GIVE A JOB! Classified Column FREE for Employ- . e ment Ads : MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION DALLAS, POST, DALLAS, PA., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1930 E de = Indoor Golf Wins Editor Said His “Silly Remarks” | | | VSR RR Ns RRR CIRCULATION THIS ISSUE 3871 NET PAID IN ADVANCE PRESS RUN—4,000 Raa a Fo ial Bas POP ODO DOOD OOU DDO OOO OOO Afar ‘VOL. 40 | Thanksgiving Peace and Plenty | = Shavertown Foix Deserved “Oblivion”; "Twas i | the Gettysburg Address! Charles Humpleby, of Kingston, Opens! alla me Sa 9-Hole Course in. Da-Nite Building | The following article which will be|280 Tribune and the Chicago Times on Main Street, Shavertown. {of interest to all admirers of Abraham | lad reporters present. The Times of | Lincoln and of history, is| November 21st, its bitter taken from this week's issue of The | Criticism for a special editorial, had students reserving | One of the mots recent innovations | 7 y iv: t p | | Publishers’ Auxiliary and is re-printeq | “¢Ce of commendation. Both the Chi- {in the ling of sports in this region is Rabbit Hunting Popular Sport-Prin- cipal Wild Game of America Is the . Furry Little Cottontail and Its Cousins By Caleb Johnson “Consider “the rabbit. And consider it one of the most im- portant game animals in the United States today. < That is the plea of the American Game Protective , Association, which points out that this little animal, ceunted upon to furnish sport to mis- lions when other quarry fail, is not re- ceiving ‘due recognition from hunters. “And beware,” is the warning, “for the rabbit is the future bet of the game producer. The tremendous buf- falo herds are gone. The wild pigeon has passed within the memory of many living sportsmen. The elk is restrict- ed in most sections, because of needa of pasturage for stock. The wild fowl supply is largely a matter of the pres- ence of sufficient lakes and marshes for breeding places and the grouse sup- ply is constantly attacked by certain parasitical diseases most difficult to control. “So, Hunter take heed. The rabbit is the mainstay of millions who pay for hunting licenses and who expect to get something in return for it.” Few people realize how invaluable as a game animal the rabbit is, the nesociation declares. In certain of our thickly populated areas, from 1,000,000 to 3,000,000 rabbits are taken yearly as game and food. Probably one half of the men and boys who go gunhing take out a license principally to hunt rabbits. Rabbits of one variety or an- nother make up 50 per eent or more of the bag of the average hunter; ana most particularly is this true of the resident of the small town and the farm. The farmer and the farmer's boy have hunted rabbits from time im- memorial and they will continue to do go for years to come. It is in recognition of these facts ihat state game commissioners and national protective associations are putting forth great efforts to increase the rabbit denizens of this country. Nature also does its best by providing 5 or 7 young ones per litter, but not all these grow to maturity. That lit- ter soon dwindles to 4, 3, 2 and often none if discovered by the rabbit's na- tural enemies, hawks, owls, dogs and cats. So very often the generosity of Mother Nature is all for naught. The rabbit family, including both rabbits and “hares,” is most widely represented by the cottontail.. In the northern states and the higher coun- try live the snowshoe rabbits, on the plains the jack rabbits. There is also | a Northern hare and a Southern| Hail the Queen! Miss Emma Sobo, 17, of Wood- side, N. Y. was crowned ‘Miss Maygar América” at the Hungarian ball given in New York in connec- tion with the National Horse Show. Local Sportsmen Elect Officers Make Plans For Winter Season and Discuss Winter Feeding of Birds; Also Express Appreciation For Co- operation of Head Camp Officers. Dallas Camp, United Sportsmen at its annual meeting this week elected officers and made plans for the win- ter season and the coming year. Offi- cers elected were: Ralph Rood, presi- dent; J. M. Robinson, vice-president; W. B. Robinson, Jr. secretary, and ‘Warden Kunkle, financial secretary- committees will be named. Following the election of officers, committes reported on the work done during the - past year. The game committee reported that a goodly number of ring-neck pheasants, Hun- garian partridge and several crates of rabbits been released. Fish have also been stocked in many near- by streams. The club received 500 ring-neck pheasant eggs this year have Dallas Scenes ann Beautify New - - Minature 18-Hole Course At Kingston One of the Finest in the Country. ° Miniature reproductions’ of the coun- tryside surrounding Dallas play an im- portant part in the setting .of the new Indoor Country Club, recently opened in the Matheson building in Kingston. In order to accurately reproduce ithe new Da-Nite golf course, | share. | the Curtis Publising Co., presented the a years, Mr. Hunter has been. working ;.l with students of Lehman high school.’ Scouts, of Troop No. 7, met in Dallas Golf Coutse| *iler, Ruth Hull, these scenes, the artist who had chargs of the work, spent several days in this vicinity making drawings and sketches of the views he wished to reproduce. These views include panoramas from the hillsides surrounding Irem Temple Country Club. One in particu- lar shows Harvey's Lake as seen from a, distance. All of the work is well exe- cuted and gives the impression of depth and beauty. The club is one of the largest in- door courses in the country and be- sides having two 18-hole courses has a driving range, ping pong tables and quoits. O LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT MARRIES Miss Cloe, Evans, daughter of Mr. #nd Mrs. Evans, of Vernon ,and Joseph Faux, of Wyoming, were united in mar- riage Thanksgiving Day at Vernon M. E. church. Miss Evans is a person of charming personality and a leader in social ac- tivities. She has won many friends in Dallas, where she has been enrolled as a student this year. Before entering Dallas High School, Miss Evans was enrolled in Kingston High School, where she ranked high as a student and activity leader. Cloe’s cheery voice and welcome smile will be missed by her fellow- students. On the football field Cloe de- serves mention as the greatest of cheer leaders and “pep” makers. Her many friends wish her the suc- cess in marriage that she has attainea in her other fields of work. 0 NEW HOMES PLANNED Real estate activity in this region is on the increase with much interest being shown by Wyoming Valley resi- dents in establishing homes here. ir homes are built here by all who have | signified their intention to build next swamp rabbit. And in all these loeali-| and many of the young birds will be|spring, there should be no more talk ties where the rabbit thrives, and that means all over the nation, the animal} plays an important part in the eco- | nomic and sport life. ! One of the reasons why rabbits becoming more valuable is that, as the| country ,becomes settled, it, becomes increasingly difficult, to provide, and protect feathered game. The hunter must have something to hunt, and as| wild geese, ducks and grouse become | scarcer, more and more gun sights are levelled at the rabbits. Game birds; and most big game animals are aif] cult to raise in sufficient quantities to provide suitable hunting near thickly populated centers. Only in the| mountainous and more brushy dis-| triets, as a rule, can feathered Continued on Page b eT | liberated in due time. The club expressed for the co-operation received kK from 7 ithe officers’ of the head camp and| re | plans ‘were made for distributing] winter feed for wild birds. This feed is furnished free of charge by the State Game Commission. REREAD O— E AUXILIARY TO MEET Shavertown Branch Nesbitt Memor- its appreciation | [about depression in the building trades jafter the season gets underway. | — | THANKFULNESS ee Orr mi By Laurence Cragle, Freshman. Re: | porter, Lake} Township {I'm thankful for the day andl night, | Also for the sunshine bright} | I’m ghtad that God is guiding me, | And telling me just what to be. | For all the rest and for our food, | I'my thankful that God is so good; ial hospital auxiliary will meet Friday | I'm glad that I have friends so dear, afternoon, December 5, at the home of | I like them all, more every year. Mrs. S. P Frantz, of Chase, instead, of | at the home of Mrs. Miss Jane Kemer will enter- | tain. fllen Moylke, of | Here's a greeting to you all, | Trucksville, as had been previously an- | This bright Thanksgiving Day; and nounced. I hope: that all the things you wish, Are coming on their way. which | | Fars Jwas opened Saturday by Charles B.|Editor. | Humpleby, in the Da-Nite | Main street, Shavertown. | building on | This miniature nine-hole golf course, | is the first course of its kind to be] opened in the back mountain region, | and judging from the interest shown | since its opening, it is going to be one of ‘the most popular spots in this re- gion for many months to come. | The course is cleverly laid out and every hole is a tricky one to play. Not only does it furnish entertainment | and amusement for the spetcators, but | it also tests the skill of the player. | Mr. Humpleby has announced that) the course will be open all day Thanks-| giving and that it will be open during | the evening as well. a ale ios” BERS EA CONTEST CLOSED The Curtis Publishing ‘Co. contest, which is an annual