Miners & Merchants Bank
IDITAROD, ALASKA *
Capital, $50,000.00
General Banking Business Transacted Gold Oust Bought and Assayed
Drafts Issued on Any Part of the World
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TERRITORIAL DEPOSITARY
OFFICERS:
CHARLES ROSS, President
JOHN HOLMES, Vice President
R. C. BUTTON, Cashier
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Best of Everything
ALL THE TIME AT THE
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FLAT' CITY
Open Dav end Night
PI AfADHC biff and Final!, printed on
* paper, cardboard or cloth,
on short notice, at hhtarod Pioneer office.
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Best Brands ot Cigars
BUDWEiSER BEER
Family Orders Promptly Filled
WAS FRIEND OF ALASKA
The following tribute to the late Will H.
Parry waa adopted by the Alaska Bureau
j of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce on
May 29 last:
“The Alaska Bureau of the Seattle Cham
ber of Commerce and Commercial Club, in
the death of Will H. P.rr.v, late member of
the federal trade commission, and a valued
co-worker in this organization, has sus
tained a loss which it deeply feels.
“He was a steadfast and ever-helpful
friend of Alaska, recognizing its present
greatness and possessing an implicit faith
in its greater future. The railway develop
ment now under way in the territory owes
1 its inception largely to educational work at
Washington conducted by this bureau, in
which he was a moving spirit and to which
he lent a most powerful hand. Ill this un
dertaking, as in all public efforts, he gave
his assistance generously, whole-heartedly
and self-sacrificingly.
“As a mark of appreciation of his service
and in expression of its keen sense of loss
and poignant personal sorrow, it is ordered
that this minute be spread upon the per
manent records of the Alaska Bureau and
a cony thereof sent to the press of Alaska.”
—♦
PERFECTLY LEGITIMATE
“The musician you see over there has
made a fortune out of hush money.”
“A blackmailer, hey?”
“No; he composes lullabies.”--Baltimore
American.
Flat City Bakery
AMD COFFEE HOUSE
Front St., Opp. Flat City Hotel
Our Coffee Is Unsurpassed
Our Bakery Products Always Fresh and
Wholesome
Pies, Cakes, Bread, etc.
KEENAN & MICHELS, Props.
Gig Stocks of Fresh Goods
Everything for the Miner and
Prospector
MAX SIMEL TRADER
Stores at Cripple City and Mouth of Tolstoi
Front Street, Flat City Formerly the Bagoy Premises
Flat City Hotel BeJsfromB^5»c
Mrs. J. E. Qynnlna, Prop.Special Rates l>v the Week ami Month
Open at All Hours lhe Old Reliable Place
Discovery Cafe
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Tho a°“ ^
8 110 H ^19 wi Mrs. Geo. Mutchler, Prop.
Nicely furnished Rooms Barn for Horses and Dogs Baths in Connection
THE BEST OF EVERYTHING ALL THE TIME_
MERCHANTS' CAFE
GOOD MEALS
SHORT ORDERS •Mmmmmmmsm.
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- Prop.
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REGISTRATION FOR MILITARY DUTY
NOW IN PR06RESS IN TERRITORY
In a proclamation issued by the President of the United States under date of June 30,
1917, transmitted from the governor’s office at Juneau on July 5, and mailed from Nu
lato to the mayor of Iditarod and the commissioner of Otter precinct and received in last
Saturday’s mail, the date for registration in Alaska under the compulsory military service
act was set for the period “between 7 a. m. on the 2d day of July next to 9 p. nr. on the
2d day of September.”
Immediately on receipt of the proclamation, which was accompanied by the necessary
blanks and instructions for carrying it into effect, steps were taken to inaugurate
the registration. Under the instructions issued the mayor, city clerk and health officer
are constituted the registration board in incorporated cities, and are empowered to appoint
a registrar. The United States commissioner is authorized to appoint registrars for the
different voting precincts outside of the incorporated cities. Major G. W. Albrecht was
appointed registrar for Iditarod, and took the oath of office on Tuesday hist and immedi
ately entered upon his duties.
The registrar for Flat is C. R. Peck; for Discovery, Otter, J. G. Rivers, and for Dike
man, J. H. Scott. Registration will probably commence at these points as soon as the
men named have qualified.
According to the terms of the law and the proclamation of the President, all male
residents between the ages mentioned must register. The exceptions are those connected
with the army, navy and militia. The matter of exemptions does not enter into the
registration question, and is to be dealt with later. Whether a citizen or not, all must
register. The proclamation of the President and the instructions from the governor’s
ffice are printed below for the information of all, even though the procedure is now well
understood:
Presidents Proclamation
“Juneau, Alaska, July 5, 1917.
