OREGON CITY COURIER, FRIDAY, OCT. 18 1912 a re bo SLAUGHTER PEN. CROSS WHERE HUMANS WERE ONCE CRUCINED. Grewsomo Scenes of the Wlerd Past In Penltentie Land. (By M. J. Brown.) Hidden away among Hie mount ains of northeastern New Mexico is a valley where four great draws intersect, like the spokes meeting the huh of the wheel Few white men have seen this place, and few wiW ever see it There aro no guide boards, no Pacific Highway signs, to point out the road, and thero is so lit tle to seo when once there. I rode fifteen miles on a burro's back, and nearly starved of thirst a few years ago, to seo the grave of an Indian Chiefs daughter who was said to have been tor tured to death by Spaniards be cause she would not tell of tin whereabouts of a Franciscian Father, who was sent as a miss ionary to the Pueblos, and who was novcr afterward seen or heard of. The story goes that they cut off the girl's hands and feet and finally her tongue. There was little to see after the hardships of the journey- only a mound of earth, a grave that has lain thero since soon after Columbus' time. But I sat there and in imagination saw the scenes of those days wild be yond the telling. I forgot my parched tongue. The journey was well worth tne price. And so with this crueifixiion snot in Penitentie land. if. one did not know its history it was like u hundred similar draw cor ners in New Mexico, and would nass it without a special notice A little after noon of the third day out .wo came lo tins place which my partner designated as the "slaughter pen." Once it had been a public place of some sort, but ase had its mark on everything. Thero were ruins of benches and (ables, there were rotten sticks of hewn fun hnr noles. posts and other dead evidences of a time of life. In the centre of this level trad of several acres wns a largo tree- a dead sentinel. One side of this had been hewn flat for a distance of about 20 feet from the ground On the face of this flat surfaci had been faslenwd by wooden pegs yet bidding it securely in place, a loner nlank. split out of a tree about four inches thick and 20 feel, hieh. This was the cross (or a part of if) on which human beings wtu'o crucified to death once each voar. Think of this, you solicitors of foreign missies! Think of this, you who are helping to send mis sionaries to Africa, uml uunai The cross arm, that was once fastened to the plank, complet ing Urn cross, was gone, but the 'broken wooden pes showed if had once been there, 'the big free was (lend but yet sound. For hundreds of years it is said that once evony year a man was ei'ucifird to death on the cross on Ibis tree; that his feet and hands were nailed to the wood; that a spear was thrust in tf his side; t hut. hitler concoct ions were raised lo his lips, and after death had ended the agony, the body was buried around Ihe tree. Pretty grewsomo story to tell on American citizens almost in (ho heart of America 'eh? Bui you have only to look u'p IT. S. n.my bislory of a lillle over 20 years nr'o to prove Ibis condition was literally true, for il took the standing army to slop this aw ful practice. And I sat there In Ihe sunshine and dreamed oT Ihe pant oT (his old new upol. 1 looked up t the scarred side of this great I roe and saw a human being, being torluiM'd lo dealh by these fana tics. Then 1 thought of Salem, Mass.. and ils wilcbburners. And (hen 1 thought we had advanced a few in a few years. Men were drawn by lot (o give up their lives on this tree, once u year , on a certain dale, nil the Penitents gathered here, when Ihe lollery of death took place It is said no while man ever saw the (orlurcs, for a rigid picket line was spread far out, and few white men ever vontuurd into this (hen unknown region. But story afler story of the an nual murder leaked out. Pros pectors saw the Mexicans flock ing lo a certain centre, and its said that. Ihe first authentic statement was given by n young Mexican girl whosv father was sacrificed. She fled Ihe country, got to n mining camp and told the awful story. It was then our government ordered troops into these mount ains to investigate- and stamp out (his barbarous rile. My partner said be was a sol dier in Ihe army at the time, stationed at Fort. Wingale. He was not among (hose who were sent, but often talked with sol diers who went on this mission. He said Ihe officer took n big bunch of soldiers into the mount ains. He found the leading fana tics of the several hamlets and ordered them to round up nil the inhabitants in this con'r1nl grounds oil a certain day. 1 he most of them came, through fear and curiosity. And (hen my side partner said he made them a short but mighty forceful ad dress in Spanish like thi You !e;tei may