Show 4 ©Fo W ©©rs Visit Paid to Catholic Mission in Heart Of Dark Continent Reveals Work With Natives Under Difficulties Mbatl was reached after two hours of slipping and skidding up hill and we set out for Arushi which was 140 miles distant Having reservations on the plane leaving Nairobi in seven days we were allowing ourselves that time to cover 320 miles of desert to Nairobi ’S TOMB By good luqk We arrived at Arushi in the evening but were held up until the following afternoon patching the cars sufficiently to continue Transportation and fueling is the biggest problem of a safari PuncOf to Six Days tured tires caused us more trouble than tropical heat obnoxious inMemories sects restricted diet and roving animals Spikes from the African thorn-bus- h the favorite food of rhinos Debunking darkest Africa Dr Ilarry C Warren bom in Ogden has written a series of articles about the dark and other animals caused most of our tire troubles The thornbushes continent lie explored African jiingles accompanied by are over the entire veldt Charles Howard California automobile dealer Mrs How- and scattered the spikes penetrate tires as ard and their son Bob Howard4 Their white hunter guides neatly as nails were Capt Dick Crofton and Earl Percival This is the Arushi where we put in for auto repairs is a town of 600 whites and last installment 10000 natives It is situated in a tropical belt isolated but delightful with neither winters nor summers By DR IIARRY C WARREN It is the Mecca of many English We were stalking kudus when I saw the families move during the European grass VISIT KING DR WARREN HEADS HOMEWARD n2 TUT-ANKH-AMEN- Party Ends Trip by Traveling From Heart East Africa London in Declared Ineffaceable CANADA FINDS In this final article Dr Harry C Warren Ogden native describes his return from a sojourn in African jungles Dr Warren’s experiences threw light on much of the ballyhoo about the ’’dark continent” His article this week continues in the same fascinating vein that has marked this unusual series 4 r4 V MORE EXCITING - ‘ 1 i EXDURANCE TAXED Bob’s hunting in company with Capt Crofton had been just as diligent and persistent He walked from daylight until darkness re- - fusing to fire his gun ' from fear of startling the expectant kudu This was the hardest hunting we had encountered and required not only all the patience we possessed but taxed our endurance severely Bob doggedly took up the trail each morning and returned at night worn out We both welcomed news of buffalo on a mountain five miles distant rom camp and were glad to hunt where stalking would not have to be carried out so carefully On scaling the mountain side Bob got a shot at a bull but owing Jto the failing light missed the animal disappearing into the brush and we returned to camp in the dark and rain After sunrise the next day 25 natives were taken by Bob and Crof-to- n to track the animal if possible I decided to spend the time visiting a Catholic mission three miles from our camp I was cordially received by two German nuns who evidenced great pride in showing the work they were doing among the natives under the greatest difficulties conducting a school and church treating and advising the sick and attempting to civilize the surrounding population (the majority stuck tenaciously to Mohammedanism) All this kept them working top speed day and night The chief had six wives and refused all Christian principles but appeared daily for treatment from the nuns I was informed the infant mortality was extremely high among the native population because the native mothers Insisted on feeding their babies maize porridge on the second day after birth and no amount of argument could change that custom I examined a number of patients for them ancy looked over their drug locker ' which contained a large amount of useless and obsolete sample drugs which they had treasured for years although they did not have the remotest idea of their use They had valiantly attempted to keep" statistics on their cases although they had no laboratory facilities Due to the tropical setting fruit and vegetable raising made the place nearly self-supporti- ng EXCELLENT WORK They are doing an excellent piece Of ork against great odds They receive no support from the government and are maintained by Catholic missions of other lands Truly here was a worthy cause-f- or na--) tional or international assistance I' and I left them with a sincere admiration for their conscientious courage amid such aboriginal1 surroundings Joining the hunting party at two p m I learned that the beaters had lost the buffalo tracks In a swamp All returned to camp as the severest rainstorm encountered during the entire trip had commenced While the downpour was terrific the run off was equally great still I could not understand how our cooks without any shelter ever prepared our meals in these storms As soon