Miners 8. Merchants Bank
SDITAROD, ALASKA
Capital, SSO,000.00
General Banking Business Transacted Gold Dust Bought and Assayed
Drafts Issued on Any Far! of the World
SEATTLE CORRESPONDENT: SCANDINAVIAN AMERICAN BANK
OFFICERS:
(.'has- Ross, President
T. J. Nestor, Vice 1’resident
John Holmes, Cashier and Assayer
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FRANK WASKEY FLORENCE S. FOR j
ARRIVES IN NOME' NEW DIGGINGS
Xoms News, Julv Frank : 1 'apt • I'.. J- Sun i h. of the steamer,
. 1 Florence S., arrived on the launch 1
■Waskey, looking better train he , ■ ,met Wednesday night. He left the j
has done in years, arrive! on t he j )l0at u, i)pKenl.ln, amt is now advert is-1
Victoria. Mr. Waskey wid re. p;g ;l -ailing for the upper Tatiana i
main here F r s me ietv wc.ks, r.ver. having here in Monday nett .
, , , ... ,, ; 1 'I'iie Florence S. during the past It'
nrobablv a month, and then tti.i
... , vears lias been liau.me prospectors and ■
proceed to Good -News bay and Ul all , ampetks of the interim- j
possible Scam tit on bay where his [j |( lv;lM ,.,.;u-iiea by water, and j
pirtncr Dick Negus is rti in ng this > the only instance where she •
their trading s!:11i■ >;i. lie 1ms still wasn i any ng the iir>t to i*•.ic11 «•
faith in the country whither he I «ew camp. The steamer has navi-;
gated the upper Tanana tn past sea
goes, but acknowledges tuat \et\ .
’ sni,-. undei' liit -amo management.
little work lias been done there. 'pp . t-;,plain informs the Pioneer,
“Manv are making a living tlnit there ia but little doing on the I
shovelling in in the Kttskokwitn 1 unoko river this summer in his line. |
country, and it eventually wi l be That stream enjoyed u live-foot raise ,
, hit week, which tile steamer look ah- •
a» n",’t wl'e'1 11 IS U10!e full>’ CX .vantage of to come out.
plowed” is the o hiruistic way that
Waskey expresses i*. Du KarkTs. Discovery the place to eat !
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A Fine and Well Selected Stock of
Fresh Candies? Idiots and
Toilet Articles
Come and Sog Our Display of Goods
We are now introducing to the Iditarod public these
Choice Srantis of Fine Smoking Tobaccos:
Velvet? Prince Albert snd Arcadia
Fine, Mellow snd Sweet
I'lew Supply of Chewing Tobacco -Just opened
HURST BROS.' IMPERIAL GiGAR STORE :: IDITAROD
GRAND BAR NOTHING BUT THE BEST
FLAT CITY The Piace to iv5eet
_N-N (;nmtx. I-V..P,_Your Friends_
To go to the Sushana diggings
Co the best way. The Fairbanks
Route by way of Tanana River
is the only feasible water route.
Study the Map—Boats are leaving every
day. IlEMEMBER! All goods shipped
by Canada route are subject to customs
duty at boundary line.
====Fairbanks^^
Commercial Club
CORONER’S VERDICT
In the matter ot the inquest upon the body of Leonard
D o d g e, d e c e a s e d—v e r d i c t:
We, the jury, duly impaneled and sworn to inquire into the
above-entitled matter do find that Leonard Dodge came to
his death from a bullet wound inflicted by a leaden ball, 32
caliber, tired from a double-acting Colts revolver in the hands
of Grace Bell.
This, the 19th day of August, 1913, at Plat City, Otter
precinct.
P. A. Goddard Fred Lendwaiil
Sam Sanderson Wjeeiam Knox
M. C. Farrar B. T. James
About 5 o’clock last Sunday morning, at Flat City, Leonard
Dodge, a widely.known prospector, was shot with a Colt double-acting
32-calibre revolver that was in the hand of a woman known as “Jimmy’’
Britt, alias Grace Bell, in whose cabin the tragedy took place. There
were two men besides Dodge in the cabin with the woman at the time
When shot Dodge was sitting on the edge of the bed, and was bit
about about three inches above and the same distance to the ieft of the
navel. It appears that the woman had placed a 50.cent coin in position
over a door ami had tired several shots at it. 1 lieu one Oi the men
took the weapon and tried his aim as a marksman. By this time the
gun was empty, whereupon the woman took it and reloaded the six
chambers. After the reloading, it is said a hall was fired through the
door near where the men were sitting. Then, with a motion of reck
less ahanbon, the Btitt woman raised the weapon evidently to take an
other shot at the unoffending silver piece, and in doing so it discharged
and Dodge received the bullet as above desctibed.
