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Newspaper
Iditarod Pioneer
Location
Iditarod, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1912
Page
2
Advertisement snippet details subscription rates and single copy pricing. Mentions convention dates in Chicago June 18 and Baltimore June with political party terms Republican and Democratic. Contains fragmented phrases and unclear context.
A Cordova platform excerpt urges federal protection for Alaska salmon and hatchery funding, proposing traps be banned in fresh waters and cannery taxes raised. The piece critiques conservation zeal, cites dog poisoners and a Los Angeles Times parallel, and notes Judge Maltby’s political move and a push for winter icebreaker service between Dutch Harbor and Nome.
From the Fairbanks Times, United States Art Jamies J Cressley reports that A J Campbell and John Kehoe of Tanana were bound over to the district court to keep the peace with bonds set at a total of $110. Their dispute involved usage of the Kayakuk mail route near the Campbell homestead by Gibbon, Alaska.
A headline about Ole Olsen Vise born in Norway around 1863 and last heard from in 1900s Alaska. Dr. Adna P. Fox seeks to locate his brother Martin V. Fox in Alaska. Gov. office in Juneau lists inquiries on Walter Cowen from Pittsburg and Lowell, a Mrs. L. N. from Skagway, plus notes on possible restaurant or hotel work in Alaska.
A strange wind last Tuesday morning tore through Ox Richmond Street near Third Avenue, scattering loose papers and dust toward Second. It blew away a bundle of official papers from N C. officers, dropped others, then carried some aloft near Willow before the cyclone faded. Local shop mentions include Empire Commercial Co and gems in trade.
A long Alaska wire reports W B Koon selling his interest in a California saloon to Pred Martin. Trapper camp found on Mt Hog river near Kabul livide with a probable 1908 death of James Smart. Wolf bounty bill introduced by Rep Sulvey. Nisilik launch finished in Seattle May 7. Government builds a native operated sawmill at Hydaburi and a new store and school for Prince of Wales natives. Cordova post office cases involve Julia Foulkes and embezzlement trials moved to Cordova in October. Photographer Hunt and the Democratic convention scene noted in Waldey. Fairbanks school board restricts purchases from related firms. Nome rumors of a mammoth skeleton spread, but dismissed. Dredge Solomon at Seward using oil burners. Local ladies listed in coastal communities. Titanic death of Alaska motion picture man H Harbeck, body recovered. Circle deputy marshal post filled by Chester Spencer.
Fragmentary report mentions a book about leg s winners and Northern silence in Seattle. Alaska land scheme and Gulf drainage issues. resignation of Deputy Marshal C K Soow of Ruby. native copper slab, White River boundary, bears and a nugget find near Fernandez. Ruby May 1.
New York reports that Col John Jacob Astor’s will will not be challenged. The Astor heir will receive the greater portion of the fortune while Mrs Madeleine Price Astor is set to receive $5,000,000.
A fragmentary monologue quotes a political figure named Walt or Torn prape lamenting term limits and public pressure. It contrasts virtue and conscience with political expediency, mentioning figures like Murry, Dick, Thomas, and Vars. The text weighs honesty versus common good and hints at a conservative, old fashioned stance.
Readable fragments report the dismissal of Sheriff Eilbeck, a longtime Dawson figure known as the “Dad’s boy” in local lore. The note mentions retirement of an Under Sheriff and an unclearly described appointment status, with veteran George Brimstone noting no new post has been created.
In Los Angeles on May 25 Fras Wood cook a registry clerk was arrested amid a scent from the mails. Once of exemplary character he has been linked to the case, with hope that the suspect will be cleared. Outside Lumber and Ress & New wsiatige in the city have been implicated.
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