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Show VALE JOURNAL Page Three CAP AND !BEll ,',!ORAL: DON'T SEE 'EM "Yon say tiuam•i:tl troubles brought IJPre?" a.sk!.lfl tl.£l ho~pital visitor. "\\'h~·. that's hurd I.•· pM,;i;,Je !" "It's a fact. thou;:h," rel:lrted the p:ttiPnt ''I wa' croS>:ing to the other sirle of the MrPl't tr. ni'OI•l one of my cre<lilc.rs und saw /,nntl"•r rreditnr on the other ~itle. While I w:t~ trying to escnpe a cnr lilt llh•."-Genrgta :01otor18t. ~·nu BEING SORRY hlood wn~ sited and Mn~sollnl and the ttnlian tlug we1·e gm~sly Insulted. The Italians In Italian Ualmntlu were not hu•·k1vard In rPtaliHtlon. e"(lt'rlnlly In 7.uro 1\hPre thl' Sf'rb cot•8nl was beat· pn srverel.v. '!'hP ltullnn mlnl~ter at llt'l;:;t a de was Instructed to pn•sent a on the ltppuh!lc-an cnuveuCity will he of no Knn~as Adjourns, Leaving Boulder Dam UnsettledNotes of Politics. B"J EDWARD W PICKARD .. WITIJ a row In thll sermte that al· most nnumutt>d to a riot, the tlrsl ee~~lon of the F:eventleth cou ..;rt•ss came to an Pnd. The Quarrel ' n iucident of the insistent ell'<H·ts o Senator Johnson of Cullforulu and oth~t·s to gPI a<tlnn on the noulller dam hill. Sen•rtm·s A~hur8! and llrry· den. with the help of Senator Blease. bu•l cnn•lnt·ted a succP~sful Hlihuster tor manv hours nnil wltl'n the ~!'nate bv n roil' of 4G to :l~ tH.Iuplrd a res· oiution for :.djourument .Jnlmson art mittt>tl deff'nt. "I hu ve made the h••sl fi;;ltt nf "hlch I have heen capahle." he snld "I have heen whiJltJecl; but. by flpnvett. gPutl .. men. there Is an· olhf'l' da~-. unll sunwbmJy else may he .wltlppt>ll on thnt day." As n mnttPr of fa<"t. .Johu~nn wnn tn " c·erJaiu extent. fm· the. Boulder dnm measure remalupd hefore the sen· ntP us unlinlshed lm~iness and ns eudt will ha 1·e the right of way when congress meets in Det'emher. ( Pne n.ost Important hill failed nt pnssage because of the tlllhuster This :wu" the urlmlnlstrntion naval constnwtiou mea~ure authorizing the building of fiftel'n lO,tXXI ton crulsPrs and one airrraft carrier. The unny bill empowering the secretary of war to plaee e<IU<·utiuunl munilinn orders with arms munufactnrers all;o went by the ho:trd 8o h<lth the navy and the army authorities are fP!'Iiug rullter sad Two other big hills that were tefl stmnded were the railroad consolidation bill. which was on the bouse ~aiPntlar, oud the l-lhlpsten!l anti-lnjnnc·tion hill. Among the thousand bills pussed by CO'lJ.:t'l'l'\' In this session were the tax reijuctlon bill, the Oood control measure, the hill settling the alien prop erty JH'Ohlem. that for developmeut of the merchant rnariue, t\tld tlte bill tor utilization of the plants at liuscle Shoals, whicb last numefl wu~ expectPtl to meet a ''pocket 'etn" hy the PreRhiPDI. Other me:tsures eniH'tt'd proYitle ror the exlensiou of the Mlsals~ippi !)urge lhte to Its trihutu t·l~~. 11!\lure postal rates, reuew federal aid ron !.I appropriations for t\\ o acl· dltional years, anti uuthol'lze a rom· prelteusive forestr·y reseut·C'I, program. !'resident Coolitlge n!toed thirteen bills. dtief of them being Ute McNary· Haugen farm relief measure. Three bills wen' passe•! over the President's veto. One of the'e provicit'd tor the reti 1"'"""' of tll ~ahle<l Plller;.:eu cy army otli('er::;. auothPr irwr·•·1rsr-d s•:"' of po::;tal PltllJinyt>tls H).:' " ' ' r wnrl; and the third uu·t•''""d llllowBil('PS for fnurth-rla8" postmasterH. TilE leadPrs Of the I I'r'arlltPrs can bring It Middle West nltout. there will be a great demnustration oy agri cullurists or that region at the Hepub Jkau cum eution In Kansas City, for the t>ut·puse of furring tlte (>arty to recognize the daims of the farmers In its ltlalform. A eommltt~e of r!'p resentatlvt·~ ft·om fourteen Stutes hus been nanH•d to ~;o there null lmtll'ess on the <•onn•ntion that the "rom hell U!