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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-02-21
COMMISSION IS
NOT IN FAVOR
OF MCCOY MIX
BY II. c. HAMILTON

United Press staff Correspondent
NJ EW YORK, Feb. p
IN The daily Darcy item to
day is that the iar-famed glove
wielder from Australia is in
grave danger of being matched
with a regular Sorapper. The
New York state boxing COM
mission has decided that Les
will not be allowed to meet
Al Mccoy in Madison Square
Garden unless Al first pulls
oil bout with Jack Dillon at
the Broadway club.
Grant Hugh Browne
, escaped by a mere hair aud
Se's glad OF il.
~ Believe me, boys. it was a
v'ose call" he said. But you
can bet the old roll there will
be no more matches Of that
kind while I'm running the
Garden. Ii takes experience
to learn these things and I've
learned"
Nlske Brownies Choice
Billy Miske. the St Paul light
heavyweight. Is Brownies choice for
a bout with Darcy. but Il is hardly
probable Browne will be- able 20 con.
vince Darcy that she should meet
Miske.
Tim oSullivan may prove the
man OF the hour yet. for he holds a
paper signed by Browne. declaring
that II Il Is found impossible for
Darcy TO meet Mccoy. George Chin
shall be substitute. lnasmuch as
Darcy has already laid Chip low
once. Browne would raise scene
over the signing OF such articles.
The match viii not be staged on
the original date. u was said by
Browne. for II would be impossible
to advertise IL in that time Hence
Il NAV be that Jack Dillon will get
the date. The Broadway Sporting
club hardly would waive its claim 10
4 pillon's services.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-02-21
portsmen TO Talk
, Business Tonight

Much business OF importance Is
scheduled TO be discussed tonight
AZ meeting OF the Seattle Fly and
Bait Casting club. The session viii
10 held in the assembly room OF
the Chamber OF Commerce in the
new Arctic club building.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-02-21
Oregon Aggies Lose
to California Five

BERKELEY. Cal. Feb. 21.-Thc
Oregon Aggies were defeated al
basketball here last night by the
u. OF G. quintet. 2s TO "a. Five min
utes' everyday was necessary 10 set
tie the game.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-02-21
S. A. G.. Wants Boxing
Carnival This Year

The Seattle Athletic club Is ar
ranging to stage the Far Western
amateur boxing championships here
some time in April The event will
probably be put on In the Arena. the
same az last year.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-02-21
SEOR OF NC BRIDE

The hand OF time may drive from
active baseball this year another of
the greatest stars OF the diamond.
Sam Crane is being groomed by
Clark Griffith to fill the shoes OF
George Mcbride. one OF the great
est shortstops the game ever pro-
duced.
Mcbride broke into the National
league IN 1905 with ST Louis. but
vas sent back TO Kansas City. The
next year he again went TO ST.
Louis. and the following year he
went to Washington.
Mcbride was always bothered by
being a weak batter. but his bril-
liant fielding saved him.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-02-21
Women's Teams Play

Local ice hockey fans had their
first chance TO glimpse two women's
teams In action last night at the
Arena as part of the festivities
staged for the benefit Of the Fire
mems band. The Down Casters,
with Mrs. Gully" Wilson in the
lineup. beat the Sourdoughs. 3 to /.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-02-21

it's first game OF the season at
Washington's expense.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-02-21

Price, pald Wholesale Dealer. for
Vegetable. and 1ruit
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-02-21
OREGON BASKETEERS
COME HERE FOR TWO
CONTESTS WITH u. w

themselves famous by their work
In the Oregon and Pennsylvania
football game az Pasadena on New
Years day
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-02-21
REAL PAINLESS
DENTISTS

In order TO introduce our now
(vhslebone) plate, which Ia the
llghtest and strongest plate known.
does not cover the roof OF the
mouth; you can bite corn off the
cob: guaranteed ID years.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-02-21
Affects Standings

The result OF tho series vii
have decided effect on the stand
ing OF the Washington five 10 the
Coast conference. The race for the
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-02-21

Have Impression taken IN ths morn
nation and advice free.
Cell and See samples of Our Plate
and bridge Work. We STAND
the Test Of Time.
Most OF our present patronage 10
recommended by our early custom
srr, whose work IL stu giving good
satisfaotion. Ask our customers who
have tested our work When coming
10 our office. be sure you arc In the
right place Bring this ad with you.
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\ NJ u S E M E n + s
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-08-02
Scenes In a London Fog.

