The Jacksboro Gazette (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 11, 1934 Page: 3 of 8
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Teer gas or a smoke «oreen, or
both, tMgL fee dl«bnnM to quell riots
or to subdue barricaded criminals by
r-otlcemeu equipped with a new
weapon resembling a paint spray
gun. says Popular Mechanics Maga-
xlne. Two tanks, one containing gas
‘compressed to a liquid and the other a
i liquid that turns Into a smoke-llke gas
when released Into the air, are car*
•■Ion it* th« rmllootnari'a har-lr R«
turning a valve on the gun, the op-
erator may prepare to discharge el-
: tber gas or a combination of the two.
When the trigger is pressed, the
gas is projected several feet In a vol-
ume 300 times that of the liquid tn
the tanks. Flexible metal tubea con-
» nect the gun to the tanks. The op-
: era tor la protected by a gas mask.
The smoke gas may be used to con-
fuse criminals or rioters, as well as
to shield a police squad from the
eyes of gunmen, while the tear gan
Is held in reserve In the event of
continued resistance.
The gas may be directed through
the keyhole, under the door or
through a hole bored by a pistol bul-
let through the door of a criminal's
hideout. In several respects, the
gas gun is superior to the gas bomb,
whih occasionally fails to explode
and which cannot be directed with
ns great accuracy.
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| THE BICENTEN
I of DANX BOONE
•y ELMO »COTT WATSON
N NOVEMBER 2. 1784, there wnn
born to a Quaker wearer end
blacksmith in Exeter township,
—~ — — r- — - — f *0 Aa——
••wane msu (MtnpcMI tit; vi aomsuaf,
Pa., a son to whom was given the
name of Daniel. And now, 200
yearn later, that boy’s name still
has the power to stir the Imagina-
tion of hla fellow-Americana. Por
he w as Daniel Boone.
Last month the magic of his name drew to a
little town In Kentucky all the high officials of
that commonwealth, representatives of the gov-
ernors of eight states and s great crowd of
people from every part of the country. They had
gathered there to participate In the opening rer-
euionles of the Boone bicentennial which la be-
ing observed this year and which will come to
a climax late this mouth.
Although the celebration at Boonesboro on
September » was primarily a Kentucky affair,
since Kentucky regnrds Dan’1 Boone as essen-
tially her own, n dozen other states have some
cImIiii upon. him. Among them are Pennsylvania,
where he was born; Virginia, North Carolina
Birthplace of Daniel Boone
and Tennessee, where his youth was spent and
where he started upon Ids career us a hunter
and frontiersman; West Virginia (then a part
of the Old Dominion) where he made his home
after the loss of his lands in Kentucky; Ohio,
where he had'some of his most thrilling adven-
tures; and Missouri, where he spent h|s declin-
ing years and where he wus buried when dentil
claimed him in 1820. Even Kansas. Nebraska,
North and South Dakota. Wyoming and Mon-
tana have more than a casual Interest in him.
For In hlsjf old age, still the keen hunter and
trapper, lie made long trips into the western
wilderness and it is possible that he trod the
soil, of all those states.
But In a larger sense Daniel Boone belongs to
the whole nation. Symbolical of that fuct was
the authorization by the last congress of a spe-
cial half-dollar for the Boone bicentennial this
year. Designed by one of America’s most dis-
tinguished sculptors, Augustus l.ukeman, the
coin hears on the obverse side Boone's likeness
and on the reverse the figures of a frontiersman
and an Indian and the designation of 1934 as
Pioneer Year. These coins will he sold at a
premium and the proceeds will go to the Boone
bicentennial commission of Kentucky to be used
In acquiring the sites of three pioneer forts—
Fort Booneshorough, Boone’s Station and Bry-
an’s Station. These three, together with the site
of the Battle of Blue Licks, will comprise the
Pioneer national monument with a memorial
blahway connecting the four shrtnea.
