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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-10-04

a heated" discussion is in prog.
<ess In London as to the right to hiss
IN tAeaters, due to suit at law by a
man who was elected for kissing.
Common sense should decide the mat
ter 4 bilious or grouchy individual
has no right to interfere with the
opinions, the taste or the comfort of
other auditors. If he doesn't like the
play he has the privilege of picking
Hp his hat and getting out
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-10-04
BIGGEST HOG HAS DOG cHUM
Bareback Riding stunt Gets Place
for Unique Team Among Freaks
at County Fair.

Sunnyside Farm, Nov W Oliver
is the owner of the largest hog IN
Missouri. It is Of the Poland China
breed and weighs 700 pounds. It is
feet inches long and feet
inches high The smallest part OF
fits leg is eleven inches in circum-
ference
The hog, which answers to the
name Of "a Wonders Equal is
very gentle It's closest friend is a
tiny dog, which goes to the hog lot
every day. leaps upon the back OF
the big nog and rides around the lot
Both have been entered in the
freak class exhibit of tie next coun-
t. fair.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-10-04
wooden-Legged Duck ThrIves.

A wooden-legged duck lives and
thrives at AirvauIt, little village in
Bordeaux, France. At a recent meet
ing Of the local natural history So
cfety, the chairman told Of the duck
which had its leg crushed in a stable
door. It's owner, a peasant woman.
amputated the leg and replaced it
with wooden one which she manu-
featured herself. The duck is now
able to get about the farmyard with
perfect ease.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-10-04

PIT slLOs FOR WESTERN KANSAS.
Pit silos viii not be successful east
of the ninety-eighth meridian in Kan
sas- There is danger of seepage water
entering and spelling the silage. ex-
perts at the Kansas Agricultural Col
lege say. Except on, high and well
drained spots this type OF sIlo also
viii be unsuccessful east of the nine
ty-ninth meridian Information has
come to the college recently OF num-
Der of farmers in the state who are
digging pit silos where they will be
failures. The college has sent warn
ings to these farmers. One farmer in
Saline county was digging a silo near
the Smoky River. Another in Marion
county proposed to put corn in pit
silo without cementing the walls. An
other farmer had dug a silo near a
creek bank While the ground near
this silo was quite dry when it was
built, water wiz seep in from the
soil when the rainy season comes, and
spoil the silage Pit si1os can be used
only In sections where the sub-soil al
ways is so dry that there is no seep-
age water This makes the pit type
western. Kansas sflo.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-10-04

That Philadelphia plumber who
thinks he can braze the Liberty Bell
IN such a manner as not only to pro-
vide for its indefinite preservation, but
also to restore its true ring. that it
lost when it was cracked. might as
well be given a chance. For some
time past the report has been current
that the crack was spreading. The
x7sk OF skilled treatment is commend
ed by prudence, when the patient is i'll
II dangerous disease
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-10-04
Couldn't chanoe- Her Looks.

There, I think have made myself
plain. have 1 not2" she finished her
TRADE
Made yourself plain. dear" sweet
" answered the once friend ~Oh, no,
dear; you were born that way-"-Ar-
IingtOn Argus
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-10-04
SWEET CLOVER IS RECOMMENDED ASA
PROFITABLE CROP FOR KANSAS FARMERS
State Agricultural College Authority Believes Destined to Attain
an important Place In Farming Operations in Many Parts
of the Sate-Has No Equal as I'm
proven of the Soil.
.nt in Charge Of CO-operative Experimentsl

(By c. c. Cunningham, Assistant in
- WET CLOVER is a crop that is
- destined TO. occupy an impOr-
tant place in the farming oper-
atoms conducted in many portions of
the state, especially southeastern and
western Kansas As a soil improver
it is unequaled; for pasturing pur-
poses it has considerable value, AMI
as a forage crop it can be utilized to
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-10-04

Tat Cornell young woman who
zaSz eSazt she can feed herself on. so
Giants 4 week has received numerous
0Eexx vaf marriage. The young men
ssEc<t.t rot be too bold. To say that
zne can do a thing conveys no pledge
dkzt she viii do it. especially If the
xeasax nan takes dollar lunches.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-10-04
Ranouet oIaest So.

