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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-05-06
HARD LUCK TALES TOLD BY
TRUTHFUL BALL
PLAYERS.
COULDN'T PASS THE NINTH
" Games Had Been Eight Innings
Louisville Would Have Been Win
ner-veteran Scorers Hard Luck
Ret-Ai BrIdweli's Classic.
BY HUGH 8. FULLERTON.

Burke, the little Louisville intielder,
In about as quick with his wits as he
is with his hands and feet, as he
proved one day last summer. He was
playing third base and Dare Devil
Dave Altizer, who just then was hit
ting like a fiend, was batting for Min
neapolis and, as there was runner
on first base and no one out, Burke
expected Altizer would dump . bunt
ing forward foot by foot, expecting
to get the bunt and throw to second
in time to force the runner there.
He was about 35 feet from the plate
when Altizer cut loose full force at
q fast ball and hit 1t straight at Burke
like rife shot The third baseman
saw It coming and dropped to the
ground ike q flash, the ball whizzed
on over third base and down the line
for a two-bass hit. q run scored and
Louisville was behind. Up in the
stand, near the front. q wild-eyed fan
stood and howled:
"Oh, yen shirker, you yellow quit
MY boy" called Burke In reply,
this Is q game of skill, not courage"
That Louisville club last season
had about tho queerest run OF hard
luck of any team in history. 1t was
q pretty fair ball club. except that the
1nneld was shot to pieces by drafting
Of the major leagues. and At times 1t
played good ball The great trouble
was that It couldn't get over the ninth
inning. During the season the team
won one game In the ninth inning and
lost 20 In the final round after they
seemed to have the game cinched.
II they had been playing eightinning
games all season they would have
been close to the front instead Of In
tail-end position. 1t got 50 that whom
the ninth inning came every one on
the team expected an explosion, and
II IL failed to come the crowd rather
was disappointed.
Finally one day when they were
playing Indianapolis and the score
was 2 to In their favor with two out
and no one on the bases and two
strikes on the batter the umpire mis-
called a strike that ought to have
ended the game. The batter promptly
made a base bit, the next man hit for
two bases, and with men on second
and third the next batter rolled an
easy hounder to the short stop, who
scooped 1t Clearly with plenty OF
time to toss II to first and end the
agony. Evidently the nervous fear OF
losing in the ninth again unsettled the
short stop, for instead of lobbing the
ball over he threw as hard as he
could and threw wide and low six feet
outside the base. Owner Grayson
toppled over In faint-thinking the
thirtieth game had been thrown away
in the ninth. but Myers dived out, ex
tended at full length, stabbed at the
ball with one hand. and by one Of
the most wonderful catches ever
made chung to the ball and craw
fshed back to the base just in time
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-05-06
From piekens After DEATH.

When / was in Australia my father
and l used to correspond with each
other regularly. remember receiving
his last letter to me after had heard
the news of his death In this letter.
written only three weeks before his
death. he wrote: You win doubtless
have seen In many Of the papers that
the queen is going to bestow all man
ner of titles and honors upon me. but
you can take it from me personally
that during my life shall remain ~
| sign myself at the end Of this letter. .
He signed himself plain Charles Dick
ens."-Alfred rennyson Dickens. In
the Strand.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-05-06
Cir, Led Field in Fox Hunt.

Miss Sarah Fisk, % years old. q
daughter of Lewis 5. Fisk OF Philadel-
phia. and granddaughter OF John Dob
son, wealthy Philadelphia. rode in
the biggest fox hunt ever held in
Brandywine Hundred. this state. and
Delaware county, Pennsylvania.
Miss Fisk led the so hunters through
the day and she took the fences and
other barriers In a manner that won
admiration from all.
After being liberated the animal
ran to cover, but the hunters found an
otker scent which carried them into
Observation-Disclosures Correspond
ence Philadelphia Press.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-05-06
Treatment Of BIackberries.

