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will be the fastest and most powerful
freight and passenger launch on the
river. Good warehouse accommoda
tions at Iditarod for creek shippers.
I will dispatch a launch to follow
the ice, bound for the Tolstoi. Good
passenger and freight accommoda
tions. Make reservations at the
Bank.
EARL BYERS
Pioneer Freighter
PI APARIN big .and small, printed on
I paper, cardboard or cloth,
on short notice, at Iditarod Pioneer omce.
WONDERFUL DEVELOPMENTS
FROM RECENT DISCOVERIES
IN WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY
NKW YORK. March IT An electric
light bulb, j list a plain electric light bulb,
twittered in song recently in the auditorium ,
of the engineering Societies’ building, twit j
tered and tweetled and lullabyed, clucked
distressfully like a chicken lost in the woods,
wailed thinly like a new baby, and behaved
generally as one never would have imagined
an incandescent light could or would be
have.
The singing incandescent was exhibited
by Lee De Forest, who is known for ac
tivities in wireless matters, and who was
demonstrating the possibilities of his audion
amplifyer. a type of electric light bulb which
is useful for the transmission and reception
of the voice or of silent messages by wire
less. Many manufacturers and dealers in
electrically-operated musical instruments
heard De Forest coax his singing light into
the doing of freakish tone tricks.
De Forest left it clearly to the imagina
tion that some of these days it will be un
necessary to spend money for pianos and
toot horns and phonographs, because one
will be able to arise from the dinner table
in one’s apartment rise quite nonchalantly
and with perfect confidence and so manip
ulate the keyboard connecting an ordinary
cluster of incandescent lights that sweet
music will flow; that the maid in the
kitchen, exhausted from her labors, will be
able to find relaxation and renewed vigor
merely by turning on the music that dwells
in the sixteen-candle power incandescent
over her stove.
The singing incandescent hardly will be
ready to play the old masters or even ven
ture into the popular so-called music output
of New York’s tin-pan alley for two years;
but one could not escape the belief that,
sooner or later, it will be perfectly possible
to step into an electrical supply store and
ask for a tenor bulb or a barytone incan
descent or a cluster of deep basso lights; or
even that one may request and receive a
cluster of incandescents handy to read by
or to orchestrate completely the works of
the composers.
UNIOUE REQUEST FROM
JUNEAU COMMERCIAL CLUB
The .Juneau Commercial Club has adopted
and circulated the following preamble and
resolutions:
“Whereas, The Juneau Commercial Club ,
has been organized to advance the busi
ness conditions and interests of the city of
Juneau and vicinity, and to advertise the I
opportunities and advantages in various !
lines, such as mining, fishing and commer
BEST LIQUORS AND CICABS
Three-Times-Move Bar
(Formerly the Stanley House)
JOHN BAGOY, PROP.
GOOD ROOMS CLEAN BEDS
_FLAT CITY_ I
HALF-PRICE SALE
On Screen Wire Cloth, Wire Screen Doors, Adjustable Wire Screen
Windows Were Now
24-inch Wire C.lotli, per yard. ? • * -25
28-inch Wire Cloth, per yard. .60 .30
36-inch Wire Cloth, per yard. .35
2- 8-O'1 8 plain Green Wire Doors. 5.00 2.50
2-10-6-10 Plain Green Wire Doors. 7.oo 3.50
2- 8-6- 8 Fancy Heavy Wire Doors. O.oo 4.50
2-10-6-10 Fancy Heavy Wire Doors. 10.no 5.00
Wire Screen Windows, 20x24. 1.r»o .75
Wire Screen Windows, 23x24. 2.00 1.00
Screen Door Hinges, per pair. l-oo .50
Screen Door Sets. 1.50 .7 5
SMITH’S ~CUN STORE
IDITAROD, ALASKA PHONE 6 SECOND AND WILLOW
LUMBER FOR SALE
1- In. Board*, rough
2- In. Dimension
4-In. Flooring, Outside hr
8-In. Shiplap, Outside fir
4-In. Celling, Outside fir
1' „-ln Sluice Box Bottoms, Outside flr
Window Frame Material
Window Frames, ready-made
1,/4-In. Round
Doors and Windows
Window Glass
Tar Paper
Stains, Varnish, Paints, Oil and Turpentine
C. R. PECK ■ - - FLAT
•ini enterprises generally, offered by the
iuneau gold belt, by the waters of this see
ion of Alaska and by Juneau; and
“Whereas, The people of Juneau seem to
lave drifted into an unfortunate habit of
‘ault finding and of criticism of the busi
less condition and of the people of the city
ind its neighl .>rs; and
“Whereas, This habit is most detrimen
al not only to the business conditions of
he community, but as well the happiness
if the people and harmony in their rela
ions with each other and with other com
munities; and
“Whereas, The business conditions of Ju
neau do not warrant such attitudes of criti- !