>rising" i8 n.ore than talk and rep 1s a serious pet·i! to the l!epu!J· )kiln prospc\'1::< in l'>ovemher. The promoters of thb movemcut are nearnil suppnrlm·s of l.o\\den, \\'utMn Curtis. und they ure ltendell hy ~l. Tobin of \'intou. Iowa. Talk con tlouccl of hal'iug t•,ousantls of farmers ·It on the couveutton, but lite fact r·rnl agr·lcultut·lsts are mighty ousy their harvesting at this !line led the belief that there would bt> farm polltlciuns thun farmers In proposP<l rtPnrun,tra tl 011. Naturally the [)pmocruts were tuk· udmntage of the sltunllnn. and .Jonps Issued ut. Invitation to f.trnwrs to hring the:r troubles to !lou stun convention. "WP •lm·lte to Houston to help write tltlll (farm rt>llef). und we will them to Wt~sblngton to help ss the lt'gislatlon that affects them," sahl. "l•'ortunntely there Is a betremedy than mere revolt-name: a fresh alleglance to the 0Pmo· llPIIIOl'ratic rtlatfonn huildt'rs realize tlwt the party rlf'darutinu 011 farm re· IIPf now OH'r,haclows ht lmJJortunce that on prqhihlt ion, and the pnt·ty le>td~rs nre nl~o considering the arl ••ls;lhlllty of s!'IP<'tlng a mlclrlle wP,t· <'t·net to be runuing mate wlt!J AI !'\wlllt .\uwn~ the nwn talked of for this honor are flllhert llitdworl< nf :-;phrnska. (iovprnor P.nlow of South Dalwta, Senator llawf's of ~~~~~ourl unci RPnntor 1\(•tHirlt·k of Wyoming notf' ro the Yugo Slnv g-tnernment ••re- OHUEH of Smet'lna ti.Dd \ValdeBYmur:ts, dlrlntors of Lithuania, thut country has heeu gh·eu u new conslitruiou. the French parliamentnry system helng ruclically changed. The l'resi<lent ts to be elected for st>•·eu yPars lnstl'nd of three, and parliament and the t•n•sldent are empower-ed to edil laws, confi1·m the hurlgrl and make inlernuttonal treaties. The l'nhinet Is respon~lhle to p:trllanwnt but Is ohligecl to resign uuly after n three-tifths negative vote, whirh nkio Is ne<'e~sm·y to amend the coiiRtitution. Until nnw. a majority \'ole w11s suflictenl to oust tlte cubln~>t. The constitution ulsa dec·lares that \"ilnn iR the l'apital of Lithuania. \"linn Is now held by Poland. : J t 'ST hefure It acljournrd the house ~ of reprPsentafiYes deciriPd tilat It sh~<uld inYestl;:ate l're~idPntlal nnrl (.'ongrf!ssionnl <'Hinpafgn expen1Utures and a commlt!Pe nt five was appoint· ed and gil·cn ~::0.000 to con<Ju,·t the in~uiry. Tltf' prohi'I'S nnnlPd are Lell hach of K<!W .Jet·~I'Y. )l;pwton of ~lin ne~ot~ 11nu [l;plsun of ~Iaine, Hepnb 11<-:rn~; anll Ra;.:on of ArkanR:tS nnd Bladt of Sew Yorl<. Democrats. 