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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-20
Rensselaer, May Not
 Have Any Track Team

Troy, N. Y., Dee. 20.-Tkere is a possibility that Rensselaer, Poly. will not be represented by track team this season for the first time in years. The material is not as good this year as it has been in the past, and last years graduating class so depleted the ranks of the Mercury footed, such as Reeves and Parsons, that the ath- letic council has not as yet allowed the scheduling of any meets.
 No definite action has been taken. but it is entirely probable that the ath- 1etic council will limit cinder -tra ok activities to interc1ass affars for this season.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-20
SIX DAY RIDERS ARE
 BEHIND THEIR RECORD

leading in the six-day bicycle race at Madison Square Garden at ' a. m. today, the 55th hour, were 70 miles and three laps behind the record for that period with 1.073 miles and one lap to their credit. The record, 1,143 miles and four laps, was made by Cameron and Kaiser in 1915. The other teams are one lap behind the leading group.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-20
(By Wa gner.)

Manager Gene McCann of New Lon hard hitting local boy who played third for Bridgeport last season. Mo- Cam thinks the slugger would help his club a lot and he is prepared to pay for Bakers release.
 During the recent National league meeting in New York McCann had several talks with Manager McGraw of the Giants, who own Baker. It is said they will sell Howie for few hundred dollars and that sum is only lunch money to the man who handles Morton Plants bankroll. The nego- tiations brought out the interesting fact that the Giants didn't know Ba-i ker played in this city last season.
 When Harry Cornen owned the club he told Manager Neal Ball to wire the Giants and see if he could get Baker. A reply was received that the player could be obtained for $300 under an optional agreement. The local club did not send the money but instead informed Baker that permission had been received to use him. He pas- timed here the whole campaign and the Giants didn't get wise. But of course he still belongs to New York.
 Announcement was made today that Jesse c. Burkett had been engaged as coach for the Holy Cross college base ball team next season. Burkett for merly played in the National, Ameri-' can and Eastern leagues.
 The attitude of the fans toward calling too many fouls was again in- dicated at Colonial h; Il last night when the crowd hissed Referee Ward Brennan when he penalized Paterson players for what appeared to be trifl- ing violation of the rules. Before the Interstate managers get together to arrange for the second half of the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-20
DARCY TO LAND IN NEW YORK
 BY NEXT WEEK

New York, Dec. 20-Les Darcy, the Australian fighter, positively will ar rive in New York Sunday night or Monday morning. This was learned last night. Fearing that he might be held up on his arrival, Darcy is not coming to this port as a passenger, but as a sailor on one of the boats out from Chile.
 The report that Darcy left Australia on the steamer Hattie Luckenbach is erroneous. He left on a, boat that. sailed before the Hattie tuckenbach, arrived in Chile at least four weeks ago, and shipped from there as a sailor for New York.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-20
EASTERN EXPECTS TO HAVE
 CIRCUIT FIXED NEXT WEEK
Cecil Spooner Stock Company May Get Lawrence f. Club in Few Days.

not able to defend their claims before the annual meeting of the National
 Association,s Board of Arbitration and President O'Nei1 announced that these cases would be re-opened by the board to allow these clubs to present their arguments.
 Hearne is claimed by the Toronto club, despite the fact that it allowed Hearne to go last spring, because he was not in condition, and Hearne i'm mediately signed up with the New London club. His record with the Planters made the Toronto club en-
 vious, and they took this step in an effort to get him back. McCann was declared in the right in a decision handed down by Secretary Farrell, but when the case was appealed to tho board there was no notice of the peal sent out and the board, havj only the Toronto side of the case fore it, reversed the decision, and t held the Toronto club.
 The situation in the Gero case vii Hartford was somewhat similar. Gle was suspended by Hartford and lat sold to Springfield. He asked for t. days pay and lost his case before se refary Farrell. He appealed to i DIIdTO, anu W10n no uOIIC0 OI lu0 peal was sent out, the Hartford c1rt side of the case was not presented a the board reversed the decision h
 The presence of Jack Kiernan, for mer Fitchburg manager, in the lobby of the hotel prior to the meeting, gave rise to the rumor that Fitchburg is still angling for a franchise in the league, and if the city goes no license in the election held there today, may make new overttures for franchise, possibly with Portland, or even with Lynn. as both of these club owners are said to be ready to sell, if the league is sati~fied with the purchasers they secure.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-20
ELECT LOWE TO
 CAPTAIN FORDHAM

