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PAGES-FR0JD SDR PAST By Kenneth tfolmes, jJorthWert jilatoritn WATCH FOR THE SPOTTED HORSES On every side in Ihe West today we see a reminder of the (Jays long past when there sounded Ihe spine tingling cry of Ihe war whoop and when there was often seen the brightly painted Indian warrior and his horse. This reminder fs the spotted war mount of Ihe upland Indians, the Appaloosa. was among Nez Perces of what is new northern Idaho and eastern Washington and Oregon that the great spotted horses were bred. i You will usually recognize the Appaloosa by his spots, anywhere from tiny flecks of dark or light to great egg shaped black or roan blols as big as a man's fist. Sometimes Ihe entire animal is white and covered with stark spots; occasionally he is a solid dark all over with a while "blanket" over his hips, and in the white patch a constellation of dark spots.

Today Ihe Appaloosa is primarily a slock horse and one of the best in the business. The foreman of the mammoth San Simeon ranch in California once remarked, "You can notice the difference when you come in at night. Here Ihe terrain is unusually rough and Ihe Appaloosa's easy riding qualities and good disposlion don't lire you out. We can compare because we've tried everything." The Indian buffalo horse needed stamina beyond anything imagined today. The brave rode bareback close into the roaring herd, alongside the flank of one of Ihe great shaggy beals.

Here he gave over complete control to his horse, except for knee- pressure; for he needed both hands to shoot his bow and arrow. When Ihejjo.w twanged and Ihe arrow flew, often with such force as to go right through the buffalo, Ihe horse had to veer away at exactlyMhe right moment to avoid the wounded animal. TV Appaloosa's feel are unlike those of any other horse: are laminated up and down with dull black and white making them the toughest hoof on any horse. This was of great value lo the Indian horseman, who did not use horseshoes. The Appaloosa is not typical of the usual ideal of an Indian pony, small and wiry, but is a large horse, standing fifteen hands.

Evidently Ihe Ncz Perces got them from tribes farther south, who stole or Irad- ed them in turn from Ihe Spaniards, who had a stable of the spoiled horses in Chihuahua in old Mexico. historians have trac- ed the Appaloosa as a breed back lo ancient Persia and China, where they -were called "heavenly horses." So it is that Ihe newly re-discovered warhorse of the upland Indians of our Northwest is really one the oldest breeds known to older than the Arabian. The Appaloosa is.named after the Palouse. branch of the Nez Perce tribe, a little group of Indians that has lived along Ihe Palouse river, which flows from the Idaho panhandle into eastern Washington. Sam Fisher, the last of Ihe great Indian horse breeders, died a few years ago at the age of 97.

When asked jns( before his death how the Indians valued their spotted horses, he replied, "One Appaloosa; truck-load other horses." Washington History This Week in Washington History Compiled by Washington Historical Society Library Tin warch for Norm- Passage, long sought by navigators, not completed until August 27, 1W5, when MM Norwegian explorer, Captain Roild Amundsen successfully navigated the passage in the Gioa, his little yacht of 47 tons. On that morning the memorable words, "Vessel in sight," were called out to him. Later he wrote: "The Northwest Passage had been accomplished my dream from childhood. This very moment it is fulfilled I could feel teart coming to my 'Vessel in ilghtl' The word! were magical Vessel In sightl' Juan de Fuca entered the strait which bears hit name, and was certain tt the Straits of Anian, HM Northwest Passage, which would be the water from the Pacific to the Atlantic. A century later me Hudson's Bay Company a ft chartered in the ft finding the passage through Canada's Hudson Bay, Another century later Captain Cook't instructions included a tempting reward should he find the Illusive passage.

All the early voyagers to the north Pacific searched in vain. It was in mid )tth century when the route was discovered and another fifty yean before It was navigated. The Doily Chronicle, Saturday, Sept. 2, 196) JIM AND IRA LUMAN, left to right, for their father at the Palace Market on West Main Street.In Centralia in 1907. The market was located under the American Legion hall.

American Xil's Are On Front BERLIN Wi Six hundred American GI face Ihe East German Communist troops along about 16 miles of the concrete curtain separating East and West Berlin. Some are in lanks, some in Some sil in bombed-out buildings handling short-wave radio communicalions. This has been going on for two weeks. At noon and at 6 p.m. chow is served.

