IDITAROD PIONEER
Published Every Saturday Evening at Yditarod, Alaska.
FRANK E. BECKER. EDITOR
Vtl i Coo. M, Arbuckle. Publisher No. 13
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A BUSINESS TICKET AND A BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
CHARLES ROSS JOS. IT. SMITH
HERMAN ANDERSON MAJOR J. F. A. STRONG
ISADORE BAYLES FRANK MILLER
J. W. KEMPF
Crystalizing the somewhat desultory speculation in
which residents of the city have been indulging since the
matter of incorporation began to be a live issue, a number
of representatives of solid enterprises in the town got to
gether this week and drew up a “ Business Men's Ticket.”
This ticket for councilmen is published above, and it re
ceives our unqualified approval and support.
In taking a stand for the incorporation of the town
that the burdens of fire and police protection be equally
shared by all as well as the proper upkeep of sidewalks and
streets, we had in mind as a necessary corollary, a safe and
sane city administration, temperate and economical, yet one
that would accomplish results. To affect this, we know of
no better way than to put business men into office, men who
have made a success of their own concerns, and who when
acting together, should be amply qualified to further the
concerns of the public.
The above ticket speaks for itself. It was not chosen
With regard to politics, race, color, or previous condition of
servitude but rather in the hope of securing men of business
ability whose interests are here and who can be expected to
take a pride in their city, and look out for its welfare, both
in the matter of improving municipal conditions and affairs,
as well as conserving its revenues to their utmost ability.
And right here, we believe hinges the fate of the in
corporation question. A number of residents oppose the
incorporation idea because they are afraid the city govern
ment will fall into incompetent or unworthy hands. They
are thoroughly alive to the benefits of incorporation, but
they fear lest conditions be made much worse than at
present through a costly and grafting administration.
To forestall this argument and allay these fears, we
would call upon every voter to consider the “Business
Men’s Ticket” carefully, and to ask himself whether or not
he would be willing to trust the affairs of the municipality
to these men. If he considers these men wise and honor
able, then he can have no hesitancy in voting for incor
poration, because through their works the city can only be
benefited and improved.
Again we want men who can find out in a short time
just where they stand and what they can do. Before the
opening of navigation work should be done on sidewalks
and streets, some effort made to impress the newcomer with
the fact that this is not a mushroom village, founded on a
niggerhead and likely to disappear into the tundra at any
moment.
We want also a body of representative men who can
treat with the road commission on an authoritative basis, in
the hope of securing a goodly appropriation for the road
between Iditarod and Flat. We want something done
early and on a scale that will insnie results, for as we have
often said before, the very existence of this city depends
upon our line of communication with the creeks.
Again we want men who are above the imputation of
dishonesty, and with whom the idea of graft cannot be as
sociated. We want office-seekers to understand from fhe
start that there will be no easy berths or sinecures connected
with the city administration, and we believe that the very I
naming of the foregoing ticket is sufficient guarantee that!
the funds available will be used to the best possible advan
tage, and for the common good.
Merchants Cafe
Wedding Dinners and Large Parties
a Specialty.
Strictly First Glass. _ Open Day and Night
Chas K Miller & Ernest H. Sletiter, Props.
McDonald Hotel
_ ^IKST AVENUE TELEPHONE 63
PAT KEYS AND PHIL NIAYHAN, PROPS.
Telephone Main 04. Office at Ophir House, Willow St.
TRIPS EVERY DAY~EXCEPT SUNDAY
Leaves Flat Creek .9:00 a. m.
Leaves Flat for Discovery Otter at.5:00 p. id.
Leaves Discovery Otter at.8.00 a. id.
Leaves Ophir House, Iditarod.2:00 p. m.
Round trip to tint, $6 ; round trip to Discovery Otter. $8.
PASSENGERS, EXPRESS and FREIGHT
A FINE' ASSORTMENT
OVER THE ICE,
OF THE LATEST STYLES OF
LADIES' TAILORED
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I. GOLDSTEIN Front St.
Good Selection, Good Work, 25c each, 5 tor $1.00
C. J. Hurley, President J. P. Gleason, Vice President k. Bruning, Cashier
Corner First Ave, and Richmond St., Iditarod
CAPITAL $50,000,00, FOLLY PAID IN CASH
General Banking Business Transacted Upon Liberal, But Conservative Lines
GOLD DUST PURCHASED UPON ASSAY VALUE
And we guarantee our assays against any of tlie government assay offices.
Clippings from your gold furnished you for the purpose
of obtaining check assays if desired.
We solicit your business, and assure you of our courteous, prompt and |
careful attention combined with fair treatment, whether
your account may be large or small.
