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Iditarod pioneer., 1914-06-13
Mining in Town of Ruby

Mining operations have opened up in the town of Ruby again. p H. Robinson who has lease from Joe Green on discovery claim upon which a part of the town of Ruby is built, is operator, manager and gang so far He has been commissioning this week at the side of the old cut be tween Third and Fourth avenues, and ex poets to sluice within twenty five feet of Third avenue opposite the lot owned by John Teeland between Second and Third Mir. Robinson sunk several holes in that locality during the winter, and believes the money lies in that direction. He considers it only a sniping proposition, and does not contemplate working on an extensive scale at this time However, the steady encroaCh- ment of this sniping on town property ln that section Is causing some uneaslness.
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-06-13
The Dog Nuisance

There is not an Indian village on the Yukon where there are as many dogs run ming loose as at Ruby" is statement made by an old time musher who arrived in town a few days ago. Everyone in this com munity knows there are many loose dogs in Ruby They are to be found everywhere -on the sidewalk, in the doorways, chasing after teams, fighting on the streets and pursuing their disorderly obscene conduct in public places generally. By constant asso- citation with nuisances of this nature we become inured to the real conditions of our surroundings and jog peacefully on our way till something happens that wakes us up with jerk and we see very clearly where we are at This something" happened in Ruby last Saturday, when, by the merest chance and the quick action of some of our citizens who happened to be passing 5-year old Mabel Iceland was rescued from being torn and mangled to death and doubtless, quartered by pack of those same loose dogs that we see on the streets every day Your dogs may not have been in this pack, but if they are running loose they may be there next time, for there will surely be next time if something isn't done to clear Ruby streets of dogs.
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-06-13
LAW MAKES MONEY ORDERS
 PAYABLE ANYWHERE IN U. s.

Washington, April 6-Immediately after President Wilson signed the bill making postal money orders payable anywhere Postmaster General Burleson appointed a committee of five officials of his depart ment, headed by Alex NJ. Cookery, third assistant postmaster general, to prepare the regulations necessary to put the new law into effect The other members of the committee are: Charles A. kram auditor for the postoffice department; C. E. Matthews, cl,ief of the money order divi- sion; c. H. Fullaway, assistant director of the postal savings system, and L. NJ. Bart lett, expert accountant in the auditors of fee
 Third Assistant Postmaster General Dock cry is given credit for having suggested the passage of this new law, and will have to take whatever praise or criticism 1t may provoke in active operation. Mr. Burleson and MT. Cookery believe the law will prove very popular with the business public, mak ing postal money orders as convenient to handle as bank drafts. It will be several weeks before the new system is installed. The committee will make a careful study and prepare regulations designed to make the new Universal money order system" work smoothly from the outset
 On June 3O 1913, there were more than 55000 money order postoffices in the coun- try After the new law is in operation a money order will be payable at any of these offices even when drawn on speci fled office
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-06-13
REVOLUTION IN MEXICO
 WIPES CUT CATTLE TRADE

Fl Paso Tex, April 2-The cattle indus try in Northern Mexico, lately the source of large portion of the meat supply oi the United States, has been practically wiped out by the Mexican revolution, anc many of the largest cattle raisers have beer forced out of business.
 Yearling steers now are selling for s3C and S35 here, and 2-year-olds for $40 tc s47, and the supply is small, Before the revolution S20 was good price for 8 yearlng and $50 for 2-year old. The high price and scarcity of Mexican beef coupled with the poor condition of the ranges through Texas and New Mexico, anC the epidemics of blackleg which have ragged among the cattle in those two states, are going to have an important effect upon the American market, and cattlemen here prophecy that beef will be higher than ever this spring.
 General Luis Terrazas, the largest cattle raiser in Mexico, and owner of thousands of acres in Chihuahua, now is a fugitive or the American side of the border, accompa nied by several ohter large cattle raisers Before the revolution the annual export from the Terrazas ranches was between 50,00O and 75,000 head. For the past fiji teen years Terrazas has branded between 75,0O0 and 100000 calves. Last year "th; iron" was put on but 800
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-06-13
ANGUS SUES FOR
 HEAVY DAMAGES