lasu rum other, cut your own hearls out and rat glass if you like, but you imisl cut out this Jesus business. If ever another man is nailed to that tree we will hunt you down like coyotes and kill you all. Sav. vy?" And they say that talk, and the sight of those soldiers and their guns, Ikied up there in the mountain passes, stopped cruci fixion in Penitentie land, but a sheep herder told me but this cornes later. My partner told me this cruci fixion ground was said to be guarded by witches and that you couldn't get a Mexican to come near it and that the grass was ac cursed and not a cow, sheep or goat would touch it. While we wore there the team was unchecked and I noticed they went to grazing fast enough, but these horses had not been reared in the faith. This grass was as good as any to them. But it IS a fact the tall grass remains untouched, but whether it is guarded by witches, and the goats know it, or whether the super stitious natives keep the herds oir, you may guess. In a. circle aroud that tree the driver told me laid the skeletons of many men, men murdered thru a superstition, for over three hundred years, and ho said a ft shovelfuls of earth thrown up anywhere around the tree would uncover human bones. I wanted some of those bones with a 40-horse power year, but I bad a 41-horso power fear. I re called the midnight in the Zuni pueblo two years ago, where in the burial ground lay a sun wor shipper's skull in the moonlight and how the driver and I had planned to get it. Wo didn't. The savage dark faced Indians scared us out. We were many miles from a railroad or a white man. I told the driver I would give $10 for one of those crucified skulls. Ho said ho needed the money, and probab ly no one would ever know of our grave robbing, yet be said if the fanatics should get wise, we would probably have somo fun getting our own bones out of that bole. So wo didn't dig and tho bones lie there. We left this death valley to the ground squirrels and the ravens, and drove on, expecting lo havo to camp out, but just before night wo saw tho white gloem of a tent, and a few minutes later a camp- fire, and wo know thero wo would find a white man. And wo did, a grizzled old mountaineer, hunter, trapper, prospector and sheep man. Ho had 1,300 sheep and ho was herder, rustler and cook. Ho asl'd us to "got down" and slay all night. Wo did. Ho pre. pared supper made bread and fried frijoles. With hands that nrobablv hadn't been thoroughly washed in six months he scooped out handsfull of flour in a pan, reached into tho lard pail and Look out a handful of grease, ad ded soda and salt, slirred it anil then nut It into a hot skillet, put coals on the cover and in a few minutes we had pones that looked good lo any man. Ono had to forget how it was made, and just go lo it, but in those invig orating mountains mind and ap petite triumph over matter with out much of a scrap. And this old man told mo the coming ol the soiuiers uiu noi stop tho animal killings. Ho said he lmd never seen ono nut no knew they had been contiued for many years therafter, but never twice in tho same place and in the emote corners. Ho said that during Lent ho had seen the Mex icans going to some central nee bv many different trails, hut he never had sand as big as his curiosity, and never investi gated.. I he next day wo came lo uie old stage trail that runs from tho pueblo of Taos, across tho Ilio- Grnndo to Bariuinea, and here I descried tho outfit. 1 had had nough. I wanted lo see a rail road onco more. Four days and what did I seo I Several Utile Mexican namieis and a placo whero they onco oru- il'ied human beings, yet i considered 1 had well had my money's worth. It isn t so much what you seo as what you l'EKL. When a man gets into tins wieru country he is whero prehis toric, unwritten history is a looi deen everywhere. The Penetient ies and their strange rites dale back to soon art or Columbus, hut beforo them was Hie American Indian, and be fore him the cliff dwellers an unknown race of people who died and were probably forgotten be fore the Indians ever saw the Ilio (Irande. And these old things just make a man look and think and dream; dream of the age before fire, when men were beasts, when they lived in holes and life was sur vival of file strongest. And I hen from down the Taos road conies the sound of an auto horn, and you awaken t the present feel as the dreamer does when Ihe bell boy rings the 5:30 call. Mayor James O. Dahlman, in serving his fourth term as Mayor of Omaha, Neb., having received the overwhelming support of Ihe voters of that city. His steadily inereasing popularity paralells that of a famous medicine ho has used, of which ho writes: "1 ave taken Foley