HTT TAXES
POURING IN
At the rate city taxes are being paid
only an inconsiderable proportion of
the entire levy will be left outstanding
at the close of the present month. Up
to the meeting of the council Wednes
day night upwards of $8,000 had been
1-aid iD, and it is expected that settle
ments will continue to be made with
frequency up to the beginning of Feb
ruary by taxpayers who want to take
advaatage of the 10 per cent, discount.
Beginning with Feb. 1 the discount
will be discontinued and on and after
March 1 a penalty of 10 per cent., plus
interest, will be attached.
The promptness with which the mu
nicipal obligations are being met is
very creditable to the citizens, even if
their action has been prompted by noth
ing more than good business usage.
DISMISSAL OF CASE
SAVES LONG TRIP
The case against William Geise. un
der indictment for the murder of Bo.vd,
an ex-soldier, at Tanana in April, 1910.
has been dismissed. The coroner’s
jury *hat inquired into the circum
stances of Boyd's death returned it ver
dict of suicide; but the case was subse
quently brought before the grand jury
and Geise was indicted. He was ar
retted at St. Michael last September.
The dismissal of the case saves Dep
uty Marshal Tom Howell from making
a trip from Fiat City to Fairbanks. Ue
was at Tanana at the time of Boyd’s
death and had been summoned to ap
pear as a witness Feb. 10.
CREEK NAMES IN RUBY DISTRICT
When ibe lime comes to write the
first chapters of Alaska’s real history,
aavs the Ruby Record, the flies of old
newspapers will be sought and from
them and other documents will be
learned what we of the past said of
ourselves and our country.
Ruby creek w ill be shown to have
been discovered by some men who quit
Fairbanks, and to have been named
from the “ruby” gravel found in its
bed.
Birch creek was then known as Emma
creek. Long creek's name has re
mained the same.
Flim creek was named by Johnson
and Fornander because they found some
flint rock thereoD. The same part'es
gave names to Trail, Basin, Fourth of
July and other creeks.
Trail received its name from the fact
that when they cut their big trail for
30 miles across country they erected a
cache there. Basin is the obvious sug
gestion from the contour of the hills in
that quarter.
Fourth of July “was born on the
Fourth of July.” The first prospects j
were found there by the discoverers on
that dale in 1910, and these prospects
were the reason for their return last
winter to prospect on Long creek.
LADIES PLANNING
VALENTINE SOCIAL
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Ladies of Tditarod City are planning
a St. Valentine social for the benefit of
the Free Reading Room. As its name
implies, the social will he held on St
Valentine's day, Feb. 14, and will lake
j place at the A. B. hall, commencing at
I 9 p. m.
There will be mimic, dancing and a
good time generally, and supper wil I tie
served during the evening.
Everybody is invited, and a special
invitation is extended to the ladies nf
Flat and Otter creeks, who, it is hoped,
will be able to attend in force.
Further particulars next week.
NEWEST STRIKE
LORES OLDTIMERS
It is reported from Toronto that
eight men left Cobalt the last week in
November for Ungava and Baffin's
Land to search for gold, which recently
wus reported plentiful there. The
stampeders will have to travel two
thousand miles through a trackless
wilderness to reach their goal. They
have forty dogs, and will endeavor to
haul nearly two tons of supplies.
While it is believed that the party
will reach their destination, it is
doubled if they will ever return. The
members of the party do not seem to
realize the stupendous nature of the
undertaking.
Dealing with the reported strike.
Casey Moran's Porcupine Press of re
ceni date says:
"if any one tiling we.ro needed to set
the old-time miner aiiatne with a desire
for a long and arduous ‘hike’ it was the
news of the Baffin strike, and on every
hand the hard-rock miner and the old
time placer seeker are discussing the
new Snd and the probable chance of
getting into the country. News of the
strike was given in the Porcupine
Press as far as intelligence concerning
that country was available and this
newspaper has been besieged with re
quests for further information. From
investigation it may be set down as a
fact that the most probable and per
haps the safest route to the country
may be made by water, taking the At
lantic coast line during the early
spring and awaiting the breakup of the
ice about June. At least two years’
provisions would be needed to work
out a good exploration of the country.
That great interest has been taken in
Baffin’s is noticeable everywhere in
this section and doubtless when the
spring opens no less than a dozen dif
ent expeditions will be on their way to
the far and unexplored North. It is
the same old story of the lure of gold
and cannot be resisted by the oldtimer.”
