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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-03-02

III the youth OF America are TO
build up their bodies and their minds
10 be ready for war or for universal
military training there is no branch
of athletics that will be more worth
their while than boxing"
This is the advice of Johnny kilbane,
featherweight champion OF the world
and one of the greatest beers of all
time. to young Americans who NAV
be called out to defense of their coun-
try
Kilbane is %. He is a picture OF
physical perfection.
But at is he was frail youth weigh.
ing 80 pounds with no chest develop.
ments and with sagging shoulders and
little vitality.
Here are kilbane'e rules OF condi,
tioning. What they did to make xii.
bane strong and healthy they will do
for any boy:
/. Avoid dissipation. Do not form
bad habits. Smoking hurts the wind
and drinking tears down body tissues
faster than they can be built up.
2. Get to bed early. Get a regu-
lar amount OF sleep. Eat regularly
3. Exercise every day. Practice
deep breaking, take long walks if
possible.
when Uncle Sam wants men he
does not want weaklings." said XII,
bane. 1.-THE reason SO many men can.
not pass physical examinations to
get into the army is because these men
did not take care of themselves when
they were young.
There is nothing in the world that
will so develop boy as learning tC
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-03-02

Throw the body. forward and upward
in hooking and forward in jabbing.
The hitting arm should be moved
only slightly in. hitting. Correct hit.
ting from the toes will carry the arm
with it.
In blocking do not knock the oppo.
nent's arm up or down. Turn 1t
slightly, just enough to make the op.
ponent miss. This throws him off
his balance and usually leaves an open.
ing for an effective counter.
Many times a blow may be avoided
by sidestepping. This requires much
practice.
a beginner should not try to slip
the head to avoid blows. Only the
cleverest boxers can do this successful
ly. If not done correctly the boxer
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-03-02

box and in order to know how to
box he must take other exercises
which will give him wind and endur-
ance and will build up his body.
Boxing has another advantage. II
builds the mind. 1t causes a person
to think quickly and accurately. 1t
makes 1t possible for him to meet
difficult situations and know what
to do without hesitation.
"The boxer who will conscientious.
ly try to improve his mind will do so
more quickly than the man who has
never learned the fundamentals OF
boxing. He will grasp that which he
is striving for much easier and will
be able to put it to better use"
Five important lessons in bowling
posed for The West Virginia by John.
ny Kilbane, featherweight champion
of the world, and his manager. Jimmie
Dunn. one of the greatest boxing in.
structors in the world,
The left hook is one of the most
important blows in boxing. Throw the
whole weight of the body into the
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-03-02

is likely to be Tented into an opening
leaving his entire head unprotected.
To learn scientific boxing begin,
ner should have an instructor. II
this is impossible he should practice
before long mirror, In this way no
can study his defects and remedy
them.
Shadow boxing. bag punching. exer-
cising with weights and jumping tho
rope are the best supplemental sxer-
cises.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-03-02
HIGH SCHOOL TOOK
FIRST NORMAL GAME
Contest;Was a Thriller And
Marked by the Finest of
Sportsmanship.

Firmont High by Al to 90 score,
won the first Of three games with the
Normal to decide the county champion.
ship, in a battle royal on the Normal
gym floor last night. Cheered by hun
dreds Of fans, the number of which
the hall could nowhere near accom-.
modate the players made a nip aud
tuck, back and forth, fight from the
time Ken Clark blew the first whistle.
AT the start Normal made a fine
lead, in the first few minutes bringing
the score to to and later to 9 to
q High school then started to work
and before the first half ended was
ablefto tie the score at GIG. Normal
spurted and the half ended 90 to 10
for the Normal.
The High school took the lead in the
second half and demonstrated that
their staying powers were superior.
toned as the High school boys and
slowly. Dropping from the offensive
fensiye, with the exception of two or
three half.minute spurts during which
Normal scored points. High school
got 90 in the second.
The finest feature of the game was
the clean sportsmanship that prevail.
ed all the way through Individual
stars there were none for every. man
played his best and played up to the
mark that in former games has been
set by the individual stars of the
teams The next game of the series
win be played on the "Y" gym and
should prove thriller Last nights
lineup and score:
Norfnal-29 Hiah-A1
NJ Hamilton. ,..F........ Knight
II neutrality-suspicious.. Wilson
Binns. ........,...C..... Hawkins
Rtdgley. Meredith
Hess .....,.... ..G............ Hill
Northumberland: Miller for II.
Hamilton, Field baskets-Nornal: H..
Hamilton /, NJ. Hamilton a. Binns 3,
7idgley !. High: knight s, Wilson 4,
Hawkins A, Hill l. Foul baskets
Normal: NJ. Hamilton, out of IL.
High: knight, out of 12 Referee
Ken Clark. Time of periods-2O min.
utes
q
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opponents blow just enough to make
him miss. This will throw him off
his balance and leave an opening to
counter with the right.
If left hook cannot be side.step.
ped push the blow aside slightly with
the right. This should leave an open
ing TO counter with the left
HOOKS AND JAss
BY Johnny kilbane
Hitting and blocking are the essen.
tials of boxing.
Most young boxers make the mis-.
take of swinging. A boxer never should
swing. There is little force in the blow
and 1t is awkward and leaves the body
open.
His from the toes. throwing the en-.
tire weight of the body into the punch.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-03-02

