Iditarod Pioneer
One Dot,Liau Per Month. IDITAROD, ALASKA, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 24, 1013.___Two Pits Peh Copy
BIG RECEPTION FOR
GOVERNOR STRONG
Juneau, May 21.—Governor J. F. A. Strong was inaugurated
at high noon today, the oath of office being administered on the
steps of the courthouse.
The weather was all that could be desired, and sunshine pre
vailed throughout the ceremony. J he Juneau town council had
proclaimed a public holiday, and there was a great crowd in attend
ance.
Governor Clark and Major Strong were escorted from the
Governor’s mansion to the place of inauguration by a committee
headed by Senator Tripp, of Skagway, and Kepresentative~Gaff
ney, of Nome.
Governor Clark introduced the new governor in the following
words: ‘‘I have the great honor and pleasure of presenting, and
commending to the loyal support of the people of this territory my
successor, the lion. John F. A. Strong, eighth governor of Alaska.’’
Governor Strong then stepped forward, and read a speech of
about 1,500 words. It was most optimistic in tone. “The spirit of
sectionalism should be discouraged, said the governor, and the
idea that Alaska is a common heritage for us all should take its
place. The welfare of each section should be the concern of all.
This policy would result in an Alaskan spirit as broad, as grand,
and as magnificent as the commonwealth in whose greatness we all
believe.” The governor referred to the great natural resources oi
Alaska, saying that a rational use of them should be encouraged,
out they should not be the object of waste, nor of mere exploita
tion. A united demand for better transportation facilities, which
would open up the territory for the development of its natural re
sources, was at hand. The United Slates government would build
the railroads needed, and would open up the coal lands, and bills
with those objects in view were now before congress. Alaska offers
opportunity to all seeking better conditions for themselves and
families, under the new era which is now upon the country. He
was the steward of the people of Alaska, and asked their co-opera
tion to make his administration a success. In conclusion he com
plimented Governor Clark for the good work accomplished during
his administration.
Great Reception on Arrival
Juneau, May 21.—Major and Mrs. Strong arrived here yester
day. The town went wild with enthusiasm, and the throngs in the
streets were the greatest ever seen in Juneau. When the steamer
City of Seattle, gaily decorated, steamed up to the dock, the place
was jammed with people, who cheered lustily. The town declared
a holiday for a few hours.
Tonight, at Elks’ Hall, Governor Strong will be tendered a big
reception, under the auspices of the Juneau Democratic Club.
Juneau, May 21. —The Treadwell mines company declared a
general holiday for all their employes, so that they could witness
the inauguration of Governor Strong.
Shorthill Is Reappointed
Juneau, May 23.—Governor Strong has appointed Wm. W.
Shorthill to be secretary to the governor. Air. Shorthill held a
similar position under Governor Clark.___
OTTER CREEK
MINING DOTES
j
Riley & Marston, on discovery, are !
picking the ice out the cut that was
scraped last fall, and will commence
sluicing in a few days.
Riley & McMillan, on 1-a., creek
claim, are scraping.
Bates & Co.. on discovery bench, are
picking the ice out of the cut scraped
last season.
Red Ellis, on 2-a., is scraping.
Eouis Stetzer, on 2-a.. has finished
scraping the ground he started last fall.
Charley Stranberg, on 2-a. bench,
has been sluicing Lipsett’s old tailings,
but has now started scraping.
J. E. Riley, on the Otter association, ]
is scraping.
Abe Audett has taken a lay on the
Green frection, between the Otter as
sociation and 2-a. bench and creek
claims. He will work the ground this
summer.
Waiuo Puntila, on 1-a. bench, is
scraping.
Chronister <& Ellingen are all ready
to shovel in, as soon as they get the
ice out of the cut.
Dawson Longtin, on Glen gulch,
are groundsluicing and clearing their
ditches. This ground was worked on a
lay last year by John Schenck.
