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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-07-30
Miles s. Horn

Who is candidate for the Democratic
nomination for Probate Judge, is
probably as well qualified to fill this
highly important office as any man in
Bates county. Mr.. Horns extensive
legal experience, his judicial, reason
ing mind, coupled with a warm,
sympathetic disposition, peculiarly
fits him to safeguard and protect the
estates which come into his court.
Mr.. Horn has been a resident of
Bates county for the past Is years,
and during that time he has been one
of the most loyal of Democracy's sup
porters. With the exception of one
termas Prosecuting Attorney he has
never held county office. His name
would add strength to the ticket.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-07-30
Charles Wickliffe Ray

Whose name appears in our editorial
columns as candidate for the nomi-
nation for Recorder, is we'll known to
the voters Of the county as a hard
working consistent Democrat and one
who has not only worked for his
party but has made speeches for the
cause. He came to Bates county
when young boy and has made his
home here since that time, attaining
an education in our public schools.
The greater part Of his life has been
spent in educational work and he has
conducted successful schools in var.
ious parts of the county. Mr.. Ray
was candidate for the nomination
for Recorder in 1910, making strong
race. He is well qualified to fill the
office to which he aspires. "Win,
lose or draw" he says, wick Ray
is still a Democrat.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-07-30
George J. Moore

OF Deer Creek township, is present
ing his claims to the Democratic vot-
ers Of Bates county for the Democrat
ic nomination for Recorder of Deeds.
Mr.. Moore is a native-born Missouri
ian, and for the, past So years has
made his home in Bates county,
where by virtue OF his answering
4honor and gentlemanly instincts he
has attained place high in the re.
gard of all who know him. He is
well known in business circles as a
most capable business man having
for years been identified with the
contracting and building business
He is a Woodworking, consistent, 10y
al Democrat and has been member
OF the Democratic Central Committee
several times. He has never asked
for or held a county office.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-07-30
Charles E. Fortune

Of Usage township, who is a candi-
date for the Democratic nomination
for Recorder of Deeds, is a capable
young gentleman with a high sense
of honor. When a young boy Mr..
Fortune sustained injuries on the M.
X. & T. Railway which resulted in
the loss Of both legs and, as result,
Mr.. Fortune was forced to qualify
himself for indoor work. BY close
application he learned telegraphy and
obtained employment with the Mo.
Pac. Ry. Company at Rich Hill, which
position he has held for several years.
He comes Of good, old Democratic
stock and since reaching his major
ity has always been active in the af-
fairs of his party. He is well quail.
fled to conduct the affairs of the
office to which he aspires.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-07-30
Hayden E. Ray

Who is making the campaign for the
Democratic nomination of Recorder
of Deeds, is we'll known Democratic
worker, who, since reaching his ma
jority, has been fighting the battles Of
his party in this county. He was
born in Marion county, Missouri, in
1870, and came with his parents to
Bates County at the age Of nine years,
settling in Shawnee township where
he grew to young manhood and en-.
gagged in farming and school teaching
until 1895, when he came to Butler
and established himself in this city as
timer. Mr.. Ray is competent
gentleman and well qualified to fill
the office to which he aspires.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-07-30
John Baldwin

Ut Hudson township, who for the
past four years has ably represented
his district in the State Senate, again
announces himself for that office.
Mr.. Baldwin. who is wealthy far
mer, is a pioneer citizen Of the county
and has taken part in its development.
He has always been a power in poll
tics and on several occasions has made
speeches in support of the ticket.
AS State Senator he has served his
district well and he has a large fol-
lowing in every county in the district
which will rally to his support.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-07-30
C. C. Duke

Of Mt. Pleasant township, is a candi-
date for Recorder of Deeds of Bates
county. Mr.. Duke was one of the
pioneer citizens of Bates county and
took a prominent part in its early
development. He has been a life
long Democrat and has always stood
high in the councils of his party.
Besides serving one term as treasurer
OF Bates county, he has held many
positions of honor and trust all of
which he filled with great credit to
himself. He is a good pennAan, an
expert accountant and is eminently
qualified to fill the position to which
he aspires.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-07-30
Jas. N. Sharp