blow. hitting !. 1n the toes. The ~rm
itself should be moved very little.
The left jab is effective only when
the entire weight OF the body is thrown
forward from the toes.
The right cross is used after left
hook. The body is left in a position
to strike hard and effectively.
In blocking the right cross turn the
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-03-02

a college wrestler broke his ribs.
One thing about these rasslers they
never hurt their heads.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-03-02
'W.V.U. ANDW.V.W. TO
PLAY IT OUT HERE
Game Between Big Schools
VIII Take Place Tomor-
row Night.

West Virginia University and Yves.
logan College Will clash In the third
and final battle to decide the basket.
ball supremacy between the two
schools tomorrow evening on the Y.
Nj "a. gymnasium floor. Athletic Di,
1ectcrs Kellison and Pyle were in con
ference here last evening and complet
cd the details for the game.
According to Director Pyle there ia
small possibility of game or series
with Is. & e. in case the University
wins Saturday night d. & h. is
insisting ON a series Of three games
and West Virginia does not feel that
she should play that number after
her regular season is ended. Null.
lenix is asking for two games to be
played in the armory here, and one
on the University floor Whether or
not Wesleyan will meet d. q Z. In
case of victory here Saturday night
is not known. '.,
Ward Lanham will handle the whis-
tie here tomorrow night. having han
died the referees position with re-
tnarkabIe success in Wednesday nights
game. Large crowds from Morgantowh
and Buckhannon will be here for the
game and the prospects are that the Y.
gymnasium will not be able TO care for
near all those who wish to see the big
gest basketball contest in West Nir'
giiiia during the 1867 season.
Admission for the game will be 70
cents and play will be started prompt
~ at $3.50.
Details and summary of the Var.
sity.wesleyan game Wednesday be-
ing too late for publication III yester'
days papers, are here given.
Rodgers starred for West Virginia,
harging total of six field goals. Ice,
old Fairmont Normal player, came
next with two. Steadman was started
at center but after ten minutes Di.
recor Pyle sent in the lanky Marion
counter.
"wednesday nights score:
W. ". u-2o Wesleyan-25
Rodgers ..,......F. ...... Shumaker
Iatterner !...... IF. ......... Fisher
Steadman. ......C. .......... Neale
Hite. .G............ Beck
Morrison .s.... &c.. Morrison
substitutions-ward for Beck Beck
disuuaiified in last minute of play
ON personally; Ice for Steadman.
Field baskets-Rodgers ), Ice 2,
Fisher 2. Neale a. Morrison /.
Four baskets-Morrison, 6 out Of
10; Fisher, z out OF IL.
Score first half-W. V, o., s; Yves
leyan. 10.
Observation-Disclosures and Vance.
Scorers-Barnes and Kellison.
Heferee-Lanham.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1917-01-12
NATL FARM LOAN
ASSN GETS BUSY
Annual Meeting at the Court House
Tuesday Afternoon Largely A.
tended and Very Lively
sD or APPRAISERS ELECTED
Resolutions Adopted FavOriag Gov
ernment Aid to Land That May
Be irrigated by Pumps

