IOITAROD PIONEER
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\ a! 3 Coo. M. Arbuckle. Publisher No. 9
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(’(INVENTIONS
Democratic territorial convention, Valdez, March 29.
Republican territorial convention, Cordova, March 30.
Republican national convention, Chicago, June IS.
Democratic national convention, Baltimore, Jane 25.
THE PRESIDENT AND THE PUBLICITY BUREAU
The people of Alaska, and especially those who are
disposed to maintain intact their fealty to the Republican
party, are earnestly requested to read, to ponder, and to
master the true meaning of the following press telegram j
printed in the Nome Nugget. The Nugget is an ad minis- i
tration paper and its news may be taken to be authoritative:
Washington, Jan. 27.—President Taft, by appointment, met
the members of the Alaska-Pacific Publicity Bureau yesterday
afternoon and gave them a full hour on proposed legislation for
Alaska. The President informed the members that he was pleased
Alaska had finally secured representation in Washington of a na
ture that would be productive of some good, one the administration
could call in from time to time when perplexed with questions
arising in connection with the North, and lie informed the new
organization that both members of the Senate and House of Repre
sentatives would appreciate the timely aid they would be in a
position to give as the representatives of the territory.
“I wish to inform you, gentlemen,” remarked the President,
“1 have at the present time in a state of preparation a special mes
sage to congress asking for the immediate passage of certain i
measures looking toward the relief you are here to urge. I will ’
call upon you from time to time to secure such information as you
may have, or are aole to acquire, for the purpose of making com
parisons and trying to secure legislation most needed in the terri
tory. I have fully made up my mind to ask congress to provide
ways and means for constructing and operating a government rail
road from tidewater on the Pacific to the Matanuska coalfields, for
the purpose of opening and exploiting the rich deposits of coal }
discovered in that region and have the coal brought to the market j
already created for it.
‘'Then I expect to draft recommendations urging congress toj
extend the homestead laws to Alaska, having the territory sur
veyed, laid out into townships, school districts, and the subdivis
ions usually platted and set off into tracts from 640 acres down to
160 acres, the custom introduced in the Middle and Western states}
many years ago and followed ever since.
‘‘I also appreciate the fact that Alaska, with its extensive
coast’line, equal to that of all the Atlantic and Pacific coast proper
put together bordering on the states, is in dire need of aids to nav
igation, and that along its rock-bound bays, inlets and bold shore
line lighthouses should be erected. In the special message I will
also recommend that such be amply provided for.”
Here the President makes his meaning clear that he is
willing and pleased to hearken to an organization of Out
side lobbyists regarding the disposition of Alaskan affairs.
He has never manifested such a spirit toward Alaska’s
duly elected representative at Washington. If it were ad
missible that the President's personal enmity justifies him
in refusing to accept Alaska's delegate as Alaska’s spokes
man and by no just rule is such an admission possible—
still there are numerous federal officials in Alaska from
whom information could be had first hand and without a
suspicion of undue bias in favor of the people of the terri
tory. I he President turns his back upon the people’s rep
resentative and puts no confidence in his own. He knows;
what he wants in connection with Alaska’s resources, even
if the nature of the resources is not quite clear; and he does}
not want any taint of the soil to attach to any one with
whom he may consult about Alaska matters.
Under the circumstances it is not to be wondered at
that a local Republican meeting failed to pronounce the
name of I aft, while it cheered those of Roosevelt and Wick
ersham. It was only an instance in which common, every- .
day human nature paid itself a compliment.
DON’T SPOIL THE SPORT
Complaint has been heard that in the race last week!
one of the dog teams was paced for a considerable distance, S
on an upgrade, by a man on horseback. It is a mooted
question whether there is any rule of the kennel club
against such a thing; but that is immaterial. If an advan
tage had not been calculated upon the trouble that the;
trick, involved would not have been taken. It is not club-i
rule technicalities, but clean methods, upon which the issue;
hinges.
Racing in the district has beeu promoted by public
spirited men who devoted considerable time and money to
the enterprise. A great many believe that the sports af
forded are a public benefit. Once admitted that sharp
practice has entered in public interest will go out and
racing will be dead. Therefore, let no one do ANYTHING
that can be called underhanded or unfair.
The Louisville Couiier-Journal says “Forty-four mill
ions are spent in a year for good roads in America, but,” it
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GENERAL LINE OF GROCERIES AfiD PROVISIONS
Men’s Underwear, Sox, Mittens, Rubber Shoes, Felt
Shoes and Pacs, Mackinaw Coats and Pants
SHELF HARDWARE
Nails. Building Paper. Dog Fish
We solicit inspection. Every article guaranteed.
fairvieWTrading CO.
