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The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-09-28
LIGHT WORK IS ALL
FOR VARSITY
scRIMMAGE PRACTICE COMES
TODAY, WHEN HIGH SCHOOL
WILL BE MET.

The state university football squad
is training hard for the first real game,
To. be pulled off Friday afternoon with
the Fort Shaw Indians. Last night
the squad was out for signal prac-
tice, punting and catching the ball and
other light work This afternoon and
tomorrow the team will have some
hard scrimmage work and on Thurs
day. the day before the final game with
the Indians. will do final work in get
ting the plays to working well.
The spirit in which the university
boys are going out for football this
year goes a long way toward the sue
cess of the team. Last night enough
men for three teams We're out on the
field, enabling the coach and captain
to get a good line on all the material
in the school. The number of candi-
dates for positions on the team makes
the competition much keener than
ever before.
Manager Stoddard has arranged for
practice games with the high school
boys this afternoon and tomorrow. The
practice which the varsity obtains from
games with the high school is the best
work which the fellows get in prep
aration for the seasons schedule.
Back From Helena.
Professor j. =. Rowe of the state
university faculty returned from Hell
cna yesterday. after assisting in in
sialling the university exhibit i'm the
educational quarters of the state fair.
Professor Rowe saw the finishing
touches being put on the fair grounds.
Professor w. NJ. Aber remained In
Helena another day in order to get
glimpse of his old elassmate at Yale,
President Taft, and to chat with the
president over old college experiences.
The university sent a large amount
Of material for it's exhibit at the fair.
Apparatus from the engineering, chem
! istry. biological and forestry depart
ments and displays from several other
departments, especially the geological
department. win be on exhibition. The
university booth will he in charge of
different members of the faculty and
the Alumni during the week.
A special edition of a bulletin of in
formation was issued for the purpose
of distribution at the fair. These will
be handed out to residents of TIL.
Treasure state who are interested In
their state university.
Prexie to Boston.
President c. A. Duniway attended
the first day of the fair at Helena. re-
turning home Taste night. President
Duniway will leave Friday night for
Boston To attend the Inauguration OF
President Lowell at Harvard.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-09-28

To-day there will be no work for the
pupils Of the Missouia County High
school. for the building
A SHORT IL full of gas. the re-
VACATION suit of some sort of
combustion in the coal
bunkers of the new building. Tomnr
row there will he the usual sessions.
IL sure that the trouble will have
been located and remedied by that
time. Last night he said. Il am sure
that everything will he all right We'd
neSday and that we can hold Sos
sions as usuab but or Tuesday there
will be no school. Secretary Harden
hurgh Of the school board just sent
me word that IL would he impossible
for any sessions to he held on Tues
day, but | am assured that everything
will he all right by the next day.
The trouble il nothing so very bad
and the damage done Is practically
none. There are over 100 tons of coal
in the bunkcrs and force of men
has been working all day In carrying
the fuel out and will continue all
night. The combustion In this mass of
coal made Il noxlous gas that drove
the pupils from the building, but the
structure itself has not been dam
aged at all. Please make IL plain that
there will be no school on Tuesday.
hut that everything will be as before
ON Wednesday,
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-09-28
EDITH DANFoRTH DIES.

Edith nanforth, aged months. died
yesterday al the home nj her grand
father. Ed Boughtoa, 71s North Fifth
street. Cholera infantum was the
cause of death, The child's parents
reside ON Grant creek. M arrangr-
ments have Yet been made for the flu
neral.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-09-28
HhRNOIS
is BACK

Thomas II. Thihoiean always has
liked the Bitter Root. but he didn't
know just what "A fine
GOOD place the valley Is until
ROADS Sunday. when he took
his auto out for long
spin. When he returned he couldn't
say enough about the good roads
Last night be was still singing the
praises of the country bnulevards and
this was the burden Of his lay: Il
want tn thank the people Of the val
ley and their officials for the kind
of roads they are maintaining. They
are the best in the west and it's a
pleasure to ride on them. The val
ley Ii beautiful and all that. but I'm
not IA booster for the valley just now.
what I'm talking about Is the sort
of roads the Bitter Root has. They're
the best ever. II you want to see
something fine. just ga up OH the east
side from Florence and look at the
town the ditch company Is building
wonderful work Is going on there
\ year ago | saw nothing but sage
brush where yesterday | saw city
In the making. It's worth while"
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-09-28