as' there' was a lull in would come our food served cheerfully by our barefooted boys I wondered what would have been the attitude or disposition of our American cooks under similar circumstances The rain continued unabated all night Our tents were flooded and it was with greatest difficulty we were able to keep our personaljnr-Ucle- s ammunition and films At daylight the sky was clear dry and We decided to get away early The ’ I high-power- ed r captain and I taking a truck drove south through a heavily wooded area and after driving 15 miles saw a greater kudu standing at 200 yards Dismounting quickly I fired but due to my anxiety I shot just under its abdomen missing completely The animal disappeared into the thicket This was the greatest disappoinment only to miss the only shootable kudu the intensive hunting I had done— I had seen! But I tried to see the situation from the standpoint of the kudu who is probably still happily roaming the forests of Tanganyika I killed a small waterbuck and impala for the camp and returned dejected to the last degree Bob had also seen a large kudu’s tracks in the fresh mud and after tracking and stalking for three hours also got a long shot and missed His bad luck increased his desire to continue and he set out after lunch Getting into a heavy brush he again tracked a large kudu and just as darkness was beginning he was able to get a shot and dropped the animal with a hip shot arriving in camp at eight p m It was a beautiful specimen with a horn length of 54 inches Bob was exhausted but happy and we all celebrated the event with several “sundowners” at ninep m As the time was nearing to close the kudu camp and we were anxious to get lesser kudu specimens we set out the next day for a small lake 30 miles south of our camp IS GRUELING WORK We had learned by experience that kudu hunting is grueling work The hunter pits his wits and eye against the natural senses of the animal and if the kudu is the better guesser and is lucky the hunter returns empty handed Lesser kudu is not so wary but is a beautiful specimen We were fortunate in seeing several males Bob and I each getting two fairly good specimens We put in the balance of the day hunting the greater kudu and killing tsetse flies which had taken possession of that part of the ’forest On arriving in camp I found three new cases of malaria one extremely serious Nightfall brought Percival and the Howards from i Mbulu In their truck lay two large buffalo heads which had been secured after five days of persistent hunting from 10 to 15 miles a day Mr Howard had dropped his animal at 150 yards with two shots but Mrs Howard had had a difficult shot at 175 yards owing to dense brush half obscuring the animal A first hip shot brought the Infuriated animal charging at her A second shot into the front of its shoulder dropped it and her third shot coursed through Its heart and aorta This illustrated the element of chance in big game hunting as Bob and I had unex- pectedly 'secured two buffalo in a period of 10 minutes three weeks previously while hunting leopards After breakfast we decided to try arrive few kudu and stationed 75 natives at different points in the forest with orders on signal to proceed through beating their way toward us Two small lionesses many waterbucks hyenas zebras kingonis and small antelope passed through but no kudu of either sex showing how cleverly they can and do elude pursurers At ten a tn camp had been struck a broken fanbelt casting on a truck repaired with solder by a native and we left kudu camp with the regret that we were taking only one greater kudu The road back was extremely slippery due to the clay formation and the town of By ALEXIS JANUSITTS United Press Staff Correspondent OTTAWA Ont — (UP) — The Canadian government is watching the United States presidential cam- - WOULD ASSURE PACT 'A victory by the Democratic party on the other hand would ' assure that the pact would run ts full span of three years with the possibility that it would be re 1 newed in 1938 they believe which became The agreement effective at the beginning of this year- - has aroused considerable discussion in both countries It was ratified by the Canadian parlia- ment over the bitter protests of former Prime Minister R B Bennett and the Conservative party Prime Minister Mackenzie King and the Liberal party adhering to a policy of “free trade” have deof fended the pact in the face ' ’ criticism SITUATION SIMILAR A somewhat similar situation exists in the United States Latest : trade figures available here show that whatever its defects the treaty has resulted in increased trade between the two countries During the eight months it has been in operation Canada’s exports to the United States have ' increased by $25000000 over a similar period in 1935 and imports from the United States rose by V J ' v GIRAFFE GAZELLES Of the type Bob Howard shot