iDITAROD PIONEER
Published Every Saturday Evening at Iditarod, Alaska.
Vo* 4 Cco. M. Arbuckle. Publisher No. 32
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THE NEW MINING LAW
Some time ago the Pioneer published a telegraphic re
port from Nome to the ell'ect that there was some opposition
on Seward peninsula against the mining law recently passed
by the Alaska legislature. Copies of the Nome Nugget
which paper seems to be against the law—and copies of the|
Industrial W orker—which is for it have been received, and
from all of them it seems that a mass meeting was held at]
Nome.
The papers do not say at whose request the meeting j
was called but a glance over the articles shows that it was]
done by the dredge companies, the promoters and the law
yers. A part of the legal talent expressed themselves very
forcibly. Mr. Gilmore the one-time Republican candidate j
for congress, thought the law vicious and would cause the
grass to grow in the streets of Nome, and timothy in the
lawyers' ollicef. Another judge by the name of Lomen and
still another judge by the name of Grigsby had something
to say against the law, as did the dredging ground pro
moter Powell. And these three lights of the amalgamated
association of the sons of rest were appointed a committee
to do their best to see the bill killed. It was suggested that
they ask the governor of the Territory to call a special ses
sion tor the sole purpose or having the measure repealed,
and. as they said, if that won't work, ask congress to put
the knife to it. While all the great judges of the Seward
peninsula (who are hired by dredging and other land com
panies) were fighting the measure two members of the six
sent by the Second division to Juneau, were there to defend
the bill—Senator Freed ing and Representative Frank Aid
rich. The Pioneer is sorry for the two men; they ought to
have postponed the meeting until their four fellow-members
had arrived so that the entire Nome delegation—all of
whom seem to have voted for the passage of the bill—had
arrived. It looks strange from a distance that a handful of
lawyers know all about the mining business and that the
thousands of miners all over the territory, who clamored
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We hope to meet all old friends, and wish to make new ones, i
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THE HOME OF THE “QUAKER MAID1'
Foot of Willow St., Iditarod
| for tire abolition of the association claim and the power of
| attorney don't know what they want.
It can be understood by one less versed in the compli
cations of the law than the sons of Blackstoue who make
! their living by advocating the measures wanted by the
'dredge companies, should become uneasy. The cutting of
grass that they predict to grow in the streets of Xome would
require a little more exercise than to reach for a hook on
! the top shelf of their library and there find how much Lord
Coke or some other wiseacre charged for a consultation fee
the first time a dredge company wanted to get ground w ith
out paying anything for it, or, having once secured it, hold
it without, doing any work. That seems to be where the
shoe pinches the lawyers, promotors and dredge specula
tors. They may now no longer run around the country,
pencil and hatchet in hand, and gobble up what they may
lind: and that which they heretofore acquired without
i doing anything for it or on it will slip through their fingers
and betaken up by some bona tide miner; who is willing
land anxious to do $100 worth of labor upon his mining
! claim.
1 he poor, poor lawyers--the new mining law htms
them almost as much as they have heretofore hurt the pros
pectors; and they hollow and hollow even as the prospectors
did before the new law was enacted, and then the great
dredging companies- what country did they ever develop?
Hew many men did they send out in the field looking for
new ground, what proportion of the money they take out
do they spend for tiie benefit of the Territory ? And is i(
not a fact, as the Nome Industrial Worker puts it, that no
dredging proposition has yet paid a profit on ground that
could not have been worked by some other method? And
if such ground were worked by some other method would
not the country and the people in it be far better off? This
section of the Territory is now experiencing the presence of
one of those “big dredging companies," and what good
does that great outfit do this section of Alaska \\ ere we
not all in a far better position before they came, when we
had a thousand men working where we now have a dozen
or so? These big concerns don’t want to do 8100 worth ol:
work on the old association claims; they can t stand it.
Perhaps to help them out a little, and incidentally t!m coun
try, the lawyers and promoters will do some of this work
since they are so much concerned about the big concerns.
