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New-York tribune., 1922-07-16

Portuguese and Greeks. When a d.
drops anchor of the custom house. NJ. M. .'a' M
out Of ten she belongs 70 Mr.. Hermsn a, 1aa
Of Milwaukee, or Mr.. Isaac BendIebs,,.AA
Cohoes collar king. That's wber. ' u
seagoers come from nowadays-f,o,.' ~. -, "a
not from tidewater. '"aN
But we still have the tradition s.,..
Bendleheimer can get themselves n, 4. 80 az
yachting clothes they like, but they 81, - :. ~ ~
capture the real sayor Of the sea. N. T,.s "'s
always look dressed up. We New ~. w
can put on pair Of dirty sneak.,, 'e'r .'
canvas hat and look az II We had h.. 20 ,
jamming all over the world, instead - - ',s'
Thames Club. F."
We keep up the marine favor IN o,,
ularies because Of The glorious past ,. .'''
sort Of religious faith. In boxing o.'
early Journal Of one Hampstead 6nd I"
tion Of any ono Of ny ancestor, a.. "''-
thing more nautical than chasing A n, s''
orchard or rcshingling the Bap,,, s. = "
house. They we're husbandmen and ,n..s
one and all. But they lived besld. u. =.
AS matter Of fact, II there |, go,
know nothing about it Is sailing 49,. ',
hate it. It bores me 70 tears. u.s.
seasick, but now It merely bore, ,. s :"
when the ocean is mentioned the eps,. D.'
Of my ancestry rises within me and ,s "
Neptune and all his works.
This theory got me into a rs,hs,
mess one day. Do you see the spirIt.d 80 80
which Mr. Hogarth has drawn Of ,ho,. ~.
wrecked persons in that uncomfort,bl.
dicament? Well, that young man sitt,. :" =
the middle Of the boat Is me. And ,b., -
man looking at'me reproachfully e ", D.
er, who owns the boat which I told him .o.,
sail with my eyes shut. Ard that young l,s,
is his fancce, who Just cane along n, \.
ride. Now isn't that a nice pickle?
Why / ever agreed 70 sail boa, ,,,,
say. Just what / did don't know An,
know is that when we should have com. ,h,-.
we turned over, and there We were. ,u,. .
you sec US in the picture.
1t has been lesson 70 me. Here.,,,,
stick firmly 70 the beach, where can sdrl,
the sea in safety, both 70 myself and o,.,,,
Il may be that time is about to work q.
Of her interesting renaissances in the marts,
trade Of our little town. Tines chanr.. b
principles remain. Whales and nolasses a
carried in other bottoms. Yet once nor. },
shipyards may flourish, once more may ". q
out to sea- actual sailor folk, returning % 81
ancient element, actuated by new form
trade which interests me- strangely. Th.n
quite a nice little bootiegging business srr.s
ing up all along the shore.
NY brother and arc saving up tx,
schooner.
New-York tribune., 1922-07-16

Can Newton Is a real, sure-cnoRgh deep-sea
sailor, who made nice pile out Of his coast
ing schooner which he is gradually losing IN
the butter and egg business. But Cap Newton
doesn't lay down. Not by jugful. Captain
Newton Is black Of beard and black Of temper
II Is said that when Swede muttered mutt
nouslv on his schooner, the Ella ~, the
swarthy skipper snatchcd the nearest bel9y-
ing pin and cracked the fellows skull as If It
had been an egg. Ho now struggles impo-
tentlv with the vcisstudcs OF n farmers life.
When his string beans run almost entirely TO
string he RACES furiousy When his chickens
have the pip the captain has iit saw him
once turn on n COW who would not proceed
through gate in manner 10 please him and
deal the poor creature such kick in the
Aanks that he knocked her completely of her
legs.
AsI look back 10 a certain day on the New
ton farm my hair rises at the thought that at
one moment was close, very close, 20 yio-
lent death at the hands Of this mighty man OF
wrath.
NV cousin Robert and had been fishing in
small stream. Our objective prey was
trout Of which we had caught one diminutivc
specimen.
As we crossed the barnyard Robert said TO
me. rs one who merely speaks academicaly:
"There is a three-pound trout in the cream
cry WE'LL"
The creamery door was open. Our ages
we're, respectively, fourteen and thirteen The
trout we judged to be approximately hun
dred.
| can sec him now as he swirled up from
the green depths, waiting 70 be fed. He took
the hy and most Of the leader in his gutton-
Gus rush. A moment later two furtiye boys
clanbcred into the runabout and turned Mel
lies nose toward the gate. Thank heayenl
that gate was open. Just as we reached It
great, raging curse proclaimed the captains
discovery Of our larceny. He burst through
the creamery door like n tornado.
Speed, good Nelliel' Speed
We dashed out Of the barnyard, followed by
huge cobblestone, which narrowly missed
Draining us. Had we fallen into those mighty
hands verify believe they would have
strangled us both and sunk US in the well, to
replace his rayished fish.
Ny uncle, man Of great decision, diagnosed
the situation at once. Ny cousin got per-
fecty splendid larruping, after which my
uncle philosophically ate the trout, which ne
pronounced delicious"
Thus it will be seen that though we are all
captains, we are not necessarily seafaring
men. Indeed find that very few inhabitants
Of present-day ports consider the ocean as
more than an interesting feature in the
scenery. The real business Of the sea is done
by strangers and foreigners, square-heads,
New-York tribune., 1922-07-16

