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The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-12-19

modate the demand. Every club IN
Gown added a bowling alley to It's equip
ment; clubs were formed IN neirIy all
the large wholesale houses, and the
game grew by leaps and bounds until
there are now thirty leagues in the city,
each composed OF eight clubs, with an
average membership Of fifteen
This by no means represents rven ap-
proximately the number Of bowlers In
Chicago any more than the membership
Of the cycling clubs a few years ago
aggregated the number OF riders In
town There are hundreds Of enthusi-
astic bowIers who are seen nightly on
the public alleys who have nc incIina-
ton TO join clubs. and there are half a
hundred clubs which are not associated
with any Of the leagues.
The game is very popular among
women, and there are thousands OF
women players. but, strangely enough,
there are no women in the clubs athli-
ated In the various leagues. nor is there
a league Of women's clubs. although al
most a dozen leagues could be formed
from the clubs composed exclusively Of
women. On one North Side alley alone
six women's clubs bowl weekly, each
club having an afternoon assigned on
which il leases the alleys. The Won
ans Athletic Club. the swell organiza-
ton on Michigan avenue, has organ
lied six teams, which play three games
a week for ten weeks. at the end OF
which time individual trophies are pre-
scented to those holding the highest
scores
The amount Of money invested in the
game in this city and the mount spent
weekly by the thousands Of enthusiasts
mounts away up into the thousands. In
the first place there are probably 5000
players connected with the various
clubs. Their club dues alone will aver
age 81 a month each. 50 $1,000 is turned
into the club treasures every month.
In addition TO that. players on league
alleys are charged n fee Of 80 cents a
night for the USE Of the alleys. the mon
ey going toward the expense OF service
and maintenance. and there is another
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-12-19

large sum Of money. rs every alley in
Chicago is almost constantly in use.
The go public alleys N the city take
in an average Of 500 per day. calculat-
ed at current rates for the use Of the
alleys. In addition TO these sums many
players have an individual outfit, con-
sisting of a ball. a bag in which TO car
~ it and special shoes. which total
about IS in cost and last about a year.
Game Is Costly.
In private clubs the construction OF
two alleys costs about 5000. a set OF
pins, which last about three months
cost IS, and a set Of a dozen balls cost
about $40. About SEQ a year must be
paid for cleaning and scraping the al
legs. 50 a month for material and IS to
$40 a week for boys to set up pins, and
other employees. OF course these figures
are vastly increased in a public alley,
which is in use at all times and where
many more employees are required.
However, it is a safe estimate that
more than 100000 a year is now spent
on bowling in Chicago.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-12-19
onehec Water Power.

It Is doubtful whether any section OF
the world possesses water power to
such an extent, both in number and
volume Of the c~ataraets, as does the
province Of Quebec. One hardly knows
which TO admire most. the scenic beau
" or the commercial possibilities. one
frequently finds several rivers joining
and making a combination Of steep.
tumultuous ~cataracts at a single point.
producing 4 wild and impressive pic
mre. The foaming waters have marble
Ike markings which are constantly
changing, and the rugged settings are
high rocks and fringes Of spruce trees.
1t is the spruce trees shat suggests the
most convenient utilization Of the wa
ter power at hand in the manufacture
of pulp.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-12-19
GROWTH OF BOWLING
ANCIENT GAME HAS HAD A MAR
Vicious SPREAD.
Half Decade Ago First LeaKne Wa
Formed ia ~chicaRo-Ssw There Are
Thirty Leagues In the City, with
Many Members.

Nothing more remarkable has occur
red in the world Of indoor sports in the
history Of Chicago. says the Chronicle,
than the growth Of interest in bowling
In five years it has sprung from a
sleepy. old-world pastime. in which Rip
Van Wrinkle, Joined in the Kaatskills, 10
a bustling game in which at least 3d.
900 in this city are Intensely interested
and on which thousands Of dollars are
spent every day. Five years ago the
first bowling league was started in Chi
cagO. To-day there are thirty leagues,
including 24O clubs. and at least fifty
independent clubs Of male members
and seventy-fve wOmen's clubs which
are not affiliated with leagues or asso-
Citations. Five years ago there were
probably bali a dozen alleys in Chicago
OF regulation size and make on which
AN expert bowler could exercise his
skill. To-day there are more than go
alleys in the city. each one a dream Of
perfection from a bowler's standpoint.
In 1898 there were between thirty
and forty independent bowling clubs in
Chicago. composed mostly Of Germans
who had inherited a love for the old
I game and scattered from RayenswoOd
to Roseland- The average Chicagoan
knew practically nothing about the
game and referred to it as either mine
pins or ten pins when he now and
then saw a team Of bOwlers rolling the
balls. The alleys varied in length anc
width. II the building vas ten fee
shorter than a regulation alley tbs
alley constructed was ten feet short.
4 trio of enthusiastic bowlers in /;
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-12-19

