IDSTARCD PIONEER
Published Every Saturday Evening at Idjtarod, Alaska.
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A FOUR-TIME WiNWER
The ‘'Business Men’s Ticket”suggested in last week's publica
tion of this paper seems to have met with universal approval. The
people of the town are convinced that with such a body of men to
act as councilman, they would bo entirely safe in voting for incor
poration, and it appears a lead-pipe cinch that with such a ticket
up. incorporation will win in a walk, and the men suggested will be
elected without close competition.
Since our last publication, Major Strong, of th>- Nm- 'm*
declared in unequivocal terms that he will not be a cai.u.uaU li
the office of councilman. He had . 'ready assured us personally
that he would not run, but so many of his friends insisted that he
must, we tried to make him get in line, anyway. Now, however,
he speaks rig.it up in meetin’ and says he won’t, so, we guess, he
Won't. This is to be regioted, as we figured Major Strong one of
the strongest, men on the ticket.
In naming the‘‘Business Men's Ticket” the Pioneer has no
political cat to.skin - we were simply concerned with the selection
of men whom we believe will make a good council, and we want to
see incorporation win. Todothis.it is necessary that the voters!
have complete confidence in the men who are to become the first
city dads.
These men were selected after a careful canvass of the senti
meet of the town, and were chosen from among the substantial
property owners on the theory that in administering the affairs of
the city, they would look to their own affairs in conjunction with
the affairs of the town. Holding property themselves, they can be
relied upon to keep the tax rate down through the practice of the
most rigid economy.
there can be no question of political or sectional feeling in this
election. Whatever his political color, or whatever part of the
town he lives in, it is up to every voter to look only to the question
of the sort of man he wants to fix the tax rate anu to see that the
city is properly protected against lire.
To insure a good council then it is necessary to concentrate
votes on reliable men, and not waste ammunition in a scattering
vote, and we believe that every thoughtful voter will see at once
the pre-eminent claim for consideration of the ‘‘Business Men’s
Ticket.”
Since the withdrawal of Major Strong the name of D. S. Me-!
P maid, of the Iditarod Machine Shop, is mentioned as an excellent
candidate, and he is therefore substituted in the ticket. From the
commendation offered by his many friends, it is safe to say that he
will make a strong addition to the list.
Under the denomination of “Citizen's Ticket,” a list of names
has been submitted to us, containing two of the names already se
lected for the “Business Men's Ticket.” In addition, they name
three men for school trustees which we most heartily endorse.
They are L. S. Kobe, J. A. Slippern and Frank M. Dunham, and
we have no hesitation in suggesting these names as a splendid ad
dition to the Business Men’s Ticket
Here then, are the names for which you should vote on April 11:
BUSINESS PflEPi’S TICKET
CHARLES ROSS JOS. II. SMITH
HERMAN ANDERSON I). S. McDONALD
IS ADORE BAYLES FRANK MILLER '
J. W. KEMPF
5*tGW LO^G, O LORD! HOW LONG?
Alaska’s troubles arc not yet over. Just as v- ’• the
North are forgetting politics and turning with ,:<!
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PASSENGERS, EXPRESS and FREIGHT
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OVER THE ICE,
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CAPITAL $50,000,00, FOLLY PAID III CASH
General Banking Business Transacted Upon Liberal, But Conservative Lines
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And we guarantee our assays against any of the government assay offices.
Clippings from your gold furnished you for the purpose
of obtaining cheek assays if desired.
V\ c solicit your business, and assure you of our courteous, prompt and
careful attention combined with fair treatment, whether
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confidence to the future ; just as the ice-worms are going
off shift and king frost is retiring to inferno for his summer
vacation, Alaskans learn that they are to he “investigated. '
Congress is in a quandary. For years it has been lend
ing willing ears to paid and unpaid lobbyists, to Finks,
Hoggatts, Shacklefords, Jos!In?, Nelsons and (fuggen
heims. For years Congress has been fed on inisrepresen
tat: m and worse ; until it is small wonder that the repre
sentative or senator who would do the right thing by us is
in doubt as to what the right thing is. Now he is coming
to see for himself. So far as it goes that is well. No harm
can result from the visit of the congressional committee,
but whether good will follow is another matter.
