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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-07
THORPE DESERVED PLACE.

Jim Thorpe has been chosen as the
captain of the Carlisle eleven of 1912.
and his selection is in very way
worthy. Thorpe is one Of the mar
wells, athletically speaking. of this
country. He seems to have been de-
signed by nature to be Il rafting man
in every branch of outdoor and In
door sport. 1t was natural that,
when the braves held their election.
he hig halfback should be chosen for
he honor place for the coming sea-
on. No man on the gridiron has dis
played more exceptional football abil-
ny than the big back. and he was
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-07
May DISCARD pouGHERrY.

Chicago, Dec. 7.-Admirers Of Pat
Dougherty. the left fielder for the Chi
cago American league team, are dis
cussing Wednesday we'll founded ru-
mors that the veteran fielder is about
to be cast into the discard by
President Comiskey. Dougherty, who
led the team in batting for more than
n season. has intimated that he
might not return and this is taken by
his friends to mean that he knows his
place is to be filled by a younger man.
He is believed to be at least one of
the veterans who will disappear from
the South Side along with Andy Nc
Cornell, the infielder.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-07
NEW MEN
FOR A. G. QUINT

Fargo. n. r.. Dec. 7-Several men
have been out for basketball prac-
tice at the A. G. and two teams were
made up of the material and a short
practice INDUCED in. The teams We're
composed OF new men mostly and the
game that took place was not much
of an exhibition or of much interest to
spectators, but it showed that there
will be plenty of good timber from
which to select a fast team.
Regular practice will start this week
but Coach Ruehcr is undecided wheth-
or to use the a. \. L. rules or to
change to the intercollegiate. This
point will he brought UP at the con-
ference meeting this winter. 1t is
hoped by all the players h a the lat
ter rules will be put into effect.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-07
NAY
ABANDON TRIP

Lincoln. Neb.. Dec. 7-Unless they
are to be opposed by the certified var
sity eleven of Washington state uni
versity. the Nebraska Cornhuskers will
not be permitted to play a post sea-
son game of football on New Years
day in Seattle.
The Nebraska athletic board at a
special meeting last night refused to
sanction a game with a Washington
alumni team. The Seattle authorities
must agree to this requirement or the
proposed western trip by the Corn
hYskers will be abandoned.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-07
only accorded the honors tina. .ars
n;c I,,o
RIGHT IN THEIR ELEMENT.

Didn't take the Giants long to get
tangled up in a row in Cuba. Hadn't
hit the place more than twenty min
utes before one of the typical Giant
stunts was pulled off. only Megraw
didn't get away with the billingsgate
belt. The Cuban pitchers beat Me-
graw to 1t and handed out a choice
line of Spanish epithets. sandwiched
in with a few fancy ane in Eng
lish. that gave Mr.. Megraw a pang
Of jealousy and also a right to kick
for an infringement on personal coyp-
right and patent. Funny how these
Giants. the scrappy, courageous
Giants. cannot get away with any,
thing once the people have their num-
Der. Beat a couple Of manned. halt
and senile teams in the National
league. which they wouldn't have
had broken right. and nothing could
stand their chestiness.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-07
PERSON AT ZENITH orIY.

with US. The big fellow has q Mica
homestead over the Canadian border
line and he says come day he will
have a nice home up there. Chris
says there are Americans than
Canadians in the part Of western
Canada where he has taken up his
land.
Chris is going to remain over until
after the zbyszko-Pilakoff match. as
he wants t o get on with the big Fin
nish INT. AS Karl Lehto promises
to be at the ringside that. evening to
see Pilakoff work. and as there Ia a
bare possibility that Henry Ordemann
may run up with Geor .e Barton.
there promises to be quite a gathering
Of notables around the ope when
the two giants start their battle at the
auditorium.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-07
FIFTEEN YARDS IN FIVE.

Here Is another question: In
crease the distance to fifteen yards
and give the attacking side Ave downs
to make it. Increasing the number
of downs will give the offensive team
a chance to get its plays In working
order. The effect would be in q way
the same as that Of signal practice.
The assailing backs would have an
to get working together
in better order: there would be bet
ter team work.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-07
CoULoN MAKES AGREEMENT.

