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The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1911-09-21
$1,000 CUP FOR ALFALFA
Ovid Plainsdealer
By Old SCOUT

ByOld Scout
There will be preaching every Sunday
at Ovid.
Tom Reeder visited with his family
Sunday.
H. A. Chase was caller at the Porter
home Sunday.
Mr.. Godfrey Benzen's new house is
about completed.
T. E. Davis family took dinner at
l.. Rudd's Sunday.
Jack Dobell was on our Streets Sum
day. Come again Jack the glad hand is
yours.
Harry Reeder is layed up with sore
arms this week but he still wears a
broad smile. Its boy.
That steam plow is sure fixing our
roads out here. There is about room
enough left for a bicycle rider.
One glance at the West Lincoln
School House will tell the story. New
paint, flag pole, house paper and every
thing up to- date. Beat it if you can.
There is some talk of starting liter
ary at the West Lincoln School House
the first Friday night in October.
Come out everybody and be prepared
to take part.
The school Board are advertising for
lids For tze new school house. Pians
and specifications may be seen at the
secretary's Office at The Ovid Stores
Company.
H. J. Erickson drove Mr.. Weston over
the country Sunday to look at the new
water system, and they are something
worth going long ways to see. Come
and take look, 3 miles straight north
of Ovid.
The Ovid Base Ball team was out for
practice Sunday and the way they play
ed was big improvement over what
they have been doing. We've got 9
sneaking idea that JuIesburg is in for q
beating Saturday. the 30th of Septem,
ber.
There was party at Buford Har.
groves Saturday night. 43 young people
going over and staying till the wee hours
of the morning when they departed for
home declaring the Hargroves royal
entertainers. Buford said his cows
gave sour milk the next morning.
When going home from Ovid Saturday
South Side man on looking ahead saw
light. Like all good men thinking
there was fire promptly turned in the
alarm. Chief Erickson and his brave
fire Ladies' Tex and Max answered
the call. When they arrived
at the place there was just
two young sparks in buggy.
Not mentioning any names, but their
initials are Oscar Rudd and N. B.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1911-09-21
Growing Old

A little more tired at the close of day;
A little less anxious to have our way;
A little less ready to scold and blame,
A little more careful for brothers.
name;
And SO we are nearing the journeys
end,
Where time and enternity meet and
blend.
A little less care for bonds and gold;
A little more zest in the days of old;
A broader view and saner mind.
And little more love for all mankind;
And as we are faring a-down the way
That leads to the gates of better day.
A little more love for the friends of
youth;
A little less zeal for established truth;
A little less thirst for the daily news;
A little more charity in our views;
And so we are folding our tents away
And passing in silence at close Of day.
A little more leisure to sit and dream:
A little more real the things unseen;
A little nearer to the those ahead.
With visions of those long loved and
dead.
And so we are going to where all must
go
To the place the living may never know.
Alittle more laughter, few more tears,
And we shall have told our increasing
years.
The book is closed and the prayers are
said,
And we are part of the countless dead.
Thrice happy. then, if some soul can
say,
81 live because he has passed my way"
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1911-09-21
Sedgwi;ck Items

The people here are pleased to know
of the Jubilee or Picnic at Julesburg
the 3Oth. inst celebrating the assurance
of the Demonstration Farm. The bas-
kets of dinner will be prominent fea-
ture.
Mrs. Verne Hartsock returned home
after few weeks visit with friends in
Nebraska.
G. w. Smith of Denver is visiting his
wife and looking after his farm this
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jay Kimball, Max
Mailer and wife, Homer McGrew and
wife and several others attended the
fair at sidney, Nebr., last Friday and
Saturday.
Sedgwick has new preacher.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. T. McGrew are in
from Denver this week.
d. T. Bush is working forces OH the
Peterson canal this week. People are
pleased with his systematic work. The
different canals will be ready when the
water comes.
We notice the Sedgwick Sun is get
ting some vim and business in its
management which gives it an increas-
ed circulation and fills it with good
advertising
We notice nearly all the new bridges
are finished which helps the travelling
public.
Jankervoskey is putting together the
potatoe digger. We hope to see many
large spuds rtll over into the sacks.
Miss Sadie Wray visited home folks
last Friday.
An Eyworth League social was held
at the home of Ben Upson Friday night.
All the elete and few others were in
attendance.
Some young rascal took from buggy
so buns, pies, lbs. of no. l bologna
sausage, one fine table cloth and large
lunch basket Friday night on the street.
This lunch was for the Epworth Social.
Wo - --.-
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1911-09-21
Employees Have No legitimate
Crievances

