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Seward daily gateway., 1931-10-22

terior be made immediately, other wise. the lake would freeze in. Sum- day the planes tried to get to the Westward but encountered severe snowstorms and had to turn back. Monday, three planes departed iron. Anchorage for their regular runs, carrying mail and passengers to the Westward The flying condi- tions were ideal One plane was dispatched to Takotna to bring in Attorneys Ray and Morton and their secretary, Mrs. Nell Scott, who went there on business week last Saturday and have been marooned on account of bad weather. They are expected to return to Anchor 1 age Monday evening.
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 l R. J. Grover, a well known and active Legionnaire of Anchorage, was elected to the post of com mander of Jack Henry Post Mo- l., Paul Marsch having resigned before he was installed. MT. Grover plans on having a good year in both Leg ion bodies, he being the head of the Anchorage 40 and 8 Society.
 j: *' :: ;:
 The residents of Anchorage were rudely awakened Friday morning, October 16, by a rather heavy earthquake. The introduction was an announcement by a rather loud rumble which was instantly fol- lowed by rocking that lasted a full 45 seconds, beginning at 2::33 a. m No damage was done
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 MT. and Mrs. William Hugel of Anchorage, real Alaskan pioneers, are planning a trip Outside, leav- ing Seward terminal on November 4. This will be quite an epoch in their lives because they have not been out of the country for 29 years * !: * *
 Hunters who have been up in the Ship Creek canyon, out of Anchor age, have returned empty handed, stating that due to the windy Wea- ther and heavy snowfall, the sheep are in protecting niches and not stirring about.
 Father Woodley's body laid in state all day Saturday in the Holy Family Church, where his many friends could view his remains. The tragic end of such a beloved priest and friend cast a spell of gloom on the entire city and they share in the bereavement with his family. The remains will be sent to the States for burial
 The Anchorage Public School has been closed for a few days by or
Seward daily gateway., 1931-10-22

der of the School Board on account
 of the epidemic of measles that seems imminent. The grades from the sixth on upwards seem to have
 the most cases, but the doctors announce that the malady is well
 under control
Seward daily gateway., 1931-10-22

Jungle Ways by Vim. Seabrook, auhtor of the Magic Island" at the ALASKA SHOP.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-10-22

The Majestic" last word in mo = dern refrigeration, at Brown & Hawkins.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-10-22

SPECIAL AT THE DRUG STORE. and 25c tube of Listerine Tooth "A soc Prophylatic Tooth Brush Paste. Both for 47c.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-10-22

The Anchorage Public School has been closed for a few days by or
Seward daily gateway., 1931-10-22

PIONEERS OF ALASKA-IGLOO NO
 Cal M. BrOsius, Secretary and Treasurer
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-13

Sixty-eight unemployed men were given work during the past week by Superintendent of Chari- ties A. Barton Cross, he reported at the October meeting of the board. of charities held last night in the office of the superintendent. The number seeking work from the department had greatly increased since the first of the month he
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-13
Plans for Girl
 Scout JambOree
Will Take Place Sometime
 During September

Plans for Girl Scout jamboree to be held in December were dis cussed at yesterdays meeting of the local Girl Scout council at scout headquarters. Although no definite date was announced at this con- fab, scout leaders will prepare their charges for the event at which time demonstrations of Girl Scout activities will be pesented.
 Miss Margaret Maloney was elected member of the Girl Scout council. The council membership was increased two yesterday with the admittance of two new troops located at the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes and SS. Peter and Paul church.
 Miss Angelina Carissimi was chosen captain of the troop at the former parish while Miss Dorothy Zibeil was named captain of the SS, Peter and Paul troop. Miss Mill dred Turney, council field captain was in charge of the ceremonies.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-13
l NAUGATUCK Sixty-Eight Men
 Are Given Jobs
Work Done on Town Farm Local Priest Is Assigned
 to Bridgeport

said due to the teasing of opera ton of the Futile Whittemore Fund which gave employment to many for the past several months. The men were assigned to work on the town farm property digging ments.
 These drains were dug in sec tions of the farm property that are springy. The superintendent also reported that the north end of Mill vile avenue had been greatly inn proved. This section of the town farm property was in wretched con- dition, section of it being used for dumping purposes. Several were given employment in making the improvements.
 During the past month the ex- pense Of the department was kept in check by Superintendent Cross
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-20
DOWN THE LINE
BY W, O. McCEEHAN-

