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more snow on the ground and the new
ice inside the foes was much thicker
The work of discharging the ship was
commenced at once n rushed TO
completion. The supplies and equip
ment we sledged across ice and sea
and deposited on shore. A house ana
workshop were built of board, covered
with sails and fitted with stoves, and
the ship was snug for winter in shoal
water, where she touched bottom at
low tide. The settlement on the stormy
shores of the Arctic Ocean was chris
tened Hubbardville." The climax OF
this trip concerns the Roosevelt only
in the fact that she made 1t possible.
How the Peary party started out for
Cape Columbia and from there went
in five attachments which were sent
back one after the other, the fourth
leaving Admiral Peary near the SSth
parallel, and how from here with one
member Of his crew and four Eskimos
he made the final dash for $50 miles
in s days is virtually another story.
BY taking the Roosevelt to Cape Sher-
idan one gives an account of the great
est experience in the life of the ship.
AS Sne IOuSnL ner way SoulH ain
reached Indian Harbor on September
s, from whence the thrilling message,
Stars and Stripes Nailed to the Pole"
was SEM vibrating to the anxious
world, the proudest moment of her
life may be said to have been reached.
And who will believe that the throb-
bling timbers which had fought and
worked with all the tremendous power
they possessed did not possess also
the power to feel proud?
After hearing the story of her
achievement, which in it's entirety
composes one of the greatest of the
worlds thrilling tales, the thought
cannot help coming to mind hat it
would be fitting to ave her as one of
this %country's historic relics. Other
famous Arctic ships, the Norwegian
Fran" the Italian Stella Polaris,"
the British Discovery" have been
taken over by their respective govern
ments with a view to permanent pres
ervation as in the case Of the "Vie-
tory" Nelson's ship.
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north on her first expedition imme-
diately. She reached the highest point
IN the Arctic region on this trip, but
was badly mauled by ice. Returning
in 1906 for extensive repairs, she was
again ready for a northern venture in
1908. On July 9, after being reviewed
and given g%odspeed by Colonel Roose-
welt at oyster Bay, at which time
Quentin Roosevelt picked a four-leafed
clover for me, she set out, proceeding
northward to Kane Basin through
Robson Channel and establishing
winter quarters at Cape Sheridan. In
February of the following year 1 left
for Cape Columbia and the Pole was
reached in April of 1909.
THE Roosevelt returned to the
United States in October, 1909. She
was sold later to John Arbuckle, of
Brooklyn and used as a powerful sea-
going wrecking tug. In this work h
salvaged a number of ships off the
coast from New England to the
Florida Keys. After the death of Mr..
Arbuckle she remained idle for a few
ears; then she attracted the attention
of Colonel Lester e. Jones, superin-
teHueHt Oh the CodSL anu GeouSlAC
Survey, and at that time assistant Fish
Commissioner. She was purchased by
the Department of Commerce to be
used by the Bureau OF Fisheries, and
changed into an oil burner. She made
some Investigations in the neighbor-
hood of the Gulf Stream and later
through the Panama Canal
e. Seattle. During her stay in that
city~ehe Roosevelt was given the post
of honor in leading the naval pageant
on the occasion of the opening of the
Lake Washington Canal. Since that
time, working from Seattle as a base,
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and iron. Admiral Peary compares
this feature of her construction to the
cestus of the ancient gladiator. 1t
was planned to be her mailed fist with
which she would meet the enemy ice.
In a chapter of one of Admiral
Peary's books on his polar exploits he
sums up the predominant idea back
Of her construction. He says: "The
whole plan and theory of the ship
was first, that her strength, her power,
her weight, her carrying capacity
should all be below the main deck,
and that everything above deck
houses, bulwarks, spars, sails, rigging,
boats, equipment-should be as light
as possible, to permit more coal In the
hold; and the second. that not a dol
lar wal to be wasted on fittings or
frills, everything to be for strength,
power and effectiveness"
Mrs. Peary christened this sturdy
vessel which was to assist her husband
in carrying out his p~erilous undertake
ing and bring to him the honor Of the
world. SCATTERING a block of ice on
tanning a bottle Of champagne against
the steel-clad stem she named it after
Admiral Peary's friend, Colonel Roose-
welt.
"Only Name To Give Her"
When / asked Admiral Peary why
he had chosen to name her thus, he
replied 'It was the only name to give
her. She was the greatest ice fighter
afioat, he was the greatest fighter in
other directions This remark was
accompanied with a whimsical smile.
He continued Colonel Roosevelt be-
lieved in my enterprise; it was through
him hat 1 obtained the necessary
leave of absence to see the project
through.n
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chestnut blight. This is a bark dis
ease which was brought to this coun-
try from the Orient on Japanese>ch chest.
nut nursery stock. 1t was first found
on Western Long Island in 1904 and
two years later 1t had reached south
ward to Philadelphia. In ten years 1t
spread over half of the chestnut area
of the United States and at the present
time 1t has practically exterminated
the chestnut trees within a loo mile
radius of New York, and is rapidly
accomplishing the complete ruin of
magnificent chestnut forests of the
South. The loss caused by this single
imported pest Is many million dollars
and It's ultimate end will be the extinc-
ton of one OF the most useful and most
profitable American forest trees. Only
recently 1t was found that a similar
disease attacking the poplars had been
imported from the nurseries of France
and had spread over a wide area of
the United States.
A Few Undesirable Visitors
Some other pests introduced from
abroad are the Oriental peach moth.
the Japanese beetle. the European ear
wig. the Leopard moth the alfalfa
weevil. the European eelworm. and the
European corn borer. The latter Is a
pest which apparently was brought to
the United States In a cargo OF hemp
unloaded at a rope factory near Bos-
ton Massachusetts,. 1t is exceedingly
destructive to corn. feeding by boring
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current was swinging past the cape
set the Roosevelt vibrating Xix a vlo'
lin string for a minute or SO pelore
she rose to the pressure.
From this we pushed out and be-
gan the attempt to cross to the west
side, through ice almost continuously
up to our plank sheer and frequently
of such height that the boats swinging
from the deck house davits had to
be swung inboard to clear the PIN
nacles. The delay and inaction of the
past five days had become unendur-
able.
1.-THE Roosevelt fought like a gladi-
ator, turning, twisting, straining with
| all her force, smashing her full weight
against the heavy foes whenever she
could get room for a rush, and rearing
upon them like a steeplechaser taking
a fence. All, the thrill and tension Of
it, the lust of battle, which crowded
days of ordinary life into one.
1.-THE forward rush, the gathering
speed and momentum, the crash, the
upward heave, the grating snarl of
the Ice as the steel-shod stem split it
as a mason's hammer splits granite,
OF lTOu 1t uhuSiI VI SSAI AZ ilSHI oAu
left in whirling fragments, followed
by the violent roll, the backward re-
bound, and then the gathering for
another rush, were glorious"
On this trip, the discoverer of the
North Pole reached the highest point
north, 8706'. The Roosevelt bore his
expeditionary party as far as Cape
Sheridan. Here, frozen in by blue
white ice, she experienced her first
Arctic winter.
The Pole
The story of the last trip began in
1908 and resulting in the successful
trip to the Pole in April, 1909, re-
bounds with details of running
through heavy ice until the open wa
ter beyond Cape Sheridan was
reached. where winter quarters were
established a little north of the posi-
ton taken three years prior.
1.-THE season was further advanced
than in 1906" writes Admiral Peary,
In %recounting the story of how he
reached the North Pole, there was
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the Roosevelt has carried on the du-
ties assigned her In connection with
her government work"
Obviously, the polar exploit of the
Roosevelt stands out permanently as
the great event of her career. Interest
c~enters on this experience. In fact,
1t was for this that she was specially
built; the details of her building,
therefore, are worthy of note.
Designed For Arctic Waters
In form and construction she was
designed to overcome severe conditions
of service. The model selected was
intended to meet the requirements Of
lifting under pressure, of being short
enough to handle easily and of being
able to ram a passage through ice
barriers effectively and continuously.
Her length was fixed at 1874 feet
over all. She was built to be q pow
erful steamer with only moderate sail
power; her engines were capable of
developing me thousand horse power;
her sail plan Is a light, American,
three-masted schooner rig with suffi-
cient surface to aid the engines in a
favoring wind and enable the ship to
make her way home should her coal
be exhausted.
The Roosevelt was built solely of
American timbers. Men secured the
forests of the great northwest and the
south to obtain her beams and masts.
Wood was chosen rather than steel
for its essential powers Of elasticity,
toughness and resiliency which are
necessary for battling with the ragged
solid fragment and foes of Arctic ice.
Her bow which virtually constituted
a battering ram when she got into
action was filled in solid with timbers
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AS she bore the Colonel's well-known
name, she bore also his better known
nickname. We find Admiral Peary
writing of an Ice fight which the
Roosevelt experienced on her initial
trip northward and speaking of her
thrilling rhhes against the granite
like barriers in this fashion: Eat such
time everyone on deck hung with
breathless interest on our movement,
and as Bartlett "(his Captain)," and
I chung in the rigging I heard him
whisper through teeth clinched from
the purely physical tension of the
throbbing ship under us. "Give it to
'em, Teddy, give it to EN-"
And Teddy was called upon to
give 1t to 'em during the entire jour-
ney %northward after the Arctic wa
ters were reached. Indeed this driv-
ing into the ice packs and the south
ward drifts which constitute an almost
~impervious jam Is the continual func-
ton of a polar ship. Until she reached
the point where Admiral Peary and
his party were satisfied to establish
their base from which they worked
onward by foot and dog team, the
Roosevelt experienced one continual
battle with foes and bergs. Admiral
Peary compares these-forward rushes,
crashes and splitting of the ice to
steeplechasing across country. AS he
describes it-and no one else can do
Justice to it-one gets the impression
that tits vastly more thrilling.
Bucking The Ice
In his account of the RooseveIt's
1905 trip northward he gives the de-
tails of one of these battles: "Just off
the point of Sumner. a brief nip be-
tween two big foes which the swift
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The Arctic Ship Roosevelt
To Be Sold By the Govern
m%ent-Career OfThisA Arc
tic Fighter = Part She
Played In Discovering the
North Pole.
BY DORA sIMPKINs

