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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-12-09

ANSWER
IF you are the friend of truth and right
why the unnecessary and harassing doubt
Let's see, John:
The last time you came to visit me, we had
long, heart-to heart talk You were told
certain things that you had not previously
known. You were warned of certain men,
who were leading the Farmers Union astray.
AT some length, it was shown you that Lad
son and Bodenhamer were making cat's-paw
of the Union. | explained that, at bottom,
there was no identity of interest between the
Labor Unions and the organizations of coun-
try proprietors. You seemed to be deeply i'm
pressed. You declared that you meant to ad-
wise with me, from time to time. AS walked
with you to the street, we spoke of how my
paper and Duckworth's light work together,
for the good of the people; he dealing with
agricultural problems and conditions, while /
dealt with political economy and government
al questions.
This was the last that saw of you, before
the Birmingham Convention. There, in Sc
cret, midnight meeting of certain Farmers
Union leaders, the Ladson- Bodenhamer-
Duckworth game was given another trump
card. Bodenhamer (who is ineligible to mem
bership in the Farmers Union,) was elected
one Of the delegates to the Canadian Labor
Convention.
We're yow present at that secret conference,
John? Why a0as Mr.. Grady, of Kentucky,
chosen Nv PUBLIC, and Bodenhameer IN
SECRET?
What were you fellows hiding from the
rank and file? What qcas yoar reason for
not selecting Boodzehaaner, IN the same open
manner that Mr.. GRADY eoas chosen?
By private letters, and through messages
delivered behind closed doors, you fellows
have been denying that Boodlehunter was
elected delegate to the Toronto Convention.
Did you not send him, as representative of the
Farmers Union, TO the Convention of the IN
te7n,ationaz Typographical Union, achich met
at st. Joseph, Missouri?
He SAYS. YOU DID. How many of the
members of the Farmers Union know that?
WIZ q0as q secret made of it9 What is the
inner meaning Of this slipping and sliding
around-doing some things in public and
other things qcith such secrecy that none but
the inner conczope h1aoao anything about 1t?
did not say, positively, that you had writ
ten to the Locals, asking that they take no
action on those charges against Duck, Bood
and Ladson. My statement was that / had
been so informed
But, aoho qoas 1t that sent the lecturers over
the State to carry to the Locals, IN private
session, those "e9pzamations', achich are so
Thoroughly false?
DIDN'T YOU DO IT? WHO ELSE
HAD THE AUTHORITY TO DO IT9
What made you do that? Did Duckworth,
or Ladson, or Boodlehamer suggest or ask it?
Who else had a9ay interest IN IT.? AT THE
EXPENSE or THE FARMERS UNION,
YOU HAVE BEEN CITING CIRCULA-
TION TO DUCKWORTH'S LIES.
For shame, john
You talk about manhood man
hood is there in such furtive unfair tactics
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1909-10-01
PRAISE FOR TAFT'S GOLF.
Ralph CrackneII Says the President Is
Typical American Player.

After watching President Taft's Sec
ond assault the other day on the deep
golf trenches and high ramparts of the
Myopia Hunt club at Hamilton. Mass.
whose links are acknowledged to be
the standard in the United States
golf critics in America. says that even
in his golf the president can be moth
ing except American. His strokes are
the national ones that the national
game makes second nature 10 all golf
ers who have played baseball" says
the critic. ITO expect the president TO
come through with his stroke and fin
ish with the club high in the air, with
the wrists taut, is to forget that Scot.
lands bonnie swing cannot be graz fted
on to an anatomy which was nodded
by the short swing of the baseball bat
president Taft's real game is base
ball. Style is dignity. and dignity is
style. and President Taft never does
the things on the links that make so
many look ridiculous One thing it is
quite apparent he has mastered-that It
is. to keep the head still when making
a shot President Taft stands very
straight as he makes his shots His
club does not go back so very far. but
he goes right through the ball. and if
he cared anything about frils he could
finish in the approved style. But. hav-
ing gone through the ball. he closes
the discussion and gives no final pose
"President Taft never gets tired. He
was round the Myopia links in less
than an hour and half That's good
going The president can keep his
place on any green in the world how
ever expert the golfers. That can be
banked upon. He moves forward at a
rapid. swinging gait and seems to en-
joy every step Of the way"
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1909-10-01
FOR FOOTB BALL
How the New Rules
Will Affect the Game.
A Change In Scoring,
Etc. ~ ~ ~
Changes In the Rules.

