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The Washington times., 1926-01-20
WIFE SEEKS DIVORCE,
NAMING CORRESPONDENT

Naming correspondent and al
leging misconduct, Mrs. Eulalie
Smith, 1901 Kearney ST. n. E., has
dav sued Roy Murray Smith. 1910
Vernon st. n. w. for an absolute
divorce and alimony
Represented by Attorney William
B. Wright, Mrs. Smith also charges
her husband with cruelty and says
that he repeatedly refused TO speak
to her; that he struck her and
often took. the alleged correspondent
to the theaters and other public
places Mrs. Smith declares that
her husband, who is employed by
life insurance company at a weekly
salary OF from $50 to $50, frequently
has Told her that he was in love
with the correspondent and that he
intended to marry her. Mrs. Smith
asks to have her maiden name re-
stored. They were married at Bal
fillmore, Nd, September 8, 1920, and
have no children.
The Washington times., 1926-01-20
FREE FOOD

Hundreds of packages of food every afternoon and
night distributed free from the stage. Once
every hour lucky numbers are put on the Nblack-
board. No charge is made. All you do is watch
for the number on your admission ticket.
The Washington times., 1926-01-20
D. C. ENGINEERS MAPPING
NEW GAS MAIN ROUTE

Plans for the extension of the
mains of the Washington Gas Light
Company into Kenilworth and Ben
ming are being drawn by Major
w. &. r. Covell and Captain r. G..
Klotz, Of the Public Utilities Com
mission.
When the Commission approved
che extension, difficulties arose as
to the best route. The threat of
the company that higher rate
would be necessary. II they were re.
quired to serve the sections, is being
given due consideration.
The Washington times., 1926-01-20
Children's Gifts

A Buckeye Coaster
Wagon and a beautiful
Doll will be given to some
lucky boy and girl each
night.
The Washington times., 1926-01-20
Ladies' Gifts

The first fifty ladies
in the afternoon and the
first one hundred at night
will get a package of
Banquet Tea.
The Alaska fisherman., 1926-09-15

cupancy of the tracts of. In dian lands above the tide lands, by fraudulent purchase, or oth- erwise, in the Ketchikan. In dian village, to be- .ejected' therefrom, and that the 1ndia11i owners or their Indian heirs. as their rights were fixed at the date of the patent of Nov. 3, 1910, to Charles E.. IngersoH, townsite trustee, be permitted to occupy and reside on the same, and have deeds made to them by Ingersoll as such trustee.
 Since any suit or proceeding in respect to the Indian lands will require the active assist ance of the Department of the Interior, copy of this letter, but not the records, is forward ed to the Honorable, the Secre- tary of the Interior, and a copy, for his information, to the Delegate from Alaska. .
 Respectfully, (signed)
 JAMES WICKERSHAM.
The Alaska fisherman., 1926-09-15
Character Of Ketchikan Indians

The general character of the Indians at Ketchikan is we'll
 illustrated in the letter of William Spry, Commissioner of the General Land Office, dated January 20, 1923, a copy of which is attached and mark ed Exhibit 9, in which some 67 of them are given permission to erect a Salvation Army Hall on the Indian tide lands de- scribed therein. Since that per init was issued to them these Indians, have erected a large, we'll constructed and beauti- fully finished Hall on those premises, and the remarkable spectab1e is seen two or three times a week of 30 or so of these Indian men and women, parading from their Hall to
The Alaska fisherman., 1926-09-15
ADVERTISEMENTS LETTER
Continued from Page 3.

against the United States Alt torney's office, but is intended to be a calm and fairly accur- ate statement of we'll known public facts which surround the Ketchikan Indians, and their property rights, overwhelmed by vice and crime, and who need protection of the Govern ment rather than it's opposition and combination with the or ganized criminal elements, which have so completely sub merged them and their native village.
 These Ketchikan Indians are wards of the Government, their submerged property is trust property, held by Charles E. Ingersoll, as townsite trustee, for the Government and the Ketchikan Indians.
 During the last term of court at Ketchikan, in October, I was invited to meet the Ketchikan Indians in the Salvation Army Hall one evening, where these matters were discussed, there being about 30 natives present, and I was asked to present their protest against the con- ditions surrounding them to the Attorney General, and ask him for assistance to correct them In pursuance to that request from those natives, this com munication is written to the Attorney General of the Unit ed States.
The Alaska fisherman., 1926-09-15
REPLY OF ATTORNEY
 GENERAL