North Side club discussed the POSSIBLE
ity Of organizing some of the clubs into
a league to further interest in the game
and add the novelty Of interclub match
es. Not the most sanguine of the group
dreamed OF the possibilities underlying
that simple effort to unite the scattered
bowling clubs Of the city. Not one OF
them dared to hope that there would be
an interest in the game engendered
which would result in the formation OF.
hundreds of clubs in Chicago. in the in
staIling Of alleys IN the second, third
and fourth floors Of downtown build
ings and in the Investment Of thou
sands Of dollars in bringing the APP
pointments Of the alleys up to date. all
within five years. Yet that was the out
come OF that casual conversation re-
garding the formation Of a bowling
league.
Growth Is Phenomenal.
The growth Of the game was rapid
after the start had been made by the
formation Of that old league. But, new
~ertheless. 1t far Outstripped the hopes
Of the most enthusiastic bowler. In the
next year a dozen other leagues were
formed and matches were played con-
stantly. The keepers Of big billiard
rooms began TO wake up to the posi-
bilities Of the game and constructed
modern regulation alleys in the down
town district, where they could catch
the trade" Of ambitious bowlers eager
to practice in their spare time and IN
able TO reach their club alleys, located
in outlying parts Of the city. People
who had never handled a bowling ball
became interested when they ven 70
billiard halls and. passing the alleys,
saw earnest men striving to knock
down the ~inOffensive pins. They watch
ed a while and then took a hand"
and after that they were infected with
the enthusiasm,
About two years ago the boom in
bowling began to take on proportions
which attracted attention from even
those who had been inclined to sheer at
it as an "old mans game" which prop
erly belonged on Bowling green
among the first settlers OF New Amster-
dam. They realized that a game which
could interest and hold so many hun
dreds Of people must have something in
it. and the alleys steadily increased in
number, but were still unable to accom-
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-12-19

The largest quartz crystal known is
that found by ]. Z. Burton in a mine in
C~alaveras County. California. 1t is re-
ported to be IL feet : inches in circum-
ference. 4 feet > inches in diameter. 3
feet 6 inches wide and , feet > inches
high. and to weigh over 1900 pounds.
1t is thought that a large point in the
center would cut a pure ball of crystal
from u to Il inches in diameter.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-12-19
Her New scheme.

Wife-There, dear. Here are all the
magazines, here's whisky and soda,
and a box Of your favOrite cigars and
the papers. II you want anything, just
ring the bell.
Husband-what on earth is the mat.
teri
Nothing 1 merely wanted to make
your home as club-like as possible
Brooklyn Life.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-12-19
Cool Place.

Have you noticed what a cool breeze
comes out of a bank when you pass its
doors? l wonder why it is"
That's easy. 1t comes from the cold
cash stored in its vaults-"-Philadel-
pbia Bulletin.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-12-19

When q man writes TO another rtan.
asking a loan or other favor. he ad-
dresses him as Hon"
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-12-19

Though familiarity may not breed
contempt. it takes or the edge Of ad-
miration.-Hazlitt.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-12-19
CHAPTER VII.

Sheriff Cobb, when he had taken Robert
Campbell into custody, was thoroughly
satisfied that the young man was the
banker's murderer. or that there can
be no doubt, but it is also certain that
Evening journal., 1901-03-06
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF

Persons interested in the proposed
new fire company for East Lake are
making an efforet TO obtain the char
ter OF the old Brandywine Engine Com
pany.
Work Is being pushed rapidly on
the new building for the Delaware
Hospital.
Owing to the work on new rail-
way lines, the streets in Wilmington
are in q worse condition than they
have been for a number Of years.
Members OF the Delaware Fire
Company will test the new water tower
On Saturday near Lca's mills ON the
Brandywine.
Members Of the Delaware Fire
Company are making arrangements
for trip to Niagara Falls in Noyem-
ber.
On Friday evening the Sunday school
Of the First Presbyterian Church will
give reception to the entire congregation
Of the church.
On May the baseball season will
open in this city when the Brownson club
will put strong team in the field.
The British steamer Aurcole entered
this port yesterday to load with oil.
flames Stewart, 10 years OF age, is
suffering from injuries received by being
impailed on a fence.
"A new map has been placed in the
Office OF United States Commissioner S
Redmond Smith, in the Federal Building
Owing to the illness of Police Com.
missioners William NJ. Pyle and A
j. Halt, there was no meeting of tn,
commission last evening
Santa Marin Council. knights of Co
lumbus, is installing a noiseless bowin.
alley.
Samuel II. Storey died near Greenhil
yesterday, aged Sc years.
| Anniversary exercises of the Afro
American League were held in Bantum'
Han last evening
In Philadelphia on Monday night tn
Germantown I NJ. &. A. defeated tn
West End basketball team by the scor
of So to "a.
The local corps of the Salvatio
Army was reinforced last evening by th
singing brigade.
On the farm of Former Unite
2 States Marshal Henry c. Mahaffy
Jersey cow gave birth to twins o
+ Saturday
-Patrolman James Edwards has T,
ceived a sword from James Lyons, {
, the Sixteenth United States Infantr.
now stationed in Manila.
"A stray horse, without even br
die, leisurely strolled out West Fourt
' street yesterday.
Evening journal., 1901-03-06
COURT TO HAVE
NEW MEMBERS
CONTINUED From First Page).

tricting Of the city Of Wilmington. with
Market street as the dividing line. was
unfair in point OF voting
population. The Republicans and Union
Republicans said nothing in reply,
but contented themselves with casting
a block OF nine votes for II. and Presi-
dent Pro Tenn. Ellison declared it pass
ed. Governor Hum will appoint the
two new members of the Levy Court.
GREEN HAS BEEN APPOINTED.
Secretary Of State Layton entered
the Senaue chamber yesterday after
noon and presented for confirmation
the name OF Charles Green to be a
constable In and for New Castle cOun
ty, TO reside in Brandywine hundred.
Il Is said that Mr.. Green will be a.
tached TO Magistrate Hollis Office.
RAILROAD TAX BILLS REFERRED
Having passed the House, the several
amended railroad tax bills were given
their first and second readings in the
lSenate yesterday afternoon, and wore
sent 10 the Committee on Corporations
which will report then favorably. sen.
ator Knox Will handle them N com.
mittce and on the floor. The Addick.
men may spring an amendment TO th,
Delaware railroad bill, as they did IL
the liJuse, but it will not prevail, j.
they do. II is the present iAtont.un tI
put the bills on their passage s5in'
limt to-day.
LIFE CERTIFICATES FOR IEACH
ERS.
Despite the cbject'on o. senate
Hurt. who declared that Il wOull low
erShc standard of the Delaware schoc
lteackers, the House bill providing iif
certificates for teachers who nav
served ten consecutive years passe
the Senate yesterday afternoon by
vote Of 10 to 3. those voting against !
being Senators Farlow, Hart an
Slaughter. The bill was reported fa
lvorably by Senator Abbott, with a
amendment correcting a clerical error
Afterwards a lawyer, at the request &
! Senator Abbott, took Off the correctly
. amendment and wrote the correctio
In on the face OF the bill. Senate
Blakely resented this. saying that
was a House bill, and should not b
corrected excepting in amendator
/ form. The bill was recOmmitted. an
b fixed up. Later IL was reported fs
vorably with an amendment and pas.
+ ed. Senator Blakely declined to vot
Evening journal., 1901-03-06
Died

.LYSINGER.-In this city, on March 4.
1901, Mary l.. Lysinger, wife of Frank =.
l.ysinger, In her 18th year
Relatives and friends of the family
and members Of the ID. of A., No. l. are
respectfully invited to attend the funeral
services. at the German Baptist Church.
fhth ana Walnut streets. on Friday af-
ternoon at 2.l5. lnterment at Lombardy
Cemetery.
HlCKEY.-At Ashland, Del, on March
], 1901, Daniel Hickey, aged 20 years.
LYNCH.-In this city. on March ., 1871.
Deborah G. Lynch, wife OF David II.
Lynch.
MuNpY-In this city, on March T. 1901,
Patrick Mundy Sr
NICHOLSON this city. on March A..
1901, Harry d. Nichols. aged p years.
PIERCE-In this city, on February 2S,
1901, Elmer Il. Pierce i'm his 2Sth year.
Evening journal., 1901-03-06
wnl Hold All ;ay AIeetlng

The Wilmington Auxiliaries OF the
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
will hold an all-day service in connee.
ton with the second quarterly meet.
ing in Harrison Street, toner.
row, at 10 and 2 O'Clock
Mrs. H. G. Appenzeller, one OF oui
Korean missionaries. is expected to b,
present and deliver an address
Ladies are requested TO bring lunch
Young peoples rally at 7.30 O'Clock
An interesting program has been pro
vided
Evening journal., 1901-03-06
Areo-AmerIcans to Celebrate

