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Semi-weekly herald., 1913-01-20
KEATING'S STAND ON
SUGAR PROTECTION

At Pueblo the other night the COM
merce club passed resolutions asking
the Colorado delegation to vote
against removing the tariff on sugar,
the action being taken on request of
farmers, growers, and Uthers interest
ed in the progress of the state. In
discussing the action of the com
merce club. Congressman Edward
Heating declared that ne would pay
no attention whatever to the reso-
luton.
81 made my campaign squarely on
the proposition of free sugar." de-
clared Keating, "and | went right
into the beet sugar sountry and told
them what | intended to do was
elected by heavy majority and part
Of that majority came right from the
heart of the beet sugar industry
am bound to keep my faith with the
people" The Herald does not feel
that it is any business Of the COM
mercial organizations. The voters of
Colorado made it possible for men like
Heating, who has always been a free
trader, to be elected. Now let them
go to it. Maybe when the industry
is paralized in Colorado the voters,
especially in the beet growing dis
tricts, will come to their senses. At
any rate let the free-traders of the
Keating stamp have their way. If
protection is myth the quicker it is
proven the better. Therefore for
Colorado's commercial clubs to petit
ton her delegates along protection
lines is not in good grace.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-01-20
SPORT BREEZELETS.

Denver Post
The wizards of the ancient days were
men of wondrous skill:
They waved their magic wands and
pulled some clever stuff, but still
The peerless Leader has it on the al
chemists of old
They handed him a lemon and he
turned it into gold.
Bat Nelson is calling on Bonsetter
Reese to have his mitts repaired, said
mitts having become cramped from
hanging onto the bankroll.
Driving motor car is said to cause
flat feet, but the average joyrider is
affected with flatness of the head.
Whether Luther McCarty was born
in Missouri or Ohio is question of
vast import, but there is reason To
believe that it never will cause a civil
war.
Cuban players are becoming quite
popular in baseball, their long train
ing as revolutionists having made
them exceedingly fast on their feet
Far be it from us to be flippant
but every time we see the name of
Eppa Rixey in type we are reminded
Of college fraternity.
Reports from Kenosha indicate that
the lid is impersonating the more OF
less famous Mr.. Finnegan
Possibly it would interest C. Water
wagon Murphy to hear that the Rec
Sox have signed pitcher named
Martini
With Roger Bresnahan in center
field, all that is necessary is to play
Tom Needham in left and make il
the fastest outfield in captivity.
Speaking of the Philadelphia club
it might be said that Bill Locke holds
the key to the situation.
Twas not because | loved the game
or cared for Mr.. Farrell;
1t was because liked the size OF
Mr. Farrell's barrel.
Speaking of the money trust, how
does it happen that the Pujo com
mittee has overlooked our baseball
barons?
A study of the Slosson- Yamada
score leads one to suspect that the
yellow peril is feeling distinctly blue
Jack Curley having assumed the
management of Mr.. Zurich, the type.
writer will now be cleared for action
Frank Chance is trifle deaf, hui
it may come in handy next summer
when the anvil choristers burst into
song.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-01-20
to search the beach for treasure, mad

to search the beach for treasure, made
a big haul after one Of the recent
storm. The waves had washed sew
eral inches Of the light surface sand
into the sea, exposing a great deal
of the heavier substratum. The beach
combers, about three hundred in num-
Der, carefully "combed" the beach and
found great collection of watches,
jewelry and money, valued at several
thousand dollars. The collection in
cluded three gold watches, more than
one hundred rings, some of them quite
valuable, many bracelets. stickpins.
etc Ali of these articles had been
lost during the past summer season
by careless patrons of ths bathing
beach.
If anyone in this period of automo-
biles and trolley cars wishes to see
one of the archaic vehicles called
''horse cars" in regular operation. he
must come to New York. Here that
antique method Of transportation isl
still in daily use, much to the sur
prise and amusement of the thou
sands of transicnts who visit the city
every day. As a rule there is not
much of an exciting nature about
these horse cars. The horses plod
along sedately following the historic
route along the water front and stop
on their accord at the slightest pre-
text. Yet, the other day one Of these
antediuvian vehicles furnished quite
sensation the other day. Without any
warning the two horses hitched to one
of these cars bolted and trailing the
broken harness, ran away. The two
animals raced furiously along the wa
ter front, narrowly escaping COLI
sions with the numerous trucks along
the route. Finally they turned toward
the river, ran on one of the snow
dumping docks and, after one of the
horses had fallen and broken its leg
the other continued to the end of the
dock from which it dived into the icy
waters of the Hudson, there to find a
watery grave 1t is believed by some
that the horses, greatly depressed by
the humiliating position in which they
found themselves and filled with de-
spair over the hopelessnes sof the ex-
isting conditions, decided to end their
unhappy lives by suicide.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-01-20
OF INTEREST TO FARMERS.


