We Are Pleased to Announce
THAT OUR STOCK IS MOST COMPLETE AGAIN, AND, AS IN
THE PAST, ALL GOODS ARE OF THE HIGHEST GRADES OB
TAINABLE.
OUR SWIFT’S PREMIUM
HAMS AND BACON
Shipped in Cold Storage
WILL BE READY FOR DELIVERY THIS WEEK, AND WE CAN
PROMISE YOU SOMETHING VERY NICE.
ALL ORDERS FILLED PROMPTLY
AND THE UTMOST SATISFACTION GUARANTEED.
Sami Appiebaum
General Ladies’
FURNISHINGS
Ladies' Furnishing Store
MRS. L. C. THORNTON, Prop.
FROST AND HIGH WATER
ARE UNUSUAL CONDITIONS
OF WEATHER FOR JULY
After two weeks of almost constant down
pours of rain, varied early in the week by
hailstorms, the weather turned cold on Tues
day night, and frost and snow were re
ported from the hills at the head of Flat
creek. On Wednesday night the whole dis
trict was visited by a killing frost, and gar
dens in most instances were ruined. Ice
formed on the sidewalks and in pools.
The weather this summer probably sets a
new record for this district. Hitherto the
summer of 1910 has been spoken of as the
wettest ever known here. At that time the
whole Iditarod townsite was a sea of mud,
and rubber boots were the universal foot
gear. This summer, however, is believed
to have been even more moist than the sum
mer of 1910. The river for many days past
has been at an extremely high stagp. : nd
the power plant of the A ukon Gold Coin
pany, .several miles above the city, has been
inundated to a depth of several inches.
Great anxiety has been felt for the safety
of the cordwood held by the boom at the
power plant, and men have been engaged
for several days past in preparing for the
possible breaking of the boom. The boom
below the city has been strengthened, and
a channel made so that in case the wood
should break loose it may be turned into
the lake and saved. About fifteen hundred
cords were said to be endangered. The
river having now apparently reached its
highest stage, the danger is regarded as past.
At the hill placers, of course, the abun
dant water has been a great boon, but even
there it has been accompanied by disadvan
tages, and some damage was done to flumes.
In some instances pipes were clogged with
sand and considerable damage resulted.
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1 OR SALE—Three pool tables, in good
condition, complete with all necessary
equipment. Inquire at postoffice. Flat.
Just Received
Shipment of
Mackinaw Coats, for men, boys
and children W oollen Shirts
Cruiser and Logger Shirts
Bib and W/aist Overalls, blue, black
and khaki
Medlicott Underwear
Men’s Trousers and Work Pants
Boston Garters Infants’ Shoes
Ladies’ House Slippers
Men’s Bedroom Siippers
Sewing Machines Table Cloths
Night Shirts Sleeping Garments
And many other lines
Come to Us—We Have Everything
9 6 9
Ansleys
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
IDITAROD. ALASXA
LEO CLIFFORD AND BRIDE
TO MAKE HOME AT FLAT
Ameiig the passengers arriving on the
Prairie Belle on Wednesday last were Leo
Clifford and bride, who were married at
Cordova on June 22. The bride formerly
was Miss Jessie Lee Smith, a school teacher
at Nome. Mr. Clifford is a young man who
has been connected with the camp since the
early days, and is known and respected
I throughout the district. The happy young
I couple have been spending a couple of days
| in the city, ami will locate at Fla;. They
! have been receiving the congratulations and
l well wishes of the entire community.
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KUSKOKWIM MERCHANT HERE
—
Arthur Iliggins of the Kuskokwim Com
mercial Company, Tokotna, has been in the
city for the past few days, and will leave
on his homeward trip today. Mr. Higgin
says that while there is not much activity
in his section this summer, everyone is op
timistic, a - they know that big development
j ere in prospect. Goods have been delivered
this year more punctually than usual, be
cause of the new vessels 014 the Seattle
Bethel route. He says but one man is work
) ing on Yankee creek this year, but there is
1 no doubt the Kimball company will pro
ceed with their dredge project when condi
tions are ripe. The installation of the dredge
on Candle creek will liven up things in that
| vicinity this winter. Altogether the outlook
in the Kuskokwim and Innoko is far from
discouraging.
