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POLITICS IN THE FOURTH DIVISION
The appointment of John Miox Brown, a Republican, to be United
States commissioner at Fairbanks in the absence of John F. Dilion, is
made the occasion for a peevish attack by the Fairbanks Citizen upon
judge Bunnell and practically every other Democratic officeholder in
the Fourth division, wno are designated as a political ring, tacitly
organized for their own selfish interests.’' That newspaper goes even
further, and assumes an attitude which cannct be classified as anything
less than lese majeste by intimating that the suave Governor Strong
has beer, made a party to the Democratic territorial machine at Juneau.
Marshal Erwin, Clerk of the Court Jot.a E. Clark and District Attorney
R. F. Roth each conies in for his sham of abuse, and the statement is
made that “if these same political officeholders were candidates for
elective offices, it is a safe bet that most any kind of men would wri
out against them."
As an unbiased spectator of the petty game of politics wrech is being
and has l>een played in Alaska, The Pioneer is not ignorant 01 the fact
that machine politics is in full sway, and especial!}' in tne Fourth divi
sion. It is even prepared to say that the giving out of political plums
has not always been influenced by the public interest. The game of
partisan politics has been played to such an extent that the actions o!
the faithful in endeavoring to grab and retain even unremunerative
public positions have been ludicrous in the extreme. Appointments
have been made or withheld apparently only upon somebody’s erratic
whims. Tire wonder is that there can be found persons in this country
of opportunity and reward for expended effort who can afford to in
dulge in such a petty pastime.
But regardless of the fact that these conditions exist, we have no
reason to believe that they would be improved by the substitution oi
another set of political bosses, or one that would be approved bv such
newspapers as the Citizen. We are not called upon to defend the offi
cials who have been attacked. All that has been said may be quite
true so far as we know, although we are inclined to think they may not
be as black as they have been painted.
As has been said by this newspaper on otner occasions, AiasKa is no
place for partisan politics, and the attempt to dominate public affairs
by means of political machines and bosses cannot but result disas
trously. The Alaska public are interested in the development of the
country. They should consider carefully the best means to accom
plish that end, and men should be appointed to public office with a
view to their fitness for the positions sought rather than whether or
not they supported such and such a partisan in a forlorn hope.
As to the action of Judge Bunnell in the case of the Fairbanks com
missionership, it is more than likely that his action in appointing a man
of opposite political belief solely upon his qualification for the office
will be generally commended as tending to show that he has the public
interests at heart rather than the pleasing of a few political associates.
The Pioneer, at least, gladly ascribes to him those motives, and ex
presses the hone that he will continue to be actuated by the same patri
otic spirit, and thus aid in bringing to the pubhc service the highest
degree of efficiency and integrity. /
THE THAW CASE
The last act in the nauseating Thaw case is about to be staged, and
the final and decisive triumph of wealth over justice is about to be pro
claimed. After being declared irresponsible for the killing of Stanford
White because of the fact that he was not in his right mind, he is now
about to be declared sane to escape the rigors of confinement as an
insane criminal His few years of nominal confinement, his fight with
the officials of two states for liberty, backed up by the immense family
wealth and influence, his escape and capture, and all the sickening de
tails of this wicked use of power to defeat the ends of justice, have
been vividly portrayed by the sensational press. After the disgusting
finish, it is to be hoped that Thaw will have impressed upon him the
necessity of seeking the obscurity which is his right, and the policy of
not flaunting too openly in the eyes of the American people his dearly
bought liberty.
In the meantime jurists, legislators and the people generally will have
brought home to them the imperative necessity of a change in our
system of criminal jurisprudence, and even the reformation of the
GROCERIES FOOTWEAR
Tom McMahon,
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
FLAT CITY
MINERS’OUTFITS HARDWARE
Gold St., Flat C,ty
Mrs. Geo. Mutchler, Prop.
Fresh
SesondSt. |0S TAROO IVl EAT CO. Phone 15
jury system. The trend of public expression seems to indicate that
the latter is due to receive some hard knocks within the next few years.
