The Guam Recorder, January 1928

TIIE GUAM RECORDER Volume

4

Num h er

10

JANUARY,

EPIDEMIC OF ROBBERIES The epidemic of r obb eries which h as recently taken place is evidence th a t Guam is keepin g pace with like activitie s as reported from othu pu rt s of the world.

Durin g the ni g ht of J a nu a r y 4th. the Service Club w as en tereci and th e club safe st ole n. It is re po rted

by Lieutenant ]. C. Heck , U.S. Na vy, the officer in chuge of the Clu b, th a t th e snfe onl y c ontai1Hd ab-:>ut $100 .00 in c b h , bnt had the robbers rimed their visit a f eN ni g hts soo ner, they w ould have receive:! approxim a tel y $ 120 0.00 fp r their trouble.

The police h ave nu:le diligent search bnt without several su s pects ha ve been apprehen d ed , but no trace of the safe or it s content s haye be en located.

The se a rch for the Ser vice Club safe ha s led the police to various secretive part s of the is land , and althou g h they h ave not been successful in locatin g any clue to the mi ss in g s afe , their t ra vel s ha\·e led the:n to three moon shine s till s , ,~,. hich when upon conviction of the own ers will me a n an incre as e of funds to the bhnd ·rreas ury to the amount of $10 00 .00 each.

It is an ill wind that does not bl ew s ome one so me g ood . 1' he Serv ice Club will p robably lose the $100.0 0 and their s a fe, but the Trea sury will be the g J.iner of t hree thou sand doll ars.

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It is rep orted from the di s trict of Yona , that Ramon B. Sa blan a r a nch er of th at di strict was relieved of more t'han $1000.00 while he was at work in his fields.

The thief entered Sablan's home and removed hi s sav in gs which am onl1ted to $600 .00 in cash, $ 200 . 00 in Lib ~ rt y Bond :-; and other paper s to the value of mo re th a n $200.00 , thi s had been ke p t in a hiding pl a ce in S 8. bl nn's bed.

He had been warned by friend s a t vctri o u s times that he s hould deposit hi s money in th e Ihnk of Guam, hnt for re a son s best kno'\vn to him s df he preferred to keep it at home.

A numb=r of oth er r obb erie s and theft s of small am on nts h av e t a ken pl ace th:1.t ha\re not been reported to the police. As th eft s are more numerouo:: at t a x pa ying times, tho se having money or valu~ble s at home s hould keep th em in secure places or carry them with them when they leave their homes.

Tornadoes sonth of the E q uator mo ve in a clockwise direction, while tho se n orth of the Eq uator always twist counterclockwi se.

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CHRISTMAS PAGEANT BY THE SCHOOL CHILDREN OF GUAM Th e Chri stma s P a g eant and .ex ercises by th e school childr en of Guam as presented on the Pl a za a t Agana on Chri stma s Ev e, \Yill no doubt be rememberEd in future time by all who vvere fortunate enough to witness thi s event.

The childr e n of Guam have learned to expect Santa Claus a s the children do in most other parts of the world , and their expect21.tions were again realized .thi s year when th eir friend arri vEd bedecked in the u snal cust om ridin g in a two-wh eeled natiye cart dra wn by a ca r aba o, a nd in lieu of s now both animal and cart we>e w ell spriuki ed with cotton.

The childr en who h a d been march ed o·n the Pla za, a nd were in formation , each school being fully repre sented , aw aited the e ventful moment wh en Santa, would arri \·e. ·At che appoint ed time he appeared drivin g hi s ca rabao , the children could not restrain them selves lon g er , and breaking formation they ru shed enma ss to meet him.

The chri stm as tr ee which had been erected on the Pla za "ivas ta st efull y d ecoratEd a nd was the goal for which Santa Cl a u s w as bm111d. To the march mu s ic b y the N a vy B:1.nd the children formed in marching ord er and greeted the GoYernor and Mrs. Shapley \vhen th ey arri\·ed .

Mrs . Adnee Hall led the chilclren in the sin g in g of Chri stm as Ca~·ol ~ , after which followEd the ex erc ise s by the First Gr a de children entitl ed "In S a nt a L a nd " Other numbers on the prog r a m foll o wed, a fter wbich s ixt y- five Intermediate School children un d er the s u pe n·i sion of Mrs . A g neda I. J ohn ston, th e princip ::ll of that sc hool, rendered the '' Chri stm ns Pa g ea nt ' ' Thi s con sisted of the " Chri st mas Sp irit , " :Mi ss ~J a rie~n a Gu e rrero, the '' Bethleh em Star,'' Mi ss Ro sa R osario , Three wi se men, twent y S nowfl ake Fai r ies , twent y Shep herd s , ten Chri stmas Colors : six H olly M en and fi v e Chritmas C a ndles .

It is estim ated thnt a ppr o xima~el y four thousand s pectators witne~ s ul a tJcl enj oy ed the exerci ses.

It isn't work that kil ls m en, it is worry .

Work is health y ; you can hardl y put more u pon a man than he c a n be ar. Worry is the ru st upon the blade.

It is not the r evolution s th a t de stroys the machinery ; it is the friction.- Henry \Vard Beecher.

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GUAM CHAMBER OF CO v1i\1ERCE ELECTS OFFICERS The Gnn.m Chn.mber of Commerce h eld it reg ular monthly m ee f i ng at til e 1Ltll of the Chamber on He.3ler and Aniceto ::)trects, :B ridny eve ning December l Gt h. After the r eg ular r outin e bc: s in ess of th e nlc cting had been di spe nsed with, the following c •tri c~ e r s for the co millg yea r \Y e re eleetc:d; 1\Ir. J. H. Omlerwood, Pre:-; id e nt; .:\fr. P~:• c.lr o .\Iarlin ez, Yi ce Pres iden t; Mr. H. G. H urn l.)Q~t e I, ::3ecretn.ry-Treastucr Com clr . Bru ce n. \ Va r e Jr., U.S . Ka vy, Commanding Offi cir of the Sta.Lio ll 1:)llip, U . S . S. Gold S tar, nnd Li eut. John B. Coo k e, U . S . .t\ary, e;f th e sam e vesse l, being prese nt npon sp ec ia l im·iln t ion, we re introdnc ed l>y the !'res id e nt. Cornclr. Wnrr ::uldrcc;s ed th e Chamber up o n the s ubj ec t of t luam s hiprin g facilities. H e exrlained hi s cml ea r o rs durin g th e r ecetlt visit of the (A-old SLa r to ~Ianila, to furth e r the intere.:; ts of the nun.m m e rchnnt.s and the p eop le of the is la nd in general, by arratlgillg a conference \ritl1 r e pr e.;;e ntatiT~J so fth e Luzon Brokern ge Compnny \rith the p11rpose in view of obtailling better fncilitie8 fc;r hrtndling Cfl rgo, and better hnndlin g nn d brokernQt~ rates . He irnpr es~ecl very throughly up o n m emb rrs of the Chamber hi s desire to l;e of nf'sistnnec to tl1 c p eo ple of Gunm in eve ry \\'ay possible·•, nnd st r. led t.hat hi s ship wn s available to th en 1 for the ex po rt s of the island a s we II as for n ctHri cr for impo rt s in to Guam.

He wnrned those pr r:::c nt that his r cmnrk fi were not to be inte rpreted to b e nnc1 erstood thnt hi s offer of the cnrrying cnpncity o f the stat io n ship W <1S in any wny for the purpo::;r of com p et ing 'rith com mer c ial vessr.ls , hut so lely fnr the purpo"r of h e1pi ng the p eop le of Gun.m wh e n the L1 ck o f ac1 eCJ un te co nlmerci n.l vessels mnrl e it. ne cessa ry for th em to m e l1i ~ ship for exporting i::: bncl products, an<l irnrorting for eign goorls . H e elr)::;cd hi s rrmf!rks with the s tnt cm ent, ''the Gold Stn.r is your Stntion S hip, j11 st let us know what yonr nee rl s n.re , wh at cn n we (1o for you?