Bethlehem. n. R-=Ameriea's old
est sneezer-Maj- Richard Muckle OF
Philadelphia, aged eighty-eight-wa
given a banquet here by the United
States Hay Fever association The
major has suffered from the szeezinS,
shining fever for seyenty-fve years
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-10-04

If pond is well located, properly
built and continually supplied with
water, fenced and stocked with
fish and arranged so that it can
be used for irrigation purposes
it viii not be neglected spot.
a frog hatchery, a mud hole and
blot on the farm The stock water.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-10-04

One grudge that most people har-
Dor against the piano tuner is that.
after he goes away, the family next
door pounds the piano with renewed
vigor and enthusiasm
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-10-04

Eharge Of CO-OperatiVe Experiments-)
treated and should never be exposed
to the sun
Fortunately the only portion OF
Kansas where it would be necessary
10 inoculate for sweet clover is in
those parts of the western one-fourth
of the state, where the crop is not
growing naturally. The soil in the
remainder of the state is evidently
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-10-04

4 cure has been discovered for in
fzztIEe paralysis and method for
nszz<Ing the human body transparent
e EsE remains only to be found out
~AeEheE these wonderful discoveries
1zzN ~ear in the wash
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-10-04

An old tablet newly discovered
credits a goddess with having Gre
-a1ed the world. However that may
be it is certain the world has revolved
about woman ever since.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-10-04

A Seattle man has over a dozen
rules for making a wife happy, but
TO the average wife one of them might
serve on pinch: to have joint bank
account
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-10-04
Erteeme Of Industriouaness.

..Loafn," said Uncle Eben, is sum-
I'm to be discouraged But whut is
you g'ineter do VIII de man dat is
so industrious dat he'd rather be In
trouble dan doin' numn?"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-10-04

Selling gourds for cantaloupes
should be prohibited under the pure
food law But perhaps not everything
that tastes like a gourd is one.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-10-04

One of the scientists at the Lon
aOn Medical conference declares that
the world is going mad at a great
rate Still If it wasn't, what would
5ae alsenists and the insanity experts
do for decent living?
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-10-04

A Yonkers man looked at himself
Ia mirror and fell dead Lots of US
know better than to try anything like
that
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-10-04

Coifures will be high again, ac-
eOrding to the fashion books. This
may necessitate signs in moving pic
rfure shOws-''Ladies VIII Kindly Re-
move Their Hair"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-10-04

a eugenics bridegroom shot himself
because he was afraid he had commit
sed perjury in testifying, to get the IL
eRnse. that he was of sound mind.
Now comes the question for the ex-
zert@how far he was qualified to
commit matrimony if he was sane
enough to know he was crazy.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-10-04

The government warns housewives
that many of the moth balls of COM
nerce are worthless. Thus we have
had only a bad smell for our pains.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-10-04
Usually So.

What is an optimist. pa2"
"A man who doesn't want other
people to worry when he sees things
al coming his way"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-10-04

Any man who will go wrong over
the slit skirt is the kind of man who
Is due for trouble, anyway.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-10-04

Whatever man doubted that woman
had courage has had his doubts re-
moved by the recent developments in
scIothe
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-10-04

lit becomes the custom to fill them
with money before presentation. low
ing cups will truly deserve the name
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-10-04

Diving is a pleasing and picturesque
pastime. but one that can be pursued
without peril only in familiar water.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-10-04

Now a New York woman Of ninety
four asks for $4,000 alimony. These
aged folk are getting alarmingly pre-
4cOeiouS.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-10-04

Now that some rectors are to be
pensioned, it will be unnecessary for
the country preacher to take up cal
Ginning 60 make a living
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-10-04

A Chicago Judge says that too
many wives are killing their hus-
bands" But how many are just
enough7
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-10-04

A sailor will stand trial for deser
ton because he ran away to marry.
Few men desert their wives, however.
to join the navy.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-10-04

It is commonly conceded that one
OF the very best looks with which to
repeI Washers is a bedraggled look
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-10-04

Yes. the climate is changing-almost
every day.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-10-04
Suitable Partner.

