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Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-09-26

When American railroading was in
Its infancy, there were twenty-seven
bows who went to work in the Bor-
dentown shops of the old Camden &
Amboy Railroad as apprentices. To-
day four of these boys are still hv-
ing and although they are well past
the allotted three score years ana
ten. they held a reunion last week
in the New Packer House, when old
times were discussed and friend
sh1ps renewed. The occasion was the
celebration of the ninetieth birthday
of Thomas Lingle, long a resident
Of this city, who is n of the four.
The others are: Captain Peter
bloomsbury, of Wilmington, Del;
Harry Brown, of Nantucket. Mass,
and Robert Walker, of Nutley. Fol
lowing the dinner Mr.. Lingle recall
ed for the Evening News, interesting
"reminiscences of his boyhood anu
later life.
'Forty-fve years ago." said he, II
became a voter in this city, ana
though Perth Amboy had grown vlg-
orously in that time, when you THINK
that the city is a day older than
t5ev York its increase seems q mere
baRatelle. And when we think that
New York from South Ferry to Har-
lem was laid with an eight inch
brick it seems incredible, but 1t can
moi be refuted though we can hardly.
grasp it.
what / started to say was that
I was ninety years old the 21st day
of this month and one of the four
boys now living out of the twenty
seven apprentices who went to serve
a term of six years under my father
in the Bordentown machine shops
fl ON 1847 to 1874. My father was
one of the pioneer railroad men OF
the country. He went into the m
ploy of Il. A. Stevens in 1882 and re-
manned there until 1853 when he re-
tired from the Camden & Amboy
Railroad.
I'm 1S47 I went as an apprentice
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-09-26
GAS NEAR HEART
IS VERY DANGEROUS

painful and distressing. 1t often IL
the warning Of conditions, which II
not corrected may become danger
ous. Many times the gas is caused
by arrangement of tho digestive
tract. Food IL not digested properly.
Gas forms and presses around the
heart. interfering with its action.
In acute Indigestion this often re-
suits seriously. One or two Jaques'
Little Wonder Capsules give quick
relief. They assist in the proper as
similation OF food.
On sale at City Pharmacy,
Smith and Oak streets, Perth
Amboy. or 60 cents by mail post
paid from Jaques Capsule Co..
Plattshurg, N. Y.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-09-26

dear old Dad wanted to know why
and | had to give him a good reason
for being behind. The fifth year |
was paid seventy cents a day for
ten hours work, and the sixth year
I was paid a dollar a day. The three
last years l was rated as a first class
man and was expected to keep up
my end with older workmen.
while an apprentice | vent to
night school during the winter and
studied drawing. The superinten-
dent of motive power, 1. Dripps, put
me in his drawing room and said to
me: Your father will take such a
number of engines in to give them a
general overhauling, and while the
engines are under repair you make
a working drawing of each one BY
this means l learned a locomotive
from the wheel base to the top OF
the stack.
I'm 1853 l went to Chicago and be-
came connected with the Chicago IL
Rock Island Railroad. From there
| went with the Chicago, Alton e. st.
Louis r. r., and from there to h
Shawnee c. NJ. e. NJ. Co. road. When
the Civil War broke out l went in
service as an engineer and from this
position drifted back to the roa
where / served my apprenticeship,
and came to anchor for twelve years
as master mechanic of the South
Amboy shops. From there / went
to Richmond, Va, on the Chesa-
peake & Ohio, but here l found |
was burning the candle at both ends
so 1 resigned and laid by for a year
and then started a machine shop In
this city which l carried on for
tw~enty-eight years, until l retired in
1904.
1.-THE three old friends who are
with me tonight WERE Capt. Peter
Bloomsbury, of Wilmington. Della
ware; Harry Brown, of Nantucket,
Mass, and Robert Walker. of Nut
ley, N. j.. Captain Bloomsbury is
e~ighty-one years old, Mr.. Walker is
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-09-26

Captain Bloomsbury holding his
great grandson on his shoulders so
that he may view to better advan-
take an airplane flying overhead.
under my father and served six years
at the following rates: The hrst
year | got twenty-five cents a day
for ten hours work. The second
year. th~irty-one and a quarter cents
a day; the third year thirty-seven
and one-half cents "a day: the fourth
year fifty cents a day. At that time
| was expected to take down n
side of a locomotive and give 1t a
general overhauling. and II 1 was
not through when the man who re-
paired the other side was done, my
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-09-26
HARVEST HOME
BIC SUCCESS

