Miners & Merchants Bank
IDITAROD, ALASKA
Capital, $50,000.00
General Banking Business Transacted Gold Dust Bought and Assayed
Drafts Issued on Any Part of the World
SEATTLE CORRESPONDENT: SCANDINAVIAN AMERICAN BANK
OFFICERS:
CHAS. ROSS. President
JOHN HOLMES. CtsHier
R. C. BUTTON. A»tt. Cijhier
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ALASKA
The closing of saloons on Sundays at
Nome is the principal topic of discussion
in that city. The Industrial Worker quotes
one saloonkeeper as saying that if the sa
] ons are closed down they will see that the
mine> are closed down also, and then the
miners will get busy. This snloonist has an
other guess coming, continues the news
paper A day’s rest will be right into the
worker’s mitt, old pal, and would be wel
comed. The milkman announces that he
will discontinue delivering milk on Sundays
after the first of the year. His best cus
tomers have been the saloons, and it will
not pay him to attend to the small family
trade on that day. He says that families
needing fre'h milk will have to get their
orders in and tilled on Saturday.
An interesting arrival in Nome recently
wa.s Chief Kateyaek and 12 of his men from
Cape Prince of Wales. They brought with
them 300 reindeer, some of which were of
fered for sale, and the rest probably will be
turned in with the big herd. In addition
they had with them furs of great value, dis
posing of 22 cross fox skins to Felker, the
fur man. These were worth more than one
thousand dollars. This year the fur trade
is good, foxes being especially abundant. No
reason is given for this except that last
year furs were exceptionally scarce. It is
believed that the seventy of the weather has
had considerable to do with the larger
catch.
Upon application of Mrs. Aurora Barthel,
widow of the lute Herman Barthel, the Fair
banks brewer, Judge Dillon of the probate
court on December 22 appointed the peti
tioner administratrix of the estate. In her
petition Mrs. Barthel cited that the prob
able value of the estate would be $25,000,
made up of personal property and real
estate, and the court fixed the amount of
the bond at $50,000.
The Fairbanks officials of the Northern
C’cnunercal Company have been apprised of
the fact that the company has been award
ed the contract for hauling the mail from
the coast to Fairbanks and from Fairbanks
to Tanana. The figures in the contract are
not given, but the amount is known to be
higher than that paid under the old con
tract. When Volney Richmond and W. H.
Fairbanks were in Fairbanks last fall they
stated that the Northern Commercial Com
pany would never take the contract under
the same figure that they are now working
under, and that they would prefer to let
somebody else get it rather than to bid
lower. The contract calls for the routing
of the mail by way of Cordova, but there
is to be a provision in the instrument which
will require the company to carry it by way
of Valdez in case the railroad becomes
blocked.
Off on their 600-mile trip to the Koyukuk
country, where they are mining, a party
composed of J. C. Kinney. Bob Buchan and
Charles Murray left Fairbanks recently with
dog teams. Jack Nelson and Jack Holger
left the same evening. Other Koyukuk peo
ple who left shortly after Christmas were:
Mrs. A. Hill, William Greer, Ben Sirr, Harry
Ovren and Earl Johanssen. All of the above
named were called to Fairbanks to testify
before the grand jury. Messrs. Kinney and
Nelson, with other parties, are mining on
No. 4, Hammond river, that being the same
claim on which the “pick-up" of $14,000
was discovered last fall. They expect to
resume their mining as soon as they reach
the Northern camp.
News of a distressing accident, whereby
he three children of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
I.awton of Katalla were drowned and the
arents narrowly escaped with their lives,
was telephoned over from the oil city this
1 forenoon, says the Cordova Alaskan of De
ceinber 15. From the meager information
gained over the phone it appears that Mr
and Mrs. Lawton and children, who live
' on a homestead at Strawberry point, hae:
| been visiting friends in Katalla. They hae
gone over in a canoe, anti it was while re
turning home that the fatal accident hap
pened. In some manner the canoe wai
capsized and the three little children were
swept away before they could be graspec
by their parents. The children were all
j boys, and were aged 5, 7 and 9 years. The
] parents reached shore, but suffered terribly
j from their submersion in the icy water. The
1 body of the 7 year old boy has been re
- covered, and searching parties are looking
j for the others in the hope that they have
j been washed ashor. Mr. Lawton had been
I a resident of Katalla for some time before
| taking up and occupying the homestead at
I Strawberry point. He is also interested in
j the oil and coal fields. They have a com
| fortable home on the farm and were happy
with their family of three bright boys
growing up around them. The parents
have the sympathy of all in their great loss.
