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" 1 : '-zjSvSIHfvwSsSSlM9BStS' m " - - Ks 12 1HE QGDEN STANDARD-EXAMINER SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 24, 1920. I MODERN CRUSOE. RETURNS TO PRILSOJT-DAY LITE ATTLR 12 YLARS ON A LONELY ISLAND I ISLAM SIDELIGHTS. IlkTtlcnbtirg went to the Island ). I. Ml. 11)118. nml lin- ju-t now left It. He Is a man i inucli person alis, mid i- fond i and liked b) people. ifardciiburj; used a gourd toi dipper mid in the - yt firs he drunk lio r tlinl lit- didn't pump from Uln well i i n lac ivas automatid i w i 1 1 him. liesnpeaki 'a was his ' batli(ul). lis hi- lionic 'n Wmu Islaud, there was iiol mil so-called modern convenience In Jcrscj ii ho rtnl.i loiiclicd a button to i mj 1 1 1 i 1 1 r in desired.. "Mi strength returned rruni tin start, -iilti rlardeiihurg. "I soon sot so I oould hi rir or six mealfl :i du imii never wiffer fim li I wa always hungry. Before I I never had an appetite ror one meal j d day." & Figs, apples, peaohes.Hums and pears ill crew hi abundance on Hie aland, Crusoe's grapes, imn - and lemons hnl nothing on Hiirdon burg's limn i in "I paved a sevi ii year i lollies and board Mil " sold rlardcnburg, Hardenburg say. his frlenda mil- rorndi agrct lhal hi- Island life was Ideal 1 1 one exception llicj ill declare lie dioidd have had n mate. . I Travelers Plan Froiic Next Saturday Ni ' Entertainment, d.mr .. music anfl refreshments will be r . . ireil follow ing a jolm meeting of the Oxdeh ani Salt Lake roum.il of the Coiled Com mercial Travelers of Ainciea next Saturday night in the Woodmen of the World hall here, according to an announcement made last night by Crunk It Rose, senior counsellor of the Ogden branch u- the association. The member of Hie Sail Lake coun cil will bring tli- Ariel quartette inl a 7-piece orchestra with them ami the Mgden members have arranged other features, a meeting will in- held at' 7 o'clock and the entertainm. nt will start at 8 o'clock. All members 01 the association and prospective mom bars are invited to attend, accord ins to Mr. Rose. I Urge Citizens to Go Over League Covenant Today has been designated by Cov entor Simon Bamberger as league of nation Sunday in Utah, in a proclam ation issued by him last wo k Tin citizens of 1'tah 1 are urged to give (ludy to the leacue covenant. I Coal at $2.75 Ton Mutual Coal cmpair. t.-ckholinrs v, ill get the best quality spring Can yon lump coal at $-73 per ton. at tip pie. Each share of slock entitles the stockholder to two (2) Ions of lump coal each year Eighteen hundred (lison) i ,c !.hol. era (many of them In OgdeH), Will c.ct their coal every year at cost, becaUB' they are pan QjwneTs in a producing mini Losr. than three thousand (3 .hares remain to be sold. No fnah In Ogden can afford to let this opportu nity pass. Tred J. Leonard la president of the Mutual Coal Co.. Main If. Coffin in president and general manager; E. C. Coffin, secretary and treasurer. Tele phones. W asatch idGT and 1234 Those Interested should call on E. A. HUTCHENS, Advertls mcnt. Marion HoteL I As Pure as Nature Uintah milk comes to you as God intended milk to serve mankind as a food The cows from which it is taken, are 100 per cent healthy cows and every process in its transmis j sion to your table is safe guarded for purity and healthfulness. It costs no more than other milk and it's j ibsolutely safe and satisfy. I UINTAH DAIRY PRODUCTS CO I 3672 Washington Avenue Phone 548 V- : I : Plrtujc "f IVatts Island, showing llghthoiise. Lowei Cliarles M I tardea burg .when he lived on flic fsliiiid ami Ills dog, ltner." insert shovtD Ilurtlfllbtilll lie I- liMlay. I Exile Vas Voluntaiy to Regain Healih; Found N ahire Gccd Dqcicr I am monarch of all I sucyey; My riiriit tjiere is nmie to dispute: From lb.