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Mohave County miner., 1918-03-30

Never mind now what the Kaiser is doing.
 Never mind now what the Russians are doing.
 What are VIE dOing-here in Ari- zOna?
 ARE WE READY?
 Has every man of us faced the prob lem of next months Liberty Loan and asked himself squarely: "HOW much can do IF I TRY?
 Has every woman asked herself the same question searched her heart for the honest answer?
 'IF TRYw
 Not what is it going to be ICON VENIENT' to do! Not what is it gO- ing to be "SAFE'' to do!
 But what is it going to be "POSSI- BILE" to dO-if we really TRY?"
 Let's SACRIFICE this time! Let's give up things we thought we couldn't possibly do without.
 Let's get right down into the harness and PULL!
 The Liberty Loan Committee urges every family in Arizona to devote an evening IMMEDIATELY to joint con- sideratiOn of ways and means for doing the UTMOST that ALL its members combined CAN do!
 If there are children too young to buy bonds individually, let them assist in JOINT purchases.
 If the wife's income is too small, let her give what she can toward her hus- bands purchase.
 If there are young people on salaries,
Mohave County miner., 1918-03-30

let them pool what money they have and borrow as much more as their sal aries will justify.
 "SKIMP" to help! SCRATCH" to help! STRETCH" to help! MANAGE to do what we wouldn't even think of ATTEMPTING in normal times!
 It's tremendous responsibility that is ahead of us. Arizona will be asked for subscription that will fairly take our breath. But we GOT TO MAKE GOOD. We've GOT to!
 We may not be able to see, at first, how under heaven we can do it, but SOME way we MUST-make good! There isn't any other HONORABLE answer!
 Think what it would mean if we FAILED-if the COUNTRY failed!
 Our boys left over there without enough of guns, without enough muni- tiOns, without enough clothes, without even enough food and the Hun at their threats!
 To refuse to support this loan is ex- actly equivalent to saying we do not care what happens to these boys or what happens to this country.
 And is there any man, any woman, in Arizona ready to SAY THAT?
 Is there one American in this state ready to place his own comfort, his own petty convenience, before his country. his flag, and his defenders?
 We CANNOT believe so! We DO NOT believe so! ARIZONA WILL RE- SPOND!
 LIBERTY LOAN COMMITTEE.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-08-29
Albert Puts One Over.

"Albert," says his wife, severely, II
am very much gricved at your decep-
ton. You have always led me to be.
lieve that your Green Cloth club was
highbrow literary society. But this
paper says THE chief of police has
said that Unless there is some change
in the Secretive tactics of the Green
Cloth club the place will be raided.
The doors to the place are always
locked to those outside the pale, but
the click of the ivOries can be plainly
heard"
"Great Scott, Maria, they've got us
wrong. Click of the ivores,' ell? Why
that's our officers getting their heads
together"
But Albert went out silently and
swiftly that he might be safe from
embarrassing questions.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-08-29
Water Damage to Flour.

It is a well-known fact among sail
ors that -four will not only float after
Immersion in sea water, but suffers
very little damage. To ascertain the
actual damage. says the Northwestern
Miller, a baker in New South Wales
submerged a bag Of flour in the ocean
and left 1t in the water 67 hours. A
3S-pound weight was necessary to sink
"A 15O-pound bag, which would have
supported Is pounds on top of the wa.
ter, it is estimated, or half its own
weight. When lifted and weighed the
bag scaled 1855 pounds. 1t was dried
for four days and yielded 100 pounds
of perfectly dry -four, the bag and
waste weighing % pounds. Baked into
bread, 1t gave perfect results.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-08-29
Her Proposal.

'Td like to go to the circus" said the
young man.
"Well, why don't you go?" replied
the sweet young thing.
II haven't any little boy who wants
to co.
"But suppose you knew little girl
who wanted to GOT"
swell. If she was my little girl I'd
take her,
"C0me on. Let's co."
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-08-29
ONLY rhino She Didn't Know.

The father. of little Washington girl
recently bought horse and carriage,
Yes, they still sell.
The little girl was anxious to driYe
the outfit. and was not backward In
voicins her desire.
"Why,' said her father, "what do
you know about driving a hOrse?"
II learned down at grandpa's last
summer" answered the child. II know
everything about. how to drive all ex.
cept when to gee and haw."
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-08-29
With Daughter. Voice.

