DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD; DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA. CRACK ARMY ATHLETE PLAYERS' RETURN WILL HELP BASEBALL Ollphant Is Only Cadet to Win "A" in Four Sports. ISSIO ) .., HITTING A STARTl (H muriak.i!Mmkmv.mtBmmniw'wwiiaitrjn'uri.Mw junuiwimiiii;iiiu i.wjiim n J I NATHANIEL C. FOWLER, Jr. I fl 1 AM A Miw'f 111(1 I rfSlOj r Nffk. :a. I ali lor Won Letters and Numerals Galore While at Purdue University Llfc- Size Pictures of Indiana Lnd In Hall of Farno. If Cadet Elmor Quillon Ollphant, tho dashing halfback of tho Array cloven last fall, gains promotion and farao in tho Army after his graduation from West Point two and a half years benco as rapidly as ho has attained rank and prominenco in athletic pur suits, ho will bo tho recipient of words of commendation and tho liko from the vory start of hlB caroor as a soldier. Cadet Ollphant is ono of tho best tthlctca that ever ontorcd tho Military academy, la fact, ho is tho only ca det who over won tho coveted "A" in four Bports slnco tho beginning of ath letic competition at tho Point, 26 years ago. No West Point man has ever been graduated with tho ''A" won in moro than throo branches of sport at tho Bcadcmy. Thoro aro upward of 400 "A" men among tho alumni of Wost Point, too, and most of theso men were tho cntiro four years accumulat ing tnolr "A's," Oliphrnt has boon there slnco June, 1914. Ollphant is a son of Marlon E. Oll phant of Brucovlllo, lnd. Ho was bom at Bloomflold, that stnto, twenty-two years ago. Ho was a Icador in athletics among tho boys of his town Bt an early ago, and attended tho Washington (lnd.) High Bchool for thrco years. Ho loft Washington and went to tho Linton (lnd.) High achool, from which institution ho was gradu ated in 1910, and wont to Purduo uni versity at Lafayette. At Purduo ho is classed as tho greatest athloto who over graced that university with his presence. Ho won letters and nu- Elmer Q. Ollphant of West Point. morals galbro, and llfo-slzo pictures of this Indiana lad hang in Purduo's athletic hall of famo, showing him dressed in various athletic costumos. TO UPHOLD HONOR OF COAST At Least TWenty Athletes to Tako Part In National Championships at Newark, N. J. When tho track and flold athlotca from all parts of tho United States strip for tho national championship at Newark next oummor, tho Pacific coast will bo roprcsontod by tho larg est aggregation that over wont out to -uphold tho honor of that part of tho United States. Plans aro being laid far in advanco by tho men of athletic affairs on tho coast for tho raising of a largo fund to finance n team of not loss than twenty men for tho Newark games. Tho Olympic club of San Francisco, tho Multnomah Amatour Athletic as sociation of Portland, tho Soattlo,Ath lotlc club and tho Los Angolcs Ath letic club will tako tho lead in tho work of organising an all-Pacific coast team. It Is expected each of theso organi zations will contributo funds to bo added to tho nionoy that will bo al lowed tho Pacific coast by tho cham pionship commlttoo for tho transpor tation of tho team. Added to theso funds will bo tho profits of tho Pa cific coast national championship try outs, which will bo run on a largo ecalo In ono of tho coast cities. Tho victory of tho Olympic club In tho 1915 national championships at tho Panama-Pacific oxposltlon has brought about a flno, healthy boom in track Bports on tho coast, and tho natural rosultMa a defllro to maintain tho prostlgo won nt tho Frisco meet in tho championships at Newark In 191C. Attantlo Coast Bowling Tourney. Washington, D. C has organized a etock company to flnanco tho tourna ment company which will hold the sec ond annual tournoy of tho Atlantic Coast Bowling association, tho east ern governing body ' which includes small ball as well as tho largo stylo of bowling among Us championship events Tho tournoy will bo held noxt April, and it is estimated tho cost will bo about $8,000. Cornell Holds Coach Experts. The.ro is ono thing about Cornell athletics that might well be copied by other institutions ambitious to achlovo success on tho fields of aport. Whon tho Ithaca university finds a coach who can deliver tho goods it makes a business of seeing that ho stays at