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The Washington herald., 1909-02-26
HATCHETITES WIN SHOOT.
College Boys Rifle Club Defeats
National Guard.

The George Washington Rifle Club vou
a close match from Company X. Second
Regiment, National Guard. The latter
shot their scores on the George Washing
ton range last night
The best work was done by Cash and
Schnabel for George Washington and by
Team Capt Clausel for Company X.
George Washington was high in the Of
hand: Company X was high in The prone
position.
Tho S~o~n-
The Washington herald., 1909-02-26
EASY FOR SHRUBB.
Dorapdo Beaten In the Fifteen-MiIe
Race

Buffalo. Feb. 25-Alfred Shrubb. holder
Of ali British running records up 70 eleven
miles. rather easily defeated DOTandO. the
Italian runner. in 4 ffteen-mile race az
the Seventy-foUrth Regiment Armory here
tonight. he finished in 1886 IS. leading
Dorando by about two and three-quarter
laps. and breaking every American record
from the first to the fifteenth mile
Except in the first lap the EngIishnan
led all the way. and at the seventh mile
had lead Of fully three laps.
DOrandO finished the race with a really
splendid SpUTt-
The Washington herald., 1909-02-26
NEW LEAGUE IS RUMoR.
American and Eastern Associations
Likely TO Merge.

SPECIAL % The Washington Herald
St Louis. No. Feb. 25-An American
Association magnate here says it il
planned 10 merge the American Associa-
ton with the Eastern League at the end
Of the coming baseball season. fornins
a third major league with Louisville. In
dianapoiis. Columbus, Toledo. Baltimore
Providence. Newark. and Buffalo clubs
and Joseph D. O'Brien as its president.
The new Western League will include
Omaha, Kansas City. Minneapolis. St
Paul. Milwaukee, Denver. Sioux CITY. and
Des Moines
The Washington herald., 1909-02-26
SEASON PASS FREE
To LUCKY WINNER
Can You Name the Nationals
Batting Order
INFIRST GAME OFSEAS0N
Unique Guessing Contest of The
Washington Herald.
INFIRST GAMEOFSEAS0N

Every Baseball Fan Numbered
Among Our Readers Entitled to
COmpefe-JuSt Fill Out Coupons
and Mail or Send TO The SpOr ing
EditOr-CsntIIIOa's Lineup for the
Season Opener PrO5IematicaI.
The Washington herald., 1909-02-26
JUDGES DISAGREE
ON SCORING RULES
How About Man on Third
and Wild Pitch?
WHY DISCRIMINATION?
ShettsIine Is New Secretary of
the Phillies.

Southern League Clubs Securing the
Woods for Cztchers-BroOkIyn Re
fuses TO Cut Loose Any BackstOp
Material-The National Commission
Awards Pitcher White TO Boston
Club-Other Baseball News.
The Washington herald., 1909-02-26
OFF TO JOIN ATHLETICS.
Shortstop Simon Nichols Leaves for
New Orleans.

Special t0 The Washington Herald
BOyds. Nd, Feb. 25.-Simon Nichols,
Montgomery County's pride in baseball
circles and shortstop for the PhiladeI-
phia Athletics, VIII leave next week with
the Athletics for New Orleans, where
they 90 into spring practice for the com
ing season in April next
Nichols has been keeping up his health
and activity all during the winter By
hunting. and is in the pink Of condition
for the spring practice He expects this
year to outdO his former records with the
Athletics
The Washington herald., 1909-02-26

Referee Jim Buckley. Of the National
Club New York, is still being panned
for the way he handled the Burke Nc
Sherry fight.
The Washington herald., 1909-02-26
SCROGGINS CHALLENGES.
Agrees to Meet ANY I45-POund
Wresfler in sOufh.

Lew ScroggiDs. who has been wrestling
under The name Of Young BOthner. OF
Baltimore. made q creditable showing
against Joe Turner yesterday. staying
with Joe fourteen and one-hsIf minutes.
J. c. Colvin. who is Scroggins' manager.
saws his boy stands ready to meet any
Is5-pound grappler IN the South.
The Washington herald., 1909-02-26
YILLANOYA ENTERED
Track Athletes for George
town Indoor Carnival.
HARRY HILIMAN TO COMPETE

New York star VIII Attempt to
Lower Indoor Hurdle Mark-Blue
and Gray Team Is strengthened by
Addition of Rice, SchIOsseF. Mont
gOmery, and Other Good Men.
The Washington herald., 1909-02-26
Big OFFER TO QUIT
Australian Says Burns Offered
Johnson $4,000.
ABE ATTELL AND MORAN NEXT

New York TO See SIashinE Mil when
Charley Griffin and Battling Hur-
ley Mix-Bayes and DorspdO Are
Matched for Another Race, which
VIII Take Place March Is.
The Washington herald., 1909-02-26

Boston. Feb. 25.-The Boston Nationals
have been awarded Pitcher White by the
national commission. Plttsburg and St
Louis also claimed him. He pitched two
no-hit games in the Ohio State League,
and won twenty-eight out Of forty games
last year.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-07-28
Novelty Islands.

