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The Bismarck tribune., 1924-07-29
GRAIN DEALERS
ARE AGAINST
MERGER DEAL
Country Elevator Association
Would Withhold Indorse-
ment at Present

Des Moines, July 29.--The Nation
al Farmers Grain Dealers associa-
tion in which 5000 grain elevators
in the middlewest hold membership.
refused to indorsc the recently or
ganized in Marketing company Of
Chicago The association declared it
would continue to withhold its in
dorsement until the grain mergers
organization plans were modified to
provide that all stock must be held
by farmers elevator companies and
not by individuals.
The resolution adopted at the
close of an llday session to which
none but association members and
few others were admitted was:
1--WE do not favor any terminal
marketing proposition of any sort
unless all stock in it is held and
owned by farmers elevators compan-
les and not by individuals nor do
we favor the entering of any farm
ers CO operative elevators company
into any terminal marketing venture
until sufficient number Of other
such companies have agreed to affil
late with the venture to insure con
troll by the cooperative elevator
companies; or until sufficient cap
ital has been subscribed by such
companies to properly finance the
venture.
simultaneously the organization
indorsed the plans and purposes of
the National Farmers Elevator Com
mission company now being pro
noted by the Farmers Elevator com
panies of Illinois and Iowa and
commended it to all farmers eleva-
tor organizations tributary to the
Chicago market.
Failure to recognize officially the
Chicago merger plan was predicted
according to John +. Gustafson,
president of the association, upon
the contention that "Chicago grain
men are telling the farmer what to
do"
The Bismarck tribune., 1924-07-29
Schools in Early Days

The first schools were started in
the early history Of mankind.
Schools were first held out of doors
and the teaching was conducted
orally. similar to the Hindu Brah-
man schools. Among the Hebrews
the laws were expounded by oral
teaching from the, porches Of the
temples. The amount, of instruc-
tion greatly increased from the
mere oral teaching of the law until
1t Involved letters and arithmetic.
Among the Spartans the education
was almost entirely along new lines.
Elementary schools became com
mon after the Christian era and
In 81 A. d. they were made obliga.
tory. In Athens nearly all Of the
schools were private. teaching
music and literature, reading, writ.
Ing. arithmetic. geography and
drawing. In early Rome. the
schools taught reading and writ.
Ing and sometimes arithmetic.
The Bismarck tribune., 1924-07-29
Pigs Make Faithful
Guardian of Sheen

In this country one seldom says
anything kind about pigs. Yet they
are highly esteemed In other parts
Of the world. says London Answers.
In the Apennines they are used
to guard sheep. One man in each
village acts as shepherd to the COM
munity. and is allowed a sheep pig
to assist him when the animals are
out at pasture. The mans task is
an easy >one-he may amuse- him
self by playing the flute or he may
even sleep for a few hours while
the pig faithfully guards the flock.
In the evening the same trust.
worthy guardian sedulously singles
out the sheep belonging to this
house or that, and never makes a
mistake.
Where truffles grow pigs are used
to find and root them up. If care
fully trained pig will keep for
his master all the truffles he up
roots.
In Ireland. Of course, the pigs
merits have always been recog-
nized. There he Is the "gintleman
that pays the rint.'
The Bismarck tribune., 1924-07-29
Age of Alligators

The Department of Agriculture
says that the age of an alligator
can only he determined by one who
has had experience with thcse rep
tiles. Alligators grow very slowly,
and 1t is estimated that at fifteen
years of age they are only two feet
long; therefore, "a 12-fo"tcr may
reasonably he presumed to he sev-
enty-five years of age. The rate
Of growth varies with animals in
their wild state and those kept i'm
captivity, and 1t is also governed
by the amount as well us the type
Of food given.
The Bismarck tribune., 1924-07-29
CARRINGT0N
SAFE CRACKED
Police and County Officials
Securing Country

Darlington, N. D., July 29.-Police
and county officials are securing
the vicinity for trace of cracksmen
who blew open the safe of the Stan
dard Oil company and escaped with
more than $100 in currency, at 2
q. m. yesterday.
The men blew open the outer door
with nitro-glycerine and pried open
the inner door and deposit boxes
containing the cash. This robbery
makes the second early morning at
tempt at the local station recently,
the safe having been chiseled open
on the morning of May 18.
Several people in the neighbor-
hood of the oil station reported that
The Bismarck tribune., 1924-07-29
More of EN-

