The Monmouth herald., July 28, 1922, Image 3

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A la S k ílIl N a t iv e S
AUTOM \TIC LIGHTHOUSE
Mourn Kilbuck
Gloom in the Far Northland Fol­
lows Death of Beloved Indian
Missionary.
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WILL NOT FORGET HIS WORK
From Kansas to Arctic John Henry
Kilbuck Carried the Gospel. Sav­
ing Lives and Winning Love
of Natives.
Here Is a most reniarkatile view of the Thumsa at night, taken during the recem heat wave, when the atmosphere
o f the usually foggy city was startlingly clear. On the left hank are the houses of parliament.
Uncle Sam Saves
on Office Rents
* —
Goes Back to Prison
Cell for Forgetting
New York.— For being forget­
ful, Alexander Wercbinsky, a
convict, has been returned to
Sing Sing prison us a parole vio­
lator after five months’ free-
dc;i. and will spend two and
en^half years more In prison.
II was originally sentenced to
from two and a half to five
years for alleged assault in
Manhattan.
After serving his
minimum term he was paroled
ami released last December 12
with instructions to rejmrt reg­
ularly to his parole agent. He
failed to report anil vanished.
When rearrested he said he
is absent-minded and forgot to
make the periodical report.
ery government office In Washington
from rented building space. The De­
partment of Agriculture, which Is
housed in 26 different buildings, about
half of which are rented, is an example
of the problem which confronts the
commission.
The public buildings commission is
out to save the government money, and
It points proudly to the fact that its
Congress Keeps an Eagle Eye on the economy begins at home. It lias no
crew of stenographers, clerks nnd mes­
Government’s Housing Bill— Com­
sengers.
Three years ago when it
mission Saves Half-Million in
started it was given nn initial appro­
Rents in Three Years.
priation of $10.000 by congress, and It
Washington, D. C.— In the vigorous still has $1,000 to Its credit in the
hunt for more ways of saving a dol­ bank.
In three years it has saved the gov­ suggest, rather than Imitate, Athens
lar. congress is keeping an eagle eye
on the government's housing bill. The ernment more tlian half a million dol­ and old Europe.
government clerk muy work in a gran­ lars In rents by moving bureaus out
Post Office to Be Plainer.
ite masterpiece of Greek architecture of rented buildings into government-
It
Is
probable that the day of the
tliut suggests a large and lavish scale owned offices. Thus the commission
of administration, but the classic edl- notes tliut the Veterans' bureau per­ beautiful, be-columned marble post of­
fice is past. Since.1013 there has been
Sice is run on a strictly modern, save- sonnel Is shrinking daily and it finds
that there Is room In tlie war risk no public buildings bill to provide at
the-pennies basis.
one time several hundred post office
Tbe government is the largest prop­ building for the entire force o f the
buildings for the country. These bills
alien
property
custodian.
This
official
erty owner in the United States, lie-
hud very little to do with economy. It
sides the great department buildings and his staff have been occupying a
was not uncommon for a town of a
In Washington, each costing several six-story apartment house ut n cost to
few thousand souls which was repre­
tho
government
of
$1W
I,000
n
year
rent.
million dollars. It owns offices all over
sented by a live congressman, to win a
the country. These Include 1,250 post The commission arranged with the bu­
$ 40,000 post office. Each congressman
offices, ranging in value from small­ reau to move and credits itself with
voted for the appropriation hill be­
town building worth only a few thou­ saving the country $.'50.000.
cause it contained some Item In which
Lavish
Building
at
an
End.
sand dollars to the Chicago pi>st office,
Unless there is a sharp reaction from he was interested nnd to disapprove
which cost more than $‘>.000,000.
the
present tendency toward efficiency of nny clause wus to ditch the whole
Economy Becomes Watchword.
and economy there will be no more measure.
Economy Is now the watchword In
Congress was criticised for this sort
elaborate monumental effects In de­
the management of all this property.
partment buildings. Slxteen-foot ceil­ of pork legislation. The most success­
Tuke the stucco buildings which
ings, fireplaces, thick walls and labori­ ful post office getters retorted that a
sprung up to house the unuy of war
ously-carved room decorations such as federal building of beauty and dignity
stenographers and tiling clerks in the
are seen about the state, war and navy wus an inspiration to the citizens of
capital.
About 40,000 war workers
building, nnd other early government n town, nnd that from that point of
huve departed and whole blocks of the
edifices, are conspicuously nbsent view It was a worth-while Investment.
