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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-07-13
Beau In Hard Luck

Hassan Effendi, who priGed him
self as being the Beau Brummel Of
Scutaria, has been arrested and SEN
fenced to weeks. Imprisonment on
the charge of wearing the baggy
trousers known as chalvars, universal
ly worn under the old regime, but
prohibited recently by law of the new
republic. The indignant dandy has
carried the case to the Court of APP
peals, alleging that he wears no an
tique chalvar and that the trousers
which reused the suspicious of an ig-
norant police are actually the latest
cry in civilized garb, imported from
the United States as charleston
trousers.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-07-13

party fell in with another emigrant
train, commanded by Edwin Bryant,
consisting of 9S fighting men, 80 wom-
en-, 46 wagons and $50 cattle. The
addition of the Bonner party to this
caravan made it so large that it was
divided into two parts for conven-
fence in travelling and an organization
with the proper officers ito direct it's
affairs was formed. By the middle
of June the emigrant train was max
ing it's way through Nebraska and
nearing Fort Laramie, which they
reached safely and stopped to repair
their wagons.
Although several of the party (main-
ly the older ones) died and were bur-
led along the trail, the party reached
Fort Bridger without undue disaster
Then when it was hear the Great Salt
lake the emigrant train divided, the
larger portion deciding to keep to
the old road to California while the
Donners, Reeds and many others, 81
in all, made the fatal decision to at
tempt what was called the Hastings
Cutoff, which passed along the south
ern edge of the lake and was said to
shorten the route to California by 300
miles before it rejoined the Fort Hall
emigrant road on the Humboldt river
in Nevada.
The Bonner party soon found that
it had made a mistake, for the emf
grants were seven days in reaching
Weber canyon and then found that
they must make their own trail by cut
ting their way through heavy under
brush and making a road as they
went. While they were struggling
through the Hasting Cutoff they were
Joined by the Graves party, another
Illinois group which had set out from
their homes near what is now Lacon,
ILL.,, at about the same time as the
Bonner party had started. The Graves
party consisted of W.. f. Graves, his
wife and eight children, his son-in-law,
Jay Fosdick, and young man named
John Snyder, and they were to play
a prominent part in the tragedy that
was so soon to follow. No less dra-
matte than the stories of Eliza Dom
ner and Virginia Reed is the account
of the Bonner tragedy as given from
the viewpoint Of the Graves family
and recorded in an old book Records
of the 0lden Time, or Fifty Years on
the Prairies" by Spencer Ellsworth
and printed in Lacon, ILL.,, in 1880.
After making their way at last
through Weber canyon, the combined
party found itself facing a desert
They had been told it was only 40
miles wide and they took what they
thought was an ample supply of water.
But the desert proved to be more than
twice that distance across and for
two nights and day they struggled
across the dreary alkali waste, suf-
fering from heat and thirst by day
and from cold at night. When the
third day came and the unending des-
ert still stretched before them, one
of the party went ahead in search of
water. leaving instructions for the
drivers to unhitch their oxen and fol-
low if the cattle began to give out.
All Of the, wagons except one, had
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-07-13
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not liquid. Keeps indefinitely.
just as effective in any season
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Get Pexel at your grocer's-
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~ Here are a few examples of
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an cups strawberry juice, Pexel, 8
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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-07-13

to be abandoned and eventually the
party emerged from the desert and
approached the mountains. Then it
was discovered that their food sup
plies were running low and California
was still hundreds of miles away. By
this time, too, dissension had arisen
5 in the party and dispute between
Reed and Snyder resulted in the kill
ing of the latter When they finally
reached the mountains it was to find
that the many delays had brought
them even greater dangers. For the
early SHOWS had begun to fall on the
Sierras. and crossing the mountains
would be impossible. So with heavy
hearts they turned back to cabin
on the shores of a lake, since known
as Bonner lake, which had been built
by party of emigrants two years
earlier, built more cabins and pre-
pared as best they could for the win
ter.
A series of storms piled up the
snow until it was IA feet deep. The
1OOu SQpPllC0 WClS QlmOSL CAiduStCo
and when the last Of the cattle had
been killed and eaten the emigrants
were reduced to eating the hides,
which when boiled, were little more
than masses of glue. Several attempts
were made to push across the noun
tains and seek relief in the California
settlements on the other side, but all,
except one, failed. "forlorn hope"
expedition, of ten men and five women
set out and although eight of the men
per1shed on the way, the survivors
finally reached Suffers fort.
A relief party was Immediately
sent out by Captain Suffer which
cached-a supply of food along the way
and arrived with only q small amount
of provisions which were doled out
to the furnishing members of the party.
On February % party of % started
out to cross the mountains and after,
struggling through the snow found
that wild animals had destroyed the
cache of food. Fortunately, another
relief party from Suffers fort reached
them in time to save them from star.
walton.
In the meantime scenes of almost
indescribable horror were taking place
among those who had remained at
Bonner lake. Faced by the alternative
Of starving to death or resorting to
cannibalism the wretched survivors
chose the latter and it is in the &C.
count of the Graves family, as writ
| ten by Ellsworth, that the narrowing
details of what took place then are
revealed. More relief parties evep-
tually arrived and by degrees the refn-
nants of the party made their way
over the SHOWS of the mountains down
into the valley of the Sacramento and
! to Suffers fort.
Starvation and the, cold had exacted
fearful toll. Forty-two of the So
members of the party who had been
overtaken by winter in that terrible
camp had persisted. Only Is of the
original party of 81 which had left
| Springfield ever reached California.
Descendants 'of some Of the survivors
| still live in California and in 1918 had
a part in dedicating monument on
the spot near Bonner lake where many
of the party persisted. 1t is monu-
ment to the dauntless pioneer spirit
which carried the survivors Of the
historic Bonner party through hor'
rers and privations such as few hui
man beings have experienced to death
less fame.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-07-13