The annual meeting of the Luna
County National Farm Loan associa-
tion was held at the court house
Tuesday afternoon, about forty or
fifty of the leading farmers of the
valley being in attendance.
President j. +. Holiday of the
Mlmbres Valley Farmers association
was elected chairman, Secretary
Hugh Ramsey officiating IN his reg
ular capacity. As the purpose OF the
meeting was to elect six directors,
+. +. Hurt, q. W. McCan and Alfred
Rhea were appointed telers for the
purpose of canvassing the vote.
M nominations were made and
each member wrote six names on q
ballot, no one being permitted to
vote who had not paid his one per
cent for running expenses. Nearly
forty votes were east. Prof. j. F.
Holiday receiving thirty five, Hugh
Ramsey rty-five, L. F. Hurt twen-
ty-four, Ed j. Berwick twent four,
j. Alfred Rhea twenty three. Geo.
W. McCan twenty-one. These gen.
tlemen were declared elected as di-
rectors for the ensuing year.
W. f. Holt, chairman of the Ma
llonal Irrigation congress committee.
ha'inc III charge the irrigation pump-
ing investigation, requested the pas
sage of the following resolution,
which was introduced by Mr.. McCan
and carried by a unanimous vote.
? "fhd Luna County National Farm
loan association, in annual eonven.
lion assembled, does most heartily
approve the resolution adopted bv
the last National Irrigation congress
looking toward the enactment of fed
eral laws that will give proper scien-
tlfic aid AMI financial assistance to
arid lands that may be profitably
reclaimed by irrigation pumping. We
pledge our cooperation to the chair
man in securing this much needed
legislation"
Following the adjournment the
board Of directors held meeting and
elected Prof. J. F. Holiday president,
Geo. W. McCan vice-president, and
Hugh Ramsey secretary treasurer.
They also elected Professor Holiday,
f. j. Berwick and l.. ". Gibson a
board of appraisers, with instruc-
tions TO get busy at once and report
to the first meeting of the board,
which occurs Saturday, January 20.
at the office of the Mimbres Valley
Farmers association.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1917-01-12
CENTRAL FUNSTON
HERE TOMORROW
Major General Commanding South
srn Department VIII Visit Camp
OemiMg Officially Tomorrow
WILL Re GIVEN SOCIAL H0M0as
review Of Troops On Polo Field
viii Be Held Saturday Morning.
Goes Then 10 Columbus

The biggest little soldier IN the
tinted States army, Major General
Frederick Funston. will arrive IN
nemlng in hi private ear over the
=. p. a. ! o'clock tonight.
General Funston will inspect the
iroops of Camp Deming IN formal re-
view at the nolo grounds Saturday
morning. following which he will be
o,yen an honorary dinner at the Har-
vev House under the auspices of the
Demng Chamber of Commerce. The
General and his party will then be
driven To Columbus where he will in
,prct the troops ai that point. the
ear having already been sent from
there To convey him to that point.
General Funston's ear will be he'll
in the Demine yards for a few days,
and it is expected that he will re-
run here To resume his Journey along
the border.
Deming is very proud and very de-
lighted to welcome the man who has
done 50 much to keep things running
-moothly III the southern department
of the United States army.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1917-01-12
vaught Returns to Get Busy

District Attorney J. S. Vaught and
family are home from three weeks
visit with their relatives in Missis-
sippi, and it didn't take more than
an hour or two for hm to get into
the harness and get busy. He left
this morning for Hachita and Rodeo,
and will go from there mp the MINI
bres river to look after the prosecu-
ton of some cattle thieves.
II is the new district attorneys
purpose Ia devote his entire time and
attention To he duties of the office,
and at present he will not employ a
Grant county deputy, preferring to
have the entire business Of his office
in his own hands, leaving the whole
of the firms private practice to his
associate, Captain John C. Watson.
He is at present securing data as
to the whole expense of the trial of
the Villa raiders, and will ask the
state legislature to reimburse Luna
county for the full amount. He has
also arranged to place the little raid
er Jesus Pals, in an orphanage, thus
relieving the county of Luna of S25
per month expense.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1917-01-12
Annual Nesting of Bl-MetaiIic Co

The annual meeting of the Bi-Me.
tallic Mining and Milling company
was held at the company's office on
Pine street Tuesday afternoon,
Thomas G.. Aitken and Mrs. Cora G..
Matthews acting as inspectors Of
election. The following board of di-
rectors was elected for the ensuing
year: Chris Raithel, II. d. Green,
Alfred Strum, f.. r. Valandigham.
NJ. S. Nord and W. VI. Haste. Follow
ing the election of directors. Chris
Raiihel was elected president, f. II.
Nalandigham vice-prcsident, w. NJ.
Haste treasurer, II. d. Green secre-
tary and agent, NJ. S, Nord, general
manager.
The Bi- Metallic is considered one
of the most promising gold and silver
properties in the southwest.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1917-01-12
Redmen installation

