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{1 •. tiotii? in fiie grocery business are too niunerous for livat.
For the information of those who have not done any business with
us before i v beg to state that we do nut make a practice of
quoting catch prices, but that our prices all along the line are as
low as any quoted bv any of our competitors, and LOWER
WHENEVER it IS POSSIBLE TO MAKE THEM SO.
in addition to this we wish to state that all our goods are
STRICTLY FRESH AND OF THE HIGHEST GRADES ONLY. We
carry no second grades of anything.
As soon as it can come up 1 rom the barge we will have our
SWIFT’S PREMIUM HAMS m BACON
Stilppsd In Cold Storage, Without the Seal-Tight Wrappers
These Hams and Bacons, like the rest of our goods, ore tar su
perior to anything you could possibly get elsewhere. T lease try
us. We can assure you the utmost satisfaction.
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HYPHENATED AMERICANS
GIORY IN DEFEAT Of TEDDY
N" >V YOllk. .Time it', George Sylves
ter Yier.vk. c : i t. r ef tl.e pro Gc-iin an
weekly Fatherland, talked of the political
dutPicii today at grc it l mgih.
"! am ii : ; ot it," la meaning ihe
report t, .It (.'o.Vnel il . veil had be. n
iha'.. 1 f. r the n .minaticn by the Ger
man American propaganda
"The German Americans set on; to beat
Hoostwelt for the te■minalion, and I don't
mv t. ".v any me can blame them.
"Bat phao’ to undci.-taml we are not
a • ih-o-evrlt beeause he is not pro
Gern an. but beeause he is tml pro-Ameri
i an. b .i rything 1. an1 -ays prove.
that t.e is more pro li e.dish t'i at • nytl im;
li e. lie i- a food deal more in favor ni
the ; !i:t s than President Wil-mi e\er was
IV e would not have ,-o much objection to
llo -e. elt's attitude about the Lusitania
and Belgium if he felt the same way about
1 ng : nil’s illegal blockade. But he h is
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Out an order for
Kodaks and Supplies
In a few days, and
We shall be pleased
To include your order
And will deliver same
Here at Outside prices.
DO IT NOW
Send in or mail your
Kodak Finishing. Our
Work is Guaranteed.
Watches and Diamonds
At
STRICTLY OUTSIDE PRICES
j. L. SALE
BEST LIQUORS AND CIGARS
Three-Times-Move Bar
(Formerly the Stanley House)
JOHN BAGOY, PROP.
GOOD ROOMS CLEAN BEDS
_FLAT CITY
never .-aid or written a word against Png
land. It i> all against Germany.
“He li td a perfect right, if he felt I ke
it. to i r.ttest against the execution oi Mi."
C'avcII. bn! why didn’t he protest against
the elocution of the Irish martyrs in Pub
Hn But I in certain that (A I.mcl P • >
wit ne d not be reckoned with. It v. .'
imp(.".-ii)'e to nominate him in the face of
the < ii-i ' an American pr-ssuiY against him.
and if he she. 1 1 load a third ticket i'
would he a joke."
“Who will the Germ an-Americans sup
p. rt :" \ iereck was asked.
“I can safely say that they will vote for
Hughes." he replied. “Hughes will get the
s. !:d German American vote, provided lie
comes out on a pi t: form of true American -
i.-m. By that I mean that In* will ;Ici:e
Lin.xl:’ to hoU Hngland to the letter of
int.mammal law.
“It lie >hi’i:id fad in this I think the
vie ■ world :1.* dixide.l a< in noun: l times.
Vd-hon is gaining some popularity, and if
he hei!Id continue to bring pressure to
i)o:ir on ]■ i".rl 1 ud h ■ will be supported by
in my German Americ ans.”
II' i-man A. Metz, who was formerly city
Comptroller, was particularly elated.
“We needn't be afraid of Teddy now,”
lie said. “His bark m always worse than
Id- bite. If the (ieriflan-Americuim don’t
ball things up now. just wh.cn they have
won the tight. Hughes will be elected. We
are for Hughes, bv all means.”
