davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-09-15
The Grange Vote.

The Grange vote" What is it, spook
or real? The mere mention of the matter
causes violent spinal shivers in some
quarters. In the sense that Changers al
ways vote as body there is of course
no "Grange vote" The Grange does
favor legislation along certain lines
which it believes for the public good, and
many Changers support this kind of a
campaign. Community of interest, how
ever, is the only stimulating torce.-[Bel-
lows Falls Times.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-09-15
Annual Missionary Meetings.

The 37th annual meeting of the Yer
mont Branch. w. B. NJ, of the Congre-
gational church, will be held in the South
church, Wednesday, September 20. The
delegates meeting will be held Tuesday
afternoon from $50 to $50, and each
auxiliary is entitled to send two dele
gates. A meeting of the executive board
of the Vermont Branch will be held in the
parlors of the church at 80 Tuesday
afternoon.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-09-15

Entered at the St Johnsbury post office as
second-class mail matter
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-01-08
WHY NOT Be A BOOSTER?

There's great new city here,
Do you know it?
Where seed that's good will grow:
Will you SOW it?
Sow it here on fertile land,
In city that has sand;
Don't keep back helping hand
But boost.
If you're loyal, just dig in;
Are you boosting?
Or like some old hen at night
Simply roosting?
Then get down from off your perch
There is work for you-just search
Bust the ''ring" or build church
Only boost.
Have you joined the Does Things
bunch?
Do it now.
Can you sing the city's praises?
Go learn how
Tell 'em here's the place for biz,
Where a deal will never fiz:
Make Canyon the best there is
Boost.
Get the fever-hustle once,
Just try it,
Ever see a docs Things" button?
Go buy it.
Wearit noon and night and morning
Soon you'll feel your old hear
warming,
And without a moments warming,
You'll be boosting.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-01-08

home-is proverbial. They fear
a dog no more than they do a
mouse, and this fact was demon
strated the other day when two
beautiful Toms escaped from the
bridal chamber and found a great
Dane in the hotel lobby. Doggy
will never forget that sad occas-
ion, and it will be weeks before
his legs and sides will change
from steak into smoothe, healthy
flesh.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-01-08
GULF, TEXAS AND WESTERN.
Actual Work Of Construction Under Way at
Jacksboro-WlI Open Great Country.

AL oiidU pIcNcuVS tllc ocSiu
ming of the construction work on
new railroad out of Fort Worth
at once is the lack of terminal
facilities and a way of entrance
into the city. This is the state
ment of Ben Is. Gain of Tyler,
who is the head of the road in
Texas and who carries the title
Of general agent for the state.
The name of the road is the
Gulf, Texas and Western, which
has been chartered for dis
lance of 500 miles, through the
richest and most diversified
country in the state.
Mr.. Cain, who is vice presi-
dent of the company, going un-
der the title of general agent
now, was in Fort Worth We'd
nesday attending a meeting of
the tax committee of the Com
mercial Secretaries Association,
of which he is chairman.
The line is chartered to come
through both Fort Worth and
Dallas, says Mr.. Cain, and the
probability is it will make a loop
through both cities, especially if
Dallas makes any effort to get
the line. The actual work of
construction in Jack county at
Jacksboro has already begun
and within six months the line
will be laid into the heart of the
coal fields of Young county,
which will be giving forth coal to
supply the commercial market
at Fort Worth.
That the construction work
did not begin at Fort Worth is
Due only to the fact that no en-
trance or terminal facilities fIat99
been secured here.
Still, we are ready for con-
struction," said Mr.. Cain We'd
nesday morning, and the next
best place to begin was in Jack
county to 90 to the coal fields.
We want to do some actual work
to show the people that the line
is not a paper road but a bona
fide proposition, which is actual
ly being worked out.
IF the Fort Worth people CO.
operate with us in securing ter
minal facilities here and in gain
ing entrance to the city, we
would start the work of con-
struction at once, right in Fort
Worth"
According to the roads char
ter, the line runs from Burr's
Ferry on the Sabine river,
through Dallas and Fort Worth
to Benjamin, in Knox county.
Beyond that point it is not char
tered, but Mr.. Cain declares the
ultimate destination is TeXico or
Roswell, which means that the
line will traverse the state.
The route the proposed road
will traverse, declares Mr.. Cain,
is through the richest section in
the whole commonwealth. 1t
runs through a hundred miles
of pine region, then through the
remarkably fertile fruit belt and
on into the black land country
that surrounds Fort Worth and
Dallas. Leaving this the route
goes into the semi-mountainous
region of Jack and Young coun-
ties, productive of the best build
ing material in the state as well
as unlimited quantities of excel
lent coal. Passing beyond this
the road will traverse Central
West Texas, which has been
demonstrated to be the greatest
agricultural country in the world.
Fort Worth Star.
1 ! s.,
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-01-08
MADE FORTUNE RAISING CATS.
Oklahoma Farmers Kindness Of Heart Led Him
Into Unexpected Business That
Made Him Wealthy.