lick every man in the world who OPP
posed him. There are those who always
will maintain that John L. Sullivan
never really was entitled to the heavy
weight championship of his day and
generation because he never would meet
Peter jackson. But that is muck rak-
ing history, and likely to start fight.
Some modern biographers have been
rathrt hard on George Washington, but
nobody yet has denied authenticity of
John L. Sullivan's claim to the heavy
weight championship.
With the advent of Sullivan came the
uplift Of prize fighting. John L. Sulli-
van became a prominent figure in the
news Of the day. When he visited Eng
land he was received by Albert Edward.
Prince Of Wales, afterward Edward VII,
and John l.. Sullivan was gracious
enough to treat the prince as an equal.
It was In Sullivan's time that the late
Marquis of Queensberry modified the
London prize-ring rules by propagat-
ing the Marquis of Que nsberry rules.
After that prizehgnting was permitted
necessary to hold them in isolated
woods, on barges or secret places where
the sheriffs or the militia could not
run them down.
But there still remained a certain ele-
ment of romance and glamour to the
ancient game. Sullivan was what the
boys would call a "colorful figure"
Boiling drunk or gravely sober, he re-
manned a big figure His appearance
in a city at the peak of his glory was
the signal for a riot, the removal of
the horses from the carriage of the
champion and the dragging of the royal
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TN this more or less cursory review of
fistiana Americana I am consider
ing it in three divisions-first, the
romantic, or Sullivanic, period; sec
ond, the rise to the million dollar gates;
third, the decline into the status of q
racket where the wealth accumulated
and the caulifiower decayed.
American prize fighting began with
the discovery Of John Lawrence Sulli-
van. the Boston strong boy. Just how
far it has descended can be gathered by
considering Jimmy Maloney, the Boston
fat boy, upon whose pudgy shoulders
the mantle of sullivan has descended so
far as Boston is concerned, or Jack
Sharkey, the hysterical Lithuanian
American, who is held by the New York
State Boxing Commission to be the de
Tending heavyweight champion OF the
world" whatever that may be.
Before John L. Sullivan took his stand
in the hall at Boston and announced,
IT can lick any man In the world" prize
fighting was fugitive sport and alto
gether beyond the pale. 1t descended,
of course, from Broughton, who wrote
the celebrated London prize ring rules.
Among those who heard John L. Sulli-
van announce most casually that he
could lick any man in the world was
william A. Muldoon, and Mr.. Muldoon
believed him.
TOHN L. SULLIVAN proceeded to
make what sounded to be a rather
empty boast very good indeed. He did
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Princeton Decides to Hold Spring Foot Ball Practice

