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Arizona republican., 1914-09-21
NEW ROAD BULLETIN
 0F THE O-0 HIGHWAY
September IS, 1914

september IS, 1914.
 Hutchinson, kan.-No report. Cor respondent sleeping.
 Raton, N. M, Sept. 12. - Ocean to- Ocean highway from Trinidad to Las Vegas good-E. c. Sperry.
 Wagon Mound, N. M., Sept 12. - State highway from Springer to Wat
 rous in very good travelaple condi-
 ton, and travel through this section
 increasing-J Frank Curns. Santa Fe, N. M., Sept. 18.-Road from Las Vegas to Glorieta in some places rough, but all quite passable. From Glorieta to Santa Fe, good J. A. French, state engineer Albuquerque, N. M., Sept. 18.-State road from Santa Fe to Albuquerque. splendid. Ocean to- Ocean highway. from Albuuerque south and west, by Socorro bridge cutoff, good Rainy season over The months of Septem- Der and October are the best travel ing months in the year over the Ocean, to- Ocean highway.-D. K B. Sellers.
 Magdaena, N. M., Sept. 12. - No rains here for some time. Roads west of Magdalena in fairly good condi-
 ton, but rough in places.-Machine, Auto & Construction Co. SpringerviIIe, Ariz., Sept. 12.-Road east to Quemado across Blaines | lake, now all right. Road to Globe | rather soft on mountains for about I twenty miles. Road to Holbrook now | in good shape for travel. - Gustave Becker.
 Flagstaff, Ariz., Sept. il. Road l from Ash Fork to Flagstaff good con- dition. From Flagstaff to Winslow, good with exception of about five | miles lately finished. Rainy season 1 believed to be over. Roads, taken as a whole, splendid.-J. w. Francis. kingman, Ariz., Sept. 10. = Road
 conditions, this country, good. Ferry has been established over the Colo rado river at Topock, and machines can now be crossed without delay, at minimum cost. Road between Yucca and Topock somewhat heavy for large machines, but can be negotiated with out trouble. Big truck, signing road, passed here yesterday and will be in | Albuquerque in about two weeks. - Anson H. Smith.
 Phoenix, Ariz.-No report. Corre- spondent also sleeping. (Nix. Been on vacation).
 Yuma, Ariz.-Ditto. OCEAN -TO-OCE HIGHWAY AS | SOCIATION.
 D. K, B. Sellers, President.
Arizona republican., 1914-09-21
DOUGLAS H|CH WANTS ID PLAY SOME BALL.
Copper City Boys Have Their Eyes on State Gridiron ,ao1pion ship; May be Ancti'er
 Todrraricnt

Douglas high school is to have a football team of state champion tex ture this fall, according to a letter received from Manager Thomas H. Nelson yesterday. He inquiries as to the qualifications of teams enter ing in the state championship finals at Phoenix during fair time.
 Plans for the state championship games during the state fair are hay at present, but in all probability the highly successful system Of last sea son will be used. In that event there will be teams from Bisbee, Douglas, Tucson, Prescott, Tempe and Possibly several other young towns. Phoenix high will of course enter the Coyotes, whose early practice indi- cate a most progressive team
Arizona republican., 1914-09-21

