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SWIM IN THE CITY PARK
von Spee now began tils long
Cefmuu navy knew
aud cuustuutly gave expression to race toward Kiel. Only two routes
the thought that Britain was our were possible, one by Cape Horn
guide on the sea. Her great sea und the other by the Cape of Good
Of course, he knew the
faring tradition was our conscious Hope.
and admitted pattern. We German British would be laying for him at
both
places.
He knew also that
naval men liked the English and
were In sympathy with them, Our they would be after him with
navies were alike in spirit. The swifter and more powerful ships
French navy was somewhat dif- than his own. His one chance was
ferent. Its morale was perhaps not to beat them to Cape Horn, lose
so good. French naval officers all hlmselt In the broad Atlantic, make
come up from the ranks.
The a ruD for it. and probably fight bls
British and German come from ca way through the blockade.
det schools and are recruited most
By now he was short of both mu
ly from the first families. That Is nitions and coal. A wireless from
best. It provides a finer corps of Germany brought the good news
officers. I myself, came up from that a supply ship had slipped
the forecastle, but I believe that, through the blockade and was now
unless you have officers and men on Its way out to meet him. What
from different worlds, your men a tremendous voyage he might now
will have little respect for their have made! What a hair-raising
commanders.
It must either be dash at the allied blockade line he
that, or your officers must inspire might have made! But he never
respect with their fists as In the got the chance.
old sailing-ship days. The French
As he rounded the Horn, Dame '
navy no longer has a rich tradi Fortune tempted him, and he made I
tion. It Is true thut the French what proved to be a fatal error. He I
had far greater sea fighters than stopped a Brltluh collier and took |
we In past centuries, and they had all her coal. This delayed him for
their fine old naval traditions. But three days. Meanwhile, a fleet of |
during the Revolution the old Royal Britain's mightiest battle cruisers
navy of France was swept away had arrived at the Falklands. He I
and remained abolished for twenty still might have run by them un
years At the end of that time, a noticed had he not determined to I
new navy was formed, hut by then shell and destroy the wireless sta
the fine old French traditions seem tion on the Falklands. Thus ho
to have been forgotten aud new stumbled into that nest of battle
traditions had to be formed. We cruisers. He tried to run, but they I
Germans, with a new fleet, took caught and sank him. That day the
over the old, solid tradition of the British had their sea giants, the |
British and made It our own. We indefatigable, the Invincible, the
did everything we could to implant Indomitable, and along with them
It In our men. and make It a real, a number of other battle cruisers,
living thing Ingrained In our peo that later were to fight gallantly at
ple Our sea leaders understood the Jutland, and then find.their way
Importance of a tradition. That was to rest on the floor of the North
why we were determined to keep Sea.
a fleet after the war. When our
Only one of Von Spee’s ships, the
great ships went down at Scapa light but fleet cruiser, Dresden,
Flow, our Socialists favored the showed her heels to the British le
total abandonment of the naval viathans and slipped back around
arm. but fortunately enough of our Cape Horn. But the Fates were
people came out of their post-war meiely playing with the poor Dres
trance long enough to prevent such den. and a few days later she was
a fatal error. Perhaps It might be sunk by the more powerful British
only a few small ships that we could cruiser Kent off San Juan Fernan
retain, but It would serve to keep dez, Robinson Crusoe’s Island, In
traditions alive until we could again the Pacific. She was lying in neu
build up a fleet as great or even tral waters and should
?__ " 1 have
___ 1____
been
greater than the one we lost.
sheltered by the laws of war. Her
Spee was a sailor's admiral
captain signaled to the commander
tie .was a seaman by temperament, of the Kent:
open. honest, and Jovial, uneom-
"We are In Chilean territory,
forcible mi land and only himself
"My orders are sink you
when no Hie bridge of Ids flagship
sight.” replied the Kent, “and no
Too many of nur professional fight
ing men. I regret tp say, were more matter where you are."
The pnptaip of the Dresden blew
ornamental than useful. They were
giuMi at wearing gold lace and that up his ship, and with his officers
Is about all. But not Yon Spee. He and grew swam ashore. The Island
was at bis best on a quarter-deck was pot quite so deserted after this
In a storm. I still can see him pac shipwreck as it was Ip Robinson !
ing hack anil forth with his bushy Crusoe’s day!
That it) brief was the story of
’brows and piercing blue eyes.