event, was :‘brougnc | to a close. The students of Lehman high school sold 189. subscriptions thus earning a bonus, which the com- ‘pany offers for a ten per cent increase in previous subscriptions:’ The ‘school réceived a check for $102 for their The 108ing group entertained the winning “group at a banquet. Mr. George B. Hunter, a representative of school with a very expensive :book on “Wild . Animals,” For the ‘past ten _ SCOUTS MEET , _ “On Wednesday afternoon, 33 Girl ‘Borough High School to ‘learn new songs and practice signaling,: in. addi- tion the scout work. at 3 ‘At. present the troop is composed of the following girls: Alice Baer, "Faith Beehler, ‘Judith Beehler,” May ‘Cooper, Elsie: Culp, Margaret ‘Culp, :Helen Czuleger, Alice Davies,, Catherine ‘Davis, Alberta, Himmler, Helen Himm- Thelma Ide, Helen Jeter, Elsie Johnston; Dorothy Jones, Ruth Kintz, Clementine Lawrence, Valeria Lawrence, ane Le Grand, Theta Meade, Elizabeth Monk, Elea- nor Murphy, Doris Roberts, Dorothy Schmassman, Doris Schmoll, Marion Scott, Verna Sheppleman, Peggy Shindel, Madge Space, Evelyn Temp- lin, Roberta Van Campen, Veronica Wallo, 'Alice Weaver, June Williams, Mary Zelenak. Promoted fooseemmmnney TTS — i" James Rolph, Jr, for more than 20 years mayor of San Francisco, was elected governor of California by the largest.majority ever given | remarks of "|. What did the newspapers have: to | say about it-at the: time?: a gubernatorial candidate, - ten by the editor of thé Auxiliary— Sometimes newspapers guess wrong or otherwise make mistakes. i would seem that the all-time champion editorial “wrong-guesser and mistake- maker was a certain Pennsylvania, newspaper back in 1863, as witness the following facts: : ‘One November day in that year a tall, guant man stood on the scene of a great battle and in a high-pitched thin voice made a three-minute speech, which began like this: “Forescore and seven years ago our Fathers brought forth upon this continent, etc.” The next day the Pennsylvania, paper aforementioned reported the fact that he had spoken and concluded with these words: - “We pass over the silly the President; for the credit of the nation we are willing that the veil of oblivion be dropped over them and that they shall no more be repeated or thought of.” The “sil- 1yl remarks which “were to have the “veil of oblivion dropped over: them?” were the: words of Lincoln's Gettys- burg Address. : But this newspaper was. not the only one which failed to realize at the time that Abraham Lineeln. had: uttered .on the battlefield of Gettysburg: ene of the world’s greatest literary and oratorical masterpieces. - The ‘way .in which others either ‘ignored it or “played: it down” is told in: thé chapter “The World Little Noted But Long Remem- bered” in Dr. ‘William + E. Barton's book, : “Lincoln ‘at “Gettysburg,” pub- lished recently: by’ the: Bobbs-Merrill Company of Indianapolis; which reads in’ part as follows: 34 For: the most part the large¥ ones ‘said nothing. Their’ comments were reserved for the great oration that had ‘been delivered by: Everett. Horace Greely. made. no; editorial comment ‘in the Tribune, and neither did James Gofdon ‘Bennett in the Herald, or: Henry J. Raymond ‘in the Times. Later, both: Greely ‘ana Raymond admired it, but apparently they saw. nothing in it until others called, their attention to it..’ Thurlow Weed, of the Albany Journal, one of the most astute editors in his day, made. no. comment on the address, nor did Joseph Medill, of the Chicago Tribune. Sone papers, of political faith opposed to that of the President, openly charged that he had desecrated the graves of Union soldiers by mak- ing a stump speech in the National cemetery. One of the nearest impor- tant newspapers, the Patriot and Union, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, said: “The President succeeded on this oc- casion because he acted without sense and without constraint in a panorama But it] { here in full. The headlines were writ. | OBL this comment: | | Our special telegraphic reporter furnished a detailed account of the in- | auguration of the National ceemtery at Gettysburg. President Lincoln made a few remarks upon the occasion.” The Tribune's correspondent appar- ently could not obtain the wire in Get- tysburg for a long account, but rode across to Harrisburg, writing as he rode, and his story appeared a day late, as did of the Times. But the Tribune correspondent wired from Get- | tysburg one sentence which appearea | the day following the delivery of the | address and may have been the first favorable comment published: “The dedicatory remarks by Presi- dent Lincoln will live among the nals of man.” | an- i This, I judge to have been the ear- {liest printed expression of apprecia- tion