Nebraska's Diamond Jubilee L A /// §E 5? V '4»S y a ,(4 ! W ■it w ra rx iM a u i o i4 o tz a h a s « By ELMO SCOTT WATSON HE Jay Is Marcu 10,1854; the scene is Washington, D. C. A little group of Indian chiefs, arrayed In all their tribal finery, is holding a council with the frock-coated repre­ sentatives of the "Great White Father.” The business at hand Is a treaty and a cession of lands owned by the people whom these chiefs rep­ resent—the Omaha Indians who live beyond the Missouri river In that vast empire known vafeuely ns the “ Great West.” And when the last formalities have been completed and the chiefs have made their marks under the signatures on the parch­ ment, the Omnlins have ceded “all their lunds west of the Missouri and south of n line running due west from the point where the Iowa river leaves the bluffs, retaining their lands north o f this line for a reservation.” And that marked one of the steps whereby the great state of Nebraska came Into being. Now, 75 yenrs Inter, the citizens of Nebraska are preparing to celebrate with parade and pageant, with air cir­ cus and military maneuvers ami with many another contrast between the old nnd the new, the “ diamond Jubilee” of the Cornhusker state. On Novem­ ber 5, 0 and 7 Nebraskans, ns well us residents of every stute In the Union, will gather In Omnhn for the cele­ bration, which Is being held there, be­ cause Omaha wag the first territorial capital, and which Is sponsored by Omaha civic Interests, who have con­ tributed more than $100,(XX) for Ne­ braska’s “seventy-fifth birthday” party. It will be held In conjunction with the Ak-Sar-lten Live Stock nnd Horse show, November 1 to 8, which Is con­ sidered one of the finest of Its kind in the Mid-West nnd which Is attended by stockmen from all parts of the United States. But the treaty with the Omaha In­ dians, that handed over to the white men the land which was to become this fertile commonwealth, is not the only event thut makes this seventy- fifth anniversary celebration a par­ ticularly fitting one. Acquired by the United States as n pnrt of the Louisiana Purchase from France In 1803, what Is now Nebraska for half a century was n pnrt of the great “ Unorganized Territory” which lay between the Missouri river on the east, the Red river on the south, the Rocky mountains on the west nnd the Canadian boundary on the north, nnd over which hnd roamed for ceuturiog the Indlnn and the bulTalo. Then on January 4, 1854 Senator Stephen A. Douglas Introduced a hill for the organization ot Nebraska ter­ ritory. This hill aroused the bitterest opposition and resulted In the Kan- sas Nebraska bill wldch divided the new territory Into two territories, Kansas and Nebraska. Franklin Pierce, who was then President, chose Francis Burt of South Carolina for the first territorial governor of Ne­ braska. But on October 18, 1854, two days after the new governor reached Bellevue he died and Thomas 11. Cum­ mings of Michigan became governor. Cummings fneed the task of bring­ ing political order out of chaos and one of the first problems to he set­ tled wns that of selecting a territorial capital. Bellevue, plattsmouth, Ne­ braska City and Brownsville were all candidates for that honor hut Cum­ mings, who wns n mnn of decisive character, took the Initiative nnd selected Omaha. Then he set about SrV WCMr- Has Traveling Library The Ilnly Amerlcn society reports ihat, through big motor trucks, small traveling libraries have started to cir­ culate In Italy, particularly In the rural districts of the country. They Introduce the best Itallnn literature where It would not be so eaylly acces­ sible, thus allowing the Inhabitants of the smallest centers to share in the Intellectual life of the country. Italy Is the first country In Europe, THE GATE CITY JOURNAL What Is believed to be a new record for cash returns from southern Ore­ gon orchards Is the $13,193 received by the Dillon Hill estate from nine acres of Bose pears near Medford. The Gold Beach chamber of com­ merce has adopted resolutions calling upon the state mining commission to Include Curry county in its survey of the mineral deposits of the state. The Farm Bureau Cooperative hag completed details for the 1929 ship­ ment of turkeys from the Rogue River valley. The major part will be ship­ ped by freight to New York between November 5 and 9. OREGON STATE NEWS Of GENERAL INTEREST Principal Events of the Week Assembled for Information of Our Readers. "N E A R B Y AND f YONDER *». + 8»; By T. T. MAXEY js *t* ' *f* *t* J ‘ f~ *t *~ *1* The First White House The new bridge over the Umpqua A LTHOUGH George Washington river at. Scottsburg was opened to selected the site for the present traffic October 10. White House and every President | Fifty-five million Chinook salmon since him has lived In it, fate denied him that privilege— he passed away eggs will be hatched in Oregon this George E. Willinger of Willbridge before It was completed. year, reports the state fish commia- | and James Knight of Riddle were ar- j prior t0 hls inauguration In New slon. The registration at Albany college rested for spot lighting deer on upper York, congress requested the then Cow creek. Two rifles, a spotlight \ postmaster general to'fit up, for Pres­ Children’s stomachs sour, and need will show about 30 more students than and a maxim silencer for a rifle were tdentlal use, a suitable mansion. The an anti-acid. Keep their systems last year. The freshman class is near­ confiscated by Game Warden Fred house at No. 1 Cherry street, built In sweet with Phillips Milk o f Magnesia I ly double. 1770, on what was known as Cherry j When tongue or breath tells of acid Merrill. hill, because a cherry orchard once condition—correct It with a spoonful The Astoria chamber of commerce Several fields In the Merrill district, stood there, was selected. It was “ five of Phillips. Most men and women have has asked the county court to Include Klamath county, have produced as j windows wide,” three stories high and j been comforted by this universal In Its budget next year $1000 for pub­ high as 300 sacks of potatoes to the not overly spacious or suitably io- j sweetener—more mothers should in- licity purposes. j acre. In order to take care of the Im­ cated. - . [ voke Its aid for their children. It Is a Attorney General Van Winkle will mense crop the Southern Pacific com­ Every room was fitted np tn the pleasant thing to take, yet neutralizes conduct through the state game com- j pany is building huge root cellars most lavish style of the day. The more acid than the harsher things too mission an Investigation of the Celtio | along Its tracks. seeming extravagance startled the fru­ often employed for the purpose. No household should be without it. fishing situation. Miss Dorothy Neal has opened the gal folk of the times. An account, Phillips Is the genuine, prescrip- To improve the distribution of gas Mountain View school in Marion coun­ written by an eyewitness at the time, declared that “The whole of the first tlonal product physicians endorse for the Northwest Cities Gas company Is ty with 16 pupils. It is the same general use; the name Is Important. spending $15,000 in Pendleton laying j school taught by her mother in 1900. i nnd second story Is papered and the “ Milk of Magnesia” has been the U. S. I floors covered with the richest kind new feeder mains. Among the pupils are a son and a 0f Turkish and Wilton carpets.” The registered trade mark of the Charles Coos Bay shipping of lumber and daughter of George Benson, who was first congratulatory visitors which the H. Phillips Chemical Co. nnd Its pre­ decessor Charles H. Phillips since 187& logs for September shows a gain over a pupil when the mother taught. first President received here were the the previous month. The export foot­ A total of 246 guinea fowl and 114 members of the New York Chamber age was 7,734,619 feet. wild turkeys from the state game o i Commerce. The widening of the John Day high­ farm at Corvallis were liberated in *n flHer years this house was used way between Vale and Jamieson has Curry county recently. The guinea 88 a mu8lc 8t° r? and al8° 88 8 ‘,an„lL , , , , , . It was demolished In 1856 and the been about completed by a state high­ fowl and the wild turkeys released chaIr use(J by , he presldeDt of tho way department crew. there last winter have increased dur- New york HlstorlcaI 80Clety wa8 bum Earl H. Bryant, 73, was killed when ing the past summer, especially the from material taken out of It an old house at Orenco which he was turkeys. W e lc o m e d P rison L ife The western approach to the Brook­ Miguel Bnello, thirty-two, arrested tearing down under contract, col- j The Central Point grange Friday lyn bridge now passes over the site lapsed and crushed him. I took up the question of raising funds and one of the abutments carries a on disorderly conduct in Alicate, Spain, refused all information when The Hotel Central, a large three- | to assist in the erection of a monu- tablet which reads: "The first presi­ brought before the bar, confining him- story frame building and landmark of j ment marking the site of old Fort dential mansion, No. X Cherry Street, occupied by George Washington from j self to remarking on the advantages Central Point, is being torn down to Lane, near Tolo, where United States April 24, 1789, to February 23. 