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New-York tribune., 1908-06-14

beautiful. put your ,4.- between the th,-,b
and finger Of one hacd. and draw vour bsnJ
softly down from yJc- forehead % vou- -
A faint smirk OF smile. made 10 the sane ti-7s
greatly helps this sign. Il. The beauty vo,1 -
was a woman make believe ~ take boIF n =,
mass Of hair on the -.g-- side of vor- Issd
and follow Il down pass the shoulder w5+5
YOUR hands YOU -e- women do N d--ssi--
their hair. To tell a5a-. child v9. s5o'-i3
hold your hand a. far --.-- the ground a -
head would reach.
The Indian sign la-- r- Is an iater.s-;-,
study and It loses t-.-r " .rs fasc-rs-iT1
through its simpI-t-v s-.. a.- u acqu,re-7e--
1t Is primitive. but mt .-.-- rp.ace and r.-
haps the most startling ching lne VIII f-1 =
connection with q -+G-. .. .- u.s. that tr. I75,.-
signs for beauty s.erD -.
ing" and hearing -. city the ssue !.
those used by Ge1rg- H. Fox the fsr7r.
clown. when he p,ar-. H-np-r Dunptv"
Grimaldi. the great I-- l.lwa, h1r.
been told. also used -l-- though 1f this
am not certain That .. I'D IS not unlik.Iy
since they are the -s-.-.. notions. gesta-ss
or what YOU w.Ll -.- -ec- .ag these terms
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Their Way of Communicating

THE Indians OF the West however, though OF
tribes widely separated, have one means of
in+ercournunicatiOn that Is marvel 70 tht
white man. not alone because OF Its adequacy
to express thought. but even more through us
simplicity and ease of requirement.
\ California or Oregon INDIAN belonging
10 one of the many Pacific coast tribes, VINO
may have never been east OF the Rockies, Is
able bv means OF this common language
which knows no tongue, to converse WIN
\ Sioux or PonCa whose horizon OF l1fe has been
confined 10 that vast section between the
Missouri River and the eastern foothills OF the
Rockies.
This means OF intertribal communication Is
the sign language, of which little seems to De
known and less to have been written, but OF
which an occasional scout or pla1nsnan OF an
earlier period made himself master.
These old plainsmen. scattered throughout
the West. passing their declining years on
quiet farms, now and then burnlsh up their
knowledge of the sign language, and, meeting
some blanket Indian on country road or
street of a Western town, stop the red brother
to eniov few moments OF quiet conversation
And a quiet conversation 1t Is 1s,-accentuated
with about the same degree OF nose as that
attending ioint debate between deaf muteS:
But the language carries understanding ami
spoken words cannot do more than that
The Indian sign language lives up to part
OF its appellation. at least. 1t Is all signs
The signs used are the natural ones, and are
as simple as simplicity itself.
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4 Little of the Vocabulary