The forward pass, although dis
cussed ut considerable length by the
rules committee was allowed to re-
main the same as last year, the only
alteration Of any kind being that the
rules now make 1t clear and definite
that there Is zone lying behind the
scrimmage line. In which space an end
might stand and by assuming this po-
sition be not eligible in any event to
receive forward pass. This position
is more than one foot back of the end
of the scrimmage line and not Il full
yard back. No man occupying this
position is eligible to receive a for
ward pass, the object of this rule be-
ing to make man stand either up TO
the scrimmage line or full yard
back, where the official can readily see
that he Is not on the line.
A most vital change in the rules is
that regarding scoring. For several
seasons the advisability of reducing
the value of field goal has been dis
cussed, and particularly the advisabili-
ty of reducing the value of a kicked
goal from placement This year the
matter took on form, and the value Of
a field goal was reduced from four
points to three points, regardless Of
how the goal from the field might be
scored.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1909-10-01
Option as to a Kickout.

A second and possibly still more i'm
portant change was the provision that
a side having a kickout Clicking the
ball out into play by member Of a
team which has touched the ball down
behind its own goal line) may have the
option of taking the kick, as under the
present rules. or having the ball down
for scrimmage on their twenty-five
yard line. This, It is easy to see, is a
very important change, and it provides
very great release to any team driy-
en- down into its own goal. particularly
when there is strong wind blowing
against them. This change will permit
a team that has been forced to make a
touchback to have some chance to get
out of their difficulties even If the
wind is against them. Formerly they
were forced to kick the ball out while
the opponents stood waiting for it and
ready to make fair catch, or. failing
in that, still to have a good chance at
a drop kick.
The defensive side were forbidden to
kick the ball out Of bounds, and hence
their helplessness, for even if the first
try by the opponents failed to make
goal it put the ball across the goal line
once more. and the defenders were in
the same difficult position again. Now,
under the new rule, in the first place,
side has all the advantages Of kicking
out as under the present rules and
none Of the disadvantages, for they
may scrimmage the ball ON the twenty
five yard line instead of taking the
kickout.
That gives them a chance Mt the run
ming game and an opportunity to work
the ball out little at least, with the
possibility Of considera BILE gain. Then.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1909-10-01
GOATS AS TRAIL MAKERS.

Thousands Of Them Clearing Out I'm
derbrush of California Forest.
The brush eating instinct of Ango-
RI goats is being successfully demon
strated on the Lassen national forest
in California. where they are cutting
trails for fire guards through the
brushy areas on the slopes OF the
mountains.
The animals. which number 1900,
have been divided into two bands and
under the care of the herders are
grazed within certain well defined
areas. so that their work may be con-
centrated on the brush within those
limits. The result is that they have
practically killed nearly all the brush
in the course either by eating it up
entirely or by barking. as in the case
Of the heavy manzanita bushes. At
the beginning of the experiment there
was some doubt as to the goats will
ingness to eat the manZan!ta. but it
has been found that where there is
little else they will just as readily at
tack it as any other bushes.
The grazing season was so late this
year on the Lassen forest that the
goats did not begin operations until
about the middle of June. but since
then they have made rapid progress.
and the result promises to be sue
cess from every point of view. The
trails will first be opened and then
kept free OF sprouts by the goats. saw
ing the government considerable labor
in cutting them out by hand. as has
been done heretofore. while the brushy
forage which otherwise would have
been wasted will support 5000 goats
very comfortably.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1909-10-01