The season is evidently destined to
be a good one from the fog lovers
point of view-if there are any fog
lovers, a writer in the Westminster
Gazette (LondOn) observed recently.
The specimen that developed late one
recent afternoon and was in its prime
a couple of hours before midnight was
a particularly fine one.
In a space that a good aerodrome
could have inclosed I found a chauffeur
looking with a lantern for landmarks,
so that he could discover in which d.
rection his car was heading; l saw a
telegraph messenger fall off his bicycle
in the middle of a quiet road, appa-
rently from sheer perplexity; and 1
found three motor buses that came to
rest with their bonnets close together
in such a way as to suggest that each
had been charging the other two and
had only stopped just in time.
In the small hours of the morning I
found another bus standing helpless
by the roadside with the driver slum-
bering within, but the driver Of a mo-
tor bus is a remarkable man in many
ways.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-08-02
DON'T NEGLECT FRUIT CROP
Numerous Trees in Garden or Yard
Should Be Protected From In
sects and Diseases.

Do not neglect the fruit crops which
ere already planted. There are not
many farms but have numerous fruit
trees and bushes planted in the garden
or yard. All these plants should be
protected from the ravages Of insect
pests and fungus diseases. This can
be done very easily by the use of ell
bow grease and the spraying pump.
Soon the ~gooseberry bushes will begin
TO lose their leaves on account of the
gooseberry worm. See that each bush
is protected with a coating of arsen-
ate of lead. Dilute this material at
the rate of one pound Of arsenate Of
lead to every 80 gallons of water, and
completely cover the bush.
Useful commercial lime sulphur, m
and a half gallons to 90 gallons of wa
ter, and one pound of powdered arsen-
ate of lead for apple trees. Spray the
trees just after the petals have
fallen. This is the right time and the
only satisfactory time, to control the
apple worm. Peaches should be
sprayed with a mixture Of one pound
Of powdered ~arsenate Of lead and
three pounds of hydrated lime, diluted
with 80 gallons Of water, just after
the shucks fall.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-08-02
STYLES of Trenches.

According to the description OF a
German officer, the Germans divide
their trenches into four different
classes. There are, first, the rifle pits
shallow excavations dug by the sol
der lying down under fire, about four
feet long and two feet wide, with a
low earth parapet pushed up In front;
second, the kneeling trench, a simple
ditch about three feet wide third, the
standing trench, which has a shelf-like
terrace running parallel with the bot
tom, where the men may stand and
shoot; and last, the improved or per-
manent trench, wide and deep, with
q trench street" running along the
lowest level, and a first shelf or ter
race two feet higher for che trench
garrison, and a second terrace two
feet above the first and five feet below
ground level where the nen may mount
to snoot.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-08-02
Only Woman JaiIer In World.

Switzerland possesses the only wom-
an jailer in the world. She Is governor
and warder in the prison Of Aigle, in
the Rhone valley. A good many years
ago she married the chief warder Of
the prison and soon proved to be a
helpmate indeed, for, being a strong
built woman, and with proper notions
of discipline, she made as good a jailer
as her husband, and more than once
did his work when he was away. When
he died the authorities asked her to
take his place permanently, and she
accepted. All the year round the Aigle
prison contains from twelve to twenty
male prisoners, sentenced to terms Of
Imprisonment ranging from three
months to three years, and although
the woman-jailer has no assistants she
has never had any trouble with the
prisoners. Strict disciplinarian though
she is, the woman-jailer has the
kindliest of hearts, and takes great
interest in her guests" as she calls
them. Many a prisoner has been set
on the straight path again by her wise
and kindly advice.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-08-02
The Last of the Carihs.

