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Show THE SALINA SUN, S ALIN A, UTAH SIM CLAIMS SIX News Notes j VICTIMS Ita a Privilege Utah : i WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS BY TEMPEST OF CYCLONIC VELOCITY IS SWEPT 100-Mil- Gale Was Reproted Off The New Jersey Coast; With Heavy Hailstorms In New England. Much Damage Done. e New York Six deaths and property losses estimated at a quarter of a million dollars resulted from a storm which swept New York and New England late Sunday. A score of persons were injured, one perhaps fatally, and three are reported severe-electric- missing. The storm moved from Pennsylvania to Maine, wrecking buildings, tearing up trees, capsizing boats, flooding roadbeds, parlyzing telephone, telegraph, light and trolley service and gale was destroying crops A reported off the New Jersey coast, with heavy hailstorms in New Eng100-mil- e land. Three persons were killed by lightning, one by a falling tree and two were drowned. Three boys are believed to have been lost in a canoe off Sandy Hook. A dozen were rescued from capsized craft in and around New York. Heavy property damage- was reported as far west as Ohio. Six persons were injured, telephone and telegraph service were crippled and highways were blocked in central Pennsylvania. Hailstones in Harrisburg, Pa., measured two inches in diameter. Springfield Mass. A rain, hail and lightning storm of cyclonic velocity which struck western Masschussets late Sunday claimed four lives, injured more than a score and left in its wake damage which will amount to $500,000. In adams a girl was instantly killed; in Springfield two men were drowned whe ntheir canoe overturned and a man died beneath a falling tree at the height of'the storm. A Rcqimenir 'With a Record By ELMO SCOTT WATSON LTIIOUGII the year 1920 brings celebration the semicentennial of the Custer buttle to concentrate public attention upon one regiment of the United States urmy, the famous Seventh cavalry, old army men, who campaigned against the savages of the western plains and mountains huif a century ago, will tell you that there is one regirecment whose Indian-fightinord Is fully as brilliant as that Custer's outfit and whose history from the beginning is one of the most Interesting of any In Uncle Sams service. That regiment is the Fifth cavalry and for one reason, If no other, this year Is an appropriate time to recall some of Its honorable history. Whereas 1920 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Sevenths Waterloo the Buttle of the Little Rig Horn it marks for The Fifth the same anniversary of one of the most remarkable cavalry marches and brilliant victories ever scored by Uncle Sams hard-ridinhorsemen over a suvage loe. Tills was the Battle of War Ilonnet creek In South Dakota, fought on July 17, 1870. Itlehly though it has been deserved, no formal history of the Fighting Fifth" lias ever been written. Its deeds have been partially recorded in the charming writings of Uen. Charles King, who wns once its adjutant, notably in his Camand further .light. Is paigning With Crook, thrown upon Its long and honorable history In u book. "Buffalo Days," recently published by , and written by Col. llomer V. Wheeler, who became a second lieutenant of the Fifth In 1S75 and served with it until he retired as u colonel . in 1911. An examination of the matter-ofact ofiiclal records of the War department Indicates the great variety of service of Ihls regiment over a period of more than 70 years, hut it is only in such books as "Campaigning With Crook and Buffalo Days that life Is breathed into cold statistical data to vivify the real story of the Fighting Fifth and show Its part In the winning of the West. It wns not always the Fifth cavalry. Organized by the act of March 3, 1855, as the Second Regiment of Cavalry, the designation was changed to the Fifth Regiment of Cavalry by the act of August 3. 18(51, so that in reality the Fifth cavalry under that name will celebrate its sixty-fiftblrthduy tills summer. Soon after its organization as the Second regiment, this organization was detailed to frontier service and during the five years preceding the opening of the Civil war the various troops of the. Second were almost constantly In the field in Texas and what is now Oklahoma. From February 22, 1S5C, to June 1, 1801, there is the record of no less than 30 skirmishes, scouting expeditions and other forms of military activity to Its credit. Although none of these engagements was of outstanding Importance in our military history, the greutest Interest in the regiment lies In the personnel of lis officers during this period. It Is doubtful If there came from any other regiment as many men who rose to prominence in both the Union and Confederate armies as did from the old Second cavalry which was so soon to become the g y g Bobbs-Merrill- f h Fifth. . . . Among those who became leaders of the men In gray were Albert Sidney Johnston, who was colonel of the Second from' the date of Its organization to the outbreak of the Civil war; Robert E. Lee, who was Its lieutenant-colone- l during that time; Earl Van Dorn, who had been a major in the regiment; W. J. Hardee, Kirby Smith. John B. Hood and Fltz-IIugLee, all subalterns. Among the future Union generals