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A GAIN Upton came back in two years with
Shamrock III, and Reliance was the de-
fender This boat was built by a syndicate
composed of Cornelius Vanderbilt, Judge Gary,
James j. Hill, P A. B. widener, William Rocke-
feller, William B. Leeds and Henry Walters
This ended Americas Cup racing for II years.
There was a general feeling that these exag-
gerated boats, while the fastest possible were
valueless They could be used Tor nothlng
except Americas Cup races Hence new RUE
was adopted, putting a premium ON dlSplace-
ment so real yachts would compete, LApVon SEM
a conditional challenge in 1907, but it was turned
down largely because the thing was becoming
a contest between Upton and the New 4ofK
millionaires' syndicate Sir Thomas felt the
same way. and held back for five more years.
hoping some enc else would challenge IA the
meantime However in 1912 ne weakened again
and challenged for the Autumn of 1914. Upton
launched Shamrock ", but before II coulo
start for America war was declared, anu no
asked to be relieved Conditions prevented q
race until 1920 when he renewed his challenge
proposing to the 7-year-old SHAMROCK w.
The defender chosen Resolute, entirely
manned by New England amateurs, with Charles
Francis Adams and Robert Emmons as CO..
commanders For the second time in the MS
tory of the Americas Cup a challenger won
one of the races. Shamrock taking the second
by nVe minutes.
In this connection the history of the old
America is sea saga. Her owners, having won
only $500 cup with her abroad decided not to
bother bringing her home again, so she was
sold in England for $4,000 to Lord John de
Blaquiere He rebuilt her, taking away most
of her speed. She raced until 1852, when she
cruised the Mediterranean. Lord Tcmp)eton
had her the next year, and then she spent six
years in the mud. Finally in 1859 she was
rescued by Thames boat builder, who restored
her to her original condition and her name
changed to Camilla. She sailed to the Antilles
and back racing until the outbreak of the Civta
War, when her English owner sold her TO .
Confederate syndicate, which used her, armed,
to run contraband through the Union blockade.
She was chased up the st. Johns River In
Florida and scuttled in 1864, but raised q
few months later repaired and added to the
Federal blockading fleet until 1865. She then
was sent to Annapolis for use as a training ship,
and six years later sailed in the first challenge
for the cup she had won. She was
sold in 1871 to Gen. E. F. Butler Of
Boston and Washington, who used her for a
pleasure yacht after having her rebuilt in 1880
and remodeled in 1885. Gen. Buffers family
returned her to Federal possession by gift I'm
1921, and she remains to this day at AnnaptNs
one of the finest examples of yacht building
in the United States.
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a defender, the steel sloop Volunteer resulting.
Thistle unable to compete with Vol
unteer, which was commanded by Capt.
Half, the foremost yacht skipper of all time.
Thistle was sold on her return to Europe to
Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany who
christened her Comet and raced her until
the outbreak of the World War. She
was commanded in her Americas Cup races by
Capt Barr, who settled in the United States
and lived to become citizen and later COM
manded successful cup defender
In 1898 the Royal Yacht Squadron chal-
lenged for Lord Dunraven's Valkyrie. G. o.
Iselin Of New York entered the success
full Vigilante. For the first time all the
races were sailed in the open sea-. vigil
ante won three deciding races, the deciding
one in a gale.
Lord Dunraven protested against the hum
dreds of excursion boats, but took his defeat
gracefully in this first series. He came back
in 1895 with new Valkyrie to meet the De-
fender, built by Iselin Commodore Vanderbilt
and E. d. Morgan. Dunraven protested his
defeat, charging the Americans with having
put ballast aboard just before the race.
The charge dsproved at that time,
and the following Winter again was disproved
at trial held by the New York Yacht Club at
the request of Iselin.
Valkyrie won the second race after col
hding with Defender, tearing her shrouds and
breaking off her topmast. Iselin protested and
DunTaven took the decision in poor grace and
maze a pFOJSSJ AGAIN against the EXCURSION
boats. The third TO be the deciding
one, but Dunraven, enraged at the way things
had gone, merely started then turned back,
defaulting.
Dunraven's challenges the dark that
precedes the dawn, for the next challenge came
from a to yachting circles.
Sir Thomas Lipton's first challenge came in
1898 from the Royal Ulster Yacht Club and
was well received.
Shamrock l a racing machine if there
ever was one. For her trip across the Atlantic
she was SO heavily braced inside that there
was barely room for a to crawl through.
