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Show .; JPv PAGE FOURTEEN THE JOURNAL, LOGAN Capt. George Fried ,"a . CITY,-CACH- " WED Writes Interesting . I ! I -- $ ,J ' f! : t u (Continued from' jpaire 19) Many of the fpllows were laid un days at a time before their feet healed. For three or four months the Hartford which I had learned to love1 and consider as my own ship, remained In the tropics. We lived on salt horse, hard tack and corned beet hash, a menu that was varied only on Sundays by the addition of plum duff. . Plum duff Is sort of plum pudding and is highly prized by the sailor, or was in those days. 1 You remember the old rule. must never steal a shipmates plum duff In a squall." That would start many a fight- A man found guilty of taking his shipwas mate's most coveted tid-b- it ostracized socially, but it often happened, as you can well imagine. Not for long, though. I al- ways found .that thafellows-d- n the Navy never held grudges Very tong. They were always ready to forgive their shipmates and Would always uphold each other, right or wrong, In arguments or fights against outsiders. I was on the Hartford five years, and von can readily that it meant home for me. On that ship I had all the experience that prepared me for my later years a- - sea. I aetuallv started to sea the early part of 1900 and the Hartford was my first school. On that ship I was a landsman, then, by study and hard work, became an ordinary seaman. later a coxswain, then quartermaster, nnd finally chief In five vears I quartermaster. progressed more than I could have dreamed of before when I played on North Pond lake hack home, for the reason that a sailor with that gobs wide trousers end flat hat was what I hoped to be. t had no idea of the snannv uniform of the chief quarter master those days. An admirals uniform would mean nothing to me after T received that rommls-sio- n, but I decided to continue up the ladder. . .I . submitted, - ' Park. February 22, 1929. to disfigurement to hear Sailer-- Jack's wa stories" r' rf: tfjffc )j 3 gins ILL VICIOUS . S,MI (By V. G. REESE) What a pleasure in the meeting with our friends and neighbors . dear, Who together by arrangement, thus assemble year by year. What a wealth of human kindness is expressed in loving deeds, By the effort it requires to provide the bounteous feeds. Prompted by what fond emotions caihe this custom so sublime, May it e'er endure and function throughout all the coming time. May the milk of human kindness, never, never, cease to flow; May this custom, thus established on its mission ever go. When the ones now young and active, through whose veins so ' ? freely run, Fluid charged with life and vigor, stimulation mirth and fun. Shall have reached a lofty summit and have started down the grade, Be accorded the attention here so splendidly portrayed. When the hoary frosts of winter sap the color from the hair, ' And the step has lost its firmness which cause sorrow and -- x WITH PRIMITIVE WEJIPOilS Lines Written for the Old Folks Day in Hyde - ? Wednesday, February 2t, 1929. COUNTY, UTAH. E F LIFE, All OLD FOLKS DAY Story of His Life ?" ,'v-'- The most thrilling moment in Simba, the big game hunting motion picture made in Africa by Mr. and Mrs. Martin Johnson which is coming to Ihe Capitol theatre. Friday and Saturday, March 1st and 2nd, is that which shows the naked blacks of the Lunibwa tribe, armed only with spears and shields, attacking and killing full grown lions. It seems, incredible that the king, of beasts Could be slain by such simple weapons, but the camera shows exactly how it is dope, and the scene keeps spectators on, the edges of their seats. As Martin Johnson, who photographed the battle, tells it, he, D. R., Clarke, Newton, March 1, with his wife, Osa, and their safari, had treked down into Tanganyika on the trail of lions. This, sayS Johnson, is the most wonderful big game tract in the World. Not long after we entered Tanganyika, he says we met, Alvin Crockett, 346 E 4 N.. March 1, forty naked Lumbwa warriors In war paint out after lions. The native hunters were armed with long spears and shields of buffalo hide. Eachman had decoiated himself and his shield with his own idea of war paint. The blacks, had spent..daya in workingjheipselves into, a fever which would nerve them to face simba in his own What a stimulating feeling comes from loving words And deeds, Which give strength and hope and