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Iditarod pioneer. (Iditarod, Alaska) 1910-19??, 1912-08-10
TIE MAN "WHAT CAN'T GIT NOTHlN'"

But few days more and the delegate election will be
held There five candidates in the field and OF the
Idarod have seen but one Of them-Martin Harras Gil
the standpat Republican, has been touring the
try since he nominated three months ago and is
again Nome He did not think it worth his while
to call i'll at misunderstanding considering that it would
be time lost He be needed more at h0me-where
he is said to be very srong-han anywhere else The
with following at home directs his efforts toward
the strongest opposition and does not idle away his time
in place where his election assured The general does
is enemy, and the muctakel-o proposition that Mr.
Gilmore will carry the Seward peninsula is not borne out
by his conduct
Mr. jennings of the Democratic twins is h1rryng to
Nome. He has been campaigning since he nomi
mated as spring. and he did not think it worth his while
to come to the Idtarod country. He has rep
Tesentatye here, and if to believe the statements
made by Martin Harrais at his meetings. Jennings left
Fairbanks in disgrace driven out by his disciples, who
found him wanting i'll the virtues of TRUTH honesty and
integrity Martin Ialras accused him Of all sorts Of dirty
very dirty linen washng and there be no chance
at all for jennings The Socialist candidate has not
thought il worth his while to here although he too
has been building political fences for several months That
leaves the man who neTer got anything the only to
be cOnsdee0 and he has been busy all the time Wash
ngton, working for the best interests Of tie territory not
building political safeguards leaving the management Of
his election entirely in the hands Of his friend4 Of which
he has more than all the others combined. H has not
made single to leave his post Of duty for the purpose
Of electoneerng. He remains where the people sent him.
staying there until his work is fully completed and then he
may RETURN That he neyer got anything is being proven
by the recent press dispatches from the national capital.
There is 10 need to talk about what he did in past
terns-he only thing to be considered as to what
entities him to be reelected. He has recently secured the
signature OF the President to the bill which aboshes once
Tor all the association evil The thing that Miners
pfCSpectOIS ana business have been camOrng for
long has at last been accomplished. BY whom! The man
who is mot in sympathy with the administrations and who
can do nothing for the country. Now if Wickerslam
never had done anything except get this association evil
Abolished he would and entitled the support Of every
pospecor who las Travelled day after day find piece Of
Iditarod pioneer. (Iditarod, Alaska) 1910-19??, 1912-08-10

ground where the pencil has not been ahead of him.
The Of WckeIsham for securing that piece of legis
latOn, will ever remain prominent in the history Of
Alaska. He is the first the very first who has done
something for Alaska since Seward bought it for the United
States He has accomplished good for the country by his
ability and his integrity He is by far the abest the
territory has had has and the people beginning
to realize and admit it and every day. That is
the every in the street will give for voting for
him at the coming election, and that the why he
will be returned by larger majority than he has
ceyed before.
Nobody is making any addresses for him. There are
none needed He has the everyday in the saloOn the
barber shop the restaurant the bunkhouse the cut and in
the drift talking about him and for him. The whole camp
population is managing his campaign He has not sent
single telegram to any in this sectiOn and yet every
body is working for him. The people like him because he
is of them; they admire him because he has
pshed what all the 1busteTs have tried to prevent and
they will support him because he has brains and ab
ity than any Of the Others The people Of Alaska well
pleased with Fighng JIM and until somebody shows up
who is his superior in mental ability and has presence
equal to his they will support him. He is credit to the
territory the only credit the territory has had at the
national capital and the people will show what they think
of him by their ballot next Tuesday.
The other candidates seem to have Laid down-they
have fallen into a trance from which they will not
until the landslide for Wickersham, the who is mot
in sympathy with the administration and get nOthing
is announced aud when the Peoples Candidate Will be
turned to Washington to continue his good work ably
commenced and partially completed
Iditarod pioneer. (Iditarod, Alaska) 1910-19??, 1912-08-10
TOLD IN THE MAIL

