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The (¡old Hill News, Gold Hill, Oregon W HO 'S NEWS THIS W E E K ... ADVENTURERS’ CLUB H E A D L IN E S FROM By L em u el F. Parton T H E L IV E S XT EW YORK — Possibly better 1 ' than "horse and b u g g y" days would be “ sq u a re -rig g e r" days as a phrase of poignant retrospect. “J Suint in the Ocean’ c . There was a touch >ea A n c ie n t, o t nostalgia ln th<. By FLO YD GIBBONS S to w E n g in e , am azingly expert Famous Headline Hunter in S a il R a c e prt’ss stories and bea u tifu l pictures I T ELLO EVERYBODY: I 1 H ere’s the story of an adventure th at alm ost ruined a of the N ew port getaway of the Con rad and the Seven Seas—the only girl s career. T hat’s the way G race Stoner of New York City looks seaworthy square-riggers le ft in at it, anyway. And since G race is the girl in question—well— A m e ric a —on th e ir recent race to Berm uda Both boats have Diesel she ought to know, hadn’t she? B iit i f you left it up to me. I ’d put it a little m ore stro n g ly than Grace engines, fo r emergencies, but they put it. I d say that adventure came doggone near ru in in g Grace I stow a ll that, and it is perhaps a wouldn t say it was only her career she was in danger of losing. I t seems b it tactless to brin g it up now. Thia 1 to me she stood a m ig h ty good chance of losing her life in that little epi is a m achine age holiday. sode in the harbor at Corinto, N icaragua, in Ju ly , 1922. W ith a ll its shortcom ings, the Maybe in mentioning her career. Grace was ta lk in g about the power age does enable some people thing that m attered most. Grace is a dancer, and I ’ve heard it to m ake enough money to get away fro m it once in a w hiie. Young G. ! said that dancers take th e ir careers m ighty seriously. But the point is that Grace risked her career, and her life, too. fo r that H untington H a rtfo rd , owner of the m a tte r, because a couple of birds made a couple of sneering Conrad, is the in h e rito r of a $200,- rem arks about her sex. 000,000 chain-store fortune. T hat's a good beginning fo r anyone who It Happened in Corinto H arbor. Grace was off on a cruise when it happened. The ship was anchored w ants to voyage back into past ep- ’ ochs—w hether his taste is fo r old i in C orinto harbor about a m ile from shore. It was late afternoon—ju st before sundown—and a m ore peaceful picture you never saw in your life. houses, old prin ts, old ships, o r even S im p lic ity There w asn't a breath of w ind blowing. The sea was lik e glass. Off in a horse and buggy. M r. H a rtfo rd spent the distance the beach was bathed in shadow and the sun was sinking comes high. $75,000 getting the Conrad in racing behind the tow ering peaks of the C entral A m erican Sierras. A bunch of the young folks aboard the steam er were splashing around trim . One doesn't th in k of a demon in the tin y im provised pool, rigged up out of wooden fram e-w ork and w aterproof canvas on the afterdeck. There was a bunch of young Span squash p la ye r as a sailing man, but ish students aboard, going home fro m the U n iv e rs ity of C a lifo rn ia to M r, H a rtfo rd was a squash racquets th e ir homes in Panama and San Salvador. They made up most o f the w iza rd in his undergraduate days at crowd. The rest of it was Grace. H a rv a rd , in the class o f 1933. He In a nice cool bathing suit, and w ith h a lf a dozen handsome young is the only son of Mrs. H e n rie tta G. fellows around her, Grace ought to have been happy. B ut the canvas H a rtfo rd , o f N ewport and C harles pool was so sm a ll you could h a rd ly tu rn around in it, and Grace was ton, getting about a lot, having a casting longing eyes on the placid, in v itin g waters of the harbor. I t would w onderful tim e and probably not be swell fun, she thought, to dive rig h t off the deck and sw im to shore “ w ish in g you were here.” He takes a hand in a ll sorts of G race Wouldn’t Take a Dare. sports, and probably s tirs m ore | Grace mentioned her idea to the young C entral A m erican students. a envy w ith this «1. s what started a ll the trouble. The boys laughed at her. One U ld Ct a f t e r , square-rigger race of them said: "Y ou? A g irl? Why you w ouldn't have the nerve to sw im D re a m A b o u t than in anything ashore. And another one wanted to bet her ten bucks she w ouldn’ t Y a rd a rm D a y , he„ Jj“ 3 done have the nerve to tr y it. ' w ill do. He sta rts I t made Grace see red. They couldn't ta lk like that to her m any an old g affer dream ing he is ' ju st because she was a g irl. W ithout another word she ran to out on the y a rd a rm in a gale, and . the ra il, dived overboard and struck out fo r shore. th a t—according to the Prophet Joel Behind her, the boys crowded to the ra il, shouting and gesticulating —is as i t should be, p ro vid in g the Grace wondered w hat