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Evening star., 1928-04-01

cite Square condemned by some, but ap-
proved and praised by many. A few
years ago there was a rllmor that IL
was to be taken down and lost" II
any such action was contemplated--and
this was denied---it never materialized
for after Senator Mcclellan of Tennessee
bombarded the White House with How
Gomez" nothing further was heard of
1t. They did, however, take down the
Washington Statue and sent 1t away to
be cleaned ands 1t looked like a brass
statue instead of bronze statue when
it was returned and restored to Its place
A THOUGH the Jackson statue Is
an unusual one, SO was Clark Mills.
the sculptor, who made 1t, unusual.
Like so many OF our conspicuous men,
Mills had rough shedding In early life,
and only became noted as he grew
older, because of talent, determination
and hard work He was born In Onon-
daga County. N. Y, on December l..
1915. His father died when he was
but years of age, He was sent to a
maternal uncle to be raised. Feeling
he was being ill-treated, he left this
uncle when he was between i2 and l3
years old. Working on a farm and
tuted his first employment, though his
employer did allow him to attend school
during the daytime In tie Winter sea-
son, permitting him to do his work be-
fore and after school A year at this
place, however, was enough. and the
next Spring he went To Syracuse ~ Y,
In search of employment, which he
found at SIS dollars month and his
board
AT the end of nine months his en-
ployer failed, and all he got for his
work was single months pay, Subse-
quently he secured employment, driving
wagon and hauling lumber To SYRIA
ctlSe for Sa month and his board
However. when his employer sold hts
horses and substituted oxen young Mills
decided it was about time to quit, and
secured work that Autumn on the
canal, going 10 school during the Win
ter months.
III the Spring, he again took up canal
work and became lock tender, con-
tinune as such until the following Win
ter. when he secured employment cut
ting cedar posts in swamp, In this
occupation he got his feet so badly
frozen that II was several months be-
fore he was able again 20 wear his
shoes.
Working for cabinet maker learn
ing the millwright's trade, and taking
charge of plaster and cement mill
followed IN order for the next few wears,
Next we find him going to New Orleans.
where he STAYED about A year. and then
taking tip his residence In Charleston,
C., where he learned the s,uceo trade,
which he followed until 1898. @sa
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fully. All the ruthlessness had now
gone from his eyes. His sharp face
was almost compassionate as he said:
We'll, if the warrants lost out of
my pocket. it's a cinch all my trouble
coming out here has gone for nothing,
Martin"
Il know. Only you can get another
one. of course. and come back"
Stickney rubbed his lean chin re-
f1ectively
"Of course. I might do that" he
agreed. Only. I'm terribly busy man
these days. All of us Federal marshals
are-with all the rum running that's
going on"
Benson sprang up. "You mean-l"
Il mean. having lost that warrant,
my case for the present is sort of sick.
Martin. And, between you and-well.
I'm just as satisfied that it doesn't get
well. Suppose We go back TO the house.
I haven't finished that loganberry pie
Mrs. Asheley offered us"
You won't come back with another
warrant?"
Big Stickney suddenly laid his hands
on the others broad shoulders. He
looked the suffering fellow in the eve.
Martin. after what I've seen here
Say, do you really think could be 50
blankety-blank yellow as tfat?"
\
THE roadster with the Vermont license
backed out of the barn. With
clicking of its gears and an accelerating
Of its engine. it started forward Hug
ging the adobe trail. it resumed one
constant speed through Wyoming's foot
hills in the heat of the July afternoon.
Up a fsr-fiung undulation it rose till
it reached the top. There it slackened
speed and halted. The two in the
brown leather seats looked back.
Far back, down at the ranch, two
figures were standing close together
under infinite sky One was a mans
The other was a woman's. His arm
was about her shoulders. Her arm was
about his waist.
Big Stickney did an impulSiye thing
He stood up in the roadster and waved
his cap. Standing before the house.
the man waved back.
"An right Bill Step on herl Give
her the gas" the marshal ordered.
The roadster dipped down out OF
sight. over the summit.
You never lost that warrant, Bob
Stickney." the driver declared. as the
roadster commenced to eat up distance
You know what happened TO II as well
as l.
When guy can't find matches he's
got a right to use anything that comes
to hand when he wants 10 smoke"
You knew what you were doing all
the time"
We'll. If YOU ever say so back East
when we get there--Ill shove your Jaw
up into your ear
what good did II do. anyway, visit
ing those folkS?"
"Oh. say We Just dropped In 20 min
uteS for lunch
iCopvright 1881
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At this time he is said 10 have dis
covered new method of taking cast
from the living face which enabled
him to make buStS so cheaply that he
soon had as much work as he could
do His success and prosperity led him
to try working in marble, resulting in
the cutting of a bust of John G. CAL
houn, for which he was awarded a gold
medal by the City Council of Charles
ton, the bust being placed III the CITY
Hall in that city
John Preston, who sent Hiram Pow
erS abroad 10 study, about this time be-
came interested In young Mills, who
was also planning trip to Europe to
wealthy men who had become attracted
to him Preston suggested that he come
TO Columbia. S, C.. and take the oustS
of himself and wife. Adopting the sug-
eestiou, he went To Columbia, where
he took 10 buSts, including those of
Col Wade Hampton and his daughter
Hampton was one of the weaithieSt--
II not the wealthiest planter in the
South He owned 5000 slaves. and
must have died about this time, since
his death Is given as 1895.
"
4 LMOST mere accident brought
"A him to Washington to take the
busts OF Webster and Crittenden, On
his way here he stopped over at Rich
mond. where he saw Houdon'S statue
Of Washington, the first one he had
ever seen. Some of the pieces Of stat
uary here In the Capital seemed TO him
To surpaSs human skin. while in others
he saw grounds for criticism II was
the latter that caused him To resolve
that, should he ever have ali order for
statue the world should find fault
for his giving too much truth rather
than for a want OF IL.
Here 1t was that he made the ac-
quaintance of Cave Johnson. then POST
master General, and president OF the
jackson Monument Committee. who
proposed that he submit design Tor
a bronze equestrian statue OF Gen,
Jackson, Realizing his ineXperience-
never having seen Gen, jackson, and
up 10 this time not even an equestrian
statue~~h declined the offer, but after
deliheration he concluded to grasp the
opportunity. and, accordingly, after
nine months Of patient labor. submit
ted the model OF the statue which. III
1883 was set up In Lafayette Square,
and bids fair to remain there indefi~
nitely.
For the making of the Jackson
statue, Mills was permitted Ia use a
vacant lot of ground south of the Treas
ury Department Building at Fifteenth
street and PENNSYLVANIA avenue, about
where stands the Sherman Statue, Here
he erected small frame building which
he used as residence and Workshop,
lie bought In Virginia a horse then
Evening star., 1928-04-01

