The Alaska citizen., 1910-10-17
Iditarod City Has
 Troubles Of It's Own


 That residents of ldi,arod Cl.y are not living a> one peaceful. happy family Is indicated III news items published in the lditarod papers. re ceiyed in the last mail Rumors of the trutbl, between the alleged toWusur owners and the alleged lot jumpers. have been from time 70 time waited to Fairbanks, but they have been ot such a discunneor- ed nature. and SO contradictory, that it has teen impossible to form d correct estimate The -uhiOuod stories gre clipped from the Iditarod papers
 From the lditarod Pioneer. under date ot September lN, under the head of Who's the Citizens Com mttec2" appears the following
 Fairbanks. Sept. 3. 1e1o "Maltby, Commissioner. Iditarod. Al
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 Joseph Green. secretary citizens committee, wires complaint that uu der guise Of trading Post parties have serzed and dealt in land for speculative purposes and assaulted citizens with deadly weapons Wire at once fuil particulars
 Brown. Asst L. <. Atty"  District Attorney. Fairbanks Alas
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 Mcdowell and Stewar1 ~.aked trading rost. Don't know as To com. pletion of location Have leased property to different parties. Trou. ble all summer with jumpers. Last trouble re your wire assaulters smith brothers, arrested found gull. ". Fined s2oo, costs and three months, appealed Mcdowell. Stew art and others arrested. hearing soon as possible
 Joe Green arrested jumping in street Jury trial. guilty Fined for contempt Of court. Agitator. he care. lul. bad character. Has given lots of trouble here Letter of explana. ton MALTBI.
 The above relegrams explain themselves, but they do not explain who are the Citizens Committee or how Joe Green, professional lot. jumper and trouble-maker came to be it's secretary.
 The rumor that there was such a committee spread about the city 10 a slight extent shortly after the trouble on the corner of First and Richmond. where the houses of Lam dahl and Kientz took their speCtacu lar journey out into the street and back again This rumor could never be traced 10 it's source since every citizen interviewed expressed an fig. norance of the existence o" purpose of such a committee
 "!t was later rumored that this alleged committee of citizens had wired to Judge Oyertield at Fair banks. asking for an investigation of the commissioners and the mar theory that these officers had been responsible for the trouble that had occurred. As part of this rumor it was said that money had been raised to send Joe Green to Fair banks as the champion of lditarod' s down-trodden and peacelOving citi Zens.
 The telegram from Brown to Judge Maltby is the first authoritative information received by this paper that there was such a committee but jusr who they are, and why Joe Green is the spokesman is still matter of perpleXity.
 Upon being interviewed COmmis sioner Maltby admitted that he had heard such rumor and submitted the above telegrams as proof of the fact that word of some kind had been sent to Fairbanks
 Tn regard to the investigation of my office" said Judge Maltby. ii my administration here has in any way been questioned. want an investigation made at once and thoroughly. It matters not who OI what this alleged citizens commit tee is. but if it represents a spirit of criticism against my office, found ed upon any dereliction of duty on my part, then the sooner my super iors know about it the better l have sought to serve the people of this district to the best of my ability and the work is written in the pub lie records. You may say that court an immediate investigation. be ing most anxious to see this unpleas ant matter settled as soon as possi ble"
 Deputy Marshal Donovan gave expression to the same sentiments feeling that the business of his office had been handled in manner satis factory 10 his own best judgment"
 AS stated heretofore the manage ment of this paper has been in ig