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The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-06-13
Talk Of a Players Union,


Officials of the American Federation
OF Labor will make an effort to union
ize' baseball as a result of the
Strike" of the Detroit Tigers. Should
the players file application for a char
ter" said Secretary Morrison of the
Federation, "the matter would be re-
ferred to the executive committee for
action. It would determine whether
baseball players should be admitted
into the Federation. There is how
ever, a question of doubt in my mind.
We protect the wage Garner, and
would have to consider the classified
ton OF the players. 1t depends on
that decision. Are they to be classed
with doctors, lawyers, scientists and
professionals, or with the wage earn
ers?"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-06-13

Minneapolis fans are beginning to
intimate that Rube Waddell is all
done.
Ownie Bush has scored the most
runs of any player in the American
league.
Tommy Griffin, secured by Sioux
City from st. Joseph, is going well in
new company.
Erwin, the Brooklyn Giant, is car
rried more for the batting ability than
his catching skill.
There isn't a point overlooked when
Kid Gleason is directing the base run
ming Of the White Sox.
1nfelder Schmidt of Wichita, is in a
hospital at st. Joseph, following an
operation for appendicitis.
THE Boston fans always did like a
winner" says a paragraph. Boston
fans are bound to be unique.
Sam Mertes is out of baseball. He
has failed as an umpire on the coast
and has dropped out entirely.
Doc White is again ready to take
his turn in the box for the White Sox.
He had been a sufferer from lumbago.
Billy Rhines, the once famous Gin.
cinnati pitcher, will manage an indie
pendent club at Ridgway, Pa, this
year.
iris Speaker of Boston has made
the most hits, while Milan of Wash.
ington has the most stolen bases to
his credit.
Heine Peitz is getting so good in his
old age that Hank O'Day is threaten.
ing to use the veteran coacher in a
game Don
Ball players say the reason they
can't fatten batting averages off Wal
ter Johnson is that they can't hit what
they don't see.
Johnny King is much impressed
with the work of the Giants. He
thinks they'll stick in the lead and
never be headed.
Tim Murnane rises to remark:
when it comes to calling a turn on
base runner, Thomas of the Athlet
les is the headliner."
Henry Jasper, pitcher, who has beer
with the Anaconda, Okla, team, has
reported to Manager Hank O'Day o.
the Cincinnati club for a trial.
Baseball experts figure that Russ
Ford will be about ten times more
effective now than he has been this
season. He has Sweeney back t<
catch him.
The Phillies passed up Kid Gleason
and now the "Old man" is giving Jim
my Callahan's White Sox the benefr
Of his baseball knowledge. And max.
no mistake about GleaSon ~possessini
Baseball brains"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-06-13

else has the right to punish or sus-
pend Cobb without first investigating
the matter.
Action like that by Cobb may have
a bad effect on baseball, but 1 am
sure that they do not have nearly as
bad effect as the presence in ball
parks Of the kind of towards who
make a ball player do such things.
Maybe Cobb's action will silence
some of this class. For seventeen
years l have seen ball players suffer
under dirty abuse from some comfort
ably concealed fan.
Wagner has borne enough of it to
drive fifty ordinary men crazy, and ]
guess stars like him and Cobb are
the ones who are always picked out
by such fellows. I hope to see Cobt
~reinstated and an investigation made
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-06-13
NOTED lC|TY.
Writer Tells Of Scenes Where
Jeanne dare Died.
Tourists Accept Hospitality Of Farm
er's Wife, and Are Shown Relics
Owned Before Her Ex-
ecutlon.

