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Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-25
Notice of Forfeiture.

To G. A. Brown, his heirs and ad-
 ministrators and to all it may con-
 cern:
 You are hereby notified that we have expended during the years 1912, 1913, and 1914, the sum of three hun, dred dollars ($300.00), lawful money of the United States, in labor and improvements, upon your one-sixth interest in those mining claims lying and being on Mineral creek, in the recording precinct of Valdez, Alaska, which are known as the Monte Carlo group consisting of the Monte Carlo, Monte Carlo No. 2, Monte Carlo No. No. 5, Monte Carlo No. 6, the location notices of said claims being of record in the office of the commissioner and recorder, at Valdez, Alaska, pages numbered 322, 323, 325, 326, and 327. of Book 2 Min ing Records, in order to hold said claims under the provisions of Sec tion 2324 of the Revised Statutes of tue United States, concerning annual labor on mining claims, being the amount required to hold said lode claims for the period ending Decem- Der, 1914.
 And unless within ninety days af- ter the completion of the publication of this notice, to-wit: within ninety days after the 9th day of May, 1915, you contribute your proportion of such expenditure incurred in perform ing said annual labor and improve ments, which is the sum of three hundred dollars ($3OO.0O), your inter- est in said claims will become the property of your co-owners, who have made the required expenditure, by the terms of said sec+ion.
 Dated at Valdez, Alaska; this 4th day of February, 1915.
 MIKE BARRETT.
 JULIUS JUNGHOLM. Last publication May 6. 1915.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-25

Notice of Special Meeting of the Stockholders of the Valdez Electric Company.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-25
A Chanqe That Worked.

Little Alice was writing invitations for her birthday party and had been instructed by her mother to write the sentence "Please bring no presents at the bottom of each invitation.
 The little guests arrived at the ap- pointed time. but each came with a gift for the hostess.
 Alice upon being taken to task for having forgotten the sentence said:
 "No. mamma: put in every single letter of that note. only changed the no the least little bit.'
 The note read, "Please bring on pres ."-Ladies' Home Journal.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-25
HOG TYING A L0NGH0RN.
catchiny, Tripping and Ropins Steer
 In Twenty seven Seconds.

To rope, "bust" and "hog tie" wild Texas longhorn single handed in two minutes is q sport which represents the daily work of the range. Men of quick eye and steady nerve each start their fifty feet behind the longhorn, which may jump the arena fence like deer and again and again dodge when it hears the first swish of the rope. The rope often breaks on the tautening, or the saddle may slip, as in the case of Bill Mahaffey, who landed on his head with foot caught in the stirrup and but for the splcndidy trained COW pony might have been dragged and killed.
 There goes Cuba Crutchfield! He overtakes his sister. Swish, swish! His lariat Zips through the air-a beautiful throw over the horns. Then the COW pony braces. and the rope tightens like harp string Watching, anticipating every move of his horned adversary, the cowboy now circles the animal so that the rope is brought from the horns around the hind legs. A word. and the knowing pony makes sudden start Thud. and the steer is tripped or bust cd" The rope tautens, and the rider is already running afoot with short cord in hand toward the steer, depending for his own safety on his trained COW pony to hold that rope taut and the steer in position. With marvellous dex- terity he ''hog ties" with a number of half hitches looped about the hind feet and one forefoot of the steer. The man stands erect, raises both arms in the air, and Crutchfield has not only won the steer roping championship, but has ridden down. roped, thrown and hog tied steer in twenty-seven seconds, within six seconds of the best record ever made-W Worlds Work.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-25
VlOLINISTS UNMASKED.
Edison Tells the Secret of How They
 Strike the Riqht Note.

Thomas A. Edison, who has an ex- pert knowledge of every known mu- sical instrument, from the oboe to the aeolian harp. was discussing the great violinists of the present age. He spoke with deep feeling.
 ''I have to admit" he declared sadly, that for long time those fellows had me completely bewildered. used to watch them in amaZement. Every time one of them shot finger halfway down the neck of his fiddle and stop ped it in exactly the right place for the sounding note gasped in astonisl- ment. Every time, it seemed, he could stop that finger correctly within one thousandth of an inch. That's what he had to do in order to make the right nOte And I concluded that he and his fellows were ill some way superior to all other kinds of people in the matter of judging distances.
 But know better now. After long and careful observation I have dscov cred the truth. Those fellows shoot their fingers up and down with an air of great confidence, but they never know exactly where the fingers will stop. Like any other human being they guess at it. Then just as the note is begun by the scraping of the bow their trained ears catch the defect, and they readjust their fingers. Conse- quently, although the public doesn't know it. the great violin geniuses of the world fill their work with lot of notes that start falsely. y."-Popular Mag ;lzine
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-25
Notice of Special Election.

