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The river press., 1913-08-27
sCiENTlFlcIFARMlNo.

No one knows better than jim Hill
the value of.lscientidc farming, and
knowing this subject - we'll % he
knows railroading, he 10 trying earn
estly to teschl:ths liarmers along the
line Of bic road theiv slue OF apply ing
scientific methods TO the raising OF
csops. In vsriouslparts OF the coun.
try the depsrtment!,of agriculture 10
msintsiniug demonstration farms,
but IL is not reportedlth lat they are &C.
complishing any great amount Of
good, tied up. % they are, with more
or less red tape. Mr.. Hill, on the
other hand, in maintaining long
string OF demonstr alton farms ada.
cent to the Great Northern, especially
In Minnesota and North! D Dskota, and
he is reaching the farmers In Q way
that is getting results.
On more than $50 ordinary iarms
slong the Hill road Eve acre de.
monstratio farms have been set up,
with the consent of the farmers. the
railroad providing experts aud sup
plying the farmers with selected seed
and fertilizer and paying the fsrmers
Q bonus Of FIVE dollars for each five.
acre tract set aside for demonstr alton
work. On these little farms crops,
similar to those raised In the gener al
locality, are planted and raised &C.
cording to modern scientific methods,
90 that farmers can see the difference
IN results under thesold method which
they have been following and under
the methods which MIR. Hill is striving
90 introduce. AT the end of each year
the farmers get the full crops from
their respective demonstr alton farms,
and % . result Of the experiment,
many Of them are returning to new
and improved methods. But on their
denomination farms they must follow
explicitly the instructions of MIR. Hill's
experts; that 10 part of the barga ain.
Mr.. Hill says that in Minnesota and
North Dakota, where the average
wheat yield is eighteen bushels per
acre, HE demonstr alton farms on the
same identical spot of land produced
more than thirty bushels to the acre
last year, an increase of sixty.six
per cent. In like manner, the demon.
strstton fsrms produced forty.seven
The river press., 1913-08-27
Favors Larger Homestead.

According to q dispatch from w ash.
ington. the prospects for the enact.
ment OF the 640 acre homestead bill
recently introduced by Representative
Mondell have greatly increased since
the announcement of the secretary OF
the interior that he favors the idea.
The Mondell measure provides for .
minimum entry OF $40 acres and .
maximum Of 1,260 acres, based on the
grazing value OF the lands, which 10
to be determined by the secretary OF
the interior. Permanent improve
ment of the land will be accepted in
lieu Of guilty alion on their enlarged
homesteads.
1t is pointed out here that the en-
actment Of the 640-acre law would
make available for immediate entry
very considerable areas in the western
states, on account of the fact that the
character of these areas has already
been determined by the government
by their exsmina alton under the pre-.
sent Mondell 320. acre homestead act.
Entries under the present 32O. acre
homestead law are only allowed after
an examination Of the land has con.
vinced the secretary OF the interior of
its non.mineral, non.timbered and
non-irrigable char acter, and these ex.
amin atious have already covered q
large area In western states. All
such lands would thus become at once
subject to entry under the proposed
640.scre law.
While the remaining character of
western lands has made It desirable to
consider ably enlarge even the Mon.
dell 320.scre law, the fact that . gen.
eral law granting . section homestead
would not do has prevented iss seri.
ous consider alton up to this time. I,
has remained for the Wyoming man
TO work out plan whereby such 4
Law may bs generally applied. thus
making the Legislation practical .,
this time. The Mondel plan is to
have areas designated In the same
manner % provided for in his 800.
acre bill now . law, the plan having
been found to work satisfactorily.
The river press., 1913-08-27

Carter Herald: The best yields OF
wheat reported in this section are those
of c. B. Thurston and Mrs. Worth at
Sky ranch. The formers made IS to
the acre and the latter's made 33 to
the acre.
The river press., 1913-08-27

For sale, a quantity Of babbit metal
at the River Press Office at 6 cents
per pound.-Adv.
The river press., 1913-08-27
OFFICIAL PAPER OF cH0UTEAU COUNTY

