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The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1918-10-03
Death of Thomas H. McNair

Friends and neighbors of Mr..
rhos. II. McNair were greatly
shocked on Tuesday afternoon to
learn that he had passed ava.
suddenly from an attack of heart
trouble while at work at the ship
yard AT Dockton. The sympathy
of the comm mty is extended to
Mrs. McNair in this her hour of
bereavement. The funeral VII be
held today Thursday at | 30 p.
N.
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1918-10-03
BUR TON

Mrs. Elliott, at one time a resi-
dent of Burton, is visiting with her
sister, Mrs. +. C. Sehaefer,
Mrs. Ellen Crawford spent sew
eral days the fore part of the week
visiting relatives and friends in
Tacoma.
James l.. Robinson, formerly of
Burton, now resident of Hart
ford, was in Burton on Wednes-
day of this week.
Henry Godfrey is taking his an
mal vacation, and, accompanied
by f. c. Schaefer, has gone on
hunting trip to Green River.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. }. Marsh re
turned ON Sunday evening from II
short vacation trip by auto to
Snohomish, whore they visited
friends.
Mr., and Mrs. Fred Taylor, ac-
companied by Mrs. A. Hunt, drove
over to Puyallup on Wednesday
10 attend the Western Washing
ton Fair.
The NJ, Il. Ladies Aid planned
to hold tie first meeting Of the
conference year IN Thursday of
this week, but have postponed the
date indefinitely,
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1918-10-03
c E

Jcns .Jorgensen was a visitor in
Seattle last week.
a. f. Sundberg has purchased
an auto to carry him to and from
the Doekton shipyards.
Miss Flora Sigrist and Messrs.
Frank Elden and Cephas Ram
quist We're guests at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Dunn last Sunday
afternoon.
Cephas Ramquist has resigned
his position with the Virginia Ill
and will enjoy a visit with the
home folks until called to the ma
val training camp.
Anton and Hans Hanson have
sold their farm to the Edwards
brothers and have bought Mr..
Sundberg's place on the beach
where they will make their home.
Who says there are no Farm
ettes at Cove9 Last Saturday the
Misses Gladwin and Peterson, as
sisted by Miss Sundstrum of Sc
attic, undertook the job of har-
vesting Mr.. Cherry's crop of rad
fishes. We did not learn how many
they uprooted.
Cephas Ramquist entertained a
number of his friends last Mon
day evening prior to his departure
for the naval training camp at the
university. All enjoyed them
selves playing games, after which
ice cream and cake were served.
Those present were the Misses 81
grist, Olson, Gladwin. Peterson
Schofield, and Dunn Messrs. Jens
Jorgenson, Paul Thorsen, and the
host.
Back Your Own With the Bond
/ Yo1 Own.
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1918-10-03
September Weather

Number of clear days, /.
Number of cloudy days, 5.
Partly cloudy, IA.
Highest temperature on the 3D.,
So degrees; ON the 5th, 81 degrees.
Lowest temperature on the 22d,
5s degrees; on the 18th, Il de-
grees.
During twelve days the temper
ature was so and above.
Amount of precipitation, .2S in.
September, 1917, LAO in, which
was about 20 per cent below nor
NAL. l.. A. w.
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1918-10-03
GERMAN GRAVES
GRIM ANSWER

Now, across the graves of mil
lion of his young men, the Kaiser Is
beginning to see the sun set on the
smallest of his ambitions. "Foch will
never cross the Rhine" is now tn,
German watchword. German cities,
shrieking beneath the visitation of
allied and American airplane bombers
cry out: mo more of this barbarity."
Such cries are echoed in the ghostly
laughs of thousands of Gotha and
Zeppelin victims in London and Paris
The Rhine will be crossed, and
Cologne and Berlin will vince be
meath the shells of Allied guns.
Five million men in France" cries
America. Remember Belgium and
end the war in 1919"
To America and her five million
fighting men in France will come the
greater glory of the world war. But
that end will not be achieved with.
out the sacrifice of thousands OF
those men. nor without the most
earnest and united support OF those
of us at home. Where we have given
valiant efforts to war work here
tofore, we must thrust our sholders
desperately against the wheel OF war
preparations from now on. To no
one person or class Is 1t given to do
a greater share In this war than any
other person or class. Each must
Gp his ufmnsf
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1918-10-03
Cemetery Association

