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The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-09-18
Plans for Big Things

81 find," Lieut.. Felker said; "that
Captain Cummings and those associat-
ed with him did exceptionally good
work at the university. l am now
getting in touch with conditions as
rapidly as | can. | find that the Uni
versity of Idaho has been made a SEN
ior division of the reserve officers
training corps. This will have an i'm
portant bearing on military activities.
Military training is compulsory for
freshmen and sophomores, but not SO
with juniors and seniors. But with
the training corps established the
juniors and seniors will be paid $3.50
a month and be given uniforms if they
continue in training. This will induce
many of them to remain and the result
will be that we will have well trained
men for officers. 1t means a much
larger attendance also.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-09-18
Will Practice Rifle Fire

'I propose to devote some time to
rifle fire. l have had course of
training in this at the School of Musk
etry, Monterey, California, with a
thorough course in rifle and machine
gun practice. 1t is my intention to
give considerable attention to this
work here"
Lieutenant Felker is still a young
man although he has seen II years ac-
tive service including real fighting
with the Rough Riders in Cuba. Some
thing over a year ago he was ordered
to Fort Douglas, Utah, to assist in the
preparation of a prison camp to be
maintained in connection with the mil
itary post He has been there since.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-09-18
War Prisoners in Utah

We had 700 prisoners or internes
there when | left" Lieutenant Felker
said. "Most of these were sailors from
two German vessels, the Cormoran ia
ken over by the United States at Guam
at the beginning of the war, and the
Geier taken over at Honolulu. In ad-
dition to these sailors there are few
anarchists and l. w. W's."
The lieutenant and his family are
stopping at the Hotel Moscow until
they find a house to suit them.
above all else," Lieutenant Felker
said in closing; II wish to express
my appreciation of the hearty coorp-
Grafton accorded me by the faculty
members in getting started right in
my work here
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-03-01
GOLF GAINS IN FAVOR
Sport Growing in Popularity at
Pacific Coast Colleges.
intercollegiate Championship Match on
Links Is Likely-FaciIities for In
door Putting and Driving Elk.
erclses Installed.

The rapidly growing favor which
golf Is meeting In the Pacific coast col
leges leads many to the belief that II
will he only n matter OF time before
the sport will be officially recognized
here as one Of the minor varsity nc-
t~ivlties, as 1t Is among eastern col.
leges.
With this recognition, accorded the
game, 1t Is not unlikely that II will be
included In the conference schedules
and an intercollegiate golf champion
ship be the result.
Unusual interest Is being taken In
the game at the University Of Cali
forniu ut Berkeley. To meet the de-
ihnnds of students who wan that form
OF recreation facilities for indoor put
ting and driving exercise and practice
have been installed In Harmon gymnn-
stun. Putting nets, to help beginners
at the game, have been installed. Dur
ing the winter months they will be
used for driving and putting practice.
Arrangements have been made with
the Clarelnont Country club whereby
the club links may be used by candi.
dates for Il varsity golf team. Putting
greens and short-hOle courses will be
laid out on the campus and will be
ready for use when spring weather
makes outdoor work practical.
What rank the game will get Mt the
university has not yet been deter.
mined. Recently the University OF
Oregon elevated 1t tn major rank. 1t Is
n major sport In all the English and
Scotch universities.
About forty mcn are ou for golf al
the Berkeley institution. The depart
mcnt Of physical education recently
made 1t possible 10 substitute golf fol
regular gymnasium work. Plans ar,
On foot among the golfers TO organic,
II team to meet Stanford, Washington
Oregon and club teams.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-03-01
SYRUP Of FIGS FOR
A CH|LO'S BOWELS
It is cruel to force nauseating,
harsh physic into a
sick child.

Look back at your childhood days.
Remember the dose" mother insisted
cas- oil, calomel, cathartics.
How you hated them, how you fought
against taking them.
With our children it's different.
Mothers who cling 10 the old form of
physic simply don't realize what they
do The children's revolt Is well-found,
ed. Their tender little "insides' are
injured by them.
II your child's stomach, liver and
bowels need cleansing. give only deli.
cious California Syrup OF Figs" Its
action is positive. but gentle. Millions
OF mothers keep this harmless fruit
laxative" handy; they know children
love TO take II; that II never fails to
clean the liver and bowels and sweet
en- the stomach, and that a teaspoonful
given today saves a sick child tomor.
row.
Ask at the store for a 50-cent bottle
of California Syrup Of Figs which
has full directions for babies, children
OF all ages and for grown.ups plainly
IN each bottle. Adv.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-03-01

BUILD ANOTHER POLO FIELD
Regulation Sized Ground to Be Con.
strueted In Meadow Brook Colony
on Long Island.

