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, 1924-02-28
SPORTING PLAY
RAWLINS TEAM
BRINGS

In the February issue of THE
Sage. official publication # the
Cokeville High School, there appears
the following praise of the Rawlins
basketball team-won by the sports
manship of its play:
The %cleanest. fastest basketball
Of the seaso was witnessed here
Wednesday, February 6. when Raw
Inns played our boys. We lost the
game, but to very worthy opponents.
The Rawlins boys had good team
work and speed such as is seldom
attained by "A High School team.
They played basketball every second
but were not unnecessarily rough
nor dirty. During the entire game
they had not one personal foul. The
Cokcville boys put up II good fight
but were outclassed by the more cN-
pcrienced team"
The city of Rawlins should be. and
no doubt il. very proud indeed OF its
basketball representatives this year.
Victory Is always sweet, but doubly
so when accompanied by the firm
knowledge that II has been won fair
ly and along lines laid down by good
, 1924-02-28

Mr.. and Mrs. A. N. Doggett are
spending today in Rawlins from Sar-
atoga, Mr.. Doggett having been sum
for jury duty.
A. NJ. House was brought to the
city IN Tuesday this week from his
ranch out north. and Immediately en-
tered the Memorial hospital for treat
ment, under the care of DR.. Barber.
Mr.. House is quite i'll. and his many
Rawlins friends hope for his speedy
recovery.
Mrs. Chris keldsen is convalescing
from a few days illness, having been
confined to her home for several days
early in the week.
The regular monthly business
meeting of the Korein Patrol was
held on Monday evening of this week
at the Ferris Hotel. Following the
business session a banquet was served
to the members.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leo Roberts are en-
t%ertaining a few friends at cards and
a dainty lunch this evening, their
guests comprising the regular mem
bers of their card club. and a few in
vited friends. Those who will en-
JOY Mr.. and Mrs. Roberts hospital
ity are Mr.. and Mrs. f. l.. Rankin.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. c. Carlson, Mr.. and
Mrs. VIM. Herbertson, Mr.. and Mrs.
Chris Keldsen. Mr.. and Mrs. John
keldsen.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. Larsen have re-
turned from a visit of several weeks
in California and "A few days visit in
Phoenix and other Arizona cities.
en- route home.
Mrs. +. r. Rumph left on Tuesday
morning of this week for Green Riv,
er. where she will be Joined by her
sister, Mrs. Peters, and the two la
dies will leave for al extended visit
in California.
, 1924-02-28
NOTICE

II has been brought to the atten-
ton of one of the Executive Board
of the Carbon County Central Labor
Union. that n of ~ representa-
tives has been using methods I'M
ethical and unbecoming a gentleman
in calling on some of the business
interests. We wish to state very
emphatically that such Is not the
ease of Il Representatives, Bro. II.
II. Long and Bro. II, A. Shields, the
only ones authorized TO represent us
in our educational campaign now
being carried on in Carbon county,
EXECUTIVE BOARD CARBON
COUNTY CENTRAL LABOR
UNION.
, 1924-02-28

j. \. EIodgson is spending several
days in Denver this week and upon
his return home will drive up a new
Paige. for which popular car Mr..
Hodgson has recently secured the
Carbon county agcncy.
, 1924-02-28

sportsmanship everywhere. Pres
tige accruing to the town because OF
its fine basketball team cannot be
measured: il can only be reciprocal
ed by the best possible support OF
the school and its players.
Evening star., 1924-09-28

. } often in life ones dreams and
desires never really materialize.
But this was not the case with
y the unfolding of the mysteries
of the jungle. My hopes had
Evening star., 1924-09-28

hearts beat faster as we scanned the
shore for the next. Two hours more
and then we saw it. Far ahead of us
we distinctly saw an opening in the
green foliage. along the shore and
distinctly made out every detail of
the narrow entrance to tributary
creek
'There,- I shouted
There" echoed Dudley.
Capt. Peter Steered the heavy craft
directly toward the narrow mouth.
The paddlers beat time faster and
faster as they swung to their paddles.
BY inches, it seemed, we approached
the mouth Of the creek There was "A
dead tree standing at the edge of the
Junction. whitened, dead tree that
had several gnarled branches. On one
OF them | saw cleaning a huge white
skull l was suddenly horrified. The
mouth of the creek of desire and a
sun -bleached skull staring US in the
face
IT'S wild pigs head" Capt. Peter
explained, seeing my tense counte-
nance.
The bow of the boat was abreast
the opening now, and we turned in.
We headed into the narrow breach in
the forest. The trees came down
overhead in a dense arbor, shutting
out all the direct light of the blazing
sun. The beat of "a paddle blades
made tremendous echo within the
subforestal channel
And then we came to an abrupt
grating stop. The bow of the boat
raised foot out of the water, rocked
back and forth for a moment and then
remained poised in the air. We had
run on submerged log. We could
not pass.
At the mouth of the creek Of dia-
monds we had found a whitened skull
and were rudely halted by d per-
emptory log. L shuddered, wondering
secretly whether the skull had been
an i'll omen. The jungle quickly
breeds superstition. Then I remem-
bered the old squaw's diagram
Cut the log" l cried. Were go
ing throught,"
tCopyright 1924
Evening star., 1924-09-28
PLAYING THE ANCIENT CHINESE CANE.

