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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-02-03
MINOR LEAGUES
VIOLATE ETHICS
Senator Pepper, Framer of Major
League Rules Seems To Be
Peeved

Washington, Feb. 3.-Minor league
organizations which are rushing to
recognize the "selective system" for
advancing their players to the major
league as advocated by those two or
CARNATIONS are violating all ethics
of AmeTicanism and holding their
players in bondage" United States
Senator George Wharton Pepper,
Trainer of the Major and Minor league
agreements and rules, declared here
today.
Expressing his views on a question
which is expected to be prominently
discussed at the meeting here in a few
days between Judge Lands. baseball
commissioner, and the American
League club owners, Senator Pepper
said it was one to which he he'd given
exhaustive study and that he was
convinced there is no better arrange
ment by which player can advance
from one league to another and finally
reach the majors than that as provid-
ed under the national agreement and
now advocated by the two parent or.
CARNATIONS"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-02-03
LOCAL LADS SET
FOR DUVAL TIGERS

Tho Tigers are here and are threat
ching to cit. the Lads up, bu. III Lads
are not daunted ard when the two
teams meet tonight the fur will fly
After a week OF the hardest practice
the wcarerS cf the Orange and Black
are in fine shape and are determined
to give the Duyal quintet the fight of
their lives. When the whistle blows
tonight the b st team the Lakeland Hi
School has ever put out will grace
the court and demonstrate Just how
the Old game should be played. Coach
Hague announced that Parrish will
start at center, Gillispie and Monetta
at forward, and Freeman ard Fralcy
at guards. This combination has
made monkeys OF the lOwly scrubs
for the past week and will doubtless
repeat with the ltoodthirsty Tigers.
But the aforesaid Tigers have q bone
20 pick also and from the way tn OPP
position has been moved down by
the Duval Toss2rs there will be JUS
lots OF the best basket ball ever seen
on the Local COur. tonight.
Tho girls team m ct worthy fooman
or foe women when they tackle the
Sanford seXtctte The Celery City
lasses have always been dangerous
cont nders for the championship and
this year is no exception to the rule.
But the local girls are going like
house on fire and will doubtless bring
the old bacon home as they have in
the past. Tickets for the double bill
are on sale at all the drug stores and
a huge crowd is eXDccted tO witness
the battle.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-02-03
YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT
AT THE
SANITARY SHOP

Nine chairs and nine high-class bar
bers makes one available for you, Mr..
Busy Man, no matter what time you
drop in
And it's the "kiddies" shop, too-be-
cause our BARRIERS give special atten-
ton to the cutting of children's hair
The ladies find cur work Of "bobbing"
just what they want-that's why we
serve so many of them.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-02-03
COAST STARS ABSOLVE
HANLEY AND DIETZ

Pendleton, Ore, Feb. 3.-Richard E.
DIX Hanley, Pendleton High school
football coach, on his return from Sc
attic today announced that he had OBJ
tanned signed statements from high
school athletes denying that either he
or Coach William (Lone Star. Dietz
had made unsportsmanlike or dishon-
orable overtures to them to get their
services for the PurdueU University
football team. Hanley also announced
that he had visited Professor Leslie
c. Ayres of the University of Wash
ington, who recently charged that sal
aries were being offered Northwest
athletes by Hanley and Dietz. Ayres,
Hanley said, promised that the high
school athletes would be given hear
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-02-03

ing and that a full investigation would
be made. Walter Daily of Everett,
Wash, mentioned by Professor Ayres
as having been approached by Hanley,
stated in his affidavit that he had new
er been approached by Hanley, the
latter stated today.
The Seattle authorities alleged that
it was through Daily that information
was secured of Hanley's alleged Of
fers.
Hanley said he had afIidavits from
Glen Carlson, George and Abe Will
son and Harold Britt of Everett and
Kenneth Stendal of Sedro Wooley
Wash.
GardelIa to Manage PittsfieId
Pittsfield, Mass, Feb. 3.-Gus Gar
della was appointed manager of the
Pittsfield club of the Eastern League
today. He played third base last sea-
son.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-02-03
FOOTBALL
BASEBALL
BOXIN
CHICAGO AMERICANS co
TO MARLIN. TEX.

