IDITAROD PIONEER
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at Iditarod, Alaska,
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Vol. 9 No. 13]
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WHY GERMANY CAN’T
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Tin* Germans can never win this)
war! Even if the kaiser defeats Italy;!
even if he defeats Franee: even if lie !
makes peace with Russia and Rumania; j
even if lie continues to have his way in j
tha Balkans and Poland—even then the !
kaiser will not be in as strong a posi-1
t ion as Napoleon once was, says “harm
and Fireside.”
And Napoleon, his armies bled white i
with victories, was finally defeated,and j
spent, his last days in exile at St. Helena, j
Even though the kaiser should be i
victorious ou laud, it would be short- j
lived, and the spoils would have to he j
returned and full reparation made. ;
Whv? Sitnplv because the Pnited!
States, Great Britain and Japan can j
still shut the Germans from the seas.]
With free access to the raw-material '
resources of practically the whole;
world, the Allies can maintain an eco- ;
nomic blockade of Germany until the !
German people will establish a people’s |
government with which lasting peace!
can be made. The 1’nited States and
Great Britain will never surrender. If;
worse comes to worst, they will con ;
tinue the war against kaiserism on the j
sea and in the ait- until the Germans |
will gladly make a lasting peace.
But the kaiser hasn't defeated Italy.
He hasn't defeated France. The Allies
are getting stronger every day as the I
Pnited States throws her gigantic]
weight of man power and resources)
against the kaiser,while the '.Germans]
were at their zenith in the opening j
days of the war three and one-half
years ago, and are getting just that
much weaker every day.
The same thing that defeated Napo
leon will defeat the kaiser What?
Sea power. No, the Germans can never 1
win this war!
PAMPERED BERLIN
If there is a revolt against the kaiser
it will not have its origin in Berlin.
Rarely are the harrowing phases of the
war revealed to the people of the me
tropolis. Berlin is coddled, pampered.
The burden that is imposed on her is
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THE KASSER’S DREAM
'['here’s a story I’m told, though strange it may seem,
How the great Kaiser Bill had a wonderful dream.
He was dreaming of Allies as lie lay in his bed,
When his dream switched about and lie dreamed he was dead.
In a very fine coffin he was lying in state,
And thousands were there, though none mourned his fate.
His soul buzzed about and found to his cost,
That he and his soldiers were doomed to be lost,
He wouldn’t believe it, so to heaven went, straight,
And arrived at the portals, knocked loud at the gale,
"Hey, Peter, get busy, quick open the door,
See who’s here. It's the kaiser, make everything roar,
Beat the drums, blow the horns, have a swell banquet made,
Tell Hott I have come, and we'll have a parade.
St. Peter looked out, then in voice loud and clear,
Said, “Try down below, Bill, you can't get i 1 here.''
“Tut, tut,” said the kaiser, “you’re very uncivil:
Don't probably know I’m a friend of the devil,
And I’m going with pleasure.” So he started to go,
A-whistling like blazes, to make a big show.
When he came to hell’s door he was filled with dismay,
For while waiting ontsido, he o’erhcard Satan say:
“Look here, boys, take notice, I give you all warning,
I’m expecting the kaiser down here in the morning:
But don’t let him in, he’ll start mussing about.
So give him the ha ha. and kick him right out.”
•‘Oh, Satan, dear friend, the kaiser then cried,
“Excuse me for listening while waiting outside.
But please let me in, for where else can I go?”
“Indeed,” said the devil, “I’m damned if I know.”
••Aeh, please let me in, for I’m feeling quite cold,
And if you want money I've plenty of gold;
Let me sit in a corner, no matter how hot,”
“Nix. Nein,” said the devil, “most certainly not.
You can’t gain admittance by offer of pelf.
Here are sulphur and matches, make a hell for yourself:
Don’t skimp, use them freely, for donner and blitz,
1 have plenty more left for tlie sultan and Fritz.”
