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VOL. XXVIII NO. 113 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW
ROSEBURG, OREGON,. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1927.
VOL. XVIIINO. 187 OF THE EVENING NEWS
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TEN COMPANIES
.ME IN BILLION
DOLLAR CLASS
Amazing Growth of Indus
try Shown by List of
' Corporations.
U. S. STEEL LEADER
Surplus Swelled in Astound
ing Manner Under
Regime of Late
Judge Gary..
AM-RICA'S TEN BILLION-DOLLAR
CORPORATIONS
(FtKtiri's fur llt-'(i, where available, arc
' given; ul lit-nvlst! for J25.)
Total Aiurtfl
It. S. StPfl (rirnHon ?2,4M,UOO,(lOt
Southern I'm-llic Kailnwil, , . ,HT.(M0,t)0(t
I'eiiiinytviiiiiu ItailriHKl 1 ,8 U.UOU.OOO
Ainerii-;iri Tel fc Tel. Cn I,ll4t(,0(i0,ll(j0
.. V. tVrilral Ituilroud 1,J 4ll,(HH,000
Siaiulanl nil of N. J l.:i(il,(i'.iu,tutu
l iiioii I'arilie H;iilm-nl 1 ,14l,(Hl0,0tt
.Mch., Tii. te Siiniu Vf It. It. 1,071. mm, ijitO
lieiieral M.it.irs tNirKrutiori . . ll'JO.MM.tMin
Kind Mutur L'.iri)miiy KDU.UIIO.OilU
BY JOHN W. HILL
Financial Editor, Iron Trade
Review
America boasts ten corporations
which are In. the billion dollar
class. These corporations symbo
lize the countrys bigness, Us vast
wealth, and its immense industrial
power.
Thy make possible the amazing
mass production and distribution
of goods which lift living stand
ards in this countrV to a height
baffling to the; rest of the world.
Tho greatest tf nil these huge
corporations Is the United States
Stenl Corporation.-. Ever since the
Hder Morgan knit this vast co'm
'Immlion.' of separate unltH into inn
Integral wlmle in 1901 to the pre-,
Bent, when, rumor Insists that the
tin Poult? are planning a 'quiet,
t'onelralloh into the management,
it has stood first in the ranks of
the nation's great industries.; . .j
Features of Career .. ( i
There' ore three things which!
stand out pre-eminently In the j
history of the IT. S. Steel Corpora
tion. 1 From a nest egg ' of only
$25,000,000 in 1901, Us surplus
account has grown to a fund of I
more than $500,000,000. !
2 The capacity of Its various
plants has more . than been
doubled.
3 Its capital stock and funded
debt 1ms been Increased only 57,
000,000 in spite of the expendi
ture . of hundreds of millions , of
dollars In improvements and ex
tensions. In 1901 the total was
Sl,4O,OU0,00O 'while now the
figure is only $1,409,000,000.
The growth of the corporation's
surplus under Judge Gary's re-j
gime was astounding. With a '
start of $25,000,000, the total had
swelled to $43,620,940 by the close
of 1901. At the end of 1902 it had
nearly doubled at $77,874,597.
Tremendous Surplus j
At the end of 1926 the figure
had reached $553,500,000, and, In
addition to this,, the corporation
has appropriated some $200,000,000
to cover capital expenditures. This
, makes a total surplus of well above
$71)0,000,000.
Today the corporation, has a
v orking capital of $091,977,000.
This figure compares with $156,
000.000 back In 1901, -
More than a quarter of a mil
lion persons ore employed now and
the company's annual payroll ag
gregates about $407,000,000. Its
slock Is very widely held, there be
ing about 143,000 owners at the
close of 1926.
The millions poured back Into
itp plants and for additions and
Improvements have produced tre
mendous results. In 1901 the ag
f.egaie finished producing capac
ity of the then new combine wan
T.ilft.f'OO tons.
