- j
erly developed, still the local com
panies are supplying practically the j
entire demand in Southeastern and
Southwestern Alaska, shipping :
their product as far west as Cbig
111k. ’’
Alaskans need take no shame
because of the men whom they;
have elected as lawmakers, if one;
may judge them as a composite j
picture of men in action. The im- I
pression they create is favorable !
They give evidence of being men of
affairs sincerely imbued with the
desire to achieve results. That is
the spirit which seems to animate
them, and it it be followed through
out, results will be obtained,—
Juneau Empire.
Andrew Klaquits, one of Wrang
ell’s aged natives, passed away last
month, dying suddenly from a hem
orrhage while in camp at Rat Har
bor, where he has been trapping
“Little Andrew,” as he was com
monly known, was between 60 and
70 years of age, and had been a
hardy trapper and fisherman for all <
of his short stature from which he J
got his short nickname. His illi >
hee—or out-of-town holdings— )
were on the Stikine river at An
drew's creek, which received its,
name from him.
The appropriation for rent of
quarters for the meeting of the
First territorial legislature being
$2,000, the Elks hall at the capital
city was rented for the purpose for
$1,850.
Dr. Mustard, of Nome, has been
receiving postal cards from S. A ■
Keller, of Council City. The last
received was from Cuzco, Peru,
Keller now being in the heart of i
the land of the Incas.
LAST MONDAY NIGHT
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There was a good time at A. B.
Hall, Iditarod, last Monday night, j
the occasion being the installation
of officers for the ensuing six
months. Joseph H. Smith, Past
Arctic Chief, acted as installing!
officer, and the following were duly
inducted into office:
Past Aictic Chief—Cyril P. Wood
Arctic Chief—Sam Bayles.
Vice Arctic Chief—Claude Baker
Arctic Chaplain—H. O. Roden. '
Arctic Recorder—J. C. Currin.
Keeper of Nuggets—Harry!
Loeey.
Trustees—C. P. Wood, J. D
Barnes, Joseph H. Smith, John
Holmes and Sam Bayles.
The following appointive officers j
were named:
Arctic Camp Cook—Capt. Albert
Wile.
Arctic Trail Guide—Vic Wolfe.
Arctic Trail Blazer—Chas. Hurst
Keeper of the Inner Tollgate —
Paul Le Plant.
Keeper of the Outer Tollgate—
Herbert Riley.
A smoker followed, and there was
a plentiful supply of good things to j
eat and drink. The evening passed j
off most successfully.
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MONSTROSITY BORN
TO NATIVE WOMAN
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Nome Nugget, March 27: Recently aj
child was born to an Eskimo woman of j
Teller which probably was one of the j
greatest monstrosities on record. The j
child had two heads placed back to
back. The mouth of one of the heads
was vertical, instead of horizontal, and
reached from the eyes down to the
chin. So horrible was the appearance
of the infant that the natives began
to pray for its death, and the prayer
seemed to be answered, for the baby
died after a short time.
There is no doubt of the facts, which !
have been reported by the official at
Teller to the bureau of education.
JOHN BATHURST FACING CHARGES
John Bathurst, formerly U. S.
commissioner at Tatiana, Alaska,
and until recently garbage weigher
lor the city of Seattle, is to be in
vestigated by a special board ap
pointed by the city. Six others
employed in a similar capacity to
Bathurst will also be investigated.
Daring his residence in the North
Bathurst bore an unenviable repu
tation.
Andrew Peterson, of Julian creak,
isited fditarod last Saturday. Ho says
J. lteinas is prospecting at the
tpper end of Julian creek, and says he
s going to get to bedrock if it takes
lira a year.
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