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hit him with one In tlls first round,
but landed few thereafter.
The experts declare they have
watched me spar with Mays mere
when this fiery young heavyWelght
rushed me on the Manila barriers
and Ii amused me to see them gel
their heads together with solemn
faced expressions. II was these
workouts that gave me the oppOr-
tunify TO diagnose these same
boring attacks and be able 10 offset
them when the New AeatanOer
comes laundering out,
However. in spite OF the predae+
ton OF my predecessor. Mr. Detap-
Sc and the selections made By
some Of the experts, am fuzzy
confident OF my ability to hold the
heayywelght title and that when the
bout in ended 1t will be my hana
the referee raises as that OF the
wInner.
OnIy six miles OF roadwOrk com
nrised my training regiment today
Tomorrow r will have my final
workout with Mays and Nidabeck.
wednesday VIII he a day Of slight
limbering up exercise and Thurs
day morning I win fly To New York,
Prom the volume of kilograms and
letters expressing opposition To the
trip by air I would like TO reply
that / believe ] have much to live
for. ana quite DESTROYS oi
carrying n 10 enioy them and fot
that rea son will not abandon nay
plans 10 ga by plane which II mol
only safe hut far easier and m0rs
conducive for ring condition when
the bell sounds.
when fought Tommy Gibbons
/ made the trip 10 New York by
train two days before thA fight.
The night before II was - hal
| in the city that never closed ms
eyes. When | went into the rInf
was like 4 wet rag, II / did tho
same for HeenAy ! would b
slaughtered.
That's why I'm going by air.
lcapyraxht. 1s1s, by Kinw Features
Syndicate. Incl
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sam Jones. He would nOe aQu
4 word to this statement.
II don't know much shout
either of them, but fre1n Whist
I've been reading. Ia say Tunney
ought Ia win, said 81 Tom
Zachary.
"Tt's waIkever far Trll-
ney,p was Bump HadleTa
opinion. He's too fast md
too smart Tor Heeney.
Never saw either % them.
said Lovely Barnes. Don't
care who wins, but I'D say Tun-
ney should, Il he's all Nike Martin
says he is
Il never saw = fight. that II.
fight in regular ring. was the
I'd like to see Heeney win, il
only to put q stop to Mike Mar
tins hot air about Tunney I'm
about fed UP on this Tunnay.
II suppose Tunney'lI win, com
mented Uncle Nick Altrock. "AlI
hope, he gives ms some stuff to
put into my act. wouldn't even
waste time listening to the returns
Of the fight on the radio
''Tunney n sure 10 win from
such q slow fighter rs Heeney
apparently Isl" said Ossio
Bluege. These ara the days uf
speed in everything"
TITS all boIoney to me-, said
Pack Kenna. II don't believe half
have been reading about this
Heeney. He is just aetup for
Tunney, picked to fight because
he's a New Zealander. An ordinary
American Of the same class wouldn't
draw enough gates. That's how
it looks to me-
Fred Marherry didn't know there
was to be fight and didn't care.
Muddy Ruel leaned toward Tunnay.
So did Lloyd Brown, Benny Tate.
and Garland Braxton, though all
three were not greatly interested.
When the results were noted it
was found that AL Schacht alone
thought Heeney had q chance. The
others were for Tunney. All OF
which Is worth nothing AZ dope 10
be followed by anybody.
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Like ali Dali payers most o. tnG
Grtffs are keen followers OF ring
contests. They seldom have oppor.
tunities OF seeing bouts, but when
ever they have. they are right on
Boston, Cleveland, Detroit and
Chicago all give the players chances
at odd times OF gathering at the
ringside and they never overlook
it.
.Tunney should have no trouble
winning from Heeney," was the
studied comment Of Bucky Harris.
q red-hot ring fan. III hardly think
you'd call Heeney as good as
Dempsey was in Chicago. vet Tun-
ney won, even after being flattened
in that famous seventh. Tnnney's
superior boxing skill should give
him an easy victory on paints IN
fifteen rounds. Indeed. shan't
he surprised il he stops the New
Zealander, though I do not care to
make such 4 prediction.
saTunney's . cinch.' remarked
Joe Judge. one Of the original
Tunnay mem with the Griffs.
I can't see this slow footed
Heeney having chance Of
catching anything but lot OF
walIOps where they'll feel the
worst"
"Pm TO. Tunney," chimed In sam
Rice. "In fifteen rounds he VIII
Just give Heeney a boxing lesson.
Tunney's a cheese champion, u
ever there was one" broke in Al
Schaeht, who lost a big Wad on
Dempsey in both Tunney battles.
Schacht has never been convinced 81
Tunney's greatness in the ring anu
admits it loudly on all occasions. !.
IF Heeney keeps plugging away,
continued Schacht, he'll wear Iun-
new down. Remember, Tunney has
had 90 rounds in three years. They
used that argument for Dempsey.
Isn't 1t just as good for Tunney1 AZ
this Heeney is as tough as they say
he In. lis rounds should just be right
for him. He may be outhoxed, OF
course, but superior stamina ana
ruggedness should give him = good
chance OF winning. No. m not bet'
ting cent on this bout. I'm busy
chasing the wild, curly WOLF away
from the door,
.sWeH. I've got some dough to
law on Tunney Mt market prices,
said Goose GOslln. another hot
firht fan. II cant see this
Heeney . little bit. He's too
slow for Tunney."
Chimney viii knock him out,
came from Sir MiQue Martin. one
of the original Tunney men
"Tunney's the greatest heavy.
weight since John r. Indeed, put
the two men in the same rims
today, and Tunney would make
Joke out of him. Then what
chance has Heeney? Not any. u
| YOU ask me.
ssTunney for mine was the
lshort. sapient comment Of SAD
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Tunney-Heeney Returns
BY Radio at Smoker

