The Wateree messenger. (Camden, S.C.) 1884-1942, July 19, 1933, Image 6
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Indians Find Gold in Labrador
Possibilities of Region Are
Little Known.
Washington. ? Rich gold ore wua. re
cently reported to have been brought
out of Labrador' by Indians.
It Is one of many such rei>ort8 that
have been made through the centuries,
but still the truth as to Labrador's
possibilities as a source of precious
metals Is unknown, says a bulletin
from the Notional Geographic society.
It Is for other resources that the coun
try Ib best known. the bulletin points
out.
"Labrador spreads like a rough tri
angle from Hudson strait to Hlanc
Snblon, on the Strait of Belle Isle, and
from the Atlantic coast Inland to the
Height of Land," continues the bulle
tin. "With an area of at least 110,000
6quare miles. It Is almost three times
the size of Newfoundland. Its boun
daries embrace a fringe of coastal set
tlements, fur trading posts, and O.ren
fell and Moravian mission stations;
romantic fjords and naked cliffs like
those of Norway; rocky islands and
narrow 'tickles* (channels) ; ancient
mountains, volleys, and falls; 110-mlle
lakes and rushing rivers swarming
rat ? rank next In Importance to cod.
The part white, part Eskimo trappers
do little cod fishing. for the 'furring
grounds' He miles awuy from the
coast, and the winter hunt, when pelts
are prime, keeps the men away from
home for weeks at a time.
"Itlfles bang good-by as canoes pull
out into midstream to begin the long
trip up-river to the 'fur paths.' or
hunting grounds. When a trapper
chooses n certain area, he blazes trails,
sets out pi" ' iMs 300 traps, and builds
'tilts' (log I O ut Intervals of a day's
walk apart. Thereafter, this land is
his alone to hunt over, nnd no other
trapper thinks of poaching on It.
"The trapper's day is long, work at
the traps hard. Storms may overtake
him, and 20-below-v.ero cold. Yet he
stops only once or twice to prepare
a mug of tea and to take a bite of
bread. For supper, cooked on the tilt's
tin stove, he stews a partridge with
rice and salt pork : or perhaps some
beaver or porcupine, whose meat Is
good eating. If lie has time, he bakes
'rose bread' (.veast ralsed), or If not.
soggy bannock. Then he skins his
pelts and stretches them to dry on
the fur boards. Frequently he finds
Sheila Is the Air Race Mascot
Shej/a Urown, champion baby avlatrlx, was appointed national air race
masco/at Los Angeles. She Is only three and one-half, but her amazing record
' of several hundred hours In the air, two transcontinental air flights, one forced
landing and other aerial adventures qualified her as the official mascot. of the
air meet In July. Sheila Is shown perched on the Bendlx trophy.
with irout and salmon; forests and
barrens where fur-bearing animals
roam. Eskimos and whites live along
the coast, Indians In the Interior.
Pulpwood and Lumber.
"Besides minerals, other wealth
lurks In Newfoundland's mainland do
main. There pre pulpwood and lum
ber In the southern forests of black
spruce and white spruce, birch, cedar,
poplar, and balsam fir ; and 'white
gold' lies lutent In cataracts like Musk
rat falls. CJrnnd falls, twice as high
as Niagara, could be harnessed, It Is
estimated, to produce more Ihnn 1,000,
000 horse power for n part of each
year.
"IJut the sea, not the land, Is Labra
dor's chief source of wealth today. So
It has been since Cabot, letting down
baskets Into the sea, scoopt-d tbem up
full of codfish. Cod Is still king on
this const, to the transient summer
fisherman from Newfoundland, and the
'llveyere,' who 'lives here' in Labrador
all year round.
"Neither 'llveyere' nor Newfound
lander speaks of cod by that name
Salmon is salmon and trout Is trout ;
but cod Is always 'fish.'
"The 'llveyere,' like many Newfound
landers, depends chiefly on the cod
fishery for money to buy tea, flour,
salt, pork, and molnsses for the winter.
When the cod 'sets in shore,' be leaves
his home and potato patch at the head
of the Inlet or fjord, and moves down
to a shack on the outer const for the
summer. When the cod Is running,
ho works 20 hours at n stretch.
