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The Evening Missourian., 1919-05-29
COUNTY AGENT LEADERS MEET
To Hold Cattle Exposition in Spring.
field I'm Fall.

E. A. Livesy and A. d. Folker, as
sistant county agent leaders, and P.
H. Ross, county agent leader, return
ed from Springfield Saturday where
they attended a meeting of county
agents. The meeting was the seventh
one that has been held recently. A
resolution, endorsing a fall cattle ex-
position, was adopted A live stock
show to be held in Springfield in the
fall will be boosted. A proposal to
raise poultry standards was discussed.
Plans to exterminate the wolves in the
Ozark counties were laid 1t is es-
timated that they do $4,000 to $1,000
damage every year. The aid of the
United States biological survey de-
partment will be solicited.
A. ID. Folker, assistant to state
county leader, said that the dairy in
dustry has taken on a large growth.
The boys and girls pig and calf clubs
now number 10000 The question of
the proper production and disposal of
poultry and eggs was discussed. In
the fall campaign will be organized
for the feeding and housing of hens.
1t is said that the proper feeding and
housing of hens in winter will in
crease the yield of eggs by large per
cent
The Evening Missourian., 1919-05-29

Hughes, who is crippled and JOSEPH
Guy McQuitty, who had the mumps
The pupils filled the stage and eacf
one had his glaring costume on wait.
ing for a muse to bring him a GER
tificate
Mr.. Mcpherson said, Columbia i:
the only school in the state that has
63 months for the pupils to finish the
grammar school, Most schools have
seventy or seventy-two months. | also
think that Columbia has a faithful lot
of teachers as they would not leave
here even though they were offered a
higher salary at other places. We
consider ourselves fortunate to have
ninety per cent of our teachers al
ready employed" The following per-
sons received certificates.
Roll of Honor
BENTON: Virginia Venable. Lois Ger
trude Hobart, William I. Grinstead, Ruby
Opal Jones, Alkaline Turner.
GRANT: Virginia Harris. Minnie Raven
Scraft, Mary Evelena Wright, Dorothy
Janet Hedrick, Eugene Sandker.
JEFFERSON: Cleora L. Mcmillan, Hell
en- fIdllctS BedSleN, OilNe Lucille CrOcker.
Exile Marie WhiteSides. Martha lone Brady.
LEE: Lillian Alden Hart, Virginia b.
Hunt Franceswayne Allen, Mary Alice
ROdhouse, James o. Weldon.
Glass Roll.
BENTON: Georgia May AshlOck James
CoOnce. Clyde Eugene Coons, Ruth Crouch,
Roy Daily NandO Davidson Raymond B.
Estep, William T. GrinStead, Lois Ger
trude Hobart, Ruby Opal Jones, Zula Mae
McAllister, Raymond McAIpin, Joseph Guy
NJ
Miller, Erbie f. Miller, StOney E. Richard
son, Arch Y. Slate. Harry Smith, Bennett
Stephenson, Iona Mae Stice. Adaline Tur-
ner, Virginia Venable, John +. Wayland
GRANT: Jesse William Alexander Allen
Barnes, Carl Cotton BransOn. Lorene Cole
man. Earnest Lee CraigO, Raymond Lee
Engelage. Edith Hamilton. Virginia Har-
ris. Dorothy Janet Hedrick, Scott Hughes,
Mary Frances Jacobs, Lillian Mae JONES'
Zelma Keyes Paul Limerick Erma Mello-
way, Clara Pearl Nichols Allene Potts,
Minnie G. Havenscraft, Eugene Sandker,
Lloyd Q. Thomas Nancy Rilla Turner
Mary Evelena Wright.
JEFFERSON: Margaret Ruth Arm
strong, Sigmund Ballenger. Charles f.
BattertOn, Helen Frances Beasley, Beulah
Boutwell,, Webster Evert Boyd, Martha
lone Brady, Wyle Coats. Beulah Goose,
Margaret Helen Crews, Olive Lucille Crock
er, Anna May Cundiff, Robert Sidney Gun
ningham. Mary Elizabeth Denham. Archie
T. Estes. Dorothy May Fay. Dorothy Mil
dred Gray, Hugh VI. Hall, Virgil G. Hud-
son. Juliet JOrdon, q. l.. Martin. James S
Maxwell. John ii. Maxwell Mamie Mon
tague, CleOra F. Mcmillan, Lorald Piatt
Howard ID. Prather, Waldo f. Pyle Mary
Elizabeth Reed. NJ. l.. Sexton. Winnie
Catherine Trimble, NOla Virginia Via,
Frank Wear. Exile Marie Whitesides.
LEE: Campbell Alexander, Frances
wayne Allen, Ruth n. Barnes. Merle Ber-
rie, Ruby Doll BlackmOre, A Louise BOhn,
Madeline BOwser John Arthur Buchroeder,
Ruth Carryer, Carolyn Cotton, EnOch
Drumm, James Hugh Edwards, Joseph
Pierce Estes, Mary Gordon Evans, Morris
Givan, Arch Hardin, Lillian Alden Hart,
Mary Anna Hubbell, Virginia B. Hunt
Ruth F. MumfOrd. Mabel f. Perkins. Mary
Alice RodhOuse. Harold Ross. LhamOn :. !
Sapp. Martha Jane Smith, Mary Gordon !
Edward T. Sutton, Gladys
Tandy, Grace Truman Tandy, James Wei !
don. Sara Ann Wheeler, Mary Frances |
Windsor.
The Evening Missourian., 1919-05-29
S PORT

