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The daily sentinel., 1913-04-15
RIVERS WILL NOT
BEASHIGHA ASLAST
YEAR THIS SPRING

The Grand and Gunnison rivers
will not reach the high water stage
of last year by at least two feet This
Information is absolutely dependable
and reliable, coming through the
United States weather bureau, The
reason for the statement is the fact
that the corps of government rang
ers, who report monthly the snow
depths in the high mountains report
that on the Grand and Gunnison riy-
er water sheds there was a general
deficiency in snow on the ground
March 81.
For the Grand, the average depth
at an elevation of S,627 feet was
% inches. which is IA inches less
than at the same date last year. For
the Gunnison water shed the depth
was 32 inches, or 4 inches less than
last year
Mesa county boasts the deepest
snow reported from any part of the
state. With us stations reporting,
the government figures show that on
Grand Mesa the depth on the level
was so inches or feet s inches on
March 81. This was at the report
ing station of Big on eastern Grand
Mesa. The depth was 60 inches on
other parts of the mesa The near
est approach to this was reported
from Uncompahgre at 0,050 feet,
where the snow was rs inches deep.
The daily sentinel., 1913-04-15

Frank Smith, son of Rev. +. C.
Smith and carrier boy for The Dali
ly Sentinel, made very good pedes-
trian record in a walk to Nothor-
oughfare canon and back Sunday. He
walked up in the morning in one
hour and 30 minutes and walked
back in one hour and 30 minutes.
The daily sentinel., 1913-04-15
Indian School
Bill is Killed

Senator George Stephan's bill, to
appropriate $4,000 for the mainte-
nance of the local Indian school as
college of agriculture for the years
1913 and 1914, was defeated in the
house late yesterday afternoon. 1t
had passed the senate, but its foes
in the house were too numerous and
1t was a victim to the era of econ
omy.
The daily sentinel., 1913-04-15
Visiting Here.

DR.. Anna F S. Brown, for many
years city physician of Telluride, is a
visitor in the city as the guest of her
sister, Mrs. George l.. Stather of
North Seventh street. She expects to
make two-weells' stay in the city.
The daily sentinel., 1913-04-15
NJ. ]. FRANTZ 1Ess;: Fsss:: T''8''"
Famous Stallion
Buster Brown Sold

a report has reached this city from
Durango from DR.. Charlie Horr that
Dr. Drew's famous Buster Brown
stallion has been purchased by par
tles in the Durango section. The
amount involved in the transaction
has not been made public as vet.
The daily sentinel., 1913-04-15
Fruita News Notes
What the People Are Doing
From Day to Day in the Live.
ly Little City of the Lower
Valley.

Bart owens rrurned from Utah
last evening.
o. r. Osborn Va a Grand Junction
visitor today
Mrs. j. G. Craasey was Grand
Junction visitor sunday.
Burns Fisher and daughter
Blanche went out to their winter
ranch yesterday
Mrs. J. S. o'Nail is visiting at the
home Of her mother, Mrs. A. D. Ma
hany, for a few days.
r +
The parliamentary law class Of the
American Woman's League meets
with Mrs. 3. L. Chambers this after
noon.
Mrs Salina Seuane was calling on
the ladies' OF E'ruita this morning in
the interest of the mission work of
the Seventh bay Advcntists.
II. s. Groves uansplanted a large
number of cabbage plants cut in the
open yesterday. He also has 1000
tomato plants nov in cold frames.
Mrs. Fred Groves brought her lit
tic nephew home from the Junction
sunday for visit during the illness
OF his mother Mrs. Alice johnson of
Grand Junction
Mrs. George Iiurlburt had as her
guests yesterday Mrs. II. r. De Long
of Grand Junction, Mrs Margaret
Arnold Of WaIsenburg and Mrs.
Clara Campbell Of California.
r
T. ID. Bowman left today for the
Salt Wash canon, where he, with
Tom Cuddy and A. b. Mahany, will
get the canon read in shape for au-
tomobilinS during the coming sum
mor.
+
Very little damage was done by
the cold winter to the High Point
orchards. .ApriCOts are coming out
in bloom nicely, and cherries, plums.
peaches and apples are in fine condi-
tion.
Mrs. Austin Corcoran has been Wis
iting at the homes of her sisters,
Mrs. Robert Adams and Mrs. Harry
Phillips, during the absence of Mr..
Corcoran at Price, Utah. Mr.. and
Mrs. Corcoran returned home this
The daily sentinel., 1913-04-15

Get your order in early for gal
vanized fruming and be ready before
the big spring rush. Jas. ii. Lane.
The daily sentinel., 1913-04-15
NEDWIDECk IN DENVER;
MAKING NEW SCHEDULE.