The <lay after lie said auf wider- the plucky Von Spee and bis gal-
dreary waste
selien tn us at Kiel, lie and his offi Innt men. Hence this_____
cers and men left by transport for of waters off the Falklands was I
the Orient, there to relieve the offi sacred to us. We hove to, and from
cers and men aboard the cruisers my quarter deck I presided over a
of our small Pacific squadron at brief memorial service above the
Talus Tao. What was to have been watery graves of our comrades and
their two-year term overseas be their ships. First I told my hoys:
gan as commonplace, quiet routine. the story of iny friend Count Von 1
Spee and hts men, and every one
It ended under the salvos of British
of us knew that we, too, might
guns off the Falkland Islands.
boon be on our way to Join them.
Von Spue’s plan, when the war
But with the difference that we
caught him 15,000 miles from Ger might not even have a chance to
man waters, was to harass the al fight It out.
lies In the Pacific and then try to
On German ships, the captain Is
slip buck through the North sea to also the chaplain. Every Sunday
Kiel. Lady Luck smiled on him
aboard the Steadier we had our
for a little while and then deserted
hour of prayer and song. When we
him. After crossing the Pacific he had "guests" aboard from enemy
caught t'ruddock, the British ad ships, we Invited them to Join with
miral. off the coast of Chile. Von
us In the worship of the Great
Spec's star was In Its ascendancy
Ruler of the Waves. Our service
nt this time und Craddock's on the followed the ritual of no particular
wane. A German secret agent In creed. It was as simple as we sim
Chile flashed a wireless to Von Spee ple seamen could make It. The
giving Idm the Information that
table which bore the ship's Bible
Craddock was waiting for the ar was draped not only with our Ger
rival of the big but old battleship man flag hut also with the flags ot
Canopus that was roundlug the all the allied nations whose ships
Horn. Without the Canopus, Crad we had captured and under whose
dock’s forces were weaker than colors our prisoners had sailed. I
Von Spee’s. and Von Spea Instantly wanted to make our prisoners fee!
dashed to the attack so as to en that the service was as much theirs
gage Craddock before the Canopus as It was ours, and that we did not
came up. Craddock and his men feel ourselves any more a chosen
met their fate like true British sail- I people before the Altar of God
ore. Outgunued, the British cruisers than any other people.
continued to fire until they sank.
My life has not been altogether a
Only one, a small boat, got away. 1 pious one. On the contrary, it had
But their conqueror's days were I been decidedly blasphemous
My
numbered.
< character was then, and still Is fn'r
Vacation days are here, the old swimming hole
becomes the mecca for all healthy outdoor loving
children.
But the swimming hole a mile from town is not
the safest place for the children especially those
who are unable to swim.
Two years ago, a few public spirited citizens,
with the aid of the members of the local troop of
Boy Scouts, built a dam across the creek in the city
paik, using a large cedar log, much sand and rocks
and behold, the kids had a dandy swimming hole,
from 4 feet deep at the base to a few feet deep
where the little ones could wade.
Every hour of the day, many took advantage
of this outdoor tank, floating rafts, with laughing
young folks, having a good time, kids leaping off
the spring boards, everyone seemed contented and
happy, and very little danger, for many good swim
mers were on hand at all times should any danger
have occurred, and the banks along the city park
were lined with people watching the bathers en
joying themselves.
But the swimming hole, a mile out of town, is
not safe for the little lad, should any accident occur
in which his comrades were unable to assist or saye
him.
A large log, a few hours labor with a tractor,
some ten men working four hours, and the dam
could again be built, providing a good swimming
place for not alone the kids, but for all, and parents
would feel more at ease knowing that their children
were wading in the creek down at the city park,
where many were looking on, and not going out
to some swimmming hole, out of town, where they
did not know the depth, or treacherous holes which
would endanger their lives.
Greenbacks Nestle in the Blue Grass of Kentucky
Last year and probably this year, unless the
county fair board snaps out of it, the fair board
had a printing concern in Kentucky print hundreds
of placards, according to a county fair board num
ber.
Members of this year’s fair board advised that
the printing was considerably cheaper done in this
town in Kentucky than any printing office in Co
lumbia county could have turned out.
This taken for granted, probably the help in
this articular shop was (colored).
