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Woodward Daily Democrat
WM. A. Pin*, Ed-ter.
WOODWARD.
OK LA.
LEADS LITTLE BAND AGAINST BUDGET
THt LNCLiSm IPAKROW
If 'hr Kn* ink »|.*rrow were not park
• hardy .11 ll* rascal. so well able ta |
taka car* of himself aW thrive and
Multiply, how our pity would go out
toward him Especially nlgkt wo bow
allow our generous feelings to Bow.
•hen tho department of agriculture
fcaa Just Uiurd g farmer t bulletin In
wrklrk It kaa oothlog really good to
gay about tkia dwolior vvery wher* aad
ofera vaiiooa Hoaaa (or getting nd
of bln But the English aparrow aooda
ao pity, aaya Rocbeeter Democrat aad
Chrooldo. He wlU live hy grace
or without it. aad wo any eipoct
that, aotwltkataadlag tho buHotlaa, we
ahall continue alwaye to hare hlM
with na. hardy, prollhc. bold, cunning,
pell reliant aad uawaahed. The bul-
letin—and It la nadly la accord with
popular experience—repreeent* tbla
active neighbor of human kind aa a
dyed-in the-wool criminal among blrda.
He attache. It eeema, almoet every
aort ol vegetation ueeful for food,
prey* on bla own kind by deatroylng
tbelr egg* and driving them from gar-
dene anti parka and baa no metodioua
pean to offer after hia vlctorlea He
•bould be treated aa vermin, and re-
duced in number, even If be cannot be
exterminated. To be cure, the bulletin
doea not offer one forlorn hope Mr
Dearborn of the biological purvey aaya
that he ought to oe eaten.
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Lume«rt*r, that the au^ id* tit otcuffH i
«Inch crippled bin (or th« rest of Hi
life.
Laford waa working la a sawmill. 1
running n circular saw Through the
clutuslueee of one of the helper* la
working the carriage of the big aaw. |
l-aford waa thiowa against the frame
, work surrouodlrg the whirling aaw. I
lost bis hold oa the lever of the ma-
> chine nnd fell nlrnlgbt forward oa
ibe butting blur of teeth. In aa la-
atant the left arm waa severed at the
wrist. Then. In trying to regain his
balance, be pitched forward m<w
more, and ibua lost tho other arm.
In the excitement that followed the
mill waa shut down aad Laford wan
hurried to the hospital la gve weeks'
time be was out. hut (or more than a
year be remained practically helpless
Not only waa It Impoaalble for him
to do any bind of work, but the loan
of his arau Impeded him la a thou-
sand wnyn It wan even difficult lor
him lo walk about. All his sense of
balance waa lost. Instead of submit
ting to bln fate, however. Laford
continually making plana for bla anlf-
support.
He irst got a lob driving g team.
In a short time he could not only
drive a team, but could load one.
Even the heaviest logs were none loo
heavy, and In six months' time I*-
GRANDSTAND PLAYER BAD IN BASKETBALL
— Mm*r*TOr’&MU
w“ t* mum atowr/Varav SwfohuA^nurd
•y JAMKS NAIBMITM.
Perhaps there la no character ao
cordially disliked hy sportdom la gen
•ml aa the “grandstand player.’* In
basket ball whera opportunities for
such tactics are greater than In many
tzztaj* O'Dxizh:
ford waa back on his old job again ns other pastimes the gallery artist's pop
I * teamster, and holding his own ulsrlly la far below par. Disliked by
against the rest of the crew He waa hla fellow players, the glamour In his
at this time 45 years old. and for 20 performances main wears off. even In
years he was a teamster in tho lum- ' the e.vea of hla home crowd, and If he
luring camps |a wise he w,„ g|,t back ,nto tJ>e o)d
l-aford has been a resident of Pal. rut of seeking only legal plaudlta.
mer lor the laat twenty yearn, and Two "grandstand ' plavem upon one
on hla testimony there are only three team, especially If they be guards, just
things which he cannot do: aa surely seal the fate of that quintet.
