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The Glenwood post., 1914-12-19

GREAT deal said and written about the desrabity
of living cities but matter OF fact there are no
things-Smpy will live in them Even
but communities like this London, the
in the world Of collection Of villages that
identities Investigate Chicago
New York of other city and will find that while
huGde o of business they insist
independent residential
tlons the purpose . living.
Now living the important business that has to
picks place with the that he picks
location for factory office; and whenever it
possible pick place that he likes the best he
picks town unless foolish
think that found cabaret and pleasure crowd
III up his residence in small
munity that is his dream Of future.
Certainly lives smaller towns
therefore ought congratulate ourselves We have here of the
IL making We don't have to
metropolis happy, tass and desires
noeal We make Ourselves h3gy aaa IL whole happy
by trying make III . be naeA . good
The Glenwood post., 1914-12-19
BOOZE CUTS down. LENGTH OF LIFE

sHSHAT shortens life this
country reported a statistical fact the Eighth Annual
Convention of the Association Of Life Insurance presidents New
subject presented by Arthur
actay connection with the findings of mortality
the lives of 100000 life insurance pocyh
period of twenty-five This investigation which
just finished primarily assist the life insurance
companies find which types Of could be safely
the regular rates of premium which type
and which should be declined
Of this mortality
inquiry available for public frightening life
Forythree leading life companies in the United
detailed records the 2OOO
question their collective experience
different insured likely to have higher death
groups Investigated included
hazardous occupations those having fam
defect their history those
condition normal and those whose habits
alcoholic satisfactory in the past
liquor of application for insurance
The Glenwood post., 1914-12-19
STORAGE RIsxRvo1Rs NEEDED

THE LINES Of general conservation of
of the which should be inang
people Colorado through the incoming
snby the supply by constructing storage
be advantageously located
noticeable taxation many
expense which annually
the damage caused by floods of all kinds
all the requires if will but
this conserved by the
in Colorado hope velop
much additional irrigated territory for that
peton for is becoming keener every year
general assembly could do better act than take
the and steps investigate the possibilities O..
when satisfactory information has been
their construction authorize bond
which them The benefits be derived from
this would he
and would receive the hearty support of all sections OF the
Star Journal
The Glenwood post., 1914-12-19
THE CHRISTMAS SEASON
THE CHRISTMAS SEASON is rapidly approaching MOI

THE SEASON is rapidly approachng-much more
rapidly fully realize This is the last issue
of the the celebration OF
great and feel justified in making this
of little editorial with subscribers
realiZe tlatt for
bang of this that day because
connection with the parc
sr,t al warranted the celebration of certain day
has been overlooked
prone than celebrate some acu
which instead of day of sacred rejoicing and
independence extent
INTO of drunken debauchey gamb
general rowdyn making the day
which rules the day foreign to the real OBJECT th
in the flesh would not be able
TO
the most excusabe the most
reasonable the important of all hodays7 Are
really and truly celebrating the real Christmas
prg the Christmas give
lives and conduct
verify story!
Do we look upon revernt commemora
in the history whole world to and redeem world
regard period OF Julhbl
bay debaucher of excessive eating and drinking
and the consequent stupidity following such of conduct
The editor crticise at this time We have
most all mankind But do feel like ex-
PRESSING the these troublous times which over
henR neghbo and knmen in foreign lands 1t Is all the
heed to the true meaning anu
intent of which have learned to celebrate IN an
sbsolutely meaningless fashion
Wh;e It txe that "Peace Earth, Good Will Toward
vAeA sould dstincvey Characteristic OF this
tui.r season greatly in evidence - we might DESIRE "e
The Glenwood post., 1914-12-19
JUDGE LEWIS WAITE DEcMoM