Eight years ago John Clifton
was poor renter on the allOt-
ment of an old Indian living near
the junction of romatic Honey
Creek and the Washita River, five
miles southwest of Davis, Okla
homa-then the Indian Territory.
John raised vegetables and garden
sass" far campers who visited
Turner Falls, near his cabin.
Today he is climbing into the
near millionaire class. On re-
recent visit to Kansas City he
put up at the Hotel Baltimore,
for business reasons and was
assigned to the bridal chamber,
which puts a man back several
dollars day.
The foundation and super
structure of Johns fortune is
cats. In the midst of towering
oaks and cedars along the can
yon leading from the Washita
to the popular camping grounds
on the banks of Honey Creek, he
runs the most unique live stock
ranch in this part of the baby
commonwealth. This ranch GOV
ers several hundred acres along
the mountain side and canyons,
and, unlike most ranges it is
covered with timber and huge
lodges of rocks and mountain
peaks. 1t is here the Indians
were wont to kill their winters
supply Of squirrels and other
wild game. 1t is here the fe,
lines are born, bred and Guilt
vated.'
CliftOn's wealth has come to
him as a direct reward for the
overlooking of his lrish-Ameri-
can tenderness of heart. 1t is a
very common thing for campers
to carry a pet kitten with them
to the Arbuckle mountain resort
in the early summer and to leave
the half-grown cat to shift for
itself when the days begin to
shorten, and the school bells be-
gin to ring. 1t used to make
the old farmers blood boil to
pass through the silent ground
in the fall and early winter and
here and there find an unatten-
uated pussy still haunting the
spot where it received its regu-
lar daily rations all summer.
Later on he would see the dead
bodies of the unfortunate victims
of starvation and cold, strewing
the snow banks.
Finally one fall he could stand
it no longer, and gathering up all
/ the derelicts he found, took them
home, and in spite of the pro
tests of his wife, fed them the
leavings from his table and hog
pen.
All winter long the nights
were musical in wood and barn,
and the ground and trees for
miles around were covered with
bits of black and brown, white
and yellow fur. But when the
sun crossed the line, and the
tittest and thinned out the chaff,
Clifton had about 30 of the finest
cats ever seen in Oklahoma.
They were sleek, healthy and
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-01-08

We are headquarters for every
thing in the way of building ma
terial, and (mosD always have
what you want.
loft CANYON LUMBER Co.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-01-08


