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THE HERALD, HERMISTON, OREGON
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In a small southern town a justice
of the peace who Is very popular with
the negroes had Just married a couple.
The groom made Inquiry as to the fee
and the justice replied It would be a
dollar.
“A dollar? Pahson, yo’ don’ mean t’
tell me yo’ Is gwlne chahge me a dol-
lah Jes’ fo’ sayin’ dem few words when
Ah works all day fo’ dut much?”
“Why, yes,” said the Justice. “That
kiss you got was worth that much."
“Well, Jes’ he’p yo’se’f, pahson, Jes’
he’p yo’se’t ”
DOING THE CHARLESTON
By ELM O S C O T T W A T S O N
place for his own. It Is at this point th e w i ll o f th e le g is la tu r e , a p p o in te d
th e 13th o f S e p te m b e r, 1846, as th e day
’ HERB 1« Daniel Boone, the In the narrative that the possibility w h e n p u b lio f u n e r a l h o n o rs s h o u ld be
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great frontiersman, burled? that “somebody blundered” enters, ac p aid to th e Illu s t r io u s d e a d a n d th e ir
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Ask a Kentuckian that cording to descendants of Boone who re m a in s be d e p o s ite d In th e bosom of
c k y . T h e e v e n t* o f t h a t d a y w i ll
and ha will probably an live In Missouri and who have made e K v e e n r tu fo
rm a n In t e r e s tin g p a g e In t h *
swer, “Why, In our state a careful Investigation of the circum­ a n n a ls of th e s ta te . On t h a t occasion
stances
connected
with
the
burlul
and
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ls
to
rlo
m e n — m e n w h o s e n a m e s w i ll
capital, F r a n k f o r t , of
removal. One of these Is Jesse P. n e v e r be f o r g o t te n — g a th e r e d a ro u n d
course 1"
o f a m o re e m in e n t h is to ric
Tell a Missourian what Crump, vice president of the Kansas c th h e a ra coffin
c te r a n d b o re I t to th e g ra v e
the Kentuckian has said, City Title and Trust compuny, di­ T h e p a llb e a r e r s w e r e f it l y chosen fro m
and his comment may pos­ rector In Missouri of the Boone Family a m o n g th e e lo e rs a n d th e h o n o re d m en
sibly be the traditional, association and an authority on the o f th e c o m m o n w e a lth ......................
e re d
life of his Illustrious ancestor. From fr o T m h o u a s ll a n p d a s rts o f o f p e th o e p le s ta h te a d to g a p th
“Show me I
a r tlc l
his
statements
and
from
those
of
p a te In th e s o le m n f u n e r a l r it e * ,
Bead any of the dosens of biog­
procession w a s fo rm e d , c o n s is tin g of
She—So you’re Just back from
raphies of Daniel Boone and you’ll David Ourdyne of Marthasville, Mo., m
ili t a r y c o m p a n ie s , M a s o n ic a n d o th e r
probably And a statement something who hus spent years tracing up every s o c ie tie s In r e g a lia , a n d a g r e a t n u m b e r Japan? Do they dance the charles­
like th is: “He was burled In Missouri Item connected with the life of Boone, o f c itiz e n s on h o rs e b a c k a n d on fo o t, ton there, too?
He— Sure. That’s where the girls
but In 1845, at the urgent request of ns presented by the Kansus City Star m a k in g th e lin e m o re t h a n a m ile In
le n g th .
T h e b ro a d g r a v e f o r th e tw o show their Jupun-knees.
Kentucky the bodies of Boone and his writer, the evidence sums up as fol­ coffins
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wife were removed to Kentucky and lows :
lo w n e a r th e b a n k s o f th e K e n tu c k y
reburied In Frankfort.” But It’s Just
When the grave diggers had nearly r iv e r a nd a ro u n d It th e m u lt it u d e g a t h ­
A Lone M erit
possible that all of the histories are completed the grave beside that of ere d . T h e r e lig io u s c e re m o n ie s w e re
T h e b e s t th in g w e k n o w of
p e rfo rm e d by R e v . M r . G o d e ll o f th e
T h e p o p u la r s ong
wrong and that Daniel Boone still Rebecca Boone, they uncovered a hu­ B a p tis t c h u rc h a n d w e re fo llo w e d by
Is th e fa c t t h a t I t do esn’t
sleeps beneath the soli of Missouri In­ man skeleton. So the grave wus re­ a n o r a tio n by H o n . J. J. C r itte n d e n , th e
S ta y p o p u la r lo n g .
