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[OUTLAWS-OF-THE-OLD-WEST] Bub Meeks The Incidental Outlaw
This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: WilmaGaileMeeks Surnames: Meeks, Cassidy, Boren Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/topics.crime.outlaws/234/mb.ashx Message Board Post: 1 The Incidental Outlaw By: W. Gaile Meeks While most of the pioneers who settled the old West were hard working honest people, the history of the West cannot be told without including a smattering of outlaws. My ancestors moved to Utah with the first Mormon trailblazers. Life was grueling for a family with 11 children. Everyone worked from sunup to sundown. There were bare necessities and no luxury in their lives. From this family came the little-known outlaw, Bub Meeks. He was the brother of my grandfather. They were sons of Henry Rhodes Meeks, Sr. History books, newspapers and prison records call him "Bob, Robert, Henry Robert, Wilbur" or "Henry Wilbur" but his real name was Henry Rhodes Meeks, Jr. Great-Uncle Bub rode with Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch gang. Butch and Bub were neighbors in Circleville and Marysville, Utah, on the Sevier River and "cowboyed around" starting when they were about 20. At one time they were in the cattle business together or at least posing as cattle buyers. Some say, "They were buying one cow and stealing 10." Others say they met as teenagers. George Leroy Parker aka: Butch Cassidy reportedly had a loosely-knit group of outlaw friends who comprised more or less three gangs with many of the members being interconnected. They were not a large gang of guys that rode around robbing and shooting up the countryside. There really wasn't an elected leader. From among those we refer to about six of them as "The Cassidy Gang." "The Hole-In-The-Wall Gang" had approximately 20 and "The Wild Bunch" was made up of all of them encompassing outlaws from the entire three-corner area of Wyoming, Utah and Colorado as well as Idaho. "Hole-In-The Wall" referred to the outlaws that frequented a certain blind canyon near Kaycee, Wyoming. Every well-known outlaw in the West has been linked to Hole-In-The-Wall and Robbers Roost, in Utah. A story in the Green River Star (paper) October 24, 1979, quotes Henry Len Meeks (son of William) that "they were a loosely grouped band of juvenile delinquents on horseback, robbing banks and trains to earn easy money." Some documented stories claim that Butch held contests of horsemanship and marksmanship and Uncle Bub was chosen, along with Elzy Lay and H. B. Murdock, to be "lieutenants" based on those abilities. Bub is said to have been involved in holdups in Winnemucca, Nevada, Logan, Utah, Wyoming and Idaho. It would be impossible to sort out which robberies were actually done by Butch Cassidy or his so-called "gang." I don't wish to make this a eulogy to Bub Meeks. He was a criminal. The record is so convoluted that I hope to set it straight. We can never know the whole truth. Bub was quite a character! Remember, it was a different era. Sometimes the only law was hanging on the next guy's hip. The family members of Bub's generation said he was "just wild." He was, indeed, a hellion. The big cattle ranches (by hook or by crook) were starving out and taking over from the homesteaders. The big outfits were just as ruthless and lawless as any rustler or bank robber. Butch, Bub and Elzy Lay were considered a friend at most ranches. They often worked for the ranchers . and worked hard and honestly. Many ranchers welcomed them into their homes. They were not "good guys," they were outlaws. The fact that they were popular and often helped poor people does not justify what they did. The Bridger Valley Pioneer (newspaper) stated in about July of 1981 that, (according to Wallace Shurtleff in his book about Bridger Valley, Wyoming), Butch and Bub once rode ten miles to buy some groceries for a misfortunate family who had sickness and trouble. Each member of my extensive family has another Uncle Bub story, learned from Bub or his brothers. On August 13, 1896, three young men held up the bank in Montpelier, Idaho. Bub held the horses while Butch Cassidy and Elzy Lay (also called "Elza" in some accounts) robbed the bank. Uncle Bub was apprehended a year after the robbery, although he was around the area for the entire year. He had been working at a ranch, which placed him in Cokeville, Wyoming at the time of the Montpelier robbery. The two towns are close together by the old west standards. It was well known who did the Montpelier job but Bub was the only one ever arrested for that crime. The papers reported that he "made no effort to provide an alibi and it was rumored that he was involved in the Union Pacific railroad holdup at the same time and was afraid that it would be discovered and he would get a bigger sentence." At Bub's trial, bank cashier and witness, E. C. Gray, sent a letter telling that the man was short and slight and he did not believe it was Bub. The sheriff's brother defended him. Letters from detective Joseph Jones, special agent of the Oregon Short Line Railway and Alfred Budge, county attorney for Bear Lake, supported him. The day before the robbery, August 12, many say he was seen in Vernal,200-or-so miles away, where he traded a buckskin horse for a mare. That was a mighty long way horseback. Letters of support were held back until after the trial. Nine Jurors asked for clemency. One of Bub's brothers was believed to be the "unknown man" who provided the horses after the Montpelier Bank Robbery, although he may not have condoned dishonesty, he was Bub's brother. The Meeks brothers raised blooded horses in those days. Bub's father owned the much-documented "little sorrel mare" that was trained to follow along loose, with a pack, although I've heard family members call her "the little yellow mare." She was quite a little racehorse and Butch and Bub won lots of won money racing her. She was turned loose and followed the saddle horses carrying the money after the Montpelier robbery and is mentioned in most accounts. It seems odd that the little mare could not sustain the pace and was left behind. Maybe she just didn't want to keep up. The next day she came trotting into camp with the $16,500 take. The Idaho Historical Society account states that, "Bob Meeks vaguely remembered some story about Robin Hood rescuing one of his band from the Sheriff of Nottingham's dungeon. Elza Lay's shout interrupted Bob Meeks's musing. What appeared to be a tiny speck in the valley was the little Sorrel mare, to Elza's keen eyes -- and she was alone. Meeks waited impatiently for the packhorse to walk into camp but his partners dozed in the shade. The mare rolled gratefully in the red dust when her sack was removed." How they knew what Bub was musing is a mystery to me, but it sounds really good. None of those three outlaws ever admitted that they did the heist. Elzy, Bub and Butch had a common friend, outlaw Matt Warner. Warner had been the original ringleader of the whole bunch. He had killed a man and was awaiting trial for murder in Ogden, Utah. The trio cooked up the Montpelier robbery to get money for his defense. After the robbery they retained attorney Douglas A. Preston, in Rock Springs, Wyoming. Preston hired two Utah attorneys to represent their mutual friend, Warner. Matt was convicted of the lesser charge of manslaughter when it was proven that he had shot in self-defense. He had been shot in the leg. For his crime, Bub was imprisoned in Boise, Idaho in 