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THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 29. 1962
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON
They'll Do It Every Time By Jimmy Hatlo
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to get ichabod to finish a
meal at home-"
But eating out at a neighbor's
table-he gives the impression
he's starved at home.-
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Last U.S. Cavalry Horse Now
In Retirement at Fort Riley
ing band that served from
early Indian skirmishes until
the 26th Cavalry Regiment
was wiped out by Japanese
during World II at Luzon and
Bataan.
Mechanization dealt the
mounted army a heavy blow.
Cavalry men were retrained
and their mounts were sold
or retired. This former out
post of mounted cavalry was
converted to a training
ground for nuclear combat.
Although the years have
claimed all the other govern
ment-owned riding stock, and
most of their riders, Chief re
mains a sentimental tic.
Chief was a good, all-
around cavalry horse, espec
ially good in jumping, said
retired M-Sgt. John It. Smith
of Junction City, Kan. "He
was a mount that any trooper
would want.
W.ll Liked
"Chief was a popular horse
and well liked. He was so gen
tle that anybody could ride
him."
MaJ. Lylc Scott Jr., post
By JOSEPH H. CARTER
1 Ft. Rliey, Kan. - IUHI - The
last U.S. Cavalry horse, Chief,
prances here in retirement,
defying old age and the
mechanized army.
The 30-year-old bay gelding
Is healthy, sleek and fat. He
romps alone in the post corral
like a colt, although his age
is the equivalent to that of a
120-year-old man. He ignores
the cold instruments of mod
ern nuclear war that now sur
round him.
When he dies, a full mili
tary funeral is planned fur
Chief. He will be buried be
side the "Old Trooper" Cav
alry monument in the center
of historic Ft. Riley - for his
death will end an era.
Chief is the sole surviving
government-owned mill t a r y
mount.
Last of Thousands
Old boots and saddle sol
diers, a few on duty here and
many retired In the surround
ing countryside, think of
Chief as "the last of thou
sands." He represents a fight-
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vcteiinnrian, said Chiefs
health is excellent. When
asked about Chief's life ex
pectancy, he said:
"I wouldn't make an esti
mate. He might live for 10
years, or he might die tomor
row. There is no way of know
ing. But so far the outlook is
good."
Scott said that last year
Chief was thin, lacking in
energy and his head hung low
with the ears back. But a diet
change rejuvenated the old
horse.
Released from the stable to
day, Chief bursts off with a
run. He lies down, rolls in
the sand then jumps to his
feet with a kick. Then, proud
as the history he represents,
he prances around the pen.
A roll or two more generally
sends him to a ncarbv clump
of trees for another army tra
dition - a 10-minute break.
Born in 1932
Sfc. Robert B. Parker, the
riding club stable officer and
an ex-cavalry rider, said many
persons guess Chief's age at
t'J to 18 years. But the horse
was born in 11K12 and Parker
said the way horsemen figure.
that makes him about 120
years old on the human scale.
The army bought Chief in
1!M0 at Ft. Robinson, Neb.,
from T. A. Parker of Scotts
bluff, Neb., for $103.
Chief was transferred to Ft.
Riley In 1941 and assigned to
the 10th and then to the Bth
cavalry units. He was moved
to the cavalry school a year
later.
In December. 1049 and
January, 1950, all horses un
der 16 years were sold and
those older were placed In
semi-retiienient. There were
222 mounts in service then,
about half of them past 16.
Chief, then IB. was semi-retired
and in July. 1953 was
placed on full pasture.
By 1955. only five retired
animtils remained. They were
the famous Gambler and Joe
l.ouis, along with Fllka.
Strolalong and Chief. All were
geldings except Flika. a mare
"Now tliev are all gone."
Parker said, stroking his
magnificent handlebar mus
tache, "all except Chief - Hie
last o( thousands."
By WILBUR C. LANDREY
UnlUd Prats International
"President Tubman will
lead the way to a brand new
day, setting the nations free."
So go the words ot a popu
lar calypso in Liberia.
William Vacanarat Shad-
rach Tubman has been presi
dent of this country since
1944. He is 67 today, and he
already has agreed to run for
a fifth term next year.
There is no doubt he will
be elected and, in all prob
ability, he wilt be the only
candidate.
Now a nation of one million
people and 43,000 square
miles, coastal Liberia was set
tled by freed American slaves
beginning in 1822 and de
clared an independent repub
lic in 1847.
While neighboring African
territories were being colon
ized by the British and French
(who seized territory Liberia
considered her own, too), Li
beria was being mostly ne
glected by the United States.
