Courts to Open Here as Assistant Clerk Feasible
District officials anticipate an assistant court clerk joining here enabling local filing of district court cases without traveling to Fairbanks. Judge Overfield may visit to hold a term in the new camp, likely not before spring due to duties in Fairbanks. The bar favors A. E. Maltby for the post, and word will be sent to Judge Overfield for arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairbanks
Overfield
Iditarod
J. C. Moody
N. C Co
Aged Prospector Tuckered Out Near Iditarod
William Sanerpool aged 74 left Dikeman with McGrogan and D Rygel heading toward Iditarod. Exhausted he lay down eighteen miles out, was left with half a loaf cheese and fruit. A search party from Iditarod set out Friday with horses and provisions to find him as mosquitoes and exposure hampered the return trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Sanerpool
Dikeman
McGrogan
D. Rygel
Nuggerheads
Iditarod
Religious Services Today by Rev J Logan Sample at federal court house
Rev J Logan Sample will conduct services at the federal court house this Sunday morning at 11 and again at 8 in the evening. Last Sunday he led two well attended services at the same venue. He is a widely traveled, observant preacher whose sermons were well received. Also noted are arrivals from the Tanana camp Mr and Mrs Arthur Lowry with Ida Bostrom Lowry to freighting on the Iditarod river and mining plans. Builders advertise windows corrugated iron building paper and Malthoid roofing at Rossa Nestor's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Logan Sample
Federal
Mr. Sample
Tanana
Arthur Lowry
Ida Bostrom
Lowry
Idit ‘Arod
Rossa Nestor's
Will Blaze Trail to the Coast Fined for Trespass
Major Richardson head of the Alaska Road Commission tours Iditarod country with W. H. Fairbanks to inspect Kuskokwim trail works. They plan to blaze an Otter to coast route, noting a $100,000 congress limit will mostly fund repairs on the Fairbanks to Valdez trail for winter mail. Oregon? The other item covers Frank Grame’s criminal trespass case, fined $5 plus costs for occupying Clifton hotel lot. he faces jail at $2 per day until payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Alaska
Major Richardson
Alaska Road Commission
Jevery Prospector
Iditarod
Iditarod City
W. H. Fairbanks
N. C.co
Kuskokwim
Goodwin
Nome
Kaltag
Diskaket
Dikeman
Takotna
Cook Inlet
Otter
Richardson
Fairbanks-Valdez
Post Office Department
Frank Grame
Grame
Clifton
Clifton Hotel
First and
Willow
Joe Burns
Walton
Burns
Maltby
Wireless Station Favored for Iditarod Amid War Department Hope
Major Richardson, newly in Iditarod City, pledges full support for a wireless telegraph station to link with the Outside. He urges citizens to back action by the war department, noting 2000 residents and local commerce would justify the expense. General Maus, river commander for Alaska, also supports wireless for the district and will recommend the station to the war department, aiming for action before navigation closes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iditarod
Major Richardson
Iditarod City
War Department
Maus
Department of the Columbia
Alaska
Major Richardson hears Alaska road plan at IdItarod camp
At the courthouse the Alaska Road Commission head Major W P Richardson met with many Iditarod valley residents. He heard views on where to build roads and how to spend funds to connect camps with towns and the coast. The group endorsed building a Dikeman to Iditarod trail and a Cook Inlet coastal link to improve interior access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. P. Richardson
Alaska Road Commission
Iditarod Valley
Major Richardson
Major Strong
Congress
Dikeman
O Id
Busy waterfront items include Dikeman launches and road work
Sammy Stein, Harry Landahl, Dr C D Carter and others visit Discovery Otter city. Jim Blodgett arrives with a heavy horse team after blazing a Dikeman to Discovery Otter road built by citizens and seven men. Inspectors prepare safety rules for motor boats with required gear and licenses for hire vessels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Blodgett
Alaska
Jim
Dikeman
Discovery Otter
Weather Log and Local Notices With Ads
Major Albrecht reports July observations at 2 p.m. 65 in shade. July 28 654? July 29 59. July 30 518. average 64. All readings at 2 p.m. Warmest part of the day. Captain E. T Barnette’s 30-hp launch Dan reported at Richmond en route to the city. Winter coming. Anderson Bros Nerland advertise wallpaper paint sash doors for homes. Lost valise near Iditarod city on creeks road. owner John Tenee. finder notify Pony Express tel 22. Cash register for sale at Merchants Cafe.