FROM THE TOLSTOI
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Frank Kern, Boh Griffis ami I’. B.
: Carlson arrived from ihe Tolstoi late S..t
urday night on the launch Alice. They
report everything very quiet in that district,
but good reports continue to come in of the
operations on Madison creek, where consid
erable money is being taken out. A govern
ment geological survey investigator has been
looking into the supposed platinum deposits
of the region, and recently left for the Out
side.
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FISH PLENTIFUL ON YUKON
Salmon are reported to be unusually plen
tiful this year in the Yukon river, and fish
camps all along the river show signs of the
consequent prosperity.
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DAWSON JAPANESE HELD
FC-R MURDER OF SPOUSE
The body of Percy, the missing Peel river
Indian, who disappeared at the time ( f the
murder of Mrs. Yoshioka. a Dawson Japa
nese woman, on June 24, has been found
by a searching party buried about 150 yards
southwest from the home of Mr. and Mrs
Roy Yoshioka, on their fox ranch back of
West Dawson, according to the News of
July 6. The body was in a sandy spot in
2 hole tfhich had been excavated to the
depth of nine feet. In the same hole was
also a 30-30 Winchester ritle and three dogs.
The Indian had been shot in the back, the
bullet piercing the heart. Yoshioka testi
fied at the inquest over the remains of his
wife that he suspected the Indian of killing
lhe woman.
Roy Yoshioka has been arrested on in
formation charging him with the murder
of his wife. The accused engaged no coun
sel and was returned to jail pending a pre
liminary hearing.
While the police have as yet secured no
direct evidence, indications point to the
Japanese as the perpetrator of both murders.
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Job Printing at The Pioneer office.
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WILL HAVE A FULL LINE OF
LANG’S
Stoves and Family Ranges
BY FIRST BOATS IN JULY
C. R. PECK, FLAT ^
BIG CLEARANCE SALE
Is Now On—Will Close Store August 1st—Everything to Go
Regardless of Cost
BARGAINS BARGAINS
One Packard Plano, $300
SMITH'S GUN STORE
IDITAROD, ALASKA PHONE 6 SECOND AND WILLOW
RESPONSE IS SLOW
Young Men Subject to Draft Seem
to Be Backward About Neces
sary Registration Stunt
Registration under the conscription acl
is proceeding very slowly in the three local
precincts. Evidently because of the fact
that the date for the closing of registration
is more than a month away, many are de
ferring this necessary act. And it may be
that there are those who do not yet under
stand that the registration is compulsory
on : 11 within the prescribed ages between
the 21st and 31st birthdays. In this district
probably there is none who is exempt from
registration, as exemption applies only to
members of recognized military and naval
units of the United States forces.
Major G. W. Albrecht, the registrar at
Iditarod, reports that so far but four men
have registered with him. C. R. Peck, regis
trar at Plat, reports but sixteen, and J. G.
Rivers, at Discovery, Otter, reports but
eleven. These are as follows:
Otter Precinct
Edward Kimball
T. H. Jasper
William L. Touchotte
E. I). Carter
C. L. Johnson
.1. L. Smith
Iditarod
Stephen Resell
Richard Button
Flat Precinct—
T. ,1. Robertson
Mai Ellinwood
Roger C. MeXalley
Horace E. Auringcr
John J. Demp.-ev
James Kay
Claud Wiilard Mood
Max Boas
E. P. Thomas
Earl F. McDaniel
VYiiliam Carlson
Toivo Uotila
J. P. Leonard
Wi liam !L Solibakkc
Kenneth 11. Gideon
Thomas N. Turner
L( 11is Schwarz
S in .1. Wright
George C. Kay
Slure II. Stenberg
Louis T. Yig
C F. M. Nelson
John E. Kellner
The question of exemption from the draft
is one that will he taken up later by tin
local examining boards. Word comes from
Washington that rigid adherence to the pol
icy laid down in the national army selective
draft law, of placing the question of exemp
li: n- in the hands of local boards, is ex
pected to characterize the exemption regu
lations, which have not yet been made pub
lic here.
