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Show THE SAUNA SUN. SAUNA. UTAH Ktafffa E1$ IfDofe News Notes Dodchja Euenincr Fain ('i a T rtvilfg Talo nWl! bad LOGAN llugs on Vuh farm aa numestimated on January I, bering Mono, row pared with "toed la IKI and to, hod la 1927. HI BCR CUV The total vain of th rattle, shrtp and hog la Utah a January 1. BO. la estimated at and one year earlier it waa Ikl hou.mm An lamas f 17, L aha hm! beautiful, It. M ugiirrf and lh for (h lifuatilr t'S funniest, r I1 !;. 10 prilr ffr-r-- d Pul-l-llargest wrt having a j hul-b- l party lw nd. the I) The ,..w wir all hit pretty id badl-B hard tl Bra, So Ibid th win tins. deriding Flowing hulil.lr for They had SC-had awhile laughlug juit So IliUch slir and rB Joying thiiis-Jr- s tio-otid, heard a sound from lh a- 1i . a tuuui, gog a rum, fottm," What' thstT saked th brawn'. Flowing Fulddr to Cud They r. ttw.bou la on g latnht January googa-room,- "W ljr Grandpa Ft-ll- " Frag," said 1 WlmiRrr ar yon doing V asked Frog. bubble," sold Billie. "Blowing "WmI.I to rome and Join the fuu? "Wed h glad tu hav you. Yt, Indeed, w Would." said: Aid all the brawn! Ur'd ( glad to hav Grandpa I'rog come and join us on ur log.' Weil." said Grandpa Frog, that I a pretty nU tnv Union. But tell ui ho tv da you make th queer things)" s-i-p 17701 JYUR77-f-' B ELAO SCOTT WATSON E IS today Hi great!. aa b I mot li Uat, of lh Id Hid Seoul of America." Such la Hi Irlbui (ai J hy George Bird Grinnell la Luther II. North of (Vilumbua, Neb., ami If you ar on of Ihoa whose Ideal about lb Old Weal bav been formed by reeding dim novels or aoin of lb Sensational biographic of Wild Wea beroei (a bleb ar hut lllll reunited from the aim not el tints), read what Doctor Grinnell, who la on of lb very few real otborllle on lb American history of lb frontier, baa say about MaJ. I rank North and CapL Luther II. North In hla book Two Great Scouts and Their Pawnee Battalion," publlahed recently by tb Arthur II. Clark company of 1 ciu Uaveland. In the Introduction to that volume you will And the word: Major Frank North died In 1SS3, In hla early middle life. II waa a great leader of men and Lla character won for him the ahaolut devotion and truat of those he commanded. Whether It waa by hla good fortune or hla skill, he never oai a man In battle. Tbla no duht waa In part an explanation of the faith hla men had In him In hla aucceaa. Illmaelf alwa.v In the forefront of the battle, he never aald to hla men Go on, but alwaya Come along and hla men always t rove to keep up with him. Needles to any, he was brave and he expected In hla men the courage and steadfastness that he himself possessed. In one fight when he and hla ecouts were In the open, exposed to the fire of concealed enemies and some of his men ehowed a disposition to retreat, Frank North aald to them, I shall kill the first man that runs.' No one ran. The experiences of CnpL L II. North cover more years than those of hla brother and so are wider. Ills Journeying have extended from the International boundary, south through Oklahoma (the old Indian Territory) and he Ims spent much time In the Rock) mountains. He Is today the greatest, as he la almost the Inst, of the scouts of America. Ills knowledge o the Indian and of the Indian's ways of thought la profound. As a hunter of wild game he was tost expert and successful and the most certain and best rifle shot that I have seen. At this late day few men survive who were scouts In the Indian wars. Of these, Captain North la probably the oldest aa he Is certainly the most experienced and the most able. Captain North and hla brother, Frank North, were In the cluss with Brldger and Carson. They and such as they, did the tremendous work of making available what Is called our western empire." High praise that to class the Norths with such great pioneers aa Old Jim Brldger and Kit Car-eo- n and coming from such a source It is all the more Impressive. But an Inspection of the record, ns It Is set forth In Doctor GrluneUs book, will phow how worthy the Norths were of the title f "empire-builders.