“The President has issued the following
proclamation covering military registration
in Alaska:
“ 'By the President of the United States of
America—A Proclamation:
“ ‘Whereas, On the 1 Sth day of May, A.
D. 1917, the President of the United States
did issue a proclamation calling upon all
persons subject to registration for military
purposes to register as provided by the act
of congress of May 18, 1917, entitled “An
act to authorize the President to increase
temporarily the military establishment of
the United States''; and
“ ‘Whereas, In such proclamation it was
provided, among other things, that “in the
territories of Alaska, Hawaii and Porto Rico
a day for registration will be named in a
later proclamation”:
“ ‘Now, therefore. I. Woodrow Wilson,
President of the United States, for the pur
pose of fixing the date for registration in
the territory of Alaska, do hereby set, fix
and establish the period between 7 a. m. en
the 2d day of July next to 9 p. m. on the
2d day of September (Sundays and legal
holidays excepted), 1917, as the period of
registration. And I do hereby direct that
during such period all male persons subject
to registration for military purposes, the |
same being “those who shall have attained
their 21st birthday and who shall not have
attained their 31st birthday” on or before
the day here named, are required to register,
excepting only officers and enlisted men of
the regular army, the regular army reserve,
the officers’ reserve corps, the enlisted re
serve corps, the national guard and national
guard reserve recognized by the militia bu
reau of the war department, the navy, the
marine corps, the coast guard and the naval
militia, naval reserve and national naval
volunteers recognized by the naval depart
ment,” do present themselves for the pur
pose of registration for military purposes
at such places and to be registered by the
governor of the territory of Alaska.
“ ‘In witness whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and caused the seal of the United
States to be affixed.
“ ‘Done at the city of Washington this
30th day of June, 191/7 and of the inde
pendence of the United States the 141st.
“‘WOODROW WILSON.
“ ‘By the President:
“ ‘ROBERT LANSING,
“ ‘Secretary of State.’
j “Mayors are instructed to have sufficient
copies of proclamation typewritten for post
ing and for newspapers in their respective
towns, and clerks of courts are directed to
have copies typewritten or printed for sup
plying all precincts for posting purposes.
All registration officers should be instructed
that Indians, Aleuts and Eskimos are not
to be registered.
“DAVIDSON, Acting Governor.
“To the Mayor of Iditarod, Alaska.”
Instructions for Registration
Under date of May 28, 1917, the following
instructions to United States marshals,
clerks of the district courts and assistant
health conmiissoners of the several judicial
divisions of the territory of Alaska were
issued from the governor’s office at Juneau:
“Under the authority of the act of con
gress of May 18, 1917, and in compliance
with a proclamation which will be issued
by the President of the United States, the
United States marshal, the clerk of the
court and the assistant health commissioner
in each of the several judicial divisions of
the territory of Alaska will be constituted
a board of registration supervisors for the
taking of registration under the selective
draft or conscription law.
“In judicial divisions where, by reason of
absence or for other reasons, the assistant
health commissioner cannot act upon the I
board, the United States marshal and the i
clerk of the court are directed to recom- |
mend to this office the name of some rep
utable physician to act upon saul board ot
supervisors.
“While only general instructions have
been received by this office from the pro
vost marshal general, it is expected that
complete instructions and the necessary
blanks, etc., for registration purposes will
arrive at an early date, and this letter is
being forwarded to you in order that you
may take such initial steps as may be nec
essary to carry out the intents and purposes
of the selective draft or conscription law'.
The date upon which the registration of all
persons eligible under this law, namely,
those between the ages of 21 and 30, both
inclusive, will take place, will be fixed by
the proclamation of the President, due no
tice of which will be given through this of
fice.
“It will be the duty of the board of regis
tration supervisors to name one or more
registration officers for each precinct in the
respective judicial divisions, and to arrange
for registration offices. It is believed that
one registration office in each of the several
voting precincts of each judicial division
will be sufficient to effect the registration.
“It is desired that volunteer services on
the part of registrars be utilized to the full
est extent, as it is desirable that registration
in the territory of Alaska should be effected
at a minimum of expense to the federal gov
ernment. However, when voluntary service i
cannot be had, payment for such services
will be made by the federal government.
You will report to this office the name and
postoffice address of every person who ren
ders gratuitous service, in order that such
service may he reported to the federal au
thorities and due acknowledgment of a
grateful republic be made to these persons.
It is expected that the medical member of
the board will be required by the war de
partment to make the physical examination
of the young men brought into service, and
that the regular lee paid for this profes
sional work will be accepted by him in full j
compensation for services rendered as a
member of the board.