vehicle through the streets by the adj
miring populace.
1t was almost a national tragedy
when the great John L. Sullivan, the
bloated wreck of the great gladiator,
was first cut into ribbons and finally
knocked out by James j. Corbett, a
slim and trim young bank clerk of Cali
fornia. Corbett was everything that
they said they wanted in heavyweight
champion. He was master of the art
Of self defense, by which name the
racket, but they did not like him any
more than they liked the master boxer,
Gene Tunney, who subsequently beat
Jack Dempsey, considered the only
legitimate successor Of John L. Sui
Ivan.
TT is a significant commentary that the
i biggest purse for which John L..
Sullivan fought was the one he lost
at New Orleans, a paltry $25,000-a
sum that some of the later-cay fighters
would pick up for admissions to their
training camps. Incidentally. John l..
Sullivan lost at New orleans a side b.t
of $4,000, yet the newspapers of the
period were complaining about the huge
sums that were paid to bruisers.
The new champion, JAMES j. Corbett,
defended his title unsuccessfully at Car
son City, New. BY this time the sports
pages were expanding and the little
Nevada city was filled with experts and
correspondents. I believe that 1t was
here that the business of sports ghost
writing" started Bob Davis, the
columnist. initiated it by ghost writing
daily articles for FitZsimmons. On this
account alone Mr.. Davis has much to
answer for.
In the meantime, the prizefight game
was developing in the other classes. It
produced such glamorouS figures as
Jack Dempsey (the Nonpareil), George
Dixon. Joe Cans, Stanley Ketchel, Sam
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Langford (the Boston Tar Baby, Joe
Wolcott (the Barbados Demon), Bat
Ting Nelson, AL Wolgast and host of
lesser gladiators who are still remem-
bered with affection.
All through this development it re-
tanned much of its glamour. Sometimes
the fights were held in strange and far
places, but always there were a few
thousand ready to travel to the North
Pole or to the African jungles, rather
than to miss q big fight. Today the
remnants of this faithful following
hardly would take a taxicab ride to
see some of the over-ballyhooed prize
fights Of the present day.
JAMES j. JEFFR1ES, who first ap-
peared as a sparring partner for
James j. Corbett at Carson City
and was called "the human punching
bag" finally developed into q fighter
He beat the aging Rob-rt Fitzsimmons
and became heavyweight champion of
the world. And there the fight game
began to sag. The interest could not
be sustained because there was nobody
abe to stand up before James j. JEFF
fries.
The new champion was forced to take
to the stage to cash on the title, and
that bored him. Finally he b.came so
disguised that he announced his retire.
ment and tossed the title away to be
fought for by the lesser gladiators.
Something like that happened to the
fight game when years later Gene Tun-
ney announced that he was through
forever with the game and meant It.
Out of the mass Of small fry Of the
Jeffries period emerged a French
Canadian, named Noah Brusso, whose
ring name was Tommy Burns. He was
acknowledged champion after beating
some of the lesser heavyweights. Then
came the Burns-Johnson fight in Aus
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-20
CHANGES ITS MIND
ABOUT SUCHDR|LLS
Once Was Strongly Against
1dea-Squad Will Take
Field Next Week.
BY LAWRENCE PERRY.

n YEw YORK, March 20
mi CCPA). - Princeton will
4 hold Spring foot ball prac-
tice. This is news. Prince
ton was one of the important
apostles of no Spring practice.
This policy, which is observed by
some institutions, is associated
with the professor-coach, no
training table and other moral
gadgets devised to mitigate the
alleged evil of foot ball overem-
phasis.
Princeton had no Spring practice last
year. The foot ball men who were not
engaged in other sports did some per-
functory work; at least some Of them
did. The rest roved around In the
warm sunlight and had a nice time
when their lessons were learned. But
there was nothing intensive in the way
of practice.
In thinking the matter over, it may
have occurred to the new coach, Al
WtCImSr, JIlaJ the Ledm ulQ not pay 10
a unit until the very last game of the
season. The lack CT Spring practice
conceivably was In part responsible for
this. In any case, however, it is not
likely he would have urged Spring
turnout had it not been for the fact
that Yale, where the elimination Of
Spring practice has never been officially
approved, called out her men as usual
last week for serious work.
So next week out will come the Tigers
the usual care being taken not to draft
foot bali players from other sports in
which they may be participating.
Princeton Is taking over the double
wing back offense with such variations
as are used by Colgate under the direc-
ton of Andy Kerr. In large measure
Princeton used it with excellent results
against Yale last season and hopes to
employ 1t this year rs stock asset.
So far as Spring practice goes Harry
5tuhldreher, coach of Villanova, says
that in his experience the calling out Of
foot ball men at this time of year, If 1t
served no other purpose, keeps boys of
street corners and out of all sorts Of
mischief to which the fancy of youth
turns when 1t is idle. There may be
lot in what Harry says.
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the Galveston docks, came into the pos
session Of the title that was once John
l.. Sullivan's.
This was the very low ebb Of the fight
game for that psriod. The little fell
lows attracted all of the interest that
was left in the prize ring. California
was the only state in which the long
fights were permitted, and the West
Coast became the center Of Fistiana
Americana.
The stage was set for the frenzied
financier Of flstiana and the golden age
Of the priZefght racket. Up to that
time the purses for pri1:fights, since
the Sullivan period. never amounted to
enough to make one Of the latter-day
gladiators even interested.
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TO DISCUSS BASKET BALL
National Association Meeting
Listed in New York March 1890.

