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PRIVATE CONTROL OF TELEGRAPH
At the recent session of the Alaska Territorial legisla
ture, Senator Roden introduced a memorial requesting the
post master-general to provide for the establishment of a mail
service from Seward to Takotna, Iditarod and Innoko.
A few days ago our senator received a letter from
the secretary of Alaska, enclosing a copy of a letter received
by him from the second assistant postmaster-general to the
effect that the memorial had been referred to him, and that
the matter will receive his careful consideration.
While at Juneau Mr. Roden says that he heard from
several Seward people who had just returned from Wash
ington that the Postoflice department was favorable to such
a route, and he immediately enlisted the support of the
legislature to bring about the service.
In the same mail the representative from this section
heard from the secretary of war concerning his memorial to
have wireless statiens established in the Kuskokwim, In
noko and Koyukuk valleys. The reports concerning this
matter are not as promising as those concerning the mail
service, and in order that the situation may be fully under
stood the memorial and letter in reply thereto are given in
full:
In the Senate. By Senator Roden
SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL NO. 22,
Territory of Alaska. First Session.
The Hon. the President, the Senate and EIouso of Representatives
of the United States of America, Greeting—
We, your memorialists, the Legislature of the Territory of
Alaska, do respectfully submit to your consideration: That the
larger portion of the Territory of Alaska is now well provided with
cables, land lines and wireless stations for the rapid transmission of
messages; that all such means of communication are owned by the
federal government, except one wireless station situate in the
town of Iditarod; that the Kuskokwim, Innoko and Koyukuk val
leys are being developed and opened up at a rapid rate and bid fair
to become important factors in the progress and advancement of
our Territory; that all portions of said three valleys are hundreds
of miles distant from any telegraph station; and that a number of
lives and much property have been lost, many and much of which
might have been saved had there been any means of rapid com
munication.
In view of these facts we respectfully suggest that the con
gress of the United States provide for the establishment of one
wireless station at some convenient point in each of the said three
valleys, and that such stations, when so established, be placed
under the management and control of the signal corps of the
United States army.
And your memorialists will ever pray.
War Department, Washington, May 22, 1913.
Wm. L. Distin, Secretary of Alaska:
Sir—I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of the joint me
morial of the senate and house of the Alaska legislature to the
President, the senate and house of representatives of the United
Slates, setting forth the necessity of having means of rapid ceir
munication in the valleys of Kuskokwim, Innoko and Koyukuk, and
that wireless stations be constructed and maintained by the signal
corps, U. S. army.
The signal corps now unfortunately has too few men for the de
mands made upon it, and the proposition of turning over the signal
corps lines in Alaska to a civil branch of the government or private
companies is under consideration.
The necessity for means of rapid communication with new set
tlements in Alaska is appreciated, and it is regretted that the War
department is unable to extend its systsm of communication to new
settlements in Alaska as they are established. This work is of
such a commercial nature that the War department would hardly
feel justified in undertaking it even if funds were available, but
there are no funds pertaining to the War department that could be
used for that purpose, and none in the estimate for the fiscal year
1914. Very truly yours,
LINDLEY M. GARRISON, Secretary of War.
What had been feared for some time : that the govern
ment was anxious to turn the telegraph lines in Alaska
over to some private concern, seems, unfortunately, to be
wrell founded. This is the first official information of a re
port that has been current for some time.
Mr. Roden says that he has not yet given up hope of
seeing these stations established and says that he will soon
appeal to the people of the different sections for a strong
statement of their case to the proper authorities, together
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with a protest against turning the present lines over to some
private concern, believing that if such were done almost all
the smaller stations would be closed as they are not a pay
ing proposition, especially in view of the fact that on July
1 tolls over the government lines were cut in two.
Alaska needs a jury reform that has been adopted by
several states, and that is a provision that in civil actions
nine or ten jurors may return a verdict. As it stands now
a bloated corporation that is trying to beat some poor devil
that it has crippled for life by its criminal negligence out
of a fair compensation for the damages, can defeat a recov
ery by getting one or two stoolpigeons on the jury, says an
exchange. In Washington 10 jurors can return a verdict
in a civil case. Utah, in the nineties, passed a law author
izing a verdict by nine jurors in civil actions. When the
territory became a state the constitution provided for a jury
of eight, and permitted six to return a verdict in civil ac
tions were upheld by the federal supreme court. At pres
ent in Alaska one or two jurors can go into a jury room,
jump up and down and crack their heels together and an
nounce that the verdict has got to go their way or there will
be no verdict. And what are you going to do about itt
Just one thing can be done. Enact a law that two or three
jurors shall not count for more than ten or nine.