in Africa 4ard that any thought of leaving-fthher was out of the question The nursing and rearing of a baby could not have been more assiduously carried out in a j family But now she became a real probRHINO ASLEEP IN THE SHADE lem as the Imperial Airways very Willie he slumbers the birds eat ticks off his back definitely forbade transportation of animals of that kind and this rule Our cars having been repaired we 4told us that there had been 20 had been transmitted to us with began the last leg of our journey to such accidents during the past four emphasis by Mr Manley This was Nairobi 240 miles to the northeast months This statement was con- crushing news and we determined Our return was close to the moun- firmed by the district game com- to smuggle Blooey out of Africa tains of Meru ajid Kilimanjaro the missioner His explanation: Due to the Imperial Airways notwithstandlatter being the third highest moun- extreme drouth feed and water ing! Mrs Howard secured a very tain in the world with an elevation had diminished or disappeared in small hatbox and placed the little of 19500 feet many sections frequented by rhinos ape inside and 'kept the box con- OFF FOR NTMANGA - “ and theyseemed to have developed tinuously in her hand It was Our first objective was Nymanga bad dispositions charging any per- weighed and passed the customs safely Boarding the a small wayside station with a rest-hou- son or thing unfortunate enough to inspection she the least susplane cross their appeared path which we were assured was of the picious smuggler was The into Nairobi party trip through Our very comfortable The route was departure was attended by over a desolate area topped with a most desolate region Dead and much on our part Kenya fine loose soil which the light wind dying cattle were seen everywhere and regret Tanganyika had given us ex- tossed into dense clouds of im- due to a rainless season We ar- c®® a£ DeNairobi at four p m penetrable dust slowing down our rived never be forgotten Most of the speed considerably No game was cember 24 1934 Our native patient native 'boys of our safari were at seen as there was absolutely no lying in the tonneau of our Ford the airdrome to bid us "Kwa Heri” feed Hie borderline of Tanganyika had been bounced and jostled se- (farewell) and after the close assoand Kenya was crossed and Bob verely but seemed to enjoy the egg- ciation of six and one-ha- lf weeks and I started in advance with the nogs which we had given him and of safari life with them we felt was in surprisingly good condition that we were Ford for Nymanga 35 miles off leaving real friends The steady hum of the tires pass- - when we deposited him in the na- TEARY FAREWELLS hospital Smilingly he offered ing through the dust and sand to-- tive Our last impressions will be of us his in hand farewell gsther with the extreme heat eviblack faces smiling Nairobi was in full Christmas at- their kindly dently had a lulling effect on Bob tire tears and their half-cla-d through — we and all welcomed a bath bodies as who was at the wheel In his reverie waved fareWell they he did not notice an approaching a bath which wasn’t in four inches and the plane zooming and ioar-in- g water in a folding car which began passing on our of pointed its nose northward canvas tub Haircuts aereated wa- The sun as was just rising the morii-in- g the custom in English ter right and letters from home pur air brisk the mountains ’soon territory Bob suddenly waking into full were also welcome Having been resembled small hills as we reachconsciousness turned to the right without communication with the ed 8000 feet world for six weeks we Juba was reached at six p m instinctively following our own driv- outside devoured our news of all avidly The next day was occupied in laws crashed into the enraged ing driver’s car breaking its front spring own country which had been re- watching the animals and reptiles of the swamps the plane flying as and axle It meant sending to ported to us to be at war with low as 500 feet for our better obArusha for a mechanic and repair Japan We spent Christmas at ‘Per-cival- servation i material By good fortune a pass50 miles out of When within 300 miles of Kharing car took the irate driver to Nairobi ranch Farming 6000 acres in toum the weather changed entireArusha after an agreement had been Africa is a task and he employs ly We enountered a head made to meet all expenses by Mr 98 us slowed 80 natives which to wind whose down total amounts pay Howard We arrived at Nymanga to miles an a This necessitated hour $101 month for the entire at dusk flying at 7000 to 12000 - feet Percival stated in his opinion the crew which does not include their our to get out of the cold bumpy The board NBA and labor the danger from lion leopard buffalo strata faded into insignificance when com- unionsof have not extended the beneKhartoum was reached at dusk