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Newspaper
Iditarod Pioneer
Location
Iditarod, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1910
Page
11
Ben Pryor a laundry-wagon driver for Cascade laundry earned about $100 a week in summer with a 20 percent commission. He operated without capital and outpaced many businessmen despite only delivering and collecting washing for Wm. Shinkle’s laundry.
From December 4 to April 1 Tanana will receive three mail runs weekly totaling about 2000 pounds every seven days with service every day except Sunday. The N C contract provides two mails weekly of ten pounds each. The Malamute Express will carry mail express and passengers with Stockman and Hunnewell as veteran carriers, and will bank its stage after the Cordova Stage midweek arrival.
Washington dispatch reports a plan to reduce the price of upper berths on Pullman cars after a long fight led by George Loftus before the Interstate Commerce Commission. The lower berths would stay unchanged.
Nov 30 Tanana report estimates the Iditarod will yield at most 12 909 000. Tom Aitken Billy Casey and two others arrived from the district detailing Flat creek as a limited rich producer. Manley and Aitken own the Marietta association. Lynn conducts steam shaking on Flat creek.
Tom Shallow and Jim Lewis completed a round trip from this city to Georgetown delivering a substantial consignment to Kuskokwim Commercial Co purchased by A H. Twitchell. They hauled about a ton with single horses showing the first real freighting between the points and plan a return trip with another load later in the week.
Ben Anderson and John Kieland, among others who struck first gold on George last spring, arrived with Oscar Nord and plan to transfer operations to Michigan. They report no notable finds yet, awaiting boilers and pumps to handle water as they resume prospecting. Kieland remains on Spruce creek but has been sick, limiting work.
Sampson and Boyne reached Bethel in October to obtain reindeer, securing 120 head about 100 miles upriver. They left no more deer in the area, while Black Sullivan formerly Georgetown trustee and Iditarod fire chief returned empty handed, hinting deer may appear later in Kuskolwim before winter.
A tale from the trail shares uses for seal tight bacon packaging. Harry Karstens, arriving with a dog team from Fairbanks, uses melted seal tight to seal a mattress hole, then patches a tin bucket and uses the material to start a fire and mend gear.
A gasoline lamp nearly ignited the cloth ceiling of the Budweiser saloon. Jack Baird covered the ceiling with asbestos paper to guard against fire, highlighting numerous city spots using lamps under cloth and paper ceilings. City officials urged fire safety actions.
Bob Martin and Jim Chronister arrived in town to discuss business with Chronister recently coming from Fairbanks. The Chronisters departed on Wednesday to reside in Otter for the remainder of the winter on La.
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