1897. His sentence was 35 years, commuted to 12 years, later raised again to 35 and changed once more to 20, and then finally dropped. I've seen accounts that allege that he was pardoned but don't believe that to be the case. Others say he was released. A tangled phase of Bub's life began behind those walls. What appears to be Bub's first escape was during a blizzard on Christmas Eve 1901. With 3 years to go, he was up for parole in 1904. Prisoners were allowed to have small knives to do jobs around the yard. While he was on a work detail near the hog pens Bub cut the traces and leapt onto a work horse (old Selam) and "lit out "Several hundred pictures were printed to be mailed all over the surrounding country and posses were formed. He was captured Christmas Day "up the Boise River." His sentence had previously been reduced to twelve years but the judge was so angry he increased Bub's sentence to 35 years again. Later it was commuted to 20 years. (That is documented court record). The Boise newspaper declared that, "His prison record had been one of the best and he had been a model prisoner. He was a semi-trusty. He was good natured and jovial and quite popular among his fellow prisoners. After a rather halfhearted attempt to cut his wrists, Uncle Bub undertook another escape in February 1902. The Idaho Daily Statesman calls him "Robert Meeks." He sneaked past a grocery wagon, and sprinted 300 yards before Deputy Warden R. Fulton "shot and struck the 'fleeting prisoner' below the left knee, shattering the bone and rendering amputation of the limb necessary." For reasons known only to him, Bub had taken off his shoes and was in his stockinged feet. The prison account states that less than 30 seconds elapsed between when he ran and when he was shot. It goes on to tell how two guards on the towers shouted to halt and when he didn't comply they opened fire. It states that Warden Fulton was in his office when the alarm was given. He hollered to the guard to watch the prisoner he was conversing with, hurried to the armory and obtained a rifle and joined the fire. "In less than a minute Meeks stumbled and fell about 50 yards from the warden's house." That seems to me a short period of time for the warden to accomplish all that. I've seen the prison and the location of the Warden's house, office and armory and he must have been a fast mover. Family members always insisted that the leg wasn't that serious but officials supposed that a one-legged bandit would be no more trouble. Little did they know! Found in his cell, scrawled on the back of a copy of prison rules, Bub had written: "Just a word or to sum people say I am not a bleaver in god but its not so I am a bleaver in god the people hav trancelated the bible so much that it may have caused a great meny weak minded men to disbleave in god / would like to sea a cristen world for I love everybody please dont scorn my people throu my down foll hive them a true cristen hand and may god bless all nations. My parents gave me good advice and I clear them of all stain I told Mr. Meacham a story about my brain which was not so I was trying to git to talk with som of the leaden men of this state and if I had I would of pulled through all right I think but I hope it will all be for the best and may gods simpethey be with all nations. I will take advanteg of one little play ruthern to impose up on my political friends god bless all that foll in this starm to justefy men's evil wishes. "A poem written by Bub goes; "My head is dizzy my bones thay ache thay punish me hard for meret sake but sutch is life tha all tell me ive suffered with pain till I can hardly sea but after while this pain will cease through the power of god ill be Released if thrue this fake I make my escape hive credit to the lord he did it for my sake. I bleed for self a little just for a stoll my friends might think I am easy if I look weak and git careless. "(As copied) "... The lines; "released through this fake I make my escape," "I will take advantage of one little play rather than impose upon my political friends," "God bless all that fall in this storm" and the last sentence, "I bleed for myself a little just for a stall. My friends might think I am easy if I look weak and get careless," suggest to me that the suicide attempt was a ploy, as was believed by all at the time. In 1903 the now one-legged outlaw was watching a prison baseball game from one of the prisons towers and when it was over he took a dive off the tower. The Statesman reported that, "he was working on the tower" and that, "he was sunning himself from the 35-foot tower." They write, "he wrote a letter, in lead pencil, on the back of a letter." The story continues, "he yelled "Harrah for H- -l! Harrah for H- -l! Here goes! ... and raising his hands above his head, palms outward, he dived for the ground." It was reported that when they got him to the prison hospital he grabbed a pair of scissors and struggled with the guards and a doctor while trying to stab himself in the heart. Although some prison records show "no injuries" he did have a broken shoulder. His record shows that after the ball game the officials called for him to come down and he replied that he needed a couple of minutes because his leg was numb. He then yanked the ladder up and "shinnied up the tower like a monkey' before he dived. The letter he wrote this time read: "Boys, I wish you all a long and prospers life but I am a little short on that but I have ben wise to that for a long time I have tried, hord to beat the place but made a fale of it I was rite and I hope you boys will admit it I have tried hard to see my People but I can not but send my body to some of my people please when you git through with it may the world prosper love to all nations from Henry Meeks. I ask you one thing did god demand me to suffer or was it my misfortune things has ben translated so much that it puts men in great study. I am a bleaver in hear after and I bleve ther is salvation for oll no matter how you pass off and I bleave I am right " (As copied). Bub unceasingly tried to convince authorities that he was insane but never could "pass the test." The prison adjudged him insane for a brief time and he was evaluated more than once, but authorities decided he was faking. After his header off the tower the inmates and guards were worried about him and asked his mother to come and talk sense into him. She couldn't leave her cattle to make the long horseback ride so they took up a collection and bought her a train ticket. She arrived April 3, 1902 and it was reported that he was better for a while. At first he said he wanted to see her and then decided he wouldn't, but mama prevailed. He was put on 24-hour suicide watch with the inmates being the watchers. Guards and inmates all liked Bub. He had a charming personality, and was polite and well mannered. The Idaho Daily Statesman of April 22, 1903, states that he was judged insane and sent to the asylum in Blackfoot, Idaho. All of his newspaper and prison records use the name Bob Meeks. I would bet money that he never corrected that misconception. He was very conscious of the shame he had brought on to his Mormon family. The article says, in part, "It was shown that Meeks was afficted' (spelled that way) '(sic) with suicidical' (spelled that way) 'mania and otherwise out of mental balance. His removal from the penitentiary will relieve the prison authorities of a great deal of annoyance as he was a very troublesome prisoner." The doctors decided that he was "crazy like a fox" and