ROuen, France.-FIora, Dear: 1t
seems almost cruel to write of Rouen,
when you we're denied the pleasure Of
whiting here. You were " a stanch
admirer Of Jeanne dare, and we plan
ned to the scenes of her tri-
umphs and misfortunes, since our first
history days.
The mediateval city has quite meas
ured up to my expectations. Jack and
l explored the glorious old Gothic Ca
thedral from the crypt to the belfry
tower. What a wonderful specimen of
architecture it is! We made several
fairly good sketches OF the nave as
we'll as the exterior.
The torn of Richard Occur de Lion
is much defaced by vandals who COL
lect souvenirs.
In the Place de la Pucelle stands a
statue Of the Maid of Orleans, owe the
exact spot where she was burned.
The people of Rouen hold her very
name in sacred veneration and relate
many traditions associated with her
tragic life.
The surrounding country is extreme
ly alluring, and each day we tramp for
miles. The well-kept fields Of grain or
vegetables each has it's border of field
flowers blooming in riotous profusion.
Poppies, daisies, %buttercups, and bluets
grow, apparently, to garland some
child's hat. !
One afternoon, feeling rather tired
and hungry, after walking six miles,
we stopped at a farm cottage and pro-
cured milk and fresh bread. The good
wife, a typical belle of Normandy, was
most kind to us. She spread feast
in the vine-clad summer house of her
lovely garden.
In the distance we could plainly dis.
tinguish the tower where Jeanne dare
was imprisoned for sc many weary
months. Jack pityingly narrated a few
instances concerning her imprison-
ment which history fails to relate. In
the midst of his conversation, our
hostess disappeared. She returned,
however, almost Immediately, holding
in her hand a small box of antique cop
per. Giving this to Jack, she request
ed him to examine its contents.
Upon opening the box he drew forth
a rosary, much d%iscolored from age,
the beads being evidently of ivory.
After murmuring a short prayer, she
gave us the history Of the rosary. One
of her ancestors was the keeper of
Jeanne dare during the period of i'm
prisonment at Rouen. He was de-
voted to this unfortunate maid, and
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-06-13

did everything in his power to re-
with appetizing food and at the risk Of
his life delivered messages to her
friends. During the long siege of her
trial be faithfully served her in every
manner, and when the 1nquisition final
ly condemned her to death at the
stake he was heart-broken. The bish-
op of B~eauvais ordered her Bible and
rosary to be destroyed, denying her
the consolation of religion, so far as
his power extended. Crushed and hui
inflated, she awaited her terrifying
fate. The keeper. at her request, pro-
cured a rosary from a sympathetic
priest, who was powerless to aid the
maid. She was quite overcome by
the keepers devotion, and blessed him
many times.
Finally, the day set for the awful
event arrived and the innocent VIC
tim Of superstition was led forth from
her prison tower to pay the price Of
her service to Charles VII. of France.
| When the light had been applied to
the fagots and the flames rose about
the frail form Of Jeanne dare, the un-
relenting bishop discovered the ros-
airy suspended at her side. He order
ed a priest to remove it, but as he
drew near the sanity Jeanne the
flames formed a forbidding barrier.
which nc one could brave.
The rosary is the cherished treasure
Of the little woman, who is the only
surviving member of her family. She
claims that the rosary possesses the
power of consolation, however great
the sorrow may be.
Dear Jean, you should know her!
She is the personifcation Of peace and
repose.
We leave for Paris in q week. Do
arrange to join us therel
Ever lovingly,
JEAN DOUGLAS.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-06-13
GOOD WORK OF BOSTON TEAM
Players Batting and Fielding in Elk.
ceIIent Manner-cicotte Strong
in "Jinx" Line.

Although Boston's pitchers have
been going rather poorly of late, the
team has been batting and fielding in
good style, and Manager Jake Stahl
has the players and the Boston pop
ulace with him in his efforts to con-
tribute a winning team.
In Cicotte, Hall, O'Brien, Woods,
Pape, Boston has a strong quintet of
pitchers, and with Carrigan and Nune-
maker in the catching department,
Stahl is also we'll fortified. The new
manager has a strong infield and out
field, and, what is more, he has the
players working in harmony.
"Knuckles" Cicotte, the little twirl-
er, is being dubbed the "tough-luck
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-06-13
hURl ABUSE AT STARS
Fred Clarke Defends Ty Cobt's
Action in New York.
Assault on Spectator In Grand Stand
During Game Will Have Good Ef-
feet on cowardly Fans, Adds
Pirate Leader.

Fred Clarke, manager Of the Pitts
burg Pirates, defends Ty Cobb for his
action in resenting insult by a New
York fan, and declares that the De-
troit star should never have been sus-
pended without an investigation into
the merits of the case.
IA ball player has home, loved ones
and feelings that are sacred just as
well as any other man. Cobb did only
what any self-respecting man will do.
They tell me that the man Cobb
attacked is a cripple and that he has
no hands. No zane man will believe
that Cobb took advantage over a Grip
pie. He probably never noticed that
the fellow had no hands, and, what
is more, he probably didn't care. A
cripple should not make remarks of
the kind.
Il have always tried to protect my
own and visiting ball players on my
home grounds. A ball player, like a
policeman, earns his salary by the
abuse he must bear, but the ball play
er gets cowardly abuse from %cringing
sneaks against whom he seldom is
able to get back.
Nobody on the outside realizes the
terrible things that Hans Wagner has
endured in his time. They always
pick on the stars.
The same is the case with Marty
O'Toole. There is a clean and re-
spectacle boy who, like any decent
man, has feelings. No man could in
suit him within his reach and get
away with it. All the same, he has
been obliged to endure some of this
contemplate stuff that made Cobb
lose his head, or, l should say, do the
very proper thing and resent the in
suits.
"The whole thing is a bad mess, I
admit. 1t is a three-cornered affair,
with the American league and it's dis
cipline on one side, the public on the
other and the ball player and the
feelings he holds sacred on the other.
II don't know anything about this
strike by the Detroit team, but 1 do
know that Ban Johnson or no one
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-06-13
CAPACITY of Bio Parks.

