Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-02-19
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The owning of a little motor boat is
simple matter if the enthusiast knows
exactly what kind he wants, for a
craft capable of carrying three or four
persons at the rate of seven or eight
miles an hour can be obtained for from
a hundred dollars up. The very varie-
ty of styles, sizes, and prices, however,
from which he may select will furnish
the prospective buyer with a greater
problem than would at first appear, for
only he who has had the experience
will realize to what an extent the man
ufacture of hulls, engines, and COM
rlete motor boats has grown during
the nast five years.
Let the embryo yachtsman visit
popular summer resort located OIL a
large body Of water near his home
city On pleasant day the surface of
the water will seem fairly alive with
large and small motor propelled craft
of all types-possibly no two alike. He
may see two wings of white far up the
stream, and before many minutes he
will discern the graceful lines of a
rapidly moving boat approaching him,
it's sharp bow cleaving the water and
throwing it out in clouds of spray and
foam on either side.
He recognizes at the wheel of the
racer Smith, man having an office
near his whose income he knows is. TO
say the least. modest.
He begins to wOnder-i.Ow is it that
Smith and others can all own boats
which seem so far beyond their in
comcso Wonder is followed by inquiry
and he discovers that a motor boat IS
not necessarily the expensive affair
that he nd been led to believe it was
and he realizes that half a dozen sub
stantial, self-propelled boats can be
bought for the price of one automobile.
Lawrence La Rue. in The Outing
Magazine for March.
The cheapest and simplest form of
motor boat is the converted skiff A
substantial rowboat of the ST. Law
renee model may be bought FOR from
twenty to forty dollars. and for the eX-
penditure of another forty or nifty
ore or two horsepower motor may be
obtained and irstallcd-thus making
craft which should be able to carry
three or four persons at a pace much
faster than that of rowing and with
much less exertion-unless the motor
should prove to be palky.
Akin to the motor Skiff, and yet OF
lighter weight and consequently of
greater speed for the same power is
the ordinary canoe, strengthened and
hraced for the installation of the en-
gina Motor canoes are made by some
manufacturers with the engine already
installed; these are found exceedingly
useful in sections where portaging may
be necessary. for the entire outfit Will
weigh less than one hundred and fifty
pounds.
4 ready made motor boat with the
engine installed and ready to run can
he bought for less than one hundred
dollars. While it is subject 10 the trou-
bes to which the average motor craft
is heir. the entire outfit is a remark
ably simple little affair. and when
owned and operated by a man who eX-
ercises common sense. it should fur
nish little cause for annoyance.-Law-
renee La Lue. in The outing Magazine
for March.
Select a location where you will not
suffer from primitive habits the mo-
ment You step off your property. Which
means look out for shady roads. and do
not buy where the people have squat
ted down without regard to comfort
or beauty. Besides, the time may come
when ,uu wish 10 sell. and in that case
a vell-shaded home, reached by a we'll
shaded and well-kept avenue will dou-
H.. ri of y.ripn Of
You will naturally look out for the
schoolhonso and the church and the
store, and the depot. and for the sort of
neighbors Won are to find. Children
should not be compelled to go a very
long distance to school. although town
schools are now sweeping out the dis
trict schools. The old red schoolhouse
is about done for and am glad of it ::
but where there is no public convey
ance to the town graded school, it is
hard on the boy and girls if they are
compelled to go more than a mile.
It is not improbable. however, that
many of the new country home-mak-
ers will do. what l have done myself.
employ tutors at home Every country
homestead has its own material at
hand, and the children need but little
guidance to make them fairly expert in
half dozen sciences Nor will they
get a good knowledge of country life
and country work in any other, way
than by careful home training.--E. P.
Powell in The Outing Magazine for
March. .-..s. /. .ls.
Do not buy an acre of soil until you
have personally examined it. and even