~ letters and communications containing mat
~ i~tended for publication IN thts paper should
u Sddssssed to "The Riuer Press," and tie name
y kAs scriter must b gire to insure attention.
Leeel Advertisements sctH be Inserted In these
Sejssasns St the rate Of ten cents per line from
tvoastent and tee cents per Tine from regular ad.
OeStissrs.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-03-15
YANKEES LOSE
TO JERSEY CITY.
JACK KNIGHTS TIMELY HITS
BEAT CHANCES RECRUITS
IN BERMUDA.

Hamilton, Bermuda March 15-That
ime-honored spell which a discarded
ball player seems to possess when
playing against his old mates was
much in evidence here yesterday af-
ternoon in the second game Of the
series between Manager Frank
Chances Yannigans and the Jersey
City team of the International
League. Jack knight, one-time Yam
kee and now holding down the first
base berth for the Skeeters was the
man of the hour with a pair Of time
ly hits, the first tying up the game
in the seventh inning, and the second
driving home the winning run in the
ninth. The Skeeters won by the
score of to g.
Slim 'CaIdwe1T and Lefty Davis did
the pitching for the major Ieaguers,
the former working four innings and
the latter five. Caldwell showed
plenty of steam and sent seven Of the
tSkeeters back to the bench on strikes
Davis pitched good and bad ball in
turns, and it was only because OF his
puzzIing curves when danger threat
ened that he kept the game close. He
was as wild as a hawk and his gem
crosby had him in trouble all the
time But he had the habit of tight
ening up when runners were on the
bases and striking out the Skeeter
batsmen. No less than ten fell be-
fore his sIants.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-03-15
MORE FRENCH PILOTS
COMING TO BIG RACE

Indianapolis, Ind, March 15.-Def-
mite word has Deen received from the
Peugeot Company of Paris that two of
it's fastest cars with Jules Goux and
ZucarreIIi as drivers will be entered in
the third annual 500 mile information
al sweepstakes race at the Indianapo-
lis Motor Speedway on May so. This
rumor has been current for some time
and its official confirmation by the
Peugeot Company adds unusual inter
est to the coming eontest5 it now be-
ing an assured fact that the 500 mile
race will be truly International in
character and will prove to be the
greatest automobile race ever staged
on an American track If not in the
world.
The Peugeot cars have now left the
factory and are being tested under the
supervision of the engineers who de-
signed them. According to present
arrangements Goux and Zucarrelli will
arrive in America about May II and
will proceed Immediately to Indian
apolis, where they will have a chance
to become thoroughly acquainted with
the speedway before the day of the
race. Albert Guyot who is to pilot
the famous English Sunbeam car, will
arrive in America about the same time
and will also train at the speedway.
Owing to the fact that all of these
drivers are scheduled to drive in the
French Grand Prix on July IL it will
be necessary for them to return to
France Immediately after the Indian
apolis race. Boi1lot, another Peugeot
driver, who had hoped to come to
America with his teammates, will be
compelled to remain in France pre-
pairing cars for, the Grand Prix. Goux
and zucarrelH will be accompanied to
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-03-15
CLYDE MILAN IS
STAR IN OUTFIELD
WASHINGTON SPEED MERCHANT
HOPES TO HAVE BEST YEAR
OF CAREER. ..:..~

