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The Dolores star., 1920-09-17
TO USE FINE MORGAN
SIRE IN EXPERIMENT
To Further Study of Breed for
Saddle Purposes.
Two Year Old Stallion Lucky Sent
From Vermont Farm to Famous
Ranch in Texas-8reeders Are
Much Interested.

To further the study of the Morgan as
n saddle breed. the United StateS de-
partment of agriculture has sent the
two-vear-old Morgan. stallion Lucky
from the Morgan horse farm at Mid
dlehury. Vt. to the Santa Gertrudis
ranch at Kingsville, Tex This is the
"hume ranch of the famous King
ranch. one Of the largest and best
known cattle and horse breeding es-
Establishments in the United States.
The bureau Of animal industry is pay
ing close attention to the saddle pos
sihilitieS Of the Morgan horse. The
King ranch will breed Lucky to some
of its high-claSS mares.
Lucky is brown stallion 14A
hands high and weighs 92j pounds. He
was sired by Hugo. Hugo was sired
by Meteor Morgan and is out of Calve
by General Gates. The dam of Lucky
is Eunice by General Gates and out
of Caroline by Daniel Lambert. Lucky,
his sire and dam, and one of his grand
dams were bred mt the government
farm at Middlebury.
The Dolores star., 1920-09-17
BOYS SURPASS THEIR ELDERS
Total Purebred Stock in Idaho Com
munity Increased to 25 Per Cent
by Young People.

II is estimated that only 3 per cent
Of the cattle in the United States are
registered. and experts say that an in
crease of > per cent accomplished in
from five TO ten years is n mark well
worth aiming at.
Out in Ustick. near Boise City. the
boys have shattered this record. nc
cording to Il report brought in by a
United States department of ngrcul-
ture field worker who recently visited
the community. These boys, acting
upon their own initiative and aided
by agents of the department and the
State College of Agriculture. bought 10
head of purcbred stock. thus increas-
ing the total for their community %
per cent.
The Dolores star., 1920-09-17
HAlRPIN USED FOR
LOCK ON AUTOMOBILE
Two Collar Buttons Are Used as
Binding Posts.
II Takes but Few Minutes to hr-
range Contrivance and II Is Bur
olar-Proof-lliustrat Shows
How II Is Put Together.

The lock shown In the Illustration
consists of a small piece of thin fiber
two brass collar buttons placed in
the holes made in the fiber strip and
used as binding-posts. and hairptn
utilized as the socket switch. An au-
tomobile equipped with this switch Is
burglar-proof Tin so far as the switch
is concerned) and the contrivance
takes only n few minutes to make.
Procure piece of very thin fiber
about two inches long. three-fonrths
inch wide. and one-fourth inch thick.
and drill four holes in 1t about the
size of collar button head Then
The Dolores star., 1920-09-17
MoUNTAiNSIOE SLIPS ONTO A
SPEEDING PASSENGER TRAIN
WITHOUT WARNING.
NIGGER HILL SLIDES
TRACK CARRIED OUT OF LINE
OVER 100 FEET WHEN DIRT
STRIKES IT.
Western Newspaper un,on News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Grand Junction, Colo, Sept. 13.-
George l.. ilnrdcnburg, engineer
Charles y. Schwcnmann, fireman, and
two unidentified men who were beat
ing their way" were killed, and Rus
sell Hagcr. - years Old, of Dayton. o.,
who also was beating his way" was
injured fatulIy when Denver X RiO
Grande passenger train No. !, west
bound. was struck and wrecked by an
immense landslide which crashed down
Niger hill near Delic1uc. fortytwC
miles east of here.
The train was going at full speed
when the slide struck it. turning over
the engine and dcrailing the mail and
baggage ears.
Scores Of passengers We're badly
shaken up and bruised, but none was
and baggage cars received the most
painful of the minor injuries re
ported.
The part of Niger hill which
slipped from its bed and moved down
upon the train and track is oil shule
The slide this morning was declared
to he equal in size to the serious ons
of ten years ago which tied up traffic
ON the maiu line of the Denver X Rio
Grnnde for an extended period.
\ geologist who was on the train de-
clarcd tonight that the movement OF
the mountain was started by II gas cN'
plosion 1000 feet under the Grand
river.
AN enormous mass of earth broke
off from the mountain about 400 feet
above the track" he said, "and slid
down ou the right Of way. The track
was moved about 100 feet out of line
There was very little rock in the mass
but it will probably take two or three
days to remove the dirt.
In the meantime, and in protection
Of through travel. Denver X Rio
Grande passengers are being dctouret
over the Union Pacific railroad be
twce Denver and Salt Lake City.
The Dolores star., 1920-09-17