The Missouri track team, accom-
panied by Coach H. F. Schultz, DR.. W
G. Manly and ]. B. Gibson, left for
the Missouri Valley Track and Field
Meet at Ames this morning. Prelim-
inaries for the Saturdays races will
be run off tomorrow afternoon, and
the faculty representatives of the
members of the conference will hold
their semi-annual meeting tomorrow
The following men made the trip:
Captain Sylvester, Barlow, Parker,
Lewis, Goodwin, Saville Minton, Mar
shall, Edwards, and Riddle. Bob
Simpson accompanied the team, and
will leave Ames Sunday morning with
Sylvester for the A. E. F. meet.
The Evening Missourian., 1919-05-29

mound for Bengals, and the Cub hit
ting was at an end.
The one Bengal run came in the
first inning. In the last half of the
seventh, with a man on second, and
two outs, Canterbury hit long fly to
deep center, that looked like chance
for a score, but he was caught out by
the center fielder after long run,
ending the game.
Bondurant opened in the pitchers
box for the Cubs, and was replaced
by Hughes in the second. Hughes
pitched a good game, and with good
support in the field, held his oppo-
nents scoreless for the remainder of
the game. The score by innings:
Cubs - 0 3 0 0 o.
Bengals .....---.-..1 0 0 0 0 0 0-1
Batteries-Cubs, Bondurant, Hughes
and Ruby; Bengals, Packwood, Nc
Lane and Etz. Umpire-Walter T.
c'Mike") Brown
The Evening Missourian., 1919-05-29
Seventy Athletes
Picked For Paris Meet

| More than seventy of the most
prominent track and field athletes ol
the United States, with a sprinkling
of boxers, wrestlers, swimmers and
tennis players, were selected to aug
ment the team which will represent
this country in the interallied games
at Paris next month at a meeting of
the Amateur Athletic Union officials
yesterday. The list includes several
world-record holders and a number
with either A.A.U. or intercollegiate
championships to their credit.
The selection was restricted by the
eligibility rules to those athletes who
had served with the United States
Army either at home or overseas,
members of the navy being barred
from competition by the code which
will govern the entrance at the Join
vile meet, June "a to July 6.
Every section of the country, as
well as the leading colleges, univer-
stiles and athletic clubs of the nation,
is represented, and the team is the
nearest approach to an American
Olympic squad that has been sent
abroad since the Olympiad at Stock
holm in 1912. The names of more
than 300 athletes were considered and
over 200 kilograms and letters record
ing recent performances examined be-
fore the final selection was completed.
Among the outstanding stars are Sol
Butler, the negro sprinter and broad
jumper from Dubuque College; ].
LoOmis, Chicago A.A., and Robert
Simpson, Missouri University, hur-
dlers; Ted Meredith, PENNSYLVANIA,
and c. Shaw, Columbia, middle-dis-
tance runners; Clinton Larsen, high
jumper, Brigham Young University;
W. T. Tilden, Jr., of Philadelphia, run
ner-up in the 1918 national tennis
championship, and Norman Ross,
swimmer, Chicago.
Following its arrival in France the
team will meet the best of the Amer
lean overseas contingent in trial
oS-AASS' AiOAi "hiNh &C liiSu VIII D6
to face the entrants from the
other allied nations in each of the in
dividual events. During the trip to
France the team will be in charge of
Col. Joseph H. Thompson and under
strict military discipline.
Track and field: Charles Carroll. |
University of Illinois; Marshall Had
dock, Kansas State Agricultural Col
lege; Nick Giannakopolus. Millrose A. |
A., New York; Joseph S. Geiger, Bal
-imore, Nd; William Sylvester, Uni
versity of Missouri; Robert Simpson.
Columbia, Mo-; Carl Rice, Parsons, |
Kan; Thomas Dutton, New Orleans.
Wrestlers: Edward (Strangler) |
lewis, Norfolk; Carl Liljehult, Bronx
Church House, New York; Courtan-
one G. Framopoulos. New York.
Boxers: Jackie Clark, Camp Dix,
j.; Edward P. Eagan, Yale Univer-
ity; Robert Gleason, Camp Mills,
L. L.; William Spengler,
Fort Slocum, New York.
Tennis: Clarence Griffin and Will
lam E. Davis, California Tennis Club.
'an Francisco; S. Howard VoshelI,
Terrace Club, Brooklyn, N. Y.
The Evening Missourian., 1919-05-29
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CLOSES
Pupils Take Part In a Special Pro-
gram.

