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America. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1905-current, 1921-09-14
MORAVURI
81 VALUTA

La Paris leul nostru sc coteaza
16 centime 81 o adanca desolare
cuprinde toata fiinta nationala.
Indifferent daca pe alte piete fl
nanciare 81 mai sunt - leul sc
tine multi mai .bine, de 81 tot
leul Terri -Romanesti. Nici nu Sc
da macar Gotta lui de aiurea.
Ajunge faptul ca obiectele de
lux 81 calatoria de placere La Pa
ris s'au scumpit pentru ca maria
de ''aristocrati'' saraciti 81 de
mitocani imbogatiti de pc Calea
Victoriei 81 de la Sinaia sd fie
in culmea desperarii.
ST Sc cauta motivele pc care
ministrul de Finante sc grabeSte
a lie explica.
Fara al supara in fiecare ri,
fiecare STAR putea cauta in jurui
lui 81 intre cumostintile-i proprii
cate unul din multele motive, la
care Sc adauga 81 o fireasca spe-
cula.
Vom exporta. 1ntrebarea nu-
mai unde 81 cum. Prevad pc cine
vom hrani: pc acei carl voiau sd
ne faca muri de fOame. De pc
acum aran.jamentele s'au facut
de sigur. In locul unui export de
o stricta chibzuiala in mantle
unui Guvern onest, vom avea jo.
cul eel vechiu Gu loviturile aven-
turierilor economici pusi la ada
|post prin cuvenitele bacsisuri.
Oar, exportul nostru stand asa
|luxul national Sc cere hranit. Fa
Gem ce putem al incuraja. A
ajuns la paroxism. Turba, Desfi
|darile de la Sosea, mai ieri. erar
un spectacol de Babilon jblasta
mat. Cum voiti o valuta sana
tOasa pentru o clasa dOminantS
atat de destrabalata.
81. cu tOata scaderea leului
cine poate numai. Sc arunca spr.
Paris. Este acolo un adevara
oras romanesc. Oar pc cine Gu
lprinde9 Oamenii carl vreau S;
nveteg Sub acest pretext droj
Ida societatii noastre pentru ia
voritismul plateste pentru stu
idente de cincizeci de ami 81 pen
tru inspectorii... propriilor lo1
lpetreceri. Trintorimea romapeas
ca STA fixat sediul acolo 81 Statu
in functiune de partid 81 de-.
cocoane plateste orice diferenta
| Daca ar ajunge leul la cine
centime, s'ar gasi bani 81 atun
(cea.
Este 81 in valuta chestie d,
moravuri. N. IWga.
| (Din IN. Romanesc").
America. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1905-current, 1921-09-14

tara 81 pc masura ce dusmanul
lnainteaza, nj Sc ia picatura Gu
picatura din viata noastra, din
tara noastra.
Retragerea generala Sc i'm
punea.
Fata de aceasta situatiune, S 'au
luat urmatoarele dispozitiuni: A.
Trupele de la Jiu sd Sc retrag
luptand si Sd Sc opreasca pc po-
zitia de la>nord de Filiasi, pozitie
intarita dinainte; b. Trupele de
10 Cerna sd inceapa imediat re-
ltragerea 81 mergand ri 81 nbapte,
pc Ia sudul caei ferate SEVERN.
Filiasi, 81 ajunea in ziua de s
Novembrie Il Filiasi, la stanga
trupelor de Ia Jiu; 81 detasamen-
tuI de Dhnare Sd incespa retra-
gerea Gu dreapta, dinspre Hinova,
hi strangandu-se treptat-treptat,
|pe masura retragerii grupului
Cerna, q So indrepte spre Cara.
zeal, avand = trece si appi spara
OltDl Il Stoenesti. Retragersa,
|pentru toti, trcbuia ~ inceapa
America. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1905-current, 1921-09-14