Chicago. Dec. Johnny Coulon,
bantamweight champion, Wednesday
closed an agreement for a match
with Pat Brannigan. the eastern box
er. at YOUNGSTOWN, Pa. on Dec. 1s.
According to the conditions the box
ers will fight ten rounds. They are
to weigh 115 pounds at 6 o'clock,
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-07
sox SOLD.

Chicago. Dec. Felix Chouinard
and Robert Messenger. extra out1eld-
era of the Chicago American league
baseball team. cwrc sold Wednesday
to h Des Moines club Of the West
ern league.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-07
PREPARING SCHEnvuE

The high school basketball team
manages to put in about four nights
out Of the week getting in shape for
the first game of the season. The
schedule has not as yet been COM
pleted in detail but Manager Baarman
states that the dates will be ready
by the first Of next week.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-07

Probably n Done was ever so an
xious to run is the Chinese royal
family without Il place to rum.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-07
M,COoRTY To MI,ET KEr,Iy

SsNOHsHI ~ Ni11iSI 1Nr1IlH1
Fond Du Lac, Wis, Dec. Ed
die McGoorty Of Oshkosh and Hugo
Kelly. Chicago. have been matched
for a ten round boxing contest at
Fond Du Lac during the Christmas
holidays.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-07

In the matter Of maintaining
health, some people have too much
confidence in the doctor, and not
enough in themselves.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-07
We Make Good Store Lighting
Effective and Economical

When our lighting experts plan a lighting installa-
alton they strive to make it scientific and to insure
low operating cost.
The idea is to satisfy the customer so that he will
want to keep on using electric light.
Store lighting that builds business during the dark
days OF November and December is to be had
cheaPly by using tungsten lamps the correct way.
An 80 candlepower tungsten lamp, properly hung.
gives upward of 800 candlepower straight downward
when equipped with a certain kind of reflector.
The light given is clear, soft and white-the closest
to sunlight known. There is no odor, danger or
fllckering-no ghastly colors and shadows.
Have our New Business Department send a repre-
sentative.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-07

You may have observed that a man
can tell his wife and six children
goodbye in considerably less time
than it takes a girls steady to leave.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-07

Very little modern furniture is ever
going to become antique, as a man
after leaning back and
breaking a dining room chair.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-07

Housewives are now talking Of de-
handing salaries. And the ones who
are talking about 1t probably are get
ting about what they are worth.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-07

Old Doc Pearsons has given up to-
hacco at h age Of ninety-two, and a
Frisco cigarette fend shuffled off at
the age Of 106. It's a bad habit.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-13

After rs years a wandering su1tor
has returned to claim his affianced of
quarter of a century ago. The day
before the couple were to have been
married the young man was ordered
west for his health. He went to Cali
fornia and for a time continued his
correspondence, but through changes
In address the correspondence ceased,
Seven years ago the young lady went
to live with the family Of wealthy
real estate man in Jamaica. Recent
iy she has been morose and told her
unhappiness was due to her continued
single blessedness. She then decided
to tell her story to newspaper and
the account of her long wait for the
wandering sutton, along with the in
formation that she had saved consid-
cradle money, brought forth many ap-
plications for her favor. One who
CHANGED to read it was her old
flame" He sought out his former
sweetheart, a few minutes sufficed to
revive the youthful pangs and ar
rangements were quickly made for
the wedding. Now, this all sounds ro-
mantle enough for us, but what we
want to know is whether it was the
news of his sweetheart's whereabouts
or her wherewithal that made the
wandering lover come back" Car
anybody tell?
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-13
ROTATION OF CROPS
FOR SANDY SOILS
Ey PROF. A. r. WAITSON,
Wisconsin College of Agriculture,

