RIDER OF FIRST PONY EXPRESS Hot Controversy at St. Joseph Mo., Settled by Girl Who Finds Sailor First. St Joseph, Mo.—St. Joseph Is exclt ed. Groups (father on street comers In pool halls and near-beer shops tr talk about the situation. And thf cause of It all Is a controversy ovej the Identity of the first rider to leave St. Joseph In the now famous Pony Express ride. The Pony Express Is experiencing h revival, and the historic ride of hardy horsemen Is to be relived this fall, when riders will set out again from St. Joseph and San Francisco over the old route. Towns and cities along the way are preparing for the event, which will be celebrated In all the states through which the first riders passed. When the proposal to revive the ride was made, no one thought It would re sult In such a furore. The movement started In the West, ami since then committees have been at loegerheads over the first rider. There seems to he no doubt about the man who left San Francisco with the first hag of mall, hut In St. Joseph opinions differ. While no homes have been divided In the strife, some very heated tilts have occurred. Of course, none of the first riders are now living, as the date of the Initial trip was April 3, 1860. Those "first” riders who are backed for honors are Johnnie Fry, John Burnett and one sailor named William Richardson. At the present writing Richardson seems to have the contest tucked away, but at any mo ment an antique letter or document may be sprung on the committee and awing the contest In another direction. Wrangle Over Horse’s Color. Hie argument does not stop with the name of the first rider. The color of the horse he rode, the hour of the day and the part of the city from which the rider set off are all In question. Strangely, the Interest In such an old affair Is not confined to the old folk. Usually In a case like this the younger and, of course, smarter set are content to sit back, casting supercilious sneers at the petty arguments of their grand parents. But not this time. In fact, the strongest backer of Rich ardson. and the one who placed him at the head of the race, Is a young wom an. And If she had not discovered him. Johnnie Fry would now. In all prob ability. be riding at the head of all “first’' riders. Bot while some were willing to agree to let the shade of Mr. Fry absorb all of the glory, this young woman went quietly about the libraries, gathering up data on the ride. She dug up musty newspapers and faded letters on which the writing was hardly discernible. She compared dates and more dates, and then one day she startled the home folks by appearing before the ride committee and demanding that Mr. Fry he hauled out of the saddle and his place be given to Sailor Richard son, who left the hounding main to ride away over the rolling prairie*. She proved to the committee’s satis faction that Fry was the second rider, and that he left St. Joseph seven days after the first rider departed. Dangerous Dash Across Plains. The Pony Express was the first means by which mail was carried over land to the Packflc coast. In I860 the Eastern outpost of railroads was St. Joseph. Mctl destined to the Western territories had to be sent by sailing vessels around Cape Horn. However, the Pony Express com pany was given assurances by the gov ernment that It might have the con tract for carrying the mall if It could make faster time than the vessels took. The company then prepared for the Initial ride on which hung the fate of the contract. The best riders of the West were ■ecured, and hnndreda of fast horses were purchased. On the appointed day, April 8, I860, a horseman set out from San Francisco, carrying the mall eastward. At the same time another horseman was being ferried across the Missouri river, hound for Seneca, Kan., a distance of 20 miles. The result of the ride Is know n. The trip was completed In ten days, and the company received the contract. Seneca was the first stop for a rider from SL Joseph. He was relieved there, and waited for the rider from the West, whom he In turn relieved. Six horses were used In riding the dis tance, and the riders were supposed to make the dlatance In eight hours. It was a hazardous undertaking, as the plains were at that time overrun by Indiana, and many a rider was found on the trail, his body pierced with a poisoned arrow. Bat when the ride la made this fall horsemen will find conditions dif ferent, and if old William Richardson should wander back to this earth he would probably be surprised to see his replica hurrying along over a hard-sur faced highway, while unfamiliar ob jects, which people call motoron*s. apeed by the horseman at a terrific rate. Boland's Loos In Young Mon. Warsaw.—Poland’s greatest loss of recant years baa been, not In devas tated regions, but In young men. Therefore physical education was strssaed at a recent meeting of school masters la this city, sad the govern ment was urged to allot more money tor the building of playgrounds and otherwise to assist In the building up of Polish youths. 'mtmrnmmmmtmmm—^^■ EVERYBODY PAY UP! ■ Legal Notices AMOS P. SCRUGGS, Lawyer, 220 South 13th Street. I NOTICE TO THE DEFENDANT To Florence Peat, defendant: | You are hereby notified that on th< second day of February. A. D. 1923 Handy Peat, as plaintiff, filed his petitioi against you In the District Court o Douglas County, Nebraska; the.object an< prayer of which is to obtain a divorce ' from you upon the grounds of cruelty am desertion. You are required to answer said pet! tion on or before the 23rd day of Juiy A. D. 1923. HANDY PEAT. Plaintiff. Per A. P. SCRUGGS. l4t-6-8-*23) NOTICE OF SERVICE BY PUBLICATION To Samuel E. Stacks. Non-resident De fendant: You are hereby notified that on tht 1st day of March, A. D. 1923, Alberta Stacks filed a petition against you ir the District Court of Douglas County Nebraska, the object and prayer of which are to obtain divorce from you on tht ground that you have been guilty of ex