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Baxter Springs news., 1910-05-12
BUILDING GOOD FARM FENCES
Exercise Of More Judgment In Plan
ming Would Save the Farmer
Much Money.
CBy J. W. oRIFFIN.)

Ry J. W. GRIFFIN)
II more careful planning and map
ping out Of the fields were done. there
would be a great deal Of money saved
in fencing.
The end posts are the life Of the
fence, and should be put in good and
deep. well tamped and braced.
II possible the posts should be sea
soned, as a green piece Of wood when
It comes in contact with the damp
earth forms a breeding place for bac
Baxter Springs news., 1910-05-12

TO q four-inch block at the bottom.
Sit upon a chair or hold the device
between the knees and fasten 1t to
board eighteen inches wide. Sitting
upon this holds the stitch-horse suf-
hciently firm to work
Baxter Springs news., 1910-05-12

Now that mere man has secured a
footing in Chicago through the hatpin
ordinance, why not limit the height
Of the heels, the depth of color on the
cheeks and few other idiOsyncrasies.
Baxter Springs news., 1910-05-12

Instead Of injuring the man with o
hat pin Eve should have hurled her
other bead at him and retired hall
dressed.
Baxter Springs news., 1910-05-12

A Connecticut woman died Of Joy,
caused by receiving large sum In
cash. It is not, however, complaint
which Is catching.
Baxter Springs news., 1910-05-12

Uncle Sam has a torpedo boat that
can travel IS miles an hour: That
would be a grand little vessel II one
had to run away from something.
Baxter Springs news., 1910-05-12

II you fail to run your business and
allow It to get the upper hand 1t Is
likely to run you into the ditch.
Baxter Springs news., 1910-05-12

Many heads Of households are think
Ing OF subsidizing hen and thus put.
ting something over on the cold stor.
age plants.
Baxter Springs news., 1910-05-12

Help the census takers to do their
work right and get their figures cor
rect.
Baxter Springs news., 1910-05-12

California fears an invasion Of
trained fleas. The general impression
has been that the amateur fleas were
Just as annoying as the professional
Baxter Springs news., 1910-05-12

Why will people continue to build
their homes on the sides Of vol
canoes?
Baxter Springs news., 1910-05-12

AS things are going a cold pigs foot
and stein will soon replace the small
bird and the cold bottle.
Baxter Springs news., 1910-05-12

One Of Chicago's new hotels has
tanks for living brook trout. That is
an Improvement on the ordinary kind
Of tank.
Baxter Springs news., 1910-05-12

Bavaria is to try a balloon service,
but for a time yet Americans will be
willing to stick to motor cars and
railroads for rapid transit.
Baxter Springs news., 1910-05-12

Ths Pflrslnk1r onion plnnla should
bs SIlbpsd bach 10 iotr of ave inches
ovsry week Thls uill induce stockl-
,o1s rnd isrssu1 ~ danger a 1lml'
- g.
Baxter Springs news., 1910-05-12

Evidently the man who took a
years to milk q COW was a hired man.
Baxter Springs news., 1910-05-12

i. the sidewalks belong to the city
that is another reason for not splitting
on them.
Baxter Springs news., 1910-05-12

Has not Chicago the price required
to nag the best Elgin butter as It
whizEes through on its way to New
York?
Baxter Springs news., 1910-05-12

Missouri has a school for poets. The
street car ad. is as yet in its infancy
IN Missouri.
Baxter Springs news., 1910-05-12

There never get was spring in
which the calendar and the climate
worked in perfect harmony.
Baxter Springs news., 1910-05-12

And remember that custom does moi
sanction straw hats until June 1.
Baxter Springs news., 1910-05-12

Politicians who run in a circle find
e hard to be on the square.
Baxter Springs news., 1910-05-12

A man in California has TWO extra
ribs and is said to suffer constantly.
He is twice as badly OF as Adam
was.
Baxter Springs news., 1910-05-12

Reno. New. should organize an all.
star stock company.
Baxter Springs news., 1910-05-12