tot sprijinul, multameste acelora
care au donat La aceasta petrecere
pop, aiscrim (inghetata) vislli;
Ilarion Basan Q bx de Pap; Pa
rintele 0 bx. de Pap; 2 funti de
Vislli; Achim Radu bx. de Pap /;
Iosif Lascu . bx. de Pop 2 funti
de vislli; Dominic Nemes 2 funti
de ViSlli, l funt de (Hem) Sala-
ma loan Dan 3 paini; loan Plrvu
Z paini; N. V. Muresan ! gala in
ghetata ! NJ. Baltes ! gala lnghe-
tata; Pavel Aldea gala inghe-
tata; Silviu Floria o bx.' de cor
nuri pentru inghetata multu-
meste celor ce au daruit obiectele
pentru lotarie 81 muzicantilor earl
find yorba de interesul Bisericii
ne-au facht anumite favoruri.
Intratele in total -. $1108C
ESlLc ........ Oi.V.
America. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1905-current, 1921-09-14

detasament rupt din putinele
trupe de la. Cerna fost indrep-
tat, din seara de 2 Novembrie,
prin Baia de Arama, INSPIRE dreap
ia dusmanului; lar un altul prin
Babeni-Noyaci, spre aripa lui
stanga. In zadar toate! Fortele
inimice erau prea multe ri prea
bine aproyizionate Gu de tot felul
de arme, lar al nostrii MI aveau
decat sufletul!
In ziua de 4 Novembrie, pc
aceeas polite de la sud de Tg.-
Jiu, lupta . tinut din zori si
|pana catre seara, cand al nostri
sfarsiti de osts neala 81 injumzta.
|titi Ia numar, au inceput retra.
gerea spre noui pozitiuni. Inimi-
Ecul Sc opreste seara pc poxitiile
&c le avusesem moi in cursul zilA
In acest moment, cele doua al:
VIII de cavalerie germans, S 81
z, formand eorpul de cavalerie
Schmetow, STUNT lasate frau liber,
in unire en- automobilele blindate.I
Ele sc. indreapta INSPIRE interiorul
Olteniei 81 fpeste tot due, prin1
a1esul lor de pstruls p1fjstul y
dureFes
Jalea se intinds incstsfncet -
America. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1905-current, 1921-09-14

fost innecate in sangele lui. La
Arsuri, atacam moi spatele 81
stanga inimicului 81 il respingem
Gu multe pierderi, pentru Ell. NJ
putem, insa, merge mai departe,
fiindca coloane multe dusmane
Sc apropie.
In zilele de 81 Octombrie 81 l
Noembrie, lupte desperate Sc dau
la nord de orayul Targu-Jiu. Ini-
micul find coplesitor, trupele
noastre ktovite Se retrag, in
seara de / Noembrie, Ia sud de
'Tg.-Jiu 81 ocups ftohtu1: Copa-
cioaJa- Daneyti- carbesti, cl 'deta-
samentel 'Novad d2sdreapta 81
Somanesti la stinea. Ele erau
nitel mai inviorate prin sosirea
primelor unitafi din diviSia u,
debarcate chisr in preajma cam
pului de batAe. Aceste ajutoare
erau, insa, nulnai cele cateva pi-
caturi de aps VI care Sc voia 81
Sc stingd un foc mare. Pc aceasta
polite trupele noastre 1nptara Gu
.f0afS docnx da&s - y; ~ vir1o As
America. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1905-current, 1921-09-14
O CREA
MoSTENIRE

Guvernul care avea sa urmeze
accluia al d-lui Averescu va avea
o sarcina deosebit de grea.
Nu numai in ce priveste aseza-
rea in administratie a unor ele-
mente capable in locul detasati-
lor 81 Improvisation de astazi, nu
numai in ce priyeste trimiterea
la inchisoare a acelora carl ali
urmat indicatiile la jaf care li-se
dadeau de sus, Gu un cinism fara
exemplu pana acum, nu numai in
ce priveste restabilirea in strai-
natate a unui credit asa de COM
promis, ci mai ales sub un rapport:
acela al intoarcerei la legalitate
In adeyar aparenta ''Ordine''
- GU haiduci 81 celelalte, de la
Severin pana la Hotin - a fost
castigata, brutal, prin suprima-
rea tuturor garantiilor constitu-
tionale, prin inscaunarea celui
mai sfidator despotism. Numai
astfel id. Averescu 81 Argetoianu
au putut sd apara ca SALVATORE
bunei rinduieli 81 existentei in
sesi Statului roman.
Oar poate oare cine va veni pc
urma, oricine va veni pc urma sd
urmeze pc aceiasi Gale: sa tie in
chisi Gu anil oameni nejudecati,
|sa faca din libertatea oricui ju-
carrie agentilor secreti 81 de-
nuntiantilor sd supuie presa tu-
turor nacafalelor oricarui redac-
tor de la foile adverse 81 oricarui
politaiu de provincie?
De sigur nu.
Oar odata Gu incetarea arbi-
trariului, libertatea nu va aparea
linistita, blanda, cum atunci
cand nimeni n a bruscat-o, ci toti
cei jigniti 81 loviti vor aduce Gu
eli pasiuni razbunatoare fata de
care n0ul Guvern sc va gasi in
tr'o situate destul de grea.
81 aceasta va da motive de cri-
tica tiranilor de All, singuri ras.
!punzatori! N. Iorga'
(Din IN. Romanesc1t).
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I. SACEANU
rAAn @AsA a


