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IDITAROD, ALASKA
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ALIAS SUMMONS, FOR PUBLI
CATION—No. 162
In the Commissioner's Court Tor otter Pre
cinct. Fourth Division. Territory or
Alaska; before Hon. Guy 0. Geraghty,
Commissioner and ex olflrio Justice of
the Peace.
Clark Lumber Company, a Corporation,
Plaintiff, vs. William W. Achesoti, De
fendant.
The President of the I'nited States, to
William W. Acheson, the above-named
defendant:
You are hereby summoned to appear be
fore tile undersigned, commissioner and ex
officio justice of the peace Tor Utter pre
cinct, Fourth division, territory of Alaska,
on the ! 1th day of October, 1916, at the
hour of 3 o’clock in the afternoon, at the
office of said commissioner in the town
of iditarod. in said precinct, and answer
tlte complaint of the plaintiff, founded upon
an open account and an assigned open ac
count. both for goods sold and delivered.
And In case of your failure to appear and
answer the plaintiffs complaint at the time
and place aforesaid, judgment will be en
tered against you Tor tbe sum of forty
three dollars <-543 i, with interest thereon
at the rate or eight per cent per annum
from the 26th day of March, 1013, and for
the further sum of forty dollars and
seventy-five rents ($40.75), with interest
thereon at the rate of eight per cent per
annum from the 22d day of July, 1913;
end the costs and disbursements of this
action.
Pursuant to an order of the above en
titled court, this day made and entered,
this alias summons is served upon you by
publication in The Iditarod Pioneer, a news
paper published In the town of Iditarod, in
said inter precinct, once a week for six
weeks, the first publication thereof being on
the 26th day of August, 1916, and the last
publication thereof being on the 7th day or
October, 1916, after which last-named date
of publication service upon you will be
completed.
Given under my hand this, the 23d day of
August, 1916.
(Seal) G. G. GERAGHTY,
Commissioner and ex officio Justice of the
I'.- o r.___
FORFEITURE NOTICE
To Andrew Humo, Jacob Olsen, f.has. Holky.
j. A. Lltterel, Arthur Valentine. Win.
Butler, fhas. Nelson, If II. Stafford,
Ed Keogh, K. Albright and Geo. Al
bright. their heirs, administrators and
assigns:
You and each « r you are hereby notified
that the undersigned and their assignors
have expended for labor and improvements
during each of the years 1912. 19 13. 1914
and 19 15 the >nm of one hundred dollars
{*100.(Mi upon Discovery association min
ing claim, situated on Slate creek at the
time of the recording - f the location notice
or the claim known a< H nry creek', a trib
utary of otter creek, in otter recording
precinct, territory of Alaska, in order t<>
hold 'aid claim under the provisions of
law respecting the performance of annual
labor on mining claims.
And if within ninety days after the pub- !
llcation <*f this notice you or either of you
fall or refuse to pay your portion of such
expenditure, your interest in said claim
will become the property of the under
signed co-owners, according to the provi
sions of Sec. 232 4, Revised Statutes of the
United States.
J. E. RILEY.
r. s. mcmilla.v.
LOTTIE, R. MARSTON.
First publication, September 9, 1910.
Last publication, December 9, 1910.
MRS. LETNES REMEMBERED
On Sunday last the Limburger Club ol
Flat held one of its enjoyable social ses
sions in honor of its secretary, Mrs. Johanna
Letnes, on the eve of her departure for the
Outside. She was the recipient of a beauti
ful lavallier in gold and ivory, the gift of
the club and the product of the skillful
workmanship of Christy Anthonison, one
of the members. Mrs. Letnes left for Se
attle on Tuesday last, and Harry Harms
will perform the duties of secretary of the
club during her absence. She will return in
the spring.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE
To (This. Reno and V. Pierce, and to their
heirs and assigns:
You and each or you are hereby notified
that 1 have expended Tor labor and im
provements during each of the years 1913,
1914 and 1915 the sum or one hundred
dollars upon the Ready Money placer min
ing claim, situate on Maverick creek, a
tributary of Marvel creek, in the Kusko
kwim recording district territory of Alaska,
in order to bold said claim under the pro
visions of law respecting annual labor on
mining claims.