The annual installation of Officers
of Huachuca Tribe No. lS Improved
No. is Improved Order of Redmen
was held Wednesday. January 10.
Past Great Sachem l.. L. Godshanx
was the installing officer.
Prophet. j. II. Lenoir.
Sachem. W. +. Tanning.
Senior Sycamore. +. o. Sampsell.
Junior Sycamore. Robt. Hume.
Chief of Records. II. d. Green.
Keeper of Wampum, W. W, Col
Inns.
Collector Of Wampum, II. d. Green
First Snnnap, W. W. Collins.
Second Sannap. John Pienzak.
Guard of Forest. $. II. Wells.
Guard of Wigwam. J. s. Bighani,
The installation ceremonies wer.
followed by bic dog feast given in
the banquet room. which some fifty
big Indians made merry.
T.. r.. Eddy, +. NJ. Wheatley. A. j.
Miller and Roger Williams of Chino
Tribe No. IS, came down from Hur-
ley; Sam Allen of Victoria Tribe,
from Santa Rita and Seret, Bowman
with fifteen braves from Delaware,
followed the trail that led to Huachu-
cas- wigwam.
Too much credit cannot be given ia
A. t.. Wascher, the retiring sachem.
10 whose nnceasins efforts the great
increase in membership during the
past year is due. II was the biggest
pow-wow for many moons.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1917-01-12
Farmers Begin a Movement
to Organize a Fire lns. Co.

present and made little talk on
what the farmers of North Dakota
were doing along this line. At the
conclusion Of the discussion the
name of Farmers Mutual Fire In
surnnce Company of Luna County,
New Mexico" was adopted, and upon
motion of the assembly President
Holiday appointed W. f. Holt, Hugh
Ramsey and f. r. Twitty, commit :
tee to ascertain from the State of
New Mexico the proper methods Of
the organization of such a company.
The committee instructed the chair
man 10 write the insurance commits
sioner concerning the matter and
this was done Immediately following
the meeting. AS soon as the commit
tee shall have ascertained the method
of procedure another meeting will be
called and the organization per-
fected.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1917-01-12

The farmers of Luna county are
anxious TO organize Farmers Mu-
tual Fire Insurance company. and
took initial steps Ia organize such an
association at the court house Tues
day afternoon, the following farm
ers putting their names down for
amounts ranging from five or six
hundred to that many thousand dol
lars: Hugh Ramsey. W. ID. Howard,
II. ]. Sanders. Geo. W. McCan, Al
bert Wilsey. W. T.. Holt, l.. W. Glib
son, +. T.. Kimball, +. W. Baumann,
T.. ]. Berwick. Tom Mccartney, II.
l.. Lucas. T.. r. Twitty. J. W. Dewitt
+. NJ. Chase. Baylis Mckinley, i.e-
roy Hon, with many others who will
sign when another meeting is called.
c. F.. Hicks. who has recently been
travelling all over the United States,
especially the west half Of it, was
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1917-01-12

necessary to leave his post to enable
him to accompany his brother who is
in critical condition at Bayard, N.
NJ. to his home in the east.
J. f. Mcneil from Tucson takes
his permanent assignment as second
operator with the S. P. company.
Mrs. Mcneil and their two-year.
old baby accompanied Mr.. Mcneil TO
Deming.
The Southern Pacific telegraph
office will be removed from the
ticket office in af ew days to tho
room formerly used as telegraph de-
partment. This move is made nee
essary by the heavy increase in busi-
ness conditions.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1917-01-12
Precinct Election

Al the precinct election Monday
everything passed off in perfect
quietness. 7. j. Clark, +. b. Sloss,
Jeff Keith, Grundy Blevins and Har-
vey Dean officiating as election
board. The total number Of votes
cast were 3i3, Judge c. C. Rogers
receiving all but two as justice Of
the peace, j. C. Tabor receiving for
constable 225, S. B, Rhea 100, George
Billingslea |, and Pancho Villa /. II
might be said that Billingslea was not
a candidate for the office, and so far
as is generally known Villa had no
t',oughl of heinG elected
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1917-01-12
Read Carefully the Bank State
mcnts In This Issue

The careful attention OF
' Graphic readers is called TO the
' -tatemenl ui our .plcndld bank
~ published IL the naper ta-
' day.
' II will he noted that the IN
' d'vidual deposits in the two
' banks exceed three quarters of
' a million dollars. This is Who'll
' ly outside of time deposits or
' savings accounts of any char
' acter, which amount 20 many
' thousands. 4
Attention a. aisc llart> t5
the fact that there afe piac,
' tically no overdrafts in either
' bank. which denotes careful and
palnstaking method, employed
' IN direction of the affairs of
' our solid financial institutions
We call attention ~ these
statements, which ARE published
' according 10 law, in or'icr the
people may understand how
wisely and safely the financial
' affairs of the community are
' administered
There Is never any friction
between the Deminc banks and
he state ar national admins
' traiion..
y 4
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1917-01-12
Interstate Commerce Com.
Rejected Demurrage Plan

