VERNONIA EAGLE, VERNONIA, OREGON
Byrd’s Ship Boasts
Remarkable
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Service and Adventure
Written Large in Log
Washington.—“The Bear of Oak
land,
sturdy
steamship
which
brought Rear Admiral Byrd and
members of bls expedition safely
back from their year long vigil In
Antarctica, has a name that stirs
the hearts of sea dogs,*’ says the
National Geographic society.
“Gales and high seas of three
score years have whipped over the
broad decks of the barkentlne, but
like punches bouncing otf the un
yielding shoulders of a heavyweight
champion, all have been turned
aside,” continues the bulletin.
“Adventure and service to man
kind are written large tn the pages
of the Bear log-book. No polar ex
plorer Ilves who Is not familiar with
her stout career, and several there
are who have paced her staunch
oak decks—Byrd, Greely, Stefens-
son, Amundsen, and Capt. ‘Bob’
Bartlett, to name a few. She was
the first to meet Lieutenant Gree
ly marooned on the Arctic Ice in
1884.
“Her crew maintained law and
order In the frozen outposts of
America during the Alaskan gold
rush, long before radio had come
Into general use. Her commanding
officers were often called upon to
conduct funeral rites and marriage
ceremonies during the long period
of her service In the U. S. Coast
Guard, from 1886-1028.
Built In Scotland.
“Whaling men knew and loved
her for the occasions on which she
went to their rescue In the icy fast
nesses of the North.
When the
bark Napoleon was wrecked In the
Ice near Cape Navarln, Siberia, the
Bear put out to sea Immediately,
following a route described on a
piece of board passed from one na
tlve village to another.
"She has schooled many salty
seamen In the uncharitable ways of
Ice, wind, and ocean. A dozen of
them reside In the City of Wash
lngton today. Rear Admiral H. G.
Hamlet, present commandant of the
U. S. Coast Guard, served three as
signments aboard ’the old Rear* as
be affectionately recalls her. His
assistant, Capt L. C. Covell, was
the skipper of the Bear In 1925 and
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“A barkentlne with auxiliary
steam power, the Bear was built
at Greenock, Scotland, In 1874, for
service In the whaling trade. Con
structed of solid oak, she Is strong
ly braced to cushion the shock of
Ice. She Is 200 feet long, weighs
70S tons, and has a depth of 18
feet and a beam of 32 feet. When
the United States government want
ed a real boat to bring Greely out
of the Arctic, the Bear seemed a
logical purchase.
“Reinforced with additional beams,
Iron straps, and Australian Iron
bark, the Bear, commanded by
Lieut. W. H. Emory, U. S. N., and
a volunteer crew of navy men, set
out with a relief expedition under
Commander Winfield Scott Schley.
Schley was the commodore who la-
Plan to Restore Old Coolidge Home
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May Be Preserved as Histor
ical Monument.
New York.—Mrs. Calvin Coolidge
recently revealed a plan to restore
the old Coolidge birthplace in Plym
outh, Vt. where Calvin Coolidge
became President by kerosene light,
for preservation as an historical
monument. 'His widow states In the
June Good Housekeeping, that John
G. Sargent, attorney general under
Coolidge, heads a committee now
proceeding with the project
“There could be no more fitting
memorial to our thirtieth Presi
dent" Mrs Coolidge says, “nor one
which would be more In keeping
with his natural taste. Undoubted
ly he gave some consideration to
the matter himself and for that
reason made extensive repairs. In
building the six-room addition to
his father’s bouse, he was particu
lar that no change should be made
In the original structure."
Coolidge’s only monument today
Is a simple tlve-foot granite stone
tn the Plymouth cemetery, similar
to that of bls son. Calvin. Jr., but
Plymouth Notch Itself, with Its
country
store, church. Coolidge
homestead and cheese factory. Is
so Identified wtth Coolidge that It
attracts tourists in Increasing num
hers
’’While Father Coolidge was alive
ne welcomed visitors to bls borne."
Mrs. Coolidge relates. “Invited them
ter led the famous Flying Squadron
against Cervera during the Span
ish-American war. The Thetis and
the Alert went out after Greely
with the Bear.
Rescued Greely.