The seating capacity at each major
league park this year is roughly esti-
mated as follows: National league:
New York, 10000; Brooklyn, wash
ington Park, $4,000; Boston, 5000;
Philadelphia, 10000; Chicago, 3d.
600; Cincinnati. $4,000; Pittsburg, 49,.
600; st. Louis, $4,000. American
league: New York, 10000; Boston,
$1,000; Philadelphia, $4,000; Washing.
ton. $4,000; Chicago, $4,000; st. Louis,
10000.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-06-13
Many Bases on Balls.

Twenty bases on balls in a nine
inning game was the record made re-
Gently by the Kansas City and Mil
lwaukee clubs in the American asso-
citation. Eight pitchers were used and
not one of them got away without
passing at least one man.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-06-13
Bresnahan Improve. look..

'"'P'VVSU IVVNos
The st. Louis Cardinals look 100 per
cent. better when Roger Bresnahan is
on the job. When "Rajah" is again
able to work behind the bat the Cards
percentage should rise like a Their.
mometer In q boiler room.
The Raymer enterprise., 1912-09-26
MADE THE WRONG QUOTATION
Nervous Swain Meant Well, but It
Was Not Likely He Won Love
Of Fair Maiden.

He was diffident and universal in so
ciety's ways, but he was badly smitten
with reigning belle, and had nerved
himself to WOO and win. So he Sc
cured an introduction, and in due
course went to pay his first call.
He thought 1t would help him out
bit II he took her some flowers, 80
he bought superb bouquet for her. AS
he reached the house, however, he re.
membered that she had a splendid cou-
servatory, and he tried to think of a
way out Of the difficulty. Suddenly he
recollected the saying anent taking
Goals to Newcastle" and determined
to make use Of 1t. But he was dread
fully nervous. He broke into a cold
sweat as he rang the bell, and when
the divinity appeared in the recep-
ton room he didn't know whether he
stood on his head or on his heels.
"EI-thought," he stammered,
that | would b-bring you a bouquet,
b-but It's like casting p-p-pearls
before swine!"
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continued its use until Twas made well. ~
Mrs. HENRY LEIsEBERG, ,74S Adams 81.
Kearneysville, w. Va--"I feel It my
duty to write and say what Lydia e.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has
done for me. suffered from female
weakness and at times felt so miserable
] could hardly endure being on my feet
"After taking Lydia E. Pinkhamis
Vegetable Compound and following your
special directions, my trouble Is gone.
Words fail to express my thankfulness.
! recommend your medicine to all my
friends. Mrs. G. B. WHITTNcToN.
The above are only two Of the thou
sands Of grateful letters which are COZ
stantly being received by the Pinkham
Medicine Company Of Lynn, Mass. which
show clearly what great things LydiaE E
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound doee
for those who suffer from woman's i'll.
II Jon want special advice write 10
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woman and held In strict confidence.
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MANAGER IS VITAL FACTOR
Cooperative Enterprises Fall or Sue.
essd According to Skill Shown
In Choice Of Head.