From his troublous sleep Bill woke in a sweat,
And said, “That’s a dream I shall never forget;
That I won’t go to heaven i know very well,
But 1 never believed I’d be kicked out of hell.” Seward Gateway.
not as heavy as that borne by other
municipalities. Her food supply is
greater, and the restrictions are not as
tightlv drawn. The cities in the ex
treme north are lifeless. I risible to
contribute their share to the great con- j
diet, they are neglected, a greater toll
of man power being exacted from them.
Photographs were shown in private
circles of the ’longshore-women of Cux- j
haven being driven like sheep to load j
the ships with supplies for mother
ships or submarine bases, mere shape-!
less snags of women—liat chested and j
devoid of feminine grace, slouching,
along with unwomanly disregard of J
their appearance. And yet three rears j
ago these coarse, frowsy creatures were j
noted tor the sturdiness of their carri- j
age, and a certain rugged voluptuous-j
ness. The government considered these j
photographs of sufficient importance to I
make a house-to-houso search in the
district for copies of them, and to arrest
the holder of the negative. -(Adele N.
Phillips in the Atlantic.
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ALWAYS A GERMAN
Fifteen years ago Mr. Dooley, the j
Chicago Irish philosopher, expressed j
an opinion of his German hyphenated j
fellow-citizen that has been to some
extent justified by events. Ho said:
“I'm not prejudiced again’ thim. f
mind ye. They make good beer an
good citizens an' modrate policemen,
an’ they are fond of their fatn lies,
always Dutch. Ye cudden't make
1 Americans iv thim, if ye called thim
all Perkins an’ bought thim up in
Worcester. A German niyer ra’alv
leaves Germany. He takes it with
him wheriver he goes. \Vhin an Irish
Front Street, Flat City Formerly the Bagoy Premises
Flat City Hotel DOG KENNELS j
Mrs. J. E. Gunning, Prop.Special Rates hy the Week ami Month
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Open at All Hours The Old Reliable Place
Disco very Cafe
HENRY DURAND, PROP. Front Street, Flat
Tho #** KQ Biri G°'d ""a*
I ISO 9 |1 Mrs. Geo. Mutchler, Prop.
Nicely Furnished Rooms Barn for Horses and Dogs Baths in Connection
Pioneer Sheet Metal Works!
GENERAL HARDWARE j
[Stoves and Graniteware Gasoline, Coal Oil, Etc.::
l The Only First-Class Dor Harness in Alaska V,
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inan is four miles out at sea he is as
much American as presarved fish. But
a German is niver an American except
whin ho goes back to Germany to see
his relitives.”
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The mass meeting of Iditarod citizens
at A. B. Hall last Saturday evening to
nominate candidates to he voted for at
the annual municipal election to be
held next Tuesday, April 2, was well
attended. A motion by H. E. Riley
to elect Major Albrecht chairman was
carried unanimously. As another ex
pression of the confidence in which the
Major is held by his fellow-townsmen,
and also to demonstrate the charming
harmony that prevailed, he was also al
lowed to fill the responsible position of
secretary.
The following citizens' names will be
on the official ballot:
COUNCILMEN:
Paul Laplant
Herbert E. Riley
Frank M. Larson
David Mutchler
R. C. Button
G. W. Albrecht
C. S. Atwell
W. W. Nelson
Charles Lowett
W. C. Mitchell
MEMBER OF SCHOOL BOARD:
Fred Soule
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WHAT THE 0. 8. ASKS
One meatless meal each day.
One wheat!ess meal each day
A wheatless Monday.
A meatless Tuesday each week.
A wheatless Wednesday.
A porkless Saturday each week.
(Meatless means without beef, mutton
or pork.)
(Wheatless means without bread,
cracker or cakes made of wheat flour
alone.)
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Tub and steam baths at all hours.
Snyder House, Flat.
NOTICE OF ELECTION
Notice is hereby given that on Tues
day, April 2, 1918, there will be held in
the city hall, in the town of Iditarod,
Alaska, an election for the purpose of
electing seven councilman and one
member of the school board.
The polls for said election will be
open at 9 o’clock a. m. on that day and
will close at 8 o’clock p. m. of the same
day, and all qualified electors of the
town of Iditarod who have registered
as provided by ordinance will be en
titled to vote at said election.
