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12 ' IsSfiM THE ; OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL PORTLAND. SUNDAY. MORNING, JANUARY 21, 1912. Orchards Thrive in Deep Volcanic Ash 582 Schoolmaster of Esquimaux 1 Gives Brief Story of Adven tures in Wilds Importation ; of Reindeer Helpful. A:: it -.1 (Cnltd Pnat Lnm Wire.) Washington, Jan. 20. A few day ago a short, stocky man with a quiet man ner, a skin browned by much outdoor life,' and the steady eya of on , used to looking across great distances, came to Washington with such small fuss that it was more than a week before the re porters were awara of his -presence" at SlL ' He ifl XC. P ' Tinn lmA .1-- covernmant'a aohnni . . i I Hermlston. Or,. Jan. i0. The aceom tnaux. and a man who has spent most 0f jPan'r'n j?,c!.ure ?J?0Wi 7ear-old his life, sine 1890 In Alaska, aeldon . the Umatilla govern- ViVY . .. .J I ''"'"T'IEsssssssssssS -coming out," as he calls to the states. : Lopp was a Hoosler schoolmaster in IndiatukJuJwy Just out of college, when the government sent him and another young man up to" Cap Prince of Wales on Behrlng strait to start an Esquimaux school. h expected to remain but two years. ' .y y,,,s-.t r m-f . ;r. W into - Wild Xagloa. When, he went up he and his partner I were me only white men living In all or northern Alaska. They ' went alone """ oismet where the natives were so dreaded that whalers would not put I in iu porc even lor naven In a storm. nines mat time Lopo has seen the vegetaUon growing between the rows of Is trees In the sand. As this project li 'Kt very young there are very' few bearing orchards at present. Mr. Dlshon will ' have peaches and apples growing on his .10 acres this summer. KING GEORGE'S TRIP TO INDIA DEEMED COURT'S' WORST BLUNDER By Ed L. Keen. (United Ptom Letwd Wire.) London, Jan. 20. The , king's Durbar trip was a failure. Not only this, but In .tha opinion of thoughtful English- gold rushes go past him fhe him.eif t men t was the most colossal blunder suiq irver oniy once); he has trav- .v..,. m..i - ... tied up and down and crlscrosa Alaska ministration. on foot, mushing with dogs, or driving Drin the" weeks' visit In India, reindeer, from p Barrow nnrhram. the king and queen, new en routa home. pinnacle of the continent mw t .. covered thousands of miles of territory Alaskan peninsula in the warm .tt.. nd exhibited themselves to millions of stream, and- eastward to -the -Canadian boundary. ...,,,. ; TaTxe tittle ef Advent'nrea. ; Before white men came he haa known what It 1s to be driving exhausted dogs In the bitter cold of Interior Alaska, with the food dwindling; he haa been In an Esquimaux hunting boat scuttled by the tuska of an infuriated walrus; he has fearlessly carried law Into rough, lawless winter whaling stations In the Arctic ocean; he has faced death in a score of forma But ef all these he will -ay nothing. He prefers to talk about the government's Alaskan reindeer herd, of which he was the creator, and Is the , preaenl adnnJtratlv.hBU,,,i,,a, "We got the idea of Importing rein- 4)eev-from.Siberia.that first year, we were at Cape Prince of Wales," he said. 'The country then had a bad reputation. But after we had learned a little more or the Esquimaux language we discov ered that most of the trouble between Esquimaux and the whites resulted from their dusky subjects; but ' Instead of "tightening the bonds of Empire and consolidating British rule M India," as the advance notice proclaimed, the trip stirred up more trouble than all the seditious activities of native agitators in the past five, years. The wanton extravagance of the Dur bar ceremony at, a time when money was so badly needed In- India for the relief of human suffering, created an unfavorable Impression from the start, and practically . every stage of their majesties' theatrical progress through the empire was marked by "regrettable incidents," a the official explanations put It. ... Bombay reel' Slirtoteav -v- Bombay, one of the most loyal cities of the country, was bitterly offended, when; after It bad been combed by the secret police, it was announced that the king and queen would have their head quarters on board the Medina during their visit there. Instead of residing on ill treatment of the natives. We found shore. The king-emperor, while making them kindly, good natured people, with speeches praising the loyalty of his more native Intelligence than Indians Indian subjects, did not trust them after have, and eager to learn the white man's all. Except for the time when he was waysv-r Their chief faults .were drunk- engaged in the ceremonies on land, he . enness and a tendency to steal whatever I was under the guard of. his own war- they could. ; Troubled Only at First. "We had some trouble with them at first, but we insisted on having our way. When they saw we were absolutely Just ana fair with them, their attitude ships, instead of relying upon the fi delity of his native troops. A far better Impression also would have been made If the king and queen, when they reached Delhi, had taken up their residence In the old royal palace. changed. We