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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-12-07

Parents who are dissatisfied with
the present status Of athletics in the
public schools-and there are many of
them-will follow with interest the
course of the Boston school commit
tee, which is considering the advisa-
bility of introducing the West Point
drill. 1t is a matter Of common knowl-
edge that the drill at West Point &C.
complishes the main object of all ath-
letic exercise-it gives its pupils a
sound body and an erect. vigorous
carriage that lasts them through life.
Is there any school in America where
football. baseball or all the sports to.
gether do this for the whole student
body? W
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-12-07
KEPT HIS ENGAGEMENT.
Was Ready to Make Good on the Hor
Air Proposition.

I'm not much of hand at caves
dropping" - . thoughtful lookup
man the othsP ~, ~ couldn't ~
listening to the line Of hot air, fesie
flush TAX .nca 5sc,oW secind me a.
80 Eucffd neacn car few nignts
ago was handing to girl. He kept II
up all the way from East Ninth
street clear out to the beach.
Most of the talk he was getung
of was about the prinoely salary his
firm had to put up to keep him ana
about how smooth he was.
II turned around and looked at the
two of them out of the tail OF my eye,
and then / knew how he managed to
get away with it, for the girl was one
of those wilted looking affairs that
would believe you If you told her you
were the man that built Niagara falls.
1 also turned my lamps on him ana
he looked to me like q man
whom you could rob of an entire two
weeks salary and yet commit only
petit larceny.
But l couldn't help listening to his
talk. After awhile / heard him give
the girl his telephone number. Call
me up some afternoon when you're
down town. he said, and we'll have
lunch together
Il jotted down his phone number
and waited to get some clew to his
name. BY and by heard her call
him Frank, and ! thought that would
do.
Two days after that about noon
had my stenographer call up his mum
Der and ask for Frank. Then had hel
tell him that she wanted that lunch he
promised her on the Euclid beach car
Frank was right in Tor it, and sait
that he would 60 over and order
lunch at hotel that he mentioned
The girl promised to meet him in hal
an hour, If he would go ahead ant
order.
in about 20 minutes I went owe
to watch developments. There sa
my hot-air neighbor of the beach ca
at little table set for two, waitin
! patiently waiting. went ava
and came back for another look a
| hour later, and he was still waiting.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-12-07
For Cotton select Prolific Stalks.

In selecting cotton seed we should
In North Carolina, have especial re-
gard to earliness. An extra large boiL
Is usually an indication of late ma
turing cotton, and is apt to be long
iointed. We need In this climate g.
bushy, short-jointed cotton Of a pro-
life character, and we should have
marked the plants that come nearest
to our ideal cotton plant before any
picking has been done, always select
ing from plants of the best habit and
those that open earliest selecting only
the first picking for seed. The later
pickings may make just as good anc'
prolific plants, but the chances are
that in the matter of earliness the.
seed from the first picking win be-
best.
Do not take this cotton to the gin.
| but have little hand gin at home to-
prevent getting the seed mixed with
every one else's cotton. Then next
spring plant patch especially for
seed and continue the selection. Make
a careful selection the first time even
If you only get seed enough to plant
the seed patch. Every season you will
get closer to the ideal cotton plant,
and every season your neighbors will
be taking more and more interest in
your cotton Cotton Is plant that
responds to careful seed selection very
quickly, and on the other hand runs
back very quickly when carelessly Sc
lected. The King Cotton for year
or so was very uniform cotton, but
of late 1t is hard to find field of
King Cotton that is at all of the orig
inal strain.
rhe time to begin the improvement;
Of ones corn or cotton is in the
spring, and then study the crop all
through the season, detassel all in
ferior and barren stalks Of corn, and
thin out the long-legged cotton be
fore it has q chance to distribute its
pollen through the agency of the bees
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-12-07
Prizes for Farmers.

Austria provides an object lesson
in dealing with waste lands. Prizes
are given to farmers to encourage
them to recover waste lands and
Law them down as pasturage, and
also to erect shelters or stables for
cows in high attitudes. The impor-
tShce of this may be seen from the
statement that one-quarter of the
total fodder required for cattle and
horses in the empire is derived from
.alpine districts.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-12-07

AL the justices of the United States
supreme court except William H.
Moody. the youngest member, are
gray haired. Mr.. Moody is a blond,
and his hair is of that pale straw
color which turns gray only very late
in life. His rudy complexion gives
an additional touch of youthfulness, so
that the contrast between Mr.. Moody
and the other members of the court
Is striking.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-12-07
FARMER AND
PLANTER
TO INDUCE FALL LAYING.
Feed a variety-Not Too Much OF Any
One Kind.

