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ACandle in the Wilderness

what is a house for would like
to know. Mrs Samp? And what is a
mans wife for.7
He turned to her with a severe
look.
-Ain't they TO be live ia and to be
lived withI And what is a man fort
Is he intended to be fish or a human,
Mrs. Samp7 He amt got no gills in
his throat, has her
The steps In Mr.. Samp's philosophy
were never interrupted By his wife.
He dio not expect an answer at any
Of these interrogation points leading
up TO a resounding period.
i say the place for a mans feet is
on the ground. Mrs. Samp. and the
thing to be sucked into his lungs is
air. not water
He looked at the woman with a
severe expression which seemed to
say. Its hard to put up with you.
but for the Lords sake I'll do it.
Convinced Of his purity by his loud
words and innocent look Mrs. Samp
brought a wooden trencher and tin
covered iron spoons and bread and
beer and meat to the table.
Such was life on the basest Level OF
the parish.
The constable and his wife gave to
their neighbors and to their friends
In the church confirmation Of the pub
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lie feeling about Robert Heather=
that there could be no question Of his
guilt. Moreover Mr.. Samp declared
that certain fishermen had heard him
confess II.
Samp reported to the court that
day. The governor questioned him.
81 reckon he see me first" Samp
answered Il chased him and Amos
Todkill into the bush They could
run faster and had a mile the start
O. me. reckoned II I met any saw
ages they'd kill and dress me for a
good dinner. so turned around"
This confirmed the opinion Of the
magistrates that William was unjustIy
confined. Mabel Hartley had died OF
a fever Of the lungs and before dying
had emphasized her statement to Sir
Harry vane. When the young man
was elected to the governorship Of
the colony he moved for the release
Of William Heydon. The iron men
who sat with him on the bench de-
INJURED. A compromise was effected.
William was to be released and kept
In the limits Of the town. He was to
wear a hempen moose around his neck
with a tail two feet long until he was
ready TO help the cause Of justice by
telling the whole truth as he knew 1t.
In dismissing him Governor vane
made it clear that the punishment he
had suffered and was still to suffer
was not for the crime Of adultery,
but for his refusal 20 plead.
These were the best terms that
could be secured for the young man.
The confinement had impaired his
health. Urged by his friends TO do
so he took the burden Of the rope
and bore it bravely and the easier be-
cause Roswell Brade and his family
had returned to England.
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Linen Textbooks" Used in Early Schoolrooms

@Your lesson for tomorrow will be
on the blue handkerchief"
Children in the primary schools Of
Wisconsin, during the days of a cen
fury ago, fully realized the signif-
canoe of the school marm's words.
In the absence Of textbooks. linen
handkerchlefs. full of prints depicting
the great moments and the great men
Of history, were used to instruct the
youngsters This method was used TO
teach children how to read and to
spell. Different lessons required diff
ferent handkerchiefs. q
Fortunately, little Mary and little
Johnny did not have TO tote pocket
full references. A handkerchief a day
made schooling pay.
In a shaded corridor of the Hlstor-
zeal museum, on the University Of
Wisconsin campus, one may see the
faded linen, once the pride Of stu
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THE STORY

Robert EeatheTs and william
Heydon leave England in 1894
for the New world They are
welcomed at Boston BY Rev. Doc
tor Cotton and make acquaint-
znce with Amos TodkiIl. veteran
softer and woodSran- Heydon
falls in love with Elizabeth
Brzde. The young men settle
down 70 the life q the celonists-
Adverse comment forces them to
dispense with their Pretty cook.
Mabel Hartley Robert is szsit-
ten with Peggy Weld. who is en-
gagged to James Roswell Mabel
Hartley and a youth. whom she
says was Heydon, are accused Of
adultery Heydon and Heathers
disappear. Heydon is apprehend-
ed and, refusing TO talk. is found
guilty. Hezthsrs and TodkiIl
head for New Amsterdam and
suspicion begins 10 point to the
former. Belief grows that Hey
don Is shielding his friend Eliza
beth and her parents sail for
England New evidence seems to
point 10 Hezthers as the guilty
man.
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dious child. George Washington Is
the lesson text. A fulI-length print
Of George in Characteristic Napoleonlc
pose fills the center of the foot-square
goods. To the right, in large type
still Iegible, are the birth, death ant
other vital facts
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Show. Irrigation. Value