New York, Dec. 20.-George H. Lowe, ri ght tackle on the Fordf1an Univer- sity football team, was unanimously e ieoted yesterday as captain of the 1917 eleven by the r players who re- cetved the Varsity "F'' on Monday night, Lowe. who is a freshman in 9sle Law school of F'efdham, is eligible to represent the Bfonxites for two more years. In 1914 he was captain of the Exeter Academy eleven, and played left end. Last season he weE1Eed at left tackle at Lafayette, bat after deciding to take SD law he catered Fofdham iR September and had no trouble in winning regular position. 3
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-20

any part of any American currency they may put up.
 Come out of your shell, and sign these articles to box Condon, which will mean an addition to the bank roll, and establish yourself as a real battler, and good sport
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-20

Secretary of the Navy Daniels ap- pointed a board consisting of Admiral F. S. Fletcher, Commander F. H. Clerk and Lieutenant Commander Reuben Bakenrus to investigate the various Government armor plate plant sites suggested by the Naval General Rnard.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-20

Fire damaged the five-stery ware- house of the Long Island Storage Co.,, at Brooklyn, at a loss of $25,00O.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-20

Score: First half, Bridgeport, 12; Paterson, II. Fouls called on Bridge port, 13; on Paterson, 25. Referee, Brennan. J. E. Waters. official scorer.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-20

A delegation of 200 from South Norwalk will be at the ringside to- morrow night when Battling Kunz toes the mark in his bout with Bud Palmer of this city at the Casino. The boys are scheduled to appear ir, the star bout of the Liberty A. c. show and the go is booked for 12 rounds Kunz is state lightweight champion so he intends to protect his title by giving Palmer a good Iacing. The local boy may fool him, how ever
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-20

The 12-round argument between Young McAuliffe, state featherweight champion. and Eddie Coulon of this city, is also attracting attention. Me- Auliffe always gives the fans a run for their money. Coulon claims he will make Mac extend himself The first bout will have Al Ketchel of this city and Frankie Conifrey of New York as principals. It looks like packed house. The first bout will start at S:30 so the store clerks will be able to see the star event.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-20

XMAS TREES, WREATHS
 AND ROPING JOHN RICK & SON
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-20

New York, Dec. 16-There is war
 nong the European fancy ice skat-
 champions now in this c1ty-that :, war of the steel blade variety,
 hich is settled by supremacy on the
 surface. During the past couple { months nearly every ice skater of ote in Europe has come over to this ountry in search of more fame and loney. At present there are at least
 dozen fancy and speed ice skaters vho claim all kinds of titles in this 1ity. To settle who is the champion of champions the promoters have sug.. gested that they meet in competition and the winner to be called the real honest to goodness champion. As
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-20

Farmer Want Ads. One Cent a Word
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-20

season they had better take up the foul question. Otherwise the popu- larity of the game will be injured.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1916-09-21
FLEEING FROM MEXICO.
CONTINUED from page one.l

NCohtii"cu iiOm PdSe oht.J
the time we were safely lodged in a
hotel run by foreigners, not Ameri-
cans.
BY Saturday morning all the Ameri-
cans waiting either on the Nebraska
or in the port of Vera Cruz had been
put abord the transport, The Sumner,
but we had to wait a day longer for
the gunboat Wheeling. bearing from
other ports more refugees who were
to join us and share our pleasures and
discomforts-mostly discomforts. On
Sunday morning we put to sea, an
already worn and motley collection of
human beings, all suffering more or
less from ~Mexicanitis, caused by, or
aggravated by, too frequent doses of
notwithstanding and d%o-nothing poll
cy. Even the twenty-five missionar-
les aboard showed symptoms of a
crouch "agin the government" and
as we gazed upon the shore OF the
country we had learned to love, more
than n person must have groaned
and thought at least: "Why we're we
made leave the land of our adoption
and the people who have learned to
look to US in their helplessness and
need?"
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1916-09-21
WINDOWS EVEN WITH FLOOR
VENTlLATE SCHOOLRO0M

