THE IDITAROD PIONEER
Published Every Saturday Morning at Iditsrod. Alaska
Vol. 7 CHARLES A. DERRY, Editor No. 45
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A FINAL WORD
i n i . xt Tuesday the people of .Marks, in common with those
of all ..(her m ciion* of the country, will give expression at the
|, ,|; ; \ to tl.oii views on several important questions, among
•• mo-1 inn irt:in: being llie choice of men to represent them in
tin- national „:ul territorial legislatures. While our people are de
horn .1 from participation in the election of a President, .-till in
:t indirect m-trnier there is a wav of giving voice to their prefer
cnee as to who -hall till the office of chief magistrate of the
m l ion.
Heretofore there has been little of strictly partisan polities in
Alaska, and this is a- it should 1 •■. As a rule the people of the
territory have been accustomed to voting for those men who in
their i pinion would hr- serve the interests of the territory irre
spective of parly lines, leaving matters of national concern out of
c.-n-aicr .Moll. lint thi year Mr. Wickcrsham, who has held the
p -iMt-n of congressional delegate tor four terms, each time being
loand t u a iton-parti- m t ekep has chosen to make a partisan
i ghi by indorsing the Republic-n candidate for President and
ti- i.ciuhhaan national i l.itfutm, with its assaults on the ad
minis'tat i-m of l’i-.-idcnl Wilson. Cnder the circumstance there
w.i- c 1 . tee for the supporters of the President but to accept
the challenge, and they have rallied to the support of the nemo
era: c.uitkd' te h r delegate, on a platform iurior-ing 1’resideut
Wti on. tn a lmm. r tliat mstuies the beled tha dames \\ icker
shani's lor.ure of olhee will be terminated.
i'h,' i,. . II (|i:c-i oil bet. IV Alaska '• • r- next leeway "til t.c.
H. ,- r cwu-i .a President V, is. n to.vatd Ala-kc. bean such as
tn \ a \otc of lack of cnnffileuce in his a'lnuinstration'! A
vote f r V : 1 am f r del gate ■■ an affirmative an wer In that
lull 1 . wit inn for Charles A bAlzer its' people of Alaska
will e\|■ i1:■ ~ it cm,tide:,ae it: I'rc.-idtut W il-iut and his admims
tl..i;, 'll;,, eintlnni of Sulzcr ns d. legate will he a sufficient
answer !■• tl. • a-sm.lts oil tin I' ■ ; ocraiic administration by the
Republican platform olid | rc.-s.
Irrc-pc, live of the miti. mil policies of the Wilson administra
i- ut. which hto.e truly An erienn and in lino with our cher
i !..trcditlnts. while rc.-pnndiflg to the progressive sentiment of
■ p,* tin;,- •!: I, ■ pafd'U'Kr n: -' a why President Wilson and
is. Dm.:,,wade ;ci ! receive the supp.-rt of the people of
■ | territory It was ■ ■ !' cratii party that four years ago
, sclsrcd for the opening up if Alaska. It was a Democratic con
giess and Pro-idem who passed legislation in ace >r 1; nee with
I latf. rtn dcelar: tions, under which, a system of government rail
r . o in Alaska was provided for. and a | Ian for opening tin the
o. ;-l ;i. i is of the territory to it- citizens was put into effect, after
0 , ., oral tv- .urces h.d !„ :t tied up for years by a Repub
1 ati a'iministrati n under "execut ive or; let's. it wit - a Dun,
ci -. • e:, • ,rv of t: in: ;:or. Franklin K. l.r.tte. who put into
. ; ■' • act.- of emigre..- with relalt n t ; these sttb ivt-. and in
si !,;> p.; .ncr taped the e .listruction of the railroad and
tin , ■ suing up of the cm! ti '! 1- to provide traffic tor it. And let
it Ice thoroughly under-!,,on that never before ha.- there been a
no.n in high r'tlciei pn-ition who fully comprehend 1
Ala-da', needs or -o tr.ly sympathized with her citizen- in their
end,':.\ or to dovel.,p the natural resources of the great territory
f,,r the I. un-tit of tile whole people as does Mr. Lane.