Li e ute nnnt John n. Cool.;e, U. 8. 't\nvy, wns then pr ese nted b.v the Pres id en t nf th e Ch;unl, e r, <lncl sp ok e briefly upon the s ubj (~ r.t of th e thre e str:un;.;hip ;;r rvi ce.::; c:tlling at Gu :l.m; th e Arrnv :w d N:1.vy trnns port.s and th e D ollar sten.mers.

H e th e n s poke nr o r, t.h e subj ect of Guam grown pin e:l pp] P.s , p nintin g out t h :1 t th e pr ese nt s upply of cnnn cd pine :1p pl cs \r ns e ntirely insufficie nt to m ee t. the rl cmnnrl thr ou g hout the \r orl cl.

He stn.ted thn t he h n.rl b rought from ~\f n n i ln. some 7.10 pin en ppl e plants whi ch he hnrl, wit.h the nssist:1nce ofLh P- 1slnnrl Ex te Tlti c; n Ag e nt, \fr . Frn. n( ~ i sr.oTn. it n no, di stribnt ecl to ' the most. r eliabl e pl a n te rs in varinus p a rts if th e I sln.nd t o be se t out fo r the purpo se of experiment, n.nc1 to prm·e the pn ss iq iliti es of gro'Ting pin en.pples up on a large scnle in Gunn1, nn cl \\'. th the nltimate view of establishing a cannery on the r~land.

The President exrre ssed the thanl:s ~111d the 8ppreciation of the Cham be r for the rem~nks of hot h gentlemen and p2rticnbrly for their intere::.t in the welfare of the Island :tnd its peo ple. He explain ed at len g th the man y details connected with the ship p in g sitnation , and the lack of adequate regnlar steam ship

sen·ice callin g at Guam, calling pa rticular attention to the fact th at the A rm y and Kayy tran spo rts would continne to operate th ei r ~ hi ps to the t-est adv anta g e of their respectiy e servi ce~ , regardless of the commerci al n ee d s of Guam , a nd that the D ollar Steamshi p Line could n ot be expected to h a ':e their ve::-sels ;-;:Jil on any r eg ul ar scb(d ule unle E-s a ss ured of a full ca rgo . Summing u p, he asked, '' \Vho is to blame? ' ' "Not the Army or 1\a\·y, the Dollar steamship line , nor tb e people of Guam.'' ''The an s ,~· er is; Gt1<~m is ju s t unfor1'nnate becm1~. e there h as not vet bEen brought about ~my coordination or co o ptr~ti c n be t\Y ee n th~ three steamer sen'ices . '' The President also laid great 5tress np on the import a nce of all m ember s inter~sting· tbem se h ·e s and arousing t he int ere st of th eir neig·hbors and a ss ociates in increasin ,Q· the production of the food n ece ssitie s of Gu am such as co rn, sweet potatoes, (camote), rice, yam< banan as, pineapples, c offe e , s u g ar etc., in order to decr e ase the amount of food unnec essa ril y importfd; and l1e p ointed ont briefly the hen efits which ha,·e already b ee n r ea lized from the increased production of the one articl e of export , cop ra.

By the nnanimous v ot e of the Chamber, Comdr. \Vare , and Lieut. Cooke , were elected to honorarv memb ership in the C-uam Chamber of Commerce.

An nnl1suc.lly large nnmb er of members of the Ch a mber were p rese nt, and it i ~ h op ed that this is ::111 inc1icnti o n of the incr eased int ere st of the public in the di sc uss ions of, a nd :~cti on u po n the important matters which so intim nt ely c once rn t11e people of J

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Guam Business Interests Extends to Mar.ila 1\l'r . C. C. Bull er, o n e of th e most S L~CCf'EI"ful flnd bu sitH·ss n1 en of C uam, pbns to len ye for t h e Ph i I i p pi n (' s i n t h e n P n r f 11 t u r e , f (l r l h e p u rp os e of e xt e ndin g his business int0rc•:S ts to th e city of Mnniln . :i\tr. Butl er hns cl <~ c id Pt1 (I) pur r. ll iH3C tl1 e old :1n cl \Y ell c ..;;t.;l. 1>1i,;h ed Restnu r nnt nnd Icc Cren rn P:nl or, l.:: n(; wn :I S (;.nn) ett. e's , )oen t ec1 (lll Ol1C o f f]l f' 11lf ' St prc•n ,inrnt. co rn e r~ in th e business PC>c li o n of tl :(' citY. Tl 1is pLH~ e h :u:3 bee n for year::; a fny ori lc r eso rt fur ·lmsi tH ' SS· m en aL lun ch tim e , and for the elit e of tl 1e city (1uring t he e ven ing hotHP . llla r r tl1e ne\\' mnn:tgement of l\fr . Bu tl er it is l1is hope to make of thi s pla ce Oll e of the very most nttrn ct i\· r, in the Philippine I slRJlcls . His plilns of imprO\·ements, r emodc lill g , nnc.l th r in sinllnti on of on e o{ th P. \' {' ry Jntrst nnd up t o the minute S(1cla Fnn ntn in fi'ixtnr es , will n ec P~ ~ il u t e nn rxprndillae of :q1 ;n-ox imately one hundrc (l th om:nnd p rscs , or r c ::;p(~ c l e <1

$GO,OOO. Mr. Butler's business inter ests in Guam \vi11 continu e fl. S at pre~cnt unc1 e r new manngemrnt, ln 1t ,yjth th e sa me co urt esy nnd f:ervice wjt11 o nE' price to all will continue to be sho wn to hi s highly appr ec iat ed cu stome rs.

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. THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT "Peace on Earth, Good \Vill toward all i\J en.''

Such was exe mplifi ed on Cb ri s tm as Day 19 27 , wh en Mrs. Ch a ndl e r Campbell, wif e of Li e ut enan t -Colon el Campbell, Commanding Offi ce r of Guam l\J uri nes , vi sited the civi l j ~til and wish ed each iumate a Merry Chris tmas, and pr~s e nt e d each with ca ndy made at her own home by h er Japanese cook and herself , salted nuts, and p ac kages of c igarett es. Th e pri so ners at th e Libugon F'arm, the Pig Fa.rm, and Lh ose confined in th e ho spital were also rem e mb er ed in the same way.

Prior to Mrs. Can1pbell' s nppean1nce at the Agnna Jail, a table had been prepared, ve ry prettily de corated with a. small Christ ma s tree, ca ndelabras and gre ens. This le nt a gny anu fes ti'l·e atmosphere to the ot h erwise drab and gl'im se tting.

After each priso ner had r ece ived hi s or h er s hare, a \Varm hand s hake and a ''M erry Chri stm as ,'' il'.e c ream and cakes iVt're se rv ed. As ~1 rs. Can1pb cll le ft the pri son , the inmates gnve three r ou s ing che ers for th~ graciou s lady who had brought a r;ly of s un s hin e into their lives on thi s Christn1as Dny. 'La ter in th e day, Mrs . !\l c Nulty, wife of Chi ef Marine G unner, JohnS_ l\JcNulty, U .S. ~1.·c., Chief of Pol ice , prese nted th e mn.le in mat es with smokE·s .

Mra. Campb~ll was also prese nt at the Christmas Da.y entertainment given by th e AmericQn school ehildren at the Offi ce rs' Club, nn<l prese nt ed ea t: h of the n.ppwximately fifty children with a small rem emberance of th e day. Some tw e nt y wi stful onlook ers were al so rem emb ered with a small tok e n.

Butler's Christmas Gift to School Children On Christmas D a y, the Butler' s Soda \Vater E stablishment pres ent ed the school childr e n o f Agana, with more thhn 2,000 b o ttl es of vari o us flavored soda water.

