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Show SUN, PRICE, UTAH EVERT FRIDAY PAGE THREE IN EFFICIENT SERVICE in executive positions If are exacting of tlieiiwelves to observe regulations ami will require those who work with them to do the same, it huihis up the morale and confidence I hat only can he obtained by right living and right doing. Your lives are above reproach, and no matter what the criticism from people or preH, you have the confidence of men and women who know you us to the truth of statements made to the contrary. Thi U an honest administrative policy which cannot fail if Hdhered to. This has been the standard which I have tried to establish with myself, ami 1 have uskeil of those who work with me to observe, os nearly us tossihle, the regulations which they are asked to enforce iimii other people. This opinion was recently expressed by Mrs. Jeunettc Hyde, for more than two yeurs federal collector of customs ill the Hawaiian and who bundles each year an average of one and millions dollars of government money, says the Christian Science Monthly, She is the only three-quarte- rs woman so jM&rj&teAzD ; GFj&juapjgij By ELMO 8COTT WA.SON I the story of real Wild hero, a man who faced Innumerable times on the and In the mountains of the Great West, who under the te8t danKer proved that t'AabNa nc,d he was pure grit clean through" aud who won the whole-hearte- d 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 d&PZSiMR THIS 12 organization of an Indian police force, the first of Its kind ever used on an Indian reservation, authorized by a special act of congress. The leuder of this force was a young warrior nuiued Miwaukon Yulia (Man Who Curries 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 his work und Wild West heroes the buckskln-claBills and Dicks and Sams whose careers were approximately 10 per cent experience and 90 per cent press a gentry he shunned publicity and was content to let his deeds speak for them-- , elves. So he never became a dime novel hero, but the of the West the men who know who were the really great and who were will tell you that there never the pseudo-grea- t was a braver man on the frontier nor few who played a more Important role at a critical period In its history than Dr, V. T. McGlllycuddy, now a resident of Berkeley, Callt, and president of a public utilities company In San Francisco, but once an army surgeon with Genera Crook's expedition In the Sioux war of 1876 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 UcGlllycuddy was born In Racine, win, In 1849, and at the age of sixteen began the study of medicine. After completing his 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 that city. His early education had also Included a course In topographical engineering and the year 1875 found him getting his first experience in the Wild West as chief topographer for a government expedition Into the Black Hills of South Dakota. So among his other distinctions Doctor McGlllycuddy can claim that of being one of the first. If not the very first, to make accurate maps of the region which Is now so much In the public eye because President Coolldge chose It as the site for' the "Summer White House." The chief guide for this expedition was the renowned California Joe, General Custer's famous scout, and Doctor McGlllycuddy 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 Cnpt Jack Crawford, "the Poet Scout," and Frank Grouard, General Crook's favorite scout, of Buffalo BUI and his understudy, "Buffalo Chip" White. After the Sioux campaign was over Doctor McGlllycuddy was stationed at Camp Robinson, Neb, and there he made the acquaintance of Crasy 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 who was a sufferer from tuberculosis and won for himself the name of Tnsliunka Witko ' Kola" (Crasy Horses Friend) and "Wasecfaun Waukcn" (White Miracle Man) by whih he became known among the Sioux later. In 1879 President Hayes appointed the young army surgeon agent for the Ogalala Sioux on what Is now the Pine Ridge reservation. Despite the recommendation that the name "Tashunka Witko Xola" 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 In the campaign of TO, was an implacable enemy of the whites who bad repeatedly broken faith with him. Both the youth of McGlllycuddy and bis recent connection with the army were against film n his dealings with the Oglalas and In the first general council Red Cloud made It plain that be would oppose every effort the new agent made to "lead his young men In the white mans road." To this Doctor McGlllycuddy replied that he admired Red Cloud for his loyalty to the old come to stay Idenls, but that the white man had he must to survive man red expected and If the learn the white man's ways. He warned Red Cloud that If the older Indluns resisted the agent's efforts to lead them In the white man's road, he would appeal to the young men. And appeal to the young men be did. Tlid result was the long-haire- Z d old-time- rs - . finally In 1882 came the showdown. Doctor McGlllycuddy 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 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 was a time when a cool held was needed and that cool head sat on the shoulders of Doctor McGlllycuddy. "We can handle the situation ourselves" was the word that the young doctor sent to Washington. "If troops are sent here, the Sioux will Interpret It as a warlike gesture and trouble