TMf total had Increased to 13,
210.000 tons in 1909 and to 14.
540.000 tons In 1913. The World
War necessitated more elaborate
expansion, and b 1920 the annual
rapacity had reached 16,540,000
tons of finished steel.
Since that time the corpora
tion's growth has been more de
liberate, with only a slight In
crease. While progress of this caliber
may seem of gigantic poportlon
and unworthy of the name of con
servatism, it must be viewed in a
different light when the following
condition Is taken Into considera
tion. In the first year of its life, 1901,
the corporation produced 65.7 per
cent of the total output of the
rounty. ' That year marked the
dawn of a .new era for steel. The
country was on the eve or the age
of the automobile, of steel con
st ruction, and of steel railway
rars.
A great expansion movement in
the nse of steel was launched and
the demands made on the in-
SCHRAMM TAKES
OVER BANK DUTIES
(ABsnrIuf' 1'reiiK Leased Wire)
SALEM Ore.. Sefpl. 1. A. A.
Schramm of Corvnllls today took
over the duties of state superin
tendent of hunks, the office to
which he was appointed by the
state bunking board a month ago
to succeed Frank C. Brumwell of
Portland. The banking bourd has
announced that Schramm would
move the banking offices from
Portland to Salem, and arrange
ments were being mude today to
have that done. Meetings ot the
board will be more frequent, it
iH Bit Id, than under the previous
regime for the reason that the
board has decided to keep a clo
Bor supervision of the affairs of
the department. The members of
the board are the governor, the
secretary of state and the, slate
reasnrer.
Yoncalla
News Notes
Mr. and Mia. Lee Wilson and
children are home again from an
onjoyublo trip to sunuy California.
Mrs. Maybollo Church and sou
Wilson, have roturned to lloseburg
alter a brief visit with her mother,
Mrs. Sarah Wilson.
Miss Delpha Lutz arrived Mon
day from Marshfield and' . Reeds
port, where she spent her vaca
tion, with relatives and friends.
Mr .and Mrs. E. A. Burt spent
the week end here with relatives
returning Monday to t,helr home in
Seattle, Wash.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Carmlchiel of
Eugene were Sunday guests ut the
Paul Applegate home.
John M. Burt, the John Deere
man, was in Yoncalla TueBday, He
has recently been transferred from
Idaho to Salem.
Miss Minnie Wilson, who has
been iu Portland the past year
visited her sister, Mrs. Harry
Cooke here last week.
Ben Huntington Sr., and daugh
ter, Miss Lucille and C. G. Am
brose and wife have returned from
a business trip to Salem.
Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Ambrose, Sr.,
are home from Roseburg after a
week's visit with their daughters,
Mrs. R. Harness and Mrs. Ralph
Karcher. ' ' :' ',
Mrs; Lena Lohg'is staying at-the
farm hbme while her son. Cody,
and fariilly spends their vacation
at Bandon by the Sea.' '' i )
Mrs: S. E. Mceourt lett Thurs
day for Portland for a viBit: with
her sou, Edward, and dauigter,
Miss' Josephine McCourt. j i i
Mr. and Mrs.' JohnMarkhaih and
Mr .and Mrs. Roy Hendricks of
Cottage Grove, spent a brief; time
here Saturday with their1 cousin,
Mrs. Alice Cowan Kingery. ; :
Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Mass and
daughters motored here' Wednes
day from Portland and were guests
of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Duugherty.
They 'were accompanied borne by
Miss Elizabeth Daugnerty.
Prof. L. P. Miller and family left
Sunday for Talent, Oregon, where
they will teach this coming year.
Fred Lee moved their household:
goods by truck.
Among those who are spending
their vacation at the "Shack" on
the Umpqua are A. E. Tulley and
wife, Miss Eva Applegate, Mrs. J.
L. Peterson, Miss Bessie Mitchell,
and Miss Eva Applegate all of
Portland.