quickly returned him to Boise. His hospital evaluation showed the notations; "Strength - feeble. Attempted suicide some weeks ago ... Fractured left leg by gunshot by Pen guard when attempting escape. Leg amputated soon after ... Rather dull delusions of persecution ... Eloped (escaped) August 9, 1903: Prison officials, in their reports, described him as "Large, 6'2" - 200 pounds" ... (prison record shows 5' 11) affable, courteous." They also described him as "desperate, and ingenious." He was never regarded as insane at prison or the asylum. They all said he planned these things months ahead. He just didn't like being confined. At least twice he was transferred from Boise to Blackfoot for evaluation and he once dug through the wall to the stables there . and escaped. He was gone for 68 hours. Bub escaped at least twice, possibly three times, from the asylum in Blackfoot. All seem to be after his leg had been amputated. In one attempt they say he dove headlong over the wall. I haven't seen anything more about that attempt or how it ended. Neither of these escapes matches his final breakout, although I have no information on whether he actually got away when he dove over the wall. His final escape was from Blackfoot. There is sketchy documentation of five escapes. Although actual prison records I've seen don't mention it, the real story is that he ate soap to make himself sick and was hospitalized at the asylum in Blackfoot. I don't know how he pulled it off but he absconded with the doctor's coach mare. After all those attempts, he finally escaped (one-legged) and never went back to prison. He would have served his sentence by 1909 and was eligible for parole in 1904. The Green River Star reported (after the fact) that he tied up a guard and stole the sheriff's horse, but the account reported at the time, in Idaho, claimed that on August 9, 1903 he stole the doctor's coach mare and made his final escape. He was reported to have sent the horse back with a note stating that it was the best horse he ever rode. The law caught up with him at his brother's ranch in Fort Bridger, Wyoming. He was a physical wreck and officers sent to arrest him claimed it would be inhumane to arrest him. His sentence was mysteriously reduced to conform to time already served. He had, theoretically, completed his sentence for the robbery and was supposed to begin his sentence for jailbreaks and the record just ends there. The record shows that he was released but that was after his escape. He made at least four, most likely five, attempts at escape from prison and the asylum. Jed Bullock carved him a wooden peg leg just like his own. I was a bit surprised to read the Idaho Historical Society account that nothing was known about what became of "Bob" Meeks after he sort of disappeared from the penitentiary records. He went back to Wyoming, near Lonetree, and lived there until he finally drove himself crazy waiting for the law to come and get him, He was committed and died in the asylum at Evanston, Wyoming. (Funny: our family always referred to it as the "poor farm"). He used to sit in the top of a cedar tree with a rifle, all day, and wait to be arrested. In 2001, I took pictures of the, now dead, cedar tree with the top cut out. His double-decker barn is also still standing. I think it possible that, because of the prison records having his name wrong, authorities never found out his real name. Is that also why he was not stricken from the LDS Church records? It would be a shame to do so now. He may have been a criminal, but he was still a part of this family and of history. I read Butch Cassidy's sister's account of his life and was shocked that she didn't know one thing about Bub, or Bob, Meeks. She was much younger, but the families had been neighbors and well acquainted. I would think that her family would have mentioned him if they ever talked about Montpelier. Maybe they didn't tell his baby sister much about him. Butch, Elzy and Bub did at least one train robbery. The three purportedly had an agreement not to shoot anybody. On April 21, 1887 they robbed the Castle Gate-Rio Grande. They removed the Castle Gate Coal Company's $8,800 payroll. Uncle Bub cut the telegraph wires and waited with relay horses. Cassidy and Lay "stuck-up" paymaster Carpenter as he stepped out of the payroll train and walked toward his office. The infuriated Mr. Carpenter pursued them in a commandeered locomotive. They were quickly out of range of the train and rode for Robbers Roost. After Castle Gate, Butch and Elzy had ridden south and Bub went to Wyoming where he was arrested at Cheyenne for a failed train robbery the year before. It was noted that when arrested he had only 35 cents in cash. After a robbery at the Fort Bridger Post Office Bub's brother, William, was imprisoned for eight years for the crime of harboring an outlaw. The outlaw he harbored was not his brother, Bub. Family legend was that it was Butch Cassidy he went to prison for harboing an outlaw but I don't think that is true. He not only gave fresh horses to Tom McCarty, Ham Lee and Ike Lee, he cooked them dinner. It was brought up at his trial that he didn't take a dime and only provided a hot meal. Eight years was a stiff sentence for William being a good neighbor or brother. Although many believe that Bub was one of the bandits (or the only one) he was arrested and let go for that robbery. After the Castle Rock (or Castle Gate) holdup Joe Meeks (a cousin) allegedly led the posse in the opposite direction. Another story was told that when Cecil Davis, (an ancestor on Grandma's side) was the marshal, a posse from Mountain View rode up to Bub's place. He met them with a Winchester and said, "Boys, if you just came to visit come on in. If you came for anything else, turn around and ride out." I hear they came on in. Jack Neal recently told me another story I had forgotten. While robbing a bank (Jack thought, in Evanston), Bub asked Butch if he should take the pennies, too. Butch replied, "Hell yes, pennies make the dollars." They abandoned the gunnysack of pennies near the edge of town presumably due to the weight. There is no doubt that Uncle Bub was colorful. He was a product of his time, certainly not his upbringing. It was truly the "Wild West." Many other families have similar stories in their backgrounds. There weren't that many people around back then. The stories get confused and I have tried to illuminate only what really happened .It is said that in about 1910 a deputy named AI Scruggs, (or Scraggs) Uinta County, Wyoming, went after Ab Murdock and Bub Meeks for stealing horses and trading them in Vernal, Utah. I had never heard that Uncle Bub returned to his outlaw ways after his amputation and escape but this story points to that possibility. Scruggs detested Murdock and some say he suspected Ab of having an affair with his wife. Scruggs hid along the trail from where he shot and killed Murdock as he and Bub rode past. He summoned a posse and went after Bub. When they caught up with Bub it was at Bub's sister's house in Roosevelt, Utah. The encounter came at the business end of a Uncle Bub's Winchester looking Scruggs in the face. The posse turned around and Bub allegedly put his little niece on the back of his horse and rode off with her He was confident that they would not shoot the child. When he was out of rifle range he let his niece off and rode for the other side of the Uintas. He got rim-rocked up in Yellowstone canyon and couldn't go any further horseback. Bub turned the horse loose, hung his saddle