ND YOU ever notice how the paws OF small
- animals are curved IN when they are detd:
That Is the sign for died or dead ana %
make it YOU hold one hand out. with fingers
bent n toward the thumb. However. should
YOU wish to say that some one had been Killed,
YOU would hold out your fist with the knuckleS
away from you, and then move the wrist
slowly so aS to force the kTuCNlcS downward.
indicating in this way that the person was
struck down. The sign to indicate fear, to
express that some one was afraid or that you
had been frightened Is to place Your night
hand over your heart and then move that
hand up to your throat.
Should YOU meet a blanket Indian OF any
tribe somewhere out on the broad prairie
and YOU should wish to tell HIM that you had
seen something, point to your eyes; and
YOU had heard something, point to Your ears
To point TO eye, or ear, Is really the most
simple, and less likely to be confused with an
other sign meaning something else Nearly
all signs are made with the right hand alone.
Should YOU wish to ask the Indian You meet
where water may be found, make Il scoop OF
Your hand, and put 1t to your mouth as YOU
would if drinking at a stream When he re-
plies, if it is a river that he wishes to tell you
Of he will make the same sign OF water and
then trace the meanderlng course OF a stream
with his index finger; and II a lake he VIII
spread out his hand to cover Il large space.
The sign for walking Is a splendid one
Hold Your hand down, shut up two fingers
| and the thumb, and then make the two fingers
that are free go forward and back, like the
legs of a person III walking.
If YOU make a letter a with your two hands
and lock the ends of your fingers. that IS a
tepee or tent. Keep your hands in that same
position and bend them down, SO that your
fingers point away from you. and you have
| made the sign of a houSe,-and very good
one it is, because it shows how the logs are
interlocked at the corners of the sort of house
the white settler used to construct on the from
tier
Should you by any chance be the guest of
an Indian for a night. and wish to give a gen
tie hint that you are sleepy, all you will find
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me a conpl-nent-ar -..-. --e~z It was a
compliment.
What I like about y.e. ..--- Cr7tchett.
ne said. '' Is that YOU newer ste y2uT ul-s
thinking You are a-way- a nose anu
doing something 9.
Thank YOU. > said -Y.a latter ne. Al
least don't take nv thlnE.-- SD hard as s3nle
folks. 1t doesn't make INC --~-tS o,i' IN P--iS-
nologicaI Jumps" ,..-
Hit he cried. Xo,- .-.T his head Is .
lurnpv as frozen rD1rSEl--.-. --t-er tl4t -
devoted himself 70 Aunt -..-c .1d never E5-- 5---
another word 70 me TIL b. s- wing. 4-sH
he said again.
~ hit-a palpabie h.t' -
. Is that a quotation ] .--.l- seel-SN
TO have heard 1t before ii
oh. dear me- do l0oa~1 --,r nc ashoG a-i.s"
Cant I say anything OF t-t ."- account
He seemed 70 tnd ME F.rE -'i,lSHIs
don't know why. We had ...- cut 10 lS-. =.
Nanteu in Hamlet two riI-- t-9re anu -
had been quite respectful ~-.-.r---N NJ SCI II,.
TO think me ridiculous. De ~" et.'", -. -.
believe hate that man ISal--F -l l. tuIt Lg1-S> -.
She only sighed. We. -..id, no, no1,,A,s NV
her head. " 1 suppose youL -y -''ns lA9 W.
of all the rest. ...-,r3
Wasn't that very. very. q ,.liils I.+i-g -
You don't suppose Aunt L.--o se''-'7
senIle. do YOU .,1b,oe
But enough and enough! 81 -,r@lL 'O''
YOU. Anyway, I'm Your OWE. .-.. ioiu
To e. c5E-:lsi Es1 S.--E
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many lnQ1dn tTlOtS 1000 -,
native to America and still claiming homes III
the Western States, are brought togetheI'
whether in wild West" aggregatlonS' sucn
as often tour the Eastern States. or uiideI
the Governments direction at some great eA-
nosition. they find themselves. save III tne
most primitive way, as unable TO cor'ili''ii
with each other as YOU are with them
"Pshaw! an Indians an Indian! heato near!
= self satisfied New Yorker say tie was siSht
seeing IN the breezy West, and had picked up
a sm9ttering of Sioux during his bret stay III
Dakota. He was on the depot platform OF
small town in Oklahoma, after he had VaiilI!
tried to strike up a bit of cQnyerSation
with a red blanketed Oto An Indian al.
Indian: and that one there doesn underStalld
me. simply because he doesn't want TO-
But the New Yorker was tar from Deh!8
right, though so apathetic and indifferent Is
the average Indian OF full blood, that candor
compeI5 the admission that 4 conversation
with one of them Is about aS one-Slded i7 thaC
carried on in the shop where a man goes 70 DC
shaved n., o.,,3
The Sioux and the Ponca, the Pawnee ana
the Apache. the Oto and the Navajo the
CHEYENNE. Ute. Comanche, kaw, Arapaho'
Osage. except those who have been taught the
EnGlish language. are as helpless IN the e\-
precision OF their thoughts by word OF mouth
r. their brothers of another tribe as IS the
native New Yorker to communicate with the
polvglot population inhablting Manhattan
Z ar side.
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institutions. And that taking away of the
chance that's the terrible thing.
MISS RATHERS. the English girl. says that
is what has been done to women: that
their chance has been taken away from them.
She says we are SO unthinkIng and easily
pleased, and so content to be taken care of by
men or to stand around waiting for some man
to step up and take charge of Us, that We don t
realize it
There are million more women than men IN
England Miss Rathers said yesterday. Now,
even supposlng every man that could pro-
vIded for a woman, which Is far from the case
there would remain all these leftovers. They We
got to work. and the reason Is not merely
because they don't happen to be provided with
private fortunes No. they have to work IN
order tO-to justify themselves. They must
do something with their hands or their heads
They must produce as well As consume. They
must play real part in life. not merely pre-
tend part
Miss Lutz clapped her pretty plump little
handS,-they are such comfortable little hands
that they seem not to belong to her anxious
face. They must stand alone these here
women she said IN that beautiful voice of
hers. They've got to help each other; for the
men won't help 'em.-not IN any way except
to suit their own pleasure. rs for me, | don
come at the beck an call OF no mans finger"
Then she folded her arms and looked At Us with
tragedy in her eyes.
tell YOU, Delphine. I'm finding out it's
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Girl from Grand Detour
C9raras4 from. gzyg
Contr1s1 iron, gGgs 8

