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SHAUN FROST IS NAMED VICE
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President Mathena has again "reached across
the aisle" and has chosen Presidential
candidate Shaun Frost to serve as our Vice
President. In the first Cabinet meeting, Mr
Frost was immediately called on to perform a
crucial role for the President. < 2 lines
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"When I was approached by President Mathena
for the post of Vice President of the United
States of America, I realized that the President
was a very smart man. He has given senior posts
to both the Truculent Party and the Son’s of
Freedom. This has helped bring the nation
together as a unified group and I will do my
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President and his policies. I feel he has put
together a cabinet that can accomplish the tasks
put before them and together we will do all in
our power to succeed in the future conflict. I
am again happy to be part of President Mathena’s
team and am excited about our future."
Jim Chafield |
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JIM VOEGE NAMED SECRETARY OF WAR!
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After a grilling hearing before the Senate, Jim
Voege was unanimously accepted as our new Secretary
of War. The UPP and the Sons of Freedom had some
concerns which Mister Voege was well prepared to
answer. At the onset of the hearing, President
Mathena introduced his choice with these words:
Esteemed members of Congress, It is incumbent upon
me to write a letter of recommendation for my choice
as Secretary of War. As I have chosen Mr. Jim Voege,
this becomes one of the easiest tasks that I have
ever been asked to perform. Mr. Voege is not
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only one of the most talented military strategists
in our nation's service, but one of the most
respected, as well. He possesses that essential
blend of creativity and inspiration necessary to
conceive of ideas and the kinetic ability to make
them come to fruition. Mr. Voege also makes a
conscious effort to stay far ahead of the learning
curve in the ways of war--a science in which the
technology is ever-changing. His manner is such that
he will leave no directive left unsaid, no question
left unasked, and no job left undone. Mr. Voege's
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level of devotion and dedication to his craft is
equaled only by the degree of excellence he
brings to all of his projects. In short-- he is
a true professional. Therefore, I sincerely urge
you gentlemen, as representatives of the
people--and especially the soldiers and sailors
from your respective states whom he will direct
--to heartily endorse and approve my selection
of Mr. Jim Voege as our Secretary of War.
Respectfully submitted,
Pres. S. Mathena
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A Day On The trail
With Cockeyed Charlie
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It is not often that a man can say he is payed to go
out and have fun but I was recently given that
opportunity by my employer "The North
Star". I was handed the assignment to go spend
a day with one Charlie Parkhurst better known as
Cockeyed Charlie to his fellow stagecoach
drivers.
I traveled last week to Santa Cruz were I was to
catch a Pioneer Line stage that was heading to
Sacramento to take Governor Behler to San Jose were
he would be meeting with possible Railroad investors.
I arrived in Santa Cruz and found the Pioneer lines
building. I asked were could a man find him the best
danged stage driver around these parts and I was
told Cockeyed Charlie is who you want and was
directed to the stables were I was told to look for
the man with the patch on his eye. I entered the
barn and there stood a man of medium height,
broad-shouldered, and beardless. A patch over one
eye was evidence of an encounter with a horse that
obviously didn’t realize who it was dealing with;
but the other gray eye, sharp as a hawk’s,
squinted out from under a battered hat that shaded a
leathery, brown face. The man looked up and asked
"what da ya need stranger". Charlie’s
voice was rather sharp and high-pitched, but I
had
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been told he could hold his own with other men he
smoked cigars, chewed tobacco, and drank whiskey.
Charlie was even known to throw some dice and play
cards on occasion as I can attest he is very good (I
lost two flasks of my best bourbon and 3 cigars
before we even left). The coach was brought out and
Cockeyed mounted the four rather large horses to it.
He jumped upp into the driver seat and said
"Ida ya gettin on up we dont have all
day". I told him, "Up there with you isnt
it dangerous"? Charlie exclaimed "in more
than twenty years no highwayman had dared to hold up
a stagecoach with Charlie Parkhurst on the box, for
the first two who tried it had been shot dead in
their tracks." I scurried to get up in
"the box", as Charlie called it for fear I
would find myself next to the highwaymen who dared
mess with him. As the day wore on Charlie’s route
out of Los Gatos went by way of Lexington, where we
stopped to undoubtedly refresh ourselves at Sarah
Paddock’s Lexington House before the perilous
ordeal ahead. Two horses were added to the
four-horse team for the long haul up to the summit.
Avoiding the toll gate to Mountain Charley Road at
Patchen, the stagecoach proceeded straight ahead up
to the
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Schultheis ranch, then turned southeast
down the ridge to pick up the Soquel Road
leading to the coast.Charlie told me of
accidents which weren't uncommon on the narrow
mountain roads. Coaches get blown off the road
during winter storms, dragged by runaway teams,
forcing the passengers to jump for their lives,
and horses are spooked by wild pigs running
across their path. But the passengers and mail
always got through to Santa Cruz while Charlie
is at the reigns. Late the next day we arrived
in Sacramento with the Governor waiting at the
station He asked me "Ida got any of your
good whiskey with ya". I looked at Cockeyed
who had a big two dollar whore grin and
"said why dont you ask him". They both
looked at me and laughed hysterically I then
knew I had been had. This writer has to say a
ride with Cockeyed Charlie is a ride you will
not soon forget. Just My Two Cents!
Submitted by
I. DAHO
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