The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 30, 1929, Page 2

Osage PLOOD OF WEALTH STARTING DECADE GREW OF 400 MEN REQUIRED TO LAND ginemen—five on a shift—one for cach engine. Each of these men has looked to his own motor, a 550-horse- power Maybach, similar to the engines used on the U. S. navy’s Los Angeles. Engineers Responsible In the interior of the ship, at the head of the working crew, are Chief » LFA INING Indians, Once Wealthy, Approach Poverty As Oil Fields Fail LIFER IN MISSOURT PRISON FINDS JCY TALENT Engineer Wilhelm Sicgle and his as- AGO, MERE TRICKLE: Brines to Close the Most Ironic | Drama in the History of | American Indians GIVEN OVER HALF A BILLION | Acquiring Habits of Idleness, Osages Are Worse Off Than Before Pawhuska, Okla., Aug, 30—(NEA)— | ‘The golden flood of wealth that the rich Oklahoma oil fields, through an inexplicable oversight on the part of | the Great White Father, turned into | the laps of the Osage Indian tribes- | men @ decade or more ago, is subsid- ing to a mere trickle. | | i ' ‘The Osages, for a time the richest people in the world, per capita, arc sliding back into the poverty from which they emerged some 15 years! ago and the 2279 “head rights” on | the rolls, each good a few years ago for an annual income of more than | $13,000, are today worth just $35 4 ‘Thus comes to an end one of the} queerest, most ironic dramas of the | History of a tribe of American In- dians who in the past 15 y have | received $575,000,000 in oil royalties. | peneath the barren hill country of! this part of Oklahoma, made the! Osages rich. It brought things that go with riches—luxury, | soft living, comfort, not to mention | decay, tragedy and bloodshed. | Wells Now Playing Out Now the oil is petering out. The Osages, for the most part, apparently | will be worse off then they were be- H THE OSAGE INCOMES, YEAR BY YEAR . J. George Wright, veteran Osage agent. gives the following lowing figures on “head right” incomes: 1915 .. and $5,000 and if the schedule of $35 a week is adhered to it will be $1,820 for 1929. | fore. Some of them have saved their money—but many, many more have fallen into habits of idleness and facc an extremely dismal future. . ‘The strange story of the Osage na- tion began in the early days of the; 20th century. The Osages had been} @ docile, unwarlike tribe, migrating to Oklahoma from the eastern part the country a century and more and when Oklahoma began to p with white men, it became nec- | to find a place for the Osages. ted man has never been dealt too generously by the white the case of the Osages was ‘The rocky hill coun- part of the state wae given fly because it was consid- least valuable land in Okla- asset batt vale il ane out to be about the Leap to Wealth 17 came the oil boom. The tribal property was found to one of the richest oil fields in southwest. Each meguber of the tribe had a “head right, propor- In 1 | chief of the tribe, explains that he | repeatedly warned the Osages to save Precipitation to 7 Highest wind velocity . ‘Temperature i Setee ; Were inheritable. | shops of any city of its size in the 16| perience. “You should heve seen his expression when I told him I wouldn't sell ‘The oil, found most unexpectedly | one of my paintings for twice that much.” tionate share, in all tribal funds; and | Light Fingers’ tendency to do wrong them the | in a short time the Osages were draw- |1s inspired through a desire for thrills ing average yeariy incomes of $12,000|rnd an ambition to match his wits apiece. Nor was that all. “Head rig! time Indians came into possession of 10 or more “head rights.” Indians with incomes of $50,000 and $100,000 a year were not uncommon. Many) intermarried with the neighboring Kaws, of which tribe Vice President Curtis is a member. Pawhuska quickly became a boom town. It grew to 15.000 population and sported the finest stores and land. High-grede automobile sales- rooms, piano stores and furnishing houses were opened. The Osage spent his money freely—tke a child playing | with toys—and everybody had e grand | time. | Inevitably, many and many an In-| dian was fleeced mercilessly. Also, many an Indian squandered his mon- | ey with unbelievable foolishness, even though he were fortunate cnough to steer clear of unscrupulous whites. There were Indians who bought a new auto every month or so, driv- ing it until it got smasied—and then | gaily buying another. Big mansions | were built. white servants were hired, | fine furniture was bought. Few Invested Wisely A few Indians invested their money | wisely. A few set themselves up as) stock raisers with their new wealth,! or went into business. But not many. | Most of them acted precisely as might be expected of a people, one generation removed from barbarism, given almost unlimited funds in a modern world. The government is holding several million dollars for some of them until such time as they shall be adjudged “competent” to re- ceive it. | Now the great wells are playing out. | The “head rights” until recently good for $10,000 and more a year, are now paying just $35 a week; and there is every indic: mn that they will shrink still farther. Pawhuska business men have secn the handwriting on the wall. On: dealer in musical instruments, dis: posing of his stock preparatory to) leaving, remarked that when times | were good he sold as many as 50 high-grade player pianos a month— to Indians. Things are different, now, and he is going away. Others are following suit. Chief Bacon Rind's Warning Bacon Rind, the picturesque former their money, but that they refused to listen to him. Fred Lookout, the Present chicf, has had the same ¢x- “For 10 years,” Bacon Rind says, “I have been warning my people that | some day the oil and the easy money would go. I have urged them to go) back to their own lands, to become | farmers and cattle and horse raisers, ‘as I and my sons are doing. Now the oil has gone and they cannot blame | me. I have spoken.” Reckless Spenders There are many stories like that. One boy, who has enjoyed the income from 10 “head rights’—which means that for years he drew more than $100,000 a year—is today in debt $100,000. Another came into $47,000 on his 2ist birthday, bought a new PEPPTEEEEBEIBELEE Breet PREREEEE if SSSSSRISHSLSSSLSSLSSSSSTSLSS g He | zt 1 to operate an auto any more. There are exceptions, of course. One young man, holding five “head rights,” has invested his money and 4s said to be worth half a million. An- other owns a fine home, several autos ‘and an airplane, is £ Official in a big am against the forces of law and order. "|To Light Fingers life is a game of In the course of |ehance, and possessions of individ- ,;uals are pawns to be captured by an- other through skilful manipulations. “Light Fingers” delights in baffling Kerrigan, a detective, who has & hunch that he is on the right trail, but is never able to get the goods on Light Fingers. title role and Ralph Theodore por- trays the crime detector. interest is introduced by the versatile Dorothy Revier. Dorothy Revier’s younger brother, a moral weakling, does an exceptional {piece of acting and steals the scenes in which he appears. as the uncle, is deserving of special m Tan Keith has the The love Carroll Nye, as Tom Ricketts, ntion. Joseph Henabery directed. Milan Added to Phone Directories in U. S. Telephone service between Milan, Italy, and Bismarck, should the nece sity arise, is available today with the first ‘crossing of the Aips of trans- atlantic phone messages, it was a nounced here by F. H. Waldo, mai ager of the Northwestern Bell Tele- phone company. It is the third circuit bridging the Atlantic and places the American telephone user in voice communica- tion with 21 foreign countries, the manager said. Routed through New York city, London and across France, the messages to Milan will travel 4,400 miles. The rate between New York and the Italian city is $51 for the first three minutes and $17 for each additional minute. Auto Accident Takes Life of Small Babe (Tribune Special Service) McClusky, N. D., Aug. 30.—Funeral services for Ellen Huber, 20-months- old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Huber of Sawyer, who suffered fatal injuries when a car passed over her head, were conducted Sunday from the Mennonite church, A harvest hand, returning in his car to the field, failed to see the child and ran her down. She received a fractured skull, dying an hour after the accident. The Japanese are growing taller. The average height of the women has increased two inches in 20 ycars and that of the men one inch, tf »\. he, a Em |Squad of 40 Men Aboard Zep BIG GRAF ZEPPELIN Toss Out Two Lines in .| Mooring Great Craft GETS ‘FEEL’ OF THE BREEZE, , Watches the 400 men on the ground -| radio operators in the room adjoining. Two ‘Spiders,’ Consisting of 15; Smaller Lines, Hold Ship Fast to Mast By DAN THOMAS Lakehurst, N. J.. Aug. 30.