!, Evidently the Rio Grande is 8
:, not satisfied with the new time :
Z. table, adopted a week ago and {
= seeks to revise it to some ex- {
= tent. Supt. j. T. Nedwideck of
= this city is in Denver this week {.
Z, meeting with the new schedule :,
: makers To rearrange the time Z
= table. II is not thought that :.
3 there will be any radical :.
i changes. {.
:, {.
:, = = :, = = 8, 8 {, g :, = :, . 8, 6, :,
Sentinel Want Ads get results.
The daily sentinel., 1913-04-15

If you have anything to sell, try
n Want Ad.
The daily sentinel., 1913-04-15

Chaps, spurs, cinches. Fred Mantey.
The daily sentinel., 1913-04-15

II. C, Morris is visitor from
'the Fruita vicinity today.
The daily sentinel., 1913-04-15

Mrs. George llurlburt had as her
guests yesterday Mrs. II. T. De Long
Of Grand Junction, Mrs. Margaret
Arnold Of Walsenburg and Mrs.
Clara Campbell OF California.
The daily sentinel., 1913-04-15

T. d. Bowman left today for the
Salt Wash canon, where he, with
Tom Cuddy and A. b. Mahany, will
get the canon read in shape for au-
tomobilinS during the coming sum
mor.
The daily sentinel., 1913-04-15

Very little damage was done by
the cold winter to the High Point
orchards .ApriCOts are coming out
in bloom nicely and cherries, plums.
peaches and apples are in fine condi-
tion.
The daily sentinel., 1913-04-15

Mrs Fred Groves brought her lit
tic nephew home from the Junction
sunday for visit during the illness
OF his mother. Mrs Alice Johnson of
Grand Junction.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-06-20
NO NEED TO "HoLD PHONE,
Sound Maanifyirg Trumpet which
viii Tell You When II Ia Time
to Talk.

There Is sound magnffying trum-
pet of fiat shape, behind which is
small attachment intended to support
the telephone receiver. When it be-
comes necessary to hold the line,
when calling up or replying, instead of
the person standing with the receiver
glued to his ear he places the receiver
upon the time saver, bringing the ear
piece into position with the sound
magnifier. He is then at liberty to re-
sumo his duties until such time as
the person required at the opposite
end attends his instrument.
This is notified by the speech trans
mitter being magnified by the time
saving device so as to be perfectly
audible at distance. The receiver
may then either be withdrawn and
held to the ear in the usual way. or
left In connection with the magnifier,
hearing being quite as simple and
easy as under normal conditions. An
other advantage of the invention Is
that the users two hands are left free
to carry out any other requisite task.
such as the turning up of documents.
making references, writing down mes
sages or instructions from dictation,
and so on.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-06-20
BEGAN YOUNG.
Had "Coffee Nerves" From Youth.

When very young began using
coffee and continued up to the last six
months" writes a Texas girl.
Il had been exceedingly nervous,
thin and very sallew. After quitting
coffee and drinking Postum about a
month my nervousness disappeared
and has never returned. This is the
more remarkable as / am primary
teacher and have kept right on with
my work
my complexion now is clear and
rosy, my skin soft and smooth. AS a
good complexion was something I had
greatly desired, feel amply repaid
even though this were the only benefit
derived from drinking Postum.
Before beginning it's use had suf-
fered greatly from indigestion and
headache; these troubles are now I'M
known.
Il changed from coffee to Postum
without the slightest inconvenience.
did not even have headache. Have
known coffee drinkers, who were
visiting me, to use Postum a week
without being aware that they were
not drinking coffee
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Write for booklet, "The
Road to MELVILLE"
Postum comes in two forms.
Regular Unjust be boiled).
Instant Postum doesn't require boil
ing but is prepared instantly by stir
ring level teaspoonful in an ordinary
cup of hot water. which makes 1t
right for most persons.
A big cup requires more and some
| people who like strong things put in
a heaping spoonful and temper 1t
with large supply of cream.
Experiment until you know the
/ amount that pleases your palate and
have it served that way in the future
There's a Reason" for Postum
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-06-20

