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Show THE SAUNA SUN, SAUNA, UTAH News Notes It' a Privileg to Lio in OllE ' O American Utah AAA MOAB Oil and gas have been :ruck in the Lisbon No. 1 well of the nion Oil company of California, lo ated in Lisbon dome, forty miles jutheast of Moab. While details of le strike and definite information as the extent of the oil flow cannot be btained in Moab, there is no question i to the authenticity of the report. PAROWAN The Sixth annual outhern Utah Rambouillet Sheep how and sale will be held August 19-The show and sale in former ears has been held during the middle art of September, but was changed lis year in order that the Ramboutl-- t LEGION (Copy for This Department Supplied by fb Amerkan Lesion News Service) SMASH RECORDS IN TROPHIES CONTEST The 1927 race for three of the coveted trophies awarded for membership work in the American Legion will long he remembered as the most earnestly contested In 9. breeders , of history. various departLegion Early In the year southern Utah might low their animals before taking them the Salt Lake and other shows. MONROE A severe rain and hail- torm passed over this vicinity, filling treets and ditches with streams of iud and water in a very short tince. lardens planted, lucerne and grain ere beaten down by the force of the torm and large limbs were broken rom trees. SALT LAKE Premium list of 1927 tate fair, to be held October 1 to 8, ncluisive, has been published and hows that plans have been made to ring the quality of the exhibit even o a higher plane than ever. The list is in booklet form and is ments, omprised of something over 120 the index to adver-iser- s. MT. PLEASANT Utah wool for 1D27 totaled 19,505,000 with 19,430,000 lounds, compared lounds in 1926, according to the July vool report of George A. Scott, live-,toc- k statistician for the department f agriculture in Utah, issued this The amount of production veek. daces Utah as fifth state in the national wool production. PRICE Plans of the Price River Petroleum company Indicate optimism ind faith in the possibilities of the geological structure under-yin- g Price and vicinity. Drilling at he companys test in northeast Price, vhich is now dowrn 2265 feet, will proceed to a depth of at least 2700 or 2800 ,eet, or until the Salt Wash sands have been penetrated, according to Ed .Valsh, driller. It is in the Salt Wash formation that the company hopes to find oil. LOGAN The mayor and city council, together with Cache county school hoard members, Olsen and Hammond, met at the Hyrum city hall to consider plans and specifications for a sprinkling system for the public square. A. II.' Palmer of Logan was awarded the contract for furnishing materials and installing an economy sprinkling system L cover the entire square. The work i. expected to be completed in thirty days. Lawn will then be planted. PRICE Delay of several hours t3 trains on the Denver & Rio Grande Western railroad was caused Wednesday night by washouts at Clift, between Woodside and Green River. A crew of workmen was kept busy all night repairing the section damaged pso-luctio- n By ELMO SCOTT WA5SON fUIS Is the story of a v A Wl a "jf real. Wild West hero, a man who faced death Innumerable times on the plains and In the mountains of the Great West, who under the acid test dunBer Provpd that he was "pure grit clean through an(j wjjo won the admiration of every man, white or red, with whom he ever came In contact. Its the story, too, of a forgotten Wild West hero because, unlike so many of our whole-hearte- d Wild West heroes the long-haire- bucksk d Bills and Dicks and Sams whose careers were approximately 10 per cent experience and 00 per rant press agentry he shunned publicity and waa' content to let his deeds speak for themselves. So he never became n dime novel hero, but the of the West, the men who know who were the really great and who were , the will tell you that there never was a braver mnn on the frontier nor few who played a more Important role at a critical period In Its history than Dr. V. T. McGIllycuddy, now a resident of Berkeley, Calif., and president of a public utilities company In San Francisco, but once an army surgeon with General Crooks expedition In the Sioux war of 1870 and later Indian agent for about the wildest bunch of red men that the government ever tried to keep penned up on a reservation. Doctor McGIllycuddy was born In Racine, Wls In 1849, and at the age of sixteen began the study of medicine. After completing Ids course In four years he served as an Interne in the United States Marine hospital In Detroit and later became assistant surgeon In several hospitals In thnt city. Ills fearly education had also included a course In topographical engineering and the year 1875 found him getting his first experience In the Wild West aa chief topographer for a government expedition Into the Black Hills of South Dakota. So among his other distinctions Doctor McGIllycuddy can claim that of being one of the first, If not the very first, to make accurate maps of the region pseudo-great- which Is now so much In the public eye because President OpoUdge chose It as the site for the Summed White House." The chief guide for this expedition was the renowned California Joe, General Custers famous scout, and Doctor McGIllycuddy has a rich fund of reminiscences of this noted frontier character. In fact, he knew nearly all of the early Black Hills notables, and he can tell Interesting tales of