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Major Albrecht
E. T Barnette
Dan
Richmond
Iditarod City
Creeks Road
John Tenee
Pony Express
Petition for direct Seward to Interior winter mail described
A weekly petition drive gathers 600 signatures to push a direct Seward to Interior mail route. Backed by Major Richardson’s overland Coast work, it could shift lower-river mail away from Valdez toward Seward Iditarod, aiding Nome and Bering Sea points and Alaska’s booming population. Empire Commercial Co. advertises wholesale wines and cigars between Fairbanks and Nome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seward
Post Office Department
Richardson
Nome
Bering Sea
Kuskokwim
Valdez
Fairbanks
Seward-Iditarod
Empire Commercial Co
Notable Names From The Maritime Crew Listing
A fragmentary roster includes John Young Jack F Baird A J Daly A Barbash Wm Daugherty Samuel Gustafson Seattle A C Kramer San Francisco D G Ferguson Nome Rev J Logan Sample Pittsburg H J Landahl Dawson J S Ousby Wm McMullen Outer Tom Shallow creeks Jonas E Brewis Black Doc Madding Flat Joe Trem str White Seal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Young
Jack F. Baird
A. J. Daly
City
A. Barbash
Wm. Daugherty
Samuel Gustafson
Seattle
A. C. Kramer
San Francisco
D. G. Ferguson
Nome
Doc Madding’s High Value Cleanup Spreads on Flat Creek
Doc Madding from Flat Creek returned yesterday with a hefty cleanup reported around ten thousand dollars by locals close to him. At the bank he declined to name the exact sum, yet his smile and remark that the cleanup was highly satisfactory matched the scene of him loading his clothes with Uncle Sam’s currency. He now employs 35 men on his claim, signaling ongoing productive work and future cleanups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doc Madding
Flat Creek
Mr. Madding
Uncle Sam
Doc
Horses Demolish Towns Sidewalks
Equine pedestrians amused residents over the past week with sidewalk traversing and incidents requiring veterinary care. A large pack horse wandered in front of the Vienna cafe, backed into a boardwalk collapse, needing help from the tax collector and village dentist to free him. No injuries reported, but owners should corral or tie horses to prevent further damage to property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Frank Miller
Good Samaritans Aid Corbett With Frontier Relief Fund
North ern camp resident J. J. Corbett, sufferer from stomach catarrh, received $363.25 from a subscription drive and a week-old dance at John son’s steamboat building on Front street. Billy Newman and Harry Stenson organized the effort, with Captain Merrill transporting Corbett to Dike man and the N. C. C. planning onward to Seattle. Corbett will stay with a sister in Arizona for alleged improvement in dry air. Funds and contributions included Larey, Monogram, Old Tyler, Ather iskies, cash registers, bar fixtures, and barware from Empire Commercial Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Corbett
Frontier
Billy Newman
Harry Stenson
Johnson
Front Street
Merrill
Helen M
Dikeman
Seattle
Corbett
Arizona
Larey
Monogram
Old Tyler
Atheriskies
Empire Commercial Co
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Sammy Stein
Metropolis
Harry Landahl
C.D. Carter
Bob Adams
James Fredrickson
California
St. Michael
Robert Simpson
A.C. Kramer
Klondike
Kramer
Cecil
Victoria
Parker
Swallow
Martha
Glow
Crow
Tanana Valley
Joyce
Sam
Lave
Board of Supervising Inspectors
United States
Department
Collectors of Customs
Collector of Customs
Anderson Bros. & Nerland
Inquire Merchants Cafe
M. Sickinger
Willow St
First Ave
Riverside Hotel
Aiaska
Samaritans
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