Show 4 ' r r n n IDT VTX UTAH News Notes It’s m Privilege to Live in MYT0N — Enough asphalt to Possibilities in Home rnot of the city streets in the Remodeling Are Many lies awaiting development in the vv M ' f4 £ " & '' ' $& f ELMO SCOTT WATSON HIE recent announcement thut plans are under way to restore Fort 1‘hll Kearney in Wjomlng ami mulntaln It as a memorial to the old dijs In the West recalls the stofy of an American army post wlilcti was one of almost continuous tragedy from the day It this established to the day It wag abandoned Its record In tlmt respect la almost unique for as one historian of the frontier Cyrus Townsend ISracly has put It Sines ths United States began to be there never VC? Fort rhUIP Kearney railed Fort Phil Kearney From Its t In 185 to Its abandonment some two later It win practically In Mate of wleKe yeardo not mean that It wne beleaguered bv the Indiana In any formal persistent Inveatmrnt lint It was so conatantly and so closely observed by wir hidden In the adjaient woods sod the parties mountain passes that there was little saftv Its stoikade for anything lesa than a company of Infantry or a troop of not always as we shall aee for thesecavalry and Jl rely In the history of the Indian wars of the I nlted States have the Indians no matter hoy In force conducted a regular siege preponderant Pontiac s Investment of Detroit be mg almost unique In that parthular put they literally surrounded Fort I’hll Kearney at all times Nothing escaped their observation hnd no opportunity lo harass and to cut off detached pnrtlea of the to stampede the herds or to nttaik the wagon trains was allowed to past by Not a sink of timber could be tut nor an at ret of mowed except under lieavy guard Ileids of grtes b cattle the horses for the supply wagons and mounted Infantry the multi for the wagons ciuld not grass even under the supply walls of the fort without- protection 'Trie country teemed with game Homing parties were absolutely forhldd To tnke a stroll outside the stockade on a summer evening was to Invite death or woise If the stroller happened to bo a woman There as as no u about the attutks except an assurane that one was alwaya due at any given Ume As old' James Dridger a veteran plainsman nnd fur trader a scout whose fains la scarcely leas than that of Kit Carson and the confidential companion visor of Carrington In 1868 was wont to my to him hf you don't aee no Injuns tbarjnyr ejrtln to be thickest" i $ 7 By Small Towns Develop New Type of Business tP0t Fort Hill Reunify wu built on a slightly vutvcl hike between tfiw Mg nni Kittle l’Iney folks of the Powder river In vvbut Is now Curium on the liozcnmn county Wyoming tritll from Fort Laramie to the Montnnu gold fields Till wa In the heart of the richest hunting ground of the powerful Sioux nation and the Northern who bitterly resented this intrusion Cheyenne upon their lunds Farly In JHtitl government nun nilssloner held council with these tribe at Fort Laramie to secure the right of safe passage of emigrants through this country The principal to signing any ueh treaty vens lied objector the war chief of the Oglula Sioux and Cloud even when other Indian lender did sign the treaty he refused and served notice that lie ‘would stand tnthe trail" If the white nt tempted to Invade the country and especially If they tried to build military posts along the trail Heedless of this protest nnd Its possible resulls the government went on with It plans nnd sent Col Henry It Carrington of the Eighteenth Infantry with a little army of 700 men four pieces of artillery 220 wagons and enough ambulances to carry the wives and children of several of the otileers to establish the new posts Carrington nin relied Jfrom Jfort Laramie to Fort miles from Fort Laramie moved that post 40 miles westward and garrisoned It Then he pushed on to the site of Fort Phil Kenrncj y si hlch lie built early In the summer of In August two were sent 00 miles northwest to erect companies and garrison Fort C F Smith From the first the Tndlans harassed the patties” 'sent out to cut wood on Piney Island sex on nilfe distant and there were several lively little fights jkJLb a tiomhes— of ewsualtlo when troops were sent out to drive off the raiders Ihirly In Decent her CapL V J Fetterman of the Eighteenth was sent out with a