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Show y AUGUST 12. 1327 RB 8 UK, PAGE THUS II 'If people in executive positions Ims i the of fojvigi coni riband coming ashore or living brought into the territory, ten-il- l prohibition is enforced entirely through the proeonl'idi-mi-thahibition unit over which the collector has no jurisdiction and no official concern. Rut so far as foreign ini it is entirely withports are in the collector province to scizj all foreign liquors and as far as possible to prevent their lieing brought into I conthe territory. This act haa sistently enforced. "Rut more serious than the amount of liquor brought in is that of opium, moruhine, coeaiue and other nareotiea. It requires constant and vigilant perseverance on thn jiart of the customs force to prevent large quantities being brought ashore. I think one of the greatest hardship. and one that gives one in an official mail inn great concern, ia the finding of men and women of the higher strata of life and those who have sworn to uphold and obey the law in their offieial positions disregarding the law itself." After having rearranged working Science Monthly. She is the only woman occupying ao responsible a po- houra, Mrs. Hyde instituted a system of promotions among the men and wosition, in an outpost collection dhh men of the customs force hncd upon incut. the under depart treasury trict, merit Then, as some of the employes from ITonolnlu to went Mrs. Hyde Utah by virtue of appointment by the resigned from llm service, she utilised the pay which had been given them in president, confirmed by the senate thn pay of those remaining, increasing 1025. 21, and assumed her dutica April efficShe ia at her office in the federal the latter agreeing to give more The in thus service. increase ient pay in of which, Honolulu, by building range from $ 100 to $150 a year. virtue of her position, she is custo- given And yet the budget has not been indian, usually at 7:30 o'clock, hut not creased or exceeded. reShe thn morning. latpr than 8 in Mrs. Hyde also found that employes mains usually until at least 4:10, and only $1200 to $1500 a year, frequently until 5:30 and 6 oclock, receiving families with of five or six children to the to except when her duties call her wharves and docks or ahoar-- l some suimnrt, were wearing $05.00 suits and $17.00 hats. "It was unreasonnewly arrived vessel. Shortly after able to the extreme," she says. "So would ride the little group of defenders Into the entering upon her work as a collector, obtained bids and prices on suits earth. And then they stopped I The steady control Mrs. Hyde began a systematic effort anil eaM. Then I turned the whole d of the agent broke through the heat to improve the customs service. She to the men themselves, of their madness and brought them to a sliding, found the employe were dissatisfied question over decide what they wantg halt 50 yards away. There they with their pay. "All wanted increases and let them milled around uncertainly. At the psychological in compensation, whether it was earn ed to wear. Thcv finally chose a lightHs ed or whether they were capable of weight blue aerge uniform suited to moment, McGlllycuddy took the offensive. this climate and in aeeordance with to and out turned Changro. "Hop there, Louis, earning it," she says. "It seemed to customs regulations, which, with sn tell that old devil to chase himself back to camp, he the main thought that they must he said. "Tell him 1U give him Just five minutes have better wages, without stopping extra pair of trousers, cost them only to get under way and, whats more. If hs to consider that I had first to adjust $59.00. Also caps costing only $5.00, bats hla eye at me again, 1'U choke him to death my payroll to auit the budget which a total saving of $18.00 a man. Feraonnel Improved. Just for luck." Aa Changro ran forward to deliver had been allotted for thia port." asked each man to equip himthis message the agent sprang to the top of the Mrs. Hyde found that at the dorks fence, watch in hand, to show the Brules that he there was one aet of working houra, self with a new suit and cap aa those meant exactly what he said. For a moment they the business houses had another and they had were much worn, and to apwavered. The chief, still hot for blood, insisted the customs force a still different one. pear in them when on the docks while that they charge. But the cool nerve of this slen- After several conferences with' busi- on duty. The are privileged, howder young doctor who had showed them so plainly ness men the hour of 7 oclock in the ever, to wear their old