Kidney Pills and they have given mo a great, deal of relief so 1 cheerfully recom mend them." For salo by Huntley Bros. Co., Oregon City, Ore. Here is a woman who speaks from personal knowlege and long eierience, viz., Mrs. P. H. Bro gnn, T Wilson, Pa., who says, "1 know from experience that Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is far superior to nnv of her. For croup (here is nothing I hat ex cells it." For sale by Huntley Bros. Co., Oregon City, Oregon. SOUND ADVICE ON THE IAD BILLS. SOME ARGUMENTS FOR VOTERS TO THINK OVER. The way George Hiclnbotham Sees the Road Bills. I should like to call the at tention of Hie taxpayers of the State to a few facts concerning these rtato aid road bills that are c ruing up before us at our next election and see if they want to adopt them, after they understand how they are going to affect us. You can find the main bill on page 147 of our little election pamphlet. Its No. is 340 and 341. No. 342 and 343 on page 153 is another of these "Harmony Road Bills," as they are called. I would advise every voter in the state to study these two bills very care fully before they vote. As it will bo. very hard to have any idea of the huge proportions these bills assume after a few years, without doing somo figur ing on them, and as it may be hard for a good many to find time to do tho necessary figuring and obtain the necessary figures to compute from, I will try and give a brief and comprehensive state ment of its workings in Clacka mas county at a few different periods. It will bo so that all the readers of the Courier will be aide to see what it means, and it will affect- every other county armors Look Up Your FALL Requirements in Farm Tools NOW If you need a new Plow or Harrow, Feed Cut ter, Waflon, Buggy ANYTHING in Imple ments or Vehicles, you will find it in the Witcbell Dm The Best for The West See Us ! CANBY HDWE. IMPLE MENT CO. Canby, Ore. BIG FREE IMPLEMENT just, ns it docs this, in accordance to their area and valuation. Now for convenience wo will call t ho valuation of the slate $900,000,000 and the valuation of the county $20,000,000. This will make t lie figures close enough for our present, use. The assess ments will change from year lo year but tho relative value may not change very much. The coun ty's share to pay interest on, of the first years Stale lload bonds that are issued would be $28-880 of this $17,000 would be the county's yearly apportion ment of the stale road fund and $11-889 would bo tho amount the county would havo to contribute each year to help build tho Paeifio Highway. Then the county would have to issue $ 17,000 worth of county bonds every year to put in with tho $17,000 wo pet from tho state fund each year we will havo to pay four and a half per' cent interest on tho stale bonds, and 0 per cent interest on tho county bonds. The sinking fund on each year's issue of the county bonds would be $850 annually. At tho end of the tenth year the effect v.ould be ns follows: Total counties apportionment to date $170,000. Tefal interest on county ap portionment to dale $12,075. Total counties share of Pacif ic Highway fund to date $2'.U25. Interest and Sinking fund on county bonds this year $10,105. Total outstanding county bonds , to date $121,750. Total counties apportionment to date $510,000. Interest on county apportion ment this year $22,950. Total share of Pacific High way fund to date $356,070. Total counties interest on Pac ific Highway fund this year $16, 050. Total counties sinking fund on state bonds to date $303,030. Counties sinking fund on state bonds this year $28,860. The 30th year is the high water mark of everything and it will re main just that way as long as the Beginning with the Uth year, the county will havo to pay $1,443 on each years issue of slate bonds as sinking fund and at the end of the 20th year the result will be as follows: Total counties apportionment to date $15,300. , Total counties interest on Pac ific Highway fund to date $112, 350. Interest on Pacific Highway fund for county, this year $10, 700. Total county bonds outstand ing to date $178,500. Interest and sinking fund on county bonds this year $27,710. Total .sinking fund on state bonds to date $79,305. Sinking fund on slate bonds this year $14,430. Tho county bonds reach their high water mark this year and will remain just at that figure as long as the law would would be in force, unless the relative value of the assessments should change it a little. At the end of the 30th year the result will bo as follows: law is in force, nuloss the rela. tive value of tho assessments should change it a little The amounts the county would Implements and Vehicles of Quality il ... at Right Prices