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Monroe City Democrat., 1919-04-04
South America by Rail

Wouldn't the average American
citizen feel peculiar thrill if he
saw freight car with Spanish in
scriptions pull into town, loaded
down with tropical fruits, say ba-
nanas? Yet. that is liable to hap
pen some time in the next few
years
1t is now possible TO 90 by rail as
far south as the border of Guate-
mala but hiatus exists from there
to the Panama Canal. Yet, it is
believed that in the near future in
terested capitalists and engineers
will furnish these missing links, and
a railroad ride to the Panama Ca
nal may be possibility.
The dreamers even go further to-
day BY constructing railroads
from the Panama Canal southwark
thru Columbia, through the moun-
famous regions of Ecuador and
Peru. a connection would be estab-
lished with the railroads in Lima.
Peru. and thence a journey south.
ward would only be prevented by a
few small gaps yet to be built.
1t is said that ii takes twenty-five
days by steamer to get from New
York to Buenos Aires but this rail-
way system would be able to carry
you there in fifteen.
Monroe City Democrat., 1919-04-04

wheat acreage.
Missouri is twenty second in
spring wheat.
Missouri is twenty fifth in barley
acreage
The agricultural standing of Mis-
souri, for 1918 was not nearly so
high on the main crops as it was
for 1917 and usual years. because
of the unprecedented hot winds
that Tapped over 10 Missouri from
Kansas and Oklahoma like ':Mys-
teFious Stranger. In 1917 Mis-
souri, stood at sixth place in all
crops, but in 1918 the state fell to
ninth rank.
Monroe City Democrat., 1919-04-04
Agriculture is Popular

The Back to the farm" movement.
does not include merely wealthy
city men who buy farms as play
things And there is more to it
than the men broken in health who
are looking for out door life. The
most significant drift is among
young people who were born and
brought up 10 the cities and towns,
and who are turning toward the
CO ountry.
A recent writer notes that in look
ing over catalogs Of the agriculture
colleges of Illinois and Wisconsin.
he found that two thirds of the stu
dents come from cities and villages
A great many sons of mechanics
a nd business men are to-day con
cl udine that the farm offers an op
portunity better than their fathers
calling.
6 The teaching of agriculture in
many city high schools tends to in.
terest young people in this calling.
Also the experience of city boys and
you ng men on the farms during the
war is having influence. A Boy
Scout camp manager says that one
result is that many of these boys
will become farmers. They like the
out door life and soil cultivation in
terested them.
Some of the old time country peo
pie fear that as a result of this
IN ovement. agriculture will be great
ly overdone. But a broader view
W ould show that the United States
has developed dispropOrtionately as
b manufacturing community. When
this land of marvellous soils and
broad acres has to import food from
South America, 1t shows its re-
sources are not utilized.
P eople crowd too much in con-
gested cities. There conditions are
unwholesome living costs are high,
and wages. up to the time war rates
came on, were low. The drift to
country would have to 60 long
way farther before the balance tips
in the opposite work and apply
science to farming.
Monroe City Democrat., 1919-04-04

= Republican candidates for Con-
gress last fall promised, if elected
to stand behind the President" Z"
Many of them are in Office now and
are standing behind him-about
ten years behind him.
Monroe City Democrat., 1919-04-04
MisSouri's Standing