Ef0m the corn husk. goose bone.
fo6ndhog day and other prophets rise
& chorus Of we told you 50"
Baxter Springs news., 1910-05-12


lIG%>
Butter must have q good color.
The cheap ram is heavy handicap.
Cottonseed meal is fine for putting
flesh on sheep.
The brood SOW will be benefited by
occasional feeds Of oats.
Books are often the cheapest and
best equipment on the farm.
Watch the ewes closely. A lamb
disowned Is generally lamb lost.
The first litter is not always an in
dex to the brood sow's prohtableness.
Soil should be thoroughly prepared
to good depth. well drained and en-
riched.
The COW must have pure food, good
water, and good health to make .
good cream.
When people have stock that can
be recorded it's q shame to overlook
the process.
There Is q vast difference in cows
and it's the dairyman's duty to find
out the difference.
Every dairyman should make up his
ration to suit all his conditions and
the necessities Of his cows.
Hogs prefer ear corn in a muddy
time. Ground feed is 0t discount
then, as so much Of It Is wasted.
The laying Of soft shelled eggs
sometimes results from overfeeding
and sometimes for want of egg shell
material.
For early hog pasture SOW oats,
using three and three and one-half
bushels per acre. Such pasture will
last until June.
Roup, the scourge Of poultry keeping
in cold climates, must be prevented
II pleasure and profit are to be gained
from the business.
Don't starve the dry COW, Just be-
cause she isn't bringing in any in
come at present. Later she win pay
back all she gets now.
The great drawback about dairying
with grades is the loss of the male
calves. You should not sell them for
sires and they seem too valuable for
veal.
A sensible horse nowadays is not
afraid of an automobile. These We
hicles have come to stay so 1t would
be best for you to introduce your horse
to them.
Sweet oil is a safe medicine to ad-
minister to animals. It never Injuries,
but ls valuable in choking, blOating,
Inflammation or constipation Of the
stomach or bowels.
During the winter eggs sold in towns
and cities at from 10 to go cents
dozen. During the summer and early
fall eggs can be preserved or placed
in cold storage very easily.
Good judges say that It viii be at
least two years before the supply Of
hogs can be made to equal the de-
mand. The high price Of breeding
stock curtails what would otherwise
be a large increase in quantity.
Plants should be sown with refer
ence to their size and habits Of
growth; some require distance. and
others thrive better when planted
close together. The gardener must
know his plants as the farmer does his
Geld crops.
For wounds made on horses or cat
tie, By barbed wire fences, there 10
nothing better than q composition
made Of carbolio acid half an ounce.
Eiycerine eight ounces ana water
eight ounosss A syringe e q good
thing to inject this into the wound
II is not too lats 70 set the home
orshasd. 9he trees may be set any
dine before the buds Ewell and the
foliage starts. II the trees have not
been ordered, do this at once. Pre-
pare the land By breaking Il deeply;
pulveriss thor0ughly. Set the trees
j." ~. -
Baxter Springs news., 1910-05-12

A sensible horse nowadays is not
afraid of an automobile. These We
hicles have come to stay so it would
be best for you to introduce your horse
to them.
Baxter Springs news., 1910-05-12

Sweet OIL is a safe medicine to ad-
minister to animals. It never Injuries,
but is valuable in choking, blOating,
Inflammation or constipation of the
stomach or bowels.
Baxter Springs news., 1910-05-12

Plants should be sOwn with refer
ence to their size and habits of
growth; some require distance. and
others thrive better when planted
close together. The gardener must
know his plants as the farmer does his
ileld crops.
Baxter Springs news., 1910-05-12

Good judges say that It viii be at
least two years before the supply Of
hogs can be made to equal the de-
mand. The high price Of breeding
stock curtails what would otherwise
be a large increase in quantity.
Baxter Springs news., 1910-05-12

The great drawback about dairying
with grades is the loss of the male
calves. You should not sell them for
sires and they seem too valuable for
veal.
Baxter Springs news., 1910-05-12

During the winter eggs sold in towns
and cities at from 40 to go cents q
dozen. During the summer and early
fall eggs can be preserved or placed
IN cold storage very easily.
Baxter Springs news., 1910-05-12

For wounds made on horses or cat
tie, By barbed wire fences. there iS
nothing better than q composition
made Of carbolic acid half an ounce,
EiycerIne eight ounces and water
SiEht ounosss A syringe e a good
thing to inject this into the wound
Baxter Springs news., 1910-05-12

Tomato and egg plants may be
grown for early maturity By setting
the seed IN four-inch pots. Another
method il TO use strawberry boxes.
minus bottoms, set on a layer Of coal
ashes. The boxes should be sst close
and the earth fairly wen hrmed be-
fore planting the seed Il premium
pinntr are wanted. twelve % i0urtean.
inches hIth ana n bloom hy planting
dine. uo1 fho ss1d - lhroslnoh p0ts
rl1|l nov nn1 ltf1r shin % ne 81
Ineh sI.s. n ~ rlanIs 1rs giFon sul.
= ~ nan I 20 ErlGIh. that =
So .I IS n.t,
Baxter Springs news., 1910-05-12

Don't starve the dry COW. Just be-
cause she isn't bringing in any in
come at present. Later she win pay
back all she gets now.
Baxter Springs news., 1910-05-12

For early hog pasture SOW oats,
using three and three and one-half
bushels per acre. Such pasture will
last until June.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-07-21
BEMIs, CATCHING ADoNls.
Or. Castle Says Maps Backstop Has
Classic Outlines.