hard to tell when TO -.e.. ed when to cry
or even when % cC--e
- was becoming 81, member Of
society I said a- c-. Mace whom
now see quite often -.- -- has begun ID
call IN -p,te 1- his vr" - wouldn't. But
he says he comes u see -...-- louise
" Do YOU suppose. e--., that "A
becoming q dan t-r,r- -.- .- " society,"
g. know It. Ire ai.
He takes Aunt Louise .- --= o. the thea-er.
am put on the most - seat as Shake
speare would say. Then -- Aunt Louise.
then Mr Mace I- .- dull me. but he SAYS
he doe, It So a- t5av.-l ..--- my i-npr=ss.ll5
about the plays
"A Young person at E.- .--.' he says. IS
bound % have lupr---l.--. They are az II
fantiIe disease. and not -. hard -.- the one wd1
has EN- as for them O. has .- in charge
He likes % talk that -ar. Really, ylu
know. he Is dreai-ul,- .-~-l. He Is d slc,J-
Iogi5t. Perhap- v9u -.-- know wha- rhat
means Well. neither d. L. -..i him iiln'.
know what It was.
Neither does anybody. he says unless
1t means that YOU waste III time thinking.
instead Of doing something Then ne pad
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By Roy Farrell Greene

e,on, to Law it on that hand. and your host VIII
Understand Put a finger up to either SIDE OF
Tn,,r head. if YOU wish to say "cow 70 hirn.
md sG nut up all your fingers like branching
horns @ if YOU wish to say deer" Another
wav 1, to say deer" though this IS more often
,,scd in referring to antelope. Is to initiate the
animals Looping with one Of youT, hands; s.
If you'd tell Of a snake, wr1ggie one h42er
as the snake would move on the ground lhis
SION IS used bv other tribes in referring TO the
Snake tribe Of Indians; but when sioux Is
mentioned the sign Is most gruesome'
Of cutting your throat with one finger Refer
ring to a member of the Blacktoot tribe you
simply point to your foot while If IT Is a white
man alluded to. a finger Is rubbed across the
forehead. to show how white our foreheaads are
To say that you saw some one who was
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INDIAN SIGN LANGUAGE

necessary viii be to put
up one hand with the
palm of it toward your
head. as If YOU were
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DID YOU ever stop
u to think that when
representatives of the
rnanv Indian tribes
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hard To tell when % -.--. a-t when % cry
or even when % C---
The Monte Vista journal., 1908-02-15
ANOTHER CARNEGIE GIFT.
Fifty Thousand Dollars for University
Of Denver Science Building.

