Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-15
BY GENE DAY.

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" through the matted jungle
Of New Guinea a curious cav
zlcade wendell its roughshod
Il way. long train of Dyak
porters from Borneo. armed
soldiers of the Dutch government.
who guarded both the van and rear
OF the procession. and a squad Of
white men. clad and equipped as
though for hunting or prospecting
beyond the outposts of civilization
Alertly and cautiously the march.
ers piodded steadily onward. for we'll
they knew that in the background
and distant perspective of their diff.
hcuit course zsntily clad sayages.
armed with mighty be@s and poi
aoned aIr0wa. lay in ambuscade.
awaiting their coming
IL MAS the story revised Of early
pioneers of united America. forging
forward in enigTant trains toward
the great Continental Divide aud the
natural riches Of the Pacific Coast
q tale modified 10 New Guinea condi.
tons. For ia this particular case
the expedition consisted ~ aTcheoio-
gisfg from the Smithsonian instifu.
ton and their encourage. far afieli
on foreign soil.
DIR. NJ. w. Sterling and his asso-
They explored sections III New
Guinea never before visited by skilled
scientists. They brought back s.4ci
specimens IF greet ,srcbeoiozicai "a nj
s1thiDfSol0gtcai value. They had a
ye3r OF excitement 4 nd dan niger I'm the
country az the hostile Papuans. large
End muscular negroid tribesmeD ~
New GAines. They fought md turned
back all the onsia u2hts Of the IA.
fyes. vino did everything possible Ia
impede the scientific progress III the
sxpIOra tons. Blood vas shed Bar
barls ns we're routed. in order thu.
modern science might md ~ It's
knowledge ~ prehistoric mankind.
DIR. Stirling. ~ leader ~ the ex.
redjijon. which Was one ~ the most
important of the 1851 program ~
the smithsonian tns'itution. was sue,
ressful in dDdgjng the poisoned ar
rows ~ The Fspaans. and returned
10 We shingtoD with q wealth ~ ar
sheoicgisu trophies, However. during
his e1picratlons. he contracted ma
IL rial fever, and even today, after a
BONG FjeRe with the disease. he sf!il
suffers intermittent attacks. The pro.
Tessionsl business III the scientific az.
ploTey. even during This sRe ~ trans.
Dces mic sslfphons foBHsTES ton air
mobile racer ~ 100 miller an hour
- almost ~ pestioits ss during the
time ~ Columbus. foFtez snf Ora hs.
To most If the bslf million resi-.
bensS ~ Warrington fhe exploits AMI
adventure ~ our national @xpefi.
fsonsss in all directions ~ the ram.
pes are unknown Even the rinse
ne bore ~ these "rsptsins cours.
genus ~ science" rarely hear any
1T.
snces snoat shd ashore. Even when
yoD binS them down ~ definite
snFweFs 80 GiTs"t questions they viii
beiItftT the risks ~bDb they run
snd she natural ana uHns'Ital hsz.
sfds ~bi"f b& nnlesp their W"tk,
A WAY bari during 'he hays ~ -
- 5Uktnsnt after fhe fIsu Ast.
dsIntless MAJ f'1~eii NJ ms ni'Hd
states Ee'IopiTai Survey sE' 'bs ~
pIorstite Ire u 10 mp,ion, whsp b@ ran
the s@itiiBg rapids ~ thA L"i"tsdp
g:ssr fhro5En |ifaHd EanfDn ~fh@
NogiHs wilGest Hatefs~-iH sturdy
yoWrbosi. MAJ pD"sD war III" fFst
" iuTn ihsl tTiak, 3 feat WbI"fI bas
sine been d9pilaateo on cGly I~o o.
csslons, FrDD9 then uDiIj me Tetutn
~ the Staring expedition sHd Dthes
explorations Of the current period, th.
Smithsonian Institution hss been re-
sp0DF bic foT many GsgntJiblIt ions 10
the 6dVsnc sDaeni ~ American sssisnns
a Ia tbs bast hahesnluFy some ~
these explorers have saeTihcsd Their
Ityss 80 iheiT technical eailiERs. They
have refused 80 felinftBizb thsiF
sesrsh sftfT new kBoWtshRs nuggets,
tTfsKpeeiiys ~ me obstacles shbh
confronted them. True America
sSS tftsfF have met come ~ flashing