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After several weeks of contin
uous hammering bv the town trus
tees, the Iditarod Pioneer and pri
vate enthusiasts, the citizens of this
city were at last impelled to action
a week ago and a definite plan
adopted for providing to city with
fire protecliou.
The matter was brought up at a
ruass meeting held in Friedman’s
building on Front street where a
large number of citizens gathered
to discuss the propo-ition. E N.
Sullivan, town trustee and chief of
the volunteer fire department, acted
■as chairman of the meeting and
John Barrett filled the postofsecre
far}', r
Discussii
upon the p
pumping p
as agaiu-it system, and
as an outc he argument a
committee tinted to look
into the cost a Ability of the
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two systems.
McDowell,
were named o
while C. T. Suter,.
and Jos. Smith were named as a
as a finance committee to see what
could be done to raise the fund?.
The next evening another meet
ing was held at which the first com
mittee reported in favor of pur
chasing two 6o-gallon chemicals to
[be ordered immediately from the
| outside, fixing the cost at about
i$700. With some expenses lor
buckets and other apparatus al
ready incurred, the finance com
mittee has found itself up against
the proposition of raising $1000,
which work they are now on and
j in which they have been very suc
j cessful.
I The purchase of the two chemi
cals with additional hose and ueces
: snry equipment has been decided
; upon, and the order has been tele
; graphed.
May Move to This Camp
Following the visit of William B.
Koon, known throughout the interior
of Alaska as Billy Koon, partner of
I Fred Martin in the California saloon at
Fairbanks, a petition is being circu
lated in the city which indicates that
the town looked good to Billy, and
[ that the partners will soon have a
! saloon running here.
] Billy Koon returned to Fairbanks to
| procure a license and arrange for the
shipment of a stock of liqu*jj« which
j will be shipped in before the freezeup.
If you want, winter spuds—Salinas
| Burbanks—the kind that will keep all
winter, better place your order with us
\ now, because we’ve got thorn here.
Innoko Trading Co.
; FOUND-—One case of mixed groceries.
I Owner can have by paying for ad.
Inquire A. F. Morgan at Riverside
! hotel.
The Best Place to Outfit
FRESH STOCK PRICES RIGHT
Crowley & Porter
First Avenue, Between Willow and Richmond Streets, Iditarod
Slippern’s Mill..
ROUGH AND DRESSED LUMBER,
SASH, DOORS, GLASS AND
BUILDERS’ SUPPLIES
Otter Creek
RefresliiB6nt~~^B6st=^—Recreation
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FRCHT ST, IBITAROC CITY
Says Maj. flmackar Will Return
According to tbe statement of Earl Crutcher, partner of Major
Amacker in the deal ou tbe Glen association, Flat creek, the major will
return from Louisiana to the Iditarod as soon as the affairs of the estate
of his deceased father are straightened out He says that Major Amacker
was called away suddenly upon hearing ot his father’s death, which oc
curred at Kentwood, Tangipahoa parish, Louisiana, June 23, and was
forced to hurry home to take charge of affairs there.
In last week’s issue the story of the deal 011 Flat was published, by
which it appears that Amacker and Crutcher secured a lay agreement
from Ferguson, Carter and McArdle on the Glen association, the lay
men to take up the option payments to the extent of $50,000.
Mr. Crutcher states that a quarter interest in this proposition was
sold to Miss Dor Browning at her urgent request, and $250 paid down.
Alter prospecting the ground and finding nothing to satisfy them, they
decided to throw up the lay, which was accordingly done.
He indignantly denies the charge of the other parties to the trans
action, asserting that Major Amacker is a substantial man of affairs in
Louisiana, the owner of considerable property, and thoroughly upright
in his business dealings. He says that the intimation given out by
Miss Browning and others that Major Amacker absconded with the $250
is absolutely false and unwarranted.
To the Editor of the Iditarod Pioneer:
Sir—If you will kindly permit me. enough space in your most eloquent
sheet to speak a work in behalf of a man who is absent I will be most
grateful to you.
In your last issue I note the sensational article, namely: “Mining Deal
on Glen Receives Setback,” in which you most vigorously attack as a dead
beat or bamboozler in a most vile manner one A. K. Amacker.
Personally I feel the same and reiterate the saying of Jas. Wicker
sham. “Damn you dirty little paper you cant mako or break me.”
For Major Amacker he is all that he represents himself to be.