Chicago may have the greatest
catcher I'm John King: st. Louis may
have another In Roger Bresnahan,
but Cleveland has the honor of pos
sessng the most perfect physical
catcher I'm the major leagues today.
Harry Bemis. the stocky veteran. is
the individual of whom local baseball
lists can boast.
Bemis is the most perfect physical
specimen that DIR. III. M. Castle, Nap
club physician. in his years of service
has ever examined. Broad should
cred. tapering waist. narrow hips and
legs to set off the rest of his per-
son. These are the constitutional at
tributes of Bemis. "ITls body Is sym
metry personifed." says DIR. Castle.
Injuries are the only causes that
ever kept Bemis out of a game. Dur
ing the playing seasons he has beer
with the Maps he has neyci been III
in addition to his perfect physique
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-07-21
BASEBALL RUNNING RECORD.
Harry Niles Of Cleveland Is Fastest
Splinter in Game Today.

The Maps can claim at least one
championship of the American league,
says the Cleveland Pres. Harry Niles
is the champion sprinter of the ma
ior leagues. having won the title In
1906 from Burch, the Cardinal out
fielder by sprinting 100 yards In 10
l-5 seconds.
Niles has never been defeated and
he still wears a handsomely engraved
gold fob that was presented to him
by his st. Louis friends for being the
fastest man in either league.
Niles twice challenged Ty Cobb
for a 100-yard race. Ty sidestepped.
What Niles can do now is another
matter.
Niles learned to run before he play
ed professional baseball He used to
run professionally in Michigan and
picked up quite bit of change around
the county fairs.
MY brother was the ideal sprinter
said Harry. "He used To run at the
University of Wisconsin and there
never was a fellow who had better
prospects. But he quit the game and
settled down as soon as he left
school," 81 llagyltil
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-07-21
PLAYERS HAVE
QUEER NOTIONS
ALTHOUGH STARS IN ONE POSI-
TON MEN ALMOST iNVARlA-
BLY, ASPIRE TO SHINE
IN OTHER WAYS.

The ball player is n queer duck.
Constant, appearance in the pubic
gaze, continual work in profession
that every act OF which is the subject
of comment on the part of thousands
no doubt tends to bring out the pecu-
liarities which Turk in the disposition
of all men.
One OF the chief things a ball play
er wants To do is work out of posi-
| ton. The outfielder longs to pitch,
the pitcher to play some base, the
catcher to do anything except don the
big mtt.
Ty Cobb of the Tigers delights in
pulling off pitching stunts. The Amerl-
can leagues champion swatter sell
dom practices in his own position, al
most invariably pitching to one of
the utility players. The utility man
Is armed with "A big mitt and Cobb
goes through the motions of man
preparing to go into the box. Cobb
can bend 'em some and nothing de-
lights him more than to curve a bali
unexpectedly and have a regular
catcher fight 1t.
oscar Stanage, the Detroit catcher
yearns to be star inhelder. He too
spends most of his practice time
mailing slow hunts and ASSAYS fancier
stunts than the regular helders can
pull OFF. He gets behind the regula-
ton catching outfit only when he has
to.
Adrian Joss. of the Cleveland club
asplres to be a first baseman. Day
after day he stands at the bag during
practice periods and grabs off wild
throws and hot grounders. If he could
hit Joss would be star at that po-
sition.
Overall, of the Cubs. would be a
catcher, and, as matter of fact,
when right he Is grand pitcher. And.
so 1t goes all down the line. If you
can catch you would rather pitch, and
If you can field you aspire to catch.
But. there's one thing none of them
overlook-hltting. A man might as
well try TO tip over the F'latiron
building as crowd his way out OF turn
mn to the plate during batting prac-
tice.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-07-21
DON'T FORGET CRAWFORD.
Detroit Outfelder One Of Most Con
sistent Players in Game.

