Vernonia eagle., June 20, 1929, Page 7, Image 7

THURSDAY, JUNE 20,
1929
VERNONIA EAGLE, VERNONIA, ORICON
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sand of them. For days we lived I
title, interest and estate of said
on them, until most of us couldn't
look a crab In the face. We had
Robert R. Patrick, declared dead,
'em boiled, broiled, and In soup.
at the time of his death, in and
Then that lnvaslou of these hermits
to the real property hereinafter
passed as mysteriously as It had
described, and all the right, title
cotue, and we never saw them
and interest that the said estate
First insertion, per word.... lc (No service less than 26c).
again. But tba turtles were always
has by operation of
law,
or
Succeeding insertions, per word....... 6c (No aervice less than 16c)
with us. We caught a number of
otherwise acquired, other than
Black face heading., each word counts the same as two words.
them and kept them In a coral basin
Cash should accompany the order.
or in addition to that of said
at one eud of the lagoon.
When a statement is required the minimum charge is 30c.
deceased, at the time of his
The wild plga on the Island pro­
vided
us with more fun and more
death,
of, in and to that certain
Copyright by
food. They fed on coconuts, which
Classified columns close at 12 o'clock Wednesday noon.
Doubleday , Duran & C«.
piece or parcel ol real estate
la the beat kind of fodder to make
situnte, lying and aeing in the
good pork. There were anlpe on
county of Columbia and state
FOR SALE
our Island too, und we bunted them
MISCELLANEOUS
the same to me at my office at of Oregon, and described as fol­
with great success, thereby varying FOR SALE CHEAP wicker baby TIMBER WANTED. Wish to buy Vernonia, Oregon with vouchers
lows, to-wit:
I no land him on a desert lslxn<i
our sea food and pork diet. Using
buggy, good condition, inquire
within
six
small tracts of timber within and duly verified,
The southeast quarter of sec­
and leave him there a castaway? as the sea* outside, only at perfect
coconut shells for fuel, we smoked R. R. depot, phone 161.
peace
and
smooth
like
a
mirror.
It
tf
months
from
the
date
hereof.
a radius of 6 miles of Vernonia.
Anything was better than ship
tion twenty-two, township five
what flesh and fish we could. By
Dated
and
first
published
May
F.
Clark,
Box
459,
Vernonia.
461
board. But the principal part or would have made a perfect anchor­
way of vegetables, we had coconuts, FOR SALE, Small lot of timber,
north of range five west of the
23, 1929.
his plan was more subtle.
Ho age for us, save that It bad one
and bread made of coconut tlour,
Willamette Meridian.
160 trees averaging from 1
woul 1 be reckoned dead at home, entrance so narrow that only a
Last publication June 20, 1929.
which
the
Kanakas
taught
us
to
Terms and conditions of sale:
foot to 3% feet. Approximately
and vis people would collect his In small boat could pass through It
P. Hill, Executor of the estate Cash in gold coin of the United
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
prepare, and hearts of palms.
A strong current ran through the
160,000 feet. Close in on gravel
aurance money. Perhaps I would
of
William
McMullen,
deceased.
If our new bome teemed with
States; Ten per cent of the
Notice is hereby given that
be sc kind as to make It seem cer opening. We cast our anchor on
Gordon R. Watt, Attorney.
useful, edible creatures, It was not road, on Corey sill. A-l sound
amount of the bid to be deposit­
tain that he was lost. Yes. no? the coral and tethered our ship to
timber. Suitable for small log­ the undersigned has been duly
lacking
in
pestilential
form
of
life,
ed with the bid, the balance of
On the Island lie could live as » It with a long cable. The pull of
either, these both of native origin ging. See George Engelke. 463* appointed administrator of the IN THE
the current kept her far enough
Robinson Crusoe, a kind of exist
COUNTY COURT OF the purchase price to be paid
estate of Jens Langum deceased,
and Imported from ships. A thou­
offshore. I was afraid, for a while
THE STATE OF OREGON upon confirmation of said sale by
sand kinds of Insects were every­ BARRED ROCK and Rhode Is­ and any and all persons having
ence which he fancied would bi
that a shift of the wind might blow
FOR
COLUMBIA COUNTY the said county court and exe­
where. If you awakeued thirsty at
quite agreenlile. Unfortunately fo.
her on the reef, but we saw, after
land Red pullets. Starting to claims against the said estate are
night and reached for your glass lay. *18.00 per dozen. C. R. hereby required to present said
Notice of administrator
___________
him, I felt obliged to decline. I wu-
’s sale cution of deed to purchase.
