The Chattanooga News. (Chattanooga, Okla.), Vol. 19, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 28, 1924 Page: 3 of 6
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THE CHATTANOOGA NEWS
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Wuihjxwskmx
Bijkz
Ata.ska Bounty-
Hunicrj Have Killed
25,000 in La^ir
wines on the branch he
w ntches the result. Down,
rapid as un arrow from
heaven, descends the dis-
tant object of his atten-
tion, the roar of his wings
reaching the ear as he dis-
appears In the deep, mak-
ing the surges foam
around. At this moment
the eager looks of the
Eagle are all ardor and,
leveling his neck for flight,
he «oes the Fish Hawk
once more emerge, strug-
gling with his prey and
mounting In the air with
screams of exultation.
These are the signals for
our hero, who, launching
Into the nlr, instantly
gives chase ami soon gains
on the Hawk. Each exerts
his utmost t» mount above
the other, displaying In
their rencontre the most
elegant aerial evolutions.
The unencumbered Eagle
rapidly advances and Is
Just on the point of reach-
ing his opponent when
with a sudden scream the
latter drops his tish. The
Eagle, poising himself for
a moment as If to take a
more certain alui, descends
TWO-BITS FOR OLD BALDY
Old Baldy, long time white-crowned Kins of Air,
With yeliow eye of fierce, unshr'nking stare
And courage stark as charging trumpet's blare,
With tearing beak and clutching talons dread
And wings that almost match the airplane's spread
And swoop and soar that leave the bird-man Bped
Old Baldy from his lofty eyrie peers,
A giant tree from which for fifty years
He has by sea and shore kept watch and ward
O'er all the realm below that c.ills him lord.
From which for fifty years he's swooped In queBt
Of prey to seize and bear off to his nest.
Where he each year has reared with his one mate
Two eaglets in a home inviolate,
A home for yet another fifty years—
A shot I Old Baldy launches forth, but veers
And crumples up, then like a ship careens
And sinks. Thus dies the Lord of Wide Demesnes
The while a bounty-hunter man demeans:
•"Got him! Another two-bits In my Jeans!"
—J. D. a
By JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN
O YOU want to make a dollar "the
D worst way"—a big United States of
America dollar with the "Hird of
Freedom" on it—and at the same
time to help to save Alaska from going
straight to the demnition bow-wows?
If so, get out your shootin'-Iron,
take a run up to the territory that
is clamoring for statehood, sneak up
on a bald eagle, pot him, scalp him, and rake In
your bounty. As to how you have helped to save
Alaska—that's different. Anyway, you may have
saved the life of a fox pup, as the friends of the
eagle put it.
When Cornwnllis surrendered at Yorktovvn In
3781, the British army marched out with Its bands
playing, "The World Turned Upside Down." That
tune should be popular in Alaska Just now, say
the nature lovers. It was in 1782, the last year
of the Revolution, that the 'American eagle was
officially made the national American.emblem. The
thirteen original states admired the American
eagle. Since then 85 states have at least been
able to get along with him.
And now here in 1024 is Alaska asking for state-
hood nnd at the same time busy an a one-armed
paperhanger with the hives in an effort to exter-
minate Old Baldy. And If congress does not Inter-
vene Old Baldy will be exterminated. For civili-
sation has driven out the American eagle from
the rest of the country. And Alaska Is the last
eyrie of the American Bird of Freedom.
Congress may stop the slaughter. Congress
does queer things at times. It may suspend the
net of the Alaska legislature. And congress Is
asked to do that very thing. There are many
people who do not believe that the America^ eagle
endangers Alaska. There are many who do not
believe that the American eagle does anything
for which he should be slaughtered. There are
even some who do not believe that the Amerlct.n
eagle—they are really quite sentimental about
It—should be exterminated under any clrcum-
stntlces.
Anyway, eagle-hunting is good these days In
Alaska. Last year the patriotic hunters of Alaska
pot only four-hits for Old Baldy. But the last
territorial assembly raised the bounty to u whole
dollar.