Miss Bernice Huntington motor
ed Sunday to her home in La
Grande, Oregon, after- a visit here
with relatives and friends. ' She
was accompanied by Mr. and Mrs.
A. A. Thlel and son, Jennings.
Mr. George Sammies and G.
Dolph Samler of Portland were
week end guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Gus Peret, leaving Monday after
noon by motor for . Medford and
other southern points.
WATCHFUL WAITING
The lecturer warmed to his sub
ject. "The consequences of drunk
enness are terrible. If I had my
way jl would throw every cask of
beer, every bottle of wine, every
keg of brandy into the middle of
the sea."
Voire from the audience: "Bra
vo, bravo!"
Lecturer (very pleased) : "You
also are a confirmed teetotaller,
my friend."
"No. I'm a deep sea diver."
Bucn Humor, Madrid.
dustry by the consumer grew by
leaps and bounds.
But the steel coporntlon did
not seek to hold its place as the
producer of more than 60 per cent
of the county's supply. Independ
ent companies expanded rapidly,
much more so than their larger
rival.
Still Is Leader
The result Is that today U. R.
Steel produces about 4f per cent
of the steel made in this country.
It still is the leader In the industry
by a comfortable margin, but ha?
kept Its place either through or
in spite if conservatism.
During 1926 the corporation
ptoduced 20.000,000 tons of raw
steel ingots. This was more than,
the outputs in that year for Ger
many and Fance combined and
only a little short of the produc
tton of those two European na
tions with the addition of Great
Britain's output, also.
Tomorow: General Motors
tht Infant Prodigy.
SOME OF THE
ETHEL flfi N ' tHrS' ' , H J EVA
MOTILE JEfti . i 1 ffH fY "" I ffjuommfi
Two European Bakers Take
1st and , 2nd' jPmesj''
Portland Worqarjt.. .
f Last 'to' Quit.'' I '
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I 1 (Associated Pros, Leased Wire)
i TORONTO, Ont., 'Sept. 1. Only
three of some 200 entrants In the
gruelling 21 mile Lake' Marathon,
which started yesterday,, finished:
Ernst VierkoeUcr, Gorman bakeit
first; Uoros Michel; French baker,
tacoud, nnd William .Erickson or
New York' thlid. i
: Vlerkoctter and Michel, while
both bakers, are also both EnirliRh
channel swimmers. Vlerkoettiir fin-
DIAMOND LAKE
; i ARTICLE DRAWS
PASADENA PARTY
Reoehly John rarnngton, mana
ger o the local telephone exchange
wrote an article oji Diamond Lake
for the telephone magazine. This
article was descriptive of the re
sort and the fishing to be found
in that vicinity. Yesterday he re
ceived a leter worn :.ir. Ben Wld
ner, a telephone official of Pasa
dena, who with n party of four is
now located at the lake. Mr. Wid
ner reports that he is having great
luck fishing and expressed great
delight, over his vacation.
GOLDEN PLOW-OUT
KALISPELL, Mont. Picking up
gold on the run is the latest In
Montana . R. C. Greestand, of Kal
Ispell, had a blow-out on his car
and the casing picked up gold for
him. The only thing to worry
about Is If the gold is sufficient to
pay for fixing the flat. The gold
was discovered by the repairman
at a local shop while he was fix
ing the tire. Small, glittering,
dust-like quantities were scattered
along the inside.
Oldest Worker
At a special ceremony at the
53rd anual convention of the W. C.
T. U. in Minneapolis, Mn, Harriet
O. Wheeler, 100, of Tecumteh,
Mich. ,wai honored as the oldest
active temperance worker In the
world. She joined the W. C. T. U.
fifty years ago.
'Ait . ' S'-k!'
