Iditarod Pioneer
One Dollar Per Month. IDITAROD, ALASKA, SUNDAY, JULY 17, 1910. Two Bits Per Copy
DEATH OF
JUSTICE
JJLLER
Bar Harbor. Me.,July it.—Chief
Justice Melville W. Fuller, of tbe
Supreme court of the United States,
died at his summer borne at this
place on the afternoon of the 4th of
heart failure. He was 77 years old
on the nth of last February, hav
ing l?£en born at Augusta, Me., iu
iS33
Cliief Justice Fuller was ap
pointed to the position iu April,
188S, by President Grover Cleve
land after the place had been de
clined by Judge John Scbolfield, of
the supreme court of the state of
Illinois. Mr. Fuller was a Demo
crat iu politics, and bad bben con
sidered the leading attorney of Illi
nois for many years before his ap
pointment to the supreme court
been.
Washington, July n.—It seem.',
to be the opinion of many persons
in this city that President Taft will
promote ex-Gov. Hughes, ol New
-York, to the chief justiceship made
vacant by the death of Chief Jus
tice Fuller. Justice Hughes was
recently appointed as associate jus
tice to succeed the late Justice
Brewer.
STREET IMPROVEMENT
SUBSCRIPTION GROWING
' Tbe following list contain* the name*
hitherto published and later auhicrip
tions to the good work of road building:
Cbaa. Koa* and T. J. Nestor *250
Btewart *-McDowell 250
Clark Lumber Co 250
C. T. Suter . 100
.John F. Baird 100
Riserside Hotel 100
Mrs. Clifton 100
.T. A. Blippern 100
Frank Miller 100
A. E. Malt by . 50
McGowan, Clark A Albrecht 50
Ohesley, Ryan A Kehoe 50
Waechter Bros. Sc Gardner 50
Anderson Bros 50
F. M. Dunham . 50
J. E. Beattie. 50
Innoko Trading Co 50
H. A. Landahl 50
Mutchler Bros 50
H. E. Phillips 40
C. Artal 25
.T. W. Kernpf . 25
Otto Kientz 25
Mrs. D. A. McDonald 25
A. J. Daly. 25
P. Marchesi 26
rsy « v ij co
F. VV. Rooney & Co 25
Pony Expreis Co 25
Iditarod Pioneer 25
J. H. Rodger* 25
J. Nyholin. 25
Adolph Rippy.25
A. B. Rome 25
Isidore Goldstein 20
J. H. Richards 15
Nachtor & Troughton 16
H. Boas ........ 10
Moose Cafe 10
.T. G. Bennett 10
J. E. Fawcett 10
Paul Geornam 5
.1. S. Harning 5
Albert Wile . . 5
A. Levy 5
Grace Wisberg 5
M. McNaughton 5
Geo. Smith. .5
Elsie Morris. 5
Jos. H. Smith . 50
Iditarod Telephone Co 50
Morgan & Litsev. 100
Johnson <fe Clark . 50
Crowley & Porter. 20
F. Anderson . 20
S. S. Allen . 15
E. Lee . 5
J. I. Johnstone. 10
T. P. O’Neill . 25
D. Parent. 25
James Tracey. 25
W. O. South worth. 20
B. B. H. Pool Roem . 20
J. H. Green. 10
Ernest Niehoffj... 20
G. F. Marks. 25
J. Fredrickson. 10
Mrs. Ella Johnson . 6
Stevens and Newman. 25
Harry Schmuacher. 5
Dr. B. F. Brooks... 10
Merchant* Cafe. . 10
Eagles, Notice
A meeting of the members of the
F. O. E., in thie vicinity are requested
te meet at the Clifton building, corner
Willow and First, tomorrow (Monday)
evening at 6 o’clock for the purpose of
organizing an Eagle club. All mem
bers are urged to attend.
Committee.
gffgach plate mirrors, store fronts
and windows of any design made to
order at Slippern’s. Third and Otter.