Each school child in a cBition to receiv ing a Chri stm as box donated by th e .Junior Red Cross of the we s tern divi sion of the United States, r eceived u bottle of Butl er's Soda.

'I'his added rnateria11y to th e chi ldr.e ns' Christmns, for many of .th e m would n o t hav e been otherwiRe r e m embered at thi s sea so n, aml the spirit behind Mr. Butler's token of r eme mbrnnee is th e thi11g ofg rrutes t consequen ce .

Guam Elks Distribute Christmas Boxes Th e committee in charge o f di s tributing Chri s tmas Cheer to the n eed y and d ese n-ing of G uam for Agana Lodge No. 128 1, B. P . . 0. Elks , were ind eed a busy lot of men for some tim e before Chri stma's Day .

Th e people of Guam in genernl are so mu ch more fortunate than th ose of so m a ny ot her places in t.h e wo rld, that it requires consid er ab le effort on the part of a com mittee to d efinit ely d etermi ne t ho ~e who are i n actual n eed . Th e Elk s Chri s tmas Charity Com mitt ee , however, after throug hly in ves tiga t ing each

c nse rep orted to th e m, li sted o n1y seve nty-two as really d t!se rviu g o f charity. On this li st th e re is ten men, tbirt.y -nin e wom en, an d tw e nty-thre e ch ildren, quite a s mall numb & n in a co mmunity of 17,686 inhabita nts.

The Chri stmas boxes di st ributed contained item s o f food, wea.ring app a rel, a fe w lu x uries, and toys for Approxin1nt eJy 1,000 pounds of ri ce, children. sug;t r, coffee , cocoa, and ca ndy.

Three hundred ya rd s of dry goods, and many miscellaneous it ems as t oys, pipes, cigarettes , t obacco , and e tc., were d eliver ed to th e:::e unfortunat es with a Chri s tmas Card o f Greet in g from Agana Lodge No. 1281, B. P. 0. Elk s .

Ice Plant Remembers Patrons at Christmas Pedro's Ice Plant Delivers Double Allowance of Ice on Christmas Day

\Vhiie many part s of the world were clothed in ice and snow at Christmas time, and thoug-ht only of the return of s pring and summer, we who dwell in Guam continued to patronize Pedro's Ice Plant in December as in July, because it is summe r all winter in GnClm ancl we recognize no change of season.

Therefore, on Christu~a s morning when the ice ma~ left a double allo·wance of ice on our doorsteps , we apprPciated . it as a rememberance of the d ay, and accepted this token of thon g htfulness without a shiver.

It has been learned that several tons of Gnam manufactured ice was delivered to appreciatative customers on Chri s tmas morning with Pedro's compliments.

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s:-> smail th a t even explorin g navigators did not dis cov er th em till l ate, and then vvith difficulty . No ca use appeared too V:J.st to explain such a ph enom enon, a nd vve cannot be su r pri ::-:ed that not only old er inquirers like Quiros, or seafa rin g men lik e Cr oze t ancl Dum ont D 'U rville, but even a ma n like B roca ( not to mention Da rwin a nd L vell ) conid adm it the idea that in this isl a nd world w~ h ave th e r ema in s of a S L1 b :n crg ed conti ne nt.

Even the hypo t hesis of a s eparat e creat ion of r aces so isolated h as b een brou ght into play h ere.

But mi gra ti ons of the i5l atd-2 rs are mentioned even by Forster 8.nd Cook; a nd h ave been more a nd more re cogn izEd as the g r ea t be t in th e ethnography of the P_aci fie."

Th e a uthor g- ives numerous e.xamp les of mi g r a ti ons and proceeds:' 'Even if we regard onl y the involunt a ry jo tnr.t:y !" , the P aci fi c Ocean appea rs no longer as a \vate ry des ert where islanders li ve in sec lu sion; but mutu :-11 re lations of th e most varied kind, both bet,~·e e n the isl a nds, a nd between them and th e contin en t~, bcc(n .e nnnifes t. Cast in gs·away are no exception but the rule, and t ake people in every c..lirecticn .

E tbnograp hy h as to take 8cco nnt o(these cas nal rel ation s which in t he long v i:Sta o f yea rs h ave st. rr t ched a dense network from or1 c land t o a not h e r. She mu s t give up the id ea of a ny sharp sc p a rrrti on bch:rren t he rac es of Oc eania, rrnd rr ll owing a ll co nsid c ra 1ion to disunion a n rl p ecu li ;u·it y, mll s t gi \·e its clue to eve ry cause which m akes for u11i on .

But . this view is m e t a lso by the life and wa,ys of the Oce anians, their mode of t h ouah t and their tradition. Th ere is in them a prono uJ~cec'J migratory sense . Journey s of many huuclrcdf'; of mil es arn not se lclon~ undert a k en _l~y th e m , eith e r for the purpose of falhng upon. the mhn.bitants of n eighb ouring is!ands anc.l getting heads fo r th eir c:1.noe h oti ses , or In order to meet on some appointed da y of the y ea r for a general exc h a nge of goods. etc .. etc., Politi cal disturbances ngrrin have created numerou.s motives f~ r migratinn. A~t. r~c ks of one it:land upon another, fl.lgh t t~ rem oh~ Isla nds, n re eo mm on occurrcn CC'f.

At the time of the Sp an is h conquest the inhabit a nts of the Marianne Isl a n ds took refuge in the Carolines, etc ., etc. · W~ th the dispersion of the Pol y ne sia n rac es ove r the Isla nds of the ocean, fir st through s torms nnd c urre_nt s, th e r: by vol un t.ary migra1 ion. was associa ted m later times t he traffic in men. Etc." In the world of Polyncsinn mytholog y ancl lt' ge i;d we constan t ly come across migm t ions un cl e rt n k en from the most v~rious mo t iv es.

Everything imp~rt a T1 t ?r pecu h a.r hns been brought. over sen ; the Wide honz ~ n of the ocran, no less than th e narrow one of the tsla!1d-w.orlcl s, glenms with a divin e ligh t upon these ~Igratwn-lcgcnds; remote islnncl 8 a rc half-w:1y statwns between thifl world Rncl th e next. ~r~ditions are _n ot k e ~t alive by memory only. ~oliti ca l and social rclatz ons f ollow to thi s dnv tlw hnes of old ?onne ctions wl1icl-:l link tog:etlwr i~J a nd gr.oups. far dis.tan~ ~ror~1 .eac h other.

Legf'nds of m 1grat1on survrve In Indi v idual villages and fnmilics,

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where the old h o me is st ill remembere d, and th e con nectio n with it often bound closer by sp ec ia l reve re n ce . l\ien from the Ulic in the Carolines, ·w ho vis it ed tk~ island of Guam in the lVfar iam1cs in 1788 , follo"·ed the r onds frorn old desc ripti ons prcst l vc d in son gs ; ~incc then the intercourse bus become b ri s ker, and at the present day (1898) the C a rolin e isbll d ers collect coco-nuts in the M ariannrs on be half of foreign t rade rs.

The sca nt. iness of migration lrgends in .1.\1 elanes ia h1tS b ecll regarded us only a pnrt of the general dea r t h of tr a,d i ti on which is Mclu ne.s ian ch arac t e ris tic.

If, out of all theRe innumerflble wa nderings to and fro to which various caut:cs h ave gi ve n ri se, on e group stfl n cls out by rellso n of the grea t extent of i ts eth n og raphic operation- t hat, n ame ly, which hfls occ upi ed the region bctvvccn N ew Zeal and and Hnwn.ii, Fiji and Easter I sla nds, with a strikingly homogeneous pop ulati on - tl wt is but pari of the r es ult of the gr eat m igra t ory movement in the Pacific. It is quit e wrong to regard thi s as a single eve nt, or us a n exception . It is r:1.ther one case of the rul e; for none of th ese rnc rs \vas eve f' at rest..