Even without these material remlndera of the
fame of Dan’l Boone, his la a deathless name in
the American consciousness. He la the eternal
symbol of the pioneer, of a land where there
were frontiers to be pushed ever westward and
a wilderness to he won. In the Ameripa of today
there are no more frontiers where venturesome
souls may escape the humdrum of everyday af-
fairs; there Is no wilderness to he conquered;
and pioneer life exists only In the fading memo-
ries of a few aging men and women facing the
sunset of their days.
So this nation, still youthful but realising how
quickly It' spent Its youthful heritage of high
adventure and brave enterprise, looks back
aoroewhft longingly to those glamorous days and
seeks some figure In which la embodied the spirit
of Its lusty youth. In Daniel Boone It finds such
• figure. Americans of today, reading of him
and associating themselves In their minds with
him. can experience vicariously the adventures
which befell him In real life.
Such la the magic of the name of Daniel
Boone and to UP out of a hundred Americana
he la the pioneer par excellence. Hla apotheoela
began long ago, for Just as George Washington
had hla Parson Weems to make him more of a
myth than a mao, no did Daniel Boone bava hla
John Fllson to make him a frontier demigod.
The result has been many a misconception about
Boone’s part In the settlement of Kentucky
and many a “popular belter* about hla Impor-
tance as a frontier leader which are partially. If
not entirely, erroneous.
Modern historical scholarship paints a some-
what different picture of him from the one which
our schoolbook histories have presented. Scien-
tific historians, devoted to seeking the truth sad
making tha truth known, have gone back tn tha
e«t of that
emerged a new Daniel Boone who bears Httle
resemblance to the Boone ef the myth-makers.
One of the first of these was the late Clarence
Walworth Alvord of the University of Illinois
and the Uulversity of Minnesota, whose reputa-
tion, gained In his researches Into the early his-
tory of the Mississippi valley. Is too secure for
him to be regarded as an Idle “debunker” of the
great. Writiug tn the American Mercury nearly
a decade ago. he declared:
“The facts of the life of the man Boone, in-
deed, have little in common with those of the
superman so universally exalted. ... He is
idolized as the most heroic of western explor-
ers. as the first to make known to settlers the
fertility of the ’dark and bloody country’ of Ken-
tucky, and as the first to plnnt In the West a
permanent settlement of Americans.
"But it requires only the most sui>errtclal re-
search to knock the story Into a cocked hat. A
study of the historical sources proves that thou-
sands of men explored Kentucky before Boone,
and the region was well known to multitudes
who needed no. superhuman herald either to
tell them of the fertility of the soil or to summon
them to action. Finally. In this whole complex
movement across the mountains Boone played
a subordinate part; he was little more than an
employee of an empire builder. Richard Hen-
derson, a North Carolina apeculator and the
founder of the Transylvania company. Daniel
Boone was one of many pawns in the magnifi-
cent game of chess being played on Kentucky
territory, or me auperuiau liter* is uu trace.”
Another distinguished historian, who Is prob-
ably the loading authority today on tli« history
of the Old Southwest (Kentucky and Tennessee)
and who la now writing a definitive biography
of Boone, In an article which appeared in the
New York Times Magazine lo 1927. corroborated
Alverd’s statements In regard to the priority of
other men aa “Kentucky ploneera” but dealt
somewhat more kindly with the superman myth.
He Is Dr. Archibald Henderson who Is. Inci-
dentally, a greai-greal-grafiilann of Ruune*s ea>-
ployer. Writing of Boone’s activities as agent
for the Transylvania company, ha says:
“While these are the revelations of modern
historical Investigation they do not detract from
the distinctive qualities of Boone’s real fame.
Boone was probably the most skillful buuter of
big game who ever lived upon thq American con-
tinent He was a peerless explorer, a supreme
scout Unsuccessful as a leader—even the lead-
ership In the defense of Booneshorough seems to
have fallen not to Boone hut to Richard Calla-
way—Boone was unsurpassed as an individual
Indian fighter, who on countless occasions
proved himself more than a match for the crafti-
est and subtlest of hla Indlah opponents.
