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Iditarod pioneer., 1913-05-31
GREEK
 GOLD COMES IN

The first gold in any quantity from winter dumps in this vicinity reached the local bank last Wednes- day, when several of the small op- orators of Willow creek deposited dust amounting to nearly $Io, 900
Iditarod pioneer., 1913-05-31

United States of America - District Court-Territory of Alaska, Fourth Division.
 Lizzie Opsgon, Plaintiff, vs. Edward O. Opsgon, Defendant.-No lOS l, Alias Summons.
 The President of the United States of America, greeting: To the above named defendant.
 Summons having been duly issued out
 of the above court in the above entitled
 action. and placed in the hands of the United States marshal for service, and
 the said marshal having made due re, turn, setting forth his inability to serve
 the said summons in said district, and that the said defendant could not be found therein, and the plaintiff having filed and presented to the court an ath-
 davit showing that the present where abouts of the defendant was not known
 to the plaintiff and that the said de- fendant could not be found within the district, and that a good cause of action
 exists in favor of the plaintiff against
 said defendant.
 And the court having considered the
 same, did on the llth day of September
 1912, make an order directing the pub
 lcation of the said summons for period
 of six weeks in the Iditarod Pioneer, a newspaper of general circulation within
 said district.
 Now, therefore, you are hereby re- quired to appear in the said district
 court in and for the Territory of Alaska,
 Fourth division, within 30 days after the
 completion of the said publication, to-
 wit: within 30 days after the 7th day of June, A. D. l9l3 exclusive of said day,
 and answer the complaint of the above
 named plaintiff, copy of which is on file in the office of the clerk of the above
 entitled court, and unless you so appear
 and answer, the plaintiff will apply for the relief demanded in said complaint. Witness the Honorable F. E. Fuller, Judge of said court, this 18th day of April in the year of our Lord 1913. f~~, c. c. PAGE, Clerk, } Seal By Geo. ": AIbrecht,, '~s-' Deputy Clerk.
Iditarod pioneer., 1913-05-31
D. STARR JORDAN CHANCELLOR

Palo Alto. Cal, May g David Starr Jordan has retired from the presidency of Stanford university to accept tue chancellorsllip.
Iditarod pioneer., 1913-05-31

STRAY DoG-White and brown spot ted, weighs about 80 lbs., has been cared for by me at Flat City for the past month; owner may recover same by paying for animals keep and for this advertisement.
 Mead Maynard, Flat City.
Iditarod pioneer., 1913-05-31
CAMP IDITAROD
 EXTENDS THANKS

1ditarod, Alaska, May 26, 1913. Iditarod Pioneer:
 At the 73rd regular meeting of Camp Iditarod No. 27, held in the A. E. Hall
Iditarod pioneer., 1913-05-31
Notice of Forfeiture

To D. Sayles, her heirs or assigns:
 You, and each of you, are hereby notified that the undersigned has eX- pended in labor and improvements the sum of one hundred dollars (Sl00) for each of the years of 1911 and 1912, on that certain fractional placer mining claim ard mining ground known as and called "Sayles Fraction,' situated on Little creek, d tributary of Cane creek, Innoko Mining District, District of Alaska.
 You are further notified that if, at the expiration of ninety (90) days after the last publication of this notice, you fail or refuse to contribute your propor- tion of such expenditure, your interest in said claim will become the property of the undersigned, your co-owner, under section 2324 of the Revised Stat utes of the United States.
 NIELS J. VIBE, Co-Owner.
 Date of first publication April 26, 1913.
 Date of last publication July 26, 1913.
Iditarod pioneer., 1913-05-31
WERE TO OLD TO BE DIVORCED

Albany, Ore.-Circuit Judge Gal loway has dismissed the complaint and cross complaint ill the divorce suit of Isaac N. Watson vs. Mrs. Mary E. Watson, with the state ment that both are too old to be divorced. Watson is 83 years old and his wife "A. They have been separated for more than 20 years.
Iditarod pioneer., 1913-05-31

on the evening of May Is, motion was made and duly carried that vote of thanks and appreciation be extended to those who so kindly subscribed to the painting and decorating of the A. B. Hall, and that a copy of the motion be placed on record, and also given to the local paper for publication.
 J. c. CURRIN, Arctic Recorder.
Iditarod pioneer., 1913-05-31

Watch repairing work guaran teed Wm. Taylor, Flat City.
Iditarod pioneer., 1913-05-31