ENTRANTS IN GRUELLING MARATHON SWIM
CikmjCe '4 : i Pi t ? Xi W : H i !
lulled In 11 hours, 42 minutes, 8 2-5 Ishlng some three hours later, won
second.!, offloial time, winning the the second prize of $7,600. Ei'lck
first' prize of S;lll.(l00. Michel, fin-i sou rt niggled In the chill waters
SMpstick Still Gets
LaUghs, Says Artist
"Slapstick? Sure, they love It!"
C. D. Small, one of the most ex
perienced comic artists In Ameri
ca, knows what readers like Hnd
has made it his business for many
years to supply them with enough
slapstick to make up a balanced
ration of humor.
That's why The News-llevlew
comic strip, "Salesman Sam" Is
slam-bang, high-pressure comedy
of the type that scarcely can be
described as subtle. For Small is
the man who draws It.
Want Ludicrous Situations
"Comics are like the movies In
many ways," says Small. "The
greatest demand is for absorbing
stories with strong . continuity,
plenty i of human interest and a
touch of fun. Tint folks always
have wanted a dash of ' slupstck
with their more serious amuse
ment. Every editor knows that his
comic page should have one fast
moving feature packed with all the
gags and ludicrous situations that
an artist can put into them."
Small is well qualified to diag
nose the public taste, for he roue
from the obscurily of a young Il
lustrator to prominence In the
comic field by knowing what
makes readers laugh.
He was only 13 years old when
he sent his first sketch to a ma
gazine. The publication was Har
per's Round Table, and Its pur
chase of the sketch confirmed the.
youngster in his ambition to be
come an artist. So he began to
study In earnest and at 1!) he be
gan to crash the gates of humor
ous magazines.
Taught by Great Cartoonists
For some time, Small sold his
work to Puck; then other maga
zines bought his sketches. He
studied under firflnt Hamilton,
then art editor of Judge. Next he
studied under Dan McCarthy, at
that time cartoonist for the New
York World. Later, he rounded
out his training by a series of les
sons from Charles Hope Provost,
noted illustrator.
Successful an a free-lance art IkI,
Small had no Idea of making any
permanent connection until he ua.H
approached by NEA Service,
world's largest newspaper feature
organization, of which The News
Itevlew Is a client. NEA wanted
Small's comic ability on its art
staff, so ho went to work for ll
exclusively.
It wasn't long before ho .was
drawing "Salesman Sam" for news
papers served by NEA all over the
country. With Sam, Small carried
out the ideas he had learned so
well iu free-lanco work for the best
magazines that slapstick still
holds the balunce of power ovor
America's funny bone.
The outstanding characteristic of
this strip Is action. There is ac
tion In every panel; every line Is
going somewhere, doing something.
Even settings nnd signs and back
grounds are always ludicrous.
Sam Has Many Adventures
Bam himself Is a caricature of
ine greai American salesman. Uii
gets Into more scrapes and makes
more bonehead moves than any
custard-pie comedian. He sells
everything from pins to grand
pianos lor the Ouzzlem si ore and
in his spare time, If any, he wooes
the fair Kitty with unflagging de
votion and unbroken lack of suc
cess. Sam has been In existence about
flvo years. Muring that time he
has sold Florida real estate, ex
plored the far north, joined the
movies, hummed all over the coun
try and been in and out or Ihe em
ploy of old (iuzzlom a dozen times.
Since business has been Hack
at the (luzztem store lately, .Sum
and the boss are going after home
publicity by ' flying around Ihe
world. They're out to beat the rec
ord of 28 dnys for the circumnavi
gation stunt and they have more
adventures during the flight than
fall to the lot or the average per
son during a lifetime. Watch their
progress every day in The News
Itevlew. ..CIGARETTES VS. CANDN
NKWARK. N. J. The desire of
women to stay slim has led to cur
tailment of candy purchases and
has reused women to prerer the
cigarette at least this what Her
bert L. Fritz, receiver for a candy
company, told Federal Judge Wil
liam N. Hunvan. Fritz, who Is also
vice president, said that his con
clusions had decided him against
further efforts to rehabilitate Ihe
company.
for nearly IS hours to win the
third prize of I2S0O.
