Mendocino Coast Beacon from Mendocino, California • 2

V-W, V. aHtuu' SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 1931 SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1931 Will Enter Swim 0 I 0 CASPAR CACKLES 0 I Odd Beliefs Current Among Early Settlers When Milwaukee was very young, its population consisted largely of those who came from Europe, although New England and Canada fur nished considerable quotas. Most of the immigrants came from the British Isles, Germany and the Scandinavian countries. Many brought with them superstitions and so-called wise cracks, though they werent so called then. Some of our first Norwegian sailors insisted that thunder was the voice of the Almighty.

They said that if you Joked about thunder you would Incur wrath. It Is said that Frenchmen who were here with Solomon Juneau insisted that burnt brandy would stunt a dogs growth and that in this way poodles and rat terriers were originally created. The Irish believed smoking a clay pipe would cure earache; a wooden one wouldnt help. Tbe evil eye notion came with our first immigrants from southern Europe. Even today ill luck Is attributed by some of them to the fact that an enemy gave them the evil eye.

An early day Pennsylvania Dutchman, living on the West side, used to say, Repeat the Lord's prayer backward outdoors on a dark night and youll see the devil." Milwaukee Journal. 'O' Ruuska Brothers Will Com pete For Olympic Club In Bay Swim i (Fort Bragg Advocate and News) Dr. Scndder, local health officer, examined the water in the swimming pool at the Community Club last week and reported it free from harmful bacteria and excellent for bathing. Fresh salt water is continually flowing into the big pool and the filter clears it so than one' can see a penny at the deepest part, nine feet. Two swimmers who learned swimming at the club are competing for the Olympic Club in San Francisco.

Veikko and Walter Ruuska are back in town for a few days and will return to the city today to train for the Far Western Championship, which will be held at Fleishacker Pool this Saturday and Sunday. They will also swim in the Chronicle Golden Gate 6wim, which will be held Sunday, September 20th. The Ruuska brothers have been entered in the Golden Gate swim for the past six years, and have always placed well-up in front. Walter took 4th place when only fourteen years of age, CARAVAN WILL LEAVE HERE FOR JENNER Coast forests afford a wonderful habitat for deer, and there are thousands of these animals in our vast wood-, land area. More deer were killed in this County last year than in any other County in the State.

Newton P. Howe Appointed As Marshal Will Get Cara- van Together Dont be selfish; bring the family with you. There are hundreds of beautiful camping spots, and miles of beaches on our shore line where your wife and children will enjoy every hour of their stay. Egyptian Ruler Thought to Have Record Reign It is believed that the relgu of Pepi II of the sixth Egyptian dynasty Is the longest on' record. According to James Henry Breastel, Pepi II ascended the throne of Egypt about 25GG B.

when he was only six years old, and reigned 91 years. Some of the ancient writers estimate the length of this reign as high as 100 years. The reign of Louis XIV of France is tbe second longest on record. He ascended the throne in 1043 at the age of flvfe and reigned until his death in 1715 a period of 72 years. Francis Joseph of Austria-Hungary reigned nearly CD years 1848 to 1916.

Queen Victoria reigned longer than any other English sovereign 64 years. She ascended the throne in 1837 and reigned until her death in 1901. Henry III of England reigned from 1216 to 1272 a period of 50 years. The reign of Pedro II of Brazil was also a long one. He was emperor from 1S31 to 1SS9 5S years.

CASPAR, Sept. 7. Little Flor ence McDonald of Covelo was taken suddenly ill last Sunday, morning and is at present in. the Redwood Coast hospital where she is improving slowly. Mrs.

McDonald and daughter have been visiting friends here for the past week and during this visit the little girl was taken sick and Dr. Preston and Dr. Bowman were called in and after consultation she was taken to the hospital; D- McDonald, father of the li lie over from Covelo Sunday to be with his daughter during her illness. Late reports Monday evening were to the effect that she was very low. W.

Stickney returned last Sunday from a several days visit to San 1 rancisco. Mrs. M. Toles, county social agent, was here in her official capacity the past week from Ukiah. E.

S. Foster arrived here last Saturday and has moved his household effects to Areata, where he is employed. He left the first of the week with his family for the above city. Church services were held here last Tuesday and a large number attended. We hope to see more of these meetings.

The Ladies Auxiliary of the Baptist Church will hold its first meeting here Thursday, September 10th at the church rooms. A good attendance is looked forward to. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Watson of San Francisco have been the guests of Mr.

and Mrs. Frank Mendal during the week-end holidays. Mr. and Mrs. Wm.