Do not overlook Samuel Crawford
i'm passing around the baseball bo-
quets. Sam has been In baseball a
long time. yet he still is one of the
most feared batsmen in the league
Early this season Crawford hit IN
tough luck. He met the ball just as
fairly as he ever did. but most of MS
drives went straight to some waiting
outfielder. Crawford gave the out
fielders about as much hard labor as
any man in the league. but his EFFORTS
counted very little on paper.
In n game last week he was res
ponsible for three of the Tigers runs
His sacrifice fly in the seventh scored
Davey Jones and his long drive In the
ninth brought the two runs required
for victory.
Crawford is no longer young man
from baseball standpoint but ne GER
tainly can maui the ball. lie "e,'.
as steadily as clock and mas 'o'
of speed In spite of two bad Ankles
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-07-21
.QUAKERS SAY ATHLETICS
Will BE SURE WINNERS

with lead of half dozen
games over the next nearest team,
the Athletics seem to have exceed
ingly good prospects for winning an
other American League pennant. In
fact. nothing but the toughest sort of
luck or a laydown can, so it seems
keep the team down, and the enthu-
siasts are already figuring on an
other triumph. They declare that
Manager Mack has everything that
he needs to pull off the trick. and they
feel sure that he will do IL. He has
the best balanced as well as the
strongest team in the league this year
and has worked his way to the top
in the face of some dfscouraging han
dicaps in the way of injuries to play
ers. Now, with the halfway mark
behind him and the team going right
it looks like n cinch. But. of course,
there will be no runaway race about
it. That has not been the American
League style I'm the past. and there
is no reason to believe that it viii
prove so this year. The Athletics
will come back IL they succeed in get
ting a much. greater lead than they
now hold, and some rival, probably
the New York Highlanders. will come
up for n brush through the home
stretch. The showing of the New
York team this year is n source of
great rejoicing in American League
circles. for this is tile first time that
the Highlanders have made good. not
withstandng that repeated efforts
have been made to give them n win
ner. The Detroit team is not as good
as II was last year. while the Athlet-
les are better than ever The Bos-
tons are good. but not quite the equal
of Connie Macks bunch. and there
is nothing I'm the second division that
compares with the leaders.-Philadel-
phia Record.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-07-21
AMERICAN LEAGUE
HURLERS STRONG
o,1cHERs IN JoHNsoN's CIRCUIT
HAVE MORE sTRikE-ouTs
AND FEWER PASSES TO
THEIR CREDIT.

Are American league pitchers huIl-
inc better baseball than their brethren
~ the National league? companion
~ statistics indicates they are, SO
much better that the difference Is cas-
uv discernible To date old league
,Itrbers have struck out 1,549 batsmen
and have given 1856 bases on balls
These statistics compare poorly with
the figures of strike-outs and walks
an the American league. Up to Friday
there mad been 1891 of the former and
but 1872 passes,
one thousand nine hundred and nine
N-one strikeouts against 1,5f9 shows
the effectiveness of the American
Icaquers. with added effectiveness
thrown i'm when a comparison of ac-
curacy Is made The pitchers of the
more solid and two-club league hive
been wild, wocfully so. Alongside the
1972 free dispensations of the Amer
lean twirlers, the 1,555 given by the
shooters of the opposite organization,
leaves a difference OF 1873, which Is pro-
nounced at this time Of the year.
The value OF a pitcher Is not con-
fined To the number of hits he allows.
Raises on balls and strikeouts play n
telling part If you doubt Il ask Clark
Griffith, who is now undergoing some
experience i'm this line. A pitcher can
he as frugal with hits as an alderman
ic candidate with good cigars and yet
lose game through a sudden attack
Of Witness. Also with the bases filled
Il is possible for servitor to fan the
following batsmen. This is n more
noteworthy feat many times than a
one-hit game, and shows real effect
beyond a question of reasonable doubt
Christie Mathewson is the steadiest
pitcher the National league possesses.
He accumulates n goodly amount of
strikeouts and his accuracy is one OF
his predominant qualities. That's why
he allows so few hits and wins so
often. The opposing side may bang
him freely yet at the trying moment
he IL there with a jurists knowledge
of human weaknesses. And he makes
use OF IT,
Although endeavoring to, 1t cannot
be said that all American league pitch
ers are following Mathewson. All the
same they are more effective than
those OF the National.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-07-21
TOM sHARKeYs TROUBLES.
Old Sailor Not a Shining Light in
Fancy Hotel Parlors

