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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-07-27
FIFTY FAMOUS
FRONTIERSMEN
n CrNxa Sonrr WATSON
A Brave Mans Bluff

THE early fur traders were almost
without exception a class of brave
men, equaled in their daring only by
their resourcefulness. Such man
certainly was Louis Chappieu, a
French Canadian yoyager who shortly
after the American Revolution had ris-
en- TO the responsible position of agent
for the British-American Fur company
in charge of a trading post on the
Menominee river where now stands the
city OF Marinette. Wis.
So long as he was dealing with the
Menominee Indians who came TO the
mouth of the river by the hundreds at
certain seasons every year to trade
their mink, beaver. otter. bear and
martin pelts for the white mans gew-
gaws. Chappieu had little to worry
about, for they were always friendly.
But there came day when a party
of Chippewas who ranged between the
Menominee river and Lake Superior,
arrived at the fort, and this day Chap
pieu happened to be alone. Before
he was aware of their identity the
Chippewas were inside the stockade
and had fled into the warehouse
where he was busily engaged at the
time. From the black looks which
they gave him. he knew the Chippewas
were In an ugly mood.
Soon the Indians became abusive
and crowded around him with cooked
rifles and tomahawks and knives
drawn ready for use. The trader real
lied that they were planning to kill
him and loot the post, so he tried to
placate them as best he could. But
the more he talked, the more abusive
they became and he knew that the
first move he made as though to re-
sist them would provoke an attack.
Hopelessly outnumbered and with no
help near, Chappieus situation seemed
desperate. But he was of the breed
of men who do not despair easily.
Suddenly his eye, roaming about the
room, lighted on an open barrel OF
gunpowder In the center Of the room.
Quick as flash he had drawn a pis-
tol, but instead of firing at one Of the
Indians he stepped over and pointed
the pistol down into the barrel of pow
der Then he faced the Chippewas
and told them that he would give them
just two minutes to get outside the
stockade. IL they did not, he would
fire and they would all die together
when he pulled the trigger OF the pis-
tol.
For a moment the Indians hesitated.
Then to their ears came the ominous
click of the pistol being cooked. One
look at Chappieu's determined face
told them what to expect They de-
parted-hastily. The traders bluff
had worked!
G. 1898. Western Newspaper Union.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-07-27
Many attend Model
AirpLdne Flights

A crowd estimated at upwards of
400 witnessed the model airplane
flights of Bluffton amateur aviation
enthusiasts on the Homer Gratz
farm southwest of Bluffton, Sunday
afternoon.
Ten Bluffton planes were entered
in the contest. The planes, powered
by miniature gasoline motors are
small replicas of present day COM
mercial planes.
The flights were held in a twenty
seven acre field with three trials
given each plane. Results were de-
termined by the total time in the air
during the three flights.
James Deppler whose plane was
in the air for six and one-half min
utes was awarded first prize. Other
prizes awarded were:
End, w. L. Edwards; 3rd, Joel
Kimmel; 4th, Ralph Short.
Arrangements will be made to hold
another flight contest later in the
summer with a larger field of con-
testants, it was stated the first of
the week.
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with easy carriage, rather a lordIi-
ness, and incessant amusement.
And they laugh at themselves,
wholeheartedly. An East Indian
was having his hair cut, or rather
(although unwittingly) having it
shaved. Absorbed in conversation
with someone standing in the door
way, he was unaware that the bar
ber was half asleep at his work: it
was near siesta time. Not until the
patron had risen, clapped on his
hat, and found it upheld only by
his ears, was he conscious of what
had happened. Mo
A flood of terrible abuse descend
ed on the barber. 1t continued un-
abated until finally, screaming
aloud his misfortune, the bald VIC
tim emerged onto the street where
he called on the passers-by to wit
ness his misery. Heads popped from
windows, men stepped to the doors
of their stores, even the donkey
carts paused.
Everyone thought it was funny.
very funny. The victim stormed
away, shaking his fists.
But after while he came to a
silent alley, where he turned aside
to contemplate himself. His big
hand explored the stubble that stuck
out on top. After a moment a
smile spread upon his face. He
grinned. He put both hands to his
head and chuckled. In a moment.
hands still on his head, he started
to roar.
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Wife OF Former
Resident Is Dead