Jefferson City. Mo.-The standing
of Missouri. compared with the 9th.
er forty-seven states. based on the
state federal statistics for 1918. &C
cording to Secretary Jewell Mayes
of the State Board of Agriculture.
is first in pure bred live stock. poul
try, feeder cattle and hay markets,
quality of mules. Shorthorn cattle.
1umber of poultry. tile msnufactur-
ing, commercial mixed feed milling,
miles of navisable rivers, Hereford
cattle, lead and zinc production,
winnings in jersey cattle herds and
Jacks and jennets, pure bred cattle,
size Of drainage districts, cob pipe
manufacturing, leadership of the
watermelon counties of the world,
blue grass. saddle horses. diversified
farming, and first 10 opportunity for
the home seeker and investor.
Missouri is second in 1918 winter
wheat acreage, number of mules,
acre yield of rice and in growing
winter wheat acreage o p"
Missouri is third in the number
of hogs. production of winter wheat
and corn.
Missouri is fourth in total value
of horses. tame hay acreage, acre
yield Of peanuts and number of
cattle other than mich cows.
Missouri is fifth in corn acreage,
total value of mules. value of cattle,
hogs, and sheep. ..and combined total
value of cattle, hogs, sheep, horses
and mules.
Missouri is sixth in population,
number of horses, acre yield of fax
seed, all wheat acreage. acre yield
Of tobacco. production of all wheat
and fax seed, clover seed acreage
and total value of swine.
Missouri is seventh in acre yield
Of cotton, fax seed acreage and
clover seed.
Missouri is ninth in wealth, num-
ber of mich cows, and tame hay
and rice.
Missouri is tenth in acre yield OF
clover seed, rice acreage. and total
value OF mich cows,
Missouri is eleventh in potato &C
reage and apples.
Missouri is twelfth in oats and
cotton acreage, number of sheep.
total production of Gotten. and total
value of sheep.
Missouri is thirteenth in peanuts
acreage, and production and acre
yield Of winter wheat.
Missouri is fourteenth in oats.
Missouri is sixteenth In tobacco
acreage and production. sweet pota-
20 acreage, and total value Of horses
and mules.
Missouri is seventeenth in buck
wheat acreage, and acreage and
production OF sweet potatoes.
Missouri is eighteenth in acre
yield of spring wheat and in land
area.
Missouri is nineteenth in rye aud
potatoes.
Missouri is twentieth in acre
yields of rye and sweet potatoes.
Missouri is twenty. first in pears,
acre yield Of buckwheat and spring
Monroe City Democrat., 1919-04-04

be build on an insufficient founda-
ton of assets. But the business
community has advanced with eau
ton through this war period, and no
such condition is likely to exist
The country still faces the peril
of Bolshevism. But the school
educated American masses will not
be fooled by the follies that have
deluded poor blinded Russia. So
with prudent and courageous enter
prise. with justice to all elements
of the working community. all
clouds should evaporate 10 the clear
sunshine Of American optimism.
Republican fiiibusters in the Sen.
ate won a great victory when they
prevented the enactment of $3,000.-
100000 of appropriations in the
last days of the Sixty-fifth Con-
gress. They defeated the hopes OF
thousands of soldiers and sailors
for whom the Administration was
attempting to provide homes on
reclaimed land. How will these
fighters take this "defeat"-the
first that American doughboys have
experienced?
Monroe City Democrat., 1919-04-04

Do you believe that any one could
get a fortune honestly in safe rob-
beryS June Caprice does in her lat
test big photoplay Blue Eyed Mary"
which will be shown at the Gem
theatre next Tuesday April 8. A
story with an unexpected ending,
A tale of despair and happiness.
Monroe City Democrat., 1919-04-04

Democrat and X. C. Star for ST.
Monroe City Democrat., 1919-04-04

Please bring the little tots in the
NJ 0RNING, Miss Belle johnson,
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-02
SPORTING NOTES.

The eastern college fencing cham
pi0nships will occur at Cambridge,
April 4
Coach Charles Courtney has a row.
ing squad Of Z89 candidates at Cor
nell.
The Central States Amateur Row
ing Association will be revived this
summer.
automobile Club Of Kansas City,
Mo, has started a campaign to in
crease its membership to 5000.
Nile. Lengie1l, a young French girl
is likely TO be heard from in future
international lawn tennis Journeys.
An umpires' association and the
promotion of the sport among boys
are two objects of the Toronto and
District Cricket Association
The Toronto Motor Boat Club will
conduct its usual fixture in Toronto
bay in connection with the annual ex-
hbition there in the fall.
The great western light harness
racing season starts at LaHarpe, Ill.
August to 7, and closes at Mil
waukee. September to 70.
! The Annapolis eight-oared shel
| crews will race against University O.
Pennsylvania Fights over the Sever
river course, Annapolis, April y.
! The University of Pennsylvania
baseball nine has arranged to pla!
! Connie Mack's team of the American
! League three games, April II ~ ant
II.
New York city billiard room keep
| ers may shortly increase the price
/ of various green cloth pastimes, a
/ war prices for all materials are il
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-02

Pannsv1z-a1ia IN he held 6nril % Il
Is viii be the Greatest in the bistd
of the classic competition. The Of
Gals are anticipating an entry
about 300 teams including 'collegI
high and prep schools.
IIovd's Neck Club. the newest coIj
try cIub adjacent to New York ell
inc1udes $50 acres of land on Lloyl
Neck n Il The president of Il
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-02
S. n. VOSHELL WINS HAlRLlNE
VICTORY OVER G. EMERSON