The closing assembly of the Uni
versity Elementary School was held
at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon in
the kindergarten room. The program
was given by the pupils, with little
assistance from the teachers. There
was a lack of self consciousness
among the small performers, unusual
at such entertainments. Mrs. J. X.
Fyfer, principal of the school, opened
the assembly by announcing the fol-
lowing program:
Overture, kindergarten orchestra.
Group of Bird Songs, fist and
second grades.
A Weaving Dance, upper grades.
A dramatization of the Sleepy Beau
ty, first four grades.
Swing Song, all the grades.
Music Interpretation. kindergarten.
Minuet, fifth and six grades
May Dance, first and second grades.
Three Tales From Uncle Remus,
fifth and sixth grades.
Scarf Dance. girls from all the
grades.
Flower Songs. first and second
grades.
Selection. kindergarten orchestra.
Slumber Boat Song, all the grades.
After the program Mrs. Fyfer closed
the assembly, telling of the prospects
for next year. The school will lose
two of its teachers this year. Miss
Lillian Cromer is to return to her
school in st. Louis and Mrs. Doro-
thy Jones Lewis will accept a posi-
zion in New York. The other teachers
will be back
An exhibition of the children's work
during the year was on display in the
upstairs rooms
The Evening Missourian., 1919-05-29
Charlotte Dantzig, "Movie. Editcr.

Miss Charlotte Dantzig, a graduate
of the School of Journalism of the
University, is now photo play editor
of the Kansas City Journal Under
the title. ''Filmland's Plays and Play
ers" Miss Dantzig writes feature stor-
les of the moving picture stars, writes
the advertising for the shows in the
city. and docs" column of film play
gossip. Miss Dantzig was graduated
in 1914.
The Evening Missourian., 1919-05-29
Expression Students to Give Recital

The following students in the ex-
preston department of Christian Col
lege will take part in a recital to be
given in the college auditorium at s
O'Clock tomorrow night: Misses Lucre-
tia Brinton, De Lois Shoptaw, Mary
Church, Ruth Cannon, Ferna Faye
Miller, Artelee Robbie Wyatt, Peggy
Anderson, Willie Crews. Ella VI.
Wyatt, Edna Basket and Lillian Nor
ris
The Evening Missourian., 1919-05-29
Pole Vault Record
Held by FLOYD

The championship of the A. E. F. in
France in the pole vault is held by
Lieutenant F. W. Floyd, who was
graduated from the School of Engin-
eering of the University in 1916. Lieu
tenant Floyd won the honor in a meet
held in Paris in May, making a record
of II feet inches. The meet was
held under the auspices of American
army officials, and all men in the Ex-
peditionary Force were eligible to
compete.
Lieutenant Floyd was commissioned
in the Fifth Division, Engineers, one
of the first organizations to arrive in
France.
The Evening Missourian., 1919-05-29
Lazelle ShOcklex Returns.

Lazelle Shockley, who received his
ALB. degree from the University in
1915 and who was graduated from the
School of Law in 1916, arrived in New
York Sunday, according to letter re-
ceived by his mother. Mrs. S. A.
Shockley yesterday. Mr.. Shockley was
with the Eighty-ninth Division. He
will be in camp at Upton, ~ Y, for a
few weeks.
The Evening Missourian., 1919-05-29

ington. Others who are on the stand
ing committee to serve during the
sixty-sixth congress are: Arthur A
Albert, New York World, Ben F. Al
len. Cleveland Plain Dealer, Artbur
S. Henning, Chicago Tribune and
c. Stevens, Minneapolis Journal. Mr.
Karger was one of the speakers here
during Journalism Week.
The Evening Missourian., 1919-05-29
Case OF w. X. Miller Appealed.

