Search resumes for missing John Ness in Donlan Creek hills
Pete Jensen and Ivan Ness of Flat Creek resume the hunt for John Ness who disappeared October 23 after a forced 35 mile trek from Jack Ritchie’s cabin toward Georgetown. Weather cleared enough to locate remains. Ness, 42, Norwegian, left $700 cash and $2000 life insurance.
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Pete Jensen
Ivan Ness
Flat Creek
John K. Ness
Donlan Creek
Jack Ritchie
Georgetown
Ness
Ritchie
Fred Scheid
J. M. Haley
W. H. Gifford
Pete Jew
Jensen
John Ness
Norway
Frisco artists vie for $600 Panama Exposition prize
Artists nationwide compete for the Panama Pacific Exposition prize of 600 dollars, the largest ever offered for a contest of this kind. The committee hopes a young Californian will rise to the opportunity as Whistler and other famed figures watch the awakening of American art.
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California
East
Arts
Min
United States
Whistler
Panama Canal Opening Sparks Nation's Best Design Efforts
The United States aims to complete the Panama Canal opening, with California called the cradle of native American art. The project inspires the nation to mobilize top creative and technical talent for its design and execution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
California
America
Panama Canal
Wickersham Amended Placer Law Proposes Alaska Restrictions
The proposed act tightens placer mining in Alaska. It limits locations to forty acres per claim, requires labor or improvements valued at one hundred dollars per twenty acres annually, and restricts agents locating for others. It prohibits more than two claims per principal per month and caps patented claim area.
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W of Representatives
Senate
Delem
House
Alaska
Hor of Representatives
United States of America
Recorders Office
Big Company to Lend Money Boy of 80 in State University Chicago
Western Union Telegraph announces future interest free loans up to one month’s salary to deserving employees in good standing. Loans limited to non chronic borrowers and those in good standing. Bulletin posted at all branches outlines plan conditions. The oldest university student is 80 year old J P Fraser at University of Washington in chemistry, studying anti toxins.
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Chicago
Western Union Telegraph Company
Simpson's
Seattle
University of Washington
Condon
J. P. Fraser
Frazer
Iditarod Express Company Announces Daily Creek Routes
Iditarod Express Company plans daily trips to all creek points departing Iditarod at 9 a.m. with a temporary office at Red Cross drug store. Joe Mc Namee and O. Fowler serve as agents. Also noting Elite Baths on Caribou street offering steam baths in fine weather.
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Iditarod
Red Cross Drug Store
Joe McNamee
O. Fowler
Caribou Street
Floods at Dikeman Cause Much Damage
Claude Myrick reports heavy flood damage in Dikeman with the N C dock roof collapse and several buildings flooded. Bush roadhouse Dubin’s hotel Mahoney’s roadhouse and a new pool hall and lodge plans are noted along with renovations to Dubin hotel. Dickman remains buoyant as mining prospects rise and provisioning is tight with local game and incoming supplies.
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Claude Myrick
Dikeman
Iditarod City
Bush
Dubin
Mahoney
N. C
Markisson & Mitchell
Jim Fullerton
Sam Dubin
Myrick’s
Bush Roadhouse
Robt. Coburn
Louis Nissen
Monarch
Iditarod
Timber Reconnaissance Finds Timber on Bonanza Rivers
Curley McIntosh with wife and Joe Burns piloted a rapid Iditarod Bonanza River survey for Mutchler Bros tramway. They reached five miles above the Bonanza mouth and ordered a crew to the ground. A team and a six-man woodsmen launch will move to cut logs and poles for ties and rails, to be rushed down on high water and laid in place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Burns
Curley McIntosh
Iditarod
Bonanza
Mutchler Bros
McIntosh
Frangements
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Frisco
Iditarod Hotel
Willow St
Dan Daniels
Hotel Grand
Flat City
N. Glantz
Mrs. Swanson
Gilmore
Belt House
Slippern’s Mill
Builders’ Supplies
Cascade
Llow Street
Beattie House
Thruout Petion
Golden Eagle Saloon
Willow
JH. Rogers
the Connolly
Manuel's Saloon
Budweiser Beer
W. H. KicBride
Cedar Brook
Iditaroo
Sherburne Pool
Wickersham
Iditarod Express Company
Casey
Regina
Second Ave
Nyholm
Prop
Miners Home
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