ID1TAROD PIONEER
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at Iditarod, Alaska,
BY GEORGE M. ARBUCKXK
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THE GOLD INDUSTRY
The continued rise in the prices of
all commodities is making it the more
urgent that some means he devised of
assisting or encouraging the gold min
ing industry, observes the Dawson
News. Kverv other commodity under
the sun save gold is bringing a higher
price than ever.
The gold mitmt today finds t hat when
he firings an ounce of gold to town he
cm get only one-half to one-t bird us
much goods for it as he could before
the war stated. And yet the nation
and the world at large never needed
gold so much as today.
Something is wrong. When t he gold
miner is looked to to produce the. goods
to stabilize cr»-dii and prevent financial
disaster overtaking the nation, he is
left with the heaviest of handicaps
The wheat, producer is getting three
times as much for his commodity as
when the war started. Other pro due
I
j ers are reaping similar huge returns,
j The man with the gold pan is the one
j paying the trebled price. In many in
! stances he finds he cannot, continue to
! do it. and he throws down the pan and
walk* away from his property. Low
j grade gold properties have yielded the
; bulk of gold production. The bonanzas
j are talked of most, but the great vol
ume of the yield comes from the large
i low grade areas. Hence the need of
keepfng the producer on the job who:
'now is menaced by the burden of high
I costs.
1 It is no dream that the gold produc
tion is hurt by the high prices. Re
turns from Transvaa 1, the Klondike,
and other big goldfields prove, the case.
In the United States u he yield dropped
from $100,000,000 in 1910 to $08,000,000
last year. Similar other instances
could be cited.
Arrangement has just heen made
whereby restrictions are thrown off on
the gold sales of the, 'Transvaal, and it
is expected an advance of 10 per cent,
in the market price will he secured.
South Dakota has risen lot he need of
aid, and lias petitioned the American
congress to lix the market, price of gold
at, no le>s than $30 an ounce. Other
gold centers ate doing likewise.
Germany has taken action declaring
gold two and a quarter times the value
it had before the war. Gold is needed
everywhere. If the production is to
continue uninterrupted here and else
where and face t Ih? burden of high
prices a system of bonuses or some
other means of stimulus must be. de
visor! .
The people of Dawson and vicinity
took up the matter some time ago of
getting relief for the gold miner. The
Allied governments then were strug
gling with the military problems and
were in the fever of excitement over
the last, great drive on the held of bat
tle. Money was being spent tlien right
and left in the intense action necessary
to victory, and the need of gold was not
so much felt by the governments to
stabilize their conditions as it is now.
The situation today is more acute.
Now that other places are getting re
sults. a new and fresh drive from Yukon
for special assistance to the gold indus
try should not prove in vain. The
matter is vital to the Yukon. It should
he followed up. Now i«> the time.
The nulling of our winter mail by
the round-about. way of Fairbanks and
the \ ukon river may possibly mean a
less amount, of mail matter for the
camp, bur, there’s certainly some solid
and comforting satisfaction in knowing
that the weekly consignments over t hat
route are moving along regularly every
day, and not, loaiing around some snow
ami wind-biffed roadhouse ’bout ’sieen
hundred miles from good dog salmon.
A former resident, of this district,
now living in n f’aci tic-coast city, a
short time ago tried to earn a liveli
hood by peddling burglar alarms, but
he lasted quick at. that. Burgiaries
were of such common occurrence that
they didn't even alarm a policeman.
No Conscription for Jones
Washing ton, Aug. 25. —Senator Jones
introduced a bill in the Senate today
proposing the withdrawal of the United
States from the League of Nations un
less all members of the league abolish
the practice of conscription. The bill
provides that the American represent
atives shall not consent to decisions in
volving the United Suites military
forces, unless so authorized by con
gress. It further provides that the
American delegate* to the league shall
be elected h\ the people for a term <»f
four years, and recoiwe $25,000 annually.
Why Joe Had To Go
Paris, Au*r. 25. The supreme coun
cil lias instructed the allied mission at
Budapest that Archduke Joseph must
leave, the a flairs of the. Hungarian trov
erumem to the international peace con
ference, as Kurope had for centuries
past, suffered so much under t he auto
cratic Hapsburys that none had confi
dence in a yoverment with him at the
head of it.
