SDJTAROD PSOWEEjg
PrHLisiii.it KVicky Saturday Kvl>:incj at Iditarod, Alaska.
Vo* 4 Cco M. Arbuckle. Publisher No. 16
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FOR (lOYHRNOR OF ALASKA
.!. F. A. Stuonu
SEM) THE M VIE VIA OPIUR
The Ruby Record-Citizen is out with (lie proposal that
innoko, Iditarod and Kuskokwim mail should be routed via
Ruby and Cripple next winter. With commendable enter
prise and at considerable cost to themselves, the people of
Ruby have cut a trail from Long City to Cripple, thus con
necting the latter place with the Yukon. 'I'he trail lias
been in use for several weeks, and its value for local pur
poses has been proved beyond a doubt; but the people of
Ruby believe it should be a part of a great highway from
the Vukon to tlie Kuskokwim. and therefore advocate it as
a mail route. It needs but a glance at the map to show
that the suggestion is a good one. At present Innoko, Ta
kotna and Iditarod mail passes through Ruby, but instead
of traveling thence to its destination by a logical route, it
follows the meandering?- of the Yukon in a totally different
direction for nearly 200 miles before it turns off at Kaltag.
This would be absurd enough if Iditarod were the only
place to serve, but it becomes doubly so when it is remem
bered that mail for Ophir and Takotna is now thrown off
at Diskaket, thence to be hauled once a month to its des
tination under another contract.
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many advantages and few drawbacks. Not only would the
400 pounds of mail allowed the IditarodTunoko section
travel over a route 100 miles shorter than at present, but
the special monthly service from Diskaket to OpLiir would
lie eliminated and the cost saved. In addition, the Innoko
vamps would have a weekly instead of a monthly service.
But that is not all. There is no reason why Iditarod
should be the terminal point. The route might with great
advantage be continued through to Kolmakofsky and Bear
creek. There is a great trunk route which has no equal in
the North, so far as resources tributary to it are concerned
and the number of established settlements which it would
pass through—Ruby, Long, Cripple, Ophir, Takotna,
Iditarod, Kolmakofsky, Bear, Bethel. And one mail con
tract. intelligently drawn, could serve them all. But it
will take more than a weekly weight limit of 400 pounds to
do it.
If the postoffice authorities are anxious for efficiency in
the Alaskan service they might do worse than inquire into
the possibilities of the suggested route.
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THE CONDEMN ATOM' WO HD
A story is told to the effect that President Wilson,
goaded by an over-zealous representative of a New York
newspaper, who wished some cabinet information, gave
vent to this emphatic expression: ‘'I am doing what I
believe to be the best for the country and myself. If the
newspapers expect me to do anything else, I'll be damned
if I will."
Some unctuous good people might be shocked by such
an expression, but we would like to remark that while
forcible it was not profane. Air. Wilson merely put into
plain language a belief, a prophecy, a fact. He was think
ing aloud. Besides he. no doubt, by using the expletive,
NOTHING BUT THE BEST
FLAT CITY The piace t° Meet
Ncls Glantz, Prop. _Your 5- riends|
And Saddlery 1
ss» Snaps, Rings, Buckles,)
Straps, Etc. )
Most Complete Display Ever )
Made in the District)
G. R. Peck, Fiaij
All Hours Alike in This House
CARIBOU CAFE
COME ONCE ANO YOU WILL COME AGAIN
FIRST AVENUE. SOUTAR & SUTHERLAND, Props.
FRESH MEATS
Beef, by the Side 40c
Veal, “ “ 40c
Mutton, by the carcass #5c
Fowl, per lb. 40c
Halibut, per lb 25c
Roast Chickens 40c
Pork Loins 40c
Codfish 35c
Frankfurter Sausage 40c
Spring Chickens 75c
Lamb Saddles 50c
SeDondSt. IDITAROD CV1 EAT GO- Ph°ne 15
SNYDER HOUSE Company Depot jj
Nicely Furnished Rooms FLAT CtTY Large Drying Room
the home flat i
J Furnished Rooms, Clean Spring Beds, Bath, Dry Rooms, aml "'7^'Z~cc ,a I
Drink Eastern Beer
Miner^s Home Saloon.
