The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-27

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completed the rounds Of the sew
ers1 gents present. vet without
= peep from our loquacious host.
Ne asked why.
Who Ne saws Jimmie.
On I VAS merely born in the
middle Of the Fraser river. Up
Canada way He signs
oh. n course" we say alb
sently and nod IN casual agree
menl please pass the ice
We inspect the interior Of our
lumber and mediate the chem
ieal wonders - nature upon d.
verse members Of the vegetable
kingdom. life for instance rye
and other grains, o'course
o'eourse Then II suddenly
daWns upon US that Mr.. Martin
has said he was born in the mid
die Of the river
Further inquiry.
Yes. in the middle Of the
river saws the astounding
James. And he signs again. My
mother was Just $3.50 many
miles up the creek from the me-
troPohs Of Chnliwack when
decided 10 make my debut. Tisk
usk.
Come to the point" We bark
in our best quarterback fashion.
What was your mother doing
in the middle Of the Fraser
river Besides - besides "
We wave our arms with dainty
significance.
oh. she was just riding in an
Indian dugout canoe, Jimmie
says carelessly before he yawns
and signs again. But do You
know what ." he yelps, suddenly
coming TO life. There was A real
live Indian padding at each end
Of that canoe Gee
Just little more ice in this
one, please" we reply.
And that. dear children. is
fair example Of how the great
leaders of the local maritime
world while away their leisure
moments - deep and scholarly
thinking.
tntil we'll into the 17th CEN
fury, what We know today a.
California was shown on charts
and maps as an island.
Although the Coast Guard Re
serve is only something around
a year old hereabout, its record
IS neat and clean.
And IN view Of that. Coast
Guard headquarters rewarded the
local flotilla by giving it spe-
cial cruise Sunday aboard the
cutter Atlanta. Capt. Bill Hogan.
Departing our harbor prompt
~ after breakfast. the entire
DAY was devoted to a voyage to
Olympia and return.
Attendant Coast Guard Re-
servists - some 10 yachtsmen.,
freshmen and other small-craft
mariners didn't allow the dis
tInct pleasure of the junket TO
interfere with a goodly share Of
business.
Included in the days curricula
was A man-overbOsrd drill. tar
get practice with small arms,
inland navigation and plotting.
Marlinspike seamanship, and Of
course. a splendid dinner Of the
sort which makes this depart
ment wish and wish and wish it
might have had the wisdom
enough years ago to purue
career in said coast guard.
Capt. Marshal Of the coasting
tanker J. J. Coney, last trip
here amid darkness and fog
discovered the usual navigational
aids were not operating when no
endeavored IN make landing
at the Porta coma terminal oil
tanks
Undaunted nevertheless. alert
Capt. Marshal recalls what is
commonly termed local knowl-
edge He remembered the STSC
shipyards works night shift:
that air-hammers are used in
modern ship construction -- and
are anything but silent; that the
Portaeome berth he was seeking
was Just a mite mort by sou'wow
from the STSC plant.
So. Using the aforementioned
sir-hammers as beacon. he
brought the J. J. COney in "on
the beam" as il were. Then
hard aport Just 50 far - and
there he was Simple as that.
And you should hear him pooh
pooh any idle talk about the
show must 20 on" or Yankee
ingenuity. or like language.
Poppycocki