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Corner hirst Ave, and Richmond St., Iditarod
General Banking Business Transacted Upon Liberal, Btit Conservative Lines
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And we guarantee our assays against any of the government assay offices.
Clippings from your gold furnished you for the purpose
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We solicit your business, and assure you of our courteous, prompt and
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your account may bo largo or small.
Incident to the quartz rennaissance j
that is now taking place in the Fair- j
banks district, comes the interesting
story of the finding of rich quartz in
the ballast of the Tanana Valley rail
way near Kidgotop.
The find had been made originally by (
Alois Fredrich, who made it known to j
H. B. Rettie, a representative of a.
London mining company, who is now ;
visiting in the Tanana valley. The
two searched along the track near the
place where Fredrich had first discov
ered quartz and found pieces of rock
carrying free gold that when pounded
in a mortar panned in such a manner ^
as to prove the rock worth $100 a ton.
“What footwear can I use at this
season of the year?’’ This great ques
tion has been solved by II. Boas, who
has procured a footwear that is water
proof, warm, lightweight and odorless.
Call and see them.
FOR SALK An timers m piano. Ap
ply Miss Jones, Riverside hotel.
THERE ARE A FEW
SHORTAGES THERE
For the benefit of those who are
going across the divide this fall to
prospect and who contemplate pur
chasing their outfits at Georgetown, it
might be stated that there are some
things short there, and that it would
be better to make some purchases here.
According to reports regarding the
first tiip of the Quickstep the Kuskok
wim Commercial Go. was shy of dried
fruits, butter and spices. Baking- pow
der and soda was limited, while beans
and yeast were practically out of the
market. Rubber shoes are hard to gel
and stoves and stovepipe are considered
very precious.
This was the state of things follow
ing the last trip of the steamer from
Bethel, but the betting might he
changed if she succeeds in- landing an
other cargo. Still it is better to play
or. the safe side and get what you need
of these scarcities here.
Have your nuggets made into souve
nirs at Simpson’s, the pioneer jeweler.
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8 M. R. HUSSEY FLAT CITY P. j. mannion!
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j TOWNSITE QUESTION
i EXTRATERRITORIAL
1'lie townsite question on the
Kuskoksvini seems determined not
to allow its light to be hidden un
der a bushel. It wants to grow,
expand and multiply, wherefore, it
can be definitely stated that a new
place at the rncuth of Black, Crook
ed or Donlan, or whatever it is,
about 20 miles below Georgetown,
claims now to be the only' and
original, simon-pure tonsite.
According to the statement made
by Geo. Smith who recently re
turned from that section, the
mouth of Black river is an ideal
place for a town, and much neater
to the real diggings than George
town can possibly be. This section
is also described as being nearer to
Iditarod City than Georgetown and
much more accessible.
At Georgetown itself, the old
controversy about the upper and
j lower towns still continues, all of
which indicat-s that there will be
merry times next season, in the
real estate business along the line.
HOTEL ARRIVALS
RIVERSIDE HOTED
Jay M. Cook, Ed Drake, C. Buckley,
James O’Farrell. J. J. Kelly, A1 Cos
low, John Henry, Bert McDonald, Bot
Roundy, Thomas Reams, H. Howard
Richard Huges, L. N. Ellis, J. M
Haley, Carl Wagner, A. Smith, A
Tyler, Jas. Kelly, J. Loranger, T. S
Jackson, Bob Hart, A1 McDonald, Du
j gald McPherson, John Sinclair, Pal
j Callahan, Wm. Albrecht, H. Hutehin
j son, Pete MeEwen, Pat O’Donnell.
THE SHERBURNE
Mr. O'Malley, Gilbert Bates, Sarr
j Sanderson, Brainard B. Smith, Kus
I kokwirn: J. Sheedy, Mr. Henry, Mis?
Anna Nelson, Mrs. C. Hunter, Fair
banks; Mr. Wales, Flat creek.
BEATTIE HOUSE
John Connelly, Billy Wise, Gut
Jones, Jim Ryan, Joe Gurnair, C. O.
Jenks, “Cow” Miller, E. Williams,
Mike Buliatovich, John Eongton, G. P.
