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NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
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VOLUME 5. NUMBER 31 
SATURDAY, AUG. 3, 1907. 
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August, and the height of the 
season! A few short weeks and the 
summer visitors will begin to depart ; 
the summer will be gone and the 
beauties of the shore will begin to 
fade. But now everything is at its 
best, and better than it has ever been 
before. Each year finds the North 
Shore more charming and more at- 
tractive. Especially in the way of 
drives has the North Shore been im- 
proved in recent years and this is as it 
should be for there is no. greater asset 
toa summer watering place than the 
number and beauty of its driveways. 
During the past year a new drive- 
way has been constructed from Forest 
street, Manchester, to the Magnolia 
station, and another is now in process 
of construction from Forest street to 
Haskell’s pond at West Gloucester, 
while many others are being talked of. 
A feature which is particularly attrac- 
tive to many, is the fact that from 
some of these new roadways automo- 
biles are excluded, thus making driv- 
ing more pleasant and safe. 
Rarely will one find greater natural 
beauties than on our own North 
Shore, and in no way can these beau- 
ties be made the means of enjoyment 
and pleasure to visitors and also to 
those who make their homes here 
than by the opening up of new drives 
through the picturesque spots where 
nature may be seen at her best. 
THE SIREN’S VOICE 
Booming over 
Sea and land 
The Siren’s voice is heard; 
Warning good ships 
Off the rocks, 
Saving them from harm and loss. 
Through the fog and rain 
The friendly Siren calls again. 
In ancient story 
The Siren sang 
But to destroy ; 
And men forgot 
The jagged rock 
And foaming seas, 
In listening to the melody. 
The Siren combed 
Her golden locks, 
And sitting in the 
Sun she sang. 
The ship and cargo 
Strewed the sand, 
The bones of men 
Are bleaching there. 
Our Siren sings ‘‘ beware.” 
A. W. CHAMBERS. 
Affliction sore 
Long time we bore, 
Petitions were in vain. 
Tho’ we bewail 
The fearsome wail 
We cannot ease the pain. 
If Cabot Lodge 
Won’t do the trick 
Why not appeal to Crane? 
* A Cow in Distress ” 
The following on the siren whistle 
appears in the “Listeners” column of 
the Boston Transcript: To the 
Listeners: Dear Sir—TI should say 
that this new horn has been in use 
fully a quarter of the time—four 
weeks—which we have spent at a 
point half way between Magnolia and 
Gloucester. 
It resembles the lowing of a cow in 
distress (I honestly thought it was 
one at first) and I have always con- 
sidered that the most hideous of 
known sounds—sufficiently unpleasant 
at this distance—perhaps 12 miles— 
it must be extremely trying at short 
range. 
If a whistle is needed, very well ; 
but I do not find the authorities justi- 
fied in inflicting needless suffering 
upon all residents within a radius of 15 
miles. (We are not the limit by any 
means). 
For a noise need not be hideous (al- 
though we might easily think it, so 
little attention is usually given to this 
important matter.) The heavy bell 
at Eastern Point, only a mile away, is 
sweet, if melancholy. The very heavy 
whistle at the Cape Ann Anchor 
Works was until recently a fine musi- 
cal note, near or far. The monster 
bell at Bruges is a delight however 
near. The North Shore should not 
be at the mercy of a despairing cow. 
. H.M 
Breeze advertising pays. 
Motor Boat Race 
The first motor boat race under the 
auspices of the Manchester Launch 
club was held Thursday afternoon 
and was a success in every way. 
There was a goodly number of en- 
tries in both the dory and launch 
classes, and the race was closely 
contested. 
The race was for four handsome 
cups offered by Wm. A. Tucker of 
the Manchester summer colony,—two 
for each class. The course was trian- 
cular in shape, covering a distance of 
10 miles. The start was from a line 
off Glass Head up the shore to and 
around Little Haste pole, thence 
south by east to Satan’s ledge and 
home. The handicaps were arranged 
from the results of the race held on 
the Fourth of July, and were satisfac- 
tory taken as a whole. Unfortunately 
both the scratch boats did not finish. 
In fact, Hollis Roberts did not start 
in the dory class as he couldn’t get his 
engine to work. It is claimed that 
somebody tampered with the gasolene, 
putting water with it, the night before 
the race. Mr. Fenton’s fast launch 
had a clear victory in the other class, 
but before the race was over some- 
thing happened to the engine and she 
had to drop out. Stork Vincent won 
out by a fair margin, corrected time. 
By actual time he led the other boats 
in this class by about nine minutes. 
Charles Lovegreen was second. 
In the dory class R. L. Cheever 
and Louis O. Lations were the star 
performers. They were nip and tuck 
pretty nearly all the way around the 
course. Lations got away ahead of 
Cheever, but the latter picked up and 
when heavy sea was _ encountered 
gained the march a little. On the 
run home Lations run into some sea- 
weed which held him back a little. 
He crossed the line about a length 
behind Cheever. Baxter was_ less 
than a minute behind them. 
The summary : 
Dory Class 
Actual time Corrected time 
R. L. Cheever RES SEs 25 36 
Louis O. Lations 1 S153" ele 2oeoe 
Chas. Baxter 1 ss Oe 1 26-04 
Stanley Lutz 1 36 09 1 28 06 
Roger Putnam 1-40 16 1 28 46 
A. C. Needham 1 8540 1 205g 
Hans Dahl 1- 38 20 1 32.220 
Lewis Leach 1 45 09 133-08 
Fred J. Merrill 1 53 50 1, SAT Soe 
Hollis L. Roberts didnot start | 
Launches 
Stork Vincent 57 09 46 389 
Chas. Lovegreen 1 06 05 47 35 
David Fenton Co. 1 06 16 47 46 
E. S. Bradley 1622 21 47 51 
Frank Barney 1 24 40 50 10 
H. S. Tappan 1 11 658 58 28 
E. P. Stanley 1 14 32 56 02> 
Duncan Smith Tep22 22 63 52 
David Fenton did not finish 
