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FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
(including Alaska)
\V<x : row Wilson, of New Jersey
EOF VI(.'E-PRESIDENT
I'll*'Mas 1{. .Marsha;.!., of Indiana
EOF (iOVERNOR OF ALASKA
J, F. A. Strong
E(H\ TERRITORIAL SENATOR. FOURTH DIVISION,
IIknky Roden
A i’iT.Lir SCANDAL
During the past week the Iditarod community lias
been treated loan example of official neglect and indiffer
ence which it \vt uld be ditlicult to parallel in any country
under the sun. AS!1 found men who had been drawn from
gainful occupations and brought hundreds of miles from
their homes that justice might be served, turned adrift in
a most callous manner, without means to reach their homes
and without even the fees they had earned and which
they had a v< ad to expect immediately they were relieved
from attendance upon the court.
it make-no difference that the department of justice
promis'd relief after being informed of the conditions in a
telegram sent ai private expense. The fact remains that
when witnes-es who had been in attendance upon the court
for months were discharged, money which was rightfully
theirs was withheld from them and they were compelled to
seek credit from strangers.
it is not that the goverment of the United States pro
vides for the administration of justice in a niggardly man
ner --unite the c uitrary. Bat it is simply another exhibi
tion of red tape run riot—of inelasticity in government
methods which makes if impossible for local officials to
meet contlngences as they arise. It is the culmination of
-la years ok x- ■ t of the territory, coupled with insistence
upon rigid acllx >vnce to set form and precedent totally lin
en ited to conditions as they exist in Alaska.
Sooner or later the people back at Washington will
Darn what other nations learned years ago: that centraliza
tion of ] •von is incompatible with successful colonial
adniinistiatioi! and. development.
HENRY RODEN'S PLATFORM
iienry Roden, who is a candidate for election to the
Senate of the First Alaskan legislature, needs no introduc
tion to the electors of the Fourth division. For nearly 15
years he has b-*ou a resident of Interior Alaska—coining
into contact with all kinds of people, sharing in the strug
gles of the pioneers, and proving himself at all times a man
among men. Now lie is a candidate for senatorial honors,
and if there ever was a man pre-eminently fitted to rep
resent a pioneer •<immunity, that man is Iienry Roden.
llenr\ Roden came to Alaska at a time when the lot ol
Die miner and prospector was a particularly hard one, and
for many years 1; ■ labored at the windlass and with the
pick and shovel, eating the poorest food, and enduring all
the hard snips which are inseparable from a life spent on
the frontier -especially in the North. He learned in that
hard school to understand and sympathize with the minei
in his desire for hotter conditions of life and labor, and
when, in after y< ars. he had forced himself, through perse
verance and ability into another and easier sphere of use
fulness. he did not forget his early sympathy with and love
for his former fellow-laborers. On the contrary his sym
pathies broadened as the years advanced, until now he is
always to the fore in helping those who have fallen by the
way m tue Dame 01 Hip.
It was to be expected, therefore, that when Hen ry Ro
den came before th electors of this division and asked for
their support, he v mid make improved conditions of labor
tlie main plant; of his platform. He does not come with a
promise of the millenium if he be elected, but with a
scheme ot neee.-mry reforms, which could lie obtained with
out delay, and without turning tiie world upside down,
leaving the big national questions to be settled when the
proper time arrives.
Henry Roden advocates the passing of an eight-hour
law for miners. He knows from his own experience that
ten hours in the drift or cut is too long for any man, and
believes that the miner is entitled to more time for rest and
recreation than he gets at present. He would also advocate
better quarters than those at present provided. Appealing
to a mining community, Henry Roden naturally and rightly
advocates better mining laws. He would amend the new
placer law. because be thinks it is too complicated for the
average man to understand; he would enlarge the scope of
tiie miners lieu law so as to include the claim, because he
believes that the owner should take a chance on poor
ground as well as the laborer and operator; he would make
it compulsory on owners to pay for assessment work done in
cash, so that they could not palm off a few pounds of beans
and bacon for $100 worth of assessment work; and he
would so amend the law of fractions as to compel owners to
castoff the excess fraction at the far end of the claim.