~ EFORE a ship slides off the
~ launching ways she Is said to rest
in her cradle" When, after the
~ period spent in the service fol
which she was built, she is sold fol
other duty, she is spoken of as having
gone to her grave"
Despite its melodramatic tone. the
phrase from the cradle to the grave
is a fitting heading for this tale about
Admiral Robert e. Peary's Arctic ice
fighter. the s. s. Roosevelt. For
changes are taking place in the life OF
this vessel whose career has been as
interesting as that of any renowned
craft afioat.
Now she Is about to be disposed by
The Department of Commerce. Re-
Gently at the Bermerton Navy Yard on
Puget Sound 1t was discovered that the
alternate freezing and thawing in
northern ATTITUDES had sapped her
huge oak timbers of their tensile
strength. Repairs would be costly, so
a sale is being considered.
Admiral Peary Watched Construction
Admiral Peary sketched for me the
main events of the career of the
Roosevelt from October, 1904, when
at Bucksport, Maine, he watched the
placing of every piece of timber that
went into her construction to the time
when the government bought her for a
supply and patrol ship for the Bureau
of Fisheries of the Department of
Commerce.
1.-THE Roosevelt" began AdmirsE
Peary. was built by the-Eea+y Arctic
Club, through the efforts of Morris K.
Jesup. Begun in October, 1904, she
was launched In March. 1905, and
made her trial trip in June. starting
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-07-08