Leaders among the unions in rail-
road shop service in advising their
following to force an issue upon the
managements of the roads at this time
are committing huge blunder, one
that will rebound to their discredit
before the end. There can be but one
ending to such struggle.
Railroads are having trouble in q
number of directions. Politics, need
less and useless politics has had deal
to do with curtailment of expenditures
and release of over eighty thousand
men by the railroads of the country.
Agitation over tariff affected railroad
receipts the very first thing. Threaten.
ed political Investigations have had q
bearing on recent policies adopted by
the principal roads. The Interstate
Commerce Commission and the Court
of Commerce have been keeping rail-
roads busy rearranging their rates and
traffic forms. Refusal of the Commits
sion to permit increase in freight rates
should have heen sufficient warning to
labor leaders to 20 slow.
Harvest throughout the nation have
heen uncertain and taken as a whole
behind the average for the last decade.
Crop shortage means heavy loss in
revenues to the Hartman lines in par
ticular.
Large numbers of men are out of
employment. The country is in an at
mosphere of uncertainty. Industrial
conditions at home and aboard are far
from satisfactory. A general railroad
strike, such as is threatened, would do
universal damage, undoubtedly, but
the greatest sufferers in the long run
would be the strikers themselves.
Railroad hours and wages have been
improved of recent years, voluntarily
on the part of the leading railroads,
and as a rule the men have no real
grievance. The agitation is forced and
unreal; it is the work of the professional
labor agitator who lives best when
trouble is abroad in the land.
For railroad heads to give in to the
demands of labor bosses that the latter,
not the former, shall conduct the rail-
roads solely in the interests of the
unions. would be supreme act of folly.
1t would lead from bad to worse.
Federal control of railroads could not
be much more complete than it is now.
With the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion at one end and the labor union junta
at the other. the common carriers"
would be leapine continually from the
frying pan into the fire, and vici versa,
instead of attending totheir business and
meeting the requirements of growing
country.-Denver Republican, August
. l, 1911.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1911-09-21
Reception-Coodbye

,e Reception Goodbye function at
Methodist Church last Friday was
attended. A largo number of our
ans availing themselves of the op-
nifty of bidding Rev. Waller good
md welcoming Rev. Dye to Jules
The church was very prettily
ated with vines and potted plants
ut flowers and presented a very
: appearance. The first part of
tening was spent in a general
ime. After which, the Misses
ees rendered piano duet
Rev. Waller was called
in prayer after which w. H.
ee rssited the following poem:
,od-a er howdy-do-
hats the odds bewixt the two?
-goin'every day.
It friends first 60 away
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1911-09-21
Taken From The Motor Age of
Sept. IL, 1911

Erora, Neb.-Editor Motor Age
The recent Discussion over the relative
merits of the transcontinental and river
routes through Nebraska have interest
ed me very much, as I have been over
both of them west of this point, They
are equally accessible from Aurora and
the choice would depend upon the con-
dition of the road.
Going west over the river route we
found the road from Grand Island to
Julesburg in splendid condition, except
for some sand near Paxton which l am
told can be avoided by going south of
the railroad. and also some bumpy road
between Ogallala and Julesburg, which
small amount of working would en-
tirely remedy. This route is good be-
cause of natural soil conditions, not be-
cause of any considerable amount of
attention. Evidences of proper care are
far to rare all along the route but es-
pscially from Ogallala to Julesburg.
Still. in spite of lack of attention it is
good road.
Returning over the transcon tinenta!
route we found the mileage very little
shorter, the route billy, grades poorly
constructed where they existed at all,
and markings hardly sufficient to fol-
low without guide book. A rain of
2 days before had left the surface full
mudholes. rutted and rough. No part
of it was dragged except few miles
each way from Minden where the grad
ing and dragging were both good and
the road fine. We were unable to av-
xeraab more than IL to Is miles per
laoc over this road and the trip of 250
miles did more harm to the car than
would trip of 1900 miles over the riv-
er route with road conditions ~ we found
them. No road can be considered good
which q moderate heavy shower will
FENDER unfit for travel for 2 days fol-
lowing. With good soil and proper
working such rain should improve it.
The fact is, that an amount Of work
which would put the transcontimental
route in passably good condition, weuld
make of the river route splendid
ighway which could be maintained at
1ominal expense and trouble, and be
shorter in hours if not in miles to Den
Ger.
l. w. Haughey, M. D.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1911-09-21

