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IDITAROD PIONEER
Published Every Saturday Evening at Iditarod, Alaska.
V ol 2 Geo. iV7. At buckle. Publisher No. 35
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HOW TO ABOLISH rlHE BLIND BIO.
In newly-settled countries propositions present them
selves for solution which have never been heard of before
and all who run take a hand at the game and try to find
some way out of the difficulty which may for the time being
present itself. Ever since the new liquor regulations went;
into effect in the Territory of Alaska, roughly speaking
about two years ago, there has sprung up a custom of sup
plying liquor at such places where tlieuaw does not permit
the establishing of a regularly-conducted liquor house, which
practice is both pernicious to good morals and detrimental
to those who engage in a business which the law permits
and for which business they pay into the national treasury
the sum of one thousand dollars each. In return for such j
investment they are given the right to openly and above
board sell and dispose of whatever wholesome liquor their j
customers may desire and be willing to pay for.
In incorporated towns and such other places where a
regularly appointed U.S. deputy marshal or commissioner,
resides it is a comparatively easy matter to secure a license
for the sale of intoxicating liquor; but whenever a respect
able person applies to the proper authorities for a license
at some point where such house might well be needed, the
district attorney at once gets busy and calls the attention
of the presiding judge to the fact that no marshal or com
missioner resides at such place and the application is
promptly turned down. Those who are responsible for
Alaska's present administration were responsible for the
passage of the new liquor law, and they were about as care
ful of the ordinary man's rights as they usually are when the
rights and privileges of the eveiyday working man are con
cerned. Instead ofgiving him an opportunity to buy his
whiskey at a decent place, at a fair price and of some
quality, they drive him to a blind pig, the go-easy as some
people call such places; and generally make it hard and
almost impossible for him to get what his brother can get
who lives in a place where a deputy marshal or a commis
sioner resides.
We never did imagine that the presence of such an
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L3RARY TABLES, former price *3".'.'",
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officer would have such wide-spread effect upon the morals
of the people. Why, in the name of ordinary horse sense
a man should be allowed to buy a drink of whiskey because
an officer of the law has an opportunity to keep an eye on
him is hard to understand, and, at the same time, such
logic does not reflect any credit upon the intelligence of
our people. If a man cannot be trusted with a drink of
whiskey just because there is no deputy marshal to throw
him into the calaboose, there is little confidence to be placed
in the men of Alaska.
'1 lie Pioneer believes that the recent prosecutions around
Otter creek point to a moral. Some respectable and res
ponsible person should once more make an application for
a liquor license at some convenient point, provided that the
people in the neighborhood are willing that a saloon should
lie established at such point. A strong showing should
then be made to the Court of the advisability of granting
such a petition, and we feel assured that a good saloon will
be established, and that will do more to do away with the
blind pig business than all the officers of the law could ac
complish in a dozen years.
Crossley Otters
Solemn Warning
District Attorney Cross’.ev spread
himself in a recent epistle to the Idita
rod city council.
Next to liquor, gambling is Mr.
Crossley’s pet aversion, and his fatherly
advice to the city will be appreciated
even by its most unregenerate citizens.
Mr. Crossley complains that gam
bling has been rife in this fair city.
With charming modesty he admits that
the evil was not in evidence while he
was here, but he issues a solemn warn
ing to the city that unless the chief of
police and the other city officials put
down the vice, the United States gov
ernment (Mr. Crossley) will take the
field, when it will be “Woe unto the
conquered.”
Gamblers, beware!
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cigars at Johnstone’s.
Idiiarod City Loses Its Mayor
Frank Miller, mayor of Iclitarod, is
going back to Fairbanks. No, be is
not quitting the camp; but. business
and family interests call him to the
the town on the Tanana. Besides,
Frank has not seen that little wide
eyed angel which came to bless his
home early in the year, and he’s nat
urally curious.
On Wednesday night Mayor Miller
tendered his resignation, but such is
the esteem in which he is held the
council men would not even consider it.
Therefore his resignation has been
placed on file, and will only be acted
upon in dire necessity.
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Who Would Be
An Assessor?
I
The appointment of an assessor is
not such an easy matter as one would j
imagine, and the city fathers are!
