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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-04-07

Wichita. Kans.-1'hc Cubs outhli
Wichita and won the second game
OF the series from the Western
leaguers IL to ..
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-04-07

Richmond. va.-"MilIer -IIuggins Ia
manager of tho Yanks and he IL the
boss. II he orders Mays fined siOO
the fine will stand. The club owners
will back him up in everything. Col.
onel Hutson part owner OF the club
said
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-04-07

Norfolk, va.-Mamaux and Mitchell
had the Yanks helpless and Brooklyn
won the fourth straight to 0. Mays
pitched two innings and then left for
homo.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-04-07

San Francisco. - Pacific Coast
league results for Thursday: Oak.
land 10. Sacramento s: Los Angeles
2, Portland |, u3 innings); Salt
Lake !. Vernon .; San Francisco 6.
Seattle 4.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-04-07

Sealed bids will be received by
II. Il. Black. Cement, Okla, pres.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-04-07

Bristol. Tenn.-Thc Now York
Giants swamped tho White Sox yes.
torday 10 10 3.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-04-07

KEcHi SCHOOL BIDS APRIL
%, 1922.
The Washington times., 1922-06-18
TRAILED ANIMAL
THROUGH WOODS.

But we reckoned without the
guides. They did not start along
the trail, but, as they knew the
country, they skirted the high
edges and cut down into the woods
at a place where they hoped the
gorillas would be--but the gorillas
had been travelling. .s
The guides struck the trail. and
instead. of going on, followed It
back to the place where we had
first seen them. .s ~.
II is difficult to determine which
way gorilla 10 going. for the
dense vegetation shows no marks
of hands and feet, and you are
chiefly guided by the swath that
It's great body makes in the bushes
and the broken stalks Of the
plants II has been feeding upon.
II was then $50, and we had
lost an hour, Aluma who had
been yearning to distinguish him.
sslf by Riidins. was nearly weep.
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in an important position Of trust
and responsibility without looking
into his or her character"
us It true that hundreds of
thousands of dollars worth OF mail
is stolen annually and that many
Of these thefts are laid to the doors
Of the postal empioyes?" queried.
80 1t is claimed. And the Civil
Service Commission ought to have
money enough to investigate the
character Of every person It places
on the eligible lists. I believe hat
by doing this we would improve
the character of the large army
of Federal employees"
How do the civil service rules
work in the appointment Of post.
masters?" I questioned
1T might be better to have the
Postoffice Department conduct it's
own examinations and do it's own
markings Of candidates. The ex.
aminations for first-class postmas-
ter is. in reality. a QUESTIONABLE.
The applicants business qualifica-
tions count and often determine
the question Of standing IN the list.
The President has seen fit to ask
the Civil Service Commission to
take charge Of these examinations
and markings. but there is no rea-
son why some other Government
board should not do this work.
A PRESIDENTIAL ORDER.
The public should understand
that in these Presidential postof-
flee appointments the Chief Execu-
tive included them in an order
which he has the authority to
rescind any time he believes It for
the good of the service. There is
no law covering these appoint
ments by civil service, just an
order Of the President"
The commissioning of postmas-
ters is one Of the chief duties Of
the First Assistant Postmaster
General. As such. Governor Bart.
lett win come in contact with the
politicians Of the entire country.
In this capacity his tact will be
tested as never before.
He must deal gently with Sena.
tors, Congressman, national COM
mitteemen and other party func.
tionaries and do his best to satisfy
them. else he will be q failure in
the office politically. and may
make endless trouble for his party.
This he knows very well. but he
explained to me that no man who
does his best, honestly and fear
lessly. need worry about conse-
Quences.
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all time to the activities Of those
who would undermine the Govern.
ment through insidious and un-
pardonable propaganda.
II have heard some criticism
- from uninformed or malicious nag.
gers against the Administration 8
attitude toward civil service" Gov.
ernor Bartlett said. but the record
Of the Civil Service Commission,
shows that no President has ever
been more helpful to the system
than President Harding. Such excep.
tions as he has made have been
an inspiration to everyone who mas
a heart for humankind"
How many people in the cou a.
try are now under Civil Servicea I
asked Governor Bartlett.
About 100000 people, Of which
number about $4,000 are in the
Postoffice Department. As a bod,
they are happy and contented, not
too well paid. but with steady al
ployment and receiving fairly int
treatment. As have already SAID.
we have welfare councils work. .g
out plans which will tend to i'm.
prove their conditions as to health.
e. comfort and happiness, as well an
. efficiency.
NO CAUSE FOR FEAR.
There is no intention on the
part OF the administration of the
Postoffice Departme IT to disturb
the Civil Service system in any re.
spect. A few extremists have be,n
ringing In false alarms for the
sake Of annoying the administra-
ton. 1t may as well be clearly un.
derstood. however. that we can.
not have a good postal system un.
less every man and woman in II
Is cheerfully and enthusiastically
doing his bit, and If we find that
there are drones In the hive. we
shall be obliged for the common
good to get rid of them.
But this should not be construed
by any extremists or eccentrics
as a reason for any assertions tha,
the Postoffice Department is oo.
posed to Civil Service. wish TO
go on record as SAVING that ,h.
Postoffice Department would al.
most break down were 1t not for
Civil Service.
What personally conterded
for is this: The Postmaster Gen.
eral, for instance, may need a half
dozen more good men Of his own
The Washington times., 1922-06-18
BY Rose Silverman.


