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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-09-14
The Capitol Statue

The Capitol Statue
ARMED Liberty" the splenid statue
that crowns the dome of the capitol,
statues in Washington. Beautiful and
repOseful, yet with an air of vigilance,
it is perhaps the least appreciated of
the city's statues, possibly because Of
its being placed ut such All altitude
that it cannot easily be studied. The
original plans of the capitol called for
a statue to surmount the dome. but no
title was then given it, and compare
lively few people know the real name of
the statue
Seeking this information, Post re-
porter Intercepted Il number of per-
Sons whose daily occupations keep them
almost constantly beneath the shadow
of the great statue. To the question
What is the name of the statue above
the dome of this building?" came these
widely different opinions:
The name of that statue? Why, it's
the Goddess of Freedom"
Yes; can tell you the name. 1t is
the Goddess of Liberty"
Several declared it to be the statue
of Independence. Others said, "It is an
Indian woman"
1T is the God of Justice and Free
'dom," declared portly man in tone
that detied questioning.
1T represents an American woman,
lint I an, NOT c1ra Of o,
well, now, never inquired what
lady that statue commentaries, re.
marked politician from not very
distant state, hut it is fine work of
art"
1T is ii statue of the god of war,
Mars"
Can you tell me something about
that statue above the dome?" was
asked Il man whose knowledge is we'll
known
why, certainly. 1t is woman of
colonial days. Can't you see the trim
ming around the mantle and the curls
about the faceY And the features are
delicately nodded. You see | have
studied the model at the museum. 1t
surely is woman. l think you can
safely say it is an American woman"
One who always tries his best to
help others said; Now all statues, as
Won know, bear the names Of the people
they represent, and if you will just step
over to the library of congress l think
you can easily find some book on statues
that will tell you all you want to know
1t is woman, am sure, SO look for the
female statues"
y younger member of the house re-
piled to the question about the statue
most suavcly and confidingly. ut is
the god of progress; you know. his
Name Several of the colored men in
the various parts of the building were
nearly all quite sure it was the God
ess of Freedom. One of them knew
the year, 1868, when it was placed
above the dome, and he affirmed, 1T
is the Goddess of American Liberty
Before the War"
you want to know the name of that
statue? Well. just wait minute, and
1 will get it for you the first hand" And
~ most accommodating guide passed
into the senate chamber Directly he
returned.
That is statue of POcahontas. 4"
Every one had Il different name for the
statue, not one giving the real name,
Armed Liberty"
The statue was modelled by Thomas
Crawford, father of the novelist. the
late F. Marion Crawford 1t was cast
ut Maryland foundry. jefferson Da-
Wis was secretary of war when the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-17
CROWLEY IS Z TO 1 Big List of Entries for BOston's Nara
 th0n Monday,
Especial from United PreSs.)

Especial from United Press-)
 Boston, April 17.-One hundred and seventy-f1ve runners who are entered for the Boston Marathon next Monday are to-day making their final spurts along the course and will afterward rest until the pistol starts them on the road classic of New England. Tom Morrissey. winner of last years race. Jimmy Lee who finished sixth. Will liam Rozette of the Pastime A. C. winner of ths Yonkers-New York race on March 9. and Pearce of New Bed ford, all are confident of leading the way Monday afternoon. About 70 members of the Mercury A. e. of Yonkers with autos will follow the rep resentatives of this club, Charles H. APpleyard, Tom Morrissey, Jimmy Lee. sammy MelIor. and four companions.
 James F. Crowley. the big runner from the Irish American A. C. of New York is scheduled to arrive to-day and with him will come a large and loyal delegat ion. Crowley's supporters are offerings odds of to 1 that he will win the. event: The Athletic Club has decided to offer handsome gold medal if Longboat,s record of 2:24:24 is low cred and this with the beautiful silver trouphy that will be awarded the win ner. should be a great inducement for fast time. The other eight prizes are costly and appropriate.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-17
NOTES ABOUT
 THE FIGHTERS

