Show THE OGDEN (UTAH) FRIDAY EVENING STANDARD-EXAMINE- DECEMBER 21949 By Thornton W Burees A Crawling Prophet! I Uncle Ray's Corner Though knowing naught a prophet he Who guesses right on wht wlU be — Old Mother Nature Woolly Bear who isn't a bear at all but a caterpillar black at both ends and brown in the middle was in a hurry There was no doubt about that" Peter Rabbit knew it the instant he saw him have Any one seeing him would some known it He was going where and wanted to get there as soon as possible This was plain LaSalle Failed in Effort to Start Important Colony Yesterday we spoke of the Journey which La Salle's large sailing vessel the "Griffin" started to make from Green Bay It was to take a load of furs through the Great Lakes to eastern Canada The "Griffin-- ' never was heard from gain Probably it sank in one of the lakes during a storm Meanwhile La Salle and his party were making their way southward Wisthrough the present states of were There consin and Illinois troubles along the way to the Misriver was sissippi but that greatcanoes reached at last Aboard they started to go downstream from the point where the Illinois river empties into the Mississippi On the southward trip there were several visits with Indians who lived alongside the river Among these were the Arkansa Indians who lived in cedar cabins The warriors in this tribe were good hunters and their game included buffaloes deer bears and wild turkeys Another tribe the Taenca had huts with framework of woven rushes Mud was plastered on the rushes The cabin of the chief was very large being about 40 feet on Set he wanted to You see when hefry you roust think winter is ing but slowly 11 "A lot of folks I mean anything to haH talcnn a stun with tYim front most nere saia feter uoesni hat if that brown band Is h "I don't know whether it is or mi" ctrri p-- tr mniHn't taki anir nt it means me winter wiu oe iong v other until the several oairs 01 Ml ana wnai is more i aon i j "" cold and hard And if that band is So he was hurrying along the lone feet back of these had in turn care Ill get where I'm going and Beaj ' wme lno winter wiu oe snort ana oe reaoy ior wnenever 11 cornea as he could it taken a step and caught up iiuie fain aso last rt firmlv ptpr jlarpr! — — — — y Wrv-i- i " sn tna- feter Kannit nurrvma it mutt "Whv vticiuuwi ripmantiM i didn't like being bothered with ly Bear all the time keeping his "Do folks itiia uutsti i lie wmm wr it uui Funny how mm-irother along fast He wag hurry- - He said he was going somewhere questions when he was in such a manv fpt mnvina as fast as h Know SO much rnulrf (folks than those folks but didn't know where and it was hurry Meanwhile Peter was staring "Because it means something to themselves" said Woolly clear that he was in a hurry to get Bear mOst All he seemed to know was Woolly impolitely nthr folks n of rruri it mut nurneQ on noticed it mean the same thing to you" re- "Is it true?" asked Peter that he was on his way Some folks Woolly Bear i "wnat are you staring so at me torted are like that "How should I know?" Peter -t "e demanded Haven you 1 you don't say What does it Woolly Bear "Are you going somewhere to for a Bear before? ever seen Woolly "You should It is your band- mean to other folks?" replied spend the winter?" Peter askedTil1 1 but retorted Peter rePiied Peter' Woolly Bear "If nothing happens to me remember ever seeing one "Welt I don't So stop asking "The brown band around the ' spend the winter there" replied- d°n wide brown band middle of a Woolly Bear is a sign silly questions" replied Woolly Woolly Bear keeping right on go- with such - it tells wnat Kino oi a winter lies owr xtb nurnea on siowiy juu ing along the lone Little Path The next story: "Which Would really don't" ahead" said Peter "Where"' asked Peter "What of it?" demanded Woolly Woolly Bear stopped his hurry- - It Be?" "I told you I don't know where" Bear He raised his little shiny ing long enough to lift his head (Copyright 1949 New York said Wooilv Bear impatiently Herald Tribune Inc) "You seem to be in such a hur- - black head for a look around then and look up at Peter "Who says Burgess Bedtime Stories JC R La Salle landing on Texas Coast rounded roof square and having acenter 15 feet high at the On a bench inside tne easts sat the Taenca chief and around him were 60 of the older warriors Each time the chief spoke the warriors cried "oh oh oh!" asf a sign that they agreed with his words"of the After reaching the mouth La Salle landed and Mississippi raised a cross on an April day in 1682 He then declared that all the land in the valley of the Mississippi France Th name of belonged towas Louisiana given to a vast stretch of this land west of the river The name was given in honor of King Louis XIV and the land included under it was many times the size of the present state of Louisiana La Salle reported his work after safelv getting back to France Later with 400 men aboard four vessels he sailed to the New World again This time his plan' was to start a French colony at the mouth of the Mississippi '3his time La Salle met1 with more troubles than ever before and most of the men died in the effort By an error a landing was made area La Salle died as the result of a shot fired by a member of his own party He was onjy 43 years old at the time of his death For Biography section of your scrapbook Uncle Ray Tomorrow: Special Topic Magic tricks and games appear in the new Uncle Ray leaflet entitled Puzzles Tricks and Fun This is mailed without charge to any reader who sends a stamped envelope to Uncle Ray in care of this newspaper fit J -' 'i niu 1 self-address- ed ed -- i ' Aunt Het - p j 3NOR8 ON "am V MY MRS KWCKSOf r HOPE the DOCTOR iS It's easy to get alone with Sue treat her any way yon like just so you tell her ever so Yon can r I TC'ST PR0ESSOR YOU WONT BC TOO OOAPPOINT EO IS OCfPtV THE He A5KC0 THAT A NEW EXPERIMENT' fffVE YOU YOUR FIRST la tv — —ar Ik Ei33iS? triatmimt' often what a wonder she is 1 aaai Funny Business I 'I jWN'T got TOO BAD CHUCK' you re WE MIGHT FIND fT HARD H EY-- - WAIT — YA TO CONVCT LIFTY "BUT J MEAN HE'D LET ME YOUR FINGERk NTS VjAKE THE RAP WSRI ON THAT WALL- SAFE j — ssa i i ssa mc- - mm ' 1 1 ' r op the socmst looks $ay none LIKE A MAIL MENTIONS I A 5©OP KOtMH BIRPtE:s? 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