The annual meeting of the Va
shon Cemetery Association will be
held in |. o. F. hall at Center on
Monday evening, Oct. 8, 1918, at
800 o clock.
All lot owners are members Of
this Association and are entitled
to vote.
As this is the night to elect Off
GERS for the ensuing year, every
member should be present.
w. ID. Garvin,
Secretary.
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1918-10-03
CAMULos CLUB

The Camulos Club met with
Mrs. Geo. Sisco last Friday and
enjoyed very pleasant afternoon.
Plans were made at this time for
work during the winter months.
The next meeting will be held at
The home of Mrs. Francis Sherman
on Friday, Oct. 1lth.
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1918-10-03
NOTICE

Owing to the small amount of
apples available, the cannery will
discontinue use of the truck, but
will pay $500 per ton for apples
at the cannery.
National Canning Co.
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1918-10-03
"REMINISCENCES.

81 understand you were something
of baseball player On your youth, "
remarked the patronizing stranger.
"Yes," replied Grandpa Mint
ticker. q used to could knock a
baseball so far that it 'ud be harder
to find than one o them golf balls
you've been wallopin' into the tall
grass"
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1918-10-03

Hall Business College, Leary
Building, Seattle, announces that
it doubled its space after being
opened one month. An expert ac-
countant was added to the faculty.
Still more equipment and space
will be added soon.
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1918-10-03

Ske-Women have much more en-
durance than men.
He-0f course, they have. Do YOU
suppose any man would 90 around
in a temperature of 80 degrees
wearing a sweater to match the sum-
mer furs?
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1918-10-03

Nels Petersen of Seattle was
visitor ON the Island Tuesday, anu
while here called to see his two
children. Helen and Clarence.
who are making their home with
Mrs. C. Petersen at Center.
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1918-10-03
DoCKToN

Mrs. j. Swanson is enjoying a
visit from her sister of Puyallup.
Mrs. A. Heinhaus has had her
mother as her guest for the past
month.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Pankratz of
Burton visited in Dockton last
Sunday.
Messrs. Turnbull, Stuckey and
Riehm were in Seattle on business
Monday.
Corp. Lawrence Riehm of Camp
Lewis visited with the home folks
between boats on Saturday even
ing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Turnbull enter
tanned Mr.. Lawrence Tonges OF
Camp Lewis at their home Sun
day.
Mr.. Clark of Camp Lewis came
over Saturday evening and visited
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Harrison.
A. j. Stuckey has had the boats
Corona, y Amazon" and a. w.
Sterrett" on his ways during the
past week.
Mrs. j. A. Jensen and daughter
Mary of Portland, Ore, visited
over the week end at the Claude
Petersen home.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Cosulich have
moved back to Tacoma where Mr..
Cosulich has employment at the
Seaborn shipyards.
We are not alarmed because
winter and dark nights are com
ing on for our streets are now IL
Illuminated by electricity.
Mr.. j. Silich. who has been in the
Tacoma General Hospital for
about a week, suffering from par
alysis, died last Saturday and was
buried on Monday.
Everyone is urged to save prune,
peach and cherry pits and send to
the school house, where they are
being collected. Before sending
them be sure they are perfectly
clean and dry. These are to be
used in making gas masks for oui
boys "over there y
Miss Helen Riehm left on Sunday
afternoon for Seattle, after a
month S vacation, to enter her
senior year in the journalism
course at the State University.
Miss Riebm will be the editor Of
the university publication, ''The
Tyee, this school year.
The Sunshine Girls Club, y
:haperoned by their leader, Miss
ocdu ulhptiii, dcceptcu an INV it"
ton from the Y. NJ. c. A. to be
their guests at Camp Lewis last
Sunday. The girls collected all
the jelly and goodies" they could
carry and took them to the hos
pital for the sick boys.
A large amount of clothing OF
all kinds was collected for the
Belgian and French Relief in
Dockton and Manzanita and sent
away last week. A call is now
being made for all linen that can
be secured for the hospitals at the
front, and this collection should
be left at Turnbull's store.
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1918-10-03
DISPENSING WITH CEREMONY.

