IT STANDS TO REASON
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I THE
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Sheet Metal Works j
Are “THERE” on Willow Street
President Taft Not
After Re-Election
New York, Sept. 17.—The New York Times came out this
morning with the scoop of the season and in large headlines stated
that President Taft will not be a candidate for re-election in 1912.
The Times claims to hq.ve good authority for printing this ad
Vance information, although in the main body of the article as
printed, they hedge and state that “indications point to the non-ac
ceptance of Taft of the nomination should it be tendered to him.”
The reasons stated in the paper are based upon the desire of
the President to fulfill every party pledge that he made during the
last campaign, and he is just as willing to carry them out today as
he was when he went before the people seeking election.
The President realizes that some of the measures promulgated
at the time he was a candidate would at the present time hurt his
chances for being re elected if carried out. In fact many of the
moneyed interests have been calling his attention to this fact of
late, but Taft seems to be willing to step down and out at the end
of his term if the keeping of pledges of honor to the people means
his defeat.
The stand he has taken against the Meat trust which hag led
to the indictments being returned against ten of the men “higher
up” who are the real heads of the trusts, and the attitude he is as
suming toward other trusts, along the same lines of his prede
cessor, has caused the captains of industry--as the trust people
are called—to intimate to the President where he will get off when
he seeks renomination.
The talk which has been sent over the country that Taft and
Roosevelt are at outs is nothing but yellow journalism, and they
are strong friends today as ever they were when Teddy was Presi
dent and Taft his right bovver- Proof of this fact is in Taft read
ing Vice President Sherman out of the party a short time ago in a
letter to Griscom, the president of the New York Republican or
ganization.
“The statement that I expressed a wish to defeat Roosevelt
for state chairmanship is wholly untrue,” said President Taft.
“When the proposition first came up I did take up the matter. It
was thrashed out with Vice President Sherman, and upon leaving
me he agreed to go into conference with Mr. Roosevelt. If there
has been anything in my actions toward my friend Roosevelt that
in any way can be construed derogatory, or in any utterances I
have made they have been changed or misconstrued to make them
so.”
The other papers haven't a word to say about the matter, and
it is considered the best scoop of the year. Just where the Times
gets their information wasn’t divulged in the article, but it is be
lieved to be correct, and the evening papers are expected to throw
further light upon the subject.
Jim Hagen and Tom Maher, two of
the owners and operators of lower Flat
creek, were scheduled to leave last
Wednesday for the Kuskokwim, in
tending to head for the Smeaton &
Larson strike in the vicinity of Snow
gulch, a tributary of Donlan creek.
Hagen says that they have been find-'
ing much better ground over there
than they are reporting, and he assures I
us tnat there is a surprise in store.
Read and Keep Posted
Newspapers,
Magazines and Books
AT
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IDITAROD
Clothier
Willow St. Iditarod
If you want your perishables to keep till Bpring see the
IDITAROD CELLAR CO.
Who have a large, dry and commodious cellar opposite
Willow street on Willow point.
Natural not artificial heat. Goods not piled higher
than six feet.
EXPERIENCED MEN. REASONABLE RATES
BEAR, MOOSE AND
GOLD ON OH WHAT
It is a pleasing, but harrowing
tale that is told by Billy Hopkins,
I)au Campbell, John Hanson and
Jess Palmer, who recently raveled
out their shoes on the Saw-Tooth
range at the head of Oh What river
in the Kuskokwim country. They
came back bare footed, with a 23
calibre rifle, no game, but plenty
of bear, moose and gold stories
They traveled for 21 days, just
stopping long enough to eat and
pan during the noon hour. They
reached a section of country 80
miles beyond the recent atrikes of
Julian and Black river, and swear
that they encountered every geo
logical formation known to science
including some found only in Mrs
Rorer’s cook book. Besides this
they saw blueberries as big as
cherries, four bear and five moose
and a thousand caribou sign, all in
one day.
The first bear had an exciting
time. Hanson saw him first, eat
ing blueberry short-cake which lay
all over the place. Planson put 011
the reverse gear aud backed up to
tell the rest who were bringing up
the rear guard.
He was for taking a position of
vantage with Campbell as second
gun, each armed with a 22 field
piece, and conduct a lively bombard
ment, under which Hopkins with
an ax was to advance upon the
bear aud engage the foe at close
quarters. Plopkius said he had just
had his shoes shined, and besides
his ax was’nt sharp, and anyway
he didn’t lixe bear meet at this
season.
Palmer suggested that they go
on to the next camp aud come back
later and they might find the bear
asleep. So they all mushed on, when
Hanson, again in the lead, flushed
a she-bear and two cubs. Hanson
said the old lady cuffed the cubs
out of the way so that he could get
a fair bead on her with the 22 rifle,
but he didn’t wish to molest such
a family, so hurried cn in order to
he in the next camp in time to cut
the wood.
MAY HYDRAULIC
NEXT SPRING
It is stated that there is another
hydraulic proposition in sight in
the district, in addition to the one
announced on Granite creek where
Martin, Chronistcr, Ellinger and
Thomas are planning for early
work next spring.
The new one springs from near
the head of Happy, where Doc
Mading, Dan McCaskill and James
Gagnon are laying plans for a hy
draulic plant in a spot where the
uatural conditions seem eminently
suited for it.
According to the reports from the
ground, the recent prospecting
there has disclosed eight cent dirt.
There is to be much more pros
pecting this winter on the same
claims to ascertain the extent of
the pay gravel, it being the opinion
of the owtrers that they have ideal
ground for the forceful application
of plenty of water.