came soiled and could not be washed,
and in addition it was necessary to
hold them in the hand while playing,
all of which detracted from the pleas
ure to be derived from the game.
They, therefore, began to look about
for other and more suitable mate
rial from which to manufacture the
cards and finally hit on the idea of
ivory.
The cards were first made of solid
ivory, but it was afterward found
not only very expensive but were.
on account of the color, more easily
soiled than those manufactured of
an ivory or bone face, mortised and
glued to a back of bamboo wood
The figures and characters at the
beginning were simply painted on
the ivory or bone faces of the cards,
but as it was found that this paint
ing was not very durable on account
of the constant friction to which the
face of the Ma Chang card is sub
jected in play, it quickly became the
custom first to carve the numbers and
then color them, thus developing the
Ma Chang card now in use.
1t Is not quite clear as to who Is
responsible for making the first Shut
Hu cards Of bamboo wood and bone
or ivory, but it is believed that the
soldiers of Hung Hsiu- -Chu'an, the
Heavenly Prince" of the "Taiping'
rebels, were responsible. Whether
OF not they were the originators of
that form of card, it is known that
the soldiers of the Heavenly Prince
were addicted to the game and, it is
said, used 1t to gamble for drinks.
AS is well known, the TAPPING" or
Chinese "long-haired" rebels began their
activities in the Province Of kwangsi
about 1850 during the reign of the
Emperor Hsien Feng and by 1858 had
captured the city Of Marking and
controlled practically the whole of
the Yangtze Valley. The Heavenly
Prince" set up his court in Nanking
and 1t was here that the southern
Chinese in his army-as is typical or
their enterprising. inventive genius
which is still the boast OF the Canto-
neSe-developed the great foe of
boredom in the modern Americans
leisure moments, the preSent-day
game of Ma Chang. 1t is to them
that we are indebted for the winds,
East, South, West and North, by
which we double our score-per-
haps. They also changed Hung Jen
to the presentday Red Dragon or
Chung" Lao Chin was changed to
the Green Dragon" or "Fa' and Pal
Hua to the White Dragon" or Pal
Pan" These were, however, called
by the rebels "Tien," wang and
"Tung," the titles of certain Of their
leaders
After the capture of Nanking by
the imperial troops. some of the fol-
lowers OF Hung Hsiu-ch'uan were al
lowed to remain and live in the City
of Ningpo, into which place they in
troduced the game of Ma Chang and
also the manufacturing of Ma Chang
| sets, for which industry Ningpo is
still famouA :,
It is not known just how or where
Evening star., 1924-09-28

