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Vol. 9 No. 10
MR. SULZER’S STATEMENT
In filing his declaration of can
dicacy for the Democratic notrti
nation for delegate to Congress
at the primary election to be held
on Tuesday, April 30, Delegate
Charles A. Sulzer telegraphed
the Iditarod Pioneer the follow
ing statement, for the considera
tionof the Territorial electors:
In deciding to enter the primaries as
a candidate for the Democratic nomina
tion for delegate to congress, I feel im
pelled to make a brief statement to the
people of tho Territory. It is now
nearly a year since 1 was seated in the
House as Alaska’s representative. Dur
ing most of that time the United States
has been engaged in the world war.
Every resource of the nation in money
aud man power is being devoted to the
single purpose of winning the war.
Every member of Congress, in consider
ing legislation, has placed war needs
above all other needs, and all require
ments have been subordinated to the
the wants of the military establish
ment. Alaska has responded nobly to
the nation’s call: she has given her
share willingly and unstintedly.
When the Democratic party went be
fore the people of Alaska in November,
1916, it stood for a certain constructive
program which embodied as its princi
pal element a wider measure of home
rule for the TerJitory, a sane and ra
tional policy for the development of the
natural resources, and every possible
aid for the country.
I have introduced, among others, the
following bills in Congress, and urg
ing their passage as opportunity affords:
Granting Alaska a full territorial
form of government, with home rule
the dominating principle.
Regulating the fisheries of Alaska
aloDg more equitable lines, and to pro
tect the salmon supply from depletion.
Making changes in the homestead
laws by abolishing the 80-yard strip
reservations, and authorizing free sur
reys of homesteads in isolated sections.
Changing the igame laws so as to
give the people a better opportunity to
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use the game of the country, without
slaughter.
Extending the federal farm-laud act
to Alaska.
i Providing for t he care of Alaska’s in
sane in an asylum within the Territory.
At all times 1 have endeavored to
keep constantly in mind the needs of
the Territory and its people, and, in
spite of the war, some measure of pro
gress has been achieved.
I assisted in passing the law which
l helped tho prospector by suspending
assessment work during the years 1917
and 1918.
An extension of wireless and cable
communication was accomplished, with
prospects for further extension bright.
Recognition was forced for Alaskans
in the matter of appointments in the
second series training camps for offi
cers.
Contracts which prevented farmers
of the Interior from supplying army
posts with their vegetables were can
celed
Suggestions and requests that 1 again
serve the people of Alaska have come
to me from Alaskans till over the Ter
ritory. Reiterating my desire to serve
tho best intarests of Alaska, T am sub
mitting my name as a candidate for
the Democratic nomination for dele
gate to Congress.
Charles A. Sulzer.
March 1, 1918.
WAR SAVINGS IN A NUT
SHELL
<„>. What is the War Savings Plan?
A. It is a plan by which you can
lend small savings to your government
at 4 per cent, interest, compounded
quarterly.
Q. How may this be done?
A. By purchasing \Jar Savings
stamps and Thrift Stamps.
Q. What is a War Savings Stamp?
A. It is a stamp for which the
government will pay you $5 on
January 1, 1923.
Q. What does it cost?
A. Between $4.12 and $4.23 during
1918, depending upon the month in
which purchased.
Q. What is a Thrift Stamp?
A. It is a stamp costing 25 cents, to
be applied in payment for a War
Savings Stamp. It does not earn in
terest. The purpose of this issue is to
enable people to accumulate in small
sums the amount necessary to pay for a
War Saving Stamp.
Q. Where can I buy them?
A. At any postoffice, banks, and
authorized agencies.
Q. Why should I buy them?
A. Every dollar loaned to tbs Gov
ernment helps to save the lives of our
men at the front and to win the war.
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For Doubters
The Kaiser can'never win this war!
