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Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1912-01-12
N CREOLE NOT
ENTHUSIASTIC
Portland Owner Fails to
Get Stirred Up Over
Glowing Prospects for
the New League CLASH
fication.

PORTLAND. or. Jan. 11.-"There
are those who say that the new
baseball classification viii BE- the
salvation of baseball. but I cannot
see it," said Walter McCredie. in dis
GUESSING the new drafting prices. Per-
sonally I think that it viii mean less
drafting than before. because the
class IA clubs cannot afford TO pay
the prices. fixed by the National
Commission. II viii be al right
for the major league clubs, for they
have plenty Of money to spend for
drafted players.
For instance, for next year l
drafted seven players and bought one
and the aggregate cost me about
$500 Under the new ruling the
same number would cost me about
$1,000. It is easily seen, therefore,
where a club viii be when it comes
To drafting players. Suppose. for in
stance that YOU put in drafts for ten
players at an average Of $3.50 each.
in the hope of getting one or two out
OF the lot Perhaps luck favors you
only too well and you get the entire
ten players and are forced by the
rules Of baseball To pay $500.
Maybe YOU can't turn any of them
back and YOU don't need all Of them.
See how much dead wood there is on
your hands Don't try to tell me that
the san Francisco club. Of which Cal
Ewing figures most in the public eye.
Will pay $500 for players in one year.
Getting the higher classification was
all Iimelight' stuff with Ewing. The
smaller leagues will have their play
ers on their hands, and the mana
gers can't buy them, because they are
compelled 10 have but thirty-five
players on their reserve list
Il am going To buy directly from
the major leagues and then | know
what / am getting 1t won't be long
before the other class "A clubs and
the class \ clubs Will be doing the
same. The ones who VIII suffer are
the fellows below us. If they had let
the minor League drafting arrange
mcnt alone and not raised it when
they did that OF the majors. things
would have been ell right for the lit
tie fellows"
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1912-01-12
WORD FOR ARIZONA
is a State Where Men With Industry
Can Succeed

In the current number of Scribner's
Magazine there appears poetiCal
contribution bearing the title of The
Exile, in which an imaginary sur
ferer from tuberculosis who left his
home in iar-away New England t.
seek health in the healing atmosphere
of Arizona. describes the now state as
a God-iorsaKCn land. Tho eViden.
intention of ire writer of ,iis poem
i. a. call attention To the suTl-satis-
flying things which are any To b.
found among IKE hills and Valleys OF
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1912-01-12

',IG New TtgsSud" - du his it
vas r~r"s'"ry faT him 20 scnd his
pa t. gcme c I'm, -. ~ nhi,h 'hc
white plagCc, instead of stirling
through tEe land with its deadly
reaping hook, as it does where THE
gold is in the sunset" finds an enemy
before V'''ch j. =. theirs Ia tho green
leaves of autumn In the firat killing
frost In developing the smile tie
poe si5S some things &boug Ar;Lond
which are not true
The people Of Arizona are not in
viting To the new state men and WO-
men with fever i'm their veins" and
the sign of the white plague i'm their
"hclloW checks. Scores of the almost
hupclcssly afflicted go and there re-
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1912-01-12

gain their health and strength. But
Arizona does extend Il generous invi-
tatiou To- men of mind and muscle
men who have push and pluck-men
who stand for and stand by the best
things revealed by the light of TWEEN
tieth century civilization. to make
their homes in this new land And
the invitation Carries with it the re-
liable assurance that they will not
find barren plains but fruitful fields.
surrounded by every evidence of sub
stantial prosperity and rural luxury
observable i'm the most favored por-
tions of old New England" or any
other section of this great country;
that they will not find frontier viii
lagos, but growing towns and rising
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1912-01-12
MR.. BUD PARKER
WILL PLEASE ANSWER
Globe Man Wants to Tackle Five
BAD Horses With Rival Puncher-
Offers to Bet.