will be sure to follow." By "we" he meant himself and Captain Sword and those 50 Indian policemen His faith was Justified, for Sword's 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 McGlllycuddy. At the time of the last great sun dance ever held among the Sioux some 2,000 of Chief Spotted Tail's Brule Sioux, always a turbulent and restless' outfit, came up to. Fine Ridge to visit their Oglala brethren. One day a band of 400 t of them rode over to the agency and ten of them, ' heavily armed, filed Into McGillycuddy's office. In the building at the time were Doctor McGlllycuddy, a clerk, Louis Changro, his Interpreter, three army officers, who had come to see the sun dance, and 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." McGllIycud-dy-s reply was that he knew the Brules were well provisioned before they left their reservation and that they would get no food from him. At that reply the young chiefs eye glittered angrily. "Tell hlin we want food NOW I" he growled. A smile flickered across the young doctor's face. "Just tell him to go to h I,. Louis!" he said quietly. Instantly the Brule chief sprang across the room and, shaking his fist In the agent's face, he shouted hoarsely, "If you don't give ns food now, IH kill every white man on the reservation I" The smile disappeared from McGillycuddy's face. Ills 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 Indlnn. Ten feet from the door the Brule picked himself up from the dust and,' wild with rage, led Ids followers on a mad gallop to the Brule camp. But the whites knew that they would be back and that nine white men would probably soon be fighting for their lives and the lives of Mrs. McGlllycuddy and the post traders wife against not only 2,000 B rules, but probably 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 B rules Captain Sword and his men had disappeared I 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 and headed for the agency building. As the white men crouched down behind the flimsy barrier of the fence surrounding the agency and lined their guns on the approaching throng ' Changro suddenly shouted: "No shoot 8word, he cornel It was Captain Sword and his policemen, clad In the battle dress 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 mad charge. In the face of this onrush Into McGlllycuddy said quietly to his white companions and Sword's men, who bad lined. up beside him, "Don't fire until I give the word I" On and on came the Indlnns until It seeuiud that they 1 d 1 would ride the little group of defenders Into the earth. And then they fiUqqied The steady control of the agent broke through the heat qf their madness and brought them to a sliding, halt 50 yards away. There they milled around uncertainly. At the psychological moment, McGlllycuddy took the offensive, lie turned to Changro. "Hop out tliere, Louis, and tell that old devil to chase himself back to camp, he said. "Tell him I'll give him Just five minutes to get under way and, whats more. If he ever bats his eye at me again, I'll 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 band, to show the Brules that he meant exactly what he said. For a moment they wsveed. The chief, still hot for blood, Insisted that they charge. But the cool 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 to their camp forthwith. During the next few years the Oglalas prospered under McGillycuddy's rule. Then In 1885 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-u- p charges of Insubordination and exceeding his authority. The trial was something of a force, but the upshot was that he was relieved from duty. Not long afterward the ghost dance craze swept the Sioux and then. If ever, was the firm hand of McGlllycuddy 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 government policy prevented him from serving where his Influence over the Sioux would hare 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 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 I Talk to some, of the old Oglalas today, as the writer did recently, and you will find that the name of McGlllycuddy Is magic among them still. "McGlllycuddy Kola" (friend of McGlllycuddy), I said to one of them. "Waste I" (good I) 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 Ilawk, Brave Heart, Yellow Thunder, and Chase In the who rememlier 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 Oglala chieftain fought General Crook to a standstill. After the wars' were over Rock became one of Indian policemen on tlio Fine McGillycuddy's Ridge reservation and from hlin I learned much ' of those stirring times when the young agent 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 Wusechun where he lived Waukon (Doctor McGlllycuddy) and 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 and 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 McGillycuddy's policemen. Then It saddened as 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 their friendship lightly and when an Sioux warrior utters the simple words, "He was a brave and good man, It's about as fine a tribute as could be paid to this real Wild West hero, Dr. V. T. McGlllycuddy, surgeon, soldier, Indlnn agent and friend of the red man. 1 Iron-nerve- duat-plowln- g short-sighte- d it resjxns:lde a an outxist collection district, under the treasury department. Mrs. Hyde went to Honolulu from Ctah by virtue of appointment by the president, confirmed hy the senate nnd assumed