on a tree and walked (with a peg leg) over the Uintas to a sheep camp where Jock Anson and Jewel Rusha were herding. He hid out there about a week. Willis Meeks found the saddle in about 1979, still in the tree where Bub hung it in 1910. Bub Meeks' Winchester is in the Green River, Wyoming museum. He dropped it when he was bucked off his horse between Lonetree and Brown's Park. Sometime between 1955 - 1985, Joe Davenport found it and carved on it, "Found by Joe Davenport, a rifle that was lost by one of Butch Cassidy's men." It was definitely Bub's rifle. These stories are courtesy of Henry Len Meeks. (Son of Bub's brother, William). Wallace Shurtleff tells in his book that one day one of Bub's neighbors in Bridger Valley was skinning some dead sheep. He skinned 35 sheep and piled the pelts against a sagebrush. Bub knew the pelts were there and who owned them. A man stole the skins and locked them in a shed. Bub found out about it and in the middle of the night he stole them back and stacked them up against the door of the owner. He knocked on the door and ran. Shurtleff also wrote that one evening he and his father were doing the chores and Bub Meeks rode up and helped out. His father then told Bub to put his horse in a stall and come in for supper. After eating Bub said he had to go into town to see a man. That night, Shurtleff relates, Bub went into Guilds store and asked Mrs. Guild if he had any mail. From there he met Jess Clark and they went to the saloon. He bought Jess a drink and told him to go home. He said he was supposed to stay at Shurtleff's but had changed his mind. The next morning Shurtleff's father received a call during breakfast that the Bridger store, post office and saloon had been robbed of about fifteen hundred dollars. (The Ft. Bridger Post Office robbery mentioned earlier). Sometime after that, Bub was arrested and taken to the Evanston, Wyoming jail. Apparently the charges didn't stick because he was never convicted. I found Shurtleff story very confusing as he mixed up this arrest with Bub's escape from the Idaho penitentiary. Butch Cassidy Butch Cassidy could not have been killed in Bolivia, because too many people,who knew him well, saw him at Henry Rhodes Meeks' (senior) funeral in 1921. A man described by Henry Len Meeks as, "an old rancher" was actually a former member of the gang. This man went straight. His name was Tom Welch and he and a doctor, named Hawk, built the Tomahawk Hotel in Green River, WY. While running after the Tipton robbery, Tom had been shot in the leg. Tom and Butch were as close as brothers for many years. When Tom heard that Butch died in Bolivia he just laughed and said that it could not be, because Butch came to visit him in Green River in 1924 and he saw him at Henry Rhodes Meeks' (senior) funeral in 1921. I have copies of several letters Bub sent to Tom, which I will include at the end of this story. Herman Lajuenness, My brother, Howard Meeks' former father-in-law, took Cassidy on a pack trip in about 1934. I used to stay with another of Herman's daughters (Kathy) at his home in Ft. Washakie, Wyoming and knew Herman to be truthful. Butch's sister said that he visited the family in Utah in 1925. Many people believe that IF it was Harry Longabaugh (Sundance Kid) he was with Tom Dilly when they were killed. Butch visited with many friends after he was reported dead but few ever admitted publicly that they had seen him. Josie Bassett, originally from Brown's Park, said she visited with him and Elzy in Baggs, Wyoming. Elzy did visit his relatives (Murdocks) nearby at about the time she mentioned. When questioned years later, by Harv Murdock, Josie said, "I know Butch Cassidy a hell of a lot better than I know you. He was here in Baggs in 1930." She said she saw him two more times, once in Rawlins and once in Rock Springs. Josie's former daughter-in-law also saw him a few times. >From Butch's wild-bunch days another old-timer, Tom Vernon, who knew Butch very well, said he saw him in Baggs in about 1905 and Butch had brought him a set of shot-glassed from the St. Louis World Fair in 1904. He still had the glasses stamped with the date and event when he was interviewed by Kerry Boren. He also stayed a few days with Vernon, in Baggs,sometime in the twenties. Tom also saw Butch after that and produced letters for Boren that had been postmarked in Nevada and Maryland. He said that Butch died in Pahrump, Nevada where he had been prospecting. Ann Bassett, Willis said she had been to the grave. Bert Charter had once helped Butch rob a bank in Telluride, Colorado and had given up the robber-business to ranch in Jackson, Wyoming. His son Boyd Chartersaid that when he was a kid a man who knew his father camped in the trees at their ranch and took him sage chicken hunting, Bert later told Will Simpson, the prosecuting attorney who sent Butch to prison in 1894, that it was Butch. The true story of how Butch got his name is the one about Tom McCarty's old shotgun he called "Butch." Tom was 25 years older than Butch and Bub and family legend says he, "taught all those kids outlawing." Butch borrowed the shotgun and some of the "boys" went to the duck pond. The kick from the gun knocked him in the water. They started calling him "Butch" after the shotgun. Some accounts say he got the name when he worked as a butcher in Rock Springs, but he definitely had the nickname a long time before that. William Meeks always called him "Leroy." History neglects to mention that the butcher shop was supplied by William and Bub Meeks. Do you suppose the beef was all their own? Uncle Bub stayed with Dad's family for quite awhile after his escape and he loved kids. He was a crack shot (as well as a crackpot)? He could ride like the wind. It is said that he once shot the heels off his mother's shoes. A family member told me that my grandmother told that it was my grandfather's (Jock Meeks) boot heels he shot off. Grandma told that there was a falling-out over a white horse that Bub "borrowed," without permission, from Granddad. She said he would use whatever horse he wanted then bring or send it back but this one was way overdue and when Granddad went to Bub's camp to get it Bub shot off his heels. Half of Wyoming had a Butch Cassidy story. All large families have some skeletons in the closets. Ours just wasn't ever kept a secret. Bub's generation rarely spoke of it. Many of them never believed he did it but all his brothers and sisters believed. Now we all wish we had asked more questions and listened better. I'd like to know more about this incidental outlaw. Henry Rhodes Meeks, Jr. 5/9/1869 - 11/11/1912 Buried Lyman, WY .................................... The following is all contributed by Richard Popp, who received the information from Kerry Ross Boren of the Outlaw, Lawman, Association. I've become acquainted with Boren and he gets his facts pretty straight. He has asked me for permission to use parts of this writing in a book. From having read previous examples of Bub's prison letters, I think someone must have cleaned up the spelling and punctuation somewhat. `The following notes were kept in an old trunk in the living room of Tom Welch, former associate of the Wild Bunch who was living, in his 90's, on Main Street, Green River, Wyoming. Tom allowed me to copy the notes, some written on several creased scraps of paper, some lined, some plain, but would not allow me to have the original notes or for them to leave his possession while he lived. "If you can get them from my family after I am dead, I don't care what