Lipscomb Lime Light and Follett Times (Follett, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 7, 1929 Page: 3 of 8
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FINDER WILL RAISE "tottf!F™,SSllJLS,
ISLE," SUNK IN PACIFIC
American Contractor Buy# Ship From :
MacMillan, the Explorer, for
■' - '"v the Expedition.
Cleveland.—A "dream island" sunk
in the Pacific ocean off the California
coast is the destination of a cruise
headed by B. M. Bramley, paving con-
tractor, who has bought the steam
yacht Peary from Donald B. Mac-
} Mlllan, explorer, for the expedition,
j. The island lies under 20 feet of
. water. Bramley says it was first re
vealed to him in a dream while he was
in Cleveland. So vivid was his dream
,«nd so inviting was the prospect of
; exploration and discovery in sea*
j sailed for centuries by ships of every
| nation that fcramley set out in search
! of his island while in California.
A ship was chartered and he made
; soundings for days without success.
! lie gave up the Idee and was about to
return when persistent promptings to
•find his "dream island" caused him to
j charter an airplane. He found It.
: plainly visible from the cockpit, bo
said, io 15 or 20, feet of water.
Now be means to build a break-
water about the place, pump sand
from the bottom of the sea to make
; new land and erect a fishing and out*
(Sit* paradise.
'It Hiay be fantastic," Bramley said,
hut Investigation of stone prices for
; the wall about his island demonstrate
; Ills earnestness to go through with the
' plan anyhow.
The Peary is a fitting ship for the
cruise. Its history i§ as colorful as
some aspects of Bramley's dream. It
was built first by the French govern-
, ment as a mine sweeper, but lay in
dry dock until a private purchaser
I fitted it luxuriously as a yacht. Then
Commander MacMillan bought it for
the Arctic expedition of 1925 with Com-
mander Eichard E, Byrd. He named
It the Peary in honor of-Rear Admiral
Ilohert E. Peary, bis commander on
the expedition which discovered the
i North pole.
MacMillan. here for a series of lec-
tures, was in negotiations for the sale
of the ship to Haiti, which planned to
make a war vessel of it when Bramley
appeared with the purchase price. It
h i now at anchor in Boston.
SAY THEY ARE OVERLOOKED
Demand That the Government Rec-
ompense Them for Time Spent
in Enemy Prisons.
f'ari.«.—Declai-fbg that they are the
only French war veterans who nave
nut been properly recompensed f"!
thetr sacrifices, the members «>f Hie
National Federation of Former War
Prisoners have framed a petition de-
manding tl:at tile government pay
them the modest sum of two and a
half francs (10 cents) for each day
t^ey spent in an enemy prison.
■"This money is provided lor us iu
the Versailles treaty," M. Volvey, sec-
retary general of the federation, said.
"Every year Germany pays France
a sum of money, which, in principle,
Is destined for us. But ten years have
passed since the end of the war and
ive haven't received a sou
"It Is necessary that the govern
ment attend to this matter immediate-
ly. tor many of the war prisoners are
living in poverty because their health
was permanently injured during their
months of captivity. Since the armis-
tice. 100,000 of our number have died
from diseases contracted in German,
Austrian. Turkish and Bulgarian
prison camps.
? ~Snme of our politicians seem to
think that the only prisoners worthy
of attention are those who escaped.
Do tbey think all of us wouldn't have
escaped If we had a chance? An-
ther thing, they don't realize that
very few men escaped without the co-
operation of the men who stayed be-
hind."
British Revisit the Vimy Ridge Trenches
200 Lotharios Fooled;
Riot Wrecks Concert
Berlin.—Berlin's most famous ron*
oert hall, the Philharmonic, was the
scene of an amazing riot. A man
arose from his front row seat dur-
ing the concert and shouted•:
"I have been the victim of a pub-
licity gag. I have come here in reply
to a letter I got after I replied to a
newspaper advertisement stating that
; a l>epntiful young blonde with an in-
dependent income desired lo make
the acquaintance of a genf^rhart, with
a view to marriage. Tlje Jotter Jnvit-
ed me to be present here W the Aral
few rows at this concert,- when 1
would be able to spot the lady by the
fact that she was holding a bouquet
of white roses. No- lady is holding
yrMte roses here."
With these words about -00 men, ail
seated in the front rows, rose'up and
said they had been similarly deceived
and demanded their money back. The
rest of the audience, after loud ant*
hursts of .laughter, protested violent-
ly, and the two factions soon came io
• hiows. They were separated by po-
lice who made a baton charge. The
indignant deceived would-be lovers
then rose and left the halt disgwted-
ly, all 200 of them.
Spend Millions on
Death Valley Shack
Tonopah, Nev.—For the first time,
Death Valley Scott's famous ranch in
Grapevine canyon is hooked up with
the outside world by telephone.
"It's mighty convenient," says Scot-
ty. "Not long ago my favorite mule
was sick and if the phone had been
working I would have had a specialist
out from the coast I nearly lost the
beet animal in my string."