Ithaca. Courtnoy, Moakloy and Sharpo can bo quotod o examples Army Loses Coach. LJeut. Qharles Daly, V S A , has re signed his position as coach of th Mwr fcxKJwU testa. ml &n3k!) -5? Four Players That tho quality of baseball that will bo played in tho National and Amorican lcaguos noxt season will bo much bettor than that of last Is as sured. Tho return to tho "fold" of tho stars who jumped from organized basoball to play with tho Feds and tho advent of tho mnny young players de veloped to major leaguo ability by tho Fods will mnko tho gamo hotter. In tho layout thoro aro four who aro worthy of prominent mention. Thoy aro "Bonny" KaiifT, tho hard-hitting outfielder, who led tho indopandont organization for two years; Leo Ma gco, who Jumped from tho Cardinals to manago tho Brooklyn Feds and wIiobo playing at second baso stamped him aB ono of tho leadlug second baBO men In basoball; "Tom" Seaton, who whllo with tho Phillies was u capablo JOE SHUGRUE TO COME BACK Jersey Lightweight Fighter Is Ready to Make His Reappearance In the Roped Arena. After a long rest, Joo Shugruo, tho popular Jersey City lightweight Is nearly ready to mako his reappear ance In tho ring nt a Now York club. Joo has had a tough tlmo of It, but his manager, Poto Fitzgerald, la con fident that ho will como back to tho fray as good as now. Joo was forced to rotlro when ho was noar tho top of tho treo last February, duo to a Joe Shugrue. cataract that had formed on liiu oyo. This has been removed and ho Is ablo to sco as well as over. Joo rested for eight months boforo ho took on Eddlo McAudrowa and Jim mlo Murphy In Philadelphia. Ho de feated both. Ho has been doing light training in tho country and is pro parod to tako on any of tho light weights. r"- Great Record at First Base. It Is a question whothor there was another first baseman In the gamo tho past season who had as good a field ing record as Joo Judgo, whllo playing tho Initial bag for Buffalo. Judgo played In 140 games, had 1,345 put out, 64 assists aud eight errors, giv ing him an avorago of ,994 a phenom ena! feat for a first basomau. To Promoto Sports, Oklahoma City's Business Men's Athletic association has been granted a charter, and will promoto Bports. -jtfpls-vjag. K'ls s-i ft L "' if "Come Back." working mate for Grover Clovoland Alexander, and Claudo Coopor, who whllo being developed by John Mc Oraw slipped away to perform with tho Feds. Coopor has developed into a fast outfielder, as McGraw predicted he would. Ho Is a young player and still has sovcral years of major leaguo basoball ahead of him. Somo doubt has boon expressed as to tho ability of Seaton to como back. Ho did not havo a very good year. In this regard "Dick" Carroll, ouo-tinio Ynnkeo pitchor, Inter of tho International league and most recently business manager of tho Brooklyn Feds, said: "There Is not tho slightest doubt Seaton can como buck. Ho needs a Iittlo rest, that Is nil. Ho will pitch good basoball for somo tlmo to como." SMEffiSTOG T PARAGRAPHS Somnnmbullst walks In Ills slcop, but somo ball players sleep In their walk. - .Major leagues mo as btiong against wintor basoball as tho colleges aro against sununor basoball. John W. Overton of Nashville, Tonn., has boon elected as captain of tho Yalo cross-country team for 1910. Well, anyway, tho now Yalo coach will havo a strong nucleus for tho 191G olovon. Tho stadium didn't gradu oto. Christy Mnthowsou has subdeltoid bursitis of tho arm, doctors say. Now Is thoro any wonder ho Isn't r ) good as ho used to bo? Earl Schatzmnn, signed by the Browns, Is a printer, but what follow prlntorn do to his nnmo whon they put It in a box scoro will bo a sin. Yalo probably will order a radical rowing Innovation noxt spring, in transferring its crows for practice and racing to tho Housatontc river. Goorgo Gray, tho Australian, defent ed Molbourno Inmau, tho English champion, by a scoro of 18,000 to 1G,- 988 recently at Sliolllold. Euglnnd Unlvorslty of Chicago undergraduate council plans to mako every man In tho Institution an nUiloto. Director ot Athletics Stagg approves the Idea. Yalo crows will appear In a large number of races noxt spring, accord ing to tho announcement madu by Manager 13. C. Elkln of tho spring Hchodulo, Pitcher Jack Wnrhop, who received