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PIONIER FROM IDITAROD
DIES AT SITKA HOME
From the Alaska coast papers it is
learned that Harry C. Gunn, aged 69, a
resident of the Pioneers’ home at Sitka,
coming from Iditarod. died at that insti
tution ru December 11 last.
Among the river men Mr. Gunn was
well kn iwn here. He was an old steam
boat nun, having been employed in the
Yukon river service in early days. He
made frequent trips to Iditarod in the early
days of this camp.
Nothing is known here us to his ante
cedants or as to his elatives.
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LEAVES FOR SEWARD
Tobias Perry, an employe of the Yukon
Gold Company, left on Tuesday last for
Seward with a team of nine dogs. At the
coast cirv he will meet E. A. Austin, the
resident manager here of the company, and
will accompany him back.
MISSING MAN LOCATED
Adam James Albert Young, for whom an
inquiry was nude through the columns of
The 1 nicer on February 5, has be-n located
on Willow creek.
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FOR 'ALE—Plat top desk and No. 10
Remington typewriter. Also Victor phono
graph and records. Mrs. Ramps Peterson.
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Fresh Olympia and Eastern Oysters, $1.50
per can. Iditarod Meat Co.
DR. BEHLA, THE DENTIST,
TO ARRIVE ON FIRST BOAT
A letter from Dr. Behla the Flat City
dentist, who is taking a course at the Chi
cago College of Medicine and Surgery,
states that he will arrive in Iditarod on the
first boat in the spring.
In addition to his medical and surgical
studies, Dr. Behla has been attending lec
tures on dentistry, and announces that he
has added to his knowledge of that science
the latest discoveries, by which he will he
able to operate on troublesome teeth with
out resorting to the killing of nerves.
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HARRY McLEAN HOPEFUL
A rather pathetic letter has been received
bv Percy Charles from Harry McLean, now
confined in the Morningside sanitarium, near
Portland, Ore., in which he speaks hopefully
of his coming discharge. After speaking of
intimate personal matters in an apparently
lucid manner, he says that he has bought a
fine farm in Florida, “all fenced in, with a
two-story house and a large barn, capable
of raising three different crops per year.”
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STEAMBOAT MAN TELLS
GF LATEST YUKON STRIKE
Captain Sid Barrington, a well-known
Alaska mining and steamboat man, is con
vinced that it pays to follow what is com
monly known as a "hunch,” says the Se
attle Post-Intelligencer of December 10.
Captain Barrington recently became inter
ested in the strike on Rude, Dip and
Isaac creeks, near the Yukon river, fifty
miles above Dawson. So interested did
he become that he bought four claims
on Rude creek- No. 7 below discovery, and
6, 11 and 10 above. Te then found that
Nos. 2 and 3 above discovery were also
for sale, and, playing his hunch, secured
them with the rest, the whole deal costing
him $10,000. Yesterday he got a letter
from his mining superintendent, whom he
hed previously sent in to work on the first
four claims he purchased, telling him that
he must by all means buy Nos. 2 and 3,
as they looked the best of the lot, and to
go as high as $5,000 each. “My superin
tendent didn’t know when he wrote me
in regard to Nos. 2 and 3 above discovery
that I had already purchased them,” said
Captain Barrington yesterday. “It looks
like I had the right hunch on those claims,
as he is an expert miner. I am getting
the whole bunch for what he thought I
might have to pay for the two alone.”
Captain Barrington has six men at work
on his claims now, and will go in himself
in the spring. Besides his mining ventures.
Captain Barrington will put a new freight
and passenger boat on the Stikine river
next season. The boat will be powered
with gasoline engines. "I already have the
freighting contracts from J. E. Chilberg
for supplies to his mine, and also for the
trading post at Telegraph creek,” said
Captain Barrington.
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Job Printing at Pioneer office.