Few who grow blackberries re-
member the canes are biennial and
when they have f-uited they should
be cut out" says Professor Walker
OF the College Of Agriculture at Fay
etteville. After the bearing season
the old canes should be cut on near
the ground and good cultivation given
daring the summer. This results In
fne lot Of vigorous new canes to
bear fruit the following season. The
same n uue Of Taspberriss. The
blackberry responds splendidly 70
good treatment"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-05-06

csnker Worms and Tent CaterpiIIars.
Canker worms and tent caterpillars
are often troublesome in orchards
that have not been sprayed with ar
senate of lead. two pounds in fifty
gallons Of water. Wherever caHker
worms are Injurious in unsprayed or
chards the department Of entomology.
college of agriculture. recommends
the above mentioned spray. which
should be applied as soon as tho
worms are noticed. Tent cateTpiliars
In the spring can be burned out with
torch whom the worms are In tAsil
aests.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-05-06

Here's where Gibby makes q home
run" And after Gibby falls to make
the home run, he checks up his &C
count with Moreland.
One day last summer-along In Ar-
gust, Greuber. according to the vital
statistics, owed Moreland $4.5S. 1t
happened that when Gibson came to
bat in the seventh inning John was
busy or not paying close attention.
and for the first time in four years he
failed to yell: Here's where Gibby
makes a home rum" Moreland called
to him: Are you on. John?" Nav"
remarked Greuber. Not this time.
You see, failed to call when he came
to bat, and that's bunch he won't
hit that home run today And the
first ball pitched Gibby hit into the
left field bleachers for a home run.
AL Bridwell. the popular little short
stop of the New York Giants, lives
down at Portsmouth on the Ohio river
and he has a story of play which
is a classic. Every one knows the
peculiarities of the Ohio river as re-
CARDS floods and droughts. Well.
this Is story OF both.
When we were kids" relates Bird
well, I'VE had a hard time finding
level ball grounds, because there is
hardly enough level ground around
Portsmouth to make a two-base hit
on. So we used to wait for low water
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-05-06

to retire the runner and save the day.
Grayson came TO as the crowd was
departing and hurried sadly home
ward, still thinking the game was lost
and 1t was not until the next morning
that he discovered that Myers had
saved the team by his catch-snd he
refused to believe It until he read 1t
in the papers. A
John Greuber, the Pfttsburg vet
eran, who kept the oficial score of
Rraddock's defeat and has been the
oficial scorer in Pittsburs ever since,
lost the hardest luck bet last season
that ever was recorded. John has
one great Joke. 1t has been a joke
ever since George Gibson joined the
Pirates. The joke consists Of calling
out loudly every time Gibson comes to
bat: Here's where Gibby makes a
home run" He says that every time
Cibby bats during the season. Now
four years ago. over on the old park
IN Allegheny (excuss us - North
side) George Moreland, the keeper OF
vital statistics In baseball. offered to
bet Greuber one dollar to one cent
that he could not call the turn on Glib
By making home run and Greubel
took the bet. On an average Of foul
and half times q game for ovel
three years Greuber sOlemnly yelled
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-05-06
peserved Them.

Howell-He Is . good vote estter.
PoweIl-He ought to get III voteo;
he 10 q liberal fellow and n alvayu
willing to pay The markst peics Ia
them
Morris tribune., 1911-09-22
exemption from punishment. 1t is
a communication of crime with money.
and is denial in essence of equality
before the law.-Little Falls Herald.
Moving Pictures Abroad.

Consuls report that badly edited
moving picture hlms in foreign coun'
tries sometimes cause ridicule and
often are misunderstood. An Amerl'
can film in Malta showed a cowboy
and Indian scene of intrigue, decep-
tion, and fighting. The Indians were
in the traditional Indian costume and
the cowboys wore their costume rather
exaggerated for the occasion. The
label of the films stated that this
picture had been taken in the United
States and that the actors wore the
American national costume.
Another similar case is cited of a
scene of a holdup in the ''cow coun-
try" in which several men were kill
ed followed by a chase on horseback,
and lot of shooting. 1t had as
subtitle the statement that this was
an event in regular life in America.
Morris tribune., 1911-09-22