That you have maliciously joined in a blackmailing scheme unbecom
ing a white man’s paper.
You insinuate that he beat it to avoid arrest, the truth being that he
was called home through the death of his father, Col. O. P. Amacker, of
which you have absolute proof.
You also state through the mouth of Messrs. Ferguson and Carter that
there are outstanding bills against Amacker and Crutcher. You will
favor us by kindly sending one to me who has any bill against us for the
working of the notorious Glen association claim.
The accusation you assert concerning the defrauding of Miss Dot
Browning of the sum of $250 is absolutely without foundation.
In closing do state that I am leaving shortly for the Outside, destina
tion being Lake Providence, La., and will lay your article before Major
Amacker, feeling confident that he will be able to settle any difficulties
which may have arisen between the lady in question and her associates
without the assistance of the Iditarod Pioneer. C. E. CRUTCHER
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JOHNSON LA7 ;
GOES TO MAOfNG
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Following the express desire
upon the part of all concerned to
the effect that they desired to stay
out of court, the negotiations in re
gard to the transfer of the Dave
Johnson lay on the Wildcat associ
ation, Flat creek, were successfully
I concluded early last week with the
final transfer of the lay to Doc
I Madiug, who now holds leases on
the upper 2,000 feet of that valu
able group.
The controversy had many sides
and it looked at one time as though
the parties could not get together.
With the help of Henry Roden and
A. J. Dalyr, attorneys, the various
difficulties were straightened out
and the papers signed, whereby the
owners consented to the transfer of
Johnson’s lay to Madiug, $40,000
being the purchase price and $6,000
in addition to go to the owners.
The hitch referred to in last
week's issue regarding the agree
ments as to labor were, according
to Mr. Mading settled some time
ago, as it was always understood
between the parties that the labor
was to be paid each month.
uii me upper ray wnere .visaing
has been working during the sum
mer, there are now 60 men engaged
in mining and auother cleanup was
made last Monday amounting to
$i2,000, the ground going as rich
as that previously reported, or in
the neighborhood of $6 to the foot.
Mailing intends attacking the
Johnson ground immediately, to
open it up and prepare for the
shoveling in process, a consumma
tion devoutly to be wished, as it is
all rich and will add greatly to the
output of the district for the season.
When you visit Flat creek call at
Carroll’s Globe Bakery and Coffee
House for a lunch._
TIMES PUBLISHES
SOUVENIR EDITION
Printed in Fairbanks on the
31st of July, the Iditarod edition
of the Fairbanks Times has been
received here, containing a fine
writeup of the country, and a
complete account of the early
days of the spring stampede.
The paper is devoted ex
clusively to this camp and sets
out in detail the ownership of the
claims on the various creeks, the
work done and the names of the
various laymen.
P. E. Becker, formerly of the
staff of the Times was detailed
for the work here, and the ma
terial gathered is the result of
an exhaustive study of the coun
try and its possibilities. The
edition should prove an excellent
medium for familiarizing every
one with conditions here, and also
constitutes a souvenir to send to
friends and relatives in other
parts of Alaska and the outside.
In addition to the copies dis
tributed, it is possible to secure
the papers at tne newsstands,
and those desiring them may ap
ply at the office of the Iditarod
Pioneer.
Cloth signs for trail advertising
at the Pioneer office.
MCDONALD’S
Lodging House
FURNISHED ROOMS AND BUNKS
Front Street Jditarod City
A HOME FROM HOME
Pioneer House
FLAT CEEEK
Meals, Beds,
Bathhouse end Laundry
Service the Best in Alaska
F. E. Snyder and A. M. Smith, Props.
Forks
Roadhouse
AT THE FORKS OF FIAT CREEK
First-Class Accommodations
Good Trail to Willow, three miles
from Flat City
E. L. CULLEN PROP.
"Shorty” Davenport’s
Discovery
Lodging House
Opposite Celene Fraction,
Otter Creek
Warm, Ciean Spring Beds
P®
General Merchandise
and Outfitters
Stores-Iditarod City and Dikeman
TOOK IN ALL OF
THE KUSKOKWIM
After a trip extending from the
7th of July to the 10th of August,
during which they covered a large
part of the country on the other
side of the’divide, Senator Charles
Hill, Dan McCarty and Arthur
Howard returned last week from
the Kuskokwim, announcing that
they saw much over there that
looked good to them.