CLOSING-OUT PRICES
AH Drugs at Outside Prices
Bird Seed and Sand. $ .25 ;
Java Rice Face Powder.. .75
Kuo's, Fruit Salts . 1.26
Peroxide . 25c, 60c and 1.00
Pond's Kx tract . .50
Wltct) Hazel .50
JocKfj Club Perfume, 4-nz. bottles 4.00
Violet Perfume, -l-oz. bottles. 4.00
Fni . < r sal Mending Tissue... 25
Vaseline flair Tonic. .50
Rubber Bath Sponges. .50 I
Toilet I’aper, 1,000-sheet rolls,
8 for . $1.00
Hot Water Bottles .$2.00 and 2.50
M.-ilm's Food . .75
Marvel whirling Sprays. 3.50
Dubois Specific Fills . 2.C0
Chichester Pills . 1.00
Krnmenagogue Pills . 1.00
Pennyroyal and Tansy Teas.. ,25
Bath Brushes .$1.50 and 200
Filter Paper, 100 sheets. 1.00
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Iditarod, Alaska
C. R. PECK ■ FLAT CITY
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
THE MASQUERADE
Lincoln’s Birthday Affair Was Oc
casion of Much Merriment—
Some Clever Features
Bitterly cold as was the weather of last
Saturday, it did not deter the pleasure
seeking residents of Iditarod and adjacent
communities from turning out in goodly
numbers to participate in the fun incident
to the grand mask ball provided for their
delectation by that prince of amusement
promoters, James Farrell. As a conse
quence the Lincoln’s birthday celebration
in Iditarod will go down in local history
as one of the most enjoyable occasions of
the kind ever held here. Not only was
there a splendid attendance, but the cos
tumes were elaborate, unique and comical
in the extreme. Many amusing features
were in evidence, and the committee se
lected to award the prizes had some diffi
culty in arriving at their verdicts; but
they seem to have accomplished their diffi
cult task with more than average satisfac
tion.
With splendid music, provided by Messrs.
Tay lor and Lowrie, and a bountiful lunch,
provided by Mrs. Charles Larson, the even
ing’s enjoyment was complete, and the
revellers seemed reluctant to quit the
scene, dancing continuing until an hour
suggestive of breakfast for the early nser.
Award of Prizes
The committee appointed to award the
many prizes was composed as follows:
Discovery Louis Yigulius.
Flat—Garrison Costar and Dave Brown.
Iditarod- Anton Bids and S. L. Ben
brook.
The prizes were awarded as follows:
Best-costumed lady Mrs. Claud Baker,
'Hussar."
Best-costumed gentleman- Ed Golden,
“Yuan Shai Kai.”
Best-sustained character, lady- Miss L.
C. Graham, “Squaw.”
Second prize for best-sustained charac
ter. lady Mrs. George Mutchler, “Papa's
Baby.”
Best-sustained character, gentlemen
Miss Lillian Smith, “Old Negro.”
Second prize for best-sustained character,
gentleman WiLiam Bronck, “Highlander.”
Most original costume, lady Mrs. R.
Lowrie, “Swedish Girl.”
Most original costume, gentlemen Dom
inick Sorosi, “Hawaiian."
Most novel costume, lady Miss Lucille
Taylor, “Market Woman.”
Mostnovcicostfume. gentleman At Go-s
low. “Lonesome Town.”
First prize feature, “A Bunch of I’ijis
and a Missionary" Joe Smith, Dick But
ton. Percy Charles, Arthur Bourne, Frank
1,arson, Harry Larson. Earl Byers and
Frank Kearn.
Second nrize feature, “Four Clowns’'
Mrs. Henry Weir, Mrs. Dominick Sorosi,
Harry Watson and Earl Hunt.
Special feature prize awarded to Miss
Margaret Halley, “Apple Tree.”
Best lady waltzer—Mrs. J. C. Currin.
Be-t gentleman waltzer -George Mutch
l.r.