During the five years in which the price was
fifty cents only 18,000 Ameijcan eagles were pre-
sented by Alnskan patriots for bounty payments.
These patriots were playing in hard luck. They
killed 7,000 more eagles, but could not recover the
dead birds. Their only reward was the proud
consciousness of a duty nobly done—at least Id
liart. But the dispatches say that with the In-
creased bounty It Is believed enough patriots will
get out after Old Baldy to wipe him off the face
of the earth and pluck him out of the sky. So
hope yet springs eternal in the Alaskan breast.
it's a perfectly awful Indictment that Alaska
brings against the American eagle. They say that
be preys on birds, young deer, mountain sheep and
(touts. They say that he is destructive to salmon,
especially to those en route upstream to spawn.
And finnlly—here is the real enlmus of the Indict-
ment—they charge that the American eagle is a
"menace to the silver and hlup foxes on the 1,800
fur farms on the coast, both on Islands and on
Hie mainland. Fox pups huve potential furs worth
from |75 to ?200 each."
P/jo6O K
|i MARY
11 SUCCEEDS
jjj; ON
:! MAIN STREET
By LAURA MILLER
DADDY'S
EVENING
FAIRYTALE
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THE WIDOW'S MIGHT
So there's the whole proposition In a nutshell,
according to the anti-bounty people. Alusku hav-
ing started the business of raising foxes for furs,
the American eagle has got to get out because he
woul 1 be likely to carry off a fox pup if he got
a chance.
The other counts in the Indictment are plain
bunk, uccording to Old Baldy's friends. Alaska
cares so little for the conservation of Its deer,
mountain sheep and goats that poachers and
market hunters kill them in season and out and
sell them for meat. And as to the salmon-—vhy,
It Is common talk that the fish-packers in their
greed and disregard for tlie law huve brought the
salmon packing to the verge of ruin. The recent
visit of the late President Harding and Secretary
Hoover resulted In the taking of steps to check
the greed of the commercial fishermen of Alaska.
For years these fishermen have been killing
spawning salmon that were needed for brood
stock. No wonder they want to shift the blame
to the American engle.
"So far ns I have been able to ascertain," writes
a citizen of Juneau to T. Gilbert I'earson, presi-
dent of the National Association of Audubon So-
cieties, "no information or statistics were pre-
sented to the legislature as a basis for the pas-
sage of the bill, the basis for Its enactment being
upon statements by observers that, in their belief,
the depredations of the bird were seriously affect-
ing the salmon supply by destroying the fish while
engaged In spawning In the small streams, that
they also killed a great many fawns of deer, and
young forest and shore birds, as well as ducks,
geese and other birds."
"The legislature that passed this law," says Mr.
Pearson, "Is not controlled by wild Indians and
Ignorant Eskimos, but by men who should know
better than to condemn any form of wild life
merely on rumors and loose statements of preju-
diced observers and without some scientific Inves-
tigation."
The biological survey of the Department of Ag-
riculture, after careful study of the economic
relation of the American, or bald, "agle. In Bulletin
No. 27, sums up the matter as follows:
All things considered, the bald eagle is rather
more beneficial than otherwise, since much of Its
food is of little or no direct economic value, while
the good it does more than compensates for Its ob-
noxious deeds.
In Alaska where fish are abundant, at certain
Reasons of the year, the bald eagle undoubtedly
lives largely op salmon, but It Is a well-known fact
In the life history of the salqion thnt it dies after
spawning. The banks of streams nre ut times
lined with the bodies of spawned-out tish which
are carried away and eaten by these big birds
of prey.
The fact is—and any naturalist will bear wit-
ness to it—that the American eagle, while fond
of fish. Is himself a most awkward fisherman. To
catch fish he wades into the shallow water of a
stream and strikes with bis talons at the fish as
they go by. Ills usual way of catching fish Is to
let the osprey catch the fish and then rob the
osprey. In fact Benjamin Franklin, who was a
good deal of a naturalist, objected to the selection
of the American eagle ns the national emblem of
the American people on the ground that the "Bird
of Freedom" did not "get his living honestly."
