Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 193, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 August 1917 — Page 3

SOLO SHOTGUN FOR TEN DOLLARS

And Filed on Western Canada Land. Now Worth $50,000.

Lawrence Bros, of Vera, Saskatchewan, are looked upon as being amongst the most progressive farmers In Western Canada. They have had their “ups-and-downs,” and know what it is to be in tight pinches. They persevered, and are now in an excellent financial ppsition. Their story is an interesting one. Coming in from the states they traveled overland from Calgary across the Battle river, the Red Deer river, through the Eagle Hills and on to Battleford. On the way their horses were stolen, but this did not dishearten them. They had some money, with which they bought more horses, and some provisions. When they reached Battleford they had only money enough io pay their ferriage over the Saskatchewan river, and this they had to borrow. It was In 1906 that they filed on homesteads, having to sell a shotgun for ten dollars in order to get sufficient money to do so. Frank Lawrence says: “Since that time we have acquired altogether a section and a half of land, In addition to renting another three quarters of a section. If we had to sell out now we could probably realize about $50,000, and have made all this since we came here. We get crops in this district of from 30 to 35 bushels of wheat to the acre arid oats from 40 to 80 bushels to the acre. Stock here pays well. We have 1,700 sheep, 70 cattle and 60 horses, of which a number are registered Clydes.” Similar successes might be given of the experiences of hundreds of farmers throughout Western Canada, who have done comparatively as well. Why should they not dress well, live well, have comfortable homes, with all modem equipments, electric light, steam heat, pure ventilation, and automobiles. Speaking of automobiles it will be a revelation to the reader to learn that during the first half of 1917, 16,000 automobile licenses were Issued in Alberta, twice as many as in the whole of 1916. In Saskatchewan. 21,000 licenses were Issued up to the first of May, 1917, In its monthly bulletin for June the Canadian Bank of Commerce makes special reference to this phase and to the general prosperity of the "West In the following: 7 “Generally speaking the western farmer is, in many respects, in a much better position than hitherto to increase his production. Two years of high prices for his products have enabled him, even with a normal crop, to liquidate a substantial .proportion of his liabilities and' at the same time to buy Improved farm machinery. His prosperity is reflected in the demand for building materials motor cars and other equipment. It is no doubt true that some extravagance Is evidenced by the astonishing demand for motor cars, but It must be remembered that many of these cars will make for efficiency on the farm and economize both time and labor.” —Advertisement.

The Truth Will Out.

A darky in Louisville who had gone broke In a crap game turned to a friend and requested the temporary accommodation of a small loan. “Gus,” said the person thus importuned, “I’d lak mightily to let you have some money, but I’m out of luck my ownse’f. Dis yere dollar I’se about to shoot is de last dollar I got in de world.” He shot and lost, while Gus looked forlornly on. He reached Into hjs vest pocket and hauled out a crumpled bill. “W’y, sho ’nuff, yere is another dollar!” he said in tones of astonishment. Again he shot —and lost. Still holding fast to the dice, he unearthed a third bill from the sweatband of his hat. “Now dis yere is absolutely de last dollar I owns on dis earth!”he stated for the benefit of the company at large and his chum Gus in particular. “W’en hit’s gone I’se through.” He risked it and lost it. As he slid his free hand toward an inner recess in the waistband of his trousers the bankrupt GuS spoke up. “Keep on shootin’ nigger!” bad% Gus. “Jes’ keep on shootin’. Dem bones’ll mek you tell de trufe yit.”— Saturday Evening Post.

Advertising In the Street.

That the ingenuity of people In the Orient sometimes finds expression through thoroughly modern channels, says the August Popular Mechanics Magazine is demonstrated by a sprinkler, employed In Osaka, Japan, which writes advertisements in water on the roadway, as it Is drawn along by man power. Solidly mounted on the .axles of a two-wheel cart is a perforated drum, filled with water, which revolves with the wheels and, as it does so, traces Oriental characters along the thoroughfare.

The Trouble.

Vicar’s- Daughter—l’m sorry you don’t like the vicar's sermons, William. What is the matter with them? Are they too long? William —Yes, miss. You curate, 'e says, ‘“in conclusion,” and ’e do conclude. But t’ vicar says, “Lastly,” and ’e do Igst. . ’ j —: -

An Ideal Resort.

Duck —Come on. Bill! there is a restaurant down the street where they have files In the stew. *•“ ■ : r' •

QUIET PLAYERS MOST POPULAR WITH FANS

CRACK PLAYERS WHO ARE CLOSE-MOUTHED.

