Iditapod Pioneer
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TOLSTOI LOOMS UP
lias the Tolstoi camp got a “come
hack" in it?
That’s a quest ion that is being very j
seriously considered by many people of1
t his camp at the present time.
According to reports brought to this 1
place last. Monday morning by Robert ]
(rrittis. the md reliable mail and express
nian, who has been in Tolstoi for the
past two months, the camp has every
appearance of being a good producer in
t he near fui ure.
Mr Griffis says pay has been found
on four creeks m that vicinity since
*arly spring, and that four different
outfits are taking out good money.
“Old Man” Jones, on upper Madison
creek, is said to have* ground that goes
$4 to t fie foot: Raul K'-aHng and part
ner are in good pay on lOspcranza creek.
Harry Madison and “Reindeer Red” on
two other creeks are doing splendidly.
Mr. Griffis says there are very few men
in the Tolstoi camp at present, but be ;
lieves Hie district is due for a big in
crease in population before the freeze-f
up this fall. He went to the almost 1
deserted camp shortly after ttie spring \
breakup to “wind up” some affairs in !
connection with his “boom-days” mer- j
can tile venture, and was greatly Mir- j
prised and pleased at the condition in i
which he found things. He brought I
several hundred dollars’ worth of dust. I
back with him which he got from the!
new-found pay region, among which is*
a slug worth $28.
The Tolstoi came into Considerable
prominence in the spring of 191(5, and
as a consequence a good-sized stampede
resulted that attracted people from ail
over Alaska. Kur about a year consid
erable prospecting and development
work was done in that region, and some
gold was produced, hut nearly all the
stampeders lost confidence in the dis
trict, or being unable to longer •‘slick it
out” under the unfavorable conditions
existing thereabouts, hiked lor other
parts.
r rom the news of the late discoveries
in Tolstoi camp if is pleasing lo learn ■
i »»at old-t imers such us Harry Madison,
"Old Man” .Jones, "Keinueer Lied” and
Haul lveating, who tenaciously “sIuck”
10 t hat disi net, ar-e ai last, rewarded
Madison lias lived on the creek that
hears his name lor over 12 years. Tom
Muckle, now a resilient of Flat, who
put in several years iti the Tolstoi, leu
i'>r that place several days ago, as did
one or two others.
Max Simel, the pioneer trader and
steamboat owner, located on the Ditua
river at the mouth of the Tolstoi, is
now at Holy Cross with the steamer
Hup and barge for a load of freight for
his trading post. He expecis n> visit
Iditarod on i in- return trip to his L)itua
station. Max, for one, has never for a
single moment lost confidence in the
mining country ot the Upper Dnna,
and could easily he the proper person
to say "l told you so”—but lie wouldn’t;
Max is too modes! tor that.
Not Coming to Iditarod
Yesterday afternoon Sam’l Apple
daum received the following self-ex
plaining telegram:
Holy Cross, Aug. 28, 1919.
S. Applebamm, Iditarod.
On account of having to wait at
Holy Cross longer than l expected,
I will be unable to come to Idita
rod as planned. Anyone wishing to
go to Tolstoi or Innuko-river points
notify them to be at Dementi,
mouth of Iditarod river, not later
than September 7, and I will pick
them up. MAX SIMKD.
Dan’l Showed Class
I'ncle Dan Hartnett, the Flat City
liveryman, paid a short visit to The
Landing last Tuesday afternoon riding
in a shining piano-b >x buggy behind a
proud and well-groomed roadster that
stepped high, wide and handsome along
our crowded boulevards.
Mr. Felix (Feverish Oxygen) Riley,
one of Flat’s rising young business men,
was a prominent figure in the city yes
terday in banking transportation and
mercantile circles.
NO PEACE, NO LAND, NO BREAD, BUT PLENTY OF BOLSHEVISM
New York, Aug. 27.—"From what, I have heard from men who have
participated in conferences and who have observed conditions existing in
Kussia and oilier parts of Eastern Europe, Bolshevikistn is on the wane,1'
declared Samuel Goinpers. president of the American Federation of Labor,
in an interview today. "Bolshevikistn has failed as an economic move
ment in iis hopes and aims. It promised the people things which have not
been given: the people have no peace, no land, no bread, and no work —all
of which will participate in the downfall of Bolshevikistn."
