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turned for the mate. No one inter
fered with him. The mutineers were
in such force there could be no pos
sible danger from such as he. The
third mate came timidly from the
bridge and helped to carry the two
beaten officers to their rooms. The
second mate appeared and, with the
third and the lamp trimmer and four
of the engineers who were still unln-
jured, held low-voiced consultation.
1t was decided that nothing could
be done while the men We're drinking.
Better to wait until after the debauch
when they were thick and muddled.
Better to wait until this
madness had passed before talking Of
retribution. The scum of the Callao
water front were liable to do most
anything if crossed in their pleasures.
And the lamp trimmer, hearing,
mumbled queer oaths again and shook
his old head. Not so We're things
done in the Thermopylae days. Not
so did the officers of Capt. Havis order
things when seamen drew knives and
tall-masted ships had to be worked.
Drive. Drive! Drive. officers, men
and ships. And now today they We're
rats would be If their drinking was
stopped. Surely the old days had
gone. The lamp trimmer hobbled
for'ard at last to his room and lay
there undisturbed for the remainder
of the night. And he did not dream
as he always had done before. Be
cause he knew now the past was very
dead and dreams did not seem worth
while. He wished he was dead also
He should have passed with his era
X X X
DAWN found some of the mutineers
- asleep, sprawling over the decks,
but the ringleaders had been careful
to abstain from too much liquor, and
were awake. There was no chance
for the second mate and the engineers
to put any plan into operation. They
were locked in their cabins with keys
rified from the mate. and such as re-
sisted were numerically beaten. The
captain, dizzy and weak, was waited
on in his cabin, and it was demanded
of him that he run the Oddistar to a
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MACHINE THAT SPLITS FlREWOOD.

