The Monmouth herald., May 13, 1921, Image 3

Rears 25 on
Laborer’s W age
Progeny of St. Louis Man Range
in Ages From 40 Down to
Seven Years.
TELLS HOW HE MANAGED IT
Hard Work and Industry the Secret—
Never a Brighter, Merrier, Rosier,
Healthier Lot of Children
Graced a Board.
OSCAR IS TH R IF TY
Chicago’s Municipal Pier a Great Attraction
!3 S p itg |k
floors, hut otherwise In an orderly line
about the table, speechless In the pres­
ence of the strange vistiui, their si­
lent but radiant smiles reflected their
father’s pride In them.
Somewhere recently the wi lier came
upon statistics to the effect that at
the nge of sixty fi»'C m Lss than 54
per cent of parents in this country
ure dependent upon their children for
charity. Walkenhorst's next remnrk
revealed another remurkable contrast
in his attitude toward parenthood.
He had spoken of Ids dimming eyes.
"I figure at the rate they are going
my eyes nre good for about five years
more,’’ he said. “ I expect to work
every day until I am blind. By that
time Helen, the baby, will be old
enough to do something for herself.
Then 1 shall be through.”
St. Louis.—Parents, you who find the
rearing of even an average fa'¡illy
a problem these (lays, behold Frederick
Walkenhorst, who Is the father of
twenty-five children, and tells how he
has managed to bring them up on a
laborer's daily wage.
Sight Returns on Deathbed.
The house in which he lives is one
Omaha, Neb.—John Fisher, ninety-
index to Ills methods. It is a cottage
o f perhaps five rooms. Back of the one years old, Nebraska pioneer,
house Is a baru and in the barnyard blind for 11 years, regained tils sight
for 24 hours prior to his death the
a cow and a lioek of chickens.
There Is a best room furnished other duy and was able to distinguish
neatly but scantily, the su(iertlultles his sous and daughters.
consisting mostly of homemade handi­
craft, shelf covers nud their tidies of
white linen crochet. The visitor is
permitted to turry here for u moment,
but almost Immediately is invited Into
the kitchen beyond, where three
daughters busily scrubbing floors or
preparing the midday meal cannot
spare time to sit idle as they talk.
Indeed,'one Is told that father will be
In presently for his dinner, but he
won't have time to talk, either, for Russian Farmers Resent Food
several Jobs of plowing are waiting
Requisitions and Often Kill
for 1dm In the nfternoon.
Daughter Runs House.
Those Seeking It.
Hilda, the oldest duughter at home,
apparently has been in authority since
the death of the second Mrs. Walken­
horst, five years ago. The first wife,
tlte mother of 14 children, died when
her last child was five days old. The
second wife, a widow with one child, Russian Government Dees Not Take
Kindly to Visitors and Traveling
whom the slepfnther also reared, be­
Has Been Made Difficult— Ameri­
came the mother of 11 Wnlkenhorsts.
cans Popular in Siberia.
There ore now 12 children at home,
besides n small son of Hilda's.
There are uot enough chairs any­
New York.— A better economic sys­
where visible to seat all the family tem must be evolved by the sovloa gov­
at table at once. But clialrs are to ernment or It must surely give way
be classified as luxuries that may be in a very short time, according to
dispensed with, one observes later Harold V. Fay of Auburn, N. Y„ who
when six bright, rosy cheeked, blonde has Just returned from a year’s ab­
youngsters come trooping In from sence in China, Russia and other
school and take places, standing, all points In the Far East. At the begin­
attention, with spoon; poised, ready to ning of the war Mr. Fay was In China,
begin on the soup almost before Hil­ and when the American forces went
da has measured it into their plates.
to Siberia he resigned his position In
The ages of the Walkenhorst the University of Nanking and Joined,
progeny range from forty down to remaining with them until they re-
seven years. Besides the 12 children
now nt home, five have died at vari­
ous ages and the others, being older,
hnve married and gone to homes of
Kills Mountain Goat,
their own. There are eight grandchil­
Finds Ore Under Body
dren. Three e f those who reside un­
der the parental roof ure working In
Stewart, B. C.—A mountain
factories in the town.
goat recently was responsible
“ How have I managed to take care
for the discovery of what Is be­
o f 25 children?’’ Frederick Walken-
lieved to be one of the valuable
hoist echoed after my question, after
mines of British Columbia.
lie had fed Ills horses out In the
Y'ears ago float ore was found
born and stood rolling up his sleeves
In the mountain range south of
nt the kitchen sink. “ By working
the Grand Trunk Pacific railway
hard every day.”