MA. can't |, have another apple
dumpling?" asked six.ycar-old Eta.
'No, dear, there is but one for
each of us; the cook counted
noses"
"Oh, dear. wish she had count
ed ears" said Etta.-BaitimOre
Sun.
The Bismarck tribune., 1924-07-29
Meaning Of "Dickens"

'Dickens" is an interjectional
expression signifying astonishment,
impatience and Irritation. It is
usually used with words of interro-
cation such as what, where. how
and why. The name has nething
to do with Charles Dickens. II
was used by Shakespeare over two
centuries before Dickens was born.
In merry Wives of Windsor" Mrs.
Page says: II cannot tell what the
dickens his name is my husband
had him Of" Dickens is be.
lieved to be a euphemism of deuce
or devil, which have the same ini.
tial letter.-Pathflnder Magazine.
The Bismarck tribune., 1924-07-29

they heard the sound of an cXplos
ed it, believing the noise to have
been caused by the. contracting of
numerous barrels piled in the yard.
An envelope containing $i.S5 in
silver was overlooked by the cracks
men and was found lying on the
floor by the managers this morning.
The Bismarck tribune., 1924-07-29
Cave the Game Away

Among the side shows there was
q collection of "freaks"
wonders, living skeletons, fat wom-
en- and SO forth, according to q
story told by Charles B. Cochran.
About the best draw of the lot was
the bearded lady. One day the reg.
ular attendant who collected the
admission money was temporarily
absent, his place being taken by
q little girl. A gentleman who had
been deeply interested in this par
ticular freak Of nature remarked
casually to the child as he was
passing out: II suppose. my dear.
that the lady inside is your
mother?S
"Oh, no. sir!" the little girl re-
piled, momentarily taken off her
guard by the unexpected query.
"She's my dad!"
The Bismarck tribune., 1924-07-29
Almost Lost It

IL was advised If | wished to he
lucky" remarked the close man.
"to throw penny over the bridge
the first time the train crossed run.
ming water. did it, but the string
nearly got entangled when l was
pulling it up again"
The Bismarck tribune., 1924-07-29

the country. "Mail Pouch" has for
gotten his real name. q The queer
title was pinned on him years ago
when he swapped pieces of carving
for free rides on mail trains.
The Bismarck tribune., 1924-07-29
Cheap at the Price

Bobby, if you're IA good boy this
afternoon while Pm entertaining
company III give you a nickel"
"A nickel Gee WhiZ, mother.
you're always looEin' for bargains"
Boston Evening TRANSCRIPT.
The Bismarck tribune., 1924-07-29

Chicago is the largest consumer
of imported peanuts in this coun-
try.
The Bismarck tribune., 1924-07-29

."Mail Pouch, is the name he goes
by and he halls from just any
college town. His business is carv-
ing watch charms, pipes and other
things out Of Colorado sshale. He
sells his wares to college students
and has visited every college in
The Bismarck tribune., 1924-07-29

There are more than 5000 farm.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-24
By wEsTBROOK PEGLER

{Leased Wire to The Age-Herald)
 NEW YORK, Jan. 22-The unseemly calm that overspreads the land where lately Firpo floundered and the Giants flopped and golfers dubbed their titles will soon be disturbed again by the thump of knuckles and clubs and bats and the impassioned below of the clientele. Sport, for the time being, consists almost entirely of reminiscence and prospect. The indoor track sea son is a dull business, basketball is not of national interest and only mathe- matfcians can pretend to care whether some swimmer breaks the tank record pered herring stroke.
 In other words, sport at present con- sists mostly of ancient bunk and hope full ballyhoo, in which later activity all branches are competing for notice. Ballyhood used to be a special preroga- tive of Tex Rickard, but since the government discovered how sect are it's uses in raising sugar for the treasury 1t has become a respectable device of such dignified sport organizations as the A. A. U, the lawn tennis associa- tion and the Olympic committee. In few weeks the, ball clubs will take to the Pullmans and chatter away to realm of grass and flowers, to say nothing of condensed milk and rainfall, which are also characteristic of the one-day stops along the train ing tour. Shortly afterward the ele- ment of doubt will run screaming up and down the country to alarm the na- tion about the possibility of Jack Dempsey's being outpointed by Tom Gibbons.
 The old year was the greatest of all in sport in that it was noisiest, richest and most active. In the more dig nified and less popular games the champions defended their titles as best they could at regular engagements. Champion fighters crowded the rings in their eagerness to be up and doing while the public was so eager to be done.
 To Be Great Year
 But 1924 will be even more ve- hement.
 in common with celebrated national statute. It is frequently honored in the breach. But these may be re- garded as big promissory events of 1924:
 Helen Wills and Molla Mallory at tennis in America.
 Helen Wills and Suzanne Lenglen at
 Bill Tilden and little Johnston on opposing sides of the seine in the na- tional championship.
 Tilden and Johnston standing to- gether against another attack of the Australians in the challenge round of the Davis cup tournament
 Bobby Jones against the world in.the American open golf a championship; Arthus Havers in the same predicament in the British open.
 The United States against the world in the Olympic games.
 Then there will be the fights. Now that Tex Rickard has preserved this l strenuous amusement in NeW Yorlr state, 1t Is as certain as anything that Jack Dempsey will fight twice this year First, he will take up the christening of Tom Gibbons, and after a discreet
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-24
Tigers Practice Mem

