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TUESDAY, AP.IL 22, 1913.
Our country has not given us
birth and reared us without ex
pecting from us in return some
"nurture fee." She did not mean
only to make herself the slave of
our convenience and furnish us
with a safe shelter to be idle in, a
quiet spot for our repose.
-Cicero.
A NEW WEAPON.
WVhen the socililists if Ilelglum an
nounced their intentiton of going on
strike for general manhood suffrage,
they asserted there woulhl he no vio
lence, and a skeltictal world shruglged
its shoulders. For tight day, now, the
tie-up of industrial affairs in the
country has lien il progress, and,
twith a few excepltions, due to ritous
student symplathiers, the strike itis
been entirely peaceful. That the
strike has had its effect on general
conditions in the c.untry cannot he
denied; the losses idue to inactive ma
chines and idle workers have run into
the millions. Therefore, it is well for
the strikers that they created no dis
turbance, for iby remaining quliet
they Iprevented tlh use of tihe miiitary
to force titheti htack to their 1 ntet'hcts.
In their total ahlstinenec from wlork
tilhe worltkmen htlte, it'lmostrlatedt their
great solidarity, their ability to act to
gether as a unit for a ctillloin and it
just cause. te io tll anhtl that ttollay
legislatuire that the parliallt'enltiry
coinl ttee a pllll ttelltd solllt ti et agol
repoirt a revised system of parilia'ieilin
liry anld e.tittiitttal suffrlage. If this
Motion is sustaiined, and ptresent itidi
cations alre that it will ie, lte ei nd iof
the strike will be in sight, and tlti
Itelgian workilnen will latve teen the
first tot prt(e the efficeicy of tile,
strike as a political w'ealu,[, whnt
u.'ted \witlhout the aecorlillianilment of
violetnce,
HEADS OR TAILS?
('aliforniia is havinllg roublet s apnlity
these dui s, tdue to titi efforts of tile
adViloattls iof Asiatic excslusiiin to have
plassed a lait which shall prohibit the
iholdintg of laind ty Jiapaneste. It is dif
ficult to understalnd just why tile
Japllanlse goV'erntel'lt t hIls prlotestted
against the enaCtlllnt of sluh t lawti
in the t olden t tateu t I ltin niasures
irecisely like it ar(e ton tile statuit
books if sevIeral othler stats in lhi
'Union. Trule it is that the languai ge
of thiese other it\\s is sollletw\lilht tiore
mioderateo than that etlnboldittd ill tih
mneasurts now e.nding in the Califoir
nia legislature, but the intent is thirel
in each case, altl i nne iof tilihese ill.s -
ures seems to hatcve attracted tie a;ttetn
tiun of the Niponiese. Since Presi
dent Wilson has suggested thait the
iill in the California sentate is the less
obnoxious of the two now before the
stlons, it is probable that that mnas
ure will eecome law, perhaps with
somle minor amendments. The senate
bill specifies that only these aliens
who have signified their intention of
becoming citizens of the United States
shall be eligible to own land in the
state. As the Japanese are ineligible
to citizenship, the senate bill excludes
them from ownership of land. Aboukt
the only difference in the assembly
bijl is that it specifies that "aliens
THE LIST LENGTHENS
There are some new ones with us this morning. The
list lengthens. Brower of Missoula county, in a letter t<
The Missoulian, goes on record as opposed to the use o
railway passes by legislators. His letter was the firsi
communication which reached this desk yesterday. Anc
Brower's name goes on the list. It's a good addition and _
welcome one. We're glad to have Mr. Brower with us.
And there are others. The Missoulian's Helena corre.
spondent, this morning, tells of members who have refusec
to accept passes They are coming out of the woods,
There will not be as many lawmakers riding on free trans.
portation as last week's prospects indicated. The list ol
the abstainers is becoming extended. And there's room
for more names yet. That they will be forthcoming seems
evident.
Yesterday and Sunday two Missoula county members
who have been on the list for three days, Henley and Hig
gins, received passes from the Great Northern railway,
though each one says he had not applied for them. The
statement of the secretary of state, contained in The Mis
soulian's Helena correspondence this morning, clears up
the mystery of the passes. Secretary Alderson says it was
his fault.
This makes the record clear as to many of the members.
