CAN V AS TL NTS_TARPAULIPiS_
LADIES’ AND GENTS’
Union Suits
Closed and Open Crotch
THIS STORE CLCSE3 AT 8 P. M.; SUNDAYS AT NOON
H* SOBS* Leading ClotllSBF
HART. SCHAFFNER & MARX and CHESTERFIELD CLOTHES
LOSES $59 BET AS EATER
LAST PIE IS TOO MUCH
In a (.■ :.t»• -: v.hich start.*! with fried
( and emit d with apple ’pie, Thomas
\Y ‘.muck, a traveling salesman, recently
wmi a s.» wager from Edward E. Guion a
St. Louis saloon proprietor. The contest
grew out of an argument in Guion’s sabon
as to whether Chris Schmidt could cat more
food than Sam Skowl. Both were known
for their healthy appetites.
Schmidt, who is 02 years of age. is a
erawfmh deal r of Lake He.hatonka, M«>..
m.d a friend of Guion. Sk-.-vc! is a St.
Louis automobile man. dO y< irs old. He
was hacked by Warnnck. dhe contest was
staged in Milford's restaurant. Each ate
21 fried eggs, two large steaks, a loaf of rye
bread and an apple pie. Each drank four
h titles ,.f he^r. Skovcl dm.-hed his second
I 'ic, but Schmidt could eat no more when
he was half through his second pie. The
men were taken to a hotel, following the
• ni.’M. t« recover.
What Puzzled Hi m
Soon after George Ade had put on his
I lay. "The Bad Samaritan/' and had it
swept off the boards by the condemnation
< f the critics and the disapproval of the
• terg 'crs. he hurled himself into a sleeping
» :.r and beat ii back to his home in In
d.ioiiL As he stepped off the train one of
hi- ■ M farmer friends remarked: “George.
1 he .r that your play failed in New York."
"Yes." mid Ade pleasantly, “it faded, and
l guess it must have been pretty bad."
"That may be true/' said the farmer, "but
what 1 don’t understand is how in thunder
New York ever found it out."
Chocolate.60c ib.
Bucket Candy.50c lb.
Pail Lots .30c Ib.
Nuts.50c Ib.
A full line of Photo Supplies.
Developing and printing at reason
able prices.
Alarm Clocks, $1.00 to $250.
Drugs and Druggists’ Sundries.
Rubber Goods.
A*y$
IDITAROD, ALASKA
'recalling THE "CROSS OF COLD”
Announcement that "('. in" Harvey pro
■ poses to run for congress in Arkansas is
.interesting chiefly as recalling a flood of
! memories of perhaps the most exciting na
tional campaign in the nation's lu.-tory. the
1 contest of lS9f>, when (\ 1 nel Bryan secured
the Democratic presidential nomination' by
his "crown of thorns and crn.-s of gold"
speech at the Chicago convention and the
: entire country was torn by political dissen
; sions.
' (''in Iiarve\ s I'HKiutiSl School was
practically the car.q aign text book of the
Democrats and Populists ami 1 rec Silver
Republicans and the other parties and part.
of parties '.hat were carried away by the
16 to 1 craze. The Populists, cheered by
their success in many Western states in
1892 ami 1891, joined the Democrats, and
national prominence to “Sockles.b’ Jerry
Simpson. PetYer with his whiskers, General
Coxey, “Buffalo” Jones. Mary Ellen Lease.
Anna Diggs, David Loucks, “Bloody Bri
, < L's" White, George Fred Williams, Tom
, \\ atson, Ignatius Donnelly. "Honest John”
Powers. "Crazy Horse” Van Wyck. “\A indy
Bill” Allen, and all the glad and merry
comrades who joined, in the crusade of ’96,
many of whom were men and women of
the highest ability, with integrity unques
tioned, but who were as unreasonable as
dervishes in their fanatical devotion to sil
ver and their “peerless leader.”