they were m aking a ll the fuss about. I t was only young men keep up w ith th e ir v i a m ile to shore, and that w asn't much of a sw im , even i f she was a g irl. sions. Grace knew lots of g irls who could sw im tw ice that distance. She sm iled M r. H a rtfo rd bought the Conrad to herself as she rolled along through the cool, calm w ater. She’d show fro m Capt. A lan V illie rs , A u stra lia n those birds w hat a g irl could do. She was halfw ay across when she noticed a com m otion ashore. A book sa ilo r who sailed her a ll over bunch of the people had form ed in an excited knot there. They were w av the w o rld in his lite ra ry argosy. She ing and shouting. F in a lly , tw o men in uniform s launched a canoe and had settled down in the va lh a lla of began paddling w ild ly tow ard her. Now w hat was the m a tte r w ith old ships a t B rooklyn when M r. those fellows anyway? H adn't they ever seen a g irl who could sw im be H a rtfo rd brought her to life again. fore. O r were they customs officers, seeing to it that she d id n ’t smuggle The ship was b u ilt m ore than 50 years ago by the Danish govern any grand pianos into the country in the folds of her bathing suit. m ent, w hich la te r used her as a Swimming Toward the Shark. tra in in g ship. H e r proper name is Grace decided to have some fun w ith them. When the canoe was the Georg Stage. She’s a proud, about two-hundred yards away she put on a sudden spurt, swerved, and staunch old ship, w ith two fu ll suits swam away fro m it. Cries came fro m the canoe behind her, but the of sails, decks of teak and tw o brass m ore they shouted, the faster she swam. cannon on the poop deck. She is And then she saw it. Ahead of her a d a rk, tria n g u la r fin was 100 feet 8 inches on the w aterline. cutting the w ater, coming stra ig h t fo r her. A S H A R K! In sta n tly, a ll the stories she had ever heard about those m an-eating monsters of the IJ ARON K O N STAN TIN VON NEU- deep flashed through her m ind. Here was one of them com ing tow ard her— R ATH , G erm an foreign m in is and w hat was worse, she herself was sw im m in g tow ard IT . Now she te r, asserts the rig h t and intention knew the meaning of a ll the shouting and gesticulating—o f the comm o of G erm any to organize Nazi units tion on the beach and the two men in the canoe. Why hadn’t she re abroad. The dec membered that these weren’t the northern w aters she was used to sw im - ' N a z i , A b ro a d la ra tio n comes at m ing ui? These were tro p ica l seas, infested w ith sharks, barracudas i O r g a n iz e to the peak of a and a ll sorts of other aquatic dangers. d riv e by the reich B a c h H it le r F o r a second or two, Grace was paralyzed w ith frig h t. She to s o lid ify and in was closer—much closer—to that shark than to the canoe. And doctrínate its m in o ritie s in a ll that ominous fin was steadily dim inishing the distance between European countries and to unite them . G erm ans everyw here behind the na Then, suddenly, Grace collected her w its again. She lit out fo r that tio n a l socialist regim e. canoe w ith a speed that would have shamed an O lym pic cham pion No In th is a c tiv ity , H e rr von Neurath tim e to look behind—and no reason to. E ith e r she won that race or she seems to have displaced the frenetic didn t. H er life was at stake, but strangely enough it was her career Rosenberg, of whom not m uch has she was thinking of most. What if that shark b it off a leg o r two? There been heard la te ly . The foreign m in ju s t wasn t any such thing as a legless dancer. iste r is of the ancient Ju n ke r clan, close in w ith the m onarchists and One Yard Between Her and Death. When she reached th a t canoe, the shark was ju s t ONE Y AR D be- the a rm y, o f a ris to c ra tic feudal nind her. One man hauled her h a stily into the boat w hile the other background, and his new ascendan beat the shark off w ith a paddle. The passengers and crew were hanging cy is interpreted by some observ anxiously over the side of the steam er when at last the canoe brought ers as an indication o f the increas her back, and then there was a first-class braw l. The officers in the canoe ing dominance o f his a llie d groups, bawled out the captain of the ship fo r allow ing Grace to go sw im m ing as against the newcomers who head in the harbor, and then the captain turned around and bawled Grace the Nazi p a rty. He stems fro m pre-w ar G erm any, ?ut; . . v ° ni.y ones wh0 d id n t have any ‘ hing to say were the boys who hadn ? h ? uc 1 ? o f a 8 ir l’s sw im m in g a b ility , and especially the one a hefty, ruddy, stag-hunting a risto c ra t, of an ancient W uerttem berg who bet her ten bucks she w ouldn’t have the nerve to tr y it. dynasty, w ith slicked gray h a ir and ‘ ‘And in cid e n ta lly,” says Grace, “ I collected th a t ten ” close-cropped g ray