~ n August 30. 1923, Jnree weeks
after the arrival Of the body
Of the late President Warren
o Hard at his old home in
Marion, Ohio. his cssket was
placed in an asphalt sarcophagus
weighing $500 pounds. After being
sealed. 4 was placed IN the Marion
cemetery vault. where the BODY had been
previously entombed. Upon the recent
completion of the mausoleum, the sar-
cophagus was transferred 10 that me-
mortal structure as his flnal resting
place.
II Mr.. Harding had been planning
his own funeral ii lis doubtful II ne
would have desired so formidable
home for his mortal remains. Surely ne
would not have II he had felt as An
drew Jackson did when Capt. Jesse
Duncan Elliott. United States Navy, OF"
fereo 70 provide III advance sarcopha~
gus for that Presidents body 10 lie lns
There were no thrills about jack
son After taking the oath Of ONCE
on the portico of the east front Of the
Capitol. and delivering his inaugural
address there. March T. 1923, thus es~s
tabllshing q precedent which has been
followed ever since, he mounted his
horse and rode back 10 the White House.
Upon this occasion. it is said, the al
tendance 81 the White House was 50
dense that the President was forced
against the wall by the pressure Of the
crowd Furniture was broken. glass
ware and chinaWare we're trample0 un~
der foot. Many were forced ~ make
their escape through the windows when
The doorwayS became lsmmed with surg
ing humanity and 1t vas only miracle
that some one was not killed In the ef-
fort made properly ~ celebrate the m
auguration of the hero Of the Battle of
New Orleans. who believed IN real sim
plicity. bat got more Of il upon this oc-
casion han he had anticipated.
To such an extent did Old Hickory
carry his simplicity. IL is related that
upon one occasion during his presidency
when Washington was undergoing All
epidemic Of smallpox. he even closed up
the White House ~ attend MS coach
man. who Was Ill with the disease, q
nurse for this purpose not being obtain
eble All the servants q his command
we're tnaisposed from the effects of re-
cent vaccination.
IL is not surprising that when Capt
Elliott offered the sarCophagus 10 Gen
Jackson lie should have declined II
Capt Elliott Was quite serious about tht
matter and really thought he VAS doing
something worth while and of T. com
np.imentsry character 70 the general bu
Nhe latter did not take H. that way.
/
LE1N hpril 2 l645, just t9o MONTH
pricr 70 the death of the EXPIRES
sAmt Capt JESSE A4ncAn Elliott thsr
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known on the turf as Olympus, which
he trained TO present the attitude he
wanted. He studied the character Of
Jackson and secured the best likeness
Of him nbtainable in order 10 give n
faithful representation OF him. He
used as models his military dress, the
sword he wore. the saddle, holsters
bride he USED. and even the buckles he
wore on his shoes All these we're then
deposited in the Patent once. but may
now be seen In the National Museum.
Mfr Mills became identified about this
time with the uniformed military Of the
District and was active in the organi
cation of the Presidents Mounted
Guard. of which he became the first
lieutenant When the guard turned out.
he always rode Olympus. or what came
10 be known as the model horse
Olympus never seems 10 have forgotten
the training given to him for making
the statue, and upon the first occasion
that Mills in all his regalia and glory
turned out with the guard, the horse at
tempted TO pose in front of the Treas
ury, with the result that II reared over
backward, throwing its rider, but. for
tunately, niuring him only slightly,
Mills was careful in all he undertook.
make the Washington statue, he secured
a remarkably fine horse captured on a
prairie near Fort Leavenworth. II
proved such a good piece OF horSeheSh
that IL was afterward sold to James
Hammond of South Carolina for s'la
purposes
The Jackson statue was cast from
cannon captured by Old Hickory from
the enemy In the war of lSiS-lStS. The
contract price for the statue Was
$4,000 After hard study and two
years labor, he finished the plaster
model Many difficulties were vet 10 be
encountered in making what proved 10
be the first bronze statue cast In this
country, and Its dedication did not take
place until January 8, 1888, The Sculp~
tor actually lost about $1,000 ON his
contract, but SO pleased was Congress
with the statue that It awarded him an
additional sum oI 0.o00, and SuhSe-
quently appropriated $4,000 for the
erection Of statue Of Washington, to
be made by him.
~% ~
AS result of ether heavy orders,
Mills purchased q farm about
three miles from Washington, ON the
main line Of the Il, 4 O, Railroad soon
this became known as Mills station,
hut when that section was Suhdivided
into building lots, the station took the
present name of "Langdon
Here Mills erected studio. a foun-
dry, and other necessary buildings SV,
hardly had they been covered IN when
a gale destroyed the studio, and before
Evening star., 1928-04-01
BY JOHN CLAGETT PROCTOR.

