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The Kadoka press and Kadoka reporter. [volume] (Kadoka, S.D.) 1910-1923, 1917-01-12
The Chamberlain Bill For Military Training

will turn out in six months, i
the training can be held under
favorable conditions, men who
are on the average better in
structed than much of our re9u
lar personnel today. We get as
much in a month of training al
Plattsbure as we do in four and &
halt months of regular service ir
the regular establishment under
ordinary conditions.
This highly competent military
authority asserts that in six mon,
tbs intensive training, somewhat
along the general lines followed
at the summer training camps
which have found so much popu-
larity among business men in the
last two summers, the govern
ment can give young men as
thorough training as soldiers in
the regular army get in one year
and a half, and that the instruc,
ton thus given will be much bet
ter assimilated. General Wood
said further to the reporters:
1t must be remembered that we
are not intending this citizen
soldiery as a large standing army
ready for aggression at a NOM
ent'S notice, but what we are
working for is a citizenry trained
to a reasonable degree of efficien-
cy in arms SO that the nation can
rise and render efficient service
in its own defense.
Senator Chamberlain's bill
which has been reviewed by the
general staff would prohibit the
employment either by the gov
ernment or private individuals of
men over l8 who do not possess
either a certificate of service or
OF exemption. Thus a law of this
kind would compel the sons OF
the rich as well as the poor to
undergo training.
This proposal does not 60 as
far as the Swiss plan, which is
held up as the finest example of
universal training of citizens for
national defense. The Swiss at
the age of 20 goes into training
for a period of a little over two
months in his first year, provided
he has measured up to the physi-
cal and mental tests. If he has
not, he is permitted to develop
and is then given his start. Sew
The Kadoka press and Kadoka reporter. [volume] (Kadoka, S.D.) 1910-1923, 1917-01-12
Many Entries Made
Under Section Law

Rapid City Guide: The days of
l9O8-09 and 10 have been recall
ed by many this week as the re-
suit of the rush which has taken
place on the part of the land hun
cry since the announcement of
the passage of the section home
stead law. The land office has
been crowded every day with ap-
plicants and their witnesses, and
the various land attorneys and
agents have been reapine a har-
vest as the result of their ability
to prepare the necessary papers.
Five hundred entries have been
received at the local office during
the past two weeks since applica-
tlonS first started to be made un-
der the section law. Doubtless
there will be a great many con-
flicts in these applications, due in
part to the feature which gives a
qualified entryman the preference
right to land adjoining his origi-
nal entry, and many of them will
in the end be rejected.
No instructions as to the con-
struction which will be placed
upon the various phases of the
law have yet been received at the
local office, and it is not expected
that there will be for several days
yet, as it will necessarily take
some time for them to be prepar-
ed in the General Land Office.
The Kadoka press and Kadoka reporter. [volume] (Kadoka, S.D.) 1910-1923, 1917-01-12

Chancellor News: Peter Nor.
beck takes oath as governor OF
South Dakota and outlines his
administration. The following
laws are urged to be adopted by
the new executive:
Recommendation for using the
budget system in making appro.
priations.
Recommendation for establish.
ment of state land bank" to
carry out plan of state rural
credits.
First and second choice voting
In making primary nominations.
Favors abolition of one leeisla.
tive chamber, and says present
system is relic of bygone days.
Favors establishment of state
constat ulary system.
Urges designation of state hu.
name officer.
Suggests maximum legal inter
est rate be reduced from IL to lO
per cent.
Recommends adoption of Tor.
rens system for establishing land
titles.
Recommends creation of new
judicial circuit.
Recommends establishment of
state normal school for Rosebud
section.
Urges law to enforce prohibi.
ton, providing penblties, giving
governor and attorney general
more power and creating new
office of state prohibition commits
Sioner.
The Kadoka press and Kadoka reporter. [volume] (Kadoka, S.D.) 1910-1923, 1917-01-12