you do with them then" he said, "but don't mention my name, while I'm alive, in any gawd-damned book." He meant every word of it. As a bit of background, these notes were sent to Tom Welch by Henry "Bub" Meeks while he was imprisoned in the Idaho State Penitentiary and the State Hospital South at Blackfoot, Idaho. The following was probably written just before his first escape in December 1901 Dear Tom, Tom W. visited me the other day and I am going to send this note out with him, which he will give to you. I could have told him what I wanted you to know like before but I don't want any detail missed up (or messed up) or looked over because I aim to be out and home by Christmas or pay the price for not making it. Do you know the old tree by the hole in the rock on Burnt Fork? Have me a good six shooter there in the old tree where we always left the mail and make it a 44 with two boxes of dry cartridges wrapped up to keep the snow and rain out of them and the same with the 44. Tom W. is going to get me a fresh horse and stake it out where we talked about and I will be home by Christmas. Will you tell Ma to watch out for me and have my things ready and I will try to go there first but can't stay. I have one man here who watches me all the time and I know he would like to bring me down but I won't stay any longer than I can, you be sure of that. Don't fail me Tom for I will be out on schedule. (Signed "Bub"). This note was probably written prior to his 2"d attempt to escape - February 1903. Dear Tom, I guess that Tom W. told you that I didn't make it. God, this place is hell but I am going to be the warden's good boy until I can make it again. They have spies all over this place and it will take some doing but will you keep in touch with Tom W. and wait until I go again? I don't know when it will be but when I can get my chance. I am already watching a way which might work but I won't say until I am ready. Tell Ma to have Joe fix the old cabin on the upper fork for me in case I make it out. I can't say anything in my letters or they read it all. You have been a close friend Tom and I hope you will stick by me until I am out. (signed "Bub") The following note must have been written between April 1903 (when he was in the hospital) and his final escape in August 1903. Dear Tom, It is all set up. By god they won't stop me this time or if they do I will go down dead before I go back in that prison. They have me in the hospital now and they think a goddammed cripple can't run but they will find out different soon enough. I have horses enough laid out to get me home but Tom I need a good rifle and six shooter with four or five boxes of cartridges waiting for me at the old tree. If you don't do it soon Tom they will have me back in the walls and I won't stand a chance ....Have the guns waiting and don't fail because I might have a fight of it and I will try to steal one if I can after I get out but a cripple makes a dammed poor thief and I probably will ride hell on for burnt fork and won't delay... Tom I mean it if I don't make it this time out I will not live to regret it if I have to do the job myself. They have it in for me in that place Tom and I wouldn't last another year so one way or another I am going out and I think I can make it from this place so with luck I will be thanking you in the flesh before too long. (Signed "Bub") Note: Bub Meeks escaped from the State Hospital at Blackfoot, Idaho on August 9, 1903. I asked Tom Welch if he actually supplied the guns as Meeks asked him to. He smiled and remarked, "Well, he didn't die in prison. I went to his funeral." Although Tom Welch didn't say so in so many words, he inferred that "Tom W." mentioned in his notes from Meeks, referred to Tom Widdop, a mutual friend of Meeks and Welch. This later, confirmed to me by George Widdop, brother of Tom Widdop, who said, among other things, "It was my brother, Tom, and Tom Welch who helped Bub Meeks escape from prison. They both rode with Butch once, you know, and they were good friends of Bub Meeks and his family. Hell, I knew Bub Meeks myself, but l thought he was a real hero type, you know, and I used to hang around him all the time until one time I tried to sneak up on him from behind while he watched a rodeo in a meadow at Lonetree. He heard me coming and pulled his gun up under my nose before l knew what happened. Oh, he was mad! He told me in no uncertain terms, "G---damn you, kid, if you ever pull that on me again I will blow your head off" That gun looked like a cannon. Nope, I never tried that again." ` Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.


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People
Daniel B. Burnett Jr. (1905–1976), wing designer of the Spirit of St. Louis plane flown by Charles Lindbergh
Frank Daley (1908–1968), Canadian hockey player
Dan Howley (1885–1944), American baseball player
Dapper Dan (designer) (born 1944), African-American fashion designer and haberdasher Daniel Day

Arts and entertainment
Dapper Dan The Magnetic Man, a 1950s era toy
A song by South Florida-based rapper Ski Mask the Slump God on his 2018 mixtape Beware the Book of Eli
"Dapper Dan" Greco, a character in the 1947 Bowery Boys film News Hounds

Sports
Dapper Dan (horse), an American racehorse of the 1960s
Dapper Dan Open, a former PGA Tour professional golf tournament
Dapper Dan Charities, Pittsburgh's oldest (since 1936) and largest sports charity

See also
The Dapper Dans, a barbershop quartet that performs at various Disney theme parks
"Dapper" Danny Hogan (1880–1928), American gangster

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Two months from now, the 2020 Grammys ceremony will take place in Los Angeles at the Staples Center, and CBS will broadcast the ceremony starting at 7 pm ET. Music lovers don't need to wait until then to start getting in on the action: Earlier this week, the Grammys announced the 2020 nominees. Here are the leading names in the pack.
As Lizzo's gigantic year draws to a close, it appears her momentum won't be slowing any time soon. The artist born Melissa Jefferson has received eight nominations for the 2020 Grammys, the most of any artist. Even more exciting is that this is Lizzo's first year being nominated for any Grammys at all. Her chart-topping hit "Truth Hurts" is up for Record of the Year and Song of the Year, her album Cuz I Love You is nominated for Album of the Year, and she's among this year's Best New Artist nominees.
Billie Eilish won't turn 18 until next month, so she's one of few people who can brag about earning six Grammy nominations before reaching proper adulthood. Eilish, like Lizzo, is a first-time Grammy nominee, and the two will compete for Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Album of the Year, and Best New Artist. Eilish's ubiquitous chart-topper "bad guy" is nominated in the first two of these categories, and her debut album WHEN WE FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? is nominated for Album of the Year.
Billie Eilish and Lizzo aren't the only first-time Grammy nominees competing for Record of the Year, Album of the Year, and Best New Artist. Lil Nas X, whose viral single "Old Town Road" topped the Billboard Hot 100 for a record-breaking 19 weeks, also received six Grammy nominations. "Old Town Road" is among this year's Record of the Year contenders, and his EP 7 will compete for Album of the Year. For the "Old Town Road" remix featuring Billy Ray Cyrus, Lil Nas X is also nominated for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance.
