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Newspaper
Iditarod Pioneer
Location
Iditarod, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1913
Page
8
Mr Frank FE Snyder thanks all who assisted his late wife during illness and the Avetic Brothers of Camp Flat No 26 and Camp Iditated No 27 for funeral services. He also thanks friends who contributed floral offerings and those supplying the music. Discovery trip advised.
Henry Roden senator explains new Alaska mining regulations in a pamphlet printed for prospectors. Available at Anstey's Book Store and the Silver Drug Store in Flat City for price in cents. Wireless telephony planned for Juan Fernandes Island referenced in report.
Local businessmen discuss establishing an automobile stage service for winter travel to and from Grede Run creeks. They plan to purchase a powerful car to operate before navigation closes, citing past winters where trips were feasible despite harsh weather.
The Golden FBagte hotel run by J.J ason Hirst becomes the first in Tditurod to be lit by electric lights. The system arrived and was installed this week with a portable battery that recharges monthly. Each sleeping room gains a W-can powered light.
Anthony Chittick returned to Flat after a second long search for his brother C Chittick lost last winter beyond Rainy Pass on the Seward. No trace found. the expedition was finally abandoned. Others noted include Edward Richter gathering old rubber, Peter Foil’s accident, and Teranger brothers starting hydraulic work on Willow Creek.
In the Alaska route chatter Charley Knell left Iditarod last Tuesday to connect with the White Seal for Fairbanks and the upper ton. Ole Hofstad the prospector a visitor at the city daring the past week. The doctor will leave Greenwrt this week for his wife at Tukea op Nezent Latte. Jonas Brewis of the Little Guys was in town yesterday. Harry Leland visited for the funeral of Leonard Dodge. George Taylor prepares to leave for San Francisco to meet all comers in the Old Man's race. Mr and Mrs Beaks occupy the hospital building. Charles Chase arrives from the Outside and plans to resume business. The Nancy Bell launched to make river connections with the Senator at St Michael. Alcohol in Russia largely comes from potatoes and is used for intoxicants.
Jakey Jacobsgaard of Flat City relocates a cabin to a prominent site and blocks a government road to claim improvements. He plans further moves on Gold Street but finds the spot fenced by a neighbor. Nancy Bell arrives at noon with seven passengers including Mrs. W. H. Crawford and O B Perger of the Yukon Gold Co. Dawson.
An obituary note details William F. Munson once proprietor of a roadhouse near Saleha on the Valdez trail. He died of tuberculosis after a year of illness. He ran the trading post with his wife attending to business and had been in fragile health weeks prior. The piece also touches on watch mechanisms for educational illustration.
In Bel steel a hydroplane built there achieved a speed of 45 miles per hour. After disembarking from the boat readers are advised to take steam baths at Crosby baths on Curlhouse Street.
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