: N August 30. 1923, three weeks
\ after the arrival of the body
/ Of the late President Warren
= O Hard 2 at his old home in
kgayion Ohio his cSsket was
Seward daily gateway., 1928-05-08
ARE APOLOGIES NECESSARY?

Every time Alaskan goes to Congress to ask for thing with which to carry and develop the Territory for this chap posterty, he to feel like prefacng his petition with apology.
 You see it's like this" he begins Alaska is a big country and the population small compared to the vast expanse of territory and coast but if could have this thousand dollars it would do
 lot of good would help development help increase the population make homes for people and add to the riches Alaska is pouring into the lap of the Nation'
 If he keeps on talking long enough he will finally gain confidence and start talking from the shoulder However. he generally gums the game by "cussing with nrase at the start and leaves his hearers cold
 Alaskans must forget that line of apolopetic bunk This great country and those who have lived here lone enonoh proud of Alaska; of them is certain that before his her final curtain has rung down they will have stake laid bv
 Thev all oet weakkneed when thev approach Uncle Sam: and eSneciav when thnv ant to he reminded tho A~el Porond seO OOo Oo0 ond itc Thnv ont cold chil1s and down the spine at the thouph that some bewhskerod nick from Kansas boot leg representative from Chicaoo. may pet following enough in Conoress to block further appropriations for the Alaska Railroad and vote to turn the Territory back to the Indians for roller coaster
 If there is apologizng to do about Alaska it had better begin with Uncle Sam and his misguided mnions who have been making political football of the country
 EverVhody knows. if he knows continental cnss about Alaska and the oion of the Alaska Railroad idea that that line protected to develop the rich coal dep oss in order to promote prosperity here and save money for the government in ennvino its shns with coal There question abont it. The coal and is here vet And the government boats still burning other coals not Alaskan by long shot!
 The oroinal idea was and is still rioht But the cold facts remain Washinoton, Utah and British Columbia coal is still pourino into Alaska. How come? Politics gentle reader and leoisative ho<um And if ask for
 few neaslev thosands to make tho deficit that the government alone is resnonsibe for those peanut noliticans let ont howl If anosh that Alaska is trying tn raid +hp trpasll1v aoain.
 rnreona effect that's a1l Politics! Rotten to the core,
Seward daily gateway., 1928-05-08
"BlFF" WILLIAMS SHOT

