The Monmouth herald. (Monmouth, Or.) 1908-1969, April 21, 1922, Image 3

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    South African Rebels Are Conquered
Red Men Have
Occult Sect
WAS SOLD FOR 35 CENTS
torles representatives of 13 other rem­
ount tribes of the Shahaptlan family.
Myths Show °oetic Quality.
“ Primitive, without « system of
chins or tendency toward agriculture,
these tribes have a folk lore which
often challenges the myths of Greece
or Scandinavia. Where the Columbia t
now cascades Its vay through narrow
Yak mat Recently Assured by Federal defiles the Klickltnts believed a nat­
ural bridge once spanned its waters.
Authorities They May Fl.h and
Two sons of their gods, they ex­
Pick Bernes for Ten Years
plained. quarreled to possess so fair a
More Without Interference.
land. The two shot arrows to deter­
mine the land they should occupy. To ¡
Wushington - A . they would put It. one son fell the region of the present-
the wise men of the Children of the day Yakimas and to the other the
. arrows have been assured by the Willamette valley.
Great White Father that their tribe-
"To Insure peace between the peo­
may fish, dig roots and pick berries for
ples the chief god raised high moun­
ten more summers without Interfer­
tains but, so they might be friendly,
ence from palefaces.
he thr-'w a great stone bridge across
iechnlcaHy, the Yakima Indians, of
the ‘Wanna* (Columbia) river. This
Shah apt Ian stock, have been granted
bridge the Indians called 'Tamahna-
freedom of their reservation. In Wash­
wos,’ bridge o f the gods. A witch |
ington state, for ten more yours with­
woman lived on It and to her was en- |
out acceptance of any duties and priv­
This girl was sold for thirty-five
trusted all the fire In the world. After
ileges of American citizenship.
Intercession with the chief of the gods | cents—hut thut was eighteen years
®°ni® L300 of the Y'liklinas thus she won permission to build n great a g o , when she was a child of five;
•re assured the untrammeled freedom
fire on the bridge to which both tribes ] and she was sold to an American mis­
o f their trlhul customs," explains a might come und light their fagots. ) sionary and Ills wife She Is Kan En
bulletin from the Washington head­ This net so pleased the chief god that I Votig, who was “ bought” on the
quarters of the National Geographic he transformed the witch woman into I streets of Hang Chow by Mr. nnd Mrs.
so< lety. ’ I bus not only are these In­ a beautiful maiden.
\V. 8. Sweet, Baptist missionaries.
dians made happy, but the friends of
“ No sooner did the two chiefs be­ Later she was adopted by Hev. A. B.
the Hod man will be given further o.e
Harris of Philadelphia. She Is now
port unity to study one of the more hold her than they fell victims to her n music student ut Oberlln college
wondrous
charm
and
set
their
people
primitive groups o f American abo­
and she expects to study child psy­
rigines, who have not been spoiled l.y to hnttle so they might win her hand. chology and teaching at Columbia. For
Then the god was wrathful. He de­
n too sudden Imposition of the white
stroyed the bridge. But so the maid the last three years she has been run­
man’s civilization.
and her lovers might be beautiful in ning u kindergarten In China.
Derisive Name Stuck.
death ns In life lie created three moun­
I be luklnms take their name from tains with snow-capped peaks. He
a derisive nlckuniue, meaning ‘runa- who doubts this tale may see these Paroled Criminals Commit Most Crime
Chicago.—Seven out of every ten
«•nyf,’ applied by other tribes; and mountains for himself. Are they not
they have given this name to the beautiful, nnd are they not perpetu­ crimes of violence In Chicago are com­
Yakima river along which they live. ally snow-crowned, ns the god, Sugha- mitted by criminals who are out on
bond, say police officials. The crooks
They call themselves ‘ Wuptulltuin ’ lie, decreed.
at llhert.v on bond are the most
meaning ‘Children of the Narrows.' in
"The white men call them Mount vicious of nil criminals, authorities
reference to the narrows of that river,
less poetically designated Union Gaul Hood, Mount St. Helena, und Mount declare, and some wuy to curb this
evil Is to he sought.