Du Rand s, Discovery-the place to eat
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-27
MELBA-kuBELIK FAREWELL


The farewell concert of the great
est concert organization that has ever
visited this city, consisting of Nine
Melba and Jan Kubelik, assisted by
Edmund Burke, the Irish barytone,
and other eminent stars, will give it's
tonight with a program of rare beauty
and excellence.
Here is the complete program and
tickets may be secured at the door
after o'clock and until $50 at Sher-
man. Clay & Co.'S and Kohler &
Chase's:
Aria from "Herodiade" .Massenet
Edmund Burke
concerto .Tschaikowsky Y
Mr. Kubelik
Mad scene from Lucia" tby request). )....-..
-......-....-........-- Donizetti
Flute obligato by NJ. Moyse.
Madame Melba.
1.-TWO Grenadiers'' Wagner
Edmund Burke.
ta) 'Chanson Triste" e".............. Dupsrc
OBJ ave Maria.' from othello. ...... Verdi
Madame Melba.
ta) Tango ..-......... .Arbos
Obi Spanish Dance" .Arbos
Mr.. Kubelik.
Waltz song from Romeo and Juliet. Gounod
Madame Me1ba.
Irish song ssDark Rosaleen,, Needha m
Edmund Burke
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-27
LaWrence=Calvin

The marriage of Miss Carrie Calvin
and George Nelson Lawrence will be
celebrated this afternoon at the home
of the brides parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
f. f. Calvin, in Sacramento street
Rev. Dean Gresham will read the
service in the presnce of relatives
and close friends. Miss Nellie and
Miss Erminie Calvin will attend their
sister as maids of honor. After a
honeymoon passed in California Mr.
and Mrs. Lawrence will go TO Salt
Lake City to live.
The bride is a graduate of National
Park seminary, Washington. D. C. Her
father, E. e. Calvin. is vice president
of operation, maintenance and con-
struction of the Southern Pacific
company. Mr.. Lawrence is the son of
wealthy Salt Lake City family. He
was formerly a state senator of Utah
Golden Gate parlor No. 20, n. S. G..
w, gave a Christmas party last Sat-
urday night at Native Sons hall. A.
j. rooney, president or the parlor,
acted as Santa Claus. Presents were
distributed to more than 400 children
and later dancing was enjoyed. The
committee in charge were H. c. ].
Toomey, Ed ]. Barton, Frank L.
Schmidt, Herman Blohm, Ed Leahy,
j. de Soto, T. Schlink. William En-
lers, T. J. Sheridan. T. c. Commy, O.
Thies. o. Terisfeldt w. Rose, C.
Craig, " de Gamma, H. Gaetjen, c.
Koenig, William Ramm.
X
Mr.. and Mrs. Susan Cohen, for
merIy of Los Angeles, but who for
several months have lived at 1907
Page street, will hold a reception to-
morrow afternoon from 2 to 5
o'clock The event will be in honor
of their twenty fifth wedding ami
yersary.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-27
TRANSBAY SOCIAL
HAPPENINGS

the home of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
J. c. Hoyt, on Vernon Heights. A
score of the younger set have been
invited. and. following the dance. an
elaborate supper will be served.
Mrs. Andrew Moseley will be the
hostess for the next meeting of the
Monday club In Oakland next week
Bridge will be the diversion of the
afternoon. following which tea will
be served.
Invitations have been mailed by John
Dornin for a dance which will be
held in the Dornin home the evening
OF December 2s. About fifty guests
will enjoy the new dances.
Miss Katherine Gelderman of Ala
media will be one of the maids from
the east bay cities who will be a
guest at house party which will be
given in the Forsey home in Fresno
over the New Year. The party from
the bay district will leave here De-
cember 2s for the big vineyard
X X
AS a compliment to George Harding
Whipple and his bride. who was Miss
Louise kellogg, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
r. Havens will entertain at recep-
tion in their Berkeley home the after
noon OF New Year day. About 100
guests will be present for the affair,
at which a number of maids and ma
irons will assist Mrs. Havens, who is
sister of Whipple. Among them
will be Mrs Robert Hays Van SAINT
Jr.. Mrs. Harvey p. Goodman. Miss
Emma Kruetzer, Mrs. Charles William
Camm and Miss Helen Havens.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-27
MUSICAL PROGRAMS FOR WEEK