A Cordova dispatch of December 21
states that on the next boat from Seattle
Frank Manley and J. J. 1’rice, the Fairbanks
and Iditarod mining men, who have se
cured options upon the 13 Janies claims in
the Chisana, are expected to arrive there.
They are reported to be coming North with
a big outfit, which will be added to upon
their arrival in Cordova. Contracts have
been made to have the machinery hauled to
the diggings over the McCarthy trad and
operations are expected to commence
immediately. Considerable w'ork is planned
by the mining men for this winter, and the
results of their operations will determine
whether they will purchase the property or
not.
Deputy Marshal W. E. Wood of Chitina
was in Cordova recently. He stated that a
special officer sent from the Outside has
been working to discover the murderers of
the two men who were found dead last
| summer on the trail near Willow creek.
| He predicts developments shortly.
The Alaska-Pacific Railway & Terminal
Company of Katalla has been placed in the
hands of a receiver by order of the district
court for the Third judicial division. The
receiver is Robert D. Gray of Katalla. The
liabilities are said to be about $300,000.
This railroad company was organized in
1906 by Dr. M. W. Brunner of Seattle and
a number of Pennsylvania capitalists for
the purpose of building a railroad from
Martin Point, near Katalla, to the Bering
river coal fields. About three miles of road
bed were completed, and a mile or so of
track laid, a sawmill was erected, as well
as a dock and other improvements. It is
not thought that the property of the com
pany will go very far toward paying off
the indebtedness.
A stonec arving, representing a man in a
sitting posture, was found by Charles
Ulanky, a homesteader, while plowing on
his land in the vicinity of Fish river, on
Knik arm. The carving appears in a round
ed boulder, flattened on the bottom, and
shows a fine piece of handiwork of the
medieval age, according to the Sew’ard Gate
way. The full figure of a man is carefully
carved out. Ulanky has refused flattering
money offers for the carving, but declines
to sell it. He says he proposes to present
it to the government museum at Sitka.
On board the steamship Senator w'hen
>he reached Seattle on her last trip from
Nome was Carrie Sing, an Eskimo girl, who
shot and killed a soldier by the name of
Griffin during a quarrel, and she has been
sentenced to serve six years at McNeil’s
Island. She was taken south by Mrs. Tay
lor Payne, wife of the jailer at Nome.
The population of Katalla has dropped
j to 5S. The Alaska Oil & Refining Com
^ pany, a concern having headquarters in
| tiOlQ 41., my
TnO Wfl Mrs. Swanson, Prop.
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NEW SUPPLY OF BUDWEISER BEER j
ANDREAFSKIDI6GINGS ARE
SAID TO REVEAL NO VALDES
Stories of Alleged “Finds” on Wilson Creek and Tributaries Denounced
as Untrue by Men Who Have Been on the Ground—Exaggerated
and False Reports Still Given Publicity by Newspapers
On September 27 last The Pioneer re
ported the news of the .so-called “Andreafski
strike,” and later, from time to time, such
news from that locality as was deemed cred
ible. It was stated that not enough pros
pecting had been done to warrant a rush
to the new diggings. Since that time stories
have appeared in various newspapers pur
porting to give news of the alleged rich- .
ness of the find, but as these rumors ema
nated from sources of information similar
to those known here, no attention was paid
to them. Tales of "dollar pans” and "gold
from the grass roots” were bandied about,
and no doubt numbers of people were mis
led. and it seems marvelous now that a dis
astrous stampede was not inaugurated
which would have been the cause of loss
and suffering to many. As it was, quite
a number undertook the long and costly
trip to the lower Yukon, and suffered the
| loss of time and money as a result. News
papers still continue to publish stories of
the "find,” and the latest, from the Fair
banks Times of recent date, is as follows:
Arriving from the lower river, Gordon
Shea, formerly of Iditarod and Ruby, re
ports that the strike on Wilson creek, a trib
utary of the lower Yukon, is genuine, and
that good pay has been located on at least
two claims, while excellent prospects have
been found on other parts of the stream.
Mr. Shea was one of the passengers who
left Ruby on the steamer Caribou when it
started for the scene of the new strike. The
freeze-up overtook the party, however, and
the boat was caught in the ice at Nulato.
