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The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-01-31

Washington university of st. Louis
VIII give more attention to boxing.
+ + u
Over there a man may be in the
king row today, but by tomorrow it
may be his move.
Adjacent TO P~asadena's new football
stadium parking space for 10000 au-
tomobiles is provided.
Duiuth Boat club will bid for the
1923 regatta of the National Associa-
lion of Amateur Oarsmen.
It's a pity about how helpless some
of the old-tlmers n the minors are
For instance, all that Duffy Lewis
could hit with salt Lake city was a
meek 1862.
chicago White Sox have purchased
Second Baseman Ray Woodwork
from the Bloomington Three-I club.
Eight of the proposed football on.
P9 VI tle army grid team in 1929
nave been selected. Notre Dame is
included.
Charies Eckert, right hand pitcher,
mas been purchased by the Portland
baseball club from the Philadelphia
Americans.
John McGraw will be president of
the Giants. He might as well be
he has been most everything else on
the Giants for years and years.
Why not put Ray Schalk and Steve
ONelll in charge of all busted banks
and webbing business enterprises
hereafter? They are the best receiv-
ers in the country.
Annapolis oarsmen will confine their
ae'lVllles g K season to dual and fri
ahguiar races, cutting out the annual
American Henley at Philadelphia and
the Poughkeepsie classic, If present
plans are adhered to.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-01-31

State 1t will retry five
defendants in Herrin mine strike muir
der trial as jury renders acquittal
vedict.
Senator Pepper tells New York
State Bar Association League of Ma
tons has become instrument of con-
Citation rather than coercion.
Foreign Relations Committee d.
reefs Senator Lodge to get fuller in
formation as to Observer Boyden's
instructions and activities as Senator
Johnson opens fight for his recall.
Berry MILESTONE, States star wit
ness in masked murder trial at Bas-
trop, La. appears and creates sensa-
ton by identifying JEFF" Burnett as
one of the abductors of the dead men.
Veterans Bureau takes t~hirty-four
disabled students from Fur and Leath-
er School as misfits in trades assigned
them.
Motor vehicle registration in New
York City for the first six days of
this year was 160,310 as against 49,
344 last year.
France begins requisitioning OF
coal in Ruhr and threatens court mar
tial of defiant coal barons.
Governor Parker of Louisiana said
TO have decided to call extra session
of Legislature to abolish Ku Klux
Khan.
big Jim" Larkin, Irish a%gitator,
vas pardoned Internationally by
Governor Smith of New York and re-
leased from Sing Sing.
New York reporters OF whiskey
shopping tour find fleet of fourteen
liquor ships that prohibition commits
sioner insists do not exist.
Strong sentiment in favor of &C
curing British and French West In
dies developing in Congress, particu-
larly among the ''drys," who believe
that under American control, rum
running from the islands could be
suppressed.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-01-31
GENERAL

Ambassador Harvey and British
Debt Mission sail for London.
Bishop Manning of New York di-
reefs DR.. Grant to retract unortho-
dox sermon or quit Episcopal Church,
heresy trial may follow if he refuses.
Howard 2. Jackson, sixty-two, we'll
known grain man and official Of United
States Grain Corporation during the
war. was killed by an automobile il
Chicago.
VIII of John Wanamaker, ready for
probate, leaves bulk OF property to
children. with $1,000, 900 trust fun
for each OF two daughters and large
requests to charity.
A seat on the New York Stock Elk.
change sold for 500, 900.
Customs officials call all prohibition
forces IN fight on Jersey whisky run.
ners.
Wallace Reid, motion picture star
died in Los Angeles sanitarium after
long fight to conquer drug habit.
Jamaica Bay improvement at New
York will provide homes for $50, 00(
and rival Panama Canal as engineer
ing feat.
Western Pennsylvania and south
ern Ohio operators left out of new
tri-state coal field, replacing old GER
trail competitive.
r. V. B.. Clark, motion picture actor
and a doctor are held in death of CIR
dancer at La Jolla, Cal.
Henry Ford has given the people o
Dearborn, a Detroit suburb, 100 acre
of land for a public golf course. Tn
tract adjoins the Ford estate.
Two army 1iers arrived at Mitche
Field from Dayton, Ohio. in four hour
and eighteen minutes. breaking al
records.
Opposition to proposed child labo
amendment expressed by representa-
tives of southern cotton states a
hearing before Senate Committee oI
Mccormick resolution.
Illinois Pipe Line Company will Ia,
a pipe connecting the new oil field a
Sunburst and the town OF Coutts. ius
over the Canadian line, where the I'm
perial Oil, Ltd, a subsidiary of III.
Standard Oil of New Jersey, has
tank farm
That Europe is now more nearly NJ
the verge Of military conflict than a
any period Immediately preceding th
World Wal is the conclusion reacbe,
by the international Trade Commis
sion, the members of which spen
three months last summer and earl
fall surveying the economic and bus
nssr conditions il Europe.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-01-31
Baseball Leaders for 1922
Season