Remained Backward
The result was that she re
mained one of the most back
ward countries on Africa's
west coast. The government is
making a major effort to catch
up, but there is a long way to
go. 1
Under Tubman, Liberia has
made more progress than at
any other time in her history.
When he took office, govern
ment revenues were around $1
million a year. Today they
are over $30 million and are
expected to reach at least $70
million by 1070.
And it was no accident that
Liberia's capital, M o n rovia,
gave its name to one of the
major groups of African states
nor that Liberia became the
first black African member of
the United Nations Security
council last year.
Traditionally, the country
has been ruled by the "Amer
ico - Liberians," the descen
dants of the settlers from the
United States, who are out
numbered by the Indigenous
tribal Africans by about 20
to 1. But the term has been
out of favor since Tubman
announced a national "unifi
cation" policy when he took
office.
May Shift
In fact, some tribal Africans
have been brought into the
government and the adminis
tration, but the power is still
in the hands of the belter edu
cated "honorables." Eventual
ly, the balance may shift, as
it did in neighboring Sierra
Leone.
There is already some dis
creet speculation about who
will come after Tubman, al
though the succession is like
ly to be years away. At first,
it may be one of the present
cabinet, but another, younger,
generation is coming up be
hind them.
Many are American -educated,
and some of them tend
to blame all of Liberia's ills
on the United States.
"It's not reassuring," one
American diplomat said.
An American - educated Li
berian of the younger gener
ation said he doubted that
anti-Americanism would be a
serious problem, but he
agreed that some Liberians
have come back bitter from
their experiences with segre
gation in the United Statos.
He recalled his own school
davs at Ohio university in
Athens. Ohio.
Wart Ejtcttd
"One night, a Libcrian
friend and I went across the
state line in Parkcrsburg, W.
Va , not knowing it w as high
ly segregated. '' he said. "We
saw a young people's dance
and went in. It ended up by
us being ejected and chased
by kids yelling nigger, nig
ger, go home."
Even before the Cuba
blockade, the Libcrian govern
ment quietly forbade Liber
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Girl Ends Life
In 55-Foot Drop 1
San Francisco - UTT - In the
girl s purse police found a list
of names - Kevin. Dean,
Irene. Jeanette - names she
was considering for her first
born child, expected in
month.
There was also a cheerful
letter to a friend. She and
her husband, she wrote, cele
brated their first wedding an
niversary 10 days ago. "For
Christinas I'm giving him a
baby. I hope he likes It."
The purse was beside the
broken body of Zaida Lee
Moses. 17. She was found in
shrubbery J5 feet below an
overpass In San Francisco.
Officers said dust streaks
on the overpass railing Indi
cated she hung there several
minutes before dropping, ap
parently in indecision.
The only explanation came
from her father:
"Even when she was a lit
tle girl," he said, "she was
frightened of doctors. She
was always scared of them. I
don't know why , . ."
ian-flag vessels to trade with
Cuba.
But when the Cuban crisis
came, a taxi driver asked:
Why can't the Russians have
base there if the Cubans
want them to?"
Liberia uses American
money, the major part of her
trade la with the United States
and her flag is the Stars and
Stripes - with one star. Abra
ham Lincolns portrait ap
pears on the ten-cent stamp.
But, partly because of her
long association with the
United States, Liberia does
not want to be known in Afri
can circles as an "American
stooge" either.
Vice President William Tol-
bert recently visited Russia,
and Tubman told United Press
International that he is con
sidering going next year, too.
The invitation has been out
standing for several years.
Education Probltm
Liberia's main problem Is
education. Past U.S. aid pro
grams (and the U.S. has pro
vided over $150 million since
1944) have been blunted be
cause sometimes they could
not be absorbed.
Now the emphasis of both
American aid and government
policy is on education with the
aim of raising the literacy rate
from the present S per cent or
so to 60 per cent by 1970.
Iron ore makes Liberia po
tentially rich. The country is
expected to be one of the
world's largest exporters, and
ore exports already have
taken over first place from
those of rubber. Two mines
are in operation and two more
are being prepared.
Monrovia. th ranital t.
caught up in a state of rapid
change. A few years ago,
there was hardly a street light
and few paved streets. Today
new buildings are going up
beside the corrugated iron
shanties. The clatter and bank
of construction is everywhere.
Some of the new projects
have been criticized aa waste
ful now when there is so much
else to be done, but as one
young Liberian officials put it:
"Sometimes we have to do
these things, not because we
need them immediately, but
because others , are doing
them."
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