No cries against the new law has come from any other sec
tion of the Territory; on the contrary, tile general opinion
is that the measure is a good one; perhaps not perfect in
every respect, but it certainly does abolish the association
claim and limits the staking by power of attorney and tin
big concerns will have to do $100 worth of work on each 20
acres of the old claims, and that will give many a man a
chance to earn a grubstake; and if they can’t stand to do
this work let them quit and go had; to where they are now
blowing in the profits which they get from this country—to
San Francisco, New York and London. The country was
here before they came, and there is no ground that they
are working that would not be worked had they never come.
The same about the lawyers. They have never yet done
anything that would advance the mining interests in the
Territory. They have done much to retard progress, espe
cially on the Seward peninsula; the country was here be
fore they came and if they had never conn* there would not
have produced one single grain of gold less than has been
produced and there would probably have been more, and
it would be owned by the men who found it and dug it out
of the ground. These same people have ever lived upon
the trouble of others, and now, that we have a mining law,
the best the Territory ever has had. they would again com
mence the trouble and once more fatten on the hard labor;
of the Seward peninsula miners, the same as they have done,
for many years in the past. The poor lawyers of Nome 1
they are anxious to see the country develop by means of
large dredging concerns. They are going to say wliat laws
the miners of the Territory must live under; they say that
the country must adjust itself to the needs of the large
claim holders, and not the large claim-holders to the coun
try and the people who have made it and will continue to
make it.
The Pioneer agrees with the Nome Industrial Worker when it
says that from the standpoint of the common people the new min
| ing law is one of the best ever passed and it hopes that the people
i will continue to back up the measure in the face of the opposition
of the lawyers, wildcaters, bogus mining companies and promoters
that are fighting it and wanting its repeal.
[Note: The people of this section are particularly interested
in this controversy for it was the senator from Iditarod that framed
and introduced the bill. Mr. Roden’s name was freely mentioned
in the Nome papers, and Senator Freeding, of Nome, told the
meeting that the senator from Iditarod would be in Nome this fall
and defend his bill. When shown the Nome'articles Roden laughed
and said he had received some letters from Nome stating the sen
timent of the people is in favor of the bill; also that he had heard
from Senator Sutherland that the miners in his section are pleased
with the very feature Nome lawyers are fighting, and that he has
received many favorable comments from several sections of the
Territory]
Meanwhile the Nome petitions are not arriving.
Fred Douse, the Fairbanks pottl
tryrnan, has starter! for Rochester,
Minn., to be operated on by the
Mayo Bros, fur stomach and bowel
troubles.
Among the first stampeders from
Fairbanks to the scene of the new
strike in the Shnsana was Will
Kisenmer.ger, formerly Idilarod’s
“water king.”
Gus Conradt, one of the success
lul mining men of FI-ter Creek, has
lately disposed of his property and
has decided to locate permanently
in San Francisco
According to one of the latest
exptessed desires of the deceased,
the ashes of John Ancarola were
laid to rest in the Pioneer plot at
the Fairbanks cemetery, the funeral
being held at 11 a. m A commit
tee from the order composed ol
George Markus, Tobias Pkisch
man, Frank Y'Ouug, William Kram
er and Yv'iliiam BaltufF, had the
burial in charge, the ceremonies
being under Uie ritual ol tiie I1Pio
neers. Ancarcla, better known
throughout tiie North as “Johnny
the Ilarp,” on account of his musi
cal ability, was a resident of Alaska
and the Yukon for many years
piior to his leaving for the Outside
about two years ago, where he
went for medical treatment. He
died last winter in S .1 tile and re
quested that his body be ciemated,
and his ashes consigned to a grave
in Alaska, his beloved of all
countr les.
Chief of Police Frank Wiseman,
who is charged with assault with a
dangerous weapon upon the person
of Fiitz Schmidt, was bound Over
to the grand jury at the conelu'ion
of the healing before tiie F. S.
commis'ioner. The li nds o' $2,000
in which lie lias been held were
continue!.
The latest ariival in Fairbanks
in tiie novelty line is a Shetland
ponv, which was brought in by
Chailes Hinckley for his 7 year-old
daughter, li is.