Beginning tonight Afro-American
League. No. ., will give its first ami
versary and Spring opening. It will be
held in Bantum's Hall, No Ills East
Fourteenth street, and will continue
two nights.
Evening journal., 1901-03-06
Bicycle Club Fair, March Il to %.
Idberty Company Elects omcers

Members Of the Liberty Fire Com
pany have elected the following Off
cers for the ensuing year: John j.
Biggans, president; John p Welsh
vice-president; NJ. F. Cannon. secre-
tary; John May, treasurer; John j.
Biggans. John p. Welsh, NJ. F.. Can
non, Thomas Manion, Hugh Wallace
trustees; Mark Fahey, John p. Welsh
John ]. Biggans, Hugh Wallace. Jere-
miah OToole. Thomas Manion and
Simon +. Moran, directors; John j
3iggans, John p. Welsh. James +. Me-
Hugh, Investigating Committee; John
p. Welsh, fire recorder; James Dough.
erty, engineer and driver.
Evening journal., 1901-03-06

$500 First Glass, $3.50, Second Glass
70 Pittsburg, via Baltimore s. Ohio
r.. II.
Tickets at the above rates are sold
from Wilmington, good only on Pitts.
burg Limited Express, leaving Delaware
avenue station daily at 1016 D. m
Through sleepers from Wilmington tC
Pittsburg. Train arrives Pittsburl
S55 a. m.
Evening journal., 1901-03-06
HOUSE ROUTINE
HOIrer-AtORNTNc srssro,

HOUsE-MORNING SESSION.
Net at 1850 o'clock
PRAYER by the chaplain.
Roll called
keadlng Of the journal dispensed with.
Ad0pted-Resolufion offered bv Mr
ltoicomb, appropriating s21S 7G 10 the
Nowmittee on Elections. to defray the
COST or the Learned-Scotten contest; re-
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-10-29
EDITORIAL NOTES.

We believe that the price of cot
ton will advance soon. Crop oondi-
= ditions warrant this belief, and it is
strengthened by the dispatch from
London which appears on the next
page.
Speaking of the article Don't Use
Big Words" printed on page 5, we
wrote "This old friend is again
going the rounds of the press" O IT
printer has madei it, "This old fend, ="
etc. Perhaps fend is a better word.
'Everywhere on the streets we hear
the Fair s"wide-o open policy severely
condemned. II have not before been
on the side of the moralists in this
matter said a well-known Raleigh
man Wednesday right, "but the con-
dition of affairs this year is appall-
ing"
From nearly every section of the
State comes the report that farmers
have harvested larger quantities of
hay this season than ever before
This is indeed encouraging. North
Carolina lands rank high in hay pro
d~uotiOD, and there ia not much rea
son in killing North Carolina grass
all summer and paying high prices
for Western hay in winter.
We regret that owing to the press
of other matter we are unable 20 give
. fuller report of the meeting of the
North Carolina Presbyterian Synod
in Charlotte. Perhaps the most i'm
portant work done was the call of
DR.. J W. Stage as field secretary of
the twentieth century movement.
The Synod is very enthusia tic in
this matter, and it is expected that
$500, 900 will be raised for North
Carolina Presbyterian schools with
in a year.
Hon. Josiah Turner, aged 80 year,
died Saturday in Hillsbcro Fe (
men have rendered ouI State greater
service than he. Absolutely fearless
and inoorruptible, his record az edi-
tor of The Raleigh Sentinel during
the dark days of reconstruction
should have won him greater honors
while he lived, and should row keep
his memory green through the years
TO O me-. a more extended notice f
bic ~.rnn a. I'll ln nT-n- - 1v7- -1-%
issue
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-10-29
WHAT FOR 4

It is argued, and with much show
of reason, that where the production
of grain per acre is as low as in this
State, wheat is more valuable as a
hay crop than as a grain crop. Those
OF our farmers whose supply Of stock
food is short should SOW Il few acres
for 5he purpose of testing this Idea
next sgring, when ali kinds of feed
Will doubtless be bringing high
prices. Farm and Ranch has this to
say upon the subject Sowing
wheat for hay is becoming quite
popular in some parts, bus most
farmers will continue to raise wheat
for the grain, worth on an average
about $40 per acre, rather than cut
a half ton of hay from the
ground, worth SIS ger ton, or $3.50
per acre. It takes 8, me people a long
time to 'catoh en- to things even
when they see them every day"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-10-29

citation, says the letter, have already
nearly equalled the investment, and
the farmers have been getting sew
eral cents a bushel more for their
wheat than the syndicates would
have paid. This last gain from the
co perative experiments has been q
frequent one, ever where the exper.
iment has shown no direct profits.
In fact, the mere fear that the farm.
ers will organize to handle their own
crops has often served to moderate
the demands of the private compa-
MES .-New York Outlook.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-10-29
LAST WEEKS MEETING OF COTTON
GROWERS.