party of 40 men to protect the wood train Rnshly pursuing s small party of Imjians which retreated slowly ns he advnnced be soon found his party surrounded and only the f timely arrival of Colonel Carrington with rein" forcements saved him and Ills men This should bave been a lesson to the captain but' s later events proved It was not He was Inexperienced In fighting Indians but had a rust contempt for them and Is snlcl to have once declared that “with FO men he could ride throngh the whole Sioux nation” On December 21 the wood train yu attacked ii bout h mile nnd a half from the fort nnd Colonel detached Cupt James W I’ovxell who Carrington had proved himself a prudent and skillful officer during the desultory fighting throughout the with a force of 70 men to drive the Indians At the lad moment Captain off I'ettertnan the scene and demanded that he be epitwrn! given rc miiiiind because he wnS a sen! r captain c&rxzttRr& c&RKzmiTarr cmr jas&yjvu&t was fearful that Although Carrington reckles' ne‘s would lead in Into trouble he grunted the request hut gave stiiet orchis "on no amount to pursue the Indians beyond Lodge Trail Itldge’’ (it wooded height where the wood train was Frederick eorrulled) Cupt Ilrovv n an oil eer who had shown himself ns ret k less ns IVIterman asked permission to go along nnd the force was Joined by two civilians bringing its tolnl up to M men — just the force with which i cttcrm:in hud boasted he “could ride through the whole Sioux nation ” vvliit took place on that day will for certain It has come down In ‘'Fetterinna Massacre"— mid as Inacc in utelv n’s the “Custer Massacre”— for not one of the M nan ret uined to Hoi t Phil Kearney ullvo cUcrnin had disobeyed orders proh ntily ii god thereto by Prow n had pursued the Indians hevoml the Lodge Trail ltidge and was theie overwhelmed hy lied Clouds wurriors When heard the heavy firing he sent out all Carrington the available men in the fort — by this time the garrison had been reduced to some 370 through of Pent C F the garrisoning Smith and the casualties sulTered since Fort Phil Kearuey had been established-wi- der t'upt Ten Eyck to Put It was then too late reinforce Fetterman and all that Carrington found on the field of battle the nevday was the scalped nnd mutilated bodies of Fetterman’s men who had died fighting wus desperate It was Currlngton's position doubtful If the number of men he had left could hold the fort If the Indians Hushed with their' success "should attempt an assault Fortunately however a siege of hitter weather swept down at thnt time which lessened the chances of Indian attack Put he knew that lie must have reinforcements If lie weie to hold the post He called for volunteer to make the long perilous rule to Fort I nrauile nnd John Phillips r brave froiitlersmun In the employed quartermaster's department and knciwn throughout that part of the country as “Portugee” Phillips came forward Although lie real zed he was risking his life at the hands of the Indians who swarmed about the post or In stood nt 27 the bitter cold — the thermometer degrees below zero— Phillips set out on the ride to Fort I arainie The story of that — ride Is one of the Hussies of the frontier Phillips staggered Into Fort Inramle on Christ night and after delivering Ids dispatches fell” exhausted I! rent ns was the horror with which his message of disaster was received at Fort Lnrumie It was greater still when the news was sent out over the wires throughout the country It was the first great disaster of Its kind on the western fiontier and coming nt n time when It WU4J believed ere generally that' conditions' peaceful there Hie story of the Fetterman disaster shocked the whole Diction Unfortunately Carrington "wliusp Conduit had in every resjiect been skillful and prudent was made the scape gout for the deeds of his captains lie wa relieved oP his command and in the Immediately face of the hitter weather which still held the In Its grip he was ‘ordered to change his country regimental Ju'flilq turners distance away an order that was as cruel as It was foolish It was not until several years Inter 'Hint partial restitution was made to the brave commander of Fort Phil Kearney and the Implied slain upon Ills fair fame os a soldier removed Fort Phil Kearney was reinforced Immediately nnd a