All Orders for Groceries
FILLED PROMPTLY WITH GOODS OF THE
Best Quality
AND AT THE VERY
Lowest Prices
Sam’l Applebaum
General Ladies’
FURNISHINGS
Ladies’ Furnishing Store!
MRS. L. C. THORNTON, Prop.
STORE OF HARRY DONNELLEY |
BOUGHT BY JAMES FARRELL
A business deal of more than ordinary i
interest was consummated last week, by
which James W. Farrell became the pur- ,
chaser of the general merchandise business ,
heretofore conducted by Harry' Donnelley
at Discovery’, Otter. Mr. Farrell has taken
possession, and has been busy during the
past week taking stock. Mr. Donnelley re
tires to devote his entire time to his mining
enterprises.
Mr. Farrell has had considerable experi- |
ence in merchandising, having been for the
past two years an employe of Sam’l Apple
baum of this city. Prior to that time he !
had charge of the warehouse of Karl Thiele ■
in this city. “Jimmy,” as he is known to
everyone, is a thorough Alaska boy, having
resided in the North ever since he was a
youngster in short pants. His many friends ,
throughout the district, and especially in ;
this city, wil wish him success in his new
venture
Mr. and Mrs. U. G. Norton have moved
to the city from Dikeman. end are now j
established in their cabin in the lower part j
of the city.
FOR
Men’s Furnishings
DRUGS
STATIONERY
Kodaks and Supplies
CANDIES
WALL PAPER
LINOLEUMS
SEE
ANSLEY’S
IDITAROD RIVER BREAKS
AND CARRIES AWAY LAUNCH
On Wednesday afternoon fast word was
passed around that “the ice was moving,”
and there was a general rush to the river
front to witness the interesting annual spec
tacle. It proved to be somewhat tame,
however, as a great sheet of ice slowly
moved around the curves and tangled itself
up on the banks, leaving a solid body
securely wedged in, and filling the channel
from bank to bank. Earlier in the day a
large body of ice had broken away and
left the water clear for a considerable dis
tance below the city. Incidentally it side
swiped the launch Rough Rider and
rwsmped her. leaving her a mangled wreck,
half submerged in the water. On Thursday
morning a further movement of ice finished
her, and she was carried off down the river
in the ice floes. The vessel belonged to Ed
Uhl.
Earl Byers’ launch, the Transit, was
pushed high and dry on the bank by the
heavy mass of ice.
A genera] movement of the river ice may
be expected at any time now. The warm
weather h3s raised the level of the river
almost to flood proportions, and a few more
days, at farthest, should see the ice broken
up to the extent that it will flow freely.
The cold storage barge, after lying in the
middle of the river, imbedded in the ice,
during the winter, was moved to the bend
beiow the city, where she is safe from the
ice, no matter how turbulent the run may
be. It is the intention of the Cold Storage
Company to move the barge Trinder to
some other point, probably on the Yukon or
Tanana, in the near future, and she will be
replaced here by a smaller barge. It is not
likely, therefore, that the Trinder will be
moved upstream again.
The river front has been the scene of
great activity during the past week, the
steamboat and gasboat men being engaged
in making their craft ready for the opening
of the river to navigation.
A heavy run of ice occurred yesterday
afternoon, and with the river at its present
stage, in spite of the colder weather, it
should be a matter of a few days only until
the ice will have disappeared.
_A
WEALTHY REINDEER MAN
IS SUED FOR DIVORCE
Ellen Spein, through her attorney, Charles
E. Taylor, has filed suit in the district court
praying for a divorce from her husband,
Peter Spein. In her complaint she alleges
that she was married to the defendant at
Unalakleet some fifteen years ago, at which
time she was but 16 years of age; that the
defendant, who is a reinder herder and
owner, leads a nomadic life, and insists on
her sharing it with him, refusing to estab
lish a home. She enumerates many acts
of alleged cruelty. She says that her hus
band is worth $25,000 in cash and reindeer,
and asks for alimony of $100 a month, $150
for the prosecution of her suit, and to be
awarded the care of her three children.
Charles E. Taylor represents the plaintiff.
Launch Transit
Sails lor Marshall and Yukon River Points May 21
For Freight Space and Rates see R. C. Button
The Transit will operate on the Iditarod River after June 10.
EARL BYERS, Freighter.
