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MILE AND A HALF
OF TRAMWAY LAID
A construction car is now being
built at the Mutchler blacksmith
shop to be used in laying rails on
the Mutchler tramway, now being
built south of the city. The wheels
are of wood and are concave to
travel on the rails, and the con
veyance will greatly expedite the
work that has already gone forward
to a very satisfactory degree.
About a mile and a bait of ties
have been thrown into position and
perhaps a quarter of a mile of rail
laid. Lack of material has held up
woik to some extent, but with the
arrival of a big raft of logs and
poles that came down river last
night, the work of laying more ties
will go forward this afternoon.
Flat Bridge Ready
For Traffle Tonight
Owing to the high water that has
prevailed in Otter creek for the pakt
two weeks, the new bridge put in by
the city of Flat near the mouth of Cot
tonwood has been of little use more
than an adornment of the scenery.
They have been doing additional
work there, however, and should have
it ready for traffic by this evening so
that it will be possible for teams and
pedestrians to reach the approaches on
either side.
Makes It in Three flours
Floating on the flood tide and
bringing down a boat for Brum
baugh, Hamilton & Kellogg, Put
Fleming and "Shorty” Nelson
blew into town this morning from
Otter City at the mouth of Otter.
They came down in three hours and
report that the town is not yet un
der water.
Britt Relinquishes Aii
Holdings in iditarod
With a neat little poire stow
ed away in his jeans, Edward
Britt will shortly kick the moss
of these inland niggerbeads
from his boots and beat it to
other places. He has sold out
his interests on Flat crrok to
Tom Maher and will go East,
where certain people are wrest
ling with the wool schedule.
Britt was one of the pioneers
of the camp, and landed on good
portions of the topography here
abouts. His interests, which pas
sed by deed of transfer recorded
this week, include one sixth of
No. 3 below Glen, Flat creek; one
sixth of No. 3, one-third of No.
4 ; one-fifth of Jumbo bench and
five-ninths of a lay on the second
20 acres of the Mohawk associ
ation. which lays along Otter at
and below the mouth of Flat.
The buy is an outright pur
chase. but the price is not made
public. Britt says he will quit
the mining game'for a while and
watch the lights go round Out
side. In the meantime there
may be other deals stirring
round that very same ground.
Old papers at Landahl’s, 25c lb
E. Coke Hill, the well known attor
ney of Nome, who has decided to cast
his fortunes with this camp, has se
lected a fine suite of offices in the
Simpson buildiDg, on the corner of
First and Willow. The outlook pleases
hitn to the extent of a good library
which he will ship in from the Outside.
First street will hare a most metro
politan appearance as soon as it is cur
ried a bit. _
Clean your back yard! Chloride of
Lime, 3 for *1. City Drug Store.
The pipes are going down along Wil
low street where the Cascade Laundry
Company is preparing to serve a bunch
of anxious patrons. They had difficulty
recovering their line that was carried
out by the ice, but all is now working
again. _
Ice cream and ice cream sodas
at Red X Drug Store.
For Queen Anne Scotch and Swan
gin go to Pioneer saloon.
The N. C. Co. Is setting an excellent
example in the matter of sidewalk
building and has lined the N. C. block
on Richmond and First streets with a
fine wide walk.
Sam Kincaid has been in the city
this week resting from another pros
pecting trip.
Stationery ot all kinds at Red X
Drug Store.
Old papers at Landahl's, 25c lb.
HARVEST OF GOLD
BEGINS IN EARNEST
The first pokes began drifting in during the week, and it was
Willow that made the first contribution with the $800 cieauup by Kells
Sc Co. on the Wildcat. Other outfits are sluicing there and on Happy
but up to today no reports o! cleanups have been received. However
there should be fat pokes in from Foruier Sc Co. and from Wiseman,
Whalen and Lynn, who started sluicing early this week.
