New Type Of Vessel Creates Much Interest
A new motor ship Siam, owned by East Asiatic which operates four motor ships, is scheduled to load flour at Puget Sound ports for the Orient. The vessel displaces about 15,300 tons, with a 30,000 mile cruising radius and no boilers or stokers, using two eight-cylinder internal combustion engines burning crude oil. The Siam features electric starters, auxiliary oil engines, and extensive fuel capacity, enabling high efficiency and greater cargo capacity for the same tonnage.
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Cook Inlet Country Seen as Land of Promise
Alaska promoter John Davidson touts Cook Inlet as the world's richest undeveloped farming area. He expects cattle-raising near Kachenack Bay and notes red fescue and bluejoint grasses seven feet high. Open harbor, pasture nearly year round, with March and April needing light feeding. Davidson plans to move in spring, joining Yakima Valley interests. previously ran the Fox steamer and hunted a bowhead whale find south of 60 degrees.
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John C. Davidson
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Seattle
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Idaho
Yakima Valley
Gladys Hiler Wins Alimony Suit Against Thurman G Hiler
Mrs Gladys Hiler testified her husband kicked her in the back yard and neglected her, and she claims he failed to provide for her. The Hamilton Ohio Journal notes she won a victory in her alimony suit against Thurman G Hiler.
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Divided Cunien Readers Debate Harold Letter
A fragmentary note shows classmates discussing a letter from Harold. Eighteen girls in the class think him a dear while nineteen call him a dub, reflecting mixed views stirred by the message. Washington Job Printing at Pioneer office.
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Herald
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Pioneer Office
Break-up of Iditarod River Triggers Devastating Flood
Ice breakup on the Iditarod River produced the highest spring flood in memory, inundating warehouses, cabins, and streets from Willow to Richmond. Northern Commercial and Crowley & Porter suffered heavy losses as water rose inches and then feet, forcing residents from homes and wrecking goods and wood piles along the riverfront.
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Frank Watson
Otter Creek
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City Fire Committee Plans Public Hearing on New Gas Engine Fire Pump
The city fire committee led by Henry O. Roden John C. Cu rin and Joseph H. Smith selects a 25 horsepower gasoline engine pump option at an estimated 2300 dollars. A public hearing is set for next Wednesday evening at the Aye Hanait to gather citizen input, especially from experienced users of gasoline equipment.
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Wallace Returns to Flat City After Two Years Away
Wallace, famed restaurant figure from the broad white North, returns to Flat City early this week following a two year absence spent in Ophir and Ruby diggings. He had established a chain of distinctive cafeterias, all of which have now closed successfully.
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Northland
Flat City
Ophir
Ruby Diggings
Knute Koland Plans Road Repair Between City and Creek Towns
Knute Koland known as the old reliable freighter will spend time on highway work between the city and creek towns, temporarily abandoning his freighting schedule. The note adds a witty aside about tango as a cure for headaches from a quoted source.
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That Boy Henderson One Great Hunter in Alaska History
Henderson known as master of the Pup earned livelihood supplying Fairbanks with wild game. He recounted to a crowd how migratory birds taught him habits, recalling a night boat frozen in with open water nearby. One morning he shot and decapitated a mallard circling water near his cabin, planning to trap many waterfowl before the ice or his pipe failed.
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Penny hoarder settles debt with a bag of pennies
John Capulica, a Third Avenue restaurant cook, confronted Louis Vugrich who owed him $15 by slamming a bag of pennies on the counter. Police counted 1498 pennies as Vugrich admitted buying pennies from news boys for months. Capulica, relieved, muttered a bitter remark in the Crosby Bath House area.
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Third Avenue
Louis Vugrich
Seattle Post Intelligencer
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Capulica
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Second Avenue
Prediction of a US monarchy shocks readers in debate
March 10. A French official argues the United States could be ruled by a king as its militarization and imperial ambitions grow. He cites Theodore Roosevelt, Cuba, Panama, and expanding navy while warning of a future 500000 strong army and eighty dreadnoughts. He notes economic gains, canal strategy, and rising national pride.
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Murphy sells Cubs stake for over a million dollars
Chicago April 22 Charles W Murphy says he started in baseball with a shoestring and is now worth over a million after selling 53 percent of his Chicago Cubs stake. He notes the club’s value exceeds a million, plans a year of rest, and retains partial ownership of the ballpark and Phillies grounds.
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Deputy District Attorney Downgraded Yukon Mission
The Fairbanks Citizen reports Yukon Deputy District Attorney Bion A. Dodge, assigned to the Fourth division, has gone to Fort Yukon to enforce laws and protect Indian rights amid concerns over white-Indian relations. His exact duties and return time are unclear and officials gave limited explanations as questions about his mission rise. A rumor of dismissal of Fort Yukon and Ruby deputy marshals was officially denied.
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Fairbanks
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Ruby
Death of Andrew Peterson in Bellingham Washington
Andrew Peterson, aged 2, died in Bellingham Washington. He was the father of ramps Peterson who had lived in the city for twenty years. A telegram announced the sad news after a recent letter from the deceased expressing good health. The shock surprised his son, who had planned a summer visit.
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Divorce Suit Placed In Alaska Court
Fred Labelle sues Mary Labelle in Alaska Territory Fourth Division seeking a decree dissolving the bonds of matrimony on grounds of willful desertion. The summons by publication targets Mary Labelle in The Iditarod Pioneer, with publication dates in 1914 and a court order directing appearance within 30 days after completion of publication.
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