In the stalk. In its operation it works
upward, eating put a chamber from
the pith. The developing ears are also
sometimes followed u AS high as
80 per cent. Of the stalks in a corn
field may be infested. Over zoo borers
have been found in the stalks growing
in one hill of corn. Control is made
more difficult by the fact that the bor-
er feeds on a number of other plants,
Including the stalks of weeds and iow-
ers, and may live over winter in grass
roots. About the middle of May it
pupates and energies asa moth which
lays a large number OF eggs. sometimes
as many as 700. The caterpillars from
these Eggs feed upon early corn and
weeds and do considerable damage.
About the last of July these caterpil-
lars pupate and early in August an
other generation of moths appear.
These lay their eggs (this time about
5000 on corn and weeds principally
corn). and do a vast amount of dam
age. feed on the stalks and ears of
corn.
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plant diseases have come to this coun-
try or these plants from abroad. Some
of these pests have found the Land of
Freedom entirely to their liking. Some
times the climate here has been ex-
~ceptionally favorable for their rapid
development. at other times they have
found new food plants. In such cases
they have propagated rapidly because
the balance of Nature was no longer
maintained.
Loss OF Millions
Recent experience with imported
pests has made 1t apparent that the
bug Is biightier than the sword. The
uncontrolled ravages Of the late blight
and rot OF potatoes In 1915 was re-
sponsibie for the shortage in the po.
tato crop which sent prices soaring
and brought the humble spud into
prominence hitherto unknown. Pow.
derry scale and seurf are two other Pc.
tsto diseases which have bssn brought
In from abroad. More recently, the
potato wart DISEASE. established In
Pennsylvania frem European importa.
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delights OnaFewofUncle
Sans UNLIMITED Insect
Guests - heyCause Loss
es That Are Staggering
Control In Some Cases
Seems Impossible.