I'm urma reintoarcerii parinte
lui protopop loan Podea in Patria
veche parochia gr.-or. romano dir
Youngstown, Ohio va fl admins.
trata de catra par. Traian Da
mian preot gr.-or. rom. in Farrell
Pa. $50 Srearman Ave.
Bell Phone 18O7-W."
Farrell, Pa. la IL Sept. 1921.
Gu stima:
Rev. Traian Demian
preot gr.-or. rom.
(214-16).
America. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1905-current, 1921-09-14
RUINAREA
TARANULUI DIN
TRANSATLANTIC
Din cauza Cd a fost oprit 81 nu sc
poate face exportul de vite tara-
nimea din Transilvania este
adusa la sap4 de lemn.

Din Ardeal 81 Banat au inceput
sd Sc ridice strigate ale tarani-
mel, care trebue sd fie >auzite
odata: taranimea din Transilva-
MIA Sc afla intro complecta rui-
ma datorita relei politice econo.
mice duse de guvern.
Satele sunt intro continual
fierbere, gratie acestei situatii.
Sc site Cd prin oprirea expor-
t,llui de vite, in Transilvania am
avut acest spor: de unde in 1919
totalul vitelor sc ridica la 6,239..
1872 de capete, in 1920 ele au
SPORT pana la 6,353.2OO, adica
numai intr un an am avut un
spor de 113.8O8 capete. O Stats
tica controlata i'll mod rigur0s
pc anul 1921 inca lru avem. Fap1
este insa cd totalul vitelor q
crescut, in vreme ce exportul era
oprit.
Pretul pc plata interna sea
zut pc masura ce numarul lol
crestea, astfel ga astazi tarani
mea este nevoita sa-si vinda .,
lucru de mimic.
Daca Sc mai adaoga pentr,
| toamna anului acesta, scumpete'
fanatelor din lipsa de ploi, won
mtelege ca cuvintul ruina aplica
gospodariei taranesti, nu este
exagerare, ci exprimarea une
realitati crude.
ST iata care este realitatea:
pereche de boi, care au fost cum
;parati Gu $4,000 coroane, la Sibi
sc Wind astazi Gu 1000 lei. Dac
intrebi pc vinzator, It'll raspundt
ca este nevoit sal vinda, pentru
ca II are GU ce sal intretina.
La Aud, un vitel, care a fos
cumparat GU 5000 coroane, est
vindut impreuna Gu perecllea lui
pc 500 lei.
lar la Timisoara, dupa cum in
formeaza "Vointa Banatului'
la targul de vite, care a avut 10
in II August, nu s'au gasit cum
paratOri de cat intre macelar
care au cumparat cele mai fru
moase vite GU 2.5O-3.5O lei kill
gramul. La targul din Banat, ii
ranimea a fost mevoita sa-si due
vitele inapoi acasa, unde intreti
nerea lor, adeca pretul unui kilc
gram de fan, este egal Gu pretu
unui kilogram de carne.
Sc site Gu cata greutate in
cuviintat guvernul de curind, e1
portul vitelor. La incuviinta
lnsa numai pc hartie, caci in res
litate nu Sc poate infaptui, atat
vreme, cat lipsesc mijloacele d
transport.
Ca sa Sc infaptuiasca exportr
vitelor, guvernul trebuia sd pun
la dispozitia vinzatorilor vag0an
J anumite, ba char 81 trenuri sps
ciale. Oar asa? Gel ramane tara
nului? Sa exporteze prin porturi
Oar nu sunt porturi in tot loc,
81 pana ajunge in port, vita scad
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IN ATENTIUNEA
RoMANILoR.