C. R. PECK, FLAT
General Merchandise
WINDOW SHADES
ALL WIDTHS AND LENGTHS
Iron Beds, Mattresses, Springs, Chairs, Commodes, Dressers,
Chiffoniers
RUGS (ALL SIZES)
Blankets, Comforters, Sheets, Pillow Cases,
Paints, Oils, Pitch, Oakum, Calking Cotton
SMITH'S CUN STORE
IDITAROD, ALASKA PHONK 6 SECOND AND WILLOW
HENRY RILEY ACQUIRES
INTERESTS OF PARTNER
IN VALUABLE PROPERTIES
By the terms of an instrument dated
February 7, 1917, and recently filed in the
office of the United States commissioner in
this city, Henry Riley, of the well-known
mining firm of Riley & Aitken, becomes
the owner of all the mining interests of his
former mining partner, Thomas P. Aitken,
in this section of Alaska, and also in the
Silver King lode mine in Yukon territory.
A nominal consideration is named in the
deed by which the transfer is made, and
the instrument is signed by Thomas P. Ait
ken and Emmeline E. Aitken, his wife, “both
of the territory of Alaska, parties of the
first part,” and conveys till right, title and
interest of the parties of the first jiart in
und to the following properties:
Contact Association, on Happy creek.
Happy Association, on Happy creek.
Fraction between above properties.
Summit Association, on Happy creek, to
gether with lease from Jerry Ford and wife,
j Chicken Association, on Chicken creek.
Red Top Association, on Chicken creek..
Rocker Association, on Chicken creek.
Idaho Association, on Flat creek.
Up-Grade’Association, on Flat creek.
Alpha Association, on Flat creek.
Chicago Bench, on Flat creek.
Sourdough Fraction, on Flat creek.
Link Association, on Flat creek.
Omega Association, on Flat creek.
Fox Association, on Flat creek.
Flat Iron Fraction, on Flat creek.
Undivided three-fourths interest in the
Silver King lode claim, situated on Galena
creek, a tributary of the north fork of the
McQuestion river, a tributary of Stewart
river, in the Mayo district, Yukon territory.
An interest in Nos. 8. 9 and 10 above
discovery on Candle creek, Kuskokwim dis
trict.
Red Devil Association, adjoining No. 10,
and McKinnon Bench, Candle creek.
The firm of Riley & Aitken is one of
the best-known mining partnerships in the
North, and has been intimately connected
with the development of this district. Tom
Aitken is one of the best-known miners who
has operated in the North in recent years,
and he has been eminently successful. For
some years past he has been engaged in
developing a quartz property in Yukon ter
ritory, and last summer was married at
Vancouver to a former Dawson lady. It is
believed that he has determined to definitely
abandon the mining game.
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9REDGE FOR SLATE CREEK
BELIEVED TO BE ASSURED
The news of the retirement of Harry
Donnelley, the energetic young Discovery
business man, from the mercantile field, to
devote his time to mining operations ex
clusively, brings with i; the suggestion
that a dredge may be installed on Slate
| creek in the immediate future.
Several months ago it was learned that
Mr. Donnelley was taking options on ground
on the creek named, and it is now learned
that he controls two and one-half miles
| of ground on that stream. Drilling opera
tions have been carried on during the past
winter, and it is understood that the values
revealed are such as to warrant the in
stallation of a dredge, which is to be of at
i least the same size as the one operated by
i ley & McMillan on Black creek. Nezo
I Rations have been under way for the ship
■ ment of a dredge from Nome, but if that
should be found inadvisable a new dre'ige
may be shipped from the Union Construction
Company's plant at San Francisco. It will
be received at Iditarod during the summer
and freighted over the first snow next fall,
it is tai,.'.
The lower end ef Slate creek is controlled
by J. E. Riley, and as that enterprising op
erator has been having some drilling done
| m the ground recently, as well as on Boul
der creek, there are rumors of stiil another
dredge to be installed on tributaries of Otter
creek. It is not considered at all unlikely
.hat next season will see four dredges oper
ating in the Otter creek district.