clyde Milan, who is undoubtedly the
greatest living outfeIder when con-
sidered as an outfieIder, is a native
of Tennessee, and will celebrate his
twenty-seventh birthday tomorrow. AS
a fielder in the outer gardens the
Washington star is supreme, and as
a base Splinter he is not much if any
behind Tyrus Cobb. With the bat
Milan is not SO dependable as Cobb,
and is surpassed by Speaker and Jack
son.
Milan first played ball with Bios
som. Tex, in 1905. The club soon
disbarded and Milan went to Shaw
nee, Okla, but this aggregation was
also speedily wiped off the baseball
map The season of 1906 found him
with Wichita, Kan, then in the West
ern Association, where he remained
until the. middle of the 1907 season,
when he was purchased by Washing
ton. This year will be his seventh in
the American League. His batting eye
has gradually improved and In 1911
and 1912 he hit well over the 800
mark, whereas in 1909 his average
was only 200. Last year Milan stood
twelfth in the American League bat
ting list, among those who took part
in over hundred games, being sur
passed by Cobb. Jackson, Speaker,
Lajoie, Collins, Baker. McInnes, Craw-
ford, Gardner. 4Laporte and Turner.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-03-15
FREDDIE WELSH
TO VISIT u. S.
MANAGER OF ENGLIsHN1AN DE
CLAREs HIS BOY is CHAM
PIoN OF WORLD.

Sporting Editor Of The Farmer:
= Freddie Welsh of Cardiff, Wales, the
worlds Lightweight champion. is go
ing to sail for@New York on March
q "A short vaudeville engageme nt of
six weeks will probably first occupy
his time. He has received an offer
of $1,000 to put in that length of time
showing the PAGES of a Worlds
Champion" to an <admfring public.
Since leaving America lasEssun1ner,.
Welsh has accomplished wonders in
the fistic line. Tuned up to his old
form of c1eperness, speed and endur-
ance by three months of hard work on
Roycroft- Farm, the home of Gilbert
Hubbard, the noted philosopher, at
East Aurora, New York, Welsh re-
turned to England and the first shot
out of the box won back his title from
Matt Wells
Then he took the Australian cham
pionship away from Hughey Michigan,
who had landed in England toufed as
a copper rivited wonder. As Welsh
tucked in his belt, he is certainly en-
titled to the big three sheet topIiner
Worlds Champion He has been
going right down the line since the
Michigan nauss and taken. first money
in many battles 4tsl ~
Only last week he grabbed three
victories in seven days. Friday night
he beat young Nipper; Monday
night, Vittet, the pride of the French
hghtweights; and on' Thursday night,
Eddie Beattie, one of England,s best.
Welsh was dfckering for a match
with Young Philadelphia Jack
O'Brien to take place in Liverpool the
last of this month, but the club only
wanted to give a purse of 1880 and
Fred wanted that much for his end.
O'Brien went to England a couple of
weeks ago, but according to big
brother lack return n
America in a months time, and if
he can make the weight and suitable
Inducements are offered, Welsh may
meet him here later on. After Welsh
finishes his vaudeville engagement he
will take a trip to the coast and look
the situation over in Frisco and Los
Angeles.
Yours very truly,
HARRY POLLOK,
Manager Fred Welsh.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-03-15
LOCAL MAIDENSLOSE

New Haven Journal
Another victory was added to the
New Haven girls record at Newnan's
hall, last night, with the bridgeport
fair sex on the short end Of a, % to z
score.
Bedworth and Fitzgerald starred for
the homesters. while Gazzolo proved
the big noise for the Park City clan
The lineup:
NEW HAVEN. BRIDGEPORT
Miss Armstrong .. Miss Gazzolo
Right Forward
Miss Hurley .-...-.-..-- Miss Mccain
Left Forward.
Miss Fitzgerald $1,000. Miss Sullivan
Center.
Miss Bedworth ........-. Miss Fenton
Right Guard.
Miss OeSting MISS Page
Left Guard.
Goals: BedworSh 4, Hurley 8. Fftz-
gerald 2, Gazzollo, Page; fouls, Fitz-
gerald Z, Gazzollo 8.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-03-15
YALE TWICE DEFEATED
Debating Teams Lose at New Haven
And in Cambridge.

