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Evening star., 1925-09-20

ing part Of it---but logical, and |
manag ged ito imply that the villagers
down the river had heard Of my magic
powers and held me in higher vener-
alton than my own hosts seemed to
DO
The bluff worked, naturally. When
the canoes finally came up and the
pigs were tremendously presented to
me, my supernatural powers were In
stantly established once for all; and
around the roast pig feast that fol-
lowed / could see restrained glances
OF sincere and mystified awe. and /
overheard my friends in their labor
iously limited language telling their
guests about their new white sorcer-
er's feat of divination.
Our visitors, men. women and chill
dren, had come prepared for long
visit. and to attend the approaching
dance OF the fish-god: and thereon
hinged by the way. the most weirdly
melodramatic adventure of my expedi-
tion.
How I secretly appropriated the
sacred fish-gOd costumes that now re-
pose In the Museum of the American
Indian. and how | called down fire
from hea ven and finally outdo Guar
has own witchcraft. was one Incl
dent in a 24hour drunken orgy that
| ! cannot describe until my next
article.
X 4
THE lives OF three participants were
alternately at stake during that
wild drama. including an Indian
| maiden's and my own: and neither OF
us would have survived had 1t not
| been for the tragic consequences OF
! the episode ! have just related.
must give Guariba credit for
primitive shrewdness. He suspected
| those field glasses of being some sort
of evil eye by which i had wrought
/ that little prophecy about the pigs, to
his own grotesaue discontinue. And
| the next afternoon as l turned toward
my high-pefched wigwam, l discov-
cred him sneaking off through the
ferns with my glasses in one hand
and a short spear in the other
He had obviously been rummaging
! in my hut When he saw me follow
1 ing. he took TO his heels, racing cir
cuitously back toward the village. he
was an agile runner, and though L
started in rapid pursuit. we We're
| fla irly in the center of the huts before
| heyan TO catch up to him.
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When Price Of Rubber Goes Upward
Americans Are the Chief Sufferers

Depa rtment Of Agriculture is actuated
not alone by the necessity Of ulti-
mstely making the United States in
dependent of foreign monopoly and
price control. No one expects that
plantation rubber can he grown in
commercially important volume in
North America within the next u
years. Accordingly. an outstanding oh
ject of the experiments is to find suit
able growing areas and plant life as
a safeguard against the famine that
would result from destruction of the
present plantation by pests.
History records various diSa sterS
which plant diSea ses or insects have
wrought upon agricultural crops and
should pest invade the Middle East
planta tiOns. curtaiing or perha ps
wiping out the present source Of sup
ply the United States would suffer
more previously than all the rest of
the world.
Hand-in- ha nd with the Governments
research is proceeding investigation
by vitality affected commercial inter
ests.. Henry Ford and Harvey Fire
stone are among those experimenting.
The latter has the promise of con-
cesSion of vast areas in Liberia If il
is developed that rubber can profit
ably he grown there.
The phenomenal growth ofthe rub
