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Iditarod pioneer., 1915-07-24
THE POOR SPANIARD
Whitehorse Star ]

The sympathy of the entire world should be extended to that unfortunate Spaniard who is confined in jail in Madrid, from which he has been endeavoring for the past twenty five years to arrange for the care of his 16-year- old daughter, who by this time must be at least 40 years Of age, For many years the victim was held for con spring against his government At present he is held for endeavoring to arrange for Spain taking hand in the European con fict on the side of the allies. Formerly the order for the 5000 he was ready to award for slight temporary pecunlary assistance was in secret compartment of trunk. Now 1t is in a secret compartment in the bottom of war bag The victims fortune, consisting of nearly &100,000, is in a London bank, and one-quarter of it is ready for the person who will send Sl00 in ready John Davis to be handed to the prisoner by a friendly priest The kindly disposed person will also have charge of the remainder of the fortune on deposit in London for the benefit of the dear daughter. On the whole, it is very pitiful circumstance. Several letters from the Spanish prisoner have been receved by Whitehorse citizens lately, but if any of them have "come across they are not making their generosity public
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-07-24
KNIK NEWSPAPER MAN
 IN INTERESTING INTERVIEW

T. R. Needham of Knik will leave to- morrow for San Francisco, where he will complete negotiations for founding a news paper at knik, to be known, according to present plans, as the Cook Inlet Pioneer, says the Seattle PostI tIIntelligencer. MT. Needham is a sourdough editor. He went into Alaska in 1894 as associate editor of the Juneau Searchlight and has followed the newspaper business in the North ever since. Soon after leaving the Searchlight he founded the Douglas Miner. In 1898, during the Stikine river boom, when the excitement over the projected building of the so-caled direct railroad to the klondike was at its height he started the Stikine River Journal at Wrangell In 1906 he was one of the founders of the Fairbanks Daily Times.
 Mir Needham is firm in the belief that the first railroad work to be done by the government will be the construction of the railroad coal branch from Ship Creek to the Matanuska fields at Chickaloon.
 The Ship Creek terminal is on govern ment land reserved from entry, and all the early birds who are in the Cook inlet coun- try waiting to grab the expected opportunl ties resulting from the railroad construction are making their headquarters at knik, across the inlet
 knik now has population of approxl- mately SIX hundred, says MT. Needham and besides being provided with the usual faciIi- ties of an quitting point has what IS per haps the most novel community or social center in the North, developed through the efforts of Rev. T. P. Howard, Presby teran home missionary.
 The social center IS a large frame building with variety of enterprises housed in it. Jn the main street front are two store rooms, one occupied by cigar and candy shop and the other to be used by MT Need Dr. Spauding's hospital, and in the rear is large hall, forty by seventy feet which serves as church, theater and dance hall Rev Mir. Howard decided not only to min ister to the spiritual wants of his parish, but also to their social needs So he built a church that has a theater and good floor and at the conclusion of a Sunday night service, MT. Needham says, it is not unusual for the pastor to announce that next Friday night the young people of knlk will give dance, to which all are cordially invited.'
 Two nights a week moving pictures are shown and ct other times the hall IS open for public meetings on civic affairs or wom- ems entertainments. Indicative of the bal anced character of the population of Knik Mir Needham says that at the New Years eve ball there were 240 persons present. no women and 130 men.
 Mr Needham says that while there IS great future ahead of the Cook inlet and Matanuska district 1t IS no place for the man seeking ordinary work at day wages There is plenty of room, he says for the miner and prospector who intends to de velop his property, and for the homesteader Mr. Needham declares the agricultural op- portunities of the Susitna are unsurpassed in Alaska.
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-07-24
ANYONE MEYER GERHARD
 APPRECIATES OUR ATTITUDE

