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search work at Tuskegee Insti
tute. You will find him in
“Who’s Who in America.” He is
v member of the British Royal
Society of Arts, a distinction en
joyed by not many Americans.
Working in his labratory, this
colored-man has developed 1G5
ty-products of the peanut and
115 by-products of the sweet po
tato. Some of his sweet-potato
products include synthetic rub
ber, black paint and white flour.
From the clays of the Georgia
hills this black man has devel
oped colors that have been the
despair of scientists for centur
ies. Milk, buttei-milk, butter,
salad oils, cheese, face lotions,
inks, and dyes from peanuts,
flour, paint, sirups, a coffee sub
stitute, and ginger from sweet
potatoes, and everlasting colors
from the clays of the hillsides—
these are but a few of the won
derful discoveries of this black
genius whose works have been
lecognized on two continents
and who is now in almost daily
conference with capitalists and
investors seeking to make prac
tical application of his discover
ies.
And this George Washington
Carver was born of pure Negro
stock on a Missouri plantation
about the time of the Civil War.
the boy Carver spent most o!
his day roaming the woods and
interesting himself in every kind
of vegetable and insect life.
At the age of ten he was ad
mitted to a one-room school
house. At the age of twelve he
got an opportunity to go to Fort
Scott, Kan., with a family and
there worked and went to school
until he had secured a high
school education. After more
years of work he got into a
small college in Iowa. Later he
went to Iowa State College, at
Ames, where he pursued agri
cultural work and took degrees
of master and bachelor of arts
/ fter taking his degrees he was
ejected a member of the faculty
and given charge of the green
house, bacteriological labratory,
and the labratory work in sys
tematic botany. During these
years he paid his way as he went
usually as a laundryman.
About thirty years ago Dr.
Booker T. Washington recogniz
ed in him the man he needed
at Tuskegee. To Tuskegee Dr.
Carver went, and there you w!l
And him today. With a great
love for all mankind and a sub
lime faith inn the Creator of all
things, this black man in whom
there is no trace of a white
man’s blood, continues to make
discoveries and perfect process
es that may yet revolutionize
the agricultural industry of the
South.
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When Logan Spoke the
Whole World Heard
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An untutored Indian chief
standing the “forest primeval,”
burst into savage eloquence. H;s
audience is one man. His speech
becomes a classic, challenging
the admiration of the cultured
world. The tree under which
he spoke become a shrine, to
which thousands go each year.
It is guarded by a state, jealous
of its historic treasurers, and
preserved—why not? —by a
Providence which culls the mas
terpieces of today for the glor
ies of tomorrow.
Logan’s Elm, which was an
cient when the famous Indian
Chief, Logan, uttered his philip
pic, against the whites in 1774,
still is standing some ten miles
from Circleville, Ohio. It has
weathered the storms of rto one
knows how many centuries. It
is not so sturdy as it was a hun
dred years ago but, barring un
usual storms, it should stand
for a generation or more. It wa?
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I damaged considerably in A ter
rific blast of wind in 1921, but
these winds come seldom in that
part of the country.
Lord Dunmore, governor o‘.
Virginia in 1774, led an expedi
tion against the Indians ol
Ohio and following the cam
paign settled down with his
aides to make, peace at what is
! known as Camp Charlotte in
the central southern portion ot
! the state.
Chief Cornstalk was there, as
were numerous other leaders of
various tribes, but Logan, chief
of the Mingoes refused to at
tend. Lord Dunmore especially
wanted his signature to the pact
and he sent John Gibson, a
friend for him. Gibson met up
with Logan in the forest near
what is Circleville. They walk
ed for a short distance and then
stopped under a gigantic elm
tree, Logan the meantime refus
ing to see Loed Dunmore. It
was under this tree that Logan
spoke his famous message:
“I appeal to any white man to
say. if ever he entered Logan's
cabin hungry and he gave him
not meat; if ever he came cold
and naked and he clothed him
not. During the course of the
last, long and bloody war, Logan
remained idle in his cabin, an
advocate of peace. Such was my
! love for the whites that my
I countrymen said ‘Logan is the
| friend of the white man,.’ I had
| ever thought to live with you but
for the injuries of one man. Col
onel Cresap the last spring in
cold blood and unprovoked, mur
dered all the relatives of Logan;
not sparing even his women and
children. There runs not a drop
! of my blood in the veins of any
! living creature. This called on
I me for revenge. I have sought
1 it. I have killed many. I have
fully glutted my vengeance. For
my country, I rejoice at the
beams of peace. Yet do not har
bor the thought that mine is the
joy of fear. He will not turn on
his heel to save his life. Who is
there to mourn Logan? Not
| one.”