"Hack home after winter sets In,
he hunts and trnps for fur, shoot*
ducks, and goes on a 'cruise' (visit)
to neighbors, traveling from 40 to 400
miles over snow and Ice In n dog
drawn komatlk, or sled,
Furs Source of Wealth.
"Sometimes a mission holds a fair,
and dog teams gallop In from miles
around with sled-loads of families.
The men hold a shooting match, with
a barrel of flour as the prize. The
girls fill supper baskets, and the young
men bid for them ? and the s.jpper
partner who goes with them.
"Rich furs ? fox and ortnltie, mink
nnd otter, beaver and bear nnd musk
New Guinea Tribe
Bears Only Twins
Brisbane, Ati ?ua.? Doctor For
tune, of Columbia university, arriv
ing hore from New Guinea, tells
of an amazing discovery.
The Mondugnma tribe develops
the trait of twin-bearing almost to
the exclusion of single births.
The doctor maintains It Is due to
S system of Intermarriage between
conslos.
|; Ths women of the tribe do all
the work.
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Movement Is on Foot to
Save Historic Buildings
New York. ? A movement to pre
serve this country's historically and
architecturally Important buildings
has been started by the American In
stitute of Architects with the opeiiiug
of a national survey of flu'se struc
tures.
The Institute's committee on the
preservation of historic building, bend
ed by Leicester B. Ilollnnd, chairman,
is compiling a list of such buildings.
This list will he subdivided into lists
White Friars Back in England
Were Ousted 400 Years Ago
by King Henry VIII.
London. ? After an absence of nearly
?100 years the Carmelite monks, known
as White Friars, return to an estab
lished place nmong monastic orders in
Great Britain.
The White Friars, so called because
of a white mnntle worn over the
brown habit, hold wide Influence and
power In f.reat Britain until lf?.'is,
when Henry VIM ordered their head
quarters In London to he razed to the
ground. Their chapel and buildings
stood between Fleet street and the
Thames, adjoining the temple, which
was founded by the Templars.
Whitefrlars street still bears the
name of the order, and a newspaper
offlco In the district Is called Carmelite
house. But the monks have been gone
for nearly four centuries, and were
without a home In Kngland until the
Catholic bishop of Southwark assigned
his churches in Slttlngbourne nnd Fa
versham to their care.
The White Friars wore their man
tles as a sign that the order was
founded In Palestine. It was estab
lished on Mount Carmel In 1212 by a
Crusader named Berthold. White
Friars are not common, however, the ,
two at Slttlngbourne and Favershain
being tho only ones In Kngland.
When their London monastery was
Pounded during the Crusades the order
Immediately attracted royal support,
and Edward II gave the White Friars
great latitude. Their priory and church
were rebuilt In 1800, when It was said
that several hundred monks lived
there, enjoying wide popularity both
as preachers and confessors.
An example of their power Is found
In the fact that almost from th* first
the order had the rlghf of sanctuary.
Any fugitive from Justice conld take
refuge there for forty days unless at;
ctised of treason or sacrilege. The
right was retained until 1007, long aft
er the monastery and church had ill*
appeared. After the suppression of
that mice have rained the pelt by
chewing away patches of hair.
"Furring over, he piles the pelts on
a sled, and starts homeward over river
ice and snow. At the end of his tfail.
perhaps *200 miles away, Is home and
family, a wood fire roaring in the stove,
potatoes bubbling In the pot an>'
sleep ? sleep ? and more sleop."
Birthplace of Christ
Boasts Deep Sea Port
Haifa, Palestine. ? The Holy Land,
/blrthplace of Jesus Christ, has been
Increased In size by DO acies.
This Is due to reclamation In con
nection with the building of Haifa's
new harbor, now nearly complete.
Some of the reclaimed land will be
used for hurbor and customs purposes.
The remainder Is Intended for a mod
ern townplanuing scheme.
The new harbor, which is expected
to be opened In October, has cost
$0,250,000. The construction was be
gun In October, 1020. The main break
water is approximately one and a half
miles long and consists of 70,000
square meters of stone. The lee break
water Is, roughly, half a mile long.
Orneriest Rodeo Horse
Expires in Shame at 24
Billings, Mont. ? Old Butterfly, "the
orneriest, pitchingest horse that ever
cauie out of a chute," Is dead.