O11 the Sliver Fraction adjoining the upper end of the Bonanza
claim on Flat, Chas. Decklmd and partners have been sluicing in the
small dump taken out during the winter, and which practically repre
sents all of the bedrock of the fraction. They were reported to have
cleanedup $7000 from one-third of the dump but the report could not be
verified today.
Gove and Anderson have a cleanup tomorrow, and the hydraulic
is still working. They have recovered but little thus far. but have a
laige part of the dump still to put through.
On Otter creek sluicing has been more general and the cleanups
coming in pretty fast.
On the Otter association, Capt Worth and partners cleaned up 80
and a half ounces five days ago, and will run in the balance of the dump
before cleaning up again.
Riley and McMillan on i-a bench had a cleanup last night that
was reported good, but the exact figures could not be obtained.
John Jachario also cleaned up yesterday and came through with a
poke of 79 ounces, extremely good for the amount of dirt.
Fellmet and Goodman on the Celene Fraction cleaned up Thurs
day and got 140 ounces, and Fowler and Ostruin on i-a bench, second
tier, recovered 130 ounces from their first cleanup.
Price and Ives, on their Glen gulch property had a good cleanup
last night and are reported to have secured about $7000.
Flat City WHS ;^r
Great interest has been aroused at Plat concerning the start
and maintenance of a waterworks system there that will be ade
quate for fire protection, and which now ^eems likely as an out
growth of the meeting held last Saturday night, when the citizens
of Flat met for the purpose of discussing the needs of the town.
Fire protection was the main issue of the evening, and it’was
around this proposition that most of the discussion carried. The
need of some provision was apparent, and the matter was not dis
cussed from a standpoint of whether to get it or not, but what
kind.
It was further thought that while they were about it they
might as well go right, and a committee was appointed con
sisting of Frank Ingles, Bert Moores, Harry Shaw', Nels Glantz
and Jack Connolly, and instructed to investigate the question
of standing pressure and report at the next meeting.
The idea is to secure bids tor the erection of a water tower and
the installation of a pump and hose The cost of such an arrange
ment'will be in the neighborhood of $15,000 it is estimated, but it
is possible that it may be installed in connection with an electric
lighting plant that has been talked of at Flat.
They plan to lay mains along the principal streets from the
water tower, so arranged that they can be warmed in winter.
Provision will also be made to use steam to prevent freezing of the
tank. Hose lines will be secured sufficient to reach a wide radius,
and the city should have an effective fire weapon with a standing
pressure that can be assisted by the pump.
RIVER CLEAR AND HIGH, BUT NO STEAMBOATS
'Hie non-arrival of boats from Dikeman following the clearing of
the river is to be wondered at, unless the ice has jammed somewhere
along tie channel between this city and the lower town. The Edna,
which got away Thursday morning is due here at any time, and the
Tittle Delta was to have come up immediately after the breakup.
Since the ice went out early this week, ‘lie river lias been raising
rapidly and has inundated most of Willow point opposite the city,
leaving only a few cabins above water line. It is still raising and from
the experience of last spiing can he counted upon to go still higher to
a point that will cover the floor of every house in our suburb. It is re
potted that the water was two feet above the highest point over there,
carrying logs straight across the point where cabins now stand. It was
also very near the top of the bank on this side about the 26th of last
May.
Damage by ire and water has been lather extensive, hut the dis
jcomfiture of Willow Point dwellers cannot be measured in dollars
The ice took out the Ross & Nestor dock, forced the barge Fox
from her moorings and nearly took it away. Quick work with the
cables was all that saved her, but her progress could not be stopped
until she had pushed down stream a hundred yards, resulting iu the
breaking of the pipe-line of the Cascade laundry, which pipes water
from the point. The work of recovering it has been a tedious propo
sition. The Miller and Slenter dock down on Mill street, went out like a
house of cards, and the Cleveland dock and warehouse was invaded by
water.
Some of the smaller boats on the opposite side of the liver were at
times in some danger but no losses were reported. The launch Cecil
was sunk because the water raised rapidly and somebody forgot to lock
the cock-pit or the throttle or something. She was not damaged how
ever.