EVEN If you've had a dozen fail
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When you use Pexel, its price
-3Oc-is repaid from one to
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are not wasted by prolonged
boiling.
Pexelis a 1000 pure-fruitprod-
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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-07-13

led the waters by series of dams
and syphons up over a mountain range
to the penstocks. Now the plant has
an effective head of 70S meters, pro-
duces 100,000-horse power and can
generate 100000, and the annual ram
page of the rivers, which once resulted
in flooding ten square miles of valu-
able land within the city, has been
squelehed.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-07-13
SUBTLETY

An Oxford undergraduate, a son
of the vicarage, discovered he was
intentionally short Of money, so he
spent some time connecting letter
that would have the right effect upon
q somewhat severe parent.
When finally completed, the letter
read as follows:
my dear father, | wonder If you
will oblige me very greatly by send
ing me a copy of this months parish
magazine, and five-pound note? P.
S.-Dont forget the parish maga-
zine"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-07-13
Life Of "Skyscraper'

associate editor of the Archi-
tectGral Record says that the average
skyscraper is estimated to continue in
existence from Is to 30 years. This
brief period of existence is due to the
rapid growth and change, in our
cities, and does not indicate failure
due to construction. The modern
skyscraper with proper care to pro
tect the steel framework and foot
ings, should exist a century or long
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-07-13

Bride-Boo, hoo! Walter doesn't
like my cooking.
Her Mother-How do you know?
Does he say so?
Bride-He didn't come right out and
s-s-say so, but he told me he liked.
fruit cake to be at least six months
old-and we've only been married
five weeks!
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-07-13
Wonderful

'sYou know Boothby- great fellow
for detail"
.He is, that! He's the sort of chap
who would go and get married and be
able afterward to tell you whether 1t
was Mendelssohn, Lohengrin or Tam
hauser they played during the cere-
mony."
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-07-13
A Way Out

'I'm never happy unless I'm break
ing into song"
"Why don't you get the key, AMI
you won't have to break in."-Pear-
sons Weekly.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-07-13
All Did 1t

Magistrate-It seems strange to me
that you could keep on robbing that
enormous corporation for so long
without being caught.
The Prisoner (brightly)-Well. the
corporation was pretty busy itself.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-07-13

er. Electrolysis has been found to be
injurious to the lif. of steel, and this
may be a destructive factor (about
which little is KNOWN which under
certain conditions may shorten the life
of the skyscraper to half century
or so
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-07-13
BY ELMO SCOTT WATSON

