The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 5, 1927, Page 4

~ienak POUR esas EARLY NORTH DAKOTA MISSIONARIES By Bertha R. Palmer State Supt. of Public Instruction The word “martyr” brings the men- faye and nights in the Indian coun- i y. tal picture of a thin, severe-faced old person with dis- Indians on War Pa gitated expression} Bands of roving Indians dissatis- of face,—one who has endured great | fied by the increasing number of suffering both physical and mental.! white settlers on their huating But this picture will not fit any of grounds which caused the game to the three persons who willingly gave move to less thickly settled country, lives while still less than 30 or made dangerous by the “fire wa- old for the Faith that was in| ter” easily obtained at any trading them. Now, 25 years after their post were to be encountered contin- deaths, this northwest country will, ually upon the beaten trails or the gather at their last resting place to | open prairies, by day and by night. hold a reverent Memorial June 26, The Spencer home was the victim 1927, for the Walhalla Martyrs and | of one of these unpremediated at- recall to this generation their ser-{ tacks because it was convenient at vice to their country and the religion the moment this desire to kill entered of their Fathers. the hearts of a group of such prowl. Elijah Terry, the young Baptist ers. missionary, was killed and scalped by| Between one and two o'clock in th Indians in June, 1852, while cutting | morning of August 30, Mrs. Spencer logs to complete a building for a mis- | rose from her bed to care for the sion school; Mrs. Alonzo Bernard, littlest baby. As Mr. Spencer was died of consumption in October, 1853, about to put out the lignt which had induced by the hardships of life as| undoubtediy attracted the attention the wife of a pioneer Presbyterian, of the wandering Indians, the fatal minister; the third is Mrs. Cornelia shots came through the window. Léonard Spencer, wife of D. B. Spen-| Three guns were fired and two ball: cer, a Congregationalist, whose fam-{ struck Mrs. Spencer in the upper ily came out to the Pembina Country chest and came out her back, one go- with the Bernards in the spring of ing downward through the lungs. 1853, and who was shot by Although the Tanner family lived during the night of Angus but a few rods away the noise of the Elsewhere in these stories 1 shots was not unusual enough to| mn has been made of the influence waken them and the risk was too! f the pioneer missionaries in the great for Mr. Spencer to venture out: frontier life of the new country being side and there were no telephones. rapidly opened up. It is well in these The tragedy was not discovered till days of general physical comfort and the morning. Mrs. Spencer lived | luxury to recall the sacrifices made nearly three hours after the shooting. by these God-fearing men and wom- The horror and suffering of the heip- ; and the suffering endured that less family can scarcely be imagined. command laid upon the Christian The frighiened weeping children, the urch 2,000 years ago—to carry the agonized delirium of the dying wom- Gospel into all the world—might be an and the ‘hopeless helplessness of rd on the undeveloped plains of the anguished father. For this fun- Dakota land. Not only did these eral, James Tanner, the part Indian daring souls bring with them the, native missionary, conducted the ser- ch in feligion, teaching the prin-' vice and Mrs. Spencer buried by h necessary to enterjthe side of Mrs. Bernard. Some upon and partake of the comforts and| weeks later Mr. Spencer decided to Joys of the hereaffer; but by estab- take his children to their mother's lishing schools, they laid the founda-; home. He found a caravan of sev- tion for the civil development of the eral hundred ox carts, loaded with country and many times the mission- furs and buffalo skins, was about to aries’ stores of meager possessions | start for St, Paul. The missionary’s contained the material where-with-all | family was offered a cart which he for carrying on definitely the best! gladly accepted. A young Indian culture of the communities from! woman was engaged to care for the h they had come. littlest baby till they reached his grandmother. The two little girls The First Melodeon rode with the Indian nurse in the cart The Bernards and Spencers brought | while the baby was suspended in a with them two such articles of cul-| swing from the high axle under the tural worth which