The Wortham Journal (Wortham, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 37, Ed. 1 Friday, January 12, 1934 Page: 3 of 4
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THE WORTHAM JOURNAL
Fifty Famous
Frontiersmen
• By
ELMO SCOTT WATSON
"Fit* of the Broken Hand”
TJISTOUY hiiH given to Gen. John C.
-Tl Fremont the title of ‘The path-
finder” and made him famous. Hut It
Is strangely silent about the man who
once ‘'found the path" for Fremont
and who probnbl.v knew more obscure
corners of the Great West than nay
other man of his time, not even ex-
cepting such worthies as Kit (’arson,
Jededlah Smith and Jim Brldger.
Thomus Fitzpatrick was his name
and he was a young Irishman who
came to this country about 1810 and
Joined the famous Ashley fur trading
expedition Into the Upper Missouri
country In 1828. The next year he
accompanied Jedediuh Smith on the
exploring expedition which discovered
the South Pass through the Itockles.
that portal through which a Mood of
emigration to Oregon und California
was to pour within the next two dec-
ades.
One of the organizers of the Itocky
Mountain Fur company, he soon be-
came "chief of the mountain men"^ind
was a leader In the dramatic struggle
between rival British and American
companies for supremacy In the fur
trade. After live years Fitzpatrick’s
company sold out to John Jacob Astor,
for he saw the Inevitable decline of
that industry.
But his next occupation added to his
reputation, for In 1841 he led the Mrst
emigrant wagon train to Oregon; In
1843 he guided Fremont on his second
expedition to California and buck; In
1845 he guided Kearney's dragoons on
their expedition to South Pass. Fort
Laramie and Bent’s Fort, and In the
same year he went with Lieutenant Al-
bert on his southwestern survey. The
next year he was again Kearney s
guide, this time on the famous march
o'f the dragoons to Santa Fe.
After the war with Mexico was over,
Fitzpatrick was made agent for the
Indians of thf Upper Platte and the Ar-
kansas. As a trapper and a trader he
hnd been one of the most skillful In-
dian fighters on the plains, but be-
cause of that fnct “Broken Hand.” as
the> Indians ended him, hnd the re-
spect of every redskin In the region.
So he made a record as an Indian
ngent and exercised a control over |
the red men which has never been
equaled, except possibly by that other
Irishman of an eurller day, Sir WII- |
Ham Johnson, the one white man the
Indians of the Fast ever trusted.
Fitzpatrick's crowning achievement
was the great Indian council of 1851
at Fort Laramie at which 10,000 In-
dians of aU tribes forgot for a moment
their ancient enmities to smoke the
pipe together because “Broken Hand”
(old them to. He died In 1854, a white-
haired and broken mnn at the age of
llfty-ftve. If he hnd lived a few years
longer there might hnve been fewer
shameful pages in our Indian history.
• * *
Big Bat and Little Bat
IN. THE post cemetery at Fort Roh-
1 Inson, Neb., among the long rows
of little headstones, all of which look
exactly alike, is one thnt bears this
Inscription: "Buptisto Gamier, Em-
ployee Q. M. IX” And this marks the
end of the trail for n really great
frontiersman—a simple slab of granite
which records the fact that here lies
buried an "employee of the quarter-
master's department'' and doesn’t even
spell hls name correctly!
For Baptiste (not Baptisto) Gamier
was the "Little Bat” of Sioux Indian
wnr days, a scout for our hnrd-rldlng.
hard-flghtlng troopers In the seventies,
eighties and nineties, a guide for many
n party of big game hunters and an In-
terpreter in many nn Important council
—certainly a man who deserved a bet-
ter memorial than this.
Officers of ,the old army will tell you
that there were two “Bats."—"Big
Bat” and “Little Bat”—both of them
good men and true. "Big Bat” was
Baptiste Pourier, scout for General
Crook during the campaign of 187(1
and. hero of a daring ascapade at the
Battle of Slim Buttes.
"Little Bat” was the son of it
French father and a Sioux Indian
mother and he grew up among hls
mother's people near old Fort Lar-
amie. Valuable as were hls services
to the whites as a scout during the
Sioux war of 1870-77. they were even
more valunble as Interpreter when Red
Cloud’s Ognlnlns were finally penned nt»
on a reservation and started on "the
white man’s road" during the eighties.
