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Connecticut western news., 1911-01-19
Masonic Installation

At the regular communication of Housatonic Lodge. No. 61 F. and A. M .. Jan. 12, the following officers were in stalled Willis D. Sheldon, W. M. N. Watson Hardenbergh, s. w.; Fred R. Collin, J. w; George H. VanDeusen, Treasurer Lyman E. Howe, Secretary ; George w. Ford, Chaplain Anselmo 0 E. Molando, Senior Deacon ;; William N. Decker. Junior Deacon Charles A. Beaujon, Senior Steward Henry M. Dodge, Junior Steward; Fred E. Dewey, Tyler.
 The reports of the various officers of the lodge show that the order, locally, in aprosperous condition. A substantial gain'in membership is shown, and the treasurer's books. indicate gratifying condition financially.
Connecticut western news., 1911-01-19
FORTUNE FOR PROPER.
We'll Known Wetogue Resident Pros
 pectiYe Millionaire.

Town talk has been busy for some days past with rumors that Whiting H. Proper, living on the old Barnum place Iear the Housatonic river railroad bridge had fallen heir to his mothers share of William Jennings English fortune, the figures of which run from $1 ,000, ,0OO up to $100. 100000. According to town talk. MT, Proper's mother, who died some time ago, would have received something like $1 .600,0 ,000 from the Jennings estate, which is now in course of settlement, and MT. Proper is assured of his propor- ton, through the efforts of the heirs, who are operating through legal repre- sentative, to have the estate distributed. The title is said to be perfectly clear and only the preliminary technical and legal tormalities are required, to get the money into the hands of the rightful heirs. MT. Proper himself is not greatly excited over the prospect of soon becom- Ing 5t millionaire.
Connecticut western news., 1911-01-19
Editors to Meet and Eat

The Connecticut E 1itorial Association will hold it's annual meeting at the
 Hotel Garde, New Haven, Monday, Jan. 30, when officers will be elected for the ensuing year. Col. Osborn, editor of the New Haven Journal Courier will be toastmaster at the banquet at Cafe Mellone, and speakers will be as follows Governor Simeon E. Baldwin, "The State of Connecticut ;" MT. Don O. Sietz, New York World, "The Editor and the Business Office ;" Prof Edward Bliss Reed. Yale University, The Teacher and the Editor ;'' Rev. Oscar E. Maurer, Center Church, New Haven, Pulpit Editing and Editorial Preach ing"
Connecticut western news., 1911-01-19
WILL SHEFFIELD SCOOP US |?
Ambitious Northern Nsighbor Figures
 on Troley's Help
East Canaan. Jan. IA.

Ambitious Northern NeIRhbor Figures
 on TroIeY's Help
 In talking about the various trolley problems one of the leading residents of Ct. Harrington said to the Courier that the southern extension will mean more to Great Harrington from a business standpoint than the Spring field extension could possibly mean, although that would of course be heartily welcomed.
 In preparation for conditions which will exist next summer when the Shef- field extension will be in operation, Sheffield business men plan to complete with Great Harrington stores and hope u hold their trade because of the fact that they do not have to pay such high rents as the Great Harrington dealers They will also endeavor to draw trade from Ashley Falls, Canaan and Great Burlington by special inducements which they will offer. Although they do not feel positive that they will be able to hold all their trade when Great Barrington's larger atores can be so handily reached, the merchants of Sheffield will make the effort. The Dunham store at Sheffield is to be greatly improved plate glass windows being put in and other changes made.
 Only few men are employed on the Canaan extension now, but the ehgi- neers, at least Engineer A. H. Towne. will remain in Great Harrington for the remainder of the winter and the Woronoco Construction company's office will be kept open right along as there will be much work to be done from now until spring, looking after the force now engaged and preparing for the oper- ations which are to be rushed as soon as the frost is out of the ground.
Connecticut western news., 1911-01-19
High School Basketball.