The men have steak, potatoes, corn, ice cream and coffee. For breakfast, they whip up eggs and bacon. They eat off the tailgates of vehicles, the hoods of jeeps, the slanting side of a Patlon tank. few days, the front-line outfit is relieved by another group and returns to its head- quarlers deeper in Ihe American sector of Berlin. This is a front line where shooting can happen any minute, and the frequent rotation reduces the possibility of anyone getting (rigger happy.

Across Ihe barricade are Ihe Communist People's Police and Iroops, seemingly armed only wilh pislols. Bui Ihe American soldiers know lhal behind the buildings are cannons and ma- chineguns. This is a standoff for the moment, but it is war of a kind and everything is on a wartime basis. The American soldiers have NATURE FOR FAMILY FUN Writing, Photos by HORACE GATES of Gatt It'l breakfast lime in the high, rugged, northern Cascades. You recall thai last week's column led you with a full slomach and the peace of an evening campfire's glow, accompanied by the sound of a cold mountain creek bounding down the cliffs from Lake Doubtful.

There were four of us in the party, Dr. Maddox of Chehalis, ind his son, Denis, together wilh my boy, Bill, and myself. We were traveling on fool from two miles west of Cascade Pass lo Stehekin at the wilderness end of Lake Chelan, i distance of twenty miles. We were taking our time, allowing a little more thin three days lo make the trip. A bll of rain fell during Ihe first night.

Not enough to do any good, but just enough to dampen our sleeping bags a liltle, and lo give us promise of more showers and possible downpours in store. Bui morn- ins broke clear and beautiful. Appetites were al a peak. I'll tell you, hot cakes, cocoa, slew- ed dried fruits, and hot cereal with milk, hit the spot! Seeking a minimum of weight and complications In planning, we had Ihe same menu for breakfast for all Ihree mornings we were out. Possibly variety Is highly desirable at home, but on the trail for short trips, wilh appetites whelled by tramping, variety is not so essential.

At such limes Ihe food value and quantity are the main considerations- Breakfast over, camp cleaned, fire out (by stirring plenly of waler Into It), and packs loaded, we were on the trail again. Being on Ihe trail wilh a pack on your back is one of Ihe most carefree experiences one can have. All the essentials of immediate existence are in the pack. You can go far as you like. You can stop when and where you iike.

You have no car worries, no house worries, no job worries. YOU ARE FREE! Every person needs thai experience frequently. It makes him belter Of HIS MAOOOX Chehalhp eVfcilcs In me beauty graneWr aw htth Cascades. "Where ttwir lefty ky myttk mere fil to carry on his dulies when the trip is over. It makes one realize how needlessly complicated we make life by the mulliplicily of gadgcls, engagements, possessions, and worries.

It wasn't long before we were off Ihe steep mountain trail, and on a reasonably good road wending ils way through Ihe valley of the Stehekin River. Several cars from Stehekin offered rides. We thanked the drivers, but declined. You can't see as much from a car as you can on foot. Only toward evening did we accept a short ride from a ranger In order to reach a shelter cabin before the clouds dumped a fresh load of Ihunder showers.

Already we were wet, we had passed one group of shelter cabins hoping lo reach the next before the now clouded and muttering sky broke into tears. But before long the elements thundered their anger and all bul drenched us as we hugged close to Ihe trunks of evergreens. The doctor and his son pulled on their rain slickers. Bill and I would have hidden beneath our ponchos but they were in a neat liltle pile in (he driveway back home. We were hardly beneath Ihe cabin roof before the rain set In again.

Off and on all night the thunder, lightning, and downpours added their music and stageltghls lo our wild surroundings. Near Ihe end of the third day on the trail we p'asscd the quaint lillle log schoolhouse three miles out of Slchckin. School Is held all summer and closes for Ihree months starting at Christmas lime. Heavy snows makes (his necessary. On the feurth day our Irip was climaxed by the iinforget- able fifty five mile boat'ride from the isolated town of Stehekin to the little cily of Chelan.