brought them thick, glossy coats
and a mixed diet of meat and
skinned milk had made them
strong bodied. They had lived
sumptiously on squirrels dug
from holes in the trees. Here
and there, too, John detected
some cats with long, silky wool,
cats such as he had never seen
before.
1t was not until July, however,
that John got his idea. This
came one day when party of
campers were exploring high
mountain peak just above Turner
Falls, and one of the young lad
les wore a natty cap of fur.
Clifton made bold to inquire and
to his surprise it was made of
catskin. He went home convinc-
ed that there was something bet.
ter for him in the world than
tilling the soil. He subscribed
for cat journal and soon learn
ed about the felines that were
the most valuable. He found
that he had some very fine an
goras of his own.
That autumn he fenced off sew
eral hundred acres of his timber
lands well back on the mountain
side, and built coy little refugees
among the trees and crags.
Then he studied the affinities of
his several pets and housed those
that seemed the least hostile, and
that were likely to produce the
best offspring, in groups. After
the campers were gone a fresh
supply of raw material was gath
cred up, but this time he sepa-
rated the choicer breeds from
the common varieties. The re-
suit was that the second spring
saw large supply of cats ready
for the marketing.
1T hurt me to kill that first
batch of CATS" said Clifton, re-
lating his experience the other
day at the Baltimore. But
after all, it wasn't really cruel,
at least not nearly so cruel as it
would have been to let them
starve, so | nerved myself to the
job and cut the Threats of those
ready for the market"
My son Henry and l had an
awful time skinning and curing
those hides, but when we found
what a good price the pelts
brought we set to work to en-
large the ranch.
Now that the cats are ac-
quainted with each other, we let
the common ones run wild, and
all summer long they fight the
squirrels. Some of them seem
to be making friends with the
nutcrackers, however, and | own
a few of the funniest red and
brown cats you ever saw. They
have wide fantails and pointed
noses. No, | haven't any idea
how many cats | have-possibly
1000, perhaps 5000. They null
tiply so fast | can't keep track
of them.
Last year / fattened part of
my output for the market. Sell
them? | guess | do. After re
moving the pelts we sent them
to Coalgate and Lehigh, in the
coal fields, and sold them to the
foreigners, for rabbits. They
didn't know the difference, and
if they had known it would have
made no difference with them.
The animals netted us - cents
each after paying the express
charges. ! guess we disposed
of about 1000 last season. Do
we eat cats ourselves? | should
say we do. There is nothing
any cleaner, and when a cat is
properly dieted it is as tender
and as juicy as spring chicken. y
1t is, however, in the breeding
,,>l 80, ,.l-nti,,or Of chnyr npi m l.,
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-01-08

Bryan's Commoner and The
News, both one year S1.S0.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-11-26
Poor Showing of Red and
Blue Team This Season
Is Cause.
MICHIGAN LOOKS
WESTERN CHAMP
Fordham's Showing Against SYRIA
cuse Is Bitter Disap-
pointment.

NEW YORK. Nov. 26.-T1e concluding
games Of the football season made no
change in the relative standing of the
teams that usually figure in the done"
sheets Pennsylvania's victory over
Cornell canno: possibly give the 0uak-
ers any higher rating than they had be-
fore, which this year will not be among
the first four
The genera opinion of football folk is
that Pennsylvania will nave to show a
decided Improvement next year or lose
the seat that for many years has been
reserved for it in the trent ranks.
The 5 10 game between Notre Dame
and Marquette at Milwaukee is inter-
esting in that it tends to strengthen
MichiSan's claim to the Western cham
pionship. Michigan defeated Marquette
70 ;. The Notre Dame-Marquette dog
fall, however, does not completely
efface the decisive victory OF Notre
Dame over Michigan earlier in the sea-
son.
Fordham's tie game with Syracuse is
accepted as a virtual defeat by the local
coNegians- Early in the season Ford
ham was beaten by Princeton by a
lucky goal from the field, and a little
later she defeated Cornell. This record
compared with the disastrous season
expect sweeping victory for Fordharn
The conditions under which the game
was played made a fair test of skill
impossible, though Syracuse has as
much right TO complain Of this as Ford
ham.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-11-26
HERMANN DOUBTS
HEYDLER'S CHANCES
President of Cincinnati Club
Fears Murphy Will
Win Out.

CINCINNATI. Nov. 26.-Fresident
Garry Hermann OF the Reds. who will
vote for President John Heydler for re-
election 10 the leadership of the Ma
tional League. says he thinks Messrs.
Brush, Murphy, Ebbets, and Robinson
have something up their sleeves and
that he candidly admits doubt as to
the reelection of Heydler
Before departing for his old
home in Wellington, Ohio, Charles
". Murphy, president of the Chi
cagt National League club, said
lie was sure that Tohn NJ. Ward would
be elected president of the National
League at its next meeting. -Four Of
the men who viii vote for Ward are
known already said Murphy. They
are John T Brush. Charles II. Ebbets,
Stanley Robson. and myself and there
are enough more who are keeping mum
to their intentions. I want the Ma
SitiOn ana not as a playthinE aS-WCll,
as some would have Us believe IL is We
want "A square deal form everybody and
do not want a few of the men running
the whole show"
The fact that newspaper men arc I'M
reservedly with Heydlcr was brought
10 MurphE's attention. Back came this
sharp answer:
w hos going to DO the voting-the
magnatcS or the newspaper men?'
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-11-26
FOOTBALL
TO SOCCER SPORT
Former High School Star
Says English Game Is
the Rougher.

