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Evening star., 1936-06-28
u eSterner Recalls
Boyhood Trip Into
Homestead Countfj'
Bv Ell COmanCho.

RETWEEN dawn and sunrise o.
March 8, 1859 a party Of five COW
cred wagons crossed the Missouri River
OF long wagon train, drawn by oxen,
which had started from Central Illi-
nois some weeks before, going West
to take up 'homesteads.
The West in those days was wild
unfenced, unpeopled wilderness-and
was one of the people in the first OF
those five wagons.
I'll rever totget that ride over the
ice of the river behind the plodding,
slipping oxen. A raw, cold wind came
down from the north, but we had
plenty of buffalo robes, so We didn't
mind that. For week the weather
had been warm, the snow on the plains
had begun to melt, and the old yellow
river was just beginning to feel the
effects of the coming Spring floods.
Every few minutes the ice would
crack up and down the river with
noise like a cannon shot. Even the
old plainsmen guides with the wagon
train were worried, for they knew the
rising water was pushing the ice up
ward, and nobody knew Just when it
would break up and start to move
downstream.
The rest OF us were tenderfeet then,
and did not know just what danger
we ran that cold morning, but We
didn't like the noise any better than
the old plainsmen did. However. just
as the sun tipped the eastern rim Of
the world. out oxen climbed the slip
perry west bank. and We we're in the
little town Of Brownsville, then not
much more than landing place for
the steamers that fought their way up
the river each Spring, loaded with
trade goods for the old frontier trad
ing posts.
About 1890 the last wagon Of our
long train climbed the bank, and the
outfit went into camp there for two
days. before pushing on into the plains
country, then the home of countless
herds Of buffalo and real wild Indians.
And while at Brownsville got ac-
quainted with boy whose father was
a frontier preacher.
This boys name was Bob Davis,
and he is the famous Bob Davis Of
New York newspaper and magazine
editor, who has developed more good
story tellers than any other man in
the country. In this story I'm in
PRODUCING you to him-the boy met
on the bank of the yellow Missouri
River nearly 10 years ago, now beloved
and respected by all the writer's Of
America. %
At about II o'clock that morning
the ice broke up and started to move
downstream, so our wagon train was
the last to get across. with less than
an hour to spare. Not until month
later, when some steamboat came up
from St. Louis to act as ferry. could
any one else cross.
The rest of our trip. out into the
grasslands, was full of adventure
for US.
Evening star., 1936-06-28
Writer's Eagle
Killed in Quebec
After Long Flight
By Horace Mitchell.

NEWS has just come in, folks, that
the eagle about which we had
Information in this column some
months ago, has been found again.
AS you may remember, when this
eagle was in the big cage at our
place, we put band on its leg. The
band, especially for eagles, came from
the bird-banding division of the BIZ
illogical Survey.
Well, after we liberated the bird.
he stayed around town all Winter,
being fed with beef scraps thrown out
by the neighbors, and being tor
nented by the crows every time they
sighted him Then, in the Spring, the
eagle disappeared.
We thought he might come back,
and two or three times reports came
in of an eagle being sighted in this
vicinity. But nobody could be sure
whether or not it was our banded
eagle.
Then came post card from the
Biological Survey. which said that an
eagle bearing the leg-band we had
put on this one, had been shot on
October %. 1885, by H. Panet. at
Eichelieu Village. Quebec, Canada.
Evening star., 1936-06-28

Just as he reached it Capt. Gregg's
voice rose angrily.
Il say you're going to sign it. and
you will" he roared.
Bill peered steathily into the room
Capt. Gregg'S menacing figure was
bent over the bed. He held a paper
and a pen, and was forcing Uncle
Joel to sign his name. But it was
Uncle Joel's appearance that made
Bill utter half-suppressed gasp. His
face was the color of ashes, and his
eyes had haunted, staring look.
While Bill watched. spellbound.
Uncle Joel took the pen and feebly
scratched his name on the paper. AS
Capt, Gregg Strengthened up. Bill
crept back down the hall. while con-
f1icting emotions ragged within him.
The appearance of his uncle had
been a great shock. II Uncle Joel
looked like that after last nights ses-
sion in the Summer house, how would
he look after another ceremony to-
night? How could they go away and
leave him a prey to Capt. Gregg and
Wambi? But If they did not leave,
what would happen to Betty?
Bill distractedly ran hand through
his hair and paused at the corner of
the hall. Then he strode quickly to-
ward Betty's room. Betty came first.
They must go ahead with the plan Of
escape.
(To be concluded next Sunday
Evening star., 1936-06-28
Chapter *
4 Plan of EScabe.