It is understood that the regulations will
map out only the general procedure of the
boards, the personnel of which already ha*
been announced. It is regarded as certain
that no specific class exemptions will be
provided for, and that each man will l a
appraised on his individual occupation and
physical capacity when his name is called
and he is summoned before tire local boards.
No man with serious physical defects
will be r ll-d upon for military service.
Crippled or defective persons among tho.-e
who are registered may possibly bo dropped
from the lolls. The judgment of the civ i 1 :i
doctor • who are attached to fecal exemp
tion boards as to the ability of any in i
vidual to bear the hardships of a soldier’s
life will be a determining factor.
Married non will not be exempted as a
class. In each cae the object of the hoard
will be to determine whether the depen
dency of wife, children <r other relative*
upon any man is so complete as to warrant
his rrjcctb n as a s- 1 liar.
No inkling has been given as to the part
to be assigned to those who are to be
granted partial exemption because of re
ligious h -lief. They arc to be freed of the
necessity of firing upon enemy soldiers, and
therefore from regular military service, bat
the act contemplates that they can serve in
some noncombatant capacity behind the
lines, and holds them liable for such service.
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ERROR IN ITEM OF NEWS
RESPONSIBLE FOR CONFUSION
The Pioneer erroneously stated last week
that there would be no mail, either outgoing
or incoming, between "August 26 and Sept. ,
21).’’ It should hi ve read, according to the
announcement on the past office bulletin]
board, “be, ween August 20 and September i
0,” and even then the announcement would !
have been incorrect. The fact is that with
the dispatch of lest Thursday's mail no
consignment will leave here until August it.
The result of the announcement was that
there has been much questioning of the post
master, the telephone operators and the
newspaper, and incidentally the mail service ;
came in for some unmerited criticism.
The summer service calls for four mails (
monthly, and as there are nine weeks in the
months of July and August, one week ha- ,
to be skipped.
The incoming mail is expected today, and '
there will be no dispatch of mail until :
August 0.
at the McDonald
Jack Mutchler, A. M. Kilgore, Mrs. La
mont, John H. McKee. Billie Greer, R. Me
Millan, Joe Saxsmith, George Blanusha, M,
Raise, Dan puckish, A. Higgins, Mrs. M.
Earl, Mike Blanusha, Jerry Ford, Charles
Courtright, Eugene Van Orsdai, Mr. and
Mrs. Leo Clifford, Mrs. Roy Stevens, Jack
Stevens.
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DR. WHARTON AT DISCOVERY
Dr. Wharton, the dentist, goes to Dis
covery, Otter, on Monday next, to be there
for two weeks.
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A “HALE FELLOW’S” WAKE
All his life Vincent Vervenka was a “hail
fellow well met,” says a New York news
item. He was a Bohemian in fact and
fancy. He was born in Prague. He was a
jolly bachelor. Even death had no sting
for him. He wished his friends to be
merry, not mourn him. “I want laughter,
not tears, over my death,” he decreed.
“Laughter to waft me to heaven.” So his
friends—the Bohemian Sharpshooters—held
a wake over him. “May Vervenka be as
jolly where he is as we are now,” was the
toast, and they drank it down with wine
and beer until fifty kegs had been con
sumed. A banquet followed. The wake
cost $400.
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Gerald—May I kiss you ?
Geraldine—Not much!
Gerald—Well, I only wanted one or two.
—Awgam,
MRS. CHARLOTTE FORD
RELIEVED OF SUFFERINGS
AFTER YEARS OF ILLNESS
Mrs. Charlotte Ford, wife of Jeremiah
Ford, the well-known mining operator, died
ai 4 o'clock last Tuesday afternoon at their
camp at the Summit mine. She was stricken
by paralysis a few days ago, and never re
gained consciousness. Mrs. Ford had been
practically an invalid for many years, and
while her death came as rather a sudden
dioek to friends, it. was not unexpected.