fits collective bargaining to pared to the American driver trying Africa up to date Cattle A severe cold wind had caused cofand to make American automobile regunurse much concern as Blooey’s fee are the of principal products lations fit African roads simian could only be little the poor the ranch The cattle are small In rebuttal we attempted to prove with out of her taken prison after nightthe usual hump over the fall in our that all other civilized countries had shoulders at the hotel rpoms three-fourtabout delivering Cold is adopted right-han- d weather considered passing and that usually of a gallon of milk a day Hot-watsuch accidents were clearly traceto botfatal monkeys serving as producers of milk tles were enlisted and in a short able to lack of progress by his and food and hides for clothing she was scampering on and The rest-houmajesty’s government Our Christmas dinner was the time off chairs and tables as cheerful composed of five detached high spot of the day With turkey as if she were in her own jungle thatched huts proved very comand champagne the quarters modious and we settled down for a plum pudding hardships of safari life were soon ° KING TUTS TOMB comfortable night The Innkeeper hearing that a forgotten The next day the plane was deTERFORM ILLUSIONS was in physician layed in i the desert by “tire trouasked me to attend a native who had After dinner Percival requested ble" caused by a blowout in landbeen gored by a rhino' while travers- that I perform some illusions for ing This necessitated changing the ing the forest and had' remained the benefit of the native employes wheel and tire in a sandstorm in under a tree for five days and A few simple manipulations fol- the desert In spite of the delay over the Valley of the nights without food water or medi- lowed by extracting a large beetle we arrived cal attention The poor fellow was in from an empty hand which I Kings and the excavations- - containextremis and looked as if he could promptly ate in toto‘ caused peals ing the tomb of King at sunset We remained at live only a short time An examina- of laughter and exclamations of Luxor for the night Never have I had such an tion showed a hole In the chest dismay Cairo and the pyramids were wall as large as an orange with a enthusiastic and appreciative auone p m the following resulting collapse and consolidation dience the simple’ childish natives sightedandat we landed day shortly afof the lung and a deep ragged absorbing the nonsense complete- ter However In the morning I Here the Howards decided to ly wound of the pelvis All wounds were badly Infected noted an absence of the usual their New Year’s Farewells and covered with flies and their cheerful “jamba bwana” (good spend embarked for Alexandria said I larvae After removing portions of morning sir) No water was Spending New Year's Eve in an two fractured ribs dressing the brought to my hut On meeting African city was indeed a novel wounds and administering milk Percival he told me that a delegaThe hotel In holiday experience tion of his natives had officially attire was crowded egg whiskey and morphine I left with Europeans him for the night little expecting informed him I should immediate- and and' resemEgyptians to see him alive again I was much ly be expelled from the ranch The bled the celebration Closely own of our beetle trick too well appreciated surprised on calling the next morncity ing to find him half sitting up had convinced them of my deAt daylight the seaplane headed across the Mediterranean sea and smoking a cigaret anxiously waiting moniacal origin The following day was spent in a was soon enveloped in dense for me to him fog Percival caustically remarked that lion drive Mr Howard bagged a which with a strong head wind young lion Many antelope and zeb- caused the plane to pitch and toss Percival h as the Masai native subsisted on milk ra were grazing over the ranch I severely As a result 16 of the 20 and blood that an opportunity of could not repress my admiration passengers "declined” breakfast A a ranch providing not only landing on the water at Mirabell on getting a real eggnog with whiskey for cfoffee and cattle but in addition the Island of Crete did not improve and saved his life and lastly a comfortable conditions as the sea was extremegame big AMAZING GAMENESS luxurious home rough and the plane bobbed I was amazed at the natural re- The next day was spent in prepa- ly like a cork We were all around sistance and gameness the fellow ration for the return to back into the air rough to Cairo glad get exhibited and we decided to take The fifth member oftrip — as it was the party him with us into the native hos- Blooey the little Blue River monIIAPFY MEMORIES pital at Nairobi a rough trip of key — had so endeared herself to all Athens was reached at three p 180 miles of desert The inkeeper of us and especially to Mrs How- - m A