The y wnndcrr.cl fnr ancl ncar , colonising com=ciou~ly . and int e ntion nll y , lik e' nny Grcd;R or Ph o rnicinn~.

In a ny case this ln ~t se ri es of grea t migrations and settle' m en t s is a siPglc rxisting fnct belonging to that s tng c in th e dcYrlnpmrnt of culture which we cnll the s ton e age.

F or tl1at reas on it is not ensy to und ers tn.nd; we have no n1enns of cornpnris:on wit h e.imihr :lchievemcnts . Tl1e arc which this col onising activity l 1f1S Jender cd produc1ive far rxC('eds the empire of Alrxnnder or of Rome.

Th e e poc hs of the P oly nesian inigratioiJS must have br.c n very vctrious.

Th ry took place so long as thne were any Pol ynrs ians in the Pacific.

Th ese m igrn t i0n s \\'e re not co r1fin ed wi t l< in the limit s of P olyn es ia.

Colonies went forth into all the M cla nc f ia n group s ; whc>re we obtain a general impression of a pe rm eat ion with Polyne sian clements from the eas1 wnr d . On t h e Fma ll islands they hold th eir ground; on the larg e r th ey ,,,. ere merged in th e mass of the res id e nt population, but not without leaving th e ir t ra ces . ..____ In Mi cron es ia, Polynesian n ffin i tie s arc yet more frequ e nt. There man y cus toms remind us with cs pcc iul f o rce of the western P olynrs ian s and at th e sa m e time of th e Fiji1ms.

Nothing indi en t<'s more clea rly the frequency and ex te nt of these migrations than the very small numb e r of tota ll y uninh ab ited island s. Tbrsc vikin gs of th e Pfl ci ffc cont riv ed to dis co ver even small nnd remo te islei s . In the whole of the Pacific there i-, not one isla nd of anv s iz e of which it was left to E urop ea ns to dcm ons t ;·.a tc, the habitability.

Locally n. n<l ethn 0grr. plli c[l lly 1lw l\1icronesians stnnd next to th e f\'l rr la_y' Archipelag o and East Asia; from a ph ys ical point of view they display many of th e l\1ongoloid marks with r 8pecin1 clear.:. ness . In their ethnographic relatiC>ns they see m t0 be a race which has come down from a higher stage.

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THE GUAM RECORDER

1928

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TAX REDUCTION

Endowment Fund for Ice Plant Employees

'"rhe question as to whether federal taxes in the United States will be reduced the $ 150,000,000 that the Republi~ans now pro p ose, or the half a billion that the Democrats hope fo r, will of course not effect Gu a m in the least.

Beginning with the new year, Mr. Pedro Martinez, proprietor of the "Pedro's Ice Plant" will create an endowment fund for emplo y ees of his plaut.

An amount equiyalent to five per cent of the monthly pay of a ll empl o yees who have served five years in their present emp1o y men~, will be dep osited in the l3ank of Guam, to their credit in a fund to be known as the "Pedro's Enclowm ent Fnncl."

This fund will bear all the intere s ts and benefits paid by the Bank.

The fund is primarily established for the benefit of the fa m iii e s of e 111 p 1o y e Es , an d i t is路 to rem a i n on deposit for ten year8., after w-hich time, upon satisfactory a5 s urance that the needs of the family require assistance, all or part of the employee's share of the fund may be \Yithclrawn, and in case of death his share will he p aid to his nearest of kin.

Shonlcl an employee member of this fund be convictect for theft, an accomplice in crime of any serious nature, treachery or disloyalty to his emplc yer. all his interest s and benefits in the fund may be forfeited.

The question of a reduction of taxes in Guam however, would be an important sutject, and one that w.:> nld create a lively iutere s t am o ng the whole inhabitants.

The predominating thonght at this time of the yE:ar, and the one which mars the happiness of the in habitants of GL1am during the Christmas and New Ye a r sea son, is, how in the world are '\ve g oing to p ay the taxes which are due and mu st be paid before the 31st. of January . The ansvYer i5, it must be p a id in copra, and most of thE small land o ~vvners find th a t their entire crop must g o to satisfy the t ax coll ector.

Taxes are high, but it costs money to operate a g overnment, it is, howe\路er, the duty of the repres~nlatives of the people, who are the financial b acker:5 of the gO\'ernment, to ;;;ee that the expenditures fu r all routine operation and improvements a re wis ely administrated.

It is a11 right to ha ve 8.11 eye for the fLHure, ancl it is the desire of each admini~tration to p 8int out improvements that have been made during that particular term of office, bnt it is dangerous to look too far ahead and impoverish the people of the present to provide luxuries for unappreciati,路e successors.

What the average Ch a morro really n eeds, according to every indication, is relief fr o m growing burden of local as sessments. The time h as come to put the brakes on all but necessar y expenditures nntil p~ople with small pocketbooks can get on their feet.

This means public improvements as well as wasteful ones.

School Teachers Visit U.S. Gunboat "GUAM" Th e Clnmorro scho ol teachers who were on board the U. S. S. G81d Star d urin g- the recent visit of this v e:3s el to Chinese ports, were, through the courtesy of Lieutenant John B . Cooke, U.S. Navy, afforded an o p pJrtLtnity to visit this war ship which has been named after their Island .

The U. S . S. Guam, \:vill, according to Luis P. Ur.1talan, one of the young teachers, be completed and commiss ioned early during the pres ent year.

This sm all war ve ssel is the first one of six of a like type which is being constructed for the United States N a vy at the Kiangnan D ock and Engineering \Vorks, at Shan g hai, China.

These vessels are es pecially designed for patrol duty on the Yangtze River. Thev are of light draft, 150 feet long, by 60 feet beam. Tlle U. S. S. Guam will mount a battery of 3-inch rapid fire guns , and will carry a complement of between fifty and sixty men.

He Guam Chapter American Red Cross The fit-.al report of the committee in charge of the 1927 Red Cross Roll Ca ll, give the following totals ofcontributionsforl926and 1927, the 1926 figures are given for com pari son : Roll Call 1926, $1,270.98, -1927,$1,733.75, of this sum $ 1.154.25 will remain with the local chapter for emerg ency requirements.

The local chapter now has $3,080 00 to its credit.

Transfers from Naval Hospital Corps Orcl c>rs h a ve rec e ntly bee n rece ived at the Naval IIm: pital to tran s fer the following pe rsonnel: C. E. \VilliDm::~ and B. 0. S .dl ey, Pharma cis t ' s ;\l a t eR , firs t cln :o: s, U.S. Navy, to the .A siatic Fl ee t for clnty; R.A . Brynnt, Pharmn e i s t '~ Mat e , second class , U.S.N., to th e U.S. Rece iving Ship, San Fr9n cisc-o, C1lifornia, for duty, nnLl E. A. Stone, Pharmaci s t's i\fa.te, third cln ss, U. S. Kavy, to thr R eceiving Ship, San Fran c isco, Cn.lifornin, fo r further tran sfe r to the N;tvn.l ~fedieal Sch oo], \Va sllingt on, D.C. for a course in den tal l1ygien e .

Under onr present calender, no century can commence on \Vednesclay, Friday or Saturday. October begins always on the same clay of the week as January. February, March and November commence on the same clay of the '\veek, while May, Jnne and August commence on different days.

The year alwa)rs finishes on the same day of the week as it beg a n.

These rules, of course, do not apply to leap years.

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE NOTES PARASITES A sm ~1. ll assignment o f parasites of the hou se fly were brought from the Hawaiian hlands to Guam l>y Mr. P. Nelso n of the l oca l Exp erimcut Station U})(J JI hi:3 ret.urn from leave in the U11itecl States on tl 1e ''Thomas.'' Thi ::- w.ts in the nature of a trial s hipm e nt and consisted otlly of adult para s ites .

The~e are s mall delicate in see ts of the wa sp family and th e rigors of tr ave l we re bard o n th e m so lh<lt all Gut three peri8hed on th e wny. \ Vhile in H ono lulu l\J r.