of st. Louis, for the best variety of
Hops grown in the United States in
1911.
$1,000 CUP FOR ALFALFA
donated by Paul l.. Van Cleve, Presi
dent Sweet Grass Land and Livestock
Company, Melville, Montana, for best
exhibit of Alfalfa.
Further information as to rules of
entering the prize products, time etc, i,
can be secured by addressing W. H.
Emmons, secretary of the land show
committee of The Denver Chamber of
Commerce.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1911-09-21
The Farmers Picnic

Everything is working toward the
greatest Gne Day celebration Julesburg
has ever had. Saturday September
goth. is the day set for holding this
picnic which will take the place of
County Fair this year and in a way
celebrate the assurance Of the Demon
stration Farm.
In the morning at 10 O'Clock the
Sedgwick County Fair Association will
hold its annual stockholders meeting in
the District Court room and at the
same time Sedgwick, Ovid and Jules
burg will play ball on the Base Ball
Diamond. The annual meeting will not
take long and the stockholders will
have time to see the most of the
game. Commencing at one O'Clock
sharp the finest parade ever seen in
Sedgwick County will start on its march
through the principal streets of Jules
burg ending the parade at the race
track where the Afternoon sports will
be held. The Parade will consist of
Decorated automobiles and Bicycles,
Floats representing the various busi-
ness houses and schools. At
the track all kinds of interesting sports
will be had consisting of foot racing,
Bicycle races. wrestling matches be-
tween both the Japs and americans,
Automobile races and tugs of war,
Horse races and Broncho Busting and
in the evening combination entertain
ment will be held at the electric Thea
tire where two new roles of film will be
seen together with illustrated songs,
piano and violin solos, quartetts and q
one act skit will be put on by Ladies'
Only. This alone will be well worth
the price of admission. There is to bs
no efforts to make any money out Of
this days sport but the entire proceed,
will be used in premiums and prizes ant
the expenses incidental 10 the day.
success. The. prizes will be awardst
on percentage Of the days receipts 81
behooves every one who expects to try
for any of the various prizes to have al
large crowd out as possible. One Of
the best parts of the days program viii
be Basket Dinner in the park at moor
and yours truly speaks now for az
invitation to some ones dinner for b,
knows what these dinners are like. Tn,
Sedgwick County Fair Association wa
formed for one object only and tina
was the developement of the County
and we believe in a good time ant
want every citizen of Sedgwick Count.
and as many of those outside tht
county as can possible do so to attene
this Picnic. Come and bring YOU
friends.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1911-09-21
Grasp of hands you'd ruther hold
Than their weight in solid gold,
Slips their grip while greetin' you.

Grasp of hands you'd ruther hold
Than their weight in solid gold,
Slips their grip while greetin' you.-
Say good. bye er howdy-do?
Howdy-do, and then. goodbye
Mixes jist like laugh and cry;
Deaths and births, and worst and best,
Tangled their contrariest;
Ev'ry jinglin! weddin' bell
Skeerin' up some funer'l knell-
Here's my song. and there's your
sight
Howdy-do, and then. goodbye!
Say goodbye er howdy-do-
Jist the same to me and you;
'Taint worth while to make no fuss,
Cause the jobs put up on US!
Some One Is runnin' this concern
That's got nothin' else to learn;
If He's willin', we'll put through
Say goodbye er howdy. do!
and in very pleasant speech on behalf
Of the church said goodbye to Rev.
Waller and welcomed Rev. Dye to his
new pastorate. Mrs. Waller was called
upon and rendered vocal sole
in her own charming style. Mrs,
Franklin then said good bye to Rev
Waller and wife and welcomed Rev.
Dye and wife to Julesburg on behalf oi
the Ladies Aid Society and Rev. He'll
of the Congregational church did the
same in his pleasant way on behalf Of
the Congregational Church. Rev. Wal
ler was then given an opportunity te
say good bye and did SO thanking hi
membership for their loyalty during hi
two years pastorate. Rev. Dye then
thanked the people for their kind greet
ings, the entire audience sang "Bles'
be the Tie that Binds" the ladies serve,
punch and cake and the audience re
tired to their home glad that they has
! known Rev. Waller and wife and as
sured that Rev. Dye and wife woul
do their utmost for the good of tn,
church for the coming year.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1911-09-21
Notice