Shamrock was commanded by Capt Parker
of the German Emperor's yacht, and
this side met Columbia. again commanded
by Iselin. whose partner in the venture was
j. P Morgan Coumbia's captain Barr,
who had sailed the unsuccessful Thistle in
1887.
This time the Coast Guard saw that no pro-
tests could be made against the excursion boats.
Columbia won the first two and Upton
was elected honorary member Of the New York
Club and invited to challenge again as soon
as possible.
He did so two years later, bringing over the
Shamrock II, still more highly specialized
sloop. Several American syndicates built
tenders, but none found TO compare with
the old Columbia, and again she won.
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mot a difficulty, not

They returned jubilant. mot difficulty, not
q difhculty."
Next morning they started as soon as it was
light For the first four or five hours they
were steadily mounting the great natural stair
case of the eastern face. just before 10 o'clock
they encountered their first serious bit. They
were then at a height of $4,000 feet only 800
feet separating them from the summit. This
is the part that from Zermatt appears to be
perpendicular or overhanging and the face at
this point is, in fact, too steep to be prac-
ticable. They moved across, therefore, to the
northern face where the angle was slightly
less formidable. The greatest caution was ex-
ercised The hand and foot holds were small
and 100 often were covered with a thin film
of ice Hadow was not accustomed to this kind
of work and required continual assistance.
FORTUNATELY this part of no great
extent, as it required an hour and a half
to ascend 800 feet. Then suddenly the slope
eased off. With only 200 feet of easy snow
remaining the last doubt vaniShed-the Mat
terhorn was conquered The last moments were
full of tense excitement. Their JOY of achieve
ment was modified by the fear that they were
not the first to reach the top. Four days had
elapsed since the Italians had set forth on the
opposite side of the mountain Perhaps they
had succeeded. At the end Whymper and
Croz detached themselves from the rope and
ran dead heat to the actual summit. Vic
tory! Not a footstep was to be seen.
But Whymper says, 1T was not yet GER
tain that we had not been beaten. The sum-
init Of the Matterhorn was formed of rudely
level ridge, about $50 feet long, and the Italians
might have been at its farther extremity. /
hastened to the southern end. scanning the
snow eagerly. Hurrah again-it was untrod-
den
where were the men? / peered over the
Cliff and saw them inn1 adiately-mere dots ON
the ridge at immense distance below. Up
went my and my hat. 'Croz! Croft
Come herer Where are they Monsieur?
~There-don't you see them--down there! Croz
we must make those fellows hear u.s. We
yelled until we were hoarSe, The Italians
seemed to regard us-we could not be certain.
'Croz we must make them hear usr" Pres
emily the Italians did hear them, looked up In
aston ishment, then turned and fed.
Now the party gathered around the summit
rocks. Croz had been so sure of success that
he had brought along one of the tentpoles to
serve as a marker. To this he attached his
blouse, making a flag that seen by the
watchers below Then all sat down for an
hours rest and paid homage to the view. For
a fleeing hour life was glorious crescendo of
joy.
Tlen they prepared to descend
It was agreed that the safest arrangement
for the descent was for Croz to go first then
Hadow, then Hudson, Douglas next, and after
him the elder Taugwalder, with young Taug-
walder and Whymper in the rear They
reached the beginning of the descent of the
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nothing specific had been said in the sailing
instructions for the race as to how the turn
should be made and it was his own fault if
he ibed and lost.
The third race was held on the inside course,
and while it was not the Columbias kind of
weather, she had to be chosen because the
other boats were not available. The Columbia
slow starting, at Spit buoy lost her flying
jib and at the lghtship turn her steering gear
broke. She lost by 10 minutes
The fourth and fifth races found Sappho the
defender, and she had no difficulty.
Asllbury still claimed the second race and
he had been given the third officially so the
next two days he sailed over the prescribed
courses and claimed the cup by default. The
controversy became SO bitter that as soon as he
returned to England the New York club sent
back to him three cups which he had pre-
scented to the club the year before. His claims
were absurd, but there were grounds for his
protests and the dispute led to the modification
of the attitude of the New York club which
mace later races for the cup more sporting.
FIse years elapsed, and in 1876 Mai Charles
Clifford of the Royal Canadian Yacht Club of
Canada, of the Countess of Dufferin,
challenged but asked a square deal. He wanted
only one defender named and that before the
race. The holders of the cup agreed. He also
given his choice of alternating courses in
side and outside New York Bay or an open sea
course off Newport He chose the New York
courses
The defense committee selected Madeline,
owned by Commodore j. S. Dckerson of the
Brooklyn Yacht Club The first race was one
sided for Madeline and the second next day,
saw the old America, with full racing crew
aboard, starting with the contenders despite
her IS years. Madeline beat Countess by half
hour and America beat the Canadian by
20 minutes.