When the Ghost Dance excitement
started nnmne the Sioux In 181)0, If
"Little Bin's" advice that the Indians
he left alone until they had "danced
themselves mil” bed been followed, It
might hnve averted some of the trag-
edies which followed.
One of those tragedies was the Bat-
tle of Wounded Knee and there "Little
lint" had one of hls narrowest es-
capes. Acting ns Interpreter he walked
among the bulges of Big Foot's camp,
unarmed, to Impress the Indians of Ids
conviction tlmt they were In no dan-
ger. Then the firing started. In the
storm of bullets hls clothing was
pierced several limes, but by some mlr-
nele he escaped death.
Eight years later a murderer's h»l
let accomplished what those tired In
battle could not do. For "Little Bat"
was shot down in Crawford. Neb., by
a barkeeper whom he had regarded
Ida friend and who was never piin-
Iabed for Hie cold blooded murder of
a man noted for Ills pane sable dlapo-
*11 Ion. as well aa for hla stark courage
In lime of danger.
C, fill, Waiters Niinpssir L'slcs.
I
Merry Time at Popcorn Ball
Entertainment That Can Be Made Thoroughly Enjoy-
able at Trifling Financial Cost and Little
Labor in Its Preparation.
In these days, when financial prob-
lems are so generally harassing,
there Is a tendency to curtail In en-
tertaining. While this eeems a nat-
ural result, It is, nevertheless, to lie
deplored. It is when spirits are low
that the heartening of congenial com-
panionship is most needed. These
soclul events that do not drain, or
even strain, the purse, are actual In-
vestments in good health for host
and hostess as well as guests. It has
been demonstrated that good cheer
promotes well-being, nnd when a per-
son Is well he or she cun best com-
pete with problems. -So let us not
cut down too decidedly on the pleas-
ant means of promoting health and
success.
In order to do this with no reac-
tion in the thought of too much
money spent which would come on
the persons entertaining If It was
done too lavishly, let me suggest a
new party, the Popcorn Ball, which
can be given nt trifling cost.
The word ball suggests evening
daess, or at leust dainty frocks.
These add glamor to an occusion.
yet no one need get anything new.
Before the event, the hostess pops
corn, dips some kernels In vegetable
dyes of different colors, wires u few
kernels with one color, edging them
with green, nnd makes two nosegays
of similar colors, nnd as many nose-
gays as there are guests. These she
arranges In two little baskets. From
these she presents boquets to the
men und the women. Matching
boquets secures partners for the first
dance. The music enn he nn the
radio, a vlctrola, or by different per-
sons whom the hostess asks before-
HOW GODDESS OF
LUCK SMILED ON
HARRY JOHNSON
Ocean Island is wet* named. It Is
a speck of laud about four miles
round In the Pacific ocean. Vet It
might hnve been named Eldorado or
Bonanza or Golcondn, or any other
nnme associated with fabulous
riches, because it is probably the
richest piece of land In the world.
At one time it wns a calling-place
for South sen whalers, and one of
these casual visitors took away with
him a piece of the rock of which the
island mainly consists and submit-
ted it to the manager of a New
Zealand guano firm which had an
office In Sydney. The manager
thought little of. It, nnd used It to
prop open hls office door.
Presently n man named Harry
Johnson, nn export in phosphntes
and other fertilizers, called, ntid, be-
ing attracted by the appearance of
the manager's door-stopper, obtained
leave to take it away and subject it
to tests. These proved that the
stone was almost pure phosphate of
lime.
Johnson kept hls own council, but,
having learned from the manager
that the stone had come from Ocean
island, he went there. He found the
Island composed of It! Here was
Incalculable wealth If only It could
he exploited, yet Johnson had great
difficulty In financing his project.
But the reward wns only delayed.
There U an almost houndless sup-
ply of phosphate of lime, nnd It Is
the most powerful fertilizer known.
It Is used also for mnteh-mnklng nnd
other manufacturing processes.
Today nhout 2.000 colored labor-
ers, under nhout 50 white overReerR.
work the phosphate nnd ship It to
nil pnrts of the world. The total
value of the product In sight or
eventually available Is estimated at
8100,000,000.
hand to play for one dance. The cost
of musicians should he eliminated.
Tha hostess supplies needles and
strong thread, und groat bowls of
popcorn, which can he ready or be
popped as part of the entertainment.
