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Vat 3 Cco. M. Arbuckle. Pub her No. 38
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OUR TICKET
FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
( including alaska)
Woodrow Wilson, of New Jersey
FOR VICE-PRESIDENT
Tini.mas R. Marshall, of Indiana
FOR GOVERNOR OF ALASKA
J. F. A. Strong
FOR TERRITORIAL SENATOR, FOURTH DIVISION.
Henry Roden
FUSION IS NECESSARY
While the formation of a fusion ticket for the Fourth
division is not all plain sailing at Fairbanks, there seems to
be little doubt but that the opposing factions will come to
gether before the election and agree upon a ticket that will
be acceptable to the great body of electors. It was not to
be expected that the regular Republicans could view the
certain success of two or three avowed Wiekersham men
with equanimity; but they must either be prepared to
agree upon a fair apportionment of candidates, or
submit to the ignominy of absolute rout next November.
The recent election election for delegate to Congress was
sutlicient to show the weakness of the regular Republicans
in the Fourth division, and if they persist in their opposi
tion to the policy of fusion, they can expect to meet the
fate we have indicated.
For Tom Marquam or other party leaders to think that
the can override the Wiekersham following in this division
is sheer folly. The Wiekershamites are not only stronger
numerically than any other party, but they have the added
prestige of recent victory to stimulate them, and when they
come forward and express their willingness to support a
fusion ticket the are acting most unselfishly and solely in
what they believe to be the best interests of the territory.
But to Tom Marquam and the coterie which follows him,
the mere mention of Wickersham's name is anathema, and
rather than agree to any fusion, they appear to be willing
to suffer further defeat and humiliation. That is foolish
ness.
It is essential that the First Alaska Legislature should
be composed of the best men in the territory, who have the
confidence of the electorate, and it is only by fusion that
such a legislature can be secured. Division on party lines
is not only unnecessary at this stage of the territory’s his
tory, but is also fraught with danger. There is not a single
point likely to come before the new legislature which
should have any old-party significance whatever. What is
needed is not a body of men bickering over fine points of
party policy, but a legislature whose soleaim will be to piss
laws for the betterment of the territory—whether fathered
by Democrats, Republicans, Wickersliamites, or Socialists.
The residents of this section have shown their good
sense by sinking party differences and nominating Henry
Roden for the Senate—thereby making his election a cer
tainty. If the other sections of Alaska can but act with
equal wisdom they will have no need for regret; but let
them insist upon drawing party lines, and they are sure to
find themselves burdened with some representatives and
senators who will prove themselves worthless as legislators,
if not a positive detriment to the territory.
That those leaving for the Outside at the present time
are not severing their connection with the North is evident.
Many bound for the Outside have ordered the Iditarod
Pioneer to be forwarded to them and our mailing list is big
ger than ever before, which is sufficient to show that inter
est in Iditarod matters is as lively as ever.
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1 Mlj ALLEN
W'ytheviile, Va., September 20 —
Floyd and Clyde Allen, convicted
of murder in the first degree, have
been sentenced to be electrocuted.
The execution has been set lor
next November.
ROADHOUSE DESTROYED BY
FIRE ON FAIRBANKS CREEK
Fairbanks, September 20.—George
Brocht’s roadhouse, situated on 8-b.
Fairbanks creek, was totally destroyed
by fire last .Saturday, and three miners
who were sleeping upstairs had a nar
row escape from being burned to death.
They escaped by jumping out of the
bedroom window.
Jake Kro'll, who brought the news to
town, says that tlie total loss will ex
ceed $8,000.
The roadhouse will be rebuilt.
DELEGATE WICKEBiHAM
FAYS VISIT TO RUBY
Fairbanks, September t6.—Dele
gate Wiekershant left Dawson last
Wednesday, September it. for
Ruby city, wheie lie will visit be
fore coming on to Fairbanks.
THOUSANDS KILLED BY TYPHOON
Shanghai, September 20.—Forty
thousand people are dead in tiie
coast cities of China as the result ol
a typhoon
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FAIRBANKS WEDNESDAY
Fairbanks, September 20. — The
Northern Navigation Company an
nounce that the last- steamer carrying
passengers for the Outside will leave
Fairbanks next Wednesday, Septem
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The New Plaeer Law
The following is a copy of the law recently enacted by Congress amend
ing the mining laws of Alaska:
A bill to modify and amend the mining laws in their application to the Ter
ritory of Alaska, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted, etc., That no association placer mining claim shall here
i after be locate 1 in Alaska in excess of 40 acres, and on every placer mining
1 claim hereafter located in Alaska, and until a patent has been issued therefor,
not less than $100 worth of labor shall be performed or improvements made
during each year, including the year of location, for each and every 20 acres
! or excess fraction thereof.
