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Charlevoix county herald., 1918-09-13
Night Fair a
New Feature

The grounds of the Charlevoix Coun-
ty Agricultural Society of East Jordan
have been wired for electricity and
night fair will be held on the grounds
the evenings of Wednesday, Thursday
and Friday, Sept. 18th to the Goth. All
the buildings on the grounds have been
wired and lights provided for which
will make the buildings as light as day
and will give those who are unable to
attend the fair in the day time and
those who are looking for entertain
ment in the evening an opportunity to
have an unusually good time.
The grounds will have string of
lights extending from the gate to the
horse barn and from the floral hall up
through the midway past the grand
stand The wiring specifications call
for string of ten lights every one
hundred feet and these lights together
wiMtthe lights on the buildings and
the grandstand brilliantly lighted will
make the East Jordan grounds the best
lighted fair grounds in the State of
Michigan.
Each night of the fair there will be
a band concert; an hour of free acts;
and grand fireworks display to close
the evenings fun. On the midway
there will be merry-go-round; a big
bowery dance conducted by the Red
Cross together with number of tent
shows; shooting gallery; automatic
baseball game, novelty concessions and
the usual line of midway attractions.
The midway this year will be better
than it has been in years and there
will be something of interest for every
person who attends the Fair
Night Fair is something new in Nor
thern Michigan but it has been a great
success in the Southern part of the
State and in other States for years and
the management has no doubt but that
it will be great success here.
Charlevoix county herald., 1918-09-13
COUNTY AGENTS NOTES

Mr.. L. w. Oviatt will speak to the
Farmers and Business Men of Charlie
voix County on Farmers Day along
the lines of Agricultural possibilities of
Charlevoix County.
Arrangements are being made for a
Tractor Demonstration between the
Fordson, Moline and Cleveland Trac-
tors.
Mr.. Robt. Loree, of the M. A. c. will
act on judging OF fruits and vegetables.
Mr.. Willard Cribbs, County Agent OF
Antrim County will assist him.
A milk testing demonstration will be
given by class of boys from the Agri-
cultural Department of the East Jordan
and Boyne City High Schools. There
will also be demonstration of treat
ment of wheat and rye for smut.
The boys and girls clubs throughout
the County will have large exhibit of
vegetables and canned products Of all
kinds
There will be canning demonstra-
tions by the different canning teams in
the county, morning, afternoon and
evening.
The ladies who want to learn how TO
can vegetables will be very welcome al
the boys and girls club headquarters,
We will have one Of our State Lead
ers with us to do the judging and also
to give you any information wanted.
Come and see what the boys anC
girls are doing for their country.
Charlevoix county herald., 1918-09-13
w OrkerS
Rally Day

Wednesday, Sept. 18th, is War
Workers Rally Day at the Charlevoix
County Fair. The management of the
fair believes that this year the Fair
should abound with patriotic and educa-
tional features and with this in view
have arranged for one day which will
be given over to patriotic features. On
this day the biggest parade which has
ever been held in Northern Michigan
will be reviewed from the grand stand
on the grounds from one to two p. m.
and every float in the parade will
represent some feature of the present
war or of the wars in which the United
States has formerly been engaged. The
parade has forty-three sections and will
be at least one mile long. Premiums
in the shape of war savings stamps are
offered for the best five floats and war
workers from all sections of the County
are preparing these floats.
An outline of the parade is given in
another article in this paper and the
perusal of this article will give an idea
of the patriotic inspiration which will
be obtained by all who witness the
parade and will convince all that Miss
May Stewart who has had charge of
organizing the parade has given the
subject careful consideration and has
provided an inspiring patriotic specta-
Gle.
Immediately after the parade a
patriotic address will be given from a
platform in front Of the grandstand by
an eminent orator. The management
has asked for one of three men who
have gained remarkable repute as
patriotic orators and is now awaiting
word from Mr. Mark Mckee as to which
man will be with us to give the address.
We can at this time assure the public
that the man who gives this address
will be an orator of note and that the
address will be strictly along patriotic
lines and entirely free from politics.
After this address will come the usual
fair program the features of which are
announced in other articles in this
paper.
Charlevoix county herald., 1918-09-13
War Workers Parade
Wednesday. Sept. 18th.