The Tunney.Hennsy fight viii be
heard by radio at the second
monthly out door smoker at the
Marine Barracks on Thursday
night. A large radio will be in.
stalled. All marines and ex-
marines, an well az their families
and friends are invited to attend
the show.
The fights at the Marine Bar
racks will start at O'Clock. The
card has heen arranged ~ Match
maker Paddy Doyle.
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Il IOMERUIV
Il 1TTTERS |

Player and Club Me- Totai.
ruth. Yankees ....I.....s ~
Tha Leaders
ruth, ~; Hack Wilson. 81 sottoIn-
law anl aehri9t ~,
l.asat,s totald National. SIS: Amer
lean, aa0.
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Spectators might think him an
easy mark far q right cross. hut
Ne realty isn't. Tom has Z habit
~ hioeling most Of them. sharkaS
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0 NJ HIDES
NEARFARN
~ I'D lGHR GER

FAIR HAVEN N. j, July
IA For Tom Heeney the train
ing routine is ended but the
light exercises linger on.
The Osborne gladiator viii not
nun on leather again until Thursday
night in his dressing room ct the
Yankee stadium. That will be soon
enough for Thomas. He i jolly well
fed up on his dish of ballwhoopee.
The challenger Ii still under re-
atraint ~ he marks time Tor Tnn-
ney, but the rigors Of training are
behind him. This morning Ne
loOsened IN his massive bedy hy
induIing In caIistaenic exercises.
This afternoon he departs for pre-
.eincts unknown, accompanied by
his three brothers and Trainer
Jimmy Hennessey.
RunsOn Farm will $50 no
more az Heeney until Thursday
morning when he packs his
bags and starts for New York.
The brothers, Hemmesaey, Squire
John Mortimer and pnssibly Phil
MercuriO win form an escort TO
Madison Square Garden. After
the Weighing the challenger VIII
rest III 3 hotel not far from the
battlefield.
The rugged Heaney, unaccus.
toned to being handled like q piece
Of bric.a.brac. thinks that part Of
the program il as silly as the edict
that kept him grinding away Tor
nearly seven weeks down here, but
realized that 1t Ii all q part nf the
show and that he must conform to
traditional before.the battle habits.
1T ID unOfficially reported that
the challenger is lOafing on q big
country estate not more than five
miles from Rumson Farm. Eddie
Harvey, one OF his managers, won t
say whether Tom has acquired Il
new millionaire to entertain him,
but he hints at it.
Hsaney 10 drying out gradually by
the simple process OF eliminating
liquids from his diet. Tom may tip
the commission scales ut 20S pounds
Thursday afternoon and 10 certain
not to be below 1913. He weighed q
fraction over 200 pounds before his
final practice here yesterday and
took off about three pounds during
the workout.
Some Of the One-day observers,
who have been crOWding I'm here
for the last few days, found
Thomas doing his stunt with an
air OF mechanical WEAKNESS and
therefore deduced that he has
been that way for weeks and
weeks.
During the hot spell last week
Heeney laid off two days and boxed
only four rounds in other days. He
held his weight well and even IL he
comes In over 200 pounds he won'i
be l0ggy.
I'D rather have him little
heavier than we figured on" says
Charley Harvey. than too light
He'll he In better shape for fifteen
rounds IL he has few pounds K
lose, especially If 1t is a hot night
In any event he'll be close to ter
pounds heavier than Tunney ane
that may be an important factor.
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I IEE.|NEY XXX sy