"tempos,” as the wur buildings were
from recent government construction. The European war put a stop to such
called, have been struck like circus
An example of the old-style ponder­ argument nnd to the marble-front post
tents. Hut some are needed because
ousness which characterized the first offices.
Washington still has twice as many
A few post offices nre still being con­
federal buildings Is found In the gran­
clerks as In pre-wur days.
ite pillars on the treasury facades. structed from the provisions of the
The tempos near Potomac park
These huge pillars were quarried In 11*13 bill, but no construction work for
stand on leased laud and the lease is Mnlne and shipped to Washington on the government Is being done in Wash­
about to expire.
Furthermore, the
sailing vessels. It took 18 oxen nnd ington. Nor is there much prospect
owners want u higher rate of rent, and eight horses to carry each of them to of any new government buildings for
If the government turns the property
the building. Time was no obstacle In a year or more. The Important ar­
hack to the owners It must tear down
those days.
Seventeen years were chives building waits only for the word
Its stucco buildings and even pay for spent In constructing the state, war j of congress.
the structures that stood on the land and navy building. The new navy and
Two recent fires in the treasury
when it took possession.
munitions buildings were run up In have shown that the obi buildings nre
In this dilemma the government five nnd n half months.
j not invulnerable, and that documents
finds one satisfactory way out. It cun
The stnte, war anil navy building of great value stored In them are fur
l>uy the land for $1,500,000, about what cost $10,000,000 at n time when labor j from safe. Iiut economy Is rampant
three tears' rent would cost. Congress was cheap. The new buildings aver­ anil it will doubtless be many months
is considering this obviously economi­ age about $.1.000.000. They have Ionic | before congress can be persuaded to
cal measure, and approval is said to nnd Doric columns and they are shin- I spend money for u building program,
be certain. The temporary buildings j ingly white, hut they are distinctly | even to Insure the safety o f the na-
are regarded as good for several years, businesslike in appearance.
They I tlonal records.
and after that the government will still
have the land as a site for permanent
structures.
Buildings Present Problem.
Across tlie street from some of these
temporary offices is another govern­
ment problem. Here are two build- ,
lngs. Joined by passageways, which to­
gether make the largest office build- j
lng In the world. They are the Navy
and Munitions buildings.
They con­
tain l,"«*).»**) square feet ot space and
some of the corridors are 1.900 feet
long.
These record-breaking office build­
ings are a bone of contention because
they v. ero put up us temporary war
structures. They stand firmly enough j
is> govemyient-owncd ground, but the
land Is a part of Potomac park, and
the city-planning s< heme calls for (he
removal of the prosaic buildings to de­
velop the park.
The buildings ore modem In every'
respect and are extremely solid for
temporary construction. If they had
been built across the street on the
leased ground which the government
Is now- bnying they would have stood ,
unchallenged and serviceable for at
least fifteen years to come. They may
st.o 1 f,,r year* as It 1«. The t'^>
buildings together cost more than $<.- *
lx» >», They hoti«>> several thousand
workers who would have to be pro­
vided for somewhere If the biggest
government office unit were scrapt>ed.
Commission Put in Charge.
Economy and tbe «Ity-beautiful Idea
are contesting over this situation, and
Marshal Foeti has gone back to France, carrying with him numerous sou­
economy has the advantage now. Its
cause being advanced for the govern­ venirs of his visit to the United States. Among the most prized are the gold
ment by a public buildings commission sword presented him by the French Institute in the United States, which he Is
at the capitol. This commission has here (sen receiving from President Macl>»ugaii ilaw ke; and the Montana wild­
for its ultimate aim the removal of ev- cat given him by a post of tbe American Legion, shown below.
Government Is I argest Property
Owner in the United
States.
ECONOMY IS THE WATCHWORD
Juneau.—There Is gloom among the
natives in Alaska today.
From I ’olnt Harrow— the furthest
north—to Metlukatlu and Juneau in
the south; from the headwaters of
tlie Kuskokwim and Yukon down to
the sea. is traveling fortli the word
that "Kilbuck is dead." Everywhere
the news permeates, there follows sad­
ness. ilniwn tuen and women among
the Eskimos and Indians grieve like
children. All because the "most loved
nmn beyond 54-40" Is uo more.
For more than four decades John
Henry Kilbuck. Muncle Indian of tbe
old Deluware nation tliut roamed over
I ’ennsylvunla before the days of
Washington and William Penn, hnd
been intimately associated with the
Kllnkits and Takus of southeastern
Alaska, or the Eskimos und breed
tribes around ) otnt Harrow.
