The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1920-12-09

nonA. LiDc1 ans otk1BA. are rapidi
Disappearing and yet aImaf DofhiDi
b knouB q iheir orig.n. life o. cu1
touA
ksep ch.psss Out
Although m4ny Of the aborxiee.
~ese scattered among the n4ouEfssVl
- Yanaan and Kwelchov and aloni
the TIbesaB frontier. The Losos sill
nsainfAiH m iDdepeDdeat terTftory n
ssechran. one u fk~ richest and nn~,
rosJuiOos PROVINCES Of China No Chi
Dese il permitted to cross the Invisible
lines Of their -kingdSsp- without sbe
probability Of izscurring . violent
death. Continual raids are carried on
back and foTih aJcng The border. Per
hAPs The Chinese VIII capture I score
Or more Of Loias Who have venfuTed
to glimpse the world beyond their Wild
Kills and vsiieyA In refaiisftoo. . few
nights later. the LoIos VIII burn q
whole Chinese village. kill all the men
I and carry the women snto slavery.
Thus the Lclos hsve earned . repusa-
fioD ~ barbsric AvageA And YET .
French explorer who crossed their
territory. properly @ehnperoBed-- re-
ports them 70 be . charming people. OF
hospi;abIs temper and high mentality.
He f. one OF the few scientists who
have penetrated the land Of the LoIos
and live 10 tell the tale Mr.. Andrews,
uho has hunted with Losos In Y1nBsn.
found them indeysesdent. 10 be sure,
bat delightful 10 their native courtesy
and simplicity.
He says: 1T II impossible net TO be
interested In this strange people They
are totally unlike the Chinese. for
assy are tai and slender, with long
faces and rAtrician noses, and theJ
show every Indication Of Caucasian
blood II they have r. where did II
come fron1 This il one Of the ques-
lions thar Should be answered before
the Lclos disappear. ~ the other tribes
~ rapidly doing"
There are many reasons why Cen
trhl Asia has remained scientifically
UNEMPLOYED for 70 long q time. II IL
10 remote and di1Acuit II access that
the cost of Conducting work on q
large scale IL enormous Moreover.
the country and sts inhabitants pre-
sent unusual obstacles 10 scientific re
search. Nof only are there Fast In |
sersecting mountain chains. wateriess 1
deserts and treeless plains but in /
many parts the climate Is too cold for 4
effective work ip winter In some 1
places The natives are exceedingly /
suspicious Of foreigners: religious su-
persiliioas greatly handicap research
and make II decidedly dangerous
Chinese Superstitioga
Tire Chinese have many supersti-
fis%ss regarding tie ground The fsng
sbut. the spirits Of The earth. wind
snd water. must Always be favorable
before q burial takes place. and II Is
exceedingly uni1cky 10 disturb the
xrouBd is the region Of cemetery.
though eur r4ieoDsclokssts are Ger
isss 10 encounter difficulties In The
I3ore settled pcrrsons they can prob
sbsy overcome tbefE BY tact and .
proper understanding Of the sftuz-
boa Those 10 charge Of railroads and
,fAer commercial projects that have
nFoived clgging Ia China have always
keel sble TO compromise With pro
esting villagers and they have found
wen within the past ten years . very
,rraf change In attitude. In Tibei
'ozsdsfi0us are even more difficult. All
hs gold In the country belongs TO the
Nina church and the natives can con
Give OF oniy two reasons why for
4gnerx should cone TO their country
r5es
Obtaining the animals for the groups
b the Hail Of AstAtic Life will fur
Ish excitement enough for the mos, 1
case sIsortsEDeo- Ia corner Of the
icbi desert are . few herds Of the
My living Wild horses. Moreover.
here are. In the Gobi, Wild caneis and
aid asses. as well as snielopes that
Nd run sixty miles an hour. The r
orSes. asses and anfelopcs can be
IN DOWN In motor cars. lassoed By
Be AoDgol cowboys. and some AZ the
pecim<ns brought back alive TO the |,
e~ YORK Geological Park. Nct far
'estR tsl3e blfdlcuAAf kIGt VI the ueectts l.
'egnsnins t9ser to . height Of nfteen L
lo9ssBd feet where there are big
Drp sss3ep ard hex that have never
eArd The crack o. q hight power rife.
q fiae TSketsr Steppes are enormous
ik. nRou ieesanaa. giant paudas and q
snatffui golden monkeys with biue. e
s'urDed moses: some Of these species b.
Z arDeos the rar-st and least known n
,inxiS a The world. In China II In
. tnkin. . creature with q verifable
,o4den Beece.- . strange oxiike ami =
II thai rtauas the highest mountnin
Jieys ard that actually reprosents (
intermediate stage between the an &
Ioc.e md The goat. In the forests Of (
ancburfa b TIE long hlired tiger ~ {
. Amur kfver. tiger larger and (
'ef than the royal Bengal Of Indian {
me. which has furnished sport for I
ag3 and EMPEROR: = rger living In /
ves amid forests drifted deep with /
or. Z
rhe scientific results Of the third !
aArie expedition viii be embodied