Iditarod pioneer., 1911-02-18
COMING AND GOING

Jack Merritt, one of the best-known and most capable Turkish bath generals that ever excoriated a victim, has taken charge of the hot-room annex to the 1 Sellander baths, and IS prepared to give any body the best drubbing he ever got Tn his life. The hot-room and the rub bing-room at this institution are very satisfactory, and under Merritt's super vision, you are soon turned out as the 1 finished product.
 John Pakage, pioneer roadhouse man of the Innoko, who is well remembered by everyone who ever stopped at his | hostelry between Diskaket and Ophir, dropped into town the other day from Nixon's Fork, where he has been pros | pecting of late. He had no glowing accounts to give of the developments on Flat creek, but his faith in the country is shown by the fact that he stayed but a couple of days before hik- ing back again.
 John Smeaton, Of SmeatOn and Lar son oi Snow .guich and Donlun creek. came over about the first Of the week for supplies He and his partner have been sinking holes on Snow gulch lately where they found some very good pay. They are now beginning on the work of cross-cutting Donlan with holes just below the mouth of Snow.
 It is reported that Pete Bechdole and partners found pay in three holes on the right limit of Lois creek, a tribu- tary of Donlan and the latest pay creek. They sunk the holes in a triangle, some 30 feet apart and found pay in all of them. They are now punching the ground full of holes all around in the hope of lining up a streak.
 Ed Rusl1 and Sam Godfrey are due to return to Ruby creek presently to take up the work of prospecting again with A. B. Ferguson who has been over there with Mrs. Ferguson for some months.
 Tom Williams, Jack Keller and Tom Bemis are scratching plenty of gravel on the high left bench of Snow, in the vicinity of the Worden workings. They l have boiler and pump and are putting down lots of holes.
 1 Charley McClain, is still working on the Diamond association, a Donlan creek claim at the mouth of Ruby. It was right near the upper side line of the Diamond that the first Ruby pay was struck "Shorty'' Gregan is pros pecting on Queen creek, tributary ot | D0nan. above Lois.
 Doc Madden, the man who has been dodglng letters for Doc Mading so long has arrived in Flat from the Kuskok- vim. He found things a little quiet over there, and came to q live camp for vacation.
 George Wesch and Jack Adams, formerly with the Washington-Alaska 1 bank at Fairbanks, but recently en- gagged in mining on Snow gulch with Tom Mclean, came into Iditarod last Saturday. They found nothing worth mentioning on the portion of the creek where they were working, and will doubtless change their field of oper- ations.
 Jim HagenS and Ed Britt dropped into the city the other day to study hydraulics. It is understood they de- sire to stop some overfiows. 1 A new building is being contemplated at Flat city and the construction oper- ations will begin as soon as the weather permits. This will be two-story log structure on the corner of Second and Gold, north of the Grand hotel and proposition is being undertaken by Jack Sargent and others. The building will be 20x40, and it is rumored that the downstairs is to be occupied by a mer- cantile establishment.
 i The Turner Brothers of Flat have l begun the construction of a good-sized | building fronting on Front street and adjoining the Home lodging house. This will be two-story building, 30 by 60, and the walls have already been started. The nature of the business to be conducted there has not yet been l determined