New York, April 17.-sam Langford' s defi to meet any fighter. in the world barring Jim Jeffries. will not long go unanswered. Jack Johnson, the negro champion, is on the warpath. He says he is willing to meet Langford or Big Al'' Kaufman before his bout with Ketchell in October. Johnson says he will box either of them ten rounds and will bet $5, 900 on the side. The big black says he will meet either of them when he comes back from Europe in August.
 Billy Delaney, Kaufman'S manager, does not care to have his man meet Johnson in a short bout. He wants Kaufman to fight to finish and it is not likely that he will agree to have the Californian meet the champion for a shorter go than 45 rounds.
 New York, April 17.-F'reddie Welsh, the English scrapper, has at last se- cured a match in New York. He will meet Johnny Frayne on April 30. or a little later, owing to Welsh's bout with Dave Desler in Boston April 27.
 Los Angeles, April 17.-George Mem sic of Chicago and Al Wolcott, of Mil- waukee are nursing many bruises to- day as a. result of their ten round bout to a draw here last night. The fight was one of the hardest. and toughest that has ever been seen here. The men used their elbows ana butted each other whenever they got a chance.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-17
EIGHT OAR VARSITY
 RACE TODAY WITH
 HARVARD BEST BET

Boston, April 17.-For one and seven eighthS miles over straight-away course on the Charles the eight cared varsity crews of Harvard and Colum- bia will battle this afternoon. liar ward with her veteran crew is expect ed to forge ahead and have no diff culty in winning. The Cambridge crew is one of the fastest ever turned out. It is years since a Harvard crew showed such good form at a high stroke as in the case this year and should conditions on the river be suit able it is expected that they will make a record for the course that will stand some time.
 Just what the Columbia crew will do in the race is hard to say. It has been rowing in hard luck all this season not having Captain Cerussi a part of the time as well as losing the services of Coach Rice for time. big shift was made iE the boat no later than We'd nesday. but they are not yet rowing together as a finished eight.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-17
FLASHES FROM THE FIELD
 DANDY DIAMOND DOINGS

Springfield went up against hard luck in Worcester yesterday losing 5-2. The Ponies outbatted and outfielded the New England league champions but the Springfield pitchers were wild.
 eff don't win on this hand" said Red Waller as the nightly poker game of the Giants was under way, "Ill eat all the leather off this chair" Wishing to encourage such a. feat of gastron- omy all hands bet high. Red ate no leather. but as a. result his pocket book is suffering with the gout.
 The waterburys are scheduled for Rrockton Monday morning and Lynn in the afternoon. Bridgeport has Lynn in the morning and Brocktons in the afternoon.
 Holyoke trimmed Northampton in the latter town yesterday 5-0-Each club used three pitchers, Peterson of the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-17

Philadelphia April 17.-In their first essay of the season against the Phil adelphia team at Shive Park yester- day afternoon. the Yankees scored a nothing for Philadelphia. The solitary tally came in the fifth inning on bad throw by Short Stop McInnes. It was the second mistake of the inning Kleinow to reach first on a tumble, and then. after Crockett and Cree had struck out. Keeler batted a rather hard liner to Ncholls. who carromed the of time to catch Keeler at first. but he made horrible throw. which not only gave the Yankees Captain life. but allowed Kleinow to score what proved to be the winning score.
 New York coco. % 0 o 10 o G-1-5-1 Philadelphia =. 0 0 0 O O-0-4-5
 Batteries:-Brockett and Kleinow; vickers. Schlitzen and Thomas.
 Washington. April 17.-Washington punched hits on Morgan and his sup port punched errors on him. all in the first inning yesterday. and Washing ton made enough runs to win. The score:
 Washington e. 3 0 0 o o o "-s+9-1 Boston .-....... o o 0-2-S-6
 Batteries:-Burns and Street; Morgan and Carrigan.
 St. Louis, April 1.-The Browns won from Cleveland yesterday. to 5. Catcher Jimmy Stephens. by a home run drive with two Browns on bases, tied the score in the sixth inning Then Lajoie retired Pitcher Berger trotting out Liebhardt. In the ninth. with none down, Hartzell singled to centre and Ferris. doubling over short, scored Hartzen. The score:
 St. Louis .. 70 O 0 o 1-6-12-O Cleveland .... 3 o 0 o o o O 0-5- 7-2 Batteries:-Graham and Stephens 1; Berger, Liebhardt and Land. 1. Detroit, Mich, April 17.-Opportune hitting by the home forces coupled with some ragged work in the field by the White Sox enabled Detroit to make it three straight. The final count stood 10 to 2. The score:
 Detroit ..... 30 2 0410O ~-10-16-1 Chicago ..... o O O 1 o o O O. A+ l. Batteries:-Jones. Lafitte and Schmidt: F1ene. Sutof and Owens.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-17
Attention: Amateurs 1!