Some of the passengers completed the
journey by mush overland as soon as the
trail was in condition, but Mr. Shea decided
to turn back and come to Fairbanks. While
on the lower river, however, he met a
musher direct from the diggings, who gave
him an account of the progress made by
the stampeders.
Wilson creek is approximately 18 miles
long, and from its source to its mouth has •
been staked by the early arrivals. Many of
the claims have been staked as many as ;
five times, and if good pay is found the dis
trict will be in a great legal entanglement.
A number of prospectors have started to
sink holes to bedrock, but many of them
encountered so much water when approach
; ing bedrock that they were obliged to sus
pend work. In all cases the water is en
countered almost at the bedrock level, and i
the stampeders hope to be able to overcome j
the difficulty.
One hole that was sunk to bedrock with
out encountering water showed pay averag- 1
ing a dollar to the foot, and the owners of !
the ground were preparing to take out a
dump.
Captain Johnson of Nome, has two drills '
working, and, according to reports, has se- >
cured some excellent prospects. He is not
giving out any statement, however, and the
exact discoveries made by him are not
known.
W F. II arrison and W. C. Mitchell arrived
in Iditarod last week from Marshall City, :
the town which was located near the new ■
■find/' which place they left on Christmas
day. Speaking of the above article, Mr.
Harrison said to The Pioneer:
“Since leaving Marshal City I have not
Vancouver, is operating a small oil refinery |
there, handling in the neighborhood of 50 j
barrels of crude oil in 24 hours. The prod- j
uct—gasoline and kerosene—is sold at Cor
dova and near-by points, both of the oil
products being high grade. With the ex
ception of the work around this plant, there
is absolutely nothing doing in or around
Katalla.
The appointment of Dominanus Maske
viczius to succeed Kazis Krauczunas as im
migration inspector for Alaska is no im
provement as far as names are concerned.—
Douglas Island News. I
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IDITAROD MINING MAN
WILL BACK HIS DOG TEAM
(Seward Gateway, Dec. 3)
A big dog team race was arranged last
night for a suitable purse, to take place
early in the spring. The contesting team;,
will be the one owned by Councilman E.
E. Chamberlain of Seward and one owned
by George Riley, the Iditarod mining mm,
which carried him out from the interior
mining camp.
Chamberlain’s crack team is too well
known to need any extender! mention. Suf
fice to say that it is composed of fleet, well
broken and trained dogs.
Riley’s team won the Iditarod racing
event and comes with a record of achieve
ment for trail work unsurpassed by any in
the big interior camp.
It will be a race between a coast and
an interior team, to determine the cham
pionship. It is predicted that much money
will be wagered on the outcome, as the in
I terior mining men may be relied upon to
back to the limit Riley's team, while the
coast fellows remain loyal to Chamberlain’s
team.
GEORGE BAKER OF IDITAROD
MEETS WITH MISFORTUNE
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(Seward Gateway, Dee. 3)
George Baker, a well-known sourdough
Alaskan, who recently arrived here from
the Iditarod, and who had his big toes
badly frozen on the way out, had the in
jured members amputated by Eh- Rorrtig of
thought it worth while to ‘knock' the so
called find on Wilson creek, as no great
harm seemed to have been done by the cir
culation of the rumors. True, there were
a few who, like myself, spent time and
money in following up a ‘false alarm,’ but
Alaskans are used to taking a chance. But
the publication of such stories demands that
the truth be made known. It has been said
in numerous published accounts that it had
been found impossible to sink holes to bed
rock on account of wet ground. This is not
true. Fully fifty holes had been sunk to
bedrock, and nothing had been found, and
the holes had been allowed to fill with water.
In no single case did I find that pay had
been struck, and in many cases not even a
color. In some instances ‘colors’ were found
near the surface but there was nothing on
bedrock. No hole that has been bedrocked
shows a dollar or any other pay value to
the foot or to the mile. There is one hand
drill in the district, but it is not being used,
nor has it been used at any time since De
cember 3, the date on which I arrived there.
An indication of how the ‘find’ was regarded
is the fact that the only claims that had
been recorded up to the time of my de
parture were claims that had been staked
and the location work done under power of
attorney by grubstaked men.
After leaving Marshall Lity we met De
tween there and Holy Cross a total of 15
men on their way up river, all of whom had
left Marshall within two or three days pre
ceding our departure, and although nearly
all of these men had staked several claims
1 performed the location work on some
of them, they did not consider the pros
pects good enough to warrant the expendi
ture of $2 for recording. Any person at the
‘strike’ at the time we left could find all the
open ground he wanted.