were George II. Thomas, W. II. Emory,, George Stone-maJohn Sedgewick, A. J. Smith, and Eugene A. Carr. It was the irony of fate that some of these men who had been brother officers in' the old Second should be pitted against each other at one time or another during the four years of the conflict. The most notable example of tills was In ti e case of Thomas and Hood. For it was the sledge-hamme- r blows of the man who had succeeded Albert Sidney Johnston as colonel of the Second. George II. Thomas, the "Rock of which destroyed the army under his former subaltern, John B. Hood, now a general In the Confederate army In the fierce fighting around Nashville, Tenn., late in ISO-1- , and won for l.lr.self and the Army of the Cumberland h n. Chick-amavg- a it another way and to paraphrase Patrick Henry the gentlemen of the Indian bureau may cry Farm Leaders Meet In Iowa 'Peace! Peace!' but there was no peace." During the 35 months that th,p Fifth was in Arizona, Washington. The principal event of there were only seven different months during the present week will be the meeting those four years of 1872 to 1870 that the Apaches Des Moines of the corn belfdon-ferenc- e at werent out and some detachment of the Fifth-- ) committee which had charge wasnt on their trail. . of the fight for the the Apache Among the outstanding events-i- nr type of farm relief that campaign was the crushing defeat given the savwas defeated in the recent session of ages in the Salt River canyon on December 28, congress. The meeting this week is 1872, by Major Brown of the Fifth, whose comcalled by Governor H. A. Mill of Iowa mand on that occasion consisted of Troops G, who has 'sumoned governors, senators L and M of the Fifth, and a small body of Indian and congressmen, as well as farm scouts and the brilliant little victory of a detachleaders, business men and bankers, ment K, commanded by Lieut. Charles from the eleven states which particiKing, near Diamond Butte on May 21, 1874. On moveof in the the beginning pated this occasion King (now Gen. Charles King) with Inment last Illinois, Iowa, January 14 men of Troop K surprised and attacked a band Nebraska, Minnesota, Kansas, diana, of Tonto Apaches, greatly superior in numbers, routed them, killed 18 and destroyed all their sup- Misouri, Wisconsin, Oklahoma, North Dakota and South Dakota. The politiplies and equipment. This was a band which cal aspects or consequences of the had repeatedly defied General Crook and had the subject of keen intermeeting, continually stirred up trouble on the reservation. For his feat King was given the warmest est from Republican leaders because of an obvious disposition to associate praise by Crook, but it was not until 50 years Inter In 192-the War department gave the meeting with the declaration last that him the citation for gallantry in action which he week by Senator Cummins of Iowa that President Coolidge would not be so richly deserved. , a candidate to succeed himself, and 1870 war Sioux the of won the Fifth During even greater laurels as a part of General Crooks the other reported utterance of Kendall of Iowa, that by army in Wyoming. On July 1 Its new colonel, 1028 will not be able to carry Coolidge Gen. Wesley Merritt assumed command and Gena of state west the' Alleghanies. was in second eral Carr command as lieutenant colonel.- - Soon afterward the Fifth performed the Leaders Want League to Act brilliant feat previously mentioned In this article Geneva. Leaders of the recent unthe march to head off a large band of Cheyenne warriors, who had left the reservation to join successful movement in Alsace-Lorrain- e the hostiles, and the fight at War Bonnet creek. to obtain autonomy for the reMerritts problem was to march around three covered French provinces, it is believsides of a square while the India'ns were covered in some quarters in Alsace, take ing the distance of the fourth, do It undiscovered their cause before the league of naand beat the enemy to the objective, the crosstions. That there is a certain amount ing at War Bonnet creek. of sentiment in this direction among Suffice It to say that Merritt and the Fifth did these leaders was learned by a staff what they set out to do. They marched 83 miles correspondent of the Associated Press, in 81 hours, beat the Indians to the crossing and who has just made a tour of the disdid It with every man and horse fresh and ready tricts. Reference of the matter to the to fight. The next morning, July 17, the surprised league presumably would be fought d Cheyennes found a band of troopers vigorously by France, while league ofbarring their path to their friends in the field. ficials say that even if any petition There was a sharp little fight, during which oc- reaches Geneva, it would not be acted curred the celebrated duel between Buffalo Bill on and would not even be circulated and Chief Yellow Hand, and the Indians fled pell-me- ll among league members, since France back to the reservation. never signed a minority treaty conDuring the remainder of the campaign the cerning Alsace, At official quarters Fifth repeatedly distinguished Itself, at the Battle the Alsatian claims are of Slim Buttes where Chief American Horse was of'the league as fundamentally political, regarded the defeated and died, during weary