SECTION FIVE
Pages 1 to 12
Women's Section
Special Features
VOL. XXXVI.
PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 4, 1917.
NO.
The Year's Greatest Sale of Homefumishings
That Does Not Recognize
a Sale
Cost or Retail Values
A Sale That Wholly Ignores Original Cost
True Worth and Retail Selling Value
- An event unparalleled In Portland's merchandising; history it sale for value ajivina; that stands alone. The
prtt-ea tfuofed licnore the eost of production they reflect oar business policy, which demands the sale of K VERY
THING utter It has been In stock, a certain length of time and r jcai dleM of the reduction that jnjiy be necea
i'.ry to ettect a disposal.
DOORS WILL NOT BE OPEN UNTIL 9 O'CLOCK MONDA Y
Used Heaters,
Wood and Gas Ranges
at Rummage Prices
A-B Low-Oven Gas Ran fro,
new price $22.50, uaed(IO JIC
price is 0 I AiHS
Garland Side-Oven Gas
Range, new price $65.00, CO A QC
used price iATi3 J
Vulcan Side-Oven Gas
Range, new price 30.00, ( I 4 J C
used price 01 Ti4t3
New Method Side-Oven
Gas Range, new price $40, C I Q OC
used price 0 I 0iu3
Jewel Side-Oven Gas
Range, new price $32.50. C n cn
used price 0 3.3U
Reliable Side-Oven Gas
Range, new price $28.00, C O 7C
used price V O.IU
Combination Wood or Coal
Range, new price $40. used CO I QC
price Is 0 1 103
Grand Wood or Coal Range, COO QC
new price $50, used price... 00.33
Dinner Bell Steel Cook
Stove, new price J26.00, CIOQC
used price ...01 .33
Kitchen Gem Cook Stove, C t M C
new price $15, used price... 0 I .r3
No. 20 Carbon Heater, new B It
price $17.50, used price..... V Oil 3
Colonial Wood Heater, new C I O CC
price $17.60, used price 010.03
High Quality Dining
Room Suites
at Rummage Prices
$177.50 Three-Piece Fumed
Dintng-Koom Suite, con
sisting of buffet, china
closet and table. Rummage C Q 7C
price is 0 0 I ! J
$294.00 Nine-Piece Jacobean
Dlning-Room Suite, in
mahogany, excellent qual- C I M Q "TK
Ity. Rummage price 01 "Wild
$369.00 Nine-Piece Jacobean
Dining-Room Suite, all large
pieces, cane inserts. Rum- I C I Cfl
mage price 0101 tJU
$455.00 Jacobean Dlnlng
Koom Suite, ten pieces, ex
tra large buffet. Rum- COOf fin
mage price. 0U.UU
New. 1917 A-B Sani
tary Gas Ranges
New A-B models with
side- oven, four burners,
white porcelain door,
extra large cooking sur-C0Q7C
face, EXTRA SPECIAL. . . OOi I 3
Fine Matched
Chamber Suites
Prices Out of All Pro
portion to Value
$293.50 Mahogany Chamber
Suite, in Jacobean design,
with twin beds. Rummage J 7,50
$159.25 Three-Plece Ma-
hot-any Suite, Queen Anne V OQ7C
pattern. Rummage sale....? UWilU
$231.00 Adam Design Ivory 1 If Oft
Enamel Suite, four pieces.. Wl I UtOU
$187.50 Decorated Ivory En
amel Chamber Suite, five I I Q TC
pieces with twin beds 01 I Oil 0
MAIL ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED
Mail Orders "Will Have Our Immediate Attention No Chars; for FacklBf
or limy a isc to rrelsht Depot.
