By ELMO SCOTT WATSON
ECENTLY the announcement was
made that the United States LOO
graphic board had approved of the
the names which had been selected
for three hitherto unnamed peaks
in the range on the
boundary between Yellowstone Na.
tional park and the Shoshone Na-
tional forest in Wyoming. So Amn
thur peak, peak and Plenty
Coos peak, ‘perpetuating the names
of a President of the United States,
ndian fighter and
showman and a noted chief of the
Indians, join the list of mountains that
Cody
a famous scout,
Crow
serve as everlasting monuments to individuals.
These names suggested by the Cody
club of Cody, Wyo. the national park service
and the national forest service, In response to
a request made by William R. Bandy of Helena,
cadastral engineer of the United States pub-
lie survey office, that these peaks be named
Mr. Bandy has had charge of the boundary
survey between the park and the forest. which
has been in progress during the past year and
he discovered three prominent unnamed peaks.
levation of 10,500 feet,
Cody,
were
Cody peak, with an el
was named in honor of Col. Willlam F.
(“Buffalo Bill"). It is located near Pahaska
Tepee, which was the hunting lodge built by
Colonel Cody at the junction of Middle creek
and the North Fork of the Shoshone river, many
years ago. Here “Buffalo Bill” entertained many
distinguished visitors whom he took on hunting
trips through this region. The peak can be seen
from the Cody road leading through the Sho
shone national forest into the Yellowstone na-
tional park.
Arthur peak, having an elevation of 10478
feet, was named in honor of President Chester
A. Arthur who was the first President to enter
the Yellowstone park In 1883. The peak is lo-
cated south of Reservation peak on the divide
between Middle and Canfield creeks
The highest peak of these three was named
in honor of Chief Plenty Coos, for many years
chief of the Crow Indians. It has an elevation
of 10,935 feet, and is located between Arthur and
Atkins peaks. Plenty March 4,
this year, at his home at Pryor. not knowing
that this honor had been conferred on him by
the United States government.
Coos died on
Plenty Coos is the Anglicized version of the
Crow Indian name Aleek chea-ahoosh, meaning
“many achievements” or “plenty coups” (coup
being the French word for “stroke” or “blow™).
Though he was the son of a chief, Plenty Coos
did pot inherit his title but won it on the fleld
of battle, for during his carcer as a warrior
against the tribal of the Crows he
scounted coup” no less than 80 times. During
the Sioux war of 1876-77. he led the Crow al-
lies of Gen. George Crook and performed valor.
ous service at the Battle of the Rosebud on
June 17, 1876, when Chief Crazy Horse of the
Sioux fought Crook to a standstill and then
retreated to the big Indian camp on the Little
Big Horn river where the Sioux Chief was the
leading figure In overwhelming Custer's Sev-
enth cavalry,
enemies
After the Indian wars were over Plenty Coos
led his people in following “the white man's
road.” He was the first of the Crows to take
up farming and he became a successful cattle
raiser. The outstanding leader of the Crows, he
represented his people at many councils in
Washington and on November 11, 192 , he was
the leading representative of the red race at
the burial of the Unknown Soldier in Arling-
ton. At the time of his death Plenty Coos was
the last of the really great chiefs so that it
Is singularly appropriate that a mountain peak
In the range which bears the name of his peo-
ple (the Absarokas or Absarokes, the “Sparrow
Hawk people” or Crows) should perpetuate his
fame for future Americans, both white and red.
