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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-02-22

IN Ardmore. aud will be located in
the Ardmore Franklin garage at frist
avenue and \ street. southwest, with
burn states that n complete line ot
parts for service trucks will bo car.
riod so that service owners will have
the advantage Of quick and adequate
service.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-07-22
BANK FAvoRs BETTER sIREs
Concern at Fond du Lac, Wis, Urges
Its Patrons to Improve Quail
lty of Stock.

With the publication of four-page
farm news leaflet, Of which current
copy is 'Duroc Sale and Pig Club
Number" bank ut Fond du Lac,
Wis, is encouraging its patrons to i'm
prove their live stock. The editor Of
the sheet has the unique title Of "bank
agriculturist," and his activities are
devoted largely to financing farmers
who wish to acquire well-bred animals
or to become joint owners in valuable
sires.
In letter to the United States de-
partment of agriculture the bank ag-
riculturist calls attention to the sup
port being given hog-cholera control,
pig-club work, and other activities in
which the government is active. The
leefet contains "For Sale and Want
Column" relating especially to live
stock, gives current news among
breeders, and contains discussions
ranging from the cure of cattle to the
handling of bees. An expressed pur-
pose OF the banks activities is ito
make Fond du Lac county a land
where milk and honey flows
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-07-22
7 RNA
ANIMAL.
KILL ALL HARMFUL ANIMALS
Annual Loss Wrought by Predatory
Wild Beasts and Rodents Mounts
Up into Millions.

Live stock and wool valued at $780,
100000 are lost annually through the
depredations of wild animals. The
value of farm produce and forage de-
stroyed each year by rodents is approx
imately $30OO00,OO0. 1t is esti-
mated that the households of this
country sustain an annual loss from
rats and mice of $200,000,000.
These figures sum up certain of the
larger losses due to destructive wild
life which the biological survey of the
United States department of agricul-
ture is engaged in reducing as rapidly
as possible. A force of between 400
and 500 experienced hunters was en-
,ployed by this bureau during the past
year to kill predatory animals, many
Of which were infected with rabies;
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-07-22

telligence. He is big enough to realize
that while he is the supreme attrac-
ton in baseball at the present time,
his teammates and his employers have
some rights that must be respected.
He is playing the game fairly and ear
nestly, and the way that he is doing
it has earned the regard not only Of
those who know baseball but of those
who seldom see game. He gives the
best that he has.
Ruth Not Spoiled.
Ruth has considerable force of char
acter. He suddenly became q national
idol, yet 1t has not spoiled him so far,
and do not think that it will. Fe
does not pose and he does not play
to the galleries. OF course he must
glory In his achievement, this boy who
was reared in poverty ard suddenly
shunted into more limelight than has
come to many general, statesman or
movie star, but he takes it all grace
fully and with native intelligence
that shows character. And force Of
character is the essential to success,
even in professional sports. You will
realize this If you will look over the
list of the real successes in profess
sional baseball.
This Colossus of Baseball is stand
ing on a crude pedestal, but 1t seems
to me4a very firm one.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-07-22

/ read somewhere q comparison of
Ruth and Cobb, somewhat to the dis
arrangement of Ruth. This strikes me
as being extremely unfair. Ruth has
quite as much baseball intelligence as
Cobb ever had, and to my mind he Is
of far greater value to team, for
Ruth is willing to play for and with
team, writes w. O. Mcclellan in New
York Tribune.
For one thing, Ruth reports cheer
fully for his spring training and works
just as enthusiastically as the young
est recruit who is trying to earn for
himself even q place on the bench.
Cobb disdains spring training. He
claims the special privilege of a prima
donna, and that is bad not only for his
own team but for the morale of organ
lied baseball. 1t makes discipline
farce.
Cobb Late in Starting.
Cobb seldom has been at his best at
the start of the season. 1t is not until
he has worked in many games that he
Is ready to play his game. He is par
tlcularly late In starting this season,
and the entire Detroit team was in
slump at the. start, almost directly as
a result of the special privileges grant
ed to Tyrus Raymond Cobb.
In this regard 1t seems to me that
Ruth displays higher degree of in
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-07-22
INTERESTING SPORT
PARAGRAPHS