Incidents of the Occasion
Miss Sigrid McDonald recited Lincoln’s
Gettysburg speech in splendid fashion, and
even the little lady’s many admirers were
surprised at her ability, as an elocutionist.
It was rather a severe test for one s i
young.
The representation of a squaw by Miss
Graham was a work of art.
The “apples” decorating the costume of
Miss Halley were .so true to nature that
they fell a prey to the souvenir hunter.
It was to be expected that Mrs. George
Mutchler would devise something original,
and she certainly did. And Percy’s mus
cular contribution to the stunt made it
extremely realistic.
Bid Bronck in a Highlander's costume
was a vision of manly beauty.
It is intimated that the "four clowns”
stunt was not carried out according to
schedule.
The “bunch of Fijis” was a cleverly
carried-out feature, and created great
amusement.
Grant Murdock has no peer as a floor
manager.
Mr. Farrell and his assistants are entitled
to thanks for their enterprise.
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HERE’S SOME REAL NEWS
{Weekly Alaskan, Anchorage)
Bob Griffis arrived in Seward this morn
ing with the gold train. It was composed
of three dog teams of twelve dogs each.
The train carried $600,000 in gold belong
ing lo the Yukon Gold Dredge and Mining
Company of Flat Creek. It was turned
over to Mr. Wiisor at Seward, the Wells
Fargo special messenger sent North to re
ceive it.
Bob Griffis was the former mail carrier
from the Nome district, and is now em
ployed by Charles Ross of the Miners Bank
in the Iditarod, and is interested in the
Yukon Gold Mining and Dredgnig Com
pany. He is 69 years of age, and not feel
ing in the best of health, may spend the
winter in California. It is hard to keep
an old-timer out of Alaska, so he is ex
pected to return in the spring. Accom
panying Mr. Griffin are the two well-known
drivers and miners of the Interior, J. M.
Healy and Geo. Beebe, each driving a
team. The two latter will return to the
Iditarod with a load of fruit, express goods
and delicacies.
Dcnlin Creek Has a Surprise for
Local Mining Men—Exten
sive Area of Good Ground
Word comes from Donlin creek that
Harry Stevens and Joe Chanuski, who
have been working ground on that creek
located by them last fall, have developed
pay which runs $1 to the foot over an
area ISO feet \vi : - by 1.200 feet long.
They sank eighteen holes during the course
of their work.
The ground is located at the mouth of
Lewis gulch, and is two miles below where
Jack Smeeton and Joe Woods are operat
ing. The ground is veiv shallow.
They are now engaged in getting out
logs and preparing for next spring’s work.
Smeeton & Woods are getting out a
winter dump on their ground, and have
two men working for them. Jack Hanley
and Kelly.
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ITEMS OF INTEREST
CONCERNING RUBY CAMP
(From the Record--Citizen)
The cold that set in last Wednesday is
said by old residents to have lowered the
temperature record of Ruby’s lifetim e T h-*
following are the thermometer readings
| taken in early morning: Wednesday,
i January 19, 30 degrees above zero; Thurs
day, January 20. 45 below; Friday, Janu
ary 21, 62 below; Saturday, January 22,
i 54 below.
I About fifteen pounds of mail for Ru'ny
| arrived here on Tuesday. There is su;
j other mail due here this evening. Did
j you receive your Outside papers and mug
| azines? No'! Well, cheer up; have faith.