sHERE SEEMS Misunderstanding regarding Judge
Colorado Nebraska rights
case and eXAggeration Of its Importance.
The it not Of great importance; and
seriously Colorado rights
Kansasolorsdo which decided 1901
the Of the United States decided
authority would lines dealing
priories That water
rights priority appropriation, and mmaera
whether the Appropriation lives the other side OF state
boundary, in Colorado or in Kansas
case, decided years ago, which the
flowing Colorado into Wyoming in
question Judge Haett followed the rule Of the Brewer decision
deciding that priority and lines the determining factor
Of This the established rule Amer
and there prospect that it will be changed
In the latest decision understand it, Judge Lewis has
simply followed the established rule
by Judge Brewer held that show
ing later Colorado appropaors detrimental to the
prior rights had been made but the court de-
eared that such showing made those wronged would be
entitled to relief from the federal court
decision Judge Lewis of great Importance because
comparatively rights running
Colorado older than the rights of Colorado
ors upou the same streams general rule exceptions
recognized in Colorado much
earlier than in the adjoining states most Of which have greater
rainfall and dependent irrigation
There another why the value OF Coorados rights
affected dangerously by this decision and that is that
these rights in other states have been allowed lapse by
clearly established principle Of irrigation
appropriated from
order maintain the right In the pending
Colorado of the points of the
appropriations have not been
maintained but have been allowed to lapse
The people of Colorado naturally enough would prefer to
principle established that the people of this state have the
falls upon territory The
take different
the quite probable that Judge Brewer
that all federal judges will fol
low Judges TIalett and Lewis have done
portion of Colorado water thus d
the of state comparatively
especially if shall be able establish in the federal
of
that of the earliest appropriations {"
forfeited-Pueblo Cieftan
y
The Glenwood post., 1914-12-19
TOBACCO NEXf

lAvNG been successful establishing prohibition less
the WOman ChrtiAa TeA
Union its heavy the tobacco and from
will work with the Of making the United States
only smokees At the aonual reeng Of til. Ken
ucky WomaM Christian Temperance Union held at Winchester
IF p-ohi
bion coupled with resolution opposing the Of
morality and for the benefit
people The Woman Christian Temperance Union of Oto
recently held also attacked tile of
form These facts connection with
and
bill of the LOuisans
prohibit absolutely the manufacture and sale Of
baccO S
The Glenwood post., 1914-12-19

- habit of unknd criticism Some of ability
NE unpleasant things that marks people is
genial spirits make themselves OBJ
all friends disposition to critcise
adversely those whom they know Every little fault magnifed
with their
spirit unconsously developed with
their becomes sured and in
bless.
good rule nothing of unless you speak
This habit easily formed the and 1t
lends and cheerne the disposition and brghens
gadnea people should be careful that
habits that will make themselves seeter
blessing and lay the foundation for rch profit
able maturity.-Service
The Glenwood post., 1914-12-19

look beyond the turmoil and the strife which have eatangle
neghbors and friend beyond the discard which
through wicked brought look through and beyond
frvOy and the giving the Prince Of Peace the
burden bearer of the world altogether lovely Gods great
gift to mankind
If the n,esnng, if catch the spirit
the fully and then
properly break forth and then rejoice and
exceeding glad Happy he who from the heart
Unto born this day the
cit of David Savior which lis Christ the Lord.
sentiment of those who read
Post sincerely wishes
all its readers A MERRY CHRISTMAS.
The Glenwood post., 1914-12-19
COLORADO d FORTUNATE

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The Glenwood post., 1914-12-19
MEN PREFER SMALL TOWNS

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The Glenwood post., 1914-12-19
LET SoaOImGo GOOD d aAw

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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-02-04

me and called me aside he wanted
TO know II needed any baseball play
ers
/ gave him the once over and in
a spirit OF FUN. asked him II he
thought we needed any.
Well Judging from the game to-
day / should say you needed about
nine he told me quick as flash.
IL was SO good that could not
help but laugh, and | quizzed the kid
little more IL seems that he had
played shortstop on some sandlots
teams in the neighborhood and
thought he was OF Central league cali
Der And just rs an experiment |
told him 90 come around the next
day, and Id give him a tryout.
He played in 4S games the rest OF
the season and he looked poor. had
mind TO let him go several times
but | got TO thinking IL over. and I
admired bis nerve and let him stick
around lie batted around l5S in
those As games. used him al short
at which he made a pretty good job
OF nelding. getting an average OF sol.
he showed occasional flashes OF form
and | thought | could develop him
into something good and gave him a
trial the next season.
we we're short a third baseman at
the first OF the season and ! tried him
there in about 10 games. He showed
fair. hut ! soon saw he wasn't intend
ed for the infeld and ! switched him
10 the outheld. He sure did eat things
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-02-04