Worlds champions, New York
Giants.
National league champions,
New York Giants.
American league champions,
New York Yankees.
Leading National league bat
ter, Rogers Hornsby, Cardinals.
Leading American league bat
ter, George Sisler, Browns.
Leading American league
pitchers, Urban Faber, White
Sox; Joe Bush, Yankees.
Leading National league pitch
ers, Wilfred Ryan, Giants; Pc
ter Donohue, Reds.
Leading home-run hitter. Rog-
ers Hornsby, Cardinals.
Leading base stealer, George
Sisler, Browns; Max Carey, Pr
rates.
Leading run scorer, Rogers
Hornsby, Cardinals.
Leading club hitters, st. Louis
Browns in American league;
Pittsburgh Pirates in National
league.
Leading club felders, Yankees
and Wife S0x IN American
league; Giants in National
league.
Most valuable player, George
Sisler, st. Louis Browns.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-01-31
Life of Grid Coach

The life of the football
coach is none too long In any
one job. Coach Stage has been
ON the job for about thirty
years. Yost has been head Of
football at Michigan for more
than a generation. Dan Nc
Guigan, a Yost pupil, has been
long the coach of Vanderbilt.
For nineteen years Mike Dona-
hue has developed fighting and
capable teams at Alabama Poly.
He Is to leave there, not to quit
coaching, not because they don't
want him to remain, but because
he believes a change Of scene
will do him good.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-01-31
IN THE SPORTING WORLD

Notre Dame football eleven will visit
West Point October 10 next.
Frank Churchill, manager of Pancho
villa, is said to be a millionaire.
Princeton has held the ~lntercollegi-
ate water polo title for eleven years.
Albion college has only one open
date on its 1923 football schedule.
October 6.
Pittsburgh will play nine football
games this year, six of them on home
grounds.
Chicago Americans and New York
Giants will play 10 exhibition games
on their training trip next spring.
In one respect Battling Sikh ap-
pears to be a real champion. He
knows how to get plenty of newspa-
per space.
West Point cadets have added fenc-
ing to their sports calendar. Ii was
a popular branch of activity some
years ago.
Swimming Is making rapid progress
in France and the new natatorium of
the Sporting club of France is one
of the best in the world.
There are 256 teams bowling at the
National Recreation company alleys,
Brooklyn, which are members of the
Ney York Bowling association.
Philadelphia paper says that Arthur
Fletcher, new leader of the Phillies,
is "a better-than-average' manager.
Meaning what-better than an aver
age Philly manager?
The Williams swimming team this
winter will be coached by Charles l..
Graham, assistant athletic director at
the college, who succeeds Bob Fowler
N charge Of the Purple mermen.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-01-31
NEW PARK FOR KANSAS CITY
Structure Will Not Be Ready for Open.
ing of Season Because of
Changes Made.

The new park to be built by the
Kansas City Association club will not
be ready by the opening of the 1923
season. George Meuhlebach announces
that he has made some changes in the
design for the grand stand, and there
fore the delay in the building work.
But, says the Kansas City prexy, the
plant will be better than originally
planned and the fans can well afford
to wait. 1t is the hope to have every
thing ready by July 1. Because of
the delay a one-year lease has been
taken on the old park owned by George
Tebeau.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-01-31

Louise Bremen, ffteen-year-old
daughter of Adolph Bremen, million
st Paul MINI, is the champion high
jumper and girl athlete of the North
west, winning with east over a field
of 26 contestants at a recent meet
there. Miss Bremen was not out to
make a record when the photograph
was taken, but the rope was placed
four feet above the ground and she
found no difficulty in clearing 1t by
several inches after a run of only a
few steps.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-01-31
CALlFORNIANS MAKE RECORD
During Last Three Football Seasons
Twenty-seven Games Were
Won Without Defeat.