Adams."
on the maps.
‘•Dreamers” of Yakima Tribe
Had Gospel Much Like Gandhi
in India Today.
MYTHS SHOW POETIC QUALITY
A general view of Johannesburg, Union of South Africa, which was the center of the recent disturbances creutej by
the striking miners. The rebellion was quelled by the troops.
Pocket Mirror
Beat Geronimo
Apache Kid knew horses, and from
time to time got remounts on the fast­
est nnd freshest horses In corrals he
passed. The rangers plugged along on
their nime ponies. Hut they followed
the trail so fast that they drove the
Apache Kid and bis hands to a field
of fewer corrals aud more desperate
straits.
They surrounded the hand at Stink­
Apache Kid Used It, Says Noted Ran- ing Wells, so-called from the sulphur
fumes that rise from Its pit. As the
ger in Recital of Story of His
law circle closed In the Apache Kid
Eventful Life— Has Remarkable
made use of a smoke screen. The
Experiences as Ranger.
wind was blowing from his band to­
Chicago.— Superstition resulted I d ward the rangers. The Indians fired
the surrender o f Ueronltno, the famous the prairie. Then, under cover of the
Indian, and the Apache Kid used the smoke, they brought down some of the
first smoke screen recorded In this rangers.
Colonel Is Wounded.
country, according to Col. Fred Owens
Colonel Owens did not escape. Two
of Chicago, a noted Texas Hunger of
j of the Wolff boys with whom he had
half a century ago.
Colonel Owens, an old circus man, lived when he first came to Texas fell
who earned his title as runger, cow­ In the rifle fire. Colonel Owens dragged
boy, bronco buster, pony express rider them through It and returned to get
and participant In many Wild West hls horse. Then he risle into a bullet
pursuits. Including those of Geronliuo that cuught him in the left thigh and
and the Kid, made these assertions another killed hls horse, which fell on
here In a recital of h!s life, which has the colonel, crushed hls chest, and left
been crammed full of action and n ar him unconscious. When he came to
row escapes that rend like the passage himself he was seven miles nearer
civilization, being carried on the back
from an old dime novel.
Fred Owens, when nine years old, of a friendly squaw. The Wolff boys
was missing from his home In Fleru- were saved.
Itecuperatlng he again took up the
Ingsburg, Ky., one morning In 1859.
chase and helped to make It merry for
He had gone West.
At eighteen, or In 1808, he became a the Apache Kid until that outlaw was
Texns Hunger and made such a mark run to cover In Big Bear canyon on
for himself that he was sent to the the Tecos river, and died from a ran­
ger's bullet.
Centennlnl at Philadelphia with other
He then broke 18 horses to work
rangers to represent the Hone Star
without line, bridle or bit. and their
State. In 1878-79 and 1880 he wss de­
performance was presented the first
tailed to the pony express through No
time with the original Buffalo Bill
Man's Land, or the Indian territory.
show In Omahn In 1884. In 1885 Col­
He was never held up, hut many times
onel Owens went back to Texas. He
outrode bandits bent on possessing the
added to hls string of “ naked racers,"
valuables he carried.
as they were called, and presented
In 1S81 he took the saddle again as
them for two sensons with the Bur-
an active ranger. About that time num ft Bailey circus. Then he sold
Oeronlmo, the most wily chief that
them to that company.
ever gave the American army trou­
He returned to Texns nnd took tip
ble, was getting tad In west Texas.
the trail of Bass Scott and hls hand
Uutll Oeronlmo's rapture In the hills of cattle rustlers. This crowd was ex­
back o f Chihuahua, Mexico, Colonel
terminated 100 miles from Fort Stock-
Owens was a material part of his pur­
ton, but before their end Colonel
suit. And he tells a story of the In­
Owens had received a terrible wound
dian's capture that may not he part of
that crushed In hls left side.
the records of the War department,
1.000 Head Were Dead.
because Oeronlmo hail few friends
This laid him up for some time, but
among white men. The colonel was he went on the last “ big drive” of cat-
one of these few.