The district court has wound up its business in this section rather
hurriedly and departed for other points in its vast jurisdiction. Judge
Bunnell has made a most favorable impression upon the people of
Iditarod and vicinity for his eminent fairness and grasp of matters
brought before him, and the members of the court staff have made
many friends here w’ho will regret their early departure.
From remarks made by District Attorney Roth in summing up the
evidence in the Thurston case, it is gathered that all is not harmonious
in the relations between the district attorney’s office and Marshal L.
T. Erwin. However that may be, Mr. Roth commented upon certain
actions of the marshal which will bear an explanation.
FEDERAL OFFICIALS ARE
HAULED ON THE CARPET
BY J. HARMON CASKEY
Fairbanks Citizen. June IS'
Jt.hn Knox Brown, a Republican, and a
business associate of Thomas A. McGowan,
was appointed a few days ago to take the
place of United States Commissioner John
F. Dillon while the latter is absent, which
will be until next March.
This is only one of several Republican
appointments that have l'-en made by Judge
Bunnell and other federal officials purport
ing to be Democrats. The officials who
made these appointments were themselves
appointed by virtue of their having been
supposed to be loyal members of the party,
but it seems that as soon us their own nests
were feat hered they forgot political lines. In
other words, they have evidently become
members of a political “ring" that is tacitly
organized for their own selfish interests.
Governor strong, who holds the highest
appointive office in Alaska, is to be a guest
of Fairbanks for a short time, and the Citi
zen feels that it is his duty to look into
this abuse of party rights, provided, how
ever, he is truly and sincerely working for
the party's best interests. The governor,
it seems, has not been as patriotic to party
affiliations as he should be, considering the
fact that he owes his own posit h n to the
policy of the national Democratic party to
appoint only Democrats to office.
Indeed, it seems that Governor Strong has
been made a party to the territorial Demo
cratic machine that has bet n organized in
•lunea u under the leadership of Shackle
ford and Davidson, and that it is not pos
sible for him to assert true party affiliations
without becoming an outcast from this ma
chine. If this be true, then Governor Strong
is improperly named, and instead of being
strong in principle, he is weak enough to
become the tool of aspiring political bosses
But let us first review tire local situation.
When Charles h. Bunne.i was hrst nomi
nated as a candidate for delegate to con
gress. a report reached 1 airbanks that he
was a Republican, that he had voted the
Republican ticket two years previously, that
he had applied for the trusteeship of the
town of Valdez under a Republican admin
istration. and had posed as a Republican
when asking for the job. In the light of
ii:is, the Citizen refused to take up- a cam
paign in behalf of Mr. Bunnell's candidacy
until it could satisfy it. elf in regard to his
1 political affi iati ns, . > this neu spi per is n >t
I boosting anybody for oliice who is not truly
| a Democrat.
1 But Mr. Bunnell explained away, in what
I seemed to be a logical manner, the charge
[Unit he was a Republican, and then toe
j Citizen took up his fight. But what did Mr.
i Bunnell do when he was appointed judge?
i Let us see:
j No sooner did Mr. Bunnell take office than
he became affiliated with Marshal Erwin, the
/fool of loin McGowan, the jtoliiical buss
here. It has been assumed that Mr. Hun
ne!l was a man of considerable force of char
acter and that he would nut bend to the
will of a boss, but from his actions he lias
since indicated that this was wrung.
It will be remembered that when Erwin
became marshal he kept in his office two
deputies who were appointed by the pre
! vious Republican incumbent of that office,
j it will also be noted that he has not gone
! out of tils way to appoint deputies who
! have been recognized as active party men.
Erwin evidently conceived the idea that
if he could get a clerk appointed who would
be subject to his own dictation, he would
strengthen his own power politically, and m
the light of events he seems to have in
duced Judge Bunnell to appoint ,1. E. Clark.
Erwin’s chief deputy, as clerk of the court.
This was the first appointment made by
Bunnell, and it met with anything but ap
proval by the rank and file of the local
Democracy.
