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The Harrison times., 1915-10-09

The marshal Of Harrisburg has been
dismissed as part Of retrenchment
policy instituted by the Town Council.
The Harrison times., 1915-10-09

G. c. Johnson Of Wilburn owns a
copy Of the Sugar Loaf Leader, dated
April, 1893. The town then called Su.
gar Loaf is now known as Heber
Springs
The Harrison times., 1915-10-09

More than 500 people have signed a
petition asking for a primary to de.
eide the postmastership of El Dorado
La Junta tribune., 1915-12-25
IMPORTED.
Total

II will be seen from the above Ia
bic that about one-fourth OF the su-
gar consumed by us Is manufactur-
ed by ourselves. There Is no rea-
son why much greater proportion
could not and would not be made
here II II were not for the attitude
taken by our present national ad-
ministration. Just so long as this
exists Just 50 long will this industry
be at standstill. In fact. the ef-
feet is already shown by several fac
tories having to close down and had
IL not been for the present unfortu-
nate European war. the prospect was
that others would have closed In the
near future. The unduly inflated
prices OF sugar Just following the
declaration of war was uncalled for
and the sugar factories derived a
very small per cent OF the profits AZ
the sugar then sold was largely In
the hands OF jobbers. The price Of
sugar now is about where Il was
nearly two years ago. before tar
m tinkerinr was begun. Should the
present policy OF our administration
be- carried out and sugar continued
on the free list after May. 1916. Il
will mean the death knell to the In.
dustry as soon ms Europe gets back
TO normal conditions. Should this
prevail II would cripple our farming
industry more than any other one
thing. and Il bchooyes every farmer
land owner. business and profession.
al man In our state TO sec that our
various representatives. both state
and national. do everything In their
power TO have undonc. = part at
least. Of the vicious and inconsistent
Legislation already passed BY our
national administration.
La Junta tribune., 1915-12-25
ssormoss Hay shipaests II wiley.

A conservative estimate made BY .
members Of our Commercial Club.
disclose tho following startling fig.
urcs. Over 500 car loads Of alfalfa
hay and alfalfa meal have left Wiley
for eastern points since the hay ship
ping season opened June ist. 1914.
Placing the tonnage at eleven tons
per car. which IL tho the smallest car
loaded With hay or meal. would
make a total Of $500 tons Of hay
placed on the market by the farmers
around Wiley. The average price
paid for this hay. according 10 fis.
urcs furnished us. IL $3.50 per ton.
This would make . total Of e7o.%oe
tina, has found its way into the pock.
cts Of the hay producers In this &c.
tion for their alfalfa crop % far
marketed. An estimate made hy .
few Of our buyers. shows that oaiy
q little over one half Of the eroN.
has been marketed % date. Ths
above figures wiii give our eeaden
an idea Of the enesnous alfalfa
crop produced In this ssetioa q ~
Askansas vaiiey.-wiley Joussal.
La Junta tribune., 1915-12-25
Growing Sugar Beets Successfully
BY ]. E. GAUGER

