i 1DITAROD PIONEER |
Published Every Saturday Evenixu at Iditarod, Alaska.
FRANK E. BECKER, ED TOR
V61 2 Oao. M. Arbucklo, Publisher No. 13
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HOW IDiTARODERS COME BACK
While the cold North wind was blowing the smoke from
the glowing embers, and the sun was going down on an
eventful day, a business man of Iditarod stood looking at
the spot where two hours before he was dealing out goods
to his customers. His place was in ruins and his goods
were scattered in wild confusion over the street. Im
patiently he bit the end from a cigar as he looked at the
smoldering ashes. “That place is so d-d hot, don’t sup
pose I can put those carpenters to work before morning,”
he remarked and hurried olF to call up the lumber yard.
Bright and early the next morning scores of men were
swarming over the spot where Iditarod’s main business
block had stood the day before. The smoke was still coming
up in places, but here and there as if by magic, the lines of
new foundations appeared on the blackened ground and
carpenters chased each other in orderly confusion. One
hundred thousand dollars had evaporated into thin air in the
midst of the dullest month of the camp, but what difference
did that make f They had to have places of business, for
the busiest season of the best camp on earth was about to
begin,*so there was no chance to quit. Besides they didn’t
want to.
1 here you have it in a nutshell. Call it the spirit of
the North if you want. Call it the optimism of the young
country. The fact remains that no one tore his hair nor
rent his clothes. Instead, the losers wiped the smoke out
of their eyes, smiled a philosophical grin, called it “tough
luck” and invited the boys over to the nearest booze em
porium to have a drink.
But the best of the story isn't told. For look you,—
. they are not only rebuilding, but they are building better
than before. Nearly every place of business that stood on
the north side of First street will be larger and better, and
when completed, the thoioughfare will present a more im
posing appearance than heretofore.
In 24 hours, some of the losers had set up business in
new and temporary locations, and in one instance, a Saloon
was open and dispensing joy on the very location from
which customers were catching high ones 48 hours before.
They say the bartender couldn’t see some of the old, steady
traders on account of the smoke that came through the
iloor, but don’t you believe it,—that's merely airy persiflage.
However, there was a smell of smoke about the place, and
that's no high-posed dream.
It all comes under the head of tough luck, but cheer
up. It brought the community together from a mutual
sense of misfortune, and it called up that latent sense of
enterprise that is always on the job in this country. It hit
some of them pretty hard, but they will make it back this
coming summer and have some on the side. Besides it will
improve the appearance of that block,—so be joyful.
AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION
Now that they are putting up larger and better build
ings in the block that was destroyed by the disastrous con
flagration of this week, it becomes pertinent to enquire as
to the possibilities of fire-proof construction, and whether
or not something cannot be accomplished in the way of
party wails that w ill interpose some obstruction to the on
ward march of the flames.
Without a common council to compel the observance of
certain building regulations, we can only call the matter to
the consideration of the builders themselves, who should
have learned that a little money spent on a precaution of
BETTER THAN EVER!
Merchants Cafe
Will be Open for Business at the
Old Location About Tuesday, April 11
Chns K Miller & Ernest H. Slenter, Props.
PAT KEYS AND PHIL MAYHAN, PROPS.
Telephone Main- 64. Office at Ophir House, Willow St.
TRIPS EVERY DAY EXCEPT SUNDAY
Leaves Flat Creek .9:00 a. m.
Leaves Flat for Discovery Otter at.5:00 p. m.
Leaves Discovery Otter at.8.00 a. m.
Leaves Ophir House, Iditarod.2:00 p. 111.
Round trip to Flat, $6 ; round trip to Discovery Otter, $8.
PASSENGERS, EXPRESS and FREIGHT
WATCH THIS SPACE FOR
Fire Sale Bargains
I. GOLDSTEIN Front St.
Will Open Tuesday, April 11, at the Old Stand.
Z. J. TjOUSSAC. Prop,
Will Open Next Week With Up-To
Date Store on the Old Site
C. J. Hurley, President J. P. Gleason, Vice President A. Bruning, Cashier
Corner First Ave, and Richmond St., Iditarod
CAPITAL $50,000.( LLY PAID IN GASH
General Banking Business Transacted Upon Liberal, But Conservative Lines
GOLD DUST PURCHASED UPON ASSAY VALUE
And we guarantee our assays against any of the government assay offices.
Clippings from your gold furnished you for the purpose
of obtaining check assays if desired.
We solicit your business, and assure you of our courteous, prompt and
careful attention combined with fair treatment, whether
your account may be large or small.
WHILE FREIGHTING IS CHEAP
BUY YOUFJ
Furniture few*
EVERYTHING NECESSARY FOR THE HOME
1
Willow Street, Iditarod Phone 46
this kind, might have saved them hundreds if not thousands
of dollars.
Lacking as we do, the proper material for the accepted
methods of lire proofing, home-made inventions are neces
sary, but at that it is possible where a long line of buildings
is going up simultaneously, to so construct the walls be
tween as to be a vast aid to our inadequate fire department.
