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Newspaper
Iditarod Pioneer
Location
Iditarod, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1915
Page
8
Local notes report teamsters hauling large tanks for the Outer Creek dredge and many residents traveling or visiting cities. Tod Atwell arrives as timber inspector, several residents change homes or start businesses, and social events like a dance in Plat City are noted along with a couple of legal updates and travel from Outside to Seward.
Report indicates a stampede of laborers moving from Seattle and coastal ports to Alaska awaiting government railroad project work. Vessels bound for Seward report passenger bookings through July. Anxiety grows over premature rush and potential destitution as many newcomers lack means and interior camps attract large arrivals.
An ad describes osteopathic massages using electric vibration to improve blood flow, firm muscles, and relieve contracted, tense areas. After the initial properly administered treatment, the treated parts feel warm and comfortable. The Crosby Massage and Bath Parlors promote these Turkish bath services as a modern wellness offering.
Early morning traffic to Flat City centers on Moose hall where the Moose lodge hosts a social and dance. A high quality program promises entertainment from start to finish with several surprises. Ladies from surrounding counties are invited and escorts receive a warm welcome.
Present time was in the capital city last night as a passenger aboard the steamship Alameds bound for Cordova on a legal matter. Al Berglund proprietor of a Crooked River trading post, was in the city on a business trip last Thursday. Miss Marie Coolidge arrived last Wednesday to attend the A. B. dance.
Local catalog snippet lists dog ham at 10c and dog butter at 6c, attributed to C. R. Peck of Flat City, reflecting historical price items from a small town marketplace.
Mrs Cla D Hillman, who moved from Seattle two years ago, filed for divorce alleging cruelty against her husband, a former Seattle real estate dealer. Hours later she announced a reconciliation and said she would withdraw the suit. He said business neglect made her lonely and prompted the filing in anger.
Bishop P. T. Rowe's son was burned by a gasoline lamp incident last Saturday. A telegram today said the injuries are not dangerous and cause no alarm. He will continue his westward trip and depart Juneau aboard the Alameda.
Sam's Applebaum bought the two story building adjoining his store on First street while C R Peck purchased the Kempf building next to the old post office on First street in a transfer completed this week.
Jim Beck, longtime Yukon Order of Rancers member aged 70 plus, died yesterday in Victoria's Jubilee Hospital after several weeks of illness. He came to the Yukon in 1895 with his brother Bob, mined in British Columbia, Cassiar via Teslin Lake, and settled in Dawson by 1897. Bob died in Victoria in 1911. Earl Byers of Iditarod Police received an invitation to study detective training in Boston.
Joseph Campbell, imprisoned for life in Leavenworth, writes Nome postmaster seeking Billy Barnhart. He hopes Barnhart can corroborate events around July 1911 and locate others to prove his innocence in the killing of the Nelson brothers on the Kuskokwim, claiming he was unjustly convicted during the Ruby arrest. He urges help in tracing Barnhart across camps and the Nome country.
London reports that the Lusitania’s use of hoisting the American flag to reach Liverpool is condemned as a permissible strategem by the Manchester Guardian. The piece says the act harms national pride, could erode protection for American-flag ships, and would be unfair to the United States, inviting similar ire from neutral-flag incidents.
Edward Nugget Johnson, a famed Nome miner, strikes gold on a tundra lake near Montreville between Nome and Little Creek. He reports drifting gravel four feet deep with about 40 cents per pan, claiming at least 100000 dollars blocked out. The find spurs renewed prospecting and is linked to the Walrus deposit on Little Creek.
In McCarthy the town debates the first school teacher for the planned new town. A faction favors a young pretty teacher despite concerns of staying power, while the other faction wants an efficient plain or homely teacher who will remain on the job. Parents push for steadiness over appearance as elders cite examples from other camps. Pioneers including Frank Keenan and George Adams attended the Flat City igloo meeting.
Cyril Wood of the Iditarod factor returns from a trek across Ts kotna McGrath Ophir and Candie creek to Takotna where Tekotna Telco No 1 Pioneers of Alaska is formed with about thirty members. The charter will stay open thirty days then sixty names likely join. Officers include Captain JH McLean President and E M Whalen Archie Higgins and Adolph Carlman as treasurer with trustees Eldrigile McGrath Smith.
The appropriation outlines 2,000,000 for Alaska railroad construction and 289,000 for two vessels for the Alaska coast survey, plus funding for the Juneau public building and various other line items. Wireless service expands while landlines fail during storms, delaying messages and newspaper production.
A Fairbank Citizen report describes how Chief John of the Gakona Indians learned of a planned elopement between his younger wife and Chief Henry of the Suleachet tribe. The younger wife attempted escape, but the older chief pursued, intercepted her near the rival camp, and returned her to her husband.
In Seattle on February 20 a surge of private busses clogs streets as 31 jitneys join daily transit, ranging from seven passenger limousines to small Fords, with Fords most common. Critics warn licensed streetcar services face curtailment, property value declines, and possible suspension of streetcar operations if jitneys proliferate.
Rome reports Italy plans to intervene in the war to recapture Trieste Trent and part of the Dalmatian coast. All foreigners in Italy after July face strict surveillance and possible expulsion once hostilities begin. Germans are watched closely to verify motives. The foreign affairs minister drafts a list of foreigners to expel when war starts.
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