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MISTER BUCKLEY IN TOWN
Mi,'!:t Buckhy of l'i a (’ity wu- :t visitor
in Iditared List Tuesday for :i few hours,
aiid renewed aequain*ance.-h:ip with many
< Id time friend-. This was Mister Buckley’
first \i-it to this city since he lft in the
spring of 1911 to 1 >cate in Fiat (’ity. which
: y.>es i , .-how that Mister Buckley knows
a good town when he sees if. and that he
■ doesn’t often cure to wander from hi- own
fin id M !' ley
j the North, and has played similar r< 1* - in
nearly all the boom camps of the country.
FAINTING WAS TOG REALISTIC
PAIJ.EY. Mich.. Ally 3. Tho i.ark
able genius of Joshua Tripe, the village si an
painter, may result in a suit for damages
being brought arain.-t the village.
Tripe a few days ago completed a mail
course in sign painting, and to show lii
- kill jointed a board fence on the side of
1 a barn standing along the main street. It
looker} so natural that several farmers have
skinned their knuckles trying to hitch their
• teams to it, and even birds have attempted
to light on it. slipping down the sides of
the barn to the ground and Hying away
in disgust.
The climax came, however, when Tripe’s
bulldog chased a stranger down the street.
! who, in trying to get away, attempted to
! jump the supposed fence and nearly knocker!
I his br ains out.
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VESSELS IN COLLISION
SAN FRANCISCO, July 21. Four ves
i sels sustained damages as the result of a
l collision in the bav during a heavy fog.
I Fresh Olympia and Eastern Oysters,
$1.50 per can. Iditarod Meat Co.
Just Received
A Full Line cf
DRUGS AND PATENT MEDICINES
Now Selling at Outside Prices
Euhach Citronei la
Scythes Pike Poles
Comforters Blankets
SMITH'S GUN STORE
iDSTAROD, ALASKA PHONE 6 SECOND AND WfLLOW
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
Mrs. Cyril Wood and children will leave
Seattle for Iditarod the latter part of the
month.
A1 11. Hall, the sheet-metal worker, ar
rived in town last Wednesday morning, tif
teen days from Whiu horse.
< Jeoi ge Mute hi *r ind "! lappji Jack”
Stephenson accompanied Henry Riley and
W W. Johnson to Candle creek on Tues
day last.
Charles Hanover, formerly connected
iwth the Red Cross drug store in this city,
is tilling the position of pharmacist at the
government railroad hospital at Nomina.
Denny Callahan of Flat creek, who has
been in town during the past fortnight, re
cuperating from a severe attack of rheum
ati.~m. returned home this week, much mi
proved in health.
Cyril Wood spent Friday in showing Max
Smith around the creek districts . Max will
leave soon f<>r the Out si lie an.! will return
later t»- Tanana to relieve Mr. Donald, the
\ C. agent there, who is due for a vaca
tion.
Walter W. Johnson, the successful peddler
of Union ('.instruction Company gold
ging machinery, arrived in the camp
last Saturday, and after a few hours’ rest
walked to Otter creek. Oil Tuesday m ril
ing, accompanied by Ilcnry Kiley, Mr.
Johnson started for Candle creek, where his
coinpanv i.- in.-tailing a dredge for Aitken
& Riley.
Harry Buiiro, one of the first slampeders
in the ’.ni.ik rmmlry, and a v.idely-knuwn
pro.-t fc*or of the Interior, arriv in Idit
arod I- t Saturday, and in company with
V. Y Kisiwr di-j.aneil Ur Marvel creek
w here tii*-v will ms form considerable de
vehasi1 ei . on ground invited b\ :
lies.-, l-’i.-her eombina.iion. Marry paid a
visit to his native country iRu .-in' a few
years ago. and it is stated that when hi
left there he east :i > lingering, ljHgin.: look
behind.
Davie Dunbar, he who represents the
National (iroerry (' a mj thr tig!
bi.cal, while ,mi -i tit Northland, arrivi t
in t! good 11 vn of Idit a rod last Sat
ltr.'lay, and imti • iiateiy "got busy with tin
11 - .1, '* t a • i; . v say in \ ■ I:n and otiwr
fashion i liters . ,f Wa hi m; n -a an . At
touring the ml mas-ac-rii lull
(junta of tl • lpo-j'.iito crop. Mr. Durbar
•tided m.vay last Wednesday, supremely
happy in ;'••• j irail-ge of enjoying a vi it
in such a favored I icality.