Germany's only athletic activity is
soccer football.
Benny Leonard, lightweight boxing
champion, is twenty-four years old.
49,
San Francisco's annual playground
tennis tourney attracted 49S entries.
Vancouver, B. c., will construct a
municipal natatorlum. 100 by 40 feet.
University of Kentucky will erect a
modern stadium upon It's Lexington
field.
Cornell has won the intercollegiate
track and field championships the last
five years in succession.
Tommy Sullivan, one-time topnotch
featherweighr, will take string Of
boxers from st. Louis ON an eastern
junket.
The Incognito Cricket Club. of Eng
land, will compete against Philadel-
phia, New York and other elevens in
It's tour in the fall.
A nominating committee of more
than 20 members will select the ath-
lctes who win represent America In
the Olympic games.
Joe Bonds has new Job. He Is
matchmaker for the Veterans club
at Tacoma. He'll stage his boxing
shows at the ball park.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-07-22
RATION OF coTToNsEED MEAL
One Pound Per Day for Each 1000
Pounds Live Weight Is Most
Satisfactory.

One pound of cottonseed meal per
day for each 1000 pounds live weight
is the. most satisfactory quantity to
feed work animals, according to re-
cent experiments conducted by the Uni
ted States department Of agriculture.
A test in feeding cottonseed meal to
work horses and mules at the govern
ment farm, Beltsville, Md, was begun
in 1918, and continued last year. When
the meal was fed in large quantities
harmful effects were apparent, how
ever, indicating that cottonseed meal,
like any other high-protein feed must
be fed with care to horses and mules.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-07-22
4HoP" NEEDED ON FAST BALL
Without II Pitchers Like Alexander,
Walter johnson or Al Mamaux,
Are Easy Marks.

When fast ball pitcher can't get
the hop on his fast ball he is very easy.
to hit, as speed artists occasionally,
demonstrate. The reason is plain. A
fast ball without the hop is just a
straight ball with some speed to IT..
That is why fast ball pitchers, even
the best of them, sometimes take ter
rife drubbings. Take Grover Cleve-
land Alexander, for instance. When
he has his fast bal. working, there are
few pitchers as difficult to hit, but now
and then Aleck is beaten by count
Of something like 10 to 2. The same
goes for Walter Johnson, Al Mamaux
or. any other hurler who places his
chief dependence on fast ball.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-07-22

"All those concerned in this outrage
will be prosecuted to the limit of the
law" said Secretary of the Treasury
Houston.
Two men involved In these crimes
were engaged in the task of handling
claims of ex-soldiers for compensation.
The method employed. as reported by
the secret service, was substantially as
follows:
A soldier, presenting his claim la
person, was advised by one of the con-
spirators that he was entitled to 5000
or $500. AT the same time the en-
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-07-22

Live Stock and Wool Valued at Mil
lions Of Dollars Are Destroyed An
nuaIIy by Predatory Animals, Chief
of Which Are Wolves and Coyotes.
this disease often is spread from the
wild creatures to domestic animals,
and frequently endangers humans. In
this work of determination the states
and numerous private organizations
have had an important share.
The work of killing rodents-prairie
dogs, ground squirrels, jack rabbits
and ccttontails, pocket gophers, native
mice, wood rats, cotton rats, etc.-is
also carried on with the cooperation
of the states. During the past fiscal
year ground squirrels were poisoned
ON more than 100000 acres. In one
Idaho county alone 10000 rabbits were
killed. In the same period from Is
to 95 per cent Of the prairie dogs found
on a total of 100000 acres were de-
stroyed.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-07-22
BASE BALL.
STORIES