YOUTH AND AGE
OUTH goes to bed and ere his head has fairly hit the
linen, he falls asleep, his slumbers deep, and Morpheus
is grinnin’. All through the night this happy wight is
slumbering and snoring, though thunders crash and water
spouts be pouring. He leaves his couch without a grouch when
morning light has kissed him; refreshed and braced his sleep
has chased all worries from his system. The old man goes to
his repose with troubles beyond number, for hours must pass,
he knows, alas, ere he gets next to slumber. He’ll thrash
around and every sound will wake him if he dozes, the tomcats
yowl, the watchdog’s howl, the rooster’s “Holy Moses.” He
hears the feet of pilgrim’s fleet along the pave go bouncing; he
hears the clocks in distant blocks the leaden hours announcing.
The cricket seems to let out screams as loud as horns or whis
tles, his pillow fair, he’d promptly swear, is stuffed with bricks
and thistles. He bats his eyes and kicks and sighs, the sweat
from off him drizzles, and when he wakes as morning breaks
he feels like forty fizzles. Oh, youth, glad youth, you have, in
truth, the snap of all the ages. He who can reap the joys of
sleep is drawing princely wages. — Walt Mason.
DAN TELLS OF NIAGARA BRIDGES
Iditarod Pioneer:
There are two bridges at Niagara
City 3k miles down river from the
Falls. The suspension bridge was com
menced (il years ago and finished in
three years at a cost of $400,000. It is
245 feet from the ugly waters below;
its estimated weight is 1,200 tons. It
is held up by two cables about as large
in diameter as one of the largest tele
phone poles in Iditarod city. These
cables are wound with tarred rope, and
comes from center of bridge over four
towers 00 feet high, two at each end of
the bridge, and the cables running
down against and stayed by some de
vice in the rock beyond the towers.
This is a double bridge—railroad and
wagon—built by Iloebling, started in
1852 and completed in 1855. The bridge
is 1,208 feet long. When I first saw
the brilge its towers were blocks of
stone. I saw the bridge some time
afterwards and the stone towers had
been taken down and replaced by iron
skeleton towers.
The cantilever railroad bridge, about
15 rods above the suspension bridge,
was built about 30 years later—a slen
der-looking skeleton bridge for a train
to run over, but said to be very much
stronger than the double bridge. The
principle of the construction is such
that the more heft placed upon it the
more solid it is until the weight is so
tremendous that the iron bars must
crush lengthwise.
I was looking at the two bridges and
talking with a railroad locomotive en
gineer as to which he thought was the
stronger bridge. He said he felt safer
on his iron horse on the cable bridge,
but he believed the cantilever to be
the stronger.
The new suspension wagon bridge is
three miles up the river and half a
mile below the Falls. It was built
after the cantilever bridge, and when
completed was the longest bridge in
the world without abutments under it
—1,500 feet long. I watched a horse
and buggy.passing slowly over it on a
Sunday morning, with a man and
woman in the buggy. I could see the
structure teeter with the motion of the
horse. I did not want any of it.
I stood upon the platform of the
coach, alone, looking down 245 feet
and could hear the waters raging
below, and could see only the madding
white foam. The train moved so slow
over the bridge and all are so still it
seems that everybody were holding
their breath, and is suggestive of a
funeral marching to the grave.
DAN HARTNETT.
GOV. DUNNE SIGNS BILL
Springfield, 111., June 28. — Gov.
Dunne yesterday signed the re
cently enacted woman’s suffrage
bill. __
Don’t, forget to call at the Crosby
baths when you come in from the creeks.
JDRY LIST
The following grand and petit
jurors were drawn last Monday
afternoon for service during the
special July term of the district
court, commencing hext Monday,
J uly 7, at 11 a m.:
Grand Jurors
F. L. Kehoe, Otter
Eugene Lewis, Flat
Jack Kellar, Flat
Harry Panter, Iditarod
H. M. Onyuth, Flat
J. C. Currin, Iditarod.
Ed McArdle, Iditarod
Karl Theile, Otter
Gust Christoff, Flat
Charles Kuntz, Flat
H. W. Lynch, Flat
A1 Perry, Flat
Fred Ekrut, Flat
J. G. Barrett, Flat.
II. II. Porter, Iditarod
Lewis Nelson, Flat
C. C. Denton, Iditarod
E. Baker, Dikeman
F. McRivers, Flat
W. M. Sheid, Flat.
Wm. Hanlon, Flat
F. Smith, Flat
Harry Harms, Flat.
