Gold Hill news., March 24, 1927, Image 2

T H K GOLD H IL L NRWS. JACKSON COUNTY. OREGON
The DOOM TRAIL
C H A PTER XIII— C ontinued
d w It Is to the intereal of our
Io art even more than It la to
the Intereat of the English." retorted
Do-ne-ho-ga-weh with Impassioned en
erg). "Already the English are more
nomeroua than we are. They have
strong fort». We have only the foreet.
They have hi other« aero»» the Great
Water who will aid them. We have
only the uncertain aid of our allies and
aubject tribe«.
"The decision la In your hand«. I f
you fight for the English you will sur­
vive and grow stronger. I f yon tight
for the French or If yon do not tight
for the English, you » III slowly he
crippled and In a little time you will
he no more feared than the Mohicans
or the Erie«.
“Na ho!"
That was the last speech of the day.
and the council adjourned, only, as in
the case of the Senecas' tribal council,
to dissolve Into minor councils of the
roy-an-ehs of the different clan groups.
When the representatives of each
tribe had reached the unanimity which
was required by the laws of the
I-eague. they discussed the situation
Informally with the roy-an-ehs of the
other tribes; and on the fifth day To-
do-da-bo delivered the common Judg­
ment of the roy-an-ehs.
“Murray and the Keepers of the
Doom Trail are the enemies of the
Long douse. We must break them
now before they grow too powerful
Therefore we have decided to take up
the hatchet against them. But we
shall send word to Ga-en-gwa-ra-go.
appealing to him. by virtue of the cov­
enant chain between us, to support
ns against the vengeance of the
French. This la the decision of the
Ho-yar-na-go-war, O my people."
"To-hay!" answered the roy-an-ehs.
And the thousands of people in the
meadow echoed the shout.
My attention was diverted to a
young Onondaga who attempted to ex­
plain something to me In his dialect.
Seeing I could not understand. Ta-
wan-ne-ars approached and listened to
him. a look of astonishment creasing
his usually impassive face'.
"The Onondaga says that a French­
man has come to the village who
claims to have a message for you."
translated the Seneca.
“For me? Who can It he from?"
“I do not know, brother. Let us
hasten and find out.”
We pushed our way through the
masses of warriors already beginning
the war-dance, and ran between the
vegetable gardens toward Ka-na-ta-
go-wa.
■R u ' I
C H A PTER X IV
T he Evil W ood
We found the messenger squatting
placidly by the council-house under
the guard of several Onondagas. He
was of the usual type of courrler du
hols, but with an unusually repellant
countenance.
“You have a message for me?" 1
said.
"Are you Monsieur Orme rod?" he
replied in his peasant's patois.
"I am."
He examined me with a sidewise
squint out of bia shifty eyes, and fished
with one hand In the bosom of his
filthy leather shirt.
“Yon will pay for the service?" he
inquired warily. "She said you would
pay what I asked."
I took ooe step forward and grasped
the ruffian by the arm.
“Who? I repeated. “Tell me. If
you value your life l And give me the
message.”
“No offense, no offense, monsieur,"
he growled, pulling away from me.
“Mademoiselle Murray—"
"Give it to me," I insisted. “We will
talk of pay afterward.”
He reluctantly withdrew his hand
from his shirt, and offeretftne a folded
square of heavy paper, Stained with
sweat. I opened It carefully, lest It
tear, and saw these lines of fine, an­
gular writing staring me in the face:
" L a V le r g e du B o HL w s l i s t S p tr.. 1721.
c a lld
N am e
o f A ll yo u H o ld s D e e r, h e lp M ee
I am
t o be F a r e d to w e d ye C hev. de V e u lfe
*T la ye p ric e he has F ix d f o r h is H o iW
Ices to M r M u r r a y .
T h e y w ill M arrw -
me w h e n n e F e re H y a n c ln th e is jr t t u r n d
fro m a V la lt t to ye D lonondadfW » b> ye
H u ro n n e L a k e
So m u c h g r a c " t h a v e
o b ta n e d fro m th e m . H e lp .Mee.
M ARJO RY.