Cunoscuta Farma, fost d-nei
Body, la Stop "a, Lake Shore,
Electric r. r. peste lima de tren
Nickel Plate, prima casa.
Dl Paul, proprietar, aduce La
cunostinta tuturor romanllor care
doresc a avea must de Nstrugurl
de Dover, sau doresc sa cumpere
struguri. Serviciu cinstit ca s.
pana acuma.
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ApAnr N rIEUARI q.

Pretul pentru publicatii ca: "Caut.
"De vfnzare," "Anunt de cAsAtories
ETC., costa pentru fiecare cuvfnt
CENT? de o publicatie. Sub 80 Dc cent?
nu se publica mimic.
Pentru Dari de seana, InvitArl az
botez, cununii. sau dansuri. cent? u-
uia, sau $500. / coloanA de xiAr.
Publicatiile sd fie insotite Dc 0u0a
necesarA. Credit nu are docit DociotA-
tile din Uniunea 8. r. 4.
Manuscriptels sau fotografu M Dc
inapoiaza.
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sTRUGURI

S'au must de California 81
Ohio. Pretul variaza dupa cali
tate. Adresati-va la:
I. SACEANU
5416 Detroit Ave.
s'au chemati, Guy. Lorain 723 W
Bell Hemlock 4O18
(1x6)
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l.. PAUL.

Teleccon Guy. Dover 1O7.
(1x6-24 Sept.)
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VENT curat -. $43.S3
Erie, Pa. Ia Is Sept. 1921.
I. Pintea, presedinte.
r. Hada, secretar.
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Guvernul care avea sa urmeze
accluia al d-lui Averescu va avea
o sarcina deosebit de grea.
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Oin IN. Romanesc" J.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1921-02-17
ACID WONT DIG STUMPS
One of the Freak Methods Elk
posed BY University
Chemist.

Digging stumps being anybody's
business many ways have been de-
vised for getting them out. One OF
these--an impractical way--keeps bob
bling up and lest some one be tempted
to spend some time and money on it
it's failings are herewith noted.
That method is the use of. acid to
rot the stumps out. Sounds easy, but
it does not work.
The directions call for the use OF
sulpruic and nitric acid, poured one
at time into an augur hole in the
stump.
According to the story the stump
within a year-be reduced to pulp,
roots and all.
DR.. H. X. Benson, of the chemistry
department of the University of Wash
ington, who has spent more time on
the stump proposition than probably
any other one man in the state, is au-
thority for the statement that the
stump will not rot except in the inn
mediate vicinity of the acid. He says
that with numerous applications the
stump will eventually rot, say in five
or six years. But the roots will still
be among those present as the acid
does not get down to them.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1921-02-17
SEATTLE SATURDAY PRICES

Eggs-Puget Sound select ranch, 20
to &c per doz.; pullets. zoe per doz.;
Eastern Washington, Oregon and Ida
no, nominal.
Bu,. er fat-F. o. b. stations, AZ per
lb: raw milk, $190 per cwt; dairy,
Csc to 3Oc per h.; bakers, Csc per Id.
Poultry-Broilers, lbs. and under,
3Oc per lb; springs, over 2 lbs, 32c
per lb.; hens, 3 to 81 lbs, 22c per lb.;
lbs. and up, SIC per h.; old ROSTERS,
13c to lac per lb.; geese, live. fat, 26c
per lb.; ducks, live, fat 35c per lb.;
Belgian hares, 3h lbs. and up, 15c per
lb; guineas, So per doz.; squads, 81
per doz.; pigeons, So per doz.; turkeys.
fat, 8 to 20 lbs, 47c to 5Sc per Id.
Hogs-Choics block, so to $50 lbs.
13c to lac per h.. do heavy, 12c to 13c
per lib.
Beef-Steers, fat, SC per h.; rough,
&c to 4c per lib.
Veal-Fancy light, 1Sc per lb.; do
medium, 13c to 15c per lb.
MuttOn-Fat, &C to 10c per h.;
spring lams. fat, dressed, 15c and Ice
per lib.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1921-02-17
WOrId Items