London. One Of my favorites
is Captain Chittenden, fro'a
Gales Ferry, who dyes his mus
tache a royal blue every Sun
day morning. 1t is his way
Of praising his Maker.
Quite a number Of our cap
tains go in for farming. Many
have been farmers all their
lives, their only sea duty being
an occasional clam digging
seance, which comes as near be
ing farming as is possible. In
fact, the age-old controversy as
to whether claiming is fishing
or agriculture still remains one
Of the most moot Of moot ques-
tions. / have often pondered
over the attempts Of these re-
tired captains TO run farms in
Connecticut. They arc with
New-York tribune., 1922-07-16
FASHIONED
HONESTY
(Continued from page teO)

villages of stone had lot Of trouble on ac-
count of political dishonesty. No doubt the
governors of the villages insisted on appoint
ing their relatives to such jobs as pohcing tne
plaza and seeing to it that the young folk did
no sparkling after 10 p m. They chose their
governors in a peculiar way. At least some
Of their descendants seem TO have inherited
queer sort Of method Of electing their pueblo
governors. They do it by means Of foot races
instead Of the ballot. The pueblo, or village,
that has the swiftest racing team chooses the
governor Of the combined pueblos for year.
No doubt there were charges that some Of
these ancient governors got into office by fraud
and trickery in such foot races. Probably they
were accused Of introducing ringers swift
racers from other tribes. Or perhaps they
were charged with bribing the opposition run
ners-for the opposition, apparently, has al
ways been open to bribery and corruption.
And then the reporters for the "out" press
"The Cliff Dweler Evening Tablet or some
tthing of that sort-would send in articles just
taking the collective hide Off the whole passel
Of oficeholders and pointing out that cliff
dweller civilization was going to the mountain
lions, and that political morality had hit the
same old '1owest ebb" once more
As matter Of fact "old-fashioned honesty
in political life" has always been a remote
thing. The Wings and Tories told lot Of
mean things Of each other. Historians
have been busy digging up some unpleasant
facts concerning certain forefathers. Accord
ing TO those Revolutionary historians things
DIX
was at such low ebb that anybody could 60
undertaking and bring up all sorts Of things
Office coats worn by relatives in political jobs;
umbrellas carried by said relatives when going
TO lunch salary vouchers signed by same rela-
tives, showing that they refused TO work for
nothing; relatives expense accounts and all
sorts Of things like that. No wonder those
people were signing for a visitation Of odd
fashioned honesty" as it was in early-day
England-though, if one digs into Pepys and
other chroniclers, he gets the impression that
perhaps "old-fashioned honesty was just as
distant in those days. rare old public
document in the New York Public Library
calls on a Chancellor of the British Exchequer
10 make an accounting for moneys spent in
prosecution Of one Of the numerous wars Of
those tmes-the undertone Of the pamphlet
being TO the effect that the Chancellor doesn't
dare make the showing demanded and that
political morality is at its lowest ebb" once
more.
Apparently It's up 70 some inventor to step
in ami devise a kind Of political morality that
VIII not obb or course, the mere fact that
there is so much ebbing would indicate that
political morality has an occasional high tide.
But the high tides Of morality never come in
for big headlines and extended mention. It's
when we can paddle around at low tide and call
out: "Oh, looky--see what a scandal I've
picked up in the sand" that the politicians gIve
us the real fun.
New-York tribune., 1922-07-16

out exception The worlds worst farmers /
spent an hour with an old friend Of mine,
Captain Ward, who runs a small farm for
Captain Miner, who works in the bank Cap
tain Ward said that nothing was any good.
lie said the whole lot Of his stuff wasn't
worth a cent. lie had some good hay, but
he hadn't cut It when he orter, and it had
rotted on him. He pointed out to me the sad
condition Of his gourds.
LOCKER that" he said. "All fuller punk
II was indeed so.
Il had some nice pertaters," he said visit
New-York tribune., 1922-07-16

evident hopelc1sncss
"Wel, Capn," l said as / turned to go,
"you certainly have lovely view up here
lie looked at me with infinite sadness in
which there was a hint Of scorn as he said:
a lot'er people come up here an admire the
view. Now, what ! say is What in hell is a
vew?"
And for the life Of me couldn't answer
him.
An even more tragic instance Of "a land
locked sailor man is that Of Captain Newton,
who runs the duck farm out Cohanze way.
New-York tribune., 1922-07-16