“There were at the time we left Marshall
City not over 50 people in the camp, and
at least a third of this number figured on
leaving within the following 10 days or two
weeks.
“For several days prior to the time we left
work had been entirely suspended. This
fact convinced me that it was time to leave.
The talk of pay being found, even in a
limited area, I regard as absolutely false."
Harry Harmon, who with Charles Craig
left here early in the fa.il for Marshall City,
and returned some time ago, said that he
and Mr. Craig staked claims and prospected
the ground thoroughly. They also panned
dirt on discovery claim. They found abso
lutely nothing in their claims, although they
sunk several holes to bedrock. On discovery
and other claims they found one and two \
cents to the pan, and heard of other pans
running higher, but had not seen them. Mr.
Harmon said he was thoroughly convinced
that none of the ground would pay to work,
and that there were no better indications
on Wilson creek than are to be found on
hundreds of creeks throughout Alaska.
he Pioneer hospital. He is getting along!
nicely and will be able to depart for the !
States on the Northwestern.
Soon after departing from Iditarod City j
Baker was caught in a severe blizzard. I-or !
thirty-six hours he was out in the storm I
without food or shelter. He was met on
the trail by George Riley, who took him to
a roadhouse and aided him on the way to
Seward.
HENRY RODEN VISITS
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
In a letter to his mother, Carl Kenyon
tells of his trip across the United States,
and of the other Alaskans who were on
their way East. Among those headed for
New Y'ork and Washington was Senator
Henry Roden, who will make a short visit
in the capital prior to a trip to Germany.
Senator Roden expected to be in Wash
ington when the Alaska bill came up, and
hoped to remain there until some dispo
sition had been made of he measure.
After his stop in Washington the senator
will make a trip to Germany, where he is
to settle up the estate of a deceased rela
tive.
Mr. Kenyon was on his way to New
Y'ork, and after a visit there, expects to re
turn North.—Fairbanks Times, Dec. 15.
Capital punishment was abolished in Italy
in 1375. Since then murders have in
creased 42 per cent.
(. Forfeiture Notloe
To Clias. Strong:
You are hereby notified that I, the un
dersigned, have expended during the year
nineteen hundred and thirteen (1913) one
hundred dollars (si00) in labor and im
provements upon the New Moon Associa
tion placer mining claim, on Otter creek, a
tributary of the Iditarod river, In Otter
precinct, Fourth division, Territory of
Alaska, notice of location of which Is found
In Volume 2, at page 1, of the records or
said Otter precinct, in order to hold said
claim under the provisions of Section 2324
or the Revised Statutes, and the amend
ment thereto approved January 22, 1880,
concerning annual labor upon mining
claims, being the amount required to hold
said placer mining claim for the period
ending on the 3 1st day of December, 10 13.
And ir within ninety days alter the pub
lication of this notice you fall or refuse to
contribute your proportion of such expendi
ture as a co-owner, your interest in the Bo
nanza Association placcr/rnlning claim will
become the property or lue subscriber, your
co-owner, who has made the required ex
penditure, by the terms of said Bectlon.
JOHN KRUGER.
First publication, Jan. 24, 1914.
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ALASKA RAILWAY
BILL
The Alaska railroad bill, known as H. R.
1739, by Mr. Wickersham, with the com
mittee amendments as reported to the house,
is as follows. The senate bill is almost
identical with the house bill:
That the President of the United States
is hereby empowered, authorized and direct
ed to adopt and use a name by which to
designate the railroad or railroads and
properties to be located, owned, acquired or
operated under the authority of this act;
to employ such officers, agents or agencies,
in his discretion, as may be necessary to
carry out the purposes of this act, such of
ficers, agents or agencies to be appointed or
designated by him or under his direction;
to authorize and require such officers, agents
or agencies to perform any or all of the
duties imposed upon him by the terms of
this act; to detail and require any officer
or officers in the engineer corps in the
army or navy, or any official in the civil
list of the United States, to perform serv
ice under this act without additional pay.