Some owners prefer to have their buildings separate
and distinct from those of their neighbors, but this seems
to be a useless precaution where no appieeiable space can
be left between. It would seem much more to the point
should the adjoining owners unite in the expense of build
ing a single wall and to use some effort to make it fire
proof.
There are those architects who maintain that sawdust
walls will stand out a long time against the advance of fire.
Once the retaining boards give way, however, the scatter
ing sawdust becomes a menace rather than a protection.
Another suggestion that is made, is the use of tundra
muck in lieu of concrete, providing it can be reduced to a
plastic state and handled in the present weather. A wall
px-ovided with studding wrapped in asbestos, packed with
clay-like muck and covered with iron should prove prac
tically impregnable against fire.
Such construction would be expensive at this time of
year, but as some wisenheimer announced in the dear, dead
days, “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.”
WILL INCORPORATE WITH GOOD COUNCIL
It is with considerable pleasure that the Pioneer notes the
unanimous approval bestowed upon the men we had named for
city council at the public meeting Wednesday night. That the
nominations of eight other excellent candidates were also unani
mously ratified simplified the situation to a remarkable degree, as
it now puts before the voters a splendid list to choose from, and
assures the fact that we cannot go far wrong.
As explained before, in naming the Business Men’s Ticket, so
called, the Pioneer had only the motive of crystalizing the senti
ment of the town on incorporation, by showing that it is possible
to put the municipal government into absolutely safe hands. We
believe that there will be very few dissenting votes on the
proposition of incorporation itself, since at the meeting referred to
the matter was not even debated, and that was a thoroughly
representative gathering. The calamity of this week was an ob
,ject lesson which no one can afford to overlook
The meeting was a happy idea and went off smoothly. It
ignored sectionalism in the city, nominated men from all parts of
the town and left the voter plenty of opportunity for exercising
his own best judgment. The names of all the men we had put
forward appear in that list and we don’t mind saying that we shall
probably-vote for that ticket. However, any council elected from
that list of fifteen names will be a good one
It is unnecessary to dwell upon the importance of the coming
election to the future of this city, and the duty that devolves upon
every citizen to vote for incorporation. In the choice for council
men and for school trustees each voter will be swayed by personal
likes and prejudices, and aside from that, we take it, there is no
issue involved.
If you have the interests of your town at heart be up bright
and early next Tuesday morning, and vote “ Yes” for incorpora
tion. Think over the records and the qualifications of the follow
ing men, pick seven for the council and three for the school
board, and say that you have done good work.
For Councilman :
FRANK MILLER.
IS ADORE BAYLES.
D. S. MCDONALD.
DAVE MUTCHLER.
J. A. SL1PPFRN.
CHAS. ROSS.
J. W. KEMPF.
JOE SMITH.
J. D. BARNES.
J. E. BEATTIE.
CHAS. KRUTSINGER.
t. l. McGrath.
ALBERT WILE.
HERMAN ANDERSON
CAPT. PETERSON.
Fou School Trustees :
P. M. DUNHAM.
H. R. ELLIOTT.
Z. J. LOUSSAC.
A. E. LIGHT.
JOHN STHELIC.
L. S. KOBE
L N. LOWELL
April Fool Masquerade
Plays To Packed House
—
The April Fool masquerade ball
given at Ansley’s ball last Saturday
night by the Saturday night dancing
club, under the leadership of Kemp’s
orchestra, was one of the most enjoy
able parties of the winter. A remark-1
able number of pleasure-seekers had [
turned out at d as a result tlie place j
was jammed to an extent that made I
dancing a fearful and wonderful thing j
until a late hour in the morning or un
til many of tiie less courageous had
departed.
The costumes were remarked upon
as being finer and more varied than at
any similar party given in the town
during tiie present social season.
Many of them were decidedly attract
ive, and some of the character
representations were both novel and
mirth-provoking. Among the latter
•Mrs Selma Swanson as an Indian
squaw and Mrs. Ruth Sherburne as a
tramp were the hit of the evening,
both being prize winners. The danc
ing competitions were keen, and the
judges had their work cut out for them
as the following list will show:
List of Prizes.
Best sustained character, lady. Hand
hag, given by Red Cross Drug Store.
Mrs. Selma Swanson.
Best sustained character, gentleman.
Hat, given by Boston clothing stoie
Prank Sickinger, coon.
Most original character, lady. Jar
diniere stand, given by Martin Sick
iiger. Mrs. E. A. Light, Topsy.
Most original character, gentleman.
DR. 0. F. BROOKS,
Over Merchants Cafe. First Avenue.
Telephone 31)
Dr. Heinrich Wortmann,
Office at City Drug- Store. Tel. .‘>0
First Ave., Bet. Willow and Richmond
DR. E. T. BRADBURY,
Dentist
Over Merchants C'afe, First Avenue
Telephone 30-B
CHAS. D. CARTER,
Dentist
Offices, Pioneer Drug Stores,
Flat Creek
McGowan, Clark & Albrecht
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
Iditarod, Alaska Phone No. 7
The Pioneer Attorneys of This Camp
ALFRED E. MALT BY,
fU. S. Commissioner]
Attorney at Law
Notary Public
Practice only in District Court. IDiTAROD
J. S. HARDING,
Attorney at Law
Room 1, Iditarod Hotel
Iditarod, Alaska
CHAS. E. TAYLOR,
Attorney at Law.