Alexander Wilson (1706-1813), the famous au-
thor of "American Ornithology" (1808-13) In nine
volumes, drew this pen-picture of the American
eagle engaged in his favorite sport of robbing
the osprey:
"Elevated on the high dead limb of some gigan-
tic tree that commands a wide view of the neigh-
boring shore and ocean, he seems calmly to con-
template the motions of the various feathered
tribes that pursue their avocations below. High
over all these hovers one whose action Instantly
arrests bis whole attention. By his wide curva-
ture of wing and sudden suspension In air he
knows him to be the Fish Hawk, settling over some
devoted victim of the deep. His eye kindles at the
sight, and balancing himself with half-opened
like a whirlwind, snatches It in his grasp ere It
reaches the water and bears his Ui-guttc-n booty
silently to the woods."
The sportsman Is the gentleman of out-of-doors.
He believes in giving the wild game a fair chance,
always nnd everywhere. He will not shoot a bird
except it is In the air. He angles with light tackle.
He will not chase down deer with an automobile
to get a shot. He never kills more than he can
use. To him the game-hog and the market hunter
are anathema.
So the sportsman cannot understand how the
people of Alaska could be Induced In any circum-
stances to slaughter 25,000 American eagles.
Twenty-five thousand dead American eagles—
why, at an average wing spread' of seven feet
that Is more than 33 miles of dead eagles! That
Is the cutting short of 250,(XX) years at the least
of bird life—for tfie American eagle does not
assume Ills head and tali of snowy white until ten
years of age and his natural span of life Is more
than the four score years and ten of iuun. Suys
u sportsman:
I believe there Is no more bloodthirsty creature
on earth than a boy turned loose with his first Bhot-
gun. I was so turned loose In the wilds of Michi-
gan. Certainly I knew not the first principles oj
sportsmanship. Pigeons—now extinct, then as thlclj
as the leaves—were killed by me on limbs of trees.
Pucks were shot by me on the water. The par-
tridge on a log was fair game to me.
But one day this bloodthirsty creature came to
the edge of a clearing and saw an American eagle
sitting on a dead tree watching him. The Instant
their glances met the great bird shot out into the
air and began to soar upward In spirallng circles.
And the boy hunter, though within easy shot, took
off his hat and cheered the living emblem of his
country.
The American engle is nn impressive creature.
Old Baldy's body Is more than three feet long and
weighs about 12 pounds. His spread of wing Is
from 7 to 8 feet—more than the height of the
tallest man 1 The bald eagle Is so called because
of Ills head nnd neck of snowy white. His tail
and the upper toil coverts are also snowy while.
The rest of him Is a deep chocolate brown, Inclln
lng to black on his back.
And consider these tilings about Old Baldy: He
often lives to be one hundred years of age. He
mates for life. He builds Ills nest on a lofty tree
that stands out from Its lesser fellows like a sen-
tinel. That nest is home to him. Yeof after year
he adds to It for >h» mating time, till it grows to
be a landmark. His mate lays but two eggs. He
and his mate are affectionate parents, tending the
eaglets until they can care for themselves. In
time of danger they fight like' winged* demons for
their young and for their nest, as many a daring
Indlnn, bent on getting a feilther or a good-lucii
"eagle-stone," has found to his cost. It was «
proud Indlnn who wore an eagle's feather.
The bald eagle Is unawed even by man. Of tha
man with the gun the King of the Air has learned
to be wary—but man he will fight to his last
breath, when the fight Is carried to him. Boasting
of his kill, a bounty hunter snld:
It was a great shot I had at this old eagls
perched on the top of a tall spruce. I drew a flw»
bead and pressed the trigger. He launched Into
the atr and started to sail away, but toppled over
and fell with a thud. As I came up the blood was
dripping from his beak. He was too near gone to
stand, but he threw himself on his back, with his
talons stretched up defiantly. He struck at me,
quivered and the film of death pa>sed over his eye*
The Auierl.-nn engle, superior to cold and storm,
of miraculous powers of flight, equal to any earth-
ly power save that of man, Is a symbol of courage
the emblem of American freedom.