I doubt that the Lake Is more lhan two miles wide al any point. It's average depth is fif- leen hundred feel. And from its very edge rise majsive six to thousand foot mountains sculptured with sheer precip- and crowned with knife edgej, ind been told they are there lo pro- lccl (he borders of West Berlin. Their sergeanls and officers are carrying grenades. They look like any soldiers on the Kreaon front or the western front in World War II.

Around them arc ruins of lhat war. How do Ihe American soldiers feel aboul it? They feel like American soldiers usually do. A bit more sleep would help. Something to break the monotony of what now has become in fact sentry duty. They are nol scared.

They are more bored than anything else. Some of the troops are old hands in Germany. Sgt. John Collins, of Blue Point, Long Island, N.Y., has been in the Army nine years, lour of them in Berlin. How dors he see Ihis presenl tension and crisis? "II happens every year," he said as he lounged al Ihe Fried- richslrasse border poinl chosen by Ihe Communists as the only crossing for all Allied and foreign traffic into East Berlin.

Also on duly at Fricdrich- slrasse was Pvt. William Pen- Ion of Panama Cily, who has been in Ihe Army just shorl of 10 months. "I rion'l think any ol us are nervous about this job," said Penton, "bul we could use a lil- tle more sleep." A shorl dislance away, two military policemen were in con- slant radio communication wilh headquarters. Said Pvt. Joe Jacobs from Norton, "I've been here a year, I am regular army.

Sure, on this one you lose a 111- Ue sleep bul we don't worry ahoul lhal." Pvl. James Sims, born in Yuma, but now claiming Porlcrvillc, as home, has been on the Berlin scene 25 months. "I am due to get oul and I want lo go lo college," said Sims. Jusl over Iheir heads, silling on a floor in a bombed- oul house, a relic of World War II, were four GIs wilh commu- nicalions equipment and small arms al the ready. One of Ihem shouted down: "What time's chow?" That was what Ihe American soldier thought about on Ihe border, like most soldiers since lime immemorial.

Coyotes Go East PHILADELPHIA vn The coyote, that crafly predator of Ihe Western plains, is invading the northeaslern United States. The norlhern Ihird of New York Stale Is now lisled as coy- ole counlry by Ihe Academy of Natural Sciences. A number have been reported killed or trapped in Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut and Massachusetts, too. Where did they come from? Some rnammologists Ihink the coyotes have been imported by trappers lo crcale bounty prizes. 0 I may have been hroughl in as.

pels and then fretd when they grew loo large. Another plausible explanation is lhat they traversed Ihe ice across the SI. Lawrence River from Canada. The particular strain of coyote, sometimes called the brush wolf, is found from Saskatchewan and Norlh Dakota east lo Ontario, Michigan and Indiana. The appearance of coyotes in Ihe northeast followed Ihe mise of Ihe timber wolf, say mammologists, since nature requires lhat a large predator prowl most ranges.

Coyotes are difficult to stamp out, because they are apparently more crafty than the limber wolf. Allfmpls lo starve them out are usually futile, since they eal almost anything. Missiles Change Orchards CAPE CANAVERAL. Flu. I.TI Brevard County, which missiles transformed from a sleepy fastest growing county, prepared for a new boom today in the wake of Capo Canaverals selection as America's jumping off place lo the moon.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration announced Thursday lhat il will purchase acres of land north aiid wesl of Ihe Cape on which lo construct launch pads and facilities for the monster Nova rocket, the multimillion pound thrust vehicle assigned lo carry astronauts lo the moon and beyond. Several other siles had been considered. The land acquisition, which NASA reported would cost $60 million, may erase thousands of acres of lush citrus groves, three Atlantic Ocean recreation beaches and three unincorporated towns and will force aboul 500 persons lo move from their homes. The cilrus groves, some of the richest in Florida, are located on Norlh Merrill Island, west of the Cape. The beaches, popular wilh central Floridians, arc on a narrow strip of land extending about nine, miles north of the Cape.

Most persons who will have to relocate were unhappy with the news. But the majority felt the government would give Ihem a fair price for their properly. Charles W. Skelly, an orange grove owner, commented: "It hurts anyone wh'o is a farmer at heart lo lose land. But if it is the proper action and for Ihe good of the majority, we naturally will go along wilh il." Gov.

