Preparations for Great Fourth at Flat City
Flat City gears up for a record Fourth of July with major funding and a long sports program. A baseball game between Discovery and Flat, a tug of war with aeroplanes, and many attractions are planned. The Silver Cornet band will perform all day and much of the night. The festival ends with a shirtwaist ball under Flat No 26 4. A detailed event schedule will appear in next Pioneer edition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flat City
Alaska
Cominy
Discovery
Flat
Finaus
Steamboat Freight Rates Draw Protest on Iditarod River
Captain Jack Green of the Pup states Unet steamboatmen have hauled their last ton at 75 dollars per ton. He says costs cannot be covered and profit margin exists only if boats tie up. Owners of the Little Delta Beaver and Hina share the view and will refuse freight under 29 dollars per ton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Green
Pup
Iditarod River
Captain Green
Little Delta
Beaver
Hina
Interior secretary says Alaska claims fail to meet law
Secretary of the Interior Fisher stated that not a single existing mining claim in Alaska could be allowed by the Interior Department. He explained that none of the coal and other mineral land claims has complied with the law, as far as the department can determine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of the Interior
Fisher
Alaska
Interior Department
Department
Fraud charges drop in all noted cases across locations
In multiple cases, investigators found no fraud charges to pursue. No location reported a valid accusation, and none of the alleged incidents were deemed dishonest. The overall outcome shows no charges filed and no proven misconduct in the examined matters.
Aquatic antics at camp reveal morning dips and odd gadgets
The camp notes aquatic stunts by Arnest and Dan Startnett, including morning dips and a curious device Dan admires for garbage carrying. Strawberg Bros. & Jonson switch to large creek scrapers this season, citing labor savings over hoisting methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strawberg Bros. & Jonson
Delegateship Campaign Warming Up on Coast
Coast dispatches show a lively push for the delegateship race ahead of August. Gilmore tours Cordova Valdez and Chitina, with Herron of the Republican territorial committee guiding and courting cannery workers. Wickershamites swing to Gilmore as supporters rally at the largest Valdez meeting to date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iditarod Pioneer
Cordova
Herron
Republican Territorial Committee
Fairbanks
Skagway
William A. Gilmore
Seward
Gilmore
Juneau
Cordova Alaskan
Valdez
Fairbanks News Highlights Alaska Developments and Local Trials
Major J vows to reenter the newspaper scene while Ruby aims at his objective. District Attorney Crossley and Judge Overstreet rule on United States v. Munro, a writ of error to higher court for liquor selling by a N C agent at Tanana. Alaska Northern runs 49 miles from Seward. Chena Slough in Fairbanks rises and falls in June. Ruby citizen Ruby reports $100,000 on Valdez Fairbanks trail. Captain Roediger returns to Fairbanks to stay. Tanana residents seek incorporation with hearing set August 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairbanks Daily News
Ruby
Dobbins
Yukon
Vly
Attorfield
Crossley
Ove
United States
Long Creek
Ruby Record Citizen
Roediger
Dawson
North
Fairbanks
Tacoma ‘Tribune
Tizens
Tanana
Ed Kelly
Dis Kaket
Kelly
Valdez-Fairbanks
Richardson
May Roberts
George B. Howard
Northern Commercial Company
Paul and
Andrew Pilot
Koyakuk
Fernandez & Johnson
Frisco Lady to Do Her Part for Panama Exposition
Mrs Part an official of the Panama Pacific Exposition of 1915 sails for Alaska to secure support for the great celebration. Highest price paid for shaded ivory for jewelry making cited by Robert Simpson. In Colima Mexico, mice plague devastates corn and rice fields, farmers seek aid to exterminate the pests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Cal
Part
Alaska
Robert Simpson
Manzanillo
Colima
Juries Convene Early for Iditarod July Term
Commissioner I M Atanton received notice to call grand and petit jurors for the July term at Iditarod. Names mirror June list with changes: Chronister replaces Dasher and Chronister. Wust to report at 1 p m. jurors listed for grand and petit panels include NJ Brown Bennet Jam Henry Weir Grurdack WO Sunderbrach Murry Liscombe Hermay Miller Tom Killay JA Sith TL Mur John AD Pred Hugh Joaquin John Petit Jury and others. The grand jury meets at 10 a m Monday as scheduled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. M. Atanton
Iditarod
Iditarod Pioneer
WF. Lasker
Dasher
Chas
Wust
Grand Jury
NJ Brown Bennet Jam
Henry Weir
Grurdack
Sunderbrach Murry Liscombe
Hermay Miller
Tom Killay
John
Hugh Joaquin John
Standing of Glubs National League Baseball June 15
The note lists standings for the leagues with “Glubs” in the title and references the National League. It mentions a June 15 date and a rent baseball context, implying a standings or results item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billeagues
National League Ding of Rent Baseball
Hopeful note from Ruby Creek area reports progress
A letter from Yukon camp notes improving conditions as Northern Commercial begins a Ruby store and warehouse construction across Ruby creek. Ruby Telephone Company is erecting poles town wide, promising soon usable service. Influx of miners expected this fall and Rubyites anticipate growth. Fred Bernier inherits a small Quebec legacy and plans to leave next month. Earl Byers delivers a large mail shipment Monday.
