The Syracuse Journal, Volume 22, Number 11, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 11 July 1929 — Page 6

Haskell Institute Graduates in Native Costume

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While most of tne institutions all over the country are graduating members of their senior classes In thettradi(ional cap and gown, students at Haskell institute donned their native costume. Many of the seniors wore their tribal garb and rook part in the war dance—a part of the graduation ceremonies. Haskell institute at Lawrence. Kan., is the largest Indian school In the United States.

Sutter’s Heirs Ask for Fifty Million

Wrecking of Empire Where Gold Was Struck in California Recalled. Washington.—“He who finds gold will die in the almshouse.” So runs an old Spanish proverb. The sage has been ever prolific in his ironic observations of the way easy wealth has of destroying a man by stultifying his virtues and stimulating his empty pride and extravagance. But there is a story also of how a discoverer of gold met misfortune, not from the psychological and moral forces from within, but from forces outside his control. Such is the story of Gen. John A. Sutter, builder and proprietor of Sutter’s fort, of California gold rush fame—a man of affluence and high position in California before the epic discovery of gold in 1848. Paradoxically enough, it was this discovery which ruined him. It brought to his door the horde of maddened fortune hunters, the rabble which ate his substance, which stole his cattle, which trampled his vineyards, which confiscated his lands. He died in penury in a little Pennsylvania town, where he how Ties in an grave. i Presses $50,000,000 Claim. An echo of this ironic tragedy has been brought to the ears of the nation through the recent legal action taken by Reginald Sutter, grandson of the great pioneer, who, as announced in recent news dispatches, is pressing a claim against the United States government for $50,000,000. asserting this sum was due to him and the other heirs because of an agreement made by congress in 1879. Bits of reminiscence that have been handed down from old residents of California and of Kansas City, where he lived for a time, afford an insight into the personality of the picturesque wanderer, who, born in Germany of Swiss parents and schooled in the army of France, sought the American frontier and founded a principality in the West Prominent Kansas City residents of a quarter of a century ago recalled the stories which, as boys, they heard the dashing army captain from across the sea tell them in his .little merchandise store at Westport avenue and Main street. His store, where wagon trains outfitted for the Santa Fe trail, prospered, but the call of the frontier could not be resisted. In 1838 he joined a trapping party and made his way westward. Arriving at Monterey, then the capital of California, he was warmly welcomed in 1838 by Gov. Juan Alvaredo, who made him a general and presented him with eleven square leagues of land, to be taken from any section of the domain he might choose. He set out from Monterey, explored the San Francisco, San Publa and Suisan Bays; cruised down the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers and finally reached the present site of Sacramento, where a permanent settlement was made. Dwelt in Feudal State. There he built the fort which he named New Helvetia, popularly known in history as Sutter’s fort. He was made governor of the northern frontier by the Mexican government and became wealthy. There he dwelt In feudal state, winning the surrounding Indians to his employ. With their

RICH MINERAL REGION IN CANADA LOCATED FROM AIR

Vast Expanses of Copp* and Iron Disclosed by Airplane Explorers. New York. —Regions which were bar ren and regarded as worthless a few years ago will soon place Canada in the front rank of mineral producing countries, probably making her the dominant mining center of the world. And It is to the airplane more than any other agency that the Dominion Is indebted for a development in the course of a few years that groundling prospectors would have taken decades to accomplish. The story of the exploitation of the great pre-Cambrian shield, the geological name for the huge expanse of iron and copper ore which has recently been found to cover a great part of Manitoba and reach out Indefinitely, Is graphically told in the Review ui ’ Revi?ws. v

