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Published Every Sunday Morninu at Iditarod, Alaska.
FRANK E. BECKER. EDITOR
Vcl 1 Cco. M. Arbucklo, Publisher No. 7
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THE NEED OF A MUNICIPALITY
The formality of incorporating a town in Alaska is a
very formal thing. It requires time, thought, the exercise
of judicial discretion. It involves a lot of fol-de-rol and
fol-do-dee, wherefore it behooves the citizens of Iditarod
City to begin the business of incorporating this town that
the papers may be here when the robins nest again.
At least we suppose that the citizens of Iditard City
want the town incorporated. That is to say, we believe
that every property owner wants fire and police protection,
and that he is willing to pay a small tax therefore, knowing
at the same time that the revenue from liquor licenses with
in incorporated towns goes to the municipality instead of
into the coffers of the government. In other words, we
know that Iditarod City will lose at least £10,000 next
spring, if the town is not incorporated. This money could
be used to great advantage right in our midst.
Communities containing 300 bona fide residents may
be incorporated. The matter may be brought to the at
tention of the distiict court through the medium of a pe
tition signed by not less than 00 of these bona fide resi
dents, in which petition they may set forth the boundaries
of the proposed city and the number of people therein, and
such other information as they may deem fit.
Adjusting his spectacles, the honorable district court,
will in due course of time give heed to the said petition and
ponder thereon. If objections are put in, by dissenting
citizens, the court may hear such objections, and if he de
cide that said petition be granted he will prescribe the time
and manner of giving notice of an election where the people
may indicate their choice for or against incorporation. At
this election the people may also vote for a board of aider
men.
A two-thirds majority of the bona fide residents will
carry the day for incorporation, the men receiving the
highest votes will be the aldermen.
To entitle one to vote at such election he must be a
citizen of the United States, a resident of Alaska for one
year, and a resident of the town for six months. lie must
also be the owner of substantial property interests.
With the favorable result of tiie vote forwarded to the
district court, the judge will grant the certificate of incor
poration, which upon being duly filed with the clerk of the
court, the secretary of the territory and the commissioner of
the precinct, the aforesaid aldermen may be sworn in and
can get on the job.
It is plain to see that all this will require time. The
wheels of the judicial machinery grind slowly, and com
munication with Fairbanks this coming winter will doubt
less be as uncertain and fitful as maiden's love. Hence we
have no doubt that when spring’s gentle voice is again
heard in the rills and rivers, the legal documents will still
he traveling between this city and the seat of justice.
Therefore the answer is evident,—the matter of incor
porating this town should be taken'up at once, looking to
the completion of all formalities before the renewal of liquor
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licenses in this town next summer. That money belongs to
the town, we need it and we should have it.
Proceeding on that theory then, the preliminary pe
tition should be forwarded at once, with arrangements
made to secure its proper presentation in the district court.
! There are some who will object to incorporation because
they are tax-dodgers, but it is unquestionable that the big
j majority of the citizens want incorporation and that no valid
! objection can be urged against it.
COMPASSION MUST DE OUTS
Early one morning in the lovely month of June, just as
i rosey-fingered dawn was caressing the daffodils on tin
eastern hills, the General Jacobs steamed up our beautiful
river and tied up at a perfectly good snubbing post thai
decorated our waterfront.
Immediately thereafter General M. P. Mans, Comman
der of the Department of the Columbia and higli Poo Bah
: of the Northwest including Alaska, got off the boat,
: stretched himself and looked about him. With him were
' two or three members of his staff who scurried up and down
the beach, making a thorough investigation of the camp
while the general interviewed a small group of individuals
who had come down to see what all the trouble was about,
thereby neglecting a freezeout game that had been in pro
gress in a nearby joy emporium.
Five hours later, just as the god of day was combing
grey and lowering clouds from his whiskers preparatory to
getting on the job, the good ship, General Jacobs dropped
silently down the stream and the worn and tired investi
gators dozed peacefully in blue pajamas.
The next thing we hear is a spasm in the Seattle Post
I Intelligencer wherein General Maus tells the people of the
great Outside all about the Iditarod. He is sure that the
camp cannot pay wages.
Says the General in part, “Some method of supervising
| the rush to this gold field should be devised, for there is
j bound to be much suffering. As we came down out of the
camp we met many men going in and only a few of them
have any money. They are expecting to work and there is
no work for them. They are bound to become public
charges.”
Again the general expatiates on the mining resources,
[thereby disclosing a profound knowledge of the game. He
says : “So far there are only a few finds on Flat, Otter and
Willow creeks, and they are small claims suitable for sluic
| iug by hand.” Now, what do you know about that?
In conclusion, the general says, “I inspected the camp
i thoroughly and had accurate maps made of Iditarod City.” Wouldn’t
that shiver your pass-ports ?
But enough of General Maus and his belliake. Let us turn to
I another nearer home who had even a worse attack, but got it out
! of his system all in a bunch but with considerable pain. This man
J also made a thorough investigation of the camp, sitting on a dry
I goods box in front of his sock emporium. The result of his cogi
tations is found in a Fairbanks paper, thusly :
“M. A. Simson returned from the Iditarod and says that Fair
banks is good enough for him. The people are leaving there
wholesale. It may be a small camp, but it is completely overdone
at present. On Flat creek, a fraction which was supposed to be
good was bought for $600. The outlook is gloomy. (Park lights
and slow music.) Men that leave here are taking a great chance.
The mouth of-Flat creek was prospected and thrown up. (Now
who could be so unkind as to throw up the mouth of Flat, and if so,
where?) Peoples took a stock down but has reshipped it and will
return immediately.”