year Inter the soldiers at thnt post were given a chance to exact a fearful revenge upon Ited Cloud's Floux for the slaughter of their com miles In Fetterman'a command— Alb during the following year the fort was ilosoly Invested and late In the summer lied Cloud determined upon one master stroke which would forever drive away the hated white 'Invaders After his success In December warriors by the hundred had flocked to hi standard and he soon line! a force of more than 8000 braves eager for blood Although never he known history as the U J of remodeling the The possibilities borne are seldom realized by the average layman With a few alterations old style or uninteresting houses can be transformed at a moderate-co- st and comattractive Into delightfully In tunny' cases the fortable homes Changes can be definitely worked out at the and the cost approximated lumber yard The entire lines and style of architecture of a house may be changed by simply building on a porch or wings ©r hy changing the roof line Some of roof houses can the old ahj brought ' to date by Hie addition of rooms the clinaglng of the entrance and the construction of- an outside chimney Many rn old colonial cottage enn be given charm nnd beauty 'by Just a little planning on Hie purt of the owner Dormer window may be Introduced to break the roof surface the door nmy be framed In a trellis and a wing built on The possibilities of chnnglrg the exterior are urllm Ited Often the owner attaches considto the building In erable sentiment which he has been reared or In which lie hesihe has reared his children tates to have It razed to make way for s new structure The features of remodeling stand He can rehim In good stend here tain his old home with' Its ntemorles a great deni of Inwithout still and have nn atconvenience and expense resllenee tractive and modern I hiring the simpn r a civilian outfit was engaged In cutting wood on Pine y bland for the winter supply of the gairmon military guard was stationed on the Mam) to heat off any Indian attack mid in Augu-- t 2 1M7 this guard consisting of 32 ufn and oflhors was under the command of ('apt Janus W I’owell Ited Cloud had dm Mod to wipe out the woodcutters’ camp first nnd then irmeed to mi a (tuck on the fort Eurlv on the looming of August 2 party of some 2iO hull ins attacked the woodcutters who Immediately brat a retreat towards the fort pursued hv the Indians Oi tain Powell attacked the sovages on ttie rear and when they turned on him’ lie retreated vvitli his little force to a coital of "agon mis laid on tl e ground In the n Iddie of a hiiinl pi nn lie Itil an leader h loving that It would he a sinij matter to wipe out the small tone of Mrhlieis fint a party of mounted wuitors to charge the improvised forties hi hind whose 'tlun watts Powi nnd his nun were croui ldng lie dd not know tlmt the soldiers had been Issued the latest model breech loading repeating rides nnd that they had nn ample supply of nimmintmn for tlieiu Fa in a splendid panoply of Mivnge at fare the whooping wnirlors swept down upon the corral Powell walled until the Indians were within 70 yards then gave the word to lire Mreum Immediately nil unbroken of fire poured forth wliliti mowed the Indians nnd their mounts down like a scythe of death Puit so greet was the Impetus of their charge that they o uld not stop until they were almost on top of the igon boxes Then their solid front broke they swerved to each side nnd rode swiftly out of range of tlmt devastating fire Again nnd again tl nt hot dn Ited Clotnl lmilod lis warriors against the little hand of hetoes nml again and again their h udv ripped great holes In the ranks of Ids charging braves It was afternoon hefore Ited Cloud had had enough As a relief party from the foit appeared he sullenly withdrew his forces and gave up the idea of pro ceedirg against the fort It is not lin'd some full time later that measure the of Powell's The eatuin had astounding victory was learned lost three killed nnd five wounded hut Pail (Tend 1137! Some one lias truly mtd of thit tvht “It reads like a story of Cortes “ llisoulans of the frantic r raH It “The Wagon Hot Fight!! nnd are timn mous In pronouncing It one of the greatest vlctoilig ever won hy the white race over its red antagonists AVhat the Indians tldnlc of it Is shown hv the