"Biff" Williams, formerly station ed at the now abandoned Anchorage Army Post, and who was one of the classiest little boxers ever developed in this neck of the woods, is now in New York with a couple of bullet holes in him, souvenirs from the Me aragua rebel fighting. "Biff" has been in the Marines for about two years.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-05-08
NEW RADI0 STATIONS F0|R 0|R TIE WESTWARD

Two new radio stations are being opened west of Seward announces Capt Ralph R. Guthrie. head of the U. s. Army Signal Corps area. in this, and Interior districts, in statement made public Saturday. Squaw Har- bor and Dillingham; are the lucky towns.
 A man and equipment Is now en- route to Squaw Harbor and will have the station open in June.
 The Dillingham; station, the largest of the two, will be two-man station as against one-man station at the harbor Both places will have short and long wave equipment.
 Both stations, tapping big cannery centers, will operate on regular sched. !. ule with Seward headquarters.
 On May ls Capt Robert B. Wool 'erton, radio officer, will sail West ward on the s. s. Starr to supertD- tend the installations. The signol Corps radio station at Little squaw, chandalar district was closed last month and it's equipment will be employed elsewhere The new sta tons and the closing of Little squaw are moves forced by rapidly increos- i1s business.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-05-08
A SPORTY COURSE

some or the notabIes among tie party of bts same hunters stopping l. Seward ovar the weekend, playef ~ix holes Of solf in N rain storm last Sunday and declared tae field to be one of the zportiezo they lad sen. Two of them wore golf suits which answered the same discIiption-es- 2ecially before the game.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-05-08

A unique display of automobile li- cense plates from every state in the Union and many foreign countries were shown at the Los Angeles li- cense office. The number plates were all worn to California on the cars of winter visitors and discarded there for this years licenses.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-05-08
SCRAP BOOK EXERPS

(By Babe" Hayes, Cordova)
 Chas M. Gregg, Crawfordsvira, Ind. T certainly did appreoiata your many h;ndnesses while in Cordova and want to thank you very much"
Seward daily gateway., 1928-05-08

if you haven't tried Frye Bruhn's Baby Beef you have missed some thing, friends!
Seward daily gateway., 1928-05-08

wise mother will never call her children abrupt, from play Instead suggest Edith when you come to good stopping place. want you to go to the store for me-" The child will respect this little leeway if dupcat ed in a five or ten minute warning at bedtime.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-05-08

The Gateway has asked dozen citizens of Seward to make some of statement the school bond elect ion but todate only has been receved Mayor Rays published last week.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-05-08

Ignorance of the law is excuse, except when one happens to be lawyer
Seward daily gateway., 1928-05-08

Correct this sentence: "Of course don't mind lend ing money to relatives because they always pay it back
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-09-13
Babson Emphasizes
Great Progress In
the Gas Industry

In recent syndicated article,
Roger w. Babson, commenting on
the large prospects for growth of the
public utility industry. took occasion
to point out the. expansion now GO
ing on in the gas business. as follows:
at is only recently that the gas
industry has awakened to its oppor-
tunities. When electricity first
came on the scene everyone said that
the gas business was doomed. They
did not, however, stop to consider
that people need more things than
light and motors. Industry stepped
in with a demand for gas which has
outstripped the widest imagination.
New uses were found. Almost all
industrial processes require heat at
some stage.
"Gas has filled this demand. We
find it used in enamelling, burning
brick, dye casting, metal cleaning and
drying, chemical industries, hotels,
etc. In addition to cooking, domes-
tic uses for gas are developing con-
stantly. Among these are gas re-
frigeration. house heating, inciner-
ators. water heating, etc.
"The problem before the gas in
dnstry Is the same as the problem
before tho light and power COM
panies, namely, that of selling their
services to the people. That is
where the gas business has been
weak in the past, but indications
now are that Il is becoming an ag-
gressivc merchandiser. A few years
ago there were legs than 1000 in
dustrial uses for manufactured gas
that were known, but today there
are well over 5000, largely due to
the energetic research work Of the
companies themselves. Both the
natural and manufactured gas bust
nesses have Consequently shown re
markable growth" (ady)
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-09-13
Tuskegee Leader Backs
Hoover for President