On the other hand. Chau - L. Hughes, the R-publican candi
date for President, whose avowed follower Mr. Wtckersham is.
stands upon a platform of opposition to every p ,'a v tiiat l're-i
.i,• 11r V. d-on ha- follow,'d. lit- public utterances show that, while
I, , , indicating what h,;- own policies \ ,11 he, lie i- bitterly
opposed ta every act of the present administration which he l.a
i iscusted. It i.- only fair to pre-ume. therefore, that the course
i i the Pre-idem with reference to Alaska : l-o meets with his hi
. - io\ • h It is true tiiat sir. Hughes found it expedient tit the
eleventh hour to deny that he was opposed to the completion of
;'ie A:s-!o: railroad; but until there i- a clear outline of policy on
hi- parr this does not cl rifv the atmosphere to any extent.
.lames Wicker-hem, mi a platform of opposition to President
Wii'-u. puts hi:;.self in the attitude of opposing the territory's
be-t interests. To elect him would he to repudiate the admiuis
tratii n which has brought new life and hope to a portion of
Lisle Sam's domain which hitherto has been at the mercy of
avaricious corporations and truckling politicians.
Charles A. Sulzer. th • Democratic candidate for delegate,
st ends upon a platform which indorses the Wilson administration.
:nii -hod: receive ‘he sip port of all 1 yul Alaskan-. A vote for
Sulzer is a vote for Wilson.
THE LEGISLATIVE TICKET
In ihe choice of members of the territorial legislature hereto
f..re the voters of Alaska have been notably careless and indiffer
ent. The fact that the powers of the Alaska legislature are con
siderably restricted may in a measure account for this; and the
further fact that the great distances and inconveniences of travel
between the scattered settlements makes it impossible for the
voters to come in touch with the candidates is another and im
I ,,rtant factor. There has been by all parties an intention to
give representation on their tickets to the various sections of the
(iivisions, and this plan should meet with the approval of voters
generally. Party polities will, as usual, be to a large extent elimi
nated in the choice of legislators, but it is worthy of note that
the Democratic ticket i-. with perhaps one exception, most truly
representative of the various sections of the division.
There are three candidates for senator—the Democratic candi
date. Thomas A McGowan of Fairbanks; the Republican, Dan
Sutherland of Ruby, and Dan McCabe, the Socialist. The advisa
bility of electing Mr. McGowan is questionable in the extreme.
While generally conceded to be able and even brilliant, his ac
knowledged connection with corporations whose interests clash
with those of the people of the territory, and his position as the
guiding spirit of the fight being waged by the liquor interests to
defeat prohibition, render it questionable whether he could truly
t pre-fnt the interests of the general public. Dan Sutherland,
who opposes Mr. McGowan, on the Wickersham ticket, has been
a member of the upper house of the Alaska legislature during 'he
two sessions of that law-making body. He has shown r.o
special fitness for the position, and in fact his course seems to
have been dictated rather by a desire to please political bosses
than to serve the interests of the whole people. The probability
is that the Socialist candidate will fall heir to much support that
otherwise would have gone to a representative man on either of
the other tickets.
For representatives in the lower house of the legislature the
I lie! ! is a large one. The Democratic nominees, con i ting of A. M.
I Kilgore of Iditarod, W. T. Burns of i airba: b ; a V. . Thtnn
i of Ruby and !,. C, Hess of Fairbanks, are worthy of the support
of all good citizens. Mr. Kilgore, tin local man, is possessed of
special qualifications, lie is keen Student, a loyal supporter of
President Wilson, and as a “roughneck” member of the c m
inunity, can be depended upon to more truly represent this dis
Irict in the legislative hn'ts than could any other nominee. W. T
Burns, the well known Fairbanks miner, is a former member of
the legbhdure, where he made a particularly good record. .1 hn
W. Dunn of Ruby is highly spoken of bv bp iiemhlr r :.u ! a - '
| eiates. Those voters of this district who believe that the legis
I lative positions should be distributed more widely throughout the
division probably wid substitute ll e name of W. A. Yinal of Oohir
for that of Mr. lie--, us Fairbanks already is represented in the
upper house by Senator Gaustad. the 1ml 1-over senator.
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THE REFERENDUM PROPOSITIONS
The ballots for next Tuesday's election will contain two propo
-itions on which an expression of the will of the ... !■ 's asked
The more important of these, pertaining to the prohibition tr.'-'s
| (ion. appears in the shape of a note as follows: “Against the
I manufacture or sale of intoxicating liquors in Al i.-ka after January
I !, 1918, place cross (X) opposite 'Dry.' In favor of same, place
cross (X i opposite ‘Wet.' "
The oilier oropositii n is for n declaratii n in favor of or against
a “general eight-hour law."
