CcminpnStr. Washburn
VIA LAKE LEBARGE
Petaluma Fresh Eggs,
Cheese, Oranges, Lemons,
Crape Fruit, Apples,
Comb Honey, Potatoes,
Australian Onions, Etc.
Sam’l Applebaum
General Ladies’
FURNISHINGS
Ladies’ Furnishing Store
MRS. L. C. THORNTON. Prop.
Flat City Bakery
AND COFFEE HOUSE
Front St., Opp. Fiat City Hotel
Our Coffee is Unsurpassed
Our Bakery Products Always Fresh and
Whoiesome
Pies, Cakes, Bread, etc.
P. MICHELS. Prop.
AFFLICTED NATIVE GIRL
GOES OUT FOR TREATMENT
On board the launch Transit, leaving for
the lower Yukon on Monday last, were
Mrs. Lottie C. Thornton and the little blind
native girl, Marie Marcel, for whose benefit
Mrs. Thornton and other ladies of Iditarod
recently took up a subscription. Mrs.
Thornton will take the chdd to Russian
Mission to interest the government nurse
at that point in her behalf.
Orginally it was the intention to send the
little blind girl Outside for treatment, but
consultation with Drs. Moore and Auringer
disclosed that an operation was not neces
sary. and that she would probably recover
her sight if placed in the care of some hos
pital where she could receive proper treat
ment for an extended period. With this
end in view Mrs. Thornton will endeavor
to have the little one placed in the gov
ernment hospital at Nulato, conducted by
Dr. Lamb. Mrs. Thornton expects to be
gone at least two weeks.
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Fritz Wolter, the roadhouse man, was a
visitor in the city this week, coming up the
river on the Pup.
FOR
Men’s Furnishings
DRUGS
STATIONERY
Kodaks and Supplies
CANDIES
WALL PAPER
LINOLEUMS
SEE
ANSLEY’S
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
Frank Watson, a well-known old-timer,
was one of the Pup’s passengers, arriving
here Monday night.
Arthur Vallentine, a pioneer Yukon river
steamboat man, well known throughout
the Interior, is engineer on the Pup, which
arrived from the Tolstoi this week.
Bob Roberson let for Dikeman on Thurs
day last. He will be joined at that place
by Jack Folsom, and together they will
spend the summer in prospecting the hills
back of Holy Cross.
Jack Hunniwell left on Wednesday last
for Ophir. He went as far as the Halfway
roadhouse by boat, and from that point in
tended to mush across country'.
John Greer, the Boob creek miner, who
has been in the city for several days, de
parted for New York on Wednesday last,
having disposed of his holdings.
Harry Donnelley was a visitor in the
city last Wednesday from Discovery.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Folsom have been in
the city for the past few days. Mrs. Folsom
and baby are on their way Outside.
The Prairie Bell left for Dikeman on
Wednesday.
The Sea Wolf left for down river early
Wednesday morning.
The steamer Little Delta arrived Tues
day afternoon with her two large barges
heavily laden with four-foot wood.
The only observance of Memorial day in
Iditarod last Wednesday was the display of
the national flag at half-mast from the
buildings occupied by public offices.
Steamer Washburn left Holy Cross for
Iditarod at 8 o'clock yesterday (Friday)
morning.
Judge Earl B. Hunt was a visitor in the
city for a few hours last Thursday from
Flat creek.
Dr. Auringer was called to the city on
Thursday last to attend a native woman,
who is very ill.
Miss Lucile Taylor will leave on the
Washburn for the Outside to spend the
summer. She will return on one of the
last boats.
Deputy Marshal Charles was a visitor at
Flat on Friday afternoon.
MY WATER SYSTEM
Is the independent water—fine, forced and
filtered through eighteen feet of Otter
creek gravels; cold and refreshing. Deliv
ered to all parts of the city. Leave your
orders at Flat City Hotel, with Mrs. Gun
ning. Express delivered to all points on
the creeks.
Last, but not least, the garbage line not
forgotten. DAN HARTNETT, Flat.
^
at the McDonald
G. C. Larnont, Charles Bowman. Jack
Whittaker, M. Burns, Billy Greer, John
Novak, J. E. Beattie, H. Bismarck, M.
Price, Joe Saxsmith, Jack Grer, Dan Du
kich, James Walsh, F. J. Conley, M. Smith,
Charles Sinclair, Andrew Olson, A. E.
Meacham, Mr. and Mrs. Folsom.
