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Seward Route for Nome Mail

The distance between Seward and Nome is 440 miles shorter than the distance be- tween Cordova and Nome, and yet for some extraordinary reason the mail to Nome IS not sent through this city. Seward will see its first period of real gateway to the Interior on the first of November, when the mail will start for Iditarod There are only twelve miles without timber, so that the trail is an ideal one. Colonel Revelle will leave in the morning to look over part of the way He believes that the opening of the Seward mail trail to the Iditarod will mean probably that the mail trail to Nome will be taken into consideration. During the winter months the people of Nome are placed at very serious inconvenience owing to the length of the trail over which the mail is carried to them, and to the acci- dental delays which occur in proportion to the length There is Q movement afoot now, it is understood, to get the co-opera- ton of the Nome people for the work of having Seward chosen as the gateway fer the mail It is certain that the people of Nome only wait to learn that they can get their mail more quickly by this route.- Seward Gateway.
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lNDELlCATESSEN

It was Mrs Seymour Fentoljn who stood there little dog under each arm, large hat, gay with flowers, upon her head She wore patent shoes with high heels, and white silk stockings. She had, indeed, the air of being dressed for luncheon at fash ionahe estaurant-From q story in the Popular Magazine. The lauded lilies of the field
 Who toll uot-neither do they spin, The palm >artorial must yield
 To Mrs. seymour FentUl!n. A hat. French heels, white stockings, dogs. N0t even solomon could Win The chaupIunShIp for ShOWY tOgs
 From Mrs. seymour FCntOlln. The TWO extremes in deCollette,
 Of ball room and of bathing beach, Here meet in d beWldPrng way
 And mluglc all the charms of each l am no social buttcr-n;
 do not crave to meet her bunch. But where does Mrs. Fentolin,
 If one might ycnturr-tahe her lunch? And might one ask that peerless dame, Without appearing nnpOIlte Is seymour really her first name, Ana has the printer SpeIt it right?
 -OlIver Herf0rd in Harper'S Weekly. Frank Morgan was a visitor in the city Monday from his wood camp on Willow creek
 Homemade sauer kraut
 Crowley X Porter.
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-12-26
A HAPPY NEW YEARS GREETING TO
 ONE AND ALL

The Crosby Massage and Bath Parlors ex tends to its many friends and patrons "A Happy New Year" Especially grateful are we to those who helped and assisted in the making of the Crosby Baths "a national custom" and habit of the people, and assisted in the cause of it being one of the leading and most modern and up-to-date bathing places in Alaska THE CROSBY MASSAGE AND BATH
 PARLORS The Home of the Twentieth Century Turk
 ish Bath
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-12-26
Ball Band Rubber Boots and Pacs

noted by a mercantile concern of Nome" and from his wanderings in the far North he brought back tales of tragedy as well as word of new peoples in the North. An in cident of the cruise was a meeting with the explorer Stefansson. Captain Bernards partner was lost in a blizzard after visit to native village Bernard says he passed through territory practically unknown, and inhabited by natives who never before had set eyes on a white man. Bernard brought back an interesting collection of birds, fur eggs and native copper implements.
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-12-26
THE SPELL OF THE NORTH

By C. Edward Cone There's something about this great North
 land
 That few. if any can understand \ charm that is all her own. He! rivers her hills, her inland seas, All hint of strange, wild mysteries, That ever remain unknown. Many who came with lust for gold Have stayed and toiled, and at last grown
 old
 Forgetting for what they came. Caught in this witch'S wondrous spell They have stayed for what? They cannot The story of all is the same, Many who found the gold they sought Sguandered 1t here with little thought And turned again to the hills, Plying their boats up long winding streams To the glaciers feet where the eagle
 screams,
 And the breeze in August chills Those who do not in the North remain Return to the haunts of men again, And wondrous tales relate. These were only partially caught In the magic spell the North has wrought But the touch they got was great. Fresh Olympia Oysters, for cocktails, B can Iditarod Meat Co.
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-12-26
ALA B !, SKA
Delicecies for Skaqway Tables

It is not at all improbable, says the Skagway Alaskan, that Skagway people may have an opportunity of eating whale blubbcr and fresh whale flank steaks, as Captain Louis Larsen, together with Victor LeRoy Sparks, started out with gear and >kagway school of whales, claiming they were going to Dyea after one of Ernie Rich ter's spring porkers with which they in tended to bait an anchor and troll for the "big fish"
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-12-26
Sam Callahan in the Harness