10 IearS aroused once HOre,
- Bill reached down and shook
his sister She did not stir.
u Again he shook her, calling
her name loudly. Slowly. as though
with great effort, she opened her eyes
The pupils we're dull and lusterless.
'Oh, hello. Bill" said Betty in a slow,
lifeless voice. "'Is it morning al
ready?"
"Yes, it is, Betty" replied Bill terse-
ly. Tell me-when did you drink the
water in that glass? Was it after you
came into my room?"
Betty seemed not to hear him: Her
eyelids dropped and she seemed about
to fall asleep again. Bill sat down on
the bed and shook her again, repeat
ing his question. She stared at him in
beWilderment.
II wasn't in your room last night,
Bill" she said finally.
"Of course you were, Betty! Don't
you remember? You we're frightened
by the noises in the Summer house
and you ran in. I brought you back to
bed"
Staying awake with difficulty. Betty
| gazed at him DULY.
II don't remember that at all, Bill"
she managed to stammer.
Bill pinched his sisters arm, trying
| to pain her into wakefulness.
Betty" he said forcefully, prom
Use me one thing. Don't drink or eat
anything today unless bring it to you.
Somebody drugged you last night-Im
sure of it! Do you understand? Just
stay in bed if you are still sleepy. And
don't eat or drink thing. Promise!"
RETTY promised and Bill turned
and rushed from the room as her
head dropped back on the pillow.
Downstairs Bill found Tuck and told
him what had happened in short, ex-
cited sentences.
I'm going back up and stay near
Betty" he said finally. You 60 out to
the kitchen and make some coffee-as
strong as you can make 1t. That ought
to counteract the effect of whatever
they gave Betty. And if that bird
Wambi comes near the coffee pot, bash
him over the head with it,"
Tuck was off for the kitchen imme-
diately, and Bill hurried back up the
stairs. So far this morning he had
not seen Capt. Gregg or his uncle, but
Wambi had been stalking noiselesSly
about.
Back in Betty's room. Bill found
her still sleeping. She had lowered
the window to keep out the sound of
the tomtom the night before, and the
room was stuffy. Bill went to the
window and raised it. 1t was stifl
raining outside-a steady, driving
rain that had soaked the ground
thoroughly in the last 20 hours.
WHEN Tuck appeared Is minutes
W later. he not only had a pot Of
black coffee, but also oranges, milk
toast and marmalade. Bills eyes lit
up. for they had had no breakfast.
I'll guarantee this food hasn't been
tampered with" Tuck asserted, "un-
less it was done by the Invisible
Mani"
Il wouldn't put it past that Wambi
to make himself invisible" retorted
Bill ruefully. well, I'm going to
wake Betty up and make her drink
this coffee"
After swallowing two cups of the
black liquid, Betty seemed little
brighter, but she was still drowsy
Bill and Tuck let her doze on the bed
and retired to a corner of the room
for conference.
I'm not going to let Betty out of
my sight all day." Bill said. II figure
that they gave her some drug last
night, to blot out her memory OF
what she heard. There's no telling
Evening star., 1936-06-28

glass more successfully than just
straight enamel.
For this design I used three shades
of green for the leaves, shading from a
dark green In the center leaves to a
lighter green on the large outside ones.
The flower was shaded lavender, with
a yellow center having a black dot in
it 1t was really handsome thing
when done and took very little time.
THE center jars once contained face
cream. They were Opaque white,
so I just decorated them, putting pale
yellow flowers with black centers on
one and a black band with orange
spots on the other. Because these
are wide-mouthed jars it gives pretty
effect to enamel the inside, either to
harmonic with the colors of the de-
sign or to contrast with it. OF course,
Evening star., 1936-06-28
Trucks Hurt Railroads.
RECENT statement by Joseph ]

A RECENT statement by Joseph B.
Eastman as rail co-ordinator that
the railroads should go more into the
use Of trucks and auto busses to re-
capture lost business is we'll backed by
statistics Of the Department of Agri-
culture.
For instance. the Bureau Of Agri-
cultural Economics reports that the
employment of trucks to carry fruits.
vegetables, eggs, butter, milk, in fact
many articles of food, is increasing
rapidly.
Approximately IT per cent of all the
butter taken to New York. Boston,
Chicago and Philadelphia was carried
by trucks, some of which crossed sew
eral State lines in going from the
source to the market.
That large distances are being COW
cred by trucks is indicated by the fact
that eggs from Missouri and the Da-
kotas are being trucked to New York
City.
Evening star., 1936-06-28
Secrets of the Summer House ". Morgan.

