IDITAROD PIONEER
Published Every Saturday Evening at Tditarod, Alaska.
FRANK E. BECKER, EDITOR
V£f 2 Ceo. M. Arhuokle. Publisher No. 19
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THE MARK OF GENTILITY
It has long been conceded that a clean man is a close
approach to a gentleman. With equal force it may be con
ceded that an unclean city is no gentlemen. Wherefore,
another spring sermon.
This is the season, brethren,, when the little violets be
gin to poke their purple coiffures toward the cerulean blue
of a gentle heaven, and the garbage man becomes the
busiest little cup of tea in the community. ’Tis the time
of year when all the misdeeds of winter are bared before
our eyes in all their malodorous aspects, and the long-buried
tomato can blossoms in the back yard in all its pristine
loveliness.
But so be it.—the question is, what shall we do about
it ( We require no answer,—let’s get busy.
This town has the makings of a very presentable city.
The streets are wide and straight, the alleys are somewhat
to the pazzaz, wre admit, but some of the people are
beginning to see the light, and maybe the city council will
take a lesson from Willow street and repeat the dose.
Now then, the only way to make the streets clean, is to
clean ’em. We make this statement without fear of suc
cessful contradiction. The only way to clean your own
premises, is to clean them yourself, provided you can’t talk
somebody else into it. The only way to do it yourself is to
get busy, and not wait for the equatorial rains to sluice
them for you.
We are about to excavate the front yard for last year's
wood pile and to recover an ax that was lost last October.
Incidentally, we will doll our front all up like an Easter
bonnet on parade. If everyone else will do this as soon as
the snow will permit him, we will soon have a much better
looking city than we have at present.
By the first of June we ought to look like a June bride. |
The sidewalk should be repaired, and if an alley will per
mit, the wood should be neatly stacked in the backyard, j
Refuse should be removed to a place where it ain't, and the
hoop skiit taken from the old familiar nail on the back
fence. This is not a report of the health committee,-—its!
just horse seirse, and you don’t have to drive Old Dobbin
to learn it. _
WHEN IS AN ALLEY NOT AN ALLEY ?
The city council sat in calm and solemn conclave. Upon
their brows sat the serene consciousness of power, mixed
with the grim mien of responsibility. Before them sat their
constituency expectant and hopeful, and everybody sat on
benches.
Rising from where he was sitting, a well-situated mem
ber of the bar, set before them this proposition : “When
is an alley and when ain't it
The bomb exploded with telling effect, but it took some
tim« to soak in. Finally, amid an expectant hush, a dig
nified dad rose slowly to his feet and magnetically inquired,
“Why is an alley, and how much V
Slowly turning their heads, the council beamed upon
one another with marked approval, and again lapsed into
the silence of calm contemplation.
Suddenly and without warning, an excitable member
jumped to his feet and colluded, “What it is an alley, yes f” I
whereupon he deplumped to where he had previously sat. I
This was too much for the silent member of the council
who never speaks unless the occasion demands an extra
effort. Clearing his throat, he addressed the chair, and
turning to the last speaker, he waved his arms dramatically
and deployed,'1 “An alley gentlemen, is the alimentary
canal of a city block. It is open at both ends and works
effectively until it becomes constipated, eh what V
OH YOU, LILLIAN
Editorial writers in the Southern papers are having a
lot of fun over the title of Lillian Russell’s new play, “In
Search of a Sinner,” in which Mr. Joseph Brooks is starring
her this season. For instance, the editor of the Paris (Texas)
Advocate writes : “Lillian Russell has reached St. Louis
with her ‘In Search of a Sinner.’ Lillian evidently does
not read the papers. Else she would know that Nat Good
win is in New York.”
The Gainesville (Texas) Register prints: “Lillian
Russell is starring in a play entitled ‘In Search of a Sin
WHEN IN FLAT WHEN IN IDITAROD
EAT AT THE
Merchants Cafe
The Only Restaurant that
Did Not Raise Prices Dur
ing the Winter Months.
Open-Cut Headlights
TO DO YOUR MlNiNG
Three thousand and five thousand candle power, throwing a shaft of lio-ht
1500 feet.
Call at the Iditarod headquarters for information concernin'1' the .1 R
COLT’S ACETYLENE LIGHT MACHINE.
Pioneer Slieet Metal Works
Via. Lake Ijebarge full <
line of HART, SCHAFFNER &j
MARKS CLOTHING, also NETTLETON DRESS SHOES (direct from Outside)!