Seek the cause Of the success Of =
cooperative effort and you will find
a capable manager. Cooperative en-.
terprises succeed or fail according to
the skill they have shown in the
choice Of manager. It has been said
that in successful cooperative com.
pany the members do not cooperate
with one another, but each cooper.
ates with the manager In the early
days Of the grange over half Of the
grain elevators Of Iowa were owned
and operated by the farmers. At that
time they believed that business abil.
ity was plentiful and they saw no rea.
son why man should not be willing
to work In town for about double the
rate paid to man In the country,
forgetting that the demands made
upon the man were perhaps more
than double. Hence they hired inex.
perienced men for from $40 to $40 a
month to run the elevators and the
stores. The common result was fall.
ure.
The members Of q cooperative en-
terprise are scattered. The manager
Is the only point Of contact for the
transaction Of business. The or.
ganization cannot rise above the abil.
tiles Of Its representative. The sue.
cessful cooperative companies OF to.
day are paying their managers well.
In many cases elevator managers get
from 500 to $3.50 a month and for
more extended local business the
$4,000 mark Is frequently passed.
while national associations pay as
high as $4,000. For these salaries
very capable men are available and
the cooperative companies have as
good agents as have their competi.
tors; In fact. often better. Economies
In management must often be prac.
ticed. but the expensive manager who
10 worth his cost to the company Is
the greatest Of economies. The
scarcity Of good managers has been
one Of the chief factors In holding
back the organization Of cooperative
enterprises.-Country Gentleman.
The Raymer enterprise., 1912-09-26
IMPROVE LIVE STOCK BREEDS
Secretary Hays Of the Department Of
Agriculture Gives Views on
Economic Aspect.

