KELLY RETURNS FROM ANIAK;
TALES OF CREEKS AND TRAILS
J. J. Kelly, who had been absent just a month on a trip to the
Aniak, got back to Iditarod last Tuesday. In going in he made
Rainy City, at the mouth of Eagle creek, in twelve days. Rainy
is expected to become the creeks metropolis of the district. Re
turning, he covered the 207 miles to Iditarod in four days, travel
ing light with Dr. Young’s crack dog team.
The day before he left for Iditarod Dan McCarty and his
partner Bevins reached bedrock in a 10 foot hole on Marvel creek.
It is said they got an average of 10 cents to the pan in gravel 4 or
5 feet deep. The width of the pay is undetermined. The creek
has a 2,‘a per cent, grade and is considered an easy open-cut. prop
osition. McCarty and Bevins have a tine cabin and are well pro
visioned for the winter. They expect to work on a considerable
scale next summer. In fact it seems probable that a lot of ground
will be opened along the creek. Eagle, Marvel, Salmon, Dome
and Cripple are also classed among the creeks of known pay.
There is no objection to auy one panning on the dumps in the
region, so people going in can size up the situation for themselves.
The prospectors there are an open hearted lot. and on that account
general indignation has been expressed at a lot of petty thievery
from caches that has taken place.
Mr. Kelly left only seven men in the district, but he met ten
dog teams going up the Aniak and thirty six between Hoffman’s
and Iditarod. One man was seen going in with a horse, which he
proposed to kill upon arrival. Indian cabins and roadhouses were
all full of men headed for the Aniak- There is no dog feed to be
had either on the Kuskokwim or in the Aniak, which is a serious
drawback
On the way to the coggings Mr. Kelly found Salmon river
frozen solid; but on his return it had broken in many places and
natives declared travel upon it at that time would be very danger
ous. There v neavy rain on the Kuskokwiin Dec. 31.
Kell ' ijes not take much stock in the trail, mentioned in the
Pioneer last week, which leaves the Kuskokwim at Kolmakoff,
eignt miles below Hoffman’s. Instead of that trail being thirty
mites shorter than the one leaving at Hoffman’s, he says it is
really about twenty miles longer, besides being exposed and sub.
ject to severe winds in places. On the Hoffman trail, he says,
a stretch of untimbered trail sets in eight miles from Hoffman’s
post and continues fifteen miles, when it goes into the timber on
the East Fork of the Aniak. At that point a new roadhouse was
being built and is probably open by this time. The fifteen miles
of exposed trail is acknowledged to be desolate and subject to
high winds, but Hoffman has staked it every fifty feet and flagged
it with red flags. He has also brushed it out in places in the
timber. Shorty Davenport has rented Hoffman s place and is
running a roadhouse, but no supplies are for sale there.
As Kelly was coming out Harry Buhro and Hank Downing.
■k B Si fl I wish to announce that I have taken
■'%£ § ^^^£2^ full charge of Mrs. Silverstein’s Ladies’
I ■ V'V Furnishings, Cloak and Suit House.
I will offer Mrs. Silverstein’s stock of Goods at
75c ON THE DOLLAR 75c
This is a chance for all of you to get busy.
All Alterations on Ladies' Garments FREE OF CHARGE, and Work Guaranteed
I also wish to announce that I do Tailoring (as I did in my
old quarters), and will be pleased to see you all.
ALL WORK GUARANTEES
H. SCHLAPIK, First Ave.
Your Groceries When You
Want Them! promptly delivered.