'l'ht• rhree Ht·puhllt•ans nre crPdited with being rro·llnover and some sPn::tnr" thuugltl the nppoinlluPnt of the <·om· mittee was 8 llHl\'e to help the serre· turr of commprce In his rnmp:rl<!n Thls was lnrligunutly denied hy Chair· man Leilbad1, who said he \\Ould unl tolerate any f1noritlsm In the Inquiry M \\Hrll tlSSOLlXI Is going stemllly for· with ltls establishing of ital~··s rlnirns "" the cltlef ~lccltter· rullt•un (lower. Last W!'eb: be uud b'uad B"Y sit.:netl tlte trea ry of conciliation, arhitrution and neutrality hetween ltuly nnd Tut'kl'Y, and just before that a cvnfprPnce of the powers In Paris conceded italy's chlims to partlclpution ou an equal basis In the government of Tnu;;ier. The treaty with Turkey, which was strongly oppoRed by Moscow. Is expected to give ltaly lmpor· tunt commercial advantages In the Near East; und Turkey Is freed from fears or ltallun u;;gression on the coust of At•atntiu. ~ 'UIIOUT the week eur11est T HHOl pffurts wpre made to find Genpral Nvhile and his crew uud thP rtaliu which disappearPd In the A rrtic wastes on the way hue·!; to Spitzbergen, ufter sending out an sos caJI or t·:\flio. The hnRe ship ('ltta dl Milano mu<le shorl b'j!arching trips from King's Bay, and landed two parties of Italian Alpiue d1asspur~ along the north t·nast of 8pilzbPr;.:en. 'J'Ite weatlter was extn•mdy unfuvor ahle fot· the seat•ch MPanwhlle l.lrut. Lnetznw Holm, 1\"nnvegiuu tlyer. was on his way to Spitzbergen with ~ naYal h~·droplune fur the purpo.;e or making an ~t<•r·Jul hunt for the missing explnrers; und other relief expeditilHl~ were In prepurntinn. Disaster overtook the national elim. !nation ltalloon rare which staned from l'lttRhm·gb, Pa. Snon after the fout·tpen b'd ha~:~ took the a lr a ter· riHc storm urose which bPat down nil hut three of the t'ntrles. !'nul ~J\'et·t waR ldlled when lightning strudc the army balloon No. 3. and \\'alter ~lor ton, aid on the Gonrlyear V, jumped to his dPa!h whl'n a holt hit that ha~ W. 'l'. \'un Or wan. pilot of til(~ <;oorl · year V, made a parachute leap nnd suiTerl'd n hrol<en lpg C COOLIDGE. PI:ERIDE;:o.;'l' custom. dellverell the following Memorial day address 011 thP Gettl sburg bat· tlelil'ld hefore 2f>,000 persons gatl1ered In the nutlonal cemetery there. StandIng uear the spot where President l.iul'nln made the Immortal addrPss 65 yeat'S ago, Mr. Coolidge uttl'red an earnest ~te11 for the outluwlng of war, warmly indorsing the proposals on tltat line made by Secretary of State Kellogg to the great powers. Tltouglt not "ctect·ying measures for national [ll'olectlon, and upltolrling ._.hut has been done aud Is being clone by our urmPd forces In Huitt, 1'\lcaruguu and Chitta. the President developed at consideruhle length his theory that his econmnlr polides ure more productive of preparecllll'SS for war than Is the prol'ision or large armaments He exprt-ssed satbfartinn In the fact that the l'nlled Sltltes ulwu~8 has been pt·pparlllf:. not for wat·, hut for pence. rn dist·u~sing gnwrnmPut he tool: a lll:\'l~l>E l\"atlouallsts captut·ecJ the hupurtant city of Puotingfu In thPir prn~n'ss 'J'hur~rlay townr·d P<'l.:iug. awl on ~larshal I I qupsllng urgpnt satisfu<"t!on" for the at tacks c>n rtallans. Chan~ By ELMO SCOTT WATSON On Chrlstmae day In the morning, 1809, ttn under-slzed, tow-headed. bandy-legged, blue-eyed boy sped Into the world squalllng lustily with an uncontrolled excitement which no later adventure could arouse In hlm. Small. bandy-legged, blue-ered, and sandyhaired he rema.lne~ to the end or his days, and to thfa unimpressive appear~ ance the sun ndded freckles. Yet this boy, typ!cally backwoods as he was, and apparently no different from other lads or his !nmlly and community, wa• to exhlblt such character, display such competence, and achieve such fame as distinguish few other lone ndventurerR ln history. M And that Is what Mr. Ve~tal has dom!