[ IDITAROD PIONEER |
Published Every Sunday Morning at Iditarod, Alaska.
FRANK E. BECKER, EDITOR
Vtl 1 Geo. M. Arbucklo. Publisher No. II
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WHY DO THEY ALWAYS COME BACK?
How would you like to be sitting on the lee side of a
big steamer with the salt breath of Neptune blowing in
your face,—your steamer rug tucked cozilv about your feet,
your half-read story laying neglected by your side, while
with dreamy eyes you watch a school of porpoises disport
ing themselves in the waves, or frightened flying-fish dash
ing through the spray to escape some hidden enemy of the
deep'?
How would you like to wander where the night is
sweet with tropical incense, and the moon traces delicate
shadows through the palms. Where plashing fountains
tell of a romance-loving people, and far-away music floats
upon the breath of the heavy-scented magnolia ?
The tundra moss has turned to brown and the hillside
leaves aro clothing themselves with sickly yellow. One
looks at them with a momentary pang ; one senses the tang
of early winter in the north wind. One thinks of the misty
darkness of the long nights when the cold and bitter frost
strikes to the very heart, and the wolf-dog whines dismally
from his bed of snow.
We all have these thoughts, those of us who have
chosen this northern home. It is folly to deny it. We all
think these things, and when the last boat casts otf its lines
with the blast of whistles and bedlam shouts of last good
byes, the eyes are wet, though laughing, and we strive
heroically to press back the homesick sob that rises to our
very lips.
But this is only momentary even though it comes to us
every year. It is but a temporary weakness, based on envy
of those who are going, and forgetfulness of the fact that
they will shortly be envious of us.
While we are here contending with ice-worms that
crackle and snap at us along the glittering trail, our absent
friends are chasing the festive flea in California as he flits
from flower to flower. While we face the bracing air of a
mid-winter morning, those absent ones are panting for
breath in the feverish breeze of the desert.
These things are compensations. They are an adjust
ment of values, for all can not be perfect enjoyment any
where. ’Tis well enough to speed the spangled hours in
some hacienda where roses clamber over ancient walls, and
the drone of the humming bird lulls the mid-day siesta.
Tis well enough to listen with wrapt attention to the chime
of the mission bells at eventide, but it will not be for long,
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R S C H'A RD’8
WILLOW STREET
—the Call of the North will soon again claim you for its
own.
Then what means this strange, inexplicable attraction
of Alaska that drags the seasoned sourdough back even be
fore the fresh enjoyments of other climes have begun to
pall \ What fearful, masterful power is it that rests in
these cold, austere mountains, in these long, heart-breaking
leagues of the silent trail ?
Some say it is the greed for gold. Some say it is the
wanderlust, the seeking for adventure.
Again, there are thoughtful ones who opine that it is
the people themselves,—a brave, hearty, honest, open
handed race like no other in the world ; where men greet
you with extended hand and look you squarely in the eye
and call you brother. Where youi past is your own and
your future in the earnest keeping of all: where charity
comes from the heart without guile, and the less fortunate
one receives preferred aid gratefully and unashamed.
We believe it is all these things woven together in one
magic tapestry which can be no more fittingly described
that the alluring life of the North. Gold is free here, and
the miser is despised of all men. Adventure lives in the
very air we breathe, and brave ones calmy accept the haz
ards of fortune without question. But best of all there io
genuine brotherhood of man here, and as the years go by,
one feels the sentiment growing in his heard that Alaska i«
his home. Rough, ungentle,—aye, even uncouth at times
she takes you for your true worth, and should you fail her
not, what more fitting than a final clasping to her rugged
breast when your work is done.
HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE THE ICEMAN ?
Although Hudson river ice is being delivered in New
YTork for $1.50 a ton, the only ice procurable in the Iditarod
is now selling in this city for 9c a pound. Wouldn’t that
joggle you ?
Think of some thrifty housewife in Kankakee being
met at the door by a burly iceman with the request to dig
up $4.50 for a 50-pound piece of ice to put in the refriger
ator where a five-cent box of strawberries is about to go
crazy with the heat. She would swoon on the spot and it
would take about $7.50 worth of congealed moisture to
bring her to.