For the aged and infirm prospector, who could no
longer join in the stampede or face hardships on the trail,
Henry Roden would provide a home—a comfortable retreat
where he could spend his declining years without worrying
about a grubstake, And for the children he proposes to
I SNYDER HOUSE Company Depot j
Nicely Furnished Rooms FLAT CITY Large Drying Room \
| Beef, by the side,.$ .40 (
s Veal, “ .5G \
i Mutton, bv the carcass.. .35 i
| Fowl,, per lb.40 ;
Halibut, “ .25 \
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i TMF HfiMF FLAT CITY< Ro^Lo*rle' \
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i Furnished Rooms, Clean Spring Beds, Bath, Dry Rooms, the house ' (
11 First Class in Fact First Ave., iditarod ,
BE A THE HOUSE
j Furnished Rooms, Bath Rooms, Spring Cots Goad Stables Adjacent
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provide better educational facilities and so insure them a
| good start in life.
It is not an exhaustive programme—it does not provide
a cure for all the ills that states are heir to; but it does
provide for improvements on present conditions, and we
know Henry Roden well enough to believe that what he
promises, that he will perform.
In a characteristic speech del
! night, Henry Roden, candidate fo
' policy that he intended to pursu
| Fourth division favor him with tl
Mayor Barnes was in the c
I anee of representative citizens. M
and there is no doubt about bis s
After giving a short account of liis
early years and the struggles which
were the lot of the pioneers in Alaska,
Mr. Roden took up the question of
amendments to
Tho Mining Laws
He said that lie did not like the new
mining law because it was too compli
cated. A prospector did not want a
law that would necessitate his carry
ing a copy of it along every time he
.vent prospecting, but one which could
j lie readily understood; and if he were
-ent to Juneau lie would see to it that
such a law was passed. As to recording
powers of attorney, as provided under
he new law, he argued that they
Miould be recorded in the same pre
cinct as the location was made. He
would also ad voce that all assessment
work done by miners for others should
>e paid for in cash. Regarding the
staking of fractions, Mr said that it
should be compulsory on owners to cast
>ff the excess fraction at the end of the
Maim, which was the natural place.
The present lieu law should be so
intended as to include the claim, as
the owners could afford to take a
chance.
An Eight-hour Day
Coming to the question of hours of
labor, Mr. Roden spoke in favor of an
eight-hour law. He said that 10 hours
in the drift or cut was altogether too
long, and although the operators might
argue that those extra two hours
represented their only chance of mak
ing a profit, he maintained that the
men would be able to accomplish just
as much if they had more time for rest
and recreation than they have at
present. He had been an advocate of
the eight-hour system ever since lie
had been in the country, and had pub
lished his views on the matter in the
Tatiana Teller, at Cleary City, when
he was editor of that paper—in 1936.
That was before the strike at Fair
banks, and before the miners of the
district had adopted the eight-hour
platform.
Better Quarters for Miners
He thought that better accommoda
tions for the miners should be insisted
upon. He did not see why the claim
owner or operator should be able to
live in fine houses while the working
miners were herded in thebunlthouses,
with which they were all acquainted.
He believed the miners were entitled
to comfortable quarters, as was any
man who was willing to work. The
present bunkhouses were little better
than dog kennels, and that was not
right.
On Sunday night Mr Rodei
A. B- Hall, Flat City. There
siderable enthusiasm was evincec
Mr. Roden left for Ruby a
will address meetings at vario
' chief struggle will be at Fairb;
j that district, as in this, Mr- R
| following, and his election to the
ivered at A. B. Hall last Saturday
r the Alaska Senate, outlined the
e at Juneau if the electors of the
eir votes.
nair and there was a good attend
r. Roden’s talk was well received
irength as a candidate.