Farris Bryant termed the decision "Ihe biggest development ever in the Florida economy." He estimated the project would mean a long- term expenditure of $BO billion In the state. Many missile companies which nnve been awaiting naming of the moon base are expected lo establish plants in Ihe state. An official estimated a billion dollars would be spent on construction of al least four Nova and Iwo additional Saturn launch pads. The missile test center's 23,000 man work force is expected to increase by 5,000 to 10,000 persons within a few years. Brevard counly will add ahoul 2S.OOO lo its population in Ihe same period, estimated Don Moll, presidcnl of the Chamber of Commerce in the nearby missile and resort (own of Cocoa Beach.

Holt foresees a gigantic building boom in Brevard county. Eleven years ago, Brevard was a slow moving county devoted primarily to cilrus and reliremenl homes. Then Capo Canaveral was selected as a missile lest area and Ihings began lo boom. In (0 years, vard's population has increased 370 percent from to 111,176 making it the fnsl- esl growing county in the United States, percentagewise. The acquisition of 80,000 acres will increase the size of Ihe Cape five-fold from 17,000 to 87.000 acres.

Most of the new land will be used primarily as a a safely buffer zone lo prolccl populated areas from possibla danger when one of Ihe Novas blasts off. Construction of launch sites is expected to start In about six months. The first Nova fest launch is scheduled in two or Ihree years, bill II will be al least six years one of Ihe rockeis Is ready to tend man lo the moon. BROTHER ACT Is back in business on is the oldest active butcher In Oregon, while West Main at Kersey's food store. The pair has Ira holds the same honor here in Washington, not worked together since.

1907. Jim, on left, -Chronicle Staff Photo. Brother Act Still Strong In 1007. two Centralia brothers began working as butchers in their father's market on West Main street in Centralia. It was the Palace Market and was located under the present headquarters of the American Legion.

But a short while later one of Youngsters Aid Chapter AURORA, III. wi The Aurora chapter of the American Red Cross received a letter lhal radiated Ihe warmth of a child's heart. "We are a group of children who have formed a club," it read. "We have been collecting dues and now have $1.07 in our treasury. We arc sending the $1.07 to you to help the poor people of the world, "Yours truly, "Loraine Smith and members "The Mysteries (six) Tree Club." Lorraine Smith she's 9, president and very businesslike told a reporter Monday that the club, was founded underneath a tree in Ihe yard of Ihe home of her parents, Mr.

and Mrs. Elbert Smith. They decided to call it the Mysterious Tree Club because they were not sure what kind of tree sheltered them from the summer sun. The six members, ranging In age from 5 to 10, pay dues of "not less lhan two cents a day but as much more as they like." "We decided what to do with our money," Lorraine said. "Red Cross needs money because it helps people all over the world." The Ictler prompted Edward Siebert, 1061 Aurora fund chairman of the Red Cross, lo present a merit award to the club.

Lorraine reported the meetings are still being held. "We first collect Ihe dues," she said. "Then a story, then play some games, (hen coloring." The members also have solved the mystery of Ihe Iree. "My mother," Lorraine said, "told me." It's a cntalpa. Clergyman the brothers decided lo leave the Twin Cily area and head for greener pastures.

Today, 54 years later, the brother act is again going strong and ngain on West Main. Only this time it's al Kersey's grocery store where Ihe pair is presently employed. Jim and Ira Luman, ages 77 and 74 respectively, havo a long history in Ccntrnlia and are quite possibly two of Ihe oldest active butchers around. But neither shows the affects of long careers in the business. Some of the prices lhat the Luman boys charged Iheir customers in 1007 seem imaginary to the modern housewife.

For in- slance sold three pounds of hamburger for 25 cents al (he Palace Market. Steaks'were 15 cenls a pound. But bacon was high 23 cenls per pound. The Luman family came to the Pacific Norlhwes in 1833 and settled near Lincoln Creek. Jim.was only a one-year-old hoy at Ihe time.

The family moved to Cenlralia shortly after and both boys. were.raised there. But was Jim who in' 1010 decided lo leave the flock and strike out on his own. After a great deal of travel- ing around and a variety of jobs, Jim finally settled in Medford, where he has been ever since. He has managed a successful meal market there for well over 30 years.