Responding to a secret summons from
his sister Betty Bill Saunders. ACCOMPANIED
by Tuck Tucker. goes to Uncle Joel
terrified by Capt Gregg. an old friend OF
Uncle joel. who has recently returned from
the African jungle. With Wambt for
mer tribal witch doctor Capt Gregg has
interested Uncle Joel in q weird pagan re-
ligion the rites of which they perform late
at night in the Summer house. Bill and
Tuck visiting the Summer house secretly,
hear the roar Of an underground stream
which flows beneath It,. The next day
Gregg's influence but Betty's nerves are
about ready to crack. 1t rains all day. and
that night Bill awakenS to hear the beat Of
a tom-tom and savage cries from the Sum
mer house Betty rushes into the room
almost hysterical and Bill resolves to nnd
some way for them to make their escape
the next night. IN the morning, when
Betty fails to appear. he goes to her room
and finds her sleeping heavily. water
glass on a table by the bed arouseS his
SusDiciOns
Evening star., 1936-06-28
Spreading Pest Fought.

THE screw worm, one of the most
serious Of live stock pests in the
Southeast, has become a matter of
considerable concern because of fairly
serious outbreaks in the Southwest.
No effort is being made to eradicate
the pest, for that would be stupen-
dous task, but campaign of educa-
ton in control Is being carried with an
appropriation of about $450,000.
The screw worm is easily controlled
when a reasonable amount of care is
exercised, for it always finds entrance
into an animals body through blood
spots resulting from scratches, tick
bites or other skin breaks.
The fly lays her eggs In these blood
spots and thus starts infection Of Q
new victim. Careful treatment Of all
wounds and tick removal would pre-
vent infection.
Evening star., 1936-06-28

Take a four-le word for a meas
ure of length. Change the last letter
and form a beverage. Change it
again and form factory. Change it
once more and form gentle.
Each of the words defined below
begins with the letters COR. See
how many of them you can guess.
/. The blood is full of them.
2. He investigates violent deaths.
g. A kind of leather.
4. Friendly.
S. A letter writer.
6. Found in a band.
7. noncommisSioned officer.
8. A business organization.
9. 1t hold your horses.
10. A pirate.
Behead a bed and get an eXclama-
tion of pain Behead a violent gust
OF wind and get something a shoe
maker uses.
Evening star., 1936-06-28
A surprise for the gold fish!

sides of his cage are wrapped in COL
ored cellophane? And what color
should be used?
There are hundreds of questions
like these that, so far as / know. have
not yet been answered. Perhaps the
answers might not be worth having,
except for their casual interest. On
the other hand. who can say? From
some such experiments a grain Of
knowledge could be gained that might
be useful somewhere else.
Don't let the laughter Of others
discourage you from finding out
things for yourself. Experiment harm
lessly with your pets. Let me know
what you do and what happens.
Maybe, folks, we can startle the read
ers with something really amazing!
Evening star., 1936-06-28
Betty. Thrilled by
Wedding, Still Has
Time for Cooking
By Bessie E. Earle.

oh, I'M so happy! I'm just thrilled
to death! Guess what's going to
happen!"
Dinah blinked her beady eyes Must
be going up in an airplane, acting as
excited as you are"
mo" laughed Betty. There's 60
ing to be a wedding, one Of mothers
friends. and I'm to be the flower girl!
You should see my dress-pink Or
CANDY and velvet ribbon. And the
flowers I will carry are gorgeous. But
Dinah, the eats!"
Betty closed her eyes as she thought
of the rich food that had been planned
for the wedding breakfast. IF ]
could only learn to cook such beau-
tiful food!"
Honey, child" Dinah answered
you can take the plainest food and
make 1t beautiful. I'll give you a
recipe for cup cakes, and with extra
decorations they can be made to look
like food for fairies"
Really, Dinah? Let's get to work
right now!" Gone we're the thoughts
of weddings, dresses and wedding cakes
as Betty took her notebook to write
oinah's recipe.
SPONGE CAKE BASKETS.
eggs.
/ cup boiling water.
cups sugar.
~ cups -four.
IA teaspoons baking powder.
! teaspoon vanilla.
Sift -four and measure, resift with
baking powder. Separate eggs. Beat
egg yolks until thick, add boiling
water slowly, beating constantly. Add
sugar and vanilla. Add -four and COM
bine thoroughly. Beat egg whites
until stiff and fold in carefully Pour
into creased mufin pans, bake 80 min
utes In 350-degree oven. When cool,
scoop out centers and frost outsides
with butter frosting. Make handles
Of pipe cleaners wrapped with twisted
crepe paper; make three flowers at
base of handle with tiny colored gum
drops held securely with toothpicks.
Fill centers with colored whipped
cram.
Evening star., 1936-06-28
4 diamond. The diamond will have

