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The Ely miner., 1937-04-15
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BY LYLE SPENCER
@ Western Newspaper Union.
How the Indians Learned
to Scalp

4 CCORDING to the blood-and-
thunder dime novels we used
to read as children, the American
Indians were murderous savages
who always scalped the white men
they killed. According to reliable
historians, however, taking scalps
was unknown among the Indians
before the coming of white men.
The practice rose first among the
early settlers who were often paid
bounty for killing Indians just as
some states now pay bounties for
killing destructive animals. The
scalp was usually presented as
proof that an Indian had really
beeA killed. In 1725, Massachu-
sets paid 100 pounds for every
Indian scalp presented. Forty years
later, it offered 40 pounds for the
scalps of male Indians over twelve
years of age, and half that for
scalps of women and young chill
dren.
Most of the great Indian fighters
like Daniel Boone and George
Rogers Clark regularly scalped the
Indians they killed, and the savages
soon learned to retaliate in kind.
AS late as 1887, the Mexican state
of Chihuahua offered $10O apiece
for each Apache scalp.
The ordinary scalp, taken by both
Indians and whites, was a circular
piece from the crown of the head.
Sometimes whites sliced off larger
pieces and then cut them up to
make it appear that they had killed
more than one Indian, but savages
generally prevented this by shav-
ing off all their hair except a small
tuft on top known as the scalp
lock. Contrary to popular opinion,
scalping was not always fatal. In
dians were often so eager to get
their scalps and make a getaway
that they scalped people without
killing them.
The Ely miner., 1937-04-15

fantry at Camp Mills, Long Is
land, and he was senior regiment
al statistician when his outfit
sailed for France in October,
1917. 1t was a job which WOULD
keep him close to regimental
headquarters-what the army
called "soft berth" 1t was ex-
actly for that reason that Kilmer
was dissatisfied. He wanted to
be in the front lines where there
was action and his insistence led
to his transfer to the regimental
intelligence staff.
AS sergeant on the intelligence
staff he displayed the same fidel-
ity and courage that he had
shown as a newspaper man. On
July 80, 1918, that fidelity and
courage took him into the SCARED
and shattered timber which they
still call the Wood of the Burned
Bridge. His outfit was trying to
locate eneay machine gun nests.
Not more than 80 feet away
from Kilmer was Maj. William
J. ("Wild Bill") Donovan, who
later commanded the 165th.
When it came time for them to
move forward, Donovan called to
Kilmer. There was no response.
Donovan looked closer and saw
Kilmer huddled on the ground.
A sniper's bullet had stilled for
ever the voice of the man who
had sung of "Trees."
They buried Joyce Kilmer
among the war-blasted trees of
Bois Colas-the kind of trees
which were far different from
those he had in mind when he
wrote the poem that has been
his memorial for nearly two dec
AIDES. But now he has another
memorial which will, literally and
figuratively, keep his memory
green"
It is the memorial forest in
North Carolina which was dedi-
Gated last summer with cere-
monies at which the speakers in
cluded Joseph c. Kircher, south
ern regional forester of the Unit
ed States Forest Service; Paul A.
Williams, chairman of the Kilmer
Memorial committee; Charles
Mcdonald Puckette of the New
York Times; Rev. John B. Kelly,
chaplain, and Lieut.. John Nc
Cloy, U. S. NJ, commander, of the
Bozeman Bulger post of the Vet
erans of Foreign Wars; and E. A.
Sherman, assistant chief of the
United States Forest Service, who
delivered the dedication address.
In it he said:
''The Forest Service rejoices at
this opportunity to cooperate
with the Veterans of Foreign
Wars in paying tribute to the
memory of Joyce Kilmer. We
may justly claim him as belong
ing to the veterans and foresters
alike. On the field of combat he
made the supreme sacrifice as
patriot; in Trees he has be-
queathed to humanity one of
its rarest gems of human ex-
preston. 1t seems destined to
rank with Longfellow's apostro-
phe to the forest primeval, the
The Ely miner., 1937-04-15

OF that newspaper ana began
writing news stories, interviews
and feature articles.
An Heroic Reporter
Indicative of the heroic stuff in
him was an incident during this
period of his career. He had
tried to board a train to New York
and was thrown off and seriously
hurt. In the hospital the doctor
told him that he must be put un-
der an anesthetic so that his
broken bones might be set.
'But 1 have Sunday story to
write" he said. 'I've got it all
in my head and the editor needs
it. Wait until / do it."
So he sent for his secretary
to come out from New York and
dictated the story before he was
wheeled in to the operating room.
Although highly praised by his fell
low newspaper workers for his
grit, Kilmer made light of both
the accident and the incident.
During his career as a reporter
and feature writer Kilmer con-
tinued his poetic work, including
The Ely miner., 1937-04-15
Education's S Purpose