In Cincinnati. Brooklyn and Washing
ton. during most of the season. the
crowds are bitterly sarcastic toward
the home teams, although the Brook
lyn crowds are decent except on Sat
urdays. St-Louis affords queer
study OF the crowds. When the
Browns are at home the crowds are
ugly and vent their temper upon the
players, yet half dozen blocks away,
on the rival park. there assemblies q
crowd wilder and more frantically IN
favor Of the home team and more un.
reasoning In partisanship than almost
any In the country. Just where this
feeling arises is hard to discover. The
crowd Is violent in temper when the
team Is winning. worse when It is los-
Ing. Perhaps long years OF bitter de-
feat have caused 1t.
In Boston and Philadelphia, on both
major league parks, the home players
and visitors are almost upon equal
terms. and the spectators applaud
good plays irrespective OF the players.
They see baseball under the best CON
ditions. with both teams encouraged
and giving their best efforts to the
work. Pittsburgh is bad because OF
the gambling that has become almost
part Of the game in the Smoky City
The temper of the crowd is ugly and
the losing element is In evidence nc
matter whether the home club wins
or loses. !. Detroit is loyal, rather
violent crowd, tanned now because the
fans have learned to endure victory
as well as defeat. The crowds were
mad with enthusiasm the first year De
troit won and have since tanned down
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-06-20

the cheer masters fell hat--in Chi
cago at least. The harder the leaders
of the rooters worked the more apa-
thetic the crowds became. 1t was an
interesting phenomenon and set out
TO discover the reason The first
oleacherite | met solved the problem.
Dem guys amt on de square" he
said. "Usuns out In de bleachers
don't want to rob nobody"
There was the solution No matter
how partisan baseball fan may be-
come. or how wild in his desire to see
the home team win. deep down he
wants fair play. and, after a time. he
will insist upon Il. The rooters' clubs
died.
There are few Of the noted fans
now, chiefly because the papers sell
dom mention them. Perhaps they ex-
list In the old days almost every
club had one or two such followers.
Probably the best known was "Hl
HI" This was General Dixwell, of
Boston. who for many years followed
the fortunes of the famous old Boston
club. He is wealthy, intellectual and
cultured gentleman who became
completely absorbed In baseball. He
followed the team wherever It went
and became familiar figure all over
the country. He occupied front
seat In the stands. kept careful
score and studied the game with a
seriousness that was appalling. He
maintained deep silence during al.
most all the game, but when really
great play was made he emitted two
sharp staccato barks: Hi! Hit" and
then dropped to silence again His
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-06-20

behind him. In fact. almost every
outfielder has his own regular pat
rons. who attend games and seek
seats as near to him as possible. and
who defend him against all Corners.
To them he is the best In the world.
a Greater than Cobb" nor do they
forget him; the player who finally dis
places an idol has a hard time. I
have known them to follow a player
around the field when he was shifted
from one to another position and to
battle for him with the retainers of
the other fielder who dared criticise
him
Biased. prejudiced and distorted in
their views as most of them are, they
are very human and very lovable in
their blind devotion to the game, and
in their unreasoning hatred. And a
word of warning: Never try to ar.
que with a real. dyed-in-the-wool.
thirty-second-degree fan. In the first
place the chances are he is right. but
even II he Is wrong there isn't a
chance to win the argument
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-06-20

of the city; the Cubs on the west.
and the city is divided into two great
armed camps. In 1896 when these
two teams, winners of the champion
ships in their own leagues, met to
contest for the worlds championship.
it was the loyalty of the south side
crowd beyond doubt that won for the
team. That fall the Chicago Tribunes
composing room was about equally
divided between the followers of the
two teams and SO bitter was the feel
ing that the foreman was compelled
to separate them and send them to
different sides of the building to main
tain peace. II was civil war all over
Chicago.
It is magnificent crowd. wonderful
in It's spirit and In its intense loyalty
There are few things that shake an
opponent like the incessant: Get a
hit. Get a hit" which Is the war
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-06-20

the National league players last year
when they saw the wonderful Brush
stadium was that the crowd could not
make itself heard on the field as IT
did in the old stands. The Polo
grounds crowd is odd. Somehow
fans who occupy box seats either are
not as rabid as those in the cheaper
seats or they are on their good be-
havior. and fringe of box seats is
an effective shield for players.
Strangely enough the crowds on the
New York American league park. al.
though quite as noisy, are much fair.
er. than the crowds at the Polo
grounds.
One would think that visiting play.
ers would like to play on grounds
where the home team is unpopular
through defeat or other causes. but
they do not. They rather resent the
home crowd abusing the home men.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-06-20
Why She Wouldn't Pay.