BERLIN, June 29-"The American peo pie would vote to prohibit the sale of muni- tions of war to any of the belligerent na tions if the matter were submitted to a referendum vote," said Antone Meyer Ger hard in an article appearing in Der Tag to- day
 Dr. Meyer Gerhard, continuing, said that he was convinced that the American people as whole were friendly toward Germany and the German people However" he said, while the American people regret that the law does not prevent the shipment of munitions of war to belligerents, all Amerl- cans condemn Germany for violating the neutrality of Belgium and for the sinking of the Lusltanla."
 The whole tenor of Dr. Meyer Orchards article was that President Wilson and the American people are endeavoring to main tain neutrality fairly and in accordance with their understanding of the law, and to pro feet what they conceive to be the rights of Americans He said that the impression that had prevailed widely in Germany that the United States was endeavorlng to aid the allies was not correct in any sense. He also said that American sentiment supports the President in the stand he has taken.
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-07-24
DOUBLE MURDER COMMITTED
 ON HOOTALINQUA RIVER
(Whitehorse Star, June 1Sj

The dead and practically air-drled bodies of A. L. Dominy and Thomas Boyd were found three weeks ago in separate but ad- joining cabins near the mouth of Swift creek, on the right limit of the Hootallnqua river, about eighty miles above Hootalinqua post Joe Brewer, pioneer prospector and trapper, who makes his home ten miles up the river from Swift creek where he has mink ranch made the gruesonle discovery, having been requested by the police to make search for two men, neither of whom had been seen since they left here together, but each in his own boat, on the 31st of August, 1913.
 News of the awful discovery was brought to Whitehorse by Cam Smith and Charles \ Greime, who went to Teslin two weeks ago in the formers gasoline boat. Both Smith and Greime visited the cabins where the bodies were found and viewed the remains.
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-07-24
BENNETT JAMES HEARD FROM

A letter received from Bennett James, the we'll known mining man, dated Seward, June 16, gives the information that he IS now connected with the Alaska Mines En- gneering Company, incorporated. He stated that things were rather quiet in Seward at that time, as the railroad work had not started, but was expected to begin about July l. Ship Greek" he says lis the cen ter of activity, as the real construction work is going on from there to the coal fields. About 2,5OO persons there are living in tents, The railroad commission has laid out a new townsite and will either lease, auction, sell or draw for the property-no one seems to know which. The Broad Pass section looks like winner, and no doubt will be a great producer in few years from now. 1 expect to make trip into the Broad Pass some time in July and will likely be in Iditarod late in the fall. l have received and enjoyed The Iditarod Pioneer all winter It went the rounds of the old timers in San Francisco"
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-07-24
Want Act Declared Void

Representative John G. Held, tor himself and ether members of the legislature from the First division of Alaska instituted a suit in the United States district court on July asking the court to decree that the law passed at the recent legislative session distributing the money paid into the terri torial treasury as a part ot the proceeds from the sale of timber, uses, etc, from the Tongas national forest reserve for roads and schools in various judicial divisions of the territory to be unconstitutional and void asking that it declare the money re- ferred to belongs to the First division of Alaska for school and road purposes, and to issue an injunction restraining the treas urer from paying out of the treasury any of said money in his possession except to the said First division The money amounts to s5296S.17. The suit is brought in the names of Charles A. Sulzer, J. M. Tanner, John R. Hickman, Arthur G. Shoup, Will liam E. Britt and John c. Held, for them selves and as representatives of and for the people of Judicial Division No. l., South eastern Alaska" and is against Walstein G. Smith. as treasurer of the territory. The petition, after identifying the plaintiffs as citizens of the United States and Alaska and residents of the territory, and senators and representatives in the legislature, re- cites the history of the formation of the Tongass national forest, representing that Alaska has four judicial divisions, No. l, or Southeastern Alaska, containing approxl- mately 49,00O square miles; No. ?, 15o, 500; :; No. 3, 162,0O0, and No 1, 22S60O; that the statute under which s52, 2,96S.7 was paid into the treasury reads as follows: That hereafter 25 per cent of all money received from each forest reserve during any fiscal year, including the year ending June 3O, 1908, shall be paid at the end thereof by the secretary of the treasury to the state or territory in which said reserve is situated, to be expended as the state or territorial legislature may prescribe, for the benefit of the public schools and public roads of the county or counties in which the forest re- serve is situated: Provided, That when any forest reserve is in more than one state or territory or county the distributive share to each from the proceeds of said reserve shall be proportional to it's area therein" The object of the suit is to secure the full amount of the fund for use of the First division, in- stead of being distributed pro rata to the four judicial divisions.
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-07-24
Lono Life for Nome Camp

