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try. It Is the early settler of the west, and
not the trader or the Indian, who is respon-
sible for the passing of the buffalo.
This slaughter was inaugurated by the
small army of railroad laporers who came
to the plains in September and October Of
1872. Many gangs of men finished grading
contracts and went to their homes. Then
began the market for buffalo hides. There
were few firearms that were suitable
for the purpose. but those who could OBJ
tain them began systematically to kill the
animals for their hides The skins were
taken. to camp, stretched on the ground,
flesh side up, and dried in the sun and air
for three or four days. Then they were
folded lengthwise once, loaded on wagons
and hauled to Dodge City or some other
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might the easier hurry them onward by
goading the raw flesh.
Among the other donkey sights I saw
this afternoon was a caravan, each ami
NAL loaded with two heavy bags OF -four.
The little fellows had to brace them
selves while the men threw on the bags,
and they went off staggering. 1 saw one
stumble and throw his load over his head.
II took two lusty porters to replace the
sacks.
My heavy trunk was brought from
the boat to the hotel upon donkeys,. and
have seen donkeys without number
carrying sand in baskets, bringing In
charcoal and wood, and even loaded with
stones and brick for building material
There Is a new business block going up
now not far from the American legation.
Continued on Last Page.)
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In the beginning of the trail the Indians
along the route regarded the passing OF
the travellers with Indifference. But when
the wagons Increased in number and under
their protection came the emigrants to
settle upon the Indian lands, they grew
sullen and resentful. The capture of
few trains demonstrated the richness Of
the booty to be gained and at the time
that the traffic along the trail had reached
its greatest height came the most terrible
of the Indian warfare on the Kansas
plains. Army escorts became necessary
and forts were established along the entire
line of the trail.
The most important of these was old
Fort Bent near La Junta, Colo. Every
hunter. traveller or soldier who passed over
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Strange Features Abound in the Land OF Othello

are $1,000 people living in that tumble OF
houses below us. and they eat at least
three meals a day. Their cooking is done
upon fires of charcoal made in clay basins.
half the size of a wash bowl, with a hole
at the side for the draft. Some Of the
larger establishments have little brick
ovens built into the walls OF their kitch-
ems, but the cooking there is done in the
same way. The land about here is useless
and the fuel is costly, an armful Of faggots
as big as a broom handle costing a dollar:
charcoal is proportionately high.
About all the washing is done in cold
water. We can see the clothes drying on
the roofs of the houses. There are but few
yards, and the laundresses often dry their
clothes near the streams, outside the city.
where they wash. pounding the garments
on the stones.
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nearby town FOR market. The streets of
Dodge City were lined from daylight to
dark with wagons unloading hides and
meat and loading up again with supplies
for the camps. 1t is said that fully 1900
900 hides were shipped before the beginning
of 1873. The price paid for cow hides was
only $1.75 and for bull hides $2.75. Two
firms, one in Kansas City and one in Leav-
enworth. purchased nearly all these hides,
shipping the greater part of them to Liv-
erpool. 80.
The wolf and the wild horse roamed with
the buffalo and disappeared with him.
While the hide hunters were at work the
wolves had easy living When the buffalo
had nearly disappeared it was an easy
matter to poison the wolves with strych-
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nine, so that when the buffalo was gone
the wolf was also exterminated, save for
a few wandering bands that are still oc-
casionally heard of. Bands Of wild horses
were also very common on the line of the
trail AL were frequently found grazing
with the buffalo. Many a freighter turned
aside to capture and subjugate some of the
animals that attracted his attention, To
catch them, however, was often a difficult
task. Only two methods seemed to have
been successful. One was to tire them
out by walking using relays of fresh
horses, and the other was by "creasing''
them, shooting them high up on the neck,
which, if it did not kill them. sent them
stumbling to the ground, when capture
was easy
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-20
Doom of the Buffalo.

Along the Santa Fe trail there began
what is to the naturalist one of the great
tragedies of America, the slaughter of the
buffalo. These animals ranged from the
foothills of the Rocky mountains eastward
for 400 miles. Western Kansas was a vast
pasture for buffalo grass, a short, close,
curly growth. green for only few weeks
in the spring, but highly nutritious at all
seasons. The wagon trains were often
halted for many hours by the passing of
great herds of these animals. wearing deep
paths into the ground and forming great
trails that are as clearly defined today on
the western prairies as they ever were.
Horace Greeley in 1859, after a trip to the
Rockies, declared that there were more
buffalo on the plains than there were tame
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Colorado II is still to be seen as clearly
marked as when 1t was in use. and in more
than one little western town the old trail
forms the main street.
Some parts of the course are even now
questioned, and It was necessary, If the
marking be done with any degree of ac-
curacy, that the work be taken up now
before tho generation that remembered the
trail had entirely passed away. The men
who traversed it were not keepers OF
diaries and journals, and there were no
magazines and few newspapers. The way
was perilous and the traveller was glad to
get to the end of It and to forget the long
march. Upon the old road were fought
innumerable battles, for it was Indian
haunted from end to end, but battles with
Indians were expected incidents and nearly
all these fights on the picket line of civ
ilization have gone without record.
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cattle In the entire
United States. The
freighters hated the but-
falo for their interior
ence in their progress
and because the horses
and oxen OF the trains
were always terrorized
by them. But as a rule
they killed them only
when they we're needed
for food, or the pelts for
actual use, and the great
slaughter of the beasts
did not begin until the
railroad had brought the
settler into the coun-
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-20
story of the silver Bars.

