Get Your
Groceries
Where You Can Get the Most
Value for Your Money
We always aim to give you that;
to give you the best goods that
money can possibly buy, and to
give you the utmost satisfaction.
Sam’I Applebaum
OUTFIT OF JOSEPH SMITH
ENCOUNTERED BAD GOING
Harry Panter returned the first of the
week from Moore creek, whither he had
accompanied the outfit of Joe Smith, the
local merchant, who is taking a power drill
to that section to develop his extensive in
terests. Mr. Panter, with four horses, was
unable to take the outfit to its destination,
although he placed it on Moore crock. It
will have to he taken at least seven miles
by dogs.
Mr. Panter states that the snow was so
deep that further progress with horses was
impossible The snow was four to five feet
deep, and soft, and as there was no trail,
the g ang was exceedingly difficult.
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RONALD FROST HEARD FROM
The many friends of Ronald Frost, who 1
left this city early in the summer of 1915
to go to the front for his country in the
great European war, will be glad to hear
that ho is alive and well, although evidently
in the midst of the fighting. Claud Baker
received in the mail which arrived Thurs
day a letter from Ronald, without date and
indorsed “Opened by Censor 3339.” It was ;
written from the quarters of “21st D. A. C.,
British Expeditionary Force. France,” and
Men's
□ Furnishings
_ STORM ARCTICS
FELT SHOES
r|gj RUBBER OVERSHOES
jja HEAVY PURE WOOL SOX
|_| AND INSOLES
g^g DRIVERS’ BUCK GLOVES
CHILDREN’S FELT SHOES
We carry everything you need.
Don’t spend a day trying to
locate your wants. Come to
us—we have it.
J j
he complains that though he has written sev
eral letters to Iriitarod friends he has not
received a word in exchange. He says: “I
cannot give you any idea of things here, but
all letters are so strictly censured nowadays,
especially to the States. I have had quite
a few new experiences, but nev er have been
so proud of the fact that I am an English'
man as when I see our boys fight- men who
have never touched a rifle until this war,
and did not know what hardship meant.”
He asks to be remembered to all.
KUSKOKW!M*NEWS NOTES
ANIAK, Nov. 11 -The ice in the Kusko
kwim river stopped running at Aniak Nov.
6. Traveling conditions were very bad for
those who wanted to get out and vote. Snow
falling before the creeks and sloughs froze
up, made cross-country traveling both hard
and unsafe.
The doctors and carpenters for the new
hospital at Akiak failed to arrive before
the close of navigation, and only the nurses
and teachers are there, so the building will
not be erected until another year. The build
ing material and supplies arrived from the
Outside on the schooner Ruby, late in the
fall.
Arthur A. mills and partner are pros
pecting on the Ohvvat.
BERT DAY MARRIES RUBY GIRL
(Ruby Record-Citizen, Nov. 4)
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lovely received a
telegram Thursday evening stating that
their daughter, Anna, and Bert Day were
married Thursday afternoon at Juneau. The
couple left Friday morning for Seattle. They
are expected to return to Ruby over the
trail. Both are well known and popular
in Ruby. Mr. Day formerly was Northern
Commercial Company agent here, and Miss
Lovely was our obliging telephone exchange
girl.
WEATHER REPORT
Tlie following table of temperatures is
from readings taken daily at 7 a. m. at the
fire station, compared with similar readings
of the fame date last year. The minimum
is for the preceding twenty-four hours:
Late— 7 a.m. Min. 1915
Nov. 25. —18 —34 8
26 . —24 —32 — 4
27 . —18 —28 —15
28 . —24 —35 —14
20. 12 —26 —40
30. —12 —14 —40
Dec. 1. —10 —42 —40
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Dr. Auringer. the Flat physician, is en
joying an extended hunting trip in the Ditna
country.
Furs Ben
C. R. PECK, FLAT
Society Chocolate Creams, per lb ^ 75
Imperial Chocolate Creams, per lb 1 00
GASOLINE FLAT IRONS SSTlcaTpiat irons',r°ea’chacr
Tents, Tarpaulins, Nome Dog Harness, Webbing, Gasoline Lamps, Guns, Am
munition, Hardware, 8toves, Heaters, Furniture and Bedding, Rugs.
