ID1TAROD PIONEER
Published Every Sunday Morning at Jditarod, Alaska.
FRANK E. BECKER, EDITOR
Vt Geo. M. Arbucklo, Publisher No. 12
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IS THIS BUT A DREAM?
It is somewhat of a privilege to be able to place your
finger on the map and say, “Here lays the center of a fu
ture state." It is somewhat of an honor to be classed in
your old days among those who were the founders of a new
commonwealth. Then take to your bosoms, you Alaskans
who have come here, and who claim this country as your
own, take to your hearts this privilege and this honor, for
it is yours. Future generations will only add another leaf
to your laurels. Future generations will rise up and call
you blessed,
And then it is no sage or philosopher who tells you
this. A little child of pioneer philosophy has whispered,
and you came. A little child stood with you upon the
mountain top and pointed out the rolling plain before your
enchanted vision.
It is the land of the dreamer, where, upon the distant
points of solid worth he fixes the tangent lines of gossamer
fancy. A land where imagination llees ever to remoter dis
tances before the prosaic proof of proven ground. He car
ries his diearns with him while the trampling hoofs of crass
practicality drive him ever before, lest they tear his gar
ments to shreds and prove him but a prophet of the com
mon good.
And if they press you close, go to Mount Olympus
where the rolling hills stretch away, south and east to the
valley of the Kuskokwim. Go where the broken country
tells of 1he virgin valleys of the Iditarod, of the Ditna, of
the Takotna. Think there, of the day when these ancient
watercourses will ring with the sounds of industry, and
other people will glean the wealth we sensed in these frozen
hills.
And if you be not a dreamer, estimate with the cold
eye of commercialism the future of this inland state. Listen
to the staccato note of throbbing engines; fill your calcu
lating soul with surfeit of voting lists, and array of trans
portation estimates.
A future state it will be. God, in His all-embracing
wisdom left it here, and we, His servants, will mould it.
That privilege is ours, for as sure as the sun swings in
its inexorable course, this country is destined to future
greatness, and we are but witnessing the first stirring in the
sleep of ages.
We kave talked of this before, but it is a theme upon
which, as » dreamer, we long to dwell. We would send
FRESH STOCK PRICES RIGHT
Crowley & Porter
First Avenue, Between Willow and Richmond Streets, Iditarod
MINERS’ OUTFITS A SPECIALTY
EVERYTHING IN GROCERIES
Full Stock of Overalls, Rubbers, Cloves, Boots,
Undeawear, Etc.
FLAT CREEK
H. C. Hamilton Raymond Brumbaugh
E. E. Kellogg, Consulting Engineer
Brumbaugh, Hamilton & Kellogg
MINING MACHINERY. HARDWARE.
STOVES, TIN AND GRANITEWARE
E. J. Baker, Manager Str. Samson, Regular Sailings
THE SIDEBOARD
Old Tyler Whiskey
a Specialty
Front St. J, R, ANDERSON, PROP. Iditarcd
Slipper ns Mill.
ROUGH AND DRESSED LUMBER,
SASH, DOORS, GLASS AND
BUILDERS’SUPPLIES
Iditarod
JUST ARRIVED LATEST STYLES
In Ladies' Waists, Kimonos, Petticoats
and Dressing Gowns
I. GOLDSTEIN
First Ave., Iditarod
JUST RECEIVED FRESH SUPPLY
Drugs, Perfumes Sundries
CITY DRUG STORE
Circulating Library TEL. 36 Tobaccos and Cigars
Free and Prompt Delivery of Telephone Orders
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WILLOW STREET
them forth into the goldan hills where Fortune beckons, we
would dip the pen once more to tell of the fresh laurels
they will surely bring back.
The dreamer has his place in the scheme of things.
He fares forth into the vast unknown and a sober mind
watches his fantastic flight. He, too, may catch the spirit
of unique adventure, and may plod along to watch the last
lugubrious defeat, but if it prove a victory, it is to him, the
plodder, that honor is justly due.
So, then, we dream of a future state in the Iditarod
land the Kuskokwim. We dream of a great placer country
that will enrich the world and biiug greater glory to
'Alaska. If this be a dream—don’t wake us up.
ALASKA FARMS TO THE RESCUE
It may be of interest to know that a large amount of
the spuds that are to be consumed in this section this win
ter was raised right here in Alaska—the home of the ice
worm and the swamp mosquito.
The matter has no significance whatever beyond the
fact that we may all be living on Alaska-grown staples
within the next few years, and that we can utilize our own
gold dust to pay for our own products, instead of sending
the bullion to the people of the Outside where they merely
use it for buying automobiles.
THEY STAKED THE
ETHEREAL BLUE
Jack Merritt and Johnny Beaton,
two of the best known miners and
operators of the district returned
early last week from a tripot obser- |
vation on the upper Iditarod where
they went in the hope of landing on !
some real live gold property. They
found sotue that locked good but it
all belonged to somebody else,—in
fact, as expressed by Mr. Merritt,
the country is staked Irotn “Hell
to breakfast.'’
They liked the looks of Tittle
creek, but say that the prospecting
work is very limited. They have
excellent prospects but when they
attempted to take prospecting lays
and options otr ground that had
not been touched, they found them
selves up against a trew game of
frenzied finance that demands all
the money before anything has
been discovered.
Many people are going m and
the country is due for a thorough
prospeciing with every chance that
these pioneers will open up a big
placer section.
