LIFE IN THE OPEN

Evening Star, Issue 19003, 27 July 1925, Page 6

LIFE IN THE OPEN

A REMARKABLE COMMUNITY EUGENICS IN THE WILDERNESS Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. OTTAWA, July 26. (Received July 27, at 9.25 a.m.) An official police report contains the story of a. remarkable community in 'Northern British Columbia. Sixty years ago, when David Scott, a half-breed, was twelve years of ago, his parents took him to the, western prairies, where ho grew into a giant of 61t 4in. At twenty-two he married a handsome Indian girl, and laid careful plans for tho practice of eugenics in tho wilderness, whicli he has since followed consistently. Four daughters were born to him and grow into handsome sixfootors. David, ' leading his family amongst the northern trading ports, insisted on choosing as husbands for his daughters only men perfect physiw.lly and with the highest ideals. All the daughters wore married twenty years ago, and the band has now grown to iifty-four, all Jiving contentedly together. A party, all of huge stature, recently arrived at Fort Norman with furs worth £IOO,OOO. They spend their life in tents, and maintain the highest standard of cleanliness and morality.—Sydney ‘ Sun ’ Cable.