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Vat 4 Ceo. M. Arbuckle. Publisher No I
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FOR GOVERNOR OF ALASKA
J. F. A. Strong
THEY AUK ALL COMING BACK
Confidence in the Iditarod as the next great placer dis
trict of Alaska has been expressed so frequently in the
Iditarod Pioneer that we hesitate to restate our faith at this
time. But during the past two weeks communications from
other sections of Alaska have been arriving which indicate
a renewed interest in the camp. After the excitement of
1 he big stampede of If) 10 a reaction was to be expected—
as has been the case with every camp of note; and the
misgiving which prevailed for a time was natural. The
report of pay at Ruby was the climax, as the Iditarod was
not only drained of men, but hundreds of thousands of
dollars which might have become available for develop
ment work here were squandered in the building of a
mushroom town on the Yukon, in a district which has not
one tenth of the'resources that we have in Iditarod. But
with conditions as they were in Iditarod at that time—the
utter impossibility of securing ground and the extremely
high prices for commodities—the exodus was inevitable.
But during the past few months a remarkable change
in Iditarod conditions has been manifested. Not only has
the outlook become brighter, but work has been plentiful
and of broken men there are few. Moreover the amount of
prospecting that is going on is greater than ever before,
and work on a large scale is assured for next season. All
this has been evident to residents of the camp for weeks,
and has been reflected in letters to absent friends, or told
by outward bound travelers as they passed through other
camps. Consequently all eyes are turned in this direction
once more, and wandering miners and itinerating merchants
are getting ready to return; while local business men of
clear vision are branching out and preparing to ship in
large stocks. And there is good reason for all this con
fidence. Not only has the Iditarod proved to possess the
two richest creeks in Alaska today; but there are numerous
streams in the district not as yet prospected which inevit
ably will become producers later. As a supply point for
other camps, too, Iditarod is likely to grow in importance,
and should the head of the Iditarod river, New York creek
and other camps tributary turn out as expected it will grow
rapidly. Everybody can see this, so there is no need to
be surprised that they are all coming back. Iditarod is
simply coming into its own.
THE LARGER FIELD
rfJOUNG BULGER in our village grew to manhood, and we
thought him slick- ‘'He’ll win renown before he’s
through,” we prophesied, “for he’s a brick.’’ He held
positions here and there, and all employers said the same; he
was a youth of genius rare, destined to rise to wealth and fame.
He harvested so great a yield of praise his head began to swell;
“I’ll have io seek a larger field,’’ he said, “I see that very
well. A man can’t in a village shine; his punk surroundings
hold him down; ’twere shame to hide such gifts as mine be
neath a bushel in this town.” So Bulger shook the village
grind, and to the city took his way, and we old chaps who
stayed behind were sure that he would put up much hay. The
years rolled on; there came no news of victories that Bulger
won. “Just wait,” we said; “we’ll bet our shoes he’ll make a
noise before he’s done.” We listened for such news in vain,
and Bulger t’other day came back; a brakeman kicked him
from the train and shooed him from the track. He’s working
now in Pumphead’s store and draws less wages, so they tell,
than he was paid live years before, just when his head began to
swell. “The larger field/’ poor Bulger sighs, “still lures the
village chumps elsewhere; they leave a land of meat and pies
to live on husks and shredded air.”—Walt Mason.
WAS BEATEN AT HIS OWN GAME
San Francisco.—"For ways that are
dark and tricks that are vain, the
heathen Chinee is peculiar,” once
wrote Bret Harte. W. H Horburg be
lieves it, since he tried to sell a Chick
a can of axle grease for opium and re
ceived a bag of washers for coin.
Location Notices at Pioneer office.
David Colsky, for many years a resi
| dent of the North, during which time
1 lie visited nearly every camp of impor
I tauce, died in Seattle early in Novera
i her. Mr. Colsky's last location in the
I territory was at Cleary City, in 1000,
I where he was in the clothing business
with Harrv Hamburger.
\
S-anley cafe, Flat City, serves fresh
! ham and eggs.
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All Hours Alike in This House j
COME ONCE AND YOU WILL COME AGAIN
FIRST AVENUE. SOUTAR & SUTHERLAND. Props.
