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ster: Jose Louis. a Papago interpreter.
and on the trip to the Ser frontier it
was augmented b. Senior Pascual Epc;-
mas. who is probably the best informei 1
white man on the matter of Seri habits,
habitat, customs and personnel in the
world, and by Don Arturo Alvemar-Le
and two or three attaches of the Encnas $
rancho. Little success attended the first
expedition. save that we found a tempo
rary rancheria, or encampment, Of the
Seris, under the chieftainship of Mashem,
a Spanish-speaking Seri warrior.
THE second expedition. however was
more successful. Quitting as before,
but with a better and more fully equip
ped party under my leadership again. we
crossed the Seri frontier and traversed
the desert to the Gulf OF California
mapping the country as we went. Ar
rived at the narrow strait that sep
arates Tiburon Island from the main
land, We found 1t impossible to cross
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Government Scientists Adventure With American CannibaE


nothing for them to eat Everything
that lives. and everything that is dead. is
meat for the Seri: nothing but burrow
ing ground squirrel Is tabu. According TO
Seri lore. the world was created by the
pelican and the ground squirrel. The
squirrel is sacred. therefore. and is never
eaten or slain. unless one be killed by ac-
cident. In this case. however. the slayer
is looked upon as accursed. and long and
heavy penance is required to blot out the
offense. No such tabu exists in the case
OF the pelican. however. though the bird
is given credit for the greater part Of
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declined to accompany the party. 1t is
supposed that the party reached the
island: but If it did. not single member
ever returned When DR.. MCGEE later
reached Tiburon Island he found there
great dancing circle used by the Seris as
place for their religious dances ard
ceremonies. In the center of this dancing
circle stood 4 rude cross. fashioned of
driftwood-the only sort of wood to be
found on the island At the extremities
of the arms of this cross were nailed two
human hands. The hands were, of course.
desccated and mummified. but they
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New Crop Not Yet Grown.

lSAS shot" said Maj W. b. Martin.
"a the Olympic rife champion-he was
discussing a millionaire-the man is un-
speakable.
''He leased a place in England for the
pheasant shooting. There is one very bad
wood on the estate. and boys are en-
ployed to beat it. stops. you call them.
and you require a lot.
We'll last year. when he came to shoot
over this particular wood he found that
the stops were all grown men. That
would mean big extra expense. and he
took his head-keeper to task about 1t.
How Is it, he said, that you don't
give me boy stops this year?'
wei, We see. SIR said the keeper.
touching his cap respectfully. the fact is,
sir. that We shot the boys down rather
close last year, sir
Coffee growing. once an important in
dustry of the Philippines. has ceased al.
most entirely, owing TO a blight.
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haisas are built up of bundles of a sort
of cane that grows in the few moist
spots on Tiburon Island. The canes are
gathered into bundles. wrapped with cords
of some sort and the bundles are then
bound together. specimen of the balsa
was secured by DIR. McGees expedition
and is now in the National Museum.
: 4
For some years the Mexican government
has been trying to organize a party OF
western gun men 10 go to Tiburon
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HAT little stack or
r e m / n iscences in
last Saturdays STAR
a bout Aloaughs S
Opera House inter
ested me- said a
Washingtonian who
came here early in
the seventies. But
] go back a little
farther than that in
my recollections OF
Washington theatri-
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that the stock company. assisted py
Nine. Janauschek.' gave a dramatization
Of Dickens Bleak House. called Ches.
new Wold' which was unspeakably ouii
and saddening.
Ryron's turgid tragedy. 'Sardanapalus !.
It was given at the National Theater tnat
year, with F. c. Bangs as Sardanapaius.
Louis Aidrich as Salemenes and Agnes
Booth as Myrrha. Agnes Booth dld not
share the repugnance of her brother Ed
win to the city Of Washington on ac-
count of the deed here of their brother
John Wilkes Booth. She appeared here
in play a very few years after the as
sassination of Abraham Lincoln.
Where are all these cherished figures
of the stage of the old day? The wind
has blown them all away. or the great
majority of them, anyhow.
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weather they traverse in these balsas the
wave-lashed straits in perfect safety. Inc
and favorable living conditions. These
things help to keep them interested IN
their work and as contented as might be.
When dinner was concluded the re-
porter took look about the big hatchery
and found that the conditions for hatch
ing there are similar to those at Bryans
point. Supt. Snyder has. however. one
great handicap with which to contend.