-retold Kit Carson's nrlveutnre~ nod projected the n\'tlon of the epi, stnry against an nuthentlc background of the Old West in which Kit Cnrsor. lived. In the first chapter he offers an Interpretation of Kit Carson. the mnn and the frontlerRmnn. wltkh sums him up as follows: H US begins the saga of a great American frontiers· man, It~ recorded in 11 book, "Kit Curson-ThP DlspRssfonate comparison wlll dem· Happy Warrior of tlrP onstrate how '\\Orthy he Is of a rank Ol<l West," recently pub even with the best or legendary heroes lished by Boughton Mif Kit Carson's endle.s Journeys through ltn company. '!'he author the wilderness make the fabl~d ~led!· Is Stantpy Vestal, other· terranean wanderings of OdyssPu~ seem week.end excursions of a staywi'e \\"alter Stanle.l' at-home; his humanity rivals Robln Cnnipbell, a profe~sor ot Hood's, In readiness to fight and In -~-~· english at the Univer::,lty chivalry to women he rates a siegE' of Oklahoma and a man \1 ho has hnd at the Round Table: his courage and against hopele~a odds may bE> an unusual opportunity to write the coolness matched but not surpassed by the old final wor·d tn a Kit Carson biography. Norse heroes; while his prowess tn InFor, ns he says in the preface, "I nm numerable battles-all quite without familiar with much of U1e country Kit the aid of Invulnerable armor or the encouragement of ln6ulgent goddesses ranged over, and with thnt Soutbwt>sl -makes Achilles look like a wash-out whicb he made his life-long hend· 1 his Is no Idle boast: any candid readquarters. I grew up among the Ch<!y· er will admit ft. Yet Klt was no seeker after reenne and Arapaho Indians, the tribes nown. Shy and matter-of-tact, he went with which he was most Intimately as about the business or his life with no socinted anll from whtrh he took his notion that he was to be the archetype two Indian wives. And I think I have of the American pioneer Refore Horseldom missed an opportunity to talk ace Greeley thought of his celebrate<! with a old-timer who could tell me advice, Kit had already gone West and grown up with the country. And beabout the days and wnys of America's cause he did grow up with It, he le!t heroic age." all the other mountain men behind him -pathE'tic F:Urvivor~ O( a dead epoch Among those original sources of ma terial he lists such persons as G~orge It was this adaptability, thls superior comp£>h nee, which made him the BL•nt, son of Col. William nent aud figure h~ remains In the history or the Owl \\"omun, and grandson of tht> !ron tier When !arne came, It abashed him. Keeper of the CheyPnne ~Iedlclne Arrows; I,cft Hand, \Yashee, \\"a tun nncl and he never betrayed any or the showman~hip wJ1ich has so cheapened Watonga of the Arapaho Indians nnd the w<'stern adventurers of a later \\'olt Chief, Burnt All Over, noman day. Kit was no boaster, no outlaw. Nose Thunder, I~dmond Gnerl'ler of no charlatan, no gunman. Only the the Clwyennes. In addition to tltE>sP willfulne"s of youth flung him lnto that endless serles scraf'A, expedlttone, and his stepf~;.ther, James Hoh<'r' sprees, battlE'~. orad\·entures or every CnmphPII, who served on the staff of sort. malclng. him ch let actor on the Bancroft, the historian, anrl sp<'nt largest stage whPreon a heroic age e,·~r went its s,c,.