Tables, All Kinds, in
This Great Rummage
$7.00 Fumed Oak Chafing- C Q Mf
Dish Stand at 0 U.rU
$36.75 Large Jacobean CIO QC
Library Table at ,..( I O.Ud
$37.50 Flush- Rim Dining CI Q OC
Table, fumed V I 3.0 d
$41.75 Jacobean Extension CO I CC
Table, platform base AliOJ
$11.00 Mahogany-Finish C QC
Table, special at 0 H.3J
$39.75 Stickley Library CIO On
Table at 0 0.0U
$21.50 Quartered Oak CI I QC
Library Table, plank top.... 01 1.3 d
$34.60 Eight -Foot Exten- C I Q QC
sion Table. 4 8 -Inch 013.33
$36.50 Oak ExtenalonCICOC
Table, used, at. 0 I O.Od
$24.75 Fumed Library Table J Qg
$11.60 MahoganyStandC C QC
Table at.. 0 0.33
$68.60 Jacoobean Extension COO Qfl
table, 64-lnch, at 000. 0U
$21.25 Plank -Top Dining-C I 0 QC
Room Table for V I 0.33
Chairs and Rockers
$3.45 Arm Rockers on Bale 4 2 10
$22.00 Leather - Upholstered C 1 O DC
Chair for 0 I 1.03
$69.75 Stickley Leather-Up- COQ IC
hoistered Arm Chair for...i Oi-O.HU
$27.50 Loose-Cushion Fumed CIO EC
Rocker for I U.33
$22.60 Three -Piece Parlor C Q QC
Suite, mahogany flniBh 0 3i33
$65.00 William and Mary COQ 7C
High-Back Rocker for 03.1 3
$85 Karpen Leather Chair COQ 7C
for..'. 003.1 0
$7.00 Child's Settee, ma-C O QQ
hogany finish, at....... .. 0 Z.33
$18.00 Fumed Leather-Seat C 7 I C
Arm Chair for. $ I I 3
$18.50 T a p e s t r y-Uphols-C Q QC
tered Rocker at. ........... V 333
$11.75 Oak Leather-Seat C C QC
Arm Rocker, at.-. ........ 0 viww
$29.60 Leather -Seat Settee J g 2Q
Remarkable Values in
Brass and Iron Beds
$9.60 Chi 1 less Iron Bed, C C IC
Rummage price V 3. I 3
$12.95 French Metal Bed g QCj
$22.60 French Metal Bed, CI On C
three-quarter size, for IOi33
$16.95
$29.75 Continuous-Post
Brass Bed for..
$19.75 French Metal Bed, C 1 Q fl
heavy, for 0 I 0.rU
$32.50 Colonial Brass Bed J Q
$29.75 Fourteen - Filler C I C c
Brass Bed for I 3 .4-3
$12.50 Three - Quarter Iron C 7 7C
Bed for. 0 I I 3
$36.75 Brass Bed. Colonial, CO I IC
one-inch fillers, for .vZlilU
$26.75 Brass Bed, with
heavy post mounts, f or. . . . .
$26.50 Continuous-Post
Brass Bed for
$17.80
$14.40
Dining Chairs
Odd Lots in Both Wood
and Leather Seats, at
Real Rummage Prices
Quick Disposal of
Enameled
Chamber Furniture
$57.00 Ivory Enameled f i)f QC
Dressing Table for 9AO3d
$26.00 Three-Quarter Wood C I O OC
Bed for. I U.t3
$28.60 Ivory Storage Chif-CIOCn
fonier for 0 I A.OU
$47.50 Extra Large Adam COO Qfl
Design Chiffonier at. 00. 3U
$28.75 Ivory Enameled Tri
plicate Mirror DresslngCIl Qfl
Table for 0IH.3U
$25.75 Enameled Bed. spool C I M AC
turnings, for. 0 I HiH-U
$35.00 White Enamel Cane- C I C Mf
Panel Bed for 01 DiHU
$2G.75 Three-Quarter White C I 4 QC
Enamel Wood Bed for 0 I Hi 03
$98.00 Ivory Enamel Dress- CAQ 7C
er, triplicate mirror, for.... 0H3.I d
$46.60 Ivory Chiffonier, with COQ OC
blrdseye top 00.03
$27.60 D r e s 1 ng Table, lof II DC
Adam design, for OIHiQU
$57.00 Ivory Dresser, birds- COC QC
eye top, for 00.33
$27.50 E n a m led Colonial C I M C
Chiffonier for 01 1r.Ir3
$22.60 Ivory Enamel Writ-C I O C
lng Table for. 0 I U.H3
Sample Davenport'
Values on
High - Quality Pieces
$68.00 Fumed Davenport,
large size, leather uphol-CQI CC
stered, for OOI.Q3
$75.00 Sheraton Settee, In CO M OC
solid mahogany, for OuiiJ
$145 Karpen Leather, All -Up- COQ pn
holstered Davenport for OOw.UU
$85 Leather Upholster ed CQQ 7C
Settee, mahogany frame, for.. OuB.I J
$139.50 XCarpen. Loose-Cushion
Davenport, upholstered COQ 7 C
In mulberry velour, for 000.1 J
Twelve Pattern Ma
hogany Dining-Room
Tables V2 Price
This
Rummage
Sale
This sale Is not merely a disposal of
medium and low-priced Items,' but
affords for your choosing hundreds
of high-quality pieces suitable for
every room in the home. Such mak
ers as Karpen, Luce Furniture Com
pany, Imperial Furniture Com
pany, L. & J. G. Stickley and Grand
Rapids Chair Company are repre
sented In this great sale. Prices are
out of all proportion to value a
quick let-go of all odd pieces Is the
end in view.
