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The Fourth of July will be fittingly celebrated today in the Idita
rod district, both Iditarod and Flat City having provided for the enter
tainment of the citizens. With patriotic exercises, sports on land and
water, and with music and dancing, a regular old-fashioned Indepen
dence day holiday is promised.
FOR DELEGATE, JAMES WICKERSHAM
The announcement of James Wickersham that he will be a candi
date to succeed himself as delegate in congress from Alaska will be
received with profound satisfaction by all classes of our citizenship,
irrespective of party lines. That he has elected to enter the race as a
non-partisan candidate, rather than seek a party nomination, is emi
nently fitting. It would be a reflection on the intelligence of our people
to doubt that he will be triumphantly re-elected, in spite of any com
bination of interests that may be organized to encompass his defeat.
The fact must not be lost sight of that Wickersham has aroused power
ful opposition, and without altogether indorsing all of the sensational
charges and recriminations that have been made in the heat of debate
and under stress of excitement, it is only natural to expect that the
interests he has antagonized will leave no stone unturned in their at
tempt to unseat him. The wiles of the politician will be brought into
full play, and all that money and influence can do will be brought to
bear against him.
To a certain extent politics must be looked upon as a business
proposition. In these days no great questions of principle and human
ity divide the parties as in the earlier days of the republic. While it
is true that in the South a certain amount of sentiment dictates adher
ence to the dominant party, it cannot be said that the doctrines of that
party greatly resemble those of the traditional party of ante-bellum
days. It is a common interest that unites the white people of the South
in the Democratic party—protection from the dominance of the black
race. Strict party lines are seldom drawn nowadays in the halls of
congress, and all of the great measures enacted by the present Demo
cratic administration have received support from the ranks of the op
position parties. The tariff question, which was for years the dividing
line between the parties, has become more and more a sectional issue,
and there are just as ardent protectionists in the Democratic South as
in the North. In matters of purely local concern party lines are gen
erally becoming obliterated.
There is perhaps less excuse for partisan politics in Alaska than
in any other part of Uncle Sam's domain. Our delegate in congress,
having no vote, is but the spokesman of our people regarding the dis
position of matters in which we have absolutely no vote. The party to
which that delegate belongs is therefore a matter of little consequence.
The politics of Alaskans is the development of the territory. Anything
that makes for that end should and will receive the hearty co-operation
of all the people. I he one overshadowing question before the people
of this territory today is that of cheaper transportation. Under the
present conditions the splendid resources of this great land are either
being dissipated by reason of abnormal cost of transportation or are
lying idle because freight rates are prohibitive. Before the stupen
dous cost of bringing supplies to Interior Alaska, such problems as
protection or free trade, revenue reform, Panama canal tolls, and even
the conservation policy sink into insignificance so far as the present
interests of the people1 of Alaska are concerned. We are placed in
the position where patriotism and self-interest go hand in hand. It is
a patriotic duty to assist in the development of Alaska; it is to the in
terest of each citizen that it be developed.
Under these circumstances the duty of Alaskans becomes plain—
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now the most convenient, comfortable and up-to-date house
the city.
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return to congress the man who, through hard work, persistence and
inherent ability, made possible the passage of the bill for a govern
ment railroad, by which Alaska will be developed, not for the benefit
of a small coterie of millionaires, but for the benefit of the thousands
of prospectors, pioneers and homeseekers who will find in this fair land
that competence that has eluded them in the more thickly settled sec
tions of the United States. Tnat man is James Wickersham.
The splendid service rendered by Wickersham in seeming the
passage of the railroad bill is not yet completed, and will not be until
the road is in operations. There are many pitfalls in the path of the
enterprise, and many more will develop ere trains are running. Who
better qualified to guard against those perils than the man who at pies
ent so ably represents Alaska in the halls of congress?
LIQUOR IN THE NAVY
The recent order of Secretary of the Navy Daniels prohibiting
the use of intoxicating beverages on board naval vessels, as well as
shore stations, by officers of the navy will no doubt be approved by
popular sentiment. For years the enlisted men hav e been denied the
use of alcoholic drinks, and the American people will see nothing in
congruous about putting the gold-braided officer on an equality with
the jacky in this respect. An intoxicated man in the uniform oi Uncle
Sam is not an edifying sight at any time, but when that uniform bears
the insignia of official rank it is humiliating. The order was issued
upon the recommendation of the surgeon general, who said.