- - NATIVE city Is an AtahbS sea
M port, the pleasant town of New
vi London, Conn. Aside from the fact
that Il is my birthplace. 1t is ia
nous for its now defunct whaling industry
and for the annual competition between the
young oarsmen Of Yale and Harvard universi-
ties. OF late years il has been the practice OF
these ancient rivals TO race for the BOBBY prize
of American rowing In order to qualify for
the final event each college must be defeated
in all Of its preliminary races. Harvard won
the contest this year, being some sixteen sec
onds slower than Yale.
.-.osssver, what started 10 say was that 4
Is the towns proximity to the .ceoI wb+h
gives il its supreme interest.
My home town is not, strictly speaking, on
the Atlantic, but on Long Island Sound 1t
has been beautifully described by local poet
ess as the little city by the harbor's mouth,
cuddled by an arm Of the sea.
But though the actual Atlantic lies beyond
the barrier islands, we feel in New London
that we are seafaring folk The surging
tides rise and fall in our veins When hit
the foot Of State Street on my weekend so
journs involuntarily give my trousers
a nautical hitch; my gait takes on the
suspicion Of a roll which is derived
from non-alcoholic salt water. There is this
gorgeous element in the ocean which seems to
creep into ones very blood; it is continuous.
II is all-of-a-piece. There's no break in it
anywhere. When stick my toe into the water
at Black Point am dabbling in exactly the
hot no shores n
Spain or flowing into the China Sea. A con-
tinent ends somewhere; it is nothing but an
overgrown island. A range of mountains stops
eventually A desert or a prairie peters out.
But not the old ocean! No, sir, she keeps on
forever. When ! see a river flowing toward
The sea, as they almost invariably do, feel
like taking my hat off to it. ] want 20 pat 1t
on the back and say "River, congrats."
The ocean, as say, not only enfolds New
London in its fathery embrace; it seems to in
fltrate every nook and corner Of the town.
Spiritually these seaboard towns are like Ven
ice. ! think of State and Main and Bank
streets as canals, ramifcations and extensions
of the seas fingers / suspect that if l were
70 lift trapdoor in the basement Of any Of
the ancient stores l should see the CLEAN OF
water and hear it gurge and flap about the
black piles below.
This theory is borne out by an instance and
a comparison. Venice, as we know, IS built
on piles, and nearly everything there is tilted
and out of plumb We all remember how the
tower Of San Marco fell down.
Well. the same thing happened in New Lon
don. 1t wasn't tower, but clothing store
run by an estimable old party with the appro-
priate name Of Shurts. He had habit, fairly
common in New England, Of working late.
New-York tribune., 1922-07-16
SOPHISTICATED
SAVAGES
Continued from page fvsI