Col. Jas. N. Sharp of Mound town.
ship, is candidate for the nomina.
ton for Representative. Colonel
Sharp's intimate friends have always
regarded him as Legislative timber.
and in 1904 he was nominated by his
party, but in the Republican landslide
which swept the state at that TIME, he
was defeated. He is well qualified
for the place to which he aspires and
Is educated in the law. He is flu
ent and forceful talker and ready
debater. He has always been active
Tor his party and has been a member
Of the Democratic Central Committee
several times. II nominated he will
be elected.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-07-30
w. H. LOwder

We take great pleasure in calling
the attention of the Democratic vot-
ers of the South District to the name
of w. H. Lowder, one OF the most
highly esteemed citizens in South
western Bates county, who is pre-
senting his name to the voters for
Judge of County Court of,the South
District. "Billy" Lowdef, as he is
affectionately known by his many
warm personal friends, is pioneer
citizen of Bates county, and all his
life has been a consistent, hard-work-
ing, fighting Democrat. There have
been few important conferences Of
his party in the last thirty years in
which he has not taken prominent
part. He has never held county Of
flee. There is no county office which
is more. important to the tax payers
than that Of a Judge Of the county
court and every voter owes to him
self and the county to seriously con-
slider the record and qualifications of
candidates for that Office. BY virtue
of several years acquaintance, during
which time we have had ample op-
portunity to observe Mr.. Lowder's
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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-07-30
W. H. Dunn

OF Grand River township, who is a
candidate for County Clerk of Bates
county, comes of good old Democratic
stock, and has always been strong
party worker. Mr.. Dunn has twice
before been candidate for this Of
flee and each time, after making a
hard tight TOR the nomination, loyalty
supportedhis successful opponent At
the general election. While he has
never held county office he has cred.
itably filled number of township
offices. He is a worthy gentlemen,
clever and accommodating and if
nominated and elected, would make
a most popular official.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-07-30
Lucien B. Baskerville

Who for the. past two years has SC
ably represented Bates county in the
State Legislature is a candidate fol
the Democratic nomination for State
Senator. Mi. Baskerville was born
and raised on farm in Bates county.
He was educated in the University Of
Missouri and following his gradua.
ton spent several years in farming.
Ii 1910 he was nominated and elect.
"a Repr sentative from Bates county
and served in the legislature with
honor and credit He was the author
of credihble leeislation and was
faithful in his support Of worthy
measures. He Is ! young man Of
great ability and Is 4 deep thinker.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-07-30
L. s. Paddock

Of Charlotte township is asking the
Democratic nomination for Judge Of
the county court for the north district.
Judge Paddock has a large acquain
lance throughout Bates county gained
through his long residence and
through his business as stock buy.
er and farmer. Judge Paddock
served two years on the county bench
four years ago, with very creditable
record. He is clever, capable gent
leman and has large following in
the county. He would be a strong
man on the ticket.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-07-30

success. He is a courteous gentle
men, loyal to his convictions, safe and
sane in the management of public af-
fairs, and his name would add strength
to the ticket.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-07-30
THAT Paving Story"
To the Democratic Voters of Bates
County:

To the Democratic Voters of Bates
County:
A story is being circulated that if l
am nominated and elected Presiding
Judge of the County Court of Bates
county, l will use my official capacity
to the end that the county pay for
half the paving around the court
house square in Butler.
This statement is not only grossly
unfair, but is untrue in every detail,
and the parties who originated il
know that it is untrue.
The former county court, consist
ing of Judges Harper, Paddock and
Hyde, made formal protest on behalf
of the county against the paving OF
the square and made same an entry
Of record on April 4, 1910, and upon
the ground of this protest the county
refused to pay for the paving and
suit was filed to compel payment.
This matter was threshed out in a
law suit between the county and the
paving contractors and. Federal
court has handed down a decision re-
leasing the county from all liability in
the matter, and no man or men, not
even the contractors themselves, act
ing as Judge Of the county court,
could legally pay for the paving in
the face Of this United States Court
decision.
lhaye too much confidence in the
intelligence Of the voters Of Bates
county to believe that they win be
deceived for one minute by story
10 palpably and ridiculously false,
and this kind OF tale should and will
Be rebuked by all fair-minded voters
Respectfully,
A. B. Owen.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-07-30

