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Show THE 8AUNA Sl'N. SAUNA. IT A II 18th LcUlature of th State of Utah Hut Fuh f 4.11 t Me, In 8 Hisiluw, fug wrpirtn f amend it t in tbo 1'uH Ito fur III irllilu fell arries of ortiuii.il ouitHirti but Las n.de light In rri d n r Xv i.iy.xr ? (1 artilllien lb lluuw .Vo, 2, (y Iriiim an approrUtbn of ho C round lniHtiitii( Tli iioi in nue and uiafbm root hi i lee rrfuMsI in vH lb Burton lgrvlie bill and lii Fuller elism, arA lie J fr V'VJ (I r 14)1 r4l4 1 1 ea rlue bill, amending la ground uw Uiuna, on Ik f . r oll-- mills -- .4 m: : nk, v no to nuietly I hi eed drn, ami a!a that they Tb llou-e taitbaut bill i bo fur $l2i aiqwoprUt-in- g HililUMng ronMltuilun-a- l a and flotrai fur lb contingent fund In entertain bo run feme e of alalo govern-u- i In Juno, Tbo llon pa send 1 bo I motif revolution provUltflg that Ibo alalo prtann may ho removed fiuta Kail tako county hy a roo.iliu-liuna- l amendment. TIo last apodal ,y ho governor angrwttsl the rtilderaUa of Ibo auhniUtlun of ronatltulumal amendment ollnilnallng Ibo apodal rletiliHi fur filling congmutlonal anuNidtte-nl- governor' 3 fr "4 i jJ ..,, X H, V : . rmyr ".Vtfv-- "T rw. neee 4 . . agk?iU, 4sT Tho ronklltutlona! amend ment permitting mix'ial of tho aia prlm In point outsit! hall tako county. of tho law requiring that prof-r- d constitutional ammdmonta ho mailed in rvory voter. Appropriation of fund of govornora' ronfor rnco which la lo bo bold In Pall taka Ibis aummer. Continuation of stal codo rotunda-ohuntil March 31. IKU. taw authorising t'alveralty of Ft-a- b to In collect fee from aiwlnui rnttipldo onion building without obligation to Ibo alalo. Amendment lo and oleomargarine stamp rlgarctt It-e- tfon't By ELMO SCOTT WATSON U 111 atory of forgotten fHIStl la American if If forgotten leader. bat history and of a It to'k place 172 year ago and was only a minor Incident la th long e of war which divided definitely the question of French or Enullnh snprem-acon the continent of North America. So that may he why it la forgotten, lie made an envlnhle record during those war but when there cume the war from which we date the history of the I'nlicd States ns nation, he piessed wrong as to where hi allegiance should be. AnJ thut may le the reMn why he la forgotten. I.ut In the military annals of America the Hattie of Rogers' Rock. fought on March 13, 1758. near .alee George In New York holds a place that Is almost un'que. Attack hy a force of 100 French Indians. MuJ. Hubert Roger and ISO of and his Rogers Hanger, fought from three o'clock In the afternoon until nightfall before relieatlng. In that haitle the Hangers killed 150 of the enemy of 100 killed one of the but they suffered a largest casualty lists. In proportion to the number of men engaged. It Is believed. In American warfare. Yet this was only one of a number of desperate enterprise which made the name Rogers' Hanger a synonym for a daring and resourceful type of fighting man and which caused his enemies to regnrd him as a dreaded partisan." Roger wa born In Dunbarton. N. H., In 1727, the son of James Rogers, an early settler of that place. Ills youth was 8eiit as a hunter and trapper In the forests of New England and Cunada and bis familiarity with the Indiana and Indian methods of warfare were to make him Invaluable to the British generals in the French and Indian war. At the opening of that conflict In 1753 Rogers led a force of hardy woodsmen from New Hampshire to Albany, N. Y where the British and Colonial forces were being assembled for an attack on the French forts at Crown Point and Tlconderoga. lie Is described at that time as over six feet high and physically the most powerful man In the army." Sir William Johnson, the great Colonlul leader, knowing of Rogers' reputation, used him and his men as scouts. Making his headquarters at Fort William Ilenry, a new post erected by the British at the south end of I.ake George, Rogers began a series of forays against the French and their Indian allies. , So valuable did Rogers and his New Hampshire woodsmen prove to be as scouts and fighters that at the opening of the spring campaign in 1750. he was given a special commission by the Karl of Loudon, commander In chief of the British forces In America, to raise a picked corps of bush fighters who were to receive the same pay as the regulars but who were to carry on their operations In their own way. Tlius came Into existence that splendid body of military Irregulars, known as Rogers Rangers, whose prowess won the respect of both the British and the French. One of Rogers lieutenants was another New Hampshireman, John Stark, later the victor at the battle of Bennington. Another who was closely associated with Rogers In some of his most daring exploits was Old Put" of from Connecticut Israel Putnam, Bunker Hill and Long Island. Both Stark and Putnam received from Rogers training In military leadership which stood them in good stead during the Revolution. But the fame which It brought them passed hy their old commander and comrade-in-arms- . taiea. i tobacco. Wives libs tbc fragrance of Sir Walter btuhania Ibo South. AnJ tbe gol J foil wrapping miiJc tbc tin beeps it fresh to the very last pipcfuL Sif Walter can bring your pipe out of the wooJshcJ into the pariofi orn- equliablfl tas on national banks. The House pawed tbo Greonhagen memorial to congress urging swuig or MU appropriating $10,noo.