DETROIT, Jan. 23.-Eighteen> prac- tice games have been scheduled by the Detroit American league baseball team during their spring southern training trip. A few additional games may be scheduled in the neighborhood of Au- gusta, Ga.
 The schedule forwarded to the club office here by Manager Cobb, who per sonally. approved the. itinerary, include eight contests with Toronto, five with Cincinnati, two with Memphis, and one each with Atlanta, Rochester and Ash vile. The team will play in Georgia, North and South Carolina. Alabama and Tennessee.
 The schedule follows:
 March 20,, Toronto, at Macon, Ga.; March 21, Rochester, at Savannah, Ga; March 22, Toronto, at Augusta, Ga.; March 24, Toronto, at Greenville. S. C.; March 25, Toronto, at Winston Salem, N. C.; March 26.. Toronto. at Greens boro, N. C.; March 27, Toronto, at Ral- leigh, N. C.; March 28, Toronto, at Charlotte, N. C.; March %, Atlanta, at Atlanta, Ga; April 2, Toronto, at Greenwood, 8. C.; April 3, Asheville, at Ashevlile, N. C.; April 4, 5, 6, practices at Augusta,, Ga.; April ', Cincinnati, at Atlanta, Ga.; April 8, Cincinnati, at Birmingham; April 9, Cincinnati, at Chattanooga; April 10, Cincinnati, at Cleveland, Tenn; April Il, Cincinnati, at Knoxville, Tenn; April 12, 13, Mem phis, at Memphis.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-24
FROM THE OBSERVATORY LOOKING tPOSPECTS OVER
BOXERS TO STEER CLEAR OF THE PROFESSIONAL RING GAME

A strong appeal to the college youth, who, with cleverness in fistic ability develops ambitions of a professional career, to steer clear of the fight game Spider Kelly, boxing instructor of Princeton. A rapid rise, mayhaps a crown, a fast descent and oblivion, such is the life of the fighter, the most bril- liant career that the fondest dreams of the fighter can picture. A favorite at the age of 25 to 30. possibly. and a tramp at the age of. sS; no hope for the bred men. 4,
 But not only Is this article of in- terest to Birmingham people for it's sound advice to the youth of this city. as well, as other cities over the United States, but also from the fact that it brings to light several prominent Bir- mingham men of today, who were, in their youth, prominent in collegiate boxing circles and who may have made a record in the professional ring but for their choice of pursuit of higher and more fitting career. ''eTs
 Arthur Crowder, now manager of the Prudential Life Insurance company considered, one of the best amateur box CTS in Dixie, forsook the path of glory in the eyes of the small boy and the rabtu boxing fans and followed another course.. Not champion, but manager, now he is known, and by service and skill and not by hefty wallops he bat ties forward in life. The Badham brothers, seven of them, sons of H. l.. Badham, president of the Bessener Coal, Iron and Land company. were, in their college days and afterward, known as amateur boxers of repute. Bill was the flying squadron champion in Europe during the war, and, while at Yale won the middle and light heavy weight championships. Bob won the featherweight championship, while the other five won championships at college ip their day.
 There is no sport more manly and more adapted to building up youth; morally and physicaily, than amateur boxing, but the moment that it merges into professionalism its merits are lost. It Is changed, presto, into a battle for money, a wild scramble for recognition that larger purses can be obtained. In many instances the life and associa- tions wreck the morals of upright youngsters, and their future is gone.
 The college graduate.fishter hero of the writers of present-day boxing stories are only fiction. The young man learns to fight cleverly in college, professional ring temporarily to help out a widowed mother and wins a wife, the daughter, of rich sportsman who has admired him in the ring, is pure fiction; nothing more. .
 So, with all the wisdom of 22 years experience with college boys, which fol-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-24
UP THE MINUTEI
LINEUP OF GREAT SPORT
 ~ EVENTS IN YEAR 1924
Many Celebrated Stars Will Clash And Title Be Put At Stake In Competition During
 Present Year

