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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-30
HsndIcap Polo at Del m,,..

Del Monte. Caiif.. Jan. 3O.-The Er.v.,,.
Cavalry polo team defeated San Mateo IS'.I IS'I
o In the initial round Of the Junior hant
cap event in the fret sanctioned tournamsss
Of the American Polo Association held hsrs'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-30
THE ETERNAL TRIANcIp

RUBY Ayres great love story, "a Mani.
way.' dealing gitn he eonRellsstlons R that sri.s
wsdnssday; reor1aLy !. In the EVENING
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-30
coakIey to Start Columbia oriIIs

New York. Jan. 2s---c,olumbIa baseball
February IS, Andy coakiey. 'toymsr Ysnkee
and A4.,stlc pitcher. will arIIn be the coach
'of the MorntnFsdS nine. under two-yeaT
contract signed last season,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-30
Billiard Play Starts TODAY

New York. Jan. 30I-Three matcbe, -.
on the opening day program for the ns,,assgy
anna tour 1872 balkline billiard championsss,sI
at the Crescent Athletic Club today Tnep
card: Edgar T. Applehy vs. Percy CONN i,ns
Francis Applehy vs.. Henry Ciarkson, CSa,Is,
Heddon VS.. Edward w. Gardner,
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Commercial Museum Too Expensive

S,HE
= having
this bu! the install all
Meadowbrook
athletes sxtyfour colleges clubs
1900 spectators attended
in
This while
clubs
evening thousands
The after having looked all the available buildings
of
held
hundred
competed
the attendance what expected
1T impossible hold
Commercial
prohbtye The
carnival but this also is limited seating
Phapha has hal! suitable
respect its new
well Pavilion its Mad.
hold games
Brooklyn well
Fifth
Trenton has amorie which Buffalo
and other cities also well fitted.
'Somhng should quickly,
within the
bold do
the facilities therefore will
Until Philadelphia Victory it
would Philadelphia o
n at the Museum shape that could he
only by the Meadowbrook Club the
the
an opportunity to stage set Of
NIGHT add g1mes and
NcO York this 0
Square Garden had
% to his
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-30

Johnny Fleming, reccDtiy DISCHARGED from
tho United States Navy and who halls from
Newark, y. j plans 10 Invade Pniadei.
phia tor IoatGhes with any Of the loca
S@itcrwciG"ts. lIo Is managed BY Joe
Thomas.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-30

Mickey Connor. ~ Grays Forry Is get
ting himself down TO l2S pounds, and thor
he Will iSsl" challenges To Al Wagner. KID
Wagner, BUDDY Fitzgerald and Earl Hart.
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Scraps about Scrappers
Tommy Rya

Tommy RYAN. Of McKecsport. Pa. will
break into New York competition some time
ucxt month. He will meet B7!cky Ryan in
Pittsburgh February Q. md also has q match
With Memphis Pal Moore II week later at
Louisville. Ky.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-30

n. o. Murphy and Iobbv white arn South
ruiadcIrh'" n"Mm:Sl stnhIcm"tcg Murphy
a'Sn KIN rwn ms 'THr2an," unl White. cr,lIn /
'IQp:" are under the wanagelUcHt Q! - g
Legs"
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INTnRsCol-NSTIC STANDINGS
INDIVIDUAL STANDINGS

after him every time he carried
the ball. The result tccs thdt
Alrdrd nos detected four times
IN about ten minutes and sent from
the floor much TO the chd1rin OF
the Red and Blue roofing section,
tohich thought that his Jantsh.
mcnt meant the game. Dessen
thought otherrise, and played ,oith
all the rim and seSt Of veteran.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-30

Jack SCoOdles, local handler OF boxers. has
been Appointed trainer OF the South Phia.
delphia Hebrew Association basketball team.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-30

Ray Michigan, another Grays Fcrry!tc. Is
out with 4 drt - Jimmy Baxter. Mickey
Morris. Bobby Wolgast and Matty Dechtcr.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-30

Frankie Conway. OF Camden. has beer
training diligently after recovering from an
injured hand. In about a week Conway
SAYS he viii be ready for matches with
Danny Kramer and Joe Nelson.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-30

James Chip. Of South Philadelphia. now
VAS a stable Of three boxers In addition ia
JOHNNY Campi. lls. CHIP has undertalSer
the nanaGement Of Johnny Smith, welter.
w! !ght. and X. .. Billy Murphy. fy0Seisht. t.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-30