After a conference of over twenty
minutes. the judges of the Yale leg of
the triangular debate between Yale,
Harvard and Princeton. held in Wool
sey Hall, last night, rendered de-
cision of 2 to 1 in favor of the Prince
ton trio opposed to the Yale team.
The question, of which the Yale team.
in New Haven, upheld the negative,
was Resolved, That the United States
government should exempt the Ameri-
can coastwise trade from Panama
Canal Tolls" The order of the
Princeton speakers was A s. Rich
ardson, 1913; A. c. Williamson, G. s.,
and r. S. Rife, g. S. That of the
negative was A B. Green, 1913; f.
M. Porter, 1913 and r. L. DAILY, 1913.
The judges of the debate were Presi-
dent F. s. Luther of Trinity college,
Professor r. G. Gettel1 of Trinity col
iege, and Professor j. M Motley OF
Brown University. Professor William
Lyon Phelps of Yale, presided.
At Cambridge Yale was defeated by
Harvard and Harvard also won from
Princeton at Princeton.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-03-15
BIG EyENTs no BE DECIDED ON
ENGLISH AND FRENCH TURF

A number of important fixtures will
soon be decided on the French and
English turf, and within few weeks
the flat racing season will be on in
full swing. Followers of the sport of
kings are now turning toward Nice,
where the first big event of the
French season will be raced to-mor-
row. The distance of the race is e1ev-
en- fur1ongs on the fiat. These are
the Queens Prize at Ke1npton Park,
the Spring Handicap and the Becker
Hill Maiden Plate, the last two at
Birmingham. On the following day
March rs, the Sutton Plate for two
year-o1ds and the Rugeley Plate will
be decided at Birmingham. On the
tventy-sixth the big attraction will be
the Durham Plate at Leicester The
month will be rounded out with the
Corpora ton Plate, the Spring Maiden
Plate, and the Public Sale Stakes at
Alexandra Park and the Bettyhamy
Plate, which opens the Lincoln
spring meeting. The Lincolnshire
Handicap on the first of April and the
Liverpool Spring Cupon the third of
that month are both rich and rare
and interesting events.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-03-15
EVEN BREAK FOR
ELKS FROM DERBY
BEAT BRIDGEPORT ANTLERS AT
POOL BUT LOSE AT
n. esffe BOWLING. -4fr.

A big delegation Of Derby EIks
came to this city, last night, to see
their pool and bowling teams clash
with the Bridgeport AntIers at the
local ElksI club house. The locals
Won two out of three games at bowl
ing, while the visitors won two out
of three pool matches.
At pool. Mitchell of this city won
from Degnon of Derby by 100 to 50;
Patterson of Derry defeated johnson
by 100 to 90; Riegel of Derby van
quished Ed Schread of this city in
short game by 80 to 35.
The total pins in the bowling games
were: First game, Bridgeport $50,
Derby 683; second game, Bridgeport
722, Derby 710, a total for Bridgeport
of 1,582 and for Derby of 1,493.
During the evening there was fine
entertainment program and a fine
lunch was served. The visitors left
for home in special trolley cars, all
vowing they had a splendid time. The
local EIks will make a return trip to
Derby on March %, when pool and
bowling matches will be played.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-03-15
PAL BROWN PROVES HIS CLASS
BY DEFEATING STEVE KETCHEL

youngster and a great Pal to those
who know him. He has the same
short. snappy blows, which seem to
cut, the same as made Kid Mccoy
famous, and seldom tries to hit from
any great distance. When he wants
to jab he has a left hand that is as
good as any light weight possesses
and a beautiful right cross when he
does use it. Brown was also care
full not to take too many chances with
his hands on KetchePs head when the
latter covered up, which showed his
good sense. Pal has the ideal build
for a successful lightweight and he
also uses his reach and height to good
advantage at times. OF the two it
was supposed Ketche1 would prove the
bulldog at infighting, but he found
that Brown was right there and his
short body blows left a sting. The
way Pal handled KetcaeI surely en-
titles him to clash with Jose Rivers.
Joe Mandot, Tommy Murphy or Ad
Wolgast.
There is another youngster here
abouts coming to the front, but in a
lighter cIass-the feather weight-and
he should be mixing with the high
hrows before long. Matty McCue,
the Racine 122-pounder, although he
likes 124 better, has a splendid rec
ord he past year, having scored 20
Knockout route. He carries a hard
waIIop in either hand and fights very
much the same style as Ad Wolgast:
in fact, he very much resembles the
Michigan hearcat. Matty fought a
semi to the Brown&Ketchel fight and
put Johnny Klofta, very clever
youth, away in three rounds. The
Racine boy is not only clever, but he
has the punch of a light weight Just
ofoT1 hi -
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-03-15
THORPE'S MISTAKE IS
COSTLY TO GIANTS
Indian Runs to Third When Pitcher
Has Ball And Is Out.

