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Newspaper
Iditarod Pioneer
Location
Iditarod, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1911
Page
2
A Dikeman editorial warns against a fraudulent claim of a summer river and highway link to the Iditarod valley. It notes dangers of a nonexistent route described as a day trip, recounting near tragedies from mosquitos and poor supplies. It denounces promoting a nonexisting trail as negligent and criminal.
An impromptu public meeting this week discussed the Iditarod road question and spoke with a road commission member. The gathering revealed strong sectional feeling in Willow and Otter street routes, risking bias and limiting government action at the Iditarod junction.
Citizens face a funding split as Willow and Otter streets road work competes for scarce government and local money. The Otter street road needs repairs while Willow is in overall good shape except near town and along the sidehill. A town board arbitration is proposed to choose one route and unite funding for a single road.
A garbled reminiscence recalls Dave Moffat leaving Denver for Chicago where a dramatic Pullman platform scene unfolds. A girl clings to him as he is escorted away by police, amid a controversial claim to be a father playing a role, ending with the police retrieving a watch and diamond pin.
Plan Long Pigure and E Howard embark from Bellingham in a gas boat with tents, shovels, pans, drills and weld scales. They aim to reach Alaska via the Inside Passage in five years to prospect placer or quarry mines, stopping at creeks and streams along the way.
Local ad touts silk floss mattresses from six dollars, cotton-filled comforters from fifty, floss and feather pillows, sheet blankets, and upcoming cretonne lining. Promises low prices and urges customers to visit the Willow Street location for home goods.
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