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|_AGAIN IN BUSINESS AT THE OLD STAND_|
Iditarod Saloon
FRONT ST. Manuel Gularte, Prop. |
j Home af. Cedarbrook and Old Lewis Hunter Ryel
SNYDER HOUSE Company Depot j
Nicely Furnished Rooms FLAT CITY Large Drying Room
The Restaurant formerly called The Rathskeller has been
turned into “A PLACE TO EAT” B> ““P"'
! THE HOME FLAT C,JL:S^ j
| Furnished Rooms, Clean Spring Beds, Bath, Dry Roams,a,,dev",Ui’m"e,e"ce 1:1 |
! Drink Eastern Beer'“j
1 Miner’s Home Saloon|
| THE HOME OF THE “QUAKER MAID" f
► Fool of Willow St., Iditarod %
Beef, by the side,.$ .40 j
Veal, “ .50
button, by the carcass. . .35 j
Fowl,, per lb.40 >
Halibut, - “ 25
j 8D8TARQP fclEAT CO.
? Second St. Phono 15 (
Alaska Citizen, December 9,1912:
A romance which had its incep- j
tiou in the Iditarod was consum
mated in Fairbanks the first of the •
week, when the divorce case of1
Pratt vs. Pratt was granted to the
plaintiff in the morning, and at
12:30 the same day the divorcee
was married to Lewis B. Horton.
The ease of U. S. vs. L. B. Hor
ton, charged with unlawful eo
habitation, was one of the cases
tried in Iditarod last summer, the
accused bring convicted on tile
second trial. Considering the fact
Horton had already spent a year in
jail, Judge Fuller passed a nominal
sentence of one day’s imprison
ment. After his release he came
to Fairbanks, whither the lady in
the case had preceded him.
NERVY NAT IN
TROUBLE AGAIN
Los Angeles, December i.—
Angry at what he calls an out
rageous | roceeding, Nat Goodwin,
actor, mining piomoter and matri
monial expert, has retained Attor
ney Frank G. Tyriell and de
clares he will fight the $25,000
suit of Charles Doughty of San
| Diego for alleged alienation of his
wife’s affections. Mrs. Doughty is
known on the stage as Margaret
Moreland.
1 Mrs. Moreland has been my
secretary and bookkeeper for some
l
time,” said Goodwin. I did not
know she was Mrs. Doughty or
even manied until 1 heard of this
suit. Our relations have always
been perfectly correct. She ha'
lived at my house with a chaperone.
I have been assailed and villified
by innuendo all my life, but when
charges are made direct it's time to
fight.” _
From Fort Wayne, Indiana,
comes the first story of an elope
men! by airship, the parties being
Arthur Smith and Miss Aiinee
Cour, who flew to Hillsdale, Mich ,
75 miles from their home, early in
December, and were manied.
The parents of the gill had ob
jected to their marriage, but when
they learned of the fligut and wed
ding, they telegraphed Smith he
would be welcomed to their home,
but for him to ship his machine by
height and return with the daugh
ter on a passenger train.
Smith, who is only 19 years old.
has been making flights for several
months in a machine of his own
construction. Recently he flew
over Fort Wayne with his fiancee,
much to the displeasure of bet
parents. The trip to Hillsdale
was made with one stop. The
landing at Hillsdale was made on
the college campus belore a large
crowd.
A letter received from Charley Ross
on the last mail said that he and Mrs.
Ross were about to leave New York
for an extended tour of Europe and the
Mediterranean.
The New Placer Law
The following is a copy of the law recently enacted by Congress amend
ing the mining laws of Alaska:
A bill to modify and amend the mining laws in their application to the Ter
ritory of Alaska, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted, etc., That no association placer mining claim shall here
after be locale 1 in Alaska in excess of 40 acres, and on every' placer mining
claim hereafter located in Alaska, and until a patent has been issued therefor,
not less than $100 worth of labor shall be performed or improvements made
during each year, including the year of location, for each and every 20 acres
or excess fraction thereof.
Sec. 2. That no person shall hereafter locate any placer mining claim in
Alaska as attorney for another unless hr is duly authorized thereto by a
power of attorney in writing, duly acknowledged and recorded in any record
er’s office in the judicial division where the location is made. Any person so
authorized may' locate placer mining claims for not more than two individuals
or one association under such power of attorney, but no such agent or attor
ney shall be authorized or permitted to locate more than two placer mining
claims for any one principal or association during any calendar month, and
no placer mining claim shall hereafter be located in Alaska except under the
limitations of this act;
Sec. 3. That no person shall hereafter locate, cause or procure to be lo
cated, for himself more than two placer mining claims in any calendar month:
Provided, That one or both such locations may be included in an association
claim.