You'll have to pay for that little
boy" said the conductor on Michi-
gan Central train the other day.
Il guess not said the lady, firmly.
Have you never had to buy tick
ct for him?''
mo, have not, and will not begin
now"
''You will have to pay his fare this
time
No, l shall not pay his fare. That
is settled, MIR. Conductor
IF you don't pay his fare cannot
let him occupy a seat. will stop
the train and put him off,"
stop the train and put him off if
you like. He's not my little boy. l
never saw him before. Detroit
News.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-06-20

war cry gave him his name. He quit
attending baseball games years ago,
but still continues his deep interest in
the sport, and in his apartments he
Keeps wonderful set of books show.
ing the averages and performances OF
players for many baseball genera.
tons.
We'll. Well, WELL" was another
character who was named because OF
his cry. which followed just after q
big outburst Of applause on the part
of the crowd. The moment the ap.
plause subsidized his We'll, well, well"
would boom over the field and never
failed to start the cheering again.
The average crowd is cruel, because
1t Is thoughtless Few of the fans
who hurl abuse and criticism at the
players stop to think that the men
they are addressing have the capacity
to feel and to suffer Many thought.
less. barbed jest has wrecked the ca.
reer OF some ball player. 1t took the
players long time to discover the
fact that their popularity and their
safety from abuse lies in presenting q
good-natured appearance. no matter
what happens, and in answering CUES.
lions when possible.
If you so through league after
league. team by team, you will find
that the most popular player, in nine
cases out OF ten, is some outfielder.
He probably is not the best player
but he has the most devoted follow.
ing. because he keeps on friendly
terms with the men and boys who sit
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-06-20

One of the queer things In that city
is the batting of George Mullin. the
veteran pitcher. Mullin is jolly
quick-witted joker and years ago he
began talking back to the bleachers
He was warned that the bleacherites
would put him out of the business
but persisted. Every afternoon he
would walk down In front OF the
bleachers and engage in verbal
skirmish with the crowd. trying to
hold his own at rough repartee with
hundreds. He abused the crowd,
laughed at them. accused them of
quitting" and enjoyed 1t. II he had
taken 1t seriously the result might
have been different. but after time
1t became part Of the game and now
the spectators In the bleachers would
not be satisfied If Mullin forgot to
start skirmish. Last summer. go
ing out on a car in Detroit, three
young fellows were talking.
"Oh, I've got a peach of get-back
at him today" said one, and. at the
urgent request of the others he drew
out a card and read what he was go
ing to say to Mullin If he came near
their seats.
1t Is not the great crowds that at
te-d the crucial games that exert the
{ longest influence over players. True
there is a natural nervousness among
all the players when a tremendous
throng gathers to see them, as in
worlds series games; but the ones
that help the home team. or damage
it, are the crowd of from six to ten
thousand, STIRRED up by the regulars"
who, day after day and season after
season, incite those around them
There are thousands OF these regulars.
self-appointed claques or cheer mas
ters, and some of them feel as If they
are doing as much to help the team
to victory as II they were out there on
the mound pitching. The large crowds
usually are the fairest and most
sportsmanlike, for in these great gath
erings the rabid and partisan fan Is
lost and his utterances are smothered.
These crowds police themselves and
the players feel safe and assured OF
fair play. and. after the first nervous
ness passes. they play their best.
A baseball crowd is much like a
mob. Without leader it is Just noise
and tSrmoil, but with one recognized
leader 1t can do much. A few years
ago number of Chicago men at
tempted to carry out theory that the
crowd needed leaders and the result
was one of the most dangerous ex.
periments ever attempted. The White
Sox rooters organized, band of men
far above average intelligence. who
laid daily plans for melting crowds
and stirring up enthusiasm. The
Board of Trade Rooters operated al
both Chicago parks. being organized
primarily to attack McGraw and the
Giants They wrote and circulated
songs, invented ingenious methods OF
harassing a worthy foe. and to force
undeserved victory upon the home
teams. The idea spread rapidly,
Rioters clubs" were organized in
many cities and towns to help the
home teams. For a few weeks II
looked as II the new movement would
seriously endanger the national game
The crowds grew more and more VIC
lent. Then. suddenly and without
warning almost. the widest efforts OF
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-06-20