Chas. E. Taylor,
Municipal Clerk.
Dated March 2, 1918,
OFFER OF LEASE OF ALASKA
COAL LANDS TO BE MADE SOON
Official Bulletin, Jan. 31: Secretary
j Lane, of the Interior department, an
! nounced to-day that tho work of sur
| veying and dividing into leasing units
the more accessible part of the Nenana
coal field, Alaska, has been completed,
I and that as soon as the data is printed
the lands that have been divided into
1 leasing blocks will be offered for lease
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; under the provisions of the Alaska coal
i land leasing law act of October 20, 1914
j (38 Stat.,741). Announcement of the
! offer for lease is promised in the near
: future.
j The area to be offered comprises sp.
j proximately 19,000 acres of land divided
i into 23 blocks or tracts, ranging from
160 to 1,604 acres, each block being in
such form as is believed to permit the
! most economical mining. A leaso under
j the law can not exceed 2,560 acres, and
| many inclnde one or more contiguous
' leasing blocks.
} The lands to be offered for leasing
j constitute the more accessible and im.
| mediate minable part of the surveyed
I lands of the Nenana coal field, and are
i in f. 11 S., Its. 5, 6, and 7, and T. 12
! S., R. 7 W., Fairbanks meridian. They
j lie in the valley of Lignite creek, a
! tributary of the Nenana river, extend
| ing up the creek from its mouth for
! about 12 miles. The mouth of the
creek is on the approved surveyed
I
j route of the Government railroad from
1 Seward to Fairbanks, at a point about
I 364 miles from the coastal terminus at
I Seward and about 106 miles from the
| inland terminus of the railroad at Fair
| banks. While it is not possible to state
[ when the railroad between Fairbanks
land Seward will be finished, it is be
j lieved that the summer of 1918 will see
I the portion of the road completed from
j the coal field to Tanana river, tints
making this coal available for barge
i shipment to Fairbanks and other river
towns.
The geologists who have examined
this field report that tne coal occurs in
many beds of various thicknesses up to
30 or 35 feet, there being at least 12
beds of workable thickness, of which
probably at least (> are over 20 feet
! thick. The coal-bearing rocks are only
! gently folded and no intrusive rocks
j are known to cut them.
The coal of this field is lignite of fair
I grade. While it is not suitable for ex
| port, it will furnish a valuable and
' much needed fuel in portions of interior
Alaska that are now dependent on a
1 scantv and expensive supply of wood.
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The Japanese government’s railway
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1 board has decided to tunnel the Stu
monoseki straits, the western outlet of
the Inland sea. The tidal current
through the straits is unusually rapid,
making navigation difficult and at times
impossible to all but the most powerful
steamships. The length of the tunnel
will be 0$ miles. It will be operated
i by electricity, and will cost 14,000,000
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COUNSELOR AND LAWYER
IDITAROD, ALASKA
The Pioneer Attorney of Iditarod
CHAS. E. TAYLOR
Attorney at Law
BANK BLOCK
First Avenuo Iditarod
DR MOORE
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
ORUl, STORE
J. WJLSOiM REED, M.D.
Physician and Surgeon
Flat. Hospital, Flat, Alaska
DR.H.BEHLA
Physician «<°
Surgeon
Dentistry in Connection
RESIDE XT PHYSICIA X
Behla Hospital
Fiat, Alaska
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Everythin. or the Miner ard
Prospector
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Stores at Cripple City and Mouth of Tolstoi
Fresh Bread for Sale Dally
Arcade Cafe
FLAT CITY
Open D iv and Night
FLAT CITY
and BAKERY
Front St., p. Flat City Hotel
Our Corf-. 3 Is Unsurpassed
All Kinds ot Past ias, Piss, Cakes and Bread
Cleaning and Pressing. Miss Isaacson, Flat
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ID1TAROD, ALASKA
Capital, $50,000.00
General Banking Business Transacted Gold Oust Bought and Assayed
Drafts Issued on Any Part of the World
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