SOUTH AMBOY, Sept. 26:-Tne
Harvest Home dinner under the
auspices of the Boy Scout troop of
the Mechanicsville section of the
city on Saturday night was one of
the most successful events of the
season.. The largest number of per-
IONS ever tabulated at any affair in
that district was recorded on Satur-
day night. Music featured the
evening, while a delicious menu was
prepared by the ladies interested in
the Boy Scout movement. The boys
are planning to hold another event
in the near future.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-09-26
SPARK CAUSED
F|RE;N0L Loss

About 4 o'clock yesterday after
noon the firemen were called to
Williams Monumental Works on
New Brunswick avenue, where, had
it not been for the quick action of
the workmen. the whole plant would
have been destroyed by fire.
One Of the workmen was busy
filing his chisel on an anvil, when
one of the sparks flying from the an
vii set fire to a kerosene tank stand
ing nearby and went up into a flare.
The workman noticed this at once
and began throwing sand on it, ana
in that way had the fire e~xtinguish-
ed before the fire companies arrived.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-09-26
Plan Euchre at Roosevelt

ROOSEVELT, Sept. 26-The Ro-
sary Society of st. Johns church
will give a reception and euchre
in st. Joseph's hall next Thursday
night. This is the first social at
fair to be held in the church hall.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-09-29
IN MEMORY OF MISS
GERTRUDE McCLTNToCK
(By Mrs. Marie A. Ballister)

Miss Gertrude McCIintock, one
of NaShon island 5 early pioneers,
passed away at the Seattle Gener-
al hospital ON September 10, 1922,
The deceased was born at Butler,
Mo-, December u, 1870. There
she attended the Butler Academy
and later, when her parents NOV
ed to Olympia and Tacoma, the
public schools at those respective
places. The family came to Wash
on in 1884, settling on a home
stead at what is now Ellisport,
Later they moved to Burton where
her father, the late Major j. NJ.
McClintock, engaged in the gen
eral mercantile business. Miss
McClmtock was posimismess for
l6 years-from 1892 to 1908. Her
fathers failing eyesight caused his
retirement from business in 1908.
She was his constant companion
and took complete care Of him un-
til his death.
Always imbued with public
spirit Miss McClintock did many
things for Vashon island, one of
them being the purchase Of a bell
for the first Presbyterian church
built on the island. She earned
the money by making drawings
for a Boston author The bell is
now in the Baptist church at Burt
on. In early life she united with
the Presbyterian church.
Two brothers, A. +. and S. M,
McClintock, and one sister, Ida B.
McClintock are left to miss her
loving presence.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-09-29
VASHON RESIDENT
BACK FROM ALASKA
J. B. Dahlager Returns from
Eighteen Months Stay
at Cordova.

Jules b. Dahlager, formerly one
of the propritetors Of the News
Record, but for year and a hall
foreman of the Cordova (Alaska)
Daily Times, arrived home the
first of the week and will probably
spend the winter in this vicinity,
Mr.. Dahlager returns with a
feeling that he can enjoy more
than ever the equitable climate OF
the island, but still has a love for
the northern climate despite the
fact that the winters are really
eight months in length. AS a re-
suit of the mfavorable conditions
during the winter months, at
which time snow some times falls
to a depth Of ten to twelve feet,
accompanied by rain and wind
storms, it is only the hardest and
the lovers Of outdoor sports who
enjoy themselves Mr.. Dahlager
being an ardent sportsman, took
advantage of the excellent hunt
ing and fishing, and as a conse-
quence enjoyed his stay in the
northland more than the average
person would,
Despite the mfavorable condi-
tons that surround the develop
ment of the Alaskan territory, Mr.,
Dahlager feels that there is ire
mendous future for that region,
and the person who will go there
with the intention of enduring the
Inconvenience of a new country
and work hard success will be his
reward.
The coal and copper resources
are stupcndous says Mr.. Dahlager,
but the future of the oil industry
is completely Swallowed in mys-
terry. There is oil there in vast
quantities, but no one knows
where to drill. The several pro
ducing wells do not yield over
four barrels per day. Yet oil oozes
out of the ground along the beach
in thousands of places. On one
lake during the winter season gas
forms in huge bubbles. under the
ice. When these are punctmed
and ignited they burn furiously
for about half minute.
Mr.. Dahalager thinks so well Of
Alaska that it is not unlikely that
he will return at some future date.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-09-29
PROFIT IN STATE SOIL.

