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Show THE SAUNA SUN. SAUNA. UTAH Buffalo Taken Back to Canada - Ful-- - might be noted at once and data supplied to the federal department of the filled 800rHead Loosed Interior. ' Falling tills rangers of the wood bison patrol- - will foHow the bufin Alberta; falo Inland until they come Into contact with the original denizens of the ' buffalo have northland. Calgary, Alberta. , returned to the north country. The 800 Miles .From Their Home. prophecy of the oldest Indians, re-- . first shipment of buffalo are The peated from generation to generation now more- - than 800 miles from their mahas has been fulfilled-- ' A legend north by rail, traveled home, haying terialized. in steel cars, and up special penned the' Samuel Ilearne reported that northland 5f Canada was full of buf- the Slave river. by boat. Although to. falo 160 yeurs ago. Then they disap- all Intents and purposes as wild as were In the days of the Indian peared, and for many decades the In- they and fenceless range, little difficulty of dians awaited In vain for fulfillment In branding the young the promise made by their medicine was experienced animals, or In loading them on train men that they would return. carThat the buffalo, when they did come and boat. The first shipment was or . accident without out incident ried back, arrived In modern steel scows, new a of herds that Hopes great towed by a snorting river steamboat, " mattered not a whit to the new genera-- . species will be evolved In the north tlon of Indians whb have. clung to the have resulted from experimental breed; truth of the old medicine mens le- ing operations pt Walnwrlght, where crosses between the buffalo and do. . . gend. mestic cattle have-- , produced a sturdy As the rays of a setting sun slatted for want of a better out across the waters' of the Slave animal, called, the cattalo. name, river, in northern Alberta, bathing asAt the same time the buffalo have pen bluffs and wild meadow In pink interbred successfully with 'the been splendor,, 200, young prairie buffalo asnialer, but 'not less . from the federal government" reserve northern yak, ope' animal on the knd fintmal, sturdy fll Walnwrlght tvere unloaded from Wainw-righ-t the dnly one of Its reserve, river scows and were turned loos.e in a cross between a Is JKTthe kind vyorld. the woods and grassland of the sub- Indians See Prophecies T-h- - buffalo-ya- k and a domestic animal. Mr. Weeks Sells His Residence in Washington If the prairie buffalo mingle equally with the wood bison It Is probable that the whole prairie herd, the Secretary of War Weeks has sold largest In the world, numbering about this house, his Washington residence 10,000 animals, will be shipped to the at Sixteenth and V streets, thus givhinterland of Alberta In the near ing a fresh start to the rumors that future. he will resign from the culdnet soon because of 111 health. well Ancient Indian Cemetery Found by Californians Santa Barbara, Cal. An ancient Indian graveyard, believed to antedate the California mission period, was discovered recently near Purlsslma mission In the Santa Tnez valley, near here, by Don Meadows and Ray Gru-weof Orange, Cal., research workers. A number of prehistoric specimens. InIndian several skeletons, cluding skulls, beads and arrowheads were : obtained. . The burial plot, once the "happy hunting grounds" of the bronzed warrior of the West, was situated In the .center of what was a large bean patch, which, up to the time of the discovery, completely obliterated all trace of the ll important find. According to Mr. Meadows they dug through . three different layers of graves, each from three to four feet In depth. It Is possible there are other graves below, he said. . The braves were 'burled In a sitting posture with the knees crooked beneath the chin. Of forty skeletons which were unearthed every one was found facing the .west toward the setting sun. Above each grave, as a sort of partition between It and the one above, was found a Limestone slab several Inches thick. Courtroom Scene During Trial of Scopes arctic. ' are the vanguard of These, animals 2,000 head which will be shipped during the- summer and autumn from where the government Walnwrlght, herdlfas outgrown the preserve orig-- . It. They are beinally set apart-f- or ing sent to mingle with the wood bison, a different animal altogether, .but a species with 'which It is hoped that the erstwhile monarcljs of the . plains will mingle In amity. None of the wood bison wasln sight, when the young buffalo, with massive heads lowered and bellowing furiously, Charged into their new domain as they were liberated from the scows. One of the moot points in connection with the shipment of buffalo to. 'the north and one upon which the success of the experiment depends is whether ' the smaller .prairie animals will be bison . able to fraternize with' the wood or whether they will be forced 'to fight . for existence against large numbers of larger and stronger animals. It had been hoped that one or more herds of the wood bison would be In ; the offlng when the "prairie habitants arrived, in order that their reactions 2,000 Head to Be Shipped. Gold Gamp to Be A quarter of a century, ego Marysville had a population of 7,500. Petition of the Northerti Pacific railway to remove Its tracks from Helena ..to Marysville, relegates to the back-woofato what Is left of the one-tim-e Helena, Mont. Marysville,. Mont., be wiped off the railroad map within mous' town and again it Is to become a a few weeks, as it has been erased stage coach town, flfjeen and one-haactivities, miles from a railfoad. from record in its ot.h-eLeft When Mines Worked OOt. 