·ift and roaring way much of his time In makiug lm·Pstig>l to law and civilization. He looked his lions In the SnnthwPst, the author of part so little that on one ocra~lnn some this book has made use of the rP· emtgrant~ on U1e Oregon Trail, hav~ searches of Rurh historians as Georgp lng paused to stare at the famous seout, went bark to their wagons. Bird <lrlnnell, Edwiu L. Sahin, II. ~I hOoting and laughing, too smart to be Chitt~n~<lrn, n. L. Thwnites ~n<l hoaxed hy tho~e whQ had pointed out nt1nc·he C. Gt·ant, who lnst yem puh ·hat tnslgnifiC'ar t-Jool\in~; little man. ~-hen fame could no lon~er be delish~d for tlte first lime Carson's 01111 nt~:~U, the rnyth~l'1!'1kt:>rs wf'nt to Work. memoirs. They pile<! their legend• about Kit As one of the "Big Four of tllf' until the man himself ls hardly seen. Am!'rit'nn Frontier'"-the other three They conceal~d and ignored the wild at·e OaniPI noonP, Oa\')' Crorkett :rnll deeds of his youth, thoug-h he killed Sum llouslon-Kit Carson hns hPPt• nwre men than Dilly the Kid. thf·y said nothing or his adventure~ with mutl:·lnii!Prl nl:tout. Rut as ~Ir \"p;, women, though "Ae fs kn'lwn to have tal points out "Kit's flr~t hio;.:r:tph!'r~ marrie-d three tfm~s. and twic-e without tlte hle<;Ring Of the church 1\'0t m<t•le him out n ~tril,ing bnt una~ l,nowiug how to pre~f'nt ~uch a man, t·mmlnltlr hpro. They placed him In '' theoy mo.nufncturPd a monster. On the Rpotli::ltt wltic·h thr·ew nil the hack one han~ they foli<d to exhlhit the ~:round of his ag-e In sh:ulow, r~r>r<> ,.,.nn·ng humanity ot tlw!r victim; on SPnting him as nt once blamele-·s nm.' the other th<'Y mngni.Oert hi!i exploits, •·J~:rln~ it on a leetle 1nn thick," to colorle~s. The effect was to nwke thP use Kit'~ own sly comment on the man im-rt•dihle. anrl to lf'llYf' the rP:ul author·izf'rl "Life." er 11 if h 11 ha"'ch thnt the ,.,·icl uc-e t.ad 'l'he high li~ltts In the life of Kll bf'Pil rtortot·~d. To mane m •'IN~ l'un·un ha,·e been told so often thJt wor~e. the \\"estf'rn !l!'ro hermn~ com mNtinlized. nnd the count~y •va" lhry are familiar to mo~t AmericansfloocJr.cl with shO\I"IllPn, 11 110· ·for n how. when Kit was a year oltl. thE' ('ar consiu!'ratinn-posed and pos<•• rt>rl nnrJ son famil~- left his birthplace in ~lndi· nuulp of the Old \\'est n ch•ap bur son county, . Kenlnt'ky. nnd 1n•nt to leS<Jt!e. Tltis slrkPning spect~clt• marie ~li~"""rl; how as a Slllall hoy Kit ran us all more sl<t>ptlcnl than ever, and wild with the neigllbo1·s' children, Kit Carson S!'emod about to go thl' h11ntecJ coons and did <'hores nhout way of the 'nohle He<l man' in popular home; how he was apprenticed to a fa\·or. ~·or there wns no rpad:thiP sa•:cller nt Franklin, ~Yo., hut run away 'Life' to relate the man tn the charac ~e .. klng nd\ enture ns a trnpper. T~.pc ter of the times he lived In, no cred followed his tirst trip to Snntn Fe. Tso·lin or slap a1 ('OHgr·pss and Its pa~~age of dered hiH troops on the l'eking-llau tit•, ~11':\'at·y-H:ur::Pn farm !till. kow railroad to fall hark to Liuliho. "The <'hiet IPiltptntlon~ to ~o beoni)" twenty mllt•s soulltii"<'Sf of the yotlll the ltouu.ls wltidt the people c•at"'"' At ('lt>ln;:;·~ headquattt•rs II Ita 1 e set urise tn lt>;:;blatures." the was nssPr'ted that the !\ortlterners ltacl i'r·~-;l!Jenl sai<l. "In their dr·sire t.o no1 hePn rlefPnled and thnt the t'l'lire t"l'e smue action whirh thPY cunc·elve lllelll 1\'lls r!ue to the rJPfl'<'tion Of the to lw ht the pultltt· lutet···~t. they often· Jo:iglttt1 corps. lnformnlion reudring tilltP~ mnnlfesl 11 rli~JHtsition to exceetl Tol<.vo was that ('ltaug had dP.