Attorney T. M. Clowes, of Nome, is
eh route to the Iditarod where he will
fake up practice.
TOO MUCH JOHNSON FOR JEFF
Colored Man Made the Famous Boilermaker Appear Like a Novice
at Game—Could Land on Jeff at Any Stage of Fight
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RENO, Nev., July 4 (by way of Kaltag, July
11).—The great fight came off here today, John
son winning without much exertion in the fif
teenth round. Ted Rickard, referee.
Rickard claims it was the big smoke’s fight
all the way through, as Jeff was out-boxed and
out-hit through it all by the big Colored cham
pion, but Jeff showed the more courage of the
two, coming up to receive his punishment until
he was past all endurance and Johnson hit him
at will.
During the fight Johnson kept kidding
and laughing at Corbett, one of Jeff’s seconds,
and during the excitement of the last round
Jeff’s seconds did not hoar Rickard count him
out and rushed him at the colored man, who im
mediately knocked him into his corner fora count
of eight. Jeff came back, Johnson ruBhed him
again, when Rickard shoved Johnson back and
said: “You won a minute ago.” The multitude
| attending seemed to go wild for a few minutes,
! many not realizing what was going on in the
! ring.
When Jeff’s friends gathered around him in
his dressing room he acted as though his heart
was broken over the beating he had received and
refused to make a statement of any kind. John
son, when seen in his quarters, did not look as
though he had received much punishment and
gave out the statement that he was never in dan
ger at any time during the mill.
| Shortly after the fight the big bruisers took
j special trains from this city, Jeffries going to hie
| home in Los Angeles, and Johnsoli going direct
j to New York City.
The purse amounted to $121,000, the winner
getting GO per cent, the loser 40 per cent, besides
a bonus of $10,000 given to-each-man by the
management. The gate receipts were $250,000.
During this forenoon Johnson ordered Joe
Woodman, manager for Sam Langford, from his
headquarters, they having disagreed about fight
matters.
It seems as though there must have been
talk of trouble starting at the fight among the
spectators, as deputy marshals were at the gates
and searched every man entering the arena for
firearms. No guns were allowed.
Both men were cheered to the echo when
the big fighters entered the ring at 2:40 p. m.
They both looked in fine condition and ready for
the fight of their lives.
The fight by rounds was as follows:
Round 1, gong sounds at 2:46 p. m.—Both
men refuse to shake hands. They fiddle and ex
change jabs, following with several clinches. Very
tame affair so far. Gong. On going to his cor
ner Jeff swells up and tells his seconds that he
wants no advice from them. j
Round 2.—They clinch, break away; colored
man lauds a wicked right to jaw. White man
lands to stomach; colored man retaliates with two
uppercuts to jaw.
Between rounds Johnson and Corbett josh!
each other.
Round 3.—Both come up slowly. Colored!
man uppercuts with left and neatly blocks all of
white man’s uppercuts.
Rouud 4.—JefE rushes the fight aud gets in
good right to mouth which starts blood; he then
whacks the black to the ropes. Crowd yelling.
Round closes with black man landing hot right
to white’s jaw.
Round 5.—Johnson comes up smiling, they
clinch, b -eak away; black loft uppercuts, cutting
wl ite mm’s lip, following with two hard jolts to
Jeff’s already bleeding mouth. White mancomes
back with terrific straight right to mouth, send
ing the black’s head to the floor. Gong.
Round 6.—Johnson catches white man on
the left cheek several times, also lands three lefts
to the jaw, and with a staggering right closes
the white man’s right eye.
Round 7.—They spar; black sends three hard
jolts to Jeff’s optic; uppercuts to jaw. White
man lands right to jaw; black gets in one to
white’s face.
Round 8.-—This round was featureless and a
very tame session, the black having it all his own
way, landing jabs anywhere with ease.
Round 9.—This was similar to the 8th, the
black hitting anywhere easily. They clinch sev
eral times in this round.
Round 10. — Starts with in-fighting and
wrestling. Johnson’s right uppercut to jaw
makes Jeff exclaim “Oh!”. In this round the
black clearly outboxed the white.