Sam J. Callahan an old newspaper man well known in the Interior, will take C. K Shows place on the Record Citizen during the winter, while the latter will be in the hills trying to locate the elusive pay streak Mir CalIahan's first Alaska news paper work was at Rampant in 1904. Since that time he has had hand in the game at Tanana and was also with the Pioneer in Iditrod for some time.-Ruby Record-Citl zen.
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-12-26
PEACEFUL HENRY TAKES
 WELL-EARNED VACATION

Henry Valery, the Ruby water king whose delivery wagon and fine dog team have long been one of the most notable and necessary institutions of the town, has turned his business over to Walter Goyne and will take a long season of rest at Hor- ner Hot Springs The team will continue in service, but Henry's emphatic Whoa Bill" followed by the invariable threat to break every bone in the offending canine's body will not be heard-Ruby Record -Citl pn
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Notice of Forfeiture

To John PederSPn and J. A. CarSOW, theiT
 heirs and assigns
 Notice is hereby given that the under signed has done the annual assessment work on No i3 below discovery, first ter, right limit bench, and also on No. below discovery, left limit first tier bench, on Yankee creek, Innoko rerordmg precinct, Territory Of Alaska, aS provided by Sscton states and the laws Of Alaska, for the years 1910, tQtt,, 1912 and 1913. That John PedprSen and J. 4. CarSOW are CO-oWneTS in No. l3 below. right limit, and ]. A. CarSow is o-owner in No. i below, left limit, and each has failed to pay his proportion. That from the first publication of this notice each of you should fat! or. refuse to con tribute his proportion of said expense, your interests will become the property Of the '' Dated at Takotna, Alaska, this 9th day of october, 1914. ,,-,
 First publication, oct. 3t, 1914.
 Last publication, Jan. 90, 1915.
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-12-26
LONDON'S LITTLE ONES
 NOT TO BE DISAPPOINTED

LONDON, Dee. 21-The children of the British metropolis are not to be deprived of their usual Christmas treats on account of the war It has been decided that the customary pantomimes and other forms of Christmas entertainment will be carried out as usual.
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-12-26
Captain John Is Mininq

Captain John Worth and E. Hutchinson came in from Flat creek Tuesday, says the Ruby Record Citizen of November z. Captain Worth will return to Flat next week to work on the Sutherland ground, MT Hutchinson, who has been in the Poor man section for over a year. will return to Flat within few days, where he expects to remain this winter
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-12-26
BELGIAN NEWSPAPERS
 RESENT GERMAN CENSORSHIP

AMSTERDAM Dec 19-The efforts of the German military governor in Belgium to induce the large newspapers to resume publication have proven futile. The edl- tors will not consent to reenter the field as long as the censorship lasts.
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-12-26
PROHIBITION IN EFFECT
 IN ARID ARIZONA

PHOENIX, Arz, Dec. 14-The gov ernor of Arizona has issued proclamation putting into effect the recently enacted anti alien law and also the law prohibiting the and sale of alcoholic liquors.
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-12-26
HAS NOT YET CONSULTED
 IDITAROD'S POSTMASTER

SEATTLE, Dec Ex-Governor Strong, who is here on his way North, states that he IS undecided as to what his message to the Alaska legislature will contain.
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-12-26

J. E. Riley of the mining firm of Riley & Marston left Discovery early on Monday morning last for the Outside via the Sew ard trail He will make hurried trip to San Francisco and return over the trail in March
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-12-26
HEAVY SNOW IN MIDDLE WEST

KANSAS CITY, Dec, 19-Western Mis- souri and Kansas are today covered with a blanket of snow, the heaviest of the season
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-12-26
EGYPT HAS NEW RULER

LONDON, Dec. 19- Prince Hussien kn nal has been named as sultan of Egypt England having declared a protectorate
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-12-26
Capitalist Talks on Alaska

A. c. Frost of Chicago, capitalist and rail road builder is registered at the New Wash ington, says the Seattle Post -Intellgencer. He has just returned from six weeks trip in northwestern Canada, where he looked over some of his timber holdings. MT. Frost was the builder of the Alaska Central rail road. Everything in Alaska has been slowed up by the government" he said ''but I believe that the present administra tion is trying to do something for the country. l know, of course, that they have a good many men up there trying to dis cover the best route for the government railroad. l believe that most of, their work will have to be done in the winter timc over snow and ice, as they were so late in getting started. hope that something can be accomplished, and l believe it will"
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-12-26
REAFFIRM NEUTRALITY