Irrigated trees in experimental plas
in a national forest in Florida hav.
shown an average increase Of 104 pc.
cent in rate of growth in the La
three years. as compared with tn
three-year period before irrigation W.
begcn.
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CHAPTER VII
In the Hempen Moose

Men differ from all other creatures
in their capacity for change. Some
times the change is swift and impress
siye. There was a story in old Boston
Of a rough, law-defying sailorman
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silhaustt.

A hollow-cut silhouette is one
which the figure is cut out OF vii.
paper and is then pasted upon q bla
background.
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Ship Me Your
Live POULTRY!
GET TOP MARKET PRICES
AND PROMPT Returns

Ny long experience enables me to OBJ
tain High Prices for Good Stock.
Send me your name and address
that l may post you on market condi-
tons.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1931-04-02
Talent Secured For
Evenings Program

Tickets are being rapidly sold for
the entertainment to be given Satur-
day evening, April 18th at the Union
U high school, for the benefit of the
domestic science department
Under the auspices of the Vashon
Island Commercial Club the oppor-
tunity will be given to Island people
to hear the Iocolucci quartette, four
talented youngsters playing a variety
of instruments. The quartette is led
by boy of fourteen, who knows his
stuff better than many leaders a lot
older. His older sister plays several
instruments, including the accordion
and violin. A younger boy, possibly
ten, not only plays several Instruments
but amuses the audience with his
vigor and abandon to such an extent
that he is whole show in himself.
The baby sister, about five or six,
plays a violin almost as large as her.
self, and the only reason she doesn't
play an accordian is because they don't
make them that small. Money spent
in enjoying this quartette will be
good investment.
Another feature of the evenings en-
tertainment is to be a Swedish imper-
senator, par excellence, from Tacoma.
No lesser parsonage than the big Bur-
ton merchant assures us that this
young lady alone is worth the price
of admission.
The master of ceremonies, who will
also furnish several clever numbers on
the program, is DR.. Chas. Patterson,
of Seattle one of the summer resi-
denrs of Ellisport. DR.. Patterson spent
several years on the stage before be-
coming q doctor, and has not for
gotten whole bag of tricks learned
in his early profession. He has
splendid baritone voice, and will sing
several solos.
After the program there will be re-
freshments and the balance of tie eve
ming will be spent in dancing to music
furnished by our own high school Or
chestra, which can furnish mighty
good dance music, even though they
are not in the professional class.
With the high order of entertain
ment that will be presented on this
evening it is anticipated that every
ticket will be Sold The evening will
provide fun for everyone from grandpa
down to the baby, chance for the
whole family to have an evening of
good clean entertainment.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1931-04-02
KNIGHT TEMPLARS 10
ATTEND EASTER SERVICE

On Easter Sunday the choir of the
Vashon Methodist church will render
the music on which they have been
spending so much time in practice for
the past few weeks.
At the morning service, with the
knights Templars as guests, the entire
service will be suitable to the occasion,
and not only the sermon, but the
music as well will be in keeping with
the spirit of worship suitable for the
annual observance of the day by this
order. Unless connected with the
Masonic order it is hard to realize
the solemnity added to an Easter SER
vice by the attendance of this fra
ternal order.
In the evening the choir will render
the sacred oratorio, THE Nazarene"
by Beazley. This lovely story of the
resurrection will be given by a choir
of fourteen members, accompanied BY
Mrs. A. w. Ganley and directed by
Mr.. A. w. Ganley. The entire eve
ming service will be devoted to music
Needless to say the music on Sunday
will be no exception to the high order
for which the choir of the Methodist
church bears reputation.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1931-04-02
VIRGINIA v HAS NEW SCHEDULE