A few months ago Alaska was honored by the visit of
Attorney-General Wickersham and Secretary of Commerce
and Labor Nagel. Alaskans tumbled over one another to
do homage to President I aft’s emissaries. They were wined
and dined and feted. Receptions were held in their honor
and we listened in awed silence to the pearls of wisdom
which fell from their lips. We told them our hopes and
aspirations, showed them what we had done under most
disheartening conditions, and asked that they use their
iniluence with the president to secure for us that measuie
of seif government to which we believe we are entitled.
They listened with a smile, assured us of their co-operation,
aim—jj.oa.ieu down river to tne nesn-pots ot the Outside.
We waited in patience tor the president’s word, and what
was it ? A reiteration of the determination of the adminis
tration to force a commission form of government upon
Alaska, “because such a form of government had worked
well in the Philippines.” We had asked for bread ; we re
ceived a stone.
Can we expect more from this committee ? It is doubt
ful. fhe time at the disposal of the committee precludes a
thorough enquiry into Alaskan conditions. The country is
too vast to be covered during a three months vacation, and
in any case it is doubtful whether the investigators will be
able to get in touch with the main body of the people. One
must live in Alaska to know its needs. Such knowledge
can not be gathered during a short summer visit. While
the investigations of the committee may result in minor
concessions, let us not entertain extravagant hopes. Alas
ka’s salvation can only come from within, and thiough the
medium of complete self government.
A WORD TO THE A. S.’S
hroni the very nature of their organization the A. B.’s
are looked upon as the leaders of social life in the North.
So much acknowledged and the future of the Iditarod being
assured, the Pioneer would suggest that the construction of
the A. B. hall in Iditarod city be proceeded with without
■ i urther delay. I lie long winter is drawing to its close ;
i soon the trails to the surrounding camps will be impassable,
and many will be temporarily cut off from participation in
i the pleasures of social intercourse in a civilized way. A
short period ot inaction will ensue, and then the wheels of
industry will again revolve and all will be too busy to think
of holiday making.
Now, to our mind, from now on until the breakup
there should be a continual round of pleasure, a sort of
mardi gras preceding a period of unremitting toil ; a time
when dances and concerts and other social functions should
follow in quick succession. We are on the threshold of tlit?
brightest and most prosperous season that Alaska ever saw,
and we are in a camp that will shortly prove itself to be
the richest ever struck this side of the border. Let us then
show our confidence in the future in tiie manner above
suggested, and let the A. B.’s take the lead in organizing
the carnival. But first and last, the most important tiling
is the speedy erection of a commodious hall, and as tlie
brotherhood has already decided upon such a structure,
they should go right ahead now. Delays are notoriously
dangerous.
THE USUAL LUCK
I shot an arrow into the air, and
then I gave it no further care, but
split some kindling and fed t tie lings,
and threw some bricks at tbe neigh
bors’ dogs, and did my chores with
a joyous mind, and woe and trouble
seemed far behind. That night a
peeler came to my bed. and broke
‘ his billy upon my bead, and bore me
off to a moldy cell, and there I sit
on a stool and yell. And there it’s
likely that I'll remain; my arrow
ruined tin aeroplane. It flew right
! into an airship’s works, and made
I the rudder give mighty jerks, and
! knocked some cogs from the jingle
gig, and tore a hole in the thing
umyjig'. The man who rode on that
ship in style was knocked from his
perch, and fell a mile, and when be
| landed, alack! alas! lie broke an
acre of greenhouse glass. I'm
I charged with arson and larceny, and
; homicide in the steenth degree, and
; breach of promise and other crimes,
! and lawyers badger tit® for my dimes,
t shot an arrow one evil day, 1 let it
fly in my aleck way; there was wood
. to saw, there were chores begun,
there were useful tasks that 1 should
have done, but I fooled around like
a useless clam: I shot my arrow, and
here I am!—Walt Mason.
Arizona has ratified her new const
tut ion, which is now ready for approval
by congress.
over Merchants Cafe. First Avenue.