Following is the schedule of basket ball games to be played by the Canaan High School teams in the town hall, it being understood that no games shall be played with outside teams:
 Jan. 18-Stars vs. Comets.
 Jan. Collectors vs. Regulars. Jan. 25-Regulars vs. Comets. Jan. 27-Meteors vs. Stars.
 Feb. 1-Comets vs Meteors. Feb. 3-Stars vs. Regulars.
 Feb. 8-Regulars vs. Comets. Feb. 10-Meteors vs. Stars.
 Feb. 15-Stars vs. Regulars.
 Feb. 17-Comets vs. Meteors. Feb. 24-Meteors vs. Regulars.
 Mch. Stars vs. Comets.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-03
PERHAPS ONE
MAY SAIL OVER
Balloon Race, Finals Of August Squirt,
to be Started From Kansas
City Thursday, This
Week.
WILL sURPAss DISTANCE
Thousand Dollars Worth Of New Dry
Gas Will be Used and the
Bags Are To Be
Rubberlzed.
WILL sURPAss DISTANCE

There is probably a lot of interest
in Keokuk over the coming balloon
race which starts at Kansas City
Thursday of this week, as there is a
possibility that one or more of the
contestants may sail this way in their
air craft. Many local persons saw
the balloon in the preliminary race
which floated over Keokuk during
August
The Kansas City Times of recent
date, published some interesting In
formation about the final race, proper
and other subsequent features. Under
the caption, May Be the Longest Air
Race" the Times has to say: Indi
cations are that all previous balloon
records for distance will be surpassed
in the international race which begins
here next Thursday. That belief is
encouraged by the new dry gas that
is to be made especially for the race
Then, too. the rubberized balloons are
expected to prove better containers
than the old style bags that have been
used in the other races.
At the gas plant the work of manu-
featuring the " million feet Of gas
for the race will begin Monday. The
product will be stored in huge Iron
tanks
viii Require $1,000 Worth Of Gas.
This gas will be the finest and the
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-03
zEMo CURES ECZEMA
PIMPLES, DANDRUFF,
PRICKLY HEAT, SUN

and affords you skin comfort during
the hot weather. We give you three
reasons why we recommend ZEMO
for skin troubles.
LIST. zEMO is a clean, scientific, H.
quid preparation, pleasant and
agreeable to use.
End. ZEMO stops itching at once
and allays the irritation and prompt
ly soothes and heals the skin.
3rd. zEMO gives universal satisfac-
ton and is recognized by skin special
lists as the standard remedy for all
skin and scalp troubles.
If you wish to try bottle of ZEMO
for yourself or one of your children
and it does not do exactly what we
say, we will return your money with
out bubble or question City Drug
Store.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-03
BASKET BALL LEAGUE
rs BEING FORMED
List Has Been Opened at Y. M. c. A.
and Players Are Eager
To Get In.

The senior basket ball league at the
Y. NJ. C. A. is being formed and play
ers are showing much interest, occa-
stoned it is believed. by the change in
policy regarding this game. AS soon
as twenty-four have been enrolled
the teams will be selected. Those who
already have signed are the following:
j. P. Coyle, Frank Kline. George KEEP
ner, Chares Sagle, F. A. Buchda, Earl
vanatta. Roy Stricken, Bernard Mer-
RAM John Lobberecht, Earl Buck, G.
E. Lindquist and Arthur Lumberg.
The attendance at the various
classes during the first week was ex-
cepticnally good. The boys junior en-
ployed led with 56 at the two class
sessions. Two less were present at
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-03
(Including Games Of Sunday, Sept. 24.l
Two Clubs win Renew 1905 Battle.

Two Clubs viii Renew 1905 Battle.
Friday, October Is, will be day OF
Ill omen and dire calamity for one of
two ball clubs. But for the other it
will be jamboree of joy. Picking up
where they left off in 1905, John j..
McGraw's flashing Giants and the
hard hitting Athletics of Cornelius
McGillicuddy (slang for Connie Mack
clash upon this dark date of super
stition in what should be the greatest
world series ever fought--from the
viewpoint of financial returns as well
as from the viewpoint of unrivalled
sport.
No past series in history will draw
forth such crowds nor hold s.ch close
attention.
Comparing these two clubs, player
for player, Is getting to be national
pastime. Argument and rebrttal, dis
cussion and oratory, are raging back
and forth.
There are three departments to be
considered in this summing up-the
wv oueheiuS-ln Two lnflelcS and the
two batteries.
Starting with the two infelds it
must be conceded that the Athletic
quartet forms the greatest combina-
ton in either Circuit. The first strong
impression is that Mack's infield has
big shade on McGraw's. And yet
when one stops to size up the two
departments. man against man, there
is no noticeable difference.
Between Merkle and McInnes the
edge may be close but the Giant
star should have the call from the
standpoint of worth. Merkle has
been through the fire and McInnes is
yet to be tested under heavy strain
such as this big series will be. Both
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-03
ATHLETICS,