According to the opinion of Mr..
Thornton, who presided at a recent
conference Of the foreman tailors of
London, mems dress will soon undergo
great change and the present styles
will give way to more classic" gar
ments. Knee breeches and fancy
waistcoats will be introduced. and the
superiority Of these garments over to-
days long trousers and waistcoats will
insure their popularity. A Russian
nobleman who visited London a few
weeks ago said that he cared little
whether the style was introduced or
not; he would adopt 1t. Two things
were necessary. he said, '.shapely
calves and courage" He took with
him forty-eight waistcoats made of
various patterns Of embroidered silk.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1909-10-01

undergone and yet survive. Talk about
animal vivlsection. Nothing to it, Foot
ball has literally been blown from the
cannon's mouth of late years, and with
Infinite care the scattered pieces have
been gathered up and assembled into
something like theirs original entity,
and, after all, only something like it.
However sincere may be the pessi-
mistic grunts of the admirers of the
old time game, with It's bone crushing
joys. they cannot dissipate the cer-
tainty that the new season, soon to
open, will be one of tremendous inter-
est and activity. While the first con-
test of more than a meager local inter
est will be played Saturday. Sept. IS,
the season of 1909 can hardly he stated
to open before Saturday, Sept. %. On
that date about twoscore elevens
widely scattered over the country will
awaken into action on the gridiron Of
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1909-10-01
The Decline In Kicking.

To close observers of the game 1t is
apparent that the kicking department
has not been developed to its fullest
possibilities of racent years Today
the names of the reliable drop kickers,
place kickeTs or punters can be named
on the fingers Of one hand. Coy Of
Yale and Victor Kennard of Harvard
have shown considerable ability In
this line. it is true. but they do not
touch the high water mark of the pig
skin booting art What the kickers
will achieve this year is impossible to
predict and SO far as the east is con-
cerned probably Coy end Kennard will
prove the leaders. Kennard, with the
experience Of last year to depend on.
should. like Coy, show advanced abili-
ty In this direction.
The tendency is to develop line buck
ers in these later football days and 10
let the kicking end look pretty much
after itself. But kicking ability can
be made to show valuable results IN
the score columns II wisely directed.
and coaches and captains will make
decided mistake II they continue In
the shortsighted policy that in this
respect has marked the immediate
past
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1909-10-01
BOTTLED BAIT TO LURE FISH.
Connecticut Man by Novel Scheme
Made Record Haul.

All piscatorial artists who enjoy bass
and pickerel fishing will be interested
in the way d. ]. Coffey, a member Of
the Winsted (Conn.) fire department,
who recently spent weeks vacation
on the Highland lake fishing grounds,
managed to break all previous records
there for big catches. Here's how he
did it.
He placed a number of sinners, or
live bait, and one or two small frogs
in glass bottles Of two gallons capaci-
ty and then suspended the bottles in
deep water from small raft. As the
big bass and pickerel tried in vain to
get the little fish in the glass inclosure,
Coffey, VINO fished from q rowboat
nearby, dropped his baited line close
to the bottles, and the assembled fish
were caught as fast as they could be
pulled In.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1909-10-01

many signs of extensive cooperation
democracy, individualism, idealism, a
tendency to welcome the new, and pre-
ventive medicine. Finally, believe,
the new religion will make Christ's
revelation seem more wonderful than
ever to u.s."
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1909-10-01
Ready For Fifty Cent Butter.

Fifty cent butter before Christmas"
is the way the Omaha creamerymen.
who constitute the Nebraska butter
combination, put 1t. Right now they
have $4,000 pounds In cold storage. and
more is going In daily. They have no
hesitation in saying that the prices are
to advance 26 per cent within the next
few weeks.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1909-10-01
SURPRISE FOR TOWNS POOR.

