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The St. Louis Republic., 1905-09-24
HAHN OF new YORK fil0HL LANDERS
BEST BATTER IN AMERICAN LEAGUE

Has Played but Twenty Games but Has Average Of
Willie Keeler Is Second With 31lstone in the Stylish Di
vision With 3OODonahue Leads the Pitchers in the Field
Carr Best First Baseman and Yeager Leader of Sborstops
Athletics Excel in Club Batting and Long Hits.
The St. Louis Republic., 1905-09-24
"RuBE'' WAOOElL MAY NOT PITCH
IN GAMES TO DECIDE CHAMPIONSHIP

Ecn Twirer Declares His Arm Very Lame and From Pres
Indications He May Never Tw Again-Excing
Athletics and SOx for Leadership American
Lague-Advahtase of Giants in Getting Final
Series
The St. Louis Republic., 1905-09-24
PITCHING RECORDS.

DouS;s elay-p.:.ols e.. New York 81 IN
caSo - CI~ys.ana -. ~. Louis s<. Athletics q
Ess.on ts. Nash,ng.on s.
Triple ..Ay--N sh.netoa Z
The Grit-advocate., 1905-09-08
Cold STORAGE SUNLIGHT.

Cold storage sunlight in the form
OF coal versus the fresh article as
sources Of energy interest a man of
Bombay, who says that "the various
sources Of energy in the earth may be
divided into two kinds-viz.: income
as arising from the daily receipt of
thermal energy from the sun, which
consists in the growth Of vegetables
of all kinds, of stored energy in ele.
waited water, ETC.; and of saving
which consists of stores of vegetable
products, such as coal and petroleum,
etc. At present we are making most
inordinate use of the latter, while in
the main ignoring the lavish annual
donations from Helios. After many
years study 1t has been found cheap
er to plow and SOW eucalyptus than to
import coal. the dry timber being as
serted to be far more efficient than i'm
ported coal and greater in thermal
value, bulk for bulk. This is specula.
tion over which we have been exercis-
Ing our minds for over twenty years
and for which We believe there Is still
a solution to be found OF value ines
Unable to humanity"
The Grit-advocate., 1905-09-08
SWlnalna Cradle.

Nobody receives more care and at
tention than the baby, everybody
seeming to vie with one another in do
ing everything possible to make life
for It comfortable. Still, at times the
mother has other duties that need i'm
mediate attention. and unless she has
somebody to help her to take care of
the baby these duties are left undone.
An Iowa man has devised a swinging
cradle. which. he claims. will be q
help to all mothers. The cradle is
suspended by means of rods on a spir-
al spring, the latter being attached to
q beam and brace fastened at any
convenient place. A slight push of the
cradle sets it in motion, the spring
keeping 1t moving up and down for
quite a long time. Oftentimes all the
baby needs to keep him quiet is a
slight rocking movement Of this kind,
The Grit-advocate., 1905-09-08
'llyENIlON/
rlPlGNENEND
skating Boat q New Invsntlo~.

skating Boat . New invention.
After submarines. supermarines.
The French. and one Of the French. .
NJ. de Lambert. invented the innova-
tion and call 1t 4 skating boat. be-
cause Of Its gliding along the surface
OF the water by means Of hve In
clined planes fixed on its bottom at
certain distances. When the boat is
not moving these inclined planes are
several centimeters below water, but
as soon as the twelve horse power
motor engine starts the inclined planes
are raised and the boat soon glides on
a mixture Of air and water until, as
the resistance is diminished, 1t 10 re-
ported to attain rapidly q speed Of
from twenty-six to twenty-eight knots,
a velocity which motor boats Of fifty
horse power cannot always compass.
The new boat is said to be handled
with much ease and pauses as soon as
the engines pause, for the planes be-
ing immersed suddenly form a most
powerful brake with almost instantan-
eous action. The largest boat In the
world for times past or present is to
come from England. an Atlantic liner
measuring 78O feet In length, with
four propellers and 10000 horse
power. developed by turbine machin-
cry and requiring about thirty months
to build.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-09-08