A great French gun company has
constructed an artificial island in the
Mediterranean e some distance out
from Toulon to be used as an expert
mental station for torpedoes. 1t Is
called the "1le des Torpilles," which
means the Island Of TorpedOes, and
the method Of its construction is in
genious. When the idea first present.
ed itself to the company a small island
in a proper locality was searched for,
but without success. Therefore the
company decided to build q hollow
concrete island. float it to the position
desired and sink 1t to the sea bottom.
The huge structure, seventy-ive feet
long, fifty feet wide and about seven
ty feet in height. was constructed on
the banks of the Seine, launched and
lowed to its position in the Mediter-
ranean.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-07-28
THE GIRLS | ALMOST KISSED.

<ROM the fish I have almost caught
Lobster or sucker or skate
= To the witty things I've thought
Just half q wink too late;
From the riches I've almost had
o the trains l have barely missed.
There Is never q memory so sad
Az the girls that I almost kissed.
Tnere was Alice, who said me nay,
And Anna. who spurned me cold,
And the merry, the madcap Mae,
Who cried I was bad and bold,
Their bright ayes haunt my dreams
In a dim. delicious mist,
And q CLINT of pearl and ivory CLEANS
Through the lips that I 4 almost kissed.
There was Rose Of the soulful sigh
And June Of the wistfull face.
Allegro Of Turing eye
And the courtly poise of Grace.
L0, out OF my giddy past,
Though I sQuirm and struggle and twist.
The sweet ghosts find me out at last
The girls that I almost kissed.
Though I'm fat, smooth domed and old.
And none would kiss me now,
Ny loves come back to fold
New wrinkles in my brow,
And each has a suit to lay
On my breach of promise list,
For the girls that l almost kissed one day
Next day I always kissed!
Chester Firkins in Puck.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-07-28
LONGEST BASEBALL GAME
Bloomington and Decatur Teams Play
ed 1wenty.s six lnnjnos.

Bloomington and Decatur Teams Play
ed Twenty-six Innings.
Bloomington and Decatur Of the
Three 1 league recently broke at
Bloomington, ILL.,, the worlds profess
sional record for long baseball games,
playing twenty-six innings. Decatur
won. 2 to l.
The grounds were muddy and slip
perry, but the fielding on both sides was
extraordinary, and the pitching Of
Burns and Clark vas phenomenal.
The game was called for fifteen min
utes on account Of the rain in the fifth
inning. The actual playing time was
four hours and twenty minutes.
Bloomington scored its II u in the
first inning, while Decatur scored one
in the third and one in the twenty
sixth. Bloomington made thirteen
base hits and committed n error,
while Decatur hit eleven times with
two errors.
Bloomington after the long grind pro-
tested the game ON the allegation that
Fisher, who got to first on a dead ball
and scored on a three Dagger, cut Sec
ond base.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-07-28
Easy Of Access.

G88y OF
The path that leads to trouble
IL not 80 hard to md,
And one may stumble on Il
II he is 80 inclined.
Just let him own an auto.
And I have got q bunch
Most any road he travels
He'll find It in q bunch.
But that IL quite expensive.
There are some cheaper ways
II he will go about It
To find where trouble stFays.
II in a family racket
He tries to smooth things DER
He'll get enough, I'm thinking,
To stock q good sized store.
Or he might slyly venture
To kick q neighbor's cat
II he would in q hurry
See trouble come to bat.
He might when some one MARBLES
Upon the patient air
Express his true opinion
And get it then and therA
He need not run a circus,
He need not own a goat,
Alone he need not venture
To price a lady's coat,
He need not buy an airship
And flutter in the air,
He need not lift a finger
There's trouble everywhere.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-07-28
SALT MANUFACTURE.
Economy Of eessemer Process Over
Old Evaporation Method.