Education" is not for the pur-
pose of making money. 1t is to en-
able one to understand the world
he lives in and to better enjoy it.
Self-denial is good for everyone
Notwithstanding each enforcement
of it nearly ruins ones temper.
The eager expectancy of youth
is the source of so much enthusi-
asm for a better world.
Peace, to any of the great pow
ers, seems to involve is own DOM
ination over the others.
Take a Hand in the Doings
To enjoy a celebration, be one
of the performers in it instead of
a looker-on.
Good deeds are scarcer than
bad ones, but one evil act will
keep people talking longer than a
hundred good ones.
Most envy, says the old-timer,
is based on the fact that he failed
to see the chance the other fellow
took.
You can't make dreams come
true by remaining asleep.
The Ely miner., 1937-04-15
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Mclaughlin
Marshmallow Sweets

Boil some sweet potatoes. Mash
and mix in a little cream and a
good-sized lump of butter. Place
in a baking dish and bake until
brown.
Remove and cover the top
with marshmallows; put into the
oven again and just let them get
rich brown on top.
Copyright.-wNU Service.
The Ely miner., 1937-04-15
Brigham Young Left II Wives

Brigham Young died in Salt Lake
City, August %, 1877, leaving IT
wives and At children. In his will
he provided each wife with a home
of her own or life suite in Lion
House with ample provision for her
maintenance in comfort for the rest
of her life. All his sons and daugh.
ters inherited alike.
The Ely miner., 1937-04-15
Unsatisfyinq Retribution

Observant men have made up
their minds to this: Retribution
is seldom adequate.
Time cures grief and fortunate
ly, anger, too.
When a man is a failure, he sell
dom wants advice. That's what
he's always had.
There seems to be a conspiracy
of incidents to keep you from be-
ing on time.
The Ely miner., 1937-04-15
Uncle WiG ~
Says: AM
Haste Versus Hurry

There is a distinction between
haste and hurry-hurry adding to
rapidity the element of confusion.
Mothers used to tell their chill
dren that the bears would get
them. Now they say automobiles.
We are all busy seeing the other
fellows duty; and generally it is
a fact that he isn't doing it.
A trained mind deserves the
companionship of a cultured
heart.
The Ely miner., 1937-04-15
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A Memorial Forest in North Carolina
TIonors the Soldier-Poet Who Wrote Trees
By ELMO SCOTT WATSON


TT HAS been reprinted in
newspapers and other
= publications hundreds of
times.
1t has been set to music
and you've probably heard it
sung as a solo or played on
some musical instrument
hundreds-yes, thousands
of times.
And, as the time for the
celebration of Arbor day ap-
proaches, you will be hearing
it again and again. For, of
all the poems ever written on
this subject, it is probably the
best known and best loved.
1t is Joyce Kilmer's
"Trees."
If Joyce Kilmer had never done
anything else but write that one
poem his fame would be secure.
But because he did write it, he
has recently been honored with
q memorial that is unique.
Down in Graham county, North
Carolina, in the heart of the Man.
tahala national forest, there is
a tract of 3,840 acres of one of the
most beautiful remnants of our
nations virgin forests. Within its
confines are magnificent eX-
ampIes of more than 100 species
of trees native to that region.
Since last summer visitors to
that tract have found there a
plaque which reads:
JOYCE KILMER
MEMORIAL FOREST
Dedicated July 80, 1886.
Joyce Kilmer, 165th Infantry,
Rainbow Division, soldier and
poet, author of "Trees," was
born in New Brunswick, N. j.
December 6, 1886; killed in ac-
ton in France July 80, 1918.
This memorial was initiated
by BOzeman Bulger Post, Vet
Grams of Foreign Wars, and
was selected by the United
States Forest Service.
Twenty years ago Joyce Kill
mer was young writer on the
Sunday staff of the New York
Times. He had attended Rutgers
college and Columbia university
and had met and fallen in love
with Aline Murray of Norfolk,
Va, who shared his interest in
poetry. They were married in
June, 1908, and in that year he
became instructor in Latin in the
Morristown IN. J.) high school.
The next year he became edito-
rial assistant on the Standard
Dictionary where he served for
three years.
During this time Kilmer won
considerable recognition as
poet and was regular contribu-
tor to the Literary Digest, Book
News Monthly and other literary
periodicals. His first book of
poems, "The Summer of Love-"
appeared in 1911 and the next
year he became literary editor of
the Churchman. For some time
he had been a contributor of book
reviews to the New York Times
and in 1913 he joined the staff
The Ely miner., 1937-04-15
Builders for Ever