his unconditional release from the Now York Americana last season, will bo given n trial by tho St. Louis Na tional club. John F. Nicholson, formerly captain of tho track team of tho University oi Missouri, has signed a contract to be director of athletics at tho I'nlvorslty of tho South, Sowanee, Tonn, Wooghman wants Leo Mageo, who was with tho Feds. So do McGraw, Stalllngs, Moron, Itoblnson, Callahau, Horzog, Hugglns and eight Amorican leaguo managers. Ono of Now York's Blx-day bikers la named Walter Egg. And ho robbed 82 paragraphers and colyumnlsts of 82 chance? nt tho samo thought by riding snfoly through tho entire weok. Tho Pittsburgh club donlos having made Captain Eddlo Malum of tho Harvard football team an offer to piny basoball next season. Mahau declare? thoro Is "not a chanco in tho world' for him to play professional ball. ((copyright, IVI4, by the McClure Newspaper byndicatc.) HE KNOWS ONE THING WELL. Several years ago Tom began as of fico boy in a wholesale grocery house Ho learned tho business, and In courso of tlmo was sent out on tho road. Ho returned crestfnllen, without an order. "Did you call on all tho storekeep ers In Blanktown?" asked tho mer chant. "Yea. sir." "And you received no orders?" "No," replied tho embryo salesman, "not ono." "That'B strango," said tho mer chant. "Most of tho storckeopors In that town aro good customers of ours. What did you say to them?" "Woll," drawled tho young man, "I told 'em who I was and hcro I came from." "Did you display your samples or ask them to purchase ?" "Oh, no. If thoy'd wanted to buy anything, thoy'd havo told me, wouldn't thoy?" Tho merchant looked at tho young man In allcnco for a fow moments. "Tom," ho said, "I'm afraid you'll novor mako a salesman. I'll put you on tho books." So Tom became an assistant book keeper. Ho was proficient and re ceived a fair salary. Tho years rolled on. Tom became middle-aged, and no ono thought much about him any way. Ono day ho knocked on tho door leading to tho firm'B offico and was admitted. "What can wo do for you, Tom?" asked tho merchant. "Want a partnership," said tho book keeper. "What!" "Want a partnership," repeated Tom. Something In the man's faco at tracted tho merchant's attention. "Sit down. You say you want to be come a partner. Havo you any capi tal to Invest?" "Not enough to mention." "Then how do you expect to got what you want?" "Well," said tho bookkeeper, quiet ly, "half of your business is molasses, and I know molasses. If you don't want mo, Smith & Jocc3 do." "What!" "Woll," said Tom, calmly. "Thoy mado mo an offer ot a tenth Interest." Tho merchant Investigated and found that his obscuro bookkeopor know moro about molasses than any other man in tho trado. Tom was ad mitted to tho firm and died worth a quarter of a million dollars. Tom know ono thing well. Quietly and persistently ho had perfected him solf, dovelopod his natural talents, and had becomo an oxport of exports. I am awaro that tho avorago young man, try as ho will, may not bo ablo to perfect himself sufficiently in any ono branch of trado to obtain a command ing position in it; but I bollovo that 90 per cent of those who are at tho bottom, or holding subordinate posi tions, could riso from tho ranks If thoy dovotod tholr onorgios persistently and consistently to tho porfoctlng of thomselvcs In somo ono thing which Is ,au important pnrt of business. Tho troublo with most men is that thoy do not uso what thoy havo. Thoy soom to bo satisfied to float. Young man, find out what you aro host fitted to do, and, when you mnko this discovery, go to tho very bottom ot it and learn It so woll that you will bo an authority upon that subject. Then you will havo In you a market ablo commodity,, which stands for a llboral salary or for something hotter. TO PARENTS. Lot mo dlvergo for onco from my policy of nddressing young peoplo di rectly, that I may say a fow words to fathors and mothors. Tho selection of a vocation is usual ly mado elthor by tho boy himself, by his parents, or by both. Theoretically, at least, tho parent la supposed to bo tho best adviser for his son, becauso ho has soon moro of him and should bo ablo to diagnoso his ability with somo dogreo of accuracy. Whllo tho paront undoubtedly In tends to adviso