WASHINGTON: President Wilson to-
day vetoed the congressional resolution
restricting to 10000 men the size of
strength is about 100000 and within six
hours the House, by a vote of 271 to 16,
passed the resolution over the executive
protest.
CHICAGO: All police were notified
yesterday to keep sharp watch for a
kidnapped three-story house. j. Van
Wiehle, the owner reported it disap-
peared from it's foundation on South
Side lot.
KENSINGTON, Kan: Harry Reed of
Washington Township. near Athol,
Smith County, found rs pounds of choice
honey in the space above the ceiling
of his house. swarm OF bees had been
noticed busy going to and from the
place all summer, and the above was
the result of Reeds investigation few
days ago.
ROME: The new cardinals to be Gre
ated at the coming consistory will In
clude one American. probably two Ital-
ians and one Spaniard. Monsignor Karl
Joseph Schultz, archbishop of Cologne,
and Dr. Faulhaber, archbishop of Mu-
mich, are included
ST. JOHNS, N. F.: Newfoundland to-
night huddled under It's heaviest snow
~ nm ~ ySe'i D. WIN a pilSSaiu
of three days still raging undated.
Rail, water and highway traffic has been
suspended throughout the colony.
PASSAIC, N. j.: Four of PASSAGES
largest WOODEN mills which had been
running only three and four days
week, have resumed full time. They en-
ploy 5000 persons. Other mills in the
vicinity have hired additional workers.
NEW YORK: Matches used by care
less smokers caused $23.454,569 fire loss
in New York in the last five years and
are the most prolific source of fire dam
age, according to experts.
WASHINGTON: President Wilson
plans to go into virtual seclusion for a
time after March 4.
Free from the reSpon sibilites of Of
flee, which have weighed heavily upon
him during his convalescence, Wilson,
his friends say, Will shut himself In for
intensive rest and quiet in his new
home
WASHINGTON A bill limiting i'm
migration from any one country to
per cent of aliens of such country In the
United States when the last census was
taken, was approved unanimously today
by the Senate immigration committee
1t is substitute for the House measure
which was designed to practically stop
immigration for one year.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1921-02-17
when it was founded 10 years ago and
last year was elected cashier.

when it was founded 10 years ago and
last year was elected cashier.
Meany Hall of the University of
Washington was the scene of spec
tacular fire at 10 o'clock at night recent
ly, in which fireman was injured and
damage of $4,000 or more was done to
the building and it's contents.
WHITMAN COLLEGE. Walla walla:
that they must have some means of
showing to the universe their worldly
wisdom, men of the senior class are now
attending classes assisted by canes and
wearing monocles.
SAN FRANCISCO: III. X" alias John
Ryan, mysterious amneSia victim re-
leased from the Oakland Emergency
Hospital Friday was. identified from
ly of Three Lakes. Wash, by D. w.
Jenkins, Pasiic Coast manager of Hen
ry Disston & Sons, here Saturday.
Jenkins said he had known the man
II years and was positive" of the iden-
tification.
Crawford left home March 26 last,
taking with him large sum of money,
according to jenkins.
WALLA WALLA: Thirty EIGHT per
cent of the members of the Wenaha
Wool Growers Association in business
in 1920 have withdrawn and engaged in
other lines as result of the price of
nual meeting of the association here.
Twenty-Five of the forty-nine members
We're forced out of business, it was
stated.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1921-02-17
PUBLISHING COSTS
STILL INCREASE

HARRISBURG, Pa: Newspaper
publishing costs are at the highest
point and are still increasing, accord
ing to T. R. Williams of Pittsburgh,
president of the American Newspaper
Publishers Association.
Under such conditions there is no
possibility Of decreasing advertising
rates, he said, adding that advertising
rates were too low before the war,
and in the last few years have not in
creased in proportion to increased
publishing costs. He said that pub
lishers,- costs have increased nearly
200 per cent and that advertising
rates advanced less than half that
amount.
In no case has there been a decrease
in labor scales made in the last 60
days, but nearly all of them called
for substantial increases, some as
much as 20 to 80 pr cent, he said.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1921-02-17
Northeast News