It is generally admitted now that if the
election in 1896 had been held in Septem
ber Mr. Bryan would have been elected
by a big majority over Major McKinley,
lie had invaded "the enemy's country” and
aroused an enthusiasm among the people
of New England-that struck terror to the
hearts of the business interests of the coun
try. wedded to hi gh protection and the
gold standard, and developed Mark Hanna,
unquestionably the wisest political leader
the country had seen at that time. It is
probable that Mr. Bryan would have been
elected, in spite of the concerted action of
the business interests, had he not attacked
the supreme court of the. United Slates.
The country was not then ready for criti
cism of the courts, the recall of judges and
judicial decisions. The farmers and the old
fashioned folks began to find their enthusi
asm for Mr. Bryan ti nged with fear of his
radicalism, and upon this point Mr. Hanna
pounded the way to a Republican victor*-.
Units ail over and History now, but is
recalled by ‘‘Coin" Harvey’s announcement
of his desire to return to the limelight. It
i> interesting in this connection to note that
practically every i lank of the Populist plat
forms of 1S'J2 and 1S«>8, with the exception
of free silver, has since been enacted into
legislation or is being urged by one or both
of the big political parties of today. Ta
coma Tribune.
Location Notices at Pioneer office.
Coal Oil
Paints Oiis Window Glass
Shotguns and Shotgun Shells
Victrolas and Victor Records
Carpets Rugs Matting Furniture
Gasoline Mantles and Globes
Harness and Harness Supplies
Stoves Ranges Heaters
Granite and White Enamelware
Bar Glassware Crockery
Skates Hockey Sticks Pucks
Genuine Nome Dog Harness
Yukon Sleds Snowshoes Siwask Mitts
SMITH'S GUN STORE,
1DITAROD, ALASKA
DEDICATION OF
SOCIAL HALL
The fine new hall which the enterprising
residents of Discovery have been building
and decorating for the social gatherings of
the community is now completed, and it is
certainly a beautiful place. In order to
properly dedicate the handsome new public
utility, a grand dance and festival will be
held herein tonight (Saturday, November
.2). and a most cordial and pressing in
vitation is extended to the entire popula
te n of the district to be on hand to enjoy
the dancing and to help devour the loads of
good things that have been prepared
l»y the lm,pi;abb ladies of Otter creek. The
pen.; lo of that part of the district know to
a nicety how to entertain a crowd, and they .
are outdoing all previous efforts to make
the dedication of the new social hall an
event that will long be remembered as one
of the bright, spots in life in Iditarod camp, j
The price of tickets has been placed at the i
modest sum of $3, and if the purchaser ,
won’t admit that he has had twice his
money’s worth in good fun and dancing and
eatables, we sadly miss our guess. Good
music will be one of the big features of the
gathering.
CLOSED FOR REPAIRS
The Caribou cafe, after a continuous run
of over three years, is closed temporarily
in order to give the carpenters and paper
hangers a good chance to make many im
provements that the proprietor, Mr. Sautar,
has been contemplating for some weeks.
The cafe may possibly be open for busi
ness by Thanksgiving day.
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DISCOVERY BUSINESS MEN 10 cLiac thl'ir ilacea ,)f bu
ADOPT EARLY CLOSING ? n'cl,,:; e“h,cvenlng an(1 at no0“
on Sundays and holidays.
The business men of Discovery, at a Fine and ri; e limburrrer cheese,
meetine lul l yesterday afternoon, unani- Crowley & Porter.
First Dance of this Season
which is on Thanksgiving, promises to be quite an affair. To he
properly dressed for the occasion it is necessary to have a Hart,
Schaffner & Marx Suit, Neitleton Shoes, Cluett & Peabody Shirt
and Wilson Bros.’ Neckwear.
A. J. WEISS, FLAT
Singletrees, Ooiiiilelrees,
Neckyokas, Sweatpads, Etc.
