The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1948-07-29

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SUMMER BOATING SEASON
The boating season is with us
again and on lake, river and sea
fronts can be seen harassed men
and women exhausting themselves
in a frenzied determination to get
away from it all via the compass
and tiller routine.
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The urge to cast off and go
for a few hours where there are
no traffic lights, phone calls,
Gallup polls or war rumOrs is
terrific. Initiation has raised the
cost of everything from the
yachting cap and the rubber
shoes to the yacht and its gro
ceries, but once a man has
made up his mind to get out
and lose his bearings amid the
seagulls nothing can stop him.
It is amazing how many men,
who get panicky if they find them
selves ashore where they are not
sure of the house numbers. think
it is a pleasure not to have any idea
where they are aboard ship.
Yachting is a process of getting
lost, sunburned, confused, damp
and squeamish with a will of iron.
1t Is an endeavor to feel
carefree If It worries you sick.
1t is a search for recreation
among spar buoys, canned
foods, white caps. squalls, low
ceilings, uncomfortable hunks,
motor troubles and strange reg
ulations. b.
Rule one requires you to wear a
white cap, keep a chart which you
can't read, determine your where
abouts by binoculars and carry a
horn, a raft, life ,preservers. and a
boarding ladder. On dry land any
such job would bring a revolt: at
sea it is called delightful.
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An auto Is comparatively in
expensive. It serve you IL
months instead of three and at
no time do you have to varnish
it, look for openings in its seams,
plug up a hole aft, pump it out
OIL hail a tug to get it off a
sandbar.
With a boat you spend many
months planning changes in design,
going over the equipment, arguing
with the shipyard owner, checking
bills. wondering about the insur-
ance and condemning the yacht
club directors for another assess
ment.
What really makes a man go
for the yacht routine anyhow?
1t must be the yen to escape
painting the porch, flee the
traffic jam and for a brief in
tervaI find a life where there
are no signs reading "No
Parking" "Joe's Jumbo Hot
Dogs and Antiques for Sale"
Fetch our open dory. skipper,
and let's cast off for the open sea
with a hearty "Yo ho!"
The Garble Sisters
What do you make of that crisis
in Berlin?"
Its awful. What right have the
Russians to keep U. N. out of Ber-
lin without even asking for a poll
of the delegation"
General Clay thought we should
have opened the railroad lines on
the second ballot. If it isn't n
thing it's another these days"
why are the Russians acting
that way anyhow"
Its a stop-Bevin movement.
But let's talk about things at
home"
"How do you like the Repub-
lican ticket?".
"Fine. Dewey and Stymie
will make a great team"
Its Dewey and Warren"
warren Harding or Warren
Wright?"
Just Warren Warren, I
think. He's a big California
movie man or something"
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Il thought Earl Stassen might get
it."
He did pretty well for 10 rounds
but in the eleventh he made the
mistake of mixing it,"
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zeke Clay Says:
It's good to SEE the country re-
turning to the idea of nominating
vice-presidents who can read and
write. Eph Hawkins has de-
cided to give up professional bal
let dancing and ny for the heavy
weight boxing title. Lem Cos
lin tuned in on tie radio last night
and had a curious experience. He