It was recorded at that time
that the speech was delivered
after Logan had burst into tears
on recalling a recent masacre of
his kin.
Gibson immediately reported
the speech to Lord Dunmore and
within a few months, even in
those days of slow communica
! tion, it had become one of the
I classics of the colonies. In a
I few years it had spread through
I Europe and other civilized na
tions and as early as 1781 Thom
as Jefferson said that “I may
1 challenge the whole orations of
Demosthenes and Cicero and of
any more eminent orator, if
Europe has furnished any more
I eminent, to produce a single
passage superior to the speech
of Logan, a Mingo chief, to Lord
Dunmore.”
The years rolled by and a
young professor began the com
j pilation of a series of readers.
ne sougnt tne nnest in litera
ture as an aid to molding the
character of the young. Wil
liam McGuffy found this im
passioned outburst of Logan and
he gave it prominent place in
^ne of his books. In this read
er it was memorized by millions
of American school youths ard
in honor of this tribute the Mc
Guffey Society of Ohio often
holds its annual gatherings un
der the pleasant shade of the
Logan Elm.
Theodore Roosevelt learned it
as a student and it stuck with
him and when he became fa
mous he, too, added his word to
its worth: “-Will always re
tain its place as perhaps the
finest outburst of savage elo
quence of which we have any
authentic record.”
To be Continued
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Washington Newsletter
By Will A. Steel
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Former deputy U. S. Marshal
Neil C. MacGregor, who was lo
cated for several years at Pe
tersburg, is now at Las Vegas,
Nevada, and has made applica
tion to the Bureau of Reclama
tion to run a lodging house for
government workers, at Las Ve
gas.
A protest has come from the
Associated fishermen of Nusha
gak against the order of Com
missioner O’Malley closing the
Nushagak River on July 15 to
commercial fishing. As a result
of the short season local fisher
men in that locality complain
that they have been unable to
make a grubstake.
Numerous complaints from
trappers in various sections of
Alaska are now being investi
' gated by the Bureau of Biologi
cal Survey. The Alaska Game
, Commission is being called upon
, to make explanation of various
| orders given and practices al
leged to be indulged.
A question involving the rights
of a homesteader in the Anchor
age country, who had been com
mitted to the Moruingside Hos
pital, had been raised and was
considered by the General Land
Department. The Assistant
Commissioner gave an opinion,
in, which he said: “Under the
provisions of the Act of June 6,(
1880, a party who has legally in
itiated a claim to a tract of puo
lic land as a settler thereon, ac
cording to the preemption or
homestead law, is not required |
to reside upon or cultivate the
land with the requimrements of
the law up to the time he be
! came insane, and proof in sup
port of the entry may be made
by his duly appointed guardian,
nor is he required to furnish
, evidence of citizenship.” In
the case at issue the homestead
^application was allowed as ai
entry.
The Chairman of the U. S.
Board of Parole informs the
| Delegate that the application
I for parole of James E. Ryder, of
[Fairbanks, has been grantei,
! effective October 24, 1931. It is
stipulated that he make resti
tution of public funds as soon as
his circumstances will permit,
and that he is not to engage in
teaching profession that would
[bring him in’contact with boys
of the adolescent age.
In reference to the frequent j
agitation that 50 per cent of the
sale of seal skins should be al
lotted to the Territory, a resi
dent of Interior Alaska writes
! to say that there has been no
actual revenue from the sale
I of seal pelts since 1925. He al
leges that the cost to the gov
ernment fo r the catching of the
seals and their disposition ex
ceeds the revenue that is de
rived from this source.
Early in May last some people
| residing in the lower Yukon re
' gion asked the Delegate to pre
| sent their request to Commis
sioner of Fisheries O’Malley for
the privilege of a limited amount
of fishing off the Yukon River.
It seems that the Commissioner
had been seriously considering
recommending to the Secretary
of Commerce that future regu
lations to be issued permit the
Yukon River to be opened to
king salmon fishing, allowing
50,000 to 60,000 to be taken, and
limiting operations to king
J salmon gill nets, and limiting
Wie oCadUll tu uiiiic wnvii
bulk of king salmon are run
ning. Commissioner O’Malley
wrote a letter to this effect to
the Delegate, with permission to
give publicity. The Delegate
then had 75 copies of this lette;
printed and sent to persons who
might be interested, particularly
along the Yukon River, and per
sonally wrote on each “Do yo;
want this?. Write me—Wicker
sham.” As a result some have
written favoring the opening
of the mouth of the Yukon,
ethers have written in opposl
lion, claiming that the run ol
the salmon up the river would
be affected as would also th
natural supply of food as fur
rished by the salmon to a coup'c
of thousand men, women and
children. The Delegate ha
sought information from the
people interested so that hr
might be in position to again
take the question up with Com
missioner O’Malley and either
urge or oppose the opening o.
the mouth of the Yukon for
fishing, as the facts should war •
rant. From responses so far re
ceived the Delegate is inclined
to believe that the best inter
ests of the fishing industry ano
of the people along the Yukon
require that he oppose the no v
contemplated regulations.
