Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1925-08-14
Butterfly Links
in Guam
By R. C. KENAMoRE


= of preserving the fame of VIII
liam Emory Hallowell, the man who
made golf possible In Guam.
Golf took like anything in Guam
when the first sticks and balls were
brought in, and we who were ma
r0oned there set about providing
suitable course.
But as soon as everything began to
shape up nicely, troubles began to
spring up like the rank vegetation
Of that prolific Island. Indeed, the
vegetation was the greatest bother.
II we had put enough men at work
on the eighteen-hole course to keep
1t clear, we would have bankrupted
the lnsular government. 1t would
have required small army all the
time
The grass grew SO fast that close
ly cropped green would cover a ball
the second day. and we lost 80 many
balls that we exhausted the visible
supply, which was not large to start
with.
Hallowell was connected with the
Department Of Agriculture for the
United States government and he
knew a lot OF things. One dav as
left the links. I saw him in n little
shelter house where we hung our
coats. He did not notice me. but I
noticed him and saw the light of ge-
MUS In his eye. Next day he came
swinging across the ernss making
connections In the swarms of butter
flies and seeming very iovful
He came IN tho Hrst Too md caIIad
US all about him Then he made a
little hamboyant speech. calling him
self the Dellyerer of Guam and tell
Ing us where he wished his monument
erected when he had been called from
us. "Obserye closely" he commanded
as magician would. Then he drew
a golf ball from one nocket and FROM
another a small ,ar with n screw ton
such as ladies keep on their dressing
tables. He rubbed some of the Jelly.
like contents of the iar on the ball
teed II I'D and drove of
Casually noting the direction. no
turned to us as an orator
my dear friends Won will now
kindly follow me. lend Won 10 vour
deliverance." He strobe an through
the ankle deem grass swinging his club
as gaily as n fairy would n wand
A hundred wards owov was a cIoud
of blue butterflies onnarentlv swarm.
Ing over some object nm tho ground
He walked into the autterv mass
brushed aside the grass. and there
was his ball.
We cheered in good fashion then.
for we saw the hallmark of insui.
ration. We knew that he had for
ever eliminated the lost-ball trouble
| II he could make the butterflies follow
the ball, for there are more butterflies
than anything else in Guam
Then William Emory condescended
to explain. He had carefully examined
into the habits of the large. swift. blue
butterflies, and had learned that they
fed exclusively upon the honey In n
little brown flower that we came la
ter to call the Foozler's lily. Then II
was simple He employed some ma
tlves to bring him a quantity of this
plant and extracted the honey In some
way Of his own. This, made into q
sort Of paste, was the stuff he rubbed
on the ball. Its strong and rather
pleasant Odor attracted the butterflies
and all In the vicinity flew to the ball
when 1t stopped, setting waving
flag, as 1t were, on the balls lie.
Hallowell was hero for DAYS. and
we gave him very successful supper
In the communicates quarters. He
went stolidly ahead with his work. but
found time to analyze the honey and
compound q satisfactory substitute
which could be made by a chemist.
thus eliminating the native flower
gatherer nuisance.
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