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HEAVY TITLE SAFE
Little Hope for Frank Moran
to Win Championship From
Johnson.
CONDITION ALL JACK NEEDS
Challengers Ring Record Does Not
Indicate Top-Notch Fight
ing Ability.

NEW YORK. January 81 = Frank
Moran, the Pittsburgh heavyweight, who
will try to win the worlds title from
Jack Johnson in Paris next June. hash [
accomplished enough on this side of the
Atlantic to make him appear a formda
BILE opponent for the big black. Ii john
son. however. should enter the ring q
physical wreck which he is said to be-
at the present time. Moran might beat
him. but johnson only half fit ought To
Outright the Pittsburgher with considcra-
bic ease. in the opinion of New York
sporting men who are rddliIlg the match
johnson will be thirty-siX years old IN
March, when Moran will celebrate his
twenty-seventh birthday. The negro is
six feet, one-ouarter inch tall. thrce-quar-
tiers of an inch shorter than the white
challenger Moran in good condition
weighs about 200 pounds. at least thirty
pounds lighter than Johnson viii be
when he enters the ring. Morans ring
record, however, doesn't indicate top-notch
fighting ability. He began as a profess
sional in 1910, taking part in fifteen mills.
He knocked out four rivals, all un-
known, and outpointed others OF equal iu-
Significance Incidentally. he met john
son in a four-round exhibition in Pitts
burgh and was a toy in the hands OF the
champion.
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Altrock Had the Right Dope.

I happened to work the first game in
which Joe Boehling was started as
pitcher. Joe was later sent to the minors
for more seasoning. In this game Joe
showed world of stuff. but also proved
he knew little or nothing about the art
of pitching. When he did pitch he gave
the runners a tremendous lead. When he
threw to first to catch a runner he in
variably made balk. Before pitching a
ball he tied himself into knot and then
proceeded to unite the same. Nick AL
trock was with the Washington club at
the time. Chicago fans were having a
big laugh at Boehling's expense, because
of his peculiar style. AS Nick walked
past the plate he remarked to me: II
know something about southpaws: that
fellow out there is either going to be a
great pitcher or an awful joke. If he
ever gets serious l think the odds are in
favor of him being great pitcher
Altrock had the right dope. Joe Boehlin2
is great pitcher who gives every club
an argument.
4 peculiar feature i'll connection with
the star young southpaws developed by
the American League last year was that
the classiest looking fellow of the bunch
had the hardest time making good. Wal
ter Leverenz came to the st. Louis club
from the Coast League. He was finish
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Palzer Drew With Him.

| went to England and France IN 1917. lie
stopped Tom Cowier in six rounds and
lCharlie Wilson in two, both In London.
but these men were nothing more than
punching bags Moran beat Fred Stof-
beck of South Africa on "A foul in seven
| rounds at a London club, knocking man
out in twelve rounds when they met again
| in that city. Stoker Smith. another dub.
was put TO sleep in less than round IN
Paris.
! When the Pittsburgher returned here
in May of that year he made :. poor
| showing in a ten-round affair with NJ
| kubiak in Albany. Tom kclln"dN
knocked out by Bonbardier Wells, ii''''i
| Moran TO Il ten-rouId draw in this CT = {.
| While clumsy Tony Ross got 4 N@r!ict
over him in ten rounds before "A 'l,'i'-
| land club 1t took Moran ten rounds 20
stop Harry Wuest a bag of meal IN
| Columbus, but he went TO Juarcz. McN-
| leo, after that and knocked Out one
Dave Willis in eight rounds
\ In August 1912, Moran tackled Den
| yer Jack Geyer. 4 fifth rater i'll n four
round bout in SAN Francisco and lost
/ the referees decision. lie whipped
Sailor Schaefer and Jim Cameron OBJ
scure California hcavies. i'm uS tinr.
and then got twenty round match
! with Gunboat Smith That affair Was
staged tn san Francisco December ..
! 1872 but Moran lost the chance OF Il
lifetime to become famous by adoptinss
th. tactics of a marathon runner. The
| Gunhoat chased him fruitlessly the en-
tire, route and was declared the winner
on points.
Five Battles Last Year.
Moran took part in five battles last
year. In March he stopped an alleged
rounds at a local club. lie failed to
beat Sailor White fourth rater. in
six rounds in Philadelphia. and when
he lar T.nfh Nfs art hHt
in April he was beaten in clesn-cut
fashion In ten rounds. After that nail
Moran offered AS an excuse that he
went into the ring with a broken hand,
but Just why lie didn't ten about IL
before the bout nobody WAS able ~
learn. Moran subsequently, knocked
out Tim Logan in four rounds at New
Orleans and also disposed Of PalZer in
seven at a local club, when it was well
known that Palzer'S physical condition
should have kept him out of the ring.
The victory over poor Palzer was the
basis for much wild talk by Moran's
manager until a local promoter offered
big inducements for a battle between
the Pittsburgher and Gunboat Smith,
to be decided in September or October.
The sporting public also clamored for
this match. but. strange to say. Moran
refused point blank and soon left here
for France for the purpose of getting
bout with Johnson
After reaching; Paris Moran refused
20 box Georges Carpenter or Salt
langford His manager wanted John
son or nothing. evidently believilI.
that if perchance Moran should happen
TO win q golden harvest could be gath
cred all over the civilized world. IL
is worthy of note that Johson accepted
Moran's challenge and once again side
tracked the persistent Tar Baby from
Boston On past performances Gun
boat Smith, instead of Moran. should
have had rirst crack a the negro title-
holder
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Recruits Replace the Veterans.