As sandy soils are very open and
low in water-holdiDg capacity, they are
much more favorable to such crops as
can gain benefit from such condi-
tons. OF the grains, rye and oats do
best. The former being seeded in the
fall gets an early start in the spring
and natures before the extreme
drought of the summer. The latter
has a very large root system and can
take better advantage of the fertility
and moisture in given volume than
most grains.
Beans and buckwheat are profitable
crops on sandy. soils. The bean is q
legume and consequently takes it's
nitrogen from the air instead of draw
ing on it from soil already deficient
in that element. Buckwheat does not
require a very fertile soil because a
good share Of the materials that go
into its seed, the marketable product,
are gotten from the air.
Due to the case with which these
soils can be titled, it is very economi
cal to grow potatoes, corn, strawber-
ries and truck crops, especially If
these crops are preceded by a green
manuring crop or clover sod to sup
ply humus. The expense of killing
weeds in cultivated crops on these
soils is very small because the weeds
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-13

A quack grass rootstock with sew
lstic growth of this noxious weed.
When this main, underground root
stock is broken and spread over the
field by farm implements the weed
grows a new plant from each piece
of it.
lent tool for this purpose, but any
tool which will drag the roots to the
surface is satisfactory. The exposure
of the roots to the hot winds and gIar-
ing sunshine of summer rapidly kills
them. A disk harrow is not a salts
factory tool, as it cuts the roots but
does not lift them to the surface suf-
ficiently well for good results. If the
cultivation is done thoroughly and per-
sistently throughout the season quack
grass cannot survive the treatment
If adverse conditions prevail and there
is any doubt about the complete Grad
ication of the weed, the field should be
plowed early the next spring and cul-
tivated thoroughly until corn plant
ing time, when it can be planted to
corn, in accordance with the check
row system, so as to admit of thor
ough cultivation both ways. The field
should then be carefully watched and
if any plants appear, the destruction
may be completed by hoeing.
Methods for Small Areas.
Quack grass in patches not over two
rods square can sometimes be eco
nomically killed by cutting the weeds
close to the ground just when in bloom
and covering with tar or some heavy
building paper. The strips of paper
must overlap sufficiently to prevent
the plants from coming up between the
the strips and should also extend far
enough beyond the edges of the patch
so that no plants can reach the air
and sunlight. The paper should be
weighed down with earth or stone to
hold it in place. If the surface is
nearly level it would be better to use
planks or fence rails to hold the paper
because the earth is apt to retain
moisture and cause the paper to rot
This method can only be used sue
cessfully on fairly level ground where
the paper can be held close to the
surface. In a dry season 60 days is
usually sufficient to destroy the
weeds, but it is best to leave the pa-
per on until time to pIow IN the fall.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-13
NIne-Foot Hammerhead Shot With
Revolver and Then Pursued Half
Mile by Man in Motor Boat.

Palm Beach. FLA novel method
Of killing sharks was introduced here
by Alonzo Morgan Zabriskie, holder
of many local fishing records, who,
substituting a revolver for the CON
Fentional rod and line, chased a nine
foot shark half a mile and shot it to
death.
Mr.. Zabriskie, in a power boat, was
fishing for kingf1sh in the gulf stream
when the opportunity of adding a new
element of danger to the life of a
shark presented itself He happened
to look over the side of the boat, and
saw, only a few feet away, a shark
that was nine feet long and tough
looking for its size. Drawing his re
volver, Mr.. Zabriskie blazed away
He hit the shark, which darted
away. Mr.. Zazriskie started his en-
gines and went after it. The chase
lasted for half mile Before that
distance was covered the shark had
come close enough to the surface sew
eral times to permit the sl1ilful pIac-
ing Of more shots. In all Mr.. Zabris-
kie shot six times.
When he finally came up with the
shark the man eater wa. dying. It
was dragged ashore and killed. When
it was measured on the pier it was
found that each of the six shots had
taken effect. One of them had pierced
the brain, while another had lodged
in the backbone.
The shark, a hammerhead. showed
unusual resisting power. After it had
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-13
Twice Close to Death.

