EVENING SENTINEL
, VASouth Norwslk, Conn.
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BY JAMES GOLDEN
IN 1570._
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it‘Ohibit Bathmg or
ake the Beach Safe
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7 {The sad case of a sixteen year old
,gfid drowning at Ascension Beach
the West of Calf Pasture beach
esday evening brought to light a.
number of dangerous conditions at
park which demand immediate
ection.
— «For one thing there is no tele-
1’ ‘ phone at the beach. In case of an
5“ ident. such as the one which oc-
c (1. many precious minutes are
" bit. before a doctor can be sum-
aimed.
‘ ' ZThe expense attached to the in-
; stillstion of a phone is not great,
in: fact petty as compared. to the
shine of a human life. The Common
.Cduncil should insist that a tele-
phone be placed in operation at
tb Park at once. It is fails to do
we it is criminally negligent of its
ddtl’. .
,"Sixteen-year-old Ina. Bates of
Dhnbury lost her life in what is
termed "the hole," which is a short
distance off the shore of Ascension
Beach.
According to popular understand-
ing this "hole" was made by a
dredge when portions of the Calf
Pasture playground were being filled
in.
No measures have
since then to warn children ans
bathers of the water trap which
may claim them at an unwary mo-
ment.
It is sad that it usually requires
tragedy to shake us out of our every
day complacency. The Common
Council must now shoulder its re—
sponsibility and order “the hole" to
be marked off with life-saving ropes;
Unless this is done. the lesson of a
child losing her life will be forgot-
ten and the'trap will continue to
claim its toll.
This is a matter for
consideration and action.
.You’re All Wrong,
N orwalk Is All Right
You hear remarks of this nature
once in a while: “Norwaik is a sleepy
old burg. The merchants are dead
ones. There has been no progress in
the town in a generation."
Those who hold this belief are all
wrong. To be convinced, they should
have been at the outing of the South
Norwalk Club at Champs Farm,
Bridgeport. yesterday.
A group that can turn out, and
have the fun memberst the South
Not-walk Club had yesterday are
alive citizens, residents of a wide-
EWake city.
Even those. who are no longer as
ydung as once may were, forget their
years and played like a string or
two year olds.
More than seventy-five members
of the Club laid aside business and
other cares yesterday. They played
baseball, swam, competed in wheel-
barrow races, running races, hurdle
woes and especially in (.tdoing one
another in good, old-fashioned en-
payment.
:Even the heat could-not deter the
infectious, jovial spirit of the party.
Prizes were awarded in the various
events and the winners were as
proud as school. boys carrying home
thilr first medals. ,
it share dinner topped off the
pérty. It was attacked with the vim
usually associated with a crowd of
youngsters just home from the
”ramming hole.
Every member present agreed that
a. day's outing such as that enjoyed
yesterday is the best tonic in the
M'drld. It helps the merchants to
.. know one another and. whatever
_ helps the merchants, helps the city.
“Dan’t Waste Water '
, The recent warning regarding a
' polsible water shortage locally
should be taken all the more seri-
‘ only because of the present heat
«(wave and the continued drought.
5‘ There is a. temptation in this sort
-v_ iofiweather to use water with reck-
" deg abandon. This is a natural de-
7 dry which everyone should curb in
' his or her own interest and in the
interest of all.
. First and Second District W'ater
.7'Comrniuloners urge householder to
'be prudent and careful in the use of
. water. A few days ago the First
District Commissioners were obliged
to open the Brown Reservoir into
Grnppes' lteser'voir to bring the wa.
A ates there up to the necessary, safe
. . Q
Tiss'water supply in many parts
the state is reaching the danger
,. '- In New Haven the water
‘ ' has issued appeals to resi~
the supply as
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we
been taken
w“
immediate
‘ a to conserve
. as possible.
“weather observer there made
tint yesterday was the 5m:
rain. with the exception
showers. This is the long-
speii in that vicinity since
there was a spring and
"similar to the present one.
in all sections of Connecti-
Jng badly burned both by
, 'gnd lack of rain. Tobacco
have sustained the heavieu
.h it is reported run into
at the other fellow at a.
.9“ There is still plenty
tor drinking. cooking and
filth the Sound so close
’ an outdoor dip. in-
the bath-tub. Don't
«an the lawns. Save
you can. You and
. if the drought; eon-
fltankful a little lat-
we exercised at this
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‘ NORWALK‘
10 YEARS AGO
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The following are taken from the
Sentinel of July iii, 1914:
"It was a gr‘at and enthusiastic
lailkring of Democrats last night at
the shore dinner' given under the
auspices of the chfe’sonian club at
Dérlon's point hotel which was at-
tended by ninety-nine.