Unlike the above artists, Ariana Grande is far from a first-time Grammy nominee. Given her huge year, though, it shouldn't surprise anyone that she's been nominated again. Her single "7 Rings" is nominated for Record of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance, and her album Thank U, Next is nominated for Album of the Year. Last year, Grande won her first Grammy, nabbing the Best Pop Vocal Album award for her 2018 album Sweetener.
In relation to the Grammys, Bon Iver is best known for causing massive viewer confusion. Unlike the majority of artists nominated in leading categories at the Grammys, Bon Iver isn't quite a household name. It didn't help that, when he was first nominated in 2012, he skipped the ceremony. The artist born Justin Vernon is nevertheless nominated for Record of the Year ("Hey, Ma") and Album of the Year (i,i). It remains to be seen whether his presence in this year's leading awards will again throw viewers for a loop.
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A 37-year-old Huyton man pleaded guilty to stealing rare birds from the wild.
Leonard O'Connor, of St Anne's Road, could face six months in jail after being found with a live Goshawk in his home in February.
He pleaded guilty to taking two Goshawks chicks from a nest in Derbyshire, in 2000, and also to possessing parts of a Goshawks tail as well as producing false documents to try and get the Goshawks onto a legal register.
The court heard yesterday (Monday, December 16) O'Connor had taken the chicks and kept one of them as a pet and police had found a diary in his home detailing how he had reared the birds including notes on its first kill.
He was caught after trying to use false documents to put the Goshawk on the legal register but wildlife officers became suspicious of his story that the bird was disabled and he had taken it to look after and called officers from Merseyside Police Wildlife Division.
Huyton Magistrates Court adjourned Mr O'Connor's case while pre-sentence reports are drawn up and he will appear again before Magistrates on January 15 2003 to hear his sentence.
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Jordan Peele credits 'Get Out' script to smoking weed in his acceptance speech at the Film Independent Spirit Awards.
It's no secret that one of the greatest 'side effects' of cannabis is the facilitation of the creative spark. Microdosing a sativa-dominant strain throughout your day could be the easiest way to get your creative juices flowing, and we're seeing more and more artists give credit to the ganja for helping them get through some of their finest work. One of the latest prominent celebrities to pay their respects for the plant is the filmmaker, comedian and actor Jordan Peele, who just won his first Academy Award for Best Screenplay for his horror movie Get Out.
While Peele's Oscar was clearly his most prestigious and most talked about award, Peele also nabbed a couple of major honors at the Film Independent Spirit Awards—an awards ceremony that recognizes some of the best independent films in the country.
Peele was able to secure both the awards for Best Director and Best Screenplay—two of the highest honors at the event.
During his acceptance speech, Peele was sure to include cannabis in his list of influences for the film.
"This project didn't start as a statement, it began as me wanting to make a film in my favorite genre," Peele explained during his speech.
"I sat down, and I would smoke a little bit of weed while I try to write a mind-bending horror film. At some point, I just followed the truth and realized there are people that are locked up for smoking less weed than I smoked while I wrote the movie."
Although there was obviously a hint of humor in the comedian's voice throughout the speech, it was obvious that he was, in fact, totally serious about his attribution to weed.
Final Hit; Jordan Peele And Weed
If you've been a fan of Peele's work throughout his career, it should come as no surprise that the filmmaker was quick to give weed its due credit.
Even dating back to his early MadTV days, some of Peele's most famous skits involved a plethora of his own characters smoking the ganja.
The tradition continued when he and close friend Kegan Michael-Key got their own show on Comedy Central, Key and Peele, which aired from 2012-2015.
Many of those original sketches involved Peele as a hardcore toker, including the infamous sketch that tried to prove that a good ol' fashioned wake and bake is better for you, health-wise, than coffee.
And let's not forget the movie Keanu, in which Peele was, essentially, just the movie's generic stoner character.
So after an illustrious weed-driven career spanning over a decade, it's nice to see Peele pay a little homage to the plant, especially on the heels of his most successful career endeavor to date.


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Published on: 17-Nov-2021
Members of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) met in a virtual format due to COVID-19 at the organization´s 46th Annual Meetings to discuss and address issues facing securities market regulators and supervisors. The meetings were held in a virtual form and consisted of a series of virtual meetings from 8-16 November 2021 and attended by the UASA represented by the Secretary General.
During IOSCO Presidents committee meeting (PC), the chair welcomed the members to the meeting and laid out his strategic perspective for IOSCO. The Chair of the emerging risks group (ER) provided an overview of the key finding of the risk outlook 2022 and the main risks identified for the coming year.
The chair of sustainable finance task force FSEG discussed issues relating to sustainable finance and invited questions from presidents committee members. The chair of the Board and the co-chair of the financial stability engagement group (FSEG) discussed their work including how it relates to the financial stability objectives of IOSCO. Issues related to retail investors were also discussed.
The IOSCO GEM Committee meeting discussed several topics related to emerging markets including sustainable financing and FinTech. Also, the topic on capacity building was raised and initiatives to provide greater support to emerging market members was discussed. IOSCO Secretary General informed the committee about the UNCTAD-GEMC regulatory workshop. The GEM committee discussed report on the use of innovation facilitator in GEM countries.
The AFRICA-MIDDLE EAST REGIONAL COMMITTEE (AMERC) discussed issues facing securities markets in the AMERC region including the challenges and opportunities for building FinTech ecosystem, the impact of the pandemic on markets listing, and sustainable finance. AMERC members discussed its future priorities and decided to conduct a study on ESG in the region and continue in the existing work on FinTech working group and Sustainable working group. FSD Africa provided a presentation on sustainable finance while CMA of Kenya provided a presentation on FinTech initiatives and CMA of Saudi Arabia on listings.
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Design Doyenne
At 27, she commissioned the Seagram Building. Now, a half-century later, Phyllis Lambert deconstructs its legacy in a new book.
by Fred A. Bernstein
It's the rare book that saves its fireworks for the appendix. But in Phyllis Lambert's Building Seagram (Yale University Press), that's where you'll find the urgent letter she wrote to her father, the Canadian liquor tycoon Samuel Bronfman, demanding that he choose a better architect for the skyscraper he was planning to build on New York's Park Avenue. Lambert had just seen a rendering of the design her father had commissioned and found it "horrifying," she recalls in the book. Pounding the keys of her typewriter, she wrote "no, no, no, no," insisting he rethink his choice. "It is quiet elegance, harmony, sobriety, humility that makes beauty, not flashiness," she scrawled in the margin.