Working and Day of Lewis and Clark will not accept the
passes which have been sent to them. Rhoades of Flat
head is another. Annin, formerly of Yellowstone and now
of Stillwater, says he will not accept the bits of pasteboard
from the railways. Pope of Yellowstone is of the same
mind. Cookingham of Valley, through the secretary of
state, joints the anti-pass crowd.
The secretary of state admits that a good many of these
men left word with him that they didn't want passes and
wouldn't accept them. He forgot about it and, "to sim
plify matters," sent in all the names. His idea was that
those who didn't want passes could return them.
This was a kindly motive on the part of the secretary, but
it has made things unpleasant for a good many of the mem
bers. It was taking some liberty, too, for the law says the
secretary of state shall deliver free transportation "to the
person, or persons, applying therefor."
The day's developments serve to clear the record and
make it possible to make things easier for some members
who have received passes but who don't want them. The
list will undoubtedly receive further additions as the days
go by and further mail arrives. As it stands this morning,
it is:
Drinkard of Fergus.
Henley of Missoula.
Higgins of Missoula.
Kirschwing of Cascade.
Brower of Missoula.
Working of Lewis and Clark.
Iay of Lewis and Clark.
Annin of Yellowstone.
Pope of Yellowstone.
Rhoades of Flathead.
Cookingham of Valley.
ineligible to 'litiz ill ili, sil1ill nt Ot hie
Ia'rnnitt'll to, wll hand for limore than
at ytl" it :it tihll . The Ill;itter illipt Trs
1( an ollloic,.r ,to i' abou,) t six of one
and a. half dtozten ofi the tither.
11io',n t'. its seemsi l that sttnttbody"
ihas t en atplfing fo '" passe. in ie
h1 llf t "il' tn11 \\w ho dill ll t \Vt llit th('tll.
But they wt-rt' ,hi tly ;tlq]tpplid |for,
just the' s iate.
Tlihe tinlt f tilh Ile:tirst nii\\SptlltIer s
ih tlji;ates th;It \\illii Iitalldllph is notl
in sy'llllitl thy \\v1lb thb t;ll'ilf I ;1ans it
his p larty. \lnd h is not alonei'. \\Vt
1call tell th: t f' 1' l - h , hit.n \v' sit.
(liiu i a i, of i llllllin nt I teill i ii try
t ii rolss I ggis i i\avx . nt. it niglit
their tening rev'l.
Justit.e h t tols says tihe t1tax is hli
hind Ile trol l's. "rh'ert' hale blee \n or
ti. i t ih w h ti li.i SMul tt il t i l l tl'l ill'
shT\ iiit ic h s eilt ll.
li xitl itI ih it i t h, II i l, ia il. ta ;i lrt,
uiiittali tIetix i lstl 'i i txi u' l rist
renlt it. .tlUt tilrri;atgt tonira't. Tht
twtl \ill to iwell iif lthey maintain uit
co(llditin.
Thouglii h thty set1li to hav, ltst l 'tIir
hill Wilh ' tn 0i's '-, tiht, u.lH L htl ll. s
'i yet t in tn 111it`r o l i of t tl i indly-t lll i
io tex:is is it its S tilt int ard I l t or i
t1,00,00, nit ter ruse she exitits to
get it, but just toit keeo ) ill practi't'.
uilt is ltottlr to shied yout r vest fio
a y til in ti to beg tloot plt'ipitate in
Mdniing piralluriS-knit UndiritI'tr.
Vhile othi r cities iarl talking abiut
their "garden ltluat'rs," let us mlatke
JlissOula t g"arden ill ov 'r.
i lt ngluild has ih ttildld thai tIi in til(.
i rh toe aga xin twhn Ta el' x ih1,1 i-ss
txlxl't leid lit dii his iutll'.
Of uinlsll' it is grea it to bre aky in
spaftring ton. r. Its o et to he aog boy
ill alllvy W tlh l'.,
'hgers r' thr i su, llsre to kthep your
dogf the lipound, . (it t nne lies hure.
loggIng crit ius a better nesting
Place fort t-a lts than does,
la.iliy h1iv1, climbted to iht, pie-shelf,
only to lild no pie left.
