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Newspaper
Iditarod Pioneer
Location
Iditarod, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1911
Page
10
A native lies jailed in Nome facing possible murder charges after a drunken hootch contest at a fish camp near Fort Davis. A woman with a local tough reputation stabbed a male contestant who is expected to die. The scene and names reflect a tense Nome district incident.
Word reaches that three dogs found on an ice floe near Wainwright off Point Barrow were owned by a white man. Fay R. Shaver, government reindeer superintendent, reports unease over the dogs owner’s fate as mail service is sparse and no certainty remains until the revenue cutter delivers September mail.
John Murray a famed Little Eldorado miner in the airbanks district suffered severe facial injuries from a dynamite blast. Rushed to St Joseph hospital his sight was momentarily in doubt but he is recovering. Murray figures in a storied Dewson episode tied to a Goldhill claim sluicing operation about 12 miles above Dawson City.
A winter mining dispute ends with Murray weighing and paying each worker his due after seizing the operators gold. The owners arrest him, and he spends six days in jail before release for lack of sufficient cause.
After two years away from Fairbanks, Knable returns with renewed belief in mining. He travelled through Peru and other nations, meeting a Peruvian mining worker from an American syndicate and discovering Herman Tofty, once of Hot Springs, who holds a 12 000 acre Peruvian mineral land concession. Times, Her.
Residents of Iditarod suspected a tramway to creeks would profit the Iditarod Traction company. From Valdez comes a different explanation and a note on local business, including a tailor, pressed clothes, and cigars sold in Flat City.
Local notices report injuries and moves among northern residents. Dan Moriarity recovers in Fairbanks hospital after a Dome creek burn while James Weyerhorst relocates to Juneau to practice. Several others head Outside or to new posts including Roy selling land to English dredging syndicate and Lieut Orchard’s family plans.
The article notes Milton T. Mark arranging a September bout in San Francisco to match Mat and Packey McFarland for a round fight on September 9. Tim O'Day is reportedly close to signing, with McParkoul's signature expected soon. Champion Ad Wolvast may be involved in a future statement.
A fragmentary note mentions a ten round taxing bout in the East ahead of a November fight between Pat Moore and Freddie Welsh. Other place names appear in a list style, including Olid Lacey Tyler Monotrum Ather ton Cedarbrook Sherry and Clavets at Mipire Com Inereil Co.
Notice to all interested that I W has expended labor and improvements on the Otter Recording and Mining Precinct claims in Alaska Fourth Division. Under section 2324 Revised Statutes annual labor to hold claims for period ending December 1910, ninety days to contribute or risk transfer to co-owner who paid expenditures. Dated Iditarod June 24, 1911. Publication July 1, 1911.
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