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The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1911-10-28

Word was received in Alamosa
Wednesday that Morris b. Col,
bad died that morning at his home
in Colorado Springs, the cause OF
the death being eczema, FROM
which he had beeu suffering for q
year or moro. Mr.. Colt came to
Alsmosa along about 1885, coming
here with T. G. Henry, probably
the pioneer ditch builder OF this
great empire. Later Colt became
superintendent Of Hsnry's inter-
ests in the valley aud for several
years looked after them. Empire.
OF the l6l cities in the United
States that have adopted the CON-
mission form Of government with
in the past twenty years, Ave Of
them have . population Of more
than 100000 each, not ono has
abandoned il and gone back 70 the
older forms Of municipal govern
ment.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1911-04-12
Harmony .NcMs Notes.

Harmony. April lG.-rhe Harmony
church Sunday school children are
preparing for Easter Sunday exercis-
es, under the direction of Misses Nan
ME Balentine, Sudie Medlock and 9th
ers, and all anticipate very inter
esting occasion.
Mr.. Jesse A. Wood met with pain
ful accident Friday morning when a
horse kicked him on one of his legs
fractming one of the bones below the
knee. He is resting very well at this
time.
Mr.. Thos. Bonham gave musical
concert Friday evening at the home ot
Mr. Willie Walker.
Miss Carrie Burton of Greenville
County is visiting her sister, Mrs, ].
II Wood
4 Miss ,ula simpson of GreonyiIle
IS visiting her parents. Mr. and Mrs.
Jom w Simpson.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1911-04-12
FREDERICK THE GREAT.
Well known and Very Popular Mngi-
clan ut Theatre This Week.

Manager Grant of the Drcamland
Theatre has announced the coming this
week of Frederick the Great, Il magi-
clan of wonderful talent He will be
here in connection with the moving
picture show ON Wednesday,. Thursday
and Friday of this week.
The following clipping from the
Georgetown News shows the great
success OF this entertainer:
Certainly lived up to his name last
night He appeared at the Lyric
Theatre last night and presented one
OIL the most pleasing entertainments
the Georgetown people have ever wit
messed. He by his manner completely
won over his audience after his first
experiment and he was heartily ;rp-
plauued time and again. The burn
ing of Il $50 bill given him by one of
the audience and finding ii safely en-
bodied i'm the heart OF a lemon which
is selected from Il platter full of lem
VII" ny al liuN Sili.lS III lnb auulCnCp.
was the cause OF much laughter and
mcrrim2nt then the spirit writing ON
a piece of canvass is positively one
OF the few meNplicablc things which
we sometimes encounter He did
many other new and perplcXing things
and concluded by apparcntly burning
up young lady in full view of the
audience who sat almost Spcllbomd.
Frederick, the Great, surely is great.
and will always find a warm spot in
the hearts of the Georgetown thcartrc-
going public.
Miss Alice Ncrnicc. in presenting
her singing was very well received
also. She sang three songs two of
which We're character songs and one
ballad. Besides being attractive
her wardrobe is out of the ordinary
and very pleasing to the eye
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1911-04-12
PEOPLE WIDELY INTERESTED.
The Augusta Music Festival is En-
pectcd TO be One of the Most Sue
ccSsful ever Held in the South.