Kerens & Ostrom are groundsluicing
and will begin sluicing pay dirt in
about a week. They are on 1-a. bench.
Olson, Larsen & Madsen, on 1-a.
bench,are stripping,and will commence
sluicing soon. Their ground is said to
be very good, and it is only 5 feet to
bedrock.
Jay Johnston plaus to begin work on
1-b, about June 10.
John Jeocheri and Joe Neville
cleaned up about $4,000 from their
small dump on the Pack Mule fraction,
at the mouth of Glen.
Sam Standidge and partners, who
have been working during the past
winter on 1-a. bench, owned by Bilev &
Schwartz, are sluicing their dump.
They have had several small cleanups,
and expect to do well.
Jim Crow and partners, on 1-a. bench,
have cleaned up about $1,500 from their
small winter dump. They are still
sluicing.
Gallaher, Allen & Anderson are
sluicing their dump on the Ce’tene
fraction. This dump is the largest on
Otter, but sluicing is handicapped by
shortage of water.
Berg. Smith & Ivean, on 2-1)., are
sluicing their winter dump. They
have 14 men working for them.
Davison & Erickson, on Black creek,
are sluicing, but they are short of
water. _
WHITE SEAL BRINGS
SIXTY TONS SHORTS
Fairbanks, May 23.—The White
Seal sailed Wednesday with 60
tons of freight for Iditarod. The
following passengers were aboard
booked for Dikeman: M. J. McDer
mott, Peter Johnson, J. A. Wright,
J. W. Rarnbo and Herman Barthel.
The Delta is scheduled to sail
Sunday morning for Iditarod direct.
On its next trip the White Seal will
connect with the White Pass boats
at Gibbon.
NEW BUDWESER OPENS SHORTLY
John F. Baird has been notified
that his application for a transfer of
his liquor licence has been granted,
to take effect May 25. The beauti
ful new bar-room on Front street
is approaching completion and soon
will be ready for occupaucy. The
grand opening will take place im
mediately after the arrival of the
White Seal from Fairbanks, with a
large stock of fresh cigars and best
brands of liquors, including Bud
wejser Veer.
BALKAN VICTORS'
MODEST DEMANDS
—
Paris, May 23.—The Balkan al
lies demand an indemnity from
Turkey of $400,000,000.
Vienna, May 23.—Essad Pasha,
who defended Scutari against the
Montenegrins, has been assassinated
by his own followers.
OBJECT TO PAGE
FOR AMBASSADOR
London, May 23.—The Labor
members of the British parliament
have asked President Wilson not
to appoint Walter Hines Page as
ambassador to Great Britain. Page
is a member of the firm of Double
day, Page & Co., publishers of the
World’s Work of New York and
London. He is a bitter foe of labor
unions, hence the action of the
laborites._
ROBERT W. JENNINGS
SWORN IN AS JDDGE
Ketchikan, May 21.—Robert W.
Jennings was sworn in last night
by Judge Thomas R. Lyons as
judge of the First division ot
Alaska. Judge Lyons left for the
South on the Alameda.
TRACTION MILLIONAIRE IS DEAD
Palm Beach, May 23 —Henry j
Flagler, railroad magnate and for
mer partner of John D. Rockefeller,
died here yesterday. He was 83.
Mrs. Phillips has received a telegram
from Miss Haliev in which site says
she left for Iditarod on the 22nd. Miss
Halley was connected with the Iditarod
telephone company in 1010.
Bill Ansley is fixing tip his store.
Later on he will cut up the old Ansley
hull into rooms- Bill figures on re
maining here for four years.
MUSICIANS’ BALL NEXT FRIDAY
A shirtwaist ball will be given at
A. B. Hall. Iditarod, on Friday, May
30 (Memorial day), for the benefit of :
the local musicians, who, by the exer
cise of their art, have contributed so
largely to the entertainment of the ;
people of the locality during the past
winter season. Tickets may be ob
tained at the Postortice, Iditarod, j
and at tiie Branch and Peck's store, ;
Flat City. Nobody should miss this
dance, which is sure to be well at- j
tended and greatly enjoyed.