*ism and fault finding; and
“Whereas, It is in every way for the best ;
interest of this community and of the in
lividual members thereof that such fault
finding and criticism should cease:
“Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the
Juneau Commercial Club request and does
hereby request all the people of the city of
Juneau, men. women and children of all
ages and vocations, to devote the sixty days j
from and after March 31 to an endeavor to |
wipe out for all time the habit of fault |
finding and criticism which seems to have j
taken possession of this community; and j
be it further
“Resolved. That we. the members of the
Juneau Commercial Club, hereby agree to
individually refrain from criticism and from
belittling either the business, the people or
tin* neighbors of Juneau."
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MYSTERIOUS SHOOTING
INVOLVES MISSIONARY
Clyde T. Fields, operator in charge of the
United States signal corps telegraph station
at Salcha, is at St. Joseph’s hospital. Fair
banks. suffering from two wounds in his
breast, caused by being shot twice. The
shooting is enshrouded in mystery. The
wounds are not necessarily fatal, and un
less complications arise the injured man will
recover.
The report that Operator Fields had been
shot was received by Marshal Erwin on the
evening iff March 26. A telegram sent from
Richardson, signed “Mrs. Fields/’ was as
follows:
‘ Send deputy marshal. Field shot pretty
bad.”
On Sunday evening, March 26, A1 Sutton
reached Fairbanks with the wounded oper
ator. Dr. Cassels and Master Electrician
Loghry, who went to Salcha with Sutton,
returned with a horse and douhle-ender
from the Salcha station.
Sunday afternoon Mrs. Fields reached
Fairbanks. Friends met her and held a
short consultation, and later ."he went to
Chena, where she will remain for a few
days at least. Mrs. I iel 1 had no statement
to make.
While details arc lacking in regard to the
shooting and wind led up to it. as nearly
as can be ascertained, says the Times, Fields
was shot by his wife, formerly Mrs. Maud
Stone-Thompson, to whom he was recently
married in Fairbanks. The wounded man
will say nothing except that his wife dis
charged an automatic pistol accidentally
and that he was shot in that way. Those
at Salcha, where the shooting occurred, do
not pretend to know much about the af
fair. except that Mrs. Fields went to the
roadhouse and sent out telegrams, and that
the shooting took place in the Episcopal
mission at Salcha, of which mission Mrs.
Fields was in charge.
The district attorney’s office is investigat
ing the case, but no arrests had been made.
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SLAUGHTER IS FIENDISH
IN CHARGES ON VERDUN
PARIS, March IS. Reports arriving here
daily state that the German losses about
Verdun are appalling. It is said that at
least a quarter of a million men have been
sacrificed by the Germans in the terrific
attempts to storm the forts surrounding the
great French stronghold, and whole fields
of dead .stretch before the center of the
greatest activities.
Officers arriving here say that the sight
through field glasses baffles description.
Tens of thousands of dead and wounded
soldiers are piled in all directions as far as
the eye can see, and in places they are
piled in heaps where the French machine
guns tore great gaps in the charging masses.