Chicago, Feb. 3.-The Chicago
Americans pitchers ana catChers Will
leave for Merlin Springs, Texas, on
Feb. Is. Twenty athletes will be in
the advance party Marlin Springs is
the former spring headquarters Of the
New York Nationals. The Sox hurl-
ers and catchers viii remain south
until March /
Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 3.-Miss Maude
Bambina belmont, who figured promi-
nently in the first Arbuckle man
slaughter trial in San Francisco. Cal,
last night, announced her engagement
to Lawrence johnson Of Boise, Idaho.
a vaudeville actor Mrs. belmont has
been in Lincoln since Tuesday attend
ing to business matters. she said.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-02-03
M. BRAND DOES NOT
SEE ANYTHING IN GOLF

Paris. Feb. 3.-Golf has no attrac-
tions for NJ. BRAND, former premier.
The bug" that finds so many victims
in America and EnEl4nG failed to al
feet him when he tried the game at
Cannes under the tutelage Of LiJyI-
George, it has become known.
1T is game Tor school boys" NJ.
BRAND told the British premier, who
is an ardent golfer. "EnSlishmen
never cease to be children. Cannot you
enjoy country walk without hitting
a silly little ban?"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-02-03

tering caused the total abolition of in
tercollegiate contests in more than
one prominent college and menaced
lege game.
They do not remember that the
game was saved only with difficulty
by the National Collegiate Association
through Il drastic reform in its con-
duct and rules. At present more than
one college president. hfhlself lever
Of clean sport, is looking toward this
goal
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-02-03
LAST MINUTE BRIEFS
BRITISH EXCHANGE ADVANCES

New York, Feb. 3.-BritiSh exchange
extended its advance to $3.50 for de-
mand bills today, representing Il gain
OF almost 10 cents in thu past fort
night end making Il high record for
over two years.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-02-03
Arbuckle Jury DISCHARGED

San Francisco, Feb. 3.-The Jury
failed to agree and was discharged to-
day in the second trial OF a man.
slaughter charge against Roscoe c.
tFatty) Arbuckle in connection with
the death of Miss Virginia Rappe, mo-
tion picture actress.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-02-03

Mrs. Margaret Anderson. co, of
Sioux Falls, Ia. one of whose sons
was killed in France, is travelling
Affect to Washington in the hope that
President Harding will release the
other from the pcnitentiary at Fort
Leavenworth. Eas.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-11-17
SMALLPOX BEGINNING TO
SHOW UP IN OKLAHOMA
Vaccination Is Positive Safeguard
Says Health Commissioner

(By DR.. A. X. Lewis, State Health
COMMISSIONER
Reports are commencing to arrive
in this office of Smallpox in some
localities of the state.
There is really no excuse for any
such condition.
An absolute safeguard against
smallpox has been known for years,
tested out in every country, and un-
der every condition. People who are
vaccinated are in no danger of con-
tracing the disease. People who are
not vaccinated are always exposed
to chance infection.
The unvaccinated person is not on
~ in danger himself, but is a di-
rect menace to his family, friends
and the entire community in which he
lives.
In some communities vaccination
has been made compulsory, and with
in comparatively short time where
this is the case, smallpox has disap-
pearcd
The danger from vaccination is so
slight that it can almost be termed
non-existant. Stories of vaccination
causing death, the loss of an arm and
other serious results, are almost
without exception, unfounded.
In some sections of Oklahoma
there were serious outbreaks of
smallpox last winter. 1t was neces-
sary for the State Board of Health
to take drastic measures to control
these epidemics and to protect the
rest of the state. This involved con-
siderable expense, in addition business
in the affected districts was serious
ly injured, finally, there was large
amount of sickness and suffering and
numerous deaths, all Of which was
absolutely unnecessary, and could
have been prevented if the right pre-
caution, which is vaccination, had
been taken.
Therefore, to avoid like condition
the coming winter, let everybody who
has not been vaccinated in recent
years, do so, as soon as possible. Get
it done by competent physician and
the resulting irritation amounts to
very little and you are immune for
years from the ravages of this di-
sease.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-11-17
EUROPE CAN PAY, SAYS
HOOVER