twelve inches deep In tnc faIl. Inc
beet having main tap root requide,
a deep seed bed In most soils In or
der that its roots may penetrate
deeply into the ground. The longel
the beet the better. as q rule. a,
the rootlets thereby come in contact
with more feeding surface. Short
and stocky beets have 4 greater por
tion above the ground. This expos
ed surface contains about seventy
five per cent OF the impurity OF ths
beet and must be cut Off when top
ping. thereby causing the grower ,
much larger per cent OF loss than Z
beet growing largely in the ground
After the land is ploughed let 4
remain so until the first thaw In tn,
spring when It should be narrowed
thoroughly and leveled with a drag
then harrow frequently until seeding
time. which In this locality, is from
the middle OF April until June LIST
owing to weather conditions and wa
ter In the bitches.
After the seed bed is thorough,
prepared two horse drill or seeded
is used To plant the seed. The ma
chine is so constructed that II ma,
be adjusted to plant different width,
In rows. sixteen, eighteen and TWEEN
~ inches apart. Usually the iattel
distance is used as Il In some handi
er to cultivate. although II is claim
ed. by good authorities. that bcttei
results may be obtained from cioscl
planting. Smaller bccts have finei
cell textures and. some authorities
claim. that finer cell textures give,
better sugar content. The writer Il
not entirely satisfied on this poin,
and Is stiil experimenting along thiI
line. Usually after the seed IL plant
ed II is best TO follow up with irrisa
tion to insure q good and quick ger
mination. Where this IL done ons
should follow up with . smoothing
harrow Just as soon ~ the ground
will permit. and before the seed ger
inmates sufficiently 10 be near IN,
surface. usually two To four days a.
ter irrigatins. DO not plant ths
seed too deep. In early planting
about one inch and later as ths
ground gets warmer. a little deeper
but never over two inches. A. sooi
as the plants begin 20 show 10 tha
rows may be seen n is~ feet ahead
begin with . light cultivation. Ain
always TO keep . loose dirt mulch oI
IN. surface TO conserve moisture b.
re'ardinr capillary attraction. !
bee's were irrigated up aim 10 keel
this moisture conserved sufficient,
50 that no moro water will be neces
.ary until after thinnis. which shoui'
be- when the plants have the fihI
and sixth leaf. DO all deep cui
uvaiine while plants are small an
as they grow and the roots sprca'
out cultivate near the surface. n,
iron clad rule may b. laid down .
10 irritation A. much depends oI
the lay Of land and the general con
ditions and texture Of the soil.
sandy loan with porus sub-soii ~ii
require more water than . medium
clay soil. A steep. rolling surfacs
where water drains off RAPIDLY. neccs
sariiy will require moro water thai
La Junta tribune., 1915-12-25

Win water. On the Other hand DC
not neglect cultivation and expect to
keep the ground loose by frequent
irrigations. thereby causing same TO
bake and become SO hard that the
water will not penetrate same.
As above stated thinning should be
gin when the fifth or sixth leaf ap-
pears. II rows are sixteen inches
apart thin plants to ten or twelve
inches asunder In row. II eighteen
thin to eight to ten and Z twenty
inches apart to six and eight inches
In row. Care should be taken to
leave the thriftiest plant in thinning.
This Is one OF the most critical stages
In crop as usually the help doing this
Is foreign. and should be carefully
superintended. Many good stands
are completely ruined by lack OF care
full supervision while thinning
While not SO rapid. the better way
is TO have all beets spaccd.iik chop
ping cotton In the south. That is.
take a hoe and chop out all beets
between where you want the perman-
ent plant. leaving a small bunch OF
plants at that point. After thinning
the beets should not be disturbed for
n few days 80 that they can recover
from the shock OF being thinned. then
cultivate lightly and furrow out for
irrigation and follow up Immediately
with the water.
The average tonnage varies but ov-
er q series Of years is about eleven
and one-half tons. This ranges from
nothing TO thirty tons per acre. An
imaginary line between two fields.
shows failure and success. depending
upon the farmers who are farming
the same. The average price n
about $3.50 per ton and the aver
age cost per acre for growing and
harvesting same IL about $40 per
acre. This II allowing the farmer
pay for his time and team. This
leaves $50 net profit per acre ~ an
average. or ten per cent on s?oo
per acre land. Many farmers net
$50 10 $50 per acre. Land should
not bc cropped 10 beets oficncr than
three 10 four seasons In succession.
unless heavily fcrtiiiEed with barn
yard manure. Rather take alfalfa
land as u base and rotate your
crops. Most lands In the scmi-arie
districts are highly charged With
minerals but extremely deficient In
humus. This the sugar beet fur
nishes and has been found from act.
uai experiments and observations,
that sii small grain following beets
give an Increase In yield Of from
twenty 70 twenty-five per cent. rhs
total amount Of sugar consumed an.
nuaiiy In the United States In round
numbers. II four million tons. OF
eight billion pounds. Assuming
that xe have one hundred million
population. this would mean . con.
sumption each year Of eighty pounds
Of sugar for every man. woman and
child In the united States. Our
sources Of supply are about ~ fol.
lows:
HOME PRODUCTION.
La Junta tribune., 1915-12-25
The sugar beet has been cultivat-