must recelve more! cart and was carried in this fashion than passing mention here. One was/| across the 400 miles of dusty plains an old-time melodeon which Mr. Ber-/ to St. Paul. Imagine that trip—the nard had bought in jew York in) dust, the heat of the noonday (late 1848 and which had accompanied the| September), the chill of the nights, family in all their travels. Can we,| the screeching and squeaking of hun. ‘today, with orthophonics and radios | dreds of unoiled wooden whee! to bring to us the very best from the smell of unwashed human bodies and world of lecture and music, imagine! the stink of skins and hides—Shades the pleasure and spiritual value at- of health chores and sanitary habits! tached to the possession of a melo- deon in those days of undeveloped! The Missionaries Meet community life! This instrument 4+ was during one of the pauses on was one of the earliest inventions of | thi, trip to St. Paul that Mr. Bernard, ite kind. The bellows were worked | returning to-St. Joseph from taking ith the left elbow instead of by the! his motherless children ta their feet. This was doubtless the very erandmotner, ~févet-musical instrument of its kind eastward on a like brought into the Northwest. this meeting of the friends who had ‘The second article of special inter-| already endured so much together. est brought out by this group was a At this time an interesting rent is complete portable printing press. It| recorded. Mr. Bernard baptised the|are being prepared along the On is of added interest to know that the! infant son of his friend giving the| bord id Spencers were all four | child his father’s name, This child, ‘ollege students, and fend in after years, became a minister of ; Beiatiog, bret par pre as Jor a Reale! . th = ln a is journe; 0 St. Jase! ut the aher fa rd the West to} creasing ‘3 ity of the India ait, had! made it impossible to carry out tl a incinnati, and is 46, | original plans and the point was ‘of unique pattern with abandoned and so closed the second legs of wrought vg ttempt to plant a Protestant mission ss eae cep Riles ree Pet In hy interesting but unfortunate ; * - | locality. ipboard on a trip The next year, 1865, the Roman t Catholic mission at St. Joseph rapid- calls the amount of pelts bared ly declined and Father Belcourt was today, it is interesting to reflect that | transferred to another field on Prince vast territory and used in his work:| ings of St, Joseph's church and school the crude little wrought iron hand| were removed some eight or ten miles which was the first and actual | cast to a point already named LeRoy multitude of superior | where they are the center of a pros- and complicated presses from which | nerous mission which today is grow.| days, will be sold for § Bow constantly issues an ever in-| ing from the roots planted so man: creasing flood of printed material] years ago—And what of the old site of sort and description. | o¢ St. Joseph's mission, the Walhalla ! | ing dozens of Americans, has been tric Company ..... ty | | suspended at. Welland, Ont., in the, legal papers served 3 ‘ | face of a severe frown of public opin- | Quarantine tags posted . Poe at ion. ‘Telephane calls and telegrams ... 33} | | STUBBORN PROBABLY Pad : A bobbed hair beauty show was one cf the features of the Master ({Get out!” |. Fortune teller: You are going on | Barbers’ Philadelphia convention, and these are some gf the knock-out ee a long journey and you will mect | cuts viewed there. Below is Marie D’Alenzo and the first prize cup , | her “Grecian Bob” won her. Three other stunning bo | above (left to right), Lillian Nathanson and her “Two- | Barron and her “English,” and Kose | Buffalo, N. Y., May 5. dian “homes” for thirs er. The real estate activity is in ant the inauguration of On- Gag Pressed Heart, Caused Sick Feeling! [BEAN HO iquor control tatively set for May 15. the province's temperance aroused interest over a miles on the Canadian side a order in possibifiti develop- pla that will mect the On tario definition of “homes. The government will ii i i Belmont, iquor, and either residen| | ts may drink in their home: of Adlerik: ists’ camps, hotels and boarding | moves lassifien- | Waste m a humble missionary brought into a/ Edward Island. In 1873 the build-| tion. Liquor. 