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The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1909-06-12
irrigation BY pumplna.

The whole state will watch with In.
teest tho experimentation a. yet n ID
only an sxperiment-which the owners
OF some 10000 acres OF arid land are
about 10 make to irrisate the tract with
water brought to the surface BY pump.
Ing.
The limit Of this kind OF irritation
seems to be only the supply OF water
which the pumps may lin. This 10
greater In some localities than In 9th.
ers. In some there may b NO avail.
able water At all. Homsseeksrs should
not take too much for granted. But
there 10 reason 70 believe that there n
In the aggregate . large acreage east
Of Denver which may b reclaimed b.
this means. Il may easily exceed the
entire arca-two million acrss-pov
under irrigation from bitches in this
state.
That the experiment may mean much
Tor the future Of Colorado and Denver
10 evident: for land irrisatsd from
pumps calls for Intensive cultivation
which IN turn means great deuslty al
population. For this reason there are
sreafer possibilities In tho success q
th's venture than In almost anything
else which In recent years has hen
sa9ecsted 90 means for utiiisinR aria
lands which cannot be reclaimed b. Of.
binary methods Of irrigation. Il
snouId b. borne In mind. however.
that 10 Ito present stage Il 10 ouiy A.
experiment. No one should build upon
u - though Ito success were alreoly
essursd.-Deuvsr Republican.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1909-06-12

A young man In Brooklyn 10 suing
the police for ll25.0O0 damages for
photographinE and measuring him By
the Bertillon system. when he was
proved innocent Of any crime. He
claims that his personal pride. seif.re
spcct. legal rights and nervous sys-
TEN were Injured TO that extent,
which collective wrongs certainly cali
for some substantial soothing. On
the other hand. the police hold that
persons are thin-skinned TO a. un.
justinable extent Who cannot pass
over little mistake like being ranked
among the criminal population.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1909-06-12
MORE IMPORTANT TO COLORADO
THAN EVEN THE FAMED
SUGAR BEET.
RESTORES WORN SOIL
FIGURES AppUcEo TO SHOW I'M.
MENsE PER CENT. OF PROF.
IT LAST YEAR.

wv. L. Monroe in Denver News.) s
The daily press In the larger cities
and the newspapers in the beet-pro-
ducing district are urging that peti-
tions be forwarded to our senator's
and congressman for the retention OF
the present tariff on importa-
lions OF sugar, because . re-
duction will destroy the beet
sugar industry in Colorado. upon
which the farmers and agricultural
interests are largely dependent for
support and upon which the develop
ment of the agricultural interests al.
most entirely depends"
Conceding to the sugar beet indus
try Its full measure Of credit IN de-
veloping the sections of the state
where 1t is established. attention Is in.
vited to q crop Of much more impor.
lance to the state as a whole and Of
more importance in the beet districts
and that crop Is good old alfalfa-the
backbone and mainstay Of agriculture
and stock raising In this state.
"""ou' a,iana '"ere "ou'o oe NJ
sugar beet industry-nor any other
aellEu'.aral ihuus.r! 'he s'a'e
o''n .ne name "heh the cream o'
.ne ierul'y mas oeen SKINNED from
."e eo'l III 'n's s'a'e-~n'en ID erect
Gu ~ very ne" .eA!s-.here ID no
pa.eA' way ol restoring " except oy
seuns t"e iana 10 ahaha OF the ap-
phcation Oh manure. As the NUMBER
VI ."'na,s 'eo ano the amount OF ma
nu'e "'aae oepend pr'ncipaiiy on tns
'o""ase Oh sita"a grown II can DO
1easonao,S claimed 'hat the maante-
nance o! the iertii'ty OF the SOIL IN
s.,s. . uepe" nus pr'm.riiy On A.
tsna. Two or three crops OF sugar
49,. ~ are All tnat can
-. "u "o.o'y ko"n On .
-, ..r,.. .""a "''"'u' les'"''"s ''s
'"!
-. .he.s az ,s" I.opA mat 30 QUICKLY
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1909-06-12

Dcnver.--work vas begun Tuesday
on the wreckins Of the Toitec building
10 make way for the twslve-etosy
First National Bank building. which
wili be begun ~ soon % the site can
BE- cleared. The Price building. ID.
joining the Toltec % Stout street. will
also b. wrecked. - the new building
IL 10 occupy the sites oe both these
buildings. The new building will cost
about oseo. 900. and will ~ the most
thoroughly modern building II The city
when completed. Il will b. construct.
ed BY the Puget Sound Reality Con.
paay. The general coatssel haviag been
lse by thIs co0pasy 70 ths james
Stewart Construetion compaav Of New
York and Ch!caso.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1909-06-12