are ranking first basemen, but In the
closing stages of the National league
fight Merkle has given one of the
greatest exhibitions ever witnessed
upon the field Merkle Is taller than
McInnes, has a wider range and is
every whit as fast McInnes has
more than made good, but he has not
reached Merkle's class.
Larry Doyle is hard hitting, quick
thinking and consistent second base
man but there can be no argument
here. Eddie Collins has no rival. He
stands alone with no one but Larry
Lajoie in sight. Collins was the star
of the 1910 worlds series and will
be watched closer by McGraw's men
than any other ball player under
Mack's banner.
Barry at short has the edge over
Fletcher in experience. Both are
fast, reliable infielders. Fletcher has
one of the greatest pair of hands in
baseball and is coming star. He is
probably a better hitter than Barry
Dut udS HUt YET dlIdlieQ inc TuildQol-
phian's steadiness.
Baker and Herzog at third are both
good hitters and are both depend
able Baker is the longer, harder hit
ter and one of the most dangerous
batsmen in the game in a pinch.
Herzog has shifted from short to
third and back and therefore is not
SO we'll set in the job as Baker is.
AS infelds go the Athletics quar-
tet must be given the edge upon past
performances, although the margin is
slight. Mack's fntield should out
slug the Giants and prove as fast in
defensive play and trifle steadier.
BY this margin they win the copy pa
per argument.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-03
Jones, The Halter.

lightest that ever filed balloon .
George NJ, Myers, president OF the
Kansas City Aero Club, said yester-
day afternoon. 1T Is natural gas
made over with the moisture left out.
1t is far superior to ordinary natural
gas and will have four times the lift
ing power and one-third more lifting
power than coal gas. We were for
tunate In having the gas plant here
so that the natural product could be
treated. Many persons believed such
gas could not be made, but the ex-
perts here showed them and have
startled the balloon world. A thous-
and dollars worth of gas will be used
In the races.
with favorable conditions l ex-
pect to see the record go we'll above
fifteen hundred miles. The present
record Is LIB miles. This undoubt-
eddy will be the greatest balloon race
in the worlds history and 1t may be
the last great race. America has won
the cup two years in succession and
if we win this time we retain the
trophy permanently, thus ending the
international race meets.
Preparations to Cost $4,000.
Fifteen thousand seats have been
erected at the Armour-Swift grounds
on the river front. 1t is costing $780,
900 to stage the race and the people
of Kansas City should come to the
front and buy tickets. This is not a
private enterprise, but is municipal
affair, with the Aero Club acting as
trustee for the city. 1t is the biggest
event in the areo world and while it
is possible to see the start of the race
from housetops, no loyal Kansas City
ian will cheat the city in that way"
All the foreign teams and their
equipment will be In Kansas City next
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-03
TEN Jokes" ARE
NOW BIG GIANTS
Mceraw's Gold Bricks Have Been
Converted Into Great Ball
Players Of Today.

NEW YORK, Oct. 3.-John Nc
Graw is surely judge Of ball players
He saw ability in ten players who
we're jeered by home fans and pro
nounced deadwood by other National
league managers, and now, in three
seasons. he has nodded these players
INTO championship team.
Here are tn, ten players McGraw
brought through from jokes to champ
iors:
John Devore-His brother had to
guarantee that he would not cause the
club to lose money when he first start
ed QUE in baseball. A poor judge OF
pals hit on the ground when he broke
INTO the league. Now brilliant field.
g, base runner and hard and timely
nltter. McGraw's patience and In.
struction made him a great player.
Fred Merkle-Three years ago
pronounced the king of boneheads be
cause he failed to touch base. Now
one OF the cleverest first basemen in
the business.
Larry Doyle Considered Joke
neider when he came from the Three
rye league. McGraw was given the
merry ha-ha because he paid large
sum for him. Now Doyle is one Of the
National league stars.
Arthur Fletcher-Kept on the
mench and told to keep his eyes open.
MS season McGraw, saw that Devlin
and Rridwell were slowing up. HE
sent Fletcher to short, where that
Young man made good at once.
.harles Herzog Pronounced dis
.oroer and malcontent in several cit
'es' McGraw sent him to Boston,
on'v 10 get him hack when the oppor-
'un'ty presented itself.
Fred Sncdgrass-Sn oderass was a
'a'cher when he Joined the Giants.
HcIraw admired the hitting ability.
p"t did not care particularly for his
oacsstonning. He is an accurate Judge
~ ~ ny halls. and covers much ground.
as oattin7 has won many game.
JACK Murrav-When John Nc
,osSev cantured him and took him to
Z. lo''s he tried to make catcher
IVY OF him. Ike Snodgress. Murray
!, MT better than he could catch.
- was cent to the outaeld. and later
's.'"ren IN trade hv the Giants
Yack Me-e-s-This big Indian. pro-
no"nced Ruhe Naronard's running
''t IN the race for the lime champ
,oosnlp counle Of seasons ago. Now
rs rs ere of the classiest backstops in
:. iu'pe Marnuard- The laughing stock
.na baseball world for two seasons.
= .o'snt FOR $1,000 from indianapolis,
e 8. I'D not prove worth II cents un.
u this season.
leon Ames Another pitcher who
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-03
"STEP UP BOYS,
AND BUY A PADDLE"
"chIef' Pennington Sells Them the
Candy and 10 Drawing Carnival
Crowd About Him.