“Speed and ruggedness made It
possible for the Bear to reach the
Greely party first Her arrival was
none too soon. Only seven of the
25 men who set out with the ex
plorer were alive when the Bear
crew reached them In the summer
of 1884. There are few more thrill
ing tales than the story of this gal
lant rescue In the frozen Arctic.
Greely was brought back to Ports
mouth, N. H., In August on Commo
dore Schley’s boat.
Into the sitting room, and posed for
Innumerable pictures.
Since his
death the housekeeper has con
tinued to admit callers as generally
as her time and strength have per
mitted. Women In the vicinity have
brought pieces of their handiwork
for sale. I think that Mr. Coolidge
refrained from placing a ban upon
this because he realized how much
It meant to these people In an out-
of-the-way community to realize a
little pin money."
The
Coolidge
correspondence,
written with proverbial Coolidge
caution. Is already filed In the Li
brary of Congress. Charles A. An-1
drews, treasurer of Amherst col
lege, In the same Issue of the maga
zine says Coolidge once said to him:
“They will not find any ’Dear
Marla’ letters among my papers. I
did not have any private or semi-
prlvate correspondence. I brought
nothing home with me.’"
A typical non-committal Coolidge
letter Is quoted:
“My dear M-.
Field: Thank you for your letter
of the twenty-first Instant. I shall
certainly have your views In mind
when I come tr act upon this mat
ter. Calvin Cootldge."
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“The Revenue Cutter service,
which Is today U. S. Coast Guard,
received the Bear for service In
Alaskan waters and the Arctic
ocean. Here began Its long career
of rescue and patrol work, after
which It was donated to the City of
Oakland, Calif.
“Admiral Byrd bought the Bear,
now the Bear of Oakland, In May,
1932. Refitted at Boston, It sailed
with the Byrd Antarctic Expedi
tion IL”
Lights of New York
New York’s “slave markets" are
In the Bronx.
Every day colored
women, old and young, line up at
Westchester avenue and Southern
boulevard and at Prospect avenue
and East One Hundred and Sixty-
first street, to sell themselves Into
temporary bondage at so much an
hour.
Ragged,
down-at-the-heel,
hungry, they await the appearance
of possible purchasers of their
services sometimes with chatter and
laughter but more often with grim
silence. There Is no assurance of
employment and the walk to and
from Harlem Is long, especially
when the stomach Is empty and the
shoes so thin that feet all but
touch the concrete.
The “slave
market”—those who line up and
wait supplied that name—Is the last
hope. If the employer doesn’t come
along, there will be more hunger
and possibly eviction, since Harlem
landlords do not care to wait for
their rent.
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Those who make purchases at the
“slave market" are housewives of
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Mazda Lamps
Electrical Appliances
b 7 l l . stevenson
the vicinity.
Shrewd in bargain
ing, desiring to make every penny
count, their offers are always low.
Follows an auction of sorts. But
the one with work has all the ad
vantage.
Household tasks may
await another day but hunger—and
landlords—won’t In the end, there
Is capitulation since need makes It
seem better to take from 12'4 to 15
cents an hour for bard and heavy
work that in good times brought 50
cents an hour, than It Is to walk
back to Harlem penniless. Also
the employment Is only temporary
and there Is always the hope that
there will be a change for the bet
ter.
• • •
One of the biggest reasons for
the existence of the “slave markets"
Is the fact that there are practi
cally no Jobs for colored men. Jobs
such as porters, waiters, washroom
attendants, messengers, etc., that
once were filled only by colored
men have been taken over by whites
since the depression. Harlem moth
ers and wives, as well as single
women, have always worked. But
present conditions have placed an
additional burden on them.
• • •
Speaking of colored people, there
was the little girl In the school out
at Long Island who told her teacher
her name was “Fee-mal-ee" Jones.
Asked to spell the first name, she
replied, “Female." It seems that
when she was born, her parents
were unable to decide on a name, so
at the hospital the blank was filled
In (Female) Jones. The parents
taking that as official, from then
on called her. "Fee-mal-ee.”
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Mr. Andrews also recalls this
prophetic statement Coolidge made
four days before bls death:
“1 am too old for my years. I
"The bostesa said the affair was
suppose the carrying of responsi to be strictly Informal."
bility as 1 have done take« Its toll.
“That makes the girls dress up
I’m afraid I’m all burned out."
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