Kid Mccoy, the pugilist. has been
arrested in London, and charged with
stealing gems worth $780, 900 from a
fashionable hotel.
The warden of San Quentin admits
that James Mcnamara is now in the
! black hole of the penitentiary, and is
being kept there until he confesses
more about the dynamiting conspiracy
Ex-Presdent Diaz, of Mexico, is i'll
at Paris, and his recovery is doubtful
1t is reported that Collector Of Gus
toms Loeb will resign, in order to Join
Theodore Roosevelt.
Gertrude Anterior, the famous
American novelist, will take the stump
for Governor Woodrow Wilson.
Three hundred sheep from Kodiak
island have been started over the trail
for Fairbanks.
The senate has confirmed the appoint
ment of Phil Hickey to the postmaster
ship of Seward, Alaska,
The proposed fair and aviation meet
at Dawson has been dropped owing to
public apathy.
Hubert Latham, the famous French
aviator, was killed last month on the
river Nile, while hunting wild buffalo.
Thirteen thousand coilOn-mill opera
Iditarod pioneer. (Iditarod, Alaska) 1910-19??, 1912-08-10
FREDERICK I. FULLER
JUDGE OF THIS DIVISION

Judge Frederick E. Falier, who has
been appointed to the Fourth division
in succession to Judge Peter D. Over
field, was born about A. years ago at
Auburn, Susquehanna county. PeansyI-
vania, a few miles from the home Of
Judge OvertieId He took a college
preparatory course at the Wyoming
seminary, Wilkesbarre, and graduated
at Wesleyan university. He then moved
to Washington, D. G., where he entered
the service of the United States in the
department of The interior. ana gradu-
ated in law from Columbia university.
from Washington.
After graduating, Mr.. Fuller prac-
ticed law at Washington, D. G., Ne "
York and Seattle. In 1898 he came to
Alaska, being one Of the first lawyers
to practice at SIagwly. DyeA and
Shecpcam2. Since then he has prac-
ticed at Nome and was Cajtel States
commissioner for the Nome preciuct
for two years. As an attorney al Nome
Judge Fuller has been connected with
most Of the litigation on the Seward
peninsula
Judge Fuller is described by those
who know him we'll as a m1n OF un-
assuming pleasing manners, and wiki
the proper temperament to make d
successful judicial officer Of the govern
ment
Immediately after his appointment is
confirmed, Judge Fuller will leave
Nome for the Iditarod. to complete the
work of the special term Of court.
Iditarod pioneer. (Iditarod, Alaska) 1910-19??, 1912-08-10
TANANA WILL NOT GET A
TERM OF DISTRICT COURT

Having been ordered by the Presi-
dent to hold a special term Of the dis
trict court at Tanana, if he deemed it
necessary, Judge Peter D Ogertield
Investigated conditions along the Yukon
while on his way to Iditarod. He
found that there were but few cases
along the river that could be tried at
less expense and greater convenience to
the parties and witnesses at Tanana
than at Fairbanks, and for that reason
decided that the amount Of business did
not warrant the holding of special
term Of court at the place designated.
Iditarod pioneer. (Iditarod, Alaska) 1910-19??, 1912-08-10
RESULT OF RECIPROCITY FAILURE

Owing to the failure of the Can
adlan reciprocity proposals, the
Mccall bill providing for the free
importation of wood pulp from Can
ada has been repealed, and Cana
dian wood pulp must row pay duty
at the rate of s. ton. Canada is
now on the same level in this re-
speCt as Scandinavia and Germany.
Iditarod pioneer. (Iditarod, Alaska) 1910-19??, 1912-08-10

The Pioneer for Job Printing,
Iditarod pioneer. (Iditarod, Alaska) 1910-19??, 1912-08-10
The LATE A. ]. DAILY
AND The BknNETTE BANK

The late A. j. Days connection with
the Washington-Alaska bank may be
set forth in a few words.
During the early part of March Judge
Peter D. Overfeld employed Mr.. DAILY
to represent the Washington-Alaska
bank in the cases which were to be
Iditarod pioneer. (Iditarod, Alaska) 1910-19??, 1912-08-10

tried before Judge Murane. Upon the
arrival of Mr.. DAILY at Fairbanks on
August /, he wired Judge Overfeld
that he had decided not to accept the
position of attorney to the receiver of
the bank, because the closing out of
the receivership affairs would take TOO
long a time, and would interfere with
other plans which he had made.
Iditarod pioneer. (Iditarod, Alaska) 1910-19??, 1912-08-10
\ DEMOCRATS TRIBUTE

Congressional Record, April II, 1912
Mr.. Flood of Virginia (Democrat Chairman of
the Committee Territories): And want to say here
that Alaska has been very fortunate in the last two
Congresses in having a representative of such high
character and splendid abilities as Judge Wickerslam.
(Applause.)
Iditarod pioneer. (Iditarod, Alaska) 1910-19??, 1912-08-10

The May Roberts company, which
has been playing to very sclnty houses
in Nome and vicinity, left for the Out
side on the Senator.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-08-16
okIahoma News In erIef.