lapse of time he will confer his atten- tion on either Harry Wills or Luis Angel Firpo. The nominee for tho second bout will emerge from the Wills Firpo fight, provided they do fight. If they don't, Dempsey's customer will be Firpo again, as Rickard prefers him for box office reasons.
 Leonard Active
 Benny Leonard has his choice of three opponents just now, and the first one probably will be Pal Moran of New Orleans. Jack Zivic of Pittsburg, who was an Olympian four years ago., Is rising gradually to Leonard's class. Nate Goldman, who brought Leftie Lewie Tender humping to the floor just lately, is another applicant for some business with Leonard, but he is said to be rather heavy for a light weight. Perhaps he and Zivic can set- tie the matter of priority.
 Mike McTigue is fairly certain to be whipped if he accepts contact with any one of several light Gib- bons, Greb, Tunney or Young Stribling should beat him easily, and even Ad Stone, a new light-heavy from the ma- rine corps, might do 1t.
 The new English boxers, Ted Moore and Roland Todd, have shown quite well, and one of them is likely to spar his way to a championship bout with Greb, who holds the middleweight title. Paul Berlenbach, the redeemed and penitent wrestler. Is too new to the professional fight business to be re- garded as a challenger of Greb just yet.
 There will be big fights. too, in the bantam and feather and flyweight classes. The Cincinnati Reds will fight the Giants for the National league pen nant and the Tanks will fight the winner for a second forld champion ship. The country will resound with the roars of the football crowds and the thump of leather on leather. Zev will race against Britain's best in Eng land and Epinard against Americas best in America.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-24
Fight Pictures Clear
By Tad


 The question of whether Jack Demp- sey. walloped Luis Angelo Firpo on the beezer befofe he could get off the rosin- coated canvass, which, incidentally, was his place of repose during a large portion of the fight, and other ques- tions of like nature will be in a large way settled in the minds of Birming- ham fight fans when the pictures of the Dempsey Firpo fight open at the Rialto theatre next week.
 The pictures are said to be one of the dearest sets ever made of 8 fight and a much better production than that of the Dempsey Carpenter fracas. The cameraman was at the ringside and shooting at close range. The blow that was questioned as a foul, in that Firpo was on his knees when struck, Is shown clearly in the scene of the mo- ment. Dempsey volplaning out of the ring is another interesting bit of photo play that fans will be curious to see.
 Slow motion pictures of the entire first round show the style of fighting of both boxers clearly and how and when the blows that counted landed. It Is said that the pictures show a very groggy heavyweight champion in the ring following his scramble back through the ropes after the flight to the ringside. His narrow escape is only enhanced by the scene of the ac- tion during the second round.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-24
Cruickshank To Play.


 SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Jan. B. Bobby Cruiclxshank, the Shaciamaxon professional who was runner-up to Bobby Jones, the Atlanta Amateur, at the national open golf championship last July. added his name to the list of stars who are going to compete for the $6,o00 purse in the Texas open championship in this City February IA, IS and 16.
 Havers, British open champion; Okenden, French open title holder; Gene Sarazen, American professional champion; Joe Kirkwood, Australian open champion, and Bob Macdonald, metropolitan title holder,i are some of the other big knights. of links who are entered in the San. Antonio classic.
 The dates for some of, the other tournaments have been slightly changed. Corpus Christi will hold tournament February q and 22; Hous- ton, February 25 and % for $2Oo0; New Orleans, February 2S, 29 and March 1, S2,000, and Augusta, Ga, March 4 and 5, $1,000.- After that tour nament the migratory golfers will go to the Carolinas and Florida for a aeries of tournaments. .Rsl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-24
RED HERRING IN
 .... CITY FOR BOUT
Smiles And Lacey To Wrestle At Athletic Club Fri ... s... day Night