Ira has stayed in Centralia all his life and Is well known throughout Ihe city. He worked for a while al the old C.O.D. Market and In IMG bought Car- slen's market changing the name to Star Market. In 1015 lie sold the Slar, although it con- linued under lhal name for many years after. In Jim came hack lo work al Dyson's food store where he stayed until his retire- menl in 1960.

But when the regular butcher went on vacation last week, Jim was called In to substitute for him. Jim then asked his brother lo assist him while Ira was here on vacalion. In this way, the brother act that started in 1907 was again going strong. The Luman brothers (eel the greatest change in meat business in Ihe past five decades has been Ihe rise of chain stores. Along with this change has come packaged, frozen meat and the gradual disappearance of the butcher at his chopping block.

Is Employed Your Daily Chronicle CIIERRYVILLE, N. C. Wi The Carolina Freight has a full time chaplain for its 400 truck drivers and 1,000 other employes. He is Ihe Rev. Jack Cooke, 40, a Methodist minister who performs his duties on an inlcr- dcnominalionnl basis.

Each work day morning he conducts a seven minute devotional service, broadcast through loudspeakers lo al! departments in the sprawling home office here. His "congregation" includes 21 outlying terminals from Boston to Miami. He tries to visit each of them twice a year. The Rev. Mr.

Cooke does not usurp the duties of the em- ployes' home clergymen. "When a person comes lo me for advice and counsel," he says, "I advise him to talk the mailer over with his regular minister. "When he says that he docs not have a minister or that he prefers lo talk to me, I do all I can to help." World Today Far from protecting a child, over solicitude Is actually crippling, according lo Sanford N. Sherman, a family service director in New York. It prevents a child from coming to grips wilh life as be moves Into adulthood.

Exposure to the peaks and valleys of normal living are essential for a child's ernolional jnahirily. He can't up In a vacuum, Isolated from the of living. Metal, Presses Are By KEN MARK Chronicle Staff Writer The art of printing is old. The Chinese were first and Ihe oldest known printed book was discovered In China about 1900. II hears the statement, "Printed on May 11, 868." There Is no certainty as to the actual dale of the European invention of printing from movable type, bul il Is assumed lhat il took place ahoul 1-100.

As Ihe craft developed, so did the presses used by printers and newsmen, from the old wooden hand presses lo the modern high speed cylinder presses, capable of printing 18,400 papers per hour. With this lype of press it Is necessary lo duplicate the pages of lype. This work falls lo the stereotyping department and lo Bill (Willy) Knapp. journeyman stercolypcr. As the pages are madciip for The Daily.

Chronicle, "Willy" makes a matrix or 4 mold of Ihe page, by rolling a special soft cardboard over Ihe page of lype under high pressure. This mold is Ihen dried, shrunk and pul iqlo a round form. Then molten melal is nourrd jnlo it and the cylinder is owl. When il cools and hardens, it is Irimmed and smoothed so ihat it will fit onlo one of the rollers of the press, When nil Iho pages are completed and placed on Ihe press, they begin lo turn and The Dally Chron- icle Is printed. also pours or casls many of Ihe Illustrations, seen In the newspaper.

These are received in form of a paper first started at The Dally Chronicle is newspaper boy, when be was slill In high ichool. From "route 13," he joined the shop as an apprentice In 1055. For the next six years, he learned the trade, both as stereotyper and pressman. Now he lends a hand when needed on the modern press of The Daily Chronicle. Work such as fitting the cylinders on the press, filling the ink wells, and helping with the huge rolls of paper is second nature to him.

"Willy" has lived in-Centralia since he was seven years old and attended Ccntralia high school and Centralia College. He now lives at Soulh Gold St. He Is a member of Ihe Sler- eolypcr's Union 91 of Tacoma and Is a staff sergeant In the National Guard. He also belongs to the Eagles aerie of Chehalis. 1'e spends his spare with his camera Ukinx color slides and traveling rates high on his list of relaxing.

But during Iho day, "Willy" spends his time working with molten meti! and speeding presses helping you lo get your Dally Chronicle..