The next queer move made by the Mc
Gowan-Envin-Bunnell clique was the ap
pointment of Sid Stewart, a professed Re
publican, to the position of chief deputy
clerk. The Citizen has only the highest re
i -.pect for Mr. Stewart, and admits that he is
[ a man of much ability as a clerk, but it
I denies that he is more proficient than some
i Democrats that are in Alaska.
Cecil Clegg, a good man in every way,
! but a pronounced Republican, was the next
man to be favored by Mr. Bunnell. Mr.
Clegg was appointed as referee in the bank
cases.
As a sort of climax comes tne appoint
ment of Mr. Brown to take the place of
Commissioner Dillon, and if the latter con
cludes to remain Outside it will mean that
Mr. Brown will hold the office indefinitely.
It must be admitted, however, that Mr.
Brown is a comuetent man.
The charges that have been made by the
News-Miner that the federal officials in Fair
banks have formed themselves into a ring
for the purpose of mutual protection have
not been denied. It is expected that the
Fairbanks Times will take exception to this
statement, and to the charges that the Citi
zen is making, for the News-Miner’s asser
tion that the Times is the organ for the ring
has been quite conclusively proved in vari
ous ways.
The advantages of a ring for appointive
officers are quite apparent. For instance,
should charges be made at Washington
against the conduct of Marshal Erwin, the
other members of the ring, all holding posi
tions, can easily save him his position by
wiring to the department of justice that the
charges are unfounded. In the same way
the judge and the district attorney can off
set any popular opposition simply by giving
each other official support.
District Attorney Roth seems to be just
as much a party to this ring as anyone, for
it is evident that it is through his efforts
that the Fairbanks Times is included in it.
Mr. Roth has admitted that he has a. finan
cial interest in the Times, and various other
things indicate that many of the political
editorials appearing in that organ have been
inspired by him.
Anybody who doubts that a political ring
has been formed in the federal building in
Fairbanks will find, if ho asks the members
of the local Democratic party, that as a rule
they are confident that a ring exists.
That party patronage has its evils is gen
erally conceded, but it is the thing from
which the Republicans gain their strength,
and the only way that the Democrats can
maintain a chance with them is to make use
of it in the same way. Inasmuch as it was
this policy that won appointments for I he
various leading federal officials in Alaska, it
is only just that it be observed when minor
appointments are made.
As soon ns the rank and file of the Demo
cratic party in Alaska realize that the party I
here is existing only for the promotion of I
the selfish interests of a few cheap politi- !
cians, they will desert it. Governor Strong i
could do much to improve conditions were
it not for the fact that he has been guilty
of the same contempt for party lines that
has marked the work of local Democratic
appointees.
When Govern r Strong took office he re
tained as his secretary the man who had
served in the same capacity under the Re
publican administration of Governor ('lark.
Later he appointed as territorial treasurer
a man who was known not to be a Demo
crat.
President Wilson and the other leaders of
the national Democratic party arc* not in a
position to know what i- going on in a
political way away out here in Alaska, and
therefore they are in nowise to blame for
this «Ii graceful machine politics that is
promising to disrupt Democracy in the ter
ritory.
One of the lamentable features of this con
temptible betrayal of trust that President
Wil si n has ph.ced in these men »y appoint
ing them is the fact that it reacts in a harm
ful way against Mr. Wilson and other party
leaders who favored them. Figuratively it
is a slap in the face of Mr. Wilson, who
is known to be a man of high ethical stand
ards, ami who would never tarnish his good
name and enviable reputation by becoming
a party to machine politics.
The few questionable politicians who arc
selling their political honor to gain intlu
dice that they hope will retain them in
office at good salaries are not important
factors in a national way, but they are
causing the real Democrats of Alaska to
leave the party and strengthen the lines of
the opposition.
If these same cheap political officehi Mere
were candidates for elective offices, it is a
safe bet that ’most any kind of men would
win out against them. But unfortunate1}’.