Several well-lSnown football players
We're present at soccer games which
were played in Washington yesterday,
and with one accord they were sur
prised as well as pleased with the new
pastime. One, who has just recently
graduated from the scholastic rank
here, and who was twice chosen as an
all-high halfback, had this to say about
the English game:
you hear all this talk about foot
bail being rough, and the Ike Of that
but ] certainly think this game of SOC
Ger has it beaten to a finish when II
comes right down TO possibilities for
roughness. Why, the game / saw be-
tween the Caledonians ana the Sons Of
st. George was rougher than a real
rough basketball game. and you must
remember they wear just about the
same sort of paraphernalia to play In,
nothing but a sleeveless jersey, a pair
Of short trunks, and heavy stockings
and shoes. The legs and ankles are par
tcularly liable to injury. I looked
every minute to see somebody have a
leg kicked of, from the way those
fellows got together and booted at the
hall. Several were carried of with
badly injured ankles
Another thing which stuck to me
was the way the players kicked up into
the air. regardless of where they were
kicking or who was near them. A kick
in the face. in the manner they employ
would be far more serious than the
ordinary football accident Then, too.
condition counts for everything in
soccer. They are on the go all the time
and playing forty -hve-minUte halves re-
quires the very best OF wind. 1t seems
TO me that II all football players were
as well conditioned as a man has to
be TO play soccer there would be many
less accidents"
In view of the many recent fatalities
y have been somewhat turned against
football. but If I had TO choose I would
undoubtedly choose the gridiron sport
I think most of our leading football
players would do likewise, regardless Of
injuries which they might have re-
ceived in the molesllins this or previous
seasons"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-11-26
OFFICIAL PROPOSES
CHANGES IN GAME
Alfred Ingalls, Of intercollegiate Board, Advances Orig
inal Remedy for Football as
Played Today

Alfred W. ingalls, of the intercoTegi-
ate central board of officials, offers the
following suggestions for making foot
ball a safer and more open game He
says:
As it appears to me. the demand is
for more open game. that the spec
tators may see all that is going on, and
one in which the massing Of players is
not possible. Nevertheless, IT must not
differ too much from the game Of to-
day, and must be played upon the same
field. The ways of scoring must also
remain. as touchdowns, goals from
touchdowns. and safeties. are too old
and dear friends TO be hastily banished
from the game.
Open the Line.
Here are the changes that ] would
suggest. Station the Iinemen FIVE yards
apart, measuring by the present longi-
tudinal lines OF the playing surface. The
line Of scrimmage will then cover so
OF the So yards width Of the field;
should the ball be downed within 10
yards of either side line. have the men
move out a sufficient number of five
ward spaces to bring them ali within
the field of play, and the prescribed
distance apart, allowing the center,
however. to remain with the ball.
Compel the seven linemen TO remain
on the line Of scrimmaEe until after
the ball has been put in play. Station
the offensive backs, with the exception
of the quarter. at least 10 yards behind
the line Of scrimmage, and at least i've
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-11-26
KUSHAN WINNER
IN MATCH RACE
Racing Matinee at Forest
vile Proves Popular With
Local Turfmer.

Favorable comment is going the
rounds today among those who We're
present at the matinee at Forestville
yesterday. Considering the weather, the
crowd was Of goodly proportions.
Four races were carded and although
the condition Of the track was det-
rimental TO fast times, all OF the con-
tests brought out heated competition.
Five events were carded. but because
Of the soggy condition OF the track
Manueua C2IGD did not start his
scheduled attic npt 10 lower the mile
record.
Kushan won the match race with Rus
sell e.. in 2.30i4 Gentle John captured
the 2:3O trot and pace in 2:36 Genny
Blue won the two-year-old record event
in 2:4f, and Jubilee took the yearling
contest in 2.45.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-11-26
ROUGHHOUSE ENDS
BOUT AT BOSTON
Second, Who Started the Trouble,
Gets a Knock
out