Mrs. MISUNDERSTANDING. now.
what do you think of my daughters
singing?
Mrs. Speeker-Mynde-l think It was
off the key.
Mrs. Observation-Disclosures what I
thought. but that seems to happen
every place we go. It's wonder peo-
pie wouldn't get their pianos tuned
occasionally.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-08-29

lnarveled one OF the men as ne. ap:1
piled flask to Larry's pale lips
Jean, white and exhausted, sat uni
and looked at the young giant she had
rescued. Was it possible that this
handsome. blond youth had been the
tow-headed little boy whose taunt had
ranked so long? It ~ould not be pos.
stbie that she, Jean Lloyd. had been
the means Of saving this champion
swimmers life!
About that time Jean tainted away,
and 1t was half hour later In her own!
room at the hotel that she sat up n
he'd. worm and dry, and uttered q 10.
mark that caused her worried father
to stare.
II suppose I must have looked nike,
q lighthouse to Mr.. Delmore." she said.!
Then you are oil right. ny dsarf';
asked Nj. Lloyd.
'Risht - can b. Daddy" -.
smiled.
Il was late h 10 aftsenooa vAssl
Larry Delm6Fo WAS admitted b tAoI
Aey@ ipstsllts Dasloe % .sEpress -,
Hettode.
Jean. pale ana ievsl,. nase hin vash,
~ MISREPRESENTATION
/, IAn8 atlalhll4Glt .~s12caeseG ~
thanks. No snAdt IL :.Asofasad aAssG
waed. eooA :ssDsna M. te4sps wAiie
that Vision smiled ct him.
"You looked IKE an angel 10 me-"
he finished In 4 rush Of words: you!
were . lighthouse Of hope, toward!
which tried to swimi"
Jean laughed unsteady. Her eyes.
sparkled. "Do you know, Mr.. Delmore.
that this Is not the first time you have,
referred to my hair by calling me q
lighthouse7"
"Oh, you don't understand" he pro.
tested. II never thought of your love-
ly hair. swear I never saw anything
save your eyes, and those are blue.
You never heard of a blue light"
mo. never did," interrupted.
Jean. "but have been on Quetchet'
beach before, Mr.. Delmore. Fifteen
years ago was five-year.old girl
with red curls; you We're a tow-headed
boy who called me lighthouse, be-
cause of the color of my hair. I've
hated you ever SINCE" she ended
calmly.
Larry Delmore stared. Il rcmem-
ber." he confessed. II was u little
duffcr in those days. Believe me, Miss
Lloyd. I've gotten over it. really! I
recollect that you pulled your sunbon-
net down over your curls and ran
away crying. I was ashamed of myself.
Why didn't you slap me?'
Jean laughed, and with her laugh.
ter went the last flicker of her smol-
dering resentment toward Larry Del
more.
One morning he went down to the
sea again and as it had happened be-
fore he saw jeans head far out in the
surf. He plunged into the water and
soon came up with her. They faced
each other in the golden glory of q
new day.
"Jean." he said quietly, "1'm going to
call you my lighthouse once more.
You have shown me safe hurbor Of
love; the light Of your eyes has
guarded it's entrance. Shall l have q
safe voyage homer"
And the steady glance of her eyes
wavered for moment and then met
his fairly. Their first kiss was bathed
In the golden rays of the rising sun.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-08-29
Allowed to Unbend.

Sergeant Tin a eolored rainbow)-
Yaas. ma'am, we fought ham to ham
fob fob days and fob nights.
Interested Old LADY, don't see
how you stood the tension.
Sergeant-Wall, you see, ma am, we
don STAN at 'tention when we's
ightin'.-Cartoons Magazine.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-08-29
Revenge at Last

"My wife used to find fault with me
every time / mispronounced word"
remarked Mr.. Cumrox. snow, I'm get
ting even."
''How?"
Daughters home from boarding
school. pick out piece of war news
full of geographical names and get
mother to read it sloud."
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-08-29
Badly Cut Up.