Every consideration of nationa
welfare, both from the stand
point of public defense and i'm
provement of the growing man
hood of the nation urges the en-
actment of the Chamberlain uni
versal military training bill now
under consideration in the Senate
Nothing yet proposed for increas
ing the military resources of the
country without turning to mill
tarism seem to promise so much
good as this.
This bill would require that all
young men of good character and
physically capable shall spend
six months of the year they be-
come l8 years of age in intensive
military training under instruct
ors either from the regular army
or military drill masters provided
by the federal government. En-
phasis is laid by advocates of the
plan upon the intensive charac-
ter of this training, which shall
be more thoroughgoine than any
system ever employed in the reg
ular army or the national guard.
Maj. General Leonard Wood, en-.
Enthusiastically indorsine the Cham
berlain bill, said to newspaper in
terviewer in New York:
Six months intensive training
under conditions where the mems
attention is devoted wholly to
military work is equivalent to
from one and a half or two years
service in the United States army
under normal conditions. In
crlticiSln9 SIX months as being a
brief period the fact is generally
overlooked that intensive training
is practically unknown in this
country--that not one officer in a
hundred has ever attempted it or
been engaged in it. There is very
little of it in Our service. Indeed,
it may be said that intensive
training is unknown in the Amer
ican army. 1t isn't the number
OF months or years a man spends
in the army that makes him a
trained soldier, but it is the num-
Der of hours of actual work under
arms and instruction which he
receives.
How many people in discussing
it speak in terms of years rather
than hours of application? We
The Kadoka press and Kadoka reporter. [volume] (Kadoka, S.D.) 1910-1923, 1917-01-12
$2,4OO.OO Load OF
Alfalfa Seed

Fort Pierre Times: Twenty
four hurdred dollars for a single
load of alfalfa seed is the record
established by &. M. Smith of
Sansarc. who drove into Fort
Pierre recently with the load.
The load was taken to the Gen.
trail South Dakota Seed Growers
association, with headquarters at
Pierre. 1t contained eighty BUSH
els, and was sold at fifty cents a
pound. MIR. Smith raised sixty
bushels of this on twenty acres.
He also raised twenty five tons
of hay on the same area. 1t is Of
the Cossack variety and no doubt
the best of the Siberian alfalfas
imported by Prof. Hanson for
this locality.
This crop was grown on a very
ordinary Stanley county soil, in
rows three feet apart. The field
is but two years old, and promises
much for the future. Last spring
Mr.. Smith gave this bed thoro-
ugh renovation with an ordinary
spike tooth harrow and as he
says. literally tore it all to
pieces" The result and advisa-
bility of such treatment were
proven out this summer when we
were having trouble with crickets
and erasshoppers in most of the
fields of the county.
When ninety dollars worth of
seed and fifteen dollars worth of
hay can be grown on an acre,
there is little use talking five dol
lar land. There are many small
er fields of this same variety in
the vicinity of Sansarc where the
original Jeffries fields are grown.
The Kadoka press and Kadoka reporter. [volume] (Kadoka, S.D.) 1910-1923, 1917-01-12

distance of thirty-one miles. This
will be a great convenience to the
farmers residing in that part of
the country, and those who were
interested in securing the route
are to be congratulated upon get.
ting the matter settled within
such a short time.
The Kadoka press and Kadoka reporter. [volume] (Kadoka, S.D.) 1910-1923, 1917-01-12
Earnings Of Pupils

/ Go to school boy in Sioux
City and tell him that he is earn
ing So day while attending sch
ool, regardless of Incidental earn
ines. Will he believe it? On the
contrary, he will view the asser-
tion as joke. He will say "show
me the nine."
Statistics on the earning power
of educated and uneducated la
borers, however, sustain the
claim of an Illinois school author
ity that pupils get actual returns
in later life, of SO a day for the
time spent in school. The figures
are based upon average earnings
of educated and uneducated lab
orers, the average period of active
employment. and the average
period of school attendance.
Uneducated laborers earn an
average of $500 a year for 40
years, total of $4,000. High
school graduate earns an average
of $1,000 a year for 40 years, a
total of $4,000.
The average high school edu-
cation involves IL years of l80
days in each school year, total
of 2,19O days.
Applying the excess earnings
of the high school graduate, S20,-
600, to 2,l90 days spent in school
and the compensation is $9.O2 for
each day.
Pupils too often view their sch
ool davS as mere concessions to
parental authority. They fail to
realize that they are actually
working for themselves, and that
they will be paid, later, in cash
for the time spent in the school
room.
Any boy should feel proud of
the ability to earn $9.02 a day,
and should be willing to apply
himself earnestly to duties hold
ing such a liberal compensation.
Teachers might find source of
interest in this estimate of school
attendance.
In commercial transactions a
commission allowance of 2 per
cent on earnings is considered
very small. If the teacher, who
handles so pupils, thus develop
ing earnings of $3.50 a day, could
exact compensation on a commits
sion basis that would mean a sal
airy of SO day for the teacher,
also. The importance of teach
ing is not generally appreciated,
and teachers are not adequately
compensated. The illustration
here given should bring this home
to people. Sioux City Tribune.
The Kadoka press and Kadoka reporter. [volume] (Kadoka, S.D.) 1910-1923, 1917-01-12
New Mail Route
At Cottonwood

