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Newspaper
Iditarod Pioneer
Location
Iditarod, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1912
Page
8
Residents of Iditarod will cancel a separate sports meeting and travel to Flat on July 4 to support the festival. Iditarod City will instead focus on a Labor Day celebration to be announced later. The notice ends with an advertisement for Ansley’s Book Store selling office and craft supplies.
Abe Weiss visits Iditarod. Wood of Flat City improves after illness. George Marsh visits. Graham Sitwell works for Yukon Gold Co. Charley Suter stops by Iditarod. Angus McClellan prospector in Kuskokwim region. Hank Radwell arrives from the south fork. Hurley of American Bank of Alaska visits Flat. Jim Tailand tours Iditarod. Letnes recovers and returns to Otter Creek. Anna G Anderson accepts stenographer role at Yahoo Gold Co. Dec Mading returns. Suter and Lowrey ride to Iditarod. Billy Kay and Jack Lindsay back from Kuskokwim. Chariton visits Flat City. Schwartz from Otter Creek visits Mrs. Ashby Barn. Jack White returns from Iditarod. Oscar Anderson proud of conductor cap from Iditarod Traction Co. James Fraser visits Witarod City. Shorty Davenport back from Kuskokwim. Chester Riley ill at Emergency Hospital. Matt Paul Garden works on Keystone drill at Otter Creek. Yukon Gold Co. takes option on Slate Creek claims near Discovery.
Passengers arriving from Whitehorse on the steamer Tara presented Captain Langley with a letter of thanks for his courtesy and attention before disembarking. Major George Wooodruff Albrech t, late of Kentucky, is expected to return to Iditarod next Tuesday and will connect with Schwatka at Dawson accompanied by Mrs and Miss Albrecht. Ben Howland, arriving from the Outside this week, plans mining ventures with Sam Sanderson and will stay to oversee holdings. formerly partnered with B. J. Banks of Cascade Laundry. Miss Maltby and Mrs Clifton rode the car for Flat Thursday morning.
Friedmans Store on Front Street advertises to pay the highest cash price for raw furs, inviting local fur owners to bring pelts for immediate appraisal and purchase. The notice emphasizes prompt payment and a wide range of fur types accepted.
North Sydney Nova Scotia James Connell asks about Frank Gleason who has not replied in four years He is aboard the Iditarod and urged to write home Also Prince Rupert seeks William Alexander whereabouts Daughters letters unanswered Motors for the Iditarod Traction Company expected to arrive soon on the Schwatka and two freight cars are being brought in The system to be operative soon with public notice when ready
A ship named Standard arrived Wednesday night with 13 tons of freight for the Yukon, including heaters and machinery for the area. The Standard carried four passengers Thursday morning who plan to connect with the Delta for the Outside. An old men’s Fourth of July race in Iditarod City mentions a dark horse willing to pack any amount, described only as a carpenter by trade.
Magazines periodicals and Paibanks in San Francisco New York and Seattle call or send in your order and we will deliver to subscribers as soon as they arrive at regular prices Jey's Book Store
Cascade Laundry under B J Banks on Willow Street restarts operations after securing a large supply of materials. The shop pledges top quality starch work and new equipment to smooth worn collars and cuffs, with no express rates to Flat City. Mr and Mrs Terry McGrath visited Fiat City this week. Mrs Oscar S G visiting Iditarod.
No city council meeting last Wednesday and meetings may shift to fortnightly. Citizens urged to clean main streets before July Fourth while some plan personal celebrations. Tax rolls show unpaid 1911 assessments. locals urged action. A visiting fan toured the city. pontoon bridge needs repairs. Local dinner parties, high water affects fishing, and local workers named in the Iditarod Traction Company crew.
Delegate Wickersham proposes an Alaska semi centennial exposition in Fairbanks in 1917 with a United States treasury appropriation of 90000 for constructing and transporting buildings and exhibits to and from Alaska and the Outside. He argues Alaska already yielded about 446 million to the original purchase price of seven million, and the bill was referred to the committee on industrial arts and expositions and ordered printed.
Residents of the Iditarod and other Alaskan camps mourn the death of Mrs. Ben Howland who passed away at her home in Los Angeles on February 20. She lived in Alaska six years mainly at Fairbanks and accompanied her husband on the first stampede to the Iditarod three years ago as one of the few women in the camp. A paralytic stroke last year led her to seek treatment outside Alaska and she did not regain her health.
A Sunday morning departure of the Red Wing carried twelve aboard for the Karuku voyage. Organizers Messrs Beattie and Mitchell led the party, joined by Herman Westover Ernest Johnson Joe Mikuta C E Smith J Z Kimberlin M Gard and Harry Davis among others. Most seek a prolonged stay in the northern camp while Smith Kimberlin and Gard may return before freeze up Archie Allen recently arrived from the Outside.
Ophir City and sundry districts protest the postal service with months of missed mail. Residents report only one delivery last season and a long trip to town for mail fees. Calls grow to secure better government handling and to end repeated neglect.
Arrivals from the Outside report Tom Morgan formerly of lii and partner in Morgan and Litsey is near independent wealth. Flo has bought a large San Diego real estate block as the first American porto be reached from the Atlantic by vessels via the Panama Canal. Morgan plans to wed Minnie Marion of Flat City. The Common Commercial Company quits the Iditarod field and sells its stock to Northern Commercial, mainly perishables.
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