A Mon-Partisan Candidate
Mr. Roden said he did not believe in
supporting any man simply because he
called himself a Republican, Socialist
or Democrat. Personally he was a
believer in many of the principles of
Socialism, but that did not mean that
he was to stand on the street, corners
and preach it. Ila did not believe in
that., but realized it took a lot of time
to get such reforms through. At. the
present time they should attend to
those matters which were most pres
sing, and above all see that their
children got a good education and a
good start and an equal chance in life.
They did not want to elect people who
were simply going to tear down, but
those who would build up. They must
show the people back at Washington
that they were at least as intelligent
and capable as those Outside. For
liimelf he thought the people of Alaska
were far superior, as the ordinary plug
did not come to the North, but those
of superior ability and vim. If elected
he would agitate for more home rule,
more privileges and more powers.
A Miners’ Home
Another thing which he had had at
heart for several years was the estab
lishment of a home far aged and infirm
miners. He had secured an option on
Manley’s Hot Springs hotel, and was
going to get it for the home. To put the
institution on its feet he was going to
get an appropriation from the legis
lature, and he would tax the Guggs
and the N. C. Co. to keep the home
going until it became self-supporting—
they got enough out of all of us, and
could well afford to pay the small tax
necessary. If the home ever got over
crowded, someone could start a stam
pede to the Koyukuk, and that would
soon empty it. He was going to get
that home for the propector.
A Man of the People
Mr. Roden prided himself upon being
a man of the people, and said he
thought just as much of a laborer
as he did of the manager for the Yukon
Gold Co., and was just as proud of his
friendship.
In the Race to Win
He had not entered the race of his
own accord, but had been persuaded
thereto by his friends. But since he
was in it he was in it to win. He was
going to Juneau, and he was going to
make good. He wanted their support
—the support of ail them—roughnecks,
business men and everybody, because
be was going to make good, and later
I he would get a better job from them.
I in which also he would make good.
i addressed the creek residents at
was a large attendance and con
nd Fairbanks on the Comet. He
us places along the river, but the
inks and adjacent creeks. But in
oden has an exceptionally strong
Senate is already assured.
TOLD IN THE MAIL [
Because of crop failures, the Mexi
can government has suspended the
duty on corn shipped from the United
States.
The German-Ameriean Alliance, of
Wisconsin, is opposed to woman suff
rage.
Seven murderers were electrocuted
at Sing Sing, N. Y., in one day last
month.
Danish citizens of the United States
have presented the Danish people with I
a national park, in the Hebiid hills of
Jutland.
Texas border towns have organized
posses of cowboys not only to resist, but
to pursue and capture Mexican raiders,
even if they have to cross the border.
Many messages have been sent to the
governor demanding that Texas take
matters into its own hands, and fight
and defeat the Mexicans as it did in
tiie pioneer days.
ihe national committee of the Pro
gressive party has four women mem
bers.
Flushing, O., had its first arrest in
two years recently, when a man was
locked up for being intoxicated.
A double murderer resisted arrest
and was shot dead by a posse near
Clarksville, Texas, last month.
The Continental Loan & Building
association, of San Francisco, is insol
vent. The shortage amounts to over
$300,000.
A water-tank fell through a roof at
Pittsburg, Penn., killing five girls,
injuring 12 others, and seriously hurl
ing 20 more.
Tiie C. S. patent office is to be in
vesligated at a cost of $10,000.
Eastern coal dealers are predicting
a scarcity in domestic coal, and say
that the price of stove coal will soar
to $$ a ton and more.
Dan Williams, of South Brooklyn,
O., lost two thoroughbred horses when
lightning struck iiis barn. He went
to Elyria and bought another team.
As lie was going home a bolt came
down, killing Williams aud his team.
Ettor and Giovanitti, the leaders of
the Lawrence strikers who were ar
rested and charged with the murder
of those who were killed by the police,
are still in jail awaiting trial. The
Italian government has entered a
vigorous protest against tlie murder
charge.