The latest report shows that there
ase e.Sie satioaal hanks 10 he coun.
~. With - aegrsgats' authorised 60.
ital q esl%.73s.oeo. Durtas Ape1l -
Sasks. WITH total capital q q ~. soe.
were authorized 70 DO busioess. A. 10
sAewn. naay q The asvss iqs>Ituttsus
have email capital. TAsy IN q.
sag.sl y nsss rseuirsosats u cen.
naait3ss Asestosess vitAoS1 - n.
eoo0se. ~ ~ Whole sAov1R oseaes
- . WI 1sslsabss expaasaea.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1909-06-12

When fears were expressed that
President Roosevelt might fail . Vie.
tim to the sleeping sickness. the state
meat was nads that ~ tss-tss ay. %
dangerous to native Africans. nsvsr
bites . white maa. But recsat "a.
vices from Nombasa are 70 The Of.
fct that seven European doctors Who
were studyins The disease have cue.
eumbsd to II. EviAsntiy the core.
spoaAsat 10 ABROAD In The lana. :"
When corrsspooAsats tell coaaicsisg
etostss. what 10 70 b believed, a..
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-06
The Great Buick Team Has Arrived
DARING DRIVERS
 REACH THE CITY

Lewis Strang, Birminghams favorite automobile driver, accompanied by Louis Chevrolet and George Dewitt, arrived in Birmingham yesterday morning and spent the day in the city.
 Greiner, the rich young Chicagoan, and Cowell, holder of the Alabama cham pionship, are also in the city.
 The drivers visited the fair grounds yesterday afternoon and drove over the course Today considerable work will be done on the track In order that 1t might be in perfect shape for tomorrow's events.
 The chief attraction, naturally, will be the exhibitions of the Buick team, per haps the greatest in the world Lewis Strang has made a name from one end of the country to the other. There is no better known automobile driver in the country than Chevrolet, the fearless Frenchman. George Dewitt Is a Jack sonyille, Fla, boy. and is new to pro- fessional circles. But he has made good with a rush.
 The programme of events is a large and full one, and everybody, professional and amateur, will have opportunities to show their ability. In Birmingham there are more than 300 automobiles of all makes and types and the majority of these, 1t is probable, will be banked around the field when the programme begins.
 Lewis Strang is going after several rec ords while in Birmingham He will en- deavor to get all records from 50 to 100 miles.
 "I feel confident" he stated, "of break ing the 100-mile record made in New Orleans last fall by Burman. Burman rode the 100 miles in 102 minutes. I do not know whether I will get the 50-nile record or not. The maker of this record rode the distance in 4S minutes"
 Strang is looking hardy and hale. He had miserable luck in Montgomery Tues day afternoon and on account of two ac- cidents to his machine failed to show in a single event.
 The noise of the several big machines reverberated throughout the city yester- day and caused many gatherings on the corners. Birmingham Is always enthusi- astic over the great automobile sport and baseball at the present time has a stren- uous rival.
 The meet will be under the auspices of the Birmingham Police Relief associa- ton.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-06
GARRY HERMAN MAKES STATEMENT
  Concerning the RumorS ot
 Baseball War NEWSPAPERS SEE TROUBLE o'Brien Smoothly Evades the Issue. No Longer a "cIass AA"-Bel- igerents Expected to In-
 wade Chicago.
NEWSPAPERS SEE TROUBLE

Cincinnati, May 5.-Tn speaking of the rumored baseball war today Chairman Au- gust Herman of the National commission said:
 There was no ulterior motive in abro- gating the agreement as revised last Jan- urary, that gave several concessions to the American association and the East ern league Some agreement had to be used and as the date set for the signing of the revised agreement had passed there was nothing else to do but to go back to the old agreement
 We might have done this without say ing anything about 1t, but the announce ment that the revised agreement would not go into effect as per schedule, was simple to enlighten all of those concerned who might have thought that this agree ment was in effect. As far as the ru- mored war Is concerned, these same ru- mors were afloat before the agreement was revised and as the conditions arc exactly the same now, the same rumors now are perfectly natural, though I put no stock In them"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-06
Newspapers Expect War.