“As matters stand today, an enlisted man is, very properly, sub
jected to severe disciplinary measures if wine or beer be found in his
possession on shipboard, yet the same man is constantly awaie of !nt
free use of alcoholic liquors on board ship which is officially permitted
to officers, and the too frequent derelictions which occur among them
in consequence. The prohibition of alcohol to the men has rendered
alcoholism among them almost a negligible quantity.
The surgeon general’s remarks on the “too frequent derelictions
shows that there was good reason for the order. Secretary Daniels,
after issuing the order, said, with true American spirit:
“I am in hearty agreement with the views expressed by the sur
geon general in his paper accompanying the recommendation. Tnere
should not be on shipboard, with reference to intoxicants, one rule for
officers and another, a different rule, for enlisted men.
The Irish home rule bill, which passed the house of commons
May 25 for the third time, and which will become law whether the
house of lords assents or not, provides for a senate of 40 members
and a house of commons of 1 54 members. The parliament cannot
legislate on peace or war, navy, army or any naval or military force,
foreign relations, trade outside Ireland, coinage or legal tender. It
cannot make any law either directly or indirectly to establish or en
dow any religion or prohibit the free exercise thereof, or give a pref
erence, privilege or advantage or impose any disability or disadvan
tage on account of religious belief or religious or ecclesiastical status.
During the year 1910 the Suez canal was traversed by 4,533
vessels, with a total net tonnage of 16,581,898, and the toll charges
were $1.30 per net ton for vessels with cargo, 82 cents per net ton for
vessels in ballast, and $1.93 for each passenger 12 years of age. The
total receipts of the canal company for the year amounted to $25,
168,400: the costs of maintenance and operation to $3,857,402;
payments for fixed charges and in retiring capital obligations aggre
gated $6,072,602._
A humorist on the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, speaking of the
newly-appointed assistant secretary of the interior, says: ‘‘When Bo
Sweeney gets to Washington and someone goes in to Secretary Lane
to complain that some irrigation ditch somewhere is leaking and Lane
says ‘Tell it to Sweeney,’ and the fellow goes in to Sweeney’s office
and says ‘Hello, Bo,’ there isn’t going to be any more culture and re
finement in our national life.”
The St. Louis Globe-Democrat says: The winners of the great
dog race in Alaska are found, after the event, to be part wolf In
other places than Alaska races are often won by men more than part
wolf, and seldom by thoroughbreds.__
LACK OF BUSINESS CAUSES
SENATOR TO CANCEL TRIP j
Seattle, June 30.—The steamship Victoria I
sailed for Nome this morning. Her next
trip is schaduled for July 20. The Navajo
will sail on August 20. The Senator's
second scheduled trip has been canceled,
owing to lack of business, and her next sail
ling will not be until some time in the latter
part of July. Nearly all freight and pas
sengers are going to Interior Alaska by way
of Skagway.
We guarantee satisfaction.
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FOR WOMEN AND
CHILDREN VISITORS
A large and well-ventilated building on
First street, between Willow' and Richmond,
has been fitted up with all the necessaries
for the convenience of the out-of-town
women and children visitors during the
celebration festivities. Attendants will be
at hand, and all guests will find a neat
place to rest and refresh themselves.
Location Notices at Pioneer office.
INTELLIGENT DISCUSSION
OF POWER OF ATTORNEY
Judge Fred M. Brown of the Third judi
cial district of Alaska, before whom the
important Chisana cases were tried, involv
ing the legality of certain mining claims hy
power of attorney, has written a most sig
nificant letter to Delegate Wickersham. The
decisions recently rendered by Judge Brown
created widespread interest, mul showed that
he had a thorough grasp of the spirit as
well as the letter of the mining laws as ap
plicable to Alaska. His letter follows:
Cordova, April 10, 1914.
Hon. James Wickersham, Delegate from
Alaska, Washington, I). C.