Angus Mcdonald on Tuesday last filed suit with the deputy clerk of the district court against Thomas P. Aiken for slOO 900 damages. The case grows out oi the famous Chicago Bench Association Jumping incident of last October, and It is expected that similar suits will be tled by others on like grounds.
 Early in October of last year Samuel Adams and William Knox located what was known as the Spikenard claim on ground claimed by Thomas P, Aitken and under lease to the Yukon Gold Company, known as the Chicago Bench Association clam, Adams, Knox Mcdonald and Charles krut- singer were arrested on a charge of criminal trespass while engaged in the necessary loca- ton work on the claim. Adams and Mo Donald were tried before Commissioner Al brecht and acquitted on the ground that title had not been proven by Aitken, and the charges against Knox and krutslnger were dismissed on motion of the prosecuting attorney.
 In his complaint, filed June 9, Mcdonald alleges that on October 13, at ldltarod, the defendant caused the arrest of plaintiff on a charge of trespassing on the Chicago Bench Association claim; that plaintiff was ar rested on October IA and imprisoned for ten hours; that on October p plaintiff appeared for a trial, whereupon the government moved for dismissal of the case which was granted by the court, and before the plaintiff left the court room, defendant herein filed another similar charge and plaintiff was again arrested He was tried October 23 and acquitted.
 The complaint recites that by reason of the premises plaintiff was injured in his reputation and person and was prevented from attending to his business, and by all said acts of defendant plaintiff has been damaged in the sum of S100,000, for which sum, together with costs, he asks judgment.
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-06-13
THE LUDLOW, COLO, HORROR

There was evidently the intention to de stroy every living being in the strikers camp, and the tents were swept to and fro with deadly machine gun fire which was reinforced by volleys from the rihemen. The women and children sought refuge in the pits which had been dug for sanitary pur- poses throughout the town, and into these places of refuge the militia directed most of their machine gun fire About ten men only were killed, while more than fifty women and children were slaughtered in the pits. When one of these pits was un- covered it revealed by actual count thirteen children and ten women, riddled with the bullets from the machine guns. One body was perforated eighteen times in the terri ble fre.-News dispatch in Nome Industrial worker
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-06-13
GHOST OF PIONEER TRAPPER
 IAUNTS ARIZONA CANYON

Williams Arz, April Tn Wilson can yon, southeast of Williams, is an uncanny spot wherein horses shy and bolt from ter TOTS heretofore invisible to the human eye. At least three wagons have been wrecked there by runaways that started without apparent cause But at last verltable ghost has been materaized on the un- shaken testimony of two young residents of the locality Wright Clark and "Tex" Ownby.
 They say that last Sunday evening about dusk they were riding down the Wilson canyon trail when their horses became frightened, snortng and pranclng in ter TOT, The boys looked to the right and saw emerging from behind a juniper tree
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-06-13
TO DEVELOP THE COUNTRY
 ON AN EXTENSIVE SCALE

An event of the utmost significance to the whole Kuskollwim country transpircd last Tuesday, when William McKeague and Dominick Soroci, the two well-known and energetic mining men, left for that region, equipped for extensive operations.
 Dominick is the owner of extensive in terests on Bear creek and Mcheague goes to operate a power drill It is predicted that a new era will open up for the kusko- kwim valley when this enterpriSing duo engage in its development.
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-06-13
NATURES INFINITE MYSTERIES
Chicago News )