“Corporation Counsel “’illiam F.
Tammany is in New Haven today on
business."
"Below are the prize winners in
the games held by the East avenue
Methodist church Sunday school at
Rohn Point Wednesday: loo-yard
dash. W’allis Palmer; 50-yard dash
for girls, Hazel Preece: 50-yard dash
for boys, Francis George; Potatoe
race lor girls, Edna Hunted: stand-
ing broad Jump. Harold Finch;
running broad jump,'Clarence Vol-
mer: sack race. Francis George;
peanut race for girls, Marion Hust-
ed and Swimming race, Gerald
Mead."
"Miss Jennie Scott and Miss
Gladys Mills of Rownyton left todtw
for several wcelts' stay at North-
field. Mass."
“This morning fishermen in this
locality were discussing the lobster
recently captured by Louis Price
which weighed all of nine pounds.
This is considered an” exceedingly
largo lobster.”
"Mrs. John M. Glover and her
two children have left for a visit
in Philadelphia where Mrs. Glovers'
mother resides.” .
"The American Express company
is notifying its agents to suspend
sending out of all foreign orders un-
til further notification because of
the mar clouds hovering mer all
Europe."
“Miss Elsie Hill of West avenue
who has been campaigning the past
few weeks in Delaware in the in-
terests of the Congressional
for women suffrage has returned to
her home."
Fashion hint of the day. "Ila!-
iste. swiss and cnmhrlc flouncing in
the eyelet and shadow effects now
specially price/l are most effective
for lingerie and gowns."
By All Means Shave.
"Poor Blank," :1 man remarked
the other day. "He has lost out in
recent years. He goes around un-
shaved and looking down at the heel
I have a notion that when a man
begins to neglect shaving he lowers
his general tone."
It is a nice question in psychology.
Does the man’s neglect of big ap-
pearance result from general dis~
couragement’.’ Or does his failure to
observe the social conventions load
to slopplness m uusmcss and lower-
ing of standards? Is it important for
a man to maintain his appearance in
'nrdrzr to ki‘ep himself generally up
to what he should be?
lirilish experience in India sug-
gests there is something to this
theory or the importance of shaving.
The Englishman in a remote city in
the interior always takes pains to
dress for dinner, even when he is by
himself. it seems absurb for a man
in a tropical climate to get into a
stiff white shirt and evening clothes
when there is nobody about except
native servants.
» But when he fails to do this the
experience is that he usually slips
into a kimono for the evening as the
natives do. The next step is to
adopt naive costume for his work.
and before long your English uni-
versity graduate is going about in
sandals and breech clout. .The na-
tives lose their respect for him and.
without the support of a public
opinion that insist on certain stand-
ards, his morality is wrecked/Scat-
tered over India are Englishmen
Whose loss of self respect dates
from the time they began to be
careless about the established stand-
ard of dressing for dinner.
A. Man's appearance, or a wo-
man's is bound up with certain
standards of conduct. A letting
down in appearance osten contri-
butes toward a break in morale.
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THE \VEATHEB.
Forecast: Southern New England
and eastern New Yorke Unsettlcd
with local thunder showers; Friday
probably fair; slightly cooler.
Conditions: The disturbance that
was over the upper Lake region
Tuesday night was advanced to the
mouth of the St. Lawrence river
with a trough extending west-south-
westward throughout the lower
Lake region to western Texas. Dur-
ing the last 24 hours showers and
thun er storms have occurred at
scatt red points in the north Atlan-
tic states. ‘
The outlook is for unsettled wea-
ther with local thunder showers in
the Atlantic states on Thursday. On
Friday the weather will be gener-
ally fair. Cooler weather on Thurs-
day is indicated for the North At—
lantic states.
Winds: Sandy Hook to Hatteras:
Moderate to fresh
west and weather partly overcast
and showery Thursday. '
North of Sandy Hook: Fresh
southwest and West, and partly over-
cast weather and showers Thurs-
day.
TmIPERATURE. ‘
observation taken at 8 p. m., 75th
meridian at New Bevan “cathet-
Bureau.