" D o n o tte T r u s t y e m es s e n je r w h o
Carries th is , b u t plese F a y him W h a t
he asks. C om e by ye w a y e you L e fte
th ro u g h ye W o odde o f ye F a ls e F acea."
"You said Y on ^ b ^ m e If I
for Yon. I Beggs y o u ^ W w , in ye
Stunned. I read It a second lime,
then handed It to Ta-wan-ne-ars.
"What Is your name?” I asked the
messenger
whilst
Ta-wan-ne-ars
«canned the paper.
“Baptiste Meurier,” he ssld sullenly.
“Who gave you the paper?"
“Who but the mademoiselle herself?”
"How did she happen to choose
-sy -
Arthur D. Howden Smith
Civic Weakness That Too Many Absorb Political
Ideas From Ignorance
By PR. ARNOLD BENNETT HALL, President University of Oregon.
0 8 T of us get our political conviction» out of our own igno­
strlct our escort to twenty men. Do-
ne-hoga-weli approved this number.
rance. And the utilisation of unsound political convictions
A a«A or • /
“Do nothing. If you can help It, on
is one of the methods employed by the demagogue. The
III we have begun our attack," he said.
ACATO BELLO COLD. Eto.
larger part of the public has as raeny political convictions
"
If
you
must
move
without
us,
rely
( A by B i t u t a n i i i . )
upou flight, for you ouunot hope to as a dog has fleas and where they are picked up nobodv knows. Unsound
W N U s to rv tM
succeed by fighting."
convictions are developed bv the process of suggestion, by reiteration.
Our party mustered at dawn the
If we see anything often enough we believe it. The tyranny of an estab­
next morning. It constated of twenty
stalwart young Seneca Wolves. each lished phrase is another factor forwarding the demagogue’s progress.
man selected by Ta-wan-ne-ara for
strength aftitl wind.
In addition to Streamer headlines in newspapers often are the only information person«
their clothing and wwwpons each man have concerning a political aituation. Frequently they don’t know what
also carried two lengthy eontrtvancea the words or phrases mean, but they use them freely because they are
of wood, with hide strips laid across
on every tongue. Audiences, listening to a dynamic, clever "demagogue,’*
them.
"What are they for?" I asked as will allow their whole thinking to he controlled by one thought, some­
Ta-wan-ne-ars presented me with a
body else’« thought that they think is their own,
pair and allowed me how to fasten
The solution for the present evils of the political situation lies in
them ou my hack so that the narrower
ends stuck up over my head.
the process of education. Civic training in the school should be taught
“Ga-weh-ga—snow shoes," lie replied.
"In the wilderness, brother, the snow along the same lines as football, by daily active practice, not by study­
Ilea deep, and we should sink down at ing, reading and listening to lectures on the history and workings of the
every step once the ground was cow­ government.
ered after the first storm. You must
Only through intelligent thinking can demagogues he dethroned
learn how to use the ga weh-ga. for
and shorn of their power.
otherwise you would be helpless."
We kept our purpose a strict secret,
even from the warriors of our escort.
They were told no more than that they
were given an opportunity to go upon
a hazardous venture which should
yield them fame and a proportionate
toll of scalps.
By PROF. FILMER NORTHRUP. Yala University.
That was all they wanted to know.
Tii-wan ne-urs was a leader they had
Science is entirely ineffective in the explanation of the universe. Its
fought under before. I was assigned a
wholly undeserved measure of fame bases arc mass and energy, both of which are perpetually changing.
“Two hundred llvrea," he said In­ ' because of my recent adventures In Ills
The realist conception of life is equally unsatisfactory. To it the
stantly.
company.
world
is only that which the eyes can see, the body feel and the ears
“ Very well. It shall he paid. You
We marched rapidly. For three days
will he detained here for a time, and we averaged thirty miles a day. and hear. It doesn’t go beyond the senses.
1 will purchase for you a sufficient I each day. » hen we cani|M*d. 1 practiced
The theory of relativity defining the universe in mathematical terms
number of beaver pelts to defray that with the snow shoes on some level hit
sum."
does, however, give humanity a wea,>on with which to solve existence and
of ground, learning how io walk » l l h
And. turning to Tn-wan ne-ars. I out catching the points and tripping God in terms that never change.
asked hint to give the necessary In­ myself.
