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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-10-22
u Colby Preparing Annual Clash Next Saturd
Millionaires' Snappy
Midget Player Signs
In n. Y. State League

Hailed by Maine baseball fans as
one of the snappiest shortstops in the
Maine State League and named by Au-
gusta fans as the wearer Of the dirt
lest uniform in the whole league.
Shorty" fitzpatrick, who gave fans
thrill after thrill by his shoestring
plays on the baseball diamond last sea-
son, may be lost to Maine fans next
season as 1t is understood he has
signed a contract TO play with the Har-
risburg club Of the New York State
League next year.
That Shorty's popularity follows him
wherever he goes is shown from the
following article in the Providence
Journal: Arthur E. (Shorty) KiIpat-
rick, star shortstop on the Brown Uni
versity baseball team in 1922 and also
available in a few games the past sea-
son, who would have been a third year
man had he returned to the hill this
fall. signed = contract recently TO play
with the Harrisburg club of the New
York State League next year.
while at Brown. Fitzpatrick was the
victim of hard luck, following his first
successful season with the nine. when
he was one of Coach Wally Smells lead
ing batters, with a mark well over 800.
and a sensational fielder as well. In
1923 he Was ineligible. and last spring
when slated for an infieId berth he had
to go to the hospital with injuries. He
recovered. played a few games. includ-
ing the first OF the Yale series, and
then broke a bone in his hand, the ac-
cident keeping him on the bench there
after.
Fitzpatrick was also a basketball
and football man of varsity calibre. al
though he did not go out for either
, sport. He was without a peer among
Connecticut schoolboys on the sridiron
when he called the numbers for An
sonia High. The clever little athlete
| is now working in Elizabeth, y. j.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-10-22

them directly to the trains Fifty
tellers are employed to count and
tally the incoming votes. and.
though the poll Of The Digest ia
unofficial. it has been surrounded
with official safeguards. The bal.
lots are printed on a special card.
board which has colored base.
There are only four presses in the
country capable of doing this par
tcular work and every pound of
paper thus prepared is accounted
for while The Digest poll Is in
progress.
The votes are sorted and Tailed
by states to show the probable
vote in the Electoral College. Be-
sides his 1924 choice each voter
has been asked to designate which
party he voted for in 1920. These
figures show the shifting of the
votes among the several parties in
each state and are said to make
possible the most comprehensive
analysis ever attempted officially or
unofiicially.
The final returns Of The Dieest's
poll will be announced on October
31st and the editors believe their
returns will be substantiated tho
following Tuesdax
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-10-22
COMING EVENTS

oct. 14-23-Biennial convention cov-
o Sntn Day Aventists. Des Moline, Iowa.
oct. l2-State Branch American Na.
turopathic Association Portland wa
oct. 23-kennebec Farm Bureau nm
nual meeting. Augusta.
oct. Ex-Governor and Council mootinp
at 10 A. NJ. Augusta. b
~. o-ifellninary competitive ex-
n nabojis for West Point and An
oc,; 26-3o-Fifth annual meeting of
oo Maine local health officers. Augustnl
o oct' 2 % day. 's "' w.
oct. Eo-Somerset County Farm Ru-
Oc .ea1 20 annual meeting. Skowhegan.
and criminal term. Wiscasset
oct: 30-Maine Parent Teachers. SEQ.
Uiation at :. Bangor High school.
oct; So-3l-Ah,ine Teachers Conven.
ton. Bangor
oct. 3l-All Hallow'5 Eve.
Nov 4-PresidentiaI election.
nov 4-u. :. District Court. Hanpor
Nov- 4-Cumberland Superior Cnnrt
4. tlFl! Term, Portland -
Not. 4-Penobscot Superior Court
civil term, Bangor.
Nov. 11--Armistics dav.
Nov. 11-13-Eighth annual convenfio,
Association of Maine Assessors
~ nan OF REPRESENTATIVES. Augusta.
Nov. lS-l9-2O-Annual exhibiiions of
MAINE Dairymen's ISOLATION. Maine
S1eaanerymen's Association. Maine
Seed Improvement Associat. son and
Maine Pomoiogicai Society at new
armory. Lewiston
land. Vi
Maine Fairs
Nov. 4-o-OxfOrd County Fruit show,
South Paris
Nov 1s-2O-Androscoggin Poultry,
Lewiston
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-10-22
INJURY RIPS
GREAT HOLE IN
WATERv|LLE SQUAD