The following letter was received
by the Republican last evening:
Globe. Arizona.
Jan. 8, 1912
The Arizona Republican
Phoenix, Arizona
Dear Sir:-Win you please print
this article2
To Mr.. Bud Parker:
/ will ride against you the 22nd
Of February at Phoenix. | will ride
five head for any amount you wish
to put up if YOU can be in Phoenix
or that date
My address is p. O. Box No 1715,
Globe, Arizona.
Walter Gibson
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1912-01-12
CUBS To TRY
OLD RIVALS
Both Teams Are Ready for
Their Opening Game
Which viii Be Played
Sunday-All Are Con-
fident.

With both clubs in good condition,
considering the carlincss OF ;he sea
son. the cubs and Maruons are tun-
ing up ior their first clash this year
The game win be played at East
Lake park Sunday afternoon At 80
Both managers seem confident that
they viii make good scrap. The
AIaroons have NOT played q game
since The 1911 season CLOSED, hut me
cubs tackled the convict team al
Tempe last sunday and made a good
showing. although the prisoners made
away with the long end of the score.
The lineup follows
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1912-01-12

Well. we made a strong play and
got left. Start earlier next season
is the advice being handed out. It's
good stuff. No reason in the world
why Phoenix shouldn't have a Chi
cago club here for spring training
if the movement gets underway soon
enough. Now is the time That Of
fer should be renewed THIS MORN
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1912-01-12

cities. where church towers giisten in
the sun and school bells ring; where
every modern comfort and cOnven-
fence found within thousand miles
landward from Plymouth Rock is con-
spicuously present. where womanhood
is hOnOred with a zeal which might
with credit and profit be emulated
even in Boston; where childhood is
sacredly guarded and girlhood is held
as a jewel upon which no man dare
with lustful intent lay u polluted hand.
And this is the truth about Arizona.
Not a bad country, is it?
EDWARD :. TAFT.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1912-01-12

played last fall has possibilities that
viii not be exhausted in this gencr-
alton and until you exhaust possbii-
ties there are phases to be mastered.
Soft pedal. little. rule makers.
Give the boys 4 chance to catch up
with YOU.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1912-01-12

The new A. y classification does
not seem to make a hit with those
club owners who want to by men.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1912-01-12

\ carload of Fords and one of
Franklins within the last ten days.
Pretty good2 What?
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1912-01-12

The JOY rider is to automobiling
what the crooked jockey used to be
To racing.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1912-01-12

Here's a man that wants to fight
bad horses with a rival. No better
sport in the world.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1912-01-12

track record mt Jaurez has been
broken. one could almost wiring a
snort out of that Information.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1912-01-12

When in doubt try Republican
Want Ads
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1912-01-12

Still they wa. 10 monkey with the
football rules. The game as il was
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1912-01-12

When in doubt try Republican
Want Ads.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1912-01-12

ING. and BY WIRE. 1t doesn't pay
to wait.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1912-01-12

A big collection of Waists made
and Messaline, in solid colors,
Tailored or fancy styles. Re
from $500 to $3.50.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-10-31
production from inexhaustible beds II

production from inexhaustible beds in
Arizona Of the necessary salts.
The taking of nitrogen from tho atmos-
phere and with its acid impregnating the
limestone IS a very costly process OF cleo
trical energy and heat. even IL produced
by the best Of water-power. rs In Norway
and a few other European countries, and
latest Of all In South Carolina, at a place
called Nitrolee. This last is an expert
ment utilizing a surplus OF n great power
Of water. and now results in production
OF eight tons per day OF the finished pro-
duct Of nitrate of lime. II combustion
were necessary to produce the electricity
It would he Impossible.
And now comes Marconi with the sug-
gestion that the world will see the time
when by "wireless' the electricity will be
gathered and used for this purpose. He
has said, this wizard OF the phenomena
Of the air: within the next two genera
tons we shall have not only wireless
telegraphy and telephony. but also wire
less transmission of all power for in
dividual and corporate use, wireless heat
ing and light and wireless fertilizing of
the fields"
Meanwhile between the two generations
pending possible fulfilment of this bold
! prediction, we may say that what can
be accomplished by use of tho great
powers OF the rivers OF the world. as of
the African Zambesi at Victoria Falls,
for instance, in combining the nitrogen
of the air into compounds for commerce
to further fructify Dur earth.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-10-31
B~URGLARIES AT RUTLAND.
Three freaks and $500 Worth OF Jew
elry and SiIverware Taken.

