The Red Cloud chief., 1902-10-24

pap ticke; I'll tive years 70. 7 found
II vas 10 Use u couldn't 90 ar
good I voted for BrTsa ,ns E-s- tine
and would hare sszyet -ta TIE ae-e
but they couldn't 90 aayrhfrE Ths
pap tu.-ess d11t 2170uzt to any
thing In for Hick4y -o-. z-a y5u
will dnt = ht q IS u lire .o- hir.
ele,tioa fay.
A b Hestoioo7 u~s-5z--: -lhave
been here t~e1ty-1ye ye1- Yes
EzoE Nr. Micksy His rar-z.,9- :
f~rst-class re vii get za-y fzs;o-
votes
o. ". PTssso-- -e-ha-.. I hare
kroTa loan Miekay ever szcs I cane
here. He Stands h.EA il as TOM
a11 cozz1a.ty. Tns-@ are foZr vo-ss
IL tas store NIcssE al get then
all
2 G. Cold. -e-Az-:- I rsvs- -s-
Mr.. Nicsey. tat ! have hesr. o. hi-
He s;A-1s sell ho- lie vii -
elected
z Haas. Gry gods: i sao- Mr.
Mickey vel Csat % live il Os~sr'z
and did bzs.-sss ~ith hin Parties
W5o gave CIT Interviews 20 ths Word
Hsrzlt don't sad -e.l Mixer ia =
good. b-ca3-zlr8=9 1Aa al he ~!
-Ase a good executive
" 7. Ba-h@-. Cd sclss- a-a %
sttlsr: / s@ct.=3 here IL TIE .aIl o.
. and stiu liys o. the sane farm.
Mickey las 5@e7 : s---c1 frez5 TO the
Old soldiers In : q hen rys4If.
a1t kz0E shat his -=cc-d = hs-e in
il2- lire He - = hei3s- He i a
g-acticzl Re zl~ays gets rsht
a. the przrti-zl p1.1t al rants 20 Go
tie thing thzt all % tEA -ost good
Pop commissioners pad oct s. - 20
have his T-r1-1 examined zs county
treasurer and they couldn't S-5 q th!zE
sEzl-s- him Tie people zho rave ont
Interviews against M Mickey 70 TIE
W~oTid-Hsrzld are ASHAMED q 4 row
and they ought 20 - They are lain
ing now that z1zt 'hsy sad 70 The
World-EsTzld reported EAs
ztsd- bat they ought 20 Be ashamed
10 Be talking a. AL zzzins. = ma Ike
John Mickey. It lie amt a good nan.
then there are 10 good men il tbs
county"
Al Shelby. q small town in TIE east
ern part Of Polk county. Mr. Isaac
Paisley. an old soldier. said: Yes. I
settled here thirty years ago end I
have got the HOMESTEAD yet cane
from the same county in Iowa that
Mickey came from. didn't know hin
there. but I knew his folks. They we're
vell-to-do people o. high standing
John Mickey Is a strong and forcetul
man in any place where there's work
TO do that requires judgment and ar
curacy. | never knew OF his honesty
being questioned until they got out
something in the paper against him. I
don't think anyone around here BE-
lieyes a word o: that stun. haven't
seen a nan who believed q word Of it
John Fox. old settler and old soldier.
talked Of his long acquaintance with
Mr.. Mickey: Il settled on a home
stead just a mile from Mickey's home
stead. in II. Mickey got the con-
fdence OF the people right from the
start because he seemed TO know how
TO do everything. and he has held their
confidence ever since. always worked
for him in every election when he ~as
running for county treasurer. and |
have never regretted IL Well stay by
him in this county. Don't worT! about
that. MAYBE they can beat him for
governor. but he has done more good
deeds than any other ma in the u
~ and they can't bes, him out OF that"
George NJ Mcmillan. farmer. from
blackberry precinct. was in Shelby on
business. NJ. MCMILLAN owns = t~o
hundred acre farm adjoining 2
Mickey homestead Speaking OF Mr..
Mickey. he said:
Il have been dealing with John
Mickey more or less for seventeen
years. ! will vote for him with a good
deal OF satisfaction. He Will get near
~ all the yOtes in blackberry precinct
this year"
Peter Wise. old settler and and old
soldier: Il knew John Mickey in
Louisa county. Iowa when be was .
boy and have known him ever since. !
homesteatei near him in Il drove
through from Iowa By team. When
got here Mickey was the frst man !
I met. He xas mighty poor then-used
to work In the field Sars-footsc. /
have done lots o. business with him
! since that time. Some Of the men he
helped when they couldn't get money
anywhere else came out in the papers
sza!us, him. but they have done him
more good than they intended to-"
Levi Cunningham. old settler; 4
came here il IL John Mickey was q
I good friend 70 the settlers here in The
earIy times and ne has never changed
4 bit vas laid up and my folks
s-nt me a box from home. l wasn't
asking for aid. Ny folks were helping
me. that was all. When the box came
there vas 81 freight. | didn't have
no 81. and | went 20 Mr. Mickey.
/ didn't have anything hardly and could
| not give security. but he just handed
ne a twenty-tollar bill ] told him
| couldn't make the change. for ] didn't
have a cent That's all right. aid
Mickey. You Just take il with you
and hand il 10 me when you get it
he didn't charge me any interest then.
have borrowed money Of him since
and paid him interest He vas the
one who cut the Interest down in this
| county 70 70 per ceat when il had been
: per cent . month. Everybody in this
county knows that. and II meant q
good deal % the people in those times
when they were borrowers guess
we'll take are Of Mickey all right