In after years Oeronlmo told him
why he surrendered to the white man. OV/NS FAMOUS NECKLACE
and It Is a story of the Indian's super­
stitious nature. Oeronlmo's pursuers
numbered among them a Captain Hil­
debrand. When the Indian was driven
Into the hills and the chase became
hot. Hildebrand's command was crawl­
ing over the crags toward the redskin’s
stronghold. Just before hls surrender
Oeronlmo caught sight of the face of
Captain Hildebrand and was ready to
fire. Then a bright light dashed over
the officer's features. This the Indian
could not fathom, and It drove all the
tight ont o f him.
Pocket Mirror Saved Him.
In those days troopers In the army
were resourceful men. A private In
the advancing line had seen a point
o f vantage and thought his captain
should know of It. To move or call
would reveal hls position to the In­
dians, yet he must get the attention
of Captain Hildebrand. Taking a small
mirror from hls pocket he caught the
rays o f the sun. These reflected on
the face o f Hildebrand, then in Immi­
nent danger o f Oeronlmo's rifle. But
the flash beat the Indian's trigger flrv
ger. He saw the wonderful bright
light ami thought It a message from
heaven to Identify Captain Hildebrand
ns the Great Spirit Oeronlmo ran up
his flag of truce, merely stipulating
that he should not be hnng or shot for
Recent photograph of Mr. and Mr*.
hls outrages if he surrendered. Hls | James H. K. Cromwell, son and daugh­
terms were accepted.
ter-in-law of Mrs. E. T. Stotesbury of
In 1884 the Apache Kid. a halLhreed rtiilad olphla. Mrs. Cromwell waa Mi*s
outlaw, and hls hand were marauding Helpline Dodge, daughter of Mrs.
In west Texas. The Apache Kid was Uorare E. Podg^of Gross Point. Mlrh.,
o f the same tribe, but not related to widow of the noted motor manufac­
Oeronlmo. Yet he possessed all the turer. She Is the present owner of
wiles nnd savage cruelty of his chief­ | the pearl necklace, valued at $825,000
tain. Colonel Owens and hls fellow —one* the property of Empress Cath-
rangers were sent after the Apache > erine of Russia—the sale j d which
' caused a lawsuit between two big Jew­
Kid.
The chase was a hot one. The elry bouses.
Thought Its Flash in Battle
Was an Order From the
Great Spirit.
FIRST USE OF SMOKE SCREEN
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Who Wouldn’t “Doll Up”
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Itnlph Magartno, twenty-five
years old, a motorman of Brook­
lyn, N. Y„ is different from most
husbands, for he not only does
not object to hls wife using cos­
metics, but he insists she do so.
Because Helen, hls spouse, re­
fused to use rouge and powder,
Mugurino, according to the
charge, beat her. When Magis­
trate Liota heard of the unusual
cause for Mugarlno's alleged
beating of hls wife, he ordered
the motorman pluced on proba­
tion. pending a further Investiga­
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tie front Texas. There were 5,000
heail In the herd. In Stevens Saucer.
Texas, so called because the hills form " T r i b a l customs among all the
a giant saucer, a coyote barked and Sbnhapt ana. to which linguistic family
the » uklinus belong, are similar. The |
n cowboy fired u shot at It. When
nhuhaptlans range I over what now Is
the stampede was over One thousand
northeastern
Oregon and southwest
head of cattle were dead and twenty-
Muho as well as In Washington.
five hundred were lost.
Offshoots of the Shuluipthin stock
Returning to civilization. Colonel Included the Nez I'ercep, the 'plnchod-
Owens heard of a midget broncho nose men,’ whose leader. Joseph, won
pony horn on the trail. He bought comparison with the march of Xeno-
this little anlmnl, which was the great phon a Ten Thousand for hls retreat
trick pony “Cleo.” He trained “ Cleo" after an attack upon white usurpers It Breaks Record in 1921, and being more than twenty times the
average annual rice exports In tho
and the animal was taken around the o f his ancient home lands In Oregon.
for
First
Time
Exceeds
five-year period, 1910 to 1914.
world twice by Colonel Owens. “Cleo"
' Smohalla, 'the preacher,' founder of
died In 1918. Colonel Owens then left tlint mystic Indian hand known as
Shipments of Cotton.