Calamity Jane, of Capt Jack Crawford, the Poet Scout," and Frank Grouard, General Crooks favorite scout, of Buffalo Bill and his understudy, Buf-falChip White. After the Sioux campaign was over Doctor McGIllycuddy was stationed at Camp Robinson, Neb., and there he made the acquaintance of Crazy Horse, one of the greatest war chiefs the Sioux had ever had. The army surgeon won the friendship of the Sioux leader by caring for his wife whe was a sufferer from tuberculosis and won for himself the name of Tashunka Wltko Kola (Crazy Horses Friend) and "Wasechun Waukon (White Miracle Man) by which he became known among the Sioux later. In 1879 President Hayes appointed the young army surgeon agent for the Ognlala Sioux on what la now the Pine Ridge reservation. Despite the recommendation that the name Tashunka Wltko Kola gave him, the new job was not an easy one. Here were several thousand Sioux, fresh from the warpath, still remembering their terrible triumph over Custer on the Little Big Horn, utterly Irreconcilable ,to being penned up on a reservation they who from years immemorial had been lords of a vast region over which they roamed as they willed. Their great war chief was Red Cloud, who, although he had taken no active part h the campaign of 70, was an Implacable enemy of the whites who had repeatedly broken faith with him. Both the youth of McGIllycuddy and his recent connection with the army were against him in his dealings with the Oglatas and In the first general council Red Cloud made It plain thnt he would oppose every effort the new agent made to lead his young men In the white mans road. To this Doctor MeGillycnddy replied that he admired Red Cloud for his loyalty to the old Ideals, but that the white man had come to stay and If the red man expected to survive he must learn the white mans ways. He warned Red Cloud that if the older Indians resisted the agents efforts to lead them in the white mans road, he would appeal to the young men. And appeal to the oung men he did. The result was the o organization of an Indian police force, the first-o- f Its kind ever bsed on an Indian reservation, authorized by a speeiul act of congress. The lender of this force was a young warrior named Miwaukon Yulia (Man Who Carries a Sword), or Captain Sword and with this little group of 50 undertook to keep order on men, the young-agea reservation of 4,000 square miles. Red Cloud continued to obstruct his work and y finally in 1SS2 came the showdown. Doctor deposed Red Cloud as chief. The Oglalas were in a turmoil. A plot to assassinate the agent was foiled by Captain Sword and his men, but affairs became so threatening that the War de- partment began concentrating troops at the posts nenr by. If the Sioux jumped the reservation it meant another costly war In which many lives would be lost and much property destroyed. It was a time when a cool head was needed and that cool head sat on the shoulders of Doctor McGIllycuddy. "We cun handle the situation was the word that the young doctor sent to Washington. "If troops are sent here, the Sioux will Interpret t ns a warlike gesture and trouble will be sure to follow. By we he meant himself nnd Captain Sword and those 50 Indian policemen I His faith was justified, for Swords men soon had the situation In hand and there Is no doubt In the minds of those who knew the situation at the time and the temper of the Sioux that a bloody war was averted. Shortly before this time there occurred an incident which showed the aptness of that pure grit clean through characterization of Doctor McGilly-cuddAt the time of the last great sun dance ever held among the Sioux some 2,000 of Chief potted Tails Brule Sioux, always a turbulent and restless outfit, came up to Tine Ridge to visit their Oglala brethren. One day a band of 400 of them rode over to the agency and ten of them, heavily armed, filed Into McGillycuddys office. In the building at the time were Doctor McGIllycuddy, a clerk, Ixwis Changro, his Interpreter, three army officers, who had come to see the sun dance, nnd two visiting cattlemen. There were only eleven white persons on the reservation. After a silence of several minutes, the leader of the party, a tall, powerful young chief, said to Changro, Tell him we want food. McGillycuddys reply was that he knew the Brules were well provisioned before they left their reservation nnd thnt they would get no food from hlin. At thnt reply the young chiefs eye glittered angrily. Tell him we want food NOW! he growled. A smile flickered across the young doctors face. Just tell him to go to h 1, Louis! he said quietly. Instantly the Brule chief sprang across the room and, shaking his fist in the agents face, be shouted hoarsely, If you dont give us food now, Ill kill every white man on the reservation from McGillycuddys The smile disappeared face. His Jaw snapped shut and without a word he sprang on the Indian, seized him by the throat and shook him until his rifle clattered to the floor. Then he rushed the Indian to the door, whirled him around and kicked the worst insult that any white man ever gave an Indian. Ten feet from the door the Brule picked himself up from the dust and, wild with rage, led his followers on a mad gallop to the Brule camp. But the whites knew that they would be back nnd that nine white men would probably soon be fighting for their lives and the lives of Mrs. McGillycuddy and the post traders wife against not only 2,000 Brules. but probnbly against several thousand