We Are Pleased to he Able to Annouee That
Our Stock Is Most Complete
And of the Very P>est of Everything
Sam’l Applebaum
Pioneer Sheet Metal Works
GENERAL HARDWARE
Stoves anil Graniieware Gasoline, Coal Oil, Etc.
The Only First-Ciass Dog: Harness in Alaska
WELCOME CIGAR STORE L TCTV
*"'* Match & Outounlan, Props.
Cigars, Tobaccos, Choice ConfectionsA" poSt^om'"118
TOM LOSES “MOTHER''
Tom Shallow, the veteran pack train
magnate, recently lost ail his pack ani
mals between this camp and Takotna
while he was employed at marking a
summer trail. The animals, headed bv
the ever-faithful “Mother.’' the an
cient white mule, one night wandered
tar from the temporary camping site,
and although days and nights of dili
gent search were undertaken in the
hope of locating the missing animals,
nothing whatever has been revealed
that would tell the story of their fate.
Many persons express the opinion that
the animals were attacked and de
voured by a pack of wolves.
After days of arduous toil in bright
ening and scouring his array of pots
and kettles, and applying a liberal
amount of sapolio, babbitts and benzine
to the diploma he received from the
correspondence school of cookery, Cap
tain Jesse H. Rogers has again thrown
open the hospitable doors of his Front
street cafe, much to the satisfaction of
the many admirers of his wonderful
versatility. Until it is again necessary
to close the house for further repairs,
the gallant captain may be found early
and late at his place of business attend
ing “adequately” to the needs and
wants of his patrons.
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Tub and steam baths at all hours. Sny
der House, Flat.
Cleaning and Pressing. Miss Isaacson, Flat
DR. H. BEHLA
Physician *»■>
Surgeon
Dentistry in Connection
RESIDENT PHYSICIAN
Behla Hospital
Flat, Alaska
Dr. Auringer’s Successor
! Dr. J. Wilson Heed is a late arrival
in Flat City from Fortuna Ledge, and
1 has taken oyer the hospital and prac
tice of Dr. H. K. Auringer, who left for
the Outside several weeks ago, Mrs.
Heed and their four children accom
panied the doctor.
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Fairbanks Igloo, Pioneers of Alaska,
i recently invested $3,000 in Liberty |
! Loan bonds. i
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE
| To J. I1'. Baird, Marie Baird and Char- j
les Hoxsie, and to their heirs and as- J
signs:
1 You are hereby notified that the un
j dersigned have expended in each of the
: years 1915 and 1916 the sum of one hun
dred dollars in labor and improvements
upon each of the placer mining claims
' known and described as follows, to wit:
| The Rainbow association, situated at
' the head of Flat creek, in Otter pre
j cinct, Fourth division, territory of!
j Alaska, the location certificate of which j
: is found of record in book one of loca- j
! tions, page 318, in the office of the re
: corder for said precinct: the Montana j
•association, adjoining the above-de-!
! scribed Rainbow association, the Loca-!
; tioK certificate of which is found of rec- j
1 ord in volume one of Locations, page j
318, in the office of the recorder of said j
precinct; in order to hold said claim |
under the provisions of Section 2321 of,
| the Revised Statutes of the United
: States, and the ame ndment thereto ap
proved January 22, 1880,concerning an
nual labor upon mining claims, being
I the amount required to hold said placer
| mining claims for the periods ending on
; the 31st day of December, 1915, and 1916.
! <Vr,d if, within ninety days from the
J personal service of this notice, or within
j ninety days after the publication there
| of, you fail or refuse to contribute your
: proportion of sucli expenditure as a co
S owner, your interests in the said two
placer mining claims will become the
! property of the subscribers, your eo
, owners, who have made the required
; expenditures, by the terms of said sec '
tion. (iEO. W. Albrecht.
Chas. E. Taylor.
I First publication Nov. 3, 1917.
Last publication Feb. 2, 1918.
A MINUTE AND BEAD
We Now Carry a Large and Com
plete Stock of
HEAVY WOOLEN WINTER GARMENTS
LOGGER SHIRTS
MACKINAW COATS
CRUISER COATS AND PANTS
LACED-LEG PANTS
WOOL PANTS FULL LENGTH
Riding Pants and Coats
Medlicott, Wright's and Cooper's
Underwear and Union Suits
SWEATER COATS AND
KNITTED GARMENTS
For the Whole Family
Big Variety of Shirts
Complete Line of SOCKS —all
styles and weights
SEE OUR BLANKETS
And many other lines too numerous
to mention
We Prepay Freight
To Creeks on all orders arnount
to $10.00 or more.