ROME, Dec 19-Befcre adjournment to- day the Italian senate again voted in favor of maintaining the neutrality of Italy Tn the great war.
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-12-26
RIOTS IN ITALY

ROME, Dec 2l-The police and also the military in many places in Italy have been called out to suppress riotous demonstra- tions against AustrianS
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-12-26
proves 4 BIessino in chicaco

CHICAGO Dec. 2l-The heaviest snow fall here in years has provided work for the thousands of unemployed in clearing the city streets.
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-12-26

Billy Schermyer, proprietor of the Bruhn Halfway roadhouse, made his semi annual visit to Idltarod this week, and was a guest at the Adams house He returned home last Wednesday.
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-12-26
Arctic Vessel Back After Five Years

Bringing news of unexplored land and making its way by sail, with dead engine, due to lack of gasoline, the schooner Teddy Bear, Captain Joe Bernard, which has spent the past five years in the Arctic ocean, ar rived in Nome late in September. Captain Bernard had charge of an expedition pro-
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-12-26
SCANDINAVIAN AGREEMENT
 MAY BE IMPORTANT

MALMO, Dec 19-The kings of Nor way, Denmark and Sweden are meeting here to formulate an agreemnt to combine their interests during the war.
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-12-26

Announcement Expected Daily
 PETROGRAD, Dec. 21.-Word of a new Scandinavian alliance is expected here daily.
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-12-26

Fresh Olympia Oysters, for cocktails B can. Iditarod Meat Go.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-09-21
LEE AND JOHNSTON

The T.mes-Union military expert
doesn't think so much OF Joe John
ston as some other folks, and his
opinion is both interesting and origi-
nal. He says:
eve are entirely unorthodox in our
estimate of Gen. Johnston. We think
he would have been an able comman-
der of an army about equal in
strength to the opposing army, but he
wouldn't lead forlorn hope, and the
Confederacy was never anything else.
Nobody denies that Johnston had full
ly half as many men as Sherman had
AT the same time nobody asserts that
Lee had half as many as Grant had.
Johnston, unwilling to fight two men
with one, was always clamoring for
reinforcemerlts Lee, fighting three
men with one, never called for rein
forcements. and in all this time new
er lost battle. In a month he kill
ed or wounded more of the enemy
than he had men. He was fighting
against desperate odds, but he knew
L
that was just what the Confederacy
was doing everywhere, and had TO d.
everywhere; so he fought and didn'
complain. Gen. Johnston Away
dreamed that the Confederacy, which
had less than one-fourth as man.
men as the Union, could give him
approximately as many men as th'
Union commander opposed him had
and he regarded the government
failure to send him men it didn'
have as a piece of personal persecu
ftion."
The comparison is correct but tn
IT.4U. should have added that Will
almost any careful general can b
"a Fabius or a Johnston, 1t takes
special plan of the fates to make
Napoleon or Lee.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-09-21
THE FALSE CRY OF PORK

The following from the Columbia
State will strike the people of this
section with particular force just
now:
1t may be that the program Of
expenditures amounting to $4,000
600 as outlined in the rivers and
harbors bill ought to be pruned ma
terially by Congress, especially at a
time when extraordinary taxes are
admittedly necessary. One might
with safety go further to declare that
every such appropriation for a gen.
GRAFTON or more has contained items
that gave the government poor bar
gain. But these facts do not JUS
tify the biennial outcry against the
pork BARREL as the medium of
wholesale graft.
In the first place, let it be remem-
bered that every one of these projects
calling for the expenditure of govern
| ment money is first of all investigat-
ed by the engineer corps of the
army. These men are not remotely
in politics. They are professional Il
their finger tips. They deal witt
facts and with possibilities as facts
will change them into reality. It i
easy to cry pork" when a rivers
and harbors bill comes up carrying
large appropriations, but the or!
is not the proof. It is easy for tn,
orators of statistics like Burton o
Ohio, to sieze on this and that item
for obscure streams and to deman,
with infinite sarcasm how and II
what respect their navigation is nee
essary TO the public defense. Thes
skirmish tactics are. easily staged an,
thc Tress. in great part. has fallen
fer them. 1t remains the truth tha
a. least ninety per cent OF the Pre-
jets set forth IN the rivers and har
bors bib are clearly justiffable.
Naturally. II is hard for a stat
ALREADY possessing great iharbors an
naYigable rivers to understand VIII
the government should help the in
: provement of a river that has a mea
! depth, let us say, OF three feet. "
/ such river has frequently prove
; the commercial salvation OF milan
I cities. As opening up commerce an
2 providing economical means of tram
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-09-21