Chicago, May 5.-That another baseball war Is anticipated by close followers of the politics Of the national pastime in the announcement of the national commis- sion that the revised national agree ment as framed to suit the American association and the Eastern league has been abrogated through the failure of these two leagues to sign the instruments within the time limit set, Is asserted by the Daily News today. This newspaper says:
 That the American association is &C., lively but secretly trying to arrange for an invasion of Chicago, thus bringing about another baseball war is the opinion of many leaders of the two major leagues The Eastern league Is not so aggressive as the western association, but it is generally believed that the western lead CTS have the magnates of the Eastern league well In hand and that whatever the American association decides to put through will have the support of the Eastern league"
 The Daily News recites the action of last winter which gave these two leagues a special rating with the privilege of leagues and continues;
 Now comes the announcement from Cincinnati that these two organiza tions have failed in their part of the agree ment and the whole thing is off, leav- ing all minor leagues In the same po- sition they occupied last year-the Aneri- can association and the Eastern league fall back to A Classification
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-06
SCANDAL IN "SALLY..
Newspaper Man Says Umpire Bet On
 Games Result.

charleston, s. C., May 5.-Umpire William Settley of the South Atlantic league, who the Macon Telegraph of Monday claimed bet on the Macon games and made unfair decisions, wired President Jones, at Jacksonville, today for an immediate investigation of the charges preferred against him. and said that either he or Mangum would have to be punished. He wishes to have Man. gum of the Macon Telegraph debarred from all the South Atlantic league club games, in case the charges against him are proved false. and he says that they will be. President Jones is ex- pected to come to Charleston at once
 Settley Is the umpire who put Castro out of the game and had the Augusta club fined for leaving the field at Ma con. He officiates here for 12 games.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-06

For this reason the club has ruled that Haas may compete in the contests against Vanderbilt and Tennessee, but his scores will not count in the total figures of the meet, nor will he enter the events against the club or the Young Mems Christian association. ". D. Nesbitt of the club held conversation with Stickney of Ala bama, and this arrangement seems to be satisfactory.
 The following trophies are offered for competition: A general meet trophy, a cup which Is donated by the Ell1s; col- lege trophy, cup presented by the South ern club club trophy, a cup presented by the Country club: a college relay cup. presented by the Birmingham Arms and Cycle company; club relay cup, present ed by the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company. A gold medal will be given by the Athletic club to the contestant who scores the greatest num- Der of points in the open competition.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-06
DICKS GREAT PITCHING
Cause of Mobiles Defeat-Carey
 Stunp Ball.

Memphis, May 5.-It was the pitching of Dick, who allowed but three scattered hits, that was largely responsible for the victory of Memphis today. Up to the last half of the eighth inning neither side had scored. Then Stinson reached first on balls, was sacrificed to second, went to third on Coulson's hit and scored on Carey's drive to right field. Lindsay's two-base hit scored Coulson and Babb with the other two runs Careys batting was a feature Score:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-06
PELICANS LOSE TWO.
Folbre and Hart Put New Orleans on
 the Blink.

Little Rock, May 5.-The locals ad- mfniEtered a double defeat to New Or leans this afternoon. The visitors could do little with Folbre in the first game, cratic fielding accounting for both their runs. In the second game Hart was continuously getting in tight places, but using ma agnificent headwork, pitched his way out in every inning ex- cept the eighth when New Orleans punched two doubles and two singles. Hart assisted in winning his game by singling in the fifth with men on sec ond and third, and two out Score:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-06

the right to pay his delinquent dues before the meet. provided he was properly reg istered and entered and will have the right to compete
 This leaves 1t up to Shelton as to whether he wishes to pay the s6, and rep resent the Young Mems Christian associa- ton. The club claims that whether a man uses the privileges or not, he Is still member of the club and liable to dues until he has resigned or been sus- pended. That, however, Is a question that bears investigation.
 Miles also. received letter from D'Ben- edetto stating that he had help up Haas entrance not on account of the basket ball mix-up of last winter, but because Haas is registered with the Mobile Young Mems Christian association, and while he Is eligible to represent his college against other colleges, he Is not eligible to rep resent his college against the Young Mems Christian association or the Athletic club.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-06
KELLUM WAS STRONG.
Johns Pitched Great Ball, Too-At-
 lanta Shut Out