Du Rand's, Discovery—the place toeat !
era EXPLODES
THESE KILLED
Charleston, S.C., May 23.—Three
men were killed and nine seriously
injured at Fort Moultrie yesterday,
when the breech-lock of a 4-inch
gun blew out
The following bulletin was received
last Saturday after the Pioneer had
gone to press:
The Yukon broke at Ruby at 12.20
p.m. today (17th). The Tanana river is
entirely clear of ice. The upper Yukon
is unchanged. At all lower-river sta
tions, except Ruby, the ice is still
solid. Anchor ice is rising all along
the line. It is raining at Nulato.
Sunday, May 18. ,-Ice jammed at
Ruby at 1 p.m. on -he 17th. Broke
today in four place- between Melozi
and Louden. Broke at Kokrities on
the 17th. run half a mile and jammed.
Still holding at Nulato, but might go
at any lime.
Monday. May 19. Lake LeBarge
will probably be open this week. lee
started running at Circle at 4:15 p.tu.
on the 18th. Broke and jammed at
Koyukuk, Nulato and Rampart on the
18th. Ice still holding at Rapids,
Birches, Melozi, Loud n and Kaltag.
Tuesday, May 20. ukon is clear of
ice at Circle. At Egbert the river i<
running clear of ice. At. Birches, Kok
rines and Louden the ice broke on the
19th, but jammed again. Ice started,
at Rampart and jammed at Rapids.
Wednesday. May 21.— At Birches,
Gibbon, Rapids and Kaltag the jams
broke on the afternoon of the 2()th. At
Louden it is .still jammed. Ice broke
at Melozi at 9:05 a.m. . -day, and is still
running. It is pouring with rain all
along the Yukon, and the river is ris
ing rapidly. Foggy weather prevails.
Thursday, May 22. Yukon is run
ning ice from Rampart to Kaltag. At
Rampart it is thinning out, at Koyu
kuk it is running very thick. Between
Dawson and Gibbon it is practically
free from ice. At 11 a.ra. today the ice
jammed 25 miles below Nulato, anti,
piling up, caused the water to rise sev
eral feet at Nulato.
Friday, May 2o. - Yukon and Koyu
kuk running ice; thinning at Gibbon;
almost clear at Rampart; Egbert re
ports lots of ice between Selkirk and
Yukon Crossing._
WANTED - Woman to do ironing.
Apply Joe Wilks' City Laundry, Dis
covery, Otter.
Du Rand's Discovery Cafe for first
class meals.
Sugar 11c per !b. Merchants Cafe.
WALTER E. CLARK
DEPARTS FOR EAST
Seattle, May 23 -Ex-Governor
Walter E. Clark lias left for the
East. lie says he has no plans for
the future.
Judge Tlios. R. Lyons is here
from Ketchikan. He proposes to
practise law in this city.
ORLY BAD PORK ROW
AT FAIRBARKS TOWN
Fairbanks, May 23.—The local
meat supply is entirely exhausted,
except the pork which was seized
by the government last fall on the
charge that it was diseased. .Some
of the pork seized was ordered de
stroyed, and the balance declared
fit for consumption, but the people
are taking no chances.
SECRETARY OF NAVY
IN AEROPLANE RIDE
Annapolis, May 23.—Secretary
of the Navy Daniels took an eight
minute flight with Lieut. Towers
yesterday. He enjoyed the expeti
enee greatly.
Havana, May 23. — President
Menocal was inaugurated yester
day. and a new era of prosperity
is possible.
KAISER’S DAUGHTER IS MARRIED
Berlin, May 23.—The king and
queen of England and the czar of
Russia have strived to attend the
wedding of Princess Victoria Louise
to Prince August. The ceremony
takes place on Saturday.
PUBLIC SCHOOL CLOSES THURSDAY
The Iditarod public school will
close on Thursday, the 29th.