A suggestion has been made and
quite generally adopted that "Chicago
Day. Oct. 9th, be observed thruout
the country as "Clean Up' Day.
The annual fire loses this year will
reach in this country about one mill
lion dollars for every working day.
and trustworthy authorities claim that
more than fifty per cent of this loss
is preventable. If each property
owner would do something to reduce
the fire waste by improving his in
dividual risk. lower insurance rates
are bound to follow. The common
causes of fire are so we'll known that
it is unnecessary to enumerate them.
Wherever they exist they should be
removed. if possible, on Chicago Day.
Morris tribune., 1911-09-22

corn in the field without injury from
frost; that is, if one expects killing
frost by Sept. Is, it is not safe to
put off the selecting of seed corn un-
til Oct. l. If the selection is deferred
until that time, ears may be selected
that did not mature until nearly the
1st of October If such ears are plant
ed, one cannot expect the crop the
following year to mature earlier than
the 1st of October. If frost comes,
as it is expected, on the 18th OF
September, the corn crop will be
caught On this account, everyone
who is interested in the Improvement
of the corn crop and in corn growing
in the Northwest, is urging the early
selection of seed corn. In this way,
one can select the ears that have ma
tured up to the date deemed safe to
leave corn in the field, even though
a large part of the corn in the field is
not yet mature.
It is more diff cult to select corn at
this season, but the extra trouble is
we'll paid for by the increased chances
of a successful crop the following sea
son. We urge, without hesitation, the
early selection of seed corn. Sixteer
ordinary sized ears of corn will plal
an acre.
Good seed may mean an increase
yield of many bushels of corn. When
one considers that an increased yield
of from 81 to $40 worth of corn may
be secured by the proper care and Sc
lection of seed, you can see that the
time necessary for selecting the siN-
teen good ears of corn may return the
farmer from 81 to $40 per hour for
time thus expended. BY going through
the field with sack over ones
shoulder, as indicated in the accom-
panying cut, one can select the de-
sired ears quite rapidly.
Morris tribune., 1911-09-22

We are in receipt of generous
offers from various gentlemen offering
to supply US ready written editorials
to prove the Taft can't be reelected,
or that LaFollette can be, or that
Wilson is to much of a theorist, or
that Champ Clark is the man of des-
tiny. The generous offers will have
to be refused, but they serve to re-
mind US that a presidential campaign
is again on, and that the country will
have to be saved again even if bust
ness is neglected. In some parts of
the country this unsettling of business
is serious matter and comes home
to all, but here the political adminis-
tration is unimportant so long as the
crops are good. Since the people of
this section of the country are so lit
tie affected financially by the out
come of elections, he electorate here
should be more honest and independent
than anywhere else..
Morris tribune., 1911-09-22
TAWNEY WILL Be PROMOTED
May Be Made Chairman of Boundary
Waterways Commission.

Former Representative J. A. Taw-
ney probably will become chairman
of the American section of the Inter
national boundary waterways commits
sion, as a result of the death of Thorn.
as H. Carter of Montana Mr. Taw.
ney, Mr, Carter and Frank H. Streeter
of Ne"' Hampshire we're appointed
members Of the commission by Pres.
dent Taft. Upon the organization OF
the commission Mr. Carter, on motion
of Nj TaNrey. was named chairman
With the Death of Senator Carter Mr.
Tawney becomes the ranking member
of the commission The new chair.
man probably will be elected as soCn
as the vacancy C1 tie commission
caused By Senator Carter's death Is
filed
Morris tribune., 1911-09-22

