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Show THE SMJNA 81'N. SAUNA. ITAII Smm Kavo Noteo to i'l c PritlUf Utah 4611 to 99 7 vZAJ.1 vApL -- Y i :i '0 N VA ir( - .1B . C w. Yr . ' w-- qxizrrzzz, jjnvaijf.Rj. i w poa-rlbiii- ty CQVf JTcwrxftryArr ?, 'i , - - ', r - , -- . -' " ri;''- '' " . . an:sK wo. mepany'a directors. Contractor . a - :: Jj '&L t; rr- C. CiCXAM 'litres, W'f I y . . .. - wiZDQXJczAR. r lAv,.; ' 7 : . nocmujZ,. By ELMO SCOTT WATSON IMSIHNO Americans? If you were list uf them. wlmt asked lo muk would you Include In It? Tlo would nn iloutd bond our list, for Hie rod man's ha me Inn lecome ubly connected with Hint phrase, nn mutter how much the Indian hurenu ut Washington may Issue olllcinl statements to the effect Hint the Amerlcnn Indian la not only not decreasing In nutuliera but Then youd irolmb!y include the buffalo, the heHth hen, the prairie hen. the prong, horn antelope, the elk and the grizzly hear, all of whom are ierlodlcally reported as threatened with extinction and as pertodlcully retained as "sated until It Is dllllcult to know Just what - Imu-pnr- - y Photograph of Cigar Stor Indian, Courtesy Pike Peak News Cureaj. -ir - another group of "Vanishing Hut Americans whose fute seems to he more definitely settled by the forward march of modem progress than any of the above for, being Inanimate things, thev cannot he provided by nature lovera with sanctuaries wherein they can propagate their kind. Belonging as they do to conditions In our national history that are gone forever, they are vanishing from the Amerlcnn scene and while a few specimens may be found In various places, you will search In vain for them In most localities that were their natural habitat Just as In the case of the first list of Vanishing Anurlcans," an Indian lends the list In tills second list, lie Is the cigar store Indian, the sign, symbol and guardian agel of the cigar store. It Is easy to understand why this Is so. for tobacco originated In America and It was only natural that the aboriginal American, the Indian, should he adopted ns nn appropriate symbol and Images of him put In front of places where tobacco was sold. But the origin of this tribe of Indians Is wrapped In almost as much obscurity as In the origin of the American Indian hlmsolf. One theory ns to bow he came Into being, as given In nn article In the Now York Times, Is as follows; much-dlscusse- d The wooden Ind'an waa first Introduced to his Job as puardian angel of olsar stores bv a man named Chichester, about 1850 Ths sculptor of these earliest specimens was Tom Millard In the first days or the fad some of the more aristocratic chiefs were made of metal caat In molds. This type, however, was soon abandoned, even from the first most of the figures were of wood These were all made by hand generally of white pine, and considerable skill was required In their shaping Lous were first blocked out with sn as for the bodv, after which the arms were attached and the feature! marked out with a chisel Finer carving tools gave the finishing touches They were then painted and mounted on wheels for delivery The oriB'nal sculptors were carvers of ships" figure heads With the decay of American shipping, carvers here, finding their occupation slipping away from them, made the wooden Tndlnn more to him as thetr Job. They turoe than a part-tim- e mainstay. A year or so ago press dispatches carried the following Item of news: Toronto, Ont There died a few days ago In Ste Anne de Beaupre. Quebec, at the nge of elght.v-six- . e Louis Jobin, ths originator of the clgar-etorIndian. Louts Joblns family name doee not reat exclusively on hts blsarre production. He was described as the greatest wood carver in the world. He carved word for seventy years, though of late his eight had failed and he had laid away his chisel Indians are becoming extinct, While cigar-stor- e those created by Jobin In his early daa In the tndustry are in keen demand by collectors. One of the masterpieces of St. Nicotine stands today at the front door of a tobacconist's shop on the Rue St Jean, In Quebec city, where It was placed fifty years ago. The owner has refused 8500 for It Jobin sm a humble artist, who never talked of art for art's sake, but did whatever his hand found to do What was In demand sixty and seventy years ago was figureheads for ship. Canada was a center of the wooden sli phuildlng Stodu-tr- y the young Jobin, although he went w York, found more ample for a brief per.od to at home tope for his talents Forty years I carved for ships" bt test on - $!.ki d e their status Is. there Is for Hits metnl warrior whom nn obtained auction at sale of unclaimed lley goods In a storage bouse In Hint city fifteen years pn But they bnve steadily refused to part with him. Ju- -t ns this