The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-09-29

VI ttott oeNu tuf NiT bfanue from
Albuquerque TO the Elephant Butte
dam on = home mad raft. These
were not adventurous boys, but In
trcpid girls. These are Miss Dorothy
M~scAluster. now teaching In the
school ri Patarito and Miss rem
Psrteh. now a music student In Chi
cage. or course the chief In charge
OF thee expedition was a man. Mr.. =. j..
Partch. And after many delays and
exciting mishaps. such M wadine for
twenty miles In the shallow Rio and
dragging the boat. christened Maud.
the suffragette' after them. the crew
steered their frail craft into the wa
tiers Of the dam at Elephant Butte.
Appended IN the, story of the trip
written by Miss Dorothy AacAil'sier,
the mate of b vessel. who kept
the leg.
Log OF Maud. the s~uffragettc.
August . 90 10, isfz-
fridey. Angst 3-The GOOD ship.
Suffrageste. was launched at the sun
lii hour OF 1854 n. m.. according TO
the time of the bostswain and the
crew. The captain in order to add
dignity to the office. landed q don
official toys. The boatswain and crew
then proceeded 20 take n picture of
the S~uffragette with all hands on
deck (minus the boatswain and crew.
and when all the provisions were
slowed away. the bosun and crew
took the oars and the suffragette
started Haily on her way, and all went
merry as u marriage bell until there
was a soft crunching u and the
s~uffragette was baked in her mad
career. TO the great modification OF
all hands. Tn S~uffragette. whom all
thought 10 be above reproach and who
was supposed TO advocate water eN-
clusively. was stuck IN a bar With
a great deal Of persuasion and gentle
force. she was removed to a safe
| course. hut what was the horror OF all
hands to find u vas a habit Of the
poor woman IL WAS necessary Tor
them to keep a strict watch during
the day to keep her from such indul-
gence. when she was at her worst
u became necessary for the captain.
as first In command to d~issnibark,
don his bathing SUIT. the bosLn and
crew ard lastly the mate following
suit and In his manner despite the
many temptations that beset her way
the old lads was safely moored In
| dock at u distance OF about two miles
from the wagon bridge of the Indian
settlement OF ISieta. All hands land
ed, and the captain built "a fire. the
bosun aud crew made coffee and the
mate let seven red ants sting him
In seven different places. without
further ceremony all hands turned in
aud and the sosun and crew went
TO sleep at once. but the captain and
mate had to change the location OF
their hunks twice on o OF the
terrific attacks OF red ants. Finally
swinging :heir hammock between two
trees. the mate found repose, the cap
tain Fazed at the fun moon and wrote
poetry and swatted mosquitoes We
had one midnight visitor. a frisky
equine. who sported under the moon
and whom the captain and mate
dubbed Sonora on general princi-
pies. one remarkable thing was no.
ticed which should not he passed over.
and that was. despite the bombasiic
principles OF h S~uffragette. she was
ruled throughout ny Billy. a male"
Saturday. August 4 Suffragette
pulled away from shore at $50 q. M.
The captains right hand was lost
when her honey and ALMOND cream
fell In the water, Her only consola-
ton was that she could replace II
at Belen. The day was bright and
s~unshinS. on the port bank were
green trees and bushes. dense
growth. on the stavboard bank burned
cliffs, covered with sand and stunt
ed PUSHES. Dead ahead there were
I ka.la n.1 aaNWaAN ula mn Nj
have been told such q thing exists
IL In impossible TO speak from persona
experience. However we would give
oath TO the presence Of the shoals
l Al noon the bosun aud crew landed t.
: get water and bread, and returned
with water and biscuits. Tne biscuits
) had their vices and their virtues, hui
I they were finally all eaten. win
= 'Belen OF die" as our motto, the Suf'
fragette plugged on during the after
noon, beginning TO understs nd 4
4 measure the ~Vagaries of the Ri'
Grande. The captains knee were OF
the bum from "A severe case uf sun
p burn. hut he bore IL ike a true cap
= tain. Abot 6.45 la the afternoon
strong wind arose aud the captaiI
and hosun and crew Jumped to IN
Sail. hul tne VINO Only ldntfu TO
% half an hour. 80 the sail cam
down shortly afterward the Belel
bridge was sighted and camp wa
made hall a mile below All hand
dressed In -presentable clothes a q
walked two miles to Belen. Necessar
provisions and "skseter bar" wer
purchased 81 Becker's store and al
hands went to the Harvey aus an,
had the ambrosia and Eectar Of IA
gods that the Greeks used to tai
about hut which was generally con
sidered to he -Ntnc We reached IN
camp al 1915.
SUNDAY. August Al hands wer
lOgy ana riddled with mosquitoes 3
the morning. 80 We kept To IN
hammocks until noon. All felt IN
horrors Of sun aud wind bern AZ hi
time. We pulled away with relic
from El campo Miserable. Thef
were M mishaps, or other haps froI
here 70 our camp. which was IN
good clear place with n oonveniei
cornfield at a five minute walk froI
the camp site. tp TO this time M
captain had been somewhat under m