of the San Francisco Symphony or
chestra for the second half of its
1s13-1s14 season. Friday afternoon.
January ., will find the first symphony
concert of the New Year ushered in
with program that bids fair to prove
one of greatness"
Assisting the orchestra in the ca
pacity of soloist will be Kathleen Par
low, a violinist, in whom San Fran
cisco takes particular pride Miss
Parlow's first appearance in the
United States. since those as a child
in 1905, was with the Russian Sym
phony orchestra in 1905 Since then
returns to San Francisco at the
height of her career. Miss Parlow
B minor for violin and orchestra. and
group consisting of Tschaikowsky
serenade, "Melancholique." and wien-
awski carneval. "Russe."
Caesar Franks joyous symphony
in d minor. the performance of which
gave much pleasure to those who at
tended the first concert. will be re-
peated by request.
Henry Hadley's rhapsody. The Gull
prit Fay which won the prize of
$1,000 offered by the National Fed
Grafton of Music Clubs for the best
American composition. and chosen by
the judges. Charles Martin Loeffier,
Henry Krehbiel and Walter Damrosch
from twenty-five orchestral compost
tions submitted in competition, will
be given at this concert for the first
time in San Francisco. The work has
found representation on all the great
symphony orchestras of this country
and Europe.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-27
PAID A GOOD SALARY
TO THINK TWICE AS FAST

How far do your activities ex-
tend?''
ITO places where a Cooks
Tourist couldn't go unless he paid
regular rates. Why, we have rep
resentatives in every corner of
the World"
But the World is round
I'm which case half of our rep
resentatives are on their way
back. Don't try any of this cross
fire stuff on me-I'm paid a
pretty good salary to think just
twice as fast as you can remem-
ber So let's stick to business
and quit trying to make Murphy
laugh
You are quite a little press
bureau"
Halt Now please get this and
try to put IL so that other people
will get IT. We are not a press
bureau-we are a News Agency
and If you weren't a Cumbersome
Cub at this game you would
know the difference. What we
send out is printed on its merits,
and If you lived just little far
ther from home you would real
ize more fully that every time a
carpenter out at the Fair Grounds
opens a new keg of nails he will
have created something worth
telling the Public about before he
opens another one
What is your principal ave-
nue. of publication?
Newspapers, of course
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-27

demonstrated that the interest in
our Fair at this particular stage
is very much greater than the in
terest in either Buffalo, Chicago
or St Louis. One man reported
that he had already booked three
trainloads, and he didn't come
from an important City or a popu-
lous state, either. Aside from this,
we are already guaranteed one
hundred and ninety-six conven-
tions, which alone will mean from
three hundred and fifty thousand
to four hundred thousand people
-as many or more than the total
yearly tourist travel of the south
ern part of the state
What are your plans from now
on? | am assuming, of course,
that you are going to supplement
your newspaper, periodical and
magazine campaign with some
thing that will serve to maintain
the enthusiasm"
''Sit a little c1oser-you are al
most displaying intelligence
there is anything this Division
can do well, it is supplement-
and we have three or four
schemes in the incubators right
now-double yolked and war
ranted to hatch"
Let us start with the Lee
tures-Beginning about next Feb
ruary and continuing until Feb
ruary, 1915, we are going to cover
this entire country like a blanket,
and before we get through every
town in the United States of over
one thousand inhabitants will
be warmly and smugly tucked
in with as complete a comforter
of information as ever told peo-
pie what they didn't know, or
confirmed what they were afraid
to believe. Our Lecturers will be
thoroughly equipped with slides
of the Exposition and Moving Pic
lures of California attractions.
Any town with the Post Office and
General Store in different build
ings will have a chance to hear
and see what we have to offer"
'fWhat else 9''
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-27

Announcement has been made of the
engagement Of Miss Loverine Close, a
popular Alameda belle, to Ernst A.
kahl of Berkeley. The wedding will
take place in the early spring. Miss
Close Is a daughter of Mrs. Elizabeth
Close of Pacific avenue, Alameda.
Kahl. who comes of a prominent fam
lily of Hamburg, Germany. is engaged
in business in San Francisco, and for
the past three years has resided in
Berkeley.
Mrs. Beach Carter Soule and her
little son. D'Arnaud Soule, left yes
terday for Coronado, where they will
spend about two weeks.
A brilliant ball will mark the for
NAL opening of the new roof garden
of the Claremont Country club New
Year eve. More than 500 invitations
have been extended. and the ball
will be one of the largest
that has been given by the club for
many years. A Hawaiian orchestra
will furnish the music for the guests.
and preceding the ball there will be q
number OF dinner parties.
\ Y
Miss Lillian Matthews will spend
several weeks in Oakland this winter
after her arrival from the south,
where she has been since early fall
with her mother. Mrs. NJ. A. Matthews.
The Matthews home was formerly in
Oakland. and Miss Matthews was con-
of the University of California.
X y Y
Miss Doris Hoyt will be hostess at
an informal dance New Year eve at
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-27
I'm New York