The suit of w. R. Miller against J.
E. McPheeters of Mexico for 500 al
legged to have been offered as a re-
ward for the return of a stolen auto
mobile, has been appealed to the Cir
cult Court by McPheeters. Justice
Bicknell gave Miller judgment for
$116 recently.
The Evening Missourian., 1919-05-29

The Bengals lost their first game
last night when they were defeated by
the Cubs, 4 to 1. The two University
teams were equally matched and play
ed good baseball throughout the seven
innings.
The Bengals started Packwood on
the mound. He held the Cubs score
less for two innings, but his opponents
found the ball in the third. when with
three men on, Hughes made a two
base hit, and scored three runs. The
other Cub score came in the sixth.
When Ruby took first on the third
strike, stole second and came home on
combination of passed balls.
In the fourth, McLane went to the
The Evening Missourian., 1919-05-29
Churches Oppose Prohibition ReDe.,

The recent effort to repeal the War
Time Prohibition Bill has induced the
Prohibition National Committee of Chi
cago to issue an appeal to the minis,
ters and congregations of 2OO.OOe
churches to preach sermons on the
subject and to present petitions to the
House and Senate for effective legis-
latiOn.
The Evening Missourian., 1919-05-29
"PhOg" Allen
Quits Coaching.

DIR. Forrest c. C'Phog'D Allen has
resigned his position as athletic di-
rector of the State Normal School al
Warrensburg, according to a Warrens-
burg dispatch. He will devote his en-
tire time to the practice of osteopathy
Doctor Allen was recently reelected
director at the normal school at an in
crease of salary, it is said. and has
also received offers to coach at other
schools. He is recognized as one of
the best sportsmen in the West and
has brought athletics to a high plane
at Warrensburg. He has refereed a
number of basketball games at Mis-
souri,.
The Evening Missourian., 1919-05-29
Cow Case Is Dismissed,

The case in justice court of Edna
S. Betz against Clarence Sapp, for the
recovery of a cow said to be illegally
held by Sapp was dismissed this morn
ing.
The Evening Missourian., 1919-05-29
Gus ]. Karger Reelected.

Gus j. Karger of the Cincinnati
Times-Star has been reelected chair
man of the Press Gallery Committee
of newspaper correspondents at Wash
The Evening Missourian., 1919-05-29
Travelling Allowances for Soldiers.

Notice was given by the recruiting
office in Columbia this morning that
all discharged soldiers who want
blank forms for their additional trav-
cling allowances must apply at the
office, room 304, Guitar Building.
The Evening Missourian., 1919-05-29

Spanish and French teacher wanted
for an Oklahoma high school. Salary
$3.50. Apply Cline Teachers Agen-
cy. (adv1
The Evening Missourian., 1919-05-29

Enroll free for a good position in
the Southwest. Cline Teachers Agen-
cy. (adv.)
The Evening Missourian., 1919-05-29

1t pays to pay to get more pay
Cline Teachers Agency. (adv)
The Evening Missourian., 1919-05-29
STUDENTS OF GRADE
SCHOOLS GIVE PLAY

Continued From Page one)
The Colorado statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1895-1961, 1919-11-01
Two Mules.

A colored man driving a mule at
,tached to junk wagon meandered
along the Mission road. Suddenly the
mules feet took root. He 'posolutely
and absolutely" refused to bulge. The
darby. with a sigh. dismounted and
tried all the arts of his race, from per-
suasion with a shovel handle to down
right cruelty. For half an hour he
worked. but the mule only remained
glued fast to the road.
"Why don't you sell him and buy an
anto. uncle?" called a cop who had
been enjoying the fun.
Huh !" growled the colored man
."That mule'd take that as pussonal
victory. He's been tryin' to shake me
for week. No. sir. All reckon Ah'll
stick II out"
The Colorado statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1895-1961, 1919-11-01
GOOD Roads" Contract Let.

Contracts have been let by the state
highway commission, for the construc-
ton of four miles of concrete high
way on federal-state road projects i'll
the Arkansas valley, ut an estimated
cost of $4,000, according to State
Highway Engineer J. E. Maloney.
The contract covers one mile of CON
creting west out of La .Iunta, one mile
east out of Rocky Ford, one mile east
out of Manzlnola and Il mile east OUT
of Fowler. The government bears one
half the expense of the projects anu
the state and county share the other
half. 1t is the plan of the highway
commission, in conjunction with the
federal bureau of public roads, ulu-
mately to link the principal towns OF
the Arkansas valley with concrete
highways.
The Colorado statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1895-1961, 1919-11-01
War Hero Comes Rac.s."