In discussing the economic aspect
Of the work in cooperative breeding,
Assistant Secretary Hays, Of the de.
partment Of agriculture. said in a re.
cent interview:
Cooperation in animal breeding,
as In other forms Of country life co.
operation. Is direct aid to the reten.
tion Of the family farm. making less
need for large farms and the conse-
quent landlordism and peasantry Of
the people. Cooperation In testing
and wedding out the ordinary herd
used for production, In owning male
animals, and In improving pure.bred
families and breeds will enable farm.
ers to delegate to collective manage.
ment those things which the indlvid.
ual farmer can not we'll do for him.
self. II properly organized under suit.
able cooperative relations with the
state and federal departments Of az.
riculture and encouraged by suitable
laws. the hereditary values Of our
breeds Of live stock can be improved
much more rapidly than II left to in.
dividual effort alone.
There doubtless are at stake some
hundreds Of millions Of possible added
profit from the application Of scien.
tihc knowledge Of animal breeding In
the United States alone. Private
breeders could do even much more
than now II the scientific breeding Of
animals were taken In hand by public
agencies cooperating with selected
portion Of the breeders Of each class
Of live stock. There will be developed
q class Of technical public workers a.
superintendents Of cooperative breed.
Ing enterprises. a. well as investi-
gators and teachers. who will 10 dc.
velop the science and practice Of
breeding that all private breeders will
better know how to improve their
stock. and will be better able to make
profits from supplying superior
breeding stock to the farmers who
grow live stock products"
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! A good man makes no excuses; a
good employer makes them for him.
The road to disappointment ia
paved with Idle hours and big inten.
tons.
Do little thinking on your account
and be first to appreciate. a good
thing.
Nervousness Is often nothing more
than too much tea or coffee or to.
bacco.
Good wages and good teaching do
not always 90 together. but usually
they do.
Farming is not all horseshoes;. :. 4
farmer doesn't succeed or fail because
Of luck"
Many . man is like . rotten egg.
1t looks all, right, but 1t is bad be.
meath the surface.
Whenever any good comes our way
let US enjoy 1t to the full. and then
pass 1t along II we can.
One Of the troubles with society
fads is that too many are trying to
ride in the band wagon.
1t IL worth noting that people
often underestimate themselves more
than they overestimate themselves.
State. interstate and county fairs
are great educators. Going to the
fairs this year? OF course you are.
The old saying about all things
coming to those who wait has been
responsible for more than one lazy
man.
Lift the collar now and then and
cool the horses shoulders. and pull
the name out. See that no sores get
started.
The hired man on the farm who 10
always afraid he will do more than
he gets paid for need not expect to
get more pay.
Don't make fun Of the man who
has some new way Of doing things.
The automobile is quite an improve.
ment over the OF cart.
Matrimony Is only = sort Of riddle:
Some fnd correct answers. while 9th.
ers spend their lives trying to find out
why theirs was wrong.
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No. shows 4 good stalk, we'll bal.
anesd ear about four feet from
the ground, well set and turned down
enough to shed the rain. No. 2 10 q
weak stalk, Joints too long, ear set
too hIQh and much too near the top.
those stalks which, although they may
have borne one good ear. indicate by
their general appearance that they
would not reproduce 4 perfect stand
next season.
Seed corn selection Is one Of the
most important details of growing the
crop. 1t must be undertaken In a
systematic manner, because slipshod
and uncertain methods will only re-
suit In disappointment and failure.
Really seed corn should be raised on
specially prepared ground from pedi.
greed seed. and this work should have
been undertaken at planting time last
spring. However. good beginning In
the selection Of seed can be made now.
When the corn 10 thoroughly ripe
IN the field the selection should be
made by taking row at a time and
picking only those ears which como
up to certain standard fixed before.
hand.
In the selection Of the standard the
farmer must make up his mind In
advance whether he wants q large,
coarse stalk with the ear high from
,he ground. or smaller. stout stalk
with the ear lower down.
II he desires . large ear with
coarse grains. or . medium.sised ear
with the grains compactly set. he must
make his selections accordingly.
Right here. however. the selsctor 10
warned against . very common mis-.
take-that 10 picking ears Of abnor.
NAL size or appearance. II he wants
. large ear with coarss and loosely
set grains he may And an occasional
ear bearing these characteristics In
very marked degree. abnormally 10 in
fact. but II would be . mistake to
select such IN ear because the tan.
dency will be 10 increase variation and
when these variations run to excess,
they are pretty sure 10 produce un.
desirable qualities.
II would be Just - great . mistake
II the selector 10 looking for . medium
sized ear with closely set grains to
select an undsrsizsd ear with the ab.
normally sized grains. for the reason
above given. II 10 always wise to
stick to the medium specimens. hav.
ing the desired characteristics, ~ bet.
Ter results will always follow such
selections.
II 10 . good plan to select seed from
stalks Of stout, healthy growth which
have made uniform progress during
the season and that are we'll provided
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[ AZ extremely high sars tend to bs
later than these lower down, they
should not b used for sssd. On the
other hand ears too low tend 70 On.
trsms sattInsss and therefore none
but ears Of . uniform height should
be used for seed. ~.
produce perfect grains instead Of one.
half or three-quarters perfect! Only
the perfect grain Ia worth striving for.
The selection Of seed corn In the field
ID not an easy Job or one quickly &C.
complished. It cannot be done In the
usual completing way, but must be
done with basket on arm and In a
spirit Of calm contentment even
though . whole days work brings no
more than dozen ears to the seed
bin.
II the work 10 hastily done the
chances are largely In favor Of . poor
crop next year. What ID = day OF
two spent In the selection Of seed a
the proper time a. compared to the
increase Of next years crop resulting
from careful and wise sslsction'
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with leaves SO as to provide plenty
Of fodder. 1t Is important to observe
the tassel Of the stalk to see that 1t
10 strong. symmetrical and is well de-
veloped and free from any evidence
Of disease.
The stalk from which the ears are
taken should be well rooted in the
ground. upright, strong and vigorous.
and any evidence of disease or alb
normal growth should At once con.
denim 1t.
Only ears that are well silked and
that are thoroughly covered with the
husk from tip to tip should be select.
ed. Here again itNis Q mistake to Sc
lect ears bearing, abnormally devel.
oped husks or husks that are too little
developed.
II the ear contains an unusual
amount Of husk 1t il = sure sign Of
coarseness and will show up badly in
next years crop.
The shank bearing the ear should
be short and not over an inch or
An inch and quarter in diameter,
and those ears pointing downward
are the most desirable. These shed
the rain and thus preserve the grain
while those ears which stand upright
or nearly 10. naturally catch moisture
which trickles down into the grain
and causes It to rot.
Al to the number Of rows and
grains on the ear, these will vary
with the variety, but in most standard
varieties they run from 1e to 20, al.
though they may run as high as "a
and still conform to standard.
II the number runs below IA the
ear should be discarded. The rows
should run straight from butt to tip
and those ears containing wavy rows
or rows that become mixed at any
point and lose their identity are not
to be taken.
Do not select ears that are much
larger at the butt than at the tip.
The cob Of the perfect ear should be
perfectly straight and uniform In cir.
cumference.
The grain should be rather wedge
shaped but symmetrical and well
formed and not too long. The tip
of the ear should be perfectly GOV.
cred with corn. as well as the butt.
Not many ears containing these char.
acteristics will be found In random
selection the first season; but by care.
full breeding. ears may be produced
which will be perfectly covered at
both ends and symmetrical in appear.
ance from butt to tip.
In selecting seed corn It is neces.
sary of course to aim at the perfect
standard and not be content with any.
thing else. II one goes to the trouble
Of making any selection, why not carry
It out to Its conclusion and strive to