Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 25, 1902, Page 22

22 BALE TIES. ’ “Bale Tie Co., 811 North 18th. OMAHA Hay Bale Tie Co. orth 190 » p— FURNITURE REPATRING, Firstclass work. 201 Farnam. Tel. M5 —532 Je22 E———— MATRIMONIAL, YOUNG widow, no children, owns fine farm and other property,’ also $10,000 eash, wants kind, rellable husband. Hart, 41 Park Ave., Chicago, THOUSANDS of good men and_women with money want to marry. We can bring you together. Send name. M. Bramts, Chicago. —629--25° POLY INSURANCE _policies, old-line companies, purchased. Loans on policies. Call on or Write The Putnam Co., 5045 N. Y. Life Bldg., Omaha, Neb, BS PURCHASED. BRASS FOUNDRY. BRASS and aluminum casting, nickel plat- ing and finishing. Speclalty Mfg. Co., 41 N. Main 8t., Council Bluffs. TYPEWRITERS, MANHATTAN TYPEWRITERS, $0.00. Absolutely new. Guaranteed for two years. On exhibition at 1611 Farnam. . E————essssess—— LAUNDRY. BEST laundry. The Chicago, ‘phone 206, 4 M ‘We carry the finest line of Run- abouts in Omaha, consisting of our own and other manufacturers, A special consignment of Stude- baker buggles, wagons and oar- riages, which will positively be sold at cost. Don’t buy until you see this line. 1407-9-11 Dodge St. Est. 1858. A. J. Simpson & Son Co 1407-9-11 Bodge St. Tel. 1858 SEss————————sem LEGAL NOTICES, NOTICE, Notice is hereby given that there will be & special meeting of the mayor and council of the city of ¥lorence, Nebraska, at the ¢ty hall In_sald city of Florence on ‘Wednesday, the 4th day of June, 1%02, at § o'clock in the evening, for the purpose of sidewalk assessments and levy- | assessments to pay for repairs lowing sidewalks auring the fscal r beginning the first Tuesday in May, i and in front of the following lots and parceis of lund in the city of Fiorence, as surveyed, platted and lithographed. The following being a description of the lots to be assessed and the amount agalust each lot respectively, to-w ,, Lot 2, block§, §21.82; lot 3, block 3, $3.! 1ot 1 block b, $15.46; lot 4, block b, $i4. north % lot o, viock 5, §10.06; lot 2, block 23, $13.87; south % lot 3, block 22, $8.60; lot 14.1 . 10.86; lot , $67.00; north 66 feet, block 126, south 132 feet, biock 126, §20.86; lot 7, $20.83. iven by order of the mayor and councll of the city of Florence, Nebragka. CHARLES A. SMITH, 4wks E&S City Clerk. NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that at a regular meeting of the mayor and council of the Fiorence, Nebraska, held on t th day of M the following estimate was made of the probable amount of money uecessary to Le raised in said cit; for current expenses. as pelow specified, jduring the fiscal year beginning the first luesday in May, i%2. and ending the first Tuesday in May. 1903, which estimate 1 based on the entire amount of revenue of d clty during the last fiscal year: I2STIM EXPENSES. 98 aivests, public, " salaries. fire department. clty hall contract For printing and For water rental. Incldentals ... Total .. For whicl n appropriation o may be passed at a meeting of the council after four weeks' publication of this notice. Given by order of the counell. JOHN B. PAUL, Attest: ‘Mayor. CHARLES A_8MITH, - dwks E&S City Clerk. SALE OF BONDS. Notice is hereby given that an issue of seven ten-year library bonds in the sum of five hundred (3500) dollars each, num- bered from one o seven, both inclusive, bearing Interest at the rate of five (5) per cent, payable annually, with coupons at- tached, bearing date of December 1, 1901 Wil be sold by the city of South Omaha a ublic auction in the council chamber Mon- ay, May 2, 1902, at § o'clock p. m. The said bonds are general bonds of the city of Omaha and are issued to provide a or the purpose of purchasing the Recessary grounds for the library bulld- ing to be donated to said city by Andrew Garnegie, sald bonds are not to be sold or less than face and accrued interest. » posited with the city certified check In the sum of three hundred ($300) dollars. Checks of unsuccessful bidders to be_returned to them. n.l‘fllhld x: l‘;lerved to reject any and 8 an o Or postpone, as ma De_deenied hest of sald sale. " Bale of bonds must be completed and payment made for the sald bonds In full Wwithin twenty days after the delivery of 'h tory of bonds to purchare tea Bouth Gman 1002, EY, May®0 dst Clerk. TO THE TAXPAYERS OF DOUGLAS COUNTY—ATTENTION. The Board of County Commissioners of Douglas county, Nebraska. will sit Board of Equalization for the purpe equalizing the assessment or lroug county for the year 1%2 in the commi aloners’ chamber at court house, O be(li‘nnlu Tuesday, June 10, 1902, a m HRIG! City maha, t 10 o'cloc > Ay to day up to a 2 (18 days, not Including Sundays). persons owning real or personal property sul t to taxation should vall and ex- e their assessment, that any ermors as 1o valuation may be adjusted by sdid board e law provides. jy _order of the Board of Count: By e . ay20 (20t Gounty Clerk. STANHOPES RUNABOUTS and everything else ICULARLY STYLISH. S“HARNESS” TO MATCH THE