The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-06-30
|ARMY OLYMPIC GAMES
CALLED FOR LABOR 0lI|

The biggest athletic meet ever h0l1H
/: in this country is planned BY thGs
Knights Of Columbus and the Amatpux3
Athletic union for the men stili n@thos
! service, or who have bssn honorab1yE
discharged, at Camp Dix, ", =. Thns
great meet will cover two days, Aueue1s
81, when the preliminaries OF trial
heats Will be conducted and the dnalGs
on Labor day. September /. nj.
IT is expected that all the stars ~
! America will compete. for most Of t6es
lads who hold worlds track ANA nelfs
records. and swimming marks. AG1S
helped Uncle Sam win liberty tor NO
| world. Most Of the lads who ~ WI
present competing in the intSf.AlItoGs
Games In Paris will probably 1ntoet II
One OF the features IL the meat WlI1s
be Marathan run. over . twenty-0t14s
route. from Trenton the state cap1ta1s
Ct New Jersey to Camp Dix.
The swimming meet will be held tas
the new pool recently opened It Cam
Dix. M
This monster meet. which will - ~
American athletic worlds way Of eeIos3
brating victory, was planned by Socress
tsry Frank Wandle. Of Camp Dix an
Sam Dallas, OF Philadelphia. prssidAn4s
Of the A. A. U.
the games to the army. but upon co4x
sultation it was deemed best TO hAN4
the games for the beneft OF boys 0&s
oil branches of the service. whether
| mustered out or still In the servicA.
Events other than the Marathon aY4s
iao-yard dash. 22c-yard dash. 40 an4
. sso-yard runs: 500 and one-mfls invi.
tstion races. handicap events Of ~
| yards. 22e. 4to. $50. one mile, and threaa
miles; 22o-yard low hurdles. f2o.yar4
high hurdles: running high jump. runs
ming broad jump. sixteen-po pound sh0ts
| Put, pole vault, discus throw. 4e0.yar1s
| run in heavy marching order. ona-mii4
relay. two-mile relay. sixty-yard saca
race. obstacle race and sS0-yard novice
race. M
SLIGO FOR HUNDRED
HAMPERS OF PEPrEn9
The citrus fruits OF Florida are hAvs
ing their banner year. The Times
Union tells of the owner OF An OrAnG9
grove on the Indian river who offered
i II FIVE years ago at $1,000, ana THU
year sold his fruit on the trees for
Si2.s00. and refused an offer OF 33o,ss
600 for the property. An orango
grove in Florida bearing = good cree
| sells at a higher figure than q good
j bearing apple orchard in Maryland
/ Not less than from $1,000 to si.G4e3
/ an acre is asked for a productive
orange grove. while note the rec11es
| sale Of a Berkeley county apple
orchard in Maryland. ESQ acres, at
s125 600, and this was called n fee.a
! ord price
They tell OF Japanese farmer ~
Yama. on the East coast. who received
| &l,lo0 recently for 100 hampers Of
peppers he had grown on one-thitd Of
an acre. The Japanese colony ~
/ lama, comprising seven families. has
! marketed this season 100000 WORTH
of celery, lettuce. tomatoes. straw,
/ berries, cucum bers. onions, cAbhASo
and other garden truck. The gusnf
industry is srringing up In Florida.
| One OF the latest in this ventNEg ~
:, w. J. Corners. the publisher Of thes
| Buffalo On. W. Enquirer, who haa
| Just arranged to plant several thou
sand acres In Palm Beach county, and
! to erect sugar mill.
| The influx of capitalists from The
! North was never more noticeable than
now They are coming to invest tn
| lands, citrus groves, banks and real
estate.--John G. Sleicher, In LAaltofa