The Red Head Is in town. and he's red- header than ever, too. Red Herring, who meets, Young Jack Dillon at the Birmingham Athletic club Friday night in ten-round set-to lugged his grip containing the family toothbrush and four dollars worth of, rosin up from the terminal Wednesday morning and cast anchor in the lobby of the Athletic club. He spent happy hour shaking hands with friends, who noticed that since he had Sbeen hibernating on the farm that he had picked up the "by gum!" and "consarned good boy" af- fectations. .----sr l''.'-
 Red says the life on the coast has been kind to him. "The atmosphere is great to train in," says Red, "and a fel- low can go around without his coat even now" Pecans, satsumas and chickens will constitute the crop Red intends raising on his farm. His fam fly likes Gulfport fine, according to Red, and just before he left his four year-old youngster inquired anxiously: and makesssome ri4pney?" Herring has only fought in four or five bouts since leaving here but has kept in good condition. He stopped Cameron in five rounds in Biloxi, Miss, recently and has fought in Joplin, Mo. He will probably go from here to Hot Springs to meet Frankie Tucker.
 of schedule sand Dillon is a day late. Still, the fans who assembled at the club Wednesday afternoon to see Dillon work were not disappointed. for Red did his stuff and seemed to be in stIs perb physical shape. Just to show how HSs | |. Af- IHs. them in brine, Red soaked them on the wainscoating in the B. A. c. gym. True his lunch-hooks were incarcerated in five-ounce gloves, but his local ad- Tnirers had never seen him so careless with his fists before. He whammed away with reckless abandon at the walls and seemed not to mind it at all. | A. bit of prejudice wrankles in the breast of MT. Herring. It seems that Red Dewitt, manager of Young Jack Dillon, made the assertion that Dillon would make Red look more like 6 farmer than ever Friday. night. This didn't exactly make a hit with MT. Herring, in view of the fact that he al- ready had grudge against Dewitt. and he mumbled something about knocking the block off said manager before he tried out his haynakers on Dillon. If, however, Dewitt shows any uneasiness when he gets here he can eASAy BcN Out 4 peace WdrrduI dBdlhss the rube from Mississippi and escape bodily harm while sojourning here for the biggest fight card of months.
 Red Wilson is also training hard for his eight-round set-to with Bogey Saab, Red wants crack at Johnny McGin- ty, and he feels sure he can eliminate Spark Plug and Saab and thus get a chance at Johnny McGinty. Johnny has been doing light work this week, following his hecticity' of last week, days. 7
 Homer Smiles and Tom Lacey are also expected to furnish thrills by the wholesale when they fly at each other fin their. wrestling match Friday night. The man who wins it will get a chance on the American Olympic team abroad.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-24

lowed years of fighting in the profes- sional ring, Spider" Kelly says: o .nd,;ng th. E t;rstine S1 n.tinct pIee in tbn m young blood of a fighting nation has taught this veteran instructor that a single divergion from the narrow path of amateurism is likely to prove fatal to the career of some future magnet of the business world. It is for this reason, when clever college boxers who train under, him ask him for letter to boxing promoter so that they can get into. few bouts during the sum- mer to tide them over financially, that Spider" Kelly says, emphatically, "No."
 Pathetic in the extreme, the battered pug, once a scintillating star whose name was flung from coast to coast wherever fights are held, today Q tramp, lounges in rags around the scenes of battle, a useless, discarded human being.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-24

. ST. LOUIS, Jan. 23.--Having gained a victory over the veteran Polish wrestler, Stanislaus zbyszko, here last
 night. Joe sStecher, Nebraskan heavy. weight twrestler, today was awaiting
 arrangements for. a finish bout with
 heavyweight champion wrestler. On the condition that he be given a chance at Lewis crown, Stecher, it was reported here, guaranteed Zbyszko purse of $10,000, which was paid to the former champion prior to last nights
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-24
Schn,idt Signs Up

P1TTsBURG. Jan. 2s.-The signed CT, was received by the Pittsburg Ma tional league dub. Schmidt, who is wintering at Modesto, Cal, declared in a, personal letter that he was given a dandy contract" This was interpreted as meaning that 1t called for an in- creased figure, although club officials declined to comment on the contract.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-24
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