All bids or offers must be in
of water, you were likely to find Watts, phone 884. one-half mile claims, duly verified as by law or real estate at private sale.
not Interested lu swindling Insur a while, that site had dragged
that It contained more cockroaches
anchor. If the current wire strong
ante companies.
required, at the office of my at­
In the matter of the estate of writing and addressed to W. A.
south
Vernonia
depot
tf
enough for that, why surely it
than water. You had to reconcile
Harris, at Vernonia, Oregon, box
torney, Gordon R. Watt, Verno­ Robert R. Patrick, deceased.
CHAPTER XII
yourself to getting up In the morn­
would be strong enough to keep
CHAPTER XI
184, at any time after the first
EXTRA
nia,
Oregon
within
six
months
ing
and
finding
your
toothbrush
FINE
White
Leghorn
Notice is hereby given, that publication of this notice and
her from blowing ashore. I.easing
from
the
date
of
this
notice.
pullets
for
sale,
from
B.
W.
D.
several
men
aboard
ns
a
watch,
we
alive
with
ants.
The
ants
were
par
­
in
pursuance
of
an
order
of
the
Castaways on a Coral Atoll.
Shipwrecked In Southern Seas.
before the making of the sale.
went on lund for a glorious shore
stuck, 210-egg flock
County Court of the county of
XI/E AMUSED ourselves by play
HE last German colony I We ticularly pervasive. We could only certified
The right is hereby reserved
leave, sailors, officers, prisoners,
average, 76c each. 1421 Bridge
guard
against
them
by
putting
the
Notice
Of
Appointment
Of
Columbia, State of Oregon, made
* ’ Ing with tbe sharks. The laud
founded It on this beautiful iso­
to reject any and all bids.
and nil.
legs
of
tables,
chairs,
and
other
street.
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424
♦
on the 3rd day of June, 1929,
lubber can scarcely Imagine the tiu
lated coral atoll In the middle of
Executor
W. A. Harris, administrator of
VVhnt would we And? We wanted the Paclflc. The Imperial German articles of furniture In cupfuls of
in the matter of the estate of the estate of Robert R. Patrick,
tred the sailor feels for those blood
In the matter of the estate of
water and fresh food. When we flag of war flew from the top of water. We slept at night to the FOR SALE—Modern five-room,
thirsty monsters. We bad a par
Robert R. Patrick, who was on declared dead to all legal intents
ceaseless shuffle of ruts, huge In­
partly furnished house. Locat­ William McMullen, deceased.
tlculur grievance against them. A got inside of tlie lagoon, we found the tallest palm. I waa the viceroy,
the 30th day of July, 1928, by and purposes.
solent fellows, running about on ed on corner of Weed avenue
Notice is hereby given that the
swim now and then would have to our ustonishment that It was a by chance and not by desire, of
top of our tents. I’lperle waged war and Cougar street. Inquire at the undersigned has been appoint­ an order of the above entitled
First published June 13, 1929.
provided us with needed baths and breeding place for turtles. There course, and my Bailors and our
Last published July 11, 1929.
tf ed executor of the estate of Wil­ court declared dead to all legal
would huve been a pleasant and were hundreds of them In the water prisoners were my subjects. The against them, but the odds were Eagle office.
intents and purposes, will Bell
too great. It would have taken a
the
shore,
huge
fellows
and
on
Dated June 11, 1929. Andrew
vigorous diversion from tbe end
only visiting nationals from else­
liam McMullen, deceased, by the
two or three hundred where were the three Kanukas, the whole regiment of terriers to end SIX WEEKS old pigs for sale
weighing
at
private
sale,
to
the
highest
M. Parker, administrator of the
less monotony of cabin and deck
County Court of the State of
that plague.
on Saturday, June 29. Phone Oregon, for Columbia County, bidder, under the terms and con­ estate of Jens Langum, deceased.
our wooden prison. Many a time pounds, The water was full of turtle catchers. "The White Klug
beautiful fish. There were big lob- of tbe 8oclety Isle of Mopella," my
Flashing birds of paradise flew 8F526, Mrs. A. B. Counts. 462*
ditions
hereinafter
mentioned, Gordon R. Watt, Vernonia, Ore­
1 locked down into the cool, re
and has qualified.