Denver.-When Chancellor Buchtel
was East in January he called on An.
drew Carnegie In New York City. After
half hours visit with Mr.. Carnegie
and half hours visit with Mr.. Carne-
gies personal secretary he came away
with a.. the necessary blanks to make
application for the gift OF science
building for the University OF Denver.
Immediately on the chancellors return
home he filed out the application In
due form and sent n carefully prepared
letter about the life and work OF the
university. After this letter and appli-
cation were considered, Mr. James Ber.
tram. the personal secretary. wrote
the chancellor under date Of February
7th, as follows:
Dear Governor Buchtel: Respond.
Ing to yours of January 22d and other
communications on behalf OF the Uni
versi.y OF Denver. Mr.. Carnegie desires
me to say that he will be glad to pay
for the erection OF n science building
at cost OF $4,000. when you have
raised the same amount OF new endow-
mcnt In cash. or its equivalent In Sc
curities. for maintenance OF the sci
ence department. Very truly yours.
JAMES BERTRAM."
This will provide for the fourth new
building n, University park this year
The three other new buildings which
are or viii be under way In the course
OF n few weeks are as follows: The H..
brary. the gymnasium and the chapel.
The iour rev buildings which Will be
built this year at University park Will
cos, approximately $i50,000. This will
give the necessary additional space for
the swiftly growing student body. The
total number OF students who are un.
der the care OF the faculty at Univcr'
sity park now aggregates $40. The to-
tai student body of the university.
that Is. the students NJ University park
and the students In the professional
schools IN the heart OF the city, aggrc'
gate nearly I.i00.
Since his return Governor Buch'cl
has been nj work quietly regarding ful.
iiilmcnt of the stipulation named by
Mr. Carnegie and he IL satisfied that II
can be met.
The Monte Vista journal., 1908-02-15
RURAL PARCELS POST.
Important Provisions Of Senator Burn
hams Bill.

""PoTSAnS FToV'ston8 OF senator ourn.
hams Bill.
Washington..-S Burnham Of
New Hampshire Monday introduced in
Congress a measure of distinct impor-
tance to rural interests throughout the
United States. 1t Is bill to provide
a rural delivery parcels post for mer-
chandise and other articles actually
mailed on rural delivery routes. The
rural free delivery routes now number
more than $4,000, and on them in ex-
cess of 15.000,00O people receive daily
postal service.
The measure introduced by Senator
Burnham has the endorsement OF the
resident and Postmaster General
Meyer. 1t provides. in brief, for the es
tablishment OF rural parcels post at
special rates OF postage for the delivery
OF foodstuffs. dry goods, drugs, books
and other merchandise. The rate Of
postage shall be cents for the first
pound anil cents for each additional
pound or fraction thereof, and on par
cells weighing less than one pound, as
follows:
Two ounces or less, l cent; over two
ounces and under four ounces, 2 cents:
over four and not exceeding eight
ounces, 3 cents: over eight and not ex-
ceeding twelve ounces, 4 cents; and
over twelve ounces and under one
pound, cents.
Two important limitations are placed
on the use Of the proposed parcel post
by the following provisions:
THAT nothing herein contained shall
be taken as authorizing the acceptance
or delivery at the special rates Of post
age herein provided OF any parcel Of
fered by any person acting as agent or
representative upon commission or
otherwise. or person not resident OF
such rural delivery route.
That only such parcels shall be re.
ceived or delive-y at the special rates
OF postage herein provided as are Of
fered by bona fide merchants or deal
ers whose places of business are on
rural delivery routes, covered by this
act, in the ordinary and regular course
Of their business and by residents on
such routes in their individual capa-
city. The bill provides that the parcels
carried shall not weigh more than
eleven pounds or be more than three
feet six inches in length. Perishable
articles will be sent at the sender's
risk and will not be accepted at any
postcfiice more than three hours before
departure of the mail"
Senator Kean OF New Jersey Mon
day introduced measure presenting
Postmaster General Meyers plan for
reducing the rate on parcels sent
through the mails from 16 to II cents
pound and increasing the weight
limit from four 10 eleven pounds.
The Monte Vista journal., 1908-02-15
Miie-a.Minuts Balloon.