Joe Welsh Of Southwark, has bccn keep
Ing himself in good condition. HIS nov
manage, jimmy rroinor, Is ready to send
the cOutIrN.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-30

Joe Reno. OF Trenton. IS the latest bnxcr
n step out az q future ltghtwcight star
lie sprang a big surprise In New York re.
Gently when he defeated K. o. Phil Dslmont
at the Ga rden. Reno has q knockout vic.
tory 20 his credit over George Erno.
Charley dc Angelo Is grooming Reno for
matches with Johnny Dundee. Joe T!pltE
and Willie Jackson.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-30

Leo Flynn. of KonstrGton. has placed him.
self under the mann cement ~ A Rose, who
wants 10 m2tCh his ue'c ChDrgr with UAtt,Inn
Murray Charley ONcIi, G"other Of Rose :
In!ttmen. Is utter ti,t with Al Verbecken,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-30

A GE comes to all, making no ex-
n ceptions. So why not make larger
preparation to see that the last few
spans of the journey are worth waitin"
for before one dips over the hill to take
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-30

Bernie Conway. OF Johnstown Pa, IL
rounding into tnitl" by training With Pbi,a
de- Clphia Joe yelling. Rsrnie ~ prcpa red 10
start against Jimmy Murphy Whitley Fltz-
gerald and any Of the other i4O.p0unders
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-30

"T MIGHT add thGt gG1es
j. ~ Nco York this 0eek attend the athletic
annually the NHirOss Club calling
Of hddn Square Garden and suitable
not improbable h0t viii 10 Nco YORK; tis v
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-04-20
A Sex DetectOr

THE sex detector' is the newest pseudo
i scientifc invention. 1t should be spe-
cially valuable to farmers. For obvious rea-
sons, it would be very advantageous to the
farmer if, when picking out eggs to set, lie
could select those destined to hatch pullets.
lie was told he can accomplish this with
Il hollow plummet- shaped instrument OF
mixture of g%reenish chemical salts. If sus-
pended by u thread about an inch above an
egg that contains Il rooster germ. it will las
allcged) swing back and forth like II pendu-
lum. If the egg be of opposite sex, the bob
will describe little circles.
Another continuance is 81 small giided
wooden ball having a cavity filed with red
lead and topped by an iron disk. When
hung by a thread over an egg. it moves in
little circles if the latter be Of male per
%sunsion, or pendulum fashion II female.
These devices arc declared to be so eff
cient that by their aid one can tell the sex
of oysters, butterflies and caterpillars. 1t il
asserted that. if a wire be attached to the
gilded ball and run through a keyhole, the
sex of any person holding the loose end of
the wire can be determined.
SO many farmers had been persuaded to
purchase these sex detectors thnt the De
partment Of Agriculture has thought 1t
worth while to investigate their merit. Tests
Of them were fairly made and, as was ex-
pected, they were found incapable Of doing
what was claimed.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-04-20
Your Life Chances

ACCORDING to the new ."lifs tables
81 about to be published BY the Census
Bureau, residents Of rural districts In this
country live longer than city folks. Their
death rate Is much lower.
People Of all classes and botl, sexes. live
longer than they did in 1900, That is 10
saylSthey live to an older averages ,se. The
limit Of human life does not seem to have
advanced.
Women live longer than men. The aver.
age white female, at birth. may, BIZ expected
to live three years longer than, the average
male. There are more very old women chan
very old men. because, when It ia, a question
Of survival, the former hold on to life with
greater tenacity.
Even the boy babies have not nearly so
good a grip on life as the girl babies. Of
1000 white male infants born, 127 die in
the first year. OF 1000 females, only 1O5
succumb during the first twelve months.
Notwithstanding hospitals and high
priced doctors. the death rate among babies
in the cities is higher than in the rural dis
tricts. Cnc> reason for this is doubtless
bottle feeding. The Public Health Service
says that during the first week Of life more
than four times as many bottle-fed babies
die a. breast-fe ed babies.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-04-20

