La Grande evening observer., July 29, 1916, Image 5

SATURDAY, JULY 29, 1916:
LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
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CHE-CHE-PE-TO-I-GOI RECITES
- SOUTH AH EXPERIENCES
Che-Che-pe-to-i-goi mentioned in
last Saturday's edition, as a product
of the Canadian northwoods, and now
living in La Grande, was, also, in
his day an English officer in the Boer
war. The Englishman has in his pos
session many interesting relics of that"
terrible campaign, and among them
is a diary he kept during South Afri
can fighting. "Dear Jack" heads
these remineacent notations of the
conflict, made on the ground, and, al
beit the Boer war is now a matter of
history, interesting sidelights on that
struggle are brought out in the diary.
Che-he-pe-to-i-goi and.) by the
way, in reintroducing Cho-che-pe-to-i-goi
to Observer readers we would
say that this is a Canadian Indian
name signifying "The man who moves
his hair," and not the name he is
known by in La Grande referred the
Observer representative to these no
tations in his diary when he was asked
to recite some Boer war experiences.
Here are some of thorn:
Dear Jack Thank Heaven we are
at last away from the railroad, on a
flying column after a Boer command
whose leader goes by the name of
Schufer. As I told you before, in my
last letter, our cavalry regment is
700 strong. Then there is a bicycle
corps 400 strong; about 300 cape
carts loaded with grub, ammunition
and the big 47 guns. We are sure
some outfit; no tents and only one
blanket each. We made Sweetfortein
first day out about 35 miles. TheTe
was a half -fast hotel at this place
so three lieutenants and myself went
down there to get something to eat.'
When we sat down a coon came to
wait on us and say! he had a slit in
his face for a mouth; gash, it reached
from ear to ear. He kept grinning
at us so I called him over and asked
him what was the matter. He said:
"Soy boss, I would sure like to be a
soldier."
I told him to come over to the camp
if he was any good at smelling chick-1
ens. "I understand chicken fine," he
answered.
Later, at camp I gave him a suit of
old khaki, boots and hat. It was
then our surprise to see him head
my horse up ready for mounting with
just a hat on his head and a pair of
boots on his feet no pants, no coat,
and he didn't even wear the boots long
for they hurt him. He gradually
camo to wear the coat, alternating
pants one day, coat the next but never
both at the same time.
He was a good cook though. He
could smell chicken and ducks miles
away. The major of our squadron)
iriea nard to get mm but there was
nothing doing.
One night we came home to camp
after riding hard all day and all Sam
had ready for us was hard tack and
coffee. I told that coon to never let
that happen again.' So next night
when we returned Sammy was grin
ning from ear to ear again and run
fling to the fire every few minutes or
so. We knew Sam had something
good for us.
"Sam!" I called, "How's supper?"
"Fine, boss, plenty to eat tonight,"
he wisely replied.
There were three lieutenants and
myself and the captain of the squad
ron who always eat together, so when
we sat down on the grass and
yelled to Sam, a roasted suckling
pig was brought forth. Just as we
began to carve we heard a terror of
an uproar over at the colonel's quart
ers. Then we saw the colonel com
ing over to us and he was mad sure
enough mad.
"Say ," he called to me, "you
are ating my suckling pig."
"Excuse me," I said, "my servant
Sam got this down at the last village
we passed."
"Don't tell me that because I bought
the only pig they had," answered the
colonel. At this juncture Sam swore
his brother gave it to him. The
colonel declared Sam should be shot
but he retracted when we asked him
to participate in our meal.
Sam was persuaded to toll where
the pig came from. After being as
sured there would be no shooting as
a consequence, he proceeded to
"Boss, I was awfully sick. I
couldn't get chicken, no duck, no pig,
no sheep. So I walked around camp
and I see the colonel's cook bothcr
e'l very much over his fire. I upset
his water pails. By and by he had
to have water. While he wns gone I
was to tend the fire but I moved the
pig to our quarters instead. Whim
the cook came back I admonished him
not to open the oven door as that
would destroy the flavor of the pit?
he was roasting. I watched him all I
afternoon helping him keep a slow
fire and he didn't look into his oven.
Here is your pig boss."
We found on moving on a high pla
teau the next day, how tho Boers
taught recruits how to shoot. They
built rifle ranges, set sticks in the
ground at 2u0 yards, topping each
with a chunk of dirt. I suppose that
represents British heads.
Well bye, bye, Jack, will write yo'i
again next week.
Next Saturday the Observer will
follow Chc-che-pc-to-i-gor through
harrowing and human-nature episodes
in Canada.
Dentist ll.:s Long Fast.
Geneva, O., July 20. Or. H. G
Huffman, Youngstown dentist who
three years ago fasted 47 days and
regained his health after physicians
said he would surely die of stomach
trouble within a few months, is now
noaring the end of his third long fast.
He has tiot tasted food for 20 days.
Last year he fasted 31 days. Dr.
Huffman told the United Press today
that he would do without food this
time a few more days so that his
system might be fully rid of poison.
Mrs. Huffman, who married the
dentist at the completion of his fast
Inst year at Camp Phoenix, near
here, joined her husband in the food
taboo a few days ago.
Huffman doesnlt enter his fast
gradually. He has a hearty meal and
then just quits eating.
One of the prime necessities at
Camp Phoenix is a soft bed, to af
ford a cushioning for the homes," says
the dentist.
Two weeks after Huffman ends his
fast he is strong and well. He is now
mostly skin and bones.
Our Want Ads bring results.
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