SMITH’S CUN STORE
IDITAROD, ALASKA PHONE 6 SECOND AND WILLOW
TRIAL OF JAPANESE JIMMY
FOR GIVING NATIVES LIQUOR
Charged with giving liquor to Indians,
Ging Ekeda, a local Japanese, known as
“Japanese Jimmy,’.’ was on trial before Com
missioner Geraghty and a jury on Tuesday
last. After being out for several hours, the
jury, at a little after midnight, reported to
the commissioner that they were unable to
reach a verdict. They were accordingly dis
charged. It was understood that the jury
stood eleven for conviction to one for ac
quittal. On Wednesday Commissioner Ger
aghty set the case for retrial on Friday, De
cember 1, and a new jury was ordered.
The ease grew out of a complaint made
to the marshal’s office by the wife of Indian
Charley, or Charles Marcel, to the effect
that the native, under the influence of
liquor, had brutally beaten the woman.
Deputy Marshal Thomas placed the native
under restraint on an open charge, and as
a result of investigations swore out the war
rant against Ging Ekeda charging him with
supplying the native with liquor.
Indian Charley, his wife and daughter
were witnesses for the government, and the
services of Isaacs, another native, were en
gaged as interpreter. Paul Reimer, Harrj
Yeager, Manuel Gularte and Cyril Wood
erwe called as witnesses for the defense, an
:he defendant was placed on the stand in hi
own defense.
The natives all testified that the defen
ant brought liquor to their cabin and gu.
it to Indian Charley. The defendant denie
this, and swore that he had bought n
whisky for at least a month past. Test
mony was adduced to show that the de
tendant had bought whisky at two diffcrei.
business houses on November 18. The o!
ense charged was alleged to have been com
mitted on or about November 25.
Addressing the jury, Charles E. Taylor,
for the defense, asked that his client be
discharged because of technical defects in
the information, which, he said, did no!
comply with the statute in that it did not
-fate that the defendant furnished the liquor
“without authority of law,” and also did
not state that the party or parties named,
were Indians.
The Case Retried
The retrial of the case came up at 2
o’clock yesterday afternoon, with E. M.
Stanton acting as special attorney for the
government. A jury had been impaneled
consisting mostly of Flat citizens, and con
iderable time was spent in filling the jury
box. At a late hour last night the takng
of testimony was still going on.
The jury returned a verdict of guilty
late last night, and a line of $200 was
imposed by the commissioner.
THANKSGIVING EALL AT FLAT
WAS A SPLENDID SUCCESS
The Thanksgiving ball given by th
Moose lodge at Flat last Wednesday nig’
was well attended and thoroughly enjoye
Quite a large number went from this cit
for the event, returning about 6:30 the frl
lowing morning. The music was furnish,
by Bobbie Lowrie and Charles Tayl -r
and was of the usual high order. Th
hall was at times somewhat too crowded
but all present enjoyed a splendid time
Among those from this city who took part
in the festivities were:
Mr. and Mrs. Cyril Wood, Mrs. Joseph II.
Smith, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Smith, Mr. and
Mrs. J. C. Currin, Mr. and Mrs. Jonas
Brewis, Mrs. Earl Byers, Miss Lucile Taylor,
Miss Albertine M. Floan, Arthur Bourne, J.
W. Farrell, W. A. Solibakke, Harry Yeager
and William Ansley, Jr.
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CAPTAIN BOERNER HERE
Captain C. A. Boerner, the well-known
river pilot, arrived in the city from Fair
banks last Thursday, after a six weeks’ trip
from Fairbanks. He reports a strenuous
time on the trail, and bears the evidences
of frostbite. He was accompanied as far
as Schirmeier’s roadhouse by J. VV. McCord,
a mining operator of the Tolovana district,
who joined in the search for Sinclair’s body.
Captain Boerner says that Fairbanks never
was so busy and prosperous in recent years
as at present. There are no vacant houses
in the city, and the effect of the railroad
construction work is being felt in Fairbanks
business circles. Besides this, the opening
up of the Tolovana district has been helpful.
It is understood that Captain Boerner will
fill a position in the Northern Commercial
Company’s store at this point until the
opening of navigation.
GEORGE BITTEL
Information wanted of the above party,
who left home (New York city) in 1898
Any news of him will be greatly appreciated
by his mother. Address
CHRIS BITTEL
Box 323, Albany, N. Y.
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Garrison Costar spent Thanksgiving day
with friends in the city.
MORE PROPERTY ON BOOB
IS ACQUIRED BY RILEY
AND INTEREST INCREASES
J. E. Riley, who left here for the Tolstoi
a week ago last Monday, returned to the
city on Wednesday last. On being asked
I how things looked in that promising new
! district, he replied :
j “Not very good. 1-ike all green pastures,
i it looked better at a distance.”