Chicago News)
 The most striking thing about a really learned man IS not the extent Of hls ad- mitted ignorance The wiser person is, the greater the number of things he doesn't know. The more universally cocksure and well informed one seems, the more likely it is that he is humbug
 How little has science made inroad npon that stupendous and hmitless nescience that surrounds it, as the stellar universe en- folds the tiny earth
 Sir Oliver Lodge the other day, at the meeting of the British association, spoke of the mystery of sex determination. Spite of all claims, we know little more today than did the cave men why one child is born a boy and another girl, and why the world ratio keeps about the same.
 Sir Oliver also expressed his wonder that some plants bore both male and female flowers. He said the same sap comes into the stem, but just at that junction where differently sexed flowers branch away from each other there must be some profound change in the sap.
 T don't know what it is and micro scopes tell me nothing about it," he con tnued ''Perhaps if physologists could find out just what happens in that little plant joint they would get some clew to the req son why some human beings are born boys and others girls"
 He might have pushed further his point of wonder How comes 1t that the earth juices make here white flower and there a red? How is a huge oak all folded in a little acorn?
 How can nature make the peach full of juice and cased so closely in the thinnest of fuzzy skin that never leaks?
 How does blood food here create hard finger nail, there hair and there a stony tooth?
 What is electricity? We know somewhat of how it acts But what is it? We know little more of it than does a savage.
 What is life? What is the secret force that transforms in a thrice a living dog that eats his environment into dead dog whose environment eats him?
 What is love? Why does this woman thrill you and that one leave you cold or repel you?
 What is conscience, that worlds police man that urges us on to what we think right and affrights us at what we think wrong?
 What is truth? What is personality !? What is being?
 And these questions are not remote, aca- demic questions not such things as Huxley called Lunar politics" but they touch the very nearest and dearest regions of every mans life.
 We are but dust notes in the sunbeam of the infinite We cling like oysters to our little point in the bed of the vast ocean of mystery.
 All about us is nature her mind a gal axy of secrets, her thoughts far and strange as the procession of the suns Nothing be- fits us, her children, so much as reverence for her purposes, humility before her great brain, trust and love in her vast heart.
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-06-13
Prospecting Appliances at Nome

There is now a regular craze for divlning rods among prospectors and many place implicit confidence in the witchery of the rod Among the most devout believers in the divining rod is Louis Stevenson of the Pioneer Mining Company, but there are others In fact, it is safe to say that when a persons opens up with prospector on the question he is likely as not to pull one out of his hip pocket with the remark: ''Now, here's one that's as true as a com pass Nome Industrial Worker
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-06-13
AMAZING RESOURCES OF
 AMUR RIVER COUNTRY

Shanghai, April 16.-A recent traveller in the Amur river country, Siberia speaks Of the wonderful possibilities of development there. Wealthy though it is, the district IS but little known. The Amur is navlgabIe for a distance of 2O0O miles, from Mic clask, at the mouth, to Stretensk The whole country appeared fine and promls- ing. There are wide plains wholly uncul- tivated on which grows excellent grass, about three feet high, of fine texture These plains, it is estimated, would support mil lions of sheep or cattle. The soil Is of good quality and of deep black.
 In the gardens and plantations where settlements have arisen beautiful crops of all descriptions were to be seen wheat, barley, oats and potatoes in abundance, Through the last 600 miles to the sea the country is one expanse of splendid forest, both on Russian and Chinese territory. In every mountain gully there were Chinese prospectors seeking gold. A hundred mil lion people could be settled in this white mans country.
 Easily navigabla, the A,nur provides great natural highway for traffic from end to end. It is strange that neither the Chinese on the south ncr the Russians on the north appear to have made any ser ous effort to develop the resources of the country. There are signs of progress, how ever The chief of these is that wheat and barley are being harvested by reapers in Asia The Russians are building railway line about thirty miles north of the banks of the Amur.
 Next year the line will reach Khabar- ovsl,, and St. Petersburg will thus be put in communication with Nladivostok by line quite independent of the great Siberian railway. Along the entire length of the river Russian settlements are growing up, but lack of facilities in their work has compelled numbers to return home At the same time it is estimated that 100000 workers enter the country every year from Europe. Farming, mining numbering and fishing are the chief industries
 A country which should be exporting mil lions of bushels of wheat and might in course of time become the chief source of the European supply is now importing bags of flour The principal minerals are gold, copper and coal BlagoVeshchensk IS the center of an increasing gold mining industry, and so plentiful is gold that it was humorously said to be reckoned not by the ounce but by the pood, a Russian weight equal to thirty-six pounds. The Russians are adopting strong measures to prevent the advance of Chinese on this ter ritory, but as yet Chinese are to be seen everywhere.
 On the river bank opposite to Blavgrove schchensk a prosperous Chinese city has grown up, but no native boatman IS allowed to cross the river from that side Chinese may only use the ferry, which is Rus sian monopoly, upon obtaining from the Russian consul a special permit. The po- litical situation is distinctly interesting As to the antiquity of Chinese industry in this part of Siberia, there are evidences that the gold mines were worked by them cen turies ago. Growing out of some of the old workings are trees of great size and age.
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-06-13
ALASKA
Native Customs