taught them that stealing instead of surrounding themselves by and drinking were wrong and they lis- 60,000 trcops in a temporary camp. The tenea to us. Today it would be-hard to o" explanation was mat me pai find a more honest people than the Es quimaux living . from Cape Prince of Wales northward, and drunkenness is almost-unknown. Also they are the most advanced Of the Esquimaux in carrying out our teachings of cleanli ness and hygiene. , ' "That first winter we learned that -the- Esquimaux -wanted- to- own-reindeer. but that the revenue officers would not ace was too old and unsanitary for their occupation; b'lt it might easily have been overhauled, and at much less coat than the construction .of the camp. Innumerable squabbles over prece dence. Inseparable from such a gather ing of haughty princes of various races and religions, marked the whole pro ceedings at Delhi.- But the most ser ious .mistake was the snub or insult i permit the Importation. 1 Some of the to the gaekwar of Baroda, the second natives even owned reindeer in the Sibe rian herds across the straits. And It teemed a shame that they were for- most powerful chieftain in India. The gaekwar had rendered homage in cavalier manner, we are told, but the bidden to bring their property across apology wrung from him, to soothe the from Asia, so near that the Siberian heights-could be seen over the water on clear days. ' Selndeer Are Shipped In. ; -i "We appealed to Washington for per- mission to Import reindeer. But ether government agents had preceded us in thia request. Before we had a reply . from 'our letter that summer a revenue cutter put into port with a shipment of reindeer ' on board. We were over- - Joyed to know- that the prohibition of the law had been removed and set about - getting more. - "In 1892 came the first large lmpor ' tatlon. We brought in 1200 that year, : and' from these grew the present herd, , scattered throughout Alaska and num ' bering over 85,000. . "The reindeer policy was gradually evolved. We Impress upon the Lapps and Esquimaux that the reindeer are exclusively their property and care. For . instance, they are not allowed to sell ,v female reindeer to white men, so that offended dignity of the king-emperor, was far more a publlo insult than the actual 'offense. The whole story will probably never be told, but although it is now stated eeml-officlally that the gaekwar's behavior had been - very un satisfactory for some time past, it is tolerably certain that his present dis grace is primarily due to his having been mixed up In an English divorce case. Two days before the Durbar ceremony an application was made in the London courts to cite the Mahratta chieftain as a co-respondent in the Statham divorce suit The Judge, doubt less acting under instructions from the India office, deferred Judgment until after the Durbar, on the question of whether the gaekwar was an Independ ent ruling prince and as such outside the Jurisdiction of the English courts. Later he decided that the Indian poten tate was property etempt British court etiquette places persona who have been involved in divorce cases the brood animals are to be perpetually out8,d0 th Pa,e and w,th uch a rl& fi the custody and ownership of the na- moralist as Queen Mary on the throne. Uvea, i it Is possible that the gaekwar received Vatives Own Anm's. an intimation that he make himself In- ' "We usually establish a reindeer hjrd conspicuous after the formal Durbar wherever we have a native school. The ceremony, even If he was not told to ab- chool superintendent nas supervision ent himself altogether. s over the herd, though the animals are Evil Example Peered. vwnea oy me natives, wnen a new herd The Indifferent manner In which he is to be started, young, ambitious na- rendered homage and the sneering ex- .tives are selected as apprentice herders pression with which he turned .his back 9rj.jwr year Urn. For We first 0n the king-emperor after bowing could year services, In addition to his living not be overlooked, for fear it mlSht en. tne apprentice receives six retndeeri ,.. t, ' : . r-- " i think thnt thn PlrlH.ti Vina. kaiiM Ka 10, and the fourth year 10. So that . whatyou . may. term a Journeyman herder owns S 4 reindeer. They are then treated with disdain. The humble apol ogy, and the very thin excuse of "nerv- free to breed their animals and sell thelr fness," published by the viceroy "with culvea or atonic of anv nn n, ikt h uuununi, ana m crusn other natives.. - ."Reindeer are food, clothmg and trans portation to the natives. As food, rein deer is delicious, resembling both mut ton ana beet, but more palatable than lng official Intimation that his "attend ance" was "dispensed with", for the rest of the. ceremonies may have -had a sal utory effect. on some of the princes, but it published to the whole world . the either. Along In October, when the deer story of the geakwar's offense and pun- are fat' from a summer's feeding on ishment., grasses and foliage, they are beet for The gaekwar's subjects number nearly eating. The natives take reindeer tal- S.000,000, but there are many more.mil- Jow and mix