Whnl swimmers described ns one
of the cruellest of long distance
HWlnin ended when Erickson Strug
filed to the dock nt 3:30 o'clock
this morning. The ugly chill of
the watri'H numbed the contestantH
to the bene nnd during he early
houru of he contest they were
pulled out of the waton by the
dozens, many narrowly escnplug
drowning ' ! ,
; None of the women 'entrants
could stand the grind. Miss Murtha
Stager of- T'ortland, Oregon, was
lln last . woman to quit. She wbb
taken oiit. of the water at 12:08
o'clock his moriiing. Lottie Moore
Schooinmel, Edith Hedln, and Miss
ISItier HertH?; among the rnv,orltes
of the women competitors, gave up
when utmu.tss settled ovef .ine
course. .Miss Hcrtle held second
limcis fcr a time. She trailed: Vler
hotter lifter Young 'had quit, ' but
In turn was passed before 6. p. m,
by Michel. Miss Clarabell Barett,
New liochellt, N. Y., school teach'
er, wai, liiiuring for a tlmo' nnd a
so'iroh wus'tnarted for her. At 7
o'clock however, she stepped' from
a lauudi and walked to a hospital
bed. She explained thut the water
wnis too cold for her. She bad cov
ered neiirly 11 miles. ' 1
IS SUPPORTED BY
SIR ARTHUR KEITH
Anthropoid Ape Contended
Man s Ancestor; Human
Race Held Million
Years of Age.
(AMoclntrHl Press Leased Wire)
LERDS, England, Sept. 1. The
mucn discussed theory that man
has descended from an anellkc be
ing, ns advanced by Darwin, has
n ciiampion in. Hir Arthur Keith,
noted British scientist. He slated
his conclusion that Darwin was
right, before a distinguished gath
ering of scientists, Inventors and
scholars, In Inaugurating the nine
ty sixth annual session o the Brit
ish association for the advance
ment of science Inst night.
Nol only was he given his own
views, ho remarked, but those of
a jury, "empanelled from men. who
have devoted a life lime to weigh
ing the evidence."
After telling of the processes
whereby scientists have traced Ihe
transformation of man from studies
of fossil remains nod o;lierulse, he
declared that all the evidence
available supports the conclusion
thut man has arisen, as Lamarck
and Darwin suspected, from n an
thropoid ape not higher In the
zoological scale than a chimpanzee
and that the date at which human
and nnthrnpoldllnes of descent bo
gnn to diverge lies near the begin
nlng of the Mocene period.
"On our modest scale of reckon
ing," he added, "that glveB man
the rcapectnhlc antiquity of about
one million years."
At this very place and before
Ihe same association many years
ago, scientists by bringing lip the
suhjecl Initialed a controversy
that has extended into all parts
of, he world.
Women are playing a prominent
part In the present gathering
whereas originally the association
barred Ihe gentler sex from memb
ership with Ihe explanation that
they were incapable of serious In
terest In scientific subjects. Among
Ihe scores of leaders of the British
scientific world who are to leclure
ROGERS IS COWBOY
BUT MOVIE FIRM
TAKES NO CHANCE
(Astorlatec) Preu turned Wire)
WASHINGTON. Sept. 1. Will
Rogers who has been known to
spin yarns ot how iu days of old
he risked his neck "busilng bron
chos" has permitted a motion pic
lure cumpuuy to employ a substi
tute for him In a scene depicting
a galloping horse back ride thru
the streets of the capital. It so
happened that a Washington chauf
feur took his place.
Mr. Hogers, who nt times has
poked inn at preiddentK ami kings,
however, Is scheduled to mount
the horse before the play Is coin
pleted. One of the sceues Btill to
be mude will show the arrival of
the rider ut the capital steps end
In this Mr, Rogers is expouted to
tuke pnrt iu person. .