Round 11.—The black repeatedly puts right
and left to white’s jaw. Jeff fighting wildly,
but recovered, however, at end of round, the
crowd cheering him on.
Round 12.—This was all the colored man’s.
White man spitting blood from several hard hits
to mouth.
Round 18.—White man appears groggy,
hitting wildly; can’t land on the big black any
place.
Round 14.—Corbett advises Jeff to cover up
and stay away. Black champion asks white man
to hit him in the stomach, then he lands on the
boilermaker in rapid-fire style to mouth. The
white man’s seconds look blue.
Round 15.—Opens with a clinch. Colored
man rushes opponent to ropes, lands right to
head. White man is counted out while hanging
over the ropes; seconds rush him again at black
who again knocks him down, not knowing he
had won the fight, but is stopped by referee.
TO IMPROVE IDITAROD NAVIGATION
Committing themselves to the improvement of navi
gation in the Iditarod river, a number of citizens met
yesterday afternoon at the store of Brumbaugh, Ham
ilton & Kellogg in this city, where in a few moments a
general plan of action was adopted and $1,000 sub
scribed to carry on the work.
Frank Manley acted as chairman of the meeting,
and A. E. Light filled the post of secretary. Discus
sion was general, but according to the testimony of
steamboat men present, it appeared feasible to improve
the channel of the river to a practical degree by build
ing a few wing dams and dredging out a runway for the
! water, making it possible to bring up to Iditarod City a
large part of the tonnage that was thought tied up for
good at Dikeinan.
There was no hesitation on the part of the business
men present in the matter of starting the work. Opin
ion was unanimous to the effect that the work must be
done, and the sooner undertaken, the better for all
concerned, not only those who themselves had freight
coming but for the entire community.
The river men offered their services, boats and
crews to the work, providing other men were put on
and in furtherance of the plan both the Teddy H. and
the Lois were to start last night for down river, and
the Little Delta, now at the Zodiac bar to begin work
coming this way. The last mentioned place is one of
the worst on the river and will doubtless require the
building of two dams across the mouths of two sloughs
near it.
The proposition is heartily endorsed in the city be
cause it means a great deal more freight here before
the freezeup. It will be possible for the smaller steam
boats to travel back and forth between Iditarod City
and Dikeman nearly all summer, and with a good chan
nel worked out this will unquestionably be the head of
navigation.
The following is a partial list of those subscribing
to help out the plan:
Ross & Nestor $250
Stewart & McDowell 250
Johnson & Clark.. 50
F. G. Maney .100
Crowley & Porter . 100
Anderson Bros, & Nerland 25
Riverside hotel. 25
Pioneer Sheet Metal Works 50
Pony Express. 25
Brumb’gh, Haml’n & Kellogg 250
Clark Lumber Co. 100
Jos. H. Smith 50
J: W. Kempf . 25
C-hesley, Ryan & Kehoe . 50
J. A. Slippern. 25
Iditarod Telephone Co ... 25
Red Cross Drug Store 25
Kemp & Co 25
Rooney & Co 25
Innoko Trading Co 25
J. N. McLeish. 10
F. E- Becker 10
Merchants Cafe. 10
Discovery Cafe . 10
Morris Friedman . 15
UP-RIVER COUNTRY
VERY PR0MISIN6
During the past week several
prospectors have returned from the
head of the Iditarod, and the uni
versal report is that it is a most
likely-looking country from a pros
pecting point o' view.
None of the venturesome ones
would boost that section of the
country, neither would they knock
it, and several ot them expressed
their intention of wintering there
and prospecting the ground they
have staked.
Several of them wandered over
the divide into the Kuskokwim
watershed and report having met
many prospectors at all points.
Holes have been sunk on the
headwater 'creeks, and all were
golf bearing. However the greater
portion of the ground was wet, and
it was not given a fair test.