THE greatest artesian basin in the world
i covers an enormous urea in North and
South Dakotn. 1t supplies 10000 flowing
wells in the latter State and 1000 in the
fefmer.
The region is semi arid, and water is
correspondtHgly precious. To get it. the
farmer drives IL pipe down Il few hundred
feet and out comes the water like a gcyser.
Once started. it keens on lowing. \ well
at Woonsocket,' s. D., IN 1880, threw u
COLUMN of water continuously to n height Of
$50 feet. 1t delivered 1000 gallons a min
ute at q pressure Of 25O pounds to the square
inch.
In 1915 it was still flowing, but the col
umn of water was only forty. five feet high,
and since that time doubtless% has further
diminished. The flow has lessencd because
of q partial exhaustion Of the supply under
ground.
Threatened exhaustion Of the a~rtesian
basin is causing much anxiety in the Da.
kotas at the present time. Over wide, areas,
where formerly there were flowing wells, the
farmers are now obliged TO pump for water.
It is the old story Of reckless abuse OF nat
ural resources. The water has been allowed
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-04-20
Trapping the Bank Robber

A NOVEL scheme for trapping daylight
a bank robbers has been patented BY
Frederick Weinmann, of Lansing, Mich. 1t
looks asMf 1t ought to work.
Directly inside the front door Of the bank
are placed two turnstiles-one to the right.
the Other to the left. Persons entering pass
through the right hand tnrnstile. and lin
going out they pass through the one on the
left hand. Behind the turnstles Is an iron
fence. Each turnstile operates by ratchet
and pawl in such fashion that it will turn
only one way. 1t Is composed of a series
Of horizontal steel bars, which, as it turns,
pass between another series Of horizontal
bars that are fixed and .immovable, forming
a barrier in the same manner as the exit
gates at nan a subway and railway sta
tion. II 10 thus impossible for. anybody
passing through the entrance turnstile to get
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-04-20

trigger with his thumb the user controls the
quantity Of soap fed TO the brush.
The opening into which the brush is
screwed is used to 6ll the reservoir. When
the latter il once filed with liquid soap,
T. does not need 70 b reflled for a long
time. ..8
When Z shave II wanted, the user has
only to iusert the brush and turn on the
current, and the liquid soap will Be hot in
hIlf I minute. Shaking the fluid toward the
brush will force the desired quantity into
the brush. Steam created. by the heat Will
help TO force soap through the passage, and
viii keep the latter clear.
A.bandsso f rubber e~ncircles the ball, At
tached TO the collar into which the handle
As screwed 10 4 n,etsl support. The "
together furnish 9 rest upon which the con-
trivance may repose when not in use. s.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-04-20

A SLEEPING ROOM, the skeleton Frame
work Of which is made wholly of piping,
is the novel invention Of William d. Shell
lady, Of Wilmington, Del. One of its adj
vantages is that 1t is c~ollapsible, and may be
folded iat in such wise 40 to take up very
little space when not in use. The room
contains the frame of 4 cot bed, and also
the frame Of a chair, for the occupant to
sit on: To make the bed available. for use, a
sheet of canvas is suitably stretched; and,
to furnish a seat for the chair, resort is
had to q. like eyfedient.F For walls, sheets
Of canvas are stretched across the sides and
ends Of the room skeleton. At one corner 1
canvas.covered door Is swung upon the D
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-04-20

to run to waste in a shameful manner aud
now it is showing signs OF giving out.
Nowhere else in the world does a~rtesiau.
water come out Of the ground Mt such trc-
mendous pressures. It \has been used for
running mills and operating electric plants.
To d large extent 1t has been utilized for
irrigation, and its employment is general
for farming and domestic purposes. -.
= The farmer, having driven a well, caps II
with a valve, to regulate the flow, and con-
ducts the water through pipes to his house,
TO his barn and to the tank fro,h which
his cnttle and horses drink. Those pipes are
liable to freeze in winter if the water is no.
kept running all the time, day and night.
and this involves waste. But the main vast.
age Is through sheer carclessness. Wells are
allowed to bow u%ncapped, and there arc
many wild wells which have not been
properly cased. or the easing of which has
rusted out. xr that the water is u~sclcssly
squandered. @.'
The farmer, when he bores. has TO 70 down
only a few feet before he strikes. u bed OF
shale which may be 1000 feet thick. IL is Il
soft, oily. claycy rock. aud drilling through
it is easy. At the same time. it has the
advantage of being i~mpermeabIc to water.
lie must get through this shalc in order
to reach the stratum Of sandstone that lies
bepenth it and which contains the water.
Not water in pools. be it understood. but
held in. the interstices Of the sandstone be-
tween tho particles that 80 to make up tho
rock.
This bed Of sandstone (formed of sand
that was anciently deposited on the bottom
of a sea- extends beneath the whole area of
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-04-20