Atlanta, May 5.-Nashville again shut out Atlanta today. Kelum pitched for the visitors and held Atlanta down all the way through nine hard-fought in nings. In the eighth Johns, who had pitched splendid ball. was taken out of the box in order for Sid Smith to bat in his place. Smith failed to get a hit and Viebahn took the place of Johns. At that time Nashville had one run and before the three outs had been made two more scored. In the eighth Atlanta had a chance to get a man over but Nashville steadied down and retired the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-06

The athletes of two states and five or ganizations are putting in their final work for the big field meet of next Saturday. The Athletic club. under whose auspices the meet Is to be held, has committees hard at work the programme and arrangements for the event.
 The programme for all the events has been decided by system of drawing, so that no team has the advantage over the other.
 That the meet will be pulled off without any squabble is also now probable, as the club has withdrawn from it's posi- ton in the Shelton matter and has re- eeived a letter from D'Benedetto which obyiates the contest over Haas
 Harry Miles received a telegram from Sullivan, the head of the Amateur Ath- letic union to the effect that Shelton has
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-06
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Brooklyn Wins Easily.

Brooklyn, May 5.-Brooklyn pulled Philadelphia out of first place today by slugging out a victory, to 3. Bell had the erstwhle league leaders puzzled at critical points, striking out eight of them and also figuring largely in the scoring. The home team landed hard on Moore in the fourth, five runs being scored. Brown finished the game and stopped the slaugh- ter Score: R.H.E. Philadelphia ........ 100 010 010-3 Rroolxlvn - 020 300 1O*-S 10
 Batteries Moore, Brown and Dooin and Jacklitsch; Bell and Bergfn. Time, ;3S Umpires, Truby and Rigler
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-06
What Manqum Says.

Macon, Ga, May s.-Frank Mangum sporting editor of the Telegraph pub lished protest yesterday against the alleged conduct of Umpire Settley in the games with Charleston here last week.
 The worst of the case is an asser- tion that Settley bet on the games he umpired. Settley is said to have ad- mitted having done while he was here. Mangum further asserts that Settley practically gave one of the games to Charleston here last week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-06
Cube Gets HIapInbothan.

New York, May 5.-Pitcher Higgfn- botham of the St. Louis Nationals, on whom waivers were asked five days ago, and who since then has twirled a victory over Cincinnati, has been claimed by the Chicago club and will become member of that team on pay ment of price as fixed by Acting Presi- dent Heydler of the National league.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-06
THE LAKE OF BAYS" COUNTRY.

handsome brochure. artistically illus trated, has been issued by the passenger department of the Grand Trunk Railway System, telling of the beauties of the Lake of Bays district, in the Highlands of On tario." A new feature of this district is the new hotel-the Wawa-at Norway Point The hotel itself has page illus tration refiecting the summer glories of woodland and water, with a brood of seven wild geese soaring skyward beyond the tower The concise description em- bodies the story of a charming resort.
 copy can be obtained free on applica- tion to 0. w. Vaux, 9l7 Merchants Loan and Trust Bldg, Chicago, Ill.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-06
Evers Suspended.

Chicago. May 5.-Johnny Evers, the star second baseman of the Cubs, was suspended today by the national com mission for failure to report to his team at the opening of the season Evers had planned to take rest and had permission from President Murphy to delay his reporting to the club. It Is thought Evers will be reinstated in a day or two upon payment of a nomi- nal nfie
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-06
COLLEGE GAMES.

At Amherst: University of Virginia. 4; Amherst l.
 At New Haven: Brown, 4; Yale. z. At Ithaca, N. Y.: Cornell, 2; Williams, O. <- At Cambridge: Harvard, 3; Phillips-And- over, 0.
 At Blacksburg, Va: Virginia Polytech- mic, f6; Emery and Henry college, 2.
 At Annapolis: Midshipmen 2; St. Johns college, '.
 At West Point Army, 5; University of Pennsylvania '.
 At New York; Columbia university, |; Fordham college. o.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-06
New Two-MiIe Record.

Philadelphia, May 5.--Paul. the sopho- more distance runner of the University of Pennsylvania, today on Franklin field broke the collegiate and Intercollegiate record for the two-mile run his time being nine minutes 2S seconds The record made by Rowe of the University of seconds,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-06
Cubs Finally Win.

