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The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-11-27
FIFTEENTH ANNIVERSARY OF
FIRST PUSHBALL GAME

Pushball contests willAbe a feature
of the Thanksgiving aySporting pro-
grams in several cities of the United
States and in many of the army can
tonments next Thursday. This young
est of sports has become increasingly
popular and is now played in England
and Canada as well as in Uncle Sans
Land, where it originated. New Eng
land was the scene of the first push
ball contest, and it is said that the
first pushball was made in Newton,
Mass, in 1894. 4-~..,.
The first real football contest was
played in New York fifteen years ago
tomorrow, Nov. %, 1902. The regu-
lation pushbaH was not procurable for
this contest, and a. canvass ball filled
with hay was used. The pushbaH of
the regular type is the largest and
costliest ball used in any game. 1t is
six feet in diameter, and a good one
costs in the neighborhood of $500.
Even at that apparently excessive
price, it is said that there is no big
profit for the makers. English cow
hide leather. is used for the outside
covering, and the score of strips neces-
sary are sewed by hand.
Each of the strips is about ten feet
long and half dozen. hides are re-
quired to get the leather for one ball,
and it takes an expert workman two
weeks to sew the material together.
The most expensive rubber has to be
used for the bladder. The rubber is
cut into strips. and cemented together
in the shape of a globe, exactly fitting
the leather covering when inflated.
The cover will last for many years,
but the bladder has to be renewed,
at a cost of $15e, every two +or three
years.
PushbalI is played both indoors and
on a field similar to, a football grid
iron. A goal occupies each end of
the field, and it is the endeavor of the
opposing teams to push, the ball
through the enemy's goal. Although
originating on this side Of the Allan
tic, pushbal is more popular in Eng
land than in America. The Britishers
have introduced an. innovation where
by the players are on horseback.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-11-27

sArmer Want Ads One Gent a Word
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-11-27
WHY DON'T WE MAKE
'a.S WOMEN SOLDIERS

The present conflict is the greatest
war that has been known in all his
tory. 1t is Also in many respects
the most horrible. 1t is especially SO
because of the presence of women in
the firing line and the half baked
public sentiment that seems to ap-
prove of, and applaud, their fighting.
The one great and UNREASONABLE
reason why women should not be SOL
diers is the very fact that they are
women. Nothing can alter the great,
eternal principle that their sex should
absolve them from military service.
But, one may ask, is it any worse to
kill a woman than, a man? Perhaps
your reason will prompt you to say,
at first, that mans life is as prec-
ious as woman's. And yet, deep
down in your soul you know that there
is something infinitely. more horrible
and shocking in the idea of slaughter
ing women. This very principle is a
part of the ethics of civilization The
unwritten law Of the sea, is. women
and children first" A recognition of
this great law is almost instinctivel
If you have imagination you can much
more easily conceive of your willing
ness to kill a man than of your capa-
bility Of taking a woman's life. In the
press reports of murder cases, why do
they seem more shocking when wo-
men are the victims?
It. Is merely because they are wo-
men. It Is because ingrained in our
very SOUS, apar- from all, customs and
conventions, there is a deeply rooted
appreciation of the fact, that there is
something more sacred and more pre-
cious in the life of a woman than in
that of a man. And this something is
found. in motherhood, whether it be
possible or prospective motherhood or
the realization of motherhood It is
because of an instructive realization of
what motherhood means, recogni-
tion, of her greater value, and impor-
lance in the scheme of life, that the
fundamentals of chivalry have been
developed. .e
From SHOULD Women War?'' By.
J. HUDSON Mallory in November Ply
Edcal Culture. SIS iasr. ~ &c.,. -.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-11-27
ak OF Sports

