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Show CACHE AMERICAN. LOGAN. UTAH OldlJFi?f NiifNirs PRAISE FOR NO MAN 8 Yj ViV wM rgr -- ? - ; ' I - I SjUrr-r- . JTT' "gV'' yJL-M- .. :. : s i . v ' 7 N ? 1 m 0 I .IJlLy. ,. : I 7wir -- . : - I By ELMO SCOTT WATSON Vf VP"1IKN of tlie Iro. representative M I ,u1 In,llfln tt,e French. the I.rltish and the American Join I together In the V Tm I celebration at Nlagnra Kalis, N. V., during the first week In they will do more ebrate the fact that the Old Kort Niagara, than seven years' l,,1,or ,Iul tlie exlHD,llture of S half a nili'lon dollars, I now complete. For one of the highlights of the celebration will be the unveiling at the fort of a new monument to the t frontieaty under which the Cunadlan-Amerlcatier of It, 000 miles has remained unfortified for lid jears. Thu In a period of world unrest, of smoldering hatreds and suspicion, and of Increasing armaments both on land and sea, this ! monument will stand as a symbol of the fact 1. Flag day at Old two that nations can live In amity side by side Fort Niagara whan without having a boundary line bristling with honor ar paid to concrete and steel for either defensive or offen- three hictorlc flags Tnniiii sive purposes. i ,. th tripla go I dan It Is esieclally appropriate that such a monuFleur d Lia of La "'ment should be erected at Fort Niagara, for It Salle, who founded was a focal (mint for nearly ir0 years of almost the fort In 1678 endless conflict, first between the French and the (left); the Union British, later between the British and the Amer- Jack of 1769, the icans and In both cases with Indian allies play year the British Ing a secondary hut nonetheless Important part, wrested it from tho French (right); and Then after this century and a half of warfare the 1 rred and American nacame the century of peace that still prevails. tional emblem of 1796, when the victorious Old Fort Niagara Is not only one of the most colonies received the fort under the Treaty historic posts on American soil but In one re- of Pari (center). 2. French names carved In the dungeon spect It is unique. As a part of the modern Fort Niagara military reservation. It Is the only of Tho Castle. 3. An airplane view of tho reconstructed Failed States army post over which fly foreign flags. It has two of these which memorialize fort. 4. Tho Castle and the famous Lombardy the nations and the periods In history during which they held this post the triple fleur de 11s poplars. 5. Fort Niagara In 1759. From Captain of Louis XIV and Great Britain's L'nlon Jack ot 17." II with Its two crosses. Above and between Pouchota map In the British Museum and tlipse two flags is the Star Spangled Banner, other sources. but It Is one that seems strangely unfamiliar to Americans of today who visit tlie fort. For It Niagara river to Canada, the Union Jack lowlias l."i stars and 15 stripes, the reason being designed a structure with thick walls well cal- ered from tlie flagstaff and Old Glory given to that It Is the American flag of 17IK5 when there culated to withstand tlie fire of any camion that the breeze in its place. were only 15 states In the Union. An American garrison was maintained there could ever be dragged through tlie wilderness to The history of Fort Niagara goes bad; to 1C be used against the fort. Incidentally De I.ery's and tlie Interval between the Revolution and tlie when the French explorer, I.a Salle, realizing original plans were discovered in tlie French War of 1812 was one of pleasant social interthe strategic value of a fort where the Niagara archives by tlie late Dr. Frank II. Severance of course between the oliicers and their families river Hows Into I.al;e Ontario to control this Buffalo nearly two centuries later and they have at tlie American Fort Niagara and tlie British gateway to the West, built there a crude wooden been used in the restoration work which has Fort George (now Queenstown, Out.). In Defortification to which he gave the name of Fort recently been completed. cember, 1S13, tlie British captured Fort Niagara Conti. Like his ship, the Griffon, the fort was Work on tiie fort began in 1725 and when the and held it until the close of tlie war, but by burned within a year after Its building through French king's belated permission for Vaudreuil the Treaty of Ghent it was restored to the tlie negligence or treachery of the sergeant and to build such a post arrived (in 1726), It was well United States and since that time it has been the men whom La Salle left In charge. under way. Because of the difficulty of supply under the American flag. Although a garrison A decade later the struggle between France Ing tlie builders with stone and timber, the work was maintained there for awhile after that, tlie t of tlie and Great Britain for mastery of the fur trade treaty in 1818 marked dragged along slowly and the fort was not com- signing tlie end of the military career of Fort Niagara. and omitrol