her duties Aprd 21, J')25. She is at her office in the federal building in Honulnlii. of which, by virtue of her position, she is custodian, usually at 7:3(1 oclock, hut not later than 8 in the morning. She remains usually until lit least 4;i0, and frequently until .r:3(l and f o'clock, except whim her duties cull her to the wharves and docks or aboard some newly arrived vessel. Shortly nfler entering Uikhi her work as .1 roller! r, Mrs. Hyde began a systematic effort to itnprovi the customs service. She found the einploves were dissatisfied with their pay. All wunted increases in compensation, whether it was earn rd or whether they were cuahle of Jt seemed to earning it, she says. he the main thought that they must have better wages, without stop: ling to consider that I had first to adjust my payroll to suit the budget which had been allotted for this port. Mrs. Hyde found that at the docks there was one set of working hours, the business houses had another and the customs force a still different one. After several conferences with business men the hour of 7 o'clock in the morning was agreed uKn as the daily startin' time. The next treat problem was that of limiting the issuance of passes to board incoming vessels, to meet the regulations prescribed by the department, she said. I think this ealled forth the most vicious attacks and most violent abuse that any one has ever been called upon to endure. The very method of elimination of passes has sinre proved so satisfactory that the steamship companies themselves are more exacting as to how many and to. whom passes are issued, showing that the governments regulations have proved successful. Explain Her Dry Duties. Prior to the orders issued by Mrs. Hyde, communication between ship and shore was under little restraint In consequence there were numerous ways by which narcotics, liquor and other contraband could be smuggled in. Mrs. Hyde is emphatic in her views on this phase of her duties. As to prohibition, she rontinued, very many people in Honolulu are laboring under a misconstrued idea with regard to the functioning of the collectIr. the matter of enor of forcing prohibition, the only official recognition the rol'ector of customs in . has i. tin- - of fotvg'i contraor living brought band coining ashore into the territory. Local prohibition is enforced entirely through the prohibition unit over which the collector bus no jurisdiction and no official concern. Ilut so far as foreign are concerned it is entirely within the eol lectors province to xeiz. all im-jmi'- l.s foreign liquors and as far as possible lo prevent their being brought into the territory. This act has consistently enforced. Hut inure serious than the amouns of liquor brought in is that of opium, inornhine, cocaine and other narcotics. It requires ccnsluut und vigilant on the part of the customs force to iircvrnt large quantities being brought ashore. 1 think one of the greatest hardships, and one that gives one in an offieial position great eoneern, is lit finding of men and women of the higher strata of life ami those who have sworn to uphold and obey the law in their offieial positions disregarding the law itself. After having rearranged working hours, Mrs. Hyde instituted a system of promotions the men and women of the customs force laeil upon merit. Then, ns some of the employes resigned from the service, she utilized the pay which had been given them in increasing the pay of those remaining, the latter agreeing to give more efficient service. The increase in pay thus given range from $100 to $150 a year. And yet the budget has not been increased or exeeeilcd. Mrs. Hvdo also found that employes receiving onlv $1200 to $1500 a year, with families of five or six children to , were wearing $05.00 suits supiMn-tand $17.00 hats. It was unreasonable to the extreme, she says. No I obtained bids and prices on suits and ciijis. Then I turned the whole question over to the men themselves, and let them decide what they wanted ito wear. Thev finally chose a lightweight blue serge uniform suited to this climate and in accordance with a customs regulations, which, with an extra pair of trousers, cost them only $59.00. Also caps costing only $5.00, a total saving of $18.00 a man. Personnel Improved. I asked each man to equip himself with a new suit and cap, as those they had were much worn, and to appear in them when on the docks while on duty. Thev are privileged, however, to wear their old clothing while discharging cargoes. With shoes polished, trousers neatly pressed, dark tics and light shirts, the force now presents the apfiearanre of real government employes. The department supplied me with new badges and insignia for the caps, adding to their natty aniwrel. I ask the men to work with me and not for me. I have not been obliged to dismiss any member of the force, although I have made transfers to better the service. Efficiency records are kept of each employe, so that when application is made for a our office records show whether it is deserved. This permits the working out of an honor system. Personal attention to .duty and personal interest in work is encouraged by a promise of commensurate pecuniary reward. ei: 1 ain-in- lro-uioti- on Qualities that make a man feel superior are usually ones that cause his acquaintances to rate him as inferior. i Absence makes the picture postcards accumulate. 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