Requisition was issued on the state
of Missouri for return TO Lincoln coun-
ty Of Arthur Prewett, charged with
breaking Jail. Prewett is held in Kan
sas city.
On his promise to go to Texas and
live on his ranch, Henry Lynch, con-
victed in Oklahoma county of violat-
ing the prohibitory law, was paroled
Thursday by Governor Cruce.
Jim Hendon, young farmer living
near olney, has been arrested on a
warrant sworn to by his uncle charg.
ing horse theft. A young woman in
company with Hendon on her way to
marry him was sent back home to her
parents.
Il am not asking for your resigna-
ton; you have nothing to resign; you
ceased to be a member of the state
board of education of Oklahoma at 8
O'Clock Monday morning. July 2s,
1912" The foregoing was the closing
paragraph of Governor Lee Cruces
letter to State Treasurer Robert Dun
lop, answering the communication
sent the governor by Dunlop last week
regarding the status of the state board
and the recent text book adoption.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-08-16
OLD RESIDENT
OF FORT GIBSON
F. 4. Nash Tells Experience in Navi-
eating Arkansas River-Made
Trip in 1853.

Fort Gibson, Okla, Aug. 12.-Fifty-
nine years ago, on August 1, in 1853,
F. II. Nash boarded river steamboat
bound for Fort Gibson. There was
fair running to Webber's Falls, but
here the boat stuck, being unable to
get over the falls on account of low
water. After waiting about two days,
Mr. Nash hired a horse and proceeded
by land to Fort Gibson, which he
heached the same day. fording the
Arkansas river, just below where the
Frisco railroad and intemrban car line
bridge is now located. 1t was a dry
time for about three months, and load
ed boats had hard time to navigate.
At that time this section of the
country was almost an unbroken Wild
erness, with here and there a settle
ment and small clearings with log
houses and primitive surroundings.
From the Arkansas river west. miles
beyond where the great city of Mus
kogee is now located, was vast un-
settled prairie. The bottom land on
the east side for miles was vast tim
bered cane-brake, even within a short
distance of the old fort, 1t was a
strange sight to Mr.. Nash, then less
than 20 years of age.
The young traveller had letter of
introduction to Col Pitkin Morris,
commander of the fort, and soon Mr.,
Nash was installed in position in
the suffers department, where he stay
ed until he married Cherokee Indian
woman and went into business for
himself. He has resided here continu-
ously, except for a few months during
the war of the rebellion.
Mr. Nash is the oldest merchant in
this section, and has done a vast
amount of business, a good deal being
on the credit system, in which he lost
much. He has helped many poor and
unfortunate people in the past, for
which he received nothing. except,
perhaps, a higher reward. Indeed, if
this man had all that. is due him
which he sold on credit and promise
to pay he would have many thousands
of dollars today.
He has good health, good home, a
fine family and competency for the
future. The Nash block, the finest
building in town. is a monument to
his enterprise, and at the age of 76
years he is the most active and young
est appearing man for his age in this
section.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-08-16

in the schools as possible The COVER
nor says that he told Ledbetter that
he was convinced that change in the
board was necessary for the welfare of
the school system, but that he had de-
termined to allow Dunlop to remain
on the board. The governor says he
did not intimate to Ledbetter that
nothing had been found against Dun
lop in the investigation.
Maintaining Friendly Relations.
"On the contrary" says the cover.
nor's letter. Il told him expressly that
while ] believed you were honest,
did not believe you were fit for the
position; but that you were a state
official and we were members of the
state board of equalization and that
it was necessary for more than two
and half years for us to have official
intercourse with each other, and that
did not care to disturb the friendly
relations existing between the depart
ments."
The governor says ne also told Led
better that upon the removal of Hayes
and Glenn the board would be reor-
ganized in way to break up the com.
bination" as he terms it. over which
there had been so much complaint
Ledbetter then promised to obtain the
designations of Hayes and Glenn (two
Of the members since removed with
Dunlop and after several weeks of
delay informed the governor he could
make no headway and then it was, the
governor says, he prepared his find
ings upon which the members were re-
moved.
The governor calls attention to the
adoption having been made by the
four members constituting themselves
as the state board of education in ex-
actly twenty-four minutes, and says
that such an outrage as that has never
been perpetrated in educational cir
cles before. The adoptlons this con-
tingent of the board made the gov
ernor terms spurious"
The governor also says that in the
purported adoption there is substan-
tial loss to school patrons, in most in
stances. he says, an effort is made to
protect, as far possible, the patrons
from this loss by requiring an ex-
change of books. The contracts which
the board is executing, the governor
says, provides that the exchange period
shall not continue longer than one
year from the date of the contract.
This would expire and could not be
enforced, he says, after July 2S, 1918,
more than month before the pur-
ported adoption goes into effect"
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-08-16
No Sore Spots.