The players gather around the tables
having these howls on them, and nt
tlie sound of n signal they start
stringing popcorn chains. At another
signal, each player passes his or her
chain to the person next on the right,
who proceeds to siring on this chain.
When the final signnl Is sounded,
the man und woman whose chains
measure most nearly the same length
become partners for the next dance.
Of course, players do not know of
this beforehand.
The hostess scatters the remnlnlng
popcorn over a cleared space In the
center of the room, and at a signal
each person picks up one kernel at a
time In the effort to gather the larg-
est qnuntlty. The man and woman
whose popcorn kernels count up most
nearly nlike nre supper partners.
I’opcorn is the chief edible for the
refreshments. I’opcorn balls and
sweet cider or a fruit punch may be
tbe whole menu. Or make nn orange
gelatine. Top each portion with
whipped cream, sprinkle lavishly with
popcorn first put through the food
grinder, using smallest blade. Serve
with rolled outs wafers. Have suited
popcorn Instend of suited nuts, nnd
large kernels of popcorn dipped In
Chocolate coating for bonbons. Sprin-
kle around popcorn Instead of minced
nutmcuis over chocolate frosted
cokes.
©, Boll Syndicate —W XU KerUce.
Otero’s Pearls
A glamorous figure of the last cen-
tury was La Belle Otero, whose Jew-
els and lovers were the cause of
much wonder—und envy. When she
appeared in Berlin n great deal of
publicity was made out of her pearls,
which were deposited In the vaults
of u Imnk during the daytime. At
the same theater wns another dan-
cer . , . Otero, however, was at the
top of the bill. One night while Otero
was on the stage a string of pearls
broke. The performance was stopped
while the Jewels were gathered up
and counted. Later the other artist
made her appearance and began her
turn, when suddenly she stopped,
picked up, or pretended to pick up.
what was suppposed to be one of
Otero's pearls, bit It in two, and
tossed the pieces to the audience. . . .
The fight that followed Is still fresh
In the minds of some of the Berliners
of the show world.
Blue Ribbons of Honor
for Prize Young Citizens
I’rlze pups, hogs nnd hens: prize
corn, carrots, cabbages and chrysan-
themums—nnd then some one slupped
his thigh as an Idea struck him:
Why not prize young citizens? A
hltie-rlhhon pup for a blue-ribbon
boy, ns It were. Or a blue-ribbon
chrysanthemum on a blue-ribbon girt
It seems rather out of order, in thin
day of splendid hogs, that there are
so muny children, who, like little,
black Topsy, "Just growed.”
And then the reformers and think-
ers man the societies—how many are
there?—to Inquire Into the enuses of
juvenile delinquency nnd the crowd-
ed condition of the reform schools,
jails nnd other Institutions of higher
learning. Which Is not suylng, of
course, that these societies are not
needed nnd thSt many of them are
not beginning at the beginning—
catching the child while he Is still
young and tender and training hls
complexes before they get out of
hand.
To get on with the story, in Omaha,,
the World-Herald and the American
Legion sponsored a young citizens'
contest. From thirteen districts Into
which the state was divided, 26 girls
nnd 20 boys were entered and sub-
jected to grueling Intelligence, per-
sonality, mental alertness nnd phys-
ical tests. Then medals were to be
awarded, five to each sex.
It was all very exciting. In the
personality test 77 questions were
put to the youthful contestants. Here
nre some of them: Would you say
thnt you are cynical nhout members
of the opposite sex generally? Can
you stand pain quietly? Hnve you
ever been afraid that you might jump
off when you were on a high place?
Is there n conflict In your nature be-
tween sex nnd morality?
The Intelligence tests were from
questions used by the United States
nrmy In slmilnr examinations, which,
by the way, resulted In mass flunk-
ing. The answers hnd to be put
down rapidly, before time wns called.
Here are some:- If you find a man
who hns hanged himself, you should
(state wlint). Five p. m. Is a rush
hour on street cars because (state
why). If It takes seven men two
day* to dig a 140-foot drain, how
many men nre needed to dig It In
half a day?
The mental alertness test consisted
of a maze of catch questions, each
to he answered in six minutes. Try
this one on Johnny: The numerals
from 1 to 0 arc In a row. If 7 Is
more than 5, then cross out the num
her 6 unless 6 Is more than 8, In
which case draw a line under the
number 7.