DYNAMITE KILLS LOGGER.
lchargensd urgth, Wash., ACril 21.--J.
theu ingswas killed and 1u2 other
loggers injured today when 150 sticks
of dynamite were exploded to break
up a log jam in the Yakima river near
Thrall, 12 miles below here, yesterday
afternoon. )Some of the injured log-!
gers were throvwn ashore by the fur.e
of the explosion, but none was hurt
dangerously. Cummings' body was
recovered. Foreman Henson of the
logging crew has been arrested,
charged with criminal carelessness in
the use of dynamite.
Modern Women
XXVIII-WOMEN IN MUSIC AND
DRAMA.
By Frederic J. Haskin.
he 11 'at that the men of the eoun
try aire so mouch otccupied with et m
mor'ial matters has left the develop
Ilent of the finer arts largely in the
hanitds of tile women \wvlh are working
to seture finer national standards in
('e ry line. Too IIltc'lh cretdit catlnnot l he
giveon to tihe musical orgalniJzations for
their etfforts in this direetion. In
llnny towils it is the wtomen whoil htave
Ibeen inst'ruentalltlt in having lmuisic
ad!ded to the course oif study in tih'
pulict schools. A generation ago the
utisicalt wotrk in the stchools was 'ion
fined to a mlager instruction in vocal
mllusic ill the schools of the larger
i\\ itis. pi'ianns were ailost unheardl
of until the vwomen took ipl) the cause,
atii niow iin manty parts of the country
a tiamno is as genetrally recognized as a
pit'o of school furniture as the bliack
:trud. \\'ith this instrutinent thl pro
Vi-iot fur telcfituitii' ll i sital illstr-tl
tion w\\'as oinparative ly easy. An of
folt t is einig toila e to stilntlate ai
klttottl\edt of classic mIsic' as well as
a taste in the selection of all mIusiali
tipotsitions. While the lldern rag
tiro has had its oitjectionahle fta
lires, the wotile all t hopitng 'frolllt this
t evolve a national tuaIsie which will
bo, ill klteeintg with the versatility of
tastes of the lation. The F'doration
of Musllic'al cllbs has laid iout systemn
atic' lturses of stuti e'ilctlatdtee l not
onlyl to he of dlltln tiltVe vallle hIt also
to encourage the de|elopVlent of origi
nail etoliposit iln iiamong the musicaltl
stiludent s of h cnlllin g g'tener'ation.
il''t preponderahlle of tyonme iutVsic
telalers over that of iien is even
greate'illr than of schni l tealchlers, aind
there aire 1 f girls receivinlg m slsitc!l]
educiation tfor ach loy. This naturailly
places American music ll'rgely in the
hmillits iof twtleilll, and tliliey i' work
ing to secure higher slutatdlrds for
\er'y cli;ss of AI.leri t'Hn Illtis . rhi.
I"detlerationl t of u ti.ail tluts has
Itranchies in every state. It is en
detitvoring to secut'lre Itws providing for
tiutiformt staluitards of i lualifiit'cation ftr
Ii.i'ie teachers. This tiln oily lie ace
colllished vby 'xinliintion anid the
grainting of .ertificates similar to
thtise ia'rd".tl to pul t lictt schoola tellti
iers. The fact that for getnerations it
has not It l Issible ' fir .rsons ito
give itUsicalt instruction in European
counlitries w\ithout ia propellr standard of
qualificationls, wthile in this country
tltlanyone 'wishilg to doti sto Ititty hang Out
a niusie teacher's sign w\ithotlt any
.rl'ttl-epart tion, is held to tie largely lr'
spolinsible for sot.e of the defects in
Anericatn itmusiical taste.
In Ohtio the Viuatetn's imustical or
ganizatiions halve uniited in formulating
a graded schedlule of musical work
suitable for school children from the
fourth to the eighth grades which has
been accepted by the Ohio Music
Teachers' association as suggestive of
the standllard if mlsic valulles to be die
sired in the schools. WVith this as a
foundation the grades of music
through the different school courses
can be systematized to the end of the
university course when the degree
doctor of music is awarded. fThe lack
of uniform standards is felt by every
advanced music student in the United
States, although unparalleled advance
in this respect has been made during
the past 10 years.