stead of the blue gruss of Kentucky. filled and this unknown préoccupant a b le r e p re s e n ta tiv e o f K e n t u c k y in th e
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Surprising us that statement may be, was left In possession. They then at­ c lo s in g p r a y e r b a d been o ffe re d , and
Eaay Come, Easy Go
there seems to be some foundation of tempted to make a grave on the other th e b e n e d ic tio n p ro n o u n c e d , th e oofflns
There are some strange tales of
fact for the belief that "somebody side of the Rebecca Boone grave. But w e r e lo w e re d In to th e g r a v e a n d o ver
blundered" In 1845 and that, as a re­ here the hill sloped sharply away, th e m w a s p ile d a m o u n d o f e a r t h y e t Broadway, but this true story Is one
th e o n ly m o n u m e n t t h a t m a r k s t h * of the strangest that we have heard:
su lt the body of an unknown stran­ making It unsuitable for a grave. So sp
o t w h e re th e n o b le p io n e e rs a re
A French-Cunuck who chopped down
ger, Instead of the body of the famous they had to try again and a grave was b u rle d .
trees In the Canadian woods for 15
pioneer, rests beside that of Kebecca dug either at the head or the foot of
What was true In 1859 was still true
Rebecca’s grave (no one knows for 20 years later—that this mound of years at a sulary of $100 per annum,
Boone In the Kentucky capital.
came to New York for a holiday after
All of which came about through certain which) so as to carry out his earth was "yet the only monument 15 years of pine cutting In the woods.
request
to
lie
beside
his
beloved.
the discovery recently In an old hair
that marks the spot where the noble Within one hour he lost his $1,500 In
trunk In the attic of a farmhouse near There Daniel Boone was burled and pioneers are burled.” For, strange i gambling house, and remarked,
Boonville, Mo., of several letters writ­ there, his descendants believe, he to say, having paid these signal honors
Well, such Is life. It’s another 15
ten to CapL Nathan Boone, Daniel sleeps today.
to Its great pioneer, Kentucky again years In the woods for me— but easy
Boone’s son, by the governor of Ken­
The next chapter In the “somebody showed a strange Indifference to him come, easy go."—The Outlook.
tucky and other distinguished men In blundered” chain of events occurred and It was not until 1880 that the
that stute, asking his permission for
little later when headstones were present monument was erected In
Convenient Call a
the removal of the bodies of Daniel placed at the Boone graves. The Frankfort
Tnxpayer—I’ve called to see the col­
Boone and his wife to Frankfort for stones were dragged to the graves by
Daniel Boone has been honored by
burlul. The discovery of these let­ a yoke of oxen, driven by a man whose memorials In many other places—In lector of taxes.
Clerk—Sorry, but he’s out Just now.
ters started a representative of the name Is lost to history. When he ar- the monument which marks the site of
“Good I When do you expect him
Kansas City Star upon an Investiga­ rlved there he was not certain as to Boonesborough, the "station” which he
to be out again?”
tion which has raised the question of (be placing of the stones and went to
established In 1775; in the statue of
where Daniel Boone Is actually burled
farmhouse nearby. The woman him In Cherokee park In Louisville;
and has uncovered evidence which in­ there returned with hlpi to the graves
FLOATED A LOAN
In (he monument which stands In Cum­
dicates that it la In Missouri and not and after discussing the situation for berland Gap. where Bpone stood and
In Kentucky.
time, Anally pointed to the two looked into his land of promise, even
As a necessary background for a graves side by side and said “I think though It was the “Dark and Bloody
consideration of this startling theory, those are the graves.” Accordingly Ground," and which may some day be
It may be well to go back Into some the headstone for Rebecca Boone was replaced with a heroic statue of the
of the familiar history of Daniel placed correctly but the one for Dun- great pioneer; and In the Boone Trail
Boone. It will be remembered bow lel Boone was placed at the head of highway which follows his path Into
the Infant state of Kentucky, display­ the grave occupied by the unknown the W est Last year ho became one of
ing an Ingratitude not at all unusual stranger.
America’s Immortals ’when a bust of
The final “blunder” (If such It was) him was unveiled In the Hall of Fame
In the history of America, failed to
conflrm Boone’s title to lands within wns made In 1845 when Kentucky, In at New York university.
Its borders. So the old pioneer took un effort to pay Its tardy honors to
But to Kentucklnns the monument
his family to Missouri, which wns then the man to whom It owed so much, In Frankfort (an unpretentious one, It
Spanish territory. The uews of his started the movement to have the would seem, considering the worth of
coming had preceded him and the bodies of Boone und his wife returned Ills services to that commonwealth). Is
Spanish governor gnve him a grant of to the Blue Grass state. As the result something of a state shrine. It will
a thousand acres of flue bottomland of the letters from Kentucky official* be sturtllng news to Kentuckians If
Wonder how Noah managed so
on the Femme Osage creek and made to Nnthun Boone such as those recent­
It Is ever definitely proved that Daniel big an enterprise as building the
him syndic (an office combining the ly discovered, the Boone family Anally
Boone does not sleep beneath that
duties of Judge, Jury, mllltury com­ guve Ils consent to the removnl. A monument. There were times during ark ?”