VYoUNGEsT governor New
Hampshire has ever had,
until recently president of
the civl Service Commission. and
now First, Assistant Postmaster
General. is the record of John
Henry Bartlett. who is known as
the, Roosevelt" of the Admins
tration.
incidentally. Governor Bartlett
Is now the center Of a storm
brought about by his denunciation
OF fanatics" who would, he de-
clares. make civil service a mere
plaything and destroy it's useful
ness.
AT p recent mass-meeting held
IN. Washington by the National
Civil Service Reform League, of
New York. called 1t was announced
to combat the influences Of the
Government to injure civil serv-
Ice Governor Bartlett invaded the
gathering. demanded to be heard
and. In q typical Rooseveltian
manner, denounced to their faces
those whom he charged with
maliciously trying to pull down
civil service.
His championship Of civil serv.
Ice. bis positive views on legis-
iation that will be of interest not
to a few but to all the people, and
his progressive policies as inaug.
urated In the Postoffice Depart.
ment have stamped him as one of
the big mon Of the Republican
party, and a power to be reckon.
ed with in the future.
AGAINST FALSE REPORTS.
Regarding civil service matters
I believe that a law should be en-.
acted making It a misdemeanor
Tor anyone to 'spread false reports
about civil service which would
tend to create a feeling of uncer-
tainty and fear in the hearts of
the thousands Of faithful workers
OF the Government" Governor
Bartlett told me the other day.
II think it is as much a crime
to spread hurtful reports that will
dismay and disrupt the morale of
the Government as it is for a man
to turn In a false alarm of fire or
indulge in any other false and
malicious activities. Something
should be done to check such mis-
chiefmakers and put a stop for
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ing with rage. and I sympathized
with his director methods.
Now we followed the trail for.
ward and wandered on and on, up
and down. circling great clumps of
trees and winding in and out Of
dense shrubbery.
The sky was growing darker,
with swift gusts of rain. The pic
ture hope was gone. and the guides
were hurrying along a path that
was clearly headed for the camp.
But II the gorillas were aloot,
the exercise, Martha assured us
gayly, had been unlimited. Martha
had q pluck and cheer that no
climb or climate daunted.
The loss Of the picture chance
was not as disappointing as It
would have been II Mr.. Akeley had
not already realized the dream for
which he had brought the Akeley
camera up to the mountains; for
he had scored some hundreds Of
feet Of motion picture film Of wild
gorillas--the first motion pictures
Of savage gorillas ever taken.
He wanted to. and did later, with
Mr.. Bradley supplement It with
more gorilla film, but II was a COM
Portable sensation to know that
the significant deed was already
done, and that the picture had
been basged by his camera.
To Herbert and myself II had
been a wonderful day. We had seen
six gorillas. one OF them, at least.
the demon male. and five gorilias
had certainly seen us. And we had
not been attacked on sight. Not
one had beat his breast. or roared,
or tried to ambush usl -
That is our evidence, as far as II
goes. When wounded or cornered
the gorilla would be as terrible an
antagonist as a giant of such
strength and intelligence would
naturally be. but we had no reason
In the world to believe that the
gorilla hunts man, or attacks him
unprovoked. or carries Off women,
as in the good old story book tales.
tcopyrisht, tss3, by Mary hastings
Bradlsy.b f.s ~.
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ing adventure of Mrs. Bradley IN
the African jungle win appear IN
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: BY MARY HASTINGS BRADLEY,
SHE day after the big
gorilla of Karissimbi