James Fullerton Of Port Town
send tells readers of the Post-ln-
telligencer editorial page what he
would do with million dollars
ii he had it, suggests that the soil
Iof Washington state is the safest
hope for profit and the sureSt way
to better large number Of hum
an beings besides the investor.
He says he would invest his mil
lion in land on the Olympic pen
insuIa, in clearing it and planting
it to berries in building a cannery
and homes for his workers, and a
model town on the Seashore. He
says that, in a few years, he would
nave all his money back with fair
interest, and would have made
hundreds happy in new found
homes in Il most healthful cline.
Then, with his returned million, he
would simply extend and multiply
his project over and over.
Fullerton spins-as he says-no
fanciful dream.
What might come true in the
Olympic peninsula has come true
in the valleys Of the Yakima, the
enatchee and the Puyallup.
The federal government has put
ten millions III the Yakima valley
reservoirs, tunnels, mains and
laterals, and private capital an
other million or two. The twelve
million has been returned forty
fold in a dozen years in harvested
earnings, and the value of the
land has been enhanced much
more than that. Fifty thousand
people are calling a little garden
paradise "home" in the very cen
ter of what was once nothing but
a desert wilderness, the mdiSput-
ed habitat of the jackrabbit and
the rattlesnake.
Fullerton's vision of what a
single individual, with private
wealth can do, may be extended,
ad infnitum, to what a great state,
with almost inexhauStible re
sources; and great nation, with
most Of the available cash and
credit of the whole earth, can do.
cambridge Island Beacon.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-09-29
ROYAL ARCH MAS0NS
VISIT AT SEATTLE

The most of the members of
Robert Burns Chapter, r. A, NJ,
went over to Seattle Saturday
night where seven island nco-
phytcA received the degree Of
most excellent master. The work
was performed by Friendship
chapter at the Masonic hall, Pine
and Harvard streets, Those re-
ceiving the degrees from the is
land were; AXel II. Petersen, S. J.
Harmeling, L. R. Stewart, G. +,
Wiman, C. J. Williams, Mr.. Pm-
eel and William Marsden. Some
of the island members present
were: d. Macliic, James Ogilyy,
Thomas Ogilvy, William Aud,
Russell Carly and r, w. i, Martin.
The gentlemen returned after the
work on the S. S. Thurlow which
had been chartered for the occas-
ion.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-09-29
BIG FAIR AT PUYALLUP
OPENS GATES NEXT WEEK

The attention Of the entire Pug
ct Sound district will be focused
next week Oh the twenty-third
annual Western Washington fair
at Puyallup. Thousands will be
waiting anXlousiy for the gates to
swing open Tuesday morning, Dc
toDcr 3, on what promises to be
the greatest fair ever held III the
Pacllic Northwest.
Since Monday is entry day, Wis
ltors will not be expected until
Tuesday, which has been dcSignat-
ed as children s day. The boys and
girls Of Pierce county schools will
assist IN the formal opening of
the fair, taking part i'll the flower
parade, flag drills and salute,
Maypolc dances, folk games and
athletics.
Wednesday is governors day,
derby day and automobile day
Thursday, Seattle and Puyallup
day; Friday, Tacoma day; Satur-
day, Western Washington day,
fraternal day, old settlers day,
editors day; Sunday, labor day,
An innovation will be night
show features. The night sched-
ule follows:
Tuesday B. p. o. E.; Wednes-
day, kiwanis; Thursday, Ameri-
can Legion; Friday, electrical
night; Saturday, PuyalIup valley
night.
The special attractions include
day and night running races,
chariot races, hippodrome riding,
exhibitions Of craftsmanship, pio-
neers' pageant, fireworks, dane
ing, joy zone and usual livestock
horticultural, poultry, automobile,
educational and flower shows.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-09-29
FAY M'CLINTOCK,
SAX M'CLINTOCK,
IDA M'CIIINTOCK.
YOUNG FOLK Welded.

Two of Vashon's most popular
young folk: Bertha Morehouse,
a former high school girl, and Viii
liam Garyin, a Vashon high school
alumnus, We're quietly married at
Tacoma Monday evening at GOO
O'Clock. The ceremony was per
formed by the Rev. Milligan at
his residence. After the ceremony
the young couple returned to
Vashon. where they will make
their home. Congratulations are
extended the newlyweds" by the
whole high school,
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-09-29
WOMEN'S CLUB MEETS.

