The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-12-04

was reserved, and the decree is not
yet rendered, but the opinions OF the
court are developing rapidly. Sam
failed to turn up at ship time the
other day and I jumped hastily to the
conclusion that he had decamped
with some fifty rupees Of deponents
money. The hotel manager, however,
assumed the role Of Sherlock Holmes
and we found sam dead drunk in bed
at a lodging house. Having invested
in this sort OF furniture. I decided to
play the game little further. and so
got him on ship. where. in the course
OF forty -eight hours. he recovered his
equilibrium. even If he did not re-
cover my money. In a heart-to-heart
talk with me he confessed his shame,
promised to do Il no more and said
he would be a good boy ever more. SO
am giving him another trial-par-
ticularly as 1 have learned that get
ting drunk is time-hOnored privilege
with servants who, like sam, come
from Madras. One cannot be too
hard on a servant who acts as guide.
interpreter. valet and lecturer for the
munifcent sum of 80 cents a day.
Has Big Oil business.
On my way up the Irrawaddy river
fell in with the manager of the
Burma Oil company. a corporation
worth twenty or thirty millions OF dol
lars, and the leading rival concern OF
the Standard oil company. This gem
tleman is from Warren. Pa. lives like
a prince and has gathered around him
about $50 Americans. These have the
best the country affords. Knowing
the oil business from training in the
Pennsylvania fields. they run field
/ operations. ] was gratified to learn
/ from the British captain that these
I Americans stick close to one another
/ and get the best going" Sticking to-
gether has not been an American trait
in the far east, and Il Is gratifying to
/ find the exception here. We were
asked by the American manager and
/ HIS wife to come ashore and be their
guests for week. We were also Of
fered magnificent tiger skin. which
a native woman brought down to the
boat as a present TO him. Under these
| circumstances I had to decline both
/ generous offers On reaching head
1 quarters we learned that one Of the
American suDerintendents had been
bitten by a Russell viper" that day
and was not expected to live. The
viper and cobra. both virulent rep
tiles, abound i'm great numbers and are
a source Of constant danger.
The oil wells are so thick that the
derricks look Ike a great forest While
the British government will not allow
Americans TO acquire or i'm any way
own the oil fields. the British com
panies are dependent upon American
skill for their operation.
Get an Easy Living.
Burma Is so rich I'm soil. so prolific
in rice. corn and fruit. that the Bur.
man gets an easy living with preciou,
little work, and that work. as befor,
stated. Is done by the woman. Will,
the man lies around and sleeps
Everybody chews the beteI. which /,
n bination OF nut tobacco. linn,
and cloves. n product that makes tn,
teeth as red as a beet and the lip.
black. Children here go naked til
six or seven years Of age. and every DO,
Is tattooed from knees TO waist. eithe1
blue. black or red. As the majority o.
people go about half naked. the ef
feet Of this tattooing is striking. S,
painful is tattooing upon the sensitiv,
parts Of the thighs and knee
that boys usually take opium to stiff,
the pain while these portions Of tn,
body are tattooed.
With the Missionaries.
, Since arriving in the east I hav,
come into frequent contact with tn,
missionaries-men and women VIII,
have reached the utmost points o
/ civilization. and gone beyond them
workers among the he<f hunters. tn,
denizens Of the jungle. the viii,
, tribesmen or the hills. 7 am not dis
posed to say anything on a topic s,
big as this. even If I had suhicien
data TO form accurate conclusions NJ,
b estimate Of the missionary has beer
vastly heightened by meeting him fl
, the field and seeing what he is actual
I ~ doing. The Burman field IS almos
. entirely under the American Baptis
, denomination. Apparently the atti
, tude Of the English government 4
| that Of allowing the American TO edu
cate and train the natives. whiI
, Britain gets the advantage of II