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Newspaper
Iditarod Pioneer
Location
Iditarod, Alaska, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1915
Page
6
The notice outlines subscription rates and advertising practices, stressing that advertisers must provide clear copy. It notes the publisher cannot assume responsibility for errors and urges precise wording, especially for forfeiture notices and reward offers, to avoid date-related issues.
The Pioneer reports on February 20 criticizing mail delivery from Seattle to Interior Alaska. It notes Seattle and Tacoma delays versus London and New York, cites a Washington dispatch of April 25 denying the Seattle delay, and argues for postal reform. The piece urges an inquiry by the postal authorities to improve weekly service and remedy defects for Interior Alaska.
Senator Gaustad introduces a memorial in the territorial legislature urging Congress to establish a wireless telegraph station at Holy Cross as part of an Alaska system. The measure emphasizes the station's value for Yukon transport, commercial activity, and passenger transfers, urging residents to write to congressmen in support.
An editorial piece notes Alaska newspapers resent Seattle commercial and press interest in Alaskan issues. It questions the hostility, recognizing Seattle business and citizens have long supported Alaska with disinterested efforts due to close commercial and social ties. The writer defends Seattle’s role amid regional scrutiny.
Seantuled as a call to unity, the piece defends Seattle’s role in Alaska trade and rebukes provincial attacks. It emphasizes Alaska’s need for Seattle’s business and political influence, urging readers to avoid belittling neighboring Pacific coast cities and to preserve friendly ties for mutual benefit.
The Alaska legislature faces criticism for condemning Commissioner Dillon without a chance to face accusers or counsel. Judges are the proper authority, and the move risks undermining respect for territorial government amid other wartime and political notes.
The Arctic Brotherhood merges its two branches across Alaska, uniting Ketchikan to Nome and the Yukon. The Juneau Empire lauds the order as a vital, active force anchoring Alaska’s present and future, bridging dissension and emphasizing state home-building in communities from coast to coast. The piece notes Juneau’s pride in the peace and welcomes representatives from across the territory. Boas the Clothier invites readers to visit Two stores Flat and Iditarod for needs.
The letter from McKinzie Butterfield, elected to the territorial lower house from Too Much Gold Creek, dated March 7 1915 in Juneau, describes legislative dynamics. He mocks Speaker Collins and Dan Sutherland while recounting approach to committee work, factional tensions, and personal camaraderie amid political chaos. Butterfield hints at opposition, threats of action against dissenters, and notes on a sledders life in camp, ending with requests for updates on mining and trap line matters.
A Chicago trained nurse Miss Hopkins visiting relatives at the Atherton ranch near Marysville attempted to kill a chicken using chloroform anesthesia. She captured the bird, rendered it unconscious, and plucked its feathers, a feat she had never tried before.
A nurse named Miss Hopkins struggled to prepare cleaning supplies and found a chicken missing. Returning, she witnessed the live chicken, apparently sick from anesthesia-like effects, running in the yard. She could not bring herself to kill it again and trapped the featherless bird in a warm kitchen, vowing never to cause its death, a local wonder.
Open letter by George Harvey in the North American argues American sympathy rests on support for allied governance values. It frames militarism as despotism, recalling Lexington and the founders, and asserts opposition to tyranny rather than mere conflict, linking historical ideals to current international stances.
An Alaska excerpt laments exhausted prospectors facing hunger exposure and seeks support. A bill proposes $12.50 monthly for aging workers forced inland, arguing against high salaries while preserving dignity for pioneers who endured years in the North.
Professor Georgeson, longtime head of Algeris agriculture, travels west to assess establishing an experimental farm in the Susitna or Matanuska valleys, contingent on railroad expansion from Seward. He notes historic stations in Rampart and Fairbanks, expects a Yukon visit this summer, and praises Susitna Valley farming prospects.
The Northwest Mounted Police Constable Stangroom, who earlier bought discharge to join the European front, attempted to desert en route but was captured at Carcross and returned to Whitehorse for discipline. Four companions had already enlisted. Also listed: for sale a quantity of copper mixed lead type metal from Pioneer office.
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