ber industry during the, last 25 years.
particularly in the United States. is
revealed by statistics of the Depart
ment of Commerce. These show A
ten.fold increase in finished products.
Before the automobile came $4,000
tons of crude rubber annually sup
piled the needs OF the entire world4
In 1Sa9 rubber products aggregated
in value 800 600. .00H. Last year the
output pa ssed the $3.50, 900. 600 mark
and this year will doubtless, exceed
81 DOC. 600. .00e. Wages paid workers III
1899 tntaied little more than SIS.
00o. 200, While last years pay roll wss
nearly 5000, coo.
lCopyright. 1921
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him my rife to hold instead of laying
it on the ground. This seemed to him
to show a confidence that | didn't
really feel and he rose to 1t with un.
expected chivalry.
He never forgot this nifestation
of my trust in him, and insisted on
celebrating II on the spot with cere-
monial smokefest-for which he Dor
rowed my tobacco. Not to he outdone.
I let him fire the rifle and the kick
with which IL bruised his shoulder, as
he held il loosely while aiming. in
creased his respect for the "tonti
twhite man or Christian who could
handle il without such painful results
My camera the Indians took for an
other kind OF gun, and II was Ions he
fore | could get them TO stand in front
of It. They never got the faintest
notion Of what | was doing with IT
pictures were quite beyond their com
prehension. and when | showed them
snapshots Of myself they held them
upside down. and laughed in sppar.
entity embarrassed mystification.
60 gradually we settled down into n
daily association. tinged with only
a minimum of mutual distrust. When
offered food-yams. fish, or roasted
ants. The natives have no regular
meal hours, but eat in groups or
singly. whenever they are hungry.
Turtles eggs and fish are their main
food: and they raise corn, watermelons
and mandioca. The latter, Indigenous
to Brazil is a root which is poisonous
until heated. They soak 1t, CRATE II
on sharp stones embedded in piece
Of bark. then beat It over a FIRE to
drive out the poison; next the girls
pound 1t into. fiour with a pesife, and
finally bake IL into cakes over the EN-
hers OF fire built in followed. out
anthill
They eat with their fingers. throw.
ing morsels of food into their mouths
When | tried with less experienced
aim to initiate this hit OF table Ell.
quette. they would all stop eating
and laugh at me.
From the mandioca root. by the
way. they make their 'ca ju.'' or
hooch. The girls boil 1t In water
chew it into pulp and put 1t In jars
of water to boil again. Then they add
a fish to give flavor and cover the
jar with earth to ferment. When
drunk 1t is usually served warm.
This intoxicating drink played a
part in the annual dance of the Ara
wana. or fish -god--the most elaborate
of the Cara ia ceremonials. and one
which brought the strained relations
between the medicine man and myself
to q weird crisis described in my next
article.
Guariba had been sulking like
Achilles in his wigwam for some time
while / ignored him, playing with the
children. adding to my collections
picking up some of the mysterious
dolls which seem to he cross be-
tween idols and toys and meanwhile
quite innocently adding to my reputa.
ton as a witch doctor-a reputation
which later I was called on to justify
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The Story of Bob Toh.