The people of this section are un-
usually interested in the Augusta
Music Festival which event will take
place i'll that city Monday and Tues
day, April oath and 2ith. with an af-
ternoon concert on Tuesday. The two
evening concerts will begin at $50
and the afternoon concert at o'clock.
The Choral Society OF Augusta.
promises in the very near future to
secure an enviable reputation through
out the South, and has already made
wonderful headway, for an organiza-
ton of so few years experience the
approaching Festival just being the
third of the Society Music lovers in
the vincity of Augusta. as we'll as those
of that city, have recognized the value
OF such an annual event and have
stood by the promoters valiantly.
Damrosch with the New York SYM
phony Orchestra. composed of fifty
men, have been again secured for the
occasion, which alone is an assurance
of what will be in store for those who
attend. The artists engaged are of
international reputation, among whom
Will be Miss Florence liinl5le, so.
prano; Miss Christine Miller. contral-
to; Mr. Albert Quesmel tenor and Mr..
Arthur Middleton bassc. Arthur
Saslavsly, violinist, George Barrerc,
llutist ana Paul Kifer, cellist are 9th
er attractions of the festival, also the
magnificent chorus. composed of two
hundred male voices and three hun
drcd chii'Ircn's voice, all Au@ustans
who have been long and carefully
trained and are TO sing very difficult
and beautiful pieces. This annual
festival is an event Well worth tray
cling miles to attend and will be both
beneficial and enjoyable.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1911-04-12
WhiskcN ShOwer.

Sheriff Owings and Deputy Reid
held little informal whiskey and beer
shower on the public square Monday
morning. Invitations to witness the
scene were given out in a general
way. by the odor of the fluid. and a
large crowd gathered to witness the
show. About twenty-five gallons of
whiskey an dbecr were showcred in
the sewer. The guests acted as on
lockers only. No souvenirs were given
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1911-04-12
DISCLAIMERS CONTEST
TO BE HELD FRIDAY
Everything in Readiness for
the Young Orators.
SEVEN YOUNG MEN
TO PARTICIPATE

ia ViuNi tb"t IVY pN wv lhttl
ruptcd in their Speeches, it is Re-
iuestcd that Everybody be in Their
Places by Eight O'clock Sharp.
The Laurens County Annual De-
Chalmers Contest will take place in the
Graded School Auditorium Friday ev-
ening, beginning promptly at o'clock.
Every High school in the county, with
the exception of one and it may send
one at the last moment will send a
representative here to compete for
the medals which are offered for the
winners. This contest was inaugural
ed last year with such success that it
was determined to make it an annual
affair. Laurcns County was the first
county in the state to start such con-
test and several other counties have
already followed in her step
Prof A. G. Rembert, of Wofford Col
lege, and Dr.. Moffett, of Erskine Col
lege, will be two of the judges of the
contest. No answer has yet been re-
ceived from the third gentleman who
was invited to act. Both of these
gentlemen are too we'll known to at
tempt to tell who they are.
Music will be furnished for the oc-
casion by the Clinton Orchestra. This
is a very we'll trained band of musi-
clans and doubtless their selections
will prove most enjoyable feature
of the evening.
On account of number of unavoid-
able expenses connected with holding
the contest, it will be necessary to
charge a small admission fee Adults
will be admitted FOR 25 cents and
school children II cenJs Il is csti.
mated that this will Just about pay
all expenses OF the contest.
1t is requested that everybody be
in their places by five minutes to
eight o'clock, as the contest will start
2roIlI tly or time
Friday afternoon tho Laurons Pase
Bal! Team will meet the crack Gray
Court -Owings Team. Saturday morn
ing the representatives from the coun-
ty high schools will hold track and
athletic meet.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1911-04-12
GENTLEMEN OF THE JURY.
Jurors Drawn for the Court of Com
mon Pleas which Comenes April

mon Pleas which Conyenes April
24th.
The jury commissioners met in the
Clerk of Courts Office Wednesday
morning and drew the following jur-
ors for the spring term of Common
Pleas court beginning Monday April
oath. Judge II. C. Watts will preside.
Laurens Township-Jamie Roland.
c. Y. Craddock, r. l.. Simpson, w. p.
Hudgens, j. L. Ledford, A. b. Barks-
dale.
Dials-AleX Mccall, j c. Abercrom-
bic, l.. l.. Templeton, Geo. L. Willis,
j. r. Brownlee, NJ. w. Boyd, w. C.
Stewart, o. III Cooley
Youngs-W. e. Bobo, Frank Aber-
crombie, j. B. Cook, w. II. Stevens,
w. G. Henderson. c. NJ Harlan, w.
G. Parsons, Dickson Putnam
Cross Hill. C. Wade, j. b. Cul-
bertson, Jno. w. Hammond. w. NJ. Mil
Ter, j. ID. Beeks, p. B. Richardson.
Sullvan-W II. Carter j. I'll. Bal
lentine, .Jr., II. NJ Wasson.
Donnan.
Waterloo c. Sims. Geo. a. MIC
PherSon.
llunter-J, Y. Addy.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-11-26
Highlanders Plan
Training Junket

