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Newspaper
Iditarod Pioneer
Location
Iditarod, Alaska, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1912
Page
6
The item lists subscription rates and advertising prices with a brief note on conventions. It references the Republican national convention in Chicago on June 18 and the Poemocratic convention in Baltimore on June 2. The text names Savi at Sprvaroo, Alaska and includes periods of subscription durations.
The piece views Democratic prospects as strong and outlines the 1908 race dynamics between Roosevelt and Taft amid Republican disloyalty. It argues Champ Clark is best poised for nomination, with Democrats favored to win barring a split, and notes immense national stakes and policy pressures if Democrats gain power.
Reports say workers leveled the Iditarod tram track as plans to extend the line up to Mlut Creek move forward upon manager Wilson's arrival aboard the Delta. Details hinge on his on ground presence, with crews awaiting boats at Dikeman to advance.
W H Cratiere has taken over the J Williams laundry and opened for business on Gold Street in Pht City. He offers dry cleaning and pressing with the experience of a Fairbanks laundry veteran, Mr Cre ford.
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 and the gasoline boat Nancy Lee plus new barge departed for Dikeman last Tuesday to attend incoming steam needed to move passengers to a lighter-draft vessel. Bert Thorson and Charles Larson noted the Nancy s find it.
Government officials in Pittsburg announce an anti trust suit against the Aluminum Company headquartered there. Mestean government engineers will conduct a thorough survey of land and mines in Lower California though the exact details remain unclear. Additionally, notices mention high prices for shaded ivory used in jewelry, with references to Robert Simpson on shoes and Paulson's bargains at Flat.
A May wireless message announced Judge Cushman’s promotion from Alaska to a U.S. district judgeship in the Western District of Washington. The move follows anticipation that Judge George Danworth would resign, with Cushman named to fill the vacancy. The Alaska judgeship was established July 1, 1900, and Cushman had held high posts since 1899.
Jobo EB Anderson Henry Luttman and Tom Broullet arrived from the North Fork by poling boat. Henry Yeager Valley brothers Joseph Lewis and Nesbit wintered there. They all came for the summer. no gold found yet though 270 feet of holes were dug. Water at the bottom and frozen muck hampered digging. fur pelts included martens lynx ermine and mink.
Barney Hagerty, known in the mines around Iditarod, arrived on the Little Delta from Tanana seeking medical care for a long illness. He prospected winter on the Little Melozi river in Gold Mountain district with Henry Wallick, and near Hudson creek where efforts were hampered by poor results. Hagerty plans to stay in The Folard area this summer, health permitting, with Wallick and McCormick soon joining the editated.
A notice states 51,000 allotted for Flat Road with immediate availability for work on the road between Llitated and Flat. A force under Superintendent ALE Light has been on the road for several days, following recent word from Col. WLP of the Alaska road commission.
Joe Kaminski completed a transfer to Yukon Gold Company of his 1100 foot claim in the Glen association Flat Creek. The sale priced at 55000, though he had purchased the property for 15000, yielding a handsome profit before his winter plans in Huby. He intends to return, with ongoing interests in Elis ground and possible outside work.
Joe Fournier and the Wildcat association on Willow creek completed their winter cleanup and are in town. They plan hoisting soon as Lavenger & Co already begin dumping dirt into sluices from the drift. Ground here is about 25 feet deep and favorable for summer hoisting.
Last Sunday Al Panter of Fltr started a hunting trip toward Orrer City, said he would return in three hours. He found a cabin, stayed overnight and into the next day. About 40 friends searched for him, and their chatter suggests they prefer his safe return to news of any harm.
Born in Iditarod on May 1, Captain Boerner and his wife welcome their first child. The infant is reported thriving as Captain Boerner completes duties as N C Company agent in Takoma. News of the birth reached the couple the following day by messenger and mail.
Joe the Trapper, among the best known for his work in the Kuskokwim valley, arrived in Geor gs with a large fur bundle from the season. He reported 140 skins from his personal effort and nearly 400 more he acquired from others, mainly marten with mink, fox and wolverine also included. He plans to dispose of them outside for better returns.
Frank B. Ingels, manager for E. W Griffin, arrives in Fairbanks aboard the Little Delta looking heavier since last summer. He departs from St. Louis with his wife and one year old James Shelby Ingels to the North tomorrow. In Fairbanks the child is enrolled in the Order of Native Sons and is noted for a voyage down Otter Creek in a poling boat at three weeks old. Select Outside Lumber and building supplies are advertised at Ross Nes tor'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 renowned as one of the North’s best transportation men. It is not yet learned who will fill the Tanana position.
President Taft on May 17 called for a formal inquiry into patent laws to assess how far they foster unjust monopolies in goods protected by patents. The proposal aims to identify reforms to curb anti competitive effects.
Fred Galli, who left Iditarod for the upper Kuskokwim last fall, returned to town early this week. Joes doubt the Kuskokwim region offers strong prospects for a pitcher, noting scarce feathered game and moose. Galli camped about 120 miles above the Takotna area and traveled down the ice toward Georgetown after breaking up camps, following an all roads lead to Boast route.
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