shows the true condition of county
affairs year by year.
So that the people may. know !
hereby submit the statements as GER
titled by C. G. Weeks, County Clerk.
Amount of outstanding warrants as
shown by clerks statement:
May LIST, 1911. $4,000. II
NAV LIST, 1912. ............ 63OO5. 40
MAY LIST, 1918. -. 66769.57
Nav LIST, 1914. 65978. 10
1t may be readily seen from the
above figures that the county debt
has increased $3976.0l since 1911.
Respectfully submitted,
L. S. PADDOCK.
The Alaska citizen., 1914-10-12
WIRELESS IS NEEDED
 IN THE KOYUkUk

Owing to the fact that they are without mail great deal of { Q lime during all seasons of the year, the people of the Koyukuk country are now advocating the establishment by the government, of wireless telegraph station at Wiseman or
 one other point in the Koyukuk which is considered to be the fu:- thest north gold mining camp in the world They have alre ldy signed petition and forwarded it to Wash ington and are opins that the mat ter will be taken up by the govern ment before [ Q expiration of an
 CT year.
 The reason given in the petition for the establishing of wrele5. station is that. at all seasons of tn, year. the people of the Koyukuk se, nail bat twice per month at the IlOSl. III lIlt Suiilllitl tue illdil 'ollItN
 ia river distance of f2o miles twice a month. while in the winter it is transported by dog team ove! the 400 miles of trail lying between Wiseman and t'e town of Panama on the Yukon river.
 It is pointed out that the koyukuk country is, therefore. almost without communication of any kind with the Outside world Should the govern ment install wireless outfit al Wiseman said communication would he established, as it could work with the station of the signal corps either at Kaltag or Fort Gibbon and the messages could be transmitted to the land wires
The Alaska citizen., 1914-10-12
HISTORY OF THE
 TOWN OF TANANA
Continued from Page One.

in Canada. were quick to see the advantages of establishing trading posts in the then. and still new country. One of those trading con cerns was the Perotte company which came North in 1869 and which bought out all of the interests Jf the Pioneer Trading company in cludine tEose of Mercier In the meantime they had established d post of their own about 12 miles below the site of the present town of Panama.
 Mercier however. immediately went back into business again by start ing a post which according to sta tistics. was about where Panama now stands. This he called Panama Station, and it was his post which can really be said 10 be the starting of the town of Panama as there are still cabins in Panama built so many years ago that none of the present day oldtimers know anything about them
 The date of the transfer of the interests of Mercier to the Hutchin- son-kohi company of San Francisco, is uncertain, but it is believed to have been in the early seventies Shortly thereafter the Hutchinson Kohl company and the Perotte com pany which was still in business, were united to form what is believ- ed to have been the Alaska Com
The Alaska citizen., 1914-10-12
JOE ANIC!CH