My Dear Judge: I beg to suggest for
your consideration the desirability of an
amendment to our mining laws prohibiting
the location of mining claims by power of
attorney. I feel satisfied that the sentiment
in Alaska is overwhelmingly against loca
tions by power of attorney, and their use
leads to a great deal of unprofitable litiga
tion.
The reason for their use sometimes given
is that a prospector without means may
I want a grubstake, ami his principal should
be permitted to locate through the use of
a power of attorney. The reason, however,
upon reflection, is not a sufficient one.
There is a growing tendency to limit the
amount of ground that one man ought to
locate in a new district. A single mining
claim of twenty acres, as you know, may
contain a very large amount of gold; in
fact, if you pile it on thick enough, you can
put a great deal of gold on one acre of
ground.
I lie idea ot holding large areas oi ground
for speculative purposes is now looked upon
with grave disfavor, and the true and cor
rect theory is taking its place, viz.: that a
man locating a mining claim should be re
quired to work it, and when he ceases to
care enough about it to work it he ought
to be willing to give it up to somebody
else who will work it.
A prospector desiring assistance from
some grubstaker may lawfully contract for
some interest in whatever the prospector
finds or locates.
I consider this a very important matter,
and suggest that if you have any doubt
about the sentiment in Alaska, you wire
for expressions of opinion from various por
tions of Alaska. I feel satisfied that in this,
(he Third division, where new strikes are
being made from time to time, the senti
ment is overwhelmingly against the use of
powers of attorney to any extent whatever.
Yours very truly,
F. M BROWN, District Judge.
THE “BLUEBERRY KID”
MAY BE APPREHENDED
Fan Francisco, May 2i. Deputy United
1 States Marshal Joseph Warren of Seattle is
| in this city in search of Tommy Johnson
known throughout Alaska as the “Blueberry
! Kid,” who is alleged to hav<* been connected
with the disappearance of John Holmberg,
Marie Schmidt and Frank Adams on the
Koyukuk river in the fall of 1912. Johnson
I left the Koyukuk in company with the
i three missing persons, who are known to
• have possessed something like $15,000 in
1 gold dust, and it is thought that he robbed
and murdered them.
The United States officials at Fairbanks,
urged by the wife of Adams, who has in
stituted repeated inquiries concerning her
husband, and by the fact that John Holm
berg. known as “Fiddler John.” now has a
large amount of money coming to him as
royalty from his mining property in the
Koyukuk country, have been probing the
matter of the disappearance since the time
when they were assured that Holmberg,
Adams and the woman failed to reach the
Outside. The Koyukuk deputy marshals
have been working on the case, and after
j discovering that the quartet left the Koyu
kuk country in company on the “Seal Pup,”
a little steamer owned by the “Blueberry
, Kid,” notified the office at Fairbanks of
that fact. Marshal L. T. Erwin immedi
ately communicated with Deputy Marshal
Warren in Seattle, who ascertained that the
'‘Blueberry Kid” was the only one of the
four who reached the Outside.
bor a while before the beatile deputy
was aware that he was wanted for a crime
the “Blueberry Kid” stayed around Seattle,
Vancouver and Victoria, spending money
| lavishly. When they left the Koyukuk
| ‘Fiddler John” and the woman, who was
j known as “Dutch Marie,” were known to
have possessed about SI0,000 in gold dust,
which they were taking Outside with them.
Adams is thought to have had about S3,000.
while the man accused of murdering and
robbing his traveling partners is said to
have had only about S800.
The suspicions of Deputy Warren were
aroused when he heard from the officials
here, and he instituted search for the
“Blueberry Kid,” only to find that the al
leged murderer had departed from England.
From the wires received at Fairbanks it is
presumed that he is now back on American
soil again.
It was at first thought that “Dutch
Marie" was also implicated in the murder,
as she was reported as having been seen
in Seattle. However, the rumor proved to
be unauthenticated.
The “Blueberry Kid,” while making his
way Outside, was seen at Betties, and later
at St. Michael.. His boat, or one corre
sponding to its description, is reported as
having been discovered tied up some dis
tance above the mouth of the Koyukuk
river. ,
The bodies of the three persons who are
supposed to have been robbed and mur
dered have never been found. That fact
has interfered with the prosecution of the
fcase to some extent.—Fairbanks News
Miner.