landing on the rough sea in e well-regulat- ed se evil-smelli- ng cold wind made us oblivious to- - the beautiful city and its historic surroundings and as the plane had been making only 80 miles an hour and was then two hours behind schedule only sufficient time was taken to refuel and we were again bucking the wind at 1200 oil the Italian coast was reached at seven-thirt- y p m ending a day of supreme agony All passengers had been sick and were glad to call it a day Paris and London were reached This made an without incident elapsed time of six days from the heart of East Africa to London Due to the advantages f of aerial transportation it is now possible to leave the Pacific coast by plane and be comfortably established in one of East Africa’s hunting grounds in 13 days For the lover of the great outdoors or the sportsman who desires incomparable thrills in hunting Africa is still the supreme adventure Getting back into the routine of business our experiences on the veldt will soon become anecdotes but there will always remain in our memory the ineffaceable impressions of the Dark Continent These even time will not erase (THE END) feet-Brindi- si f 44 Strip-Croppi- ng On Minnesota Farms Praised ’s 40-mi- GOLD IMMUNITY 4-- 4 AS THEORY TOLD MINNEAPOLIS (UP) — How the north woodsmen can work with bare hands ears and throats in sub zero weather while their bundled-u- p city brothers suffer frosted ears and noses is believed to have teen explained by Rcss A Gartner professor of agricultural biochemistry at the University of Minnesota Gortner explained that “bound water” a little known substance that exists in plant and animal life may be the reason It is the same factor that causes butterfly cocoons to live over the winter and gives winter wheat its hardiness ADMITS PROOF IS LACKING “I can think of no other reasonable explanation for the ability of some people to stand the cold” Gortner said "We know that some persons can step out of an office building and get their ears frozen in a short time Yet others seem able to stand almost anything There is no positive proof but there may be a relation between bound water and that ability" Gortner said that bound water is water that becomes an integral part of the solid matter of the plant or animal and will not freeze BECOMES SOLID MATERIAL “All water in living organisms is not just plain ordinary water” he said “Under conditions of stress such as low temperatures a portion of the water ties itself up with the solid material in the cell and is changed from the liquid into the "The hardiness of our winter wheat is due to the 'binding of the water' so that it does not freeze at extremely low temperatures or if it does freeze does not disturb the protoplasm” In the same way Gortner continued bound water would be able to increase the resistance of parts of the body to freezing vreather and permit lumberjacks to sling their axes without mittens or ear muffs le r--r - hs 44 er City's Operation se JESUITS SPREAD FAITH IN VATICAN CITY— (UP)— An CLYDEBANK Glasgow (UP) — Hundreds of hammers are pounding in the John Brown company Cunard White Star No 552 liner shipyard as the keel box for the sister ship to the Queen Mary is under construction Workmen are engaged ton plans which it is believed cajl for a ship about 2000 tons larger than the 80773-to- n Queen Mary The new liner not yet named is to be completed for launching in 20 months Although plans remain a closely guarded secret it is understood that No 552 will be 12 to 18 feet longer than the Queen Mary — 44GARAGE OF BOTTLES 1 ESCANABA Mich (UP)— A garage built of 60000 bottles has been constructed by Pat Mullins 19 t near his home here an- ofv ' 16380 The total area of the Patna dio cese is 89385 square miles and the entire population amounts to 27 000000 This includes the state of Nepal which is under the jurisdic-tio- -n of the diocese though foreigners are forbidden entry into the kingdom The personnel of the mission consists of 27 Jesuit fathers 6 In-- 11 Jesuit priests Irish Christian brothers There are also 32 sisters of the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary 28 sisters of the Holy Cross and 29 Indian sisters of the Sacred Heart Assisting the religious staff are There are 83 163 lay teachers schools with 3300 pupils In the entire diocese “Considering the handicap of the limited personnel and the small means the results obtain- ed are very consoling” an eccles- tiastic authority of the Holy Congregation stated He added: “Prospects for the fu- ture are very encouraging" J dian secular scholars five brothers and weight v fin-tanc- ial — 44 Honolulu Drys Find Barmaids Spur Drinking HONOLULU— (UP) — Barmaids instead of brew are to blame for' Honolulu’s hangovers according to the Women's Christian Temperance Union At the convention of the TemLeague of Hawaii H W perance FORT WORTH Tex— (UP)—Mu- Metcalf league