A loyal American Kaiser-bucking
Agricultural Society decided that the
only thing which could justify County
Fair would be to make that Fair help
to win the war. Hence Win the War
Parade has been compounded and will
be exposed to view at noon on We'd
nesday-War Workers Day.
Long have we waited for a parade of
this type. Long have our superior
committees in war work urged that we
get the people out, that we use publi-
city in every form but we needed not
To be sure we have quietly made every
quota but do our hearts beat i'm unison,
do we do it with a zip and.a bang, and
do we know that each time, we have
stored up enough enthusiasm to carry
over full tide for a next and larger
quota? To be sure our hearts are
bleeding but are we smiling and with
fists doubled do we fight together?
Sure! Then get out to the War Parade
to view together the assemblage of all
war activities of our county.
Our big southern cities of Battle
Creek, Bay City, Detroit, Chicago Lam
sing and Grand Rapids, have in recent
drives gained lasting good. repute by
the type of war pageants which they
have produced. Even as late as July
4th, "a few of our superior war offices
hoped to have state wide pageants for
demonstrative patriotic work, but heed
ed not, and neither have we slept.
Loyal to the core and having done all
we could in the past, we are now ready
when it seems that it may be neces-
sary, to arouse ourselves from our
apparent lethargy, and reveal to the
counties aboutus that our organizations
are both complete and resourceful.
BE sure to come to the Fair grounds
on this day to see Old Glory leading
the parade in the care of the Boyne
City Marine Band, to see the Grand
Trio Of Uncle Sam, the Goddess of
Liberty, and Columbia, to see our
Charlevoix county herald., 1918-09-13

Veterans of the Civil War, our Woman S
Relief Corps, and their beautiful flags
of the Red, White and Blue, to see our
glorious picture float, the "Union of
the Blue and the Gray, the Khaki. I"
You will see following this picture
float all the mothers of this county with
sons in the service, each with her SER
vice flag, each camouflaging with a
smile her sacrifice. You will see the
most popular of all southern floats dur
ing the past year "The Spirit of '7e''
complete in every detail, historical and
artistic. Chairmen are already busy
portraying in every bit of local color
America, Michigan, the British Isles,
Canada, France, Italy, Cuba and
Hawaii, Russia, China and Japan,
Bleeding Belgium and Suffering Serbia,
and our Navy. Every country is a
separate float and each has its own
story told in its own way. You can't
afford to miss it. You will have to
come.
But wait, we are not thru yet Some
slime in your dreams in the far distant
past you have pictured warfare as
merely the struggle OF bayonets in the
heat of battle. We now realize that
while this is the most pathetic side of
war, it is by no means all, and yet in
"vacant or in pensive mood" your old
dreams come to you. We want to give
you positive substitute for these old
time dreams of yours, and in picturing
the great home forces we want you to
feel that in being present you are one
of the soldiers at home in the scenes
behind the battle line. Floats are
under construction representing the
Fourth Liberty Loan, w. S. S., Red
Cross Service, Junior Red Cross Ser
vice, Y. M. c. A., X. c., Fuel Conser-
walton, Food Conservation, Munitions,
Canning Clubs, War Gardens, Working
Boys Reserve, Smileage Clubs, the
Home Guard (Our Public SCHOOL,, Four
Minute Men, Junior Four Minute Men,
Granaries of the West, War Suffrage,
Campfire Girls, Boy Scouts, and any
voluntary floats which you or your
friends may wish to add to our list.
Wouldn't the Kaiser quiver at sight
of so splendid an array of forces in the
opposition? Well, he shall have to
culver, for properly chained and guard
ed, he shall be forced somewhere in
the rear to witness all of our achieve
ments, and then after the awarding of
the prizes, he shall in front of the
grandstand be properly executed. The
committee in charge assures us that
they have tough enough specimen to
answer the purpose and that we shall
not be at all disappointed in this plea
sure.
All hail to Michigan leading in all
patriotic movements!
All hail Charlevoix County in her
years work. Above is the years sum-
mary. Do you plan on being present?
Charlevoix county herald., 1918-09-13
"A GRAND PATRIOTIC AND
EDUCATIONAL EVENT
CHARLEVOIX COUNTY FAIR OFFERS EXCEPTIONAL
FEATURES in EDUCATION AND ADJUSTMENTS.