comfort that the aged greatly haunts. Considering their inadequate weapons, I think- they lot of a needed courage. needs, , When a little boy, with faithful pals, I played about your streets, Do Not Kill for Food. "These blacks were not after lions for sport or for meat. And in the hills above the town found quiet cool retreats, s, and the sego lilies too, They do not eat lion meat, they have no use for the hides, and The blue-bel- ls and the Gave joy and pleasure greater far than city life could do. they take the claws only for amulets. They were out for .reAnd when the winter months appeared we up the hills would go, venge because the lions had been killing their cattle. We saw them kill six lions, one aftef another, and every performance And'on our sleighs would Scurry down upon the frozen snow. was thrilling and nerve racking. As is the case with every youth, we had our love romance. And sailed among the fleecy clouds, or floundered in a trance. Tha-raedont gain anymay not be to the swift, byt the slow At times our hearts were beating strong, lifes sky was bright " thing bv playing tortoise, eit'nei. and clear, At other times our hopes were crushed, the outlook dark and red-bell- e drear., - In youth we have our changing moods, our sorrows and our joys, According to the treatment we receive from girls and boys. Tis true imagination often plays a leading part, In the attitude ascribed to those we love With all our heart. In youth we oft are prone to build fine castles in the air. And furnish them and deck them up with equipage most rare. And what deep anguish fills our soul to see our building falb With nothing left to cheer our way that we can then recall. Many of m,v cherished friends have gone to the beyond. And when the call shall come I trust, Im ready to respond. father that my home is still on earth, But I thank the Good-ATo clasp your hands, bask in your smiles, and join you in your mirth. And may the choicest blessings which this mundane sphere bestows, Be strewn along your path through life, until you reach, its dose. God grant that we may all live right and Win a glorious crown. And dwell with those whose noble deeds have won Supreme renown. " And as the days and years roll by this gathering Ill recall, one and all. So now in closing iet me add; God Bless you ll , . lie called me a 'rookie,' an insult I challenged with fists. Chapter III As I look back over my sea ca- feer, which Is now approaching1 30 years, there is one storm; which I encountered while) aboard the destroyer Roe that stands vividly In my memory. . That was the first real storm that I experienced. Fortunately, The miles and miles of bulb is welcome to as many flowers as I have never had to go through fields in Holland are a rare sight he can carry away from the re'V'-xanother one like it. in spring. But the Dutch grower fuse pile" besides every patch. When we met this storm the Is no sentimentalist; the bulb Roe-- , which was one of the first The people of Athens still have fields would soon disappear, an oil burning destroyers built for barunprofitable lhdustry, if he did the old historic names. Your boot-blacthe Navy, was bound for Guank not send his workers out, day by ber is Thermistocles; your tanamo for lleet maneuvers. As Is taxi Alchibiades. blooms full cut off to your the day, I recall, I was 11 years at sea and thereby strengthen the bulbs driven by Xenophen and the vygy when this experience came along. for future flowering. The tourist traffic policeman Is Thusydides. Of course I had Wert In other i U, 45 storms before, and I had also IF been seasick, but they were so small In comparison with this hurricane that the others were erased from my mind. The Roe was In a squadron of ''fy destroyers and we had planned 1-- 2 and Sat. Marchchild-re. Friday an attack' on the fleet. The rt conAdults 50c; was in spic and span Evening prices ship 25c. Matinees Adults 35c; dition, all hands were looking forward for , a pleasant time, Children 15c.. Shows at p.lrt. when the blow hit us off Delaware. It might be interesting to She MARTIN JOHNSON AFRICAN EXPEDITION, The storm left our ship looking like a knocked out pugilist. Darnel I. Pomeroy, ftr state right here that many , " ... . presents people have an exaggerated Idea ahd We were were to arrive the last they seas. of heavy know that! many had despaired of us ever1 The fact of the matter Is that ships were faring as 'reaching port