"You didn't refer to this as a
strategic retreat"
mo" replied General Dumkopf;
we were going so fast we didn't.
aaye time 10 say Strategic .
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1918-10-03

A special meeting of the Coun-
ell of Defense was called last Fri
day evening for the purpose of
settling IA few difficulties that had
come up since the last meeting
Mr.. Gates was present and took
charge of the meeting. At his sug-
gestion and by majority vote ii
was decided to hold another meet
ing at the shipyard on Thursday
evening, Oct. 3, to complete the or
ganization and TO settle all misun-
derstandings. A large number of
shipyard employees from the other
side of Vashon Island and Burton
were present at the last meeting.
but were unable to find out the re
son for their presence. 1t was
noted that the party who announc-
ed the meeting and made threat
to the workmen at the yards,
made himself scarce when some of
those present asked for an expla-
nation as to why they were there.
What was the ideaY
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1918-10-03

"a sailor in time of war simply
amt fall asleep at his post"
"Why not?"
Because a man-of-war must keep
wake while on the water"
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1918-10-03

Expert saw-fiiing and tim
smiihing. Rendall's shop, Port
age.
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1918-10-03

Bonds buy bayonets.
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1918-10-03

Neolin soles at Rendall's repair
shop, Portage. Black l55.
The Pascagoula chronicle. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1905-1920, 1918-11-23
Foruettina How to Think.

A college professor made the remark
to one of his classes in the Ohio State
university that he noticed marked
deterioration in the mental capacity Of
young people OF college-student age
since he first began ts come In contact
with them some % years ago. He said
they seem unable to concentrate their
minds as they used to. What they seem
to learn now he said, they acquire par
rotlike. In-short, they do not think.
We asked htgh-school teacher Of
long oJd successful exppeirlence If this
Is trhe She said it undoubtedly IS.
Both she aud the college professor at
Tribute the unpromising status of boys
md girls to TOO much scattering Of in
terest. There are too many different
things for them to do. their attention
is constantly being diverted from one
thing to another and the result is that
they cannot fix their minds on anything
and consequently do nothing well.
Not only do they have wide diver
sity of amusements, but the school cur
riculum itself is given over in large
measure to a very wide variety Of So
called studies which by the farthest
stretch of the imagination cannot be
considered vital or fundamental.
A return to simpler courses in school
AMI to simpler living outside is needed,
in the view of our college professor and
our high-school teacher.-Cheyenne
Tribune.
The Pascagoula chronicle. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1905-1920, 1918-11-23

the entire community is extended to
the bereaved ones.
The annual Thanksgiving union
service will be held this year on Thurs
day, 2Sth at 1880 o'clock in the
Methodist church. The sermon will
be preached by Dr.. Watt and everyone
is not only invited but urged to at
tend.
On Thanksgiving ate uuon the pub
lie is invited to attend a Victory Sing
at the American Theatre. The sJiiov-
ing program viii be rendered and
ayefy 8ae who odn sing is invited to
lend his voice "Old Hundred 3"
over There" America" "Pack Up
Your Troubles" keep the Home
Fires Burning" "The Marsellaise."
Its Long Way to Berlin" Tramp
Tramp, Tramp" THE Star Spangled
Banner God Save Our Splendid
Men" Battle Hymn of the Republic"
when Johnny Comes Marching
Home"
A public meeting of the Moss Point
Chapter of the American Red Cross
has ben called for the election of
officers at the Red Cross rooms at
three o'clock Wednesday, the 9th
All members are urged to be present.
The Pascagoula chronicle. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1905-1920, 1918-11-23
ORIGIN OF NAMES OF HORSES
er; Maud s. for Daughter Of Owner;
Cresceus for Hippodrome Driver.