of the interior of North America was 1727. in until late pleted under way and in 1GS7 the Marquis de Nonville, In tlie years that followed, tlie historic old For tlie next three decades Fort Niagara was governor-genera- l of New France, reported that fort fell into a gradual decline. The waters of which forts link the chain of in "the fur trade will be lost if the English occupy an important bewere building to control the Interior Lake Ontario, washing against the sea wall, Niagara. So he asked the French government the French gan td undermine it and much of tlie wall fell of the outbreak At the French America. North of for "two good battalions and the funds necessary into the lake. Then "The Castle began to settle and Indian war, when France and England came to sustain the movement and occupy the post. and it became apparent that it, too, would soon for of the in their last to mastery struggle grips These were supplied him and within three days disappear. Then the Old Fort Niagara associathere rose a timber stockade with four bastions continent, Fort Niagara became one of the chief tion, composed of representatives of various pafor The first the of the British. plans which Imre the official name of Fort De Nonville objectives Braddock contemplated triotic and civic organizations of tlie Niagara but which was commonly called Fort Niagara, a expedition of the Frontier country, came into being. It secured his capture of Niagara after he had successfully name that has persisted to this day. but the disaster which appropriations from congress for restoration of Fort reduced Duquesne Fort De Nonville was destined to have the the old fort and that restoration, under the dihim on the Monongahela changed all same fate as Fort Conti. Garrisoned by 100 men, overtook rection of the War department, has gone forPouchot French the Meanwhile engineer all but 12 of them fell victims to the rigors of that. ward steadily since that time. 1750 and it Fort Niagara by winter and the ravages of the scurvy, so that was strengthening Today, from the moated Porte des Cinq Naheld by the last the was outpost important tlie fort was abandoned after 11 months. Nothtions," straddling the entrance, to the British French. ing mure was done toward holding possession of which is its northeastern corner, tlie British General Amherst, Accordingly, this vitally Important spot until 1724 when the old fort stands precisely as It was at the stage with Prideaux sent General of Marquis de Vaudreuil, then governor-genera- l of its most advanced physical development. New France, alarmed by the threat of the Brit- force of 5,000 men, more than half of them s frown again from Its barbette's ish trading post at Oswego, decided to build an- New York provincials, and 600 Indians under and wattled redoubts; imperishably reconstructed to Johnson William Sir renowned the lay siege other fort at Niagara. Submitting his plans to near the famous Lombardy poplars on the parade Louis XIV, Vaudreuil did not wait for the kings to Niagara. Pouchot had only 500 men, but even Is the cross Father Pierre Milet ground out held he force small tills successfully raised In approval before beginning operations. Even more with oven from which 168S; the tactics the blundering siege Important than the French king's sanction of for awhile against heroic Fanny Doyle snatched her incandescent the project was that of the Iroquois Indians, of Prideaux. A relief force of Indians and cour- cannonballs is once more in operating condition; the powerful Five Nations who held the balance ier du bols from the Ohio country was sent to the primitive lifting mechanism of its drawto them did Johnson William but Sir his aid, of power between their French and English bridge has been recommissioned ; the French and Indians had done to neighbors. They were none too friendly toward what the beds in the ancient French barracks are ready to had Pouchot On 1759, up 24, give July the French because of various armed clashes in for exhausted soldiery ; the armed French castle, the past and they were pretty likely to look the struggle and the French lilies were lowered fort within a fort, has been restored In detail, with suspicion upon the establishment of a per- over Fort Niagara and the British flag run up from Its subterranean dungeons, grotesque with in its place. manent post on their lands. the chipped names of military and political priFor the next 40 years the fort was an impor- soners, to its Interior Fortunately for Vaudreuil, a French trader well, stocked trade room a British the and center for played named Louis de Joncaire, who had been adopted tant trading and covered on the roof. Into the Seneca tribe of the Five Nations, had a leading role in colonial frontier history. After And on the rampart which tops the sea wall end of the Pontiac conspiracy more than on trading post at the foot of Niagara gorge and the the Lake Ontario side, there will be unveiled of at the