New York, April Is. H, Voshel,
the playing through" champion, had
a narrow escape from defeat in the
national indor tennis championship at
the Seventh Regiment Armory today
when Gerald Emerson, the New Jersey
junior gave him a taste of speed that
nearly swept him off the court. Emer
son, however, played himself out by
his furious volleying, SO that he was
defeated, 1914, go.
Peter Ball OF Yale created sensa-,
ton by defeating G. c. Shafer, Phila
delphia, Ga, So. Ball played a fast
game at the net,
William T. Tilden End, Philadelphia,
defeated Leonard BeeEman, Prince
ton, GO, G-3
In the second round of the doubles
William L. Tilden 2nd and Vincent
Richards defeated William H. Pritch-
ard and Jerry Lange, 6-2. G2, and
Allen Behr and Harry j. Steinkampf
defeated Peter Ball and II NJ. Blod-
gett, c. 6-8, ca
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-02
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL
MARKET CONTINUED IRREGU.
LAR,

New York, April 1.-Better news
from abroad, more promising domestic
trade conditions and signs of a re-
Taxed money market were Of material
assistance in promoting the further
irregular advance of quoted values on
the stock exchange today. Sentiment
tai factors included the removal of
federal restrictions against the pack
ing interests and the more encourag-
ing views entertained by leading fl
nancial authorities regarding general
business prospects.
The market retained all of it's long
established professional characters
tics, however, pools extending their
operations into various channels, es-
pecially leather and copper shares.
In both of these groups there We're
marked evidences of trade revival, an
extensive inquiry for refined metals
being reported for foreign interests at
prices well above those of recent
weeks.
Rails and T.. S. Steel were the chief
drawbacks, although the former We're
responsible to temporary demand,
trans continentals and grangers dis
playing marked firmness. In the case
of U. S. Steel, it was considered sig
nificant, in spite of two active sessions,
that the stock closed unchanged from
last weeks final price.
Shippings and oils were extremely
variable, though ending mostly at
gains and food and fertilizer shares
again moved forward, but Industrial
Alcohol was most conspicuous holding
! the greater part of it's seven point adj
vance. Total sales amounted to 1885,
| 900 shares.
Trading in bonds was marked by
I
tinued irregular, mainly on the furth-
er easing of internationals, Liberty is
sues rallying after early recessions.
Sales, par value, aggregated $I875,-
| 000
Old L. S. bonds were unchanged on
! call, coupon tours gaining 3-8 per
| cent on sales.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-02
sHARPE's ASSISTANTS TO BE
ALL YALE GRADUATES

New Haven. Conn, April 1.-As his
assistants in directing athletics at Yale
DR.. Albert Sharpe has decided upon
DR.. Arthur Bridges, Dr. William T.
Bull and Herman T. Alcott. They are
expected to take UP their duties at the
beginning Of fall football practice, at
which time DIR. Sharpe will begin his
work as general director.
All are Yale graduates and former
football stars. Dr.. Bridges is now in
the army aviation service awaiting his
discharge. He coached the Yale fresh
man eleven in 1917 and finished the
season as coach of the R. o. I. c.
team when T. A. D. Jones, the regular
coach went into war service. DR..
Bull, famous as a drop kicker in col
Iege days, coached the Newport naval
station football eleven and Alcott
trained the Great Lakes team during
the war.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-02
THREE BOWLERS, TIED IN
THIRD PLACE AT Toledo

Toledo, O.. April 1.-The last day OF
the American Bowling Congress tour
nament here saw a bowler roll $50
individual score and go into a tie
with two other men for third place
in the standings.
]. Rivest OF Chicago was the bowler
and his three game total put him even
with D. Devito of Chicago and Mort
Lindsey of New Haven. Rivest tried
for d perfect score but after making
ten strikes and sparing he missed the
head pin and ended up with a 281 His
other games were 1873 and 20.
1t was the only change in the stand
ings for the last several days. Also
it was the only score of any account
during the last hours Of the tourna-
nent
The best score OF the day in the
doubles was 1918 rolled by W. Hess
and j. Revor of Cleveland.
Second high score of the day in the
singles was registered by c. Wagner
Newark, n. j., $40, and third was A
Harris, Newark, CPS.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-02
WESTERNERS SET TRAPS
FOR EASTERN BOXERS

