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MAKES A HOBBYOF COLLECTINGINDIAN BELICS•IRacine Steam Shovel Op erator Started Collection When 10.kw INtheanylimLd , Just under the surface of this ]00r-territory once inhabited only by loolroving tribes of redmen Is a wealthorof relics of the days of AmericanaIdITsavageryingancyotYou may take that from a man ninwhose Job for many years was dig- ! ofging under that surface, and whose5J | hobby since a boy has been the col-* : tn ts nd re e-Folasenirc\urISAtDm»eser.hit Yciaiolrasin-outmiltheclt;hrist,tnch-op-ofDfnitrth.al-heyaselection of those relics.He Is A. H. Christophcrson. 1245West boulevard, a steam shovel j a*'Is. operator for the Cape Construction | 1 '*letcompany for more than a score of year.. I **The Racine resident started col* ha lecting Indian arrowheads, hatch-I W iets. club heads, etc.. when a boyl *nof about 10 on his father's farm ! ••£west of Mygatt s Corners, and hasfh. j continued throughout the year, asvg the machine which he guided dug ^ under the outer layer deposited by ^ ** nature on these shores during the centuries.Mr. Christopherson has become a student of Indian lore and as he I re. ! displayed his collection to a Sun-nce J day Bulletin writer he explained J features of interest connected with 1 the various pieces. vTells How Tliey're Made.Contrary to common belief, he pointed out. arrowheads were not \ shaped by chipping the flint into lns I the desired form. Instead, the flint was heated, and then, with aid of \ a leather dripper, cold water was j dropped along the edges. This caused the flint to flake off, and the process was continued until the right shape was achieved.Here was a stone implement used for skinning animals. He picked it up while on a grading job in South Milwaukee. There was a club head dug up on Michigan boulevard in this city; a mallet picked up in South Dakota; a spearhead unearthed on the streets of Libertyville. 111.; a tomahawk found in Arizona.Each tribe had a different style of arrow and spearheads, he explained. showing some made by Menoinonie Indians, and found In this section; others the work of wer I the ^toux and Flatfoot tribes; little heads used for hunting small birds, and big ones for spearsting j thrown by brawny warriors.of IAil Oxen slioo.But while Indian relics have been the principal hobby of the steam shovel operator, he has dug up many other things of Interest. For example, there is the oxen shoe uncovered while grading Washington avenue between Hayes and Blaine some years ago. bringing visions of an early settler riding slowly Into the village of Racine behind his plodding ox team.1 And there is the home-made but wicked-looking dagger dug up while on a job just south of the city limits.pityap-on-r ofcitytootfortooandoresarkitifybeinouldthatable1 be)Ovet)der-•1.000 PIECES OF WOOD TSEDHOQI IAM. Wash.—(U.P.)—Out of 4.0''0 pieces of fir. mahogany, wal-last 1 nut. Alaska cedar and Tennessee *the cedar* Everett Smith built a iugh unique card table w ith an intrieai**M or hio*aie top. The tiny bits of wood j were glued together on edge in U5ed such a way, as to make a colorful ‘lTer* ! Pattern of fl'e brilliant hues.can/ifLJ TTI________1
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Racine Journal Times Sunday Bulletin
Racine, Wisconsin, US
Sun, Dec 24, 1933
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