TsHE day after the big
gorilla of Karissimbi
was shot the guides
Ill left m. They refused
70 endure the cold and
hardships Of the hunting
for another day. ..%
They we're really a fine
lot Of man, belonging to the
Sultan Burunga, whose
shambas were perhaps a
quarter Of the way up
the mountain, and they
had been working hard
during the days and near
" perishing from cold at
night. s
Sculpturaly they were
magnificent speci m Q ms,
and their swinging goat
skins we're suitably pic
turesque for their dark,
muscular bodies; but a
girding goatskin is small
protection against cold by
night and against nettles
by day, and those wonder
The Washington times., 1922-06-18
Pastors Easy Marks
For Stock Sharks

CHICAGO, June ADMINISTERS
were called easy marks" for in
vestment sharpers by tha Rev. ].
p. Hingeley, president Of the
interdenominational secretaries Of
ministerial relief of Protestant
churches.
DIR. Hingeley presented a plan by
which ministers could contribute
to a fund which would at the age
Of sixty-five give them an income
Of sss5 a year the rest Of their
lives. in addition to the pen
sion fund already granted by the
churches
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full forests of the noun
tain heights were sting
ingly alive with nettles.
So we could not blame
the guides for feeling that
they had had enough of
it, although we saw them
go with regret, and the
boys and porters eyed
their departure with
yearning envy.
THREATENED WITH AN
EXODUS OF THE PoRTERs.
Then the porters gathered and
frenziedly announced that they.
too. were going. They had busi.
ness. urgent business, elsewhere.
They came from villages bsyond
Kissenyi and they had imperative
reasons to return to them.
One man declared he had to &C.
company his chief on an expedi.
ton to Musinga's Court, and an.
other remembered suddenly that a
neighbor had threatened to kill his
son and he wanted to 20 back
right away and erterminate that
neishbor. Nt p-
Others did not produce any rsa.
sons. but stated their intentions.
But they were In no position to
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Misunderstanding there Just out Of
sight, and we kept looking from
the forest to our watches and maxi
ing futile estimates Of the porter's
speed and the time Of Mr.. Akeley's
arrival.
We sent Aluma back to the
others, and Herbert and I proceed
ed to lunch somewhat sketchily
upon chocolate and cold beans.
Once more we saw the black dots
cross the opening, far ahead this
time.
At 2.30 Mr.. Akeley arrived with
Miss Miller and the camera. &C
companied by the guides. who had
been sent back by their sultan in
great displeasure at their having
abandoned the white man before
he was through with his work.
Good old Burunga! Mr.. Akeley
certainly endowed him for life with
his baksheesh. We wondered how
much Of it the guides themselves
ever got. ,
We had heard the gorillas an
hour before. and I had seen that
lone one within the hour. so we
knew we were not far behind
them, and started out now, in high
hopes.
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AN ALL DAY HUNT
GIVES ONLY GLIMPSE
OF GIGANTIC APES

Mary Hastings Bradley, i'm this Gripping In-
Stallment of Her Experiences i'm African
Jungles, Tells How the Party Was Deserted
by Its Guides Hunters Prove wild Tales TO
Be False. =... ...ar;. -..>. -
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CAME UPON FOUR OF
THE GORuLAs FEEDING.

Having no guides. we took our
luckless tent boys and porters to
carry our guns and plate camera.
For over three hours we led them
hard chase through the nettIes
that burned like fire wherever
they touched.
At every rest the men scratched,
vigorously and explained to each
other In tones that were com.
pletely ineligible. however un.
known the words. Just what was
their opinion Of our excursion.
There was one frank ana
thorny nettle that could be recoe.
nized and generally avoided, but
there was a soft, plushy looking
plant. as mild looking as a nurs.
cry tea, that left wipe of al.
most invisible bristles on you like
q fairy shaving brush, and the
touch Of It burned a fun hour.
.The only consolation In getting
another touch was that you then
ceased to preoccupy yourself with
the old one.
Then we struck an old antelope
trail that promised easier going
and wound up and down the
slopes on that. but found nothing
more on II but the antelope
marks. ,
Once we came upon tiny bash-
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GORILLA RUSHED FROM
WOODS IN FRONT OF US.