Paystreak Assured
For Chicken Creek
There is little doubt in the minds of mining men that Chicken
creek, across from the head of Flat has proven a paystreak, and
that the stream is likely to turn out considerable money. The
work done this spring since the strike of McGuinniss on 2 below,
has uncovered pay from the very head to near the mouth, but the
difficulty in getting a boiler and pumps that will handle the water
has held back the proper prospecting of the thawed channel where
the good pay is supposed to be.
Altman & Colbert, who secured lays on Discovery and on 2
below, took up the work started by McGuinniss, and although they
succeeded in landing a 10-horse power boiler and a pulsometer,
they could not handle the water. Their work was sufficient to
show1 a considerable area of pay, and they have moved their plant
to Discovery, where they are now sinking.
On the Rooster association, adjoining 1 and 2 above on the
right limit, William Bogard has been prospecting w’ith a hand drill
and last week pulled up two pieces of coarse gold that went 15
cents.
S. M. Bashaw is also prospecting at the very head of the creek
and is finding results.
At the lower end of the creek, Sam Godfrey and Roderick
O’Toole have done considerable wrnrk on the first thousand feet of
the Chicken association and have opened up a wide body of pay.
Their GO-foot crosscut is all in $2 ground, but they haven’t been
able to do much with the thawed portion.
William Kelly and Jack Sargent have good-looking ground
below Godfrey and O’Toole, and from the prospecting results fur
ther down the creek, it appears that the Chicken pay runs clear
out on to the Bonanza flats. __
Things Looking Better
On Montana Association
The grade of pay now being uncovered on the Montana association
at the head of Flat creek has been improving lately, assuring operations
by Dixon & Co. this summer on a considerable scale. 1 hey have been
prospecting there all winter, and find a wide area of pay that can be
hydraulicked, as it is found to the depth of 6 feet in ground that is 10 and
11 feet to bedrock.
The claim lays high on the hillside at the head of Flat and adjoins
the Idaho on the west. It is a three claim association and is all held
by Nixon & Co. under their lease. _ ...
This association, together with the Rainbow adjoining on the up
hill side wyere owned by Don Doggett and Tom Forrest, who this week
sold to Bob Martin a half in both claims.
Slab Road Started
Headed for Flat City
With $2,700 to start on, and more in sight, a slab and sawdust
road was started today from this city and headed for Plat, with the
intention of going just as far with-it as the money will permit.
The idea was started by F. A. Cleveland, who has been solicit
ing subscriptions for several days, and who will undertake the
work of laying the roadway.
It starts from the center of town and will run directly across
the flat, it being thought possible to reach the top of the hill with
the funds that can be raised. With a roadbed over which to haul
heavy loads across the swampy tundra of the valley, it will be
easier going along the divide and down the hill into Flat.
It is possible that the Road Commission can be induced to
come in on the proposition later, and that enough money can be
secured to put in a slab road all the way.
Teams were started today and the work will go forward
rapidly, for the need of such a highway is paramount and
insistent.
New Home for the Idstarod Club
Following a meeting of the members of the Iditarod club,
which was held last Wednesday night in the old club rooms in the
M. & M. bank building, the board of trustees have given it out
that the club will abandon the old quarters and move to the upper
floor of the new Pioneer building, where arrangements have been
made to run a pipe from the buffet of the Pioneer*saloon.
The change was made necessary on account of the fact that
many members have dropped from the club because of the un
handy location of the rooms. The membership has grown rapidly
less and the club had very little play, except for those who lived
in the immediate vicinity.
In addition, the new location is an ideal one, and was secured
on the assurance that the floor would be partitioned off in any
manner ordered by the board of trustees. Two bay window’s will
be put on the front, and a big balcony overlooking the river will
be built on the back.