Cottonwood Republican: Post
master S. w. Davis received a
wire Monday from Congressman
Candy informing him that the
application made to the depart
ment some time ago for a rural
mail route south of this place had
been approved, the order to 60
into effect after March End. An
inspector was here some time
ago and went over the route and
while his report was favorable it
was not expected by those inter-
ested that the approval could be
secured before next spring.
The route will 60 west from
Cottonwood to the L. c. Rush
place and then south past the
Uhlir and Redmon places, thence
east to the Fairview school house
md north returning to Cotton
nod from the Sherwood farm, a
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-02-28
.EFTY SOUTH To
PRACTISE WITH
BEAVER TOSSERS
Young Hayselden May Hurl
Against Beavers During
Their Stay Here

Honolulu boys are after a chance TO
try out with the Beavers and Hefty
South, the big pitcher of the Brushers.
is one of the players who viii be al
lowed to practise with the Portland
team. The service star has plenty
CT stuff, but lacks experience, and
should be able to learn some baseball
at Camp McCredie.
Very few pitchers can boast the
speed that Is Gagged up in South, and
his drop ball is one of the things
that has kept him in the front rank
of kurlers. In his games against the
other teams he has not always receiv-
ed the best of support, but has pitched
good ball. South is a big, strong fell
lew, and if he can gain a little more
experience should be able to show
something.
Another pitcher McCredie has been
asking about is the st. Louis south
paw. Hayselden, who burned up the
Psc:fic League this year. It is thought
that Gleason win give him a chance
to hurl part of the game against the
Beavers. and the youngster win have
real test. These games are all ex-
hibitien contests, and the southside
hurler OF the st. Louis College team
will not forfeit his amateur standing.
McCredie had the boys working
hard yesterday afternoon. and the
players went about things IN a snappy
manner. He coached the batters on
hitting them to right, and was very
much pleased with the showing made
by some of his recruits. Hollocher,
the little shoftstop, looked good yes
terday. and on every march to the
plate took a clean cut at the ball.
which usually went safe. The infield-
ers were putting little more speed
on the ball and AL. W. Eyerding, Yho
covered first, was a busy man yester-
day.
McCredie has announced the trainer
for this season, and Big Wells, a POI
liceman in the Rose City and a for,
fner football star, will be the man in
charge of the liniment at Stockton.
Wells has been boosted by number
Of stars and promises to be a second
Joirtsetter Reese 81
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-02-28
ROSS KNEW THAT
MARKS WOULD GO

Norman Ross. the olympic Club
swimmer. aho startled the fans with
his great performances on the harbor
last Saturday. is a prognosticator OF
note. During the discussion on swim
ming some time before the meet. the
Portland natator scrubbed down the
times in which he expected The events
to go.
Ross gave the time for the 100 at 81,
the go at 2:2G. the 40 at 5:1S, and
the $50 at 1I:11. That the Portland
boy knew what he was talking about
is shown when the time in the 220
was 2:24 is. and the time in the 40
was only 2-5 of second faster than
the time named by Ross. That Ross
vas confident he would break
the record is shown in these figures.
There were some who expected
Ross to blow up in the various events,
and after the first day there was q
cry of boomer when Ross finished,
but the critics have been silenced.
Lew Anderson. perhaps the leading
authority on swimming in Hawaii.
said after the SS0-yard race that Ross
would show Honolulu fans something.
He was right The writer also pre-.
dicted that Ross would be right Up In
record time
The swimming meet, which was the
best in history. brought out many sur
prises to some Of the critics. and
even Harvey Chiffon, who as rule
calls the turn, admits that he was
Surnrieod af the great ehou,fnr mada
by the Portland swimmer Lew Hen
derson, Clair TAFT, Eddie Nell and
young lady who won a box of candy,
were a few of the real dopesters dur
ing the swimming meet.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-02-28
DOPE SHEET RUNS TO
FORM I'M BIG MEET

For the second time in two years
the Star-Bulletin scored a good per.
centage in selecting the winners of
the swimming events on the harbor
Out Of % events the Star-Bulletin Sc.
lected IL winners. and In this list IL
OF the races finished in one-two-three
order as predicted
in the first days selections the Star
Bulletin picked eight winners out of
II. and in the second day named nine
winners out Of ~.
The dope went wrong in the 100
yard junior event by less than one
yard, as Kealoha was picked to edge
All Kin zee out, but he was given.
second place Pirgty surprised in the,
220. as 1t was not expected that he
would make the time over such long
distance. The other upset was in the
220-yard swim, which appeared to be
a toss up.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-02-28
BANNER YEAR Of
POLO TOBEGIN
ON MARCH 18th
Eastern Teams Will Meet Cali
fornia Mallet Men in Tour
nament at Del Monte