’twi.xt the devil and the deep sea when
it comes to nominating a man suitable
for the post.
There are differences of opinion
among the councillors regarding the
remuneration which should be granted
to the assessor. One councilman thinks
that $10 a day is sufficient, while an
other believes that $15 would be a
more equitable rate.
It is argued that the day rate cuts
very little figure, as a good man charg
ing $15 a day would probably do the
work quicker than one getting $10.
Another consideration is that the work
of a poor assessor would have to be
gone over again by the equilization
committee.
The way out would seem to be the
offering of a lump sum for the assess
ment.
Council May Purchase Property
If satisfactory terms can be arranged
the city council of Fairbanks will pur
chase tlie ground upon which the new
city hall is located.
At the present time the city pays $40
per month ground rent on a lease which
will run for two years, hut the prop
erty can be purchased outright for tlie
sum of $1000, or a little over two years'
rent.
It lias been suggested that the coun
cil take an option upon the property
which will give them the privilege of
taking it over at the present price
within the next eight months, and ne
gotiations with that end in view are
now in progress.
Manuel's saloon sells Bock cigars.
NOTICE OF MARSHAL'S SALE
United States of America, Fourth Divi
sion, District of Alaska, ss:
Public notice is here!.;- given, that by
virtue of a writ of fieri facias (or execu
tion), dated August 8, 1911, A.D., issued
out of the District Court, of the United
States for the Fourth Division, District
of Alaska, on a judgment rendered in
said Court, 011 the 2nd day of August,
1911, A.D., in favor of Charles L. Kemp
and George Taylor, and aga’nst Abe
Wallace, I have, on this 10th day of
August, 1911, A.D., levied upon the fol
lowing described real estate, situated in
tile town of Iditarod, Alaska, to wit:
That certain one-story frame building
situate on the northerly 25 feet of lots 11
and 12. east, on Willow street, between
First avenue and Caribou street, in the
Town of Iditarod, Territory of Alaska,
as the same more fully appears by the
survey of I.. S Rohe, C. K., and that I
will, accordingly, offer said real estate
for sale, at public vendue to the highest
and best bidder, for cash, on the 16th
day of September, A.I)., 1911, at 10:30
o’clock A. INI., at the front door of the
Marshal’s office in the Town of Iditarod,
Territory of Alaska.
Dated this iotli day of August, A.I).,
1911 *
II. K. LOYF,
U. S. Marshal Fourth Division of Alaska. ,
l<y John J. Donovan, Deputy.
Charles 1C Taylor, Plaintiffs’ Attorney. |
Gasoline Engine Fittings
AT THE
Iditarod Machine Shop
DR. B. F. BROOKS,
Office: Discovery Otter.
Dr. Heinrich Wortmann,
Physician and Surgeon
Office at City Drug Store. Tel. .‘it!
First Ave., Bet. Willow and Richmond
Office Hours- 11t01.3t04.7t08
DR. /. H. MOORE,
Physician and Surgeon
office and Residence, Richmond st., between
First and Second. Telephone 28
DR. E. T. BRADBURY,
Dentist
Richmond Street. Bet. First and Second
Telephone ,'iO-B
CHAS. D. CARTER,
Dentist
Offices, Pioneer Dru<j Stores,
Flat Creek
DR. F. W. HE RMS.
Dentist
Dr. Wortraann’s Olliee.
First Avenue and Willow Street
DR. H. BEHLA,
Dentist
Gold St., Flat City, Opp. Grand Hotel
Phone 4
McGowan, Clark & Albrecht
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
Iditarod, Alaska Phone No. 7
The Pioneer Attorneys of This Camp
ALFRED E. MALT BY,
Attorney at Law
Notary Public
J. S. HARDING,
Attorney at Law
Room 1, Tditarocl Hotel
I Oita 'ton, Alaska
CHAS. E. TAYLOR,
Attorney at Law,
Notary Public, Conveyancings
Abstracts of Titles
flat City
A. J. DALY,
Attorney at Law
M. & M. Bank Bldg, Iditarod
Wickersharn & Roden,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
Iditarod, Alaska
E. COKE HILL,
Attorney at Law
Simpson Building, Iditarod, Alaska
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