This is not silly, saiil Dr. Charles
Fordyce, of the University of Nebrns
ka, who helped with the tests. An-
swer the questions In the allotted
If you want to GET RID of Constipation worries•
Science says Today
use a LIQUID Laxative
1. Control intestinal action exactly—no “purging“
2. Measure to suit your individual needs to the drop
3. Banish Bowel Fatigue and the laxative habit
Here's Why:
Any hospital offers evidence of the
harm done by harsh laxatives that
drain the system, weaken the bowel
muscles, and in some cases even
affect the liver and kidneys
it, you avoid danger of bowel strain.
You can keep tnc bowels regular,
and comfortable; you can make
constipated spells as rare as colds.
A doctor will tell you that the
unwise choice of laxatives is a com-
mon cause of chronic constipation.
Fortunately, the public is fast
returning to the use of laxatives
in liquiaform.
A properly prepared liquid laxa-
tive brings a perfect movement.
There is no discomfort at the time
and no weakness after. You don’t
have to lake “a double dose” a day
e»r two later.
In buying any laxative, always
read the label. Not the claims, but
the contents. If it contains one
doubtful drug, don’t take it.
Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin is a
prescriptions! preparation in which
there are no mineral drugs. Its in-
gredients are on the label. By using
The liquid test:
and women that their trouble was
not "weak bowels”, but strong
cathartics:
First. Select a good liquid laxa-
tive. 2. Take the dose you find ia
suited to your system. 3. Gradually
reduce the dose until bowels are
moving regularly without any need
of stimulation.
Syrup pepsin has the highest
standing among liquid laxatives,
and is the one generally used. It
contains senna, a natural laxative
which is perfectly safe for the
youngest child. Your druggist has
Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin.
time, and the result will show how
smart one Is.
The prize winners represent a
eross-sectlon of America: Angela
Peutrowsk.v, I.eoln Westover, Joyce
Liebendorfer, .Maxine Federle, Marie
Kotouc. Robert McFarland, Gerald
Glllan. Charles Haynes, Harold Gro-
vert. and Chester McDonald.—Liter-
ary Digest.
Here’s Quickest, Simplest
Way to Stop a Cold
RELIEVE ECZEMA
Don’t suffer needlessly. Stop the
itching and induce healing—begin
now to use ■
Resmol
DOCTOR’S ANSWERS
To Questions
By P. C. Crlpps, M. D.
Q. I grt attacks of indi-
gestion and the gas presses
up around my heart, I
gas presses
y heart, I
belch gas frequently and
J have a burning sensa-
tion in my chest. What
can l do to help this
condition t—“Anxious”
Ans — Usually such c
strict •
1/ko
is used by many people and hss my greatest
confidence. To be had at any drug store.
ns —Usually such cases are benefited by
:t diet of vegetables or milk. A good tonic
Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery,
Take 2 Bayer As-
pirin Tablets.
sore, crush
I Drink full glass of water. *| If
4ba Repeat treatment in 2 file and dissolve 3 Bayer
hours. Aspirin Tablets in a half
glass of water and gargle ac-
cording to directions in vox.
Almost Instant Relief
in this Way
The simple method pictured above
is the way doctors throughout the
world now treat colds.
It is recognized as the QUICK-
EST, safest, surest way to treat a
cold. For it will check an
ordinary cold almost as
fast as you caught it.
Ask your doctor abdul this. And
when you buy, sec that you get
the real BAYER Aspirin Tablets.
They dissolve almost instantly.
And thus work almost instantly
when you take them. And for a
gargle. Genuine BAYER Aspirin
Tablets dissolve so completely
they leave no irritating par-
ticles. Get a box of 12
tablets or a bottle of
21 or 100 at any
drug store.
DOES NOT HARM
THE HEART
Do you lack PEP?
ftHMdlk, Uml aa* nm Ommmt
MSSE*
Will rid you of
MALARIA
snd build you up. Used tor 6b years for Chills,
fever, Mslsris and
A General Tonic
50c and $1.00 At All Dronuts
PYORRHEA
AND BLEEDING GUMS
greatly relieved by PYRO-SOL, the Home
Treatment, prepared by Dentist who hu
specialised In treating Pyorrhea, 0 poetp'd.
Bnfflcient for 01) to o0 dais treatment, used
twice daily, tetlifsctlon Uosrentssd.
Th« Pyre-fal Ca., >,» 771, DMIaa, Twu
Cooperate wifAyour dentist in
striving tor c/eon qu/rnfrippedteetA
ASK
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