Sec. 4. That no placer mining claim hereafter located in Alaska shall be
patented which shall contain a greater area than is fixed by law, nor which
is longer than three times its greates^ width.
Sec. 5. That any placer mining claim attempted to be located in viola
tion of this act shall be null and void, and the whole area thereof may be lo
cated by any qualified locator as if no such prior attempt had been made.
101 BORMAN'S
NARROW ESCAPE
Joe Morman had a narrow escape
Irom death last week. lie was
prospecting on the Owl association,
Flat cteek, with John Holmgren,
when the windlass at which the
latter was working gave way and
iell with the bucket to the bottom
of the hole, John narrowly escap
ing following.
Mortnan was at the bottom of the
hole, and that he escaped is a mir
acle, due in a measure to the size
of the hole, which was larger than
usual, and only about 20 feet deep.
Mr. Holmgren was struck by the
windlass while endeavoring to grab
the bucket, sustaining an injury to
his leg.
HAIL SCHEDULE FOR
LOWER KUSKOKWIH
For the benefit of those who wish
to correspond with friends on the
lower Kuskokwitn, it should be
noted that the winter service be
tween Bethel, Holy Ctoss and Kal
tag is a monthly one. The mail
arrives from Bethel over the port
age about the first of eacli month.
It is picked up at Iloiy Cross by
Harry Lawrence, who takes it to
Kaltag, arriving about the St 1j of
each month. He leaves again for
Holy Cross about the Jith of each
month.
The absurdity of taking Iditarod
mail from Holy Cross to Kaltag
will be apparent alter a glance at
the latest NT. C. map. The proper
route is via the Reindeer river.
FAIRBANKS NOTES
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Cy Atwell, skipper of the Little'
Delta, left Fairbanks for the Outside
November 19. He traveled in Louis
Anderson's private rig.
Billy Hose and W. H. Browning left
Fairbanks for a trip to the Outside the
latter part of November.
Two thousand more passengers were
carried over the Tanana Valley rail-!
road during 1912 than was the case in
1911.
Frank Flynn has sold his roadhouse :
at Gilmore. It will be turned into a j
restaurant and lodging house. ;
William Eisenmenger, formerly the 1
"Water King” of Iditarod, was arrested |
at Fairbanks recently on a charge of
assault and battery upon one .1. T. Me
Ginley. The scuffie took place on !
Cripple creek, near Ester. A jury in
Commissioner Dillon's court acquitted
the former monarch.
!
Mrs. A. J. Nordale and Mrs. J.
Stocker received the sad intelligence
recently of the death of their younger
sister, Mrs. Betlefsen, which occurred
at Seattle after a short illness.
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DEBT COLLECTOR
FACING GHARGES:
On December 6 last the grand
jury sitting at Fairbanks indicted
R. M. (Waterfront) Brown on
■ a charge of embezzlement. Brown,
who had been under $2.000 bonds
since the preliminary hearing, was
arrested and his bail raised to
$3,500. The bond was immedi
ately furnished. I
It is claimed that Denny Golieeu
gave a note to Brown for codec-'
tion, and that he was unahle to
recover any part of it from Brown,
although payment has been made.
Biown claims he has not been able
to*collect the amount.
FEVEH VISITS TOWN OF NOLATO
Tlie potlach held at Nulato dur
mg Christmas week came near be
ing abandoned on account of an
outbreak of fever among tlie native
children. According to first re
ports the epidemic was a serious
one. but the deputy-marshal at Nu
lato informed the mail carrier there
were but two cases of fever arncng
the children, one ot which had a
fatal termination. Anyhow the
potlach was held and squaw dances
were the order of the nights, epi
demic or no epidemic.
PIONEER DRUG CO., FLAT CITY
Telephone us your wants in the line of
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Drugs -
Orders Promptly Filled.
Dr.Heinrich Wortwann,
Offices: Iditarod and Flat City
Telephones at each place
DR. H. BEHLA,
Dentist
Offices, Pioneer Drug Store.
Flat City.
Appointments by Telephone
Wickersham & Roden,
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Iditarod, Alaska
Michigan, 1831 Kentucky, 1851 Alaska, 1310
George Woodruff Albrecht,
COUNSELOR AND LAWYER
IDITAROD. ALASKA
The Fioneer Attorney of this Camp
E. M. STANTON,
Attorney at Law
Office in Wickersham & Roden Bldg.
Second Ave.
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Than Ever Before to Supply Your Wants in
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