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CONTROVERSY OVER LAY
AGAIN BEFORE COURTS
i
! Fred Levy, through his attorneys De
i Journel & De Journel, has hied suit in the
i district court at Fairbanks against Thomas
I Harling, Archie Higgins, Charles Konesko
| and the Kuskokwim Commercial Company,
! in which he alleges that prior to November
i 1, 1916, he was the owner of a half interest
in the lower 250 feet of claim No. 2 above,
Yankee creek, in the Innoko mining dis
I trict, known as the Valley interest, and a
! one-fourth interest in the upper 660 feet of
said claim; that between August 10, 1915,
and November 1, 1916, defendants entered
upon said ground and mined gold there
from and converted the same to their own
use, and have refused and do still refuse
to account to plaintiff for his lawful share—
one-half from the lower and one-fourth
from the upper portion; that upon informa
tion sought and obtained by plaintiff he
believes and avers that the net value of
the gold extracted from both parcels of
land was in excess of $60,000; that defend
ants commingled the gold from both said
parcels of land, and that plaintiff has suf
fered damages in the sum of $12,500, for
which he asks judgment, together with
costs.
The controversy over this ground was
before Judge Bunnell at the Iditarod term
of court last summer, on proceedings
brought by Levy for an accounting. The
suit was determined adversely to the
plaintiff.
Charles E. Taylor represents Mr. Harling.
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LOSES BOAT IN BREAK-UP
Captain Jesse H. Rogers during the pres
ent week added the launch Dixie to his
worldly possessions, and is preparing to
hoist his ensign on the vessel. After thor
oughly overhauling the Dixie and placing a
powerful engine in her, the boat will join
the Rogers fleet which is employed during
the open season for business trips and pleas
ure parties along the inland waters. Captain
Rogers purchased the vessel from Robert
Griffis.
The heavy run of ice yesterday afternoon
tore Black Betsy, a vessel belonging to the
fleet of Captain Rogers, from her cables and
carried her down stream. The boat was
only an auxiliary vessel, and its loss, al
though considerable, will in no wise impair
the efficiency of the Rogers fleet during
the busy season, according to a statement
made by Captain Rogers immediately after
the breakaway.
J. E. RILEY INVESTMENT CO.
TAKES OVER INTERESTS
OF OTTER CREEK MINER
By the terms of an instrument dated
January 24, 1917, and just filed in the of
fice of the local commissioner, in which
J. E. Riley of Iditarod is the party of the
first part and the J. E. Riley Investment
Company, a corporation organized and ex
isting under the laws of Nevada, is the
party of the second part, transfer is made
of the numerous mining enterprises and
holdings of J. E. Riley, The property
transferred consists of interests in twenty
eight claims on Otter creek, seven claims
on Black creek, eight claims on Granite
creek and two on Slate creek.
In addition to the above a bill of sale is
on file in the recorder’s office by which J. 1'-.
Riley transfers to the J. E. Riley Investment
Company his half interest in the Otter
Dredge Company, and a half, interest in
the firm of. Riley & McMillan, together with
all interest in the personal property be
longing to those firms, including dredges.
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
Oscar Anderson was a visitor in tho city
on Saturday and Sunday last.
Frank B. Stanley, the Flat restaurateur,
has been on the sick list for the past few
days.
The dredge of Riley & McMillan, on Black
creek, is about ready to start its season’s
operations.
>nnk Larsffn and family returned to the
city last Saturday after their winter’s so
journ at Flat.
Heinrich Bismarck was a visitor in the
city during the week from Flat, enjoying a
brief vacation.
George Riley, accompanied by Robert de
Journel. left for the Tolstoi last Saturday,
| but they were compelled to return because
of the impassability of the streams and the !
I breaking up of the trails.
G. W. Albrecht has commenced suit in
the district court against Axel Erickson and
Carl Larson, to collect ¥218. with interest
and costs, on an account alleged to be due
to the Clark Lumber Company.
During the short run of ice last Thursday |
morning several tons of that chilly product j
was delivered in the front of the riverside j
residence cf Captain Peprica Jensen al
though the captain hadn’t ordered a single j
j pound. I
Charles XII., the sawmill man. arrived in
i town last Wednesday from the creeks, and j
j after spending a few days here will go to
the Ditna river, at the mouth of the Tol- !
stoi, where a mill will be erected and j
operated this spring.
Dave Brown, who spent the winter Out- !
side, returned last Saturday. Dave visited
his old stamping grounds at Spokane and i
, n Montana, end visited with the home !
j folks. He says the Outside looks prosper
j ous, but he saw nothing during hts travels 1
! io make him discontented with Alaska.