Phoenix beat Tucson eight to an accident
 Griffen was the accident and he put a large white figure one on the score board. that should have carried nothing but blanks He spoiled shutout game that Smokey Joe Smiley well de served for the fact he let the visitors off with three hits, and one of them a scratcher
 In short, Phoenix had the class on Tucson-and if this is the first year this has happened out of great many, il but adds to the joyOusneSS of things. How Tucson engineered that sole tally was as follows to wit:
 After Smiley had consistently retired the visitors for two innings, Francis happened to he safe on first after forcing Riggs. who had walked. Then came Dutchy Deardorff-Who really deserved better support than he got and ne hit stringer right into right field. II couldn't possibly have been less than a single, but Big Griff permitted tho ball to penetrate his left wing, and gain a position of safety far in the rear of his main corps And the effect of this was that one of the alies-ViZ. Francis arrived safely in Berlin-that Is home plate
 But the game was safe Smiley knew it m his heart. and he displayed his confidence by wiping his perspiring chin on his moist sweater sleeve every time he returned from the plate. This brings out a curious ethnological fact concerning this long slim twirler. Whenever his curves are breaking right and his heart beats full of strength and good cheer, he wipes off his chin-al- ways at a certain stated place about half way from home base to the home bench He never varies it more than stride or two. Did you ever notice it
 Tucson played hard and willingly in Spite of Archibald Archibald in addi- tion to being the unhandsomest player on the visiting team, was the least classy second baseman they had. But when he went into the box at the start Sf the sixth inning, he brought the fusillade of smashing hits that had manifestly bothered Deardorff to ar abrupt close.
 Twice did the square shouldered hur- Ter blank Phoenix, and then in the last Of the eighth he, too. fell victim to the careful and accurate bats of the locals Smiley wound up his entirely classy exhibition by smashing a single over second, going round to third on Whitt's double to the right field fence, and scoring on Togneri's well placed single through third. Then with Whit or third and Tog on first. who should pre- dict what was to happen? Answer is: Nobody. You can't even guess.
 Why, it was the oldest and most fa- miliar trick in baseball. Fog merely ambled down toward second, so that the frntic young catcher just had to fling the ball. Then Tog stopped. Hoff stood in a moment undecided what to do and then as Whit was edging toward the pan. he concluded to deliver the ball there. But Whit was ahead of the pill by many safe feet and Phoenix's eighth score was hung on the board.
 Not a single sacrifice availed Tue son. Lindey and Smiley between then nipped four men at second on bunte( balls, while Phoenix performed the us will Cook .'laced the fear of the lort in the hearts of all would be pirates by nipping Billy Dodge at second for tho first out of the game.
 Smiley had pretty nearly everything
Arizona republican., 1914-09-21
Phoenix S/ugs Out
 Victory While Joe
 Holds Tucson Down

Locals Overwhelm Sungers in Every Department and Take Game by One-sided Score of to Big Grlffen Forgets to Stop Hot Liner and Tucson Gets Lone Tav-Smey's Curves Break Too Well for Southrons and They Get Three Hits, Two for Double Bases
Arizona republican., 1914-09-21

even occasional control. His bend had more "gancho" on it than for many and many a day.
 Mutt and Lindey each contributed long triples. Togneri smote the fence for two bases in the fourth. but failed to raise the pill hlsr enough to get one of John Hyders hats.
Arizona republican., 1914-09-21
Big Bunch to Camyon Fyom Los Angeles

comes word that the lodge will send
 two cars of shriners from the coast to represent at the gathering. Not only are they going to send a dele gation but they are going to arrange a big time for the Imperial Potentate and escort him to the canyon in state. This is the spirit that makes a
Arizona republican., 1914-09-21

CLEVELAND, Sept. 2O-Phiadel- phia won a pitchers battle from Cleveland. Morton and Bender allowed one run prior to the eighth, only three members of both teams reaching first until that time
Arizona republican., 1914-09-21

over California way they never do things with g. half-hearted spirit. 1f it is worthy the attention of the bunch on the coast they go into it as life depended. When the con- mittee from the shrine journeyed to Los Angeles to invite Al Malikah
Arizona republican., 1914-09-21
MANY MINOR
 LEAGUES HURT
Poor Season All Over and Box Office Receipts Show Up Short-Pennant Win ners in Many Junior Cir cults

