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(Iditarod Pioneer)
What appears to have been a neat
little “frame-up” among the “official
crowd" of Fairbanks came to light
this week by the receipt by Guy G.
Geraghty, now United States com
missioner of Otter precinct, of a tel
egram offering him the position of
chief deputy clerk of the district
court at Fairbanks, at a salary of $250
per month. As the acceptance of the
position appears to be contingent up
on a successor to Mr. Geraghty as
commissioner being found the offer
has not yet been accepted.
The tender of the office, while it
Woes not come as a surprise to Mr.
Geraghty, is causing considerable
speculation as to what really happen
ed at Fairbanks. Mr. Geraghty was
an applicant for the position of depu
ty United States marshal at Iditarod
and has in his possession a telegram
from L. T. Erwin, United States mar
shal for the Fourth division, promis
ing that he will be appointed to the
place upon the expiration of the term
of Percy Charles, the incumbent, who
is the republican divisional commit
teeman, which will be early in the
coming summer. At the time this tel
egram was received Mr. Erwin was
seeking support in his campaign for
reappointment.
The matter of the impending ap
pointment of Mr. Geraghty as his suc
cessor was a surprise to Mr. Charles,
and he was unaware of the contem
plated change until it became current
talk about town. On his way back to
Iditarod from the outside recently he
traveled from Seattle to Juneau with
Mr. Erwin, and at that time no men
tion was made by Mr. Erwin of a con
templated change.
Apparently there has been an un
derstanding of some kind between the
politicians at Fairbanks by which
Mr. Geraghty has been offered the
deputy clerkship in order to relieve
Erwin of his promise to appoint him
to the Iditarod deputy marshalship.
As it seems to be thoroughly under
stood that the people of this district
are not to be consulted in the matter
of local appointments, things will thus
shape themselves to the entire satis
faction of the high moguls at Fair
banks.
Lost—My appetite until I had a
meal at Cameron’s Cafe. 354
EDW. T. McNALLY
WM. MAITLAND
M’Nally & Maitland
Lumber
Wood
We carry a complete stock of common dimension. Fin
ish that is CLEAR and properly kiln-dried.
SALES AGENTS
ESKA CREEK COAL CO.
COAL $8.00 PER TON
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Phone 41R
IT’S A REAL PLEASURE
to view the new wall decorations on
view here exclusively. They are so
unconventional, so out of the common
and so unusually artistically attrac
tive. If you plan to repaper you
should by all means see these new
papers. To decide without doing so
is apt to result in regret later.
EVANS & FRANTZEN
THE HOUSE OF CLEAN
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SERVICE BARBER
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ROBARTS BUILDING
Shampooing and Face Massage
A Specialty.
UNION CIGAR STORE
4th Aye. Bet. C and B Sts.
Choice line of Cigars and
Tobaccos,
Confectionery and
Soft Drinks.
Meet Your Friends at the
UNION CIGAR STORE
GUS STIPOVICH and
OTTO GUSTOSON, Props.
OHOVIN SUPPLY
5th and C.
Carries Everything in Electri
cal Supplies and Fixtures
to make a happy Home
Agent for
FRISCO STANDARD
GAS ENGINES.
Central Barber Shop
Modem Equipment Throughout
New Sanitary Bathroom in
Connection.
417 4th Avenue.
Kitak Show Case Co. 1
Furniture, Cabinets.
Bank and Office Fixtures
Made To Order
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Factory Opposite White House
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OKliHOMA
OIL TESTS
NORMAN, Okla.—Despite the con
stantly fluctuating price of crude, oil
development in Oklahoma is being
pushed until test wells are being sunk
in practically every section of the
state. Drilling is going on in three
fourths of the counties in Oklahoma,
and there are few of the others in
which local companies are not being
organized to sink tests.
Recent development, according to
officials in the Oklahoma Geological
survey, which has headquarters at the
University of Oklahoma, has been
marked by the extension of the Cush
ing field in the region of Shamrock,
a little city that sprang up almost over
a night. This extension resulted in
bringing in some of the best produc
ing oil and gas wells in Oklahoma,
perhaps the best production being ob
tained in the Layton sand, at a depth
of 1,400 feet. The Bartlesville sand
also gave some of the best wells in
the field.