The University of California eleven
during the last three seasons scored
the record-breakinS number Of 81 vic
tories without one defeat. Only one
game, that against Washington and
jefferson, was tied.
The California scoring machine
piled up 1920 points in its % games
during the three seasons and held its
opponents TO 81 points. The Bears
have scored 10 points to every one
scored by an opposing team over the
period.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-01-31
Speaker Keeps Still.

Iris Speaker is one manager who
doesn't believe in claiming pennants
in the winter time. Speaker says that
fourth place is about the caliber of
the Indians next season.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-01-31
Corridor to Lead Des Molnes.

Johnny (Red) Corridor, a former
major league star, has been signed to
manage the Des Moines Iowa club of
the Western league.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-01-31
Here's a Secret.

1t is not generally known that Bill
Tilden has been playing tennis %
years. He began at the tender age of
five, being introduced to the game at
the Ontonra club In the Catskills.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-01-31
Hills Sold to Hartford.

D. NJ. Hills, an infielder, has been
sold by the Rochester International
League club to Hartford of the East
ern league.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-01-31
Roth to Coach Cleveland.

Frank Roth, coach of the New York
American league baseball team, will
coach the Cleveland Indians next sea-
SON
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-01-31
Yale Boxers Meet uirninla-

Yale has 20 students in it's boxing
squad. Dual bouts will be held with
University of Virginia at Charlottes-
vile, March "a.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-01-31
NATIONS BUSINESS

American hotels and business
houses are warned against cashing
Canadian money orders for strangers
in a bulletin issued by the Post Office
Department. 1t is stated hat money
orders issued for small sums in Can
ada are being raised to large
amounts.
Thirty million dollars a year is be-
ing wasted in the drilling Of dry holes
in oil fields OF the country, it is stated
by the Bureau of Mines. In the two
years ending with 1922 a total of 5,S14
dry holes we're drilled at an average
costAA9oo each.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-01-31
of LouiSin1 advanced
barrel

Soviet h~ussoousnt o,Oo0 Dales OF
cotton in New York and is IN the mar
ket for $4,000 more.
Philadelphia hre losses last year
aggregated S5,117, us, a decrease of
1000, 600 as compared with 1921.
Directors of the st. Louis-San Fran
cisco railroad approved the 1928
budget which calls for an expediture
of $4,000, 900.
The deposits in savings institu-
tons last year exceeded those of the
year before by 81, $780, 900, 900.
Twenty-Five per cent more life in
surance vas written in December,
1922. than in December, 1921.
British said to have broken off debt
negotiations through fear of Geo.
nomic troubles a. home, due to
French seizure of Ruhr.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1923-08-17
LAND BROUGHT UNDER PLOW
States ArtificialIy Irrigated to
Point of High Production.

Under the system of federal coop
GRAFTON the reclamation of Americas
arid lands proceeds today with in
creased speed and confidence. Before
1860 the number of farms under irri-
cation in the United States vas 500,
comprising 100000 acres; In 1910 the
acreage had increased to 14,433,2S5,
while by 1920 the government census
shows 1,916,391 farms under irrigation,
with an irrigated acreage of 19,191,-
716 and an area subject to irrigation
under projected systems In excess of
100000 acres. The present gross
area under irrigation In the United
States, all of which is the result OF
not more than 20 years activity, rep
resents one-fifth of the aggregate
lands now being irrigated on the
earth's surface. In addition we have
many great projects in view. including
the Columbia river project, which con-
templates the reclamation of 100000
900 acres of arid land, and the Colo
RADIO basin, with 7,000,000 acres, while
bills in congress and appropriations al
ready provided furnish many hundreds
of millions of dollars and include de-
in all parts of the country
where irrigation is In practicable
gar L. Hampton In Current History.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1923-08-17