Mrs. Charlotte (Hyatt) Ford was 58
years of aue. and was born in the Susque
hanna valley. Pennsylvania. She was mar
ried to Mr. Ford in 1896 in North Dakota,
and came to Dawson in 1898. Later the
couple lived for some years a! Rampart,
and came to lditarod in 1912, and have been
connected with the camp ever since. Two
years ago Mr. and Mrs. Ford went Out-ide
with the expectation that the latter's health
would improve, but she was not benefited
by the change, and preferred to live near
the scene of her husband's activities.
The remains have been embalmed, and
will be taken Outside for burial by Mr. Ford
in the fall. They will in all probability be
interred at her old home in Pennsylvania.
Be-ides her hush and, Mrs. Ford leaves
two brothers. Lee ID ait of Swink, Colo.,
and Guiles Hyatt, a resident of Nevada.
The funeral services were hold at A. B.
hall. lditarod, on Thursday afternoon, being
conducted by Commis-ioner A. M. Kilgore,
assisted by a choir composed of Messrs. Cyril
Wood. Harry I eland, William Am ley, Jr.,
and K. H. Gideon, with Miss Cliff Albrecht
at the piano.
Mr. Kilgore paid a sincere tribute to the
memory of tlie departed, instancing her well
known kindness of heart, and spoke of Ih •
patience with which she had endured many
years of suffering, which prompted her to
he deeply sympathetic of others' misfortunes
and sufferings. From scriptural texts lie
hel l out the assurance of immortality, end
contrasted the hope of the Christian wilh
the beliefs promulgated by pagan religh ns.
whose conception of the hereafter wa*
(blivion and nothingness. The choir ren
dered several well-known hymns, and con
cluding ihe services Mr. Kdgore led the
congregation in prayer.
Mr. Kilz re read with much feeling the
beautiful poem entitled •‘Crossing the Bar."
The service- were attended by scores of
friend-: of the deceased from ail parts of (he
district, and the pallbearers were from
among the employes of the Summit mine.
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LOCAL AND PERSONAL
Oscar Anderson of the Upgrade was in
town early in the week.
B’.b McMillan. fhe Black creek dredge
t pi rater, was :i vi>iu,r in the city on Sun
day and Monday 1 st.
( li.nl - K T..\l,r 1 * for Marshall on
p to: y last on bo r ! U •• Loew Victor, on
a bu.-ini s- inis.-: n.
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IF ! SHOULD DIE TONIGHT
There are few who are not familiar with
; t least one parody of the verse.- that appear
below. The original poem, h sw^ver. th -ugh
wall werth while, is perhaps not so genera ly
ku v n. We reprint it f« r the benefit of
hose wl o may not be acquainted with it.
T dim !•! be in every scrap-book. Eagle
Magazine.
If I should die tonight
n ■ T.uld 1 x 1 uj u ’ y quit t fa ic
Befn tl y laid it in its re-ting ■ !
And derm that cd ith had left it arc .st fair;
And ! vir.g -now-white 11 wer- against my
hair,
Moo smooth it down with tearful tender
ness.
And ft Id my hands with lingerin'.? caress.
Poor hands, so empty and o oil tonight!
If I should die tonight
My friends would cal! to mind with living
thought
Some kir.dly deed- the icy hands had
wrought.
Pome gentle word the frozen lips had said;
Errand.- on which the willing feet had sped;
The memory of my selfishness and pride,
My ha.-'V words, would all be put asidea
And so I should be loved mid mourned
tonight.
If I should die tonight
E'en hearts estranged would turn once more
to me.
Ree: lling other days remorsefully.
The eyes that chill me with averted glance
Would look upon me as of yore, perchance,
And soften in the old familiar way;
For who could war with dumb, unconscious
clay ?
Po I might rest forgiven of all tonight.
Oh, friends! I pray tonight,
Keep not your kisses for my dead, cold
brow;
The way is lonely—let me feel them now.
Think gently of me; Tam travel-worn;
My faltering feet are pierced with many a
thorn.
Forgive, oh hearts estranged, forgive, I plead!
When dreamless rest is mine I shall not need
The tenderness for which I long tonight.
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WORTH THE RISK
For three successive nights the new and
proud father had walked the floor with the
baby. On the fourth night he became des
perate, snd on arriving home from the of
fice unwrapped a bottle of soothing syrup.