Bob Mcbride, Denver war hero ana
one of the greatest athletes Colorado
ever produced, has left for Dartmouth,
where he will complete his college
course. Mcbride was severely GRIP
pied in action over seas and 1t was
thought he would never be able TO
wear the track shoes again. However,
since returning home, under expert
care. he has improved rapidly, and
by spring may be once more ON the Gin
der path. Mcbride attended II Denver
High School and Colorado college at
Colorado Springs.
The Colorado statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1895-1961, 1919-11-01

Fifty farmers of Nucla community
have set S15 as the minimum price that
they would accept for their crop of hay
this winter.
Colorado will receive $1,T55, 759, IL
from the United States government FOL
good roads under the provision OF the
1916 law providing federal aid for post
al routes.
A twenty four-hour endurance test
for motorcycles is to be held in north
ern Colorado Nov. l and 9. 1t starts
promptly at noon Nov. and continues
until noon the following day.
While being tubbed at the Phi Gam
ma Delta fraternity house, Junius Day
freshman student in the University of
Colorado, was severely scalded by
stream of boiling hot water.
Early reports indicate that the acre
age planted to winter wheat in Colo
RADIO this fall will be considerably
short of that planted last fall, partly as
a result of the poor yields obtained In
many districts last year and partly be-
cause of fear that the price of wheat
will go down after the government
price guarantee is removed.
The slowly advancing price of silver
is encouraging much prospecting in the
old silver producing districts of Colo
RADIO. with the result that many inn
portant discoveries of new silver-bear-
ing ores have been made in the past
few months. Next year should see a
marked revival of silver mining in
Colorado.
jury in the District Court at Wal
senburg acquitted Louis Barker,
charged with killing Frank Flores al
Maitland last May. Young Barker was
said to have shot Flores after the lat
ter had entered his house forcibly.
The Colorado statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1895-1961, 1919-11-01
Starts Second Week.

A membership drive to increase the
local "Y' organization to capacity
strength OF 1000 members opened last
week and will continue until Dec. ~.
A new team of twenty-five men
takes the field each week and 1t eN-
pected to sign 175 new members.
Members and employees of the Den
yer school board already are mt work
upon the plans for the special election
Dec ., when the taxpayers are to he
asked to sanction S2,0O0,OOO bond
issue for the erection of new school
buildings and purchase of ground.
Hope for an indefinite postpone
ment of the threatened tieup of Den
ver's Tramway system loom appear as
the result of statements by Tranway
officials indicating that the wage ct'
for employees will be held up until the
city council considers petitions now
being circulated for Il 6-cent fare or
dinance. and by notice served official
Nv by Mayor Bailey that the city VIII
take every possible legal step to have
enforced the state law requiring thirty
days notice of prospective wage cuts
to be filed with the state industrial
commission.
The Colorado statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1895-1961, 1919-11-01
DIR, c. e. TERRY

Physician and Surgeon, 1927 Twenty
first street. office hours: 1872 p. M,
6-s p. M, and appointment. Phone
Main 2701. Residence, champa 33o5.
The Colorado statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1895-1961, 1919-11-01
Pithy News Notes
From All Parts of
Colorado
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
COMING EVENTS.

The Red Cross Christmas Seal sale VIII
take place all over the United states
from December l to 10. 1919.
The Colorado statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1895-1961, 1919-11-01
American Interests in China.

The Foochow branch OF the Ameri-
can Association of China was recently
formed The new organization will
largely care for American commercial
interests. which are rapidly expand
ing in the Foochow consular district,
and will take the place of an Ameri-
can chamber of commerce. the num-
her Of local Americans being too few
TO support chamber of commerce.
The Colorado statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1895-1961, 1919-11-01
Program Deserves Support.

To finance these operations. to con
clude work which was begun during
the war, and to carry out some COM
paratively inexpensive constructive
plans for assisting peoples in eastern
Europe TO develop their own welfare
organizations. the American Red Cross
requires. in addition TO membership
fees, sum of money small in compar-
ison with the gifts poured into its
treasury by our generous people DUR
ing the war.
Both the greater enduring domestic
program and the lesser temporary for
eign program Of the Red Cross de-
serve enthusiastic support. and ven
ture TO hope that its peace-time men,
bership will exceed rather than fall
below its impressive war membership.
WOODROW WILSON.
The Colorado statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1895-1961, 1919-11-01

would you throw tomato at that
speaker" asked rough auditor.
mo" replied the grocer; mot unless
he paid for 1t in advance"