Secretary Hoover gives the New
York bakers who deal in European
bonds and talk cancellation Of the
foreign debt, something to think
about, when he says cancellation not
only would not help Europe's situa-
tion one whit but might be harmful;
that it is time for European powers
to realize they can't afford too big
armies and too big navies. Hoover
says about per cent of the debt is
uncollectable and will have to be
written off. The rest he figures can
be paid, principle and interest, at the
rate of $50 million a year by 19
nations. It would involve from to
IL per cent only of the national in
come in each of the countries and
be quite within their capacity. Fol
instance, the amounts spent abroad by
American tourists, the remittances
of migrants, investments abroad
ETC., amounts in all, to three times the
interest on the famous 11-billion-dol'
lar debt.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-11-17
CRIPPLED BOY TAKEN TO
SHRINERS' HOSPITAL

Clarence Larson, aged II. who has
a defOrmed foot as result of infan-
tile paralysis from which he suf
fered when two years old. is to have
chance to have a strong normal
foot like other boys, for he was this
week sent by local friends to the fa-
nous Shriners children's hospital at
Shreveport, where they specialize on
operations to cure such defOrmiticS,
making no charge for the work. Hen
ny Spring of Durant formerly lived
at Shreveport and is acquainted with
the hospital heads. He sent photos
of the boys deformity and was ad-
Vised that the boy would be accepted
as a patient and that in the opinion
of the authorities an operation would
cure the deformity. Henry interested
other local fellows in the little chaps
case, with the result that he and his
father were sent to Shreveport this
week and the lad is elatcd at the
prospect of having a good foot when
he returns.
This hospital is one of several
maintained in the United States by
the Shriners. No charge is made foi
treatment or operations. the patient
only being obliged to defray his trav'
elling expenses and furnish his cloth
ing. This. little Clarence was unable
to do, hut Henry Spring, laid the case
before other men of the city who
interested themselves in the boy anC
are seeing to it that he has hi.
chance.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-11-17
HENRY FORD MAY BUY
KATY RAILROAD LINE
Auto Manufacturer Would Show
Other Roads Things In Efficiency

Reports persist that Henry Ford,
multi millionaire automobile manu-
facturcr. is disposed to buy the NJ.
X. d T. Railroad system lock stock
and barrel when the road is sold by
the receiver in the near future.
Commenting upon Mr.. Ford's plans
Capper's Weekly says:
"If Ford succeeds in buying a con-
trolling interest in the Missouri Kan
sas a. Texas railroad. known as the
katy" we shall have much better
basis for comparison of the Ford
ideas in railroading. with the methods
of the railway managers now hand
ling this country's transportation
business.
Ford's Michigan road. of course, is
small affair compared with Class A
railroads and what Ford may sue
cced in doing within such a property
as the Katy, will help the public to
reach conclusion. The Katy ex-
tends from St.Louis to the gulf and
traverses in normal times a rich and
increasingly prosperous region. II
Ford methods are applied to it, the
country should have fair example
of what these methods are worth in
transportation. For this reason il
will be hoped that Ford obtains con.
troll of the road"
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-11-17
THE u. S. POSTOFFICE IS
WORLDS BIGGEST BUSINESS

The United States postal service is
the biggest business in the world,
Postmaster General Hubert Work
said in a recent address.
"The post office department spends
$600,000,000 year." Mr.. Work ad-
ded. ut has an annual turnover of
100000. 1t pays into the treasury
$4S5, 100000 year and it practically
is self-supporting. During the year
more than 10000, 100000 letters are
handled. Six and one-half million
families are served every day by the
rural mail carriers. The carriers be-
fore sunset everyday travel 1,17O,000
miles. The postoffide department
every year uses enough twine to en-
circle the earth thirty-two times. 1t
has 100000 depositors in postal saw
ings-more than any banking insti-
tuition in the country.
THE department is the biggest ex.
press company in the world. 1t han.
dies 2,500,O00,000 packages each
year"
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-11-17
MANURE BOOSTS COTTON YIELD