Nome will be noted as one of the great est gold-producing districts of the world long after members of the present genera ton are great grandparents" said James B. Ivory, a Nome mining man, to a Seattle Post Intelligencer reporter. Mir Ivory, who has been mining operator at Nome since 1901, spent the winter on the Outside for the first time in twelve years coming out last fall and staying in California He is now returning to Nome for the summer season. Placer mining will of course, play out in time" said MT. Ivory, 'but dredging will continue great many more years than expect to live. There is practically un- limited ground that can be worked with dredges, and this form of mining is just get ting good start. While l hold a great deal of ground near Nome, don't expect to do much work myself, but will lease the greater part of my land" Mir Ivory at one time held claims on the ground of the re- cent strike at Dexter hill, but relnquished them five years ago. q guess l didn't look carefully enough when had those claims, :" said he. ''At any rate l got tired of hold ing them. Now comes letter from friend of mine telling me that some rich pockets have been located and that the strike prom ises to be unusual"
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-07-24
Indians Violate Game Laws

Deputy Game Warden Hemenway, at Fairbanks has liberated forty-two live foxes caught by the natives out of season and held by them for sale to the fox ranchers. The foxes were allowed their freedom far from the city, so that the dogs could not follow and kill them. The practice of the Indians of robbing the dens of the young foxes will be stopped, and the regulations of the de partment of the interior will be enforced. and the game wardens are trying to educate the Indians into a realization that the game must be protected or they themselves will The Indians continue to violate all the game laws it is reported regarding the slaughter of animals, but the officials do not interfere with them when the animals are used for food, but it IS the constant waste of wild meat that causes the trouble, be the greatest sufferers.
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-07-24

The story of the discovery of the bodies is as follows:
 All last year the few travellers who passed up and down the Hootalinqua river noticed two small boats tied up near the mouth of Swift creek, but as that is what prospectors, hunters and trappers who delve into the Interior usually do, nothing was thought Of it. Three weeks ago Brewer visited that locality and noticed dim trail leading back into the woods from where the boats were tied up. Following the trail about a quarter of mile, he came to double cabin, or two cabins standing together but not connected by a door In each was a bunk, and on each bunk was the dead body of man covered with blankets In each cabin was gun fully loaded There were mo signs of violence By the side of one of the hunks was teapot containing tea leaves. In each of the cabins diary was found, the last entry in one of which was ,dated February 2S, 1914 The other left off several days before.
 In the dairy kept by Dominy mention was made early in February of the writer's health, which was recorded as very poor His condition was attributed to the drinking water The last three entries read:
 Feb. 26-Am getting weaker.
 Feb 27- C
 Feb 2S-(The one word) Weaker"
 In neither diary was mention made of the others sickness.
 The police records here, made when the two men left August 3l, 1915, show that Dominy was then 55 years of age, and came from Lone Pine, Cal, where he had family. Postmaster George Wilson has sev- eral letters and post cards in his possession from Lone Pine addressed to Dominy, one card written only the 18th of last month from "Rella" to Dear Dad" Boyd had no relatives in this country, but gave the name of brother, an officer in a Scotch regl- ment as next of kin" Boyd gave his age as 50 years.
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-07-24
Doubt Story of Gold Salvage

Doubt is expressed in Juneau az to the truth of the story telegraphed from Seattle recently that the schooner Winona had sue. ceeded in recovering S100,GO0 in gold dust from the wreck of the Islander, which sank of the southern point of Douglas island
 Alaska, on August 15, 1901. Special Dep
 uty Collector of Customs c. D. Garfield and Deputy Collector M. s. Whittier express doubt as to the truth of the story The customs house records show only one Wi
 mona operating in Pacific waters, and she is not schooner, but a twenty-fve-ton gas boat says the Empire. Had an expedition been at work at the Islander wreck we cer
 tanly would have been officially notified oi it," said Mir Garfield. Seafaring men, fish
 ermen and local launch men say they have seen no boats working on the spot where the Islander is known to have gone down
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-07-24
GERMANS GIVE ACCOUNT OF
 SINKING OF FAMOUS VESSEL