secured to Judge entries in all depart
nAnts including needlework, baking
and canned goods.
AT least three different tractors will
demonstrate their value to the farmer
by doing actual work on sandy and
hilly ground.
The cattle barn will be full of regis
tered cattle from stock farms in Charlie
voiX, Antrim and Emmett counties.
This will be without doubt the best ex-
hibit of registered cattle ever held in
CharlevoiX County.
Talks by experts on the care and
feeding of stock; on the feeding and
breeding of poultry and on fruit raising
and the raising of horticultural pro-
ducts and on many other farm subjects.
The war garden and war canning
clubs will have an unusually fine eX-
hibit at the grange hall which has been
purchased by the Fair Association and
on each day and evening of the Fair in
this same building canning demonstra-
tons will be held including contests be-
tween nine war canning clubs from
CharlevoiX County.
Butter fat contest will be held again
this year, milking and milk testing to
be under the supervision of Mr.. Smith
the County Agent. Various Charlevoix
County boys will give milk testing
demonstrations, day and time to be an
nounced later
Charlevoix county herald., 1918-09-13
Farmers Day
Sept. 10th

Friday, Sept. 10th, is Farmers Day
at the Charlevoix County Fair and on
this day an agricultural expert will de-
liver an address in the afternoon. This
speaker is being secured by Mr.. Smith,
the Charlevoix County Agricultural
Agent, and he assures us that he will
have man to deliver this address who
will have message for the farmers of
Northern Michigan.
In addition to the principal address
there will be addresses on this day and
all days of the fair by men who are ex-
pert in some branch of farm work.
These addresses will be of educational
value to all farmers.
In addition to these features and to
the regular program at some time dur
ing the day or. evening one of the
Jackie Bands will give band concert
on the fair grounds. Along with this
band there will be drill squad of nine
men who will give an exhibition and
three speakers for the Fourth Liberty
Loan will give addresses.
Friday night is the last night of the
Fair and Friday evening will be given
over to band concerts; fun on the mid
way and spectacular fireworks dis
play to wind up the Fair. Friday gives
promise to be the biggest day Of the
Fair.
Charlevoix county herald., 1918-09-13
NOTED EDITOR TO SPEAK

The management Of the Charlevoix
County Fair take pleasure in announc-
ing that Mr.. A. p johnson, Editor of
the Grand Rapids News, will be the
speaker on patriotic day, Wednesday,
Sept 18th. Mr.. johnson is well-known
through his paper, to people in Nor
thern Michigan and his patriotism is
undoubted. Mr.. Johnson's brother
was killed in France while serving in
the u. S. Army and the Fair manage
ment is certain that patriotic message
of real value will be given by Mr..
johnson to all people who are fortunate
enough to hear him at the Fair.
Charlevoix county herald., 1918-09-13

Features

Among the educational features pro-
yided by the management of the Char
levoix County Fair are the following:
Experts from among the County
Agricultural Agents of Northern Michi-
gan and direct from M. A. c. have been
The sun., 1918-11-24
WILL WRESTLE FOR
WAR FUND TUESDAY
Garden viii Be Scene of An.
other Carnival.

One of the best wrestling carntvals
yet held will be staged on Tuesday night
in Madison Square Garden for the benefit
OF the United War Work Fund. All the
leading grapplers will appear in real
contests. They recognize the fact that
they are required to wrestle as deter.
minediy as If they were contesting for
purses.
The card IS as follows: John
Kilonis VS.. Cyclone Ress Yusif Hussane
vs.. Tom Draak. Fred Pilakoff VS.. Jim
Londos, John olIn vs.. Renato Gardini
and Vladek Zbyszko VS.. Joe Stecher.
With Zbyszko and Stecher meeting
the patrons are bound to witness a bout
that will be full OF action.
DIN Is considered one of the most
dangerous men in the wrestling game
but I'm meeting Gardlnl he is going 10
tackle real dangerous adversary.
In addition TO these wrestling bouts
Benny Leonard. the worlds lightweight
champion, Will be on hand with twenty
eight picked men from Camp Upton
These soldier boys are experts In
bayonet and boxing tests and will give
an interesting exhibition.
The sun., 1918-11-24
Coming Of World Peace Bes Ill Golf Differences

