Treasure Hunt 2

I am cheating a bit. I had hoped to do the second Treasure Hunt with a certain picture, but my camera is refusing to let me take it. [Technology is not my strong point. Maybe nothing is.]

So I will recycle the last, unsolved hunt from Capitol City Cacophony with its first four clues.

This means that the picture was taken in Autumn 2003, but aside from the change of seasons, there should not be any changes which would confuse you.

The four clues that appeared then are listed below. In a few days I will add anther if needed.

Good luck to all!

Clue #1: People going up need support to get there;
it does not hurt to have support when going down, either.

Clue #2: Justice demands an equitable perspective.

Clue #3 Look for a park with a sheep in it

Clue #4. It is in the Tenth Ward. This may help those of you who remember where Saint Paul's wards are. If you don't, ask a cab driver.where the "North Long Hill" is. If you are a cab driver who knows his/her wards, you have just received two clues.

Clue #5. [2/17/08] Minimize confusion. Look down to your right. And if what you see is not public domain, please tell me.

Clue #6. [2/23/08]

Before the weather gets too hot
Let’s thicken this plot.
Think of the factors.
Signature roles for two actors,

There may be burning and there may be fight.
Wars are not wars and not always polite.
But in peacetime and war we need to meet.
Use this clue, but do not cheat.

And it won’t hurt to be covered.

Clue #7 [2/29/08]

Nason, Edmund, Wheeler, Englewood, Lafond, Lincoln
All streets. I know what you’re thinkin’
Guess the connection.
Remember the sheep.
You can win. The others can weep.

Clue #8 [3/7/08]

A farmer needed water and his pump would bring up nothing. He checked and found that his pump was not defective.

What did he need?

THE CLUES EXPLAINED

Clue #1: People going up need support to get there;
it does not hurt to have support when going down, either.
Newel posts can help give support using stairs. There is nothing really symbolic here about going up or down, just an allusion to one of the most ancient ways of actually going up or down, the stairway.

Clue #2: Justice demands an equitable perspective.
An “equitable perspective” is a “fair view.” Fairview Avenue runs alongside Newell Park. “Justice” also refers to Pierce Butler, a local lawyer who was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court.

Clue #3 Look for a park with a sheep in it
In the middle of “Newell” is the word “ewe.”

Clue #4. It is in the Tenth Ward. This may help those of you who remember where Saint Paul's wards are. If you don't, ask a cab driver.where the "North Long Hill" is. If you are a cab driver who knows his/her wards, you have just received two clues.

The Tenth Ward is the area of our city roughly west of Lexington and north of University Avenue. Some may have confused ‘ward” with “city council district” which is easy to understand since Council offices, web site, most news articles, and other things usually confuse the two. But the wards predate the way we elect our Council and show up in a variety of other legal contexts.

“North Long Hill” refers to that area of our city west of Lexington and north of Summit Avenue. It is a term used in the taxicab industry. There may be other historical context. Refer to my 2/18/08 post below.

Clue #5. [2/17/08] Minimize confusion. Look down to your right. And if what you see is not public domain, please tell me.

This refers to the map posted on the lower right of all CCM pages which is a map of Ward Ten.

Clue #6. [2/23/08]

Before the weather gets too hot
Let’s thicken this plot.
Think of the factors.
Signature roles for two actors,

There may be burning and there may be fight.
Wars are not wars and not always polite.
But in peacetime and war we need to meet.
Use this clue, but do not cheat.

And it won’t hurt to be covered.

One actor could be either Alan Alda or Donald Sutherland, for whom both Hawkeye Pierce could be labeled a signature roll. The other would be Clark Gable for whom the role of Rhett Butler could also be so labeled.

Pierce and Butler would refer to Pierce Butler Route on the northern side of Newell Park.

“Wars are not wars” refers to the Korean Conflict which was never really polite. “Not always polite” refers to the uncivil Civil War. These were the settings for the signature roles noted.

And it won’t hurt to be covered states what should be obvious in the picture, that it is a picture of a roof.

Clue #7 [2/29/08]

Nason, Edmund, Wheeler, Englewood, Lafond, Lincoln
All streets. I know what you’re thinkin’
Guess the connection.
Remember the sheep.
You can win. The others can weep.

The first letters of these streets spell “Newell.” There is a second reference to the “ewe” in “Newell.”

Clue #8 [3/7/08]

A farmer needed water and his pump would bring up nothing. He checked and found that his pump was not defective.

What did he need?

What he needed was a “new well.”

Thanks again to all who participated. The next hunt should be up around one of the St. Patrick’s Days.