N elson mad e arrangement s with J\lr. D.'l'. Fulln\Yay, E11tomologi s t of the Board of Co m1ui~sioner s of Agriculture and l'"o rest ry t o co ntinu e se nding parn :-: it(:s whenever tra.n s po rtaLion is availalde ~wd it is h Oflt <l in this vvay to get. them es tn bli s hC'cl in G unm nncl thu s reduce the num bers of ho use Hi es ancl othur eimilar flie s that infes t this J slnn(l.

A large shipment of CtJrn Bore r p:na s itrs wa s nl:::o rec eiv ed on th e '' TIHl 111:1 ::: ,'' fr om th e U.S. Corn Bore r Laboratory at ~l on r or , Michi g:1n.

These pnr: t~ it es came as pupae, or the restin g s t:1g e of tlw in sec t, nnd we re se nt in cold stornge . Th ey :J rriHd in excr llt>11 t co n d i t. i o n a n d t h e ad u 1t i ns r c t s b t> 1.! a n t n r n H~ r g e f" u r chys after their arrivnl.

Th ese p:tr:1 s it t>~ ar e bein g 1ib 3ra.te:i in colon ie.:; of ft)rt y in sects eac h in co rnfield .:; th'l.t are infes ted with the bo re r . The field s of DedNl(J ancl Barrigada are th e m ost hea vily infes ted and n1o ~t of the pa,rasites are being lil1ernt rd in tho se di~tricts .

Thi s year' s corn crop is lightly infes ted \Yilh th e borer in cornpari so 11 with other y c: trs in th e nea.rpnst and this is nnfortnn .' lte in that. th e par:1 sit e will n ot ha.v e ns much host mat erin1 to get started on. Hm,·evP r, 1700 pupae wr r e rerf'iY('il aprrnximat.ely hal f of which will be fema le::; an(l these r rs ulting 800 odd fe malE's shonld be ahle to firmly es tnl>li : : h th e pnrnsi t c if our con d i tin n s of c1i m n t r, r 11 i 11 f :1 11 , f-' r nH 11 s, e tc . , are s uitable for it s co ntim~ c cl exi s tence .

Governor Awards Prizes to Agricultural School Classes The Agricultnral class es o f the Gnnm Public Schools were recentl y a wa rd eel clas~ pri zt:s :111 c1 in elividnal class pins for m e ritorious '\York in tbe schoo l gardens .

The Dorn Hall cl ass of Agana, r ece in·d first prize, and the Yona and Piti cl;1sses second a nd third prizes.

The class prizes and indiYidnul cln ss pins to the pupil s were awarded by tbe GoYernor.

We firmly believe in the rotati o n of crops in otu garden and this year v\' e nre raisin g corn borers e1 nd tomato worms, whereas last year we nlised cabb 2ge worms and cucumber beetles.- Ohio State Journal.

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Immigration Opportunities Offered YAP" lslc.nders Yap Islanders to the number of one hundred were offered an opportunity to enter the United St a tes under the immigration l:iws. Bnt according to "The Pat.hfinder'' not a Yap responded.

The owner~hip of the I::>land of Yap it will heremembered, was a very much discussed subject shortly after the \Vorld \Var, and it finally came under the Japanese Mandate. The Island of Yap is one of the C aroline Group and lits approximately 458 miles almost due south from Guam.

JANUARY 1928

THE QUEEREST STRINGED INSTRUMENT IN THE WORLD

By P. J. Searles Reprinted from "THE ETUDE" A musical Magazine published at Philadelphia, Pa.

One time l \v e nt home nml told my wife I had see n a ballulluHutuynn. B e r fin,t n •p]y wa s , · '\\ ] ,y don't you stop (lrinl ii 1g?" ·w h e n 1 in sist u.l thnt l had r eally see n one of th ose things sbe want ed to call a d oc tor. Th e 11 J ex plniJJtcl. It cc cun._· d e n tbe I s laud of Gnan-,, a tiny d ot in th e middle of the Pac.:ific Ocea n, wh<ne th e nntiY e Chamorros haYe developed th~ bn.lt11ubautuyai1, th eir o ue co ntributi o n to 1he long li st of mu f) ica] iu strument s of the world .

Th e bal u m bau t ny n 11 star ts \Vith a bow, ~omewhat lik e th e long l>o1v of th e old-time Engli sh archers , nJ;Hl e of pal o 1nnria ur Sllllle other s upple natiYe wo od.

To thi 3 bow , alJont mi<.hrnv be t"·e en tbe t'\YO ends is nltad lE'd a half gc uJcl o r .. bnlf coconut f)hell. rrhe pnrpn:'ie o f this :tpp endnge is t o en ab le th e in strum ent to r <':::t e a ~ ily on th e ehE->s t of the player as, lazily r rc lining, li P ponr s o ut hi ; : nw loLly .

Aeross the bow nrc ::; tr ctc l ~t · d fr on1 one to thr ee s tring s , made of gut , c,r evr 11 , in inferi or in s trument s , from YE' gt'tnble fiLrc. Th e playin g is tllllle with a sh ort sliver of \Y ood or m c: t:il, aboul ~ ix inchr s in len g th, ref:c mbling so mewhat. a k11it.tin g tl Pe dl e.

It may eitlH'l' be drawn ncro~s th e s tri11 gs lil-:e Jl1P b(iw on a Yi olin or mny be u se d to pi ck th e s trin gs a s with a guitur.

Such is lh c 1-, .Jlumbnutuyan, an ancient mu sical of tho Cli <tm orros , now bec.:omjng rarer and r :tr e r.

U nfor tunat e ly, tl1e Cbamorro mu sical fnenlty expirecl \ritlt tlti s in ::: tnn r~ e nt.. The r ace mny, in tlt e fnr · di s t;111t pns t before Guam '\\'8 S discovered h.v th t~ Sp:tni:-dl, h a \·c h:1d indi geno u s songs, l1ut t odny nlJs(llut r ly not hi1 1g nf th e ki11d ex ists. " ;h en tb c l 1 nit('d Stntes svize c1 th e if: ln ncl fr om Spn 1n in 1898 , Sp;lJli~h n1u~ic \Y :ts jn Yop. u e , but n fl w thi s h8 s been ~upplnntC'cl by Arn erirnn jnzz , and th e jingle of "It Ain'L Uilnll:l. l~ain No ~Ion~ " nnd "Bnna.nas" is hcnnl wh e rf' formerly the drrnmy Latin \Ynltzt"R ~._;n ttnd e (1 .

ThP onl .v s uni,·n1 of Spnuish cbys is the snnc·~l mu ~ ic brought to th e islnnd hy various onlers of C. Jth n 1i(~ mi ss ionnri ('t= , :1nd s till heard, not on ly in tlH' chnr ch e:-, but al so during the religiou s fe~tival prcwrF~i o n s, ~1JH1 nt th e il~llll11H' rnh]e singir.g "noY enas " h cn rd on e \· e ry poss ibl e oe<: nsi on.

in ~ trumet1t

Onl .v rare ly no\\' :1(lny s is tl1e bnlumbautnynn benrd.

But n. fe w ex is t among the older inhabitant s , and f~~,,·er s till nr c pl:ly ed upon.

The no1.es nre \Yfliling and n ot alw:tys pl c:tsn nt to occ:idcnta1 ea.rs ; the range is s rnnll, and tuning is unknown. Bnt n o\v nn(1 then, as tl1e faint s trnjnf: nr e llearc1 in the midnight jungle, on e 's mind r eycrt s to th8 nncient clnys of bnrbaric splencl()r, :1 thousand yenrs ago, whrn .minstrr1f: wi~h th eir h a.lumb rlUtuyans s ang to kings of their bercic n nce s to rs.

It's hard to Jay away for a rainy d8y b t:cat1Fe yon can g et more fun for yotu money on a sunny day , and there is so many rainy de1ys in Guam anyway .