For 15 years Old Butterfly scat
tered riders over rodeo fields. He was
nine years old when he discovered
that It was easier to throw a rider
from the saddle than to work, and for
seven years he was never ridden.
Last fall he made his farewell ap
pearance. Twenty-four years old, ho
squealed with rage as cowboys easily
stuck to the saddle. His owner, Leo
Cremer, attributed his death to brood
ing over this shame.
applying directly to the various states
and cities.
For Inclusion in the Atlantic sea
board tabulation, according to Doctor
Holland, only buildings at least one
hundred years old will be considered.
No structure built later than 1850 Is
to be Included In the survey for any
part of the country.
"In foreign nations, where architec
ture is of national importance, historic
monuments are listed and cared for
by the state," said Doctor Holland.
"Here, where democracy leaves cul
tural affairs largely to public whim,
It Is proper for architects organized
In a nntlonal body to assume the lead
ership of popular Interest In preserv
ing Important monuments of our past."
Not Guilty, Says Drunk,
Actions Lead to Jail
Houston, Texas. ? Arrested on charges
of drunkenness, two men were haled
before Police Judge Turner here.
"Oullty or not guilty?" the Judge
Inquired.
"Not guilty," replied Defendant
No. 1.
"Not guilty," echoed Defendant No.
2 ? but as he si>oke he suddenly mis
took the corner of the Judge's desk
for a Inmp post and hugged It in the
conventional manner of the Inebriate.
Without further testimony both men
were remanded to Jail.
t
the monastery the place became a noj
torlous haunt of outcasts.
The White Friars are altogether dis
tinct from the other order of Carmel
ites founded by St. Teresa In 15C2.
M' inbers of this group are known as
IMscalced Carmelites, because they
wear snndals Instead of shoes and
stockings.
TO DESIGN PLANES
Young Ulchard L>upont, tw??nty two
yen r-old heir to the fabulous Dupont
fortune, has his own Irion* of the oa
rcor he wishes to follow. Instead of
becoming nn elite sportsman, learning
his father's business, or merely drift
ing In the host social circles, Kloh
ard plans to learn the trade of air
plane designing and aeronautical engt
neerlng. lie started In as "greas*
monkey" at the Curtlfw-Wrlght School
of Aeronautical Engineering at th?
.Grand Central airport, I^oa Angeles,
getting In hla hours at the controls of
student plane*.
Scenes and Persons in the Current News
1 ? James M. Cox of Ohio, chairman of the monetary committee of the London economk- conference, explaining
what seems to be n knotty problem to two other delegates. 'J ? Wreckage of farm houses after a disastrous storm that
swept over the region north and west of Chicago. 3 ? Joshua L. Johns of Appleton, Wis., who was elected president of
Klwunls International at the convention In Los Angeles.
Lindy's Plane Made Faster for Northern Flight
Mechanics at Caldwell, N. J., Installing the new 700 horse-power motor that Increased to more than miles
an hour the speed of the plane In which Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and Mrs. Lindbergh will fly to Greenland and
possibly to Denmark. They are to survey a route for permanent air service to Europe.
WON A. A. U. DECATHLON
Barney Berllnger, hlg all around
star fro" the I'enn A. C., I'ltila dol
phin. w . tho nntlonal A. A. U. de
cathlon champlonRhlp at Soldier field,
^hlcago, scoring 7507.1*) points.
ROTARY'S NEW HEAD
John Nelson of Montreal, Canada,
who war ciccted president of the no
tary International at thw annual con*
ventlon In Boston, Mann.
Chicago Board of Trade Lively Again
Scene In the ('hlcago Hoard of Trade, world's hirgest grnln market, show
ing the renewed activity there caused by tlie rapid rise In the prices of wheat
and other grains.
Largest of Military Planes
Workmen require ladders and runways to traverse the various parts of thi*
flying boat which was launched at Hendon, ICngland, as the largest military
plane In the world. It Is a short six englned plane, built for open sen reconnais
sance and long distance patrpl work and constructed entirely of metal except
for coverings of the outer sections of the wings. Despite Its great weight of
81% tons fully laden, the machine Is amazingly fnst. .