The Lyons office building in process
of construction at the corner of Third
and James streets, Seattle, was dyna
mited on Sept. 1st, the explosion caus
ing havoc among the lower stories of
the building, injuring many people on
the street and wrecking adjoining struc
tures. There was no clue to the per
petrators of the deed, but it is believed
to have been done by some of the dis
gruntled contractors.
The political sensation of the present
senatorial campaign in Washington
was sprung in Seattle on Sept. 1st,
when Harry Kilduff, a well-known
worker in labor circles before the
Central Labor Council charged Chas.
Miller, also prominently connected with
labor unions with offering him $500 if
he would work for Judge Thomas A.
3urke for senator. It is thought that
this action will defeat Burke in the
primaries as the Central Labor Council
controls 22,000 votes in the city.
According to one Anderson who re
cently returned to Nome from the Ko
buk country, they are taking out $75 to
$125 to the shovel per day on No. 1-B
Cleary, a tributary of Squirrel, a tribu
tary of the Kobuk.
Odorless Closets complete at The
Tin Shop._
CABIN for rent, 16x24. Apply Cleve
land at sawmill.
Full line optical goods at Simpson’s.
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According to the reports brought
in by recent arrivals from Fair
banks, that city is having a quartz
revival that threatens to make tiiem
j all millionaires before the winter
i is over. With the operation of the
I ten stamp mill at Cliena, which is
j supposed to be under way at this
time, they figured ui a large daily
output of gold, and from the charac
ter of some of the rock recently
milled in the old test mill, they will
not be disappointed.
"Wise Mike" Stepovich created
the latest sensation when he brought
in some rock from his new dis
covery on Bed Rock creek. Out of
two and a quarter tons of rock, he
recovered a brick of gold worth
$705, and it was generally admitted
that much of the values were lost
on account of incomplete milling
facilities.
The Chena mill should recover
most of the values, since it has a
concentrator, and better facilities
for handling the grade of ore found
in the Fairbank’s distinct. There
is enough ore on the dumps at the
various mines to keep this mill
going all winter, and the output
can be nothing but considerable.
THESE TWO WILL BO
BEFORE GRANO JURY
Charged with having hvpothi
cated merchandise to the extent of
$123 from the Str, Reliance, down
river, B. B. Heminger and E, Er
burn, have been bound over to the
grand jury awaiting investigation
as to whether or not there is evi
dence enough to hold them for
grand iarcenry.
According to the allegations
against the two men, they are re
sponsible for the disappearance of
varied amounts of groceries from
the commissary of the steamboat on
which they were employed as mem
bers of the galley force.
When arraigned before Commis
sioner Maltby, they declined to
plead and waived examination.
This brings them before the grand
jury when that body meets iu Fair
batiks. In the meantime, their
bail is fixed at $5000 each.
Anderson Bros. & Neriand — sash,
doors, store fronts, wallpaper, house
inings, all came on the high water.
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WHOLESALE
RETAIL
Planted by Tom Lloyd on His Famous Expedition
Genera! Sr*i erchandise
Outfit with us at the mouth of Flat for the Kuskokwim
Hay and Oats Fresh Goods Prices Right
Otter City and ftSouth of Flat
Just Open
FIRST-CLASS ACCOMMODATIONS
RATES REASONABLE NEXT TO COURTHOUSE
TELEPHONE 17
Holky & Servo, Props. Adolphe Kipp;i. Mgr.
Annual assessment-work blank affi
davits on sale at the Pioneer office.
Drink Pure Crystal Spring
Water and Avoid Typhoid
Fever.
DELIVERED AT YOUR HOWE
DA! LR
WILLIAM EISENMENSER, PROP.
ID IT A ROD
Undertaking Parlors
Willow Street,
Rear of Jos. H. Smith’s
Bodies Embalmed
for Shipment
Fort Gibbon’s Un-to-Date House
Golden North
HOTEL
Finest and Neatest Rooms
Camera Especially to Family Trade
NO Bar
KI> Y. LEE, PROP.
Corner First Ave.
and Richmond St.
CHAS. WORDEN, PROP.
We can put you in a good, comfort
able house in a jilTy. See Anderson
Bros. & Nerland—sash, doors, wall
1 paper, carpets, window shades, etc.
DR. B. F. BROOKS,
Piiysioian and Surgeon
Opposite Red Cross Drug Store
Telephone .10
Dr. Heinrich Wortmann
Physician and Surgeon
I Office at City Drug Store, Tel. 36
• First Are., bet. Willow and Richmond
DR. E. T. BRADBURY,
Dentist
Opposite Red Cross Drtiff Store
CHAS. D. CARTER,
Dentist
Offices, Pioneer Draff Stores,
Flat and Otter
1 Will b3 at Flat Iasi two wssks at ;acit ntonth
McGowan, Clark & Albrecht
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
Iditarod, Alaska Phone No. 7
The Pioneer Attorneys of This Camp
ALFRED E. MALT BY,
fU. S. Commissioner]
Attorney at Law
Notary Public
Practice only in District Court. IDiTAROD
F. E. BECKER,
Attorney and Counselor at Law
Office—Iditarod Pioneer
CHAS. E. TAYLOR,
Attorney at Law,
Notary Public, Conveyancing,
Abstracts of Titles
Iditarod City
J. S. HARDING,
Attorney at Law
Iditarod, Alaska
Dissolution of Partnership
Notice is hereby given that the co
partnership heretofore existing be
tween A. F. Morgan, E. Hammer and
H. E. Phillips, as owners and proprie
tors of the Riverside hotel, has been
this day dissolved by mutual consent,
H. E. Phillips retiring from said part
nership, A. F. Morgan.
E. Hammer.
Iditarod, Sept. 1. 1910,