Although the baseball season is trifie young the amateur baseball managers, like the man. agers in the big leagues, are get ting busy arranging their mines. The Farmer will publish news and scores. challenges and all matter relating to amateur base ball players. Let the managers and captains get busy and send along their challenges and notes. All communications must be addressed to the Sporting Editor on one side of the paper.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-17
YALE'S SWATTERS ION OWN GROUNDS
 TACKLE TRINITY
Special from United Presso

New Haven, April 1.-The Yale baseball team will make it's first ap- pearance on the home grounds this season to-day when they meet the Trinity nine of Hartford. A radical shift has taken place in the Blue ranks in an effort to strengthen the batting as the average for the Easter trip is the lowest that Yale has made in years.
 The teams are pretty evenly match ed however. as the fielding average of the visitors is away above their bat ting average. Merritt will pitch the Philbin behind the bat. Rose will probably follow Merritt. Olson will soar for the visitors and will be sup ported by Smith.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-17
AMATEUR BASEBALL

The Bengals, formerly the Sacred Hearts. think they still have some baseball left in them and will tackle the West Ends at West End Park to- morrow afternoon. Game called at 3 p. m.
 South Ends versus the North Ends at the Flats tomorrow afternoon will draw the crowds. Both teams are out for the championship of the city. The boys from the Brewery district will have Russ Boynton and Bill Jaggers on the firing line with Honus Meerbach ons the receiving end. The South Enders will be looked after by Rocky FarreH on the slab and Tom Lannon, the former Orator on the diamond end.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-17
BOWLING.

In,the final standing of the Nutmeg Bowling league just finished tHigby of Waterbury is awarded the first prize with an average of 18s.14 for 75 games. Kelsey, Herb French and Hall, all of New Haven followed in order and come in for prize money. French aver aged 184 None of the Bridgeport roll- CTS are in the money. The contest is the first for this association and it has proven most successful, the race. for the team championship ending in a tie between, Bridgeport and New Haven, thus necessftating a roll off. The fol- lowing are the averages of the local contestants:
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-17


 P1ttSburg in Cincinnati
 St. Louis in Chicago.
 New York. April 17.-Doyle cele- brated his re-entry into the ranks o1 the Giants by smashing a corking single to centre field. in the eighth session. which sent two men home and started his team on the road to vic tory. Up to that period of the con test both Raymond and Rucker show ed. pitching. of high class. and base hits were few and far between. Tn the eighth inning the Giants scored four safeties. three of them off Rucker and. with the aid of base on balls failed to score.
 New York .... O0OOO o sSL7-1 Brooklyn -..... O O O o o O-O-4-2
 Batteries:-Raymond Crandall and Schlei: Rucker, Bell and Bergen
 Boston. April 17.-Boston shut out Philadelphia in a pitchers battle yes terday afternoon. The locals won the game in the fifth when Beck walked and went to third on Ritchey's bunt. which Foxen threw wild to first. Ritch- ey went to second on the misplay. Beck scored on Dahlen's hit, but Ritchey was out at the plate. Dahlen took third on a wild pitch and scored Boston ......... O o O o 2 o O o ~-2-4-1 Philadelphia o o o O o O o o 0-o5O
 Batteries:-Lindaman and Bower man: Foxen and ,DoOin.
 Cincinnati. O.. April 1.-The Pirates outbatted with ease the Reds yester- day. but Powelrs wi1dness gave the locals the winning number of runs. The score:
 Cincinnati coo. 1 0 o 2 o 0 o O-4-4-2 Pittsburg ...... o o 0 o o 2 1-3-7-1
 Batteries:!Campbell and Mclean; Powell. Brandon and Gibson.
 Chicago, April 7.-Bresnahan's St. Louis Cardinals turned the tables on the Chicago Cubs yesterday. winning a well played game by the score of 8 to 1. Sallee pitched for St. Louis and held the champions down to four scat tered hits. Hagerman. the new twirler secured by the Cubs last fall, was pounded rather hard in the fourth in ming. The score:
 Chicago .:......-O,O 1 0 o o 0 G1-E0 St. Louis ...... o O O.0 0 ON3-5-0
 Batteries:-Hagerman Lundgren and Moran: Sallee and Bresnahan.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-17
NATIONAL LEAGUE