NEW YORK, Nov. 25-The schedule for
the New York Highlanders' practice
games on their way north from their
training quarters in Atlanta next spring
has been arranged by Arthur Irwin. The
Hilltoppers will invade Cincinnati, In
dianapolis, Dayton and Columbus on
their reverse march from Atlanta to the
sea.
They played in some of these same cities
last April, but on their way north
stopped off at birmingham, Chattanooga,
Nashville and other points. which will
not be visited this spring. The Yankees
are to go south the first week in March
and train in Atlanta. There will be no
preliminary course at Hot Springs, Va,
as last year.
Games have been arranged with, the At
lanta team for March 25 and 20, ana one
or two national league teams may be
taken on in Atlanta. There has been talk
OF the Athletics opening the new bali
park in Cincinnati but last spring II
was agreed between Hermann and Frank
Farrell that the Highlanders should open
the park with the Reds, and dates were
agreed upon. They are March 80 and 81
and April l, ana the Cincinnati, club Is
expected to abide by this agreement
The Highlanders will play in indianapolis
on April 2, and 4; will meet Dayton
champions OF the Central league. or
April 5, and hold forth In Columbus on
April and Z.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-11-26
OLYMPIC RULES RESTRICTIVE
There Are Many that Require
Interpretation.
AMERICANS WILL BE HAMPERED
Walkers VIII he Subject TO Dis
qualification without Previous
Action Ms 20 Fair
ness.

NEW YORK. Nov. with the receipt
of the program OF rules which are to
govern the Olympic sports at Stockholm
Sweden, next year, the fact which imme-
diately confronts the close observer Of
such regulations Is that they appear par
icularly restrictive and not at all founded
on the lines whereby past performances"
have been made the incentive for dupli-
cation or betterment.
James e. Sullivan, secretary of the
American Olympic committee. recently
received from Kristian Hellstrom, secre-
tary Of the Swedish Olympic committee,
a list Of what is called the final program
OF rules, which the executive committee
Of the American Olympic committee will
make careful inquiry into. as there are
many parts which seem to require ex-
PLANTATION and Interpretation.
1t is conceded that II will be absolutely
necessary to have many Of the rules
more clearly defined before the American
team sails
That American athletes will be ham
pered to no uncomfortable degree by the
proposed ideas in relation to the starting
OF foot races. the conditions governing
the weight throwing, shot putting, and
jumping is the idea Of all who are
closely Identified with track and field
sports, and who feel that the rules in re-
lation to these games are at direct vari-
ance with common athletic custom and
opposed to the rules which hold in this
country, which were thought to be gen
orally employed.
In regard to the starting. after stating
that the start would be effected by the
report Of a pistol shot, the rule says
that no competitor shall touch the ground
in front of the scratch line with any
part Of his body. with no mention made
as to penalty for false breaks. ="
Local devotees assert that If there is
to be no penalty when runner attempts
to anticipate the "gun." a premium Is
put on foot-raclng unsportsmanship, with
the result that the luokiest and most
audacious violator of rules will profit.
This is rule which obtains in England,
out' strangely enough, only in scratch
and championship contests, penalties be-
ing imposed in handicap contests only.
The walkers will be subject to disauali-
fication without any previous caution
as to fairness, which seems another arbi-
trary rule, and opposed to all other sys-
TENS, which provide for two cautions,
and then disqualification for the third
offense in the case OF unfair walking.
In the running high jump a competitor
may start at any height after five feet,
three inches, but, having started, he
must continue at every height selected
by the judges. This differs somewhat
from most other rules in that man in
this country can pass any height he
chooses, but can not, having failed. go
back to the height passed.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-11-26
Indoor Champions
to Be Considered