Notice is hereby given that a spec ial election for the purpose of elect ing a clerk of the Valdez school board to fill the vacancy caused by the re- moval of c. E. Bunnell from the city of Valdez. Alaska. Election will be held at the Fire Hall Valdez, Alaska, April 9th. 1915. The polls will be open from a. m. to 2 p. m. The following persons shall be qualified to vote: All adults who are citizens of the United States, or who have declared their intention to become such and who are residents of the Valdez school district. The judges of said election will be Chas. Sealey, John Hockey, and Sam McNiece. The clerks shall be John Krum and c. P. Topliff.
 Dated this 23rd day of March. 1915.
 A. WON GUNTHER,
 MRS. ALBERT WHITE, Members of Valdez School Board.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-25

Notice is hereby given that a spec ial meeting of the stockholders of held at the offices of the company in he town of Valdez, Alaska, on Thursday, the 22nd day of April, 1915, at the hour of 2 o'clock, in the after noon of said day, for the purpose of considering the question of increasing the capital stock of said company, fl om it's present capitalization, name ly twenty-five thousand dollars, dl- vided into twenty-five hundred shares of the par value of ten dollars each, to the sum of one hundred thousand dollars, which shall be divided into one hundred thousand snares of tie par value of one dollar each. Also authorizing the company to amend It's articles of incorporation, so that its indebtedness may be increased to sum not to exceed fifty thousand dol lars, with full power to issue bonds in payment of all of its indebted ness, and to mortgage or otherwise hypothecate its property or any part thereof, for the purpose of securing SuCu lllUcUICuuCSS. dlSO duiAOl lAluS the company to amend it's articles of incorporation, so that it may acquire by purchase or otherwise water rights, water power, and the lands incident al thereto, and that it may reduce the number of it's directors from seven to three.
 And you are hereby notified to be present at said meeting either in per son. or by your regularly authorized proxy or attorney in fact for the pur- pose of considering said questions.
 This notice -is hereby served on you by publication thereof, in the Valdez Daily Prospector, newspaper published at Valdez, Alaska, which is the principal place of business of said company. Said notice will be published in said newspaper for eight consecutive weeks, beginning with the issue of February 24th, 1915, and end ing with the issue of April 21st, 1915. Witness our hands as directors of said company, this 23rd day of Feb ruary, 1915.
 F. M. BOYLE,
 B. B. RITCHIE,
 w. M. FINICAL,
 GEO. J. LOVE,
 Directors.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-25

The Prosysstor onies fer job work.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-25
Only His Little Joke.

A clergyman who was a widower had three grownup daughters. Hay ing occasion to go away from home for a few weeks. he wrote home from time to time In one of his letters he informed them that he had married Il widow with six children" This creat- ed a stir in the household. When the vicar returned home one of his daugh- ters, her eyes red with weeping. said:
 "Where's the widow you married, father?'
 "Oh, I married her to another man. I ought to have told you that" ."-Lon- don Telegraph.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-25
Criticism.

Criticism. What play did you see when you went to the theater?" "'Romeo and Juliet.'" How did you like it?" Well, the costumes were all right, but Romeo couldn't dance. and Juliet wasn't much for looks, and neither one of 'em had any real new stuff. Wash ingt0n Star.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-25
NOTICE OF SALE

Notice hereby District of the March 1915 Valdez of be given provided
 
 rected delinquent roll the be sold at public auction tween the hours and April 26th, at said the same hours until all of said
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-25
Notice of Election.

Notice of Election.
 Notice Is hereby given that Gen. eral Municipal Election will be held in the Town of Valdez, Alaska, on the sixth day of April, 1915, for the purpose of electing seven members of the Common Council, who shall hold office for the term of one year, and until their successors are elected and qualified; also one member of the Valdez School Board who shall serve as director for a term of three years and until his successor Is elect. ed and qualified.
 The Town Hall has been designat. ed as the polling place for said cleo tion.,
 Said election shall commence at g o'clock a. m. and shall continue un- til 2 o'clock p. m. of the same day. without closing the polls.
 R. B. ASHBY,
 Town Clerk. Publications March 8, 16. 22. 29. Nh> Dros~Aa<ns. nSvtnn Far fnh vg0rk
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-25
Women and Betting.

"Why is it that men bet and women lon't?"
 "Men choose betting as a means of putting a stop to an argument"
 "Well?" , "Well, women never want an argu- ment stopped. ."-Cleveland Leader.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-25

First the thick cloud and then the arc.-Bonar.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-25
She Knew.