Alaska is in the hands of appointive officers,
and when these, by means of mutual co
operation. can promote their own welfare at
the expense of the party that has given them
their bread and butter, there is little that
the public can do to protect itself.
One satisfactory thing about the whole
affair, however, is the fact that dishonesty
and trickery never wir. permanent success.
There is always a da}' of reckoning, and
| when these same political dictator^ arc
i forced to [lead, as will be the ruse in time,
for public support, they will be certain :
realize that the people are not easily fooled.
The Juneau Empire says: “Governor
Strong has threatened to turn pugilist if he
can find out the person responsible for the
insertion in half a dozen American news
papers of an article telling men who are out
of work to write to the governor of Alaska
ancl get the ‘hundreds of jobs that are open
in the golden North.’ The governor’s office
has been literally swamped with inquiries
from blacksmiths, carpenters, plumbers and
other skilled and unskilled laborers. For
tunately, the advertisements did not instruct
job-seekers to go to Alaska. The ad told
them to write to the governor."
All of which reminds The Pioneer of a
story told by a man who is well known in
Alaska, and which illustrates the well-known
"glad hand" propensities of the governor,
! and also suggests that perhaps that gentle
man himself is responsible for the plight in
j which he finds himself.
According to our informant, who for iden
i tification purposes may be named Mr. High.
! although that is not his name, while on his
i way Outside last year he stopped off at
Juneau, and as he was an old acquaintance
i of that dignitary, he called on Alaska’s chief
, iecutive, who expressed pleasure at the
nreeting and enjoyed the gossip concerning
! mutual friends which Mr. High regaled him
with. At parting the governor assured Mr.
High that if at any time he could be of
I service to him or to any of his friends, he
should not hesitate to call on him. This
promise encouraged Mr. High to mention to
the governor that he had a close friend in
Seattle who had had a streak cf misfortune,
and who was then out of employment, with
nothing in prospect. The governor told him
most graciously that if he would send him
to Juneau he would provide him with a
position. Mr. High was delighted with the
governor’s offer, and on his arrival in Se
attle he unfolded his plan to his impecunious
friend. The latter being unable to pay his
fare to Juneau, Mr. High advanced him the
money, and he proceeded to Alaska. Ar
riving at Juneau, armed with a letter of
introduction to the governor, he proceeded
to the executive mansion and presented his
credentials. He was informed that the gov
ernor was busy, and later called again. At
this interview the governor informed him
that he had no position at present at his
disposal, and told his visitor to look around
the city of Juneau for employment, and in
case of his failure to find it he would “try
to find him something to do.” He stated
that he had so many applicants for positions
that he could not possibly accommodate
all of them, and placed such a damper on
his hopes that he never troubled the gov
ernor again. He managed by doing odd jobs
to earn enough money to pay his fare back
to Seattle, where he recounted his chilly re
ception by the governor to Mr. High. The
latter was, of course, indignant at what
he termed the duplicity of the governor,
and at what seemed to him a needless hard
ship imposed on a worthy seeker for employ
ment caused by mistaking “bull con” for
sincere protestations of friendship.
It is possible that the disappointed seeker I
after employment may be responsible for
the insertion of the ad complained of, and
that he is taking this means of showing his
resentment for an unwarranted humiliation
imposed upon him.
MANY EXPRESS DOUBT
AS TO JOE CAMPBELL’S GUILT
Did Joseph Campbell, who was sentenced
in Iditarod in 1912 to life imprisonment for
the murder of the Nelson brothers in the
Kuskokwim district in the year 1911, really
commit those murders, or is he enduring
the misery of penal servitude wrongfully,
and fur a crime which he never committed?
These inquiries are raised by reason of
the fact that Campbell, who is serving a
life sentence at the Leavenworth, Kan., peni
tentiary, has succeeded in arousing the in
terest of District Attorney Roth in his pro
testations of innocence, and the latter has
commenced an inquiry into the facts sur
rounding the murders for which Campbell
was sentenced.