but with grunt Of disdain he condexssi2
to watch. Another grunt indicated the Sou
equivalent that maybe the white sqrsu
weren't so bad, after all
In fact, come to think Of il, a whole t'a
Of gutturals seemed % mean that tbs pc
formance was strictly first class, and II u
other moment he was up and demanding
be allowed to play, too. Play he did, salz|
a successful part to the pageant
The Indian play will be repeated this yE
by the savages at Canyon Camp, last ysii
presentation being regarded merely as "a f'S
dress rehearsal for the pageant Of the s''a
anniversary year.
Savage life is not all play, though no; H
any means. The dudes must be fed rEe' -
amused, there are many dishes that zss ?,
washed and the tents have 70 be sptk sn'
span by mid-morning.
Few sleep late in the Yellowstons e'nlN
but when some one does the particular 'A''s
assigned 10 that row Of tents must SaA
finish before going off duty for the day. =.
risers consequently are not popular ~
young chap on his first morning in camp w
till almost noon, and the young sa'Ss'
duty, although patient, lost out on ""
planned trip.
That evening al the camp dance the ~.
fellow was introduced to the girl, s'I,hns. !,
pretty collegian, and high ofieer u :
sorority. Much impressed, about n'1s'
through the evening he asked her 70 '''
walk, and she accepted. 4.
"But you must be home by H. sn =
proviso, and, astonished, he asked n''
reason. A.
"You see, I'm your tent girl ""
naive reply. "and hate awfully TO ha''
sleep so late and miss the beauttui mO'
and keep me waiting to finish your ''' -
And she made him keep his PROMISE
is one way TO get them up. v..s1
An eminent professor from Ols ~.
university in the same camp had o'esA- -
luuched and dined there in = rather p''' nj
MED manner without noticing his walte'-
last as she deftly served him, he eaanI.i
glance Up. To his amazement he ree0s.' ', .,..t
member Of several Of his classes s", = -
nent in university activities and hign ~ ~, NJ
tional sorority. To say that the w. :. .
gentlemen was embarrassed would nov
larging the situation. -,n..s,s
"Rather different from your p"~1,, ,,s|
class, isn't it, professor" she smiled, ~ ~ VI
good man reddened as he realized 'na' az
been most regular in tips to this unusS~ D,
ress. He furtively reached out 70 =. ~
coin he had just laid down. Ou' "
laughed. ,,..t s<j|
"Don't bother about that. DR.. nis"1f ~ vi
call il an installment on the TEXTBOOKS - s,,sl|
for your classes next year" ana -, vr|
suddenly grasping the point tna' ~. s.r 81
modern young women making tne'I "a, .hs q
and playing their roles according - -. ~
tomary traditions, smiled himsen' ''
rassment gone.
New-York tribune., 1922-07-16

fully, "but ! put some manure
up there on the hill and the rain
come along an washed it down
onto the pertaters and burnt
'em right up-burnt 'em right
up. The whole lot Of 'em amt
worth a cent"
Even his chickens were a
disappointment TO him.
"Went inter the coop this
mornin'," he said, "an' they all
run out the other end. ! guess
they didn't know me with y
hat on"
"Are they layin' well?" l
asked hopefully.
mo" he said, splitting skill
fully to windward; "no, they
amt layin' much; they're all
drorcd up with the cold"
/ was quite moved by his
New-York tribune., 1922-07-16
By LUCY CALHOUN

twelve years has been at war. And yet in
our commencement day exercises there is not
a suggestion of enmity. On the platform
those young girls in the caps and gowns all
friends. In the audience-a colorful audience
it is, too-Bulgarians, Armenians, Turks
Greeks Russians and all the rest entirely
forgetting racial animosities in their eager
pleasure as parents in the educational achieve
New-York tribune., 1922-07-16

ments Of their daughters. The audience is,
grant you, contrast to the audience at, say,
Yassar commencement, but the graduates
themseves-not so different"
Many Of the students at Constantinople
College are refugee nobewomen from the
great families Of the Near East whom the
fortunes Of war have bereft Of homes. They
are fitting themselves TO be stenographers,
New-York tribune., 1922-07-16

Y NATIVE city Is an Atlantic sea
port, the pleasant town Of New
London, Conn. Aside from the fact
that it Is my birthplace. ii is ia
New-York tribune., 1922-07-16

Wv 7HILE those super-Aeppers Of the
va American woman's colleges were
w celebrating their release from school
Grand Forks herald., 1922-04-11
NO EXTRA HELP
is NOW NEEDED
AT STATE MILL

The authorities at the state
mill and elevator said today that
they were being swamped with
applications for employment.
monday about $50 men more
than we could use came to the
plant looking for employment"
said A. Mykelbye who repre-
sents the state industrial COM
mission at the mill today. "This
morning we had to turn down
about 100 more"
~ eve have about IS men work.
ing today and expect to put on
q few more every day, but there
are, more men camping on the
Job right now than we can take
care of for some time to come.
So men coming from outside have
slim chances of connecting with
work here at this time,
Grand Forks herald., 1922-04-11
BANDlTRY IS
INCREASING
IN MEXICO
So.
More Revolutions in Three
States South of U. S.
Border.

Washington, April 11.-(By the AS
ISOLATED ess.)-Oficial advices re-
ceived here today indicate increased
revolutionary and bandit activity in
the states Of Vera Cruz, Jalisco and
Nayariti in Mexico. The rebels in
Nayarit were reported to number
from 200 to 800 men, under the lead
ership of Pablo Gonzales. In Jalisco
six separate bands were reported in
rebellion against the central govern
ment
Their activity in Vera Cruz was re-
ported to have assumed considera BILE
appearance in view of the defeat
which the rebel leader, General Mi
guel Aleman, with band of 500 men.
recently administered to the federal
forces. The federal commander in
Vera Cruz has reported that the rebels
are better armed and equipped than
his own forces.
The spread Of radicalism. it was re-
ported continues unabated with i'm
, petus being given to the movement by
emissaries from various countries. in
cluding the United States.
Grand Forks herald., 1922-04-11
Fourteen Pardons And
Sentence Communications
Granted By Gov. Blaine