“Subsequent letters of instructions will ;
treat with the matter of vouchers necessary j
to be taken to obtain reimbursement for j
services or expenditures. All members of
the boards of supervisors are requested to
write this office freely for advice where any
uncertainty exists. However, it is expected
that a careful reading of the instructions
to be furnished you by the war department
and this office will advise you on nearly all
questions that may arise.
“Get as much publicity as you can as to
the age limits, as well as the compulsory
feature of the registration. Ail citizen# who
have passed their 21st birthday and have
not yet attained their 31st birthday are re
quired to register on a date to be hereafter J
named by the President, at the registration
office of the precinct in w'hich are located
their permanent homes. A willful neglect
or refusal of any person who has reached
the age of 21 years but who is under 31
years of age, to register on the date of regis
tration is a crime punishable by imprison
ment for one year, without the alternative
of a fine, and all ‘slackers’ will be duly prose
cuted. Persons sick or unavoidably away
from home may register by mail by obtain
ing in advance a card, filling the same out
properly and mailing it to the board of
supervisors of their home town or judicial
division, so as to reach the board in due
course.
“You are advised that the mayor, the
city clerk and the health officer or city
physician of the incorporated towns of
Alaska will be constituted a board of regis
tration for the several cities, and that in
each judicial division you, as a board of
registration, will have registration j'.iri-die
tion over all precincts outside of incorpor
ated towns.
“It is realized that, because of ike infre
quent mail service, some time must elapse
before returns from the remote precincts
are received. You are, therefore, en
joined to use all possible diligence in effect
ing a full and complete registration.”
I. W. W. IS REPUDIATED
BY UNION MEN OF SEATTLE
At a meeting of the Seattle Central La
bor Council, composed of representatives of
the various labor unions of that city, held
on May 16 last, relations with the Indus
trial Workers of the World were severed
when a resolution was adopted prohibiting
a member of a local union affiliated with
the American Federation of Labor from
being a member of the I. W. W.
The resolution further stated that the
council would refuse credentias to repre
sentatives of the I. W. W. who wished to
visit local unions for the purpose of solicit
ing moral or financial assistance for their
propaganda. The following warning also
was incorporated in the resolutions:
“That this council call upon all those yet
unorganized to beware of organizations that
hold out high-sounding but empty promises,
tearing down rather than building up, but
urge them to affiliate with the American
Federation of Labor, which is recognized
the world over as the organization represent
ing the workers of America.”
In moving the adoption of the resolution
the president of the Lumber Workers’ Union
declared that the I. W. W. bad caueed more
trouble for union labor than any other or
ganization in existence, and that instead of
helping to better conditions for the laboring
classes the I. W. W., by their radical meth
ods, had succeeded in erecting an insur
mountable wall of prejudice between capital
and labor so far as members of that or
ganization were concerned.
KAISER “GOES UP IN THE AIR”
A telegram from Berlin on June 15 said
that the kaiser had addressed the following
measage to one of the Greek diplomatic rep
resentatives abroad for transmission to for
mer Iving Constantine:
"I have heard with wrath of the infamous
outrage committed by our common enemy
upon your dynasty, j assure you that your
deprivation can be only temporary. The
mailed fist of Germany, with further aid
from Amighty God, will restore you to your
throne, of which no man by right can rob
you. The armies of Germany and Ger
many’s allies will wreak vengeance on those
who have dared so insolently to lay their
criminal hands on you. We hope to wel
come you in Germany at the earliest op
nortunitv. A thousand cordial greetings
frojn 'TOUR WILLIAM.”
HAS “INSIDE INFORMATION”
OF MARVELOUS GOLD STRIKE
Jack Solmes, the traveling salesman of
a big Chicago liquor house, who was in
Iditarod shortly after the opening of navi
gation, on his annual visit to this city, is
burdened with a big secret, but he has
been considerate enough to let the public
have an inkling of it, so that they may be
properly prepared when the momentous in
formation is released in full. It is more
than likely that there will be a big business
in Fairbanks in supplying miners’ outfits
as a consequence of this "leak.”
In an article headed "Big Stampede Is
Coming Up, Says Solmes—Traveling Man
Gets Some Inside Information of Big Stam
pede That Is Coming Within Year," the
F'airbanks News-Miner of June 15 has the
following:
"Arriving last evening on his annual trip
through the Interior, Jack Solmes, the rept
resentative of Grommes & Ullrich, who has
been at Iditarod and other lower river
points, brings the encouraging news that
there is likely to be the greatest stampede ,
within a year that has taken place since the
days of the Klondike.
“He does not state just where it is to be,
but says it will not be as far down the
river as Marshall City, and that it will not
be far from the Yukon river.
