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Show Page Four December The Eureka (Utah) Reporter DELLA MAVITY ftlcDONNELL PHE other day we looked at a collection of some 1500 perfect arrow heads, along with a lot of other Indian relica of long ago. This collection belongi to Dr. R. C. Turner, retired dentist of Caldwell, Kan. f For more than 40 years Dr. Turner has been Interested in bunting arrow heads. He has many ac- -, other hobbies, aU tlvities, such as collecting butter- flies, and hunting and polishing hunting rocks, but arrow-hea- d seems to be his first love because he has been at It so many years. When someone exclaims, How lucky you were to find such fine specimens!" Dr. Turner always answers,' Not lucky but looky I" He doesnt Just stumble on them but systematically searches for the items in his collection. When we looked at aome of the choice ones that be had mounted together, he pointed to one perfect point of beautiful white fllfat and said, Theres a Mugwampsy one. "Whata a Mugwampsy?" we out-of-d- ' Thats the name of an Finds Arrow. Heads How many?" one of the chil- dren would ask. Oh, perhaps 5000 or maybe 10.000 years long before this Country was settled by white men the Indians lived in camps and the men killed buffalo for food, moving from time to time, as season or lack of food required. One day an Indian boy when he had reached the age of 20 years started out with bow and arrows for his first hunt This was a very Important expedition because the things be did, or the experiences he had, or the bravery he exhibited, would be responsible for the name that would be given him by the older and wiser Indians. One of the highest ambitions of an Indian lad was to earn a worthy name. So it was with high hopes that only his name Mugwampsy wasnt Mugwampsy yet started out He hadnt gone so very far when he saw a buffalo bull. He knew this was his Job to kill the animal. He aimed well and let an arrow fly but the point was defective and only grazed the buffalo. This so enraged the animal that Imag- Indian, the Indian who made the most perfect arrow points that can be found. inary arrow-maki- ng THIS A broken pottery o flint rock. In this way he found several plarea within a few milea of Caldwell where there were evidence! of Indian camps and battle fields. re A field at a bend on Bluff Creek, a few milea from town, proved rich In specimen. A place over by Bluff City, Kan, proved even better. Here In one day the family found 59 arrow points, seven needles, three knives, one arrow polisher, five pieces not classified, 220 broken arrow points, 14 broken needles, one broken knife, one grinding stone, and 75 celts. Celts are stone axes. There Is a difference between arrow heads used for killing the buffalo and those used In battle. FOr bunting buffalo the points used were smaller and sharper. These average an Inch In length; they of an lnrb vary from three-eight- hs to two inches. The smallest one In Dr. Turner's collection measures of an Inch each will on the average lie It way. little finger nail. The points used s piece of CMII0a06incKM by 9 inches. 2.- Dmw lines i inch from each end cut slots iinch so apart. 3.Start ittlot Asrd ths PUSH IMH ION HMUMNMBDIOP. 7. Weave in new slip strings from card and pull even up 4.Wdh point of SCISSORS bora a Kola in end of a TJtaAeJUi to ends. viS. 9. Tuck loose POP SICKIE STICK fsr thaShuUk 1 ends into rofmat. side" yhclicicd J !: w JEWELER L E R 1 4 7 9 10 11 ACROSS Skill Worthless morsel Require Woody plant Symbol for tantalum Mimic Any Business associate That thing Paid newspaper notice Smiled broadly Back and Forth l liese words will reed the eame ijiirkward or forward If you fill la the missing letters correctly. The first word means to allude, the second male and female." the third "eongs for single voices." the ." fourth flat," and the fifth "a 13 14 17 15 19 22 Etch (ab.) 23 Negative word 24 Exists 26 Male deer de-trine- 31 ei cemeni PUZZLE ANSWERS 1 Novel WHATZIT: Fire, or "lame. DOWN 1 Social Insect 2 Harvest 3 Total expenses (ab 4 Correlative of eithoi 5 Back 6 Number 8 Moving quickly 9 Building occupants 13 Pint (ab.) 15 Ventilate 16 City in The Nether'19 Fence opening 20 Negative reply 21 Dreadful 22 Nineteenth letter ot .it. h.it rt solid? looking In the bag at all, thrust your hand In and coma out with the one atrip of paper which bean your own name not once, mind you, but every time. The secret la painfully simple. Hie piece of paper on which your 1 own name la written, being the center piece, has two rough The other pieces have one smooth edge. r 28 Painful 30 Harden, Dont waste time and energy by scratching initials and doodles on your desk at school. Some youngsters make spare-tim- e money by erasing the marks left by less enterprising classmates. Two young 25 Stitch citizens of Haverhill, Mass., made 27 Near $120 for 50 houra of work. They 29 Preposition sold the school officials on the idea, then set to work. One sanded Whatzit? the tops down with an electric What la neither animal, mineral, machine, rented for the ocraslon. The other followed along, with a nor vegetable, sometimes a gas, brush and a can of mahogany sometimes a liquid, but never a shellac. about placing your own name In th Then tear the paper into middle. A JEWELER makes the center sections with one three equal of our diamond because diamond! name on each strip and place are Jewels. The second word la these in