Invitation there Indians gathered 2,500 the governor-genera- l made use of Joncaire to for His during the celebration In September the ImposIndian William agent Sii Johnson, accomplish his purpose. Various stories have t ing sandstone monument to the been told of how the French tricked the Iroquois Majesty, the king of England, and the result of treaty. Two months ago this site was the scene into giving their consent to the building of a the council was the cession by tlie Indians to of a dramatic ceremony. In the crypt of this on fort at Niagara, but the more believable one is the British of a tract of land four miles wide memorial were placed the bones of a number of Lake from and the of river side reaching either that It was accomplished through Joncaire, who Unknown Warriors which had been unearthed asked and obtained permission from the Indians Erie to Lake Ontario. during the reconstruction work. Whether they to substitute a stone house for his trading At the outbreak of the Revolution Niagara were the remains of French, British or American shed of bark and logs. became the haven for hundreds of Tories who soldiers or Indian warriors no one could tell. Under a broad interpretation of the permis- were forced to flee from their homes, and It was But they found a common grave there and over also the base of operations for young Walter them were held burial rites by a Tusearora Insion given to Joncaire, the French transferred the site of the post from the foot of the gorge Butler and bis Rangers and Indians who wrore dian chief, a Catholic priest and an Episcopal to tlie bluff at tlie mouth of the river overlooking their names In red on the map of New York and clergyman. Enemies they were once, perhaps, durAlthough several expeditions ing a century of warfare which centered around Lake Ontario, but they scrupulously observed ennsyivanla. the letter of ilie agreement by building a stone against the fort wwe planned by the Americans, Old Fort Niagara, but now their dust mingles house'' tlie plain, straight-wallerectangular none of them ever developed and the British in a sepulchre beneath a monument dedicated structure later called The Castle which stands held tlie post until the close of the war far to a century of friendly neigliborliness and to there today. Tlie plnrs for It were drawn by beyond it, in fact For it was not until August future centuries of peace. the French engineer Chaussegras da Lery, who U, 1796, that the British garrison crossed the C b 7 Wcitern Newspaper Union. tlU ti t Tour-Natio- Ruah-Rago- n rtti wQcJ.A "cstir xy ft t Nfc Itush-Bago- block-hous- e Twenty-pounder- hot-sh- Brad-dock- n . gun-dec- Rush-Bago- ) whaling vessel Martha wasn't 21 hour out Bedford before Davy M Irving' initiation into the new life he had chosen for the ensuing year was begun. was only Davy twenty-four- , though tie looked older. He wa a tall youth, splendidly proMrt loned with an expuns of chest and a tl, splay of muscular of which he was not only proud, but exceedingly hoaatfuL Born and raised on a Vermont farm, he auccuinbed after year of dreaming to an urge for adventure. to New Bedford and I)e trau-lefound employ merit there on the crew of the Martha Fronton, which, by chance, was needful of men and ready to aalL Davy' attitude from the moment he act foot on the Martha Fronton' deck wa one of arrogance aud THE New i ri sv ? i -- A f V - t7 - v vI- r- -! Ry R. II. U II.K1NSON C-- kU WH ifatftlr. The men with whom he alept In the fo'cat'ie were unschooled and coarse, accustomed to rough living. And there waa about Davy an air of and cocksurednesa that provoked black acowla and angry muttering among them. They didn't like Davy, and took no trouble to conceal the fact The tiling hapjiened on the morning of the flrst day, after the Martha Preston had cleared New Bedford harbor and was standing well out to sea. Davy atood In the center of the forward deck and looked about him with a dissatisfied expression on bis face. It'a a filthy old tub, be remarked to no one In particular. "But It's adventure I'm after and I'll see the voyage through, filth or no. Something smote Davy behind the ear with the force of a pile driver. He went spinning helplessly across the deck, skimming along on his stomach and bringing up with a resounding thud against tlie oppo- site rail Dazed, angered, greatly humiliated Davy got to his feet, shook his head clear and turned around In search of the man who bad struck him. The man stood ten pacts away, the tremendous figure of a man, a musman with a black walrus-liktache and shaggy black hair peeping out from under his visored cap. This man was Big Nat Fisher, first mate of the Martha Preston, a powerful man, known for his strength of body and spirit There was now in tlie black eyes of him, as he watched young Davy Irving, a contemptible, scornful look, a look of derisiou and disgust Stand up, you scum ! lie roared at Davy. "Stand up and eat them words or take the licking