Economy Of eessemer Process Owe,
Old Evaporation Method.
1t seems a far cry between the man
ufacture Of salt and the manufacture
Of steel, yet by a new method the
Bessemer process is now being used
for the former as well as the latter
Dirty rock salt is discharged into spe
cial furnaces and quickly converted
into a molten condition. It is then
run into a receiver, through which
current Of compressed air is forced
causing all the impurities in the
molten mass to either be blown away
or forced to the bottom of the vessel
leaving an almost transparent liquid
The latter is poured of in molds and
allowed to cool and solidifv, forming
a block that can be sold in this condi.
ton as rock salt or can be broken ur
and ground in the various sizes re.
quired for domestic use.
Salt thus turned out is not only
thoroughly %cleansed, but bleached as
well. The extent to which the cost OF
salt manufacture is reduced by the
converter is claimed to be great, it be.
ing asserted that by the evaporation
method a ton of coal yields only one
and a half tons Of salt. while the new
method yields fifteen tons of finished
salt for each ton Of coal used.
The ordinary process of salt manu-.
facture, and one which has been used
for many centuries, is the discharging
Of the quarried salt in water. together
with its numerous impurities, and the
running Of this mixture into evaporat,
ing pans. Fire beneath the pans evap'
crates the water and some Of the i'm.
purities, leaving the deposit of salt.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-07-28
LUNAR SUPERSTITION.
Moons Phases Have Nc Effect on Ami
NAL and Vegetable Life.

Moons Phases Have No Effect on Ami.
NAL and Vegetable Life.
After exhaustive experiments In no.
tato planting the United States de-
partment Of agriculture has to say
that in season one time is as good as
another to put potatoes in the ground.
Almost every one, even If he were
not reared In the country, has heard
Of the idea about planting potatoes in
the dark Of the moon, says Scientific
American. The field workers of the
department Of agriculture have been
investigating the matter and have
found that Is per cent Of the farmers
Of this alleged enlightened country put
in their crops and do a good many
other things about the farm governed
solely by the moons phases. Many
farmers will tell you that If you plant
potatoes In the dark of the moon they
will run to tubers and IL in the light
Of the noon they will run to tops, and
crops are planted accordingly.
There II usually a basis in fact for
any superstition. and the moon super
stition is SO deeply rooted that a
number Of experts from the depart
ment Of agriculture, while going up
and down and across the land, have
made 1t their business to study the
question and see whether there might
not be a germ Of truth or ut least some
reason for the general belief that the
moons phases have an effect on ami
NAL and vegetable life. They have
concluded after patient investigation
that the moon myth Is one Of the COM
p%aratively few myths that date back
to pure savagery and has absolutely
not an atom of scientific foundation
on which to stand. The agricultural
experiment stations all over the coun-
try have been defying this fupersti-
ton for several years and raising Just
as good crops when the moon was one
way as when it was the other. There
fore, n and for all, 1t is conclusive
~ decided that there is nothing to the
theory that potatoes should be planted
in the dark of the loon.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-07-28

For many years DR.. Francis L. Pat.
ten. ex-president Of Princeton univer-
sity, wore side whiskers. Whenever
he suggested shaving them there was
a division Of opinion in the family.
One morning he came into his wife's
dressing room, in hand, with his
right cheek shaved smooth.
How do you like 1t, my dear?" he
asked. IF you think it looks well I
will shave the other side too."-Every-
body's Magazine.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-07-28
Nc Hsrsdity In Zoo Laying.

DR.. Raymond Pearl and Frank Sur
face Of the University Of Maine find
that selection for high egg production
carried on for nine consecutive years
did not lead to any increase in the av-
erage production Of the flocks. In this
experiment the daughters Of 100 egg
hens did not exhibit when kept under
the anne environmental conditions
such a high average egg production az
did pullets of the same age which
were the daughters Of birds whose pro-
duction was less than 200 eggs per
year. The daughters Of 200 egg hens
were not less variable In respect to
egg production than were similar birds
whose mothers were not 20 closely ~
lected.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-07-28
When tho Show Goes Wrona.

"You are not a profane man." said
the astrologer as he read his patrons
disposition, but you sometimes be-
come irritated and use mild express
sions. Do you ever swear by the
stars?"
"No," laughed the big MAJ in the red
waistcOat. II swear at the stars"
"At them?"
eyes. I'm a theatrical manager
Pittsburg Post.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-07-28
Suhstantial

The joy Of ready money,
The cinch of cash in hand,
Is something that the dullest
Can always understand.
There may be other pleasures
And other forms Of bliss.
But there is none, l venture,
So sure enough as this.
In looking at the posies.
In going for a walk.
In taking In a lecture
To hear a fellow talk
And all such simple doings
Some pleasures may attend.
But there is no enjoyment
Like having cash to spend. .
In love and its allurements
The one of youthful mind
Some feelings highfalutin
May very often find.
But when he pays the preacher
And starts to buy the hash
Things run on more serenely
If he can scatter cash.
Then here's to ready money.
The useful friend Of man!
It gets him into places
No other booster can.
It gets him into places
And GETS him out again
II he has ever handy
The twenty or the ten.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-07-28
Sweet and Gentle.