All persons
sters without daws that promised
and subject to confirmation by
freshing element, and a shark
mate facetiously called me. One of from palm to palm. Gorgeous hum­
gon, attorney for administrator.
FOR SALE OR TRADE
having claims against said estate
to be the best of food. The atoll
ming
birds
with
green
und
yellow
the Yankee captains put It different­
would Idle beneath my gaze, as
said court, on or after the 16th
First published, June 13. Last
are hereby notified to present day of July, 1929, all the right,
though waiting for me there. The was alive with birds, hundreds of ly. He called me ’’the Bea Devil breasts darted among the branches.
FOR
SALE
or
trade
for
car,
2-
thousands of them, with nests and
published, July 11, 1929.
sailors passed the time by angling
King of the South Seas." And he WRh every flower there seemed to
eggs everywhere. They were so
room house, 1022 2nd avenue.
for the voracious monsters. They
caustically described our lovely Isle be a greut butterfly. The whole
tame that one of my boys whom I
as “a poisoned paradise." Every­ Island was aglow with butterflies. Inquire Emil Messing at Post
would catch a couple, tie their tails
sent to collect enough eggs for an
They
floated
on
wide,
beating
wlDgs
office.
461*
together and throw them back into
body was good humored, despite our
omelette returned, saying:
of greens, violets, and reds.
the water. The sharks, unable to
hard luck.
“I didn't get an egg. The birds
Once, In the middle of tlie night,
FOR RENT
But our little South Sea colony
agree on tbe direction of their mu
tual movement, would have a great were so tame and trusting that 1 passed Its first nights uneasily. For I was awakened by a small, sharp,
For J your
------ convenience
" "
the following business and professional people are listed on
tug of war. The sailors thought the hailu’t the heart to disturb them sleeping places, we slung hammocks repeuted sound — knick, knick, MODERN eight room house, close
this page al,
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ilphabetically.
These men and women are known in Vernonia as reliable business
plight of their loathed enemies quite and take their eggs.”
between the palms. At Intervals, a knack. It was the opening of tropi­
in. Bath, toilet, lavatory, sink,
and professional people.
Nor
was
the
island
without
Itu
cal
flowers.
I
went
outside
and
comical.
coconut would fall from a height of
man Inhabitants. We found three fifty or sixty feet and go whitting there I saw the lovely Queen of hot water, garage. Good street,
Or they would take a large shark
sidewalk. Recently painted out­
Kumikos,
Polynesians
who
had
been
tie an empty und water-tight bar­
close by a tnaq’g bead. While our Night which blossoms by the light
side, just papered inside. *26
BEAUTY SHOPS
rel to Ills tall and heave him over. left there by a French Arm to catch fellow countrymen back In the cit­ of the tropical stars. It Is a greut.
FRUIT MARKET
PLUMBING
The flab would dart downward, hul turtles. They were greatly fright­ ies along the Rblne were camplain­ gorgeous bloom, eight or ten Inches per month. See J. C. Lindley at
ened when they found that we were lug about the night raids of the across. There were thousands of bank.___________
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the barrel would stay relentless al
tiermans.
The
French
hud
told
them.
Scores
of
glowworms
far
ANNETTE
French aud British bombing squad­
the surface. Now would ensue a
VERNONIA
ASPLAND
desperate struggle which we could them frightful tales about the rons, we had our bombing problem brighter than uny we know, hov­ FOR RENT 4-room modern house
BEAUTY
SHOP
Bodies.
We,
however,
quickly
made
ered
about
eacli,
eager
to
catch
the
on First avenue. J. C. Lindley
follow by watching the gyrations of
also. It didn't make piucli differ­
FRUIT
MARKET
Plumbing
& Electric
tf Shampoo, Marcelling, Finger
the barrel. The sharks displayed friends with them. They were miicb ence whether you were bumped off magnificent perfume that the open­ at Bank of Vernonia.
waving,
Permanent
Waving.
relieved
when
they
found
that
we
ing
Queen
of
Night
gives
forth.
In
Fresh
Fruits
and
with
a
falling
coconut
or
u
falling
an excellent eye for chunks of ba
Vegetable« in Season
Over Horseshoe Cafe.
co with hand grenades In them. did not Intend to Injure them, and bomb. The result was all the same. the darkness I could see the flowers FOR RENT four-room furnished
Phone 193
Phone 431
When the bomb went off In the when we made amicable overtures, After one whined by your ear. you oply by the light of the glowworms.