II saw our old friend Meekby today.
Poor fellow, he semed considerably cut
up about something"
mo wonder; he has been married 20
years to woman with q sharp
tongue"
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-08-29
Ouch!

Mr.. Guslerly-Aiiss Gabird is many.
sided young woman, don't you think
so?
Miss Kutting-Yes, principally pas.
oxided. -
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-08-29
No Need.

my dear lady, do you teach your
children always to look up:''
Il don't have to, now there are so
many airplanes flying around"
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-08-29
offers Catch Fish.

The Chinese fisherman relieves him.
self of q lot of hard work by training
offers to catch Ash.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-05

Speedway, Cincinnati, July 4.-Ralph De Palma won the 100 mile Liberty Handicap automobile race at the Sharonville Speedway here today, by finishing almost full lap of the two mile cource ahead of Tom Milton. The latter had only a small margin over Ralph Mulford, while Barney Old field was a half mile behind but land ed in fourth place.
 De Palma drove a consistent race and was favored by not having to stop during the entire race. He assumed the lead at the thirty fifth mile and thereafter was never headed. Denny Hickey, after repeated trouble with his engine, came in fifth and Louis Chew rolet, who was a favorite previous to the race, was forced to the pits three times with tire trouble, but finished well up and obtained sixth place. Others who finished were Ira Vail, Fred Mccarthy. Andy Burt, A. E. Cotey and Omar Toft.
 Dario Resta was forced out of it on the thirtieth lap while Arthur Du- ray, Milton McBride and Joe Boyer went out before the fifty mile mark was reached.
 Red Fetterman, N. Zwick and Jim Meyers announced shortly before the race that their cars were not in con- dition and they refused the issue. Joe Boyer was an added starter, making the total number to go 16. De Palma's s time of the race was fifty seven min utes and 2-l0 seconds.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-05

Daily News.
 At that, it might make a Brooklyn fan so sore he would jump out and tear across No Mans Land and bay onet forty or fifty Germans bC'ore his superior officer could flag him down.
 Then suppose some day an entire company of Brooklyn fans should re- ceive news that the team back here had won game. It might knock them all cold, and everybody would think they had been gassed or some thing like that and rush them back to a base hospital only to discover in day or two, when they had been l revived, that it was the news from ! Camp Ebbets that had done the work
 Yep, they had better be careful 2:lat i they hand the boys over there. They i have a big job on hand, and their eff l ficiency must not be impaired. It would be wiser to send the standing | of the clubs or, say, the batting aver ages over to Berlin by wireless once a week. The Heinies would get SC
 rattled trying to figure out what it i all meant they would froget there
 was a war and the troops in the field
 would run out of ammunition and pre-
 visions and hostilities would come tc
 an end.
 One often wonders what the Ger
 mans do back of their lines. We
 know the allied armies amuse theil leisure with football and baseball ant such sports, but what does a boche do to pass the time? If all they dc
 is sit around and look at each other it's no wonder they are savage.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-05
LEADERS ARE GOING BACK
 TO SHORTER SCHEDULES
Eastern League is Setting an Example Which May be Followed by Majors.

After years of hectic enthusiasm,
 when the interest in baseball ran so
 high that even the minor leagues caught the fever and attempted to initiate the long schedules and heavy
 expenses of the major leagues the Eastern League is now about to re- turn to the days of Cne short sched- ule when most minors began their season with Memorial Day and fin | ished with Labor Day.
 The Eastern has not cut it's cloth quite so narrow as those two dates would indicate, as they are opening a week earlier than Memorial Day
 and running a week longer than Labor 1 Day, but they intend to prove that it is proper length of a baseball sea- son for a minor league and right now other minor leagues such as the Am erican Association and the new Inter national, are wishing that they had the foresight of the merger club own l CTS.
 | When the opening and closing dates l of the Eastern League were first an- nounced last winter, there was much criticism heard on many sides be- cause of the short season that was i being attempted, and it was de- 1 clared by many that the New England ! Cli CuII NdS HldhllS ei SCI1OuS HIS take as it would be losing some fine ! baseball weather.
 | However, fans of today can easily recall when the old Eastern Associa- i tion and even the present Eastern { League during it's initial year of 1916, 1 began it's season in April and in many i instances attempted to enjoy baseball i when the weather outdoors was very
 much the same as that which winter 1 brings around. One only has to mo- l tice the major leagues and the fre- lquency with which postponements have occurred since they opened their
 season around April 15.
 i In most cases clubs have played
 only about one-half of the games 1 scheduled up to the present time, and
 the weather has been so poor for l baseball, that even when games were 1 played the attendance has been next
 to nothing for majcr league cities
 The Eastern League has taken a ster
 in the right direction, and there is
 more than even a chance that the
 major leagues newt Ieason will open
 their season much nearer the end of
 April than has been the case for
 many years past.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-05
ATTENTION MR. HUeeINs
Startling Discovery That Jack Miller
 Was Real Boss of Cardinals.

