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; CANVAS TENTS TARPA^UNS^_HOSE j
LEADING CLOTHIER
A visit to our
will convince you.
IDITAROD,
OTTER
FOR THE OUTSIDE 2
Launch Nancy Bell Leaves Sditarod Tuesday, Septem
ber 9, at 2 p, m. to connect with Washburn at Dikeman,
Susie at Holy Cross, for ail Upper-River Points, and
Outside via Dawson,
Launch Nancy BeH Leaves Iditarod, Saturday, Sep
tember 13, at 2 p.m.to connect with Washburn at Dike
man, Sarah at Holy Cross, arid Senator at St, Michael,
St. Petersburg, August 21 —1
Km per or Nicholas lias approved ofj
the decision of the holy synod to
destroy the three posthumous
works of Count I.eo Tolstoi, on the
ground that they are unorthodox]
comments on the OKI Testament
The psotest of Count Tolstoi’s rela
tives against such action has proved i
unavailing.
“The best ever/' is what patrons say
of the now spring-water shower baths
at The Crosby baths, Caribou street. i
A new fuel for internal combination !
engines, inverted in South Africa, is
made from pa ratine,
Job Printing at Pioneer oliice.
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ALL FIRST-GRADE GOODS
THE LOWEST PRICES IN !D!TAROD
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Successor to ('hesley, Ryan & Kehoo
We are still selling the following goods at
CUT PRICES CUT PRICES
Harness and SuppHes, 33s Per Cent. On
Furniture and Carpets. . 20 Per Cent, Off;
GASOLINE MANTLES AND GLOBES,
$4.00 TO $7.00 DOZEN
Stoves, Ranges and Heaters. . 20 Per Gent, Off:
Granite and White Enamel Ware. . 20 Per Genfc Off:
WE ALSO CARRY BAR GLASSWARE, CROCKERY, GUNS,
AMMUNITION AND SPORTING GOODS
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SMITH'S CUN STORE,\
IDITAROD, ALASKA \
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Mr. and Mrs. George Phillips have I
| remodeled their Flat City home,
i Crowley & Porter are building a
warehouse in the rear of their store at
Flat <'itv.
Mrs. Wm. Acheron, of fditarod, vis-I
! ited Fiat City the early part of the
| week.
| Mr. and Mrs. W. TT. Crawford have
; sold all their holdings in Flat City to
| C. It. Peek, and will leave on the next
I boat for the Outside.
I Bennett James arrived from Moore j
| ereek last week and brought with him j
a large nugget, weighing 14J ounces. It j
was recently found bv Fred De Bon.
A broken shaft of tlie bucket-line ar
rangement of the Y. G. Co. dredge i
caused a shut down for several days j
early in the week, until a duplicate j
part could be brought up from Dike-I
man. The breaking of the shaft, was
not wholly unexpected.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Solibakke are
remodeling their Flat-creek home. <i
THE
The election to fill vacancies on the
Iditarod school board will be held next
Monday, September 8. The polling
place will be at Joe Smith’s gun store,
and the polls will be open from 9 a.m.
till 8 p m.
QUALJFIUATONS. — Ordinance 38,
Sec. 4.—That at such school elections
all adults who are citizens of the United
States (male and female) or who have
declared their intent ion to become such,
and who are bona lide residents of t lie
town of Iditarod, shall have the right
to cast their ballot, and further that no
registration shall be required.
HEW BABY FOR CUHRIN HOME
Born at the Flat hospital, at 2:.'h>
a.m. on September 4. Dr. Wortmann in
attendance, to Mrs. J. C. Curtin, ar.
S-uound girl. Both doing nicely.
Before leaving for the new diggings
lake a nice clean bath at the Crosby
Massage and Bath Parlors.
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SOUVENIR JEWELRY,
j repaired Depositee, Gut Glass
\ Nothing Small About TAYLOR (Fiat City) But His Prices
Also the Well-Known Make cf Cantner St Pattern
Knitted Sweater-Coats and Vests
We Have a Complete Stock of Rubber Goods
CLOVER LEAF AND BALL BAND BOOTS AND SHOES
And That Is All
A. J. WEISS FLAT CITY
Some of our new goo,Is, among which is a full line of
Ever-Ready Flash Lights and Batteries,
Mantles, Globes, Generators, etc, for Gaso
line Lights, Linoleum and a Supply of Nome
Dog Collars.