Spreading Race Antagonism
Washing tun, Aug. 2(5.—According to
information now in the hands of the
Department of Justice, Russian soviet
interests are apparently supplying the
lands for propaganda to stir up race
antagonism in the United States.
James F. McElroy Dead
Seattle. Aug. 28.—James K. McKIroy,
a prominent lawyer and Democratic
politician, for 48 years a resident of
Seattle, died this morning after a pro
longed illness. H« was prosecuting at
torney for King county in 1890-98.
Nome Lad For West Point
Washington, Aug. 25. — Delegate
Grigsby bus appointed Peter Sat her.
jr., of Nome, as a cadet lit the West
Poirt military academy.
To Hold Court at Valdez
While watchfully waiting foe a boat
to carry the ‘“court party’* from Holy
Cross to Fairbanks, Judge Bunnell re
ceived a telegram instructing him to
hold a term of court fur Judge Brown,
of the Third division, at Valdez, be
ginning on September 8. Bidding a
hasty adieu to the other members of
his party, the judge took passage on
a passing mail launch for Fairbanks,
thence over the trail by automobile for
Valdez.
Criminal Trespass Hearing
Charged with criminal trespass. John
Jacobson, Einar Alakcla and Charles
Uolila, a trio of miners working a lav
on Granite creek, a tributary of Otter,
were arrested last week upon com
plaint of .1. G, Rivers, an operator on
near-by ground. The difficulty had its
origin in a water-right dispute. The
case is set for hearing at Elat at 2 p in.
today before Judge Dr. H. R. Moore.
Billy Schermier, the main guy of the
Diketnan hotel, was a visitor in camp
during the week. Fie is getting every
thing in shipshape about his premises
tor the coming winter’s travel.
NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS
To all male inhabitants of Otter
School Precinct over the aye of l!l and
under the aye of 50 years who have not
already paid their school tax for 1919.
you and each of you are hereby notified
that said school tax is now delinquent
and unless paid on or before September
5, 1919, you will be dealt with accordin'*
to law. J.G. RIVERS,
School Tax Collector
for Otter School Precinct.
Trouble Feared in India
London, Aug. 25.-Sir Harrington
Lovett, who has held many important
positions m India, today told a govern
ment committee that grave possibilities
were imminent in that country owing
to the activities of returning extrem
ist.-,.
Business Property Next to Pioneer Drug Store,
in Flat City. A Snap.
IVlrs* L. C. Thornton, Sditarod
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Twenty-Two Years’ Experience in Alaska and Yukon
MUTCHLER BROS.’ o.
Iditarod-Flat Tramway
Freighting to All Parts of the District.
Saddle Horses and Teams for Hire.
JAS. E. FULLERTON
DEALER IN
Genera! Merchandise
FLAT, ALASKA
Tom McMahon’s Old Stand
J. W. Kart-ell,
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
Discovery, Otter
Pioneer Sheet Metal Works
GENERAL HARDWARE
Stoves and Graniteware Gasoline, Coal Oil, Etc.
The Only First-Class Dog Harness in Alaska
»
Iditarod Lunch Room
MEALS AT ALL HOURS
Choice Confections, Cigars, Tobaccos,
Cigarettes, Pipes. Soft Drinks, Etc.
POOL AND CARO TABLES
Porcelain K% -il. - Dav or
Tub BainS N'ioht
Ikmienick Soraei, Prop.
Pete’s Bakery
And Coffee House
Front St., Flat
Regular Meals, Short Orders
Kresh Bread, Pies and Cakes
Always on Hand
I' MICHKHS. PROP.
Professional
Michigan, 188 1 Kentucky. 1 #9 l
Alaska. 19 1#
George Woodruff Albrecht
COUNSELOR AND LAWYER
IDITAROD, ALASKA
Tlit* Pioneer Attorney of Iditarod
CHAS. E. TAYLOR
Attorney at Law
BANK BLOCK
First Avenue Iditarad
DR. MOORE
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
DRUG STORE
DR. H. BEHLA
Physician AND
Surgeon
Dentistry in Connection
1 { KS1D K.NT P H YSIC1A N
Behla Hospital
Flat, Alaska
Big Stocks of Fresh Goods
Everything for the Miner and
Prospector
MAX SIM EL
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