“Seen through the glorifying halo of a century
and three-quarters of time, Daniel Boone stin
risen before us aa a romantic figure, polaed and
resolute, simple, benign—aa naive and shy aa
some wild thing of the primeval forest—five feet
eight Inches In height, with breed chest qad
shoulders, dork locks, genial blue eyes arched
with fair eyebrows, this lips and wide mouth,
nose of slightly Roman cast end fair ruddy coun-
tenance. In suit of hockakln. Indian moccaalna
and ooonaktn cap, with ride, knife end toma-
hawk, alternating with the axe and the surrey-
oris compass, he la the tra
Fort Boone-sboroucfh.
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Tomb Centuries Old
What Is described as a “bcaiiti
fully-painted tomb nearly fifty cen-
turies old” has been discovered. The
tomb belonged to Tissen, presumably
a member of the Council of Ten
comprising the executive of the then
Egyptian government, ’’•he paintings
are In vOlors so fresh that they look
nearly new.
Not Wanted
A courteous thief of Boulder, Oolo.,
who stole two tires off an automo-
bile trailer standing in a private
driveway, returned tho tires two days
later with a card fled to them which
read, “Wrong size; thanks, anyway.”
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Here, perhaps. Is a clew to the reasoa wny
there's still magic for us In the name of Daniel
Boone. We are more Influenced In our thinking
by the fiction we rend than we realize. It la
easier to think in terms of symbols and types
thun It Is te take Into account individual differ-
ences in arriving at un estimate of some one
person. So, when Cooper symbolized the Amer-
ican pioneer In the romantic figure of Natty
Bumppo. we accepted Leatherstocking as the pro-
totyi»e of all frontiersmen. And when a char-
acter In real life came us close to fitting the
fictitious portrait which Cooper drew as Daniel
Boone did, It was almost a certainty that his
name would be stamped indelibly on the Amer-
ican consciousness.
Involved In this result, of course. Is a matter
of racial and national pride—and also personal
vauity. We Americans like to consider ourselves
su[H*rior to other |»eoples, especially those whose
skins are another color, although In this res|»ect
we are, perhaps, no different from the British,
the French, the Germans or the citizens of any
other country.
When we set out to overrun this continent, we
encountered a natural opposition from Us orig-
inal owner, the red man. He was wily and dar-
ing; he was skilled In woodcraft; ne was a nrst-
class fighting man. In order to survive, the plo-
um s wuu iaviued Ms hunting grounds had ts
outwit and outfight him. Those who didn't, soon
lost their scalps. Those who did, were able to
maintain their precarious hold oo their new
homes In the wilderness until the overwhelming
numbers of the white man made certain tho
subjugation of the red man and the acquisition
of hla lands.
Outstanding among the pioneers who wore
able to survive was Daniel Boone who, as Hen-
derson has said, was "unsurpassed as an Indi-
vidual Indian fighter.” So when we read of one
of his victories over the “wily redskins” It con-
firms our feeling of racial superiority. Just aa
reading of Washington's victories la the Revolu-
tion and those of Scott and Taylor In the Mex-
ican war conflrmn our feelings of national superl- ,
•ritjr.
Daniel Boone was an American; wo are Amer-
icans; ergo, we, too, would have been able to
have outwitted those "wily redaklns.“ He was a
crack shot with the long rifle of that period;
he was "the most skillful hunter of big game
who over lived upon the American continent”;
ho was “a peerless explorer, a supreme scout”
Therefore, by the same process of reasoning, wo
are all of thoee things. In other words he was
a champion in hla field of endeavor. And how
wo Americana do love champions and loro to
be champions I
The scientific historians may take away oup
popular belief that Daniel Boone was tho Brat
explorer of Kentucky and tho outstanding pio-
neer leader In a romantic pioneering era. But
so long no wo can cherish our belief ta him ns
the symbol of something which we consider es-
sentially American, hla name will be n living
memory during the centuries to coose ns It hnn
during the two centuries that have phased Uft
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Dennis, J. R. The Jacksboro Gazette (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 11, 1934, newspaper, October 11, 1934; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth863761/m1/3/: accessed April 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Gladys Johnson Ritchie Library.