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Newspaper
Iditarod Pioneer
Location
Iditarod, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1911
Page
2
Iditarod Pioneer publish the weekly edition in Eigat Iditarod Alaska with Frank E. Becker as editor and Geo. M. Arbuckle as publisher. The paper offers one year subscription six months rates and advertising terms with monthly and single copy options.
Citizens urge immediate mass meeting to discuss methods and funding for a proper Fourth of July celebration in Flattown. Local inquiry shows broad support but lack of leadership risks missing the holiday event.
An editorial criticizes mass stampedes chasing paystreak rumors in Alaska. It laments men leaving steady work for speculative camps, notes a shift toward professional grub staking, and warns of victims drawn by false prospects while dismissing the Ruby district as a mere town sighting.
The voyage included drills for prospecting Flat Creek and wireless equipment to begin plant work immediately. Notable arrivals: Dave Cascaden of Fairbanks Outside, Bob Martin of Ruby, C. E. Bryant of Pacific Cold Storage, Andy Mersereau, Mr. and Mrs. Strandberg with child, and Misses Cora and Lillian Smith among others.
The passage notes that activity of lot-jumpers suggests a thriving camp, which may appeal to sellers of bacon or liquor but warns wage earners without gear that this resembles a high risk gamble with poor judgment.
A Muskogee Times-Democrat essay observes that both rich and poor misjudge happiness. People envy others as they yearn for what they lack, like farmers dreaming of towns or city folk craving the countryside, while the fence makes the grass seem sweeter.
The steamer Reliance arrived Wednesday night from the mouth of the river with about 35 passengers and 100 tons of mixed freight. It carried travelers from Dawson and Fairbanks, with some from Ruby city, joining the Tanana stream up to Dikeman. Additional Guggenheim representatives were aboard.
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