- ccuier v. round lo the sea' 1 apt lord f tile Cowl itpd the brute. fcOWPER. i;v GEORGE K. Tl.R . . I-.. StoXf Correepotidcht. lilSCIKI.r. Md. Self-banished from socle tj'j cut off from mankind, on! We island. io mllps from h re, Charles M. tlardenburs rfpent 12, ye of his life. rlardenburg 13 truly a modern Rob-' inson Crusoe. Eike Crusoe, he Has fi nally round deliverance fconi biu Is land of Despair' and returned to civi llaatlon, sattu island la u tins "Jewel" of green forest and white beach set in the eiperald ::nj inrquoise waters of Chesapeake bay. U is two aiiles long and ot zou acreia o third of which la high groinld. 'file aeurcsl Inhabited land la Tan gier island. :... nTlleS away, where a i (instable i.ot long ago shot ii boy who 1 roke tne "go-to-chiireh" law. GriS fitld is 15 miles to the north. Though vVatts is ncaxast Maryland, u la part of Virginia Theie is a light bouse and frame dwelling built by Ilardi .lburg's ancestors in 1781. I lls uncle ar.d aunt. Mr. and Mrs. F H. Doremus, lived ' years on Watts, ajad four of his up.eestors are buried there. Mafdenburg, t'rinceton graduate and Wealthy ..ttiirm ;.- of Jersey 'lt was s.ii.. and his physicians told him tha' unle:'.. Iii went I ai Ic lo nature" would die Ur. Daniel S. Harden burg, i Harles brother, and an eminent .Jersey physieioi:. was si ure ths:t his brother's death was soon that ha I bought Watts Island from their aunt and gave it to Chariest; Then came the exile and the lonf. Sojourn u.i the tiny 'continent," alone with the .aeabirds and his dog, with tha ooaeeless booming of the surf and th.- i i rails of the seagulls as the only sound to break the silence. Fate kept Crusoe to hh Island anil he longed constantly for the life of comfoit hi bad b-ft. So It j with lardenburg. yet hi indomitable win to health kepi mm in solitude "i h 't i" en thei i long until I knew that Hfe on the Island was my way to health," he told Die. "I truly believe i would have been in m gravi to da hail I not Kone to Watts. So. when people sa they think f wasle.J l J yean of nw life. I disagree." Bl lit HIM. TOO. A i times fate, too. held Hardenburg it captive. Two years ao the afi to shoreward was froseri over, ami Har denburg'a supplise grew low. He lived on UUleaVened bread. the fat of a poos- he killed, and coffee. When the lee i.rnUe ! (.rile nf onuncock, a., sent rr lief siiiilles. Life was pretty much "one thing after another" to I lardenburrr. He rose at sunrise, cooked his meal anil cleaned hi house. Then lie row ed his boats to hU? fish traps and. in the afternoon, hunted ifcse. brant and j SWan. There was un Inexliaustive sup ply of shell-fish at Is door. In the nummer Hardenburg kept n Harden und hi the winter spent most of bla time with nooks, i "Itover." his dog, lived seven years. .The los.s of his toes h a jrun shot and u fight with a muskrat liuatened his end. Hardenburg mLssed "Rover." Hardenburg brought a "Tabby cat" to his island and a year later a fisher 'man from Tangier left him a "Tom .cat." Now there arc "wild eats" all