| cipal place of production OF Ma
| Chang sets for export trade. The
| sets for sale in the shops of Tientsn
| (the sale of Ma Chang sets is pro-
| hibited by ordinance in the City of
Peking) are almost all manufactured
| in the Shanghai district. Ma Chang
| manufacturing as an industry has
never been developed in North China.
even for local consumption, on ac-
| count of the lack of the proper mate
| rials and also of the properly trained
| artisans. The growth of the business
! of manufacturing and exporting Ma
| Chang sets in the Shanghai district
| has grown enormously, however
| since the game has become so p4pu-
lar abroad, especially in the United
| States. ~
The value of the exports of Ma
| chang to the United States through
| the port of Shanghai. which before
| the second quarter of 1922 were so
small as not to merit separate tabu-
lation, were s1O.127 in that quarter,
| as compared with $685., ,247 during the
third quarter of 1923.
In the manufacturing of Ma Chang
| sets of bone and wood certain
| amount of skill is required in order
that the figures may be we'll carved
| and the painting well and tastefuIiy
| lead that the Shanghai district has
taken in the manufacture and ex-
port of the sets is that they have
! been manufactured for home use for
! many years in and around Shanghai
| and Mingpo. and well trained work
| men were available. Another rea-
| son is that the material for the back
of the card, which is the wood OF
a particular variety of bamboo. is
l
| section.
| In buying a set of the ancient
| Chinese game of Ma Chang, one
| hardly realizes that he is indirectly
| supporting American farming indus
try. This, however. is a fact, due
to recent developments in the manu-
facture of the game
| Ordinarily Ma Chang set is made
with the tiles bone surfaced. as I'm
well known. and this bone comes
| from the shin bones only Of the COW.
The growing popularity of the game
! in America, which caused America n
| imports to jump from a value of
s7450 in 1921 to the astonishing
figure of s564.500 for the first nine
months of 1928, rather exhausted the
supply of shin bones from Chinese
| cows, and developed the importation
into China of bones from the large
American packing houses. American
cows shin bones to the extent of
$4,000 were Imported into Shanghai
l during the first six months of 1928
constituting definite percentage of
| Americas investment in the com
pleted Nah Jongg sets
Inquiry among exporters of Ma
Chang here reveals a continued
good business with America despite
civil war conditions near Shanghai.
This game has been variousiy
called in English Ma Chang, Nah
Jongg, Nah Choh, Nah Diao. Pung
Woo, Pung Chow. Nah Cheuk and. a
great variety of other names. -
Evening star., 1924-09-28

while Capt. Peter made friends with
the Indians. They seemed not so in
terested in him, though, for his skin
was dark copper, almost like their
own. We had white skins, and they
followed US about the village. The
insides of their homes were very bare.
They did not have very many objects
that would attract a curio hunter but
l picked out few nicely decorated
spears, several heavy war clubs, and
then my eyes caught the glitter of a
large board crater, similar to many |
had seen in American Indian camps.
We learned that the board was used
for grating vegetables and shrubs.
One of it's uses was in pressing the
juice from the roots of the cassava.
The starch thus obtained from this
plant, when dried in the sun, becomes
tapioca.
The board was two feet long and a
foot wide, and upon one surface had
been imbedded sharp crystals, half
covered with hard wax. \ potato
rubbed over the surface soon became
shredded. l picked up the crater and
added 1t to the objects | wanted, and
was about to move off, FASTENED by
Capt. Peters courteous suggestion
that We ought to hurry back to the
boat, as it wasn't best to leave the
guidance of the small bowman. when
my eyes suddenly caught glitter
from several crystals that composed
the bottom row of the crater.
! paused to examine them carefully.
The crystals, although half sub
merged in a matriX of hardened gum,
were sharp angled and seemed TO be
hexagonal. The faces of the crystals
were as highly polished as. though
haa nd nd
! there was a queer, oily sheen to the
surfaces when the sun struck them.
| the light splitting up into. multi
| eolored rays.
Say" / whispered to Dudley, who
| was observing the object of my in
vestigation. These are not quartz.
Look at them
Dudley inspected the crystals care
fully. He dug one Of them out with
his penknife. Holding it in his fin
gers, he touched the sharp point to
| another duller crystal that had the
situations peculiar to quartz. The
little crystal in his finger tips made
distinct scratch over the larger
piece of quartz.
The only thing thatli scratch
quartz" said Dudley slowly, ''is a
diamond"
Excitedly l picked the crystal from
his fingers. l knelt down on the
ground and placed the crystal on a
nat piece of granite which the In
dams used as a mortar for corn. I
took out my knife and pressed on top
of the little crystal with all my
strength. 1t did not crush. Instead
it ate deeply into the granite.
ut is a diamoad!' l cried with emo
ton.
Dudley and I held a quick confer
ence in Subdued tones We decided to
Evening star., 1924-09-28