The water of the Susquehanna, be
ing extremely muddy. it carries
much coal dust. interferes with the
Matching of the eggs. The utmost care
must be taken in washing the eggs when
first received at the hatchery in order that
no foreign matter may retard their de-
velopment. All drinking water is dis
titled.
Struck by happy thought The Star
man suggested that the water used in the
hatchery should also be distilled and 50
obviate the danger to the development
of the eggs Mr. Snyder laughed heartily
at the suggestion, but explained that the
eggs would never hatch in distilled water.
Fish will not live. you know. in water
which does not contain certain amount
of solid NATTER he concluded.
Crestfallen. the reporter continued to in
vestigate with the hope of making a sue-
gestion somewhere that would cover up
his appalling ignorance of the proper
habitat for fish, He discovered two things.
however. that convinced him of the flu
tility of his efforts.
First-That fish culture is a distinct
branch of science and that only practical
fishermen. or men educated for the pur-
pose. know anything about il.
Second-That the bureau of fisheries has
taken every precaution to make it's work
as effective and far-reaching as possible.
From the Battery Island st tation up and
down the river for a distance of about
seven miles each way there are many
fishing stations where the white perch
and shad eggs are collected from the
fishermen. Supt. Snyder was about to
make a tour of these stations in order
to talk with the men and make arrange
ments for the care of the eggs and the
giving Of such assistance to the fisher
men as is within his power in procuring
them.
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HEN soldiers Of for
tune go into the
wilds and return
with tales Of peo-
pies of such stature
that the W or ] d
knows not their
kind: of such fleet
ness of foot that
the deer of the hills
aRd the hare of the
plain are caught
w [ n I h G bare
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The Sea Gull. with Capt. O'Neill at the
helm. was again got under way and
the bow was headed to the little fishing
village of North East. where an in
dustrious community of fshermen-farm-
ers live and thrive.
Three Of these men. who fish i'm winter
and farm In summer. tied up to the
Sea Gull. promised Mr.. Snyder all the
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There are no vultures or buzzards in
Seriland. even the coyotes that siulk
over the desert are lean and starving
creatures. Their human prototypes leave
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ing to DR. McGee. these canoes. or ba .sas.
as they are called. are the most perfectly
adapted craft in existence absolutely
suited TO the work that IS required of
them. In them the Seris hunt giant tur-
ties. harpooning them as they lie asleep
on the surface of the water: in them
they voyage to the outlying islands on
their pelican hunts: and in the stormiest
weather they traverse in these balsas the
wave-lashed straits in perfect safety. Ihe
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few years ago party of scientists
,..s oreaniZed in ST. Louis for the pur-
nose Of visiting and exploring Tiburon
Ia,a,d and Seriland. DR.. MCGEE was in
tied and urged to become one or the
narty. but some of the details of organiza-
tior seemed to him to he impracticapie
and unsafe, and he. at the last moment
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HIS STENOGRAPHER WAS HIS '|NFORMER" AND
COLLECTION Of FEES BY HER IS IRREGULAR

Ref Said to Have Framed Up Scheme SO That One
half of the Money Collected by the Courts for
Violations of the Game Laws Would Stay in
His Own Private Office.
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VI Do NOT BELONG To PARTY OF CANNON, THE WOLF
We REFUSE To Be READ OUT OF PARTY gE LINCOLN"
SENATOR LA TOILETTE

the founders o. the republican republicans
Cannon speak truth when he
corrupt deal with 1Rmmany
York while Il continues 10 aid him with
the progressive Insurgents
his aid n that grim crisis
nE he promised them but because sympathy that
exists between
For, Cannon republican, republican; and
Cos Of Cnenna. Sullivan "Hinky
pnk OF Chicago and prey everywhere They
not under the himself
the statement that party AZ
hut about thing
ave roash his classification % republicans be gay through
his schemes Ia The republican will
decide who republicans aud will
eockhOldere meetings
The voting trust Of
finally win rupnblicausm may
sct the
We shalt
hat shall believe In the identity Lincoln
with the OF Cannon until the ballot
the tlmea
laugh ~ the fuimlnailons of
coming merely
fight against Is. aud l 4 doomed
free unirsmeed ballot In the republican would
Cannon o. vestae His
but the Hnarina Of old wolf.
woods and at
the ha
she people surely numbered
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kACOMA, Oct Z9.-'Here - my answer to Speaker
a declared Senator la Toilette this afternoon just be-
naxng for Seattle And the iusurgent from Wis
nssw from his pocket advance sheet o. La FoIletes
gs IN which he hurls defiance the speaker Of the
Szm la Toilette had been asked whether he would
nf being read Of the republican party by President
fia ad Speaker Cannon. He his feet with jump
hhng and voice trembling with suppressed emotion
Here ny Speaker Cannon. which give to
ntm today We shall see. shall see. said he. uncon
ny repeating the caption OF his Cannon editorial The
'zmaI follows.