3 will be sold| Makes you egt to citizens, an itizen, under th atter meaning of the is anyone who | stomach | Surprise you, 39 gist. houses coming under this as resided 30 days in the commu ity. A liquor permit, good for rush of millions of Americans, | is expected during the su months, and extensive pians are indeed! But to return to! of today? In the oft quoted words It will be recalled that | o¢ Mr, Kipling—“That is another shared the sorrow of| Story, the ls in the death of | teas EEN, Peng ‘and mother. Mrs. Spencer w: MISTAKEN IDENTITY forter and many times foster mother! she: Sir, 1 will have you know to ‘the little Bernards through the| that I'm a lady! winter months, till Mr. Bernard took| ‘He: My word! I simply must get the children East in the spring to| over this habit of judging by appear- the care of relatives in Ohio. He} ances,—Life. did not return to the St. Joseph —_——___. country till late in the summer when WELCOME upon the return trip he stopped at|«“Going my way,” their former home in Minnesota and! “Which way are you going?” met Mr. Spei\:er with his now moth-| “North.” erless children making his sad trip’ “No, I’m going south.” by ox cart to St. Paul. The story of “Oh. that will do all right for me.” this third tragedy is not an uncom-| “Well, good night.”—London Opin- mon one in the history of pioneer, ion, COWS IN BURLEIGH COUNTY CIRCUIT Seventiy-five cows in the Balas |. Eleven eave. in the cireuit Pro- | ‘ Cow Testing association pro-| duced over 60 pounds of butterfat ee 7 ae ae battertat | e#ch, and 18 others produced over 50 jounds o: erfal i each during the month of March, and | ?°™ New Herd Si | 15 of the 20 herds in the circuit had! The state training school has an ‘average monthly production of purchased a herd sire from a herd over 20 pounds of butterfat, which | owner at New Salem, and Wm. J. is remarbably good considering the Weiss has also purchased a new herd | shortage and high price of feed, ac-| sire, Mr. Balk reports. E. Saville cording to H. E. Balk, tester. "The! lost a pure bred cow last month. P. 370 cows in the circuit produced'M, Gossey has discarded his old| 41,583 gallons of milk during the | ere m separator for one of more up- month, making an average produc-! to-date type, and is getting a lot of tion of 792 pounds of milk and 27.59! satisfaction out of the light plant nds of butterfat from cach cow.|which he installed last fall. | The average test for the Association) High herds of the association dur- way 3.48 per cent. ing March were, as follows: Production No, of 40 Ib. B. F. Milk B.F. Cows in ti herd. | 1164 41.9 vi . 922 33.8 4 Training Sehool..... . 981 «33.1 4 Schneider Bros. ..... : 886 30.9 7 Penitentia: 854 30.8 12 805 «29.8 3 838 28.3 ° \ 895° «28.2 10 « 840/279 6 682 1 5 4 0 0 0 0 1 eing made to assist them in nei home.” Hotels Prepared _ Along the Niagara frontier, ing between Lakes Erie and Ontar' there are many small hotels ren tempted to do when 44 beer went on sale in 1925. The beer law pe | mitted serving at tables, but und gulations rooms must be ilable. ears many weal across the | Niagara between Buffalo and Fort Erie, Ont., caused a distinct advance in real estate values, and the new liquor law has‘'added another decided boost. Since the bridge was built the vast undeveloped farming section west of Fort Erie and along the north has opened to Americans possibilities of home sites, and there has been a movement away from crowded sub- urbs on the American side, That situation has existed for several years, but it has increased since the! {iguor law became a certaint; A real estate firm, making a spe- cialty of developing Canadian prop- erty, says figures quoted for Luke Erie waterfront property five years ago must now be multiplied by ten} to be interesting. { The boom is not confined to border residents. Orders for land from na- tives have met competition from other sections, and people from the south and east have joined the line with money in their hands. Plan Country Club : Entertainment for the visitors will Tired, Aching, Swollen Feet, Meone’s Emerald Oil Guaranteed to Stop All Pain and. Soreness and Banish Offensive Odors. h In just one minute after an appli- cation of Emerald Oi), you'll get the surprise of your life: Yar tired, nder, smarting, burning feet will literally jump for joy. ~ No fuss, no trouble; you just apply a few drops of the oil over the sur- face of the foot night a or when occasion requires. J Uittle,and rub it in. It’s simply won- derful' the way it ends. all.foot mis- while feet th: reducing vari- | ins. ee Ha IRE AEE EAL HAVE A BOB! When Master Barbers Mcet ider construction on St. Mai jand other lotations in th fewenn tran | through the