insects. The interiors are furnished
like an ordinary bedroom and small
stove is provided to dress and un.
dress by in very cold weather, al
though its use is not encouraged.
One interesting feature Is the names
on the tents. showing by what associa-
ton, organization or individual they
were given. for instance, New York,
Chicago, st. Louis, Boston, etc.
The foregoing is largely in general
terms. The reader wants an answer
to the main question: ITO what ex.
tent are persons affected with tubercu.
losis cured or benefited at the FARM"
A careful record has been kept for
the past two years. 1t shows that
from May 21st, 1908, to April Both,
1905, there were 165 persons admitted
as residents at the farm. of whom 35
were still present on the farm at the
time of the report, leaving 100 to be
accounted for.
OF this number 60 so far recovered
as to accept positions, mostly secured
for them by the department, and 70
DdCh 10 WOFk, 10 went pack nome 3,
eight left to reside with friends; eight
went away because they could not &C.
custom themselves to tent life: six
were sent to hospital and seven
died.
OF Is residents who worked on the
farm IS were improved.
OF the ex-residents, SO far as heard
from, 81 have gained and 80 have lost
OF the latter. Is returned to the farm
of whom 13 again gained and 2 lost.
For the information of those who
may desire to assist in furthering the
work, it may be stated that the most
pressing needs Of the farm at the
present time are heating plant and
hospital or infirmary.
Those who wish information in re-
gard to entering the farm as residents
or assisting the work by donations
should address w. M. Danner, general
secreary, Denver, Colorado.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-09-08
White People GROWING Smaller.

Size and suff1ciency are not necsx-
sarily associated, as is shown by the
way the Japanese have outwitted and
outdone their Russian enemies in
strategy and in combat Neverthe-
less, it Is not good sign to find a
people diminishing in size and the
English people are properly disturbed
at finding that such is the case with
them. There improper nourishment is
supposed to be the leading cause, but
DR.. Anna Shaw reminds us that the
American people are on the verge of
taking the same turn. A Brockton
shoe manufacturer already claims to
note a sign of degradation in a falling
of in the demand for the larger sizes
Of mems shoes and predicts that If
nothing intervenes to prevent we shall
be no larger on the average in another
100 years than the present Japs or
Observation-Disclosures State Journal.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-09-08

was accommodating forty-three per
sons. most of whom we're absent from
their tents engaged in some kind of
occupation. The gathering at the din.
ner tables In the dining room brought
most of them together-all very cheer.
full and apparently possessed Of ex-
cellent appetites.
The little community is . depart
ment Of the Y. N. c. A. Every resi-.
dent is q member Of the association.
Every two months the omcers Of the
department are elected by ballot. De-
votional exercises are held every
morning after breakfast. those who
desire to do SO acting in rotation as
leaders.
Mr.. w. M. Danner. secretary Of the
Denver Y. M. C. A., to whose energy
and organizing ability the health farm
is chiefly indebted for its existence
and prosperity. in his address at its
second anniversary last spring said:
In a financial way the health farm
has passed the danger line. 1t always
costs more to establish any kind Of
work than you estimate from the archi-
tect's drawings or from the prelimin-
ary sketches. From the sales OF prod
uce and contributions we have supple
mented our income, and have gotten
along very nicely. The average month.
ly cost per man at the farm is $3O.88,
but none of the men have been re-
Quired to pay over $25 per month.
Through the generosity of friends and
sales Of produce we have been able
to keep our heads above water There
Is a very sympathetic touch. and a
very deep sympathy with our move
ment in all the associations through
out the country"
The work In the orchard and gar
den is all done by the residents, who
are paid for their labor. From the
garden the table is supplied with fresh
vegetables in season, the surplus fruits
and vegetables being sent to market.
A large quantity of cider vinegar is
made from the cheaper grade OF ap-
pies. bringing in a considerable in.
come.
All the residents, or patients If we
are SO to call them, live in handsome
square tents, set in regular streets
among the orchard trees and connect
ed by board walks. Large openings
in the sides for ventilation are pro-
tected by wire screens to keep out
The Grit-advocate., 1905-09-08
Odd Form Of Coal Discovered,