Roberts, R. G. Wilson, Joe Plante. G.
Vallie, J. Boulton, Pat Tru, Guy Tur
pin, Jack White, Fred Estman, Joe
Nolet, S. Huppe, B. Keepsen, N. Perry.
Fred Horn, A, Bedar, Y. Asmussen, L,
Dupliasi, H. Miller, H. Westberg,
John Barrington, H. Beaulsa, Jack
McKenzie, R. Henderson, Dr. Madden,
Jas. Bovard, John Dranden, Emil An
derson, Oscar Sinclair, A. Bernier.
REGINA HOTEL
P. McGinn, Thos. Bradshaw, P. S,
; Davis, Victor Matson, H. Docks, G. H.
I Bishop, S. M. Dalby. James Negri,
j John Bonleter, R. D. Beruns, Johc
! Ret’, Thomas Ford, E. R. Jacobson, E
| L. Mclven, Alfred Matson, Mr. Lyhr,
W. Russell, B. Gallaher, John Bjervad
Joltn Nordgrund, Alfred £1. Hal!, Free
Beyer, Aug Linden, Mr. Graham, Mr
Brown, Geo. L. Smith, J. L. Smeaton
M. D. Nunan, Chas. Lamont, Neb
Glantz, Carl Larson, I. Wales, Ton
Johnson, J. Arsenan, Mr. and Mrs
i Berg, E. Mitchell, Mr. and Mrs. Me
Kenzie, E. Bergen, Mr. Hansen.
IDITAROD HOTEL
R. Lawson Bernard, E. Britt, J. Jo
hansen, Wm. Casey, J. Wilbur Ward
F. Stickney, Chas. Swanson, J. Woods
Bert Moores, Mr. Bruce, Thos. Seward,
D. McFadden, Andy Nyland, Charles
Erick, Fairbanks; J. V. Nordgren
John Martin, W. T. Vanderpool, Ber
Allen, M. McNeil, W. Lodge, Juiiar
. creek; John Berg, Chas. Enqulst, Law
renee Olson, Thos. West, L. P. Ander
son, A. Smith, Matt Rindell, R. Matt
sen, Ansehn Bantio, Miss Nicola, A. E
j Bain, Fred Carlson, A1 Serff, Ernes
! Wehner, Tver Ness, creeks.
SMEATON CITY WILL
BE THE NAME OF il
They say that a new town is aborning
over in the Kuskokwim at the mouti
of Crooked river about 18 miles belou
Georgetown and there is every cbanct
in tho world that it will be namet
Smeaton city, after Jack Smeaton, win
with John Larson, shares the honor o
discovery of part of the new placersec
tion of the Kuskokwim.
Smeaton and his partners have a fine,
large cabin at Smeaton city, Elmei
Fellmet, formerly of Chena and last
summer an operator on the Celene
fraction, is also building there, while
many others are contemplating resi
dences at that point in the belief that
it is destined to rival if not outshine
Georgetown as the centre of civiliza
tion and art.
“Get the Habit”
Insist on getting “Bock cigars.”
They are the new and latest styles di
rect from New York. Try the new 61
inch preciosas “Bock cigars” to be had
at the following liquor houses:
RAMPS’ WORDEN’S
CASEY’S MANUEL’S
AND ALL CIGAR DEALERS
BARRETT & LEWIN,
Direct New York Agents.
Johnstone carries Ui the leading
brands of cigars and tobaccos—whole”
sale and retail.
NEWSPAPER MEN
MIGRATE HERE
Although one of them admits that he
has sworn off on the newspaper business
in spite of the fact that he is one of
the first to start a paper in Alaska, it
is almost a cinch that Iv'ss Benard and
Wilbur Ward will bo mixed up in
journalism again somewhere in this
neck of the woods.
Bernard brought the old Tanana
Tribune plant of Fairbanks down with
him, including lynotype and cylinder
press. That is, he brought it as far as
Holy Cross where it is probably frozen
in by this time.
Ward, who was the publisher of the
Tanana Star during the recent cam
paign, says he is through with the
business and just wants to do a little
mining. They both arrived on the last
boats after a trip of a month from Fair
banks, but the plant couldn’t make it.