aid he built his fort, cultivated large areas of wheat, set out vineyards and raised herds of cattle and horses Establishing stores, he traded from Canada to Mexico and as far east as St. Louis. Governor Micheltorena. successor to Alvaredo, gave him an additional eleven square leagues of land to encourage his activities in agriculture. The virtual owner of a quarter million acres of land, he was monarch of all he surveyed. Then happened the event which reduced him from affluence to penury—the discovery of gold on his own land. James W. Marshall, his foreman, made the find. The date was January 24. 1848. He told his employer, and they kept it a secret until the following March 15. when a weekly newspaper of San Francisco, then a town of 700 population, published the story. Sam Brennan, of San Francisco, went out to investigate. He returned with a bottle of gold dust. That news depopulated San Francisco. Crews deserted their ships in the harbor. The rush was on. Sutter’s fort was overrun, his crops were destroyed and his Indians were either killed or driven away. Possessing none of the gold miner’s instinct, the sturdy pioneer was forced before the year was ended to retreat before the roaring tide of huinanitv that surged about him. He sold his fort, with all it contained, to the traders, gamblers, rum sellers and boarding house keepers who already had seized upon it With the dreams of a lifetime dispelled, he retired to the quiet of a little farm on the Feath er river. Fort Wrecked in a Year. When Bayard Taylor visited the place in 1849 every building in the once well regulated fort was occupied as a hotel, a rum shop, a gambling saloon or a store. Great holes had been broken through the outer walls to serve as doors and windows; the COOLIDGE IN SENATE .. 1 |r ' ' ’ ■ < «</ -"1 ■t V 1 First photograph of the bust of exPresident Calvin Coolidge which has recently been placed in a prominent spot in the senate wing of the Capitol building at Washington, commemorating his term of office as Vice President.

Canada has only touched its potential mineral wealth, says Alan 1* Longstaff, the writer, after survey of the developments now going on over a hundred thousand miles of territory. “The pre-Cambrian shield, a vast Ushaped area, stretching from Labra dor around Hudson bay almost to the Mackenzie river, is estimated to be the greatest single exposure in the world, greater than all others. “Less than three per cent of this pre-Cambrian area projects into the states of Michigan, Wisconsin acd Minnesota, yet that projection is one of the richest mining regions in the world. It contains the famotfs Lake Superior iron mines, which, more than any other "single factor, have contributed to the pre-eminence of the United States in iron and steel manufacture.” The spectacular phase of the Canadian development, the locating of

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massive gates had been wrenched from their hinges and cut up for nrewood; tAie broad wheat fields and vineyards of a year before were covered with a rank growth of weeds. The inclosure was filled with a mob of miners. Outside, scores of tents were pitched beside scores of loaded wagons. In the evening campfires cast their glow over piles of tnlscel- j laneous merchandise, personal effects and groups of tethered animals Before the year ended another great cfifnge had come -over General Sutter’s frontier domain. Trade had left It for the more convenient local- 1 ity of the river landing and was al-' ready building the city of Sacramento. The entire structure was being demolished for its building material In I later years (he city of Sacramento i spread to and beyond it. and streets were laid out across its site. In more recent years it has been restored to its original form as a memorial to General Sutter and the history in which he figured so vitally. California Grants Pension. Squatters settled on the outlying lands. California was being annexed to the United States, and the rights and titles by Spanish governors were not respected. The old pioneer appealed to the United States courts in vain for recompense. California did. however, grant a pension of S2SC a month to him, but he relinquished it after fourteen years. In 1572 he sent his two daughters to Bethlehem, Pa., to attend the Moravian school, and, visiting that section later, remained in Lititz. There today, in the little Moravian cemetery, is his grave, beside that of his wife, Anna. In the recent review ot the legal aspects of Sutter’s claim against the government. It is recalled that in 1851 Sutter filed suit against 21.000 squatters. The courts upheld him. The squatters appealed and kept the issue in litigation for years. After Sutter’s death in 1870 the legal action languished. Attorneys for Reginald Sutter and other heirs are in Washington, going through the congressional records in search of documents to back up the claims of the heirs. — Air Official Commutes 408 Miles Each day St. Louis. —Sam B. Lambert, vice president of the Lambert Aircraft Engine company, one of the subsidiaries of the newly organized Allied Aviation Industries, may lay claim to the title of the world’s champion commuter. Every morning and evening Lambert commutes by airplane between his home in St Louis and Moline, Hl., a distance of 204 miles by air. or about 314 by automobile. At 6:30 each morning he hops off from Lambert-St. Louis field, arriving at his plant in Moline two hours later.

