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The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1917-05-24

dead. were coming even now With their
own story. with their proofs. The
boats had passed Charette. had passed
Benefontaine and presently would be
pulling up the river 70 the water front
OF 81. Louis itself.
"Run. boys" cried Pierre chouteau
to his servants. "call out the peoplel
Tell them to ring the bells. Tell them
to fire the guns az the fort yOnder.
Captain Lewis and Clark have come
back again-those who were deadF'
At last they saw them coming, the
paddles flashing In unison In the horny
hands which tirelessly drove the boats
down the river. They could see them
men with long boards. clad In leggings
or elk hide. moccasins Of buffalo and
deer. their headdresses those OF the
Indians. their long hair braided. And
see. IN the PROV OF the foremost craft
sat two men. side by side-Lewis and
Clark. the two friends who had arisen
as II from the grave.
Present arms!s rang out a sharp
as the boats lined up along
the wharf.
The brown and Scared rides came to
place
'Alm! Fire.
The volley OF salutation bIazed out
even with the chorus OF the yOyagers'
Ulcers. And cheers repeated aud UNI
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1917-05-24

HUBL0T the best known stall.
lion on the prairie, an imported
Percheron Weighing 1850 and a
dandy, viii make this seasan At
hong or viii call at ranches
TERMS $40, SIS and 500. w. Il
Smith, Nezpcrce.
GLENMORE Black Shire. VT
1900, z years old; will make the
season at my place S miles north
and west Of Nezperce. Torma
$40, $l5 and $50. Geo. Thomson.
owner.
IRON KING Chestnut sorrel
Perchcron, 3 years old will make
season at my place S mi east az
Terms Single service
80; season, SIS insure. &I9. COLI
stand and suck, 500. Carl atlo,m.
owner.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1917-05-24
SYNOPSIS
Aeriwether Lepis


Meriwether Lewis after an overnight
hunt returns to his Virsiaia home, pre-
sided over BY his widowed mother She
prophecies his future-
Lewis LATER becomes President Jeffsr-
sons secretary at Washington He meets
while riding. the wonan he secretly loves.
Airs Alston-Theod0sia Burr.
Riding homeward alone Lewis meets
Aaron Burr and the British minister An
thony aierry, who are already conspirins
together.
Jefferson receives word that Napoleon
Bouaparte has approved the Louisiana
Purchase He commissions Lewis to ex-
plore the new territory.
Jefferson gives a state dinner and Of
tends some OF his guests by his demo-
cratic ways. Merry ana the spanish min
lister, Senior Truio, consider themselves in
suited
Burr, Merry and Yrujo eonspire together
70 form an empire in the western terri
tory. jefferson announces the Louisiana
Purchase and that he has commissioned
Lewis 70 explore that newly acquired do
main
Burr explains 10 Merry and Yrnjo his
plans TO seize the new domain, and 20 win
over Lewis through his love for Theodo-
sia-
Burr tells his daughter that Lewis ex-
petition must be stopped BY her influence.
and persuades her to use It.
Lewis starts from Washington. Theodo-
STA overtakes him and implOres him to
give up his mission. She fails and returns
70 her father.
Theodosia then implores Jefferson to re-
cali Lewis, but in vain. Lewis receives
word from his chosen. companion. William
Clark, that he viii join him in Ohio.
At Pittsburgh Theodosia again overtakes
Lewis and again fails to turn him back.
He starts BY boat along the Ohio.
Lewis meets Clark on the upper Ohio,
and together they prepare for their mag.
nidcent adventures.
At St Louis. then a post town. the
American nag IS raised Burr and his
daughter arrive and she makes last ap-
peal
Overcome by his love. Lewis embraces
and kisses her, then bitterly reproaches
himself The explorers start and take
part in a buffalo hunt
They go into winter quarters among the
Aandan Indians Sacajawea, a Shoshone /
girl married to a Mancsn. undertakes 10 |
guide the expedition.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1917-05-24

