Iditarod pioneer., 1912-05-18
FLAT CITY NOTES

Howard Barnes, Oscar Margraff and
Tony Gardner, partners on Black
creek, are doing some great work.
They are working from daylight to
dark-and there is not much darkness
now-sluicing up their dump. They
are happy and hopeful, and it looks
like they have got more there than
anyone has known about.
Bob Roberts and Gus Reuter-, OF
Black creek, commenced sluicing last
week. To pass by their sluiceboA es
and look into them when the water is
not running and see the yellow stuff
shining up amongst the gravel, makes
one think there might be better spot
around there than was ever found on
Flat.
Paul Garcken was a visitor at Flat
| Sunday.
| The Discovery cafe, at Discovery,
Otter, has been remodeled and enlarged.
George Baker, of Iditarod, was a
visitor at Flat Sunday.
Jim Hyland of the Wildcat associa-
ton, Flat creek, paid u visit to Iditarod
last Monday.
Frank Lawson visited Iditarod during
the week
Mrs. Charles Miller, of Iditarod, re-
| turned holne Monday from her visit at
Mrs. Jonas Brewis's at the head of
Flat creek.
! George Wesch, CHARLES Krutzinger
and A. c. Kramer were visitors ut Flat
creek.
jos Poz and z. J. Lou sac, of Idtarod,
visited Flat during the week.
F. A. Cleveland is building a veranda
on the front of his Office and home at
Flat.
A. A. Shonbeck, Of Discovery, was a
visitor at Flat last Saturday.
Keith & Crawford, of Slate creek,
broke their f1ume last week, which
delayed them about three days. They
are still slCicing their winter dump
and will soon be making a cleanup.
c.. J. Young, one of the miners of the
Mud-river country, was at Flat last
Wednesday looking for a drill to take
to that section when he returns in a
week or two.
Fred Peterson, vino has been living
in Iditarod the last three months, has
moved back to Flat.
Star Ballard, of the Summit road
house, who has been in the hospital at
[ditarod, is almost we'll again, and was
visitor in Flat last Wednesday.
Louie Stetzer, on Otter creek, has
about thirty men working, and will be
putting more on soon.
George Riley, on Otter creek, has a
gang of men working, and will shortly
employ a large force.
John Novak, of Discovery Otter, has
been suffering from an attack of the
grippe.
Mrs. Herb Riley, of Iditarod, was a
visitor at Flat last Wednesday.
Alfred Boas and Harold Young were
creek visitors last Tuesday.
Lipsett Bros, on Otter creek, started
to scrape last Tuesday. They have
about twenty men working, and will
put much larger force on in a short
time.
Ellis Il Co., on Otter, will put big
crew of men to work in few days.
| The Flat City business people made
| liberal donations for the baseball
grounds, and 20 men were put to work
| last Wednesday and Thursday clearing
the area and dynamiting the stumps.
Bert Moores, of Casey's saloon, made
the workmen an additional donation oil
IL dozen bottles of beer. The grounds
chosen are across the creek, just in
front Of town, at the foot of Gold street
Mrs. Lowrie, of The Home hotel
made a trip on horseback to Iditaroo
Wednesday.
Joe Loranger, OF the Wildcat associ
1T OF, Willow creek, was at visitor at
t la and Iditarod Thursday.
Lawrence Auten made a tour of the
creeks Thursday.
Charley Krutsinger and Dan McDon
aid, Of the Pack Train association
Otter creek, are said to have from tt
4 cents to the pan.
Mrs. McMullen, OF Flat City, visited
1ditarod last Saturday.
Joe Fourier and Ma. cell Brochu, o
Willow creek, are sluicing and have
been making small cleanups for tn,
past month, which have been very sat
isfactory to them. They have some o
the hest ground on Willow