Tba propositions emanating worn
tbs Halted States, looking to the crea-
tion of aa International peace court
and to the neutralisation of the rail-
roads la Manchuria aa n step to nar
■nay of all interests In that quarter
have made a profound Impression and
ara regarded as measurea of world
politics of the highest significance and
pointing to most beneficent results
That la tha best and noblest of diplo-
macy. and again Illustrates the lead
whlcb the United States is taking In
seeking to promote good understand-
ing and to safeguard peace among the
nations. Aspirations to such "world
power' as this, which means the wel
fare of all mankind, must be ap-
proved by even the most stubborn
“ana’'
| ONWlN.-iMlII** O linen. Who is the .cuilcr ol a compact little band
■ ol It independent nationalists pledged u oppose the budget. Is some-
ihmg oi s thorn in the flesh or the ministry. Mr O Krien has had
a stormy political careei. A Journalist by proleaalon. be bas been prose-
cuted oc lewer than nine times lor political offenses, and nas spent morn
than two years In prison la 1MUI ha founded a new agrarian movement
tbe United Irish League" and atarted the Irish People oewepapwr aa
its advocate He severed his connection with tue official Irish nationalist
party in the bouse ol commons In IIH
FATHER MINUS ARMS
He cannot mow with a scythe.
He cannot chop wood.
He cannot milk a row.
as far as victories are concerned, as If
they were miles away during contests.
Playing to the gallery In the game of
m*n'k/Vfel1 V, * ‘3 y ,r* of a*e' 88 R°«l» from points far away from the
can be found In many communities. 1 - - J
basket. The player may have a streak
and clears harnesses a hr.. . i bu* wbpn ,n xubaequent contests only
£L sr .„*“ °zL" r u* 7 y •» —
puxxle an outalder. In place of “hi A.?- " Pr°'"t
two bands lost, Laford has developed
the use of bla teeth and hla toes.
Without Use of Hands Massa-
chusetts Man Rears Family.
Still a Bread Winner at Age of 76—
About Only Things Cannot Do Are
Mowing with 8cytho and
Milking a Cow.
Accorulng to the later details tne
one failure at the aviation meet In Los
Angeles waa that of a government Palmer. Mass —A story of an al-
dlrifible balloon, which It was found mo8t une*amP|'*<l uruggle for exist-
could not bold gas and therefore could fne*' " we" 88 8 record of human
not be used In flying. This hints at a *,hlch, ^ld,h8rd'y bp "ur
.„v ... , , , 81 8 passed, Is furnished by a Bay state
weak spot in this class of airships and town.
may strengthen the cause of the aero With one arm cut off at the shoul
pianists, who contend that the heavier- der and the other below the elbow,
than-alr machine, properly constructed Michael l-aford. a Palmer man. has
and operated, Is the real thing. Any- brought up a family of seven children
way, it must be admitted that this 8nd •uPP°rt“d »hem. although for 42
class ot air craft won most of the dis- hp ha* bepn dePrived of ‘he uae
tlnction at tbe California show.
of his bands
to work. At 14 he was used In the
woods with the men. where he put In
his ten and twelve hours a day with
a gang of loggers Not only was tbe
child driven to work, but he was
HEN OFFICIALLY IS A BIRD
Treasury Department he Decides, Sul
Eggs Ara Net Admitted Free
as Birds' eggs.
For while the “grandstand" player
la accepting his long distance chancea.
one of his own forwards or perhaps
the center Is being deprived of a far
surer opportunity to score from a
point much nearer the goal or even
Immediately under the net. When
the forward or center accepts long
chances they are not blamed nearly
Washington.—"A hen Is a bird" Is 80 mucb for missing them as when
— . the official declaration of tbe I'nited ,be *u*rd* ,ry the same feats. In
beaten. Improperly fed and went al- j States treasury department. ,hf,*e I «» endeavoring to Ira
most without clothing even In the j its customs experts made this rul uimn the reader the necessity
reeling air of a Canadian winter.' ing In response to the Inquiries ol °* attempting only apparently sure
srtcral times he w as driven out of I one of the department's correspond A°al*- You will notice that when the
he camp to attend to horses In the | ,-nts who called attention to the fact l,a*®e" *re completed in each of the
j-lght and compelled to wade through I that the Payne tariff law
the snow In bare feet. For several
years this treatment continued, till
at last l-aford made up bis mind that
he would do better to strike out for
himself. Taking advantage of a dark
and stormy night he ran away, and
after weeks and months of hiding and
hunger, he fell In with a chance friend
with whom he worked his way down
acroas the Canadian border Into New
York state.
Through his knowledge of lumber-
levied a
duty of five centa a dozen on hens'
eggs, while at the same time birds'
eggs are admitted duty free.