FAIR HAVEN N. il, July 24Just it difficult for
wayfarer in Gene Tunneys training to realize ne 4
actually iii the midst Of preight scene owing to the com
placency and quiet Of Specuaor equally natural 70 look
around Tom Heeney quarters here the Rnmson Farm
estate of Mr. Raymond Hoagand and to one
self WELL here at last training camp where you
smell the nerSpiration Of busy athIetea!,,
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gle Cline doesn't see how the Old
Tomato from Down Wonder can
lose. Miss Cline showed IN in
camp yesterday with another old.
time stage favorite, Bessie Clayton.
great toe dancer In the beloved
days OF Weber and Fields.
Then, giving the Joint touch cf
the spectacular fight days Of two
decades ago. il the almost daily
presence of the famous trainer,
Jimmy De Forrest, whose health
farm isn't a stones throw; not to
forget Joe Cawthorne. the actor
who starred with Julia Sanderson
and whose country home i in this
county.
Meeting people Of that tyne. who
lend themselves to forming q demo
cratic background to Heeney's tenn
pOrary home. sets off the spark Of
enthusiasm In the casual visitor in
Possibly n ii some Of this
CONTAGIOUS democracy which has
led 4 few cautious souls to offer
ia hack Hseney at | 20 3 in
Thursdays olnbfOgIiO with Tum.
ney- -pefhaps such venture +
compelled By what they have
seen The Rock do In his spar.
ring sessions here.
one thing is certain, and every
round of practice here with Jimmy
Rraddock and Jimmy I4awless, both
native Jerseyites, has proven it,
the same being that Tom Heeney,
OF Gisbourne, New Zealand. will
hack away from no man. lit Ii the
humble opinion of this observer
that Heeney could save himself .
LOT Of agony If no would hack away
from some of the left jabs and
hooks OF his antagonists, but he
seams to walk right into them In
hopes OF getting inside their guard
10 deal his deadly body blow to the
liver and heart.
In his training, Heeney disregards
these left hand socks altogether.
Dempsey suffered by Tunney's hair
splitting singing lefts, and Heeney
seems q sucker for the same medi-
cine. Demepsey has said that Tun.
news straight left hand punch,
which he throws with all his body
behind 1t. In harder to overcome
than any right or left hook he ever
| saw. Heeney has been coming
| into this kind of attack from
| Rraddock and Lawless. who hardly
hit as menacingly as II they
weren't being paid off by Heeney
regularly.
AZ we say, Heensy either doesn't
mind 'em or can't see . left COM
inr Dempsey saw 'em coming,
took 'em. and almost went blind
nom the effects. 1t looks now as
though Heeney would do the same
thing Dempsey did, while Tunney
will keep away on his roller
skates, and jab. 1ab, 1ab. If
Heeney has any other modus oper-
andi, he hasn't revealed it pub.
liciy.
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LANGENBAcHER CONTROLS