(SK to assist aisles. Including Flab, which have pensions. Flab's shire would be In this appropriation Tli memorial passed without a dissenting vote. A hill was Introduced In the Senate by Egan, which prorldes that the first Instalment of tains are to payable on and afler Septem-tie- r 20 of earb year, and the second Installment bccjuues payable on Juno 2 of the year following. The following measures have passed Mith bouses of the legislature and have lmrn approved wbore so required old-ag- 175-(Mi- tMMIk gMM SirVlter Raleigh Smoking Tobacco lie-co- hs From time to time during the war the Rangers were gradually increased from their original strength of 62 men to more than a thousand Their official Instructions were to use their best endeavors to distress the French and their allies, by Barking, burning and destroying their houses, bams, barracks, canoes, bateaux, etc., and by killing their cattle of every kind ; and at all times to endeavor to destroy their convoys of provision, by land and water. In every part of the country." And no body of troops ever carried out their orders more thoroughly than did these partisans. At that time the French were offering the Indians sixty francs for every English scalp taken hut they would willingly have paid a hundred times that amount for the scalp of Rotiert Rogers. All dur Ing 1750 the Rangers harassed the enemy. But the French were soon to have an oppor timity to pay off some old scores against the dar lng Ranger. On March 10. 1758 Rogers was or dered to lead an expedition of 180 Rangers against Ticonderoga Sinee the capture of Fort William Henry, the enemy had been very active and strong forces of the Indians were scouting the country in every direction. Knowing this. Roger pro approvod it's tbc millrit, mellowest uj saobe that ever came out of tbc ate amendment to tbo Burton memorial petitioning congress to amend tbo federal statute so the state may to Impoao Just and be authorised y 0 baa Tho Hull by Gov. Dern: II. C. M. 1 hy Burlon Asking congress to amend the federal bank tax Superficial Flesh Wounds Try Hanford's act. S. C. M. 1 by Dlllman S7AJOR tested that the force given him was too lurga for a scouting party and too small to hold It own in a pitched battle. He asked for 400 men but hi request was refused. With 15 Rangers on skate as an advance guard, Rogers' little army advanced by night over the frozen surface of Lake George to within eight miles of Tlconderoga. There his advance guard saw what they believed to be the glow of a campfire. But when Rogers marched forward swiftly to attack, uo sign of an enemy could he found and the commander concluded that his scouts bad been mistaken. As a matter of fact, they had not been. For the enemy had hastily extinguished their camp fire when the approach of the Rangers was discovered and had sent word to the fort of the coming of tho Eng.Ish. Early the next morning Rogers and his men resumed their mnrch on snow-shoe- s through snow four feet deep. Early In the afternoon the Rangers discovered a party of about 100 hostile Indians near at hand and Immediately attacked, killing nearly half of them. Believing this was the entire force of the enemy, Rogers pushed on, only to find himself facing over 600 Indians and Canadians who had been sent from Tlconderoga to meet him. The Ranger captain, seeing that his little force would soon be wiped out. ordered them to retreat to their former position near what Is now known as Rogers Rock. But before they had reached there more than a third of their number had been slain. With cool desperation, Rogers and his men made a stand there and tried to beat off the angry horde which surged around them. On the left of his line, where he had posted a detachment to prevent his being flanked. Lieutenant Phillips and ten men were taken prisoners by the enemy, tied to trees In sight of their friends and hacked to pieces by the Indians. Seeing that his command was doomed if he tried to hold his ground. Rogers, with 20 men, rushed to an Icy precipice over a hundred feet high which sloped abruptly down to the lake. Jumped over the brink and slid down to the lake with terrific force. This place, on the shores of Lake George, known as Rogers Slide" or Rog-erLeap," is pointed out to the tourist of today who Is told how the Ranger leader escaped there from the Indians who, believing he had sild down the precipice under (he protection of the Great Spirit made not attempt at further pursuit. However, Windsor, the historian, says. The legend of Rogers' slide near the lower end of Lake George has no stable foundation. There was great rejoicing among the French that this dreaded partisan" had been killed and his followers annihilated But they were mistaken in regard to Rogers. During the fray Rogers had cast aside his coat In the pocket of which the French found his commission This gave rise to the belief that he was dead. But he was very much alive and early in 1759 he was again at the head of a party of Rangers, acting as advance