Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-16
Topics the Country Round.

Fisht. fit and bled
Now most of the inhabitants is white,
With nary red
The reason for the recollection at this
time is that the State has authorized
the construction Of fish ladders at the
falls, and the spectacle of salmon max
ing the heroic and historic leap from
their foot to their Drink is to fade with
the memory of the red man who stood
Knee deep in the river and speared the
nsh as they leapt up. Already twelve
pools have been blasted out of the face
OF the falls. forming steps in the fish
ladder that may be negotiated by the
smallest salmon that feels the need for
going up in the region Of the MOlalla
and Santana to spawn. The law has
further assisted the Willamette River
denizens by forbiddins any salmon
killing within 600 feet, of the falls. May
we not expect to see the fish thus as
sisted grow lazy and less agile? Mr.
DhrN ms theory that member or
power long unused disappears and de-
gener ates would lead us to foresee some
such result. But the immediate con-
Germ OF the poets of Oregon is that COM
merce has won in it's grarple with rO-
france.
Prompted by q humanitarian impulse
to do something for his native place. Il
resident of Kansas City has suggested
The organization of kansas City
Legion of honor" His plans is unusual
enough to justify reproduction. though
it may remind some persons of the late
attempt to found the international
Society of Who's Who" He says: LET
us secure as members all loyal Kansas
Cityans; have a minimum annual fee
of s23, or. for Il life membership, 81. 900
With this money let us each year buy a
vote Of the members of the legion, give
n Suit1ble souvenir to one citizen who
that year has done the most for the
npbuilding of Kansas City. Let the
legion confer upon him the title of
'HOnorable.' Let the person who is to
receive this gift be voted on by the
members. and the one receiving the
highest number of votes be given the
title and the gift, be it a loving cup or
something commemorative of the deed
which has been achieved by the per-
son to receive the gift.
Let the association also request the
city to set aside fifty acres in some
suitable location where neat four-room
cottages can be built, and whenever
any member Of the legion who has been
a prominent citizen of Kansas City in
his old age is in want. let the legion
vote him an annuity Of $50 or SIS a
month and allow him the use of one Of
these homes for the balance of his life
or the life of his wife. In the centre of
h: x.c -
erect large hall TO be known as the
Kansas City Hall of Fame where
suitable archives can be kept record
ing the growth of Kansas City and the
efforts that have been made by citizens
for the upbuilding of it. Let US inscribe
over the door. Lest We Forget -
What should develop into a general |
international exchange is suggested by |
the news that the Patagonians and the |
Cocopa Indians are teaching one anoth- |
er the practices in which they excel. |
Thus, the Cocopas. who are expert |
bowmen, are teaching their tall neigh |
bOrs to use the bow and arrow, while |
the Patagonians. pampas-raiSed race,
are initiating the other Indians into the |
secrets of the lasso ana the bolo There |
seems to be no reason to doubt that it is |
an interesting sight when these South |
American exhibits throw off the cares |
of the days work of exhibiting what
ever they exhibit (the press agent is |
strangely negligent as to this point. |
and go out for their twilight turn on the |
recreation grounds. G,avely a Patagoni-
an takes d lasSO, and. standing before a |
COcOpas pupil. whirls it just so. exas-
geratine every trick to grip and body |
swing. He hands the rope to the stu
dent, watching closely and correcting
when necessary. So with the Cocopas
Indians. who teach their neighbOrs
archery. stout post, NTH a large tar
get attached, has been erected. and we
are glad to say that the Patagonians
are becoming so expert that they FREE
quenty hit the target.
The idea is too good to be restricted
to the semisavage races. We like to
think that we are truly cosmopolitan
with respect to eating: and we range
bravely. when abroad. from oatmeal to
that strange Italian compound of sea
wigglers. "frittura." But we are stub
bornly provincial when it comes 10
sport. Bull-fghting we shudder at;
cricket we sheer at: pelota is I'M
known to us: and who among us can
throw the boomerang with pleasing ac-
curacy? Why not establish an inter-
national exchange for teaching all the
sports of the world? Our colleges. too.
might take up the idea with profit;
Harvard might send a baseball team to
study at Oxford. and welcome. in re-
turn. dozen expert cricketers. Yale
should be willing to exchange a foot
ball team for Il band of students from !
the University of San Marco in Peru.
who were expert trainers of the un-
couth Ilamas. Just as the theory that
a great Worlds Fair brings together
the latest inventions used in industry
and sets up its great industrial pal
ces' as scoring boards to mark materi-
al progress, 50 might we develop the
olympic games. Instead of cutting
down the number of events to few
in which all nations may compete, the :
list should be extended to include pig
and camel-racing The de-
voices of the glide" walt, from Rock
away to the Cliff House. might ex-
change ideas with the tarantella danc-