A little care and additional atten-
ton and work with the hens on the
place at this season will be well re-
paid. This is the beginning OF the
moulting, or shedding season, and a
good many of the hens are not laying,
and will not lay for some two or three
months under the usual course OF neg
lect and indifference on the part Oh
their owners. And yet, 1t Is posi-
BILE to get goodly number OF fall eggs,
II we will go at it right.
To induce fall laying, the hens
should have a variety Of foods-not
al great deal of any one kind. but, a
little of several kinds. For this pur.
pose. all the waste of the kitchen and
the dining-room should be saved and
given to them. The best plan is to
have a good sized pot handy. and
throw all scraps into it. Let 1t sit al
the back of the kitchen stove; and
at the close OF either the breakfast
or midday meal, put some oats, OF
wheat in it too, with water, and soai
all together. It will not take long II
do It and then when cooled on some
call up the hens and give 1t to them
It will start them to singing and run
ming about in happy way. and sool
also start them to the nest. AM
keep some of them laying all through
the autumn and fall.
! In addition to the eggs this syster
will bring, 1t will also keep the hen
healthy and vigorous and enabl
them to shed and reclothe themseive
in near feathers earlier than othe
wise.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-12-07

The retirement of Capt. Dreyfus
from active service recalls the fact
that false stories like curses usually
come home to roost. He is respected.
and his detractors have passed into
the ranks Of celebrated and infamous
ecoundrels.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-12-07

In Germany 1t is still customary to
oianf fruit trees along highways. In
the province of Hanover there are
1 .s76 miles OF such roads. along which
there are I75.734 fruit trees.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-12-07
Mrs. Schofield's Dream
By j. F. Cowan

Copyright, by Joseph B. Bowies)
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-08-01
BASEBALL NOTES.

Brooklyn leads in the Atlantic
League.
Al Orth is the only 600 batsman on
he New York Americans.
The st. Louis Americans refused to
valve on Pitchers Berger and Hess.
The Cubs have been shut out seven
ines and have figured in 26 shut outs
his season.
The Chester (Pa) club of the At
antic League has been transferred to
;hamokin. Pa.
Toledo has a good lead in the Amer
can Association with Columbus and
minneapolis scrapping for second place.
Peterson, the Providence catcher, is laid
up with water on the knee. This makes
it hard for Providence, as Donovan. Pc
tersons partner, is out of the game with
a very badly lacerated thumb.
Pete O'Brien was practically discarded
by McAleer, to become a most valuable
asset for the Cleveland club, subbinG one
day for I.ajcie at second. then for Brad
ley at third. and doing clever work.
Jim Mcclure makes no secret of his
purpose to give Boston winner neXa
season. 'Boston will make them go some
next year." is Jim's smiling answer when
questioned about his team.
The Plattsburgs Tuesday fell easy
victims to Montpelier-Barre i'll both
games Of a dOuble-header. The Yer
mont League disbanded after the
game. light attendance in every city of
the league being responsible for it's
own downfall.
On account of the trouble that UNI
pire Conway had the last time he was
in Newark. the police of that city re-
fused to allow him to officiate. and
big Bill Sullivan worked alone and
was escorted to the railroad station
after the game.
The Chicago Nationals lead in batting
with .254. the Bcstons fourth with .243
PittSburg has stolen most bases, the
Cubs second and Boston seventh. Ros-
ton is third in fielding. In the Ameri-
can, New York, st. Louis and Detroit
re closely punched for the lead in bat
ting around 300 Boston is last with
81. last in runs scored, last in stolen
asses with 6S against 125 for the leaders
nd is fourth in fielding.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-08-01