Some months ago Campbell wrote from
his prison cell to all the newspapers of
Alaska, and to the United States officials,
making inquiry for one Billy Barnhart. He
claimed that with the aid of this man he
might be able to prove his innocence. Barn
hart was last seen by Campbell, according
to his story, at Russian Mission, on the Yu
kon, on July 10, 1911. The Nelson brothers
are believed to have been killed on the Kus
kokwim in June or July, 1911.
Campbell was convicted largely upon the
testimony of natives, and this testimony is
said to be disputed by reliable white men,
among them being two missionaries on the
lower Kuskokwim. The natives testified at
the trial that the men were murdered on
the left limit of the Kuskokwim, whereas
the crime took place on an island above the
mouth of the Tuluksak. Details were given
of the witnessing of the crime by a native,
but the inquest developed that these were
at variance with the facts, it is said. The
bodies were found wrapped in their blankets,
through which the bullets had penetrated,
they evidently having been murdered while
sleeping, according to report.
On Monday last District Attorney Kotn
held a conference with FT Coke Hd!. Henry
Roden and Duke E. Stubbs. Messrs. Rx.en
and Hid were counsel in tin- cas‘. Mr. H:!l
representing Cami»bell and Mr. Roden the
prosecution. Mr. Stubbs, while not a wit
ness in the case, was acquainted with the
>tories tol 1 by the natives, and states that
the belief is general among the whites in
the Kuskokwim region that the testimony
given by the natives should not have been
relied upon.
ihere are two men named Barnhart who
are known to have been mi the lower l ukon
and Kuskokwim rivers, and me <d tne.e b
said to be on the lower Yukon at the present
time. It is believed that if an effort were
made this man could be located.
It is rather inexplicable that the r< -uleiits
of the Kuskokwim region, kn nvmg 01
(Campbell's persistent denials of guilt, and
of the fact that he had made an effort to
locate witnesses to prove his innocence, and
believing, as they are said to believe, that
the natives gave false testimony, should not
have made an effort to have aided the con
victed man in securing the benefit of what
evidence they hail in their possession. The
district attorney's office in all probability
will set in motion a thorough inquiry into
the facts in the case, with the view of see
ing that a possibly innocent man may be
given a chance to clear himself.
District Attorney Rclh is known to have
but little faith in the a’leged docility of
the Interior Alaska natives, and believes
ihat many of the mysterious disappearance?
and murders of white men in the past few
' years may be chargeable to them.
THE REASON FOR HIS DEFEAT?
R. L. Farris of Mountain View, Ark., de
feated Democratic candidate for the l?gis
ature, has called upon the state authorities
to le-ip him compile his sworn statement of
campaign expenses in order that he may not
be prosecuted.
He started the campaign on a bronco, and
on election day he had traded horses eleven
times. Now the question with him is
whether the law requires him to disclose his
cleverness as a horse swapper in detail, and
to explain why, instead of having an ex
pense account, he should show a profit for
the campaign.
Farris says that when the campaign
opened he had only $3 in his jeans and was
astride of a common cay use. At the first
farm house he traded the bronco for a sor
rel gelding, and in a few days he swapped
the gelding for an cider horse and wagon.
This rig was traded in turn, and finally after
the eleventh deal he found that he had S80
in cash profits and a good Missouri mule,
g:i which he rode back to meet defeat at
the polls.
DAUGHTER OF MR. ROTH
MEETS WITH ACCIDENT
Dorothy Roth, the 10-year-old daughter
of District Attorney and Mrs. R. F. Roth,
broke her arm recently when she fell from
a bicycle, according to Fairbanks newspapers
of June 28. She is said to be improving
rapidly, and is expected soon to bo well.
CLAUD M. SAWYER IS
SOUGHT BY HIS MOTHER
Mrs. Laura M. Sawyer of Springbrook,
Ore., writes to Postmaster Wile under date
of June 15 making inquiries for her son,
Claud M. Sawyer. She has not heard from
him in three years, and is afraid he has,
perished, as he used to write to her often.
He was in the habit of getting his mail at
Iditarod.
