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Newspaper
Iditarod Pioneer
Location
Iditarod, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1910
Page
2
The Iditarod Pioneer published weekly in Iditarod Alaska lists subscription at ten dollars per year and one month options plus single copy availability. Editor Frank E. Becker and publisher Geo M. Arbuckle are named.
A fiery critique questions annual grand jury duties in Alaska. The author denounces mandatory attendance, travel burdens, and unpaid expenses, demanding a square deal and court access that respects citizens’ livelihoods.
The piece notes Louis Shackleford’s request to resign from the National Republican Committee. It endorses Col. Ousby as a strong logical candidate, praising his boosting role for the party in Alaska and recalling his commendable Iditarod season. Captain Allan Pegram Gilmore backs Ousby for the post.
Mr C A Meyer of Springfield Missouri sends a money order payable in Nome for a subscription to the Iditatod Pioneer. The note mentions plans to send a postal order to Brother Dan in Nome after the freeze up and to buy cigars for Christmas for Dan.
Communities clash over naming the George river with competing forms Ukinilnuk and Yukwonilnuk. The United States Board of Geographic Names endorses the latter, while critics call for a single, simple name to end the dispute.
A dispatch from Washington claims Brigadier-General James Allen seeks funds for a wireless line into the Iditarod. General Mays backs a station at Fort Gibbon, with Alaska already awaiting a large outfit dockside in Seattle. Some small stations may be used. congress delays hinder progress.
The piece notes miners plan winter water runs on Fiat and Otter creeks with Old Man Winter arising. Doc Mading, Riley and Stetzer, and Lynn and Nelson claim to sluice into November and possibly through winter, aiming for about $200,000 in shipments before January.
A brief note highlights Simpson's, a pioneer jeweler, offering nuggets transformed into keepsake souvenirs for customers seeking commemorative pieces.
Henderson and Larson shut down two mining plants at Otter creek and Flat creek for the winter due to machinery shortages. They plan to reopen next spring with proper equipment, while the Flat creek site works on wood and the Wildcat association on Flat creek keeps the night shift laid off and continues sluicing for the time being.
Choice candies fresh fruits and best cigars and tobaccos available at The Sherburne. A quiet game of pool or SOLO is offered with a phone line listed as 57.
Four dogs described as light weights with fox like and timid temperaments missing from the Boulder area. Names include Back Jack Baldy and Whitey with distinctive coats. Reward offered for return to Geo F Kilroy in Boulder.
Reports from the Kuskokwim area describe Willow Creek near the big dome headwaters of Rainey and Little creeks with coarse gold found at two feet depth. Partners Trepo Tonkovitch and Crece Martkvich, aided by Joe Dokich, note a $82 nugget found nearby and widespread gold across tributaries of the George and Iditarod rivers. A lost cocker spaniel and roofing supply ads are mentioned in the same clipping.
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