"Floated a loan, no doubt"
mander and sheriff) for his district delegation of Kentucklnns arrived to
the bloody years of the Revolution In
Here he lived hupplly fur several obtain the bodies. They opened the the West that Kentucky owed her
K eep Car Intact
years, but when Missouri, as a part of grave of Rebecca Boone and found the very existence to the strong right arm
S to p a nd le t th e t r a in go by*
the Louisiana purchase, came under coffin In an excellent state of preserva­ and stout heart of Daniel Boone. Yet
I t h a r d ly ta k e s a m in u te ;
the American flag, misfortune over­ tion but when they opened the grave
for all that he did for her she al­
T o u r c%r s t a r t s o ff a g a in in ta c t.
took Boone. The federal government beside her, which they believed to
A n d b e tte r s t i l l — y o u 'r e In It.
lowed him to be defrauded of his
refused to recognize the title to the contain the body of the old pioneer,
lands and saw him, saddened by her
acres granted him by the Spanish and they found only a few pieces of the
About Thia Time
Ingratitude, set forth to seek a new
again he found himself landless. Ho coffin and the larger bones of a human
home In another state. A quarter of
Wifey—Mrs. Jones remarked about
rent In memorials to both the Ken­ skeleton.
a century after his death she paid him your dignified appenrauce.
tucky legislature and congress but It
Apparently no one at the time was tardy honors, then neglected his mem­
Hubby—Ho, hum I What is It now?
was not until six years hud passed struck by the Inconslstehcy of this
fur coat or a hat?
ory for another 86 years.
that congress took action to conflrm fact : how could Rebecca’s coffin be in
If,
ns
the
Missouri
descendants
of
his Spanish land grants. After the such perfect state o f preservation,
E xtrem ity
death of his wife, he made his home while the other, supposed to contain Boone believe, It Is not only possible
“Edith is able to get money from
with his son, Nathan, In SL Charles the body of her husbaud, who was but probable, that Daniel Boone still
county and there he died September burled seven years after her, had so sleeps In Missouri and not In Ken­ the man she married without asking
tucky, how Fate must smile at the for I t ”
2(1, 1820, at the age of elghty-slz.
nearly perished? At any rate the delicious Irony of the situation—Ken­
“Lucky woman!"
When Kebecca Boone died In 1813 contents of the two graves were placed tuckians of today making a pilgrimage
“Well, perhaps. She had to divorce
she was burled In a cemetery on a In elaborate coffins and carried to to this state shrine, unconscious of him to accomplish It"
knoll upon the bank of Teugue creek Frankfort The ceremony of reburial the fact that they are standing In
about a mile and a half north of the at the Kentucky capital as described reverence at the Inst resting place of
One, Two, Three, Four
present town of Marthasville In War­ In an article In Harper’s Magazine In un unknown stranger and not that of
Gloria—Good gracious Does your
ren county. Mo. It had been Boone's 1850 tells us that :
their great hero whom the Kentuckian* brother often have fits like that?
oft-repeated request that he lie placed
H a v in g o b ta in e d th e c o n s e n t o f the of yesterday denied the full measure
Jack — He’s Just absent-minded.
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beside her when he died and by the
th e r e m o v a l c f th e re m a in s , a c o m ­ of honor and the rewards which be so
Whenever he hears a phonograph he
side of her grave lie had marked a m
richly
deserved
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itte e , c h a rg e d w it h t h * e x e c u tio n o f
starts going through his dally dosen.
you are both quick and steady. You
W ritten and Rotten
combine the best qualities of the oth­
Jobaon—Brown wanted me to speak
er two.
at the banquet tonight, but I told him
The longhorned cattle are the dfr
I couldn't do It on such short notice.
scendunts of the old Spanish cattle
If my after-dinner speeches aren’t
brought to Mexico by the early ex­
W hat Shape Face?
M ateriala in Aatoa
written they’re rotten.
plorer* (known as the Conqulstadoree).
If your profile la concave, says Pop­
The following minerals are listed aa
Friend— I’ve heard them, old
Some of these cattle were brought In­ ular Science Monthly, yon are likely “raw materiala used In manufactur­ when they were both.
to the region now k n o w as Texas and to be a slow but determined thinker.
ing motor cars and trucks” : Iron,
Mexico and became wild and formed If It Is convex, sloping either way steel, plate glass, aluminum, copper,
Hia Preeeription
the Mart of the loug-horned cattle. from the tip of the none, your think­ tin. lead, alnc and nickel. There are
Mr. Sparke—Good beavenal Why
They were uunierous in the Southwest ing 1* apt to be quick, but Indectalve. numerous alloys o f the above minerals
until a few years ago. Modern beef- But If a line drawn from the forehead that enter Into the manufacture of are yoa crying?