Everything for the Horseman
C. R. PECK, FLAT CITY
Retail
Liquor House
HANDLES ONLY GRONIW1ES & ULLRICH’S WHISKIES
“Marquette,” “Monogram”and “Gibson” Rye
29-Year-OSd National Club Bourbon
BUDWEISER BEER BEER ON DRAFT
SCOTCH
Queen Anne
Black &. White
DeWar’s Special
Thorns’
Hill-Thompson
I mported
BRANDY
*** Hennessy
*** Martell
Old California
CHAMPAGNE
Mumm’s
Clicquot
Pommery Sec
White Seal
WINES
Clarot
Sauterne
Reisling
Burgundy
Tipo Chianti
IMPORTED
Sherry and Port,
Aie and Porter
City and Creek Orders
most earnestly solic
ited and promptly
tilled,
Either by Bottle, Gal
lon or Case Lots.
White Rock Apollinaris Waters
ALL THE LEADING AND POPULAR CIGARS IN THE MARKET
“RAMPS” Ramps Peterson
THE CREEKS
Henry Howard arrived at Hat from Bear
creek last Saturday, and left on his return
t rip yesterday.
A. Corwall of Discovery is leaving for [
Bear creek in a few days.
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Fred Smith, A. C. Berg and Dan Me- !
Kenzie left for Candle creek Wednesday
morning.
Louis Pine and Alfred Boas made a tour
of the creeks with a dog team last Thurs
day.
Many people are preparing to spend the j
winter on Candle creek. Harold Seddon is j
going to find out what is there this winter, j
and he has the mean, to do it. He is en- j
gaging some of the best workers in the j
camp, and Harry Harms, the chef, will be j
there to cook for them. 1
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Mrs. Currin of Iditarod visited Flat creek
last Thursday, accompanied by “Dad” Cleve
land with his new deg team.
Mrs. 0. M. Grant of Flat City left for the
Outside over ihe Seward trail this morning. 1
:• i e will go to Mayo Bros., at Rochester,
Minn., far an operation for cancer. Sam
Adams is taking her out with his dog team.
Harry Mandlcy, who has been working
for the Yukon Gold Company on the I
dredge, was stricken with paralysis last !
unday, when his right side became me- |
1 . . He was taken to the hospital.
Duncan Dickson, who has been in the
hopital for the past two months, suffering
from paralysis, is improving slowly.
Nick Kongpr lis, Tony Bolts and Paris
Pan lick, three Greek boys, left for Colo
rado creak, in the Crip; le district, this morn
ing.
Johnnie (Scotty* Avid freighted out a
hail of supplies by dog team to the Bo
nanza creek roadhouse last week.
Albert I instrom. who has been confined
to the hoy ital with typhoid fever, is nearly
w« 1 , and was able to take a Heigh ride to
Iditarod hist Wednesday.
Joe Woods, who left here last summer
r the Outside, arrived at Hat from Sew
ard last Sunday. He made the trip on foot
in 22 days. Ira Barnhart came in with
him. but branched off at Takotna and went
George river. Harry She; pan! traveled
■ t behind him on his way to Innoko to
rake over the mar-halship of that district.
He met Wada in Seattle, who said he
v. O' Id he in over the ’rail soon, and John
\V. Kempf at Seward, who is interested
:n quartz properties on Kenai lake. Woods
; < rts that the government is taking out
■'.) t ns of coal from the Matanuska coal
:, Ids as a to -x. and says that the new
Nelchina strike is 10 miles above timber
line He says there was lots of talk at
Seward about it, but thought it was mostly
hot air
E. J. Davis and partner are taking out
a winter dump on Black creek.
Tom Aitken and Dave Mutchler are leav
ing in a few day as for the Hot Springs.
Mr. Aitken will stop there for a while, and
Mr. Mutchler will continue to the Outside
by way of Fairbanks.
The A. B. of Flat City turned out for
their regular meeting last Tuesday night,
but found they had no chief. He left town
for the mouth of Otter to deliver provisions
to a woodchop.pers’ camp last Tuesday, and
on account of heavy trail was not able to
return that night.
FAIRBANKS MEN STAKED
GOOD CLAIMS IN CHISANA
In a letter to his father, August Thies of
Fairbanks, now in the Chisana, tells of hav
ing staked sc me ground and of having ob
tained prospects as high as 4 cents to the
pan. Thies is working with his brother
Willie, and with Harry Smith, Martin Cor
bett and George Webber, the latter of whom
went in with the Thies boys from Fair
banks.