Word was received here the first
of the week of the death of Mrs.
Will Girod which occurred at her
home in Van Vert, Saturday night.
Her husband was former BIuffton
resident.
Funeral services were held at Van
Vert on Tuesday afternoon followed
by interment at that place.
Emil Garau of this place and
daughter Mrs. Earl Heckathorn of
Indianapolis called at the Girod
home, Monday.
Among those attending the fun
eral ON Tuesday were: Mr.. and Mrs.
Russell Huber and Mrs. Maud Coon
of Bluffton; Mr.. and Mrs. Orville
Huber of Beaverdam and Mr.. and
Mrs. John Huber and son Jesse of
Lima.
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bloodshed which was certain to re-
suit from any conflict with Aber-
cromby's superior force he turned
Trinidad over to the English. There
and then the island settled into it's
niche, became steadfast, loyal, and
serene.
Ranking next to jamaica in size
among the British West Indies, Trim
idad has nearly twice the area of
the state of Rhode Island. The col
ony of Trinidad and Tobago has a
population estimated lin 1935) at
more than 439,000. More than 1000
miles of good roads and 123 miles
of government railways help trade
and travel.
City Not Distinctive.
Perched on the bow of tender
you see the capital from the hum
BILE viewpoint of the early visitors.
Port-of-Spain today is rather enig-
matte. Unlike most cities of the
world, it has no established person
ality, no tangible formula of atmos-
phere that one can grasp and hold
aloft with triumph. 1t is tropi-
cal metropolis of about $4,000 peo-
pie, with some of the finest hotels
in the West Indies.
Some of the British residents rise
at sunup while the air is cool to
walk the circle Of that vast space
cf meadow, Queens Park Savan-
nah. It IS long walk. But morn
ings in the tropics are a compensa-
tion for the day. the English ir
white liner the East India-s ir
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-07-27

The island of Trinidad lies
icithin sight OF South Americas
nation of Venezuela, in the
southern reaches OF the Carib-
bean sea.
Wnlte cotton, young girls and boys
playing-all clatter under the trees
While the air is cool and the world
good. 1t will not be the same at
noon.
Trinidad, superficially, seems the
reverse of an ant heap, for its activ-
1ty shows best at the surface. the
veneer of the water front. You
stand by the cranes where cargo is
fed into the maws of omnivorous
tenders and come to the conclusion
that the island is crudely modern.
The coconut is one of the faces.
Out of the palm groves, mile after
mile OF them, come millions of COCO
nuts a year. Many of them are
turned into copra, which is the dried
broken meat of the coconut.
In some regions of the island you
see East Indians working in the
flooded fuzzy-green areas of rice
fields, their legs bare, their heads
shielded under big hats, their whole
aspect suggestive of the Orient. But
rice is rare. Mile after mile of sug-
ar cane rolls down from the noun
tains, pale-green and high. Water
buffaloes work in these fields at
cutting times. You happen upon
group of women who are chopping
stalks into small sections.
''They plant these" says your
guide. "After a while another sug-
ar cane grows out of each section.
They get about five new sugar canes
out of each old stalk
Use Weapons Craftily.
The cane workers WELD their ma
chetes with consummate skill. They
are predominantly East Indians.
Trinidad is crowded with East In
dians; about third of its population
belongs to that race. After slav-
cry was abolished in the island,
they were brought over from India
between 1845 and 1917, under a sys-
tenn of indenture, to work on the
plantations. After their period of
service was ended, they were either
given free passage back to India or
allowed to remain. Many stayed.
East Indians throng Port-of-Spain.
They crowd the streets and mar
kets with lusty carelessness; they
regard work but little, and seem to
subsist, almost miraculously, with
out it. They stride on their way
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Family Gathering

A family gathering in honor of
Mrs. Louella Geiger Schmidt and
son Kenneth of Monroyia, Calf, was
held Sunday at the home of Rev.
and Mrs. G. T. Soldner and family
of Cherry street.
The gathering was in the nature
of a farewell to Mrs. Schmidt and
son who left Tuesday for their home
in the west, after visiting with her
mother Mrs. Nancy Geiger of Find
lay.
Present for the occasion were:
DR.. and Mrs. Donavin Baumgart-
ner and family of Cleveland; Har-
mon Rupp and family, West Unity !;
M. H. Brenneman and family, Reu-
ben Thut, Frank Joseph and fam
lily, Lima.
Mrs. Arthur Geiger, Toledo; Mrs.
Nancy Geiger, Stanley Geiger, Edgar
Zehrbach and family, Findlay; Rich
ard Bixel and family, Col. Grove /;
Ann Dilley, Athens; Ivan Geiger
and family, Van Ruren.
Steiner Geiger and family, Mr..
and Mrs. Chris Bixel and son Tru-
man, Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Bixel, Mrs.
Elma Bixel and son Bobby, Memo
Geiger and family, Mr.. and Mrs.
Maynard Geiger, DR.. and Mrs. J. S.
Steiner, Mrs. Elizabeth Tschantz,
Miss Rhoda Hilty, Rev. G. 7. Sold
ner and family, Mrs. Sarah Geiger.
Afternoon callers were Mr.. and
Mrs. M. J. Yoder and Mr.. and Mrs.
Ora Y. Miller of Goshen, Ind.
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Harmon Field Notes