The Detroit Tigers have given signs
of coming to life again.
Ruth is galloping far ahead of his
home-run record of year age.
Meusel is rapidly becoming the most
dangerous hitter on the Yanks.
The pantomiming of Nick Altrock is
the most entertaining stunt in base
ball.
Brooklyn has released Outfielder
Walter Hood to Pittsburgh by the wal
yer route.
The only way to stop Ruth is to have
Ban Johnson give him season pass
to first base.
Wallace of Purdue university hurled
a no-hit, no-run, no-base on balls game
against Wabash.
Pitcher Arthur Refnhart of the ST.
Louis Cardinals mas been released to
the Seattle club.
Max Carey, Of the Pirates, is lead
ing the base stealers of the National
league up to date.
Ty Cobb is exhibiting a great deal of
life for fellow who is said to be
slowing up quite a bit.
The Georgetown nine had won II
straight when Arthur Devlin's Ford
ham lads stopped them.
John Brickett of the University of
Nebraska baseball team is to be given
a tryout by the Chicago White Sox.
Charley OvLeary, shortstop for the
Tigers in the pennant winning days, Is
employed as coach of the Yankees.
Outf1elder Tierney Of Tulsa had hit
safely in 20 straight games when he
was stopped in the series at Joplin re-
Gently.
Says George Stallings: "What team
couldn't play winning ball behind such
pitching as Grover Alexander puts
fOrth?"
Scores In the West Texas league In.
dictate player should have good legs
and long wind to make good, for the
scores as an ordinary thing run into
double figures.
Emilio Palmero, who is too good Tor
the Western league, climaxed his re-
markable pitching for Omaha on May
Is by holding joplin hitless. Twenty
nine batters faced him.
Paddy livingston, veteran catcher,
who was recently made free agent,
has received several offers to handle
minor league clubs, but intends to
play sem.pro bali around Cleveland.
his hesle.
Jake Daubert Is another veteran who
is feeling the effects of age. Jake's
batting eye has become sadly
dimmed. The first sacker of the Reds
has to worry along on batting av-
arnge of only .301.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-07-22

Morley Jennings, who played short
stop with Minneapolis last season, has
been signed again.
Still, maybe McGraw wouldn't think
there were too many home runs if his
team were making them.
-
The four-club Central league will go
through with flying colors If the at
tendance keeps up as it started.
Bob Slade old-time pitcher, is UNI
piring In the Three-I league and get
ting away with it in good shape.
81 hope Babe Ruth hangs up a new
record, but I'm glad the bambino isn't
in my league" says Gavvy Crayath.
Winnipeg fans are referring to
Pitcher Tony Kaufman as second
edition of Spencer Heath. now with
the Chicago White Sox.
Eddie Corner jumped from the Reds
to an outlaw club. This was the only
way Eddie had of letting the world
know that he was with the Reds.
Connie Mack's team of youngsters
are sprightly enough at times, but
they lack the balance of seasoned
club. They are fiighty.
Pitcher John Watson, recently taken
on by the Boston Braves from the New
Haven club, has been turned over to
the Pittsburgh club by Manager Stall
lings.
Large hands may be invaluable for
ball player, but Joe Kelley, one Of
the best hitters, throwers and fly ball
grabbers the game has had had small
ones.
The New Haven club has transferred
Pitcher Jack Watson to the Boston
Braves in exchange for Southpaw
Hugh Brown, Shortstop Shay and an
outflelder to- be sent later.
The Giants without question need In
field buttressing sorely. but the return
Of Frisch will help them, and their
pitchers surely are capable OF better
work than they have been doing.
Martin Killilea. former infielder with
Hamilton and other teams In the old
Canadian league. is now managing
Johnny Wilson. who won the middle
weight championship from Mike
O'Dowd
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-07-22

ployee denounced the fact that the
award was so small.
Taking the matter under further
consideration, he told the claimant that
he thought he WOULD DE able to put
through an award for greater
amount. but that, of course, he would
want to share in the excess pay
ment.
The claimant agreeing, check for
the larger amount was made out. The
truth was the soldier was entitled to
the larger amount and to the full pro-
ceeds of the check.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-07-22
BLACKLEG VACCINE is FREE
Department Report Shows That $685..
815 Doses Were Distributed
During Last Year.