NaC1onaI ASSOCIATION meeting
Listed in New York March $3.50.
NEW YORK. March 20 (A1.-Mem-
bers of the National Association OF
Basket Ball Coaches will meet here
March 2S and 90 for the fifth annual
clinic on the rules and regulations Of
the game. ~
The speakers will include Or. Forrest
c. Allen, Kansas U. coach, who will
speak on "Stratifled Transitional Zone
Defense"
other papers will be offered by DR..
H. G. Carlson, Pittsburgh, and Fred
Young Of Bloomington, H., prominent
Middle West Official
J. G. Ruby, Illinois, chairman of the
Rules Committee, will head the discus
sion Of Possible changes.
Mickey Cochrane started as q short
stop and Jimmy Foxx started as q
catcher.
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FINAL Team Standing.

SEASON RECORDS.
High individual Games - Cherry. iss;
High individual -spieknall- Cherry. SSH
Hish Individual Averaees-Riee, 1909;
Epicknall, 1871: Hare, 1920. -
High Average Strikes-LeWis' .4oo; ceesa'
High individual spares-Riee, 2.44; spick-
High Team sets - Inter-LeaEue, 1909;
Acacia Reds. 1905 -
HiEh Team Games-Aeaeia Reds, $50;
second, 573.
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RICE BEST BOWLER
IN INSURANCE LOOP
Averages Better Than ITO to Take
Seasons HOnors-Peoples
Team in Front.

High average for the 1s30-31 bowling
season in the Insurance Duckpin League
Is held by Rice, who flashed under the
wire" with q pace Of 1903.
Spicknall and Hare put up hot bat
tie for runner-up, Spicknall winning by
II pins, having q 107-39 average.
Peoples Life won the pennant on
total pins, Prudential No. 2, tying
Peoples In games won and lost.
wau.I Taayn Gkax.Atnw
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-20

John Wonsowitz, who did 10 feet Z
inches as a high school pole vaulter.
now is ct Ohio State,
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-05-28
A. G.. Is Conducting
Poultry Experiment

Practice what you preach" is a
saying as old as the hills. but good
one to follow. That is the belief OF
the poultry husbandrymen at North
Dakota Agricultural college as they
carry on an experiment designated to
show what results can be obtained in
North Dakota by following recon-
mended methods OF management In
farm poultry flocks.
The poultry department has recon-
mended culling, feeding certain ra-
tions, selection Of good breeding stock
and mating it with outstanding cock
erels and a score of other practices in
good management. Now, with q
small flock of IS birds, kept by them
selves, as the farm flock urit the
poultry husbandmen nave set about
to practice what they have been
preaching.
The results from the first six
months of the experiment are an
nounced by George P. Goodearl, in
structor in poultry at the college. A
flock of IS Rhode Island Red pullets
we're started on the trial last Nov. l.,
and the average egg production per
bird was November 3.75 eggs, De-
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-05-28
new COTTON SEED
PRODUCTS RATES
ARE RECOMMENDED
Examiners Favor Changes in
Reports Given to Interstate
Commerce Commission

Washington, May 28.-tP)-Two ex-
aminers recommended to the Inter-
state Commerce commission Thurs
day new basis of rates for applica-
tion throughout the country on cot
ton seed and its products and related
articles.
The proposals, made by John t.
Money and George Esch, would result
in increases in the southeast and
Mississippi valley and reductions in
the mountain Pacific region and CEN
trail and eastern trunk line territory.
The rates on imported cotton seed
meal and cake, now lower than those
on the domestic manufactured ar
ticle, would be raised to a level with
the home product.
Complaints Were Many
The investigation was started on
long series of complaints by producers
of cottonseed, cottonseed hulls, ilnters
and fibre, vegetable oils, vegetable OIL
cake and meal. fish and sea animal
oils and inediblc greases and tallowS'
Seventy three proceedings were start
ed and the commission ordered them
consolidated with the general rate IN
Nestigation undertaken under the
Hoch- Smith resolution.
The examiners recon- N e II c q
among other things that the rates on
cotton seed and cottonseed cake and
meal should be the same throughout
the country.
Rates on cottonseed hulls were
fixed at Is per cent of the scales OF
rates on cakes and meals, the scale
for which was fixed on mileage
basis ranging from six cents per nun
dred pounds for five miles and under
in 40 O.0OO-pound carlotS to II cents Tor
hauls of 1000 miles or over.
Would Change Oil Rates
Rates on vegetable. fish ard sea
animal oils between points IN the
southwest to destinations IN the
southeast, northeast and western
trunk line regions would be on the
basis of 25 per cent Of the standard
first class southwestern rates.
Rates on vegetable, fish ard sea
animal oils in western trunk line ter
ritory from points OF origin N that
territory to southeastern and north
eastern destinations would be on
basis of 80 per cent of the southwest
ern scale.
The interstate rates on cottonseed
oil foots. sediments and similar prod
rcts from other vegetables, together
with inedible greases and tallows,
were recommended to be placed on
basis of IS per cent of the vegetable
oil rates.
Little change was indicated in the
present rates on flaxesed cake and
meal in central and eastern trunk
line territories. but in the western
trunk line territory rates would be |
substantially increased.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-05-28