Of arrival because OF the favorable
market. only about oue-third of the
shipment came In by closing time. and
il was noon the next day before the
remainder was delivered.
The long. winding trail did not end
at the wholesalers. once unioadcd.
the peaches were put on display for
the benefit of various iobberS. some OF
whom purchased few dozen crates
and some larger amounts, Some of
these men were situated within two or
three squares Of the Wholesaler and
their purchases were delivered on
hand trucks In the case of other job
hers another wagon transfer was nee
eSSary.
Next in this process which ec"no-
mistS call distribution came the retail
erS to look over the lots. in the end
buying small quantities such aS they
could sell in day or two. This, of
course. neccSSitnted another handling
and carting over the city's rough pave
mrntS
Last. hut not least. came the CON
Sumers each huying only a small frnc-
tion of a crate and paying Il big share
of the expense all the handling had
entailed.
Carriage Is Costly.
This instance is no exac"eratIon
4 very large part of the fuod>tuifS
brought to American cities goes over
some such devious trail. One Wash
ington Cd O. wholesale merchant has
stated that he spends S2O.uoO Il year
for carriage which could be saved II
the city hnd - wholesale terminal
where cars could he unloaded directly
into premises occupied by the whole
SalcrS. Following an Investigation in
New York city. 1t was estimated by n
local organization that the saving in
handling costs which would result IL
adequate terminal facilities were e<-
tahliShpd would he $1,000 900 annual
" by the borough Of Richmond:
IS G06.OD by Queens: SI6.Op0ODD by
the Bronx: S21 900 600 by Brooklyn.
and an even vaster sum by Munhat-
tan.
Marketing experts admit that there
are many battling aspects to the high
coSt-of-living problem. but contend
that the remedy for the phase of our
costly distribution system just de
scribed is plain. Cities which will pro-
vide modern wholesale terminals.
where shipments can be delivered
from the railroad cars direct to whole
salers II few feet away. will make pos
sible the saving of immense sums OF
money now charged up to the con-
Sumer.
The Dolores star., 1920-09-17
Rubber Made From Wood.

Rubber from the ocotillo. or cah"'e'
wood, of Arizona is stated to rese'u,
Bile ordinary rubber in all respects anu
TO vulcanize satisfactorily. The oco''''
10 Is very abundant in the wild sl''''
a ton of fhe raw material yields aooa'
700 pounds of the gum and ~ pou"u'
of turry substance. and in the e.
pcrimental factory recently es'ao,
lisled ton of crude gum is repor,e'
to be produced daily. The tarry W
product is of value for certain "s'''
The Dolores star., 1920-09-17