step up boys, and buy paddle:
you always win, never lose. Try
your luck and make your best girl
happy"
The baseball voice Of Chief Pen
nington. aspiring manager of the Keo-
kuk club, can be heard this week on
Main street. Pennington has charge
of candy booth, having come to
Keokuk to make some change while
things were quiet in st. Louis.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-03
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Yesterdays Results,

S"SS'" wy . 1tV0UItSs
Cleveland. 7-13-1 Detroit, 4-1o-2.
Batteries-Kaler and O'Neil; Mullin,
Covington, Summers and Wilson.
Observation-Disclosures game post
.poned on account of wet grounds
Boston-New York game postponed
on account of wet grounds.
st. Louis-Chicago game postponed
on account of wet grounds.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-03

Monday. H. w. Jacobs of Topeka, pres
ident of the Western Aero Associa-
ton, has been selected as official
starter. The following have been
named for the contest committee:
Maj. Samuel Reber. U. S. A., Charles
Jerome Edwards of New York and
Charles Walsh, representing the Aero
Club of America
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-03
MANAGER BOYLE
SUES WATERLOO
Claims He is Unable to Collect Back
Salary and May Enjoin Three
Eve.

CHICAGO, Ill. Oct. a.-President
Tearney, Of the Three-I league, has an
nounced that Frank Boyle, the former
manager of the Waterloo Gowa) club,
had filed complaint against the
club claiming that he had been unable
to collect $947 back salary due him.
Boyle, President Tearney said,
threatened to enjoin the league to Sc
cure his money.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-03
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Yesterdays Results.

Philadelphia. $3.50; Boston, ISL
Batteries-Curtis, Chalmers and Kill
fer; Perdue. Weaver, Hogg and Rari-
den
New York, 3-9-1; Pittsburg, O-2-o.
Batteries-Wiltse and Meyers; Hen
dirk and Simon.
Chicago-St. Louis game postponed
on account of wet grounds.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-03

Biliousness is due to disordered
condition of the stomach. Chamber
lain's Tablets are essentially stom-
ach medicine, intended especially to
act on that organ; to cleanse it,
strengthen it, tone and invigorate it,
to regulate the liver and to Danish
biliousness positively and effectually,
For sale by all dealers.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-03

After exposure, and when you feel
cold coming on, take Foleys Honey
and Tar Compound. 1t checks and
relieves. Use no substitute. The
genuine in a yellow package always.
Wilkinson G. Co.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-03
Standing Of the clubs.

Where They Play.
ST. Louis at Chicago.
Detroit at Cleveland.
Philadelphia at Washington.
Boston at New York.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-03
Standing Of the Clubs.

Where They Play.
Chicago at st. Louis.
New York at Philadelphia.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-03

the junior student. while both the
young mems classes made good show
ings.
The athletic park has closed for the
season.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-03

simply could not win for McGraw for
years. McGraw decided to keep him
until his luck changed. This year
Ames has pitched many great games.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-04-13
Large Farms 81 Little !?