Clarence g. Langenbacher, o.
Bridgeport, has purchased q con-
trolling interest I'm the Clarksburg
Club OF the Middle Atlantic League.
The sale was made by r. -, Cain.
former president OF the Generals,
and his associates.
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CHAMP ADMITS GROUND
FOR DEMPSEY TO
NAME HEENEY
BY GENE TUNNEY

SPECULATION N 81, July 24-Now that Jack Dempsey
according to newspaper accounts has picked Heeney 20
win the championships from at the Yankee STADIUM my
avn judgement in rating Heeney foremost contender OF the
finhfers il smhstantiated. -
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GOES TO SPRINGFIELD

0utfielder Harry HesMe has haen
loaned TO Springfield BY the Albany
Senators, Hesse il considered
good one.
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~ his own admission TINS
A fhe first training camp out 81
which THnneY ever ateppea par
feckly fiE both In mind and BODY.
"a Stroudsbugg he Was suffer.
fnv from neuritia In his shoulder
Af lake Villa, Chicago. he was
under 4 mental strain.
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There ~ tn6 0t0stlNMG HIGHT NbtMUM.
plere here at Fair Haven. Attend.
ants rush here and there with
towels slung over their shoulders.
They wear crude caps pulled down
over one eye and baagyrkneed
trousers. shirts are unbuttoned
around the throat; sleeves rolled
np: cigarettes dropping from mouths,
q typical fight lingo emitting from
the lips, some Of 1t cOckney English
and some in American slang.
Yes, there's something about Tom
Heeney's headquarters that smacks
OF Toledo, Reno, Carson City, even
New Orleans. Pitched in the midst
Of Jerseys famous coast where
vacationiats pass by the thousands
every hour, where hot-dog and soft
drink stands spring up across the
road and just off the Hoagland
premises, and where rubber-neck
wagons exploiting the beauties Of
this section Of the Atlantic shore
pause tn point out the training
camp of the New Zealand black.
smith, Tommaso Heeney," the
locale here is quite I'm contrast with
Gene Tunney's secluded cabin off
the peaceful banks OF Lake Pleasant.
Probably this two most color
fui gentlemen here, outside Of
the curious, pudgy, stOlid Rock
81 Down Wonder, Tom Heency
himself, are Charles Harvey and
John Mortimer. Heeney's Ameri-
can and British managers re.
spectlyeIy, both Of whom speak
with IN accent which leaves
the letter "h's" dropping ell
ever the place.
Then there In another spicy indi.
yidual here who il a veteran Of
many . fight camp, and who sea-
sons the place with the flavor OF
the good old days in fistiana. He
II Dir Francis Albertanti, of Tex
Richards staff. Francis In inter.
prefer and public relations counsel.
One may wonder why an inter.
prefer IN nseded here, but il Won
had To place together bit by bit
and piece by some Of the rapid.
fire directions which eminate from
HeeUey'A corner to the challenger
during the Sparring matches. the
sans coming from the Cockneyed
conversation 0f Mesafs. Harvey
and Mortimer. you would appreciate
tbs presence here Of Sir Francis
AIberfangf,
Albertand vas fin Chicago last
year Ut Richards press headuuar.
teFs In The Palmer House, neither
DNanps&g NOR Hsaney needing an
interpreter. BESIDES COckney Eng.
TlAh. AltSeFtantf speaks A. n. II
ErspetT, plEs0V Latin nnd phonetic
aTe1ks
HNt III sresGtDK atmosphere
ak1wG ffe6Meyfs q. III. a., Iet
~ NJ fNeRAs that doe Hum.
ptSFNYS, veteran announcer ut
MAAts0M Square 1arden, lives
1ssf N@Nt IN the H0agland
NA2AtN sseN N4StsSA himself quite
Il NAsfNs8fR AtNAHg the visitors.
III kNlN p3te and sOnOrOus
torres hsARk him ~ q man not
~ ~ f8ekOtAen nor overlooked
III i EpHWA.
Also residing In the vicinity and
making herself part of the hursly
GuFaT here III the famous song
stress, MaGgte Cline, who used n
sing Knock Elm Down McClosky.',
Maggie Ii no longer = airl, YOU
know. hut shes pulling for Haaney
to knock down Tunney. She asked
TO he remembered te Jimmy Lake
WashingERn'S premier hnrleauua an
tertainer md magaphone manlnltla
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Al Schacht Lone Gil7mQn
Pulling for Heeney
Nv LOUIS A. DOUG HER

