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Newspaper
Iditarod Pioneer
Location
Iditarod, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1915
Page
8
Sunday afternoon Just John Lipp took a few friends on a river excursion aboard a gasoline launch. A guest spotted a burning roof of a nearby home while approaching a bend near the dog jar. The engine failed at the moment, boat was poled ashore, and occupants rushed to the fire as neighbors extinguished it. The voyage ended abruptly with the fire out before the building was destroyed.
Advices from Fairbanks report lampson & Co fur sale in London on March 24 drew no bids for mink, Marten, lynx or red fox skins with losses up to 85 percent. Beaver, otter, and other pelts fell sharply as war costs depress demand. The News Miner notes furs are seen as luxury until postwar recovery. Warrants approved by town on Thursday total multiple small sums to individuals and firms including Byers, Pioneer Sheet Metal, Crowley & Porter, Northern Commercial Co, and Dan Hartnett.
Fragmentary rustine bulletins indicate the Tanana river near the Thirtymile river has suffered a disaster. No further details are provided in the available text.
Judge Bunnell will consider appointing a United States commissioner for Discovery Otter at the June term. A petition asked Alex Mewan be named, but no action has been taken. The appointment matters affect the continued retailing of alcohol in Discovery. Climer, a Flat City shoemaker, is among stampeders for the new diggings and was aboard the steamer Marie F.
Last consignments of winter mail arrive over the Seward trail carried by Tom Boy Bert on a poling boat with an Evinrude motor from Ophir. About 1,600 pounds in the final three weekly shipments traveled via Takotna Innoko and Iditarod, amid ruined trails and temporary bridges.
A list of charter members for Takotha Igloo No 11 Pioneers of Alaska includes Charles Rebham Adolph Carlson John Olson Charles E. Smith Robert Andrews BE M Whelan G W Eliott Frank Fox J H McLean T W Boyd John Sinclair G H Laurance W A O'Brien D R Ebby W Beham Chris Nelson Chris Peterson B B Smith Fred Dubois D A Zarbors L W Atwater Lewis Blackburn August Welden E Gus Gallickson John E Estlemen Aeton James Van Emmon A Higgins Cannidos Brazeau William Stanton Hans Erickson William H Jones Albert Lind Fd Onsion G N Roberts Thos O Harling Andrie Sharpp William Goss J E Nolet R A Stout Victor Sebelie B Newman
A mail incident unfolds as Cluett Peabody & Co reports a missing parcel sent by parcel post to Isadore Bayles from Seattle on August 20. The firm learns of a letter from Postmaster General Burleson to Senator Wesley L. Jones, reproduced in this issue, detailing inquiries and delivery delays dating back to April and a June 1914 mailing.
Louis EB Arnold of San Francisco writes to Commissioner Geraghty asking about George Copeland also known as Billy Copeland who left San Francisco in 1898 for Alaska. He was sighted in Iditarod in 1913 and was reported to be working a claim in the Kuskokwim district.
Duncan Michie, a well known mining figure in the district, was in Dawson as reported by The Dawson News on March 26. He stayed awhile and planned to depart for the lower region after his Dawson visit. The note mentions winter spent in Call For Working Clothing, see Boas, Flat.
Bare quorum and few spectators mark a late session in Iditarod. mayor and council discuss paying about $100 in bills, apportion $450 to the school district, and fire department needs. Fire Chief Byers urges expert pump operation, a water well for suction, valve replacements, and a by pass, with an estimated $500 cost. Dog nuisance partially mitigated. no poundmaster appointed. ordinance remains in force but unenforced. The meeting ends at 9:45 with thanks offered to Byers and a note on future staffing.
A stream of ocean and river movement reports busy Upper Yukon routes with Prairie Boll leaving for Yukon points, transfers to Washburn, and frequent connections to Delta, Bettles, and Fairbanks. The fleet gathers and repairs progress with Nancy Bell hull lengthening, Keystone barges ready, and schedule notes from Dawson to Circle and Lebarge throughout the week.
Ronald Frost, long employed by Crowley & Porter, was among Outside passengers aboard the Prairie Bell on Sunday to return to England. Rumor says his departure is tied to volunteering in the military. Fellow travelers included Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stanford bound for Ruby and Garfinkle, the traveling man.
A Fairbanks man received a letter from Tommy McSmart detailing his move into theatre in San Diego California. He describes his business partner Jack McRae and says their theater Uapress at Fifth and B streets features legitimate plays and aims for success.
Deputy Marshal Percy G Charles and Mrs Charles accompanied Mrs Dor in a lower Holikachok voyage. The native woman died at the end of a troubled period following her husband’s death last winter. The deponents reported her mind had been affected for some time.
Recent arrivals in Iditarod report hundreds of penniless men turned back by the Northwest Mounted Police at the Canadian border this spring. Dawson authorities verify labor sufficiency and warn laborers to avoid the region. Sergeant Mapley, stationed at the White Pass summit, enforces a rule requiring substantial money to enter Canada as authorities curb undesirables.
Mrs C Chittick and Harry Donnelley appear in a rough civic notice from Pioneer Creek Agencies, noting a flat-city order or listing. The fragmentary text references DISCOVERY OTTER, suggesting a map or property tag link, but lacks clear action, date, or location details.
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