Copyright. 1919, The lnternationa Syndicate.
II INSECT pests are about ready to
p say OF Uncle Sam che was a good
fellow" and adjourn that $780,
u 00o.0 00 a year banquet they have
been holding. A forest or a whole
crop mean nothing In the life of these
pests and there Is a pest for every
plant according to Charles Lathrop
Pack. president of the American
Forestry Association OF Washington.
Some plants have more than a thou
sand insect and fungus diseases which
attack some portion of them. causing
death or injury. However. most of
the pests which attack our plants are
native to America and have natural
enemies which keep them in check.
"And all those heas have little fieas,
upon thcir backs to bite 'em; and
those again have lesser IDEAS. and so
I'd infnitum." Thus native insects
have q hest OF voracious enemies. In
GLIDING birds. animals and other IN
lsects. which preserve the balance Of
Nature"
4 Must sIaintain Balance OF Nature
y But Uncis Sam has maintained an
cpsD door TO piaat immigrants and,
gear after year. destructive insects and
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"Not Wanted

Among the important insects which
1t is hoped to exclude from the Ameri-
can continent are the Mediterranean
fruit fly. considered by entomologists
to take first prize as a destructive
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1919-07-11
Charlotte.

u, w. Rohinsoa u sics with /
sAght attack oi isvss,
Barn, To NJ. and Mn. Clayton
Css.lsman. July sth. q con.
The eonssacs ios the nsw bank
building has been lsl 10 = party n
Waveriy and Il II UNDERWOOD work
will hssia On same within the nest
80 days.
Mrs, Sara Steele. viii oil the late
James Steele. died =, her home Ia
the MI. Lebanon nsishbMhood,
July y. Al The aye VI 10 years. Shs
wss Z Devoted christian. having
pgolsssed religion In early child.
hood and joined ihs N L. Cnufsr'aii,
South. Shs 10 survived by four
children, Funeral services vas CON
s.aei~d nv Rev. Omar CharlsA and
her remains laid 10 rsst 10 Nj, Lsb-
anon graveyard Wednesday.
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1919-07-11
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soa Ciaizss's Ex1sriesce.

