Iditarod pioneer., 1915-01-23
FLAT CITY NOTES

Quite number of visitors came over ! from Iditarod to take in the ladies s02ial 1 given by the Moose lodge and enjoy d real 1 good entertainment
 1 Mir and Mrs Robert Soutar and Miss ! Margaret Johnstone made up party who visited Flat City and enjoyed the ladies social
 G. E. Austin made a short visit to Flat this week.
 Frank Keenan, Frank Gularte and George ! Adams enjoyed the social activity of Flat 1 City during the week,
 E. M. Stanton and Fred Harrison, the 1 legal lights of Iditarod visited Flat and took part in the program of the ladies social.
 Harry Leland and Al Goslow left Friday morning for Mutchler Bros wood camp, on Otter creek.
 J. C. Jenkins Jack Handley and Frank Kelly left last Wednesday for their camp on Bonanza creek, where they will cut wood during the balance of the winter
 C. R. Peck left last Tuesday for the great Outside via the Seward trail, in company with Dan Crowley of the firm of Crowley 1 & Porter. who recently arrived from Nome 1 travcl,ng by dog team. This IS MT. Peck $ l first visit to the Outside in several years 1 It is Mir Pecks intention to secure "bub- ! bier and motor around while until he 1 gets used to Outside conditions He will 1 visit the exposition in San Francisco and perhaps may ramble on down to the Pan ana canal and see just what Uncle Sam ] hes been doing there. Later on Tn the spring he will return via Lake Lebarge i arriving here on one of the first boats and runner hath it that he will bring back q i blushing young bride.
 1 Mrs. George Mutchler is confined to her l bed, suffering from severe cold.
 Neil Mcleod. who suffered the am3uta- | ton of a portion of both feet recently at | the hospital, on account of being frozen IS doing as well as can be expected. Dr Green is also progressing nicely, as | also are MT. Valentine and Mr. Cornwel, 1 While Alec Weir was away and Charles 1 Jackson was in Iditarod attending the meet 1 ing of the Pioneers recently ,thelr cabin i'll some manner caught fire and the inside 1 lining was blazing merrily when observed i by Dassers by. Quick action put out the wall blaze, but it was a long time before l the seat of the fire was located in the moss ] underneath the flooring Great clouds of smoke poured from the cabin, and it be- came necessary to remove a portion ot the roof so as to enable the fire fighters to get 1 close enough for action. It was then l quickly put out The loss was small.
 Speaking of fires, mention should be made of popular Dan Mckenzie as a fire 1 fighter He lives at Discovery, but always comes down to Flat to enjoy the gay soclal activity A few nights ago. when the ther- mometer registered 30 degrees below zero and threatened to go lower, Dan put on a ] good fire in his trusty heater and retired as usual About 1 a m. he awoke and ] felt 1t little too warm to be comfortable, and upon looking up, observed the lining OF the ceiling enveloped in flames drop ping hot sparks on the bed, and reaching down the side walls lovingly for our Dan. Dan IS a young man and has a natural aversion to unusually hot localities. With l the nimbleness of youth he was out Of bed ! at one bound and industrIously transferring l friendly snow bank to the lire zone. Next
 he put the New York fire department to
 shame for quick action in tearing oil the
 roof This was the crownlng stroke. Com
 pletely vanquished, the fire gave up the
 struggle for supremacy. Shoveilng snow ID
 a night shirt, even on fire, IS not con-
 drcive to warmth, so Dan found the cool night air and the gentle wlntry zephyrs
 which played about him trlte chilly, and
 hied himself back to bed again to quiet
 slumber and happy dreams. Just over the
 hill a cold and unsympathetlc moon smhen
 down Dan always was hard to please.