This probably AS much as anytbi,,
else will give some idea of the stat,
of mind of the Western Canada farm.
er. rs he watches the tally from ,hs
thra>hing machine while his wheat /,
being carried to the elevator.
From all sections of the country
the most optimistic reports are ra
ceived. the local and city papers ar.
filed with reports from twenty to thin.
ty bushels OF wheat to the mere, while
In some places oats are showing a rec.
ord of as high as l20 bushels to the
acre.
Referring to Saskatchewan. II is con.
tidently expected that the wheat Weld
will he nearly l25 million bushels
Heavy rains which fell in districts that
did not promise SO well in July had
greatly improved the prospects there,
and there is no question that paying
yields will be produced The Yields
In the eastern part of the province
may not show to the advantage that
will those of the western part but
too much cannot be said of this. for Ii
Is the results as they come from the
machine. and often these prove happily
deceptive.
There is now every rciSOU to believe
that the wheat crop of the three pra
rie provinces will approach 80 mil
lion bushels.
Alberta will exceed the 70 million
bushels that had been looked for. The
average yield will be considerably
higher than it has been in the province
In any of the last four wears
The Department of Agriculture in a
recent report gave the opinion that 1t
cannot fail below twenty-five bushels
to the acre. and that 1t might easily
pass the twenty-five bushel marx
Most of the wheat in the province
when the report was written. stood
well up to three feet high, and on
some fields was still higher. The re
port goes on that In parts Of South
crn Alberta forty and fifty bushels 10
the acre yields will not he uncommon
while there will be Il good many yields
of from thirty to thirtyiive bushels
to the acre.
In the northwest part of the prov
ince. in the country surrounding Bat
tleford and adjacent to the Canadian
National Railway line to Lloydmnster,
and south the crops are excellent ana
the yield will be heavy
A larger than average wheat crop
is being thrashed in Manitoba. 1t has
been estimated that the total yleld
of the three provinces will not he less
than 22j.OOO.OOO bushels. and II may
be that somewhere between 2JO,VV'
OOO and O0.OOOOOO bushels will be the
| final figure.
Oats is a good crop in all three
provinces. This crop has also grown
| rapidly during the last two or three
| weeks. Excepting from those helus
which were sown late for green teed
| the yield will be heavy and the gram
excellent. Barley aid rye are aoo'e
the average. There was sufficient he'p
to harvest the op.-Advertisenehl'
The Dolores star., 1920-09-17
United States Need. Mexico ou

Washihgion-A peaceful and or.
ueris Mexico would produce more oi,
a, Is now produced in the entire
WORLD according to review of tbe
mexican petroleum industry issued bv
,ie bureau of Foreign and Domestic
commerce. With the oil supply of the
oh,'en states doomed to exhaustion
una Great Britain annexing overseas
fields capable of producing for 900
,en .ea.s. new emphasis is given the i'm.
poftahce to America OF peace in Mer.
'co ana full development of the Meri.
can oil properties. ~
The Dolores star., 1920-09-17
Neqro Shot by Mob.

Meridian. Miss.-Will Echols, negro
recently convicted of the murder OF
Henry w. Davis, an aged night watch.
man at u lumber plant. was taken
from jail mt Qu.tman by small party
Of men, carried Two miles into the
country and shot 10 death. EcEois was
sentenced to he hanged, but his ex.
ccution was stayed by an appeal to the
Mississippi Supreme Court.
The Dolores star., 1920-09-17

bile.
drill two holes In the dashboard of the
car close to the coil box or any other
place preferred by the car owner.
These holes are made hairpin size, as
shown.
Cut the wire leading to the timer.
twist three turns of it around the col
lar button, and place the head Of the
collar button in the hole In the fiber
Do the same with the other end Of
the cut wire. and screw the fiber
against the two holes made for the
hairpin.
When you wish to leave the car
simply pull out the hairpin and con-
ceal it. The thief cannot start the
car, because he will probably overlook
these two small holes.-C. c. Kllnt in
Popular Science Monthly.
The Dolores star., 1920-09-17
Claim Polish Attack Reversed

L"ndon.-An official Russian report
received In Berlin claims the occ,lpa.
tlon OF newly fortified positions on
the Bug river and the almost total de.
struction OF the forces of General
Wrangel, the anti-IIolshevist leader.
says wireless dispatch from Berlin.
The dispatch adds that the Poles have
retreated near Brcst-Litovsk before Il
new Russian offensive.
The Dolores star., 1920-09-17
Auto Falls, Killing Seven.

Tarrytown, n. Y.-Seven persons
We're killed and one seriously injured
when al automobile in which they
were riding crashed through railing
during IA thunderstorm and fell TWEEN
ty feet to the railroad tracks at Dobbs
Ferry.
The Dolores star., 1920-09-17
FAVOR UNIFORM CONTAINERS
First Essential to the Most Profitable
Marketing Is Standardized
Products.