It is a matter of, hair-splitting to draw the line of popularity between the ball player who raises a rumpus on the field and the steady easier-going star who merely plays at the national pastime to win. Of types there are plenty of each variety in either of the big leagues. There are stars who are pointed to for their aggressiveness, and there are stars who are referred to as" calm, close-mouthed players —men who are put off the field so seldom the fan cannot remember the happenings. Of the bellicose type John J. McGraw, Charley Herzog, Arthur Fletcher, John Evers, Heinie Zimmerman, Ty Cobb, Fred Tyler, Miguel Gonzales and Rabbit Maranville are the most prominent. And every one of them is a popular player. On the other hand, there are Eddie Collins, Jack Barry, Joe Jackson, Roger Pecklnpaugh, Wally Pipp, Lee Magee, Walter Johnson. Grover Alexander,

BASEBALL STORIES

Those Cincinnati Retts are keeping up their terrific pace. *, * • Outfielder Wilhoit, the Chicago boy, is now a member of the Giants. * • ♦ Connie Mack is gradually working his team up the percentage ladder. • ♦ • Yanks have signed Pitcher Lifer. Must be tough to be a lifer on that club. Brooklyn has released Wheezer Dell. Taking the wheeze out of wheezer, as -it were. ♦ * * Some of these days Myers of the Athletics will win a pennant for Connie Mack. - ; * * * Picketing the White House seems to be about as successful as arguing with the umps. * * * Cleveland ball club has lost its mascot. Maybe it will begin to win ball games now. «* ■ • It seems that Joe Jackson will come within the “also rans” in the race to catch Ty Cobb. * * * Now that Stallings has signed Ed Walsh’ maybe he can get Johnny Kling to catch him. * * • Perhaps Jack Barry figures it harder to win a flag as manager than to play on a winning team. * * ♦ Forty-three-year-old Eddie Plank is as good as the first day he pitched with Connie, back in 1901.- * • • The way to spell the peppery little Cub catcher’s name is this $ Dlllhoefer, Dutch, not German. * * * Imagine, if you can, the grief of Ping Bodie when Jim Callahan was chased as manager of the Pirates. * • • George Burns got SSO for hitting the bu 11.,, He’s more successful than a lot of guys who try to throw it. No master where the Reds finish, Cincinnati will still love the Mattys for trimming the Giants twice in one afternoon. * « • Charley Dryden of the Chicago Examiner is responsible for the umpires, Byron and Quigley, being labeled the “Cherry Brothers.” ;1 Honus Wagner’s latest pictures make him look like an old mafi. There’s lots of youngsters who would be willing to look like that if they could have Heuns’ batting average.

THE EVENING REPUBLICAN, RENSSELAER, IND.

Frank Baker and half a dozen other real, high-class ball players, from whom a real, live kick in angry tones never was heard. And these men are almost if not quite as popular as the ones listed under the heading of belligerents. The Braves, when they were driving well and sticking around the top of National league standings, constituted one of the greatest drawing cards the game ever has seen. Every man on the club was a fighter. The club won its games by fighting. Then there were the Athletics —men who rarely uttered a protest. They merely played baseball and were recognized as the greatest machine baseball ever has seen in action. They drew powerfully in every American league city. The main difference seems to be the quiet kind of ball player draws his check Intact, while the scrapper suffers the setback of fines.

FOR MANAGERS TO REMEMBER

Umpires Were Given Autocratic Authority on Account of Various Leaders and Players. We have heard a number of managers and ball players protesting volubly over the czar-tinted authority given umpires, writes Grantland Rice. The claim is made that umpires, given all this autocratic control, run the game in high-Imnded fashion and take advantage of tne situation. This, to a certain extent, is true. But the manager and ball player should also remember this —the umpire was given this authority exclusively on account of the action of managers and players. They brought it all upon themselves by outbursts that Would have soon broken up the game if left uncurbed. In every game they were 18 or 20 against one, not including the public, which generally made it 6,000 against one. The one chance to stop this was to give the umpire complete authority. Without this, umpiring is an existence beyond the resiliency of the human soul.

PIPP MAKES LONGEST DRIVE

Ball Struck Ten Feet From Right-Cen-ter Palings of Bleachers of the , Polo Grounds. • Henry Fabian, groundkeeper of the Polo grounds, says the longest hit ever made there was driven by Walter Plpp.

Walter Pipp.

It struck ten feet from the right center palings of the bleachers and according to Fabian's statement traveled farther than Davy Robertson’s lift into the bleachers further to the right.