Wow! Wow!! Great eye. Eddie!
Make him put 1t across! Bust
fence! You can do It! Wow! Wow!!
Wow!!! RoBBER! All right Tough
luck, Eddie. Two and two. Make
her be over. Home run, Eddie, old
scout. Break the gate. Wowl Wow!!
Wo-."
The red-faced. apoplectic young
man in the front row made q trumpet
OF his hands and yelled until the
veins in his neck turned purple. In
the middle OF the final Wow he col
lapsed, looked Disguised and turning
to me said:
What do they keep that hunk of
cheese for? He cant hit Never
could Striking out In pinch like
that"
The fan, bowling encouragement or
baWling abuse at the ball players is
the spirit OF the town Just how
great an influence this spirit exerts
upon the playing strength of the team
representing the town or city Is I'm.
possible Of calculation, but It is GER
tain that 1t is part of the national
game. He and his fellows exert al
most as much influence upon the team
as does luck. and this spirit is SO In
extricably mixed with the element OF
luck that It is impossible to deter
mine cause and effect. There are
cities in which the loyalty OF the fans
has waned and turned to gibes, and in
these cities no player does we'll
There are crowds that remain loyal
In victory and in defeat. These in.
spire the players to give their best
efforts to win. Ball players will tell
you that teams invariably play bet
ter with friendly crowds applauding.
The fan invariably will respond that
he would be loyal provided the club
would win games enough to justify
loyalty The players accuse the fans
the fans accuse the players. and both
are In a measure right. The major
ity OF patrons will root" when the
home team is winning Any team will
play better ball and win oftener IL
the patrons are loyal. The fan. yoic-
ing the spirit of the town, is a pow
er for victory or defeat
Conditions in different cities com.
prfsing the circuits of the major
leagues assert a powerful influence
over their teams. Players will tell
you they would rather play for the
Chicago White Sox or for the New
York Giants than for any other teams.
They will assert that twenty Cobbs
could not win pennant for Cinctl-
natl under conditions which the man.
agement is now striving 10 change.
The fanatical loyalty of the White
Sox rooter and the Giant patron, the
angry abuse of players by the an
nually disappointed Cincinnati pub
lie. the sarcasm and raillery of Wash
ington crowds. trained for years to
expect nothing but defeat, have an
immense effect upon the players and
teams. They make or mar players.
and weak men win for one type while
brilliant ones fail and lose for the
other
The baseball fan Is an unique Amer
lean species and the most rabid of all
enthusiasts. Compared with him the
golf fan. the bridge fan. even the
bowling fan are mild Baseball is
the most serious pleasure ever in
vented
Probably the most blindly loyal
crowd in the world Is that which fol-
lows the fortunes of the Chicago
American league team, and to one
who is disinterested the Chicago sit
uation, Is acutely funny. The White
Sox park is located on the south side
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-06-20
A ROUGH Road.

The latest joke on western rail
road, according to travelling man, is
that a passenger in the dining car
had ordered ham and fried eggs for
breakfast.
Cant Civ yu' aigs. fessor,'" the
negro waiter informed him.
Why. how's that?" asked the pas
senger.
We'll" said the waiter, de cook
SEE de road is so ruff dat cherry time
he tries to fry de aigs dey scramble /"
-Harper's Magazine.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-06-20
Pawes-esl

A little boy having his music les
son was asked by his teacher. What
are pauses?'
And the quick response was,
Things that grow on pussy-cats,"-
Wonan's Home Companion.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-06-20
Good MAGNET.

Helper-We're going to have a big
crowd here, and it'll be some job to
keep 'em moving.
Manager-That1l be easy Fake
down the rear exit sign, post UP the
word Free" and they'll all bolt ror it
Judge.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-06-20
The LOGICAL Situation.

Here, some fellow says that the suf-
fragists are women who haven't got
husbands
Then suppose he holds it is the
antis who get the uncles.'
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-06-20
A Bad Case.

did you hear about the dreadful
mistake DIR. Sawbones made? That
man he operated on for appendicitis
didn't have what the doctor thought
he had"
Didn't have appendicitis at all, eh?"
"Oh. he had appendicitis, all right,
but he didn have any money"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-06-20
Yearnina for Experiment..

Are you in favor of government
ownership of everythingF
Yes"
How do you think such a scheme
would work out?"
Nobody can tell. That's what makes
1t so interesting and attractive"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-06-20
Dancer hal ! Phrase.

do you think there is such thing
as yellow peril?"
Certainly" replied Senator Sorg-
hum; yellow peril is such pictur-
esque and fascinating phrase that lot
of people will never let their minds
rest until they have worked out some
condition to fit IT,