One of the first essentials to salts
factory marketing arrangements IS
standardized products. Cans, jars and
other containers should be uniform in
pack, appearance. quality and condi-
tiUn. Every container which Is fully
up to the standard represented by the
Iubel or brand will then be an adver-.
tisement in itself and often n guaranty
~ further purchases.
The Dolores star., 1920-09-17
French Loan oversubscrib.d

New fork.-Thc new 500, 900 600
t"enty-fire-year s per cent French
government loan was oversubscribed.
anu subscription books were closed in
an hour, j. 7, Morgan 4 Co, syndjcote
n'ai'hsers' announced here. The books
were formally opened at 10 O'Clock and
closed at H..
The Dolores star., 1920-09-17
zwGEMhIERAL
|EARMI5NOTES

Store your grain.
Keep weeds from seeding.
If your soil is sour add ground lime
stone.
A big increase is coming In the num-
Der of silOs in the middle West.
Mlllet IL custOmarily seeded at the
rate Of three or four pecks per acre.
The Dolores star., 1920-09-17
Man browns in Auto.

Phoenix, Aria man believed by
the sheriff's office here to have been
Joseph Broderick, brother of Hugh
Broderick, Townsend, Mont, was
drowned in the Colorado river at Ehr-
enburg when he drove an automobile
from the shore out upon the ferryboat,
crossed the boat and plunged with the
car to the river bottom.
The Dolores star., 1920-09-17
CAUSE OF SQUEAKING BRAKES
Due to Innings Becoming Worn So
That Heads Of Rivets Strike Drum
Way to Remedy.

When brakes squeak when applied
1t is due to the brake Innings becoming
worn SO that the heads of the rivets
holding the Innings to the bands strike
the drum. Remove the bands and sink
the rtvet heads below the lining. If
the Innings are too thin, renew them.
The Dolores star., 1920-09-17
WHEN AN ENGINE
LOSES ITS "PEP"
Loss Of Compression May Be
Caused by One Of Several
Different Ailments.
KEEP CYLINDER HEAD TIGHT
6e Sure That Spark Plugs Fit Tightly
as Cracked Porcelain viii Permit
Escape-keep the Engine Free
From Carbon.

Those acquainted with motoring
Joys and sorrows know that loss of
compression is nothing pleasant TO
look forward TO. Its causes are many
and sometimes hard to find and re-
| pair.
| Try the compression of each cylin-
| der. IL 1t is weak or II II varies in
| the different cylinders repair the
| trouble at once. 1t may leak in the
| piston rings; 1t may escape through n
! leaky valve or petcock or ooze past a
| spark plug. If the engine head is de-
/ tnchable 1t may leak past the sasket.
! Then, again. you may have cracked
cylinder, hut this is another problem.
Care must be taken to keep the
1 cylinder head tight. and in tightening
It evenly all around. for If the gaskct
is not held firmly at any point it will
I give way and leakage will result.
| Heated OIL Is Thin.
| The piston rings may have turned
so that the openings are all in line
or you may he using such n light oil
that the engine does not get Il tight
I N'AhIi NTSloI Nthi. VII Wien Htiltl Is
very thin. In some cases patented
piston rings will help eliminate the
leakage. If the cylinder is worn oval
there is no remedy except that OF re-
boring It. Kerosene will help free the
rings of carbon. but 1t Is best to use
II when you are ready to drain OF the
old crankcase oil.
should be tightly closed. A broken
spring or faulty adjustment will pre-
vent their closing. and this will result
In no compression at all. or in the
case of incorrect timing the trouble
will he Noticeable as lack of power
in all cylinders. Carbon under the
valves will prevent them from seating
tightly. The remedy here is to keep
the engine free from carbon. the
valves clean and be sure that the tim
ing of the valves and the tappet ad-
juStment are rs set down in your in
Struction book
Worn Cylinder.
When an engine that is clean. prop
erly fabricated and has its valves
ground regularly shows serious loss
of power the lack of proper compress
si'n may safely be ascribed to the
piston rings having worked into line
or the cylinders having worn to a point
where the pistons are unduly loose.
With the modern type rings the for
iner Is rare fault nowadays, so that
the cause Is narrowed down to plain
wear.
These are the chief causes of loss
of compression. The self-starter the
boon of the present day motorist, Is
accompanied by one rather unfor-
tunate result. The operator who
cranked his engine by hand knew the
feel Of the compression and was guild
ed by 1t in determining to certain
extent the power of his engine Many
persons seldom crank their engines by
hand and have no guide except the
operation of the ctr to warn than
compression is falling Off. Watch the
compression 1t will save you money
that otherwise you would give to the
repair man.
The Dolores star., 1920-09-17
Fiume Declared Independen+