It is claimed that women have a
distinct field for their musical crea
tive faculties in the production of
simple, wholesome compositions for
children which will ,preserve the pur
ity of musical feeling. Carrie Jacobs
Bond of Chicago has become recog
nized as one of the most prolific
writers of children's music in the
world, and her simple little melodies
are known not only wherever the Eng
lish langguage is used, but some of
them have been translated into Ger
man, IFIrench and Italian. Another
young woman whose songs are being
well received in London and pther
English cities is Mrs. Estelle tVil
loughby Ions, a native of New Orleans.
Mrs. Ions has been especially happy in
the composition of musical melodies to
accompany poems which hold her
fancy. Her work is original in that
it follows none of the established
rulings regarding song compositions.
The hymns of Fanny Crosby, the blind
composer, are known throughout the
religious world, while Mary Elizabeth
Williams, who has been known among
evangelists as "the Jennie Lind of
Sacred Song," has rendered her name
well known by the two popular imelo
dies, "Glad Tidings" and "My
Mother's' Hands."
American women have won world
wide honors upon both the musical
and dranmatic stage, and despite the
comparatively short time in which the
American nation has been in position
to develop advanced attainment in
these arts, an American star now has
quite as mluch reason to hope for
recognition as has one of any other
nationality. There is no branch of
musical or dramatic art in which
women have not won enviable posi
tions as artists, and the number of
musical and dramatic compositions
fron at wollman's pen are increasing
each year.
Emma Abbott and Clara Louise Kel
logg were the first American women
to ,win success upon the musical stage,
and their talents and character made
the path easier for the feet of their
countrywlomen who followed. Miss
Kellogg ewas best known abroad, as
she sang in grand opera in all of the
,Imore important European capitals, I
achieving her most notable success in
ISt. Petersburg. Miss Kellogg was es
plecially gracious in her attitude to
wardl other American women of mu
sical ability, and many of them owe
their success to her. Miss Abbott was
her most notable protege. Miss Kel
logg attended a conceit given by Miss
Ablbott in Toledo, Ohio, and wais so
impressed with the quality of her
voice that she supplied the money for I
her to go to New York to study. Miss
Abbott gave mluch attention to re
ligious mlusic, and for several years I
received a salary of $1,500 a year in aI
church chloir. Afterward this church
raised the Inoney t~ .send her to
Etur, lpe, where she mu'ei t. successful '
tour extending over j'eVeral years. I
()nie of hetr close'st friends was the
Baroness Rothschild, who declared her
voice had a quality superior to that
or any singer in Europe at that period.
She organized an opera company inl
tAmericaL in 1876, and, like Miss Kel
logg, exerted every opportunity to help
other American girls to musical suc
cess.
MalldcuItt Lillian Nordica, whose devo
tion to the auset' of women is now\
bringing her into the public limelight I
in a tCew role, is one of the American
"vtwomen singers lwho has become be
loved both in America and Europe,
She always is proud of, her nationality,
and no favor received at the hands of
royalty gave her so tmuch real pleas
ure as the' diamond tiara presented to
her by her own Itluntrymen in the
M1cetropolitan olpera lihouse a few years
ago, after hler return roam a European
tour in which she hait won unex
celletl honiors. IMaldarn Nevada, who is
a Californian by birth, won her great
est sullccess in London and Paris, al
though she W\\as well received through
out Europe, while Geraldine Farrar, a
young'r stat', \whose career may hardly
Ie said to hl.iV11 fairly begun, made her
debut in I'erlin w(itll unrivalled suc
cess in the rule of Marguerite in
"l.aust." aliss Farrar has been a
mlemlber of the Metropilitan Opera
co'mIHny of New Y'orl since 1906, al
tlhough she halis had sveeral successful
E'lUlo(lt0.n( tlours in tlh' meantime.