Rutland. Oct. 21.-That Rutland 10
infested with a gam Of bold thieves
is a theory which the local police and
sherih's department is working on. for
within the last few hours more than
$500 worth of jewelry and silverware
has been stolen in a series Of burg
laries of private houses. The latest
to be reported to the police was at
eight o'clock tonight when DR.. II. II.
Y%arrington's house on Church street
was entered, A diamond ring, neck
lace and other things valued at 5000
was taken. The homes OF Charles Tos-
sing of Washington street and Mrs.
Henry Davis at the corner of East and
East Washington streets were enter
ed last night and this morning. The
breaks were reported to the sherin's
department.
In the first house the thief took val
liable Jewelry. passing by all silver
ware and leaving behind n purse in
the second house. In all Instances the
burglars gained entrance by pryine
open n window.
Little description of the man or mer
Is o~btainable. The best Is given by two
boys. who describe a man who rob
day morning OF last week. A foot
print oil a chair at the Tossing house
shows n big foot. Chief Of Police Ellis
worth stated tonight tina an extra
force of special police will be on dut,
for the present or until the gang 1,
broken up.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-10-31
FRESHET WASHES
AWAY RAILROAD
West River Valley without Train
j. D. Bell Drowned
near Peru.

Brattleboro, Oct A-The West rfveS
valley had the greatest freshet last night
that It has experienced since tho food
In 1863, and all service over the West
River railroad was at a standstill to-day
line.
Jedd D. Bell, a farmer about 70 years of
age, was drowned while returning homo
from Peru village with his son, Edward.
\ bridge across Sawyer brook about TO
rods from their home being out as 4 re-
suit of previous high water. they had to
ford the stream. Their horse was quickly
swept down stream and the animal was
found drowned, a short distance below.
this morning. The young man succeeded
in getting ashore but a large party Of
%neighbors searched all day in vain to find
the body Of the elder Bell.
The West River railroad. upon which
the entire West River valley. consisting
of a dozen or more towns. depends for
mail. express. freight and passenger scrv-
ice. was out of commission all day but It
is expected that the washouts will he
repaired SO that light trains can pass
tomorrow.
There were four places between Towns
bend and Jamaica where the track was
washed away. some gaps being - feet
in length. The shoulder of the road was
| torn out In a dozen places on tho road
between Jamaica and South Londonderry.
One of these places was 80 feet in
length and others were just as badly
washed away by mountain streams. Two
! repair trains with timhers. ties and rails
J were sent up the line from Brattleboro.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-10-31
OF ICIAL RECORD OF DAY
SENATE--MORNING.

The Senate was called to order by the
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS and devotional ex-
ercises were conducted by the chaplain.
READ THIRD TINE AND PASSED.
S. 83.-Relating to granting Of licenses.
S. @.-Relating to incorporation OF VII
lagos and amendment of charters.
~. 6~-Amending act Incorporating Uni
versalist convention of Vermont and
Province of Quebec.
BILLS INTRODUCED.
s. 4s.-By Mr.. Pollard, to amend Sec
B42s relating to town officers. To judiciar,
committee.
s. 49.-By Mr.. Laird, relating to thu
filing OF nominations for State, county
and district officers. Separate ballot TO
congressman; all nominations except fol
! town and county officers to be filed will
secretary of state; all ballots for STATE
officers to be printed by the State.) Tt
committee on elections.
s. 5O.-By Mr.. McCuen, amending Sec
619S relating to salary OF officers of pena
institutions. (Salary of superintendent o
house bf correction and industrial schoo
20 be fixed by board Of penal institution
at not exceeding 1900 with rent and sub
sistence for themselves and families Of
the premises.) To committee on Stat
prison.
s.. Shy Mr.. blanchard of Windsor
relating to pay of assistant judges o
county court. 05 per day. To committe
on State and court expenses.
HOUSE BILLS REFERRED.
H.. 2~l.-Relating TO appointment o
guardians. judiciary committee.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-10-31
VERMONT NOTES.