Dodge arose from his seat, and then sank to the floor lie was
quickly conveyed to Finer.geucy hospital, where he lingered until about
5 o’clock the next morning, when he passed away.
The unfortunate man, after bis airival the hospital, made a state
ment in which he exonerated the woman, saying it was entirely acci
dental.
The deceased was widely known throughout Alastca and \ ukou
territory, and lias been in the North about 14 years. There has
scarcely been a stampede of any importance during that time that he did
not “take in.” He was a native of I’entisylv-iiia, 36 years old, and
had worked'as a marine fireman on Puget sound vessels.prior to coming .
to the North. He has a brother resi ting in Seattle who is a marine en
gineer, from whom instructions was received on Tuesday manning tc
btnv 1 he remains here. Dodge was a man of very qui t disposition,
and possessed many steadfast friends among the mining men of the
country .
The Inquest
The inquest commenced about i o’clock Tuesday morning, aftei
Dr. Wortmann had leturned to Flat City, and an autopsy was per
formed in the pieseuce of the coroner s jnt y and commissioner. i !u
investigation revealed the fact that the hall had severed the intestin.es
in no less than eight places, as the bullet took a downward course. T1 e
ball was not recovered.
The Funeral
A large crowd of old friends gathered at A. B. Hall, this city, a,
2 o’clock Wednesday afternoon to pay the last respects to all that was
mortal of tire late Leonard Dodge.
The services w ere conducted by Mr. Alfred K. M rltbv, the singing
was by a quartette composed of Mrs. Sollibakke, Mrs. Mailer, Harry
Lelaud and Crosby Kean, with Mrs. Maher accompanying on the piano.
After the reading of the burial service, Mr. Maitbv made a brief talk
in which Ire feelingly referred to the many good characteristics of the j
dead prospector. Nearly all who attended the services in the hall j
walked over to the cemetery.
The pallbearers were all old friends of the deceased. I nev were:
James Chronister, Robert Clark, Peter Jensen, Archie Mitchell, Nels
Glairtz and George Marsh.
The casket in which Mr. Dodge was buried was literally covered
with a most beautiful array of flowers.
Preliminary Hearing
The preliminary hearing of Grace Bell, alias Jimmy Britt,
was heard before Commissioner Albrecht Thursday morning, and
the defendant and two material witnesses— J. Holmgren and R.
Plummer—were each bound over to await the action of the grand
jury in the sum of $3,000. Satisfactory bonds were furnished in ad
instances
Little is known of the women with the masculine sobriquet,
other than she came to this camp this spring from the Outside
somebody said from Nevada- __
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Washington. X. Y., August 20.—President Wilson sent the
name of Francis Burton Harrison, of New York, to the senate for
confirmation as governor general of the Philipine Islands
Harrison served as a captain and adjutant-general of the U- S.
volunteers during the Spanish-American war, was the Democratic
candidate for lieutenant-governor of New York in 1904, and was a
member of GOth and 61st congresses. He is 40 years of age._
OS SAVES
HISJMS
Meeker, Colo., July 30.—John
Malone, a veteran prospector of
this section, became convinced this
morning that dogs possessed a sixth
sense.
Yesterday, Malone was working
in his prospect drift near here.
His dog, which had been asleep
near the entrance, suddenly aroused
himself and entered. Circling
around Malone and whining, it
finally began tugging at his trousers,
urging him in the direction of the
outlet.
Curiosity impelled Malone to fol
low. He had hardly gained the
opening wrhen a roar and a crash
immediately behind acquainted
him with the fact that his mine
had caved in
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Among the victims who lost their
lives in tlie wreck of the steamship
State of California last Monday after
noon, the 18th, near Juneau, was Mrs. j
Albert Birnbaum, who was returning,
at the time, to her h >me in
Ruby, where her husband is the resi
dent manager for the E. \V. Griffin
mercantile establishment.