Just to illustrate the scarcity Of south
paws and the part luck plays in the Sc
curing and developing Of such players,
when tho season Of 1912 opened the
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was reported released TO ' en1Ce IN CnS
Coast League. Thus inside of a year prac-
tically half of the entire crop of south
paws has been dropped. That the Amer
lean League should be lucky enough to
pick up six youngsters like Russell. Lev
erenz, Boehing. Leonard, Schulz and
James is indeed remarkable.
Russell Surprised the Critics
Russell. who was one Of the hardest
worked pitchers in the American League
last year, didn't appear to have a chance
to stick when he Joined the club. He was
one player who was not touted to dis
place any of the veterans and incidentally
set the league on fire. A minor league
berth was about the best any one could
see for the Texas southpaw. Perhaps
Kid Gleason, the White Sox coach. was
the only member of the Chicago party
who really had hopes for Russell Glea-
son fancied his great physique and felt
sure that with so much natural ability
Russell had a chance to learn and deliver.
Manager Callahan on Gleason's judgment
decided TO keep Russell.
Few pitchers have broken in at Il
tougher spot than did Russell. He was
sent to the rescue of a faltering twirler
with a couple of Cleveland PLAYERS on the
bases and Joe Jackson. the mighty swat
ter. ready and anxious to break up the
game. Russell caused Jackson to take
three 1urlous swings anu iellre 10 lNe
bench. The next spot selected for Rus
sell was Just about as soft. With the
bases filled with Tigers and two out
Russell was sent to the rubber to keep
Tyrus Cobb from hitting safe and clean
ing up the paths Any pitcher who has
ever faced Cobb knows that he is most
dangerous i'll a pinch. With men on the
bases, anxious to hasten over the home
plate Tyrls is at his best. Russell didn't
cause Cobb Ia fan. but he managed TO
keep him from hitting safe, although
Cobbs drive almost killed one of the
White Sox infielders. Manager Callahan
had tried out Russell under the severest
kind of fire. and he had emerged from
both situations in good style. l have al
ways believed that those two spots in
which Callahan dropped Russell had
much to do with his fine showing during
the rest of the year. It inspired him
with confidence, the very thing he needed
most.
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CENTER COUNTER G.MBlr

PROBLEM BY W. T. PIERCE.
BLACK.
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CRACK SOUTHPAW IS BIG AID
IN FIGHT FOR THE REMNANT
No Ball Club Is Really Complete Without Classy
Left-Handed Pitcher, Is the Way Famous
Manager Expresses 1t.

