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New-York tribune., 1922-09-17

westward drift Of the sands is the remedy, it
has been demonstrated, and that is one Of the
plans of the Great Kills Community Council
who are petitoning that the city of New York
acquire Crooks Point and adjacent meadow
land, and from the whole create a fine har-
borage for commercial and pleasure purposes,
a seaside park and bathing beach, with fish
ing and boating facilities available to the
people Of Greater New York.
AS building materials coal and so forth may
be brought into rejuvenated Great Kills har-
Dor, kind offices with similar effect may be
performed for Fresh Kills on the other side
Of the island There and around Tottenvile
are aat lands ideal for theSfactories which @
free port would require And they are lands
which are as historic as they are flat.
Great fleets of trucks may roar over the
Richmond Turnpike over which once rolled
and ratified the, coaches of the Royal Mail,
protected by mounted escort Of redcoats clat-
tering along at the TANKS Again vehicles may
come to frequent the route of the mail coaches
from New York to Philadelphia, with their
ferrying over to Brooklyn, their run down the
Kings Highway another ferrying to Totem
VILE Staten Island, and yet another, after the
turnpike was traversed to Perth Amboy in
New Jersey. A long trip in those days. But
at the Jersey ferry, as elsewhere, was to be
had refreshment--can it's quality be doubted
at hosteries with such names?--at the Tav-
earn or the Morning Star and the Tavern of
the Blazing Star.
With free port for Staten Island an ac-
complished fact, probably the Billop house at
Tottenville will win greatly deserved place
as shrine. Was it not old Christopher Billop
that won Staten Island for New York?
The steep roof and the thick walls of the
early-da,r homestead, receiving no aid from
man, are yielding at last to time. Weeds and
underbrush are doing their share to obiiterate
a landmark, fit to rank with the most famous
council rooms in our history. For there, little
known though it is, the fate of the country
trenbled in the balance.
1t was to Staten Island thae convenient
New-York tribune., 1922-09-17
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grist, the flood tide whirled III, finding rest in
great millpond, where the mill locks held it i'm
prisoned. 1t won it's release at ebb tide, rush
ing forth, performing the task imposed on it
and with scarcely lessened velocity seeking the
sea- It was these swirling waters, bound for
an outlet past the Point, that helped make for
Great Kills such an admirable little harbor.
Progress finding other ways to grind grist,
did away with the MILL and almost with the
harbor too. The tides ceased their benevolent
dredging. The drift Of sand cut the neck of
the Point, named after the man who made
fortune by his invention Of tin foil only TO lose
it in silver mines. Attempts were made TO
preserve the harder by building bulkhead,
but woman property owner interposed. She
thought it would harm her properly, but she
ended by having no property at all. The ocean
washed it away.
The building of bulkheads to catch the
New-York tribune., 1922-09-17

off, and whole outGtters' store Of leather
gloves, pads and face cages.
"The catcher is heavily armored, but car
ries no gun. Stretching down his chest is
great padded protector. His shins walled
in. On one hand he wears a gigantic glove
that is padded, and resembles a big-sized
motorcycle seat Finally, he fits a sort OF
iron grating over his face, and stoops down
SO closely behind the batsman that one won
ders how he avoids getting hit.
''The bet they use in baseball (Which of
course, is only FOUNDERS de luxe) is like an
office-chair leg The white ball has core Of
rubber closely bound and encased in horse
hide"
"The Daily Express" began its comment
thus:
"a stranger passing Stamford Bridge
grounds yesterday afternoon might have
thought pandemonium had broken loose. The
air was filled with shouts and cries that
created the impression that an angry mob was
committing violence It was simply throng
of American baseball fans vocally venting
their enthusiasm at baseball game between
teams for the U. S. battleship Utah and the
American Legion. They numbered 1000, but
the noise they made in encouraging their
favorites would have done justice to ten times
that number"
The most diplomatic comment Of all was
made by "The London Times," which this
morning ended an editorial with the sentence:
"Neither baseball nor cricket is likely to
supplant the other in the country which is its
natural home, but Americans and Englishmen
can both unite in admiring the finer points Of
the game which the other country has
evolved"
New-York tribune., 1922-09-17