Mai Clifford announced he would challenge
Immediately for a race the following year, but
was unable TO get sufficient backing.
Canada was the next to try for the cap,
Capt Alexander Cuthbert, designer of the
Countess. sending a bid through the Bay of
Guinte Yacht Club for his sloop ATLANTA.
The Atalanta was launched in September
and towed to New York by way of the Erie
Canal
The iron sloop Mischief, designed by A. Cary
Smith along cutter lines, chosen defender
and won
Cuthbert decided TO reft his soop and chal-
Iengt Immediately but the holders of the cup
had other ideas and took steps to prevent
loser coming back again and again in rapid
succession. This action was caused mainly
because of the unsatisfactory manner in which
the 1891 contest was held. Yachtsmen believed
that a contender should be required to prove
Its seawOrthiness as well as its speed by cross
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ing the Atlantic. This caused the club to
ask Schuyler TO draw up new deed of
gift He did so. adding the specific
provisions that only one defender could
be named for a single series of races, that the
challenger cross the Atlantic under sail and on
its own bottom. eliminating all clubs as chal-
lengers which did not have their own ocean
sailing course.
IN 1884 the Royal Yacht Squadron sent
double barreIed challenge. 1t proposed
race between an American yacht and Sir
Richard Sutton's Genesta and it lost second
race with the cutter Galatea owned by Lieut..
William HEM of the British Navy.
James Gordon Bennett and William p.
Douglas commissioned A. Cary Smith to build
a sloop and at Boston j. M. Forbes and Gen.
Charles Paine made plans to build the Puritan.
Puritan designed by unknown architect,
Edward Burgess, who started his profession
merely as a hobby. Galatea could not be con-
dtioned in time and the second half of the
challenge was called off.
The first race was out to sea and marred
at the start by an accident caused by a bit
of blufhng by the Puritans captain. Puritan
tried to cut across Genesta's bow to force
the Engishman, who had the right of way,
to turn about at start. Genesta, however, re-
fused to be buffed Puritan turning too late
and Genestas bowsprit splitting the Ameri-
cans mainsan and breaking off at the base.
The committee signaled that Puritan was dis
qualified and Genesta could have the victory
by sailing the course. But Sir Richard SUIT
ton refused.
Two weeks later they met again and Puritan
beat the challenger in two races, the last being
the most exciting race that has ever been held
for the Americas Cup.
Although she went home without the old
Hundred Guinea Cup she carried back a trophy
from every other race she had entered.
The next year, 1886 Lieut.. Hem brought his
Galatea across. Paine and Burgess decided
the Puritan could be improved upon, the
Mayhower built.
Galatea was in the United States for a year
being fitted out a permanent home for her
owner and his wife, both of whom were ex-
tremeiy popular in this country. In her first
two races Galatea beaten decidedly, but
the weather poor. Lieut.. Hem still was
not convinced that his boat was inferior to
the Mayfiower and challenged Gen. Paine TO
a match race off Marblehead. The two boats
waited 10 days for breeze but none came
and finally Mayfower was hauled out and
decommissioned. However HEM kept his boat
in America until the Mayfiower put into
commission again the next Spring and then
being beaten he went home satisfied
The next challenge from Scotland in
1887, the Royal Clyde Club challenging in the
name of James Bell, owner of the Thistle
Gen. Paine again went to Edward Burgess for
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most difficult stretch of rock Great care was
being taken.
Michael CroZ had laid aside his AK, and in
order to give Mr. Hadow greater security, was
taking hold of his legs, and putting his feet,
one by one, into their proper positions So far
as / know, no one was actually descending.
The two leading men were partially hidden
from my sight by an intervening mass of
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rock. but it is my belief, from the movements
of their shoulders, that Cro2, having done as
I have said, was in the act of turning round,
to go down step or two himself; at this mo-
ment MIR. Hadow was seen flying downward
in another moment Hudson was dragged from
his steps, and Lord F. Douglas Immediately
after him
Immediately we heard Croz's exclamation,
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feU frantic catches brought me to a
.GIt on the very edge Of the PreciPice.