Tom Sharley, former pugilist, would
sooner bunk in a sailor hammock
than pay the tariff OF a frst-class
hotel. After sojourning for six days
at the St Francis i'm San Francisco.
Tom was prepared to leave for his
New York camping ground when a
bill was presented to him for $50.
After odds and ends had been dis
posed OF il was told the doughty sail
or that he had been paying IS day
for room for himself and Mrs. Shar-
key.
Five dollars a day 20 sleep?" ex-
claimed the astonished Sharkey.
yes" the cashier answered. "and
that is a special rate If you paid
for the parlor you occupied your bill
would have been SO a day"
The use Of the connecting parlor
was a courtesy shown Sharkey by the
management because Of the great de-
sire many people had To see the former
ring hero But Sharkey would sooner
have had his daily account read $3.50.
They are still laughing around the
St. Francis about how Sharkey was
dining with n friend who ordered a
demi- tasse 70 finish his meal.
Bring me the same" rumbled Sail
or Tom, "and bring me a cup OF cof-
fee with IT,"
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-07-21
YALE ALREADY PREPARING
FOR THE FOOTBALL SEASON

New Haven, Conn, July 2O.-With
the advent of blue Pencil Pete" the
first gun OF the Yale football season
has been fired. pete" is the boss OF
the Yale grandstands and he reaches
here in md-July annually To take
charge of the preparation of the seats
for the big game which is played here
in November. He is the censor of the
stands, and when his cerulean graph
tie marks a timber i'm the stands, out
il comes and is replaced with one that
is sound and new. His yearly task
is to replace suspicious timbers with
those that, like Caesars wife, are
above suspicion.
When il becomes clear that the foot
/ ball rules this season were to result
in an embarrassing game this fan,
Yale gave up the idea of building
football stadium at present, and will
use the old wooden stands, with the
decaying timbers replaced with new
ones. No new stands will be built,
as 1t is not believed that the present
stands will be filled at the Yale Har-
ward game this fall. because of the
dullness of the game of football. which
seems assured The work of replacing
the old stands will take most of the
time till November.
Capt. Fred DAILY of the football
eleven has gone to Canada for his
summer. His shoulder. which was
broken i'm the game at Harvard In
November and was wrenched again
in baseball practise i'm May. Is now
as strong as ever. Head Coach Ted
Coy is spending the summer at Litch-
field and is making arrangements for
the reception of the gridiron squad,
who will be called together at the
Hotchkiss Preparatory School. Lake
vile. Sept. IL. Coy prepared for Yale
at this school.
Walter Camp Yale's football adj
WISER is chairman of the sub-commit-
tee which was given charge of edit
ing the new rules. The committee
has held several meetings and the
new rules will be ready for publica-
ton soon Mr. Camp has declined to
express an opinion on the new rules
except to state that they will make
the task of officiating" extremely
difficult this fall.
None OF the preliminary practise OF
the Yale eleven this fall will be taken
on Yale field. The squad will remain
in Litchheld till time for the opening
game. Sept rs. This will prevent
the gridiron from being torn up early
i'm the season and leave II in fine shape
for the scheduled games.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-07-21
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:: SPORTING EDITORS NOTES. ::


Manager Frank Chance was chased
out of the game for disputing n de-
cision.
Manager Bresnahan of the st. Louis
Cardinals is suffering with ptomaine
poisoning.
The seasons series between Chi
cago and Pittsburg is now a tie, each
team having won eight games.
The playing of Milwaukee and Kan
sas City of late has been a big sur
prise to American Association teams.
Davey Altizer, the old soldier, is
playing good ball for Minneapolis.
Brooklyn has taken six OF the sew
en- games played with Pittsburg this
season
Arthur irwin says the Cubs will win
the National league pennant by 20
games.
George Robe, the ex-Whlte Sock Is
playing good game at first base for
New Orleans. -
First Baseman Ness OF Williams
port has not been welding the bat
as effectively as he did earlier in the
season. Ness belongs to the Tigers.
Jay Kirke, Wilkesbarre's big sec
ond baseman, is the most natural ball
player in the league and should rank
with the greatest innelders in the
country. Krke was tried out by the
Tigers.
Brooklyn has number of young
sters who promise to shine I'm the fast
set with little more experience.
Tony Smith, Daubert, Wheat and
Dalton are n most promising combi-
nation. Tony Smith ut short is not
bigger than a stick Of gum I'm stature
but i'm fielding he is giant. Fast as
lightning, and n quick thinker.
1t is said that the Pittsburg club
asked waivers on Pitcher Lefty Lei4
field, but when it was found that the
Chicago Cubs refused 20 waive Clarke
would not think of turning him over,
as Chicago Is considered Pittsburg's
most dangerous rival for the pennant.
The Pirates probably will keep Lei
field now, unless Manager Chance OF
the Cubs can be prevailed on to give
waivers.