Miller Huggins will probably be in- terested in the quoted statement of Branch Hickey, in the St. Louis Post Dispatch that Jack Miller, now in Uncle Sam's service, was the real manager of the Cardinals last year Says the Dispatch:
 President Branch Hickey, in dis cussing the Niehoff case recently made the somewhat startling asser- tion that Jack Miller and not Miller Huggins was the real manager Of the Cardinals last season. This statement was made by Branch when it was pointed out to to him there was a belief prevalent here Niehof would do as much for the Cardinals this sea- son as did Miller in 1917.
 Mechanically, yes replied Branch but in other ways l am more firmly convinced that ever that it would be a hard job to fill Miller's place. considered Jack Miller the real man ager of the Cardinals in 1917. The players have told me that Jack gave most of the orders, directed team play on the field and in various other ways contributed greatly to the success of the club"
 Anybody who has seen the Tanks manager directing his players on the field will find very hard to credit this statement. There would be a small sized riot if any one tried to glve orders and direct team play" with out word from Hug"
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-05
American Lsssus.
70 Is5 
Eaztsrn Lssou.
Danny Doyle Popular at Newport.

Danny Doyle tYoung DeaD of New London who is now in the Naval Re Ierve and stationed at Newport is making quite a name for himself in boxing circles in the Rhode Island laval center. Every Thursday and saturday nights. the athletic officers arrange boxing bouts for the boys and he events are greeted with a great 1eal of favor. Danny is one of the nainstays of these boxing shows. and he can always be counted on to give ihe best that is in him. He made a name for himself in these parts where 1e had the distinction of never being defeated. At recent show in New port he was given the referees deci- Tion over Red Welch one of the best Eelters in Newport. Every time he appears in the ring there he is given ! hand by the fans. who have taken ! great liking to the New London boy and his clean methods of boxing.
 In Newport, Doyle is working ont with Terry Martin of Providence. the oantamweight champion of Rhode Is and. Billy DeFeso of the Pacific coast and who has met the best in the coun- try in the bantam division. and Vic tor Dahl, the Terrible Dane who boxes in the weiter class and who ac- cording to reports from Newport, is some boy with the mittens. Dahl nails from Brooklyn.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-05
chicaqo vs. AII-Norwich.

Sunday afternoon the All-Norwich team will meet the fast team from the L. S. S. Chicago. and as the Norwich boys will be strengthened by two new men the game ought to be exciting from start to finish.
 The sailors have a crack team, hay ing a crack big league battery in Pad dy Green and Levine. Malone, last year with Connie Mack, will cover second and Ben Houlihan, the Norwich star, will cover left field.
 The All-Norwich team has been in a slump, but are very confident that Sunday will be an addition to their winning column. A good crowd is, al- ways encouraging to the boys, and it is hoped the Norwich fans will sup port the team with a large attend ance.
 Farrell or Simcox will do the pitch ing for Norwich and E. Calkins will catch. Stanley will cover short and Morris, a New Haven boy, will cover left field.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-05
Ashland Get Theirs.

