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fully $50 yards.
The Grow Indians were all u broke"
when they quit the camp to return to
their hunting grounds. Many OF the
Grow braves were forced to walk for
many weeks following this racing meet.
Runner was afterward killed in a battle
with hostile Indians, but he always re-
tanned q warm spot in the heart Of
Uncle Billy Hamilton, the old plainsman
who spent almost sixty years in The
great west.
The Frail, Ill Youth
1t was Ill health ana a poor constitu-
ton that made William T. Hamilton an
Indian fighter and frontiersman At the
age Of 20, ickness forced him to desert
the scenes around St. Louis where he
was held a social favorite and forego a
career Of successful business or profess
sional service to rough it on the western
plains n in the Rocky mountain re-
gion.
In search of health, after noted physi-
| clans had declared the youth had at most
but a few more years to live, he gave up
a home of wealth and luxury and all the
advantages that wealth and luxury could
offer, and in the spring Of 1842 set forth
on q hunting, trapping and Indian trad
ing trip.
Arrives at Independence
Some of the associates Of Bill Williams
and Jack Perkins who commanded the
party of eight trappers, protested against
taking SO slender and frail a y~oungster,
believing that Hamilton would get sick
on their hands, and that during the trip
into the wilderness he would prove an
! encumbrance. They were positive that
he would never survive the hardships
that must be endured. However, VIII
liams was insistent, n when the partE
turned their horses westward from U.d
Independence, Hamilton went alung.
| clad in his first suit OF buckskin.
AS the journey progressed, he proved
to be a valuable member of the party.
He learned to shoot and trap Just as
| we'll as any old timer within a remark
ably short time. He made friends with
the Indians readily. and their sign Ian
guage was quickly mastered by the
| y%oungster, eventually becoming recog-
nized as most expert among either red
men or white. From that day when the
party set out from Independence, Ham
ilton's health improved. His strength re-
turned and what was q frail boy devel-
oped into a muscular man wholly capable
of accounting we'll for himself in the fate
of any emergency. The youngster whose
| death had been predicted to occur within
a few years, lived for Sc years and ten
days longer, hardly ever experiencing a
sick day, and surviving hundreds of COM
bats with hostile Indian tribes in which
hundreds of redmen and scores OF white
trappers met death.
In the declining years of Hamilton's
life, which were spent in the vicinity OF
Columbus saltwater county,, Montana,
most of his time was devoted to his IA
vorite occupations of hunting. trapping
and fishing. He was well known to all
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(By MRS. M. f. PLAssMANN)
THE fact has often been stressed that
no other race was so largely repre-
L sented among those in charge of fur