Two straight losses suffered by
the Wolverines have left the Golden
Bears in first place in the boys soft
ball league, breaking last weeks tie.
The Pirates, however are but one
game behind the pace-setters and
will have chance to advance to a
first place tie should they win over
the Golden Bears in game this
Thursday night as a part of the
regular schedule. In the other con-
test of the evening the Tigers will
play the Wolverines.
Next Tuesdays games will bring
the Pirates in action against the
Wolverines and the Golden Bears
will tangle with the Pirates.
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Trinidad Isle
Lies Quietly
In Caribbean
Discovered by Columbus,
Land Now Belongs to
Great Britain

Prepared by National Geographic Society.
Washington. D. c.-WNU Service.
Columbus discovered Trini-
dad in 1893, on his third voyage
to the New world. In a letter
to Ferdinand and Isabella, he
explains why it was named
Trinity: "A sailor went up to
the main-top to look out and to
the westward saw three noun
tains near one another" These
peaks, locally known as the
Three Sisters, officially are
Trinity hills.
Sailing along the islands
southern coast, the explorer
saw lands "as lovely and as
green as the orchards of Va
lencia in March," After cross
ing the Gulf of Paria, he turned
westward along the coast of what
is now Venezuela. This shore he
termed "the most lovely in the
world"
Convinced that the earthly par
adise" of the ancient philosophers
lay somewhere in these newly dis
covered regions, the admiral later
petitioned his sovereigns for author
ity to explore further, but his pro-
posed expedition was never carried
out. Across the gulf, dinly, Co
lunbus saw the hills of the South
American continent rolling away in
recurrent waves. Dismissing them
as another island, he set around
for home.
Raleigh Burned City.
In 1895 Sir Walter Raleigh came
to Trinidad, on his way to Ell Do
rado, which had been located be-
yond question in the upper regions
of the Orinoco. Being of a mill
tary mind, and knowing the danger
of a hostile city at his rear, he
burned the Spanish capital. He
tarried in the Gulf of Paria to calk
his ships with pitch from the ia
nous Pitch lake.
Another arrival, Sir Ralph Aber-
cromby, sailed to Port-of-Spain in
1897 and demanded that Don Jose
Maria Chacon, the Spanish COVER
nor, surrender the island. Chacon
was humane man, out of touch
with his times. Sensible of the
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-07-27
TUO From, Here
Win Tennis Titles

Gene Zuber, Bluffton recreational
director, won the mems singles
championship in a district tennis
tournament sponsored by the WPA
recreational department at Bowling
Green last Sunday.
Two weeks ago Zuber captured the
Allen county singles title. In the
final round of the tournament at
Bowling Green Zuber defeated Will
liam Driffmyer of Bowling Green,
6-3, 6-3.
Genevieve Fett, of Bluffton, won
the girls singles championship with
a final round decision over Clara
Miller, of Bowling Green.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-07-27
Readrite SOftball Team Wins
One, Loses One In Weeks Play

Readrite softballers won and lost
in two games played during the last
week, defeating Lima Wonderbar, ID
to /, and losing to Lima Shovels,
8 to /.
In the game against Wonderbar
here last Thursday night, the locals
went on a hitting spree to sew up
the decision early in the contest.
One run was counted by Bluffton
in the first inning, four more in the
second and seven in the third.
Willie Tripplehorn hurled nice ball
for the Bluffton team, setting down
the visitors with six hits and allow
ing only one run.
Lima Shovels took 9 to l decis-
ion from Readrite in an Inter-City
league contest at Lima last Friday
night.
Two runs were made by Lima in
the first stanza, one more was added
in the sixth and six crossed the
plate in the seventh.
Buttons lone tally was made in
the fifth when Wenger doubled and
counted on Bert Swank's single.
Bluffton ALB r Fl
Burkholder ....-.-.--------- a 2 2
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-07-27

