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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-04-05

flcation the fruit growers Of Californis
are reviving an operation older than the
record history of mankind.
As noted above, 1t was not until the
culture Of Smyrna figs was attempted 10
California % result of Mr.. g. P. Rix
ford's Introduction of cuttings, In 1880
and 1882, that II was realized that some
thing Was lacking, and not until Mr..
George G. Roeding, In 1890, and Dr.. Gus
tav Eisen and Mr. K. w. Maslin, in 1891,
(Dr. Gustav Eisen informs me, since this
lecture was delivered, that as early as
1874 bis attention was called to the ne
cessity for caprification for figs of the
Smyrna type by DR.. John Bleasdale, q
Catholic priest, who bad been educated
in Portugal, and who was familiar with
caprifcation. Becoming convinced Of
the need of application, De. Eisen read
. paper before the Fruit Growers Con-
vention as early az November, 1885, de.
scribing the operation. His views led
him into controversial correspondence
with DR.. b. b. Behr, of the Califor
mia Academy Of Sciences, during the
years 1881 to 1885. The artificial polli-
nation Of Smyrna figs was discussed as
q means of proving the necessity for cap
rification, then strenuously denied by
Behr and many others, including Mr.. E.
w. Msslin. DR.. Eisen "had no oppor,
tunity of trying direct pollination (from
want OF caprifg pollen) until 1891, in the
last days of July" At his request, Mr.
e. w. Maslin accompanied him to the
orchard of James Shiun at Niles, Calf. =,
where pollen from "Bulletiu" caprifig
tree Introduced in 1880 or 1882 by Mr..
G.. p. Rixford) was transferred to young
Smyrna figs, causing them to "oome to
perfection az large, ripe and luscious
figs. 10 every way perfectly developed,
with numerous perfect Seeds" The ex-
periments Of DR.. Eisen at Niles were,
therefore, the outcome of discussions be
gun many years before. fret artificially
pollinated Smyrna figs that it was proved
that caprifcation was absolutely neces
sary with this type of flgs- This new
California point Of view was first pub
lished In convincing form by DR.. Gustav
Essen in q bulletin of the California
Academy OF Sciences issued January IL,
1895 (Eisen, Gustav, Biological Studies
on Figs, Capri Figs and Caprification, in
Bull. Cal. Acad. Sci. (2) 5:S97-1O03, Jan.
IL, lS98, which attracted wide attention
both in this country and In Europe. 1t
should be noted that after the elaborate
Investigations Of Gaspsrrini made at Ma
pies from ls45 to 1855, which resulted In
his denying the efficacy OF csprification,
botanists and educated men generally the
world over had come to consider caprifi-
cation to be merely peasants supersti-
tfon analogous to the hanging of horse
shoes in favorite fruit trees to make
them fertile.
The result Of Eisen's memoir was to
change all this and convince the scient fic
world that caprification was after all no
idle folly, but vitality necessary opera
ton in the culture Of drying figs of the
Smyrna type. The successful introduc-
tion of the Blastophaga into California
was brought about largely through DR..
Eisen's memoir.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-04-05

! ODER ior sale my farm about two
miles north OF Paris Hill. Good build
ings, ons hundred and twenty acres oi
land; i've to six hundred grated apple
trees and wood and timber enough b
pay for the place. ! slss have for sale
good tvo-horss cart or win exchange foI
q one horse cart.
ALBION w. ANDREWS,
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-04-05
war Memorial on Mountain.

The furious battles fought during
the war on the HartInannswilerkopf,
in Alsace, will be commemorated by
the erection upon its apex Of a huge
cross which will be visible from the
Rhine valley, The monument will be
erected on portion Of the summit Of
the mountain which win be considered
= aaGed RQgpa
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-04-05
Protects Her Young.

The red fox will when occasion
calls for II. give vent to kind o.
hieh.pitched screech. that when nearo
~ night Is quite awe-inspirins, say
the American Forestry Magazine. Tn's
3 lts purpose. a. It often serves q .
.rotectiou for its young.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-04-05
; The Electric Fish.

Certain fishes exhibit peculiar elsc'
trical phenomena Of muscles, nerves
and. heart, which have given them the
hams scef .eisctric fishes. These haye
the power Of giving electrical shocn
from 4DS1i&liy eenstructed and living
clecfrfcSi batteries. :
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-04-05

rors; who has been hasins trouble
Win bic Aivver. has about decides
that Il ought to 50 into the casuaiy
tIit Under the head, "Aiwing IN 40
tion.s-Bostoo Transcript
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-04-05
House For Sale.