-I<IPci to lltr-it eonetitutiotHII uurhorlty. ~nch withdraw from I'Pkin~: and that part nc·tlnn Is n larrt>ny of JHIWPr. He· of hi~ lt'<lOf" 1tlr<'1rlly wPre fllOI'In~ In 1 SJI•lltsihility fur II l'IIDIIOI he el·atle!l ~lukdcn, )!andnu·ia. The .Japanl'sP • h~ the weak plPa to lei the lnw be odieYecl the Honthl'rllet·s wonld •H'f'llJI.I' J pnssed und thl• c·ourts <'Rn cledrle It;: J'pJ;ing wq sonn nnd that pPare c·oiJsiiJutiolltllity." wonlrl thPn hl' r~ston•cl bN'ilU~e. rhe)' Ht•tut·nln;; to 1\'usltin~lnn. ~Jr. <'oolthought, the 1\utlonulists would nol go trtgp as prt>sicl~lll of the American nnrth he.voncl the nrPut \\"nil l·i>Jrlil'r lh•d ('t·oss. l:tlrl rite contt>r stone of in the week the .Jnpanese Arltnlral that nrgaulzatlon's llf'w hullrlht~ de<li~Iurluirla issu<·•l an orrler to both sicle• t•urecl 10 tht> SIH·t·iHce~ und servic-es of for·hi<llllllg: Hll) naval eugagPfllt\nt AmPrli-an wotliPII ill the \\"orid war. wttltln twent.v miles of spedfieol nnrth f'hh•f .Justke 'l'afl prPsided at the ern. <'hin11 ports. ("l'rl'mony and SecrPtary of \\'llr naThnt the Nationalist guvernnwnt in· vis uc·fPpterl 1he memol'ial on behalf t tl'tl<ls tn rPfain • ·auldng us the c·apt nf t hP nnli nn till ev<•n aft<'r ('eidn~ is Ill J;en WHH In· rlil'nt1·d wltPn Its j)olirkal r·omw!t EHUEH l1lSI Wt>el; of the Dodge I'OtPtl to rreu tr a hrnneh of the rnun. Brothers. tne., and the Chr.vsler ell Rl P~>klng. This is In aProrcl with corpOI'Iltion crentt>rt another huge corthe known "islte~ of the lnte Pr Run pomllnn In the automohile field 'l'he Ynl-sen. hut does not pll'use the new rolltbluation has u prt>sent mnr· nort hf't'n elements or thl' !\" n t ioua list ket valr111 t ion of tihout $4:itl,f)tHi,OOO, fill rt y und this ts said to he hut one step In the exjlanslon program uf \\"alter P. The followln~ punishments were EIUOCS untl·ltnllnn nutbreaks or Chr~·sler. meted out to the offender In nndent currp!l In Yugo Rluvla hl't'llttse the gm·erntnNlf was Insisting on rattficn. Ell.\H IXLAXD lodg-e, on the Brule Home: The muktn, or line; vineula. tion of the :-iettUIIE' I reaty g-Iving Ita! riYPr 3!1 miiPs ft'llln tlupprlnr, Imprisonment or tetters; verlwra, or tans the right to own lanll tn Pal 1\'ls.. hus ili'PII SPI<•t·tccl by l't·e~idcnt stripes; tnllo, or lnr.lctlon of punbh· n1ent similar to Injury, I. e., tl111h for mntia within thirty mill's of the Adrl· Coolid.!.{e u:- the sum111er \\'hitP Hou~e. atlc. TillS pact, tn the opinion of Its The estate wa~ oll'Pr~d him h~ the a limb; Infamia, pub tic disgrace. by opponf'nts. means tllnt ltl•ly would hPirs of the bile llPnry Cia I' t'ierce, which the delinquent, besides being !'ventually control the ..nllre llalr11a It c•Jmpl'l"e' S!'\Crnl thousnurl at•re~. scandalized, was rendered inmpn hiP tlnn const. 'l'l:e Serb pollee did rhelr hul lltl' lml;;e Is on n vet·y su' rll lslfl.Jlf of holding public ollice nnrl <l•'JH'il·ed of other privileges of nomaD citizf'n best to suppress tbe rioters, but much c·lc"~ to tlw rnalnlnncl. I lble account of the typical product ot that heroic age when trick cowboys and professional humans were as ye1 unknown. . • . As research mo)J~ UI> the corners nnd corrects the errors of the earlier accounts of hi~ carPer. It Is more and more clear that thP legend needs rerheddng. . . . It Is time to retell the adrentures or this great little man." Roman Punishments S C l-IE ODES~ '3EEM,.