Poor links is wall-eyed."
How lucky Just the fellow TO
dance with the wall flowers at my
party"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-10-04

Pardon the seeming irrelevancy Of
the question, gentle reader. but are
you still swatting the flies?
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-10-04
Slow.

Jaek-They say he ran through his
wife's money in two years
Jill-What caused the delay--Argo-
naut-
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-10-04

The stage has had some daring ex-
ampIes in dress set for it by the street.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-10-04

The man who married a girl who
saved him from a thrashing a quarter
Of a century ago waited a long time
To make good
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-10-04

Probably one of the first objects
sought by the housemaids' union will
be the adjustment of the housemaid's
knee
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-10-04

Now the sad fact has been discov-
cred that money, of all things. won't
wear in the wash
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-10-04

What would the lender do with his
money il there were no borrowers?
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-10-04
The Reason.

s'He looked daggers at me.
mo wonder you feel so cut"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-10-04

The mixing up OF blood of dairy
breeds is not only Improbable. but
dangerous
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-10-04
DEFIANCE STARCH

is constantly growing in favor because it
Does Not Stick to the Iron
and it viii not injure the finest fabric For
laundry purposes 1t has no equal. Is OF.
package 10c. Is more starch for same money.
DEFIANCE STARCH CO.. Omaha. Nebraska
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-12-30
ASSOCIATION
HURLERS BETTER?
Figures Show Highest Slug.
ging Marks Have Reed
ed in the League.

Minneapolis, MIMI, Dec. 30.-Arc
American association twirlers Of to-
day a better brand than those who
pitched in 1902, the leagues initial
season?
4 glance owe the 'figgers'' shows
that the highest team batting each
year is gradually diminishing, al
though twirlers in Proxy Chiving-
on's league had IL poor season in
1911. That year. the Millers, pennant
winners, hammered the choice offer
ings of all twirlers for a team aver
age Of 3O1. Although Joe Cantillon's
warriors Won the pennant again the
following season, their batting lamps
were not so we'll polished and dropped
in team batting for an average Of 2S1,
losing twenty points.
In the season just closed, and the
Brewers winning pennant, and for a
great time leading the league for
highest batting honors, fell down in
the closing days of the race and were
beaten by st. Paul. second division
tinishers. This same st. Paul bunch
appears to have a gang of good swat
ters on the team at all times. Four
times the Saints have held highest
batting honors. Louisville and Min
neapolis have each held it three
times.
Judging from THE. then, betting lis
not the only important essential for a.
team winning pennants. The follow
ing are the figures of the highest team
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-12-30

Steve Hardy 10 More and More
Alarmed.
desine. only Elk hollered. Then Miss
Palmer whacked a very pretty crisis
cross desine on Bulls hands. Bull
hollered awlso.
REKWEST FROM FATTY BEL
LOVES.
Tomorrer being the last day Mister
Fatty Believes Is going to be a hog
and stun himself. he rekwests EVERY.
body to bring an extry full luntch box
and have a lot left over. Mister Bel
loves can be fownd at the saim old
stand. Seat 3. Row 3.
Slooth Andy Anderson has gave Up
h solootion to the mysteriuss nost
sent Steve Hardy by Genevieye Hicks.
He Gays it meme something Steve had
better look out four. but he doant
know what Steve rays he knows that
too, amy fool would know it!
Maude Muldinkey has q front tooth
out. Ex Brigham says amt that awl-
ways the way-here he has bin tryins
to get one Of his loose for q. weke 80
as to spit through it, and now here's
a gerl, which cant talk advantage of
eutch a blessing, looses one without
amy trubble at anvil!
They are a skrew out or something
in Phil Wigglesworth's desk, and by
gently mooving it with his knee he
can maik it maik a sownd like a
nous skweaking. So fur Lilac Grimes
has let out three yips and hoped up
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-12-30
DECIDE TO POOL
HOLIDAY MONEY
Northern League Magnates
Reach This Decision Aft
er Lengthy Debate.
MAY GO TO
Sommer Has Failed to Pay
Back Dues, it is Said
Schedule Made Out.