The Blackwell field has come into
prominence in the past few months,
though development has been slow on
account of deep drilling and difficulty
in going through the gas sands. The
oil wells have ranged in initial flow
from 100 to 3,000 barrels a day, and
the gas wells from 3,000,000 to 60,
000,000 cubic feet.
The Stone Bluff pool, in Wagoner
county, has been developed into a pro
lific one for a small pool, and the
Yale pool has furnished a number of
good wells the last year. The Heald
ton field, in Carter county, the ex
treme south part of the state, was
next in importance to the south ex
tension of the Cushing field.
Besides these main fields, many lit
tle ones have been opened up. Pro
duction in both oil and gas was ob
tained southwest of Billings and south
of Garber. The Ingalls field, east of
Stillwater, is one of the newest ones
that gives promise of becoming im
portant. A gas well, reported at 30,
000,000 feet, was brought in near Per
kins.
The geological survey estimates
that there are now not less than 120
oil and gas fields in the state. Some
of these are not now producing oil or
gas in commercial quantities, but all
are considered capable of develop
ment-sto the commercially productive
point.
As to the future of the oil industry
in Oklahoma, the best authorities de
clare that production is now on the
decline. In many fields the initial
production was good, but in most
cases, after eight or nine years, not
a few fields seem to have become al
most exhausted. Most of the wells in
the famous Glenn Pool, which had a
wonderful initial production, are
now producing much less. In the
Cushing field, the older wells in the
shallow sands are being pumped and
those of high production are gradually
declining.
The geological survey estimates the
value of Oklahoma’s production of on
and gas during 1915 at $78,300,000.
GEORGE OSBORNE
The Leading Jeweler and Optician.
We are closing out our entire line of
Gorham’s Sterling silver ware. We
have on hand a complete line in the
two most up-to-date and artistic pat
terns. Don’t fail to take advantage of
the big sale in Gorham’s sterling sil
ver ware. Our stock is complete and
up-to-date. Closing out at cost. 391
War News
Rumors ahd facts at Peterson’s. 444
Fred Carlquist, who is a graduate
optician from San Francisco, is per
manently established with George Os
born, the C. St. Jeweler, and will ex
amine eyes free. 260
Maps of Alaska for Sale. Robarts.
Daily War Bulletins at Peterson’s.
Lunches after the show at the
North Pole Bakery. 429
The Iditarod Pioneer, of February
10, publishes the following statement
with respect to the actual conditions
as to known pay developed on creeks
in the Tolstoi district, which is now
attracting considerable attention in
mining circles in Alaska:
The Pioneer here presents a state
ment of the actual conditions with ref
erence to known pay on the various
creeks in the Tolstoi district. This
statement is compiled from informa
tion given by a man who, besides be
ing well informed on the subject, is
interested in the future of the Tol
stoi, and besides is optimistic as to
its future development.
| Boob Creek.—On No. 2 below dis
covery, owned by Ira Van Orsdal,
there is good pay. The Emmett Frac
tion, owned by Riley & Mourner, con
tains pay which will run probably $2
to the foot, and the paystreak is 65
feet wide or possibly even rnore. No.
1 below, owned by Riley & .Mounier,
and W. A. Vinal, has pay which prob
ably runs $2 to the foot. Discovery
claim, owned by the same parties, has
similar pay, and No. 1 above, also
owned by Riley & Mounier and Vinal,
has known pay on the lower end. No.
3 has good prospects. Altogether
there is about a mile of pay on this
creek.
Mastodon Creek.—No pay has yet
developed on this creek, so far as
blown. There are, however, good pros
pects on discovery claim and on No. 1
above. On Wilson creek, which is
a tributary of Mastodon, there are
good prospects also.
Madison Creek.—Two bench claims
at the mouth of Tob creek, owned by
Wilson & Alexander, show better than
10 cents to the pan. No di’fting has
been done from the holes in which titl
pay was found. Discovery claim on
Flat gulch, a tributary of Esperanto,
which is a tributary of Madison, show
pay in one hole. Harry Madison and
Tom Muckle have a creek claim on
Esperanto which shows good pros
pects. They are very secretive about
their workings, however, and no in
formation is given out. The fact that
they whipsawed lumber last fall and
made preparations to sluice leads to
the belief that they have pay.