Uncle Charles" Harnois and Uncle
Dick sutton are back from Seattle,
where they went to
HaRNOIS find out If the Alaska
is BACK Yukon-Pacific EXPOSE
ton were worth while
Uncle Charley and his wife stopped
al Alssnula, while Uncle Dick and
his helpmate continued To their home
in Butte. Spokesman for the whole
party. Mr.. Haruois last evening gave
the Seattle fair strong boost. ITS
all right said he. and I'm glad /
had the privilege of seeing the expo
sition. The advance agents have
said not one word too many about the
big show and the management hasn't
put up n single three sheet that ii
couldn't back up with the goods. We
had good time-al1 of ms-~but. Just
the same, I'm glad to get back To
Missauia."
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-09-28
CHILD Rem INJURED.

Jersey City, \, ]. Sept. a7.-sfx
children We're badly injured during ii
fire in ST. Anthony's Polish parochial
school ut Monmouth and Sixth streets
today. The panic was caused hy the
exploding af bombs by Italians. who
were celebrating In the street near the
school
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-09-28

Yesterday stranger entered the
Quick Lunch restaurant and ordered
"A half dozen oysters
CHEAP ut total of 30 cents.
PEARL He ate them raw and,
when half through with
his meal. almost broke tooth on
something mighty hard Investiga-
ton showed that he had found good
sized pearl. perfect and unchanged.
It's worth SEE" said the stranger Ia
the proprietor, I've had lots Of pearls
and | know Well" said the man
behind the counter. YOU paid for the
oysters and | guess You own the
pearl all right"
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-09-28

Uncle Charles" Harnois and Uncle
Dick Sutton are back from Seattle.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-09-28

Yesterday n
Quick Lunch
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-09-28
CASE is CONTINUED.

san Francisco. Sept. 21.-The case
of Patrick Calhoun. president Of the
United Railroads. charged with having
Offered Il bride To supervisor, was
continued until Thursday.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1909-08-06
SOPERTON 8, CRANDON 2.

The ball game last Sunday
between Crandon and SOpertOn
resulted in victory for the
home team. The county seat
BOYS came over expecting to do
up the east side boys in grand
style. They started in we'll and
succeeded in getting one score
in the first and one in the second.
The score stood ? to 0 in Gran
don's favor up to the fifth. The
Soperton boys then 5raced up
and pounded outone score. The
sixth inning brought in three
more giving the home boys the
lead and they maintained t.
The score ended s to 2.
Tony Huettl and Pat O'Brlen
played Hith the Soperton team
in placeo Of Quinlan and Harring
ton who had gone out to Otter
lake and were unable to get back
in time for .lsI game. A fair
sized crowd Iitiessed the game
A return game viii be played al
Crandon next Sunday.
Crandon 110O00000-2
soperton 0O00t313 3
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1909-08-06
MARRIED.

Lillian Wines and John Premo'
were married Monday evening
at the home of thebrides brother,
Peter Wines, BY Judge Forrest.
Only relatives and few intimate
friendswere IN attendance. The
groom is employed by the Bay
Shore company and they will
make their home here.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1909-08-06

Mr.. and Mrs. Kruetzer and
Mr. and Mrs. DR.. Fielding, who
have been camping out q. t
Roberts lake, returned to fheir.
home at Athens Tuesday fheg
had a very pleasant time and \.
xers successful IN gettieg sases'
mess ots4sh TO take alqre ~ &
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1909-08-06
ANNUAL TEACHERS INSTITUTE.