TvHE fact has often been stressed that
no other race was so largely repre-
l. sented among those in charge OF fur
trading posts as the Scotch. For
some unexplained reason they chose a
life of adventure, with its danger and
hardships, rather thai one OF ease. what
his life must have been can only be con-
jectured today, when means OF
cation are numerous throughout the
country where they dwelt, absolutely ex-
He'd from civilization, with few or no
congenial associates.
1t was not love of money which sent
them into the wilderness, for few retired
with large fortunes, or more than tney
could nave accumulated with the same
talent for business, exercised In attractive
and comfortable surroundings. Yet the
rolls of the fur companies, both British
and American, are sprinkled thick with
Highland Scotch names, sorne OF them
still lingering in the nomenclature OF
river, lake or mountain, In the region
they explored.
1t is a strange coincidence, that while
the western slope of the Rockies, n to
the Pacific was under the absolute, yet
mountainous sway of II Scotchman-
DR.. Mclaughlin Of the Hudson's Bay COM
pany, another Scotchman-Kenneth Nc
Kenzie, of the American Fur company,
ruled over almost as great an extent Of
country east of the Rockies, with his
headquarters at FIT. Union, on the Mis-
souri, river at the mouth OF the Yellow
stone.
1t is claimed that Of the many able
men connected with the American Fur
company, none equalled Kenneth McKen-
zie in executive ability. He was the
strongest man ever in that company's
employ.
His apprenticeship was served. not
under American authority nor on Ameri-
can soil, but over the Canadian border in
the ranks of the famous North West Fur
company, which was eventually merged,
after a long n bloody competitive war,
with the older and weather. Hudson's
Bay company.
When the latter event took place, many
of the North West company's employees
were discharged. Among these was Nc
Kenzie. He had lost his Job. but not his
love for the life Of the fur trader.
Born at Inverness, Scotland, in 1901.
| Kenneth Mckenzie may have been In
duced to try his fortune In the North
west from hearing OF the exploits In that
region OF his distinguished kinsman, Sir
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old-timers. The topic of conversation in
which he was accustomed to find most
delight, was how he fooled those early
day st. Louis doctors, every n of whom
he outlived by more thar half a CEN
fury. Over forty years prior to his death,
he recorded the passing of the last of the
trappers who had protested against his
accompanying the Williams expedition,
when it left Missouri in March. 1912.
ADude on the Frontier
When young Hamilton arrived at indie
pendence, Mo-, he was attired in the very
finest of tailor-made clothing, style and
fashion shown in his every movement.
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break records ana 1Ol-
lowing the annual cir
cults. Montana then
boosted of many race
tracks and some OF the
most exciting race
meets in the history OF
the country were staged
at Butte. Helena and
Anaconda.
Large sums of money
changed hands at the
betting ring and on the
curb and often fortunes
we're made and lost dur
ing a single days rae
Ing. Immense crowds
would gather to see the
ponies In action and
never in the history OF
Montana was interest
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This made him the butt of jokes among
the frontiersmen, who played all manner
OF pranks on the tenderfoot. asking Will
liams If he intended to feed the dude to
the Indians.
His First Suit of Buckskfns
The lad was wise however. n he
was not slow in rushing to the closest
QUILTING store. where he snapped" his
gay attire and trimmings for two good
suits of buckskin.
The are many things in my life that
have made me happy; but the happiest
moment l ever experienced was when I
put on my first buckskin suit and real
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(By DAN X. CONWAY

NHERE are those today who can r.
call the late Marcus Days world
famous racing stables in the Bitter
Root valley. not far from Hamilton,
Montana. and the days when DAILY and
the Larabees were producing wonderful
standard bred horses, training them to
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&"Uncle Billy" Hamilton
D Noted P1ainsn1en Living to be IS Years of Age;

THE OF CHIEF ROMAN NOSE
Killed in battle by General Forsyth, in the
days when the Cheyennes declared open hos
fility against the white invasion. Roman Nose
was a close friend of Uncle, Billy Hamilton
when the two were youths in the wilderness.
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Another Battle

"A few days later, however. i had an
opportunity to see some real Indian fight
ing and incidentally to participate in IL.
With some Shoshone scouts and some
young braves, we went down the river.
and n afternoon, we discovered four
teen horses guarded by two Piegans. The
Shoshones charged and two were soon In
the Happy Hunting Ground. Riding to
the top OF the hill. WI saw about thirty
Continued on Agricultural PAGE
Evening star., 1927-10-23
MINING CONGRESS
CONvENES DEC. |
Three Convention viii
Be Held at May
flower Hotel.