that these also told OF streams 10 the
westward up which the salmon came,
They had heard Of white men. too. t.
the west, many years before
Down the beautiful valley Of the Bit.
ter Root river, with splendid mountains
ON either side, they pressed ON, and on
the 9th Of September. 1905. they stop
ped at the mouth OF a stream comlne
down from the heights to the west.
Their old guide pointed up this valley.
There IS train said be. (which
comes across here. The Indians come
to reach the buffalo. on the farther
side water runs toward the sunset"
They We're az the eastern extremity
OF that ancient train. later called the
LolO train, known immemorlaIly to the
tribes on both sides OF the mountains.
Laboriously, always pressing forward.
they assembled the eastern slopes OF
the great range. crossed the summit.
found the clear waters on the west
side aud SO came 70 the KooshOoskie
or Clearwater river. leading 10 the
Snake. And always the natives mar
veled at these white men, the first
they ever had seen.
The old Indians still made maps on
the sand for them. showing them how
they would come TO the great river
where the salmon came. They were
now among yet another people-the
Nee Perces. With these also they 4
smoked and counciled aud learned that /
II would be easy for boats 10 90 an the 4
way down 70 the great river which
ran 10 the sea.
BY the first week OF October they
were az the junction OF their river with
the Snake. An old medicine man OF
the Nez Perces. Twisted Hair, man
who also could make maps. had drawn
them charts on a white skin with a
bit Of charcoal And ON ahead mount
ell runners Of the Indians pushed down
70 inform the tribes Of the coming Of
these strange people.
II was no longer an exploration. but
a reception for them now. Bands OF
red men who welcomed them had heard
Of white men coming up from the sea
White men had once lived by the Tim.
Tim water. on the great river OF the
salmon, 50 they had been told, but
never had any living Indian heard OF
white men coming across the great
mountains from the sunrise.
'Will.- said Lewis. 1T Is done. We
are safe now. We shall be first across
10 the Columbia. ThIs"-he shook the
Nez Perces' scrawled hide-'ls the map
II a new world
Soon. 50 said the Indians. they would
,ome 70 ships-eanoes with trees stand.
ng in them, on which teepees were
hung.
But they found no ship anywhere IN +
he lower Columbia All the shores /,
we're silent. deserted No vessel lay !
L anchor. Before them lay the empty !
liver. wide as a sea. and told no tales \
Z what had been They were alone. \
a the third year out from home. Thou i
ands Of leagues they had Travelled AMI
must travel back again. !,
Here they saw many gullS As 10 =
Columbus these birds had meant land. 4
0 our discoveries they meant the sea.
'orty miles below the last village they :.
aw it-rolling 10 solemn. white topped :
Faves beyond the bar.
Every paddle ceased at its work, and =
be boats lay tossing on the Incoming
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fContinued from Iast weekl

wait ] ind the child very bright
very clear OF mind And listen, VIII;
the mind OF a woman is better for
small things than that Of a man.
They pick up trides and hang on to
them I'd as soon trust that girl for
a guide out yonder as any horse steal
ing warrior in a hurry to get into a
country and in a hurry TO get out OF
il again. Raiding parties cling to the
river courses. which they know, but
she and her people must have been
far to the west Of any place these adj
venturers Of the Minnetarees ever saw.
Saeajawea she calls herseIf-the bird
woman I swear I look upon that
name itself as a good omen. She has
come back like dove TO the ark, this
bird woman. William CLARK. we shall
reach the sea-"
The SHOWS had come soft and deep.
blown on the Icy winds The horses
OF the Mandans were housed in the
lodges and lived on cottonwood in
stead Of grass. When the vast herds
OF buffalo came down from the broken
hills into the shelter Of the fats the
men returned frOstbltten with their
loads Of meat The sky was dark
The days were short.
To improve the morale Of their men /
the leaders now planned certain fes-
tivities for them On Christmas eve 4
each man had his stocking well stuffed 4
with such delicacies as the compa-
ny stores affOrded-pepper, salt. dried
fruits long cherished in the commits
sary and such other kniekknaeks as
might be spared
On Christmas day DrouiIlard brought
out fiddle A dance was ordered and
went on all day long on the puneneon
noor OF the main cabin. In mOceasins
and leggings. with hair long and tunics
belted close to their lean waists. the
white men danced to the tHnes " their
own land-the reels and hoedowns Of
old Virginia and Kentucky.
The sounds Of revelry were heard By
the Mandans, who came up to the
gate.
White men make a medicine dance"
they said, and knocked FOR entrance.
Two women only were present the
VIE OF Jussaume, the squaw man. and Z
sacajawea, the girl wife OF Charlton t
neau, the interpreter Of the Aandans. t
These two had many presents. Q
The face OF sacajawea was wreathed q
b smiles. Always her eyes followed
he tail form Of Meriwether Lewis a
wherever he went Her own husband
vas but her husband, and already she e
lad elected aieriwether Lewis as her
lefty. When her husband thrasbed 4
Ter, always he thrashed her husband. r
In her simple ehilds soul she con. :,
ecrated herself 70 the task which he Il
ad assigned her. Yes. when the grass d
amo she would take these white men v
> her own people II they wanted to n
re the salt waters far to the vest ii
er people had heard OF that-then Il
aey should 80 there also. The bird =.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1917-05-24

