Published Every Sunday Morning at Iditarod, Alaska.
FRANK E. BECKER, EDITOR
t Ceo. M. Arbuckle. Publisher No. 14
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IS IT KICKING AGAINST THE PRICKS?
The animal grind of injustice to law-abiding citizens is
about to begin. We refer to the annual pilgrimage of liti
gants and witnesses to the shrine at Fairbanks. They are
bidding farewell to their families and their businesses, per
haps to return some time, perhaps never to see either again.
We refer once more, to the convening of the grand
jury at Fairbanks with its old and new list of large and
petty crimes, when the august power of law, thru its repre
sentatives, the court and a discerning (?) prosecuting attor
ney bid the private citizen to drop everything and come
hence to testify that he heard Si Seruggins remark that
Lafe Manuel observed one busy day in June that Jonathan
Dobbin’s hay looked particularly good to him.
In the first place, why is it, that the grand jury must
convene just at the particular time of year when a man can
neither walk nor swim? In the next place, why in the name
of the great horn salad fork should a man be compelled to
ruin his business, jeopardize his future prospects, endanger
his life and fill his eternal soul with wrath in order to ful
fill his duty as a citizen of the United States ?
We have seen men dragged hither agd yon across this
great territory at the behest of a district attorney who gets
a hunch that the man may know something about a two
bit case, until it just makes the gorge rise up and spillover.
We have seen men made to dance attendance on a court a
thousand miles away from home for months, while their
business and private interests went to rack and ruin. We
have seen them finally allowed to return to their labors
while the officers who compelled their attendance quibbled
about paying them a miserly mileage or a ridiculous per
diem.
You say it is a duty that every man owes to the com
monwealth to offer his services that the quiet enjoyment of
life, liberty and property may be achieved.
We'll be hanged if there is any such duty imposed
upon the citizens by the constitution, the laws of Oregon or
the Ladies’ Hum Journal. A man need not give his fortune
to the common good unless he wants to.
We have had it handed to us here in Alaska, by the
powers that be, until wo haven’t the nerve to holler. Any
thing that is done in the sacred name of the law gets our
goat instanter, and we go moseying off along the winter
trail, knowing full well that we are getting it in the neck
every step we take. We know that we won’t even be paid
the ordinary expenses of the trip, and we have a strong
apprehension that when we get back we may not have a
pot to boil in.
Somebody asks, “What are you going to do about it ?”
What are wTe going to do about it \ Why, we’re going
to holler about it, and holler loud and long. We are going
to holler about that wrong just as we will holler about
other wrongs until somebody does something to make it
right.
If we can’t have it arranged so that the courts will
come to the people, then we must see that tiie people are
compelled to attend the court when they can properly do
so and get paid for it.
All we are looking for is a square deal in this matter.
It was lately announced that Louis Shackleford’s resig
nation from the National Republican Committee had been
requested. We regret this exceedingly but our sorrow is
somewhat tempered by the reflection that there is one logi
cal candidate for the office whose valiant services as booster
for the Republican party in Alaska can scarcely escape the
notice of the powers that be. We refer to Col. Ousby, whose
brilliant record in the Iditarod this fall is still green and
verdant in the memory of us all. To make the play good,
we understand that Captain Allan Pegram Gilmore has en
dorsed Col. Ousby for the place.
Speaking of postal facilities, this office is in receipt of
a money order for a subscription to the Iditarod Pioneer
from Mr. C. A. Meyer, of Springfield, Missouri. This
money order is made payable in Nome, all of which is en
tirely satisfactory, for immediately after the freezeup we
intend to get a dog team and take a run over to Nome to
send a postal order to Brother Dan. We want to buy Dan
some cigars for Christmas.
Some call it Ukinilnuk and some say Yukwonilnuk.
The latter has been endorsed by the United States Board of
Geographic names. Since both names are both unsatis
factory, why not call it George river and let it go at that.
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| WILLOW STREET
THEY WILL RAGE WITH
THE ADVANCING SEASON
There will be a merry race on Flat
and Otter creeks this fall between cer
tain of the operators and Old Man
Winter, who, according to his latest
declarations, intends to give the min
ers a run for their money.
Old Boreas overheard Doc Mading at
the head of Flat, and Riley & Stetzer,
ou 1-Above Otter, declare that they in
tended to sluice until the first of No
vember. lie also saw a piece in the
paper to the effect that Lynn & Nel
son, on 2-B. Glen, on Flat creek, in
tended to keep tlie water running over
the riffles all winter. This last news
made the old man hostile, for he had a
session with Lynn last winter on Ready
Bullion creek in the Fairbanks district,
and Lynn made him look like a selling
plater.