The Carib Indian was the first rep
resentative of Lo the poor red man to
meet the tide Of European travel. He
was the n found by Columbus and
the later Spanish explorers in the West
Indies, and he has given the Caribbean
sea his name. Thus he is assured x
monument as long as geography shall
last, and he needs it, because as a
living race he has practically disap-
peared.
How many thousands of Caribs
dwelt In the West Indies in 1892 is
largely a matter of conjecture. They
quickly began to die out under the
hand of the conqueror, who worked
them as slaves, and shot them when
they made war. Today 1t is doubtful
whether there are a hundred pure
blooded Caribs alive. Practically all
of them live on the British island of
Dominica, on a reservation set apart
for them called Salybia.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-08-02
NO MANS LAND, DEATHS EDGE
Birds Return to Their Wonted Trees
to Roost, Unmindful of the
Thunder of Shells.

To the whole worlds wanderers, the
American people, whose incurable
habit it is to 90 everywhere and see
all things, there vet remains one coun-
try UNEMPLOYED, says a writer in an ex
change. i is a country stranger than
Hannah Meskutine (where you can
boil eggs in a river) Rore ruinous than
Pompeii, or the Roman city Of Tingad,
and more sepuichral than the tombs Of
the kings of Thebes; ii is a few hun
dred miles long and narrower than
Egypt, and holds more buried heroes
than Westminster abbey; it is to the
casual eve as desolate as the Sahara,
yet on closer investigation as populous
as Bond street; 1t is more beautiful at
night than the aurora borealis and yet
more ominous than a picture by Sine;
1t is No Mans Land.
And the things that are done there
are things that have never been done
before and will not be done again in
this generation; 1t is a thing to see as
one would go TO see Niagara If ii was
certain to run dry within a year and
fall no more in our time; only ii is
more wonderful than Niagara, noisier,
more magnificent, leaving a more abid-
ing sense in the mindsOf having moved
amongst gigantic things.
Life is more tense there than in
equatorial forests where the rhinOceros
comes out of the cactus at unexpected
moments; the %rhinoceros is only a
large form Of pig, yet he is morose
and vindictive and has unpleasant
ways, and can be, at his worst, as bad
as a better-class German.
Strange vegetation is to be seen
there, too; overgrown cabbages -four
fishing where they will, free at last Of
their servitude to man, trees that have
met with amazing calamity in storms
that had never overtaken a wood be-
fore; strangest of all, the birds going
home at their wonted hour to roost in
their wonted trees, undisturbed by the
thunder that is shaking the hills.
And there in No Mans Land, if any
where in the world, may liberty be
dreamed of walking along the line be-
tween the flare of the rockets and the
nearest edge of the night, walking and
blessing the ruined hamlet of France;
for where else in the world has she
been invoked before with such great
sacrifice of heroic lives?
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-08-02
To Save Shoulder Strain.

ing the singletrees as shown, the pull
on both sides of the shoulder will be
the same.
No. /, /, shows singletrees; 1 q In
section of ~singletrees on line "A. b.; !"
2 is doubletree; 2 a is section of dou-
bletree on line "a B." 3 is top view
of strap irons connecting singletrees
to doubietrees 3 a Is a section OF strap
iron 8, 8 Is placed above doubletree
and below singletrees; 6 and z are
strap irons bent as shown to serve
as braces. Bolt 4 firs through double
tree and ends of strap irons, bolt 5
fits through other ends of the strap
irons and through the sihgletree: 9 is
tongue; 8 is usual strap fitting over
doubletree. I have shown the evener
In the position that it will occupy
when n horse walks faster than the
other.
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Pride.

An oldish man with a waistline like
the equator paused on the street to
confer a somewhat patronizing greet
ing on an oldisb m
swell well-I was afraid you had
gone by the boardl How are you get
getting alongT
"Oh, making money and taking on
fatl"
The only thing worth noticing about
the small interchange was that the
woman was a positive bone. and she
sure didn't look Is IL she were making
money.
Which seems to show that the Spar
tan kid with the fox under his Jacket
isn't In a class by himself when it
comes to the pride that lbs and makes
no sign.-Washington Star.
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Every Woman Want,
Natural STUDY.