S. G. Brinkley, of Magnetic City,
N. C'., is boasting of his whiskers. His
beard is 5 feet 4 inches long.
The Republican national committee
estimate that there will be 21.332,200
voters at the November elections,
which is 5,0 )0,000 more than in 1008.
General Louis Botha, t lie Boer
leader who fought against the British
ten years ago, lias been appointed a
general in tiie British army.
Governor M. E. Hay. of Washington
state, lias been renominated at the
Republican primaries.
This year's V. S. pension roll will
exceed $100,000,000.
Keir Hardie, the Scotch Socialist,
has been stumping for Debs.
Beveilv, September 30 —Eugene
V. Debs, nominee for President on
the Socialist ticket, last week dial
lenged President Taft to a public
debate on Socialism and the i'-sue.
ol the campaign The President
lias sent a dignified letter of refusal
to the Socialist leader.
(WEEKLY)
The following list of letters remain
uncalled for at the Iditarod (Alaska)
postoffiee on Sept. 30, 1912. Parties
calling for any of the letters below will
please call for “advertised'1 letters.
Black, A S Jacobson, Wm
Bogart, J
Broolser, Minnie Keel, J L
Cribb, F Lane, Jacob
Etinger, Reiqhard McMurray, George
McCarty, Jacob
Gokezoff, Alec
Grassman, D O’Toole, Roddy
Gassaloff, Tom
Gillis, J H Reno, Wilfred A
Harmon, J K Svenn, John
Harvey, Irene Swanson, Ludwig
Hornala, Jakop
Tagayabr, David
Johnson, Joe
T. L. THURSTON, Postmaster.
BIG NUGGET FOUND IN TRANSVAAL
Johannesburg, August 30.—An old
placer miner and prospector named
Peacock has arrived at Barberton with
a nugget weighing 179 ounces, which
he found at Kaapsehehoop. i'ne nug
get is almost pure gold and is worth
$3,400,
the latest cow song
I sing about the stately cow,
With antlers growing on her brow,
A tassel on her tail;
No oilier animal can put
So well and skillfully its foot
Inside a six-quart pail.
My oid cow prods me with her horns,
And puts her Trilbys on my corns,
And fills my soul mith grief;
But she censoles me with some milk
That’s smooth and white and line as silk.
And rich beyond belief.
The city-dwelling modern man
Goes to the grocer for a can
Of milk made by a trust;
Or from a dairyman he’ll get
A pint of something p.i!e and wet
In which to soak his crust.
And all the people of that ilk.
Who live on canned or doctored milk,
Are gaunt and sad of face;
While 1, who keep a large reel cow,
Could polish otT .Tack Johnson now,
And vindicate the race.
For you, O cow, my harp I swat!
You have your fault, as who has not?
You trample on ray toes;
And when I come with shining pail,
You slug me wiih your muddy tail,
And nearly break my nose.
And often, when I'm in your staii,
You jam me up against the wall,
And break three ribs or four:
And when the bucket's nearly full
Of milk as white as carded wool,
You kick it through the door.
But, then, that milk is just a dream,
And when il comes to sure-thiug cream
A man must have a cow;
And so I'll gladly overlook
The passing kick, the playful lm-ik
From those spikes on your brow.
-- Wait Mason.
In tlie District Court for the Territory
of Alsska Fourth Division.
In the Matter of Lee Roby. Bankrupt.
—No. 1 B. — In Bankruptcy.
Notice is hereby given that Lee
Roi»y, having on t he liLt day of August,
1911, been duly adjudged a bankrupt in
the above-entitled cause, lias tiled his
petition for a discharge ns a bankrupt,
and tiie same will be beard l>y said
Court, on the kith day of November A.
!). 1912, at 10 o'clock in i hi foi eat on,
at- the court house at Fairbanks, Alaska,
at which time and p.luce all creditors
and oilier persons in interest may ap
pear and show cause, if : ny they have,
why the prayer of said petit bio should
not be granted. <'. t . I'AOK,
, — •— < Jerk of said t Aicrt,
- Sea) Bv Geo. W. Albrecht,
'■-’ Depiiiy n.wk.