WILL HAVE A FULL LINE OF
LANG'S
Stoves and Family Ranges
BY FIRST BOATS IN JULY
C. R. PECK, FLAT
TENTS, TARPAULINS
ALL 8IZES
MOSQUITO BED-COVERS
SHOTGUN SHELLS
Pitch
Oakum
Calking Cotton
Oars, Paddles
Oarlocks
Pike Poles
Picaroons
Paints
Stains
Linseed Oil
Turpentine
Greyling Nets
Whitefish Nets
Fishing Flies
Canvas
SMITH’S CUN STORE
IOITAROD, ALASKA PHONE 6 8E00ND AND WILLOW
J. E. RILEY APPOINTED
ONE OF THREE MEMBERS
OF DIVISIONAL COMMISSION
_
On Tuesday last J. E. Riley received a
telegraphic message from Governor Strong
informing him of his appointment as Idit
arod member of the divisional road com
mission created by the recent, territorial
legislature. The other two members of
the commission are H. H. Ross of Fair
banks, ex officio, and W. 0. Robertson of
Ruby. The position is an honorary one,
no salary being attached, but traveling ex
penses are allowed. Mr. Riley was notified
to execute his oath of office and forward
it to Juneau at once.
The appointment of Mr. Riley has been
received with great satisfaction throughout
the district. He already occupies the posi
tion of local overseer for the Alaska road
commission, which carries on the road work
authorized by the federal government, and
it will be his purpose to combine the activi
ties of the two agencies as much as possible
in carrying out a program of road improve
ment in this district.
While the text of the law creating the
divisional road commission has not yet been
received here, it is understood that it will
have the disbursement of SIOO.OOO for road
work. The district which Mr. Riley will
represent on the board should have the
benefit of a considerable portion of this sum.
Mr. Riley will make an effort to have
the first meeting of the new commission held
in Iditarod. By this means he will be able
to better present the needs of this district
in the matter of road work.
LEAVES FOR MARSHALL
WITH HEAVY MACHINERY
The launch Transit, Captain Earl Byers,
left for Marshal! late Monday afternoon
with two scows loaded with heavy mining
machinery and several passengers for the
lower Yukon.
Included in the freight was a Keystone
drill belonging to the Yukon Gold Com
pany, in charge of John Novak. The ma
chine is to be used to prospect the lower
reaches of Willow creek, which are believed
to contain a continuation of the paystreak
found on the upper psrt of the creek, and
which has not been prospected heretofore
because of the difficulty of sinking in the
wet ground.
A complete scraper outfit for Riley &
McKinzie was also part of the cargo, be
sides much miscellaneous freight.
The Transit had about a dozen passen
ger!.
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WORK PROGRESSING ON DIXIE
Repair work on the launch Dixie, the
dispatch boat of Commodore Jesse Rogers’
Heet, goes slowly but bravely on at the
shipyards on the City dock, at the foot of
Willow street. During the past week, while
the weather was balmy, the commodore
hugely enjoyed the assistance of a large
crew of volunteer suggestion-makers, who
hour after hour hung over the sides of the
Dixie, watching the handicraft of the pa
tient and resourceful owner as he daftly
placed the intricate pieces of mechanism
(the children of his own genius! into posi
tion in the boat. At the hour of going to
press The Pioneer is unable to announce
the date of the Dixie’s launching.
CAPT. LOWRIES STEAMBOAT
The hull of Bobby Lowrie's steamboat,
the Tolstoi, which has been undergoing
many repairs during the past few weeks at
Captain Elmer J. Smith’s shipyards, “took
the water” last Wednesday, and is now an
chored at the foot, of Willow street, await
ing the installation of her boiler and en
gines. Captain Lowrie went to Flat yester
day for the necessary equipment, and is ex
pected back today, when the work of in
stallation will proceed.
AN INCIPIENT BLAZE
On Monday afternoon, while a heavy wind
was blowing, a spark caught in the roof
of the store conducted by Mrs. L. C. Thorn
ton. at Front and Richmond streets, and
soon flames were seen issuing from the
building. A hurried call brought out the
fire fighters, and with the aid of chemicals
the fire was extinguished without serious
loss.
WOODS FULL OF THEM
This from a recent, issue of a little coun
try newspaper with all the earmarks of the
wisdom of the ages: “There are plenty of
fellows who can teach a better school than
those who teach, preach a better sermon
;han those who preach, run a better busi
ness than the merchant, and publish a bet
ter paper than the editor. Yes, the woods
are full of them, but they neither teach,
preach, run a better business or publish a
better paper. They are like the lilies of the
field—they toil not, neither do they spin.”
Douglas Island News.
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ONWARD AND UPWARD
“What has become of the man who used
to rock the boat?”
“He has progressed with the times. He
is not satisfied now unless he is mussing
up the equilibrium of an aeroplane.”
Washington Star.
Crawford—I suppose Rockefeller, as
usual, was the largest contributor to charity
the last year.
Cramhsaw—It looks so. the way gasoline
is going up.—Life.