The Vashon Music and Art club
met ON Wednesday afternoon of
this week at the summer cottage
of Mrs. 7. Hansen on the north
end of the island. There was a
good attendance and much inter
est was manifested in the pro-
gram. Miss Mead gave a talk on
''Thc Effect of the Reformation
on Music" Mrs. p. A. Murray
read u paper ON Handel and
Gluck, " and Mrs. Y. Hansen read
one on "Mozart. ="
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-09-29

OPPOSES 1910 PLAN
Mrs. Preston Requests that
Her Objections be Made
Public.

An impression exists in some
parts Of the state that am support
ing initiative measure No. 46,
known as the 30-l0 measure. In
order to correct that impression
wish to make my position clear.
am not in favor of the plan in
which it is now before the people.
1t would increase the state school
tax nearly four million dollars
and add a levy Of over three mills
on all taxable property in the state
for that purpose. | do not believe
that there is All emergency in cdu-
cation that demands such Il
change
The measure would tend TO IN
crease the total amount Of taxa
ton for school purposes. While
automatically increasing the state
tax it does not guarantee lower
local taxes, | am opposed to any
considerable increase in school cX-
.penSea during the present bust
ness depression.
The bill makes an Objectionable
change in the distribution of
school funds. State money is now
distributed in proportion to at
tendance of children. This meas
we would distribute onc-half on
the basis Of attendance and the
other half in proportion to the
number of teachers. The distri-
button of county funds would be
on the same basis, instead of the
present basis Of one-third in pro-
portion to the number Of teachers.
The consolidated bonus is also
eliminated. These changes would
encourage needless duplication in
the number of teachers and schools.
and discourage the present move
ment toward Capitalization in nat
ural community centres which is
the greatest factor in the improve
mcnt of rural schools. We are
trying to give the country people
strong school centres that can
maintain rural high schools and
keep the boys and girls at home
during the high school age. This
measure would place great OBJ
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-09-29
SCHOOL NOTES
BY Helen Stohlton and Walter

by Iltltll SlolllIOll anu w dlbtl
Stevenson.
The annual sophomore recep-
ton for the freshmen was given
Friday evening last at the high
school gymnasium, Glass colors
and greens predominated in the
decorative scheme which display
ed the originality of the sophie
mores. All the members of the
faculty and the majority of the
upper classmen attended The
alumni representation was small,
probably due to the fact that the
party took place sooner than was
expected. Initiation of the "ver-
dan" class was the feature of the
evening. Some very novel and en-
PERTAINING stunts presented at the
expense of the freshmen were
pleasing to all. Free-for-all games
followed the Limitation and re-
frcahmentS consisting of ice cream
and cookies were served a short
time before the strains of When
Shall We Meet Again" were play
ed on a harmonica, The reception
committee, with Miss Nordholm
as class advisor was composed OF
Bonnie Kline, Norman Harring-
ton. Ada Blekkink and Art Stohl-
ton.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-09-29

A home canning club has been
in the fifth, sixth, sew
enth and eighth grades under the
supervision of Miss Busby. 1t is
predicted that the club will prove
interesting and educational with
view of producing better pro
duets.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-09-29
Card of Thanks,

We wish to thank our friends
and neighbors who have so
thoughtfully helped us in our
dark hour of sorrow, with visits,
flowers and expressions of kind
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-09-29

The Vashon Island Women S
club met at the home of Mrs
James Matson at Portage on Tues
day afternoon of this week.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-09-29

Bessie Kline has returned to
school after a prolonged absence
ON account of a broken shoulder.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-09-29

The V, P, 4. pemant for the
room having the most parents at
the PIT. A. meetings was won by
The third and fourth grades this
month. Get busy, the rest of you,
so you'll get it next time.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-09-29

The Parent-Teacher reception
will be held Friday evening, Sep
TENDER 80, at-the high school. All
parents are urged to attend as the
acquaintance of our teachers is i'm
portant in promoting the best in
tereStS of our school.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-09-29