BERLIN, June 19.-It was officially an nounced here today that the famous Ger man submarine U-29 was sunk by British vessel which was flying the Swedish flag The submarine was sunk some months ago Her commander was Lieutenant Wedding ton, the polite pirate" who gained world fame when he sank the three British cruis- CTS, the Hogue Aboukir and Greasy. The British vessel was tanker. As she ap- preached the submarine she was flying a Swedish flag, that had the result of putting Weddington off his guard, and the tanker rammed him before he understood the trick The publication of the story has intensified the feeling of bitterness against Great Brit ain throughout Germany
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-07-24
GOOD NEWS FOR EPICURES
 IN BAKERS ANNOUNCEMENT

Claud Baker received word last Tuesday morning that the cold storage company s barge has arrived at St. Michael, and soon will be on its way up the Yukon. This will be pleasing news to the epicures among the population of u,e district, because. while they will admit a great fondness for beef, they also confess that as a steady diet for several months at time even this staple pals on the appetite. There are those who also have fondness for pork chops, veal outlets, roast leg of mutton, fried chicken, pork sausage, spare ribs, and many other delicacies which they are promising them selves upon the arrival of the barge con taining the fresh supplies.
 For several months past the supply of fresh meat here has been confined to beef
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-07-24

In the Probate Court for otter Precinct Fourth Division, Territory of Alaska, before Hon. G. c. Geraghty, Comnl>- sioner and eX-of1tCiO Probate Judge. In the matter of the Estate of Frank A. Cleveland, Deceased.
 Notice is hereby gwen by the under signed, adn!nistratriX of the estate of Frank A. Cleveland, deceased, to the cred i1ors of and all persons having claims against the said deceased to exhibit them, months after the first publication of this ncticc, 10 the said admtnistratriN at the office of Fred Harrison, attorney at law, Regina noipI, Iditarod, Alaska the same being the place for the transaction ot the business of the said estate in the above precinct and territory.
 Dated June 30. 1915.
 ANNIE CLIFTON CLEVELAND.
 AdminlStratrlX First publication, July 3, t915-it
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-07-24
DIGGS AND CAMINETTI
 GRANTED WRIT OF REVIEW

WASHINGTON, June 21.-The supreme court reconsidered today its denial of a re view of the conviction of F. Drew Cami- netti of San Francisco on charges of vio- lating the white slave law and granted 8 review
 It also granted review of the convlc- ton of Maury l. Diggs, convicted with Cam inetti in the same cases.
 A week ago the court declined to review the Caminetti case, and no announcement was made today to indicate why it had re- versed itself
 The appeals of both Caminetti and Dlggs were the first to reach the court in which it was contended to cases where the element of commercialized vice was absent
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-07-24
Arctic Brotherhood Corporation Formed

The Arctic Brotherhood Building Corpora ton has filed articles of incorporation with Territorial Secretary Davidson at Juneau. The capital stock of the company is placed at S6O.0OO, and the limit of indebtedness at s500,OO0 The object of the corporation is to build club and lodge rooms for the Ju- neau camp of the order, and after they have been paid for, to turn them over to the camp The time of the corporation is placed at twenty-five years, and the business IS to be handled by a board of seven trustees. The incorporators are J. F. A. Strong, Gro yer c. Vim, Tom Radonlch, John B. Mar shall and F. E. Bradley.
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-07-24
INVERSE TO SLANG

Just to show how much averse to slang he was a small boy in a Chicago school ex- plained to the teacher one day that he had been walking with friend, but neglected to take of his hat when they met a lady both knew His friend had nudged him and whispered:
 Take off your hat, you simp."
 What he should have said" explained the boy Twas, Remove your hat you nut J" The general sentiment is summed up in the words of a small boy who ventured this:
 Anyway, it's only roughnecks who use slang nowadays Philadelphia Public Ledger
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-07-24
MURDERER OF THREE WIVES
 IS SENTENCED TO DEATH