Three widows in three different
towns faced the problem of Income.
One sought a manager for her bus-
band's business in the hope u living
for both her and the manager would
result. One found herself the sort of
low-paid Job a woman past forty can
acquire, and is saving painstaking
sums lo cure for her old age. One,
past llfty, took over her husband's fue-
lory, and in ten years Increased the
protlts three-fold.
No article can give nn unfnlllng
recipe for the secret of such success
as Mrs. Charles Knox has made of
her universally known gelatin busi-
ness. It can only tell bow the Knoxes
diii It, for he had helped her greatly
during his lifetime. Her husband
started the little factory at T.dins-
town, N. Y. Both bail struggle u ac-
cumulate. What she suv nil uet
household allownncu w as vs her". |
If Mr. Knox needed money, he oft :■> |
borrowed from her- -at bank rute».
When he consulted her ubout his busi-
ness affairs be expected a Judgment
based on reason. He never "fooled
her with praise," site says. But he
acted ou her opinion.
So much for his part. At his death
the boys' future depended on her wise
action. And she loved her children.
Financially she is canny. She found
thnt Mr. Knox's newspaper, a side
line, did not pay. Forthwith all checks
for tiie paper were issued from her
oltice until the paper did pny and
could be sold at u profit. When she
built u concrete factory to replace the
original wooden one, she planned, not
for ostentation and size, but for clean-
liness pud convenience. It carried on
li far larger volume of business with
almost the suine floor space. When
her first "contract Involved spending
$85,000, she lejirned how to secure the
rock-bottom price from the sulesmau
of the other side.
She sets n high standard. Her prod-
uct, her employees, her son und as-
sistant in the business, even the orchid
conservatory ut her home—all must
pay their way by showing cleau-cut
efficiency.
She likes the sort of simplicity that
often accompanies greatness. Her ad-
vertising campaigns hnve Illustrated
this. Mr. Knox used to go in for
stunts. Mrs. Knox has mainly con-
fined herself to "swapping recipes" us
from one woman to other women who
love the kitchen.
To women entering business she
says: "You must have training or
ability or both. Use common sense.
Utilize your sex, but don't demand fa-
vors on account of It. Keep busy
thinking of what you can accomplish
and you will grow old only half as
fast us the woman who worries over
what she can't do."
GOTHAM, SHORT-CHANGE
ARTIST
Are you more Interested In people
or things? Would you rather accumu-
late friends or dollar bills? That Is
practically the way a successful young
woman lawyer puts the question of
city vs. town. The town, she is sure,
offers more friendships. The city may
give you a higher pile of cash—if you
succeed above the average. Other-
wise the city short-changes you both
ways, she believes.
If actions speak louder than words,
it Is significant that Bessie Newsom,
A. B., A. M., LL. B., Phi Beta Kappa
(that's the scholarship one, you know),
national president of Kappa Alpha
Theta (that's a social one that's said
lo take In only brains plus good
looks), moved from Washington to
Oklahoma City and Oklahoma City to
Hot Springs, Ark.
The moves were dictated by any-
thing but fear of failure. In Wash-
ington, Miss Newsom, with all her de-
grees accumulated before she was
twenty-four, became a member of a
successful firm and was made an as-
sociate member of the legal and ad-
visory war board of the city.
In Oklahoma CilJ", a place on the
state Democratic speakers' bureau, an
Income above the average salary, a
practice that brought her "warmth of
reception und genuine Interest," are a
few of the early successes attained.
The story In Hot Springs Is, she
says, "Just beginning to be made." A
digest of Arkansas laws is on the
program for the near future. Her fel-
low townswomen describe her as "a
woman who has won a place for not
only herself, but for other women In
public affairs. Though yet In her
twenties, she Is one of the best-In-
formed citizens of the entire country
on topics of the day and national and
International affairs. Withal she Is a
winsome, womanly girl, and enjoys
tlie good times of her home club as
well as the more serious affairs of
her public career."