Wealthy Chicagoan Showed Silver Dol
lars Under Doors at Night.
A novel method OF philanthropic
work was recently employed In Al
buquerque. N. NJ. by 81. W. Gassard.
wealthy Chicagoan. He devoted
most Of his time to making a list Of
the deserving poor.
The next night he engaged a guide
and. with his pockets bulging with
money. made tour of the city. shov-
ing silver dollars and currency under
the doors Of poor people. who were
greatly surprised and delighted when
they found the money the next morn
ing.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1909-10-01
play instead of practice ana meet IN

play instead of practice ana meet ID
officially scheduled contests.
Among the teams that will play on
this inaugural day are those of the
universities Of Pennsylvania, Kansas,
Maine, Minnesota and Virginia and
Sewanee. university, st. Louis univer-
sity, Holy Cross, Kentucky State,
Ohio State, Carlisle and Brown.
Over 1900 Games.
The fact that over 1900 games are
already scheduled to be played during
the season of three months between
teams Of colleges, schools and other
educational institutions is indicative
of the Importance Of football to the
sport lovers Of the md. 1t is practi-
cally impossible to ascertain how many
games will be played by athletic clubs,
Y. NJ. G. AS, military organization
etc.
Many changes are noted in the new
rules, recently issued in Spalding's Of
fetal football guide. While a large
percentage Of the alterations are Of
minor Importance, others will have an
important bearing on the technical
side of the game, though not neces-
sarily changing the appearance or
form of the game as played last year.
Therefore the changes in the rules
will be more noticeable to the players
than to the spectators.
The new members Of the rules COM
mittee are Crawford Blagden Of Har-
ward, Parke II. Davis Of Princeton, w.
A. Lambeth of Virginia and w. 8.
Langford of Trinity, New York. w. s.
Dudley of Vanderbilt university, south
ern member of the rules committee,
performed valuable services in the re-
drafting Of the regulations for this
year. e.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1909-10-01
A RECORD SEASON
Over 1900 Games
Scheduled by Colleges
and Schools --- The
Sensational Coy. ~
By FREDERICK r. TOOMBs.

A w hS ASii w
signs of the
N ultitudinous re-
formers, the bonny
game of football Is
once more about to
disport itself on the
greensward.
1t is not every
form of sport that
could put up with
what football has
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1909-10-01
Page, All Western End.

Another warrior of the pigskin
trails who will loom big in the fore
this year is III. Orville Page, the new
captain of the University of Chicago
eleven He succeeds man who made
wonderful record, Steffens, as also
did the captain that went before the
latter, Eckersall. Although Page parts
his name in the middle. he is an OK
ceptional end player. He was the
choice Of all the experts for an end
position on the all western team of
last season.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1909-10-01

again, If held they can pass the bah
back for a kick, ard the kicker can
kick the ball out of bounds, a play
which is perfectly legitimate from n
scrimmage, and thus render any at
tempt of the opponents to make fair
catch nil.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1909-10-01
Coy the Greatest Of Players.

There seems to be no one in sight
at this time to challenge the suprema-
cy of e. II. Coy of Yale during the
gridiron campaign a3 the greatest
player of the country. Coy is one of
those rare instances of the ideal play
er. Physically and tempGramentally
he is the embodiment of the qualities
needed in the all around player. Not
only is he a fast and sturdy runner
and on the defensive sure taclllcr,
but he is a quick thinking, sure
thinking and far thinking general.
Not only is he a swift dodger and q.
crushing, crashing line plunger, but lie
fails to lose his temper when his OPP.
ponents calculate that most likely he
will, for making man lose his tenn
per is part Of the game Of football. 1t
was a true description that New
York football reporter wrote at the
close of the Yale-Princeton game in
the New Jersey town last November.
He wrote, Yale power defeated
Princeton, and its name was Coy"
This former Connecticut schoolboy,.
towheaded and demure, who used to-
kneel and humbly say his prayers at
his mothers knee. has become the
only old and original human bomb,
and when he explodes, somebody's rush
line IS usually sprinkled over the dis
tant geography.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1909-10-01