Beet Topper and Digger. Dewey,
Lehi, Utah. The object of the inven-
tion is to provide simple and easily
operated device for topping and dig
ging, especially adapted for use in
harvesting sugar beets, which will
first top the beets while yet firmly
held in the soil, and will afterward
dig them. The present invention is
an improvement over the prior patent,
No. 975,2lS. granted to Mr.. Dewey.
Beet Digger, Cleaner. and Elevator
j. Dewey, Lehi, Utah The object
here is to provide device for use in
connection with an improved topper
and digger, shown and described in a
copending application Serial No. 612,-
-179, for lifting. cleaning and loading
the beets topped and dug or looscned
from the soil by the said improve
ment.
Kafir Corn Harvester-S. B. Peter,
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-01-20
The Colorado Poultry associati,

The Colorado Poultry association
wants the legislature to appropriate
$4,000 to be used in enlarging and
extending the poultry department at
the state agricultural college at Fort
Collins. 1t is said Colorado imports
something like SA.0O0,000 worth of
poultry each year from surrounding
states and that the money thus sent
out should be kept at home. If the
money is appropriated it may enable
the college experts to take up the mat
ter with the farmers throughout the
state and start them raising more
poultry. If some arrangement could
be made whereby the farmers could
obtain the benefits of cold storage in
stead of the middle men, the ques-
ton would be quickly solved. Here
in La Plata county eggs are drug
on the market at from II 1-2 to 20
early summer months and with the
cost Of wheat and corn, and fowls
only bringing IL cents per pound,
there is very little, if any, money in
poultry raising. If the surplus eggs
could be put in cold storage and the
farmers receive the increased price
later on instead of the commission
houses, then there would be some in
centive for them to increase and i'm
prove their heneries. We presume the
same conditions prevail in other parts
of the state. In Kansas where farm
ers have cheap wheat and corn COM
pared to Colorado, and chickens given
the run of wheat stubble, they are
raised for half the money ii costs in
Colorado, especially in the mountain
districts. and egg production is not
near as expensive. Eggs are bought
up by the middle man at from 15 to
20 cents per dozen In the spring and
summer months and when the con-
sumer gets them in December and
January they cost from 40 to 30 cents
per dozen.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-01-20
MOTORCYCLE NOTES.

A new motorcycle-mounted rapid
firing gun has been invented. 1t
weighs only sixteen pounds as against
the forty-three pounds of present pat
tern. 1t will fire 200 rounds a min
ute.
A new motorcycle club is being
formed in the Warren district of Ari-
zona
A railway and lighting company al
Columbus, o., has equipped it's meter
readers with motorcycles.
A Jacksonville, H., fur buyer uses
a motorcycle in running about the
country looking for pelts. He gets
them.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-01-20


Union Pacific railroad officials have
again called attention to the rules
which prohibit the use of intoxicating
liquors by their train employees, ad-
ding that the one-drink- day must be
cut out, that total abstinence is the
only safe rule. Men entrusted with
the care of thousands of lives realize
the danger there is in drink. 1t shows
the danger of drink and railroad ad-
vice is good for people in all walks Of
life. If trainmen who are exposed
to all kinds of weather and long hours
can forego the hot toddy why not
those engaged in other lines of work.
The Herald believes education is the
only real safety from drink.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-01-20
ATTACKED BY COYOTES.

Mr.. and Mrs. B. F. Faust, who have
arrived on their motorcycle in Can
ton, o., having ridden the 1000 miles
from Fenix, Coahuila, Mexico, are
relating story which illustrates one
legitimate use Of the open muffler.
During their journey they were at
tackled by pack of coyotes. In this
emergency Faust turned loose his
muffler and increased his speed. The
noise of the open muffler scared the
animals away and the increased speed
soon took the riders out of danger.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-01-20

Congressman Kindell is going to
call ON the interstate railroad com
missioners and call their attention to
the parcels post zones which are also
going to be adopted by express COM
panies, asking if it would not be a
fine thing to apply to freigh rates.
Mr. Kindell is said to be very much
interested in the proposition. Al any
rate he is going to devote most of
his congressional time to securing
better railroad rates.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-01-20

The easiest thing on earth is to
tell the other fellow what to do, es-
pecially in matters of legislation And
this is also true in business lines
Many man thinks he could run TIE
osher follows business to pvrrectiuh
We have heard lots of people say if
they could not run a better news
pepper than such and such a sheet they
would quit, and the very same people
haven't enough money ahead to buy
a postage stamp. Such is life.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-01-20

1t is reported Mr.. Edison has per-
fected the talking moving picture
machine which will do away with the
stage to large extent because one
will be able to listen to what is said
and see the motions Of stage people
just as in real life. 1t also means the
doing away with transforming com
panies that infest the land, trying to
make the public keep them. The barn
stormers can get job working on
farm or some other legitimate
work When the system gets to work
ing one will be able to see a repe-
tition of the great plays for l5 to 25
cents that now cost from So seat
up.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-01-20
THE INCENDIARY AND THE IN
SURANCE COMPANY.
Pueblo Chieftain.