It plai-es the universe on the basis of pnre reason—on the basis by
structions to the Onondagas. The mes­
We had not gone very fur on the
senger, a look of sour satisfaction on fourth day when O-du -wa an do, the which Plato wns able to reach an understanding of life and of God. When
his cunning fuce, was marched off to Otter, a warrior who had attached
people grasp this theory and the fourth dimension, both requiring
undergo the restraint of an unwelcome himself to me, pointed through the
visitor.
leafless trees toward a grayish-white transcendental reasoning, they will have come close to the secret of the
“Well?” I said to Ta-wan ne-ars.
hunk which wns rolling down uism us universe.
The Seneca returned me the letter. from the north.
Science is only second or third liatnl knowledge, while by reasoning
"See," he said, pointing to the wild
“O-ge-on-de-o,” lie said. “It snows.”
geese flying In pairs to the south, “the
one
can
get at pure knowledge itself and at God. The theory of relativity
Fifteen minutes later the snow be­
cold weather Is coining. Black Kobe gan to fall. Driven by a piercing wind. and its mathematical foundation being pure reason, common understand­
will be delayed in returning from his It descended like a vast, enveloping
visit to the Dionnndadles. And that blanket, coldly damp, strangling the ing of the universe may he reached by both the disciple of science and
Is a very good thing for its. brother. hreath. blinding the eyes, numbing lh> of religion.
But for that I think we would be too muscles.
As science is taught now, no student can leave a university with his
late."
We struggled along against It until
“But we shall have fighting," I ex­ we came ti» a hillside scattered with faith in a social God still intact. Present-day science leads only to mad­
claimed. "The Keepers will soon dis­ large boulders. Here we halted and ness.
cover us. and no matter how numerous built shelters for ourselves hy roofing
we may be they will fight desperately. the boulders with pine saplings we
They may carry her away to Canada hacked down with our toniahnwka.
before we reach La Yierge du Bola."
Under these, with fives roaring at our
"This Is true,” he admitted. “And fee», we made shift to resist the cold
the
thought
Ta-wan-ne-ars
had.
•
____________
The snow fell for the better part of *■
brother, was that we might leave to
two days, so thickly as to preclude
By
EDWIN
GRANT
CONKLIN, Princeton University.
Dn-ne-ho-ga-weh and Corlaer the break­
traveling, and during that time we
ing of the Doom Trail whilst you and
dared not stir from shelter, except to
I wlih a handful of warriors marched
The progressive evolution of man has ceased and whatever change is
collect firewood. In the evening of
around by the way we escaped, as the
the second day the storm passed, and taking place at the present lime is retrogressive.
It is the opinion of
white maiden advises In her letter.
the stars shone out In a sky that was
That way Is not guarded, for none
many students of the subject that no modern race is the intellectual equal
a hard, metallic blue.
has known It, and perhaps we may
"We have Inst much time, brothers,” of the ancient Greek.
hide in the Wood of the False Paces
Evolution, either temporarily or permanently, has halted. Since tha
and bear off the maiden in the confu­ SHld Ta-wan-ne-ars. "and we have fad ;
a long rest. Let us push on tonight."
sion of a surprise attack ”
beginning
of recorded history there have been few and wholly minor evo­
Our progress was slowed conslrt ,
"It sounds reasonable," I ssld doubt­
lutionary
changes
in the body of man, hut what changes have taken place
erably
h.v
my
clumsiness
on
snow-
.
fully. “ 'TIs preferable to trusting to
shoes. But The Otter and other war- j have been retrogressive. Chief among these are the decreasing siije of
the main attack."
“There Is no other plan." he re­ rlors went to considerable pains to the little toe and perhaps a corresponding increase in the size of the great
joined with energy. “Now we must tell help me. picking out the easiest
what we have learned to Do-ne-ho-ga- courses to follow, quick with hint or toe, decreasing size and strength of the teeth; and prohablv a general low­
weh, and arrange our plans with him." advice to remedy m.v Ignorance. I be­ ering of the perfection of sense organs. The changes are mainly degene­
The Guardian of the Western Door came proficient enough Io travel at »tie
rative ones due to the less rigid elimination of physical imperfections un­
was the center of an Immense mob of tall of the cnlnmn. although m.v com­
panions
could
never
march
as
rapidly
der
conditions of civilization than in a state of barbarism or savagery.
warriors who danced around the war
post which had been planted in the as they would have done without me.