Telephone SO
Dr. Heinrich Worfmann,
Office at CUv Di rlr>- Store, Tel. 2(5
! First. Ave., Hot. Willow and Richmond
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DR. E. T. BRADBURY,
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Over Merchants Cafe. First Avenue
Telephone d' hit
CHAS. D. CARTER,
Dentist
Offices, Pioneer Drug Stores,
Flat < .'reek
McGowan, Clark 8; Albrecht
ATTORNEVS AT LAW
Iditaeod, Alaska Phone No. 7
The Pioneer Attorneys of This Camp
ALFRED E. MALTSY,
IU. Si Commissioner]
Attorney at Law
Notary I’phi.ic
Practice ©nlv in District Court. IDiTAROI
J. S. HARDING,
Attorney at Law
Room 1, Iditarod Hotel
Iditakop, Alaska
CHAS. E. TAYLOR,
Attorney at Law,
Notary Public, Conveyancing,
Abstracts of Titles
Iditarod City
A. J. DALY,
Attorney at Law
WILL ARRIVi: ON THK FIRST BOAT
9*9-923 Leary Building, Seattle, Wash.
All Commissions Given Personal Attention.
The
Sideboard
OldTyler Whiskey a Specialty
front St. j. r. Anderson, Prop. Iditarod
NOTiCK
•^i°tic,e. is hereby given that the undersigned
j1 b~ responsible for any of the debts con
tracted on the Otter asscciation, Otter creek, or
accounts subseqae t to the date ol this notice
Dated March iQ1. WM. M. WISH.
JUST DOG
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The patter of his nimble feet
Makes music on the floor;
He’s always sure the first to greet
Yon at the open door.
He’s sad or happy, grave or gay,
What suits your mood lie'll he- *
There’s nothing doing in the day
: Hut he’s on deck to see.
Or sad or gay, it’s all the same,
He always plays his part;
At every mention of his name,
His eyes speak out his heart.
He’s faithful, hones’, good and true,
A friend through thick and thin,
You know he'd gladly die for you;
His hope, your love to win.
Just dog! That’s all, T hear you say,
But that's enough for me.
For dog and faith have stood for aye,
They’re always one you see.
—J. B. Carrington in Browning’s Maga
zine.
Fifty Skaters Drowned
Duluth, Feb. 22—A party of young
people which started from Ashland,
Wis., to go skating cannot be located,
and it is feared that all have been
drowned by falling through an ice hole
1 in lake Superior. Search parties have
1 been dispatched, hut no trace of the
missing can lie found.
Following the ice at the sprit;;
breakup, close on to a million feet of
sawlojfs "'ill start down Otter and Ro
ntin/a creeks, besides SCO or 900 cords
of firewood which will come from tin
upper reaches of Otter.
About dflJ.O'tl feet of sawlojfs will be
stopped at Flat and the other half rad
lion from !>onan:ei will be landed at
this city for the Slippern mill. This
takes no account of the vast amount of
saw timber that will come down tii"
Iditarod for other lumber concerns.
JAMES McCLOSKEY
MAKES RICH STRIKE
As u res :!• of :»:t ahs-nce of
months in the Aliin country, -ay., a
Juneau dispute!) to the Seattle IVst-ln
tehigeneer, .Tames Met'loskt-y, late
chairman of the Democratic territorial
committee, is $22,031) in gold better oft
than ho was before ho wont there.
The pay dirt was not encountered
until just before the freeze-up. Mc
C.’Ioskey expects to take out enough
gold dm ing the coining summer to
make him independently wealthy.
Jim McCloskey has the reputation of
having staked mot e small prospectors
than any man in Southeastern Alaska,
and although he had given nut mere
than $30,fKV) to aid wandering fortune
hunters he hail never received a dollar
in return up to tho time the strike w i-,
made at At I in.
According to Henry Hidieler who ar
rived a week ago from Seward, the
coast towns are in a merry war ot i
tht) almighty satuoleurn. Cordova, the
1‘remising, which got al! • welled up
over the trail question early in tlie fail,
watches the Valdez boom w ith a wry
face, and to get even, is now knocking
the Seward trail with a large hammer,
trying to sidetrack all stampedors for
the iditarod onto the Fairbanks mute.
Miss Grant of this city, is visiting
Mrs. Jack ltyan i f Discovery Otter.
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