On Ashland park Thursday afternoon the fast Putnam team handed the Ash land club severe walloping. Putnam landed on Van Dyke for 22 hits. in cluding three home runs, and when the last man was out the score stood 15 to l. Big Bill Martin of Toronto pitched for Putnam and held Ashland hitless until the ninth. With two out in the ninth, LeClaire doubled to right, this being Ashland's only hit.
 Martin, besides pitching gilt edge ball, starred with the stick. getting two home runs and a single. Phillips also registered a four base clout be- sides a double and a single. Ashland manager to pile up F errors and the fielding throughout was poor to watch by the 1.5O0 fans who witnessed the game.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-05

who have taken the time and trouble to investigate trap shooting have set apart in the parks certain tracts de- dicated to trap shooting, thus doing their mite toward the organization of an efficient standing army that is not under pay or in any way objectionable.
 Smokeless powder has been so per fected that smoke and noise have been almost entirely eliminated. There is small danger from the shot, as they carry limited distance. The care in handling guns is such that an accident never occurs on 8 shooting grounds. Park commissioners of Chicago, New York, Milwaukee, Kansas City. Seattle, Jacksonville, H., and Omaha have ar ranged for trap shooting in their parks. ] In most localities there seems to be an unwritten law that makes Saturday i afternoon a holiday. For stores can afford to grant such a holiday through out the year, but employees of banks mercantile and industrial firms enjoy 1 it weekly.
 Is Year-Round Sport.
 From May until December the lover | of outdoor sports always find tennis, | baseball, football or trapshooting, but after December outdoor sports is most 1 sections cease to be popular, at least | to the city enthusiast.
 There is one exception; in late years | trapshooting has become an all-the- year round sport, and hundreds of clubs hold weekly journeys. Sport ] lovers who have not yet become ac- Quainted with trapshooting still spend their Saturday afternoons and other spare moments at clubs, theatres. or playing indoor events such as handbau raquets billiards or pool.
 Take the farmer. for instance. Win ter is really his only time for recrea- tion, for during the spring. summer and fall he has little time for pleas ure. When he has time for recrea- tion he wants it out of doors. Hunt ing is his favorite pastime.
 Nearly all farmers have done more or less shooting. but at the present time in many States game laws rae SC rigid that open seasons are short and in other localities game is scarce, which results in the clay targets being the pleasure producers
 When the people of the farm do not live near a gun club they find a good substitute in the handtrap. With this device, some shells and targets, the farmer gives the. family an afternoon of pleasure.
 Once he becomes trapshooter he becomes part Of a sport so fascinating that it has captured the fancy of over 500 900 Americans and trapshOotine improves the participants accuracy and quickness also his judgment, SC that when it is his fortune to go or the field in a game country his bag limit is assured.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-05
SULLIVAN ACTUALLY ROBBED
 ALL-NoRWICH OF GAME
By a Decision, Contrary to Rules He Cut Off Stanley With Winning Run.

Joe Sullivan has informed us that he has resigned and that he will un- der no circumstances umpire another game in our midst as the rough and ill-mannered crowds will persist in booing him for his decisions. Now one time not so very long ago we rather strenuously called Joe on what appeared to us to be a poor decision. Joe came around and said he did not like to be publicly bawled out so we will not do it this time.
 But-Sunday in the All -Norwich-Pil- grims game Joe got one of his feet in the way of a thrown ball and pre- vented the Worcester catcher from getting the throw as soon as he might had Joe's pedal appendage been else where. Stanley scored from third on the play with what would have been the winning run, but Sullivan sent him back to third ruling that when the ball, hit him, the umpire it was out of play. | Joe took pains to inform us that we could not possibly find cause to take exception to his decision as he was right according to the rules. Now we don't want to make any insinua- tions but we would like to ask what rules? In persuing the Reach 1918 Baseball Guide we find the following | in Rule 54, Section ', If a thrown or pitched ball strikes the person or clothing of an umpire the ball shall be considered in play and the base-run- ner shall be entitled to all the bases they can make" Stanley made home
 Now as we remarked before we don't want to bawl Joe out. In fact we won't do SO for his is human (few umpires ever had that distinction) as therefore liable to make mistakes. Now we're going to give you a tip Joe and it's this-make yourself scarce. Cant you imagine Callahan's auburn hail standing on end when he finds that
 you robbed him of the first game he had won in many moons? And cant you-Well I'll leave the rest to you1
 imagination, but a word to the wise is sufficient