JUDGE MENS LOCATES AT RUBY
Ruhv U'■'<•• »rd-< 'i' Men. July lk‘>: (1 i!
be,' X i: .1 \vc! -k lO.vn I 1 i (fo'le !*,
\v *•; am hi r those who :h rived on the
I T ; .1 i -• * OH. TnHF'I.i.N i'lst , . 1 f» eV U f'.’W
m n*.; of. t in1 < huskic. >ir. X id’is.
who is ;i lawyer by proicssion, says
that U-.ihv I-) 'ks cjn.’tl to him, tint l h
luis dec; bio. 1 to locate here por.aanenilv.
•• The be st (off,’* is what patrons say
of the new spring-water s .own- baths
at The Crosby hat hs, Caribou st rum.
Notice of Fof ' r'6
TO TOM Tl’KN UK:
Von and your heirs and assigns nr.* hereby
notified 1 mil t hr t. r.it-rsipnc-d ha-- c\p ;.-l.-d ill
labor find improvcin>-t 1> the sum « i out Ir.n
drvd dollars *:oo.I r tin- year i : u; m pb-o v
; cl m known - t e I n Hut as
lion, thicken o t” k, a tiibnlary ol Louan,: a
creek. < Uvr M in in" I;i*di ict, Terri t- ry of
Ton ai : tided that if at .tIs*
cvpi; a lion td nine to. -uo—-. \ - from tiieKt ^ t pub
1 ica; ion o{ this notice von flit or - refuse to con
tribute to the undoi -iyned your proportion < 1
such expenditure, your interest m s.iid < taint
will become the ’property ol the umL-rsi-m d.
under Sec. *•,cc oi the Kevi-ed Statutes ol the
United State's. S. C. ADAMS.
1'n - t pub1; • .»ion j u no : . ' .:
Last publication September 13, 10.3.
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Fresh Bread Every Day
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And also a goodly supply of
PAINTS, OILS, ETC,
Willow Street, Iditarod.
Dr. Heinrich Wortmann,
Offices: Iditarod and Id,at City
Telephones at each place
W. F. GREEN, M. D.,
DISCOVERT, OTTER
Telephone
DR. H. BEHLA,
Bent!st
Offices, Pioneer Drug Stoic,
Flat ('ity.
Appointments by Telephone
DR. CM AS. D. CARTER
Gold Street, Flat City.
Appointments by Telephone.
HENRY RODEN,
Attorney at Law
Ill'll.Trod. Alaska
ichigan, 1331 Kentucky, 1331 Alaska, 1310
COUNSELOR AND LAWYER
I MTAKi >1). ALASK A
The rioiu-er Altmnev of tins Camp
: As Deputy Cl rk of the District Court I am not
barred from active practice.
E. M. STANTON,
Attorney at Law
Ollier jn Wickersham A Roden Rldfr,
Second Ave.
CH/iS. E. TAYLOR,
Attorney at Law,
Notary Pub i.\ ConveyanciDjr.
Front St.. 1*1:tatocs
A. E. MALT BY,
Attorney at Law,
t >i 1 ic<• ill M. 0: M. Bank Biiildinir
NOTARY ri'iil.I ' PHONE
P.ichard J. Cook Joseph L. P.sed
I Goveroental FrscEce Formerly l\ S. Commissioner
Washington. D. C. \i.yd, A.aska
REED & COOK
Admiralty, Fatent and Mining
LAWYERS
; £15-613 LYOS ELlG. SEATTLE U. S. A.
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OO.C<tOvCyN<rD?X<NC<t’O"O-CFX0<K>O<^C‘G
In the United States Land Office at Home, Alaska
tn the matter of the application of Joa
quin, Fowler and Twitchell for pat
ent for Trading Site.
NOT [CIO OK APPLICATION
Notice is hereby given that in pursu
ance to the provisions of the act of Con
gress approved May 14, lots (20 Stat.
fill)) entitled "An act extending the
homestead laws and providing for right
of way for railroads in the district of
Alaska, and for other purposes,” anil
amendments thereto, Frank Joaquin,
whose postoffice address is Tacotna.