Phone 353
house. Mrs. E. S. Cleveland.
they
were
only
too
glad
to
respond.
On
every
aide
were
these
eerie
noc
­
creature’s stomach, pieces of shark
would very likely go down to the turnal lights, a dancing lamp of Corner Rose avenue and Colum-
First,
my
boys
ran
hither
and
would go flying in all directions.
open beach to quiet your nerves.
bia streets. __
461*
HAULING
We had been I d tbe Paclflc for tldther to satisfy their curiosity Then If you tried to sleep there, gathered glowworms illuminating
each
flower.
In
that
unearthly
about
this
strange
Island.
Then
ESSIE NANCE
five months now. and had sailed
the land crabs would soon convince
85,000 miles. With our stale water they settled down to useful occupa­ you that the beach was no place gleaming, like a kind of moonlight Matchmaker Holds Big
BEAUTY SHOP
and the lack of fresh food, scurvy tions. Some set about catching fish for a weary war veteran either. only stronger, the odorous petals
Truck For Local and
Surprise For Saturday Hair Waving and Marcelling
Bafford Brother*
was breaking out among our men, and lobsters. Others gathered birds' Patrols of fighting marine crabs shone with the ghostly nuances of
Engagement, by Phone
and then berl-berl, which “turns the eggs. A few brought armfuls of would raid that beach every night. their naturally flaming colors,
Long Distance Hauling
(From
page
6)
white,
crimson,
sapphire
blue,
vio
­
coconuts.
Three
boys
turned
a
big
blood to water.” Limbs and Joints
After being chased out by the crabs,
Telephone 222
General Plumbing
QUICK SERVICE
I
were swelling.
We Imperatlvelj turtle on Its back and pulled It you would go back to your ham­ let blue. In the South Seas, the which was injured at St. Helens
flowers
have
little
«cent
by
day.
along
with
a
rope.
There
were
wild
Phone
293
needed fresh water and food and
mock and lie awake wondering when
sometime ago will not fight un­
Vernonia
a rest on shore. But where could pigs on the island. We shot a couple. the next aerial coconut bombard­ while the sun shines on them. At til the fourth or later.
CONTRACTORS
Curly Buffmire
we go? All tlie Islands of the Pa­ Soon the boat put out to the ship ment would commence. So life dur­ night, when the dew falls, perfume
awakens.
It
Is
truly
a
perfumed
Why
Dove
Knight
is
not
fight
­
loaded
deeply
with
a
huge
collec
­
cific were 111 the hands of the
ing those first days on our tropic
mystery,
unless
TRANSFER
French, British and Japanese. We tion of eplcureun delicacies. That Isle was not all Bklttles and beer or night. And the nostrils of man are ing seems a
excited by the rich and almost op­ Knight, who is employed by the
night
the
tness
was
fit
for
the
table
certainly felt It keenly, now that
orchids <nd coconut milk. You can
POOL HALL
J.
R.
McKEE
pressive
blending
of
odors.
The
of
a
royal
palace
—
turtle
soup
with
Connacher
Logging
i
the whole world was against us.
bet we v orked hard getting up
company,
There was no Inhabited place that turtle eggs, broiled lobster, omel­ hutsl Lu. dly, there were no cas­ Queen of Night gives off the per­ works too hard, and has not
HOTEL
Builder and Contractor
>v<»tld welcome us. It made us feel ettes of gulls' eggs, roast pork, and ualties from either crabs or coco­ fume of vanlllu. Mingled with It time for the necessary training,
comes the scent of hyacinth, orcldd,
for dessert, fresh coconut.
BAKERS PLACE
very lonely.
nuts.
however,
the
lad
keeps
in trim
mayflower, and heliotrope. Sweet­
For days we lived a delightful
"Well,'' I said to m.v boys, "we
We cleared a large space fur our smelling breezes blow, and above Is at all times and should I be able
dining
In
a
way
that
poetic
life,
Confections
will pick out some nice deserted
NEHALEM HOTEL
village, und built huts out of tim­ the tropical sky with Its clustered to get back in shape
after a
Island where there will be no hand millionaires could not afford. We bers, sailcloth, and palm leaves.
Soft
Drinks—Cigars
Vernonia'« Oldest and most
raised against us and no wireless smoked quantities of fish and pork Tbe first one up was a queer-look­ flashing stars and gorgeous Milky week’s work out.
