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^Trappers First $aw Scottsbuff 100 Years Ago / _ b Grant Shumway Tells Story of Discovery and Naming of Nebraska Mountain Five Years Later. , Lincoln, Aug. 18.—How 100 years ago this month Scottsbluff mountain, one of the beauty spots of Nebraska, was first noted in chronicles of man and the story of the tragic death of Hiram Scott, for whom the mountain is named, was told today by Grant L. Shumway, state secretary of agricul ture and formerly a resident of Scottsbluff. “One hundred years ago, when the mountain was discovered, it was a feature of pronounced personality crowned with evergreen, and abound ing in mountain sheep and other wild game," Shumway said. Trapping in Mountains. “Hiram Scott was one of the enter prising young men with General Ash ley. who in 1823, went through the Scottsbluff country, then a wilder ness, into the mountains in search of beaver. After the release of the trap pers under Ashley some two years later, Scott met Narcisse Le Clerc. They organized the Northwest Fur company, the orginal Northwest Fur company having become part of the Hudson Bay company. “They were on their way to St, l.ouis in 1828 to dispose of their first collection of pelts and formerly launch their company. Just above Platte canyon, at the rock bottom ford, Scott was taken 111 and left l>ehind with Roi, 'the man of the desert,’ and Bissonette, ‘the squaw man,’ to be taken by a moose hide . boat through Platte canyon and to , overtake the party at the ‘big bluff,’ ; 100 miles down river, where they ? would tarry and trap. Irving Tells Tale. j “Washington Irving in 'Captain • Bonnville’ tells the rest of the story. • Ater a few days the boat was ’ launched, and was upset in the : canyon and ail provisions and am munition were lost. i “The three men reached the shore, i however, with nothing but their hunt ' ing knives, and after some difficulty ^arrived at Laramie fork. While search | for food, Roi and Bissonette came 1 upon the fresh trail of LeClerc and ! party, and they abandoned Scott in 1 the wilderness. “On reaching the ‘big bluff,’ they found that the others had not waited as agreed, so pushed onward. Upon • overtaking the party, they improvised • the story that Scott had died from • exposure and fever. I “The following autumn, trappers 1 returning from civilization found a I skeleton at the spring on the side - of the mountain which was declared to be that of Hiram Scott. His hunt ing knife Identified Scott. He had 1 walked or crawled 70 miles before his .resolute spirit took Its flight, jjj/ “After that, the mountain in west j ern Nebraska was called Scottsbluff, ! and the old trappers, when wandering by, always made it a point to visit 1 the spring, where the remains of • Hiram Scott were laid to rest, to do I homage to one of their number who I had perished in the wilderness. The ' grave is entirely obliera^d in the lapse of years.’’ Boys Leave in Huff to See World But Police Officers Tell of the Many Returns After One Night or So Spent in the “Great Open Spaces.” Boys will be boys, and despite this passage of time they change very little: their dreams and actions are the same as those enjoyed by their fathers. Police records show that during the year an average of one hoy each day leaves home, usually in a fit of temper, to become a "pead Shot Pick," a "Nick Carter,” or a "Captain Kidd.” But the records also show, like the boys of generations gone, they come quietly home again. Usually after one night iri the open and the indefinite postponement of two or more meals. When dad was a hoy the facilities for getting a long way from the scene of domestic trouble were much more inadequate than they are today. But even so, police captains state, today ihe youngsters fail to travel very much farther than boys of other generations. At the police station the officers tell of sobbing parents who come to them to ask aid in finding a son who has suddenly disappeared, and 'iof sullen boys found who want to go home, but are too proud to say so. Then they tell of the accounts given by relieved parents of the return of the prodigal. tiirls Uttle Better. Girls are little better than hoys, hut they do not try to run away: just forget to inform mamma that they are going to spend the night with a friend. There are almost as many girls, though, as there are boys who leave home. One "case" that the police laughed about was of a boy who wished above all else to emulate "Captain Kidd.” For months, it later devel oped. he read stories of pirates on the Spanish main. He gloried in blood-curdling stories of treasure seized and buried. Pong into the night, after he had been sent to bed. he would read such tales. As a natural result of his fascina tion for the life of a pirate, he learned to love the water and wanted to swim all day long during the sum mer months. His mother was wor ried about the swimming and at last parental objection to the practice was voiced. George was forbidden the privilege of swimming when older members of his family were not present. Naturally, the boy went swimming Just the same and. as naturally, word of disobedience came to his father. After a stormy interview In the garage, where a razor-strop figured actively, the burden of orders seemed to great for George's young shoulders to bear. The next day he left. PTn like the leading figures In his favor ite books, he left no note to tell of his whereabouts. Parents Frantic. . George’s frantic parents called the police that night. The boy might have been drowned, they said, but the missing clothes and possessions belled that belief. Police promised to help and the parents returned home. About noon