Think of a man getting a skin-full of 5c beers in a New
YTork roof garden, only to be compelled to hand out about
11 bucks the next morning to take the swelling out of his
head.
Ice selling at $9 a hundred in the heart of Alaska,—
could any soft-footed pilgrim from the far-off shores of the
Great lakes believe it ?
It’s true, nevertheless, thereby becoming what some
erudite highbrow' with a penchant for extravagant expres
sion might designate as “Putting one over on us.”
RETURN TIDE SETS IN
Reporting that matters in the Kuskokwirn are not so
rosey as they were painted, many of the stampeders who
dropped the pick here two and three weeks ago are return
ing to the Iditarod, and claim that there has been nothing
startling yet discovered. They are wondering what became
of the summer’s wages and wishing that they had stayed
for a little of the easy picking on our own creeks before the
freezeup.
However, the results of the stampede have been bene
ficial on the whole. It has shown up a lot of country that
may produce results. It has put many people in the hills
with outfits for the winter and the determination to find
something or go bust. It has filled people with encourage
ment and given an optimistic turn to the winter’s prospects,
and finally it has demonstrated the fact that we are still
pretty fat with the good things right here.
Paii-banks Times, August 24: The Times has been observing
closely the development of the Iditarod with the view of establish
ing a job printing and newspaper establishment in the new camp
upon the first plausible pretext. However, the arrival of the third
issue of the Iditarod Pioneer, the pioneer newspaper of the Idita
rod, convinces us that we would serve neither humanity nor our
selves by invading the field. The field is ably covered by the Pio
neer, which is published by George M. Arbuekle and edited by
Prank E. Becker. Pioneer newspapering is Arbuckle’s fad and
pioneer editing is Becker’s fancy.
.Tack Hubbard, of Ester creek and Anderson Bros. & Norland—sasb,
Chena, is a late arrival in the camp, doors, store fronts, wallpaper, house
and has been looking over tho country linings, all came on the high water,
during the past week. See us. Willow and Second st.
MANY MUSHERS LOSE
WAY TO KUSKOKWIM
Owing to the fact that no one
has had time to properly blaze a
trail to the new camps on the Kus
kokwim, a number of late travelers
have lost their way on the num
erous ridges, some narrow escapes
from death being recorded. It is
possible that later researches will
discover tragedy in that wide a un
try where no mile pos,s mark the
way or human habitation offer
haven.
RILEY GROUND STILL
RUNNING UNIFORM
The cleanup at George Riley’s
lay on i A Otter last Tuesday, ran
pretty close to the mark set the
week before when he took about
$16,000 out of the riffles.
He is working some 50 men there
and figures on six weeks more of
work with prospects of richer
ground coming to the boxes as the
work progresses.
FLAT CSTY
With a bid for the lively traffic at
Flat City, Mrs. Schneider is engaged
in building the Pioneer coffee house on
Socond avenue in the creek metropolis.
This will be a log building 20x40 feet.
In addition to the cafe there will be
lodging and bathrooms.
Provided with a fine stock of candies,
cigars, tobaccos, ladies’ and gents’ fur
nishings, Miss Dot Browning is just
preparing to move into new quarters
on Gold street where she is to occupy
a store building 16x32 feet.
EMOTES
Henderson and Erickson, who
have been sluicing from the old
creek bed of Otter creek, at i-B,
following the turning of the creek
into the new channel prepared by
tlie;n, have had no cleanups !ate!y
and the public is not wise to wh:f
they have got.
Bates Bros. & Co. on i-A Ottei
began sluicing the latter part of last
week following an extended period
of stripping.
Hensley, Johnson & Humo, lay
men on the strip of i A Otter be
tween George Riley at the lowc
end of the claim, and Bates Bros, at
the upper end, have ceased sluicing
operations for the season, in prep
aration of a big openent for next
summer.