Alaska, O. A. Fowler, whose postolliro
address is BeLbel, Alaska, and A. If.
Twitched, whose postoffice address is
Bethel, Alaska, claiming twenty and
sixtyono hundredths (20.til) acres of
land at Bethel, on the Kuskokwim
river, Alaska, have made application to
the United States fora patent for the
said land, as a TRADING SI I'M, 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 tlie survey thereof now on file
in the office of the register of said land
office, which is IT. S. Survey No. 1002,
as follows, to wit:
Beginning at. corner No. 1. identical
with corner No. 1. Mora’, tan Mission
Reserve, Bethel, at ordinary high
water mark on Kuskokwim river, from
which point R. S. location monument at
Bethel bears S. 72 3 12' W.. 12.hd
chains, and S.W. corrier dwelling 2L:2d
feet, hears N. 27- 7o' II. 4.00 chains:
witness corner set N. 24 3 24' V\1 21
chains, an iron pipe 2 inches in (karri
ter projecting one foot above tie
ground, marked on S.W. s, 'e. M-M
Cor.-1- W-t and ' on - dr ku'i: g tie'
river, and on N. K. side S-lnego or |.
\V-< . Pit 2<i.x2ti.xl2 inches bears N.
21 3 24' \V., 8 feet distant. M nod . f
ear! h 4 feel ba-e. 2 feet bigh, 'nears N.
21 3 24’ W. of cornei.
Thence N. 24 3 24’ W lOehuins along
S.W. boundary, from true currx r ivt r
rolling land on line ]-2 of Moravian M vi
sion Reserve survey to corner No. 2, at
which point is set an iron pipe 2 inches
in diameter. 2 feet long, 2 feet in ttie
ground, marked on the east sUt*•, S-10U2
C'or-2. Under this corner broken : a~s
is deposited at base of pipe as iti'-ino
rial. Pits tire dug on lines approaching
and departing from corner and 2 :
distant 1 ■ x 18x12 inches.
Thence N. 27 3 In’ K. P-l chairs
afu ig N. 'A'. boundary to convr No. 2 a:
wiiirh point is set an iron pipe 2 iiclcs
in diameter, 2 f*-et iong. 2 fei i iii :b ’
around, marked on S.W. - v S.-long
< i.i 2',. Under this corner hi ken g ki-s
is deposited at base id t>ipi a- a memo
rial. Pits are . g 18.xlsxl2
lines approaching and dcpuriiu,;' trom
corner and II feet distant.
1'lienee is. .a - ..i i.. n n •
along N.K 1ut: lart to eio; r No. 1 v
ordinary lilgli-w.-.iee mark a. KU'ko
k w i m river. V. 11.nos- e riiei • ■ -
34' W., ;>S iinks distant.which
pit e 3 iucln s i . dim 1 r. 3 feet ■ 3
feet in tlin ground, marked on N.W
side S-1002-1 ku -4-\V-< '.and M-f. op side
facing '!i■ - river. !irokeii glass
posited at Imse of pipe as a me UK rail.
Tln-neefol mving tlie mear,'i"ts ut tip.
Kufkukivim river at ordinary ii gli
waUr mark, along sandy beat’ll d ovu
s' ream from true corner 1. N. " - 47'
W. 11.70 chains: 2. S. (h = IP' \V. vg.j
eliains to i or tier No. 1. ihe place of be
ginning. containing 2L.nl agios.
The L . S. mealion m »:i mneii! ’ i
which this survey A tied A a:i iron jrjn
inches in diaitu:; er I iV , -*•* l!
feet in the ground, ri,a i:i tlm
north side I*. S. L. M . Id . I ’
and is si! uated in t he v .. :
p.atf'a at iimhel MAshm.
Any and all l>i i - »:i • <*:•: a :r,p
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there I .- i id serin-, d. * m • . - an i
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that, nr.' —-4 h eir ::dy-t-o eiaims are
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at No . t.i
by virtue •. f : In.- in .vdd ms of s , m s- a' -
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