MAX SIMEL, Otekak^^
Miners' Supplies and General Outfitting a Specialty
C. J. Hurley, President J. P. Gleason, Vice President A. Bruning, Gasliier
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Corner First Ave, and Richmond St., Iditarod
Kennel Club 2 p. in. March 9th parading
With a variety of banners in colors and shading,
ftuch, that if Barnum was here he’d talk trading;
For you to witness and attend we do the advocating.
— S. B.
Pipes Pipes Pipes
Wellingtons Chesterfields Palmyras Petersons
Mission Cobs Conroys Rudolfs
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isks, “how many millions get to the roads?” Reduced to
territorial proportions, a similar statement could be made
with as much pertinency in Alaska, and the question asked
with as small chance of an answer.
Commissioner Strongman of Nulato, who is in Iditarod this
week, reports a very lively winter in his village. The activities at
Ruby and consequent travel on the Yukon have been a distinct
lelp to Nulato trade.
The money spent in erecting and installing the government's
-jig wireless plant also had a good effect. The Nulato wireless has
oeen in operation since November and is the most powerful in
Alaska. The tower is 210 feet high and rests on a solid foundation
)f concrete. Every day the station speaks with Sitka, which
ichievement appears the more wonderful to one not versed in the
science of wireless from the fact that a straight line drawn between
:he two stations would run through the heart of Mount McKinley.
The government will expend about §10,000 more in completing
the station the coming summer. A force of ten men is employed
there this winter.
ENCOURAGEMENT
I used to wotk for Mr Knox, a farmer who bad lots of rocks.
I left my coucb at break of day and toiled until the dusk was gray.
And when the evening meal was o’er I had to do chore after chore;
I had to feed a million sows, and milk about a million cows. And
never once did Mr. Knox remark to me: “Well done, old Sox!’’
He never cheered my dismal days by handing out a word of praise.
What wonder then, if in my ire, I set his house and barn on fire, and
swiped a wagon-load of straw, and carried eff his mother'n-law? I
went to vvoi k ‘or Mr. Deans, and plowed his corn and hoed his
beans, and when I came in from my toil, all plastered o’er jvnh
sweat and soil, he always had some kindly word; he called me a
looloo, peach and bird. And so my labor was delight, and though
fagged out and worn at night, I trotted blithely out of doors and
daily did a million chores. If all employers only knew how much
a word of praise will do, the sullen workmen that we see would do
their little stunts with glee.—Walt Mason.
Bill-of-Sale blanks—Pioneer office.
I Sled covers, tarpaulins. H. Boas.
The Aniak is apparently the greatest disappointment since
the Nowi stampede in the winter of 1903-’06. Dozens of returning
people unite in the opinion that there is nothing in the district
worthy of a prospector’s attention. Many holes on the various
creeks have not shown a color, and none of them, almost any of
the late arrivals will tell you, can show even a shadow of the pros
pects claimed for the region some months ago.
Many line outfits were taken in during the last two months.
In these were included drills and everything necessary for a thor
ough test of the ground. A good many men are remaining in the
district in order to eat up their grub and for want of something
better to do. But that the district is a failure and will soon be
abandoned seems to be unanimously conceded.
The failure of the Aniak is a sore disappointment to many.
The amount of time and money wasted on the proposition is quite
large.
p POLITICAL GOSSiP <j
U:> to a couple of weeks ago Contributing Editor Theodore Roose
velt had over his desk in the Outlook office, New York, a sign a foot
deep—' NO ! ! ”—to which he invariably pointed when asked it by any
possibility be might become a candidate. It is not of record whether
or not he changed the sign to YES ! ! ! at any time previous to the late
c.ithop.
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A feu weeks ago it was announced tiiat Son-in-Law Nicholas Long
worth was opposed to Colonel Roosevelt’s candidacy. Mr. Longworth
is the bald-headedest man in congress—a circumstance that may be of
advantage in case he persists in his opposition.
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As early as New Year’s it was asserted—but denied—that La F >1
kite next to his own favored the candidacy of Roosevelt. He still ha^
a chance, it the assertion was true, of getting ‘‘place.”
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When Henry Watterson said Woodrow Wilson is a schoolmaster
and no' a statesman, Bryan declared that Judson H trnton is a Repub
lican and at a Democrat. He declares he is impossible as a candidate
tor the D .uocratic nomination, and then recites 50 measures which
failed to become law, many of them distinctly progres-ive, by reason of
tit" f :ct that Harmon di 1 not sign the acts within the time specified by
the e ,-ti'utiun of Ohi-> Why this failure to sign p ogressive measures
thereby knowing that the would not become law, if it were not top-re
v< c them being placed upon the statute because they were inimical to
net am i etv-'ts? 1. is l-.5i van’s opinion that any man who permits him
sell wit iugiv or otherwise to become the tool of the interests cannot be
come a Democratic candidate.
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At Chicago-, while Roosevelt’s non-candidacy uas still uncontra
dn ted, there was formed what was termed the Roosevelt national com
mittee, to which all Rep ibliein governors of states were inv ited to at
tach them-tlves Only three accepted the invhirt on with alacrity —
Hadley of Missouri, Stubbs of Kansas, and Osborn of Michigan.