Atlanta ........ 30.04 88 Clear
Atlantic City . . . 29.82 78 cloudy
Block Island . . . 29178 72 cloudy
Boston . .- ...... 29.74 84 cloudy
Buffalo . . . . . . . . 29.90 68 cloudy
Cincinnati . . . . . . 29.98 74 cloudy
Chicago 29.88 so cloudy
Denver . . . . . . . . 30.00 82 cloudy
Detroit . . . . . . . . 29.90 ,76 cloudy
Hatteras ....... 30.02 76 clear
Jacksonville . . . . 30.08 78 clear
Kansas City . . . 29.90 86 clear
Nantucket . . . . . 29.78 70 cloudy
New Haven . . . . 29.81 84 cloudy
New Orleans . . . 30.02 84 cloudy
New York ...... 29.84 84 cloudy
Norfolk .l’ ...... 29.96 84 clear
Northfield, Vt. . . 29.78 68 cloudy
Pittsburgh ..... 29.96 68 cloudy
Portland. Me. . . . 29.70- 80 clear
st. Louis ....... 29.96 78 cloudy
St. Paul . ..... -. . 30.02 60 cloudy
>Washlntton 29.88 86
union ,
southwest and .
cloudy me.- a minute of study on Don-
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Tomgh 63 .Events
Great White Way."
Palace—Tom Mix in "North of
find-on Bay."
piano—sen Alexandcr and Lloyd
Ill-Billion in “A Self Made Failure"
also "Plastigrams" the third dimen-
sion movie.
Fireworks at Baton Point.
Opening fair of Broad River Com-
munity club.
Carnival of Rowayton Fire depart.
ment, Kellogg Lot. Roton Point road.
Carnival of Norwalk Eagles, Mott
avenue grounds.
Meeting of Norwalk Lodge, L. 0.
0M.
Meeting of Banner Council. Sons
and Daughters of Liberty.
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August i—Dance at Dorlon's
Point. ‘5
August I—Bridge luncheon at
Country club.
August 1—Dance of Putnam Hose
Co. at Roton Point.
August 2—Water sports at Mar-
vin Beach.
August 2—Dance at
Country club.
August 8—Picnic at Reading Glen
of Past Pocahontas Club of Wano-
na council.
August 4—W’eekly luncheon of
Toreador club at Norwalk Country
club.
August 6-Picnic of Ever Ready
Circle of King's Daughters.
August 6—-—Card party at Country
club of Ladies' Visiting Board of
Norwalk Hosfltak
August 7—All-star vaudeville perv
formance at Regent theatre for ben-
efit of Salvation Army. being ar-
ranged by Edmund Breese.
Norwsl lg
TIMELY VIEWS
A‘WORLD Tomes
El'IWI’E BEING MADE A l’O‘V-
Um lilAGilZlNh‘ BY FRASCI‘J
Gleanings ’5?
Book of :Life
nymmamn
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STRONG-WILLED )(EN.
Many men are described.
rightfully. many erroneously.
"strong- willed men." ‘
\Vhat is a. strong—willed man?
William James said the strong-
willed man is the man who hears
the still small voice unflinchingiy.
and who. when the death-bringing
consideration comes in. looks“ its
face, consents to its presence. clings
to it, affirms it. and holds it fast, in
spite of the host of exciting images
which rise in revolt against it. and
would expel it from the mind.
“What constitutes the difficulty
for a man laboring under an unwise
passion of acting as if the passion
were unwise? Certainly there is not
physical difficulty," says James. "It
is as easy physically to avoid a fight
as to lmgin one. to pocket one's
money or squander it on one's cu~
pldlties, to walk away from as well
as toward a coquette's door. The
difficulty is mental: is tha tof get-
ting lhe idea of the wise action to
stay before out mind at all.
"When any strong emotional state
whatever is upon us the tendency is
for no images but such as are con-
gruous with it to come up. If
others by chance offer themselves.
they are instantly smothered and
some
as
crowded out. If we be joyous, we
cannot keeping thinking of those
uncertainties and risks of failure
which abound pon our path: if we
new triumphs, travels. loves and
joys; nor if vengeful.'of our oppres-
sor‘s community of nature with our-
selves.
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"The strong—willed man is
who is able to master his mind to
whcih would smother the thought
that he wants to keep uppermOst in
his brain.
"Sustained in this way by n rean-
lutr‘ effort of attention, the difficult
own congeners and associates and
ends by changing the disposition of
the man's consciousness altogether.
action changes, for the new object.
once stably in possession of the field
of his thought.
its own motor effect.