but upon the allowance of actual subsist
ence and traveling expenses; to locate and
designate a route or routes for a line or
lines of standard-gauge raiiroad in the Ter
ritory of Alaska, to be so located as to
connect one or more of the open Pacific
ocean harbors on the southern coast oi
Alaska with the navigable waters in the in
terior of Alaska, and with a coal field or
fields yielding coal sufficient in quality and
quantity for naval use, so as best to aid in
the development of the agricultural and
mineral or other resources of Alaska, and the
settlement of the public lands therein, and
so as to provide transportation of coal for
the army and navy, of troops, arms, muni
tions of war, or the mails, and for other
governmental and public uses; to construct
and build a standard-gauge railroad or rail
roads, with the necessary branch lines, feed
ers, sidings, switches and spurs along such
route or routes as he may so locate and
designate; to purchase or otherwise acquire
all real and personal property necessary to
carry out the purnoses of this act; to exer
cise the power of eminent domain in ac
quiring property tor sucn use, wima. use is
hereby declared to be a public use, by con
demnation in the courts of Alaska in ac
cordance with the laws now or hereafter
in force there; to acquire rights of way.
terminal grounds, and all other rights; and
to exercise all the powers granted to rail
road companies under and by virtue of the
act of congress entitled “An act extending
the homestead laws and providing for right
f way- for railroads in the District of Alaska,
and for other purposes,” approved May 14,
1S98, and all amendments thereto; to pur
chase or otherwise acquire all necessary
equipment for the construction and opera
tion of such railroad or railroads for the
transportation of freight and passengers;
to build or otherwise acquire docks, wharves,
terminal facilities and all structures needed
for the equipment and operation of such
railroad or railroads; to fix, change or mod
ify rates for the transportation of freight
and passengers subject to the supervision of
the interstate commerce commission, as
hereinafter provided; to receive compensa
tion therefor, and to perform generally all
the usual duties of a common carrier for
hire; to make and establish rules and regu
lations, not in violation of law ,fcr the con
trol and operation of said railroad or rail
roads; to employ agents and employes for
the conduct of the business of said railroad
or railroads, and to fix and provide their
compensation; to lease the said railroad or
railroads after completion upon such terms
as he may deem proper, but no lease shall
be for a longer period than 10 years, or in
the event of failure to lease, to operate the
same until the further action of congress;
to lease, purchase, condemn or otherwise
acquire any other line or lines of railroad
in Alaska which may be necessary to com
plete the construction of the line or lines of
railroad designated or located by him in
the first instance, upon such terms as he
may deem proper; to make contracts or
agreements with any other railroad or with
any steamship company for joint trans
portation of freight or passengers, and to
make such other contracts as may be nec
essary to carry out any of the purposes
of this act; to transfer any tools, equip
ment or other property belonging to the
United States and used in the construction
of the Panama canal or other government
work for the use of such railroad or rail
roads in Alaska; and no charge shall be
made therefor, but credit may be taken for
the fair value thereof by the department
having #iem in charge.
Sec. 2. That the interstate commerce
tffltimhsion shall have as full power and
authority over all matters connected with
said railroad or railroads as it has by law
over other railroads, and nothing in this
act shall in anywise limit its powers or
duties in resjiect to said railroad or rail
roads.
Sec. 3. That the secretary of the treas
ury, upon the order* of the President, 13
hereby authorized to borrow, on the credit
of the United States, from time to time
as the proceeds may be required to defray
expenditures authorized by this act (such
proceeds, when received, to be used only
2g rjucb exoec/i'
I tures) the sum of 535,000,000, or so much
j thereof as may be necessary, and to pre
j pare and issue therefor coupon or registered
bonds of the United States in such form as
he may prescribe in denominations of $100
or some multiple of that sum, redeemable
in gold coin at the pleasure of the United
States after 10 years from the date of their
issue, and payable 30 years from such date,
and bearing interest, payable quarterly in
gold coin, at a rate uot to exceed 3 per cent
j per annum ; and the bonds herein author
ized shall be exempt from all taxes or du
ties of the United States, as well as from
I taxation in any form by or under state,
municipal or local authority: Provided,
That said bonds may be disposed of by the
secretary of the treasury at not less than
1 par under such regulations as he may pre
scribe, giving to all the citizens of the
j United States an equal opportunity to sub
scribe therefor, but no commission shall be
| a.lowed or paid thereon, and there is hereby
j appropriated out of any money in the treas
ury not otherwise appropriated the sum of
| $1,000,000 to be used for carrying out the
! provisions of this act. including the expense
J of preparing, advertising and issuing the
bonds herein authorized, to continue avail
able until expended: Provided, That so
j much of the said sum of $1,000,000 as -hall
I have been expended shall be reimbursed to
I the treasury out of the first proceeds of the
1 sale of said bonds.