With
his pale-face wife l e was guardian,
counselor, spiritual guide nnd friend.
Will Not Forget Him.
Hut the country which John Kilbuck
played such an lm|iortunt part in de­
veloping will not forget him.
The
thousands of reindeer that roam the
tundras under the watchful eye of
their native shepherds, will forever
remind the natives of him. It was
Kilbuck who, at the request of the
United States government. Introduced
reindeer propagation In Alaska, nnd
by so doing he banished the specter
of famine tliut periodically wiped out
entire tribes when tlie hard times
runic nnd the winters closed in before
they were prepared.
Akjak nnd Hethel, both founded by
the Moravian missionary, some day
may grow Into flourishing cities when
Alaska comes into its own. And they
will cherish his memory.
Doings of missionaries, ns a rule,
make rather tame reading. Hut the
activities of John Kilbuck nnd his
w ife were not contlred to strictly spir­
itual things.
Four different times did tlie KU-
bucks go "below*” with the tnteutlon
of spending their declining years In
tlie States. And four times they went
back. The call was Irresistible.
Tbe Inst time— It was to have been
different. With all the best intentions,
necentuated by memories o f past fail­
ures to keep good resolutions— the
pioneer torchbenrers of civilization re­
solved »to spend their declining years
nenr the homes of their forefathers—
on the Chippewa Indian reservation
down In Kansas.
Deep down in tlielr lienrts, however,
they had n “ hunch” that the North
would win. It always had.
So the North Won Again.
In their little white and green cot­
tage, nestling In the UliJppewu hills
and overlooking the pinch! Marais des
Cygnes river In eastern Kansas the
Kllbucks were waiting. Waiting for
word that the brenk-up In the Yukon
and Kaskokwlm was about to begin.
They had reached tlielr decision.
"They need us. The Influenza has
reached Alaska. I f it gets Into the
Interior before we do nobody knows
what will happen. Thousands may
perish. Their deer, now numbering
thousands, will be cast adrift over tlie
tundras—prey to wolves and w ild dogs
and equally unscrupulous ‘breeds.’ "
With the first word of tlie tlmw
they took n steamer out of Scuttle.
• l ey arrived none too -. hui
Intlu
enxa already was taking Its loll. Hut
they lid get there
l hundreds.
The Kllbucks took up their work
j where they had 'eft off upon tlielr de-
I part ii re for the States. They were
Just whipping things Into shape nnd
I getting comfortably settled (or tlie
lust chapter of their .lie's book when
| pneumonia and typhoid, diseases from
which they had saved thousands of
Uncle Sam'a little Indian wards,
struck home. In three days Kilbuck
was «lead.
It was back In 1885 tliut John KII-
buok and his white wife arrived in
Alaska. He had Just graduated from
the Moravian Missionary school nt
Nuzureth, l ’n., where lie bad been
sent by a Christian worker among
the Kansas Indians.
It took years to gain the confidence
of the Alaska untives, but patience
amt kindness finally won and now no
name Is better known or more beloved
I among the Alaska Indians or Eskimos
than Kilbuck.
femnaaîftfc» ■. -
New nutoinutlc lighthouse recently
completed at Harry Ilolmes Gower,
England. Tbe only attention it need* Is
to be replenished once in two year*
with chemicals.
When tbe actinic
light value reaches a certain degree it
lights itself, and when the daylight
t reaches a corresponding degree, it ex­
tinguishes Itself.
Gets Recipes
of Cannibals
English Woman Novelist Learns
Ways of New Guinea Epicures
During Long Sojourn.
THEIR MANNERS ARE PRAISED
Says Hypnotism Prevails Among Na­
tives to An Extent Appearing In­
credible— Position of Women
Is Deplorable.