NEW YORK, Nov. 2S.-That there may
be great deal of opposition by the col
leges to the system of choosing repre-
sentatives for the Olympic games is APP
parent by the announcement by the
American Athletic union that winners OF
the indoor titles will be given great con
sideration in the selection of the team
which will represent America at Stock
holm next summer While some of the
athletes in the eastern and possibly the
middle western institutions will be rep
resented at the meet, the majority of the
college track stars will be so anxious to
get home for their short vacation that
they Will not be able to compete.
There are some colleges in the west
that have good candidates for positions
on the team, and naturally these are anx-
ious to have their men make the trip IL
possible, and thus add more glory to the
college colorsA Under the recent an
nouncement It is likely that these insti-
buttons will not contribute to the support
of the team.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-11-26
Seventy-Five Days
Of Racing Planned

NEW YORK. Nov. 25.-F. J. Pons. who
Is promoting seventy-five-day meeting
under the Fair and Racing association
OF Charleston, S. c., to begin on January
10, has arranged the appended list OF
stake events which close on December Is:
Sumpter Inaugural handicap OF 81 500
one mile and sixteenth.
furlongs.
Charleston Hotel handicap Of 81 300. one
mile.
Argyle Hotel handicap of $500, sis
furlongs.
Washington Birthday handicap Of s259n
one mile and a sixteenth.
citadel handicap Of $1,000 one mile
81. Patrick's Dad handicap of S2,0N,
one mile and an eighth.
Palmetto Derby OF 5000, one mile and
quarter
Columbia Selling Stakes Of $1,000, ono
mile and a furlong.
st. Johns Hotel Selling Stakes of s1C0O
Battery Park Selling Stakes o; $1,000,
six furlongs.
st. Valentines Day Selling stakes OF
Sl5OO. one mile and seventy yards.
Spartanburg Selling Stakes of 81 LOCO,
one mile and seventy yards
south Carolina Selling Stakes of $1,000,
six furlongs
Isle Of Palms Selling Stakes Of $1,000,
one mile.
For two-year-o lds:
half furongs.
Debutantes Stakes of $1,000, three and
a half furlongs.
Georgetown Stakes Of $1,000. four fur
longs.
Calhoun Stakes Of 81 200. four and a
half furlongs.
Pine Forest Inn Stakes of $1,000 four
and half furlongs.
SIX or more races will be run each day
and no purse will be less than S4C0 IN
added money.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-11-26
Mack Has System
in Using Boxmen

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 25.-Most man
ayers work their pitchers in turn. but
Connie Mack OF the champion White
Elephants doesn't. Maok's system Is to
select the pitchers who are the most sue
cessful against certain clubs. With the
advent OF Harry Davis as manager of the
Cleveland Blues Il is believed that the
Cleveland team next year viii undergo a
change IN its system OF utilizing box
men. Both Mcclure and Stovall, former
Blue leaders, If their slabmen were in
form, worked them every fifth day, but
since Davis Is a graduate OF the Mack
school II Is thought that the new leader
will pattern his methods after Maok's.
Connie switched his pitchers so that each
man did his best work against three or
four clubs.
Cy Morgan was saved for the Maps,
Washington and ST. Louis. He started
thirty games and twenty Of them were
against these clubs The task for Plank
was TO beat Boston. OF the twenty-eight
games he twired seven were against the
Red sox. who found il hard 70 beat
southpaws. He was also saved for 81.
Louis, which he faced ak times. Bender
was used against Detroit but twice. the
first time on August q. coombs. the
iron man. had no special teams 10 face.
In the 81. Louis and Boston games Plank.
however, got the preference. Krause. a
southpaw, twirled half OF his eighteen
games against the Red sox and Tigers.
often during the season Mack kept a
pitcher idle for eighteen days. and fire.
quentiy one pitcher was used twice in
slde Of three dayA
Omaha daily bee., 1911-11-26
Fighters Are in Trouble