VEMICLES, Carriage Co 18th and Harnay Sts, *t House OMAHA DAILY B ) MAY 25, 1902. i e THE GRAND-ARMY-OF THE: RE DECORATION - DAY !rg|§|\f1|@’ygui?hi!dm.jm'omny Let thelr young eyes befiold & dying'army marching, time:| eiten spent and old., = {As theytol by, astatered as he baners that they wave, (e thewom hands saluting. Lgl, They, salute the grave; WHighlnt your childrenmothers 1, ‘Let thelr young voices chiesn x>k s {The brave old heartsithat’ slowly draw orand disappear'— - {Thtnranks’that féontthe Shadows T ranksTmust'ring out s 133, Tis'35.3 phantom’anmy/tiat solempdriits past, | KR ey miaFeRlng Wth Weak and Talt Fing tread'ie But'pressing all around itithere throng the mighty dead | (Avye bright and Splendidspirits}, Their battle lines:are drawn, And Comrade waits f or,Comrade beside the gates of dawn., . W, MuiLERs ~dr PUBLIC - INDIAN FARMING IN ARIZONA How the Moki Tribe Raise Orops of Comn and Plenty of Watermelons. METHODS OF CULTIVATION IN VOGUE Modern Inmovations in Farming rned by the First Settlers— How the Grain is Ground and Cooked. In his original state the North American Indian was generally more of a farmer than most people are willing to believe. Long before the whites came to this con- tinent he was, in many localities, reaping tolerably good crops. In the eastern por- tions of the continent they were usually | planted and tended by the women, the men occupying themselves at hunting or flght- ing. Thus the relegation of the farming to the women was merely a division of labor made necessary by the condition of tribal | soclety in certain regions at that period. Their only grain was what has since been called Indian corn, not because it was de- rived from India, as its name indicates, but Dbecause it was discovered in the possession of the aborigines here, who, in their turn, through the mistake of the first Spaniards, had been erroneous'v termed Indians. The proper mame for this corn is maize, of course, Just where it criglnated cannmot now be positively determined, but it is sup- posed to have been found on the table- land of Mexico and to have epread from there over the entire western hemisphere. However that may be, the red folk had long been supplied with it when first en- countered by the whites, and were some- times able to furnish it for subsistence to the starving settlers. The methods of cul- tivation employed were simple, but they produced good crops. -Each region had dlfferent ways of preparing corn for eating, but the limits of this article preclude any extended description of this side of the matter. The cultivation was in the main similar. The method may be studied today among the Mokie of America, who have changed less from their original condition perhaps than any other Indian tribe within the borders of the United States. They are still planting sud tending maize after the custom of their fatbers who never saw & plow. Moki Women Not Field Workers Contrany to the habit of the Algonquine and othor Indlans of the reglons east of the M i, the Moki and his immediate Kin ted none of the fleld work from the women. ~ The men tended the crops while the womet looked after the household af- | taire, very tiuch as our own women do, ex- that they went & plep or twe further \ A 2. R TR and also built the house, which, it may be added, was a very good one. When the corn was brought to them they ground it, as they still do today, and then they made it into pecullar, but excellent, | nutritious bread. In their arid country | there was little game to hunt, so the man's time was free for his farming, leaving the women, who, unlike the Indian women of the east, were in no danger from enemies or other tribes, in the villages on the mesa tops. These bleak summits, several hundred feet above the plain, have mot a blade of grass to show, nor can anything else grow there. One must look below for all the farms, and there your eye perceives them scattered along for miles like fragments of some huge checkerboard. Wherever the €oll offers the conditions which the Mokl | farmer, in his long experience, has found | advantageous, there lies a farm. Owing to the extreme dryness of the cli- mate his method of procedure is dif- ferent in some respects from that of his eastern brothers, who were favored with timely and abundant rains. All the| "latter had to do was to stir up the soil and plant the corn when occasional attention | kept it in good condition, but the Mokl is | compelled to devote very close attention wi his crop. The ground with a layer of sand upon it is considered desirable, and the | .writer has passed fields, in good condition, | growing apparently in nothing but sand. Below, however, was a good soll, the sand merely acting as a mulch. Planting s done with a dibble, which is a stick with a sharpened point and a shoulder at right angles on one side for recelving a foot pressure. With this im- | plement a hole several inches deep is made into which the grains of corn are dropp2d. When there are showers, and these come rather frequently during the growing