of the address; but it can not take rank as a mature and discriminating judgment. Noti reckoning the Chicago Tribune | reporter's single sentence as an edi- torial comment, so far as I can learn, the first * editorial comment which showed a discriminating appreciation of the Gettysburg Address as litera- ‘ture, appeared in the Springfield Re- publican. It might have been written by .the editor Samuel Bowles, but it more likely to have been the produce of the pen of a member of the staff, Dr. J. G. Holland. Doctor Holland, in his: “Life ~of Lincoln,” gave only a single sentence by way of comment oR -the Gettysburg Address, but what was said was essentially the same as it ap- peared in this editorial. It had no cap- tion, but its emphasis was on the liter- -ary merit of the address. “Surpassingly fine as Mr. Everett's oration was in the Gettysburg conse- gration, the rhetorical honors of the occasion were won by President Lin- coln. His little speech is a perfect gem; - deep in feeling, compact in thought and expression, and tasteful and elegant in every word and comma. Then. it has the merit of unexpected- ness; «in its verbal perfection and beauty. We had grown so accustomed to homely and imperfect phrase in his productions that we had come to think it. was the law of his utterance. But this shows he can talk handsomely as well as act sensibly. Turn back and read it over, it will repay study as a model speech. Strong feelings and a large brain were its parents—a little painstaking its accoucheur.” Two other eastern newspapers gave prompt recognition to the fine quality of Lincoln’s speech. The Providence Journal said: “We know not where to look for a more admirable speech than the brief one which the President made at the close of Mr. Everett's oration. It is often said that the hardest thing in the world is to make a five-minutes’ that was gotten up more for the bene- fit of his party than for the glory of | the nation and the honor of the dead. ... . We pass over the silly remarks of the President; for the credit of the nation we are willing that the veil of oblivion shall be dropped over them: and that they shall no more be re- peated or thought of.” The Chicago Times and the Register in Lincoln’s own home town of Spring- field, and other partisan. newspapers were equally caustic and equally un- just. Whatever is to be said of the Gettysburg speech, it certainly was not a political harangue. But if the editors of the leading newspapers of America did not discov- er that the Gettysburg Address was a notable production, who did discover it? ' The first favorable comment I have found was not an editorial judgement, but the enthusiastic comment of a re- porter, and it was used next day in the Chicago Tribune. The present edi- tors of that paper are unable to learn who was the author of the single sen- spech. But. could the most elaborate and splendid oration be more beauti- ful, more touching, more inspiring, than those thrilling words of the Presi- dent? They had, in our humble judg- ment, the charm and power of the very highest eloquence.” The Evening Bulletin, of Philadel phia, said: “The President’s brief speech of dedi- cation is most happily expressed. It is warm, earnest, unaffected, and touch- ing. Thousands who would not read the long, elaborate oration of Mr. Ev- erett will read the President's few words, and not many will do it with- out a moistening of the eye and a swelling of the heart.” Neither the Detroit Free Press, an anti-administration organ, nor the Ad- vertiser and Tribune, a strong sup- porter of Lincoln, had any report of the paragraph. The accounts when published were abbreviated. But on Monday, November twenty-third, the Detroit Advertiser and Tribune said in its leading editorial: Continued on Page 5 Ghanksgiving The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage. —Psalms 16:6. We give thanks, O Lord, for the pleasant places, the goodly heritage. We are the heir to all the ages. Other men have labored and we enter into their labors. All the resources of industry, of science, of art, of literature, are at our command. We give thanks for the opportunities that thus have come to us; the oppor: tunities to have happy homes illumined with friendship and love, suffused with the myriad sides of culture; the opportunities to do useful work, to contribute our part to the complex fabric of civilization, to serve the present age. We give thanks for the great adventure of living, with all its risks of joy and sorrow. If happiness be our portion, may we accept it with joyous hearts; if sorrow, may we find strength to fulfill our obligation with courage, knowing that, in so doing, happiness will break through.
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