fluihe.-Gabriele d'Annunzio has
proclaimed Fiume an independent
state. DAnnunzi0 declared he had re.
ceived private news from Paris which
forced nm to declare Fiune to be In.
dependent and that he could not wait
until Sept. u as he han Intended Tba
rune national council has resigned
The Dolores star., 1920-09-17
The cuticura Toilet Trio.

Having cleared your skin keep II cree.
by making Cuticura your every'u"'
toilet preparations. The soap to cieun'i
and purify. the Ointment to soothe W.
heal, the Talcum to powder anu p''
fume. No toilet table Is con'p's, ~.
without them. 25c everywhere--A'"
The Dolores star., 1920-09-17
Husband and Wife.

you never take me anywho'"
never see any life" VAT
what are you talking ABOUT .no
can see plenty of life whtch'ns ,,,o
motorcars whizz past our front ""
dOws."
The Dolores star., 1920-09-17
MITES AND LICE INJURIOUS
Little Pests Sap Vitality Of Fowls and
Prevent Growth or Lessen
Egg Production.

Mites and lice frequently sap the
vitality of the fowl and prevent
growth or lessen the egg production.
thorough cleaning Of the house.
regular applications of diSnfpctnnts
TO the rooSts ana nests. and fire.
quent busting of the fowls wnI control
these pests.
The Dolores star., 1920-09-17
No Time to Lose

Love at first sight may be Il ,hs
idea. IL you hive n few days ~
bea COurler-Jourh""
The Dolores star., 1920-09-17
A Breezy One.

DOctor-"YOur wife needs c' hse
OF air." Tightwad-"Weli, III s''
an eIectric fau."
The Dolores star., 1920-09-17

When the spark gap of plug is too
great, so that the current cannot iump
the gap. there is danger of burning out
the secondary wire of the coil through
heat caused by the great resistance.
The Dolores star., 1920-09-17
CANADA S HARVEST
IS OVER
Threshlng Shows Increase ()y,.
Expected Yields. w

The Winnipeg Free Press Of =,
days ago contained n cartoon. o, u,e'
the following is copy: '"''a
The Dolores star., 1920-09-17

1t is an excellent thing to sprinkle
some French chalk or tale In the shoe
before putting in the tube, but don't
be too free in the use of it. for too
much is worse than not any.
The Dolores star., 1920-09-17
AUTOMOBILE
TAF1UNTSMA

An ordinary button hook is mighty
useful addition to the motorists tool
kit.
The first hint of leaking valves IS
kissing sound In the cylinders when
compression occurs.
Neatly covered tires look much bet
ter hanging on the back of the ma
chine than do bare tires.
1t is good plan not to carry new
tire as spare, because it offers too
tempting a bait for the tire thief.
Tire chains are practically always
used In wet weather and care is neces-
sary to keep them from getting rusty.
Continual misfiring In one cylinder
is usually traced to poor compression
or to bad spark plug. which should
be remedied Immediately.
A fellow really ought to go over his
car about once a month. inspecting all
the nuts and bolts to see that every
thing is tight and shipshape.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-09-04
UGH! WHAT A
SLAUGHTER