One OF COlorado's greatest discover
les in the form of innovation in coal
Is interesting experts and scientists in
that state, where a deposit four and
q half feet In thickness has been pros
has yielded coal in the strikingly Pc
euliar form of little cubes and hexa-
gon-shaped columns. 1t separates cas-
ily. the seams give OF little dirt or
lust. 1t burns with blue flame, re-
!ains heat long time, and makes lit
.le ash. 1t breaks to a small nut size
Ind is considered suitable for hard
coal burners and CRATES. Many regard
the new coal as one Of the most valu-
able find in this almost unknown en-
bire OF riches.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-09-08

ty-fve miles to the south, to beyond
Longs Peak. nearly an equal distance
to the north. Patches of snow are in
plain sight on the mountain crests
during the hottest days of July and
August, which, after all are never op-
pressively hot at the farm.
The farm comprises thirty-four
acres of land, worth at the market
price upwards of five hundred dol
lars an acre, about twenty-four acres
of which are covered with an orchard
of well-grown bearing fruit trees and
small fraits, the remaining ten acres
being devoted to gardening 1t is
neatly kept and attractive, as every
visitor will testify. On the north side
is wind-break of tall thickly-set Lom-
hardy poplars and orchard and shade
trees break the force of the winds
from other directions. There is no
suggestion of barrenness to awaken
homesickness in the new conner.
To many, as to me, the small size
of the health farm is at first thought
a disappointment. What is a little
haven of thirty-four acres as conf
pared with the great ocean of disease
whose victims are spread abroad over
AL the world? 1t is, indeed, but a
small beginning. But may We not
hope that it shall prove the leaven
that is to leaven the whole lump?
In another respect, l am sorry to
say, it must always break the word Of
promise to the hope Of many unfor-
tunates. Not only is it too small to
accommodate all who may wish to
come, but it is impossible for it to
furnish work for those whom it does
take sufficient to wholly provide for
their support. OF course the ideal
health farm would be one where all
could come and make a living by
farming while getting we'll. But such
q consummation can be only feebly
approximated through long years OF
experiments. The best that can be
done at present, is to help as many as
possible to re-establish their health in
such degree as will enable them to do
farm work, or other work. on their
own responsibility. No general sys-
TEN OF paternalism has SO far COM
mended itself to practical workers in
this line.
In spite Of its limitations and its ex-
perimental character, have no hesi-
tation in pronouncing the Denver AS
sociation Health Farm a distinct and
hopeful success. deserving in high
degree the generous support of the
public. 1t is. to large extent, doing
pioneer work and blazing a track that
others may follow. Those who aid in
its establishment are not only helping
a worthy institution, but contributing
to great cause.
At the time visited the farm 1t
The Grit-advocate., 1905-09-08
The Canon's Joke,

DR.. Goodall, of Eton, was proverbial.
ly fond Of punning. About the same
time that he was made provost of Eton
he received also stall at Windsor.
A young lady Of his acquaintance,
while congratulating him on his eleva.
tion, requested him to give the young
ladies of Eton and Windsor ball dur.
ing the vacation.
Il am afraid cannot accede to tha,
request said the doctor.
"Oh, doctor, do. It would be so
charming" she exclaimed, as she
playfully tapped his wig with her fan
and caused the powder to fly about.
There, my dear. there Is your an.
swer. You see you can get powder
out Of the canon. but not tho ball"
The Grit-advocate., 1905-09-08
Aristocratie MiIkmaid,

Lord Carew, the English nobleman,
is a farmer of renown and owns a
herd of Jerseys of rare strain and
milk-giving qualities. 1t is Lady Ca
rew's delight to go. milkmaid fashion,
in short skirt and low-cut bodice, and
fill bright tin pail with the creamy
yield. She is an expert mixer and
can put many Of the dairymaids to
blush in rapidity and in obtaining
milk from the most fractions COW of
the herd. or course. it is pure sport
for her ladyship and nothing pleases
her more than to invite aristocratic
friends to watch her as she plays the
part of milkmaid.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-09-08

The largest plow ever used in the
state Of Wyoming is in operation on
the farm Of the Neponset Land and
Live Stock Company. near Evanston.
The plow is thirty-horse power Gel
ser. and operates five gang plows, also
grubbing the sagebrush from -, line
of the furrows as 1t advances. A re-
tired locomotive engineer operates the
big machine.
The first annual announcement OF
the short course in agriculture and
domestic science to be offered next
winter at the State Agricultural Col
lege has been issued from the press.
This bulletin contains. besides a full
list of instructors who will conduct
the course. comprehensive resume Of
the subjects that will receive special
attention. including practical agricul-
ture. stock raising. cooking, sewing,
ETC., during the three months term of
the course. The term begins on
Wednesday, December 6, 1905, and will
close on Wednesday. February 2S.
1906. For copies of this bulletin and
further particulars concerning the
short course in agriculture, address w.
L. Carlyle. dean Of agriculture. Fort
Collins. Colorado.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-09-08
the FARM AND RANGE
Fort Collins Sugar Faetery.