hensivo as TO Just what the youngsters
would do against big-time hurlers. They
felt them out rather cautiously, and the
ACCESSIBILITY OF such a course was soon
None Of the three hit the bali like the
great Honus Wagner or the classy
Larry I.ajoie, or the renowled Frank
Baker OF later years. They we're not
hitters OF that sort. But they did get
on the bases and they did 1t by hitting
safely. Their blows. however, were not
OF the "fence-busting." screaming liner
variety They were the sort of tidy 1T
tie binRles labelled lone base only" such
as are now known as Texas leaguers'
II was In n game at Syracuse shortly
after the Texas combination Joined
Toledo that Pitcher o'Brien, after Sun
day, Joyce and Rogers dropped safe
hits over the inheld, roared forth All
them durn chumps can do is to hit out
them little old dlnky Texas leaguers."
A general laugh went up from the
bench. and the remark soon reached tine
press box. The reporters hoped on IL
with a vengeance. and the phrase has
lived and thrived from that day to this
Joyce, Rogers and Sunday continued in
service for many years and were known
among their baseball acquaintance as
the originators OF Texas leaguers.
The Cincinnati Base Hit.
Another similar phrase which threat
ened to make itself indispensable was
tho Cincinnati base hit" 1t lived a
short life Of two years and died by
reason OF the fact that the Joint rules
committee annihilated IT, The "Cincin-
natl base hit" was negotiated when third
base was occupied and the batsmen hit
the ball to the lnheld and the attempt
to nail the man scoring from third
failed. while the batsman reached first.
Many official scorers contended that in
asmuch az no error had been committed
and no retirement made the batsman
should be credited with a hit. Others
argued that It worked an unwarranted
hardship on the pitcher. in that the ball
so frequently could have been fielded
70 first base ahead of the runner.
The sun., 1918-11-24
STAR CYCLISTS TO
COMPETE SATURDAY
Cocktail to the SIX Day Grind
Will Be Offered in the
Old Garden.
SPRINTERS IN FEATURE

The first series OF so-called worlds
cycling championship races in Ave years
will be decided in Madison Square Gar
den next Saturday night The races
will be a sort of p cocktail TO the six
day grind, which Will start at midnight
on Sunday. December 1.
The programme arranged for next
Saturday includes ten mile motor
paced event in which the champions of
the United States. France. Italy and
Australia will ride. The big feature
is race of Ave one mile heats, under
n point system. IN which are entered
Frank Kramer. the worlds greatest
Splinter: Bobby Spears OF Australia,
who often has taken the measure OF the
Newark flyer; Francisco Verri, the
greatest rider ever sent here from Italy.
and Marcel Dupuy. champion OF France.
This race is to be thorough test for
every entrant. Each man will ride in
four heats. This Is made possible by
Il different rider resting up in each of
the first four heats and all five meeting
in the fifth or final heat at one mile.
The winner of each of the first four
heats will score Ave points, the second
three and the third one.
In the final heat the winner will be
credited with fifteen points the second
man FIVE and the third to finish will be
given three points. In this way every
rider will have a chance TO display his
real ability
In the motor paced race the entries
are Oscar Egg, George Wiley. Nincenzo
Madona and George Cory.
The dly race will NJ
seventeen Of the best matched teams
that ever started In a grind The COM
binations formed thus far are: McNa-
mara and Magin, Cory and Madden.
Nerri and Drobach. Hanley and Law
renee, Spears and Grenda, Carman and
De Baets, Konsky and Coburn. Madina
and Relic. Thomas and Grim, Chapman
and Wiley. Keller and Sullivan, and
Weber and Eston. Within the next
twentyfcur hours the following men
will form combinations: Egg, Dupuy,
Fred Hill. Henri Gerwig. Antonio Bello
and Willie Eager Kramer will give his
answer tomorrow morning.
The sun., 1918-11-24
HOW DREAM CAUSED
A CHANGE IN RULES
Placing of Baseballs on Ice
Once Gaue Pirates Victory.