DROP WORLD’S SERIES

’resident Ban Johnson Talks of Effect of War on Game. Amerllan League Ready to Wind Up Championship Race and Turn Over Well Drilled Players to Army —Baseball Must Help. The American league is ready to shorten its season and call off the world’s series if the government deems it necessary as a war measure. Ban Johnson so stated in an interview in which he urged ball players not to claim exemption. . ‘ “The moment the government says the word we will shorten our season if necessary and devote our energy to the great cause for which we are preparing to fight,” said the American league president “Baseball not only Is the national pastime but also a big business enterprise, yet it must not be allowed to stand in the way of Uncle Sam’s tremendous efforts to raise an army which will win the war. ‘T sincerely hope that all ball players in both major leagues and the minors who have been drafted will join the national army without attempting to clajm exemption. I feel sure that the ball players are brave and patriotic. “America is preparing to Send 2,000,000 men to France and the baseball world mpst help. Ever since last March army sergeants have been drilling the American league players. Today they are well versed in military tabtics. “If the government calls the new conscription army to the colors in September the American league will be prepared to wind up the championship race immediately and turn over 200 well drilled players to the army. It might be possible to play the world’s series as usual, but if that event happened to interfere with the government’s war plans it could easily be called off.”

WALTER CRUISE MAKES GOOD

St. Louis Outfielder Showing Batters of National League How to Bust Ball This Season. Walter Cruise, who has been showing the batters of the National league how to bust the ball this season, has made good with the Cardinals beyond all shadow of a doubt. His ‘heavy hitting has been a surprise to a good many baseball folk, because he wasn’t heralded as a phenom when he came to the Cards from Mike Kelly’s St. Paul -club last fall. Cruise cruised around the American Association for several years, and he

Walter Cruise.

was always looked upon as a fairly good outfielder. He was good for a batting average between .270 and .290, and he had all the natural talents that an outfielder must have.' But who’d have thought that Cruise would step into the National league and set the durned old circuit on fire with his hitting? It is a certainty that no one predicted it for him. He is just one of those ball players, like Tim Hendryx of the Yankees who makes the best of a chance when he gets it.

GIANTS FAR FROM PENNANT

Manager Huggins Predicts Hard Road for New York Before Month of October Rolls Around. Miller Hur jins, the shrewd little manager of the St. Louis Cardinals, thinks this year’s,-race In the National will be one of the hardest fought and tightest in the history of the game. “Naturally, I have watched all the teams in the league carefully, and have arrived ht the conclusion that there wiU be a blanket finish in the old league this year,” said Huggins. “Of Course, at this time the Giants seem to be the class of the league, but there are other clubs that will have to be reckoned with before the end of the season. The Phils are far from being O.ut of the running, and my own club, the Cubs and the Beds, must be counted in. Mathewson seems to have his beauties in a winning mood, and it wouldn’t surprise me if the Reds caused no end of trouble before October rolls around." *

Gloomy Outlook.

The Brigadier—Now. Captain Wilson, suppose yon found your company cut off from the rest .of the battalion, hopelessly outnumbered, and surrounded on every side; what would you do? Captain Wilson—By Jove, sir, you are a pessimist.—Cassell’s Saturday Journal.

Willie Wants to Know.

'“Pa. what’s a bookworm?" “A man who loves books, my son.” “Then is a man who loves flsh a fish worm?”

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Insistent.

“That,” said the physician, as he examined the lump on the man’s neck, “Is the remains of an old boll that started to come and then became encysted there.” “Well,” said the unlettered patient, "it has sure encysted on staying there.”

CUTICURA KILLS DANDRUFF

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He Settled It.

An amusing story is told at Strat-ford-on-Avon. In the smoking room of a hotel a few years ago an Englishman and a Scotchman engaged In a heated argument. John Bull was declaring William Shakespeare to be the only poet of the world, and Sandy McPherson was standing up for his Bobby Burps. t Words ran high and blows seemed Imminent when a self-confident little commercial traveler determined to throw oil on the troubled waters. “Gentlemen,” he said, stepping between the heated disputants, “let me settle this amicably. ' W’ho Is this Shakespeare-Burns?” Lpndon telegraph.

Two Great Men.

Enrico Caruso, the world-famous tepor, says he has found out that “no man is as great as he thinks he is.” “While I was out motoring one day,” he continues, “my automobile broke down, and I sought refuge In a farmhouse while the car was being repaired. I became friendly with the farmer, who asked me my name, and I told him it was Caruso. “The farmer leaped to his feet and seized me by the hand. *Llttle did I think I would see a man like you in this here humble kitchen, sir!’ he exclaimed. ‘Caruso! he great traveler, Roblhson Caruso'!’ ”

Hence the Hostilities.

“Everybody wants peace." “Yes. But everybody wants to dictate the terms.” ■. 1 N. I ' j' ' A man seldom forgives an injury until after he has got even.

OUR TOLD MTE

Squelched Again.

He—Here’s a doctor who insists that wearing too many clothes Is detrimental to health. She—Then what you allow me to dress on must be a first-class health resort. —Judge.

The only man who doesn’t make a fool of himself occasionally is tjie one that nature saved the trouble. Time and tide wait for no man, but a woman before marriage may have more patience than Job.

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