let old Capt. Peter in on our secret
When We had told him and he had
examined the stone, he felt, as We did
that it was a diamond.
What did ! tell your he said
What did l tell your"
Dudley looked at me Questioningly.
Capt. Peter told me when / hired
him for the voyage that there were
diamonds in the interior" l acknowl-
edged. but l didn't want to raise
your hopes too much, so 1 didn't say
anything to you about it"
We'll, there are diamonds" Dudley
exclaimed.
We've got to find out where they
came from" said.
The Indians meanwhile had beer
looking on, watching what to them
was curious display of interest in
so usual a household commodity.
Capt. Peter picked up the grating
board, and, approaching the old In
dian, who seemed TO be the chieftain
pointed to the row of bright diamond.
and motioned 10 the jungle.
Where did you get them" his sigr
language clearly said
The old savage shook his head.
''Me no sabe.' he grunted.
That was a phrase we learned aft.
erWard that had come to them from
Spanish adventurer. and they useC
it whenever they wanted to feigr
Ignorance.
"Oh, you savvy, all right" Capt
Peter exclaimed. He went on talk
ing, lapsing into an indistinct patois
A bright idea came to me.
There was d wrinkled old woman
among the crowd who plainly was tn.
queen if the old man was the king.
motioned her to one side and she cam
hesitatingly. Then, pointing to the
crystal in my hand and motioning tt
another grating board which had {
similar row of diamonds at the bot
tom, l asked her in all kinds of way!
where the diamonds came from.
1t was no use. All she said wa:
Me no sabe; me no Sabe." / reache
my hand in my coat pocket and took
out a small mirror and let her lool
into it She giggled childishly.
took out a jar of scented vaseline ant
undid the cover. She smeiled 1t anC
giggled again as | handed it to her
Then / took out a bundle of red bead:
and little vial of cheap perfume.
held them tightly in my hand wher
she grabbed for them / shook my
head.
NO" I signaled to her. 81 give
you these when you tell me where
you got these little stones"
She looked at me for a few mo.
ments more. as though she didn't YET
"sayyy" Then she looked cautiously
Evening star., 1924-09-28

the village. Then she traced a line
from the spot which was the village
back to the wriggling line, which !
understood to be the river, then
traced upward along the river
She paused and drew a little tribu-
tary from the right, then continued,
then drew another, then she made the
twisting line of the river bend sharply
to the east. She left the river and
second tributary, which ! realized was
traced her stick along the line of TIE
creek, leading into the river from
the east, the second such creek up
the river. Her stick stopped half way
up the creek.
] signaled Dudley and Capt. Peter,
but the old woman grew afraid
grabbed the beads and the perfume
and hid in the large central hut
Capt. Peters eyes sparkled when he
saw the crudely drawn chart in the
clay. He had been unable to get any
information from the chief. Dudley
studied 1t over my shoulder as ] ex-
planned what the old woman had done.
Maybe she only fooled you" Dudley
said skeptically.
''She acted as though she were tell
ing the truth" | answered, and was
afraid the village folk would catch
her.
We Icohtu dt the CndIL AIN
The second creek Capt. Peter re
peated.
l rubbed the map from the ground
with my shoe
Right" l exclaimed succinctly.
We grabbed UP a few arrows and
other things we had selected and one
potato crater, gave the Indians every
thing we had, including the silver
coins, and started toward the river.
I'VE won't tell the blacks" / eau
toned Capt. Peter. 1T might be too
much of a temptation"
AS we went out Of the jungle has
tiIy toward our boat, Capt. Peter
called my attention TO some yellow
streaks across the dried-up bed of a
small creek. The ground was coated
with black magnetic sand, in which
there was a distinct trace of this
yellow metal
Gold" he said breathiessly, land
in paying quantities. too
/ picked up a handful of the fine
dirt. and saw the distinct grains of
soft. yellow gold in the baser mate
rial. / shook my head.
THAT would have been a great dis
covery few hours ago, but now
we're after diamondsr
Soon we passed one creek, a little
silvery thread flowing silently into
the large river from the west. Our
Evening star., 1924-09-28