Simple exercises in reading, reci
tations and arithmetic will begin at
1:30. p.m Parents and friends are
invited. _
Yesterday at noon the Reli
ance, Tatiana and White Seal
were at the mouth of the Tanana
waiting for the Yukon to clear cf
ice._
Win. Acheson returned from Dike
man on the Teddy H. yesterday.
Under the able direction of Knute
C. Koland, the work of repairing
the roads between Iditarod and the
creeks began last Wednesday morn
ing, May 21. About 18 men are
now at work on the section be
tween the foot of the first bill and
town. New corduroy has been put
in adjacent to where the road had
caved in, and in a few days this
section will be finished. Some re
pairs will have to be made in tire
neighborhood of the first gravel pit.
about IYz miles from town, and
there are a few culverts to repair
fhis finished, tbeie will be a very
good road from Iditarod to Flat
City. From the Summit roadhouse
to Boulder there will have to be
constructed about half a mile of
new corduroy, and some work will
have to be done on the road down
Boulder creek. There is also a lit
tle work to be done on Otter be
tween Boulder and Discovery. As
some of the brush has to be hauled
half a mile, the work must be fin
ished before the frost is out ol the
ground. An arrangement has been
made with the Marsh Bros to get
several loads of gravel from the
spit at a very low rate.
Shortly alter the breakup it be*
came evident that if any freight
was to be hauled over the roads be
tween Iditarod city and the creeks
this summer, something would
have to be done to put the roads
into condition. Unfortunately the
Alaska road commission has not
seen its way clear to appropriate
more than $2,500 for the Iditarod
district this year, while the revenue
usually derived from the road tax
of $8 is not available, as the Alaska
legislature has repealed the law
providing for its collection. I he
only way out of the difficulty was
by public subscription, and while a
fair amount has been donated to
date the sum available is not yet
sufficient to cover the cost of abso
lutely necessary work. It is evi
dent that without transportation to
the creeks all mining would, come
to a standstill Therefore it is to
be hoped that all merchants and
business men w'ho have not yet
contributed to the fund which is
being raised will see their way
clear to do so. If more money is
forthcoming additional men can be
put on, and the work can be com
pleted in time to haul out the
freight which is arriving on the
first boats This- is not a matter
which affects the individual only,
but the whole community, so every
body should get in and help.
The following donations in cash
and services have been received to
date:
Rilev & Mars ton .$500
L. N. Ellis . 100
Thus. I’. Aitken. 100
A. A. Shonbeck. 50
Manuel Gularte. 50
Sam Applebaum. 50
Ramps Peterson. 25
Iditarod Meat Co. 25
M. Sc M. bank ..... 25
Frank Stanley. 25
Branch . 25
C. R. Peck. 25
Jerry Ford. 25
.Caribou Cafe. 20
Hurst Bros. 10
Bain & Hunsaker. 10
Pioneer Drug Store. 10
A. B. Rome. 10
A. J. Weiss. 10
Geo. W. Albrecht.5
Chas. E. Taylor. 5
Wm. Anslev. 5
Riley & Marston. team.
Knute C. Koland, team for seven days.
Cameron & Moisant, two teams for five
days.
D. St.ranberg, team for four days.
C. Stranberg, team for seven days.
Wm. Bristol, team for four days.
Jim Ryan, team for five days.
Ira Wood, team for one day.
H. E. Riley, team for four days.
C. Franlzon, team for five days.
J. E. Van Kirk, team for four days.
Abe Audett, team foi four days.
Telephone Co., free service
A further listof subscriptions will be
published next week.
Du Rand’s Discovery Cafe satisfies
the hungry.
Tokio, May 23.—The Japanese government have received Sec
retary of State Bryan’s answer to their protest against the enact
ment of the alien land law by the California legislature. The full
text of the reply has not been made public, but its general terms
have leaked out. The people generally are very displeased with
the action of California.