Navigation opens in June. Then you ru
I get full details of the banquets being ten
dered Postmaster General Burleson, and
' the better service promises made by that
i official. Get together. Get busv, and
j write to your publishers, write to Delegate
j Wickersham; write, write, and keep on
I writing to friends regarding the miserable
mail service.
j Adolph Miller of Anvik is reported to be
! training a team of bird dogs from the
stock of Henry Weir of Iditarod, with
which he proposes to come to Ruby on
March 17 and take awav the inonev
I
Monday, January 17, the native known
1 as Twenty five-mile Nicolai was given a
preliminary hearing at Nulato on the
charge of having murdered his wife. The
hearing was before Dr. Frank W Lamb,
United States commissioner, and Nicolai
was held fpr appearance before the grand
jury. Mrs. Nicolai was found dead in the
vicinity of Kaltag on September 29 of last
year. Her body was found in a leaning
posture over a hunch of wi lows. A cor
I oner’s jury at that time was divided in
i opinion as whether she had been murdered
: or had died of heart failure. Nicolai had
; been known to beat her, and that fact
| subjected him to suspicion. Deputy Mar
shal Long is at present down the river,
and it is thought he may bring the ac
cused up with him.
When Boh Griffis, the veteran dog
musher, reached Seward last month with
a cargo of gold, his attention was drawn
to a story reproduced in the Gateway some
time ago to the effect that a man in Cali
fornia is preparing an airship to make th"
run in future. It seems that the propo
sition did not appeal to the musher as feas
ible, end it is hinted that he used ortho
dox trail language to explain (hat in cold
weather a man up in the air. going at a
speed to heat a team of huskies, would
freeze to death in the wind he would make,
anyhow.
A mystery was cleared up last week
whereby the good faith of an accommo
dating man was established and several
financial transactions were straightened
out. Coming out of the Koyukuk last
September, Joe Oates of Xanana brought
five letters to be delivered in Rubv or
posted here. All the letters contained
money, and none of them reached the
parties for whom they were intended. Re
cently Mr. Oates was requested to explain
; what he had done with the letters. Last
week he sent word to the postoffiee where
and how he had mailed the letters; and
on that hunch Clerk E. M. Reynolds shov
eled the snow away and opened up the
Kitizer building, where the office used to
be. There in the old letter box lay ail
the letters and all the money. Oates had
passed through town in the night, and
j didn’t know the office had been moved.
EVIDENCE OF JOLLY PARTY
IN FAR-AWAY CHICAGO
Numerous residents of Iditarod and vicin
ity report having received post cards dated
Chicago. January 1, 1916, and ail signed
“H. Behla. Arbuckle, Chester Riley.” After
comparing the cards, the kindly sentiments
expressed, and the signatures, the friends of
the three exiles have come to the conclu
sion that, meeting in the Windy City at
holiday time, they felt the well-known long
ing for the Northland, and repaired to some
resort where music and other things are
served to lonesome strangers. There they
spent the hours when others were holding a
wake on the old year and extending a wel
come to the new in inscribing holiday greet
ings to their more fortunate friends in the
Iditarod district. At that, the chances are
that it was a merry party.
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THE HOME OF HART, SCHAFFNER & MARX
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| (', J. Jenkins, the Horsefly mining man,
| is in the city.
(>• rge Hoffman, the Pimute trader, will
j make his annual visit to Iditarod about
; March I
Jerry Baker, the well-known old-timer,
I like a veritable stormy petrel, came in
j with the blizzard of Thursday last.
Dar.ny Bryce arrived at Flat early in
| the week from the Kuskokwim, bringing
! mail. He will make the return trip in a
j day or two.
| Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dawson, who have
I been on an extended visit to Ophir and
; Tokotna, arrived in the city on their v.av
| home to Otter creek last evening.
I Mrs. John Lindenboorn. 337 Ft. Andrews
! street, Los Angeles, Cal., wants tidings of
her husband, John Lindenboorn, last heard
i from in Iditarod three years ago.
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Dr. W. F. Greene i3 here, prepared to do
all kinds of dental work, Ha will be at
the Grand hotel. Flat City for a short time
only, so hustle if you wish him to do any
work for you.
W ord comes from the Kuskokwim that
J< e Lewis, the well-known old-timer, is so
encouraged with the outlook on his Ophir
creek ground that he finds the days too
short, and is even wot king in the bright
moonlight in his eagerness to uncover bed
1 uck.