aAtirin~ the keystone of Industry"
x..;lI ho the theme of the thir,ieth an
nr,aI convention OF the American Min
Ing congress. which will be held at
4he Mayfiower Hotel, December !,
end 3 High Government officials,
Concressmen and leaders in the min
ing world will discuss important ques-
tions affecting the welfare and pros
peritv of the mineral and other In
dustries of the country. Legislation
affecting natural resources, mine tax
alton, modification of the antitrust
law. State rights. individual initia-
tive and centralized government will
be the main topics for consideration.
Secretary of Commerce Herbert
Hoover will discuss the Economic
Importance of Mining to the Nation,
and United States Senator Tasker La
Oddie of Nevada. chairman OF the
Senate committee on mines and min
ing, will outline What Is on the Leg
islative Calendar for Mining:
A Bureau of Mines Hour" will be
conducted by Director Scott Turner
of that bureau. in which the work OF
that Federal agency will be considered
Sydney Jennings on Program.
ga plea for Unity in Natural Re.
source Industries will be made by
Sydney !. Jennings, president of the
United States Smelling, Refining and
Mining Company of New York.
William Fl. Lindsey of Nashville,
nresident of the American Mining
Congress. in his annual report. will
sound the keynote of the convention
and advance a program of activity
proposed by that organization. j. G.
Bradley of the Elk River Coal and
Lumber Company of Dundon, w. Va,
Of f1a nCCin
devoted to consideration OF legislation
for natural resources.
International Capitalization as sug-
gested by the recent Geneva Economic
Conference will be discussed by A.
Cressy Morrison of the Union Carbide
Company Of New York, who attended
that conference. II. n. Taylor, presi-
dent of the United States Distributing
Corporation of New York, will preside
over a session which will consider
the advisability of modifying the anti
trust law in the interest of promo
ing the prosperity and commerce OF
the country.
Officers and Directors.
In addition to President Lindsey the
other officers and directors of the
American Mining Congress are:
Robert E. Tally, Arizona, first vice
president; George 3. Harrington, Chi
cago, second vice president; III. w.
Seaman, Chicago, third vice president;
j. F. Callbreath, Washington, d. c..
secretary.
Directors: III. w. Seaman; Archibald
Douglas, New York; Bulkeley Wells,
San Francisco; S. j. Jennings; L. S.
Gates. Salt Lake: Stanley Easton,
Kellogg. Idaho; William II. Lindsey;
T.. L. Doheny, Los Angeles; Robert
f. Tally, George b. Harrington, J. G.
Bradley, Hugh Skirkie. Terre Haute,
Ind: James T. Skelly, Wilmington.
Executive committee: II. W. Sea
man. Hugh Skirkie and George B.
Harrington. 9.
Evening star., 1927-10-23
FRANCE HITS USURERS.
Money Sharks Trai1ed by Paris
Newspaper.

Correspondence of the Associated Press.
PARIS.-Usurers once more are being
tracked down by newspaper cam
paigns and public-spirited citizens in
France. After-war legislation has let
down the bars so that 10 per cent.
month loan sharks flourish. Their
prey is furnished by the government
whose vast army of more than
million employees are among the more
poorly paid workers. Their need of
money drives them to the usurer
largely because government function
aries still retain much of the pre-
war dignity that makes it difficult for
them to borrow from friends.
Unable to prosecute money lenders
In most cases, one newspaper has sent
its reporters systematically to the loan
sharks and reprinted the conversation
regarding rates with pointed com
ments intended to warn people against
excessive chargers.
Evening star., 1927-10-23

Bright, colorful, bead
encrusted cretonne bed
lights in a variety of at
tractive styles and colors.
Each complete with pull
chain. detachable plug and
socket and silk cord.
Regular $3.50 values.
Evening star., 1927-10-23

Regular $3.50 Cotton-filled Com
forts, covered with sateen-the CEN
ters in floral and oriental designs, the
borders plain. Size 72x80 inches.
Kann's-Street Floor.
Evening star., 1927-10-23

Pottery vase boudoir lamps in
pretty colors. such as rose, gold,
blue and black, each complete
with a decorated parchment day
and night shade, 6 feet of silk
cord. plug and detachable socket.
Evening star., 1927-10-23

--All-wool Blankets, made of high
grade wool in rose, blue, tan. gray,
gold and lavender colorings, with coll
ored sateen binding. Size 70x80
inches. Soft and warm and very
special value at the price.
Evening star., 1927-10-23

Pure Down-flled Comforts, COW
cred with excellent sateen in pretty
light and dark colors. Size 72x84
inches, and regular $500 values.
Comforts that give warmth without
weight. =
The Washington times., 1927-09-30

final combat of the season of the
Griffith Stadium, and Reeves il
playing, you'll have a chance 10
see Washington's modified Heinie
Groh in action.
Up in Boston in that second
doubleheader Reeves went to bat
nine times and collected four hits,
three singles and a two bagger.
He walloped Wiltse, a Southpaw,
for one single and was robbed of
another when Rothrock seized his
smoking liner. He belted Slim
Harris for a hard single over the
firstsacker's head. Opening against
Macfayden he lamplered a steam.
ing double down the left field line
and Jack Russell yielded q single
IN the same direction later on.
Against Urban Shocker, while
yesterdays slaughter still re.
sembled a ball game, Reeves
whipped a home run into those
left field boxes. In Washington it
would probably have rolled for
three bases. being slammed right
on the nose. Later he lifted a
The Washington times., 1927-09-30
LLAGHER
|NSHAPE:

Marty Gallagher viii be in the
pink Of physical condition when the
bell rings for his clash in the Silver
Spring Armory ring with Henry
Lamar. Wednesday evening, Octo-
Der s..
Everything possible Ii being done
by the boy himself. his trainer, Ben
Smith. and his manager, John S.
Blick, to see that Lamar will go to
battle with an opponent absolutely
fit to meet him.
Marty, the young Irishman that
he IL, comes from a naturally rugged
race that inhabits the bleak western
shores OF Ireland. So, 1t does not re.
Iquire more than the minimum effort
on his part to have the necessary
endurance TO stand up against
'FirVt Round" Lamar.
Nevertheless, the boy from
Georgetown Is taking no
chances. He is up early every
morning and does 10 miles Of
road work. Then at 2 D. m. he
starts his workout at the
Arcadia ring.
This consists Of 3 rounds with
Chet Thomas. local coIored heavy.
weight. 2 rounds with Walt Nc.
Feeley. and 2 rounds with Jack
Turner. Then he has two rounds
of big bag punching, after which
he tosses the medicine bah around.
This all is topped off with machine
rowing and rope skipping All Of
which leaves the Pride Of. Foggy
Bottom" ready for a good supper
cooked by his mother. and then
for 10 hour sleep.
Ben Smith who trained Jack
Dempsey at one time, says that
Mraty has no snap In Lamar, but
that his ward is putting over 4
terrific punch. maving faster, ana
thinking quicker, all the time
Everyone around town who
has seen both Of the boys re-
Gently says that the meeting of
these two local boys for the
heavyweight title OF the District
OF Columbia should bring forth
one Of the greatest scrapes ever
witnessed BY Washington fans.
1t is expected that I4amor and
his manager, Frank shannon, will
arrive in Washington sometime the
first part Of next week. Tickets
for the match can ne had at the
Arcadia and at Spaldings.
The Washington times., 1927-09-30
By Tad

promises good offensive work. Ed
Hess place in the guard has been
turned over to Joe Cox tackle OF
last years team. lie win play oppo-
site Capt. Ted Meyer.
The Washington times., 1927-09-30

me and hope to prove it by getting
lot of hits.
The Washington times., 1927-09-30

couple of weeks ago Reeves
retired to the bench to allow his
badly bruised legs a chance to
heal. Jack Hayes replaced him IN
the infield and later Grant Gillis
showed his PAGES alongside Bucky
Harris. But now Reeves has
shaken off his wraps, Is in fine
condition and has introduced new
batting stance which is expected To
ciTch his job for next season.
Reeves is no I0afer. He
realized the Importance of i'm.
proving his hitting. II he
would retain his berth in the
face Of GiIlis' fine work and
% each morning engaged in the
batting drills being given the
youngsters. Among those watch
Ing these drills was President
Clark G. Griffith, who has
ehfexEd eye for the small things
connected with baseball.
The Washington times., 1927-09-30

So, il you're out to see Sundays
The Washington times., 1927-09-30

long. high fly to Combs off Bob
Shawkey. being the one lad who
didn't strike out in the eighth.
Reeves looks better at the bat
now than he has since first break
ing into the lineup and all be-
cause he has gone hack TO his nat
ural style and has become a modi-
fled Heinie Groh, . suggestion of
that grand old-timer, Adrian Anson,
bulwark of the National League in
days long gone by.
The Washington times., 1927-09-30
Fifty-Y Old Runner
In Port Chester
Marathon

NEW YORK. Sept. SO.-one OF
the many proofs that the longer
they go in the marathon game
the better they seem to get will
have its showing in the running
of the third annual Port Chester
national marathon that win be
run from Columbus Circle to Port
Chester on the afternoon of Satur.
day. October 8. Then George Meal.
pine. grizzled old veteran Of the
long distance trail. now at the
half century mark in life. will
step off with the rest Of the pack
in what is conceded to be the
greatest full distance marathon
ever held.
McAlpine. though long past the
stage that usually spells finish for
the ordinary athlete, lie A. adept
at stepping the full marathon dis
tance as any of his mucn younger
adversaries. Besides the weight of
his years. this old fellow never
fails to carry on to the finish,
getting in, in many instances,
away in the lead of runners not
yet half his age.
The Washington times., 1927-09-30
Ohio State Team
Gets Stiff WorkOnf

