Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-05-16

such a gustatory delight a few years
ago. was a fine swimmer, and when
the waters hereabouts lost their pris-
tine flavor, betook himself to others
better suited to a refined taste. But
the helpless oyster, says Mr.. Whipple,
must grin and bear it. The oyster
farmers. on the other hand. say that
the bivalve simply dies when canitary
conditions are not to his liking, and
that oysters can be propogated only
under conditions of the most absolute
cleanliness. Mr.. Whipple also said
something about the danger to bathers
at Coney Island and other nearby re-
sorts from swallowing microbe-in-
tested water, and the fact that he
could make such a mistake as to be-
lieye that the ordinary Coney Island
visitor would swallow water under any
circumstances has served to discredit
his entire statement in the minds of
the unprejudiced.
There is one man in New York for
whom the first Of May brings no
dread of the annual flight before the
grasping hand of the landlord. When
the advent Of spring turns the
of moving day. Mr.. and Mrs. II. w.
Hall are serenely Indifferent. When
the first warm days of summer set
other people to dreaming of salt water
and ocean breezes off Cape Cod or the
coast of Maine, Mr.. Hall smiles in the
superior sort of way befitting that in
difference to hotel bills which is the
envy of all his friends. while Mrs. Hall
gives undistracted attention to plan
ming the most fetching of summer
costumes. When winter comes and \
trip to Florida or the Gulf seems a
much to-be-desired end, they don't
even stop to pack their trunks; they
just go. For Mr.. Hall is the FORUM
ate owner of the oldest and most
unique craft known to New York wa
tiers, the cruising houseboat "Oatka-"
So far as known, ii Is the only vessel
of its kind in the world. Forty seven
feet long, with a 16-foot beam, and
drawing only 1-2 feet of water, the
"Oatka' is. in effect, a sea-going flat.
by the within Of its owner set afloat on
the waves. She is built double and
heavily timbered throughout, with n
yachting keel that enables her to cut
the water easily and make sharp
tacks without upsetting, and the crew
consists of just two people-her own
er as captain and his wife as first
mate. There was a time when the
halls. like their unfortunate friends.
cringed before the landlord and the
janitor of a Harlem apartment house:
but being made of more heroic stuff
than their neighbors, they at last re-
belled. and Mr.. Hall, who is a marine
engineer and designer of marine en-
gines, assumed the prerogatives of a
marine architect as well and designed
the craft which now enables him to
greet his erstwhile oppressors with a
grin.
Until the last few days the purvey-
ors of fancy drinks along the Great
White Way have not been over anx-
ious about the delayed arrival of
spring: for the annual importation of
lines from the West Indies has been
delayed also, and without them 1t
would have been impossible to meet
the usual warm weather demand for
gin-fizz. lime lemonades. gin-rickeys
and kindred beverages. The lines are
here now, however, 1000, 900 Of them.
They came in one day last week, in
spring pleasant visions of themselves
gracefully afloat in tall slender glass