Sec. 2. That no person shall hereafter locate any placer mining claim in
j Alaska as attorney for another unless he is duly authorized thereto by a
j power of attorney iti writing, duly acknowledged and recorded in any record
] er’s office in the judicial division where the location is made. Any person so
authorized may locate placer milling claims for not more than two individuals
or one association under such power of attorney, but 110 such agent or attor
ney shall be authorized or permitted to locate more than two placer mining
claims for any one principal or association during auv calendar month, and
j no placer mining claim shall hereafter be located in Alaska except under the
j limitations of this act;
Sec. 3. That no person shall hereafter locate, cause or procure to be lo
: cated, for himself more than two placer mining claims in any calendar month: _
j Provided, That one or both such locations may be included ia an association
claim.
Sec. 4. That no placer mining claim hereafter located in Alaska shall be
! patented which shall contain a greater area than is fixed by law, nor which
is longer than three times its greates^ width.
Sec. 5. That any placer mining claim attempted to be located in viola
tion of this act shall be null and void, and the whole area thereof may he lo
cated by any qualified locator as if no such prior attempt had been made.
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Yuan Shi Kai advocates conscription
for China. Based on the European
percentage China could raise an army
of 20,000,000 men.
San Francisco people are fighting
fora reduction in fire-insurance rates,
which have been very high since the
quake.
Tiie United States lias agreed to ad
mit wood pulp for print paper from
British Columbia free of duty.
Two thousand Russian Jew farmers
will settle in British Columbia next
summer, according to officials of the
New Israelitisli society. A million
dollars’ worth of land has been pur
chased in the Canadian province for
the future settlers.
To win a number of wagers, Ceo. A.
Monro, of San Francisco, wooed, won
and married Emma Nicolai in 55
minutes.
Canada is finding great difficulty in
obtaining men for her new navy. The
country is so prosperous that the small
wages paid in the navy are no induce
ment to suitable youths.
Edmonton, Alberta, has turned down
Andrew Carnegie’s offer of $00,000 for
a public library.
War is threatening between Turkey
and Montenegro.
The British Columbia government
has decided to dispose of another 300
lots in the city of Prince Rupert. The
lots will be disposed of by auction, and
payments may be rnado in instalments
—one fout’tli down.
A 35 foot, motor boat crossed tlie At
lantic ia-t month in 21 days.
Lloyd Osbourne, the well-known
author, is dying at Santa Barbara,
California.
The Canadian government is calling
I for tenders for the construction of a
! railroad from Winnipeg to Hudson’s
bay.
Led l>y Cardinal Farley, the Romat
Catholics of New York have started a
crusade against Socialism.
Petitions are being circulated in Los
! Angeles for the abolition of fret
I lunches in saloons.
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Nome, September 20.—There H
likely to be a new suit in tin
amons Hon Voyage ease, which
a as before the courts for six years
ind settled by compromise twi
■veeks ago.
\V. Hayes staked the claim whib
t was in litigation, and demand
itoc.ooo damages and possession it
the ground.
The dump is now being sluiced
up and there is no judge here ti
grant an injunction. The clain
nay again be held fast.
Christiania, Norway, Septem
tier 2u —Much scepticism has been
aroused here over Stefansson’s re
ported discovery of a race ol white
Eskimos in the Arctic, and scietit
ists will await further proof before
hey accept the story
Honolulu, September 20 —Secre
tary cf the Interior Fisher, who
has been investigating conditions
tere, says that the Hawaiian islands
ire complete!', under the domination
of big corporations
WITH THE PUGILISTS
San Francisco, September 20 —
After a desperate contest One
Round Hogan was knocked out by
Frankie Burns in the tenth routi .
New York, September 13 —Joe
Jeanette got the decision in the
seventh rouud over Tony Ross,
\ bo was disqualified for fouling.
POLICEMAN’S TRIAL POSTPONED
New York, September 20.—The
trial of Police Lieutenant Becker,
charged with complicity in the
Rosent'iall murder, has been post
poned to October 1.