the use of the seasons or flowers
was introduced, but it is known that
they are of very recent date and it is
thought that they may have been first
used by the salt merchants of Yange-
how and Hwaian. 1t is possibly
through them that the game was in
troduced to North China, as up until
about the time of the establishment
of the Chinese Republic the game
was not played in North China. ex-
cept among visitors from the south or
among those northern Chinese who
had resided in South China
At present in Tientsin the single
suit" game is almost never played.
either among natives or foreigners,
and in the Tientsin Club the use of
the seasons" or flowers" is taboo
whereas in the American Club at
Shanghai the one-suit game with the
addition of ''fiowers'" and table
winds is the vogue. In the conserv-
ative city of Peking one may quite
often, when asking the question,
What game do you play?" on taking
his seat at the table. be greeted with
the answer, usually in a somewhat
superior tone of voice, ''Oh, we play
the Chinese game exactly as the Chi
nese themselves do" This is, of
to remember that among the four
hundred odd million people of China
one may also find an enormous num-
Der of well recognized methods of
play.
Some say that 5000 years ago a
few fishermen haifing from Ningpo in
vented the game to ward off sea-
sickness. Long before the days
of suggestion and auto-suggestion
these simple fisher folk believed that
NAL de mer could be prevented by a
concentration on other things, SO
they brought Nah .Jongg into exist
ence
All classes Of society in China seem
to have had hand in the invention
Another version credits a soldier
Taken by itself, the word "Jongg
means general; and Ma was his
name. Gen. Ma lived in the Ming
dynasty G36S-1643), and it is said
that he introduced the amusement
to enable his soldiers to while away
their leisure hours, as we'll as to
reduce crime by keeping them en-
gagged.
This version has an air of credi-
bility, which it preserves in the de-
tails. The names of the different
suits, as runs the tale. have mill
tary connection. East" West, =
North" and South" indicated the
gates of a Chinese walled city;
white dragon" represented the gen
erals hat. which, in those days, was
white; bamboo" signlfied an arrow
circle" was the target for the arrow
and so on.
The Gen. Ma mentioned was the
general commanding the troops OF
the Emperor T'ien Chi and the game
so much enjoyed by his soldiers was
not the modern Ma Chang. but wa.
the card game which is at present
known as Shut Hu, but which was
then called Ma Tiaco.
Central China, especially Shangha
and neighboring cities. is the prin.
Evening star., 1924-09-28
Diamond Hunters Force Way Up Narrow Stream in British

With his friend, Dudley Lewis,
Mr.. La Varre, young American
explorer, had set forth on trip
to Africa, intending to visit few
of the coastal towns of South
America on the way. At George
town, the capital of British Guiana,
however. they We're lured into the
interior by exciting rumors of gold
to be found there.
As related in a preceding article,
ten narrowing days were spent in
a large canoe, propelled by negroes
and commanded by Capt Peter
Scarsville-days filled with hair
breadth escapes from being swal-
lowed up in the seething rapids of
the Mazaruni River.
In this, the second Of series of
five articles, there appears the
promise of greater treasure than
gold - of diamonds, concerning
which Mr.. La Narre had entertained
hopes since the mention of precious
stones by giant negro, who had
first shown him a lump of gold
brought from the interior. AS an
undergraduate at Harvard, Mr.. La
Narre had fortunately taken some
courses in mineralogy. The knowl-
edge then gained was to be of
help to him in his further adven-
lures
Evening star., 1924-09-28
Operation on Lion.
VETERINARY lanced and I,

A VETERINARY lanced and treated
y big boil that had developed be-
tween the eyes of one of the lions in
the Hamburg, Germany, Zoo. The
attendants feared trouble, but the
lion submitted quietly to a 15-inch
incision, suffered the veterinary TO
clean the wound and when released
quietly resumed it's cage life.
Evening star., 1924-09-28
Ma Chang, Called Also Nah Jongg,
Associated With Chinese Leaders
BY JOHN J. McIvER.

Sote.-The writer is indebted to the
Department OF Commerce. David G. Ber-
ger. American vice consul at Tientsin.
China. and the Mel Wah Company of
Shanghai. China, for the eolorfui and his
toricn! facts woven In the story, reveal
ing the romantic history OF the oriental
game of nah jOngg.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-02
TORNADO is DEFEATED
AFTER SPLENDIDRALLY
Florence, Of Mississippi, Whips Oregon Five
And Has Chance For Cage Crown

The little team from far below the
Mason-Dixie Line seemed to lose their
ability to play as team. and with the
opening Of the overtime period the
Wichita aggregation started a smashing
attack that was the equal IL not the
superior of any that had been seen In
the tourney. They could not be stopped.
Meet New Mexico Five
Coach Webb announced that he would
hold his boys and take them into the
consolation tournament, which will be
played In conjunction with the regular
tournament, the first game of which
will be played at 2 o'clock Wednesday
afternoon. AT 8 o'clock wednesday aft
ernoon, the Simpson five win meet the
winner Of the Albuquerque-East Column
bus contest. All Of the early games in
this section. of play viii be staged in
the Y. NJ. c. A. gymnasium, a few
blocks from where the major tourney is
being contested.
Lineup and summary:
Simpson (29)-C. Vincent (9 and FL
lis 80, forwards: c. Byrd CD, center
A. Vincent (3) and Willking 90, guards,
Wichita (39)-Reynolds (9) and Davis
(10), forwards; McBurney co., center;
Nordyke tO and Durham %. guards.
Observation-Disclosures d. Byrd for
Vincent, A. Vincent for d. Byrd, D.
Byrd for Vincent. Wichita: Smith {2)
for Nordyke, Fortney for Reynolds.i