Especial to the Kennebec JournaD
Waterville highs injured list Is in
creasing daily and it will be soon
difficult for Coach Hendrick to put
eleven men on the field IL the hard
luck continues. Last Saturday
against Cony. McMullen, the big
guard, received several broken ribs
and he will not be fit to play Satur-
day against the strong Bangor high
team.
Comparing the scores Of Banor and
Waterville against the powerful
Thornton academy team il would
seem as though the Elm City boys
had the stronger team, hut such is
not the case at present. Waterville
is in a slump and she is also in n
streak of hard luck. Herd. the best
man on the team. and probably one
Of the best linemen in the state. is
out for the rest of the season with Il
broken arm. This has completely
demoralized the Purple and White as
much of the success Of last years
team was due to the fine work of
Herd. With McNIullen unable to play
the center of the lin will have n large
gap that will be hard 70 fill. Coach
HendriCk will have to use a green
man in this position
Donovan. the star of the game was
pretty we'll used up in the Cuny
game. he was out of his head several
times during the game. due to a kick,
but he played the whole game and
was the only man who could pene-
trate the strong Red and White de-
Tense. However this brilliant per-
former will be in shape for the BAN
Gor tussle and it is on his ability to
SKIRT the ends. punt and pass. that
Waterville hopes to win the game.
1t is tough predicament for any
coach to be in. when his team IS
crippled and much credit is due
Coach HendriCk for the way that he
has Kept his team together. he knows
football and with mediocre material
has turned out winning teams so that
he is deserving of lot of sympathv
Tor the way that things have been
breaking.
The squad is practicing hard this
week as they intend to give the
Cueen city aggregation warm recep-
tion when they come together on
Seaverns Field Saturday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-10-22

more sold above 1920 per head ana
me pairs OF well matched horses If
"ooo IDS. sold for $500 per pair A.
tue auction low prices ruled and mos.
VI me ouyers We're out of state horse
dealers. 1t was slow work c,eaninp
up the horses on hand. and to show
the extremely poor market the saIes
oi some good sound Young 100 III
horses at $40 each, but not thorough.
~ broken. represent INV values ran.
Good quality heavy green drafters
LOO to 1000 lbs. at retail at 5000 N
s"oo per head. with drafters of 1850
to 100 lbs, at 5000 a $3.50; wagon
horses. farm chunks and general
purpose horses. 1900 to 400 lbs. both
green and seconds sold at sl95 &.
Si.9. with lighter horses down to $40.
biemlshed seconds at SIS tos5n.>
j. Z. Keith sold at his Brighton
stables three carloads of green hor-
SEES ts4 headD and IS seconds. All of
the horses were cleaned out, but pric
es IN many OF the sales ran very low
with only good values received NJ
private sale. This week but one car
load from the west is expected with
large number of nearby seconds.
AT the other sale stables there was
mostly one car each of fresh country
forses. with the rest of the offerings
made up of aCclimated and seconds
The demand was udll.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-10-22

addressers average over one mil.
lion envelopes a day.
Next the envelopes are sent to
the mailing rooms. There n
hundred stacks of ballots reach
the ceiling. A steady stream of
trucks constantly arrives with en-
velopes and instructions. And
twenty automatic stamping mach
ines clatter necessarily. These are
Uncle Sans cash registers. Every
hour OF the day they ring up
over two million pennies.
Above all the noise there is the
feminine babel OF over five hun
dred young women who are as
sembling the 100000 pieces OF
printed matter-15. 000.0 900 ballots
and 100000 instructions which
are inserted into the $4,000, 900 ad.
dressed envelopes. These young
women do their work with light
ming speed as over 900. 900 individ-
ual ballots go through the gov
eminent cancelling machines every
eight hours
To handle this huge amount of
mail a postal sub-station is estab-
lished in the mailing rooms and
thirty : Ave Official government
clerks sort the letters and send
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-10-22
MAINE THIRSTING
FOR REVENGE ON
COLBY GRIDDERS
Especial to Kennebee Journai)