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a eIS §| Liquor House
HANDLES ONLY GRCMWES & ULLRiCH’S WHISSUES
“BJSsrquqits. " ‘Monogram” and t;Giii09n;' SRy®
20-Yeai—Old National Club Bourbon 5
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BUDWEISER BEER BEER ON DRAFT J
SCOTCH CHAMPAGNE
Queen Anne iVlumm’s
Biacx & White Ciicquot
DeWar’s Special Pommery Sec
Thorns’ White Seal
Hill-Thcmpson
imported WINES
Claret
BRANDY Sautorne
Hennessy Reislins
*** Martel I Burgundy
Old California Tipo Chianti
White Rock Apollinaris Waters
IMPORTED
Sherry and Port,
Ate end Porter
< ’ity and < ’reek Orders
most earnestly solic
ited and promptly
filled,
Kit her by Bottle, Gal
lon or Case Lots.
ALL THE LEADING AND POPULAR CIGARS IN THE WiARKEl
“RAMPS” Ramps Peterson:
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Camp Editarod No. 27, Arctic Broth
erhood, meets at A. B. Hall on the
first and third Monday evenings of
each month at 8 o'clock. Visiting
j brethren cordially invited to attend.
SAM BAY BBS,
Arctic Chief.
J. C. CURREN,
Arctic Recorder.
Shipments of raw cotton from the j
United Slates to France last year was j
valued at $63,000,000. I
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“The Alaska Mining Law." with ex-j
planations of the new regulations by
Henry Roden, senator representing the
Fourth division in the First Alaska!
legislature. Every miner, operator and
prospector should have one. Printed ,
in neat pamphlet form. Price dO cents. J
For sale at Ansley’s book store, Idit-1
arod, and at the Pioneer drug store, ■
Flat City. __
So-called Chinese glue is made by j
dissolving shellac in ten times its |
weight of ammonia.
The launch Keystone arrived Mon
day morning with about 30 tons of
freight.
On Monday afternoon theNancy Bell,
Alaskan and Orphan Boy arrived.
Last Sunday was new-moon day and
rain started to fall early, and continued
nearly all day.
The heavy rain of last Sunday caused
the water to raise over two feet in the
Iditarod river, and navigation was
greatly aided thereby.
The steamer Little Delta was in port
Wednesday with about 40 tons of
freight. _
Where Boats Were Sept. 4
Davis down Kaltag 3rd.
Delta down Nulato G a.m.
Herman up Kotlik 1st.
Florence S. up Kokrines 7:30 a.m. |
Jacobs up Delta 9:30 a.m.
Louise up Kaltag 3 a.m.
Sarah up Rampart 30th.
Schwa:ka at Kagle up bound 8 a m.
St. Michael down Kaltag 8:30 a.m.
Tanana up Minto 3:40 a.m.
White Seal up Tanana river for Cbi
sana 3rd.
Yukon at Fairbanks for Dawson 1
p.m. today.
September 5
Alaska down Kagle 1:30 p.m. 4th.
Davis down Kaltag 3rd
Delta down Kaltag 4th to connect
with Washburn at Holy Cross.
Florence S. up Birches 5:30 p.m. 4lh.
Herman up Kotlik 1st.
Jacobs 4 miles below Richardson,
making slow t ime.
Louise up Koyukuk 1:50 p.m. 4th.
Relief up Melozi 3:15 p.m. 4th.
Sarah up Rampart 30th.
Schwatka up Kagle 4th.
St. Michael down Kaltag 4th.
Tanana at Fairbanks awaiting orders.
White Seal up Tanana river 3rd.
Yukon down Minto 7:30 a.m.
Passengers fur steamer Lit
tle Delta, leaving Wed., Sept,
it), please registei or call up
Launch Office as soon as pus-!
sidle. Remember, this will!
be your last chance to reach
the New Diggings bv boat.
0. 11. PEN ECO, Agent.
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Mrs. A. T. Thurston returned from
Fairbanks last Monday evening, where
she has been visiting her daughter. ‘
Mr.-. Steve Lavejoy. Mrs. Thurston is
greatly impressed with l!'e genuine-j
ness of the new Chisana strike, and
brought with her the first bine-print
map of that district to be exhibited
here.
\V. (Doc Mailing was an arrival |
in the city last Monday from the Out
side. He came via Dawson.