! J ] ! ! !. ! ! !
Yrv7l HE other day news pic
ture service issued the
Ill photograph shown above
I} and in doing SO brought
back for moment from
the dim past the memory
of one of the most glo-
IL rious periods in all Amer
>y lean history and recalled
the story of one of the
two outstanding tragedies of those far
away times. In the annals of the his
toric days of 49, there are no more
thrilling stories than those of two diff
ferent groups of homeseekers whose
sufferings on the overland trails to
California have immortalized the
names of the Bonner party" and the
"Jayhawker party"
II is curious coincidence that both
parties originated in the state of ILL
nois, that both Travelled over the IA
NOUS Oregon trail until they reached
the region Of the Great Salt lake in
Utah and that both made the tragic
mistake of seeking shorter route
to the Promised Land instead of fol-
lowing the route which would have
brought them in safety to fortune and
happy homes in new land. But there
the coincidence ends except for the
facfkth both found Death awaiting
kalong the trail. To the Bonner
which set out from Springfield,
H., in 1916, Death appeared in the
form of starvation and freezing cold
in the SHOWS of the high Sierras. To
the Jayhawker party, which left Gales
burg, ILL.,, three years later, in the
spring of 1S49, and which, seeking to
avoid the mistakes of the Bonner
party, fell into greater tribulation,
Death appeared in the form of starva-
ton, and thirst and the overpowering
heat of that earthly inferno to which
they gave the name of Death valley.
The Bonner party was one of the
hundreds which began to flock to Cali
fornia almost Immediately after the
war with Mexico. On April Is, 1876,
81 men, women and children who
had assembled at Springfield. ILL.,.
for what they thought would be- a
five-months journey to the Pacific
coast, set out for the Golden West.
The organizer Of the party was James
f. Reed, but it took its name from the
Bonner brothers, George and Jacob,
who were neighbors of Reed. OF the
81 in the party, 16 were children,
among whom were two little girls,
Eliza Bonner and Virginia Reed, who
later wrote stories of their journey
which have become classic accounts
of this expedition. Eliza Donner's
description of the equipment which
her father and uncle provided for the
long journey is as vivid description
of the covered wagon" era in Ameri
can history as can be found anywhere.
In one wagon were the seed and farm
ing implements for use when they
reached California and with these the
laces, muslins, satins and velvets to
be used in trading for land. In the
second were the supplies for the jour
ney, the food. clothing and camp
equipment, as well as various bright
c0lored garments, beads, necklaces,
mirrors and the like, to be used in
making friends with the Indians along
the route. The third wagon was the
family "home on wheels and it, as
well as each of the other two was
drawn by three yoke Of oxen.
For several weeks the journey was
uneventful. On May 10, the Bonner
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-07-13
Fine Engineering Feat

Engineers developing a hydroelec-
trio power plant near Sac Paulo. Bra
zil, caught couple of rivers which
had the habit Of flowing westward, re
formed them to flow east and then
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-07-13

Very Friendly visitor-Did you
have any difficulty in choosing name
for baby?
Fond Mother-Not the slightest.
You see, dear. we've only one rich
relative.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-07-13
Not Responsible

Husband (anxiously) My wife seems
not to have the slightest interest in
life.
Doctor-What makes you think
that?
"Well, I've tried her with golf, bill
lizards, football and racing, and it's
just like talking to a stone!"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-07-13
federation

Housewife should think you
would be ashamed to beg in this
neighborhood.
Tramp-Don't apologize for it.
ma am; I've seen worse.-Montreal
Star.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-07-13
Business Yierp

"You seem to have a good deal of
faith in DOCTORS" said Barratt to his
invalid friend.
81 have" was the reply. "A doctor
would be foolish to let a good custom
er like me die"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-07-13
What Does H Matter?

did you really understand the
learned lecture you heard last nightT
''No, but that didn't matter, had
free ticket" = Gemutliche Sachse
(Leipzig).
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-07-13
Thouehtfulness

visitor-So you and Ted have, post
poned your marriage?
Fiancee-Yes, you see, we thought
mother and dad ought to have little
more time to find larger apartment.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-07-13
Making Them Work

"Score one for the husbands"
what row?"
"SOme of them are finding their
hitherto frivolous wives make very
fair chauffeursF
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-07-13

Mrs. Catherine M. Brown Of san =

, Mrs. Catherine M. Brown OF San
Francisco, sole survivor Of the III
fated Bonner party, recalls the vivid
incidents of early California history
when she was little girl during the
hectic gold rush days, and, being an
artist Of unusual ability, puts them
on canvas.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-07-13
Incompatibility

Rob-"Whats the trouble between
you and your masseur?" Bob-"Oh,
he rubs the wrong way"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-07-13

The Canadian government has es-
tablished a sanctuary about $4,000
square miles in extent for musk oxen.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-07-13

1t is easy to take the rest cure by
.neglecting ones tasks; that, too. is
expensive.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-07-13
THE BEST

Slim Kid-Whot d'you like best
about school?
Fat Kid-Goin' home from it.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-07-13

~ shor got in jam yestiddy, jim
N.Y."
"What kinda jam, Billp
"Think it was strawberry"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-07-13

HE other DAY a news PIC
ture service issued the
photograph shown above
and in doing SO brought
back for a moment from
the dim past the memory
of one Of the most glo-
rious periods in all Amer
lean history and recalled
the story of one of the
The Indianapolis times., 1928-04-13
YELLOWSTONE:
CEYSERS HAVE
NEVADA RIVALS
Hot Spring Region Found in
Desert Resembles Ma
tiOnaI Park.
BIZ Science Serrice