Umbrella Stands
Real Rummage Prices
(5.75 Umbrella Stands. Rum-CO in
mage price. .., JA.IU
$6.25 Fumed Oak Umbrella CO QC
Stands, Rummage price O&iwd
$3.75 Golden Oak Umbrella C I 70
Stands, Rummage price will O
$5.00 Wood Waste Basket In CO If)
fumed oak, at P.IU
$5.75 Golden Oak Umbrella CO Op"
Stands, Rummage price Oa.OU
Drapery Goods
25c to 40c Yard Remnants
Remnants of Scrim, Mar
quisette and Cretonne from
two to ten yards of a pat-1 n
tern, special, the yard...... "
Remnants of Goods Original
ly Priced Up to $1 a Yard
Remnants of Sundour, Mad
ras, Reps, Cretonnes, etc, all -colors,"
one to six yards of aOLp
pattern, the yard
ft I .OO Quality Scotch Sanfut
60 inches, in green, blue, AQf
mulberry and brown, the yard twto
Mop, A5c and TSe Cretonne
Three to ten yards of a pat
tern, light or dark colorings, OCf
special, the yard
Fned Cretonne Curtains All
sizes, priced from, per pair, Kofi
M-35 down to..f uo"
One-Half Conch Covers 54x
60 inches, suitable for tableCI OC
or trunk covers, each
Nottingham Lace Cnrtalns. in
ecru onlv at less than half
price, small or large designs,
plain or figured centers. Most
of them can be had in pairs V.Cf
at each fcSe, 5c, BOc and Udl
White and Ecro ! a e Cur.
tains, values up to $4.75 pair.
Curtains with colored lace
overdrapes attached In pink,
blue, brown and green. Spe- C I QC
cial. pair OliOJ
NO GOODS SOLD TO DEALERS
Deliveries Will Be Made at Onr Karllest Convenience.
Mo Kxcihim.
MANY GOOD THINGS IN THIS SPACE
$65.00 Double door Jacobean
Book Case 'for
$34.00 Jacobean Ladles'
Desk, fumed oak, with side
tights
$14.50 Oak Writing Table,
used, for -v. ......
$28.60 Fumed Oak Ladles'
DeBk, used, for .
$11.75 Mahogany finish
Ladles' Desk for
$13.50 Mahogany Shaped
Front Commode for
$31.95
$19.85
$ 6.15
$13.20
$ 6.85
$ 3.90
$22.75 Craft design Fumed
Book Case or.............
$49.75 Large Mahogany Co
lonial Writing Table for...
$12.75 Mahogany Tea Table,
good quality ..............
$14.60 'Grass Fern Stand,
good quality
$69.50 Large Blrdseye Ma
ple Chiffonier for
$39.75 Colonial Chiffonier In
blrdseye maple for ........
$13.20
$25.75
$ 6.65
$ 5.90
$34.85
$22.60
Great Values in Odds and Ends
Linoleums Rugs Carpets
Mahogany Chamber
Pieces Great Values
$52.50 Mahogany Chiffonier,
In Adam design. Rummage J24 95
$34.00 Princess Dresser, In C I C QC
mahogany, Rummage price..0 I 3.03
$78.60 Extra-Size Dressing
Table, triplicate mirror, Co-fin OC
lonial style OtA.OB
$55.00 Post-Colonial Mahog- C07 DC
any Chiffonier, high quality.. Oi I .0 d
$90.00 Colonial Chiffonier, ex
tra large size. Rummage JJfj
$49.50 Victoria Dresser. In CO I Mf
mahogany. Rummage price. Ofc I T'U
2 8-yard places 60c pro
Linoleum at, yard..........
6 2-3 yards 80c Linoleum, at
yard ......................
7 and 9-yard pieces 80o
Printed Linoleum, yard....
6 1-8 yards of 90c
Linoleum, yard . . . ,
Printed
12-yard piece 80c Printed
Linoleum at, yard..........