out Of the bank again. except by way Of the
exit turnstile-the turnstilcs. as well as the
fence and the structures Of fixed bars, being
high.
Suppose one or more bandits to have
entered the bank. A hold-up Of its officers
follows. Everybody puts>up bis hands. But
one Of the clerks, in doing so. presses with
his foot a knob in the floor, which, actuatinE
an electric mechanism, reverses the gearing
of the exit turnstile, making it impossible
for anybody to get out of the bank. Both
turnstiles now work inward and not out
ward. The pressure on the knob stimuli
taneoudy starts q loud alarm outside the
bank, which keeps on ringing until the police
arrive. There is no obstacle to their entrance
through either turnstile, and the robbers,
already prisoners Of the bank, are quickly
taken into custody. \
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-04-20
The Truth
About Gulls

TINE Department of Agriculture has newly
/ issued IN order TINT means shall he
taken to protect salmon eggs in Alaska ~
killing off the sea gulls which feed iloh
them. Immediately we heur that sen runs
generally speaking are a nuisance anu =
menace that they devour wholesale TIE
floating eggs of the bluefsh and other food
fishes in the Atlantic. as well as the YOUNG
''fry'' that the fish supply is thereby much
reduced in quantity that the choice lis be-
tween human sustenance and a silly "senti'
mcnt'' in favor Of the gulls; and that !he
laws protecting those misc!ievous plFdS
should be repealed. Similar charges are
made against the terms.
In.view Of the above. quoted allegations. u
is worth while to determine Just what is
the exact truth. Everybody does admire
those sea birds, and may even be said to
tnkc a sentimental interest in them. Are
they really guilty as charged? The tr":h
Ito quote the. Government Geological Sur.
veyl is that the charges arc unwarranted.
Ii ia only in one locality that the Alaskan
sea gulls have made themselves objection
able by eating salmon eggs, and TIE newly
issued order requiring that they be killed I'll
applies to that locality alone.
The Alaskan gullss do cat a great many
fish eggs, but usually these are eggs, mostly
dead, that float ashore. to be picked up on
the beaches by the bi.ds. They would not
hatch anyway. There Il no warrant for the
statement that sea gulls are whol9sa!e de-
s,roycrs of floating fish eggs and yotng fishes
in the Atlantic or anywhere else. Nearly.
if not quite, all of the Atlantic Coast States
have laws protecting sea gul's. But those
laws were not. made for ''sentiment's'' sake.
The gulls are not allowed to be killed for the
common sense reason that they are indis-
pensabie ns sea scavengers.
One Of the attractions Of the harbor OF
New York il it's sea gulls. Beautiful crea-
lures they are, and it is a pleasure 10 watch
them. But they are not there for prcttincss;
they are fcuthered servants Of the municipal
ity. they scavenge the city's food wastes.
10 the resorts Of the New Jersey Coast and
along the Suund they are worth l%liljlons OF
dollars annually, eating the floating garbage
tdun,ped into the sea from scows) wl.cl
otherwise would BE- thrown up on the
beaches. Gulls are omnlvorous; :l.ey will
cat anything. Forty years ago u law was
made protecting the gulls in tue Bay of SaA
Fru9eIsco-not for sentiment" bnt III order
that they might scavenge tie waste Of the
slaughter houses along the shores Of the bay.
AS for the terms, they do no harm. The fish
eggs they ent are the eggs OF fishes. that are
Of no commercial Importance.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-04-20

cold weather it does not have to be heated
to furnish drink for his stock.
, Government biologists, headed by n. IL.
barton. have recently been making n study
81 conditions in the a~rtesian basin, and. as
Il result Of their recommendations. measures
are to be taken to put IL stop to the wastage
Of water which cndangers the prosperity Of
an extensive agricultural region.
1T is interesting in this connection to refer
to the city Of Denver, which is built directly
over an ~artcsian basin. In bygone years its
inhabitant were able to fetch running water
10 the third stories of their houses by boring
wells, thus saving themselves all cost for
water taxes; but over-use has reduced the
''head'' of the artesian water to such an cx-
tent that now the only way to bring it to
the surface is by pumping.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-04-20

the great %artesian basin of the Dakotas. 1t
passes underground with a gradual slant,
and one edge Of it, comes to the surface at
the base of a range of mountains.
That is where the water originally came
from-aleng that edge, where rain and melt
ing snow, also streams, supplied it. Sand
stone is porous the water soaked into it and
flowed down the incline Of the stratum. It
was all exceedingly slow process and one IS
ut liberty to guess how many tens Of thou
sands of years must have been required 10
accomplish the saturation of the whole bed
Of sandstone that makes the artesian basin.
The flow, through rock, had to cover q dis
lance of more than 500 miles!
The underground water Of the basin, then,
is very ancient water. To accumulate the
now existing supply required an immense
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-04-20
snLF- and ,.lf.hs,