over the island. And thev are wild! RE-ADAPTATION HARD Year followed year and. while Har denburg never quit gave up his lony tn; for the gentler things of life, he found interest in his aolitudc. Now Hurdcnburg finds It a little hard to re-adapt himself to the ways of civilisation "I have an indescribable feeling that I cannot find enough excitement to offset the solitude of the island life," he told me at Tlfton, fin., where ''he has accepted position with his bvbthcr, it p. Gentle?, f the Title; Guarantee com puny Cru?ie married u h's return. May-! b- Harden.biirg won t- bht I found him the center of society in Tlflon. ou M ACTIVITY Ml S. L BQftflQ Tintic Standard Weaker; Provo At 4 3-4c is Heaviest Trader A gedcral l ck of Interest was shown In tin trading of mining stocks on the Salt Iike Stock and Minlpg ISxchaiige yesterday. Tintic Standard was weak, selling 3fn shares m $2 90", closing at 52 on bid and ?2 05 askr-d. Silver Shield .-'low oil .some activity, trading 1500 shares at priqes ranging from 80c to 2lV&Ci an increase- over Friday's quo tations. Among the cheaper stocks, Provo, Was the heaviest trader 1 1,000 shares, changing hands at .ic, American' Cop. Cop. sold at 3r, Alta Tunnel atl r.i , I h i Tintic a,t t'.' c and East Tintic! Con. at 7c. Columbus Etexall, after showing mm i actlvlt the past week, traded' 100 shares yesterday at 34c. VI STMIADY'N SALES. American Con. Cop., 200 at 3c Alta Tunnel "000 at Zc, Kiii-eka Lily. 1 ( .ii ... . Bulllaon4 lboo at j.c: 1000 at 2c I'.ay State, 1 000 at c. Columbus Recall, -too at S4c. r. I Tintic Con., 000 at 7C. Lehi Tintic 1230 at Cc; 12.".7 at 6 4c. i Proco, 1 1.000 at 4c. Rico Wellington. 1000 at lOc. s !!.". sopo al i ! fcc. Silver Shield, aOii at 20c: .100 all 1204c; r.Ofi at 21 4c 1 Tintic Standard, 300 al $2 :'0 LOl M. SE I R ru s. AmaJ. sug $ . . $ 13.70 1'refcri el 101 00 I 'Cement securities . .. 126,00 128. t0 ! icon. Wagon "lo.ioo ( tal-.-ldaho Sug. . .' 7.05 West Cache Sug. oo oo Wydmlng Sug 10.00 ,'. . . . Ingden Port. Oem 95.00 1 ,r'l n Packing 21.00 First Nat Hank 325.00 Security State Bank 146.001 Notice to All Masons To the members of El Monte Com-1 mandery No. 2 K T., Oguen Chapter I No. 2 R. A. M., Weber I,odge No. C P. and A. M, Unity Lodge No. IS K and A. M. and George Washing- I ton Lodge C. I) P. and A. M. You are hereby notified that at the' 'Masonic Temple at Ogden City, We-i ber County. State of Utah, that on I 'tho 23d day of October, 1920. at 8 o'clock p. m. of said day. there will I be hekl a meeting -of the members of Bald Masonic Lodges for the pur- , : pose of considering and acting upon 'tho DrOnOSltion of fonninir the meni bers of said Masonic Lodges, together 1 w ith members of all future Masonic Lodges under the same Jurisdiction and has ing the same jurisdiction, as said above "named Masonic ixidge?, ; into a corjioratlon, not for pecuniar prom under the laws of the State j of Utah. The foregoing meetiug was called by the Board of Directors of the Ma sonic Temple Association of Ugdea ' City. Dated, this the 5 th day of October, 1910. FRANK PARKER Pres. Board of Directors. a. Mcintosh. Secretary. 6153 00 Blackburn College at Uloomlngton. ; III., will teach women students pom-r mrmlng In addition to domestic sci-j ence, ettt I e "'Pi . : n I I TOGETHER WITH I H FOX'S GREATEST SPECIAL COMEDY I H I ml Liipiidln Sgliillldlc wic-2o!-3oc; if i . CHILDREN MATINEES EVENINGS 9:00 I D