"The difficulty lies in obtaining
that field. Though the spontaneous
drift of thought is all the other way.
the attention must be kept strained
on one object until at last it
GROWS. so as to maintain itself be-
fore the mind at ease.
WEDLOCKED
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By LAIN’
0. LANE-
CHAPTER XIJX.
Lure. knew very Well indeed that
Bob had aversions for Llonnn. Berry
and Flora McClure, but she liked
them and could see no reason why
Bob shouldn't, so she made no effort
to keep him from meeting them in
his home. “He hasn't the right to
dictate whom I shall have as
friends," she reasoned. “And as far
as him not liking Donna. or Flora——
well, I don‘t care for most of his
friends, either."
Beth at the girls were there.
laughing with Lura over a tardy tea—
table, when Bob came home from
the office.
He was neither cordial nor nu-
pleasant. “How are you?" he said
conventionally, nodding to both as
he came' to his wife's side and pat-
ted her on the shoulders.
They responded equally as con-
ventionally; for they were engrossed
in the subject they were discussing
with Lura when Bob came in.
Bob stood by the group as they
chattered for a moment or two, then
turned and left the room. This
caused Flora. to suggest “We'd bet-
ter be going, Donie."
"You dan’t have to go just be-
cause Bob is here," Lura hastily ex-
claimed. "Anyway, can’t you two
stay for diner and try potlucfl?"
The visitors glanced at each other,
as if waiting for the other to speak,
Then Flore. spoke:
“I'd like to, but I really can't.
Louis Fischer is comi g .aver to
drive me 'out to the L g Cabin for
dinner."
This gave Lure anew idea.
"Why can't you get him to come
over here, and we’ll have a. jolly
dihner together—I don't mean here;
we can go out somewhere. How
about you, Donie ?"
Donle's answer was ready.
“It'll be all right with me.”
Lura turned to Flora for consent.
"1 think I can get him to come
here." came the reply.
“You know you can, little one,"
put in Donna. "You know you have
him.wound around your little flno
ger.‘
Flora responded with a smiio.
“Well. I hope you have a man
wound around your finger whom you
'can get for this evening," Lure. de-
l clared.
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lln's part. Lura exclaimed. "\Ve’ll
get a liomeo for you."
Bob returned to the
then.
His wife pounced on him for aid.
“Who can we get -lo take Donna to
dinner with us tonight, Bob? Flora
and her Romeo are going. too."
Bob, slightly surprised by the an-
nouncement, f r he had not suspect-
ed he was be its taken out to din-
ner, pondered a moment. He.
couldn't think of anybody he didn't
like enough to want him to have to
carry Donna. around for an even-
ing.
'"W'e'might get Jack Somers," he
suggested at last, haphazardly.
"Old Jack Sims!" Donna exclaim-
ed, laughing. '
Bob wanted to tell her: "Well,
he‘s too damned good for you. Get
somebody yourself—-if you can find
anyone.
Lure. came to Donna aid.
"Jack Sims! Why, Bob, you know
we don’t want him along. Let's see.
who. can we get? Oh. I’ve got it!
Let's get Dunn!"
“Yes, Dunn!" Flora enthused.
Donna beamed.
But not Bob. So he wanted to
see Dunn again. ch!
0 EB 14.
But Bob enjoyed the formal party.
So taken up with Louis Fischer was
he that he forgot to be jealous over
the attention paid to Dunn by' Lura,
and he forgot his distaste for the
company of Donna and Flora. In
fact, he began to alter his previously
incurred opinion of Flora and ad-
mitted to himself that she was a.
“good fellow." He began to discern
some of her charm. He couldn’t see.
though. why Fischer was attracted
by her. ‘
Fischer was a loquacious'an v
bone individual, most of his tglklsi:
he did about himself. But he Was
not in the least boresome, so wen.
did he know his subject.
He was particularly witty at the
expense of women in general, to the
amusement of the women present
and Bob's great glee. Dunn looked
on dourly. not quite content with
merely being one of those present.
“The only thing that ever phases
a woman.'f Louis exclaimed. "is at-
room just
tention. You can hit her on. the
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eating as nearly as possible the Out-a
fit with which he had crossed ihel
plains in 1852 and of proceeding
be lugubrious. we cannot think of
or fall at her feet. or argue with her
till you’re hoarsev-it doesn't make
any diderence, woman is a shrine
and everything she does becomes a
part of an immemoriai Worship."
“Sounds like Shaw." Lura inter-
rupted. He says you know. that the
way for a man to handle a woman
is with a blacksnake whip and a pair
of hobnailed boots. -or something
like that."