We are out for the Retail Trade, and will show you a
line of Groceries that cannot be beaten for Price
or Quality in Iditarod. Phon© 87
Sunderbruch
A FEW THINGS FOR WINTER
Extra Large-Size Norse Blankets
Yukon Sleds, Snowshoes Goal Oil aud Gasoline
Cole’s Air-Tight Heaters
SMITH'Sl3UN STORE
Phone No. 6 Iditarcd, Alaska
iners & Merchants Bank
IDITAROD, ALASKA
Capital, StOO,000.00
General Banking Business Transacted Gold Dust Bought and Assayed
Drafts Issued on Any Part of the World
SEATTLE CORRESPONDENT: SCANDINAVIAN AMERICAN BANK
OFFICERS:
T. J. Nestor. President
Chas- Ross, Vice President
E. G. Lindberg, Manager
John Holmes, Cashier and Assayer
m BETTER
OPTICAL
EQUIPMENT
■N ALASKA
R 013 K R T SIMPSON
We Are Out for Your Business
The old saying is that the dollar is your
friend, and it has been proven that it is.
Now, to back up out' statement: We are putting on sale our stock of
Pants, consisting of such well-known makers as Sweet & Orr, Hart,
Schatfner & Marx, Rosenthal & Weil and tlie Imperial Pants House.
These Pants wo are offering 60 CENTS ON THE DOLLAR. This is
your chance to tit up in a pair of Pams.
Always Something Doing -Watch Next Saturdby'a Pioneer
FRIEDMAN STORE
assisted by natives, were cutting a trail from the cabins at the
the end of the Hoffman trail on the Aniak to the mouth of Pioneer
on Salmon. This will shorten the distance to the diggings five
miles.
Mr. Kelly is starting on his return to the Aniak today. On
this trip he will carry supplies for the balance of the winter.
IDITAROD SHOULD ENTER TEAM
FDR ALL ALASKA SWEEPSTAKES
Iditarod i- not alone in its enjoyment of our northern race game
Mr Fox Ramsay, the Scotch capitalist who lias mmy nr stments in
Nome, has written E. Coke Hill saying: ‘‘Nome is as crazy as ever
about dog races. So am I. I am engaged right now in collecting a
suitable team for the big race which we are sure to have Can you not
persuade Iditarod and Fairbanks to enter ? I am writing to Candle at d
St Michael, and think they can be persuaded if we tell them in time ”
With the material at bandit certainly looks as it Iditarod could
furnish a first class team if it commences now and works to that end.
The team to go should be picked and worked together for at leas
two months before the great test, which will be about the fi st week in
April. The cost of sending, entering and running and return to Idita
rod should not exceed $510, ovei mi l above be collecting of the team
and the compensation of tire driver. Am tig our enthusiasts «e can
certainly venture that much on our chances
PLEAD GUILTY
OFJMBLING
The gambling case from Flat City
was terminated last Saturday by all j
four of the accused men pleading guilty
in Commissioner Stanton’s court. Har- ^
ry G. Minshall and James F. Finnegan,
proprietors of the pool room where the !
offense is alleged to have been com
mitted, were each fined $150, and Wil- ;
liam Bozeman and Clinton Cameron ;
each $125, the costs in all the cases ’
being added to the penalties.
The maximum penalty that may be ;
imposed in such cases is a fine of $500
and costs.
NEW USE FOUND FOR FISHHOOKS
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At Ruby City recently J. H. Rich- j
ards had so many calls for fishhooks,
that his curiosity was excited, and
inquiry elicited the fact that the hooks
were being used to catch marten.
Tiie Ruby Record says the method is
successful.
Harmonicas and soft drinks, Anslet’s
DEFICIT OF $13,755.32
According to a report made by Clerk
Frank O’Farrell to the common council
last Wednesday night., the total deficit
in the city revenues on Jan. 1 was
$13,755 32. This included $1,485.72 due
the Northern Commercial Company for
apparatus for the fire department, a
warrant, for which had not been drawn,
but payment of which had been author
ized out of the emergency fund.
The following bills were approved
and warrants ordered drawn in pay
ment of same: James Green, 24 hours
labor on pipeline. $24; Ira F. Wood,
hauling and sawing, $116.
Chief McGovern of the fire depart
ment reported the purchase of fifty
pounds of tallow for use in the boiler
in case of emergency.
Councilmen Mutchler and Worden
were absent from the meeting. Coun
cilman McDonell came in from the
creeks and was in attendance for the
first time in several weeks.