in the wastes, with others.
For what. and why? Stefansson had
discovered what he consider surviv-
ing types of unrecorded history in
the blonde Eskimo" His fatal
journey was one of yerification and
additional survey. Suppose he had
cIinched his point. The blonde Es-
kimo would have remained a mys-
terry. As it is, large part OF his
crew and, it is to be feared, Stef-
ansson himself have paid the price IN
the name of science and in the truth
Of the lure OF danger Columbia
State.
Well, its a good way TO die. Men
who take their passing in such man
ner suffer no more than those who
die at home, and they go before they
cease to be useful, which is some
thing every real man should wish
to do.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-09-21
EX-SENATOR MANN

Many of the old-timers who knew
the genial "A. S. Mann in the (halcyon
days that attended the discovery of
phosphate and populism, will greatly
regret to learn of his death. He was
specially prominent in this part of
FLORIDA and made hundreds OF
friends, all of whom that are alive
will sorrow at his passing.
The Tfmes-Union of Sunday says:
Senator "A. S. Mann of this city
died at Bar Harbor Maine, last night
after an operation for appendicitis
performed there last Thursday
This body will be brought to Jack
sonvflle for interment, former Gov
w. S. Jennings, his son-in-law, hav'
ing left last night for New York tc
meet the body and accompany lit will
Mrs. Mann and Mrs. Jennings to thi!
city.
Senator Mann was one of th'
best known citizens of FLORIDA, hav
ing represented Hernando county il
the state senate for several terms
and having been engaged promi
nently in the real estate business Il
this and other parts of the state. HI
was also an enthusiastic good road
advocate and did much to stimulat
road building in Florida.
''He was born in Centeryille, O
some sixty three years ago, and spen
the last thirty years of his life i
Florida, more than twelve of whic
were passed in this city, where d
removed from fernando to enter tn
ireal estate field. His home at ST
yer and Eleventh streets was we
known for its hospitality and tn
cordiality with which he received a
. his friends.
Senator Mann S survived by h
wife and two daughters, Mrs. w.
Jennings and Mrs. John NJ. Bell,
this city. Two sons, also residen
:, in this state, are Austin and Re
! Mann"
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-09-21

portation, expenditure OF money by
the government on streams OF this
SORT. after expert advice as TO their
strategical importance n trade, Is no
Tess improper than the esua bIishmenf
OF great docks and the deepening OF
already deep channels in the harbors
which receive the commerce or the
world.
A,ways. when a rivers and harbors
bill comes UP for passage. somebody
IS trying TO slip something over. :"
Detection of these well-masked as
saults on the treasury is a patriotic
service. Now, in particular. this bill
should suffer, along with other APP
preparations, the pruning knife OF
economy; but it is unfair and unjust
20 condemn the bill itself as graft
because il was drawn In the begin
ming to include and embrace pro-
sects which at the time appeared
reasone.Sle ON their face.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-09-21
sNEAKING AND SELFISH

Senator Burton of Ohio, in the
course of his fight against the river
and harbor bill, said speaking of the
Oklawaha improvement:
Regarding this project there is a
letter addressed to democratic SEN
ator from a prominent business man
we'll acquainted with this locality
who describes this project as an abb
so1ute waste
1t must have occurred to any pub
lie man who heard Senator Burton
that the person he referred 10 was
a coward, if not a liar, for making
such charge and concealing his
name.
The Star strongly suspects that it
knows who the person was. There
was IN Ocala a few months ago a
man connected with a certain steam
boat line, which line, having enjoyed
a monopoly of the traffic on a Flor
ida river for many years, and sud-
denly finding most of its business
taken away from it by younger and
more senterprising line, has become
ol1tspoken in its opposition to i'm
provement This man boosted of the
influence of his line in northern
city, and declared that the said in
f1uence should he used against the
river and harbor bill
Whoever he is, he is a sneak, and
as everybody acquainted with the
Ol1lawaha knows, he is a liar. In
quoting him, Senator Burton used
disreputable tactics, which, however
we suppose had no effect on any
reasonable man who heard him
Statements of men who are afraid tc
let their names be known are al
ways suspicious.
Ever since the American flag wa:
lhoisted over Florida, "a years ago
| the Oklawaha has been recognized b!
the government as an important ar
terry of commerce. The government
used it to send supplies to its forts
long before the upper Missouri ant
other western rivers were used fo'
the same purpose. When the wa
broke out, most of the commerce o
all this part of Florida was goint
over the same stream. 1t brough
in the bulk of goods used in thu
section until the railroad came, an
always has done considerable bust
ness. We have the commerce for
) right now if we could obtain the in
provements, and in preventing tn
latter Senator Burton and his co
leagues are playing into the hand
of the railroads-or working &c
tlhem-for the railroads know thu
once the Oklawaiha has fair sho
it will break the strangle hold the
now have on this section of Florids
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-09-21