mine sites from the air has reached into regions whose practical prospecting and exploitation would have been impossible a generation ago, the Review of Reviews writer points out. “Aerial exploration not only has removed many of the terrors and hardships of prospecting, but has opened to the seeker after mineral deposits territories far beyond his reach,” he reports. “The past year found planes of the Northern Aerial Minerals Exploration company, the Dominion Explorers, Ltd., and the Western Canada Airways scouring the territories along the coasts of the Hudson and James Bays, dropping off a party of prospectors here and there. Not only iron and copper. but coal, gold, lead, zinc, gypsum, magnese and other minerals are figuring importantly in the Canadian search for underground wealth, which now is reaching dominion-wide proportions. Gold deposits recently opened, largely through aerial exploration, in northern Ontario and Quebec will soon raise Canada to second place among the gold producing regions of the world, It is estimated. f

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Improved Uniform International SitndaySchool ' Lesson’ (By rev. p. b. Fitzwater. u d.. Dea» Moody Bible Institute of Chicago. > (©. 1929. Western Newspaper ITnlon.l Lesson for July 14 <EZEKIEL TEACHES PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY LESSON TEXT—Ezekiel 33 1-30 GOLDEN TEXT—Every one of us shall give an account of himself t< God. PRIMARY TOPlC—Ezekiel’s Message of Warning. JUNIOR TOPlC—Ezekiel's Messagt of Warning. INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC—Does God Take Note of My Life' YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC —Individual Accountability to G<>d I. Ezekiel's Responsibility (vv. 1-9). The commission of the prophet is now renewed. Hitherto his utterances were mainly of a threatening character, having as their objective the turning of the people from their wicked ways. They refused to heed the prophet’s wjrds, the result ol which was the falling of God’s judgment upon them iu their complete captivity and the destruction of Jerusalem. When it became clear that the people would not heed God’s warn ings through the prophet, the prophet was to be silent—dumb. This tragic situation was portrayed through the death of Ezekiel’s wife. Awful as this blow was, he was to desist from weeping. showing that even natural sorrow was not to be expressed at the time of God’s awful judgment. After the renewal of the prophet’s commission, his messages were mainly consolatory. His responsibility is set forth under the figure of a watchman God gave him this position. Every minister and Sunday School teachei is a watchman. Indeed, upon every believer has been imposed certain responsibilities. Every disciple of Christ is a warning to sinners. Two things are required of a watchman. 1. To hear the word at God’s mouth (v. 7). The source of the message of every minister and Sunday school teachei is God’s Holy Word. As the prophet did not originate his message but received it at God’s mouth, so should it be with every minister. 2. To sound the warning (v. 7). After hearing God’s message he was to proclaim it to the people. The watchman’s duty is both to hear and to speak. The people are to be warned of the impending danger. Failure to sound the alarm makes the watchman guilty of the blood of the sinner (v. 8). After the warning is sounded the sinner carries his owu guilt (v. 9). 11. God’s Attitude Toward the Sin ner (vv. 10, 11). God had declared in His word that unfaithfulness on the part of His people would cause them to -'(‘perish among the heathen,” that they would “pine away iu their iniquity” (Lev 20:38, 39). In view of this pronouncement, some were disposed to say that their case was hopeless. To meet this attitude of despair, the prophet assured them that God had no pleasun* in the death of the wicked, but that his sincere de sire was for the wicked to turn from his way and live. Regardless ot what their past had been He assured them that the future was bright, but God s - command and plea is, “Turn ye from your evil ways, for why will ye die O house of Israel?” No one need despair because of sin, for God’s grace is greater than human sin. 111. The Sinner's Personal Responsi bllity (vv. 12-20). God has created the members of the race as volitional beings, possessing freedom of choice. They have mofal discernment, enabling them to distinguish between right and wrong. The following principles govern the sinner and the watchman: 1. Pjj&t righteousness will not avail for present sins (v. 12). When a righteous man turns to do iniquity, his past seeming righteousness will be of no avail. 2. Past sins do not make impossible present acceptance with God (vv 12-14) By virtue ot the law ot habit, every sinful act makes it harder for the sinner to repent, but God’s mercy and enabling grace •are such that if the sinner repents, God will forgive and restore. 3. Restitution required (w. 15, 16). The proof of penitence Is that so far as- possible the' sinner make amends for wrongs done. There is no merit in the act of restitution, but such act helps the individual to overcome his besetting sin. 4. God’s ways are equal (vv. 17. 20). God holds man responsible for his own deeds. The child is not con I demned because of the deeds of its father. This does not do away with the law of heredity. Regardless ot what one’s past life has been. God’s grace In Jesus Christ blots out his record and he stands accepted ta the Beloved. The Christian’s Credentials The credentials of a Christian, a follower of Christ, is correspondence to Christ in character and conduct. Were all nominal Christians Christ-like, what a revolution would there be in ■ business and social and national life! If all Christians were controlled by the spirit and purpose of Christ—in the realms of industry and commerce, of school and home, of state and na-tion-then all the world would soon become Christian. Responding Christianity affirms that only In so far as men respond to the vitalizing energies of the Spirit of God and appropriate the power He gives them can they acquire that Insight z into truth which, disciplined by faith will carry them through every difficulty of thought or conduct—The Times (Lon don).

