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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1908
Page
9
North side motorboat owners, over fifty strong, unite with South Siders for river betterment. Abe Pittinger unveils a high horsepower craft to lead speed on Black river. Arch ie Mosher helps recruit, with a city landing planned and river clearing to boost motor boating this summer.
Robert Henry drives a 27 foot speed boat with four foot beam and 20 or 25 HP auto engine chosen in Chicago. Cora B. owned by Everette is 18 feet with a 4 HP Grey. Cooney uses an 18 foot craft with 2 HP Red Wing. Sidney Maine owns an 18 foot flat boat with 1 1/2 HP Close engine. Emma, Robert Taylor’s 18 by 4 1/2 foot boat with 2 1/2 HP Caillie motor runs about six miles.
The record lists several small craft and engine specs including Abe Pittinger’s 22 foot pleasure boat with a 4% foot beam and a 4 H P Benton engine, a 5 foot beam design with a concave propeller well for the H P Pederson engine, Frank James’ 18 foot flat bottom J S with a 2% H P engine, and Agnes the 16 foot boat owned by L L and S J Murphy with a 4% foot beam. Details note speeds from 5 to 25 miles per hour and design variations in hull shape and propulsion.
A list of local pleasure craft with owners and specifications. J. J. Bristow owns Ruth B a 27 foot launch with a 2 H. P. Detroit engine capable of eight miles. Leaser and Moore own Ma ble a 22 foot family model with a 6 H. P. Pederson engine about eight miles. Monitor owned by J. L. Briscon is 28 feet long four and a half beam with 12 H. P. Pederson engine at eighteen miles per hour. George Mossholder’s Pearl M is 28 feet long beam six feet and speeds fourteen miles with a 10 H. P. Pederson engine. George Phillips’ boat is 28 feet long beam six feet with an 8 H. P. Pederson engine and about thirteen miles. George Kingsley the game warden has a 20 foot boat with a four foot beam.
The excerpt lists several small boats and their engines. A beam and motor specify 2 H. P. Red Wing, speeds around 8 miles per hour. Clarence Hyde owns a small launch with 1 H. P. Close engine, about 7 mph. The Haakon, Matt Christenson’s boat, 18 feet long, 5 ft 8 in beam, 3 H. P. Chase engine, about 7 mph. Mr. Knuteson owns an 18-foot boat with an 8 H. P. Grey engine.
A 20 foot pleasure craft named Mr. Hammersbergs Lark is powered by a 3 horsepower Detroit engine.
The Vivian owned by H J Roth is a 16 percent foot vessel fitted with a 1 percent horsepower Detroit engine and reaches about seven miles per hour.
H. J. Roth, Jr. possesses an 18 foot boat powered by a 3 horsepower Detroit engine. The item notes the vessel and marine power details, highlighting the ownership.
The article notes La Crosse as a hub for boating activity with a launch trip from Trempealeau to the local levee taking about one and a half hours. It mentions the Graves engine, a power setup, and references the Olson-Hiscox boat among vessels discussed.
Maude is a 20 foot Racine model built by Racine Boat company with a 5 foot beam and a Gray engine from Detroit Engine company rated at 6 horsepower and 750 RPM. It reaches about 8 miles per hour. George Holtzhammer runs a pioneer flat-boat about 28 feet long with a 44% foot beam and an auto marine Cleveland Engine six horsepower two cylinder engine. The boat’s average speed is 7 miles per hour.
Albert Jamessen, Henry M. Rounce and Julius Storkerson own a 26 foot compromise style boat built by local craftsman Peterson. It features an 8 horsepower Brooks engine and a 10 mph average speed with seating for 25 people.
Nakomis, a 50 foot lake style pleasure craft owned by 8S. Y. Hyde, is among the largest in the area. Constructed by Racine Boat company, it features a 9 foot beam and is powered by a Lamb engine built by Lamb Engine company of Clinton, rated at 4 horsepower.
Nell teases Belle about a remark from a third party saying she looked quite herself again. Belle explains the speaker meant “old self” with emphasis on the adjective, implying a sharp edge to the compliment.
A health official endorses Grape-Nuts as a perfect food, recounting personal recovery from malnutrition and insomnia after combining it with cow’s milk. The letter praises the food’s science and invites readers to read The Road to Wellville while noting light humor about divorce and daily life.
The Motorboat club contemplates a river festival later this summer with regatta and entertainment committees led by Commodore Toeller. Possible Fourth of July celebration, parade of craft as battleships, and night river lights are proposed. Memorial Day picnic planned at Pettibone Park with transport for partygoers, but heavy Memorial Day commitments may delay. Muscatine Fourth launch regatta invites Las Cruces club to join Mississippi Power Boat Association. one Las Cruces boat to compete.
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