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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-12-11
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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-12-11
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Dealers in fish, game and poultry.
Highest cash price paid for eggs.
Prompt delivery. State street.
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of the city. Just received 100
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ron RENT.

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The Washington times., 1906-04-29
4 Part in History.

The rest OF his story the world
knows, but il has read between the
lines OF much of it motives which
Funston never dreamed OF entertain
ing. His methods have been original.
because the situations which have con-
frOnted him have been unprecedented,
but they have never been Intentionally
sensational.
AT the very time when he was land
ing his prisoners at Manila someone
said that he was 'an opera-bouffe
soldier, hunting Aguinaldo with
brass band" The man who said that
thought 1t very clever at the time,
but has doubtless repented IN sack
cloth and ashes since. Funston is not
a notoriety seeker. nor an adventurer.
nor a soldier of fortune. nor yet a
mere accident. In social life he is
modest 70 an unusual degree; his
friends cannot imagine him doing any
thing deliberately spectacular.
Immediately after his appointment
as colonel he was ordered to report
to General Miles at Tampa, and he
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"hs Close as I Could Get. "

While he was in Tampa some OF the
regular army officers asked him az
what range he fought his guns while
with the Cubaus. THE three OF four
hundred yards" he replied. -'as close
as 1 could get" The officers locked
AT one another with raised eyebrows
They didn't believe him A few weeks
later a Spanish oficer, captured ~
Santiago. said 10 these same officers;
4 have often wondered what ever
became OF little American who used
to handle Gomez's artillery. Why.
the little devil hauled his guns up 30
close they scorched ou- eyebrows.
And the officers probably apologlzed
in their hearts for those lifted broTs.
When at the close OF the Spanish
American wer the army was reorsa-
nized Funston did not apply for com
mission or pull any wires 70 get one.
though he must have realized that
soldering was his proper business.
When he went back 20 the Philippines
in 1899. he certainly proved himself
a true patriot His term OF enlistment
was UP. His wife's health was such
that he could not take her with him
He could have made FIVE times his
salary AZ home. and his own health
would have been quite sufficient sx-
case for his staying But he went.
He has been accused Of rashness-
He certainly exposed himself more
than he would have IN European war
fare. but il was not a European war
he was fighting He had TO adapt his
methods TO his foe When his plan FOR
the capture OF AguinaIdo was made
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boys did not try to scare the kids
cut of years growth" when Fred
Funston was one of the kids
Truth 10 tell. Fred Funston could
not AFFORD TO have missed a years
growth. He is little man, only fVe
feet four. though so well proportioned
that one does not realize how small
he is until one sees him lined up along
side OF a big man like his father. fer
instance who is Heritable giant. lrN-
the matter OF size he takes after his
mother. who is small and delicately
built, but wiry. He has light brown
hair-not red" as il has often been
described in the papers-and keen
brown eyes. which generally look out
between half-clOsed, lids. When he is
amused-and he has a keen sense or
humor-the eyes get tangled up in a
mesh of merry wrinkles, very COM
forting 70 the beholder. He gets the
fun benefit If his five feet four inches
by carrying himself very erect and by
walking with a slight swing. which
the casual observer might describe as
"A swagger, II those who know him
best were not unanimous IN the as
surance that that is entirely foreign
10 the man.
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consisted Of one gun, IN eighteen
months he was 1ieutenant-colonel and
IN command OF all the artillery Of
Gomez's army. During those eighteen
months Of unpaid service with the in
surgents his left arm was broken by
a fragment OF a shell. he got Mauser
bullets through both his lungs. and
spent three months in a jungle hos
pitsl where, just TO help his GONZALES
ence along a bit. he contracted typhoid
fever. Next a fall from his horse re-
suited in an obstinate abceSs. and fin
ally he was captured by the Spaniards.
and it was only his ability 10 tell
good story and stick TO II that saved
him from a volley against a stone
wall. As il was. the Spaniards thought
he had given them much valuable in
formation. which he had. except for
the adjective. and released him, where
upon he made his way back to New
York and at once entered a hospital
Ito be cut into thin slices and sewed
together again" as he wrote a friend
After he had been sewed together he
went again on the lecture platform.
not because he liked il. but because he
needed the money And he rejOiced
exceedingly when his lecture tour was
cut short by the outbreak Of the Span
ism war and his appointment 70 the
command of the Twentieth Kansas
Volunteers.
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As Newapaper Reporter.