sSsSA III
One of the sops to Cerberus proposed
By President Diaz Of Mexico IS to d.
vide some Of the immense landed es-
tates In that country into small farms
and permit the common people to &C.
quire few acres of their own instead
of remaining mere tenants. One of
the causes Of the present rebellion is
the system of land holdings now and
for many years past employed, which
makes poems or semi-serfs of very
large part Of the population.
There is an insistent demand for
land not only in Mexico, but in all
other countries. The people want to
own land. They do not, as a rule, de-
sire large holdings, but they want a
few acres of their own. The desire is
natural and commendable. In the
United States there are many large
tracts Of land held by timber or min
Ing companies which ought to be d.
vided into small parcels and put upon
the market for agricultural purposes.
The writer has in mind a tract of
about 10000 acres in a middle western
state, owned by a lumber company,
which has cut off all the timber of
sawmill size, but is holding the entire
tract for sale in one piece. Already
partially cleared, this land would
make excellent farm homes, and if put
upon the market in plots of ten to
fifty acres-ample for the ordinary
farmer, gardener or orchardist it
would cut up into many separate
farms and develop a new agricultural
community. Many other such instances
Of holding large tracts for sale in
one parcel might be mentioned
Moreover, there are many farmers
who own too much land and ought to
dispose of part of their acreage to
other farmers who have none or not
enough. Farmers who own hundreds
Of acres Of tillable land which they
cannot use and those who try to till
too many acres should get rid of their
improbable surplus and let somebody
else have a whack at the soil.
In most American communities the
small farm appears to be the solution
Of the problem Of future livelihood
for the farmer himself and the feed
ing and clothing Of town and city
people. A limited acreage induces to-
ward intensive farming-getting out OF
the soil all that it will produce. Too
many acres are worse in some re-
spects than not enough.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-04-13
@lll 81
An Easter Lily
q + 1t Inspires Good q r
Y Feeling and Y
\ Good Deeds i
By CLARISSA MACKIE
By CLARISSA MACKIE
Copyright by American Press Asso.
citation, 1911.

The little white house stood close to
the street, and the bow window jutted
out to the fence, it's burden of flower
ing plants making the only bright bit
OF color on the wild March day. Be-
hind the tall flower stand Miss Imo-
gen Morse had lowered like a benef-
lcent fairy. She waved her magic
sprinkling pot and touched dead leaf
here and there, and the plants grew
taller and greener and put forth fra
grant blossoms toward the sunshine.
Back Of the big pots there had been
row Of Bermuda lilies. Slowly they
had been forced during the long win
ter until now brought into the sun
they showed tall graceful stalks bris-
ting with green leaves and topped by
wonderful Waxlike white buds.
Miss Imogen had three Easter lilies.
She had planted the bulbs in the fall
and tended them all winter, and now
that Easter was only three days off
she was choosing the handsomest
plant to send over to the parsonage.
The next one was to go to her bosom
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-04-13
The Old Fashioned Mother.

Where Is the old fashioned moth.
erT asks an editorial writer in a biz
city daily newspaper. ''Is the old
race Of mothers extinct, and with
them the home restraint of children p
1t is an easy matter to tell this dis
dressed editor where the old fashioned
mother Is. She is in the homes of mill
lions upon millions of happy families.
here, there and everywhere. She is in
this town, in your town, out on the
farm, and in the vast and crowded
cities also. General conditions sur
rounding life have changed materially
IN the past generation, but human ma
ture remains human nature. Mother
love Is as tender and solicitous as ever
IL was. The mothers of today are
rearing children who will rise up and
call them blessed, just as "the old
Fashioned mothers" Of other days did.
The mothers Of today, in their good
old fashioned way, are cooking the
meals, washing the dishes, busting the
furniture, making the children's
clothes, sewing on their buttons, darn
Ing their socks, kissing them and get
ting them off to school, just as did
the mothers of yesterday.
Don't cast any reflections upon the
mothers. The sons and daughters
won't stand for such a thing. Sup
pose there is comparatively small
number Of mothers who neglect their
children, let them go to lecture shows
unattended or loaf about the streets,
While mamma sees the matinee or
gads around and gossips. There al
ways have been few such mothers
and always will be- But in the main
the mothers do their duty as they
see it. Doubtless many of them might
do better in relation to their offspring
II they had had the advantages of
filter training, but as a general prop
osition, looking at the matter from the
wider horizon of thought, the mothers
are pretty nearly all right.
No; the old race Of mothers is not
extinct, Mr.. Metropolitan Editor, and
never will be so long as humans and
human nature survive on this whirl-
ing planet.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-04-13
Fastening Battery Wires,

There are two ways of doing almost
everything, and this is especially true
of fastening battery and coil terminal
wires. One way is wrong, and the
other is to twist the bare end of the
wire around the terminal as the hands
of the clock move and then tighten up
the nut. The reason for this is be-
cause the screw thread is right hand
ed; therefore the tendency of the tight
en1ng nut will be to twist the wire
around the terminal tighter than it
was. Should the wire be twisted the
other way the nut would tend to un-
twist it and it would slip under the
nut and very likely get very poor
hold.-Boston Herald,