credit for doing more TO encourage
and develop 1t than to any other one
person. Originally II was a wild
plant with but little sugar content.
but by careful selection OF plant and
seed and by forced cultivation has
been brought up to It's present state
OF perfection. From a former su-
gar content OF three TO four per cent.
II has been brought up to In some in
stances as high as thirty two per
cent although the general average In
this state Is about fourteen. Much
depends upon the selection OF seed
and the proper rotation and cultiya-
ton OF the beets as to obtaining the
best results.
Germany Is the leading country
at this time Of the beet seed indus
try. although Russia and France
grow considerable seed. and the in
dustry Is being slowly developed In
the United States. Briefly mention
ed the method OF growing seed is as
follows: From the growing crop Of
this season at harvest time the best
. developed beets are taken and from
these separate tests for sugar are
made. From these the best are TAX
en- and placed In silos or cellars
until the following spring. These
are called mother beets. and when
the growing season is far enough
advanced these mother bects are
planted In rows In the fields in
ground that has been specially pre-
pared for same. and are very thor
oughiy cultivated and cared for,
The mother beet throws out several
stalks and on these the seed ma
lures and Is harvested and thrcshed
the following fall. From these seed
the best II taken and planted the
following season and the same meth
ed pursued TO obtain mother bees
for the next crop. You will see tina,
II therefore requires two years 10
mature n crop Of seed. Differcn,
seed houses have different strains
tall originally from the same) and
there Il therefore a very spirited ri
vairy between them as TO who oh.
tains the best results. After suifi-
cicnt mother bcets have bcccn grown
TO produce \ large amount Of seed.
the hest OF these are selected 10 re-
plant and the remainder II graded
and placed upon the market for the
regular crop. These seed cost the
sugar companies about nine cents
per ponud Z. o. b. factory. IN
normal years or seasons. and Il
furnished the growers NJ ten cents
pr pound Z. O. b. their loading sta
tions. Twenty pounds Of seed per
serc II used for seeding purposes
should all these terminate Il 10 by
far too much. From sevcniy.siyc Ia
eishty.five per cent Il considered
good scrmination. and even this
amount makes too many plants. hut
this amount IL urged for the reason
that . good stand II considered one
half Of . good yield later on. Besides.
the plant when coming through III"
ground IL very tender and shogn
a." ir,face Of the field he enrrus,so
for any reason. Il viii be readily
seen that several hundred plants viii
more easily push through the ground
than . se~. Many farmers faii
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-08-11
BY BROWN HOLMES.

A new record for the A years of ma.
jor league baseball will be set this
season, Judging from the way things
stack up now. Some club in the Ma.
tional League is going to win the
pennant with percentage mark un-
der .5SS.
Since the National League was
started in 1871, there have been SO
pennant struggles. A in the National
and Is In the American League. In
all these struggles only one pennant
was ever won with a mark under
500. The Detroit Tigers turned the
trick in 1908 with .5SS They just
nosed out the Cleveland Maps.
The National race has been so tor
rid this season the Phils, although
they led for a long time, have not
been able to get far above the $50
mark.
If any club is going to go above
.55S, that club will have TO cut loose
from the rest of the bunch and run
completely away from everybody. 1t
does not seem likely any Of the clubs
can do that.
There are four clubs punched
around the top and all seem Of almost
equal strength. None is able to pull
far ahead of the other. The race is
getting hotter all the time, so the
chances for a new record in low per-
centage is very good.
Over in the American League things
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-08-11
PIRATES WALLOP
NEW YORK TEAM
Adams Holds Gothamites
Safe, While Clarke's Men
Hammer "Rube.''

sP1FTsBURGH, Aug. 11-Jawn Nc.
GraB's Giants were moved down like
so many candy soldiers yesterday af-
ternoon at Forbes Field, and when the
massacre was finished the Pirate EN-.
sblem had been planted in third place.
Babe Adams kept the powerful Man.
haitian batting artillery silent until
! the. victory was sealed, and from every
point, Of the compass the big Missouri
noundsman received the most classy
support possible in baseball. Strategic
stunts were accomplished at the ex-
pense.of Rube Marquard, and the cele.
bfated New York southpaw's benders
finally were flattened out and distribu-
ted ffeelN upon unoccupied sod. A
pinch hitter in the eighth frame saved
farquard from further humiliation.
His successor was Ruben Schauer.
but the right.handed RUDE was not
required to work more than one round,
for the Pittsburghers completed their
days task without having to toll
through the last half Of the ninth.
The count was to 2, and the combat
esgiaddened the hearts Of about 5000
rannln THE score:
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-08-11
Players Prachcing Daily
For Work of Coming Season

The Warrington United Soccer
Football Club has organized for the
season OF 1856 and wishes to start
the schedule on Saturday, August IS.
This team won the championship OF
this and adjoining states last season,
having won eight games while losing
but two. Three new players have
been signed, and the prospects are
better than last seasons.
The players have been practicinS
daily and will soon be in playing con.
dition. Games are wanted with teams
in any part OF the country. The locals
would like to schedule ClarksburE or
Morgantown for the opening date,
either at home or abroad.
For dates or information, write
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-08-11
ny BROWN HOLMES.