Manager Z. E. Mote of the Pacifi,
Car Demurrage bureau advises he
has received notice from the Inter
state Commerce Commission that
they have rejected supplement No.
IL to tariff No. LII, applicable on
interstate traffic in New Mexico.
Therefore, the old rates will apply
and such few changes as may have
been assessed since December 18th,
will be either refunded or agents
accounts relieved for the difference in
rates.
The old rate which is now again
effective is Sl.O0 per day except or
tank cars on which it is $500 pei
day after expiration Of the usual
free limit.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1917-01-12
.DEM|NG SCHOOLS
Of HIGHEST GRADE
Newspaper Men Visit City Schools
tC Witness Tests Of Efficiency
In Work Of the Pupils
EXCELLENT SHOWING MADE
Pupils Whose Training HAS Been En-
tirely In the Demlng Schools
Show highest Efficiency

Monda, morning Ciiy Editor Ralph
l.ynd ot the Headlight and the
Graphic editor visited the public
schools of Demins. for the purpose
al determining exactly how the sta
dent were averaging up acordin. 10
the efficiency standard OF the besl
school systems Of the United State.
IN company with Superintendent
TAYLOR. We visited first the sixth
grade, IN charge Of Miss BGs-ie La
cas-. An arithmetic test was made
here. according Ia the standard re
search test. heretofore conducted N
the city schools of the east and
north. The visit was made without
previous announcement. and after n
careful examination, or rather test,
of thirty-siy pupils, the entire room,
with only one student, little girl
who recently came from the Illinois
schools, not taking the examination,
it was found that in speed the pupils
were 81 per cent below normal, in
accuracy they were u per cent above
normal. The examples were figured
out IN eight minutes by the watch. 1t
was noticeable that ten on, of twelve
examples were correctly worked by
Okey Hutchinson, Ten out of thirteen
by Robert Fielder, and seven out of
ten by Millnrd Phillips. II was in
iercsting to observe thai the pupils
who had been trained entirely IN the
Deming schools made the highest
averages. \ number were 100 per
cent periec,. =
The uext loom NIsiIea was the sev
en,h and eight grades, taught by
Miss May Seeger, who wisely keeps
her pupils good natured by reading
them few Ford jokes when things
get too quiet on the Potomac.
In speed the eighth grade tested
3 above normal and in accuracy. one
per cent above. The seventh grade
tested one per cent below in speed,
and in accuracy was exactly normal.
The last room visited in the hieh
school building was seventh-B grade.
under Miss Glen Phillips, where the
general average IN spelling should
have been 30 per cent and the aver
age made was 2/7 per cent above
this, or 2/1 per cent better than the
schools in the large cities of the east.
In the Central school building
grades 4-B and IA. presided over
by Miss Lucille Holt, spelling tests
were made and found to be l.} per
cent above normal. in the first men,
toned, and one per cent above nor
nal in the second mentioned. In this
room the children were put through a
series of calislhenics that excited the
admiration of the visitors.
Ia GRADES A and 5-B, Miss Kath-
crime Shepard, teacher, tests were
made in reading, the results disclos-
inc the fact that in the "A the speed
was Il l4l11 per cent above the nor
NAL. and in 5-B, s'a17 per cent
above normal These tests were
made without any preparation what
ever. and were fair and just in every
particular
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1917-01-12

Last evening at the Crystal the
great play Battle Cry of Peace
showed for the third and last time
to a full house, the patriotic picture
having drawn good houses at each
showing.
Saturday night will be seen an
other Fox show, sporting Blood"
featuring Dorothy Bernard.
At the Pastime Theatre on Sunday
begins a most interesting and exciting
Pathe serial, with Grace Darmond,
Ralph Kellard and Leonard Barry
starring in "The Shielding Shadow
This serial promises to be one to con-
stantly grip the attention OF the en-
tire audience.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1917-01-12
Santa Fe Equipment Is o. X.

A. l.. Washer has just returned
from making his annual examination
of the Mechanical work along the
Demine division of the Santa Fe, and
he saws he has never found things in
finer condition than they are at pres
ent. and he looks for a great wears
ht -iugsa