CATALOGUE SENT havo to raise every year from now on would bo as follows: Interest and sinking fund on county apportiomont $39,932. Interest and sinking fund on Pacific Highway fund $27,928. Interest and sinking fund on county bonds $27,710. Amount for county to raise an nually $95,570. This would require a levy of very near three and seven tenths mills on our own present valu ation. It. is tho opinion of every one I have talked with about this bill, that it would be much better for us to levy a straight one mill state road tax every year anr". di vide this up among tho counties according to tho number of miles of regularly laid out county roads in each county and let them put that with their county road fund, and dt) away with this state bond ing entirely. These trunk roads through the state should havo their regular share of this stale road fund according to mileage, but no more. I see that Samuel Hill does not endorse the state bonding bills. When the first bond would be paid off thero would bo over $10,000,000 of sinking funds ac cumulated in the state treasury, to be handled by every state road board that came into of fice willi every new governor, and it is too much to leave in that condition. Very respect fully yours, Geo. Hicinbotham. 1 II A IN IT BIG YEARN AMUSING TALE OF A SENATOR IAL ASPIRATION. . Writer Tells of Selling the Great and His Ambitions. Editor Courier: The folowing is taken from the Pacific Advance. It is filled with fun and truth and makes pretty good reading at this stage of the game. R. C. (Pacific Advance.) Now there lived in tho land of Web feet, at the joining of the Willamette with the waters of the Columbia, a Hebrew of the tribe of Benjamin. And he was stricken with the office-seeking bug, so much so that he greatly desired to bo sent to Washington, a city which is situated in the District of Columbia, a land lying far to the eastward, beyond the great Father of Waters. F'or in that city dwell the chiefs of the nation who come together to steal railroads and franchises and grants from THE PEOPLE. And there is also much graft to be secured by the SLICK ones. And at tho psychological time when it was come nigh unto pri maries it is said this Hebrew sent his agents about over the land with honey sweet arguments, and he employed greatly Uncle Sam's Fa That Never Fall Down Hoosier Drills Positive Forced Feed Bloom Manure Spreaders Double Steol Reach J. I. CASE PLOWS The Plow a Man Can Pull Dick's Feed Citters A big line, aad good Drew Litter Carriers A genuine labor gayer HARROWS Disc, spring, spike-tooth Water Systems The Mitchell Wagon Monarch of the Road See Us! W.J.. 1 WILSON & CO. Oregon City Ore. YOU UPON REQUEST mails, to tho great depletion of his simoleons. And when he wish ed to spend many talents of silver and gold, ho awoke to the fact that there was a law of tho land that limited his campaign ex penditures. And ho groaned with in himself and wrung his hands and tore his tarnients, and went about for a season in sackcloth and ashes. And he communed with himself and said, "How, now, if I blow in my cash it will per chance happen that I will be caught up with and Brother Jon athan will beat me to it after all. What shall I do? For according to tho law which these foolish people have laid down, r make no more expeditures." And ho grieved greatly at his calamity. But last ho came to himself and said, "Go to now, I must have cash, and I am loony to thus grieve. In other cities afar off I have bretheren with great quantities of dough. I shall get busy and see if I cannot persuade them to blow in a little of the long green on my chances for this great ly-to-btudesired of fice. For tho law says that I, Ben jamin Buying, may not spend more than a thousand bones or so. But it does not mention any limit to what these pals of mine may spend." So he arose and brushed off the ashes and laid aside the sack cloth. And he put on his street clothes and his silk plug bonnet. And ho got busy, and inside of a II Goods week, which interval of time is equal to seven days, he got re sponses from San Francisco, in the land of the Californians, which was the rendesvouz of the Forty-niners, and where the great quake took place several moons ago. From this land of tho Hittites Albert Mayer took a chance on his fellow countryman to the tune of 2,000 cart wheels. From the land of the barbarians far to the east, nigh on to the country of the Philistines, came a joyful contribution of 1,000 talents and many good wishes. Theo. Man field was the pap-guy in this in stance. Likewise, the shekels ar rived in goodly quantity from the land of Potlatch and in similar manner from divers other places, so many that I do not doubt it would be a waste