Results of Yesterdays Games. New York, 8; Brooklyn. O.. Boston. 2; Philadelphia. o. Cincinnati. 4; Pittsburg. 3. St. Louis, 8: Chicago. 1.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-17
AMERICAN LEAGUE

Results of Yesterdays Games. New York. 1; Philadelphia. o. Washington. 8: Boston. 2. Cleveland, 5; St. Louis. 6. Detroit. 10; Chicago, 2.
 Where They Play To-day New York at Philadelphia. Boston at Washington. Cleveland at Detroit. Chicago at St. Louis.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-17
THE FARIST STEEL CC

eThe Swipers and the Has Beens met again at the Arcade alleys last even ing, the Swipers again proving the vic tors, winning out two points to one. Both teams hail from the International Silver Go. and are playing for that name. A single of 223 by Wilson of the Swipers was high for the evening. The scores:
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-17
Team Standing.

A team from the F,arist Steel Go. de- feated a quintette from the Bridgeport Brass Go. at ducks at the Arcade al- 1eys last evening, by two points to one. Madden of the winners rolled high sin gle of III and finished with a high total of PIT The scores:
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-17
SWIPERS,
GOTCH WINS AGAIN
Special from United Press.l

Special from United -Pressl
 Chicago, April 17.-Frank G6teh. worlds Champion wrestler, added afi- other victory to his record last night when he threw Hjalmir Lundin in nine minutes. 35s seconds with a reverse ahalf Nelson at local theatre. Gotch agreed to throw Lundin in twenty minutes.
 Iiissi6 Mammoth, who tried to Wrest
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-17

the championship from Gotch last week, is on his way to New York to- day. He will take a steamer to his native land, Bulgaria.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-17

Meadow Larks doing the best work pitching the last three innings shutting out the Paperweights without a hit and striking out four men, Peterson was recommended to Manager Bowler by Dan ONeill.
 Charlie Fallon has been offered a job on the Springfield Ponies. Man ager Casey of the Montreals could not use him with such an outfield as Joyce, O'Neill and Jones. It is probable that he will take Pop Risings place as that player has not signed up as yet. Zel- Ter says that he does not want to have any dissatisfied players on his team.
 Big Bill Lord, second baseman for New Bedford last year, is still unde- cided as to what he shall do. Dowd isn't anxious to have him in New Bedford and still he hasn't been re- leased. Bill sent his contract back unsigned.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-17
Individual Standing.

bury C1app, Hartford High three string total, Kelsey. New Haven. High game, New Haven. High team total, New, Haven.
 Toor, Cfondipo
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-17
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.

Where They Play To-day. Philadelphia in New York. Brooklyn in Boston. PittSburg in Cincinnati. St. Louis in Chica go.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-17
Now Is The Time

to buy your spring hat. The largest assortment at lowest prices you will find at p. 1T Dillon R. Co.,. HOS Main St
The Dickinson press., 1909-03-13
IN FORMER YEARS
Happenings in Dickinson Fifteen
and Twenty FIVE Years Ago
This Week.

From the PRESS of March is, 1884.
The mercury stands at so above zero.
Six hundred acres Of land will be
seeded at South Heart this spring.
William Conlin left for the Coeul
D'Alene gold mines last night.
The Willard house narrowly escaped
destruction by fire Wednesday by the
overturning Of a lamp.
Charles Stone recently killed q large
mountain lion near the Kildeer noun
tains which measured 81 feet from tip
to tip.
Eleven freighting outfits, loaded with
freight for the Black Hills, have left
here this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. C. Lawrence have
returned from spending the winter al
their old home in franklin county, N. Y.
The Daughters of the Prairie at Glad
stone have recently elected Miss Estelle
Cryne. president; Miss Minnie Perry,
vice president: Miss Maud Let's,
secretary; Miss Tina Lee, treasurer.
Their object is to provide public library
for Gladstone.
From the PRESS of March II, 1894.
Some farming has commenced in the
vicinity of Antelope.
George Senour entertained the No
Name club Wednesday at the residence
of j. j. Freeman.
The new Dickinson orchestra takes
the name of Arion.
The Knights of Dickinson will hold an
anniversary dance June 8. H. D.
Stevenson, j. o. Gray and j. X. Porter
are a committee of arrangements.
The Lehigh coal showed S per cent
ash and the Sims 10 in the Jamestown
test this week.
G. S. Sloan has again been arraigned
before the county board of insanity. He
goes to jamestown this time.
John Dobson reports that cattle and
sheep on the Cannon Ball wintered we'll.
There was more snow there than at some
places.
At a meeting of the county com
missioners A. Jopp was authorized t
purchase 900 bushels of wheat not to ex'
coed S. cents a bushel.
Ex-senator N. C. Lawrence returnet
Monday from New York.
The Dickinson press., 1909-03-13
GOOD COUGH MEDICINE FOR CHILDREN