LONDON, July 1.-George Joseph Smith, styles the "brdes-in- bath murderer, was found guilty today of drowning in a bath tub three of his six wives, and was sen tenced to be hanged.
 The case has created a sensation which almost causes people to forget the war for the moment The evidence showed that Smith killed the three women one after the other in a bath tub, after having married them. His object was to secure the insur- ance which he took out at each marriage
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-07-24
ALASKA
Four Thousand Tons Crushed Daily

-Four thousand tons of rock is being crushed every twenty-four hours in the Alaska Gastineau companys mill at Thane, according to officials of the compsny, says the Juneau Empire. Bart L. Thane, gen eral manager, said recently that next month the mill should be crushing 5000 tons, as the capacity Is gradually being increased.
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-07-24
A Rin Eur Shinmenf

Probably the largest shipment of furs that ever passed through Skagway was that which came in on yesterdays train from Whitehorse, says the Alaskan of June 25. It consisted of 100 bales valued at ap- proxmately s50OO0 The furs came from Rampant, Fairbanks, Fort Yukon and other Yukon river points, and are consigned through Wells Fargo X Co. to Theo Thorer, Max Wulfsohn and other well-known New York fur dealers.
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-07-24

German newspapers are forbidden in Austria. The censorship in the dual empire is extremely strict. Austrian papers as rule can print only quarter of column of war news daily The papers are not even permitted to report burglaries, for fear the people will believe their property in secure.
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-07-24
Seward Camp. A. B.. to Build

The Arctic Brotherhood camp of Seward has decided to erect building, and at a recent meeting the matter was left up to the trustees to decide as to the size of the new building, the manner in which 1t is to be financed and the other details. The build ing will be erected at the northwest corner of Fifth and Washington.
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-07-24
ExIcENclES OF BUSINESS

"Open the window, waiter; am roast ing" a customer exclaimed who had just dined at Paris restaurant.
 ''Shut it up, waiter; I am frozen" pro- tested man who had just sat down.
 The waiter hesitated. The proprietor set tied the dispute at once.
 "Obey the customer who has not yet dined," he said-Ex.
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-07-24

Through the invention of a stoking de- vice by Swedish engineer 1.3 tons of pull verized peat have been made to produce as much power in locomotives in Sweden as one ton of coal
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-07-24
INCONSISTENT

"The Declaration of Independence states that all men are born free and equal, be lieveW
 Something of the sort"
 Then why do you hold yourself so aloof?"
 My dear man, I'm descended from one of it's signers Great Divide.
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-07-24
POOR EDES GOT HIS

Chairman Edes of the railroad commis- sion was serenaded upon his arrival at Sew ard by the newly organized brass band,-Ex
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-07-24
Notice to Creditors

Fresh Olympia Oysters, for cocktails, S2 can. Iditarod Meat Co.
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-07-24

The Boas Clothing Store at Flat. Prices
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-05-20
HARVEST HANDS PROBLEM.

BY United Press.
Des Moines. Ia, May 20.-A. l.
Urick. state labor commissioner, an
nounced he will cooperate with seven
other states in supplying harvest
hands to farmers, as soon as the free
employment bureau is in operation
July A. 1t was authorized by the
thirty-sixth general assembly whicn
recently adjourned. 4 plan has been
adopted by which the harvest hands
will commence work in the fields of
Oklahoma in the middle of June. then
proceed TO Kansas and Nebraska, then
Iowa and the Dakotas and Minnesota
and finish the season III Canada. 1t
is proposed TO have the employment
bureaus of eight mid-western states
take charge of these men and pass
them on from state to state.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-05-20

Publishers Report Of the Condition Of
THE FARMERS STATE BANK
Of chickasha, Oklahoma. May Is. 1915.
Resources.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-05-20
GO TO The
RESCUE
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the Example of a chickasha
Citizen.

CITIZEN.
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IL it keeps on aching. trouble may
come.
Often il indicates kidney weakness.
If yoa reglect the kidneys warning,
Look out for urinary disorders.
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F. H Huffaker, Twelfth street and
Michigan avenue, chiekasha, says;
My kidneys were out OF order and
had a weak back. Doan's Kidney Pills
relieved me. l have never had need
OF kidney medicine since"
Price SOC at all dealers Don't sim
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