ccaslng greeted them a. they stepped
from their boats to the wharf. IN an
Instant they were half overpowered A
score Of eager voices Of the first men
% ST. Louis claimed the privilege %
hospitality for them. Il was almost
BY force that Pierre Chouteau bore
them away TO his castle on the hill
MA fOiF' exclaimed more than one
pretty French maiden ''Such men-
such splendid meni savagea. Jet
whlfeg
They had gone away as youths. these
two captains; they had come back men.
Four thousand miles out and back they
had gone. over a country unmapped,
unknown. and they brought back news
news Of great, new lands.
They passed over the boat landing
and across the wharf. approaching the
foot Of the rocky bluif above which lay
the long street Of ST. Louis Silent. as
was his wont. MeriwetheF Lewis had
replied to most Of the greetings only
with the smile which 50 lighted up his
face.
MY matches-my thermometers
Instrumentation did they performT'
The speaker was DR.. Saugrmin, eager
% meet again his friends
Perfect. doctor. perfect We have
some Of the matches yet. As 10 the
thermometers. we broke the last one
before we reached the sea.
You found the scar Mon Dieuf-
1--WE found the Pacific. We found the
Columbia. the Yellowstone new
rivers. We have found a new CONT.
nent--made a new geography. We pass-
Cd tho head Of the Missouri. We found
three great mountain ranges
The beaver-did you fnd the HEAVIER
yonderY demanded the voice OF a
swarthy man who had attended them.
Il was Manuel Liza. fur trader, hIs
yes glowing in his interest in that ~
by.
'BeaySrY William Clark waved a
iand. How many could not tell you I
Thousands and miiliOns-more beaver
ban ever we're known In the world be-
ore. Millions Of buffalo-elk in droves
-bears such as you never saw-ante-
ope, great, horned sheep. offers, musk
at. mlnk-the greatest fur country 10
u the world. We could not tell you
AFR
The men themselves shook their
eads In despair. Yes. they said, they
ad found a thousand miles Of couh-
y ready to be plowed They had
Dund any quantity Of hardwood for
Us and pine groves. They had seen
vers packed With iish until they were
ar solld-more fish than ever were
] al the world before. They had
yund great rivers which led FAR back
} the heart Of the continent. They
"a seen trees larger than any man Il
FER bad seen-so large that they hard. I
could be feIIed By an ak. 4
Captain, inquired choufenu at i
Myth. your luggage. your boxes n
here are they7~ =
Meriwether Lewis pointed to a skin ?
rdcche and a knOtted bandauna
ndkerchief which George shannon 1,
FRIED for BIN. :,
That is all have left" said be Z.
,Ut the mail for the east-fhe mat. .,
chouteau. We must get word 60 y
. president" o.
The president has long ago been
ylsed Of your DEATH" said Choteau. y,
ighing. -All the world has said =
'dby to you. No doubt you can read =,
ir own obituaries" N
We bring them better news than ~
4. What news for us7v asked the sti
, captains o. their host ov
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The triumphant Return.
81 HE shoshones received the ex-
Ill plorers as friends-asked them
TO tarry, told them how dan
49, gerous II was to 60 into the
mountains.
But haste was the order Of the day.
and they left the Flatheads. rejoicing
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-07-08
Ry SOL METZGER.