1t happened years ago in Burma.
The British governor was having
trouble with a certain princely re-
cslcitrant named Bob Toh. said to he
the most daring and enterprisins of
the Dacoits. A heavy price had been
set upon the rebels head. but still
Bob Toh was cunnincly elusive.
At last, hard pressed. Bob Toh tried
a new tack. He walked straight into
the Office Of the commissioner.
II am Roh Tph" he announced sim
ply, and ! have come to surrender"
Exactly what he had counted on
now happened. Fourteen years eN-
perience with Eastern suhtlety and in
tricue had taught the commissioner
to he very wary.
Thank YOU" he said. we will
now proceed to discover who you
really are and what you really want.
Tell me. what do YOU expect to get
out of this?"
Ten thousand rupees" said the
Bob quietly.
The commissioners. although cool
man, was little staggered. Il don't
quite follow" he murmured.
yet It's quite simple" whispered
the Bob. The government promises
10, 900 rupees to the man who brings
you the head of Bob Toh. l give 1t
to YOU"
"Ffne." was the wary answer. But
as you lose your head. what good
does the money do you?"
My wife and children get the
money"
Pretty good, my man. but not
quite good enough. Ten thousand
l. t,,rr DBL, T1t,
IF it We're not | should not he here.
I have been deserted and robbed. I
am sure to be captured. My family
might as we'll have the money while
l can still command it.
but why shouldn't I keep the
money? L hand your head over, YOU
know"
Because you are an English gen
tleman. l chose my man, YOU see"
The commissioner unused while.
Then he broke silence. Look here.
| know you are not the Bob. That is
quite clear. I don't care who you
are. But tell me frankly what you
want"
The Rurman hesitated while.
Then he said: You are right. But
my life is worth as little as the Boh's.
l have betrayed him and robbed him.
He has sworn revenge. Give me an
escort as far as Mandalay. Here,
take these notes for a thousand
rupees"&he laid them on. the table
''and keep them if in IL days time
1 do not tell you how and when you
can qautre the Bob. Keep them
till the Bob is caught. il YOU prefer"
The commissioner thought hard and
in silence for quite two minutes.
II agree" he said, at length.
So the Bob was safely escorted to
Mandalay. Later the commissioner
received letter from him.
You may keep those rupees" IL
ran. (which I. Bob Toh, left with YOU
II days ago. | told you the truth. You
would not believe me. The English
government likes truth, and It likes
money. but they never want both, 1
think, at the same time..''
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, living undemanded in London and l.iv.
erpool warehouses. A year iater the
surplus had risen to th.0oh tons ana
the foundation for the present hlgh
prices to American consumers had
been laid.
In 1922 a special rubber committee
of the British colonial office recon-
mended that the government inter
vene The plantations must be saved
from bankruptcy, II held. The com
mittee proposed a sliding scale OF eX-
, port taxes. graduated according TO the
percentage of rubber exported In
stated quarterly periods as compared
with the amount produced during the
wear ended October 81, 1920. The CO.
ionial legislature accepted the recon-
mendation and enacted the stevenson
law. Ii is this law that ia taking mil
| lions of dollars from American auto
mobile owners and other rubber con-
sumers. -
I'm to a few weeks ago. only Ss
per cent of the rubber produced by
British colonial pla ntations could be
exported without the payment OF a
heavy export tax. ranging frrm ABOUT
TO "a. cents per pound. In accord
nee with the terms of the Stevenson
act, taking into considera ton exist
inS market conditions. the colonial
government increased the export limit
| to Is per cent.
American rubber manufacturers,
| addressing Great Britain through
| Secretary of State Kellogg. had
| sought a more liberal concession. but
| fixing the * per cent limit without
comment, the British colonial gov
ment to which the American repre-
sentati tons were referred. apparently
took the position that the progressive
| opera zion Of the Stevenson law would
| I'm due course stabilize the ma rket
| with justice all around.
| TT Is cold comfort to Americans that
the Stevenson embargo is also
| tapping the pocketbooks of British
| rubber consumers. Recently IA Brit
| ish rubber concerns. members, of the
India Rubber Manufacturers Asso
citation, Ltd. issued manifesto de-
CRYING the rise in prices and scarcity
of rubber caused by the legislation
which less than three years ago they
| pleaded for.
! 1t was generally conceded, however
| that Great Britain would not swerve
| from the course it has mapped out,
| for these reasons: America, consum
| ing two thirds of the world rubber
supply, any artificially high price
set by Great Britain enhances the
value Of the pound sterling in the in
national market: any great modi-
fcation of the scheme might he con-
strued as submission to American n
threats: british industry deserves
artificial stimulation. even when 1t is
dangerous and rebounds on the home
markets"-such is Rritains attitude
The compla cency with which some
sections Of British opinion view the
situation Ia shown by the following
editorial utterance of the Morning
Post of London:
Even at the risk of charging our
American friends too much. it seems
wise to maintain the present system
with such notifications as experience
may devise. If rubber is too high at
present, we have at least the consola :
| ton that it is helping us maintain
Evening star., 1925-09-20
le Saves Life in an Emergency Among Jungle Indians