quietly attentive. his calm face I'M
readable.
And suddenly this dull impasse was
the highest dune, was pointing sea-
ward. "She Is coming ini She is
making the inlet wi tide and topsil
air !"
The Seraphine was moving. Then
there was another shout. Above her.
In the misty offing, another sail
showed, dimly and slowly under way.
"The Spanish frigate, sIrI" cried
Bohon. standing in close as she
dares, to iook the schooner over !
Crackley must ha' hammered her rud-
der on the bar last night see a
false rig over her end. She's fouled,
and he's laying her up in the wooded
river out o. the kings big gunst"
De Almonaster shrugged; it meant
the end of flight or hiding for those
marooned on the open reef. "Ah.
well -" he glanced about: "Mademoi-
selle, our honorable gentlemen may
well look ~aghastI" He laughed. but
to the chief he muttered: Monsieur
Sazarac, we might as well build a fort
In the sands and sell our lives dearly.
If not the S%paniards, 1t will be the
Campeche savages coming out upon
us. II not them, starvation and the
u in a few days. There is no water
on this reef, Monsieur"
Mademoiselle had listened. De Al
monsters tone was light, as If both
the gentlemen were affecting a debo-
nair nonchalance for her sake. Mon
sieur Sazarac's shrug was of delicate
dissent to discuss their lives end in
her presence. Then he smiled dis
family:
"You will recall the instruction l
nee gave? You were TO be my pris-
oner. Monsieur, in event the Seraphine
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1923-08-17

was taken ON the seas? You were to
against you will"
De Almonaster flushed to his eyes:
"Monsieurl Do you think that +"
he stopped. Sazarac could not offer
him life lightly in her presencel
Undoubtedly the Spaniard will ac-
cept you and Mademoiselle Lestron-
Monsieur Dominique, also-a munich
pal officer of New Orleans Z.
there is no reason why the Spaniards
should not receive and protect you"
"And your The younger man
could not help the whispered question.
81 take 1t that the S%paniards will
attack the Seraphine in those woods
and leave no soul living on her. I as
sumo that the mouth of every scoun-
drel on her Will be closed by death.
Then you-with Madelnoiselle Lestron
to the frigate-and say that you were
marooned by the buccaneers. and
claiming protection. Why, the Span
ish governor at Merida, or Vera Cruz,
must know of Carr's plotl Surely he
would welcome Mademoiselle Lestron
and her friendsl
"Why, are you not, Monsieur. also
my friend. and protected with rhe?"
the girl cried wonderingly. "It Is,
indeed, a fair story-an intrigue to
save us ALL Why did l not think the
Spaniards would protect us when they
will suppose that / am still In the plot
of Carr's purpose to aid their
schemes? Messieurs, / can safeguard
you all to Vera Cruz with that plea u
They all heard her. But a silence
fell. The girl looked eagerly from
one weathered face to another Of
Monsieur Sazarae's few followers.
Suddenly Monsieur Sazarac laughed
again. Aloud and clearly. He arose
and adjusted his neckerchief. There
was a gasp, a grumbling bewilderment,
and then laughter from all the old
buccaneers. They slapped each other
on the shoulders, ~grinning knowingly
at their chief.
my compliments to the lady"
shouted Johannes, but the climate
o. Vera Cruz-my lungs are delicate! :"
"And l mind that ! might have a
humor o. the blood were | there!"
Knocked Bohon.
my head" complained the o u
Nez Coupe, "the rest of 1t might 60
a-twist Mt sight OF the governors
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1923-08-17
Sources Of Arsenic.

The most important sources of the
worlds supply of arsenic are the sill
yer mines Of Saxony. the tin and pyrite
mines of England and the mispickel
(arsenical pyrites) mines of Spain and
the province Of Ontario, Canada. The
Canadian mispickel contains gold.
Germany. in normal times, produces
the greatest quantity of metallic and
white arsenic, England, which led the
worlds production in 1912, having
fallen behind. 1t is estimated that the
United States consumes about half Of
the entire production of metallic. white.
red and yellow arsenic. The yellow
arsenic is known as orpiment. In the
arts arsenic Is used In pyrotechny and
In the manufacture of shot, as well rs
for medicine and the making of fly
powders.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1923-08-17

Observation-Disclosures Calvin Coo
lidge has succeeded Warren G. Harding.
He is the thirtieth president Of the
United States. He is the sixth vice
president to succeed through the death
of the president. The five other presi-
dents were William Henry Harrison,
Taylor, Lincoln. Garfield and McKin-
ley.
Calvin Coolidge took the oath as
President of the United States at
Plymouth, VT, at 2:47 a. m. Friday,
August g.. The ceremony took place
In the living room of the residence Of
the new Presidents father. John @.
Coolidge. The oath of office was ad-
m%inistered by the father, M is a no
tary public. The text Of the presiden-
tia1 oath had been telephoned to Mr..
Coolidge at Plymouth from the White
House.
Statement by New Chief.
President Coolidge received the news
of the death Of President Harding and
of his own elevation to the presidency
at ten minutes before midnight, stand
ard time, Thursday.
Mr.. Coolidge received the first news
through kilograms from George G.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1923-08-17
Proud Owner.