Walter ]. Travis, the Little Old
Man Of the Links" is through. He
has announced he will not play in the
national championship tournament at
Detroit, Mich, next month.
The tourney will be the first big one
In years without the entry Of the lit.
tie man who has watched golf grow
from ia game scorned as pastime
3iohty for oslerized to sport 30 pop.
ular that In many cities the courses
are far too few to accommodate the
demand .of both young and old.
Travis has completed in golf tour.
nardents % years. He was "a when
he began competition play. A little
more than a month ago, at the age OF
So, he wen the Metropolitan cham
pionship.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-08-11
WHERE THEY COME FROM.

Joe Jackson, slugger OF the C!eve-
land club. worked in his fathers
butcher shop at Greenvlle, S. c., his
home. When Joe could sneak from
the shop, he played ball, always in his
bare feet He said he could run fas-
ter that way. He is still called
"Shoeless joe"
Joe caught on with the Greenville
team, and was grabbed by Connie
Mack. He got >homesick while with
the Athletics and ran away twice.
Each time Connie sent scout after
him. Connie sold Joe to Savannah,
Ga. He went from there to New Or
leans, and to the big show.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-08-11

Two-base hits-Amama, Long. Mo.
ran. Three.base hit-Boice. Stolen
bases-Dunn, Moran 2, Long. Double
play-Amama to G. Conway TO
Sturms. Hit by pitcher-Apple. Left
on bases-First NJ. E. s. Presbyter-
ians 4. First base on errors-First NJ.
E. 2, Presbyterians 4. First on balls
Off Hamilton 3, off Aultman /. Struck
out-By Hamilton Z, by Aultman 6, by
Knight 2. Hits approximation
Knight 2 in innings, off Aultman
in innings. Wild pitch-Knight.
Umpire-Zeke Davis. Time-1:1O.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-08-11
BILL HART.

Bill Hart, after a career of more
than % years on the ball field, has
resigned as National League umpire.
1t was said he quit because he got
tired of having his work criticised.
Hart was pitcher more than 20
years and was still hurting in the
Southern League when he passed the
age Of 40. He was in the same class
with Cy Young in point of service.
Hart spent his years in the minors,
while Young was in the majors. He
was called Bond Hill Bill Hart be.
cause he lived at Bond Hill, near Gin
cinnati.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-08-11
NOT ENOUGH STEAM.

AS prominent Providence, R. l., at
sLofney. tells the following story OF a
colleague.
He always taps his immense fund
OF funny stories when in court and
never falls to put Judge and jury IN
d good humor.
Once he was conducting o case,
and turning to the jury made tho fol.
lowing remarks:
Don't put too much faith in what
my opponent says, gentlemen. When
he begins to talk his brain ceases to
work. He's like the little steamboat
down South ct the river town where
Tgwas born. It had q fivsinch boiler
ands Beven.inch whistle. The result
was that when the whistle blew tho
steamboat stopped"
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-08-11

Jerry Travis is the only golfer who
has won more titles than the Little
Old Man." Travis won the Met. cham
pionship four times, was national
champion, and in 1904 won the Brit
ish championship. He was the only
Yankee TO ever carry away an Eng
lish golf title.
Travis by being on the links almost
every day for years, reduced the
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-08-11
National Flag May Be Won By Smallest
Average in A Seasons Of Major Ball

are different. There is a bigger diff
ference in the strength al the first and
second division clubs. Boston has
been we'll over the 800 mark for some
time and Detroit has beaten that
figure. There does not seem much
chance there for the winning team
will be under 500.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-08-11

mate some good man. then weaken
and allow some one else, with not
much chance of winning, to remain
in. III just knock around for fun
hereafter"
The tourney will not seem right to
golfers and fans who, year after year,
have watched the Little Old Man"
In his traditional uniform Of Oxford
jacket and knickerbockers. chewing
on a black cigar, playing his way into
the semi.finals and finals.
eve had my day. I'm willing now
to step aside for the younger ele.
ment," was the statement OF the "Lit,
tie Old Man" as he closed his tourna.
ment career.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-08-11