Mrs. G. w. Smith. formely with
Marshall Field & Co., of Chicago, Ill. i,
will have and display fine line of fine
Millinery at the Brown Hotel, Friday
and Saturday, Sept, 29th. and 3Oth.
Prices to suit everybody. All invited
to call and see the fine display of up to-
date millinery. ct.
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and even Otto Braitnlayer Is liable to
trim her II another Saturday night run
10 taken before she receives proper at
tention. In all probability George Bright
when she will he scraped. sandpapered
and painted In preparation for the big
regatta.
Although the program for the July AS
Gocfation meet has been published In sew
eral magazines and newspapers since
drawn up in April, there are still
number OF yachtsmen unacquainted with
the order Of events and when they will
ment. as published by the Southern Boat
man. IL given: Yachtsmen ell over the
bay are now looking forward to the third
annual cruise Of the Chesapeake Bay
Yacht Racing Association, I'm which the
Baltimore and Corinthian Yacht clubs and
the Baltimore Motor Yacht Club of Balti-
more. the Chesapeake Bay Yacht Club
OF Easton, the Capital Yacht Club of
Washington. the Cambridge Yacht Club
Of Cambridge and the Hampton Roads
Yacht Club Of Norfolk will participate
The orders are for the yachts to leave
their respective anchoraEes July Is, and
meet at Oxford the day after.
Monday. the 18th. the first Of the as
ISOLATION races will be held in connec-
ton with the annual regatta OF the
Chesapeake Bay Yacht Club These races
Will be for sloops. yawls. canoes, bateaux
and motor boats. IN the latter there
will be two classes. cruisers and speed
boats. Tuesday the reception will be
held and all hands will gather at one
OF the beautiful manors on the shores
OF the Tired Avon, where the visitors
will be the guests OF the Talbot county
yachtsmen.
Wednesday morning the fleet will weigh
anchor and proceed to Cambridge. twelve
miles, where there will be a series Of
races under the auspices of the Cam
bridge Yacht Club. There will be con-
siderable interest In these events be-
cause OF the speed boat races.
Thursday will mark the beginning of
the first Of the association races, when
the start for the Patuxent river will be
made on the first leg to Hampton roads
The sailing fleet will be sent off In their
respective classes. and they will be sailed
on a point basis. From this point on the
schedule will depend somewhat on the
weather. and 1t will be In the hands Of
the regatta committee. which will use its
Judgment In starting the yachts from the
Patuxent on the second leg to the Rap
pahannock river. From there the third
leg will be to Hampton roads, the anchor
age OF the Hampton Roads acht Club.
While In these waters there will be
more races. and at the conclusion the
start for home will be made.
The return will be made notable by
straightaway race from Old Point to
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WIN. B LAUB. JR.