She Knew. Madam, do you give any of your time for self ref1ecti0n| Certainly do. What de you sup pose looking glasses are made forT'- Exchange.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-12
Use Three BaseballS,
 But to No Avail

THE funniest baseball yarn? Well.
 how about this one, related by Out fielder Bill Speas of the Portland (Ore.) team?
 Tt happened in 1906," asserts Bill. "I was playing with the Columbus (O) team against the Mansfield (O.) out fit. Mansfield had two men on bases. The batter fouled off the first ball along the right field foul line. The umpire quickly threw in another, and the batter shot another foul toward right field. Another ball was put into play by the umpire, and the batter sent it dipping through the infield and out to me in left.
 II caught the ball on a bound and heaved 1t in. It went wild and hit the grand stand. In the meantime the right fielder had recovered both foul balls and had thrown them to the in- field. Our first baseman grabbed one and started chasing down the batter between first and second. Our short stop grabbed the other ball and raced after the runner. who was trying to go to third. Meanwhile our catcher, hay ing recovered my throw of the real hit, raced toward the home plate in an eff fort to overhaul the other base run ner, who was trying to score while our pitcher, who was covering the plate, howled at him to throw the bcll."
New Britain herald., 1915-10-12

1 the ball should go to the man of the side making the pass was upheld. That the ball is not automatically dead when an offside member of the
 kicking side is hit with 1t after a punt
 was also declared. The penalty may
 be refused by the side not making the kick and play go on as in any other case of a declined penalty. If a ball is kicked a second time it will go to the opposing side, even though it has not gone ten yards It was also brought up and the opinion given that the whistle should be blown whenever the forward progress of the ball ceases. If there is an uncompleted forward pass after offside play or holding has been called the penalty shall be made for offside or holding and no forward pass considered. The first offense always takes precedence and holds good in this regard.
 To judge from the slight changes of the last two years in the code football is now reaching stage similar to that held by baseball, one where no radical alterations in the playing code may be looked for, but in which slight changes to clear up certain points or to benefit the game technically are likely to oc- cur. Football is now more stable than at any previous period in it's whole his- tory, and with the minor improvements in the code each year it Is likely to grow more and more in favor. One of the chief drawbacks for coaches and players alike previous to three years ago was the continual alterations in the code and the high development of the game now is undoubtedly due to the stableness of the rules, which has given time to work out some few of the many problems the sport affords.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-12

A ruling which came up several times a year ago and which was dis puted on numerous occasions was that relating to the catching of a forward pass simultaneously by a defensive and offensive player. The contention that
New Britain herald., 1915-10-12

his quarterback in this way. There have been cases where the coach has sent player on the field and even be- fore he reported to the referee has gone to the quarterback and told him the information he bore and was then re- moved from the game and his prede- cessor again substituted without hav- ing taken part In a single play. The rule about "roughng the full back has been divided into two parts. It was realized that in the majority of instances when the fullback was "roughed'' it was not due to such in tention on the part of the player ad- judged of being so guilty, but resulted from his efforts to block kicks. It was almost impossible for a powerful line man to halt his progress quickly enough to keep from running into the fullback while charging fast, yet the severe penalty of disqualification awaited him unless he did. This has been changed, and in such cases the penalty will be fifteen yards, while in the intentional instances of roughing the penalty will be fifteen yards for the team and disqualification for the player The penalty for unsportsman- like conduct, too, has been lessened,
 
 an act instead of disqualification. The officials have been given power, though, to disqualify in fragrant cases
 Ball Must Leave Center
 A play that has been practiced con- siderably Is that of having the center pass the ball back, but instead of let ting go of 1t hold it against his leg so that a lineman could come around and take it from him and run with it, perhaps in another direction. after the backs had gone off as in a regular play. This was deceiving many times, yet it was not adjudged a play of real football merit, and all chance of such a method advancing the ball has been eliminated by changing the rule gov erning passing back the ball to make the ball actually leave the center's hands
 The method of blocking, heretofore exercised, by placing one or both of the hands on the ground and throwing the body and legs in the air is ruled against. If man now blocks with his lower leg in this manner his team will be penalized fifteen yards. A great many of the minor injuries resulting from striking with the heavy cleated shoes and from the tipping at times should thus be eliminated
 No definite rule relative to number ing the players was made, but the com mittee recommended that this be done Another official was made mandatory, provision for field judge being made. The field judge will also keep time in stead of the head linesman. Whenever the ball goes out of bounds 1t will al ways be brought back fifteen yards. In other years it has been customary for the referee to ask the captain how far he wanted it placed from the side line.
 Several Rulings Approved.
 A ruling which came up several times a year ago and which was dis puted on numerous occasions was that relating to the catching of n forward pass simultaneously by a defensive and offensive player. The contention that !
New Britain herald., 1915-10-12

true form at the Panama Pacific games. Caldwell and Higgins of Bos- ton, Taber, the record miller; Meyer, the sprint champion, and even the great Kolehmainen were all upset by the swing in the west. Koly won, 'tis true, but his performance was a decid- edly ordinary one.
 To Meredith must be given the credit for performing one of the greatest middle distance feats of the year when he ran the quarter mile at the inter- collegiate games in AS seconds and then went out and took the half mile in 1 minute 54 3-5 seconds.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-12
Q Several Changes Made Nm Football Rules 4