An official of the picture com
pany explained that "we dldn t
want to tuke the risk" of having
Mr. Rogers ride the horse thru
the capital streets. "The., horse you
know, has to travel at a terrific
pace" he added.
DALEY HEADS TITLE MEN
. (Associated Press Leased Wire)
DETROIT, Mich., Sept. 1 Wal
ter M, Daley, Portland, Oregon,
was elected president of the Amer
ican Title association, nt its twenty
firs annual convenlon here. He
formerly waa vice president of that
organization.
NOT ENOUGH VOTERS
. . FOR AN ELECTION
i : ' (By NEA Service.)
BLYTHEV1LLE, Ark. In school
district No. 60. near here, ' thore
are about 100 persons who are
Qualified to vote if they pay their
poll lax. Of, villa number, however,
only two men -have paid their dol
lar which allows thoin to vote or
hold office.
Since there are truly two quali
fied votors, there can be no elec
tions. Without any oloction, there
can be no school board, there will
be no salaries for teachers' and,
conseouently, , no school, m ' ' .
All this came to light when At
torney T; J. Crowdor was' employ
ed by ' two teachers to enforce a
contract made with the 'school
board. Ho discovered that the ,twb
men on the board wore non-resi
dents ot the ' district and couldn't
hold office. Theii he clter- spo
eial-election, and (oiipd Ihei'e wero
only two , parsons , whq could vote;
School bolls, may not. , ring, In sop-
lemiier..'! r, . ., . , , ; . ., , ' '
, - , ' , . o r '! I
i -. , BOBS TABOOED , , . ' "'
BERLIN--There Is not n bobbed
haired woman in the entire state
of Holsteln, except .fpr non-residents.
Short Bkirts and all the
other whims, of fashion are popu
lar, but thick, long tresses are nl
wuyfl worn. And barber shops are
prospering by, selling false hair
fpr switches. . , i . ;
FIND OLDEST LOBSTER ,
.... .. , , ( ;. - .
NEW YOKK.For many years
bathers at Coney Island have re
ported encounters wllh n large and
ill-tempered lobster. The other
day. Captain Ttay GallagRor of the
Municipal Life Guards set a trap
and caught the patriarch. It weigh
ed fifteen pounds and was esti
mated to be about 60 years old, -
WILL RAISE COYOTES
KIMHATJ. Nob. Advertslng for
100 coyolo pups has started Dr. J.
E. Mentor In the business of fur
farming. The animals thrive even
bettor than foxes in captivity nnd
the pelts bring top prices. Qual
ity of the fur la improved by rog
ulnr feeding.
In the course of the eight day ses
sion and give demonstrations of
the latest discoveries thru research
nnd experiment, arc a number of
women.
Matricide?
Following the finding of the body
of his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Hill,
in a shallow grave in the cellar
of the Hill home in Btreator, III.,
Harry Hill, 21, is being sought as
the slayer, Mrs. Hill was the di
vorced wife of a wealthy Streator
physician, whoie Investigation af
ter the young man had cashed
forged checks, led to the discovery.
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SIOUX INDIAN
SLAYER
OF
Spotted Calf Struck Down
Noted Cavalry Leader
With Tomahawk.
EYE WITNESS TALKS
According to Narrator, 80
and Blind, Custer Fell
After Being Driven
From His Men. . t
MITCHELL. S. D Sept. 1. (A,
P.) Out ut a mass of contradic
tory Btory and legend, Foolish Elk,
Brule Sioux Indian and an eyewit
ness of the death of General George
A. Custer, has emerged to name
Spotted Calf, Santee member of
Chief Iukpadutu'a band, as the real
slayer of the cavalry leader-at the
battle of the Little Gig Horn.