There Is no stranger contrast, no
more Interesting situation, In tho ca
feet of this war upon amateur sport,
than that Harvard. Princeton ana
Yale do not plan to continue inie"'
collegiate athletics, whereas nearly
every other college. even those which
abolished them when war came, con-
template going ahead when college re-
opens. True. these three colleges
will have athletics and may play IN
formal games with nearby institu-
tions of learning. but intercollegiate
sport az we know It. Is thing OF the
are concerned.
This has caused much comment
some of which has been prejudiced.
In addition there Is much misunoer-
standing and some lack Of sympathy
hetweer, those who advocate a differ
ont policy than Harvard. Princeton
rnd Yale. But whatever these differ,
ences each group Is governed by pa
triotic motives. Each wants to serve
the country first. Harvard. Prince
ton and Yale do not lack patriotism
neither does Haverford. Purdue and
Ypsllanti. Each reasons along diff
ferent lines and will do so until some
unforeseen factor decides the question
for both.
The Harvard -Princeton-Yale deci-
sion has been due to two influence
First, they have been slowly coming
to believe that intercollegiate athletics
IA not a department of physical train
Ing. Second. they are, In a measure
the center of the nations drive to ge'
college men as reserve officers.
/ Professor George f. johnson. Har-
ward, clearly outlined the first OF these
influences last winter In his address
"A Defense OF intercollegiate Ath-
letics." He said In part:
Jynderernd duatca Unintercstcd.
"The undergraduate has never been
interested in intercollegiate athletics
as physical training, nor have the
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-07-08


GREAT LAKES. ILL.,, July s.-Base-
ball Is prosperous within the con-
fines of the United States naval train
ing station here. 1t thrives on war
which has ADDED TO the statioh teams
players VINO nave thriiied thousanas
by cloutins homeruh or la"nns
pinch hitter as members Oh easue 40
or college teams. BAD "eatheI. III
the commercial sense OIL .ne .e,m,'
faiis 10 upset ahyDouy conee,neu.
since II ID mere more heaIy pe.n
than enywhere else IN tne coun,,y. ,n..
That tne. EtMe " piayeo Lor ene L"'o
OF Ine sport' iSt 'n'.n p'o
Pernaps tnats why .he ne nae
thriVes OUT mere sntiieu an oi,,oo'
When askeu why Dasepa,. o w .ho
wheimingiy popular SPOT. Among .no
blue1ackets. while protessio'.,,xa. ieasues ~,
are bemoahlhs puoic ii'uiiiefe"'o VI
wet spring.
Baseball here" he continued. "con-
sists Of players. not spectators"
Within what is called the station.
there are 2s regularly organized
teams, while In the stations supurp
Camp Paul Jones. where the overflow
population Is housed In tents. there
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collegiate comes are to be discon-
tinued while war continues.
Neither Is II due to the to be ex-
pected decrease In gate receipts should
games be played. That would un-
doubtedly prove a reason II they did
go ahead. for Harvard, Princeton and
Yale men, familiar with athletic fl
nance. do not see how others will
finance athletics. AS IL is they face q
deficit without going ahead. Prince
ton contemplates borrowing will be
necessary to carry the overhead II war
goes on. Princeton Is not alone In
this. Each OF the three Will pay all
contracts in full. Financial consider
ations are not the reason for their po-
sitlon. 1t goes farther than that.
first got 1t from n Harvard foot
ball coach. He frankly said he would
not feeling like coaching IL war con-
tinued. Then Dean Howard McCieno-
hon, Princeton. said to me, II would
not want to see Princeton ale
game knowing all the while that the
boys who should be playing were over
there
In June I was at Princeton. mo
students were In khaki-those that
we're left Of them. Some seven hun
dred had already Joined the colors.
They drilled that afternoon. as they
did most every day. They had been
in their trenches--actual replicas--
and at four we sat about a great
table at an inn. On the walls hung
framed photographs OF Princeton's
erent athletes. her great teams but
tho talk was all Of war. At last.
and It W s the first timo ever had
to do 1t In a college crowd-I got them
them on the subject OF intercollegiate
sport. A fine. big fellow. who had
been playing his own accomplishments
on a ukulele, caught the drift OF 1t.
stopped, leaned forward and said:
'There won't be football here this
fall. The fellows won't play. They
couldn't get their minds on II. I'M
amgine lining up against the Ellis with
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league team here. Tulsa would be one
OF the best cities on the circuit. I
and l believe l speak for the directors
OF the league. am extremely anxious
TO incorporate Tulsa In the Western
league"
Asked how soon the franchise would
be available, he replied.
Had the Western associat ton dis
banded on July s, as had been ru-
mored. ! would have had the Western
league team here Immediately. Since
II seems to be the desire OF all to
play out this season to its conclusion
l hope nothing transpires to prevent
the race being finished. Really, ]
think baseball dangers are more
fancied than real. but IL any unfore-
seen thing should occur to cause the
league to disband this month, / be-
lieve the Western league would come
In here yet this season. Otherwise
1t will not be until next year. and then
only II the Western association should
vacate."
Continuing. he said:
II hope the prospect of the West
ern league baseball will stimulate In
terest in the team you now have. II
the Western association disbands.
think Tulsa from sheer pride would
not want II to be said that she caused
Its failure"
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Harvard Yale and Princeton Only Big Colleges Without Sport