And ir within ninety days aricr the pub
lication of tliis notice you or either of you
tail or refuse to pay your portion of such
expenditure your Interest In said claim will
become the property of the undersigned co
owner, according to the provisions or Sec.
2324, Revised Statutes of the United
States. LUTHER C. HESS.
Fairbanks, Alaska.
First publication, July 29, 1916.
Last publication. Oct. 28, 1916.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE
To H. Siebe and F. \V. Labelle, and to tbclr
heirs and assigns:
You and each or you are hereby notified
that 1 have expended for labor and im
provements during each of the years 1913,
1911 and 1915 the sum or one hundred
d,,liars upon the War Eagle placer mining
claim, situate on the lefi limit of Eagle
creek, a tributary or the Salmon river, in
the Kuskokwim recording district, territory
of Alaska, in order to hold said claim under
the provisions of law respecting annual la
bor on mining claims.
And if within ninety days after the pub
lieatioii of ibis notire you or either of you
fail or refuse to pay your portion of such
expenditure, your Interest in said claim
will become the property or the under
signed co-owner, according to the provi
sions of Sec. 939 1, Revised Statutes of the
I'nited Stales. EI THER H. HESS.
Fairbanks. Alaska.
First publication. July 99. 1916.
East publication. Oct. 98, 19 16.
DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP
Notice is hereby given that the partner
ship heretofore existing between George and
David Mutchler, under the firm name of
Mutchler Bros., has this day been dissolved
by mutual consent. All outstanding indebt
edness against said firm will be paid by the
undersigned, and all bills due the firm
should be paid to him.
DAVID MUTCHLER.
Iditarod, Alaska, Sept. 14, 1916.
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“Request” Complied With
Yesterday afternoon a committee of five
men appointed from the Douglas Island
Labor Union waited on President Bradley
of the Treadwell mine and requested a re
duction of one hour from the usual ten
hour day affecting all surface men in the
departments represented by various fore
men, according to the Juneau Dispatch of
August 31. The men appointed as a com
mittee from the labor union interviewed
the Treadwell officials for the purpose of
reducing the working hours from ten to
nine in five departments, and their request
was granted. The official announcement is
made that the nine-hour working day is
effective from September 1.
Japanese to Invest in Alaska
A Chicago dispatch says that Baron Mik
ami and Professor Taesoe, special envoys
of the Japanese government, are in that
city en route to Alaska. They declare they
are seeking mining concessions in Alaska
in the hope of securing minerals needed for
munitions of war which their country does
not posses. The Japanese, who are among
the scientific men of the Japanese nation,
declare that Japan is greatly handicapped
by lack of mineralization. They believe
that if they find what they want in Alaska
satisfactory arrangement can be made with
the government for a concession.
Another Mining Fatality
As the result of gas created from powder
used in blasting operations in the Alaska
Juneau mine, in Silver Bow basin, near
Juneau, Ole Roen, a Norwegian, 22 years
of age, was killed on September 6. At the
same time and front the same cause Muricio
Greko, L. Clarito and A. S. Agledahl, min
ers, were overcome and taken to the hos
pital. Greko suffered a dislocated hip;
Clarito and Agledahl were not seriously in
jured. These three men sustained their in
juries in an attempt to rescue Roen. Agle
dahl was a contractor in the mine work.
John Holmquist, who is mine foreman, made
a careful examination following the acci
dent and found that the air pipe leading
from the workings was clogged. After each
blast plenty of time is given to clear the
foul air, but in this instance the clogging
of the pipe prevented this.