We are sorry to report that
Gladys Stevenson has been i'll sev-
eral days and is still on the de
cline. We are looking for her
speedy recovery and return to
school.
The New York herald., 1922-07-22
Calling Out the Pumpmen.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: have
Just returned from a visit to England.
1 noticed that great many oil stoves
had been installed in the houses over
there. / also noticed that many per-
sons we're using wood instead OF coal.
When I asked the reason for these two
innovations was told that they were
the result Of the long coal strike In
England.
In the black country" I noticed large
numbers Of coal miners hanging about
the streets, and when / commented upon
the fact I was informed that they were
the men who had worked In mines which
had been flooded when the pumpmen
were called out on strike. Many OF
these mines have not been reopened,
some OF them may be reopened in the
course Of time others will never be re-
opened In the meantime these men are
out Of work and likely to remain SO.
they and their families have plenty of
time to think over the foolishness OF
their leaders and to realize the folly OF
calling out the pumpmen.
vERBuM SAP.
EAST ORANGE, N. J., July 81.
The New York herald., 1922-07-22
Let the Law Be Enforced.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: I have
admired the strong and determined
stand which has been taken by your
paper in regard to the outrages which
were recently committed at Herrin. Ill.
by striking miners and the fact that
you have the courage Of your convic-
tions to speak out boldly and to stand
for the right. for law and order In our
land. whether outrages be committed
by union or non-union men.
There should be no discrimination In
the eyes of the law and all should be
held equally responsible. II we Ameri-
cans arc to preserve our standing among
the nations of the world and enjoy the
privileges Of a free country we mus,
preserve law and order among ourselves
as far as it Is possible to do so. This
is not Soviet Russia but free America
and to remain free we must maintain
proper respect for law and order and
punish crime as 1t deserves.
EDWARD s. JONES'
SCRANTON, Pa. July II.
The New York herald., 1922-07-22
Uncle Sam Santa Claus.

Senator FRANCE of Maryland has
introduced in Congress bill author
izing the President Of the United
States to give six American warships
to Poland.
Santa Claus often makes gifts
which the judicious look upon with
disfavor. He is likely to put rifles
into the hands Of boys; he may pass
out articles Of great delicacy to
youngsters who smash them without
knowing their worth.
Sometimes Santa Claus gives to
small boys and girls presents which
provoke jealousy in the breasts (of
the children of neighbors. A good
many very unpleasant quarrels which
ultimately involved the grownups
have resulted from such presents,
and in neighborhoods in which tenn
pers are unrestrained these quarrels
sometimes have led to brawls and
the brawls to the police court.
UNCLE SAM may be Santa Claus,
but he should be discerning Santa
Claus.
The New York herald., 1922-07-22
Politics Alone Can Prolong Famine
Trustworthy Sources Show Harvest Will Be Abundant
Lenines Illness Eliminates Him.

worthy information seems to indicate ne
will be. no party Is willing to admit that
the idol OF soldier and workmen. peasants
and intelligentsia. the man In whom
even the rAactionaries appear to place
their faith, cannot return to the helm.
When II Is necessary to admit Lenine' $
elimination It Is believed either the
violent members OF the Left, or some
other combination. probably with stain
as their head, will announce: "Lenine
wanted us to swing to the Right ana we
shall follow our martyred leaders ad-
vice."
The source of this information cites
as assurance that there Is plenty OF
food the Russian position at The! Hague.
He says that all observers agree tnat
they cannot remember the time wnen
the harvest approached more propitionsiy
Reports OF drought I'm the Saratof
region were denied upon this man
own personal knowledge. But he admits
that such reports will continue to come
out of Russia. inspired by those VINO are
either selfishly interested in continuing
the relief work or. for political pur-
poses.
The best account Of Lenfne's condi-
ton, according to this man. Is tnat ne
is at New Jerusalem; summer resort
not far from Moscow. When he was
first taken there he evinced signs OF
mania. demanding that all windows DC
barred against imagined enemies. ne
is now reported to be In complete COL
lapsr. but all the circumstances inoicase
symptoms of paresis.
The New York herald., 1922-07-22
An Apology to Judge Talley.

THE New York HERALD regrets
that by an inadvertence there was
included in it's news columns a few
days ago a communication, sent to
it by a reader. that contained unjust
criticisms of Judge ALFRED ]. TALLEY
OF the Court of General Sessions
This communication ascribed to
Judge TALLEY racial prejudices,
whereas. as is generally recognized
in the city's legal circles, Judge
TALLEy has shown himself to be
conspicuously free from this quality
throughout his entire official and
judicial career. Statements made in
the communication referred to dc
rot In any way reAec. the views OF
THE NEW York HERALD, which re-
grets the publication and tenders ite
apologies to Judge TALLEY.