clothing while d, that he could not bebluffedor frightened even to I mo7niwM d upon asthe daily discharging cargoes. With shoes trousers neatly pressed, dark the toco of overwhelming odds wan too much for The next great proh- time. them. They rode back to their camp forthwith. lem was that of limiting the issuance ties and light shirts, the fores now During the next few years the Oglalaa pros- I of passes to board incoming vessels, presents the appearance of real govrale. Then In 1885 I pered under McGlllycuddy' to meet the regulations prescribed by ernment employes. The department politics, which has so often made a football of the think supplied me with new badges and inshe amid. the Indian, got in Its work and the agent wan this department," vicions at-- I signia for ths caps, adding to their most the forth called summoned to Washington for trial on trumped-u- p tacks and most violent abuse that any nattjr anpareL chargee of Insubordination and exceeding hla Iona has ever been called upon to raask the men to work with mo and not for me. I have not been obligauthority. The trial was something of a farce, but the upshot was that h. was relieved from duty. ed to dismiss any member of the Not long afterward the ghost dance erase swept foree,. although I have made transfers the companies that steamship the Sioux' and then, If ever, was tbe firm hand of Itory I to better the service. Effieieney reo-to aa more themselves are exacting McGlllycuddy needed. But It was not there and as ords are kept of each employe, ao that isand to whom passes are a result a majority of ths Oglalaa stampeded to how many ia made for a prothe that government's when application the Bad Lands and ths terrible story of the I sued, showing show whethoffiee record motion our successful." have proved Battle of Wounded Knee was added to our Indian regulations er it is deserved. This permits tha Doties. Her Dry Explains history. out of an honor system. Perissued by Mrs. working sonal attention to duty and personal The former Indian agent gave valuable service I Prior to the orders Hyde, communication between ship interest in work is encouraged by a during those trying days as assistant adjutant land shore was under little restraint promise of commensurate pecuniary general to the governor of South Dakota, but I numerous d government policy prevented him In consequence there were reward." and which over Slonx narcotics, liquor the Influence his ways by from serving where I Qualities that make a man feel rawould have counted moat If he was ever other contraband could be smuggled I rewarded by the government In the slightest in. Mrs. llyde is emphatic in her pe rior are usually ones that cause hit I measure for the incalculable worth of bis services I views on this phase of her duties.1 As acquaintances to rate him as inferior. there le no record of It Later he became dean I to prohibition," she continued, and president of the South Dakota School of many people in Honolulu are laboring reAbsence makes the picture poateards Mines at Rapid City, and as an educator became under a misconstrued idea with collect- accumulate. the of historians tha to few to a the Bat known. functioning except gard wldely name of this man, but for whose efforts the set-- or of easterns. Ic the matter of enThe small boy makes a homeran tlemoit of a vast empire might have been delayed forcing prohibition, the only offieia when he hears his mother calling him. recognition the collector of customs Indefinitely, la comparatively unknown. I "A Forgotten Wild West Hero"? Not exactly aa the Talk to soma of the old Oglalaa today, the find that will and you writer did recently, of McGlllycuddy Is magic among them still. "MeGUIycuddy Kola" (Mend of MeGUIycuddy), I exaid to one of them. Waste I" (good I) he sesame for claimed and that phrase was the open of them. the subsequent Interview with several WHO SERVES BEST an educated Through an interpreter, Jim Grass, Little Hawk, with Rock, Spider, talked I Slonx, In the Brave Heart, Yellow Thunder, and Chase who remember tha Morning, ell of them and the tribal wars. days of the buffalo chaseIn the Morning fought Chase and Rock. Spider Forty-Nin- e at tha under Crazy riorse In the Custer battle and chieftain tha where Oglelt Rosebud of tha Battto fought General Crook to a standstill. Bock becne one of After the wars were over on the Pina Indian policemen McGlllyenddys him I learned much from and reservation Ridge agent was of those stirring times when tha young dowa break to tried as he death rambling with Ctaod umg tha Red of Influence reactionary the nslalaa. Rock and some of tha old