do you know what I would do If I
were in your shoes?' asked the wom-
an who was always giving unwelcome
advice.
; EYES," replied the n who vas
quick at repartee; "you would be ask
ing the way to the nearest chiropo-
dist's."-Chicago Record Herald.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-07-28
Caught In the Riot.

did you attend the Gilderscads'
afternoon reception?"
eyes; frightful jam. Mrs. Bigler had
her arm broken"
Dear me! How?"
"She happened to get in the way
when the rcfreshment room door was
opened."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-07-28

PRINTING 81 ARCTIC EAGLE, 81 FAR
THEsr R NEWSPAPER.
OF the comprehensiveness Of the ex-
hibits may be gathered from the num-
Der Of departments in which the speci-
mems are classified. principal among
which are the following:
Specimens Of types used in all countries
from the invention Of printing to the pres
ant time.
Histories Of printing and publishing.
Biographies Of famous printers.
Books printed by famous printers Of all
periods In all countries.
Books OF historic interest.
First issues Of newspapers, magazines
and books In all states Of the Union.
Books relating to engraving. with ex-
amples Of famous engravers.
Portraits and autographs Of famous
urlnters and typefounders.
Medals relating to typography.
Curiosities Of Typography.
BOOKS relating to papermaking.
specimens OF commercial printing Of all
periods.
Collection. Of trade papers relating to
Printing IN all languages from the earliest
Known to the present time.
Publications Of printers societies.
Text books OF printing In all languages.
One Of the purposes Of the collection
- to preserve a complete and contin-
nous record Of the printing art, and H.
illustrative Of the earliest known days
OF this style of reproduction with NOV
able type is a copy of a papal indul-
eence. The origin Of these indulgences
u well known, and the particular spec
linen in the typefounders' library Ia
the Oldest curio In the exhibit. It was
printed about 1850. The best authori-
ties state that It is a product Of the
press Of the great John Gutenberg,
whom most authorities agree made the
nrst movable type put into practical
~
While the origin of printing is cred
TIED to the Chinese, who as early as 30
b. q. are known to have used crude
engraved blocks for the purpose Of
making reproductions with ink on ma.
Per and with them in 925 A. d. print
ed Chinese classics for the Imperial
college Of Pekin. it was Gutenberg,
though he became an evicted debtor
for money lent who laid the founda.
ton Of the gigantic printing Industries
az today.
The wording Of the Indulgence Is in
Latin. on vellum, In large black type.
Next IN point OF antiquity IL a large
folio done by Jensen in 1470 and then
follows q COPY Of the noted Koberger
Bible printed IN 1880.
One Of TIE objects Of predominatina
1nteFeoe 3 . COPY Of the famous M,
sembetg Chronicle. printed by Kober
or in the city Of Nuremberg In 1888
TIE work = . history Of the world
from the creation 10 1898 and has ovel
1000 woodcut illustrations. It wal
4he 0rst great book 10 b produced o.
. printing press. In designing and
ang1av1ng these cuts the celebrated Al
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-07-28
Not Many of Them.

II always try to be ahable to my in.
feriors."
"Indeed!'
Eyes, Invariably"
"At that you aren't called on to ex-
ercise your affability a great deal, are
your"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-07-28
Fatal Mistake,

"Why did you fire that new boy?'
asks the partner Of the strawberry
merchant.
"Didn't you see what he was do
1ng?' answers the other. II told him
to fill those boxes with berries, and
the gawk was filling the bottoms in
stead of the tops."-Chicago Post.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-07-28
Remarkable Institution In
jersey City Which Should
Have International Re-
nown - Its Collections.