Billiards and Pool
Way. Hanging above the horizon
DENTISTS
Dove Knight represents Demp­
up-to-date hotel.
to call the cruisers, and we will get and stowed It away. We found fresh ing thing, but our architecture Im­
la the far-famed Southern Cross,
sey’s style of fighting, the lad
water and some kind of vegetables water on the Island and refilled our proved with practice. Our prison­
Mr«. Grace Scott* Manager
In the middle of the camp we has the shiftiest style, can wal­
and maybe shoot some game and tanks. Our traces of scurvy aud ers, who were all Americans, helped
berl-berl
disappeared,
aud
we
were
made
a
sort
of
plaza.
The
See-
lop with either hand, a brute
have a fine shore leave. Then, after
us a great deal. They understood
M.
D.
COLE
........ . , —
electric for punishment, and can inflict
we have rested up, what ho, boys, rapidly getting ready to continue the art of pitching tents. They built adler's batteries furnlshed
RESTAURANT
our cruise and work of * havoc
‘
In a special town for themselves, and light for It, and there we gathered
LAWYERS
and away for more adventure.”
a powerful amount of slaughter
Buccaneering in the Paclflc, with Australian waters.
gave the streets auch name* as every flight. We still had plenty of in less time than seems possible.
Ou the second of August, we Broadway. State street. Pennsyl­ champagne and cognac left from
only three ships sunk In live
Knight la clever, is a wonder­
LESTER SHEELEY
HOLLYWOOD
months seemed much too unprofit­ made ready to leave the ship for vania avenue, and the
" Bowery. * In the capture of the champagne ship. ful boxer, which he proved when
able. I planned that, after a brief another day ashore. At nine-thirty time we contrived to arrange quite So, In the cool of the evening, we
RESTAURANT
I
noticed
a
strange
bulge
on
the
meeting
with
Teddy
Fox
at
sat
out
there
on
the
edge
of
this
sojurn on some peaceful South Sen
’ecent dwelling places. Of course,
eastern rim of the sea. I called my we also Installed our wireless set a- equatorial Potsdnmmer Platz sip­ est Grove, last winter, and lost
isle, we would sail for the Anti
Excellent Cooked Foods
DR. W. H. HURLEY
podes. Then we would destroy the ofllcers’ attention to It. At first we shore In order to keep tn touch ping drinks out of wine and brandy the fight (o Fox by a shade.
Herman Schindler
English whaling station and oil thought It a mirage. But it kept with passing ships and events hap­ glasses, Just as we might have at
Dove takes th? fancy of moat
Dentistry and X-Ray
tanks at South Georgia, sink a growing larger, it came toward us. pening out on this side of the world. the Adlon In Berlin. There was fight fans, by fas actions in the
plenty
of
pipe
tobacco,
an<J
Doctor
few ships, capture one on which to
Nor did we neglect to take ashore
ring, for instance,
his
fierce
Hoffman Hdwe. Building
ship our prisoners, and, If we got
a heavy arsenal of arms and am­ Pietsch bad (akeu care to rescue faqk, sticking his jaw out a
TAXI
from
the
wreck
a
store
of
bls
end
­
awny safely, continue our cruise in
munition, Including rifles, Luger pis­
GORDON R. WATT
mile,
not
for
a
punch,
but
go
­
Vernonia,
Oregon
less
cigars.
The
wind
blew,
the
the prosperous waters of the Atlan­
tols, band grenade«, and dynamite.
ing out to win from the first
tic.
In short, w« bad « perfect little stars shope. and the orchestra al-
Garner’*
Our first plan was to sail direct
tovn wltb everything except a cala­ tefoateiy played German classics round.
EYESIGHT SPECIALIST
Day and Night
Little has been said recently
to one of tbe larger Cook Islands.
boose. Sofiie of our tneq who pad from the operas and American rag­
Joy Theatre Building
But we gave that up for fear of
romantic faoffancfas constructed time melodies. Ah, yes, this last of a Knight and Brady fight, but
Vernonia, Oregon
TAXI SERVICE
“cidptry homes" for themselves a bit of the once glorious overseas this haa not been forgotten, and
finding a wireless station there that
might give us away. We dlfl not
Office Phone 672
few hundred yards away In th« German empire wasn't such a bad many are still hopeful that this DR. HARRY A. BROWN
We cast­ bout will soon take place.
want to move east of our present
Res. Phone 673
jungle. Then w« named the place little paradise at all.