—(NEA)— “Take landing stations!” The Graf Zeppelin is arriving! Slowly, lazily, it makes its last en- circling tour of the landing field as it gets the “feel” of the wind and as its commander, Dr. Hugo Eckener, ready to grasp the ropes of his great ship. On the Zeppelin itself the 40 men comprising the crew are scuttling through the passageways along the keel and the one running upright through the ship. A squad climbs up to the very nose of the dirigible, pre- pared to throw out the two lines to which the ground crew will attach the two “spiders” consisting of 15 smaller lines, each to be held by a squad of the 400 trained men on the ground. Over the entire ship the highly trained Zeppelin crew distributes itself evenly along the welk in the keel so that proper balance is maintained while the great airship is being ma- neuvered to the ground. If the ship is to be tied to a mooring mast the men at the nose slip a moor- ing rope through the tip, while men on the mast are ready to grasp it. At the same time the enginemen, one in} each gondola, take their places at the reversing levers and throttles, pre- pared for quick orders sent from the; pilot room by mechanical telegraph.) such as that employed on the large} ocean liners. Has Two Pilots In the pilot room of the Zeppelin's control car stands Dr. Eckener with his three aides, Captain Ernst A. Leh-| mann, H. C. Flemming, and Hans Von Schiller. At the two controlling wheels are the pilots, one handling the rud- ders and the other the elevators. In the room directly behind the control | room are the three navigating of- ficers, finished with ‘their job of charting the course on the basis of weather reports obtained through the Every man of the crew of 40 on this airship is up and ready for landing orders. sistant, Karl Roesch. These men carry Perhaps the greatest responsibility, excepting Dr. Eckener. They have to see that not only the engines, but every other part of the aircraft is in perfect condition, that the crew is operating systematically, and that both the commanders and the pas- sengers are well satisfied. Under their direct command are the enginemen, the riggers, the me- chanics‘and the electrician. There are three riggers, one for each watch, two mechanics dividing their time in ac- cordance with the demand, and one electrician, who is called upon when needed. ‘The riggers patrol the walk running jalong the longitudinal axis of the ship. They watch the huge balloonets that contain the hydrogen and the fuel gas. There are 16 hydrogen balloonets containing a total of 3,700,000 cubic feet. Bencath these, in 14 of the com- partments or bulkheads into which the Zeppelin is divided, are as many fuel gas balloonets containing the “blue gas” that is used in the motors. Gasoline is also carried for emergency use, Watch for Wrinkles ‘The riggers watch for wrinkles that might have worked themselves into the rubberized lining of the balloonets, with the “breathing” of these huge bags. smoothed out, and this may occasion a rigger's climbing up through the network of wires to the scene of the defect. The riggers also maintain the entire rigging of the ship. These wrinkles must oe The mechanics are “handy men” and help both the riggers and the enginemen, if necessary. In the pilot house the rudder man and the elevator man’are the men who, holding firmly to the wheels that operate the rudders and ele- vators, strain every muscle at times in their effort to keep the Zeppelin on its course and at an even keel, de- spite strong winds and heavy storms. Storm Tosses Craft ‘That storm over the Pacific shortly after the Graf Zeppelin left Japan struck them severely. They had to brace themselves to withstand the buffeting the ship got as it was tossed about in the sky. While one used his wits trying to offset the lurches and | rolling of the big airship with proper turns of the rudder, the other had Just as difficult a task straightening out the ship as the liner dropped sud- denly into a “bump” or heaved up above a rising air current. ‘When the voyage is over and the ship is in port and the passengers are landed, Dr. Eckener’s task is ended temporarily. But not Chief Engineer Siegle and inch of wire and bracing and fabric and every one of the motors to make sure all is in good condition and ready for the next long hop. This country paid Panama $10,000,- During the voyage, however, this crew of 40 has been divided into three | eight-hour shifts. There are 15 en-/ Washington.