TO split ordinary knotty and crooked
wood economically into chips by
machinery was a problem that bristled
with difficulties, and the efficiency Of
an English machine used for this pur
pose is unquestionably very remark
able, since knots several inches in
length can be cleanly cut into sticks
such as must otherwise either be
thrown aside as unsuitable for split
less efficient machinery.
There has always been more or less
difficulty If the wood happened to he
wider at one end than the other, or
badly sawed, because. having to be
fed by spiked roller at each end, If
both rollers did not grip the wood al.
most simultaneously, the end gripped
first would be fed forward first In
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son merging imperceptibly into the
pervading gold.
The lamp trimmer went up the COM
panion to the bridge and crossed into
the port wing. A broad-shouldered,
burly man stood there, dressed in
soiled white duck pants and a gray
flannel shirt with a black tie. The
sleeves were rolled up and broad
belt encircled the waist. 1t hardly
needed the faded gold braid of the
blue peaked cap to tell that this was
the captain. Command was ap-
parent in the steady gray eyes, in the
strong, rugged jaw. in the sweep of
the high forehead and the bushy gray
brows. But for all the apparent power
and the sturdiness of the man there
was the age lag in his walk also and
the lift of the shoulders was not so
reckless and effortless as it had been.
They both belonged to the past, cap
tain and lamp trimmer. and the con-
fidence of youth was no longer theirs.
"A fine night comm, Thompson"
said the captain, turning as the other
approached. The lamp trimmer
cackled and set down two Of his Ian
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grant us signal victory on Lake
Champlain in the capture of one frig-
ate. one brig and two sloops of war
of the enemy"
There was no bombast about this
young man. But his reliance upon
Divine aid did not lessen his reli-
ance upon himself, and after he had
knelt on the deck of the Saratoga in
prayer he joined in the fight, both
as a commander and combatant,
emerging covered with CRIME, smoke
and blood.
1t was these qualities which have
made Marlborough the tradition that
he is in the Navy-the Bayard of the
service-the man without fear and
without reproach."
MacDonough's whole life went into
the winning of the battle of Platts-
burg. 1t was picturesque from the
outset. Born in Delaware, of Revo'
lutionary ancestors, early he was
lured by the Navy, and when a boy
he was a midshipman, learning his
profession in actual service. Fortune
finally found him in the Mediter-
ranean squadron. when the United
States decided to oppose the tribute
imposed by the Barbary pirates.
1t was here that he won friend
ships and the reputation that justi-
fed the naval authorities in placing
him in charge of the responsible post
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Montevideo and we can walk to der
city. l ave friends there
The first voice answered, Wen
make i'm beach tn packet there, an
we en- land wot part of the cargo's
worth anything. Then scuttle tn old
can. IT'S all she's good for, any
way. Never mind TIL bar.
On deck, M hearties::"
THEY trampled out of the cabin.
and the lamp trimmer staggered
weakly to his feet. He CROPPED in his
locker where he kept his bottle of
rum for Just such an emergency as
this. and he took a stiff half glass.
He felt better then and dabbed at his
face with a wet towel. Mutiny. 1t
doomed immensely close. He shlvered
and mumbled queer oaths as he
thought Of that long ago dawn of ter
ror on the Flying Cloud. Blood would
run and heads would be broken before
order came again. What could you
expect from the scum of Callao? He
stumbled up on deck after awhile.
He was dismayed at the sight that
met his eyes. The captain was trying
to bring both of his guns into action
against ring of raging mutineers.
But he wasn't quick enough-he was
struck down before he ever had a
chance. The mate Jared no better.
Soon both were stretched on the deck,
their faces bruised and bloody. On
the bridge a scared third mate looked
down and made no move to check
happenings. Half dozen hurricane
lanterns gave light. The matches OF
the forehold were off and two cases OF
whisky were opened, the bottles pass
ing from hand to hand as semi
drunken men lolled on the planking
or danced crazy jigs round the stlll
forms of the two officers. Two men
were coming from the saloon with a
niece of canvas between them which
sagged with canned foods, loaves or
bread, a cold ham, jars and bottles or
lam. pickles and fruit. The lazaret
had been raided.
Even as the lamp trimmer stood
swaying by the foc'sle scuttle ana
watched, men came swarming up from
the stokehold to take part in the feast.
There came a dull shot from the en-
CINE room, cries and then silence, save
for the high voices Of the mut1neers.
The engines stopped. The Odd1star
lifted and sank on the gentle swell.
ma sterless, helpless in the hands of
her crew.
The captain groaned and stirred.
Some one took his revolvers away.
The lamp trimmer hobbled forward,
lodging between groups OF singing
men, and dragged the captain back to
the break of the bridge. Then he re-
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Y us face was scanned like an
- old sheet of leather. Against
the mahogany color of it his
4 Il eyes were startlinglys blue.
He was very old. His hands
were knotted and gnarled, the brown
skin creased and folded over them.
The fingers, though, were nimble
enough when wrestling with a piece
of obstinate canvas or splicing an
obstinate hawser. He was stopped a
little. He was lean and stringy and
tough. He sat now on an upturned
bucket In the storeroom of the
Oddistar slowly making a monkey
knot in the end of a new heaving
line.
It was a little after dawn. The
watch was already stirring, ready for
the washing down. They trooped
along the alleyway at last to the
storeroom, the bos'n In the lead. An
ugly.looking gang. riffraff of the Cal
Lao water front, where the Oddistars
original crew had deserted to work in
the mountain mines. They were out
casts from the home country, some of
them Latin Americans, one man from
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terms on the spotless deck, we'll aware
| they were wiped so clean they would
not leave the slightest stain. The
other lantern in his hand, a red Ian
tern, he hobbled with to the extreme
bridge wing.
"A fine night. sir" he answered.
AN yen need t. watch tn men, Cap'n
Havis." He was privileged because
he had sailed with the other since the
Thermopylae days. The captain
froWned and fingered his clipped gray
| beard
AN what are they up to, Thomp-
SOM"
whisky out tn fore 'old. sir. I
foun' tn bulk'ead door busted, tn
one leadin' to tn foc'sle."
Lock busted. eh?" the captain
unused. He sighed. He was old and
conflict no longer pleased him. Did
you close it?"
The other shook with hoarse laugh
ter. Aye. Ye1l mind we 'ad holes
drilled for rivetin' TIL thing up an
never adj time t. finish. l put a cou-
pla bolts through and buried over tn
threads. They'll not open it again"
! IN watch EN-" muttered the cap
| tain. Years before he would have
summoned his mate and gone forard
and searched every inch of the foc'sle
for the stolen bottles. But he was
not equal to it now and he knew It,.
He wanted peace He was getting too
old for the sea.
The lamp trimmer bent over the end
of the bridge and slid the red lantern
into the red painted long half box.
The Oddistar was very ancient, like
some of her crew, and had no dyna-
mos. Everything was lighted by Oil
! lamps. The red light fixed, the lamp
trimmer placed the green in position
and then went down on the main deck
to Chamber with surprising agility up
! the rigging with the white masthead
light, That done, the pinnacle lamps
had to be brought from below and
placed in the little wheelhouse. Then
the chartroom lamp had to be lighted.
and the lamps in the little saloon, IN
the wheelhouse and in the foe sic. The
lamp trimmer went about it all
nethodically, as he had done for IL
wears, ever since following Capt.
Havis to berth on the wheezy Oddi-
| star.
EOR'ARD again, the lamp trimmer
sat in his cabin, adjoining his
| storeroom, spelling slowly word by
word from an old San Francisco paper
| propped against the sugar bowl before
him. Spectacles were on his nose; his
feet were thrust into soft. highly dec
Grated carpet slippers, He had cast
off his neatly patched blue uniform
Jacket and sat in his shirt sleeves. his
white hair shining silvery in the light
from the polished brass lantern in Its
gimhals above him.
After eating he lay on his bunk.
smoking an old pipe, and stared at the
white painted deckhead. his eyes al
most closed and seeing. not the seams
under the paint nor the rivet heads
of the steel beams. but the sea OF 80
years ago, and tall ships and gray
sails and men who had long since
worked and laughed and loved ana
gone. He always dreamed thus,
every night after work was finished.
Tonight, after while, the dreams
did not come so easily. At first IL was
all right, but later the talk from the
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TAKING OIL FROM THE SEA.