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J .\ NUARY 1928

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AMERICAN TELLS STORY OF GUAM IN SPANISH TIMES The following was publi~hed a few years ago in the ''Manila Times'', the narrator's name is not given but it was stated that he was a well-known business man of Manila at that time.

was sent under a guard of eight pikemen to the governor's "Palacio" in Agana.

To reach Agana we crossed the bay in a banca and then hiked five miles over rough roac1s.

My shoes were worn to mere scraps of leather and my feet were in bad condition when my captors finally paraded me before His Excellency, and this probably had something to do with his subsequent action.

Even at that time there was some ill feeling between Spain and the United States, due perhaps to affairs in Cuba, and the Governor warned me to behave myself and let native liquor alone '' other·wi se g rave international complications might occur."

Then he ordered that I be set at liberty and not mole sted in any \vay.

Agana at that time had a small garrison of soldiers and more were stationed at a fort in the bay on which no guns were mounted.

The 'palace' was a well constructed building, as was the church, but the rest of the town consisted of nipa shacks and a few houses of dhobie stone. The Cbamorrans, as the natives were called, were discontented with Spani sh rule but liked Americans, with whom they oft en came in contact.

Indeed quite a number of them spoke a little English and I g-ot along v.rell for I knew something of the blacksmith trade and could make very creditable bolos.

Most of the populati on w~s wretchedly poor and many suffered from leprosy and a disease similar to it which was termed "gan g roso."

I remained in Guam for six months before I had a chance to get away on another whaler and after my experiences on this fa r away island I vvas glad enough to return to cracker hash.

Little did I imagine at the time t11at in a few years Guam would pass into the hands of Uncle Sam.''

''In January 1894, I was serving before the mast on the whaler 'Henry W. Morgan.' This old wincljJ.mmer which bore the name of a famous buccaneer came to anchor one day opposite the barrio ·which then served as a landing place for ships that vi. ited Guam. The Captain. of the Port resided here , though the town of Agana which ·was the capital was s(-vtnd miles distant. \Ve had come to Gu am, as had many whalers for a century past, to pnrcha~e fre s h provis ions and fill our cask s \•v ith 'vate r and all of us from the skipper down were mighty glad to have a chance to stretch our I egs on the beach.

For my part I was a boy and thorot1ghly tired of sa lt horse and cracker bash so when the sl1ip finally left Guam I remained behind hidden in the jungle.

The lure of the tropics had found me an eg,sy victim.

As was the cu stom, in the case of desertion the captain offered a reward for my capture.

I later learned it was a sack of flour. The Spanish authorities tried to earn it, but without success.

I nEarly starved for four days in the forest and would have done so had I not climbed a coconut tree ~mel hackEd off a number of the nuts with my s heath knife wl1ich I carried in my belt sailor fashion.

When I finally emerged from my place of concealment the Henry \V. Morgan was far out to ~ea and no rew a rd could be collected.

I was, · however, arres ted hy the Spanish police at a town called Snma (Sumay), spent the night in the Casa de Tribunal and the next day - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ---··-

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U. S. Army Transport "THOMAS" Last Visit to Guam With the arrival of the U.S. Transport "Thomas", late in January 1928, on her 104th., voyage to Manila, we will witness the last visit of this vessel to the island.

The Thomas is the la st of the six original Army ve~sels which composed the Army Transport Service a nd which was organized to move troops to the scene 0£ action at the outbreak of the Sp;~ni s h-American \Var. These vessels were purchased from a Brit ish con cern known as the Atlantic Transport Line , and were built at Belfa~ t, Irel and, between 1890 and 1894. They were reconditioned as troop tran sports. co:.11tnissioned nnder the Americ::~n Flag and renamec as follows, after dec~ased .Major Generals of the U . S. Army, Thom:1s; Logan; Buford; Sheridan; Ki1patric; and Sherman.

The Thomas, Logan, Sherman, and Sheridan were placed on the Pacific berth from San Francisco to Manila, and were regnlar ca1lers at Guam from 1898 until 1917.

The Sheridan was withdrawn in 1920 and sold for junk.

The Logan and Sherman continued nntil 1922 when they were also withdrawn.

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The Buford :tnd Kilpatric operated on the Atlantic.

The Kilpatric was sold to a New York company, and the Buford is now O\vned by Madrigal of Manila.

The Thomas is the only remaining transpoFt of the old vintage on the Pacific run and is now making her 104tb. \·oyage to Manila.

It i~ estimated that the Thomas has carried more than 40,000 first class passenger;;, and more than 13,000 second cl ass , approximately 156,000 troops, and 350,000 ship tons of freight have been transported on this vessel.

Coolidge is for Civil Government in Guam San J11an, Porto Rico, Nov. 18 .-Lu cius Malmin, · the first American judge in the Virgin Islnnds after their acqui s ition by the United States, todny faid tlJa.t President Coolidge wants the next Congress to

provide a civil government in Gunm. Judge Malmin is ~ailing for Saint Th crntrs to rnnke a study in support of President Coolidge's idea.-Manila Tribum.

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THE GUAM RECORDEH

J A.NGA R Y 1928

SO CIAL DOINGS IN GUAM The Y ul et icl e seas on h ns been re pl et e wi Lb 1n rg e rec e ptions a nd e nt e rtainment s, m rtn y of w bieh \v c re planned t o welcn rn c th ~ r et urn of t h e St at ion Sh ip Gol d S ta r.

Th e sm a ll h o m e dinn e rs we re r e p lnccd ..by n.fb irs t h at includ ed a ll of th e names of o ffi cer~, t he ir f a milies, a n d m e mb e rs of the C n. bl c Sta ti o n on th e gu es t li sts .

Ou ts tan d in g am o ng th e e nt c rtninn ~ (' I i f s of t he mo nt h was th e a nnu a l Nnv Ye ar 's eve rcct> pti on h eld :t t ih e Gove rn ment hnu se by G o vn nor n. nd J\frs . L. S . Sh a pley . T h i ~ r c·cc pt ion a h v:1ys n tnks fir s t in th e ente rt a inm e nt s g ive 11 in Gun m d 11ri ng: the en t ire y ear. D u ri ng the e ven in g th e 250 gu rf: l s wer e cnt e rt nin c cl wi t h a co n ce rt by mc nd){'rs of t be Nav y band ; mu s ica l se lect ion s b y t he six-ycu r-old .Mani b n ~ an twin s , so los by Jirs . \ V. n. H a ll; swo rcl d an ce by F.C. ~l e Al li s te r, an d select io n o n t h e n a ti,·c musica l in stru me nt kn o \rn ns t he belcmb ao tn y nn.

At mi d night li gh ts we re Lnr ne d lnw , t aps \r as so ur:dc cl b y th e navy bugl e r, fo ll owin g whid1 th ~ bell s nil<l whi stl es sound ed th e birth of t1 1e 1\ ew Yea r. G uos ts d epa rted wi shing each o th e r hap pin ess in th e com i ng yea r.

T he g ues ts for th e CV" nin g in clu tl ec1 co mmi s::: ionecl an d n on- co mmi ss ion ec1 ofllcers rt tt ach e'l to t!Ji ~ na val s tati on, tlwir fu m il ie~ , m em be rs of th e civili nn Ameri ca n colon y nncl t l:e leading na tiY e nnd resid ent famili es of Gu a m .

One of the m os t elabo rat e fun cti ons of th e m onth was th e " a t h om e" r ece ption and s u pp er pa rty h Pl(l D ece mber7 , by Li euten:w t-Co lonel an d jJrs . Cha ndl er Ca mp bc-dl at th eir q ua r te rs in Agnn n. F (, r th e eYcning, th e -e nt ire Ca mpb ell h o me w:ts co nve rt ed int o a r ece pti on h all, e ven th e be d roo ms wer e tran sforrned into s upp er and br idge r'' o rn s .