—()—The need of uni- form state laws to control intrastate air commerce is urged by the depart- ment of commerce. Under the air commerce act the aeronautics branch of the department can only impose regulations on air- craft and aviators operating in inter- state commerce. It has no jurisdiction over unlicensed planes and pilots op- erating within a state. Most of the intrastate operators and aviators, however, have come in voluntarily un- der the act. ” far, at least,” the department said, “all aircraft and airmen are not airworthy or competent. Some ate dis- approved for various reasons when they are inspected or examined by field representatives of the depart- ment of commerce. In such cases there is but one alternative cither to acquiring alrworthy aircraft or im- proving their ability as airmen, and that is to resort to intrastate opera- tions in @ state having no law, or an incorrect law. “Unfortunately, it is this class of |} ht VASTNESS OF THis Country | MAKE ONE FEEL ]\ f| DIETIN' this does not include an annual rental of $250,000. Uniform State Air Laws Are Urged By U.S. Department of Commerce aircraft and airmen which has been contributing in a large measure to the recent aircraft accidents, with result- ing injuries, fatal and otherwise, to both passengers and pilots.” The remedy, the department said, requires suitable legislation which, among other things, must take into consideration the imperative need of paltorsniey in the laws throughout he country in the matter of air- worthiness of aircraft and the com- PerOnce in the air,” th “Once in air,” the department: pbinted out, “there can be no distinc: tion between the intrastate and inter- state character of an airplanc. It must be equally airworthy and the pilot must be equally competent. The same rules of passing, signaling, crossing and landing must apply.” In states where it may be done con- stitutionally, the department suggest- ed that legislation be adopted requir- ing aviators to be federally licensed. Where such a law would be unconsti. tutional, regulations identical with the | federal requirements are urged. ALL TH FAT ~1-1 MEAN STOUT Wren ys Pipes 7 eit THIS HAS HAPPENED | MOLLY BURNHAM, with a couple of shows on Broadway, and mere money than she knows what to do with, decides to ask JACK WELLS to marry her. Molly and Jack have been sweethearts of sorts ever since college days./But Molly has made money, and ac- quired fame, while Jack sticks to the same old rut. Following a rather hectic eve- ning, during which BOB NEW- TON and RED FLYNN alternate- ly make love to her, Molly de- cides to get married and settle down. Bob is a widower of her dearest friend, a girl who left her emall daughter to Molly, as pre- cious heritage. Red ® news- pa man, with an_ invalid mother on his hands. Molly knows she has no moral right to encour- age cither of them. But she hap- pens to be one of these women who, all unconsciously, lead men “a * At midnight, on an impulse, she calls a taxi, and catches the late train for New York, to see Jack— and ask him to marry her. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY CHAPTER XXXV They met at a little restaurant. Molly was waiting when Jack reached there, reading a newspaper at the table in the corner. The censors un- able to padiock the theater, had ceased their activities. But Molly noticed that a woman's club in Flat- bush had passed resolutions the day before, condemning “Sacrifice.” as tending “to corrupt the morals of youth.” “Idiots!” she thought. Mr. Durbin would be glad though. The publicity, he declared, had fallen off, and with it the sale of tickets. But they were playing to a full house each night. And the advance sale was nothing to worry about. Neither were the royalties. Molly had bought herself a squirrel coat at it, marked from $1500. She spent her profits riotously, although Red tricd constantly to curb her extravagances. It was glorious to have plenty of money—particularly for a girl who used to count herself lucky if she could keep a dollar bill in her purse. Jack greeted her casually. It was not surprising that she should be in New York, since she had two shows playing there. “It's great to see you,” he declared warmly, holding her hand in both of his men. They must go over every | his. 000 for the Canal Zone rights, but }. “You're looking adorable,” he told her after he had ordered for them. “Take off your hat. I love to see your hair.” “You look pretty good vourself,” she declared. “Busy, Jack?” He smiled happily. ‘ “Rushed as the devil,” he exulted. “I guess I'm getting the breaks at last, Molly.” “Making money?” she prodded. He smiled mysteriously. “I'm on the track of a nice little fortune,” he confided. “Nothing's clinched as yet. But it’s as good as settled.” “How's Mrs. demanded. “well, Mrs. Bulwer-Eaton,” he be- : “L know it,” she