sca- son, all the men haviog fields in the same neighborhood are called out by the proper officlal, no matter what the time of day or | night, and they descend to the valley, there to assist each other in gulding the shower waters in and out amongst the growing crops, wherever such procedure is possible. With thelr hoes they rapldly comstruct little earth dams across the streamlets and ““washes” and thus cause the flowing waters to be concentrated for better manipulation. And, of course, these operations are con- sldered when the crops are put In, it is generally possible to secure considerable ir- rigation In this manner from passing show= ers that would otherwise be of slight serv- ice. Some of the Indians of the south- west, particularly those of a bygone day, extended this princple of irrigation to the utilization of living streams, and in many places are still to be seen the remnants of irrigating ditches, across the country for miles. The corn that was grown centuries ago was often larger and finer than that of to- day, a fact that is established by the speci- mens found in ruins. The reader wonders Just here, no doubt, how gralns of corn could be preserved so long, even in the dry which often stretched | (afr of the southwest, but when it s ex- | plained that this corn was rendered Into | pure and indestructible carbon by the burn- | ing of the house or other shelter where it | was stored, the matter becomes clear | enough. Some of the grains of corn thus made Into charcoal by the cruelty of an | enemy, or the mistortune of a moment, are as large and full and well developed as | any that can be found even in the lowa of | our day, proving that the old methods ot working and frrigation were entirely effec- tive. The Moki corn comes up bushy and not very high, but it produces a generous num- ber .of ears, not large, to be sure, but abundant enough to make up for deficiency in size. Harvesting and Storing Crops. Besides the corn, they also grow water- melon, peppers and squashes, and in fa- vored spots cotton and peaches. On the uncuitivated stretches, which occupy the main portion of the region, flocks of sheep are grazed, and donkeys and ‘‘burros,” it one of the latter so far forgets himself as to Intrude on & cornfleld and regale his palate with the julcy plant, one of his ears is cut off as & punishment. A second of- tense causes the loss of the other ear, glv- ing the animal a grotesque look. The corn, having at last ripened under the glorious autumnal sun of Arizona, in epite of the drouth and raven and donkey, the latter snail-paced steed is driven down to the flelds sad there laden with the golden and purple ears in bags, with which he ascends to the summit of the mesa in re- sponse to the loud “sho-0-0-0" of the driver and an occasional punch with & stick. Many a man takes a load himself by the shorter trail and lands it at his bome with- out apparent fatigue. So accustomed to this climbing up and down are they that thelr muscles are hardened and thelr lungs developed till it is done with little effort. All the houses have flat roofs and on these the corn is spread out to dry and harden for storage In the rooms set aside for the urpose, where thé ears are not thrown in a heap, but are most carefully laid up with precision and regularity. At least a year's supply is always kept on hand to guard against & fallure of cro and consequent famine, but neverthele they ueually have a good desl to sell. Watermelons are also piled up in storage in the same way as the corn, in the se- cluded inner rooms, and so thoroughly dry and aseptic s this wonderful air of Arizona that the watermelons are easily kept over till the following February at least. The writer has seen them and eaten them in that month, but as they were perfectly sound it s likely that they could endure a month or alx weeks longer. Preparing Corn for Food. In preparing corn for eating the Mokl has his own methods, similar, however, to that of other tribes in his own conditfon and kind of culture, and learned not from any white man, but from his fathers and his grandfathers and his many times great- grandfathers. First it is reduced to meal. The mills used, like those of the gods, grind slowly, but they grind in & fashlon that la perfectly satisfactory to the Mok!. A mill, or metate, in this region, com- slsts of a thin flat slab of sandstone set up at an angle of about 35 degree rounded by a curb of flat stones or boards to prevent the meal from scatterin Usually there are three in a row of these grinding slabs, back of the higher side of which the operators, the young girle of the housebold, kneel and, with a rubbing stone, crush the graln, each carrying the process one step further till the requisite degree of fineness is arrived st on the last stone. This work is usually accompanied by singing of a peculiar sort—s shrill high note, varied and vibratory—that suggests the song of the priestesses in the opers of Alda. This sluging goes on and on in & monotous way, filling the surrounding air with its