The sallies flew back and forth
as they dined in a small restaurant
near the llaylir apartment. 9. place
noted for steaks with huge servings
section of
and calls
"Europe at the present moment is
a vast arsenal.
some
might apply the match that. would
plunge it into all the horrors of an-
other great “or." declared Edmund
D. Morel, Socialist member
British Government.
on foreign affairs in a recent inter-
View.
lie charges that the real danger
point is io‘be found in powurful in-
dustrial and financial
France.
At
the
any moment
community
of the
and authority
interests in
for the convoca-
0n.
the extent of repellng those images
object ere long begins to call up its
"And with his consciousness. his
infalllhly produces.
of fried potatoes sliced
and rye bread.
n
a woman, Fischer went on.
satisfaction of parading her befor
Mrs."
“Such nonsense," put in Donna.
"\Vull, what do you know abou
grin.
laughs that followed. it was
diverting question.
anyway, Mr. “lorldly “‘ise Man?"
Anyway, it is an animal instlnc
which is the torment of one.
happiness of two and the hostility 0
three.”
“But you said that only
ever love," Flora responded.
that."
‘good humor.
i llol) interrupted them.
? ticatcd."
Luru. turned on him.
"\'Jell.'.' she said, “yu give us an
I don't
think Louis' definition coincides with
It is too
sentimental for a person so Shavian
lunsophisticated definition.
his previous assertions.
in thought."
"All right. Bob,"
ried man's definition."
He cleared his throat aii'ectedly.
to give unprcjudlced
this time."
Lyra.
and female.
"Not so good." pronounced Dunn.
(To be continued.)
A Real Vacation.
number of days where an alarm
clock is never wound; where there
are no clocks at all, by preference;
rising ,in- the morning when we
wanted to get up—or in the after-
noon, if that should suit us better:
eating not at “meal time," going to
bed after we had become thoroughly
satisfied With looking at the stars
and listening to the surf orlthe
night herons. We would like to be
where no newspaper could reach us:
where the rumble of a train. or a
trolley car. or the toot of a. whistle.
or automobile ‘ horn would not be
heard: where the rustling of leaves
on the trees. or the slap of a. wave
on a rock would lac—unless it might
be tor‘the mket of now and then I
thunder’ storm—the harshest notes
we could hear: where we would not
have to talk to anybody unless we
wanted to. or listen unles we wish-
ed; where there wasn't a deckof
cards. or a chess board. a type-
writer, a telephone. or a sheet of
writing paper: where there were
only watermelon, plenty of chowder
material. cpffee, bacon, good fresh
em, fine fishing grounds (or
waters to be exact). a bathing place.
beautiful views of lakes and hills,
birds. and berries. and such things
as that: weher a. shack would be a
mansion. the air full of sWeet fern,
or pine breath or, spray vapor.
and we could watch the sunsets and
the high clouds and the low clouds.
and Just rest and eat and eat and
fishand swimand eatsndrestand
sleep and rest and rest and fiction
head with a club.
or tell hat-joke; body
notbebotheredbysnyt "9"”.
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"A man never fails in love with
"He
may desire a smile front her. or the
his friends, but it is only woman who
glove, Donia?" Dunn put in, with 1
Donna SlllflrlCd under the
well
known she couldn‘t "hold the men."
Flora came to her rescue with a
"\\‘hat is love
"My own definition is that love is
a legitimate state of liceniiousness.
the
women
“Yes, my definition doesn‘t alter
"Then you mean that only the wo~
{men are animals," she persisted, in
“The con-
-iu:~'.inn certainly is getting sophis-
Flora coaxed,
"Give us your definition—the mar-
“Of course you musn't expect me
testimony at
He glanced sideways at
"But I should say that love
is a. misunderstanding between male
We would like to be tor quite a.
tion of an international conference
on the armaments problem and the
political and economic issues which
have created it.
"There is going on at the present
moment." Morel declares. “a more
extensive output of war material
than at any time since the peace.
The chief centers of production are
Slovakia. and the Austrian Slate
factories. French influence and
French money are directing both.
"In the spring of this year the
French owned shares in the Skoda
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company Worth $10,000,000: the
managing director and the chief
technical experts are Frenchmen. I
go as far as to say that France now
controls practically the whole war
in chanism of Csecho-Slovakia.