First of all. he went into newspaper
work, and for while thought that he
had found his career. He became
police reporter for the Fort Smith
Tribune. the leading Democratic paper
in Arkansas. One day the editor went
away from the city. leaving Mr. Fun
ston in charge
Next morning the leading Democratic
organs leading editorial was a scath-
ing arraignment OF the Democratic
party in general, the Democratic party
in Kansas in particular, and the Demo-
cratic party In Pulaski county most
particularly OF ali, winding up with a
warm eulogy Of the Republican party.
even to the least OF its members. Next
day there was e vacancy on the staff
of the Fort Smith Tribune. and Fun
ston who had meant TO devote his life
to Journalism, was on his way back TO
Kansas.
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As soon as he enrolled himsef among
the students the professors were given
to understand that he wanted job.
He became one Of the university guides
who, went with visitors through The
different museums and show places
connected with the university. He re
mained in that position, and in tie
university for two years. Prof. J. RI.
Garfield. speaking of him at this time,
says that he was never noisy. never
self-assertive. not particularly bril-
liant or studiOus. faithful enough, but
a bit restless. mature without losing
his boyishness., self-relia1t, frank,
honest. helpful in his relations with
others, and very companiOnable. Ia
the lecture room he was attentive and
alert, ready 10 take part in a discus
sion. but not over-talkative, with a
keen sense Of humor, and no little wit,
always more interested in fundamental
principles than in details. with mucn
common sense; careful in forming his
opinions, tenacious in holding them,
but always open to reason.
That IS Prof Canheld's characterize
ton of the boy at college. and again
one sees that the boy was father 10
the man. for those who know General
Funston today would bear witness that
most Of those characteristics are still
his.
At the end OF his sophomore year
he apparently concluded that he had
as much Of a higher education as was
worth getting. He either could not or
would not graduate. and Prof Can
field, who was his friend as well as his
instructor. admits that it is just as
we'll that ne didn't. since he might
have been cTamped or warped by the
methods and restrictions necessary TO
college life. He left the university
without any very clear idea as 70 what
he weant to 10, but with firm convic-
The Washington times., 1906-04-29

is mailing his-ln the army. He served
as an artillery officer during the civil
war. and served well. After the war
he took his family to Kansas, and
almost Immediately became a man OF
mark there, serving for many years
In The State Legislature. part Of the
time as speaker. and eventually rep
resenting his district in Congress as
Republican and high tariff man of
the sJrictest sect for five consecutive
terms. So that young Funston. though
he was brought up on a Kansas farm,
was brought up i'm a family of ac-
knowledged consequence in the Com
munity. was accustomed TO hearing
public matters discussed by public
men, and almost naturally fell heir
TO a certain leadership among the
boys of the surrounding countryside.
His boyhood seems TO have been in
the main placid and uneventful. lie
was rather a quiet. studiOus boy. an
omnivorous reader. and yet occasion
ally giving evidence of the two quail
ties which have since distinguished
him and helped him to turn the hard
realities OF his life into romance.
landing him at thirty-six in a briga-
dier generals uniform and on some
thing very like a heros pedestal
namely, absolute fearlessness and a
capacity for accomplishing the thing
whereto he was sent. His father
bears witness TO the fact that even as
a boy on the farm. the thing that
Fred undertook to do was done And
one of the few stories of his boyhood
that survive proves that in the mat
ter of courage. at least. the child was
fRfher 10 the man.
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In Government Service.