That the trial marriages among the na- tives of Alaska under the ancient tribal customs work out better than the modern system is the opinion of Commander Bal finger of the revenue cutter Bear and in his annual report to the department he recommends that either proper facilities for obtaining divorces in Alaska should be provided or greater precaution should be taken in marrying the natives under the Alaska code Juneau Post.
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-06-13
Passengers for lditarod

The Sarah arrived at Nulato about D. m. with the following passengers for Idita- rod: H. Boas and wife, Ed Anderson, MT Hallberg Mrs Marston, Mrs. Campbell, Mrs Shonbeck, Mr Beaton, wife and child, Sam Bates Mir Jones, Mrs Roland, John Schon, P Watson, John Rose, B. T. James and wife George Shields, F. E. Warlick, John Munz, Sam Adams and Chief Postal Clerk Handles.
 Outside letter mail left for Iditarod last night Sccond-class mail is being carried on the Saran.
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-06-13
To Shorten Trail

Ophir Correspondence: If the proper authorities could be shown in the right way, that by use of the trail cut from Ophir to Iditarod three years ago-by subscrip- tions from the people of Ophirethe distance from Seward to Iditarod would be the same or less, the inconvenience and deep snows of the Moore creek divide would be avoided and the distance from Ruby to Iditarod via Ophir shortened by twenty miles that the mail should be carried from Ruby to Idita rod by this trail Why not?
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-06-13
Fort Davis Will Be Abandoned

Fort Davis will be closed down after all, according to reports received by the Nome Industrial Worker It is stated that the officers have orders to be prepared to dis pose of everything and that the quarters will be closed after the transport takes the present detachment from the fort This news is said to be of final nature.
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-06-13
RUBY B NE v 1WTS
(From the Record Citizen) Saw loqs Go Out With the Ice

Over 1,6OO saw logs, the property of Fred Nelson, went out with the ice during the breakup, Some were in the water, where they were caught at the freezeup last Oc tober, and the remainder were on the bank A few of the latter were saved.
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-06-13

When you come in from the creeks don't forget to stop in and inspect the Crosby Bath System. For everything is now ready for public inspection. The Crosby Massage and Bath Parors, the home of the Twenti- eth Century Turkish Bath.
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-06-13
SHERLOCK HOLMES AT WORK

The place was forcibly entered by the door, the lock being smashed through. Sev eral footprints were visible in the snow, and these seemed to belong to some man. Exchange
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-06-13
Lonq Creek CIean-Ups

The clean-ups On Long creek to date have exceeded by far the most optimistic expectations and the highest estimates of operators and owners.
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-06-13

A recent census, the first of the kind ever taken, credited Denmark, which has about one-thrd the area of Wisconsin, with more than 5,400OOO fruit trees.
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-06-13