Foolish Klk, SO years old now
and blind, unable to read or speulc
the English language, unaware ot
the long controversy over Custer's
death, has told his story to William
J, Bordeaux, foderal Indian ,; inter-,
prater for the united States1 dis
trict attorney at Sioux Falls, 8. ).,
who presents the new version o,.
the Bluylug in a copyrighted article
in The Mitchell Republican. : .
f For Bordeaux, himBelf a quarter-;
blood Brule Sioux, the evidence of ;
the old Indian culminates a long,
effort 'to diBcover Custer's actual
Hlayer.t The effort', wub begun ; by!
Bordeaux's father.jLouis; now deaci,j
long an Indian 'trader. -, k -? 1 ,;
t Tomahawk Death 'Weapon
- Custer wns. slain, - Foolish '. Rile,
aays, early lu the battle; and tho -'
famous painting by ' Frederick
Homlngtop, ."Custor'soLast Stand
.which pictures tine cavalry ieauer,
ylth . ha tlooks flying, standing
alone.. In,, tbe midHt of a circle of.
Uowli.ug, Hiding Indians is in error,
The 1ul inn's tale, as, set down
by Bordeaux, relutes that Foolish
Elk had, been wounded iu a batllo
against General Crook iii -1876 just
eight, days before the battle of the
Little. Big. Horn, and that when
Custer's cavalry charged the In
dian villages Fool 1 eh EJk sat in the
door of his wigwam, saw Custor
and one or two officers cut off
from his trobps, and saw- Spotted
Calf, the Santee, a survivor of tho
Sun toe massacre of 18G3 In Minne
sota, fell the cavalry goneral with
one blow of his tomahawk.
"I could heat the war whoops
of my people," Bordeaux quotes
Foolish Elk, "and I could see fliem
surround the soldiers with repeat
ed attacks led by Crazy Horse. To
my best recollection tho fight did
not last more than an hour. '
"I watched the victors pass iffy
lodge and noticed Black Bear, an
Ogalln, leading a horse that had
two arrows dangling from his side.
That evening I invited Black Boar
to my lodge nnd he related to me
and others his experience In thu
battle.' This is what he told me:,
Deed Described
"Together wMh Spotted Calf, the
Santee, I was crouched low be
hind a heavy thicket. To the soulU
were hidden dirfereht bauds of
Sail 'Arkas, Blackfect, Santee and
Vanktoniuns. Tho warwhoop sound
ed. It wa the Sioux war cry, Ho-Ku-IIe.
Dashing. out into the open,
we came out In direct line of ap
proaching blue coals. The Chey
onnes were lying In watt east of
the village. The charging soldiers
reined In when they saw them,
nnd charged south, right into tho
ambush of the San-Arkas, the San
tee and the Black feet, who opened,
fire. This attack drove the soldiers
strnlght ahead again toward the
village The OgulhiH followed under
Crazy Horse. We succeeded in cut
ting the leaders olf from the main
body.
M.Iy companions pulled ahead of
me, and was now riding along
side pne of the lendors, waving a
tomahawk as he rode. I urged my
mount closer ami hoped for a shot,
but tho Santee leuhed forward,
struck with his toinahuwk and the
leader was dislodged from his
horse by tho terrific blow.
"Aa I recall, tho leader had a
saber strapped to his waist anil
held n revolver In his gauntlet ,
gloved hand. Tho horse, now rtder
Iohs, slackened speed and fell back
beside me. 1 grabbed the reins
nnd led hhn away from the battle.
In tho BHildle bags I found this
and tho Ogalln showed a lock of
blondo hair, about eight inches
long, evenly sheared
The statement that Spotted Calf
wbb Custer s slnyer stands undis
puted among tho Sioux, Bordeaux
declares.
"FLOATER" IN DESCHUTES
BEND, Ore., Aug. 31. An autop
sy today was -expected to reveal
the cause of Ihe death of Frank
Johnson, whose body was round in
the Deschutes river hero yesterday
by two girls. Tho body had been
In tho river about three weeks.
I
GEN
GUSTER