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Newspaper
Iditarod Pioneer
Location
Iditarod, Alaska, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1911
Page
3
Stroller White recounts Skagway’s Pack Train, once a famed dining hub opened by Pony and Louie years ago. The piece paints a cosmopolitan scene with colorful patrons, salon figures, and changing times, noting the decline of the once-glamorous establishment.
Dreamy prose imagines Petaluma eggs ready for pan by late April with California dew and sunlit valleys. It hints at spring rituals and cafe chatter about breakfast orders as freshness inspires appetite.
In a vivid pasteboard scene the hillside farm near the Pacific meadow welcomes a new flock of eggs fresh from the nest. The passage hints at a campaign context and a sense of march toward harvest as the first boat approaches, stirring appetite and anticipation.
A Washington Post clipping recalls heated exchanges among lawmakers from Kentucky Ohio and others over Southern foods and rule revisions. The dialogue mentions Alaska Wyoming the Marquis of Queensberry rules and a looming second rewrite as a fellow member seeks clarity amid contention.
A steam bath and lunch service offered at Elite Baths on Caribou street with a furnished room available for guests seeking relaxation and refreshment.
A poem-essay lampoons Supreme Court Justice Hughes with humorous imagery of a long beard obstructing law. The speaker imagines judges distracted by facial hair, questioning whether justice can be served with such a beard and urging a shave.
In a Georgian Court gym at the Goulds Lakewood home, Anthony J. Drexel and Hon. Robert Beresford fought a three round private bout. Beresford won when Drexel’s seconds signaled surrender in the third round. Beresford weighed 166 pounds, Drexel 161. Mrs. George Gould presented a silver cup to the victor.
Fairbanks Times reports Dr M F Hall received news of his wife’s death in Boston Massachusetts where she died after a private hospital operation. This was her third surgery in six months. She left Fairbanks in 1906 and resided in Massachusetts with many relatives. Their daughter studied near Boston while son Bryant remained with the father.
The Whitehorse Star reports Ed Marcotte, a Whitehorse barber, bathed a month at Tenakee hot springs and claims the waters removed 4 pounds of tin 34 pounds of pewter 49 ounces of barnite 27 ounces of pyrites of iron 2 quarts of nicotine and 9 clay pipes along with hundreds of pepsin gum wads from his system.
Leber brothers have laid on Cooney ground while Hosler and Gil Edgar hoist dirt on Abe Lincoln claim. Broom hauls wood on Elsie near Bock’s fraction. Ka Richards prepares for summer work on Cache. McVicar and McFadden may visit. White and Johnson finish on Gene Sullivan claim. No vacant cabins in Tofty. Curley Benson now runs Stanley’s cafe at Flat.
Reports note two recent convictions, deaths in Dawson and Klondike, and rising gold output. Assay data show $200,000,000 in gold received in Washington. Goldendale’s Bob Willis heads a major local firm. Alaska’s gold prospects expand with 13 producing lode mines and 50 quartz prospects. Bridge plans link Klondike River, Keachikan links, and new power and oil developments loom in Coal Creek and Katalla.
Congress funds a preliminary survey of Kuskokwim Bay to establish navigation aids. The Seattle Chamber of Commerce reports support from Representative Humprh for aids to navigation. Sailors and hunters advise marking the channel with spar buoys and buoys to guide ships toward the mouth, enabling access to the Iditarod region amid expected heavy traffic.
Prominent mining men plan a visit to the Kenai peninsula during the season to study the Kenai Star quartz property near Hope. Beaver Dam Mining president Leon Giroux reports the Scott and Gott claim tunnel at Valdez extends 150 feet and shows promise.
Judge Overfield declines to hear applicants for liquor licenses at Discovery Outer this season. Hutchinson and Kinman receive a negative reply and the court appears to uphold a general policy of no licenses for Discovery. Citizens' objections likely influenced the decision, though they may be outside the two mile limit from Flat and cannot obtain a license without a commissioner.
Notice lists a complete prospecting drill with 110 hp boiler and 40 feet 4 inch casing available at Pioneer Machine Shop. Ideal for prospecting wet ground. Rig can be viewed at the shop.
Reports from Battling Nelson's trainers claim his body has weakened from long hard training and that he will never again fight at the same pace. Meanwhile a local tailor advertises cleaning and pressing services and a phone number is listed for contact.
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