SENATOR R.M. LA TOILETTE.
eAke Cannon En October ~ served notice that he
rhreshnE floor republican
~ Toilette followers" BY
4ron course followers
cummins Ia Foee. their unbonght aud
. 49lnd
These people Speaker reported have said "cai
111kses republicans bat they then something else
Ne that Cannon right; remarks
g 1ss irresistible conflict within party between Can
- the principles of the repub
- - The other he 10 quite right
nke b such conflict u i conflict between the pro
the hand and Mr. Cannon and his sort the other
H8<oaifDl Of the party followed Lincoln.
M hke between in organza
4tonfroing faction Of which represented by Cannon has
@k from It's original objects. and BY "embexzement OF
49, sn'Fenched behind the the
ne drilled political henehmen OF special
and influence predatory wealth, has
- defance majority of the stockhoders
SER q the parywho feeling their
~ o. their organization through such methods direct
~ popular election Of United States senator's and corrupt
Fssnnsn republican proersssves, these undrled
are not Cannon republican, Lincoln and Sumner
@eSrse William who fol
"sfnsn and Grant, and the commanders they followed and
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unduly assisting manufacture.
commerce and other activities
that center In the cities at the ex.
ponH Of the farm. We must pre-
servt jealousiy the right and pos.
slbiIity OF free access to the soil
This is the safeguard not only OF
national wealth but of national
character.
For tire sake Of the coming
millions. who will be helpless
uHi1ss each can be furnished
With a piece Of tiiiable land,
Wa should sec that the spccu.
lativc abuses which these land
laws Of ours have fosiered are
brought 10 an end.
II ~ az we'll assured as any IN.
ture event can be that the popula-
ton OF tho United States will be
5000. 600 rs about the middle OF
the present century Millions OF
persons now living will see the
200.000.000 persons here. How are
they 10 be fed
Suppose the average yearly per
capita consumption OF wheat is six
and onc-half bushels. II will then
require l.300.000.000 bushels OF
wheat for our bread supply. Twice
only In our history have We ex.
ceeded zoo. 000. 600 bushels,
Possible Increase OF wheat pro
duction by, increasing acreage is
limited. We have no longer a great
area Of free public lands.
We will be left practically with a
shortage OF 400.000OOO bushels. A
supply TO meet the coming new de.
maud n nowhere In sight have
said many times In different arti.
clca and addresses that a price OF
over rather than under 81 per
bushel might be expected hereafter
Suppose the United States
produced twenty.cight bushels
per acre, or double It's present
showing. That would be moth
ina extraordinary, In view OF
what European countries have
done with inferior soils. II
would have added 634,ooo,ooo
bushels TO our product last
year.
Such close and careful cultivation
az will yield the highest profit per
acre can best be given TO land when
II Is cultivated Ia small farms. Ten
farmers, each culuvating from 40 70
100 acres, with the most approved
methods, each can earn a profit
equal 10 that taken from two to
three times the same area by SLOW.
emily tillage.
10 raise the productivity Of our
soil 80 per cent would be an In.
crease greater In value than the en-
tire volume Of our foreign trade.
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Also, there Is a rubber stamp sig
nature OF Justice Of the Peace John
e. Carroll, stating that e. 7. Gel
ger is known by him to. be the
informer In the cases IN question.
OF course, Justice Carroll doesn't
know anything about the matter,
II being only another instance of
the rubber stamp Signature evil.
Then there is the statement from
H. T, Geiger DECLARING that II, +. r.
Geiger." furnished the information
upon which convictions were Sc.
cured.
Statement From vanderveer.
Finally, there comes the state
ment of Prosecuting Attorney Van.
derveer In which he refers TO all
OF the various cases by title, and
concluding as follows;
"The information leading to the
arrest and conviction of each de.
PENDANT was furnished by T.. r. Gel
ger. and under the laws the said
r. 4, Geiger is entitled to one.half
of such funds"
Nowhere in any of the papers ac-
companying the claims is there
any suggestion that u. T. Geiger is
other than some impecunious male
individual bent upon making n lit
tie money by spying upon violators
of the law.