CINCINNATI Ohio, July 24.--'Gehe Iunney a : WaIE,
the the Griffs have Of the coming battle tor the
HEAVYWEIGHT ring title That ii most Of them look It that
way.
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CT NJ KEEN
A5RAz[R
~ N. v. CoRUM

SPECULATOR, n. July
"a. Gene Tunney will finish
biz training for Tom Heeney
here this afternoon.
Hes fancy lit ana razor keen for.
the clang 81 the CONS.
Unless something happens within
the next fOrty.eight hours 10 spoil
Il "a better conditioned heavy
weight champion ever will havs
steaped into the ring to defend his
title.
Provided outward appearances
are worth plugged nickel, TINS
il the best TunnHy who ever aTeW
on boxing glove, mentally phy-
sically and actually the tall Marine
will be at the peak when he leaps
across the ring to meet the pnti-
like charge Of the castiron black
smith.
Nv his own admission this
II the first training camp out 81
which TFlnmeY ever ateppe4 per'
feckly nc both IN mind and BODY.
40 Str0udsburg be was suffer.
fnv from meuritia In his sh0uaaer
At Lake Villa, Chicago. ne vas
under = mental strain.
f.ara viii 90 on the road TO.
morrow morning, and then rest for
the remainder or the day In an
isolated cottage Of his friend. Orrie
Mobiles. 4, -. -
.l.a. ,.r,,aI ttrna breakfast and then
SET sail Tor New York In Two
motored Sik0rslxy aniphibian piape'
niloted By Bill Winston. The plane
viii take Of from Lake Pleasant,
where there ID ample room, and fol
low the course Of the Hnqs0h NDWu
Ar..iv;nr in New York, the title
holder will rush TO the scene o. the
weiahing.in and then seclude Dim
self until time 10 80 10 tne staMIusi'
Tunmey Issued the following
statement 10 the press:
II feal In better condition lor
the coming contest than fer
either "a my fights with JaAk
DemDaeY. With the eyent beli1g
held "a New YeTk etty, ! ha6
m opportunity 20 tEaIH here -
tlse m0untains end eODAieaon
myself - ny eWm eompsess
satisfaction.
NY hands are stronger lHau
they have been in years. and tnls
i'm View Of tf1s fact that Lam cOnft.
dent that I am punching harder
tt1an / have In yeaFE-since DeEan
boxing when my hands wsre not
strong enough to Withstand fne
power OF my punches. 4 am moi
ovsrconfident. bnt / believe I viii
win. and / agree with my camp
members that III I can land sOltd
punch against the contender
punches such a. i have shown In
training--thaf d knockout IN Hkely.
will do my best.
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May boxing writer experts are
llkewise finding Heeney the prospec.
i've winner. have never moderated
Heanay'a fistic ability. In all his
tights in this country he showed
nimaalf to be far superior to the
other challengers.
He backs UP exceptional ring cour-
are with short range punishment
that wears down opponents.
when he fought Jack Sharisey
sns y his corner and threw :
right hand punch that started In
Mn heels. Heaney took it without
even = blink but instead kept bOr-
img Straight on into the Boston
fighter.
Again In his fights with Jimmy
Mal0ney he took q terrific right
hand punch under the heart that
Jimmy let so with all he has In
him. Heenay apparently was not
battered q hit and quickly whipped
over q hook 10 the chin that put
Maloney out.
Heensy Is q hooking puncher. He
curves his blows into the body and
while a straight hitter Ii supposed
10 be- more dangerous vet with his
powerful atolid frame behind them
they ran halter down = bigger fel.
low. No that when lac follows with
his rlght he has his man In distress.
~ defensive fighter
Hieaney'a same bOring-in style VI
pashing forward With hia bead
lowered 10 0me aide enables him
60 catch left labs on the fore
head and nften he gets In under
them with b counter.
spectators might think him an
easy mark for q right cross. Hut
"a realty isn't. Tom has 4 habit
~ hanaklna most az fhA4a SHARK ~
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-11-23
Give Leisure Hours to Law