1 ii ihe District Co rt for the Ten t
of Ala ska. Font h I vision.
In the Matter of Geo. F. Marsh and
Harry Ashland, I ; ii vidua l.\ and as
Co-Partners, Bankrupts.- -No 5 B.
Not ice is hereby given that Geo F.
Marsh and Harry Ashland, individually
and 11s co-partners. having been duly
adjudged I aukrvpts on the Oth day <!l
May A. 1). 11)12, in tlie above-entitled
cause, have tiled their petition for dis
charge as bankrupts, avid tint the same
will be lieard by said Court on the 30th
day of November A. D. ]yi2, at li
o'clock in tile forenoon, at the court
house at. Fairbanks, Alas!,-:!, at. which
time and place all creditors and uthei
persons in interest may appear and
show cause, if ary they have, why the
prayer of vaid petition should r.ot be
granted. ( 1 ’AG K,
. — i Clerk of said Court,
t Seal - By Geo. \V. Albrecht.
Deputy Ch-rk.
Best of Everything
ALT. THE TIME AT THE
\ foul mi rnm
I yyiu
Open Day and Night
J. R. McGovern has gone to San
Francisco. He will inspect the fire
departments of various cities en route,
and return here in the spring with a
lot of valuable information for local
application.
PIONEER DRUG CO., FLAT CITY
Telephone us your wants in the line of
Phone From »
McDonald
Hotel.
Iditarod.
Orders Promptly Filled.
Dr. Heinrich Wort man n,
Physician and Surgeon
! Offices: Iditarod and Flat City
Telephones at each place
DR. H. BEHLA,
Dentist
Offices, Pioneer Drug Store.
Flat City.
j ’ Appointments by Telephone
CM AS. E. TAYLOR
Attorney at Lev/,
Notary Public, Conveyancing,
Richmond St., Iditarod
Wicker sham & Roden,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
Iditarod. Alaska
I
GEORGE WOODRUFF ALBRECHT,
Attorney at Law
i Michigan, '51 Alaska. 10 Kentucky 91
The Fionccr Attorney of this C nip
E. M. STANTON,
Attorney at Law
! Office in Wickersham A Roden Bldg,
Second Are.
NOTICE OF ELECTION
For Two Senators and Four Rep
resentatives
Notice is !ierr*1»v given, in accordance
| with the requirements of the act of
Congress known as "Tie* Hoine-Ri o
Bill,*' to creah a legislative asset
in the Territory * f Alaska, passed anti
approved A igu.v 21, 1912, providing* for
■ tIte election of two senators and four
| representatives to the Alaska : *gi-:. -
Tore, from tha Fourth division, that
j there will be an ejection for the pur
poses as above staled on Tuesday, No
vember o. I!)i2: that said electiou will
be held within tha corporate limits of
j the Town of Iditarod, Alaska, on the
I said day between the hours of 8 o'clock
ante-meridian and 7 o'clock post-ill eri
I uian, at the City Flail.
In witness whereof, 1 hereto set. uiv
j hand and official seal tins 2*8th day of
September, 1912.
t. Ij. rnrusTON.
Municipal Clerk.
NOTICE CF ELECTION
For Three f.lemhers of the Town
Council
—
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Notice is hereby given that, in p *.
suiinCe to a resolution pris-ed and
adopted by the Common Council of the
'1 own of iditarod, Alaska, at a meeting
i held on September 17. 1912, there will
he an election held in the Town of
Iditarod, Alaska, on November f>. 1912.
for the purpose of electing tin c* e mem
bers of the town council t *> iiil vacan
cies therein: that this election will 1
held in the City Hall, between the
hours of 8 o'clock ante meridian and 7
o'clock post meridian.
In witness whereof I hereto set my
hand and official seal this 28th day of
-September, 1912.
T. L. THCRSTON.
Municipal Clerk.
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