game, do everything play 't'''r
than anyone ever had play as
result be oyerplayed himself fought
The bail erred. broke and made
miserable show ing The t1ua VINO
had expected so much attacked nim
merCuessN The thiug thul con
WINGED me he WAS great PLAYER was
that under the mercilcs- abuse ne
never wayered. bat tried harder ne
more errors he made ihe harder ne
tried.
Hugh Duffy. then manager stuck
10 him until IL became cruel GO sehu
him out 90 play. He was slNen resi-,
allowed 90 fret on the bench ana
steady his nerves. They Gained ana
be- went back playing with Nonde VI
bTiliaucy In three days he smashed
leg. after showing just a flash OF
what he could do He tried to WORN
on leg that would nave sent most
players 20 a hospital He Went home,
a failure That winter he inherited
fortune Instead OF retiring with
plenty OF money be- determined 10
prove that be could make good He
underwent q terrible operation 20 re-
pair the leg lie came back, hmping
at hts own expense, no see II he could
help Comiskey beat The Cubs. lie got
another trial Again the les weak
ened
Then. despairing OF ever developing
him Comiskey sent him back 10 the
minors Refusing to De discouraged
Blackburne declared he would be back
and prove his worth. lie worked des-
perately and faithfully, was huge
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-02-04
What? Do You Think We Need Player? They
Asked Carey, Pirate, When He First Applied For
a Baseball Job mo. Niner' Retorted Witty Max

up out there finishing with neidlns
average OF 952 for SO games.
II got busy on his batting. made
him switch over and HIT from the
other side OF the plate. and he got
grand average OF 293 for the season
lie went up at the end OF that year.
You know ! figure that that Kid
might have lived and died sandlot
ball player II tt hadn't been for his
nerve. Whaddayathink about T."
At the time the story Was told
Careys chances in the big ring were
still IN doubt but subsequent devel.
opments have shown that he has lost
none OF his old.time nerve. In his
first year with the Pirates. Carey
played IN 123 games, felded -s75 and
ba,ted 25S. which isn't such . poor
figure for newcomer.
In 1912 he fielded .s6S and improved
his batting. landing just inside the
charmed circle or 300 hitters with y
mark OF 500.
He kept up his good work last sea
son. and, In addition. set up record
for himself as a base stealer, pilfer'
ing 81 bags out OF a total OF IS at
tempts.
Another interesting thing about
Carey that is little known Ia this.
His name isn't Carey. It's Macmillan
Carnerious. The name was too long
To get into the box scores OF the news.
papers easily and some inspired com.
postor made II Carey, and the name
has stuck
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-02-04
THE new CITY CHARTER
Competent Men and Honest Men to
Transact Your Business

I The selection Of Good Men In City
Offices involves
Good City Government.
Honest City Government.
Economical City Government.
The Expenditure and Size Of
your Taxes.
And that Means your Bread
and Butter.
Do you see, then, the vital Inn.
portance OF
The Spring Elections of City
officers.
The Non-Partisan Elections of
City Officers.
And the Preferential Ballot 2,
And here is an astonishing thing
II is for just this reason that the
New Charter is being attacked by
men who do not wish TO purify the
City Government of Politically men
who have q motive in confusing, mis-
| directing or debating your choice
OF your City Officers.
AND REMEMBER THIS
The New Charter is 10 itself vs-
hicle for and a guarantee Of
MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP
Consequently, Vote for the New
Charter Means
A Vote against Party Dicta-
ton of City Government.
A Vote against Political Ac-
tivity in City Government.
A Vote against Machine Rule. 4
A Vote against Mis-Govern-l
ment.
A Vote against Extravaganza,
Inefficiency and Dishonesty,
And A VOTE FOR YOU.
You who Bear the Burden. Hire.
the Men and Pay the Bills.
II you arc Competent, Public
Spirited. Worthy Citizen, you will go:
TO the polls, February 10th, and vote
YES -for tie New Charrs~
CITIZENS CHARTER CQAIa1pep1k..
~ 11TEp.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-02-04
Detroiter Must Show His Best
Against Indiana Boy or
Throw in Sponge
FUTURE POPULARITY
IN DETROIT AT STAKE
He Can't Ask His Friends 10
Support Him Any Longer
If He Stalls
BY RALPH L. YoNKER.

