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Show THE RICH COUNTY, REAPER, RANDOLPH, UTAH An Ode to the Horse O horse, you are a wonderful thing no buttons to push, no horns to honk, you start yourself, no clutch to slip, no gears to strip, no license buying every year with plates to screw on front and rear; no gas bills climbing up each day. stealing joy of life away; no speed cops chugging in your rear, yield ADVENTURERS CLUB HEADLINES FROM THE LIVES OF PEOPLE LIKE YOURSELF! ing summons in your ear. Your inner tubes are all O. K., and, thank the Lord, they stay that way. Your spark plugs never miss and fuss; your motor never makes us cuss. Your frame is good for many a mile ; your body never changes style; your wants are few and easy met youve something on the auto yet. Self-Deni- al Little self - denials, little honesties, little passing words of sympathy, little nameless acts of kindness, little silent victories over favorite temptation these are the silent threads of gold which, when woven together, gleam out so brightly in the pattern of life that God approves. Horse Versus Man 99 By FLOYD GIBBONS Famous Headline Hunter ERE, says Raymond J. Hopper of Roslindale, is the 1 1 story of my lifes darkest moment. And Ive got to admit that there was one time when Rays life got pretty dark. It got so dark, as a matter of fact, that even the captain was worried. But Ive got to admit, too, that from all the evidence Iye been able to gather, it wasnt Ray the captain was worried about. d these captains. Theyre pretty Ray was in the army. Any buck private will tell you that lifes dark enough in the army without adventures coming along to make them darker. , But Ray got into the army and into an adventure too. And that gives you a combination of sombre hues thats about two shades darker than an undertakers hat. ti hard-boile- Twas the Day Before Christmas. The United States Coast artillery was Rays branch of the service, and Ray was stationed at Fort Greble, Rhode Island. It was Decem- ber 24, 1900. Ray remembers the date because it was the day before Christmas. Also, he remembers that it was cold bitter cold. The mercury was way down below the zero mark and the only things around that werent frozen were the beans boiling on the cook shack stove. Fort Greble is on an island. All the supplies come by boat, and the boat ties up at the end of a wharf built out two hundred feet into the sea to reach deep water. Ray says the wharf was about 15 feet wide, with timber bolted all the way around the edges. I suppose that stuff was put there to keep things from rolling off the pier but it didnt do very well in stopping Ray Hopper. Ray was down on the wharf juggling supplies for the quartermasters t. department. They had given him a horse and a Driving down he noticed that his buddy was working on a small boat pulled up on the shore about a hundred yards from the wharf. He didnt think anything of that at the time but he thought plenty about it later. Out of the Cart Into the Water. Says Ray: The fact that he chose that particular day and hour and minute to do the job he was working on is the reason why 1 am alive today.. Ray drove on out to the end of the wharf. .The supply boat was tied up there and he started pulling the horse around to back up to it. As he did, the horse came face to face with a large black boiler that had been left there the day before. The horse wasnt accustomed to seeing that boiler there. It frightened him. He gave a sudden jump backward. y And then it happened I h The wheels of the timber rammed up against the that circled the edge of the wharf. They hit it and went right over. Ray, on the seat of the cart, was thrown backward. He somersaulted r. off of the cart and landed head first in about 30 feet of icy And as 1 fell, he says, I saw first the cart and then the horse coming over on top of me. Ray couldnt swim a stroke. He was dressed in heavy clothing, including a heavy felt army ulster, and that made his chance even slimmer. The water sent an icy chill through his body. He went down down. He tried to strike out with his hands to bring himself to the surface and then there was a kicking, flailing body on top of him, pushing him down even farther. It was the horse! I was told afterward, Ray says, that the horse hit the water on his back, at the exact spot at which I went under. The men on the wharf were sure I would never come up alive. But I did. I came up right beside the horse. Horse Tried to Climb on Him. The horse was being dragged under by the heavy cart. Ray came up, right under the heels of the kicking, screaming animal. The horse saw Ray. and tried to climb up on him. Once more, Ray was pushed, down into the green water. Ray caught a deep breath just before he went under. Theh he was down again, with the horses hoofs beating a frantic tattoo on his back and shoulders. That second time he thought hed never come up. His lungs felt as though theyd burst before he got to the surface. clothes holding him down. He rose slowly his heavy water-logge- d And when he did come up, there was the horse again, climbing all over him pushing him down once more. That time, Ray slid off to one side and didnt go down so far. Thrashing madly at the water with his numbed arms he fought his way to the surface again. He caught a breath started to go down again. This was the third time. And Ray had heard that people who go down for the third time dont ever come up again. Then, suddenly he felt a hand grasp him by the hair. He was being pulled out of the water :into a boat. And there was his buddy in the boat, hauling him over the side. From where he was working he had seen Ray fall into the water. He had launched the boat and come speeding to the rescue. Before his buddy could row him back to shore, Rays clothing was frozen stiff. Ice fell off hinf in little chunks as two men carried him to his quarters. Meanwhile, someone had cut the harness from the horse and he swam ashore. n and wrapped him The boys stripped Ray, gave him a good in blankets. Inside of half an hour he felt as good as new and he didnt even catch a cold as a result of his ducking. Rays buddy worried about him for a while but the captain, apparently didnt. Ray say that when they reported the accident to him his only remark was Is the horse safe? TAPPING RUBBER TREES ON FIRESTONE PLANTATIONS IN LIBERIA From these pi antail oni comes an ever increasing supply of the worlds finest rubber. 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