a large paper bag. itrips "fiber knots, the third a stair Shake them well. Then, without post," the fifth "a volcanic mountain on Martinique," and the sixth CROSSWORD: flaJdy Sdea Give e scrapbook party for the gang one day soon. If youre looking for soma original entertainment Stack up a pile of old magazines and add scissors, paste, and - yam as shown. S.WtienfjnisheiT yarn down Tfltmy Take a piece of paper three inchea aquare. Write on ft three names, one above the other Diamond Crossword 60-ac- Is a sample of the doctors stories. So It has been through the years that Dr. Turner would work all day at his profession of dentistry and after office hours and often on Sundays and holidays he would spend hours in the pursuit of this favorite hobby. He would locate are thicker and average places to go by talking to patients, in battle inches in length. The most three If knew of them asking they any or these do not have the notches place where there were pieces of at the top as do the smaller ones. There are three things essential for success In arrow-poi- nt bunting. TieVMtN 20 inches long First be a lover of the second find e probable w eacl of Stick site of an old Indian camp by lo6.SlipotWaad cating a place where bits of pot?yarn is sloth tery or pieces of flint are present; lith stick third expect a little luck and a ttletMva lot of look. Then to make It Inyam over and teresting you might try creating under strings. your own Mugwampsy. Mvouwtwc asex mid roam Conjuring Quickie jni PATCH jivvip f VtflAa rs; 1. Cut rFHEN he told how when he and Mrs. Turner went out to hunt arrow points, they would take their three children along and to keep them Interested in helping with the search, he would make up Indian stories to tell as they hunted. The hero of these stories was always this Mugwampsy, the old Indian that made the best points ever made. It became a game to see who could find one made by Mugwampsy, and each time the children went along on such an expedition they wanted to bear more about the wonderful arrow maker how be got his name, why be was able to make better arrow points, and why he stayed home to make arrows Instead of going hunting. Well, the doctor would tell them, many, many years ago" he charged the Indian boy and caught him In the thigh. The boy was not killed but forever after was a hopeless cripple. He knew his misfortune came from a defective point, so he decided to make the most perfect points that had ever been made. This he did and as the years passed his fame grew. He sold and traded hla points until he became very So after many yeara wealthy. came the name MUG from hla distorted face as they remembered him when he returned from the encounter with the buffalo bull, and the WAMPSY from the money or wampum he made from bla business." 1949 PUZZLES GAMES STORIES PICTURES 'Not Lucky, but Looky 16, DIAMOND: J NYP NEWEL JEWELER PELEE LEE R loose leaf notebook pages to your Write the name of equipment one guest on the top of each sheet shuffle them all up, and distribute them to your friends. No one should be given the answer to the inevitable question, "Who has ths page with my name on it?" Now tell everybody to get busy cutting pictures from the magazine and pasting them down. The illustrations should help to describe what Refer; the dip artist thinks of his sub- BACK AND FORTH: SeXes; SoLos; Level; TeNet ject SHORE THING of course. GIFTS the kind she'd choose herself (Continued from Page 2.) gone. That wuz the last of ole Shop chasin the calf home. Well air, there wuz a widow lady In our neighborhood, yea she had some kida an she wuz always Jolly an in with us kills for a little clean fun. til one night aome boys went possum huntin and caught a great big one. an dont know why. but the boys tied this possums tail to her kitchen door. The next momin she started out an der possum wuz still hangT by his tail. At first she wuz pretty mad but after thinkln it over and by bein a good sport with us kids, jest laughed it off, and said didn't see why the dickens they couldn't hare tied a good lookin' man with lots o money to her door instead of a grinny ole possum. Folks, 1 have come in contact with 'bout all der kkfe in Eureka, an' to my way o thkikin they are all pretty good youngsters. Reckon moat kida kinder like a horse, pat him on he head, talk' kind to him, give a lump o sugar or an apple now an then an soon he will follow you anywhere. Some where In the Rig Hook it says do unto others as you would have them do unto you. That might work with all youngsters an wont hurt to try this Write your in kindness, love and mercy on the hearts of thousands you come in contact with year by year, and you will never be forgotten Chalmers. lte seeing you next week if the lairds willin. Sr fie 3 Cemjat'vM yfiive jjeaud liuuvuL MADE EXCLUSIVELY BY MI(0)N r S3 OLE SAM a patient mom Then he took a turn for the Recovering nicely was ej-- listeners dont judge a man by what he says but how ho says it. r50ffCo ' ,or Any dead fish can float down stream hut it takes a live one to I-.,'- go up. ,0I'J 0 or v No one nerd have tuberculosis. Huy Christmas Seals to help fight T. n. in e ii71urt H 0rJ'r ncJJut)'cit Co'crs. There no notd to read the current market reports to see that calves are going out of sight. (itHVCHiOtt A a BoST'h'r'' r" Radio buyifromKourIdealerI UTAH POWER t LIGHT COMPANY MESSAGE Sift !,. nurse. EXCLUSIVELY AT 07ciH4 DlXONaTAYLORSRUSSEL'LlCO! |