Quite number of famous Eastern
fighters have been lured to the Cold
en- Gate City by all sorts of glittering
propositions and financial induce
ments. Many of them have been like
the month Ct March. which enters like
lion and departs like lamb, usu-
ally says a Chicago sports writer.
He says
4 freely confess that the native
sons of California are slicker, deeper,
sharper, and wiser diplomats than
most of our boxers and their pro-
found mana gers of the East. If you
don't believe this, ask Billy Gibson,
manager of lightweight champions,
Benny Leonard. I always consider
hustling Billy a pretty wise, able
fistic impresSario, but he also must
confess they outWitted him out on the
coast and cleverIy Friscoed' him al
so. Friscoed' means simply to be
outgeneraIed by the Frisco sports, as
it were. For a further definition of
this newly coined word ask Jack
Dempsey, Billy Gibson Gunboat
Smith or some other bird who has
been put over the jumps in gay and
festive Frisco.
SIaigFt of Hand Stuff?
Lovely burg, lovely sports. grand
! country, and all that. But don't try
! to outmaneuver or bamboozle them in
any little financial deal CT boxing
match If you do, good evening" For
! in sharp trading shreWd matchmak-
! ing, and clever sleight of hand work
/ the native sons shine and win out.
We all acknowledge that Billy
! Gibson is an able manager of boxers,
and has handled Benny Leonard with
! great care and wisdom. But neither
! he nor his skilled champion ever
imagined that Ritche, who has been
running to fat and SO long out of the
ring, could possibly give Benny such
q close call for his laurels, for, ac-
cording to all reports, the champion
was certainly in danger during the
four slashing rounds. In fact If he
hadn't been in fine fettle Ritchie
have stopped him within the limit
Billy Gibson had the shock of his
life when he saw Ritchie smuggling his
clever champion for a knockout in
the third round. Gibson then realized
how he had been outwitted and lured
into d supposed easy match for Benny
against a fat stale has been, as he
supposed. The Bronx impressario got
a fine lesson in the art of matchmak-
ing, which he wont forget for many
moons.
In 1891, John L. Sullivan was in
duced to spar a four-roun exhibition
with Jim Corbett at Frisco, and thai
bout gave Corbett such a line on the
deteriorated champion that he ant
his friends knew they had an easy
mark in the once great John L. 81
the match was made the following
year and Corbett just exhausted thu
old champ into defeat in twenty on'
, rounds.
1T was Mayor Mclaughlin and Eng
| lish Jimmy Carroll who plotted thu
downfall of old Jack Dempsey, tht
gallant Nonpareil, in Frisco, and KEEP
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-02

force.
The running horse races on New
York tracks this season will occupy
14l days, beginning at Jamaica May
Is, and concluding at Empire City,
October %.
Bob Ddbbie, undefeated amateur
single souls champion expects to
leave Toronto early in June to take
part in the Royal English Henley
races on the Thames in July.
The Dartmouth football team will
play the Cornell eleven in New York
October % and Penn in the same city
November g. Both games will prob
ably be staged in the Polo grounds.
West Point baseball nine will play
twenty one games. They will clash
with the Annapolis Academy team at
West Point May 81. The Middies
have not won in this series since
1908
The thirty-fourth annual exhibition
of the National Horse Show Associa-
! ton will be held in Madison Square
| Garden. New York city, November
IT to q. Since 1888 the association
| has distributed S864690.
/ Sportsmen of Sydney, Australia
| want Ernest Barry of England, hold
er of the professional single souls
championship, to go there to compete
against Paddon, of yarra; Arnst, o.
| Brisbane and FELTON,.
Tia Royal Canadian Yacht Clut
| will build new clubhouse. It viii be
ready for the 1920 season. The or
ganization this fall will have q:
guests Admiral Lord Jelicoe and Ad-
niraI Sir David Beatty, of the Eng
lish navy.
Robert Crawford, the former Flush
ing Long Islandl high school dis
lance runner and rival of Allan Swed'
the former Mercksburg star, now
freshman, at Princeton, is studen
at Lafayette college, Easton, Pa.
1t is expected the 25th annual rela,
race carnival Of the University 0
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-02

South amateur championship golf
tournament at Pinehurst today with a
score of $50 for the thirty-siX holes.
Twelve entrants qualified for match
play championship as follows:
Styles, Washington Golf and Country
Club, 161; James D. Standiah Jr.. De
troit, 161; Franklin H. Gates, Moore
County, 1852; c. c. Waldo Jr., Detroit
1854; F. c. Newton, Brookline, 1874; Z.
c. BeaIl. Uniontown, 167; F. S. Dan
forth, North Fork, 1871 Dickinson
Bishop, Dowagiac, 1858; Wimberly Bow
man, Southern Pines, 1853; Irving S.
Robson, Rochester, 1913; G. A. DiXson
Jr., National. 10; Donald Parson
Youngstown III; L. A. Hamilton
Garden City, III; H. H. Phillips, Moore
County, IT,.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-02