4 1-3-yard piece 75c Printed
Linoleum at ...............
3 2-3 and 4-yard pieces of
Inlaid Linoleum. $1.25 value,
yard
4 -yard piece $1.50 Inlaid
Linoleum, yard
39c
47c
47c
53c
49c
43c
69c
79c
89c
3K and 8 2-8 yard A pieces of
Inlaid Linoleum. $1.75 qual
ity, yard
8-yard and 5 Ms -yard pieces QCn
of $1.85 Inlaid Linoleum, yd. 3db
6 Mi -yard piece $1.25 Inlaid 7 On
Linoleum, yard luu
13-yard piece $2 Inlaid Lln-C I OQ
oleum at , 01 ud
7 2-3-yard piece of $1.25 In- 7Qp
laid Linoleum at, yard I 9U
13-yard piece $1.85 InlaidC I f)Q
Linoleum at 01 .UO
H. 74. Ei, 3-yd. pieces
Of $1.60 Granite Linoleum 7 Qft
at, yard wb
20 Remnants of Carpet From 3 to 10 ,Yards
of a Pattern to Close at Very Low Prices
5- 3x6-0 Axmlnster Rugs, C O fC
bordered on two sides, ea. O vtf d
6- 5x6-9 Brussells Rugs.C 771
bordered on two aides. atO lild
6-0x6-0 Carpet Rugs, big C O QC
value at. O O.U3
7x6x9-0 Tapestry Brus
sells Rugs, bordered on C I I QC
two sides, Rummage price 01 1.03
8-3x10 Velvet Rugs, bor- C I OC
dered on two sides, each 0 I H.o 3
6-9x9-0 -C a r p e t Rugs,Cn7C
Rummage price 0 I U. I 3
8x10 Used Fiber Rugs, big C 7 QC
value at 0 I u3
M-yard samples of Body
Brussells Carpet, Rum
maee price, piece
20c
One Lot Remnant Rugs Special Lot Remnant
Size About 24x36 Rugs, Size 20x30
Apppropriate for doorways, CQp Inexpensive remnant samples A Q
bedrooms and halls, each....Odu for various uses, each rdu
Tapestry Upholstered
Pieces in Mahog
any and R.eed
$26.75 Tapestry Upholstered C I Q Qn
Chair, Rummage price OltJ.dU
148.50 Mahogany Tapestry
Upholstered Rocker, Rum-CO I QC
mage price OI.Od
$21.00 Mahogany Chair, den-C I O Qn
im covered. Rummage price.. 0 I tiwU
$44.85 Velour Upholstered COC Qft
Reed Chair, Rummage price 00. OU
$29.60 Cretonne Upholstered C I O IC
Reed Chair, Rummage price 01 0.1 3
$45.00 Karpen Ivory Decorat-COO Qf
ed Cretonne r Covered Chair OtAidU
$25.50 Tapestry Upholstered C I Q QC
Rocker, Rummage price..... 0 I w. 33
$51.50 Karpen Velour Rocker, CO I in
Rummage price ............ 00 I .tu
$18.50 Cane Back Mahogany C I fl Qft
Chair, Rummage price. ..... 0 1 UiOU
$36.75 Loose Cushion Tapes
try Arm Chair. RummagejJ fj
$17.85 Tap Reed Rocker. CI I Ofl
Rummage price ............ 0 I I .U
$29.85 Tapestry Upholstered CO I 4f
Reed Rocker, Rummage prlceOil.T'vJ
$49.50 Karpen Loose Cushion CO I IC
Arm Chair, Rummage price. . 00 I I 3
Drop Leaf -Breakfast
Tables With Large
Lower Shelf
$1.99
USED CHAMBER PIECES
$25.50 Adam Dress
ing Table, mahog- C I O QC
any finish, used 01 .dd
$31.60 Adam Dresser,
mahog any finish, C I H It fl
used. at. OIr.HU
$29.50 Adam Bed.
mahogany finish, J J gQ
$29.50 Oak. Colonial CI QC
Dresser, used 0 I ri0d
$17.50 Quartered Oak
urea.l
used. at..
Dressing Table, C Qfl
U V UlTU
$37.50 Princess Dress
er, mahogany fln-CIQ OC
ish, used. at. 01 3.03
$17.60 White Enamel C OQC
Dressing Table, usedO 0.33
$21.50 Oval Glass,
Swell-Front Dresser, C I Q OC
IfPI VlUU
used, at..