As one French commander declares: "It is
not war; it is scientific slaughter.”
The worst feature of the terrific slaughter,
according to the statements, is that the
thousands of wounded have no chance for
succor, and many have been lying in plain
sight of the French positions for days with
out a single chance for relief, owing to the
constant hail of death sweeping over the
approaches to the French positions. It is
considered certain that unless the Germans
cease their efforts practically every one of
the unnumbered wounded will perish. The
French have made such efforts as were pos
sible to reach and succor the helpless, but
there is little opportunity. Hundreds of
the Germans have managed to crawl to the
French lines during the darkness and have
been given attention.
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*NOTED OPERA SINGER
ENTHUSIASTIC TERRORIST
NEW YORK, April 2.- Mrs. Tauscher,
wife of the man alleged to be implicated in
the canal plots, who is known on the stage
as Johanna Gadski, noted grand opera
singer, has been arrested, charged with com
plicity in the plot for which her husband
was taken into custody. In a statement
issued today she admits her guilt, but says
that her husband is entirely innocent. She !
Says that she would be willing to blow up (
all of the munitions factories of the United 1
States if such action would help the cause |
of Germany.
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Christy Anthonieson was a visitor in the
city for a short time last Monday.
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Fresh Olympia and Eastern Oysters, $1.50 j
per can. Iditarod Meat Co. 1
RAILWAY WORK STOPPED ,
ON SECRETARY’S ORDERS
PENDING A SETTLEMENT
WASHINGTON, April 26. • Secretary of
the Inferior Lane lias ordered a stoppage j
of all work on the Alaska government rail
road project until a definite settlement of
the strike has been reached.
The above dispatch will be reatl with gen
uine regret by Alaskans, and the belief wid
be general that there has been unpardon
able blundering somewhere. It will come
as somewhat of a shock to learn ihat the
United States government is unable to ar
rive at an amicable understanding with a
few hundred laborers as to the rate of wages
to be paid on a public project. There wid
probably bo a sequel to the affair, and the
public will demand that the persons respon
sible for the affair shall be held account
able
Hver -dice work on the railroad started
there have been murmurs of discontent at
the wages paid -37'a cents an hour and j
the system in vogue of sub-contracting the j
work which a.lowed an evasion of the fed- i
I oral eight-hour day on public work. This
I resulted in the formation of a labor union,
j and eaily in the year a demand was made
! upon the commission in charge of the work
! for an increase in wages to 50 cents per
! hour and the observance of the eight hour
i tiay. Commissioner Mears, who was in ,
j charge at the time, submitted the demand
to Secretary of the Interior Lane, who re
plied by stating that lit1 hud appointed a
special c< mmb-ion to go to Anchorage and
arrange a settlement of the controversy,
i Pending the arrival of the commission and
! the investigation to be made, the men re
! turned to work on the understanding that
; whatever settlement should be arrived at
I it should date from that time. |
| Commissioner Mears. addressing a meet- i
i ing of 8U0 men, and in urging them to re- j
| turn to work, said:
! “When the disaffection among the men j
i composing the steel gang caused them to
( walk out on February 7. it was probably
i the common impression that I would have .
i authority to grant a general raise in wages, i
| but nothing could be farther from the truth. ,
! You will note that it is the secretary’s wish •
that you return to work temporarily at the
, present scale of wages, and until the new j
scale is put into effect as the result of .
: the conference about to be held. It would j
serve no useful purpose to refuse to return j
j to work at this time under these condi
| tions. Secretary Lane has been fair and
| reasonable, and any attempt on your part
to avoid meeting him half way would not ;
react in your favor. In fact, any attempt
. at this time to call a general strike and 1
cause any cessation of present work might ,
have serious consequences.” The conimis- ;
sioner gave assurance of co-operation with I
the union committee in recommending an :
increase in wages. At a later meeting, after
a general debate lasting two hours, a resolu
tion was adopted by a vote ot about uu-i to *
ti in substance as follows: “Thai the call
for a general strike be deferred until after
a hearing before the committee from the
• department of labor ; that work be resumed I
by members of the union only on condi
tion that the new wage scale date from :
time work is resumed."