- " Although their careers on the frontier were filled with enough thrilling experiences to delight the soul of any dime novelist, fortunately for their enduring fame these purveyors of sensation passed them by In favor of lesser men. And there can be no doubt that both Frank North and Luther North were the best pleased of any one that they did pass them by. For, like most men who have accomplished great deeds of daring and danger, they were least Inclined to talk about them. If they were to receive any recognition for the work they did, they, no doubt, would have preferred It to come as it hus from the hands of an appreciative and understanding friend (for the friendship of Doctor Grinnell and Captain North dates from the old Indlan-flghtln- g days or more than half a century ago) In the form of a straightforward, matter-of-fanarrative, such as Doctor Grinnell has written, with the ring of truth and accuracy In every line. Thomas J. North, father of the two great scouts, was a native of New York who removed to Ohio soon after his murrlage. Ills oldest son, James E. North, was born In Ohio in 1S58; Frank North was born In New York in and Luther North In Ohio In 1S46. In 1S55 the elder North emigrated to the newly organised territory of Nebraska and a year later brought nls family to the tract of eighty acres of tlmberland on the borders of Omaha which he was clearing for the owner of the land. North was also a surveyor and that winter while laying out a town-siton the California emigrant trail he was frozen to death. Upon the three brothers fell the responsibility cf caring for their mother and tneir two younger Sisters. the family settled near Eventually Columbus, Neb., where the boys obtained work f various sorts. Luther North, then thirteen years f age, become a mail carrier between the towns of Colnmhus and Monroe and Frank North Joined forces with three men who were making a Jiving by trapping and poisoning woirei for their Aides it was during this time that Ui North old-tim- e ct 18-1- e 1 j Nehrnaka In which the Norths lived and In 180(1 Frank and Luther North scouted employment with the agent on the reservation. The next year of a new agent waa appointed and a the commissioner of Indian affairs was made trader for Hie Pawnees. Finding that Frank North could speak the Pawnlanguage, this trailer employed him as clerk and Interpreter. The Sioux and the Pawnees were traditional enemies and dt ring the year 1S01 the Sioux made a number of rulds on the pLwnees. During on of these Luther North had wl.nt he declares son-in-la- - to huve been hla narrowest escae from dcutli during Ids whole career on the lain, lie wus then engaged In hauling logs o the sawmill ou the reservation and at night was accustomed to turn the horses aud mules of the logging outfit out to graze. One morning the anlmula were gone and young North set out on a saddle mule to find them. A mile from the agency he waa Jumped" by a war party of Sioux who were between hltn and the agency. A mile In the opposite direction was another trader's store aud toward Hint young North urged Ids mule aa fast as It could run. But It was not fust enough to outrun a splendidly mounted Sldux warrior, armed with how and arrow and a spear, who quickly overtook the fleeing boy. But Just as the savage was ready to thrust his lance through t lie boy, his horse stepped In a prairie dog hole and before he could get to his feet and use his how and arrows, young North Imd reached the trading post The next year young North enlisted In the Second Nebraska cavulry which, in the spring of 1803, was ordered to Join the expedition which Gen. Alfred Sully wns to lead up the Missouri river to punish the hostile Sioux who had been committing along the emigrant depredations trails and against the scattered settlements. At the outbreak of the Great Sioux War of 1804, Luther North did his first security; for the government, as did his brother Frank North. It wus during this war, also, that the first group of Pawnee scouts were organized at the suggestion of General Curtis, the commanding officer In that area. Seventy-seveyoung Pawnees were enn rolled and were placed under command of an Interpreter named McFadden with Frank North as Becond In command. General Curtis soon discovered that McFadden hud little real authority over the Pawnees but that they obeyed promptly when North ordered them out m, a scouting expedition. As a result Curtis gave North authority to enlist a company of 100 scouts