Poor Aluma could not Understand
our inaction. He put his hand on
the gun on my knee and tried to
, urge me forward.
He could see no mortal reason
In streaking through the forest for
hours. stung by nettles and stiff
with fatigue, IL. after you caught
up with your game, you did moth
ing about II but SIT down and lookl
Some minutes later he caught my
arm excitedly, whispering, "Kub-
wa" fbig one), and pointed to the
woods in front Of us. not to the
left, where the others had gone.
We could see nothing but the
waving Of some faraway bushes.
and that might have meant ante.
lope.
Aluma insisted that he had seen
a big one, and we were whispering
about that. in checkered English
and Swahili. when squareiy out OF
the woods at our right a gorilla
came In a great hurry and rushed
through the bushes into the same
meadows beyond.
All I could see was the great
black bulk and swinging arms
the sunlight on the back was de-
ceiving, and I could not say posi-
lively whether 1t was silvery or
black. The females are black,
while the males have the distin.
gushing silvery hairs.
After the gorilla has disappeared
We heard several barks, like an
exasserstsd dos.
At any rate, there were five
Eerillas-six, n Aluma could be
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with . pleasant face and high fore
head. affable. obliging. q prodi.
sious worker. practical in all things.
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THE TRUTH ABOUT CIVIL SERVICE BY JOHN HENRY BARTLE
HE WOULD JAIL THOSE WHO LOWER MORALE OF c

leans toward his friends and WIS
never known to take q mean ad-
vantage Of an opponent.
This new headsman Of the Post
office Department has had a va
ried and interesting career. He
was rather loath to talk about
himself. But then: ,
"sUNAPEE" HIS NICKNAME.
Back in my college days ht
Dartmouth" he told me, "I was
known as 'Sunapee Bartlett You
see there were three Bartetts in
my class. I helped pay my way
through college by being a news
paper correspondent. I was much
interested in athletics and remem-
Der writing a 300-page book on
Dartmouth athletics. also edited
the college paper and ran a board
ing-house for college men. I
taught school after leaving col
lege. But the most important
event In my life was when re-
ceived my appointment from
President Mckinley as postmaster
Of the little town Of Portsmouth"
Bartlett was his class orator and
has been making speeches ever
since. He was a colonel on the
staff of Gov. John Mclean, a pro-
gressive member OF the legisla-
ture. championing such measures
as the 54-hour bill for mill and
factory workers. the free employ
ment agency. child welfare and
other similar acts.
Where did you spend most of
YOUR early life?" I asked him.
II was born and raised on a
farm in Portsmouth. N. II. I owe
a great deal to my farm life, my
love for the open and athletics.
And 1t certainly gave me a desire
o save and to be thrifty"
Today Governor Bartlett is re-
garded as one Of the wealthiest
men in the United States. In addl-
ton to his law business and real
estate investments. he is inter-
ested In a string Of motion picture
houses.
Again we came back to the
matter Of the civil service.
Speaking broadly" said the
governor. II should say that on the
whole civil service has worked we'll
and has been a good thing for The
army OF Government employees.
hardly think we shall ever return
to the old days OF to the victors
belong the spoils.' What In needed
in the civil service is a broad and
liberal Interpretation Of the law,
IN a sane and bust
ness-like way.
MUCH TO BE DONE.
There is much to be done TO
make the civil service law prac-
tical. I think that we stress book
and give too little credit
for personal character. An appli-
cant for a Government position ,
may be able to pass a fine written
examination, but may be totally
devoid Of any practical knowledge.
Uncle Sam has a payroll Of
almost 100000. With the excep-
lion Of the postmasters, they are
certified without regard to their
character or moral record. No man
IN his private business would think
of employing a man or q woman
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It was hard not to keep on after
them! We settled DOWN in a
thicket that commanded a view Of
the meadows, with our boy. Aluma,
who had been carrying my gun, be-
side US, and sent the men farther
back on the path.
While we watched we saw two or
three Of the gorillas appear in the
opening into the glades beyond and
cross back and forth, apparently
feeding. We could see them dis.
tinctly against the golden green of
the opening. which was then flooded
with SUN.
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round. straight up at US. rising
as he did so.
It was an uncannily human face
that he turned up to rs. but there
was none Of Du Chailiu's demon
horror about II.
/ got an impression Of a wary
interest that did not intend 20
tolerate any intrusion. but there
was not a flash of menace-noth.
ing that the most prudish person
could possibly call hellish.
He simply conveyed that he had
been disturbed, by a distinct oat.
slider, and he started deliberately
away. shambling along through
his ancestral meadows toward an
arch in the trees leading into
glades ahead.
The two females came after him
like big, shaggy black bears Ak
cept for their peculiar gait. None
Of them did any barking or roar
HieB aiiu tncTc was uOtniHB 70
alarm the fourth gorilla, which
saw then for the first time as she
suddenly Uncovered the others
making off without her and came
lurching efter them.
PORTER SENT IN HASTE
TO BRING MIR. AKELEY.
Ihad already pulled out a pencil
and a bit Of paper, a chocolate
wrapping, from the convenient
safari pockets. and started swift
scrawl to Mr.. Akeley, telling him
to hurry with the camera, as W,
had come up to three gorilias-a1t
at that moment ! crossed out ~
three and put in four.
The note was passed back to n
porter, who was ordered to 60,
pacy pacy, a short cut to camp
and bring Bwana Akeley here.
It was just 1890. The sun was
out and the light would be good
for five hours. and II the gorillas
were not hurried or frightened
there was every chance Of coming
up to them.
/. One after another, no running.
but with quickness for all their
seeming clumsiness, the four goril.
las went on under the trees. look.
ing back constantly In that terribly
human way. They then disap-
pearsd.
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INSISTS CRITICISM
COMES ONLY FROM
= MALICIOUS NAGGERS