Explosion Like Forest of Lombardy Poplars

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In altering the course of a brook for the construction of a golf course near Mt. Kisco, N. Y., 8,500 pounds ot nitroglycerine were exploded and the blast created what looked like a forest of Lombardy poplars, as shown bythis remarkable photograph.

Through the Pansy Ring Means an Engagement

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Twelve brides-to-be, mernbe -s of the senior class of the University /6f Southern California at Los Angeles, divulged their engagements at the annual “Pansy Breakfast” given by the Delta Delta Delta sorority in honor of the graduating class. The pretty custom requires that ar a given signal during the breakfast each engaged senior must arise and pass through tie ring of pansies.

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Old Soak, Secretary of State Stimson’s famous parrot that was brought from the Philippines, is happy now for he has rejoined his master in Washington. He is shown above in a genial mood.

MAN OF MYSTERY

tk r % Siisassrssssjisz jsmst The hamlet of Rahway, N. J., possesses a man of mystery who resembles Trader Horn in. ar pearance and who can discuss with ea se affairs of the world, although he has -not been away from the town in twenty years. His house is a shamble of old wood and his front porch is a garbage heap. His one hobby is to read and that he does extensively. Fils neighbors know very little about “Billy Lippincott.” Morse’s Triumph The first news of a Presidential nomination sent by telegraph was transmitted by Samuel F. B. Morse from Baltimore, Md., to Washington, on May 29. 1844. James Polk was nom inated on the Democratic ticket. Has Many Rivals “He who seeks riches.” said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “must not be surprised if he loses his own purse to those whose quest is similar.”—Wash ington Star.

Liverpool Police to Use Shields

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Quake-Proof Building Given Japan

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AROUND THE WORLD Wyoming leads the states in coal reserves. Talking films are to be produced in Australia, starting with news reels. There are almost 300 leper patients at the National Leper home in Louisiana. A man who weighs 210 pounds on earth would weigh only 35 pounds on the moon. A large herd 'of wild buffalo has been discovered in Canada in the Peace river district. Increased use of automobiles in Egypt is expected to have a pronounced effect on road improvement. New York city has a firm foundation for its skyscrapers, because the rigid crust of the earth where Manhattan stands is 60 miles thick.

German brewers report England and France consume more beer than Germany. In Portugal political arrests outnumber those for criminal offenses two to one. The Statue of Freedom which tops the Capitol at Washington weighs 14.985 pounds. The Amazon river was first discovered and ascended by Vicente Vanes Pinzon in the year 15(H). Dynamiting of fish is annoying the Brazilian government, which has no laws prohibiting this slaughter. . The foremost museum of stained glass in the world Is at the Victoria and Albert museum. London. The Indian lizard, now hunted for its popular leather, is valued in India because it feeds on the eggs and youngof venomous snakes.