when he returned to Fort Kearney from that particular expedition. Upon arriving at the fort North called a council of the tribe and made kt own his wishes. Within an hour he had too of the best Pawnee warriors enrolled, all of them anxious for North to lead them against the Sioux. Then army red tape got in Its work. North was ordered to come to Omaha with a list of the IndlaD names. Th(.e being no railroad, he was forced to make the Journey on horseback and reached Omaha In three days. There he was kept waiting for two weeks nefore being furnished with muster rolls and enlistment papers and when he returned t the reservation, he found that all of his scouts had gone off on the Pawnees winter buffalo hunt. Frank North was obliged to return to Omaha hut he sent his brother, Luther, to follow the Pawnees and persuade the men he had recruited to return. Accompanied by a young Pawnee. Lntlier North set out but was caught In a blizzard wldcb raged for three days. Being ont of provisions, they started back for the reservation and for four days, during which time they had nothing to eat, they battled their way through Hit snow. Finally they reached the North home In Columbus. Eventually Frank North found the Pawnees and after a long Journey, filled with suffering from the Intense cold, they all returned to Columbus. Here he found a telegram from the commanding officer at Omaha, telling him that unless the company was promptly filled, the order authorizing It would he rescinded. That called for another trip to Omaha and this time he made It In a day and a half. Finally, after many difficulties (Including that of the desertion of 35 Pawnees who had been told (hat they were to be sent south to fight the negroes) Company A, iht UulteJ half-bree- d f th'e miles. A new record for heat LOGAN set In Cache county Wednesday, when the thermometer registered SMt degrees, according to officials at th Utah Stale Agricultural college. Sixty four degree waa the minimum reported for the night Tb high point for Juno was 92 digrees In 1929, wh'i the highest temperature recorded for June. 192& waa M. and for July, 1928. States service. For th next five year North Pawnee scout proved f Inestimable value. Ileady to move at a moments notice they repealed.y pursued and punished Sioux raiding parties which would hav found U easy to escae from regular army troops. They acted a scout for General Connor expedition against the hostile In the Powder river and Yellowstone country In JWi and most of the honor of thut campaign. In the different skirmishes which were fought. were won by the scouts. It waa Capt. Frank North and hla Pawnees who found the lost and starving command of Colonel Cole who was to with General Connor column and guided them to safety and It wus during this campaign that the Pawtiees conferred uton their white lender the highest honor In their mwer. Before one of the fights during that campaign. In which the Paw tiees, led brilliantly hy North, hud taken the sculps of 27 hostile Cheyennes. North hnd been known as "Ski rl taka" or White Wolf. During the victory celebration field after the battle the Pawnee changed Ids name to "Ianl leslinr" or the Pawnee Chief. It wns a name which only one other white man had ever before been given and that was General Fremont for whom the Pawnees held a high regard. The year 1SC7 wus the most brilliant In the history of the Norths and their Pawnees. General Augur, commanding the department ot the Platte, authorized the organization of a battalion of four companies of Pawnee scouts with Frank North in commund with the title of major. One of the companies was commanded by Luther North who was given the rank of captain. The principal Job of the scouts wus to protect the builders of the Union Pacific from hostile Indians and so important and so efficient was their work In this that It is not too much to say thnt had It not been for this little force of loyal red men and their white lenders the (ream of a transcontinental railway might have been delayed for several year. The work of the scouts during thnt year and the following year, until the trea'y of 1808 put an end to the Indian troubles, for a time at least, furnishes material for dozens of thrilling yarns. One Incident, because it shows the metal of the enemy which