KLONDIKE PIONEER
DIES IN SAN FRANCISCO
San Francisco, Dec. 29. — Joseph
Burke, Klondike pioneer, who ran a
sawmill at Dawson in the early days,
died here yesterday.
Your Groceries When You
Want Them ! pro MFT l y—delivered. i
We are out for the Retail Trade, and will show you a
line of Groceries that cannot be beaten for Price
or Quality in Iditarod. Phone 87
SunderbruGh
A FEW THINGS FOR WINTER
Extra Large-Size Horse Blankets
Yukon Sleds, Snowshoes Coal Oil aud Gasoline
Cole’s Air-Tight Heaters
SMITH'S GUN STORE
Phono No. 6 Idltarcd, Alaska
Miners & Merchants Bank
IDITAROD, ALASKA
Capital, $100,000.00
General Banking Business Transacted Gold Bust Bought and Assayed
Drafts Issued on Any Part of the World
SEATTLE CORRESPONDENT: SCANDINAVIAN AMERICAN BANK
OFFICERS:
T. .T. Nestor. President
Chas Ross. Vice President
E. G. Lindberg, Manager
John Holmes, Cashier and Assayer
Now Is Your Opportunity to Buy !
ONE-HALF OFF SALE
On all my stock of WINTER WEARING APPAREL, and
this is genuine in every respect, for I must make room for
the elegant lines of New Goods that is to arrive as soon as
navigation opens.
FRIEDMAN'S STORE
WHOLESALE RETAIL
DEMOCRATS
MEET AT FLAT
Pursuant to call by Committeeman
John Ronan, there was a meeting of
Democrats of Flat, Otter and vicinity
at Flat City last Thursday evening.
About a hundred people were present,
but the voting showed only forty-three
actual participants in the proceedings.
John Ronan presided and Ed Wilkin
son acted as secretary.
Resolutions were adopted reaffirming
the principles enunciated by the last
Democratic territorial convention, and
opposing association claims and powers
of attorney.
Delegates to the territorial conven
1 tion to be held at Valdaz March JB
were aiecied as follows: Scott Reese,
Charles Estmere, Ed Wilkinson, Lee
Roby and John Ronan.
Ed Wilkinson, Lee Roby and Dick
Hussey were named a committee to
prepare a rosier of ttie Democrats of
Fiat, Otter and vicinity.
The meeting was haimonious. At
the parlor of tiie Budweiser, Iditarod,
a meeting will be held tonight at which
three delega'es to t lie territorial con
vention will he named.
CAMP FLAT ADMITS
TWO NEW MEMBERS
Came Fla! No 26, A. B , c<> -
tinnes t<> flourish in al! itspiis'ie
glotv and grows in nv mb t~ ip
and prestige wi'li each m-eting
The regular meeting Wednesday
last was very successful. In addi
tion to the usual routine business.
Deputy Marshal Tom H ovell and
W. B Thomas were 'aken over the
trail and admitted into the order.
I'ltc ceremony w as follow ed t>\ a
social and a very enjoyable time
was had. The usual Arctic te
freshments were served.
NOT HOPEFUL
ABOUT ANIAK
Jerry Murphy, Cltas Nelson and
Oscar Bendersetr returned to Flat
City from tlie Aniak Thursday
night. They report having staked
three miles of ground on a trib
utary of the Aniak which they
have named Sw ift creek
They sny that the outlook to
date on the Aniak is not particu
larly encouraging
A resort for ladies and gentlemen, at
Ansley’s. _
Quitclaim deed blanks—Pioneer.
JAMES McQDEEN
INQUIRED AFTER
Mrs. Taylor, of 23 Frederick street,
Sidney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, has
inquired through the United States
marshal’s office at Fairbanks concern
ing the whereabouts of her brother
James McQueen, whom she describes
as 5 feet 10 or 11 inches in height, of
| heavy build and dark complexion. Mr.
McQueen is stated to have been on
Cleary creek for some time and to have
gone to the Iditarod some time in 1909.
Any information about him may be
sent to the marshal’s office.
A REPROACH
Five suicides in a single day in Van
couver, B. C\, in December are attrib
uted to hard times. In each instance
I the suicide was without means of sub
sistence. The number of unemployed
in the city continues to increase daily,
and the signs of depression are quite
obvious.
| A Seattle newspaper on Dec. 22 cotn
| inited the number of destitute unem
ployed in Seattle as fully 6,000, and
i hose who are directly dependent upon
them increases the number who are
out of work anil in a bad way to clofse
to 10/00.