1t reminded me OF one of the long
chases down the field In my football
days at Purdue. And the old spirit OF
the game, reviving subconsciously
within me, stood me in good stead at
the final crisis. AS we tore into the
village, l was smiling to myself at the
ludicrOusness OF this chiIdlike chase;
yet | knew real peril might lurk be-
meath, as 1t so frequently does under
the most idiotic farces among these
strange infants of the wilderness.
Guariba, as he sped ahead Of me,
held his short spear at half right
angle to the ground, swinging with
the pendulum motion of his arms. It's
viciously barbed tip pointing back
toward me. As he looked around
menacingly over his shoulder. when
| had nearly reached him, / suddenly
OWNED his tricky intention-almost
I'm the instant that he executed it.
With a powerful backward thrust he
hurled the spear underhand straight
at me. Going at top speed ! would
have ran plump onto Its point: and |
was travelling too fast to stop or
dodge.
But my own automatic impulse out
of the old football habits. had been to
launch a flying tackle at his legs, as
soon as | should get near enough. 1t
WASH cleNeFneSS OF QulCh thinking .
1t was only subconscious impulse
that releas sed itself in action by lucky
coincidence just as my quarry slowed
down and made his savage backward
| spear-thrust.
| NV coachs old cry-"Hit him
| low,'-rang in my ears-and ] did.
| / dived low and hard and long. And
OF course the underhand, backward
throw Of the spear carried it's point
| upward SO that II flew above my
| shoulders as we went down In a
! crashing heap, my arms about his
| knees in fair tackle.
Bnt even that didn't quite end the
! silly incident. The glass flew from
| Qua riba's hand as he fell. and when
let him up he ran to a hut before
| guessed his purpose seized war club
and sma shed the binoculars under my
| eyes. From the wreck / saliva ged
only one unda ma ged lens.
| A dozen Indians in their doOrways
had watched tNe whole affair with
casual amusement: bul--since physi.
/ cal prowess is the India MS chief
standard of superiority-my unex-
pected exhibition of h.ing tackle did
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by deliberate claptrap superior only In
it's ina Sinativeness to Doctor" Quart
has own crude trickery.
| disliked this village sorCerer for
having tried to smash my camera =.
which he apparently considered to he
befeathered rafting Eourd that was
his chief stock in trade. | also
loathed his practice Of presuming to
predict the sex nf an unborn child.
He would say 1T will ne a boy. or,
il a girl. il will not live"
Since he presided at each jungle
accouchement he could and did make
his prediction infallihle by secretly
stranGlinc an infant of the wrong sex.
On his side. he heartily hated me he.
cause OF my growing hold on the tribe.
of which he detected the extent he
fore ! did. And he feared my various
supernatural powers. such as my
magic trestrkinc matches and the
field eia sses that gave me an incred.
ible range OF vision.
Those glasses. in fact. brought our
mutual hostility out into the open.
had established myself in "A ma keshift
wigwam atop rocky Crac above the
village. Reaching 1t by a hanging
ladder OF vines that I could pull up
after me. I slept soundly at night
BY daylight from this lookout !
could follow the course OF the Ara
guaya southwark up to its junction
with the River OF Death and north
ward | could watch the broad current
flowing down to It's eastward bend
around a wooden promotory. A notch
in the foliage of this promontory a
hundred yards inland revealed one
last triangular glimpse Of the rivers
blue. ......
X
THROUGH my glasses oca 'ay. I
saw on this Bit Of river blue. three
canoes moving up toward the bond. 7
guessed them to he coming from the
next village down the river. Here
was my chance to show prophetic
powers. ramhled casually down to
the village and announced that my
friend the sun-god had told me the
neighborinC villa gers We're going to
pay MS visit that morning.
And / led n group Of warriors down
tn the shore to prove it to them. Sure
enough. they shortly made out the
three canoes which had now reached
and were rounding the bend. and
while the Indians, mystified by my
miraculous knowledge, jabhered about
the event. l scanned the dugouts with
my glasses.
The leading canoe was laden with
queer round objects which puzzled
me for a moment until | discovered
that they were the carcasses OF wild
pigs. That gave me just the hunch
| needed: and l asked the medicine
man what the canoes were bringing
To the naked eye. Of course. nothing
but the tiny naked figures of the In
disns and the conoes were visible. and
old Qua riba said Just more Cara jas"
Then, for the benefit Of the assem-
hled warriors. ! solemnly stated that
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more to win their frank esteem than
any of my wonder-working stunts.
And the accident that put that sin
gle lens into my pocket was to play
a part later in "A much more perflous
situation.
(Copyrigbt 1q25D
Evening star., 1925-09-20

