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he exhibit was supervision of , curator of â€" Paul S. Marâ€" or of North carefully made 178 EANING UNDRY 612 G CO. . 1981 4 '.' hm b;;j;ijnuuu““w‘;‘ ~~Bteatest fur traders of them all â€"~West. Smith, a was to w E%D__n was to make I'I;lmg & fur trader and taded by the red ]‘ eâ€" ‘-â€"--f Iniluint itifionrtinkess. 4 rn&,).tflck amous scout 6 , a young Iris} "Ashley‘s success was due to his snergy, and his ability as an organâ€" izer. In organizing his company he chose first to lead it, Maj. Andrew Henry, a frontiérsman who had alâ€" ready had experience in the fur country, erecting the first stockade west of the Rockies and fighting With the dreaded Blackfeet Indians. es Jim Bridger Nes _ 8t hn U‘ _ nniougz =:In Ashley‘s company Were num.| ; One of First _ . "One of the first of the America m“mfifi;}.‘mfif Jliam Ashley, a man of real parts. Ashley was born in Powhattan counâ€" â€"â€"ty,â€"~Virginia; about the ~year "1778, and received a common school educaâ€" tion. When thirtyâ€" years of age he went to Missouri, then called Upper Louisiana, and while there became a brigadier general of militia. He showed an early interest in the fur business and in 1882 o nized _s = men, finally peneâ€" â€"trating M‘M'Mierlnd_" ming| â€"tradeâ€"relations with the Indians. He accumulated a fortune and retired, |â€" <but entered politics and represented | Missouri in Conpréss Feawrs Aqoy. oo alissouri in Congress from 1831 to 1837.. Ashley was not only one of the earliest of the fur traders along the Oregon Trail, but gained distinc.â€" tion because it was through his ef. forts that the SoutKernPass thru the Rockies was discovered and the way to the â€"Oregon country made ~and William L. Sublette. . pers wereâ€"necessarily men of great courageâ€"and â€"determination. They <had not only to battle with the eleâ€" ments, and the savages, but with the: unfriendly Hudson‘s Bay company, which â€"had â€"only recently settled its long dispute with that other powerâ€" ful British company, the Northâ€" West, and was determined to claim a monopoly on the fur business of the Northwest. W‘Yflm Mountain| fice because of the bank closings in region paved the way for the buildâ€"| the county and the added demands ing up of the Far West by blazing | for legal advice by -npervhouAugg, the way for the Oregon Trail. There. officers; the board of superâ€" ~were~many ~of these early heroes| visors last week approved the apâ€" who were explorers and warriors as| pointment of Wilfred E. Hall as well as traders. Some of them were | a regular assistant state‘s attorney attached to the great fur trading| at a salary of $3,600 a year. companies while others "worked on Hall has acted as specialâ€"proseâ€" theirâ€" own." In an interesting . tor from time to time and more of the éxploits of some _of these recently was appointed to handle early trappers, Franklin F. Korel! | the tay objection matters in county says in the current issue of the Naâ€" court. He HHS Alsn nesz * tional Republic: make a name for himself as trader and as a warrior _ by the redmen; Jedediah a young New Yorker who Write his name large in the trappers in the Rocky Mountain region paved the way for the buildâ€" ing up of the Far West by blazing the way for the Oregon Trail. Therg Few people probably realize the| With the extent to which the earl & Few FARLY AMERICAN * ~SOCIETY WOMAN To _ TRAPPERS PrONEERS| _ co To THe ArCric THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24 Realize How They Conâ€" 1 Mrs, tributed to Upbuildinyg o |‘**,; vongress from 1831 to ley was not only one of of the fur traders along Trail, but gained distinc.â€" young Irishman who y fur traders lnq trapâ€" the dpecarveramiticr unc ; ~Thomas West 1981 With the addition regular staff, Col. : two aides. Assista torney George Mc _ Hall has figgge*d__,u,-a'pecialwm â€"cutor from time to time and mo; recently was appointed to hand the tax objection matters in count court. He has ali i JOIN.NOWw: FOR NExT vear NortH SHORE TRUST _ COMPANY Ban Christmas Savings 1nree la h laries . Biddle of Philadelohia Is| sa PB;d i;‘CYmtb:n Far _ ;l;:c"e?f‘ ro vilizati ne addition of Hall to his staff, Col.. Smith now has es. â€"Assistant State‘s . Atâ€" George McGaughey, who fl‘q #!.gg.;d;_ as -Slmm ,,M_ om time to time and more was appointed toâ€" handle objection matters in countv vorney increase of work in You have received your Christmas Check for the approaching Holiday, â€" that it will add materially to your er : »of that day.. May we UFGE vat i~ in of wolf, are included., Other represented by partial ske A â€" collection of fossil bones, inâ€" cluding several complete skeletons, of preâ€"historic animals found in the famous Rancho la Brea asphaltum pits in the city of Los Angeles, has been placed on exhibition in Ernest R. Graham Hall of Historical Geolâ€" olgy at Field Museum of Natural History. These ani i = § the Pleistocene period, one to one â€"and oneâ€"half million years ago. _Completeâ€"skeletons of the saberâ€" tooth tiger,â€"and the prehistoric type | Of WOH ura imals d . 4 hy o0 1O e d e committees, the fees and salaries, the judiciary and the A. approved Col. Smith‘s reâ€" quest for the second assistant. H. Block May 1. caused by the at day.. May we urge _yofito g’,.ointin the clubToF1932. Now open. . was named to £ 10r the approaching Holiday. We trust it will add materially to your enjoyment in Los Angeles Are in the Field Museum Cno Ila Brea asphaltum ity of Los Angeles, has on exl:ilggion in Ernest _ partial skeletal reâ€" prehistoric ~kind of to _ fill : the vacancy I ho,-.; resignation of Sidne ' ‘been in offica aina‘ | * il]l! ”QI animals, y s, o _ O NT omAnegntenmmommiin |RELIABLE LAUNDEYy Another addition to the exhibits in this hall consists of two skulls of rhinoceroses which lived in the Bad Lands of Nebraska in the Oligocene period, about 35,000,000 to 39,000,000 years ago. * Also in the hall is painting by Charles storing these animal peared in life. ~~ {llo!'lQ, A muw M i coyote, and bison, condor Fossils were first dis these tar pits in 1908, then, _ scientists have some ninety species of creatures there, accordins DRY CLEANING cCO QU Phone H. P. 178 ALITY LAUNDERERS and Savings . 2s0c7 fCCanding to Elmer , associate curator of nale. DRY CLEANERS BAaNK AND animals as first discovered in a large mural R. Knight reâ€" SEVENTEEN and since unearthed prehistoric primitive nd eagle. t k k 126 o Heat PE 3t *te