SAN DIEGO, Cal.-Announcement
of dates for the four great trophy
events Of the 1917 polo season at
, Coronado have been made The fea.
lures and dates follow:
Paeifie Coast junior championship
trophy, March as; California chat
Ienee trophy, March I'll; Hotel Del
Coronado handicap, March 9-14: Pa
cifIe Coast all America begins March
IS; the junior championship probably
viii have five teams entered.
Polo enthusiasts in California are
looking forward to the most prosper
Gus season in the history OF the sport.
Recruits are joining In the pastime
and new fields are springing into ex.
istence. In Northern California the
fret event scheduled is the tourna-
ment at Del Monte, starting on March
20 and lasting two weeks. Polo will
also continue at Del Monte until the
last OF Uctoter.
Among the most important tourna.
ments OF 1917 scheduled will be the
events at Riverside, Coronado and Del
Monte, in the order named. At the
present time over a dozen teams from
California and the East have mustered
at Riverside for the tournament just
commencing. Coronado,s tournament
follows Riverside, and then the vari-
GUS teams, which will be in the pink
Of condition, will journey north to Del
Monte, which this year as in many
years ago. is to be the Mecca of polo
on the Pacific. Coast.
Eastern Teams to Play
Besides the Eastern and California
teams that will be entered in the Del.
Monte tournament there Will be local
teams entered from Salinas and Mon
terey, which can be regarded seriously
In the matches OF the tournament
The lace track, encircling the polo
field, which has recently been put INTO
last condition, will be the scene of in
teresting polo pony races.
Among the most prominent Of the
Pacific slope teams, whose metal will
be stirred to ward off defeat from the
invading Fasteners are Riverside,
Midwlck, Coronado, San Mateo. Del
Monte and santa barbara, major
teams. besides several junior teams.
:. Lei MOutc bcum - IOohcu. utOA ~
have q most successful year, and it
is not prophesying too much that IL
viii hold an enviable position In the
national ranks before the season is
ended. The members representing
Del Monte team viii be Hugh Drury,
Foxhall Keene, Thomas Driscoll and
William Tevis, all players OF national
repute and daring ability.
Grounds improved
: IN order TO accommodate the in
creasing popularity OF the Sport Of
Kings it has been necessary Tor Del
Monte to enlarge its facilities and
make numerous additions. Two ex-
cellent bermuda polo fields and a.
practise field, entrancingly situated on
the bay Of Monterey, are awaiting the
start Of the season in Northern Cali
fornia on the 18th of March. A com
nodious new grand stand has been
built, with boxes in abundance. Adj !
ditional lockers and dressing rooms
for the players have been installed.
and a large paddock for the horses
close to the grand stand.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-02-28
NIGEL JACKSON ISSUES
DEFY TO ALL RUNNERS

Nigel Jackson is out with defy TO
any runner in the islands. The star
iong-asstance man believes that he
can defeat any runner over any dis.
lance from 10 to 30 miles. He has
been training for long distance events
only q short time. but will be ready to.
meet all Corners at any time.
Jackson would also like to hear
from any athlete who would like to
engage in a heel and toe walk for 10
miles. Il viii not bar anyone In Ha-
wall in either event" said jackson
today II anyone would like to ans
wer this challenge. they may address
me in care of the Star-Bulletin.'
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-02-28
ARMY FOOTBALL STAR
TO BECOME A PRIEST

ST. PAUL. Mimi. Feb. 1S.--John c..
Markoe. son of DR.. ]. c. Markoe ana
football star OF the West Point foot
ball team. has decided to become a
priest
He has entered the ST. Stanisiaus
Seminary at Florissant. NO.. as q
Jesuit novitiate.
Markoe started as football player
in St Louis. where he won consider
able fame.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-02-28
PhLAMA WILL STAGE GREATEST meet
IN SWIMMING HISTORY THIS SUMMER
Foremost Mermaids of World Win Compete for Honors in
June or Juy-Fanny DWack Olga D0rfner, Dorothy Burns
and Possibly Frances C0Weis viii Come-Ted Cam, Perry
McGIWay and Other Stars Are lnvited-Duke Will Swim