Many San Franciscans are In New
York, and of these one of the most
graceful dancers in the younger set
is Miss Devlin, who is frequently seen
at the ''the dansants" or at Miss
Flora Voorhees, supper dances at the
Hotel McAlpin with Mrs. Devlin and
Hiram Elisha Foster.
Miss May Gull O'Brien of San Fran
cisco is spending some time in New
York at the Hotel McAlpin. where
Miss Donna Dolores Shinn is making
her home for the winter.
One of the pioneer members of the
Bohemian club was seen in the Nc
Alpin the other day in Colonel Frank
Iatch of the Royalton, New York,
who never misses a Bohemian club
event, and last year Travelled to Cali
fornia from Egypt especially to be
present
X
Others at the Hotel McAlpin from
San Francisco during the week were:
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-27
AND HE Is ONE
OF THE FOUR P'S

He is clearing the vision, as
far as the Panama-Pacific inter
national exposition is concerned,
of a human and a hungry public.
The receipt is simple-a constant,
intelligent and enthusiastic ap
plication of the four P's" in the
Parent Pod.
/ asked him to introduce me to
the Department of Exploitation.
The ceremony was accomplished
with a directness of purpose that
made me feel there was a great
deal of lost motion in pile
driver.
The Department hastened to
explain to me that he really was
not Department, but Division.
And what is a Division made
up Off" ] inquired.
Departments" replied the Di-
vision. II am the head of a very
active family"
How many of you sit down to
table when you are all homer" L
questioned.
We are entirely too busy for
all of US ever to be at home at
once. but for your purpose / will
state that there are about fifteen
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-27

twenty thousand people, reports
they have opened eleven hundred
of these accounts in two weeks. A
Bank in town in Ohio Of thirty
thousand people reports eighteen
hundred of these accounts within
thirty days. A Bank in town in
Virginia of twenty thousand peo-
pie reports twelve hundred of these
accounts. These are just a few |
recall from memory, but you can
see for yourself that this sort of
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-27
Covering the United States like blanket.

a note of this-if these Efficiency
Contests are conducted strictly
upon their merit, you may get a
chance to go East on the return
trip half of one of the winners
tickets"
But I haven't entered into any
Efficiency Contest"
Il said the return trip half of the
ticket--THE RETURN TRIP
HALF. Is this your hat?"
AND IT WAS.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-27
Doubly attractive.

names in our family Bible of
Activity"
Would you care to give me a
few of the names? Not in the
order OF their birth necessarily,
but to give me some idea of your
personnel"
Gladly" responded the Divi-
sion. For instance, we have the
Domestic Exploitation, Local Pub
licity, General Publicity, Edi-
torial, Lecture Bureaus, Booklet
Publications. Printing, Illustrat-
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-27

ing, Photography, Societies and
Organizations, Bureaus of Infor-
nation. Public Service and Tours,
and quite a few others still on the
Bottle"
Il gather you are quite an i'm
portant Division
Important isn't the word.
Without us it would be exactly
like dressing a window, putting
the lights out and locking the
store up
What do you consider your
chief duty?"
IF you will pardon my saying
so. this Division considers every
duty its chief duty, but in plain
language, it is up to US to sell
the Exposition"
Sell the Exposition where?"
Wherever people are able to
read. You see we are responsible
for the attendance-not after it
gets here-but to get it here"
I'm other words"
I'm other words, this Division
is a National and an International
Town Crier. We toot the horn
and blow the bugle-onIy we use
Type. You don't know it, but
Type is the musical instrument of
the Eve !"
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-27
HOW THE BANKS
Do TEAM WORK

This is brand new one. We
are in communication with prac-
tically every bank of any size in
this country, and with the infor-
nation we furnish them they are
getting their clients to start what
.hey call Exposition Accounts.
The idea Is to begin saving up
now, so that by the time the Fair
opens the money will be on hand
for the trip. Now we have only
been at this for about so days,
and here are a few of the returns:
A Bank in City of New Jersey of
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-27