MINING IS IN FULL BLAST
ON NEIGHBORING CREEKS
While the season has been extremely
backward from a mining standpoint, the
warmer weather of the past two weeks has
had a tendency to induce great activity in
the hill placers at the head of Flat, on
Chicken and Happy creeks and on Willow.
Water is now running freely, and many men
are engaged in the sluicing operations. Dave
Strandberg, at the Upgrade, has a large
force of men at work. Alex Mattheson, on
Chicken creek, has twenty men employed.
At the Summit, on Happy creek, A1 Walsh
has day and night crews at work, taking
full advantage of the plentiful water upply,
and Denting and partners, on Happy, also
have a force of ten men working. On Wil
low creek Jonas Brewis has a score or so
men at work.
The copious rains of Tuesday night and
the promise of continued showers lend en
couragement to the hope of a prosperous
season for the operators in the hill districts.
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MR. AND MRS. COSTAR
TO LEAVE FOR OUTSIDE
Garrison Costar, resident manager for the
Yukon Gold Company, received a wire on
Thursday last from the headquarters of the
company ordering him to report at the
San Francisco office to be assigned to new
duties. It is understood that Mr. and Mrs.
Costar will leave on one of the early boats.
Mr. Costar was also notified that he will
be relieved of his duties here immediately
by Mr. Turner, who has been connected
with the dredge of the company located on
Greenstone creek, in the Ruhy district. It
is probable that Mr. Turner will arrive on
the Washburn, now due.
The departure of Mr. and Mrs. Costar
from the district will be generally regretted.
A.
SLEUTH KNOWN AS ‘ JUDAS”
WAS ARDENT IN COURTSHIP
After a whirlwind courtship, Donald \ose
Meserve, former resident of Home Colony,
the Anarchist settlement on Puget sound,
whom Emma Goldman called “The Judas
Iscariot of the Anarchists” after he bared
the Los Angeles Times dynamite plot, was
married in Los Angeles recently. His bride
was Mrs. Jenera von Kajander Bostrum. A
Seattle newspaper recounts the details as
follows:
To little Florence Bostrum, infant daugh
ter of the brifle, belongs the credit not only
of originating the romance, but of bringing
it to a quick and successful close.
Chance and the little girl joined hands
two months ago and by concerted action
brought about the desired result. Mrs.
Bostrum had moved to Los Angeles, leav
ing her little daughter at their home in
Portland, in care of a nurse. When the
mother decided to stay in Los Angeles she
telegraphed the nurse to bring the little
girl south on the boat. On this same boat,
on his way from Seattle, sailed Meserve, at
that time a total stranger to the young
widow. -
1.it tie 1 lorence Bostrum became a boon
companion of the young man during the
voyage south, and on their arrival there a
friendship with the mother followed. Meserve
became a regular caller at the home of
Mrs. Bostrunt and little Florence. It was
not until very recently that the widow
capitulated. Meserve rushed to the Los
Angeles marriage license bureau, arranged
his affairs with the district attorney and
all plans ready for a marriage the fol
lowing afternoon.
Meserve obtained sufficient leave of ab
sence from the district attorney to permit
a short honeymoon before the newly-mar
ried couple resume their residence there.
As the Burns operative knew more about
the lives and habits of Schmidt and Caplan,
who were then on trial, than any other liv
ing being, he was almost indispensable to
the finish of the trial of Caplan, who was
captured on Bainbridge island, near Seattle,
largely through Meserve's work with the
Burns detective agency.
Although only 26 years old, Meserve has
a life record dotted with narrow escapes,
thrills and dangerous spots. He had been
an associate of Anarchists all his life until
joining the forces of the Burns detective
agency in 1914. From that time on he used
his knowledge of the Anarchists and their
ways in locating Schmidt and Caplan. Sev
eral months ago he revealed his entire
story.
His first meeting with Emma Goldman
was eighteen years ago, when, in company
with his mother, he called on the anarchistic
Jeader. The next time he saw her was in
1914, when he appeared at the Goldman
house in New York and obtained lodgings.
It was while there he met Schimdt and
Caplan and obtained the information that
became invaluable in the trial. He spent
some time at the Home Colony, the anar
chistic settlement near Tacoma.
Several times his former friends have
tried to “get” him. Once it was an en
deavor to kidnap him. The last attempt
on his safety was made in January of this
year, on the dock in Tacoma.. Meserve
was on his way to visit his mother, and had
just left the steamship when a crowd of
Anarchists attacked him. Fighting his way
through them, he retreated to the boat,
where he remained until the arrival of
other Burns men. Since that time he has
been furnished with a body guard of armed
men.
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Job Printing at The Pioneer office.