The hnnds he
ten miles from Stewart. It was
spread to view were testimony more
so rich that Its discovery cre­
eloquent even than the vigorous, clear
ated a sensation nnd prospect­
ring of his voice, nnd Ids knitted coat,
ors flocked to the region nnd
wet with perspirntlon, was further
spent months In fruitless ''(Torts
evidence of his heartv Industry.
to locate the vein.
No Signs of Worry.
Recently
a
man
hunting
He Is a tall, spare man, remarkably
mountain goats high above the
erect for his sixty years, fair and rud­
timber line had trailed >n ani­
dy, nnd the lines on his face nre not
mal for miles when it suddenly
those of worry hut of good humor. If
came out on n glacier and stood
his children take after him, dentist
in full view against the sky on
bills need not be one of the family
a pinnacle of lee. Ills rifle
problems. His teeth nre strong and
cracked and the goat feU dead
white. I-Ils eyes, l e says, are fall­
down a steep precipice and
ing. One doctor assures him notlbng
rolled several hundred feet. Its
can be done for them, so he thinks
body fetched up near the foot
any further expenditure on them is
of the glacier and when the
useless.
hunter reached it he found it
Never a brighter, merrier, rosier,
had dislodged a massive rock
healthier looking lot of children
beneath
which
the
long
ever gathered about a millionaire's
searehed-for vein lay exposed.
board than those 12.
Their heavy !
shoes made a lot of noise on the hare 1 4»
Be thrifty and save the little things
and they will grow Into big things.
The greul Municipal pier of Chicago Is growing In pop ulur favor each day and, aside from lielng a big attraction
This is a favorite maxim of Oscar
Fisher, an Ohio city mail carrier. Start­ for visitors, la being utilized for many civic enterprises. T he “ Pageant of Progress” to boost Chicago will soon occupy
ing less than a year ago, Mr. Fisher the pier.
began saving the pieces of twine with
which small bundles of letters are
bound. The hall grew until at the
Bird Row Over Odd Egg
time this photograph was made It was
Fascinates Man for Days
two feet In diameter and weighed a
little over 04 pounds. Mr. Fisher estl
New York.—An elderly man
mates that the small pieces, which are
In tattered cap and suit, sat mo­
tied together, would stretch over three
tionless under a tree at One
miles.
Hundred and Fifty-seventh and
Hrondway, when u mounted pa­
One frontier—the Indian—extended
Most Picturesque Body of Fight­ along the edge of the great prairie
trolman, Informed that a queer
stranger hnd been sleeping there
ing Men the World Has
from the Rio Grande to the Red river,
three days, approached.
a distance of 500 miles; the other—
Ever Known.
" I ’m Interested In birds," the
the Mexican—stretched from some
old man said. "Particularly In
point on the Rio Grande to the mouth
the domestic nffnlrs of the pair
of that stream, an approximate dis­
of robins above us. I have en­
tance of 300 miles. The actual south­
joyed their acquaintance three
ern boundary of the settlements at
seusons.”
(he time of the republic really corre­
lie then launched into the
turned home, when he went to Russia Organization Dates Back to Time sponded with the Nueces.
story of a row that was being
as a correspondent.
When the Lone Star State Waa a
It should also be observed that for
waged In the nest, the result,
“ The soviets are pretty solid polit­
Separate Republic— Self-Reli­
every mile thut the Indian frontier
he snld, of the tuylng there of
ically, but economically extremely un­
was pushed hack, the Mexican line
ant, Resourceful and Brave.
a cuckoo’s egg. “The male .trd
sound,” said Mr. Fay. “ They may
wns lengthened by just so much until
wanted to throw It out, but the
have to give way to a firmer form of
Dallas.—Texas is the only state the two attulned n combined length
female chirped ‘no,’ and has
government, nnd one wherein property which has the distinction, not to say of more than 1,000 miles! Surely no
hatched It. I am waitiug to see
rights must have some say. The people privilege, of working out Its own in­ state was ever more desperately situ­
what will hnppeu next. Queer
In the cities are the most unfortunate, stitutions before becoming a member ated than the young republic. Some­
things, birds?"
