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■Iiy is ree-great plied i the theyears*;Ft ON. JOHN N. IRWIN.Would Not Be Governor of Idaho. Reasons Why, Etc.There is today in the treasury of the _ United States the sum of $750, which a*eH the authorities can find no precedentear tilch thet 200ight.lost le on lerly , one Spoil ine tierss has lendfor disposal of* It is one quarter’sifcNothin’. Bannock Indians lmd me.11HATTON IS IN'i EkKSTKD-About that time the Bannocks were giving the government considerable trouble, and Hatton was at ouee interested. Here was a chance to get direct information as to the habits and treatment of the white man fay the refraet-cor-ys a d by laveand i the Ac-tua-jart libie ih a noes ery-aantand usi-!8 insalary of Hon. John N. Irwin, of Keokuk, Iowa, as governor, of the territory of Idaho. While Cheater A. Arthur was president of the United States, Frank Hatton was a power behind the throne. The late pri nter- journal is t-politiefD was made first assistant postmaster general and afterwards succeeded to the offiee of postmaster general. Hatton was an Iowan. He was originally editor and proprietor of the Mount Pleasant Journal, and afterwards manager of the Burlington Hawkeye. Hatton was one of the famous 4‘30*5,” who voted persistently for the nomina-ory red men.“How did they treat you?” asked Hatton.“O, I dunno,” responded George. ‘‘Fair, I guesftj* . ;“Made you work 1 suppose.”‘'Nope, with another shot at the leader, - ajrt ten-’.‘•Didn't abuse you?”“Nope.”“Well, if you have no objection, will you kindly tell the governor just what they did with you.”“Vep, They just painted me sky blue and clay yellow, gimme a horsetion of Gen. Grant for a third term, blanket and let me run wild.”He was known in Iowa as a “jolly good fellow,” but as a man who, when he hada conviction could not be swerved from it. Once his friend always his friend.Prosperity did not change him, and would not be gov^nor of Mato while in high position in Washingtonnn Iowa printer who had worked at the case when Frank did, or who had been in his employ, was accorded au immediate audience when he called at the postoflice department. He was first an Iowan, and any Iowa man had the call. After that being a newspaper man of any degree was next in popularity withHatton.“MY FRIEND IRWIN.”footratesixIRWIN S RETURN,After the trip Mr, Irwin returned to Keokuk and sent on to Washington a positive declination of the honor. Heor anyother territory he said. He thanked President Arthur and his friend Hatton and related the experience of the postmaster general in gleaning information with reference to the Bannock Indians. I t is said that President Arthur greatly enjoyed the story, and that Frank Hatton’s find—“Pretty George*’—became a famous character in the inner circlesof the Arthur adruinistratiuu.Hatton died in Washington after re-Hon. John Irwin has been a lifelong tiring from public life and becomingbeet it it it. a iarsake s in the.2!644168va-ted me be : atrndion■ys:cesavisall;hei.fcesm-hisell3tebeleyei-01-anofla,itbtovebtris»utir-to : a38,h.fryIfto-2Werillfriend of Frank Hatton. Mr. Irwin is the senior of the big wholesale dry goods firm of Irwin, Phillips Co., Keokuk, and a leading politician in the Iowa Republican earn p. He did not seek office for himself but always contributed liberally to campaign funds and dodged notoriety. Frank Hatton was dissatisfied with Irwin’s modesty. When President Arthur was casting about for a governor for Idaho, Mr. Hatton went to the White House and presented the name of his friend Irwin—all this without the knowledge or consent of Mr. Irwin. One day there came to Keokuk the announcement that Mr. Irwin had been appointed governor of Idaho. I was at the time manager of the Keokuk Constitution — Claggett’s famous Iowa paper, the type and presses of which were thrown into the Mississippi river by the Union soldiers during the Civil war, on the occasion when Senator Howell, of the Gate City, saved the neck of Henry CJavv Dean, of “Rebels Cove,” who, as a friend of Claggett, denounced the destruction of the Constitution office as an act of tyranny that should be civilly punished. I carried the news to Irwin who protested that he would not accept the offiee—that his business would not permit of it.HATTON ON THE SCENE.Quickly following the appointment of Mr. Irwin came Frank Hatton iu