“This prediction is made on information
received by him while down the river.
“Iditarod is very quiet, he reports, but
Flat is looking good and fairly lively. Other
towns along the lower river are moving
ahead about as usual, with little excite
ment.”
"Paw, what’s an infernal machine?”
"A graphophone playing Hawaiian ’music,’
my son.”
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FOR SALE—Three pool tables, in good I
condition, complete with all necessary 1
equipment. Inquire at postoffice, Flat. [
Iditarod-Flat
TRAM
Summer Schedule, Beginning July 2 !
Leave F’lat 7 :30 a. mlv. Iditarod 7 ;30 a. m. I
10:00 a. m. 10 :00 a. m. j
1 :30 p. m. 1:30 p. m.
4 :00 p. m. 4 :00 p. m. 1
Passengers must be on time at the Terminals
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE
—
To \V. F. Taylor and F. X. Colombe, tlieir
heirs and assigns:
You and each of you are hereby notified
that the undersigned has expended in labor
and improvements the sum of one hundred
dollars ($100.00) for each of the years
19 13, 1V14, 1915 and 1916, upon placer
mining claim known as and called No. 2
Potosie gulch, a tributary of Gane creek;
and the further sum of one hundred dol
lars ($100.00) for each of the years 1915
and 1916 upon each or the following named
placer mining claims, to wit: French Hill
Bench, fraction between French Hill Bench
and No. 4 above discovery. Midnight Frac
tion, and a fraction between No. 3 above
discovery and No. 1 F’otosie gulch, all upon
Gane creek, a tributary or Innoko river,
Innoko mining district, Alaska.
You arc further notified that If at the
expiration of ninety (90) days arter the
date of the last publication or this notice
you fall or refuse to contribute your pro
portion of such expenditure, your interest
In each of said claims will become the
property of the undersigned, your co
owner, under Section 2324 of the Revised
Statutes of the United States, and amend
ments thereto.
C. K. Ol.SON, Co-owner.
Date of first publication, May 5, ini 7.
Date of last publication. Aug. 4, 1917.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE
To Henry Kleimola, your heirs and assigns:
You and each or you are hereby notified
that the undersigned has expended in labor
and Improvements the sum of one hundred
dollars ($100.00) for each or the years
1914, 1915 and 1916, upon plac-r mining
claim Last Chance Association, situated on
Dodge creek, a tributary of Innoko river,
in the Innoko mining and recording dis
trict, territory or Alaska, locacon notice
therefor being of record in Vol. 9, at page
4 46, of the records of location for said
mining district.
You are further notified that If at the
expiration of ninety (90) day- after the
last publication of this notice oil fail or
refuse to contribute your pr 'portion of
such expenditure, your liitere.-t in said
claim will become the property of the un
dersigned, your co-owner, under Section
239! or the Revised Statutes o: the United
Stages. MATT KiVI, C '-owner.
Date of first publication, April 28. 19 17.
Date of last publication, July 28, 19 17.
Aiias Summons for Pub'ication
In the District Court Tor the Territory of
Alaska, Fourth Division.—Matilda M.
Moses, plaintiff, vs. Otto Moses, de
fendant.—-Mo. 269-1.
The President or the United States or
America, greeting, to the above-named
defendant, otto Moses:
Summons having been duly issued out of
the above court in the above-entitled ac
tion, and placed in the hands f the United
States marshal for the Fourth judicial divi
sion of Alaska, for service up -n you, and
said marshal having made due return
thereon that after due and diligent search
he is unable to llnd you, t;m said otto
Moses, within the district, am: the plaintiff
having presented to the rou t and tiled
herein her affidavit, showing ihat you do
not reside within the district, hut that you
are now residing at Seattle, in the state
of Washington, and that she lias a good
cause of action against you; that the said
action Is brought for the pm pose of dis
solving the bonds of matrimony now exist
ing between her, the said plaintiff, and you,
the said defendant, upon the grounds of
desertion; and the court having considered
the matter, did, on the 6th lay of July.
A. D. 1917, make an order directing the
publication of tile summons in this action
fur a period of six consocu v weeks in
The Iditarod Pioneer, a newsj aper ol gen
eral circulation printed and mibhshed x
within said district of Ala ku and ihe
Fourth division thereof:
Mow, therefore, you, the said Otto MoStS,
defendant above named, am hereby re
quired to appear in the disme t court for
tin* territory of Alaska, Fe .mil division,
within thirty days after (lie m mpietion of
the said publication of sun i uis, to wit.
within thirty days after tim isth day of
August, 1917, exclusive of aid day, and
answer the complaint of the plaintiff, a
copy of which is on file in tv oflb'e of Ihe
clerk or the above-entitled m ft. And un
less you so appear and ans.x v the plaintiff
will apply to the court .'or Judgment
against von as prayed for in he complaint,
to wit: That the bonds of matrimony ex
isting between von and the -ai l plaintiff be
annulled and dissolved, ami for such other
and further relief as to sad court inay
seem Just and proper in sai I action.^
Witness the Honorable CH.VKI.KS K.