Electricity is the only agent which will thaw frozen water pipes underground With the aid of electricity the pipe can be easily thawed in short time, the passage of cur rent through the pipe heating it enough to melt the ice
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-06-13

Choice fresh lamb, 35c ID.
 Iditarod Meat Co.
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-06-13

King salmon-caught at mouth of Yukon fine, fine, 35c lb Iditarod Meat Co.
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-06-13

Location Notices at Pioneer offire
The Chitina leader., 1914-06-23

News comes from Valdez that Judge Brown has signed an order of court directing that no more licenses be issued to applicants for saloon privileges at towns, camps or road houses not the headquarters of a resident United States deputy mar shal. The order has been made necessary because of the abuse of the privilege by many liquor dealers at out of the way places, who have been reported to have sold liquor to natives, resulting in great suf- fering to the Indians and their families.
 Under the new order the applica- tion of Andrew Groswold for g license at Sand Point was denied, also one requested by John r. Clarkin, in the Nizina, and that of Hitchcock & Waterman, at Susitna The order will also affect Buck Hoyt, at Gulkana, and Chas. Cowells at Copper Center, unless the Depart ment of Justice allows the appoint ment of a marshal at those camps.
 Mir Clarkin is now in Cordova and states that great injustice would be done. him by the enforce ment of the order. He calls atten- tion to the fact that there are no Indians in the neighborhood If Nizina and that his house is a great convenience to the mining element engaged in the development of all that country tributary to the Chit titu, Rex, Dan, Boulder and other creeks. Men in Cordova familiar with the conditions will likely take the matter up with Judge Brown, in behalf of Mir Clarkin, who conducts a roadhouse in compliance with the laws and had no reason to believe that a license would be denied him this year.
The Chitina leader., 1914-06-23

Seattle would do we'll to take immediate cognizance of the significant warning given by Falcon Josin in recent speech
 He pointed that the bill which passed Congress at the present carried appropriation of only $0000 to expended preliminary work the proposed Asaka rail road system. i@% SM8lE
 The balance of the $35OOOO0O which is the limit placed by Congress expenditures for the Alaska government railroads must be appropriated by subsequent sessions of Congress- For that his earnest caution that this city should vgany watch the railroad station is timely and pointed.
 It will be remembered that when the railroad fight in Washington effort made to have Congress authorize the issue of bonds the 000000 to pay for the construction of the Northern lines.
 That the idea of those who desired to have the fight with the affirmative action of Congress this year. render ing 1t necessary to continue the tedious uphill battle at subsequent sessions. However, Congress eliminated this feature and decided to keep the its hands
 But remembering the proverbial 'sp between the cup and the p it is the height of wisdom to continue etenaly vgan lest sinister influences should intervene to upset the good work already accomplished d.-Seattle Times.
The Chitina leader., 1914-06-23

The Haines Chamber of Com merce has undertaken a commend able move, tending to the federa- tion of all the commercial organize tions in Alaska. The matter was brought before the Cordova Cham Der of Commerce last night and a decided expression was given favor able to the project. A letter from the Haines Chamber was read as fol- lows:
 "At the last meeting of the Haines Chamber of Commerce, I was instructed to write all Commer- cial Clubs in Alaska, suggesting the formation of an Alaskan Federation of such bodies; for the good of all of Alaska, and to request each club, to report to this Chamber your views upon the matter, and stating whether or not you would be willing to enter such a federation and sug- gesting a means of organization and location"
 The secretary of the Cordova Chamber agreed to give the services of their secretary and the use of their furnished room free to the fed eration, should that body desire to make Cordova headquarters, as this is probably the most central loca- tion, particularly during the months when all interior traffic and mail goes via this town. In addition We have the cable service and one of the best equipped wireless stations on the coast, so that we are always in touch with the outside world, and in a position to get into rapid com munication not only with all parts of Alaska but with the national capital as we'll.