-o @£; PLA'II~fi' ship; exillum. banishment; death, either civil or natut·nl. Natural deatb was brought nhout by oehenrling, scourging, stran;;ling, or thrnwing the criminal lwadlong from the Tarpelan roc·k, or from a plnce in a pt·lson, from the Hobur. To Be Trusled Silence was onp of the greatest rea~ons for the ce>ntinued political suc<'ess of the late Senator Lodt:e of ~Ias s:wlrttsPt!s. On one ocl'asion, after rhe \\'ashingto;, corresponndmts had N. k, with the wagon train ot Bent St. Yraln and company, Indian anrt Mf'xi<'nn trndPrs, whieh wns to luuPct him npnn his amazing •·nreer ns He-You'll be sorry ten years from mountain mnn, S('OUI, guide for Gf'n · now if you tum me down. eral Fremont, Indlnn fighter, (~vii wa• She-That's better than bdng sorry lead!'r on the :'iew Mexl~nn fronller, right away. guardian of the Santa Fe trail and "Father Kit" In tire go,•ernmPnt's Self-Exploitation dPallngs with the Indians. fie advertised himself, and yet Such a career, of course, with lh He fl.nds results are insecuremultitude of thrilling incidents j!ave The merchar.dlse, 'mfU murh regret, The public rates as rollwr poor. the "Wild \VeRI" type of writ<•r a clumre to do his best (or woml) ~n,f A Warning few of them failed to mnke the most of thE' opportunity In writing of Kit "F:o you wunt to marry my daughCarson. The result has been a jumble ot truth and nh,urdity wblrh fully l'Yes.'' justifies this lniPst Carsnn btogra "Do yon know much about busipher's rrillclsms of his prellccessors ness ? But he hns exrrtodNJ many of the olrl "Xot muclt." legends and In their place suhslltrtted "Do ~·ou l<now tlte rlifference b!l· either the facts, or theories whit'h tun tween an a"el unrl a liability?" be accepter! ns logirnl and reasnnnble ''.\ o. tl For Instance, Car~on has been "ii't•ll, ~·ou will after you marry my palntr>il ns a mnn with a vision of thP daughter." l"l\St empire of the West which he was to help open up. This new picture llf Our Own Vaudeville Cat·son shows him ns an empire hu\lil· Oot-l untl•!rtitand thul l'ozette took er, all right, not because he Intended advuntnge of leap rear nnd proposed to be nne but heranse he fikf'd lltP to that magazine \niter, bui was life which these "unconscious emplretumed down. hullders" lil'ed-the scouting. tlghlln~ Dash-res, he sent her a rejection of bnd Indians nnd making treaties slip. with good onPS, trapping, hunting dancing, drinking and loving Fnr In Had His Measure st:tnce Cnrson did not go with F're F:hop .\ssistant-.\ eoll,\r for your mont to ''carry the Stars nnd Stt·ipe~ to the summits of the norktes and who hnshnnd1 \\'hat size1 ~Irs. II. Pef'k-I'Ye flll·gotten the this vast territory fnr his cnuntry." I as the ~enttmentallst-historinns would J size, but I can just rea<'h round bls have lt. "Kit went wtth Fremont" neck with hoth hanrls. snys ~Ir. \'estal. "Becnusp he fo,,ed .TosPpha (his third and last wife) and 1 Doing It Right wnnt!'d to better himself. Like mosr 1 Yalf't· There·, u but·glat· downstairs, pf'ople who do things In the world of sir! nfl'alrs, he was moved by no grand De \"ue Smilh-Iti:;hto, Jud,onschemes or highfalutin. sense of serv· just fetch my gun and sports suit-the Ice N honnr, but simply set his hrart heather-mixture one. on a wnmnn and a little monry." An•l that Is sound common sen~e. WANTED THEM OUTSIDE liis manner of dying wns as 'lmpl.