many boats now on the stream. and
Others building. AR. Clark, in short.
made the Okla walna cause his own.
Mr.. Rooney brags en- Congress
man Clark; says he Is one of the
busiest and most influential men in
the House, and that all democrats
and many republicans hope he will
be promoted 10 the Senate. IN case
Senator Bryan is appointed 10 the
federal bench.
AIr. Rooney was introduced by Mr..
Clark TO the attorney general, and
had the pleasure OF telling that high
official how solidly Florida support
ed the junior senator for appoint
ment.
Mr.. Rooney says that If Mr.. Clark
missed roll call at any morning.:
session last week. it is because he
was out with him working for his
constituents and the state OF Florida
in general.
While the secretary did not &C
complish what he hoped TO do In
Washington, he did much good work
all OF which will be heard from wher
more suspicious days arrived. He
says we must not be discouraged By
this setback, but go right on work
ing for Oklawaha improvement
which is sure TO come at not dis
tant day.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-09-21

Tt lis mistaken idea that the
farmer gets any benefit through re-
duction of cost in getting his pro-
duce to market. He is not benefited
one copper cent. For instance: If
the rate on a crate of tomatoes from
Tarpon Springs to New York is now
so cents, and the railroad reduces
the rate to so cents, it enables the
New York merchant to sell the crate
for 20 cents 1ess-the freight being
payable at the other end. The con
sumner i'm New York, not the farmer
| in Fllorida, gets the benefit.
pom Springs Leader.
1t is perfectly safe for the Leade,
to say reduction of freight rate
would not help Florida farmers
There has been no reduction in tn
rates since the railroads began run
ming trains. So as an assertion, tn
i Leaders statement is all right. A
an argument, it is punk.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-09-21

According to the Times-Undon, j.
g. II. Bowden will be a candidate for
mayor of jacksonville at the next
election. Mr.. Bowden will be remem-
bered principally for the fact that
the Conbett Mitchell prize-fght was
un1led off under one of his former
manifestations, in spite of the oppo-
aTfaon of the governor and most OF
tgae law-abiding people of the state
-This prize-fight brought a great deal
nj unwholesome notoriety on FLORIDA
and caused the legislature OF 20 &c
rHsss a law making prize-flghtlng IL
legal in this state. Bowden was the
uaoesn energetic promoter of the Cor
1afa4 Mitchell mill, and after vain49
doing all in his power to induce th'
governor to consent to it, took GU
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-09-21
AFRAID 10 LET
SPARKNIAN BE HEARD

A special to the Times-Union
from Washington says: When Con-
gresham S. M. Sparkman of Flor
ida, chairman of the House rivers
and harbors committee. begged per-
mission today to address the House
for forty minutes in order that he
might Offset some of the disparaging
remarks which have recently been
made concerning the rivers and har-
bors bill, as we'll as to reply to some
of the newspaper articles declaring
that the bill was the worst sort OF
pork barrel legislation, objection was
promptly made by several republican
members.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-09-21

We see by Sundays dispatches
that Miss GeneVieve Clark, the
speakers daughter, has launched a
boom to make cotton fabrics the
dress goods of the women of the con-
gressional set and thereby contribute
to efforts to relieve the stagnat1on In
the cotton market caused .by the Eu-
ropean war. Not being able 10 buy
wooden, and not needing it more than
ten days in the year, we have been
bulling the cotton market by wearing
cotton ever since we came TO Florida