American Sault. How- lever, a new hotel being built there | Buffalo, with » Canadian president, | tion, 1. | out a tormer Buffalo brewer | president. |during the month for not having | will be felt on the American side of | stopped because they were operating jinerease of the customs forces at| were tagged for improper parking, | stretegic points to prevent the Amer- | 14 were stopped for speeding and 19 licans from transferring whisky from | for violating traffic. ordindwe | increase over those of previous years | ing-April were as follow: |@ night club onerated on a roadhouse! value $30.00 ..... oe ar 1 |plan, with facilities for accommodat- | Arc light reported to Hughes Elec. | arg seen the habit ' One,” Jean! leave you.” iberman and her “Povalova.’ ‘THIRSTY AMERICANS TO BE WELCOMED IN ONTARIO LIQUOR RESORTS, R Real Estate Booms While nt be overloo! Ontarians Anticipate Pro- # Jarse cl e, country club, which is hibition Lifting May 15— Sei abel ing sive. Hotels, Cottages Being Building Inspector | ‘ Constructed—Liquor Per- W | mits*to-Cost Only, $2 first EPORT 1. Ata Sut A layer of beans the nucleus of aj to have Amer- | rded as exten-| mits totalling $1 90,000 for the one-half months of ing by several hun- 's the figurés for is being built at} hotel contem- sed pain around by heart, i heavy feeling after wonderful results from T cat what I like and FIRST spoonful gas and often re- | J, Mutchinson, Drug- DR. R. S. ENGE Chiropractor Free Examination to eater to Americans, so they al Lucas Blk. Bismarck, N. fuses : ul THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE | iets the construction of an ad | tion, Walkerville, adjoining Wind . | sor, has reported building activity, and Ford promises to be an oa: of cafes. Riverside, near by, alsc| — ‘ | has set a record for building per- | mits issued. Sault Ste. Marie has begun preparations for an army of vis ors. An addition to a hotel is being buiit and five tourist. camps are une Many Automobiles Tagged ‘Sicinite During April For Violnting of Ca ian Sault. Hundreds of cot- tages are béing put up, scattering Traffic Ordinances from St. Joseph’s Island to Batch- i Thirty-six arrests. were made by! the Bismarck police during the month | of April, according to a report pre- pared by Chief of Police Chris Mar- | |tineson for presentation to the city | commission. The largest number, nine “were on charges, of disorderly = “x conduct. ther arrests were made Brewery In Possibility is the following charges: liquor traf- A portion of the American capital | fic, 1; vagraney, 4; issuing checks | being invested in Canada will find | without. funds, 1; forgery, 2; drunk its way directly to the liquor in-/and disorderly, 7; grand lareeny, dustry. Announcement has been | committing public nuikance, 1; petit made of a $1,000,000 brewers to be} larceny, 3; leaving home without constructed at Bridgeburg, opposite, | consent, 1; fornication, 2; investiga- Sault St. Marie, Mich., expects to : a pute in che picture as et to Canadian territory & will not be completed until Septem- | ber. vice] Thizty-two automobiles were tagged Two direct effects of the new law! proper licenses, and 24 cars. were the border. One will be a decided | with only one headlight. Eight cars their Canadian homes to other homes| ‘Three warrants and one subpoena in the United States. | Were served by the officers. Thirty- The number of conventions to be| four transients were given over- held during the sufnmer at Niagara | night lodging in the city jail. Falls and Buffalo will show a decided! Other activities of the police dur- if the early reservations are indica-| Calls réported and inv tive of later convention activity. | Doors of business plac Canadians, too, have.given thought! unlocked to precautions against violations of | Auto acciden' the law. Some village officials, heed- vestigated ing the warning of dry members of | Whité. way 3 parliament, are taking stepx to in-|'- patred . crease their police forces.’ Taxi drivers | National pride will not condone ; Letters: answered overdoing the latest prospective | ‘Cards: issued for toler -cars’. “good thing” in some tocalities.| Fingerprints taken’ ..::......... 10 Work on a building intended to house | Stolen property reeovered, bicycle “Get out, I tell you!” with good fortune, “I will not! And as Lam not in| Inspired motorist (eagerly): You f taking orders, J will| mean I will have an accident? Intransigeant. | Answers. 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