Sam Crawford, who recently moved
to Los Angeles, reports that he's doin'
right well, thank you. Sam may make
eannection with some Pacific Coast
club and pull off some of his old dia-
mond stunts for the edification of his
new-found friends, the western fans
Their cousins in Detroit were sorry to
lose Sam from their midst.
Several of the defunct International
League clubs are ready to quit fight
ing and just quit They have lost
money during the past season any
way, so what's the use.
MomentouS matters, many of them
affecting the life of the nation, not to
say the welfare of the entire world,
will be settled at the National League
confab which will shortly be held in
New York. The same being true Of
the American League meeting at Chi
cago.
Why don't they leave Jack Barry
to his job as yoeman in the navy?
President Frazoe of the Red So1, says
he expects Jack to manage his club,
but Uncle Sam, who is now using Jack
to good purpose, will very likely not
be inclined to let him go. And when
Uncle Sam says no, he means no.
Plans and players all over the coun-
try are very much interested in the
case of the Chattanooga club of the
Southern Association against kid"
Elberfield, manager of that club last
season, which the board of arbitra-
ton now has under consideration. The
case also involves players Hyatt and
Graft, who were sold by Elberfield to
the Little Rock club two days before
the/ close Of the season. When the
sale had been completed Elberfeld
signed up to manage the Little Rock
club next year. Chattanooga claims
that E1berfeld was under contract
for 1918 and wants the sale of the
players set aside.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-11-27
SENATORS BUY PLAYERS.

>, Des Moines, Iowa, Nov. 27--June
Cass, left fielder, and Bruce Hartford,
were sold yesterday by the
local Western League club to the
Americans.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-11-27
GRID INJURIES KILL BOY.

Detroit, Mich, Nov. 27---El1is Ham
ilton, II years of age, who was in
jured in a football game Sunday, died
of his injuries.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-11-27

After. a. few days in a quiet sector
of the front. the American soldiers
wflIs never complain of a noisy July
Fourth celebration. 1-.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-11-27

After claiming that God command
ed them to get out and fight, then the
Germans deny that they started this
war. "-5s
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1917-02-28
NATIVE SETTLERS PLAN
TO CELEBRATE BIRTHDAY
Mould Observe Anniversary Of Pas.
sage of Act Creating Minnesota
~ Territory in 1849.

Minneapolis. - On March Srd, the
Native Sons of Minnesota will cele-
brate the G8th anniversary of the
birthday of their state. For on that
date, 1849, the act creating the terri.
tory of Minnesota passed Congress,
and from that time Minnesota appear
cd as a separate political division on
the map Of the United States. Pre-.
vious to that time all Of the country
between Michigan and the Missouri
river belonged to Wisconsin territory.
In 1916 Wisconsin was ready to enter
statehood, but the people along the
st. Croix valley and round about Fort
Smelling wished to form government
Ill their own, and after several unsuc-
cessful attempts. finally persuaded the
National Government to create new
territory called Minnesota, taking its
name from the largest river wholly
within its borders, and at that time
the principal center of population.
Some ten years later the territory was
considered large enough to become q
state, and while the 3rd of March is
not statehood day, it is the day that
the state was named in its infancy.
Minnesota, as most everyone knows,
means Sky Colored in the Sioux Ian
guage. This name was given to the
river known by that name, but at one
time called the ST. Peter.
The early settlers of Minnesota
were called Gophers, following no
doubt, the Indian custom Of adopting
some animal as mascot or totem for
clan.
For a number of years the older
Natives Of Minnesota, resident in Min
neapolis, have made it custom to
gather round the banquet table once
. year, to renew old friendship, re-
hearse old adventures and to extol the
many advantages of Minnesota as
place Of birth. The Association of the
Native Sons of Minnesota is an incor.
porated body with headquarters in
Minneapolis.
Such an organization can be useful
to the state by intoxicating high
Ideal of citizenship, and to the indi-
v1dual In maintaining the friendship
of previous generation. The officers
for the present year are: w. L. Bas-
sett, president; E. H. Cobb, LIST vice
president; DR.. A. M. Eastman, End
vice president; P. M. Holl, secretary;
E. L. Gowen, treasurer.
A cordial invitation is extended to
all OF the Native Sons of the state,
wherever located, to attend the annual
banquet at the West hotel, at Z p. M,
On March 3rd.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1917-02-28
Subscriptions-s1.5o per wear

AS war measure with a view to
guard against possible starvation
owing to the submarine blockade,
Great Britain has decided to guaran-
tee a minimum of $1.87 per bushel
for wheat grown in that country.
But that does not mean that the
price of wheat all over the world
will be that price, less transporter
ton charges to the Liverpool mar
ket, as the British farmer will have
to sell his crop in the open market
just as usual at a price determined
by the economic law of supply and
demand. If the world price happens
to be less than S1.87, Great Britain
will make up the difference to her
farmers and to them only. The
price which United States wheat
growers will receive will be deter
mined by the same factors as deter
mine it now.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1917-02-28
SOLVING THE LABOR PROBLEM