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Doa's ssii ustil baclsebe ~.
couass ehfenie;
Til kidnsy tsonhls develop;
Till urinary tsoablss assuoy
nights fsss.
Profit by = Dicksoa sitix<1s a.
ossisnes.
Mm. ssphs CrowsM. Main b.,
Dickson, says: Just rscsasly
used Deans Kidasy Pill Tor kidney
lfoabis md ihxy did me 1 world d
good. MI beeA MN svak sud my
kidnsys dids't sci night. Ny fss'
and sntiss sssllsd 70 | had 10
wsAr slippsss. I hsd psins On The
top al my had. too. | sos Doan's
Kidney Pills II the Myssl Drug Co.,
and they h~lpsd M rom tbs start.
Mr. Kidneys we're regulated. The
swslline isii my fss, and ! had no
mers baekasie.'
Price Hc II I'll dsalsss. Don',
ssmSls - ztes . !. kadasy ssmsdy-s
ret loans kidney e,lis-- thu SANS
that Mn. Cfpwsll had. fesssr- Mil
hufn Co. AfyssL. Buffalo N. Y,
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1919-07-11

Did you svsf wee 4 happy knoctss'
Do you suppose the man who Il
alwsys knocking bis home town.
his home storss. his home nsws,
paper IL very happy Just look a
The iaces Of \ Inv knockers W have
hsss Ia town--iM unfortunately W
do have them. What do voa think
about thsmY HAvsnt you ~ idsa,
II everybody and everything wsss
juss q thsy Say II this minute thsy
wan. shsm. they would decide they
wanted some other way--os u thsy
couldn't think o. any other way b
have thsm They would b actually
unhappy. knoekias II just - m
Aas.uaass . habit a ! Asus habit,
and the mAn In shs clutches d
such q habit 10 greatly 10 b. pitied,
He hurts himself even more than hs
hurts his town or biz community
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1919-07-11

Whereas by deed VI trust III re
eud Ia book No, ~ page $50 a
the Registers ct'icetr lar Dickson
County Tehur-sts q n hnesn,
varv~e~ti {" IS ! Lhaaie. ii,scsE s,,'
.. Tsu-'te Tract II psfrti N IA
r.lnati.t described Ansi The
| said ". |. Choate having died rlnce
The .aetuli u ~ ssid deed u ltu,t
and The holder ri said nei-, Thom%s
b, WALKER. has requested, auiIlotir
ed and appointed tn+ ~ the sue
| ce.tar 10 the SAID W Cho,.* IN
writing, ssid writing being recorded
10 the Register Office d, Charlotte.
Tennessee. to exsculs this ,rust.
which IL 10 secure The payment Of
a co,e ana interest set on, and
described 10 said deed III .ru~, and
whereas d. nii has br msas u.
The paymen, 81 said MI =. ~ rtp
vid.d by the tetms and n ndil'Gb.
II said deed Vt uus,. and
Whereas the n~nsr and holder II
sait mote has requested III. ~ suh.
stitu,r trustee "a advertise aui @-li
ssid property tn enforce the col.
lection of said inaehlsdne-.. nattc.
i. hereby gissn that ss substitute
Trustee uill on SATURDAY. September
&. 1919 vi Twelve o'clock. f,pnn IN
front N the south dnH Il the Lou,l.
hoa-s in Dickson. Tennessss Offer
for "a. =, public suctioa IN the
highest bidder tor cash. fire. trotp
the equity II redemption, boLs
ste III iow.r sud oil ether sxsnp-
,ioa. = irset " usrcel ~ lsns ~
DNk.pu County. Tennessee ae.csit-
I'd as iollo~s
Same hssng ia the iith Gi,s!
district of Dickson County. and
bounded 10 the roth INV S...s
IN Hudson. 90 tie sou.h by q. y
Buc kner On the wes, By Hudson
On 'he east ht Van |iasn .upnnseA
IN canssin thirty aeres rnas. TT i@ss
Transferred to q y Backa-r ny J
W B0ekner. and recorded in X q
n. e. book page.
H c. RICHARDSON
Substitute TrsF,ee.
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1919-07-11