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J. Ji. Richards
Ruby
Jourdan
Yukon
Norther Commercial Company
Ruby Creek
Ruby Telephone Company
Fred Bernier
Quebec
Leav
Greens and greens in winter poems by Walt Mason
A garbled verse fragment extols greens and vegetables through seasonal imagery and folksy humor. The piece references spinach dandelion and other greens, praising their comfort and nourishment as winter wears on. Named poet Walt Mason appears as author through a quirky, clipped style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huey
Girond
Eppiae Iy
Thyou
Walt Mason
Establish Ruby Meat Market Co. and Pacific Storage ties
fragmentary report notes Ruby Meat Market Co. 1 Waechter arrives Tuesday morning and forms a Pacific Storage Co. branch at Yuloa. Tom Cunson, long in charge of the barge Trinder, will soon depart Lithgow. Selee Outside Lumen, carr ron and roofing paper at Ross & tors. ausfenred.
Notice of Marshal's Sale in Fourth District Alaska
Public notice issued under a writ of fi ation dated 1912 from the District Court of Alaska, in favor of Clark Lumber Company. Levy on the Palace Hotel in Flat City with furniture and fixtures. Sale to be held publicly at the front door on the 9th day of July, 1912 at 11 oclock a.m. by US Marshal H R Love and deputy.
Notice of Marshal's Sale in Alaska District Court
United States Marshal notices a writ of fieri facias from the Fourth District of Alaska. On July 9, 1912, at 11 am, public sale will occur at the Palace Hotel front door in Flat City Alaska, of the two story building on Gold Street known as the Palace Hotel with leasehold and furnishings, to satisfy a judgment in favor of W S Clark against F A Perkins. H K Love U S Marshal and deputy note the action with Charles B Taylor as plaintiff's attorney.
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Amer Fourth District
Ala
A. D
District Court of the United States
Fourth District
Alaska
Cour
W.S. Clark
Clark Lumber Company
F. A. Perkins
Plat
Territory of Alaska
Gold Street
T Flat
Palace
Flat City
Iditarod
A.D
H. K. Love
U.S. Marshal
H. P. Sheppard
Ghas. B. Taylor
Plintitt
Attorne
of America
M. Spaulding
Po Spaulding
United States
America
Warshal
van Order
Iditarod Fuoneer
Geviera
Listinet
Miths Roadhouse and surrounding Alaska land claim notice
Historical legal notice details a claim involving Miths Roadhouse at Forks of the Talata river and surrounding Alaska lands. It references mining districts, tributaries, and a 1912 court summons in the Alaska Territory, with details of publication, service, and the plaintiff in a civil action.
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Miners & Merchants Bank
Iditarod, Alaska
Seattle
Scandinavian American Bank
TY. J. Nestor
Chas. Ross
Vicw
MG. Lindberg
John Holmes
Merchants Cafe
Popular P. Es
Chas. E. Miller
Prop
Arnest
Dan Startnett
Dan
Cowisination Saloon
First Avenue
Soutar & Sutherland
Cascade Steam Laundry
Goast
Alaskan
Guggenheim
Wickersbar
Wickersham
Skes
Sac
F. Baldwin
George
Ritchie
William Amore
Chitina
Wa Mor
Kennecott
Alaska Northern
Fred Heilig
Barney Sandstrom
Olnes
Chena Slough
P. A. Smith
White Horse
Holgerton
Alaska Road
Iditarod Las
Ission
Ife
Bali
Boots and Paes
Petaluma Eggs Bros
Mission
Petit Jury
Kempt
Frank Murphy
D Mutehler
Emil Johnson Dahn $ M
Spaulding
EL Crawford
Hurry Moss Jael Koller Leu Groner
Bradley James Chronister
Coo Chesley
William Foley
Lasker Dames Uishey
JC Bante
Charles Kuell
CB Pearson
Mus
Mading
TD Kelly Mex Larson
AK Thompson
Newark
Pitt
Philadelphia
Wis
Brooklyn
Boston
Washington
Cleveland
New York
St. Louis
Earl Byers
Preens
Ruby Meat Harket
Union Prares
Amenon
Fourth District of
Wls. Clark
Clark, Lumber Company
Perki
F. Willison
Une
Palace Hotel
H.R. Love
Sheppard
Shas. F. Taylor
Tare
Adothe
Summit
Hones Meala
Miss Tjernstrom
McUonald Hotel
Mith
Talata River
Seward-Iditarod
Tillarod
DP. Smith
Forks of Talaska
Yau
Laboe
Iengrove
Lesbo Ghnibe
Nioska Te West ix Association
Goa
United Stites of America
Boleenit
Tate
Brat
Bate
Territory of
South Division
Ness
Peter Dield
Seid Court
Mth
C. Page
E. M. Stanto
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