symlad of the clgnr store. Is another "Vanishing American," so Is the symbol of another business flip figure of a horse which ned o atand In front of stores where harness was for sale. Mostly they were llfe-slafigures, made of papier nutche or some similar suhstnnee. and on bodies the harness maker their sleek dnpple-grncould display to best advantage the shining beauty of blnck leather and bms mountings of his new harness. Occasionally you would see one of the sort pictured above a stuffed horse, although these are the rarest of all. This particular one Is historic. It was originally owned by the United States department for the rural free delivery service demonstrating when a horse and buggy carried rural mall. It In was exhibited at the worlds fair at St. 1004, then auctioned off nnd bought by the Washington harness merchant who now has It standing before his shop. The motor nge Is partly responsible for the disappearance of the harness store horse. Just as It Is for the disappearance of mother familiar part of the American scene. Want has become of the Iron hitching posts which used to stand along every village nnd city street? Theyre all gone, or at least they're going fast these Iran uprights surmounted by tbe figure of a horse's lwd with a ring In his numth In whb h you fled old Dobbins halter rope or hitch rein Or It might have been the figure of a little colored bov holding a ring In Ills hand for that purpose, hut whichever It was. Its gone, along with the long rows of hltchrncks which once lined Main street ns well ns the side streets in Homeburg or surrounded every country church nnd public meeting place. Add. too, to the list of Vanishing Americans the old covered bridge. Of course, there still nre plenty of them left in various parts of the country, but how much longer will the 75 to wenther-heatesides of these structures resist the ravages of time or the demand of motorists for concrete bridges over the streams? Essentially a New England product (the earliest known example was one built over the at Windsor, Vt In 1700). covered bridges were bw'lt In greater numbers In that part of the country than In any other. However, the New England floods Inst year took a heavy toll of the structures and many of them have been replaced with more modern types of bridges. This Is also the case In other states, so with the steadily decreasing number in use the covered Americans bridge can he listed among those which are slowly but surelv passing away. Another of tbe vanishing species Is the old grist mill such ns the one pictured nhova. This one, made of hewn logs, was erected befora tbe Revolution and has been owned by one family since that day. Even without this distinction it would be noteworthy for It Is one of the few survivors of an early American Institution which played an Important part in the building of this country. So the list of relies of another day could be continued Indefinitely toll bridges, blacksmith shops, ferr.v boats of the old type, one hoss shays, livery sti.blos, old stone churns, brick ovens, rail fences, whatnots," a'nianacs, village pounds, etc., etc. No doubt enough examples of each cun still be found to be the "exceptions which prove the rule, but in general, it Is safe to say that only a few more years will see most of them disap(onr utterly. For they are "Vanishing Americans. fo y Then ths steamers came In bind iron hnd no, use for wood. 1 had long carved Indiana. I also carved the figure of a notary for a notary's door tn Montreal Hut for years I have done mostly angele and apoatlea and saints " Johln's art will not altogether die with him. He leaves behind him a nephew, ladouard Marcotte, trained In his craft, and St. Anne, though the great master of wood carving Is no more, not be deprived of sacred iconography. But whatever the origin of the clgnr store Indian, the fact remains that he Is a "Vanishing American,'' as proved by the fact that examples of this form of American art nre now classed as antiques' and as such are much in demnnd by collectors. Three years ago the Cleveland 1lnln Denier conducted a wooden Indian contest," which brought to light a number of these Interesting relics nnd only recently one of them, "Seneca John, alias The Tiffin Tecumseh,' achieved a lasting place In the annals of American antiquities when he was sold by Alblnus Elehert, a farmer living near New Itlegel. Ohio, for $100 to Ilenry Ford, who has given the redskin a permanent home In his museum of Amerlcnn antiques at Dearborn, Mich Mr. Ford had hnd a squaw for some time, hut desiring a mate for her. he Instituted a search for one which resulted in his acquiring "Seneca John. As a matter of fact It would seem that Mr Ford got a bargain when he paid only $100 for Seneca John, for M. I Blmnenthnl, writing