According to letter received this
week from Capt Christensen, of the
West Pass Transportation Company
the Virginia v, which begins her sum-
mcr schedule next Sunday, April 9Th
will not make the customary Saturday
night trip from Point Defiance to
Seattle, via West Pass points.
The boat will leave Tacoma on Sun
day mornings from municipal dock,
going direct to Seattle via the East
Pass Leaving at $50 a. m. via the
West Pass the boat will stop at regu-
lar points on the Island, arriving in
Tacoma at IL o'clock On the return
trip, leaving Tacoma at 8 o'clock the
Virginia will again make all points on
the West Pass. On the return trip to
Tacoma, at $40 p. m. there will be no
stops at Island points, again taking
the East Pass.
Capt. Christensen. hopes in this
manner to provide an enlarged service
that will give the people of Tacoma,
who do not care to drive their cars
chance to spend Sunday in Seattle.
This will offer partial substitute for
the boat service between the two cities
now discontinued.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1931-04-02
Girls Are
Badly Frightened

Last Sunday while on hike over
the Island party of Campfire girls,
chaperoned by one of the instructors
from Camp Sealth, were badly fright
ened by party of boys driving one
of the cars Of the local transportation
company. The girls were splashed
with mud, and terrified by the re-
marks of the boys to such an extent
that they stopped another car to ask
help. In stopping suddenly to avoid
hurting the frightened girls the driver
had no chance to warn the car be-
hind him that he was stopping, and
1t was forced into the ditch.
The man reporting the incident to
the paper was unable to definitely give
the names of the occupants of the
Lincoln car. He stated that he did
not believe the boys fully realized the
gravity to the owners of the car OF
what had TRANSFERRED, but he felt that
action should be taken by the Island
people to impress on our young men
just what an incident of this sort
means to the reputation of the whole
Island.
1t is a common sentiment that Camp
Sealth is an asset to the Island, and
parents should feel safe in allowing
their daughters to spend their vaca-
lions there. The Campfire organiza-
tion has considerable investment
here, and is contributing in many ways
to the betterment of the Island, and
is surely entitled to protection from
any form of disorderly conduct, from
young or old.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1931-04-02
TWO COVE BOYS MARRY.

Two weddings of interest to Cove
folks have occurred recently. On We'd
nesday of last week Melvin Paulson,
assistant engineer on the s. S. Yukon
was married in Seattle to Miss Clark.
The ceremony was performed by the
Rev. H. E. Anderson. The groom a
graduate of Vashon high school, is
well and favorably known among
wide circle of friends, and those who
have met his bride are enthusiastic
about her many qualifications that
will make her an ideal wife for the
young man whom they have known
since childhood Melvin is a native
son of the Island, and is one of the
young men of whom the Cove people
have every reason to be proud.
Alfred Jorgensen, another employee
on the Yukon, was also married in
Seattle last week. For several years
Alfred worked on the Virginia v, and
made many friends in addition to
those who have known him on the
Island for long time.
Both young men enjoy the high
esteem of their friends who wish for
them in their married life all good
things.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1931-04-02
Vashon Business Men
Will Entertain Editors

Last Saturday evening the staff of
the News-Record attended meeting
of the King Kitsap, Pierce group OF
the Washington Press Association,
held at the Wilsonian in Seattle,
guests of the University District
Herald. Matters of general interest
to newspaper folk were discussed dur
ing the evening.
An invitation, extended by Mrs.
Smock, in behalf of the Vashon Bust
ness Mems Club and the News Record,
to the members of the Association to
hold their April meeting on the Island
was gladly accepted. Realizing that
by entertaining practically every
weekly editor of this part of the state
the Island will receive a lot of whole
some publicity the business men of
the village of Vashon will entertain
the group with an afternoon of sight
seeing and golf, topped off with a
good country dinner at the Island
Cottage Inn at Ellisport. The bust
ness meeting will be held either in the
Island Club House, or at Mrs. Evans
About year ago Renton entertain
ed the Press Association much as the
Vashon men are anticipating, and re-
ceived lot of publicity through each
paper represented, as well as mighty
warm spot in the heart of each per-
son entertained. There is no reason
why the Island should not in like
manner charm these visitors,
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1931-04-02
D. c. SLATER GETS CONTRACT.