An unpleasant adventure recently
befell a Bavarian officer who was
taking observations above the fortress
Of Ingolstadt, Germany, from a cap
tive balloon. A sudden and violent
gust of wind snapped the mooring
cable and carried the aerostat up and
away at a dizzy speed The officer,
who was alone in the car, attempted
to empty the balloon by means of the
ripping cord, but could not get this
to work. Meanwhile, he had been car
ried to an altitude Of 1900 feet and
was beginning to feel the exhausting
effects of this rapid change of eleva-
ton. Realizing that his situation was
desperate, he exerted all his powers,
and managed to Chamber up to the en-
velope and slash a hole in it, where
upon the balloon descended even more
rapidly than it had risen. When near
the earth he was again in imminent
peril, but he made jump for it and
had the good luck to be caught by the
friendly branch of a tree. Relieved OF
his weight, the balloon shot up into
the air again and was soon lost to
sight.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-13
FIND OLDEST CITY IN ARIZONA
Relics Unearthed in TableIand Said to
Be 10000 Years Old-CoVered
With Prairie Dust.

Phoenix, Ariz.-Still another cold
est city in the world" has been dis
covered When T. Hewitt Myring
found vases in Peru in ruins which
were said to be 1000 years old. it was
imagined that the remains of early
civilization had been pushed as far in
to antiquity as they would ever go.
But A. Lafaye, mining engineer, has
found the relics of a town in an Ari-
IONA tableland near Phoenix which he
INSISTS are at least 10000 years old.
The buildings are on level stretch
of country where neither slit nor wash
was possible, and yet the ruins were
covered with ten feet of prairie dust,
which the discoverer claims requires
ages to accumulate.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-13
WATCHDOG of the Treasury

John Addison Porter, once secre
tary to the president, oyerdrew his &C.
count on one occasion, when he went
off on vacation; and Comptroller
TraceweIl disallowed it. When Secre
tary Porter returned to Washington
he told the president about it, and
President Mckinley telephoned to
TracewelI to come to the White
House. On his arrival there Trace
well was asked why he had disallowed
that account, and he replied:
'T disallowed it, Mr.. President, be
cause it is my duty, as comptroller of
the treasury, to protect the money of
the people from every kind Of miscOn-
struction of the law. If you should
draw one months salary in advance,
I should certainly disallow Titus
trated Sunday Magazine.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-13
a Natural Inquiry,

A number of men gathered in the
Bmoking-car of a train from Little
Rock to another -oint in Arkansas
were talking of the food best calcu
lated to sustain health.
One Arkansan, a stout, ford man
with short gray hair and self-satis.
fed air, was holding forth in great
style.
Lock at mel" he exclaimed
Never a days sickness in my life!
And all due to simple food. Why
gents, from the time | was 20 tC
when I reached 40 years 1 lived g
regular life 7one of these effemi
nate deIicacies for me No late
hours! Every day, summer and win
ter, l went to bed at Q; got up at 5;
lived principally on corned beef and
corn bread. Worked hard, gents
worked hard from s to 1, then dinner
plain dinner, then an hours exercise
and then
Excuse me-" interrupted a strang
er who had remained silent, ''but
what were you in for ?"-Housekeep
err
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-13
FINDS HYDROPHOBlA MlCROBE
Germ Which Medical Men Havs
Sought for Decades Is Discovered
by Pittsburg Doctor.

Pittsburg, Pa.-The microbe that
causes hydrophobia, which medical
men the world over have been seeking
for decades, has been discovered and
photographed by DR.. Frederic Proes-
cher, pathologist of the Allegheny
General hospital. DR.. Proescher made
the discovery in a microscopic exam
ination of tissues from the nervous
system of dogs, cats and horses nat,
urally infected with hydrophobia, also
Of rabbits innocuIated with virus. The
remarkable resistance of virus to the
outer invasion led the doctor to at,
tempt to isolate the unknown microbe
by dissolving the brain of animals in
fected with virus.
DR.. Proescher is the physician who
has been experimenting with monkeys
in an attempt to locate the microbe
which causes infantile paralysis.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-13

Chicago Haberdasher Declares Sterr
Sex Have Greater Fondness for
Mirror Than Women.

