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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (April 8, 1927)
a - CUSTER'S Ml DID LOT HAVE REPESTERS .Outstanding Authority on firearms Makes a Correc tion of History Editor Statesman: t have Just noted the letter, or father article, in the Sunday Statesman in regard tp the weap ons' used by the Serenth earalry, wider General Caster, in the Bat tle or the Little Big Horn, where even companies and the ' com Slander were slain. - 'I regret to say that Mr. How ard Is misinformed in regard to the weapons carried by the Seventh cavalry on that Jane day, SO years since. 'They were not armed with repeaters unless some officer had i -Winchester; - Henry . or Spencer as a, private arm. The foregoing is the result of letter from Col. Vernnm, retired, who was a lieutenant in the 7th earalry -that day, and was with Reno and the. surrirors upon the hill, being resumed by the infan try nnder General Terry on the 28th of the month. Col. Vernnm now lives In San Francisco, and the letter was written to E. A. Brininstool, the - author of "A Trooper With Coster," "Fighting Xted Cloud's Warriors," "The Story of the: Bozenem Road," and other literature of the Old West, and was sent to the undersigned for bis inspection, he haying been un der the delusion that Custer's men used the Spencer carbines In the last fight, j ' ' ' ' The letter from Colonel Vernnm stated in positive terms that the weapons used that, ray, were Springfield single-shot carbines, and Colt revolvers.: C,He states that he, never saw but one Spencer re peater during his service, and that was an old relic sbme one picked P-': ' ' '' ' ' ' General Godfrey, in his story of the battle, X Century Magazine, 1892), states that one of the caus es of the disaster was, in his opin ion, the failure of , the carbines to extract . the empty cartridge, it having to be taken out by some separate means. -Having used the old Springfield, I can say that sometimes they did do Just that thing; fail to extract the empty cartridge case. This defect was remedied , by, making the chamber of .--the barrel conical, and gave better results. i It is well known to students of firearms that Henry, Spencer, Bell and Scott & Trippley repeaters v were used in the CiviLwar, as well I as Colt revolving rifles and car- 1 bines. ! ! Trusting this will be of interest i to readers of The Statesman, I re main, yours very truly, 1 DONEGAN WIGGINS. I Salem, Or.Rt 8, box 75. f April 4,11927. I (Mr. Wiggins, the writer of the jtbove, is one of the outstanding Authorities of the jUnited States n firearms, and a writer of dis tinction on such' and other sub jects. Ed.) . . 'V F. E. Shafer-s Harness and Leather Goods store. 170 S. Coml. Bait cases, valises, portfolios, brief cases, gloves and mittens. Large jtock. The pioneer store. o New sweaters. A large shipment Just in. New patterns, new shades in the noDnlar pull-over and coat styles. Emmons, Tailor-Furnisher, 426 State St, i (1 EDITORIALS F THE PEOPLE iUlcoRMpMlnM lr thi 4rprfr mm mm b igaed by th writer, must s written m . aid paper only. an itM set t wifH uis waraa. f ) be able to understand Professor Nelson's1; general statements, - but will be able to see things that are going on right before his eyes. Earl Race la a man I hare al ways admired, but he Is mistaken when he asserts that Professor Nelson has slandered ; Salem and its young people. "Mr J Nelson has for. years silently contended with a condition rapidly .growing, worse and' should receive the support of every man, woman and student who wants to clean tp this booze mess. Mr. Race defies anyone to show that there are more than 60 gal lons of booze In Salem. I notice that local officers yesterday made an arrest of a man who sold liquor to students. Indications of a large still right in this county, also were found. Two years ago a couple of huge stills with daily capacities of over 200 gallons each were found in this county. The still owners were "not found," but the men who dared to expose the stills are now serving 18 months each at .McNeil's Island on testimony provided by admitted bootleggers and the alleged owner of the stills. That is the , way prohibition is supported by the people who voted it in. The Rev. Mr. Tully regrets that Professor Nelson had to make a public statement. Another reason for prohibition's failure is the "hush, hush" policy of those who say in effect, "this condition may exist, but we must say nothing of it if we would hold our jobs."" Now, a word about professor Nelson, Chief of Police Frank Min to and Police Matron Myra Shank: As a newspaper man I have been closely associated with these folks for several years. I know that there are no other three people in Salem who have actually done as much practical good for young people. 