Petit Jurors
K. P. Boyd, Otter
Gilbert Bates, Otter
Casper Ellingen, Otter
James Cbronister, Otter
J. W. Downey, Flat
Matt Johnson, Flat
Arthur Shonbeck, Otter
Ray D. Clark, Otter
Wm. Taylor, Flat
Archie Mitchell, Flat
Thomas McKinnon, Flat.
J. F. Monkman, Flat
J. E. Kettlewell, Flat
James Ryan, Flat
Wm. Foley, Otter
Robert Lowrie, Flat
George Bones, Flat
H. Schlapik, Iditarod
Frank Murphy, Iditarod
C. N Sawyer, Otter
C. R. Peck, Flat
Albert Pamler, Flat
A. F. Morgan, Flat
M. F. MacLillan, Flat
John Mutchler, Flat
T. L McGrath, Iditarod.
Thomas Gamble, Fkat.
Phil Keith, Flat
I Arnold Deheus, Flat
Chas. Erickson, Flat
Notice of Marshal’s Sale
United States of America.^ ss
Fourth District of Alaska,)
Public notice is hereby given, that by
virtue of a writ of Fieri Facias (or exe
cution). dated June 18, A.D. 1913. issued
out of the District court, of the United
Slates for the Fourth district of Alaska,
on a judgment rendered in said court, on
l lie 18th day of June, A.D., 1913, in
favor of ( 15. Chesley, J. M. Ilyan and
F. L. Kehop, and against John Oleson,
1 have, on this 21st day of June, A.D..
1913, levied upon the following de
scribed real estate, situated in the
Otter recording district, Territory of
Alaska, to wit:
All of the right, title and interest of
John Oleson in and to placer mining
claim known as No. 7 above on Slate
creek, tributary to Otter creek, and
that I will, accordingly, offer said real
estate for sale, at public vendue to the
highest and best bidder, for cash, on
the 21st day of July, A.D,, 1913, at 1
o'clock p.m., at the front door of the
marshal’s office, in the town of Iditarod,
Alaska.
Dated, Iditarod, Alaska. 21st day of
June, A.D., 1913. H. K. LOVE,
U.S. Marshal Fourth Districtof Alaska.
By H. P. Sheppard, Deputy.
E. M. Stanton, Plaintiff’s Attorney.
Golden Eagle Hotel and Store
Front St., Iditarod
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Fresh Bread Every Day
Choice Pies, Cakes, Etc.
In the United States Land Office ai Nome, Alaska
In the matter of the application of Joa
quin, Fowler and Twitchell for pat
ent for Trading Site.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION
Notice is hereby given that in pursu
ance to the provisions of the act of Con
gress approved May 14, 1898 (30 Stat.
409) entitled "An act extending the
homestead laws and providing for right
of way for railroads in the district of
Alaska, and for other purposes,’’ and
amendments thereto, Frank Joaquin,
whose postoffice address is Tacotna,
Alaska, G. A. Fowler, whose postoffice
address is Bethel, Alaska, and A. H.
Twitchell, whose postoffice address is
Bethel, Alaska, claiming twenty and
sixtyone hundredths (20.61) acres o:
land at Bethel, on the Kuskokwim
river, Alaska, have made application to
the United Slates for a patent for the
said land, as a TRADING SITE, and
said land is more fully described as to
the metes and bounds thereof by the
official plat thereof and by the field
notes of the survey thereof now on tile
in the oflice of the register of said land
office, which is U. S. Survey No. 1002,
as follows, to wit;
Beginning at corner No. 1, identical
with corner No. 1, Moravian Mission
Reserve, Bethel, at ordinary high
water mark on Kuskokwim river, from
which point U. S. location monumental
Bethel bears S. 72° 12’ W., 12.95
chains, and S.W. corner dwelling 24x36
feet, bears N. 25° 50’ E., 4.00 chains;
witness corner set N. 24° 34’ W., 1.24
chains, an iron pipe 3 inches in diam
ter projecting one toot aoove tne
ground, marked on S.W. side, M-M
Cor.-l-W-C. and M-C on side facing the
river, and on N. E. side S-1002-Cor-l
W-C. Pit 36x36x12 inches bears N.
24° 34’ W., 8 feet distant. Mound of
earth 4 feet base, 2 feet high, bears N.
24 ° 34’ W. of corner.
Thence N. 24° 34' W. lOcbains along
S.W. boundary, from true corner over
rolling land on line 1-2 of Moravian Mis
sion Reserve survey to corner No. 2, at
which point is set an iron pipe 3 inches
in diameter, 3 feet long, 2 feet in the
ground, marked on the east side, S-1002
Cor-2. Under this corner broken glass
is deposited at base of pipe as memo
rial. Pits are dug on lines approaching
and departing from corner and (i feet
distant 18x18x12 inches.