G. Maurice Heckscher Of the Meadow
Brook colony, Westbury, l.. l., will
build n regulation sized polo field on
n 55-acre tract Of ground, which he re-
Gently purchased. There are ut pres
en- within the borders Of that county
II polo fields and all except two prob
ably will be In shape for play In the
spring. There are four fields ut the
Meadow Brook club, two at the lsocB-
away Hunt club, two on the estate OF
John S. Phlpps, n at Robert Bacon'n
and one on the estate of Willard ID.
Straight.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-03-01
WHAT A JEWElRY firm DID
They Invested Some Of Their
Spare Money in Canadian
Lands.

s. Joseph & Sons, Of Des Moines.
Iowa, are looked upon as being shrewd.
careful business men. Having some
spare money on hand, and looking for
II suitable investment, they decided to
purchase Canadian lands, and farm II.
With the assistance of the Canadian
Government Agent, nj Des Moines.
Iowa. they made selection near Cham
plon, Alberta. They put $40 acres OF
land In wheat, and In writing to Mr..
Hewitt, the Canadian Government
Agent nj Des Molnes, one Of the MEM
bers of the firm says:
Il have much pleasure In advising
you that on our farm five miles east
Of Champion, In the Province OF Al
bertn, Canada. this year 19lG we har-
vested and threshed 1000 bushels Of
wheat from 2iO acres, this being an
average of A bushels and 10 pounds
To The mere. a considerable portion
Of the wheat was No. ! Northern,
worth ut Champion approximately
S1.S5 per bushcl, making II total return
Of Sl9,GlO. or nm average of SSl.IO per
acre gross yields. Needless 90 say, we
are extremely we'll pleased with our
lands"
II might no he uninteresting TO read
the report Of G. A.. Wright of Milo,
Iowa. who bought 100 acres nj Cham
pion. Alberta, for $1,000 In December,
1918. He stubblcd In the whole lot Of
II, and threshcd 4,4S1 bushels Grade
No. . Northern.
Mr.. Wright, being n thorough bust
ness man, gives the cost of work, and
the amount realized. These figures
show that after paying for his land
and cost of operation he had S2,4I2.G7
left.
i,IST bushels. worth S1.55 ut
Champion .SG,95..S5
ri -,gh.py rim -,
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-03-01
UMPIRE DECLARED HIM SAFE
Peculiar Play Pulled on In Tacoma.
Seattle Game-Arbiter Makes
Novel Decision.

Fred McMullin, the young infelder
who has been making a spirited bid for
a place on the White Sox team, was
playing for Tacoma ut Seattle u few
years ago. He came In from third
on the dead run and slid for the plate,
McMullin knew he didn't touch II, but
he was afraid to slide back as the
catcher had the ball In his hand. The
umpire also knew he didn't score, but
said nothing. as that was not his busi'
ness.
Fred busted or his uniform and
stalked nonchalantly to the Tacoma
bench.
"He wasn't safe, was he?" demanded
Cadman. who was catching for Seattle
The umpire shook his head. At this
Cadman, holding the ball In his hand
dashed over to the Tacoma bench to
tag McMullin. Fred waited until hs
all but reached his end Of the bench
aud then slid over to the other end.
Cadman followed him, and as he die
40 slipped on some mud and fell to his
knees. McNlullin leaped up from his
seat, sprinted to the plate, and touched
II.
IT," umpi-s called him safe.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-03-01

NJ the whole, the disnterested observer must adJudgc victory to our deep
seated democracy which makes II really unsuitable that the White House
should ever be exactly fashionable.
We never forget not only that the presidential residence is II home. but
that the president Ia 1t is Our nan. The almost uOWan democracy of public
receptions Mt the White House is both engaging ana picturesque. In the
early days ngresSm used tn 10 them with bowie knives In their high,
cowhide boots, and in Jacksons time, guards with stout sticks beat back te
guests while the food " as being fetched from the kitchens. Then an eve-
ming party had all the charm of n riot. A diplomat compliance lot 10 long
no that even ut the exclusive receptions for the corps, the American young
Another diplomat, lw to these democratic shores, arriving laef or Il
New Years reception, IN aSOmshci to find tnt the negro hickman who
had driven him to the White House had slipped in ahead Of him and was the
first to grasp the presidential hand!
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-03-01
LONG DRIVERS OF AMATEURS
Bob Gardner Of Chicago and Jesse
Guilford Of Massachusetts,
Given Most Credit.