Say he defeats Italy. Say he defeats
France. Say he pets peace with Rus
sia and has h;s will in the Balkans and
in Poland. Kvon then his position will
be relatively less strong than Napo
leon's once was.
The United States. Great Britain and
Japan can still shut him from the seas.
With all the raw material resources of
North America and South A;ne|ca,
| Australia, Africa and most of Asia to
J to draw upon, and with command of
salt water, they can maintain an eco
nomic blockade until the people of
Germany set up a peoples’ government
with which lasting peace can be made.
The United States and Great Britain
will never surrender to triumphant
Prussian militarism. On the sea and
Front Street, Flat City Formerly the Bagoy Premises j
Flat City Hotel >GG KENNELS I
Mrs. J. E. Punning, Prop.Special Rates by the Week and Month |
Open at All Hours The Old Reliable Place
Disco very Cafe
HENRY DURAND, PROP._Front Street, Flat
The Grand Jim,
Nicely Furnished Rooms Barn for Horses and Dogs Baths in Connection
Pioneer Sheet Metal Works!
GENERAL HARDWARE J
Stoves and Graniteware Gasoline, Goal Oil, Etc. f
The Only First-Class Dor Harness in Alaska |
PRUSSIAN REFORMS
The introduction of a bill for the reform of the Prussian elec
toral system, on December t>, gave lise to an animated and il
luminating debate in the lower house of the Prussian diet. The
measure was introduced by the imperial chancellor, who de
scribed it as an act-of necessity, intended to abolish a system
which bad long been an anachronism and to give the kingdom
in its plaef* something in accord with the spirit of the present
day, Hearty support was given by the Prussian minister of
the interior. The leader of the Conservative party, however,
while expressing readiness to support loyally the king and em
peror in any measure which might be necessary, strongly de
plored some features of the bill and of the manner of its intro
duction. He regarded it as regrettable that for the first time
in the history of the empire the chancellor was a non Prussian
(the chancellor is a Bavarian) and as an abandonment of the
sound constitutional principle that the emperor should appoint
whom he pleased regardless of political considerations or the
attitude of the reichstag. The appointment of the present
non-Prussian chancellor was a concession to the reichstag, and
was a step toward parliamentary rather than autocratic gov
ernment, which the Conservatives could not approve. This
was one of the most outspoken reaffirmations of the divine
j right of autocracy that has been heard for years.—The Tnde
j pendent.
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and in the air - if the very worst hap
pens on land- they will keep up the
fight until the basis of enduring pease
appears.—Saturday Evening Post.
RESTAURANTS ADOPT
FOOD CONSERVATION
“Belp Win the War!” is the heading
over cards that appear in restaurants
throughout the country, setting forth
what people must do to conserve food.
The rules, which are self-explanatory,
are as follows:
One meatless meal per day (no beef
| or mutton).
! A wheatless Wednesday (no white
broad or wheat cakes).
A porkless Saturday (bacon, ham or
pork products).
To Save the Sugar
Customers are asked to aid in enforc
ing this program.
This house has agreed to serve—
No beef, mutton, or pork on Tuesday.
No white bread or white flour pro
ducts on Wednesday.
No pork on Saturday.
To have customers use syrup spar
ingly, and to use no mote than two
teaspoons of sugar for tea or coffee.
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WORKIHGKEN NOT WITH
LENINE AND TEOTZXY
Seattle—A. *J. Sack, head of the
Russian Information Bureau in the
United States savs:
The workingmen of Russia will fol
low not Uenine and Trotzky, but such
Socialist leaders as Tsertelli and Gvos
diev, who support this war as a war for
democracy. The peasants of Russia
will follow the voices of such leaders
as Kerensky, Breschko-Breschkovs
kaya, grandmother of the Russian rev
olution, and Avksertiev. At least 95
per cent of the organized forces of the
Russian democracy will be united for a
j final battle with the dark Maximilist
| forces and will put an end to the
! treacherous activites in Petrograd.