NEW YORK BANKER SOMEWHAT AGITATED
New York, Aug. 20.— Lewis F„ Pierson, president of the Irving National
Kxchange Bank, of this eitv. returned here today from an extended trip
through tlie Western states and savx that he found railroad radicals that
openly advocated revolution, and that no real efforts are being made to
answer the Bolshevist propaganda which is being spread by a well-financed
crowd of agitators. The campaign, tile hanker said, aims at tlie overthrow
of tlie government -a crisis is at hand and calls for nation-wide action.
WE WOULD NEVER MISS IT UNTIL IT'S GONE
A telegram was received a few days
ago by the Miners & Merchants Bank
from Kalcon Joslin informing them
that the government was contemplat
ing tin1 i e in oval of the wireless opera
tors from Brooks. McGrath and Idita
rod, and that if this removal is effected
the stations would have to close, as no
men were available to (ill these posi- ;
lions at present.
telegrams were promptly sent from
here and McGrath to He legate Grigsby j
and i he Secretary of War requesting j
them to use every effort to have the ,
furloughs of t lie operators extended so1
that the stations could continue in op- j
erat ion.
The following telegram was received !
August 20 from Mr. Grigsby:
“Have been working on this matter
lor the nast, two weeks. Furlough of
the THit a rod operator has been ex
tended today by the adjutant general to
September 27. Would recommend the
strongest possible telegrams to the
Secretary of War regarding the neces
sity of continuing operators at Iditarod,
Brooks and McGrath. Such telegrams
will help me safeguard your interests.”
In line with the above telegram,
" ires were again sent to the Secretary
of War from here and McGrath calling
attention to the mail service, and to
the fact that t he>e communities are ab
solutely cut off from all communication
with the Outside fur mouths if the sta
t ions are closed.
Nortiiug further has been heard, hut
tin- final decision of the Signal (dorps
which will determine (lie future of
t hesp stations is expected hourly.
LABOR AND RAILWAYS NEWS OF WASHINGTON
Washington, Ausr 20. Organized
labor is before t Ke United Stat rts tnda \
with a denuine that, private capital l>e
retired from railroad operation and
that there he substituted a. tripartite
control of the railroad properties by
the public, t be. operating titanayements
and t he emploves.
The demand of organized labor, pre
sented in a statement signed by t lie en
gineers, firemen and conductors and
the American Federation, of Labor, is
recognized in Washington as the most
far-reaching proposal yet placed before
the nation during its reconstruction
period. Officials refuse to predict, its
outcome. It will be formally laid be
fore the House interstate commerce
committee by Warren S. Stone, grand
chief of i he Brotherhood of Locomotive
Fngineers; Frank Morrison, secretary
of the American Federation of Labor,
and Glenn F. thumb, general counsel
tortlie organized railway employes of
the Koiled Si at es.
I he proposal, in the words of its
aut hors, “marks the steps by which or
ganize i labor passes for demands for
wage inereases to demands that the
system of profits in industry be over
hauled.*'
Briefly the labor men’s plan de
mands:
That private capital he eliminated
from the railroads of the United Stages.
That the private owners receive for
them government, bonds “with a fixed
interest return for every honest dollar
they have invested.”
That the tripartite control be vested
in corporations which shall lease the
roads, and in which the public, the op
erating managements and lahorshall be
represented eq ual I v.
That the public, tlie operators and
the wage-earners share equally all
revenue in exchange for the guarantee
to private capital, by granting to the
operators and the employes one-half
the savings which are expected to he
made by such a perfected organization
and o the public the other half as con
sumers, either by ine*easing service
without adding to costs, or by reducing
costs.
YVasniny;! on, Aim. 20. Under an
amendment to the peace treaty, agreed
to today by the Senate foreign rela
tions committee. American representa
tion wt n!d be eliminated from various
international committees which are to
supervise Kuropean reconst ruct ion. ex
cepting the committee on reparations
and such matters as are to be ap
pointed by the League of Nations.