Washington.-Peter Cooper Hewitt
OF New York. electrical engineer and
inventor Of the hydro-plane skimming
boat. intends to build dirigible bal
loon for the government which will be
more powerful as a fighting machine
than anything now under considera.
tion BY the War Department.
He will build the balloon at his own
expense. the machine to be bought BY
the government II satisfactory.
Mr.. Hewitt will be aided In his work
by Miller Reese Hutchinson. Both
have received encouragement from
President Roosevelt and the War De-
partment.
The dirigible Mr.. Hewitt expects to
build will be worth from $4,000 to
100000, and will probably make .
speed Of sixty miles an hour. Plans
submitted TO the signal corps by Mr..
Hewitt have been approved by diriGible
experts.
His proposal In especially welcome
to the signal corps. because no appro.
priation for diriGibles will be made by
Congress this year.
The Monte Vista journal., 1908-02-15
Rushing Montezuma Canal.

Dcnvcr--A Cortcz. Colorado. dis.
patch says: Work on the Montczuma
valley irrigxting system is being
pushed rapidly ana n full supply Of
water In assured for this season. New
camps Of the contractors are being cs.
tabiishcd over the valley and men arc
bcin. added daily. The weather. which
has not been favorable for this work.
In now breaking. The frost has al.
most loft tho ground NO that more pro.
grcss may bc made. This ls one Of the
largest irrignting schemes In the West
and means much for Colorado. ms II
waters one Of the largest bodies Of
fruit and agricultural land In the state.
there being CO.00O acres under Its
canals.
The Monte Vista journal., 1908-02-15
Profitable Lamb Feeding.

Laramie. Wyo.--J. d. Towar. dIrec.
tor of the experiment station OF the
Unlversity Of Wyoming. has Just rc.
ceived complete returns from = sale
Of eight lambs fatiencd on the expert.
ment station farm here. The eight
lambs averaged l29 pounds. bringing
the station 9s.57 net each. One Of the
lambs weighed i+G pounds and another
was poor aud small. the latter holding
the average down IN muck a. the
larger lamb brought II up. The lambs
were dropped Inst March. the sircx
being tho imported bucks belonging to
the experiment station. and the dams
are Grade ewes. bred on the Laramie
plain. Tho eight were taken into the
sheep pens at tho station about tho
middle Of December and were thep
fed . pound Of grain each per day.
Prof. Towar says the experiment was
one that could have been conducted
By any ranchman or iiockmastcr II
the state.
The Monte Vista journal., 1908-02-15
Twenty rheu..,s Acre. Of s..,,.

Dsnvcr.--A Greeley dispatch says.
Already arrangements have been made
by the farmers md the sugar company
for rnising 10000 acres Of bcots In
this district this year. Heretofore IL
nus been necessary to ship In labor dur.
ing the beet season. but this win not be-
the casc this year. and tho 1890 Rus.
s'nns. Japanese and Mcsicans required
10 hnndlc the bccts are permanent resi-.
dchts. The sugar company predicts
tnat IN hvc years the beet crop Of the
district VIII DO grown by Russians auS
Japanesc to whom tho farmcrr Viii
rent their lands.
The Monte Vista journal., 1908-02-15
Only Two eattieships.

Wnshington.-By vote OF thirteen
TO Ave. one member absent and not
voting. the house committee on navni
affairs Monday rejected the Presidents Is
urgent recommendation that Congress
at this session authorize the building
OF four baItleshIps at a total cost OF
S3S.00o.000. and by a unanimous vote
there was included In the navy appro.
priation bill an authorization for the
construction 0f two. to cost $4,000. 900
each. md to be Of the Delaware type.
These representatives voted In &C.
cordance with tho Presidents recon-.
mcndations: Lilly of Connecticut,
(RcpD: Thomas. Ohio. tRcp.): Mycr.
Louisiana. (Dcm.): Talbot. Maryland.
(Dein.). and Hobson. Alabama, (Dem. }
Representative Hobson announced
after the committee meeting that he
iotended 10 make \ minority report
recommending authorization for four
oattleships.
The Monte Vista journal., 1908-02-15
sheetlns Il Telluride.