War'material is being produced
in enormous quantities at the Aus-
trian State factories. During the
past fifteen momhs Junglavia has
been supplied by the Austrian i'ac-
torles with 1.000.000 Mauser rifles
1.000.000 rounds of rifle ammunition
133 wagonloads of infantry machine
guns. large quantities of field guns.
‘and an immense amount of smaller
material. _
"Roumnnia has placed large or-
ders for shells, guns and ammuni~
tion which are now in process of
execution. Poland is also a large
purchaser. among the items already
delivered to her being 35,000,000
pieces of 7.9 millimetre ammunition
and 34 wagonloads of smaller am-
munition.
"Austria is being enabled to do
all this manufacturing with the aid
of the French taxpayers' money, by
which I mean loans. that these
smaller countries are able to pur-
chase the material.
"Under the treaty Austria is not
a. free agent and is not allowed to
manufacture War materials. The
orders to the Austrian State fac-
tories could not even have been
placed. let alone executed. without
the direct knowledge of the confer~
ence of ambassadors. The only con-
clusion is that some of the Allied
powers are deliberately conniving at
it. Under our very noses French
finance is making Europe into a
powder magazine.
“It the Continent of Europe is to
be saved from another war,
concludes 'th 1 ” Kore]
- ‘ e peep e of Br:
and other thin
countries must cease to
live in the world of illusions. They
must demand the whole truth. and
titre con‘vocatlon, before it is too late.
0 an nternationsl conference
this problem.” on
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Esra Meeker. the noted pioneer.
Legisie.M ture.
eeker was among the first few
hundred and was actually the last
man to cross the American conti~
sent. by ex team.‘I-Iis first exploit
came about through necessity and
love of adventure: . the second-
more than half .centnry latch-was
undertaken in an effort to perm.
ate the history of the» early In!“ .,
tions and notably” to‘ mark the
course or. the one. famous Oregon
Fling frontier town,
now M years old, is again in the
limelight" an; am, a, a mam“, HI-nager Trading Department
for representative in the Oregon 35 WW 8‘. So. Hal-walk
therewith alone oven-the same route
to its terminus at the Missouri Riv-
er and thence on to New York and
W'ashington. In February, 1906, he
made his actual start East. I
Meeker's outfit consisted of a:
yoke of steers. selected with the
greatest care, and a wagon made
up of parts of three wagons which
had seen service on the plains in
the early days of the transcontinent-
al pioneers. With this he drove all;
the way to New York and Washing- 2
ton. consuming 22 months on the
way.
In the national capital Meeker
was received by President. Rooae~
velt, who expressed great interest
in the undertaking and went with
the pioneer alone to inspect his
strange traveling outfit. ‘
After visiting New York. I’hila-l
delphia and Cincinnati. Meeker ship
ped his cattle and wagon to St.
Louis. From there he drove to Kan-
sas City, Topeka and St. Joseph,
tracing the several branches of the
old Oregon Trail. From that point
the return to Oregon was by train.
the aged iranellcr reaching Portland
June 6, 1908.
Ezra Meeker Was born in Hamil-
ton County, Ohio. Dec. 29, 1830.?
and spent his early boyhood as an?
apprentice in printing offices in in-
diauapolls. The age of 21 found himl
married and on his way by ox team!
with his young wife to Iowa to oil-l
tain the farm which he always hadl
coveted. A winter in Iowa 01 unus-‘
uai ‘severity induced the youngI
couple to cast in their lot with the]
thousands who were pressing {or-l
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A Friendly Word--
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lunch hour and quitting
time will arrive long be-
fore you have l'ea‘liy ex-
pected it. Give the heal
there is in you—and—
SAVE SOME MONEY
EACH MONTH.
Save yours in
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on “'ashingfon Street
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ward to California and the North-1
west, the floodtide of plains travel
reaching its peak in‘ the year 1852.
The first babe. of the Meekers was:
only seven weeks old at the tlrnc thej
start was made. Portland. a etrag-f
was reached"
ct. l, 1862. 'T
Meeker is the author
books of pioneer life. His career
in Orgon and Washington has
been notable for its many activities.
ranging all the way from participa-
tion in Indian wars to spending four
years in London as agent for the hop I
growers of the Northwest. ‘
For years he was one of the largest
hop—growers in the Puya’llup Valley
and at one time owned considerable
land. but most of his property was
disposed of when the hop industry
ceased to be profitable. Later he
moved to Seattle and. although more
than 90 years old, he continued to
write of pioneer days and to take
an active part in the promotion of
good roads.
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Monsieur—“Why do you want
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