BOSTON, Nov. 26.-Though he bested
Billy Rolfe, at the end Of ten rounds It
is evident today that Honey Melody has
lost his punch.
Had he retained II Rolfe would have
been to the bad when three rounds had
gone. After ROlfe got his. one Of his
seconds, Kid Freeman, leaped into the
ring and pvt a hard one over on Ref
cree HOdgldns. In a hot miX-up that
followed Freeman was laid cold.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-11-26
WILKINSON DOWN
BEFORE LEONARD

PHILADELPHIA. Nov 26.-JacI<
Leonard knocked out Jimmy WiIkin-
son, o. the L. s s. Idaho, In the sec
ond round last night
In the opening round, Leonard dazed
Wilkinson with a left jab the latter,
however, was game and rushed Leon
ard. landing hard rights and let's 10
his jaw and body. Jack went back
strong after the sailor, landing hard
wallops 10 his jaw and continually
tabbed
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-11-26
DINNER FOR HILLMAN.

NEW YORK. Nov. 26-Harry Hill
man, the New York A. G. champion,
who recently retired from the cinder
path, IS to be the guest Of honor at a
complimentary dinner given by his many
friends here Tire dinner Will take place
on November %.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-11-26

yards apart. Allow no player to run
with, kick or pass forward the ball, un-
less he Is the third man, including the
center to touch it.
Change Pass Rules.
Change the forward pass rules only
enough to GFoR the ball TO be thrown
over any part OF the rushline. and to
any player. Make 1t punishable Of
Tense for more than two men at one
time TO touch the player who carries the
hall, and for any Of mis- side to attempt
to push or pull him along at any time.
Permit no interfering for the man car
ryinS the ball"
ION the defense, have the backs re-
main at least 10 yards behind the rush
line, too, but in the case Of team on
the defensive being so near its goal that
this viii bring them behind their goal
line, give them the alternative Of going
up into the line Of scrimmage, but under
the same restrictions as the line men,
that is, FIVE yards distance between each
two players.
Lessen the Distance.
IF doubling the number Of lines that
now extend the length of the field is
not deemed Objectionable, and the dis
lance between the players in the line
seems too great, these spaces could be
easily cut in two.
These changes appear at nrSt glance
to be extremely radical, but in reality
they would necessitate the changing OF
but few OF the present code OF rules
and would do away with many Of the
present unpopular features Of the
game"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-11-26
SWARTZ AND HOUCK
FIGHT GOOD DRAW

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 26.-Yankee
Swartz and Willie Houck put up a
rafting &C ID siN-rOUnd bout at the
Wayne A. c. last night, honOrs being
about even at the finish.
Both boys were willing TO mix things
and. although Swartz landed several
hard blows in me opening rounds,
Houck kept after him. and made q
strong showing toward the close.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-11-26
LOUGHREY BEATS
BILLY DONOVAN
Manayunk Fighter Outpoints His
Opponent In Sx-ROund
Bout.

PHILADELPHIA. Nov. 26.-Before a
record-breaking crowd at the Nonparen
A. c. yesterday, Young LouEhrey, the
Manayunk fighter. won from Billy Dom
ovan- OF Kensington, in six rounds
Donovan forced most Of the milling
in the first two rounds. but could not
stand the pace, and at the start Of the
third LOughrey forged to the front
and abbed Donovan until the eiL4 Of
The bell.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-11-26
That Bathroom
of Yours

Ba tn tn b S, bowls,
kitchen utensils, etc., are
|enameled so that their
smooth surfaces may be
easily kept clean.
Securing bricks and
gritty powders ruin the
polish of the enamel,
making it rough and
hard to clean.
Use Gold Dust for
cleaning all sorts of
enameled and painted
surfaces.
Gold Dust simply re-
leases dirt allowing it to
wash away easily by
rinsing.
LET the -
GoldDust o.
7 wi n S I'D
do vour 80 "
work"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-11-26
LOSE
TO MT. PLEASANT
Bracket and Dent Play Feature
Game for the
Winners.

The Mt Pleasant football eleven de-
feated the jefferson team on the for
mer's grounds yesterday, by 20 to o
From first TO last the winners were
the aggressive team. and won hands
down. Bracket and Dent played best