With reference to the first mentioned proposition a word of
explanation may be in order. The law (11. 15. 52 of the last I-'gis
lutive session I provides that in the event of a majority of the
electors voting upon this question having declared against tin
-ale, manufacture, barter or exchange of intoxicating liquors in
the territory, “no wl < lesa'e or retail license shall be issued ft r th
nda, manufacture barter or exchange of intoxicating litutors in
the territory of Alaska after the first day of January, 1918.”
I: i- generally conceded that this law of itself will have no
uilicial standing, because of ihe fact that the legislature of Ala k;
- not authorized to enact laws relative to the honor traffic 15
he taking of (he vote will have this effect : There are pending in
■■ ingress several measures extending nrohibitb-n to th" tern* r
f Alr-ka, in common with the District of Columbia and other
t ctions over which the jurisdiction of congress extends. Should
ht people of Alaska vote in favor of prohibit! n there i- littl
loubt that one of these measures wil become law. Plumb! the
note favor the continuance of the licenc'd saloon, the liquor in
• erects expect to make -ueh showing to congress as to prevci t th
•-assage of prohibitive lr i-1:0ion so far as Ala ka is connerne
The vote for or again:t a “gener; 1 eight-hour law" likewise
■■ ;!1 not have the effect of enacting legislation on the subject. Xu
i 'efinite propo.-al is submitted, and the vote will merely be an
intimation to the legislature of the sentiment of the people on the
subject.
A telegram fr-m Wicker.-hnni Headquarters in 1 airbanks Has
! been posted in public places in the city during the past week. It
intimates that the reason for Delegate \\ ickerham s abandon
ment of the campaign? was that his presence was necessary in Cor
o.;v;! e ■! hearing of the interst!- commerce commission relative
!o Alaska steamship rales. N > rue in Alaska apparently knew
anythin* about this propi =rd hearing until a short tune ago, when
En elaborate “sp i h” of Mr. Wicker-hum was distributed throu
■ut the territory. The wht 1- matter of transport at u ti rates h*
in* brought up at this time in-tea.i of at any tilli" during the
i ::-t two years savor- too much of political "medicine to lie t; '
-eriously. However, as ti e hearing is set for November ID. Mr
Wickersham will have all the time he desire to attend to th
matter.
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The citizens of Ala-ka "ill have no chance to vote directly for
Pre-incut Wil- n. but they have a chance to -how their apprecia
; ,,f hi- Ala1--- I- r-cv l.v votin' f<-r ;»• • ' ■ n wh '• •••• •••.•
1 those nolicies—Charles A. Sulzer- instead of the man who repre
-cut- the opposition to them- Wicker-ham.
Private advices from Fairbanks state that the eight-hour law
,-asscd l.v the lu-t legi-Tture has been declared inoperative. No
r'.- aii' are given, but it i- presumed rh:!* ti.e ds wu n "'a- m:. 1
the tri: 1 (if the men indicted by the Ruby grand jury P r v: a .
l on of its ; rova-inns.
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THE WONDERS OF THE HEAVENS
(American Magazine;
It has be»n said that no astronomer can be an atheist. H >\v
i ever that may be. I know, at least, that nothing seems to lift me
out of myself like an hour or two alone under the stars. It
1 think that each one of those tiny points of l1 iht is a st n, as !<i'.
i:r bigger than our sun, anti that • round it circle whole systems
id worlds like ours the idea rock.' my mind a lir11 •; but I come
back to it again uml again as a never failing source i spiritual
j stimulation.
I; takes a girl in our factory about two day-' to learn to nut
the seventeen parts of a meat chopper together. It may be that
these millions of worlds, each with its separate orbit, all balanced
so wonderfully in space- it may be that they just he-pened; it
may lie that by a billion years of tumbling about they tinal y ar
ranged themselves. I flout know. 1 am merely a plain manu
facturer of cutlery. But this I do know, that you can shtke the
1 seventeen parts of a meat chopper around in a washtub for the
! next seventeen billion years and you 11 npver have a meat chopper.