w HEN we build let us
w think that we build for
ever. Let it be not for present
delight, nor for present use
alone; let it be such work as
our descendants will thank us
for, and let us think, as we
lay stone on stone, that a time
is to come when those stones
will be held sacred, because
our hands have touched them,
and that men will say as they
look upon the labor and
wrought substance of them,
"See! this our fathers did for
us. ."-Ruskin.
Compliments are reciprocal.
The Ely miner., 1937-04-15

Vast Wild Life Reserve
Katmai National Monument in
Alaska is a vast wild life reserve
4.212 miles in extent.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-20
BIush-Rose Pink

Always smart is the perfectly
cut, simple frock Of satin. A model
for gala evenings is Of satin in
blush-rose pink. The deep sur
plice front in v decollete has its
twisted straps held together with
cut crystal rings that form a neck
halter. The skirt is full.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-20

11-GoR mound ~
16-Prepoaition
20-Worship offered to God alone
22-Kind Of type
24-What was che ancient capital
of Irish mOnaPchs7
25-Close noisly
26-Barriers preventing dow Of
2-Revise for publication
2S-SiameSe coin
32-Compartmentg for slowing
3HCinder
39-Wha& crater made q famous
speech on reconciliation With
the Amoriean eo1ouiaS7
40-Ordinary language
42-Hebcew month
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base for his Polar diseOVszy2
46-Brigtlalike organ
46-WhaH eonfer0nee was The frat
occasion aftsr ths WoEld War
On which German and Allied
g0vsrnmsnEs negotiated on
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H-GfGtuity
4o-WhO eommandod NaPOlsOn's
EnsOas aSaimsA Russia?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-20
Taffeta Housecoat

Leisure hours call for handsome
A new model is in
raisin-colored taffeta with the
bodice and puffed short sleeves
all-over Shirred. The skirt is en-
tirely plain except for the row
Of buttons down to the slit hem.
Collars and cuffs are Of the plain
taffeta,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-20
HORIZONTAL.

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18-Roman road
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16-That which counteracts
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1S-Early part Of day
dog Mohammodan?
2l-What American Revolutionary
patriot made a Eamous speech
against the Writ Of Assist
anee7
23-Italian playing cards
26-Railroad stati0n
29-High in the scale
29-Close friend
3O-Fuss
31-Change
S3-Anglo-Saxon money Of account
34-Unit in measuring wire
35-Parcel Of land
36-Whak 10 the name for he whole
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48-Sweetsop
46-Heavenly body
4S-Streteh out
60-Color
61-Stratagem
52-Burme8e sprfte
53-Projecting part Of Q building
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-04
JILL ...:::. :. :. ]: ::::::: <; ::::.
There was no answer.
csprIoh.. Ia,z, NEA Service, he.

There was no answer.
 "Jill, darling"
 All his bitterness dropped from him. It was as though 8 heavy load had been lifted in moment. Jill was crying. She loved him. What fool he had been. Arrogantly Set- ting standards for love. He was hap- pier than he had ever been in ms life. Sc was the happiest man alive.
 "Jill, I'm coming as fast as l can get there. I wouldn't care If you were the richest girl in the world"
 "Oh, grand" Jill said softly.
 This had been the way all along. Simple honesty. Letting Alan know how much she cared. She had been grave, and all the barriers had broken down.
 She was sitting quietly, wrapped about with glamorous dreams.
 Oh, if there were only someone close enough to share her happi- ness with. If dad were here, she could tell him. But never mother. How closely she had come to ruin- ing life for her. Jill shuddered.
 And then her mothers petulant voice reached her: "Jill, aren't you ever going down? People will be coming down soon."
 Jill thought: My last big party. But what @ happy one." (TO Be COntinued)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-04
C:R ANllDM CRACKERS