The law Of the State of Ohio re-
quires that all noxious weeds must
be cut. Notice is hereby given to
property owners in the Village of
Bluffton, Ohio, to see that all such
weeds on their respective properties
are cut and destroyed.
The law also provides that in
case such weeds are not cut, the
Village Council may have them cut
and the costs certified to the County
Auditor as lien against said prop
erty to be collected as other taxes.
w. A. Howe, Mayor ID
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-07-27
Reddrite To Play
TlUO Games Here

Readrite softball team will play
two home games this week, meeting
an Ohio Northern team here Thurs
day night and tackling DeGraff Fri
day night.
The contest with the Northern col
legians will start at 6:30 p. m, but
the DeGraff assignment will be a
regular night game.
In a previous start, the Readrite
outfit defeated DeGraff by a score
of IL to in Is innings.
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Leading Hitters

Norm Triplett is holding the hit
ting lead in standing of the Read
rite softball team with his mark
of .324.
The five leading batsmen of the
team include: Triplett .324; F.
Swank .283; Miller .27O; Wenger
.244, and Burkholder .240.
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Dumping Garbage
On Rural Roads

Dumping garbage along the road
side on rural highways has occa-
stoned considerable complaint this
summer. The practise it is said has
been growing until it now consti-
tutes a nuisance and in some cases
a menace to health.
Dumping of garbage along the
roadside is in violation of law and
efforts will be made to apprehend
violators, it was stated the first of
the week.
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News Our Grandfathers Read
From Issue OF July 19, 1906

marry IIdii, tiic CASuI- CdL-Olu SUI
of Mr.. and Mrs. A. D. Hall, had the
misfortune of falling off bicycle at
the college campus, last Wednesday,
fracturing the bones of his right ell
bow. He was taken to DR.. |. Weth-
erills office, where the fracture was
reduced.
The Richland township trustees
purchased an acre of ground adjoin-
ing the Pleasant Hill cemetery for a
public burial place from Lawrence
Jennings, Monday for consideration
of $3.50.
The many friends of Mr.. and Mrs.
j. S. Mccullough will be sorry to
learn that they have left Bluffton per-
manently. Mr.. Mccullough came
here from western Pennsylvania un-
der the direction of the Sun Oil Co.
over 10 years ago, and during this
time his excellent services were sub
stantially recognized by his empoy
ers. An opening in larger and more
important district however now takes
him to Beaumont, Texas.
The members and friends of the
Reformed church missionary society
in order to give an impression of their
good feeling and esteem for their
pastor, Rev. T. w. Goetsch, carefully
planned very pleasant surprise for
him at the Gratz manse, west of
town, last Wednesday morning.
Almond Speer and John Patterson,
who are working at the stone crusher
at Hassen, went into the Shilling
stone quarry to take bath Saturday.
The water being very deep and Speer
not being able to swim he went down
the second time, taking Patterson
with him, when, almost exhausted,
they were rescued by Ray Nelson and
Eugene George.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Nonnamaker
of Morenci, Arizona, are here visiting
their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob
Nonnamaker.
Miss Nellie Goble, News compost
tor, left Tuesday on recreation trip
to northern Michigan.
Miss Jessie Herr, who spent three
weeks with friends at Delaware, re-
turned home the latter part of last
week.
Word has been received here by
relatives that Cliff West, who left for
the Wisconsin oil field several months
ago, is sick with smallpox at that
place.
David and Memo Triblehorn Wis
tied their parents here the first of the
week. They have returned to their
work in the oil field at Berlin, On
tario.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Rell Potee,
Wednesday evening, July IL, little
daughter.
Prof. d. F. Jantzen and family have
rented VIII Leichty's new residence on
Lawn avenue, and will occupy it as
soon as completed.
GERMAN SETTLEMENT
Amos C. and Mrs. Diller welcom-
ed baby girl to their home the lat
ter part of last week.
Ezra and Mrs. Bucher welcomed a
baby boy to their home last week,
their first born. Sam Hilty is now a
grandpa.
P. P. Diller and wife had their fifth
boy added to ther family recently.
All robust brother Jonathans.
D. G. and Mrs. Geiger and their
two youngest offsprings were down in
Archbold with Gid and Mrs. Geiger
over Sunday.
The weather is quite freakish for
this time of the year. Monday it was
raining and at ten o'clock the mercury
stood at 55 above zero.
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WEDDING ANNOUNCED