How the problem of schooiroom
ventilation was solved by a California
school superintendent, Is told In the
October Popular Mechanics Magazine.
In his study of the situation the su-
p~erintendent found that ordinary win
dows are not properly placed to take
of the heavier gases generated by the
breathing of several persons in a
room, and that v~entilators close to
the floor are necessary. To meet this
need he devised a type of schoolroom
which has been widely adopted in
Santa Clara county. The Two outer
walls are practically filed with win
dows, including rows even with the
floor. These lower Ones, like the
others, are hinged at the upper edge
and stand open practically I'll the time.
II is stated that the pupils in these
rooms show a marked improvement
In their work.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1916-09-21
DRY.FARMING PRACTICES
nuTUs mn TE

PUT TO TEST
Reports reaching the office Of the
International Farm congress from all
portions of the great plains area indi-
cate that the present crop season Is
the driest In several years.
These same reports also show that
those farmers who we're not mislead
by the past two or three unusually
wet years, and who stuck to the we'll
established and proven system OF TIL
lage and cropping known AZ dry
farming" have uniformly Jared better
than their neighbors who farmed care
lessly. and made no particular effort
In the way OF accumulation and CON
~servation OF moisture. In countless
instances this difference Is the diff
ference between total failure and a
crop OF fair proportions and extra
quality.
There In no surprise In this. II
was bound TO come. Periods OF drouth
and periods OF abundant moisture are
a. sure to follow one another as the
pendulum Of n clock swings back and
forth. The only difference is that the
swinging IL irregular; N or more
wet years may be followed by one or
more dry years.
The Lesson liz plain. IL IL only 4
repetition OF many previous lessons
Those icy recruits to the theory that
the climate changes and the rainfall
Increases with settlement and cultiva-
ton are learning what they have been
repeatedly told, but which thsy refus-
cd to believe. There is no historic
record OF an ~appreciable permanent
change OF climate or rainfall within
the limit Of one mans life. or even In
q much longer period. Certainly there
has been no permanent change In the
great plains region. or anywhere else
IN the United States, A recent num-
Der OF The Review gave a abulated
record OF eighteen representative sta
lions west OF the Mississippi. most OF
them covering a period OF fifty years,
This table was arranged In averages
OF ten-year periods. and no ten-year
period. for any station, showed a sub
%stantial change from any other like
period for the same station.
The Dry-Farming congress was or
ganired for the purpose OF studying,
evolving and promulgating a system
of agriculture which would render
more certain the growing OF crops
under insufficient or irregular rain
fall The basic principles OF the sys-
TEN worked out are the accumulation
OF the maximum O OF rainfall In
the soil, and it's conservation for the
ase OF growing crops Though com
paratively simple In theory. this sys-
tenn requires notifications 10 s9it var
,-css sses - scsl citmesss attitudes
latitudes. and topography. but these
notifications are now largely es.a5-
lished.
The sucooss Of the dry-fsrming pro
paGnaaA has for several yesrs been
thorouehly demonstrated. hut the past
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1916-09-21