scrimmage, and thus render any at
tempt of the opponents to make a fair
catch nil.
Aids Original Defensive Side.
The rule goes still further, too. If fol-
lowed out to its legitimate conclusion.
1t has always been a good point for a
team having strong kicker to kick
the ball across the goal line ON the
kickoff, because then the opponents
lost their opportunity for running
game, being obliged to kick out, and
hence the side having kicked off had
also the first chance to show their rum
ming game. This provision is really,
therefore, equivalent TO conceding the
side which received the kickout what
lis equivalent to catching the ball and
running it out, with safe conduct, until
they reach their twenty-five yard line.
If they merely touch the ball back this
touchback gives them this privilege.
AS there have been some discussions
from time to time as to players taking
up the game for the first time and not
knowing what the names of the posi-
tions mean. the rule book this year will
have definition of the positions and
q designation of the players as ordi-
narily grouped.
In several games last year the ref
cree blew his whistle to indicate Il
foul, sometimes inadvertently, and as
the referees whistle made the ball
dead it was impossible for the offended
side to take advantage of whatever
run they made by refusing the penal
| ty. For this reason the rules this year
call particular attention to the fact
that the referee should never under
any circumstances blow his whistle to
thus indicate a foul. However, if he
should inadvertently do so the ball is
still dead and play must stop.
| One or two changes were made for
the sake of making the penalties uni
form, and it was suggested by the rule
makers that the position of the referee
should be behind the line of offense.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-06-04
DENVER RELIEVES GANG
WAS DIRECTED FROM SPOk NNE

Denver June 3-Aftor investigating
the movements of Jack shelton. under
arrest here as the fourth man Of the
gang of train robbers which held up
the Union Pacific train near omaha
the police and postotiico inspectors
now advance the theory that the op-
orations of the gang, which are be-
lleVed to include the Great Northern
train robbery near Spokane, the Den
yer g. Rio Grande robbery at Military
Junction, near Denver. and several
other similar Jobs. were directed from
Spokane.
The police state that they have dis
covered that shelton made several
tripus to Petersburg 10 meet man
from Spokane. who was 10 have fur
nished money for the defense OF Tor
tonson. Golden and Downer, who were
arrested in Omaha. This money, say
the police. was TO have been given TO
Lillian Stephenson, who was arrested
with shelton and taken by the police
to Omaha.
The police believe the proceeds ol
all the robberies were sent to the mead
Of the gang at Spokan.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-06-04
TRIO MI WE'LL KNOWN
To POLICE IN SrOI1 NNil

spokane. June 3.--powner 1ortcu-
sen ana Golden the three mon hcld
NJ Omaha for train robbery are an
wen known % Spokane police, but ia
spite OF numerous arrests no one OF
the trio was ever sentenced 10 prison
Downcr ana Tortensen were arrested
ut Evrett last October, carrying dyna-
mite and a safe cracking outfit. bur
were released after several months In
jail Golden Is said to be wanted by
the SAN Francisco police. Banton Cor
fer and Bert Golfer, held herr under
$40, ,000 bonds for the hold-up Of the
Great Northern mail, near Colbert,
positively deny acquaintance with
Downcr and Golden.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-06-04
SUPPOSED LEPERS
FOUND FREE Of
DISEASE
UnfortunaleS Confined for
Years on Molokai Island Vic
tins Of Awful BIunder of the
Medical Examiners.

IBy Morning journal Special Leased Wircl
Honolulu, June 3.--After some of
them had spent twenty years OF their
life in the leper settlement on the
island of Molokai, ten or eleven sup
posed lepers who were returning here
at the instance of the territorial legis-
lative committee for examination,
have been found free of the disease.
OF these two ARE boys six and seven
years, Nu tie others uafy ia age from
twenty-seven to seventy nine and
some of them have spcnt many years
Ia the settlement.
pathetic feature Of the re-cXamin-
alton is the probability that some of
the older patients will petition to be
returned to the island as they have
been shut on from the world and
their friends so long that they have
no place else to go. A few of the pa
ticnts were sent TO the settlement be-
fore the meteorological test for lcp-
rosy was discovered ANA 1t Is believed
that in some eases q natural cure has
been effected
Nineteen other supposed lcpers viii
be brought from the settlement for
examination IN a short time,