Governor Fletcher has offered a cup for
competition at the Connecticut Valley
oultry association on December 3, !
and ,
John c.. Mascot of Barre has enlisted
in a regiment of infantry from Athens.
He was formerly connected with his
brothers candy kitchen.
Rutland voters will ask Mayor Charles
l.. lowe for 4 special meeting TO see II
the city will vote to issue bonds TO build
a water storage reservoir.
Edwin w. Hill. Il veteran OF the Civil
War, died Tuesday. October z at the
Soldiers Home at Bennington. He was a
native of Dandy and served in Company
A, 9th Vermont.
Michael Tisi Of Websterville paid a hns
Of $500 and costs of s4l.ss Oct % for
selling liquor. The case was the outcome
OF a raid conducted Monday at tho
laborers' camp at Websterville.
DR.. Harvey W. Wiley. former head OF
tho bureau of chemistry of the depart
ment OF agriculture. lectured Wednes-
day Oct. % at Montpelier on The Ma
tlonal Health the Greatest Asset
Jesse Dwire. son OF Mrs. Josephine
| Dwire of Hinosburs, and Miss Margaret
Keefe. daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. John
7. Keefe of Fftchburg. Mass, were mar
ried Monday. October u. They will re-
side In Fitchburs.
=. j. Sowles OF Manchester has been
awarded $3.50 damages from the Norcross
rrothers of Dorset, a marble concern
| which he alleged was negligent when he
sustained injuries In their employ, neceaa
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-10-31
SHORTER RECESS
FOR LEGISLATURE
Adjourn to Monday Evening
Senate Rejects Amendment
to Bill Filling Vacancies.

Montnelier, Oct. Bot Senate and
House have adjourned to meet Monday
evening. Senator Bigwood desired to
Rave tho upper house reassemble Mon
nav afternoon, but 1t was explained that
senators from the extreme northern and
southern sections of the State could not
reach here that afternoon without leaving
home on Sunday. so adjournment was
made until the evening.
The Senate has refused to concur IN
the House amendment to Senate bill Is,
which would require the Governor. in
making an appointment to fill the va
cancy in the Senate, select the appointee
from the political party In which such va
cancy occurred. Mr.. Darling, who intro
duced the bill. objected to the amendment
saving it was contrary to the spirit and
purpose of our laws. He pointed out that
In the case of a vacancy in the office OF
Justice of the peace. judge. secretary Of
state and va rious other offices, the Gov
ernor may appoint without regard to the
political faith of the man who leaves the
office vacant. Furthermore. he said. while
A man may be elected as a republican or
democrat, 1t often happens that he Is
elected through the support Of members
Of other parties and to apply the proposed
amend ment would be unfair. ASain, men
are frequently elected as independents,
and this designation would furnish little
instruction to the Governor in making an
appointment.
senator McCuen has prepared n bill
providing for publicity of campaign ex-
penses, which liz less lengthy than the
other measures introduced. 1t provides
that a candidate for nomination or cleo
tinn to n public office shall within seven
days after the last day fixed for films
nominations for such office and within
seven days after his election, file a state
ment Setting forth each sum of none
and thing Of value expended or promised
by him, for the purpose of securing. OIL
In any way affecting, his nomination oil
election to such office. with the name OF
the political committee or person ia
which such contribution or promise va
made. the date thereof, the specific ma
turc of each such item and the pur
pose for which 1t was expended or prom
ised." Only successful candidates ar
required to file such statements, as tn
bill is now drawn. The penalty for vi
olation Of its provisions IL Imprisonment
for not more than one year or a fine o
not less than 800 nor more than 800
or both.
One bill to charter the gtoi
and Brattleboro Railroad company ha
been completed, which provides for
road through Wilmington, Guilford
Marlboro and Vernon and Brattleboro
A second bill for the same purpose. blu
providing for a different route. will b.
brought in next week.
When Mr.. Adams, chairman of tn
House committee on elections. aske'
this morning to have the report on tn
Guildhall case recommitted to the com
mittee. It was thought that new evidenc
or argument had been discovered. l
appears, however, that the committe
simply desires to revise the %languag o
q portion of the report, to avoid pos
sible misunderstanding and the necessit
for explanation.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-10-31
A SUCCESSFUL FARMER VIC HAS
NO LEGS