How barnyard manure and acid
phosphate increases the yield of cot
ton is shown by reports of expert
ments of the last several years on
the farm of the Oklahoma Agricul-
tural Experiment Station at Still
water.
Check plots. the report says, gave
$50 pounds Of cotton per acre. The
plots receiving barnyard manure gave
$50 pounds per acre. The plots re-
.ceiving harnyard manure and acid
phosphate produced 800 pounds per
acre. The increase due to the use of
acid phosphate was IL pounds per
acre, the value of which at the cur
rent price would be $6.87. The cost
of the acid phosphate used was $3.50
per acre, leaving $4.37 profit per acre
from the use of acid phosphate. The
barnyard manure was applied at the
rate of 6 tons per acre every four
years, giving an average of Is tons
per acre per year. Calculation shows
that with cotton at the present price
the barnyard manure was worth
$5.41 per ton.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-11-17
HIGHWAY TO RED RIVER TO
BE OPENED THIS WEEK

Engineer Tom Matthews, supervis-
ing the hard-surfaced road construc-
tion in the county, announces that the
new highway will be opened for traf-
fc between Colbert and Red River
Saturday of this week, after months
and months of delay caused by the
hardness of the railroad company in
constructing the under pass crossing
under it's tracks south of Colbert
This will be great benefit to folks
who have occasion to use this road
for the old road from Colbert to the
river, on which traffic has beer
obliged to detour for months has be-
come very bad.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-11-17
NEGRO LOSES LIFE TRYING
TO JUMP A FREIGHT TRAIN

In attempting to catch an east
bound Frisco freight train about four
miles east of Durant last Sunday
night. Saul johnson, negro, believed
to have lived at Denton. Texas, lost
his life. The family of William Ris-
ner, living near the crossing heard
cries for help about midnight and
went to the scene to see a negro
spilled in n mud hole and asking help
The negro lived long enough to tell
where he lived and where he was
going, when he died. His neck was
broken later examination showed
The presumption is that he tried to
catch the train, and probably missed
his hold, being thrown with great
force to the ground near the track.
The train had not struck him and
neither cut nor bruise was found on
his body, save the broken neck and
fracture of the skull at the base
of the brain. In his pockets were
found letters from Boley, Oklahoma
addressed to Saul johnson, two decks
of cards and few other items, but
no money.
Negroes of Colbert learning of the
death of johnson took the body to
colbert and gave it burial, after rela-
tives had failed to claim the body.
Earlier that evening the dead negro
and another negro were seen starting
to walk east on the Frisco tracks
bound for Hugo. 1t is supposed that
they waited at the crossing near
Risner's four miles east of town for
the freight, that the other negro
caught the train and went on and that
Johnson missed as he jumped and
suffered broken neck.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-11-17
ROTARIANS OBSERVE FATHER
son WEEK TUESDAY NOON

The Rotary Club observed Father
Son week Tuesday noon by having
the sons of the members present at
the regular meeting, and in case the
member had no son of his own, he
borrowed a boy from someone else.
Special music was provided by the
Training School Juvenile Orchestra,
directed by Miss Decker, after which
several talks were made appropriate
for the occasion. Landless Shannon,
son of Rotarian ODE Shannon, re-
sponded for the boys, and gave the
elders something to think about.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-11-17
rs COTTON IN THE WAY
TO 30 CENTS A POUND?
Jump OF $500 A Bale Follows Gin
ming Report.
(From bulletin of Springs & Co., New
York Brokcrs)