land he rolled off the list OF varsity.
PLAYERS who had enlisted) over there
i'd be ashamed to play II would De
bad taste, to say the least" !
Talk Of War.
They went back to their singing.
their talk OF war. their Joking apou,
the dangers of the various services
they had elected. "Who was that fel-
iow?" | asked one OF them. ON!
don't you know" he said. Hes
Latrobe, played tackle last fall.
And Latrobe had summed II up
given me what | was seeking In his
earnest patriotic way At last / had
the feeling of the three colleges on
the matter OF intercollegiate sport
during war. Needless to say this
spirit, this loyalty to country makes a
deep impression upon me. "Bad
taste" that was II. And bad taste
II is believed to be. II was such bad
taste" ~ the minds Of the athletic
leaders OF these three colleges that
when I tried, at the outbreak Of war.
TO get them to play their big games
this fall for the Red Cross they were
not Interested In the plan. As one OF
them summed II up, we certainly
would not feel like binding ourselves
TO play intercollegiate games perhaps
on the very day on which the death
M The front OF men who would ordi-
narily be playing on the team haa
been announced. particularly when
the team might be made up of some
men who ought themselves to be un-
der fire"
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alumni, nor the general public. In
tercollegiate athletics originated as
and have coneinued as, an expression
Of loyalty an endeavor to maintain
and to exalt the dignity and honor OF
the college in those things In which
youth is most interested. 1ntercol-
lcgiate athletics are sociai
a spiritual expression. II 81
hectusc intercol egiate athletics ex-
press the very soul Of youth and ex-
press his love and loyalty to his col
iege, while presidents and profess ors
have regarded them as only existing
for physical training. that so many
grave faults have attended them"
We must keep this Idea In mind TO
get the present position OF these three
universities toward intercollegiate
sport. Thus. when the drive was
made at each for reserve officers. In
tensive military training and patriot
ism supplanted both intercoiiesiate
and intramural sport and college 10y
atty. II this had not been so. II Amer
lea had not been placed above alma
mater. IL the eagle had not been
adopted az n symbolism in place OF
the Yale bulldog. or the Princeton
tiger. of whatever beast or bird II Ia
which is the emblem OF the athletic
spirit Of Harvard, German kultur
would soon have had our goat"
The direct result of this drive at
Harvard, Princeton and Yale was thot
either the students got into soma
branch Of government service or re-.
mained at college where they elected
intensive military training. Life be-
came serious. purposeful. The mill
tary work with Its exercises not only
did a world of good because 1t far
surpassed, In It's widespread applica-
ton, any previous effort for physical
training these universities had ever
planned but with the tangible object
OF preparing for war in view the slim
uius previously afforded by interco!-
legiate athletics was not missed.
Lick Germany! became . slogan
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"HAM" HYATT SLIPS,
BUT HOLDS HIS LEAD

Aitho Ham" Hyatt slipped a LITTLE
in batting during the past week. he
continues to head the Southern asso-
citation batters with an average OF
.346. Several Of the other leaders also
suffered a slump and Munich, Atlanta,
jumped from sixth to third place. The
averages include games of last Tues
day.
Hyatt added another run TO his
credit and continued to top the run
getters with Sc. Bratchi. Memphis
has taken the honors away from Cow
ington. Little Rock. in homerun hit
ting. He has eight circuit drives to
his credit. Knaupp. New Orleans
continued to lead the sacrifice hitters
and base-stealers with 81 and 20. re-
spectively. Atlanta with .271 leads
the league In club batting.
Leading batters for half of their
clubs games Hyatt. Chattanooga
BAG; Edmondson, New Orleans. .341;
Munich. Atlanta. .33s; Knisley. Nash
vile. .S34; Moran. Atlanta, 1926: Cow
ington. Little Rock. .319. II. w. Baker
New Orleans, .314 Wick, Memphis
.314; Ellis. Birmingham, .30S: w
Smith, Birmingham, .29S.