Well the primary is over and one
thing must be admitted by ALL Craig
county has the gamest losers of any
spot on earth Every defeated candi-
date in the democratic primary was
to be seen on the streets or at his
place of business this morning, with
head erect smhe on his face and a
pleasant word for friend and foe alike,
taking up his customed duties just as
if nothing had happened, Be it fur
ther known that there was little un-
charitable, exultation on the part of
victorious candidates but uniform ac-
acknowledgement that each had met foe
men worthy of his steel
Such conduct presages democratic
victory this fall and elicits the ap.
proval Of the public which feels that
while in such victory there is glory,
IN such defeat there can be no dis
grace READER
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-08-16
GOVERNOR CRUCE
RAPS DUNLOP
"You Have Nsthins to Resign Says
the Exeeutive-History of the
Boards Removal.

Oklahoma City, Aug. 12.-"I am not
asking you for your resignation; you
have nothing to resign, you ceased to
be a member of the state board of edu-
cation of Oklahoma at o'clock Mon
day morning, July %, 1912"
Foregoing was the closing para
graph in Governor Lee Cruces letter
TO State Treasurer Robert Dunlop, an
swering- the communication sent the
governor by Dunlop last week regard
ing the status of the state board and
the recent textbook adoption.
The controversy over the adoption
and attending circumstances are
taken up by the governor in detail, as
well as the statement OF the treasurer
that he (the governor) had ignored
the advice Of Attorney General West
and had followed the advice of the law
firm of which the governors brother
is a member. The governor says that
when the question of appointing Dun
lop on the state board was up he told
Dunlop that he did not believe an cleo
tive officer could serve in the appoint
ed capacity. The law firm held in an
opinion that the state treasurer could
not legally hold a place on the board,
while the attorney general held that
he could.
81 took the attorney generals opin-
ion, and made the appointment" the
governor says, but you requested that
before / acted upon the attorney gen.
erals advice you be permitted to con-
suit your attorney, and after you re-
ceived favorable reply from him.
you asked that the appointment be
made.
mot only have followed the attor-
ney general in matters that | have
to him heretofore, but in
removing you as a member of the state
board of education, | am following the
advice of the attorney general He
has given me an opinion that / have
the right to remove members of the
board of education, and that all acts
attempted to be performed by the
three members removed after the or
der of removal was entered in my office
at a. m, July %, 1912, are absolutely
void"
In his letter the governor again ex-
planned his reason for asking a post
ponement of the school book adoption,
as follows:
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-08-16
PERSONAL.

Refined young man so years of age,
wish to correspond with fully or half
wealth Indian Cherikee lady, one who
play music on piano. Object matri-
money. f NJ. yetry. Box ), Humboldt,
South Dakota. GIG
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-08-16
Mants lndian VIC.

The following notice was received
from a love-lorn youth of thirty years,
who expresses a desire to wed an In
dian girl:
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-08-16

Tom Ridgeway is in the east buying
goods for the sanders-wright store
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-08-16
School and Politics.