ChtcagO.-'Women have nothing on
men, when it is a question of vanity
said a welI-known cIothier and haber.
dasher with an establishment on the
loop. lon each corner of our building
we have mirrors, and by actual count
ten men have stopped to adjust their
ties, straighten their hat brim, or pull
up their coat collar to every two wo.
men who paused as they went by
"Of course nearly every woman
that went by glanced at the glasses,
but the men deliberately stopped and
preened themselves like so many pea,
cocks.
Then we have the same thing in
the store. A woman will look ever so
many times at herself in the glass be-
fore she decides on a hat or a suit,
but man has to twist around, and al.
most stand on his head before he is
satisfied with his looks"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-13
BIG PROBLEM IN FUEL
HALF THE COAL IN MINES LEFT
THERE INACCESSIBLE.
Peat Boys of Country, However, Con
tain Billions of Tons That
Can Be Utilized in
the Future.

One Of the most serious problems at
the present time is due to the fact
that on the average nearly 50 per cent.
of the coal in the mines is left either
in or at the mines and is inaccessible
for the future generations.
For example, according to Casters
Magazine, in 1907 approximately 4O0,-
100000 tons Of coal were left in or
at the same mines from which the
480,000,000 tons were taken.
To stimulate the possible use of
various grades of fuel and safe and
successful methods of mining much
material at present left in the mines
are some of the problems of the Unit
ed States bureau of mines
Problems of combustion are being
carefully studied by means of sta
tionary boiler plants, house heating
boilers and a long combustion cham
bec; proper classification and relative
prices for Goals by means of specifca-
tons aud purchase by contract, and
more economical use and utilization OF
fuels heretofore not regarded as adapt
ed to such purposes by means of bri-
quoting, coking and producer gas
plants.
Among these fuels is peat, samples
of which have been used in the making
of producer gas. The use of peat for
domestic purposes in European coun-
tries dates back several hundred
years, but the extensive DEVELOPMENT
in methods of mining and utilizing
peat has been largely within the last
ten years. At the present time in
many of the European countries peat
is a large source of power develop
ment through the aid of the gas pro-
Queer and engine, and the utilization
Of the peat boys is becoming general.
Some idea of the extent of this de-
Velopment may be had from the state
ment that Russia alone mines annual
Iy over 100000 tons of dry peat.
It is estimated by the United States
geological survey that the boys of
this country contain approximately
1883, 900, 900 tons of dry peat COM
mercially available. At market value
of 50 per ton for machine peat bricks,
this represents over $4,000 100000
The Canadian government is carry
ing on extensive researches relating to
the use of peat, as this fuel is found
in very large areas in Canada.
The cost of preparing peat for the
market is comparatively small Re-
liable figures are not available for the
United States For one locality in
Sweden, visited in 1908, coal cost $3.75
per ton, and peat, delivered on the
operating floor, 80 cents per ton.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-13
Birds Remarkable EIa4

Ostriches are credited with pc
culiar appetite for glass and ladies'
hatpins, but a woodcock just sold in
a Paris shop has run them closely.
The customer who bought three birds
asked to have them opened, and to
the surprise of the shop assistant one
of them had four Lebel cartridges in
its stomach The bird was carried
with much precaution to the police
station, together with the cartridges.
and the authorities are wondering
whether they are faced by a new
phenomenon that might interest nat
ura1ists or whether it is merely a
packers practical joke.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-13
BURGLAR Refriended Him.

A burglar was arrested for robbing
a house up the state some time since,
and the next morning the victim rush
ed wildly into the magistrates office.
AS soon as he could get his breath to
working again he told the official that
he had come to see about the pris-
oner.
Glad you came down." was the af-
fable response of the magistrate, 81
suppose you want to appear against
him"
well, guess mott" exclaimed the
victim with a glad smile. Il want to
kiss him on the brow and give him
$40. Among other things that he stole
from the house was a package of love
letters that I wrote to my wife before
we were married"