Freddie Hicks, Detroit middle
weight. can't stall through tonight
battle at the Windsor athletic club
with Jack Dillon and get away
with IL.
II Hicks doesn't show the fans the
best that he has IA him he will have
lost here what little popularity he has
left after an exhibition or two at
Windsor that robbed him OF lot Of
prestige.
Hicks has. been able To keep posing
as a real fighter before the Detroit
boxing public for some time because
OF the fact that he had some friends
who believed that he really had some
stun in him and that ii given a
chance he would prove himself 10 be
a real scrapper
Tonight be gets his chance 10 back
mp the assertions made by those
friends and prove that he is boxer
who must be reckoned with. IL is
true that he has hard nut 10 crack
In Jack Dillon, the Indianapolis star
but he doesn't have 10 beat the visit
or. All he has 70 do is TO tight aud
fight well.
Hicks goes into the ring tonight
knowing that hts future reputation
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-02-04
BY Il. A. eALLENGER.

Max Carey. the Pirates great out.
fielder, got his first JOB in professional
baseball because he had nerve and "A
witty retort
tie applied TO Aggie Grant. man
ager of The South Bend team. for job
in 1909 right after South Bend had
had . particular bad day In gener.
ally bad season.
WHAT Do you think need a
player Grant asked Carey in Kid.
ding tone
Judging from the way you played
today, ~
But III let Grant tell you the story
OF Careys debut as he told u to me.
vas managing South Bend in
1903 and We weren't having a bit o.
luck We never got above fourth
place after the drst few weeks or the
season and along toward the last we
settled In sixth place and stuck there
Il seemed that there wasn't thing
could do We had 4 ink on us, |
reckon
Well. one day we'd played Terre
Haute and we'd played mighty rot.
ten game erybody had been of
his feed and some Of the bones that
We're pulled in that game would have
shamed the Hickeyyille Hicks
After the game We went TO the ho-
tel and dressed and after supper a
bunch OF us went outside 10 watch the
crowds go by When went out a
kiddish looking chap stepped up TO
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-02-04

they are officers Of the City Of De
troit-from the Mayor down
You hire them. You pay their
salaries. Your business is City Busl-
ness. And the business OF running
Detroit for year IS stupendous
one. In 1919 it cost the stupendous
sum OF s9.s77,1s3.4S.
That IS YOUR MONEY.
You need the most experienced.
most philosophical and most de-
nendable men in the city to run that
business for you You need and can
have the best
The new charter provides for such
men.
II makes IT possible and easy for
you to select such men.
The new charter makes this pos
slble by establishing the Spring Elec-
ton OF city Officers
The non-partisan elections OF city
officers and the Preferential Ballot.
Let US tell you-that which you
probably already know-the mean
ing and effect Of
The Spring Election of City
Officers.
The Non-Partisan Election of
City Officers.
And the Preferential Ballot.
They mean in brief-for the good
OF, city government and city busi-
ncss
First The Reduction Of Political
Activity and
Second The Increase OF business
Efficiency
FIRST BY holding the election Of
city officers i'm April-instead Of No
vember- We make them purely
wholly and pfoperly Detroit city
elections.
We are not confused by national,
political and state political issues
We are able 20 select The best be-
troif citizen for a Detroit oS~--re-
gardless OF his politics aud regard.
less OF bis party.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-02-04
LOTS OF TALK ABOUT POWDER
BUT NO SMOKE IN THE WAR

redcrals, but $50 wishes 10 yank joe
Tinker and Miner Brown before a
bar (of iusuceJ as accessories before
the fact
So far ibis tussle has cost the Ma.
tional and American leagues more or
loss iu cash One club owner is quot
I'd As saying that the two leagues had
been forced 90 add 100000 10 their
pay rolls. ou ing 10 increased salaries
necessary 10 hold players.
when the income TAX law gets go.
INK ggod some OF the ball players
may not he so keen about having1 their
arguments an TO salary. cried from the
h0usetops a ,g0yernmcnt agent Wis
tied the GNnt headquarters Yesterday
and left bunch of tax blanks TO be
hlled out By members OF the team.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-02-04
ey HUGH S. FULLERTON.
UsSELL BLACKBURNE is com