BUFFETS & CHINA CLOSETS
$42.00 Double - Door
Fumed China Closet, C I Q 7C
Rummage price Old" '3
$88.00 Oak Colonial
prtc?:-.f $41.65
$21.75 Oak Side
board, used. Rum- C I Q Qfl
mage price iflU.OU
$55.00 William and
Mary China Closet,
large
$21.15
$72.50 Fumed Buf
fet, length 60 in., CQI DC
Rummage price U.03
$37.50 Double - door
Fumed China Closet,C7 Cfl
Rummage price 0 I I lOU
$95.75 White Enamel
China and Buffet,
two pieces. Rum- C I Qfl
mage price Otl.OU
$65.00 Quartered
Oak China Closet, COQ OC
Rummage price 00.03
INDIAN GEORGE, NOTED RIVAL
OF WEATHER MAN, "IN BAD"
Stories of Part Played in Indian Battles of Early Days Are Pur Fiction,
as Most of Life Has Been Passed Among Whites.
M
V X v V
BY GEORGE D. THOMISON.
HOOD RIVER, Or.. Feb. S. (Spe
cial.) A feeble link In the chain
of time, a nondescript old man to
the curious, but withal a relic and a re
minder of days' when the redman, un
restrained, took salmon from Its streams
and hunted the deer of the great North
west, Indian George Chinadere Is a
familiar figure on the streets of Hood
Klver.
Everybody knows George, and every
body, man, woman and child, greets
him. and George replies in his gutteral.
Chinook jargon. The old patriarch is
pointed out to visitors, and no -Email
number of stories, pure fiction, have
originated from the imaginings of lo
cal . dreamers, and in some of them
George has played the part of a bolrt
runner, an Indian hero who traversed
wldo distances to warn early settle
ments and prevent the massacre of
white friends by his fellow braves,
while in other yarns George, himselr.
Is pictured as having wielded with the
blood lust a vigorous scalping knife.
George never did either. It is likely
that tire nearest real warfare he ever
saw was in 1856. when the Kllckitats
made war on the whites, drove settlers
from the north side of the Columbia
and perpetrated the historic massacre
of the Cascades.
Age of Indian Is Mystery.
The age of Indian George Chinadere
is not known. George himself does not
know. Some say that he has passed
the 95 mark, while others declare that
he cannot be more than 80. No correct
estimate can be made from a study of
his face. For 10 years It has been the
same seamed, leathery visage, for all
the world like the upper of an old
discarded russet boot.
One eye is almost vlslonless, and the
lid has drooped shut. The other flares
with a hidden spark when George talks
of the good old times of long ago, as
all old men and women like to do,
when Nature was more generous and
when his body was supple and strong
enough to arouse admiration.
George was born, according to old
settlers, at The Dalles, but when he
was still a child, his parents removed
to the Dog River tribal encampment,
now the environ of Hood River. The
father was a Nez Perce, while his moth
er was a Wasco. George was not more
than eight or nine years old. if his pres
ent aire is 80. when the first perma
nent settlement 'of white people was
made here by the family of Nathaniel
Coe. Other frontier families soon fol
lowed, and the little handful of local
Indians became servants of the pio
neers, the women, laundresses and
housesrlrla. and .the men field hands.
Thus George was never a warrior bold.
Farecaata Made to Salt Individual.
But the old man today has won two
distinct achievements. He has become
known as Hood River's most astute and
consummate beggar and a weather
prophet in disrepute. His white friends
rather than the Indian, himself, should
be blamed for the latter notoriety.
George is an adept at answering
leading questions, and it Is likely that
a keen- Interviewer might make him
predict a Winter as balmy as Spring
time within an hour after some other
had elicited the information that a
snow two squaws deep would soon be
piling up in the canyons of the mid-Columbia,
Through this process George was made
to predict last Summer as lacking the
season of . usual warmth, and It is de
clared that he foretold the abnormal
snowfall of last Winter. Last Fall
George was again called on to announce
his prognostications. Some hunter had
Just killed an alleged fat bear, and the
aged Indian was asked if that did not
again denote deep snow. Noses for
news scented the trail and in less than
a month Indiana in all mid-Columbia
points had been made to. predict anoth
er siege from the forces of old King
Boreas. The ice blockades, however,
have failed to materialize to any
marked degree.