person. He insisted that Trwin must accept, and finally prevailed upon him to make the trip to Boise City for the purpose of looking over the territory before deciding to decline the governorship of it. The party was made up of Irwin.his business partner Col. Phillips, who was the New York buyer of the house, and Mr. Hatton. Part of the journey was by stage and it was here that Hatton made his find. The driver of the stage coach was a typical frontiersman, with a big fierce mustache and a piercing pair of eye*, shaded by massive iron gray eyebrows. He was as silent as a sphinx save when interrogated, and then replied only in monosyllables. Irwin and Hatton were on the seat with the driver. Hatton engaged him in conversation, with fair success, and bv judicious questioning ascertained that he had not always been as sad aud silent as at that time. He was morose because the railroads were, as he put it, “pushing him over the cliff.” The only name he was known by was “Pretty George.”“PRETTY GEORGE’S'1 STORY.“How long have you been driving coach?” asked Hatton, in the most suave manner.“Dunno,” responded George, ejecting a stream of tobacco juice at the“leader,”Hatton winked at Irwin and continued: “About how long?”“Ever since I can reklect.”Never did anything else?”“Nope/*“Kind of monotonous, isn’t it?” asked Hatton.“Dunno,” said George.“Wheredid you hail from originally?” ^ “State o* Maine.”“When did you start in here?”“Dunno—'bout twenty years ago, guos*,”editor of the Washington Post, JohnIrwin is stili at the head of of the Keokuk dry goods house, and though well along in years now he can always spare the time to tell the story of his trip to Boise City, aud the experience of“Pretty George” with the Bannock Indians,IRenmrkiihle RescueMrs. Michael Curtain, Plainfield, III., makes the statement that, she caught cold which settled ou her lungs; she was treated for a month by her family physician, but grew worse. He told her she was n hopeless victim of consumption and that no medicine could cure her. Her druggist suggested Dr. King’s New Discovery for Consumption; she bought a bottle and to her delight found herself benefited from first dose. She continued its use •and after taking six bottles, found herself sound and well; now does her own housework, and is as well as she ever was. Free trial bottle of this great discovery at Hull ■ Woodruff’s drug store. Only 50 cents and $1.00, every bottle guaranteed.k *Sewed+++++StayN?It's the man behind the machine that makes the shoes good. Theworkmen who makeJ. B. LEWIS CO'S“ Wear-Resisters”are the bast that good wages cyan secure. Every shoe ta made to last-Every shoe Is stamped laLewfti.»J. B. Lewis Cs., Boston, Mass, Lewis Wear Resisters for sale byWOODIN HOUGKNotice for Publication.I Desort Land, Final Proof.]United States Land Office, I Black foot, Idaho. April 24th, 1889. fNotice is hereby given that Hector Stewart, of Basalt, Bingham Co., Idaho, has filled no-ticoof intention to make proof on hig Desert-lfttid Claim No.l«9|, for the Northeast Quarter, Section 31, Township 1 South, Range 37 East, before the Register and Receiver at Black-foot, Idaho, on Saturday, the 3rd day of June, 1899.He names the following witnesses to prove the complete irrigation and reclamation of said hind i , -. jRichard Dye, M. D. Andrug, John K. Robertson, Gen net Robertson, ail of Basalt. Bingham Co., Idaho.LORENZO R. THOMAS, Register.3 YLo-]IDA!itNotice for Puiilicatiou-[Detert Land, Final Proof.]itUnited States Land Office, f Black foot, Idaho, April 34th. M00. fNotice is hereby given that John K. Robertson, of Basalt, Bingham Co., Idaho, has filed notice of intention to make proof on hig Desert-Land Claim No. 1889, for the Lota 3 and A and EJ4 SWV Section 31, Township I S. K 37 R., before the Regiaterand Receiver at Blaekfoot, Idaho, on Saturday, the 3rd day of June, 1889. . ... . He names the following witnesses to provelhen you have been handling’ the the complete irrigation and reclamation ofsaid land:Hector Stewart, Jennie Stewart, Richard Dye, M. D. Andrus, all of Basalt, Bingham Co., Idaho.LORENZO R. THOMAS, Kegtnter.i\reins twenty yearn, steadily?”“Yep—that is, all ‘eepi 'bout two years.”“What were you doing then?”
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Blackfoot News
Blackfoot, Idaho, US
Sat, Apr 29, 1899
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