John Duncan, Iditarod manager
of the N. C. Co., who has been
spending the past three weeks at
Dikeman superintending the erec
tion of company buildings, returned
to his headquarters iu tbts city last
Friday morning.
The social dance held last night in
the Clifton building was attended by a
large crowd, all of whom pronounced
the affair a success. Delightful music
was furnished by Bouret’s orchestra.
Largest 6tock of sash and doors at
Slippem’s. Prices right. Cor. Third
and Ottwf. Tel. 5.
ALONG THE CREEKS OF THE CAMP
Taking into consideration the1
thousand and one obstacles and
difficulties encountered in the in
cubative period of a placer camp
we should congratulate ourselves
on the excellent showing made
on Plat and Otter creeks since
the machinery has been installed.
We feel safe in saying that the
clean-up from those creeks in the
next two months will have the
desired effect in restoring the
confidence of those inclined to
disappointment, for the Missou
sian treatment is the real and
only dope in this Northland.
Plat creek is busy from head
to mouth with the big plants
handling the over burden and
laying bare what dirt pays to
handle.
At the head of Flat on the left
limit benches Sweeny & Dark are
taking out good money gopher
ing at the foot of the hill among
the granite boulders. There are
several other laymen further
along who are taking out good
money in a primitive manner.
Prank Manley, on the Mariet
ta, is still prospecting his claim
though his hand drill is not as
successful as expected owing to
the huge granite boulders in the
basin. He is getting another
plant from the mouth of Otter
and will be In full swing in a few
weeks.
ictor Martin, Doc Madding
and Dave Johnson, whose ground
lays below the Marietta, will be.
hoisting pay dirt right away.
Harry Johnson, and the re-j
mainder of the “Guggs” have a
big crew of men working night!
and dry hoisting good pay from
a large cut. They expect to be |
through with that in about 30 j
days and good results are looked I
for as their lay is one of the most
promising on Flat creek.
Henderson and Larsen on the j
Lynx are ready for scraping and
have put on more men.
Below the Bonanza association
much work is being done, and on !
the upper end of that association j
40 buckets from one shaft sluiced j
up $178.
The town at the mouth of Flatj
is steadily growing and nowi
boasts a fire department, a fish
hatchery and a ball park.
On Otter, Bates & Merritt are
handling good dirt from a large
cut and employ quite a number
of men.
Andy Hensley has got his
scraping rig going full blast and
is tearing the blankets off the
pay ou his lay on 1 above.
Sam Sanderson and Ben How
land on 1 above bench are pros
pecting on their lay. Gerald I
O’Shea of Nome contemplates
buying in there and has an op
tion on Howland’s interest.
The Bates boys are also work
ing on Discovery bench and are
hoisting good dirt.
George Riley has his slice of
the Celene fraction well in hand
and will soon be looking at his
money in the boxes, while Mar
klo and Tuttle on the upper end
of that fraction are hoisting good
money.
It is rumored that Dikeman
has made a deal on Discovery,
with the representative of the
Guggenheim interests, but that
the deal is not finally completed.
He has gone Outside and will
probably not return until the
spring.
On 1 below, Gebel, Hennessy,
Leibe and Agnew with their
partners are contemplating turn
ing the creek and should take a
lot of money out of the bed of
the stream.
McHale and partners on the
lower end of 1 below are sluicing
and handling good money.
On Granite creek some good
pay has been located on ground
owned by J. Ryan. He is pros
pecting his property and will
take out a dump this snmmer.
Sam Sequin, at the mouth of
Black, has some rich pay, while
1,000 yards above him Jonas
Brewis. of the “Guggs,” is busy
with his men swelling his bank
account._
Slipporn has finest screen doors in
towd—get his prices.
JURY DISAGREED
ON ONE DEFENDANT
After deliberating for six hours the
jury in the case of United States vs.
George Smith and Frank Grame re
turned a verdict lost night at 9 o’clock
acquitting Smith of the charge of as
sault and battery preferred by Joe
Madlock, a colored man, and disagreed
as to the guilt or innocence of Grame.