Select Outside Lumber, cot rugated
iron and roofing paper at Ross & Nes
tor’s. _
Sled covers, tarpaulins. H. Boas.
SEND IN YOUR
MAGAZINES
Few people in Iditarod realize the i
wide work that the Free Reading
Room is doing. Not only is it supply
ing the people of the community witii ^
a place to read and with a free ex- ;
change of books aud magazines, hut
Dr. Young has sent far and wide over
two tons of magazines and other peri
odicals. These have gone to road
houses along the Seward, Nulato and
Georgetown trails, to Ruby, Takotna.
Ophir, Dikeman and other towns, and
to scores of miners’ and prospectors’
cabins. There are applications every
day from ail directions for more of this
literat ure. Since navigation closed only
a very limited amount of second and l
third-class matter can come by mail. |
It is hoped that those in this commu
nity who have books, magazines and
other reading matter which they have |
read will at once send it to the Reading 1
Room, that it mat' be distributed to
those who so much need it. Many a
lonely miner would have been saved
from insanity if he had had something 1
to read. Don’t be neglectful and let
your hooks and magazines gather dust,
but put them to use by helping your
fellows. _
MANY SAW THE
OLD YEAR OUT
New Year's eve was celebrated
in Idiiarud City in t ie customary
manner, quite a large number of
people remaining out to see old
1911 shuffle off and young 1912
t 1 ip gaily in.
Most ol the resorts in town bad
a full complement of revelers, who
were entertained from time to time
tiy an itinerant hand, the members
of which received liquid nourish
men! in exchange for a few bars of
that touching melody, "I am so
dry.”
The Merchants cafe dispensed
music from 10 pm to 2 a m , in
addition to their usual service of
‘hings good to eat. Many availed
themselves of the opportunity thus
presented to have a good time, and
'he new \ear received a rneiry wel
come.
Open house with lavish hospi
tality was the rule New Year's day
and if 1912 continues as it has
begun, a very happy and prosper
ous time is ahead for us all.
MORAN !
Nome, Dec. 30.—The case against
Martin Moran, former commissioner at
Kobuk, has fallen through and the
accused discharged.
SERVICES AT FLAT TOMORROW
2 p.m. At Charles Slrandberg’s.
8 p. ra. At the Masonic and Odd Fel
lows’ club-house. Good choir. Every
body welcome.
S. HALL YOUNG, Pastor.
JOSEPH PULITZER'S BIG FORTUNE
The contents of the will of the
late Joseph Pulitzer, the proprieto
f the New York World, have
j ist hee> made public. All ol
the stock held b\ Mr Pulitzer it
the New York World and the S'
Louis Post.Dispatch is wtll.-d it
'rust to his sons and their male
issue. One million dollars is be
queathed to the sell ml ot journalism
at Columbia university, and the
will decrees that a second million
shall go to Haivard university i.
cast Columbia f.dls to comply with
the tetm' of the bequest Mrs. Pu
li'zer is allowed the income from
$2,500,000, and his daughters each
get that from $1,coo,000. Mr Pu
litzer’s valet is left $100,000, and
editorial writers on the paper and
other personal friends are remem
bered handsomely.
There are two times in a man's life
when he should not speculate: When
h can’t afT rd to and when he can.—
Ma k T»air.
It is easier to stay out than get out.
—Mark Twain,
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dMLt j
Bv initiating our Gigantic: Clearance Sale it is clone •
with a view of not permitting our busy establishment to'
retire on a slumbering vacation for the coming (lull J
months. In order to accomplish our purpose the low \
prices that exist now must be shoved down several steps 1
lower, which shall be done. \
NOTE THE FOLLOWING ITEMS:
$30.00 All-Wool Suits.. $20.0 Q u I
$25.00 AU-Wool Suits.. 17.50 Show 1
$22.50 All-Wool Suits.. 15.00 )W’ndm |
§45, $-10 and $35 Dress Overcoats at. $17.50]
Dressed, Lined Gloves, regular $2, now .. $ .75:
FELT SHOES .$ 5.00,
CALL AT OUR STORE; MONEY IN YOUR POCKET !