for they are so underfed. The govern­ of the Union, writes W. I*. Urhb of times she wns nt peace with one en­
“ Y’es," snld the patrolman,
ment sends out expeditions to requisi­ the history department of the Univer­ emy and sometimes with the other;
“nnd the folk here about think
tion food from the farms, but the sity of Texas in the Dallas News. hut ugaln she fought them both. War
you're somewhat of u queer
peasants do not take kindly to the Tills fact has given Texans a singular was the rule, the commonplace of
bird, too.”
appropriation of their products, and feeling of Independence nnd has en­ dally life, and death wns the price
“ How very extraordinary," re­
are heartily opposed to the soviets, shrined the state’s institutions with of defeat, for the enemies of Texas
plied he o f the tattered cloth­
although they will be slow to take u peculiar Interest for those within knew no mercy.
ing. “ Here’s my curd.”
any action.
and many without her borders. Her
Devising a Fighting Force.
The patrolman rend: “ Prof.
Real Property Taken.
fiag, her presidents, her foreign am­
Malcolm Ugllvle, New York Or­
What
sort
of
fighting
force
would
“ Sometimes the peasants ambush bassadors, her army and navy, all have
nithological society” —and rode
these expeditions and kill them, but come in for a share of the song and Texns devise to meet this unhappy
on.
these cases have not been very numer­ story, the history nnd tradition of situation? Had the state been popu­
lous nnd wealthy, as she Is today, the
ous. All real property hns been taken the Lone Star republic
answer would hnve been simple. In
from those who owned the land. It ts
Of all her institutions, however,
not likely that they will ever be able Texns has none which has attracted those days her population wns less than
to recover any of It. but nil this propa­ more attention nt home nnd abroad that o f Dallas, nnd her promise to pay self-reliant and resourceful, frequently
ganda by those who have come out of than that organization of lighting was worth about 16 cents on the dollar. extricating themselves from difficul­
Hard money was a negligible quan­ ties, not by fighting but by quick
Russia and hnve lost their estates will men known as Texas Rangers.
tity. These tilings nuide a standing thinking. Only one thing In warfare
be of little avail, in my belief, for It Is
Just what Is the Texas Ranger? army Impossible. Whatever fighting they had forgotten in their long strug­
extremely unlikely that Russia will re­
The question can be answered best force wns provided must be small and gle with a dual foe, and that was to
turn to the old form of government.
by finding out what he has been, dis­ Inexpensive In order to be maintained surrender. They gave quarter—some­
“There are very few Americans in covering Ills origin, tracing his devel­
at all. It must rise In time of need times— hut never asked and never ex­
Russia now. The government does not opment nnd examining his duties. The
nnd disperse when the danger had pected IL
lake kindly to visitors, nnd traveling e-act date of the origin of the Rangers
passed. Such nre the circumstances
has been made very difficult. They do Is lost in the obscurity of early Texas
Their lenders were natural leaders,
of our early history out of which
not like to have travelers come through history. Stephen F. Austin mentioned
men who possessed In a high degree
evolved tills peculiar fighting force.
from Siberia, and no one is allowed to them In liis letters of 1823, nearly a
the qunlitles they
linlred In others
These early Rangers were semi-
enter from the southern countries of century ago; Bancroft ascribed their
nnd found essential to themselves. A
military
in
character,
varied
in
forma­
Asia. Another newspaper man and my­ beginning to 1838, but In this he wns
few of those men were John C. Hays,
self were the only two Americans com­ clearly wrong, for the Rangers had tion and organization, ummiformed Ben McCulloch, John S. Ford nnd the
ing through from Siberia, nnd when not only come Into existence but had and undrilled, and irregular In opera­ two Rosses. The ranks were filled
we arrived In Moscow the authorities acquired a legal status before that tions. They were. In a sense, Indig­ with those courageous ones who loved
enous to Texns, hnvlng sprung from action and adventure better than ease
did not seein to like it, but finally they time.
the soil made fertile by the blood of and gnln.
sent us through to Finland, and in this
Rangers Date Back to 1835.
their kinsmen, and they soon became
way we came out of the country.