1. Three boys rushed to meet Mary. John arrived In one-tenth of an hour: Harry in five min- utes, and Joe in S30 seconds. Mary went with the first. Who was the lucky fellow9
 2. A siYnian is:
 c condiment:
 c forest;
 c monkey;
 e body of water.
 3. Tn 1940 Feb. 10 falls on Satur- day. On what day will March 10 Of the same year be?
 {. What three printed numbers between 30 and 100 read the same upside down aS right, side up2 6. Smith lost 25 per cent of his money in the 1929 stock crash. Re- gently he invested the balance of his money in stocks and made B l-3 per cent profit. Does he have more or less money now than he did be- fore the crash?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-04
STORIES IN !
 S Y 7'AMpS> >

THEY'VE been honeymooning at ~ Niagara upwards of l25 years, these newlyweds, and still the pa. rade continues! In fact, it's grow. ing every year and the 'repeats" are getting to be a sizeable piece of business in themselves.
 The repeats" are the couples who return to Niagara Falls any. where from one to 50 years after their first trip. Invariably they ask the clerk of the local hotel for the same room they occupied on their wedding trip. Often aged couples return with their grand- children and ask to see the register they signed perhaps 60 years pre- Viously.
 Unique custom at the Niagara Falls hotels is that of cutting ones initials or name on the windows of the bridal suite. So many names have been cut on these windows that 1t was necessary to replace them. And invariably the newly weds pose before the roaring cata. ract for wedding photos. "Re. peats" returning years later often ask for new prints of these photos:
 End of the honeymoon trail, Niagara Falls is pictured on a 1922 U.. S. stamp.
 Copyright. 1887. EEA Service. Ino.l
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-04
CAST OF CHARACTERs

JILL WENTWORTH, heroine, attractive debutante.
 ALAN JEFFRY, hero, rising young artist
 BARRY WENTWORTH, JilTs stepbrother.
 JACK WENTWORTH, JilpS brother.
 SYLVIA SUTTON, oil heiress.
 
 Yesterday: Mrs. Wentworth moves again to bring Milo MOn- tame into Jill's life. Failing, she finds the name of Alan Jefgry In JiIl's party invitations, recalls with dismay that he is the poor artist.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-04
DONKEY ON

Sofia - (UP) = In the books of tke postoffice of the little Bulgar- ian town of Mako Tirnove, the entered for several years, Marco (according to the records) trans ported material for repairing tele- graph lines. He is the bookkeeper's donkey.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-04
GUARD DIsRUPTs PRISON

Canon City, Colo. - (UP) - A night guard at the Colorado State penitentiary here has been nom- mated for the job of prison plumber. Nearly 100 prisoners in cell house No. had their break lasts two hours late when the off with the cell-block keys.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-04
Todays Answsrs to
 cRAN(IUM CRACKERS

1. Harry, who arrived in five minutes, was first and got the date. 2. A simian Is c monkey.
 .. March 10, ie40, will be on Sum- z. @, 00 and SS read the same apt-@ down as right side up.
 s. Smith has the same capital now As he had hefoga tho craAh.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-04

NEXT: Stamp news.
Evening star., 1937-05-12

horse and so was Black Gold, another
winner"
Miss Wheeler did Man o'War in Lex
ington at the Riddle Stables
Quite different from any other horse
she ever modelled, she thinks, is Epi-
nard, the French thoroughbred, who
was brought over here as champion
OF Europe
He was an aristocrat among aristo-
Gratis, .she said. He had breeding
and gentleness and courage. Although
he never won race in this country,
Epinard was and still is, to my mind,
one of the finest horses that has ever
been on an American race track"
A knOcker made of one of Epinards
shoes still hangs on the door leading
into Miss Wheeler's studio.
Twenty Grand Difficult.
Twenty Grand Miss Wheeler mod
eled while he was racing on the Laurel
track. He was a nice horse" she
said, but difficult to model because
he did not like to stand still"
The difficult thing about modelling
race horses, Miss Wheeler points out,
Is to catch them when they are not
busy. What with feeding and rub
downs, rest periods and exercise, their
schedules are so full that there Is
hardly free moment when an artist
can get an appointment with them.
Miss Wheeler did Omaha when he had
been turned out to pasture at the
Woodward paddock at Bel Air. His
owner had given orders that he was
not to be disturbed. So Miss Wheeler
waited by the fence nearly all day to
get a glimpse of him, and whenever
he came up to the trough to get a
drink, she made few sketches OF him.
IF he had not been so thirsty" she
remarked, Il would not have been able
to model him"
The meanest horse Miss Wheeler
ever did was Mama, an English horse
who won the English Derby in 1925.
He had hind leg that reached clear
across the room" she said in describ-
ing him, land whenever I got near him
he would make a pass at me-"
Modelling the drum horse and mod
cling race horse are two different
things. Where the race horse is
slightly built, high-strung and alert,
the drum horse Is stately, moves
slowly and displays no sign Of
nervousness.
The drum horse is especially
trained for his place in the procession.
The most famous drum horse of all
that have led the life guards died last
year after long service for England,
but his understudy, the horse who will
lead the procession on Wednesday,
had already been trained to take his
place
Miss Wheeler's model Of the drum
horse with his gayly caparisoned rider
In his gorgeous uniform of the Tudors
and its embroidered blanket showing
the coat of arms Of the royal family,
is considered by English people here
to be an exact representation of the
horse in the coronation procession.
Evening star., 1937-05-12