The paragraph Imposing the duty
on hens' eggs la specific, ao that al
though a hen la officially declared a
bird Ita products will have to pay the
tariff rate.
plays the sphere Is In the hands of one
of the players under the goal and un-
der ordinary conditions a score should
result
For Instance, taking the current
play, described In the accompanying
diagram. The ball Is passed from the
guard to the forward, on a straight
[ Hne, and the latter being beneath the
basket shoots for the goal. Taking the
play In detail, the center (No. 3)
Cupid Falls at Last. r j _ ______ __ _ ^
Staunton. Va —C. C. Pugh of Nelson knocks the ball at a slight angle to-
county bas returned to the Augusta wards the left guard (No 4). as In the
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_ Among the hundred, of stories told j i"*d £ 1 COun,y r,Pr!t'8 °l",Pe 8 »' diagram to the left, the guard pass-
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-------- Aft" 8 yP8r or 80 of 8,,cce88 81 ,hl8 not nw‘d “ 81 He falls to From there the effort to gcore
products last year were
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showing, though It looks small along- Is unique
aide of the 18.000.000.000 output of the
United 8tates. But. added to the In-
creasing value of the products of
Mexican industries of various kinds, It
Is gratifying as indicating the growib
and prosperity of our southern neigh
bor.
Even for a man of perfect health
and physique, the trials and difficul-
ties which l-aford has fought against
all his life would be considered stu-
pendous. Yet. at the age of 76. and
after a lifetime struggle, he Is still
earning his bread cheerfully, and In
fact, he did nearly half a century ago.
after the accident occurred which
The plea of meaning no harm la one made him a cripple for the rest of his
often advanced aa an excuse for wrong- days
It at present. He falls to
he moved to Stafford. Conn., where he state whnt happened to Cupid in these
again started operations. It was here, six years.
Cupid’s Gold Mine Closed
Coldblooded Post Office Inspectors
Rudely Dash Fond Hopes of
Many Lonely Levers.
Washington.—The coldblooded poet
goal.
Is made.
The covering of positions Is sim-
plicity Itself after the left forward
has made a failure, If auch proves to
be the case. When he fails lo score,
he stands fast, the center advances
to the point Just In front of the goal
them to send her the price of getting 8"d ,he r‘Kht fcrW8rd (No 2>' who ha8
from Johnstown to their place of res! h®*" ,'nB8*‘‘d ln ,he ft‘at ot los'n*
dence, and when she
guard opponent, romes bark to the
doing. A man of average intelligence | From the moment of l-aford's birth , wlere 'they"'In'te*rfere VlTh' the smirch °n,° money'
would-be soulmates She Juat hung
mother had rtM lpav|nR hjm wlth imp of the mmlu mmlr hpc^ ghe money she had received from tbe
who lntenda no wrong will keep with- misfortune seem'd to set upon him
in due limits and not take chances of He was born in a little village a few
wrong resulting. Many are too often m,le* outside of Montreal Before he
failed to seek the 80ciety"<ofn’°he^ r‘Bh' hand 8ide °f ,he net' ,hu8 cover'
ing al) iiosslble points from which the
sphere may come in case the forward
errs In his effort to "cage" the ball.
The left guard of course falls back
to take rare of the right forward of
the opposing team, as soon as he has
passed the hall. In the diagram to
Ing excuse to tbelr conscience, but It “?a n,.7' “'av'nK nim w ith j use of the mails merely because she other’ men an^cle^ve' onlv io the 'ul' ,lie l,sht 1 am lowing ,he comblna
has little weight either In reason or r t t children, to the care or | employed modern business methods. , t|mnt eligible tion. worked exactly the reverse, giv-
taw. “*'7* °f, 'r'end8 and , n*'*bb°ra. Including advertising In newspapers. ' "t inspector, had a hard time 'b“ rbtht guard (No. 5, an oppor-
__ZUi ,hPKdP8,h or ,hp n7’hpr th“ “> *,r,|re a new husband I ting evTdencT as ?he men IZ to get Into action.
Figures lor the calendar year 1»0» were “given’ ^ouM ^ sent'^t byTh^m''t "ffl “ . 8ta'rmpnt r money and were then left wait- Thp ,,i,n ,s knocked to the right
show that the trade between the Uni- take then, Michael fell Into the now ha. a tortSSll* 'h" ,rni" °n "hlrh AI,Ce didnt ,1"° «'“**? Ih rr“iKhH
ted States and Canada was the largest h«nds of a farmer, w ho put him to! hut she advertised for another The r°mP Wer® .rp,“ctam to havp th«'r i d h<* °°r h° r fih ,°,war''
ever known for an equal period. More- work a|most as soon as he could walk j statement a—*"" ■- ___*-■- nampR ,IKPd in ,he P!ise R“* °ne man
when
(No. 21. the goal being attempted h>
the tatter. The covering of position*
la accomplished by tha right forwart
maintaining tbe spot from which b«
made his effort at goal: but the lef
forward (No. 1) scintillating about th*
playing area to bowllder his oppoilni
guard and by the center taking th*
same op|>ortunlty as previously. Th*
right guard drops back to rover hit
forward, who had for a moment beet
free.