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An Associated Press dispatch quotes Delegate Wickersham a
J saying, while discussing at Seattle the Alaska railroad, that both
j the Republicans and -Democrats in their party | latforms in Alaska,
| as well as nationally, were pledged to carry on the project, and
i that both were in honor bound to see it to a successful conclu
sion." If Delegate Wieker.-ham was correctly quoted he said what
j was not true. The Republican national platform does not men
tion the Alaska railroad, or any other Alaska question. It might
1 be added, also, that the Republican presidential candidate has not
mentioned the Alaska railroad, and that his only reference to
Alaska was that we have a great empire that he would like to sec
i developed.—Juneau Empire.
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Councilman King of Juneau wanted a new high school. To
secure a high school building it was necessary to bond the town.
To bond the town the officials had to have authority from con
gross. Wiekersham’s duty was to secure this authority. He did
dled along for two years without producing any results. The
fighting councilman smelt a “nigger in the woodpile.” He went
to Washington. lie went to Senator Key Pittman of Nevada.
The senator put the bill through the senate. Wick worked two
years. Does this convince the skeptics who take bull for deeds?
If it doesn’t convince them, what kind of proof do they want ?
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WATTERSON’S PROPHECY
I Louisville Courier-Journal i
v ' !p'_r eem- surer than 1h ' just, as
1, ij.'rrn C nr" arvoy went uown after
i ,.r l f ••u-.;amvl • 1 heroism, devotion
i. I cn ' ranee, veil the German empire go
| as completely. having given the
,, ,| . ndroU3 exhibition of prnwe s the
- rl : ha- ever see#. The superman notion
", nic thcori'ing has been no more
V : rd than the theory of the perf: rvid
. -ionisis that one Southern ' in would
inv him. elf equal to two N : them men.
Germany’s “place in the sun” lias shown
itself a< illusory as the South ' “raih's in
the te:ri‘ '• es.” We have seen that “kultur”
no mm" king than cotton. Thus tin
[ raise f S bil l liv Bcrnhardi f: ( :
destined to id il to pieces even as the house
of cards di il. by Vi ncey & Co., the German
i eo- le, like t-he southern peo) I", impover
i-hed in f i" extinguished. But not
quite. 1 ifty years hit- sufficed to recreate
tlie ■ 'noth.
The resources of a fruitful land developed
by a more economic labor system, supple
mented, reinforced and directed by a re
venerated manhood, have made the south
ern states richer than ever, and so the yoke
of kaiserism, junkerism and militarism
even more nppres-ive than the institutions
,f African slavery lifted, will the German
state- and the German people rise Plmenix
like from the ashes of disaster and defeat
■ u the wings of their incomparable effi
ciency.
God bless and help the people of Ger
many a- God has blessed and helped the
peo; 1" of the South; bring them up out of
i e Valley of Death and Despair; make
hem ■ realize that an n--umplien of power
has drenched the world with innocent bl ind;
ir n,r them to know that impiety must be
aid for in - rrow and can only he atoned
renentanee vvorked out through a new
■ irih Ike of human: v an! freedom!
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WHEN MA GETS ON THE PHONE
When ina get.- on the telephone.
The wh1 1? \vi rhl stands dead still.
Oil Father Tine hid1.- in his iiight.
And doesn’t start uniII
She’s through, and sometimes that’s an
hour,
And sometime-- three or four.
The meat b v and collectors all
Found vainly on the door;
And e’en an eart! rpaake null occur,
The world could r -k and groan,
But that would never interfere
When ma gets on the '| hone.
’a says it ain’t no use to take
The paper every night,
-n far ■- mother is <■ nceriu d.
And he is surely right,
r ma nets all the news by wire,
Unit rned they 1 avc no stone;
I’ll ! ■; there are some ear- that burn
When ma gets cn the phone.
•Denver Post.
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SERIOUS WORK
‘rnnlr.ln there at' burglars in a house
n I'muhateen street.1’
‘ II..n’t in ther m- with such stuff. 1 gotta
■ a I r, 1;le-’ ei hre game. I know for a
' ict that cash ; rizes are to be played for.”
.. idle (Yuri r-loumal.
NOTICE
N. lire is hereby i.iv"n that the under
signed h.-.s hern : ' . ■ u’■ 1 agent in Iditarod
i r 11. H. I\ rter, and that he will collect
and receipt for ail bills due him.
GUY G. GERAGHTY.
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Fresh Olympia and Eastern Oysters. $1.50
opr can. Iditarod Meat Co.