fact Hint to this day the Sioux refer to the fight as the ‘‘Pad Medicine rattle" whore “Hie white man made his guns fire without stopping ” — cleat lied Ootid paid Although ly nt the Wagon Pox light for his victory ovtr I'etterman nnd for nil He other loll f oiMr lime colic ted in anil around ort Phi! Koarnev the final victory In the over vvl ether that fort should stand on his hunting grounds was Ins The tn xt year eonimisMorors were sent out hy the government to (rent with the Indians — sine Hi'ev lou'dn't whip thorn nnd make them stay wjilppej'j ltcl ihd'7fcii: thief the Sioux hud ever had made the powerful United Slates government “hack down" nnd In the treaty whl h was signed (and Inter shamelessly violated hy the wlit'S It might he added) nearly nil of Ills demands were acceded to One of them that He fort file ng the I'nseimm should trail he nbandiii d and ucconl! ugly July 31! 1MS— j1S a Itnhiimne than two years and two weeks from the date of Its It was evncuit d Ii ic liter it was hurnd to p e ground hy the Now If pre- - nt plans go through a 'lotiv Its on is to he erected site which will commemorate tle valor of the men hath — wlde and rcl who fought tie sddurs of Colonel Carrington end (’apt tn I etterniin and Captain Powell of the United f talcs army and the warriors of lied Cloud of the Oghita S'onx Jut l't New types of business and greater for the larger town merprosperity chant are rapidly developing In Illinois through the vast network of hard roads Prof P D Converse of the Unidiscovered In has Illnols of versity a survey of Illinois village their tusk on towns Concentrating Professor Conunder 17(H) population verse and several assistants attempted to discover what change was taking place In the small town today “New types of business have sprung every village nnd up In practically town throughout the state Wherever the hard roads have touched them he said “These businesses are largely of the service station type dealing In In personal services to the customer eluded In the group are filling stations tire shops garages nn'd similar bust nesses “In Hie older forms of business one of the reasons tlmt tlierei Is an appreciable hoof of trade is that there Is of stocks nnd too mtu duplication none of them complete If purchaser is looking for some specific article of n certain type the ilmnees are that a nmiiher of to to tie mav lime go lie ran find diiTerent stores hefore that article" American Elm Popular Tices may he p lanted at one or hoth sides nnd slightly to the front of the house for framing if space! nml arrangement general type of Here single sped house will permit mens or groups may he used The distances from the house need not be regulur for each tree In fact It Is to locate them rather In preferable formally A number of tree© are desirable for these particular plantings For house the American elm Is backgrounds This towprobably the most popular ering tree with Its graceful drooping branches seems to enforce an nir of to the structure which It protection shelters The oak with Its massive limbs nnd large crown Is also deslr able for tills purpose The tulip tree sugar maple and Norway maple Humid also receive first consideration for tills purpose Calls for Explanation whole neighborhood suffers when one family keeps a front yard thnt looks like a hog pen One might think since a home U the most expensive purchase 'a fntiiiry“ hiakcsT’ that keeping It "shipshape" would to every one os only common sense Men who will spend hours however their motor cars polishing will put not a lick of work on trimming' up their house and grounds which cost them eight to ten times as much Why? We don't know Vou anlvfe It— Wnshtnrton StnrT A some x Carden Stylet Vary The architectural stjle of the house iletermlnes the orqjnnentnl planting of the grounds Thnt Is an Fncllsh type 7rTidiise requires one stjle of plant lug the Italian villa another and afiother the bungalow still Characteristic ornamental pluming coin trnrv to ghneral opinion Is not enslv e ftlaterials tigtli of the lioue Is nut '11 on the surface For He's reason a lon e owner 'inio he ton mi f the of every one o oiii'rib reliability ute-- i lals or rvh§ to the of Mi fioiie Tint K wh it par-rsve1 Lira jo fie pcrfeiflx v’ rue q iiht y "Mrc Uin- BRIGHAM CITY'— City Attorney Lewis Jones