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—fine, fine, 35c lb. Iditarod Meat Co.
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FAMOUS
While Bill Nye was editing the famous
Laramie Boomerang in the late '70s, he
published the following oration which he
stated was delivered at an Indian celebra
tion in Southern Wyoming:
ORATION
Delivered July Fourth by Pop-Eyed Cater
pillar of Ihe Ute Nation
Warriors of My People: You come to
gether today beneath the forest shade to
celebrate the white man’s anniversary.
It is a proud day for the paleface. It
marks the crowding years since he got the
bulge on his oppressors. It is the tally by
which he reckons the flight of time since
he banged the snoot of tyranny.
This glorious day is not for the red man.
He feels the thrill of conscious pride and
greatness, it is true, but he awakes on
the following day to find nothing but vain
regret. The joy of the red man is fleeting.
It is a hollow mockery, a snare and a de
lusion. I see the flush mantle your dark
cheeks today, but tomorrow it will be but
a bob-tail flush.
The patriotism you fed today will only
give place to depression and gloom. You
are proud now, and complacent, and
drunk. You are brave and hightsrung, and
heap bad man from away back; but when
another sun shall rise upon White river
my people will be subdued.
Look at Bran Mash Susan. She comes
here today clothed as the Goddess of Lib
erty. She is the daughter of the full moon.
That is why she is full..
Look at Peeled Nose Blizzard, the daugh
ter of the whirlwind. She represents the
state called by the paleface the Empire
state. She is clothed in a flour sack as the
| emblem of purity. Across her back, in red
letters, is the inscription:
Snowflake
F LOUR
X X X X
ITiat is because she is the flower of our
tribe. And yet she. too. is as drunk as a
biled owl. As her tawny features are turned
toward mine I see that she does not know
whether there are two orators or nine ad
dressing this audience.
Look at Vinegar Bitters Pocahontas.
Clothed in a coffee sack and gloom, she is
in the land of slumber. On this great day
she sleeps the hours away, while the blue
tail fly frolics over her copper-colored nose.
We were once a nation of orators. Our
people once listened to the silvery tones of
those who told them of their wrongs and
bade them brace up.
Now the shattered fragment of a great
nation gathers in the hot canyon, wrapped
in nothing but a brown study, and snores
through the tardy hours.
A few more summers, and your tale will
be told. The red man never weeps. He
may suffer, but he scorns to cry like a
woman. PopF'yed Caterpillar’s heart is
tilled with sorrow for his people, but he
will not squeal. Flis soul is full of agony,
but he will not give way to scalding weep.
F^ach year we go upon the warpath, but
we do not damage. We kill a few con
sumptives, it is true, but it is not a glitter
ing success. Our warriors are too prone to
relent when there is danger near. They
spare the paleface who happens to be armed
and show mercy to the able-bodied Cau
casian with the double-barreled shotgun.
He always spares the paleface who is loaded.
Once we went upon the warpath to pro
tect our devoted squaws. Then they were
fair to look upon, and brave and true.
We gladly faced death to show our devo
tion to the bronze beauties of our nation.
Now it is not so. Times have changed.
The maidens and matrons of our tribe are
not beautiful. They have ruined their com
plexion with fat pork and whisk)'. You
can purchase a whole herd of them at 5
cents a bunch.
Most of them would stop a clock with
their wild, peculiar beauty. Look at Coyote
Kate, who walked away with the clam-shell
bracelets voted to the most beautiful belle
of the White River agency.
Her nose is three-quarters of an inch
out of plumb, and she has a wart over her
eye like a moss agate.
Warriors! must we lay down our lives
in order to leave a widow who wears cav
alry pants, and whose cooing voice sounds
like the sad refrain of a planing mill?
I trow not.
»v nen we uie anu are lam iu rest ueiieaui
I the cottonwood in the valley, we want to
be mourned over by brown-eyed gazelles,
whose general appearance will not kill the
vegetation.
We cannot give up our hearts’ blood for
sweethearts and wives with feet like a sugar
cured ham, and hair like the soft tresses
of a bald-headed shoe brush.