American League list of southpaws in
Guided the following men: Eddie Plank
and Pennock of the Athletics. White and
Mogridge of Chicago, Willie Mitchell,
Nean Gregg and Lefty George of Cleve-
land. Earl Hamilton, Weilman and
Charley Brown of st. Louis: Ray Collins
of Boston and Jim Vaughan of New York.
Before the close of the season Cleveland
had sent George to Toledo. Chicago had
disposed of Mogridge to Minneapolis. st.
Louis sent Charley Brown to Montgomery,
while Jim Vaughan was sent to Kansas
! City after Washington had secured him
from New York and given him brief
trial Late last fall Vaughan came back
to the big leagues as a member OF the
Chicago Cubs and met with splendid sue
cess. Recently Doc White of Chicago
was reported released to Venice in the
Coast League. Thus inside of year prac-
tically half of the entire crop of south
paws has been dropped. That the Amer
lean League should be lucky enough to
pick up six youngsters like Russell, Lev
erenz Boehling. Leonard, Schulz and
James is indeed remarka BILE.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-01-30

and before starting to mott.
Pew eggs can be expected until the
pullets are matured.
Pure bred poultry means uniformi-
ty of products. and that means increas-
ed profits if the products are properly
marketed. Given the same care and
food. pure bred fowls will make q
greater profit than mongrels.
I'm order to obtain eggs 1t is neces-
sary to have healthy. vigorous stock
properly fed. A splendid mixture for
laying hens is equal parts of cracked
corn, wheat and oats, which should be
scattered in litter Plenty of exercise
increases the egg yield. Cabbages,
mangels. potatoes and sprouted oats
make excellent green food, and when
wet mashes are fed be sure they are
crumbly and not sticky. For the first
three days chicks may be fed mix
ture of equal parts Of hard boiled egg
and stale bread or the latter soaked
in milk. From the third or fourth day
until the chicks can eat wheat and
cracked corn commercial chick food Is
good ration. Plenty of pure fresh
water, grit, shell and green food
should be available from the first day.
There is very little danger of over
feeding young stock. Feed your chick
ems about five times a day."
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-01-30
IhA Greetina of Democracy.

TIE story that the kaiser loves mos
to tell his intimates, declares Mr.. viii
liam Armstrong in the Woman's Maya
zine concerns the visit Of his brother
Prince Henry of Prussia, to America.
The incident happened just as the
prince was landing at New York. Be
side him on deck stood Admiral vor
Tirpitz. On the dock was a dense
crowd. From its midst stentoriar
voice called, Henry, Henry"
The prince did not understand thai
the hail was meant for him until the
admiral. smiling broadly, said, "Youl
royal highness, I think some one wants
to speak to you"
Then Prince Henry looked over to-
ward the human megaphone, who still
continued to bawl out his name. See
ing that he had caught the royal gaze
the owner of the voice shouted
"How's Bill?"
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-01-30
Better Poultry Raising.

Keep the nest clean and provide one
nest for every four hens" is the ad-
vice to farmers and puultrymen by the
department of agriculture Gather the
eggs twice a day and keep them in a
cool. dry room or cellar and market
them Mt least twice a week. Sell. kill
or confine all male birds as soon as the
Matching season is over.
Begin marketing the cockerels as
soon as they weigh one and one-half
pounds or obtain marketable weighs
and" continues the advice. market
white shell and brown shell eggs in
separate packages. Small or dirty eggs
should be used at home. When taking
eggs to market they should be protect
ed from the suns rays. Infertile eggs
will withstand marketing conditions
much better than fertile eggs
THE hens greatest profit producing
period Is the first and second years.
and unless a hen is an exceptionally
good breeder she should be disposed OF
at the end Of her second laying season
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-01-30
uto-haIIucination.

Answering the question "Will you
please explain how person is lifted
By four persons placing their index
fingers under his shoulders and legs
b. means of slight lifting force AT
tine of inhaling long breath by each
person and by the person about to be
liftedI" Edgar Lucien Larkin in the
New York American says:
Il have been asked this question
many times. If person actually has
been lifted and those doing the lifting
think that the law of gravity is par
tally suspended then the lifters are
under self hallucination or auto sug-
gestion in so far as their impression of
lifting is concerned. They actually
lift far more than they think, but they
will not admit this. as they are par
tally self hallucinated In the belief
that the body of the person viii rise.
And il they really succeed i'm lifting
the man two inches they think it a
foot. Auto hallucination is a remarka-
BILE neurological phenomenon and is
now being studied by mentalists here
and in Europe with minute care and
research"
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-01-30
Militant Marqaret.

