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Newspaper
Iditarod Pioneer
Location
Iditarod, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1913
Page
6
Publication lists subscription rates and advertising rates and urges caution in preparing copy from a distance. It warns the publisher cannot alter copy, especially in forfeiture and legal notices, and emphasizes clear wording of names and dates.
Walter Clark the late governor of Alaska notes Juneau has department stores telephones electric lights a water system schools hospitals churches and other civic basics. Niantic Connecticut readers learn Alaskan towns share civic life with Connecticut cities and Seattle urges publicity to attract a thriving population and eventual commonwealth status.
Mr. Bryan defends his plan to lecture and save $10,000 yearly, arguing his dates will not interfere with public duties. He notes cabinet officers often vacation away from Washington for six to eight weeks. The piece hints at how ration cuts may be a matter of taste and contemplates a cooler mountain retreat.
The scene built into a massive stampede with nothing to do but let it run. A wide crowd surged ahead unchecked, creating a chaotic moment and widespread alarm as the mass moved swiftly through the area.
The report notes steamboats in Fairbanks were loaded on the initial trip and on the return, the camp was later found to be a modest start rather than the glowing success predicted, with sourdoughs chasing rumors across Alaska, often wiser for little.
The following list of letters remain uncalled for at the Tolitarod Alaska post office on Aug 26 1913. Please ask for advertised letters. Names include Chas W as Me ead Niemeyer Adamson Dawison Chas Mrs M Oguzcroft Jim Hantschi Robert Hierson Win Pearson Thomas Johnson Isage Von Johnson Axel Purdy Chas Raeher Harry nud G Bud Wilfrid am ampson Odu chivemann Sid Snow Peter Storvick Ni Smith Larson Jalmar Lillis J Lovelace McKenzie Chas Van Winkle Ruby. Postmaster Triton.
The editorial voices defense of Mr Bryan, arguing the public has rights and he should not neglect official duties for extra pay during the Chautauqua season. It contends critics in the capital are grumbling as the old guard seeks fault amid a free country.
Julio Wada, famed in Alaska as discoverer of Furbucks and gold camps, visits New York promoters linked to the Guggenheims to sell a rich Alaska property. After a delay he is offered a ham sandwich, but remains determined as surveyors and mine experts head to Alaska to inspect his claim.
A reflective commentary on thirteen as an unlucky number and a string of disasters across Europe and the world. The piece notes political unrest in Britain with suffragettes, a sick king, Balkan and Turkish tensions, floods in Greece, and macabre imagery of death and misfortune, all hoping for a year without hoodoo.
The article discusses repeated stampedes driven by rumors of new gold strikes in Alaska. It cites past episodes like the Skookum Jim and Midas creek rushes, warns that most rushes are driven by excitement and greed, and notes how miners from Nome and Dawson were misled by false alarms.
In the District Court Territory of Alaska Fourth Division Simmons appears to answer to the complaint of plaintiff Vanderpool seeking dissolution of marriage. The summons notes inability to serve in district and directs appearance within days after August 15 1913. Court reveals processing by Sealy C. Page Clerk.
Olympia high school graduate Jack Claypool last June, son of Judge B. Claypool formerly of Fairbanks, has been nominated by Congressman Albert Johnson for entry to the Naval Academy at Annapolis. If he declines, the nomination goes to Ward Steiglit a of Aberdeen as first alternate.
The Chisana river, a main Tanana branch alongside the Nubesoa, drains the northeast slopes of the Alaska range and unites to form the Tanana near longitude 42. Indian name Chisa river, recorded by Allen in 1881, later written Chusana.
Public notice states a writ of execution issued by the District Court of Alaska in favor of Clark Lumber Company against Isaac Nyholm Mina Nyholm and Frank Miller. Real estate in Iditarod Precinct Alaska described as a parallelogram 50 by 120 feet fronting Willow Street to be sold at public auction on September 6 1913 at 2 PM at the corner of Willow Street and Second Avenue Iditarod Alaska. Marshal T Erw in as marshal and Taylor as attorney for plaintiff.
Notice to Foteturre Po TOM TURNER and heirs that the undersigned has expended labor and improvements totaling about dollars for a mining claim in the Ben hur association, Chicken tributary of Monaura Creek, Otter Mining District, Territory of Alaska. If not paid within the period, the claimant’s interest may become property of the undersigned under the Revised Statutes. Dated June 14, 1913, with action on September 13.
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