White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-04-29

Casey Moran--if YOU never heard
of Casey you've never been to the
Klondike-wrote humorously about
a Dawson soubrette Who was depart
ing for San Francisco, near Califor-
mia. Joe Clarke, since then mayor OF
Edmonton, Canada, was a Canuck
who had not forgotten the precepts
of his school days. so in his paper he
corrected Casey. San Francisco is
in California" gravely declared Joe
in his leading editorial. Which shows
how much better it is TO study your
geography lesson than to travel
around too much. Casey ought TO
have known better, for he was a Ma
tive Son of the Nevada City brew.
Another old Dawson scout vas II.
S. Congdon. Casey and I worked for
him when he ran the Yukon Sun. II
S. had been a teacher for years. He
takers you ever heard. Like most
good takers he vas conscious Of be-
ing possessed of this native gift and
he loved TO talk better than to eat
or most anything else. When Mr..
Congdon taught school back in Hall
kids got onto this vanity of his and
at recitations when they knew they
were going to fall down by reason
of not having their lessons down pat
the first thing thew would do would
be to have one of their number ask
history, literature or some favorite
topic of his. Then he would turn
loose and talk for five, ten or fifteen
minutes and finally discover he had
consumed a good share Of the time
for reciting and say. Wen omit The
recitation today and give the time to
talking. This is worth listening TO. ="
That would tickle the kids and they
would go to playing and II. s. would
catch them at it. Pointing to the
worst of them, a cross-eyed Young
ster. the pedagogue would shout:
"Mawster Hyde. what did ! say
lawst?"
That was when Master Hyde was
up against il. He could seldom tell
what Mr.. Congdon had said last. But
Ii was funny just the same-funnieT
still IL you only could have known
this interesting old fish eater.
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When Master Hyde came to the
desert country he was no longer a
kidlet. He was a grown up ronnder
and piano player who could throw
more variations into a picture show
tune than any man who ever ran HE
fingers over the keys. The difference
between him and his old ~sehoolmas-
ter was that m was a prodigy of a
knowledge 10 back IT up and the 9TH
er was an artist in his W wa. that
of making the air melodious from the
genius OF his finger tips. Well could
he be the guy at the other end ~ q
broadcasting outfit with a round-the
world wave length to entertain the
millions. Who shall a that one
was greater than the other. Mister
Congdon or Mawster Hyde, for each
had his specially and exeelled there
in?
Mister Hyde, as he now is or was
the last l knew. has n distinction
over his one-time tutor-he Is a full
Pledged I. w. w.
Many a time have | tried TO go
ahead with my desk work and listen
TO Mr.. congdon spiel at the same
time on some topic in English or
world history. But IL he caught me
clicking my typewriter or editing
cory when he was talking he would
say:
Mr.. b. this Is worth listen
ing to-"
We had a linotype operator from
Seattle named Petey Peterson. lie
was a swift and something of a sly
josher. You are not supposed to talk
TO linotype operators when they are
working, but Mr.. Congdon was our
employer and we did not dare tell
him that. He had had a little news
paper experience In Nova Scotia but
had never seen a linotype before and
did not know the rules. After his
social rounds of every evening he
would come into the Office about mid
night. He would try to talk to mo
q while and IL he found me an un-
willing listener he would go hack to
the machine and pull his chair IN
behind Petey and turn loose. Petcy
would work away, for he was a type-
setting fool and could not be stopped
by a little conversation, and II the
boss stopped half long enough to
catch his breath Petey would say:
Uncle Sam some day'll come over
here and take Canada" or something
like that.
Mr.. Congdon would never get an
CRY. He would simply turn loose.
There was no staying the flood of
conversation that would follow. He
would go back to the days OF John