Who's the longest driver among the
golfing amateurs Of our perfectly good
United States?
The question has been hashcd and
rehashcd by the golf critics, yet no
one has settled It as yet.
When the amateur championship
tourney was held ut Philadelphia last
summer, Jesse Grllford, Massachusetts
state champion, and Bob Gardner o:
Chicago were touted as tire best drivers
among the amateurs. In the scmi-ilnal
round, when these two players met,
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-03-01

Ut IHt ~EVOIOgIVuI SURVEY IT TH sHIu
that the standards of accuracy and
refinement In this work have been
constantly raised by the engineers
carrying II on, with the view Of meet.
Ing adequately every use TO which the
resulting maps u be put. The law
provides for the sale of these maps by
the survey at the cost of printing,
which Is interesting when II is taken
into account that tk.is cost Is only a
small percentage CT the cost of sur
veying the area II represents. The
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-03-01

federal government itself is making II large and increasing ue of these
Topographic maps but the expendiur" of public funds or these surveys is
otherwise fully warranted, the officials Of the geological survey think. only
as the public uses the maps To promote this use, the survey has recently
given moreat attention to the wider distribution Of the maps.
According to those who have been at work on this plan and re most In
terested In its success the distribution of n government maj is largely n
problem of publicity, though the necessity Of adopting commercial business
methods in handling orders for the maps when ne a demand Is created is
not overlooked. In informing the public of the existence of authoritative
maps published by the government II special effort is made to reach the
communities In each are covered by the map and to this end every mar, as
issued, Is brought to the attention Of the local and state press, a well as to
postmasters and schoolteachers.
Other methods of promoting wider distribution involve the cooperation
Of Boy Scout masters chooboys and hotel managers a well as of a large
number OF book stores o. local agents.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-03-01

WORLD
Somebody Is always taking the glee
out Of existence.

Somebody Is always taking the gles
Dut Of existence.
All athletes are rot real athletes
Some Of them are just lucky.
Fighters are the only one who can
pose us fighters without fighting.
Fred Mitchell Is going to release
about ten Cubs and get some players.
Automobiling Is supposed to be sport
hut every motorcar owner knows dif.
f%erently.
The trouble with our amateur ath.
letcs seems To be that they are all
professionals.
There are ~ trupshontlng organiza.
tons on the lines of the Pennsylvania
Railroad company.
Golf matches nre usually played In
two rounds. But this doesn't apply to
The nineteenth hole.
The CrosS.cOuntry unnerS have
nothing on some OF u wcll-kn0wl
long.distancc takers.
Judging by the demands OF most
fighters. they cannot afford To fight be-
cause Of the high cost If living.
our best little oma golfers and
tennis players have 1t on the men
They are always able to keep In
shape.
There will he five big league clubs
And then there will be the Cards, Cubs
and Reds.
Instead Of wasting time talking
about a third major league, the Ma
tional league ought to try TO BE- n
second one.
Some boxers seem to be afraid OF
ovcrworklng II they fight once n year.
and others consider n couple of days
between fights n long vacation.
An amateur IL n man who doesn't
capitalize his profession, says a re-
rent definition. Any Interpretation
hat will suit your ends is permissible.
Christy Mathewson may not be Wild
~ enthusiastic about Cincinnati ball.
players, hut he says that Cincy could
win n pennant every year In a checker
league.
In New Orleans they are haillng
Pete Herman as the bantamweight
champion. In st. Paul they have
crowned Johnny Ertle. Other cities
are yet to be heard from.
In some colleges the husky studies
all try to make the eleven, and In 9TH
ers. judging from results, the poor
victims are sentenced for their sins
TO serve time on the football team.
Oscar Witt Is going to have some
| trouble holding down his Job as third
bascman for the Tigers the coming
e n all the reports about Roy
mes, the San Francisco wonder. ID
10.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-03-01

more, who said, when he was called
to the executive mansion, This Is my
first misfortune.") II Is the most per-
sonal. most picturesque Of the govern
ment's possessions. Its history Is the
history Of many of our American
Ideals, snys Harrison Rhodes In llar-
per's Magazine.
The White House, ms Is natural,
~ me constant thcnter OF the conflict
to be observed everywhere In Amhrl-
can life between our wish To have an
Bristocrncy and our wish not IN. But.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-03-01

when he ws gunners mate aboard n Of CIcle Sans batleshlns. A bland
smile cured the lips OF Mr.. Gumpcrt when he told of pmrs for this odd con.
venuon.
"You bet Wen have n bully time, the bunch of u.s." he said. Ever notice
that onelegged men are the best fellows in the world?
"Were going to organize IN association that every mothers son of us
will be proud 10 be II member OF. And you can see we're going to be some
exclusive.
Anybody thnts IL good fellow can be n member, but they've got to
measure up to pretty rigid standards. No ordinary upeds car belong o our
clan"
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-03-01

City. The o%ne-lcggcd men will be
mostly statesmen for artificial limb
firms IN the United States. They pro-
pose to organize socially and to dis
cuss ways and means of increasing
their firms business with European
countries.
Gustav Gumpert will bid them
welcome. Guinpert Is prominently
counted IN Ia become president Of
the O~ne-Icgged Mems Association of
America" lie lost his limb ten years
upO In the service of his country.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-03-01

get none. | nave raised V idiot
children, and think | oughtter have n
pension. Please send one ut once"
And here is another, which Rep,
resentative Jncoway Of Arkansas
found In his mail
"Plez send me II pensun by return
mail. l wuzent In the army, but my
father wuz. And I could prove It,
but the captain lost the mustard role"
This Is an extract from an afi-
davit submitted to n Missouri con-
gresham by n country doctor, who
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-03-01
GIBSON TO COACH PITCHERS
Succeed Wilbert Robinson In
Schooling Hurlers.