Did Valiant Service.
When Texas revolted, In 1835, n the frontier fighting force par excel­
“ In Siberia Americans are very popu­
In
1845
Texas Joined the Union. The
lence
of
the
world.
They
were
the
lar, ns America has done a great deal gen'’ ™! council met, and, ns a part of
forerunners of such organizations ns Mexican war followed immediately,
for Siberia in sending clothing and Its work, authorized the first Ranger
during which the Rangers performed
other aid to the people, and also be­ force. This organization was to con­ the Northwest Mounted Police of Can­ such valiant service ns scouts nnd
ada,
the
Cape
of
South
Africa
nnd
sist
of
three
companies
of
25
men
cause the United States government
the 1’ennsylvanln Stnte, though unlike guerilla fighters with the nrmles of
did not recognize Kolchak. But the j each, one to range east of the Trinity,
nny of them. They were the Anglo- Taylor and Scott Hint they were her­
Russian people In the more western j one between the Trinity nnd Brazes
alded ns heroes throughout the nation.
areas are very bitter toward us, as nnd the third between the Brazos and American solution of the problem of
In 1874 the Rangers were reorgan­
the frontier. The true character of
they feel that we offer greater re-[ tiie Colorado. The men were to serve
ized, six companies of 75 men ench.
slstanee than any other country, and solely ns protection against the In­ the Rangers becomes dear only In the
But an Important change wns mnde In
they say that we are the Inst strong­ dians, the remuneration being $1.25 n light of that knowledge which conies
their status nnd duties. They were to
from
an
acquaintanceship
with
the
day.
hold of capitalism. Their ideas nre
Thus was the Texas Ranger force nature nnd disposition of their foes, protect the frontier nnd fight Indians
that communism is bound to prevail
ns before, but. In addition, they were
all over the world, and that they will created in the midst of revolution, nnd the Mexicans on the one hand nnd the
gi on the power of peace officers. On
from that day to this it has existed Indians on the other.
win out.
almost constantly In some form,
From long experience with the Mex­ Hie northern border they fought Lone
Issue Ration Cards.
though under varying titles.
icans the Texans had come to distrust Wolfe, Little Bull and other Comanche
“ Rations ore served to every one In
The first settlers from the United every word and deed of the race. warriors; on the southwest they
Russia, hut there is really great order
Slates were Introduced Into Texas by They doubted their honor, fenred their guarded the Texas side o f the Rio
there. A trnveler gets one pound of
Stephen F. Austin during the latter mercy and despised their valor— les­ Grande ngnlnst Cortina nnd his hnnd
black bread n day nnd one-half pound
part of 1821, now just one century sons dearly learned nt the Alamo, of cuttle thieves; In the interior they
of sausage and some salt, sugar nnd
ago. Why did the Mexican govern­ Goliad and San Jacinto. From the In­ pursued nnd killed Sam Itnsa, broke
tea, but the residents only get one
ment permit on alien race to come In? dians, whose position on the West up the Sutton-Tnylor (cud nnd drove
pound of blnck bread nnd no sausage. Ttiere are several reasons well known hns already been Indicated, they also the road ngents under cover.
They give you ration cards for which to the historian, and it Is said that
When not more actively engaged,
took hard lessons. The Comanche
you can draw from the government one of them was the desire to place
warrior wns a terrible foe, courageous, they guarded nrlsone-a, protected
stores, hut only one men! a day. You some strong arm between the timorous
cunning nnd cruel, an ndept In all the courts nnd dispersed lynching parties.
must buy the rest from whatever Mexicans, like those of Sun Antonio,
practices and subterfuges of partisan The Rangers were busy tnen in those
sources you may he nlde to find. There nnd the wild Indians. The Comnnche’s
warfare, nnd In order to meet him the dnya! In tlielr double capacity of sol­
are government restaurants and there horse might become too hard to bold.