There has been no notable progress in the intellectual capacity of
The wilderness which whs traversed
council-place.
man
in the last 2,000 or 3,000 years ami even in the most distant future
by
the
Doom
Trail
was
deserted
be­
The grim face of Do-ne-ho-ga weh
cause of the universal Indian fear of there mav never appear greater geniuses than Socrates. Plato, Aristotle,
was alight with the Joy of battle.
"Behold. O my son." he called to me, the False Faces. Ta-wan-ne-ars and Shakespear" and Newton.
"the warriors of the Eight Clans are I discussed this point as we neared
with us. Our brothers of the Turtle, the forbidden country, and I suggested
Beaver, Bear and Wolf, and our that he tell his follower« onr destina- j
younger brothers of the Snipe, Heron, tlon.
He waited until we were a long day's
Deer and Hawk, all hunger for the
march from and well to the northwest
scalps of the Keepers of the Trail.
Then he gathered the
"A thousand braves will follow us of the gocl
By GEN. JOHN J. PERSHING.
on the warpath. We will give the warriors about him as they mustered
French a lesson. They shall see the for the trail.
might nt the Long House.”
“Soon. O m.v brothers," he said In
Recapture of the spirit, of eager and united effort which came to the
But the light faded from his fea­ the musical, cadenead Seneca iliulect top of American life during the World war would equip the nation with
tures as Ta-wan-ne-ars told him of the which I was beginning to take pleas­
message from Marjory. A look of cold ure In understanding, "we shall strike its most effective weapon in solution of the problems of peace.
hatred accentuated the grimness of our enemies. It Is a desperate enter­
The evils of lawlessness, of political corruption and of careless citi­
the hooked nose and high cheekbones. prise you go uiKin. No war party ever
zenship
can he overcome and put to rout if the American citizen will
“The French dog De Veulle Is wea­ set out to risk such heavy odds. No
ried of Ga-ha-no,” he rasped. “He has warriors of the Ixing House were ever vote with the same energy anil ingenuity he manifested in wartime. The
had enough of the red maiden. Now called upon to practice such caution, downfall of the United States will not be far off if the time ever comes
he craves the white. Yes. It Is well to reveal such courage.
“O my brothers, we are going Into when public office» can be virtually bought and sold, either directly or
that my red nephew and my white son
should go against this man who knows the Wood of Evil, the hnttnl of the indirectly.
no laws to curb Ills lust. I charge you. False Fact’s, which Is the breeding
If we could have armed and equipped even half a million men and
place of all the wickedness that brands
do not spare him.”
sent
them to France early in 1917, the probabilities are that the war
"We will not spare him," I promised. the Keepers of the Doom Trail. You
"Good ! It shall he as you ask. Cor- will face much that Is horrible. You could have been won thnt year.
laer shall guide me Io the Doom TrHlI. will he threatened with spells and
Man, not armaments, is the trouble maker. We must work for peace
How many warriors are to go with witchcraft. But I ask you to remem­
hy
developing
the mechanism of peace in a businesslike fashion.
ber
that
my
brother
O-te-tl-an-l
and
I
you ?”
We debated this point together, and passed through all such perils without
decided that for purposes o f swift harm. Keep your hearts strong."
(T O B E C O N T IN U E D .)
movement and secrecy we had best re-
Relativity Theory Offers Humanity Key to the
Solution of God and Existence
No Notable Progress Made in the Intellectual
Capacity of Mankind
United, Earnest Effort Necessary for Solution
of Problems of Peace
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Modern Young Person Can Be Relied On to
Assume the Tasks of Tomorrow
D evice T h at Com bine» F ield Gia»» and Gun
By THOMAS ARKLE CLARK, Dean of Men, University of Illinois,
you?”
He protruded his chest.
“ Who better could she select than
Baptiste Meurier?" he replied. “North
of the Lakes everyone knows Baptiste
Meurier—and I am not unknown to the
Iroquois.”
