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Newspaper
Iditarod Pioneer
Location
Iditarod, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1910
Page
2
The 1910 Alaska debate turns sharp as editorials oppose appointive government with legislative powers for Alaska. Wickersham Nagel urged Taft to adopt a commission setup, provoking fierce local backlash accusing officials of patronage, demagoguery, and racial slurs while demanding self rule.
Elmer Fellmer, who ran on the Celene raction above Discovery on Otter last season, plans another attempt this winter and next season. He has returned from Georgetown and, with J. E. Goodman, has bought a 10 horsepower hoisting plant to install at once for early dirt hoisting.
A group led by George Wesch and J B Adams arrived in the city after traveling from Lewis Landing via Diskaket to reach Iditarod. They joined S Widman, appendicitis patient, and heard of Mexd Menard with 3500 pounds of meats. The party enjoyed a large Thanksgiving feed at Kelly's roadhouse.
Bob Martin and Walter Thomas of Granite Creek visited town Monday to play pin ochle with the boys and discuss boiler flues and self acting pumps with local sellers. Worden advertises Bock cigars. Captain Donovan deputy marshal appears worn from illness, recovering gradually. Simpson's replaces broken lenses.
Far from the madding crowd the Northern Commercial Company's outpost on the Tokoma river near Ophir is run by Captain Boerner and his wife with a small staff. They manage large Ophir orders, moving Lavelle Young cargoes and supplying miners with a varied stock. The couple, newly married, endure isolation this winter as coal oil and candles are offered by Andyson Bros. & Nerland.
A trio led by F Henning Earl Byers and Billy Kindred set out Thursday along the Takoma trail toward Seward and Seattle aiming to reach tide water in about twenty days. They carry three gasoline boats and a dog team to traverse the Iditarod river conditions and plan to report trail conditions back to the home region.
Jack Ross once of Dawson and recently owner of a Tokatna roadhouse fell violently ill from over drinking and died after a hemorrhage. The widow will mourn his untimely end as the community notes his social prominence and his burial was held on the hillside with ceremonies led by Commissioner Green.
Will Test Julian district with drill. Connors pid O'Mally laymen on the Wildcat association on Flat creek were in the city last week awaiting a hand drill made at Brumbaugh Hamilton Kellogg shop. The finished drill, from Connors and the shop, will be the first in the Kuskokwim and aid prospecting. The partners will take the drill to creeks near Julian on George river and test several claims under option. Also noted is a petrified human leg and mukluk find at Budweiser, believed to be a leg turned to stone. For a meal, visit Carroll's Globe Bakery and Coffee House.
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