I know many coaches who declar*
they are opposed to plays of that or
der. In fart, many of them do not be
lleve In using guard plays at all. They
consider them dangerous, for they
leave opposing forwards alone fur i
moment or two and thus there Is ar
opportunity for tbe latter to effect t
connection with the goal. But when
a team Is strong and evenly balance*
in all Its departments these plays pay
well for the learning, for they open u|
new fields to bewilder opponents, ant
when well taught, along with the ar
rangements for defease, they usually
succeed.
The fundamental point which must
he remembered by the guards Is «hal
It It their duty In this formation tr
Immediately get back to their oppos
Ing forwards when they have paste*:
the ball. There must be no waiting tc
see that the sphere has gone right
nor must there be any following it up
the floor for that leaves a man un-
covered In a dangerous position
That Is the safest way to work the
combination—that which I have de-
scribed above—but I will tell you how
this same play may be used to per
haps better scoring advantage. It If
a little dangerous, hut nftttmes sue
ceeds, especially when the center ol
the team represented as aggressor
gets tbe Jump on hla opponent.
Inste.id of the guard Immediately
falling back to cover hla forward, let
the center perform that function and
let the guard go down the floor after
the hall has been passed, but con
atantly keeping hla eye on the oppo,
ing center, for he has traded dtitle*
with his own center. Then If the ren
ter of (he opposing team Is kind
enough lo stay In the vicinity of the
guard's basket, there Is plenty of
chance for the latter to score. Ol
course this latter arrangement is only
effective when the forward Intrusted
with the scoring duty falls to land the
ball within the net.
A word here as to the playing of the
guard posillon. The fundamental
principle of the guard who would
“shut out" his opposing forward Is to
stay between that Individual and the
basket. Consequently, when the ref-
eree la about to toss the ball up In the
center of the floor, the guard should
place himself on the “Inside" of his
forward: that Is. between his forward
and an Imaginary line lengthwise
down the middle of the floor bisecting
the center circle.
In that way he may keep his gaze
divided between the center, from
which the ball comes, and his for-
wards movements. Were he on the
"outslue" of his forward, the latter
could easily elude him if the signal
called for a cross-over play. While
posted on the "Inside," however, lie Is
right In the way of the forward in ex-
eeuilng that design.
over, the figures prove that the bust- | . VP ,fo ,hp ,lm" hp wa8 12 ypar* old ! «**•** when AlVce'^corrcsponde'ntH ™8tf,f<,°Und Mavbury- Pa • *ho 'on
sent Alice $7 50 to pay her fare from
ness done by the countries with each Laford worked as few boy a ever have] looked good to'her ghe'w'roteaakl'ng *Pn'ed *° h“lp ,be ln*PPr,or* He
Dther has doubled In ten years. That
doea not Indicate that either side la
barring out the other.
Burbank, tbe plant wizard, aas de-
veloped a spineless cactus aa a substi-
tute for meat. It is going greatly to
simplify matters If one can simply go
out In one s garden or back yard and
pull one’s roast or Joint fresh from Ita
growing.
Parchment Has Odd Story
A railroad president putt the blame
for the high price ot food on women's
extravagance. This U such a common
excuse for everything wrong in tha
universe that the wonder of it Is no
one thought of bringing It forward be-
fore.
Thlevea In Philadelphia successfully
accomplished a robbery by telling ad-
miring police onlookers that they wars
posing for moving pictures. Chlldllka
trust In one's fellow-creatures 1*
charming, but sometimes most unpro-
fessional.
A lew aeroplanes cannot put ths
Nicaraguans any mors In tha air *»>«i
they are now.
The cost of walking la also to go U*
according to the shoe manufacturers.
Document Mora Than Century Old
Exonerates Man of Wrongdoing
—Not a Criminal.
Canton, O — Rummaging In a quaint
Old desk among a heap of musty pa-
pers. yellow with age. Miss Elizabeth
Reed. 711 Shorb street, this city, bas
found a historic document. It almoet
crumbled aa she read It. That the
loss of a piece of ear. caused by the
bite of a horse, should be sworn to
before a justice puzzled her and aha
Investigated.