Fr o m th e op eni ng num be r pl ay ed by tl1e G ua m Stri nged Orch es t r n to the playing o£ "Hom e S wed H o m e ' ' , wa s th er e a dull m om e nt. Be tw ee n chn ci ng n um br n: gu es ts \Y ere e ntertain ed with th 8 full owin g prog ram nnrnh ers : Vocn.l sol os by :\Irs . \Yilfonl n. H:tll, and Li eut en a nt J ohn J_ ~I ad de n; m usical selecti nns by th e ~ ix - ~·c :l!'­ old Ma ni b usa n twins a.cco mp nni ed by t he ir fat pe r; d a n ces h y~I i ~s H e l e n Madd e n , an d Mr. \ V.H. N otl ey; and whi s tlin g so]oE by Chi ef P ay Clerk H a th [l wny .

Lieutenan t -Col o n el n.n d \Irs . Cnmp be ll wer e h os t a.nd ho::.tess to 1.50 g uests durin g th e eve ni ng.

Th e s pirit of " a t hom e" wn s add ed to Chri s tmas (lay for m embe rs of th e Ame rica n colon y in Guam

wh en Li eute na nt a nd Mrs . Cli iio nl \V . Le Roy r ecei ve d th eir fri e nd ::; f rom Ll t oG o ' d ock . Th e e ntertainment w as a m os t inforn1a l o ne affo rdin g fr iend s th e opportuni ty of exch a ngi ng th e glnd ti d ings of tl 1e d [ly .

Mrs . L eHoy was a ss i ~ t ed during t he aft ern oo n by .i\Jrs. L . S . S ha pl ey , 1\frs . Adrinn A lf red and Mrs .

Chrt ndJer Cn.mpb ell \Yl w pref' iclcd a t the tea t ables .

Th e Offi ce rs' Clul 1 h :Hl th e Lo n or of givin g th e seco nd dn nce at tl 1e n e w ~f :ni n e R c·c r Patinn Hall in S um ny .

Th e dan c~e wns h Eld Dec . :28 g iving o ffi ce rs at t ac h ed t o th e lJ.S S . Go ld S tnr, and th ose wh o jus t r et ur ned fr om th e fa ll h ealth trip t1 1e ir firs t opportunity of e njoy in g th e q >len d id ne v,· lm i.ldi r.g .

G uests were rece iv ed by th e n ew office r s of th e club and t h eir '" iYC:'S: Li eut..- Colon el n nd .Mrs . Chm1dl er Campb ell, Lit' u ten n nt and .Mrs . Cl ifford \V. L eRoy, L ieu tcn nn t an cl 1\ l rs . J ohn J. Mnd den. ~Ju t: i c for tl w da nc: in g wns fu r n is hed by the N a vy bn ncl , :\Tr. Li ::;:1zo , dir ed i 11g .

Ilnppin e~s was brough t t o th e h eart s of nll the An1 eri cn n childr en in G ur m Dec . 22 , when Fn11d{ C. :\I cA lli s te r o f t he Cu m me re ial Pac ifi c Cable eo mp::~ny , e nt r rtni ncd \Yith a lnrge Clni s t mns p:n ty fo r th em a t th e C<thle Sta t ion bu<..:he lor qu nrl ers in S um ny.

An e no rm ous Chri slmn s tr e ~ bearing gift s for ench of tbe 70 Am eri ca n ehildrcn l1cld tl1 e ce nt er of a tt enti on durin g th (> aft ern oo n .

Prr eedin g th e dis tribu tion of g ifts t h e littl e gues ts \Y er e ent e. rtni nc d v.-ith d nndrg nn nllwrs by :\1i ss L o rrtt a K (· nl .r nn d Mi ss Eliza beth Laura \Vil eo n, lJo th of Snm ny , nnd a Chri s tma s trio co mpnst> cl of th e l\li s~·es A l ic~' , H t'1en n11d ?11n ry Hnll .

Th e h ost \va s a:::s i:: tecl in di s tri buti ng gift s b y Mr s .

L. S . Shn.pl ey . Ic c c ren m cones a nd cooki es ncl ued t he f-i nnl t ouch to m a kin g th e en t ert fl imT.en t n .rc rf(c t one.

Li eu tenn nt n n d Mrs . J ohn C. H eck en tertain ed a group of t h eir fri en cl s ·witl1 n d in n r r nnd brid ge p a rty Dec . .1 5 at Lh e Office rs clu b.

Pri zes fnr th e brid ge games \H' ro a wnrrle d t o 1\lrs . Cy ru s C. Br own a n d [ ,ient.. J:n nes S tr otb ers , f1 r::: t rn·iz( S: ~J i ss Lanr e n ~o n and Go ve rn or Shapl ey, seco nd priz es ; Mi ss :M ary H ec k an d Li eut . B . S. H end crso n, co nsolati on prizes · Governor a nd .Mrs . L . S. S hapl ey , G ues ts were : Command er a nd :Mrs . Bru ce R. \Va r e , Li e nt en nnt a nd ~Ir ., . \Valk er A. Settl e, ~Ii ss \ Vo rkm a n, Miss M.

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L::wre nso n, Miss Ma ry H eck, Li eu tena nt Peter J. Pe nn er, Li eutenn nt Ti ch e no r, Cnpta in Hftn} P nu], L ieutennnt and l\1rs . E d wa rd Grafiin, Li cut ennnt and Mrs. James H. S tr o th ers , Dr. ni.Cl Mrs . Cy ru s C .

B rown , Dr. and ~Ir s . H erman 1\In,·ee ty , L ie ut enat,t and :\Irs. Cu rry Easo n, Li cuLe n rmt. and Mrs. Beuj :trnin S. I-L~n d e r so n, Lienlell~tnt and :\frs . J u lln B . Coo k e , Lieu t.ena n t a nd :\Jrs . Cli ffon1 \V. L eRoy nn d P11y Cle rk and .:\Ir:;. It Hathawny.

Th e Su ;n ay 13rid:;e club met Dec. :nat tl1 c home of :\ft-. and .\Ir.;; . .Jos e ph C. Brochc k. .:\l e tnh er s nnd gu es ts pr ~s e nt were : D r . and Jfrs . Geo rge \\'il~ o n, C,tptain Harry P au l, J\Irs. Cha rl es Orlrrt;Jn, Li eut. a nrl ~Ir s . J . H. Strothers, Dr. nnd Mrs. T. \V. SJH?a r, r,frs. G . P. Perry , ~1L aJ IU jfrs . J . .J. H:l.rringtOJl, 1\ fr. and .M rs . J. Kealy and Mr. and ~Ir s . C. \V. Ed \YH.l'ClS .

If your lips would keep from sli ps, Five thought s ob se rve with care ; To whom y.o u sp eak, of wb c m yo n speak And how, and when and

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SLANDER From the Far Eastern Freemason

In th e olden da ys a peasant conf e~~(· c1 to a 11Jonk t h a t he h a d slandered an innocent friend. The monk said to him: " For your penance do this now: take a bn g of chicken down, g o to every yar d in to\rn a nd drop o ne bit of clown into each ga rden , d o not mis s one ya rd and when yon ha\·e finished, return to me. " The si nner believed his puni~bment was li g ht. \ V ith his bag of down he m a de the circuit of the to'l~7 n and carefnlly dropped one s oft feather into e ac h ga rden. Then he rep o rted to the monk, sayi n g : '' r h ave d one m y penance. ' ' " No , my son," replied the old Abbe; you 'iYill n ot have done your penance until yo u t ake tlle ba g, g o again on your rounds , c oll ect e very fe a thE:r yo n ha\·e drop ped and bring it here to me.''

The gossip protes ted th a t it \v o ulc.l be imp os~> ible.

He could not find the bits of d ov-; n in a lifetime.