! I personally like the last advices
j from Petrograd. The Maximilists were
! our internal disease since the begin
i ning of the revolution. Now the dis
ease is on the surface and we can fight
j it. Russia is not of glass and cannot
be broken by the revolt in Petrograd.
The new provisional government which
will probaly be established in a few
days will put down this revolt by deci
sive measures, and this will open a new
era in the Russian political situation,
an era of order in the country and
strict discipline in the army.
«If the allies will not cease to trust in
Russia and will render our country at
this critical moment all the material
and mor al help she needs, we may pre
dict that our army, reorganized, will
actually participate in the Allied
operations next spring.
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FRIGHTFUL WEATHER IN DAWSON
A dispatch from Dawson dated Janu
ary 5 says the most terrible cold spell
in the history of the Yukon and at
Dawson broke on New Year’s day after
continuiug 30 days—covering the en
tire month of December. The daily
average was over 51 below. Pelly river
claims the record with 81 below. The
train reached Whitehorse yesterday
from Skagway after a blockade of eight
days. Overland mail is now beginning
to arrive. The epidemic of whooping
cough is abating. Eagle City, on the
American 3ide, has lifted the quaran
tine against Dawson. Twenty deaths
occurred in Dawson during the cold
spell.
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Clarence White returned duriug the
week from the Holitna-river country.
LINCOLN RED • CLUB
—
Iu celebration'of Abraharu Lincoln’s
109th birthday, we, the undersigned, do
i hereby each agree to pay to the Amer
| ican lied Cross Society, through its
local organization, five dollars (85) on
the 12th day of each and every month
■ of the duration of the present war.
I Geo. W. Albrecht A. S. Bourne
C. P. Wood Chas. E. Taylor
I R. C. Button Wm. B. Thomas
I Mrs. C. Baker Iditarod Pioneer
W. R. Solibakke W. W. Nelson
Sam’l Applebaum R. M. Flail
Alex Dicksen Harry Leland
Thos. N. Turner A Friend
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ISN’T ONTO HIS JOB
I
The devil sat by a lake of fire on
! pile of sulphur kegs; his head was
bowed upon his breast, his tail be
tween his legs, A look of shame
was upon his face, the sparks dripped
from his eyes; he had just sent his
resignation to the throne up in the
skies. ‘‘I am down and out,” the
devil said, he said it with a sob;
‘‘there aro others who outclass me,
and I want to quit the job. Hell
isn’t in it with the land that lies
across the Rhine; I’m a has-been
and a piker, and therefore I resign.
! One ammunition maker with his
bloody shot and shell knows more
about damnation than all the imps
in hell. Give my job to the Kaiser
Wilhelm, the author of this war; he
understands it better a million times
by far. I hate to leave'the old home,
the spot I love so well, but I feel
that I’m not up to date in the art of
running hell.”—Ex.
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Tub and steam baths at all hours.
Snyder House, Flat.
Professional
Michigan, 188 1 Kentucky, 1891
Alaska, 1910
George Woodruff Albrecht
COUNSELOR AND LAWYER
IDITAROD, ALASKA
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BANK BLOCK
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PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
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J. WSLSON REED, M.D.
Physician and Surgeon
Flat Hospital, Flat, Alaska
DR. H. BEHLA
Physician •-»
Surgeon
Dentistry in Connection
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RESIDENT PHYSICIAN
Behla Hospital
Fiat, Alaska
Big Stocks of Frost) Goods
j Everything for the Miner nodi
Prospector
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Fresh Bread for Sale Daily
! Arcade Cafe
FLAT CITY
Open Day and Ni*M
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Our Coffee Is Unsurpassed
All Kinds ot Pastries, Pits, Cakes and fread
Cleaning and Pressing. Miss Isaacson, Flat
I Watch Repairing ar.d A
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To the end that Our Soldiers at the front
may always have plenty.
THOS. McMAHON
FLAT, ALASKA