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Newspaper
Iditarod Pioneer
Location
Iditarod, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1911
Page
2
The Iditarod Pioneer published weekly from Ibiraroo Alaska lists Frank E Becker as editor and M Arbuckle as publisher. Subscriptions run ten dollars per year and five dollars monthly with single copies available at a dollar. Advertising rates are provided on application.
A fragment from a 1920s style column on New Year vows, mocking the ritual of sworn abstinence and the temptations that follow. It jokes about Henry and Patti, mentions anti prohibition fund humor, and notes the struggle to keep resolutions through the first of the year.
In a holiday spirit yet with resolve, officials announce a deliberate push on lingering policy foes. The editorial voice urges steady, optimistic action as lawmakers confront familiar obstacles.
A critical view of a Congress bill funding detention hospitals in Alaska highlights the mismatch between site provision and construction funds. The plan envisions two hospitals one in Fairbanks and one in Nome with an airily created site provided by charity. The article mocks the appropriation of twelve and a half thousand dollars as far too small to build and maintain proper facilities.
The Alaskan Club met in Portland to outbid Seattle for Alaskan trade and attract Alaskan investment. A committee was named to find club rooms, daily hotel visits planned, and rooms will display Alaska and Northwest newspapers. The group previously helped bring the Arctic Brotherhood grand camp to Portland in 1911.
Al Morency learns fortunes from the Fairbanks note dated December 4 as the Wild Goose claim at Engineer Creek yields 600 ounces every five days. Geis and others hold royalties while Meshing with new ground, undergound water being pumped to aid sinking and sluicing this winter on the old Cascaden claim.
The streetcar accident that killed elderly North Valley resident Dutch Henry Gilcher prompted reports of gross negligence by the streetcar company. Gilcher, visiting a friend in the suburbs, was returning home when the car lurched and threw him. He endured two operations but died two weeks later. Legal action against the company is anticipated.
A spoof story claimed a huge nugget strike on the Koyukuk River near its mouth and involved a Paris Figaro correspondent from Dawson. Readers took it seriously, planning stampedes, prompting the paper to warn that any rush would need a guardian.
Sam Adams former Nome merchant and Steinman Adams figure, once owner of a large Butte department store, arrived from the Bering Sea port with turkeys for an Iditarod holiday. Henry Rowe planned to start toward the Iditarod after Thanksgiving. Carl Mint and Tom Jacobson headed for the Kuskokwim country. Chas L Fox was due in from Nome. Fred Peterson, who went to Nome for drugs, was seen on the trail by Gertie Koehner and Mrs. Dora Wadman, who reported also seeing Frank Wilkins en route to Nome saying he would return.
Mizoo Waltars and his sister in law traveled with Contractor Snow on his final mail run. The journey aims for Fairbanks with potential deviation off course depending on conditions.
Ed Grider departed Dikemac for a business trip to Gibbon and expected to return by the Sth of January.
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