The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-10-18
Knows Is Animal Languages
Charles Kellogg Claims to Be Able to Converse With
Creatures of Lower World.
Cambridge. Mass. Cor. New York

Cambridge. Mass, Cor. New York
World,
Charles Kellogg of California. who.
II not a nature faker. is n of the
most remarkable human beings of all
time. arrived at the Hotel Bellevue
this week from Paris and is awaiting
an interview with professors from
Harvard's department of science.
confident that he will convince them
of his ability TO converse with ami
mails.
Mr.. kellogg has Just returned from
Europe where he gave demonstra-
feSsors of the university of Paris and
Berlin.
According to Mr.. Kellogg he has ac-
complished in reality during - life
spent in the wilds of the Sierra Ne
Nada mountains in California what the
genius of kipling makes Mowgli ac-
complish during a childhood passed in
the tropical jungle. But. unlike the
child of Kipling's brain. Kellogg has
temperate American west. He knows
not the language of the tropical mon-
key. though he has often talked
bear" with the grizzlies of the Sierra
Nevadas. Crickets. squirrels. lizards
and ratflesnakes are some of tho other
NINA Whose languages Mr.. Kellogg
speaks fluently.
THE scientists Of Harvard have for
wears heen recognized as the court Of
last appeals in matters of this kind"
said MIR. Kellogg. Though have con-
WINGED the savants of Europe Of the
truth of my contentious. shall not
resi- content until the professors of
this great university have likewise ac-
knoWledged my powers. Since Prof.
Hugo Muensterberg revealed to the
world the miserable tricks by which
the so-called medium Nine. Palladini
imposed upon both lay and scientific
gent public has been inclined to await
the verdict of Harvard before accept
ing my conceptions which wanders far
from the beaten paths.
But. after all. the idea of man
conlmuning with animals is not near
ly 50 absurd as it would at first APP
pear. Scientifically considered. it is
not even radical. How does a child
.carn to talk? 1t hears certain sounds
and sees that they have certain mean
e The fact that human organs
have been making that particular
sound for centuries is proof enough
that his own vocal organs are natural
~ suited for reproducing 1t. There
fore. having the proper instrument.
II" has merely to experiment a bit
upon its keyboard in order to speak
TIL" words his lenses have recorded.
y reasonable man can DENY that
the higher animals have a means Of
communication. l myself think it
probable that all forms. of life. how
ever primitive, possess this faculty.
though. of course proof of the belief
is not entirely practicable. Wherever
animals associate freely they COM
municate with each other. though ami
mails of he same species have q more
nearly perfect understanding than
those Of different species.
ut was by a of constant observ-
ing and associating of sounds with ac-
lions that ] mastered the fifteen ami.
NAL languages ] am familiar with.
began on domestic chickens and grad
ua'lE extended my study to include
such wild animals and reptiles as the
near. the lizard and the r~attlesnake.
For those who are accustomed TO
think onlv Of human languages fifteen
VIII probably seem a most extranr-
dinary number TO master in a life
time. but it must be remembered that
the further down the scale of c~iviliza-
ton n goes the less need is there
for words to express ideas. for the
very simple reason hat there are
fewer ideas to express. There are,