jut Plenty Coos 1s not the only Indian chief
whose fame 13 preserved in the name of a
mountain, In the White mountains of New
Hampshire there are peaks named for Osceola,
the Seminole who gave the United States gov-
ernment so much trouble about a century ago,
and for Tecumseh, the great Shawnee leader,
whose resistance to the white race ended only
with his death at the Battle of the Thames dur
ing the War of 1812, Colorado has a mountain
named Red Cloud to recall the name of the
great Sloux war chief and the Washakle Needles
in Wyoming is a perpetug]l monument to noble
old Chief Washakie of the Shoshones, who, like
Plenty Coos, fought on the side of the white
man in General Crook's army against the Sioux
and Cheyennes in 1870-77. And down in the
Great Smoky mountains of North Carolina they
are talking of naming a 6,000-foot peak Sequoy-
ah In honor of the “Cadmus of the Cherokeos™
Sequoyah or George Indian artist
who devised an alphabet for his people
Guess, the
It is sald that New Hampshire les
American states in the number of mountains
named for famous persons. Although her peaks
are not as high as those ir
makes up for this In the numbers and in the
dignity of the names. She has a Presidential
range composed of peaks, all of them more than
5,000 feet high, which bear the names of five
of our early Chief Executives Washington,
Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe—and
where in the state mountains honoring two oth-
er Presidents—Jackson and Lincoln. Then there
are two honoring men who nearly became Presi.
dent—Clay and Webster, one in honor of a
famous foreigner who was a friend of the
young republic, Lafayette, and another which
Is a perpetual reminder of that “moat versa-
tile American,” Benjamin Franklin. Other his
toric names on peaks In the White mountain
state are Hancock, Field, Clinton, Willey, Starr
King and Crawford.
Other states which have named their moun-
tain peaks for Presidents are Washington which
has a Mt. Adams, Oregon which has a Mt. Wash-
ington and a Mt. Jefferson. Colorado which has
& Lincoln, a Wilson and a U. 8 Grant, Mon-
tana which has a Cleveland, Nevada which has
a Grant and Utah which has a Wilson. And in
Alaska in the lofty grandeur of its 0300 feet,
the highest mountain in North America, stands
Mt. McKinley, named in 1806, in honor of Wil.
liam McKinley, so soon to become one of our
“martyr Presidents.” Alaska also has a Quincy
Adams to recall the fame of the second of that
line who served in the White House,
Statesmen, generals, explorers, selentists and
8 great variety of other notables who left their
Imprint upon our history have also left their
imprint upon our geography In mountains
named for them. Harney peak, the highest in
South Dakota, Is named for Gen. W. 8, Harney,
Mexican and Civil war veteran and famous In.
dian fighter. Fremont peak in Wyoming recalls
Gen, John OC. Fremont, “the Pathfinder,” West.
ern explorer, Civil war general and Presidential
candidate, and Colorado has a Mt. Sherman,
ds all other
other states, she
else.
Here's the Answer!
If you are unable te identify the men
whose pictures are shown above, they are
the following:
1. Col. W. F. Cody (Buffalo Bill)—Cody
peak in Wyoming; elevation, 10,500 feet.
2. Gen. Zebulon Mont omery Pike
Pili peak in Colorado; ration, 14,110
eet,
3. President William McKinley-—Mt. Me-
Kinley in Alaska; elevation 20,300 feet,
4. Chief Plenty Coos—Plent Coos peak
in 7 Lming} vation, 10,935 feet.
5 + Stephen H. Long—Longs k in
Colorado; elevation, 14,255 feet. Pua
6. President Chester A. Arthur—Arthur
peak in Wyoming; elevation, 10,428 foot.
named In honor of Grant's right-hand man fe
the Civil war, and commander of the arm)
when it was engaged in subduing the Indians
In the West, Gen, William Tecumseh Sherman
Sowe time ago Idaho hor
ator, William E. Borah
point In the state after
fect) and a has peaks name
other fame
ored her famous ger
(Borah
Henry
wy Scout
The list of scientists who have
names on our high places is a lo
haps the outstanding one is Louls Agassiz
Bwiss naturalist who became a teacher In this
country and whose name is preserved In moun
tain peaks in Arizona, California and Utah
California also has honored in the same way
Joseph R. Whitney, John
Muir,
American geologist :
the Scotch naturalist wha won his great
Samuel P. Langley. the
American astronomer and pioneer In av
John Tyndall 1}
conte, the American itomologist
est fame In this country +
ation:
John Le
Charles Dar
win, the Engl naturalist, immortal for }
theory of evol
fean geo)
British physicist
Nn: ier Winchell, Amer
John Fri
the craft that revoln
“Monitor” of Cis)
n hich
American geolo
the Swedish
HERON
penk bears the
Havden,
and explorer
Colorado goes the distinetion or having
perhaps the best known mo ! t in the
United States
Montgomery
Pikes peak, named for Zebulon
Pike, a native of New Jersey,
whose fame as an explorer came to a
end during the War of 1812
in the
the Mississippi river to Its
and an exploration of the newiy-acquired Lou
isiana territory In 180607. It was during the
latter expedition that he “discovered” the peak
which now bears his name, although It is pretty
tragic
Pike's explor-tions
1nspd
West included an expedition to trace
gotirce in 1805.00
gaze upon that lofty summit. That had
done several years before by an American ad
venturer, named Pursley or
Kentucky. More than that. Pike himself never
reached the summit of this mountain. that hon.