Lambert was 27 then, living in Paris and studying sculpture. But her marriage to the French banker Baron Jean Lambert had ended, and she decided to fly to New York to find her father an architect as ambitious as he was. (Bronfman first offered Lambert the chance to choose only the marble, to which she replied, "Then you won't have a daughter.") Stateside, she interviewed everyone from Eero Saarinen to I.M. Pei and considered Frank Lloyd Wright and Le Corbusier, before settling on Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, the imperious German émigré, whom his protégé Philip Johnson described as "a groan-and-grunt man." The two met in Chicago near Mies's apartment. "Mies was profoundly generous and charming," she recalls. "One sensed the inner integrity and the greatness of the man."
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Lambert with the model for the Seagram Building, New York, 1955.
As Seagram's director of planning, Lambert visited the site daily. "I had intended to go back to Paris, but I stayed in New York, convinced that if the one person who really cared about the building was not there, Mies would not build Seagram," she says. With Lambert as his protector and Johnson as his assistant, Mies went on to create in 1958 the Seagram building, a landmark of 20th-century architecture.
It's still her baby, as she makes clear during lunch in the building's storied Four Seasons restaurant, where we meet on a February day. Though the place is best known for its power-lunch crowd, Lambert is more interested in the power of its design. "Mies took the column out of the middle there and set up this great room," she says. But while she is in a restaurant where entrées can cost upwards of $65, her heart is outside, in the plaza, which is open to anyone, free of charge. "I've always cared not so much about the building but about how it impacts the life of the city," she says. Pre-Seagram, buildings began at the sidewalk; Mies set his tower back from the street, creating an open space where the public can congregate. The idea has been imitated all over the world, changing urban design forever.
The completed skyscraper, designed by Mies and Philip Johnson, New York, 1958.
Little of the real world intruded on Lambert's childhood in Montreal; she says she ventured out from the family's estate for riding lessons or to attend synagogue, where, as a tycoon's daughter, she was stared at. Her father's strong personality and fierce temper terrified her.
But though she may have inherited her father's drive, Lambert was never given the chance to run his liquor empire. "It was clear the dice were loaded in favor of the boys," she tells me, referring to her kid brothers Edgar and Charles. Instead, she studied architecture (under Mies, once the project was finished), while Edgar and then her nephew Edgar Jr. ran the company. After a series of bad investments, Seagram was sold for parts in 2000. In the end, it was Lambert who created the only lasting monument to the company.
Today Lambert lives alone in a former dried-fruit factory in Montreal and runs the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA), perhaps the world's most carefully curated architecture museum. Known as Joan of Architecture for her efforts to preserve the city's historic buildings, she has worked as an architect, patron, photographer, writer, museum director, curator, and philanthropist. Small wonder then that Johnson once called her "a woman of enormous energy, of fantastic single-mindedness almost to the point of absurdity." Though she used to show up to work at the CCA in mechanic-style coveralls, this afternoon she is dressed in a black pantsuit, wearing a necklace of plastic cherries. Most striking is her hair, a mix of golds and grays in a flat-sided coif of deliberate roughness; Lambert has cut it herself for more than 60 years. It's a habit that arose from her dislike, as a teenage socialite-in-training, of interminable salon appointments. "At the end, I'd look in a mirror and not recognize myself," she says. "I hated all the gossip."
Lambert began writing Building Seagram in part to correct the record about Johnson's role, thinking he had inflated it. (Johnson was a world-class self-promoter.) But after extensive research, she decided that his work on its lighting and interiors was, in fact, central to the building's success. I ask how the Four Seasons looks to her these days. Well, she replies, some of the metal balusters along the grand stairway are bent, and in the Grill Room, ill-chosen bulbs are reflecting too brightly off the walnut paneling. No doubt, if Lambert has anything to do with it, the lighting will be improved by the time she's feted in the room in May, at the launch party for the book. Still, she confesses, she'd rather be attending a symposium. Unlike a party, Lambert adds pointedly, a symposium "leaves you with something"—as, of course, does a nearly perfect building.
Photographed by Graeme Mitchell; From "The Birth of a building," Seagram Spotlight, 1955, courtesy of Fonds Phyllis Lambert, Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montreal; Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montreal, Ezra Stoller © Esto; Fonds Seagram Building, Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montreal and Courtesy of Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, © Joel Shapiro/SODRAC, 2013


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Rossi: A disaster.
An eight-point lead and pole position should have been more than enough to hand Valentino Rossi his sixth consecutive MotoGP World Championship, but a thrilling season had one last dramatic twist in store.
An eight-point lead and pole position should have been more than enough to hand Valentino Rossi his sixth consecutive MotoGP World Championship in Sunday's Valencia title showdown, but a thrilling season had one last dramatic twist in store.
Rossi - a 58 times grand prix winner, compared with Hayden's three victories - had previously always excelled under pressure, but fluffed the start of the 30 lap decider and was just seventh by the end of lap one. He then remained in that position until lap five, when he lost the front of his Camel Yamaha and with it his world title hopes.
"Of course this is a big disappointment for me because to arrive at the final race with an eight-point advantage and then not win the title is a disaster," confessed the 27-year-old, who rejoined the race 20th and last before finishing 13th. "Basically I made two mistakes today - one was at the start and then the second one was the crash. It has been a very emotional season, with some great moments, some bad luck and now some mistakes. But this is racing.
"All I can say now is a big 'congratulations' to Nicky because he is a great guy, a great rider and he is the world champion because he has been the best this year. I have known him a long time, I know his family well and even though I am disappointed I am also very happy for them. It has been a great fight with him this year - not like in the past with other riders when there have always been some polemics - and we have great respect for each other.
"I want to say a huge thank you to Yamaha, to all my team and engineers and to everyone else involved, they've done an amazing job this year and now I am looking forward to working towards next season with the 800; I am sure it will be another exciting season and another big battle!" concluded Vale, who lost the title by just five points.
"It is normal that the feeling now within the team is one of disappointment but we are also proud that we brought this fight to the final round after all the bad luck we had in the first half of the season," declared team director Davide Brivio. "Valentino has worked incredibly hard and shown on several occasions why he has been such a great world champion - even today he kept on fighting to the very end. It is a sad day for us but we are already looking to the future with great excitement about the new 800cc era and the chance to win the title back in 2007. I want to thank all our riders, team staff, sponsors and technical partners for their excellent work this season and, from our behalf, congratulations to Nicky Hayden."
After suffering accidents, technical problems and injuries, Rossi and Camel Yamaha overcame a 51-point deficit within just five rounds to take the title lead heading into the Valencia decider.