The Annual Institute for teach.
ers for Forest County will be
held at the High School Build
ing, Crandon, August 10th to
the Goth inclusive. Every teach
er, and those expecting to teach,
in the county, who have not been
in attendance at miner
School for teachers during the
summer are expected to be in
attendance.
This year change in the time
of holding the Institute has been
deemed advisable in order to
especially accommodate those who
want to teach and have not had
n g opportunity to attend a
Normal School Or County Train
ing School. The object is to
make this Institute a School for
the preparation of High School
graduates aud others for teach
ing, and no inexperienced appli-
cant for a certificate will be
granted such certificate unless
regularly in attendance.
We ask the co OpeEatiOn of
school boards who are invited to
visit the Institute and become
familiar with the character of
the work carried on.
Conductors: G.. B. Stanley,
Principal o f Waupaca County
Training School for Teachers
and A. A. Blandin, Principal
Port Washington Schools
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1909-08-06
LOCAL AND PERSONAL.

''sabscribe for the ADVERTISER
| HID. Tracy went to Chicago
on business Monday.
A. J. Tipler was up to Laona
on business Tuesday.
A daughter was born to Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Schroeder Sun
day.
II. D. Tracy returned Satur-
day from business trip to Chi
cago.
Surveyor N. 4. Smith returned
to his home at Clintonville Sat-
urday.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. r. BoneSteel
of Padus were Wabeno visitors
Monday.
Sheriff McInnis Of Crandon
was in town on official business
Wednesday.
Clarence Phillips and family
returned home Monday from
couple weeks visit down the
line.
Mrs Lulu Howe and niece
Eleanor Chase; returred Satur-
day from a weeks visit at Mari
nette.
Geo. Weasner of Menominee,
Mich, representing the North
ern Hardware company, was in
town Wednesday.
Gerald Dillon, of Gillets aged
18 years, was seized with cramps
and drowned Monday " hile bath
ing in F innegan's lake.
A. II. Wettstein returned home
from Shawano Saturday. Mrs.
Wettstein remained with Shaw
ano relatives until Monday.
Mrs. A. e. Lawrence a n d
daughter, Miss Nina, returned
home Monday from weeks Wis
it at Loyal, tx cir former home.
Miss Laura Adams o. Pound
and Miss Martha Adams Of Pesh-
tigo are the guests Of their bro
ther Ernest Adams, aud wife
this week.
Mrs. John Pichotta and child
rem, who have been visiting rela-
tives at Walsh and Maripett
the past few weeks, returned
home Monday.
Jake Bradley and family are
now located at Lakewood, where
they have charge of Wauby lake
resort, a popular summer cottage
near that town.
H. r. Messer Of Milwaukee
formerly of Laona, pa S q
through here en rouse to Laona
to remain over Sunday to attend
! to some business matters.
DraLynch of West Bend and
| T. A. Richardson returned We'd
nesday from az cruising trip over
in Florence County. They left
4 again yesterday morning in the
: doctors AUTO fer Tomahawk. to
! look over some land in that
: vicinity.
: r. B. Morris, who has been
: working for the HOLT Co" near
! Townsend arrived in.town few
. days ago and left today for Mar
: ouette. Mich. where he will Wis
: it his relativss@ short while.
! When he returnsS1e' will go tc
= work for the Jones Lnmber Co.,
{ at Wabeno. -Oconto Enterprise
= Frank Kopecky and his friend
{ Chas. Simandl Of Milwaukee and
2 Fred Gaiser, who have beei
{ camping out at Roberts lahs
E broke camp last Monday and
= Mr.. Simandl returned to Mil
s s waukse, accompanied by Miss
! Anna Kopecky The party
: ! caught twenty nics bass Sunday
= afternoon.
: Remember! If you ennoll for
= business course thru-sa agent
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1909-08-06
Program

