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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (July 8, 1912)
PAGF HEX LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER. MONDAY, JULY 8, 1912. ELKS OFF TO MFJOD II S1LA1UOIS MLBTAlJiMEM GIVEN THE YISITOBS. IV intomoiiilc JiJdes Tliroiigb On-bard KMriels Hake Prop-ani, 'r ; . KiaDorate entertainment was ex tended to several hundred Elks and their wives yesterday when the Oma- ba special and one Idaho train were kalted here long enough to permit the La Grande Elks to extend the glad Band of fellowship In the way of an automobile ride. It was a hilarious ' crowd that piled off the trains and about all the machines In the city were pressed, Into service to get the ' Tlsltors out over the valley. This was early In the day and the splendor of the thing wa slightly dampened by a downpour of ralu which ended In time, however, to get the visitors bar k to the train without much mud baths The Omaha Elks declared that La Crando was the only city en route that had offered greetings to them since they left their home state. Many oth er tralus stopped here briefly, one from Wichita, Kansas, being among them. La finiride Special 0ec A special train with as fine appoint ment as ever graced a special run out of this city, carried about 200 from La Grande at 8:30 last night. The La Grande band preluded Its departure with a short program at the depot. A great portion of the many Elks will . remain In Portland until the close of the present week. KNOUT AND NAME About All That Now Remain of the Original Cossacks. CODE OF THE FIRST TRIBES One Class Lived In the Villages, the Other In f ort of Moncsttry, and AH Were Free Warriers, Jetf Appointed , Ouardiene ef the People. Wherever Russia has a figbt on hand there bobs Dp promptly to do ber bid- jpe czar oas not the best of reputa tions! TuustrateoT papers picture him a, earage scarecrow rojunJeJ oriTTVtrj teoldnSTitmaT, ana bis chief occupv Kon la apparently the knifing and knoutlog bt harmless people. X et be tomes of good stock. Once upon time there drifted Into southwest Kussla a tribe of runaways who called tbemselvee "Kossakl,'' whlcb la Tartar tor free men, free warriors or guardians. Seemingly i they lived up to the name. Tbey pro- tected from the Tartars the peoples lu . the countries which tbey originally had fled from and saved thousands of It lut ein n women and children from slavery ke Turkey. U rowing In numbers aud Importance, these self appointed guard ku angels became everywhere feared and respected. Tbclr military service eaiitxlalli were. Jo (gfjUvL Am na.tloD ioOUT coluuiuiiu (lieu' help if IU u appealed to tbe Kossakl code of bouol TtiP trlhe hud L-ruduallv revived U CI self Into two clawM-e ihe village Kos Isaki. who lived In their own settle meuts all over southern Russia, and tbe Inhabitants of tbe "Setcb beyond tbe rapids." Tbe former bad tbe ad vantage over other country folk, as nelchborlne eovernments were too afraid to tax them Between wars, to which tbe call came from tbe Setcb, the vlUnce Kossakl tilled the land. Of an altogether different character was tbe orguniaitlou or tnis eeica. a com muulty of about Vl.miO men wltb per mnnent headquarters In a movauie settlement (the exact location was changed eight times lu two centuries), usually on au unapproachable island on tbe lower course of the Dnieper. Tbe Turks once tried to rush the place, but got caugbt in tbe maze of Island like rata in a trap Tbe Betcu iu uuu respect resembled a monastery. No woman was allowea inside it A man uilght not even bring bis motber or bis sister, if be did he was banged. Here, eager to lead tbe tree aud simple lire among tneir equals, came all sorts aud conditions of men. Indeed, owing to the law enjoining cellliacy, the colony depend ed for Its numbers on uewcomers, al though tbe village Kossakl contributed recruits. Any one could Join, as runlt and riches were despised, aud all be bad to do was to submit to laws us follows: Chastity, the orthodox creed. allegiance to Kussla aud the south Itusslnu dialect No reference or in convenient (pieHtlons of bis past were uskeU ot tbe iiiu-uiliug Kossak. He simply went to the elected chief, and. after a brief greeting, was shown to bit) place In one of the "kureni," or big huts. "Here Is thy home, three pares long and two paces wide, aud when thou slidlt die we will make It smaller." They had good times, tbough, to the SetcD There were uo maneuvers, no organized training, no compulsory drill. Men lay or slept In the leveled spaces between buts, enjoying, gypsy fusblon, the freedom of tbe open air. Drink was plentiful and also tobac co. Great songs were aung, and there was much playing of stringed Instru ments Throughout the place a spirit of good comradeship prevailed. A popular pastime was dancing, no easy task In cumbersome blgb boots. Cos tumes were of a picturesque variety The Kossak wore a mustache and on tbe crown of bis bead a lonesome wisp of hair, both twlng worn long to en able him to win;) the three ends round is ears. Each man went urroed to tbe teetb, and tbe majority carried uugnlkas" (whips wblcb are still used). ' " - . .23 ,. In wartime things were different To drink was a crime.- Food, always Plain, consisted of radons of uncooked orsenesb Military organization was by electjQn of leaders, onejo every 60 iSetf. with a colonel in command of a rfglifienf Tliese officers bad absolute p&wer, but authority for only oni cam paifQ, Such war spells were of fre quent occurrence, so much so that tbe flgbtlug business led to the extinction of the trlle. Peter tbe Great laid waste the Setcb. Mazeppa made him self unpleasant Tbe Setcb waa again bombarded and ruined when Its In habitants became, some of tbem, plow men, while others were shipped to tbe orient True, there was a brief re appearance of tbe Setcb. but under different auspices and nothing like In old times. Finally tbe Kossakl lands were confiscated, and tbe tribe and Its institutions gave place to serfdom and the creation of a new nobility Tbe Cossack of today Inherits little of tbe old traditions but tbe name and the blp. Harper's Weekly. Modern Modern ALL Dentists warranted Dentists Bad teeth, poor digestion, improp er assimilation, impaired nutrition and irritable disposition go hand in band and contribute materially to tbe many social and financial failures. No one should be without a satisfactory dental equipment at prices and terms to suit the condi tions regulatins: vour affairs. Set of Teeth . . Gold C Porcelain ,V'1I ;,.imi Bridgeport Silver flhings too Extraction The Modern Dentists U'M ? 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