Thence N. 07° 10’ E. 18.84 chains
along N.W. boundary to corner No. 3 at
which point is set an iron pipe 3 inches
in diameter, 3 feet long, 2 feet in the
ground, marked on S.W. side S.-1002
Cor-3. Under tiiis corner broken glass
is deposited at base of pipe as a memo
rial. Pits are dug 18x18x12 inches on
lines approaching and departing from
corner and 6 feet distant.
Thence S. 24° 34’ E. 14.97 chains
along N.E. boundary to corner No. 4, at
ordinary high-water mark on Kusko
kwim river. Witness corner set N.24°
'34 W., 38 linksdistant, which is an iron
pipe 3 inches in diameter, 3 feet long, 2
feet in the ground, marked on N.W.
side S-1002-Cor-4-W-C. and M-C. on side
facing the river. Broken glass is de
posited at base of pipe as a memorial.
Thence following the meanders of the
Kuskokwim river at ordinary bigh
w'ater mark, along sandy beach down
stream from true corner 1. N. 88° 47’
W. 11.76 chains; 2. S. 68° 19’ W. 8.24
chains to Corner No. 1, the place of be
ginning, containing 21.61 acres.
The U. S. location monument to
which this survey is tied is an iron pipe
31 inches in diameter 4 feet long set 2
feet in the ground, marked on the
north side U. S. L. M., Bethel M. M.
and is situated in the center of the
plaza at Bethel Mission.
Any and all persons claiming ad
versely the said land or any portion
thereof so described, surveyed and
platted as above are hereby notified
ihat, unless their adverse claims are
duly filed according to law with the
; register of the United States land office
| at Nome, Alaska, they will be barred
by virtue of the provisions of said stat
ute. J. SUNDBAOK, Register.
In the Probate Court for the Innoko Precinct.
Fourth Judicial Division, District of Alaska.
In the Matter of the Estate of Greg Peterson,
Deceased —Before W. A. Vinal, Commissioner, ,
sitting as Probate Judge.
Noth e is hereby given that the undersigned,
administrutor of the estate of Greg Peterson, de
ceased. to the creditors of. and all persons hav
ing claims against the said deceased, to exhibit
them, with the necessary vouchers, within six
months alter the first publication of this notice,
to the said administrator, at his home at Ophir.
Innoko precinct, Alaska, the same being the
place for the transaction of the business of said
estate.
Dated and signed at Ophir, Alaska, this 14th
day cf June, 1913. CHRISTIAN BOLGEN,
Administrator.
ORDER
It is ordered that notice to the creditors of
Greg Peterson, deceased, requiring all persons
having claims against the said deceased to ex
hibit them, with the necessary vouchers, to the
administrator of the estate of said deceased be
given by publication in the Iditarod Fioneer, a
newspaper printed and published in the city of
Iditarod. Alaska, at least once a week for four
successive weeks, and that a copy of the above
notice be posted in three public and conspicuous
places in the town of Ophir, Alaska, one of
which places shall be at the postoffice in said
town of Ophir.
W. A. VINAL.
Probate Judge.
Ophir, Alaska. June 14, 1913.
MRS. M. L. PETERSON,
Public Stenographer,
Notary Public
First Ave., Opp. Beattie House.
Dr.Heinrich Wortmann,
Physician and Surgeon
Offices: Iditarod and Flat City
Telephones at each place
W. F. GREEN, M. D.,
Physician and Surgeon
DISCOVERY, OTTER
Telephone
DR. H. BEHLA,
Dentist
Offices, Pioneer Drug Store,
Flat City.
Appointments by Telephone
DR. CHAS. D. CARTER
Dentist
Gold Street, Flat City.
Appointments by Telephone.
HENRY RODEN,
Attorney at Law
Iditarod, Alaska
ichigan, 1881 Kentucky, 1891 Alaska. 1910
George woodruff Albrecht,
COUNSELOR AND LAWYER
IDITAROD, ALASKA
The rioneer Attorney of this Camp
E. M. STANTON,
Attorney at Law
Office in Wickersham & Roden Bldg,
Second Ave.
CHAS. E. TAYLOR,
Attorney at Law,
Notary Public, Conveyancing.
Front St., Iditarod
A. E, MALT BY,
Attorney at Law,
Office in M. M. Bank Building
NOTARY PUBLIC PHONE
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Frankfurter Sausage 40c
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