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
 Washington, D. C.
 January 7, 1925. Hon. James Wickersham,
 Attorney at law, ... Juneau, Alaska. g. ..::. Sir: Receipt is acknowledged of your letter of December 2, 1924, relative to conditions at Ket- chikan, Alaska and the com plaint of the Indians of that place.
 want to thank you for the information you have conveyed to me in such a thorough and pains-taking way, and I as- sure you that the various mat ters mentioned in your letter are receiving prompt and thorough attention by the De- partment. You can assure the Indians on whose behalf your letter was written that the com plaints they make are being thoroughly investigated and such action will be taken in each instance as the law and the facts may warrant to the end that justice be done them.
 Respectfully,
 For the Attorney General,
 IRA K. WELLS,
 Assistant Attorney General.
The Alaska fisherman., 1926-09-15


 the center of Ketchikan, with the American flag flying over them, and the Bible in their hands, seeking to persuade the .jeering hoodlums, the criminal element which has done them so much injury, to reform and become better American citizens. Their Hall fronts the Tender loin and Red Light District" situated on Government lands, tide and Indian lands. If the officials of the Department of Justice shall perform their duties as we'll as these Ketchi- kan Indians, this plague spot would soon be driven off the Government lands at any rate Relief Asked From The Attor-
 ney General
 In the name and at the re- quest of the Ketchikan Indians, the Attorney General of the United States is respectfully requested:
 1. To order the United States Attorney for the First Division of Alaska, and other officials of the Department of Justice, to abate the house of pros titution and narcotic vendors, and cause to be closed and destroyed all such houses now situated on tide lands belong- ing to the United States, on both sides of the mouth of Ketchikan Creek, Ketchikan, Alaska.
 2. To arrest, prosecute and convict the inmates of these houses, or to compel them to leave and abandon the Gov- ernment property. If private party in Ketchikan should al- low such an accumulation of organized crime on his prem ises, he would be liable to punishment for crime; it is respectfully suggested to the Attorney General of the Unit ed States that there is no law permitting the Government to mainain houses of prostitution and houses for the sale and distribution of forbidden mar cotic drugs and intoxicating liOuor on it's premises. and
Imperial Valley press., 1926-05-26
AN ANCIENT ARCTIC TRAIL

While others looking for land in the Arc
tic region, an expedition by the bureau of eth
nology of the Smithsonian Institution is heading for
Alaska under the leadership of Dr. Ales Hrdlicka to
try to find the route by which primitive first found
his way to the American continent.
DR.. Hrdlickas method will be to follow up clues of
pottery fragments stone implements and bones and
bits of worked ivory which Eskimos and prospectors
have picked up from time time in the far northwest
The theory is that small groups Of human beings
wandered the ice fields through periods of per-
haps thousands of years The expedition does not eX
pect find any ancient sites of magnitude at the top
of the continent but it does anticipate good deal of
smaller material equally precious to science.
There is romance in the fact that two types of eX-
ploraon different yet both aimed at the advance
ment of human knowledge and power, should be
unfamiliar region.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-05-26
NEW LABOR IDEAL

The American Federation of Labor declared last
year that the measure of rightful compensation for
workers depended their production.
Thus says Julius s. Barnes of New York,
addressing the United States Chamber of Com
merce, was abandoned the old theory of alivlng
wage and the issue squarely joined with the
European labor concept that the workers daily
performance must be restricted that more
days wages must be paid to accomplish given
result
He refers to the recent visit Of representatives
from British industries, who amazed at the
American workers high standards of living and their
status property-oWners. The visitors concluded
that this prosperity from the high productivity
of labor, due equally to its eXerton and the
effective equipment and working conditions furnished
by employers.
So an old notion passes and takes its
place. Recently the talk of what workman need
ed to live The wage the thing production
ignored. That a pessimstic ideal. The new
view of industry is that is to the interest of work
of their employers, to produce all they can
without over-eXerton because increased production
enables employers to pay them better and at
the time makes their products cheaper and en-
abes them to possess of what they make.
1t is by increased production that society advances
materially, and the manual workers advance along
with the rest
1t is right that they should insist on their proper
share of the increased production Capital when
makes it unnecessary for workmen to fight for their
share. For enlightened capitalists know that good
wages produce general prosperity.
The ideal for labor today is large producing power
and large spending power both OF which benefit the
capitalist class well as the 'laboring class
Imperial Valley press., 1926-05-26