An Augusta (MaIne) nan has a shiny
new car. One day the radiator over
flowed and left rust all over the front
OF the car. Whereupon the proud own
err drew a IS bill from his pocket anx
wiped off the stains. Needless to say.
he returned it to his pocket after the
Job was finished and he had shaken
the dust from the bill.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1923-08-17
HIGH SPOTS IN
COoLIDGE'S CAREER

Born July 4. 1872. at Plym-
outh, VT.
Graduated from Amherst col
lege. 1895. Studied law North
ampton, Mass.
Married Grace A. Goodhue,
Burlington, VT, 1905.
Councilman Of Northampton;
city solicitor; clerk of courts;
chairman Republican city COM
mittee. 1899 to 1904.
Member general court OF Mas
chusetts, 1907'0S.
Mayor Of Northampton, 1910
1911.
Member state senate, 1912-'15.
President Of senate, 1914-'15.
Lieutenant governor Massa-
chusetts, 1~916'17-'1S.
Governor of Massachusetts,,
1920.
Elected vice president Of Unit
ed States. 1920.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1923-08-17
How to HANG Old Glory.

When the flag Is hung OF a wall or
against a building. the blue field should
be to the left of an observer. II the
flag has no background-hanging in
the street or out In the open-the field
should be to the north or east.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1923-08-17
CALVIN COOLIDGE,
GRACE COOLIDGE"
Message Tells of Death.
At the Head Of Everything.

At the head of all the sciences and
arts, at the head of civilization and
progress, stands-not militarism, the
science that kills. not commerce. the
art that accumulated wealth-but agri-
culture. the mother of an industry. and
the maintainer Of human life.-Gar-
field.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1923-08-17

Christian. Jr.. secretary to President
Harding.
Mr.. Coolidge issued the following
statement:
Reports have reached me, which
l fear are correct, that President Hard
ing is gone. The world has lost a
great and good man. | MOURN his
loss. He was my chief and my friend.
1t will be my purpose to carry out the
policies which he has begun for the
service of the American people and for
meeting their responsibilities wherever
they may arise.
For this purpose, I shall seek the
cooperation of all those who have been
associated with the President during
his term of office. Those who have
given their efforts to assist him | wish
assist me.
81 have faith that God will direct
the destinies of our nation"
The following telegram was sent to
Mrs. Harding:
plymouth, vt, Aug. 3, 1923.
Mrs. Warren G. Harding, San
Francisco. Cal: We offer you our
deepest sympathy. May God bless you
and keep you.
CALVIN COOLIDGE,
GRACE COOLIDGE"
Message Tells of Death.
The telegram announcing the death
Of the President vas as follows:
palace hotel, San Francisco, CAL,
Aug. 3, 1923.-Mr. Calvin Coolidge,
Plymouth, Vt: The President died. In
simultaneously and without warning.
while %conversing with members Of his
family, at 7:30 p. m His physicians
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1923-08-17

Our word for that m~alodorous AMI
NAL we call a skunk Is an abbrevia-
ton of the Indian word seganku. In
England the animal u known a. 4
polecat.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1923-08-17

Some people try to make the o. of
themselves and some others take anti
fat.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1923-08-17
stray ats Of Wisdom.

Give me health and a day and I
will make the pomp of emperors ride
ulcu1.-Emerson.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1923-08-17

Let not the sun look down and say.
'1nglorious here he lies"
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1923-08-17
Loves Status.

Love is the business of the idle, but
he idleness of the busy.-Anonymoua
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1923-08-17
CALVIN COOLIDGE NOW IS PRESIDENT
Takes Oath of Office at His Fathers Home in Vermont
and Hastens to Washington to Assume
Duties of Chief Executive.

report that death was apparently due
to some brain embolism. probably an
onopioxv