In the current issue of Farm and Fire.
side appears an interesting account OF
Myron l.. Briggs, who lost both legs and
still operates successfully a ninety acre
farm in southern Michigan. Mr.. Brigg
bought his farm eight years ago and
has now paid for IL. At the time he pur-
chased his farm It was badly rim down.
About eleven years ago, Mr.. Briggs lost
10th legs in a street car accident in Grand
Rapids. For fourteen months he was IN
a hospital. Both legs were amputated
just below the hip joints, Following is
an extract from the article:
"When he finally recovered. he had
enough to partly pay for his farm lie
and his wife are both scientific farmers
and great workers. They hire very lit
tie help. Mr.. Briggs works all the time
and can do any and all kinds OF farm
work. even to carrying out pals of swill
ard feeding the pigs. shineling a high
barn roof. climbing the windmill tower
to oil the gearing. Harvesting a three
horse team and hitching up, etc. He is
the most practical and successful farmer
in the neighbOrhood. After he cuts his
own wheat, he goes owe to his neigh.
pors with his binder. all alone. and cuts
from twenty to forty acres more. His
farm IS worth twice what is was v-her
he bought it n number of Years ago. II;
recently finished a fine new house witt
modern improvements. He hauled all tn.
lumber and other material from the cit,
five miles away. doing the loading ant
unloading himself, He IS a carpenter an
machinist, naturally. though no nevel
worked In the shops. He Is stout as III
OK and a wonder to everyone who visit.
his farm. He has actually shamed som,
other farmers who have long grumble,
because they could not make farmin.
paw. But he can. His COWS are now pro
ducing more milk than any other herd o
the same number in that section, and MI
Briggs takes care OF them all the time
He feeds them a well-balanced rdtio'
with his own hands. He climbs the hay
NOV and silo-ladders End throws dow,
the hay and silage. then carries it /
and gives each COW her proper ratio
according to her power OF asslmiiato
and performance at the pail. He milk
J his Ows cleans out the stable and ha
more fun farming IT. than any man wit
two legs and feet. He whistles and sing
while at work ard is ono of the mos
sensible. well-informed and jolly of a
the farmers ! ever met"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-10-31
SAVE THE MAPLE WOODS.
(From the Springfield Reporter

(FrOm the SpTlnRnet1 ftepoTlelp
Many m farmers persist in the
idea that maple ~susarmaking does not
pay very well, in spite of the great and
increasing demand for the product and
improved facilities for marketing. Season
in and out, however, we believe that it
does pay and pay well. il the farmer makes
as much OF a business of it as he does
of the producing and marketing OF his
other crops. Let the farmer think twice
before he sells "A producing sugar bush
for the immediate return from the fire.
wood. Like AL old-growing forest COW
ers, maple woods should be selectively
chopped over from time TO time, and
will afford much valuable lire-wood
| without detriment: but sound trees as
n rule should be undisturbed and sturdy
saplings at suitable intervals preserved
to perpetuate the sugar bush and In
crease Its limits, 1t requires nan
many years for apy tree to reach a di-
ameter of a foot and a half, Yet It MAJ
be destroyed forever In a few moments
by a skilled chopper. Much OF the
wealth OF Vermont Is in its maple woods,
and as time passes their value will be
much enhanced. 1t is not worth while
for everyone to do his or her best &c
preserve the naples and even increase
their number?
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-10-31

TO mix the nitrogen OF our atmosphere
with the limestone OF our hills for n new
of fertilizer is one OF the late scien-
ific achievements for rehabilitation OF the
soil. Tho waists beds of guano or the
Chinca and Lobos Islands and other Is
lands and of mainlands having at last
been exhausted. the Chill saltpeter threat
ening exhaustion within a quarter OF a
century and the ~phosphates OF our South
being drawn upon as fast as POSSIBLE the
world invokes the genius or the sclentis'
to aid In the production OF other fert'i'
xers. Two points on the Pacific ooas'
are looking to kelp for a basis, and max
ing or promising experiments. A shor'
time since We had n vngue promise OF