We can put you in a good, comfort
able house in a jiffy. See Anderson
Bros. & Nerland-sash, doors, wall
paper, carpets, window shades, etc.
When you visit Flat creek call at
Carroll's Globe Bakery and Coffee
House for a lunch.
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UPPER IDiTAROD LOOKS
VERY GOOD TO THEM
After spending the summer on
the creeks that lay just over the
divide at the head of the Iditarod,
O. Hoffseth, formerly of Fairbanks,
and old-time prospector, has re
turned to the upper river at the
head of a party consisting of Tommy
Thompson, M. Hoffseth and Tony
Freeman, taking two polling boats
and a ten month’s supply of pro
visions.
Their destination is ^50 miles by
water and they will prospect all
through that country were good
looking pans have been found on
many creeks. They will go by
Little, Rainey and Mosquito creeks,
and just top the divide at the ex
treme head of the Iditarod. Hoff
seth is convinced that its a placer
country and confidently looks for
startling news from that section
as he believes there are at least 300
men there already.
O. Hoffseth went there last
spring and has staked a great deal
of the country. Freeman and M.
Hoffseth arrived here during the
last week from Fairbanks and have
lost no time getting ready to pros
pect.
Letters for Iditaroders
Among other missives left at Jack
Baird’s, in this city, by incoming trav
elers, there is ono addressed to M. C.
Edmunds, marked “urgent.” Accord
ing to the stationery it is from D. H.
Edmunds, coal agent, at Penarth.
Chas. Lovett also has a letter wait
ing for him, as well as Baird & Mc
Gregor, formerly of Berry, Alaska. A
letter from George Thompson, orig
inally addressed to Holy Cross, can be
had there, as well as one for Robert
Compton, apparently sent from Mets-!
ker of Seattlo.
Two miles of pay has been reported
on Julian creek, the new Kuskokwim
strike. Later arrivals say that this re
port is unfounded. They have not
done enough prospecting to prove any
such thing.
Wishing to interest in home af
fairs his son who had come from
college on a vacation, a farmer told
him that Mother bad fourteen hens
‘‘a-settin’.’’
"But you shouldn’t say ’hens a
settin’; say hens sitting,” admon
ished the youngster.
‘‘Maybe so, maybe so,” retorted
the old man ; “but vvbat cousarnes
me more is whether when a heu
cackles she lays or lies ”
The winter is coming, so get your
homes made comfortable while you can i
get the material. Anderson Bros. & j
Nerland, wallpaper, paints, sash, doors,
DR. B. F> BROOKS,
Physician and Surgeon
Opposite Red Cross Prup Store
Telephone 30
Dr. Heinrich Wortmann
Physician and Surgeon
Office at City Diug Store, Tel. 36
Fii'st Ave., bet. Willow anti Richmond
DR. E. T. BRADBURY,
Dentist
Opposite Red Cross Drug Store
CHAS. D. CARTER,
Dentist
Offices, Pioneer Drug Stores,
Flat and Otter
Will be at Flat last two weeks of each month
HENRY RODEN,
Attorney at Law
Iditarod, Alaska
McGowan, Clark &'Albrecht
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
Iditarod, Alaska Phone No. 7
The Pioneer Attorneys of This Comp
ALFRED E. MALT BY,
[U. S. Commissioner]
Attorney at Law
Notary Public
Practice only in District Court. IDiTAROD
F. E. BECKER,
Attorney and Counselor at Law
Office-Tditarod Pioneer
CHAS. E. TAYLOR,
Attorney at Law,
Notary Public, Conveyancing,
Abstracts of Titles
Plat Creek
J. S. HARDING,
Attorney at Law
Iditarod, Alaska
Dissolution of Partnership
Notice is hereby given that the co
partnership heretofore existing be
tween A. F. Morgan, E. Hammer and
H. E. Phillips, as owners and proprie
tors of the Riverside hotel, has been
this day dissolved by mutual consent,
H. E. Phillips retiring from said part
nership. A. F. Morgan.
E. Hammer,
Iditarod, Sept. 1, 1910,