The following subjects will be
presented as the needs Of the
Institute may demand: Reading,
Library Reading, Language,
School Mama cement and Manual
Arithmetic, Geop<aphy, History,
School Room Ventilation, Music,
Agriculture.
Reading, Library Reading,
School Management anl Manual
and Language must be carried
by the inexperienced .members
OF the Institute. All other mem
bers of the Institute are at liber-
ty to take such subjects as may
be agreed upon by the leading
conductor and the county super
intendent. /,
A record will be kept of thp
attendance, punctuality a n d
work of each teacher. The gu
lar Teachers Examinations will
be based upon the work Of the
Institute.
Teachers Examination
The Annual Examination OF
candidates for Teachers aGartl lf-
Gates for Forest County III be
held at the High School Build
ing, Crandon, by the County
Superintendent, Aug. 23rd, oath
and 25th. The examination will
bee for first, second and third
grade certificates.
The Subjects Required fo I
Third Grade Certificate, Life
one Yesr, are: Ortheopy, Read.
i n g,TArithmetic, g, Geography,
Civil Government, Physiology,
Hygiene, Manual of the Course
or STUDY, SpeIllng, HenHdnShlp'
English Grammar, U. S. History
Elements of Agriculture.
/ For Second Grade Certificate
Life Three Years, in addition tC
third grade subjects; Physica
Geography, English Compost
ton, American Literature, Cata
loginz an d Z 5 e of Schoo
| Libraries.
For FIRST Grade Certificate
Life Five Years, in addition Il
second and third grade subjects
EnGishs Literature, 2 hyslc $
Thes,Ay and Art of Teaching
Entsh History, Alg9bp1
$50 II. A. KAMM,
County Superintendent.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-06-12

the river with party of natives. As
expected. the hippos body was float
ing, but. unluckily for us, on the op-
posite side OF the river. which was
teeming with crocodiles ] tried to
persuaded some ofthe natives to go in
with a rope and attach it so that We
could draw the hippo over. No amount
of persuasion would induce them to
even put their feet In the river. At
last, cXaspcrated, / seized the end of
the rope and jumped into the river.
boots and all. and struck out for the
hippo. l had gone about a hundred
strokes when a cry from the bank
caused me to look around A cold
shiver of horror ran through me, for
20 yards behind. gliding silently
toward me through the blue water
could distinguish the brown form of
crocodile.
"Shottr I cried Shoot" as I put
every bit of energy into my stroke.
The crocodile must have been near
me. for the bullets that were being
fired from the bank commenced to
zip. zip, around my head was afraid
to look back. expecting every moment
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est post for preservation. Often when
skin arrives at its destination the
numerous insects that infest the coun-
try have eaten II full OF holes and 1t is
absolutely worthless,
Speaking of carnivora and tho other
fauna of Africa. let me say for the
benefit OF tho American writer's, lee
turers and artists who wish to pre-
tend to knowledge OF African ami
NAL life that there are no yaks, alll-
gators. kangaroors. turkeys, bears or
tigers In Africa outside OF a circus OF
a geological garden. There are two
species of rhinoceros. the bicornis or
prehensile-lipped and the sinus OF
square-mouthed rhino. The latter, al
though almost as black aS its rela-
two. is called the white rhinoceros on
account of blue slaty tinge in Its
skin, To be exact, there is no such
hing as a white rhinoceros. Both
have two horns. The Asiatic rhi-
noceros has but one. Crocldiles and
alIigators differ greatly In appear
ance, and the latter do not live in At
rica- The Asiatic elephant is also
different in appearance from its AZ
rican relative.
Now about tigers. which have been
treated so freely as African game in
recent American articles. 1t all de-
pends on ones nationality whether OF
not there are tigers in Africa. The
leopard is called tiger (uger) by
the Beers. and SO is the cheetah, just
as panther Is called a tiger in some
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-06-12

ing you and killing the rhino. / took
1t and gave the rhino both barrels of
the express. Your face is Singed
little from the flash. The recoil of
the blunderbuss has hurt my shoul-
der"
He put his left hand over and felt
the shattered collar bone. 81 suppose
It's all up with me-" he said. This.
on top of the fever, is too much" He
smiled and fell back unconscious.
The natives who had fed returned,
and we examined tho five porters who
got the rhino's charge. Two were
dead. three badly injured.
Through the night I sat beside my
unconscious comrade In the flicker of
the camp fires. listening to the dull,
monotonous droning OF the insects in
the trees. and seeing faces in the
embers, one face especially, kind,
thin face crowned with white hair
weeping as ] told her of Jappie, her
hunter sons death. The chill before
dawn struck the earth. I turned to
nut some wood on the fire. Glarlng
in the grass a few yards away | saw
two green phosphorescent eyes l
seized my Luger pistol and rose Like
flash a lion sprang away before |
could shoot. A little later the forest
burst into thunderous roars. IL seemed
TO be full of lions, which were attract
ed by the smell OF the rhino's blood.
De Villiers did not die. He came
through 1t all. He now organizes
hunting expeditions into East Africa
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-06-12