John Lipsett, who formerly operated
on Otter creek, returned to the camp
last Monday from Vancouver, B. C.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Weir and baby
are visiting on the creeks.
A. J. Weiss, the popular Flat City
clothier, visited Iditurod on Thursday
last. And that is all.
Mrs. and Mrs. Charles B. Sims ar
rived in this city last Monday to re
main inde finitely, Mr. Sims having ac
1 cepted a position in the office of the
; N. C. Co. He was for a long time
claim agent for the White Pass Com
] panv at Dawson.
Robert Soutar, of the Caribou cafe,
is building an addition to his residence
! on Nob Hill, Lower First avenue.
Mrs. Fontas and Mrs. Schwartz, of
Dis. Otter, are visiting in the city.
OTTER DISTRICT SCHOOL
OPENS ON SEPTEMBER 15
The new Otter district school term
begins on Monday, September 15, in
temporary quarters which have been
secured by the board of directors.
Miss Helen Grant, who taught in the
Iditarod public school during' the 1911
1912 term, has been engaged to teach
the youngsters of the creeks.
Don't, forget to call at the Crosby,
baths when you come in from the creeks.
Bjjjjp™"»g
CLOTHIERS, FURNISHERS AND SHOERS
IDITA ROD DIS. OTTER
To go to Iditavod to Secure First-C'iass Goods at the Right
Price. You can get them in Discovery.
H, DONNELLEY, 018. OTTER
Successor to A. A. Shonbeck
Groceries, Feed, Hardware, Etc.
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On Monday night last at 9 o'clock, at-j
the Maltby residence on West Second ;
avenue, this city, Commissioner G. W.
Albrecht united in marriage Mr. A1-,
free! Edward Maltby and Miss Edna :
M. Riekaby, daughter of J. B. H. Rick- ■
aby, of Victoria. li. ('.in the presence
of Miss A. E. Maitbv, Mrs. A. Clifton
and Mr. Chas. Maltby.
At home Wednesday, September 10,
from 9 to 12 p.m.
“Young Iv.ldie” Anderson, editor-in
chief of The Branch thirst bazaar at 1
Flat City ever since its opening day. j
announces that he will lay aside busi
ness cares for a while and make a visit
to the States. He has engaged a suite
of staterooms on the Nancy Bell, which
sails from this city next Tuesday, but j
in the meantime lie'll like to have all j
his old friends and patrons call at The j
Branch before that date and say “Down j
the coast,” or words to that effect.
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Charley Stranberg and Art A. Shon
beck are visitors in the city from Otter
creek. _
Du Rand's Discovery Cafe satisflso j
the hungry.
Follow the crowd !
Where V
To the C'rosby Massage and Bath
Parlors.
"EODWEISER KID” HAS ACCIDENT
One day this week when lie wasn't
“lookin'* a leetle cut," Paul Budweiser
stepped on a rusty nail, which I- caus
in'; him considerable trouble, ncce.s-i
atinar a forced vacation.
We h ave just received
the best and largest
line of Downeys, Su
chards Swiss and the
celebrated 1 ’erfection
DRUGS, PATENT
MEDICINES AND
RUBBER GOODS
Send Your
F I L M S
To Us To Be Developed
PHOTO AND
TYPEWRITER
SUPPLIES
Diamond Dyes
ANSLEY’S BOOK STORE
Richmond St. Iditarod
e
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! The Finest Stock Ever
Shipped to Alaska
Special Attention Given to Operators
• We Want Your Business
i CROWLEY & PORTER
; IDITAROD Tho House of Quality FLAT CiTY
RING US UP
CAN DO YOU
RING US UP
W£ are |N THE BEST CAMP IN ALASKA. — BUT WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER THE ELEMENTS
BUT— When You Order Marquette Rye and National Club Bourbon At Our House, You Get It. The Purest and Best Grade of Whiskey Shipped North.
Hennessy *** In Wood Sherry in Original Package IlUrDft'BTP'fl Port in 0ri9inaI Package Glenloch Scotch in Wood
White Rock and Apoilinaris Am‘&1£ %£'£ a d !L*k-J Red Raven Splits
CIGARS_Perla Del Mar_Optimo_Olmda_Mara Antony_CIGARS
NEW BUD WEISER witarod BAIRD & ANDERSON flat city THE BRANCH