~ SCleHCe ScFGtce
BOSTON, April 13.-The geysers
of an almost unknown Little
Yellowstone" are wasting their
spoutings on the desert air of
Nevada, according to Mrs. Beirne
B. Brues of this city.
In company with her husband
Prof. G. T. Brues of Harvard Uni
versity, Mrs Brues last summer
motored over much of the desert
and semi-arid country in Utah.
Nevada and California, and in the
course of their travels they came
upon this little patch of erupting
hot springs, which she states re-
sembles the geysers of Yellowstone
National Park in their action and
in the geological formation of their
craters.
The geyser area lies little dist
ance off the Victory highway be-
tween Salt Lake City and Reno.
Leaving the highway at Dunphy,
New, a small railroad section sta
ton f1fty-six miles west of Elko,
New, one travels south for a few
miles along the Humboldt river to
the town of Beowawe, New.
The geysers are situated a few
miles south Of that town, on a shelf
on a mountain side. The white
patch made by their deposits is
visible from Emigrant Pass, thirty
five miles west of Elko, and re-
mains in sight practically all the
rest of the way to Beowawe.
The geyser shelf on the noun
tainside is part of a private ranch,
but visitors are welcome. The for
nation totals about half mile in
length. In the course of half an
The Indianapolis times., 1928-04-13

only geysers in the United States
outside of Yellowstone National
Park, which contains more active
geysers than all the rest of the
world put together. Other famous
geyser regions are found in Iceland,
where these peculiar erupting hot
The Indianapolis times., 1928-04-13
springs received their name, and
in New Zealand.

Buy your home now, on the easy
payment plan. Scores of splendid
values are listed daily in the real
estate columns of Times Classified
Ads.
The Indianapolis times., 1928-04-13

By Times Special
FRANKFORT, Ind, April 13.-
Upon condition that she attend no
Sunday dances, live with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Orn-
dorff and report in court every two
weeks, Mrs. Faye Brimberry has
escaped a one to flve-year term in
the Indiana Woman's Prison.
After jury disagreed following
Mrs. Brimberrys trial on blackmail
charges, it being alleged she wrote
threatening letters to six business
men here demanding money, she en-
tered a plea of guilty to one charge
and received a suspended sentence.
Conditions upon which she escaped
a prison term will continue for a
year.
The Indianapolis times., 1928-04-13

hour several of them will erupt,
some to a considerable height.
So far as is known, these are the
The Indianapolis times., 1928-04-13
Top Icers

Genuine Golden Oak.
A SIG value. Sale
price
The Indianapolis times., 1928-04-13
Side Icers

White porcelain lined.
A genuine bargain.
Sale price
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-18
'CHESTERMAN MADE.
MORRIS BANK HEAD.
Vice President Advanced at
Stockholders Meeting
Held Here Today.

Bsrtram cheSterman. executive vice
president OF the Morris Plan Bank ri
Washington. this afternoon WAS raised
10 the presidency ~ the annual meet
ing OF the stockholders. He succeeds
Wallace ID. Mclean. n former Washing
sonian. who has been serving as pTeSI-
dent OF the local bank and resigned
because his duties III New York as
executive vice president OF the MerriS
Plan Co. prevented his giving the neceS-
sary time 10 the Washington iaStitu-
ton.
Mr.. CheSterman. the new president.
is native OF Richmond. When n
very young man he entered newspaper
work. covering sessions % the Virginia
survey Of The banking statutes Of
all the States In the Union and Of
banking laws III many foreign countries
for the Virginia Corporation Commits
SION AtterwArd he helped ~ draft
many Of the present banking laws III
that State
During the war Mr., ChcSserman be-
came a national bank examiner, After
serving as = State bank examiner In
Virginia for seven years. he worked
in New Jersey. Connecticut and New
York City. In 1890 he went 10 Boston
as vice president Of the Morris Plan
Co. taking a similar position IN Wash
ington In 1925.
AZ today,s meeting Arthur J. Morris
founder 81 the Morris Plan. ~ New
York, was made chairman ~ the Wash
ington board of directors and Willard
b. Barker was reelected treasurer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-18
UNION men SUPPORT
NINE PROBE PROJECT
Johnson Resolution Will Bring Out
Coal Industry Ills, Say
Workers.

The resolution by Senator Johnson,
Republican. California, demanding an
investigation Of conditions In Penn
sylyania, West Virginia and Ohio coal
fields viii bring out what is wrong
with the industry. the United Mine
Workers of America declared last nigh,
in announcing support of such an In
vestigation.
The Mine Workers. In statement
said that operators In the central com
peutive field had repudiated wage
agreements with unions and that IN
seeking wage reductions and "deStrue-
tion Of the United Mine Workers" the
coal companies, under domination al
big interstate railroads. have reSorted
Ia the most brutal methods Of war
fare" unSk,lled labor has been i'm.
ported 10 work for lower wages and
the organized miners and their fam
lilies have been cvieted from their
homes. the statement continued.
THE present chaotic situation Il,
the hltuminouS coal industry Is due
solely In the railroad coal company
conspiracy" the statement said