The special commission appointed by Sec
retary of Labor Wilson to investigate the
' troubles was composed of James A. Moffitt
of New Jersey, Hywel Davis of Kentucky j
and B. M. Squires of Washington. D. C.
Tlie committee representing the union j
was composed of wage earners of different
1 nationalities, trades and occupations af- j
fecteil by the strike.
In the absence of further telegraphic news :
; on the subject, it is not known what caused ,
the deadlock, nor what the probabilities are ,
for a resumption o fthe work.
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LOCAI, AMATEUR GARDENERS
PREPARE FOR SPRING WORK
i The spring weather of the latter part of
last week and the first part of the present ■
turned the minds of the householders of
Iditarod and vicinity to the question of gar
dening. For weeks past there have been in ;
evidence in many homes the nucleus cf fu
ture garden produce in the shape of seeds \
implanted in boxes and cans to give them
a start toward germination in the warm
indoor temperature, in preparation for trans
! planting whenever ti.e ground shall be suf
ficiently clear of frost.
To those accustomed only to the great
; agricultural sections Outside there would
appear to be not much in the way of en
1 courageinent for the ambitious cultivator
of the soil hereabouts. But to the sourdough
Alaskan, who knows the growing possibili
ties under the almost continuous sunshine
; of summer in these latitudes, and who also ;
knows the difficulty of procuring fresh vege- j
| tables from the Outside, there is ample op- '
1 portunitv and reward for the exercise of j
skill ami industry in the growing of table j
luxuries. The old-timer will tell you that
certain kinds of vegetables, such as lettuce, [
radishes, turnips, rutabagas, onions, par- !
’ snips, carrots, etc., can be grown here in a ;
! prolusion almost unequaiea eisewnere. j
Wherever the proper attention has been 1
given to preparation of soil, however, the
j list of vegetables that can be grown here j
is almost as extensvie as in the favored
1 agricultural sections of the states. As to
: tomatoes, cucumbers, etc., the more deli
! cate of the garden plants, under glass the
i most wonderful results are achieved during
the long summer days. Under such condi
! tions these dainties are produced in such
| degree of excellence that they cannot be
1 equaled by any received here from the
: States, or even from the Tanana valley
! after their long journey to this market.
| Many citizens of Iditarod are enthusiastic
! gardeners, cud several of them have quite
| extensive hothouses. Among the fair sex
j are many who beautify their residences with
! (lowers, and much skill and industry is dis
' played by them. Last summer there were
j many local flower gardens that were a de
light to the eye of the passer-by and a source
Where You Gan Get Just What
You Want in the Line of Shoes
A. A. CUTTER’S SHOE FACS
STRONG & GARFIELD SHOES
THE FELDER SHOE
J 1 FLAT
THE HOME OF HART, SCHAFFNER & MARX
of pardonable pride to their possessors. Dur
ing the lung, hut days of July and August,
with the many hours of sunlight and con
tinuous daylight, the wonderful growth at
tained by plant life is a pleasure to see, and ]
constitutes a never-failing source of com- \
merit. At this season the growth of the j
plants :nd their developemnt are so rapid j
that they never cease to be a marvel to j
one accustomed to the longer seasons and
slower growths of other latitudes.
In past years The Pioneer has distributed !
many sacks of government seeds, through 1
the courtesy of Delegate James Wicker- j
sham, and these have been Used in all por- j
tiens of the district, from the Innoko to the |
lower Kuskokwim. I.ast year’s supply has ;
been exhausted wi'h the exception of a few j
flower seeds. It is expected that with the i
opening of navigation the usual consign- j
ment of seeds will arrive by mail. The call
for them has been especially heavy this
spring, particularly for vegetable seeds. j
ICE MOVEMENT CHECKED
BY WEATHER CHANGES
AND RIVER IS STILL CLOSED
About 10 o’clock last Monday morning
word was passed around that the river ice
was moving, and soon an interested crowd
of people were congregated on the river
banks to watch the expected spectacle. How
ever, the run proved to be of short dura
tion. and soon immense masses of ice again
blocked the river from bank to hank.