London.—Miss Heat rice Grlmshnw,
the well known novelist, who has been
15 years In the Soutn Sea Islands, hus
returned from New Guinea. As an
Indication of the wilderness and the
unknown character of the vast tracts
of territory comprising that country
she mentioned that quite recently the
missionaries, with the uld of airplanes,
had discovered a valley containing 10,-
000 people whose existence hud not
even been suspected. They were found
to he living at an altitude where It
was Imagined that human life could
not endure. She hud a wonderful »to-»
ry to tell of her experiences. To n
representative of the Evening Standard
she said:
"New Guinea Is one of the most
noteworthy countries In the world,
and a great deal of It lias never been
explored by white people. Within a
certuln distance the government hus
done n greut den1, hut there nre
stretches In which cannibal tribes live
to themselves. Many, however, are
Induced to work on the plantations,
nnd the cannibal* are certainly tlie fin­
est native workers, becntise of tlielr
|4iyslcul development and thetr de­
meanor. Hut entinlbiillHiii flourishes,
and the people who practice It do not
regard It as wrong. In the Interior
cannibals live to themselves, and It I*
only when they come under Ilrltlsh
Jurisdiction that tlielr cannibalistic
tendencies are checked. One gets so
accustomed to this question of canni­
balism that It is accepted almost us n
Sun Y a t Sen Welcomed at Kweilin
T w o of Marshal Foch’s Souvenirs
matter of course. I know the cookery
reol|>es now ns to tbe best methods of
preparing human food.
Huge Stove Oven Used.
“ In one part of the country there I*
a stone oven six feet long dug Into
a side of a hill for the purpose of
dealing with the victims. The Inhab­
itants of one village tuny attack Kn­
ottier. The prisoners are tortured ter­
ribly, and then eaten. One method Is
to take out tlielr eyes and then roast
the body alive In tlie traditional three-
legged caldron. The cannibals break
the bones und legs of tlielr vlrtiuis be-
forehand sometimes, and then let tho
body lie In u running stream, which
method, they believe, makes the meat
more tender. The odd feature of It
all Is that the most determined canni­
bals nre extremely w* ll-muiinered, and
In ull other respects are the best work­
ers you enn find. As to whether enn-
nUmllstu springs from the love of liu-
ninn flesh or Is merely a rltuai one
ennnot say. I think die cannibals real­
ly like the human flesh. Hut you cun-
not get them to talk about It.
"Sorcery has a remarkable hold on
the people in this country, and the
occult isiw'crs that are displayed can
only be regarded by white |>cnplc us
amusing. The natives even have a
sorcerers’ university where natives are
taught for a period of two years.
Sorcerers cun carry poisonous and
dangerous snakes In their hair, mot
run train them to title people, leaving
them loose In n house, und It Is even
posslb’e, It
said, to make a snake
bite n particular person. Equally ex­
traordinary are tlie |s>wera possessed
by conjurors.
“ I believe these natives understand
hypnotism from end to end. They do
table-turning with a sort of nlllgntor-
shaped linage. They ask questions of
spirits, nnd see blue lights. Tills hap­
pens In the Gulf country. The power
of hypnotism Is used to nn extent
that seems barely credible, but there
Is no doubt, to my mind, that certain
natives nre believed to hypnotize
whole audiences, nnd they do It In
one Instance by mentis of n dance of
the most peculiar character. I have
seen this dance, nnd tlie extraordinary
effect of It. The performer apparently
dominates the whole of the room hy
his actions. The effect of the dancing
Is that hypnosis on a mussed scale like
this can he Induced in the wlerdest
possible wuy.
"Several people have tried to Inves­
tigate the meaning of the mind, hut
they huve not succeeded. It Is quite
obvious that the natives are saturated
In hypnotism ns a result of the prac­
tice of many centuries, which enables
them to do all sorts of things that to
us are always Inexplicable. I do not
ndmlre spiritualism or hypnotism, and
I a in rather glad to find that It has It*
roots among savages.
"The position of women Is deplor­
able. They nre In effect slaves. Mar­
riage Is by purchase, and It Is usually
dependent on the nu’i.her of pigs that
can tie offered hy the bridegroom to
the bride's parents. The pig. In fact.
Is thought to be of very much more
value than the wife."
Tree That Grew Apples
Now Produces Cherries
Sun Yat Sea. bead of the government of South Chinn at Canton, may now
be Induced to auhmlt to the Peking government, scare General Chang, whoae
muse he espouse«!, has been defeafe«l Tbe photograph shows Dr. Sun being
weld rued oy the citizens of Kweilin after hie army took poeseaxion of that
city.
A tree that produced apples
last year and la fllle«! with cher­
ries this year, is the unusual
sight on the William Ilugley
farm, near Onundx-k, I »el. The
tree was one of several pur­
chased from a nursery, and was
bought for an apple tree.
In
every appearance It is an apple
tree. Last year It bore for the
first time three fine applet. This
year the tree is filled with cher­
ries and not a sign o f r.n apple.