If anyone conceive the idea that "George’
was disappointed in his trip he is apt to bt
badly mistaken. That is just a playful littl
way he has of disarming inquiry regarding
I his numerous and extensive mining opera
I tions. The fact that several miners and
j prospectors having interests on Boob creek.
| In the Tolstoi, made their appearance in
j Iditarod simultaneously with Mr. Riley’s
! arrival awakened interest, and it was not
long before the fact became known that a
deal was on which would add to Mr. Rdey’s
already extensive interests on Boob creek,
j It transpired later that he had acquired
! from J. E. Beattie and Max Minard title
| to claim No. 2 above discovery, on Boob
! creek, and that the price paid was $2,'5,000,
1 510,000 of which was cash and the balance
notes.
This gives Riley and associates control of
I ihe majority of claims on this creek on
! which pay or good prospects have been
j found.
! The story goes that it is the intention of
i the Otter creek dredgeman to commence
I extensive operations on Boob creek, th.
| consummation of which may occupy some
j years. It is intimated that ditches will
I be constructed to convey water to sluice off
' the overburden of these claims, and that
later a dredge will be installed. The ground
; on this creek is too deep for the operations
j of a dredge of the size contemplated, and
| the sluicing will be to prepare the ground
| for the dredge. The ditches will be con
1 ,-tructed during the coming season, the
! ground, will be sluiced the year following,
j and the next year will see the dredge in
j stalled. The preparatory-work will of ne
cessity require the employment of many
men.
The ground in question was originally
I staked by Arthur Eaton, a well-known pros
pector. He gave an option to Beattie and
Minard for the sum of $6,000. Ira Wood
and associates became interested in the op
tion.
The cieal has aroused renewed interest in
the Tolstoi, as much so, in fact, as the
previous transactions by which Riley and
associates acquired Nos. 1 and 2 below dis
covery and the Emmet fraction, on all of
which good pay had been found, and a half
interest in No. 4 below.
Interest Is Increasing
Since the trail? became passable the travel
:o and from the Tolstoi has been brisk, and
while there have been no recent new de
elopment#, there has been a great deal of
nterest in the district, more so, in fact, than
was thought likely last summer. No great
'mount of work has been accompllshei
if.tely, as weather conditions have not been
ropitious, and because of the further fact
hat but limited supplies were taken inp
he new camp during the season of naviga
ion. Already many shortages have devel
ped, and as the cost of freighting from thi;
city is heavy, it is not at all likely that ex
tensive operations will be inaugurated this
winter.
However, much work of a preparatory na
ture is already under way. Fuel is being
cut, prospecting is going on, cabins are be
ing built, and everything is being gotten in
readiness for later work. Men are daily go
ing into the district, and the town of Tol
stoi already has assumed the proportions of
an embryo city. Lodging houses and res
and better buildings are under process of
construction, one of these being built of
taurants are taxed to the utmost, and larger
logs forty-two feet in length. These have
to be hauled quite a distance, and the build
ing operations are therefore quite costly.
Preparations are under way for the hauling
of lumber for building purposes from Crip
ple, and if the camp seems to justify it
there will be a sawmill erected in the vicin
ity in all probability.
With the large number of prospectors now
on the ground, it is likely that the creeks
adjoining Boob will receive a thorough going
over. Quite a flurry was caused last week
by the sale of two claims on Faith creek,
a tributary of Boob, for considerable cash
considerations, and in view of the fact that
pay was not known to have been uncovered
there, it had a tendency to cause more in
terest in the tributaries. There have been
stories of pay on Mastodon, Madison and
French Joe's Roadhouse
SOUTH FORK KUSKOKWIM
DOC FACON AND FIS I j
FOR SALE
A. J. WEISS,
The
Ciothier
THE HOME OF HART, SCHAFFNER & MARX
Esperanto creeks, but there is much secrecy
as to developments, and the real facts are
hard to obtain.
It appears that a waiting game is being
played by those most interested. It is not
likely that an extensive stampede to the
district will develop; but that operations are
being closely observed goes without saying.
Another Deal Consummated
Yesterday it was stated that another deal
has been made by which Mr. Riley came
into possession of lays on Nos. 1 and 3
above discovery, on the same creek, the for
mer held by Ira Wood and J. E. Beattie,
and the latter by Ira Wood and Max
Menard. The consideration was not given
out, but it is probable that it was a sub
stantial sum, as both are promising prop
erties.