weirdness, till one 18 half ready to belle himself a denizen of another world. Then the meal Is taken in hand by the housewife. She mixes it in a large bowl of water, adding & small quantity of wood ashes for & leaven, and seats herself be- side the oven where & fire has been previ ously kindled. This oven is composed of & fiat, smooth stone and adjusted in & & chimney, bullt beneath. Dipping her hand into the prepared bat« ter she sweeps It across the surface of the smooth hot etone, spreading a film over the| entire top, which is immediately baked. Upon this two more flims are usually spread, the whole forming a thin sheet, re« sembling very coarse wrapping paper of & soft, bluish color, In size about one foot by two or thres. This is peeled off and folded, up and etacked on A basket tray. It s palatable and nutritious and in combinationr with peaches or watermelon Is agreeablax and refreshing. The Moki an Epleure. It 1a doubtless equally refreshing in com- bination with mutton stew or rabbit stew, two favorite dishes of the Mokis. The writer cannot speak of these combinations from actual test, however, for the reasom that he developed an unreasonable squeam- ishness because of the manner of eating they stew. A large bowl of stew being placed on the floor in front of the guests with a tray of piki (peekee) or native bread beside it, a ! fragrant of the latter, broken off and held! between the thumb and forefingers, 1s scooped, like a dragnet, through the stew toward the operator, the object being to capture as many of the meat particles possible, and it is then deposited well back | in the mouth in order that the fingers rea| lleved of adhering stew by the lips may be returned clean to the attack. “When In Rome,” they say, “do as the Romans do,” and the same idea might witn equal philosophy be applied to the Mokt{ country, but the writer was not equal to its application and the delights of mutton stew a la Moki were never revealed to him, Perhaps this absurd prejudice against w delectable dish was intensified by the dls< covery that the Mokl Is not at all particua, lar as to how the sheep departs from the llving state, and if one dies from any cause it 1s usually eaten without conjunction. A plentiful addition of red pepper will dls- guise & rather high flavor. In fact the Moki, as the young lady sald of her dear brother, “is quite an epicure; he'll eat anything. F. S. DELLENBAUGH. Equitable trat. Miss Gertrude Goodrich, daughter of the late Dell H. Goodrich, whose recent death | came as a sudden shock to his many friends, has just received from the Equita- ble Life Assurance soclety, through ita state agent, H. D. Neely, the bond and first payment of $250 on the policy re- cently written. This policy was issued to Mr. Goodrich April 3, 1902, and is known as a continuous installment. Proof of death was mailed on May 19 and yesterday the annulty bond and first payment were recelved in Omaha. This bond provided for the payment to Miss Goodrich of $250 each year as long as she lives. and is the best and eafest form of assurance issued by any company. It was the last policy written for Mr. Goodrich and the first paid. The prompt payment made by the Equitable is proof sufficient that its poli- cles are indeed equal to “sight drafts at maturity.” ®0 that a fre may del The Great Pan-American Shows. Connected with the Great Pan-American Shows there is in all probablility the grand- est Hippodrome ever seen on any ellipse since Rome exploited the first. Scores of tearloss horsemen and horsewomen, teams of horses, blooded and in their prime; Arabian and Kentucky thoroughbreds, fleet of foot and handsome. There are Roman, standing and charlot races, two and four horse; there are steeplechases, hurdle races, fiat, trotting, racking and runping races; | there are pig and pole, sack and wheel- | barrow, man vs. horse; whipped dog, In- | dian vs. Indian pony. obstacle, pony and | monkey, clown, mule and goat races, ele- | phant and camel, deer and hound, man ve, men and woman vs. woman races. In a word. all kinds of races ever run will be | Quplicated and many novel ones introduced | at the Great Pan-American Shows at Omaha, Monday, June 6. Send articles of lncorporation, notices of | stockholders’ meetings, etc., to The Bes | We will give them proper legal insertion. B telepho! 238. St. Panl-Minneap o Composite Buffet Library Cars now In | service via “The Northwestern Line” on the “Twin City Limited” at 7:66 p. m. ! daily. LOW RATES IN JUNE. 1401-1403 Farnam St. Shampooing and hairdressing, 350, at the | Bathery, 216-220 Bee Bullding. Tel. 1716. A. B. Hubermann, only diamond importer in west; lowest prices. Cor. 13th & Douglas. Chicago 150 Miles Nearer. The “Transmissouri Limited” on the Northwestern line only makes the trip in ELEVEN HOURS. Omaha 8 p. m., arriving Chicago 7 mext| morning. City office, 1401-1408 Farnam st. When you drink Champagne, drink the very best, Cook's Imperial Extra Dry. It always satisfies, never disappoints. 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