7 room I Ia story house with
shed, stable. hen house, I acre land,
IL apple trees, pear trees, running
spring water which belongs with
place, in good condition. Price
S21oo. Also farms fer sale, all
prices and locations, some extra
good bargains. L. A. BROOKS,
Real Estate Dealer, office 81 Market
Square, South Paris, Maine.
s4sf
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-04-05
Daylight Saving in tho New England
States

The signing of the new Daylight
Saving bill by Gov. Cox settles thaa
much discussed question Tor anotner
year at least in Massachusetts,. Some
idea Of the general situation IN the
New England States, In regard 70
this question, may be gathered from
the following table:
MASSACHUSETTS - Has daylight
saving by statute for entire State,
To begin April "a, on Sunday, at
"a. m, to continue for FIVE months.
ending at 2 a. m. Sunday morning.
Sept. 25.
MAINE-Has no daylight saving ey
law, but will this year IN many
cities follow action Of last Sum-
mer. when cities adopted the
time schedule as a local ordinance.
NEW HAMPSHIRD-Not only has
40 daylight saving. but has passed
q law penaiizing any concern, m
fividual, corporation or other group
which does not retain Eastern
standard time.
vURMONT-Has law against day
light saving as in New Hampshire.
RHODE ISLAND-Has no State lav
for daylight saving as State, but
will this year follow the action OF
last year, making the adoption OF
daylight saving a matter Of local
option.
CONNDCTICUT-Has passed An anti
daylight saving ordinance. which
forbids the adoption OF daylight
saving. This ordinance does not
forbid the adoption Of daylight
saving time, however, and at Hart
ford the forces favoring daylight
saving are planning to push for the
adoption Of dayiight-savtng time, Is
a means OF securing the same re-
suits as in Massachusetts,.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-04-05
AMONG THE FARMERS,
"s9ESD TIE PLow."
Spud 0rowls.

Spud 0rowls.
snow why this old potato taste,
And why this acrid bite7"
IT'S partly age, but mossly this
You stored me In the Hight"
"why do you blacken &C the heart
And seem total loss?"
"Too many spuds are piled on top
You've got me smothered. boss"
"why do you rot within the bin
And smell 90 very deadl"
"You didn't spray, you didn't spray"
The sad-eyed Murphy said.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-04-05

RAYMOND 8. Tanning OF Chattanoo-
"A, Tenn, has been awarded the Cool
hge debating prize OF 500, svarded
TO the best debater at Harvard. based
On the preliminary arguments In the
preparation for the triangular COM
petition against Yde and Princeton.
An order which provided that the
excise tax rate on railroads N Maine
should not exceed four percent OF
gros transportation receipts during
1922 and 1923 was indefinitely post
poned In the House Of Representa-
tiyes: The order was understood to
have emanated from the committee
Of five appointed by Gov. Baxter to
consider the railroad situation with
similar committees from the other
New England states.
The town Of Peterborough lays
claim to the distinction Of having
the oldest ofice-holder In point Of
service In New Hampshire. and per-
hans In the Union. John 81. Steele.
Its genial town clerk, has held ONCE
81 years. In March, 1911, he was elec-.
ted town clerk, and has been re-
elected every successive year. Dur
ing his more than half q century N
the position he has missed bat ono
meating, owing to sickness.
+ Mr.. Steele was born tn Peeereo-
rough.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-04-05

The last paragraph Of tho proposed
amendment deals with the taxation
of water powers and the Water
Power Commission has made no rec
ommendation on this phase Of the
question.
BY the terms Of the Federal Water
Power Bill, the water powers Of
Maine are In danger Of passing under
Federal control, and It well may be
that the only method ok pesEenting
III Nm IN 4 TX - -
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1921-10-22
GOORD|N WINS
PENTATHLON IN
A. A. j. NEE: 7
Harvard's Colored Star and the
Worlds Broad Jump Cham
pion Shines

NEW YORK, Oct. 13.-Ned Gourdin
of Harvard University and worlds run
ming broad jump record holder, added
more laurels to his career yesterday
afternoon when he won the national A.
a. U. pentathlon championships, COIL
Quoted by the New York A. {. at Trav-
ers Island. The Harvard man scored
twelve points, winning by one point from
the Erbal, who registered thirteen. Ben
iamin Lichtman OF the Pastime A. {.
was third, with fourteen tallies
OF the five events contested to de-
eide the title, the Gourdin won three OF
them, finished third in the fourth and a
hopeless last in the 500 meter run. Had
Erbal, who finished third in this event,
been able to gain first or second place
he would have won the title or tied
Gourdin for the honors.
In the sprint and running broad jump
Gourdin won handily, as he did in the
javelin throw. In the discus throw. the
champion surprised the spectators by
finishing in third place, an event he had
never competed in before.
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MOUND DUEL GOES
To BONO