(FroNl bulletin Of Springs & Co., New
York Brokcrs)
Cotton contracts crossed &c cents
ron the New York board following the
publication of the government Cen
.Sus Bureau reuort that S,l39,S39
bales had been ginned to the end of
October-thiS indicating the crop
this year as less than 100000 900
bales. Cotton has now advanced $50
bale since our forecast five weeks
ago that December cotton would sell
above % cents a pound; and thus
far the market has fulfilled every
prediction we have ventured since
the early part of the year when con-
tracts were selling at and under Is
cents-every prediction, but one.
that being that the staple will likely
sell at 80 cents before the next crop
is in the making.
To the end of October last year the
ginnings were reported as 6,646,000
bales. which, as it turned out, repre-
scented S3.3 per cent of the crop. On
this percentage basis the current
years crop would not quite reach to
10,00O,0O0 bales. The report, to indi-
cate 100000 bales as the crop,
would have had to show S,33O,0OO
bales ginned to October 81. 1t falls
10000 bales short of this and if the
percentage of ginning may be consid-
cred the same this year as last the
1922 crop is indicated as just under
9,800.000 bales. This is not pleas
ant of contemplation by those who
must make prices now on goods to be
made up later on, of goods not yet
spun from cotton not yet on hand
Hence the rush to buy mill interests
and by market traders who sought to
profit from anticipating the purchas-
es for trade requirements. Shorts
also sought cover, their haste becom-
ing frantic as the market scared.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-11-17
AJNCLE BUD LEDBETTER is
ELECTED AS SHERIFF

Although sovcntythrcc years of
age. J. F. I,edbettcr. better known
as Uncle Bud Icdbctter, was elected
sheriff of NuSkogcc county mt the
general election by three thousand
majority over young man and a
world war vetran at that. Long be-
for statehood I@dbcttcr was federal
Officer, in fact the greater part of
his life was spent as n peace Off
Ger. and he was for many years fear
ed by every law violator within his
range of operations. His election
over younger man is testimonial
to his fitness and experience.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-11-17
THIS HUNTER IN TEXAS
FOUND GAME IN PLENTY

Texas holds the REGARD for the
highest individual catch of preda-
tory animals made by one hunter in
one month. The hunter, who was
working near Eagle Pass, in Maver-
ick County, caught 1O4 coyotes and
10 bobcats in "a days, actual trap
ping operations. This good work
was part of the effort to helr
ranchmen in the control of danger.
Gus and destructive animals through
out the State.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-11-17
WHERE THE TIME copO

1t is estimated the average ma,
spends his life, sleeping, % vsar".
working, 10 years 8 months: recrai
tion and worship 10 years 2 montss'
eating and drinking, 6 wears ~
months; travelling, years: ;llnoaa.o ~
a years; dressing 2 years. And dhyss, hMss,
ing for a match, 4 months. "Un''
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-11-17
GUARD COMPANIES PAID

Members of the Howitzer and Med
ical companies here received their
pay this week for the three months
ended September 80, the total payroll
amounting to in the neighborhood of
$500. 900.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-11-17
SHERMAN WOMAN ROBBED
OF HAIR WHILE ASLEEP

A dispatch sent out from Sherman,
Texas Saturday says that after rob-
bing the residence of William Barnes
of that city, the robber cut off the
beautiful tresses of hair from Mrs.
Barnes head while she slept, and es-
capped. Mrs. Barnes discovered her
loss when she awakened in the morn
ing, the report says.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-11-17
WALTON ANNOUNCES BLAKE
AS PRIVATE SECRETARY

Governor-Elect Jack Walton has
announced that Aldrich Blake of
Muskogee will become his private
secretary when he takes his office as
the States chief executive on the
first of the year.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-04-19

(President), Frank Blackman and Ed
ward T. Stephenson; Second Ward,
Charles M. Peck, Edwin J. Ivins and
Harry Umbrine.
Council Committees
Finance-Peck, WINS, Stephenson,
Streets-Peck, Stephenson, WINS.
Lights-Stephenson, Peck, WINS.
Sewer = Stephenson, Peck, Black
man.
Public Property-Ivins, Peck, UNI
brine.
Fre-Stephenson, WINS, Peck.
Education-Ivins, Peck, Blackman.
Poor-Ivins, Peck, James.
Supply = Stephenson, Wins, UNI
brine.
Shade Tree Commission-Umbrine
WINS, Peck.
Regular meetings first and third
Monday evenings Of each month.
Board of Education.
MISUNDERSTANDING H. Stiles, Presi-
dent; c. II. Conover, Vice-President;
Lewis r. Smith, Warren G. Marshall,
Robert H. Zane.
Secretary-Charles e. Jackson.
Custodian School Funds-Webster
Price.
City Superintendent of Schools
William G. Sullivan.
Medical Inspector. H. North.
Nurse-Miss Ida Stephenson.