The pool room will be enlarged by the addition of a billiard
table and a pleasant reading room is assured, besides the card
rooms. A dumb waiter will doubtless be used to connect with the
bar room downstairs, and arrangements have been made for the
club to get a percentage on the liquor sold to members.
Financially, the club is not in a bad way. but the fitting up of
the new rooms will proceed slowly, so as not to incur a big ex
pense. Old members who dropped out will probably have to come
back as new members, but it is expected that an even larger roll
can be secured than formerly.
The change will be effected probably about the first of the
month, when the new quarters are to be ready for occupation.
Shirtwaist Party
Coming Along Soon
They will formally introduce the
shirtwaist to the summer season next
Saturday night at Flat City, where the
Arctic Brotherhood is preparing to
pull off a big shirtwaist ball to a shirtly
throng.
The idea is to do an informal stunt in
a pleasant manner, and they have a
way of doing these things out at Flat
that always makes a hit with the peo
ple who play.
For $3 you can buy a ticket to this
affair and listen to that favorite or
chestra of Berggren and Connolly, a
team that carries a full line of melody
in their repertoire.
Made Jim Hagan
Tneir President
The Otter Masonic club held a meet
i ing last Thursday evening and went
[ very thoroughly into the business of
electing officers for the ensuing six
months. Before they got through with
the excitement they had landed Jim
Hagan in the president’s chair, had
made John Scott vice-president, and
hooked Dr. Spaulding with the secre
tary-treasurer.
The business session was followed by
a large and corpulent social roundelay
into which all entered with appropri
ate spirit.
Hereafter the club will meet regu- .
larly but once a month, and that to be
on the first Thursday.
Stanley Has Glassy Barroom
From all accounts the barroom of
the Stanley hotel at Flat City which
was reopened last Thursday night,
after renovation is one of the class
iest in the country. It has been en
larged and improved and dolled up
generally until everything shines
and looks the prosperity that is
about to befali all places of business.
There was a big bunch on the
job to extend the glad hand to the
genial host Thursday night, and
some of them have hardly recovered
from it yet.
Genuine Waterman fountain pens
$3.50 at City Drug Store.
Goebel and Sanderson launched their
first scow at Otter city this morning
and are starting on the building of a
second one. They will be used in
Otter creek transportation this sum
mer.
For Queen Anne Scotch and Swan
gin go to Pioneer saloon.
The first voyagers to brave the
angry waters of Otter cteek were
Alex Hately and Hank Martin,two
scow men who arrived at Otter
city from Discovery yesterday.
They made the trip without mishap.
Gold pokes, all sizes, at Hed X
Drug Store.
A large force of men will be put to
work on the A. B. hall Monday, for it
is expected that sufficient lumber will
have arrived from Dikeman by the
time the materia! on hand is used up.
The work will be pushed rapidly now
until the hall is ready for occupation.
Idltarod postcards at Red X
Drug Store.
Are you going away? Store your
things where you will be sure to have
them when you come back. Pioneer
Storage; phone 54.
Dr. Spaulding of Flat city has moved
to a new location on Gold street, where
he will look after the ailing ones this
summer. The place will be arranged
as a private hospital for the accommo
dation of a few patients, as it now
seems likely that the movement for a
public hospital at Flat will not go
through.
Genuine Waterman fountain pons
$3.50 at City Drug Store.
Henry Daum’s greenhouse, over be
yond Nob hill is one of the show places
of the city. He has a lot of green
things and in addition to lettuce and
radishes, he is nursing some cucumbers
and tomatoes that are due to bloom
later in the summer. He will have
fresh mushrooms just as soon as the
spawn gets here.
For Marquette, Gibson and Monogram
go to the Pioneer (in old stand shortly).
Natson & Co., on the Contact associ
ation on Happy, moved over lumber
last week and are engaged in putting
in a bedrock drain. They have good
pay there and sunk about eight holes
to find it. __
Mrs. Ray Brumbaugh will be a pas
senger on the steamer Samson on her
first trip to the Yukon, due to come off
immediately and sooner.