Miss oeiaer Surprised.
Miss Geiger was very much sur
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NO OR LlAR-HES GREATS DIR. COOK

. j.
ss boarding Bsrr and Printz by
s'sFes A. Cook accomplishment startling in lie
= ne scaling Of Mount Mckinley reaching Of the pole
ADDS another thrilling chapter the worlds stranges
''s'ses and complexities further puzzle that
ny more Intricate
" ne being with organizes nralsniy that
~ religious IN it's intensity and vindctlveness.
No months the battle OF epthets affdavits charges and
asse has RACED growing hrer qud shrIer and at times
hahs INTO the yeries bingsgate Calm pnd reputable
INTO frenzy Of craftsmanship public has taken sides
societies scientists presidents and princes have all had
. - men have taken oath that Cook telling the truth other
H' . The pole with him deny fact: Mount Mckinley
~ hauy accuses him Of Justification and taking.
all this Dr. Cook with smile Of Christian charity
I'M implicitly, protests sublime confidence that everything
h W Hgh In the end unabashed he the stronghold
ht..., nes and meets them the platform calmly and
.s "oy resigned he lisiess resolutions attacking his
Msness 'sS are passed IN his presence ne betrayS no
|fh speehieas man, without temper resentment
Ia ne nae whstood would angered
|aa martyrs dishonest he a control over his elections
III s'olcsm, and IN either worthy Of the grim
|kh me physical 90 the top Of the earth
le courage to nassed in convention,
liz us, $50 ne failed Of glory science,
~ s"aYns fame as eharlatan.
man - Dr. Cook, the twentieth century sphinx.
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Continued on Page Nlne.)
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These results can be brought
about by such instruction as we
now give IN our technical schools
and Institutes for the trades
We cannot wait for the work Of
the agricultural colleges. because
the emergency is one for the pres
ent generation.
u ! could have my way,
should build a couple OF war
ships less a year. ! would take
that 100000 a year and start
al least 1000 agricultural
schools IN the United States at
5000 a year each, In the
shape Of model farms.
II would require a small amount
Of land. all told. TO place a model
farm IN every agricultural county
In the United States.
There should be a trained man
10 each farm. say OF eighty acres:
and a general superintendent.
thoroughly trained agrIculturist. 10
manage three or four counties and
Walt the different farms An such
farms might be put under the gen.
eral supervision OF the agricultural
college In that state.
II any farmer was In doubt he
could visit A. see with his own
eyes and find out what he ought 10
have done and what he could do
the next time.
To direct the minds of the young
tn krfAFI fha.
able and desirable career. and TO
prepare them for work when they
return there by suitable instruction,
is TO promote good citizenship and
national security.
The farmer must cultivate no
more land than he can till thor.
ouahly. With less labor he gets
more results. official statistics
show that the net profit from
one crop Of twenty bushels OF
wheat TO the acre Is as great as
that from two crops of sixteen
bushels 20 the acre.
There must be rotation Of
crops. Ten years OF single
cropping Will pretty nearly
wear out any but the richest
soil.
There must be soil renova-
tlon by fertillzing, and the best
fertilizer 10 manure.
Every farmer can and should
keep some cattle, sheep and
hogs on his place. The farmer
cannot prosper until stock rails
ing becomes lnseparabIe from
agriculture.
II waste could be stopped II
would save more money for the
farmer than the railroads could
II they carried all his grain TO
market free OF charge.
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signs of exhaustion.
Now that there is no longer any
west 10 move on to. what have
they left behind7
Since 1899 the average wheat
crop in the United States has
fallen from 1913 to IA bushels an
acre. II Is a disgraceful record.
The fields Of Great Britain yield
over 30 bushels of wheat per acre.
Germany produces 276 bushels
per acre.
Dr. Samuel Johnson said Of
England TRADE and manufao.
ture, however profitable. must
Yield 20 the lands In usefulness
and dignity"
n Or. Johnson could revisit
his country today he would
find his argument indicated
by an alignment Of industries
so uneven that business IN the
streets OF her cities Is impeded
by professions Of aaunt men,
shouting In wretched concert,
I'VE want work."
For many years the United
States has made the mistake of
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prised this morning when asked
regarding her services as informer.
why" she said. "they told
me ! was entitled to the money.
