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About Heppner herald. (Heppner, Or.) 1914-1924 | View Entire Issue (July 11, 1922)
Tuesday, Taly IT, IQ22 THE HEPPNER HERALD, HEPPNER. ORRflnM Stories of By Elmo Great Scouts Watson , Western Newspaper Union. "YELLOWSTONE" KELLY AND no KlfLt. "OLD SWEETNESS n whs the year 1783. Tiie hostile owns, uuu surrounded Fort Stevensou u., and any white wun who went uc aione went to his death. When the mail was sent to Fort Buford, 218 "lies away, a full company of sol uiers went along to guard it. One uay, while the troops were out on a scout, important dispatches came w men tiad to be delivered at once, and there was no one who would dare at tempt tiie hazardous journey. A V0UI1IZ ni!in. nnmoil Tilths c? Kelly, learning of this, went to the vummaiiiung oftcer and offered to get them through alone. Kelly was a New Yorker who had come west seek ing adventure. Because of his youth, the scouts around the fort had nick named him "The Kid," and now these men told him he would be scalped he fore he was a mile from the post, lie laughed at them. "I guess 'Old Sweetness' and I can take care of any Sioux who jumps us!" he said. "Old Sweetness" was his pet name for his favorite rifle. A few hours later Kelly walked into Fort Berthold, IS miles from Steven son. The Mandan, Gros Ventre and Ankara Indians, camped about that post for protection against the Sioux, gathered about in admiration of his daring, for they lived in terror of the Dakota warriors. Kelly stopped at Certliold only long - ei mid then pushed on to liuford, 200 miles away. Four miles from Berthold he came to a timbered valley. When he readied the bottom, a buJlet whizzed past his ears. As the scout dropped behind a log, three Sioux warriors rushed him. "Old Sweetness" spoke three times and the warriors dropped in their tracks. Kelly returned to Fort Berthold and told of his adventure. The friendlv Indians were wild with joy, and after that they called Kelly "The Little Man With the Strong Heart." The scout started again for Fort Buford and delivered the dispatches without further adventure. He be came the regular mail carrier, hut the Sioux were so frightened of his "strong medicine" that they never at tacked him again. Kelly remained in the United States service as a scout until 1SS3. He was n lieutenant of volunteers in the Spanish-American war and in the I'bilippines the old Indian scout, as --aptain of the Filipino scouts, added further to his laurels of war before he retired as a fighting man. " Why Men Hate Shops. "Of course." said the floorwalker in the big department store somewhat apologetically to the clerk at the stocking counter, "I suppose it's talk ing against my own sex, but you can't tell me men are more ellieient than women, at least not in the stores. "When a man comes hi here be neer tnniKs of coming to me and asking where lie can find the desired article. Instead he roams all around the store, asks salesgirls who aren't supposed to know the different de partments and gets mad generally because lie doesn't get what be want's in a hurry. That's one of the reasons why men hate to shop. They don't use their heads at all." New York Sim. Sharkskin "Shoe Leather." Recent tests of sharkskin uppers for shoes by the United States bureau of standards were made in a way both ingenious and practical. Pairs were made to order, with one upjier of kid and the other upper of shark leather, and those were worn by employees of the bureau. It was found that the shark leather wore better and longer than the kid. It has a be special ad vantage of being waterproof. It is officially announced that shark hides yield leather of high qualitv, suitable for many purposes and attractive for traveling bags, brief cases, desk sets and the like. When the value of the livers for "coil liver" oil and the avail ability of the flesh as a meal for feed ing animals are taken into considera tion, it seems obvious that there is an important future ahead of shark fishery. Limit of Incompetency. The worst incompetent ill any busi ness is the person who is so cock sure lie knows everything that he doesn't take the time to lenrn any. thing. This applies to employer as "en as employee, ""i cairn of r,ii n: ,r wiavuvereo. li 1 , , 0t tiilt-a,i is the dried jince of a low shrub, which grows in ;;,. 11 ls ver-v valuable and scarce, f i the amount of balm yielded by one shrub never exceeds 00 drops a day PAGE THREE A Bargain if Taken at Once 640 acres, every foot in cultivation, all fenced good drilled well with plenty of water to ir rigate garden, four-room house, one-half mile from school, n miles from raihoad. Price OInly $20.00 an Acre. $2,000.00 down, Terms on Balance Roy V. 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