Leading Clothiers
SOON HE'LL BE
IN LONDON TOWN
Nat Lyons, who has been asso
ciated with the Iditarod Pioneer
since its inception, lias severed his
connection with the paper, and
will leave at an early datt for Eng
land, whither he has been called
m connection with family matters.
Mr. Lyons, who traveled "the
trail of ’98," has not visited his
old home in Lon Ion since 1902,
when he left Dawson to participate
in the festivities in connection with
the coronation of Edward VII.
Since that time he has remained in
■ lie North, piinci| ally in the Yukon
'eriitory. He arrived in Iditarod
horn Dawson June 21, 1910, and
joined the Pioneer staff almost im
mediately.
During his residence in this camp
Mr. Lyons has taken a prominent
part in the social life of the com
munitv, especially in connection
with Camp Idrtarod No. 27, A. B
He has made a host of friends
(particularly among the ladies),
who will witness his departure with
regret.
Meanwhile Nat will console him
self with the pleasant reflection:
Soon I'll be in London town,
Tosee the king with the golden crown;
and to whom he has promised to
give our very kind regards.
An revoir, Nat ! Don’t get too
gay when you get to Piccadilly.
PENCIL MINERS BUSY ON KOYUK
Nome, Dec. 30.—The scene of the
recent strike on the Kovuk river. Sew
ard peninsula, lias been blanketed with
association claims by pencil miners,
who have already returned to their
homes, without sinking a hole or doing
anything else to demonstrate the value
of the ground. The ground is now tied
up and legitimate miners can not get a
look in. _
Old Lacey, Tyler, Monogram, Ather
ton and Cedarbrook, also fine old Port-.
Sherry and Clarets at Empire Com
mercial Co.
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High-top moccasins at H. Boas’.
Location blanks—-Pioneer office.
RUMORED PAY
OR REW CREEK
There is a rumor around tow.
that pay has been found on Lemon
creek, tributary to Iditarod river on
the left limit, twenty miles below
Iditarod City.
The pay is said to have been
found at the bottom of a 4; foot
shaft.
A paity of Montenegrins have
been on the creeks for two or th.ee
months, and they' came up and re
corded three claims about three
weeks ago. They speak little -
no English.
The quality or quantity of the
supposed pay, or particulars of the
find, cannot be learned.
The men recently took down 1
boiler. To an acquaintance they
disclaimed having any pay. How
ever, some people seem to believe
they are not telling all they know,
and the leport was that Jack Ro
nau, for one. had gone to have 1
look at the ground. That pait of
the story, at least, is eironeous, f r
Rattan's trip was to Moose creek
COMM AND GOING
Herman and Andy Anderson, of l he
firm of Anderson Bros, & Nerland,
have joined their families in Seattle,
where they will spend the winter.
H. Seulapik has taken over busi
ness formerly conducted by Mrs. Silver
stein on First avenue.
George Kilroy came in from Fiat
Friday.
Tiie Miners & Merchants Bank was
the first to pay its municipal taxes.
Joe Martindale came in from Flat
Thursday.
Select Outside Lumber, corrugated
iron and rootinfe paper at Uoss & Nes
tor’s. _
Power-of-attorney blanks—Pioneer.
Films Developed
And All Kinds of Photographic
Work Done.
KiSS TJERNSTROM, MCDONALD HOTEL
Open All Night Open AH Night'
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THE NORTHERN j
Family Trada a Spaolalty <
Goods Dellrarad lo All Parts of City Day or Night
HARRY ASHLAND CEO. F. MARSH\
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Warm, Clean and Comfortable—Ed Kelly's Disk a he t Roadhouse
Marquette Rye AA, National Club itoyrbon, G. & U. Dry Gin,
- Queen Anne Scotch and Budwelser Beerv
THE BUD VWE1SER JACK BAIRD id it a rod flat city ED ANDERSON THE BRANCH