KANSAS CITY, Mo, Oct. 10
Few better games have been seen here
this season than that battle the Blues
and the Monarchs staged before an
appreciative crowd OF 200 fans Sun
day at Association Park. Good pitch
ing, brilliant fielding and the closeness
of the struggle made 1t worth while
Then the Blues had to come from be-
hind in the ninth to win. 3 to 2, after
the negro club had tied the score in
the first half OF the final round.
Gus Bono and Joe Rogan, who were
the opposing pitchers in last Sundays
game, engaged in another mound duel.
Bullet joe had a shade the better OF
the battle for seven innings, holding
the Blues to a pair of singles during
that time The Monarchs turned over
a l-run lead TO Rogan in the fourth
and that lonely mark doomed large
until Bill Goods men finally broke
through the Monarch defense i'll the
eighth
A single by Bono, Paskerts single,
which sent the pitcher to third Good 5
infeld out and Briefs double sent
home the two runs in the eighth. Fri
berg ran for Paskert and later took
Dode's place in the outheld. Thea
came the first OF the ninth. The Mon
archs needed run to tie Bono had
two strikes on Lloyd, the first man to
face him in the ninth The batter
swung at a high fast ball Legitimate
wild pitch, and beat Skiff's throw to
first Pagan forced Lloyd at second,
but Donaldson drove a twobase hit
Il [. Il Ia
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1921-10-22
HOWARD CRUSHES n. {.
A. & t., $50

WASHINGTON, D. {, Oct q
With scores OF fans lined up on all
sides OF Towards Athletic Field. the
White and Blue eleven crushed the
little fGrcensboro) North Carolina
Agricultural and Technical College team
in a 3 to victory
Towards effective teamwork was an
outstanding feature OF the game With
all the men working as a unit, little
Individual effort was needed 70 over
come the plucky North Carolinians, who
showed from the outset that they were
no match for the white and Blue
Within the first five minutes OF play,
Howard scored a touchdown. After this
carly start, there was no doubt OF the
White and Blue" elcycns superiority.
The visitors showed much courage and
tried hard to prevent the onslaught. Not
once during the whole game, however,
were the North Carolinians able to make
first down Howard easily put the
ball across the goal line once in each OF
the first three quarters and twice in the
fourth quarter.
During the game, Coach Morrison
made many substitutons From the type
OF playing OF the men who substituted
and the ease with which they entered
into the positions played, it appeared as
though the team was simply a machine
with duplicates OF every part.
The lineup follows:
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HOW THE CLUBS
FINISHED THE
SEASON
BY Dave Wyatt.

The 1921 season OF the N. ~ League
officially came to close upon Sunday,
October 3 Detroit and Columbus ended
the season with twin bill, which CO.
lumbus won. But one game of the two
counted in the official standing of clubs,
the first game upon the above mentioned
date completing fifteen games between
the two clubs, which covers the allotted
number of exchanged games between all
clubs OF the league as per schedule.
Owing to the many varied circum-
stances. among which was allotment OF
exhibition games to associated members
of the organization, unexpected fall of
attendance at both weekday and Sun
day games in many cities, extended rail-
road Jumps and the difficulty entaled in
drawing a schedule to avoid conflict with
other leagues, the full schedule of games
could not be run off. Still the majority
of clubs succeeded in running off the
allotted fifteen exchanged contests. The
Chicago American Giants acquired the
big honors OF the season, finishing in
first place with a percentage of .662 in
sixty-fve games. St. Louis annexed sec
ond place with figure OF .5S3 III sev-
enty-two games, just one point above
Kansas City, the latter's percentage being
$50 in ninety-one games, giving them
third place. Detroit finished fourth after
being in first place for more than
month and settled at the halfway mark
OF 500 in sixty-six games. Indianapolis
annexed fifth place with ,487 finish in
seventy-eight games. Columbus settled
in sixth position in seventy two games
for a percentage of 444 Cincinnati
Cuban Stars finished seventh in sew
enty-one contests, percentage .40S. The
Chicago Giants settled in eighth place
for a percentage of .222 in forty-hve
games.
St Louis topped the league on per-
centage OF games won upon foreign soil;
Kansas City was second best on the road,
while the Chicago American Giants were
third. The Foster club grabbed the big
gest per cent OF home games, Kansas
City was second best at home, while St.
Louis was only third-placer at home.
Columbus proved to be a strong home
playing club, finishing fourth on home
play.
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LAST INNING RALLY BEATS
MONARCHS