Therefore it is doubtful if additional
newspaper machinery will figure in the
life of this camp this winter.
As chief printer for the^News-Miner
for tfee last year Benard has kept a
steady finger on the public pulse. He
reports many changes in newspaper
dom in that city. Fred Heilig, editor
of the Times, has left for the Outside.
He was succeeded for a time by R. S.
McDonald, who later resigned to cast
his fortunes with the Alaska Citizen,
published by Caskey, Bellows and Fil
bin. H. C. Jackson is reporting for the
Times and the News-Miner, Fen Thomp
son is still handing out the hot stuff for
the later journal, while “Dad” Hender
son, late deputy clerk of the district
court and an old newspaper man is do
ing the same for the Times.
They are all boosting for quartz up
there and the district isjexperiencing
a distinct revival in activity from this
cause. There will doubtless be a good
output this winter from the Chena mill
which is just started in reducing some
of the rich ores tliev have there.
For a good cheap roof H-II asphalt
roofing paper, $o per roll, 25Jjsq. feet:
j at Anderson Bros. & Norland.
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Delayed but a few days after his ar
rival on the last boats, Billy Casey, the
genial host of the Northern hotel and
saloon of Fairbanks opened his new joy
palace at Flat City last Wednesday
forenoon and recorded probably t lie
biggest day and night sale of tangle
fojt that has been pulled off in this
section sir.ca the first boat stuck hot
nose around you bend.
Starting in during the forenoon
hours, Casey had good headway on by
eventide, and the way they did hit it
up after that was a caution. The big
saloon next to Stanley’s roadhouse was
packed to the doors with anxious en
| thusiasts who were afraid they wouldn’t
j get a chance to spend their money be
fore the fire-water gave out. Some o
them stood at the back and threw theii
money up, taking their drinks through
a straw.
Along toward the mystic hour oi
midnight when the whangdoodls
stirred drowsily in its sleep, somebody
resented tiie viewpoint of another ir
discussing the correlation of the eso
teric aesthetech,m, and to show his re
sentrnsut bounced a bunch of fives oi
the prognatlian promontories of his
vis-a-vis. This little unpleasantry was
quickly righted, however while the
recipient of the favor explained that he
had not meant to imply that the San
scrit rennaissance had been at all per
meated with the taint of immaculate
immorality.
There were four bartenders on the
job when things were at their best
and they were feeding the casli regis
ter like a bunch of harvesters in a busy
season. Casey, with the smile that
won’t come off, stood at the head of the
table, or the bar, or whatever it is you
call that long thing that you lean
against, and greeted old friends oi
whom lie has legion. Everyone was
glad to see him, and of course everyone
Corner First Ave.
and Richmond St.
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was glad he could get a drink in Flat
City without hiking up the alley after
a glance around to see if the coast was
clear.
Bert Moores, who has assisted Casey
for several years at his Fairbanks,
saloon went, out to Flat Thursday to j
take charge of the bar, and he will
probably be assisted by Tommy Bul
leue.
The hunting around here is practic
ally off the market as you might say,
following the hunt of Mark Sullivan
and Brown, who went out along the
outskirts of the city last Thursday. All
birds that were not killed took to the
hills since they all knew that Mark
might shoot anywhere.
Meet me at Johnstone’s cigar store
for a social game of pool or solo.
Tommy McSmart, the hustling drum
mer-boy, advertising man and mining
promoter, is here from Fairbanks hav
ing arrived on the Teddy H. Ha reports
that his associates in the Hosiana
country have given an option for $750,
000 on their big dredging ground hold
ings, the matter being now under ad
visement.
Dissolution of Partnership
The partnership heretofore existing
between Eric Palmen and John Barrett
in the ownership and operation of the
Pony Express Co. has this day been
dissolved by mutual consent, John Bar
rett retiring. All outstanding accounts
due said partnership are payable to
Eric Palmen, who also assumes the lia
bilities of the partnership.
Ekic Palmen.
John Barrett.
Iditarod, Aka., Oct. 18. 1910.
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