Vaccine for immunizing cattle
against blackleg is still in great de-
mand. A report OF the bureau Of an
lmal industry, United States. depart
ment of agriculture, shows that $685.
S15 doses were distributed free to
STOCK owners during the last fiscal
year. The vaccine sent out by the bu-
reau is in the powdered form.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-07-22
MUST HAVE BALL TEAM

II don't care who the manager
Isl. says Frank Bancroft, who
has seen them all come and most
of them go, ''he can't win unless
he has the ball club.
(which reminds me Of what
happened to Pop Arson. When
Pop was winning with the Chi
cago team, in 1885 and 1886, a
fellow who ran barber shop
across the street from the Chi,
cago park told me one day what
a great manager Arson was.
"'Why, Pop could take team
of cigar store Indians and win
a pennant,' the barber declared.
by and by Pop get that team
of cigar signs, but he didn't win
any pennants with them that /
could rotice."
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-07-22
JOHNSON is GREAT ATHLETE
Coach Jack MoakIey of Cornell Pays
High Tribute to Captain Of
Michigan Team.

"The greatest track athlete ever
turned out in this country" is the
tribute paid to Carl e. johnson, cap
tain Of the Michigan track team, by
Jack Moakley, track coach at Cornell.
Monkeys eulogy appeared in the Cor
nell Sun on the occasion of Johnson's
visit to Ithaca to take part in the
Cornell Michigan indoor track meet
last Saturday. In making this state.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-07-22

Conditions in Londonderry and
other parts of Ireland have quieted
down considerably. With the excep-
ton Of an outbreak of soldiers occu-
plying Fermoy, which led to an attack
on shops and much damage to proper
ty, there has been nothing like the dis
turbances of last week. The demon
stration is said to have been in retail
alton for the capture by Sim Feiners
of Brigadier General Lucas. lreland's
railway situation, however, has grown
worse, more men being dismissed and
fewer trains being run. The railway
men refuse to carry armed soldiers,
munitions or police while the govern
ment insists they shall. Many towns
have been isolated and the railway
system is disorganized, with condi-
ton of creeping paralysis in evidence.
No general or sympathetic strike has
been called and the government is
manning trains with troops as test.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-07-22
SWINDLED VETERANS OF WAR
cons2i racy Among Employees of In
surance Bureau at National Capt.
tai Reported Unearthed.

Washington.-A conspiracy OF en-
ployees in the war risk insurance bu-
reau to defraud veterans of compensa-
ton due them for disabilities sustained
during the war has been unearthed by
the United States secret service, ac-
corslng 10 announcement by the treas
ury department.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-07-22

"Abe" Mitchell, English Golfer.
English player that Walter Hagen
professional open champion golfer of
the U. So will meet abroad. Hagen
is 81 years of age Vardon, Ray and
Taylor, English champions, are also
Of the young American.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-07-22

According to railroad and brother
hood officials the railway labor situa-
ton has assumed Quieter phase than
at any time in the last three months.
Many Of the older organization lead
ers, satisfied the Chicago zone will see
no important disturbances. have left
for Eastern points, where the symp-
toms are not so good. Several brother
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-07-22

As a medium for campaigning the
soothing CD photograph will largely
supplant the special train between
now and November. No longer will
the candidates race madly across the
country TO address mass meetings last
ing until late hours, be jerked from
their repose TO grasp horny hands and
make speeches at way-stations to
break-of-day citizens, hastily bolt
breakfast and other meals to permit OF
as many rear platform addresses as
possible, and In general follow the
strenuous life of the presidential spe-
cial. Democrats and Republicans may
listen to the masters voice without the
incident wear and tear on the candl-
date. Theodore Roosevelt and William
]. Bryan we're proof against the rigors
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-07-22

ment, the Cornell paper continues:
coach Moakley does not even except
A. G. Kraenzlein, who was the great
star at Penn in 1S97-98. Moakley ex-
poets that before the year is over
johnson will conclusively prove his
right to the title of the greatest Amer
lean athlete. y
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-07-22
Cows Coming Fresh.

Cows coming fresh must have extra
care. Give them rocmy, loose boxes
for some days before calying, with.
q good bed of straw OF leaves.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-07-22

One of the important things in sheep
is water. according to DIR.
extension veterinarian of
the North Dakota Agricultural college.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-07-22

hood chiefs have also gone to st. Louis,
where approximately 10000 railroad
ers have threatened to walk out I'M
less temporary award is made by the
railroad board. These chiefs think
they will be able to prevent serious
trouble, at least until the promised
action of the board, scheduled for July
20.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-07-22
BY E. r. cLIPsoN.

