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SEMI-WEEKLY fiANftoN ttECdftDEft, JULY AlSf, lOH.'
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WALT MASON GIVES UP BUT DK,
HODGE OF .STATE .UNIVEU
S1TY COMES TO HIS RESCUE
WITH FLY TRAPS.
Eugene, Or. A poetic duel between
Walt Mason, the sweet Binder 0f the
grapevine circuit, and Dr. Clifton R
Hodge, the anti-fly crusader who
fllla tho chair of social biology at
the University of Oregon, was re
vealed when Hodge called upon the
parcel post to covey a shipment ol
fly traps nnd "catch the last one" flj
nets to the home of tho versifier.
One of the minor tragedies of life
is exemplified by the fact that
Hodge, who is devoting his life to a
scientific war upon insect and ro
dent pests, -and who believes that
"swatting" is a feeble and ineffective
method of extermination that ought
to be replaced by scientific methods,
is known from ocean to ocean and
across tho seas as far as Hong Kong
and Johannesburg, Soutli Africa, ia
"Swat-the-Fly" Hodge.
"Alas," sings Mason, in one of his
most recent ecstacics, which must
not bef ully quoted because of a
beneficient copyright law, "I am
weary of swatting, tho effect teems
useless and stale; for weeks I've
been painfully trotting around after
flies, on their trail. They give nio all
kinds 'of diseases, by carrying gcrmf.
to and fro; I pause hero for scve iteon
sneezes, I've got the pncumoi in 1
know. I've thrown all my weapons
away; I'm weary of tirelessly potting
tho germ bearers, day after day,"
Then Walt closes with a complaint
against his neighbor who won't help.
' Hodge now drops into Mason's fa
miliar medium, tho verse that lool.b
like prose,' and swings along with a
punch in every line. He wrote to the
poot:
"So, poor old Walt, you are tired
swatting the flies away from your
nose, and your filthy swatters aro fir
ed, and you've decided to turn up your
toeal Now, Wnlt, just listen to rea
son, and don't bo so anxious to diu.
If you'd' only tried trapping in sea
s6n,by'n6w you'd have nary a fly.
So dortt sag down nnd lose gir.'.ard.
I'nV'tfending you fly traps pell-mell.
You, can doze nnd dream of a bliz
zard, while thet raps catch the flies
to beat hell. You've been a brave
man and a daisy; you havn't known
how Is tho cause. Like your indolent
neighbors, bo lazy let the pests
catch themselves in tho gauze. I'm
sending you nets just forf un, to
sweep up tho stragglers with east.
With Uiem you can get tho last one
and then write one more fly story,
please."
Fly campaigns aro on in nineteen
cities in Oregon this summer. Tho
University is sending anti-lly liter
ature, tellng how to dispose of tho
pests, and model nets and traps, free
of cost whrever they are wanted.
Home-made traps aro tho most ellic
ient Dr. Hodge declares, .provided
they are made right. Commercial
traps do not have big enough bait
boxes and have other defects. He
maintains that a farm or neighbor
hood can be made absolutely flylcss
with a minimum of trouble, and cites
many examples, his own far mhoine,
among others, where it has been done
with great increase of comfort for
tho people and better health and
greater productivity on the part of
milch cows and farm animals.
WILL UPTON CARUY OFF
THE CUP Tins TIME?
Now York. Sir Thomas Lipton,
who already has tried three timefe to
"lift" tho America's cup. has chal-
enged again and will race a , Amer
ican defender off Sandy Hook ii
September of this year Tho first
three racng days already aro set by
thn Now York Yacht Club's racing
;ommilteo for the 10th, 12th and 15th
of that month.