Pueblo Chieftain.
Stratling facts are presented by thel
fire commissioner of New York in 4
carefully prepared report to Mayor
Gaynor on incendiarism in New York.
He sets forth that one-four of the
fire losses in New York are caused
by incendaries, losses aggregating
$4,000,000 worth of property annual
ly.
If the evidence in facts and repro
duced photographs submitted by the
fire commissioner in book form were
not sufficient to give considerable de-
gree of substantiation to his claims,
table of figures showing the annual
fire loss throughout the country pre-
pared by the Insurance Press, pub
lication issued in the interest of in
surance companies and insured, and
printed in New York also, would help
to support those representations.
The Insurance Press shows that the
total property loss by fire in the coun-
try has been reduced only $4,000, 900
in the past five years. However the
losses by fires in the winter months,
when most fires occur, increased from
$27,000,000 in January, 1908, to $780,
100000 in January, 1912; from $17,-
100000 in February, 1908, to $780,
100000 in February, 1912; from $14,-
100000 in November, 19O8,. to $751;
100000 in November, 1912, and from
S13,OO0,O 900 in December, 1908, to S18,-
100000 (estimated) in December,
1912
In this day of advanced ideas in
fireproof construction, in view of the
improved fire fighting systems of mu-
inequalities and considering the ap-
parent close attention that is given
to the question of fire risks by under
writing organizations, does it not
seem strange that the above should be
true?
1t all serves to rivet attention on
the claims of the fire commissioner Of
New York or organized gangs of in
cendiaries, and to the Importance of
an effective means of solving this dan
gerous problem. Further facts pre-
sented by the commissioner would in
dicate that the insurance companies
might themselves be the means of
correcting this condition. The COM
missioner says that members of his
department secured no less than S127,-
500 worth of fire insurance on prop
erty" worth only 1896 Surely the
insurance companies are not making
money for their shareholders at that
rate.
If such conditions prevail in New
York, is it unreasonable to suppose
that they do not prevail in every other
large city?
1t were not so bad If the guilty
alone suffered by the torch of the
incendiary. But more often the hon
est business man suffers more Sc
verely. A means to a solution of the
problem and the stamping out of ar
son would be in the adoption of the
suggestion of the fire commissioner of
New York, namely, that insurance
companies investigate the character of
all applicants for fire insurance, and
also that they inspect the properties
for which insurance is sought.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-01-20
TEACH YOUR CHILDREN
TO BECOME FARMERS

at is time the farmers uf Weld
county realize that the professions
are overcrowded and that they should
send their sons to agricultural colleges
to prepare them to take their place
in the world as scientific farmers in
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-01-20
Boulder Herald thinks it would be !,

Boulder Herald thinks it would be a
waste of $l75,000 for Colorado to
put 100000 into building at San
Francisco. There is a good deal of
truth in this. The way we under
stand it is for the Legislature to ap-
propriate 100000 or 100000 for ad-
vertising Colorado at both San Fran
cisco and San Diego, possibly $4,000
to be used in buildings and the rest
in securing proper exhibits and get
ting them before the visitors at both
expositions.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-01-20
NOTES FROM THE LABOR woRLI

Forty-four states have adopted an
age limit for working children.
1t is claimed that 30 per cent of
the masons and bricklayers in Italy
are out Of work.
The strike of the Grand Trunk Pa
cifc machinists, in progress about a
year, has been settled.
The Japanese postoffice department
has to employ many small salaried
officials in the handling of mail Most
Of these employees earn less than &c
yen ($10) a month.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-01-20

interests of their respective commune
ties and without the organizations
the towns would go backwards. At
times, years at stretch, possibly, no
direct results are noticeable, but show
US the city that does not keep up the
work and we will show you back
woods community and a place that is
going backwards.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-01-20

Alamosa is among the towns that
suffer owing the element that is not
pleased with the work Of the board
Of trade of that place. Every town
apparently has an element that stands
back and criticises. This is evidenced
At Grand Junction, Trinidad, Pueblo
and Denver. At the same time it is
safe to state that the directors work
b svsry way possible to advance the
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-01-20

Frank Staplin has retired from the
editorial and management of the
Pennington Enterprise, Orval Rickets
succeeding him. Mr.. Staplin has been
at the helm for many years, but hav-
ing store and numerous other in
terests finds it impossible to give the
newspaper the attention required.
Here is wishing Mr.. ricketts, success.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-01-20