the following day George came home. He slipped un noticed to his room, replaced his ex tra clothing and all of his treasures, then quietly came downstairs. The first thing he searched for was "eats.” When a gnawing hunger had been satisfied he sought a couch and slept. George had learned in one at tempt that soft beds and delicious meals were not to be found every where when one is a wanderer. He has not tried to leave home since. Other hoys that the police captains remember are those whom the po lice find, arrest, turn over to the juvenile authorities, who in turn send them back to their parents. One boy who came in this class was found peacefully sleeping In a freight car in the Union Pacific railroad yards not long ago. A special officer of the railroad found him while searching fur a thief who had broken into a carload of merchandise. He turned him over tv the police. Couldn't Keep Hog. The hoy, the product of an excel lent home, told Captain Troby, when questioned, that he had left home because his mother refused to allow him to keep a dog. The fact that the dog in question was a mongrel puppy, none too clean, made no dif ference* Gregory, the boy, insisted that he would not go home until he was permitted to keep a dog, any dog, Just so It would be a pet. Gregory was placed in a cell in the matron’s ward of the city Jail for the night. In the morning he was more than willing to go home, nor did he Insist that his presence at hon»e bp purchased by the promise of a pet. And so they go and come. Uke the cat of the proverb, they always come back. Borne, of course, absent themselves for longer periods than others and some manage to make the absence cover a period of years; but these are few and most of the police cases are absent from home only, one night. Much as their fathers may have done before them. Judge Inflicted in Texas Squabble With Wobblies Beaumont, Tex., Aug. 18.— The recent controversy of the Industrial Workers of the World with the city of Port Arthur. In which the I. W. W. threatened to flood the city with its members as a protest against the alleged heating of one of their num ber by police, was brought into the public eye again today on announce ment that Judge A. W. Dycus of the corporation court of Port Arthur, has been indicted by the grand Jury here. It is recited In the Indictment that .1. 13. Holland and John Murray, members of the T. W. W., were false ly imprisoned. They figured In uvws reports from Port Arthur on .TVine .80, when alleged mistreatment of one of them was charged against police officers. Included in the in dictment with Judge Dycus was the name of H. E. McBride. Port Arthur printer. Bible School Planned. Bed Cloud, Neb., Aug. 18.—Encour aged by the success of the vacation Bible schools held here in the past two summers, the hoard of religious edu cation, a local organization composed of representatives of the various churches, has already announced an other school for next year. Keep the paint brushes in turpen tine between usings. SALE Guaranteed Merchandise Tires With Maximum Miles Built In Them 30x31/2 FABRIC . . 6.90 30x31/2 CORD . . . 9.95 32x4 CORD . . 16.65 33x4 CORD . . 17.60 34x5 CORD . . 18.25 Other Sizes at Equal Value I YOU CANNOT AF FORD TO BUY OFF BRANDTI RES WHEN QUALITYTIRES ARE ON SALE AT THESE PRICES THE TUBE SHOP “SERVICE PLUS” Phone AT-8529 2043 Harney St. Lee Corda Smile at Milea Bakers Endorse Higher Price for Wheat in Meeting Adopt Petersen Memoran dum Declaring Increased Wheat Price Would Not Raige Bread Price. Representatives of Omaha and Council Bluffs bakeries' met at lunch eon in the Omaha Chamber of Com merce yesterday noon to discuss how this industry can do its part in in* creasing the purchasing power of the farmer in the present wheat situa tion. P. F. Petersen, president of the Petersen & Pegau Baking company, wbo presided, expressed ills belief that the increased purchasing power of the farmer would be reflected through increased patronage of the bakerlea and he further explained that the price of bread is affected by the volume in any particular plant. Fred Plate of the Jay Burns Bak ing company asserted that the Omaha baking concerns are interested in the welfare of the farmers because Omaha Is In the midst of an agricul tural district, and It Is to the Interest of this city to promote the welfare of the farmers. Quality Above Price. J. J. Markey of the Markey bakery stated that the housewife is interested in a good loaf of bread more than in the price of the loaf. It was the sense of the meeting that any move ment which will increase the con sumption of bread will increase the demand for flour, also for wheat, and thus tend to Increase the price of wheat. He stated that he believed there will be strong competition this fall among bakers to obtain supplies of flour of a'quality demanded for bread baking. Others attending the meeting were Milton Petersen, C. A. Birk. Omaha manager of the Fleischmann Yeast company; A. S. Sorensen of the Omaha Rex Baking company, Law rence Ortman of the Ortinan bakery; Fred Weber, manager of the Schpltze Baking company, and Bert Francis, manager of the Quaker Baking com pany, Council Bluffs. IVtcrsen Memorandum Adopted. The following memorandum, of fried by Chairman P. F. Petersen, was adopted by the meeting: ‘‘I do not believe that a material increase in the price paid to the farm er for wheat would increase the coat of bread to tlie consuming public. The price of bread will of course be determined by Its cost of production in a highly competitive field. “I believe, however, that an in creased price for wheat will increase the purchasing power of the farmer in direct proportion to that increase. The farmer will then be In a position to buy bread from the bakers Just as he did in 1920 and 1921. For ex ample, the farmers are today buying only one-third as much bread baked by Omaha bakers as they bought in 1920 and 1921. * "This loss of business naturally in creased the overhead cost of produc ing the decreased volume of bread. It is safe to predict that the farmer will he paid a higher price for his wheat and that with this increase in his revenue, lie will In turn furnish a better market for bread baked from wheat flour. "This increased volume of bakery business will probably lower tfie over head operating costs of baking bread so that the price of bread may re main stable even though flour prices increase." Indians Sail for England to Work in Movie Picture New York, Aug. 18.