~ Id walls and the ghosts of old walls
q a loom through the haze of history and
W legend which envelops Staten Island
in its glamour-walls Of churches,
houses, taverns, some still to serve for years to
come, others crumbled into traditions.
With pride they spin the yarns Of their past
do the Staten Islanders, but their talk to-day
is Of tariff walls and sea walls. The former
they would raze, the latter they would raise.
If they realize their aspirations they believe
their island will be swept by prosperity as
thoroughly as twice it was desolated by the
Indians. In prospect are the creation of free
port and the making of harbors, beaches and
parks.
There is fascination in the idea Of free
port that is felt-and jealously grudged-else-
where than in that island which Dutch settlers
christened in honor of the States General OF
the Netherlands, choosing to compliment
title rather than name. From the discovery
OF the island in 1924 until they were expelled
Toe Indians admitted into its borders imports
OF copper kettles, beads and the like, and took
no thought Of customs Not 80 the thrifty
Dutch. They exacted their duties on the
@aarves Of New York
Now Staten Island in it's entirety is face to
lace with the opportunity Of becoming free
port Recent action by the Senate was di-
feeted toward the establishment in the United
''ates Of such free ports, or zones, where ma
~l'ai and merchandise can enter free of duty,
provided it be held there for manufacture,
assembling or repacking for shipment to
0'aer countries. The advantages in the en-
sOyment Of labor and the upbuilding Of in
aas'rles that would result can readily be seen
Oe considerable. The designation as a free
port is one to be coveted.
naturally, such a fine plum is not to fall
-' she wishing. Staten Islands eagerness
@'u enthusiasm, it has been pointed OUT
1AOoia be indicated by its development Of the
"tefiront Of its south shore. That is only
New-York tribune., 1922-09-17

British military base that three American
peace commissioners hastened after the dis
astrous Battle of Long Island, where at the
very outset of the war the American Army
under Washington received terrible and a
crushing defeat. Under the high gabled roof
of the Billop house, Franklin Adams, and Ed
ward Rutledge, of South Carolina, met with
General Lord Howe to negotiate peace For
four hours they debated across the council
table, but the commissioners of the Continental
Congress would agree to no treaty that did not
acknowledge the independence of the Colonies.
Had peace been signed there, it would have
rendered the old homestead more memorable,
but that is fame of the sort that may be
counted we'll lost.
Opportunity knocked once before at the aoor
OF Staten Island, when a similar project for
harbor Improvement was under consideration.
A survey Of Grest Kills harbor was author
lied by Congress and forthwith made by army
engineers The unfavorabe report that re-
suited is said to have been directly attributable
to the failure of the Staten Islanders to mani
fest any interest.
Five years having elapsed, by law the sur
veys Of harbors may be made again, and again
the sentiment Of Staten Island must stand
survey, more successfully this time, many
hope.
But if the plan is to be doomed by neglect
second time, it seems preferable that some
palmer int;Tnation be given that it is I'M
wanted; something subtle, yet unmstakable.
In Revolutionary days Staten Island belle
who dwelled on the eminence that came to be
known as Toad Hill was troubled by a SUI
perfuity of suitors. They were as persistent
as they were many, and they overwhelmed
romance by weight of numbers. At last the
lady hit upon method of wedding them out
AS she bade farewell Of an evening to a
suitor marked for rejection, she would ap-
proach to delicious nearness. The young
gentleman would walk home with his head IN
whirl, but how different were his sensations
when he discovered in the pockets of his best
coat two toads placed there by her who hac
been the lady of his choice
Thus convinced of the lady's lack of In
terest, gallants never returned to Toad Hill
even after five years.
New-York tribune., 1922-09-17