S in . Sparke—The doctor said I
bred bulls have beeu used with these to the chin Indicates a plane profile, thia product
needed a good eyewash.
First “ Long Horns”
He la a Fighter
All the cassowaries are Inhabitants
of foreata and are strictly diurnal.
The largest, found In New Guinea, la
nearly six feet In height wtien erect
anya Nature Mag*sine, and with Its
powerful legs and sharp claws,
P m eked by a pugnacious temper, can
defend Itself against most adversaria*
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President Coolidge with President Gerardo Machado of Cuba and their aides photographed at the Cuban em­
bassy In Washington where the Chief Executive of the United States paid a return cull on Cuba’s President.
President Machado had previously called on President Coolidge at the White House shortly after his arrival In
the national capital.
Paris Flight Plane Crashes, Killing Two
This picture, transmitted by telegraph wires, shows the great plane American Legion as It lay wrecked In a
marsh near Newport News, Va. L ieu t Com. Noel D avis and L ieut Stanton Wooster, who were testing the machine-
for the Paris flight, were killed.
Taking the Place of the Army Mule
ON TRIAL FOR LIFE
Here Is an excellent picture o f
Mrs, Ruth Brown Snyder as she ap­
peared In the Queen’s county (N ew
York) court during her trial on
charges of having killed her hus­
band.
Infantry organizations In the Philippines are experimenting with native
ponies aa replacements for the time-honored army mules used as pack animals.
Lack of roads In many parts of the islands makes transportation by any
other means Impossible. This photograph shows one of the doughboys with
a typical native pony.
FOR PARIS FLIGHT
Indian Mounds Are Flood Refuges
S B S fS
herds until now the old long-home are
practically extinct In the United
State*,
Death in the Carpet
Blr Robert Jones, eminent authority
on orthopedic work, has been point­
ing to the danger that sometimes lurks
In carpet* A carpet In a room that
had been Inhabited by a tuberculosis
patient was swept as an experiment,
and 48 guinea pigs were fed or food
For Bachelora to Read
mixed with the dust.
Forty-eeven
IP* better to have loved and be died of acute tnherculnel* He says
boeeed th a n never to have married at that a child crawling on such a •an>et
a lt—Teoneaaee Farmer.
and placing Its fingers in Its mouth
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Air view of Indlau mounds near Greenville, Miss., that were filled with
people and cattle which were driven there when the main levee broke.
would be elmllarty affected. And what
Her Very New Ladyship (who Is
about the carpets bought at second­
arranging to give a party at a far
hand sales?
ashed house she has taken)—And will
there be enough silverware, Parker?
SAip’e O ffic ia l Record
Following their queen, a «warm of
Butler (taken oa with the furniture)
alighted on the bumper of an au­
Log-book Is the book In which the
master o f a ship enters each day a —Teal m’lady, at the beginning of tomobile perked In an Ohio city street.
Burring from Silver Springs. M i ­
brief but exact account o f all the the evening, anyway.
events of that day, the ndlae made by
ta 198ft, Frank M. Heath rode the
that day’s ran of the ship, an account
same boras through thirty-two
Meet D irect W ay
of the weather, and the namea of vee
covering MBB m ile*
Ted— When did you Brat get
sola sighted or spoken when aaose* qualnted with Rill?
A survey show* that 115
can be obtained. The log 1* the oA
isfacture of paper.
te including the
George—The first time I
clal record of the voyage.
J textile* leeth
SHORT ITEMS OF INTEREST
In the last seveaty-flve y e a n British
Columbia has contributed more than
ILMBXWO.OOO to the mineral wealth
o f the world.
Out of one large piece o f white
pine Wilfred Dnbols of Brunswick,
Main* whittled a windmill etructure
carrying eight ornamental fan * the
base and the tower having wooden
whittled within. All Un
with a Jack-knlf*
Lloyd Wilson Beriaud, who has
been flying since 1912, and at present
Is a pilot on the Naw York-Cleveland
division, was named by the Columbia
aircraft corporation as navigator and
copilot of the Wright-Bellanca plane
on the projected nonstop flight from
New York to Part*
a H ardening Glaee
About 90 years ago It was discov­
ered that glass might be rendered ex­
ceedingly hard by dipping It In oil
when at a certain temperatur* The
particle* however, seem to be put In
a Mate of high tension. and the whole
may suddenly fly into a thousand
O n ly Laetint
Lore la the only
re can carry with an
a