According to best information ob
tainable, the above represents all the
known pay claims and it will be seen
that the statements relative to “ten
miles of pay” is erroneous. On none
of the claims mentioned is there any
development work in progress at pres
ent, with the exception of those owned
by Riley & Mounier, where a few men
are engaged in taking out winter
dumps.
In an editorial comment on the Tol
stoi district, the Pioneer say§:
Always it is gratifying to hear and
see in print optimistic and glowing
tributes to one’s own home district,
and when these are based on fact it
is pleasant to realize that they pre
sage an era of prosperity not only
for the immediate residents of the
community but for the many others
who always are attracted by indus
trial activity, especially in mining
countries. It is seldom that a mining
community is called upon to contradict
too glowing reports concerning its re
sources or possibilities; usually it is
the opposite—disparaging reports cir
culated at a distance must be refuted.
The Pioneer has made an honest
endeavor to keep the public thorough
ly informed as to developments in the
Tolstoi country. Believing from the
inception 6f the excitement that there
was strong probability of new and
profitable mining ground being open
ed up, on a scale that would furnish
employment and reward for large
numbers of prospectors and miners, we
have given publicity to every scrap
of reliable information relating to
the new camp that could be gathered.
At the same time an effort was made
to avoid the constant reiteration and
exaggeration which have been so com
mon with reference to new mining dis
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Kansas City. Denver
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Direct Connections for all
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SEATTLE
tricts the country over. Allowance
also has been made for the enthusiasm
of interested informants. We have
shown that good mining ground is
being opened up on Boob creek, that
there are many evidences of pay on
other creeks, and that altogether the
Tolstoi is one of the most promising
fields for the prospector to be found in
Alaska, and those going there equip
ped to carry on prospecting should be
encouraged to the utmost.
But the district is a remote one,
where transportation is difficult and
supplies costly. It would be worse
than criminal for a newspaper or oth
er agency of publicity to give cause
for a senseless stampede of illy-equip
ped people into the new camp at this
time. So far it is an unimproved re
gion with the exception of one small
creek. There is no employment to
be had, and much suffering would re
sult.
The reports coming from the coast
show that someone interested in flood
ing the country with penniless men
has apparently set about the task of
deliberately starting an unwarranted
and unjustified stampede.
The Tolstoi is a region of great
promise. There is plenty of room for
optimism concerning its future with
out spreading repdrts of fictitious and
sensational developments.
Phone 43-Y for car, day or night
Wood and coal a specialty. Universal
'Taxi and Transfer. 126
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and Bath House
Eourth Ave., Between H and I,
Anchorage
OUR WORK 18 GUARANTEED
—and—
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Sanitary Market
The only (.old storage plant in con
nection with market in Anchorage.
Home-made Sausages. FnAits. Veg
etables. Butter and Eggs, at whole
sale. Restaurants and roadhouses,
spcciu* attention.
ttb Ave.. Bet, H and I Sts.
E £ KURTZ & CO.
FREDERICK&NELSON
SEATTLE
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Invite you to 3end to them for
such items in FURNITURE and
DRY GOODS as cannot be readily
supplied by the merchants in your
own community
All such orders received by
FREDERICK & NELSON receive
the prompt, personal attention of
an expert shopper, and Parcel Post
shipments are sent POSTAGE
PAID to any point in Alaska.
Inlet Soda Works
W. A. TAYLOR, Proprietor
Manufacturers of all kinds of "A
MINERAL WATERS, SODAl
CIDER, SYRUPS.
AGENTS FOR GRAPE JUICE
Anchorage - - Alaska
QUINN BOARDING
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Board by the Day or Week,
Corner 3rd and C St.
THE SYDNEY
LAURENCE CO.
COMMERCIAL AND
PICTORIAL PHOTOGRAPHY
Interior, Flashlight Work a
Specialty.
Kodak Developing and Printing
HARMONY THEATRE.
CARROL & CO.
Fourth St„ near E
MEN’S OUTFITTERS
Complete stock of Clothing,
Shoes and furnishings.
Lunches, sandwiches and coffee ar"*
the North Pole Bakery. 429
Shoe Shine Stand—Roberts.