Honolulu win stage the greatest
swimming carnival In history this
summer. ID. L. Conkling, president OF
the Palama Swimming Club. aDnounc.
ID today that Palama Settlement
would stage the most pretentious
aquatic meet IN history In June or
July
The meet viii be given 70 raise
funds Tor the erection OF regulation
I1rk at Palama. This club has been
big booster for sport, and II Is ex-
pected that all the swimming enthu-
f'1Fts Of Honolulu Will join In making
this meet big success.
Mermsjda conlno
q. f..t.v. .,te..,i,n tba pa,ama
/1,.r ..,ill stoc. ) rrr,l,ar ~ events
-, ,.,.,' ~ .S,ae tc-..-.ost ,aer,naias
&, ~, ,-o-iS Me- ranrv nuract the
q. ,,,,,,<,, se>..irtna sr,,,nnar ~ the
..,-,9 i q tbs. soa ana oeo yard events
~, ~ 1919 ~ ra,,nete she has
never .nnes,sd n America and her
-<.',.e ror,i he enc ~ the bIreeet
81. (,,-s. - ,,,s rsrnival
49, nies N, nc,.fn Z, : me holder 81 the
4or'd's record ID IN ,li the = 50 yard swim,
=. -., .'..' 49,. Tha phs1sdeinhia girl
. '.,<- ~. - k.,-.', 1000 =, f,,o sf
-. 80 ~ -. 80, a ,s,a .nd = one -
~ NV, ccs,,,s, Fern ssn,,n a,,s swimmers
IS ~ I,,ite< Sfates
49, 1yso.ns 1870. 5uIns, VINO , ssAs, ~.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-02-28

the worlds champions from the 200
TO the 40 In action.
/ Then Duke will swim, and that
means another worlds champion In
the meet. There Is no question about
Dukes ability to draw crowds, and the
champion sprint swimmer of the uni
verse has signified his intention of en-
tering the meet. This will be a big
help, as the local fans are anxious to
see what he can do against the swim
mers from afar.
Cam Can
Ted Cam, who captured the go
yard event last year, viii also be in
svited to come here. and inasmuch as
the New York boy has made good
record In the East he Is expected to
make a strong bid for honors. Then
with Clarence Lane, John Kelii and
"Stubby" Kruger, the local devotees OF
aquatics will have an array Of stars
such as no other city has seen in ac-
ton at one time. Norman Ross is
certain TO make try for q record,
and It would not be at all surprising
II the Portland 10y would smash a
mark at this meet should he decide to
stay here.
!. A 100 yard swim with Duke, Cam.
McGillivray, Lane. Cunha and Kelii
would be worth while. A go with Nc
Gillivray. Ross. Cam, Cunha. Duke,
Kelii and LANCER would also set the
fans wondering, while a meeting be-
tween Ross, LANCER, Kruger, Cam,
McGilliyray and Kelii would be worth
while in the longer distances. This
added to the races for the mermaids
would give Honolulu the greatest meet
in history.
ZIG Feature
Some months ago the Star-Bulletin
suggested that the Carnival commit
tee invite Fanny ,Durack and Olga
Dorincr here to feature the mermaids
OF the world in q struggle for the
worlds title Now that Dorothy Burns
has proved that she Is going to be a
worlds champion some day the meet
becomes more interesting. The Carni.
val committee could not see their
way clear to stage this meet, but Pa.
lama is going ahead with plans to
bring this trio Of feminine stars here
this summer
A meeting between these stars would
be the feature OF the swimming year.
as America would be putting her fore
most swimmers against the Austria.
Ian girl From a publicity standpoint
the islands would gain much, and this
meeting would be the one big feature
Of the summer season.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-02-28
ALERT BOXER WILLING
TO NIX WITH BURNETTE

sporting rditor, Star Bulletin.
Sir: In answer to the challenge is
sued by Patrick Durrane to match
KID Burnette against any I40-ponnd
boy IN the islands, would say that we
have boxer on the Alert who viii
be willing to meet your man at any
time. A. Hill is the boxers name,
and he win be hard hill to get over.
too. IL you wish to accept this chal-
ienge. please address me in care of
the Star-Bulletin.
DENNIS O'BRIEN,
u. s. S. Alert.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-02-28
STAMFORD MAN BREAKS
COAST $50 RECORD

STAMFORD UNIVERSITY. Feb. IL.
Eugene A. Schnell, winner of the
haIfinile In the Stanford California
track meet last year. broke the Pa
cific coast record for the 660-yard this
morning in an informal and INSANE
toned meet on the Stanford oval. Five
watches clipped Schnell in 1:25 rs,
which is S-5 of a second faster than
the record.