In Los Angeles there are many Oil
wells in operation. There are as
many us three oil derricks IN one
back yard in some places there. some
wears ago the city council compelled
the property owners to shut down
these oil wells, as persons residing IN
the neighborhood held that they were
a nuisance and so tended to depre'
ciate property values.
During the World War, however,
when there was great demand for
fuel oil with which to keep our many
industries at fun capacity. the city
granted permission to reopen and
pump out these long sealed oil wells In
the residence district. and during the
time they were being operated 1t Is
said that many of them yielded from
$40 to $50 worth of Oil each day. or
late there has been a recrudescence
of the oil industry in that district. and
It 10 now held to be a most important
Lcenter of the business
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TN southern California there has been
l. devised {, method of pumping oil
out of the sea. AT Summerland.
small place on the coast between Ven
tura and Santa Barbara, there are re-
norted to be more than 100 oil der
rtcks in the ocean. They extend
from the shore a distance OF several
hundred yards and lift oil from
depth of 1900 feet below the ocean $
bed.
The oil strike in the ocean at sum
merland Aas made as result OF OIL
seApages along the shore. The OIL
trickled down through the sand ana
along TO the waters edge. OH pros
pectors thought it would be wiser TO
drill through this loose sands of the
oceans bed than 10 drill through rock
formation along the shore, so they
put down several wells and succeeded
in striking oil. The derrick pumps
hoist the oil into pipes and send 1t to
tank a<0n. Ahf>- llil isi60 Snaasx4 hA aGhOEHF
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Samoa, two half Indians, all gathered
by the crimps for Capt. Havis. who
was of the old school, and had once
claimed he could make a sailor out
OF sack of coal, given time and a
Delaying pin. But that was long ago.
A surly gang he had nova gang
promising trouble every mile of the
long journey home to London.
The bos'n said, "Brooms, Lamps"
and stepped into the storeroom, cease
lessly chewing his quid and looking
with disfavor on the men he had to
drive. The lamp trimmer stood up,
his joints cracking and his Watery old
eyes blinking.
"Brooms," he cackled. moving to
the corner where they were stacked.
'Brooms! Ye ought t be thankful We
'avent { 'olystone every morn" He
chuckled reminscently as he handed
each man broom and kept the tally,
when / was on tn Thermopylae in
90 we ad t 'OlystOne every day I.
Beat tn Guilty Sark's record that
trip Drive! Drive! Drive. ="
Hoses, Lamps" said the bos'n un-
perturbed.
The old man hohbled over to the
corner where the coiled hose lay and
watched while two were lifted on
mems shoulders. Then the watch filed
out of the storeroom, ScOwling, sui
len, resentful that they should have to
work at all. The bos'n fingered
"Gettin' ugly" he muttered at last.
cole mans taken t. carryin' a re-
volver, Mate ad to beat one up
yesterday"
ugly 1t is" cackled the lamp
trimmer, sitting again ON his bucket.
Reminds me o. the time we 'ad on
tn Flying Cloud, fourmast bark
outer Bristol. Mutinied 10 days out
an set tn ole man an the mate
adrift I was aloft
TITS liable Z 'appen here" muttered
the bos'n, shaking his head. Grew
of beach combers never was no good. y
He left at last 10 follow the watch on
deck and take one of the hose in his
own hands The lamp trimmer stared
at the bulkhead when he had gone
and uneasy thoughts disturbed him.
Matters were bad. The crew this Noy-
age was one of the most unruly he
had ever seen. He forgot the knot
he had half completed. His fingers
twitched restlessly. His old eyes were
looking down the past, before the age
Of steamships. when he had been up
right and young on the Frying Clouo
and there had been shooting and
lantic dawn He shivered a little and
the knuckles of his twitching Old
hands cracked eerily,
X
THE night shades were gathering
over the sea when the lamp trim
mar left the storeroom and set down
in the alleyway the three small navl-
cation lights he carried. He locked
the door carefully behind him. Tor
such crew as the Oddlstar carried
this trip would steal anything, Then
he picked up the lanterns again ana
hobbled up the foc'sle companion 10
the deck.
1t was beautiful up there, beautitul
with the sunset that IS found only In
the tropics There was sort OF pale
golden light spreading over all, and
on the far horizon, where the sun had
Just disappeared. was band of GRIM
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THE construction of great dams for
storing water for irrigation and
power often spoils the landscape in
the immediate vicinity of the dams.
but the Disagreement IS amply
atoned for by the creation of lakes
|, capable of supporting great quantities
of food fishes.
In this relation it is of interest to
note what has been done in the case
of the impounded waters in the Sierra
| Nevada Mountains.
The building of the Crane Valley
Dam created Bass Lake. sheet of
water miles long, half a mile wide
and 100 feet deep. The water is now
j teeming with trout and black bass.
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RESERVOIRS STOCKED WITH FISH.