The most definite Of all the treasure stor~
les is that of the old Indian mound located
just north OF the Santa Fe railroad between
Lakin and Hartland, in Kearney county,
Kansas This story goes that the wagon
train, returning from New Mexico loaded
with silver bars, found itself pursued by
Indians and fearing attack before the next
fort could be reached, decided 70 save its
precious freight by burying 1t. The camp
was made in the shadow of the mound, al
most on the banks OF the Arkansas En-
closed in the circle OF parked wagons was
huge cottonwood tree. known to every
man who passed that way as "Old cottie"
1t was the only tree I'm three days travel
and camp was always made at that spot
II was a moonlight night, and with the
Indian campfres In plain sight the treasure
was buried and the spot marked in each
mans mind by the place where "Old Col
ties" shadow fell. The next day the train
moved on. followed by the Indians, who
were. being constantly REINFORCED for the
attack. Not until Pawnee Rock was
reached was the attack made The
wagons were burned and all the men left
for dead. But again one escaped. and re-
gaining consciousness after time, made
his way in spite OF his wounds to Fort
Dodge. He arrived there in a frightfullY
emaciated condition, suffering terribly from
weakness and exhaustion. He lived but
few hours. and was able 10 give only the
Vaguest directions as 10 the location OF the
treasure.
Immediately afterward a party from
Fort Dodge set out on the trail to find the
place and recover the silver But mean
time fierce prairie thunderstorm had done
It's work. old Cottie was a blackened
stump. The whole place around the stump
was carefully dug over with no result No
treasure has ever been hunted more sys-
Dramatically and zealously than this MeN-
can silver. At the time Of the boom in
Kansas some twenty years ago a company
was organized and the land between the
mound and the river bought up for the exc
press purpose of carrying on the hunt
But II was never found
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-20

The life Of the Santa F'e trail extended
from 1922 to 1872 although there were p1rts
q Il that were in use as hi yhways IS ate 3
1851. But the plough Of the settler and the
barb wire of the ranchman have almost
obliterated II in eastern Kansas In the
unsettled parts of western Kansas and
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minds. te In Kansas legislative appropria-
have ach was made for the same purpose, but
for her amount being insufficient it was supple
not OF a tied by contributions from school chill
be lean. 1t now seems likely that this most
10 be ious Of American trails will soon be
is hard zed all again.
thought he Santa Fc trail began at Kansas City,
are conssed the state Of Kansas climbed over
with his mountains of Colorado, came out
petuosltough the Baton Pass and then wound
matter-ogn through New Mexico to Santa Fe.
We applers in the Rocky mountains and trad
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-20
Water works of the Moors.


There is a scarcity of water in almost
every Moroccan city. Tangier has no
water works and it is short on sewers and
other modern improvements. The streets
are sprinkled by men who go through them
with goatslsn bags on their backs, bend
ing half double as they scatter the drops
here and there. Each bag holds about
ten gallons and the sprnkling water comes
from the sea. other carriers go from
houses to house with fresh water, which
they bring from the wells or the streams
outside the city. They ring bells they
go and Save little brass cups I'm which they
will give you all you can drink for less
than cent. I should, however. as soon
think Of drinking a cup Of pure typhoid
bacteria as Of tasting such water although
I stopped one of these ragged old water
beggars today and bought cup while my
guide, Mohamme1, snapped my camera.
Such men receive about cents per skim
full and they aid in supplying the house
hold
Much of the cooking and washing water
is brought into the city in little five-gallon
kegs, two or three OF which are slung on
each side of a donkey, the peddler sitting
on top or walking behind. 1 venture that
there are 500 men who tote water in one
way or another in this town OF Tangier.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-20

be considered the actual necessaries Of life.
On the way the boys got the gold fever
and made Pomeroy turn on where the trail
branched in Colorado and take the road
for California. He was wild about il, but
he had to go. When they got to Salt Lake
City he sold his stun for so much more than
he would have got at his original destlna-
ton, that Il made him a fortune"
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-20
nrars of TnnEIer.