balance of 1926. Mr.. Nash, long
regarded as one of the outstanding
leaders and spokesmen of the auto
mobile industry, declared in sum-
ming up the general business outlook
that crop conditions together with
confidence inspired by the present
administration at Washington. -
Justify the optimism that seems
present everywhere.
Speaking of the business situation
rs he found it on the Pacific coast
Mr.. Nash said: 81 have never seen
Imperial Valley press., 1926-05-26

gily hoped out Of the school his
coat covered with chalk dust.
Did you see the May snow'
barked Poetic.
THAT WASH t snow!" laughed the
rabbit gentleman. THAT was the
chalk di,st from the blackboard |
was cleaning. I knocked the eras-
crs on the window sills to dust them.
May snow! Ha! Ha! Ha! 1t was
blackboard chalk dust,' And when
the boys looked in, the blackboard
was all cleaned ready FOR sext dav
Imperial Valley press., 1926-05-26
Nash Expects a
Very Busy Year

G. w. Nash, president of the Nash
and Ajax Motors companies, just
back to the factory from II trip to
California and the northwest. sees
every indication of II continuance
of good business ON the Pacific
coast and elsewhere throurhou+ the
Imperial Valley press., 1926-05-26

This country must be pretty dry, as we'll as ro-
mantle when young in Henderson, Mimi, will dig
down 80 feet into the ground find few barrels Of
Imperial Valley press., 1926-05-26

New York thug, using turnp in a burlap bag
for blackjack, found it didn't work OF course not.
You can't get blood money out of a turnip.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-05-26

With all flying, the birds still have the advant-
age. They don't need to hunt parking space for their
planes
Imperial Valley press., 1926-05-26
Wednesday, May 26, 1926

California in better condition than
at the present time. Everywhere,
up and down the state, there is
fine feeling of optimism. Ample
rains and other suitable weather
conditions, encouraging the farm
ers, fruit growers and business men
generally, have stimulated healthy
activity in practically all lines.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-05-26
THE IMPERIAL VALLEY PRESS

The Lady Mouse heard what had
happened and she thanked the rab-
bit gentleman ve'y much. He said
he had just happened to hop pas.
sad had seen that the board needed
cleaning 50 he did it. Thus it vi
tamcd out right And if the horse
radiSh doesn t run away with the
sugar bowl. I II tell YOU next about
Uncle Wiggily's : roller skates.
It's "a wise pawubrokcr who locates
ucNt To a hoOtlegging loln.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-05-26

Some people are so silly they
worry even when they haven t any
almost grown daughters.
The Bozeman courier., 1926-09-10

Gale Hill a coach guard was badly
wounded.
Scott Davis, chief messenger,
jumped to the ground on the OppO-
site side of the coach from where the
bandits were standing. He took to
cover under the heavy timber in the
immediate vicinity and opened fire
on the five men who held up the
coach.
The bandits, having captured "Big
Gene, the driver, placed him in
front of them as protection and COM
PEELED him to walk toward the spot
where Davis was concealed, and when
within hailing distance, prevailed up
on him to cease firing, the bandits
threatening to kill the driver in the
event that he did not.
Realizing that the life Of the draV-
er was at stake, Davis ceased, and,
although he had been severely
wounded by the first vOlley from the
bandits guns, at once started for the
nearest station for assistance. After
Davis had ceased firing, the four un-
wounded road agents compelled the
driver to break open the treasure
box with a pickaxe. During this pro-
desperadoes with the $45, 900 in gold
dust, which the box had contained,
one of the guards was stretched at
full length in the bottom of the COACH
pretending to be dead. He secured
information which proved valuable
when the pursuit of the robbers was
commenced.
When they had ransacked the
Il how of
piniOning the driver to wheel or
the coach, mounted their horses and
departed, leaving their wounded COM
rade lying where he had fallen when
struck by the bullet fired by Scott
Davis.
III Bullock PuPsues Bandits
Seth Bullock, and his deputies,
/ when informed of the hOldup, took
/ the trail of the road agents and fol-
lowed it until nearly all Of the rob-
bers were captured and most OF the
, stolen gold recovered. So persistent
were the officers that one of the fu-
l gitives was trailed the entire dis
q tance to Missouri Valley, Iowa, and
captured.
: Bullock's friendship with Theo-
D dOre Roosevelt dated back to the
2 time when Mr.. Roosevelt first ap-
: peared on the plains of the Northwest
as a tenderfoot, and it continued un-
3 til the time of the former presidents
: death. They hunted together and
/ worked side by side, and Bullock
: was a frequent visitor at the White
s House while Mr.. Roosevelt was its
occupant.
Bluffs Political Opposition
a During the campaign of 1900 Bull
The Bozeman courier., 1926-09-10