few favorable seasons have lulled
many people into q false sense OF Sc
curity. and caused them to doubt Its
necessity. Those who were so misled
are paying the penalty this year.
No claim has ever been made by the
Dry-Farming congress or by any re-
sponsible dry-farmer that the system
would insure a crop regardless of
the degree of drouth. There have
been seasons when no known methods
OF tillage would have produced a crop,
and there will be such seasons again
though fortunately such drouths rare
ly or never extend over all portions
OF the dry-farmlng area.
President MOndelPs Warning.
The last annual sessions of the In
ternational Dry-Farming congress
we're held at Denver last October, just
at the close Of a crop season OF un-
usually abundant and fevcrably-dis-
tributcd moisture. Congressman
Frank w. Mondell, who was then pres
ident OF the congress. spoke In part
as follows. In his annual address.
over a large portion Of the arid
and semi-arid states of .his union the
growing season just passed has been
ono. of unusual srAinfali and the dry
farmer Is rejoicing In phenomenal
~crops-crops that are In many In
stances as heavy and abundant AS
like crops In the same region under
irrigation.
II congratulate our farmers on
these conditions which have so rich
ly rewarded their labors, and especial
ly those to whom these conditions come
af a saving and blessed relief from q
series OF unusually dry seasons.
II feel h my duty, however, to
accompany my congratulations
with \ reminder that We cannot
hope for = continued recurrence Of
unusually favorable seasons, and
should not therefore relax our ef-
forts 10 put and continue In opera
tion those thorough and scientific
methods Of moisture conservation
which alone will make farming
Nniformly safe and profitable In
regions Of normally limited rain
fall.
Nothing better Illustrates the inn
portance OF and necessity for move
ments and meetings like this than the
fact that not only do many farmers in
the older dry-farming regions cling
tenaciously 70 haphazard and hun
scientific methods, In spite Of repeat
ed failures In unusually dry years.
but that large numbers OF farmers, in
regions where the growing of Guilt
waited crops is taking the place OF the
range. are CHANGING success without
making any special effort 90 adopt
those methods that alone can make
tor lasting In any semi-arh
or sub-humid region.
ION the contrary We ind farm.
ers, and more especially real es-
state agents encouraged BY \ sis.
Ga, " . scriss, Of years 81 snus-
ual precipitation, sathss resent
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1916-09-21
Ing the suggestion that the re-
gion In which they operate Is a
"dry-farmlng" region; the farmer
relaxing or abandoning his dry
farming methods, and the real es-
tate agent assuring the new COM
ers that they are not necessary,

tate agent assuring the new COM
ers that they are not necessary.
How folish and short-sighted such
m attitude Is from the standpoint If
crop production II Is scarcely neces-
sary to suggest. How effectively such
an attitude defeats its purposes II
that purpose be to boost land values,
! have had recently impressed upon
me by the fact that among The highest
priced nonirrigated lands ] found this
summer, In a trip of about ten thou
sand miles through the west we're
those OF a section widely and gener-
ally known and proclaimed as a dry
farming region-one In which most
Of the farming operations are carried
on under a system Of biennial crop
ping.
Gambling never pays In the long
run; and Its hazards are never greater
than when one stakes his enterprise
on the hope that Nature will depart
from her natural attitude in favor Of
his venture. sOnlysby constant labor
and expenditure does the farmer In
humid regions preserve the fertility
an abundant rainfall tends to leach
from his soil. He must necessarily
arm and defend himself against in
scots and plant diseases which excess
sive moisture breeds or encourages.
At great initial and annual cost and
no little personal discomfort he who
farms under artificial irrigation in
sures his labor against the iproads OF
drought. SO the farmer OF the dry
lands must meet his special and pc
culiar problems, and by wisely anti
cipating unfavorably conditions place
himself In a situation In which chance
is but a negligible factor In his OPP
e~rations."
We're 1t not for the fact that he
vas speaking from experience. and
that he had the u~nassailable records
OF many previous years. the words of
President Mondell might well be clas-
sed n prophetic.
The Bright Side.
But the bright side OF this whole
picture is that the warning was heed
ed by thousands OF thoughtful farm
ers, and many thousands OF others.
throughout all the great plains re-
zion, refused TO be misled by one.
two or three favorable seasons. and
"~dry-farmedn in anticipation Of just
what happened. Not all of these men
are members of the Dry-Farming
congress. Not all OF them consider
themselves expert dry-farmers. But
almost without exception the success
full ones this year followed the system
OF illage and cropping developed ana
perfected by those men who brought
the Dry-Farming congress into exis-
tence. and who today constitute such
a large portion OF its membership.
Agricultural Review.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1916-09-21

anime your policy and advise you az
to whether or not your property and
interests are fully protected In case
Of FIRE
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1916-09-21

The Free Insurance Service Of
the Earring 4 Holloway agency il be-
coming quite popular. They will ex-
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1916-09-21