Ma n y of them had blown far a\i\' ay . '' ''S o it was with gossip,'' re p lied the old m onk. '' It i s easil y dropped: but nev er again- no matter how hard you try , can y ou gather back the word s yo u h ave thou.ghtlessly scattered.''-Kablegram.

THE GUAM HIG H SCHOOL FANUI THE LEGE ND SF PATGON POI NT (A Nati ve Legend)

By Earl Hornbostel

Lon g b e fo re th e di scovery of the Mariana I slands, there li ved a t Ap urg u a n beach a very s trong i11a11.

This man had a so n who , it is said, in hi s infancy sbowc:d s ig n s of b ecom in g ev e n greater in stren g th th a n hi s father. 'The father who w as a very jealous m a n, devel ope d a d eep hatr ed for hi s so n. \Vhen the boy \vas about three years of age, he w e nt cra b hunting with a t o rch one night, and he found a la r ge cr ab h ole in the sand at the base of a t wo year old coconut tree , th e b oy put his hand into th e hole to see if he could fee l the crab, h e did so, bnt on acconnt of the root s of the tr ee it was not poss i ble to dr ag the cr a b ou t.

Therefore, holding hi s t orc h in one h a nd, he pulled the tree up with the other h a r1cl.

At that moment his father appeared up o n the s cene, and seein g the great strength of his so n, his jeal o usy became arou sed and he became very angry.

H e w a nted to kill him, but the boy seeing hi s int en ti o n, ran away. He continued to run in a n o rthea ster ly direction ov er the rock s and throu g h th e for ests, his father closel y f o llowing. When the boy came to the ex t reme n o rtheas tern point of the isl a nd, he encounter e d the high cliffs there, and th e re being no \ VClY to descend, he s ummoned a ll of hi::; st ren g th and in one g re a t l ea p he cle are d the· twenty or more mil es di s tance bervvecn Gnam and Rota, and land e d safel y up o n th at is la nd.

On the cliff from the place where he leaped, the impression of hi s feet may still be s een by anyone doubting this story. Tbus, thi s cliff h as ever since been known as ''Puntan Pat go n" (Son's Point).

Our curriculum remind s u s of the income tax; no can figure lhe bl a med thi ng out.

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It is noted in the new schedule, that Mr. Parker after being fatten ed on mathematics, is try in g toreduce o n Soci a l Science .

:rvirs . Dowdy: Franquez:

1"'hat's not right

"No N'Ia'm . "

Mrs . Dowdy: Franqnez:

' 'I hav e \ve nt, '' is it?

"Vv' hy not? "

"Because you a in't went yet."

Fort y -six inches of r a in fa ll in twenty-four hours is the world record for a rai n s torm and was established in Jul y, 1911, at Bagnio, Philippine Islands?

The grea te st amount of rainfall that · Guam can boast of for t -vve nt y -fonr hours , is 28.91 inches. Thi s record was es tabli shed October 1st , 1924 .

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MONTHLY AVERAGES

Kentuckian's. Psalm of Life

The monthly averages show Gentry and Hollis leading the leag ue in battin g , with aver2ge:-; of .600 and .500 re s pectively.

SoletniJ::: of the sa me team co mes close behind with an avernge of .462. I g lesi 2s a ud Salas, of Education, have aver<Jges of .444, and Aflague of the same team, 400. Gomez and A g u on, Navy , and Agu o n, Education, are the others batting a b::>ve 300, their averag es [)eing .333.

Bowman, of the Cub s , leads the catchers in fielding with a perfe ct percentage.

Cah·o, of th e ~<Jme te a m, also lws a perfect fielding percenta g e, and so leads tl1e pitcl1ers. Of the fir s t basemen Afbgne, Education, leads wi th a p2rcentage of .970 . Babauta (Education) a nd 'fajalle (Cubs) h av e p e rfect fieldin g percentngcs f or t h e second b.1se men.

Lizama of the 'l\Jarines le~1 ds the leag ue in fi elding with a pe rfect p ercent <'l j::€'. Of the outfielder s Dnena.s, IIilt ab iclle , Blas a nd A g u on (Navy ), I g lesias and Sal as ( Education) and D rinnan an d vVelk (Marines ) have perfect fielding percentag es. 'the average in team batting is as follow s: N a.\·y, 29 5; Ed.L1cation, 252; Cub s, 194; and Marine ~. 149 .

In te a m fieldin g, the avera ges are: Cnh~, .934; Ed ucation, 928; Navy, 926; and Marines, 804.

1Ian th a t is born in Kentt1cky is of ft:w clays but full of virlls.

He fi s heth, fighteth , fiddleth and cllsseth all the day s of his life. He shnnneth \Vater }ike a m a d do g and drinketh much good whi skey. \Vhen he ri se th fr o m his cradle and g oeth forth to seek the s c~llp of his gra ndsire' s enemy, he bri ngeth home in his carcass the ammunition of bis neighbor's \Yife's cousin's fa ther-in-law who a vengeth the dead.

Ye:a, verily bis life is uncert a in and he knoweth not the hotu he may be despa.tcheth.

He goeth forth on a j o urne y h a lf shot and returneth ag a in to his habitation on a litter full of bucksh ot.

He ariseth in the ni g ht to let the cat out, and it requireth a doctor thre e days to ex tract the le ad frcm his body.

He calleth his feliowmen liars and is himself filled w ith s hot and scra p iro n , even unto tbe fourth gEnerati.OIL He goeth forth in joy and gladness and cometh back in scraps and fr r.gme nts.

A cyclone blo\veth him into the arms of his neighbo r' s wife , a nd hi s nei g hbor's wife's hushancl bl O\YS him into the arms of Abraham before he hath time to explain.

He ernpt.ie th a Demi-John into bim ~ elf and a shotg un into his enemy and his enemies' son lieth in wai t for him on election d ay and the coro11er pl8nteth up a forty acre field to bury the remains of his e nemies.- F 0. A. and E. S.

GOLD STAR LOSES

The Gold St[lr tr.n.rn ran into tr oubl e when it nH't the Cubs and Education, losing both gnmc~, the fir st by the score of 5 to 2, n.nd t.h c lnst. 3 1 o 0.

Both games were lost by the Gold Stat's fnilurr to hit.

PLAY THE GAME When the umpire calls you out, It's no u se to stamp and shout, Wildly kicking dust about, Play the game!

And though hi s deci sion may End your chances for the day, Rallie s often end that '\-vay, Play the game!

When the umpire shouts: ''Strike two! ' ' And the ball seemed wide to yo u, There is just one thing to do, Play the game!

Keep your temper at the plate, Grit your teeth and calmly wait, For the next one may be straight, Play the game!

When you think the urn pire 's wrong, Tell him so, but j og along, Nothing's gained b y language strong, Play the game!

For his will must be obey ed 'A."heresoever baseball's pla y ed.

Take hi:; verdict as it ' s made, Play the gamel-Industrial Peace .

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PRAYER

I ~·ant the noi se and the glamor, the hurry unrest o f the we s t; I'd trade all the orient glamor that damned lying poets suggest.

As th ey sung of the eas t as enthralling- Gue~s that' s why I started to roam, But I he a r the occident c!!lli n g , Oh Lord but I w a nt to go home.-F. O.A. and E.S.

First Motor Car to Mahe Cavite Trip Flanders mal<es round trip without use of pump

Fourteen ...-ears is not so fa r awav back into the pas t , but th~t space of time h as el:c~-psed ~i nee the first automobile reach ed. Ca,·it e , P. I. under its own power . To those interested in good roads and motor tran sportation the following account will pro\-e interesting if only to contra s t present conditions with those of the past.

(From the Manila Times, June 23, 1913) ' 'The natives of Cavite both Filipino and Americat1 sa t up and took notice last Sunday, when their siesta was disturbed by the chu g ging of an automobile on the peaceful streets that had not before been violated by au to traffic."

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Tr1a-t is Nature's way of telli11g~ you to freshen up.

To get in tune ago1in Dri11k Butler's Soda Water.

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