Announcement has been made of
the recent marriage of Robert Nus
baum, son of Mr.. and Mrs. David
Nusbaum of near Bluffton and Miss
jeanette Buckingham of Columbus
Grove. The couple will reside in Lii
ma where he is employed at the Stein
er Bros. machine shop.
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Piano Tuning

I will be in Bluffton and vicinity,
August 9 to tune and repair pianos.
Leave orders at Bluffton Implement
& Harness Co., or write Oscar Lug
inbuhl, GIT Woodsdale, Toledo, Ohio.
Id
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Rains Bring Relief
From Sultry Heat

Rains Wednesday morning brought
a measure of relief from blanket
of sultry heat which covered this
section the first of the week. Tenn
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NOTICE oF APPOINTMENT

Estate OF Mary Leanna FFedefIck, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that III. r. Freder-
ick whose Post Office address is Dola. Ohio.
has been duly appointed and qualified as adj
ministrator of the Estate of Mary Leanna
Frederick late of Allen County. Ohio. deceas-
ed
Dated this goth day of July. 1899.
RAYMOND p. SMITH,
Judge of the Probate Court
10 Allen County, Ohio
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Modern Liquor is Inferior
What has become of the booze of
YEASTERDAY?
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Last Weeks Games
Pirates 13; Wolverines 5
Golden Bears %; Tigers
Pirates 13; Tigers IL
Golden Bears ID; Wolverines 5
Play is underway in a Harmon
field tennis tournament to determine
boys and girls singles champions.
In the first girls tourney match
Mary Ellen Davidson defeated
Louise Dunifon, 6-2, SO, Ga. Other
matches will be: Lape VS. Weinhold;
Basinger VS. Murray; Santschi VS. c..
Stonehill; Blauvelt VS. Hofer and ].
Stonehill VS. E. Berky.
In the boys tourney matches
scheduled for this week are: Todd
VS. Fett and d. Clark VS. Berky.
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Prepared by National Geographic Society,
Washington, D. C.-WNu Service.
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The island of Trinidad lies
'citl'in sight OF South Americas
nation OF Venezuela, in the
southern reaches OF The Carib-
bean sea.
Evening star., 1939-04-14

Hostynnytzia formerly the Hotel Ko-
runa cSvoboda,' April 7, 1899, Jersey
City, N. J0.
Letters coming from Prague show that
about $500 Of the Carpatho- Ukrainian
intelligentsia were executed during and
after the Hungarian occupation.
Now that Carpatho- Ukraine has fallen.
the Ukrainians have a tremendous task
on their hands: to help the thousands of
refugees, prisoners of war, and wounded,
who fled into Slovakia and Rumania, or
who remained in Hungary. For the pur-
pose OF helping these vic.ims commit
tees have ben organized in Prague.
Bucharest and Belgrade.
The Ukrainians in Poland are forbid
den to organize any aid for the victims
OF the Hungarian invasion. ct is i'm
possible to think of any aid for them
coming from Soviet Ukraine.) The great
est burden, therefore, again falls upon
the Ukrainian immigrants in the United
States. Numerous cables of appeal were
recently published in the Ukrainian
press in this country, and various
Ukrainian organizations have already
initiated campaign to aid the Car
patho Ukrainian refugees.
April II. E. BOYAR.
Evening star., 1939-04-14
Attacks Communists for
Militaristic Sympathy.

To the Editor Of The Star:
On the supposition that "a letter day
keeps reaction away" Martin Chancey,
city secretary Of the District Communist
party, has given us bangup text for
today on the needs of the local unem-
ployed. There is general assent upon
needs of the unemployed, but there is
not general assent upon the methods the
Communist party is using in pursuance
Of this much-needed reform.
How can concern for the needs of the
unemployed be reconciled with the Com
munist party's blatant advocacy of big
ger and better arms budgets, its heading
the full-crying pack of imperialist war
mongers? Have the workers, whose in
terests the Communist party pretends to
represent, any stake in the waging of
an imperialist war? The Communist
party answers af11rmatively. 1t goes
without saying that the capitalists do
have such stake.
In short, the Communist party's un-
prinGpied stand is that the exploiting
capitalists and the exploited proletarians
have common national interests to pre-
serve, although in the process of pre-
serving our democracy we will have to
resort to Fascization. This all-embracing
social-patriotism cuts across the class
lines and is in contradiction to the
feminist dictum that "the enemy is with
In your own country"
April 3. GLEN WILLARD.