'Rather than drag youthful offenders into the hurtful lime light of publicity and ... senseless punishment, they have with the aid of other good citizens! taied to get the offenders back on the track of right living and right thinking. I could fill this paper with such instances. There are scores of young people now grown to man hood and womanhood in this city who are now good citizens because of this help, and the work Is still going on. Let ua open our minds and learn the truth. WILL CARVER. Salem, Or., April 2, 1927. Editor Statesman: ' I wonder if former City Record er Earl Race and your anonymous correspondent are open minded enough to. credit the true courage of Prof. J. C. Nelson. "Numb Skull" is an excellent illustration of prohibition's advo cate. He is so proud of it that be fails to sign his name to bis support of It. ,Jf "Numb-Skull" Will open his skujl he will not only Stop That Cough Now! Take SCHAEFER'S HERBAL COUGH SYRUP : Sold Only At gCH AEFER'Q DRUG STOICS The Original Yellow Froafc N. 135 Ccnraercial SL ; Thcna 197 "- Penslar Store Lest We Forget ( In the present wet and dry dis cission precipitated by the princi pal of the Salem schools, It is really amusing to read of the ex cess drinking in the schools and at dances and parties now as com pared with this intemperate in dulgence in the good old pre-Vol-stead days. There is some excuse for such an argument on the part of those of the younger "generation who have grown to maturity since thfe ending of the saloon regime sev eral years ago, but for those who are familiar with the intemperance and promiscuous drinking of the saloon days to put up such an ar gument can be considered only as wilful misrepresentation of the true conditions of those days, or else they are suffering from a lapse of memory. We remember quite well that in those days young men were not infrequently expelled from school for the offense of either bringing intoxicants on the" school premi ses or over-Indulgence in strong drink. These instances were ;not confined to the larger cities, eith er, but were of common occurrence in the small ' town and country schools. ; r In a small town school in Lane county, in those "good old days" we remember quite well when that pioneer country school teacher. Rufus Callison, frequently admon ished his advanced nunils against theyuse of strong drink, and on one occasion felt it bis duty to expel from the school two young men who refused to heed his fatherly advice, and these two young men happened to be classmates of the writer. Speaking of drinking .at dances in those days. A dance and liquor were simply synonymous in those times they were inseparable, for don't we all remember how a large proportion of the young1 men dancers would rush out and line up at the nearest bar between dances and call for their favorite "poison" and then hastily sat a handful of cloves on their way back to the dance hall? In the event of the dance being held where saloons were not conveni ent, every one of these fellows would come out with a well filled flask on bis hop, and these flasks were not always emptied by the young men alone. In those days every community had its bullies and habituals, and it was these fellows who, nine times out of ten, would stir up a fight or drunken brawl during the. progress of the dances and oft-times succeed in breaking up the evening's social festivities alto gether. It was a habit in those days for the farmers, loggers, miners and men of other occupations to congregate in the towns and cities for the week-end, some for the purpose of trading at the stores, but many others for their usual week-end drinking and carousing spree. Their weekly pay checks were invariably cashed in at some saloon and their salaries entirely absorbed in this riotous way, leav ing the family without funds for the ensuing week and the grocery and other bills unpaid. " Ob yes I Those were the good old days of poverty and distress; when there were more heartaches and suffering as a result of liquor drinking in one week than there is now in a year. These were the conditions that brought about sui cides, murders and wrecked homes innumerable in those days, and the strange thing is that the older, generation of today seem to for get the delirium of that period. It will ( further be remembered that In those days the "livery barns" were the favorite "hang outs" in every town, and what sport it was for "us boys" of ten der years to seek the mangers and harness rooms for the ever pres- Two room plastered house and woodshed On a lot 60x120 Ton pay for the lot only at $700 if yon act at once ULRICH & ROBERTS, Realtors 122 North Commercial PLUMBING Quick:, Reliable Service H. EGNER 1615 Center Street Phones 852 and 1310-W Fine Fixtures Standard Equipment SAVE $20 to $30 ON A ELECTRIC RANGE Buy This Week During Factory Demonstration This 1 week we are making a special re duction of $20 and $30 on two models ;i of the Universal Electric r ange. Come in aad let Miss Murdoch ex plain why the Uni versal is the range with speed. Remember Saturday Is the Last Day : , nimnimfitumnnTiimimnnnmiiiiH WU'ELE1 RETAIL ent flasks and bottles of liquors hidden away for Sunday consump tion,; and what little trouble It was for the boys to accumulate a stock on these occasions to hide away at some rendezvous to last them for a fortnight, a prank which, many times caused these boys to form a habit which in later years they could not shake off. This was not by any means the only source of supply of liquor, for boys in those days. It could be stolen out of many homes and secured in a hundred other ways, as there were far lesschances of arrest and conviction for infrac tions of the few liquor laws 'that prevailed at that time.