Every race horse is required to have
/ q name, and when champion appears
many an inquiry is made in regard to
the new performer and especially his
name. Starting with Flora Temple,
the first 2 20 performer, says writer,
the records show that she won her first
race under the stable name Of Flora,
but no one has ever explained why
Temple was added later.
George Alley named Dexter for his
friend Dexter Bradford. The name Of
this horse was known to more people
than any one that ever lived. Many a
man who is now gray-headed can re-
call when as lad his hobby horse
was called Dexter, while the sled
which he was given at Christmas had
Dexter's name or picture Of him
stamped on it. Also at the present
time nearly every printing office in the
country has in stock few electros Of
Dexter to insert in advertisements.
The original was print with Murphy
in the saddle, the rider being removed
Dexter print was also used by manu-
facturers of weather-vanes for barns
and race track buildings all over the
country.
Goldsmith Maid trotted her first
races in 1866 as the Goldsmith Mare.
She was then owned by Alden Gold
smith. When he started out in 1867
he changed the word "Mare" to
"Maid." r. B. Conklin, the breeder Of
Rarus, declared that the colt would
be champion, so he selected the Lat
in word "rarus," meaning "rare," to
designate him from the common herd.
He made good. In 1875 st. Julien was
named for brand Of wine. Sargent,
who was training the gelding, asked
for a name to be used in entering
him at Poughkeepsie. On the same day
an agent from a wine house left sam
pie bottle on Mr.. Galway's desk in his
New York store. He noticed the name
st. Julien on the label and told Sargent
to pass it along to the horse, which
General Grant saw reduce the worlds
record at Oakland, Ci5sin 1879, Wien
returning from his trip around the
world.
Maud S. was named after Maud
Stone, the daughter of her Cincinnati
owner. Sunol carried the name of q
town in California, while Nancy Hanks
was given the name of Lincoln's moth
er. Alix was named for the princess
who married the recently deposed
car of Russia. The Abbott brought
in new line Of names with "the" at
tached, the Village Farm producing a
number Of them.
Cresceus was nisned after q cele-
brated driver in the Roman hippo
drome. Lou Dillon combines the
names of her dam and sire, and Uhlan
carries name affixed to light cavalry
of Tartar origin and which was first
introduced into European armies in
Poland.
The Pascagoula chronicle. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1905-1920, 1918-11-23
Japan's Unique Population.

There has never before been a ma
ton at once so numerous and so homo
geneous as the Japanese, says writer
IN Scribner's. Their population is es-
timated at somewhere between 60,OOO,-
600 and 75000,O00. Their territory,
hardly so extensive as was controlled
by our Revolutionary colonies, con-
tains from half to three-qu9rters as
many people as inhabit the whole
United States. This population, too,
is remarkably uniform. Those who
know Japan best agree that, if we ex-
cept the negligible aborigihes of some
northern provinces, you can hardly
find among the japanese any differ.
ence much more pronounced than
these which might distinguish New
Hampshire from Connecticut. Compare
this with our own country, or with
the widely various races and languages
CT China or Of India, or with England,
Scotland and Wales, and you will see
that the patriotism Of Japan has to
sanction its intensity a population
that is unique in human record.
The Pascagoula chronicle. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1905-1920, 1918-11-23
PEI
SCIATlC !
Give way before o.
tratine effects Of
Liniment +

So do those rheumatic y
the loin-aches of lumoaes.
Inflammation Of neuritis, ~
the joint wrench, the ~
the muscle strain, ana "
bruise. Il
The ease Of applying
Of relief, the positive fesu
illness, and the econon
Liniment make it univef
The Pascagoula chronicle. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1905-1920, 1918-11-23
CRADLE SONGS ARE ANCIENT
Many Very Old and Were Handed
Down From Mouth to Mouth TOR
GeNerations.

Almost all popular cradle songs are
very old, some of them so old that'
were they not familiar, they might be
considered the veriest curiositles OF lit
erature. Through all the changes OF
language they have held their own
upon the lips and In the hearts OF the
| people, observes q writer In Kan
sas City Journal.
From mouth to mouth they have
come down through the years with an
Irresistible swing Of rhythm and pat
ter and Jingle of words till they seem
to have been rather natural growth
than human invention.
In all the melodies there Is a certain
likeness Of rhythm with q national,
might say temperamental, difference
Of movement and Of meter from the
slow assured major Of the German to
the wild plaintive minor of the Scotch,
characterized by the short accented
notes of the weirdness of the Hunga-
rian with its sudden changes.
That these old songs should have
embodied and retained the characteris-
lies of the people among whom they
originated gives them an importance
which their crude words and the ele'
mentary character of their melodies
scarcely seem to warrant. The words
often seem mere meaningless tumble,
the melody is always within the easy
compass of home voices. No doubt
both express, in some supernally wise
way, the one unalterable sentiment OF
maternal love.
1t may be that even the words OF
these baby songs had originally some
Significance they have since lost. The
mother little thinks that bye Baby
Bunting" was once tale full Of verify.
To her the rabbit skin is indeed a
"fairy tale" for she much prefers
dainty musllns and silks and laces.
While, though, papa" may be a
mighty hunter, it is we'll known that
the game he bags is dollars. But In
that time, antedating civilization, when
this song was first sung, the rabbit
skin was an important part Of the
baby's wardrobe.
1t was then that it became crystal
lized In song so that muslins and laces
have never been able to superSede it,
and it has become one of those incan-
tatlons that set baby off on journeys
Of his own through dreamland. 1t Is
but one Of his many Illusions.
The Pascagoula chronicle. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1905-1920, 1918-11-23
Develop a New Metal.