The Coolidge examiner., 1930-11-28

a few nOurs. Likely you never
heard of Dave Ingram"
O'Hara's answer came smilingly;
Heard of him. met him, got an APP
pOintment to meet him tomorrow al
the store"
The front legs of WOrralrS chair
came sharply to the floor. Into the
long mans face had come an in
stant warineSS. A blank film had
taken all expression out of his eyes.
oh! You know Mr.. Ingram"
Not exactly. l never heard of
him till today
81 see. You an he are strangers,
but you jest happened to meet him
an get an appointment for tomOr-
row."
The young lawyer knew he had
prejudiced his case and he tried to
set himself right.
He told the story of the evenings
adventure. His account was a brief
and modest one, but the salient fact
could not be obScured that he had
roughed it with Bully Sanderson
and had not come out second best.
'He yelped for the boys to take
you off after you had climbed his
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shirt and coat collar just back of
the neck. He was snatched viO-
lently away from SandersOn and
flung up against the wall of the
room. A hard, low voice asked a
question, not of him but of his an
tagOnist.
what you blattin' about, Shep?
This little fellows only a mouthful
for you. Get yOre hand
away from that gun"
A man had come into the room
He wore a blue flannel shirt, a
brOad-brimmed soft gray hat. an
open vest, and no coat. His
trousers were stuffed into the tops
of high-heeled cowboys boots. To
the casual glance he was not a
large man, certainly not compared
with the bulky Sanderson. But he
was powerfully built from the mus
cular slope of the neck down, and
he carried himself as one having
authority. The light blue eyes were
cool and flinty.
Reluctantly, Sanderson's hand
fell away from the butt of the "A
which hung at his side. He glanced
at the newcomer. The urge strug-
gled in him to defy the man, TO
wipe out with one swift lift of the
arm and crook of the forefinger the
tenderfOOt who had discounted him.
But he was listening TO his mas
ter's voice. He knew Dave Ingram
too well to set himself against
him.
The big bully looked down at the
thighs of his legs. From them the
trousers lad been ripped and blood
was dripping into the boots.
His spurs roweled me-" San
derSOn sputtered.
quite some," agreed the other
dryly. He turned to O'Hara, study
ing him for moment. That he
was a tenderfoot was palpable. Yet
he. was wearing Mexican wheel
spurs with long cruel rOwels. note
in his costuming that seemed
wholly incongruous.
O'Hara interpreted the question
in the glance. II bought them of
a cowboy in Aurora who was hard
up. He said they would be use
full"
"He was right" agreed Ingram,
smiling. Good for man or beast"
'Pll get this pilgrim right one
O. these days." Sanderson cut in
vindictively.
Very likely, but not now," his
master said.
To Ingram Mexican poured out
swift protest of flowing vowels.
Other natives joined in, with much
impulsive gesticulation. The cat
tie man listened, nodded, made an
swer in rapid and crisp Spanish.
He turned to his henchmen.
"What d'you mean comm here
and breakin' up the baile?" he de-
manded masterfully. "D'you want
all the Mexicans against US, right
at this time when we've got war
on our hands? What's the mat
ter with Petes Paradise or the Gold
Nugget? Can't you raise enough
cain in them without comm hereT
Get outa here an stay out !"
Ingram's voice was like the crack
of whip. The men to whom he
spoke were hard fighting men, two
of them at least warriors" from
Texas imported because they were
The Coolidge examiner., 1930-11-28
Mans Never-Ending War
on His Insect Enemies

One war that never ceases is that
waged by insects upon man. Every
year insects cost the human race mil
lions upon millions of dollars by their
destruction of growing crops and
stored harvestH. And they kill or
MAIN thousands of human beings by
spreading disease.
Science is constantly engaged in
investigating new means of keeping
insect foes at bay, and wonderful
work has been done.
The stamping out of malaria in
large areas once almost uninhabit-
able, and the checking of the spread
of sleeping sickness are examples of
what has been accomplished.
Now comes news of a discovery
which may open up entirely new
lines of attack on insect pests. For
a long time past a young Australian
scientist, DR.. f. G. Holloway, has
been endeavOring to find a way of
dealing with the flour beetle, which
does an enormous amount of damage.
He has found that the proportion of
grubs that turn into males and fe
males can be controlled by regulating
their food starve hundred grubs
for one day and the majority will de-
velop into male beetles.
Now, the female beetle may lay
thousands of eggs. If, therefore, he
has found a means of decreasing the
number of females, the beetle pest
may be kept down. Similar prin-
ciples of sex-control may be found
applicable to other insect enemies of
man.