WASHINGTON, ID. CDR. r. r.
Motion. principal of Tuskegee insti-
tute successor to the late Booker T..
Washington, commends Herbert
Hoover's efforts Sin behalf of all
classes" in statement praising Mr..
Hoover's acceptance speech.
DR.. Motion in a message to A. J..
Holsey, secretary of the colored vot-
ers' division of the Republican ma
tional committee, said;
"After listening to the acceptance
speech of Mr.. Hoover felt that here
was the spokesman of the finest and
best in American life. He spoke as
one familiar with the problems dis
cussed, whether sectional, national or
international. His grasp was firm
and sure; his outlook statesmanlike
controlled and directed by strong
human. sympathies.
Associated with him on the work
of the Mississippi flood relief COM
mittee | had ample opportunity TO
know the earnestness and sincerity
of his efforts in behalf of all classes.
No man in America is better quail
fled TO serve his country in strong,
virile highminded leadership than is
Herbert Hoover"
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-09-13
Great Falls, Mont.
Madeline Smith, Reporter.

Two inspiring sermons were preach
ed Sunday at Bethel A. NJ. +.
Church by lev. Laid.
The Joymakers Club met at the
home of Mrs. CARMEL La Mari.
The Excelsior Club met at the
homie Of Miss Ria Dora and Mildred
Ellis. -
Nj. and Mrs. ccracken and. Rev.
and Mrs. r. ]. Ladd left for Spo-
kane, Wash, to attend the. annual
conference of the A. M. E.. Church.
The ,Joymakers Club gave "kid
party Friday night at the home OF
the Misses Ethel and Nellie Brown
and Miss Deloris Potter.
During The illness of Mrs. Goldie
Chivers the following relatives visit.
cd her: Mrs. 0phelia Fielder, her sis.
ter Mrs. Edna Howard and Mrs
Katie Foster, her aunts; Mrs. How
ard, Anaconda, Mrs. Foster, Helena
and Mr.. and Mrs. Leo Stewart
cousins; Mrs. Alice Smith, mother
Miss Mamie Walton, Havre, cousin
Miss Hazel Cottles Of Big Sand!
was the house guest of Mrs. Mari'
Ellis for week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robt. Miner left 70
St. Paul. Mimi, where Mrs. Miner
mother Is seriously III,
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-09-13
Mrs. e. c. Collins, Reporter


Rev. and Mrs. NJ. w. Withers. left
for Louisville, Ky, last Sunday to at
tend the National Baptist conven-
ton.
Mrs. Z. f. Clemens and Mrs. Chas.
Warden spent Labor Day in Chica-
go.
Mrs. ], T. Morrow and daughter
Miss Lucille Morrow and Mrs. Emil
Morrow spent Labor Day at Mime
apolis. Mrs. Emil Morrow returned
home Monday evening, Mrs. Morrow
and daughter will spend two weeks
visiting their relatives and friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. c. Collins have
returned home after spending their
vacation at st. Louis and touring
through the states of Illinois and
iowa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Mitchell mo-
.tored to Chicago last Sunday to at
tend the Hairdressers convention.
Mr.. Ray Taylor spent Labor Day
at Minneapolis.
Mrs. Katie Climons is on the dis.
ability list.
Miss Ruth Talbot has returned
home after spending her vacation at
Atchison, Kansas.
Mrs. Georgia Robinson. sister of
Mrs. Alma Warden passed away last
Monday at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Chas. Warden. Her remains were
shipped to Des Moines, Iowa. Mes
danes Mary Patrick and James Mar
tin, accompanied the relatives.
Messrs Ellsworth and Verne Free
man and a couple of young ladies
spent labor day at Sioux City, Iowa.
Mesdames Eta TAYLOR, Marie MoN-
ley, Mr., James Monkey, Adrian Tab
bot and Miss Georgia Grigsly mot
ored to Yankton last Sunday and re-
NAMED over for Labor Day.
Mrs. Eva Turner after spending
several weeks here visiting her
daughters left for home last Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Luther Patrick, Miss
Bette Robinson and Raymond Pat
rick motored to Yankton last Mon
day.
Miss Ida Monkey spent a week at
Sioux City, visiting friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Il. c. Collins, Mes
danes Eva Turner, Ida Graves, and
Ida Mae Benson spent last Sunday
in Yankton.
| Miss Lorraine Crawford, niece OF
| Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Warden is in the
! city for an indefinite stay.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Woody, for.
mer residents Of this city spent O
few hours in the city last Thursday
on their way to Brookfield, Mis-
souri,. ..