guard fo the magnificent English army which General Abercrombie was preparing to hurl against Tlconderoga He served valiantly In that campaign wnlrh ended In such s dismal failure due to the stnpidity of the English general, snd distinguished himself by cutting to pieces the ad well-arme- d s ?03Ar RO GFRS Petitioning the Interstate commerce commission In liehulf of the Craig Salt take rall-roai- vnnee party of 300 French under tangy. In this fight Roger enptured 1.V), killed 100, leaving only 50 to escape to Montcalm's party, tater that yenr Sir Jeffrey Amherst sent Rogers and his Ranger to destroy the Indian village of St. Francis near the St. tawrence rjver, which be did successfully, killing 200 Indians, taking many prisoners and laying the village utterly to waste. Then, to elude pnrties endeavoring to cut him off. he retreated to take Memphremagog to Charlestown, on the Connecticut, enduring as he went the excruciating horror of famine and exhaustion." The next year he was ordered by Amherst to take possession of Detroit and other western posts that were ceded hy the French after the fall of Quebec. Ascending the St. Lawrence with 200 Rangers, he visited Fort Pitt, had an Interview with the great chief Pontiac at a place which Is believed to have been the present site of Cleveland. Ohio, and successfully took possession of Detroit. After the war he visited England and suffered from poverty until he borrowed money with which to print his Journal, which Is the principal source of Information about his famous corps. He presented this to the king and In 1765 was appointed commandant at Mlchilllnmcklnac. While holding this office he was accused of plotting to plunder his own fort and hand It over to the French, ne was sent to Montreal In Irons and In 1769 he, revisited England but was soon Imprisoned for debt Later he returned to this country and as the Revolutionary struggle drew near, It became apparent that he was doubtful whether to cast hls lot with the Patriots or the Tories. In 1775 It was rumored that he had been in Canada and had accepted a commission under the king. He was also accused of dressing as an Indian and acting as a spy on the Patriots. Washington was so suspicions of him that he ordered him arrested, although Stark and others who had served with him in the Rangers do not seem to have shared the distrust of him. Eventually he was placed upon parole, but. embittered, It Is said, by hls treatment, broke his parole and openly Joined the British forces. He accepted a commission of colonel and raised a command called the Queens Rangers. In 1776 he narrowly escaped capture by the Continentals and soon after this returned to England. In 1778 he was proscribed and formally banished. In England hls later career was described as wild. Improvident and extravagant He was divorced by his wife and Is said to have died some time after 18)0. "a victim to his evil court-martiale- habits." Prejudice against the Tories among the early American historians no doubt Is largply responsible for the fact that MaJ. Robert Rogers Is a for gotten leader." Had fate Intervened differently when he wag wavering between his king and hls native land, he might have shared with Gen. Daniel Morgan that Intrepid leaders fame as a commander of a partisan corps during the Rev olutlonary struagle. For certainly Morgans Rifle m-- n served no more brilliantly daring the Strug gle for American Independence than did Rogers' Rangers during the struggle to establish English supremacy over the French a decade earlier. l. you fill It with StrWahcr Raleigh's m THSBATTLC OS ZOCJPIS'POCH (PMtttiffyfierriii Courtesy Cirns ja'ls Irsuwcv Cx kite to LiU tk YOO briar out ioon if Balsam ofta Myrrh Mi Iwlm art Me tar I tkadta tint Mettle rafaiaar it eat suite. waaay S. J. R. 6 by Irvine Proposing constitutional amendment to allow the Iicgl.slature to prescribe manner of vacancies In legislative sent. B. 1 by Leutham Appropriating $50,000 from state road fund for pnvlng roads on rapltol grounds. 8. B. 4 by Cendland Continuing code commission from December 31, 1030 to March 31, 1031. 8. B. 5 by Candland Repealing tho filling II. law requiring that statements concerning constitutional amendments be mailed to every voter. 8. B. 7 by Irvine Amending law to provide that special elections to fill congressional vacancies may be called at next general election. In addition to the above the two bouses have passed 8. B. 2 by Irvine which appropriated $15,000 for continuing Improvements on the rapltol grounds but the measure has to be approved by the governor. Bills to acted upon are: Memorial to congress regarding old ago pensions : proposing amendment to provide for classification of property. e Proposing to create a constitution-statcommission. tax of mines by Proponing taxation stale ta xeomnilsslon. Proposing constitutional amendment to place mine taxation under state tax commission. amendProposing a constitutional ment to fix mine multiple In constitution. proposing constitutional amendment to allow prison to removed outside of Salt take county. school Proposing amendment to at amendments passed equalization last general session. 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