Perhaps there is no man in Tana- na better known to the oldtimers of Alaska than Joe Anicich, as he is one of the oldest of sourdoughs. He is perhaps better known to the ma jority of the oldtmers as Austrian Joe" tere being many of his old friends who would not recognize a description of him written under his real name.
 Mir Anicich first came to Circle in 1894 with a party of five other was in it's boom days. There he made considerable money in mining. being the original locator of No 33 Mastodon creek He went to Rampant in 1897. again engaging in mining, but in the meantime he
 red investin" his money in real estate there. much of which he olds II the present time.
 In 1903 MT Anicich went across country on the Fairbanks stampede Not finding anything there to his liking. he started for Rampant via. steamboat Reaching Panama ha looked the place over and. seeing the possibilities offered in busi- ness way. immediately opened up d saloon He has been in business ere since that time.
 As soon as he was firmly estab ished in business at Panama. MT Anicich commenced buying real estate until at the present time he is one of the largest holders of city property here. In 1909 he built his present place of business. the Tower House hotel and bar, at cost of S14,000. From time to time he has added more improvements to his hotel, the largest addition be ing a complete steam heating plant recently ordered from the Outside
 Mr Anicich states that he has been in Alaska so long now that he never cares to call any place else his home In fact he is anchored to Panama with all of the "ties that bind,' and the wish furthest from
The Alaska citizen., 1914-10-12
A. J. CAMPBELL

Tie pioneer farmer of Panama i. A. j. Campbell. Ten years ago I was that coming down the Yukon from Dawson. Mr. C-npte iea. town located at the confluence of two such great inland waterways as the Panama and Yukon rivers. and immediately decided to make his ho ne here
 Tf at was just about the time that Panama was enjoying her first boom as the distributing point for all of the Interior mining camps All of the land was therefore open 10 location by homesteaders and Mir Campbell was quick to grasp the opportunity offered him of getting 320 acres of government land right in the edge of a growing town
 Since the first day he located his ranch MT. Campbell has worked faithfully and systematically mak- ing improvements upon it. A large including residences and business houses as well as part of the United States government military post is located on ground originally owned by MT. Campbell. Still more of his ranch is included within the corporate limits of the city
 All of the money which he has secured from the sale of the rights to his homestead MT Campbell has put back into the ranch in i'm provements. He has also used his profits from lucrative cigar store business of which he is now the
 r@nr'etcr in a like manner
 lt can therefore readily be seen home at Panama for all time. Not 'cntent with having simply made f at home. he has set about improv- ing it in a manner showing his de termination to stay by the country and the town. Therefore the theory that there are none in Alaska who would care to make their home here, expressed by some of the enemies of the territory has been disproved in this instance at least
 During his residence at Panama MT. Campbell has been power in t'e town councils both before and after the incorporation. He was member of the old Chamber of Commerce. and is also member of the reorganized body. At the present time he is serving the city in the capacity of councilman.
The Alaska citizen., 1914-10-12
GEORGE E. COULTER

One evidence that the goyernmerf considers the town of Tanan l place of importance is the fact that the eaduuariers of several go .ert ment officials have been established here. Among them is the office 0, e superintendent of Indian edra1 ion which office is efficiently fill ed by Professor George F.. Boulter
 Professor Boulter has been th" only incumbent of the office since t was established eight years ago. Tn fact it was he who was the or ranizer of most of the Indian schools of VI ich he is now the general superintendent. The work comes under the U & bureau of education. department of the interior
 There are ten schools in all which come under the superintendency of Professor Boulter They are on the upper Yukon river. at Eagle. Circle, Fort Yukon Stephens Village. Ram part and Panama and at Kokrines. Louden. and Koyukuk on the lower river The mission school at Ne mana is also indirectly in charge of Professor Boulter. The reason that Panama has been selected as headquarters for the superintendent he can administer all of the schools W he can administer all of the schools over his 100000 square miles of territory.
 Professor Boulter has a beautiful little home in Panama. During pa": of the school term he is obliged to he away from town but is here . great deal of the time in his pass ings to and fro in attendance on lis duties In the summer time h" makes lis rounds along the regular ines of transportation or else w.th
 io ,,,o.o. trot h". is no~,nel'e1 - resort to the regular Alaska means
 z tra"el -thp dog tea"-.n th" ,vioter
 Having spent eioht years in thn 'nterior durtno whi"h time he has 'od to study the native of Alaska. Professor Roulter has gained a rrnrt krowledse of his charees. He 's t"erefore annlv able to state their condition in body or mind with an accuraov seldom found among WI ite saeN and ie always glad to give in '~r0ation co"rernine the natives whenever he is asked to do so.
The Alaska citizen., 1914-10-12
FRANK \. GRACE