artificially introduced. and affords
fishing resort for hundreds of persons.
Huntingdon Lake. in Fresno County,
Calf. was similarly created by dam
1870 feet high. which impounds thou
sands of acres of water. The lake has
been stocked with rainbow and Loch
Leven trout, and is the resort of per
sons from all parts of the State.
The primary purpose of the dam
was to serve as generating statlon
for the Pacific Light and Power Cor.
poration. Thus purely commercial
ventures haze been successfully made
to add both to the natural beauties OF
the country and to its productiveness
In nOinf Of food.
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the new splitting machine special
means were provided for counteract-
ing these difficulties.
All such difficulties, IL appears, are
now obviated, as the wood. of what
ever size and shape, is carried bodily
along in vertical position. being sup
ported both in front and rear ny other
pieces of wood. so that even the small
est pieces cannot now fall over or b.,
improperly cut by the knives.
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FlyinS Ability of Birds.

The narrower a birds wing is in
comparison to it's length. the better
is the ability to fly. Also. the shorter
the body is in comparison TO the
length of the outstretched wing the
greater is the.dying. power.
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THE CAPTAIN WAS TRYING TO
BRING BOTH OF HIS GUNS
INTO ACTION AGAINST A
RING OFRACINC MUTINEERS.
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BY GEORGE f. AUTHIER.

NJ ORE than 100 years have
N N passed since the guns of
V Commodore" Marlborough
Numbered defiance at a Brit
iSh fleet in the vicinity of
Imperial Valley press., 1926-11-19
Local Drug Store
Changes Owners

Announcement was made today by
\. Il Frsnci~. pioneer druggist Of
this city, Of the sale of the Francis
Drug store to f.. f. Cunningham Of
BarStow.
Mr.. Francis. who has bccu cngag.
ed ia business IN tins ely for many
wears, j. di~ppsing Of hi- Interests
here on &crouHt of the health ot Mrs.
Francis. who has recently been crit
lcallv i'll She is now slowly improv
ing ana - soon - she Is able 10
travel will b" taken to whatever
climate is best adapted to her con
'lition, her husband states.
The Dew owner OF the drug store,
who VIII takc possession Monday.
h@s been engaged in the drug busi
ness IN Ba.-tow for Il number Of
yeaIs, and recently disposed of bis
store there. which he operated ia
partnership with his brother. Cum
ningham plans TO move his family
here end hccomc a pcrmanct resi-
don't Of Imperial Valley.
\ wild" circl" OF friends and
hu-.ncs~ .ssnciates will regret to
learn al tine intending departure
ii Mr.. aHd Mrs. Francis.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-11-19
Former Chief
Addresses Club

Lee Heath, former chicf Of the
Los Angeles police department. was
Tho principal! speaker at the weekly
unchcuA Of the f. Centre kiwaniS
club today "Oar Youth :. a sub
jet Of Hiral interest Ia all. was
chosen bv Heath vino emphasized the
need Of adult guidance ia the char.
artrr building of the youth OF our
country.
Telling ot the work which the In.
perial County Tuberculosis aSsOcia.
ifon has hccM doing for under
noUri>hod children of lmpcrial Val.
'eH. Mrs. y. Il. Hanson. local chair
nan &C. tn" association described the
splendid result, gained al the sum
laer health camp at lIipass. She
.lo>"d With 4 plea for support hy
The kiwanianS in the Christmas seal
sale from which IL" tuberculosis,
association receives il support.
Visiting Kiwaniaus were Hugh
Nchinnou, jack Anderson. ". J.
Duncan. !. G. Scott. Dirk Emerson.
". G. .Ioace, +. ! Goree. Jr.. ~:
talrviro. CAesebrough. George
Maurice Bjil Anderson ana Jack
HIN cf Erawlcy aaa L. VI. Holt o.
: Al ina, Washington.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-11-19