Ranger had to adopt his tactics. For diers and peace officers they presented
nre also some public markets In Mos­ Quien sabe? However this may lie,
example, the Comanches always came a novel ex[>ertinent In government, and
cow, but the. government means to an examination of the land grants
suddenly, mounted on the fleet prairie one which did not escape criticism,
eventually control nil food products made to Americans will show that
mustangs, which they managed with in fact, nil the criticism thnt hns ever
and dispense with the public markets; their holdings tend to form n tier ly­
the Texns
consummate skill, nnd which bore been brought against
they would do that now. but they find ing roughly between the timber belt
ihem away with the speed of the wind. Rangers has been brought ngnlnst
It difficult to prevent those that are and the prairie region. In short, the
them In their capacity ns peace offi­
Faced Torture and Death.
open.
Americans from the United States
cer*. Be that as It mny, during the
Agnin.
the
Conumct.es
never
per­
“There Is no gasoline to run the
were to serve as a buffer between the
mitted themselves to he mnde onptlve ten yenrs following this reorganiza­
j trucks nnd automobiles, but they use
wild tribes and the interior settle­
and to become their prisoner meant tion the Rangers pushed the Indians
us a substitute a spirit made from
ments, and on them was to devolve
j potatoes. This Is also drunk quite gen­ the task of conquest at which both torture and denth. Here were the to the very limits o f Texas, amt
ready-made rules by which
the at the same time rendered the Interior
erally as a stimulant. It Is poorly
Rangers had to fight. They were of a safe and decent place to live In.
J made alcohol nnd not so good as the Spain and Mexico had failed.
Mexico Unable to Closo the Door.
necessity superb horsemen, using their j The success of their work was due
I vodka that they used to have in former
Once the door of Texas was open legs mostly for mounting nnd sticking j Inrgety to the high personal courage
! litnes, but It is consnmed in great
nnd Indomitable spirit of the offhers
| quantities.
Prohibition
prevails, the Americans pushed In with that on. They were sure marksmen, show- |
I though, nfl over Russia and It seems mighty surge which carried the Anglo- Ing great preference for the revolving j and men.
With the passing o f the Indian raids,
American civilization from the Atlan­ six-shooter. They were versed In wood­
to he a good thing.
“The American dollar Is now worth tic to the Pacific during the first half craft and possessed an uncanny sense the Rangers were relieved of further
from 2,000 to 3.000 rutiles, but the of the last century. Mexico, liocotn- of direction, nnd they knew the lore I purely military responsibility, nnd
I money I as to be exchanged secretly, Ing alarmed, undertook to. close the of the forest as well as that of the j from 1885 to the present they have
j While I was In Moscow I heard that door, but It was too late. The Tex­ plain. Col. John S. Ford, himself a * devoted themselves largely to the
Emma Goldman and Berkman had been ans— for such the immigrants had be­ Ranger, soldier am. newspaper man, ’ maintenance of law and order within
j sent ont to one of the Russian prov­ come—not only stood off the Indians, stimfned up their qualities In these ' the stnte.
inces to collect data on some pretext but turned on the Mezlcsns and wrest­ words:
“The Texas Ranger can ride like a l
or another, ns they were very unwel- ed from them Texan Independence In
It’s an III Wind, Etc.
! come to the Bolshevlkl. The govem- 183fi, Jn«t 15 years after they had en­ Mexican, trail like an Indian, shoot ! Athena. O.— Bootleggers nre doing
like a Tennesseean and fight like a Athens a good turn.
I ment was greatly annoyed that the tered the slate.
In the first
This done, however, they found very devil.” Above all, these frontiers­ three month* of 1U20 the city police
United States should send anarchist*
As-dstant Secretary of the Navy Theodore Roosevelt and his wife at the to Russia, as they do not recognize themselves In a most preesrinus sit­ men were the embodiment of Individ- ! collected only $75 In fine*, hut during
launching of the Superdreadnaoght Colorado, which will carry eight 16-Inch them there, The soviet form Is not, uation. They were caught, as it were, uallsm. It was tbelr outstanding trait, the first three month* of 1321 bootleg,
be'ween the Jaws of a great vise. their chief characteristic. They vere j get* paid Into tb# city coffer* $2,5nu.
anarchistic.”
guns and a crew of 1.TU0 men.
More Light on
Bolshevist Rule
BITTER AGAINST
AMERICA
“Hurrah!” Yells Colonel Roosevelt
Texas Rangers
Real Fighters
FOUGHT TWO WARS AT ONCE