It would have been much better if this work
could have been done at home even though the job
did cost more, for the Columbia county papers sup
port their annual county fair with generous pub
licity, urging the people to attend and support, and
we doubt if any Kentucky paper gives headlines
calling the attention of the people of the blue grass
state, that Columbia county of the state of Oregon
is sponsoring a county fair, and for all the good
old Colonels in Kentucky, to sign their stables up
for the driving events.
In 1919, and before that year, Kentucky re
ceived her share and then some, from the rest of
the Union, for Louisville was noted for her (Bond
ed) but not paper.
Six printing offices in this county are quite
capable of taking care of any work which the coun
ty fair board wishes produced, and should the oc
casion arise when the work becomes too technical
for these shops, our neighboring city of Portland
which has some of the finest printing shops in the
country would he delighted to have a chance to
bid on this work.
Stream* Receive Fish
200; Pebble creek, 5000; John
Streams of Clatsop anil Colum son creek, 8500, and Beaver
bia counties profited by thou creek 3000.
sands of fish, during the last
week due to liberations made by
the hatchery department of the
state game commission. Plant
ings of cut throat trout were
made from the Necanieum hatch
ery as follows. Neeanicum river,
40.000; Soapstone
-
creek, 8200;
North
Fork Clatskanie, 8200;
North Fork Nehalem, 24,400;
Bergsrick creek. 8200; Elk creek,
3000;
Plympton
creek, 8200;
Wahana river. 8200; Thompson
creek, 8200; Lewis A Clark 8,-
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ar
from saintly. However, f maf not
have been wholly unfit for the office
of ship's chaplain. I am religious
at heart, easily swayed by senti
mental appeal. Had I not been a
member of the Salvation Army In
Australia? Those testimonial meet
ings In Fremantle were still vivid
memories to me.
So I was not
exactly a greenhorn at conducting
a prayer meeting.
Before concluding our little mem
orial service, 1 addressed our com
rades three thousand fathoms be
low us. No mounds were raised
over their graves, no green grass
or kindly flowers had been placed
to cheer them on their Journey to
the land from which no traveler
has yet returned. Only the waves
of the sea. I spoke to them as
though my voice could somehow
find Ils way»to their restlug place
among the mountain ranges at the
bottom of the South Atlantic:
"Glorious fallen comrades, we
bring you a message from home.
Your comrades have kept their
promise to your commander. On
sea and on land they Hre fighting
for the Fatherland.
We of the
Seeadler salute you and solemnly
swear that we. too. will endeavor
to live and die as gloriously as you.
Wej too. are hunted on the sea,
Next to Brown
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CHAPTER X
Racing the Enemy Around Cape
Horn.
‘•A HOY, shipmate,” 1 said to
1 Leudemann, “you are the fel-
iow who likes yacht racing. By Joe,
It’s to be a race now—a race to
see who gets to Cape Horn first.”
We knew that, as soon as out for
mer prisoners made port, the news
uT our presence In Um South At
lantic would he flushed abroad.
Then the British would send their
cruisers o(i the double-quick down
the coast of South America to keep
us from doubling the Cape. To be
sure, we bad taken care to give
ourselves a mighty good start. But
in a race of Windjammer against
swift cruisers, what Is a start of a
thousand miles or so! With decent
weather, we hud hopes of making
It So far we had fair winds and
had made good time. Bui the most
difficult stretch of sea in all the
world now lay before us.
The
storms for which the Horn is fa-
m< us often delay sailing ships for
weeks.
"And then.” responded Leude-
mann, “even if we do get to the
Cape before any cruisers that may
be sent down from the North, they
may have a cruiser or two nosing
around at the Pacific end of the
Straits. Unless we round the Horn
before those chaps reach Rio. the
Jig may be up.”
Just south of the Falklands, we
caught a wireless from a British
cruiser, a warulng message to allied
merchantmen.
"Steer clear of Fernando Noron-
ha, German cruiser Moewe reported
there
which we know will
please you also
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even as you were. Bo perhaps Tt
will not be long ere we Join you
down there In Davy Jones' locker.
If we do, our one hope is that we
nUl be able to tight our last tight
as gallantly as did you."
I then led the sailors In a prayer
that we repeuted aloud, and while
the chorused Invocation traveled
southward on the winds that blew
toward the Antartlc, four men came
forward bearing the great Iron
cross.
“A decoration for the graves of
I
heroesI”
At this signal from me the mas
sive emblem slid Into the water
with scarcely a splash and flashed
swiftly down, down, three thousand
fathoms. to carry our message to
Admiral Count Von Spee and bls
men.
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