—Twenty-eight Arapahoe Indians from the tribal reservation in Wind River, Wyo., with one exception attired in native costume and with their faces smeared with paint, sailed for Kngland today on the Baltic, where they will take part in the prologue of a motion pic ture depicting western pioneer life. The oldest of the Indians was Reft Hand, one of the two men living who witnessed the Custer massacre. “Reft Hand," alone was dressed in the con ventional garb of the paleface. A papoose strapped in a basket on a squaw's tiack attracted much atten tion as the Indians stood in the ship's slern. Rooking fof bargains? You'll find them In The Omaha Bee Want Ad columns, t Blair Resident Seeks Divorce Children of Realty Dealer l li able to Rear Stepmother, Claimed. Another case in which the children of a widower refused to tolerate a stepmother and persuaded the father to file divorce papers, came to light when Mrs. Celia Rodgers of Blair, Neb., was handed a summons ifl Ho tel Castle Thursday afternoon, a few hours after she was released from Jennie Kdmundson Memorial hos pital in Council Bluffs. Her husband asks absolute divorce. She met her husband, she said, about the first of the year fh Omaha and May 26 they were married in Kansas City, Mo. John J. Rodgers, the husband, is real estate and insurance dealer at Blair has left her "stranded” several times In Omaha, she declared, be cause of the persuasion of a son, Thomas Rodgers. He refused to pay for the hospital expenses and would not permit her to have visitors, she told her attorney, A. I,. Sutton. The cross-petition will be filed by Sutton in the near future, asking separate maintenance.! t Men Exploring Canyon Ahead of Schedule Flagstaff. Ariz., Aug. 17.—Govern ment survey ora and explorers who loft Lee’s Kerry, Ariz., August 1, in four specially constructed boats for a 300-mile trip through the canyon of the Colorado rJver made a landing* Friday night a* Grand View on Hance trail, east of Grand canyon, accord ing to information received h'*re to day. The surveyors were traveling eight days ahead of schedule and expected to pass Bright Angel trail in the Grand canyon in four or five days. High and rough water was encoun tered during tin* first leg of the trip, according to the report and one boat was stove in but was able to continue after repairs. All members of the expedition were well, th»* report said. Hammond Hopeful of Hard Coal Settlement Hy I'nliersal gerrles. ■Washington. Aug, IS.—Chairman •fohn Hays Hammond of the United States coal commission told President ('oolidge he was hopeful that the anthracite operators and miners would reach an agreement at their joint wage conference to be resumed Monday at Atlantic City. The chairman declared It would be suicidal for either party to be responsible for a suspension of the anthracite industry at this time. He added he had too high regard for both operators and miners to believe either would take such a responsibil ity. Flut in case an emergency does aris>^ the chairman told newspaper correspondents, the government will be forced to take other steps to pro tect the public against a fuel cr.sis. • _ __ Man Freed of Murder Charge Sues County for $82,400 Denver, Aug. 18.—George Griffith, youth, whose home is near Carthage, 111., and who wag held in the Arapa-. hoe county Jail from December 24, 1322, until July 20, last, as a suspect in the killing in Deertrail of Howard Hamilton, a world war veteran, and the wounding of Hamilton's com panion, Pearl Coeur, today filed suit for $82,400 In United States district court against Arapahoe county of ficials. Griffith alleges unjust Imprison ment. He was freed by a grand Jury last month. He charges that he lost $200 a month in salary as a result of being in jail. Norfolk Legion Fleets. Norfolk. Neb., Aug. 18.—Guy Par ish, private in the infantry during the world war, has been elected com mander of the Norfolk American Le gion post. Coal Crisis Over, Coolidge Told Operators and Miners to Ne gotiate on New ^ age Seale. By International New« Service Washington, Aug. IS.—President Coolidge this afternoon was formally advised by John Hays Hammond and George Otis Smith, members of ti.•» United States coal commission, that the deadlock between the anthracite operators and miners had been broken through conferences at New York and negotiations looking to the establish ment of a new wage scale would be reopened at Atlantic City on Mon day. The coal commissioners arrived in Washington shortly after 3 o'clock and were received by the president in his residential quarters at the New Willard hotel. Sweden has the largest match making concern in the world, capi talized at a million and a quarter dollars. The yearly production a 700,000 cases, holding more than 3i0 trillion matches. BASEBALL Today DOUBLE-HEADER Omaha vs Des Moines First Game at 2 P. M. 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