Eyesight Specialist
aways out there In the solitude of
MARK
EVERY
GRAVE
longitude, for that would have taken
Seeadlerhurg, Sea Eagle Town.
Brady
is
not
seen
in
the
local
us against the trade wind and com
Memorials in granite and marble
There were gulls’ eggs everywhere the South Seas felt as though we ring very much recently, unac­
pelted us to use our motor. It was
at reduced prices
along th« «bore, but the birds were were the only people left In the countable unless tyady is receiv­
world,
like
Noah
and
his
family
on
necessary to save the engine as
brooding now, and most of the
WRITE FOR PARTICULARS
SHINGLE MILL
ing
larger
purses
out
of
town.
Mount
Ararat
much as possible and not have It
eggs we collected had half-formed
If
Brady,
Knight,
would
be
Oregon
Monument
Work*
But
after
about
three
weeks
of
wear out on us. We hoped we
little gulls In them. We got around
Fourth and Main St., Hillsboro
would need It for further captures
this by clearing a large section of this Oarden-of-Eden-wlthout-nn-Eve back in harness fighting under
Re-Roof With
FLOWERS
and escapes.
beach and throwing the old eggs existence, the monotony of It hogan the Vernonia banner, the town
The Camp on Mopella.
SHINGLES
PHYSICIANS
Mopella, one of the Society Is
Into the lagoon. Then th« gulls to get on our nerves. Of course, could boasf of a good line-up
lands (some geographies Include It Then we recognized It—a tidal wave flocked back and laid more eggs, there was the “wife” of the officer of fighters in Roy (Swede) Nel­
From
FLOWERS
FOR
In the Scllly Isles), seemed about such as is caused by submarine and thus a supply of fresb eggs of the ... but she was far too son, Dove Knight, Dane Brady,
ALL
OCCASIONS
busy to be interested In the fest of Young Nelson, Kid Scott, Lee
right for our purpose. It was n earthquake and volcanic dlsturban- was assured.
Dr. J. A. Hughes
u*. We hadn't been sent out to
French possession, and, so far as ces.
Our America? prisoner« Were
v
Smith’s Flower Shop
The danger was only too
Davis and a few others who
Physician and Surgeon
we knew, uninhabited. It was one clear. We lay between the Island nearly all cheeky follows. Some of cofanlte fa fl South Seas and take
MRS. J. W. BROWN
of those Isles of the South Seas so and the wave.
them fitted fa w’»*» fa«
“fa life easy. So we cast about for a =^===z4i===========
Vernonia Representative
Office Phone 663 Vernonia,
way to go buccaneering again.
fantastically beautiful and so awk
belter
that)
my
rn«h-
**>«7
aeemed
"Cut |he anchor cable, Clear the
Phone 693
Res. Phone 664 -
-Oregon
ward for tbe sailor to approach. motor. A|l hands on deck-''
Our first need was for a ship tn real metres nttove water atnldslHp.
tp know ail about the art of fishing,
VERNONIA
Only seldom does he find one with
We flared not ra|se sail, for then and taught us Germans things we take the place of our unfortunate Into this small space we stored
a dtcent anchorage, and nowhere
the wind would drive us on the bad never dreamed of. They were ac­ three master impaled out there on water, hardtack, machine guns,
In the world are the winds and cur
reef. So our only hope of getting customed to what In th« «tatea «long the coral reef. The Kanakaa told rifles, band grenades, and pistole.
rents more treacherous.
clear of the Island was our motor. the Gulf of Mexico la called spear­ qa that a French sailing vessel vis­ The only luxuries we allowed our­
On the morning of July 29 we
The huge swell of the tidal wave ing eel« They fastened Iron barbs ited tbe Island every year to take selves were a few tins of pemml-
sighted Mopella, and steered toward
was rushing toward us with break­ tn «hafts of wood and with these away turtle meat. The best guess caq, a aide of bacon, and an accord­
It Words fall me when I try to neck apeefl.
speared big fish In the coral lagoon
that they could make was that It ion- The music of the squealer was
describe Its beauties. From the blue
They alao showed us a clever would be another six months or so to bo our solace during a cruise
The
motor
didn't
stir.