Lee Iannchill has been out since the
second game of the season. being scri-
ously crippled by blood poisoning follow
ing sinking he received at st. Louis
Willie keeler has been out several weeks
with mashed finger. while Matty Nc
lntyre has been out for two months with
a broken leg.
Catcher Blankenship. of Washington,
has been out since early III the season
with broken finger, and Catcher klei-
now, of the Yankees. had to lay off for
two weeks with a crippled hand. Catcher
Schrcck, OF the Athletics. being now out
for the same cause Jack OConnOr has
been more or less hunged up. while Billy
Sullivan. If the Sox. is suffering consid-
orally With rheumatism.
ZIG Clarke is another backstOp that
had to Jay off for a couple Of weeks with
a split hand. Then Schmidt ami Payne
the two Detroit catchers. were both out
of the game for some time on account of
injuries.
Freddie Parent. of the Bostons. has n
bum ankle. sprained in an exhibition
flelfer on the same team, was out with
a twisted ankle for several weeks early
in the year
Chicago has had George Davis and Is
bell out on account of injuries Detroit
has had Davy Jones and Germany"
Schaefer out for the same reason
WASHINGTON has had a long hospital
list. Clvmer. Charley Jones. and Blanken-
shin being members at present while
Charley Hickman was a member earlier
Hartsel, Murphys and Monte Cross
have been Ccnnie Mack's cripnles while
nearly every man on the New York team
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-08-01

has been more or less damaged. Keller.
Ia Porte. Hickey and klcinOw being
the chief subjects.
Cleveland's Red Cross roll r. long
one. l1inchrnar missed the first 10 days
in consequence of IA damaged foot. Tur-
nel was out for week with the grip
anC another week later will, bad I'm
ger Bemis was missing for nearly a
month. in consequence Of his own illness
and that of his son. Clarke missed near
~ three weeks Of play. while Addie Joss
was laid up week with grip. Quinsy put
liebhardt on the shelf for over two
weeks. and Firmingham's feet have kept
him out OF dozen or more games alto
Eether.
OF all the clubs that have been thus
Handicapped by accidents Cleveland has
probably sustained the greatest Crippling
No team in the league has a utility play
er that can go in and fill La ioie':; shoes.
while ,clarke's absence hurt the Maps
more than q little.
The absenc" of Lee Tanneh;Il was Il
serious handicap to the White Sox in
fielding. but his substitutes, Robe and
Dublin. hatted better than the regular
George Davis. however. has not beer
creditably replaced when he was out
St Louis also had 10 one in Niles
class to take his place for the month
that he Was missing from the game De-
troit however had most competent
substitute for Mcintyre in Davy Jones.
New York did not lose an awful lot by
having Eeeler out of the game. for he
was not batting any better than Moriarity
has. We're Keller in the game Laporte
would lie back on third base and MORTAR
ity on the bench.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-08-01
CONSOLIDATION POSSIBLE.
big Five" May Change Front and
Come Into the !. A. A. U. S.

New York, July 31.-Determined eff
forts are being made this summer to
break down the opposition of Yale,
Harvard, Princeton. Cornell, Chicago
and Annapolis to the Intercollegiate
Athletic Association Of the United
States. the organization that was
formed two years ago with the object
of lessening the objections to football
that were raised at that time.
At present Pennsylvania is the only
one OF the "big five" Eastern universe
ties that is enrolled in the association.
The football committee. comprising
Representatives of Yale. Pennsylvania,
Chicago. Harvard, Princeton. Annapo-
lis and Cornell, dictated the rules of
the game up to 1906. To avoid confu-
sion, the old committee and the new
committee of the l. A. A. L. S. CONSOLE
dated, and the college world was
spared the trouble that would have re-
suited with two football codes. But the
mana cement is still unsatisfactory, for
the two committees are obliged to con-
SOlidate each year. OnC-half of the
committee represents seven universe
ties and the other half the new asSO-
citation. made up Of some so institu-
tons from all parts of the country.
The new body, while feeling Con-
scious of its growing strength and not
doubling it's ultimate control of the
fotball situation, acted with wisdom in
not offending the members of the old
committee, and made their entrance
easy. 1t is felt the plans now under
way will bring every important uni
yersity in the country within this or
Ganization. and after that the amend
ment of the football rules will be an
easy matter
The plan for aligning the "big five"
is given i'm the following bylaws of the
Intercollegiate Athletic Association of
the United States. and which are to be
submitted to the association at its
neat annual meeting:
Section I. The association at its an
rual convention, shall choose com
mittee Of seven to draw up rules for
the playing of the game of football
during the succeeding season. in con-
junction with one representative
named by the authorized athletic au-
thorities Of Yale, Princeton. Harvard.
Cornell and Pennsylvania respective
ly. and the members representing Chi
cago and Annapolis on the 1907 com
mittCe.
Section 9. OF the seven members
chosen by this association. three shall
be elected for three years. two for two
years. and two for one year at the an
nual meeting of 1907 Thereafter the
elections shall be for terms of three
years as vacancies occur
Section 3 Nominations for this COM
mittee shall be submitted at the annula
convention by the executive committee
Other nominations may be made from
the floor.
Section 4. The football rules commit
tee shall make a report to the annual
convention on the rules of play adopt
ed ana their practical working during
the preceding season
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-08-01
Many Baseball Teams Have
Players on the Hospital List.