"A SELF FEEDING and s~slf.hsatins
~ shaving brush ID the novel idea Of John
Clarence Page, Of san Francisco. It II
ready fQr use alrnost instantly after turn
Ing on IN electric current. and the quan-
tity Of soap fed to It Il regulated b. pressure
Of the users thumb.
A hollow, ball-shaped reservoir Il filled
With liquid soap. Into the ball n screwed
4 handle that carries an electric CORD which
can b plugged into m electric socket. The
part OF the handle that enters the ball is
Of porcelain wound With { conductor. Thus.
when the current IL turned on, It acts a.
/ hsster. Almost, instantly the apparatus is
ready for use. &
The shaving brush IN SCREWED into the side
of the bail, a hole that runs through It COM
uantcating with the reservoir that con.
tainsi the liquid soap. 81 pressing . little
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-04-20
"A Holder for Your Train Ticket

the foller. is to be 4 metal plate, the middle
part Of which is ''struck up therefrom. The
idea will be understood when It is explained
that 4 ticket, thrust beneath the stuck up
part Of the plate, is. when inserted, hold
between the latter and the revolving rubber
covered roller. Thus It cannot drop out,
and. when the conductor wants to punch 1t.
he can readily pull it ont, perform the
requisite operation, and clip it back again.
What is to prevent an unauthorized person
from taking the ticket while you are not
watching remains an unanswered question.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-04-20

THE punching Of your tcist q board a
train Is often y nuisance, Yop may want
to 60 to sleep /; but, just ~ yos lare. getting
into a nice dose, along comes the conductor
md ruthlessly pokes you up. A citizen Of
Kittannins, Pa, W6rley. n. Crisis, has hit
upon an idea for doing away with this sort
tof annoyance. He proposes that the top Of
each seatback on a train shall shayesa piece
three inches long and one Inch deep cut out
OF it, 30 as to form q recess to contain n
small rubber covered roller secured hori-
xontally. Faatened across the recess, above
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-04-20
WhereaPound'
~ !. So. -" - EsI4-. - o. 49, al
Not a Pound

stTF A dealer were 70 weigh ont an exac:.
= ton IT coal and ship Il by wagon ~
tie top of a mountain 10000. feet high, the
buyer on tbs mountain top, weighing 1t on
its arrival, wonld and it Z bit s~hostv-even
Though none of It were spilled ont on the way
up" SO said Major William Bowie. Of the
United States Coast and GsodetIc Survey.
and added: =
Suppose that the man on the ~rountain.
top paid for the coal With an exact ousce
Of gold, weighed out on the spot. The re-
cipient, Q n getting back to the foot of the
mountain would and. II his scales we're
delicately correct, that bis gold weighed a
tri6e more than an ounce.
'Things lose weight as they 60 up. They
lose at the rate Of a millionth part of-the.r
weight Tor every ten fest Of ascent. The
reason why is easily understood; It - be-
cause the force Of gravity lessons With alt1-
tuds.
''Rut It should be made clear Mat the
coal, and the gold likewise, would have to
be weighed by a spring balance In order to
show the decrease or increase in weight
A pan balance shows only relative weight;
the spring balance gives the absolute weight.
"a chunk Of iron that weighs = poApd
in Philadelphia will weigh more than !
pound at the North Pole. The weight of
anything .ls greater BY one two hundredth
at the North Pole-or at the South Pole
than at~the Equator. That is because it Is
thIrteen>miles nearer to the center 9l the
earth, and also for the reason that at ths
Equator. where the revolution of the gloSs
carries Its crust around at q speed Of I
thousand miles ar hour, centrifugal force
tends to throw things of, thereby rendering
them In effect lighter. =
ITO prove this proposition in actual pracl
tice one would have to use q spring balance.
for the reason I have already given. Aud
Il is obvious that q maker of such balances,
II be would have them exact, should con-
strAct them with reference to the ATTITUDES
In which they are to be employed.
''If an entcrprising citizen Of Rio de
Janeiro were to make q trip to Arctic Alaska
and buy gold dust, weighing it with a
spring bulance Brought with him from hts
homs city, he would find when he got buck
that he had less If the yellow stuff than lie
paid for"