FIGURES ON SAVING LIFE
LONDON, May 17.—A British staff offi
cer reports General Joffre as saying:
“I can break the German line at any
point from Flanders to Switzerland and
drive the German armies across Belgium
and France to their own fortified lines
whenever I choose. If I ordered that move
today it would cost me and the British
1,250,000 men in casualties.”
General Joffre is further reported as be
lieving that the end of the present deadlock
will come when the allies are able to present
not only crushing numerical superiority,
but superior amount of artillery of all kinds,
and, above everything else, of ammunition.
The allies will soon have much more ammu
nition and many more guns than the Ger
mans, and he believes victory in the west
will be achieved with an amazangly small
sacrifice of men.
Job Printing at Pioneer office.
A New Alaska Product
A large quantity of graphite from the
ledges in the Sawtooth country is on ex
hibition in the window of the Darling <fc
Dean Company, says the Nome Nugget. Tlie
mineral is in large blocks, and appears to be
of high grade and very free of impurities.
YVinquist and others are the owners of the
property. It is claimed that they have an
unlimited quantity of the mineral in sight.
Lumber for Railroad
A contract for furnishing approximately
1,000,000 feet of lumber to be used in the
construction of the government railway in
Alaska was yesterday awarded to the
Sehwager & Nettleton Mill Company by the
local purchasing office of the Alaska engi
neering commission, says the Seattle Post
j Intelligencer of June 10. The contract price
is $15,807.78, and delivery of the material
must be made within thirty-five days at
Ship creek. The greater part of the lum
ber is: for bridge work, the remainder being
for the construction of buildings.
Famous Correspondent Coming
Frank Carpenter, probably the most fam
ous living American newspaper writer of
travel articles, is on his way North, accord
ing to the Juneau Empire, lie will n i
the summer in Alaska, visiting all the im
portant places. The results of his observa
tions will be written for various American
daily newspapers. Frank Carpenter has
traveled all over the world, including the
waste and out-of-the-way places as well as
the big cities, and his descriptions of coun
tries and peoples have been read by practi
cally everybody. This will be his first Alas
kan trip.
No Prohibition for Knik Yet
The Anchorage Pioneer reports that a cen
sus of the town of Knik, taken to determine
the opinion of the inhabitants with refer
ence to the liquor question, showed the fol
lowing result: Wets, 104; drys. including
those who declined to express an opinion, 39.
Matanuska Crops
The settlers in the vicinity of the Mata
nuska Junction are as busy as bees clearing
land, planting root crops and making gen
eral improvements in their homesteads, ac
cording to the Cook Inlet Pioneer. T; - cli
matic conditions are said to be ideal for
growing the root crops. Gentle showers oc
cur at frequent intervals, moistening the soil
ml providing natural irrigation. The pre
vailii"; weather is sunshine. The condi
tions are so favorable that one may almost
,-ee the vegetables growing.
To Select a Supreintendent of Education
(, vnris-n- :v'vag told Juneau newspaper
:ncn that he would not select the territorial
superintendent of education, which office
was created by the recent legislature, until
after his return from his visit to the Interior
There are six candidates for the position,
among them being Miss Keenan, superin
tendent of the Skagway public schools.
"Popccrn Jimmy” Dead at Seattle
A Seward dispatch of Jcne 14 states that
James Emmett Fitzpatrick died some two
weeks previous in Seattle. He passed away
after frightful suffering, surrounded by his
brother, sister and friends. Persons who
saw him some days before his death said
he was in a frightful condition. It had been
intended to take him to the Mayo brothers'
hospital in Minnesota, but when those physi
cians had his condition explained to them
they declared the trip would be useless,
Mr. Fitznatrick was buried in Seattle. Fitz
patrick was well known throughout Alaska
and Yukon territory by the familiar title oi
•‘Popcorn.” He was a pioneer r -ident oi
'-kagwsy. Later he mnv 1 to Reward.
New Director of Pioneers’ Home
The ap| influent lies been announced <•(
Professor C. C. Georgeson as a member »i
the board of directors of the territorial Pio
neers’ home at Mtka, to succeed the late
George Kostrometinoff. Professor Georgeson
will become secretary of the board. The
other members are Governor Strong and W.
p. Mills of Sitka.