The near-typhoon which swept over
Washington Tuesday afternoon played
havoc with the fleet OF pleasure craft In
the harbor. Every boat In the Capital
Yacht Club fleet dragged its moor1ng.
with the exception Of the three big power
yachts Iona, Cleolia and Dacota, and one
boat a 20-foot dory launch. was capsizsd
and sunk In about eighteen feet OF water
When the first pun hit the Dacota. owned
BY Ralph l., Gait, those watching the
feet say that she was forced over on her
beam ends before she could swing her
stern and head up to 1t.
Clyde Cruitt's yawl, Grace K. was ly-
ing of Deans shipyard. Alexandria. at
the time. and only the grounding OF her
keel on the mud flats prevented her climb
ing up on a row of piles to leeward. The
big windjammer was boarded by q por-
ton Of her crew shortly after the hrst
squan passed over and sail made for the
local anchorage The mainsau was In
the hands Of a sailmaker. but. under q
small storm jib and jigger. she made tho
run In AZ minutes. a distance OF more
than five miles. Some Idea may thereby
lie gained OF the strength OF the breeze.
While on the railway the Grace X. was
put III the DeSI DOSSlDic coHuiuOn IcV tnc
races at oxford and Hampton roads in
July. About four feet Of dead wood were
added 10 her keel where space originally
was left for a propeller. her sides and
bottom We're thoroughly sandpapered, and
even two coats OF white paint and two
81 copper She sailed for Annapolis at
3 ~ o'clock yesterday afternoon with the
following crew aboard. all Of whom hold
regular berths. with the exception of
Hartley: r. Clyde Cruitt, T. w. Shep-
ard, Frank r. Keyes. G.. w. Henderson
and Eugene Hartley. Morgan Royce. one
Of the understudies for any berth on the
craft is TO be picked up at Colonial
Reach some time today. when the craft
will touch there for that purpose.
Last Sunday. on run from Annapolis
10 South river, Commodore Hewins' yawl.
Nenemoosha, took leeward berth on the
Freya and beat her in.
Frank Reyes was at the wheel OF
the Bright yawl at the time and Mr..
Hewins told him after the race that when
they put the glasses on the Freya and
discovered the twelfth mate OF the Grace
X, in command, Master Hewins, IT,.
twelve years old, was allowed to sail the
flagship 10 Selby creek. But the Freyas
bottom resembles Il stucco WALL so thick
are the barnacles from keel to water line
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in commission within few days is the
auxiliary sloop Marguerite Sd. owned by
NJ. D. Baker of the Eastern Power Boat
Club. The Marguerite was built in 1900
by Riley Cumberland, after Herreshoff
designs. for a member Of the Corinthtan
Yacht Club. when that organization was
in it's infancy and when most of its men,
bers owned and raced sailboats AS far
as is known, she and the yawl Janet are
the sole survivors of that .'windjammer'
fleet, the others having long since been
converted into launches or disappeared. as
boats often do. When owned by Frank
s. Miller and the writer. from 1907 to
1909. she made three cruises to the mouth
Of the Potomac under sail alone. which
testifies to the stoutness and ableness of
Q sailing craft only twenty-six feet over
All. twenty-five feet waterline and seven
and one-half feet beam. The Marguerite
was equipped with a two-and-one-half-
horsepower engine last spring. and Mr..
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THE Or ACE <. ON The WAYS

that they have sold hundreds Of the little
cardboards. and that several members of
other clubs. especially the Old Dominion
Boat Club of Alexandria. are going to at
X \
The last two weeks in July will see
the captain OF the club. Leonard Brown.
and Joe Richardson cruising in the lower
river on the forty -five-foot Tarpon.
Charlie Wagner will enter the novice
singles Tuesday at the /. &. c. A. meet
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Baltimore for cruising motor boats. The
distance is. roughly. 100 miles. and the
trophy will be a handsome silver cup
offered by Commodore Carlton Of the
Baltimore Motor Yacht Club. The forma-
ton Of the association has been of the
greatest benefit to yachting, especially
the social end. for 1t brings together
hundreds of men and women interested
in the sport.
The auxiliary yawl Margaret, owned by
William c. Prentiss, was placed in COM
mission at Deans shipyard, Alexandria.
last Tuesday and brought up to the Cap
ital Yacht Club anchorage. The Mar
garet is well known in Washington, being
one of the oldest little yachts In the club,
but, notwithstanding that fact, the craft
is as well found and as able today as
ever.
Another well known small yacht to 70
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Able to Recall It.

From the Chicago Tribune.
The young man in the third row OF
seats looked bored He wasn't hayin-
a good time. He cared nothing for the
Shakespearean drama
Whats the greatest play you ever
saw" the young woman asked, obsery-
ing his abstraction.
Instantly he frightened
Tinker touching a man out between
second and third and getting the ball
over to Chance in time to nab the rum
per to first" he said.
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on the tidal basin, and, with Miss Allen,
also will enter the mixed doubles.
Up until Friday 1t was almost assured
that the Washington Canoe Club would
not enter a single man in the Inter-club
Canoe Association regatta Tuesday be-
cause of a few rules recently fioated. but
at almost the last minute the demands
made by the officers OF the Paddle Camp
for a change were agreed to. and the
we'll known racers will compete. II is
very unfortunate for the club that this
controversy should have come I'D. as