'The first relally rtIt.. American ac
tress \vas CIhaIrlotte c'ushman, who as
ilredI to thI opleralti, stage and took
Ip drallatic t\worlk \1l0en her voice
faihdl, Ipartly, it is bolieved, from im
Iprorlr tr:aining. Her' first appearance
(was as Lady Miltcl)cth in New' Orleans
i 1s(36, wlhen that sullthern city rep
I'r-s5'ntedt its highest lartistic and liter
i'ry devehlolllent. Aftlrtward. she came
1to New York and played many parts,
Iher Ist Ibeing gentrI lly conceded to
Ihave bIteeI Meg lMerilles. Her debut in
London mnade in thit late sixties, was
',ltllrtluncted tile greattst success on
thle boards of in lE.nlalish theater for
111half 1 century. Mary Anderson
.\aI\al'ro, tilnown to IllnIy of her coun
try te'olle as "tulr Own Mary,"
sought the advice o(f (tharlotte Cush
Ilmlin 'bef'lle bieginnilng her dramnlatic
carie(r, which was un unprecedented
suIcetss until at the height ,of her
lI'llievelilent sihe w'ithdrew froml the
stlge for thile hlatlpinllss of w'ifehood
and Illotherhoiod. AltlhIugh now a resi
tient oIf Englandtl, Mtary Anderson' al
[ways hats beec loyal to her native
lllnll, atdl in private life takes an ac
tile interest in any yioung American
alIt r'ess \\h'lit ('oles tt England. Amlong
tih: .Atnerican wolntil of today who
aIre Ikuno\wn both in Europe and\ in
Amelrica for their dra11matic genius are
the El.lliott sisters, lMaxine and Ger
trude, Ethel Barrytttore and Julia
Marlrowe, although sc res of others
hIave received honolrable distinction.
Other actresses of tlequal ability feel
that their own country is large enough
to affolrd them full scope for their tal
ents, and their work is confined al
Inost entirely to the Amlerican stage.
Maiude Adams is fretluently' referred
to as the most poluhril actress in
America, and her loyality to her own
Illndl is doultless partiailly the reason
for her popularity. Thie wide range of
characters which she has taken since
she made her debut as a nine-months
old baby in "The Lost Child," give ex
cellent proof of the versatility of her
art. Miss Adams is the daughter of
Annie Adams, one of the justly cele
brated actresses of a past generation.
Mrs. Fiske is another actress who
seems satisfied with the honors of her
own coutltry. She 'began her theat
rical career at the age of 13, and was
well known all over the United States
by her maiden name of Minnie Mad
dern. She married Harrison Gray
Fiske in 1890, and retired from the
stage for four years, reappearing in
"Hester Crewe," a play written .by her
husband. Since then she has been
playing almost continuously, having
an exceptionally large repertoire. She
is a successful stage manager, as well
as actress, and directed most of her
,productions given at the Manhattan
theater while her husband was its
manager.
Mrs. Fiske is also the author of a
number of plays, "The Light From St.
Agnes" having been her greatest suc
cess. She collaborated with her hus
band in the writing of "Fontenelle."
There are comparatively few women
as yet who have achieved much nota
ble success in play writing, chiefly be
cause the feminine creative spirit
seem still undeveloped. Mrs. Burnett
has had much success from a finan
cial standpoint, but most of her plays
have first become well known as .suc
cessful novels.
(Tomorrow-jThe Modern Woman.
XXIX.-Women in Painting and
Sculpture.)
BROWER SAYS NO
Editor, Missoullan:-In The Daily
Missoulian of April 18 and 19 appeared
editorials commenting on a bill passed
by the last legislative assembly au
thorizing the issuing of free trans
portation by railroad companies to leg
islative, judicial and executive officers.
It was stated in these editorials that
Henley of Missoula was the only mem
ber of the house who voted against
the enactment of this law and that
he and Drinkard of Fergus were the
only members of the house who had
not made alpplication for a pass.
In order that a wrong impression
may not be obtained by the reading of
these editorials I wish to state that
I do not believe in giving to one man
a special privilege which is denied an
other, nor do I believe that one man
should ride free and the other be
compelled to pay his fare. I do not
believe that legislative, judicial or ex
ecutive officers should accept from
individuals or corporations favors
which might place them under obli
gation to that individual or corpora
tion.
Acting upon these principles I voted
against the installation of a telephone
in the house and the free use thereof
by members. I also voted against the
giving of free railroad transportation
to officials.
I have not made application to the
secretary of state or to any railroad
official or company for free trans
portation as provided by the law passed
at the last session, nor do I intend to
do so,, and in as mnuch as I was in
strumental in putting through the
house a full-crew law I do not antici
pate that any will be offered, and I as
sure you that it would not be ac
cepted. I remain
Respectfully yours.
A. J. BROWER.
Ronan, April 19, 1913.
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POLSON NEWS
PoIson, April 21.-(Special.)-J. R.