• as the mnnner of l1is Jiving. The en.:! rnme ~Iay 23. lSG'l. at Fort Lyon, Colo., where he was under the care of an nrmy sur~eon. He wns tired of the food that had been glvrn htm. "C'ook me some fust rate dnln's," said the old scout, ".\ bull'ulo st~ak nnd a howl of cofree awl n p'pe are what I need." !II I l The surgeon wnrued bim that the m•at woul<l probably be rata!. nut Kit ln.-slstt:·d and the surgeon, knowing that he w1" nppose him. . . The r-&d was sw1ft. • The expecterl . • . so ctl d Kit Carson, brave. unaffected. sclf-sumelent t.> the la•t puff of hiP old dudheen, a valiant trencherman. with the bull meat yntler hls belt and the old gka"' ln hla tired eres. blowIng smoke l·nto the jaw~ I Gouf ('Cl'llt~ fad~· of house angry) -l-1 ;;uess l'• want me to take my gura shn~s out~itte? L. 0. 11.-Yes-and without rewov· lng them. plense. ot death, Stacks It Up whom he ha.l flouted so often. . . This Is the happy warrior: this IJ he That £>ve-ry n~nn in arms should wish to be. cle makes plies ot money, )et he \VIth lhe wenlthy does JIJt rank: H€- n1akes piles a11d p!lea or money- He's o Iefler In a bank. p, otecting lnves' ors 't'hou;;l: <!.lTcring slit.:ltll.l in ~ .. me nf thP st:ttts, the blue-sky l:t•I'S are 111urh alil'e in their essential f<'Ht tl''P.<. They are cll->Jgue~l to rPgulate tlrt> saln or stocl'"· bone Is and other srrut :til'S, hut in prn< tire tlteir applicntiou l•:t• hPPn extend!'d to u wide rang-e of luYeSI· ment eut!'rprtses. The law usually contains 8 penni rtause prv~•·t·lhin;: penni ,y for fru nd In the sate or nPgolia~ion of securities and wst~ In a certnin oflirer or body the p,1wrr ~o lm·e~ti;.:ate all tranMctlon~ of this kind. wasted nn hour trying to quiz htrn, the dean of the scribes compi'Jined: "You have remained absolutel.v silt•nt em some of the most tmpMia!tt puhlic qu<'stions.'' "In the.<e days," replied the ~en>t tor, "the man who can rPmnin resolutely sflpnt, demonstrates that he holds a rather Important position In public affairs." An nlli:;ator's nest contains about GO egg~. SAIDIHAT 1 eouL.D PLA'f-= \ \VAS "TO \\IAIT TIU.. 11-IEY .;...-__,.. \41DeKED A SALI.- "THRDUGH A WIIJDQI.Y -rHrft>J I C..OUI..IJ GO ·r.~=.~ AFTER...,- J,;'oing so<>n, l\:d not long hemorrhage followed. Kit called out "I'm g"lne! ()oct,,r, compadre, adios!" 'if:S, "11-\E'{ - 01 Then She Woke Up Iu I ".\t l:tsl .Ji. ' ltas lwen uhle to put stop tu hi~ wife's PXtl·arngnnf'e." '•IJnw did he manage II?'' "lie 1\':ti'IIPd her that If she rlldn't let up thNe'd be noth'ag left for 11lmouy." On His Way! Snlesmnn-I.N me ~ell you an oUImming furnace, sir. l'rospect-:-;ot a dt::nce. \\"hen I hum UJ• oil I want to be going somewlwre. Big Businesa Flt.urwall<er (to impatlt>ut customer, letn iug) -Can't you get waited on, ~Imlame? ~ladawe-:\o, I'm nfruid I came at au nufnrtunate time; yout· salesladies Hre i11 conference. Next Thing to Dishabille litH·:~ Sl (just arriYed In town)I'Ye c·nl't•d to St•e my niece. Maitl-~he"s In tier bOt:d.,lr. !Jnc·:e Ri- \\'PII. if that's all she's got ou, I'll walt. The Lesser Expeme "~ly 1\lfp tltrcntel!ed If I didn I g~t her n new lv t ~l1e'd go home to ber mot hPr." "\\"lty tlidrt'l rou 1ft her?" "ller rni ron<! fare wou',J cost more tltnn t~e hat." ------- From Experience ~I ~e!! thnl my hush&nd llns dd_d the di. s.n "IIow do 1·ou know?" asked the ,-1 ltor "Tiwy'q s. il wet." |