Militant minded women were known
in England before the suffragettes, one
of whom lies in Henry Wis chapel
Margaret, countess of Richmond, its
builders mother, with her brass effigy
by Torrigiano. She hated the Turk,
and she made, as Camden reports, a
sporting offer to the chivalrous of her
day. "OD the condition that princes
of Christendom would combine them
selves and march against the common
enemy, the Turk. she would most will
ingly attend them and be their laun-
dress in the camp" That position Of
laundress to the crusaders would have
been an easy one. for 1t was the fash
ion to make VOWS to change no un-
derclothing until the holy sepulcher
was regained. News.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-01-30
Beneficial Exercise.

Exercise to be beneficial must dc
these things:
First.--It must slightly increase the
strength and force of the heart beat,
so as to improve the circulation and
do away with any tendency to sluggish
ness.
Second.-It must slightly quicken
and deepen the breathing rate so that
more pure air is drawn into the lungs
and less impure air is left behind.
Third.-It must stimulate into nor
NAL activity the myriads Of glands in
the skin whose duty it is to rid the
body Of part of the poisonous sub
stances constantly being formed with
in us.
Practically any exercise, if carried
out with the correct degree Of moder-
alton. will accomplish these results
and so deserves the term beneficial
exercise" The trouble is that indulg-
ed In past moderation almost every
form of exercise can do more harm
than good.-New York World.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-01-30
Not Sans Fault,

Sam Snedeker. the commissary mar
and held in the community to be
good churchman. annoyed the minister
extremely by getting up and walking
out of the church while the sermon
was in progress. The preacher spoke
to Sam about it.
at isn't my fault, doc" Sam pro
tested. "It's sort of affiiction l got.
The preacher told Sam he'd better
see the camp doctor. A few days iatei
the preacher met the doctor.
"Did Sam Snedeker come to you fol
advice?" asked the preacher.
Yes" said the doctor, "but l told
Sam l couldn't do anything for him"
"What was Sans afflictionT
"Affiiction! He didn't say anything
about that. Sam said he'd been trou-
bling you by walking in his Sleep
New York Post.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-01-30
JUDICIAL POWER

Chef Justice Walter Clark, of the
North Carolina supreme court, de-
clared in an address to lawyers in
New York Tuesday evening that all
power of the government, both fed
eral and state, lies at the feet of
"judicial oligarchy," and warned his
fellow jurists to take heed lest tleir
power prove their own undoing.
He said: "In this country, as in
all countries, the control of the gov
ernment is in the hands of few.
The overwhelming prepOnderance of
the judiciary was constitutionally
created in 1903, when the supreme
court of the United States assumed
the right to veto any act of congress
they choose to hold unconstitutional.
This doctrine was promptly seized
upon as a boon by the special inter-
ests."
In warning his brother jurists
against overstepping their authority,
the speaker asserted that Justice
Harlan has well said: "When the
American people come to the conclu-
sion that the judiciary is usurping
the functions of the legislative de-
partment, we shall find trouble. +"
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-01-30
A Dream Superstition.

heard what was to me at least a
new piece OF superstition the other
day, and when l think of the risks
I've run all these years because did
not know of 1t my blood runs cold. I
met woman from Virginia in market.
and the talk falling on dreams l re-
called most blood curdling nightmare
I had had the night before.
81 must tell you what I dreamed last
night" l said.
Let me ask first whether it's a
pleasant or an unpleasant dreamr
said the lady from Virginia.
Decidedly unpleasant"
'Then for mercy's sake don't tell itr'
said she. Never tell a bad dream on
Saturday, for we say in Virginia:
Friday nights dream on Saturday told
Is sure to come true, no matter how old.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-01-30
Soils of the United States.

SOILS of the United States" is the
title of bulletin just issued by the
department of agriculture which con-
tains a comprehensive study of the
soils of the country, showing the loca-
tions Of the 1850 different types of
soils surveyed and mapped by the de-
partment and their crop adaptation.
The department has made soil surveys
in every state. embracing an area Of
over 100000 square miles.
The most important group of soils
on which the majority of the trucking
crops of the country are produced lies
in the Atlantic and gulf coastal plains
province. according to the report. com
prising about 3G5.000 square miles. ex-
tending from the northern end of Long
Island to the southern extremity of
the Florida peninsula and along the
coast of the gulf of Mexico to the
mouth of the Rio Grande These soils
are pre-eminently early truck soils. and
their most economic use lies in the
production of high priced crops for the
early local and distant markets acces
sible to rapid transportation. The fine
sands are undoubtedly the most vaua-
Bile early truck soils, as in adaptation
they include the whole range Of vege-
table crops. Norfolk fine sand is an
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-01-30