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Cryptocurrency Market Rebounds After Sell Off
Market now valued at $586 billion
NEW YORK, January 19, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — The cryptocurrency market bounced back last Thursday after a two-day sell off. According to data from CoinMarketCap, bitcoin was traded 21 percent higher to $11,935.8 on early Tuesday after it fell to a low of $9402.29 on Wednesday.
thereum, the second largest cryptocurrency by market capitalizations, fell below $800 on Wednesday, but it bounced back quickly to above the $1,000 mark. Ripple's XRP rebounded the most among the major cryptocurrencies. XRP surged as much as 66 percent to above $1.60. Global Payout, Inc. (OTC: GOHE), Digatrade Financial Corp. (OTC: DIGAF), Global Arena Holding, Inc. (OTC: GAHC), BTCS Inc. (OTC: BTCS), MassRoots, Inc. (OTC: MSRT)
The cryptocurrency total market capitalization reached an all-time high above $830 billion early this year. The market with 1,448 cryptocurrencies is now valued at about $586 billion. According to CNBC, Nolan Bauerle, director of research at CoinDesk, told CNBC, "When the price of bitcoin drops, there is a pattern of traders that move to take different positions, either in another cryptocurrency or in fiat…These large drops, usually between the 25-40 percent range, generally find a bottom that is a consolidation of a previous all time high. When this bottom is found, the pattern continues with demand causing a new upward bounce."
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Global Payout, Inc. (OTC: GOHE) yesterday announced breaking news that, "its majority owned subsidiary, MoneyTrac Technology, Inc. ("MTRAC", the "Company"), has secured a Joint Venture Compliance, Crypto-Commodity, iCloud, and Strategic Partnership Agreement with Crypto Value Management System, LLC, a Delaware company that has secured the exclusive California License for a Crypto-Currency Exchange platform ("CVMS"). This platform will effectively bolster each of the companies and their ability to provide financial technology solutions to businesses operating across a number of rapidly expanding alternative market sectors, including the multi-billion-dollar cannabis industry.
CVMS acquired an exclusive license for the state of California for a cryptocurrency utility token exchange defined as an "In-State Crypto-Commodity Exchange – ICCE," a member only blockchain commodity that can be utilized to service businesses in need of banking solutions. CVMS, in conjunction with their compliance partner Integrated Compliance Solutions (ICS), have developed a secure, compliant blockchain to service the CRB (Cannabis Related Business) space. The CVMS exclusive new blockchain technology is the most advanced crypto-commodity exchange platform available. It will also serve as the backbone of the token exchange platform that MTRAC plans to co-develop for its MTRAC-Token with CVMS and other key financial technology and compliance partners.
Said MTRAC CEO, Vanessa Luna: "Securing this JV Partnership Agreement with CVMS marks a huge milestone for MoneyTrac and our continued pursuit of banking the 'un-bankable' within the cannabis industry. The exclusive licenses CVMS has worked diligently to acquire in the State of California are critical pieces to the foundation we are developing for a token exchange platform that will become one of the most valuable resources to businesses in an industry where millions of dollars are exchanged in commerce every day."
Said CVMS CEO, Christopher Johnson: "This JV Partnership Agreement with the MoneyTrac Technology team is very much about creating an opportunity to leverage the licensing rights we have acquired in the evolving cryptocurrency market sector and which we believe are incredibly valuable for the development of an effective exchange platform for businesses in the cannabis industry. MoneyTrac has done a fantastic job of cultivating a number of very strategic partnerships and creating a very solid network of individuals and entities in both financial technology and cannabis that are poised to be game changers in delivering the precise solutions that are sorely needed in the alternative banking market sector."
The CVMS exclusive new blockchain technology is the most advanced crypto-commodity exchange platform available
In addition to the co-development of a crypto-commodity exchange platform, MTRAC will also provide CVMS with vital Fintech, sales, marketing, networking, brand development support and guidance through this JV Partnership Agreement to ensure CVMS is effectively positioned for launch and expansion throughout the state of California."
Digatrade Financial Corp. (OTCQB: DIGAF) announced earlier this month the execution of a technology development contract with No Limits Consulting Limited to develop the Digatrade Mobile Application for iOS & Android. The following features will be developed for the Digatrade Mobile App; Digatrade home page, portfolio page with account balance display, activities page with transaction records, funding including deposit / withdraw function, trading page with instant liquidity access to Digatrade multi-currency orderbook and standalone APK for android users in Chins. The application is expected to go-live Q102018.
Global Arena Holding, Inc. (OTC: GAHC) is a holding and technology development company. The company's main subsidiary is Global Election Services where it provides comprehensive technology-enabled election services. The company had also made an investment into a Blockchain Technology company. GAHI Acquisition Corp. was incorporated in the State of Delaware to be the merger subsidiary for the potential acquisition of Blockchain Technologies Corp. and additional Blockchain Technology Software for elections registration and tabulation processes. On August 17, 2017, the company announced that after months of development and testing, the Company's subsidiary, Global Election Services, Inc., is proud to announce the implementation of new proprietary software and hardware to utilize in ballot scanning during the tabulation process.
BTCS Inc. (OTCQB: BTCS) announced recently that it is shifting its primary corporate focus towards the strategic investments in crypto currency and potential acquisitions of blockchain technology businesses. "Blockchain technology and its application of crypto currencies is an amazing enabling technology paradigm that will have a profound and disruptive impact on a host of industries," stated Jonathan Read, Chief Executive Officer of TimefireVR. "I am incredibly proud of our accomplishments in virtual reality; however, the Board of Directors made a strategic decision, in the best interest of our shareholders, to leverage my experience in blockchain technology where I serve as a member of the board of directors of, our strategic business vision and our ability to access the capital markets immediately."
MassRoots, Inc. (OTCQB: MSRT) earlier in December reported announced it has formed MassRoots Blockchain Technologies, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of MassRoots, Inc. dedicated to developing blockchain-based solutions for the cannabis industry. "We believe blockchain has the potential to enable the cannabis industry to operate more efficiently and with a greater degree of accountability and transparency," stated MassRoots Chief Executive Officer Isaac Dietrich. "MassRoots looks forward to being a pioneer in exploring blockchain-based solutions for the multi-billion dollar cannabis industry." The blockchain enables peer-to-peer transactions without third parties, meaning that personal and business reputation can be verified and thus more reliable. MassRoots Blockchain is exploring how this can be applied to producers of cannabis and the dispensaries that purchase from them.
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