The document dated In Hamilton
county, certified that John Reed, when
a child, bad a small piece taken out
of the under side of hla left ear by
a horse, and concluded . "which hath
been lawfully and sufficiently proved
by tbe oaths of living witnesses, given
under the hand and seal of the un-
dersigned Justice of the peace. De-
cember 31, 1801. Signed. Houton
Clarks."
Miss Reed upon Investigation
learned that at the date of the docu-
ment there was a custom of marking
criminals by cutting away part of one
of their ears. John Reed waa her
great-grandfather, one of tha settlers
Of Ohio, and to dispel presumptions
on the part of stranger* that be had
lost part of an ear by being marked
aa a criminal he secured tbe document
to certify to the contrary.
Further rummage by Mlaa Reed
found papers showing the discharge
of her great-great-grandfather, Isaac
Reed, from the war of the revolution.
The papers were dated July 27. 177*.
A soiled promlsory note of 1806
showed that John Denham waa debtor
to Isaac Reed for the "Just and full
sum of 12 gallons of good merchant-
able whisky to ba paid ths first day
of March."
Johnstown to Maybury. but she never
came. Another man living way out
at Eugene. Ore., who claimed to have
given up *110 to Alice, also gave the
post office Inspectors a lift.
iRlYSON GETS TWO CUBS;
IS AFTER ANOTHER TITLE
New Way to ffs Good.
Detroit, Mich.—"Conflicting color
arrangements tend to lower the moral
plane,” declared A. M. McKenzie of
Hamilton. Ont., today In a paper read
before the Master House Painters and
Decorators of the United States and
Canada, who are In convention here
"The Craft of ths Master Palmer aa
a Moral Educator or Otherwise" was
the subject of Mr. McKenzie’s paper,
and throughout It carried the Idea
that more beautiful coloring would
be a great factor In bettering moral
Ufa In tbe slums of tbe cities.
Appendicitis Family Curss.
Appleton, Wla.—The original "ap-
pendicitis family has been discovered
at Aakeaton. In tbe family of Robert
Powers there have been during tbe
last 18 months seven operations for
appendicltlc, the father and hla six
sons having been afflicted during that
time. All have recovered except Wil-
liam Powers, youngest son. who un-
derwent an operation only a few days
ago. The father waa the first to need
aa operation. Then one after an-
other the sons became III. Three
months ago there were two appendices
removed In three days.
Owner of tha Louisville Club and One
of the Youngest Magnate* in
Baseball.
Ban on False Hair.
Brnckwayvllle, Pa—At a meeting of
the Bachelor Olrla' club of this place
a resolution waa adopted to put a ban
on false hair as an aid to beauty.
Since then the women are following
the lead of the girls by discarding
rnU and other raise hair effects. A
general boycott of "fake hair" con-
cerns aeem certain.
There are few girls who cling to
the make believe Idea since the Bach-
elor Girls' club resolved to get along
with nature's own adornmsnL
The American association gained In
torce and ability when Billy Grayson
if St. Loula, purchased the Louisville
club last year and turned It Into a
championship aggregation. Now that
ic hat got Del Howard and Joe 8tan
ley from the Cubs, Grayson seems
more likely to win another champion-
ihlp this year.
Mr. Orayson Is only 31 years old.
ind Is one of the youngest club own-
trs In any of tha Important leagues.
He was born and brought up In St.
Louis, where his father has extensive
ntereate In the lumber business, op-
!rating a string of sawmills In Arkaa-
iss. Mr. Grayson, Jr., graduated from
.he University of Michigan In the
■taea of 1101 with becoming honors,
le was s member of tbe famous Pal
.) pal Ion fraternity while In college.
After graduation be went into the
irokerage business and became a
netnber of tbe St. loula Stock Ex-
-bangs and also of the New York
Itock Exchange. He continued In (be
itock and bond business until he
•ought the Louisville ball club on
b*ly 16, 1*09, when be assumed com-
lists control of tha club and Iran
chine in the Kentucky metropolis. Ho
gave Manager Peltz liberal support,
and the result was the first champion-
ship club that Louisville has enter-
tained In the memory of man.
Mr. Grayson lint* attended several
a
'ft
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/{
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William Grajfucr*.
of the big baseball meeting* and baa
made a favorable Impress,on on (he
older and more experienced magnates
by hla keen graap of every eliuatloa
nnd hia broadminded view* „n „ll
tuple, of controversy He |* n|rP|,rty
prominent factor tu N,„ bu-eLia.|
world.
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