again. Our ship; a sea whipped by a hurricane our sister Some looked like the battered form of, with a wind velocity Of 80 tq 100 badly as we, or worse. knocked-opugilist. Some of; miles an hour never makes a headed for Norfolk and the for-j- a was broken the extent of the damage can be, completely Comber larger than 20 to 30 feet mation up. That night there was an by the fact that we were, at the most from the trough to dicatlon that the first respite was! in port six months for repairs.! the crest. The length of this wave in the pidiire tke uMef The seventh day The maneuvers had to be .coir between the crests is from 100 to approaching. world if waiting to see 150 feet. The waves on the sur- the fury of the storm subsided ducted' without us. I had been through storms of1 gear had been damface tiavel approximately 25 to Our steering short duration with similar inten-- 1 30 miles with the direction of the aged and we were virtually sity, but this by far was one of wind. Storms that usually create! the most monotonous experienced " the greatest disturbance are the' 'och?nlrvnr in my career. In spite of the West Indian hurricanes, the ,ee,fonUantt of the seas not one of Chinese typhoons, the Mexican mont. On the eighth day the pounding ever had any fears, and I northernns and the upheavals In seas had moderated considerably us do not that we really aptHt LION WAA Of M the Straits of Magellan. and the Vermont appeared on preciatedthink the real danger of the k U M 6 wA tTM fcfr Occasionally, the seamen ex- the horizon. When we took our situation once were we until perience violent storms off the position we found that we had again safe in port and looked Atlantic coast, and it was one of been driven from our original over the drama cf desperate realities that had been, tills type that the destroyer course approximately 1,000 miles- done. - damage i NAKED MEN squadron encountered that win. The Vermont, after consider- Tomorrow: Lessons In Discipline ter in 1911, The barometer had able CLAW tow us AGAINST.TOOTH took in difficulty, been falling steadily; the sea was proceeded to Norfolk. When 0H1CHESJERS.PILLS Finally the de- and getting rougher. out NATURAL for safety. we arrived we found live or six por trays the adventjres stroyers spread Ladtcal Ail vessels already in the safe ! thefamous Mr. 8 Mrs. MARTIN AS GOO cf Lr Wireless was then in its Infancy, other Hrmm4 IMG .a Ke4 r.J haven. When our officers and JOHNSON on the SAFARIS fly which MADE but W'e managed to maintain men Blue sealed rntttiitc met the other crews and of. 'vitiboa. TileaoatWi Be with Va r i o u s IT communication they recorded this amazingstory Ask for y of fqr UrBjKWts one each ficers, every greeted we each lost sight of imamonp tn.miviti! ships when saw and 11U4NU I'lU K. f,40 ,ir, ko I other affectionately, were we other as proceeding some of them jk He t, h'ricvt Relislde. Buy Now actually embracing, soul nr ii.ut.cnis EvutYwuutg through heavy seas. circles. in and dancing kissing in A destroyer rolls violently a heavy sea, but our men were all experienced and none became seasick. The first night the green seas were coming aboard fore and aft. We were compelled to leave our usual bunks and went below to the engine room to keep warm. About the third day, as we Were being driven by the wind from our course out into the Atlantic, one of the three funnels was bent oyer like a match stick by a big wave. Late that night another sea bent the second funnel at its base. The tone stack remained in position for several hours, but finally it, too, gave way and the three were on the deck hanging partly over the o - J -- C311ll(Q)llood '9 RECONDITIONED AND SOL6 TO YOU AT YOUR OWN PRICE - GUARANTEE -- nutUMMTlNS JOHNSON t ut , ed . Mr5 jvuLS with our We have on hand a number of used cars ft various makes which we have taken in trade for new STUDEBAKERS These cars have been and are now being thoroughly recccnditioned in our ftarage and go out fully guaranteed in ecery particular. Come and look them over. See what they arc and Us an offer. You will be surprised, at how easily you can own one. make d Worley Motor Co. 209 North Main Street, Logan BILLYS UNCLE Side. We were living on coffee, soup - and hard tack, as cooking was Impossible, except in a kettle in the engine room. The of the Crew were huddled the together hour after hourWein were the shipJowerpart of flashes giving- only getting radio -- - s a r |