THE HOME OF THE "QUAKER MAID"
Foot of Willow St., Iditarod
Ivory initial Stick Pins
and Broaches
Made to Order
Souvenir Jewelry ¥ W W Leading Jeweler
Made to Order t.3 /Mi lL.4 ELe ol the North
relieved his surcharged feelings. Accepting his premises,
j who can doubt the accuracy of his conclusions?—Juneau
Umpire.
THE SULKY MAN
SgrBIM JIMPSON’S quick at figures, and writes a lovely
UpgJl hand; he works to beat the chiggers—and lie’s often
canned. He asks an explanation. ’’You make the office
tired. You’re too blamed sour and solemn; you grouch around
and toil as though your spinal column were one extensive boil
You always are a-sweating as you perform your curves; you
start the others fretting, for you get on their nerves. We
want a band of cheerful, contented workers here, but you, so
grim and tearful, just spoil the atmosphere. We like to hear
clerks crooning their helpful hymns aloud, and you, with all
your mooning, disorganize the crowd.” He looks as though he j
rested, when sleeping, in a hearse, so Jimpson is requested,
quite often to disperse. And I know eight or twenty just like
him in this town; they get the soup a plenty, and have to gulp
j it down; they pack the tattered banner and look for work in
vain, because their graceless manner gives other folks a pain,
j Efficiency’s a jewel, and ought to win, I guess, but doesn’t (life
j is cruel!) without a good address.—Walt Masc/n.
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From exchanges received on the last mail it appears that the,
only opponent Major Strong has in his race for the governorship j
is Thomas Riggs, jr. Riggs was on the Dyea trail in 1898 and was ;
connected with a lighterage plant at Dyea.' He is said to be a!
member of the Riggs family, prominent bankers of Washington,!
D. C. Since 1911 he has been connected with the boundary survey. I
Secretary of the Interior Franklin K. Lane has recommended
the appointment of Major Strong, whose candidacy is also sup
ported by National Committeeman Z. R. Cheney. Both Major
Strong and Mr. Riggs are in Washington pressing their claims,
and while the major is easily the favorite, it is said that Riggs has
some strong supporters high in the councils of the party.
Washingtonians interested in Alaska politics say that Secre
tary Lane insisted upon seeing Major Strong before recommending
him for appointment, and it was in answer to a summons from Mr
Cheney that he went to Washington.
Cheney has also indorsed L. T. Erwin for the marshalsbip of
the Fourth division. Erwin is a Georgian by birth, and enjoys the
acquaintance of a large number of Southern senators and repre
sentatives. He held a position in the Interior department under
President Cleveland, when he was stationed in the state of Wash
ington. It is stated that the Alaska citizen has filed charges
against Erwin, the same being forwarded to Washington.
SHOULD CHANGE
THE MAIL ROUTE
The Ruby Record-Citizen suggests
that the Iditarod mail should be for
warded by way of Ruby, Cripple,
Ophir and Takotna, instead of the
present circuitous route via Kaltag and
Diskaket. The distance by the new
route is only 210 miles, as compared
with 325 miles when brought in by the
present route.
PLANS DRUG STORE FOR IDITAROD
Dr. M. F. Spier, who will be re
membered here as one of the lead
ing witnesses in the Nelson murder
case, will open a drug store in Idit
arod within a few w’eeks, according
to a letter received on the last mail.
He has a stock of drugs at Bethel
which will be brought over as soon
as navigation opens, while a full
line has been ordered from the Out
side.
WORLDS LARGEST
GDN EXPLODED
New York, April 11.—Built at a cost
of $130,000, a gun weighing 00 tons,
the largest ever built by the United
States, exploded at the Sandy Hook
proving grounds. The two-ton breech
block was blown.a quarter of a mile,
but a man who was standing near was
not scratched.
Fresh codfish, over-the-ice, 35c lb.
Iditarod Meat Co.
Watch repairing work guaranteed.
Win. Taylor, Flat City.
Re-Opened
GILMORE
HOUSE
Cor. Willow and Third Sts.
NICE CLEAN ROOMS BY THE DAY,
WEEK OR MONTH
Bath Room In Connection
LEGISLATURE DOINGS
The Kennedy anti-walking delegate
bill was tabled by a vote of eight to
seven, after a big debate in which
Representative Kennedy received many
hard knocks, lngersoll, Burns and
Gaffney were the principal opponents
of the bill in the house.
Jeny Scanlon, a miner of Fairbanks,
was among those who appeared before
the legislature favoring the Roden
Gaffney eight-hour bill. He said all
working miners favored the measure,
rhe .representatives from the coast
districts killed the bill.