fellows quesfriend Wasechun tioned me eagerly about their ere hs lived Waukon (Doctor McGIllycuddy)-whms ta requested was They doing. he nd what forty-nin- e waa to them. It to write him ask write to him and ettR all these years they plain to see that after whom they love and honor tbe one Indian agent learned to treat and respect man and tha n. Wss a brave and good fold me, and hla Rock ever had," have friend wa old dayawhen fees lighted up aa ha spoke of tha Then tt policemen. MeGUIycuddy of one wss hs with had here ha "If continued, as ha saddened trouble and ns ths great sadness (tha ghost dance coma ta Wounded Knee affair) would not have are exacting of themselves to observe regulations and will require those who work with them to do the same, it t builds up the morale and only can be obtained liy right living and right doing. Your lives are I above reproach, and no matter what I the eriticism from people or press, yon have the eoiifidenee of men and women who know you as to the truth of statements made to the contrary. This is an honest administrative oliey which cannot fail if adhered to. This has been, the standard which I have tried to establish with myself, and I have asked of those who work with me to oltserve, as nearly as possible, the regulations which they are asked to enforce upon other jieople. This opinion waa recently expressed by Mrs. Jeanette llyde, for more than two years federal collector of customs in the Hawaiian Islanda, and who handlea each year an averaga of one millions dollars of and government money, says the Christian I I three-quarte- Went hero, a man who faced death lnnumtfable times on the plains and in the mountains of the Great West, who under the acid test of danger proved that he was pure grit clean through" and who won the whole-hearteadmiration of every man, white or red, with whom he ever came In contact It's the story, too, of a forgotten Wild West hero because, unlike so many of our buckskin-cla- d Wdt heroes the and Sams whose careers were per cent experience and 00 per pms agentry he shunned publicity and content to let his deeds speak for them-Bo he never became a dime novel hero, the of the West, the men who r who were the really great and who were pseudo-greawill tell you that there never a braver man on the frontier nor few who red a more Important role at a critical period ta history than Dr. V. T. McG Illycuddy, now a lent of Berkeley, Calif, and president of a le utilities company in San Francisco, but i an army aurgeon with General Crook's edition li the Sioux war of 1876 and later lan agnt ftr about the wildest bunch of red l that Oa government ever tried to keep P on a reservation. VcGUIycuddy was born In Racine, Wia and at the age of sixteen began the study edldne. After completing his course In four he served aa an interne In the United States hospital In Detroit and later became asslst-suyeo- n In several hospitals in that. city, nia education had also Included, a course In nphlcal engineering and the yenr 1875 found letting his first experience In the Wild West hlef topographer for a government expedition the Black Hills of South Dakota. So among other distinctions Doctor McGlllycuddy can that of being one of the first, If not the 7 first, to make accurate maps of the region Kh la now so much In the public eye because Mont Coolldge chose it as the site for the aer White House." chief guide Jor this expedition was the owned California Joe, General Custers famous Doctor UcGUIycuddy has a rich fund "alnlacences of this noted frontier character, wf he knew nearly all of the early Black and he can tell Interesting tales of , any Jane, of Capt Jack Crawford, "the roet ,nl Frank Grouard, General Crooka Bill and hla understudy, "But I l long-haire- and Dicks 10 ly n. t, favor-Buffal- o Chip" White. Afcr the Sioux campaign wan over Doctor jGUlycuddy was stationed at Camp Robinson, anfi tliers be made the acquaintance of 7 Horse, one of the greatest war chiefs the had ever had. The army surgeon won the JMihlp of the Sioux leader by caring for his ho was a sufferer from tuberculosis and tot hlmsolf the name of Tasliunka. Witko (Craay Horse's Friend) and "Wasechun ukon" (White n Miracle Man) by which he mong the Sioux Inter, un I resident Hayes appointed the young urgeou agent for the Ogalnln Sioux on what Bow the Pine Ridge reservation. Despite the commendation that the name "Taahunkn Witko him, the new Job wan not an easy one. were several thousand Sioux, fresh from rpalh, still remembering their terrible tri-over Coster on the Little Big norn, utterly eoodlnble to being penned up on n reserva-th- y who from