The movement was confined to the ice
immediately in front of the city, which had
been weakened bv the cutting of numerous
water holes, and when the cold storage peo
ple. anxious for the safety of the barge
Trinder. exploded dynamite on the ice, it
was only a matter of a short time until
the rising waters started it moving. The
mass broke above the city, and that re
leased front above immediately jammed and
formed a solid bridge, which since has been
utilized by Jimmy Farrell for the trans
portation of potatoes from Sam’l Apple
baum’s warm storage warehouse across the
river.
The cold weather which ensued on Tues
day and has since continued has checked
the break-up, and at this writing there
seems little immediate prospect of the ice
going out for some time yet.
The mosquito fleet was in jeopardy for a
while when the immense mass of ice started
to move, but by careful work the river
men shored it off, and no damage was
done.
The cold weather also has put a sudden
stop to mining operations, and many men
recently employed at the properties at the
head of Flat creek have been laid off
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FAIRBANKS NOTES
Julius Miller, recently convicted of as
sault with a dangerous weapon and sen
tenced to two years' imprisonment, has been
given an additional penalty of two year -
imprisonment for burglary, the term to be
gin following the expiration of the first sen
tence.
F. Mears of the Alaska engineering com
mission has written a letter to the Fairbanks
Commercial Club in which he encourage*
the belief that construction of the northern
division of the government railroad will
be undertaken during the coming fiscal
year, and -tates that "you are in a fair
way for quite a large initial appropriation
next year, and I trust that your community
will be benefited by it.”
Walter Row.son, former court stenogra
pher, and well known in Iditarod, who is in
England, intimates in a letter that he will
return to Fairbanks shortly.
1 he first shipment ol tungsten concen
trates from the Chena mill was made by
mail leaving Fairbanks late in March. The
ore was from the property of Johnson k
Ewers, on Gilmore creek. The concentrates
are shipped in twenty-pound sacks.
A petition has been presented to Judge
Bunnell by thp residents of Woodchopper.
who desire to incorporate as a city of the
first class and to change tiie name of the
town to Buckeye.
The funeral fo Mrs. Alma Wilson, one of
the early pioneers of Interior Alaska, was
held at Fairbanks on Sunday, April 2.
Additional arrests of men charged with
offenses against young girls include J. I’.
Rose, A! Sutton, G. S. Wllams and Edmund
Cameron.
Mrs. Charles Johnston, one of the pio
neers of Dawson of 1897, and one of the
fir.-t women in the Klondike, died suddenly
at her residence on Garden island on March
22. Her death was entirely unexpected
Mrs. Johnston is survived by three children.
She was the second vice president of the
Fairbanks Igloo of Pioneer Women of
Alaska, and her funeral was held under the
auspices of that order.
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Will Leave on the First Water for the
New Strike on the Tolstoi
She will work in conjunction with a shallow draft scow,
and will get freight as close as possible to the strike. All
freight offered wili be carried at prevailing rates.
MAKE RESERVATIONS AT BANK
EDNA TRANSPORTATION CO.
FOR |
GOOD POTATOES AND CIGARS
CALL UP I
jj|1inil^il1R1lil'~SALdoiNri I
We Still Have Some to Wholesale
THE HOUSE QFQUALITY
FRESH RUTABAGAS, TURNIPS, CARROTS, PARSNIPS AND BEETS—ALL
FRESH AND CRISP
pr;.. 1,1 'l'1'1111 "n,™'n SERVICE WE CAN DO YOU r RING US UP I
NATIONAL CLUB and MARQUETTE WHISKEYS^
| GEORGE MARSHBUDWEISER IDITAROD FLAT CITY THE BRANCH A. D. CURRIE I