GOOD COUGH MEDICINE FOR CHILDREN
The season for coughs and colds is
now at hand and too much care cannot
be used to protect the children. A child
is much more likely to contract diph-
iberia or scarlet fever when he has a
cold. The quicker you cure his cold the
less the risk. Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy is the sole reliance of many
mothers. and few of those who have
tried it are willing to use any other. Mrs.
F. F. Starcher, of Ripley, w. Va, says:
Il have new used anything other than
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for my
children, and it has always given good
satisfaction" This remedy contains no
opium OF other narcotic and may be
given as confidently to a child as to an
adult. For sale by all druggists. 2
The Dickinson press., 1909-03-13
Tho Year Without . Summer.

The Year without q Summer.
The year 1916 has a remarkable cold
weather record and is known as 'the
year without 4 sumner" In that year
there was a sharp frost in every
month, and the people all over the
world began to believe that some great
and definite change In the earth was
taking place. The farmers used to re-
fer to It as eighteen hundred and
starve to DEATH" Frost, ice and mow
were common In June. Almost every
green thing was killed, and the fruit
was nearly all destroyed During the
month snow fell to the depth Of three
inches in New York and Massachu-
sets end ten inches in Maine. There
were frost and ice in July In New York,
New England and Pennsylvania, and
corn was nearly all destroyed in Ger
tain sections. Ice half an inch thick
formed in August. A cold north wind
prevailed all summer.
The Dickinson press., 1909-03-13
RANCH AND FARM.

d. H. Anderson recently placed ono
Of the c. H. Wiley horses In quaran-
tine for mango.
-Four leading Wibaux wool growers
made contracts last week for the sale of
their entire clips Of the coming season
for ~ cents per pound. Included in the
number is Mr.. Bovee of Cedar.
Mat Gleason of Wades in Morton
county. broke the record for scalps re-
Gently, bringing in 80 coyote and two
grey wolf pelts Of his own besides 10
coyote skins for othera
Typhoid fever ought not to exist. Its
eerms are carried by impure water and
milk. See to it that your well is clean.
with no drainage toward it from the
barns or other outbuildings. Agricul-
tural College Talk.
Recent wool purchasers at Glendive
were G. D. Hollocker, Undem Bros.
and Thurman Bros, representing at least
$50, 600 pounds at 20 cents per pound.
j. Koshman & Co. of Boston bought the
wool. The activity of buyers and the
Offering of high prices at this season
Of the year has rather hurt the co-opera-
tive Chicago warehouse plan. j
A bill has been introduced in the
South Dakota legislature to establish a
$40. 600 live stock pavilion at Belle
Fourche for the purpose of holding live
stock shows, sales, etc.
Beach did a good grain business last
year from January 1. 1908. to January
/, 1909. shipping out 800 cars or SIS, $50
bushels. About Is per cent of the
grain raised in that vicinity is used at
home. Of flax 152 cars were shipped,
6s wheat, IL barley, 81 oats and 1 of
speltz.
Last Saturday Dr.. H. Anderson was in
Sentinel Butte to inspect five head of
two-year-old mares belonging to A.
Mosher, who was making a shipment
to his farm at Townsend. Mont. The
stock is all registered and is valued very
high. A yearling colt from the band
recently sold for $50, which is but
another instance of the fact that we'll
bred horses always bring good prices.
The following crop rotation, used on
the demonstration farm It Darlington.
is especially recommended for parts of
the state where dry seasons may be
expected, or where the nature of the soil
and subsoil is such that the rainfall
does not readily remain a the roots
of the plants. First comes a mixed crop
of rats and peas intended for hay.
followed by wheat, corn, wheat, corn
and finally wheat. This gives a six
year rotation that will hold a very large
per centage of the water that falls
during the season. Agricultural College
Talks.