:. When the Bullfrog railroad recently
abandoned its line between Goldfield
and Beatty, Albert Johnson. Chicago
nraltf-inillionaire who is building a
million-dollar "shack" on the ranch
and Installing a $35,000 pipe organ to
entertain Scotty and his mules, pur
chased the wire and poles and estab-
lished a phone service from the ranch
to Goidfleld, where It connects with
long distance.
Johnson divides his time between
Chicago and the ranch and he says.
"I neec*. it when 1 am away to confer
with Scotty on important matters."
Johnson has already spent a million
dollars on the "shack" and other im
provements. Including miniature lakes,
pipe lines, electric power and lights,
"a palace for the mules, Ice plant and
costly furniture for the "shack"
brought in from all parts of the world,
and is well started on the second mil-
lion. ;
What It is ail for is as much a mys-
tery today ae it was three years ago.
Both Johnson and Scotty declare it is
net a money-making schema.
Microscope Speeds
Chemical Ankly
Ithaca, N. Y.—Cornell university
has developed methods to speed np
chemical analyses, 'ordinarily among
the slowest of occupations. Many la*
horious analyses have been eliminated
by using a microscope to study reac-
tions which have been Invisible hith-
erto.
.The chemist of a salt concern, hat-
ing difficulty in removing foreign par*,
tides from its product, empioyed
analytical methods for two days with-
out getting a satisfactory answer.
Then be "went to Prof. E. M. Chamot
of the department of chemistry et
t'ornell, who has developed the course
tn microscope study.
Twb minutes with a microscope
showed that nearly 40 per cent of the
white substance was not salt but gyp-
sum.
Students Are Firemen
After College Hours
Oklahoma City, Okla.—Thirty-six
Oklahoma university athletes are
wembere of the local fire department.
They aerve on the night shift, at-
tending classes tn the daytime. This
was arranged for them by Ben Q.
Goff, Oklahoma City's fire chief, who
is a former athlete and a graduate of
the university. But he selects ath*
letes for his department because he
finds them Ideal firemen.
"An athlete understands discipline
• and be is etrong for the organization
to which he belongs," Goff explains.
The students are employed through-
out the year, and in summers they
tak the day shift, so they may have
the nights off. They form a baseball
team, which represents the depart
ment in the baseball season. In the
1 winter the fire department turns to
] basketball on a local league, the play-
en being fire-fighting students who
are unable to make the varsity.
Chief Goff predicts many of the
boys will remain firemen after* rhev
' finish college.
Thought for Today
There is nothing quite so hygienic
as friendship; to love and he loved
menns—even poise, clear eyes, feed
dipestton. sound sleep—success.—1R
! ert llubhnrd.
Who Is the Sage?
ft has been very sagely observed
that tor evehy woman who inakee e
fool out of a man there is another
who makes a man out of a fool.—Ot-
tawa Journal
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Perhaps the most interesting incident of the British Legion's pilgrimage to. the battlefields of France and Bel-
gium was the visit to the Vimy Riflge trenches, which have been carefully preserved. Many thousands of soldiers lost
their lives there.
Prevent Plant Blight
Do not keep your house plants wliern
t Is too warm, fio to 05 degrees Is a
ot better than 75. They need sun-
ight and fresh air, but should not be
xposed to draughts. Watch out for
iisease and pests, spray or syringe
hem before it is too late. Prevention
s much easier than cure.
A
Football Too Strenuous
Football was played in England as
Mfffjr as the Ninth century. By the
Fourteenth It had become a national
problem because of its brutality, and
♦.be game was prohibited by royal
edict.
Hard Position
It is a bard and nice subject for
t nan to speak of himself; it grates
hla own heart, to say anything of
lisperagement. and the render's ear*
to hear enything of-praise from him
—Cowley.
The Logic of It
We asked n ex-navy man wbethei
he thought sailors should be called
gobs. "Why not?" he said. "They are
gobs, ain't they?"—Spokane Spokes
man-Review.
Little Color Variation
C.-tmels seem to he singularly free
rorn the color variations that affect
o many domesticated animals—meU
.irism and albinism. Black camels,
upsuniably melantlcs. are rare. A
i'-e< d called "Nubian camel" is of t
erv light shade. ^Thls seems to be
regular color strain, however, and
ot a case of albinism.
Troubles Not Lasting
Quick .Is the succession of human
events; the cares of today are seldom
the cares of tomorrow; and when we
ile down at night, we may safely say
to most of our troubles. "Ye have done
your worst and we shall meet bo
more."—rowper.
Old Standby Passing
Silence brings out a new serum to
cure rheumatism, thereby threatening
to take away our best weather fore
easier.—St. Paul News.
Once Had More Stripee
The Atnerlcun Qag has not always
iad 13 stripes. A stripe was added for
*ach new state until 1818, when It
tvas decided to go hack to the original
13 stripes and place an additional star
'or each new state In the blue corner,
*ays the Mentor Magazine
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Skaggs, Ethel. Lipscomb Lime Light and Follett Times (Follett, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 7, 1929, newspaper, February 7, 1929; Follett, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth390317/m1/3/?q=war: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Higgins Public Library.