J. E. Cook of town of Alma, Mar
shall county, thinks the farm labor
problem is a difficult one to solve
for the benefit Of the public in gen
eral, but he has solved the problem
to his entire satisfaction, although
it took many years Of hard work
on his farm to do it. In the first
place he found that wheat alone
was poor, expensive crop to depend
on and made up his mind that he
would have to follow diversified
farming if he ever made good. So
he tried cattle, hogs and sheep, but
soon cut out the sheep, because the
cost of feed and changing pastures
were greater than the income he
derived from them, but he Jared
better with his hogs and cattle. At
that time his land was badly infest-
ed with wild oats and noxious.
weeds. He discovered that this made
excellent pasture for his live stock.
His experience has been that barbed
wire fence is easily and cheaply
moved from one part of the farm
to another, and it was only short
time until he had subdued the wild
oats and had his pasture seeded to
timothy and clover. @
His method is to cut the first
crop of hay, then turn on the cattle
and pasture the land for two years.
Then pillow and seed to flax and fol-
low this by wheat, oats and barley
in rotation, sowing timothy and
clover with the barley. When he
had his farm in this rotation he
found that he produced two bushels
of grain more per acre than before
and with less expense for labor.
His cattle were good grade Short
horns. He MIXED 20 cows and sold
the cream at the creamery. He
weighed and tested the milk from
each cow and soon he had a fairly
good herd, but he wasn't satisfied
with the returns. So he changed
to Guernsey cattle and was we'll
paid for his expense and trouble
as the cream check at the end Of
the year amounted to just as much
from IL Guernseys as it did from
20 Shorthorns.
At this stage Of the game he was
making more money with less hired
help than he had ever done before.
His land was free from foul weeds,
his crops were good, but still the
work on the farm was just as hard
as before. Argyle Banner.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1917-02-28

Smile into the face of the world
and a smile comes back-render
good service to others and good SER
vice is returned to you-show a
spirit Of helpfulness and that spirit
will surely send back good thoughts
and the same good thoughts will be
of you.
The world is great mirror
which truly reflects the thoughts,
acts and ambitions Of every indi-
vidual.
Let no one cloud his vision,
poison his mind and dwarf his soul
with the false Imagination that the
world is not giving him a square
DEAL
The only way to avoid getting a
square deal from the world is to
not give the world a square deal
yourself. Selected.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1917-02-28
Oldest Priest in Diocese Diea.

shakopee, Mimi, Feb. 22.-Monsig.
nor Alois Plut, the Oldest priest in the
diocese of st. Paul, who died at the
pge Of 76, will be buried here. Father
Plut was born in Laibach, Austria, on
June 81, 1S41. He came to the United
States when % years old and was sent
10 the diocese Of st. Paul as a stu4
dent. He was ordained to the priest.
hood Feb. IL. 1866. In July, 1889, he
founded st. Matthew's parish at West
.st. Pau. He took charge Of the parish
1t shakopee in 1900 and was elevated
10 the rank Of monsignor ii 1906.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1917-02-28