See Our !9l! STYLES Before Purchasing
I. GOLDSTEIN 30:
City Drug 8#©r@
Z. J. LOUSSAC. Prop.
IS NOW OPEN FOR BUSINESS
ITS MOTTO IS AS EVER:
Quality-Purity--Reliability
C. J. Hurley, President J. P. Gleason, Vice President h. Bruning, Cashier
Corner First Ave, and Richmond St., Iditarod
CAPITAL $50,000.00, FOLLY PAID II CASH
General Banking Business Transacted Upon Liberal, But Conservative Lines
GOLD DUST PURCHASED UPON ASSAY VALUE
And we guarantee our assays against any of the government assay offices.
Clippings from your gold furnished you for the purpose
of obtaining check assays if desired.
We solicit your business, and assure you of our courteous, prompt and
careful attention combined with fair treatment, whether
your account may be large or small.
YOU CAN SAVE MONEY
BY PURCHASING
BEFORE BREAKUP.
— Ring Up —--—
Willow Street, Iditarod Phone 46
ner.’ If she will go to Austin and round up those Sabbath
c ucusing state senators, she will readily discover the object
of her search.” Another clipping from the Montgomery
(Alabama) Advertiser, reads : ‘Lillian Russell is ‘In Search
of a Sinner.’ Right now we can see Lillian casting her eye.
towards Houston.”
“If tlie fair Lillian really is looking for a sinner, 01
for several sinners of the first watei, we would advise her
to come to Fairbanks. She might play here all summer
long and we could guarantee her a new subject every night
of the engagement. We believe there would be enough
bank officials to hold her for awhile," says the Fairbanks
Times.
We think this thing had better stop before somebody
(else) tells the truth. If Lillian is looking for a sinner, we
hope somebody will put her hep. We have sinned and we
are not afraid to admit it.
A British official has been-arrested on the charge of
defrauding the Burmese government of 250 elephants.
When arrested however, none of the stolen property was
found upon him.—N. Y. American.
If that “first” boat is all she is cracked up to be, they j
might as well close the season after her arrival for there will
be nothing more biddings.
A negro poet has been made janitor at Harvard, which
makes him the most successful poet we know.—Detroit
Journal.
When the Tomato Can
Will Blue-Bottle Fly
The garbage question came up for serious consideration at the
last meeting of the council Wednesday night, and it was not
“Where did you get it, gentleman?” but “What will you do with it?”
It was desirous of selecting some definite place as a dumping
ground for the city garbage, far from the madding ground where
the gentle zephyrs of summer may not serve to remind us hourly
that all is not incense and myrrh. For considerations of health it
should be as far as possible without being too far for the garbage
man.
After discussing at some length the question of whether or not
it is possible for the city to give any exclusive franchise for scav.
engei business oi to derive any revenue therefrom, they decided
in the negative on both propositions with the aid of City Attorney
Roden. lie declared that the council could make proper regula
tions and piesci ibe v\heie the refuse should be dumped, but beyond
that they could not go.
The matter was referred to the health committee to make the
necessary regulations, and Chairman Barnes was specially desig
nated to select the spot for dumping.
Al! Going Out and
Fiftean Coming In
There are $15 in the hands of the city clerk and he has been
requested to furnish a bond for $10,000 without further delay.
There are also some bills—but that is another story.
These 15 bright and shining shekels are the first to be placed
in the municipal strongbox, and they were gently but firmly ex
tracted the other day from a misguided individual who desired to
rearrange the facial topography of a man he didn’t like. Magis
trate Hunt thought he was no nice person to do that, so he quietly
hooked him for the 15 bones and threw them in the till.
At the council meeting Wednesday night, the matter of the 15
came up, and not knowing what to do with it, they decided to put
a padlock on Hunt to the tune of $10,000, and let it stay where it
was.
Bills to the amount of $58.50 were produced including such
items as charge for clearing Willow street, guard at city jail, ditch
ing on Richmond street, police badge, fire department material and
wood.
These bills were referred to the finance committee, which will
hold them and look at them a while, until it gets so it won’t hurt
their eyes. By and by, maybe, they will devise someway of re*
lieving the present financial stringency that exists in city affairs,
but they haven’t thought of it yet.