Washington, Aug. 2">. While Ger
many is vanquished for the present,
nothing hut force is likely to restrain
her from seeking world dominion at
the earliest opportunity, is the opinion
of the Senate judiciary committee,
which was appointed to report on the
validity of the proposed treaty by which
the United States would go to France’s
aid. The committee' holds that the
ratification of such a special defensive
treaty would be Constitutional. The
committee, in its report, said it was
for the interest of the United Slates
that France should he allowed to recu
perate and recover her old-time vigor;
she will he then, continues the report,
a great shield and protection to the
United States against German menace
in t he fui ure.
Washington, Aug. 27- — In the Senate
today Senator Fail declared that the
senators who have not read the peace
treaty were the most insistent, support
ers of its immediate ratification. Dur
ing the session Senators Fall and AIc
< .’umber engaged in the warmest battle
of the entire treaty debate. The row
was started by Senator Fall claiming
that Senator McCumber claimed that
Japan had the right to take Shantung.
Senator McCumber, in reply, said that
Japan derived the right under a solemn
promise to restore it. to < 'hinese cont rol
within a certain time, and that Senator
hall had purposely left that part out of
his statement.
Food Hoarders Arrested
Seattle, Aug 25.-—Ten commission
merchants, including four Japanese,
we ? arrt ».ed here today for hoarding
food.
MAIL VIA. YOKON
The local post-office has received noti
fication that this camp will be supplied
with mail during the coming winter by
a weekly route extending from Ruby
to Flat—the same giving service to
Long, Poorman, Cripple, Ophir, Ta
kotna, McGrath, and Tolstoi (once a
month). Consignments of mail will be
limited to 450 pounds weekly. The
service starts on October 10, 1919, and
ends April 30, 1920, 28 deliveries.
The mail route between McGrath and
Wasilla has been discontinued, after a
try-out. of live winters. At nr* period
of its existence was the Iditarod-Seward
mail route a glittering success—’twas
neither satisfactory to the people along
its course, nor a money maker for any
body connected with it.
OLE YUMPED HIS YOB
Seattle. Aug. 29.—Mayor Ole Hanson
resigned his office today, and Council
man Fitzgerald was elected as his suc
cessor. Hanson’s physician had in
formed him of the urgent need of a
complete rest. Later he intends to
take the lecture platform.
ORDERED TO 60 BA6K
Cleveland. O., Aug. 27.—Officials of
the railroad brotherhoods may seek
workmen to fill the places left vacant
by strikers on the Pacific coast, was an
intimation made today by Bernard
Stone, president of the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers.
Los Angeles, Aug. 27.- -Representa
tives of the four railroad brotherhoods
io this city have received definite tele
graphic instructions from President,
Stone, of the engineers, to return to
work immediately.
San Francisco, Aug. 27. -All trains
out of San Francisco were canceled
and the Belt Line tied up when the.
railroad men's strike that has paralyzed
transportation in Southern California
made its appearance today. The strike
first jumped north as far as Bakersfield
and Fresno and south to San Diego
overnight, and without warning it
leaped the intervening distance to this
c i t y -
San Francisco, Aug. 29. — Railroad
traffic here and in Northern California
resumed its normal status today.
ABOUT THE BOATS
The Nancy Belle'arrived at 2:30 a.m.
| Monday with mail and passengers.
The Sea Wolf (Captain Paprica Jen
j sen) arrived up 2:42] Monday morning.
Tuesday, Aug. 20. Reliance 1 e f r
| Fairbanks for Kovukuk-river points
! this afternoon: Washburn at Dikeman:
Yukon down Eagle 9:30 a.m. 25th; Vic
, toria unloading freight at St. Michael:
Julia B. at Si. Michael,
i Wednesday, Aug. 27 —Louise to leave
j St. Michael today for up-river point*:
1 Yukon down Fort Yukon 2 p.rn. 2-S(h:
j Washburn at Holy Cross,
i Friday, Aug. 29.—Packer Louise at
. Stebbius stormbound, midway between
St. Michael and Kotlik: Washburn at
Holy Cross: Seattle No. 3 at Gibbon:
Sea Wolf at Lditarod.
Aeroplanes in Big; Race
Mineola. N. Y.. Aug. 2S. -The Inter
national Aeroplane Derby, from New
. York to Toronto and return, started
fro it lloose veil Flying Field today at
1:55 p. tu. The first pilot to get away
. was Lieut. 1’. 1. Logan, with Sergeant
\V. .J. Shackleford as navigator. Thir
ty-live former American aces have been
j entered for the contest.
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