The teacher was hearing the class
In nature. Trying to impress upon
the children's minds the horror Of Cruz
city to animals, she told the following
story:
"Once a farmer went out to milk ~
COW and a little calf switched the man
in the eye with It's tail. The man
took out his knife and cut of the
calf's tail. Now, children, what verse
in the Bible should that man have reA
membered?"
OF course she had referred ten
blessed are the merciful," but Phiipi
had another answer:
"What God hath Joined together, led
no man put asunder.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-08-02
CAN VEGETABLES AND FRUIT
Surplus Should BE Preserved for Win.
ter use-if You Have No Garden
Watch Markets.

When there is a surplus of fruits or
vegetables that will spoil IL kept, cook
or stew them and keep them cold and
covered for use In a day or two.
Can or preserve all surplus food
from gardens for winter use. In q
mornings work with ordinary home
utensils, you can put up many cans
of vegetables and fruit for winter use.
If you have no garden, watch the mar
kets. When any fruit or vegetable
that can be canned becomes plentiful
and cheap, buy a quantity and a it
for home use next winter.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-08-02
sIxty.Two Die Every Minute.

The annual death rate of the human
rae is 33.000,00O. That's $1,000 a
day, 800 every hour, GO every min
ute, One-haif of the human race die
before they are sixteen years old: one
quarter of the human race die before
they are five years old. The average
length of a human life is thirty-three
and one-thlrd years. Not one man or
one woman In a million lives to be
one hundred years old. But don't let
this discourage you from taking as
good care of your health as If 1t were
a new motorcar.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-08-02

tected and the migrating insects trap
ped as follows:
Plow a deep furrow along the edge
of the field, running the land side of
the pillow toward the field to be pro-
tected. In dry weather the sides of the
furrOw can be made so smooth and so
steep that the bugs will find it easier
to crawl along the bottom than to climb
up the sides. Circular holes from 30
to 40 feet apart. made with a post-hole
digger, may then be dug in the bottom
Of the trench. Into these holes the
bugs will fall in large numbers, where
they may be killed easily by sprinkling
kerosene Oil over them. A log dragged
back and forth along the furrow is
useful In keeping the bottom and sides
In good condition during dry weather.
Spraying for chinch bugs has not
proved successful except on a small
scale and when conducted by an ex-
pert, the difficulty being that the sub
stances which kill the bugs are almost
sure to kill the corn also. The thing to
do is to discover the bugs before they
reach the corn and keep them out of 1t
by the methods described above.
Additional information regarding the
chinch bug is contained In Farmers
Bulletin No. 657, which can be secured
free from the department Of agricul-
ture.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-08-02
TIME FOR CUTTING ALFALFA
When Used for Hay II Should Be Cut
Whenever New Shoots at Crowns
Of Plants Are Started.

When alfalfa is used for hay II
should be cut whenever the new shoots
at the crowns Of the plants are well
started. This is a better guide as to
the proper time of cutting than the
appearance Of blossoms.
Whenever the tops turn yellow. or
the leaves become seriously affected
by '1eaf spot 1t should also be cut,
wen though the fresh shoots have not
started.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-08-02
HAVE SOFT, WHITE HANDS
Clear Skin and Good Hair by Using
Cuticura-Trial Free.

The Soap to cleanse and purify, the
Ointment to soothe and heal. Besides
these fragrant, super-creamy emol-
lients prevent little skin troubles be-
coming serious by keeping the pores
free from obstruction. Nothing better
at any price for all toilet purposes.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-08-02
FOOD OR WATER IN A SIL0?
Corn In Glazed State Contains Much
More Food Value Than That Just
Tasseled Out.

Corn just tasseled out has a big
bulk, but 1t Is made up very largely
of water. A silo filled with cor cut
at this stage will be largely filled
with water. The same silo filed with
corn in the glazed stage win contain
a great deal more food value. In plant
ing corn for the silo select corn that
will ripen.-N. ID. Experiment Station.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-08-02

and it has helped me in every way. I
am not nearly 80 nervous, no headache
or pain. l must say that Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is the
best remedy any sick woman can take
Mrs. MARGARET QUINN, Rear 259
Worthen St., Lowell, Mass.
Other warning symptoms are a sense
Of suffocation, hot flashes, headaches,
backaches, dread of impending evil,
timidity, sounds in the ears, palpitation
Of the heart, sparks before the eyes,
irregularities, constipation, variable
appetite, weakness, ~inquietude, and
dizziness.
If you need special advice, write to
the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co.
lconfidentiaD, Lynn, Mass.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-08-02
PLAN FOR SINGLETREE
Arranged So That Pull on Both
Shoulders Is Same.
Eveners Usually Supplied Are So
Made That " One Horse Was
Faster Than the Other an In
even Strain Is Produced.