Jams al the Los Angeles Coliseum.
Erb passed through here on his way
down south and h" actually believes
/ Idaho is going to make great
! II owing against L. s. G. He points
uut that the NandalS stopped Bill
Kelly of Montana, Maple and Schul-
mcrich Of q. \. G.. and MeCkcr of
| the Cougars, and rhat his charges
have no fear OF Morton kacr.
The Tr"ians are concentrating ON
the Notre Dame game and possibly
have taken Idaho too lightly.
Montana, with the great B.ll kcl
lN, viii SOC its first action in Cali
f"rnia Tins year at Sacramento thiS
afternoon, with the California Ag
gicS aS opponents. Sucramcntans
hopr to witness II closer game than
they did last wear when ihc Aggics
lost to \cvHda in Sacramento 5
onIv college game OF the year. The
Montanaus will bask in California
sunshine until Il week from tumor
row when tEcy face the Trojans at
/ as Angeles. The Grizzlies Should
win today'> game.
81 Mary = faces Fresno state III
Ftcsno to-day i'll the Nain,s las'
clash before the :" !iltl. Big Game ..
against Santa clara ia SuA Fran
CISCO Il week from Saturday.
California Tech will tar"t the
strong {. c. Southern branch ~
gregation at Los Angeles tomorrow
Imperial Valley press., 1926-11-19

,ccniagc OF The Mexican population
is no longer illiteratc.
Another amazing figure was that
! tappiymg 10 land ownership. one
state having lis territory owned by
] less than three tcuths Of one per
cent of is population.
Otto Bradshaw acted rs chairman
Of the day, and introduced the
speaker
Hugh Hshornc rendered Il charm,
iu@ dirty catitled, "pown Whore
the Nc~t Begins, aGd the now Ro
tary club quartet, composed of Vcrn
bcQar, Icrcir Fhacker. Warren
Nutricr and Art schultz. contributed
several selections.
Wishing Eotarians inrludcd Mac.
l.achlan. Tom IgieSiaS, T. II. Worth
ington and Il. H. Maddux, Calcxico
and Howard Jones, lioltyjllc. Guests,
IN addition to members Of the Lions
club, were Y. i. Frizzcu and Bert
F#Wcctt Of this city.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-11-19

when the now accepted thcor" Of tho
solar system was introduced in Eu
rope. the A2ters had already indie.
/ pcndentlv evolved that theory and
[ had ceased To believe in the revolt
tion Of the sun about the earth.
Wilson advanced many instances
showing The high degree Of civilila.
tion reached bv the .tztrcS
That the c0nouerorS Of the AYtccS
: came from The Spanish ari>tocracr.
and by their jutcrmarriagc develop
cd blended race far superior t.
any other breed Indians. was cm.
phasi1cd. The present unrest IN
Mexico is largely an outgrowth of
tho idealiSH born of the union al the
two laccS, COUPLED with the unequal
system ri land ownership which now
cNiS'S. in the opinion Of Wilson.
who, a. = member of - recent frjrud
ship commission TO McNivo. speak,
with auth0rity on This subject.
Ill,teIacy Decreasing
Mexico - - nation is at present
m its aiairSccut period. according
10 Wilson. and j. on tine WAY lu ne.
quiring stability through an ntcn-
Siy" campaign against illiteracy. The
fact tha' th" greatest bEoaacasting
station On tuc North American con.
tihrnl i II Mcxieo city, where il
operates urde, The direction of the
department. Of ,juration. was given
- indicative ot thr new movement
IA McNica.
Startling figures were iueiEdod in
the taIa. and showed that, contrary
to thu eseal impr, >sion, = large peg
Imperial Valley press., 1926-11-19
HOltvilIe Woman
Is Buried TOday

Last rt,s for Mrs Eugenia VIII,
Yer. who passed away Monday eve
nin4 III lIoltviile wrr, held this
afternoon at the funeral paflors Of
=. +. Lemons. \ large number uf
h,r eonntrymrn, Hiipino,, were
prrs,n, al the services. She was
thr Wife Of Guadiero Njlliyer, and
had resided in the valley Tor the
last foar Years. The family are
amon& the most highly esteemed
members OF their nationality AND
hay, many friends here. The de
c,@>vd HaS - years old.