Judge Brown Goes Outside
After some years spent in Fairbanks, John
Knox Brown is leaving today for the States,
says the Fairbanks Times of September 10.
Mr. Brown resigned his position as United
States commissioner in Fairbanks and his
resignation was accepted by Judge Bunnell.
Before he was commissioner Mr. Brown had
been for many years in the office of the
district attorney. He resigned that position
when the present administration took of
fice, for he is a Republican, but Judge Bun
nell asked him to accept the commissioner
ship.
Record Trip from Fairbanks to the Coast
Two days and nine hours from Valdez to
Fairbanks, stops included, is the record
established by the mail stage which reached
Fairbanks September 9, according to the
Times. The stage wilted in Valdez until
the mail had been taken from the steam
ship Alameda, and then left with all the
first-class mail that the vessel carried for
Interior Alaska. Leaving Valdez at 9 oclock
on Monday morning, the stage came through
to Fairbanks without incident. Two way
passengers were picked up at Paxson’s.
Grover Frame established the record be
tween Valdez and Fairbanks some two years
ago. It has never been broken by one car
and driver, but for elapsed time between
the two towns, the trip made by the mail is
a record-breaker.
Alaska Indian Names
Five years among the Indians of Interior
Alaska have taught Rev. Guy H. Madera
of Mauch Chunk, Pa., a few things about
difficult names. When he left his home
state to take charge of the native missions
along the Tsnana river he was accustomed
to speak apologetically of his home. No
body seemed able to understand its name,
and all smiled indulgently when he spelled
it out for him. But now he boasts of the
name, for after all it was his home, and
then he has encountered so many much
more difficult names in Alaska—Matanuska,
Tyonek, Chitochina, Kechumstock, Kusko
kwim, Klamaskwaltin, and all the rest. But
the name that has done more than the
others to make him look with calm disdain
on all ordinary Indian names of the states
is *Sat of the Indians with whom he worked
—the Qloyukuwhutanas. He speaks that
worn gnmy now, in either English or In
dian, and a little name like Mauch Chunk
seems an easy cognomen indeed. Rev. Mr.
Madero returned to Seattle on August 30,
says the Post-Intelligencer. With him are
two of his assistants, Miss B. E. Frederick
and Miss Grace Sutherland. Rev. Mr. Ma
dera says that when he left Nenana, the
present terminus of the government rail
road, there had been a general rush of
people into Tanana. Some of them intend
to settle, he says, and others are keeping
their ears to the ground for possible news
of mineral strikes. He says that the right
of-way for the railroad is being rapidly
cleared for the laying of rails, and that
Thomas Riggs, Jr., in charge of the work,
has won the respect and confidence of the
district by his able handling of all prob
lerrts.
Prominent Citizens “Mix"
Samuel Blum, leading merchant of Prince
Willian Sound section, nurses a black eye.
United States Attorney Spence awaits with
fear and trembling the result when the
matter is brought officially to the attention
of the department of justice. Ail Prince
William Sound section is gossiping and gig
gling over the avenging of the wounded
honor of the gentleman from Georgia, says
the Juneau Dispatch of September 6. The
last westward boat brings news that United
States Attorney Spence, asserting that he
had been insulted at a social event by Mer
chant Blum refusing to accept a courteous
salutation such as one Southern gentleman
would give another, walked to the Blum
! -tore next day, accompanied by a friend,
n-1 when not. accorded the proper apology,
pi led forthwith to uncock his (right
r left not officially reported by the sport -
i mg reporter at the ringside) “Jack John
son” or “sleep producer,” landing on Blum’s
ye, resulting in its being badly discolored.
i hr Ms-. ! 'it; •!.- i ii~ :e. e ‘ .'- !*
.-. i- !'■ -1 ii1 wed. Some
him over and proceeded to choke him until
separated. Others claim he took the blow
with calm contempt. Complaint against
the federal official was cabled to Washing
ton, followed by a few reams of affidavits,
pictures of the black eye, blue prints show
ing the scene of the assault and other im
portant adjuncts. The trouble arose over
the arrest of Mr. Blum and others for dis
pensing liquor at the Til.icum Club, the
leading social club in Western Alaska. Even
tunlly the Tillicum warrants were ordered
dismissed by the department. The last
Democratic territorial convention asked for
the dismissal of Spence.
