The Coolidge examiner., 1934-09-28

WaahtuEfaH. % r-War service
4 PSYCHOLOGISTS have uncov-
~ erred near MDrrisville. New
Il n York. walled frnnsl and
weii.llkc enclosure ten fe,t under
Eround which ls something ~ n
mystery. Who dug Il and FOR hat
purpose Il vas used. Is a prublem
historians are attempting to solve.
New York. the Empire state. from
colonial times has been a state %
startling discoveries and marvellous
Development
More than III years before Piym-
outh Rock and less than three years
after jamestown. a SEordgiri az
ure In steel corselet and piumed
helmet stood proudly defiant before
band OF hostile Indians The
scene vas the shore of a lake To a
mountain bordercd valley. the time
the morning OF July 80. iG0o.
As the redskin warriors rush to-
ward him with bloodcurdllnE war
cries the Intrepid adventurer ls IN.
perigFbcd Not until the savaEes
approach within bowShoi does be
move. Then he raises bis Haring-
uuEzled Arquebus and nreS Three
o, the four lsaden slugs ind their
marx Two chiefs fan dead and
one o; their braves eiuiched ai q
mortal wound
samuel De Champlaln. the great
French explorer. 10 win the favor
of the Hurons o, the 81 Lawrence
country. thus brought war into tha;
delectable land which we now call
the state OF New York.
The immediate result Of that Sho,
on the shores OF Lake Champlain
was victory. Though the martial
Iroqnois Tor generations bad
schooled themselves 20 face death
In every form that savage cunning
and barbaric cruelty could invent.
siill FOR the moment they could
not stand ~ against this new.
strange weapon that spoke with
the voice OF thunder and flashed
with the tongue OF lightning.
Shot Gave Regions 20 the English.
Who can measure The fun eonse-
euences OF that shot
The enmlty toward the French II
engendered In the breasts OF the
Froquois forever sealed that land to
French colonization and made the
Iroquols lifelong allies OF the Eng
ilsh. who were soon 10 arrive.
II made northeastern New York
the Belgium Of the colonial wars.
with the fertile Champlain valley
as the Immediate objective. but
with ali America as the ultimate
prize. II raised Crown Point and
Tieonderoga. and led Wolfe and
Monicalm-the one 10 victory and
the other 10 defeat. but both TO
death--to that fAteful Geld on the
Plains o, Abraham before Quebec.
That shot. indeed. led to the low.
ering OF the flag OF France from the
parapets OF New France and TO the
holstlng OF the Union Jack OF Brit.
ain over the latitudes above the St
Lawrence.
One well might believe New York
would speak French today instead
OF English; that there would be no
United States, II Champlain had
come Arst to the forest at the foot
OF the Adirondacks with peace In
stead OF war.
Statistics seldom sparkle. but
once In a while some OF them tell
so eloquent n story that they are
actually dramatic. Their measure
OF New York's place In our coun-
try's economic situation dIscloses
that the state. with only one-sixtleth
OF the nations land and only one
tenth os It's population. contributes
nve-eights OF It's bank clearings:
earns one-thIrd OF Its taxable In
come: possesses one-fourth OF It's
bank deposits: produces one-sev-
enih of IT'S manufactures. In scores
OF other ways they add TO this bril-.
liant record OF human achievement.
Whoever wanders from the over
towering roar OF the mighty. man
maus canyons % Manhattan. up the
Hudson and through the Mohawk
valley 20 BuffalO. and thence TO the
inspiring thu3ders of the waters OF
Niagara. noting as he goes the
mighty artery ~ commerce and In
castry that ties them together. dts
covers that within ten miles of this
mnSt-rrnveled lane In America 50
per cent ~ the states population
work Ike beavers that once roaupd
whore they ike. to serve varied
needs % the nation.
Wha; the Erie Canal Meant.
New York's people have ever
been ready 10 capitalize every ad-
vantage OF geography. They built