This is, indeed, sad news for hun
dreds of Northerners who have known
this most estimable woman since the
early days of the Klondike, and later j
in Chena, in which places her husband
was in business. There will be scores
of people throughout the North who
will offer a silent prayer as they recall
the numerous kindly acts of this noble
and unselfish lady. Wherever she
lived, in time of sickness and hours of
affliction, Mrs. Hirnhtunu was always
foremost with a helping hand to com
fort the distressed; her sympathies
were boundless, her impulses gener
ous, and her life was pure and beauti
ful. Cud bless her.
Ansley's book store is now displaying
a tine line of drugs, patent medicines
and toilet articles and “Dr. Bill'’
takes srjjlt pleasure in elucidating
their virtues, although he is naturally
a man of very few words.
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Juneau Empire, July 19: C’apt. Al- j
bert Wile arrived in Juneau on the j
Humboldt last night, coming out from
iditarod via Dawson and tiie tipper
Yukon, (.'apt. Wile has been engaged
in business and in mining in Alaska i
for several years, principally in Nome j
during the early days and later in
Iditarod. He will stop at Juneau for a
j short w hile and look the country over.
Speaking of the Iditarod, C'apt. Wile!
! said the lower Yukon camp is still on 1
I the map, and is still a good producer,
i He says there are now between 12*>)!
and 1500 'people, till told, in Iditarod,
| and all of them are prosperous. About j
\ 400 men are working at mining at the ,
! present time. Thebe lias been a short- j
I age of water ail season, and this has
I been a drawback, but, lie says, if
water bad been plentiful there would
! have been a shortage of men.
The Guggt-nheicns are operating one
1 dredge on Flat creek, and employ
[ about 40 men. Everybody is doing well,
! and all are satisfied'
C. A. "Dutch" Kramer, the noted
j woodsman who is tilling a wood con-'
jtract on Lynch creek, was in town a
! short time this week. The only way
j ti spare tie >s in that locality is to get
| "Dutch” off thejob.
EFFECTIVE JULY 30, 1913
1. No locution shall contain more than 40 acres.
2. A v v son mn v locate for himself, each month, two cla 1:1s of 20 acres each.
Both claims cannot 1 e located in one location of 40 acres.)
- A i) -rson mav locate for each of two other persons, during each calendar
month, two claims of 20 acres each. So that one person, with two powers of at-!
toruev. mav locale each calendar month for himself and such two other persons,
six claims, ’■ 1
4, Powers of attorney must lie in writing; they need not he acknowledged be
fore a mi'arv, must 1 e witness d by two witnesses, and must he recorded 11. the re
cording district in which the claim'is to he located before the location is made.
s. Ignore anv valid location can he made, a discovery must have been made
within the boutr laries of each claim to he located.
6. Immediately alter making discovery, location notice must be posted at
point of discovery .’containing | a] name or number of claim; [bj name of locator or
locators; [e] date of discovery and posting of. notice; [d] number ol feet in length
and width c aimed.
Locator must immediately proceed to mark his boundaries hv planting
stakes at each corner not less than 3 feet above the ground and 3 mein s through,
and brushing out and blazing all lines. All corner posts must be marked wit a the ■
name and number of the claim and the number of the corner post. Posts are |
marked in consecutive numbers and the post nearest the discovery (but not the !
discovery pfjgjt) shall be the initial post and |pst No. 1.
S. Within go days, and before tiling location certificate, frou worth of devel
opment work must he done tor every 20 acres or fraction thereof contained in a
claim. , j
9. After this work has been done and within 90 days after posting location ;
notice, a certificate must be recorded with the recorder, which must contain— I
[a] The name or number cf the claim;
[b] The name of the locator or locators;
[c] The date of discovery and posting of location notice;
[d] Number of feet in length and width claimed.
The certificate must also give a description of the location of ihe claim w ith
reference to same natural object, permanent monument or well-known mining
claim; and a description of the boundaries, corner posts and markings thereon; ■
also a description of the ft00 worth of location work done, and on what part of ,
the claim it has been done. The locator or one of the locators, if there is more :
than one, or same other person who lias personal knowledge ol the facts, must
swear to the truth of the statements contained in it, and the recorder must not
accept such a certificate for record unless it is sworn to. T'or this swearing and
everything connected with it, the recorder is entitled to charge 50 cents.
10. Annual assessment work amounting to $100 lor eacli 20 acres or fraction
thereof contained in any claim must he done each vear, except during the year 1
in which the claim is located. (The same as has always been the case.) j
11. After the last day of December, 1914, $ioa worth of assessment work j
must be done for each 20 acres or fraction thereof contained in any claim here-!
tofore located; so that during the year 19? 15, jooo worth of work must be done on j
an association claim containing 160 acres.