I send a drawing Of a two-horse
evener that / use, writes B. Hanson
of Ottawa county, o., in Ohio Farmer.
The eveners usually supplied on farm
implements are so made that If one
horse vas faster than the other, one
end Of the slowest horses singletree
will bear against the doubletree, there
by producing an eve strain on the
slowest horses shoulders. By arrang-
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-08-02
Felt Invented by J Saint.

Did you know that felt was invent
ed-accidentally-by a saint-Saint|
Clement, fourth bishop Of Rome7I
When he was fleeing from persecu-
ton, his feet became blistered from
walking so he put a layer Of wool In
his sandals. The heat, moisture and
pressure converted the wool into a fat
compact m~ass-felt. The bishop, be-
ing of an observant and practical turn,
of mind, had this material manufac-
tured.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-08-02
tn Re RriAf-

"What on earth did that fellow mean
when he said that he was a peregrinat-
ing pedestrian, castigating his itln-
erary from the classic Athens Of Amer
ica?"
HE meant he was a tramp. beating
his way from ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
News.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-08-02

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
The ideal way to strike at chinch
bugs is to burn them in their winter
homes, but since it is too late to take
this step, the next best plan is to
destroy them before they begin their
migration from fields of wheat, rye,
or barley, about harvest time, into corn.
Their presence in these crops often is
hard TO detect, because the damage
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-08-02

Recruiting Oficer-"How about join<
Ing the colors? Fave you anyone de-.
pendent on your Motorist-"Haye IN
There are two garage owners, SIX me-
chanics, four tire dealers, and every
gasoline agent within a radius Of one
hundred and twenty-five mil~es."-
Judge.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-08-02
FAVOR SKIM MILK FOR HOGS
Small Farm Without the Commodity 10
No Place fer Pios-Pastures
Will Lower Cost.

The small farm without skim milk
is no place for the pig. On the high
priced lands Of our small farms, n
cannot raise pigs without come waste
to feed. The proper use Of pastures
viii lower the cost, but not to the
point whore there Ia any profit.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-08-02

Change OF Life and
the bad feelings
common at that
time. / was in a
very nervous condi-
ton, with headaches
and pain a good
deal of the time so |
was unfit to do my
work. A friend
asked me to try
E. Pinkham's
V egetab BILE Com
nnrnA -l:nI Il Al
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-08-02
Often Sour.

Sweets to the sweet, eh?" said the
girl at the candy counter. Nothing
to It,"
what do you nean7"
They're often just as fussy at the
candy counter IS they are anywhere
else" J
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-08-02
Take No Chances.

"There's one way to drive an auto
mobile"
whats that?"
whenever you approach a railroad
crossing or a street car track and a
train or car is coming If you have to
wonder whether or not 1t Is safe to
try to cross, decide that 1t isn't"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-08-02
Not Like Other 6abies.

Mother"
"Yes, my SON.
"Did you ever e a baby snakeT"
"Oh, yes; my boy
swell, how does 1t amuse itself: Il
has no feet to play within"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-08-02
Place for Him.

"But isn't your son rather young to
join the armyT' swell, he is very
young. but, then, he's going to join the
infantry."-Boston Transcript.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-08-02
Mental Exercise,

do you enjoy modern poetryF
"Very much. It's such good fun try
ing to figure out what il means"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-08-02
Matching sizes.

THAT was such a little ring he gave
his girl"
But she is such a little belle"
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II a man is a coward he Is scorned,
and abused; If a woman Is a coward,
she Is petted and encouraged.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-08-02

Philadelphia keeps swimming cen7
tiers open to the public school pupilsl
all summer. :
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-08-02

Time may be a success as a wound
healer, but II seldom the scar.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-08-02

San Francisco has a war inventions
board.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-08-02

Some girls will promise to marry a
and some will threaten to do so.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-08-02
Natural Life.

"People like tramps really vegetate,
don't theyT"
"Well aren't they beatsT"