Not finding another newspaper posi-
tion at once-though at intervals IN the
years to come he returned TO news
paper work in whatever town his lot
was temporarily cast-young Funston
took a position as train collector with
the Santa Fe railroad, in which he re
mained until 1890. That again was
mighty good training for a young man
training IN the neglected arts Of be-
ing on time. and Of keeping ones tenn
per with the obstreperous. irascible
and irritating travelling public He
tells himself how a small boy amused
q whole car one day when he appeared
In his uniform at one end Of IL by
exclaiming In a shrill chiid's treble
that carried from one end 70 the other.
'Oh. mamma, mamma, mamma! do
The Washington times., 1906-04-29

the Yukon. from the bad lands OF Mon
taaa to the Chilcpot Pass In the serv-
Ice of one department is something OF
a transaction. but up into the interior
OF Alaska Funston went. He took the
trip through the Chilcoot Pass. across
the frozen lakes. and through the
White Horse rapids-a trip whose hor-
rors have frequently been described Of
iate years-fve years before the KiOn-
dke was discovered. He climbed that
terrible pass in the teeth OF a blizzard.
pushed his sled across the frozen
lakes. "whip-sawed" the planks and
built a boat which he guided through
the dreaded rapids. and afterWard
guided for days through miles Of
floating ice-and. as a writer in the
Indepen ent tells. joked about Il IN
the ie efR he wrote home.
II was lonely winter that he spent
there IN .ae intedor OF Alaska. the
only white man IN an Indian village.
To relievc the monOtOny he made the
longest srOwshoe journey ever taken
by a white man. narrowly escaping
death by starvation and storm. Final
" he made the I. I.5OO-mile trip down the
lossiIy Yukon in a canoe. and came
home. having. as his division chief
prorhesied. gone where he was sent
and gotten what he went after
However he had enough OF the De-
spartment OF Agriculture and resigned
HIS position there The winter OF
1sei-s5. lecturing on his Alaskan exper-
fences. which was profitable. but not
pleasant 10 man OF his temperament
In the summer OF 1895 Funston took up
q Central American coffee plantation
scheme. in which he believed heart and
soul. - in which unfortunately he
could not interest capitalists suff-
GENTLY 10 raise the funds TO carry II
through While he was trying he
established himself IN New York and
earned his living in newspaper and
maf.azine work.
The Washington times., 1906-04-29
Hardships and Dangers.

1t vas anything but a desirable as
signment. this last. Ii meant q year
and a half at least OF exile in the
frozen north 1t meant thousands and
thousands of miles OF travel. almost
entirely through unexplored country.
IT ms ant winter on the other side
OF the Arctic circle. much nearer the
North Pole than is at all consistent
with comfort. And he went alone
He chose 10 go alone though the de-
partment offered him company. His
reason was simple. He said that he
needed no one TO take care Of him. and
he didn't want to have to take care or
anyone else
From Death Valley to the Valley Of
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No ProdiQu at School

He went through the public schools
OF his district, graduating from the
high school at lola creditably, but
without any very great distinction
While attending the high school he
lived at home and rode over daily TO
lola on a Mexican pony of volcanic
disposition. One Of his schoolmates
of those days says: mo wonder Fred
Funston can ride. No boy ever had
better training In horsemanship than
he got on the hurricane deck OF that
Mexican plug Of his
From the high school he went to the
University of Kansas at Lawrence.
where he was popular both with the
faculty and his fellow-students. and
where. though he did good work. -
Il cannot be claimed for him that he
was a notable either as student or
"a scholar. He was Just the average
young man-of almost human intelli-
gence. you know-wlth an average
The Washington times., 1906-04-29
On the AIaskan Coast.