tho son for his good, it Is obvious that nolther tho father nor tho mother 1b infalllblo, and that, be ing human, thoy aro likely to err and influence their boy to his detriment. Wo aro all moro or loss swayed by prejudice. It a fatber, for example, has mado a failuro of his work, ho is likoly to adviso his son against it, oven though tho latter may bo adaptod to it. Conversely, if a father has achlovod success in his vpcatlon, ho Names of the Months, Tho names of tho mouths aro Latin in their origin. Tho particular deriva tion of each namo la aa follows: Janu ary, in honor of Janus, who presided ovor tho beginning of ovorythlng; Feb ruary, from tho word "fobru," to purify, bocauso tho purification ot women took placo In that month; March, from tho namo of tho god of war, Mars; April, from "aperio," to open, because that is tho mouth when tho buds shoot forth; May, from tho namo ot tho goddess Mala, mother of Mercury, to whom sacrifices wero of fored tho first day ot this month; Juno, from tho namo of tho quoon ot tho gods, Juno; July, named by Mnro Antony la honor of Julius Caesar, who was born in this month; August, namod by Augustus Caesar in honor ot himself, bocauso in this mouth be eolebrated threo distinct triumphs, re duced Egypt to subjection, and put an end to civil war (in Gaul aud tho moro remote parts ot tho Itoman em pire Uio month wos known by its au clent namo of Eaugt or Aust, tho word for harvest), September, Octobor, No vember, Docember, tuoiieventh, eighth, quite naturally assumes that what ho has dono well his boy can do equally well. Tho parent often forgots to study his boy, and ho is qulto likely to as sumo that his son ia fit for this and unfit for that. I do not consldor that tho advlco of any ono porson, whether ho Is a par ent or not, is sufficient to detcrmino tho vocation for a young man. Composito counsel is far bettor than individual opinion. Tho parent sliould begin to study his son when tho boy has passed his fourteenth or fifteenth year, porhaps boforo; ho should watch him care fully, talk with him in a friendly way, and bring to his attention tho advan tages and disadvantages of tho sev eral callings, especially thoso for which ho thinks his son is fitted. Tho father should go further, and consult with his friends, thoso who como in contact with his boy, that, from composito counsel, ho may be ablo to adviso him moro definitely and moro carefully. To push or to force tho boy Into a vocation, without careful thought and considerable study, is as wicked as It Is to rob him of his birthright. Thousands upon thousands of boys have been started wrong bocauso of self-opinionated fathers, who, without consideration, forced their sons Into vocations against their Inclinations and ability. Many a dovoted mother and over ambitious father, wholly from self pride and without any real regard for their offspring, havo attempted to cocrco him into somo profession, when tho boy had absolutely no liking for It or ability to practico It. They would havo their son a lawyer when the boy would mako a good business man. They would forco lllm to becomo a teachor when he lacked tho power to Impart information. Thoy would mako a business man of a student who loved his books moro than money. Kemomber, parents, that your boy, on tho threshold of life, Is soon to bo his own master, and that you havo no more right to forco him under your will than you havo to steal his over coat or shoes. ,Tho boy of today Is tho man of to morrow, and what you do with him to day may mako or break him tomor row. Shaping of a Career. In 1834, Lord Molbourno, then still homo secretary In tho reform cabinet, and Disraeli, a beaten candidate for parliament, wero talking together after dinner, and tho typical British peer, tho friend of Victoria, was at tracted by tho clovorness of tho Ho brow aspirant. "Lord Molbourno," as Disraeli told tho story, which is con firmed by Melbourne's biographer, "asked how ho could advanco mo in life, and half proposed that I should bo his private secretary, inquiring whht my object in Iifo might bo. 