or falling to the lot of a later explorer, Ed.
win James, the botanist and geologist who ace
companied the exploring expedition of Ma}
Stephen H. Long to the Rocky mountains in
1818.20, In recognition of his feat of climbing
the mountain, Long named it James’ peak but
In later years that was changed to honor the
name of its “discoverer” and became Pikes
peak,
been
James Purcell of
Not the least of the fame of this mountain
lies in the fact that an expression coined dur
has become a symbol of American determina
tion, On the eanvas tops of the prairie schoon-
ers which wound their Way across the pral
ries of the Great West were painted
words “Pikes Peak or Bust!” and that ex.
pression Is still frequentiy heard
his goal no matter what difficulties lle before
him,
climbed another peak which today bears the
name of Stephen H. Long and Longs peak in
the Rocky Mountain National park is second
only In fame to its sister mountain in Colo
rado. Recently Colorado has added another te
its list of mountains which honor famous men
by giving a peak the name of that fearless ex
plorer of the air, Col. Charles Lindbergh.
Not all of the peaks in the United States
which bear the names of men pay tribute tc
Americans alone for two famous mountains on
the Pacific coast are named for British nava’
officers. In Oregon Mount Hood raises its hoary
head high above the surrounding country anc
looks down from the height of 11,000 feet upat
the Columbia river. This mountain was first
discovered by white men in 1792. No one knows
Just which member of Vancouver's expeditior
first saw it and gave It a name in honor of
Admiral Samuel Hood of his majesty's navy,
People in Washington have had a long dis
pute over one of their most famous peaks
Is It proper to say Mount Tacoma or Mount
Rainier? Seattle Insists upon honoring the
name of Rear Admiral Rainier of the Britis}
navy rather than that of Tacoma, a rival
city. .
{@by Western Newspaper Union)
Flag Smut Found
in Winter Wheat
Its Presence Is Reported in
Three States by Fed-
eral Experts.
Prepared by the United Bistes Department
of Agriculture —WNU Bervice
Flag smut, a serious wheat disease
in Australia, and one now found in
Minois, Missourl, and Ke&nsas in this
country, Is spreading persistently, al
though It has not reached dangerous
proportions,
Department
may get into
regions in the
fear flag
winter-
under
authorities
semiarid
West,
woblemn, and for that reason
I '
In Illinois the piant disease men
2
where It had not
Counties in which it had been found
been found before,
before and was present this year were:
Green, Madison, and
St. Clair.
In Missouri they
smut in Bt. louis county. It was
found in Leavenworth county, Kansas,
where it had previously been reported,
and the scouts also discovered It in
four fields south of Wallula in Wyan
found the flag
Harvest Queen whea continues
to flag smut. Michigan Wonder is
’
many of the standard
resistant
Queen, while
varieties have
In experimental tests at Leavenworth,
visited
proven very
Kay and Nobile counties ir
as that is a Harvest Queen
they feared a new infection there
ing heen
varieties and
worth, Kan
to
smut
Great Vitality of Seeds
Proved by Experiments
Here's weed news for the farmer,
but it's bad
Boods of
for 50 years
after being
United States
ture reports
i
The seeds were }
experiment to dis
may lie in the soll
to discover how lo
ther
power.”