EVERETT: The report of F. L. Au-
drian, club leader, shows that 81 girls
and boys of 'Snohomish county earned
for themselves last year by their club
work total of $915.6S. The highest
earnings were listed by Arthur Nelson
of Arlington, Route 3, who earned $50
with garden, while Dorothea Junge of
Everett, Route l, made the best show
ing among the girls, earning $40 by
canning. Most of the money was earn
ed by gardening, although sewing, can
ming and raising poultry figured in the
returns. Girls as we'll as boys found
raising a pig profitable.
HOQUIAM: Endorsement of Phil S.
Locke, Aberdeen real estate man, for
the commission that works with the d.
rectors of fisheries under the new state
administrative code, was given by the
Hoquiam Commercial Club in telegram
to Gov. Hart.
Spokane is enjoying the mildest win
ter it has had for years, and prospects
are good for a bumper wheat crop.
SPOKANE: Clyde Johnson, son of
the late Oscar A. johnson, who died last
month of heart failure, has been elected
to succeed his father as president of the
Scandinavian-America Bank here. He
started with the bank as messenger
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1921-02-17

great deal of lumber was piled up
waiting for a schooner
Buildings Swept Away
1t was in the evening of the six
teenth of December, 1863, about six
O'Clock, that Providence got in her
deadly work. The river back of the
town had been dry for several days
much to the surprise of the residents,
then without warning mountain of
water came down out of the canyon
and swept Mr.. Smiths three story
building into Puget Sound.
Mr.. Smith was in Washington at
the time, but Mr.. Anderson, deputy,
Port Angeles Once Washed Away;
and Capt. Goodell were both crushed
and buried four feet deep in the sand
and debris. DR.. Gum, the chief
deputy, escaped. Mrs Smith saved
herself and her children with great
difficulty. The first house to be struck
belonged to man named Adams. The
two story butcher shop of j. Everitt,
the dwelling house of Mr.. Stanton and
the Rough and Ready saloon pelong-
ing to Capt. w. w. Winsor, were
among the other buildings destroyed
About 200 feet of the new wharf was
washed away as was the log cribbing
along the shore.
Landslide In Canyon
The reason given at that time for
the sudden rush of water was that
one of the lakes up in the mountains
had suddenly overlooked because Of
recent heavy snow, but later an in
vestigation showed that landslide
had blocked the stream holding it
back until the pressure had become
so great that it had pushed the land
slide out.
News went about as slow in those
days as when the recent hurricane
struck the west end of Clallam and
Jefferson counties. The flood was on
the 18th of December, but it was not
until the 2Sth that the story appeared
in The Overland Press, Of Olympia
The story in the Olympia paper was
a reprint of one in the Victoria paper
with a local preface beginning From
a gentleman who arrived below last
week we learn that a terrific flood &C.
Cured at Port Angeles on Wednesday,
the 10th, about six o'clock causing the
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1921-02-17

The Naval Affairs committee or
Congress has recently recommended
the development of Ediz Hook as a
submarine base and that name, APP
pearing in the daily press, probably
was associated by the average reader
as some hook to catch congressional
appropriations, now and in the future,
while as a matter of fact it is won
derful sand spit in the form of rather
more than half circle which, project
ing into Puget Sound, forms the har-
Dor of Port Angeles.
The first time that Ediz Hook ap-
peared in federal matters was during
the administration Of Abraham Lin
coin when one Victor Smith came to
the wild Northwest from Ohio as GUS
toms collector The customs house
and port of entry was at that time
located at Port Townsend and that
city was much dependent for it's
growth on that fact. Then it seems
if the story that has been handed
down is true-that some real estate
spectators conceived the idea that if
the customs house could be moved up
the shore a piece, say out as far as
Ediz Hook, they could cash in on some
real estate lately acquired in that To-
cality.
Move Customs House
At any rate the customs house was
moved.
Great was the tribulation in Port
Townsend A variety of things were
done to discredit Mr. Smith and the
movement of the port Of entry, but
without avail. He was arrested on a
trumped up charge and forced to go to
Washington-a voyage full of danger
and hardship-to undergo an investi-
cation and show why he should not
be removed. Various other expedients
were restorted to without success un-
til at the last minute Providence, or
whatever you may choose to call it,,
stepped in.
The town of Port Angeles at that
time was built almost wholly on the
sand spit Smith, out of his own
pocket, had built a customs house
which he leased to the government;
a three story frame building. Along
the spit were other buildings and a