superintendent nicipal ownership of marble boards emphasized not the deleterious efestimated to net $540000 a year in fect of alcohol but the danger of Fort Worth is advocated by City the barmaid as an attraction to Manager George D Fairtrace resorts That was Fairtrace's reply to a drinking “Barmaids are the most evil ascity council jury on what to do pect of alcohol in our city at preswith marble boards The 2000 ent” Metcalf said “We have here privately owned machines now in 20000 navy and army men comFort Worth bring an annual profit 5000 of more than half a million dollars ing and going and between without 6000 and many Filipinos to operators The city manager said that sum would put the city women acquaintances” He said Filipinos as a race were welfare service in excellent conteetotalers but they are being atdition - For years officials in Fort Worth tracted to drink because the girls and other Texas cities have ponder- at the bars are the only women ed the legality of slot machines they can see besides those la taxi and marble devices Most large dance halls “It’s a terrible thing when peoTexas towns permit their operation in- modified fashion pending ple are going to bars when they comthe outcome of much-delaye- d litiga- don’t want alcohol but the said Metcalf of tion in the courts pany girls” Fort ' Worth itself Is marking '“We’re not going to get much time until the Texas court of fartner In civilization until we criminal appeals defines the anti- have-'- a sentiment against liquor” Mrs Alice P Broughton presigambling statute Marble boards are operated throughout the city dent of the Hawaii chapter of the Slot machines of the W C T U recommended Hawaii also are variety displayed install milk bars like those in Eng: prominently on the Frontier Cen- land tennial grounds and in some night 44 clubs SCARCITY A3 HD PLENTY -Police recently told city officials RICHMOND Mo— (UP)— With flatly that they could do nothing more than 150 ministers here for a as long as city licenses were issued conference it was necessary for for the devices Recorder John E Short to call for more than 15 minutes to find some44 Americans consume a great deal one to officiate a wedding at two more fruit than do Englishmen o’clock in the morning For Idle Urged Tut-ankh-Am- en INDIA nual report of the Diocese Patna India recently received by the Holy Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith reveals an amazing increase in the number of native Catholics The diocese of Patna is In charge of American Jesuit Fathers of Chicago The statistics which have reached the Vatican reveal that when the American Fathers entered the territory In 1921 the Catholics numbered only 5000 Now the Catholic population is of Pin Boards the-part- -- $28000000 solid state - ss 1 greater interest than paign withaccords foreign political it usually affairs because on the outcome of the general election hangs the fate States trade of the Canadian-Unite- d reciprocal treaty leaders here notGovernment ing the speeches of Gov Alfred M London are convinced that a Republican victory would be a death blow to the pact W: re-dre- — Watched Closely Due to Effect On Trade Reciprocity Pact dia-met- er ' — — Trend v directly in front of me Investigation proved the cause to be a large black snake about six feet long and nearly three inches in I was considering how I could kill it without discharging my gun and frightening off the kudus when a native made a hissing noise with his tongue and yanked me forcibly away from the snake He was trembling with fear and his bulged with extreme excitement as the snake languidlyeyes slithered ahead and disappeared in the thick brush I was told it was a “spitting cobra” a highly dangerous reptile able to spit accurately and directly into its victim’s eye from a distance of 12 feet This produces a Severe inflammation of the eye membrane causing temporary blindness The snake uses this method to blind its prey then is able to bite and kill Getting into a clearing we walked into a rhino’s bed which showed signs of recent directly Aloccupancy though I had determined not to shoot any more rhino I was feeling anything but friendly after the disappointments of the kudu hunt and I believe I would have flattened the old fellow had I found him Using my best Swahili I said “Quendi campini’' (“Go back to camp”) we swung around just as a heavy downpour drenched us Preceding and following these tropical storms the temperature rises rapidly The sky may be absolutely cloudless Then in 30 minutes the rain pours down in torrents accompanied by lightning and ponderous thunder The downpour usually lasted 20 to 30 minutes ceasing as suddenly as it started and the sun again would be blistering hot The entire cycle takes 50 to 60 minutes This might occur several times during the day 3 S CAMPAIGN U ‘ ' FP - 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