a diamond. The diamond will have
vanished into thin air.
We know, too, that we can make
graphite, another form of carbon.
from diamonds-but once the diamond
has been changed into graphite, it
cannot be changed back into diamond
again.
The principle diamond fields of the
world are those of South Africa and
Brazil, the latter producing harder
but less brilliant stones. The dia-
monds are found in river glacial gravel
or in blue ground" in mines.
Evening star., 1936-06-28
By Katherine H0uisOn.

w yOULD you believe that you
~ could make as attractive
w aoxsr vases ss thoss il:
lustrated out Of the jars you
can find on the pantry shelf? Here's
how I promoted" mine:
The first vase was originally honey
jar, such as you can buy in any
grocery store. 1t was clear glass. Be-
cause Of Ats shape ! decided 1t would
be pretty with just design added. I
can't draw, so traced on tissue paper
the design I wanted from book and
then slipped the paper down inside
the jar to where l wanted my design.
Then painted it on the outside Of the
glass. using oil paints mixed with
white enamel. because when it is
washed this mixture will adhere to
Evening star., 1936-06-28
Talented Bird

A Western genius is said to be
working on way to cross the carrier
pigeon with the parrot. He thinks
that in case of war, it would be
great advantage to have carrier
pigeons who could talk, instead of
just carrying notes.
Evening star., 1936-06-28
Nnt Ennnph Time

When that elevator fell with you.
I suppose all your sins flashed before
your eyes?"
We'll, not alive dropped only ten
stories
Evening star., 1936-06-28
CROSSWORD PUZZLE.

The definitions:
HORIZONTAL.
/. To make fun of. banter
5. Sailors cry.
8. Ghost
10. Farm crop.
II. Pointed bit of metal.
13. Boys nickname.
IA. Prohibit.
Is. Toward.
IT. Ventured.
18 Belonging to.
20. Still, as soon as, now.
81. So
22 Vehicle
"a Part of "to be-"
25. Touching or meeting of bodies.
28 Presidents prohibition of law.
29. A muddle or hodgepodge.
VERTICAL.
2. Precious stone.
8 Backward, bashful.
4. Exclamation.
5 Proposition of place.
g. Jump on one foot.
Z. To leave out.
9. Closest.
10. Wide destruction. waste.
IL Loop with a running knot.
IA. Gulf
is. Device for catching fish.
19 Confront.
81. Crafts.
80. Decay.
"a. A playing card.
26. Negative.
81. Part of ito be-
ANSWERS.
l. The hidden bird is a goose
2. Mile, Milk, Mill, and Mild.
3. Corpuscles. coroner, cordovan,
cordial, correspondent. cornet, cor
poral, corporation, corral, and cor
Sair
4. Couch. Blast.
! S. Crossword puzzle solution.
Evening star., 1936-06-28
She Gets Results

Can you serve company" asked
the housewife when she was hiring
the servant
Yes. mum-both ways"
What do you mean?"
SOS they'll come again, or stay
away"
Evening star., 1936-06-28
Modern Mother Goose

Jack and Jill went up the hill
At so miles or better.
A cop unkind
Was right behind
They're seeking bail by letter.
Evening star., 1936-06-28
Frankfurt Butcher
Invented Hot Dog
Way Back in 1906

IN VIENNA, in 1880. the people cele-
brated the l25th anniversary of the
frankfurter. This Well-known saus-
age was invented in 1905 by Johann
Georg Lahner. Herr Lahner was a
butcher IN Frankfurt, Germany, and
he named his sausage for the city in
which he learned his trade.
In America, We have adopted many
E,,ronaa, iSaoe opI cr,cto,nc and uo
Evening star., 1936-06-28

II George Washington was such an
honest man. why did they get the
habit Of closing thc banks on his birth
day?
Evening star., 1936-06-28
Puzzles

THERE'S a bird hidden in this
picture. To find it, black in all
the spaces that contain any letter
In the word ostrich
Evening star., 1936-06-28

have made the frankfurter almost
national institution. We have added
mustard and have placed it between
the halves of a tasty bun, and it is
thus known as the hot dog" We
have become so accustomed to this
wayside lunch. that it may be inter-
esting to be reminded of its birth,
Evening star., 1936-06-28

(To be concluded next Sunday)
The Washington times., 1936-02-05
SPAN OVER BAY
ISSETBACK