The next summer, still in the employ
Of the Department of Agriculture, he
spent on the Alaskan coast. making
a collection OF the fora OF that region,
and a year later was given the much
moro dangerous and difficult task of
making a like collection Of the flora
Of the interior of Alaska The chief
o. the bureau. in recommending him.
said: There are a great many men in
the United States who know more
about botany than Funston does; but
there is not one who wiz come more
nearly TO going where he is sent and
getting what he goes after"
The Washington times., 1906-04-29
One Youthful Exploit.

1t happened when he was a young
ster. not more than ten years old.
He had organized coon hunt among
a lot OF other youngsters Of like ten
der age. Some of the older boys
heard OF it and made up their minds
TO scare those kids out OF a years s
growth. The little fellows We're beat
ing the bushes in the dark. when sud
denly from a thiCket very near at
hand came a most terrific sound Of
snarling and growing and thrashing
around. The band of young hunters
took to their heels. sure that they had
intrudsd on the private quarrel OF
some bears or mountain lions. or other
fearsome beasts. Young Funston stood
his ground and emptied his little light
gun into that thicket several times.
The snarlIng ceased. Fortunately no
enc was hurt, but thereafter the big
The Washington times., 1906-04-29
Vas Born in Old Ohio.

To begin at the beginning. Frederick
Funston. though he counts himself
Kansan, was born in Ohio in 1865.
He was, however, less than two years
old when his family removed TO Kan
sas. and Kansas has practically spelt
home 10 him ever since, though the
exigencies of his romantic career have
taken him north, south, east, and
west, from the TROPICS to the polar
regions. and from the East Indies to
the West.
His father, Edward H. Funston. be-
gan his public career where his son
The Washington times., 1906-04-29

thirst for knowledge. and very catho-
lie interest IN many other things be-
side scholarship. While at the uni
versity he was entirely dependent on
his own resources, perhaps through
his own choice, perhaps because his
father thought best TO refuse him aid.
1t is currently reported that his father
told him that II he thought a uni
versity education worth having he
could 20 and get ii. And he went.
and got at least as much Of II as he
considered worth having.
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ton that Il was high time he was UP
and doing II. whatever Il was-some-
thing. anything. rather than :loitering
in what seemed TO him a somewhat
hungry land Of theories and dreams"
So he went out and did-a whole lot OF
things. all sorts Of things. things he
had never imagined. lived a life IN
which there has certainty been no
lettering. ard but little time for
theories and dreams.
The Washington times., 1906-04-29
Accused of RaShneSs.

AS to courage. no one doubts his
courage. unless it be Brigadier General
Funston. L S A. He wrote a friend, I
am not scared when the battle IS on,
but I have nervous jim-jams before
it begins. and nervous prOstration
when II IS over" His course in San
Francisco has proved that he has a
level head as we'll as the fearless heart
indicated by his previous career More
than ever he will be a popular hero
and probably under protest Long ago
T.. said: This hero business Is ire
mendousIy overdone-" No one has
tried harder than he TO make the pub
lie understand that it was his men
and his brother officers rather than
himself that did things and deserved
credit. His letters are full Of ths
praise Of his fellow-officers and he
writes Of his men: When I tell them
to charge. the trouble is not 10 set
them 10 come on. but 70 keep from
being run over by them
His career IN the Philippines has
been speCtacular-but that's not Fun
ston's fault. His trick Of swimming
the rivers has been denounced as
playing to the galleries" until swim
ming has become sore SupJcCt Win
the little soldier who has been fight
ing fire and earthquake, famine and
thirst and destitution and general
demolizatfon in San Francisco one can
imagine him saying. Thank heaven
there's no river IN this job
If there were he would probably
swim II. II that seemed the best way
20 accomplish his object. For Funston
is not a man who has risen through
lack Of chance or accident He has
made his mark BY faithful life; by
going. as his chief in the Agricultural
Department said. where he was sel-,
ana getting what he went after in
orher words. the colonel OF Kansas
volunteers is today a brigadier general
IN the regular army. with, In the pres
on undreamed Of crisis in San Frau
cisco. practically unlimited authority
10 act as he sees At. because he has
ali through q strenuous career shown
bIs abIlity, in the slang phrase OF the
dav. TO deliver the goods and that
Is the ability that wins success IN any
walk OF life
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ticularly good work-so good that the
next year he was sent out with a SINH
lar expedition 10 the Death Valley
region. Though slight and apparently
delicate Funston seems TO have tre-
mendOus power of endurance.
More than half the men who went on
this expedition came out OF it wrecks.
permanently disabled either in mind
or body by the hardships they had en-
dured. Funston came out sound as
dollar. though he had shirked none OF
the dangers or difficulties Indeed. il
is on record that he made a journey OF
forty miles alone through the desert.
without food or water. with the ther-
mOmeter registering 140-an experience
few would have survived.
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FUNSTON Jhe man OF f6e 6our af FRISCO