Therefore he called out Aurora to
put on the bright lights while he went
into tiie refrigerator for some fresh
ozone, and he has been sending it along
ever since.
The old man hasn’t been getting any
weaker these late years, but the min
ers have been getting wiser, and they
have new dope on how to play bal1
though the bleachers are empty, in
other words, they can keep water run
ning when Winter lias everything else
frozen tighter than the tightest wad in
Tightville.
Wherefore it is expected that Doc
Mading will have about four more
cleanups. Riley may have three, while
Lynn & Nelson may keep going all
winter. In this manner it is expected
that since the last shipments, there
will be $200,000 before January.
Have your nuggets made into souve
nirs at Simpson’s, the pioneer jeweler.
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Drink Pure Crystal Spring
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Fever.
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D Al L R
_WILLIAM EISENMEHGEH. PROP.
HENDERSON & LARSON
CLOSE FOR WINTER
Henderson & Larson, laymen whr
have been operating two plants—one at
1-B. Otter and the other on the Fox as
sociation on] Flat creek—have closed
down for the winter, finding them
selves hampered by lack of proper ma
chinery.
The Otter creek plant was cooled off
some ten days ago while the Flat creek
operations ceased early last week with
a small cleanup.
On Flat creek they have been both
ered by the lack of proper facilities for
handling the sluice-robbing clay that
rolls through the boxes taking about
half the gold into the tailings. They
have excellent ground tnere, however,
and with the installation of proper ma
chinery will open up on a large scale
next spring. In the meantime they
will devote their attention to wood.
Instead of closing down completely,
the “Guggs” on the Wildcat associa
tion on Flat creek have simply laid off
the night force, and will continue to
sluice for some time.
Choice candies, fresh fruits, best ci
gars and tobacecos and a quiet gamo of
pool or SOLO at The Sherburne.
Phone 57.
LOST—Four dogs from Discovery Ot
ter. Description as follows: Light
weights. half fox, timid and wild.
“Buck,” white; “Jack," white with
brown spots; “Baldv,” white and
yellow; “Whitey,” malamute, gray
ard white. Reward if returned.
Geo. F. Kilroy, Boulder.
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iditarcd
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RETT LEWI
Go You Suppose They
Rsaily Mean This?
According to a dispatch appearing in the Nome Nugget under
date of September 15, and purporting to come from Washington,
D. C., it is stated that Brigadier-General James Allen, chief signal
officer of the United States army, stationed in Washington, is try
ing to secure an appropriation for a wireless station or telegraph
line into the Iditarod.
General Mausand several prominent people have recommended
a wireless station at this place, according to the dispatch, and it is
the belief at this time that the government will connect this camp
with the Outside world with a small station to work with Fort Gib
bon.
It is further stated that the appropriation would not be made
in order to allow the installation this fall, which is new news to
this section. The dispatch, however, goes on to say that General
Allen is trying to make arrangements to move one of the smaller
outfits now in Alaska to the Iditarod this winter, and have it in
stalled by the staff stationed at Fort Gibbon.
It is understood, of course, that the signal officers are ham
pered in extending the service here by the slow and pohderous ac
tion of congress. It was reported here that a large wireless outfit
destined for Alaska has lain on the docks at Seattle for some time,
ready for shipment. This will lay there all winter. It is also re
ported that there were a couple of small stations already in Alaska
that might be used here. This last news gives a shadow of hope
that something will be done before the camp is worked out several
years hence.
REPORTS FINDING
OF $32 NUGGET
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Regarding a new creek that heads in the big dome at the head
waters of Rainey and Little creeks, Joe Dokich has returned from
from the Kuskokwim with a description of Willow—where his
partner recently found a $32 nugget and considerable coarse gold
at a depth of two feet from the surface or on bedrock.
Willow creek is a tributary of George river, coming in on the
opposite limit from Julian. It is about four miles long and at the
place where the gold was found by Trepo Tonkovitch and Crece
Martkvich, partners of Joe Dokich, the creek bed is only 100 yards
across.
The big dome referred to seems to be the main divide between
the Kuskokwim and the Iditarod, for the heads of Rainey and Lit
tle, tributaries of the Iditarod, are not far distant from the head of
Willow. Gold is being found in all these creeks, and it is possible
that the high mountain marks the course of the mineral dyke
through that country.
LOST—Cocker spaniel pup. name on
collar. Reward if returned to I.
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