you deserve. A filthy tub. Is she! Ha! And who are you to be calling her a filthy tub? As lie spoke Big Nat took a step forward. Davy, head now cleared, the angry light of humiliation, provoked by the ring of grinning faces that had formed behind the first mate, burning in his eyes, stepped in to meet the attack. He had always prided himself on his great strength, his ability to take care of himself. But in Big Nat Fisher lie had guessed wrong. The mate brushed aside the carefully directed straight arm blow which Davy flung at him, with a carelessness that was at once alarming and maddening. Instead of felling his assailant with a single blow as had often been his way of winning a battle, Davy found his knotted fist whistling through unobstructed space. And before lie could regain ills balance something struck him on the point of tlie chin with a force that threatened to loosen his teeth. His feet lifted clear of the deck ; his body straightened out in midair and struck the boards with a jarring Impact Big Nat stood over the fallen man and roared : Ill l'arn ye! Scum! Get up and take whats coming to ye! A filthy tub is she! You ought to be thrown overboard for saying less. I'll teach ye respect I Such a blow as that with which Big Nat hod felled Davy might have killed a weaker man. It bad served to dull Davy' senses to a point of being only vaguely aware of what happened. Minutes later he sat erect, rubbing his head. lie saw a pair of heavy boots close beside him and looked up. And as he did so Big Nat readied down, grasped him by shirt and collar and yanked him to his feet Ill l'arn ye, the mate was still I'll teach ye respect! And with each word Davy received a cuff across the mouth or on his head. Five minutes later Big Nat released his hold and flung the youth toward the forward conipanionway. Broken in spirit, bleeding from a roaring. dozen wounds, bruised to a point ol aching In every muscle, Davy crawled to the conipanionway and down the atalrs and Into Ida hunk, s s s Toward the middle of the afternoon a man came down the ronqmn-loiiunand hint over Ida hunk, Feeling heller, son? There waa a note of kindliness In the voice. Davy iqiened Ids eyes and looked Into a wrinkled old face close to Ids own. I'm Otto Ierch," tlie voice went on. Been sailing with the Martha Freaton going on ten yenr. I've aeon dozen of 'em coute and go an me' yottraclf, son, and I knows how you feci. Sore In every Joint and planning revenge on Big Nut for all you're worth." He lunched a dry ndrtldcsa laugh. My advice I forget it, aon. You'll come to like Big Nat after a time. Hu ain't one to praise a man and he'll lick the tar outter you tf you don't obey order. But he fair and honest Give him a good day' work, and ho won't do no moro'n lacerate you with his tongue, which aint a bit harmful compared to bow you feel now." Davy wet hia tongue and Id eye burned with a fierce paaslon. "Thank, aailor, but you're wasting your breath. Big Nat picked on tlie wrong bird that time. I ain't forgettln' like tlie rest Not o you could notice IL Maybe now he' a better man, but tliere'll come a time and It ain't far off, either, when he'll admit I'm good. see Rut despite hia boast Davy was willing to bide hia time. The effects of the heating Big Nute had given him gradually wore off, and the youth went sullenly about the task of learning the trick of operating a sailing vessel. He was an apt atudent and a willing worker, and he learned fasL Ha came, also, to know and understand the men with whom hs cam In dally contact, discovered behind their coarseness a geniality and loyalty worth sharing. But toward th first mate he maintained a distinct feeling of hatred, continuously planning vengeance. For alx long months Davy nursed the wound to bis pride and plotted revenge. Six months during which the Martha Freston'a oil casks began to slowly fill as she sailed from one whaling ground to the next Davy was by now accustomed to his duties. All but Big Nat, who never gave a word of praise to any man, had complimented the youth on his aptitude. It was toward tlie end of the seventh month at sea that the Martha Freston made her biggest catch. Big Nat ordered the sails taken In and the anchor weighed. The Martha Preston was hove to and her whaling boats lowered. The mate himself took the rudder of the boat to which Davy was assigned. Old Otto Terch was In the bowsprit rlatform, harpoon In hand. Woman Writer Objects to Term Weaker Sex woman ruliinilut, noted for her insight into events and things, aei'i ts this subject for comment : The papers tell of a federal Judge In a New York courtroom who tlie men to give women their sent. A reader send u the clipping, wondering whut we think about It. Here tt Is; "In a courtroom crowded to capacity with creditor and atm khohler of the Hotel coriHiintloii, Federal Judge J. M. Woolsey said recently: 'It seem to me that tlie men sitting over there should stand up and let tlie ludiea sit down. "When