Fairbanks Man to Establish Cannery
Captain Eldridge T. Barnette, former
banker of Fairbanks, was in Juneau on
June 19. according to the Empire, on his
way to the Kusknkwim to look over the
country with tlie view of establish a salmon
cannery. He was a passenger to Kodiak
on the steamship Admiral Evans, and will
charter the gasoline schooner Hunter for his
trip to the Kuskokwim. The Hunter will
bo in command of Captain \\ alter Ti'.ui. who
also was aboard the Admiral Evans.
Kneebone Non-Suited
On June 18 Judge Robert W. Jennings, in
the district court at Juneau, granted the mo
tion rf Attorney Lewis P. Shackleford^fcr a
non-suit in the W. J. Kneebone $75,000
'damage suit against the Alaska Gastineau
Mining Company, and the case, which had
been on trial for two days, was suddenly
terminated. The jurors were dismissed. J.
II. Cobb, attorney for Kneebone, filed an
exception to Judge Jennings’ decision, but
has not yet announced what course he will
take. In discussing the testimony Judge
Jennings held the law to be that the case
hinged on the question of the employer’s
negligence, and stated that the plaintiff had
ailed to establish proof of negligence on the
part of the Alaska Gastineau Company.
Alaska Railroad Employs 1,000 Men
“There are 2,000 persons living in tents at
Anchorage and 1,000 men employed in the
vicinity of that place on the railroad,” said
Profe«e>ioria 1
Michigan, 1881 Alaska, 1910
Kenticky, 1891
George Woodruff Albrecht
COUNSELOR AND LAWYER
IDITAROD, ALASKA
The Pioneer Attorney of Iditarod
E. M. STANTON,
Attorney at Law
Office: Corner Willow and Second Sts.
Iditarod Pioneer Building
CHAS. E. TAYLOR,
Attorney at Law
BANK BLOCK
First Avenue Iditarod
DR. MOORE,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
DR. H. E. AURISMGER,
Office: Flat City Hospital, Flat City
Consultation Hours in Forenoons and by
Appointment
Best of Everything
ALL THE TIME AT THE
Arcade Cafe
FLAT CITY
Open Dav and Night
OPEN DAY AND NIGHT
FLAT CITY H OH BACK & DURAND
Bet. the Grand and Bagoy's Bars
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MRS. N. P. GILMORE
' J. E. Moulton, who has recently returned
! from that place, to the Juneau Empire.
I “There is little building going on. for the
I reason that the townsite will have to be
j changed,” he continued. "Those who are
\on the ground now are on the railroad town
j site. A government, townsite is being sur
veyed on the opposite side of Ship creek.
1 and will be available before long. Until
that time there will be very little building.
There are only three wooden buildings in
town.” Mr. Moulton says tha: while the
government railroad has employed more
*non than it expected, there are still idle
pien at Anchorage, and hp recommends that
i no cnc go there seeking employment. Ihe
! survey of the townsite is being conducted
I by Frank Warner.
! GERMAN TACTICS UPSET
! BOOK IDEAS CN WARFARE
, LONDON. June 7.- The effects of the
I German gas w irfnre on the Bzura-Rawka
! front have been mi terrible that i; feared
i that it will he necessary to revise all the
! generally accepted text book ideas reg r 1 ng
| the choice of terrain for military operations.
The Russian positions n the Bzura
Rawka line were technically nerfect, but
down the center of the long valley the gases
I (lowed. The scenes which follow ed w ere ap
' nailing. Every living thins ; Dre.
| A careful study if th • I ati-"s showed
! that in most cases where death did not lm
! mediately result they were attacked with
fits like those following tetanus the hrst
! day, which recurred on the third day and
i were followed by death.
' FOR SALF—A nuantity of good copper
mixed lead (type metal). Much better and
more durable for machinery repairing
than the ordinary soft lead. Pioneer
office.
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