12. The affidavit of annual labor must be filed with the precinct recorder j
within 90 days after the last of the year for which the assessment work is done, I
and failure to record it forfeits the claim.
13. The value of the work done under the new law will be computed on the j
basis of the wage for similar work.current in the precinct wherein the claim is j
situated. . !
[Henry Roden, who managed the passage of the bill through the legisla- [
ture. says that ho has prepared a pamphlet explaining every feature of the new j
law, to enable prospectors to avoid trouble and litigation, and that this pam- j
phlet will soon be published with a copy of the law, in small book form.]
s* White Seal
WILL GIVE REGULAR SERVICE
BETWEEN FAIRBANKS AND 101TAR0D
Will Leave Fairbanks., Sept 6th
— 2 P. M. —
For Information and Rates Phone
C. K. SEN ECO, Agent - - IDITAROD
l<’or general express ami heavy tru -k
age. day or niylit. between First and
Second, Black st., don’t look for the
ox-blood roofed house you will see it
and you cannot avo'd it. Ban Hartnett
Don't forget to call at the < 'rushy,
baths when you come in from the creeks.
When at Fiat visit Curly Robinson's
health resort. Xo Hies, no mosquitoes.
In the District < irt Territory of Alaska.
I-'ourth ! ul: ual Divi-i n \V. T Vand'-rpool.
Plaintiff, v-i. Annie A \ aaderpo-d. Defendant
No. i.i ri. Summons.
The President of the United States of America,
gn-etin g: To the above named, defendant
Summons having been duly issued out of th *
above court in the above entitWl action, and
placed in tile hands of the United States marshal
for service, and tiie said marshal having mad'
due return, setting fortli his inability t-. serve
the -aid summons in said dis'rict.and that tin
said defendant could not be found there in: and
tin-plaintiff having fib-1 a nd pre-sent< d to the
court an affidavit showing that the .-aid d> and
ant <'.i 1 not reside in said district and could not
be found therein, and that a good '.vise of ac
tion evi-ted in favor of the plaintiff and against
the defendant
Ai.d the court having considered the same
did on the ist day of Jub. . i a.-., make an order
directing the publication of t h<- -aid - imm-uis
for a period of -i.v week- in t!m Iditarod Pioneer,
a newspaper of general circulation within said
district.
Now, therefore, you are hen by required to ap
j pear in lit-- -aid district comt ir and f'.>r the
Territory of Alaska P'onrth division, within 30
days alter tile Complete a of the said pnblica
: tion. to-wi. v. :tli:n > day- attr: the 30th day <jf
I August. A .!>. i .13 t 111 siv i- of - nd day. and an
; -iw er the compl.tint cftheabwve a.unci pi mitifT
; a copy of which i-> ou tile in the < Tfn • • f th.e
! c[erk of the ibove entitled com t and uni- -- \ on
; so appear and answer, tile plain! iff will apply
for th»- relief demand: d in said complaint. to
! wit: t hat the bonds of matrimony existing be
tween the pl.iintid and defendant he dis-olvcil,
and for Ins 1 osts and di-bur--'. m« nts
Witness the Honorable Frederick f. Puller,
judge of the said court, this 15th day of July
A D. i . ■ (Seal, C U. PAH!.. Clerk.
Outfit Here for lonuko and Mud
River Jdaraps
Everything First Class
FREIGHTING
A, M. Kilgore the Offer Freighter,
Is now making Daily Trips between
Iditarod city and Dis. (>ttet'.
Freight, Heggago and Kxpress
handled promptly.
Telephone,
NOW LOCATED
ON THE SUMMER TRAIL
SUMMIT
ROADHOUSE
Meals All Hours.
Liquors and Cigars
Tel: “Summit Roadhouse."
One Above Discovery
LODGING, MEALS Af ALL HOURS
Everything Comfcrtabie fcr Trarslsro. JOHN BACOY. Prep.
AT ANY HOUR AT
The Bank Cafe
FLAT CITY
CURLY ROBINSON, PROPRIETOR
Neat Rooms bv Day or "Week.
Bunks 50c. Mrs. A. M. Auten
Best of Everything
ALL THE TIME AT THE
Ooen Day and Night