interrupted. “She gave you your great big chance. And she’s & wonderful woman really. A heart of gold, and all that sort of thing.” ‘ag xe ® Jack missed the sarcasm. “ghe's a wonder!” he pronounced solemnly. “I'd like to have you meet her, Molly. You'd like her a lot. And Td certainly like to show you her summer place. I re-modeled it last season. You'd be crazy about it. May: he laughed rather mirthlessly, aybe you'll let me draw up plans for your place, when you get around to building. All successful playwrights do have places, you know. ‘Their sausages arrived then, pip- ing hot and savory. Molly decided not to propose until Jack’s ravenous morning appetite was satisfied. “T've something to ask you.” she announced, when the last waffle had “Ghoot!” he commanded. “I ought to be getting up to the office pretty soon.” “Now you've cramped my style!” she pouted. “It’s very important. You mustn't hurry me. Besides, I'm em- barrassed.’ “You're blushing!” he accused. “Maybe I ai T feel like bursting a blood vessel,” she admitted. “Listen, Jack. Look at me, dear... Will you marry me, Jack? Now. Right straight stared at her. Bulwer-Eaton?” she ai “I mean I’m not acting like a girl in sr. or Pe | i that. 1,1 you f A ny so.” he began healtat- nervously, ing. Bs > Bee ai e's d the August sales, and paid $1,000 for | q, Ry ELEANOR EARLY 1822.44 “Yes—‘on the track.’ I didn’t say T had it. I haven't been exactly a flop, Molly. I've made a little money. But good lord, I couldn't support your menage.” “But I can,” she pointed out. “And what would your smart friends think of me?” he demanded. You'd pay the bills. And I'd be a... Molly, T'd feel like a rat!” x * * She pushed the breakfast things away, and putting her elbows on the table, propped her chin in her hands. “No more arguments!” she bullied playfully. “Will you marry me, dar- ling? Or won't you?” Her sparkling eyes anticipated his avowal. Now, surely, he would come, nd kiss her on the lips. (That was why she had chosen the furthest, most secluded corner in the room.) He would put his arms around her. And tell her he loved her. And say she was the most wonderful girl in the world, because she had come to him so bravely, and asked him to marry her—quite as though she were not the most successful playwright on Broad- way, and he a struggling architect. “will you, Jack?” she cried. “Or won't you?” He looked at her steadily. “I can't,” he said. I can't do it, AND SPURNS PAROLE Pigeons Bring Happiness to Man Who Killed Policeman in a Drunken Brawl SUFFERING FROM DISEASE Wholesome Prison Diet Aids in Restoring Health of Man Locked Up 10 Years Jefferson City, Mo., Aug. 30.—(NEA; Ten years behind the bars, Charles Simpson, 50, a lifer, has found health, happiness and fortune behind the grim gray walls of the Missouri state penitentiary here. So well satisfied with his lot is this man that he does not want a parole. He hopes to spend the remainder of his days behind the walls of the pris- on in which hjs life has been changed from drab to bright. He is happy and content. His most cherished friends are the pigeons which flutter to his door to eat the Molly.” Scarcely comprehending, she stared at him. And her eyes grew large with pain. He continued quietly. “It's out of the question, dear. can’t be Mister Molly Burnham. would be impossible.” She dropped her cyes, and he saw a flood of scarlet begin at her throat, and suffuse her face, dyeing it the crimson of her deep and dreadful I It crumbs that he scatters for them each morning and afternoon. He is caged; the birds are free. Killed a Policeman ‘When Charies Simpson drank some “wild whiskey” and killed a policeman in Kansas City he was just about at the bottom of life's ladder. He was suffering from a supposedly incurable disease. He weighed only 85 pounds. He believed he had only a short time to live. He had no money and no humiliation. “You have had your career,” he told her gently. “And now you are ready for love and marriage. You wanted to eat your cake and have it too. Life doesn't often let us do that. I have ceased to think of you, Molly, as I used to, You can’t blame me for that, lea - “I don't blame you for anything,” she told him proudly. “It is quite enough, Jack, that you do not care to marry me. You really needn't lec- ture me. With your declination of my preposterous proposal, we will let the matter drop.” Molly swallowed the hateful lump that threatened to strangle her. She gathered her things. The French vanity in its green enamel case. The lip stick that looked like a pencil, in its slim gold