Especial to Kennebec JournaD
University Of Maine, Oct. 21.-All
Maine college football fans will cast
their eyes towards Orono next satur-
day, where Colby ana the University
of Maine, winners in the first lap OF the
STATE series race. will meet for their
little debate on the football question.
The results of the Colby Maine game
Will no doubt predict the 1924 cham
pionship.
Maine, 4 doubtful winner before the
Bates game, produced . driving attack
that could not be stopped by the light
er Bates eleven. The warcry They
can't stop US" 10 very much in evil
dence on the Maine campus. Maine
sure In right after the old title this
year.
The game Saturday will be grudge
battle from start to finish when Colby
struts onto Alumni Field. Maine can
not and Will not forget the game that
the much weaker Colby team took
away from the Maine "heavies" last
fall. and along with the game cham
pionship. Maine will never be salts
field until that stolen game has been
well paid for.
Encouraged by the decisive defeat
which his team handed Bates last week.
Coach Brice commrn need today 10 mould
the Maine Bears into shape for their
coming struggle. The team came
through the game In fine style and all
Il the regulars who'played Saturday will
be in there when the whistle blows for
! the revenge which Maine firmly be-
lives will lake place.
| Names backfield is probably the
strongest In the state. Blair, Gruhn.
Eepsc ha, Foster an: Cults represent n
| powerful combination that Is hard to
! stop. All these men run hard and low
and they have smashed through every
line they have faced this season.
The pale blue line while not so heavy
as in past years, seems to stand up
well on the defence and is a glutton for
punishment. Led by the big blonde
| Fraser. who Is q bear for blocking
! punts. and the veteran Dwelley. the
| line worries not about it's tackle posi-
, tions. Fred Newhall, a seasoned end
and well trained in the art of grabbing
| the oyoid from the ozone. IL holding
down left end in great shape. while
: Stanton, n new product OF the Brice-
coached system, seems to be holding
| his own in the absence Of Bill Elliott
who is still under the doctors care.
! The regular guards. Campbell and Lit
| tlefield. may be in shape for the next
two games. Provided they are still
. absent. w. Elliott Savage and Patter.
son are all heavy and capable of open
| ing up holes for the offence. Center
position is being filled by Simons and
Iysman. two new men to Maine foot
ball fans. These men. while perhaps
not so experienced as some of their on.
ponents have caused lot of worry to
/ the Centers they have faced this year
| Maine students are back of their
team In body and an immense cole
bration is planned, for Maine Night
next Friday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-10-22

been fully explored and its dimen-
slonS are not known. 1t is believed
10 go down 500 feet below sealevel,
Inc ceilings in some places are so
hlSh that person standing on the
moor cannot see them even with
strong torches.
At the entrance 700 feet below are
.ntee iarse rooms. The biggest is
called Shlnav's Wigwam in honor OF
king of Navajo Indian mythology
me smallest is 1G0 feet long by 40
Ieet wide. The largest has not been
measured. The three are decorated
win cleaning onyx and thousands
OIL StalactitcS. Still another big
room farther on is more than n half
T IN length. The stalagmites rise
from the floor like great white mon =
uments. and the glitterjnr sidos ana
ceiling resemble the banquet room of
a NEUROLOGICAL king.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-10-22

HaineSmen are very efficient with
this attack and caused not little
confusion on the part of the Blue
defense. Head coach Roundy used
sullivan and Rood for ends on his
secon eleven to goo advantage. The
Blue and Gray mentor is very desir-
Gus of working up some substitute
ends TO take the places of the first
string men should injuries keep them
from any of the next two games.
Coach Roundy stated this evening
that he was satisfied with the manner
in which the first team took their work
and accomplished their end. but that he
would have TO spend a considerable
amount of time with the Wooden EGGS
to develop them so that in case of an
injury 10 first string man any one of
them could step into the line without
weakening the battle line. lie is sat
isfied that there is great deal of po-
tentiality in the ranks of the Wooden
Eggs but that what is needed is con-
siderable hard work on their part and
little attention from the coaches.
Tomorrow afternoon the coaches plan
to have Coburn and mixed college
team ScrimmaSe on the field for an
hour or so. Coach Ilaines is DESTROYS
of giving his men all they can stand
before their first game in the prep
school league with Westbrook Semina-
~, and Head Coach Roundy of the col
lege outfit is willing to send his
charges against the Maroon in scrim-
mage for the practice they rdU eive.
Assistant Coach Deasy is gradually
= i,,e II inf o Ia Sc
dition and has been working hard all
this week to get them ready for their
game with Wilton Academy at Wilton.
Saturday. The first year men We're
badly battered in the kents Hill game
last Saturday but are rounding back
into conditions, and this week they will
receive some additional plays from
their mentor. The potentiality of the
yearlings is great, but they have been
retarded in their work through a
change in coaching systems and other
breaks which were unavoidable. In
spite Of their late start they have
promise of putting up n fast and hard
battle the rest of the season.
The return of "Red" Littletield to
The ycarlipg squad yesterday after
noon was a great asset, as his pres
ence mas been sadly missed. He was
one of the unfortunate incliGibles of
the first of last week which pretty
nearly wrecked the ycarling team he
fore the Kents Hill game. but is bask
in the good graccS Of the faculty and
will I've able to play the rest of the
season.
Tomorrow Coach DcasY will give his
two freshman teams Il real Set-to in the
line of n scrimmaGe which he prom
iscs will he the hardest they have met
with this season.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-10-22
English Veterans
To Have Hardships