By Captain Fritz Duquesne

Boo in South Hra e5uue4m mEwom( aheA uut
IF gan mo h
I'm yapt dqh hG a h bnng
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in hgbe munnNnM he B N ha Of
pInn nLrrzoN
10 rnttB and tn by
b@ command ia Evh "a
changed 10 il D
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COM more Bm 10 Europe C t Yn At
% hehmka C E Aha hunnd
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The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-06-12

where my comrade lay between life
and death. there was a vivid flash. a
deafening roar filled the world, and !
fell. The rhinoceros rolled over,
squirting a stream of hot blood on
me from a wound In It's neck. / looked
up, daled and breathless. | didn't
know whether / was dead or alive. l
felt the huge. throbbing carcass be-
side me. The yellow feverstained.
holloweyed face of De Villiers looked
over the hammock and asked, Are
you hurt?"
Il think not" I answered. What
happened?'
got no answer. De Villiers sank
back with groan. l sprang TO the
side of the hammock | thought he
was dead. His breast was covered
with blood. / opened his shirt and
saw his right collar bone broken and
protruding through the flesh.
forced some brandy down his throat
and he revived. What happened?"
asked again.
You had one chance for life, and
that was the death of the rhlno /
had one chance in a thousand of saw
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-06-12

in the grass and down ! went l
grabbed my rifle and made for the
nearest tree few yards away When
I could get my breath / surveyed the
scene from my point of vantage.
could see at least ten rhinos The
thing fell over was newborn baby
rhino and it must have been its
mother ! shot at.
1t is the habit of the pachydermata
of Africa to collect around female
that is about to give birth to young.
This is TO protect the newborn weak
ling against the attacks of It's enc
mics and that is the sort OF christeD-
ing / ran into. / hated to interrupt
the birthday party. but l couldn't let
sentiment Interfere with business, so
opened fire on the nearest rhino. He
got ii right through the heart and
fell. ] fred at a second and that
also went down. While | was reload
ing my express the rest took fright
and scampered off.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-06-12
Close Call for a Brave Hunter.

was reaching for my rife when
the rhlno caught sight Of me IT was
too late. turned and ran toward the
Nriver. A dive would save me.
thought of the crocodiles. felt the
puff of the rhino's foul breath. My
heart sank. ] had one chance 10
Jump aside and let the rhino pass.
jumped, and the roaring animal wipeo
iis cores stained cheek on me as
did ! doubled on my tracks, the
demoniac brute frothing In fury after
me AS passed under the hammock
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-06-12
Narrow Escape 'CrocodiIes

The summer before last was hunt
ing on the Kagera. We had eaten
antelope for some time and the camp
was anxious for change. so ! shot n
10 do. ] waited till 1t showed its head.
and, bang; a squirt OF blood and It
was all over. AS the water was deep,
but not running. ! knew that in the
morning I ought to find my victim
floating. AT daybreak ] was down at
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-06-12
freed by a Rhino Birthday PARTY.


The next day We continued our
march We had not gone far when
native brought in news of a fresh
rhIno spoor. l at once set out in
search of the game. We were not
ten minutes on the hunt when
smelled the peculiar odor OF the rhino,
which sometimes is very strong.
was down the wind-that is. the wind
was blowing toward me from the
rhino-so / was sure of getting a
pretty good shot, A few minutes
later | saw a long horn sticking
through the high grass 1t was mo-
tionless. The animal was waiting
for us TO pass. | took a chance aim
and fired. hoping TO hit vital spot
My calculation was bad and the rhino
scampered off at a gallop. | stood
there cursing my luck when a grunt
behind me nearly scared me out OF
my wits | took no chances, but
turned and ran. | hadn't gone 20
yards when l bumped on something