BY kNEOERlCA Il. TOOCVBS.
~RACTICALLY unknown to the
world It large, the Historical
Library and Museum Of the
American Type Founders com
pany In Jersey City, N. J., Is an institu.
ton that will, when 1t receives its
91ghtful need Of recognition, have in.
4ernational renown. The purpose Of
the library and museum IL to preserve
the memory Of printers and their
achievements and to illustrate the de.
volopment and progress Of printing in
IN periods, particularly In America.
Under the supervision Of ar acknowl
edged expert on the printers art Q
collection Of practically priceless specf'
mems Of ancient and modern printing
and Of objects connected with or re
lated 30 this art preservatfve OF arts"
- being made. As the library = open
20 the public during the regular 6usl.
ness hours OF each day without charge.
the ty~pefounding company Is thus
conducting what Il practically q free
school Of instruction IN printing and
4~ypemak1ng that promises to become
one Of the chief ceuters Of interest Of
the publishers and ypothetae and their
associates in this country and abroad,
and the highly diversified nature Of
the exhibits win attract the uninitiated
public az well.
The expense incurred In the main
faining Of this library and museum
proved that at least one business o
poratlon exists that has a soul above
Eevenue for dividends only, In direct
opposition to the popular theory, for
the expense Of conducting this non.
earning department runs into an i'm.
mense annual sum.
In addition to ancient and medieval
specimens Of the printers' and type
makers arts. whatever Of the modern
products that have particular value or
peculiar interest are included. An idea
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-07-28
Endless Chain Crosseut Saw.

The endless chain crosscut saw here
with shown is interesting as an inven
ton for which much is claimed, says
Popular Mechanics. Driven by a thir
ty horsepower gasoline engine, the saw
travels at a speed Of 1900 feet pei
minute. It is said that It will fell
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-07-28
BIC FARMING WAGER
Bet cf $1,000 on International
Grain Growing Contest.
AMERICA VERSUS CANADA

Crops ct Oats to Be Grown at Lara.
mic, Wye, and at lethbridge, In
Western Canada, to Decide Relative
Merits Of Farming by Irrigation and
Natural Rainfall.
The relative merits Of farming by
irrigation and by natural rainfall and
whether or not the United States or
western Canada produce a larger
crop Of oats are to be decided for a bet
Of $4,000 in cash, according to the
terms Of a contest which was recently
arranged between farmers Of Laramie,
Wyo., and Lethbridge, Alberta, says a
Cheyenne (Wyo.) dispatch. The &c.,
600 has been posted, and all the de-
tails of the contest have been arranged.
Colonel e. ]. Bell Of Laramie, owner
of the largest farm in Wyoming, put
up the $4,000 which says that irriga-
fion and the United States a do bet
ter than Canada. A syndicate Of farm.
ers around Lethbridge, Alberta, head
ed by Professor w. H. Fairchild Of
that city, has covered Colonel Bells
money and says that natural rainfall
and Canadian soil can raise more oats
to the acre than can Colonel Bell, wy
oming and irrigation.
On the American side the oats which
Will be entered In the contest will be
grown by Colonel Bell himself on his
great Laramie plains farm. This farm
Is more than 1000 feet above sea level,
on the western slope Of the first range
of the Rocky mountains, and depends
entirely upon irrigation for its moisture
during the summer. For years Colo
mel Bell has paid particular attention
to the raising of oats, and he holds a
record Of 1877 bushels to the acre. BY
carefully selecting the seed, specially
preparing the soil and closely watch
ing his bitches to see that Just the
necessary amount Of water reaches his
oats at the needful time Colonel Bell
says he al considerably increase the
yield of his oat fields.
In Canada the prize oats will be
grown by farmers around Lethbridge,
with Professor w. II. Fairchild in
charge Of the preparations and the
harvest. Professor Fairchild has for
years studied the crops in southern
Alberta, and many of the great yields
Of wheat and oats from Canadian fields
are due to the adoption Of his theories
by the farmers of his section.
There are only two rules to the con-
test. One Of them is that the yield
from 100 acres in one body must be
considered. The other rule is that the
oats entered must be standard" grade
or better. Either contestant may pre-
pare the ground, sow his seed, cult
vate and harvest in any name he
chooses. Nothing but the result from
100 acres will count in awarding the
prize. The Alberta farmers them
selves are something in the way Of oat
r~aisers, and government reports from
that province show that yields Of 100 to
125 bushels per acre are common. Dat
straw five feet in height is the ordi-
nary, according to these reports.
The contest is to be decided by the
officials Of the National Corn show.
Harvest in Wyoming occurs very late
in August and in Alberta in Septem-
Der, so that the winner will not be an
nounced until probably the first week
in October.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-07-28
His Ideal.

"You a talk Of beauty, grace and
style all you want to. The girl I'm
after is a thoroughly capable woman"
what do you mea by a capable
Woman"
"Well, n who is capable Of making
a living for both Of us."-Cleveland
Leader.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-07-28
By Precept Only.

"You uphold and defend the split in
f~nitive, do you, doctor?'
Most emphatically, SIR"
Then why in thunder do you never
use it yourself?'-Houston Post.