~ EORGE HOUGH PERRY
is the Director of the
Department or Division of
N Exploitation. !.
not the busiest one con-
nected with our International Ex-
position, all I can say is that the
rest of them are being over
worked.
Our Mr.. Perry could start out in
the morning with the proverbial
Busy Bee, and if the Bee was not
arrested for Vagrancy by 10
o'clock it would be because Mr..
Perry was too busily occupied TO
retrace his steps and serve the
warrant.
Mr.. Perry is no relation to the
great Explorer of the Frozen
North. / asked him that question
directly. and he gave me at least
10 reasons why he was not-and
then, as he was looking for a
scigar, he mentioned in passing
they even spelled their names diff
ferently-which of course is a
mere detail, but could be used as
evidence in case of a tie.
Nevertheless George Hough
Perry is an Explorer, and he
made his start in life exploring
another mans business.
When he was a very young man
in the early twenties he made the
startling discovery that he needed
practically everything that goes
TO make up a mans wearing ap-
parel. and had practically moth
ing with which to buy it.
This was in Pittsburg.
Instinct told him that If you
button up your. coat, your vest
ceases to have a speaking part
and becomes one of the Chorus.
one may travel far along these
lines
Mr.. Perry. therefore. buttoned
himself to the best possible advan-
tage, and with what he had left
that was negotiable he bought a
Dair Of gloves
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-27

for this store until Mr. Wana-
maker of Philadelphia put him in
charge Of the advertising in his
new store in New York City.
It was during this time that Mr..
Perry Started. Mothered and
Fathered, Brothered and Sistered,
Named, Christened. Bathed and
Dressed Everybody's Magazine.
Mr.. Perry just hates work-so
he went with the National Adver-
tising Agency-and worked just
little harder.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-27
The Exploitation Pod and the P's.

Gould you give me some idea
as to the number you reach?"
"Where-in America or abroad?"
You go abroad with your horn
and bugle. do your
One more question like that
and this interview is over. Look
here, you name a country and I'll
tell you the number of publica-
tions printing Fair News"
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-27

Come on home a while-how
many in our own country
In the United States and Cam
ada, there are twenty-five thou
sand one hundred and eighty-six
publications Typing our Tidings"
How much of the news that
you send out do you think is pub
lished?"
I'VE don't think anything about
tive know. Now here are two
interesting facts-seventy- one per
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-27

attention of the entire world of
music.
Two years ago Mr.. Bachaus paid
his first visit to America and his sue
cess was such that he was immedi-
ately engaged for a second tour.
The first concert will be given Sun
day afternoon, January 4, at Scottish
Rite auditorium, the second and only
evening concert will be given Thurs
day night, January s, and a farewell
program is announced for Saturday
afternoon, January 10. on which oc-
casion the artist will play the rarely
heard "Wanderer" Fantasia by Schu-
bert.
The box Offices for the three Bach
aus concerts will open next Wednes-
day at the usual music stores.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-27
In the Eye of the World.

Germany"
"Seven hundred papers"
"Yes?"
Yes"
Great Britain?"
Three hundred"
Really"
Really"
"Chinao' o'
Fifteen. and ten in Japan"
"Is that q fact?"
That is a fact"
Australia ?"
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-27
HE KNEW ONE
GRAMMATICAL SENTENCE
Yes, gloves.
Yes, gloves.

Yes, gloves.
Yes. gloves.
AND IN PITTSBURG.
When one reaches the buttoning
stage one storms the castle-one
has no time to lay siege.
While purchasing the gloves
Mr. Perry overheard the Propri-
etor of the store make the state
ment that if he could find man
who could write two sentences in
grammatical English he would
give him a position.
Mr. Perry knew one sentence
took another from a time table
applied for the job and got it. He
took off his gloves and wrote Ads
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-27
GETTING THE BRAINS
TO COME OUT HERE

Don't you think you are taxi
ing a rather long chance?"
"Of what?"
Suppose the Popularity and
Efficiency Tour idea should be-
come an epidemic?''
Suppose it should-what of
it?"
'eNothing-only California would
contain practically every one in
the United States who had either
bringing up or brains enough to
make them conspicuous when they
were at home"
Granted. And see here, Sonny.
that is just what this Division is
for"
Seriously"
Seriously. And you might make
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-27

Fifteen to twenty"
My word
mo; my word
Central America
And South America together,
about one hundred-twelve In
New Zealand. and three in South
Africa
Good news
You better believe it's good