KANSAS CITY, Mo, Oct. 16.-A
ninth-nning finish by the A. a.
leaguers, aided and abetted by one Joe
Rogan, in which five athletes ambled
across the home zone, was the final
straw which tickled the negro club
into a 10 to 8 defeat
When the Blues went to bat in the
first of the ninth the score stared at
them, to S, to favor the Monarchs.
It's very glum they were, little know
ing, of course, how downright gen.
erous a pitcher or so can become.
1t happened thusly: Glen Wright
had been walked and after Mr.. Pete
Scott. who assumed Pitcher Lambert !;
role as batter, had whitfield gloriousiy
at a few OF Rile's shoots, Berney Fri
berg found a hole around second base
and picked the sphere thereabout,
which lodged him safely on first.
Wright perched on third.
Than Crawford sent signal of dis
tress to his star moundsman, "Bullet"
Joe Rogan; the latter took few pre-
liminary pitches. Then he buried a
pitch in Arte Buffers anatomy. And
the bases were filled.
Good and Brief took turns looking
fercely anxious to paste the ball out
of the lot but Bullet Joe wanted
there to be no question as to his gen
crosby. So he coiled the bulb with
carefree abandon and the Jumps" was
careful in each instance to below
whatever was his enunciation OF
ball
+ Two runs were forged in by this
method of procedure Sand Zwilling'
long sacrifice fly to Donaldson Sent
the tying counter about. Whereupon
Shortstop Lloyd allowed a hit to eludc
him and two more runners were in.
Oscar Horstman, whose name had
a familiar ring, then sent back the ne
groes in their half of the ninth
Oscar Fuhr started for the Blues
and lasted long enough to account for
four OF the Monarch runs. Don Lam
bert then pitched until the ninth
"Rubc" Currie was the Monarch''
starter, but gave way in the eighth
to Ric. The score:
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1921-10-22

HAMPTON, VA, Oct 22.-The
Hampton institute .sfootbal eleven de-
featedN the St. Paul Normal and Indus
trial School Is to 2 in the first game
of the season. played ON Hainptons
gridiron on Saturday, October 8. The
ST. Paul team This year is said to be
the best that has ever represented that
school A big delegation came from
Lawrenceviile to see their team surprise
the Hampton eleven and its supporters.
The two points made by the visitors
came at the beginning of the game, when
the Hampton eleven made three sue
cessive fumblcs the last i'll an attempt to
kick from behind the goal line. The St
Paul aggregation was wild with joy but
its Joy was OF short duration. At no
other time during the game were the
Hamptonians in danger.
The Hampton team, although COM
posed mostly OF new material, did some
effective playing. The backhelds OF both
teams apparently found it difficult to
handle the pigskin and fumbeS were
frequently made.
The big game OF the season at HIamp-
ton will be played with Howard Univer-
sity on November Il. Great rivalry has
long existed between these two teams.
Summary Score, Hampton Is, St.
Paul 3 Referee, Taylor. Newport News
Y. NJ. c. A.; umpire, L. T. Pinn, Peters
burg; linesman, c. P. Hatchett, Hamp-
ton,
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UNION GIANTS WIN, 81

LASCASTER, Wis, Oct. l7.-Gil-
kerson's Union Giants defeated the
fast Lancaster. Wis. team by the score
of 5 to |, on Sunday afternoon before
a crowd of 1900, at Lancaster. This
was the 24th straight victory for the
Giants. Pitcher Harvey allowed Lam
caster one hit, but momentarily lost
control in the sixth inning, when three
base on balls and a wild pitch allowed
Lancaster to score.
The Giants record for the season is
Won 81, Lost %, Tied /.
Following is the score of the game
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ST. LOUIS j. TEAM DRAWS
COLOR LINE

ST. LOUIS, MO, Oct. l4-Thc ath-
letic director of St. Louis University to-
day announced he had telegraphed the
engineering school of Milwaukee that
the football game scheduled for Saturday
would be cancelled unless the Wisconsin
school dispensed with the services, for
that day, OF McMann, negro center.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1921-10-22
Blues