Thinks Feathers Really Help.
Fine feathers do not make fine
birds, some adage-maker told the
world once while It was listening, but
we guess he never saw his wife strut-
ting off with a new hat that was most-
ly feathers.—Wilmington News-Jour-
r ti.
^Mary Graham Bonner
CB»» NtWJSHMM. umO*
COW AND PIG
"Great news! Great new»! Moo.
moo, great news I" said Mrs. Cow.
She realiy was much excited. She
hadn't been so excited In months and
months—not since that time when a
strange dog had barked at her anii
chased her over the pasture and Into
the woods beyond.
But this tline she was excited and
yet not afraid. The time the dog had
chased lier site had been afraid, too.
It was no fun to have a dog yelping
at one's heels.
No fun nt all.
Yes, she had been quite alarmed
that time and had not tlked It In the
least.
In fact the milk she gave to the
farmer's family that evening had not
been so good.
But this time she was excited and
happy. It was all such nn honor and
such a surprise and she was delighted.
"Great news I Great news! Moo.
moo, great news I" she cried again.
And then she walked over by the
f<--nce and looked Into the Iig Pen
just beyond.
"Iig I" she said. "I would hav»
words with you."
"Grunt, grunt," said Pig. "What
words would you have with me?
Pleasant words—words such us Weeds,
Food, Mud, Scratching? What word®
would you have with me?"
"No such words as you have men-
tioned," said Mrs. Cow, "but pleasant
words Just the same."
"You probably know more words
which mean the same ns the words
I've said," Pig answered.
"No, no, no," said Mrs. Cow. "Moo.
moo. no, no, no."
"Then I don't see bow the word*
can be pleasant," Pig answered.
"Because they flutter us," Mrs. Cow
snld.
"I'd rather be fed than flattered
any day," snld Pig. "I'd rather huv»
c
"I Would Have Words With You."
my buck scratched thun be told I hud
lovely eyes." •
Mrs. Cow grinned and turned her
heud slightly nslde so Pig wouldn't
see her grinning.
She couldn't imagine any one say-
ing to Pig that he had lovely eyes.
The very thought was funny.
"I really have pleasant words to tell
you—or rather pleasant and good;
news," said Mrs. Cow, "even If the*
news is to be something you don't ex-
pect."
Iig thought he would listen. Mrs-
Cow was herself fond of food und per-
haps there would be something In her
talk about a new goody In the way of
food which bad Just been discovered.
"They are thinking," said Mrs. Cow.
"of putting a cow and a pig Into a zoo
so that the city children will know
what we look like.
"For all I know they may have done
this already. But think of the compli-
ment! That a cow and a pig should
be given homes In one or two or more
zoos so that children could learn,
about the two greut country animals
Is simply fine.
"It is such an honor, such a compli-
ment. You see, they have found that
some city children did not know what
a pig or a cow looked like. Terrible
Ignorance, of course.
"But do you suppose such Ignorance
will be allowed to exist? No, it must
be that all the world shall know what
we look like and so they are going to
see to this.
"A cow and a pig! No one must
remain In Ignorance of us."
"Yes, that's pretty good news," said
Pig, "and when the children learn
about us they'll be told, of course,
thnt we're not against being presented
with gifts of food!"
Didn't Want the Job
A teacher who was giving the chil-
dren written exercises, wrote out this
"Wanted" advertisement:
"Wanted—A milliner. Apply by let-
ter to Miss Smith, 10 Blank street."
The children had to make applica-
tions for the position In writing.
One youngster wrote:
"Denr Miss Smith: I saw you want a
milliner. I hate to trim huts. C'Rn't
you get somebody else? Please let m»
know at once. Edith Brown."—Tit*
Bits (London).
No Home
At the English golf club, after sev-
eral Indifferent rounds, they were dis-
cussing the new member.
"I suppose he Is very wealthy?" re-
marked one member.
"Yes," replied the other, "but he
hasn't u place be calls 'home.'"
"What, with all his money?"
"Yes, it's only too true. He callt
It "ome.""
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