, 1884-01-31
Weekly Argus.
THURSDAY, JANUARY u. I~-l.
The Pioneer Association,


and representing Lun IN li-a-.
which II true. would operate v-rg ST..
rlouSly against the welfare ~DI cr.E
. OF the aSSoclgUou whereof b." Is FL
trusted officer and member Agar
article i quoted a~ follows:
Some time aC0 4 society 0r Wash
ington Territory Iieuarr- was org IN
lied in Olympia. aud lir. John u
Swan. the secretary. wrote lart.y- iu
this place asking the al }r--- 90.
pioneer settlers. Upon receiving sew
eral cf these al lr'-Sa: Ha sent cir
culgrS 10 the parties. and they. with
scarcely AN exception, respond =.
sending dollar each trr rmn-ah.r-aiI IL
fee IN the society. We are iu:oTur+
that not ono - iaT aas heard ANY
thing from his remittance. some o.
them have valuable manuscripts. HH
t0CraphS. e., which they would de
pN>it with the sorie'y; hut if it hJ-
fallen Though they viii not bother
their heads about 1t. though, in TINT
case. they woul Ike 10 know what
has become Of their money"
As 4 matter Of Justice to all con
cerned, and particularly that thr
credit of the Pioneer Association may
be vindicated, We ask that .you Wi.
publish our reply as given. including
the following report. We desire to
place in clear view Of the readers q
correct abstract from the files ana
records of the Association, that they
may the more easily compare the
facts with the false representations III
the ARGUS. The port Is rs follows:
James q. Swan, Port townsend
application received Dec. 5. 80, fees
paid 10 the secretary; Henry W ehbel.
Port Townsend, received Dec. y 81,
ans. Dec. a, fees pan to MI Learn
ed; A. Briggs and wife. Port Town
send, application received Jan :, 81,
answered Jan. 4. paid Mr.. Learned.
reed. ans. per Major Van Bokkel"n;
f. W. Pettygrove and wife; Port
Townsend, Application received Jan.
4, 'S4. ans. Jan. 4, ices pald MI.
Learned, ans. by postal card: y: j.
Van Bokkelen, Port Townsend, Jan.
4, 81, Jan. D, MIR. Learned, postal
card; John + Tukey. Port I"wn~end.
Jan. II, 'S4, on margin OF appllcat1on
says, fee 81 paid to w. II: ii
Learned, Pt- TownSeHd; j. u. CHING
or, PIT. Townsend. application re
ceived Jan. IL, 81 ans. 12;h. no fee
reed, no mention Of fee, called at
tention to that fact in letter OF 18th Z;
Eben Gay Morse, PIT. Angeles, ap.
rec. Jan. u, ans. 14th, paid secretary:
Jas. s. Woodm1n. PIT Discovery an.
II, ans. 18th, said in letter he ''foTgo!
to bring receipt to town" 1t is
thought be paid fee to Mr.. Learned;
Thos. S. Berger, Pt. Discovery, ap,
rec. II, ans. 14th, same as above, $50
fee nor receipt received; Chas. >.
Jones, PIT Townsend, Jan l6, ans 10,
paid Mr.. Learned, rec. and ans. Ter
Major Van Bokkelen; II. ). Robin
son, Irondale, rec. and ans. Jan. l6,
paid Mr. Learned, rec. ans. per Maj.
Van Bokkelen.
Fees received from persons in Por'
Townsend AMI vicinity, by the sacre-
tary, and fees received by Mr.. Learn
ed, of which the secretary has had
due notice, have all been duly ac
knowledged, except that from judge
Swan. In his letter and enclosiut,
application and fee he says: Il am
going to Victoria tomorrow. and on
my return next week l will give You
more at length" Anticipating to
hear from him in regard to carrying
ont a certain object of the asSoci-
alton, has delayed the secretgry's ac-
know.eJgement of the re,-ptron OF
his fee But declining TO believe
that Judge Swan is either the author
or instigator of the the article il
question, we rather believe the pub
Usher of the ARGUS himself musi
shoulder the load of evil intern. NAL
ice, and misrepI esentatiun.
By industrious application the sec
retary obtained the names of twenty
six persons, early settlers. in Port
Townsend and vicinity, to all of whom
he wrote letters, enclosing blank ap.
plications and circulars, from the 14ti
to the 18th of Dec. Applications
have been received from ten of the
twenty-six, and not as misstated 10y
the ARGUS that ''all with scarcely M
exception responded" Son have
failed to transmit to the secretary
the receipt given by Mr.. Learned foI
the fees paid to him bv a nth rity, and
one pioneer failed to accompany his
application with fee. or to mentio
anything about it. The secretary
feels assured that those fees will come
all right in due time. In regard II
the Pioneer organization having fall
en- through, the ARGUS man may res
assured that it has not fallen through
but, on the contrary. it is alive anc
growing rapidly. From forty mem
bers at the organization. on the 23r,
of October last, it has already riser
to nearly two hundred members; and
we hope to exceed thousand if, in
deed, the malignant lying of the
ARGUS will not prevent some from
joining. We now assure all concern
ed that the Port Townsend ARGIIS ha.