"And why do they not have water
wagons?' 1 hear some one ask.
Open the eyes OF your imagination and
see. These streets are so narrow that a
hand cart could not be pushed through
them. In some can stand in the center
and touch both walls with my hands.
There is not a wheeled vehicle inside this
whole town and for that matter, there
are not a half dozen In all Morocco. This
country, which is six times as large as
the state of Ohio, and which contains one
tenth as many people as our whole coun-
try. has no other roads than bride paths,
and all transportation is on horses, mules,
donkeys or camels, and also upon men.
Here In Tangier there is not even hand
cart or a wheelbarrow. but there are so
many passenger donkeys that one mas u
jump from side 10 side TO keep out OF their
way. They go along without brides or
halters. directed by the cries and the sticks
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-20

OF tne donkey boys, VINO follow DenlnQ.
They are the drays Of Tangier
How Freight Is Carried.
These pack donkeys carry enormous
loads. 1 saw today two little fellows not
much higher than my waist, almost COW
cred by an upright piano, which rested on
their backs as they walked through the
main streets Of the city. Every one knows
what such a thing weighs and how six
men are required to lift one in our couu-
try. The piano was in a pine box and the
little beasts carried It on their bare backs.
steadied by two porters. who walked at
the side. The animals had enormous
ears and their rat-like tails. shaved close,
made me think OF abbreviated blacksnake
whips Both were ragged and knotty and
SCARED with the sores where their masters
had cut away the skin In order that they
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-20

There he holds court and there is his
prison. where scores of half-naked, miser-
able beings are shut up, with chains around
their legs At night they sleep on the
stones, all tied together by one chain which
binds the necks of the whole criminal
crowd They do their own cooking. and
their friends must furnish the food Or
they starve on short rations Of dry bread
and water There is no habeas corpus act
here. and il is not hard for man of in
flaence to get poorer brother in jail.
TanRier from the Citadel.
Let us stand together near the governor g
palace and take a look over the city. What
a strange town is this within almost rife
shot Of Europe. here at the beginning of
the twentieth century. The roofs are fiat
and there is not a chimney in sight. There
are no smoke stacks and no smOkA There
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-20

BILL will be introduced at the
present session Of the Colorado
legislature asking an appropria-
ton for marking the line OF the
old Eanin En Trail through the
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-20

lhlu VI OlhSlAO' Lie SOinpSr AdSou hOOA .
are going to and fro through the streets
and we shall meet with many scowl We
shall not see the faces of their Desde-
monas. and we shall have to move care
fully for fear of giving offense We shall
first take a bird's-eye view of Tangier be-
fore we start TO walk through it. The city
lies on the edge OF the Atlantic ocean in a
hollow or nest in these wild African hills.
1t has a big wall around It and it's blue
and white houses remind me OF a lot of
gigantic store boxes jumbled together in
all sorts Of shapes. The highest part is
the citadel where the governor lives.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-20
How Freight is Carried.

OF the donkey boys, who follow behind.
They are the drays Of Tangier.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-20

| on the plains ordered their supplies
an the east, had them sent by boat 10
.nsas City and from there by pack treln'
'-ts and wagons to the west and south
.st over this trail. over it passed the
lders between the east and the Yves. anu
} gold seekers Of Denver and the RACINE
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-20
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day morning and take a look at
some of the odd things in this
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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1907-09-14
WORK OF 1oaD LISTER
ChnnSed Surgery by Discov~ry 90
Antiaeptic system.

Changed Surgery by Discovery 90
Antiseptic system.
lt has beeu aptly said that the hin
1"ry OF surgery can be convenientfr
hyided Into two periods, "before LIS
FER and after Lister" 1t would bss
apostolic to oyeresllmate what LORD
Listers work has done for suffering
humanity in the discovery Of the anti
septic system treatment of wounds ang
everything coming in contact with the
'sTne. 1t has practically abolished the
aorrors Of the hospital ward, where.
e0fero Its discovery there were con.
Ia@At dangers OF gangrene and other
diseases due to germs getting inte,
TenAas, before or after operation. ana
causing putrefactien of the injured
neznbex.
Lord Joseph Lister was born IN Eaa
sex. England. In 1927. His elghtietsz
birthday was celebrated last week. HE
rather had taken keen interest In
pcieaco and done much In improving
TIE microscope. As young man, Lis.
tor possessed two valuable asseta, g,
nrst class microscope and an unbound.
ed enthusiasm for scientific investiga-
ton. II was therefore natural that ne,
should turn his attention to such
branches Of histology and physiology
as wero within his reach. His first re-
EeSrehes were in the fiber of involun-
tary muscles, the skin, the flow Of lac
teal fluid and kindred subjects Early
in his life he became Interested In
wounds and the diseases that frequent
ly go with them. He even sketche6
bodies that he thought might be ms
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1907-09-14
MONTANA NOTES.