Agnew of Santa Rosa were here on a visit to Mr. and Mrs. A. Nolan last Friday. Mr.

and Mrs. Frank Thome of Fort Bragg visited with friends here last Thursday evening. Roy Hansen was here on a visit to his family last Saturday. Roy is located at Ilealdsburg. Thos.

LeBallister, a former resident was here during the week from San Francisco on a visit with relatives and to renew old acquaintances. Mrs. George Gibney, accompanied, by her son, Frances, and nephew, Clyde Gibney, motored to Healds-burg last Saturday wtiere they visited relatives for a day. Archie Russell of Comptche was here last Saturday visiting with his old friends. Mr.

and Mrs. Wm. Wainwrlght of San Francisco came up Saturday and spent several days deer hunting at Camp 19. They were accompanied by Mrs R. E.

Grant of Cloverdale, who is spending the week-end visiting her sister, Mrs. T. W. Turnbull, and family. Mr.

and Mrs. Ed Backman and 'children of Sausalito came up and spent the week-end holidays visiting with relatives and friends. They returned to their home Monday evening. J. II.

VonAhnen, who has been working in San Francisco, come up Saturday to visit with his sister, Mrs. Gertrude Brady, for a few days. Mr. and Mrs.Ves Nolan of Tetal-j uma visited with Mr and Mrs. M.

A. I Nolan last Thursrday. Wm. Nylander came up from San Francisco last Saturday and spent several days visiting with his fam- (Fort Bragg Advocate and News) Newton P. Howe, of Point Arena, president of the Shoreline Highway association and director of the Redwood Empire Association, wa8 appointed chairman of a special committee to organize a caravan to commence Fort Bragg and proceed southward a-long dhe Shoreline Highway to Jenner picking up delegations from all communities en route, to arrive at Jen-ner bridge October 4th in time for the dedication of the Jenner bridge at 4:30 p.

m. on that day. Howe will also serve as grand marshall of the caravan, heading it on. its south bound journey. Howe was appointed by Supervisor Victor Canepa, of San Francisco, president of the Joint Highway District in charge of financing and construction of the Jenner bridge, the first unit of the Shoreline Highway to be completed.

Supervisor Charle8 Perkins of Fort Bragg is Mendocino Countys director in the Jenner Bridge Joint Highway District and in the Shoreline Highway Joint Highway District. nnrvn MU ii In There are six major rivers beginning with the Gualiila on the southern boundary of the county; the Garcia at Point Arena; the Navarro north of Greenwood; Albion at Albion; Big river at Mendocino; thp Noyo one mile south of Fort Bragg; Ten Mile, 10 miles north of Fort Bragg. All are beautiful water courses affording boating, swimming, salmon and trout fishing in season, and crab fishing. Besides these there are many smaller streams such as Elk creek south of Greenwood; Little river at Little River; Russian Gulch, north of Mendocino; Caspar at Caspar; Pudding Creek north of Fort Bragg, and Wages Creek, Juan Creek and Hardy Creek oh the north coast. Reveal Crocodiles Age Even the big-game hunters of Africa, most of whom are deploring the disappearance of the country's game, have little to say In defense of the crocodile.

They are vicious and destructive and valuable animals are liable to wander within reach of a "croc" without observing the latters presence. Buffulo cannot escape. They are caught in the great jaws and dragged under the water and their bodies stocked in a larder" under the hanks until such time as the crocodile is in need of food. The stories of their long life Is questioned by some but in the Interior of one killed was found a head of a kind not seen in the protectorate for at least 150 years it was one of those used by the Stuart companies to barter for ivory, gold and slaves. Some Indication of age! ROBLEY EVANS REINKING Fire-Reiitanc The word fireproof Is probably a less appropriate term than fire-resistive.

Buildings cun be constructed so tht they can withstand a complete burning o-it of contents without any collapse of structural members. There will, of course, be damage to finish and trim. They can also be constructed to withstand exposures from fires in adjacent buildings without communicating fire to the Inside of the building, although here again there may be damage to facing material and window glass and shutters. Fire-resistive buildings greatly decrease the destructiveness of fires in providing less opportunities for fires to start, less likelihood of rapid spread, greater ease of extinguishment, and less hazard to neighboring structures. Robley Evans Reinking of Point Arena, died on September 4th at Cal-istoga, following a long battle for health Deceased was the son of Mr.

and Mrs. Chorles W. Reinklng of Point Arena. He was born at Manchester, this county. May 7, 1908 and was 28 years 3 months and 23 days of age.