Temporary abandonment Of the
proposal to construct a bridge over
Chesapeake Bay appeared newt
able today following a conference
between Secretary of the Interior
Harold L. IckeS and a Maryland
delegation including Senators Mil
lard TydingS and George L. Rad
cliffe.
Secretary Ickes told the delega'
ton that no Public Works money
is now available for new projects
and that therefore the Federal
Government is in no position to
advance the requested $4,000, ,O00
to the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Au
thority.
Other means Of financing the
project were suggested by the Sec
retary as a possible means of OBJ
tanning the money at some future
date.
The delegation was informed
that the deadline for the granting
Of PWA funds for the new project
was reached on December is anC
all available money was now under
contract.
The Washington times., 1936-02-05
TROOPS READY
IN STRIKE

PEKIN, ILL.,, Feb. 5 UN.S).
National Guard troops were poised
today at Peoria, 10 miles away,
ready to establish martial law
over this city of 1900 at q mo-
ment'S notice following failure Of
a conference last night to call off
the general strike gripping the
city.
Sheriff Ralph Goar requested
Governor Henry Horner to send
troops yesterday, after one home
had been bombed and another
made the target of gunner.
Instead of declaring martial law
Governor Horner ordered the
guardsmen modified and dis
patched mis- State director Of labor,
Martin P. Durkin, to attempt a
settlement.
Meanwhile business is paralyzed,
with many shops closed and nu-
merouS services interrupted.
Frank S. Mahoney, chairman
Of the strike committee, declared
the city will be "tied up tigher
than a drum" unless a settlement
is affested at a conference to be
held today.
Mahoney said 5000 union men
walked out yesterday, and would
be joined by an equal number TO-
day.
Although closing Of taverns,
movies, barber shops, beauty par
lors and restaurants caused little
inconvenience yesterday because
of the bitter cold which kept citi-
zens huddled around their fires,
there was grave danger today the
fires soon will lack fuel as coal
deliveries were stopped.
The general strike is the out
growth of friction between an
association Of company employees
and union workers at the Ameri
can Distilling Company plant
here. Some union men were dis
charged because of inefficiencJ
the diStilling company claims
while the men charge their dis
Imissal was the result Of discrimi
nation against their union anC
lfavoritiSm toward the company
employees association.
When no word was received
from an appeal to the Nationa
Labor Board, union leaders calleC
la strike January 10.
Violence, resulting in the gen
eral strike call, broke out Monda!
when city police laid down a bar
rage of tear and stencil bombs al
a busload of loyal employees rar
the picket lines and entered thu
plant.
The home of a special deputy
sheriff was bombed yesterday anc
a bullet was fired through a win
dow of the home Of the secretary
of the so-called company union
No one was injured.
The Washington times., 1936-02-05
King Meighan, Actor S
Brother Dies in Fall

PITTSBURGH, Feb. 5 G.N.S).
Believed to have lost his balance,
King Meighan, Al, brother Of
Thomas Meighan, motion picture
actor, fell over q low bannister
down the well of a staircase four
floors to his death in a rooming
house early today.
Mrs. Blanche Sampson, with
whom Meighan roomed, said he
had been Ill and left the house
against her advice last night. He
leaves two brothers besides the
actor. Death was attributed to a
fractured skull.
The Washington times., 1936-02-05
BALK H0LD-UP
OF WH|TNEYS

NEW YORK, Feb. 5. U.N.S0-A
pair, Of Mutt and Jeff bandits
were sought throughout the metro
poltan area today following their
spectacular attempt to holdup the
superintendent of the estate Of
Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney. Gus
todian Of little Gloria Vanderbilt.
The attempted robbery caused
reports to be circulated for a time
that the 10-year-old heireSS was
the object of a kidnap plot.
The bandits, convinced they had
a chance to seize the payroll Of
so employees Of the whitney estate
in old WeStbury, L. l., invaded the
home Of Thomas Griffin, 77-year-
old superintendent at Wheatley
Hills, L. ].
Their plan, however. was
thwarted when Griffin'S daugh-
ter, Mrs. H. A. johnson began to
scream and when Griffin himself
dashed to a telephone to call
police. Badly frightened, the
men leaped into an automobile
and drove off.
At the time Of the attempted
holdup, Mrs. Whitney was in her
Fifth Avenue apartment. A but
Ter there joined with Griffin in
emphatically denying there had
been any kidnapping attempt. He
said little Gloria, storm center in
the widely publicized custody
fight between her mother, Mrs,
Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt, and
Mrs. Whitney, had spent the day
ice skating.