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Newspaper
Iditarod Pioneer
Location
Iditarod, Alaska, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1911
Page
7
Water flows in multiple camps as sluicing continues on Willow creek and Otter. Gove and Anderson push the largest dump near Flat while Geraghty and Goodwin start sluicing. Capt Worth and partners struggle with a gasoline engine. Projections anticipate about 200000 dollars in dust by June 1 if dumps perform as hoped.
An ordinance designates City Clerk Hunt as city auditor to approve bills for labor and materials for the city. Bills pass to the relevant committee after audit for payment. Creditor certification of correctness and current prices is required. Committees may authorize up to 100 dollars. above that, contracts with bids ensure the lowest bidder wins.
The Keys cafe near the Iditarod hotel opened last Sunday and draws many diners with home style cooking. Mrs ALN Keys prepares a New England boiled dinner and a pie whose crust melts, earning praise for the homelike atmosphere and tempting menu.
Joe Venus slipped while chopping wood at Discovery Otter and his ax struck a big toe. Dr. Brooks treated the injury and warned the patient he would be inconvenienced only briefly.
Pony Express reopens service between Iditarod and the creeks with S. M. Dalby leading a light wagon and team. Dalby leaves the city every other day at 1 PM, travels Fiat to Discovery and back, attending errands and commissions with prompt efficiency. Dalby’s temporary home address is seven.
The notice announces sales at Landahl's Emporium in Iditarod featuring memo books, photo supplies, kodaks, stationery, cigars, tobacco, blank and receipt books, rubber stamps, Yukon souvenir books, new Alaska maps, desk blotters, time books, letter files, and carbon paper. Also mentions Midget and other alarms reduced to $2.50 next week at Simpson's with early arrivals invited to bring baskets.
The Flat Creek buying attempt led by Thomas P Aitken and partners faces strong opposition from claim owners and lease holders. Options on lower Flat Creek lands, including the Mohawk and Glen associations, are tied up with July and August payment terms, while many owners demand high valuations. Prospecting continues, but overall deal momentum stalls until next winter as negotiations lag and independent miners push to maximize yields.
Flat City residents celebrate a new bridge opened to traffic. The g6 foot main span and 25 foot right approach, 65 foot left, rest on a log and rock pier. planked roadway with a hand rail. Total cost around 1600 dollars, more than initial estimates, but funds nearly complete.
Otter and Flat neighbors start a tow-path from Discovery Otter to the mouth with 700 in hand and hundreds more sought. Men cut brush before ice clears to prevent navigation obstruction. George Riley adds 250, blasting obstructions to permit large scows and heavy loads, aiming to resume work where funds paused last year.
The Mosquito Fleet readies its varied craft for the summer freight and passenger trade between this city and Dikeman. Boats undergo repairs, upgrades, and reassembly as ice clears, with crews and owners preparing for rapid deployments and new services.
Last week a Nome Nugget inspired tale claimed a strike on Good News day near Alaska. Despite Skeptic Coke Hill from Nome saying no real news, some stampeders headed for the Kuskokwim, hoping for gold while camps fear labor loss yet await definite word from Good News day.
The steamer Minneapolis may reach this city to deliver nearly 200 tons of cargo held at Lewis Landing after leaving Fairbanks last fall. It may stop at Holy Cross to discharge and then proceed to St Michael for repairs, with the Samson delivering 240 tons of machinery from Dikeman.
Ice retreated in small doses with the official breakup time set around 6 37. A first congealed section slipped away from Willow street, followed by a longer block long fragment an hour later. A crowd observed the departure and whistles signaled the farewell as more ice is expected to break in the coming days.
A. B. and the Flat Arctic Brothers announce a wild gathering next Tuesday night with plans to prank neighbors. Targets include Yim Hagen, Jack Sargent, Dave Johnson and others. A large stuffed club is rumored and preparations have involved Seidlitz powders to provoke reactions.
A bulk of land and mining transactions filed in record include deeds transferring parcels in Iditarod areas to individuals such as Jos H Smith Greg Steward and Eric Palmen, plus mortgage and option actions involving W O Connor J O Malley M Rich and others. Water rights protests concern headwaters of Flat and Rag mountains with multiple parties opposing or asserting appropriations.
Iditarod Express Company will make daily trips to all points of the creeks leaving Iditarod at 9 a.m. from Tempo office Red Cross Drug store. Agents Joe McNamee and A. O. Fowler operate from The Dean and Mulligan store building on Front Street. Caustic Sodator wet-cell batteries for sale at Crowley & Porter. List your property for sale or rent at the post office.
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