WHICH LID TO
The fearless investigation of the murder of Herman Rosenthal, the
New York gambler who squealed on the police graft system, gave Dis
trict Attorney Whitman the satisfaction of seeing at least one of the
“higher up’’ men caught when Police Lieutenant Charles Becker was
indicted for murder in the first degree as accessory to and instigator of
the killing of Rosenthal. But this meant far more than the catching of
the alleged murderer, for it lifted the veil behind which it is now clear
that a number of high officials have been collecting vast sums of money
for the protection of and partnership with the gambling dens, houses ot
prostitution and other crooked haunts of the great metropolis These
tacts, as well as the indictment of Becker, were obtained by Whitman
in the form of confessions from “Bald Jack” Rose, “Bridgey” Webber
and Harry Vallon, the three gamblers connected with the murder plot
who had been arrested, after the district attorney had promised Rose
and Webber a certain amount of immunity. The details as first con
fessed by Rose were confirmed by the other men, and were, in sub
stance, that after Rosenthal had gone to see Whitman and had promised
to tell all he knew about the system of graft, Becker had ordered Rose
to put Rosenthal out of the way; that he (Rose) had then proceeded to
arrange with the gunmen the details of the crime. They were ready to
'hoot Rosenthal once 10 days before the deed was aetuallo done, but
were deterred by discovering the presence of a Burns detective in the
restaurant whe.e Rosenthal and his wife had been lured to dine. Rose
also swore that Becker told him that $2 510,000 had been collected from
the protected dtns of the city last year, of which his own share was
$600,000, the rest going to three other officials whom lie named. It
was therefore expected that the developments would bring about the
arrest ot these other beneficiaries of the system. Mayor Gaynor has
called together the Board of Aldermen for the purple of h iving them
make a general investigation of the whole police department. Becker
is now awaiting trial. At the time of his arrest Mayor Gaynor gave out
1 statement defending Police Commissioner Waldo and making light of
the killing of a worthless gambler. S -me of the New York papers
have bitteily c. incised the mayor, and even have intimated that he is
secretly in league with the system of graft.
Furs valued at $31,389.57 were
lisposed of by public auction at Ta
coma July 26, While some bun
Ues reached fair prices, many were
uisoid 011 account of low quality or
>ad handling.
Following are some of the prices
ibtained for furs shipped from the
Kuskokaim district;
Red fox —44 skins, fair, rather
flat, $452; 188 skins, good average
quality, $2,coo.5 >.
White fox—33 skins, fair but
in,ill, $331; 40 skins, fair but
nanv stained, $341.
Mirk — 227 skins, fair, $1,387 50;
i mixed lot of 445, some very goo 1,
■ thers vety poor, $1,832.
Land otter—18 skins, fair, $241;
13 skins, poor, $171.
Lynx—-3 skins, fair. $65
Muskrat—1,445 skins, $1,555;
2,322 skins, $875; all were poor
bottled skins.
Ermine — 31 skins, poor and
-tuined, $290.
JAMES E, LILLY DIES AT DAWSON
James E. Lilly, of the firm of J.
E. Lilly & Co , died at Dawson
August 24, after a very short ill
ness He was buried in Hillside
cemetery, overlooking the Klon
dike vale.
J iraes E. Liily was among the
first to engage in business at Skig
vvav, entering the hay and grain
business in that city in 1897. Later
ne moved to Dawson, and was for
years head of the largest independ
ent tradirg concern in the terri
tory. Mr. Lilly was a Freemason,
and a member of the A B.’s and
several other lodges. He was 51
years of age.
GEOLOGIST LEAVES FOR OUTSIDE
William Aitken, of the Alaska
geological survey, left for the Out
side last week. Mr. Aitken came
overland from Ruby, bringing along
with him several samples of rock
which he had collected en route.
He is the only geologist connected
with the department who lias been
in Interior Alaska this year—if we
except those connected with the
boundary survey.
CLOUDS
If every day was sunny, with ne'er
a cloud in view, we'd soon be spend
ing tnonev to buy a cloud or two.
It always makes me weary when
people say: ‘'Old boy. may all
your days be cheery and bright
and full of joy!’’ If ail my
days were sunny, existence would
seem flat: if I were fed on
honey I'd soon get sick of that. I
like a. slice of sorrow to hold u:_
down today, for that will make to- ;
morrow seem fifty times as gay. A
little dose of sickness won’t make
me whine or yell: 'twill emphasize
the slickness of life when [ aui well.
rV little siege of trouble won’t put
my hopes in pawn for I’ll be trotting
double with joy when it is gone.
Down there in tropic regions whete
sunshine gleams all day, the fat and
lazy legions just sleep their lives
away: there every idle bumpkin who
in the sunshine lies. lives like a
yellow pumpkin, and like a squash
he dies. I want im share of ups
and downs; ( want a life tha'
ranges from crosses up to crowns.
Walt Mason.
L. L. JAMES IS FAVORED
FOR ALASKA COMMISSIONER
Fairbanks, September 20.—The Fair
banks Commercial Club has petitioned
Governor Clark to appoint L. L. James
as Alaska commissioner for the World's
Panama-Pacific exposition.
Dr. Heinrich Wort man n,
Physician and Surgeon
Offices: Iditarod and Flat i Try
Telephones at each place
ALFRED E. MALTBY,
Attorney at Law
Notary Public
Office Simpson Bldg, First and Willow
CHAS. E. TAYLOR.
Attorney at Law,
Notary Public, Conveyancing,
Richmond St., Iditarod
Wickersham & Roden,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
Iditarod, Alaska
GEORGE WOODRUFF AL3RECHT,
Attorney at Law
Michigan, '81 Alaska, TO Kentucky, 81,
The Fioneer Attorney of this Camp
Beef, by the side,.$ .40
Veal, “ 50
Mutton, by the carcass., .35
Fowl,, per lb.40
Halibut, “ . <25
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