NJ mere is no intention of removing
- o Great Northern division Offices
from Whitefsh.
y oinilen, general manager of Schlitz
loving company, while starting on a
Uniting trip at Browning recently was
Ia-o"n from a horse and both of his
pegs were broken.
"a, decided misrepresentation exists
seiatlVe to the effect of the recent
FUSION Of Judge Bourquin at Butte
aeiatiVe to Montana's remairriage law
respects diyorved persons.
ne selection of state home for
10 odd Fellows fraternity will be de-
nsinlhed on September %, next, and
~ contest has narrowed down to
ua .ee clties-Bozeman, Missoula and
WI "hlle rowing along In a rowboat on
uilensh Lake, A. Desterman saw a
Muntaln lion swimming In the water.
FISHERMAN rowed his boat close
-ough to hit the monarch of the forest
vet the head with sufficient force to
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1907-09-14
COMING EVENTS.

Free street carnival. Walla walla,
Wash, September 1913.
Washington Retail Grocers, Seattle.
September 1919.
Montana Pioneers, Billings, Sep
tember 26-2S.
Southern Idaho Baptist Young PEG
pies union, Boise. September 1922.
Fairs.
Salem, Ore, September 1921.
Orolno, idaho. September 1913.
Missoula. Mont, September 1920.
Redmond, Ore, September 1921.
Prosser, Wash, September 1921.
Great Falls, Mont, September 1927
North Yakima, Wash, Sept. 1928.
Colville, Wash, September 1921.
Anaconda, Mont, September 1928
McMinnville, Ore. September 1927.
Pendleton, Ore, September 1928.
Victoria, g. c., September 24-2S.
Spokane, Wash, September 23-Oc
tober 5.
Helena, Mont, September 3O-Octo
Der 8.
Puyallup, Wash, October 1-5.
La Grande, Ore, October rs.
New Westminster b. c., October
I-5.
Caldwell, Idaho, October is.
Scio, Ore, October "a
Davenport, Wash, October S-11.
Oregon City, Ore, October Oil.
Colfax, Wash. October 7-12.
Lewiston. Idaho, October 7-12.
Baker City,, Ore, October S-12.
Wilbur, Wash, October 1918.
Walla Walla, Wash, October 1919
Boise, Idaho October 21-25.
Prineyille, Ore, October 1919.
Athena Ore, September 1921.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1907-09-14
IDAHO EVENTS.

Collins Perryman, aged 60, an old
resident Of Juliaetta, is dead.
The building of one of the finest
hotels in the northwest in Boise is
assured
C. H. Paulson, who left Wallace
some time ago, hanged himself at
Lovelock, New.
The weather conditions have i'm
proved so that the farmers are able to
resume harvest.
Action for divorce has been COM
menced by Mrs. Augusta Steffans
against Mike Steffans of Wallace.
Clarence barrow made three ad-
dresses at different towns in Occur
d'Alene district before his return to
Chicago.
A head-end collision occurred in the
Weiser yards of the Short Line rail
road recently between two heavily
loaded trains.
Seventy thousand acres of the Big
Wood river Carey act" lands will be
opened for entry at Gooding, Idaho
and Alberta, Idaho, on September "a.
These lands are located on the main
line of the Oregon Short Line in South
ern Idaho, near the town OF Shoshone'
August Bauer, who owns sawmill
on Mill creek, had his head almost
sawed in two recently by striking 1t
against a cutoff saw.
Despite the announcement or a 1rult
failure caused by the killing frosts OF
last spring, the Lewiston-Ciarkstoh
country is marketing large shipments
of peaches at present.
f. NJ. Goodwin of Spokane, former
" a special agent for the government
investigating land frauds in southern
Idaho. has accepted the proposition
of the United States department OF
Justice to aid in the prosecution OF
the alleged fraudulent land grabs UNI
der the timber and stone act in ldaho.
Judge Edward Whitson of Spokane
nudge of the federal district of eastern
washington, will preside over the trlai
of United States Senator W. b. Borah
of Idaho, who has been indicted loF
frauJ in connection with operations IN
oovernment land. The term OF court
ot which the United States senator VIII
he tried opens at Boise September 20
! The state filed a motion in the ais
trict court today for a continuance OF
tbe case of George A. Pettibone, when
was previously set for October l. Ihe
defense opposed the notion Ddt Juuse
wood although making no fornlal rui-
inc said II would be necessary to con-
tive e the case until the trial OF Sena-
tor Borah is concluded. attorney ,y
Hawley. who is defending Boran, Salu
the government claimed it would DR. re-
ouire four weeks to try the b ',an
case. but the defense was OF opinion t.'n
that II would not take more than TWO
weeks.