the flock that died during the six
months. This mortality did not ex-
ceed the average, according 10 Mr..
Goodearl.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-05-28
Wilton Flock Heads
Chickens in Laying

Egg production in 33 North Dakota
poultry flocks in April averaged near
ly three eggs per nen higher than for
the same month last year. This is
encouraging, in the opinion o. F. H.
Turner. farm economist of the agri-
cultural college, for its shows that
progress is being made in producing
eggs more efficiently. The average
egg production in April was 173 eggs
per hen.
AT the top in egg production tor the
month was the small flock of 20
Barred Plymouth Rocks belonging to
S. r. Livergood. Wilton. Mclean
county, with an average OF 227 eggs
per hen. N. L. Stavee. Union, Cava-
lier county, was second, averaging %
eggs per hen from his flock of 179
White Legi,orns. Mrs L. A. Oleson,
Brinsmade, Benson county, secured
an average Of PIT eggs from 50 Rhode
Island Red layers. Another Cavalier
county poultry raiser, Thomas Flom,
Milton, was fourth. 216 eggs from
each Of 209 White Leghorns.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-05-28
TREASURY DEFICIT
IS $1,0O0,792,4
Deficit Will Be Reduced Consid-
erabIy When Tax on In
come Is Received

Washington. May %. -R- The
treasury deficit reached $1,000, 1922
430.88 on May 26.
Thursdays statement of the treas
ury condition showed the billion dol
lar mark was passed when expendi-
tuers for the fiscal year since last
July l mounted to $3,793 1864 1929. .56
and revenue from all sources aggre-
gated only $2,792. .571 ,898.68.
The deficit, however, will be reduced
considerably when income tax COL
lections from the second quarters
payments on 1880 income are received
on June Is.
At that time the government also
will receive installments on war debts
owed this country by foreign nations,
including interest. The interest, If
paid in cash, which it is indicated
will be done. can be applied to re-
ducing the deficit.
This amount should total around
$4,000, 900, which, with between $780,
100000 and s300,0OOOOO income tax,
might bring the deficit down to be-
tween $700,000000 and 100000 900.
II, however, the total expenditures
amount to the figure set by President
Hoover for the fiscal year-S4 ,300,-
600 ,O0O-the deficit is likely to mount
we'll above a million dollars.
The expenditures for the fiscal year
were more than 5000, 100000 in excess
OF those in the same period of the
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-05-28
Slope Students Will
Continue Army Work

Grand Forks, N. D., May 2S.-F1fty-
five members Of the sophomore class
at the University of North Dakota
have been selected for enrolment IN
the advanced course R. O. t. c. Tor
the year 1882, according to an an
nouncement made Thursday by MAJOR
E. v. Smith, of the university
The students have satisfactorily
completed tie basic course r. Q. I. G.
and have been selected because OF
ability in leadership. The war de-
partment permits only a certain num-
ber each year to be selected for the
advanced course, Major Smith said.
Students selected include: Albert
Auch, New Leipzig; Paul Avery, Par
shall; Ernest Benser, Frederick Mud
gett, Spencer Sell, Bismarck; Roy
Bokovoy. Max; Gerald Brown, Het-
finger; Fred 10y, Stanton; James Nc
Cormick, New Salem: Frederick o.
son. New Rockford; Gilbert Stewart
Granison 'rharp. Mandan; ia K
Thornton, Fessenden.
Those selected as alternates to fill
vacancies include: Leo Ahlness
Rhame; James Kennedy, Watford
City,