ANY RELATIVES OF
OLD MAN BROWN ?
Commissioner Maltby is anxious to
hear from someone who can give him
any clue as to the whereabouts of rela
tives of Robert Brown, the old man
who perished on the Kuskokwim trail
some weeks ago and whose body was
found, pa.tially devoured by wild ani
mals.
At the inquest they found $480 in
currency on his person and a gold
watch, the same now being the prop
erty of his heirs, less the expense of
burial.
As probate judge it is now the duty
of Commissioner Maltby to appoint an
administrator of the estate, it being
the usual practice to select for this of
fice a relative of the deceased, or some
one who was familiar with his affairs
in lifetime.
Very little is known here about his
past, except a well-substantiated belief
that he worked on the Guggenheim
ditch in the Klondike some three years
ago, Nathanial Lyons, circulator of
the Iditarod Pioneer, says he knew him
there.
It is possible that some information
might be obtained in the upper coun
try as to possible relatives. In the
meantime the money belonging to the
estate will be held in the custody of
the clerk of the district court.
NOTICE—Three medium-sized native
dogs, said to be the property of
“Dutch Marie,”now absent from the
district, have been fed by the under
signed, in Iditarod city, since June
18, 1910. Owner can have possession
of the animals by paying for then
keep and this advertisement, or they
will be sold. T, L. McGrath,
Genera! Merchandise
and Outfitters
Stores-Iditarod City and Dikeman
DANGER OF LATE
SEASON SAILING
After a perilous journey, during
which they twice broke down and
threatened to g-o on the rocks in a rag
ing serf, a small party of intrepid trav
elers landed in Iditarod city last Mon
day morning on foot. The last leg of
the journey was a mush from Rich
mond over the ice, which was ice only
in a few places.
Billy Barrett, one of the party, had
a thrilling escape from an unhoped
for subterranean voyage. He found a
place on the tundra where a million
cattle, mors or less, had traveled back
and forth. When the crust gave way,
Billy almost disappeared from the as
tonished gaze of his companions. They
say he had his ear to the ground for
the purpose of making soundings.
The party, consisting of John Dun
can, Billy Barrett, Mr. McDonald, of
the D. C. Co., Billy Murray, of Mur
ray’s roadhouse, Andrew Swingen and
A. L. Radigan, started from Dikeman
Saturday afternoon. They put up at
Murray’s that night, and when starting
out in the morning, the launch refused
to co-agitate its kazuzulum.
Nothing daunted, the gallant crew
hailed the launch Falcon, and again
started merrily on their way only to
find on reaching Richmond that the
Falcon had benzine in the bilge and
had sloughed her rudder. Hence the
journey on foot.
Those new-fangled sanitary, conveni
ent and odorless water closets made at
the Pioneer Sheet Metal Works are in
big demand by parties desiring eco
nomical conveniences, and cleanly and
healthful surroundings.
DR. B. F. BROOKS,
Physician and Surgeon
Over Merchants Cafe, First Avenue
Telephone 30
Dr. Heinrich Wortmann
Physician and Surgeon
Office at City Drug Store, Tel. 36
First Ave., bet. Willow and Richmond
DR. E. T. BRADBURY,
Dentist
Over Merchants Cafe, First Avenue
Telephone 3-OB
CHAS. D. CARTER,
Dentist
Offices. Pioneer Drug Stores,
Flat Creek
McGowan, Clark Sc Albrecht
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
Iditarod, Alaska Phone No. 7
The Pioneer Attorneys of This Camp
ALFRED E. MALTBY,
[U. S. Commissioner]
Attorney at Law
Notary Public
Practice only in District Court. IDiTAROD
F. E. BECKER,
Attorney and Counselor at Law
Office—Iditarod Pioneer
CHAS. E. TAYLOR,
Attorney at Law,
Notary Public, Conveyancing,
Abstracts of Titles
Iditarod City
J. S. HARDING,
Attorney at Law
Iditarod, Alaska
NOW OPEN
Domestic
Steam Laundry
B. J. Banks, Prop. Willow St.
ern Saloon
Harry Ashland and Geo, Marsh, Props, Corner First Aie, and Willow St
NOME BUT THE BEST
All the Comforts of Home
RADIATOR IN EVERY ROOM
Regina Hotefi
First-Class RESTAURANT In Connection
I. NYHOLM, PROP.
Right Side Up Again IN NEW BUILDING
Merchants Cafe
First Avenue, Near Corner Richmond Street
STRICTLY FIRST CLASS
OPEN DAY AND NIGHT
Charlie Miller, Prop. Iditarod, Alaska
Finest )
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The Only One in Iditarod:
Using Crystal Spring ;
In the f\Iorth Wat^r :
mrs. c. a. sellander; willow street;
Capt. Allison's Place
Cigars, Tobaccos, Soft Drinks,
Confectionery and Fruit 1
IDITAKOD
!
Stanley House
Mouth of Flat !
Clean Beds and
Good Meals
AT AT,L HOURS
Commodious Stables Just Completed.
Gilmore House
Most Comfortable Log House
in Iditarod
THIRD AV.ANO WILLOW ST.
Furnished Rooms and Spring Bunks
RATES REASONABLE
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MCDONALDS
Lodging House
FURNISHED ROOMS AND BUNKS
Front Street Iditarod City
Enlarged Remodeled
BLACK’S
HOTEL
Fort Gribbon
Pacific Cold
Storage Co.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
MEATS
Telephone