Defends President Harding and Says a Few
Extremists Have Been Ringing False Alarms
for the Sake of Annoying the Administra-
tfon-Postal System is Good and Id is Good
Only Because of the Civil Service.
The Washington times., 1922-06-18

buck, but he did not stay to have
his picture taken.
Then we passed q gorilla trail
leading off to the west which
gave every sign Of promise.
broken stalks where q gorilla had
fed that day.
Judgment told us to follow that
trail. but when my husband asked
me which way I wanted to go
abandoned judgment and clung to
the easier footing of the antelope
path, although II looked much
used here by the natives who
came up from Burunga's into
these heights for wood.
voted to keep on with It until
we had found a good spot for
lunch and rest, and so we saun.
tered easily on, and then-just
to show how luck and Judgment
differ rounded q mountain
slope, passed about a rock and
tree. and looked down into a
lovely open meadow where four
gorillas were feeding!
I saw only three at first. There
was Q huge. backed male,
slouching along at his strange
shamble among the waving green.
and there were two black backs
the females-a little distance be-
hind him.
GREAT BEASTS AT REST
GAVE US PROPER THRILL
y Their gait is extraordinary
they walk on their hind feet. as
sisting themselves with their
hands. the fingers knuckled under.
the thumb ov1rpread, and as their
arms are enormously long their
backs are but slightly bent.
II was a tremendous thrill to
see those great beasts there in
the glade. felt tightening
rush of eulltation at our luck.
Three Of theml And one of them
the very gentleman we had come
so far to interview. Now" 7
remember thinking excitediy.
now we are going to Know
We had frozen at attention
the instant we saw them, signaling
the porters TO keep silently back
out OF sight. but some sound had
already given warming Of our
approach. The big male looked
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GORALAS SHY OF CAMERA, FLEE FROM AMERICAN PART

issue ultimatums. We could not
control the guides, but the porters
had enlisted. as 1t were, for the
duration OF the war, and would
not be paid until we came down
from the hunt. With all their
pay coming to them, and the extra
baksheesh they were to receive
for staying. we felt fairly sure
they would not desert.
We came into the Mikeno camp
that night feeling thoroughly ex.
ercised, as we had a habit of
saying.
The next day my husband and
I started off alone, with the idea
OF locating a troop for a motion
picture. IL possible. and, II the
light should be too gray for the
picture. of killing female for the
group.
The Washington times., 1922-06-18

Another installment Of the thrin.
ing adventure Of Mrs. Bradley IN
the African jungle win appear IN
next sundays wssbipg'on Z .'.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1922-05-05
Child Wanders From
Church. Causes Quite
A Bit of Excitement

Quite a bit of excitement was
extant Tuesday evening when
the little girl of MIR. and Mrs.
Gilman disappeared from a car
in front of the Methodist Church.
The little girl had gone to sleep
while services were being con
Quoted and he parents h a d
taken her to the car and return
ed to the church. When services
were over the little girl had dis
appeared and a search was in
stigated. Within about an hour
she was located with playmate
at the home of Mrs. w. r. Mack
lin apparently unaware of the
worry and excitement she had
caused her parents.