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Newspaper
Iditarod Pioneer
Location
Iditarod, Alaska, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1911
Page
2
The Iditarod Pioneer, weekly from Iditarod Alaska, lists Frank E. Becker as editor and M. Arbuckle as publisher. Subscription rates shown include ten dollars per month and five dollars for a single copy with advertising by request.
The paper revisits talk that Flat creek may come under control of a single group or syndicate within a year. It argues transparency benefits the district and notes the summer camp outlook and gold output remain largely unchanged while urging public awareness.
A humorous critique notes holes in territorial laws and travel costs for inquests by a commissioner acting as coroner. It recalls a corpse tied to a tree on the Iditarod river and a frozen death on the Dimna, with officers paying expenses out of pocket while Fund C has no funds.
The piece ridicules Alaska as a gossip hub where credit is given for less, praising free wealth while condemning narrow opinions. It laments frontier morality, urging honesty and compassion amid a society of prevailing self interest and stinginess.
A period voice rails against petty gossip as the nation opens a vast frontiers. It mocks sensational scraps while urging restraint and temper, cites a Texas invention dispute and notes Texas legal reputations in Congress with pointed regional barbs.
Le Gallienne argues that an American poet laureate would be impossible though England has one who seems nearly so. The Philadelphia Public Ledger notes this remark and the Oakland Tribune laughs at the idea of Roosevelt buying a straw hat. The Muskogee Times cites Senator Lorimer of Illinois urged to place the senatorship in his wife’s name.
The city council reevaluated an unwarranted hardship claim on the treasurer and city clerk and reduced their bonds on a Wednesday night session. Treasurer Lindberg’s bond was cut to 15,000 dollars while the clerk’s bond was reduced from 10,000 dollars.
Magistrate Hunt was asked to supply a 1000 bond as magistrate and 1000 as clerk. Donohue and Draper plan to perform a dance program at Ansleys Hall tonight and will run the regular Saturday night hop thereafter.
An advertisement promotes headache relief at Elite Steam and Turkish Baths located on Caribou Street offering steam bath services.
City council resolves that an alley open at one end counts as a half solution to the Block Four dispute. They require M Garken to move her building from the Richmond end to clear the way, with police ready to enforce. Refuse and debris to be cleared by month’s end.
About 40 Iditarod residents petitioned the city council to relocate the fire hall now blocking Fi Street. The council, torn by lack of a definite plan, ordered that petitioners be told the building would be moved as soon as a plan is decided, with target removal by June first.
The council enacted a new fire ordinance restricting any person from keeping more than 10 gallons of gasoline on premises within the city fire limits unless for sale and properly approved. The rule includes bans on balloon ceilings, requires 18 inch clearance for lights with asbestos protection, proper stove pipes, and non celluloid walls or roofs. The fire limits lie at Otter street west, Third street south, Black east, and the Iditarod river north, with a small change adding the north side of Caribou street.
Winter trail closures force freight lines to switch to heavy wheels. Keys & Mayhao and Mittlehler Bros set new rates for freight and passengers with per pound charges and round trip fares. Stage times update for Keys & Mayhan. Mutchler stays on old schedule.
City Magistrate Hunt directs issuance of a seal from the Outside at the earliest opportunity for Cascade Steam Laundry and SAL 100 a 16 horsepower tubular boiler referenced in the record.
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