The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-04-11
RETURN FROM A
TRIP OF RELIEF
TO HODGES PARK
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Life Savers Conduct Expedition Up
Mississippi for Deliverance of
ID. Rations to Refugees. e
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STUDENTS AT NORTHWESTERN
Men of Evanston Crew Attend Col.
lege While Employed at Sta
ton Which is on Campus.
STUDENTS AT NORTHWESTERN

Capt. Peter Pensen and Evanston
life saving crew returned last night
from a relief expedition to San
dusky and Hodges Park. where they
delivered 1000 rations to food vic
time. Lieut. Mcclure, of the Fourth
regiment. was left in charge OF the
distribu ton of the supplies.
The life savers experienced con-
siderable difficulty in delivering
their cargo at its restination. They
left here Wednesday noon on the
government tug Salvisi going up
the Mississippi fifteen miles and
thence inland through the back
water into Beech Ridge in their life
boats.
Tho life boats were rowed to the
Nj. & o. depot at Beech Ridge. Be
lieving they could save time on the
trip from there to Hodges Park the
men took two hand cars and two
small car trucks, loaded the latter
with 5000 pounds OF foodstuffs and
necessities and started on the five
mile trip.
Parts of the roadbed between the
two places are under water. some
being submerged to a depth OF IL
inches, with good many washouts
The life savers had no idea of thu
i. obstacles they would encounter wher
they started. 1t was O'Clock IL
the evening when they began th'
trip with the handcars and it wa'
only after fiye heaaree4ofH hard wUrf
sifat they reached Hedges Park al
] a. m.
Capt. Jensen and his men bunket
for tine rest of the night in the de,
pot at Hodges Park and when morn.
ing came they delivered the provis
ions to the village authorities.
The refugees at Hodges Parl
from the surrounding communit,
now covered with water, numbei
more than 100 mon, women ant
children, mostly negroes The ma
jority of them are housed in bo,
cars. The food was running low
and that brought by the expedition
will keep them for sometime.
Lieut.. Styles. OF the Fifth regi
ment, in charge of the refugee CAM
for the state at Sandusky was a
Hodges Park and met the relic
parry. He took back his portion o
the supplies to be dealt out at th'
former place.
Thursday morning the life saver
made the return trip to Beecl
Ridge with the hand car outfits t,
bring up a second quantity of tn
rations. This time they made tn
trip to Hodges Park and back in tn
boats.
They returned to the tug Salvis
at p. m. and arrived at Cairo sew
eral hours later.
The men under Capt, Jensen ar
probably shade different from
most of the governments guardian
of the, seashores. They are a.
young fellows, college students a
Northwestern University, Evanston
Their ambition for higher educa
tion has led them to accept position
in the life saving service as mean
of earning funds to defray expense
through school.
The Evanston life saving station
on Lake Michigan, occupies
stretch of land part of the NORTH
western University campus. Th
station was originally made up {
volunteers from the university, bu
later the government brought til
place under its supervision. How
ever, for almos half centur,
students from the school have mac
up the crews,
The duties as life savers in 4
way interferes with the scho'
studies. The collegian life savel
so arrange their watches and otht
riutine work at the station that the
can be present at their classe
During their spare hours in the ds
as government employees they pu
sue whatever preparation they mu
have to meet the college requir
ments. Seldom any conflicts occl
unless the occasion is entirely out
the ordinary, and in such event tn,
are excused from class They a
given every opportunity to alta
what they desire in the way of
college education.
The men of Capt Jensen's ere
are c. C. Highlander, James =
Whelan. C. B. Hale. Ralph Loch
Lewis johnson and James Deto, al
every year at school is represent
among them Freshman to Senis
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