FXCEPT for technical changes, tend ing to better the game particularly from the standpoint of players and officials, football will be played this fall under the same code as last year. There are one or two parts which are made more stringent, others are given clearer and more definite meanings, several disputed rulings are decided. but far as the spectator is concern ed there will be little or no difference in the gridiron games they watched in 1914 and the contests that are to take place this fall.
 Two definite alterations have been made in rules governing the forward pass. One relates to throwing the ball out of bounds and the other the pen atty for a member of the side touching the ball after it has first been touched by another player of his team. Last year, particularly down near the goal line where the distance was not suf- ficient to make a punt, it was cus- tomary for many teams to throw the ball out of bounds when 1t could not make its distance and the ball would then go to the defending eleven at a point two or three yards in front of the goal line instead of being brought
 
 often result from a punt. This year a forward pass when thrown out of bounds is simply an incompleted pass and will not be made on fourth down in such cases as that mentioned be- cause the ball would go to the oppos- ing team, provided 1t were fourth down, at the spot of the previous down. Under the code of 1914 when a forward pass touched a player of the side mak- ing the pass after 1t had already been touched by a member of that side the ball went to the opposing eleven at the spot of the foul That has been qualified, and now the ball, if touched by a second eligible player, will sim ply go as an uncompleted pass also. Of course if the ball at any time touches an ineligible player 1t will go to the opposing team.
 Undue Roushness Prevented.
 There was considerable difficulty ex- perienced by officials last year in pre- venting the interferers knocking down unsuspecting defensive players after the ball was dead. It was a common oc- currence last fall to see men have their feet cut from under them and spill ed long after the play was ended and the ball had been declared dead by the referee. provision has also been in serted to keep the defensive players from running into their opponents un- der just such conditions.
 The use of substitutes in the last quarter has been considerably abused. After the antagonism aroused against football in 1909 had reached its zenith a provision was placed in the code al- lowing players to be resubstituted in the last quarter, so that a coach or trainer could remove a man who ap- peared more fatigued than usual in order that he might not suffer injury on that account. The best use, though, to which this has been put was the sending in of substitutes with infor- nation from the coach as to how the game ought to be run. The tide has been changed in many games because some coach has got information to
New Britain herald., 1915-10-12
MEREDITH GREATEST RUNNER OF THE SEASON.

WHEN the list of athletic marvels of
 1915 is made up Ted Meredith Philadelphia's great middle distance runner, must be placed at the top. Mere dith finished wonderful season on the track at San Francisco by beating the fieetest quarter milers in the country, winning the national championship at that distance for the second consecu- tive year.
 Meredith alone of all the eastern star runners who went west showed his
New Britain herald., 1915-10-12

jumped to the Pittsburgh Feds.
 cause, he says, any player who pref the jitney circuit to the big time wo not fit in on his club. ''Comstock is ] a good minor leaguer." says Herzie.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-12
HERZOG GLAD COMSTOCK
 JUMPED.

CHARLEY HERZOG. manager of the
 Cincinnati Reds, is said to have declared that he is glad Comstock
New Britain herald., 1915-10-12

1, Adams; 2, Baumgartner; 3, Demaree; 4, Moran; 5, Alexander; G. Niehoff; /. Me- Quillan; 8, Chalmers; 9, Mayer; 10, Burns; Il, Tincup; l2, Paskert; l3, Weiser; IA, Stock; Is, Dugey; l6, Cravath; l7, Becker; IS, Whitted.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-12
HERE'S A QUESTION.

HERE'S A QUESTION.
 A BASEBALL sharp asks. "1 "A can't a man who has alrs reached second go back to first if presence on first is of more value { on second?" There are several q' tions along this line which could asked. For instance. why can't a i who has made a home run run the other way for two if that would of more value to his team7
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-03-08
BIGGEST COLLEGIATE MEET
AT MADISON SQUARE TODAY

United Press-
NEW YORK, Merch 6.-Star ath-
Ietes : -fsnis.- ali esstem ull.xes and
amateur clubs were to compete to-
day in the indoor games of the in
tercollegiate association of amateur
athletics of America, at Madison
Square Garden.
The meet was expected to bring to-
gether the greatest collection of col
legc athletes ever seen at an indoor
competition. Manager Gerry had re.
ports early in the week that 2,00C
athletes were training for the prelim.
inaries.
Matt Halpin, chairman of the ath.
letic committee of the New York Ath.
letic club, has been selected as pisto
handler for the relay carnival. This
is the first time in more than twenty
years that professional starter has
not been employed.