Monte Vista and Alamosa people
are considerably exercised over the
mining camp of Platers, about 40
miles distant from both places. A big
rush is anticipated in the spring to
the camp where some big strikes were
made last fall. The Herald trusts
the fondest hopes of the most san
guine will be realized. 1t would help
the entire southwest and in fact the
state
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-01-20

A Denver woman was granted
divorce the other day because her hub
by threw lighted kerosene stove at
her head just because he disapproved
of some of her ways. 1t is getting
so men have no rights.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-01-20

Many of the people OF the sugar
districts of Colorado, including farm
ser are preparing to go to Washing
ton to protest against the removal
of the duty on sugar. And these
same people voted the Democratic
ticket last November, if we are to
Judge by the returns. Consistency is
a jewel worth knowing.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-01-20

Denver newspapers say department
stores are highly pleased over parcels
post, their business being greatly
increased. This must necessarily cut
into the rural merchants. Guess the
move was in the interests Of Sears,
Roebuck q Co. and their satellites.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-01-20

OF course the Colorado Springs pa
pers are against state jurisdiction Of
the Stratton estate. For long years
we have wondered why the papers of
that city have had nothing to say
about the way the estate has been
handled
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-01-20

What has become of Karl Bickel ?
His name does not grace the head of
the editorial columns of the Grand
Junction News.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-01-20

How many farmers and fruit grow
ers in the San Juan basin would ex-
change their farms for a California
orange grove, Not many, we opine
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-01-20

The Denver News has not had
new role Of honor for three success
sive days. T. NJ. ?. must be having
vacation.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-01-20

Eastern farmers are now sendin;
fresh eggs to city customers by parce
post,
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-05-02
COLLEGE PLAYERS
PROTESTED AS
PROS.
Schuman, Desha and Moriya.
ma on the Carpet Before
A. A. u. Officials

The college baseball players are
threatened with loss OF amateur stand
ing and consequent disbarment from
the interscholastic games. just at the
opening Of the college season. Last
night the registration committee OF
the Hawaiian Athletic Association.
representing the power and majesty
of the A. A. T.. held session extraor-
binary. to consider the cases OF Alex
Desha and "Scotty. Schuman. of Puma
hou. and c. Moriyama. Of St Louis. all
three protested by the baseball man
agement of Mckinley High School.
Mckinley objects to these three
players on the ground that they took
part in games played by the ST. Louis
Alumni team. on which Albert Akana.
a declared professional. was also play
ing 1t win be remembered that
couple Of months ago the A. A. U. on
Gals declared the All.Chinese aggre-
CATION to be a professional bali club.
and all it's players professionals.
When the team left for the coast AL
bert Akana, last years captain. did
not accompany it, but he held down
first base for the all-star team organ
lied by Bill Hampton and Sonny"
Macfarlane. on which Desha, Schu-
man and Moriyama also played.
At that time the Oahu League had
rot been declared professional, but
the Chinese team had. so that every
body playing on the team with Akana
jeopardized his amateur standing.
Schuman and Desha we're both. pres
ent at the meeting last night and both
acknowledged having played with
Akana in the games mentioned. They
said that they had not realized the
full import Of the proceeding. - u
had not been called specifically to-
their attention at the tine.
The registration committee reserved
judgment and adjourned until this 81.
ernoon, when the fate OF the three ball
players will be decided.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-05-02
SAYS BASEBALL
LOSING VENTURE

NEW YORK, April 23.-sIf a con-
gressional investigation committee is
appointed to look into the affairs of
organization baseball" declares w H.
Locke, the new president of the Phila-
delphia National League, the interest
ing fact will be made public that so
per cent of the major league clubs and
70 per cent of the minor leagues lost
money last season. This was due to
the high salaries paid to the players
and the heavy travelling expenses, cou-
pied with the big money spent in re-
building ball parks.
The major leagues have contracted
o pay nearly 100000 I'm salaries this
season. Under the provisions of the
national agreement the players Dlust
receive every dollar, no matter how
much the clubs may lose Each club
stands on its own bottom. There is no
syndicate ownership, and neither the
National nor American League is in
corporated AS for the so-called re-
serve rule, professional baseball would
become chaotic without it. 1t pre-
vents the clubs in the larger cities
from enticing away valuable players
from the smaller and weaker clubs.
If the clubs should outb:u one another
for stars every year it would not be
long before New York and Chicago
would control the pest men in the
market
Il will venture to say that more
than 80 per cent of the major league
players of today are we'll satisfied with
existing conditions and would oppose
any attempt to wreck the foundations
of organized baseball. hope that con-
sress will turn on the searchight TO
show that the cry against organized
baseball is unTarranted.