of time to name them all. And they said, "Blow it." And ho blew. And the SCHEME worked, and by the meai s of the CASH he had collected the way was greased so that he slid into tho CANDIDACY with much ease, and thus did beat Brother Jonathan to it. It was the great BEAT in the land of Oregon for tho season 1912. And now after a time an un appreciative rebel from the home village of Portland took it upon himself to protest against this wild use of CASH. But though the law was very plain, it seemed that the rebel was THREE DAYS too late. Therefore tho man from the tribe of BENJAMIN is still safe in his costly candidacy. BUT, there is a day coming which the people of this land call ELECTION DAY. And at that time if BENJAMIN doesn't get it in the nock good and proper, we miss our humblo guess. For the PEOPLE are still BOSS of things, Joe Cannon and his ilk to the con trary notwithstanding. We here with hand in our application for one' of the glad political pall bearers who shall plant Benjamin beneath the old sour apple tree Swat him! you COMMON PEOPLE you Oregon independent thinking voters. Let's see if the choice of San: Francisco, New York and Seattle CAPITAL shall represent Oregon 1 Civlo Duties vs. The Politic al Game. (Paid Adv.) Ida M. Tarbell says one of hor chief objections to woman suf rage is "it will take the attention of women from what I believe to be their real civic duties by inter. esting them in tho political game when they should be concentrat ing their attention on specific civio work. All right minded women want this work done, but they differ as to the method. The suffragist thinks the ballot the panacea for all ills of society. The anti-suf fragist believes that the constant and effective influence now exert ed by women on legislation and public affairs is duo to the char acter and intelligence of the wo men who advocate good causes A woman now interested in a matter of public wellfare is known to be unselfish and to have only the interest of her cause at -heart. The same woman under woman suffrage is only one of many political units, with ig norant and indifferent women ments arrayed against her sue cess. A few women today are ideal izing the ballot, while what will really solve juvenile delinquency intemperance, the white slave traffic and the social evil is edu cation, education and more edu cation in the homes and from the earliest hour of childhood, and therein lies the civio duty of wo men, bigger than any casting of any ballot, and absorbing enough to occupy all the women of Ore gon for all time. It is to keep the women of this state out of the "political game and leave them free for this greatest of all their duties that we ask you to vote against the woman suffrage amendment at tho coming election. The Oregon State Associat ion Opposed to the Extention of The suffrage to Women. Mrs. Fanny Jas. Bailey. , Pres. Deafness Cannot Be Cured by local applications, as they cannot reach tho dis eased portion of the ear. 'Ihere Is only ooo way to cure deafness, and that Is by constitutional remedies. Deafness la caused by an Inflamed cotidltlnn of the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube Is Inflamed you have a rumbling sound or Int perfect hear tig, and when it Is entirely closed, Deaf ness Is the result, and unless the Inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to Its normal conll t'ui, hearing will be destroyed forever: nine cases ut of ten arc caused by Catarrh, which Is nothing hut nn Inflamed condition of the mucous surfaces. We will clve o.ic Hundred Dollars for any case of Heafness icnused by catarrh) that cannot be cured oy tlau s Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free. F. J. CHENEV A CO., Toledo, O Sold by OrurelMa. J Re take Uail i Family Fills tor constipation. ECZEMA AND BLOTCHES GOl Costs You Only 25o to Try ZEMO and Prove What a Wonder it Really Is. Apply ZEMO on those eczema sores, that nothing else you have ever tried has benefited and all itching will stop, and in a few gone absolutely gonel A trial of ZEMO proves it positively. There will not be a spot left, the skin will be as smooth and clear as though you never had eczema in your life. If you have dandruff there's another chance to prove how wonderful ZEMO is. ZEMO pos itively stops it. To prove what it will do in curing eczema, itching, inflamed or irritated skin, dandruff, blot ches, pimples, cuts and sores, your druggist will supplv you with a 25-cent bottle. ZEMO is guaranteed to stop itching. ZEMO is sold in 25-cent and $1 bottles at drug stores, or sent direct, on receipt of price, by E. W. Rose Medicine Co., St. Louis, Mo. The $1 bottle contains six times as much as the 25c bottle-. Sold and guaranteed