Okmuigee, Okla.--A law school
which holds classes at night, so clerks,
stehographers and others who must
earn a livelihood during the day mag
satisfy an ambition to become lawyers.
is run as q hobby By w. L. Merwlne.
Okmulgee attorney.
Merwine. too, must work in the day,
as he is dependent on his professional
practice. The law school. he says. Is
his contribution to his city.
Merwine is dean Of the school and
the students are its officers. Several
members OF the Okmulgee bar help
the enterprise BY teaching subjects
with which they are most familiar.
The classes meet In the basement Of
the city library.
Twenty-six graduates have taken
the state bar examination and only
one of them has failed. Miss Jewell
Russell OF Tulsa. who last spring re-
ceived the highest grades In the Okla.
homa bar tests, began the study Of
law under Dean Merwine.
The Okmuigee school does not seek
students. Persons in other states and
in other Oklahoma cities have asked
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-11-23
Kings Odd Hobby

tion Of the animals brought to it.
Three hundred species Of animal are
now In the zoo. comprising more than
1900 specimens, among them lions
from Abyssinia and Senegal, Indian
elephants. zebras from Rhodesia,
American bisons, Tibetan jackals
and llamas, African leopards and
many other mammals. as well as a
fine collection of birds and fish.
The king himself has hunted many
of the animals and birds for the zoo.
Only few years ago he found in the
mountains of Bulgaria some beautiful
specimens of the rare bearded eagle,
which he captured. The Royal ZOO
logical garden here now boasts the
only pair OF mates Of the bearded
eagle in captivity.
The geological garden which he
founded continues to be the chief In
terest Of his son.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-11-23

is safest and best for the majority,
otherwise social chaos would result.
Sawyer longs to be free, to express
his own personality without trammel
of law or regulation. He wants all
the comforts and privileges and pro-
tectien which civilization affords
without being called upon to respect
the laws and the conventions which
have made possible these conditions
which he likes so much.
He Is quite opposed to our present
prohibition laws, as many older men
are, and takes occasion to violate
them whenever opportunity offers.
Shouldn't one respect law" ask
him seven If individually one may
not think 1t wise or necessary"
II don't think So" he replies, Il
am the Judge of my own conduct"
"And il you granted that privilege
to everyone else, as every generous
man would, what would be the effect
upon society? ask him.
He had not thought that out. He
has little regard for the ten COM
mandments, but he has not vet, dur
ing his eighteen years. devised bet
ter substitute for human beings gen.
orally to follow. In fact he is not
thinking of other human beings at all
but only of himself.
He belongs to an organization
whose success and progress depend
upon unity and cooperation. When
he Joined, as is common in such
cases, he took an oath to follow the
principles laid down in the ritual, to
respect the authority of those in con-
troll, to obey the regulations which ex-
perience has shown are for the best
interests of ali concerned, and yet he
wants to be a law unto himself.
"Nobody's going to tell me-" he as
serts, when am to come in or when
may go out | am not bound to
do what anyone else says. If l want
to take drink, that's my lookout; if
don't want to study or go to class
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or keep still, whose business is 1t
but mine? l have to work these
things out for myself"
Up in the mountain ranges Of Brit
ish Columbia two or three years ngo,
I came upon an individualist.. He
was forty miles from civilization. He
was sleeping in a rude cabin which
he had made for himself, and living
upon what he could forage from the
forest and the mountain streams He
had no neighbors, no laws to inhibit
his actions. He could come and go
as he chose. There were no conven-
lions which he need respect or con-
slider; he was law unto himself. But
we who live in an organized society
are not permitted to enjoy such free
dom; we must pay for the added priv
ileges which we enjoy.
(0 1928. Western Newspaper union.)