The Coolidge examiner., 1930-11-28
"Hmp! He's P'ison Mean. That's
Reason Enough for Him."

Frame" WorraIl repeated incredu-
lousy.
81 was tearing the flesh from his
thighs with my spurs" explained
the lawyer "He couldn't shake
me off and he couldn't stand the
gaff."
Worrall looked at this stranger,
shrewd eyes appraising him. MIR.
O'Hara. | don't know you from
Adams off OK" he said. But if
Miss Steelman sent you TO me it
goes as it lays. That young lady is
is TO that. You look like right linn
ber young fellow, but you can't
make Bully SandersOn look like q
pore plugged nickel an get away
with it. Seems TO me like you've
tackled more'n you can ride herd
on"
Likely enough" O'Hara agreed.
81 was lucky this time. But there's
no reason why he should hold a
grudge against me. l was only
defending myself"
limp! He's p'ison mean. That's
reason enough for him. You made
him look like a twO-spot. One of
these days he'll get the deadwood
on you an do you meanness. You
can bank on that, sure as h--l's hot.
l know that bird. He may lay off
you right now because Dave Ingram
has given orders. That won't mean
he's forgot. only that Dave is the
big auger. Off-hand, I'll bet you're
no kind of a hand with a six
shooter"
"You win the watch on that bet"
O'Hara admitted.
My advice is for you to cut dirt
back to the land of marshals, Gala
booses, an plug hats"
Il think I'm going to like it here,
Mr.. WOrrall."
You're liable to rue yOre deci-
sion if you stay. BY the way, what's
yOre line, Mr. O'Hara?"
'I'm a lawyer"
"a lawyer. Great jumpin' horn
toads!" A thought stabbed the
Westerner and brought his alert at
tention to another phase of the mat
ter. That's why Dave Ingram told
you to come to see him. Young fell
low, if | knew where you were at %
"I'm total stranger. as | told
you before. Until today | never
met a soul in this neck of TIE
woods. I've had no correspond
ence with anyone. My purpose in
coming was to find good town TO
hang out my shingle. Now my cards
are on the table. | came to talk
this over with you because | prom
ised Miss Steelman l would But
since you doubt me-"
He rose and picked up his hat.
Don't push on your reins, Mr.
O'Hara," the freighter told him.
"Sit down. I'll tell you whatever you
want to know"
Promptly, O'Hara tossed his hat
on the table and sat down. II
want to know the inside of politics
in this town: who is fighting who
and why, the reason Shep Sander
son wanted to kill Judge Warner,
and the ground for Miss SteeIman's
advice that | had better not stay
here to practice my profession.
That will do to begin with"
The crows feet around WOrralFs
eyes twinkled in mirth. You're
sure enough lawyer. Boy, if
answer those questions through you
won't need to ask any more"
'I've got all night before me-" the
lawyer said
Worrall made himself comfortable
by resting his weight on the low
er end of his spine and his shoul-
ders. He talked.
ITO DE CnNTTNTTEnN
The Coolidge examiner., 1930-11-28
Petrihed Tree Stump

While blasting out lodge at
Moose River, Maine, a road commits
sioner blew out large fragment of
rock which had in the center the
well-defned remains of an ancient
stump that had become almost wholly
petrified, small pieces of the wood be-
ing easily picked out of the stone.
The wood appeared to be knot,
which in some remote age had solidi-
fed as the sandstone formation in
which it was found gradually hard
ened into a concrete mass.
The Coolidge examiner., 1930-11-28
Ammonia in Drinking Water

A new use for ammonia is in treat
ing water in combination with chlor-
inc. To insure proper bactericidal
action an excess Of chlorine is usual
ly added and the water thus treated
has noticeable and rather unpleas-
ant taste. If ammonia is added TO
the chlorine, forming chlOramine, the
amount Of chlorine necessary is re-
duced to less than half the usual
standard and the bactericidal action
is increased and made more thorough.
The Coolidge examiner., 1930-11-28
WHAT WENT BEFORE

Garrett OHara, young lawyer,
on his way to practice law at
Concho, wild western town, is
shot at from ambush. He hears
Shep Sanderson, desperate, who
fired the shot, talking to Barbara
Steelman, who thought the shot
was directed at her Noting his
resemblance to Judge Warner,
Barbara believes Sanderson shot
at Garrett believing he was the
Judge. Barbara warns Garrett not
to go to Concho, center of a big
cattle war. He insists. She ad-
vises him to see Steve Worrall.