The only hope for our tribe is for each
warrior to plight his troth to one of these
| club-footed damsels and then rush madly
into battle, that they may climb the golden
stair, and thus evade their horrid fate.
If there be aught that would nerve our
flagging warriors to brave death and de
struction, it is this.
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E. M. STANTON,
Attorney at Law
Of'ice Second St., Iditarod, Alaska
Next to Iditarod Hotel
J. C. MOODY,
Attorney at Law
IDITAROD, ALASKA
Office: Second Avenue
W. F. HARRISON,
Attorney at Law
IDITAROD, ALASKA
Second Avenue, Near Marshal's Office
CHAS. E. TAYLOR,
Attorney at Law
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THE HOWARD WATCH
[W 111 world's record for speed on the
H water is held hv a motor boat
■ miles an hour. A me-nirei!
S’ niile m less than one minute and
twenty seconds- Howard Time.
Forget tor a moment that speed-boat
fa "in g is n sport. Honsicl^r Its pmctics'
results At any given price, compare the
motor boat of today with that or a few
v»»ars back.
In every American industry you win
trace all its progress t » hard-headed ef
forts i - beat the record for efficient use
or time.
When you see a concern forging ahead
of cornp'*lifion. stamping its Individuality
mi the trad- there you will find the
HOWARD type t»r man putting the thing
across.
The HOWARD Watch owner may be the
I titular head of the concern, the superin
tcuOMit ■ u' depiirtnn nt manager. It is Just
as likely to be some inspired youngster,
who would probably disclaim any part m
moulding the career of the business. As
if he could help exerting the power he
I does!
A HOWARD Watch Is always worth what
I you pay for it.
The price of each watch is fixed at the
raetory and a printed ticket attached—
from the 17-jewel double roller in a
crescent Extra or Boss Extra gold-filled
rase at #40. to the -J3-jewel at *150—and
the 1! '.ward Howard model at *3 50.
J. L. SALE
IDITAROD
LEADING JEWELER OF THE NORTH
Order
In the District Court for the Territory of
Alaska, Fourth Judicial Division.—In
the Matter of a Special Term of Court
at Iditarod, Alaska.
It satisfactorily appearing that it is nec
essary for the public welfare, ami for the
despatch of the business or this court, that
a special term or said court be hold at
Iditarod. in Otter precinct, commencing at
11 a. m. July 6. 1914, and the Judge of
said court now deeming It expedient to
hold such term:
it Is ordered: That a special term or
this court be held at said town of Iditarod,
commencing 11 a. m. July 6, 1914, and
that the clerk of this court cause due
notice to be given thereof.
Dated at Fairbanks, Alaska, this iltb
day fo May, A. D. 1814.
K. K. FULLER, District Judge.
Nolle* of Forfeiture
To A. Arndt, Theresa Arndt and Jos. Mikuu,
their heirs and assigns, and to *11
persons claiming hy, through or under
them and each of them:
You and each of you are hereby notified
that the undersigned, co-owner, lias ex
pended one hundred dollars during the
year 1013 In labor and Improvements upon
that certain placer mining claim
known and described as the “Wild
Cat” Association Placer Mining Claim,
situate three miles below lower dis
covery on Bear creek, a tributary of the
Tullksak river, in the Kuskokwim mining
and recording precinct, Territory or Alaska.
Said claim was located on the 25th day of
February, 1912, and recorded In Vol, 7 of
Locations, at page 33, of the records of
the recorder of the said Kuskokwim re
cording precinct.
Such labor was performed and Improve
ments made for the purpose of holding
said claim, and constituted the 'Annual as
sessment work for th» year ending Decem
ber 31, 1913.
You and each of you are hereby rurthor
notified that unless you pay your propor
tion of said expenditures, together with th*
cost of this advertisement, to the under
signed within ninety (90/ days artor the
date of the last publication of this notice,
your interest in said claim will become the
property of the undersigned co-owner, un
der Section 2324, Revised Statutes of the
United States. DOMINICK SORACI,
Co-Owner.
First publication. May f. ion.
Lest publication, Aug. l, 1914.