George Gibson, the one great catch.
er Of the Pittsburgh team. will coach
the young pitchers for the Giants the
coming season. He will go to Marlin
Springs, Texas, with the first squad
Of players to leave for the training
camp.
This IL the position that Wllbert
Robinson held with much success for a
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-03-01

examined n third pension applicant: "The soldier II n result of his active
service In the Civil war.h has contracted valyular heart disease and there is
Il vey bad reorganization of the mtral valve, giving Il loud murnur o N oscu-
laton"
A West Virginia congressman has a constituent Of venerable e who
is not in sympathy with modern progress. Recently the congressman received
n letter from the old maj and dictated n courteous reply TO his stenugrapher.
The lawmakers surprise may be imagined when he got this answer:
"You don't need to prut your - letters to me; | car read writing"
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-03-01

Gardner got greater distance out of
his drives, but 1t II pointed u that
he was hitting II low ball with IA long
roll on n baked course. while Guilford
was hitting II high ball with compare
lively little roll.
And hen the unprejudiced raIlbirds
bobbed up with the assertion that
among all the players In the tourney
ID. Clarke Crokran of Baltimore was
driving yards beyond both players. So
the amateur long-driving championship
Is up In the air.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-03-01

The average man Is able to look In
n milliner's show window without see
ing something he would be willing to
20 without.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-03-01
Valuable Government Maps Offered at Low Price

r HE project of covering the 100000 square miles of the United States
i with accurate land surveys wa adopted by the government as far back as
1857. but the work Is even now less than half competed. according 70 experts
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-03-01
Funny Letters Received by Members Of Congress

M EMBERS Of congress continue to receive letters In which the writer's dis
NI play unconscious humor. Here is one that reached Representative Iainey
of Illinois: "Al the old wimmin' know are getting n pension, but don't
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-03-01

number Of years. McGraw will take
many pitchers, both old and young, to
Marlin Springs In March. Included In
the list are Tesreau, Sallee. Benton.
schupp. Anderson. Middleton. Smith
Pie Way and Ritter.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-03-01
One-Legged Men to Convene in National Capital

r IFTY onolcgGed men will arrive in this city next June, will be welcomed
i by n onelcggcd hotel IN and will sette down 10 II threeGay organization
convention OF the most cxtrMordlnMry chnrncter e.er stnrtel In the CaplMl
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-03-01

HTHE HFW VHUST5 OHDT EUTUTV'
In n game played last summer between two prom
incnt semiprofessional clubs, with the score n tie
IN the ninth, one down and runners on second and
third, things began to happen. The catcher OF the
visiting team noticed that the runner on third was
taking u big lead on each ball pitched. He de-
cided that an accurate snap throw ought to catch
him mapping. The play worked as he had expected.
n pretty throw getting the runner on third fiat
footed. There being no chance for the runner to
get back to third, he made a dash for home. A
run.up then ensued, practically every player Of the
team In the field Joining in the play to retire the
man who had been caught off third base.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-03-01

Steps are being taken by the bureau
Of fisheries To popularlge black cod as
an article of food.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-03-01
IMMEDIATE ATTENTION

should be given to sprnlns. swellings,
bruises. rheumatism and neuralgia.
Keep Mansfeld's Magic Arnica Lini-
ment handy on the shelf. Three sizes
-25c, soc and Sl.0O.-Adv.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-03-01
His Status.

$50 your admircr Is In the umbrella
business;"
II see. He Is Il sort Of rain beau
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-03-01
White House Is a Most Desirable Residence

w AsHING1oN-The White House Is fG- and away the most desirable
w residence in the national capital. (This In spite Of the nobility of vice
Ercsd.n,s Mlich: OF conrse: oLIg.s thsm 20 ts gcnerous Tradition Of FIN.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-03-01

$4.4S2.1S S4.4S2.1S
Net profit after paying for
farm and all cost of opera
ticn .S2.472.G7
Advertisement.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-03-01
BILLY EVANS SOLVES BASEBALL PROBLEMS
written Especially for This Paper by the Famous AM
League umpire.)

Very often n 'bone" on the part OF some player who believes tina
he is pulling something new muses. trouble galore.
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