II
X ing back 90 the major leagues.
Blackburue's ease affords per
Aars the finest example OF pure grit
determination and effort 10 max, good
IA The history OF baseball ana an OBJ
lect lesson that every young man.
whether bah player or not should
study
His return 20 tbe Chicago White
SoK "a the more important because
II happens al line when q he plays
up 20 the standard every one who
knows believes he can. he VIII an
the big gap In fhe Sox inheld and
make them the strongest conteuders
Tor the pennaut against the Athletics
There are scores of men Ia baseball
play ers. owners managers and eX
perts, who are pulling for Blackbume
20 return triumphautly and prove mat
man can conquer over all difficult
ties. II he fails this time he ought e
40 down IN the history of baseball
as the rival Of Fred Merklc and Old
Dog Nichols. as the hardest luck
player
Blsckbnrne came from Providence
20 Chicago. le was iouted by the
Wisest baseball men ia America as
the greatest minor league player that
had developed in decade He was
heralded and press ACCENTED all over
the land He Joined the team, a high
strung. ambitious thoroughbred
youth. frantic with desire 20 show
what be could do He vas on edge.
lie felt that he must play the whole
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-02-04

around this part OF the country de-
ponds largely on how ne conducts
himself he viii be better of after
the battle IL he tries hard and suffers
knockout than II he stalls all the
way through the bout and escapes
without mark.
Dillon is the boy that can force
Hicks To open up If anybody can.
lie is an active. aggressive fellow who
keeps going all the time He likes
knockouts. disdaining Packey McFar-
lands idea that putting rivals away
doesn't pay.
Dillon has one knockout so recent
that Il doesn't appear even IN his
latest revised record. He took on X.
O." Baker In 4 sort OF q summer ex-
cursion affair at indianapolis the lat
ter part OF last week and put him
away in the second round making
his list of X O's As fo~ his career.
Hicks has never taken the fighting
game very seriously He doesn't like
to train He is greedy for punish
rnrrr and would rather get laced for
500 and lose q aght than train for
$500 and win
Dillon hasn't rated Hicks very high,
judging from the fact that he ls will
Ing TO take on another bout less than
week before he meets Freddie He
did refuse 10 make weight. however.
insisting on catch weights
Hicks gets his best chance tonight
US mp TO him 70 accept 10 or quit
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-02-04
Kahfef Has Proved
Easy for Nationals

Wy HEN Clark Griffith read IN
w the papers that George
Kahler, the Cleveland
pitcher. had Jumped the Maps and
was going TO the Federals. be felt
worse about II than IL he had lost
one or his own pitching stars.
Kahler for the past two years has
proved the easiest kind OF picking
for the Nationals He was fire.
quently used To finish games
against the locals and on such oc-
casions was usually driven from
the slab.
IL am sorry to see Kahler go"
said Grin. 1T always did me good
10 see kahler WarInin., Up prepare
tory 10 going in against us Ny
boys built up their batting aver
ages at his expense for the past
two years"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-02-04
CICOTTE GOES TO SOX' CAMP
WITH CONTRACT UNSIGNED
Dillon Has Geo.
Chips Ang0rd

s. T. McCarty. sporting editor or
a Pittsburgh paper and q warm per
sonal friend OF George chip. who
was in the city yesterday, believes
that Dillon .s not champion buI
that ne can beat Chip any time he
faces him.
DILLON has Chips goat ~
seems" said McCarty Any time
the Pittsburgh boy races Dillon ne
Is sure TO put up poor bout ne
simply cannot get away from the
hoodoo Dillon has beat Chip nine
times"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-02-04
stage AND SUGGESTIONS
ON WAY TO RULES MEET

CHICAGO, Feb. with a grip full
Of suggestions for new rule changes.
Coach Stagg, OF the University. OF
Chicago left for New York today 70
attend the annual meeting or the
football rules committee on Friday.
Stages suggestions are the aggre-
gate offerings OF the football coaches
OF middle western schools Six OF
them deal with the forward pass. In.
Guiding one penahzing 10 yards the
team that makes an incomplete for.
ward pass.