Bunnell, judge of the said 'ourt, this Cih
day or July. A. U. 1917.
(Sea!1 j. Ci.Xok.
Clerk of the abave i.o'i't.
NOTICE OF SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY TO PAY FREIGHT AND
STORAGE CHARGES
Notice ts hereby given that, the Northern Navigation Company was on t.t' dates herein
,rter mentioned a’co*uno» carrier, engaged in the transportation or fre slit by “
Ones atm in connection with other common carriers from Seattle. Ware., to ,
Alaska. ami ldltarod, Alaska, and heretofore transported iront various p»mUs to Likeina ,.
..•■ska, and ldltarod, Alaska, and now holds, and for more than thiet nr.nths pti l
held in ns possession at Dlkeman, Alaska, and ldltarod, Alaska, certain f;
sonal property, as hereinafter particularly described, by reason of the failure or tn„
o-nsignt t s thercor to pay the just and reasonable charges for transport *>g raid rr_igh
hv the steamships or Northern Navigation Company to Dlkeman, A'aska, and Iditar d.
Alaska; that the certain rreight and personal property as hereinafter partii larlj de
scribed consists In a list of freight on which the freight charges are dm
well as storage charges; that the said Northern Navigation Company will, on he 1st day
of October 1017, at the hour of 2 o’clock p. m., otter for sale and sell a publit auction
at Its (.nice In the town of ldltarod aforesaid, all or sufficient of said pi l |'IJija PIf)P< rji’
as shown as being on hand at ldltarod as hereinafter partlruiarly dost rib- '• 1 Vw-VEEn .A
pav the freight and storage charges now due thereon, and which art a Ion thereon, to
getlior with the costs or keeping and selling the same; that the consignees <,r said per
sonal property and rreight have railed, neglected and reDtsed to pay the said J,t=t and
reasonable freight and storage or storage charges thereon, and this sail is had for tht
purpose of satisrving said carrier's hen thereon for freight and storage < targes, that tfc
storage charges on heavy and cold storage articles are two dollars and nr’y cents per ton
per ninnth• that the year when said freight and personal property was received, the name
or the consignor, the name or the consignee, and the markings on said packages, the de
scription of the goods to be sold, and the amount of freight charges theieon are as fol
lows, to wit: ____
Date
Hiv'd
1911
19 11
Consignor
Clias. Steingard
Cowman & Hanford
Cons! g-nee—Marks
ft try. Toni Kopriviec
ft try. I.. Maryinmit
Description
1 Cs. Smok. ToDitcco
n Cs. Stationery
r i uifMiv
and
Storage
.« 2 3. S 1
106.30
Tills notice or non ami sale is given aim unu miun »»». • . .:
707 of the Compiled Laws of Alaska. The terms or said sale are rash on acceptance or
Did by auctioneer. Only sufficient or each consignment above described will be sold to
nav the freight and storage charges and costs of sale, save and except that no package
Will be broken in order to sell the same. This notice is given by publication in rne
Iditarod Pioneer, a newspaper published In the town of Iditarod, Alaska, and the date of
the first publication thereof is the 21st day of July, 1017.
NORTHERN NAVIGATION COMPANY.
By CYRIL P. WOOD. Agent.
^ D A ill n DAD 8-YEAR-OLD GIB30N RYE
GRAND BAR JUANDEFUCAdn
FLAT CITY MARC ANTONY CIGARS
HURST CIGAR
PIPES AND TOBACCOS
Full Line of Wellington Pipes, Wholesale
We*tover—Wholesale Nica, Fresh Chocolates, Nuts, Candies and Fruit*
POOL BARBER SHOP
J. A. NELSON, Prop.
NICELY FURNI8HED ROOMS BY DAY OH WEEK
Warm, Clean Well Ventilated
OPEN DAY AND NIGHT
TUP PDflQDV Massage and
I2E bnUODI Bath Pariors
MEDICATED, MINERAL VAPOR, STEAM, ra |_
TUB, SALT AND FRESH WA.TER DcLUllS
Caribou St., Bet. Black and Willow Sts., on Waterfront
Electric and Faradic Massage Treatments by Expert Attendants
Lighted by Gas Bee ed by Steaoa