Oglalas who would likely come swarming like a wolf pack to the kill. One alarming fact was that at the appearance of the Brules Captain Sword and his men had disappeared ! Soon the white men heard the drumming of pony hoofs on .the dry prairie and a warriors swept out party of naked, of a little coulee nnd headed for the agency building. As the white men crouched down behind the flimsy barrier of the fence surrounding the agency nnd lined their guns on the upproaching throng Changro suddenly shouted : No shoot ! Sword, he come! It was Captain Sword and his policemen, clad In the battle dres of their ancestors, coming to the aid of their white chief and ready to die In his defense. And then the Brules came back, 400 of them, a howling pack of savages pounding their ponies Into a mad charge. In the face of this onrush McGillycuddy said quietly to his white companions and Sword's men, who had lined up beside On and him, Dont fire until I give the word! on came the Indians until It seemed that they ! iron-nerve- d ' dust-plowin- nt McGll-lyeudd- our--selv- y. 1 d would ride the little group of defenders into the earth. And then they stopped The steady control of the agent broke through the heat of their madness and brought them to a sliding, halt 50 yards away. There they milled around uncertainly. At the psychological moment, McGillycuddy took the offensive. He turned to Changro. Hop out there, Louis, and tell that old devil to chase himself back to camp, he said. Tell him Ill give him just five minutes to get under way and, whats more, if he ever bats his eye at me again. Ill choke him to death Just for luck. As Changro ran forward to deliver this message the agent sprang to the top of the fence, watch In hand, to show the Brules that he . g meant exactly what he said. For a moment they wavered. The chief, still hot for blood, insisted that they charge. But the coo! nerve of this slender young doctor who had showed them so plainly that he could not be bluffed or frightened even in the face of overwhelming odds was too much for them. They rode back Jo their camp forthwith. During the next few years the Oglalas prospered under McGillycuddys rule. Then in 18S5 politics, which has so often made a football of the Indian, got in its work and the agent was summoned to Washington for trial on trumped-ucharges of Insubordination and exceeding his authority. The trial was something of a farce, but the upshot was thnt he was relieved from. duty. Not long afterward the ghost dance craze swept the Sioux and then, if ever, was the firm hand of McGillycuddy needed. But It was not there and as a result a majority of the Oglalas stampeded to the Bad Lands and the terrible story of the Battle of Wounded Knee was added to our Indian history. The former Indian agent gave valuable service during those trying days as assistant adjutant general to the governor of South Dakota, but a short-sighte- d government policy prevented him from serving where his Influence over the Sioux would have counted most. If he was ever rewarded by the government In the slightest measure for the Incalculable worth of his services there Is no record of It. Later he became dean and president of the South Dakota School of Mines at Rapid City, and as an educator became widely known. But except to a few historians the name of this man, but for whose efforts the settlement of a vast empire might have been delayed Indefinitely, Is comparatively unknown. A Forgotten Wild West Hero! Not exactly! Talk to some of the old Oglalas today, as the writer did recently, and you will And that the name of McGillycuddy is magic among them still. McGillycuddy Kola (friend of McGillycuddy). I said to one of them. Waste! (good!) he exclaimed and that phrase was the open sesame for the subsequent interview with several of them. Through an Interpreter, Jim Grass, an educated Sioux, I talked with Rock, Spider, Little Hawk Brave Heart, Yellow Thunder, and Chase in the who remember the Morning, all of them days of the buffalo chase and the tribal wars. Rock, Spider and Chase In the Morning fought under Crazy Horse In the Custer battle and at the Battle of the Rosebud where the Oclala chieftain fought General Crook to a standstill. After the wars were over Rock became one of Indian policemen on the Iine McGillycuddys Ridge reservation and from him I learned much of those stirring times when the young ngent was gambling with death as he tried to break down the reactionary influence of Red Cloud among the Oglalas. Rock and some of the old fellows questioned me eagerly about their friend Wasechun Waukon (Doctor McGillycuddy) where he lived nnd what he was doing. They requested me to write to him and ask him to write to them. It was plain to see that after all these years they still love and honor the one Indian agent whom they learned to trust nnd respect. He was a brave and good man and the best friend we have ever had, Rock told me, and his face lighted up as he spoke of the old days when he was one of McGillycuddys policemen. Then it saddened ns he continued, If he had been with us the great sadness (the ghost dance trouble and the Wounded Knee affair) would not have come to our people. Forgotten? Not by the men who did not give e their friendship lightly and when an Sioux warrior utters the simple words, He was a brave and good man, its about as fine a tribute as could be paid to this real Wild West hero, Dr. V. T. McGillycuddy, surgeon, soldier, Indian agent and friend of the red