At meeting held last night the
North End water district awarded the
contract for the installation of the
new system to D. S. Slater at figure
of approximately $4,000. This will be
the fourth Island system that Mr..
Slater has installed. Coming just as
we go to press we are unable to give
details of the work. Mr.. Slater was
on the Island only few hours, re-
turning this morning to Everett,
where he is installing the water sys-
tenn of golf coul ,e being built there.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1931-04-02
Petty Thievery
Goes Unchecked

Much irritation is being caused to
car owners by the petty thievery that
goes on unchecked. Last week the oil
was stolen from the car of Mrs.
Angenette Lee, with the result that a
bearing was burned out before the
loss was discovered. A few nights
later her brother, Don Parker, suffer-
ed the theft of the muffler from his
Ford. The loss of the muffler was
bad enough, but the shock of his
nerves when he started his car was a
good deal worse. Mr.. Parker made
the suggestion that if those who are
doing the stealing had the proper con-
sideration for their victims that they
would leave in the cars they rob a
little memorandum of what they have
taken which would help a lot.
Recently Fielder Beall left his car
at the North End dock while attend
ing basketball game, and when he
returned he discovered the loss of his
windshield, frame and all. A car that
had been sporting cracked wind
shield that same evening appeared
with q perfectly good one the follow
ing morning.
From all reports there is twelve
month open season on county and
privately owned trucks and tractors,
and If they are parked in the open
with gas or oil it is safe bet that
they will be drained in the morning.
Much approval is being expressed of
the Burton correspondent for the fair
and fearless manner in which she is
reporting the names of the culprits in
that village. The News-Record has
refrained from airing the names of
our young people who get into trouble,
and in this manner have been &C
cessory to the crime, but from now on
we will forsake that policy and report
the facts in any case that there is
evidence of guilt.
In several instances, when we have
attempted to get facts in the case, we
have been informed that in giving
publicity we would defeat the efforts
of our local deputy sheriff in gather
ing evidence. We are not belittling the
effort of Mr.. Shattuck in making the
Island law-abiding place, but we do
feel that in protecting our young peo-
pile by policy of silence we are doing
them wrong. At Burton Judge Arm
bruster is doing the community real
favor in reporting to the Burton COR
respondent specific cases of law VIOLA
ton. In like manner we feel that the
News Record can do no less than TO
give publicity TO any cases reported
from other parts OF the Island.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1931-04-02
FIRE AT covEY GREENHOUSE.

On Saturday evening fire broke out
in the boiler room Of the Convey Green
house northeast of Vashon. With the
oil tank located in close proximity to
the boiler 1t was impossible to ex-
tinguish the fire until it had burned
itself out, and destroyed practically the
entire interior of the ROOM
The vashon fire truck reached the
scene of the fire in record time, but
was useless in a fire of this nature,
where only a chemical engine would
have been effective.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1931-04-02
ROGERS

would be a good way to prevent war,
they first got the two biggest ones to
sign it, saying they wouldent fight
each other. Blu they dident say that
they wouldent join together and fight
somebody else, so that scared the little
ones till they though they had to join
for protection, and they all met and
made out Covenant, and 1t worked
for little while till they all got back
on their feet from The last war and
got armed for the next one, then some
lawyer found a flaw In it, and his
country, which was one of the original
signers, and the big one, they went
, out and defended their honor against
some small ones. till they took EN-
over, and the breaking up of the
League of Chinese Nations was the
start of the Chinese Empire. The
League worked fine till they found out
that the only way you can annex more
territory is not by purchase, but by
war.
Now Morrow has gone over to Eu-
rope to tell England and France and
Italy that the Treaty they made with
each other is Null and void, as far as
we are concerned. See lawyer has
found flaw in it. So from what I
hear folks say and what read, it just
looks like China had the original idea
of about everything that we had ever
done and thought 1t was new.
Photography was one of theirs, so
they are really responsible for Holly
wood Printing, Gunpowder, Kimonas,
Pajamas in the day time, worn by
both men and women. This boy says
that most all the Revolutionary
trouble over there starts in the COL
leges among the students. Well ours
over here does too, but one good Cop
with club can generally quell it.
It's funny how quick college boy
can find out that the world is wrong.
He might go out in the world from
high school and live in 1t, and make a
living in it for years and think 1t
wasent such bad place, but let him
60 to college and he will be the first
one down on the Square on May Day
to shout down with the Government.
Course not all of EN-, but there is get
ting more and more, but soon rs they
grow up and go out and If they hap
pen to make anything why they back
slide, and he says 1t the same over
there.
Well one great thing about China
they don't bother nobody but them
selves. they sure don't go off hunting
trouble like all us Civilized" nations
Commission some time chat goes all
over the world to investigate every
bodys business) and 90 see 1t.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1931-04-02