Frank H Grace. tie manager of the post of the Northern Conner tial company al Tanana which store i, the most centrally located of all conducted by that grea; concern. was in Panama before there WAS any town here at all That is. he passed by this point on steamers as early as ls97 before the United States military post at Fort Gibbon had yet been thought of and we" the only evidence of civilization around here was a little store in log cabin on the bank of th' river nearly in front of he present \ C Store.
 Mir. Grace was then on is wa: 10 the big gold strike in the klon- dike news of the fabulous richness of which had lured him from a comfortable berth on the Outsid. However. he became sidetracked a' Rampant with the result that he did not reach the klondike until several years later and then in quite differ ent circumstances from what he had expected
 After leaving Rampant in 1899 Mir Grace went to Panama where he obtained employment as car penter on the buildings of the \. A, r & T Co. which were then under the establishment of the militar, post at Fort Gibbon. He then stayed with Tanana for two years but in the summer of 1901 accepted a position as purser on one of the boats of the Northern Navigation company.
 In 1902 Mir. Grace took his first trip to the Outside after his arrival in the Territory and. when he re- turned was made cashier of the Fairbanks branch of the Northern Commercial company He has been with that concern since that tim" until the present. serving them in many different capacities. From 1905 to 1908 he was the. agent at Circle and in the latter year was made assistant auditor Of the com pany. He was also cashier of the Dawson branch during the latter part of 1908 and 1909
 Mir Grace has now been the agent Of the \. C. Co. at Panama since 1912 He is enthusiastic about the town and says that despite th" fact that he has been located in many larger places. he likes Panama best of all. The chief reasons given by him is that he has watched her grow from a post town to a com fortable little city of great conner cial importance and that he feels that she has a future before her such as will not be enjoyed by any other town in the Interior
 Mir. Grace takes vacation from his labors every five years spending the time accorded him on the Out
The Alaska citizen., 1914-10-12
KILLED BY BEER kEG.

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif-S. O. Harris was fatally injured while irving to lift a 350-pound keg of beer from wagon at the Bublitz Bottling works on West Third street. When found by other employees liar ris was suffering greatly from crushed leg and other injuries and was unable to speak. He was talk en to his home and later to the hospital where he died without be- ing able to explain the accident.
The Alaska citizen., 1914-10-12

side He therefore intends to leave for the Outside soon with Lis fam summer when he expects to see that Panama as town has taken on such an impetus such as very few of her citizens have realized is bound to come. If not next sum mer. then in the nH far distant future.
The Alaska citizen., 1914-10-12

To prevent tte union of the unfit and to check race suicide, the Meth erlands has opened public office at The Hague, at which a physician in daily attendance examines and gives suitable advice to persons of both sexes intending to marry. The of flee is conducted by the committee for the study of public hygiene.
The Alaska citizen., 1914-10-12

his heart is to have them severed future He is therefore adding a little to his already extensive hold ings all the time, expecting that when Panama becomes the metro polls she is bound to be, he and his will reap the benefits.
The Alaska citizen., 1914-10-12

able that the company did business under another name at that time.
 The trading post at Panama was then abandoned while the combined companies established themselves at the place known as the new Nuklu royit by tEe natives, 12 miles be low Panama. now called old Station. No data is obtainable as to when the post was moved back 10 Tanan but it is believed to have beeH established there about 1893 with Captain AL Mayo the well-known oldtimer of Rampant as it's agent.
 From that date until the present there has always been a trading post at Tanana With it's other possessions the A. C. company post here passed into the hands of the \. C. company on June 1st.. 1901. However. in the meantime tNe Unit ed States military post and the North American Trading X Transportation company's post had been established the former in 1899 and the latter in 1898
 After the military post was es- tablished Panama began to take sem blance as a town, a number of busi ness enterprises having been start ed II was not. however until after the discovery of gold in Fairbanks that the big boom started or in 1902, and since that time the town has held her own in every reSpeCt.