appointment made for o'clock we should
have to leave without waiting for the end.
My British friend did not at all wish to go,
but was consoled when [ assured him that
with the at 5 to 2 in favor Of the navy
team, it was not probable that the remaining
half inning to be played would show any de-
cided change in the result.
In the underground going home he said
"A remarkable game, and l could even see
how you Americans could work up some In
terest about it. But it isn't cricket"
That generally speaking, is the British ver-
dict on the series of baseball games played in
London this summer. Out in Wales they have
taken more favorably to national sport,
and have even organized couple of leagues,
the Welsh League and the Cardiff "Wednesday
League Intercounty games are played, and
one Of the strongest county mines is Glamor-
ganshire, which, incidentally, has the strongest
Welsh cricket team In London, however,
baseball is still enough Of novelty to merit
detailed descriptions and explanations in the
newspapers.
'"rhe Evening Standard" commenting on
last Sundays game, said:
Baseball is some game! Apparently, if
you want to play it properly, you have to
grow up like young giant and attire your
self in so many clothes and protective appi-
ances that you are fit for service in the Arc
tic regions. In comparison with our foot
ballers in their thin shorts and jerseys, these
baseballers were polar explorers.
"They did a lot Of speedy running, but each
man was in thick woolen clothes fastened up
to the neck, thick WOODEN stockings that COW
cred the knees heavy boots, tight fitting caps
that were never in any circumstances taken
New-York tribune., 1922-09-17

At about the fifth inning he spoke up again.
II thought" he began with elaborate sar-
casm, "you told me cricket slow. Well,
they've been playing an hour and they've only
made three runs between them In cricket
there'd have been rs, at least"
And few minutes later
"Oh, well caughtl"
The shortstop of the Utah nine had picked
up a line drive with one hand while In a
full run.
Then minutes more:
"Throw it to the catcher, you idiot"
The Legionnaire pitcher, fielding a hunt
made with the bases full, had played to catch
the batter at first instead of nabbing the man
on third at the plate.
At the end Of the eighth inning it was I
who had to insist that if we wished to keep
New-York tribune., 1922-09-17

Do YOU think we shall be raided by the police?"
At a cricket match, it should be explained,
the spectators are permitted to clap decorously
at long intervals. Any one who speaks above
a whisper Immediately becomes the target of
hostile eyes and would doubtless meet dark
and nameless punishment should he persist.
"No," said; "I don't think so Just wait
till the game gets exciting. Then there may
be some real noise"
"Real noise!" he gasped. "And this person
behind US is deafening me! Why do they
need an oil CAM"
The man behind us had taken off his coat
and was shouting:
"Oh, get an oil can! You're rusty as
gate!"
I explained as best I could; and my friend
again relapsed into gloomy and morose silence
New-York tribune., 1922-09-17
LONDON.

a FTER an Englishman and an Ameri-
"a can have known each other for sew
~ eral years it is safe for the former to
take the latter to cricket match and
to explain the game to him. Likewise, it will
probably not prove disruptive of friendship
for the American to invite the Englishman to
witness a game of baseball Gf it can be
found). But for casual acquaintance the
procedure is net recommended; it is too great
strain on friendly relations-far worse than
discussing the British debt to the United
States or arguing as to who won the war.
The above conditions having been fulfilled,
last Sunday an English acquaintance and /
made our way to Stamford Bridge, which in
times of normalcy is the Chelsea Football
Ground. had last year slept through sew
eral DAYS of cricket with him, and deemed it
only fair that he should see for himself that
baseball is not game which permits of novel
reading between innings.
The suburb of Walham Green was evident
ly sleeping off the effects of its Sunday dinner;
the only people abroad were Enthusiastically
American, and they were all heading in one
direction. Thither went we.
"What on earth''--my companion began,
and pointed to large sign:
Reserved Seats-Home Plate-Four shill-
ings and ninepence,"
"Y thought" he added, "that we were going
to baseball match, not race What is the
Home Plate? I don't know of any race of
that name. Are you sure it isn't the York
shire Selling Plate or something like that?
Or perhaps they mean The Home Counties
Plate"
New-York tribune., 1922-09-17