smoke nuisance"
So far the parties who favor boxine,
have scored better than their adyersaries.
In Sydney reporter interviewed no less
a parsonage than +. Day, Inspector gem
eFai OF police. and ELECTED the gentle
mans views on the subject. Here ls
what the inspector general OF police
said;
Il do not profess TO be able to give an
exposltion, OF the law, but I always view
glove contests this way: II there be a
fixed number of rounds and the contest
is,to, be decided on points. il Is not n
prise fight. This, believe. is the ae-
copied law. am not saying that contests
such as we have In sydney are, or are
not, prize fights. am simply giving the
generally accepted idea The. police AL
ways attend these contests and they have
instructions 10 stop a fight at the slight
est exhibition OF brutality Eha, l may
add. the chief secretary is In accord with
that instruction. AZ Is also within the
power OF a contestant or his second 70
bring the event 10 a close az any mo-
ment."
1he inspector-genefal was told that one
~ NAN NANANh ANhAN1NANaAANt1 claimed the
government had the power TO prohibit
the charge MADE for the entrance 10 box
ing exhibitions.
That is not So" he said. 80 long as
limited number OF rounds Is stipulated.
the authorities cannot interfere"
4nis is particularly interesting. as Il
shows the way glove contests are viewed
~ the men In authority In Australia. In
addition Il Is quite refreshing 70 hear OF
an official who has the courage OF his
convictions and who expOunds his 'views
candidly ana without fear OF conse-
quenees. II there were such a thing az
an inspector general OF police in Alilwau.
kee, say, and he was asked the quesuon
the sydney reporter asked Day, tbs
chances are he would reply: Il refuse
20 answer for fear of 1eOpardlzing my
pohticai future"
os course. Hugh ID. Mcintosh. the Aus
aralian promoter. was heard from. Said
nc: n can only say that the elerlca.
gentlemen are labonng under a misap-
lprehenslon. There Is no such thing as
prize fighting In any part Of the worlu
today"
Mcintosh explained that the contests
held. IN the Stadium are simply In line
with the glove displays az Oxford, Cam.
bridge, Eton and Harrow and other Eng.
hsh public schools where boxing Is in
cluded IN the curriculum"
Al the scholastic institutions named, &C.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-11-26
Substance Swim
is Talked in Europe

NEW YORK. Nov. 2s.-The principal
sporting gossip OF the old world now
a-days has been caused over a proposed
match between Burgess, the conqueror
of the English channel, and Jappy
Wolfe, who many times tried the feat
and failed. There is talk of a thirty-mile
race on sull water, but Burgess wants
It either in the stadium where the water
could be kept at heat of about 65 de-
srees' or In the Mediterranean, where
'he temperature is much warmer than
the waters around the British Isles.
Wolfe wants the contest on the omen
sea and on stretch OF water between
some we'll known points, but IN that
case there would be no gate, which is
the main point regarded by the hackers
OF Burgess. The Channel swimmer saws
ne must be careful. as he has everything
TO lose, while Wolfe has all 10 gain.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-11-26
BY w. w. NAuaHToN.