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Furniture Hardware Groceries
AND GOING
C. S. Bernhardt, the genial proprie
tor of the North Star restaurant at
Otter, was in Iditarod city on business
during the week.
Mrs. M. Andersen, who conducted a
ladies’ furnishings establishment at
Fairbanks, will shortly open up in Idit
arod. She will be assisted by Mrs.
Milan.
E. Moss, the traveling man, left for
Fairbanks Thursday.
Nels Giantz, the popular proprietor
of the Grand hotel at Flat City, paid a
business visit to the metropolis last
Tuesday.
Charles T. Suter commenced moving
his stock out to Flat City during the
week. The finishing touches are now
being put to his store, and it is practi
cally ready for occupancy.
E. I. Foster, the dog-inusher, left for
the upper camp during the week. Mr.
Foster will be remembered as the one
time storekeeper and commissioner of
the Kantishna district.
Archdeacon Stuck left for the upper
country last Monday.
Not content with being the leading
clothiers, Isaacs Bros. & Co., are lead
ers io other ways. They were the
first in town to have a this-year’s awn
ing up, the same being made by the
Johnson Hose & Tent Factory.
Pete Pierce and Tom Gardiner
dropped over the hill from Flat last
Wednesday, getting in just before the
bank closed.
A rather portly individual with a
pleasant smile and a silky Van Dyke
beard drove up to Otter City last Tues
day, being conveyed by Mr. Elliott and
his dogteam. The individual in ques
tion noted several buildings that he
had purchased last spring, and made
mental note as he passed the spot
where the argosies of incoming com
merce had been pictured in the rapid
discharge of splendid cargoes, to the
tune of humming industry. He saw a
man fishing and is said to have hired
him on the spot to make a geodetic
survey of the approaches to Otter City
and the mouth of Otter cieek, as he
figures on considerable shipping tha
way this spring. lie then returned to
the Budweiser.
Dave Johnson, former owner of the I
lay on the upper end of the Wildcat as
sociation on Flat creek, later pur
chased by Doc Mading, returned thi
week from Nixon's Fork where he has
has been prospecting for the last two
months. He left his partner there but
says that nothing better than prospects
have yet been found.
Gsorge Allbright Struck Snowbiind
While on his way in from Seward
with two traveling companions. Geo.
A Abright, of the Allbright roadhouse at
1-a Otter, was recently affected by
snowblindness, and was compelled to
put up at one of the tent houses along
Youngberry cutoff.
Although the party was but meagerly
supplied with grub, they left enough
with Allbright to keep him going for a
while and it was expected that he
would be able to proceed on bis way
after a few day’s rest.
Mading and Cotter in Same Company
The Ketiai Gold company is the name
of the corporation in which Doc Mad
ing invested several thousand dollars at
Seward when on his way out early this
winter.
Frank Cotter, formerly of the Idit
at-od, is also a share holder in the con
cern, which according to George Drei
belbis, is one of the most promising
looking quartz propositions on the
coast. They are now putting on a
five-stamp mill and will demonstrate
the value of their mine this summer.
Likes Look of Takotna Town
That the town of Takotna has every
indication of permanency and future
prosperity is the opinion of Archdeacon
Stuck, who passed through there a week
or two ago on his way here. Mr. Stuck
was quite surprised at the size of the
place and as it is likely to be the sup
ply point for the Ophir mining district
he predicts that it will be a very busy
little town before long.
FOR SALE
One 30-h.p. Scotch marine boiler 9£
ft. long, 44-in. in diameter, water back.
45 ft. of stack. All in first-class condi
tion. Address Pioneer.
FAIRBANKS^ NOTES
A new strike is reported on upper
Goldstreain on the high left limit bench
where Charles Beam took a lay on the
ground purchased last summer by
Walter King and associates. From six
wheelbarrows of dirt taken from the
bottom of the new hole, they recovered
$155, and it is quite easy to pick $50
pans in the drift.
Falcon Joslin is reported to be very
enthusiastic in the furtherance of his
scheme for an airship service in Alaska
since witnessing some of the recent
triumphs of aviation. He contemplates
the establishment, ot a regular service
from the coast to Da wson, Fairbanks
and the Iditarod.
Capt. Langley, who purchased the
Alki at Seattle last fall is now said to
be organizing a company with $150,000
capitalization to operate steamers on
the inside passage to Juneau and Skag
way, taking in Valdez and Seward and
back by the outside passage.
Great activity is promised on 17 Gold
stream next season as a result of the
change in laymen on that ground.