London. Oct. 4 CA. P. by maiN-
Closing OF the British Empire Ex-
hibition at Wembley shortly will re-
suit in additional serious unemploy.
ment among former service men. ac-
cording to officials OF the British
Legion. who are making extra efforts
to provide work for the men now EN-
ployed in the exhibition grounds and
buildings.
Pointing out that for the last three
months unemployment figures have
been heavier than for the corresond
ing period Of last year. one official of
the legion said that there was every
indication that the coming winter
would produce more distress among
former service men than any since
the armistice. due to the completion
or abandonment OF the many munic.
ipal relief schemes undertaken since
the war.
Individual cases OF hardship and
poverty reaching his notice. he add
ed. were increasing alarmingly in
number.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-10-22
Bat Cave In Texas
Being Explored

Dangling at the end of wire rope
40 feet into the underground home
of many thousands of bats. the gov
.ernor of the largest state in the Tn
ion and the governor of an adjoining
state recently explored the great
Carlsbad cavern discovered not long
ago in the Guadalupe mountains Of
southeastern New Mexico. The only
means of ingrrss is in a steel bucket,
which holds two persons if they are
not too large. The two governors.
Pat NJ. Neff, Of Texas. and j. l..
Hinckle. went down separately.
The less scenic part of Carlsbad
Cavern has been known for many
years as bat cave. Recently cX-
plorers traversed several miles of it,
halls and chambers, and some parts
of it We're found to have such start
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-10-22

morning paid for good COWS, was
3M5 1-2c. with few seXtras At &C.
Medium to good cows sold at 4G5c,
poor cows to ordinary sold at 3M4 &c.
Gamers and slippery cows brought
no better prices than week ago, but
the demand showed Improvement
two buyers talking nearly all the of
ferings and the market for these was
quickly cleared at 2&3c
n. r.. arrivals of veal calves were
moderately heavy. both at the
slaughterers and at the open mar
ket. The market was steady. Fancy
lots of heavy veals sold at 1l0l2c,
average MIXED lots at s LA 10 Lee,
drinkers and grassets care, calves
10 lbs. and under 5T6c.
The hog market made n break in
the constant advance in prices of
the past month. declining Il cent
on live hogs and "a cents on dressed
hogs. Although the decline was
sharp. hog quotations are still It
this lower level. we'll above any pre-
vious year since that OF 1892. The
break this week was in sympathy
with conditions in the west Live
hogs. fancy lots sold at 10 3-4G
II Sac. rough . 1-"ml0 1-oc boars
: 1-2m4 l2c: dressed hogs to the
packers at l4Ml4 1-2C.
New England sheep and lamb ar
rivals We're light. but western re-
ceipts were of good volume. The
market Is dun with sheep at 3TSc,
and lambs SMl2c.
The mich COW trade was quiet
and steady. but with too many cows
for the demand. The larger part of
the sales closed at $50d 1855. with ex-
ira choice COWS up to S165. and poor
and blemished cows down to $40.
Young stock bulls at s20@Go.
+ The live poultry market was firm.
Fowl - q &c. roasting chickens 26n
&c. chickens 20Q2ic, ROSTERS l6W
lSc.
TUESDAY SALES
Beef cattle-J. w. Brooks sold l
pr. steers, 1850 lbs. at s lie and 10
COWS at 81 a &c. Otis II. Furbush
sold l COW at &c and bologna cows
at &C. +. ID. Keenan, sold 3 bulls. av.
ll30 lbs. at 3 l-2c. 1 cow. 100 lbs. at
. f-cc. 10 slippery cows at Sc and So
Gamer cows at &c. Howard Gorses
sold slippery cows av. $50 lbs, at
l-"c. &. +. Gage sold IL cows at =
a &c.
Veal Calves-A. c. Warner and
Sons sold IL calves at 3? O. 10 l-oc.
John Fuller and Son sold 81 calves
ut &C a f0c. G. +. Gage sold 10
calves at 1oc. \. ID. Kilby sold so
calves at.9c.
Hogs-B. +. Howard sold 2 hogs at
10 a. lie. and | hog at &C.. T. Limon
sold 81 hogs. 1910 lbs, at 10 1-2c. A.
ID. Kilby sold so hogs at lie. c. r.
Gage sold hogs at 10 3-4c.
Sheep and I.ambs-C. +. Gage sold
IL lambs at lie.
HORSE MARKET
Boston. Oct. sl-There was a much
larger number of western horses on
the market during the past week. but
business was pretty much the same
as when offerings Of good horses
were limited. AS before the auctions
were very slow with bids toolow to
make any money for estern shippers.
who say that II the demand at Bos-
ton does not improve that they cam
not afford TO put up horses at auc-
tfon, selling them wholly at retail.
The retail end OF the trade was good
and the horses brought fair values.
but the demand Is not urgent. Few
Of the heavy horses of 1900 lbs. or
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ling magniflcence that President
Coolidge by proclamation. set it aside
as the Carlsbad National Monument.
This cave is among the largest in
the world and presents many mar
wells. From prehistoric times 1t
seems the bats have made their
homes here amid the striking under
ground scenery. For several years
large quantities of Quano have been
shipped from the cave.
At dusk the bats begin TO leave
the cave for their night of foraging.
For about three hours the winged
stream resembles smoke pouring
from Il smokCstack. In the early
morning they return, each folding its
wings when in midair above the open
ing of the cave and dropping down
into the shaft like a plummet.
The opening of the cavern is in
New Mexico but the cave itself cX-
tends into Texas. The cave has not
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-10-22
Expect Continuance
Basketball League
At Colby College
Especial to Kennebcc Journal