! FLAT SPORTING CARNIVAL
BRINGS OUT RARE TALENT
The athletic carnival held at Moose hall.
Flat, last Thursday night, drew a large
i crowd, nearly two hundred persons wedging
j themselves into the small assembly room.
I They were treated to an excellent program
j of wrestling and boxing.
There was considerable disappointment
j regarding the main scheduled event, a wres
[ tling bout between Tom Elms of Flat and
Billy Carlson of Discovery. Carl n. who
was sick, was unable to go on. However,
Eddie Kimball, the clever little boxer, was
| substituted, and put up an excellent exhi- ;
bition. Kimball secured the first fall in j
I nine minutes, and Elms took the second fall
i in six minutes. The bout was declared a
j draw by Referee Tom McClay, and all bets j
j were declared off. Elms has issued a chal■
j lenge to any man in the country to wrestle
j at 150 pounds for 8500, two out of three
I falls. ^ ■’
Tony Tropea and “Brick” Nelson gave
an interesting exhibition of wrestling. Tony
won the first fall in 13 minutes. After striv
ing for the second fall for twenty minutes,
the contestants rested, and for some unex
plained reason Tony quit and Nelson was
given the decision.
The surprise of the evening was the box
ing contest between Eddie Kimball and
“Irish” Collins. They boxed four rounds
and the match was declared a draw. Those
who had imagined that Kimball would have
a walk away proved to be mistaken, and
Collins put up an exceptionally clever fight.
Harry Townsend and Ophir McNally
boxed two rounds, and gave a splendid ex
hibition of the manly art. This also was
declared a draw.
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CAPTAIN SMITH NOT ABOARD
Last Thursday morning, during the run
of ice, and while the launch Rough Rider
was performing a submarine-boat stunt,
many friends of Captain Elmer J. Smith,
not seeing his familiar figure along the
water front, feared that gallant navigator
w'as aboard that ill-fated vessel, and was
going Dikemanwards. Active inquiries
elicited the information that the captain
had “beat it” for the mouth of Otter creek
to float the little gasoline boat Ruth, which
was reported in serious difficulty.
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WANTED—Dogs to board; terms, $3 per
month. Anyone wishing to send their dogs
down can make arrangements with any of
the boats going to Marshall. Jim Hardaway
and,George Turner, Holikachek.
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Job Printing at The Pioneer office.
ARCADE CAFE, FLAT,
FOR SALE, LEASE OR RENT
It has suddenly become neces
sary for me to go Outside,
and I must dispose of my
restaurant business.
FRANK B. STANLEY
WILSON BROTHERS’
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pull ofT buttons, or spring holes as in some underwear.
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INTERESTING WAR NEWS ITEMS
Germans and Americans Mix
China is arranging to send the dismissed '
German diplomatic and consular officials j
in that country to Germany by way of the
United States, and iias obtained the con- j
sent of the state department to their pas- j
sage across the continent ruder sif:- con
duct, according to i. Washington dispatch.
Approximately 200 persons are to be in
the party, including a body of German sol
diers, who have acted as a legation guard
at Pekhi. The departure of this force is
expected to remove a source of considerable
irritation in Pekin’s legation quarter. Since
the break between the United States and
Germany, American and German troops
have come to blows, and the Germans have
had many quarrels with the French and
British troops stationed a stone’s throw
away. Besides expelling the German offi
cials. China has seized all German shipping
in Chinese iiarbors and taken over the Ger
man concessions at Hankow arid Tientsin.
Buigar Troops Desert
Semi-official dispatches from Serbian
headquarters recently have reported serious
trouble among the Bulgarian troops around
Monastir. Several regiments are reported
to have deserted in a body as a result of
friction over supplies and their relations
with the Teutonic allies. According to
these reports it has been necessary to re
arrange several large units of the Bulgarian
army, distributing troops: of suspected loy
ally 10 places where they could do the
"least damage.
War Prisoners Sent to Trenches
It has been learned at ausanne, Switzer
land. that Germany has established the
practice of forcing her prisoners of war to
the front of battle as reprisals. Every ef
fort was made by the Red Cross at Lau
sanne to dissuade the German authorities
from such a course of action.