- 7
Arthur and Victor Ranstrom Wis
| tied at Lewis Ranstrom's Monday.
Axel Bonan called at Anton Pear
sons Monday.
Ellen Kulle called at Dagoberg's
Tuesday afternoon.
Carl Walin was out on the farm
with his son for few days last
week.
Elsie, Hilma and Emmett Young
dahl We're Tuesday callers at Mrs.
Johnson's.
+. Anderson was a business caller
at Alvarado Tuesday afternoon.
Charley and Hilda Anderson visit
ed Anton Pearson's Tuesday.
! Emma Lindstrom has been stav-
ing with Mrs. N. Dahlman few
days.
The Mission Ladies' aid took place
on Thursday at Chas. Westberg's.
The attendance was small on account
OF the heavy snow fall.
I John Anderson called at Corners
Thursday.
Emil Pearson was business call
er at Alvarado Friday.
Mary Furst visited Mrs. Ebert
Conner Friday afternoon.
Hawkin Iverson is employed at
Fred SINNERS.
John Anderson's family were War
rem callers Saturday.
Edith Dagoberg visited with home
folks from Friday to Sunday.
Mrs. John Erickson, who has been
receiving treatment at the hospital,
was able to return home Sunday.
Claus Clauson and son Paul call
ed at Lewis Ranstrom's Sunday.
Callers at Sward's Sunday were
Mr.. and Mrs. Willie Gunderson and
baby, Mr.. and Mrs. Emil johnson,
Hilda, Title and Everett, Mr.. and
Mrs. Chas. Boman and son Wallace,
Clara, Edith, Leonard and Hjalmar
.Dagoberg.
Alexandra Tharaldson spent Sat-
urday and Sunday with her sister
Anne in Alvarado.
Chas. Porten was an Alvarado
caller Saturday.
Joe and Arthur Swanson made a
short call at Pearson's Sunday.
John Anderson made business
trip to Warren Saturday.
Emma and Annie Lindstrom were
Sunday visitors at Johnson's.
|. Ollie, Helen and Sam Porten were
Saturday callers at Nelson's.
Oscar Larson and Martin Board
son were Sunday afternoon callers
at V. BRACES in Bloomer.
Larson's were busy hauling wood
Monday.
Visitors at Pearson's Sunday were
Freda, Elsie and Elmer Lindstrom.
| John Nelson made a call at Pete
|. Nordlund's Friday.
Quite a few from here were
present at the Mission meeting at
Arthur Haldin's home Sunday.
Mrs. Boardson and children were
Monday visitors at Nelson's.
Edith Anderson has been assisting
Mrs. s. Hanson of Alvarado a. few
weeks.
Caroline and Hilma{ Nelson spent
a pleasant afternoon at SWanson's
Sunday.
Ole Walberg, who has been a Wis
lCOf IN TINS lOcdlIIy lOf sOllle tnlle,
left for the March farm Saturday.
Chas. Boman called at Alvarado
Monday.
Anton Pearson is in Warren seek
ing treatment for his hands which
were badly frozen the night he was
lost in the blizzard.
Martin Boardson and John Nelson
took in the auction sale at Anvin-
sons near Olso.
Willie Ostrand from Foldahl is
here visiting at the Oscar Larson
home.
Harry Nelson left Sunday morn
ing for short visit with friends
near Oslo, returning Tuesday.
| Hilma and Nels Palm were Friday
callers at Pete Nordlund's.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1917-02-28
Esprit" MARKS METHoDIsTs

Bishop Mitchell Addresses Conference
at NorthfieId.
Northfeld. Bishop Charles Bay
ard Mitchell Of st. Paul, speaking on
THE Marks of Methodist" address
cd the closing session of the midyear
council of the Minnesota annual con.
ference of the Methodist Episcopal
church.
/. The Methodists, followers of John
Wesley, the bishop said, are to be
distinguished from other Christians
not so much by their differences in
doctrine and usage, as in the spirit
they display.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1917-02-28
EDUCATORS AT MoNTEvIDEo
Western Minnesota Teachers Hold
Three-Day Meet.

Montevideo. - Teachers of Western
Minnesota opened a three-day conven.
ticn here and devoted most of the
first day to visiting the local public
schools.
A. ]. Kittleson Of Madison, superin-
tendent of Lac qui Parle county
schools, presided. An address on the
Mutual Responsibility of Superintend-
ont and Teacher" by Dean L. D. Coff-
man, College of Education, University
Of Minnesota, was the principal num-
Der on the program.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1917-02-28

Farmers bills in the house, a ma.
jority of. which have the sanction and
backing of the Minnesota Union of
the American Society of Equity, have
been unusually successful so far and
the prospects are bright for the pass
age Of the entire lot. Three Of the
number, one by Magnus Johnson Of
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1917-02-28
Socialist Mayor Miofortune.