had met during his early-day resi-
dence in the Territory. Most of his
eventful career was played upon the
stage of the Black Hills, where he
lived on a fine ranch near Dead
wood, and where he witnessed
most of the stirring events which
were a part of the story of that gold
mining area during the palmy days.
Seth Bullock was truly a typical
figure of the old West. In action and
appearance he was a true portrayal
of the much pictured sheriff of the
frontier. 1t has been said of him
that "he was a silent, cold man, and
that at times he seemed to have lost
his power of speech" One writer
referred to him as "man killer. And,
when this remark was called to his
attention, Bullock broke silence only
to remark:
"They say, I've killed forty-seven
men. Son, I'll tell you what. I've
never killed but two, and 1 did not
kill them soon enough"
Seth and the ''Bad Man.
Bullock, one one occasion, in his
later years, related on incident which
Illustrated the turbulence of the early
days at DeadwOod gulch. It seems
that one of the "bad men,, taking a
dislike to Seth, gave orders that Bull
lock should leave the camp and nev.
er return. The desperate threaten.
ed to shoot Bullock on sight. Being
warned by friends, Bullock borrowed
a squirrel gun from an old hunter
and proceeded down the street to the
saloon in which the "bad man" was
awaiting his coming. Seeing this ex
hibition of nerve on the part of the
man whom he believed he could cas-
lily drive from the camp, the despera
do weakened and failed to appear
and Seth Bullock continued to be {
resident of DeadwOod gulch, main
tanning his residence there up to thu
time of his death in 1919. This "baC
man seon took French leave" o
the camp.
Seth Bullock resided in old Dead
wood at the time of the murder o
'Wnd Bill'' Hickok in a saloon il
that gulch, August 2, 1876. and wa
an eye witness to the tragedy. In re
lating his story of the sad affair, Bul
lock, short time prior to his owl
death, disclosed some unwritten his
tory of the period Immediately fol
flowing the death of this famous from
tiersman.
The Death of 'Wild Bill'
s''Wild Bill" was playing a friend
, ly game of cards with some com
The Bozeman courier., 1926-09-10

came Nature and wild, untamed con-
ditions. The old frontier has pass
ed and frontiersmen who inhabited
the great open spaces of what is now
Montana, live only in the archives of
the commonwealth, the memory of
pioneers and the narrative of histOr-
ianS.
Recently while scanning the col
umns of a copy of the Virginia City
Madisonian of date of November II,
1874, I CHANGED upon brief editorial
comment which recalled the career
of one of the Northwest's interesting
frOntiersmen.
1t has often been remarked that
anything goes in war;. In 1874
Virginia City and Helena were eat
war;" the issue at stake being the
permanent location of the Territorial
seat of government. The newspapers
of each of these early-day mining
camps were then in the thrOes of bit.
ter sarcastic controversy. Consequent
The Bozeman courier., 1926-09-10

lock accompanied Mr.. Roosevelt on
8 northwestern speaking tour. It had
been reported that the opposition
planned to break up the DeadwOod
meeting.
Don't worry" said Bullock to the
presidential candidate. Leave that
to me; I'LL fix EN- And he did.
On the afternoon before the meet
ing he passed around the word in
DeadWOod that he would sit on the
platform with Mr.. Roosevelt that ev-
ening armed with his six shooters
and that he would kill any person
who made disturbance. There was
no disturbance.
Arrests 40 DesperadOes
In the early days OF DeadwOod
gulch, when that camp was one OF
the toughest" Of frontier settle
ments, Bullock was appointed sheriff.
The first night of his term in this
office, he personally arrested 81 bad
men-carefully beating each into in
sensibility with the "butt end of his
gun,' before he made the arrest.
Three OF the desperadOes escaped and
.'holed up in a deserted mine not
far from camp. Bullock sat over the
mouth with a rifle, while he sent
a messenger to a Chinese laundry
and borrowed the makings OF an old
fashioned fumigatOry affair. He set
this deadly Oriental weapon afire,
lowered It into the mine, and in short
time these bandits begged permission
to surrender
Bullock, the same man who was
sheriff Of Lewis and Clark county at
the time OF the bitter territorial cap
ital fight, thus served the old from
tier well. He was one OF the rough
nSwn characters to whom posterity
is indebted for the the opening up OF
safe trails for civilization. He WAS
Sorn as Sandwich, Canada, just
across the river from Detroit. in 1887,
and started for the western frontier
as soon as he was old enough 10 eSt
upon a horse. rs was q miner. prox~
pector, peace officer and eafs
FaEchex by turnS, and dieA on his
Deadwo0d ranch Ia October. 1913.
The Bozeman courier., 1926-09-10
(By DAN r.. CONWAY