Madison, Wis, April 11.-Fourteen
pardons and combinations OF SEN
tence were granted by Governor J. J..
Blaine today while 1s applications for
executive clemency, were denied or
decision withheld as result of par
don hearings in March and April. a.
Included am ong those who received
executive clemency was David Hahn
of Superior whose sentence was COM
mutted to two years.
John Beadley, Kenosha, was the on
first degree murder to have his ap-
plication favorably acted on. Gov
ernor Blaine commuted the sentence
Of this man, convicted in 1909, from
life Imprisonment of 25 years, be-
cause Of doubt surrounding circum-
stances of the crime, Bradley claim.
ing, that he killed in self-defense.
Grand Forks herald., 1922-04-11

Division of Opinion.
There is q division of opinion
among the trainers as to the probable
effect the measure would have on the
cost of living. In the official report
accompanying the bill, it is stated the
committee majority had endeavored
to recommend rates that will afford
protection to American industry And
permit them to pay lwages sufficient
to enable our workmen to maintain
an American standard Of living"
With regard to the agricultural
schedule one of the longest in the
bill, the report said the committee
adopted the policy Of giving to agri-
culture the measure Of protection that
has been accorded to other industries
with due consideration to the needs
of all sections and as of all indus
tries" The rates in this schedule
generally average higher than those
in the house bill and include large
free list in the Underwood bill, but
placed on the dutiable list in the
emergency tariff now in force.
AS a general rule, the rates writ
ten into the agriculture schedule are
at about the level demanded by the
senate Republican farm-tariff bloc.
Committee experts stated. however,
that with few exceptions the rates in
the agricultural schedule would not
exceed Is per cent This schedule
embraces meats, eggs, vegetables,
other product Of the farm. The duty
on wheat was fixed At IS cents a
bushel, the same as under the emerg-
ency act, but nve cents above the fig-
ure fixed in the house bill. Under the
Democratic tartH act wheat was free.
Grand Forks herald., 1922-04-11
WOODRUFF MAKES
DEMANDS ON u. S.
ATTORNEY GENERAL

Washington. April 1l.-Repressn-
tative Woodruff, Republican, Michi-
gan, said in the house today II the
attorney general did not l~ok after
the Interests Of the government" In
a pending claim suit against the
Lincoln Motor company. he would
consider him guilty OF misfeasance.
Mr.. Woodruhr 3 statement was made
In an extended speech IN which he
charged that the e5department Of JUS
ttice had failed to proceed In civil
and criminal courts aga INST NUM-
her of war contract0rs, on testimony
brought ont before congressional In
veskigaking committe0s J;
Grand Forks herald., 1922-04-11
THREEACENCIES :
FAVOR UNITING
TO Sell GRAIN
Equity COOPERATIVE Elk
change Delegates Meet in
Separate Session. !

Fargo, April 11.-Representative
of three cooperative grain marketing
agencies agreed this morning to ap.
point COMMITTEES to meet in an at
tempt to arrange some basis for form
ing q joint marketing agency in North
Dakota. The Equity Cooperative ex-
change delegates met in separate ses-
son to consider joining with the 9TH
ter three.
The other three agencies are: The
u. s. Gran Growers, Inc, Northwest
Wheat Growers, associated and the
National Wheat Growers. ~
Speakers representing these three
all expressed favor for united action
on the grain marketing question in
the state. The meeting was called to
form d joint grain marketing state
agency. ,. e
Some dissatisfaction was expressed
with the pol cies Of the national or
ganization of the U. 8. Grain Grow
ers, Inc, and Mr.. McInness, Dazey,
N. D., delegate to the recent grain
clared that action" not proposals.
were wanted.
:, All speakers favored a 100 per cent
pooling plan. delegates said after the
morning session.
&. A. Thiel, secretary of the Equity
Cooperative Exchange said that his
organization was willing to join with
the other bodies for one common
grain contract in North Dakota
though meeting separately this morn.
ing. The Equity is meeting with the
others this afternoon.
Committees of three Of the four or.
Qanizattons were to be named this
afternoon and were expected to gel
ts>fv hne =. t4 lot
mite plan for merging into a single
agency for the state.
George Duis, Grand Forks. for the
National Wheat Growers; John Nc.
Way, of Minneapolis, for the North.
west Wheat Growers, and U. l.. Bur.
dick for the U. S. Grain Growers, Inc.
were the speakers who endorsed join
ing of their forces in the state this
morning. @