mustache. He e — W N U Service. was a student o f law, e ntering the consular service in 1900. Serving in Edison Invention* From m any foreign capitals, he was am Snow Drinks F orerunner bassador to Rome fro m 1922 to 1930, Signal D evice to R ubber of Ice Cream Industry and form ed a w a rm frie n d sh ip w ith Some of the im portant inventions Who firs t invented ice cream? No M ussolini, whom he characterized accredited to Thomas A. Edison in one re a lly knows. Alexander the as the ideal ru le r. He dislikes pub cluded the follow ing: G reat is recorded as having a great Telegraphic signal device (1863), weakness fo r snow-cooled fru it lic appearances and ra re ly makes the repeater (1865), the voting m a drinks. The Roman patricians also a speech or grants an in te rvie w . chine (1868), im proved stock m a r drank vast quantities of fr u it drinks H E N the President Hoover ket tic k e r (1869), a ty p e w rite r m ixed w ith e xo rb ita n tly priced was h it by an airplane bomb, (1871), quadruple telegraphic re snow. And an old Roman cook, A d m ira l H a rry E. Y a rn e ll assumed peater (1872), d is tric t signal box Quintus M axim us Gurges, is said to (1874), autom atic telegraph trans have been the firs t to serve ice em ergency com m and of a ll A m e ri. m itte r (1875), m im eograph (1875), cream soda, says a w rite r in London d i a na can shipping in R u le , A r e O ff y aT Eastern wa. carbon telephone tra n s m itte r (1875), Answers Magazine. W hen Ja p , ters. Since this phonograph (1877), incandescent A ll that historians are re a lly cer J’ " ? real w a r- la m p (1878), electric dynamo (1880), tain about is th a t by the M iddle F ig h t C h in a ele ctric m otor (1881), tro lle y car ju s t w hat he can ages ice cream had definitely “ a r (1881), e le ctric m eter (1881), ore rive d ” in court circles. Four cen do about such random shooting isn’t separator (1881), valve gear (1882), turies ago, Catherine de Medici was quite cle a r—there are no rules to ele ctric ra ilw a y turntable (1882), being served w ith ice cream of a govern the present situ a tio n —but, at ra ilw a y signal system (1885), pro different flavor every day. As usual, any rate, he’s rid in g herd on our cess fo r m aking plate glass (1887), the English were a ll behind in this ships and doing the best he can. e xtra ctin g gold from sulphate ores branch of civiliza tio n . In the B oxer uprising, at the tu rn (1888), sleeping doll (1889), motion Charles I remedied m a tte rs a lit o f the century, he was an ensign p ictu re cam era (1891), composition tle by bringing over a French chef on the U. S. S. Y orktow n. As A m e r b ric k (1893), rock crusher, d ryer who surprised the king w ith the ica pursued her "m a n ife s t d e stin y,” [ and m ix e r (1897), alkaline storage delicacy. he hasn’t missed any of the m a jo r b a tte ry (1900), reversible galvanic W ith the coming of the C iv il war, excitem ents since then. P reviously ! b a tte ry (1901), im proved cement the Frenchman fled back to his na he had been in the Spanish-Am eri- ‘ m ix e r (1902), a photographic film tive land, taking the secret w ith can w a r and the P h ilip p in e insur- I (1903), recording telephone (1905), him . From that tim e u n til the sev rection. He helped occupy Vera im proved phonograph (1908), a enties of last century, ice-cream Cruz and he was an aide on the ' sta rtin g system fo r autom obiles was pra ctica lly unknown here. s ta ff o f A d m ira l Hugh Rodman (1912), ta lk in g pictures (1913), flash The history of the ice cream in when our ships were serving w ith lig h t (1914), im proved tra n s m itte r dustry in the United States is quite the B ritis h grand fleet in the World (1918), e lectro-plating (1919), disc different. The real pioneer of A m er w a r. He rose in the navy through phonograph records (1923), im ican ice cream was a Jacob Fussell, his m astery of engineering tech proved radio receiver (1926), syn who kept a d a iry fa rm ju st outside niques. th e tic ru bber (1931). Cz Consolidated N ew s F eatu res Washington, D. C. OF PEOPLE L IK E YOURSELFI WNU Service. Thursday, Sept. 23, 1937 W hen King G e o rg e Received the B ig News from A m erica Samuel Morse, ¡m e n to r o f the electric telegraph, had only one «m bltion as a young man and that »•as to become an a rtist, lie stud ed under Washington A llston, then the greatest p a in te r in the United States, and w ith A llston vent to London In 1811. There he met B enjam in West who. although in A m erican, was president o f the Royal academy, and a great fa yorite w ith the king, who Inter made h in i S ir B enjam in West. West was actu a lly at w ork on a p o rtra it o f the king when the lut- ter was handed the D eclaration of Independence. Morse heard the piquant story fro m West him self, lays Ernest Greenwood tn " F ro m Amber to A m peres." Here