Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-08-06
julie. Verne OutdOne.

pcarrd. and right in our midst, If
p,rov> twins may be believed in
their account of a Long trip that
onr II or prominent citizens pro
po>-> to make around the world in
a " .ittle yawl, or to be exact AN
auxiliary y4wl, the plans of which
are being drawn in New York.
1t IS. II we are to place any faith in
the statement of the aurorean and
twilight twins. i conception OF COun-
Gilman Nackay, for himself, his wife,
and one person as crew, to sail
around the rorld. and navigate both
the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans in
a naptha launch, 10 feet long and |
from ~ to II feet wide He expects |
to receive the plans shortly and to
have the boat completed by June, |
next year. and to sail out of the
Sound by July LIST.
The ;.bsurdity OF the proposition,
from the facts rs stated, we think. is
wholly attributable to the Perkins
twins. In the first place, the voyage
contemplated. embrace Alaska, 81
IBERIA, Japan, with short stops in The
Orient, Philippine Islands, Hawaiian
! Islands, q cruise along the east and
west coast of South America. around
Cape Horn, Cuba, across the Allan
! tic, skrting the coasts of Europe and
! Africa as far towards the South Pole
as he can 90, thence through the SUI
ez canal, and across the Pacific to
Puget Sound. The trip will con-
sumo over two and probably three
years, and Mr.. Mackay is closing out
his wonderfully lucrative business
ventures and law engagements. to be
able to devote his whole time and at
tention to this doice far mantle trip
that will render him of the class
which Mr.. Ruth says he is so anxious
to protect from harm.
1t will be noted that Mr. Mackay
5 has only two companions, Mrs. NJ.
. and one man for Grew; no naviga-
= tor, no doctor, nor even a hospital
| steward, to dispense the medicines,
of which. it is pres lmed, he will have
: an ample supply for three years
: cruise. 1t seems really as if an eXpc
{ rienced navigator should be taker
4 along, unless he expects to sail by ;
, dead reckoning. which sometime.
f ends in Davy Jones locker. Then
it would be decidedly inconvenien
for one of the party to be aSsailed b!
: the thousand ills to which human
flesh is heir, possibly thousands o
miles from Nowhere, or for ship-sup
plies of bareback or water to be re
duced to low ratiOns; or the gasoline
to be exhausted, or take fire; or SOM
part Of the engine to break; or thu
sails to be carried away, despite tn
efforts of the Grew" to make then
taut to escape sudden sqnall.
Then again, the size of the "yawl'
will soon convince the navigator
that it will by no means be an AIDE
quate defense against the terrible
= waves that toss much larger ship
about with fury that wood, iron, o
steel cannot withstand. The fool
). hardy attempt of two men who saile'
- from England, several years ago, t.
. cross the Atlantic, and are still re
:, ported missing, on comparatively
small venture, should afford strik
ing protest against such foolhardi
ness.
= But then, the scribe was doubles
- making good" story out of pau
city or material, in which imagina
tion lent its aid, and it was crea
- ton of details more than simple mar
ration of facts. ThecOst OF doing sue
Manchausen feat is impossible with
- out the use of large ship, full ere,
e, and ample means to meet contingen
"a expenses. Traversing the placi
IN Sound in a naptha launch is far di
r ferent from Drawing the perils of tn
er deep even in the largest, well-cor
at structed, and best-managed ship.
- THE P.-L of last Friday contain
!, the following Associate Press dis
-, patch, dated Atlanta, Ca, the prev
;r Gus day:
- Ii the Georgia Legislature incorporate
le into the general tax bill all the provis
is ions introduced by members, it soon wi
be nearly as hard to get drink of sod
. water in the State as it is now to get
e. drink of whisky.
it Face to face with deficit and wit
j, salaries and bills unpaid, the soft-drin
u industry has become the biggest revenu
IN producer in the state. Here are son
at tax clauses already passed by the House
l., rive uoiidfs year upon cdCl IauCct
~ soda fountain; 500 per year for eac
S. manufacturer of carbonated water; s.
~ per year on each bottling machine
~ the State; . revenue stamp costing fiy
&c cents for each gallon of syrup or tinctul
of OF extract manufactured or sold.
All of these taxes are in ambition
local taxes and certain specific taxes
rected against certain big manufacture
p Of well-knOwn bottled drinks.
n Besides this desperate attempt ,
er recoup on ginger-pop and sod;
&C. it is proposed to put State tax
IN 81 so on every dog in the State, hol
al ing to get as much money from q
No. these aids As it formerly did from 50
FL of booze
The news comes that the Was
w ingtOn Railroad Commission is n,
nynnotpl N ra1ura r,fac on srro