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Newspaper
Iditarod Pioneer
Location
Iditarod, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1916
Page
2
The Iditarod Pioneer, issued every Saturday from Iditarod Alaska, lists Charles A Cerry as editor and Arbuckle and Perry as publishers. It shows subscriptions at sixteen dollars per year, one dollar per month, eight dollars for four months, and a single copy price of twenty eight cents along with advertising rates on request.
The year N17 promises material growth in the Aluku district and near holgarod with mining potential in Tuistor and strong production in Tanoko. Improvements to government transport, the Alaska railroad, and the Kuskokwim-Iditarod branch are expected, shaping future development and potentially ending liquor traffic. Peace talks among major powers offer cautious hope amid world war tensions.
A historical discussion on dividing Alaska into distinct territories or states, favoring Southeastern and coastal regions while Interior Alaska resists. Key figures like JR Heckman and Delegate James Wickersham weigh political benefits, road taxes, and representation, noting Coast-Interior conflicts and the potential for two or more districts or a combined entity.
The passage argues that acts affecting Interior Alaska have been pushed by large mining firms, leaving little chance of harmony with independent miners and prospectors. It advocates local rule by Interior residents who know conditions and suggests coastal residents might concede the time privilege.
A nine vote margin in the Alaska congress delegate contest highlights a remote, spread out electorate. Wickersham leads Sulzer in reported totals, but many precincts remain uncounted, and outcomes may take weeks. The race tests territory-wide perceptions of candidate identity and partisan campaigning.
Budapest newspaper credits Freemasons with instigating the war, blaming their influence for theArchduke murder and broader conflict. It claims the order supplied killers and guided actions, dismissing Britain, Russia, France, and others as uninvolved.
The piece reflects on Tom Johnson’s impact guiding Ohio toward Democratic leanings, noting his fight for clean government in Cincinnati Toledo and Cleveland. It cites McKinley’s era, Foraker, Cox, and Bossism, ending with Johnson’s legacy shaping Ohio’s stance on national affairs and civic vigor. It also mentions Senator Chamberlain’s plan for a direct national vote amendment and a Boston Herald anecdote about Hughes and Wilson.
Readable segments of Alfred Tennyson’s quote urge ringing out the old year and ringing in the new. It calls for banishing grief, feuds, cruelty, and disease while welcoming peace, truth, love, and Christ or salvation, with lines about the year dying and the world becoming nobler.
Justice Julie Brown rules in the Cella Shomysrn case that a claim forfeit was valid for failure to file an affidavit within ninety days after work. The decision cites 1913 territorial law, notes repeal by 1916 legislature, and laments legislative overreach harming mining assessment incentives.
The Jean Empire notes Alaska’s election shows rapid growth in the last two years. Total votes near 14,000, up about 40 percent, concentrated in the First and Third divisions. First division votes approach 5,000, Gastineau channel exceeds 2,500, while the Second division slips to fourth as the Fourth rises to third. Population growth centers on Gastineau channel as the leading population hub.
Juneau governor’s office seeks ten secure information items about a Hoffman, likely a Russian subject, believed to have died in Alaska in 1914. Request letters should be addressed to the governor’s office in Juneau.
Detroit Nov 23 details of the action by John F. and Horace E. Dodge to restrain Henry Ford from reinvesting profits in Ford plants have been published. They value their interests at 50 million dollars, note they are not represented on the board, and accuse Ford of expanding to destroy competition and create a monopoly.
A Punta Arenas message to the Daily Chronicle relays life aboard Shackleton's expedition in Antarctica. It details penguin meals fried in blubber, raw blubber biscuits, and beef tea, with daily routines, a banjo concert, and improvised gear. The crew notes limpets and seaweed in August and questions the end of the war upon rescue.
A humorous oddity from a Lugkin News item shows a lawyer drafting a deed that grants eccentric rights to an orange. The text humorously includes rind juice pulp and biting rights, highlighting verbose legalese and a playful misunderstanding of a simple gift.
A dialogue in the Boston Transcript notes Mrs Youngbride discussing an ice delivery switch to a new dealer who promises colder ice for the same price, while her companion questions the move and mentions Snyder How For steam Flat.
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