1790. I of prison life, where one was freed make room for a modern structure. soldiers were quartered more than 70 Erected by Mary Washington Colonial I from the worry about getting the next meal. To Insure an even longer stay The liberation of 400,000 seven-inch years ago when an Indian war was Chapter, April 30, 1899.” In Jail than the original offense called trout has been made by the state in progress. • * • for, Baello assaulted his guards as game commission in the Deschutes Curry county will receive a check they conveyed him to hls cell. and tributaries, from the Oak Springs from the federal government for “ Home, Sweet Home” $2934, an amount equal to the taxes n U O M E , SWEET HOME,” that hatchery. Between 35 and 40 active workers which would have accrued on the Ore­ L I most endearing song which hag from Lane, Douglas, Josephine and gon & California railroad land grants touched countless hearts, first sung Jackson counties were present, in­ from 1916 to 1928 had the property In Covent Garden theater, London, In cluding regular health workers and not been taken over by the federal \ 1823, was written by an actor-play- volunteers. , government. , writer-author, who, at the time, had neither home nor wife, apparently was Representatives of four counties Plans for a government standard home|esg dur|ng most of hl9 llfei gathered in Medford to attend the tu- [ IJa" gar t0 1,0 constructed at the new j n e v e r m a r r i e d and thu3 attempted to berculosis seal institute held for the j Albany municipal airport were ap- | |nstm t„t0 the minds of those for- j purpose -of outlining a program to be proved by the city council recently, tunate folk who were privileged to i The exterior and framework only will ' enj oy that which fate had denied him | followed this winter. H N e w E x t e r m in a t o r th a t Farmers ii tlm Mount Laki district, be erected now, at a cost of $6000. a full appreciation of the blessing | W o n ’ t K ill liv e s t o c k , P o u l t r y , , * • “ o ff, and other improvements will that was theirs. And while It earned D o g a , C a t s , o r e v e n B a b y C h ic k a Klamath county, have filed with the * .. , . , . . ., . . . j be made later. I a rather princely Sum for ItS PUD- ft-R-O can be used about the home.bam or poultry district attorney complaints that hunt- Ushers the author nnnears to have yardw ithabsoiutesafetyasitcontainsnodeadljr ers are are moiesung molesting meir their came cattle anu and i With 40 delegates from Clackamas, \ ..... r . , , p oison . K-R-O is made o f Squill, as recom­ éis T ° „ u gained little financial reward , for Its mended by u. s. Dept, of Agriculture, under Otherwise trespassing. I Clatsop, Columbia, Marion, Multno- ¡ n ,.rui nf,4-$nn ! the Connable process which insures maximum MahesLife Sweeter J P H IL L IP S 'I * '7>AR¿arr. B O B " s — - % rv Milk o f M agnesia ^ .L A m / o ir, P ! I ü DR RICHARD TANKER " D I A M O N D D ICK ” V to have his choice ratified nnd nfter a bitter fight In which there were many charges and counter-charges of bribery and corruption, Omaha was made the capltnl and a cnpltol build­ ing iVas erected on tho hill where the Central high school now stands. It-remained the capital until Nebraska became n state on March 4, 1807, when It lost out to Lincoln, then n “bare spot on nn alkali flat," us it was described by nn opponent. It Is not only these stirring and vital political events but many another thrilling Incident of her history that will be commemorated at the diamond Jubilee celebration In Oimihn In No­ vember. Included in that history nre stories of the Pony express, the Over­ land stnge, the battles between the Sioux nnd Pawnees, tho fights be­ tween the Indians and settlers nnd between the snvngeS and government troops, stories of massacres, of burn­ ing emigrant trains, of turbulent life on n frontier, and of almost unbe­ lievable hardships nnd dangers over­ come by the bruve men and women who built the state. Like all' states of the Western frontier, Nebraska bus had her quota of picturesque figures nnd some of them nre still living nnd have been asked to take part In the Jubilee. Outstanding among them ull, perhaps, Is Cupt. Luther 11. North of t'olumhus. Captain North and