treme cruelty toward the plaintiff with out any fault on her part. You are re quired to answer said petition on or be fore Monday, July 9, 1923. ALBERTA STACKS. Plaintiff. Per H. J. PINKETT, Her Attorn-y. 4t-6-l NOAH W. WARE. Att’y. PETITION FOR ADOPTION. In the County Court of Douglas County, Nebraska, in the Matter of the Adoption of Baby Harris, minor. To the parents of said minor and all other persons interested in said matter: You are hereby notified that on the 11th day of June 1923. a petition was filed in said court by Clarence Wilson and Lula Wilson, husband and wife, residents of Douglas County, Nebraska, praying for the adoption of said minor. That a con sent to said adoption was filed by Ada Kelley the legally appointed guardian of said minor. That the whereabouts of said minor’s parents is unknown That a hearing will he had on said petition for adoption before said court on the 18th day of July 1923. at 9 o’clock a m.. at the county court room of Douglas County. Nebraska, and that unless you appear at said time and place and contest said petition, the court may grant the prayer of said petition, whereby said minor shall be adopted by said Clarence Wilson and Lula Wilson. BRYCE CRAWFORD. 4t-8-15-23 County Judge. For Rent ROOMS FOR RENT. Neatly furnished room. Gentleman preferred. One block from North Twenty-fourth and Dodge car lines. Webster 5652. FOR RENT. Nicely furnished front room for gentleman, with meals. Webster 3105. FOR RENT—Furnished room. I-ady preferred. 2915 North Twenty sixth street. Webster 5317. —5-18 FOR RENT—Modern furnished room in private family. 2870 Corby etreet. 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French min ister of colonies, who was one of France’s representatives at the Wash ington naval armament limitation and pacific conference, has Just signed two decrees Intended to extirpate the practice of cannibalism In the French 1 African possessions. The death penal ty Is Imposed on any one killing or trying to kill human beings for the purpose of eating their flesh. Impris onment of from one to ten years and a fine of from 100 to 1,000 mines ure to he the punishment for complicity In such crimes or for eating human fleSh. | Cannibalism survives, M. Sarraut saya, principally under the form of ritual ; rites or acts of sorepry. Discussing this subject In Be Jonr j nal. M. Fernand Hauser writes: "Doctor Cureau, formerly a colonial governor, assured us some years ago In a work on the primitive peoples of equatorial Africa that cannibalism, as practiced there (and it Is practiced, even In regions rich in food resources of all sorts, vegetable and animal). Is not due to privation or famine. ’It is simply a mutter of taste,’ he said, *a predilection for a certain kind of meat.’ Cannibalism Called Instinct. “Cannibalism ts then, according to Doctor Cureau. an Instinct. It Is a custom. The man who Indulges in tt Is not necessarily ferocious. ‘He may be a man who Is gentle, gay. cheerful and friendly In his ordinary relation* —at least with those about him. “Doctor Cureau added that he had several times seen evidences that cer tain tribes make prisoners of war or buy slaves to hold them In reserva, and then kill them and eat them In ac cordance with their needs. "Pere Martron. who also made a close-range study of the African ne groes. declared, on the contrary, that the cannibals did not hunt men to sat isfy hunger. They eat, he said, only the bodies of enemies killed In war !ind, more rarely, the bodies of those on whom they wish to wreak a terrible vengeance. “However that may be, Pere Mar tron and Doctor Curean both stated that cannibalism Is dying out. Coming Info Intercourse with more dvlllsed tribes, the cannibals feel a sense of shamp and soon refuse to admit that human flesh Is eaten hy them. Reports for Many Years. “These are reports dating back some years. M. .T. Brevle, chief admlnistra for of colonies, director of political and administrative affairs In the gov ernment of French West Africa, says. In his ‘Islamlsme contrq Naturiame au Soudan Franca!*—a penetrating essay on native psychology which he has published—that many Macks still prac tier cannibalism, less from any real need than from an attachment to in dent rites, which, divorced from their primitive significance, appear unlntel llglhle to ns, and which they them selves can no longer explain. “ ‘We are dealing here.’ he declares ‘with human sacrifices, intended to dis arm hostile spirits, or to produce a sort of physical and moral transsnh stanlatlon from the person sacrificed —to the jierson who eats, the latter thus assimilating the former’s strength and qualities.’ “ But whatever may be the reasons which have kept cannibalism alive, the French government Is now determined I to make an end of tt. Week-End Gardens Are Boon to Stockholm Stockholm.—The regular week-end exodus of 7,000 Industrial workers armed with garden tools Is one of the unique signs of spring now appearing In the Swedish capital. Every one of these amateur garden ers has his own "colony lot" In the large co-operative garden colonies sit uated In what appears to be country, though actually within the city limits. Here he grows his own flowers and vegetables, and finds a retreat from the factories and city streets. The 7,000 colonists are grouped Into flO different garden sections In the out skirts of the city, and the administra tive work Is In the hands of co-opera tive garden societies. The plots of ground worked by In dividuals vary tn size from 1,800 to 5,500 square feet, and the rentals range from $2.50 to $15.00 for the sea son Greens, vegetables, strawberries and various other garden products are raised, enough to supply the worker's own table and to yield him a small profit besides. Hunts Panther With Spangai Nanaimo, B. C.—Jim Craig of Craig’s Crossing, who had shot 180 panthers, brought here the carcass of one that he killed with chloroform. 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