Marlin, Texas, March 15-Another
nine inning tussle between McGraw's
regulars and colts yesterday afternoon
resulted in the close score of 10 to 9
in favor of the former, and if Jim
Thorpe had not mistaken ball roll
ing along the diamond for the one that
was in play it might have been a tie
or an extra inning affair
Thorpe was on second base in the
ninth inning and Robertson had just
walked when a ball that had been
fouled over the fence was thrown
back. Schupp, the pitcher, had the
other ball in his hand when Thorpe
started for third base, thinking the
retrieved ball was in play. He was
thrown out at third and moment
later Stock singled and scored Robert
son. Had Thorpe not been caught
Rohertson's run would have evened
the count As it was, Stock was
left on. second base when Torrey flied
out.
HIT CRANDALL HARD.
The colts had the better of the mill
ing up to the time that Otis Gran
dali went to the box for them They
were in front, to o, when Crandall
started in the fourth inning. When
he quit after four noisy innings, the
regulars were in the lead, to g.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-03-15
KNOCKOUT BROWN TO
BOX ANDERSON TODAY

Los Angeles, March 15-Knockout
Brown, of New York, and Bud Ander-
son, of Medford. Ore, have followed
widely separated trails during their
ring experience, but today their roads
cross at the Vernon arena in a sched-
u1ed twenty-round bout, the winner of
which will have Joe Rivers as his OPP
ponent-
Anderson finished his training.
Thursday. Brown knocked off work
without having his manager, Dan
Morgan, pass on his condition. Nor
gan did not arrive until late last
night. Despite the absence of his
manager, Brown has worked himself
into splendid shape, and will enter the
ring in really better condition than
when he was defeated by Rivers in
the same ring on Washington's Birth
day
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-03-15
WELLS Goes
TO DREAMLAND
ENGLIsHBGAN KNOCKED COLD By
GusslP700fA4fF ES Smith Fl ~ sECoFD
~ - .ROUND. :. ~

Bombardie- Wells, holder or the
Lord LonsdaIe belt, which IS emblem
attic of the heavyweight championship
of Great Britain, was knocked stone
sold in the second round OF q sched-
uled ten-session tilt before a big crowd
in Madison Square Garden New
York last night. The punch that drop
ped the big, blond, curly-haired Brit
ish title holder for the full count
that landed behind the left ear, telling
the Bombardier like a poled OK.
The instant the punch landed the
lights went out for the Britisher. ana
it was several minutes after ne had
been carried to his corner that the
king of the English heavies woke up.
The beginning of the end came early
in the second round, when Smith land
ed the punch that virtually won the
battle. 1t was a terrific rfght-hand
smash to the body, which the slightsr
built Californian drove with eEIch fn1-
petus that his fist sunk wrist deep 81
the Bornbardier's mid-section.
He rose at the count Of eight ard
though gamely endeaVorin& to stall
off the rushes of his opponent, plain
ly showed, the effects OF the punch.
In an endeavor to protect his BODY
Wells laid himself open to vicious
right-hand swing to the had smfthis
fist missed the target, but his left
pie of the Bombardier, dropping ne
Britisher to the boards for the second
time.
The big fellow from across the seas
staggered to his feet at. the count OF
nine, and, bending over into a crouch.
threw one elbow over his face ana
the other across-htg stomach a. a pre-
lection against the broadsidss Of the
Gunboaf. Smith didn't even attempt
to try a feint to draw out the con
quered Englishman. He swung from
his hip, long, curling, overland
swing.
The blow curIed around BombaF-
dier's protecting elbow, missed the
jaw, but found a lodging place be-
hind the Briton's left ear. II whit
ed Wells around as If spun By the
unseen hands of a giant and dropped
him. like a fallen pine on the boardG-
Referee Joh started the count, but
there was little need Of Il, an Yelle.
in the vernacu1ar' Of the prize ring.
was knocked stone cold
It was a battle between q fighter
and a boxer, and the fighter won
FiguratiVely, the fierce, savage
smashes of the bludgeon shattered TIRE
rapier into bits. While the battle
lasted it was a glorious one to watch.
Yet though Wells Is known to Be
one of the fastest and most scientific
men that ever drew on a glove there
was NOS a minute IN the battle that
he showed his anticipated superiorlty-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-03-15