The Mikado is seriously ill with inflammation of the lungs.
In Effect August 17th
Sacramento, May 21.—Governor Johnson signed the alien land
bill and wired Secretary Bryan that it was to go into effect August
17 next.
Japs Start Boycott
Sacramento, May 23.—The Japanese of this and other princi
pal cities of California have started a boycott against the legisla
tors who took an active part in the alien land bill.
Washington, May 23. — Senator LaFollette has expressed the
opinion that the Alaska railroads bill, now in committee, will pass
during the present session of congress. He is in favor of the meas
ure, and will do all in his power to help it along.
Forest Reserve Without Trees
The question of the forest reserves in Alaska being before the
senate committee on territories, Senator Pitman, chairman of the
committee, stated that much of the Chugach forest reserve con
tained no trees whatever, and that was the main reason he would
advocate its withdrawal. Chief Forester Graves admitted that the
reserve contained much bare land.
To Survey Coal Lands
Senator Pitman has introduced a resolution calling for the im
mediate survey of the coal lands of Alaska into strips of ldO acres
each. He suggests that the even-numbered strips be withheld
from public entry, while the balance be thrown open to public set
tlement.
Lieut.-Commander Boyd, of the U. S. navy, says that Bering
river coal is fully equal to Pocahontas coal, now being used by the
navy.
Senate Committee to Visit Alaska
If congress adjourns before August 1 Senator Pitman and
other members of the territorial committee will visit Alaska this
summer.
Governor’s Appointments to Stand
Secretary of the Interior Lane says he will not interfere with
any appointments that may be made by Gov. Strong of Alaska.
Secretary of Commerce to Come North
Secretary of Commerce William Redtield will visit the Pribiloft
islands this summer.
Washington, May 23. — President Wilson has nominated Fan
mett Jordan for the marsbalship of the Second division of Alaska,
and Edward Exum for the marsbalship of the Third division.
Scores of Protests
Seattle, May 23. —Scores of protests against the appointment
of Emmett Jordan to the marshalship are being received from
Nome and forwarded to President Wilson, who is at his summer
residence. _
JACK JOHNSON
WANTS A FIOHT
San Francisco, May 23. — Jack
Johnson is looking for a fight with
Luther McCarty. He is broke.
Gunboat Smith got the decision
over Jesse Willard at the end of
the 20th round. Many witnesses
think the fight should have been
declared a draw.
Los Angeles, May 23 — Bui An
derson had Joe Mandot so groggy
at the end of the 12th round that
Referee Eyton gave Anderson the
decision. Mandot received terrible
punishment.
NULATO OPERATOR
MAKESJJOOD GUESS
Wireless Operator Conley, of the
U. S. signal corps at Nulato, won
the pool formed at that place for
the best guess regarding the bretk
up. His time was May 18 at 6:02
p m., and the ice moved in front ot
Nulato at 6:25 p m. —a difference
of only 23 minutes.
The $200 pool at Ruby was wotr
by Sam Abelsou, formerly of Idit
a od _
Sugar 11c ocr lb. Merchants Cafe.
MARSHAL ERWIN
WAS CONFIRMED
Deputy-Marshal Harry P. Shep
! pard received a telegram from Mar
J shal Love during the week stating
! that the Senate had confirmed the
appointment of Lewis T. Erwin to
j the marshalship of the Fourth div
ision. __
ANOTHER OUTFIT
FOR FLAT CREEK
John Holmgren and Harold Sed
don have let a lay on the Aylmer
fraction, which adjoins the Mari
etta, to Jonas Brewis and partners,
and work, will commence immedi
ately. The two 40 h.p. boilers and
the rest of the equipment formerly
used by the Little Guggs on the
Wildcat, will be hauled to the new
location by Cameron & Moisant.
The Aylmer fraction has been
worked before—McKay & Hotts
having a lay there two years ago.
The ground is said to be too high
for the dredge.
Location Notices at Pioneer office.