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Newspaper
Iditarod Pioneer
Location
Iditarod, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1911
Page
7
A German baker from Dikeman named Robert Linder is feared lost after a hunting trip last week. Local searchers, including hotel proprietor Joe Fullerton, scoured the woods for 45 hours with no trace found.
Deputy Marshal Donovan, with subpoenas from Fairbanks, has been summoning residents of the camp for grand jury service ahead of the July 10 court opening. Jury lists are due by an early boat, while Chief Deputy Marshal Charles and Clerk Page are expected around July 15 and Judge Overfield about July 1. Office fixtures have arrived and are stored in B hall. Court will convene July 10 with about forty cases on the docket, likely extending two months.
Prospector Max Altman and Lew Colbert with partners examine the Chicken claim near Novikaket country after finding only widespread low grade gold. Sam Godfrey Roderick O'Toole and Kelly Sargent quit the Chicken association while Bogard reports good material opposite 1 and 2a with colors up to 0c. Guggenheims eye Chicken as a potential low grade proposition.
Eddie Anderson and J F Baird expand Budweiser Branch with a new aloon on Front Street at Flat. The opening night features a wake like party with eulogies about drinking and merriment. The scene blends humor and rowdy song as patrons toast and snore amid festive chaos.
Prospecting expands as over 100 workers are planned to drill and dig on Flat Creek by August first. The syndicate controls most claims and targets Otter Granite Discovery and other creeks while arranging finance and water for next year.
The well known dealer in ladies' wear Miss J O Bryant works through a week drying out soaked stock from the Tanana wreck and plans to resume business in Fairbanks with new goods from Outside. Merchants note services for cleaning and pressing offered by local tailors and phone access at 68.
The council agreed to install a double pumping system at Cascade laundry works with 3 and 4 inch pumps. A stationary plant will provide continuous service for 500 dollars a month, rising to 600 with the 4 inch pump. Order placed for 300 feet of 4 inch main, 1000 feet of 4 inch pipe, 2500 feet of hose and nozzles to be rushed in. Fire chief position to be decided later.
The Samson under Capt. Warren Sanford and Capt. Worth towed four barges upriver to Dikeman in 48 hours, delivering 550 tons of freight including hardware merchandise lumber and miscellaneous goods for Vachon Sterling Noyes Cribb and Kellogg Roy Rutherford and the Independent Lumber Co.
Five outfits will operate along Donlan Creek and its tributaries this summer, with prospectors reporting activity on Quartz, Snowgulch, Lois and Donlan beach. Williams and Keller, recent arrivals, say a small trading post may open at Crooked mouth, while local changes include Morgan's retirement and Sutherland Soutar taking over the Caribou cafe location on First Street.
The notice notes an upcoming Lake Canal construction with Chesterfield and Wellington pipes. A sale at City Drug Store in Seattle offers Fried eggs with ham at a discounted price as part of a promoted guarantee to the federal Merchants program.
City Attorney Roden estimated Iditarod income for the year at about 30000 dollars based on a one million dollar property base and a minimum tax rate of half a mill. Additional receipts from liquor licenses fines federal licenses and poll tax bring total projections, with most funds arriving in fall. Departments will submit written budget needs next week to align spending with expected revenues.
A June sequence lists filings including location notices and deeds for Otter and Flat creeks, assignments of notes, chattel mortgages, leases, and bills of sale. Entries note names such as Pat McKnight, R. H. Browne, J. Richards, J. McKinnon, Dan Sutherland, F. Wiseman, and J. Cameron, with properties on Otter and Myrtle associations, Triangle claim, and Flat Creek.
After swift carpentry and lumber delivery the big A B ball on the corner of Richmond and Second streets is ready for opening night. A four piece orchestra will provide music between dances while Ed Drake Mrs Dunham De ET Bradbury Otto Moses Ben Gold and others perform solos and a monologue. Seating for ninety for lunch is arranged and Charley Miller of the Merchants cafe will spread the salads.
A dawn river rescue tale credits Cole McDougal with saving the Emerald from pirates. He pursued the drifting launch, boarded the craft with two pirates aboard, and compelled them overboard to secure the vessel for its rightful owners.
A local supplier listing outlines goods from washing machines and stoves to optical goods and hardware offered by Richards on Willow Street. The inventory reflects a broad assortment for prospectors miners and loggers in the area.
The Dawson News reports a coming moving picture invasion for summer in Iditarod and Flat. Jay Smith, longtime Dominion miner, sells his claim and sails on the Sarah to run a moving picture plant for a Seattle venture. Mrs Smith will join him in Iditarod.
Surplus rigging storage offered at Pioneer Storage with contact via phone 54. North Star restaurant equipment is available through Drs. Otter inquire Showbeek, Discovery Merchants. Te.
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