Watervillc. Oct. 21.-ln all probable
lily the lntermural Basketball League
at Colby College will be revived this
winter and carried on as has been the
custom the last few years. Last Win
ter strong organization was formed
and it is expected that the organizat ion
Will start functioning again soon after
the Christmas recess. This year there
will be an additional team in the field
with the LancerS Club recognized
fraternity This will make q total of
nine league teams and will compli-
cate the schedule Il little. but the rival
ry will be keener than ever before. Last
winter the league games created con-
siderable interest. especially towards
the end when there was tight race
with the Alpha Tau Omega, Delta Up
silon and -Fraternity teams rum
ming neck and neck. A play-off game
was ncceSSitated when the Alpha Taus
defeated the Delta Epsilon aggregation
with the Alpha Taus winning the title
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MaIan1uta of AIa.ka p,..inn


me malamute dog. for many veal
.ne famed stecd OF tho north, apa
rentiy is destined to go.
with the coming Of railroads. dor
Teams were driven farther into u
interior. And now the prevalence q
reihdeer herds and the growth u II
market garden and the town lot gar
ueh nave caused restrictions to ,
ara"n around the malamute until !
IS coming to be cIassed q nuisance
me more settled parts Of sOulhet
Alaska. The malamutc had b
genesis In the wolves and wild 30
OF the north. All fowls and quadip
peds were his common prey. ~
when. in more modern days. n mar
mute began pulling down relnGI
and the livestock Of farmers. he T'
treated as n wolf and hunted dow
owing to the light demand "
dogs. 1t is difficult TO procure phs
bred specimens south of the inHY
and the one-timc arstocrat OF y, ~
Arctic Is becoming miXed win ~
blood of so many mongrcls thas y
has almost lost his identity.
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Smooth Difficulties
Between Colleges
Regarding Track

Lewiston. Me-. Oct. 21-The differ
ences between the University of
MAINE Bates. Rowdoin and Colby,
which threatened to disrupt the
Maine lntercolleGe Field and Track
ASSOCIATION have been adjusted sat-
lslactorily to all concerned and the
Maine state championships will be
heid next spring as planned, it was
stated today by Oliver T.. Cults.
Bates physical director.
;. the University of Maine withdrew
It's resignation. he said, following a
meeting here last night. at which
each college was to be permitted 10
select its own representatives 10 tho
state association instead of being
required to send the student track
manager and the paid track coach.