hls brother, MaJ. Frank North, were the organizers of the famous Pawnee Scouts, a group of Indian auxiliaries who performed such valorous service for government troops in the wars on the plains while the railroad wns being built west. Onptaln North hns been characterized by au­ thoritative historians ns “ the greatest of the old-time scouts of America.” Then there’s "Diamond Dick,” famous ns nn unequalled rifle shot, who set­ tled down to a quiet life of retirement at Norfolk, where he has been living for a number of yours. Several years ago he told the surprised home folks that the quiet, well-mannered mnn they hnd known for many yenrs as Dr. Richard Tanner was tho cele­ brated "Diamond Dick.” And he hnd the records of hls prowess to back up hls claims. “ Diamond Dick" Is a personal friend of Jim Dahlmnn, Omaha's cowboy mayor, who holds the record for successive terms of ofilce. And when "Diamond Dick" Tanner heard whlrh, following the admirable ex- nipple of America, has Instituted the traveling libraries. Book circulation Is now very netlve and the work is done with the oo-opernllon of the cir­ culating libraries already established. In Hilly nre to be found the so-called Biblioteche Popolari, or libraries for the people, which are supporteli by the municipalities, citizens’ associations and religions bodies. Radium salt worth $500,000 would not fill a teaspoon. that Omaha was to hold a big cele­ bration In observance of Nebraska’s seventy-fifth birthday, he Immediately sent a cheek to Mayor Dahlman to be added to the jubilee fund. Anothet frontiersman who wilj come to Omaha for the celebration Is “ Parson Bob," or Phillip It. London. He was sta­ tioned at Old Fort Kearney In west­ ern Nebraska, near the present city ol Kearney, during several Indian up risings. * Old Chief Yellowsmoke, the oldest chief of the Omaha Indian tribe, will come to Omaha for the celebration, ns a representative of the original In­ habitants of Nebraska. Yellhwsmoke’s father, then chief of the Omnhas, was one of the signers of the treaty, whereby the Indlnns In 1854 relin­ quished title to the lands now within the borders of Nebraska. White Eagle, another Omaha Indian, nnd de- acendnnt of one of the signers of the government treaty, will also come to Omaha for the diamond Jubilee celebration. A number of contests with entrants from every section of Nebraska will be one of the features of the Jubilee and one of the most unique of these Is a Young Citizen's contest In which one boy and one girl from 03 Nebras­ ka counties, between the ages of six­ teen nnd twenty-one years, will be brought to Omaha, during the Jubilee, with all expenses paid, to be entered In the Nebraska Young Citizens’ con­ test All state contestants will he winners of their respective county contests nnd will be Judged on the basis of health, personality and intel­ ligence. Chancellor E. A. Burnett of the University of Nebraska Is chair­ man of this contest. A spectacular pageant, said to be the most elaborate ever to be planned In the Mid-West, will be pre­ sented during the Jubilee. This pageant, entitled "The Making of Ne­ braska,” has been written by Hartley Burr Alexander, native Nebraskan, who Is now a professor at Scrlpps col­ lege, Claremont, Calif. The pageant will be produced under the direction pf John T. Hall, of the John B. Rog­ ers company of Fostoria, Ohio. This pngeant will embody the chief hJatorlcul points In the growth of Nebraska from the time It became a territory, until today, when It has become one of the lending agricul­ tural stntes of the nation. Professor Alexander Is nn authority on Ne­ braska history and has written a number of pageants, none ag com­ prehensive ns the work In which he Is now engaged. The W a te r W ay Three-quarters of the body’s weight 1« water. Thnt Is why It Is essential to drink water and renew the waste. Water provides a "cushion” for the tissues, which otherwise would rub nnd Induce Irritation—mental and physical. L argest H i(h S ch ool DeWItt i Union high school In New York city occupies several city blocks. Nine thousand pupils can be accommo­ dated. Kill Rats W ithout Poison I m ah P o lk T illa m o o k Y a m h ill and ¡ Portland postoffice receipts rose ’ ’ ’ 6.87 per cent in September over Sep- i Washington counties in attendance, teniher of last yearf the postoffice dé- ' orsanlzatlon of the third district of ,K " Women’s Federation r of st r ’ l-.k . partment announces, with a total for the Clubs of the month of $250,000. ; 0regon was periected 8‘ 8 “ 00“ ag