BEVERLY HILLS-Well all know
is just what read in the papers. But
tonight found out lot of things
without reading EN-. Bill, our eldest
White Hope, had a friend that had
just come back from some expedition
over in China with some College Boys
from Pomona College, of Pomona
Cal. And say, by the way that is one
of the best Colleges in this whole
Country, they are constantly grooming
it for 1.-THE Oxford of America"
Well these boys had taken lot OF
Movies of their trip and he Just
brought EN- up to the Ranch tonight
and run them, and he told us lot
about China. Well China was having
some Liquor Pains, and they decided
that the trouble with the Country was
that the Officials of the Government
was doing too much drinking So they
passed EN- an Amendment, just exact
ly two thousands years before Andy
Volstead got his brilliant idea. So they
passed it to keep the Officials from
drinking, then nobody would be an
official, they would rather have the
drink than the job.
He showed us movies of that great
Chinese wall 1t was good deal like
the ones the Republicans erected last
year by the Architects. Hawley and
Reed Smoot, China wanted to keep out
her enemies, and Smoot and Hawley
wanted to keep out our friends, and
also keep our stuff in.
We keep out everything, unless it
is owned by some rich Americans that
want to bring 1t in, then the tariff
don't hold. Take oil for instance. You
cant bring in wheat, corn, cotton, OF
any of those in competition with our
own, but oil, you can. You can bring
1t in from Venzeula, or any other place
and knock its owned by Americans
who are richer and more Influential
than the ones that have Independent
oil companies over here, but no for
eign oil.
Our Alahi is that ut is saving our
OIL" That's just like shipping in for
eign Autos, saying we want to save the
ones we make. they might all wear
out. But never mind that. That wont
be changed as long as the Republi-
cans stay in there, so we better Just
let that drop.
This Boy said that China along
about two or three hundred A. D.
(After Democrats) that China had the
first League of Nations, that China
was a lot of small Nations, and that
they formed an exact League of Ma
tions like the one that had the IL
points, and Lodge dident like any Of
EN-. Well they decided that that
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1931-04-02
INSTALL NEW GAS TANK.


This week England g. Petersen in
stalled q gas tank of 10000 gallon
capacity, in the rear of their Vashon
plant. The work was done by their
own employees. At the request of the
firm an insurance inspector came to
the Island to pass on the installation
Of the tank, and reported that it COM
piled with all requirements, and
would have no effect on insurance
rates now in force.
The tank was filled this week with
a supply of gasoline that will last
England 81 Petersen, and the vashon
Auto Freight about three months.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1931-04-02
VASHON ISLAND YOUNG
PEOPLES UNION TO MEET

The Union will meet at the Island
Club at Vashon Thursday evening,
April 0, at 7:45. Miss Janet Kay of
Seattle will speak. Music by Seattle
talent will be a special feature. Re-
freshments and real live social pro-
gram will be prepared. All young
people are especially invited to be
present as Miss Kay, who is an active
worker among young people, has
something of special interest for the
young people of Vashon Island.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1931-04-02
Final Preparations
Made for School Play

Interrupted only by the short Easter
vacation the pupils of the Vashon
grammar school are devoting prac-
tically every moment they can spare
from their regular school work to the
final polishing up and perfecting of
the operetta to be given Friday night,
April 10th in the auditorium of the
grammar school. Tickets will be on
sale next week at the prices quoted
in the advertisement of the play ap-
pearing on page five.
The cast of characters in Twilight
Alley" are as follows.