red1 moss berries into it, lions of Mahrattaa in the neighboring waking a dish that looks like Ice cream states, and the. same race supplies a and which Is fine to eat number of th mot tmi.t.A ri.im.ni. , JlB J0?' ",0" of "e Indian army. - How these people -' JW HIIUUKU 1MB I will Islr. ,. k..ll.U- B -1 i , . pal Mahratta chieftain is Impossible to the ways. He can now when tethered out and find moss to eat. He is strong, so the driver can Tide. - And the reindeer can travel 40 miles a day and keep it up for a week at a time." - ' Church Damaged by Fire. (SpnHal to The Jotu-nil,) Junction City, Or.. Jan. 20. The res idents ef Junction were startled by the fire alarm when It was discovered that the Methodist Episcopal church bad taught fire from an overheated furnace. Trompt action by the bucket brigade extinguished . the blaze. Had the dis covery of the fire been IS minutes later the entire church would have been destroyed. Liquid air. loaded in thick prosphor bronse cartridges, Is being successfully ued for bleating In tome English coal mints. . j foresee. Then again, the hunting trip Into Ne pal was a blunder, for the other great princes, terribly Jealous of their privi leges, resent the favorite! sm , shown to" the maharaja of .Nepal of en tertaining the king-emperor in his own palace and his own v state a privilege which was denied to all others. From the point of view of the people of Nepal; any personal satisfaction they may have derived from this token of esteem was nullified by the , sudden death of their ruler, a week be fore the hunt commenced. The mah ra ja's death and the king's visit would not connect themselves in the mind of a Eu. ropean, but that the British authorities realised the effect on the native imagi nation Is proved by the fact that the people were not allowed to hear of their Ruler's death for nearly a week after the event Then the news was accom panied by the official assurance that the mahraja's dying wish was that the king-emperor should go on with his bunting. . I The theatrical announcement at 'the durbar of tha change of the capital from Calcutta to Delhi and the ad ministrative . reorganisation In Bengal also provoked . much unfavorable com ment. From an administrative point of view, the change has much to, rec ommend it, although it will be a terri bly expensive business costing some 120,000.000 and In addition to pleasing the natives of the northwest and north ern provinces, It provided King George with an opportunity of showing his kingly power by making a totally un expected and Important announcement. apparently without having consulted his ministers. ' :.v ).:::; But the Bengalis, who number, over TO.0QO.000, object to losing the capital, ana tne ever recurring problem of gov ernlng the-great masses of Hindus and Mohammedans in Bengal has been fur ther aggrlvated ' by the administrative reforms.' Lord Curson caused . sedition and bloodshed by hl well meant but misguided separation of the Hindu and Mohammedan administrations, but the latest, plan which apparently reunited the province, although really splitting It up a bit more, pleases neither side. It haa raised trouble for the king and the , Liberal: administration In Eng land, because for the first time the king has been mde the mouthpiece of a party planning new end totally unex pected ' legislation,' and the very fact that the announcement was made by the king himself prevents anything In the way of parliamentary criticism and amendment. In effect the government in- announcing such changes through the mouth of the 'sovereign has made laws without . consulting parliament Above all, in attempting to emphasise the doctrine of -"personal government" King George and his advisers over looked his majesty' physical disad vantages. . Physical strength and an Nmposing appearance must .always ap peal to the natives of India and kindred countries, out me signi or tne under slsed, and almost Insignificant looking British monarch came ass a shock to the fiery warriors who have been taught to regard the kalser-l-ltlnd a's something in tha nature of deity. From this point of view alone. King George would Bet ter have taken the advice of those who 1 sought to dissuade him from the Indian trip. ' , s Granary Plant Destroyed. v ,v'- (Vetted Frets LesseeT Wre. . ' Winnipeg, Man.. Jan, 20. The Winni peg Steel Granary A Culvert company are loser by 150,000 today as the re sult of a , fire last night ' which, was most spectacular. Although the plant Is' four , miles out : of town and. the weather was over'sO below sero, a large crowd went out to watch the flreftght re;j';:?.7vp . . - - -' 'Journal Want 'Ads bring results.'"; ( listen by Ilia Son. " ( (united Pma Lesua Wire.),' ; San Francisco, Jan. 20. Robert Curry wanted Judge Bturtevant, to set aside the alimony , in-his wife's divorce suit; When he left the court room he was met by his son' and a left Jab on the noee, "I'm with maw," said Curry Junior, v . - - .- 1 . x i i.i i i'.a ft A Corns of High-CIass Dentists ' Including fyi DR, D. S. BOMGARDNER DR. VAN R. BILYEU DR. H. A. 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