NEW YORK, Sept. 19.-The season
 of the minor baseball leagues now clos
 ing has been flivver from the view
 point of the box office. With few ex-
 captions the clubs in the little leagues
 have had bad year of it financially.
 A few of the championship teams show
 a balance on the right side of the
 ledger, but by far the greater number
 have lost money on the season. Gate
 receipts generally have shown falling
 off Added to this has been the fact
 that the minor leagues have developed
 very few players this season who could
 be sold to the major leagues This
 naturally has caused a considerable slump in the miners bank rolls. Alto gether it has been a tough struggle for the "bushers" to keep their heads above water, but the big majority of the clubs have shown their gameness by playing out the seasons schedule not withstanding the certainty of finan- cial loss.
 The list of pennant winners among the minors this year includes several who copped the flags in their respective
  "repeaters" are Ottawa in the Cana dian league Wiston Salem in the Car olina league, Savannah in the South Atlantic league, Houston in the Texas league, and Oshkosh in the Wisconsin | Illinois league.
 Several pennant winners of last year failed to get started right this season and landed in the cellar. Among the winners in 1913 who finished in last place this year were Grand Rapids in the Central league, Gadsden in the 1 Georgia Alabama league, Great Bend | in the Kansas league, and Paducah in | the Kitty league.
 | Of the new league started last spring | the Western association, the Colonial 1 league, the Interstate league. the Pied mont league and the Middle Texas l league weathered the storm and played l their full quota of scheduled games. | Pennant winners in the league that have closed the season follow: | League Club 1 Atlantic League ...... PoughkeepSie l Canadian League ........... Ottawa | Central Association ....... Waterloo I
 1 Central League .............. Dayton 1 Colonial League .......... Fall River l Eastern Association ....New London l Georgia Alabama League ..... Selma 1 Georgia State League ...... Americus | Illinois Missouri League .. Champaign | Kansas State League .... Emporia | Kitty" League ......... Cairo | Michigan State League Oisbanded) l Middle Texas League .... BeltOn 1 Nebraska State League Grand Island | New England League .... Lawrence l New York State League ... Elmira | North Carolina League Winston Salem | Northern League ....... Duluth | Piedmont League .... Spartenburg South Atlantic League ... Savannah 1 TeXaS League ........... Houston | Texas Oklahoma League ....... Paris Three-I League ......... Davenport 1 Irl-State League .... ... Harrisburg I Twin State League ....... Newport | Union Association ....... Oisbanded) | Virginia State League .N Norfolk Western Tri-State League Oisbanded) ) ! Wisconsln-Illinois League ...Oshkosh
Arizona republican., 1914-09-21
Mostly Cobb-But-
Bender Wins

i Batteries-Wood and Thomas; Old ham, Reynolds and Mckee.
Arizona republican., 1914-09-21

No doubt the Cardinals and Browns will play to big crowds when the St Louis city championship is staged next month
Arizona republican., 1914-09-21
Federal League

INDIANAPOLIS. Sept. 20.-Indian- apOlis increased it's lead in first place by winning a ten-inning game from Buffalo, Falkenberg famed thirteen men. Rouschs and Rariden's hits drove in the winning run. A large crowd honored Phillips Day" for the locals manager
Arizona republican., 1914-09-21
Summary

Stolen bases-Whitt, Togneri 3, Mutt; sacrifice hits-Smiley, Griffen: two base hits-Whitt, Togneri, Scott: three base hits-Lindey, Scott; double play Archibald to Sullinger; struck out-by Smiley ,, by Doerdorff 4, by Archibald IT.; bases on balls-off Smiley f, of Deardorff 1, off Archibald l; time of game, 200; umpire-Barrett.
Arizona republican., 1914-09-21
Mats and Sox Divide

CHICAGO, Sept. O.-Washington and Chicago divided a doubleheader. the former getting the first, a pitchers battle. Chicago won the second by hit ting Shaw harder and by daring base running
 Score R. H. E. Washington =. .... 3 8 1 Chicago . , 1
 Batteries-Bentley. Johnson and Henry; CicOtte, Rusesll and Kuhn.
 Second game R. H. E. Washington ............. , 9 2 Chicago .......... 6 & 3
 BatterIes-Shaw, R. Williams, Enzel and Ainsmith Wolfgang and Schalk
Arizona republican., 1914-09-21

shrine body a power in it's communi- ty If the local bunch of shrine don't step lively they will have more Cali fornia visitors than home representa- tives. The diagrams for the Pull mans to accompany the Arizona spe- cial are open at the shrine publicity office and those who have not SC . lected their berths will be disappoint- ed when the choice sections are all taken up by out of town visitors,
Arizona republican., 1914-09-21
American League
Standing
Browns Win in Tenth

ST. LOUIS, Sept 20-Ernest Walk CTS single with Pratt on second and two out in the tenth won for St. Louis over New York.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-27