OF. Marquard 8 in innings
III schauer in 1 inning. Two.base
hits Bairda2, Brainard, Grant Htnch-
man. Three.base hit-Collins. Stolen
hase Carey. Double play-Fletcher,
DOYLE i and Brainard. First base on
baiIsoff Marquard (Vioxl. First
{ base onra rror-Pitsburgh l. Sacrifice
bun Johnston. Sacrifice fy-Burns.
Left on bases-New York 3, Pitts
4 hnfeht2. Struck out-By Marquard 8
ITiinchman 2, Costello 2, Collins. ana
I. AiamsJ; by schauer ! Baird; by
Adams (Fletcher). Time OF game
ii8S. 3umpires-Klem and Cockih.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-08-11
METHOD|STS NOW
IN FIRST PLACE
Defeat Presbyterians in Well
Played Contest and Take
The Lead.

Playing great baseball the First NJ.
E. team OF the church league moved
into first place last night by defeat.
ing the Presbyterians in hard played
contest, TO 2. The game went eight
innings and was well played on both
sides.
On Thursday evening OF this week
the First Baptist and the Palatine
Baptist teams will play their tie game
and good battle is expected. The
Scnra.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-08-11

No chance yet to change the first
letter in the name OF this young col
legian, Koob, who is pitching for the
st. Louis Browns. He held the Bos.
ton Sox to four hits in seven innings,
the Athletics to four in nine innings
and shut out Washington with four
hits in eight rounds.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-08-11

game to science. He knew to with
in few feet, the carrying distance
of each OF his sticks. He played golf
a good deal like a chess champion
plays chess.
Travis reason for staying out of the
national meet is typical of his fair.
ness.
ut would not be right for me- no
said, ito start fresh and possibly elm
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-08-11
Federal League.

Yesterdays Scores.
Baltimore s, Pittsburgh 6.
St. Louis l, Buffalo 0 az innings)
Chicago 7, Newark 0.
Kansas City 3, Brooklyn 2.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-08-11

Chicago golfer says golf ball
he drove struck big mole on the
head and killed him "deader'n door
nail" This is the time OF the year
for stories like that.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-08-11
Sport Notes.

The New York state boxing com.
mission has declared the backhand
blow a foul. The real foul in New
York Is the blow that dents the
pocketbooks OF fans for the privilege
OF watching few tango boxers of
washwoman heavyweights.
Anyhow, Johnny Evers has solved
the problem of how to get the fans
out to the ball park.
The wind blew runners and hurd-
lers to new athletic records in the
exposition meet, but they won't count,
because Old Boreas is not eligible
under A. A. U. rules.
Eddie McGoorty Is mighty popular
in Australia now. An Australian box.
er knocked him out.
We can still call Connie Mack the
long leader, but how about this tall
tactician, slim strategist business?
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-08-11
American League.
Yesterdays Scores,

Yesterdays Scores.
New York 2, Cleveland O.
Cleveland 8, New York 2.
st. Louis 3, Boston 2.
Boston 10, st. Louis 8.
Chicago 8, Philadelphia 4.
Detroit s. Washington 2.
Standino nf The cl,,be
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-08-11
Standing Of the Clubs.

Games Today.
Pittsburgh at Baltimore.
Kansas City at Brooklyn.
St. Louis at Buffalo.
Chicago at Newark.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-08-11

Samuel Hildreth. lis Clatyon St, Man
nington, W. Va.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-08-11
BASEBALL IN A NUTSHELL
National League.


Yesterdays Scores.
Pittsburgh s, New York 2.
Brooklyn 8. Chicago /.
Philadelphia. Cincinnati, rain.
Boston-St. Louis, rain.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-08-11
Standing of the Clubs

Games Today.
st. Louis at Boston.
Cleveland at New York.
Detroit at Washington
Chicago at Philadelphia.
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IS 4 DEAR GIRL
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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-12-13

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most OF the married are.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-12-13

Serbia win know cuDuah about war
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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-12-13

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