The Department of Agriculture is
trying to induce the lumber manu-
facturers to put into effect small
item of conservation by cutting lum-
Der into odd lengths in order to save
the foot or two'waste out of a good
log by cutting it down to even lengths.
1t is surprising that the lumber manu-
facturers should need any urging along
this line since they long ago learned
to avoid the waste of the sawdust by
cutting an inch board three-fourths of
an inch thick.
Morris tribune., 1911-09-22
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Selecting Seed Corn.
BY A. D. Wilson, Extension Di-
vision, Minnesota Univer-
sity Farm.
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The stand of corn in Minnesota this
year is better than it has been before
for years. This is due, we believe, to
two reasons: First, the planting sea-
son last spring was exceptionally
good, followed by warm rather dry
spell, which favored the termination
of seed corn; second, owing to a
state probably better quality of
seed corn was saved last year, and
stored better than ever before. We
need good stand of corn every year.
We cannot be sure, every year, of as
favorable weather conditions as we
had last spring. We can, however, en-
able our corn to withstand unfavor-
able conditions by using the proper
care in selecting and storing seed.
Minnesota is rapidly coming to the
the fact that people are getting more
interested in growing the crop, and
are getting varieties of corn adapted
to Minnesota conditions. One of the
conditions that must be guarded
against constantly in the Northwest
is short growing seasons. Conse-
quently, it is unsafe to select seed
corn from the field during favorable
years and disregard early maturity;
because, while the corn may have ma
tured in the favorable season, it may
be of too late variety to mature in
ordinary seasons; and the planting of
such seed may too frequently result in
nothing but disappointment and loss.
The only way to be safe, one year
after another, is to select corn that
has matured up to date in the fall
when one can ordinarily safely leave
Morris tribune., 1911-09-22

Just before his departure from
Beverly. President Taft made public
a long letter he had written to the
secretary of agriculture upholding
the action of DR.. Wiley, chief chemist
and pure food champion, whose dis
missal was formerly recommended by
the Personnel Board and approved by
Attorney General Wickersham. Taft
says that the latter did not have all
the data before him and that ne finds
that Wiley acted according to precedent
and for the good of the public.
Morris tribune., 1911-09-22

The Minnesota state fair this year
was big success even if it did run
behind financially on account of the
rain, for it was pre-eminently an
agricultural fair, as it should be-.
When speaking of the bad luck which
the fair had this year, it is we'll to
remember that for many years it has
had exceptionally good luck so far as
the weather Was concerned.
Morris tribune., 1911-09-22
THE MORRIS TRIBUNE
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Editor and Publisher.

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Morris tribune., 1911-09-22
Communication of Crime.

If you get fined $40 for being drunk
and disorderly, and pay it, you escape
Jail. If you haven't got it you go to
Jail for 10 days. The public calls at,
tention to the fact that the system of
criminal fines gives the rich man an
Morris tribune., 1911-09-22
GOOD AND EVIL.

IF we wish to overcome evil we
must overcome it by good. There
are doubtless many ways Of over
coming the evil in our own hearts,
but the simplest, easiest, most UNI
versal, is to overcome it by active
occupation in some good word or
work.-A. P. Stanley.
Morris tribune., 1911-09-22
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER ~, 1911

Some Missouri boomers of Wood
row Wilson for the Democratic NOM
ination for president call him "a con
servative with a move on. AS a
characterization and as a campaign
rallying cry that designation is not
only true but also a sure voteproducer.
Morris tribune., 1911-09-22
THE WILSON CANDIDACY