Like the past few seasons, the present
American League campaign has been n
disastrous one for the players i'm regard
to accidents. Although the season is but
half over, only Is of the $50 American
League players have taken part in every
game played by the club to which each
belongs.
Cleveland has only Stoval PLAYING con-
tinHOuS!y since the season opened lie
troit has cobb, ROssnian, and O'Leary;
st. Louis, Stone and Tom Jones; Chicago
Donohue and Hahn; New York. Conroy
Philadelphia. Davis and Scyholl: Alti-
ger being Washington's lone survivor
with Ferris the only Bcaneater to play
in every garIe. Ganley, of Washington,
faS missed but one game, Willie Hal
Chase has not missed a game since he
Joined the Yankees. which was two days
Hinchlran missed a day since he was sent
In as Il regular
Ollie Pickering was only out because
of sickness in his family, while Fielder
Jones retired because the umpire asked
him tc
But all the other regulars have been
forced 10 lay off for indefinite PERIODS in
consequence of illness or accidents The
ones that stand out the NEST prominently
are Manager La joie. of the Maps as we'll
as Flick and Bradley of the same team:
Mattv Mcintyre, the Detroit left fielder;
Third Baseman Lee Tannehill of the
White SoX: Harry Niles. of the Browns
and Willie Keller. of the Yankees. Man.
ager Larry fas been out for two weeks.
and the Maps have suffered as Il result
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-08-01
BURKE FEELS SURE.
Says Jack johnson Will Be Easy Meat
for Him.

Articles have been signed by the
managers of Sailor Burke, the fast
coming Brooklyn middleweight. ana
Jack johnson, the colored heavyweight
champion. for a six-round battle to be
held the first week in September be-
fore the club that makes the best Of
fer. The men will meet at catch
weights, in which Burke expects to tip
the beam at $50. while Johnson will
probably lift the balance at over 1876.
Joe HUMPHREYS, the manager of the
nautical pugiliSt, arranged the details
with Sam Fitzpatrick, who looks after
the interests Of the negro. Through the
persistency of HUMPHREYS, who is re-
garded as one of the clcverest man
ayers in the game, the match will oe
fought under straight Marquis OF
Oueensbury rules, which will greatly
favor Burke's chances. notwithstanding
Burke will be conccding 80 pounds to
his colored opponent.
Burke has the advantage from the
fact that the rules will not give the
clever johnson 50 much opportunity t.
get away from punishment. The col
ored man is acknowledged to be a tas'
boxer. but he is not credited with the
greatest possible amount of courage
under punishment. If he is forced tr
protect himself in the clinches and ri
all times he may get one of the sail
or's right hooks that will take a little
of the ginger out of him..
This match has been the ambition OF
he sailor. He draws no color line. lie
is after pusilistic advancement. While
ther middleweights and heavyweights
re respectfully declining the issue
with the big African-SOme on the plea
hat the "wife won't let them'-and
theirs on account of the color of john
on's skin. the Brooklyn sailor comes
long willing and anxious to fight and
i've a handicap Of 80 pounds in addi-
ion.
Rumor has it that the Crown A. e.,
with headquarters in the Clermont
Rink, will make a strong bid for the
bout. 1t is known that this club wants
Burke to fight Willie Lewis on Aug. l.
t the stag. This match is almost GER
ain to materialize. Look out for the
fur to fly when these two good friends
ct into the ring. Burke thinks as
much Of Lewis as Bingham does Of 2
owardly cop while Willie has ar
pinion relative to Burke that would
OF look dignified in print.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-08-01
BELMONT THE VICTOR.
Clearly Winner Of Good Bout With
Kid Beebe At Chelsea.

