Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1934-09-27

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they just went out and dug EN- a har
boz. Houston Texas did the same thing
ANON Carter OF TT Worth has the mos
ambitious plan Of any OF the late har
Dor diggers. Fit Worth Is several hun
dred miles from the nearest sea gull
but Anon wants to give Ft Worth The
benefit of a tidal wave. They have hat
drnnths. floods. boil weevils. cattle
~IeVer-ticks. and were struck by two
visits OF Jim Furgeson. but they never
have tasted salt water
But to get back to the Los Angeles
harbor. There was a town called Sar
Pedro. That had what might In q pintch
or a bad storm. be called a kind OF an
amateur harbor. They had stole 1t away
from Santa Monica many years before,
In a bit OF political s%kuIlduggery, as
Santa Monica was where it should ha We
been located. So Los Angeles said to
themselys one day. We ought to have a
harbor"- Someone happened to think
OF this little place San Pedro having
one. so they decided to take theirs.
Now in most countries you would say
as dear old Charlie Mack of the two
Black Crows used to say. You cant do
that. You cant Just go out and take
somebody's harbor away from em In
broad daylight.
Well you don't know our town, They
have a thing called Annexation" They
dont buy you, or borrow you, they Just
you Well they just grabbed this
San Pedro by the scuff Of the neck one
night. and when it woke up the next
morning 1t had a big LA. branded right
on It's left hip. And 1t was written on
the minutes OF the meeting as, I'VE
annex Q for harbor purposes. And
they commenced piling rocks out there,
and the first thing you know they mad
quite a pile. but like everything In our
fair land that wants to put over some
thing. y0u show what d great thing it
would be for the us. Government III
Los Angeles had a harbor. Well the
Government had never thought OF that.
but they had some Congressman there
reminding EN- OF it. That's what q Con
gresham or Senator is for, liz to see
that too much money don't accumulate
In the National Treasury They said
We got a million people," told time
hguresl We want a harbor..
Now all the million had come In by
land and was going out the same way.
and a harbor had never entered their
heads In fact Ii 1t hadent been for
reading about San Franchises we
Wouldent have know what one was.
But we showed the Government where
they could anchor near the movie stu
dos. where II would make 1t handy for
the picture companies taking pictures,
and by goiIy the Government pitched
In and helped EN- pile rocks. And You
be surprised. they got a rock
built away out like a cattle
chute. SO you wont run past the harbor.
Ike a wild steer will by the corral If
he chute amt there. And you would be
surprised al the amount OF stray ships
hey catch In that trap.
Well the big strike had beer on. and
I was just In the first throes OF being
Wait a minute / am wrong. /
1ident sail out OF this harbor al all, /
sof a little afraid OF 1t. | was afraid we
,onldent make it. so we drove down
when we found that the boat vas
soing to go to San Francisco, Why We
loaded the plumber on 1t and turned
light around and beat 1t to Frisco. beat
he boat | mean Ever since they SO
'ruelly robbed Santa Monica from hay
ne 1t, | have never used 1t. | am on
n a O call a port or harbor strike
wont sail out Of 1t till they move II
0 Santa Monica.
30 just drove 400 miles and used
mother harbor. That's the best way to
axe a boat trip anyhow. is to load your
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