In the Saturday Evening Post, reported finding a wooden Indian of Hie sort without whleh no clgur store was considered au fait or even de rlgueur twenty-fiv- e years ago In a Junk shop and the dealer asked $350 for It. declaring that the price was not out of the way at all. Its a male Indian squaws are cheaper and Its a good example of early American carving. But Ids statement that squaws are cheaper l not borne out bv the following Item which appeared recently In the Paris (Mo.) Mercury: much-battere- d It I not generally known, but clgnr Indians, formerly the outdoor sign of cigar stores, have become valuable antiques, and good specimens bring as hgh as $ 500 A firm of dealers has been negotiating with the Paris Cigar company for the very plump and handsome squaw that has graced Main street, Paris, now for more than forty years, but Frank Jones, owner and manager, Is a man of sentiment, and has, tt Is said, tuined down an offer of (304 for her. "You see, he said, shes been here eo long and never knocked about either the conversation or the weather, never so much as taken a trip, or changed the rut of her ciothes, that it would be ciuel to uproot her and sell her either down the river or up I have known her since a small boy, and am downright attached to My her. Some things mean more than monev squaw Is not for sale She knows too much about of to out and risk sight, Pans, past 1and present, in addition know of no other man who can boast of that rarest of all earthly blersings, a wooden squaw who cannot talk. You have no idea how satisfactory she is at times.'' And as an Indication of how "bullish thi cigar store Indian market has become within the last years, consider the case of Chief, the Indian piciuted above, who stands In front of a cigar store In Colorado Springs, Colo. Frank and t Clinton Osborn, proprietors of the store, that they have received offers ranging from $30G few ret-or- Post-Offic- Wil- liam II. Worley of Logan is rushing final construction of the factory which, when completed will cost approximately $135,000. MURRAY Construction of n new plant her by th Rocky Mountain packing corporation to replace the one that wae destroyed by fire will start within the next few day, it was announced by Harold P. Fabian, director of the company. Farmers, he sai.l, have signed contracts with the corporation to grow 800 acre of peas, 2o0 of beans and 230 tf tomatoes for a period of five years. SALT LA K E Like staccato-voice- d meteors hurling defiance at death and destruction, a dozen auto races furnished thrills for the crowds which attended the races held Friday afternoon at the Utah State Fair groundi, and when the final race had been run, one rcccr was in the emergency hospital, seriously irjjred, ar.d two others had turned their curs to wreckage whn thev plowed through fence. of dusty OGDEN Sprinkling streets in Oruen city will soon be a thing of the past, nu tho municipality has been won over to the belief that the oiling of streets is frr more efficient and is productive of better cn.1 more lasting results. Purchasing Agent P. Gridley is now seeking bids for an oil distributor end it is expected that the machine will be purchased at an early date. DRAPER Fira which started recently on the north slope of Mill Creek canyon was steadily gaining headway rapidly. Volunteer fire fighters under the direction of Blaine Beter.son and W. W. Smith of the Wasatch forest reserve waged a fight to confine the flames to the north rim of the canyon and protect the Boy Scout wigwam, which was directly in the path of the fire when the wind changed and carried the course down toward the mouth of the canyon. MORGAN Members of the state road commission met with the Morgan county commissioners recently forcar-a discussion of a road project to be ried out in that county next year. Mors represented by Commissiongan ers E. A. Wilde, G. S. Heiner and The commission James Bercoch. agreed to widening of the highway between Devils Slide and Morgan, removing of several reek points, tegeth-- ! er with an oiling program on seven miles of the road. RICHFIETsD Coal mining in canyon is becoming an important industry, according to advices from that section. It is supported that a lease on 1080 acres of coal lands has just been granted to Rasmus N. Jensen, of Salt Lake, with provision incorporated in the lease that he spend $75,000 in development of the property in the firs three years, and must mine a minimum tonnage of 80,000 tons during the fourth year of operation. The lease is on a royalty basis of 10 cents a ton to the government. u e Sa-lir- .a n ton-nectic- OLDYOLKS SAY OR. CALDWELL WAS RIGHT y hi As. rj l :e. v county U valuation of I2.U22. an per family of 0r, U CO. Tim county livestock induv'-iipandu( awiftly. PROVO PuretrxJ poultry