lHE WlLOOlN NAlN NDAD<AN I.
Present indications are that Gov.
Wilson could carry the United States
by safe majority in the electoral
college without the aid of New York
or Connecticut. He is exceedingly
popular in the old Republican States
of the upper Mississippi valley and in
the Rocky Mountain and Pacific Coast
region. One of the commonest re-
marks in that section Of the country
invariably begins. eff the Democrats
nominate Woodrow Wilson,
Mention the name of the Governor of
New Jersey to an insurgent Republi-
can and he beams with ready response
to the suggestion. AS one studies
the map Gov. Wilson could probably
carry every State west of the Mississ-
ippi river were the election to be held
Immediately; and, east of it. he
would sweep in enough electoral votes
north of the Ohio river to make some
of the strength of the old solid South
superfuous.
The only difficult question concern
ing Gov. Wilson, as things look now.
is whether he did not "arrive' too
soon Is he one of those candidates
who sweep the country the year be-
fore? He is enormously attractive,
from many points of view. No one
so captivating has appeared among
the leaders of the Democratic party in
wears. The masses forget "the
scholar in politics. in the man who
has soundly thrashed bunch of rep
tile politicians at their own game.
Those who distrust mere theorists and
political high brows relish the sight
of an ex-academician who prodded
New, Jersey Legislature, of all law
making bodies in the world. into
national fame for it's extraordinary
exploits in reform.
The present line of attack on the
Governor is that, in the words of the
New York World, "He has over-Brv-
anized himself by his Endorsement
of the Oregon system of popular gov
ernment and his Harrisburg criticism
of "the money monopolv.' The fu-
ture opposition to his nomination pro-
misses to be worked up, especially in
conservative quarters in the East, in
the expectation of at least arraying
against him somewhat more than one
third of the membership of the Demo-
cratic national thirds
it will be remembered, being neces-
sary for nomination. If a strong
conservative protest against Gov.
Wilson's candidacy is to be developed,
his own fortunes would be improved
by the early appearance of the COM
bination against him in the open. for
there is an immense radical force in
the Democratic party, and it needs
only to be shown clearly that the
Governor of New Jersey has been
marked by the reactionaries' for
slaughter to rush passionately to his
support.
There is an excellent chance for
Gov. Wilson's nomination, as matters
stand and after weighing all doubts,
in our judgment. it would be the most
formidable nomination the Democrats
had made since 1892.
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-06-27
D|s1URBER'S MEN
ARE O|sARMED
Followers of Jesus Buelna Are
Deprived Of Rifles at Cana.
nca. and Commander Will
Likely Be Tried by Court.

cananca.. sonora Mexico. June III
Because OF creating several disturb.
ances recently. /; IL likely that Cap.
tain Jesus Buelna will face n court
martial lie in charged with being
the cause ol all the trouble here ON
last Saturday night. when he was
arrested and his men demanded his
release. On Monday evening OF this
week he again caused a disturbance
by gun play In saloon In the re.
s,ricted district and he WAS disarmet'
by police and sent To his quarters.
Again. on "Wednesday evening he be
came intoxicated and thu ofhclals
were forced to again place him under
arrest, and he was taken to the Guar.
tel general. where he L. confined a,
present
Following his arrest on Wednesday
evening his men. mum beriag about
| 100. were disarmed. and they will re-
main So until |, H. decided what will
be- done with their captain.
Gen. Lomelin. military governor OF
sonora, Slnaloa and Lower CaliIor'
| MIA, whose headquarters are In Cana
nea, reports that the troubles in Low
q. California have come TO an end
| The general has been ~ cotn.nunica
ton with the authorities and Socialist
| leaders for some time before the lat
; ted agreed 70 support the new govern
| ment
IL was due To the generals diplo
| macy tina, the Socialists agreed u
quit.
The story printed In the border
nc wspapcrs recently ca the effect thai
GO dead rebels were found buried IN
the city cemetery who had been exc
| cuied by the previous administration
Is declared n canard.
The truth of the matter Is that the
Men referred Ia were sent 10 Hermo
sillo and placed In the federal army
and possibly some Of them now lie 10
the unmarked graves In Agua Prieta
Tres or along the Yaqui river.
The trains on the s. y. DE- NJ rail
road are now running on the old
schedule below Nopales. The trains
now leave al 10 p. m. and return q
! ! a. m, as before the revolution.
The telegraph line to Arispe was
repaired this week and now messages
are accepted here for all points II,
Sonora. where there was q telegraph
| station before the war, The Arixpe'
Hernosillo line was 80 badly cut by
the insurrectos that the rebuilding OF
the entire line was necessary.
On Thursday the rest OF the aail
which has been held In Naco. Ariz.,
for several weeks. was brought III
town. and there were several wagon
loads taken to the postoficc. II con
sisted mostly OF first class matter.