The receipts for all holiday and op
ening games in the Northern league
will be pooled during the 1917 season
This was decided by the magnates yes
terdav. after they discussed the Hues
ton for nearly v hours.
Aside from disposing of this diff
cult problem. the delegates who as
semhled at Duluth for the I'M
meeting. adopted a constitution ant
made out the complete schedule.
No delegate was present to repre-
rent Superior. President Rurneiste1
had received word from W. J. Sommel
Of the Superior club 1T present in Cal
ifornia. that Sommer's brother would
rossess authority, but the brother die
not arrive. After yesterdays meet
ing. it was announced that the Supe'
ricr franchise may be given to some
other city. It was said that Somme,
had failed to pay up back dues. and
that the magnates o fthe superior
city apparently were taking little in
terest in the league.
Most Of the day was taken up over
the question of the pooling of grand
stand receipts. President Pulford OF
Winnipeg was firmly against the prop.
osition to pool. and he wa supported
by President II. A. Blume of the Du-
luth club. Arrayed against these two
were the magnates Of the other clubs
Those present at the meeting were:
A.. Fl. Pulford. Winnipeg: o. H
Clarke, Winona; n. P. Conrad. For,
William: M. E. Cantillon, Fargo: 4
j. Kavanaugh. Grand Forks: Ed
Finch and A. B. Coates. Virginia: II.
a. Blume. Duluth, and President
Burmeister.
MI. Burmeister said that the league
now has offices at 7H Plymouth
building, Minneapolis, and declared
that the outlook for 1914 is as bright
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-12-30
GILMORE LOOKING
over n. Y. FIELD
Comforting With Financiers
Regarding Federal League
Team in That City.

New York. Dec. 30.-News that
president Gilmore of the Federal lea
que Was on his way to this CITY seems
to bear out ccent reports that the
FEDERAL league is about to make an
entry into New York. Several men Of
prominence in local sporting circles
are connected with the representa-
tiVes. The question of obtaining an
available field proved a, serious SET
back to the American league when ~
made its successful fight ten years ago
to put a club In Manhattan and would
undoubtedly be the same with the
Federal league. There is a chance
however, that the Federal NAV OBJ
III American league park, given IN
by n Yankees, at the close of the
1912 season. The field, which has
been idle for q year has been men
toned In the rumors.
jess and Ed. Mcmahon. who have
neen conducting semi. professional
baseball AT Olympic field for several
years. were mentioned Yesterday In
connection with the proposed club
here. When asked last night if there
vas anything in the report Jess Nc.
Ma.hon said:
|. This is all news to us, although we
knew that the Federals had been look
Ing with longing Eyes toward New,
York. Our friendship with John Nc
Graw and Frank Farrell would not
permit us to have Il hand i'm the local
outlaw club"
Have Option.
President Gilmore will confer with
fnanciers in New York concerning
the establishment of a Federal league
III that city. According to an official
OF the league an option already has
been obtained on a piece Of New York
q baseball park. The names of the
fnanciers were not made public.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-12-30
SIGN FINAL PAPERS.I N
/ DEAL WHICH Makes JOE
TINKER FEDERAL Lacquer
BY Farreni

Chicago. Dec. 30.-rhe final papers
by which Joe Tinker and Mordicai
Brown, for many years National
league stars, cast their lots with the
federal league we're signed in the To-
cal offices OF the league yesterday. This
"a confirmed by both players who
said also their security had been
guaranteed by tho bonding company
which assured them full payment for
their three years contract regardless
what fate may tbefall the league. Both
said. too, that their departure from
organized baseball into the new
league had not been made without a.
full investigation which convinced
them the federals had sufficient flnan-
cial backing to make it a real COM
petttor of the older leagues.
h amount of money either con-
tract calls for has not been made
public. Tinker, who is to manage the
Chicago club, indicated he would
have a comparatively free hand i'll
obtaining players for the club ana
had started in at once to prepare his
lineup. Brown is to manage the 81.
Louis club.
Tinker's contract calls for $36, 900
for three years according to q state.
ment by Charles Weeghman. presi-
dent Of the Chicago club, whose en-.
trance into professional baseball af-
fairs became known first today.
Weeghman owns a string Of lunch
rooms and billiard rooms and Is re-
puted to be wealthy.
Tinker appeared jubilant, but was
reticent about his plans for players.
I'm a federal Lacquer from now
on" he said. I'm a stockholder in
the club, too"
Tinker intimated he thought there
was little likelihood Of the forces Of
organized baseball going into the civil
courts. 10 hold him to Brooklyn on
the reserve clause Of his Cincinnati
contract
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-12-30