Notwithstanding the fact that he did
not get everything for which he fought
and was not the completely dominant
figure which he so frequently has been
In the past, William j. Bryan came
nearer being the headliner of the DEM
ocratic show at San Francisco than
anyone else. He did not succeed in
getting the resolutions committee to
frame a platform plank indorsing the
eighteenth amendment and its accom-
panying enforcement act, the Volstead
law, but he did prevent anything like
an expression favoring mitigation OF
those acts. With all the forces Of the
administration arrayed against him in
the matter Of the Versailles treaty and
League Of Nations covenant, 1t was to
be expected that the Bryan program
of opposition would fail, nevertheless
the administration did not come off
entirely victorious. The plank as final
~ framed provided for reservations to
the league more clearly defining Amer
ica's obligations to foreign countries.
and that could not have been entirely
satisfactory to the administration.
Bryan did not dominate the conven-
ton, write the platform nor name the
nominees. but he prevented the presi-
dent and also any other single force
from doing so. Els position represent
ed one of those singular anomalies OF
politics wherein he was forced to OPP
pose the man whom eight years before
he had compelled his party to accept.
Roosevelt, throwing emery onto the
bearings and hurting monkey wrenches
into the machine which he had helped
10 build, was in a similar position with
respect to the Endorsement and sec
ond nomination of William Howard
Taft. Under such circumstances
Bryan's influence was weakened just
as was Roosevelt's. Considering the
powerful force Of federal administra-
ton, with its great army of Office hold
ers and other potent adjuncts, the
wonder Is that any man could affect it
in the least. Logically, Bryan should
have occupied seat away back. in
the rear, but he did not. The marvel
is that under the circumstances he
could make dint In party formations,
yet he did and he wrung from his OPP
ponents the reluctant admission, "the
old boy Is a wonder"
Bryan, who frequently fails to carry
his own state or district, who at home
is outgeneralled by men not in his
class, who wishes to go to the United
States senate from Nebraska but cam
not command sufficient votes 10 place
him there, has a peculiar power over
his party at large. 1t is no reflection
on that party, but rather a hint of
things not understandable to the finite
mind in bulk, that he. has strange
ability to fathom and deal with mob
psychology.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-07-22

Conditions more unfavorable than
at any time for several years face the
steel industry, due to the railway stu
alton, the lack Of cars. raw material
and fuel, and shortage Of labor. In
Pittsburgh there are said to be 1907
600 tons Of fabricated steel needed in.
building operations throughout the
coun .ry which cannot be moved for
lack of cars. A survey Of the Calumet
region, in which are located the big
plants Of Gary, East Chicago. Indiana
Harbor, Hammond and Whiting, show
operations conducted on day-to-day
basis so far as cars, coal and raw ma
terials are concerned. With every
mill stocked with orders calling for
full production, the big plants are re-
ported operating at twO-thirds capacity
and the smaller ones at 80 to rs per
cent. In the Calumet area it is said
that shutdown to permit stocking up
is likely, with $4,000 men facing a
period of unemployment. But a
greater crisis threatens than an imme-
date shutdown, because the plants
are not building up their customary
autumn and winter supplies of coal
and other materials and may be un-
able to avoid enforced idleness next
winter. The situation has been gath
ering since the railroads started to de-
teriorate after the blizzard of Janu-
airy, 1913. Then came the steel strike,
the coal strike and the switchmen's
strike last spring. The latter was
more of a blow to industry than pre-
viously realized.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-07-22

Let the brood mare live as near q
normal life as possible.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-07-22
ENGLISH GOLFER IS COMING
Rumored in Sporting Circles That Abe
Mitchell Will Meet RI agen in
open Championship.

"Abe'' Mitchell, the noted English
golfer, is expected to arrive In this
country soon and it is reported In
sporting circles that he will be the
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-07-22
NEWS REVIEW OF
CURRENT EVENTS
Bryan a HeadIiner as Usual at
the Democratic National
Convention.
HIS INFLUENCE IS EVIDENT

Canned Speeches to SuppIant Special
Trains. in campaign-SteeI Industry
Badly Hampered-RaiIway Labor
Situation Quieter - Suffragist
Hopes In Southern States
Greek Successes in
Turk War.