sheath. Her gloves, and petite-point bag. Her hands were trembling so that she could scarcely use them. She wished that Jack would go and leave her there. “You're late now,” she reminded him. “Grab a taxi, and go ahead. I want to telephone, and I might as well do it from here.” Somehow she was keeping*the tears out of her voice. In another moment, if he did not leave her, she would break down. Jack's own voice was trembling. And he was white now. His face was very lean, with hollows in his cheeks. And there was a blue vein in his fore- head that stuck out in frightening fashion. He looked suddenly old. And very unhappy. Molly had not noticed before how thin he was. x * OR He looked at his watch absently. “all right,” he said. “It’s getting late. I suppose I'd better be getting along.” i p “Good luck,” she said. “You have all the luck,” he told her. "Yes," she agreed. “I have all the i age heron Re ee “Gi N's yy.” He stood there, looking at her. “Oh, go!” she cried. “For goodness sake, go!” Hes eyes were blinded with tears, but, before she could wink them away, he had gone. And there was only a patch of sunshine in the place where he had stood. She looked across the table in his coffee saucer. A moment ago he had been sitting there. And talking. And breaking her heart. Breaking it into little bits of pieces, so that she could never put it together again. ‘And outside the day was so soft and warm and. beautiful. And the sun was shining. And everybody was Jot sale. friends. But within the penitentiary he found companionship, first with the Pigeons that came to his doorway to eat the crumbs that he scattered for them, and later with his fellow pris- oners. The prison diet, while not what most persons would choose for ban- quets, helped restore his health. Regu- lar habits also helped drive away dis- ease. His weight returned, the color began to come back to his cheeks, Life looked brighter. Has ‘Private , After Simpson had served a few years his record as a model prisoner won for him permission to build a little shack in the prison courtyard. That shack—a rickety little frame af- fair that nestles snugly in the shadow of one of the dirty stone walls—he calls his “home.” Facetiously he has given it the address “No. 1 Wall street, Missouri state penitentiary.” In his shagk Simpson is permitted to maintain ‘a watch and clock repair shop. After he completes his prison tasks he does repair work for other prisoners. This work has brought him @ modest competence, which he has banked, as he does not have to spend anything for food and clothes. It is a small amount, of course, but probably more money than he ever had at one time in all his life before he came to the prison. Entertains Sick Men ward, for it is near a window of that building that he has set up @ loud speaker, and every afternoon his radio gives the prisoners the baseball scores and a play-by-play account of an im- ‘buys a sack of shelled corn have found happiness want to leave. I am better off here.” NOTICE OF Lt CLOSURE SALE Notice is hereby given that that certain mortgage executed and deliv- ered by Frank M, Smith Bess: i. Smith, his wife, mort Charles Forman, mortgagee, Ist day of November, A. D. 1 filed for record in the of: register of deeds of the Cou Burleigh in the State of Nor! kota, on the 15th day of November, A. D. 1919, and duly recorded in Book 161 of Mortgages on page 375, will be foreclosed by sale of the promises in such mortgage and hereinafter, de- scribed at the front door of the Court House at Bismarck, in the County of Burleigh and State of North Dakot at the hour of two o'clock afternoon on the 30th day of Septe! her, A. D, 1929, to satisfy the amo due upon such The pr such | mortgage and whic sold to satisfy the same are a 5 g E I a Hel [ i i i bd Wit re Hi i ifs i in the County of Burleigh and State of North Dakota and are described as follows, to-wit: ‘The Southeast Quarter (SE%) of Section Fifteen (15), Township One Hundred Forty-four (144) North of venty-seven (77) West of th Principal Meridian. ill be on such mortgage sum of ne ° ty Do! mata CM a80 2), 1 costs and fees ind, A. D. 1929. ae, hata }e. , Asterne Mert: lo ota. }; 9/6-13-20-3' of Seled August? K CH ~suMNONS State of North “Dakota, County of bi et Court, Fourth Judicial in District. intif?, ve. wh "i ie i Pi ia ve. George hove named int: oe are hereby. yer ong re- quired to answer the complaint of the plaintifé in the above entitled action Sse sortase tom foek cease of purielgh County, North ‘Da Gnawar gn the sulsarfber at, thelt of fice in, ity, GF ee y