German War Taxes Collected in America
Federal agents investigating alleged Ger
man plots in New York and vicinity de
clared cn March 27 that they had obtained
\ ider.ee proving that accredited German
agents have been levying war taxes on Ger
man subjects in the United States for more
than a year. One of the German assessors,
the agents declare, has told of his part in
the collections. Millions of dollars, the
agents believe, have been collected. The
agents also said they were trying to discover
if the approximately £5,000,000 col'ected
through bazaars and fairs for the German
Red Cross really reached that body. They
have reason to believe, they said, that the
money never left the United States.
Aviator Collides with Mirage
An interesting recount of a mirage en
counter®! by an aviator on the western
front is given by an officer to the London
Times. The officer says: “I have often
wondered what it would feel like to see a
machine coming straight for me and to
know that a collision was inevitable. I
had the experience this afternoon, only the
collision did not take place. I was on the
natrol with five other machines over the
lines, and had just gone into a cloud bank,
•lust before going in I saw the plane on my
right turning to cross in front of me. Sud
denly I saw a machine of the same type as
mine appear out of the cloud about fifty
feet away, making straight for me. In
stinctively I jammed my nose hard down
and went as near a nose dive as possible.
The other airplane did the same. I turned.
The other turned into me. I was in a cold
perspiration all over by this time, so I
thought. ‘Here goes! If I am going to
crash, it might as well he complete.’ So
straight for it I went. We got closer and
closer, and biff! my machine and—its
mirage in the clouds met! It seemed like
a hideous nightmare, and I can still see that
machine doing its utmost to crash into me.
I think I can say I have had the full hor
rors of a collision in the air without it
actually taking place. I finally got out of
the clouds, and had not the faintest idea
where I was until a shell reminded me that
I was a little too low over the German
tines.”
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Germany Suspicious
Germany is suspicious of Sweden, says
I Count Veil lleventlow in the Berlin Tag"
Ze-itunc. “A decision cannot long be de
layed,” he says. “Germany does not await
with platonic interest the development >i
; the fuf ure attitude of Sweden towards the
■ demands of the entente, but regards it
with a watchful eye. The future attitude
: of Sweden is of the highest direct iinpor
tance in regard to the war.”
General Miles Also Makes a Guess
Speaking before the National Defense
| CongrtS' in Ne wYork recently, General Nel
son A. Miles, retired, stated that if the
United States entered the European war the
j conflict would be over within twelve months,
I and pie-ibly six.
More than a Scrap of Paper
Prime Mutsuki. Japanese ambassador at
Ptris. addressing a mass meeting in the
French capital recently, said: “Japan U
! not a 1 ong those for whom solemn engage
I ment are nothing but a scrap of paper.
Tudgi other nations by herself. Germany.
! . 11 tie contrary, has tried to separate tin
I allies I v all possible nteens. Recent revela
| lions .11 America will give an example of
i tliat --r* of machination. Such maneuvers
i are . is-Jutcly revolting to Japan. How
would it be possible for us to betray our
; valiant aides who have been fighting two
! end s half years for our common cause?
i How could we abandon a great friend of
■ the r ‘Vv world whom we have held in such
| high esteem, and who contends for t’ae
! sanir noble ideals? The national sentiment
I and real interests of Japan are with the
allies Japan rave them her word and came
i promptly to their aid, and Japan will still
i multiply her efforts until final victory is
won.”
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JUSTLY DENIED CITIZENSHIP
B cause he is said to have cursed the
American flag and to Imve threatened to
i blow up the Helena Independent office b •
: eaus" of its loyal utterances, Em
1 Gcc-.de, a German, was denied citizen-! ■
tiaoers in the district court at ll l m.
Montana. When Gaenzie’s first : titu n
catr.e iin last October, citizens of East lid
cna protested in court, quoting his alleged
tre:'or1 able utterenees and threats. Gaenzle's
i apt Get TK'ii was dismissd on application of
'a f ■ icral naturalization agent.
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Flat City Hotel
_Mrs. J. E. Gunning, Prop._Special Rates by the Week and Month
H. BOAS, THE CLOTHIER,
Now Located at Flat City
And Is Closing Out His Big Stock of Men’s Clothing and Furnish
ings at Greatly Reduced Prices
BIG BARGAINS FOR ALL IN HIGH-CLASS GOODS
FOR
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