“Oh, James,” exclaimed his wife whpn
she saw the label, “what did you buy that
for? Don’t you know it is very dangerous
to give a chid anything like that?”
“Don’t worry,” was the husband’s tired
reply; “I’m going to take it myself!”—Tit
Bits.
MODERN WARFARE
As the capture of Vimy Ridge was
planned and studied out on a small-scale
model, so the Messines attack was rehearsed
on an open-air model covering an area equal
to about four tennis courts. The ridge
was reproduced in miniature to the smallest
detail, and for weeks before the battle the
units engaged in it practiced the particular
role assigned them under most realistic con
ditions.—Reuters Dispatch.
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Embattled farmers saved us once; this
time they can best serve the country by
staying on the farm.—Phiadelphia North
American,
JUST
RECEIVED
New Clothing from Hart,
Schaffner & Marx
New Hats from John B,Stetson
New Shoes from Nett let on
A. J. WEISS
The Home of Hart, Schaffner & Wlarx Good Clothes
A BABY ROUTS MARS
(Literary Digest)
The terrific battle in progress for a small
French village stopped suddenly. Not a ride
was fired, and the unexpected, canny still
ness was like that which precede- an attack
by infantry —yet neither side l- f their
trenches. The Prussian cuvi.lv r who
was in command of the secti 1 ■' d his
head above the dugout to find rh ■ cause of
the peculiar sibnee, and when lie found it
lie could not believe his eyes.
The sun had risen and the fog of the
iea;!y morning had di.appeared. Between
the trenehe> stretched a meadow, end there
it was no delusion exposed to the lire of
both sides, cr v ling about on hands and
knees, was a little baby. It seemed perfec ly
happy, chuckling at the long row.- «>f steel
helmets rautiou.Ty rai.-ed about the trench
parapet L»y the amazed soldiers. What fol
lows i< t< 11 by the Prussian officer, Edgar
von Schmidt-Pauli, whose account we quote
from the Chattanooga New-:
“Before my weary brain can summon up
any convincing reasons how that child got
there whether some poor mother lost ii in
tlie panic due to the battle of the night be
fore a German soldier jumps out of the
trench and run-- to where the child i- crawl
mg out.
“Absolute stillness prevails in the trenches
Mri only to our right, from which this ex
I 'i ' i in ry : Fht is hidden by a dump of
; tree-. ; thj• .sound of gunfire heard.
“And thi- spot, which all through the
nigh; had been a veritable inferno of shot
■ ; nd shell, F now like some peaceful island
i or u cool, friendly oasis in a burning desert.
“Over there in the enemy’s trenches we
I can see the helmets of the Frenchmen, a
they peer over the edges. No one is any
1 .neer thinking of the enemy, or the war. or
the danger. All eyes are on the tall soldier
and the child which he is approaching. And
«■• he pick.' up that little frightened, helpless
piece of humanity rn.i fondly takes it in
his arms, v laugh, a low. friendly laugh,
passes a’eng our entire column.
“The laugh is infection.', and we can feel
how it F going along the ranks over yonder.
; And suddenly what -are they going to
I ho ? ? n; tin' contrary, a great wave
f a; ; Fuse, with shout* of ‘BiavoF from
TionsaiuF of French throat':, hr • tks the still
i'.es- Then, as the 1 her iump- hack into
1 ur trench with the child safely in hi- arms.
| . ur ranks, too, burst into a triumphant
i 'h ut which passe- ; I! due the line.
' liven frr some time after not a shot is
; .• •■!. It ; - :,s if w<* fed ashamed of our
i •■elves, and, no one t- nched a gun while that
child was in cur midst.
“Win n the firing did start again it was
rather desultory and indifferent, and there
was nothing dangerous about it. The liitle
ehil 1 had worked a wonderful change in
the hearts of both friend and foe that morn
ing.”
CONSCRIPTION AND LIQUOR
The boys who thought they wore “putting
| something over” on the county auditor when
they swore fal-ely as to their ages to secure
a liquor permit now realize that it is a
long road that has no turn. None of them
can play the “slacker” now, for those same
county auditors will begin checking their
lists against that of the selective draft mili
tary roll-', and if their names are found
missing they will be handed to the prose
cuting attorney, who will see that they are
arrested either for securing liquor permits
illegally or failing to register, either of
which is a serious charge. - -Odessa, Wa-h..