land one-and always boring in and
pretty wen covered However, it was
where class triumphed and Brown had
all the class. The Minnesota boy
was in grand condition. having work
ed for two weeks on the iron range
up in Minnesota, and he could have
gone 40 rounds as well as 10. Brown
comes from an athletic family and IS
a well behaved boy. He is of slender
frame, but seems to be all sinew and
muscle, very much the same as Kid
Mccoy when he first blossomed out
as a star welter weight Pal is q
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-03-15
IN MAJOR LEAGUES


Pitcher Chick Evans, formerly with
Hartford, will be given a trial by In
dianapo1is this season.
Hugh Jennings is going through all
the practice motions of his Detroit
squad. He is "sprucing up" on bat
ting. especially
Second Baseman Otto Knabe of the
Phi1lies was spiked running bases the
other day and will be on the hospital
list for a week.
Manager George sta1lings of the
Boston Nationals says he will employ
no s1euths to keep tabs on the doings
of his men off the field. He will be
the Judge of conduct himself.
The White sox were playing sacra-
mento the other day, with Ed Walsh
taking things easy on the slab. -Four
of the home sons got hits off Walsh,
setting the crowd dippy. and one OF
the four simply made maniacs out of
the spectators when he knocked the
Walsh in earnest. tArellanes, the for
mer Boston pitcher, was on the job
for the home team. The Sox won to
s..
A friend of Manager Doom sent him
of oysters recently and ever since the
thin men of the Philliee have been
putting on poundage.
schIwenk. a young eouthpaw with
the ST. Louis Browns, is being called
a second Joe McGfnnity. because he
pitches both overland and under
hand.
Harry Howell, the old ST. Louis
spitbaIIer, has umpired the practice
games of the Athletics SO well that
Connie Mack promises he will use his
influence to get Howell on Ban john
sons staff.
Clark Griffith has Instituted new
weight reducer in Charlottesville. He
makes each inf1elder, pitcher and
catcher spend half an hour daily field
ing hunts or trying to, on the tennis
courts The players hate this more
than any other part of their work.
Skipping rope exercise is being in
duIged in by nearly all he PhiladeI-
pI1ia players, particularly Lobert, era
vath, Duderue, Moore and Knabe, who
have weight to take off and wind to
improve.
Joe Stanley. the Washington boy
who has played professional baseball
for the last few years, has signed to
manage the Springfield club of the
Central league.
Sam Frock, the former Worcester
pitcher didn't stick long with Toron-
to. President Mccartney has put
through a deal whereby F'rock goes to
the Utica club of the New York state
league, on an optional agreement.
Frock was in the Southern league last
season.
s LYFORD BROS. T
z TWO STnRES Y
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-03-15

car lieu q S4Ca41"
cut decision over
the highly touted
C hic a g o boy.
Ketchel has been
praised very high
" by the Chicago
press as being ripe
for championship
honors, and it
must be admitted
that he is one
tough proposition
for any light
weight to beat,
being of the Bat
Ting order al
ways ready to
faEo a nHnoh fn