Why, I even went out and
bought some fish and did II
after office hours, too. You
don't mean 20 tell me that
am not entitled 10 this $3.50.
am sure they would not refuse
to give II TO me IL they knew
how had planned on H. ! was
looking forward to II Just as
one might look forward TO
fortune. certainly didn't
know there was anything
wrong about II. for they show
ed me the law and told me II
was all right"
"Dld you contemplate giving any
OF this money, II you secured II,
to Mr.. Riefg" Miss Gelser was
asked.
"No, indeed, ! did not" she re-
piled. at was all for myself, and
no one had suggested that should
give any OF II TO anybody else. OF
course, II am not eraltled TO II,
! don't want IL. but II is terrible
blow 70 find that I am not going
to Get it,"
When the facts in connection
Continued on Page Nlne.)
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JEFF. AND
JACK SIGN

NEW YORK. Oct. 2e.--Builotln.
James J. Jsffrles ard Jack John.
scn have pu, their signatures 70 an
agreement which. lnsures a battle
between the two for the heavy.
weight championship Of the world.
The flHai articles were signed this
afternoon at the Hotel Albany.
Although the meeting place has
not been definitely decided upon, d,
10 certain 20 be pulled Oft In Gail.
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Harry Ref. game warden of King county, today
removed by Sheriff Robert T. Hodge. and this
tomorrow is probable that for his
will be issued. charging him with improper in
office in attempting employee office
in an unlawful money from the game protection
fund.
Under the law persons who inform upon yoator OF the
and fish laws and in which convictions
cured entitled onehaf OF the fine In most instances
the warden himself. employed by him depu-
ties. the information necessary Tor conviction These
men, under the law, entitled niormers half of
the fine
1t appears however that Game Warden Ref has
whom the county has paid one-ha of amount coll
leeted from violators of the law.
few days auditors office az the
house documents the collection
covering which
which fines
$500. and the claim filed with md
county commissioners. Justice Carroll.
Prosecuting certified f.
ger was o he ha
Nov, matter Of fact e. T. Geiger
Edith Geise senographer the wsrden's office.
a who
likely 10 M in
violators OF OF
month and for this though she
evidence which we're
entitled the OF
Accompanying the claim for half of the ii
s a certificate from Game Warden Ref as follows
II, H. Ref acting warden
county, &. 7.
Is e. Boyd for
fish 1907.
said E. oeige entitled to onehaf Of said fine
half Of said fine divided between hatchery
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fornla ard most probably in or near
San Francisco.
The bout will be staged before the
club offering the largest guaranteed
purse.
The articles provide that the
fight must take place not later than
July 5. 1910. The winner ie 10 re.
ccive Is per cent and the loser -
per cent IN the division Of the purse.
Each man ia 10 put up 5000,
which 10 10 90 as side bet. The
battle will for IS rounds or 20 a
flnlNh.
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HILLS WARNING
TO THE FARMERS.

4 We have begun 10 realize =
= only recently that farming II =
y 10 great extent an exact =
y science. The man no longer .
= deserves the name Of farmer =
n who conceIves Of his industry =
4 as n scratching Of the earth. =
hlt-or.miss scattering Of =
seed and harvesting Of such 4
= Yield az soil and weather may \
y permit
4 That Is not farming. but =
\ game Of chance,
Our national supply OF food 4
y is fundamental TO the organ :
4 ization Of our social life ana =
\ to the progress OF all our IN =
= dustrlea.
L. Il l. a L A a A 4
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BY JAMES J. HILL.

The food condition presses upon
ua now.
A shortage has begun.
A far as our food supply IL
concerned right now the lean
years are upon us.
We have 10 provide for a con
tlngeucy not distant from MS but
already present
Thousands Of farmers arc seek.
ing homes IN the Canadian north.
west. owing to cheas lands offered
there and the difficulty OF secur.
ing ouch lands In the United
States.
Yet We still retain the land
laws under which, for so many
years, the great heritage OF the
people has been passing so large.
IN into unworthy hands.
Instead Of preserving the FER
tllity Of their lands. our fathers
have gone in search Of new soils,
TO be skinned, robbed and aban.
doned as soon as the soil shows
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JAMES J. HILL. MASTER RAILROAD BUILDER AND 40
WISER TO THE AMERICAN FARMER. HAS GIVEN WHAT HE
BELIEVES THE RIGHT ANSWER TO THESE
QUESTIONS IN 10000 ARTICLE IN THE WORLDS
WORK." ISSUED ooUsLEoAy.pAeE CO. THE DAILY
STAR HAS OBTAINED SPECIAL PERMISSION TO GIVE Ex
cgRpTs FROM THIS AaTIcLE>-EolToR THE STAR.