A metal suitable for the very finest
forms Is cutlery has been developed
from combining iron, chromium and
cobalt, according to an announcement
made by Prof. w. L. Goodwin OF
Queens university, Kingston, Ontario.
Consul f. S. S. Johnson, who is AT
Kingston, reports that the new metal
is easy to WORK and is shortly to be
put ON the market in commercial guam.
titias.
Professor Goodwin Is chairman OF
the Canadian section Of tie Society OF
Oh eSilcal IT. iustry, which organization
ia conjunction with Canadian chemists
and chemical engineers, Is working to.
ward getting higher degree CT extrac'
ticn II useful substances from ores and
a11!rg lew Uses for waste products
'-" 'io1 chemists were responsible
every of the new metal
iarly Canadian product
The Pascagoula chronicle. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1905-1920, 1918-11-23
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y. RED CROSS. 90
''..s.ss..sSsss<'..sSsss' .s<'s'.s-.t..s-'.'s.as.
MRS. r. A. BOWERS
Publicity Chairman

Do not forget the Thanksgiving sale
at the chapter house Wednesday from
10 a. N. to 3 p. m. On the same date
Nov. 27, our annual election of officers
Duty of every member to be there
Business of importance.
Extra labels for cartons will be here
after Nov. 20. Time extended through
the 30th for sending Xmas cartons.
There was a large and enthusiastic
attendance Canten Committee of the
A. R. G.. at the C, H. Monday afternoon,
Mrs. }. w. Frellsen presided. The
canteen is to be congratulated in hav-
ing such an efficient presiding officer.
Mrs. r. A. Bowers was elected first
lieutenant and Mrs. T. G . Hibbler
second lieutenant.
Mrs G. B. Nelson secretary Of the
Gulf Division of the A. r. G. was a
visitor to Pascagoula Tuesday after
noon. Mrs. MS mission here was to
arrange with the local chapters of
Jackson county for consolidation of
the chapters under one chapter head.
Representatives of the Moss Point,
and Ocean Springs chap
tiers met at the Pascagoula chapter
house and were informed by MrsN.
how to proceed to conform with the
general orders issued from head
quarters of the Gulf Division that in
the future there would be only one
chapter in each county in the state,
the other organizations to be called
branches of the chapter
The Pascagoula chronicle. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1905-1920, 1918-11-23
SEA SERVICE ON
AMERICAN SHIPS.

Pascagoula is particularly favored
as to location and natural advantages
for international maritime commerce.
With excellent shipping facilities,
ample warehouse accommodations and
substantial docks, our port should
soon be in position to claim a share
CT ocean trade.
Providing officers and seamen for
our merchant vessels is one of the
most important problems before the
United States Shipping Board, which
has established q recruiting service
at New Orleans. The Chronicle, be-
lieveing that the sea opens a wide
field for pleasant and profitable en-
ployment, takes pleasure in publish
ing the following letter from Captain
Ernest E. Is. Drake Agent Sea Service
Bureau:
"Mr. Martin Turnbull, Office of In
migrant Inspector, U. s. Department
of Labor, Pascagoula, Miss:
Thank you very much indeed for
your inquiry of November 9Th, and
will be very glad to avail ourselves of
your well known publicity methods.
Enclosed find copies of form letter
and enclosures used by us, giving full
particulars regarding the course offer
ed by the United States Shipping
Board.
After students have received train
ing from the Shipping Board, if they
so desire, we take their applications
for positions and place them on board |
ship through the Sea Service Bureau"
Thanking you again, we beg to re-
main,