'once: was the goal pt a race, between Years ago the Great Northern, which two great railway systems and In the thirty-od- d years of Its life was 'the lost the race for a terminus within source Of metals valued at not less the city and ended Its line just outside the boundary, abandoned Marysville than. $100, 000,000. The town, .incidentally, produced a and gradually, as the mines worked baseball team with a record of defeat- out,-- the surviving line limited Its serving all. Pacific coast league clubs of ice until; during the last year, a train Its day and of sending several players operated only when there was an ac- -. cumulation of freight for Its haul. Truly a ghost city; with a handful of shacks and tumbled foundations left of Its once bustling business district, scathouses outlining SWORD FOR PERSHING tered, weather-beate- n Its residence section, possibly fifty or sixty families claiming It as honue, Marysville Indicates-Itpast glory only to the Imaginative. The famous DrumLummon mine, chief source of Its wealth, Is still being vfork.ed sufficiently, it is said, to pay wages to a handful of men ; some other of the older mines are operated on the same scale and there are numerous prospects whose owners optimistically forecast a renewed activity in the old camp. Nevertheless the Montana rnilroa'd commission, after an exhaustive pricked the bubble of hopd and has given its consent teethe abandonment of the railroad. ' Made Eastern Millionaires. The Drum Lummon mine, discovery of Thomas Cruse, alonh is said to have produced $67,0000,000 worth of gold. Cruse sold the mine to a London syndicate for $1,000,000 when the vein The new had just been scratched. On the eve--osailing for South operators honeycombed the surface of America, where he will preside at the' the hill and, so the story goes, made Tacna-Arlc- a plebiscite, Gen. John J. millionaires in Boston, Helena and Pershing. was presented with a sword New. York, as well as in England. by the President of Venezuela.' other Ifs mines Many paralleled development, and, from one of these, HALEY TAKES A BRIDE the Penobscot, Nate Vestal brought down to Helena what .was then the largest bar of gold In the vyprld, valued Marysviile, Mont., Deserted ' by Railroad When .Mines Peter Out. ' to the major leagues. lf r Rich,, but Prefers to Be a Tinker s oocoToIojQ, o PAoodoooiJoottcyuoo at $50,000. . Dr. Charles F. Hastings, who disappeared suddenly-frothe Homeopathic hospital In Pittsburgh In 1920, has Just been found .living In Erie, Pa., upder the name of John Hugh. The one-tim- e famous and prosperous physician now doctors broken toys and baby carriages for a living,, wears long'halr and whiskers, and drives about In a little, old automobile. Though he has Inherited $50,000 from his mother, he says he will continue for a .time to lead his life. present care-fre- What iS'Sald to have been one of the first concentrators ever constructed on a commercial scale was built below the Drum Lummon to work the tailings of tlie famous min?. The ruins of the giant plant still mark the road to the city. RICH HOME AWAITS SOME POOR GIRL 14 YEARS OLD mont where she Is staying. In winter I send her to a select school for girls on Riverside drive." . In town Dorothys playground Is a private roof garden, twelve stories above-Ht- e street, with an artificial lake for bathing. . e New York Millionaire Would Adopt Girl to Share Wealth Examines . Many Candidate. In New York. Some.l Cinderella, Is a a husband. goof for place prince ing to have all the 'advantages that riches can give in return for love of an adopted father. Edward K. Browning, wealthy real estate operator, has advertised for a pretty, refined girl about 14 year old to be brought up as his own child every opportunity, education, travel, kindness, care and love. His office has been flooded with apAfter he sees and talks plications. with prospective daughters they have a Cinderella treat whether they meet his approval or not. In place of a coach and four horses that turn Into mice they are seat home In a big lim ousine withfootman.. - Scene . In the courtroom of Judge ftnulston in Dayton, Tenn., during the' trial of John T. Scopes for violating . the antievolution law.. t j liveried . chauffeur and Expert Witnesses for John Scopes ' x D Left to right: 'Prof. Fay Cooper Cole, Dean Shaller Matthews and Pro fellsworth .Paris, all of the University of Chicago, who hqve been Invited by the defense Jo testify In' behalf of John T. Scopes at Dayton, Tenn. All have announced tlieir willingness to add their .testimony in Support of the teaching of evolution. Professor Cole is In the anthropology department. Dean. Matand Professor Paris, sociology. . thews, .the school Young Buffalo Shipped to New Horne . Mr. Browning Is already the foster father ot two girls, Marjorie Gloria - and Dorothy Sunshine Browning. After he dhorced his wife In Paris last year It whs agreed f hat Marjorie was to he restny with Mrs. Browning He wants another tained Dorothy. girl rinclpally to grow up as a playmate to Dorothy, who was lifted Into the !.,p of luxury six years ago. Children of the poor, Mr. Browning beliefs, are healthier and do better In world affairs than children of the rich. Dorothy's companion will be taken into his home on trial for a month or six weeks. Dorothy has turned out to be a perfect prize, Mr. Browning said. 'T got so lonesome for her recently that I dropped all business and traveled up to the private camp In northern Ver Now m Church Tonopah, Nev. In tne hills near the new gold camp of Gilbert, thirty miles from here, Is an old stone structure known as the Outlaws cabin. It has stood for fifty years or more. Recently the name of the cabin was changed to the Radio church. Every Sunday evening It Is filled with those who listen In on a sermon delivered several hundred miles away. 2,310,441 in Buenos Aires Buenos Aires. Buenos Aires now stands sixth In the list of the world's cities as regards population. A police census just completed gives the greater city 2,310,441 Inhabitants. Be sure of the foundation before tempting to put up a bluff. at- jmrtm James M. Haley, handsome secret service man "who has guarded Mrs. Coolidge ever since she became the first lady of the land. Joined the ranks of the benedicts shoitly before the departure of President and Mrs. Coolidge for their summer vacation at A few of the 2,000 young buffalo fioin Wainw right Buffalo park, Alberta, Swampscott, when be married MNs Evangeline J. Holler. The bride, who la Canada, going through the squeeze corral to be branded before being shipped a native of Washington, has traveled by rail and scow to a new reservation 400 miles farther north. More than extensively and was educated abroad. 6,000 animals are still kept In the Wuinwright herd. |