Fiat Tops Iditarod in Opening Basketball Series
The first game at A. B. Hall Fiat won 12 to 5 over the Iditarod team. LaBelle, Fiat captain, prepared his squad with extra drills and guided the home side to an easy victory. Over 300 spectators attended the event including many Iditarod visitors and mushers. A social dance followed the contest, and another game was slated tonight at A. B. Hall with the Iditarod team favored to win on their home court.
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A. B. Hall
Fiat
LaBelle
Iditarod
Amon
Coal Mining Begins at Port Graham District
Seattle dispatch reports W. G. Whorf of Port Graham Kenai peninsula has secured a patent to his coal lands after protracted litigation and departs with a large crew to start development. He plans to ship coal within a year.
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Port Graham
Seattle
W. G. Whorf
Kenai Peninsula
Matheson Must Serve Life Sentence in Pen
Washington March 6 The United States supreme court has affirmed the sentence of life imprisonment at McNeil Island passed upon George Matheson for murdering Gus Lawless in the Forty mile district about five years ago. Matheson was convicted of murder in the first degree and given a life sentence.
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Washington
United States Supreme Court
McNeil Island
George Matheson
Gus Lawless
Matheson
Airbanks
All Delayed Mail Reaches Fairbanks Officials Celebrate Encyc
Fairbanks March 7 All mail delayed by the Copper railroad blockade has arrived. Principal Knowlton of the Fairbanks public school received a complete encyclopedia in several sacks. The note contrasts Fairbanks’ encyclopedias with Iditarod’s mail service, calling it wretched and inefficient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairbanks
Knowlton
Fairbanks Public School
Iditarod
Haywood recalled from Socialist committee over direct action
New York, March 5. William Haywood is recalled from the Socialist party national executive committee for advocating direct action. He played a key role in the Lawrence textile strike and helped organize the Industrial Workers of the World. Mrs. Muir suffered a severe accident last Saturday losing use of both hands while cleaning a window outside. Mrs. Gearhart tends to her during this incapacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William Haywood
National Executive Committee
Socialist Party
Haywood
Lawrence
Industrial Workers of the World
Sawmill to be rebuilt and new Alaska trail opened
Sawmill burned at Haines will be rebuilt per J J Kennedy. A through trail now runs Fairbanks to the Koyukuk via Chatanika Beaver and Chandler with roadhouses along the route. A round trip can be completed in the former one way time. Benjamin A Lyden shifts from quartz to placer mining on Dome Creek in Fairbanks district.
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Haines
J.J. Kennedy
Fairbanks
Koyukuk
Chatanika
Beaver
Chandler
A. A. Lyden
Southska
Dome Creek
Skagway
Far North
Bender Brothers
Bethel
Alaska
William Bateman
Admiralty
Seattle
L. Kat
Bardsh
Bateman
Seward
Gateway
W. W. Council
Cordova
Prince William Sound
Sheen-Lechner Mining Co
E. F. German
Valdez
Morningside Sanitarium
Mariposa
David Waldron
Los Angeles
Lost, Stolen or Strayed Look for Robert Martin
The Pioneer traces Robert Martin, once active in Bear Creek options and later rumored in New York, now reported by the Seward Gateway on December 21 as an Iditarod heavy operator arriving on the Northwestern and heading to the Interior camp. The tale spans a career across Alaska with mentions of Wall Street and mining advice amid a long absence.
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Bob Martin
Bob
Bear Creek
E. A. McIlhenny
Louisiana
East
New York
Wall Street
Seward
Robert Martin
Iditarod
Nothing 80 Far On Dry Creek Prospect Hits Bedrock
Overland prospector Jim Burton, at Dry Creek a few miles above Iditarod, reached bedrock at a depth of 33 feet a few days ago. He reported the find amid his digging while surveying the creek area for potential gold-bearing sites.
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Jim Burton
Dry Creek
Iditarod
Formation looks promising as player starts next hole
A player begins play on another hole after a promising formation while the previous hole remains dry. In a separate note, Mrs. Claude Baker hosts a party celebrating her second wedding anniversary today.
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Claude Baker
Iditarod Club plans race and St Patrick's barn dance
Preliminary arrangements for a great Iditarod Club race and a March 17 barn dance were discussed at Budweiser parlors with a $500 purse and prizes. The course mirrors last year and a big evening program features straw hats and bandannas. Executive and reception committees include Sam Bay, John F. Baird, Henry Weir, George Marsh and many others. Further details to come in next week's Pioneer.
