Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1938-05-26
INTERESTING LETTERS
FROM DIR. III. III. SCOTT
Some Famous Tall People

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Once it was believed that men
| reared in the mountains were as a
rule, taller than those reared in low
sea countries. But mountain and
| sea in California are in close prox
| unity Human stature here often
| reaches six feet. To me it is the
state of tall men and Of tall wom-
en-. Greatness Of talent, and some
times worth also is common. Some
| thing has brought together a re-
| markable galaxy Of people.
Junipero was one Of the most re-
| markable, Junipero Sierra. Often
visit the Missions, of which he was
| the founder. Even in ruins they
iveness. The padres, with no help
but Indians erected these Fl we'll
built adobe structures. They, of
course, had the assistance of thou
sands and thousands of neophytes.
But the ability and influence Of the
great leader amaZes me. OF diff
ferent sort is the organizing ability
Of Aimee Macpherson, head of the
Angelus temple, and of hundreds CT
other churches at home and abroad,
which she maintains and controls
with the genius of Richelieu.
Wm Randolph Hearst, at his
home at San Simeon, owns 240, 900
| acres of land, we'll managed for
grazing and farming. But he also
operates 40 newspapers and maya
zines here and in England, and this
at the age Of rs. Robert Dollar of
the Dollar line, and VIM. Wrigley of
| chewing-gum fame, uneducated,
built up industries which mount in
| to the millions.
Chas. F. Lummis, greatest au-
| thority on the south west, whose
many books are fascinating to the
| student, and who gave his life to re-
| search, had the advantage Of being
Harvard man. Barring hoboes,
he is the only man who ever walk
| ed from Cincinnati to Los An
| geles He was city editor of the
| Times here, librarian, and founder
of the fine southwest museum and
| other museums and public institu-
tions elsewhere, notably Santa Fe,
near which city he lived at Isleta
| Pueblo, the only white man among
the half savage Indians.
In science there is no name great
er than that of DR.. Robert A. Milli-
! kan, California Institute of Tech
nology at Pasadena, where recently
spent a whole afternoon. Award
ed scholastic degrees from over 20
institutions of learning, and nearly
| 80 medals from as many scientific
societies, he has the Nobel Prize
for isolating the electron. Carl An
derson, while working under him
discovered the positron. 1t was
Thomas H. Morgan of the same in
stitute who found the microscopic
body called the genes which de-
termines heredity. George Ellery
Hale, who died month ago, secur-
ed the Hooker telescope on Mount
Wilson, which towers above the In
stitute. 1t has revealed a thousand
million stars The telescope at Pal
omar, when erected will be twice as
wide, 200 inches. 1t will increase
visibility 81 times that of the other.
These great men are Christian be-
levers and not ashamed of it. One
who lives every day conscious OF
the presence of 1000 million suns
ought certainly to be conscious OF
the power over them.
l met Dr. Frederick Hodge, head
of South West Museum, greatest
authority on the Indian. Another
day I met the genial author OF
score of books, great grandson OF
Gouverneur Morris of Revolution
ary fame, and bearing the same
name, living at Monterey. Other
literati here are Zane Grey, Rupert
Hughes, Upton Sinclair, H. B.
4 Wright Hamlin Garland, and scores
of others. 1 am sorry l did not
see death Valley Scotty," although
/ was within few miles of his
home.
Great Ranches In the Desert
81 We live next door to kindly
} man, who goes every day, $50 miles
or more to Indio and Oasis in the
Coachella Valley This is really a
part of the Imperial Valley of agri-
, cultural fame. This man comes
back every night to market with
the choice fruits and vegetables.
That day we went with him, he was
to call on Kitagawa, Mizutani
, Musashi and others. Japanese are
the most prosperous and versatile
! OF ranchers, and have brought GER
tain beauty to the markets in aes'
thetic arrangement of fruits and
!. flowers. They are aristocrats among
i | farmers and everything they do Il
} q work OF art. Mr.. Kitagawa came
J here IS years ago, and In ten years
had made the wilderness into {
paradise. Every year he ships 81
: tons of dates.