spent four weeks there supplying IN
formation about the part OF Cubs
with which he was familiar He wore
cit zens' clothes until ordered into
Uniform Six weeks after his appoint
ment. when his home town presented
him with a sword. IL was found that
he had not as yet provided himself
with one. Again, after his Manila
campaign, when he came home on
leave of absence. he put on citizens
clothes. and 81 was hard 70 get him
into uniform even for the public re-
ceptions given in his honor.
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look at that funny little policeman
Amt he too cunning?
In 1890 his father. then chairman OF
the Committee on Agriculture In the
House of Representatives, got him
place with a party Of botanists sent
out by the Department of Agriculture
20 secure a collection of the wild
grasses of Montana Botany W. ;
one OF the subjects in which yeuhS
Funston had done particularly good
work" during his tive years exp sri-
mentinE as to the Slue Of higher edu-
cation in the University OF Kansas
And with this expedition he did par
The Washington times., 1906-04-29

~ frederick FUNSTON. brig
adler general. L. S. A. is
- distinctly the man Of the
hour IN stricken San Fran
cisco. And II Is not the
first time he has been the
man Of the hour. by long shot. over
and over again he has proved himself
the man who could rise TO an emeT-
cency. who could do the thing that
had TO be done, and do it well. re-
rardless OF the fact that neither he
nor anyone else had had to do it
before.
He has been pictured as a luminous
example OF the fact that most men
and women find their true places In
the world by trying several places. He
is q more luminous example OF the
fact that capacity is never out OF
place. For he has IN his time played
many parts-many and diverse-and
ne has played most of them well.
Though he is still a young man. his
career in the retrospect has beer. in
f1nitely romantic.
- One must remember. though. that
romance is the enchantment which
distance lends TO pretty tough realities
The romance of Funston's career IS
made up of series Of hardships en-
dured with unfailing cheerfulness. of
dangers met with a fearless heart, of
emergencies confronted with a level
head. OF mighty stern realities op-
posed with a lofty courage, a lumin-
Gus common sense. and an unhinching
resolution
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= =
EOI "CUbQ libel"

This brought him into COmmunica-
ton with the Cuban Junta. and even
tuaily resulted IN his taking a COM
mission as captain OF artillery in the
fnsurgent army. At first his command
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-04-04
Railway Save Birds.

II was once the common practice Of
tourists to shoot birds and alligatora
from the decks Of steamboats, on
Florida rivers and lakes. This abom
Unable, because cruel and useless, war.
fare was waged until the supply o.
victims FOR the brutality was nearly
exhausted. The development Of the
Florida railway system, BY which the
tide Of travel has been directed from
the water courses, has had direct
and marked effect on the wild life
Of the country. Instead Of the leisure.
" progress by water craft tourists
are now whirled through the country
by rail, and the bloodthirsty contin-
gent has no opportunity to deal out
death at every turn. The waters and
the shores are once again becoming
populated with birds Of plume and
even the alligator is coming again into
peaceful possession Of his mudhanl.