\ young man a SOW his own wild
oats. but his father usually has tn pay
for the harvesting.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-12-30
ORGANIZED BALL
PLANS CAMPAIGN
Magnates Aroused by Tink:
er and Brown Deal-Wil
Attempt to Hold Them.
tBy Harold D. Johnson.)

Wy L1dIO!u -. JOnnson.D
Chicago. Dec. So.-There's work
ahead for the powers that be in or
ganized baseball. Following the en-
plosion Sunday of the Federal league
bomb. he signing of Joe Tinker and
Mordecai Brown as managers respec-
lively of the Chicago and ST. Louis
teams and h announcement that a
new plant would be built on the local
North Side. magnates with big league
~af1lations got busy planning fortified.
tons for the next hroadside from the
third circuit.
From Cincinnati and BROOKLYN
came udings to the effect that the
"fence-jumping'' athletes, Tinker and
Brown, might prepare for any fates
D life Punishment to Siberia to be-
ing drawn and quartered. Garry
Hermann. chairman of the national
commission, president Of the Clncin-
nau Reds and the man who sold
Tinker to Brooklyn, promised some
drastic action.
Down Gotham way, Edward H. Nc
keever, a vice president and one of
the wealthy hackers of the superbas
arose early to engage in star-cham-
Der session with the clubs counsel,
Bernard York. Meanwhile President
3. r.. johnson of the American
league and member Of the national
commission seemed disposed to treat
the affair lightly.
johnson Sorry for Brown.
I'm sorry to hear that Mordecai
Brown has signed with the Federal
league" said President johnson. II
have always had q high regard for
Brown and had hoped he would be
engaged to manage the Cincinnati
team. If he goes through with this
Undertaking and jumps the Cincin-
matt club he will only ruin his pros
poets in organized baseball. The
terms of the major league contracts
are binding and should Cincinnati and
Brooklyn take the matter into the
courts l know the players will be de-
feated. For my part. though, / would
he content to let both men go. They
will be sorry before July A."
Asked if the American league would
take steps to restrain George Stovall
from managing the Kansas City Fed
eral league team President johnson
spoke along the same lines. So far
as the junior organization is concern
ed George can go to the Feds and
stay there till the proverbial COWS
come home. johnson termed the
third circuit a bloomer. one that
go into the ditch before mid
season, and stated that in his opinion
Tfnke and Brown merely signed
contracts for the purpose Of bluffing
Brooklyn and Cincinnati into offering
bigger salaries for 1914.
Johnson also took a fall out Of the
report that several members Of the
st. Louis Browns had deserted Man.
aser Branch Hickey to east their lots
with the Feds. EVERY player be-
longing to St. Louis who has been
named az a prospective contract sign
err In the new circuit already has
made his terms with President
Hedges and Manager Hickey and will
be e IN the American league when
the season starts April H." said
President johnson,
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-12-30
batting by years in the American as
CANADIANS
FOR 1914 YACHTING

New York. Dec. sO.-The Royal Ca.
madam yacht club Is raising an $4,000
subscription fund for the building Of
a new yacht racing union cup de-
fender. -,
The trophy was won by the Patricia
on Lake Michigan last summer, and
the Chicago Yacht club has challeng-
ed for the cup. the races to be held
during the summe Of 1914.
The new cup defender will be de-
signed by George Owens Of Boston,
who is also designer Of one of the
new Canadians for American cup hon.
ors. The new p class third rater will
be built by James Andrews Of Oak
vile, Ont.