Passing strange are the reasons base,
ball rules have been changed. For years
nobody could open n box of balls except
the umpire. although this is not followed
any more. The man who made the rule
necessary told us the inside story of
his scheme.
Pittsburg and Boston were billed for
an important series back in 1898. George
Moreland. then an official of the Pr
rates, kept the boxes OF balls In safe
and had exclusive charge of them.
One day for an experiment he took
all but one OF the balls and put them
on ice. He didn't remove the cover OF
break the seal.
The next afternoon. the day Of the
big series. he. went up to Al Bucken-
berger, the Pirate manager. "Al, l had
a dream last night" he said. u
dreamed that Nichols was pitching for
the Beans and that we went TO bat
first Smith singled, Donovan sacrificed
and Stencil singled, scoring the only
run Of the game. We went to bat first,
see? That's my hunch."
Buckenberger thought moment
then said: 'Ill follow that tip to-day
There's nothing in the rules against
the nome team
Nov. remember" cautioned More
land. Tell the boys 1 dreamed that
Smith singled. Donovan sacrinced and
Stencil singled Then that Jake Beck
icy fouled the ball over the fence 1t
won't come true unless 1t Is all fol-
lowed"
PIttsburg went TO bat first, much TO
the surprise OF the fans, and Merchant
tossed out the only ball that hadn't
been placed on ice. The umpire tore
off the cover and threw Il to Nichols
who was the pitcher as Moreland had
dreamed
"Ill never forget that game" laughed
Moreland. Everything came out ex-
actly as l had dreamed. Smith cracked
the pill for a single and Donovan sacri-
feed. Smith scored when Stencil
crashed a single.
Jake Beckley. always good at foul
ing them of. lost the ball over the
stand and threw one OF the iced balls
out to the umpire. 1t was encased in
lite separate box and cover. 80 nobody
suspic.oned anything.
Several of the balls were used be-
fore the battle was over. They were
Ike punk. 1t was all but impossible
to drive them past the inheld. The in
fielders of both sides certainly were
kept busy on assists.
Under the conditions nobody could
get a run and the game ended with
Pittsburg victor. / to 0. Everybody was
holloaing about tho balls, but they
looked all right. Covers were on and
tke seal unbroken.
1T wasn't till long afterward that my
Eecret came out and then a rule was
passed making such a proceeding i'm
possible in tho future. Some dream,
claim"
The sun., 1918-11-24
Time for Golfers to Iron
Wrinkles Out of Rules
John Anderson Makes Strong Plea for Strengthening
Out of Tangles and Standardization of Code of
the Links-Mrs. Travers Is Mourned
BY JOHN q. ANDERSON,

There are problems without number
confronting the ruling bodies which con.
troll golf These difficulties are not con-
fined to this country, but extend to all
parts Of the world. Now that peace
has been declared and expectations OF a
quick resumption to normal procedure
are present II would seem. as a we'll
known and thoroughly posted golfer said
the other day, that peace in golfing mat
tiers should also be made a part OF the
world democratization.
That indeed would be a blessing to all
golfers no matter where they may be
situated Now Is the time when more
than ever there needs to be a roundup
OF opinions, frank discussion of ideals.
and purposeful attempt to accomplish
golfing armistice which shall be bind
ing everywhere.
Take a glance at the situation as II
stands to-day. For the sake of clarity
we will number few of the differences
which must needs be settled, and settled
without much delay.
/. The u. S. G. A. and the W. @. A.
have different playing rules in some in
stances. and different eligibility rules in
others.
2. Canada differs from the United
States In that their golfers follow gen.
orally the rules OF the British Isles, al
tiiOuBH theTe rs sun controversy hInOIB
many of their players who like to use
the Schenectady putter Under their
eligibility rules Walter ]. Travis is an
amateur golfer, while under the W, @.
A. and U. s. G. A. rules he Is debarred
from competing as such IL he makes
money through links architecture.
3. Rulings on goffing points Of conduct
and in relation to the rules have been
too often challenged after such have been
handed down by the rules committees in
this country. There should be one such
rules committee appointed regardless of
whether they are on the executive COM
mittee or not, so far as this country is
concerned. with one world committee to
decide any further entanglements.
other Minor Points.
There will occur to most golfers many
other minor points where one united
front must be obtained. There are thirty
to fifty trade, social or professional or
CARNATIONS formed for the purpose OF
playing friendly golf contests ut stated
periods OF the year and many OF these
newly formed bodies are making their
own rules for play. Such efforts will
lead to bad results
There are complaints coming from
we'll informed golfers that several rul-
ings which have been made by the gov
erning bodies are open to question. and
In one or two instances we are inclined
to agree, with the caution, however,
that where hypothetical cases are used
there Is such latitude permitted to ad-
NIT of mistakes. II rulings are to be
given they should be SO explained that
The sun., 1918-11-24
FIRST GOLF, THEN SHOOT.
Combination Event at Oak Ridge
Proves Success.

A combination trapshooting and golf
tournament at the Oak Ridge Golf Club
yesterday proved a success. The pro-
gramme called for an eighteen hole
round of the links in the early hours. and
in this George A Ferris had low gross.
n 70. while c. A. Colt OF Tuckahoe won
the handicap with an So.
In the afternoon three shoots OF
twenty-five targets each were scheduled
Dan +. Smith OF Manhasset led with n
score of So out OF 10. Four golfers tied
for the combination prize, open to those
who took part in both the golf and the
shooting, and as a result the winner
will not be known for some time. The
quartet had net scores OF 50. and In
cluded c. L. Tying OF wenona, Mich,
Dan Z, Smith OF Manhasset, Fred C.
Starr of New Rochelle and c. T. Graham
of Wilmington.