in Oreg on City by the Huntley Bros. Drug Co. WHIT Will RES STANDS FOR. WHAT A SOCIALIST CANDI DATE WOULD DO. Some of His Ideas of What the County Court Needs. As the Socialist candidate and nominee for county commission, or, I herewith submit to you what I stand for and what I will stand by if elected: Clackamas county needs more co-operative action and less in dividual work. Tho county court should be in closer touch with the people and the road and bridge work be done with a view of the greatest good for the greatest number. New bridges and improv ed roads should not be granted lo satisfy politicians or a particular few, but with a view to tho ben efit of the many. And if such ben efit cannot be shown, they should not be granted. It is more to tho interests of tho county to build GOOD roads to the present brid ges than to build bridges whore there are no roads. It is charged by the Grange and by others that tho present court is extravagant and irregular in its bridge and road work. This, in my judgement is moro the fault of tho people than the court. In order to reform and remedy, tho people must stand behind the reforms. If we want less new bridges and better roads to old bridges, then we must get together, co-operate, line up on a definite, permanent, business Ifke policy, forget sectional pat ronage and pull, and work out that policy. In the Live Wires at Oregon City last month there was made the public statement by a well known Republican that our pres ent system of road work was an almost worthless expenditure of public money; that this county had expended hundreds of thous ands of dollars and we practical ly had nothing to show for it. In the opinion of the writer, this is overdrawn. If elected to tho county court I will pledge myself to strictly ob serve the law in the matter ol asking for public bids on public works. I will work for economy in this work and in every depart ment of the county; I will favor road work being done by men who know how to build roads, and I will work for the best good of Clackamas county as a whole not a few favored sections. As to bonding, 1 am naturally opposed to this means of raising money, but there may arise con ditions under which it may be justified. But always two points should be gravely considered, tho ability to meet the bonds on pay day and the amount of good to tho people as a whole. Good roads are of vast import ance to tho people of Clackamas county, but the roads we need first are the roads to the farms that the farm products may find a market. Let the state roads and boulevards bo considered after these. I believe in tho initiativo and tho right of petitions and major ity rule, and if elected as county commissioner I would uphold these expressions of the people. I am asked if I would favor ap propriating out of the road fund an equal amount to that voted by the districts. This is a matter for serious consideration. If all of the road districts should make tho demand tho policy would bankrupt tho county. I am in fav or of encouraging the building of good roads, but would not pledge to a blind policy. The County Court should bo the guardian of the county, its directors, its servants, never its dictator. Our county's work is Socialistic, so are our public schools, our post offices, our postal savings banks and our coming parcels post. Do you think that a man that sincerely believes in these prin ciples would be the right kind of a man to help carry out this work? If you think I am qualified for this office and would give the county honest, efficient, econom ical service, I would ask your support. If you think I would not then vote for the other man. W. W. MYERS. Oregon City. A Log On The Track. of the fast express means serious trouble ahead if not removed, so does loss of appetite. It means lack of vitality, loss of strength and nerve weakness. If appetite fails, take Electric Bitters quick ly to overcome tho cause by ton ing up the stomach and curing tho indigestion. Michael Hess- heimer of Lincoln, Neb., had been sick over three years, but six bot tles of Electric Bitters put him right on his feet again. They have helped thousands. They give pure blood, strong nerves, good digestion. Only 50 cents at Huntley Bros. Co., Oregon City, Oregon. J. W. Coneland of Davton. Ohio purchased a bottle of Chamber lain's Gouffh Remedy for his hnv who had a cold, and before the bottle was all cone the hov's colrl was gone. Is that not better than to pay a five dollar doctor's bill? For sale by Huntlev Bros, fin.. Oregon City, Ore. Sick headache is caused bv a disordered stomach. Take Cham berlain's Tablets and correct that and the headaches will disappear. For sale by Huntley Bros. Co., Oregon City, Ore.