Representative N. J. Swindseth's
alien fishermen bill aims to prevent
foreigners from fishing in Alaskan
waters. It is directed at Chinese and
Japanese cannery employes.
The Shoup bill providing for the es
tablishment of juvenile courts has
passed the house. Gaffney opposed
the bill, contending there was no need
for such courts at the present time,
and the money was needed for more
important matters.
The compulsory school attendance
bill has passed both houses.
A bill has been introduced in the
senate which would prevent the issu
ing of non-negotiahle paper as payment
for wages due. By the terms of the
bill all checks must, be payable in cash,
without discount.
Congress will be memorialized to
abolish land reservations in Alaska,
A bill to compel husbands to support
their wives and minor children has
passed the house.
A bill has been introduced providing
for the apointirent of an attorney
general for Alaska, at a salary of
$7,500 per annum, and also a secretary
of the interior at $5,000.
Ed Anderson, the Yankee-creek
merchant who has been traveling
backwards and forwards between
Iditarod and Takotna all winter,
paid his last visit for the season this
week. He reports that practically
all those who went out from the old
diggings last fall have returned
over the ice.
Commissioner W. A. Yiual and
Mrs. Yiual are back from a visit to
California. Mr, Yiual went out in
connection with a quartz deal, but
the results from his trip are not yet
known.
The Donohue boys, Chiistensen,
and several others also are hack
from the Outside. They say it was
wonderful to see Bill Hill Outside
Bill had not been out for years, but
the way he piloted the lingerie
around was something amazing
Mrs J . H. McLean, wire of Capt.
McLean, will move from Ophir to
Takotna, where she will take over
the Cummins roadhouse.
Mr. and Mrs. Felix Brazeau have
returned to Yankee creek.
Vic Pasno, a well-known opera
tor of Yankee creek, was married
at Ophir recently to Miss Mabel
Norton. The knot was tied by
Commissioner Vinal.
Mr Anderson will be back at
his old location on Yankee creek
during the summer.
BLOWS OUT BRAINS
IN FAIRBANKS TOWN
Fairbanks Times, March 26: De
spondent over the loss of her husband,
who died recently at Los Angeles, to
gether with the press of financial diffi
culties, Loa Downing, a resident of the
restricted district, ended her life this
morning at 12:50 o’clock by blowing
out her brains. When found by her
neighbor, Rose, who heard the report
of the shot and investigated, the girl
was found lying stretched out on her
couch, garbed in the flowing gown of
her kind, with blood trickling from the
corner of her mouth. A revolver was
grasped in her right hand, which
rested on her bosom.
On the bureau in the front room,
under a piece of cut.glass, was a note
written by the deceased, giving some
explanation of her rash act. Site par
ticularly asked that her friends should
be kept in ignorance of her fate.
Duncan Michie went to the creeks
Wednesday.
Eat at the Discovery Cafe.
Henry Du Rand, Prop.
BIG SHIPMENTS
FOR INNOKO GAMPS
Griffis & Haley report that they
have contracts for heavy shipments
to tire Innoko river camps by the
gasoline boat Edna. Gray & Ed
wards are bringing in big stocks
for both their Ophir City and Crip
ple establishments, J. W. Kempf,
formerly of Iditarod, has made a
verbal contract for a big tonnage,
and Griffis & Haley themselves
will import a large quantity of mer
chandise.
A very big season is looked for
on the Innoko by all accounts.
Several native dog-teams arrived
from Anvik and other Yukon river
points Tuesday. They brought in sup
plies of dog-salmon, etc., which was
disposed of at good prices.
FOR SALE—Two large tents. Inquire
Pioneer Drug Store, Flat City.
Dr. Heinrich Wortmann,
Offices: Iditarod and Flat City
Telephones at each place
DR. H. BEHLA,
Dentist
Offices, Pioneer Drug Store.
Flat City.
Appointments by Telephone
DR. CHAS. D. CARTER
Dentist
I Gold Street, Flat City.
Appointments by Telephone.
HENRY RODEN,
Attorney at Law
Iditarod, Alaska
ichigan, 1881 Kentucky, 1831 Alaska, 1910
George Woodruff Albrecht.
COUNSELOR AND LAWYER
IDITAROD, ALASKA
The Pioneer Attorney of this Catup
E. M. STANTON,
Attorney at Law'
Office in Wickersham & Roden Bldg,
Second Ave.