Sec. 4. That there is hereby created a re
I demption fund in the United States treasury
| to be known as “the Alaska railway re
! demption fund,” into which shall be paid
| 50 per cent of all moneys derived from the
j sale or disposal of any of the public lands
! in Alaska or the coal or mineral therein con
tained, or the timber thereon, and into
i which fund shall be paid the net earnings of
| said railroad or railroads above maintenance
charges and operating expenses; the said
i redemption fund, or any part thereof, shall
I be used from time to time, upon the order
| of the President, to pay the interest on the
j bonds authorized and issued under the pro
I visions of this act; and to redeem, cancel
I and retire said bonds under suhe rules and
regulations as the President may establish
in accordance with the provisions of this
act.
Sec. 5. That the officers, agents or ager.
cies placed in charge of the work by th>
j President shall make to the President an
J nually, and at such other periods as may be
required by the President or by either house
of congress, full and complete reports of all
their acts and doings, and of all moneys re
ceived and expended in the construction of
said work in the operation of said work
or works, and in the performance of their
duties in connection therewith. The an
nual reports herein provided for shall he by
the President transmitted to congress.
Sec. 6. That it is the intent and pur
pose of congress through this act to au
thorize and empower the President of the
United States, and he is fully authorized
and empowered, through such officers,
agents or agencies as he may appoint or
employ, to do all lawful acts and thtmzs in
addition to those specially authorized in this
act necessary to enable him to accomplish
the purposes Hid objects of this act
A CARD OF THANKS
j
Dikeman, Alaska, Jan. 15, 1911.
i Editor Iditarod Pioneer: I wish to thank
! you and all the kind people of Iditarod
j and the Halfway roadhouse for the money,
i clothing, bedding and groceries that you
: have so liberally sent to me and my family
, since the fire made us destitute.
I hope all of you may find friends as kind
: if trouble comes to you.
I have received through Mr Kilgore $78
j in money and other goods to a total value
1 of about $J00. I send the list for publica
| tion if you wish. Very gratefully,
JIM EBONOR
Mutton, slightly damaged—good dog
! feed—10c pound. Iditarod Meat Co
Corns, bunions, ingrowing and club nails,
: massages, pedicuring and callous, all scien
tifically treated at the Crosby Massage and
Bath Parlors.
Nels Glantz of Flat was a visitor in the
city Wednesday.
HOWDY, PAP !
The Loyal Order of Moose is now in all the principal camps of Alaska sa-1 \ ukea
territories, and Iditarod is to enjoy the same distinction shortly.
The Moose is acknowledged to be the fastest-growing and most fropular order in
the world—700,000 members in over 1,500 lodges scattered from Nome to Panama and
from Berlin to Manila—and only 25 years old.
All the members enjoy all the privileges of every Moose club house anywhere, and
the International Home University, where indigent Moose widows and orphans are cared
for, and Moose children given a college education absolutely free.
The lodge provides free medical attention for each member and his family, weekly
sick benefits when unable to work, funeral benefit in case of death, etc.
Charter initiation fee is $10, and covers all eost of joining. Dues are only $13 a
year, and no assessments.
All interested should send their names and addresses to Basil Clemons, distnot
director Loyal Order of Mooso, at Clemona A Koon's studio, corner Wickersham and Front
streets, Flat City.
Basil Clemons, the deputy organizer for this district, is daily expecting the arrival
of Mr. Johnson, the regular organizer, from Seward peninsula, where he has been very’
successful in ogranizing and instituting lodges of the popular order.
Mr. Clemons experienced little difficulty in securing far more than the requisite
number of charter members, end it is almost a certainty that the new lodge of Moose
to be organized in this district will be one of the largest in the North.
MERCHANTS CAFE
Caters to Large and Small Parties I
PRIVATE DINING ROOMS
Popular Prices Everything First Class;
CHAS. E. MILLER, PROP.
GRAND BAR nothing but the best
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FLAT CITY _ . ,
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NICELY FURNISHED ROOMS BY DAY OR WEEK
Warm. Clean Wall Ventilated
OPEN DAY AND NIGHT
TUC nnnODV Massage and
l!s uKUOUl Bath Parlors
MEDICATED. MINERAL VAPOR. STEAM. n _ iL.
TUB. SALT AND FRESH WATER 05*1110
Caribou St., Bet. Black and Willow Sts., on Waterfront
Electric and Faradic Massage Traatoeits iy Eapert Attendants
Lighted by Gas Heated be Sleatvi jj