DEMOCRATIC TICKET
Vote It Straight
FOURTH JUDICIAL DIVISION
MARK YOUR BALLOT THUS
For Delegate to Congress
(Vote for Onei
LEWIS. LENA MORROW
X SULZER, CHARLES A.
WICKERSHAM. JAMES
For Attorney General of the Territory of
Alaska
(Vote for One'
| COBB. JOHN H.
X GRIGSBY, GEORGE B.
j SCHOFIELD, GEORGE D.
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For Territorial Senator
(Vote for One)
| McCABE, DAN
X McGOWAN, THOMAS A.
SUTHERLAND, DAN A.
For Territorial Representatives
(Vote for Four;
BEAN, Z. C.
X BURNS, W. T.
COLLINS. ERNEST B.
X DUNN, JOHN W.
I GREEN, JOE K.
X HESS, L. C.
HUEY. GEORGE W.
i X KILGORE. A. M.
LEDGER, GEORGE W.
I MONAHAN, C. M.
| NERLAND. ANDREW
SNOW, C. K.
VINAL, W. A.
| WEBSTER, DANIEL
WESTENVIK, LARS
For Road Commissioner, District No. 4
JENSEN, PETER
ROSS. H. H.
SABIN. MET VIN R.
STEIL, PETER
Eight-Hour Law
Note.—Place a cross (X) opposite your
. choice.
(Vote for One)
For a General Eight-Hour Law
Against a General Eight-Hour Law
Note—Against the manufacture or sale
I of intoxicatin'' liquors in Alisha after Janu
I ary 1st, 1918, place cross (X) opposite
j “Dry.” In favor of same, place cross (Xi
opposite “Met.”
(Vote for One)
DRY
I WET —Adv.
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GHAS. A. SULZER, DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR DELEGATE
SULZER AND THE MINING MAN
j Union T.'o. 152 of the Western Federation o.: Miners, Sulzer, Alaska, hac sent the to!—
j lowing communication to every miners’ union in Alaska:
A! n moetin? hdd In our had on .Inn* m l'.'i'A all in* min i nm ptv mi!, .a m oo
s made, s< tided ami unanimously earned to Five —lalor Charles A. Sulzer d the
| a la-!, a it '-:-kitlire our *-!•f t f • >*ej»pm * m It'- ai1 ■ i; 1'nr u'-NkH- ’ > r'*:i-lv->.
Mr. ~1 l■/i-r i - been a redden! here For r urteen ye: - 1 mil the fast \ •< bo wa
p-neja'il 11 111oui• r I’m- Hie Ala-ka fmlii-inai «’<»rit{»;»11y. 1ml u • laM \>,ir lie in- 'd'emm?
| be I! i 111 f' > bill.sell' •• • a i. -( e. I " ! 11- ail ! :• I ' •' I f 11 •'! ■ : • : - lie ill - P!‘ >' ed i 111 * ~ • I
M ii<* i: i« nd of uni* ui-ru a < cl f I! \\ :tnd a fri did < f lab -r in " a
I•. Fave tin* e;Fiii-hi.:ir buy « i‘ o - n\vu i‘• • will ;n 1". no -n 'brddia- 1 "a!i- n- :
\h-ka a:, llo- wa- Item- 1 . , ne bad lie- -am. rule in \!a-ku. So- hu- a
> ( . d Hie i h k v res in I - 1 iel, id veil evei !v a -quar do a md t Med
, vei \ 1*- •• l\ a - a \, an. T,< t. i ., j. m l who i:;i- eve • w •, ked m -emitm* —! z**r - e dn|i
v\ it w ill not Speak of him in • h b -i U rms, m rt\v from I - bs i ■ a
that lit l.a> the on ri« -••• 1 -* o’ ii- m »' "•
i I,.- r ft KmitiF are only a few d the mam faets of M*\ mdzf- «-:i rraev v . . •>
md< aretl him to uic \\., -■ wi-n > o i" rally !•> hi* -upp -. i aim lean- n >
Marie Ml the Way d 111- elerin •» I'M' de h k-11 e l» *1' d''1l'ka.
I NiO.N \ s» 1 r . \Vf - T! I:‘s ! I I' i. 11 \ I i < ' A »'l MIM-Ii'.
v.\ T!1<>m \S M. Id i'l.Ki:. i re •.«I• • rit.
-eil. if. M. IiiQ'i ! -o.A. Sm-f.-noy.
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