COLUMBUS, Ohio. Sept 2s.-The
Ohio States defense line was given
the once over again today as the pig.
skin warriors lined up for scrinl-
mage with the second team. Eby,
Grim and Market stand out as classy
performers in covering ground, and
Houston, q sophomore halfback.
The Washington times., 1927-09-30

James H. Riley, veteran Amer
lean oarsman. who died recently at
the age OF So, amazed the sporting
world when at "a he rowed Fred
Plaisted, aged u. on Saratoga Lake.
N " ..
The Washington times., 1927-09-30
BOBBY REEVES CHANGES
To GROH STANCE
By Louis A. DOugher

NEW YORK, Sept $OEver Hens GOh At the plate
Hes the little trdsacker long with Cincinnati and the Giants
and sort of coach and utility gent with the Pittsburgh Pirates
weak knee sent him along the road to baseball oblivion but those
Henie faced the pitcher He stood about the middle Of the
plate And he could hit too for little fellow His stance was
natural with him, Well, the Washington Grfs have modified
Heinie Groh these DAYS in the Of Bob Reeves.
The Washington times., 1927-09-30
WNTOMS DATED

The Wintons will open their foot.
ball campaign Sunday afternoon by
facing the Alexandria Fire Props In
Dreadnaught Park, Alexandria, Va.
The Washington times., 1927-09-30

How did you hit in college?''
asked the Old Fox Of the young.
ster from Georgia Tech.
Like this" was the reply. and
Reeves took his natural position
at the plate, facing his pitcher with
both feet on q line at right angles
to the plate.
The greatest hitter I ever saw
was old Pop Anson, in ana out Of
the big league before you were
born, explained President Griffith"
and he had a similar stance. "If
you'll stand in the back Of the box,
drop your right foot just slightly
behind the other and swing natu-
rally, / think you'll see big differ
elice in your hitting"
So now the Griffs have a modified
Heinie Groh in Bob Reeves, the
rifling shortfielder, modified to the
extent that his right foot is just a
bit behind the other as he faces the
pitcher, absolutely.
When came to the Washington
club, / was told how to make the
most Of my hitting" says Reeves,
land, of course, followed directions.
In college l had hit about as do
now. In no other way can I get any
power behind my right hand in the
swing. I know for I've done every.
thing I've been told. l am satisfied
with my old style that's natural to
The Washington times., 1927-09-30

I'm convinced Of one thing,
too. That Mr.. Griffith knows
something about hitting. even II
he was pitcher when in base
ball. On second thought, maybe
that's why he knows it, being
forced to watch those little
things In the batters facing
him."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-14
Cancer of the Stomach.

Slight prolonged irritation is com.
mon predisposing factor of malignant
degeneration. Malignancy is a medi-
cal term for cancerous change. 1t is
justitiable because it tends to cor.
rect a popular misrepresentation. Can
Ger Is not growth" in the ordinary
sense; it is not a new formation; it is
not a "tumor" in the ordinary sense;
cancer is degeneration or depravity in
any pre-eXisting tissue or organ of
the body.
Body tissue, whether hard (bone).
soft (iesh) or fluid (blood) consists Of
living, growing, multiplying, micro
scopic cells. with framework or me-
dunn in which they are supported. as
bricks in mortar. When these tissues
wear out, or are injured or destroyed.
they are replaced or repaired. in
growth and reproduction of their cells.
When this process becomes disorder
ly, precocious, excessive, abor-
tive and irregular, that is cancer.
Obviously, 1t is FOOLS dream that
cancer may be taken out by the
roots" Cancer has no roots. That
idea is a dangerous one to harbor for
single moment if the treatment of
cancer is concerned. Cancer does not
grow from ''roots." On the contrary,
the degeneration, the faint, the dis
ease. extends along the lymph or
drainage channels from the site of
the cancer out through surrounding
| normal tissues; just the reverse of
the fancy that cancer grows from
roots"
The stomach is the most frequent
site Of organic cancer in men. Until
the direct or essential cause of can.
Ger, the nature of the disease or
diseases Is determined. we can only
speculate about the reasons why the
stomach in men and the. neck of the
womb in women are the most fire.
quent sites. Women who have borne
several children are most likely To
have cancer, presumably due to slight