A couple Of husky gobs from the battleship
Utah, whose team was booked to meet one
rcruited from the London Post of the Amer
ican Legion, looked curiously at him. I paid
for our seats and pushed him through the
turnstile.
"To convey the real atmosphere of the
game" began as we sought our seats, "this
space behind the grandstand should be full
lemonade or hot dogs
He pointed to solitary stand, whereon
was legend:
Real American Pea-Nuts, Twopence."
Monkey-nuts,' we call them," he said.
And without further conversation we
sought our seats.
fortably settled ''hadn't we better book our
places for tea? There seems quite a crowd
here. And what time is the tea interval?"
'There isn't any"
what CHASTITY game! But where are the
players? And who are those chaps out there
on the field-those knickerbocker johnnjes?"
''They are the players" answered. "And
as soon as you have told me that the game is
only glorified FOUNDERS I'll try to tell you
something about It,"
We sat silent while both sides had their
batting practice. Then the Legionnaires took
the field; and about 200 sailors began roofing
in a mild fashion.
"Good Lordr' my friend gasped "What
has happened?"
''Why, nothing, except that the game is
starting"
"Fancy this--in London--on Sunday, too!
The Washington herald., 1922-05-21

The herd of 5looded Ho1s teins at
Soldiers Home farm is considered
one OF the best in this section.
The Coconino sun., 1922-08-04
sue of bonds to protect the purchasers

sue of bonds to protect the purchasers of the bonds whom they held to be the injured party. This act of val idation was upheld by the supreme court in subsequent litigation and the counties were obliged to recognize and discharge the bonds as binding obliga- tions. Prior to statehood the old bonds iron time to time were taken up in exchange for territorial refund ing bonds under which arrangement the counties levied and collected taxes to meet the interest.
 In the enabling act of June 10, 1910 congress took cognizance of the bonds and granted in section 25, of this act 100000 acres of land to the state as trustee to be sold and the proceeds given to the counties for the redemp. tion of the bonds and accrued inter. est, the remaining amount after the obligation had been paid, to be credit ed to the permanent school fund o1 the state. The state legislature ir 1915 placed provision in the land code providing for the selection, sell. ing, leasing or otherwise disposing of the lands and created the county bonds land fund, providing that the moneys in this fund were to be devot- ed first to the payment of the con current interest, second to the reim. bursement of the counties for all in terest acruing on the bonds since is- sued and third, for their redemption when due.
 In the opinion which was written by Chief Justice Henry D. Ross, it is held that the state, as trustee through it's land department, has ac- cepted the 100000 acres of land up on the terms of the grant and has sold and leased certain sections of the same, and that the purpose of the suit was to have the money accrued from these sales and other money that may be realized from time to time from the lands, applied to the liquidation of the bonds.
 The fact that the territory of Ari- zona had taken up the original bonds and issued territorial bonds in ex- change, the opinion states, does not relieve the counties from their ob- ligation nor did it substitute debtors. The opinion held that the counties are still the debtors and are obligated to pay the debt.
 "The clear and unmistakable pur- pose of congress was to reimburse the counties for every dollar they had been, or would be out on account of the bond issues," the opinion states, land the state has no other or fur ther interest in the land granted to it for the counties than faithfully to discharge the trust imposed upon it and accept after the payment of the debts, anything left over for the school fund of the state.
The Coconino sun., 1922-08-04

"The duty on the part of the audi tor and treasurer to audit and ap- prove, if found correct, the claims of the counties against the county bonds land fund, was a duty specially en- joined and the judgment of the court commanding them to proceed to per- form this duty was correctly and properly entered. The duty sought to be enforced against the treasurer and auditor is one imposed by state law. Surely our courts have jurisdiction of questions concerning the duty and power of our state officers, as con- ferred upon them by state legislation
 In answer to the contention of the state officers that because congress in granting the lands reserved the rights to institute suits in the United States courts through the attorney general of the United States to enforce the provisions of the trust, and that no action can be maintained in the state courts to compel the states agents to perform the trust, the su- preme court states as follows:
 "We should not omit to state that the attorney general of the United States is not objecting to the method provided by the legislature of Arizona for the administration of these rail- road lands or the disposition of the funds. If the donor does not object to the manner of their administration, it would seem that the officers of the state, with merely ministerial function to perform, would not hesitate to per- form them, rather than impose objec- tions in behalf of one who is not com planning but seems to be satisfied"
The Coconino sun., 1922-08-04

'"The future of the flapper," says Rev. W. H. Took, "is worrying over the flapper of the future."
The Coconino sun., 1922-08-04

Jim Lucero told friend the other day who was roasting Jim for not putting up bonds to get him out of jail that he would gladly have done so "only I didn't have no place to lock you up myself"
The Coconino sun., 1922-08-04
HOW
woRKAIEN's COMPENSATION