'To bo prlmo mlnistor.' " Tho condescending Whig tried gently to nrguo tho young man out of what must havo seemed to him puro infatuation; but ho did not forget tho remark. When, in 1848, as an old man, ho learned of Disraeli's success In parliament, ho was heard to oxclalm: "By God! tho follow will do It yet." Paul E. Moore, in tho At lantic. Ways of the Hopper. "Do you know," says tho Mankoto Advocate, "a feller tried to mako us bollevo tho other day that a visitation of grasshoppers such as wo had in 1874 wouldn't do much harm now, as thoro is so much vegetation thoy couldn't cat It all? "When a man talks that way wo know ho novor took tho grasshopper degree. Why, If tho corn had boon 15 foot high on every aero In tho county when those hungry migrants lit down thoy'd eaten It clean, licked tho plnttor and kissed tho cook boforo noon tho next day." Kausas City Star. His Method. "How is it that you can tell with out timing htm whether or not a mo torist is oxceeding tho speed limit fixed by your local ordinance?" "If l can't count tho spokes in his gosh darned wheels I'm pretty suro ho's breakln" tho law," ropllod Constablo Sam T. Slackuttor, tho woll-known slouth of Skoedeo. "And if ho looks liko a KanBas City feller that's got tho money to pay his fine I know blamo woll ho Is!" Kansas City Star. A plmonto is a red poppor that has got into society. 1 ninth and tenth months (names from tuo Roman numerals), so called be causo previous to tho addition of Janu ary and February by Numa in 713 B C, tho calendar year began with March. Attractive Night Lamps. So-called "Damascus shrino lamps' como from tho far East and are now being used In Amorlca for night lights, or In rooms whoro only candle light is used. Tho baso of tho shrino is a fluted shallow braBS pan four inches in diameter, which holds a candlo. It hangs at tho bottom of a wreath oi prettily-wrought leavos. Tho wreath is tho size of a tea plato, and at tho top it holds a domo over tho candle Hamo. In tho top of tho domo tliora Is a heavy hook to swing tho light by Thoso lamps aro particularly decora tlvo, lending thomselvcs to their back ground harmoniously, espoclally in rooms with black paint and yellow woll coverings. Optimistic Thought. Humility is tho first of virtues other peoplo. for yT" Ve-'mfVSV m lkAslSrwS Mtli2iiMMiii jfcB&fc Mission San EVERYONE who thinks of Cali fornia conceives a mental pic turo of Its old missions and its big trees. Tho Franciscan Fa thers built 21 missions in California, extending from San Diego, at the ex tremo southern limit of the stato, to Solano, 30 mlleB north of San Fran cisco bay, a distance of almost COO miles. Ten of these missions wero placed in central California, extend ing from Monterey county to Sonoma county, a distance of about 1C0 miles. Of tho ton in the central counties, fivo wero established around San FranclB co bay and the remaining five In San ta Cruz, San Benito and Monterey counties. Tho Franciscan pioneers, knowing California, selocted with great care the fruitful valleys and the spots whoro tho climate Is mild and equable tho year round. Of tho fivo mlsslons- around San Francisco bay, the one at "3aLft.$& MI35IOK Ban Rafael, Just across the bay from Ban Francisco, and the one at Santa Cruz on Monterey bay have entirely disappeared. Mission Dolores in the heart of San Francisco, Mission San Joso at tho little town ot the same namo on tho main motor boulevard from Oakland to San Joso, and Mis sion Santa Clara in tho town of Snnta Clara, four miles from Son Joso, aro kopt in fairly good repair, and aro vis ited annually by many tourists. In Midst of Great City. Missipn Dolores, built In 1776 and cow In tho midst of tho residence dis trict of San Francisco, is tho only ono of tho old missions which is surround ed by a largo city. Mission Santa Clara has been incorporated Into tho buildings of tho University of Santa Clara, one of the largo educational In stitutions of California. Many inter esting and valuable mission relics are carefully preserved at tho university In a room set aside for tho purpose. Solano mission, in the town ot So noma, some thirty miles north of the Bay of San Francisco, was built In 1823. It was tho last and tho farth est north of the chain of old missions. It is located in a most attractive sec tion of central California at a town which has played a considerable part In California's early history. Sonoma 1b in tho "Vnlloy of the