- - This is only a mild reference to the drab story of those days which, when we recall to memory the many wild scenes and instances of that period it seems more like a' fantastic dream or nightmare than a reality. In this brief review no mention has been made of the gambling, the red-light resorts and dives which proved deadly pitfalls to the youths as well as the adults of that day and which cause the vices and pitfalls of today to pale into insignificance in comparison. The world is growing better. An Old Timer. Salem, Or.April 2, 1927. For Manual Training Editor latesman: I wag very much interested in the article in your "Wednesday's paper by Arthur( Lion dealing with developing manual Graining and vocational work in our public schools. While I firmly believe in a col lege education for all mentally qualified for the same, yet I be lieve that all youth should have the opportunity to satisfy a na tural craying to delve into some one particular' trades line: Many bright students are distinctly me chanical and are forced into a profession, where they do not be long, because of a, narrow public school policy. Any tradesman Is more valuable for having a col lege education. Had our average tradesman v a higher education there would be fewer strikes and much better managed trades unions in every respect. It is high time to reverse our educational policy and begin to educate the yOuth to follow that line which appeals to him most strongly instead of educating him to enter a profession and escape becoming a tradesman, which in the most ot cases he should become-. We, locally, are entering an in dustrial era and should show our selves awake to the changing con ditions, and, as it were, repair the bridge before there is a crash. Nearly all professions are crowded with people who disgrace them. The most of these people would have entered some trade school had not public sentiment, prompted by our general public school policy, influenced them to choose a profession. " The trades organizations need just this class of people for a stabilizing influ ence. Columns could be written on this subject, but as I wish to take up one detail in particular I will now pass to it. Having followed the printers' trade for sixteen years and acted as printing instructor at the boys' training school for two years, I naturally think of this trade in connection with manual training educational work for our public schools. Nearly every state boys train ing school and reformatory has a Regular Meeting, Marion-Polk County Poultry Association POULTRY AND HOG SPECIALIST IrHH GUMBO An Educational Short Course Teaching how to recognize, correctly diagnose, treat and prevent diseases and other troubles that are common among poultry and swine. ; Learn How to Stop Your Losses Bring in your sick or unthrifty poultry and pigs. Watch Dr. E. L. Grubb, a recognized specialist make a post mortem examination and show you how to save the balance of the flock or herd. '- - THIS SERVICE IS FREE ADMISSION FREE At Salem Chamber of Commerce Rooms, Monday, April 11, 1927 at 8 P. M. Salem, Oregon For Further Particulars See D. A. White & Sons 261 State St. Salem, Oregon MRS. BETH BAILEY .' McLEAN Chose the Roth Gro'cery Co. to supply her cooking school with the best gro ceries and meat they are making her work here a success. She gets her goods out of regular stock the same as ' . . . any housewife gets when ordering in person or over the telephone. ROTH GROCERY CO. The House of Quality Foods Phones 1885-6-7 Free Delivery Triirty;PjayAccount Service printing plant.; Some are ; well equipped while others have Just barely enough material to justify their existence. New material is added as the' class 6f work re- quires'. Not only do these schools teach, printing, but many of the public schools throughout the Union have already introduced printing into their manual train ing department. Printing is a trade requiring a higher education than the aver age trade. Here would be an ex cellent outlej for the young man finishing college who is not quali fied naturally for a profession but who, because of, wrong education, finds himself leaning toward a profession. . i In the line of printing we find varied qualifications necessary. A strong mechanical makeup Is ne cessary as is also an artistic temr perment. A natural literary ten: dehc7 "Is Important as'well as a literary training. v-"'j:; Some of! our most distinguished statesmen have come' up from the mechanical end of the : printing business. It is a generally ad mitted : fact that there Is no trade so well adapted to advancing good material as is the printing trade. A small printing plant in con nection with our public school manual training work could be made self supporting. The high est wages for a competent instruc tor, would not be necessary. There is always an old-timer glad to get such a job at a very reasonable wage.. Much more could be said, but space will not permit. Eugene T. 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