The America's cup, valued at one
hundred guineas, was originally put
up by the Royal Yacht squadron in
1S51 as a prize to bo competed for
l.v vachts.of all nations in a race
around the Isle of Wight. At the
i:. ; w.ia im nil v anticipated that
any but British yachts would partici
pate, but it so happened that Com
modore J. C. Stevens of the Now
Yorlc Yacht club and fur of his friends
had a 170 ton schooner, which' tho
bolieved could got around the lido of
Wight faster than anything else
afloat. She had been taken over io
Havre "lookng for troublt," and was
tho first yatch to cross tho Atlantic
(neither direction.
Tlnm it wns that tho Amerca wai-
entercd in the race for the hundred
guinea cup, and won in 8 hours 37
minutes, her nearest opponent cross-
g the line eighteen minutes laier.
Tho prize ever sncc has been calieu
the America's cup.
In 1857 it was presented by tlu
five wnors f the America Conimo-
doro Stevens, Hamilton weeks, uuo.
L. Schuyler, James Hamilton and J.
II. Finlav to the New York Yacht
club, to be held against all challeng-
i ! 1 i..nliir
crs as an. liueriuiii"""'
Thn rules uiulr which the yafclus
race for the America's cup arc sub-
ject to constant revision as io
but in the main are that tho visiting
yutch must be built In the country
that challenges and must prcecd to
her destination under her own sail
and on her own bottom; tiio race
must bo sailed in tho waters i the
country holding the cup. Ihc com
petition is open to any foreign char
tered yacht club having for its; an
nunl regatta an ocean water couse
on tho sea or on an arm of the sea or
one which combines both. Compet
ing sloops must measure not less
than eighty nor more than 115 feet.
Ton months' notice must bo given by
the challenger and no race nuif.t be
sailed between November 1st and May
1st.
At present one guess is as good as
another as to whether the Defiance,
the Vanilic, or the Resolute will race
agaist Upton's latest racing crea
tion. Upton's newest hopo, the Sham
rock IV, started across tho Atlantic
July 20th. In design Sir Thomas'
craft differs markedly from all pre
vious cup challengers, nor docs sho
bear a close resemblance to any
American boat. Designer Nicholson
boldly carrcd out his own ideas, with
Uio result that Shamrock IV is cer
tainly original, if somewhat freakish,
'jet us hope sho does not carry her
originality so far as to win back the
up, for your Uncle Samuel is having
a decidoly bud year with his trophy
-ollection.
Not until 1870, did England at
tempt to win back the cup sho lot-t in
1801. 'fhen tho Cambria came over
in that year and finished eighth
among twenty-three competitors. In
the following year another attempt
was made by the Livonia, which was
defeated in four out of five races.
Since then tho British have tried un
successfully in 1885,J880, 1887, ISM,
1895, 1800, 1901 and 10011. Canadian
challongers made attempts in 187G nnd.
1881.
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THE MILITANT
SUFFRAGETTE
COMEDY .DRAMA PORTRAYING
THE SUFFRAGETTE MOVE
MENT IN ENGLAND COMING
TO THE GRAND THEATRE.
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"The Militant Suffragette," produc
ed by the Pathe company, is a comedy
drama based on the rpesent suffra
gette movement in England. How
the suffragettes 'go on the war path
and smash windows and attack roy
alty is vividly shown in this picture.
The story runs as follows:
"Tho indifferent reception by her
mother who is a zealous .worker in the
suffragette cause, drives Nellie, just
returned from a long absence at a
boarding school, and hor father, to
her sister's home. Whiio enjoying the
pleasures of life in tho country, the
young girl is attracted by a passing
horsemnn, who later proves to bo
Lord Ascue, a member of Parlimcnt.
