IDITAROD PIONEER
Published Every Saturday Morning
at Iditarod, Alaska,
BY OEORGB M. ARBUCKLE
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Vol. 8 No. 44
The Iditarod Pioneer
Wishes One and A!i
A Prosperous and
Happy New Year
BOOSTING THE POPULA
TION
It is not suggested that anyone
has ever boosted the population
of Alaska, but if they had done
so there might now be a pause
for reflection. Alaska’s quota in
the selective draft for the Na
tional army is based upon a popu
lation of 74,916, and of this it is
safe to say that the bigger part,
are natives who do not count at
all in making up the quota which
will be credited to Alaska.
And if all parts of Alaska show
up as Otter precinct does, and
those best posted believe that it
will not be materially different
taken as a whole, then 48 out of
every 100 registered may escape
by reason of claimed exemptions
—“enemy aliens,” and aliens who
have not taken out their first pa
pers.
Another matter which cuts
down very strongly the available
timber for actual use is the fact
that, proportionately, the native
American element are those long
est in the country, and largely
above the present military age
of 31 years.
The quota which must be actu
ally furnished and delivered to
the mobilization camp is, approx
imately, ll/2 per cent, of the total
population—not what it is today,
but a proportionately increased
figure over the census of 1910,
which means that the Territory
under the jurisdiction of the local
board, Otter, Innoko, Mt. Mc
Kinley and Kuskokwim precinct,
must furnish not less than 50
men—not 50 registrants, but 50
men accepted for service under
final examination at the camp of
mobilization.
Allowing for the iuevitable
failures to meet the physical ex
amination, this means that al
most certainly every man who i3
registered and who is fit will go
to the front.
Eor the week ending December
19 eighteen vessels were sunk by
submarines.
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Job Printin* at The Pioneer office.
COMMERCIAL CLUB
TO HOLD MEETING
The regular annual meeting of the
Iditarod Commercial Club will be held
at the Miners & Merchants Bank on
Monday, the 7th day of January, 1918.
J'lew officers are to bo elected through
out, and various matters of importance
will bo before the club—not least, per
haps, being the question of finances.
So far the club has worked for two
years upon the first year’s dues, but
the treasury is now down to eighty-six
cents. All members are equally in ar
rears, and so all may start off on terms
of equality.
The work of the club has not been
spectactular, nor of great import to
the world at large, but it has accom
plished some substantial beuefit to this
locality, and the work of the club
should go on.
Let every one turn out with their
three dollars. Don’t forget the three
dollars, which is a necessary formality
previous to voting.
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“TAKE WHAT WE CAN
AND WHEN WE CAN"
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Revealed in a pamphlet discovered
not long ago in the library of Wendell
Phillips, the great American orator
and abolitionist who died in Boston in
1884, is what is said to be the Hohen
zollern creed. It is styled Instructions
of Frederick II. of Prussia to his Suc
cessor to the Crown—Origin of the
Bismarck Policy, or the Hohenzollern
Doctrines and Maxims, Described and
Defined by the Most Eminent Monarch
of the Prussian Dynasty, Frederick the
Great.
Some say the present kaiser is fol
lowing the doctrine his illustrious pred
ecessor laid down. These are part or
the instructions, addressed by Fred
erick to “My Dear Nephew;”
“Always bear in mind that, with
regard to kingdoms, we monarchs take
what we can, when we can, aDd we are
never in the wrong except when we
are compelled to give up what we had
taken.
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i Schooner Seized
San Francisco, Nov. 12.—Upon orders
of tho government, the collector of the
port seized the power schooner Hugh
Hogan on the ground that it is a Ger
man sea raider. Investigations by the
Federal authorities revealed the fact
that the vessel was equipped with a
shelter deck which hid a number of
light guns. The vessel was also
equipped with Bolinder engines, cap
able of high speed. The ownership of
I the vessel has been traced, to German
interests in Mexico.
Reports given out by the federal
officals also indicate that another ves
sel, now in Puget Sound, will be seized
on a similar charge. Both ships have
been under surveillance for some
weeks.
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Pete Monier arrived in town last
Saturday from his mining ground in
the Tolstoi district.
WELCOME cgar „,r:::
Cigars, Tobaccos, Choice ConfectionsA" pSot3R°oo°>i"1k8
Miners & Merchants Bank
IDITAROD, ALASKA
Capital, 850,000.00
General Banking Business Transacted Gold Dust Bought and Assayed
Drafts Issued on Any Part of the World
SEATTLE CORRESPONDENT. SCANDINAVIAN AMERICAN BANK
TERRITORIAL DEPOSITARY
OFFICERS:
CHARLES ROSS, President
CLAUDE BAKER, Vice-President
R. C. BUTTON, Cashier
Fresh Meats
Second St. IDITAROD MEAT CO. «>•"•«
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LOCAL BOARD OF
SELECTIVE DRAFT
Local Board No. 18, )
City of Iditarod, >
Iditarod, Alaska, 1
The local board of exemptions for
the selective draft has now received all
its blanks and supplies, but has not yet
received the legislation cards from
any of the precincts except Otter, those
from Innoko, Mt. McKinley, and from
the Kuskokwim being yet due to cornu.
The blanks furnished to the board
total 1)0, and the pamphlet of instruc
tion, when put together make a book
over an inch thick—somewhat over 600
pages.
The secretary of the board, Major
Geo. W. Albrecht, will be glad to give
any information reasonably within his
power, but respectfully requests people
not to expect instant answer to all
questions, nor to ask him to put in too
much time answering questions asketi
out of idle cutiosily. Remember the
600 pages of instructionz. Too much
of a lesson to be learned in a minute.