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MOKiaY for INTERIOR ROADS
"FI -I S'. : no !. -a', ■ lijn nntcn i lit n
the Al.sk:; r ad commission. ha- received a
wire fri l l (’ 1 uni \V. R. Richer.!son v' a h
states that I lie hoard of rot. 1 e '.mm: -a
has allotted S200.UPO out of the rv n; i,
propriation f-r work in the trad- of In
t. ri- r Ala.-ka," -ays th" Fa'.rhank- o.
‘■Of this sum, t;ppp xi n : k Slo.O'dO wi 1
he spent mi the -Ixty-evi n ml'- of tr.l
fiiti: Fairbanks to KVharn n. Tic trail
fi i, Rail y to R. ng City will also be < m
I lap 1 and Repair.- ma le Tv. . tlmu- i. 1
dollars i< to he ei.t on tin- trad iietw.ii
1 id.- and T. nana 0n< th .1
lais will h.- spoilt on the roads in : e- l.am
part di-lrict. A: Ragle there will all ex
: endituiv of 51.500, an ! 5M.0U0 at C'lr i
'1 lie Idit -I .: i ads will - : 82, ... ;
55,0.10 will he .-pent on new to..- it: •
Kantishna eountiy. From iainme to i. 1
tag 511.000 will I..- -pent by the governin' lit.
and although no allotment he. yet ■'■■at.
made, 1; i- end -r-t wd t’ tie' i a 1 o
mi. .-ion V. ill Use \ eta i thou- ami dt I :ir- ••!
the new apnropriati n in rep: irs ot, e a h
of the Olnes Brooks and the Tatiana Kny
ukuk trails.”
1 will he ra ted tha1 the amount mon
te ned as being .-et a-id.e for Idiiarod reads
is 52.000. In a telegram lately received by
Commissioner Geraghty from the road com
mission it was stated th: ! 21,900 had been
i appropriated for this district ; while a check
j already received by Mr. Geraghty to cover
the cost of road work culls for the sum of
S1.S00. No explanation accompanied the
■ check.
Ii i.- interesting to note the insignificant
! sum set aside for roads in the Iuitarod dis
j trict in comparison with district- in and
i around the Fairbanks district. Iditarod re
| reives a third F -s than Rircl" and l"~s than
half its much as the K: utishna. The sum
of 545,000 which is to be spent on the Fair
banks-Richardscm trail and the amount to
be expended between Ruby and Bong, the
figures for which are not given here, make
that $1,800 look like thirty cents.
A DELICIOUS SOUND
The Rev. Sol Broils was preaching what
i he considered his best serin no. but for some
| unaccountable reason it failed to arouse suf
| ticient interest.
lie decided to try his audience on an
' other theme. “Brcthern,'’ he shouted, “in
i dat Glory Land dar ain’t gwine ter be no
! mo’ scuffling fer de good things to eat!
j Everything gwine ter be fotch to vo
j sassage, spareribs, chittlins, ’possum! Think
j uv dat!”
I Old Uncle Bill Franklin, who had been
: sound asleep, woke up at this point and
veiled out fervidly, “Parson, say deni greasy
wuhds ag’in!’’ Everybody’s.
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The Susie, with five barges, left Kotlik
for up-river points on July 18.
The Schwatka, for St. Michael, was re
| ported at Melozi at 9:10 a. m. July 21.
The Julia B. is at St. Michael.
The Yukon left Gibbon for Dawson at
j 9 a. m. July 20.
NEWSY ITEMS OF INTEREST
FROM THE GREAT VALLEY
OF THE KUSKOKWIM RIVER
BETHEL, July 3. The river steamer
Tana and barge Delta, t’apfain Langley in
command, arrived at Bethel from the \u
kon on June 11. Ice was encountered at
the mouth of the Yukon, but barring one
.small puncture near I In* water hue by ice.
no mishap of any kind occurred, and the
trip :T'-und was made in record time.