ION the contrary we ind farm.
ers, and NOR especially real es-
stats agents encouraged BY \ sis.
g1c, u . scries, Of years ef xnus-
cal prees9stntieA. sathsr resent
Bisbee daily review., 1916-08-08

Mexicans spill as much blood as they want to, that is their blessed privi- lege.' So we coquetted with Villa, we coquetted with Carranza, and we showed our disposition to favor any bandit in the land.
 "Raps Expedition
 q never heard oI a more extraordi- nary exhibition than our punitive ex- hibition. It was military expedition or not. If it was not a military expe- diticn, what was it? It went down be- tween two lines of railorads. It could not use either Our American troops went mile after mile for hundreds of miles into Mexico on a punitive expe- dition right between two lines of rail ways which they could not touch. They could not go to a town. It was an ab- surdly arranged expedition. Of course it could not succeed. Of course we got into trouble and more blood was spilled.
 Let the Mexfcans understand once for all that we do not intend to meddle with their affairs, that we desire that they shall perform their obligations to us. to protect our citizens. protect them justly in the enjoyment of their lives and their property; that they will perform the guarantees that they have given us and when we shall have peace and happiness.
 If they can establish a stable gov ernment we will do all that we can to support it. Talk about policy, what is the presidents policy? Does any one know? Has the executive ever had q policy for more than six months or the Mexican question l repeat, who knows. today, what the policy of the administration will be three months from now?
 We are going to insist that these obligations of Mexico to America be performed; that we do not propose any meddlesome policy; that we do not propose to do anything that is contrary to their wishes. if tehy do what we are entitled to have done Put that clearly before them, insist upon that and We will make some progress towards having it done at the earliest opportunity and our posi- tion should be to see that it is done.
 There is not a particle of militar- ism in my composition. but there is a sturdy determination if l am put ina place of executive responsibility representing all the American people. to see to it-and that is my purpose that American rights are safeguarded, and that Americas name in adminis- traticn. in policy. and in executive ness, is shown throughout the world"
Bisbee daily review., 1916-08-08
CHIHUAHUA RAINS ID START GREENERY
 AND STOP FAMINE
Distress of Peons Soon to be Lessened. General Trevino Goes to Confer With Firsi Chief.

FL PASO, Aug. 7.-Heavy rains falling today over Chihuahua brought a promise of relief to some of the famine swept districts of the state. Mexican authorities in Juarez point ed out that with two or three more heavy falls shortly crops would be given an impetus such as will alleviate in a large measure the distress of the cated also that several carloads of foodstuffs from the border have reached the Parral district, where suf- fering was most acute.
 Passengers reaching the border from Chihuahua City said that Gen eral Treyino commanding the Car ranza army of the northwest plans to leave late in the week for Mexico City where he will confer with Car ranza on the industrial rehabilitation of northern Mexico. Durin ghis ab- sence. which will be for period oi about two months, it has announced, Colone Lopez Ortiz. chief of arms of the garrison, will assume General Trevino's duties The arrival added that with the recent proclamations from General Carranza that official regulation Of prices in connection
Bisbee daily review., 1916-08-08
Careless Use of
 Soap Spells the Ha,r

Soap should be used very carefully, if you want to keep your hair looking its best. Most soaps and prepared sham pooS contain too much alkali. This dries the scalp, makes the hair brittle, and ruins 1t.
 The best thing for steady use is jus, ordinary mulsifcd cocoanut oil (which is pure and greaseless), and IS better than the most expensive soap or any, thing else you can use.
 One or two teaspoonfuls will cleanse the hair and scalp thoroughly Simply moisten the hair with water and rub t in. IL makes an abundance of rich, creamy father, which rinses out easily, removing every particle of dust, dirt, dandruff and excessive oil. The hair dries quickly and evenly, and 1t leaves the scalp soft. and the hair fine and silky, bright, lustrous, fluffy and easy to manage.
 You car get mulsifed cocoanut oil at any pharmacy. it's very cheap, and few ounces will suppiy every member of the family for moE,hs.