Il stated to the board that | had
tried as hard as knew how from the
time | entered the governors Office,
to divorce the schools from politics,
and to keep politics out of the schools;
that felt that it was the duty of every
member of the board to do what he
could in that direction; that the ad-
option, no matter when 1t took place,
no matter how honestly made, would
occasion criticism; that under ordi-
nary circumstances it would be large
/ ly confined to hotel lobbies in Okla
homa City and to disappointed book
men; but that at the present time, in
the midst of a heated political cam
paign, when politicians were seeking
every sort of political advantage, the
criticism Of these book men would be
seized upon by a thousand speakers,
and from every stump poison against
the boards work would be circulated,
with the result that thousands of the
school patrons would become dissatis-
fled with the board, and that it was
the duty of the board, so far as it lay
in its power, to avert this calamity to
the schools. You and every other
member Of the board know that my en-
Itire argument was along the line of
pursuing the eouse that would prevent
your work becoming a factor in the
political arguments. The game of poll
times, as it is commonly interpreted
to mef is by no means an interesting
one and when played in the schools
of the state, as it has been in the past.
becomes absolutely obnoxious.
Dunlop's letter of last week told the
governor that the latter told w. A.
Ledbetter, his attorney that he (Dun-
lopl would not be removed, and that
none of the charges against him had
been sustained. The governor corrects
this idea and relates of the confer
ence of which Dedbetter held with him
regarding the proposed removal of
members. Before the investigation of
last year ended, when the proof was
piled mountain high, as the governor
puts it, Ledbetter told him if he found
it necessary to make changes in the
board to let him (Ledbetter) know in
advance what the findings would be,
saying that he thought he could aid
the governor in getting over the situ-
alton without the necessity of having
summary removals.
Governor Cruce says that he accept
ed the good offices of Ledbetter and
several months ago sent for him and
said he thought the time had arrived
to act. He had delayed the matter in
order that the passion of the people
might abate, he says. and until a time
when there would be as little turmoil
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-08-16
PROGRAM FOR OLD
SETTLERS REUNION

AT Whitaker park, Pryor, Okla,
August 18th to 25th, 1912. A part of
the program. The old settlers home
will be under a large tent open on
Monday morning the nineteenth and
will be open until the close. Every
one residing in the Cherokee nation
prior to statehood is expected to reg
lister. Books and secretaries will be
in the tent at all hours.
Sunday school children rally on
Monday the 10th headed by a brass
band.
Republican rally on Tuesday, the
Goth. The republican executive COM
mittee is composed of P. Avery, Ed
Crawford and Charley Burgess.
Democratic rally on Wednesday, the
21st. The democratic executive COM
mittee is composed of j. NJ Keys w.
e. Nicklin, DR.. G. w. Hilley.
There will be speaking every day
by old settlers and candidates.
The A. o. u. w. will have rally on
the grounds Saturday with speakers
and will pay a death claim to Mrs.
Lawson
Prgrom for other days given later
Everybody come and see the biggest
time ever pulled off in Pryor.
Honorary members of the old set
tiers reunion, at Pryor, Oklahoma, to
be held from the 18th to 25th of
August, 1912
The following named gentlemen are
requested to be here on the above
date
w. c. Rogers, principal chief of the
Cherokee nation, Skiatook, Okla; s.
II. Mayes, ex-chief Cherokee nation,
Pryor, Okla; c. J. Harris, ex-chief
Cherokee nation, Greenbrier Okla;
+. M. Burlington, ex-chief Cherokee
nation, Vinita, Okla; George w.
Swimmer, second chief Cherokee ma
ton, Rose, Okla; David NJ. Faulkner
second chief Cherokee nation, Clare
more, Okla, James NJ. Keys, ex-chief
justice supreme court, Cherokee ma
ton Pryor, Okla! Lou Lynch, ex-asso-
ciate justice supreme court of Chero-
kee nation, Stilwell Okla; B. Alberty
associate justice Of supreme court
Cherokee nation, Stilwell, Okla
Cherokee senator's: l. B. Bell, vi
nita; d w Lipe, Claremore; w. E.
Sanders, Claremore: G. w Mayes,
Pryor. Charles Fargo Muldrow; j. e.
Guuter, Muldrow; Walter Agnew Mus
kogee; Connell Rogers, TT Gibson; r..
NJ. Wolf. Tahlequah r. B, Ross, Tah-
Ilequah. Levi Cookston, Cookston; VIII
liam Harnage, Tahlequah; c. o. Frye,
Salisaw r. w Lindsay Chouteau; j.
L. Baugh, Chouteau; G. O. Sanders,
Wauhinau; William Davis, Ketchum;
-. NJ. Bell yihita: D. P. Brewer, Mus
logee.
Cherokee couuctlOrS W. II. MayeS
lTip; T. L. Rider Westville; j R, Nc
Intosh, Chelsea; d. w Vann, Pryor;
Mccoy Smith, Braggs; Robert Hanks
Braggs; Marina Daniels, Vinita; Gee
Benge of Greenbrier; l.. B. Smith,
Southwest City, Mo; Tom Thompson
Vinita; Frank Billingslea, yinita;
Johnson Falling, Fairland; J. NJ. Mil
ller, Fairland; William Howell. Prairie
City; Frank Connor, Fairland; Robert
Hanks. Webbers Falls; John Sanders,
Chelsea. And any other members of
Cherokee national council who may
have been omitted Pryor Clipper