Well, that will be about all.
WHY NOT T/SAKE MERRY ?
In the hurry and rush of fall building it might be well
to stop for breath a minute and reflect that we have a holi
day coming up on the 5th of September, or the first Mon
day thereof, when workers throughout the United States
and a few peons in the Filipines lay down the hammer long
enough to give a parade and meditate on the cause of labor.
Iditarod Uity has been too busy this summer to think
much about jollification, besides, for a considerable period,
we didn’t know whether there was anything to be jolly
about. There were so many wisenheimers standing around
on one foot, trying to put the kibosh on the camp that
quite a number of light-headed ones got cold feet and left
us, little knowing that over beyond “be lump” they were
uncovering one of the richest paystreaks in Alaska.
Now that the knockers have gone, those of us who re
mained know that we have a camp and a good one,—there
fore, we should get busy and celebrate that fact.
Labor Day will be our last chance to kill the fatted
calf and open a keg of nails before the freezeup. Besides,
we can give the people with frigid pedals a good send off
as they get ready for the last boats.
WE WANT A RENDEZYOU3
It has been learned that following a change in the
plans of the big Nestor building of this city, the large as
sembly room that was to be provided, has been cut'out with
the result that Iditarod City faces a long, hard winter with
out a suitable ball for dances or parties.
This is indeed sad to contemplate. Picture a number
of disconsolate females who had resigned themselves to a
winter inside suddenly deprived of their last hope, and no
place to dance.
The proposition is no joke, and requires the serious at
tention of the community. Something must be done to pro
vide a suitable hall, wherefore we would suggest tlie for
mation of a stock company to take upon itself the duty of
providing this city with an amusement center.
After a period of sluicing extend
ing over a week, George Riley, the
biggest individual operator on Otter
creek, had a cleanup on the lower
end of No. x above last Tuesday
evening, the proceeds of the riffles
weighing in about $t6,ooo.
. This cleanup has been anxiously
awaited by the people of Otter as
:t was expected to furnish a line on
the much-discussed Otter pay
streak, and it may be said that the
results obtained are very satisfac
lory since it is known that t’tii
cleanup came from the poorest par!
f the claim. The ground went
better than $i to the foot, and tin
rate is expected to go much highl
it! future cleanups.
Together with the men he
working on the old Sanderson lav
on No. i above bench, left limit,
Riley now has about 40 men going,
and there seems no question that he
will add greatly to the output of
the district before the freezeup.
The report from the upper end of
the Wildcat where Doc Mading is
working his lay was as good as
ever last Monday, and indicates
that the paystreak is still holding
its own.
As near as can be ascertained
this cleanup with 60 men employed
went in the neighborhood of $11,
000, the ground averaging $6.25 tc
the foot.
Mading is busy opening up the
ground on the Dave Johnson lay
which he has just purchased, under
an agreed price of $46,000, and it
will not be long before a flood of
the yellow stuff will be pouring out
of this portion of the Wildcat.
North Star Cafe’s New Home
C. S. Bernhardt and E. B. Dun
can, the well-known caterers of
Discovery Otter, have just com
pleted their new two-story building
on Front street. The upper story
will be devoted to offices and living
rooms, while the ground floor will
house their already deservedly pop
ular North Star restaurant.
Postoffice Hours
Hereafter the postoffice at the
Red Cross drug store will be open
on week days between the nours
of 9 a.in. and 9 p.tn.
On Sundays the office will be
open from 9 to 10 in the morning,
and from 5 to 6 in the afternoon.
We can put you in a good, comfort
able house in a jiffy. See Anderson
Bros. & Nerland—sash, doors, wall
paper, carpets, window shades, etc.
1 If you want winter spuds—Salinas
| Burbanks—the kind that will keep ail
j winter, better place your order with us
j now, because we've got them here,
i Innoko Trading Co.
ISAACS BROTHERS
CHOOSE QUARTERS
Having selected the lot between
the present locations of I. Gold
stein and Loussae’s drug store
on First street, Ike Bayies, mem
ber of the firm of Isaacs Bros. &
Co., is making preparations to go
ahead with the erection of a frame
building there, 24 by 30 feet, in
the back part of which will be
situated living quarters for him
self and family.
When you visit Flat creek call at
Carroll’s Globe Bakery and Coffee
Bouse for a lunch.
Odorless Closets complete at The
Tin Shop.
DR* B. F. BROOKS,
Physician and Surgeon
Opposite Red Cross Drug Store
Dr. Heinrich Wortmann
Physician and Surgeon
Office at. City Dtug Store,
First Ave., bet. Willow and Richmond
DR. E. T. BRADBURY,
Dentist
Opposite Red Cross Drug Store
CHAS. D. CARTER,
Dentist
Offices, Pioneer Drug Stores,
Flat and Otter
Will 1)6 at Fiat Iasi two wetlts of each month
HEftRY RODEi'J,
Attorney at Law
Iditarod, Alaska
McGowan, Clark & Albrecht
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
Iditarod, Alaska Phone No. 7
The Pioneer Attorneys of This Camp
ELF RED E. MELT BY,
ft'. S. Commissioner]
Attorney at Lav/
Notary Public
Practice only in District Court. IDiTAROD
F. E. BECKER,
Attorney and Counselor at Law
Office -Richmond St., near Second
CHAS. E. TAYLOR,
Notary Public, Conveyancing,
Abstracts of Titles
Plat Creek
J. S. HARDING,
Attorney at Law
Tiiitaico■ >. Alaska
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. at the Pioneer office.
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