(See CORONATION, Page A-5.)
Evening star., 1937-05-12

Special ENJOYS James w. Gerard, Gen.
John j. Pershing and Admiral Hugh
Rodman.
The first of the mounted cavalcades
followed.
Riding in an open state carriage
came Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin,
wearing the blue and gold court dress
OF a privy chancellor.
Ten more carriages followed with
the dominions' prime ministers and
Indian empire representatives, each
escorted by colorfully- -garbed police OF
cavalry from his respective country.
The King and Queen we're up early
and breakfasted in the Chinese room
before submitting to their dressers for
the ordeal of doning the heavy robes
OF state.
Outside the palace, ambulances
Evening star., 1937-05-12

"A AAAGJEjAN NX1CCAcIty d
Il Washington artist, is this
N week exhibiting in London
4 n portrait in pottery of the
drum horse, one Of the most colorful
figures In the coronation procession.
It is the drum horse that walks
ahead OF the Life Guards. who sur
round the royal coach as it Is driven
from Buckingham Palace to West
minister Abbey He carries the great
kettle drums presented to the guards
by King William w, and when his
rider beats out rat-tat-tat on the
great silver drums he arches his neck,
lifts up his head and starts the royal
couple on their way to be crowned.
Miss Wheeler came to the United
States about 20 years ago from her
native England. She had made a
name for herself as an artist and
sculptor before she left the British
Isles, and had already exhibited in the
Royal Academy in London.
She came here to model horses, es-
pecially the Derby winners, and she
has modelled them all-Zev, Twenty
Grand, Gallant Fox, Cavalcade,
Omaha and all the rest. Her bronze
likenesses of these great animals are
now part OF the permanent exhibi-
ton in the horse Hall of Fame in
Lexington, KY.
Modelled Darow.
Some wears ago Miss Wheeler mod
eled the head OF Clarence Darrov,
famous Chicago lawyer, and she has
been asked many times to model
other well-known people. But she
has always refused. She prefers to
model horses rather than people "A
horses skull is more beautiful than
a human skull" she says. Besides,
horses are better subjects for the
sculptor. They are much less self
conscious.
However, horses are not easy to
model. They are temperamental and
each one has different personality.
Man O. War, father of War
Admiral, the little 'Two-Bit' that won
Saturdays Derby, loves to pose He
is great horse, and knows it. He had
a presence When I go into his stall
I always feel as though were in the
presence Of royalty. He is good
natured and seems to enjoy having
people around him.
"No one could call Man O War beau
tiful. He has Roman nose and his
hind legs seem out of proportion to
the rest of his body. He has an enor-
nous stride and when he runs he leaps
along like jack rabbit. But he is
magnificent and with Epinard he
ranks, in my opinion, as one Of the
greatest of all the race horses"
Miss Wheeler was enthusiastic about
War Admiral and believes he has a
future. "Of course, he is small" she
said, "but other horses just as small
have carried off honors on the race
track. The first winner of the Ken
lucky Derby, Aristides, was a small
Evening star., 1937-05-12

made what speed they could through
the congested areas, bearing to hos
pitals dozens Of spectators who had
tainted after their all-night vigil.
Sixty-nine tainted in the crush Of
crowds swarming about Westminster
Abbey. A 12-year-old Mayfair girl
died Of . fractured skull received in
q fall down an elevator shaft at her
Evening star., 1937-05-12
BY LILLIAN ARTHUR,

, ATHLEEN WHEELER, q
Washington artist, is this
n week exhibiting in London
vNorfro in, y>oftor1y If f1,o