The
me
­
ocean rises a mass of green palms
chanics were working frantically. way of catching flsb on a grand before she arrived. Well, after six the length of which none could fore­
The sunlight glows In the green
scale. They took some forty men months, we would have a ship. We
It son-ebow even seems to turn the They pumped compressed air Into and boys sod, just as high tide was could always fall back on that. But, tell. The great question was: Could
sunlight green. Against the dark the engine. We waited In vain for turning, formed In a line about fifty hy Joe, six months wns a long time our tiny craft survive a storm? At
A. F. A A. M.
the sound of the ignition. Now.
any rate, the could sail, and that
blue cf the sea and the llght-bluc
Mountain Heart
American Legion
right at the critical moment, our yards off-shor». Then the line came to wait The war might be won or was something. Wo christened ber
Vernonia Ix>dge No. 184
of the sky, the sunlight seetns to lx-
lost by then.
And It was highly the Kronprlnteeain Cecillo—with­
splashing
In,
driving
the
flab
before
Varneaia Peat
motor
had
failed
qs,
Just
qa
ft
had
Rebekah
Lodge No. 243
A.
F.
&
A.
M.
meets
drawing the green island out of the
unlikely that any other ship would out, however, painting ber name on
It
toward
shore,
just
as
the
natives
so often failed us before. By this
119,
American
at
Masonic
Temple, No. 243, I.O.O.F., meets every
water, and the soft south wind car
stray Into those waters for heaven the stern.
round
up
tigers
for
«
rajah
In
In
­
time, the tidal wave was only a
Stated
Communication second and fourth Thursdays in
Legion,
Moots
rfes the scent of flowers far on I
few hundred yards away. We were dia. Many of tbe fish floundered knows how long. We all grew Imps-
W.
O.
W.
hall,
Vernonia.
Visitors
Of course, everybody wanted to
First Thursday of each
to sea. It is the greeting of the
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second
and
about go, but there could be only alt of
lost. To our frightened eyes It Into shallow water, and a few min­ ttent. Few sailors are keen
always welcome.
Island, and we Inhale It deeply.
month.
Special
called
fourth Tuesdays
looked like a whole mountain range utes liter wars left stranded by tbe remaining cast away on a tropical us at the most. So 1 picked the
Myrtle Johns, N.G.
, Here was a typical coral »toll—
Isle
for
long,
and
especially
on
an
meetings
on
all
other
receding
Ude.
You
see.
tbe
water,
Thurs-
each month, 8 pi
of water. |t must have been thirty
Mrs. Marie O’Donnell, Sect’y.
men who seemed to be In the most
the kind you dream about. A clr
m. John Hay,
or forty feet high. It came rushing as It backed offshore, left large atoll as small as Mopella. We felt vigorous health at the time. Mate day nights 7:30 p.m. Visitors
cular reef studded with wavinc
tbe
Itch
to
get
out
to
sea
again.
1
pools
on
top
of
the
Irregular
coral
Adjutant
most
cordially
welcome.
with a roar that drowned out our
Leudemann,
Lieutenant
Klrcbeiu,
palms and within the reef a lovely
reef, and there tbe fish were trapped. was particularly anxious to set Engineer Krauss, Boatswain Par-
F. D. Macpherson, W. M.
piacid lagoon. The coral shore was voices.
J. B. Wilkerson, Secretary.
A gigantic, violent band seemed Sometimes we caught five or six something stirring. Before long the mien, and Yoemaa Erdmann. Thia
snow white, and. with the sun's
hundred pounds a day. end It was tropics! sun sad lasy Ufe would left the colony on the etoll In the
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS
rays reflecting from It, It leaked to grasp the ship. The wave swung exciting sport
sap my men's vitality, and all they hands of Lieutenant Kling.
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Order
of
Eastern
Star
like a sparkling Jewel set In ar. her on nigh and threw her forward.
One night, while ws were sitting would be good for would be to loll
HARDING LODGE 11«
American Legion Auxiliary
(Continued next week)
Nehalem Chapter 163. O. E. S.
alabaster ring, like emeralds sei It flung us crashing on the coral „round our fire, we heard a scratch
went
around.