You Will Save Money by Having
Us Fill Your Orders
Come and Seo for Yourself
We Bay and
Sen FURS
Ansley*s Store
Idltarod,
Alaska
For All Kinds Dog Harness
and Paraphernalia
-GO TO —
PECK’S, FLAT
Call and See Our “Iditarod” Asbestos-Tanned Harness
RED GROSS AUXILIARY
Mrs. V. F. Jacob, of Flat, after a
year’s visit to the States, returned
home recently. While absent she be
came interested in the work of the
American lied Cross Society, and is j
now the accredited representative of!
that humane organization for this part
of Alaska. An auxiliary chapter of t he
society has been organized with Mrs.
Jacob as president, and already many
liberal contributions, amounting to j
hundreds of dollars have been made.
Owing to mechanical handicaps The
Pioneer is unable to publish the list of
subscribers in this issue, but the
names will appear next week.
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GOOD ROAD BUILDING
The teamsters of the camp, assisted
by cash contributions from citizens and
business houses, constructed a splendid
stretch of highway along Cottonwood
creek during the past month. The I
work was done under the capable man-1
agement of “Big Archie” McTaggart,
with Jeremiah Baker as consulting en
gineer. Commissioner Kilgore inter-:
ested himself in the enterprise, and ex
pects to use the road considerably dur
ing the winter' in delivering wood to
the Flat-creek dredge with a powerful
tractor.
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New Furnace in Hippodrome
Manager Hamilton, of the Pioneer
Sheet Metal Works, and his able as
sistant, Mr. “Shanty” House, were era i
ployed several days last week installing
a furnace-heating plant in the Hippo
drome, Flat City's new recreation re
sort.
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Harry Donnelley, the Otter-creek
dredge operator, accompanied by Hen
Oroner started over the Seward trail
last Tuesday morning for the coast.
During his sojourn in the land of the
cheechaco Mr. Donnelley will visit his
old home in Philadelphia, and return
to Otter creek in the earlv spring.
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’Tis very pleasing news for the many
feirnds of Mrs. A. A. Chittick to know
that that excellent lady has almost re
covered her usual good health after a
severe illness of several weeks' dura
tion which necessitated quite a long
stay at the Flat hospital.
Dan Olson and J- Ernest Beattie left;
for the Tolstoi several days ago, where j
they will work during the winter on
claim No. 1-b., Boob creek.
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FOR SALE -Team of five dogs, with
basket sled, price $150. AVi 11 sell
animals singly if desired. Dogs in
good condition. Apply at Steve
Ketch’s dog ranch, Iditarod.
Complete Cine of
Daniel Green
FELT SHOES
AND COMFYS
Leather-Covered Felts-"
A. J. WEISS
The Home of Hart, Schaffner & Marx Good Clothes
When the River Closed
The closing of navigation this fall
j ) r iduced nothing of a spectacular na
ture. All the boats belonging to this
port were high and dry on the ways be
there was danger from floating ice,
and all the freight shipments had been
landed from the lower river. Large
fields of ice passed along in slow pro
cession for nearly two weeks until the
very crimpy weather of last Saturday
and Sunday called a halt. What is lo
cally accepted as the “closing" of the
river was last Sunday morning, Octo
ber 28, when Sarn'l Applebaum crossed
the stream on the ice afoot, w-ith many
a furtive glance and cautious step. Lt
is safe to venture the assertion that wa
gers on the interesting event may be
settled upon this very reasonable hypo
| thesis.
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Beginning November I a tax of five
cen's per message will he collected
upon ail telegrams.
jjust Reopened
TRY J. H. ROGERS’
White Elephant Lunch Room
I For a Properly-Cooked Dinner, Tooth
' some Steaks, Chops, Etc. Good Coffee.
Front Street at Willow, idltarod
Ladies' Furnishings
DOG FV2GCCA55NS FOR SALE
firs. Young, Flat
Jack Keller returned to Flat sov
j oral days a;_M> from his summer's oper
i ations on Moore creek.
Mitchell Lumber Co.
ALL KINDS
Sluice-Box Lumber, Flooring, Shiplap, Liners, Etc.
Outfits .asst Outfots
b§i
^SlMON
INCLUDING
Armour’s “Simon Pure”
Lard
“Diamond C” and “Star”
Ham and Bacon
IN COLD STORAGE
Shilling's Spices and Extracts
Carnation Milk
Hill’s Coffees and Teas
And All Other Genuine Good
Things to Eat
Hills Bros
mnd
COFFEE