The meeting of the "North Caro-
lima Cotton Farmers State Assooia-
ton held in this city last Wednes-
day night resulted in the elimination
of the word COTTON from it's title
and the launching of a new farmers
organization. The. meeting was not
nearly so we'll attended as that held
here September 18th to discuss the
cotton seed question. President R.
II. Speight presided. Secretary
Parker reported that several county
organizations had been formed as a
result of the call issued by the Sep
TENDER meeting.
The preamble and statement of
general purposes of the new organi-
zation (which we expect to publish
next week. do not differ materially
from those of the Farmers Alliance.
One of the special objects of the As
ISOLATION is thus set forth: "Believ
ing that the value of cotton seed and
their products have not been fully
realized, we especially invite expert
mental and scientific research to
bring out their many uses and to add
to their value, commercially, al a
food and as a fertilizer"
The Constitution, briefly stated, is
as follows: All persons interested
in agriculture are eligible to men,
bership. New members must sign
a pledge to conform to the rules
and requirements" of the Associa-
ton and pay all dues until their
names are stricken from the roll.
Dues are 30 cents per year. County
and township organizations are pro-
vided for, the former to meet quar-
terly and the latter monthly, with
an annual State meeting to be held
in Raleigh.
The officers elected at the cotton
growers meeting in September were
continued in Office, the only change
being the election of Col. j. B.
Grimes TO succeed Mr.. Hector No
Lean on the Executive Committee.
This Executive Committee was in
structed to push the work of local
organization.
The next meeting of the Associa-
ton will be held in Raleigh, January
14th, 1902, as z 80 p. m.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-10-29
RURAL FREE DELIVERY IN NORTH
CAROLINA.

In this State, the interest in rural
free delivery of mails Is daily grow
ing st onger Within the last three
or four moths, a remarkably large
number of applications fer the estab-
lishment of routes have been for
warded to the POstofice Department,
and many other routes will doubt
less be laid of this winter.
The Raleigh Posts Washington
corr respondent reports that applica-
tions from this State are now pend
ing, 81 follow: From F rst district,
none Second, l; Third, s; Fourth,
81 Fifth, - Sixth, IS Seventh, %
Eighth, 33 Ninth, 81.
Thirty two roUtes are now in
operation in the State, with head.
quarters at the following offices
Greenville, 1 carriers; Grifton; 3
Clinton, l Smithield, l; Raleigh, 3
Oxford, 2; Charlotte, l Wilmington
1; Monroe, l +; Gibson, l Lumberton
l; China Grove, 1; Asheville, 4
Mayyille, ?; St. Thomas, 2 {; Waspton
2; Boltineau, 1 Kindred, 1.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-10-29
The Thinkers.
SUCCESSFUL co. OPERATIOEIN KANSAS"

Correspondence OF The Progressive Farmer.
Perhaps the enclosed clipping,
Successful Co. operation in Kansas, !"
may be of interest to the readers of
THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER. 1t shows
what has been done by the ''pioneers
of CO. operation" in Kansas, and how,
by the cute strategy of the Solomon
farmers elevators, it got into three
syndicate elevators, is very refresh.
ing, proving that the town of Solo
mon has an appropriate name.
U. B. GwYNN.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-10-29
. THE INDUSTRIAL AND EDUCATION

$500
al INTERESTS. OF OUR PEOPLE PARA
aoUNT TO ALL OTHER CONSIDERATIONS
OF STATE POLICY, is the motto of The
Progressive Farmer, and upon this
platform it shall rise or fall. Serving
40 master, ruled by no faction, cir
subscribed by no selfish or narrow
policy, it's aim will be to foster and
promote the best interests of the
whole people of the State. 1t will be
irue to the instincts, traditions and
history of the Anglo-Saxon race. On
ell matters relating specially TO the
great interests it represents, it will
speak with no uncertain voice, but
will fearlessly the right defend and
impartially the wrong condemn. =
From Col. Folks ~Salutatory, Feb.
10. 1885