JOYS OF PARTY LINE

Chicago Correspondence New York Sun.
 In the village of Byron. in Ogle county. is party line telephone system and. be- fore the Illinois Public Utilities commis- sion, the villagers have refused to ac- cept any other service The party lines furnish fhe subscribers their evening amusement and the neighborhood news hot off the wire. all for q month. Everybody 'listens in'' and a plea asant time is had by all.
 If Bill Jones' white calf sprains an ankle Jones rings up Bill Smith with two short and two long and everybody along the lines makes a dash for the re- ceivers. Nothing "gets by
 Out there at Byron they can tell you two days in advance what all the wimmen folks will wear to meetin' next Sunday . The wire doesn't let any society news escape.
 The Byron Telephone company appeared before the commission to ask permission for an increase in rates. The officers said they wanted to cut up the party lines and better the service. Indignant subscriberI iocked in to protest. The secret then came out.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-27
A STRONG PAIR QUITTING

Prem the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 Seldom does a single state lose i'll enc year two such capable copsressemen as does Alabama in tn retircsntnt of Rep resentatives Underwood and Clayton. The former becomes senator 'cSt March. the latter resigns from the House this week to accept federal Irdseshp'
 Mir Underwood is as strons man as the House contains and his recent nom- ination for the Senate was a merited rec ognition. MT. Clayton Vas appointed by the governor of Alabama to fill a vacant senatorship but the Judiciary committee of the Senate decided that the governor had exceeded his authority and the congressman withdrew his commiss- ion.
 Had MT. Clayton served out his present term, it would have given him IS years in the House; MT. underwYod is serving his tenth term and will complete 20 years before he enters the Senate. Few states can equal this record.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-27
Welsh Disestablishment

The House of Commons has passed the Welsh stablishment bill. It was the first measure to enjoy the provls- ions of the act of Parliament rendering null the veto of the House of Lords upon bills passed by the commons In three successiy. sessions.
 This is a bitter pill which Lloyd George has forced down the threats of the members of the upper house, and such was the force necessary to com pei them to swallow the unsavory nor sel that the boasted process of pull ing the lords teeth" had to be re- sorted to.
 The measure iil.ew.se renders nuga- tory the annual creation of new peers so frequently indulged in to override the action of the lords in the frequent exercise of their veto prerogative.
 The effect of the disestablishment .enaetment will be to remove many al legged abuses and do away with what appears to many Americans as absurd ituations-such, for instance, as a rector receiving an annual stipend of s20O for preaching to parishioners composed solely of his own household, while nonconformist in the same community who ministers to a crowded congregation must content himself with the voluntarily subscribed sum of less than $500
 In discussing this same subject the Baltimore News aptly refers to the ex- ample of conditions existing under es- tablishment furnished by Dean Swift, who finding only his faithful servant at early service began, "Dearly be- loved Roger"
 It is the loss of the tithes collected by the government that the clergy re- sents and not the taking away of their titles; but the spirit of progress is alive in Great Britain as we'll as else where and the clergy, even with the assistance of the lords, will find them selves impotent to stay the force of the onward movement. The commons represent the people and through them the people have spoken,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-27
Birmingham as n Hotel Ctty

Although Birmingham grand 12- story hotel is not yet open to the pub lic,. it is already being talked about as one of the attractive features of this city" said Henry L. Rawlings or Chicago
 Tn travelling about the country | have heard some knocks on Birming- ham because of its lack of fireproof hotels. Now that it has two of the elegant fireproof class-one already open and the other to be opened in June-it will attract many persons who have come here hitherto only when they had to- The value to a city of large up-to-date hotels is simply, in calculable."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-27
The New Forward Movement

W. P. G. Harding in his remarks at the Clearing House association din ner given in his honor Monday even ing pointed out the fact that Bir- mingham in spite of periods of depres- sion had made not only great material advances but had kept ahead after every period of prosperity.
 In the early days Birmingham had many prophets, but few of them, per haps- imagined that the city would have a population of 132,O0O in l9l0 or 190,000 in 1914. Their roseate dreams were not roseate enough, but now since Birmingham has grown to be large city and is soon to cross the 200, 900 mark, it is much easier to forecast for the next ten years than it was for the optimists of twenty years ago to foretell the pres ent greatness of Birmingham and the Birmingham district.
 The country is approaching new era of prosperity. Six months ago Judge E. H. Gary, chairman of the United States Steel corporation, who has exceptional opportunities for ob- serving the industrial situation, re- marked that this country was ap- preaching a new period of prosperity. This week he said that prosperity had arrived, or words to that effect.
 There will be marked activity throughout the Birmingham district from now on. Property values here abouts will reach higher levels, and as rule they never drop back. The Birmingham real estate market has been comparatively dull for sometime, but values have held their own. There is scarcely lot in any part of this city that is not worth much more to- day than it was ten years ago. MT. Harding and other optimists of his class are more optimistic about Bir- mingham now than they have ever been. When the boom is in full swing there will be renewed demand for real estate both in the business district and in the residential sections.
 Within the next year or two many millions of dollars will be expended here in new development, and req sonable prediction of Birmingham s population in the next census will be something like 300,00O. In the mean time this city will be making new high records in every branch of business.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-27