years Immemorial had been l' rest region over which they roamed willed. Their greet war chief was Bed who, although he had taken no active part mpalgn of "76, wan an implacable enemy a nlm. hltei who had repeatedly broken faith Roth the youth of MeGUIycuddy and nt connection with the army were against m hla dealings with the Oglalan and In the general council Red Cloud made It plain that would oppose every effort the new agent made Jwd his young men In the white mans road." this Doctor McGlllycuddy replied that he jfod Red Cloud for his (pyalty to the old ut that the white men had corns to stay ths red man expected to survive he must J the whits mans ways. Hs warned Red fi that If the older Indiana resisted the agents to lead them la the white msns road, he eppcal to the young men. And uppeal to Tmmg men ho did. The result wan ths A organisation of an Indian police force, the first of Its kind ever used on an Indian reservation, authorized by a social act of congress. The leader of this force waa a young warrior named Miwaukon Yulia (Man Who Carries a Sword), or Captain Sword and with this little group of 50 men, the young agent undertook to keep order on a reservation of 4,000 square miles. Red Cloud continued to obstruct bis work and y finally In 1882 came the shew down. Doctor deposed Red Cloud aa chief. The Oglalaa were In a turmoil. A plot to assassinate the agent was foiled by Captain Sword and hla men, but affairs became so threatening that the War department began concentrating troops at the posts near by. If the Sioux Jumped the reservation It meant another costly war In which many lives would be lost and much property destroyed. It waa a time when a cool head waa needed and that cool head sat on the shoulders of Doctor McGlllycuddy. "We can handle the situation waa the word that the young doctor sent to Washington. "If troops are sent here, the Eioux will Interpret It ns a warlike gesture and trouble will be rare to follow." By we" he meant himself tnd Captain Sword and those 50 Indian policemen I Hie faith waa Justified, for Swords men oon had the situation In hand and there la no doubt In the minds of those who knew the situation at the time and the temper of the Slonx that a bloody war waa averted. occurred an lnd-deShortly before this time there of that pure grit which allowed clean through characterization of Doctor McGlllylaat great sun dance cuddy. At the time of the eome 2,000 of Chief Sioux the among held ever alwayn a fortmlent Brule Sioux, Spotted Tali. fo and restless outfit, esme up to line 400 One brethren. dayabandof visit their Oglala ten of them, of them rode over to the agency and In McGlllycuddy Into filed armed, heavily UcGWr-cudd- y, Doctor were time the the building at a clerk, Louis Changro, his Interpreter, come to three army officers, who had cattlemen. Tbere were dance, and two visiting on the only eleven white persona mlnute several After a silence of nowerful youngM chiefs asld to tall Of tho plrtjl food. McGWycuor want we him "Tell were well was that he knew the Brules before tbe, left ttelr McGII-lycudd- our-elve- nt se 1 SJ. K fT - te glittered angrily. chiefs reply the young food aOwi h. growled. A want "Tell him we face mile Just tell him to go to b Louis 1. I .ml, li-c- n rn Iron-nerve- dust-plowin- "I pol-she- 1 "I "I raSfi short-sighte- iui chlefprnngm M ? L. ! 5 the Brule quietly. Instantly miu-erne- 22 ie norm hot rs -r- rr-srr-ss More Than i l,P from I'"1'fonOWers on ,h-t-he door the Bruie p wH dust and, wild the to mad gallop be knew that they wodd men SSI !u? i Pt trdr, a urn whllea that nine white nut tmeana McClllycnddy and the not only 2,000 Brules. several thousand Oglalas ttes. VJninrt Sfo to the kill. that at the appearance One .terming had hll of the Brulee heard the men the I Soon disappeared the dry prairie and warriore swept out party of agency bulldhradedw d og a little coulee and M 55, UTwVrTn nce tne flimsy barrier of tnd lined f .DDroschlng --isr- CM his defense. Into a man throng 8wort.be ss ln mv, them, a UViS white compare -- mU It mrnmml Dependable Service Famous for steady reliable heat for economy and for cleanliness, Castle Gate and Clear Creek coals have been Utahs years. leading fuels for They have proved their worth in all these years of service. M Ask Your Dealer. UTAH FUEL CO. tbs oof peoples" who did not give Forgotten? Not by the men e an when and lightly their Mendshlp was H a worts, ths simple Sioux warrior utters aa fine a tribute about man." its and good bnva as could be paid to this real Wild West hero, Dr, Indian agent V. T. 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