Chicago, May 5.-Zimmerman's fielding and Steinfeldt's three long sacrifice flies won today's game from Cincinnati for Chicago. 5 to g. Score: R.H E. Chicago ..O .O1O 102 01*-5 g 1 Cincinnati 600 OG2 000-2 1 5
 Batteries: overall and Moran; Jasper and Mclean. Time, 40. Empires, ODay and EmSlie.
 Boston-New York game postponed; wet grounds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-06
cIeveland,s Erors Lost Game.
Rrockett,s Great Work.

New York, May 5.-In quick and al- most perfectly played game New York defeated Boston to 0, Crockett pitching his second shut-out of the season. The visitors were unable to bunch their hits on Crockett, who fielded his position fine ly and had nine assists. Score: R.H E. Boston ..00 900 coo 000-0 o New York ............. 100 OOo 01"-2
 Batteries: Arellanes and Spencer; Crockett and Blair. Time, :39. Um- pires, Hurst and Evans
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-06
o,Rrien Evades Smoothly.

Milwaukee May 5.-President J. D. OBrien of the American association of baseball clubs today refused to make & statement regarding the action of the national baseball commission setting aside the revised national agreement drafted in January last.
 We are too busy catering to the base ball public," said MT. OBrien today 'Ths is no time to meddle with the politics of the game"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-06
Birmingham Loses.

Greensboro, May 5.--(Special)-- Southern university beat Birming ngh am college in a close game here this aft ernoon. Score: R. H. K. South ern University ......... 6 5 Birmingham College ........ 5 3
 Batteries: Wheeler and Reddock Hawkins and Weeling and Bagley.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-06
TEXAS LEAGUE.

At Oklahoma City: Oklahoma City, 10; Waco, 5.
 At Dallas: Dallas l; Galveston, O. At Fort Worth: Fort Worth, 8; Hous- ton. g. port, 2.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-06
Sporting Ne1Us
SOME OPINIONS
 ABOUT THE CANKER

As to the damage that gambling in
 sports can do, we have a fine object
 lesson. Wrestling. once the greatest sport. coming down as it has from the pre-
 historic ages, is now so crooked that | it can wrap itself about cork
 screw Horse racing, the sport of kings. is
 now the sport of no one in particular,
 and gamblers in general. What has caused the moral slump in
 these two branches? The finger of the gambler Just how he has done the damage is
 a long story. It is indisputably true,
 however, that he is the guilty party l Wrestling is now a dead number.
 Horse racing Is dying natural ! death. It will die. 1 Baseball, therefore. appealing to all i classes as it does, is the natural field | to which the gambler Is turning and l has already turned. Is 1t possible that any man of com
 mon intelligence believes that base 1 ball, virile as 1t is. can live with the
 gambling leech continually sucking it's very life blood? It cannot. Unless some action is taken base- ball will die after having become | crooked and abandoned by all decent people. Every season we write little article on this subject. No one has claimed that in the de- auctions above there is single bit of eXaggeration. n,ly. F., Il, Aop ball gambling does not exist, but even they dare not state their object-that | the anti-gambling agitation might cease. The gamblers have referred to The Age Herald as knocking their game. The Age-Herald Is not knocking. It is going even further It wants to see these blood suckers, who are willing to spoil a great, na tional sport and recreation, put out of business and put into jail. You are on the right track" many
 have said
 You are doing good work others
 have averred But we are doing 1t all alone. The gamblers will continue to make their books In Birmingham and con tinue despoiling the innocents in a game that cannot be beaten. until some
 official finds little backbone where little backbone should be. Today it is only the jellyfsh that the
 nal fine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-06
By BILL AK.

We'll, the Sleepers were up against a pretty tough proposition in Moxey Manuel yesterday afternoon, and the amateurish support given Jack Lively should be over looked in part.
 At times they were awful.
 On the other hand, until the eighth. Manuel held them at his mercy, this being true in spite of couple of errors in one inning which got him into his first hole. These miseues happened to Larsen on an easy chance. and to Henline on an- other easy chance. save that the sun blinded him completely.
 It looked like a shutout for Mont gomery. But In the eighth, after Kerwin had famed, Persons hit to right. White man found the nose of the next one, but Ellam caught it, and it looked as if he had doubled Persons at first. He would have save for shake of the head of Dan Pfenninger. Then Greminger sur prised with hit to center, and Rocken- field smashed another to the same ter ritory. But Pope. of course. hit to third where Larsen, without serious trouble could force the manager.
 Isn't il strange that with men on first and second Pope will always hit to third?