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Earl Hunt has been in the city during the
past week., having c< me over from Tolstoi
on business and to spend Thanksgiving day
with friends. Earl is optimistic in regard
to the future of the Tolstoi district, and
expects to see material developments dur
ing the coming months which will put that
camp in the list of Alaska’s best known gold
camps. lie will return today.
E. W. Whittemore has been in the city
for a few days past. He will soon leave for
Seward.
Bill Lee, who has been employed at the
power plant of the Yukon Gold Company
during the past two seasons, has been in
the city for several days, getting ready a
cabin for removal to Flat. Bill is one of
the most appreciative readers of The Pio
neer, and is quite complimentary in his
estimation of its value as a newspaper,
which is particularly gratifying in the case
of Mr. Lee.
Mrs. Leland and son Harry came in from
Flat creek to spend Thanksgiving day with
friends in this city.
Major Albrecht and Charley Lovett, who
have been in the hills for several weeks,
returned to the city early iu the week.
James Pitcher and wife, of Tolstoi, ar
rived in the city Thanksgiving day. They
encountered the storm of Tuesday night, and
did not reach the roadhouse at Dikeman
until after midnight.
Arthur Eaton, Max Minard and J. E.
Beattie, the Boob creek miners, have been
enjoying a few days’ visit in the city and
vicinity.
MOOSE SMOKER TONIGHT
The first of the series of smokers for
members and their friends will be given at i
their hall in F'lat tomorrow night by the
local lodge of Moose. All members and
their friends are expected to be there, and 1
a fine program is promised by the com- ‘
mittee in charge.
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Fresh Oiympia and Eastern Oysters. 31.50 j
per can. Iditarod Meat Co.
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For steam baths, go to the Snyder House,
Hat.
MINING MEN FROM MARSHALL
ARRIVE HERE WITH GOLD
Dan McKinzie and “Curly” Smith, the
well-known operators of the Marshall camp,
arrived at Flat on Monday last, and on
Wednesday proceeded to this city. They
brought with them a big consignment of
gold from their Willow creek workings, the
value of which was variously estimated at
from twenty-five to forty thousand dollars.
They were on the trail about nine days,
and were accompanied by several natives.
Nothing in the way of new strikes had been
encountered up to the time they left the
lower river camp. They brought with them
considerable mail, from which it is learned
that sluicing was in progress on Willow
creek up to the 16th of October. After the
shut-down numerous prospectors took to
the hills and surrounding creeks, and there
is strong hope of further discoveries in that
neighborhood.
George Marsh has opened his “thirst par
lor” at F'ortuna Ledge, which is said to be
almost a replica of the Branch, at Flat.
Flarry Watson has his wireless telegraph
plant about ready to commence operations.
The mast is in place, and he also has poles
up around the town for his electric light,
wires, and will soon be furnishing the resi
!ents with that modern illumiannt.
Miss Kiev, formerly of this city, has her
lodging house about finished, and will be
ready for business in a few days.
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RUBY’S “GREAT WHITE WAY’”
Under the heading, “Our Great White
Way,” the Ruby Record-Citizen has the fol
lowing item of news which illustrates the
enterprise of the merchants of that thriving
little camp:
“Two, gasoline lanterns have been strung
on wires across the road on Front street,
ne on the corner of Front and Pike, the
other on the corner cf Front and Main. One
of the lanterns was donated by Emil Hart
wich of the Merchants’ cafe; the other was
purchased by contribution. The Senate sa
loon bought one of its own and strung it
rcross the street in frcnt of its doors. These
lamps when lit give a surprising amount of
light and make walking over the slippery
roads coming down at sudden angles to
Front street more secure. Also they give
the street quite an air. These small im
provements cost little and add materially
to our standing as a camp.”
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Sture Stenberg is in the city on his way
to the Tolstoi. He will be accompanied by
George Mute! ler, who was lucky enough to
be called for jury duty yesterday.
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For steam baths, go to the Snvder House,
Flat.
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Fresh Olympia and Eastern Oysters,
$1.50 per can. Iditarod Meat Co.
Ladies' Furnishing Store
MRS. L. C. THORNTON, Prop.
F^T T T ) Sewing and
I V Repairing
Cleaning and Pressing
Watches and Diamonds
At
STRICTLY OUTSIDE PRICES
J. L. SALE
FOR
GOOD POTATOES AND CIGARS
CALL UP
V/e Still Have Some to Wholesale
RING US UP ANY SERVICE WE CAN DO YOU RING US UP
Marquette AA Rye National Club Bourbon
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