A free port on the Canal Zone is
suggested by W. d. Boyce, of Chica-
go, as a sure means of making the
canal pay. As we have made the
isthmus sanitary for white men, Mr..
Boyce would capitalize that invest
ment by creating great city the
length of the zone, where no duties
we're collected. He predicts that it
would then become the site of docks,
warehouses and factories, and would
become a great commercial clearing
house for not only the merchants and
manufacturers of North, Central and
South America, but of the whole
world" He foresees that a city of
100000 people would then grow up
and that the income from tolls, dock
age, taxes, rents, leases, etc, would
pay the interest on at least our orig
inal investment. The United States
owns 2S6.72O acres of land in the
zone, which would be available for
lease. Mr.. Boyce points to Hamburg,
Hongkong, Sinapoe, Copenhagen,
Punta Arenas, Alden and st. Thomas
as cities which have been developed
by free ports. The suggestion is at
least worthy of consideration in de-
termining our policy on the isthmus.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-01-30
Potato Disease Quarantine,


The federal horticultural board of
the department of agriculture has
made a decision Of considerable i'm
portance to potato growers. 1t is the
continuation indefinitely of the potato
quarantine that has been maintained
during the past year against certain
countries from which our main impor-
tations of potatoes come The coun-
tries against which quarantine is to be
continued are the British isles. Ger
many, Austria Hungary, Newfound-
land and two islands belonging to
France in the st. Lawrence river call
ed st. Pierre and Miquelon.
The object Of the quarantine is to
prevent the introduction into the Unit
ed States Of a dangerous potato dis
ease. now unknown In this country
This disease is known as the potato
wart, the potato canker or black scab
The decision of the department not
only insures the potato crops from the
ravages Of this disease. but will prob
ably affect the price Of them.
all supply from abroad. though it does
not affect potatoes from Bermuda or
Canada and means that we shall have
to produce practically all the potatoes
we consume for an indefinite length of
time. In 1911. the year before the
quarantine was issued. 100000 BUSH
els of foreign potatoes were imported
into the United States.
Although the London bureau of agri-
culture has asked the state depart
ment, through the British embassy.
that the quarantine against potatoes
be raised or modified the federal hor-
ticultural board has ruled that the risk
Of introducing new diseases into the
United States is too great to justify a
change
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-01-30
THE United States department of
agriculture is engaged in ex-
periments looking to the con-

"HE United States department of
agriculture is engaged in ex-
'periments looking to the con-
troll and eradication of hog
cholera. During the past twelve
months the disease caused loss
among swine of over $60,000,000.
While this was slightly larger than in
previous years. the loss has run into
many millions of dollars each year for
a decade or more The Sixty second
congress appropriated $4,000 for the
department to begin work against the
ravages of the disease. The work is
now going on in Indiana. Missouri and
Iowa and is meeting with some en-
couragement. although 1t was only be-
gun in July, 1918.
Hog cholera usually makes its ap-
pearance in the spring and then
spreads with increasing rapidity until
autumn. Therefore the department
met in the beginning handicap, as
the appropriation was not available
until July /. The plan Of the work
which is being done in Montgomery
county, Ind; Pettis county, Mo-, and
Dallas county. Ia. is for the depart
ment to place in each county in those
states three or more inspectors, who
will have charge of the work and who
will control the administration of the
departments serum to hogs
The agricultural colleges of the
states will gather statistics and in
form the farmers of the ways in which
they can aid in the campaign. while
the duty of the state veterinarian will
be to control the movement of live
stock and require the disinfection of
stock cars, loading chutes and pens in
such way that the chances for dis
seminating the disease will be less
ened
Farmers not only lose millions of
dollars annually as the result of hog
cholera, but they are undoubtedly de-
tered in many cases from raising hogs
on account Of the fear of cholera. 1t
is evident that loss to the farmer is
loss to the consumer for it is not con-
ceivable that large reduction in the
number of hogs. such as is caused an
nually by hog cholera, can have any
other effect than to increase the price
of pork and, consequently. the cost of
living.