the Norths had to fight, Is noteworthy. One of their scouts was a Pawnee whose father wa- -, a Spaniard. His name was Baptiste Behale and he was one of the most proficient of all the tribe In the use of the bow and arrows. During one of the fights a Sioux Indian was unhorsed and Behal shot him with an arrow. The shaft struck the Sioux under the right shoulder, went clear through his body and came out on the left side. The warrior stopped running, pulled the arrow on through, fitted it to his bow, wheeled around and shot It at Behale who was riding close behind him on his horse. Behale threw himself low on his horse's neck nnd the arrow passed over his body about two inches too high ! As he straightened up, tie looked down to see that the Sioux had dropped dead the moment after he had discharged the arrow. In 1SC9 the Sioux and Cheyennes were- - again on the warpath and again the Pawnee scouts were called Into service. In view of the recent revival of Interest In the exploits of Col. V. F. Buffalo Bill, and the controversy which Cody, hnd been raging In a number of newspapers over certain of his deeds It is Interesting to read In Doctor Griunell's book the story of the Battle of Summit Springs, Colo., where, it has been as serted, Cody killed the celebrated ehiel Tall Bull. Thnt chiefs camp was attacked hy General Carr and the Fifth cavalry and after tnt first dash Into the Indian camp, the soldiers were engaged in hunting out the Indians who tiad taken refuge Into a number of ravines. One of these refugees was the chief himself, who fired at Frank and Luther North ns they rode iast his hiding place. Frank North dismounted, waited for the Indian to show himself again aud then shot him through the forehead. Later in the day 'Jail Bull's widow pointed Frank North out as the slayer of her As for Cody's part In that battle husband. Grinnell says, A terrific storm of hail and rain came np and while all bands were trying to gel under shelter In the lodges. Cody rode Into camp He had been with Colonel Royal! and had missed the fight Later, by Ned Buntline (E. C. Judson) he was given credit for havlDg killed Tall Bull but he was not in the fight at alL" , J.t'L-hi- aimers assured the state official that they are ready to match federal aid fund for tb completion of th rew-- Pawnee Scouts were mustered Into at Abnormally warm temper followed th eastward f th atmospheric depression and in Halt Lak recently th tnerrury mounted to M degree. mark-t- h sriuid warmest day f the year. r of M degree The mean wa lh blgest dally mean t th Wednea-d-- y year, eclipsing the record two hy points. MONTICELLO County commissioner f Kan Juan county mrt !;h member of lh state road commission recently for th ptirpos f discussing early procedur on the rruject from I'etcrs 11:11, north f Montlrello Th Ban Juan eommls- Thompson maining link brothers made their first acquaintance with the trllie of Indluns with whom they were to become famous the Pawnees. The reservation for the Pawnees had been established in the section of eum(r4 temi-eratu- I'.lwa ole. Urnda 4AZ &LFT la aiurra hat Hummed! again. Itili IO. 1927. LOGAN g hyd a rootit. gog rvaon, jran th sound 1, romparod with 2 "Io.imo n year before, and ICoPoo a January 1, y g-- year, The number of sheet and a Utah fa. tna and tattrhev' a TOO CUC lra out Liu In UTAH BROWNIES' PARTY Pl.Lv to 93 degree. PLEASANT GROVE The pleasant GroT Canning company has employed more than 2U0 girl and boya to pick bean. Lehl. American Fork and llcasant Grove supply most of tha A number from boys and girls. Tooele, Sandy and other nearby-placewill help for picking forty acres of beans, the larrcst acreage ever handled by the local concern. Ntw machinery hus beun Installed at t ie . s rlunl. J if i lii,J Af - '&. il Aiif r I- it fl 'f i- J - "Want to Come and Join the Fun7" ! ' j we use this particular kind Just for our hulddes. sometimes "Sometimes sometimes and Billie Brownie wulked over close to Grandpa Frog nnd leaned to whisper to film this secret: we he continued, "Sometimes," throw nome of this soup into the howls for children who are blowing hulddes and theu their bubbles become all the , j ! SPANISH FORK Cherry producer on the east bench announce that tie cherry harvest - practically over. Sherman McGarry, one of the