This presence Of Manager Taylor,
guiding star of the Betz nine little star
let's. had an apparent overwhelming at
traction which caused his lesser lights
to fade their game Saturday afternoon
to the UCOPO,s Is to q at the UCOPCO
diamond. West Hammond.
Manager Taylors efforts were siren
nous but unavaiilng against the strong
pitching of ulrick for the UCOPOs who
managed "A strikeouts and allowed but
two hits TO the opposing team during
the game. Lynch. an acknowledged
youngster. opened the box for the Betz
and held his arm until the fourth. when
with two down he beaned Ulrick for a
base. Egglebreck followed with a hit.
Thomas with a double and five runs
were scored before the inning closed.
In the fifth. Lortz and Sanders opened
with two baggers and Lynch was relieV-
ed by Prohl who Jared no better. allow
ing seven runs for the inning. another
IN the sixth and two in the eighth.
Today the last scheduled game of
the season is being played At Harrison
Park between the Betz and UCOPCO's.
This will be the deciding game of the
Hammon1 Industrial League the
Betz and UCOPCO teams top the stand
ing. good stiff battle is expected and
a lagre crowd will probably be on hand
as rivalry between the two plants is
exceedingly keen.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-09-04
Advance
Sale Pleases
Club Owner.

Fight fans are Fastening towards
East Chica 60 this noon.
Oswego's popular priced card for TO-
day in which he IL featuring Sailor
Freedman Of Chicago and Mickey Don
nelly Of New York seems 70 have struck
the right chord and according TO the
advance sale OF tickets the crowd viii
be = dandy. Oswego i not expecting a.
large a crowd as for his championship
bouts bur l. well pleased with the
number Of tickets which have been sold
50 far. The 81. So and 50 prices are
figured on % get number who want
To take in the Dempsey Miske fight also,
One change has been made In the
card a change which will prove draw
ing card for local fans. Bud Perrtll
has been substituted for Him Brady
in the bout with Bud Christiano. The
two Buds we're matched for last Sat
urday's card. but it was necessary TO
withdraw Christiano because Of objeo-
tions by Charlie White PERIL showed
last Saturday that he is in good CON
dition and this match should be q fast
one. Ollie O'Neil OF South Chicago and
lack Kennedy OF Gary will meet In
the other bout
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-09-04
Twin City
Team Joins
Chi. League

The Twin City X. of C's have Joined
the ranks of semi-pro baseball clubs
in Chicago This move was made neces-
sary due TO the fact that the fans were
asking for real ball teams to oppose
the Twin City boys.
Starting Monday. Sept. s. thu Twin
City Kaseys will begin their fight for
the JOS F Haas cup donated to the
Inter-City leagu as the prize for the
best team.
Twin City is out 10 %in this cup, but
they need support and backing. SO come
on fans Jet show the team we are
back of them.
On Labor day. Sept. s, the Twin city
Kaseys will play the Proviso A. c. at
Melrose park. 18th and Lake streets
Chicago Bus will leave Fir street
and Michigan avenue. Indiana Harbor
at 1890 r m. sharp. There vii be &C
commodations for everyday.
Your good support means the cup.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-09-04
SPORTING
CIRCLES ARE
EXERCISED
IIHrrRNATIonAl hrws sFRvIcF

INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE
CHICAGO, Scot. sporting circles
In Chicago and other National league
cities we're deeply stirred today BY pub
lished charges Of gambling schemes.
said to involve thousands or dollars. ia
which baseball gamblers IN many cities
and several players on we'll known Ma
tional league clubs arc alleged to have
been implicated League officials were
reported early today to be planning a
painstaking investigation.
The charges, made public here.
concern game PLAYED last Tuesday be
tween the Chicago National lea que team
and their Philadelphia rivals. II IS al
legged that the zip" was out during
Tuesday forenoon that the Phlhes
would win and that thousands were
wagered and Won in Chicago. Cinein-
natl, Detroit and other elites as a re-
suit or this tip
The Phnltes did defeat the Cubs b.
score n "a q and It is alleged. list
less and Indifferent playing BY several
Cubs contributed 10 the result