In b< th British Columbia and the
I State of Washington the bounties of
; nature are sucli that one might adopt
the habits of a savage and supply tlie
needs of life if he were peimitted to
use the resources that are going to
wasie. Serious destitution in sucli
lands is a reproach to civilization.
KILLS TWENTY-SEVEN
LIONS IN A SINGLE DAY
London, Dec. 18.—A dispatch from
British Central Africa says that Paul
Rainey, the American sportsman, with
R. B. Woosman, a government game
ranger, last Saturday killed 27 lions in
the Kapiti game reserve, and a num
ber of others outside the reserve. The
hunters employed Rainey’s pack of
Russian bear hounds to find and round
up the quarrv.
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THIS MAN LIVES IN FODR STATES
Kansas City, Dec. 20. -Fred Terron,
a stockman, who is here with a herd of
cattle, lives in four states—Colorado,
New Mexico, Utah and Arizona—his
ranch extending into all four, and his
house standing on the point where they
meet.
Mr Terron eats his meals in Colo
rado, sleeps in Utah, has his "best
room" in New Mexico, and his kitchen
extends into Arizona. Mr. Terron gets
his mail at Cortez, Colo., but votes in
Utah, because he sleeps in that state.
Canadian papers claim that the cen
sus figures are short by half a million
and they want to know where the miss
ing people are. It’s iust possible they
are over the border by now.
TOM ROBERTS
DIES ON TRAIL
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Fairbanks papers which arrived by
the last mail tell of the death of Tom
Roberts, the well-known freighter,
who expired oa the trail on Sunday,
December 24.
Mr. Roberts had been freighting in
the Fairbanks district since 1903, being
the first, man to cut a trail into the
Bonnifield country. From that time on
he has been a familiar figure in the
district.
Abeut a year ago he started a stage
between Fairbanks and the Big Chena
iiot springs, and it was while on one of
these journeys that he was seized with
a severe attack of rheumatism. The
trouble was aggravated last fail when
he was moving passengers and freight
on the Chena river, which necessitated
his being in the water a great deal.
On his return to the city Roberts
was taken sick, and compelled to enter
the hospital, where he remained for
some days. He then decided to take a
course of treatmeat at the hot springs.
For a time his condition improved,
then he grew worse, being delirious
for a week, and C. H. McGrew decided
to take him into town.
When Roberts reached the Chena
roadhouse he seemed better, but the
next day (Sunday) he was worse. Nev
ertheless it was deemed advisable to
push on to Fairbanks. The start was
made at 10 o’clock, and at 1 in the
afternoon, while about a mile out of
Graehl, Roberts breathed his last.
He is survived by a wife and one son,
who live at Kennewick, Wash.
NEW COMBINATION
OPENS STS BOOES
On Thursday night the new Combina
tion saloon at Flat City opened its
doors. The place lias been fixed up
and decorated in an elegant manner by
George Taylor, the carpenter, builder
and champion footracer in the old-man
class, and presents a very attractive
and comfortable appearance.
Messrs. Gularte & Fontas have a lot
of friends at Flat who were on hand at
the psychological moment to wish the
proprietors good luck throughout the
coming season. For several hours
there was standing room only, and
extra help had to be engaged to keep
customers supplied with hose excel
lent brands of liquors and cigars for
which the hosts have become famous.
Dick O'Neil, formerly of the Iditarod
saloon, is chief dispenser.
Cut Glass. W. Taylor, Flat.
VALDEZ HAS NEW COMMISSIONER
V tide/, Jan 26—Thomas Shep
pard has been appointed United
S'ates rommissioner and recorder,
vice J L Reeii. resigned
COMING AMD GOING"
Charles Krutsinger has left for the
Aniak.
Fred Webber, of Flat, on Thursday
afternoon, mushed into town and
turned around, and mushed right out
again.
Ben Cockerill was visiting in Idita
rod Wednesday.
Bert Myers was in Iditarod during
the week.
J. E. Beattie returned from Dikeman
Tuesday.
John Ronan is in town in connection
with the Democratic primaries.
SID ENSOR OF IDITAROD
BOUND FOR BAFFIN’S LAND
Sid Ensor, who left Iditarod for Fair
banks in company with Tom Aitken,
informed a representative of a Fair
banks newspaper that he was bound
for the scene of the reported rich strike
in Baffin’s Land, Northeastern Canada.