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The New York World printed a very striking article on the ex
President's announce-! intention to he again a candid ite, and quotes an
exhaustive number of reins;,Is which he emphatically made time and
again that he would not run again. The article concludes with the
statement that Roosevelt has always been a candid tie, and that he nl
ways intended to run, that lte finds his influence waning, and that at
all costs he must lose no time in shaping his course on account of the
headway which the candidatures of I,a Hollette or oilier insurgents are
making. Comment even from tne Republican papers can hardlv he
called gratifying to R tosevelt; perhaps net more than two papers in the
metropolis are taking any pains to conceal their distrust of the ex-Pies
ident. 'Eire Democrats declare that Roosevelt will have as much show
in the next election as lie had influence in the last state election in New
York. With the exception of a portion of the West, and especially the
Southwest, he is, politically speaking according to these same authori
ties, a dead one—‘‘dead as Bryan” L the way the Tatumauy chieftain
puts i’.
MANITOBA HAS NEW GOLD FIELD
Minitonus, Manitoba, Jan. 24 —
Drillers who were attracted by news
of gold being found in chickens'
near this place came, saw, and con
quered. They located gold in pro
lifie quantities, flakes and nuggets,
in a conglomerate cement gravel,
veiy hard ami difficult to work.
One of the drillers who drilled a
portion of the ground for a hall in
terest in the claim today refused
$10,000 and all expenses for his
share. The new gold fields are
booming now, thanks to the pub
licity which the new find is receiv
ing- _
RICHEST HAD ONLY TEN CENTS
Following the snatching of a wom
an’s purse by a disreputable-looking
man, the Eugene, Ore., police rounded
up 30 hobos in the hope of recovering
the contents of the purse, which con
tained 15 dollars in gold and a diamond
ring. The aggregate wealth of the
thirty, after careful search, was found
to be 15 cents This wealth was in the
hands of two men, one plutocrat being
possessed of a dime, and the other of a
nickel.
The entire party, including the two
capitalists, was escorted to the city
limits and rudely told to hike.
At last accounts to dumps were be
ing taken out in Ruby district.
Select Outside Lumber, corrugated
iron and roofing paper at Ross & Nes
tor's.
HYDRAULIC HOSE
I shall arrive at Iditarod about March
22 to dispose of stock of Hydraulic Huso
at low figure. Those requiring Huso -
will please drop line care Iditarod Pio
neer, as I shall remain only a short time.
JOHNSON TENT & HOSE CO.
Annual assessment work blanks at
Pioneer office.
Formerly Mrs. Silberstein's,
fire Raw Being Sold at Very
Reasonable Prices
All alterations on Indies’ Oarrnents
purchased will be free of charge.
WORK GUARANTEED
First Avenue
Films Developed
And All Kinds of Photographic
Work Done.
MiSS TJERNSTROM. MeDQNALD fiOTEL
Dr. Hehnioh Wort maim,
Office at Oily Drug Store, Tel. iili
First A ve., Het. Willow and Uichmorul
Office Hour • i to i, 3 to 4 7 to R
CHJiS. D. CARTER,
Offices, Pioneer Drug Si' r-s.
Flat Creek
DR. F. W. HER MS.
Dentist
I);'. AVort matin's < tftive.
First Avenue and Widow Street
DR. U. BE HI A,
Dentist
Gold St.. Flat t'itv. 0: y. Grand Ho‘e'
iMint el
ALFRED E. MALT BY,
Attorney at Law
Notahy l’riii.if
Oltice Simpson Bid?, Fir-.- ;t1 W"
CHA.S. E. TAYLOR,
Attorney at Law,
Notary 1’ubliv. < ■, nv,>\a'.vlnv.
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ATTORNEYS
Iditarod. Alaska
GEORGE WOC'dkUPi- ALGRECHT
Attorney -ot Law
Kic>i?a". '3' «;-■! O (Ttei/. '31
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P|ipM ROADHOUSE
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a 4 ^ at*; u idiitarod.
Firsf-Giass Accommodations
Anderson & Pierce, Props, r. M. Pierce, Manger.
Our Jolly Ballard will he on ilit:
scene,
Helping to entertain, he is declared
to be in,
For ho is here, there and . no
where within.
On the bill of March tit the Ii ■ if
Garden Jamberin. —S. lit.
s Roof Garden Night, playing, dancing and singing >
[galore, \
Such that you will enjoy and persistently call for $
more;
All didinga will be such you never, never saw before. >
For the Kennel boys are for good clean sport as of yore. >
1D1TAKOD MEAT CO.
f Second St. Phone I", |
j Class in Fact First Ave., iditarod 5
I BE A TTIE HOUSE
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THE HOME OF THE "QUAKER MAID"
Foot of Willow St., Iditarod