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Promising Young Life Snuffed Out
W. F. Skoog, one of the most promising
young contractors in Alaska, was fatally in
jured as the result of a runaway accident
on a surface tram used to haul materials
to the wireless station under construction
part way up Mount Juneau, across Gold
creek from the entrance of Evergreen ceme
tery, on September 1, according to the Ju
neau Dispatch. He died the following day.
Skoog was in the act of sending up the
car on the tramway, and it was partly up
the steep incline when a splice in the cable
broke and the car went hurling down the
hill. Contractor J. H. Gilpatrick saw the
accident and said that it seemed as though
Skoog had his back to the car and did not
turn around until it was almost upon him.
On the car were two iron wheels, weighing
probably 300 pounds. These literally
pounded his life out in the tumbling around.
W. F. Skoog made a remarkable record in
Juneau for construction work. He was as
sociated with his father in the construe
tion of the first unit cf the Gastineau
hotel. The second unit was carried on by
himself. He was married and was among
the young men who had decided to live and
expand in Alaska.
Johnson Returns to Nome
W. W. Johnson, who arrived Saturday on
the Victoria, has been on a trip “seeing
Alaska first,” says the Nome Industrial
Worker. He came down the Yukon via
Whitehorse, and thence went into the Idit
arod country, crossing over into the Kus
kokwim watershed by way of the Innoko
country, and all the time valiantly com
batting huge drives of mosquito attacks
that required considerable hand-to-hand as
saults before they could be forced to re
tire. The Kuskokwim is looking up, ac
cording to Mr. Johnson. The Tokotna,
where his company has constructed a ma
chine, is doing well. Men were hard at
work on Yankee and Ganes and other sec
tions also looked promising. Work has
been almost suspended on the creeks in the
Tolstoi district, mosquitoes and water de
fying the efforts of prospectors. He also
visited McGrath, which is now a thriving
mining center. He noted a number of
steam scrapers which somehow or another
seemed to be the vogue in that section more
than any other. They used to use them
on Otter, he says, “but since we erected
our dredge they have now no longer any
use for them.” He says that the Yukon
Gold Company’s dredge on Hat is taking
out big money, and is the banner producer
of that section. He expects to make some
dredge deals here before the close of the
season. O ■
Native Fined for Buying Beer
An Alaska native named Michael Howard,
residing at Fuuter Bay, recently wrote a
letter to S. Zynda of the Juneau brewery
requesting that the latter ship him a case
of beer. The beer was shipped and the
fact that the consignee was a native was
discovered later by Warden Jack McDonald
when at Funter Bay. The brewery acted
in good faith in shipping the beer, it being
thought that the order came from one of
the cannery employes. Howard was ar
reted and charged with violating the terri
torial law making it a misdemeanor for any
person to solicit or incite one to commit a
crime. He was fined $25 by the commis
sioner. O
New Trial for Dr. Hall
Dr. M. F. Hall and his attorney, Leroy
Tozier, were notified by wire on September
10 that the circuit court of appeals had re
manded the case of the United States vs.
M. F. Hall for a new trial, says the Fair
banks Times. Dr. Hall was charged with
assault, found guilty, and sentenced to serve
the limit and pay a fine of $500 for the al
leged offense. From the verdict of the jury
he appealed, alleging that the court had
admitted evidence that should not have been
admitted, which evidence influenced the
jury. The Times intimates that the cases of
Dan Callahan, W. H. Wooldridge and J. P.
Rose, convicted some time ago at Fairbanks
and committed to the penitentiary, may be
remanded for retrial.