The Post Office Department
has established a post office at]
j Lakeview, along the Alaska Rail
road and named Harold Long iu
1 Postmaster.
Various applications are re
ceived by the Delegate frcr;
persons in the states who wUl
employment in the several Alas
ka towns from Hyder to Nome
One of the latest is from a 193^
' graduate of Harvard, residing
at Brooklyn, who would like tc
secure a place “in the recently
constructed wood pulp plant sit
uated about twenty miles from
Juneau.” He is ou* of luck be
cause the plant has not yet
been erected.
H. A. Clark, postmaster at
Ruby, has resigned and left
with his wife for Seattle where
she is to receive medical treat
ment. Miss Mildred M. Fisher
has been left in charge of the
office and is an applicant for
the vacant post.
The Bureau of Indian Affairs
is to erect a number of school
buildings in Alaska and com
plaint comes from various per
sons that the lumber and ma
terial for the buildings has been
purchased in Seattle, when the
mills in the Territory are equip -
ed and capable of filling the or
ders at equal cost.
Information comes from part
ies in Los Angeles that they are
contemplating erection of a
plant to produce wood pulp and
news print, if proper arrange
ments can be made with the
government for a suitable tract
of timber and the necessary
water power. The Tongass For
est Reserve is prefered and “the
necessary millions for the erec
tion of the plant have been
pledged, conditioned on secur
ing satisfactory leases.”
A bill had been introduced in
the second session of the last
Congress to extend the facilities
of the Public Health Service to
seamen on Government vessels
not in the military establish
ments. But like many other
bills this one failed of passage
and inquiry now comes as to
whether the present Delegate
intends to reintroduce the meas
ure after Congress convenes in
December, which of course he
will do. The previous bill had
teen commended by Secretary
Mellon, who wrote:
“By special acts the person
nel employed on board vessels
of the Coast Guard, Coast ani
Geodetic Survey, Bureau of
Fisheries, and tho'se belonging
to the Engineer Corps of U. S.
Army, are entitled to treatment
by the Public Health Service,
but there are a few vessels suen
for instance, as those belong
ing to the Bureau of Education
Forest Service, and Department
of Justice , whose personnel i?
not entitled to treatment and
who, as a matter of convenient?
to the Government and alsc
one of equity, should be includ
ed among the beneficiaries. The
additional cost will probably be
insignificant.
Hubert M. Post has resigned
as Postmaster at Pilgrim Springs
and the Department contem
plates the appointment of Peter
P, Wilhell as his successor.
Miners and other residents of
Circle protest against the con
templated removal of the Signal
Corps station from that station
to Circle Hot Springs. They de
clare that Circle is the distri
buting point for Fort Yukon
and neighboring sections, and
that a change would seriouslv
affect mining and navigation
cn the Yukon River during the
open season.
In the economy program of
the government and the conse
quent reduction of the Army
Posts there has been no desire
to dispense with Chilkoot Bar
racks, located near Haines, and
regarded as easily unique among
rhe Army Posts of to-day. One
of the newspapers in this city
describes it as the most north
ern of all garrisoned Posts, set
among tree-clad and snow-cov
ered mountains, in a country
abounding in game of all sizes
and with unexcelled opportun
ities for boating and fishing,
toth salt and fresh water, it is
the one best bet for the soldier
or prospective soldier who likes
life in the “wide open spaces.”
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Snakes indeed are creatures
that crawl on their bellies and
not inaqj- animals are tower.
Opening of the new
COLISEUM
Saturday Only
The Lost Zephyrs
4 picture of amazing interest and thrills
which you will not soon forget.
Also starting a new serial
“The Spell of the Circus”
Sunday-Monday
“Animal Crackers”
Kitty—How do you like my
new dress? Dad gave it to me
tor my eighteenth birthday.
Cattie—It’s certainly worn well,
hasn’t it?
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The Supreme Court of the
United States is very quiet, but
it is the quiet of a storm center.
—Oliver Wendell Holmes.
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Office Phone 61
Home 66
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