The Great Western Sugar Company
Is expending more than . quarter Of q
million dollars In additions and i'm
provements to its plant in this city
this year. says the Fort Collins CORE
sponden. of the Denver Republican.
The factory in Fort Collins being the
headquarters of the management OF
the six Colorado factories. II will have
the benefit of improved machinery and
methods.
"A year ago 4 special campaign was
made at great expense with the Stef-
fens process, a method OF extracting
sugar from molasses turned off as
worthless by the main factories. As
. result of extensive experiments at
the factory here . wonderful improve
ment has been made In the process
and the Steffens process will be in
stalled In all the large factories in the
West.
The Improvements and additions be.
ing made in the plant in Fort Collins
will about double the capacity of the
Stenens process here. making 1t one of
the leading plants of its kind in the
West. In the factory proper new and
improved machinery Of different kinds
is being put in. among the most i'm.
portant of which are improved pumps
for handling the syrup.
1t is expected that the beet crop
handled by the factory last year. which
amounted to nearly $4,000 tons, will
be almost double that this season. The
capacity Of the beet sheds will be prac-
tically doubled by additions being
built. In addition to this an elevated
tramway is being constructed by the
factory upon which the beet cars can
be run from the railroads and the
beets dumped into large fumes from
which they will be carried into the
water sluices and thence into the fac
tory. This will save shoveling the
beets several times as well as time and
expense.
The capacity Of the great sugar ware
house at the east end Of the factory Is
being doubled. 1t will have storage
capacity of 100000 tons, or 10000 900
pounds of sugar. Numerous other i'm
provements are being made through
out the factory. A large force of work
men. most of them skilled mechanics,
is employed all the season, and will be
busy until the opening of the campaign
In October, SO that when the beet crop
commences to come in the Fort Col
Inns factory will be in splendid condi-
tion to handle it quickly and smoothly.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-09-08
(.ss~1e-'>~l's~~er~.~err ers>~eess-a1.s~e1s&9
; DENVER Y.M.C. A. HEALTH FARM ]
Praiseworthy Department of the Association
Practical Resulte Have Repaid Gem
0rouo Promoters

One Of the most interesting and
hopeful signs OF the times" is the
work that is being done with . view
sumption. Experiments In this direc-
ton In many parts of the world are
meeting with NO small degree Of sue
cess and their common foundation lies
principally In outdoor life. pure air
and plain diet. The "open air cure"
comes the nearest of anything yet in
vented to being q panacle for tubercu.
lar diseases.
The Association Health Farm, or
Eanized by the Y. M. C. A. of Denver,
has now been in operation for more
than two years and has. SO far, fully
justified the hopes of its founders and
promoters.
When l first heard Of the Association
Health Farm. near Denver, the image
that arose in my mind was that of a
cluster Of tents out on the treeless,
cactus covered plains, supplemented
by windmill or two and perhaps a
few twigs of trees transplanted from
some nearby nursery-plus, of course,
abundance Of light air." Colorado sun
shine and . mile of altitude.
Having recently visited the health
farm. I hasten to apologize for my
atrocious misconception.
II there. is in Colorado, or anywhere
else. q more beautiful plot of embow-
cred landscape. could hardly tell you
where TO look for it. The farm Is sur
rounded by highly cultivated small
farms, orchards and gardens, border
ed by almost superabundance of
shade trees. Cactus covered desert.
indeed!
1t Is indeed on the plains, but they
are the rich. fertile lands that irriga-
ton has made to blossom like the
rose."
The farm lies just outside the city
limits of Denver, between Denver and
Golden, about six miles from the post
office in Denver and eight miles from
Golden. which lies nestled in the near
est foothills. beyond which rise the
peaks Of the snowy range. 1t is on the
edge Of the uplands skirting the beau
tiful. highly cultivated Clear Creek
valley, which it overlooks. The view
from the farm embraces more than
$50 miles of the mountain range-the
great Colorado or Front range-ex-
tending from Pixies Peak, some seven
The Grit-advocate., 1905-09-08
Cutting Of Farms.