Judge Kellum and Nels L. Peterson,
foreman for the Berry interests for so
many years, and one of the best placet
miners in the North, have taken over
all of the Twin group and the McDonald
bench and are making preparations to
work every foot of the ground that
carries pay. It is thought by many
that these claims, which belong to L
L. James, Bennett James and H. H.
McDonald, and which have already
produced considerably over a million,
will produce a great deal more.
Was Warden Shanghaied ?
Vallejo, Feb. 22—Arthur Matthews,
the warden of the naval prison at the
Mare Island barracks, has disappeared,
and it is believed that he has been
either murdered or shanghaied. The
police are investigating the case, but si
far have been unable to find the vestige
if a clew. _
A Bargain
1,100 feet T-rail, fishplates and spikes.
Apply Iditarod Pioneer office.
DR. B. F. BROOKS,
Physician and Surgeon
Over Merchants Cafe, First Avenue.
Telephone 30
Dr. Heinrich VVortmann,
Physician and Suwon
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Office at City Drug Store. Tel. 3(i
First Arc.. Bet. Willow and Richmond
DR. E. T. BRADBURY,
Dentist
Over Merchant* Cafe, First Avenm
Telephone 30-11
CHAS. D. CARTER,
Dentist
Offices, Pioneer Drug Stores,
Flat Creek
McGowan, Clark & Albrecht
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
Iditarod, Alaska Phone No. ~
The Pioneer Attorneys of This Camp
ALFRED E. MALTBY,
ft*. S-. Commissioner]
Attorney at Law
Notary Public
Practice only in District Court. IDiTAROD
J. S. HARDING,
Attorney at Law
Room 1, Iditarod Hotel
Iditarod, Alaska
CHAS. E. TAYLOR,
Attorney at Law,
Notary Public, Conveyancing,
Abstracts of Titles
Iditarod City
A. J. DALY,
Attorney at Law
WILL ARRIVE ON THE FIRST BOAT
919-923 Leary Building, Seattle, Wash.
All Commissions Given Personal Attention.
DUKE E. STUBBS,
U. S. Deputy Surveyor
Civil and Mining Engineer
Assayer—Determinations ot Gold, Silver, Mer
cur>f, Platinum, Uranium, Lead, Tin,
Tungsten, Monazite
GEORGETOWN, ALASKA
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REINDEER INDUSTRY
CIVILIZES ESKIMOS
In his last annual report Gov. Clark deals at some length with
the reindeer industry. It appears from the report that the im
portation of these useful animals between 1892 and 1902 was 4,975,
distributed among nine herds in the northwestern part of the terri
tory. In that year the importations ceased, hut since then the
number of animals has increased to 26,000, or 39 herds. Gov.
Clark says:
“Commendable progress has been made in all departments of
the reindeer service during the last three or four years through
wise administration. In the present year seven new herds have
been established in or near native settlerrf nts, and it is proposed
to establish six more herds before thp arlumn of 1911. Some of
the new' herds promise the most gratifyirg benefits, since they will
relieve some of the poorer natives, whose former means of liveli
hood have been impaired by the proximity of white settlements,
the disappearance of game, and by other causes.
“In 1909 the Eskimos of Northwestern Alaska derived an in
come of $18,212.04 from reindeer products in addition to the value
of skins used for clothing and meat consumed for food by the na
tives themselves. The civilizing effect of the reindeer industry
upon the Eskimos, who are naturally a people of ready intelligence
and adaptability, has been remarkable.
“The number of reindeer in Alaska promises henceforth to in
crease with great rapidity. The meat of these animals is a sterling
article of food for both whites and natives; and many persons en
tertain the opinion that the propagation of reindeer and the ex
portation of reindeer meat to the states will eventually become an
industry of extensive proportions, which will yield a large profit to
the owners.
At 9! She Wants a Balloon Ride
Mrs. Lucy Baldwin, aged 91, says she
is confident she will go up in a hallo' n
before she dies. Site is tired of wait
ing to be an angel, she told her friends
at her birthday recaption in Boston
recently, and her-one ambition is to
navigate the air a lit It. “'If i were
asked this minute I shoul i not hesi
ate," she said, “but. should step right
into the basket .,nd tell the man to let
go tlie rope.” Mrs. Baldwin is quite
active for her advanced years.
FOR SALE — Fine cooking range.
Apply Beattie House.
Closed Flytrap With Flypaper
Mrs. Clara Brandon, of Indianapolis,
! recently used flypaper to close the
i mouth of her mother-in-law, was Hard
: *10, hut lost her mother-in-law as a
; member of the family. I, .vim Brat -
| don, the mother-in-law, admitted in
i c run that she was a "very tedious old
I person.” "Judge, I just couldn't stand
- it. She criticised my hair and my
dress. I guess I did use the flypaper,
but she deserved it,” said the daugh"
I ter-in-law.
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