Lxports and Values.
the road.
'I»reamers' also was Shahaptlan. In
The principal agricultural exports
What Is thought of him by showmen the Columhlu river region, near the
during 1921 und their declared values
Is evidenced by hls Initial, and since I present-day home of the Yuklmas, he
were:
automatic elections, as chaplain of preached a gospel strikingly like thnt
Wheat nnd wheat flour, $551,000,.
their club. He can still take the of Gandhi, leader of the tinn-co-op-
000; cotton, $534,000,000; pork and
thumb, fore and middle fingers of his eration movement In British India to­
| pistol hand, roll and crimp a cigarette day. After wanderings in the deserts Pork and Pork Products, Including pork products, Including lard, $240,-
000,000; leuf tobacco, $205,000,000;
Lard, Follow Cotton on the L is t -
the cowboy’s way, In spite of the fact south to Mexico, during which he
corn and commeal, $97,000,000; sugar,
that these three fingers are marred claimed to have visited the spirit
Many Commodities Show In­
$40,000,000; rye. $14,000.000; con­
by the mark of a bullet that shot the world, he returned to counsel thnt In­
crease Over 1920.
densed nnd evaporated milk, $38,000,-
| gun out of hls hand.
dians return to their native ways of
000 ; cottonseed oil, $24,000,000; rice,
Colonel Owens Is still a Texas Han­ living, decline instruction or associa­
Washington.—Wheat was king of $21,000,000, and barley, $21.000,000.
ger. He has never resigned, he has tion with white men, and above all Aniericun agricultural exports In 1921.
Exports which showed an increase
never been discharged. lie Is a man follow their own gods. Chief Joseph
An analysis of the 1921 exports of
In quantity over 1920 were;
32 of the principal agricultural prod­
of quiet mien, and to meet him one embraced this faith.
Wheat, cotton, corn, rice, barley,
would never realize he was one of the
"Disputes over land In the Yaklm- ucts grown In the United Stales, made pork and pork products, except bacon,
vallnnt men that carried law and order reservation were made the occasion public by the Department of Agricul­
oleo oil, cottonseed oil aud eake, re­
to and over the frontiers.
for a federal mllltnry Investigation of ture, shows thut more wlieut was ex­ fined sugar, gret•!! apples, eggs, to.
tills sect In 1884. The snlmon thanks­ ported during last year than In any bncco, dried npples, dried apricots and
the berry festival and the ghost preceding year In history of the coun­ dried prunes. Exports which showed
SHOT 102 TIMES, BUT LIVES giving.
dances were retorted upon, and try, and thut for Ihe first time the ex­ a decrease In quantity were: Wheat,
seances marked by trances and bell port value of wheat und wheat flour flour, rye nnd rye flour, oats, beef,
Sergt. Samuel Joseph of Kentucky ringing were found.
exceeded the value of eotton exports.
Has Record for Stopping Ger­
Exports of corn In 1921, Including baron, butter nnd cheese, condensed
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Todny
the
Yakimas
may
roam
at
milk, potatoes, hops, dried peaches
man Lead.
will over an area neurly as large as conuneid converted Into terms of com, and raisins.
were
larger
than
In
uny
year
since
that of Rhode Island. The treaty by
Wheat exports totaled 279,949,000
Lexington, Ky.—Sergt. Alvin T.
which this reservation, within the 1900.
bushels, us compared with 218,287,000
I York nnd Sergt. William Woodtlll may
Since 1919 the United Stales hns
l.end
hut
not
bordering
the
Columbia
bushels In 1920. hut the value whs
divide honors for capturing or destroy- j
river, was set aside dates hack to the become nn exporter of rice, the ex-
lng 'Germans during the World war 50's and Included among Its signa- ports of GUO,050,000 pounds lit 1921 $432,906,000 In 1921, as compared with
$590.075.000 In 1920, h decrease ol
hut at the Good Samaritan hospital
more than $100,000,000.