march of CTook's-eomman- d to the Black Hills it is of these Kansas Prison Guards Resign events that General King writes so entertainingly Lansing, Kan. Seven of the fourin his Campaigning With Crook at the disarming of the warriors of Chief Red Cloud and Chief teen guards at the state penitentiary Red Leaf and at the bitter winter battle with who were held prisoners in the mine Dull Knifes Cheyennes when General Mackenzie by convicts during the recent mutiny scored such a decisive victory over these allies resigned Tuesday. Verification of. a of the Sioux on November 25, 1870. In Colonel rumor that the guards had resigned Wheelers book, "Buffalo Days" (he was then a as a protest to aqtion of prison offisecoud lieutenant in Troop G of the Fifth), Is cials during the mutiny could not be B. J. Black, given a stirring account of this fight which brings obtained late Tuesday. a vivid realization of the many perils of Indian one of the guards, is quoted as sayfighting. ing promises made the prisoners beFollowing the close of the Sioux campaign the fore the mutiny ended were not carnext two years were times of comparative quiet ried out. It was said there were for the Fifth, but In 1879 the regiment was again promises of no punishment and better in the field and again General Merritt led It on a food. brilliant march which stands not only on a par ' with its own remarkable feat preceding the War Arson Is Suspected in Dunkirk Blaze Bonnet fight, but as one of the best examples of Dunkirk, France. Fires started on endurance riding In the whole history of the Sunday night in several grain stores United States cavalry. This was the march of. Merritt and four troops of the Quai des Americanism. Arson of the Fifth from Rawlins, Wyo., to the relief is strongly suspected, as the communists for the last few days have given of Captain Tayne and five troops of the same oropen warning that trouble would ensue ganization. besieged by the Utes on the Milk river in Colorado. On the morning of October 2 should a number of their colleagues, Merritt set out and at dawn of October 5, with arrested for taking part in manifesta170 miles of some of the most difficult mountain tions on Bastile day, be kept in jail. trails in America behind him, he rode into Payne's In addition to quantities of grain 400 tons of canned meats and camp with only three men dismounted on account vegetables were ruined. Several hunof exhausted horses. dred gendarmes are now guarding iL Co JFfojTz&t 'Wfc.e&I&r . the honor of a Joint resolution of thanks by congress. Reorganized as the Fifth Regiment of Cavalry on August 3, 1SG1, and participating in four minor engagements before receiving its baptism of fire at the Rattle of Bull Run, this organization soon Justified its name of the Fighting Fifth." When tire war ended it could have written on its banners the following names; York-towKinneys Farm, Cold Harbor, Malvern 11111, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Brandy Station, Mine Run, the Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Trevllian Station, Petersburg, Winchester, Cedar Creek, Dinwiddle Court House, Five Forks and Appomattox, not to mention nearly 200 other engagements during the four years of the war. Rut It was in the years following the Civil war that the Fifth won Its greatest laurels and that in the most thankless task in the world savage warfare. Ordered to the Kansas frontier late In 1S08, the regiment under the command of MaJ. W. B. Royall arrived near Fort liays soon after the celebrated battle of Beecher's Island between the company of scouts commanded by Gen. G. A. Forsyth and the Dog Soldier Cheyennes under Roman Nose. General Sheridan, who was then in the field. Immediately ordered Major RoyaJl to go in pursuit of these Indians. Royall failed to find the hostilities, but a short time later under the command of MaJ. Eugene A. Carr, seven troops of the Fifth fought- a two-da- y engagement with the Indians on Beaver and Prairie Dog creeks and drbve them out of 1 -- blue-coate- the state. This was the beginning of the Fifth's brilliant career In Indian fighting. Intimutely associated with It Is the career of the man who became the regiments favorite scout, William F. Cody (Buffalo Bill) and that of the unique organization known as the Pawnee Scouts, commanded by MaJ. Frank North and his brother, Capt Luther II. North. The next year, 1S09, saw the Fifth almost constantly in the field and under the command of General Carr (although he was only, a major in the Fifth, Carr had risen to the rank of brevet major general of volunteers during the Civil war) it performed noteworthy service In Nebraska and Colorado where it Kansas, fought half a dozen engagements, culminating in the now famous battle at Summit Springs, Colo. Here Carr with seven troops of the Fifth, three companies of Pawnee Scouts, and Ruffulo BUI as chief guide, surprised the camp of Tall Bull, killed 52 Indians, among them Chief Tall Bull, who fell before the rifle of Frank North, captured 400 horses and mules, rescued a white woman captive, and destroyed the camp. This battle put an end to the activities of one of the worst Indian raiders of his time and helped bring peace to a frontier country which had been harried by hostile Indians for more than five