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 25.-.Agitation
against the boxing game has arisen In
Australia. ParentheticaIly, It might be
explained. there IL always a demonstra-
ton OF some sort from the opponents OF
pugilism when anything pretentious in
the way OF ring event looms up at the
Antipodes.
The trouble blows away, as 4 rule, like
the smoke OF wood fire, and II may be
that the present disturbance Is merely a
casual Whit OF remonstrance at what
someone has dubbed 1.-The sport OF men.
In the present case the affected area is
wider than usual. The opening gun was
fired in the city OF Melbourne when Rev,
+. c. Spur. pastor OF Baptist church,
approached DR.. Wright. primRte OF Aus
trada, with view OF instltutmg a move
ment FOR the suppression OF prise fighting
In sydney"
In detinding his position. Rev. Mr.. Spur
said:
My prime object is to bring pressure
60 bear ON the government with a view
10 preventing the tight between Johnson
and Mevea, which Is to take place al tbs
stadium, Rusheutters Bay, and In fact
70 place an embargo on all boxing con,
tests Tor money"
While al first glance 1t looks as though
the gentleman Of the cloth Is discrlm
inaung, Il Is evident just the same tha
he Intends the movement TO be a thorough
one. Such boxing contests as are no
for money are not much OF a menac,
to public morals.
Members OF the Evangelical and Baptis
councils OF New South Wales have range,
themselves behind Rev. Mr.. Spur In hi
work OF reform and the war between IN,
pros" ana "antis" Is on.
IL Is freely intlmated that II sydne!
had not been converted into a stamping
ground Cor the worlds most notoriou
negro bruisers and II Johnson McVe,
Eight had not been talked OF as a china;
10 tile Ethiopian invasion. those who dis
like boxing might have been content q
suffer IA silence.
The agitatorz think that the nam
White Australia" which was COME re,
upon the country on account OF it's aver
sion 70 All men Of color. irrespective o
race. should be lived up 10, but tn
threatened johnson AicVea fight is IN
last straw. The vehemence OF the oppo
sition Is such that an lrTeverent Aus
tralian scribe has dubbed the REFORMED
''th@ society for the ahaRment Of n
Omaha daily bee., 1911-11-26

eording TO Mcintosh. the public are in
vited 20 pay for admission and the events
re arranged and carried out on exactly
&c same lines as the Stadium events.
lie makes the plea that IL boxing was
degrading and brutal, II would not have
such champions-meaning, OF course, out
side championships Lord Roberts, Sir
Harry Rawson, Sir Malcolm Fox, Sir
Claude Crespigny. Lord Lonsdale. Sir Ar
thur Conan Doyle and many others OF
prominence in the world OF art, lterature
and music This, somehow. seems to take
In Jimmy Britt
With a grand flourish of confidence In
lhis position, Mcintosh invites the agi-
tators TO attend his stadium some night
and witness a modern boxing contest. The
Invitation may. not be accepted, but If the
searchers after truth become the guests
OF the promoter, It is to be hoped. for
the sake Of the cause Mac represents,
that It will not be Carl Morris-Jlm
Flynn fight.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-11-26

ground and then bounded over the goal.
Ii says:
with all due credit to the Princeton
team, we cannot say that we deserved to
win. Although Dartmouth was not better
enough to warrant their winning, they
certainly did not deserve to have the
game go against them. And when defeat
was administered by means OF a play
that was little short of weird. 1t seems all
most the height OF injustice. Anyone
who witnessed the game could not fail
to have been impressed by the sports
manlike attitude with which Dartmouth
accepted the. ruling Of the officials and
with It a defeat which they had no reason
to expect"
The Princeton student who wrote that
exhibits just such sportsmanship as did
the Dartmouth team. More power to him
and We wish there were more like him.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-11-26
Sons of Former Stars Foot Ball Stars Today

Harvard backs, and as a result they we're
able to accomplish much more than II
Wendell had been unknown 20 the Tigers
through fame.
Occasionally there will appear a man
who can be subjected TO "smothering'
and prove a star anyway. Such a man
was Earl sprackling. the great quarter
back Of the Brown team. without doubt
he was half the Brown team and he was
watched even more closely than was
Wendell. However. sprackllng stll ala
the lions share in advancing the ball