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Notice of Forfeiture
Notice to L>. Sayles and all whom it may
concern:
That I, the undersigned, have per
I formed the assessment work on that cer
| tain piece of mining ground known and
1 called the Sayles fraction lor tin* years
! 1911 and 1912. said fraction being situ
! ated between No. 3 and No. 4 above, the
; Gold Run association claim on Little
1 creek, a tributary to Ganes creek, in the
i Innoko Mining Precinct, District of
I Alaska. NEILS J VIBE,
Ophir, Alaska.
First publication March 29, 1913.
Last publication June 28, 1913.
Notice of Forfeiture
, To J. B. Connolly, Frank Graham (alias
Blinkv), George Shaw, Gordon Shea
and Ben Smith:
You are hereby notified that f have
expended during the year 1912 one hun
dred dollars in labor and improvements
upon the Hard Luck association placer
mining claim, situated on Flat creek, a
tributary of Otter creek, in the Otter pre
cinct. Fourth division,territory of Alaska,
the location notice of which appears of
record in volume one of locations, at page
502, under date of5 Jan., 1911, and Index
No. 6456, in office of the recorder of said
Otter precinct, in order to hold said
claim under the provisions of section 2324
of the Revised Statutes of the United
States, and the amendment thereto ap
proved January 22, 1880, concerning the
annual labor upon mining claims, being
the amount required to hold said placer
mining claim for the period ending 31st
December, 1912.
And if, within ninety days from the
personal service of this notice, or within
ninety days after the publication thereof,
you fail or re'fuse to contribute your pro
portion of such expenditure as a co-owner
your interest in the said claim will be
come the property of the subscriber, your
co-owner, who has made the required ex
penditure, by the terms of said section.
Iditarod. Alaska. 11 Jan., 1913.
A. B. CURRIE, as it appears of
record, but whose true name is
A. D. Currie.
First Publication April 5, 1913.
Last publication July 5, 1913.
Iditarod Post
Hours--9 a.m. to f> p.m.: Sundays and
holidays 12 m. to 1 p.m.
Mail Schedule, four round trips per
month. -In-bound mail due Tuesdays
about 5 p.m.: out-bound mail closes
Tuesdays ai 5 p.m.; register mail
closes p.m.
The public are informed that pack
ages (parcels post) may be sent out
bound during the winter at the follow
ing rates from Iditarod: To Diskaket,
7c per lb., Iluby, 8c*, Fairbanks, 9c:
the Outside, 12c.
T. L. THFltSTON, Postmaster.
Notico of Forfeiture
TO C. H ARTY HACK
You, your heir** and assigns, are hereby not:
fied that the sin of one hundred dollars fioo
has been expended upon placer mining claim
known as the Lucky Dog association, Aral)
creek, tributary of Willow creek. Otter mining
and recording precinct, Territory of Alaska,
being assessment work for the sear i >:You
are lurther notified that if at the expiration of
ninety—90—days after the last publication
this notice you fail or refuse to contribute youi
proportion of such expenditure, your interest
in said claim will become the property of the un
der.signed and his co-owners, under Section .»*, **
of the Revised Statutes of the United States
DAN HARTNFI'T
First publication January 18. 1913
Last publication April o. 1913
Forfeiture Notice
Iditarod Alaska. 5 March, 191
To Mont Downing, A. B Ferguson. A. D Fuller
W. . Colder. Barney Haggerty, John Mi
Craw, Joe Porter and Minnie Thorns-.
You are hereby notified that I have expended
during the year nineteen hundred and twelve
1912—one hundred dollars—Jico in labor an<l
improvements upon the Bonanza association
placer mining claim, on Dominion creek. .1 trib
utary ot Salmon river. Kuskokwim Mining and
Recording district. Territory of Alaska, notice
of location of which i- found in volume No. •> .it
page /03, in order to hold said claim under tin
provisions of section 2324 of the Revised Stat
utes of the United States, and the amendment
thereto approved January 22, 18S0, concerning
annual labor upon mining claims, being tin
amount required to hold said placer mining
claim tor the period ending on the 51st day ot
December, 10;? And if, within ninety day
after the publication ot this notice, you tail or
refuse to contribute your proportion i-fsuch e\
penditure as a co-owner, your, and each and
every, of your interests in the said Bonanza as
sociation placer nnr ing claim will become tin
property of the subscribed, your 1 o-owner. wlr,
lias made the required expenditure by th<
ti-rms of said section. J. M PICK FI.