WORKAIEN'S CONFIRMATION LAW WORKS IN ILLINOIS. A tabulatiOn of Its activities during the last year has been completed by the industrial com mission of Illinois, the body which administers the workmen's compensation law. It shows that 50,5S5 compensable acci- dents were filed with the com mission during 1920, of which 597 were fatal.
 This is an increase of 12,296 over 1919, notwithstanding that the mines, of the state were in operation on an average of only 159 days last year and that the building trades were idle for long periods. Of the 597 fatal cases there were 82 in which the deceased left no dependents, while 412 left 1,027 persons who were totally dependent upon them for support. and 123 others left IF who were partially de- pendent.
 The compensation payments last year amounted to $5,143,- 300, while there is estimated to be $3,415, ,40S due on cases still open at the close of the year. In addition. there was $1,3O9, ,240 paid for medical and surgical expenses, this item including s577, ,338 paid by employers car rying their own insurance. The average cost of fatal cases was $2,940, while for permanent to- tai disability the average was $9,5OO.
 The total days lost to indus try in Illinois last year because of injuries to employees Is shown to have been $1,291,51S
 During the year 4S,655 males sustained injuries in the course of their employment and 1.930 females. The greatest number of males injured in 1920 were between the ages of twenty-six and thirty, while for the females the greatest number were be- tween sixteen and twenty years of age.
 The records of the commission show that in Cook county, in- cluding Chicago, there were 25,- 541 employees injured by acci- dent during 1920, or 49 per cent of all that occurred in the state. The total cost of all injuries in Cook county last year was $4,- 2o0,153., or 45 per cent of that for the state as a whole.
 A number of large public serv- ice corporations are cooperating with the Chicago safety council in It's efforts to improve the ac- cident record of Chicago. A striking poster, printed in col ors and headed Make Chicago Safe" is being displayed in all the cars on the elevated and sur face lines of the city. The post CTS emphasize the fact that 1882 persons were killed and 49,550 Injured in Chicago and Cook county last year as the result of accidents.
The Coconino sun., 1922-08-04

of the suit in December, 1920, con- tained $235, ,0O0, and according to the statement issued by the treasurer on July 1, the fund contained $263 ,306.26
 Maricopa Institutes Action
 The case was filed in December 1920, in the Maricopa county super for court by the county attorneys of the four counties involved. It came up for hearing before Judge Stan ford on Oct. IS, 1921, and the writ of mandamus was handed down on Oct 22. The defendants gave notice of ap- peal at once.
 The bonds involved in the suit were issued by the counties between 1882 and 1887 and totaled nearly S1,000,- 900. They were issued for the pur- pose of building a narrow gauge rail road from Seligman to Tucson. In some unknown manner, after the bonds had been issued by the coun- ties, they were turned over to the railroad company before the road was started. The railroad company sold the bonds and then failed to build the railroad.
 The counties then brought suit and one of the cases, Lewis vs. Pima coun- ty, was carried to the supreme court of the United States, which in Octo- Der, 1894, held that the territorial act, under which the Pima county bonds had been issued, was void and that the bonds issued by that county were invalid and not legal obligation. By virtue of this decision it was main tained that all of the bonds were in- valid.
 In June, 1896, however, congress, by a special act, validated the entire is-
The Coconino sun., 1922-08-04

A lady in Kansas who reads I'll Sun, and who, while she never hs visited Flagstaff, is much intereste in it because she has big son her sends us the following with the quer! Do they wear their dresses short Flagstaff?"
 Legs to the right of us, Legs to the left of us,
 Legs in front of us,
 How they display them! On they go trippingly, Dainty and skippingly, Frost that bites nippingly,
 Does not dismay them. Straight legs and bandy ones, Bum legs and dandy ones, Awkward and handy ones,
 Flirt with the breezes. Round legs and flatter ones, Thin legs and fatter ones, Especially the latter ones,
 Showing their kneeses. Knock-kneed and bony ones, Real legs and phony ones, Silk covered and tony ones,
 Second to none.
 Straight and distorted ones, Mates and ill-sorted ones, Home and imported ones
 Amt we got fun!