TF
Meets every Monday
Regular commu­
In Ivory. There were coral terrace* reef. Our masts and rigging
Ina
sound-
It
seemed
to
come
from
Meets first and third
The
nication
first
below tbe water. The shallowei over, broken like matchsticks,
Bermuda grass pasture should
everywhere. We looked and found
We still had our lifeboats, and
at 8 P.M. in Grange
Mondays of each aaoatb
ship
_
and
third
Wed
­
ones were white or pale green, anri shattering Impact of the
at Ike Legion hall.
h*n-
smashed the coral, and pieces flew a lot of crabs with big claws They the hurricane season was not on. be kept closely grated, as the
nesdays of each
as you peered deeper Into the ws
were hermit crate. We caught sev­ So why not put to sea In one of stems become dry and wiry if
Ralph Clem, C. C.
month, at Ma­
ter you saw every conceivable tin: in all directions like shrapnel from eral and put them In boiling water them? We devised rigging and sails allowed to get too old. Where
an exploding shell, Tbe swirling
sonic Temple.
Mrs. C. J. Nance, Preu,
Emil Messing, KRS
of green and blue, sea green, em
Meanwhile, the crab In for our best lifeboat, mast, jib there are not enough stock in
water seised great pieces of coral to cook
All visiting sis­ Knight rank, Monday June 10.
Mrs. P. Wideman, Sac.
•raid green, bine green, azure blue
boom,
gaff,
stays,
and
back
stays.
vasloo
continued,
and
more
from
the
pasture
to
keep
the
grass
and
whipped
them
around,
beating
ters
and
broth
­
sapphire blue navy bine, violet.
We
scraped,
caulked
and
painted
behind
kept
pushing
th«
rest
for
ers welcome.
well grated. It often pays to
As we sailed nearer and nearer them against the ship. The See
1. O. O. F.
Mrs. Ramona Lindley, W.M.
adler had heeled over until her ward. We tried tbe ones ws bad ber. She was not In any too good harvest for hay and get a fresh
that alluring coral shore, we
rooked, and they were delicious. condition, and despite our labor she
deck
was
almost
perpendicular.
Tbe
Mrs. Grace Reberger, Secretary.
growth
for
pasturing
that
will
flowers among the palm*, flower-
water swept over the deck, and the They were as good as tbe beat lob continued to leak a hit and needed be more nutritions and palatable
WOMENS RELIEF
of all colors, and Immense number
’t*By Joe," I said. “boya. Itt'a get constant balling. Even in calm
Pythian Sisters
of orchids. The hues of the flower- swirling eddies Inirnbarrted us wltb
weather we bad to ball forty palls than the older stems.
LO O P.—’ Vernonia
. ..
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No.
CORPS
chunks of coral. I clung to an Iron
Vernonia
Temple
61
meets
were reflected In the water over the
246 meets evei try Tuesday night
a day. Wo loaded her with pro­
post near the lower rail. The rail busy."
every
2nd
and
4th
Tuesdays
In
white coral that deepened and
Meets third Thursday of each' at 8 o’clock, in I Orange
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halL Via-
We spread out a large sail end visions for half a dozen men over
Distinctive style of highest
turned green. Within the circular saved me from the Iona of shatter filled It up with crate, like a sack. a long voyage. She was eighteen quality wedding stationery at W.O.W. hall.
I iters always welcome.
month at the W. O. W. hall.
MARJORIE COLE, M. E. C.
real'tbe lagoon seemed, fully as deep ed.coraj that cere hurled up by the We must have bad several thgw Xfitl in length sod yfll2_abW_Latf-
Alfred Webb, N. G.
the Vernonia lagle.
Mrs. Lee Hall, president.
DELLA. CLINE, M. of R. A C,
F. N. O'Donnell, BecreUiy,
blow of the falling ship. Tn a' mo­
ment, the wave had ebbed away,
leaving us high and dry. It had
passed over the circling reef and
the lagoon, though not over the
main part of the Island. And on
Its way bad awept hundreds of
thousands of birds' nests into the
lagoon.
I arose, scarcely knowing whether
1 was alive or dead, and stood
alone with one foot on my slanting
deck and the other on ttfte rail. For
a moment I though I was the only
one saved.
“Boys, where are yooF' 1 shouted
weakly.
“Here,” came the reply, “still
standing like an oak.”
My men and the prisoners had
taken refuge In the bow and bad
been sheltered by the rail, as 1 had
been. No one was Injured. For that
at least we could be thankful. For
that and not much else. The Ste­
adier was a total wreck. The jagged
coral was rammed deep Into our
hull.
We stand like an oak I I adopted
the reply of my sailors as our motto
henceforth. We were castaways on
this coral atoll In one of the loneli­
est and least-visited reaches of the
South Pacific. Everything lost, but
“we stand like an oak.”
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