announced recently that he had just been Informed by the Cement company that this lease firm had executed a on a tract of land near the cement City to be used fes plant at Brigham is about The tract an airport of a mile long and half mile wide Brigham City will in turn lease th’e to the department of premises rommerce after leveling and p’aeing the fe'd in good shape SALT LAKE — Roads through Utah alare in good condition generally though there are some ruts and dust In places according to the weekly road report issued by the state road commission The main routes acres the state however are in good condition On the desert section of United States highway No 40 west of Salt Lake the road is dusty but good time can be made the report shows It is indicated by the report that the highthe same conways are in practically dition a they usually are at this time of the jear SALT LAKE — Crops and ranges in Utah are beginning to show the need of rain according to the weekly crop report issued Wedneaday by J Cecil Alter meteorologist in charge of the local government weather bureau His report is as follows: “Cooler weather has been favor'thle but there was not enough rain and crops and ranges are showing the need of general showers The weather ha been fine however for ripening spring grain and for the harvest of grain and alfalfa The higher range still afford plenty of feed but lower ranges are not growing Sugar beets mostly are doing well hut would be Improved by rain GUNNISON — Preston G Peterson a member of the state road commission has investigated the bad curve in the state highway at the Pali'ade park junction between Manti and Gunnison and ha that would reported soon be improved He inquired as to road reel 4n this part of the state Hi attention was called to the fact the state highway between Manti Guniaon which i a road of ma- j°r importance and carries a great never received- !pal cf traffic ha more than pasirg consideration BURLEY — A foe of damage survey hy the halMoriu that passed section of theMinjdoka of Bu:l°y recent! yxhows less destru tion than vas throuch a tract swuth much Look to The pave west tah Rasin VERNAL — Uintah Basin contain 10 percent ©f all the horses cattle and1 sheep in the 'State iSfvUtah and the basin i still youn in development billion dollar MYTON — worth of gasoline all the world’s suplice in ply say federal surveyors the Uintah basin DUCHESNE — More than half the water of Utah flows into the Uintah basin which expects to have more than half a million acres under cultivation ' HEBER’CITY— In 1027 the value of eggs poultry and turkeys produced Of the egg in Utah was 3679753 614 carloads went to out- production side market and 567 924 pounds of turkeys were exported to an appeal OGDEN — According for help made recently to the Weber County Fish and Game Protective asrabsociation of Promontory Point bits have descended upon the crops in the locality and are doing damage that is estimated at thousands of dollars PAROWAN — On August 16 17 and 18 the Southern Utah Rambouillet association will hold its seventh annual show and sale at Parowan Over 300 Rambouillet head of blooded sheep will be exhibited at the show These from Iron sheep will come mostly county but it is expected that other flocks from other counties will be included j ROOSEVELT — Roads between Salt Lake and the Uintah basin are in to according fairly good condition reports prepared in the offices of the In one or state road commission two places the road is reported as work slow because of construction under way but no inconvenience should be suffered by any motorists paging over these roads highway officials declare BRIGHAM CITY— Peach Day will have the enthusiastic support of all groups and organizations of the comorganizamunity if the widespread tion effected in the chamber of commerce is any indication Representatives from civic social and ecclesiastical units met to outline policies and perfect plans for the Peach festival to be held in the Boxelder county seat 14 Friday and Saturday September and 15 frta The stoim extended reported swath for a distance of acres about tSe? miles Around of crops were funded into the ground ie tro ed 'X)her ami apnaeitiv erops were but litt’e afTcted The l'ne le'vvrcn the hai'ej secton rid the that escaped wm t1 arpiy Joined !i x - U — |