The local board knows nothing as to
the time of the draft, nor where it will
take place, nor the manner, but n
would seem that no numbers would be
drawn until after all duplicate cards
were in the hands of the divisional
board, to whom the local board report*,
that is to Fairbanks. If this be cor
rect, then the drawing can scarceh
take place earlier than in February—if
i hen.
The only grounds of exemption
which the local board can consider are
I the following:
An officer of the United States,
or of the Territory of Alaska.
A duly ordained, or a regular
minister of religion.
A student of divinity.
In the Daval or military service
of the United States.
A subject of Germany, residing
in the United States.
A resident, alien (not German)
who has not taken out his first
papers.
While no direct instructions are yei
at hand concerning Austrian subjects,
it is believed to be certain that the
same reasons which exempt a German
subject, must now exempt Austrians.
In the list of registrants for Otter
precinct, the only ones now in the
hands of the local board, the following
would be exempt by reason of their
being “enemy aliens:”
As German: Loui9 Schwarx.
As Austrians:
Stephen Resoh.
Peter Dukich.
Ely Rapieh.
Geo. N. Nogullch.
Louis Hasu.
Mike Blanusha.
Vincent Kauheck.
Mato Matich.
Giacomo Giuliano Dsssatti.
There is also one man registered as
a Bulgarian.
Under the elause “A resident alien
(not German) who has not taken oui
his first papers.” most of the above
would be exempt, even if not counted
as “enemy aliens;” and, in addition,
not less than 39 others.
In addition to claims for exemption
claims for discharge may be made on
any of the following grounds, which
are the only grounds for discharge by
a local board. County or municipal
officer, whose place cannot be filled by
appointment; customhouse clerk; em
ployed by the United States in the
transmission of mails; artificer or work
man employed in an armory, arsenal,
or navy yard of the United States; em
ployed in the service of the United
States (under certain conditions); li
censed pilot regulary employed as such;
mariner actually employed in the sea
service of the United States; married
man with dependent wife or child;
widowed dependant mother; aged or
inform parents dependant upon your
labor for support; father of a mother
less child under 16, who is dependant;
brother of an orphan child under 16,
who is dependent; and, being a member
of any well-recognized religious sect or
organization organized aud existent
May 18, 1917, and whose then existing
creed or principles forbade its members
to participate in war in any form and
whose religious convictions are against
war or participation therein in accord
ance with the creed or principle of said
religious organization. x
The above are the only grounds of
exemption or discharge by a local board,
and the board is absolutely without any
discretion whatever. Whoever claims
a discharge on account of industrial or
agricultural reasons must, in due time
and form, file their claim with the di
visional board (at Fairbanks).
But those who intend to claim ex
emption or discharge must bear in
mind that the local board can only con
sider such claims a9 are made on a
proper form, provided by the board,
and filed within seven days after the
man is actually called; and as it is not
possible to know that any certain man
will be called at this draft, no blanks
can be furnished except to those actu
ally summoned to appear for physical
examination.
There is not a sufficient supply to
scatter indiscriminately, but a “Bulle
tin of Information for Persons Regis
tered'' is at the office of the Idiiarod
Pioneer, and one has been supplied to
t-ach of the local postoffioes; also, of
course, one may be seen at any time at
i he office of Major Albrecht, the sec
retary of the local board.
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Candies 1 Candies! 1 to 5-lb. boxes,
md in bulk. Pioneer Drujr Store, P’lat.
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Cleaning and Pressing. Miss Isaacson, Flat
FLAT CITY
RESTAURANT miBAKERY
Front St., Opp. Flat City Hotel
Our Coffee Is Unsurpasred
All Kinds ot Pastries, Pies, Cakes and Bread
lust Reopened
TRY J. H. ROGERS’
White Elephant Lunch Room
For a Properly-Cooked Dinner. Tooth
some Steaks, Chops, Etc. Good Coffee.
Front Street at Willow, Idltarod
3ig Stocks of Fresh Goods
Everything for the Miner and
Prospector
WAX SIMEL JSToV:
Store* at Cripple City and Mouth of Tolstoi
Professional
Michigan, 1881 Kentucky, <181
Alaska, to lb
George Woodruff Albrecht
COUNSELOR AND LAWYER
IDITAROD, ALASKA
The Pioneer Attorney of Mltarod
CHAS. E. TAYLOR
Attorney at Law
BANK BLOCK
First Avenue Iditarad
DR. INDORE
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
J. WILSON a'EED, M.D.
Physician and Surgeon
Flat Hospital, Flat, Alaska
DR.H.3EHLA
Physician AND
Surgeon
Dentistry if) Connection
RESIDENT PHYSICIAN
Behla Hospital
Flat, Alaska
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Fresh Bread for Sale Doily
Arcade Cafe
FLAT CITY
Open Hi and Night
Front Street, Fiat City Formerly the Bagoy Premises
Flat City Hotel r™
1_Mrs. J. E. Punning, Prop. Special Rates b\ the Week and Month
Open at Ail Hours The Reliable Place
HENRY DURAND, PROP ^ ^ Front ^Street, Fl-t
^0 tl” ' ^Tll Mm. Geo Mutchler, Prop.
Nicely Furnished Rooms Barn for Horses and Dogs Baths in Connection
Pioneer Sheet Meta* Works
GENERAL HARDWARE
Stoves and Graniteware Gasoliiis, Coal Gil, Etc.
The Only First-Class Dos Harness in Alaska
To Mil
M Happy and Prosperous
New Year
J. L. SALE,
FUAT, ALASKA
A Happy New Year To All
FINNEGAN & CAMERON
FLAT CITV
Happy and Prosperous
New Year to All
THOS. McMAHON
FLAT, ALASKA