heaviest producers, has redd much of his crop to local dealers and housewives. He shipped one carload at.d several smallCanMt. rieasant pr shipments to the Bins company. Owing to the thinning of the trees in Mr. McGarry 's orchard, the producton was much less than In prevous years. salt LAKE Crop conditions throughout the united States are Jow lho80 of ,cg year ln quantity, ported Frank Andrews, federal agrL cultural statistician for Utah, who re-turned recently from Washington D. C. where he served on the July crop reporting board with other specialists belter. of the United States department of They dont know why It Is hut agriculture. Mr. Andrews reported I'm telling you the secret. that nearly all crops showed a deGrandpa Frog blinked his eyes. He crease, wheat being one of the few was quite excited. above average. But what are those queer things PAROWAN TLe annual meeting of you are using? he asked, us he put the stockholders cf the Southern Utah ou his spectacles to have a good look. Dairy company, which has its headThey are pipes, my dear good sir. quarters in Parowan, will be held in Clay pipes, nnd the Elves gave us the courthouse, Monday, August 5. those at one of their parties." This organization is selling its whole May 1 blow bubbles, too? nsked milk to the El Escalante dairy in re-do- J i Grandpa Frog. The brownies were delighted at the very thought. "I'd like to ask some of the other frogs, too," he added. So he called across the pond nnd told them to come to a party. Lots of frogs arrived. Then Billie Brownie showed them how to blow soap bubbles. All afternoon the brownies and the frogs hnd the most exciting time blowing the most wonderful soap bubbles that were ever made. goog-a-rooi- goog-a-roo- goog-a-roo- Similea The following is a rhymed list of often used comparisons: As wet as a fish, as dry as a bone. As live a? a bird, as dead as a stone. As strong as a horse, as weak as a cat. As white as a lily, as black as coni. As tight as a drum, as free as the air. as heavy as lead, as light as a feather. As steady as time, uncertain as weather. As hot as an oven, as cold as a frog. As gay as a lark, as sick as a dog. As fit as a fiddle, as bitter as rind. As proud as a peacock, as blythe as a prig. As savage as tigers,' as mild as a flove. As stiff as a poker, as limp at a glove. Mijkty Poor Chance Little Milton came home from Sun- day school with a mite box. Why do they call It a mite box, mother?" asked Milton. Because, chirped In his brother, "you might put something in It and The Churchmen you might not bc-ve- ry Cedar City, and is In good financial ehape. The dairymen also are receiving greater returns for their milk than heretofore. All milk sold at retail in Cedar City must now be pasteurized. PRICE George B. Jensen, agent for the Utah state road commission for Emery county, reports that the road, which has been almost impassable since the first winter snows, is now open to traffic, alcondition. A though not in first-clas- s number of earth slides occurred last week, and they are now being cleared. Mr. Jensen predicts that the road will be open soon unless further damages occur. Opening of this highway makes a clear path all through Utah. PROVO The fourteenth carload of broilers was shipped from Provo for out of state markets, recently, by the Utah Poultry Producers, Inc. This is an increase of eight cars over the entire shipment last year, according to J. T. Harden, manager of the plant. Each car carries about 8000 birds of a total weight of approximately 12,009 pounds. Each carload shipped brings to local growers $2180, or a total to date of $29,520 for this years shipments. The cars shipped have gone to San Francisco, Kansas City, Omaha, Iowa City and Los Angeles. Announcement is COALVILLE made that the Summit county fair for 1929 will be held at Coalville September 2, 3 and 4 at the old tair grounds. This will probably be the last year that this affair can be held in this location as the site will he covered with water of the Echo reservoir following construction of the Echo dam. A decision as to the location of the new grounds has not yet been reached, officials of the association state. Prospects for the 1929 exhibition are very encouraging and a progressive program is being planned. Ephra-im-Orangvi- i |