Where You Gan Get Just What You Want in the Line of
A. A. Cutter Shoepacs,
Strang & Garfield Shoes,
The Felder Shoes,
The Dougherty Shoes
12 and !4-!nch Tops
A. J. WEISS
The Home of Hart, Schaffner & Marx Good Clothes
TREASURER SMITH’S REPORT
GIVES INTERESTING FIGURES
An analysis of the report of Territorial
Treasurer W. B. Smith, submitted to the
territorial legislature recently, shows the
Third division leading in contributions to
the general fund of the territorial treasury.
The First ilivision is second, the Fourth
third, and the Second last, say.; the Juneau
Empire, which summarizes the report as
follows:
During the two-year period ending Janu
ary 1, 1917, the receipts in the general fund
by divisions were as follows: First divi
sion, $51,489.66; Second division, $8,524.59;
Third division, $113,578.75; Fourth division,
$25,351.54.
The Third division contribution does not
include the 1916 license tax of the Kennecott
Copper Company, which has since been
paid.
The forest reserve fund, which is made up
of 25 per cent of the money collected by
the federal government from forest reserves
and given to the territory, comes largely
from the First division. The contributions
of the First and Third divisions, which are
the only ones which contributed to this fund
during the last biennium, were as follows:
First division. $24,826.30; Third division,
$2,001.05. The balance in the forest re
serve fund on December 31. 1914, was
$59,114.50.
Twenty-five per cent of the fore.-t reserve
fund is allotted to the support of schools
under the jurisdiction of the governor. This
25 |>er cent has been expended by divisions
[ as follows:
First division, $3,494.50; Second division,
| $2,505; Third division, S7,690; Fourth di
i vision, $3,281. The unexpended balance in
the fund on January 1, 1917. was $4,842.75.
The remaining 75 per cent of the forest
reserve fund is divided equally among the
divisions. During the biennium $16,388.85
was allotted to each division for road-build
ing purposes, under the direction of the
divisional road supervisor.
The divisional road supervisors have spent
most of their allotted amounts, the balances '
varying from $11.72 in the First to
$3,443.52 in the Second, on December 31, '
1916.
In the Fourth division the money was
spent on repairs to the road from Fairbanks
creek, rental of a caterpillar engine and re
pair work on various creek roads.
Aunt (severely)—As I glanced into the
drawing-room just, now I saw the young
man’s arms round you. Niece—Yes, Aunty.
was waiting for you to see us. Young
men are so scarce nowadays, one can't have
too ruanv witnesses!—Passing Show.
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Job Printing at The Pioneer office.
8DITAROD
RESTAURANTamdBAKERY
GET THE _ __
BEST MEALS ^ g%
for a %$€r#
Open 6 a. m. to 9 p. m.
Everything of Best Quality
Foot of Willow Street
Watches and Diamond*
At
STRICTLY OUTSIDE PRICES
J. L. SALE
UNCLE DAN COMES TO TOWN
Dan Hartnett of Flat, who formerly was
engaged in the light and heavy truckage
business in this fair city, paid a long over
due visit here lest Wednesday afternoon.
He traveled in his side-bar phaeton, and by
the time he reached the outskirts of the
great city he was espied by the youthful
population, who, remembering his many
kindnesses in days agone. soon were aboard
his gig and enjoying a fine ride Two or
three of the youngsters offered to relieve
Uncle Dan of the reins, but he refused
their requests in that respect. While here
Dan purchased from Mr. Wada a valuable
cart which he had disposed of a couple of
years ago, which he will employ in his Flat
garbage system.
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TAKING A SHORT VACATION
H. Boas, the clothier, arrived from Flat
last Wednesday morning, and during the
afternoon departed on the Prairie Bell for
ttikeman to enjoy a springtime surcease of
business cares for a few days. Mr. Boas
will be absent only a few days.
FOR SALk—HORSES
One team of horses, with sleds and har
ness complete.
NORTHERN COMMERCIAL CO.
- A LARGE STOCK OF -
Ladies' and Children's Gnods
Will be received per Steamer Washburn, and will be placed
on sale at New Store on Gold Street, Flat
ALL NEW GOODS LARGE ASSORTMENTS
Dressmaking Parlor* in Connection 1
MRS, J. J. SMITH
I J. W. Farrell,
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
Discovery, Otter_
Front Street, Flat City Formerly the Bagoy Premise*
Flat City Hotel Bed‘fr,nfcoc
Mrs. J. E. Gunning, Prop.Special Rates by the Week and Month
H. BOAS, THE CLOTHIER,
Now Located at Flat City
And Is Closing Out His Big Stock of Men’s Clothing and Furnish
ings at Greatly Reduced Prices
BIG BARGAINS FOR ALL IN HIGH-CLASS GOODS
FOR
GOOD POTATOES AND CIGARS
CALL UP
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We Still Have Some to Wholesale