Grouting is simple but highly effective
 process of restoring old buildings. In its
 original sense grout means gruel. Tn the
 building trades 1t Is known as a mixture
 of sand. cement and water thin enough
 to be poured. The composition itself is
 not new and was probably used by the
 Romans in their building operations
 However, the grouting machine is mod
 ern invention by which the grout can be
 driven into places where it cannot be
 poured. The machine consists of two
 parts, cylinder of compressed afr with a pressure of a hundred pounds to the square inch, and a churn. A flexible
 hose connects these two parts and another
 flexible hose with a nozzle attached
 leads out of the churn. The dust and mortar are blown out of cracks between stones with blast of compressed air
 Clean water is then blown in to make the stone damp enough for the cement to known technically as "grouting pan,. and is beaten up until it is about as thick as cream. After the wall has been pre- pared, the nozzle is inserted in a crack, the cracks above and below it having been filled with clay to keep the sement from escaping. The compressed air is turned on and passes through the grout- ing pan, driving the cement deep between the stones. It is possible to start at the bottom of a wall and fill every crack and liens the wall is as firm as if 1t were made | of solid stone. The walls of building can be restored by this process without even disturbing the mosses and lichens growing there.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-27
A FOOLISH QUESTION
the Philadelphia Telegraph.

Aviator Harry N. Atwood merrily chuckled the other evening when refer ence at social session was made to fool ish questions. He was reminded, he saidf of a party named Zeke Brown
 Brown went to the home of parson one night taking with him the darling of his heart and since it was after midnight it required considerable hammering on the front door to make the minister vis- ibe
 He finally came down. however. and Zeke explained that he and the pretty one had driven over from the adjacent town and wished to be married.
 All right acquiesced the parson. Just step into the parlor while I call my wife for a witness and we will proceed. l pre- sume you have the license?' "Yes, sir," answered zeke, fumbling in his coat pocket, got it here somewheres." !"
 Now, then. Zekiel.'' began the parson. mpressively. after telling the pair to clasp hands. do you take this woman to be your lawfully welded wife
 Course I do. parson, broke in zeze with pitying smile. What do ye spose II yanked ye out of bed at 1 o'clock at night forr"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-27
\ SHATTERED nLusIoN

From the Chicago Record Herald
 John, if l decided that I wished to divorce you, would you fight the case?"
 What has put such silly idea as that in your head?"
 T just want to know whether you would try to keep me tied to you. Sup posing I accused you of having been cruel to me, would you go into court and deny my accusation?"
 T cant understand why you would ever want people to think I had been cruel to you. l have always tried to be as kind as possible.''
 ''I know; but would you fight back if tried to get rid of you in that way"
 Certainly not. If I thought you would be happier free l shouldn't enter any de- fense. no matter what charge you pre- ferred against me-
 ''There' she said, giving way to tears, you have shown that you don't care for me. If you did you would never be will ing to let me go, no matter what hap pened. I never can believe in man again..
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-27
SEAL LOST 100 YEARS
Dm the Baltimore Star.

From the Baltimore Star.
 After being lost for more than 100 years. the original seal of Kings col lege, new Columbia university, has been discovered and restored to the keeping of the university. Until it was found re- gently in the library of George R. Parks of Williamsport. Pa., it was believed to have been destroyed in the American rev. olution. when Kings college went out of existence, to be revived later as Colum- bia college. According to the inscription on it's olNerse side, the seal was presented to Kings college by George Harrison, a vestryman of Trinity church from 1762 to 1765. The gift was made and the seal engraved in 1756. For more than 100 years the relic had been in the possession of the Park family. Ii was originally ob- tained in 1909 by the grandfather of George H. Parke from man who was employed by the trustees of the college to engrave g new seal.