Melrose. - Rev. j. M. Cleary Of
Minneapolis, in lecture on American
citizenship here, said the people Of
Minneapolis did not want Minnesota
generally to think Ill Of them because
they are suffering under Socialist
mayor. Our mayor promised be.
fore his election that he wanted to be
fair and just, but he had not been in
office more than day before every
one saw he was there for his party. !"
said Rev Father Cleary.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1917-02-28
BANK OFFICIAL KILLS LAWYER
Calls Deputy Sheriff and Is Taken
Into CUSTODY

Ordway, Col, Feb. 26-J. B. Black
Of Nebraska City, Neb., was shot and
killed here by A. F. Enyart, president
of the First National bank Of this
city. The shooting took place in the
Office of the bank. Enyart asserts he
shot in self defense Following the
shooting Enyart summoned q deputy
sheriff and was taken into custody.
Black was an attorney and was said
formerly to have been interested in q
case in which Enyart was litiganI
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1917-02-28

Nels Moe, Of Plentywood, Mont.
was here last Thursday making ar
rangements for a wrestling match
at Warren on March 18th. Mr.. Moe
weighs IT'S lbs,, He is Norwegian
but challenges anyone to meet him.
He has wrestled such men as Zybis-
co, Henry Ordeman, Carl Mattson of
Minneapolis, and other famous
wrestlers. Anyone wanting to take
him on should write the manager of
the Warren Opera House or Nels
Moe, Gen. Del. Minneapolis, Mimi
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1917-02-28

You want a real Kerosene engine
the next one you by. It is
pleasure to have one. For sale at
Lundgren, Wittensten Co.
The Detroit times., 1917-12-20

The Morris Plan is % tte
wagceaner and oalauci
man what the commercial
bank Is t8 t1e bunr
man lt makes personal
loans ou q huau- bass
a "a busncsslA way
If yau need money 10
p4y debts or fay any other
oclsl purpose. yoo can
borrow 5000 10000 on
more on Ile Aiau Pl3n.
he rate IS D per cent ln-
5crest deducted DO od vance.
plus small iuvcs,igaUon
fee Forczamp'- $4,000
loan costs s 90 Including
interest nc al. charg-s
An eosy payment plan Ia
p1vl 900 xfar
every 5000 borrowed
The Morn Plan in ops
Grafton tn about one hnn-
dr-d Gres in the United
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-08
GERMAN CATHOLIC CLERGY
JUSTlFlES SUBMARINE WAR
General Opinion Prevails That Meas
ure Is Necessity to Prevent
Nations Destruction.

THE HAGUE. February 5. VIA Lon
don, II a.m.-The Berlin correspondent
of the Roman Catholic Tijd OF Amster-
dam reports today the result of a series
OF conversations he has had with Ger
man eccIesiastics on how the sharpened
German submarine war is reconcilable
with Christian doctrines. The general
opinion. he states, is that the measure
is q necessity TO which Germany was
regretfully forced by Great Britain's
pitiless methods OF warfare. but the
yiew as TO what steps are permissible
and what are not is divided.
The majority, he reports. holds TO the
View of justification through necessity,
and think that II the leaders of the
e1ation Judge that Germany is being
destroyed and that her destruction can
be prevented by resorting to submarine
warfare then there can be no hesita-
hard it may be.
On the other hand, the correspondent
adds. many of the south German clergy
regret and disapprove the latest Ger
man determination as not permissible
and hold that other means of achieving
the end desired are not vet exhausted
He concludes that he has been unable
to get the opinions of the high church
authorities. but that none of the lower
clergy with whom he conversed con-
cealed their painful emotion at the
prospects of unrestricted submarine
operations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-08
EVERY lLLlN0ISAN HERE
ASKED TO JOIN SOCIETY
Postmaster NJ. o. Chance Latest to
Give His Approval to Plans
for Organization.

Postmaster NJ. O. Chance is the latest
Ilinoisan to make known his approval
of the plans to organize an Illinois
Society in the National Capital. In a
letter to Ethelbert Stewart, who will
open the organization meeting at the
Ebbitt House tomorrow night at S
o'clock, Mr.. Chance voices his heartiest
commentator Of the proposed organi-
zation.
Invitations have been sent to about
very Illinoisan residing in Washing
ton, and it is announced that il any
have been overlooked they will be well
come ar the meeting.
In addition TO organizing the society.
plans i'll be put afoot looking toward
legislation by the Illinois legislature
for permitting absent voting" on the
part of all legal residents of the sucker
state" no matter where they may be.
Mr.. Stewart will get up a petition to
the Governor of Illinois and the state
legislature, and secure as many sigma
lures tomorrow night as possible.
Fe also homes to interest travelling
men of his home state in the move
,Hent. as well as trainmen, and believes
that these viii cooperate with Illinois
ans residing in the National Capital to-
ward the desired end.