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Newspaper
Iditarod Pioneer
Location
Iditarod, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1911
Page
7
Admiral Togo, guest of the nation, is due to arrive in Vancouver on Sunday, will visit Seattle on Monday, and sail for Japan the next day. He has won enthusiastic receptions and created a favorable wireless impression.
Samuel Gompers and AFL leaders tour the Northwest soliciting funds for the McNamaras defense amid their dynamite outrages indictment. The trial is set to begin in October as the case unfolds.
Twenty five thousand Harriman line shopmen plan to strike for higher wages and union recognition. Negotiations likely as they push for settlement.
Esther Cleveland, Grover Cleveland’s second daughter, aged 20, will wed Randolph West, son of a noted Princeton professor. The marriage links a presidential family to an academic lineage as a New York wire special reports.
W A Skinner a Colorado Springs visitor is found frozen to death on Pike's Peak ending a round of travel through the region. Authorities investigate the accidental death as a notable loss to local society.
G Cain, longtime Yukon resident, disappeared from his Fish Creek camp on the Yukon between Tanana and Rampart on the first of the month. Searchers on the seventeenth found no trace, and locals deem him mentally unsettled, possibly dead or lost beyond aid. He had a partner named Johnson this summer. Cain left a note and took a packstrap loafs tobacco and three loaves. He previously suffered a period of mental disorder last fall at Fort Gibbon Hospital.
Jim Frost known as the Sunny Jim of Flat Creek and partner of Olson and Lawrence in local holdings travels this week to California for the winter. Mentions of Hamilton Hawaii and Waltham watches appear as brief notices with jewelers Lord and Co near the post office in the area.
Washington reports Pinchot and Poindexter have formed an alliance with Lafollette to embarrass the Taft administration over Alaska. Taft plans a strong message to Congress and hints at home rule measures. Hearst newspapers declare open war on Taft as Congress nears reassembly.
The Fraternal Order of Eagles held their eleventh annual convention in San Francisco. Frank Herring was elected grand worthy president with William Brennan named as vice president. About 35,000 members attended the parade through city streets, showcasing a strong turnout by delegates.
President Taft reviews about 150000 veterans of the Grand Army of the Republic in Rochester New York as the annual convention opens. He urges a future of commercial bloodless wars and peaceful dispute settlement by treaties with Britain and France. Judge Harvey Trimble of Illinois is elected Commander in Chief for the year.
In London August Wireless Special reports that to avert trouble with employers the railroads reinstate strike leaders after a wage victory. The action marks another signal win for the men as railroads had discriminated against leaders when strikers resumed. In Cardiff August 21 rioters attacked Jewish traders but were repulsed by the military.
The Seattle No. 3 carried many passengers to St Michael direct for the Outside. Gilbert Nairn seeks the city assessor post. Sam J. Callahan, ex Rampart and Tanana journalist, joins the Pioneer family in town. Eddie McArdle arrived from Moore Creek in good shape. Abe Weiss of Plat City visited. Mrs. Charles Suter of Flat City visited town briefly.
Personal notes describe Ruby Guy Dan Callahan at Ruby with some teaming. Alex Capewell tied to Model restaurant Fairbank runs a grocery business. Charles Phillips runs a good restaurant. George Jesse of Jesse's road house Yukon selling groceries. Bob Bloom opens a hardware store. Harry Edwards drives a team for Jim Gallagher. Dave Cascaden reports Ruby camp looks good. Jack Folsom, Moore creek discoverer, in town after selling property. may seek Washington as representative. Gerald O'Shay and Sam Sanderson return from Smoke diggings with options on Gaines and Ophir creeks for Nome capital. For sale: Roadhouse, Allen, doing good business, going outside. inquire Pioneer office. Casey at Flat City sells Rock cigars.
Ladies of Flat organized a benefit dance last Saturday at the A. B. Hall in Flat City. The event drew considerably over 500 attendees and raised funds to help the elderly couple live in comfort. Credit goes to the local women for their disinterested charity and community spirit. Billy Bevans and Al Walsh traveled from Fiat this week and left a large poke at a local bank for safekeeping.
Quebec August 25 Wireless Special. Sir Wilfrid Laurier signals he may withdraw from politics and return to private life unless Canadians endorse pro city policy in the general election. He views the Reciprocity bill as the crowning achievement, but strong opposition led to a national vote on the treaty platform.
Wireless secretary Fisher leaves Cordova for Controller Bay to investigate the Ryan locations. Beverley reports President Taft resting. John W. Gates funeral draws five thousand. Sailor Burke defeats Billy Pape in ten rounds in New York. Papke was the favorite. Upton Sinclair seeks divorce. Battling Nelson to fight Lew Lowell in Sacramento on September 9.
Prof Georgeson in charge of Alaska experimental stations tours interior Alaska including Rampart and Fairbanks stations. Rampart covers 27 acres with plans to clear 25 more and expand seed ripening and distribution. Over forty varieties of potatoes have already been grown there. He will continue to Sitka via St Michael.
Frank Manley and Theodore Witte travel to Moore Creek to size up hydraulic mining possibilities in the area and assess feasibility for operations.
E Meecham filed a complaint in the commissioner's court charging Chas L Woodworth with stealing a horse robe and other property believed to belong to him. Woodworth was arrested and jailed. The case will be tried Monday before Commissioner EB WM Stanton. The accused is known to old Dawsonites. Fairbanks residents report only seven mails in 50 days. Get gasoline at Vachon Sterling's.
A Yukon river observer warns that a rush to Ruby and other Yukon supply points could trigger a severe shortage this winter. Merchants have long calibrated needs as navigation opened recent years. A strike at Glen Gulch near Flint Creek revived interest, possibly spurring stampede if grub runs short.
Two well known locals died in California surf at Long Beach during the week. Ed McMullen and Charles Noffke reportedly drowned while bathing in the sea. McMullen had recently returned from the Outside to assist his brother Albert, who had been declared insane.
Archie Mitchell of Pioneer Mining Co Nome sails for Seward Peninsula yesterday and will return on the last Masifrog fome Nene. Wedding rings crafted from local gold available locally through Lord & Co. jewelers.
Aviator Atwood, who recently visited President Taft in Washington, crashed 28 miles from his goal as his motor failed. He was hurled into a wood pocket and may need to dismount and reassemble the plane before continuing.
In Purcell Oklahoma on August 25 a mob of about 3000 burned Tenry Carter a Black man accused of assaulting a white woman. Officials could not intervene. The crowd carried out the act under wireless special reports.
In New Suffield on August 25, wireless reports say Col. John Jacob Astor and Miss Madeleine Force have not wed due to opposition from Protestant and Catholic churchmen. Astor is 48 and Madeleine Force 18 amid rumors the union is called the crime of the century.
New York news reports President George Parker of United Wireless and several officers were convicted of using the mails with intent to defraud. Parker received a two year penitentiary sentence and will depart for McNeil's Island next Wednesday.
M P Fleischman Rampart postmaster returns home from Iditarod trip to discuss Flat area interests. He believes Rampart could regain prestige with exploration on high ground at the head of Rampart creeks. Local miners report pay on Hootlanana and praise splash dam prospects from Nels Rasmusson Neilson Pete Ryden H Olsen and Fred Cassidy.
The Iditarod Traction Company announces an immediate schedule change with trains leaving at 9 am and 4 pm local time and an additional 5 pm service. Fare for a triple journey listed as 83 units of currency.
Byers and Co. continue daily freight deliveries from Dikeman, undeterred by low water. Cap's Place offers a full line of Bock cigars and smokers articles, while Red Cross stores showcase views of Iditarod and Flat Creek.
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