He believes that his experience in the
North will give him a great advantage
in the new country.
Say, where is all the crowd? Oh,
you’ll find them at Ansley’s, having a
good time.
Hats
Will soon be on display in our show windows, if this
sort of weather keeps up much longer. With the large
assortment of Winter Caps and keep-you-warm merchan
dise that we have on hand we’re sort of alarmed, and
with true saying “that it is no disgrace to run when
you’re scared ” our unexcelled stock is at your mercy.
A WORD TO THE WISE IS SUFFICIENT
Our Clearance Sale on Odds and
Ends Still in Force
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Leading Clothiers
YEAR IN JAIL
FOR LARfJENY
On a plea of guilty to a charge of
petty larceny Bert Phillips was sen
tenced to a year in jail by Justice Stan
ton last Tuesday. The crime was com
mitted on the Idiiarod-Flat Oily trail
several weeks ago. Zehnder’.s stugo
had cached five cases of coal oil and
three cases of glass on the trail, all of
which was carried away. The glass
and three oases of oil was recovered.
Emil Jensen, who was arrested as a
party to the theft, was discharged, the
evidence showing that while he may
have become cognizant of the offense,
he had taken no part in it.
FIVE RED CROSHKI
REPOBTED BURIED ALIVE
London.—News of the burial alWe of
five Italians and the discovery of mu
tilated bodies of members of the Ital
ians' Red Cross at Tripoli, were receiver!
here in special dispatches. The advices
state that the Red Cross members were
apparently tortured to death, in revolt
ing ways. An Italian, who escaped by
hiding in a ditch for three days, says
he saw the mutilations, and that the
Italians were buried up to their shoul
ders and left to starve to death. Turk
ish officers and women were present,
ke declared.
Circulating library at Ansley's.
RELIGIOUS SERVICES TOMORROW
At 8 p. m. tomorrow in the commis
sioner’s courtroom. Subject “B'ervent
Charity.” A male quartette is ex
pected to furnish some special music.
Lively song service. Everybody wel
come. S. HALL YOUNG, Pastor.
Select Outside Lumber, corrugated
iron and roofing paper at Ross & Nc
tor's. _
Magazines by the dozen cheap ,r
Ansley’s._
To the Taxpayers ot the Town of Iditarod:
Take notice that the municipal taxes
for the Town of Iditarod for the year of
1911 are now duo.
On all taxes paid prior to Febru
ary 1. 1912, a discount of 10 per cent,
is allowed. Taxes become delinquent
March 1, 1912, after which date inter
est at 1 per cent, per month and a pen
alty of 10 per cent, will be added.
Taxes may be paid between the hours
10 a.m. and 2 p.m. daily, except Sun
days and holidays, at Miners & Mer
chants Bank, Iditarod, Alaska.
E. G. LINDBERG,
Municipal Treasurer.
ALL GOODS
Formerly Mrs. Silbfrstein's,
All alterations on Ladies’ Garments
purchased will be free of charge.
WORK GUARANTEED
H. SCHLAPIK
First Avenue
Flat City
Wow Open for Business
With Choicest Brands of Liquors and Clears
MERCHANTS CAFE
Caters to Large and Small Parties
PRIVATE DINING ROOMS
Popular Prices __ Everything First Class
CHAS. E. MILLER, PROP.
Open All Night Open All Night
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THE NORTHERN
Family Trade a Specialty
Goods Delivered to All Parts of City Day or Night
HARRY ASHLAND CE0. F. MARSH
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___.Democratic Primary Tonight at 8 ff Cjock at Budweiser Parlor
A LAXATIVE THAT IS VERY TONIHGlnHETraCIL SOMETHmG TO SHARPEN YOUR APPETITE Marquette^e^ “
Which can be made very palatable as follows: Shortly before dinner: Nations! Oliih
Italian Fernet Branca, an ordinary horn; Three or four squirts of Orange Bitters; nUJUUIIdl VslUD 1501111)011,
I A small portion of Orgeat Syrup; Add a horn of Noilly Prat French Vermouth. Anno Crntoh
Pour in your Chaser Water and stir. Or, three or four squirts of Orange Bitters; MmHC OCOICfl
This contains but 49 per cent. Alcohol, and is a very mild laxative. Add a horn of Duff Gordon Sherry. *
A chaser with either of these will destroy the desired effect: PURITY AiYD QUALITY_
THE BUDWEJSER JACK BAIRD witarod FLAT city ED ANDERSON THE BRANCH
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