All efforts to meet him aro thwarted
by her companions to whom the stran
gcr is known. Sho even goes so far
as to invent ways 01 meeting nun
which fail until the news is brought
her of ac banco of being introduced
at a forthcoming garden party. In
tho meantime one of tho girls com
panions, having gained her father's
permission to lay scigo to her heart,
takes advantage of Ascue's inability
to attend the party to plead his
cause, but without success. Tho down
cast lover confides his failure to the
girl's father, whoso interference in
the case provokes her to return to her
mother. The discontent of her daugh
ter offers the mother the opportunity
to attract her io tho sullragctto
movement and the girl immediately
becomes a zealous worker. Her ar
rest follows shortly after for her ac
tivities in a crusade but a hunger
strike wins her freedom. In. the
meantime Lord Ascue having neglect
ed his fiance, is threatened by her
with breach of promise suit with his
love letters as evidence. The sulr
ragettcs hear he is preparing an anti-suffragette
bill which he intends to
bring before parlimcnt nnd plan a
sweejiing campaign. The Lord's fi
ance gives tho women valuable am
munition against him in the form of
love letters and Nellie grasps tho op
portunity, not knowing the man sho
plans to strike is the stranger sho
loves. Tho young suffragette goes
forth to subdue the enemy of the
women s cause, armeu with tno love
letters and a bomb which she places
in the statesman's study set to ex
plodo at midnight; but her mission
fails. Tho identity of the man ,now
known to her, Nellie immediately
plans to undo her rasli act and save
her lover. A note Is addressed to
Lord Ascue warning him of his dan
ger but his answer relieves tho girl
by leading her to believe he will bo
out of danger through his .absence
from home when tho bomb goes off.
She learns later from a newspaper,
however, that the meeting he has to
attend is to be in his own house and
vainly tries' to warn him of impend
ing danger. Through the help of one
of his colleagues, Nellie finally suc
ceeds in having Ascue leave his stu
dy to see her just as the bomb ex
plodes. To allay tho suspicion of his
friends tho girl is anounccd as the
Lord's fiance and a little later their
mutual love for each other is pro
claimed. The stateman has the sup
port of parlimcnt in his fight against
Votes for Women" but tho girl has
sacrificed her causo for a voctory by
tho heart."
At tho Grand theatre, Sunday,
August 2. Admission lCc and 10c.
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Senate is the source of considerable
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bo defeated.
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pi iation of ?90,000 for tho Coijuillo
river and should bo defeated will
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Resolved, that we, tho members of
the Port of Columbia Commercial
Club and citizens of Astoria, insist
on the immediate passage by the
Senate of the United States of the
Rivers and Harbors bill now pending,
nnd hereby request the United States
Senators form Oregon and their col
leagues of Washington, Idaho, Mon
tana, California, and Nevada to bend
every effort to this end. Improve
ments of vital importance to the Pa
cific coast ports and inland water
ways depend upon thes pcedy availa
bility of tho appropriations embrac
ed in this bill.
Resolved, that wo have implicit
confidence in the recommendations
of the United States engineers who
have given favorable reports on the
various projects embraced in the
pending bill, nnd that we og on re
cord as favoring liberal exopnditui'es
of public money to provide water
transportation for interior communi1
tics.
Resolved, that wo believe there is
no "pork" in the appropriation items
relating to Pacific coast projects, and
that so far as other projects are con
corned, wo accept the judgement of
tho Uuitcd States engineers, menn
whil.e calling the attention of tho Unit
cd States Senate to tho fact that he
river Clyde from Glasgow o the sea
was once, a shallow unimportant
stream and posibly its improvement
might onco have been classed as
"pork.",. It now floats millions of an-
nunl commerce.
Resolved, that we remind our sen
ators that the Port of Astoria is ex
pending approximately one million
dollars for tho construction of the
greatest municipal docks on the Pa
cific coast: that the Hill system of
railways is building ocean docks and
terminals here which will cost several
millions, and that thee itizens of a
tributary region of 300,000 square
miles in area are vitalyy concerned
in tho appropiation which shall open
the Columbia river to free and unin
terrupted navigation from its mouth
to the interior. Also that the organ
ization of steamboat lines to naigate
said river aid its tributaries depends
upon tho early completion of the Cel-
ilo canal, and appropriation for wnich
is included In said bill.
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