years. The next service of the Fifth was in the blazing deserts and barren mountains of Arizona, trailing and fighting Apache Indians in the most trying kind of warfare that the soldiery of a nation was ever called upon to endure. Here again a reference to the official records will show the aptness of the term Fighting Fifth. From April 23, 1872, to January 2SV1S75. these records Ehow a total of nearly 200 separate expeditions, scouts, skirmishes and engagements Or to put ' to Live in Logan. Between 4000 and 5000 farmers, their wives and children will meet Monday at the Utah Agricultural college at the annual farmers encampment. Four "days of demonstrations, exhibits, lectures, games, amusements and contests of various kinds will make up the program which Is designed to acquaint the framer .with the value of the state agricultural college. Provo. Reports on fruit conditions on the Provo-Ben- ch area are more, promising than they have been in With the exception of the apple crop, the fruit and berry 'crops were never better, it is stated. Prove. In the vicinity of Pleasant Jrove the strawberry crop brought the growers upward of $50,000, while the raspberry crop is believed to have surpassed that by another $25,000. The cherry crop was also especially good and will bring returns of upward of $5000, it is estimated by growers. The peach crop will be heavy, in the opinion of the growers, and the quality will surpass that grown in the district during recent years, it is stated. Salt Lake City. More than half of the peach trees in both Utah and Idaho are ten years and over in age; it is revealed in a report by the. department of agriculture. According to this report, Utah has 318,564 peach trees and Idaho 28,075 trees. Of these totals Utah has 189,977a"nd Idaho 21,084 r mark. Utah has past the 20,281 trees one year and under, while Make has but 510 trees falling in this ten-yea- class. Price. The scientific feeding of livestock, will be one of the principal ayns of the Carbon-Emerycounty farm bureau this year, it was decided at a meetingjhere of forty representative farmers of the two counties. Tho subject was discussed from all angles and a committee appointed to make ar investigation of the feeding facilities -, available in the district. Salt Lake Cify. A reassuring word to woolgrowers on the benefits to be derived from the tariff, providing they do not indulge in marketing practices which minimize its usefulness, goes out from the headquarters of the National Woolgrowers association. The developments of the past season have inspired many varieties of questions in the minds of woolmen and one of them touches' the effectiveness of the clean content duty on imported wools, particularly the efectiveness of this duty during 1926. Salt Lake City! More cattle and calves were slaughtered during the first six months of 1926 under federal inspection than in any other corresponding period in the history of the country, according tothe cattle report issued through the office of George A. Scott, federal livestock statistician for the "seven Western states, Thursday. The estimated number of killed ' during this period is set at over Thishead. would mean if the slaughter continues at this rate more than 15,000,000 head will be slaughter ed during the year. Vernal. Wm. Pr.eece, Uintah county game warden, Is directing trapping of beaver in Brush creek at a point near where the stream enters the Green river, fifteen miles east of Vernal. The captured furbearers will be transported to Trout creek, a stream of the Ashley national forest, with the consent of the forest officials, and if a sufficient number is trapped some will be taken to what is known as the Davenport beaver dams in the Diamond mountain region. Clearfield. The Smith Canning south of company plant a Clearfield was destroyed by fire shortly after 3 oclock Wednesday morning. The loss is estimated at $100,000 half-mil- e in canned goods and $30,000 in machinery, plant and fixtures, although the damage may prove to be as much as $150,000. Salt Lake City. Though the wind, rain and hail of recent storms damaged some wheat and fruit, they were generally beneficial to crops and ranges by loweringtemperatur.es and In creating much needed moisture. dication of this is given in the weekly crop and range report issued Wednesday by J. Cecil Alter, meteorologist in charge of the local office of the weather bureau. Salina. Salina canyon in Sevier "county will be closed to traffic on Friday, according to the state road com mission, due to the fact that the Denver & Rio Grande Western railroad is constructing a track through the miles. canyon a distance of twenty-siThe line has given assurance that it will make a passable detour as quickly as possible and it is believed that this will be done within a few days. x Salt Lake City. Despite the dry season, the potato, peach and corn crops of Utah are expected to shoi a considerable increase over the production of last year, whi'e most of the ther crops will show a decrease, according to a report issued recently by Frank Andrews, Salt Lake City. Approximately tea cars of apricots have been shipped ou of Davis county so far this season to eastern cities, according to R. 3. Needham, traffic manager of the Eamb Electric. Mr. Needham said ;r-$- |