Ilccord.
ADMINISTRATOR APPOINTED
Charles Ross of the Miners & Merchants
! Bank has been appointed administrator of
the estate of the late John Holmes by Com
missioner Kilgore.
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Job Prnting al The Pioneer office.
SAD FATE GF CARNEGIE
TOLD !N NEW YORK DISPATCH
A New York di.-pii.ch of May 20 ha- the
following account of the pathetic condition
of Andrew Carnegie, the erstwhile “Iron
Master,” whose acquisition of untold wealth
! has been one of the iniracl a- of American
industrialism :
1 Andrew Carnegie, known internee."ii lb
as ‘the cpostl? of peace.' i. a war ca-u'l'y.
bereft of reu-r n and money, it un
known today, alien i was learned hat
Dr Henry Smith Pritchett, president of the
Carnegie I-oundatii n, en-i < nc of t arnegie s
closest friends, had been appointed conserva
tor of the vast Carnegie funds.
“Carnegie’s reason has been dwindling
since di" war began, but the conditii n of
the ol 1 irontnaker has been guarded jeal
ously. Quickly, hut cautiously, the power
to give away money was taken from him.
The appointment of Dr. Pritchett was with
out publicity.
“Aged, penniless and heartbroken, the once
powerful industrial monarch and apostle of
peace -its in his ca-tle home awaiting the
great armistice.
“Closest friends no longer arc recognized
by Carnegie. Only now and then • !-,'• in
know Dr. Pritchett. Emperors, ma.-ter- of
finance, steel kings these are but shadows
now to the man who once mingled with
them a> a power. New V-rk. pul-mg
around his palace, is un ibservt 1. 1 b. -
loved I-ies of his Highland ca.-tle ar •
forgotten.
"'Wife,’ wails the weary ol.l voice, i.vt r
and over again, as Mrs (’arnegie trie- to
soothe him. ‘has the war ended yet? When
- when will, peace come?'
“No man tried to do more for interna
tional peace than Carnegie. After the com
mission which he hail financed had reported
on Balkan war atrocities he pledged him
self to a world campaign again.-i war. When,
in the last days of July, 1914, Europe faced
Armageddon, Carnegie toiled like a Titan
As ultimatums Hashed back and forth, Car
negie worried, tense with anxiety. He wa
sending cables to ministers of state when
Britain’s midnight declaration of war
against Germany reached him. Stricken to
the heart, the voter n's pen dropped from
his hand. An la ur later Mrs. Carnegie
by hi- side trying to comfort him. "My
great dream gone; my great dream r- a ,'
he moaned endlessly. ‘If I could ween.
“Weeks passed, with their invasion,
rapine, atrocities, each falling upon him as a
physical blow. ‘The dream of my life is
ended.’ sobbed Carnegie.
“ "Grner: 1 paralysis.’ .-aid the scu-nti.-ts,
ordering no word cf war spoken to the old
ironmaker. They ordered quiet and change
of scene. Tenderly they brought Carnegie
back home, bowed down with years and
.-in row. But almost from day to day hi
.condition changed for the worse. Seldom
did he show any interest in money-getting
or gift-giving. War was the great burden
of Ins brain.
“‘How long will the war continue?’ he
pleaded constantly and pitifully. T would
give all 1 have—my last dollar—to shorten
hostilities by a week.’
“But the great fortune of the master of
Bethlehem has slipped from his gra-p. He
is the man who was Andrew Carnegie, wail
ing now and then out of shadowland, ‘Wife,
when will the war end?’ ”
NOTICE
All persons ha\"ing accounts against me
will please present the same immediately
for payment, as I expect to leave Iditarod
about August 1. EARL BYERS.
Watches and Diamonds
At
STRICTLY OUTSIDE PRICES
J. L, SALE
J. W. Farrell,
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
Discovery, Otter
H. BOAS, THE CLOTHIER,
Mow 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 Stii! Have Some to Wholesale