In starting out they proceeded up
Otter and across to the Innoko,
afterwards following down the Ta
kotna to the main river. They
took a boat to the Russian Mission
on the Kuskokwim and visited
several places where finds have
been reported.
At one point of the divide they
report having seen both the Yukon
and the Kuskowim rivers, with the
line of portage between the two
great highways.
When at McGrath station at the
mouth of the Takotna, the steamer
Lavelle Young in charge of Capt.
Boerner had not yet arrived, but it
was known that the N. C. Co. in
tend to establish a post at that
point.
From the Russian Mission they
made the trip hack here in two
days, coming down by way of the
head waters of the Iditarod. This
route proved unexpectedly short to
them. No startling finds were re
ported but the men intend to return
to that section in the fall.
FOX ASSOCIATION
SHOWS THE GOODS
With a nugget that goes two
ounces turned up in the riffles, and
ground going $3 to the foot, Heu
derson and Larson, laymen on the
Fox association on Flat creek, got
back tbeir first dividends last week
when they cleaned up between foui
and five thousand dollars.
The best thing about the news
from Fox is the fact that this clean
up was not taken from their best
ground, in fact it is reported that
they confidently expect their next
cleanups to go $5 to the foot and
better.
They have 25 men working there,
and the development thus far has
been in the nature of preparatory
work for the active sluicing' season
that has now commenced with
them. The balance of the summer
will be punctuated with cleanups at
regular intervals, and from the
optimistic air carried by laymen
and owners, it is apparent that the
Fox group will take its place among
the real good ones of Flat creek.
Anderson Bros. & Norland—sash,
doors, store fronts, wallpaper, house
linings, all came on the high water.
See us. Willow and Second st.
Glen Option Is Taken Up
Following the failure of Major
A maker and Earl Crutcher to
take up the option under their
agreement with A. B. Ferguson,
Fred Carter and Eddie McArdle,
a new’deal on the Glen associa
tion on Flat creek was reported
last week, whereby Jack McKay
and Peter Hotts have secured a
lay on the lower 1900 feet of that
ground, and the option given by
the owners, Ole Lamop and
Harry Engel to Ferguson et al,
has finally been taken up by the
transfer of the first payments.
Under the agreement between
McKay & Hotts and the option
holders, the former have gone
into possession with the under
standing that they shall n ett ihe
payments under the option, the
money to be paid back to them
as taken out of the ground.
Ferguson, Carter & McArdle
secured the option on the Glen
association last spring, the pur
chase price being $10,000, and a
payment was made at that time.
McKay & Hotts are now on the
ground with their machinery and
are preparing to open up on a
large scale. The Glen has shown
some excellent prospects and it
is believed will develop into or.e
of the main producers of Flat.
Lacey, Monogram, Old Tyler, Ather
ton and Ceduvbrook whiskies, also
cash registers, bar fixtures and bar
glassware. Empire Commercial Co.
The winter is coming, so get your
homes made comfortable while you can
get the material. Anderson Bros. &:
Nerland, wallpaper, paints, sash, doors.
All sizes of doors, sash and jrlass at
Anderson Bros. & Nerland, Willow st.
Store fronts made to order.
DON’T DISK TYPHOID 1'KVKIt
Use Well Water for cooking and drinking/—
delivered daily by K. M. Sullivan. Supposed
springs are nn rely surface water carrying fever
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Leave orders at Lindahl's Emporium
or Innoko Trading Co.
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Pony
Express Co.
Telephone 22 Eric Palmen
Daily Trips to ill Greeks With Passengers, Express, Freight
Ship Your Valuables With Us Also City Service
J. A. SLIPPERS,
Carries the LARGEST anti MOST COMPLETE Stock of
Sash, Doors, Glass,
MIRRORS AND BUILDERS' HARDWARE IN IDITARC9
Store Fronts and Fancj- Windows
Of anv Size and Design Made to Order
LOWEST PRICES GUARANTEED
Telephone No. 5 Cor. Third and Otter
MgMAHON
MINERS’ OUTFITS A SPECIALTY
EVERYTHING IN GROCERIES
Full Stock of Overalls, Rubbers, Cloves, Boots,
Undeaivear, Etc.
FLAT CREEK
STR. “PUP”
Will Make Semi-Weekly Sailings
LANDS AT SAWMILL DOCK
Leave Orders for Freigiii at Cleveland's Mill
GREEN & LANGLEY, PROPS.
Clark Lumber Co.
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New Wharf Now Ready to Receive
Freight and Steamers