Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-18


turerS in this field.
expected to drive her over 20 miles per
hour, and Is OF the conventional bridge
deck type with an after cabin sleeping
two The works is also starting produc-
ton on 90 outboard boats and ten %
foot cruisers for stock.
We observe a movement on foot to
bring the old Olympia, Dewey'S flagship.
to Washington to be preserved as a
national memorial. We presume that
in the event this idea is carried out
some notable improvements will be
made along Water street, the present
condition hardly being suitable as a
background for such a memorial unless
we take into consideration the shell
SCARED effect as in keeping with Its
character.
Rainey Kelly and Charles M Black
ford wound up their cruise in Patches
at Smiths Creek, Patches mainsail
proving inadequate for the projected
trip to West River.
Some interesting statistics were gath
cred the other day in conservation with
Johnny Odenwald. the pioneer cupboard
motor man. In a modern speed motor
with o stroke Of two inches turning up
5000 revolutions per minute, the piston
will travel somewhere around IL y miles
in one hour of operation. Many are
wont to consider the cupboard motor a
recent development, such Is not the
case, the Caille Co. manufacturing the
Waterman motor as early as 1904, not
using their own name until 1912. Oden-
valid says that the secret Of getting the
best possible service and results from
YOUR motors Is the careful following OF
manufacturers directions and particu-
larry the use of the best Oil obtalnable.
Just to prove to you that we are not
alone in our interest in boats and boat.
Ing, we quote from the Department OF
Commerce census report again, which
shows a total of 230,582 registered motor
boats on December 81, 1928, an increase
over the figures for the previous year
Of 11,007! Some fleet!
Referring again to the Olympia, we
recall our fifst view of this famous YES
sci. in 1921. when the battle fleet eno
scouting feet joined in the Bay of Pan
anna for Joint maneuvers. How tiny
she appeared lying there at anchor In
the great bay, the huge men-of-War
Arkansas and Mississippi close to dwarf
ing her and completely effacing the
boyhood impression of giant size. In
the same company was the u. 8. 5.
Rochester, once the proud New York OF
Santiago Bay fame and now obsolete
and out of commission. And to COM
plete the picture of progress, primitive
Indians of the San Bias tribes thronged
the bay in their hundred-year-old dug
out canoes, some Of which were of great
size and representing years of toll in
the making. Gorgeous tropical fruits
piled high-bananas, papayaS, nangoes,
cocenuts-and atop all these naked
babies, brown as the soil; screaming
parrots, ellattering parrokeets and mon
keys, the latter intended for sale as pets
to the men Of the fleet,
Inshore the entrance to the great
canal, the notch of the big ditch
hills. the patch of bright color that is
Panama City and the frowning Moro
built in ages gone by the conquering
SpaniardS after Balboa. Even again
the war drums were sounding, Costa
Riea and Panama being in dispute over
boundaries, and the gunboat Castine
had departed to protect American in
terests. And with what interest we OF
the Marines watched her leave and con-
templated the possibility Of a landing
and q scEAp!
It is easy to conjure memory pictures
Of other water fronts-the navy yard at
BremeFton, Wash, with the grand old
batt!eship Oregon lying quiet and de-
serted in the little bay, no besuns' pipes
shrilling about her decks, no color OF
signal flags at her masthead and black
holes yawning where once her famous
guns Inenaced the enemy at Santiago.
Valparaiso with its forests of masts of
squareriggers Of day now past; Scapa
Flow, basing the great feet during the
late war; the sun-bitten hills OF Guile
the beautiful haFbor of Charlotte
AInalie and lazy days on the docks,
listening to old Pierre tell Of the old
DAYS: coffee and sugar piled deep On
the cobbles Of Port-au-Prince, pungent
hides Ia Antofagasts. the coal piers Of