The Tana B now lying at Bethel, await
ing the arrival of the new ocean vessel,
the “jvu.-kokwim River."
At the break up <>f the ice the gas boat
Bender Brothers was shoved up on tin
beach at BeiiicI. It will be remembered
tha! the Bender Brothers was left at Bethel
last fall, j art of her crew and the captain
going Outside by the fditarod trail. 1 h *
Tana was given the contract to launch her.
With her powerful engines and wheel sir*
washed away the mud, and at the next
high tide wiggled her off. The Bender
Brothers left down river on June 30, in tow
of the tug Ruby.
The git.- schooner ltuby arrived at Bethel
from Seattle on June 12 with a full cargo
consisting principally of crude • il for the
new dredge being installed on Candle creek,
and general merjpandise for the Kusko
kwim Coi&inereicl Company. She carried
no mail. She w:ll make a second trip be
fore the freeze tip, with another cargo of
crude oil for the dredge.
Going out the Ruby carried as passengers
Mrs. Kricson, who came down from To
l ill, and Mr. Newman, also from up
ri ver.
T1 e nor. .:rri. ; 1 of the new boat Kusko
kwim R:\ar up to July 3 is ;lie chum* of
great disappointment to shipper.- and oth
ers. She is carrying a large consignment
of mail for the Kuskokwim \ alley, il -r
P largely
chiis-ry to" Candle creek and general nor
chandi.-e f -r the Northern Commercial Com
pany’.* pc.1: i at McGrath.
The riwr st-mmer Quickstep has mat’.- ir*r
fir-t up-river trip with a full 1 ad of gen
eral merchandise and crude nil. She also
carried the- machinery for the wireless plant
which is to be installed on the upper river.
Mr-. John II Kilbuck. wife of th. gov
ernment teacher at Akiak. has been ill for
th** past two month-, and is being taken
Outside fur surgical treatment.
Mr. a? 1 Mrs. John !• elder arrivi d from
;l:«' i);. on t! Ruby. Mr. Id 1 ler \va>
the Kuskokwim (
iie-rcia! C nip any at I>.*« ht 1. but has cn
gag* d in bu-im-.-s h r him-elf, and r* ike
new po; t master h r Bethel.
There has been a great deal of skimm-w
m Bethel rids -{.ring, 1 •; lievc*»l to have b n
cau.-cd bv impur*. drinking wafer.
REGULATIONS FOR LEASING
OF ALASKA COAL LANDS
There i.-.- just l.r . a received at this
fiii a c y of the "Regulations Govern
ing t ’ ,.l I I.t'i in tie' Territory *.f
Alas! a." under which 2".370 acre.- of tic1
i a! 1' ’n!< cf the Bering river 1: Id and 53.
'.;11 - re- of the coal 1- 'id- of tin Me.
I via I II m Ala-ka may lie I : - d for
c-'Mittfrci: I mining. Applicate n- lor 1 a-c
of the e lands were to b' rec ivi I at t..c
L'.'m-r::! l:,iid inhce at Washington until : .
end of dune.
The law of October 20. 1015. und r which
tla h ;;-a- are to b gran;-" 'Tovides that
they may b awt t ie i by th • seer tary of
the interior 'through advertisement, i.'iun
... bi Idiiiet, if such other tm hod as
hs* may by gener d regulations provi'te. It
. decided that each ippli illou received
shell . .. rdvertised fur thirty days follow
ii.g duly 1. by number, and no! h> the
applicant’s name, and by description, with
. tiie staiena nt that the I ise is to be
awarded .-object to better bids t -a tic- par
ticular tract advertised.
A considerable part of each of the two
districts i- re-erved by the government for
1 its own use. The regulations contain maps
and complete descriptions of each unit of
fered for lease.
Areas of leasing units vary in size from
220 to 1,200 acres in the Matamiska region,
.ml from 200 to 1 2SO acres in tin’ Bering
THE HOME OF HART, SCHAFFNER & MARX
river section, which begins about thirty
niiiis from the Copper lliver & Northwest
ern railroad. The Matanusk;'. folds are
1 than LOO miles from Seward, and the •
government's railroad is now under eon
I ruction to that point. Coal from Mata
i : a i n be brought to tidewater at the
, •• n of Anchorage, about seventy miles
. ly. There are nineteen leasing units
ii. a l in the Mat nnu.-ka and >ixty leading
unit- in th ■ Bering river districts. Both
rations eoiitain high grade bituminous and
anthracite ei :.l.