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SCOTTY ALLEN’S RETURN
A. A. Allan, well known throughout the
North as “Scotty” Allan, recently returned
to Nome, and the Industrial Worker of that
city says he is looking 100 per cent fit. He
gives a most interesting account of his ex
periences in Europe, where he went with
more then four hundred dogs, most of them
from Nome. He landed at Havre, and his
entry into that port was a most remark
able experience. Steamers were threading
their way in close order, one after another,
like jitney buses in a street. He never saw
so much shipping arriving anywhere at any
time. It was marvelous. Steamers came
into port and immediately electric cranes
were rushed alongside, piles of stevedores
rushed into the holds, as many as could
possibly work together, and within a few
hours the cargo was distributed into motor
cars, trucks, etc., and moved away immedi
ately, while the steamer moved out to what
is known as the “safety zone,” and there
took on what fuel and supplies might be
needed. In France everything is war, al
though evidences of it are far from being
visible. Troops are everywhere, of course,
but even the man on the front may never •
see a sign of the enemy. Allan tells of an
experience with a wounded artilleryman,
who said that he had been in action for ten
months “and never saw a single bloody
German.” However, he admits that the
Stars and Stripes looked good to him, al
though he saw neither battleship nor sub
marine until he reached New York, and
this he regards as not the least striking
feature of his visit to the war zone.
REALISTIC
During the recent Shakespeare celebra
tion a number of local amateurs appeared
in the great dramatist’s most famous
tragedy. Next day the principal actor in
quired of a critical friend what he thought
of the performance.
“If was great! Simply great!” was the
i 1\ “As you played Hamlet it was easy j
«(.v why Ophelia should go end drown I
hciutliV Boston Transcript.
Professions 1
Michigan, 1831 Alaska, 1S10
Kentucky, 1801
George Woodruff Albrecht
COUNSELOR AND LAWYER
IDITAROD, ALA8KA
The Pioneer Attorney of Iditarod
E. M. STANTON
Attorney at Law
Office: Corner Willow and Second Sta
Iditarod Pioneer Building
CM AS. E. TAYLOR
Attorney at Law
BANK BLOCK
First Avenue Iditarod
DR. MOORE
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
DRUG STORE
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Consultation Hours in Forenoons and by
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FORTHCOMING WEDDING
WHICH IS OF INTEREST HERE
The Fairbanks Citizen of September 11
contains the following:
“Although no formal announcement of
an engagement has yet been made, it is un
derstood in the circle of the more intimate
friends of Mr. Clyde Geraghty and Miss
Nugget Johnston that the well-known Gar
den Island couple will soon become man
and wife. The wedding, it is stated, will
take place early in October. Miss Johnson
numbers practically all of the sourdoughs
of the North among her friends. For she
is a true daughter of the Golden North,
having been born in the early days of the
Stewart river country. In fact, she was
the first white child born on the Stewart
river. Being one of the oldest of the native
daughters of the North, she served as sec
retary of the organization known as the
Native Sons and Daughters of the Golden
North until the last election of officers, when
she retired. Mr. Geraghty is one of Interior
Alaska’s best known young men. He came
to Fairbanks from the Outside in 1906. and
followed mining until 1908, when he took
a position with the Alaska road commis
sion, and he has been with that organiza
tion since that time, in the capacity of
road foreman or chi"f clerk. At the present
tipie he is the chief clerk in the local office
ol the commission.”
The above announcement is of great in
terest here because of the feet that the pros
pective bride and groom and well known
to many Iditarod people. Miss Nugget
Johnson is a sister of Jay Johnson, the well
known young miner, and Mr Gcraghty is
a brother of Commissioner Guy G. Geragbty
of this city.
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Fresh Olympia and Eastern Oysters, $1.50
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Job Printing at The Pioneer office.
Bij Sleeks of Fresh Goods
Everythin!; for the Miner and
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