Dsnver.-A Republican special from
Telluride Sunday night says: After
daring Marshal willard Reysolds halt
:. ~ Ass.in ~ nsos q tsis % place wac .Sis mora
ing shot through the left elbow, tie
bons being 20 badly shattered that nls
arm had TO b amputatsd nser ese
- learned there had been NO previous
trouble between the two men. Mar
sAal Heynolds ciaims that he shot ID
sslf AeSense. and says he had never
QuarrsleA With Austis. whom he be-
lievea wao lAtegloa(sd this morning
He he's not beea arrested. Since the
GAeotiAg Austla has refused 70 talk.
The Monte Vista journal., 1908-02-15
Aslasie Exclusion League.

Pueblo. Coio.-Pueblo working men
Monday night organized an As,atic Ex.
clusion League. The majority OF those
present were much In favor OF the
league. though there WAS somc opposi.
tion 10 organize at this time. The
o6aners elected are: NJ. r. Bishop
prcSident: w. n. Hickey. vice presi.
dent and II. w. Fox. secretary. An ef
fort win be made to put the league on
. Sighting financial footing and meet
ings will be held weekly.
The Monte Vista journal., 1908-02-15
FARMERS FORMING A UNION.
Equity Society Pushes lts Organization
In Colorado,

Equity society Pushes lts Organization
In Colorado.
Denver. = Colorado farmers have
taken up national movement for or
ganisation and within the last two
months 5000 have enrolled themselves
In the Farmers Equity Scciety-a
farmers union. says the Denver Re.
publican. Union labor seems to be
reaching cut and tying up with two ex-
tremes In the state. Recent evidences
have been advanced where one union
formed compact with trust and now
tbs whole power of organized labor in
Colorado proposes combination with
the farmers. Amy old alliance to win,
seems to be the motto, and already
there is talk of the farmers and labor.
ers going to the, polls together.
Yet the American Federation Of La.
Dor has several times refused to issue
. charter to the Farmers Equity So
ciety, although that body has applied
Tor one. The A. F. of L. has accepted
the advances of the society, but has
not admitted 1t to the laboring ranks
for tho reason that there are a great
number Of farmers in it who own their
own farms and are therefore to be
clossed with the capitalists.
In Boulder, Weld and Jefferson coun-
ties the movement has become large
and within the next sixty days con-
vention will be held at Golden where
the labor ranks will be one of the prin.
cipal topics Of discussion. ..
1t has been asked what the two
bodies have in common. This was an
swered by Max Morris. fourth vice
president of the American Federation
Of Labor last night, who said that the
ultimate object is to sell the product
Of the producer to the consumer direct
It is said that the society intends to
establish distributing points where the
middleman may secure goods and sell
at retail without being forced to pay
extortionate rates to trusts. 1t Is one
plan for the abolition OF trusts-the
most ambitious trust-busting scheme
that has been devised for many years.
Necessarily. this plan will require
years to work out At least the trusts
have pot displayed great deal Of con-
cern yet.
The society Of farmers has. 1t 10 said,
. membership OF over 100000 persons.
and is very strong in Texas and Okla
homa. As a political power 1t has
great promises.
Since its inception two years ago 1t
has sent fraternal delegates to the A.
F. Of l.. conventions, where they are
given a voice. Many central labor
bodies Of various cities have also ad-
mitted the farmers to membership and
II 10 possible that a closer amalgama-
ton may be effected In Colorado. Mr..
Norris would not commit himself on
what attitude labor leaders Of the state
take toward such union. but said that
the principal bodies Of centralized Ia
Dor would have delegates at the con.
vention In Golden. The society has
been working here through local execu-
tive committees. drumming farmers
association seems to he more for pOliti-
Into line. Farm hands as we'll as own
ers are said to be admissible to men,
bership. At present the object Of the
cal purposes than anything else.