Dan Hartnett has received a letter from
C. B. Sims, formerly of Iditarod, but now
located in Seattle, in which mention is
made of many former Iditaroders now in
the Sound city. Mr. Sims stated that Sam
'V'lmer. formerly in the liquor business in
this city, had left with his family for Mex
ico, where he was to embark in business
again.
| Among the arrivals at Flat City this
; week were Jim Eagle and "Long Bill" Mc
Lean, two genuine old Alaska sourdough-.
They have been prospecting on Ophir
creek, in the Kuskokwim country. They
also have a homestead on that creek, and
are conducting a trading post. Mr. Eagle,
j who is 73 years eld. at one time owned
’ some of the best ground in the Fairbanks
district,
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FULLING OF WHISKERS
MAKES CONTRACT LEGAL
j The Assyrian system of binding a con
tract between men by pulling fetch other's
whiskers was held to lie legal and binding
j by Superior Judge Easterly recently in de
: ediing the suit of Moses Essey, an Assyrian
! merchant, against Said Kayat, a peddler, ac
i cording to the Tacoma correspondent of the
j Seattle Post-Inteldgeneer.
Essey, bewhiskered and dark-skinned, tes
j tified that he arranged with C. H. Lavan
way, owner of n tract in the Puyallup vul
! ley, to obtain a purchaser, and contracted
with Kayat to act as sub-agent and divide
i the commission. Kayat did find a pur
| chaser for the land, but kept the entire
j commission of $220.
Essey? said he did not think it necessary
j to enter into a written contract. The seal
j ing of a contract by shaking hands and
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Watc’ias and Diamonds
At
STRICTLY OUTSIDE PRICES
j. L. SALE
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AT FLA r CITY ON
WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY
FEBRUARY 22
Music by Taylor & Lowrle
ADMISSION S3.CO
Including Supper
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gently pulling whiskers tra the usual
method in his riut.ve hud, he said. This
wcs also admitted by Kayat.
Judge Easterday concluded the contraet
was made in good faith and ‘■ea'ed U[on
honor by the mutual exchange of whisker
u lis. Judgment for $110 was given to
Essey.
The case developed that po.-se^Hion of
whiskers i- .2: ; a necessity in the Coil
duct of business among Assyrians.
A DIKEMAN INCIDENT
Clarence Surridge, the White Pass agent
at Dikes)an, am1 •>! i: :!v rtty Wednes
day. and is enjoying a few days of city
life as a change from the quiet of the
down-river town. He eats ft the only
thing worthy of note that has happened
in Dikeman this winter was the arrival of a
son and heir to “Chief Simon, and the in
cidents connected with the announcement
of the momentous event. The little stranger
arrived in the wee sma’ hours of the morn
ing, and the well-known native rushed ex
oitedly to the local refreshment parlor to
fittingly celebrate the event. Although
everybody in town had gone to bed. he
succeeded in rrousing them, many being
under the impression that a murder had
been committed, at least. When he had
explained the cause of his excitement he
cailetl upon all members of the community
to drink the health of his offspring, which
request was complied with. Someone casu
ally asked him as to the sex of the little
one, and the chief was stumped. He did
not know. But he rushed over to his
i .Too and mrde inquiries of the nurses and
physicians, and returned with the an
nouncement that “He a boy, ' which teas
the signal to refill glasses and drink an
otner toast.
C. C. MORGAN PAROLED
C. C Morgan, once a resident of Iditarod,
who was sentenced from Fairbanks in 1911
to serve a term of fifteen years at McNeil
island for a statutory offense, has been pa
roled. In a letter to Deputy Marshal Percy
Charles, in which he thanks that official for
interest taken in his case, he says that the
official will never have reason to regret it.
He expects to secure employment immedi
ately, and will then leave the penal institu
tion.
Mr. Charles states that there were boiub
peculiar features about the conviction of
Morgan which raised something of doubt in
his mind as to the guilt of the accused.
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