Plainfield Highs championship
quintet held a clear record throughout
the past basketball season. These
fast men trimmed all opposing teams
and after taking The championship OF
the southern division trimmed Bartlett
High of Webster for the Quinebaug
league championship. This is the
second successive year that the local
high has captured the championship
cup. Coach Collins, through his ut
termost efforts, and with the backing
Of the loyal fans, guided his fast team
to success. a great deal of credit
and thanks is due the enthusiastic
coach of Plainfeld High school.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-02
SHORE LINE BASEBALL TEAM
HAS THREE GAMES SCHEDULED.

The Shore Line Baseball team has
already three games arranged for
their playing season, Stonington High
school at Stonington, April 18th;
Norwich Free Academy at Norwich
April 2Sth; Stonington High school
at Norwich May 21st. The Shore
Line team is waiting q reply from
Killingly High, Westerly High, Wind
ham High, Pompret school, Storrs
college, Morgan school of Clinton
Conn.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-02
TAFTViLLE READY FOR CLASH
WITH JEWETT CITY TONIGHT

Everything is in readiness for the
the Crescents and Jewett City. The
visitors will be strengthened by the
addition of Ems, the giant center and
Dolan the crack forward of the Fort
Wright team. The Crescents will
have the same, usual strong lineup of
Vickery, Belair, Murphy, White, Stan
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-02

Bob Fitzsimmons under cover as a
dark horse against poor Dempsey.
Jack Dempsey Victim.
Maybe the present Jack Dempsey,
who's matched to battle Jess Willard,
can tell you how he was F7riscoed'
twice on the coast when two decis-
ions were given against him in favor
of Beefy Billy Meehan don't claim
the decision was wrong. but it looks
to me as if Dempsey got the worst of
the deal somehow, or ether.
And swho were the Frisco clique
that induced unsophisticated Fred
Fulton to make a chump Of himself
by his foolish open confession re-
garding the alleged double cross
handed to him by Jack Dempsey al
Harrison, \. J. last summer? Poor
Fred was well Friscoed' indeed by
the wise clique"
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-02

ley, Daley and Lambert After the
Danielson game of Monday night
Manager Benoit won the toss for the
odd game and will play the deciding
game with Danielson in the Valley
street armory in Willimantic, or
Friday, April 18th.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-02
EStrenleS.

Heaven pity the woocan WHOSE h
band is so wild that she can's cont
him, or the one whose spouse is
good that he's monotonous-Ri
mond Times-Dispatch.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-02
Jeff Doherty. Boxer, Dies

New Haven. April 1.-George Jeff
Doherty,, former lightweight champion
boxer Of New England, died in a hospi-
tai here tonight after several weeks
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-02
TWELVE ENTRANTS QUALIFY IN
AMATEUR GOLF TOURNEY

Pinehurst n. c., April IA. J.
Mendes of the Siwanoy Club won the
qualifying medal in the North and
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-02
MON ley.

New York. April l. Call money
easy; high 5; low 5; ruling rate 3;
closing bid 4 "a; offered at 5 last
7oan s. bank acceptances I SIS.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-02

illness. He was 81 years old and re-
tired from the ring four years ago.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-02
COTTON

New York April 1.-Cotton futures
Opened steady
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-05-05
A Worthy Task For the Crusader

effects prohibition and found that in extensive tracts
dry territory the of paregorc and similar
pounds containing morphine developed to alarm
ing degree.
The committee further expressed the belief that the
prohibition upon those who using alco-
hol biggest problem the country face
after July /.
Unless the states cooperate fully than they
are doing, machinery preventing those
shaved by drink from drugs will be inadequate
The effect that prohibition has had the increasing
drugs thus far is question debated with much
and for lack Of sufficient statistics it is
The drug evil is such nsdious one susceptible of
dealing because of the concentrated
drugs that army of government agents would be
in dry territory.
Plans under way by which the authorities at
Washington will seek to curb the drug evil throughout
country. But the Washington authorities no
combat and this evil than they preserve
law and order without the cooperation communities
throughout the Nation
If the saloon challenge the substitute for the
saloon is bigger challenge to any person who would
improve the social order by constructive effort OF
the spread Of education, rightly directed the
gradual improvement of living conditions will do much
TO remove desire for unwholesome stimulation, but
these to be the work of generations
Prohibition is effective July Let all
up for real fight and let thinking people get busy on
proper substitute for the saloon.