Monarchs .............0 0 0 90 0 Il
Blues .l................0 0 0 0 0 1--5
The summary: Left on bases-Monarchs 8,
Blues 9 Earned runs-Blucs 3, Monarchs l
Stolen Warfed Brief, Cochran Two
base hits-Lloyd, Brief, Donaldson. First
base on errors Blues 2, Monarchs ?. Double
plays arfeld TO Pagan TO Carr Rogan to
Lloyd 10 Carr. Struck out-By Rogan 9, by
Bono 7. Bases on balls-Of RoRan 4, off
Bono !. Time OF game-i;s IS, Umpres-
Rue and Boyle.
The series now stand three and one,
With the Blues holding the three.
Goods men have a chance to end it
today. Carter or Ames will oppose
Cannon Ball. Rile on the mound.
The game will start at o'clock.
Skiff injured his ankle when he
stumbled over first base in the ninth,
and Garter was inserted into the line
up as pinch runner
Members OF the two teams will
divide a good-sized purse. More than
twenty thousand persons have at
tended the four games.
The MoHarchs pulled two fast
double plays. The first came in the
opening inning with pair of Blues
on the bags, while the second was
made in the fourth
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POLLARD STARS
IN 700 WIN
FOR AKRON

DETROIT, MICH, Oct 1.-THE in
diyidual play OF Pollard and all the all
around teamwork OF the Akron profess
sional football team proved too much for
the Detroit Tigers Sunday at Navin
Field, and they won 20 to o.
Pollard was everywhere about the
field. He threw forward passes and re-
ccyed them. He returned punts from
twelve 10 twenty-five yards. He dashed
off tackle and twisted his way wide Of
end. The colorcd star was all that he
was reputed to be and to him goes the
lions share OF credit Tor the Akron vic
tory.
Akron Polished Team
1t was a polished team that Detroit
faced and yet the local linemen might
have held their opponents even had it
not been for the threat OF Pollard in the
backheId. Ii they charged in to stop
the colored runner. he passed Ii they
waited for this pass. he twisted and
lodged his way through them. If they
ignored him altogether he took a pass
from one OF his team mates and was
away like a streak OF lightning.
After running back a punt twenty-five
yards in the first period Pollard twisted
TOR several runs and then took pass
from King and scored the first touch
down.
The second Akron marker came when
Pollard reversed the proceedings and
passed 10 Kramer. who spirited over the
Inc. Bierce recovered a Detroit tumble
for the last touchdown.
One Chance for Detroit
Dc,roits only chance to score came
in the third quarter with Akron playing
sale game Line thrusts put tine ball
ON the Akron l3-gari line, but two line
plays failed and two passes were
grounded and the ball went over.
Akron showed tic class that has made
II champion OF thu pro class. II scorel
ten first downs 10 Detroit five and had
tho punch needed IN score. whereas De-
trat could not advance with the goal
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St. LOUIS CARDINAL r
CLASH CAUSES GLOOM

ST. LOUIS, MO, Oct l9.-The post
season series OF games played at St.
Louis between the St Louis Giants OF
the Negro National League aud bunch
OF transformers, composed in the ma
lority Of Cardinals OF the National Base
ball League. aroused the ire OF certain
writers on the Mound City papers to such
an extent that they took healthy fling
at the mixed show, as follows:
In past years there has been inter-city
rivalry in series, East versus West, or
something to stir interest and certain
amount OF partisanship, even among out
siders looking in like St Louis fans. All
this was absent this year, and the fans
went on about their business. Even the
newsboys selling baseball extras" didn't
find any scramble for their wares, telling
the days story.
There was another contributing factor,
slight one, but not without some effect
While the Giants were playing the big
games in New York with the Yankees,
the National League team that St. Louis
fans considered the best in the Heydler
circuit was pulling off series OF games
at Sportsman's Park. with a team OF
negroes and doing it with apparent effort
to make the series close Tor a grand
wind-up.'
What these Cardinal players represent
ing nobody but themselves, elected to do
after their contracts with their club ran
out, may have been their own business.
Ii they could pick up a Few dollars play
ing a negro team before a scattering of
colored enthusiasts, all right, from one
viewpoint. But from another it was
about as bad stuff as could be pulled.
True, there will be long winter to
forget it in, but just the same the Car
dinals who took part in the grand Afri-
can show probably will hear about it
next spring, In the eyes of the average
white St Louis fan the stunt was bad
stuff-hnding something under ones pill
low could not have been much worse.