In this city is an American sergeant
who probably stopped more bullets ;
Exports of wheat flour were 10,-
than any other soldier In Uncle Sam's J
800.000 barrels In 1921, with a de­
army, and, although hls merits are un ,
clared value of $117.0!X',.(XX), as com-
sung, he has a war record that vies
pared with 19,854,1X10 barrels, valued
with those of York and Woodtlll.
at $221,472,000 exported In 1920.
He Is Sergt. Samuel Joseph of Hnz
Cotton and Corn Exports.
nrd, Ky., and he Is now at The hospi­
tal for his fifteenth operation. Up
Cotton exports In 1921 totaled 0,078,-
to date Joseph has had G7 bullets tnk- ;
<Xjo bales of 500 pounds each, with a
en from hls body; but he Is still
declared value of $5342242,IMA), as com-
afraid to go swimming, for he was hit
; pnr<sl with G,35D.( nni hales valued at
1011 times after being In the front
$1,130,4410.000 exported In 1020.
line of fighting for 15 months without
Corn exports. Including com meal
receiving a scratch.
converted Into terms of corn, totaled
The former sergeant's outfit was
1322208.000 bushels valued at $;xt,50G,-
Company Q, Eighteenth Infantry.
(XX), us compared with 2I.2.MMXX) bush­
First division, A. K. F. He was on
els valued ut $33,1)32,000 exported In
the Alsace-Lorraine front with French
1920.
colonials, participated In the capture
Irni>nrts of corn dropped from 7.784.-
of Cantlgny. helped storm and take
(XX» bushels In 1!*20 to 104,isx> hu«hels
Mondltaor, was In the great drive on
In 1021; rice Imports from 142.981,000
Soissons, was 45 days In the hottest
pounds to 83.805,000 pounds. 4'hcese
fighting on tt# Champagne front nnd
Imports Increased from 15.1AM,ixx)
participated In the sanguinary fight­
pounds In 1920 to 20,800,001) pounds In
ing at Chateau Thierry and In the Ar
1921.
gonne forest, where he received most
Imports of eggs L: the shell Jumped
of hls wounds, and was taken to a
from 1,7*A).000 dozen to3.0fB.000 dozen.
hospital to die, hta comrades thought.'
The department asserts thnt en an­
For 28 months he remained In the
alysis of American foreign trade Is In­
hospital.
complete without taking Into account
j both quantity nnd value, for although
exports of many lending agricultural
“ SPECS” STIR UP ROYALTY
products show s Isrge Increase In
quantity decllnty In value hnve grepfljr
Young Ex Emperor of China Finally
offset tho possible gnln derived from
Adopts Glasses on Advlco of
Increased quantity.
American.
W heat Leads in
Farm Exports
INCREASE IN CORN EXPORTS
Little Girl Causes Ghost Scare
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Peking.—To wear “ specs" or not to
wear them was a problem which re­
cently threw the Imperial household of
the Chinese dynasty Into consternation
when It was discovered that the sight
of Asuan Tung, young ex-emperor, was
failin g.
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The American expert said It must be
either ” specs" or falling sight for
Usuan Tur.g. and “specs” It waa.
Dr. Walter Frinklin Urine* of the American Institute for Scientific Re-
search, who went to Antlgnnlsh. Nova Hcotla. to Investigate the ghostly visits
tlons that had driven Alexander Macdonald snd family from their fnrrn home,
has reported that the mischievous pranks of Mary Ellen, adopted daughter of
Alexander Macdonald, were responsible for most of the manifestations. The
picture shows I»r. Prince and hls party In sleighs with Inserts showing Mary
Ellen sod Alexander Macdooald.
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Grocer Shoots Self In Sleep.
Emimria, Kan.—John B. Gunderson,
a grocer, shot himself In tne chest dnr-
lng the night while he was sleeping
with a revolver under hls pillow. The
' sound of a shot awoke Gunderson,
who found he had wounded himself.
i The grocer had carried the gun to bed
I with him to protect hls store from
, borglsrm.