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Newspaper
Iditarod Pioneer
Location
Iditarod, Alaska, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1913
Page
2
The notice warns advertisers to prepare notices carefully to avoid misprints. It emphasizes the publisher cannot police alterations, especially for foreclosure and other legal notices. Clarity on dates and charges is imperative to prevent errors.
The Yukon to Nome to Juneau figures Governor Strong as a well qualified leader. Relying on deep Alaska ties, he pledges cooperation from all Alaskans to unite against sectionalism and advance welfare for every region under his administration.
Prominent Iditarod residents backed by the down council endorsed Harry P Sheppard for continued deputy marshal. He has served two years since moving from Ophir and earned a reputation as reliable and conscientious. Changes ahead with L T Erwin as marshal may shift personnel, but trusted officers should not be dismissed. Women influence local affairs, prompting broader public scrutiny.
Report from Port Mor details a brutal attack by New Guinea tribesmen on two planter brothers named James and Weber. The brothers were seized during an inland expedition by savages, triggering fears of a wider campaign of butcheries reported in the district for months. The British New Guinea administration says a punitive expedition will pursue the bead hunters responsible.
Washington reports Col. Goetha will send a ship or two through the canal experiment this autumn to prove excavation and locks are in working order. Work on surface repairs, warehouses, barracks, and fortifications will follow with months of staff training. The canal should open to world commerce by January 1, 1915.
At last Mon Camp Iditated No. 27 meeting the entertainment committee organized a preliminary ball to raise funds for a project due June 10, marking the second anniversary of a dedication. Details to follow. The note mentions Princeton figures and a professor noted for near blindness, published in a fragmentary item.
A portrait describes a 56 year old president with a military bearing A habit of never drinking ice water He always wears eyeglasses and his speeches are often impromptu The president stands five feet one inch tall and weighs 177 pounds His favored pastime is golf though he remains active walking daily
The fragment recounts Jerry the Mule famed for sports and theatre tastes arriving in Iditarod this week aboard snowshoes made from his hide. He hauled freight for prospectors earlier in the year and reportedly met a destined end after completing his mission, while the Iditarod meat market suffers beef shortages but holds other stock.
A compact meditation on resilience and grit honoring strong characters who endure hardship without complaint. The piece salutes sailors pilots and laborers who persevere despite misfortune and hardship, staying cheerful and steadfast toward their goals.
Alaska reports blend of frontier life and commerce. Henry Moses returns to Juneau with a freak white-eared black bear pelt. Senators and locals push deals on Mt Mipba and the Log Cabin bar trade. Copper River railroad shifts as Grant Reed becomes cashier. Measles outbreak alarms Ketchikan Metlakatla Saxman Hasan area. Shippeck Fish Company's strikebreakers depart after securing 12,000 pounds of halibut. Barge Washington with 1,200 tons coal reaches Tacoma, then 1,300 tons copper ore shipped onward. Klondike veteran Trafert dies at Grand Forks after celebration. Japan and China coast tour by Mics Mua’s company. thieves plunder Engineer Creek cabin. Tatitlek Indians face famine due to fuel switch. Captain Swift Miller eyes Matson Creek paystreak. Cliff mine near Valdez runs on ore night and day. $125,000 briquettes project from lignite coal formed by Sundermeier and Boyle. James Wardell sails Katalla to Seattle and back to lobby Interior Department on patent claims.
A.B. Rome has taken over the Marston building on Discovery for the summer and will move his stock of goods out to Otter forthwith. The Juneau land office has not yet acted, with officials citing lack of time to address the matter.
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