Boston, July 31.-Aftcr 10 of the hot
test and fastest rounds ever boxed at
the Winnisimmet A. c., Chelsea, AL
belmont last night would have been
adjudged the winner over Kid Beebe
of Philadelphia had an award been de-
clared. Both bantams were in great
shape. and the way they boxed kept
the good-szed crowd of members pres
ent worked up to a high pitch of ex-
citemcnt from start to finish.
That belmont is a much better boxer
than when he last showed in this Sec
ton was evident, and he boxed heady
bout. He had an advantage over Beebe
in reach. and it proved of great benefit
to him when jabbing with the left.
For two rounds Beebe had the better
of the going and he got home stiff left
jabs in the face and right-hand body
punches. After that belmont solved the
Philadelphia boxers attacks. and by
clever blocking he avoided many hard
rights and lefts.
In the fourth round they had hot
miXup and during the rapid exchanges
Bcebe landed a hard right on Delmonts
wind that distressed him. He followed
it with left and right to jaw, which put
belmont in bad way.
belmont came up fresh in the next
round and from that point till the finish
he outpointed Beebe. He jabbed Beebe
with the left and shot many hard
right to the stomach and ribs.
In the eighth it looked all up for
Beebe, and he was in a badly way from
the body punches of belmont when the
round ended. But Beebe was no.
through and he got home some good
jabs and body punches before the bout
closed.
In the opening bout Charley Walsh,
brother of Jimmy, Outpointed Tom
Flanagan of Cambridge in six rounds.
Walsh was to have met Young McCar-
ron, who was sick. INV,
Denny Mclaughlin. a sailor on the
USS Maryland, bested Denny Ryan OF
Cambridge in six rounds in the next
bout. Girard, a marine on the same
ship, was to have been Mclaughlin
opponent, but he injured his arm and
could not box.
Jimmy Mason had shade the best
Of Young Dennis in the other six-round
bout.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-08-01
GILMAN DEFEATS TRAvERs.
Starts Out Well on Opening Of Com
petition At New York,

New York. July 31.-Gilman Tiffany
defeated Jerome ID. Travcrs at Van
Cortlandt park Tuesday i'm the first of
a four-day competition under the aus
pices of the New York Golf Club. The
tournament started with medal play at
SO holes. Gilman Tiffany played with
Jerome Travers. On the outward
journey Tiffany made 80 against 40 for
Travers. Coming back Travers i'm
proved and finished one stroke behind
Gilman. In the afternoon Travers'
score out and in was 70, making his
total for the SO holes 1874 Tiffany fin
ished in the afternoon i'm IS. making
his total 152. Tiffany won the best
gross prize and Travers won the sec
ond best gross prize. II. V. Gaines,
Wykagyl Club. in the morning went
around in rs and in the afternoon scor-
ed IS. making his total 1874 His han
dicap was 20, making his net score 1874,
with which he took the first prize for
the best net
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-08-01
HaverhiII and New Bedford pix;d.

New Bedford. Mass. July Ain thes
gave the visitors six runs in the fourth
inning, enough to win without further Ell
tort Hilbert allowed the home team but 4
three safe hits DrUhan was relieved a. y
ter lie bad forced in twosrnns by giyirR.
bases on halls. @ 49,
Now Bedford defeated Haverhili I'M
second game. winning by to !. Deld9u
all-round playing was big factor IN an
victory. the New Bedford pitcher maxine''
three hits with a total of five bases
MOorehead, Kehoe and Dansiz made {
fine double play in the eighth inning. cut
ting off Haverhill's chance OF scoring =
First game:
Haverhill 80 eo.e 90 10 o-s.s-,;
New Bedford 20 o % 0~I o e-1-3-7
Observation-Disclosures and McCabe; Drohan
Robinson and Delaye. Time, 149. UNI
rire. Merritt. ss szRs +- -'
Second game: Z
New Fedford % 2 4 100 o. x-5-7-
Haverhill $3.50 0 D 0 1 90 o O-I-s-
Observation-Disclosures and Delave: Conn
molly and McCabe. Time, 1.41 Umpire,
Merritt.