But George's fame as a beggar re
mains supreme. His tactics might form
a study in diplomacy. He goes about
his work with a grace, and he can ab
stract a quarter of a dollar from the
purses of Hood River folk with such
skill that the donor is made to feel
glad of the privilege of giving.
The writer will never forget his In
troduction to Indian George. He had
been at work only a week, early in 1911,
learning the Intricacies of small town
newsgatherlng. on the Hood River
Glacier, and waa one day engaged In
transcribing his notes into readable
copy for the, compositor when the old
Indian shuffled in at the office door.
"Stuckings" was the one word her
emitted. From his inflection the word
might have been a request or & ques
tion. I accepted the latter version and
reasoned that he wanted to see a man,
named '"Stuckings." I told the old man
that nobody by that name was at work
there. Then he pronounced the one word
again, and it was clearly meant that an
interrogation point ended it.
From my silence and the bewilder
ment of my expression George perceived
that I did not understand. He did not
waste any words, but with a dirty fora
finger of his right hand pointed to &
protruded foot, and then I comprehend
ed that he wanted stockings.
Hoping to do the old man & service
I explained that he was In a newspaper
office, and went to the door to direct
him to a drygoods store. It was then
that he made an eloquent appeal to me
for money with which to buy some
"stuckings." I found myself searching
for a quarter, and George soon pos
sessed the coin. He pronounced eone
benediction in Chinook and in word of
most profound self-pity said, as he
left me. "Hole in Indian George's stuck
ings two years."
When I told of the episode to some
one X was reminded that Indian George
would be a frequent caller, and the
warning was true, for he soon reap
peared, the next time to learn my name.
And my credentials and get well ac
quainted. He probably wished to put
me on his permanent list of' benefac
tors. Debts Are Always Paid.
Tet with all of his begging. Georg
has the reputation of always havlnz
been scrupulously honest. In pioneer
days David Parmenter. a West Side
rancher, became a creditor of the In
dian, having sold him hay for hi a
horses. The indebtedness dragged alontr
but George always said "Injun pay."
and, true to his word, he appeared one
day with a handsome buckskin, worth,
far more than the provender, a cheap
commodity of those days, and, throwing
it down in front of the rancher, re
fused to accept any change.
Indian George might today be worth
a snug little sum of money If he bad
been thrifty. He was the recipient of
an allotment of land at the Slmcoe' In
dian reservation, and for many years
he was regularly paid a neat remit
tance, following the sale of the land.
But George was liberal and gave freely
of his gains to other Indians. It Is said
that he still has a balance of $200 due
from the Government, the money being;
he' back for an indefinite period be
cause of some governmental red tape.
George today gets his life's necessi
ties partly as a county charge and
partly as being the ward of a number
of pioneer families. He does not beg
now as Indiscriminately from everyone
as in former years, but limits Ms alms
asking to old-time friends. .
Mrs. Alma Howe, a pioneer of the val
ley, today owner of Cottage Farm Sum
mer resort, has probably been the best
friends the mid-Columbia Indians ever
had. For years George has made ' a
weekly pilgrimage to ber place to seek
advice, food and the gift of ' money.
Mrs. Howe tells some amusing Inci
dents connected with the visits of the
old redman.
Brother's Funeral Costa 30 Cents.
"Several years ago," says Mrs. Howe,
"George came to me at the beginning
of Winter and asked me if I would take
care of his herd of three ponies until
Springtime. Thinking that the reply
would rid me of .him, I told him that I
had no one to look after the animals.
'Oh. that's all right." he said, 'George
come and live with you and care for
ponies.' "
On another occasion George was suc
cessful in borrowing 30 cents from Mrs.
Howe. , On the next visit following the
financial transaction his benefactor
asked him how he had spent the money.
"Oh, I bury my brother," he said. Mrs.
Howe was skeptical, and, pressed for
an explanation, George told her that he
had spent 5 cents for nails and 25 cents
for lumber.
It was then that Mrs. Howe per
suaded the old man to invest some of a
land allotment remittance In the pur
chase of a lot at Idlewilde cemetery.
The old man is very proud of that plot
of ground, before a great many moons
to become his last resting-place. Re
ligiously he keeps the sod cleaned of
weeds. It is rather a pathetic sight to
see the old. half-blind relic of aborig
inal days as he kneels on his mema
loose ground, perhaps, as he mutters
his jargon, saying some prayer to the
Great Spirit and asking him to hurry
the time of the transition of his soul
from the mundane sphere to that of the
happy hunting ground.