TOR SALE--Good Did work
mule; good ,wo.yeas old psa mule
aud II bead d sheep. A q Rick
srt., Dickson.
- ~ ssRlS 1v.u. 'y.S4.sr~ q "
Clsssl.pd Roedss. who hs. been
In . Nashville hospital. IL NOW at
homs. He /. suffering intensely
from ~ ,beess Of the train. The
result of = nastoid operation per.
formed b.cs Ia November ADD hi.
condition Ia reported critical
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1919-07-11
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The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1919-07-11

Many psapls have alwsys had =
great dread u cro~ ing the ocean,
but. according 10 the following facts,
Que IL ssisr in cro~sins the Atlantic
than At Any other ume. According
To asurss carefully complied by I
statistiriaa. the most dangerous %.
cupation in the wald 10 thai Of .
iasmes, In contract to this kaas-
Atlantic steamed IL about the sai.
rel place ANA can 6nd. These static
tics shc~ that about Is psr ceas u
all Industrial accident happsn 10
iarnsFs. The year heiosp tho Great
War. more than million psssenssss
ware carried asroes The Atlantic
without 4 catastrophe. Evsa ..
mees those employed In tbs build
inc trades. the danger II only abees
one-uuarter that Il the issmes. wAils
ia mining. which il commoaly sOD-
pos<d 10 Be- dangerous, the cAaac<
d mishsp 10 even less Mcss peo-
pie ass killed BY iapios trcm cpea
winioss than 10 Guessing lAs At
lantic. 20 that the tieek 81 q uodsss
liner 10 s.ea .atss than oae's home.
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1919-07-11

In every eitv their are move
msass which call ios The expenditure
M money. some u these arr 81
distinctly public character and are
paid Tor thru tAxation, others are 81
ssmi.pablic ohArsets and ios them
sAs funds must y raissd thru
voluntary enn.rhutlgns. These
mus. cosne through Abe msn ~ho
are doing the businsas OF the place
and who have moosy, There IL Nh
other wAy. The mah who h=s .he
money is the man Who tnust pay
thu bills. IL ihey are b be paid
Mest enterprises Of 4 public mature
which have ior their ob !eot the bet.
term n, al conditions. business o.
Mhesxls-. 10 4 city. will disectly or
indirectly rrturu more than the
mou~y expended 10. ..hose who pay
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1919-07-11

All regular services will b. hsld
a. July II. IL pastor preschias q,
u :. n, and . y. u. You are
cordially invited b atsend st these
A0nss nd also d Sabbath School
- Ss$S md CAristiaa Endeayos .,
Z p =.
II = sxpsctsd hat The data and
plsce Oe ths annsal picnic siil BE-
1sscsiisa On q III neat seesion oi
u Sabbath scAool.
wsdaesday evening every week
~ msesia9 ~ seslsl worship With
lospsl saass asd kAh s1sdy nil,
- hid q 3 e,eleck.
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1919-07-11

Sunday School s;4ia. m. Morn.
ING sermon II 4. M. sermon on
The shepherd psalm,'' EVENING
service y p. m. sermon ou The
Demands al Jostice." Prayer meet.
inn svssy Wednesday = D. IN.
Ths public IL cordially invited 10
10 astsaA thsse services.
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1919-07-11

Ths annual meeting d the stock.
holders u The Union Cemetery. will
10 held In the Patriot Theatre nett
Monday July II. d which tina .
board ol trustees will b. elected.