Moon," mado famous by Jack London's novel of the same name. London's thousand acre Textbooks Sold Each Year. Tho commerce reports stato greatly exaggerated i'leas prevail concerning tho total number of textbooks sold In tho United States each year and the annual profits resulting from such sales. Data obtained by tho United States bureau of education from 43 toxtbook publishers in tho United States show that their aggregate total sales of textbooks for uso In public and prlvato schools in 1913 amounted to J17.274.030. Tho nggregato for public school, elementary and high, amounted to $14,201,768. Tho total en rollment in public elementary and high schools for tho yoar was approxi mately 18,609,040. Excluding tho ele mentary school enrollment of Califor nia, slnco California prints Its own ele mentary books, tho number becomes 18,213,780. For each child enrolled In tho public schools In the United States, therefore, tho total annual sale ot text books is 78.3 cents. Force of Rs'n in the Desert. Tho following description of rain on ihr desert Is glvn by a writer In Farm ml Flresldo "In desert lauds v.htn w anrannnKMHni Juan Bautista ranch Is a few miles north of Sonoma. No moro beautiful country can bo found In California than tho imme diate surroundings of Mission San Jose, which lies 28 miles from the city of Oakland on the stato highway. All around the long, low adobo struc ture are orchards and vinoyards. Im mediately back of the mission are tho beautiful foothills of a branch of the coast rango ot mountains and to the westward is tho Incomparably rich and beautiful Santa Clara valley. A wonderful grovo of palms, olive and fig trees planted by tho padres In 1797 lies across tho highway from the mission. It is now a pnrt of probably tho most attractivo country home in California, known as Palmdale. Monterey the Mission County. Monterey county Is called the mis slon county of California, because It has within its boundaries threo of the old missions, namely: Mission Carmel DOLORES at Carmel-by the Sea, Mission San An tonio and Mission Soledad. Tho for mer Is maintained In excellent repair and many thousands visit the old building annually. Hero Padro Junl pero Serra lived and Is buried. San Antonio and Soledad missions aro fast falling into ruins. Ono of tho most beautiful ot the old missions is San Juan Bautlstn at tho little town of the samo namo in San Benito county, 100 miles south of San Francisco. Tho original highway, or rather tho pathway connecting the old missions from ono end of tho stato to tho other, was called El Camlno Ileal or tho King's Highway. The stato of Cali fornia in laying out its $18,000,000 motor highway, which Is largely com pleted, followed the road of tho Fran ciscans stretching from mission to mission. Tho visitor to California, par ticularly tho motorlBt, can thus make a tour of tho old missions over a won derfully fine boulovard through pic turesque valleys and mountains. The California Landmark league and tho Nntlvo Sons of tho Golden West aro making a strong campaign to restore all tho old missions about which so much of tho romantic his tory of tho state Is built, and to main tain them for all time. Thoro is no closed season for tho man who hunts troublo. It does rain, It may como with much moro forco than anywhere oIbo. In loss than no time the wholo mountain side was a sheet of wator running swiftly down. Soon a great torrent be gan to pour under tho rock where wo wero taking shelter, undormlnlng it and threatening to throw it down upon us, a rock that weighed mauy. many tons. We emerged from there and mado a hurried run to another hid ing placo, moro secure. Then came hall and hailstones fell in such fury and of such Incredible slzo that I thought thoy would kill old Barney, who stood exposed to their fearful peltlngs. In a Iittlo while the storm passed away and tho water soon ceased to como down tho steep moun tainside and wo went on our wu . lead ing our horse." Dlrd Law Has Worked Well, Thoso who wore Instrumental In passing tho federal migratory bird law in 1913 may woll feel proud of them selves, bird census data Indicating an Increase of from 10 to 100 per cent In the water fowl breeding In a number ot specially examined localities, tjX....y. I r i -t