£D Are
not be ren
Fertilizer Boosts Profit
yeorge B. Harreld Grant
Indiana,
county,
has found that there is more
profit in tomaty and roasting ears
Last year he
than crops
raleed tons of tomatoes on 10
geres, The crop brought £2170. He
d 30 acres of sweet
slgo rales corn.
Though it was a dry year the corn
averaged three tor in Acre,
“l must give a of the credit for
my good tomato fertilizer ™
said Mr. Harreld, jE nds
an acre of 2848 1 :
to raise tomatoes withou
~Capper's Farmer.
Hardwoods Improve Pines
Quality of lumber in second. growth
southern pine stands Is improved by
the presence of a substantial mixture
of mecond-growth of hardwoods of the
same age, recent United States forest
service studies show The shorter,
broad-leaved trees help materially In
shading out and eausing natural prun.
ing of the lower branches of the Rnes,
promoting earlier formation of clear
lomber in the growing pine trunks
lest results were found where the
stand included approximately 20 per
cent of welldistributed hardwoods,
Rations for Brood Sow
In feeding brood sows just before
they farrow, one of the principal
points is to keep the bowels open.
Very little grain should be fed. A
glop made of milk or water and mill
run is the best feed. Rolled oats may
be used in place of the millrin, Keep
the sow a little hungry. If the bowels
are not in proper condition either be
fore or after farrowing. feed about
one teacupful of crystal oi! or one
tablespoonful of Glanber salts In the
slop once’ daily for several days
Idaho Farmer,
Shade for Hogs
Hogs need shade during the hot
summer days. With the advent of the
swine sanitation system many hogs
are raised In fields away from any
natural cover. These hogs should be
provided with a temporary shade,
which is easily made by setting a few
posts and bullding a frame which ean
be covered with short pleces of wire
netting, and this then covered with a
for of straw, When the hogs are
moved In the fall the entire shade
ean be dismentled. Prairie Farmer,
Can Reduce Outlay
Ohio Specialist Urges Use
By L. A. KAUFFMAN, Department of Ant
mal Husbandry, Ohio #iste Univer-
Ly. WRU Berviee
Bavings in the cost of
sheep may often be ma
home-grown protein. Feed repre
the largest single item of CXDeTse
sheep production. Under av
Ohio conditions, 60 to 70 per cer
the total cost of ralsing the flock
be charged to feed and pasture
High quality legume ha:
both protein and minerals
unexcelled for meat and
tion, keep the digestive
condition, and permit the
er amounts of
roughages such as
13
Blige,
producing
de by feeding
other
corn
the beans are just forn
Fly Repellants That
Recommended by
.
The
Urrests throes fors
suggest aree forn
Nebraska College
Vil * #0
live stock =n
flies from
One applica
ng
One g
of tar
1
Irowse Pl
The
a possi
facture
Feed Bred E Wes
ves sh
in the
as much as
and the increas
wool This will
of ten to twelve pou
head in about five months
dition
Agricultural Hints
How can war on the flies be suc
cessfully waged? Clean up, spray
and kill the flies
» * »
from Ohic
FOAr was
1914
The estimated income
farm products for the last
17 per cent under the 1810 to
level.
- . -
Early market hogs can be produced
most economically in areas where
there is an abundance of alfalfa or
other succulent pasture.
- - ay
Flag smut, a serious wheat disease
In Australia, was reported by the De
partment of Agriculture to be spread
ing persistently in Illinois, Missouri
and Kansas,
. * *
When spraying fruit trees with ar
senate of lead, put a thick coat of
vaseline on face and exposed skin,
This keeps the spray from burning
and It will also wash off much easier
* oe
The price of a pound of grain is
about the same as the price of a pound
of milk. If an additional pound or
two of grain makes a cow give an ad
ditional two or four pounds of milk.
it pays to feed the grain,
- - »
“Spray early,” say the agricultural)
experts at Cornell university, “and do
not let pests get started”
- . »
Beans germinate best in a warm,
mellow soil and when planted just
deep enough to get the seed Into moist
soll. Plant in hills or in a row one
or two inches deep.
LA
A mioeral mixture containing
steamed bone meal, airslaked lime ot
ground limestone and 20 per cent salt
should be kept before pigs all the
time,