The fracas took place on July 13 near
the waterfront, and was a lively mixup
while it lasted. It seems to have
staited in a grudge that had seeded a
few days before and burst into bloom
on the night in question after the par
ties Involved had imbibed a few jolts of
the red stuff that cheers.
Henry Roden appeared as special
prosecutor, and three witnesses were
sworn. Joe Keen, Fred Chapman and
H. la. Stevens testified besides the com
plaining witness, and from the testi
mony it appeared that the colored man
was holding his own in the argument,
with the same sang froid and success
as displayed by his famous brother, the
Big Smoke.
The jury took the case about 2
o’clock yesterday afternoon, after argu
ment by Roden and the parties defend
ant, each of whom conducted his own
case. They wrangled part of the after
noon and called Commissioner Maltby
to tell him they thought there was no
chance to agree. He sent them back
with the comment that he thought
they must be mistaken. At 8 o’clock
they went to eat, still apparently In a
deadlock. The verdict was turned in
at 9 o’clock.
THE WEATHER
(Major Albrecht, Volunteer Observer.)
Friday, July 15,2 p.m., 69° in shade.
Satur., July 15, 2 p.m., 73° in shade.
Slippern has finest screen doors in
town- get his prioes.
BRIGHT
OUTLOOK
ONGREEKS
Now that the greater portion of
the machinery brought in by the
first boats is landed and installed
on the creeks, the work of develop
ment on the various properties has
gone ahead with leaps and bounds,
and results—in the shape of golden
dust--are much in eyideuce at the
banks and business housas.
At last the camp has shaken it
self into shape and the creaking of
the “Swede lift" has been smoth
ered under the blasts of whistles
and the whirr of machinery. Sight
seer* are not so much in evidence
as there’s work for all who will.
Get busy!
Flat creek is upholding her repu
tation as the banner producer and
daily gives greater promise. Her
rival, Otter, is also showing signs
ol speed and is living up to the ex
peditions of the property holders.
Black and Granite creeks are
forging to the front, but are handi
capped muchly for want of deter
mined development as conditions
are not all that could be desired.
Willow is grinding away in her
own quiet manner and some- rich
dirt is beiug handled. This creek,
may rightly be termed “The Silent
One,’’ for, at no time during the
winter was she overrated, and her
lucky ones were most conservative
in their ideas.
Slate creek, of late, is holding
out inducements in the shape ot a
body of low grade dirt, and further
development w-crk may bring it in
the producer class.
The general resume amounts to
this: that the camp looks good
with what is already in sight and
w'ork—hard work—alone, will de
termine the size of its justified ex.
isleuce:
Get in and prospect. Get busy
while the summer lasts.
MANY KILLED IN
RAILROAD WRECK
Dayton, O., July 4 (via. Kaitag
July ii.—Fifty passengers were
killed and about the some number
injured in the wrecking ol the New
York bound Twentieth Century
Limited express train near this
city this morning. The wreck was
caused by spreading rails.
Pete in Bad Way
Belgrade, July 4.—Announce
ment has been made that King
| Peter is suffering from an incurable
disease. _
The Riverside hotel, the first big
log building to be erected in Idit
arod city, opened its doors to the
public on Tuesday last. A large
commodious office is on the ground
floor. On the secoud floor five fur
nished bedrooms and nine rooms
each containing four buuks. A. F.
Morgan is the general manager.
Mrs. Coil Juukin, wife of the
freighter, was a passenger on the
last trip of the Martha Clow and
arrived in the city last Friday
morning. Mrs. Juukin has been
residing in California during the
past year.
The Budweiser bar moved from
the tent into its permanent home
on thecornerof Second avenue aud
Richmond street last Friday. The
building, when completed, wiii be
one of the most attractive business
blocks on that thoroughfare.
Tha Pioneer is indebted to Mr. Man*
uel for the telegraphic account of the
big prizefight that appears in this pa>
per—he bringing the same with him
on his return from a trip to the Yukop.
rivor last Friday.