The old frontier is fadjn'. and the real
West is no more;
Bucks and sqlLGlUs don't hang out longer
dolUn at the post traders store.
Beaded bslcksldn's been stpplGnted by the
cheaper calico,
And you've got to go to Boston for real
tUild Western shOlU.
Yes, the old frontier is fGdin', and the
West has had IT'S day.
For the risin' generation don't do things
the old-tirne may.
There's no graveyard on the hillside filleC
luith bltr1dering recruits
Who'Ue been planted meath the daisies
stin o-aDearin' of their boots.
From The Fading Frontier by Brininstool
The Bozeman courier., 1926-09-10

are apt to expert
ence a thrill at the
mention of that
term. There is a
certain feeling of
unrestraint and ad-
venture-an appeal
to the 'gypsy. blood
which flows in our
veins" when we
dwell upon the Incl
dents akin to life
at t h o S e points
where civilization
met the primitive
and where indomi-
table courage en-
4
The Bozeman courier., 1926-09-10

ter and decided to postpone the fireworks
until some later date. 40
Was Called a KILLER
At the time Of this amusing and
near tragic incident at Butte, Seth
Bullard was 3 years of age. He had
many friends in Montana, whom he
The Bozeman courier., 1926-09-10

TN this great language of ours,
there are but few terms capable of
- conveying so great a significance
to the real red-bloOded American as
that phrase, ''On the Frontier. To-
day, even those whose sphere of
work-a-day existence lies within the
confines of the greater urban centers
The Bozeman courier., 1926-09-10

Senator Carter, I'm just keep this gat and
you can shoot it out with your friend to-
morrow and he slipped the shooter
across the table to Heinze, who, as quick
as a flash, slipped it between his knees,
and later sat upon it until the close Of the
banquet. Seth had by that time become
overcome by the elOquence of Senator Car
The Bozeman courier., 1926-09-10

Seth Bullock found that his experience gained member Of the
for when we stampeded TO that camp in the seventies he found
camps Of early Montana Road agents boldly piled their trade
and sheriff DadwOOd Bullock found little idle time
The Bozeman courier., 1926-09-10

ly the following caustic remarks di-
rected to one of the citizens of the
metropolis of Last Chance" may be
readily understood, and the editor,
(Tom Baker), excused for what
might appear editorial improperly:
"The subject Of this sketch notice is
Seth BullOck-0ften called Bishop Bull
lock, for his great piety, and because he
got married a couple Of months since,
and is doing well. Mr.. Seth Bullock is
and Clark county, and he reached that
towering position among his fellow men
by beating Joe Woodman in the Republi-
can primary pow-wOw at Helena, and
'kase he was foreman Of an engine COM
pany at the time the accident happened.
Seth has made a popular Republican Of
ficial and hopes to be rewarded with
reelection when the time comes. Out
side Of these peculiarities, Seth must
have been handsome man, when he was
young and in his prime-for even now,
when handicapped with the cares Of mar
ried existence, he presents an Over-ayer-
age appearance among men. Seth visit
ed the Capital of Montana last Monday
and Tuesday, as an officer Of the law. He
was armed with a subpoena. He read his
remarks In writin' to sundry male citi-
Zens Of Virginia City, conveying the pre-
emptOry command that each one so
named must appear before an inquisi-
ti0nal body called the Territorial Grand
Jury, to assemble in the City Of Helena,
twenty days from date. Sheriff Bullock
performed his duties well, and left us on
Tuesday evenings coach, satisfied that
he had not sojourned with forgers and
thieves as the Herald and Independent
call our citizens. Seth interviewed us be-
fore he departed for home, remarking
that he was truly sorry at the way Mass
achusetts and the other states had cut
up in the recent elections. Seth, we'd
been reading a temperance tract, and Gel
ebrating Democratic victories when you
called, which is sufficient apology for the
refusal made on the occasion aforesaid. "
Seth Bullock
Regardless of the fact that thi
same Seth Bullock spent much of hi
life in later years in another state,
remains that the subject of tn
above editorial squib written for th
Madisonian, was one Of the froEtierr
men Of old Montana. He helped t
blaze the trails into Montana Terri
tory more than sixty years ago. seEy
ed in the Territorial legislature, an
was sheriff Of Lewis and Clark couE
ty in 1873-74-the days when kh
dominant factor in the success Of