rru! U nuUn bi stride ia I'uh. Th 7l,OoO certified Lrvedlac slab Rrn, valued at 1102,000; theta I 1142,000 invested in incubator; pnv dorer received $3,(KM) in 1H27 for cc and hatched 1,200,000 chick val lied at f 114.000. PROVO iWapiu tfct cowl weather, t'Uha tomato crop ia ripening fa'--, and ranrers throughout th state ex pect an exceptional pack in both quxn lily and quality thia year, it waa re ported by George Shorten, amiatant secretary of the Utah Cannera a u elation. EUREKA Tire of unknown origin destroyed a'! surface bulding of the Iron King Mining company at Eureka recently, with the einyle exception of the raltow frame at the top of the abaft. The loaa waa estimated at between $30,000 and $40,000, with of aaving some of the machinwae in the building. Los which ery ia fully covered by insurance. IjOGAN The WellavUle plart of the Weatern Milk companv will begin operation on or about October IS, according to an announcement made recently by F. P. Champ, one of the MOAB-K- ano - iwteafefcs hc-p- U.12a.0iM). It ht aa aatMd V '7v . iim talurd al Vjv'V 32 - rli FILLMO&EMiilarvl county In production of alfalfa flrt and acond la ia n Aral la , Wp, Tfe fouaty hi lirti.fc'O f.rt Tbe Uuia ef tnwtiaf irkiM kas eo rkasged sum Dr. GxlJwrU left Medira) OtdliY is lT 2, ear si ore fc pU4 os lie market I La Uixut prvacnftios U bail usm is til prartire. it Irru4 auaatipslios, iilioutona, kredarbre, mreul drprreos, iAgrtaa, sutir atomxrb s4 otber iahkiiioa eoLrvIy by shj of atmpl vrgrtaM are laxatnre, barb n4 roots. of Dr. Cbl4wvlle Fjrrup mil lb of resss ss4 IVpaio, a remit () other m',14 barbs, with prpais. Tbo aimplrr tbe rraxxlr fur renatips tion, tbe wafer for tbe rhil4 ss4 fur yn. A a4 you ran get result is s mii4 4 safe way by uadi Dr. CaLlwrir Fyrup i'rptiit, why uke chasers with irony drugs? A battle will tut several months, sft4 ess All j j uul dreamt to tbs I "Jfci'p of tho Do$orV linn automobile dcklgticd by s German rtiKlnwr for desert travel denert would le a veritable ldp. rnrrjltn 130 pa-- o ngers and bavins two I Hem-- engines, a wlrelere room, de luxe cabins, hngsnge room and a promenade deck. four-fttorie- d Acidity The common cause of digestive difficulties Is excess acid. Soda cannot alter this condition, and It burns tbo stomach. Something that will neutralize the acidity Is the sensible thing to take. That Is why physicians tell the public to use Phillips Milk of Magnesia. One spoonful of this delightful preparation can neutralize many times Its volume In acid It acts Instantly; relief Is quick, and very apparent. All gas Is dispelled; all sourness Is soon gone; the whole system Is sweetened. Do try this perfect anti-aciand remember It Is Just as good for children, too, and pleasant for them to take. Any drug store has the genuine, product. PHILLIPS Milk of Magnesia And the Bass Got Away Jack Bojer hooked a bass that was all of 18 inches long at Mondota, Calif. He brought It to the surface, the line strained and the pole bent with the thrill that only a fisherman can un- derstand. Then the fish wiggled from the hook, the taut line swished and i he bnrbPd hook landed firmly In Boy- ers noe. GAN 1101? DO ANYVOBK Thank to Lydia Pink EL hams Vegetable Compound I think there is Texas. tonic equal to Lydia E. Pinkhams Denison, o smnigt Fresti egir shipped from tne United States are appreciated In tliile. TIip.v enti he had there at 6 eints apiece, compared with Hie 12 cents asked for ridlenn eegs. and United States eves are hotter, for cold In f'hile. and ecus, Storage I lacking too. Otnb'h,T fe It A In cold OGDEN Beet growers in Weber county and Cache valley were overbe-- an to joyed recently when rain fail, the fall extendin' es fur north as Preston, Idaho. The fall, while s.isrht, i raid to have been of rone berefit. Beet fields are said to be in gw at neel of rain as a help to tak ng the beets from the ground. Generally, throughout the district embraced by Wexr ccun'y and Cache valley, 1 the ground nr drought is so badly ba-- 'd hy that the beets1 wi'l be dug wi"h more dCieuI'v uir- - heavy rain than falls wuhin t'ue next v eek. it uae teste, yrnUe is arUoa. end frre from ssreutire. Elderly people Cn4 it bireL All drug stores have tbe eenrrous bottles, or write "Svruji reprln, lVtL HU, Vlufti iepllo. Illinois, fur free trial bottle. Popular America.i ?w bi ComVegetable pound for nervousness and I have ued Lydia E. Tinkhams Sanative Wash and the Tills for Constipation. I can certainly medi-line- s prnscyour for what they hare done for me and I wish yon success in the iuture. I can do any kind of work now ard when wmirn esk me what has hencd me I recommend vour iredicinrs. I v.Pl answer any ietrT8 I rcce ve e "rg about them. Route 3, Eoj Fmua Onrr . '. 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