Rowland of Seattle. representing the.
firm of Rowland, Thomas, McGowan
& Co., of that city, was in Poison on
his way to Kalispell. Mr. Rowland
has been employed by the city of
Kalispell to audit the books for the
last fiscal year.
G. R. M. Strltzel, formerly of the
luml)e.r firm of Stritzel-Spaberg Lum
her company, left on the steamer
Klondike Friday on an extended trip
through southern Oregon, Washington
and western Canada. Mr. Stritzel
recently sold his lumber interests here
to Mr. Marsh, formerly of the Dewey
Marsh Lumeber company.
Mr. Lawrence, the representative of
The Missoulian, was in Polson this
week.
City Engineer Louis K. Pool left
yesterday for Townsend, Mont., being
called to that city to superintend some
improvement work that is being done
thelje. Mrs. Pool will follow her hus
bant1 the latter part of April. They
will return to PoIson when Mr. Pool's
work in Townsend is completed.
Mr. and Mrs. G. S. Kays of Fort
Scott, Kans., arrived in Poison last
week. Mrs. Kays is the, daughter of
Mr. and 'Mrs. L. Holding and a sister
,of Captain Holding and Mrs. S. C.
Bibee. Mr. Kays will be employed
by the News Publishing company,
having closed out his printing business
in Fort Scott to come here.
Charlie Dowell, son of Mr. and Mrs.
C. L. Dowell, surprised his parents by
"dropping in on them" without notice.
Charlie spent the, winter in Indian
apolis and other eastern points.
IManagers of the News Publishing
company are very busy getting the big
press and other machinery ready for
business. The News company has
procured the Pipes building on Third
street and it is being remodeled for
their convenience. The management
of the company hopes to have the
plant in operation by the first of
May. When the new plant is in op
eraption Polson will 'have two well
equipped printing plants.
The rush season is on .at the.docks
since navigation opened the 15th of
April. The merchants of Poison are
well pleased to get their spring stocks
in. Th'i first' hlnt to arrive at the
docks this year was the steamer Big
Fork, which docked at the Poison
wharf about 7 o'clock a. m. Tuesday,
April 15.
The M. A. Maher construction gang
has begun active operation on the
reclamation work south of Poison.
Mr. Maher has been engaged in the
logging camps near Kalispell during
the winter and is now on the work
here for the summer.
Workmen are busily engaged in re
moving the. old buildings from the lot
recently purchased by Mr. Matravis
for a creamery site. Mr. Matravis
will begin at once to erect a brick
building for his creamery plant. This,
the latest enterprise to ,be procured
for Poison, will be a 'boon to the
farmers of this vicinity.
The chamber of commerce held a
very ,busy session Saturday afternoon
at the office, of A. B. Blckford, during
which the opening of some new roads
leading into Poison, was the main Is
sue under discussion. The signature
of the last man who owns land
through which the proposed road
along the lake. shore east of town
runs, has been procured and that road
as well as one over the hill south of
Polson is practically assured, the
county commissioners of Flathead
county having assured the people of
Polson that they will buildi the roads
as soon as the right of way was ob
tained.
The new tug belonging to the
Dewey Lumber company is being
rushed to completion, five or six work
men being employed to finish the boat.
When completed the boat will be. the
best of its kind on the lake.
MYSTERY IN DEATH.
Pendleton, Ore., April 21. -Mystery
surrounds the (death of ',o7rge W.
Swarthout, whose, bod was found
yesterday on the bank of the Columbia
river above the bridg' at Pasro,
Wash. A bullet entered the left eye
and emerged at the left temple. It
is reported an unidentified man told
people in Pasco he heard a shot Sat
urday night. The authorities cannot
locate this man. Swarthout was an
extra fireman on the Northern Pacific
railway. He was 27 years ohl. The
body will be brought to l'cntdleton for
interment.
GRAIN STEAMER SINKS.
Milwaukee, Apitii 2l,--The. `stesfoerr
Uganda, grain-laden, bound for M1"il
waukee to Buffalo, sank in Lake
Michigan Sunday night, near the
straits of Mackinaw after having been
crushed in the ice, according to infor
mation brought here today by the
crew of the Anna C. Minch. The
Uganda's crew, consisting of 22 per
sons, was rescued. The Uganda was
one of the largest wooden boats on the
lake.