The ground located by the Fairbanks
men is on a small creek farther up the
Chisana than the original discovery. When
the letter was written the prospectors had
not yet reached bedrock with their shaft,
which they were sinking. Two of the party
are still busy hauling the winter’s supplies
over from Reliance Landing.
Fine line of fresh nuts and candies.
Crowley & Porter.
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♦ Next Thursday, the 27th, is the day set aside to give thank*
| for the blessings which we have enjoyed during the year.
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I Few, if any, have not something to be thankful for.
So get ready for the big turkey day and dress up to suit the
occasion. The best is none too good, and we carry the best in
Men’s Clothing, Furnishings and Shoes.
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| IDITAROD DIS. OTTER
% WE WILL CLOSE AT 8 O'CLOCK EVERY EVEN ING—SUN DAYS AT NOON
| BRANCHING OUT
) I have taken over the stock of H. Boas’ Discovery store end am now prepared
\ to supply all needs in the gents’ furnishing line.
GOLD DISCOVERED
IN PORTLAND PARK
Portland, Ore., Oct. 20.— Returns from
the assay office yesterday of samples < f ore
taken from a ledge uncovered in Interlink
rive, in Mount Tabor park, by II. Tanna,
a park employe, two weeks ago, reveals val
ues of free mi ling gold of $1,092 a ton.
Anticipating a rush of prospectors to this
i.'trict. city officials have ceased looking on
he find as a joke, and Commissioner Brew
er who has charge of the parks, has di
r cted City Attorney LuRoche to proceed
rmediatelv to protect the rights of the
:y in the park so that prospectors and
ecidators may be excluded. In all prob
ability the city will be forced in the end to
make a filing on the property as a mining
■ laim to protect its rights.
A sailing vessel built 103 years ago re
cently began another voj'age from England
to South Africa.
There are 5 1S7 steam laundries in the
‘nited States, employing 109,-181 persons.
COULDN'T MAKE
THE BEAR EAT
A report frcm the h e : i of Flat this week
tells c*i a t ri. I ‘ exper: nee A1 Wabh had
with the Budweiser black bear.
After she had gone into h r den to hib' r
irate for the winter. Wal.di, thinking the
bear must be hungry, tried to coax her out
to eat. but Betsy would not come. So Al
crawled into the hole after her. He had
only gotten half way in when the bear be
gan to growl fiercely, and he turned to
come out, but before he could do so the
bear caught him by the seat of the trousers
and tore out a good-sized fraction on the
left limit.
Pictures make nice Christmas presents.
See Clemons & Koons. photographers, Flat
City.
The consumption of coffee in France has
just about doubled in the last fifty yum.
HERE’S FOR YOUR
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Supplied by
‘‘The House of Quality”
Imported Grape Juice from France
Franco-American Soups, Assorted
SALADS
Crab Lobster Shrimp fruits
Assorted Meats, etc., etc.
FISH
Grayling Whitefish Brook Trout
RELISHES
Ripe Olives Dill Pickles Sweet Pickles
Sour Pickles, etc., etc.
GAME
Turkey Chicken Ptarmigan
DESSERTS
’lum Pudding Mince Meat, Squash and Pumpkin for Pies
Salted Wafers Water Crackers
Camembert and Imported Swiss Cheese
London Layer Raisins Assorted Nuts
Oranges and Apples
Coffee, Porter’s Quality Tea, Ridgway s
Cigars and Cigarettes
Hoping all enjoy their dinner, we remain.
Very Sincerely
CROWLEY & PORTER,
IDITAROD AND FLAT CITY
RING US UP_ANY SERVICE WE CAN DO YOU_RING US UP
WESTERN UNION CODE BOOK NO TROUBLE TO FORWARD YOUR MAIL THE AMERICANO—16 VOLUMES FIRST EDITIONS OF THE NEW ALASKA MINING CODE
Thanksgiving Tom and Jerry All Day Thanksgiving
NEW BUD WEISER 1DITAROD BAIRD & ANDERSON FLAT CITY THE BRANCH^