man. p old-time- old-tim- -- g heavy cloudbursts by SPANISH in -- 1 were many JyP,Cfa0f h!,n J. sim- - G. Emery Tranhu liar affairs was a drive of the Exeter (Calif.) Legion post No. 94. and as in other Instances, the public enjoyed the campaign as much as the legionnaires. At the climax of the campaign the fifteen losing members of the Exeter post paid a penalty agreed upon by dressing as girls and holding a street also were parade. The compelled to wait' on the others at a banquet held In the middle of the main street, which was lined with spectators. Miss" Jack Schmitt, an aviator In the World war and Tulare county council commander, was an modern debutante. The crowd declared he used the feminine toilet articles as though he had years of experience, or else had a good teacher. Homer Strong, butcher, at a given signal Just before the parade started, rolled up in a that area. FORKATW. Anderson Emeiy, president of the Intermountain Honey Producers association, was here yesteiday conferring with beekeepers on the marketing of this season s honey crop. Mr. Anderson had just completed a trip through Gunnison, Salina and other southern towns. visited beekeepers at Springlake, Payson, Saataquin and Spanish Fork and will complete his business trip in Salt Lake City. Beekeepers in Spring-ville- , Provo and other towns were visited Thursday. SALT LAKE Utahs potato and tomato fields will De studied next week by a party of scientists and experts whose life mission is to grapple with the problems of farmers when insects or plant diseases threaten crops. The party will he met at Pocatello, Idaho, next Friday by Dr. B. L. Richards, head of the department of botany and plant pathology of the Utah Agricultural college, who will accompany the group on a tour of Idahos agricultural regions, which will precede the visit to so unique bets and campaigns put on between posts an within local post between teams of He only department of Canada and the department of Italy, especially, made efforts to keep ahead of their re membership of 1926, and as the time approaches for the Qationul convention In Paris, France, In September, the lead over the preceding year totals more than 50,000. The three membership trophies for which the departments fight throughout the entire Legion year-ar- e the Hanford MacNider, the John G. Emery and the Franklin DOlier cups. The donors are past national commanders of the Legion, MacNider now being assistant secretary of yvar. The MacNider trophy Is awarded annually to that department attaining the highest percentage of membership over It! preceding years membership. The Emery trophy Is awarded each year to that department having the highest percentage of membership 39 days before the convening of the national convention as compared with the average membership for the four preceding years. The DOlier troIs awarded phy annually to that department attain lng the highest percentage of eli gible men In said department. These national contests Inspired many others during the 8 p r n g and summer months and never before pre-niu- iages, including not the states, but the straight 1 1 eightA m o u 8 1 n e. chauffeur and two footmen were In attendance. One footman opened the door and the other led out a small, white poodle, much bedecked with ribbons. Then out this state. MANTI The first heavy storm to occur during the past month passed over this city and resulted in an inch of laiufall. During the storm, lightning struck the barn owned by Jens Mickelson in the southern part of this city and caused oonsiderabel damage. stepped Senor-it- a Strong, In the laces and silks of a wealthy Castilllan lady. Each of the others represented some female character: one a Waikiki beach belle, another a washerwoman and another a Black Beauty. The spirit of hilarity, often seen In the training and rest camps of the World war. was rampant, and the relatives and friends of the former service men helped make the evening a success with their comments and applause. VERNAL At its regular meeting the city council ordered closed . contract whereby a new triple-c- ' mbina-no- n motor fire truck will be secured e and installed by October 1. This will be equipped with chemical apparatus and with pumps to force water from city water mains, canals or wells, as occasion requires. The motor is of thirty horsepower capacity, enabling the fire department to make rapid runs to all parts of the city. ma-(h'a- . FILLMORE Although drought threatened Millard countys seed alfalfa, crop, rains during the past week have saved the situation, and as a result of storms Millard county is ex-pected to be richer this fall by $2,-- . 000.000. The first alfalfa cutting In Millard county was abundant. After the initial cutting, however, lack of moisture retarded crop development, and as the drought became more acute h apeared that the second crop, which farmers were growing for seed rather thau for hay, would be a complete loss. The rainfall has altered the situation. Aided Flood Victims Having been aided a few months be Jo re to the extent of $500 during the Florida hurricane, the Llndle.v de Garmo post No. 70. of Coconut Grove Fla., contributed the same amount for the relief of flood victims In the Mis slsslppl valley. The Post has 87 mem hers. j Money for Hospital j j Officials of the Doernhecher hospf tnl at Portland. Ore., recently re reived $20 000 from the American legion, department of Oregon, to he nsed towards the maintenance hospital for veterans. of a |