Governor Pardee of California in his
opening address to the irrigation con.
gress at Portland, cited the benefits to
states and lesser communities to come
from the gradual cutting up Of western
farms to smaller acreage. He spoke
In Illustration OF the once famous
10000 acres, OF which three-fourths
was for fifty years cultivated to wheat
and supported only one family and
some 100 nomadic laborers. The big
tract gradually exhausted from con-
slant succession of wheat crops 1t
was then brought under irrigation, cut
up into small farms and sold of. For
the years it remained intact there was
not school house on all the vast area
Now there are 800 families living on
this land; there are two school houses
for the children of the farmers and a
large town community is supported by
land that once contributed nothing to
the general welfare.
AS the years go by the big farms Of
Colorado will be gradually cut up. The
present average is about 100 acres tc
the family; this will be reduced to
eighty before many years, and from
that the tendency will be toward more
intense cultivation, smaller farms and
more population. The beet raisers OF
today are already pointing the way
to this situation. Farmers as a rule
plant only a few acres of beets; they
require close handling, and there is
always danger that the labor supply
will be short at the critical time, so
the tendency is to seed only that acre
age which can be safely handled. The
beets pay from $40 to $50 an acre, and
the closer they are attended, the bet
ter cultivated. the larger the return,
so that it is not at all impossible for
twenty acres to pay better than forty.
From the twenty acres will come more
clear cash than the average farmers
family of the east handles during a
year.
The size of American farms has ever
the soil. They have been unable to
understand how an American could
properly care for twenty and thirty
times the acreage they find sufficient
for single family. The smaller the
division the more it contributes to
the general welfare Of the public, the
more people are supported and the
more trade made for the merchant,
the larger is the call for the articles OF
manufacture. Fruit tracts are down to
from ten to fifteen-acre tracts in the
successful fruit belts of this state, the
beet is forcing the reduction to the
same size in other sections, and so the
population will grow year by year.
even though there should be no in.
crease in the area Of lands brought un.
der cultivation.-Denver Republican.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-09-08
Tunnel Badly Needed.

London's latest transportation idea
IS a foOtway tunnel under the River
Thames at Woolwich, where the coun-
ellis free ferry is now the sole de-
pendence of vehicles and pedestrians,
and which suspends its operations en-
tirely during fog and bad weather,
being incapacitated for part OF each
twsnty-six days during last yes..
The Grit-advocate., 1905-09-08
Sheep.
GRAIN.

Wheat, choice milling. per 100 lbs,
$1.12. Rye, Colorado, bulk, per 100
lbs, soc. Oats, bulk, Nebraska, new.
white, $1.10; mixed, $1.0S; In sack, Col
orado, white, S1.10. Corn, In bulk,
CSC. Corn chop, sacked, $1.05. Bran,
Colorado, per 100 lbs, 85c.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-09-08
TO HOLD 1900 sUsnELs.

Design fer Granary Easily Filled snd
kept In Order.
What dimensions would Q graAASy
have to be to hold 1000 bushels OF
grain, and is 1t necessary to have tho
bins made inside? Can you give .
plan OF q cheap building (lumbsr). to
be erected some 80 or 20 miles from .
railway? One thickness Of boards
would do.
4 granary to hold 1000 bushels OF
grain should be 34x40x1O feet high. II
lie . good plan to have bins on each
side and . passage through the cea'
The Grit-advocate., 1905-09-08
Skinned to Death.

"My grandad has voted for twelve
presidents" =
Aw. dat ain't nothin'. My dad has
voted twelve times fer one president.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-09-08

and. no doubt, this device would fully
serve the purpose intended. This de-
vice can also be detached and re-
moved from one room to another, sep
arate permanent fastenings only be-
Ing necessary.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-09-08
Hay.

Upland. per ton. $1O.0O@11.OO: sec
ond bottom. $s.OO@9.OO; timothy,
$1,000: timothy and clover, $11.OO;
alfalfa, prime, $7.00@7.50; straw,
$3.50; South Park wire grass, $500.