Sudden Reversion to Foot Ball Tac-
tics Proves Effective With Malignant
Medicine Man-Under the Sway of
Chance-Regarded as a Tribal God.
Menaced by Viciously Barbed Spear.
winning the Natives Esteem.
Evening star., 1925-09-20

the sun god further informed me that
those canoes were bringing an offer
ing OF wild pigs as feast for me.
This was sheer guesswork-the 'offer-
Evening star., 1925-09-20

Last week Capt. Gow-Smith viv-
idly described a brush with death
in the clutches of black iaguar.
regarded as the most dangerous of
the wild beasts of South America.
That thrilling episode marked a
climax in series of adventures
during the authors sojourn Of sew
eral years in the Brazilian hinter-
land.
I Other experiences. previously de-
scribed. included a struggle with q
sslcru, huge and deadly water
snake. in whose coils he was en-
wrapped while swimming; an attack
by poisonous ants, and being
caught unawares in hail of ysois-
oned arrows. From this last-men-
toned danger he luckily escaped
unscathed, the first white man In
centuries ever to return from the
mysterious region of Brazil watered
by the River of Death.
Evening star., 1925-09-20
BY WILLIAM $. ODLIN.

g" OUR general increases this
L Summer. adding total of
about 40 per cent tn the Ma
L tion's tire bin since last May.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-08-12

careful naturally, while the drivers of
the dilapidated flivvers would, Of
course, use little caution"
That is not the conclusion that one
should reach, however. Rather should
one say: "SOme drivers have good
cars to drive because they were, in.
the first place, careful; watchful for
obstacles and prepared to meet them;
and not as regards driving only, but.
as TO all manner of things in life
Others have worthless cars because
they themselves meet life in a sloven-
ly manner, and their cars and other
possessions, legitimate offspring Of.
their responsibility, are mirrors
which reflect the h~eedlessness of their
thought and effort"
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-08-12

A TO HAUL CROP
Butte Miner)

It is good news that the railroads of Montana
are making preparations to handle the heaviest
grain traffic in the shortest period of time in the
history of the state this fall.
A few years ago, when Montana had an excep-
tionally large wheat crop, there was much COM
plant among shippers of a shortage of cars.
This situation was so bad that it even was
heard of down in Washington and at the time the
railroads admitted they were short of rolling
stock, but they determined to take steps to pre-
vent a recurrence Of a like condition in future
years by making preparations in plenty of time
ahead for a supply of cars.
With a view of carrying out this purpose, a
northwest regional advisory board was formed
pers, each Of the northwest states having a divi-
sion affiliated with the parent organization.
The Montana division has been meeting in
Great Falls last week and there arrangements
have been perfected for the expeditions hauling
Of MOntana's large grain crop.
The transportation companies have an arrange
ment between themselves by which they can ex-
change cars when a congestion of freight threat
ems in any part of the country.
Thus railroads in the corn belt can loan cars
in the late summer and early fall to lines operating
in the wheat-growing section for the reason that
the last mentioned cereal is the first to be har-
vested and can be transported to market, in large
part, before corn is ripe and ready to gather.
This is an economic arrangement which has
everything to recommend it, and is an Outgrowth
of the plan adopted during the war when the
railroads were operated by the government.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-08-12
TILLING THE SOIL

The harvest has begun in Gallatin county. In
every direction the fruits of labor are being gath
cred. The bounty of mother earth plus the labor
of man has yielded a harvest of wheat, oats, rye
and many other products for mans use and living.
But before the harvest could be gathered, the soil
had to be titled.
After the gathering of the harvest comes the
distribution of it, that is, it must be shipped to
where it can be prepared for mans use and then
in t turn it is sent to the consumer.
In return for the wheat and other products of
Gallatin county we need all the countless things
that make up life and civilization today. The
business institutions of BOzeman and Gallatin
county are here to give you service. But the
service that they can render is in proportion to
the cultivating that you do. Just as mother earth
must be cultivated in order to procure a yield, SC
must our business institutions be cultivated In
order that they may thrive and aid and serve
you, to your benefit and pleasure.
Tiling the soil in this sense is buying at hOme
The prosperity of your city and county depends
upon it.
Keep your money at home and thereby help Il
make Gallatin county a better place in which t.
live, build better roads, build better schools, buil'
better stores which may serve you better, all o
which will enhance the value Of your own propert,
and job. You will help yourself in every way b.
trading at home.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-08-12
WELCOME, PIONEERS!

To the survivors Of that intrepid band Of eX-
plorers and settlers who came to Montana in the
early days and blazed the trail for the host Of
home-seekers which followed them, and did so
much in transforming the wilderness into a veri-
table empire of which every Montanan is proud,
The Courier joins with the people Of Bozeman and
Gallatin county in extending greetings.
And we also greet no less heartily the descen-
dants of the trail-blazers, recognizing the fact
that they cannot but be counted among MOntana's
best citizens in view Of the hardships and priva-
tions borne by their parents and the work they
did in paving the way for our states present
development and future greatness.
It has been many years since John BOzeman
and Jim Bridger discovered the passes which bear
their names and shortened the road to. the then
new gold diggings in what is now Montana by
several hundreds of miles.
And it has been many years since the first
settler gazed upon the Gallatin valley and found
it good.
Many have been the changes since those days
changes in which those pioneers who will be
with us tomorrow and their associates took the
lead in bringing about.
For their efforts, their courage and their sacri-
fees every Montanan has reason to be proud-and
grateful.
Without them this state would still be a wilder
ness of mountain and plain, peOpled by wild beasts
and wilder redskins and unknown to white men
except such adventurous traders and trappers as
might come this way in their wanderings into the
far places.