“But how ilid mademoiselle hear of
you, Baptiste?”
He shrugged his shoulders.
“Who can say? A beautiful young
l>erson says she has a mission of much
Importance and profit to be performed.
I teply 1 will go anywhere for a price.
1 nm told 1 have only to name It. And
so I am here, monsieur."
“And what is your price?" I inquired,
amused despite myself by the cool In-
tolence of the scoundrel.
A field glass gun has been devised
which serves the purpose of both a
light gun and a powerful glass. A
short barrel Is rigged between » pair
of telescopes, and a bar with a re­
coil pad extends to the forehead to
take the “kick" from the dlaeharge.
If a heavy caliber Is used, a shoulder
slock can also be provided so that the
shooter will not suffer too great a
shock.
The telescope gun does heller work
than the ordinary rifle telescope be­
cause It gives the advantage of a pair
of binoculars and Is much lighter and
more convenient to handle. The old
rifle telescope, which has become fair
ly common, does not allow enough
light to reach the eye, so that Ils best
use Is confined to target shooting. A
deer hunter In the woods Is hardly
able to distinguish an animal he has
seen when he sights through the tele­
scope.
Two well-constructed tele­
scopes, mounted us a part of the gun
as In tills device, should prove of
great value, and may replace the old
type, Just as binoculars have replaced
the telescope In a great many uses of
the latter Instrument.
They are very shrewd, these young peop^ of ours. They see through
yon very clearly, very accurately. They are usually very just and very
reasonable when you take them as individuals. They can detect with
amazing certainty insincerity and hypocrisy. If you are fair and square
with them they’ll be for you no m atter how severe you are.
It is pretty completely a waste of time yours and theirs—to give
them advice unless they ask for it. The skillful man will inveigle them
into asking.
I have come to have in my 25 years of work more and more faith in
the young person. Under the thin veneer of hi» cynicism und »ophistiert-
tion there is a genuineness and a sincerity nnd a scriousnesS upon which
Idleness Is the stupidity of the body,
and stupidity the Idleness of the mind
— Heuuie.
T feel sure we can depend. The young person of today is not going to
take lightly the tasks of tomorrow.
Have Kidneys
Examined By
Your Doctor
Taka Salts ta Was A KlUnaya W
Back Faina You ar »ladder
•others
Flush year kidneys by drlnkla« a
quart of water each day, also taka
salts occasionally, says ■ noted su
thorlty. who tells us that too much
rich food forms acids which almost
paralyse the kidneys In thsir efforts
to e x |*l It from lbs blood. They bo-
come sluggish and weaken: then you
nisy suffer with a dull misery In the
kidney region, sharp pains In tbs bark
or sick headache, disslnesg, poor
stomach sours, tongue la coated. end
when the weather 1» bed yea have
rheumatic twinges. The urine gets
cloudy, full of sediment, the shsnnsle
often get sore and Irritated, obliging
you to seek relief iwo or three times
during the night.
To help neutralise these Irritating
gelds, to help cleanse the kidneys
and flush off the body's urinous waste,
get four ounces of Jad Halts from an»
pharmacy here; take a tablespoonful
In a glass of water before breakfast
for a few days, and your kldnoys may
then act fine. This famous salts le
made from the at Id of gvapes and
lemon Juice, combined with llthla, and
has been used for years to help flush
and stimulate Nugglsh kidneys; algo
to neutralize the acids lu the system
so they q<> longer Irrltsle, thus often
relieving bladder weakness.
Jad Halts Is Inexpensive, rannot In­
jure and makes a delightful efferves­
cent Itthla-water drink.
C o p p e r in S m alt Coin»
More ttiau two million pounds of
copper were required by the ITnltsd
Klates Treasury department In 1026 to
mint «6,119.0» In pennies and nlckela.
the Dearborn Independent comments.
The "nickel" coutulus 76 per cent cop­
per.
One who commits crime may be
cleared, but one who Is gossiped about
seldom Is
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mend It. It Is my
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(bars Is nothing
belter lor a general
debilitated eo n d I-
tlon of health than
the 'Golden Medi­
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I do not object to
bllcatlon of this statement."—
W McLaren, 11? R Angus SL
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P
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