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Newspaper
Iditarod Pioneer
Location
Iditarod, Alaska, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1912
Page
2
Readable fragments show a Alaska reference with subscription rates and conventions. Mentions Republican convention in Chicago on June 18 and Poemocratic convention in Baltimore on June 2. Contains rates: 10.00 yearly, 4.00 monthly, 1.00 single copy.
The piece argues Democrats may win if Champ Clark is nominated at Baltimore and Roosevelt might run on an independent ticket. It notes Taft leading Republicans and warns of intra party disloyalty, while predicting a dramatic, consequential campaign with broad public interest ahead of the convention and the election.
Ambitious Iditarod tram project begins leveling the track as anticipation builds for extensions from Mlut Creek after the arrival of Mr. Wilson on the steamer Delta. Reports say details will be announced once ground work starts, with a small crew forming the nucleus of a larger operation.
W H Cratiere has taken over the J Williams laundry on Gold Street in Pht City. He offers dry cleaning and pressing as a specialty. Mr Cre ford, an experienced laundryman from Fairbanks, backs the venture.
Mrs. dC Currin wife of the popular wireless operator presented her husband with a fine girl weighing eight pounds and a half last Wednesday. Dr Wortmann was in attendance.
Tra Wood sails Nancy Lee a gasoline boat with her new barge to Dikeman to be on hand for incoming steam to transfer passengers to a lighter-draft boat. Bert Thorson and Charles Larson noted the Nancy’s find.
Government files anti trust action against Aluminum Company based in Pittsburg. Mestean government engineers will survey land and mines across Lower California. The text also notes markets for shaded ivory and bargains at Paulson's and Robert Simpson on shoes, without clear context or dates.
The Pioneer reports a Washington date in May noting a wireless message that Cushman was confirmed for a vacancy outside Alaska. It was believed Judge Danworth would resign as United States district judge for the Western District of Washington, with Cushman elevated to that post. Historical context shows Cushman’s Alaska judgeship began July 1, 1900, and his rise fits a pattern of advancement for notable regional jurists.
Prospector Jobo EB Anderson Henry Luttman and Tom Broullet arrive from the North Fork by poling boat after wintering there. Henry Yeager Valley brothers Joseph Lewis and Nesbit also wintered up the North Fork. They report no gold found on tributaries but logged 270 feet of holes with water at bedrock and 40 feet of frozen muck. Prospects look discouraging due to wet ground though fur lots include marten lynx ermine and mink.
Barney Hagerty, a known distributor in the Gold Mountain district, arrived from Tanana seeking care at Fort Gibbon. He reports winter prospecting on the Little Melozi river with Henry Wallick and S. R. Hudson, finds limited pay on Grant creek, and notes uncertain future due to health and district conditions.
Commissioner served notice that 1 000 dollars were immediately available for road work on the route between Llitated and flat. A force of men under Superintendent ALE. Light has been on the road for several days. Antôn from Col. WLP, of the Alaska road commission, recently returned.
Joe Kaminski completed a transfer of his 1100 foot divided interest in the Glen association at Flat Creek to Yukon Gold Company early this week. The sale price reportedly reached $55,000, vs his $15,000 purchase. He is set to depart soon for Huby to pursue further interests while not planning a permanent quit.
Joe Fournier and associates of the Wildcat association on Willow creek report a successful winter cleanup in town at the start of the week. They praise results and note plans to begin hoisting, with dirt already dumped into sluices from the drift. ground depth around 25 feet makes it ideal for summer operations.
Last Sunday Al Panter of Fltr set out on a hunting trip near Orrer City and planned to return in three hours. He spent a night in a cabin and remained missing into the next day, prompting about 40 friends to search. The mournful tone suggests disappointment rather than relief at his absence or welfare.
Born in Iditarod on May 1, Captain Boerner and his wife welcomed their first child, a daughter. Capt. Boerner, serving as N.C. Company agent, was at Takoma when the news arrived by messenger, along with the mail. The couple married two years ago and the infant is reported thriving.
Joe the Trapper, renowned in the Kuskokwim valley, arrives in Geors town after a productive season. He wins 140 skins personally and adds nearly 400 more from others. Predominantly marten, the lot also includes mink fox and wolverine. He plans to sell them outside for better returns.
Frank B. Ingels manager for E. W Griffin arrived on the Little Delta weighing about 50 pounds more than last summer. He rushed into Fairbanks in March and will depart tomorrow for the North, leaving his wife and one year old James Shelby Ingels at St. Louis. In Fairbanks he enrolled his son in the Order of Native Sons, noting the boy is eligible and recalls a voyage down Otter creek in a poling boat at three weeks old. Select Outside Lumber, corrugated iron and rooting paper at Ross & Nestor's.
Commodore Murphy, long transportation manager for the Northern Navigation Company and resident at Tanana, will be stationed at Dikeman this season. He is expected to assume the post within a day or two and is regarded as one of the North’s best transportation men for handling knotty problems with skill. It is not learned who will fill the Tanana position.
President Taft calls for a government inquiry into patent laws to assess whether they promote unjust monopolies in goods protected by patents. The delay and scope of reforms are not specified. The executive action aims to balance innovation incentives with fair competition.
Fred Galli, who left Iditarod for the upper Kuskokwim last fall, returned to town the first of the week. The Joes speak candidly about that region as a pector, noting scarce feathered game and moose to shoot. At breakup Galli was camped about 120 miles above the Takota and followed the ice down the Kuskoka from Georgetown overland as far as Boast.
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