the men dhl md budge, he added: t hi over there. murshnl,and roust them out. The marshal nlieyed and the women sat down white the men grumbled quietly to themselves, saying they thought the order unfair." What do we think about It? Well, It all de;ieuds on whut we women want. If what we want most I tlie seat a man occupies, then we should not Inquire too closely Into the method of taking it away from him. In this case they were, we must admit, questionable. Nome of those men may have been more In need of a seat than any of the women to accommodate whom they were ousted. And some were probably there in the line of duty, while tlie women seated by the gallant Judge were merely spectator. presumably on pleasure bent. We roM-at- , tf It's tlie sent only that Interest you, you will applaud the Judge whose motto Is apparently under all clrcumstnnce, "Ladles First." If It is chivalry on the part of men In tills day and age that you rare more about than the seat In court or subway or street car which they may have to give up to you, then you will not favor forcing them out of their seats. There Is no satisfaction In taking a man's seat If he has to be thrown out of IL And the compulsion Is hardly conducive to developing In liliti a greater gallantry. In fact the man once forced to get up for a woman will hardly tale the lead In making the gnlinut gesture of hi own free will That sweet flower of chivalry, th sense of self sacrifice on behalf of the WEAKER sex, will have been nipped in the bud. And, anyway are we WEAKER? For my part I should feel cheap to have a man forced out of bis scat for my benefit. O, W Vmdlfltl -- WNII RtflfU, -- A k ii-- d " Atnhu--ndo- Little Zion Named by Mormon Colonist Band Every once in a white mine locality la fortunate enough to be baptized properly. We can thank Brigham Young and hia Mormun follower for tlie fact that we may now glitdy ay, We're Off to Zion Instead of twistMukunto-weap.- " ing our tongue around Mukuntuwcap I a nice enough name, meaning land of tlie springs, according to a Utah scholar, John Walll, who has traced Ilia name to Ita Indian source. The name was given to tills national park when It was first created by congress. That may be tlie reason that travelers were slow In discovering Ita wonders. They Just didn't know bow to ask for It, like tlie man who would like to buy a wife a fancy French perfume hut baa to compromise on violet," which he can pronounce. In 1918 President Wilson went back to the name originally given the region by llrlgbam Young, Young and a band of hia colonists looking for new territory came upon the shining domes, rainbow colors and nneartbly shapes, and Immediately named It Utile Zion a It seemed the one place on earth clotwat to th heavenly Zion. Chicago Dally New. Blind Fallacy The popular belief that blindness is compensated for by Increased acuteness of other sense Is not upheld by tests; the blind merely train tbetr other senses and use them to better advantage than the seeing. The victim was a big hull, lying a half mile to tlie southward of where lay the vessel. Otto Ierch made fast his harpoon with an expert thrust. The men shipped their oars and watched the coil line unravel itself as tlie whale churned the water. He proved a sluggish Individual, running less than half a mile before tlie line began to slack. Davy Irving, pulling tub oar, saw the slack and reached down to snub the line. But at that instant tiie bull took It into his head to make a second rush. The line grew taut and before Davy knew what had happened he saw a loop tighten about his wrist and felt himself jerked overboard with a force tiiat threatened to puli loose ids arm. Thereafter Davy wasn't exactly sure of what took place. He felt himself being pulled through the water at a tremendous pace, saw vaguely the whaling boat following, bow up ; heard the shouts of the men. Then the line slackened. The water churned about him. One of the bulls flukes missed him by indies. . . . Some one grabbed him around the middle. . . . Salt wnter was In his lungs. . . . lie opened his eyes and found himself lying on the deck of the Martha Preston. , Men were grouped about looking down at him. Behind them Big Nut was talking with Captain Preston. Davy heard the captain say: Kind of risky business, Mr. Fisher, going overboard after that kid. No fault of yours he got caught in the line. The bull might have got you both. Davy saw Big Nat bristle, saw him look toward the knot of men grouped about him, saw him spit tobacco juice Into the sea, and heard him say: Good men are scarce these days, Capn. Kid was worth taking a chance for." It was the first time anyone had ever heard Big Nat utter a word of praise for any man, and Davy felt both proud and ashamed at the same time. But he looked up at old Otto Perch and whispered gleefully: I told you he'd admit I was good sometime. Hear what he said? I told you so!" 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