In anticipation of the fact that they will have money some day,
however, they instructed City Attorney Roden to draw an ordi
nance fixing the bond of City Treasurer Lindberg at $25,000, Chief
of Police O’Connor at $3,000, and that of Hunt at $10,000, as afore
said.
Fairbanks Will
Invest in the Rex
After examining carefully all the
available quartz property in the Fair
banks district, the Fairbanks Quartz
Development Company which is raising
520,000 to be used in an effort to de
termine the true nature of quartz in
.hat locality, and to develop a paying
mine, has decided upon the Rex claim
in Chatham creek, the property o!
Brumbaugh and Hamilton, T. L. Thurs
on, Dr. Meyers, Mr. Reese and Ray
•Ursinger.
This means that the investigating
committee believes the Rex offers the
nest indications of being a real vein,
aid that the work already done there,
which was carried on by the B-P Min
ng Co., gives them a good chance to
go ahead.
lhe present owners of Uie Hex were
formerly known as the Pioneer Mining
Co., and were among the very first to
open up what looked like a vein in the
Fairbanks district. They did their pre
liminary work on the Pioneer claim,
idjoining the Rex on Chatham creek,
but stopped for lack of funds. In lhe
meantime, the E-P people had begun
iunne i ig along side of the Rex and
w re encroaching inside the lines of the
Hex when stopped by injunction. Since
hat time they ran an incline shafl to a
depth of 100 feet on a vein some 7 feet
in width which carried an average of
$33 rock. It is charged that much ol
this work was done inside the Rex in
spite of the injunction, but however
that may be, it seems to have opened
up a very likely looking property.
Under the terms of the lease to the
development company that concern will
get the returns from the rock up to the
time they are satisfied with the show
ing, while the owners get their de
velopment done for nothing. Willis &
Welsh also have a lay on the claim and
are working there now.
Simpson Corner to
Blossom on Monday
Like every well-regulated city, Idit
arod will have a Simpson corner by
Monday, when the new building erect
ed by Robert Simpson, Ernest Niehoff
and Miss Nellie Winters, on the north
west corner of First and Willow, will
be completed and occupied by Simp
son’s jewelry store on the front and
the Horseshoe saloon on the side.
The building is a two-storv struc
ture erected on the site of the old Nie
hoff building destroyed in the recent
fire. It has a front dimension of about
17 feet and runs back SO feet, with
four rooms upstairs already leased by
Dr. Wortmann.
Simpson will occupy the front with
an up-to-date jewelry shop extending
back part way. and alongside of the
front entrancs of the Horseshoe
saloon, which is the new name
adopted for the Sideboard saloon,
which will move shortly from its tem
porary quarters in the Ansley building.
The entrance to the second story will
be made by means of the stairway in
the City Drug store building.
Following the vacation of the quar
ters now occupied by Simpson in the
McDonald hotel building, this location
will be enlarged and improved with a
new glass front, for the reception of
the Sale jewelry store, in charge of
Chris. Anthonison, who moves from
Landahl’s bookstore on the corner of
Richmond and First.
A watched pot never boils, but at the
same time, if its a jack pot, it is just as
well to keep your eyes on it.—Ex,
Four Million Dollars
Worth of Select Ice
Jack Sale is coming on that same
first boat with four or forty million
dollars worth of jewelry, according to
Chris. Anthonison, his representative
here. He will have the big collection
of everything de trop or au fait, that
if you are so inclined you can light
yourself up like a cathedral with huge
sparks and gilded tinware.
Jack himself is now Outside gather
ing the goods, or has already started
in over Daberge. Chris will be fixed
in his new location at the McDonald
hotel to receive him.
MCMAHON
For Outfits
FLAT CITY
DR. B. F. BROOKS,
Office: Discovery Otter.
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 30-B
CHAS. D. CARTER,
Dentist
Offices, Pioneer Drug Stores,
Flat Creek
McGowan, Clark & Albrecht
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
Iditarod, Alaska Phone No. 7
The Pioneer Attorneys or This Camp
ALFRED E. MALT BY,
It’. S. Commissioner]
Attorney at Law
Notary Public
Practice only in District Court. IDiTAROD
J. 5. HARDING,
Attorney at Law
Room 1, Iditarod Hotel
Iditarod, Alaska
CHAS. E. TAYLOR,
Attorney at Law,
Notary Public, Conveyancing,
Abstracts of Titles
Iditarod City
A. J. DALY,
Attorney at Law
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919-923 I.eary Building, Seattle, Wasli
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Iditarod, Alaska