it is as related by Morse: Turning to the pictu re o f the king. S ir B enjam in We.st said: "D o you see that picture, M r Morse? Well. s ir, the king *a s s ittin g for me when the box 'ontaining the A m erican Declara- ion of Independence was handed o h im .” "In d e e d !” I answered, "a n d A W orthy Object J IL L power is the m ental experience exercised tn bringing about a desired end. Therefore, I say that a man m ust necessarily have a w orthy object in view to bring out the best in h im —that a man must see m ore than a salary to be m ore than a salaried man. A man m ust sec the position of ownership, partnership, man agement, o r increased aw ard, in o rder to awaken his w ill power. The m an who does good to another does even m ore good to him self. what appeared to be the emotion of the king? What did he sa y? " "W e ll, s ir ," said West, " lie made a reply ch a ra cte ristic of the goodness o f his h e a rt," o r words to that effect. •' ’ W ell,' he suid, 'if they can be happier under the governm ent they have chosen, then under m ine, I shall he hop p y !' " Morse stayed four years In Eng land where he achieved consider able success us a p o rtra it painter. Then re tu rn in g to his native coun try . he a fte rw a rd s became presi dent of the national acudemy and an e m in e n tly successful painter, his s itte rs becoming so numerous that he was unable to meet and fill a ll of his orders. It was d u r ing his re tu rn voyage to A m erica in 1832, follow ing a second v is it to Europe, that Morse got his con ception of the telegraph. Tw elve years lu te r - M u y 24. 1844 he gave a public dem onstration of his invention, sending a message fro m Washington to B altim ore. The rest is w ell known history. —Kansas C ity Star. F illis te r O u g h t to Have Recognized Ilia Fellow Jones de Verc Jones decided It would be fun to spend a day in the country. Back to N ature, and a ll that. Meeting a fa rm e r In a field he thought to have some fun w ith him . "G o o d -m o rn in g ." he started. "1 must say 1 a d m ire your p a rt of the c o u n try.” Then he noticed a scarecrow tn the m iddle ot the field. "A n d is that one of the oldest in h a b ita n ts? " he went on. point ing to the scarecrow "N a w , z u r," came the slow re ply. "T h a t be no oldest ’habi tant. Just a v isito r like yo u rse tf." (í/uHce. The Scales 7 H AT goes up m ust come down. O r If you wish to pul it in m ore scientific language: Ac tion is equal to reaction and In the c o n tru ry direction. T h is Is the law of compensation Il is the one fixed, Im m utable law of life and it applies to ever) thing, everyw here. It cannot l>e evnded or avoided. The working o f it may be im m ediate o r it m ay lie n m a tte r o f centuries, but if we keep ourselves aw are of it we m ay be saved disappoint merit and disillusion. The extent to which we tr y to re s tric t that law is absurd. We speak of balanced budgets, bal anced rations, and the balance of tra d e ; but we quite ignore hal anced lives and balanced aoclolo g y; so. In the end. N ature take* the Job off our hands, w ith the consequent upheavals and d is tu rb ance*. We w ork o r play to excess, we Indulge our appetite* and our senses to repletion, perhaps to glu tto n y, and when we suffer dur Ing N a tu re 's w ork of restoring balance, we ra il nt fate. In m onarchy and republic ws allow our th irs t fo r power and for money Io overbalance out lives, both In d ivid u a lly and so c ia lly , then blam e God and man for the chaos w hich attends the restoration o f balance. In a ll the a ffa ir* o f life we may evolve philosophies and devlar system s, but ju st so long as they are out of balance, In d ivid u a lly socially, in d u s tria lly or govern m e n tiillv . just so long w ill the scale teeter up and down to oui discom fort. It as Individuals our liv e * are out of balance, the stru ctu re as * whole m ust also be out o f bal ance: and in tim e that balance m ust be restored—by us o r by THO SE WHO F O LLO W .—Ray S A yers in D e tro it News. * OF F A R M E R S ► -r. everywhere are saying that the amazing Firestone Ground Gri ire is FIR. T in performance and FIRST in economy. So many thousand of farmers are changing over to this wonderful tire that production has heei greatly increased to meet the demand. FIRST IN D RAW BAR PULL. T he greater drawbar pull of this aihazin tire accounts for its ability to do more work in a given time. » . ,7 , .* s r e a u taKes a det bite into the soil. Added strength to resist the strain of heavy pulling is provi by Gum-Dipping the cord body. Every fiber o f every cotton cord is satur with liquid rubber by this patented Firestone process. Tw o extra layer: Gum-Dipped cords under the tr hind the tread and cord body so soli together that we guarantee they i not separate. 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