For more than three years he had been a victim of tuberculosis, and just ten days prior to his death had gone to Calistoga in the belief that the change of climate would be beneficial to his health. Robley Reinklng was well-known up and down the coast, where he had taken an active part in school athletics in contests between the schools of this section and the Ukiah Valley. Besides his sorrowing parents, he leaves to mourn his loss, three sis-tres, Mrs. Crues of Calltogsa; Mrs. Nordy of Point Arena, and Mrs.

Harold Pots of Napa. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon from his late home in Point Arena, Rev. Debrltch of the Point Arena Methodist Church officiating The Pall bearers were chosen from among his most intimate friends; they were1 Henry Gal-lettl; Walter Iversen; James Pell-aseio, Robert Caughey, Ernie Titus and Alonzo Kendall. Interment was in the family plot in Evergreen cemetery at Manchester. Mr.

and Mrs. Cannarr were in charge of the funeral arrangements. Leave the Redwood Highway north of Cloverdale and come through Anderson Valley over the McDon-ald-ToThe-Sea to the mouth of the Navarro river, then along the coast, north or south, proceeding on the Shoreline route. Or you may. take the Shoreline crossing Russian river at Jenner on the ferry ($190,000 bridge under construction there).

Or if you live in the Sacramento Valley, the Tahoe route throiigh Lake county will bring you to Ukiah on the Redwood highway. From there you have the choice of several roads. You may come by train from San Francisco by the Northwestern to Willits, there transferring to California Western to reach Fort Bragg or you may transfer from train at Cloverdale and take bus to points along the coast. ROCK FISHING ABALONING Philosophy of Error A responsible public board was charged with making errors In judgment by critics. It was charged that this board had over a period of years made a number of mlstnkes.

To this, one of the men thus attacked, answered, There are only three types of persons who never make mistakes: The liar, because he never ndmits them; the fool, because he doesnt know when he makes them; and, thirdly, the oyster, because he never does anything. We do not think we are either fools, liars or No one engaging in a large enterprise can foresee everything. Sometimes hindsight Is better than foresight. Boston Globe. i ner served.

The dinners will be ffield Mr. and Mrs. Roy Hepworth of Manchester were here Monday visiting with friends and relatives. Mr. and Mrs A.

F. Whipple and daughter, Mabel, and Miss Gladys Pedrottl of San Francisco visited with Mr. and Mrs. H. W.

Whipple last Monday. A party composed of Mr. and Mrs. J. Fredericks and Mr.

and Mrs. F. Alpers and two children, Richard and Bernice, of San Francisco were the house guests of Mr. and Mrs. H.

Keller of Cypress Lane during the week. This was their first visit to this section of the Redwood Empire and they were very much pleased with our climate and promise to return soon. While attending a picnic at Seaside near Ten Mile Mrs. Ed Smith of Cypress Lane had tbe misfortune to fall and rbenk her arm last Monday. She was taken to the hospital where the arm was set and where she is Improving slowly.

Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Nolan had as their guests over the week-end the following: Miss Lena Hansen and 'mother, Mr.

and Mrs. M. Ryan, "Mrs. Tillle Wolenrod, all of San Francisco and Archie Fieckert of Richmond. Emily and Ellen Ohlson of Ala-meda were guests at the Wahlstrom home during the holidays.

Mrs. Joseph Cockes had as their guests the past week Mr. and Mrs. Aylward of San Francisco and also her brother, Archie McNeil, of San Francisco. The steamer Noyo is expected here htis week to take a cargo of tanbark to San Francisco New Postoffice Established At Ulco Wednesday A new postofflee was established at Ulco today, with Howard Gray as 'ostmaster.

Heretofore the mail has been going through the local post-office ana addressed to Ten Mile. The mail jvas segregated here for the various camps and then delivered by rain. Ulco is situated on Churchman creek on the south fork of Ten Mile river and all the mail previously sent to Ten Mile will now be sent to the new town, or postoffice, Ulco. Henry Hudtoa Henry Hudson made four notable voyages 'to America from 1007 in search of a northeastern passage to China and latterly a northwestern one. He explored the coasts of Spitsbergen and Nova Zetnbla, the Hudson river and Hudson strait and bay.

He "Entered in the bay, in 1010-11, Vie fcot of James bay! and on his trrum voyage was set adrift with eight companions In a small bout and nm again heard of. "Of nil the dark mysteries of merciless ocean, no my.s lies wripprd In deeper shadin', than that hangs over the fate af Ml TVTTTI If- No rain fell here but a heavy mist prevailed for a time Sunday morning on the coast. inraixra arc.