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Iditarod Kennel Club
St. Patrick's Day
John Holmes
Sam Bayles
Henry Weir
Otter
Summit Roadhouse
Otter Creek
A. B. Hall
Iditarod
Sam Bay
John F. Baird
Joe Smith
George Marsh
Mesdames Shenbeck
J. E. Riley
Dave Strawberg
Field
Brewis
Kilroy
Bain
Ford
Rivers
CJ James
Price
Snyder
Lowrie
Monkman
Brooks
Wood
Miller
Herb Riley
Ramos Peterson
Thurston
Smith
C. Larson
Larson
Billy Peterson
Rusk
Acheson
Baker
Fontas
Currin
Jay
Duffy
Albrecht
Galarte
McGrath
Beattie
Bagoy
Maher
Soutar
Naehter
Mutehler
Lowell
Stanford
Mess . Stranberg
Missing Persons Inquiries From 1890s Alaska Case
Kathe W Blackbourne of Selah Washington inquires about missing persons linked to Pop Jacob Popp and Biagio Morrone with family notes from Brooklyn. Deputy Marshal I P Sheppard seeks any information. details include a 5 ft 8 in, 160 pound man aged in Manila with facial hair description and a garbled line about the Jojo archipelago.
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Pop
Jacob
Jake
Jack Popp
Klondike
Brooklyn
Morrone
Biagio
Iditarod
I. P. Sheppard
Charles
Manila
Jojo
Open rebellion battle claims heavy casualties and improvised mining notice
A battle left captains scouts killed and fourteen seriously wounded as a rebellion faced a concerted effort to crush it. The document lists names including Mont Downing Fergus Walter Golder Harney Hagierty and Joe Porte as part of a sprawling notice about a placer mining claim in the Dominion of Alaska. It details required annual labor, expenditures, and co ownership terms for the Hominza association claim with dates from March to May and a first publication March 5.
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Mont Downing
Fergus
Walter W. Golder
Harney Hagierty
Joh M Graw
Joe Porte
Dominion
Salmon River
Kuskokwint
United States
Hominza Association
Picket
Chas
Taylor
Itarad
Alaska
M. Picket
Arctic Brotherhood Camp No 27 Meets Mondays at AB Hall
Arctic Brotherhood Camp No 27 meets at A B Hall each Monday evening at Soelock. Visiting brethren are invited to attend. Cyril P B Wood Arctic Chief and Ronald Frost Arctic Recorder sign the notice.
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Arctic Brotherhood
A. B. Hall
Soelock
Cyril PB. Wood
Arctic
Ronald Frost
Arctic Recoriet
Notice of Sale of Personal Property to Pay Freight and Storage Charges
Northern Navigation Company notifies that freight and personal property in Dikeman and Iditarod Alaska will be sold at public auction on April 1 and April 20 1913 to satisfy unpaid freight and storage charges plus costs. The sale proceeds go toward the carrier's lien with storage rates listed and terms cash on acceptance. publication in Iditarod Pioneer March 1 1913.
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Ation Company
Northern Ni
Seattle
Washington
Dikeman
Alaska
Iditarod
Dikamin
Iditavol
Consignor
Consignee
Northern Navigation Company
Iditarod Pioneer
Northern Navigation ‘Company
Cyril P. Wood
Agro
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Miners & Merchants Bank
Iditarod, Alaska
Scandinavian American Bank
Chas. Ross
T. J. Nestor
Merchants Cafe
Chas E. Miller
Prop
Socialist Committee
FP. M. Dunham
Wrangel
David Thompson
Ketchikan
L. Frank Shaw
Seward Seway
Shaw
Juneau Socialist Club
Distin
Coliman
Charles Helsing
John
Joseph A. Bourke
Yulton
Unalaska
Dutch Harbor
Dora
Kerr
Carnegie
David Starr Jordan
Stanford University
Pribilof Islands
Miss Kotsch
Flat City
Gold St
Cigars
Optimo
Lovera
Juan DE Fuca
Budweiser Beer
N. CG. Co
N. C. Co
Kathe W. Blackbourne
Selah
Curly Robinson
Ignee
Rudolf Mills
American Bok
Holwe Co
Wolf & Ci
Ntfy
Nels Glantz Les
Seattle Tr Co
Nefy Wicks & Wolfe
Henry & Co
N.N. Co
Eli Pervich
Tom Kopovices
Eli
P. E
Seattle Tir Co
L. Marymont
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