Leases will . i pe 1 01
fifty years. The government exacts a roy
alty of li cent' a ton the first live year
:«•»*! .') cents a Urn for the succeeding twenty
v:1. r-. After this p< rmd of twenty-live- year
it is provided th:0 the royalty *•: all not
exceed •"> :-er c• i*t of the . ciii.-iK pi !--'" of
the coal. The royalty exacted i> e mm
er-d small, hut reasonable in view ol a'l
the condii: a'*-, end was admittedly made
1:..v f r th 1 purpo-a of cm -‘uragsng lea.-mg.
and also the development of 1-m al markets.
The opening of tlovi te-ld.-. tl:e department
belies will coal for
minimi. manufacturing and other purpose
not only in the territory. but ah.ng the
La- Jfie coa.-t gem rally. T is expected that
ii will : 1-0 l rov- a d'S'ided | IIC t e.tive ai.s'tlg
prospectors.
rn ' • : • re pi<
M — m| - f..r J- a-'e.- without del m Trefaren ••
j p . »rj rai!. it is said, to ‘dm.-- *aho will
make tin* large.-t inve.-t men! • and the earli
i .« development of the coal IK Ids for com
mercial purpose-.
The form of lease is sin Jar in large part
i > the private loa.-es obtaining in the West
■ i ■ ■ -
ups ;> by a b ard of practical coal oper
ators, who have approved ii as a wank
1 aide lease.
FLAT POSTGFFICE
ITitU further notice., mail will leave Hat
1 past nPice every Thursday at 8 a. ill.
'Price every Wednesday at 8 a. m.
MK: . CKITTICK. Postmaster,
YUKON GOLD CO.’S DREDGE
making rapid progress
The big dredge of the X u;:: 1 fe I I <
pany, on Mat creek, is making rt: : •
re.-s toward the month of the stre,: .,. b-it
now onlv about a a d- front the tm.vn
Mat. The mess house recently v ■
and now is located about half a mil fr
town, which wnl tic its permanent l a at:
m all prolirIiiiity. The ground thr ■
which tlie dredge, has been working i
cently i- very narra v but as it mar- tm
mouth of the creek and the town oi I k
it widei ' mt' considerably, and jf -trr it
be much .-lower.
AT THE REGINA
F. Penman, Mis- I.. Perrv. Mr !
Taylor. XV. XV. -h.ho--n. XV. ( M '
strum, 1 i M n. M H.
Arbnckle F. ul iteii -r Mi-.- Iren II ■
■to, k Mutchler, F. I . Ri! y T •. n Ksl ( k
Tivilt West Miss M 1 humps !1 k. *
bar, Charles John Teddy Mih a Lon IF
zimi, X. X'otter. Hairy Huirras. .Li
Beaton.
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COMPLETE — FRESH — SEASONABLE APPET!Z!NG
FOR
good potatoes and csgars
CALL UP
We Still Have Some to Wholesale
Ball Band Rubber Boots and Phcs
Ball Band Rubber Boots and Pass
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SOME MORE OF OUR CUTS
All Canned Vegetables, per can, 25c; per
case $4.00 to $ a.00
Pif.lsbury Flour, per gunny. . 8.25
Fresh Eggs, 2 doz. $1.25; per case. 14.50
Kiel Cheese, per lb .. . -29
Fresh Apples, per box... 3.00
Rye Flour, 100s, per gunny. . 5.00
Rice, Flag, 2-50s, per gunny. 9.75
There is also a blow-up in Gasoline and Coal Oil. Nov/ is the time to contract for your
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RING US UP ANY SERVICE WE CAN DO YOU RING US UP
Just Received a Shipment of Fresh Draught Beer
GEORGE MARSH BUBWEISER IDITAROD FLAT CITY THE BRANCH A. D. CURRIE