Notary Public, Conveyancing,
Abstracts of Titles
Iditarod City
A. J. DALY,
Attorney at Law
WILL ARRIVK ON Till? FIRST BOAT
9*9~923 Leary Building, Seattle, Wash.
All Commissions Given Personal Attention.
NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION
Notice is hereby given that the part
nership heretofore existing between Mor
gan & Litsey is hereby dissolved by mu
tual consent. All accounts due and
owing said firm in Iditarod, Alaska, will
be collected and paid bv Thomas Mor
gan. JOHN LITSEY,
Bv his Attorney, J. H. Miller,
THOMAS MORGAN.
March 30. 191 r.
NOTICE
The undersigned hereby gives notice that lie
has withdrawn from the firm of Walker & Co.,
operatingtlie Keystone drill in this vicinity,and
will not be responsible for any debts contracted.
Dated April 4, 1911. H. C. WALLICK.
NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that the undersigned
wiit not be responsible for any of the debts con
tracted on the Otter association, Otter creek, or
accounts subseque t to the date oi this notice.
Dated March 28, 191.. WM. M. WISH
Box Optimo cigars, given by Landahl's
emporium. O. Anderson, flapjacks.
Most comical character, lady. Box
handkerchiefs, given by I. Goldstein.
Mrs Trougbten, clown.
Most comical character, gentleman.
Briar pipe, given by N. G. company.
VVm. Patterson, punch bowl.
Best business representation, lady.
Pound of tea, given by Cbesley, Ryan
& Kehoe. Airs. Chris Jensen, re
presenting the Id its rod Pioneer.
Best Tramp character. Bottle ot
whiskey, given by Northern saloon.
Ruth Sherburne.
Best sourdough character. Bottle
whiskey, given by Ramps Peterson.
U. R. Elliott, parka man.
Best dressed lady, first. Gold belt
pin, given by J. L. Sale. Mrs Beattie,
kimono.
Best dressed lady, second. Sweater
given by Friedman’s store. Mrs. i*.
McMullen.
Prize waltz, first. Three bottles of
wine, given by Kmpire Commercial
company. Miss Winter and ('apt.
Green.
Prize waltz, second. Two bottles of
wine, given by Budweiser saloon. Mrs
Baker and Geo Mutchler.
Prize two-step, first. Three bottles
of wine, given by Kmpire Commercial
companv. Miss Cahill and J>an Camp
bell.
Prize two-step, second. Two bottles
wine, given by the Miners’ Home
saloon. Mrs W. S. Riley and Cap;.
Green.
Cake walk, first. Cube given by
Merchants’ cafe. Mrs Abendroth and
Mi’s. P. McMullen.
Kxtra prize. Box of fine stationery,
given by City Drug store. Miss
Cahill, gipsy.
Extra prize. Ham, given by Domin
ion Commercial company. Mrs Sander-,
Topsy. _
Sixty-eight Horses
To Move Dredge
J. H. Montgomery, Nome manager
for the C. L. Morris company, estab
lished a new record in dredge moving
on the morning of March 12, when he
skidded the second section of the Dry
creek dredge to Nome river, just,
above the month of Osborne creek in
two hours and forty-five minutes, a dis
tance of nine miles. It took (i8 horses
and a lot of brain work to do the trick,
but all worked like a machine from
start to finish.
When you visit Flat creek call at
Carroll’s Globe Bakery and Coffee
House for a lunch.
F-aralsh»d Rooms end Spring Bods.
Rates by tho Day, Week or Month
Mrs. F. A. Fork las. Prop
COLD STREET, FLAT CITY
A MODERN HOTEL
Hotel Grand,, Flat City
Finely Furnished Rooms
First Class Cafe. Liquors and Cigars
Poo! and Billiards
N. GLANTZ AND MRS. SWANSON
Steam
Formerly
Domestic Laundry •
Clothes washed by oik* system wear longer and look better
HIGH GLOSS OH DOMESTIC FINISH
SILKS AND FLANNELS WASHED BY HAND
Willow Street Phone 129 Ben Holland and B. J. Banks, Prop.
OPEN FOR BUSINESS Tj,p QIfJph<.f|rjl
Ansloy Bldg, Richmond St. 8 SiU i M U M I# I
Old Tyler Whiskey Our Specialty J. \l Anderson, Prop.
WE SATISFY THE HUNGRY |
Everything in Season
WILLOW STREET T. L. McGRATH, PROP.
TURN YOUR FACE TO
For Inspiration
Corner Second Avenue and Willow Street
George Auten_ Dave Ferguson
SI ip pern’s Mill..
ROUGH AND DRESSED LUMBER,
SASH, DOORS, GLASS AND
BUILDERS' SUPPLIES
-Iditarod