Chas F. 'Taylor, Iditarod, Alaska, attorney tot
J M. Picket..
First publication March S. mi -
Last publication Mav 31. 1913.
Notice of Forfeiture
To \V. J Sweeney. Fred Andrak. ' Friedman
and J. Dark, their heirs, assigns, successors 01
personal representatives
You are hereby notified that I have expended
in labor and improvements for year of :9m th
sum of one hundred dollars—$100— on the Pirn*
' Tree association placer mining claim. situated
at the head of Flat creek, in the Ottet Mining
and Recording District. Territory of Alaska
which has been duly recorded at the commis
sioner’s office at Iditarod Hie above amount
has been expended in order to hold the said
claim under the provisions of th r law <
ing annual labor upon mining claims, being tin
amount required to hold such claim And >
are further notified that if. within ninety day
00— days after the last publication of this notice
you fail to contribute your proportion of -aid
expenditure, your interest in said claim will he
come the property of tV undersigned vour co
| owner. \V If CRAWFORD
j First publication 1'tbruarv s, ; .13
| Last publication Mav m, mm
Notice of Forfeiture
1 TO CHAS BACKHAND, or Heirs or Agents
You. ai ich of >
! the undersigned has expended, in labor and :m
J provements the sum of one hundred dollar
1 $ioo—for the years of 1910, 1911 and mupon th.
j following named placer mining claim, to-wit
i No 1 Bench below Discovery on Yankte creek
jand the years mil-’-.12 upon the following
i named placer mining claim, to-wit No ; Below
! Discovery on Yankee creek, a tributary of In
uoko river. Innuko Mining and Recording Dis
trict. District of Alaska, location notice of N >
I 1 Bench being recorded in Yol 1 at Page 2-3. and
I location notice of No. : being recorde 1 in Vol
at Page 274, all of the records of the Inroku
Mining and Recording District. District •:
Alaska. You are bother notified that it at the
expiration of ninety -90 -days aftei the last pub
licatioti of this notice you fail or refuse to con
tribute your proportion of such expenditui •*
your interest in said claims will become the
property of the undersigned, vour co-owner .
under Section 2324 of the Revised Statutes of the
United States.
OLOF OLSON. Co-Owtiei
First publication February 1, 1913
: Last publication May 3, 1913.
Notice of Forfeiture
j To F Morency.J. Pierson and Dave Cascades
tDeir heirs, assigns, successors or persona!
representatives:
You are hereby notified tJint I have expended
in labor and improvements for year 1912 the
sum of one- hundred dollars - $100- on tlie Moun
tain Home association placer mining claim, sit
nated on Willow creek, a tributary of Iditarod
river, in the Utter Mining and Recording Dis
trict, Territory of Alaska, which has been duly
recorded at the commissioner's office at Idit
arod. The above amount has been expended in
order to hold the said cla;m under the provU
sions of the law concerning annual labor upotb
mining claims, being the amount required tu
hold such claim. And you are further notified
that if. within ninety—90—days after the last
publication of this notice, vou fail to contribute
your proportion of said expenditure, your in •
terest in said claim will become the property ot
the undersigned, your co-owner
C. T.. JONHS
First publication February 8, 1913.
Last publication May 10, 1913.
Notice of Forfeiture
TO CHARLEY MACK:
You and your heirs and assigns are hereby
notified that’ the undersigned has expended in
labor and improvements the sum of one hun
dred dollars—$100—for the year 1012 upon placer
mining claim known as the Ranor association.
Willow creek, a tributary of the Iditarod river,
C tter Mining District, Territory of Alaska You
are further notified that if at the expiration of
ninety—90—'days from the last publication ot
this notice vou fail or refuse to contribute to the
undersigned your proportion ot such expendi
ture, your interest in said claim will become thv
property of the undersigned, under Sec. 2324 ot
the Revised Statutes of the United States
A. ST LAWRENCE
First publication March 1. -913
Last publication May 31, 19>3
as White Seal
WILL GIVE
Regular Service
BETWEEN FAIRBANKS AND ID1TAR0D
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First Sailing IViay 15th
For Information and Rates Write to Owner:
CAPTAIN G. P. SPROUL, FAIRBANKS